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? ? '" ? i "? ' II m m!!^SmllSS3SmXm!SmISlmmmSSm^ i i 11 /' * i *"i ? I.I???? ? ? ^ ? ?? "" ' ... . ? " ' ? , fl mmmmmmm-m I . . I I " I. *? - I I V w , THE LARGEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. 1% * i 1 ii i'M in i ??? VOL 5 AHOSKJE. N. C.. DECEMBER I?. 1914 N0 48 ? fc * * s flare-v; ^ - "2i??_?; :?; _?i?;? HERTFORD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET. The newly elected Board nf County Commissioners namely, 8. P. Winborue, C. E. Boyelte, H. H. Jonea, J.'N. Hollomou, Dr. J. A. Powell and E. J. Gerock, met in llie court bouse on the 7th. day of December 1914 and after bei..g sworn in by Thos. D. Uooue retailing Clerk of Superior Court, they proceeded to have the duties of the Commissioners read asjirescribed iu the revisal; On motion and seconded, it was unanimously carried that 8. P. Wiuborne be elected as Chairman of the Board for the ensuing year. After election of Chairman, the Clerk read tb? minutes of last ses sion, which were approved, Committee appointed to have Jemigan's Bridge repaired, re ported same coibpleted. The following committees con tinued until next meeting of the Board to wit; The committee on repairs to M'Boro bridge. The committee on building ten ant bouse at county home. The Committee on Hoggard Swamp bridge and Causeway. The commilias (Hi**repairs to bridges in St. Johns Township. Committee on wiring Court house for lights is contiuued and H. H. Jones is substituted in place of A. L Parker, and the commit tee is authorized to have work done if same does not exceed $55. 90 for complete job with suctyftx,. tures as the committee sees neces tary. J The Board authorized Register of Deeds to take the list of |Ben Purdy and Boe Purdy and turn same over to the Tax Collector Murfreesboro township!""" On motion its ordered by Board that the sum of $100 be paid to W. A. Chavis Itor work done on Barners bridge road; the remain der to be paid when work is com pleted. Winborne and Winborne were unanimously elected as county At torneys for the coming year at a ealary of $60.00. Dr. Geo. N, Harrell presented bia resignation to the Board .of County Commissioners aa Supt. | Health, to take effect the firet Monday in January 1016, same was accepted by Board. The following official bonds pre sented to the Board which were unanimously-hcceptod and approv ed, to wit; . D. K. McGlohon, Clerk of Sup erior Court. Jno. A. Northcott, Register of Deeds. _ - A. E. Garrett, Treasurer of School fund. A. E. Garrett, Treasurer of couuty. A. E. Garrett, Process Bond. A. E. Garrett, franchise Bond. M. R. Sumner, Constable of St. Johns Tiiwnslpp. C. G. Askew, Constable of Ahoskie Township. T. H. Vinson is allowed to have his bond completed and to return same to J. A. Northcott Clerk of Board, who is given authority* to accept it after it has been ack nowledged by the signers with proper certificate. The following officers were sworn in by the Chairman; C. G. Askew. Constable of Ahos kie Township. M. R. Sumner, Constable of St. Johns Township. D. R. McGlohon, Clerk Super ior Court A committee consisting of B. B. Winborne and Geo. "Cowper ap pointed to conduct the newly qualified Clerk of Court into office and have same turned over to him. M. M. Brown is elected as Superintend of the county home for the coming .vear at a salary of two hundred and seventy-five dollars ($275.00. It is moved and carried that the Superintendent of county home be elected in future on the 1st. Mon day hi Septembei instead of Dec Philatbea Business Meeting. Tbe Philathea Clans of Ahoskie Baptist-Church met in the home of our Pres. Mrs. W. L. Curtis Mon day, December 14, 1914 for ite re gular business session. The meeting was opened by. singing Ship Ahoy. This was followed by scripture reading by Pres. end Mrs. Honeycutt led in prayer. \ Our National Hymn was then sung. The comittee to select a gift for the orphan whom we support re ported next. The gift of handkerchifs for the orphan girls in the West Chowan building was collected aud we found that we had about five dozen. The nominating committee re ported and the following officers were elected; Teacher. Mrs. J. A. Williams; Assistant teacher, Mrs. Ernest Hayes; Pres. Mrs. K. L. Phelps; Vice-Pres. Mrs. C. G. Powell; Secretary, Mrs. J. H. Copeland; Assistant Secretary, Miss Ruth Odom;,Treasurer, Mrs. Xt. S. Jernigan; Reporter Miss s(X>ris Jenkins. A fining vote of thanks was given B^rs. Honeycutt for her services teacher. Mrs. M. D. Curtis invited the class to meet with her next titae. We th.ii sang Dear to the Heart rf the Snephard aud then ware dismissed b.y repeating the plat 1 form. \ The hostess served fruit and a ?social bour/waji engaged in. ember. v* On motion it is ordered that J. N.^Hotlumon be splinted to look sifter the coupiy bjww and con fer wTtfrthe Su)perintendeat. It is moved add carried tbat J. EL Vann, H. H. Jones and L. J. Lawrence be appointed a commit tee to investigate and check up all affairs, books,'and accounts of the office of tire retiring Clerk of Su|ierior Court, and make report to the board at its nest meeting. On motion of H. H. Jones, sec onded b.v G. J. Gerock, the Clerk of this board is hereby instructed to notify the Treasurer that in tbe future he w'll be required to com ply strictly with the law as known in Chapter 26 of tbe Revisal of 1905. On motion the following ferries are placed ijt charge of, and under the supervision of the Commis sioner named." Maneys Ferry? S. P. Winborne. Boone Harrell and Tar Ldg. Ferries?Dr. J. A. Powell, Winton and Parker's Fer ries?H. H. Jones and C. E. Boyette to let out the heeping of Murfreesdoro Bridge. ? On motion and seconded, it is carried unanimously, that L. J. Ijuwrence and Jno. E. Vann be appointed ak a Finance Committee to serve the ensuing year. On motion it is carried that J. A. Northcott, Clerk to the Board, is inftructed to kefep the accounts of the county as heretofore, and act as Clerk to Board at same salary as paid for the preceding year. H. H. Jones is inst ructed to look after Anna Newsome and report her condition at next meeting. On motion it is ordered that $3.00 per month be finished to William ^Overton and wife and that Uoggard and Stokes furnish the amount. On motion it is ordered that $2.50 per month be furnished to Elija Liverman by J. D. Earley. The Clerk of the Board is order ed to notify the Clerk of Court, Sheriff-Treasurer and Surveyor to make report of the fees of their office for the past year in accord ance with the law. and if this re port Is not made by the first Mon day in January the penalty pre scribed will be imposed. The report of Superintendent of Health received and filed. ? The following accounts present ed and approved. (Continued on page 8.) Old Hickory Chips. This promises to^be a good little quiet congress. It is reported that the Kaiser lias pnrumonia. Well if lie dies with it he oeii go down in history as the greatest murderer the world has ever produced. Berlin will be interested in learn ing that French Parliment is to meet in Paris. Another horror of war is tlie word "unneutral" which though useful is unoretty. Probably subways will appeal more to European cities hencefor th than they formerly did. Gen. Carranza seems to be a man with a glowing future, which he never by any possibility over, ukes. . "? ? ; Maybe in time Europe will lie glad to have some neutral power come in and poll the combatants apart. Send your Christina* socks to the Belgiam* they will find gome* thing to put in 'em. It may found paradoxical, but no sooner do the troops reform than they go to fighting again. If Mr.* Edison really wants to banish sleep, he'll have to cease his extended lectures on the sub ject. If no other way opens up, the average Chicago Grand Jury can always make a coup by indicating itself. (laving come out boldly on the Mexican situation, -the Colonel is almost within handshaking dis tance of Boise Penrose. London's growing apprehension of a Zep raid ought to open up a good market for Kansas' Banner crop of cyclone cellars. Euro pes are galleries might have been saved if they had been converted into moving picture shows before hostillitiee began. Love of country is a fine thing, but it gets people into a lot of trouble. It looks as if the Chicago Police forcelMd been taking lesions from that of New York. Also people who live in glass dreadnaughts should not through booms. Gen. DeWets short lived re bellion was a perfectly good one in the prospectus. Battleships are useful in enabling manufacturers of torpedoes to make a living. Early shopping is one of those ideal trades that benefit all parties concerned. Bombarding the Krup Gun Works from the sky appears to be the height of impudence. There is no war tax yet on mar riage liscense and marriage certi ficates. Do your marrying early. Many a preacher exhausts his congregation before be does iris subject. * Missouri is complaining of the smoke from the Arkansas forest fires. If the wind d isen't change soon we may have another war of cultures. Cotton is eighteen cents a pound in Germany. Would that not make you mad if you were < a Cotton Planter with lots of cotton and no way to get it to Germany I He is a fortunate man who can catch up ftith is ambitions and debts. One can't always judge a man's importance by the angle at which he wears his bat. Now it is reported that the German submarines evaded the 6re of the British Battleships at Zeebrugge by driving, which is after all, just about what a sub marine is built to do. ' Tffis War has apparently demon strated that no fort is impregna ble unless the enemy can be kept so. far out of range that the fort itself can do no barm. London is still in tbe dark, but its more on account of Zeppelins than lack of war news, Aulander News ("emptied and Arranged (or Herald Readen by our Regular Corre?ponden. I ,nnrrrnnnr^ Tlie play "Farm Folk*" was presented bare list Friday evening under tbe direction of Mra. L. Q. Bollard and wan enjoyed bv a large crowd. Tboee taken part in the play, individually and collect ively made a big bit with the audience and it waa one of tlie best plays ever -given here by the amatners. This pla'y' will prob ably be taken to some of the sur rounding towns in the near future. The Ba^Lca-Philathea conven tion met bere on Saturday and Sunday 6t|i-7th., and Was well at tended despite tbe extremely bad weather. Tbe program.advertised was carried through with tbe ex ception of two numbers, k speech by Mr. J, H. Matthews and a song by Mr. A. C. Mitchell both of Windsor who were detained by the weather. Miss Byrd was pres ent and made several interesting talks. Among the delegates pres* ent were Misses Inza Bridgers. Ruby White, Louise Baggett, Maud Mason Spivey, Ruth Cooke, Fannie Darden Gatling, Mr. Von Foltz and mother and Mr. Joe Deuopsey and Mrs. Dempsey of Windsob-, Messrs Tom Peele and Garland Bazemore of Lewistou, and Linwood Hoggard of Repub lican. The Junior class of Lewis ton was also represented. Tbe | convention was a success in all 1 particulars. 1 Mies Lizzie Pritchard was elect ed Editor of the Baraca-Philothea 1 class last Sunday. Mr. Aurelius Joyner was pain- ; fully hurt at the oil mill last week. Mr. Joyner was caught by machin ery and was badly bruised about the head and arm tef ire getting ; > out. His wounds were dressed ? and he is now doing nicely. A strange negro went into the # drug store of W. G. Mitchell last ? Saturday night and purchased ? some articles without paying for a them. When Mr. Mitchell re v monstrated with him, the negro 4 used abusive language and cursed ? the proprietor. Mr. Mitchell and A bis ctyk. Jim Nichols made for a the negro, who in return got out C his knife and started for Mr. t Mitchell, in the mix-up, Mr. r Mitchells coat was cut through the ? breast and he was otherwise incon- * venienced. Several men ran up ? to the scene and succeeded in get- * ting the negro away and delivered ^ him to the Constable. At the trial .= the negro was bound over to the _ Superior Court. During the night jf the jail containing the negro was n burned to the ground. It is sup- Q posed that the occui ant was cold Q and started a fire to warm, or else Q thoughtjie could burn his way out M of jail. In any event the ne^ro Q was burned to death when parties P discovered the fire and put it out. n The corner was sent for but re- P served a decision for Monday n morning when the jury will be O selected. It is regretted that the ? negro came to such an untimely * death. No one knows who he is W or where he came from. It was reported that the darkey was half crazy Inter, but no one had noticed anything peculiar in bis actions. The Graded School will give an entertainment here next week juat before Xmas. Miss Inez Bridgers of Windsor spent the night with friends here last Friday and left on the early train for Norfolk. K' ; / Some of the atorea are showing Xmas goods to attract Santa Claus. Business seems to be going on about as usual for this time of yea^. _ I How To Qlvo Quinine To Children. I PRRRILINlt la the trade-mark mum* rleen to an a Improved Quinine. It Is a Taste leu Syrup. plea a- W ant to take and does not diaturb the stomach. " Children take It and never know it is Quinine. Also especially adapted to adalta who cannot taks ordinary Quinine. Does not nanaeate nor m canse mnwnnns nor rtatisf In the hand. Try It the nest time jroe need Quinine lor an^par- - pes* Ask tst J esses ortsinal package. The I name F8BJUI4NB is blown in bottle. Is seats 1 Tate Machinery & Supply Co., Littletea, N. C. MACHINERY SPECIALISTS Everything in Machinery (vn<J Supplie. Dr. c. g Powell DENTIST OFFICE s OVER S.J. DILDAYS STORE AHOSKIE, N. C. A/inborne dt Winborne Benj. B. Winborne < . Stanley Winborne Attorney.-at-I.aw MURFREBSBORO, N. C. Phone. No. 1? and 21. >? Edgar Thome* Snipe* Attorney-* t-Law Loan* Negotiated Real Eatate Bought and Sold] Office: 2nd Floor J. W. Godwin. Jr? 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