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THE LARGEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN EASTERN NORTH*CAROLINA. VOL. 6 ' AHOSKIE, N. C., NOVEMBER 5, 1915. NO i > Dr. c. g Powell DCNTIM OFFIC* OVEK S.J. DJLOAX'3 STORE AH08KIE. N. C. Wlnborno A Winborn# B#nJ. B. Win borne Stanley Wlnborno . Attorneya-at-Law MURKREESBORO, N. C. Pbonae No. 17 and 21. Edgar Thomaa 8nipea , AUorne.y-at-Law Lo.na Negotiated Kwt Batata Bought and Sold] Ofllca: 2nd Floor J. W. Godwin. Jr? Bldg AHOSKIE. AC ? R. R. ALL.CN Dealer In BASH. DOORS, BLINDS. WINDOW GLAS8. HARDWARE. PAINTS AND BUILDING MATBRIAL8 ' GENERALLY Wholeaala and Retail Na. 027 Washington Square SI1TOI.K. 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. No. 0174110 Washington Square SUFFOLK. VA. ROGERS & WILLIAMS Attorney a-at-Law Prompt Attention Given to All Buainaaa. AHOFKIE. N. C. ?. Wallace Jones Attorney and O'irtcelor-At-Law WINTCN. N. C. Practice in all courta. Loana negotiat ed. Special attention to ceBoctlona. Located In Bank of Wtotqn* Roswsll C- BrMgtr WINTON. N. C. J. R. EVANS Practical Tin. Roofer and Sheet Metal Worker ' Price* Riiclit. MURFREESBORO. N. C. nniutr n rp a yr /v-n ? * It A. IN IV. \j?* J. AI ia/u Notary Public AitaeKiB, Nokth Carolina. J. L PARKER Notart Public HERALD OFFICE Aiioskie, N. C. .v ' ? ' v y Walter R.. Johnson Attornvy-at Law Ahoskir, North Carolina Practices wherever service* desired Imr kIM Hssr laker laiUlif -3 i O. J. NEWBERN, 1 Agent Ford Automobiles, Ahoekie. N. C. Touring Car ... ...$440.00 Runabout 396.00 F. O. B. Detroit. L' FOR SALE. CYPRESS SHINGLES 3 incites to 6 inches X 20 inches also Plastering Laths $2.60 per m. CoPBLAND a TATLOB, Harrellsville. N. C. A Pins VV boo pi nil Co?*h remedy. Mothers. Dr. Bell's , PinA-Tar Honey is Just the remedy for your children's cold aliments. The fict is that pine is a quick enemy of cold conditions. Its qualities loosen the mucous in the throat, soothe the lungs and open up the airpassages The combination of honey, soothing and an ideal loosening pine quality makes this an ideal eough remedy for children. Each passing year brings for it, near friend*. A family of growing children cannot afford to b? with out it. 26c a bottle. Ads. " SOME TIMELY ADYIGE TO OUR FARMER SUBSCRIBERS. As Appeal to Keep Down Cotton Acreage, falie More Pro* duce at Hoaw. Hie office of the Department of Agriculture at Wsshington ia ex* grting all ita force in an effort to secure safety id the cotton belt, and they are giving some timely advice in bulletins sent out from that office. We would ask all of our subscribers, and especially all of those interested in agricultural pursuits, to read the extract pub lished below?an extract from a bulletin recently released for pub lication "A program of "Safe Farming" for the South is outlined in a cir cular wh'oii the United States De partment of Agriculture has sent to bankers, business men and far mers in the cotton states. The history of agriculture in the .South, it lias been said, has been one of lean years and fat years. Short crops apd high prices Jiave almost invariably been followed by big crops and low prices and, in con sequence, the farmer has experien ced much distress. The increased attention which has recently been given to supporting the people upon tlie land baa already resulted in much good, hut there is some danger, it ia pointed out, that with tlie price of cotton rising, there will be a tendency for farmers to return to tlie old system of gamb ling on cotton. If the people of tlie South produced their own liv ing, the circular pointa out, it would ateady tlie whole system and keep the boat from rocking. Tlie safety measures recommended are as follows: First: Produce a home garden for every family on the farm, the year round, paying special atten tion to a plot of Irish or qweet po tatoes sufficient to supply the fam ily with food of this character. Where feasible, have a patch of sorghum or other cane to produce syrup for the family. Second: Produce the corn nec essary to support all the people on the farm and the livestock, with absolute safety. Third: Produce the necessary oats and other small grain to sup plement the corn as. food. Fourth: Produce bay and for age from some forage crop'sufficient to supply all the livestock on the farm. Use legumes such as clover, cow peas, velvet beans, soy beans and ^Ifalfa-for the production of hay, and to enrich the soil with nitrogen and humus. Fifth: Produce the meat nec essary to supoly the people, thru increased attention to poultry and bogs, especially. Plan to increase gradually the number of cattle end other livestock so us to have a suf ficient number to consume the waste products of the farm and mske the waste laftds productive. Sixth: After all theee things that have been amply provided for produce cotton for the market." Rural Carrier Examination. ?Q ' .jr?' The United States Civil Service Commission has announced an ex ami nation fur the County of Hert ford, North Carolina, to be held at Aboskie on Nov. 27, 1915, to fill the position of rural carrier at Murfreesboro and other vacan cies that later may occur on rural routes from other post offices in the above mentioned county. The examination will be open to only male citizens who are actually domiciled in the territory of a poet office in the county and who meet the other requirements, that will be supplied all applicants by writing to the Civil Service Com mission at Washington, D. C. WisiTir Vow Need a Qaoaral Mi Talse Grove's The OM Standard Grove's Tasteless (kill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because It contains the well known tnnic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acta on the Liver, Drives oat Malaria, Enriches the Blood and ftuilde up the Whole System. 90 osata. PRIMERS' IRC SURE CURE. North Carolina State Board of Health One of Firat to Recognise It When Mr. E. A- Moree of New York City said that printer*' ink i* aaving more lives than any other single agency employed by modern hoalth workers, he voiced what ha* been the opinion of the North Carolina State Board of Health for a number of year*. The North Carolina State Board of Health was one of the first state boards not only tp recognize the power of printer*' ink a* a health factor but to employ it as such. It has been the policy of this Board for one or two year* to issue daily and weekly article) to all the State papers featuring health work in its different forms and numerous phases. Besides this it issues a monthly Health Bulletin to 50,000 or more North Carolina readers, and sends out free health literature by the hund red pounds weekly. That "printers' ink should be entered in the pharmacopoeia as an accredited remedy for human ilia" as suggested by Mr. Moree is a motion with which the State Board of Health of North Carolina heartily agrees. They know that printers' ink prevents illness, build* hospitals, controls epide mics and reduces the death rate. They know alao that it corrects town and community insanitary conditions and relieves the public of many an ill. mm ? Town Commissioners Meet. The Town Council met in regular session Monday night November 1st 1915. Those present were: J. N. Vann, J. P. Boyette and P. H. Mitchell Commissioners; F. O. Tavloe, Mayor, 11. W. Stokes, Secretary. Minutes read and approved. A motion made and carried to have Mayor see Mr. J. A. Wil liams and C. C. Hoggard in re gard to covering toe roof on-store and warehouse. A motion made and carried to have F. G. Tayloe and J. N. Vann to investigate the opening of street on fifth avenue. A motion made and carried to pay bill of B. ?. Barnes; salafty $4 .00, incidentals 65 cents. Amount collected by B. S. Barnes $12.00 for. dog tax. $52.00 license tax. A bill from J. A. Hill was pre sented and ordered tabled until next meeting. A motion made and carried to pay J. R. Carter $2.00 for 1 days work. As there was no further business, the Council adjourned to meet again the first Monday night in December. Donation by Hertford CooDtjJarj At the close of their business the grand jury took un a collection of six dollars. It was moved and seconded that two dollars each be sent to the three orphanages rep resented in the body. The Bap tist Orphanage at Thomasville. the Methodist Orphanage at Raleigb, and the Episcopal Orphanage were the objects of this donation. It was also moved and seconded tbat a notice of this be published in the Hertford County Herald. There being no further business the body adjourned. J. L. Snipes, Foreman, El L. Banks, Clerk. May Start a Dangerous Precedent. "I fall to see the justice In sendlnc that social Hon' to fhe pen far four yean," said Noyea E. Rrewmore, "sim ply because he borrowed $10 or less from s few people. If that establishes a precedent. I certainly shall have to bo more careful In the future with my touches."?Kansas City Star. Japanese "BenlNI." In Formosa there Is a tree between 1,500 and 3,000 years old, w?ch a cir cumference of ts feet, and 'be lowest branch 45 feet from the s trand. The tree is a species of cyprris, the Jap anese "beatH." # ,r ' '? .'' ' ?' ij, . ? PEANUTS, PIGS AND PROFITS Damaged Peanuts Have Good Food Value. Experiment at Edge combe Test ?Farm. "We Imve just completed a rather interesting experiment al the Edgecombe Test Farm," says Professor Dan T. Gray, Chief of the Animal Industry Division. "Ill the experiment damaged pea nuts were fed to determine their value in a ration for hoga. The work waa inaugurated on the first of last March and closed on the first of October, .the pigs being in test for 19V days. Two lots were made, one of which was fed on a ration made up of two thirds corn and one-third damaged peanuts, the other waa fed on two thirds corn and one third wheat aborts. At the end of the test it was found that the damaged peanuts had pro ven to be more valuable tban the wheat shorts. One hundred pounds of gain was made by 190 pounds of corn and 95 (Htunds of peaituts. while 246 pounds of com and 123 pounds of wheat shorts were ? re quired to make equal gain. When corn is valued at one dollar per bushel, wheat shorts at (32 uer ton, and peanuts at 25 cents per bushel, it coat (4.45 to make 100 pounds of pork when peanuts were used and (6.73 to make the same number of pounds when wheat shorts were used. "In the eastern section of the State there is each year a large amount of peanuts that is unfit for market, and this lest shows that these nuts can be profitably used with hogs. The hogs fattened in thi* test sold for lf t-2 cents per pounds dressed. This is somewhat above the market price, but even when bogs sell at eight cents per pound, these damaged peauuts can be uaed with Drofil." ' Ahoskie Baby Wins Prize. > This is the picture "f the baby that woo a bronze medal at the State Fair in Raleigh* It is little Inez Lee Willoughby, daughter of Mr. and Mr*. A. Of. Willoughby, of Ahoskie. - Jnez Lee. whoae pic ture appeared in last Sunday's is sue of tlie ? News and Observer, was one of the babies who scored a round hundred in the Better Ba bies Contest, and received one of tire medals offered for the high est scoring baby, both as to men tal and physical condition. Owing to the fact that she was only six months of age, and because of that had not passed the dangei period, she was ineligible for the Gold Med al, given to the most perfect baby taking everything into considera tion. This Ahoskie baby Also has the distinction of being one of the only two girl babiee that have scored one hundred. Ahoskie should feel proud of the fact that one of her home babies has won this merited des tination, and brought home one qf the few prizes offered in this contest. This contest was state wide and several hundred babies were entered from all parts of the state, Ahoskie and vicinity rejojces with the parents of this baby in the fact that a Hereford County baby has demonstrated the fact tlmt we can raise one hundred ber cent human stock. . ?? ... HALBOWE'EH FESTIVAL AT AHOSKIE. Witches, Hobgoblins mod Ghosts Prcdominstc. Ground Hod Suf fers Untimely Fate. The Hallowe'en Party at the Ahoskie High School building on last Friday uijfht was a great sue cess, both from the financial stand point and as a fun and mirth pro voker. The witches and hobgob lins were very much in evidence and the air thft pervaded the building was one to excite the most suave and brave hearted. The hobgoblin at the door and the witch standing at the foot of the stairway, directing the way of those who entered into the build ing, to be very mild, ;were pesti ferous and aggravating to those who attempted to enter. The broom of the hobgoblin at the door saved manv of those, who had forgotten the condition of their shoes, a five cent shine, but at the same time often took the dust from the shoe only to apply it to the newly pressed trousers or on the new evening frock. The witch at the stairway always per sisted in shaking hands with every entrant, and many bleeding fingers were the result of these hand shakes, for she always left a visi ble sign. IT ? x. f . ? * ? upstairs was round an abund ance of eats. drioks. and a general good time. _ Ti e nicklea and dimes were flying fast, and everybody seemed to be preparing for the. final great event that was to take place in a few minutes. All round, flying hither and thither, were the ticket venders, selling tickets to the great circus, which was to take place at promptly eight u'cieck in the show room below. The fishing pond was a frequent reeort for a large number of those who were brave enough to run the ' gamut at the door and stairs be low. The fishpond seemed to have breeded a large number of sea animals known as "Bottled Hoyts" and "Scotsh Three Thist les," both of which were very bttfaly perfumed, and when the odors emanating from these two inhabitants of the water blended together in one, the mighty throng were ready and eager to descend the stairs below. Just about this time the mega phone* announced the opening of the circus doors, and the crowd made a mighty rusli for the stair way. Once whithm the Grand Circus the eager crowd was soon relieved of the tension that had been rampant among them. The Ground Hog, the only one of its kind in captivity, suffered a dis- 1 aslrous fate, when one of the eager 1 onlookers in the excitement for- ' got himself and in a frenzy tore tire innocent animal into fragments and devoured bim piece by piece. The swimming match was exciting 1 to those who love good sport, hut the varied assortment of live mon keys was the real feature of this great circus. Sallie Slim, one of the extensively advertised features, did not attract the attention and ' admiration of the crowd as she 1 should have, owing to the fact 1 that she was easily recognized as the ghostly witch that had stood at the stairway and plied the need le so (iften to the tender hands of ' those who had greeted her with a handshake. The Infant Won der was there, too, but ao exciting was the menagerie of monkeys, the swimming match and the mas tication of the ground hog, that thfe crowd was eager to move on. When the concourse had filed their way out, Madam C.vrene, the palmist, again began plying her trade, and she succeeded in copping a large number of inno cent bystanders, who were coerced into ber tent by her agents who were ever soliciting trade. The Madam was a typical Egyptian fortune teller, masquerading as s nalmist. that are so often found with large circuses. She "Hood" winked a goodly number of "suck ers'" \ All the fun was over at ten o'clock, and the great concourse of people began leaving. Everything was a grand success, but the one great regret wa? that a year must elapse before snob- a collection of attractions can ?mgam be pre lected." ? ?fr'nffai ??iiltiL, mm* f I. L Cirtli, rrtilfcit. C. 1. Ttrrj, lict-Prtiifctt. J. t. (arttr, Xw. * Trtaa. ? I Cb? Guarantee Company, Inc. i I DIRECTOR*: REAL ESTATE. : | : : :rrT* Capital $1*000.00 '*%??'? ? I ZXStm **? I i:? AHOSKIK, N. O. * ?. V ?????* COLI-rCT?ON?. J | MONTAUR ICE CREAM I TOUCHES THE SPOT i Fills the demand for a dainty dessert, as no other dessertcan. J It's the choice of mother, father, sister and brother?and I the boarders, if there be any. It's one subject upon which f the whole family agree. That's because Montauk Ice 1 Cream is so pure, rich and delicious. Try it: i THE MONTAUK COMPANY, INC., I Makers of "Purify" Ico Cream and Ices. [ 275 Granby Street NORFOLK- VA. MOST PEOPLE jj in thi^ommunity carry accounU at this bank. Some are check- D inif, others are savings, while still others are both. We invite YOU to become a member of our happy family. D Checking accounts are the most convenient me thod of paying I bills, and they discourage extravagant habits. Saving acoounts draw 4 per cent interest. Merchants and Farmers Bank Winton, N. C JnW An Expert Opinion would show that our stock includes the very best verities. We keep nothing but the best quality of grain, bay and feed of alT kinds, and our oats and bay are from the choicest crops raised. Prices no | higher than you pay elsewhere. ^ 5. ?. VAUGHAN. AHOSKIC. N. C. ? ? #*#? ? ? I # ? *??^? 0 ^1^1 I ? # ? # ? I ^ ? ^ ? ? ; A UTOMOBILE REPAIRING. | ? Don't rack your car by neglecting necessary repair*. 1 l Bring it to us in time and thus reduce the bill. I We make all kind of repairs, and they are properly done. ? 1 Buy your supplies from -us and save freight or express. I VULCANIZING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE. ? ? AHOSKIE GABAGE, Ahoskic^ H. C. j fSS liTSTco /|\ is often no harder to find than a dollar y /|\ when you want one in a hurry. : , 4S Annex a check book by opening an ac- w ? count at this bank, and protect yourself sf from such annoyances is the future. 2? We carry many accounts at this bank. ft Possibly we have yours, too. ? If not. we invite you to open an ac- W J count today. We will serve you faithfully. | THE PEOPLES BANK I ^ MURFREESBORO, N. C. | Better be ' an Ant Than a GrasshoppecT^j "There be things which ape little upon the earth but are I * ?? exoeeding wine: The ADta are a people not strong, jet they ? prepare their meat in the lummer." Proverbs 30:24 and 25. M S The Squirrel has stored his granaries full of food; the Bee II IT has all his honey put up; the Ant's food bin* are full to ? But the Grasshopper, the singer, the dancer, the frivolous H I one?what is left of him but a alow perishing from hungry, a ? ' ? ?? ? ??????? -? ' ' Are yon, lika the Ant, "Exceeding Wise"? Have you moaey Q in the baak? Or will yon go hungry, like the foolish, improvident Grasseopper? After yon have thought this? think of our Bank. PARSERS-ATLANTIC BftNK. jj AHOSKIE.N^q I