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Volume XIV. Twelve Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, November 9, 1923 One Section No. 28
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CHOWAN COLLEGE SENDS 1
AHOSKIE A NICE TREAT
Pmidant Weaver, Faculty
Member* And Student*
Guests of School
Dr. Chas. P. Weaver, President of
Chowan College, came over to Ahos
kie last Friday night, and brought
with Mm two members of his faculty,
and three students of the college, and
together provided a full night of en
tertainment and instruction for those
who attended the first regular meet
ing of the Parent-Teacher* Associa- ,
tion.
Doctor Weaver made an interesting
talk on "Vicarious Living or Dealing
in Futures") Misses Parker, Hollo
man and Leary, students, ssng and
read several selections; Miss Sarah
Hughes White, of the faculty, was
accompanist for the students and Miss
Ine* Mathews, also of the faculty,
came along to chaperons. Dr. R. E.
Clark, dean and professor of Bible,
accompanied the others here, and
when called upon for a talk responded
with a warm invitation to Ahoskie
persons to visit the echool.
A Hallowe'en song by the grade
students of the local school started off
the program, which was continued by
a short business session of the Asso
ciation. The nominating committee
reported, was discharged, and another
appointed to secure a president for
this school term. The other officers
fy were elected as follows: K. T. Ray
nor, Vice-President; Miss Emily
Gayie, Secretary; Mrs. Ernest Hayes,
Treasurer.
The young ladles from the student
body of Chowan College gave a de
lightful program of music and read
ing, and upon every occasion they
were given vigorous applause and en
cored following each rendition.
Miss Nancy Parker sang "From
The Land of Sky Blue Water" by
Qadman, "Love Has Eyes" by Bishop;
Miss Lucille Holloman read "White
Agalias" by Wright; Miss lis Leary
sang "Bonnie Sweet Bessie" by Gil
bert, "An Irish Mother's Lullaby" by
Lang, y
Doctor Weaver's talk was built
upon practical schoolroom teaching.
Parents were also admonished to look
carefully after the training of their
drildren. To both teacher and par
\ /ent he advised the injection of the
y practical side of life in the training
of youth. "Give them a chance to
shpw what they are," he said, "Don't
think you have to do the thinking for
the child; let him think; and cause
tin child to realise that a responsi
bility rests upon him or her".
dfo believed too nlany parents
t&>ttled the initiative of their chil
dren, and hedged them in too narrow
bound to allow for the normal
growth. It was this tendency he de
plored and advised against.
His talk was thoroughly enjoyed
by the hundred or more who attended
the session of the Association.
EMERSON WAREHOUSE
TO CLOSE NOVEMBER 28
According to announcement made
Wednesday, the Basnight Tobacco
Warehouse will hold its last auction
sale November 28th. No announce
ment has comb from the other ware
house that would indicate the day
upon which it will wind up business
for the current season.
A big break of tobacco earns Wed
nesday to the Basnight warehouse,
more than 28,000 pounds being sold
at an uncommonly high average?
$28.42 per hundred. PrieA on the lo
cal market have been holding their
own against the larger markets, and
these who have sold their crops here
have gone away satisfied customers.
FACULTY AND SENIOR
CLASS VISIT CHOWAN
The Aboskie High School faculty
and members of the senior class were
guests of Chowan College Wednes
diy afternoon. The party motored
to Ifurfreesboro in the afternoon,
and watched an interesting game of
soccor between two college teams.
Dinner was served at the college in
their honor.
This is the second of s series of
visits to Chowan by senior classes of
neighboring high schools. The stud
ents from Weldon and Woodland
were there^one day last week.
Invitations have been mailed to the
Wake County veterans to attend the
Armistice Day barbecue on Monday,
November 12th. ^
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GETTING READY FOR THE
WINTER HIGHWAY WORE
Ahoskia Road Commissioner
Purchases Tractor Outfit And
10 Cars Gravel
J. R. Garrett, road commissioner
for Ahoskie township, has about-fac
ed on the caterpillar tractor and toad
equipment proposition, which came
up before the board periodically be
fore the bond funds were apportioned
to the townships. He has purchased
a Bear tractor, Adams Road Main
tainor, scarifier, and one Adams road
machine, and put them to work on the
roads in his chaise.
The total cost of the new equip
ment stands Ahoskie township in
just 95,6,85, the purchase being made
by cash consideration of $1,500, and
the balance in two notes.
' An order has also been placed for
10 car loads of Garysburg gravel, the
same brand out of which the Ahos
kie-Fraisers road was constructed, a
section of road that has given away
under heavy traffic and little or no
attention. The gravel will probably
be used to patch up this road.
Little chance of road construction
is ahead for the next five or six
months, and the force will have it
hands full patching holes, dragging,
and making the highways passable.
The new equipment is already at work
dragging the highways. It should do
good work during the cold, wet
months of the winter.
This township hps not worked any
convict labor on'its roads, and In the
townships where they have been
worked difficulty has been experienc
ed lately in securing them in large
enough numbers to keep the cost of
maintenance of camps down to the
point that will make the labor profi
table. Additional force has been
sought from the State prison manage
ment, but advices from there state
there is none to spare, some of the
convicts having been recalled from
road work lately to harvest the erops
on the State Farm.
The purchase of road equipment of
the order now working in Ahoskie and
Winton townships will relieve the sit
uation, and save the cost of team feed
while they are standing idle ibis
winter.
Doctor Pollard was the pioneer to
blaze the way for bringing the tract
or outfits to the county, and his is
working nicely.
HERALD TO MOTORIZE
ALL ITS EQUIPMENT
J Another distinct improvement in
the macihnery that makes the HER
ALD a newspaper will be the sub
stitution of electric motors for a gas
engine and overhead shafting, which
has been the motive power for presses
in this office since 1918. The change
will be made within a few days, or
just as soon' as motors and their ac
cessories arrive. They Were ordered
Tuesday of this week.
The large two-revolution Miehle
press which turns out the news will
have a motor all its own under the J
new plan; and so will the smaller
press which supplies its large clientele
of printing buyers. The linotype and
another smaller printing press is now
driven by electric power.
Mr. "Jim" Vinson, the man who
looks after his favorite gasoline en
gine has already begun worrying for
fear there'll be not a thing to "talk
to" when the new equipment arrives,
and the office moves another peg in
its steady march of progress in mo
dern printing.
DELCO-LIGHT SPECIAL
A solid carload of Delco-Light plants
will be shipped into Hertford County
some time soon. The Detroit manu
facturers are offering a.large dis
count to those who buy from this
large shipment, and through their
local dealer, J. A. Eley, are adver
tising that fact on another page ef
this issue. Mr. Eley and his sales
man, Joe Umphlett are now busy
rounding up the orders.
PAIR AT WILLIAMSTON
What is advertised as the greatest
fair in Eastern North Carolina begins
at Williamston next week. It is the
Roanoke. It has been highly adver
tised through this section, and posters
and a large street banner say it will
live up to its advertising. It will be
about the last fair of the season in
this district.
Join the ranks of satisfied sub
scribers to the HERALD. Twelve I
months for 91.90. ?
MAIN STREET, LOOKING EAST, AHOSKIE '
The HERALD'S ''Staff Photographer" went out hunting '
for good newspaper scenes one day last summer, and this is one
of the spots he chose to snap. In the picture is shown the Man
hattan Hotel, the stores adjoining it, the Farmers-Atlantic Bank,
Richard Theater, Colonial Hotel, and stores beyond. The street
appears to be laid with pavement, hut it isn't. However, Coun
cilman Basnight says it will bt within another year. The two
ladies shown crossing the street are Mrs. S. F. Bowers and Mrs.
Hertford County Fair Delayed
Opening A Day Account Rain
Rain Defer* Opening Until Wednesday, And Day Starts Off
With Ideal Fall Weather; Exhibits, Shows And Races
Are All Stronger And Better Than Usual; Sat
urday Will Be Big Dag And Last One
What was flirt thought to be disas
ter for the Hertford County Fair
may yet work to its rehabilitation and
the lifting of it without the pale of
a debtors corporation to that of a go
ing concern. Tuesday, set as the open
ing day for the sixth annual fair,
brought forward such an ugly brand
of weather that things looked dark
for the financial success of the fair;
there was little hope for the traveller
to reach Winton over the roads.
As a consequence, the opening was
postponed for a day, and Hertford
County people awoke Wednesday to
again look out upon the sunshine of a'
glorious fall morning; the light wind
was fast drying up the mud, and fa
ces turned towards the fair grounds
at Winton. The day was a perfect one
and it was not too cold either. The
closing will be advanced one day, the
fair continuing all day Saturday, and
that day has been set apart as negro
day. Races, exhibits and shows will
operate Saturday, both day and night.
Some of the crowds were kept away
Wednesday on account of the roads,
but everything now looks rosy for
the rest of the week. The fair is now
in full swing, and in every line, in
cluding exhibits, the midway, free at
tractions, and horse racing, it is a
better exhibition than either of its
predecessors. Bad weather did not
deter the farmers and their wives
from getting their exhibits to the ex
hibit building right on time, and there
is a fine lot of them on hand.
Warder's Shows have a great line
of shows, concessions, and amuse
ments and the person looking enter
tainment is not to be denied at Win
ton this week. It is a large aggrega
tion, and everything that has the sem
blance of uncleanly performance has
been tabooed by the management.
With the stalls filled with a large
number of fast racing horses and the
veteran Tom Cannon on the job, the
daily racing programs are still re
taining their popularity with the fair
| attendants. Wednesday's racef were
fast and- interesting, and especially
elate "ns the contest in the 2:16
ptfe, Miss Kelly, BM, owned by J.
T. Freeman of Suffolk, Va., finally
'took first money, winning the -last
heat at a 2:17 Vk clip.
The results of the two races were
as follows:
2:24 Trot: Lady Love, J. R. James
A Bro., Belhaven, Va., first money,
time 2:24 1-2; Moko Axworthy, J. P.
Fitzgerald, Washington, D. C., second
money; Myrtle Oliver, R. Saunders,
Suffolk, Va., third; Rose Dot, driven
by J. W. Tayloe of Harrellsville, 4th;
others entering were Marching Boy,
J. Harris, Portsmouth, Va., Peter Gall
and Little David.
2:16 Pace: Miss Kelly, Suffolk, Va,
first money, best time 2:17 1-2; Love
berry, Mrs. Frank Bowler, Norfolk,
Va., second; Virile Direct, L. N. Nor
fleet, Suffolk, Va, thM; Mozelle, H.
L. Upshur, Eastville, Va, fourth;
Choioe Peter, G. I. Palmer, Savannah,
Ga., fifth and last.
HIGH SCHOOL TURNS OUT
FOR THE COUNTY FAIR
Student* and faculty of the Ahoe
kie High School joined the fair-going
throngs Thursday afternoon. Classes
began this morning at half past eight
and continued through until a half
hour later than usual before the noon
recess. The students were dismissed
for the remainder of the day.
Other schools in the county are also
turning out for the fair this week,
and all will be given an opportunity
to see the exhibits at Winton, as well
as take in the amusements on the mid
way.
Large crowds from Ahoskie are in
Winton today, and with such fine
weather many others will go over dur
ing the remaining days. Returning at
tendants say the races have been fast
and furious the last two days.
RESULTS OF OFFER
Three hundred new subeeribers
were added to our mailing lists last
month as a result of our special One
Dollar offer. These 300 subscribers
paid 1808. Three hundred and nine
ty-seven of our old subeeribers also
took advantage of the offered and re
newed, for a total of 482 years, or
an amount equal to $482. The total
receipts from subscriptions amount
ed to $785.
In France, medical tests are necess
ary before a driver of a motor car is
given a license.
HALEGE5 BROTHERS ARE
LESSORS OF LOCAL HOTEL
Jotti and George Haleges, for sev
eral yean proprietors of the Man
hattan Cafe, have broadened the
scope of their activities, by securing a
lease on the Colonial 9otel here. The
hotel -is the property of J. R. Garrett
who recently added a new dining hall,
lobby, and kitchen; and overhauled
the rooms in the old section *of the
building.
Messrs. Greene and Pe^ry have
been operating the Colonial Hotel for
the last few months. Haleges Bibs.,
the new lesson, have already taken
charge of the hotel and are making
preparations to take held of operation
of it.
They will continue to operate the
Manhattan Cafe.
ERECTING POWER LINES
Poles for the transmission line to
be built from the Ahoslde power plant
to Powellsville have already been put
in the ground, and work of stringing
the wire has begun. The poles fol
low the county highway for some dis
tance after leaving Ahoskie, and then
switch to property adjoining the Wel
lington A Powellsville Railroad right
of way. Messrs. Banks and Burke,
contractors for the transmission line
to Winton, have also started operat
ions. The cross arms and other ac
cessories for a large number of the
poles have been tacked on, and work
of putting them up will soon begin.
ASSOCIATION SHOWS AN \\
INCREASE DURING YEAR
baptists Had B?st Meeting And I
Largest Year in Their
History
(By REV. R. B. LINEBERRY)
The recent session of the West 1
Chowan Association, held in Mur- r
'reesboro in their new 940,000 church ^
>uilding, was in many respects a re-1 r
?y great session. The two outstand-111
ng features were the addresses of I C
Dr. Charles E. Maddrey on Missions I c
>nd Hon. J. W. Bailey at the 76th J a
Anniversary of the founding of Cho-1 ?
wan College. Beside these should be 11
mentioned the sermon by J. P. Essex, I
the Orphanage address by Dr. M. L.
Kesler and Dr. W. L. Potest on Co lie-1 <
ges and Schools and i. Fred Stimson 1i
on Ministerial Education; in fact, sill 1
the discussions and reports were of 11
a high order. 11
This Association has 58 churchesl 3
with 13,870 members. Each of the!
churches has a Sunday School and I <
there were reported 5 branch Sunday!
Schools?total S. S. membership 9,1
564. Fifty-five churches have Wom-|
an's Missionary organizations, num-|
bering 142 societies and a member-!
ship of 1,353. Number of baptisms!
reported were 432. Benevolent con
tributions this year were 954,160.75,1
being 28 percent more than last year.
The average per capita contributions
to benevolence was 93.90, whereas on
last year it was 98.08. Only eight
churches average less than 91.00 perl
capita. The highest per capita aver-1
age to benevolence was Seaboard,!
918.88; Cashie (Windsor), 810.26;
Severn, 89.86.
Ross leads in membership with 676,
Colerain 545, Ahoskie 516. The next 1
session is to be held with Cashie I
church at Windsor.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DIRECTORS ARE ACTIVE
Settling up for the barbecue given]
here last week took first place on the
order of business at the .meeting of
the directors of Ahoskie's Chamber of
Commerce Monday night. Practi
cally all bills for hogs and other sup
plies have been paid from the special
tobacco fund raised for that purpose,
the remainder being paid from the]
regular fund. The meat alone for]
the barbecue cost 9115.84.
No disposition has been made at
the cotton mill proposition, although
efforts have been made to have a
disinterested cotton mill man visit
Petersburg and assess the property
there. The Petersburg owners are
urging haste as there are other par
ties seeking the mill. Another prop
osition of a yam mill has been made
to the Chamber by L. R. Gilbert, of
Raleigh.
Advices received from the Wall
Street Tobacco Corporation indicate
a belief, as expressed in their latest
letter, that "you may see us in Ahos
Ide yet" They have not made as
surances of sufficient financial back
ing to meet Ahoskie's offer.
A conference is being sought by a
committee from the directors with
Mr. Newell, of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad, on the matter of erect
ing a passenger shed at the station
here.
The State Highway Commission has
also been importuned to include
Ahoalde on their numerous sign
boards on the highway in this section.
Memberships for the tsrclve months
period beginning October 1 will soon
be sought by the committee appointed
a few weeks ago. There is much
work ahead for the organisation, and
it is now already at work on its second
year, financed by the balance brought
from the previous year's membership
fees, v
MURFREESBORO IS
MAKING STRIDES
A Norfolk contractor, enroute to
his home after a visit to Murfrees
boro, says the effects of better times
is clearly evidenced in our neighbor
ing town. Six or seven contracts have
been 1st within the last two weeks for
new residences in Murfreesboro, he
said.
A knitting mill company has been
organised by local business persons,
and material is on tbe ground for a
new building. Other business houses
are also prospering, according to the
Virginian.
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Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gatling of
Portsmouth spent the week-end here
with relatives.
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I AND P. RAILROAD TO
MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENT
Tearing Before Judge Connor
on Receivership Scheduled
Next Tuesday
Something is about to happen to
he Wellington & Powellsville Rail
oad. J. A. Pretlow, of Franklin,
Virginia, was appointed temporary
eceiver of the short line road, Ahos
:ie to Windsor, on September 27.
>n next Tuesday, November 12th, the
reditora of the defunct railroad will
ippear at Wilmington and show
*use, if any, why Mr. Pretlow*a tem
porary receivership shall not be made
permanent.
Notices have been mailed out to
ireditors of the road, inviting them to
ippear before United States Judge
a. G. Connor at Wilmington at 12:80
next Tuesday. Mr. Pretlow has been
reneral manager of the W. 1 P. E.
R. for several months, succeeding Mr.
K. T. Baker who has been under the
care of surgeons for some time.
The short line road has been in
strained financial circumstances for
two or three yearn, and the manage
ment has had an uphill battle to keep
going. A reorganisation of the com
pany has been talked of for some
time, the first move in that direction
being the election of Mr. Pretlov to
the managerial position. Financial as
sistance was sought and obtained for
the road since he todfc charge, but, it
is presumed, the plans were net car
ried sufficiently far to place the road
on a permanent basis.
Laying a standard guage rail has
also been spoken of, and may yet ma
terialise, if, after winding Up of the
receivership, it is reorganised and re
habilitated. Further extensions have
been part of the plans formulated by
parties interested in gaining control
of the road. Just what steps will be
taken and how it will be disposed of
will, of course, be dependent upon the
outcome of the bankruptcy proceed
ings.
C. J. Field, of Southport, N. C.,
president of the North Carolina Asso
ciation of Short Line Railways, is re
ported to have accepted a position
with the road. Mr. Field has been in
communication with the Local Cham
ber of Convention, seeking a home
here. He has rented a residence in/
Ahoslde,
NOTE?Since writing the above
article, the resignation of lir. W. M.
Corwin as superintendent of the Wel
lington A Powellsville Railroad, has
been officially announced by ?. A.
Pretlow, temporary Receiver. Mr. C.
J. Field, mentioned in the paragraph
above as reported po have accepted a
position with the company, succeeds
Mr. Corwin to the place he baa vacat
ed.
Mr. Field is already in Ahoskie and
actively at work. He will make his
home here.
COMMISSIONERS DO
LITTLE AT MEETING
Last Monday** session of the
county commissioners was a dull one
except for the conflict in evidence and
beliefs of Messrs. W. E. Jordan and
Willie Hill, of the Cofleld section,
who were summoned before the
board in an effort to place the blame
upon some canine for killing 14
sheep for Mr. Jordan. The latter said
H was Mr. Hill's dog, and Mr. Hill
said no. The board paid Mr. Jordan
for his sheep and then swted to hold
Mr. Hill's dog responsible. He will
contest the findings, another hearing
being set for next first Monday.
Although being unable to secure
Judge J. Lloyd Horton to hold a spec
ial term of superior court in Decem
ber, the board voted to request the
court and take chances on the judge
Governor Morrison will send here.
Approving bills against the county
required but a short time, and the
work of the board was over by two
o'clock. However, the members re
mained on the job until four o'clock.
In the meantime, H. G. Snipes and
Charlie Parker, of Menola, were ask
ed to come before the board and
make affldavits in the mandamus case
argued at Jackson Tuesday, regard
ing the granting of an election to
freeholders in Lassiter School Dis
trict for their removal to the Wood
land-Onley High School district in
Northampton County.
WITH HIS FATHER
Mr. Samuel M. Applebaum left last
-Sunday morning for Baltimore, Md?
to be with his father who is very ill.
He has been sick for some time and Is
not expected to live.