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Volume XIV. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, August 10, 1923 One Section No. 15
AH0SK1E QUICK TO
HEAR OF DEATH OF
PRESIDENHARDING
News Came Here By Telegraph
Less Than One Hour After
Death Overtakes Presi
dent in Hotel
NEWSPAPERS CARRY ALL
DETAILS OF FUNERAL
Postoffices'Will Be Closed For
Full Hour Friday Afternoon,
By Order
Ahoskie shared with other
towns and cities the advan
tages of modefn methods news
dissemination when in less than
one hour after President Hard
ing died at his hotel in San
JFrancisco last Thursday night
Tews was common property
here. The message was
caught by the local railroad
telegraph - operator about
eleven S'clock that night. Few
people were up-town but those
who were still on the streets
were soon in possession of the
news.
By far the largest number,
however, learned of the Presi
dent's death on the following
morning. It came as a distinct
surprise to all persons, espec
ially to those who had been
keeping up with the progress
of his swing around the
?country, and the developments
-of his attack of sickness which
had confined him to his hotel
room and caused the cancella^
tion of his speaking engage
ments iri.San Francisco.
The arrival of the morning papers
Friday brought all of the details sur
rounding his sudden death, caused by
an attack at the heart while lying in
bed, as his wife read to him an article
on himself by the noted correspon
dent and student of governmental
activities, Samuel G. Blythe. From
that time until now, newspaper read
ers have kept up with all the details
of the funeral train which arrived in
' Washington Tuesday night, and the
plans for the funeral At his home in
MarioflT Ohio.
Next to these matters in interest
has been the- train of events wotfnd
around the former vice-president and
now President Calvin Coolidge. Re
ceiving the news of the President's
death while at his father's home on
a Vermont farm, he was sworn in
vrby his father who is a notary p^bljc,
- immediately set out for Washington,
and, arriving there, busied himself
with funeral arrangements and mat
ters of government.
The former President's body lay
in state in the capitol from the time
of arrival Tuesday until Wednesday
night when it was borne by rail to
Marion, Ohio, his* native home. Ar
riving there Thursday morning, his
body will lie in state until Friday,
' when funeral services will be held
and the body interred in the old
Harding plot in the city cemetery.
The funeral and burial services will
be simple. President Coolidge has
already issued a proclamation setting
aside Friday as a day of National
mourning; and all Governors have
issued similar proclamations.
Ahoalrie Office To Close
Conforming to an executive orderi
from Postmaster General New, of the
former President's cabinet, the Ahos
kie postofflce will be closed for one
hour Friday?from 4 to 6 o'clock in
' the afternoon. No calls will be an
swered, no mail distributed, and no
work pf any kind transacted at the
office during that hour. Postmaster
WHloughby says he will conform
strictly to the order.
Since early last Friday morning
the large United States flag floating
from the flagpole erected over ttte
local postofflce has been at half-mast
as a marie of respect to the dead Chief
of the Nation. This flag W&* just
greeted two or three days before
President Harding's death, a formbr
flag having been torn to pieces by the
winds. . -
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W. U. W. MEETING WILL
BE HELD IN THIS TOWN
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Delegates From Twenty Coun
ties Will Be Here For Con
vention, August 23
Two or three hundred visitors are
expected in Ahoskie on Thursday,
August 23rd, to attend the district
meeting of the Woodmen of the
World of twenty counties fn Eastern
North Carolina. The' last convention
was held at Roanoke "Rapids, when
and where Ahoskie was unanimously
chosen as the next convention town,
upon the invitation of Mr. A. O.
Kiff, organizer and lecturer for the
Woodmen.
Tuesday evening, members of the
Ahoskie Camp met in the Richard
Theater to discuss plans of enter
tainment, and the order of business
for the convention to be held here.
At a previous meeting, a committee
had been appointed to make sugges
tions and outline plans, including the
securing of speakers for the day. The
committee reported that Hon. W. W.
Rogers, former mayor, would wel
come the visitors to Ahoskie. Mayor
Williams will not be here on that
date. Judge Francis D. Winston, of
Windsor, will make one of the prin
ciple addresses, and he will be follow
ed by Mr. E. B. Lewis, a leading of
ficial of the W. 0. W.
The visitors will use the high school
building for their convention, and
will be entertained at dinner by the
members of the Ahoskie capip and
friends, pinner wil be served in
picnic style. Other entertainment
features will be planned for the re
cess hour, between the morning and
afternoon sessions.
J. Roy Parker, representing the
Chamber of Commerce, was in at
tendance Tuesday night, and, pur
suant to instructions from the di
rectors at a meeting held the same
night, offered the assistance of the
chamber of commerce in providing
entertainment. The offer was ac
cepted, and suggestions will be made
at next week's meeting of the cham
ber. Banners will be painted by
this organization welcoming the visi
tors, and other assistance will be giv
en in making the final plans.
This County Costs
More Than Others
Hertford County, according tb fig
ures just released by the Department
of Rural Social Economics of the
State University, stands twenty-third
in the per capita state, county, and
local taxes paid. Its per capita tax,
which also includes state income
taxes, is higher than that of any of
its neighbors. Bertie county pays
$6.09 per capita; Northampton,
-$8.95; Gates, $6.88. For every per
son in Hertford County $9.55 is paid
in state and local taxes.
The State per capita rate is ninety
five cents less than the Hertford
County per capita, being $8.60 per
inhabitant. These figures were for
the year 1921. Since that time taxes
in this county have increased in larg
er proportion than the population,
and for 1923, a larger per capita rate
would be shown.
Wilson bounty has the most expen
sive county government in the State,
leading all others by more than $2
per capita; its rate being $16.10.
Halifax and New Hanover rank next
to Wilson county, in the order named.
Chowart county, just across the river
from us, is included in the four
counties paying the least per capita
rate for its government. In that
county, each person is rated as giv
ing, $4.82 for county and State gov
ernments. Alleghany is at the very
bottom of the list, with a rate of
$8.68.
The figures for Hertford County
were compiled before the half million
dollar bond issue was voted, and also
before the increase in the rate for
schools. There have also been sev
eral township and school district -
bonds issued since that time, all of
which will materially boost the
amount of taxes paid according to the
population. ' m
TWO SAMB DAY
Two new citixens were added to
Alcalde's population on Wednesday,
August l. A boy was born~to Mr.
and M?s. Dan P. Boyette, and a girl
to, Mr. and Mrs. Willie CopeUnd.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MADE A GOOD JOB OF H
Local Representative* At Mt.
Gould Say Free Lemonade
Was Appreciated
Ahoskie'* Chamber of Commerce
did much to win the favor of Bertie
county tobacco farmera last Friday
when it served free lemonade at their
annual picnic at Mt. Gould. Bight
in the middle of the hot summer day,
the Ahoskie booth, manned by repre
sentatives of the Chamber of Com
merce, announced by a large sign
that it was ready to dish out the
lemonade just as fast as the thirsty
called for it. And, for two or more
hours, thirst quenchers were handed
over to the farmers and their families
without charge with an invitation to
come and get more of it.
With every glass of the lemonade
served, an advertising card was pass
ed out, inviting the farmer* to come
to Ahoskie with their tobacco during
this season. Fifteen hundred of
these cards were printed and-a large
portion of them went to the Bertie
farmer* Friday.
Ahoskie was represented by a dele
gation especially sent there for the
purpose of mingling fcith the tobacco
growers and inviting them to market
in Ahoskie this year. They made a
good job of it, and, according to ohe
of them, "if every farmer brings his
tobacco here that said he was, Ahos
kie will have by far its biggest season
thl? year."
The tobacco farmers appreciated
the interest Ahoskie was taking in the
tobacco market and announced that
they would reciprocate by bringing
their 1923 crop to the Ahoskie mar
ket.
Among those who wer? at the pic
nic from Ahoskie were: Messrs. W. L.
Curtis, V. D. Strickland, W. W. Rog
ers, S. M. Applebaum, Mayon Parker,
and an Automobile filled with young
ladies.
Here's Another Man
Knows His Business
Dan P. Boyette Lead* Entire
Sales Force of Well Known
Company *
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' Dan P. Boyette is another
Ahoskie man to win high honors
in the life insurance field. He
represents one of the South's
largest insurance companies,
and, although he is among that
organisation's youngest agents,
he has worked himself up to the
leading agent working for the
company.
In the July bulletin issued by
his company Mr. Boyette is
credited with having sent in
more applications, with exami
nations, than any other single
agent of his company. Within
that period, he wrote |88,600 of
insurance, representing 24 3-10
applications. This is an aver
age of about $3,400 per working
day, and almost one application
for every day of the month.
Mr. Boyette, a member of the
Rocky Mount agency, has led all
agents in this agency for three
successive months, May, June
and July. He had a wide mar
gin during each month's work,
and, although there was talk of
a "dark horse" stepping in to
head him off, the competition
among agents never overtook
him norVlid it approach the
amount written by him in but
one of the three months.
Not until this week, however,
did he become aware of the fact
that he had led the entire sales
force working fog the company.
The bulletin came to him Mon
day, and across the front page
his name was written as being
the leader of them all.
Mr. Boyette ia a hard and con
sistent worker, and added to
that is his faith in insurance.
He believes in it, lives it, and
above all he works it. Practi
cally all of the insurance he has
written is embraced within the
following three counties: Hert
ford, Bertie, and Gates.
The farmer girls in Holland wash
their faces with whey to improve
their complexions.
POSTMASTER WILLOUGHBY
GETS ON ROLL OF HONOR
He Make* Fine Record In First
Half Year By Selling Treas
ury Certificates
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The name of Postmaster A. T.
Willoughby will appear on the "Hon
or Roll" of postmasters of the Fifth
Federal Reserve District-to be sent
to Washington, D. C., as a mark of
distinction and merit for excellency
in sales of Treasury Savings Certi
cates during the present year.
The quota of $6,000, assigned the
Ahoskie office for twelve months, was
reached and passed by this post office
before July 1st, thus assuring a place
of distinction among similar class of
fices of this state and district.
This post office reported sales of
these savings certificates to the
aftiount of $-10,200 for the first half
of the calendar year. When it is re
called that limit of purchase for any
one person during ^ single calendar
year is $6,000, the record made by
the postmaster and associates is high
ly commendable.
Commenting on the attainment of
this post office, the postmaster said,
"Our cooperation with the program
of the government savings system,
which has for its purpose the en
couragement of thrift and the pro
tection of the savings of the individ
ual of limited means, has been suc
cessful. The movement is not at all
an effort to compete with banks or
other legitimate financial institutions,
but solely to encourage savings on the
part of a greater number of people
and to protect them from unsound in
vestment schemes by offering a gov
ernment security, in convenient de
nominations of $25, $100, and $1000,
which guarantees safety of principal,
yields a good rate of interest, is not
subject to market fluctations, and is
readily convertible into cash at val
ues increasing every month. The
fact that the new "baby bonds" have
important tax exemption features,
are insured, without costs, thus pro
tecting the owner against loss or
theft, makes them most attractive to ?
many people. While our post office
has already sold its quota for fhe
year.
Best Cotton Crop
In State Is Here
Forecasts made In the HERALD
lately about the prolificacy of the
prospective harvests of farm crops in
Hertford County are firmly substan
tiated in so far as cotton is concern
ed, by the latest bulletin of the
North Carolina Crop Reporting Ser
vice.. According to this report,
which is issued as of July 25, this
county has the best cotton crop in the
entire State.
In other words, the Department of
Agriculture says Hertford County
lacks only one per cent having a per
fect crop of cotton, on July 25, the
percentage of normal being 99. Dur
ham county has a 98 per cent cotton
crop and is next to Hertford. Other
counties contiguous to this county
rank as follows: Northampton, 87;
Bertie, 90; Gates, 96. '
Last year on the corresponding
date, the cotton crop in Hertford was
reported as 61 per cent normal. A
comparison of the reports for 1922
and 1923 shows this year's crop to be
one-third better than it was last year.
This county also has a much better
cotton crop than the average in North
Carolina. The State average far
July 25 is only 82 per cent; last year
it was 78.
Government reportsindicate a
poorer crop of cotton in the United
States than last year. The 1923
crop is rated at 67 per cent normal
throughout the Nation; last year it
was 70.8. Last year's report for the
country at this date was 11,449,00
bales as based on 70.8 per'cent con
dition. With an eighth larger acre- ,
age, this year's production forcasted -
is 11,516,000 bales. Last year's final
production was only 9,761,817.
Hertford County farmers have but
little worries over the richness of
their 1923 cotton harvest; the one
and only thing that concerns them is
the price to be paid for their product.
Only an unusually bad harvest period
as to weather conditions and a low
price for the product can keep local,
farmers from' reaping a fair return <
for their crops. They are not worry
[ iing about the boll' weevil this year,
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for his presence has been noted only
in a slight degree and very little, if
any damage has been wrought by
him.
Other crops in the county are
keeping pace with cotton, unless it
be "old" corn, and even that farm
crop has shown wonderful improve
ment since the rains have relieved the
dryness of the land. Peanut* have
shown a healthy growth, tobacco is in
excellent shape, and smaller grain
crops are doing nicely.
.Good Season Ahead For Ahoskie Tobacco Market
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GROWTH OF TOBACCO IS BETTER THAN
USUAL AND QUALITY OF WEED IS FINE
Ml Large Companies Will Be Represented Here, As Well As
Several Independent Buyers. Two Auction Warehouses
and Co-Operative Association Will Provide Sufficient
Floor Space To Take Care of Needs
BASNIGHT WAREHOUSE SPACE INCREASED
AND BRICK WAREHOUSE RENTED FOR PACKING
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Reports Coming From South Carolina Markets and Robeson
County, North Carolina Markets Indicate Better Prices
Than Last Year, An Increase of 25 Per Cent Being
Opening Iky
Unless something revolutionary in its nature happens be
tween this date and August 28, when the Ahoskie tobacco
market opens for the 1923 season, -tobacco farmers who bring
their first load to Ahoskie are going to leave here after the
sales with complete satisfaction written all over their faces.
The crop has a fine growth, and tobacco raisers say the quality
is tip-top.
C. H. Phaup, veteran tobacco warehouseman of Ahoskie
and who will be here again this year, sIbo says the quality is ex
cellent, and predicts a reign of fair to good prices for the crop.
This eastern Carolina belt, especially through the northeastern
part of it, has one of the best crops in years, and farmers are in
for a bountiful harvest.
Ahoskie is more able to take care of the 1923 crop than at
any time since the market was established here. The two acu
tion warehouses open last year will again receive tobacco this
year. The Old Basnight Warehouse has been enlarged since
the last season, another driveway having been added"*- to the
south side of the warehouse. Repairs haye also been made to
the old part of the structure.
The prize warehouse will be used by the Tobacco Grow
ers' Co-Operative Association this year. Last year the Associa
tion rented the large brick warehouse, now owned by the Bank
of Ahoskie. This house has been rented by a local business
house, and will be sub-rented for the purposes of packing to
bacco. It will take the place of the prize house, thus affording
more accommodations for the buyers.
All of the larger tobacco companies will be represented
here this year, including all of the buyers who were on the mar
ket last year. Several independent buyers will also be on the
market through the season.
Price* Good This Year
Going back to the matter of prices
for this year's crop, we are qouting
from last week's issue of the Lumber
ton Robesonian, a newspaper pub
lished in Lumberton. The market
there is in the same belt as the South
Carolina markets and opened for the
season on August 1. According to
the news conveyed in the following
article, prices are almost 25 per cent
better this year than they were last.
The Robesonian says:
Lumberton's tobacco market for
the auction sale of leaf tobacco open
ed yesterday with record-breaking
sale and fair prices, the exact fig
ures fob the market being 88,067
pounds, which sold for $16,830.24, an
average of $19.11.
Figures of accuracy for last year's
opening sale are unobtainable today
but estimates show that about 55,
000 pounds were sold at an average
of about $15 per hundred.
Both the Banner and Star ware
houses were taxed to their capacity,
it being necesary to hold two sales in
the Banner. Both houses were filled
early in the morning and streets to
them were congested practically all
day. The quality of the tobacco of
fered yesterday was very good and
primings and lugs brought better
prices according to grade than did the
better grades. All the big compan
ies . were represented and many in
dependent and smaller' buyers were
competitive bidders.
A large number of warehousemen
from the Eastern Carolina markets
were here as spectators, getting a
line on prices and quality. If the
quantity and quality of the tobacco
increase on this market will rank
amonk the leading markets of the
South Carolina belt Except one or
two who suffer with chronic grouchi
ness, those selling yesterday were
very well pleased with the result The
warehousemen are exceptionally well
pleased at the big sale yesterday and
consider the opening a huge success.
Fairmont Farmer* Floated
Fairmont tobacco market opened
yesterday with strong sales and sold
81,318 pounds at ^he sum of $16,
969.41 an average of $19.63 per
hundred, which in comparison to
opening sales last year make a good
showing for the market thare. On
the opening last year Fairmcrt sold
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* WAS HE BOOTLEGGER ?
* OR WHAT WAS HE ? *
The presence of bootleggers in *
Ahoskie has been confirmed by *
the reporter on this newspaper. ?
Either that, or Mr. M. Ms Brown, *
keeper of the imunty home, or *
those in authority at Dix Hill-, *
Raleigh, have let one of their in- *
mates escape. He was seen here *
Tuesday night in Copeland's *
Drug store. ?
He was an ebony hued fellow, *
short and skinny, age about 45 *
years. He walked into the store ?
clad in a man's habiliments, over *
which he wore a heavy overocat *
tightly wrapped around his body ?
and hanging loosely about ,his *
legs, touching the tops of his *
shoes. *
This fellow didn't look like a ?
Dix Hill man nor one of Mr. ?
Brown's men, for he acted per- *
fectly sane, calling for and re- *
ceiving an order of goods, for *
which he paid and walked out of *
the door. He made no fuss *
about it and seemed perfectly *
calm. The chuckle of "Goat" *
Modlin broke the silence, and it *
was then that this reporter, con- *
ferring with others lounging in *
the drug store, reached the in- ?
evitable conclusion that this fel- *
low must be a bootlegger, having *
provided himself with coats a *
plenty to-transport the ardent ?
spirits. *
The thermometer hung around ?
the 90 mark when he was seen in *
the store. Earlier in the day, *
it had pushed 100. Wednesday ?
morning, at 11 o'clock, the ther- ?
mometer registered 97 in the *
shade. *
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