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Volume XIV. Eight Paget Ahotkie, North Carolina, Friday, Angiirt 3, 1923 One Section No. 14
CLUB MEMBERS OF
TWO COUNTIES HAD
ENJOYABLE OUTING
Northampton And Hertford
Boys and Birls Spent Last
Week at Chowan Pleasure
Beach, Colerain ....... J
COUNTY AGENTS WERE
SPONSORS OF EVENT
Several Speeches Made, and
Courses of Instruction Given
During The Week
(Special to the HERALD)
tlarly Tuesday morning, July 24th
the girls and boys from different sec
tions of Hertford and Northampton
Counties were busy getting ready for
the annual club encampment which
was held at Colerain Pleasure Reach
July 24-28. This camp was under the
direction of Miss Mattie Lee Cooly,
home demonstration agent in North
ampton County and Miss Myrtle
Swindell and Mr. H. L. Miller, agents
in Hertford county, and assisted by
Mesdamea B. N. Sykea, L. J. Law
rence, C. M. Brett, P. H. Taylor and
* Horace Downs from Hertford.
School trucks, baggage trucks and
cars conveyed the children, their bag
gage and groceries to "Laiy Hill
Camp" on the Chowan River, arriving
in time for dinner, after which fifty
eight were registered. The Agents
in charge proceeded to organise the
camp making the announcements of
speakers and the schedule of work
outlined for the week, f*
The program for each day provided
three good meals, water melons and
iee lemonade, two swimming periods,
two lectures and an evening pro
gram consisting of jokes, games, and
a community sing.
The first speaker was Rev. Fred
Stimpson, pastor of Union and Au-I
lander Baptist churches, who spoke
on the subject of "Good Sportman
ship and it* Relationship to Religious
Life." Mr' Stimpson gave two splen
did talks relative to.the same subject
and it was gratifying to see how
-quickly the boys and girls grasped the
meaning of his advice and lived up
to his teachings while in camp.
Every boy and girl became bis friend
before he left the camp.
The second speaker wag attorney
Thad Eure from Winton. Mr. Eure
appealed to them to strive for higher
education and reminded them of the
present advantages that they were
enjoying. So well were they situated
that Mr. Eure gave them a verse of
his own composition to express the
^hentiment of the location which was
as follows^
In the summer time down by the sea,
Is the place where we all like to be,
Take a ride on a jitney,
Get there before dark,
Take your sweetheart in bathing,
JJr to Colerain Park.
Chorus
In summer time down by the sea,
Is the place where we all like to be,
Where the breese softly blows,
And everyone goes,
In summer time down by the sea.
The children enjoyed hearing Rev.
T. E. Walters, pastor of the Colerain
Baptist chureh who spoke to them on
the subject of having a "Purpose in
life." Mr. Walters introduced his
friend and guest, Rev. Yuya from the
University of Tokyo who spoke to
them about "Christian Education in
Japan." Mr. Yuya sang to the chil
dren in his- native tongue.
The following courses were sched
uled: Biscuit demonstration by Myra
Scull, president of the Harrellsville
Girls Club. Salad demonstration "by
Rebie Picot from Como. Miss Picot
is a student of the Worcester Home
Economics School in Massachusetts.
Plain sewing demonstration by Minta
Banks from Winton. Miss Banks is
a former dub girl who has completed
her home economics course at St.
Marys School, Raleigh.
Miss Cooley gave a demonstration
in "Culling Poultry," Mr. Miller a
talk on the subject of "Better Breeds
of Poultry, Cattle and Hogs" and
Miss Swindel a talk on "Personal Hy
giene."
Friday night was given over to
special stunts. The boyi and girls
contested for a fake which Was won
,by the former for having the best
stunt. The County agent and chap
erones concluded the stunt program
by giving one, after which the party
took seats on the beach and sang and
yelled until County Agent Miller re
minded them of a watermelon feast
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NORTHAMPTON OFFICIAL
IN A REMINISCENT MOOD
It Had Been Forty-Six Year*
Since Visiting Site Of Town
Of Ahoskie
Hon Samuel J. Calvert, the efficient
Register of Deeds Lor Northampton
county was on our streets for a little
while last Thursday. He was on-his
way to Colerain where hundreds, yea,
thousands gathered to attend the An
nual Masonic picnic. He was accom
panied by his young friend, Mr. Gay,
of Jackson- Mr. Calvert remarked
that next month would make it forty
six years since be was in Ahoskie, not
counting the times he had passed
through on the train, but that he re
ferred to the time when he placed
his foot on the soil of this prosperous
town. Mr. Calvert must recall that
like the bey who went to the circus
for the first time, and after looking
the giraffe over, remarked, "there
ain't no such animal," that forty-six
years ago there was no such place as
Ahoskie," except the Ahoskie Baptist
church and about a third of a mile
away stood the old MeGlohen resi
dence which is now occupied by Dr.
J. H. Mitchell, with possibly one or
two tenant houses. There was no
postoffice here, Winton was the near
est postofflce and a little later, St.
Jehns and Union. Mr. A1 Copeland
petitioned for e postoffice at'Ahoskie
and the same waa granted and the
office established with him as post
master in 1888 or thereabouts and
says that after the railroad ran
through the town and later began
handling the mail that he hag met
the train with one postal card com
prising the entire outgoing mail.
We trust Mr. 'Calvert will pay us
another visit but will not make the
interval so long.
WiUoti-Sessoms
Miss Margaret Louise Sessoms,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Ses
soms of this place, and Mr. Clifton
Monroe Wilson, of Aberdeen, N. C.,
'were quietly married Tuesday morn
ing in the home of the bride's parents,
+? Church street. Eev. E. J. Isen
hower, pastor of the Baptist church
of which the bride is a member, per
formed the ceremony, using the ring
service.
There were no attendants and only
members of the immediate family
were in attendance. The bride was
dressed in a traveling suit, with ac
cessories to match. Immediately af
ter the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
son left for a bridal tour of several
days to northern points, after which
they wll be at home in Aberdeen.
Mrs. Wilson has been one of Ahos
kie's most popular young ladies, ac
tive in church and social affairs of the
town. She has lived here since early
childhood, attending the school here
and graduating from the High School.
She recceived her higher education
at North Carolina College for Women
in Greensboro. For the last few
years she has been teaching, having
taught in Aberdeen for three years.
Last year she was a member of the
faculty of the Ahoskie High School.
Mr. Wilson is a substantial business
man of Aberdeen, going there from
Raeford, where his parents still live.
He was accompanied to Ahoskie by
Mr. McLean, his business partner of
Aberdeen.
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that was in store for them.
Saturday morning the children re
luctantly turned their faces home
ward carrying with them pleasant
memories of their stay, not forgetting
the new acquaintances niade, the
good times and the fine meals in the
tin plates.
The chaperones and agents say this
was the best camp in our history and
wish to thank again Dr. and Mrs.
Newell, Mrs. Norman Phelps, Mrs. D.
R. Britton and Mr. W. H. Beasley for
their kind attention to the party.
HON. RICHARD G. ALLSBROOK
He is candidate for Second District Congressman, to suc
ceed the late Claude Kitchin. Mr. Allsbrook was former
solicitor, resigning that position a few weeks ago to make the
Congressional race. He lives at Tarboro and has been Mayor of
that city. He has also served as county chairman of the Edge
combe Democratic Executive Committee. He was at one time
associated with Hon. Claude Kitchin in the practice of lajv. He
is now waging an active campaign for Congress, and has as his
two opponents, Hon. Jno. H. Kerr, superior court judge, and N.
J. Rouse, attorney of Kinston.
Ahoskie wai Be Given Continuous
Telephone .Service; 0? August 15th. |
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Chowan And Roanoke Tele
phone Company Will Inaug
urate Improved Schedule at
Local Exchange, With An
Increase in Rents of Fifty
Cents Per Month. Chamber
Sponsors Change
Ahoskie is to have contin
uous service over the Chowan
& Roanoke Telephone
pany's local exchange. The
new service will be inaugurated
on August 15. Announcement
to that effect is made in the ad
vertising columns of this issue
of the HERALD.
As a companion feature of i
this program of added service
comes an increase in phone
I rents, fifty cents additional per
month being charged on all
phones in the town, to take care
of the increased operation. j
This added convenience has
been accomplished through the
efforts of the Chamber of Com-'
merce, and . this organization
has taken full responsibility
for the additional service, as
well as sanctioning the in
creased rates. This action was
taken at the Tuesday night j
meeting of the board of direct-1
ore, by a unanimous vote. It
folowed closely after a confer
ence held that afternoon be
tween some of the directors and
other business men, and Dr. L.t
A. Nowell, president, and M. R.
Montague, secretary .treasurer
of the telephone company.'
Dr. Nowell came to Ahoskie upon
the invitation of Chamber of Com
merce, which had already taken up
the matter of better service in Ahos
kie. The proposition to make the
local exchange a continuous service
station met with immediate response
from the telephone officials, the only
obstacle to ita inauguration being the
added cost of operation. They offer
ed to put in the 24-hour service, pro
vided the Chamber of Commerce
sanctioned the raise of 60 cents per
phone per month.
This the local representatives did,
and the date for the new and improv
; ed service to become effective was set
I for August 16, and announcement to
| that effect was ordered by them.
The Chamber of Commerce also
wants to see mora telephones installed
in-local business houses and resi
dences. Ahoskie has an uncommonly
low rate of telephone users, and for
both business and personal reasons a
i lack of telephones is at once unde
sirable. Probably few towns of Ahos
kie's population and volume of busi
ness have so few telephones as does
this town.
The telephone officials admit that
j they are partially responsible through
? their delayed installations when tele
phones are ordered. However, they
have promised to improve their ser
vice to the extent of making installa
tions just ae fast as demand is made
upon them. "You've got to give the
| public what they want," observed
Doctor Nowell when his attention was
called to that fact. '.'We are going
to give them phones when they want
them and of the kind.they desire," he
said. - \ < *
Doctor . vowel 1 also gave a brief
outline of some of the improvements
his company had already made, and
of others that were under process.
Two or three trunk lines have recent
ly been constructed, in order to re
lieve the local wires, one-half the load
has been taken off the Winton line,
and -direct connection has been made
at Aniahdr r with the Home Telephone
Company, through which instant and
satisfactory long distance is avail
able to points west of here. Herto
fore these calls have been routed
through the Suffolk, Va., exchange.
The company also plans to con
struct a trunk line from Aulander and
Windsor, and to the area beyond
Windsor, which will ultimately carry
them to counties beyond the Roanoke
river.
In addition to the extensions, the
company is also making local im
provements to service, and are work
ing to give the yublic a better and
quicker service over its lines.
COUNCIL MEETS
- The R- J- Baker heirs have been
tendered an offer of $600 for their
two lota between the Barnes-Sawyer
Grocery Company and J. N. Vann A
Bro.'a warehouse, to be used as a
street. The town council revised
their effort to that amount last Mon
I day night. A large ditch was also or
dered for the purpose of property
draining of the district from the At
lantic Coast Line depot. North. A
i thorough reorganisation of the Are
' department and the street alarm sys
tems was also ordered. This matter
was brought to the council's attention
by the Chamber of Commerce.
666 cures Malaria, ChiUa and fever,
dengue or bilHoue fever. It daatroys
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JAPANESE MINISTER WAS
HEARD BY LARGE CROWD
The Reverend Yuya Talk*
About Native Religion* and
Give* Experience*
Rev. Kiyoki Yuya, native Japanese
minister, addressed one of the largest
audiences that has gathered in the
Ahoskie Baptist church for some time J
at the regular morning preaching
hour last Sunday. The auditorium of
the church was taxed to capacity, in
cluding aisle space, and the?class
rooms were filled with those who
came to hear the Japanesee minister.
Reverend Yuya gave his audience
the privilege of sleeping if they so
desired, but there was none who
could do it, for they became immed
iately interested in the enlightening
discussion of the Japanese religions.
The visitor explained Taoism and
Bhuddism as practiced by his fellow
countrymen, and said he believed it
would be a natural inclination lor
these two religionists to accept the
Christian religion, pointing out that
these religions Were founded on the
belief of th? One God.
He also gave a bit of personal his
tory, in which he told of his grand
mother having accepted the Christian
religion after attaining the age of 70
years. She lived ten years after be
coming a christian, and during that
time read the New Testament through
40 times, or 4 times each year. She
had also read the Old Testament
many times over. His grandmother,
he explained, was devoted to his
mother and it was through the letter's
influence she accepted the Christian
religion.
Reverend Yuya was a minister of
a Japanese country church when
chosen by the Baptist Mission Board
to come to America for training as
teacher in the Baptist seminary in
Japan.*-He has been here one year
studying, during which time he has
mastered the English language, and
laid the foundation for further study
during the next two years of his stay
in America.
He wanted to thank the American
people for having carried the Gospel
to Japan, and also to bring to the
people here similar messages of
thanks from others of his fellow
countrymen who had requested that
he bring messages of thanks.
Through contact with the christian
people of America, he said he hoped
to gain what he could never receive
from book teachings, and he felt he
was gradually absorbing much of the
real American spirit of Christianity
through his associations in this
country.
The growing menace of modern
dancing was named as one of the evils
with which Japan is now threatened.
S. S. CONVENTION WAS
HELD IN UNION CHURCH
(By REV. R. B. LINEBERRY)
The Sunday Schools of West
Chowan Association held a conven
tion at Union Thursday and Friday
July 26 and 27th. J. T. Bolton was
president and A. V. Cobb, secretary
treasurer. A steering committee was
elected consisting of Rev. J. W.
Whitley, Rev. E. N. Gardner and J.
K. Parker.
Mrs. A. E. Hugging was made ele
mentary organiser with the following
assistants by counties. Bertie; Mrs.
Martha L. Askew, elementary leader <
and Mrs. N. S. Godwin, cradle roll or
ganizer. Northampton; Mrs. R. M. '
Maddry, elementary leader and Mrs. 1
E. Doffermyer, cradle roll organizer. <
Hertford; Miss Mary Thomas and '
Mrs. G. T. Underwood.
A sermon was preached by Rev. J. 1
P. Essex of Jackson. N. W. Britton <
told "How I teach my Class. Rev. 1
E. J. Isenhower, "How I Conduct
Teachers Meeting"; C. C. Smith, 1
"What t?do with Sunday School not
properly functioning"; J. H. Barnes,
"How I use Religion* Census"; Hugh
Griffin, "Importance of Good Record
System"; R. B. Lineberry, "To What
Extent Doctrines should be taught in
Sunday School". Miss Effle Rose dis
cussed elementary work. Banner for
best Sunday School was awarded
Meherrin school. Next session will
be at Cape harts church on Friday be
fore the fifth Sunday in June, 1924,
one day's session.
The hospitadity of Union was fine.
U. D. C. TO MEET
. The Ahoekie Chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy will
meet with Mrs. J. W. Godwin Tuesday
afternoon, August 7th, at half past
three o'clock. All members are urged
to be present for the meeting.
JUDGE KERR TURNS
TO SCRIPTURE FOR
HIS JURY CHARGE
He Urges Adherence To The
Greet Commandments In Or
der To Effectively Admin
ister Justice
WANTS WASHINGTON TO
HELP CARRY BURDEN
Dipping Law Violators Were
Let Off With Payment Of
Costs First Offense
Judge Jno. H. Kerr, presid
ing over the July term of super
ior court, in his address to the
grand jury enunciated what
he believed to be the sinecure
for men's ills and grievances,
and pronounced it the one
Great Rule by which all man
kind must be guided if it would
dissipate that which was bad in
this life. He went to the Bible
for the truth, quoting from St.
Matthew, 22 chapter, as fol
lows: "Jesus said unto him,
Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart and with
all thy soul and with all thy
mind. This is the first and
great commandment. And,
the second is like unto it. Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thy
self."
This is what Jesus told the
lawyer who asked Him for the
Great Commandment, and
Judge Kerr, although speaking
for more than an hour, stuck to
this as his text and dwelt but
briefly upon man-made law. He
thought he could instill into the
court's jury a better sense of
their duty by applying the
Great Commandment as laid
down in the Bible, the founda
tion of all law enacted. He
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a public sentiment that woul<L
rise above the level of criticism
of courts and justice as meted
out by the judiciary.
"Public sentiment," he said, is the
one great force that determines the
destiny of mankind, and it is up to
you, gentlemen of the grand jury, to
administer justice in this court in
such a way that this, public sentiment
will respect and admire the courts."
He then launched out into a soulful
talk on the Great Commandment, and
when he had finished there was none
but knew he had listened to one of
the best sermons heard in or out of
the pulpit.
Human desires and efforts are
alike the world over, he said. We
can no longer keep out of "entangling
alliances," for we are continuously
butting into bur neighbors in the
same county of this state, in other
counties, in other states of the Union,
and even our neighbors across the
seas cannot keep so far away but
that the interests here and there be
come mutual. They must be worked
out together, not separately. He
plead with the jury to perform their
duty in oych a way that the influence
of Hertford County might serve to
help and uplift some other county.
"Scattering sunshine", looking for
the beautiful in every person's life,
and living together in common bonds
of love and friendship were some of
the things Judge Kerr believed nec
essary before this or any other
country could cope with problems of
crime. He touched lightly upon the
reputed crime wave, but evinced the
belief that K could be successfully
coped with if we were to accept the
Great Commandment in our own
lives.
He P?id a tribute to the cause of
education, and longed for the time
when the Federal Government would
fully realize that the Nation depend
ed upon universal education, and
would help the States knd its com
munities bear the burden. This bur
den, he said, was becoming oppress
ive in many counties and communi
ties, and he thought the Federal Gov
ernment should help bear it. He also
took occasion to denounce some per
son who had gone about the country
in places where be was not so well
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