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-VOL. 6 AHOSKIE, N. C? OCTOBER 22, f915. NO 40
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Dr. c. g Powell
DENTIST
OFFICE
OVEK S.J. DILDAVS STORE
AHOtJKIE. N. C.
Afinborne & Winborne
Benj. B. Winborne
Stanley Winborne
Attorneya-at-Law
U L) R Fit EES BO KO, N. C.
Phonea No. 17 and 21. " *
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Edgar Tltomae Snipes
AlUirnfly-at-Lnw
Loana Negotiated
Real EataU Bought and Sold]
Offlca: 2nd Floor J. W. Godwin. Jr. Bldg
AHOSKIE. N. C.
R. R. ALLEN
Dealer In
8ASH, DOORS. BUNDS. WINDOW
GLASS. HARDWARE, PAINTS
AND BUILDING MATERIALS
GENERALLY
Wholaaale and Reuil
Na. 1127 W'aahlniton Square
SUFFOLK. VA.
SASH. DOORS. HARDWARE.
PAINTS. LIME. CEMENT. SEWER
PIPE. CART MATERIAL MILL
SUPPLIES. STOVES. RANGES
AND ETC. CLOSE PRICES.
MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED
AND OBLIGE.
E. L. FOLK CO.
Na. VI7 0I0 Wa.hinilan Square
SUFFOLK. VA.
ROGERS & WILLIAMS
Attorneye-at-Law
Prompt Attention Given to All
Buaineaa. ,
AHOfKlE. N. C.
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C. Wallace Jones
Attorney and Cr'inrelor-At-Law
WINTCW. N. C.
Praetiee in all roorts. Loan* negotiat
ed. Soeeial attention to eoHecti^na.
Located in Bank of Winton
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Roewell C Btidgar
Attorn* jr-at-Law
WINTON. N. C.
J. R. EVANS
Practical Tin Roofer and Slieet
Metal Worker
Pricea Right.
MURFREESBORO. K. C.
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FRANK G. TAYLOE
Notary Public
Ahoskii, North Carolina.
J. L. PARKER
Notary Public
HERALD OFFICE
Adoskib, N. C.
Walter R. Johnson
Attorney at Law
Ahoskib. North Carolina
Practices wherever service* desired
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G. J. NEWBERN,
Airent
Ford Automobiles,
Ahoskie. N. C.
Touring Car _ ..$440.00
Runabout 390.00
F. O. B. Detroit.
FOR SALE.
CYPRESS SHINGLES
v 3 incites to 6 incites X 20 incites
also Plastering Laths $2.30 per m.
Copbland * Taylor,
Harrellsville. N. C.
Coaftha That arc Stopped!
Careful people ?ee that they
are stopped. Dr. King's New
Discovery is a remedy of tried
merit. It has held its own on
the market for 46 years. Youth
an old are testify to its soothing
nnd healing qualities. Pneu
monia and lung troubles are of
ten caused by the deliy of treat
ment. Dr. King's New Dis
covery stops those hacking
coughs and relieves la grippe
tendencies. Money back if it
fails. 50c. and $1.00. Adv..
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BOW TO GET A TRAVELING
LIBRARY.
North Carolina maintains
through it* Library Commission
at Kaleigh a system of free travel
inn libraries. General traveling
libraries furnish people living on
farms and in remote oommunities
good books for general reading;
package libraries provide students
and club workers with material for
debates and club papers; and the
reference department of the travel
ing library system supplies refer
ence libraries on special subjects
for study clubs. The book* are
free to all, and any community
may share th? advantages of the
traveling library system by com
plying with the few regulations
neccessary to its efficient manage
ment. *
General Traveling Libraries.
Tbe*e libraries of thirty-live or
forty volumes are made up of
novels and stories and of the best
and nr.ost readable bonks on vari
ous subjects for adults and chil
dren. They are shipped by freight
in a box fitted with shelves so that
it can be used as a bookcase. A
library may be kept for three
months and, if desired, renewed
for one month longer. As soon
as one library is returned another
containing a different collection of
I>ooks is sent to take its place.
How Obtained.
Any community may obtain a
traveling library by securihg the
signatures of at leaat ten residents,
who thus form a library associa
tion. The association elects a
president, a secretary and libra
rian, and decides where the books
shall be kept. Ordinarily the
post office it the best place, a*
every one goes there; but if this
is not feasible, the most desirable
places are general stores, schools,
aiuHastly, private homes.
Tbe application for a traveling
library must be made on the cards
furnished by the Library Commis
sion. If it does not seem desirable
to form a library association, the
application may be signed by five
taxpayers or by the officers of a
Farmers' Union local.
The rules governing the loan of
libraries are few and simple. Bor
rowers agree to take good care of
ti e books and that they shall be
loaned without charge to all re
sponsible persons in the commun
it.v; to return the library prompt
ly; and to pay the freight both
from and to Raleigh.
Agriculture and Country Ufa.
The reference department of the
traveling library system contains
a very full and good collection of
books on agriculture and country
life. Single volumes are loaned to
individuals; upon request, a group
of six is included in a general
traveling library; or ten books are
loaned to a Farmers' Union local.
A special collection, called the
Farmer's Library, contains twelve
volumes of the best and most read
able books on agriculture for
North Carolina farmers. This
Farmer's Library is loaned to five
taxpayers or to a Farmers' Union
local.
Debate Libraries.
A debate library contains pam
phlets, Government and State
documents, msgazine articles, and
several books on a given question.
Literature dealing with both the
affirmative and negative sides of
a question is always included in
every library. These libraries are
not loan to individuals, but to de
bating societies and" to rural
schools, and the application must
be signed by the principal of a
rural school or by the president
and sec re lay of a debating society.
-? Remarkable Witc'n.
In a coatly watch that baa been
made for exhibition purposes there
la a wheel that makea a revolution
only once In four yeara, operating a
dial that ahowa the yeara, raontha and
daya.
Ointment for Chllblalra
A European uhyatctan re< ymmenda
the following 'Ormula to rofieve chll
blalna: Camphor, One grra; balsam
of Peru, one and a half grama; white
wax. 4d irtaa, sad Saj.iscd oil, SG
grama
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DRAIN YOUR FARM WITH
TILING.
Did you read the article on tile
drainage in our last week's issue?
If you did not. then hunt up your
|isIter and read it now. Thia ar
ticle is based upon the reports of
government authorities, who are
familiar with this kind of drain
age. It is a valuable article for
for our farmers and landowners,
if they would accept these findings
and put them into practice on
their farms. Our national gov
ernment is very much Interested
in the development of our lands,
and they are at all times ready and
eager to give both professional
ad vice and money in Improving our
wasted and run down lands.
Doubtless thereare a great num
ber of acres of land in our own
and adjoining counties that could
be utilized for farming purposes,
if the owners of these lansd were to
live it the proper draioage. Open
ditelies, as shown in last week's
article, serve to waste a large acre
age of the very best farming
lands. In other words, by the
use of tile drainage much wasted,
and otherwise worthless, land is
converted into good farming land.
[ Our people are slow to accept a
proposition, and owing to that fact
are always several years behind
the progressive communities. Why
can't some of our people?the peo
ple of our own Hertford County?
depart from some of their old
customs, and begin something that
will be of more benefit to tbem
than harboring some of their' old
notions that have been handed
down by our forefathers before
usl Keep up with the times, and
always be ready to enter in the new
ideas, after you have sufficient ev
idence that they will really pay.
But some one savs. How do we
know that this will pay! Simple
enough; read the government re
ports, and accept ilte findings of
hundreds of others who have fouud
this to be a great improvement
over the open ditch. If you are
not already supplied with these
facts, write to your congressman,
Hon. Jno. H. Small, and he will
be glad to furnish you with ample
data to convince any reasonable
human being of the economy in
tile drainage. If he does not sup
nly you with the information, just
show us that you are open to con
viction, and we will see that you
get the material.
Some of our people are eager to
accept a proposition when once
they have seen that it will pay,
but they have not the initiative to
take hold of something new. If
everybody felt about it oa this
class of people do, where would
our improvements materialize?
Will some energetic and progress
ive farmer in this section under
take tile drainage?
Tbe Sootbern Agricultural York
ers to Meet in November.
B. W. Kilgore. President of the
Association of Southern Agricul
tural Workers, has announced
that the Association will meet at
the University of Tennessee at
Knoxville on the 10th, 11th and
19th of November. H. A. Mor
gan, Dean and Director of the
.Qoliege of Agriculture and Experi
ment Station, has sent o&t the let
ter of invitation to all the directors
of other stations requesting them
to attend the meeting together
with as mauy members of the
staff as can come.
Professor Den T. Gary, of
North Carolina Experiment Station,
who is Secretary of the Associa
tion, is now completing the pro
gram for the meeting and announ
ces a splendid series of lectures.
For the purpose of systematizing
agricultural work in the South and
planning for the future of the
meetings. President Kilgore has
drawn up a plan which will be
used as a basis for the making of
future programs. This plan has
been placed in the hands of all the
workers over the South and will
lie of great value In aiding the
Association in dealing with the
many agricultural activities now
under wav. .
MISSION SERVICES AT AHOS
KIE BAPTIST CHURCH.
Special mission see vices were
held at the Almskie Baptiat Church
Sunday night, Oct. 17. llev. T.
K. Kenton, and President Q. ?.
bine berry, of Murfreesboro. were
in charge of the meeting, and in
spiring, as well as informing ad
dresses were made by each. A
large congregstiou was present to
listen to these two men tell of the
need of missions, and what was
being done by the Baptists in
North Carolina to relieve the sit
uation.
Rev. Keaton led .the meeting,
and after devotional exercises, gave
a very clear and forcible exposition
on the relation of missions to the
divine graces. He drew a striking
comparison between tho rules of
conduct as laid down in the scrip
tures and as conformed to by the
church member of today. By fre
quent illusions to passages in the
Bible, he clearly brought out the
fact that giving material things
money?was a grace "just so sure
ly as were Love. Faith, Charity,
and Long buffering."
Kev. Keaton, in the course of
his remarks, said that each chris
tian should give one tenth?a tithe
?of his pet income to the cause
of Christ. He stated, further,
that the Bible taught that a strict
account should be kept with God.
and that this account should be
checked up just as one's account
with lit* business associates. His
argument was convincing and in
structive.
Following the scriptual exposi
tion of missions, Mr. Li tie berry
continued the line of thought by
narrating the actual conditions in
North Carolina in tegard to mis
sions. Mr. LineberVy, having for
several years been connected with
the State Board, and being famil
iar witb the North (purolina field,
was able to give some very interest
ing facts concerning missions in
this State. The several sections
of the Slate were discussed seper
rately, and tlie need of more chur
ches, more money to establish
churches and mission points, and
the work that should be done, was
clearly outlined by him.
"Put Christ in your will," said
Mr. Lioeberry. He then gau
neveral striking examples of those
who had bequeathed large sums of
money to the cause of Christ.
Mr. Lineberr.v closed hie address
by an appeal to church members
to contribute freely to the giuee
of missions, and become a factor
in spreading the gospel. It was
indeed a very interesting, and well
outlined address, and the attention
of the congregation was rivited
upon the speaker during the
course of his remarks.
At the close of the addresses, a
collection was taken, and during
the dollection "Jesus is Calling"
was sung by a quartet, composed
of Messrs. F. Q. Barbee. J. H.
Howard, C. G. Powell, and X. L.
Williams. Collection being taken
and the apeakers baring thanked
the appreciative listeners for their
indulgence, the meeting was closed
witb benediction by Rev. Keaton.
Hertford Goooty MissieDary Union.
Brantley's Grove Baptist 'Church,
Tuesday, November 2,1915.
10:30 A. M. Devotional Exercises
'. Mrs. W. J. Dilday
Business.
How shall we get our women more
interested in missionary workl
Mrs. S. N. Watson, Mrs.
Ernest Hayes, Mrs. James
Mitchell and Mrs. 0. M. Brett.
Our Gift to Foreign Mission ._
Mr?. John Freeman.
Open Conference.... Why do
we Kive so little time to the
cause of Christ.
Adjournment.
1:80 P. M. Devotional Exercises..
- ...Mrs. L. B. Blythe.
Report of Committees.
Im|H>rtance of Mission Study
..... Miss Lsmbertson.
Sonir..Brantley's Grove Sunbeams
The Joy of Service ...
Mrs. K. D. Stukenbrok
Closing prayer.
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BRILLIANT SOCIAL EVENT.
On Friday evening, Oct. 15,
from 9 to 12 Miss Nettie Sessoms
entertained tbe social set of Alius
kie in bonor of ber bouse guest,
Miss Janie Cherry, of Windsor,
N. C. Tbe home was beautifully
decorated, and a color scheme of
yellow and green was carried out
in every detail.
Uoon entering tbe home the
gucsta were sbowu to the dressing
room, after which tbe.v descended i
to the ball below, and just be- i
fore eutering were introduced to
tbe guest of honor. Upon enter- i
ing the parlor ono could not help
but be forcibly struck by the way
in which the color scheme ?a.< ?
carried out. Potted plants, cut 1
flowers, and golden rods dotted 1
the parlor on every side, and the <
soft light shining thru as it did 1
converted the room into a mimic |
sunset, with golden rays peeping
from behind the foliage of the
decorations.
After a short get-to-gether con
versation, cards were passed
around assighning each one pre
sent to one of the tallies that
had been previously arranged by
number. After each guest had
matched the others and the cou
ples had found their match, a game
of progressive rook was begun in
earnest. There were four tables,
of two cuples each. After one
hour of rook, in which time many '
interesting contests took place,
the cards were taken up in order
to ascertain the winner.
At eleven o'clock the parlor was
converted into a temporary dining
hall, and a well prepared repast
was served. The supper, consist
ed of pimento sandwiches, salad,
Saratoga fritters, and iced tea.
The tea was flavored with green
mint plants, while each plate was
overlaid with "golden rods."
This arrangement served to carry
out the color sebeme.
The hostess was gowned in a
beautiful crepe de chine dress of
all over lace, while the guest of <
bonor wore an ^evening dress of
crepe de chine, the color of which '
blended with the scheme of decor- <
ations.
Alter refreshment* had been '
served., and the tables cleared, the <
company was treated to some good
instrumental music. During un 1
intermission, Professor F. Q. I tar
bee rapped for attention, and in a ?
few well chosen words presented to .
Miss Irma Boyette, the winner in
the game of rook, a box of ,
linen paper. (
The event was even more note- (
worthy on account of the fact that ,
it was the first anniversary of the (
marriage of Professor and Mrs. (
Barbee. And as the guests began (
leaving, a few minutes before mid- (
plight the couple was the recipient
of many a hearty handshake;
The following young people ,
were present and enjoyed the hos- (
pitality of the hostess: Misses Mar- (
garet Hood, Maude Uuff, Margaret ,
hSperger, Buelah Vann, Florence ,
While, Irma Boyette, Janie Cher- (
ry, and Mr. and Mrs. F. Q. Bar ,
bee; and Messrs. Clarence Blount, ,
W. M. Oorwin, J. O. Carter, Pem- .
broke Baker, Clarence Perry, E.
T. Snipes. Stanley Leary and Roy '
Parker.
Alter National Highway, J
Kockv Mount, N. C.?From
VVeldon to Selma the prominent
citizens of every town have been
invited or will be during the next
several days to'attend a barbecue
dinner to be given by the chamber
of commerce of this city Wednes
day, Oct. 27th, at which time this
leathering is expected to pnite on a
plan for the proper placing of the
[ new short route over the excellent
sand clay roads of this section,
which will greatly shorten the
National Highway route for au
toists between Lawrenceville, Va.,
and Smithfield, N. C. These ex
cellent roads, some of them, have
done service for many years,
thougli it has been only recently
that all the bad places have been
remedied, and the sand clay route
through the eastern section of the
State, in addition to being the
most direct and shortest route for
autoiats to the South, also will
stand the comparison with anv
through the State*?News and Ob
server.
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MOST PEOPLE?
in this community carry accounts at this bank. Some are check*
injj, others are savings, while still others are both.
We invite YOU to .become a member of our happy family.
Checking accounts are the most convenient me thod of paying
bills, and they discourage extravagant habits
Saving accounts draw 4 per cent interest.
Merchants and Farmers Bank
Win ton, N. C. J)
An Expert Opinion
would show that our stock includes
the very best verities. We keep
nothing but the best quality of
grain, hay and feed of all kinds,
and our oats and hay are from the
[ choicest crops raised. Prices no
| higher than you pay elsewhere.
' S. E. VAUGHAN,
AHOSKIt. N. C.
A UTOMOBILE REPAIRING. {
Don't rack your car b.v neglecting necassar.v repairs. 1
Bring it to us in time and tbus reduce the bill.
We make all kind of repairs, and they are uroperly done. T
Buy your supplies from us and"save freight or express. X
VULCANIZING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE.
AHOSKIE GABAGE. Ahoskic^ N. C. J
1A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACKj
|\ is often no harder to find than a dollar ^
|\ when you want one in a hurry. tyjr
ft Annex a check book by opening an ac- w
i count at this bank, and protect yourself
from such annoyances is the future.
We carry many accounts at this bank. X
Possibly we have yours, too. &
If not. we invite you to open an ac
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BETTER BE AH ANT THAN A GRASSHOPPER j
"There be things which are little upon the earth but are
exceeding wise: The Ants are a people not strong, yet they
prepare their meat in the summer." Proverbs 30:24 and 25.
The Squirrel has stored his granaries full of food; the Bee I
has all his honey put up; the Ant's food bins are full to R
bursting.
But the Grasshopper, the singer, the dancer, the frivolous I
one?what is left of him but a slow perishing from hungry, a M
certain doom!
Arc you, like the Ant, "Exceeding Wise"? Have you money
in the bank? Or will you go hungry, like the fooliak, improvident
Grasaeopper? After you have thought thie?think of our Bank.
BE AN ANT.
FARM5RS-A-qAIMT19 BANK:
AHOSKtE, N. C.