,Ttu. N.w.p.p.r) WW ^ W V1! m Y T 1 1 UVi New. <rf Hart Hertford County Herald lB^g A PAPER WORTH WHILE ^ Volume XIV. Eight Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, October 12, 1923 One Section No. 24 DISTRICT HOME AGENT (MS REPORT OF WORK MLm Swindell, Hertford A,oM. Hu Been Unusually Active During Summer Period Horns Demonstration work in Hart ford, according to Miaa Pauline Smith, of Washington, supervisor of the Tidewater District, in the sum mary covering the period from July 80 to August 26, has been carried on with increased meal and upon a larger ?> s^|e than ever by Miss Myrtle Swin i dell, county home agent. The District Agent's report has just been issued, and includes thirteen counties, among which are Hertford and Bertie. The reports follow: Hertford County Miss Myrtle Swindell of Hertford county //Ports that the people were delightefl with the services of Mr. Wardin/lAs-sistant Poultry Specialist, who spent two days in her county. Mr. Wardin taught several groups to cull their flocks for egg production. Miss Swindell spent two days in! (Northampton county cuHvrtlng a basketry school. This was n return for days Miss Cnoley, Northampton County County Home Agent, has spent in Hertford. Mise Swindell is establishing a reputation for herself in piekle making. The women and girls are anxious for this information. One of the Hertford County women won put on her pickles at all the adjoining fairs last year. Miss Swindell has spent mueh time this month preparing for fairs. The Home Demonstration Exhibits were the main features of the County Fair last year. The influence of the work was shown in every department Clething and fairs will be the work for September. In spite of the frost and then the draught the housewives of Hertford are Ailing the pantry shelves. Water melon, vegetables and fruits have been utilised. Two new clubs have been organised and the women and girls are giving Miaa Swindell unus ual support Field days, 16; office days, 8; clubs visited, 12; attendance, 264; meetings held and attended, 18; attendance 2860; conferences, 8T; letters writ ten, 112"; articles for publication, 6; miles auto, 662. Bart!* County Mis. Addie Sue Harry of Bertie Cotinty entertained the Commission er. on the first Monday. Plain sewing is the main feature of the work in Bertie County at pres ent. The girls are making plain un derwear, and school dresses, laying a good foundation for broader work later. Millinery is to be taken up in connection with the sewing. All day meetings hare been planned for this. Miss Harry reports that a small County Council has been organised in Bertie. This is the- eleventh Council organised in the Tidewater The Windsor Ledger cooperates with Miss Harry. A column on the front page has been given for the use - spfthe Home Agent Field days, 16; office days, S; clubs visited, 10; attendance, 94; meetings held and attended, 16; at tendance, 481; schools visited, 4; at tendance, 390; homes visited, 11; conferences, ISO; letters written, 124; circular letters, 88; bulletins sent, 24; articles pent for publication, Opuiles auto, 841. COTTON CODITION TAKES A BIG SUUMP IN COUNTY King Cotton took an awful slump {n the thirty day period between August 26 and September 26. The estimated condition of the 1928 crop fell exactly 20 per cent within that time, and is now 27 per cent below the estimated average of July 26, which was the highest of any county within the State. The estimated con dition of the crop ae of September 26 was 72 per cent normal. Last year at the same time it waa 67 per cent. A like condition prevails among the large majority of counties in the State, only four reporting as good or better estimated condition Sep tember 26 as of August 25. They ere Bfteden, Hoke, Duplin, end Scotland. Bertie dropped 19 per cent; North ampton, 10 per cent; and dates, 34 per cent. The average condition in the State was 64 per cent on Septem ber 26, s decline of 8 per cent below August 26th report. In the entire United States, the condition for Sep tember 25 was 49.6 per cent, a de cline of 4.6 per cent since August 26th. The cotton caterpillar, says the De partment of ' Agriculture, has been responsible for a great deal of the lussege in North Caroline. He has net. however, caused M much damage as it was* first supposed he would, a* It ws! late tp the season before reaching this territory. 'see a herald man 1 and get receipt A represeatativ* of the HER ALD will bo ia Win too bob* Mob A; a| tko opening of Superior Court. Ha will bo loadad dova with receipt*, and aaxious to Usue them to old subscriber*, for re nown 1 front oao to five years; or to tboae who want to bocoaao anb acribera. All aubecriptiona taken will bo at At rata of 91 par year, witb tko privilege of payiaf for aa atajr aa See years at that rata. Ha will bo wearing a badge, or aoaoo parapbrenalia by which ha can eaaily bo rocogniaod. Rogard laaa of whether you too Ida or not, don't forgot tko apodal Octobar offer. Raturn your anrolopo and cheek if you fail to got your re ceipt Monday. Remember when you pay him a dollar, you are going to receive the Second Loading Nowtpapor in North Carolina for twelve month*. Regardleaa of tha award* wo have boon made within the laat twelve month*, yon who have road this newspaper regularly, know it to bo fufilling every demand for a now ay weakly aewapapar. "Everybody Uke* a winner." I COMO MAN THINKS WOMEN TRUE BLUE Professor Cooke Saw* Women la Moneys Neck Have Been Mis-Named Editor of Herald: My Dear Sir: I heartily agree with the "OFFICE KAT" in last week'* HERALD. The women who appeared before the county commissioner* on the first Monday (in behalf of Mia* Swindell) ware not "flappers." While I hkve only lived a year in Como, my work has brought me into contact with practically every white man, woman and child in Maneys Neck township, and so far I have found no flappers. But alio, Maneys Neek has no county commissioner. However, she does have a live flourishing com munity club, a club that has meant great things to the consolidated school and to tha general uplift of the township, and in the'words of one of its officers; "Next year It will mean mere." it 1 know the meaning of "flapper" the women of Como, who are all women of culture, modesty and dig nity, failed to run true to form on October the first, at Winton. If, however, "flapper" is one who flaps, the Como Community Club may in time be filled with flappers, for they aH intend to flap votes next year. Thus with a proper represen# tation on the board, it may not be necessary for them to go in person when they wish something at the hands of the commissioners. 1 have stressed the high personnel of the Como gentlewomen because all but two of the ladies were from this section! a section that has for over a century produced women whose charm, wit and poise of manners have helped to make glorious the history of Hertford County and tidewater Vir ginia and Carolina) and, too, while I do not profess to be up on the mean ing of "flapper," I do profess to recog nise true modesty, culture and dig nity. All praise to those ladies, both from Como and elsewhere, who knew what they wanted and had the cour age to go after it E. W. COOKE. * CONGRESSMAN WARD * WILL SPEAK HERE * e e * Congressman Rallet S. Ward, * * First District Congressman, has * * advised the secretary of the * * Chamber of Commerce that -he * * will "run over" here Wednesday, * * October 24, and make a talk * * upon the occasion of the free * * barbecue for tobacco farmers. * * His visit here is always looked * * upon as the occasion for a ring- * * ing good speech, and he will in * * no wise disappoint his hearers * * when ha comes here on the 24th. * * Plans for the barbecue are * * taking definite shape now. Dr. * * L. K. Walker, in charge of se- * * curing and preparing the young ? * porkers, is tabulating the returns * * from his suggestion that some * * kindly disposed hog producer * * donate a hog or two, and the do- ? * nation column E growing. Oth- * * era he will purchase. ? ?eee?ee*?*eee Superior Court WiD Begin At Wiiton Next Mondaj Judge Jno. Kerr, Near Con gressman, Is Scheduled To Preside Over Term , Superior Court begins at Wintoi next Monday, October 15, and will continue through two weeks. Then will be plenty work for the court, tlu bar, and all concerned, for the crim inal docket is unusually large and th< civil cases are piled up sq high thai this session can hardly hope to mak? more than a good-sized dent in th? docket There are more than forty criminal eases already docketed for trial, and that does not include the additional true bills the grand Jury may return. Among the number is the one sgains! Walter Thomas and young Modlin, charged with the theft of the Ford Sedan belonging to J. H. Jenkins, of this city. It will probably require three or four days, and perhaps even more, in which to dispose of all the criminal cases. Little work will be done on the civil docket this week. Judge Jno. H. Kerr, who by the la test count lacks less than 500 vote* having been nominated for Congress from the Second District, is schedul ed to preside over this term of court In the event that a second primary is held between Richard G. Allsbrook who is his nearest rival, and himself, Judge Kerr may or may not be here to hold court as the primary will be held Saturday, October 20. There is plenty of hard campaigning to be done in case there is a second prima ry, and H is not to be expected that Judge Kerr will hold court under such circumstances. However, none of this official. His course is not known hers. Unless present indications fail, the roads will be in good shape for court attendants, and a big attendance is expected throughout the two weeks term. NOTE?Since the above para paragraphs were written and put into type, the announcement has come that Mr. Allsbrook has decided not to enter a second primary and Judge Kerr will, therefore, become the Dem ocratic candidate for Congress. He is expected to resign as udge soon, al though he may hold Hertford's Octo ber term of court before doins so. COTTON MILL MAN HERE Mr. P. L. Robbins, of Petersburg, Vs., an experienced cotton mill man and owner of two plants, spent Thurs day in Ahoskie, conferring with offi cers of the Chamber of Commerce. BILL BREWER TO BUILD NEW FILLING STATION cy Ahoskie will soon have a modern gasoline filling station. Bill Brewer is now erecting a station on the cor ner lot where the State Highway in tersects the Ahoskle-St. Johns road. Rustic effect will be carried out, and posts have already been buried in the ground. Other timbers for its con struction will be on the lot by the first of next week, according to Brew er. It will be ready for use probably will be along the same lines as the one recently erected in Winton by W. M. within two weeks. Its construction Eley. Two 16-feet driveways will en ter the shelter which will be built ov er the tanks, one from each of the roads. The location is an ideal place for the motorist, being on the two prin cipal highways entering town and on the State Highway, where it can serve through motorists. CLOVER SEED PAYS FOR WEEVIL DAMAQE IJncolnton, N. C., Oct. S.?Clover seed can be made to pay for damage done to the cotton crop by boll weev ils, thinks C. E. Carpenter of the North Brook Township in this county. Mr. Carpenter has been raising some clover each year, planting it tn his cotton at the last cultivation. Some times he would sell his surplus seed and the returns were so good that last fall he planted 14 acres of the cotton land to crimson elover, picked out his cotton and knocked all the stalka so that the seed might be stripped clean the next spring. County Agent J. G. Morrison reports that this spring Mr Carpenter shipped 10,000 pounds of seed and would have obtained more except for a storm which blew his plants down badly. < Road Bond Money WiD Be r Parceled Out To Townships ? Commissioners Will Meat Fri day To Settle Upon Ratio of Division i Each of th? six road commission I on in Hertford County will hereaf i tar be allotted their dues from the i 910,000 monthly stipend available - from the half million dollar bond is i sue for roads, and with it he shall build and maintain roads within his i township as best he cam. The pro i coeds of the bonds will be divided ac cording to the taxable values of each i township, not including the corpors 1 tion tax which will not be considered I in arriving at the ratio upon which the money shall be divided, l The road board made the above de ' cision at its regular meeting in Win 1 ton last Monday. Commissioner Har vey Snipes, of St. Johns, voted 1 against the proposal, Mr. Bridger, of 1 Murfreesboro, did not vote, while all others voted "aye," on a roll call 1 vote. Mr. Snipes did not believe it a wise step, saying the bond issue was voted as a county-wide proposition, with the express understanding that H be used to construct all the roads in the county without reference to town ship boundary lines. ? Divided upon the basis of taxable property, Mr. Snipes said his town ship could not get its mileage of roads built, on account of the many bridges to be constructed. Mr. Bridger did not vote either way, be cause, he said, there might be some hitch in arriving at the ratio. A meeting will be held in Winton Friday, to settle upon the ratio to be given each township. Each townahip will be charged with the money spent therein, since the bond issue was first available, and that amount will be deducted from its share. Us ing the tax lists as a basis, the amounts will be apportioned in the following order, the first named re ceiving largest share: Ahoskie, St Murfreesboro, Harrellsville. Winton, and Maneys Neck. It required a large part of the ses sion Monday to dispose of the bills agui'ist the road administration, and but little else was done except to settle the bond money issue, and clean the bill "hook." Certain citi zens of Harrellsviile appeared before the board asking for a public cart way, to go over the lands of W. A. Perry and the R, J. Baker heirs. The latter asked for a continuance, and it was postponed until the next meet ing of the board. WOMAN'S CLUB WILL HAVE A MEETING The Woman's Club of Ahoekie will meet on Wednesday, October 24, at the home of Mrs. Stanley Leary. The members are urged to be present and all others who wojdd like to attend are cordially invited to do so. Everyone who is interested in mak ing their town and community more efficient and a better place to live in should be a member of the Woman's Club. We want your help and your co-operation to make the club bigger and better. We want those who visit our town leave with a good impression. We want the girls and boys who are leav ing their homes for college and other places to have a beautiful memory of their home town and to want to come back to it. We want to make Ahoa kie a better and more beautiful place to live in for ourselves; but to do this we need the help of every woman in town. It is to you we appeal and by our united effort we can make our town a place in which everyone can enjoy living. HIGHWAY TROUBLES IN WINTON NOW SETTLED Recommendations of Winton's town commissioners evidently held good with the State Highway authori ties, in the matter of . the turn in the highway which leads to the ferry across Chowan river. The route se lected is at the Bank of Winton cor ner, the one recommended by the commissioners of the town. Another route desired by some of Winton's citisens was the 1. E. Vann residence corner. A stiff contest was waged between the contending factions for several weeks. Highway contractors ar-t at work this wedfc on the route chosan by the Bank of H'inton. Cia> and sand ore being hauled on the street, and Winton will soon have a nice stretch of the high way down its Main street TOBACCO BRINGING GOOD PRICE HERE According to local warehouse - men, average prices bow being paid for tobacco on the Ahoskie auction market are as bigb or bet tar tbaa those on the larger east ern Carolina markets. Close com parison has bean made of the prices paid bare and at the big markets, and this statement is giv en out upon the basis of accurate information and statistics, not withstanding the fact that some tobacco farmers are skipping goad grades away from here, and com paring the prices obtained with ' -that brought bjr the inferior grades. The Emerson (Old Basnight) Warehouse averaged $28.32 per hundred at their Wednesday's sales; which totaled 12,738 pounds. These figures show tho avenge bare to be well above the price paid at the beginning of the sea son, and is considered a good price. Although sales have not been so large here since the first few weeks, the total sales for the sea son are expected to be larger than last year. MR. PARKER BACK ON THE JOB AGAIN He Gives A Few Facts And Observations About Crude Things of Past Editor Herald: There seems to be right much curiosity among the readers of the HERALD, about who the "Old Farm er" is?who writes an article for the paper every week. And, I think the Editor is getting tired of being asked who this Old Farmer is. Why do people have so much cu riosity, anyway? I don't care to know myself, but there is no reader of the HERALD who appreciates and en joys reading his articles more than 1; there is so much in what he says. The one in the issue of week be fore last touched a tender chord in my heart, referring to his old boy hood days, the 'ole Swimming Hole, and other things. They caused me to think of my boyhood days and the pleasant memories of 50 years ago. Some things I will mention, and may be, it will be interesting to some of the young people. I will describe some of the styles of dress 60 years ago. The ladies then wore Hoop Skirts ?the first were what were called doable-barrelled Hoop Skirts, nearly four feet across, their dresses sweep ing the ground. When they went to church, they had to go down the aisle in single file, because no one could pass them and when they went be tween the old home made benches to get a seat, they had considerable trouble in getting along. And/ they had to be careful when they attempt ed to sit down, for fear the hoop skirt would turn up the wrong Way. They had to be awful careful. When I used to go to Murfreesboro, as a boy, I would see them hanging up in the dry goods stores. House flies would roost upon them, for there were notwire screen doors, then. Next thing came in styles were the bussels, I believe they were called. They looked something like a hump in a camel's back, although mighty stylish. There were also long trail dresses. They wore a trail about three feet long. The upper classes ' would have a servant go with them to take care of the trail when cross ing mud and water, when they went en dress parade. Host all the ladies, then, dipped snuff, too. Of course, thiy don't do that now, in modern times. It would be a dis grace now to see a lady wearing her snuff box and brush around. The boys and young men wore ' frock-tail coats. I remember when I was abdut 15 years old, my father bought me one of the long coats^? paid five or six dollars for it It nearly struck my shoe tops, but I felt like a King with it on me. I, too, would get out on dress parade with the other boys of the neighborhood, evenings. Little boys, as soon as they could work, wore long pants? no short pants for boys and young men, then. I wish we had a museum in some place, where old relics could be col lected, and there place the old cos tumes and different things on exhibi tion. They would look mighty crude, now, to all of us; but such has COLORED FAIR HAVING A LARGE ATTENDANCE Friday la Woman's Day And It Is Expected To Be Biggest Of All Days Good weather and fair crowds have featured the third annual fair of the Atlantic District Fair Associa tion, colored, at AhosUe the first three days. Tuesday was the opening day." Besides the fast race program which In. proving to be the main at traction as heretofore, little was do ing on the now busy mid-way on the first dsy. Several carloads of show tents and concessionaires were busy on that day erecting their stands. Although the first two days were well attended, the nights have been the big attendance pullers. The Wednesday afternoon attendance picked up considerably, and Thursday afternoon an even larger attendance is expected, owing to the big features of the day, which is designated Edu cational Day. Rev. P. A. "Bishop, of Roxobel, and attorney J. T. Newsome, of Newport News, Va., are billed to make talks during the day. Wednes day was Farmers' Day, with follow ing taking part on the program; C. S. Mitchell, County Agent of Gates; Lu E. Hall, District Agent, of Ral eigh; and J. D. Wray, State Colored Club Agent, of Greensboro. Friday will be the final day of the fair, and it is on this day the largest crowd is expected to attend. It is Woman's Day. Mrs. Florence Wil lims, State Health Department, Ral eigh, and Mrs. Annie Holland, State Educational Department, Raleigh, will be the speakers of the day. The midway is now one of the bus iest sections in the enclosure, and there are all kinds of concessions to entertain. The Old Plantation Show is doing a big busines; and along with the other entertainers are getting some of the shekels that are flowing freely out at the grounds this week. The exhibits, though not so large, show to advantage the results of work being done on farms, in the homes, and the schools of Hertford and ad joining counties. The farm exhibit of Preston Pierce is good, and includ es just about everything produced on the well regulated farm plantation. -The handiwork of Pleasant Plains School commands attention, and is a revelation to the person who knows nothing about what's taking place in the colored schools. Every manner of basketry, and woodwork is on ex hibit; and drawings and illustrations of school work are all good. The Waters Normal Institute of Winton also vies strongly with the smaller school in its exhibits. The exhibits of the quilts, fancy ' work, and sewing, on the second floor of the exhibit building are also in dicative of many good housewives ampng the colored race. The races have been fast and in teresting, the track is in excellent shape, and there has been no hitch in the program. J. E. (Bud) Hall is in charge as secretary, with H. B. Rey nolds as track manager. The program for the two remaining days is as fol lows: Thursday afternoon (races be gin promptly at 1:80), free for all trot or pace, and 2:20 trot; Friday af ternoon, 2:24 pace, and 2:85 trot or pace. The purses are $200, $125, $160, and $100, respectively. ROBBERS BUSY HERE AGAIN Robbers again got busy in Ahoslde Wednesday night, and this time got X^ay with about $15 in cash and a dozen or more automobile tires. Ses soms Bros.'s garage was the victim. This is the second time within ten days Jim Sessoma has lost heavily by thieves. Entrance was made in the garage through the rear door. No clue has been found to the identity of the person or persons who enter ed the place. been of the past. So much has been said about the way our women dress?their dresses are too short, this thing or the other thing. They look neat in most of the modern dresses, and when they decide to lengthen their skirts, they will do it, and not before. Mr. Editor, I am rather modern in most everything. I don't want to hear any more about styles, for I have seen so many during my life. A child five years old would be well entertained for a while if he could see some of those old skirts now. I don't want to write a long article. I may write again. JOHN A. PARTED, jji. SSl&l'! A' .

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