(?. 1 WW ' i* 1 /""M WW ? 1 Wr Nnmb?r Bom*1 Hertford County Herald I* A PAPER WORTH WHflJB y w j Volume XIV. Twelve Pages Ahoskie, North Carolina, Friday, November 9, 1923 One Section No. 28 *' I i1 ? ' mmm mm m mm 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. ^ w, .M vH ? % ?''' ? 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. ? .1 ' x Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gatling of Portsmouth spent the week-end here with relatives. -1 H, * T'tT-v, * " 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.

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