North Carolina Newspapers

mm cotmfY mud. PUBLISHED WEEKLY < by i l unu iii j. m rum. mpi. J. S. Vinson Managing Editor. 1. Ror Paauw Editorial EdlfSr. at AHOSKIE, N. C. / Subscription Price: One Dollar Per Year in Advance Advertising Rates: Very Reasonable and made known on request. Entered as second-class matter Feb ruary 2Sth. 1910. at tne post office at Ahoakio, N. C., under the Act of March L 1879. t; Servia's fate seems to be that of Belgium's. Again we ask the question: When shall Aboskie have a Town Hall that will half wav meet the needs of a town this sixe! "Some men ean eat at a trot, driakata gallop, and let. their tongue run at a mile a minute." Do you belong to that claas? The present system of taxation in North Carolina is coming in for a good share of criticism of late, and the ueople seem to be dissatis fied with our cumbersome method of assessing taxes. We are of the opinion that this is merited criti cism, and that our next legislature should take steps to give us some thing better. The decrease in the price paid hy the people of the United States for shoes in the last twelve months would seem to indicate that the American people can economise when necessary. The price paid for' foot gear during the past twelve months showed a decrease of ninety million pollers over the preceding twelve months. If our readers would take notice of the health bulletins that we publish each week on the first page much valuable advice could iie obtained. And, then, if they would observe these rules, health conditions in our county and town could be greatly improved. We people of Alioskie need to wake up to the fact that health conditions in our town are not what the.v ought to be by any means, aud that should everybody observe more closely the proper rules of sanitation, contagious diseases and other forms of disease could be to a great extent eliminated. _ - With the advfnt of this peek the adult illiteracy in North' 'XJsrolina takes a fresh hold. Thy 'fc'Moonlight School '^M^ntbv' aafd all over the Stale i, tOMher/, and a'l others interested |a' this method of driving out adult illiteracy, are working val iantly for an improved citizenship in our State. Till now we have not heard of any of these schools being organised and carried for ward in Hertford County, but we believe our teachers and citizens are going to take up their share of this work. At the meeting of the teachers in Winton on Friday de finite steps will be taken to estab lish such schools in every district in the County. mmmtmmmrnmmmmmmmmmm An Appeal To Our Sub scribers. We are making a final appeal to our subscribers that they at least pay us their past due accounts. It places us in an awkward position to have so many names on our list .who are one and two years in ar rears. Our postal laws exprespty say that everybody must be paid in advance, and unless this law is obeyed we are violating the law. We, the proprietors, pay for the papers you read just eight days in -advance every week, and yet we do not collect enough each week to pay for these papers from the subscription money. We cannot hope to make any money out of the money we get from our sub scription list but we would like to break even at the least. Yet, we cannot even do Uiit unless you, Mr. Subscriber, bear your burden of it, and keep your account paid up. This is a business proposition and if you are among those who believe in doing business in a busi ness way, then you do not want yoor bills lagging. We are anxious to revise our 4, subscription list, m>d at tlie um? time wo mm) money to carry ?ii our business, tor ?or running ex panse* ount u|> each week. Look OP your old recel|ita and see lino long it Iim befep since .Vint naid'ui tor your pa iter. We make it r practice to give to each iieArnn that pays us anything on this sub scription a receipt showing when payment was wade, ai.d to what date the paper is paid. Our pur twee in giving these receipts is not only to assure you against any mistake that we might make but also to make it u necessary to send statements to all of our subscri bers, tor if we undertook the lat ter it would be an unecessary ex pense to us. Always demand u receipt upon payment of your sub scription, and keep that receipt for reference. As a final appeal, we ask you in the spirit of co operation to unite with us in an attemnt to revise our list, and keep within tlie law. Send your remittance in the form of postoffice order, check, money order, or loose bills. A Movement To Boost Ahoskie. The editor of this paper lias been corresponding with the advertising manager of the Raleigh News and Observer in regard to an industrial page in that paper for the town of Ahoskie. The result of this cor respondence will be the visit of their Mr. Coley to our town oue day this week, pruably Friday. And while he is here he will go over the matter with all those who are interested in an industrial boost for our tqwn. Our town needs a good boost, and the people of the town need to push this thing, and make the good things of our town known to those who have not been here to see for themselves. We do not want to sit back here in our town contented with the world and everything in it. Altho we may be contented with the world it is our privelege and duty to let others know how we secure this peace of mind and body?the fact that we live in Ahoskie.- Surely our town is a good town and has manifold possibilities lying before it, but we want to make out of these possibilities, probabilities, and facts. Undeveloped possibili ties, and dormant thoughts will never get us anything. What we need is action, progressive uplift, and good thoughts developed into liviDg realities. Printers' ink is one of the great est factors we know of in boosting % town or anything that is worthy of a boost, and it is an undisputed fact that we need a lift. Now, the question is, will the pubiic spirited citizens of this town aid in this worthy movement to advertise their town, and by so doing boost their own individual business. Wo believe that they will and so con fident are we that we have launch ed this movement. The plans are these, For a certain cash consideration the Mews and Observer Publishing Company will give the town of Ahoskie one whole page to be de voted to an indtstrial sheet for the town. Having leased one page, or more if the people of our town desire it, some of the best scenes of the town, business bouses, banks, churches, schools, and other institutions situated in the town, will be photographed, from which cuts will be made, and run on this page. In addition to these we will want to run the cuts of several of our most prominent citizens on this page in connection .with their business. all the cuts have liesn made, then , we want to have a short sketch of each place of busi ness, and a good history of the growth and development of our town. In this history it should be the aim of the writer to give the wonderful growth of tiie town, and the advantages that Ahoskie has for those who wish to invest in industrial pursuits. The plans are not complete, but this is a rough sketch of wlist we wish to do. The prioe for this space will be a trifle if our people will co-operate, and the individual outlay will be very small. When once you have the photographs made they are your property, and will be returned to you when they have been run in this edition. These photographs and cuts will be of service to you io the future, end the price of the space in the /v.. i paper will amouut to bufflitUe. 1 We are hoping that fjie people ' of our town will enter igtlns pro ' ject. end help in a mqwjfuvent to ' advertise Ahonkie. If an.v fur ' titer information la desired see the ! editorial editor of this paper. If 1 vou do pot see ua. we will be - around to call on you either Friday ' or Saturday. In conclusion, in order to quiet any suspicion, the editor of this ' |Htper is not getting one cent out of this and furthermore does not ' want anything out of it. We do 1 this because we are interested, snd very much interested in the growth and industrial development of our town. yms m j ? ?' A Tribute to Hon. L. L. Smith, of Gatesville. The news' of the death of a friend or of one you have known lone and well is received With a shock. Sunday evening, near the hour of sunset, some person approached me and said: "Did you know or have you heard of the death of akr. ^eroy Smith!" I inquired of the particulars, and was told that on Saturday night, October 23, 1915. he was kneeling in prayer before retiring when death took him. I had known Mr. Smith for many years. I had- appeared in many law suits with him. I bad appeared as opposing counsel in many cases, thus knowing Iiioa as associate counsel and as opposing counsel, and in all of our practice, I never knew Jiim to take what is known as a "digh cut" to win hia case or to so much as suggest such a thing. I He was clean And conscientious. He espoused the whole cause of his cliont, and the legsl liar often spoke of the tenacity with which he held on after it looked like all hope was gone, and by his teo aciousnesd, something would often happen which would turu the tide, and he would win or get a good settlement. I was talking with Judge George Gowper, of Winton, once about tlie earnestness of Mr. Smith, and the Judge remarked. "Leroy never defended a guilty client or prose cuted an innocent man to bis mind." Mr. Smith was generous to op posing counsel and polite to wit nesses. He was gentle at all times; it was bis nature to be so. In the most hotly contested cases in the Courthouse I never saw him ap pear in the least rattled or knew him to tpttlf?.short answer to anyone. Still lie was brave, but the bravest are the gentlest. He stood for education, and took an interest in the poor boy orj girl who was desirous of education al advantages. I have been in his room at the hotel, when visiting oourts away from home, and often saw his Bible, I do not believe be ever left home to spend the night, without his Bible being placed in his suit case. He tried earnestly to follow the teachings of bis Master. He read i his Bible and received its teachings as messages to him from his God. His faith wa< simple and child like. He accepted the teachings of the Bible without question. He work ed earnestly in the church and Sunday School, and was at one time, if not at the time of his death. Historian of the Methodist Conference. He often told me that he never took a drink of intoxicating liquor, i< A man of splendid habits; a man whose companionship was worthy of being sought. He was faithful to his family; faithful to his friends; faithful to his clients; faithful to Ins church; and meekly and humbly faithful to his God. Had he been asked in what way be liked to die, I verily believe he would have said "On mv knees imploring the mercies of my Creator," and in that attitude his spirit went to the God who gave it. Gentle spirit, thou hast now gone To thy eternal rest. Into the Heavenly Kingdom borne. An angel of the blest. ' W. R. Johnsos. Ahoskie. N. C. .. ' Renew your subrcription. < ' ' It* N*? TMtMM Affiet Th hn atwEE^z sswS Winton Waveletis Biwy Ptuplr I'm ? Busy Town f ,rXl CsapOsd im Arrsafsd by As 1J.W1.1 Hs.sldCnniTi.Ast The Sunbeams of the Chowan Church will give a Missionary En tertainment in the church Sunday night, November 7.' There will be a missionary exercise, "The Spirit of Missions," besides other appropiate exercises and song*. The public is cordially invited. Miss Ruth Davenport, who is teaching in Rich Square, spent the week end with her mother, Mrs. Loulu Davenport. On -Sat urday night she entertained a' few friends at a Rook Party."1 At the close of the evening a delic ious salad course was served: Those enjoying Miss Daveii|>ort's hospitality were: Misses Mabel Lawrence, (jrfo) Cot-kuliam, Iris Council, Cfeta Gibbs and Mrsj W. Mills Jordan; Messrs. R. E. Wil liams, W. L. Daniell, Robeit Vann Dare Boone and Leonard Storey. Winton has had three cases of diptheria this fall. Little D.Knox, and M rs. T. V. Turner have about recovered. Little Myrtle Banks, daughter of of Mr. and Mrs. Lin wood Banks, now has it, but is getting on very well. Altlwugh the disease is in a light form, it is hoped that no new casQ* will develop. A large number of ladies from here attended the meeliug of the Hertford County Union at Brant leys Grove, Tuesday, November 2. Winton people like amusement. This was proven by the large crowd that attended the circus in Ahoskie last Thursday, especially the performance Thursday night. Those who attended stieak in the highest terms of the show. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Ilines, of Franklin, Va., has been visitiug relatives here. Miss Georgia Pyland, having been elected principal of the school at Rockv Hock, Chowan County, left Saturday for tl|at place. She will open school Mooday.. On account of the teachers' meeting, which wilt meet in the auditorium of the High School here, there will be no schuol here Friday. Mrs. R. H. Lee went to Suffolk Monday, and purchased a Ford touring car. Miss Mittie Hassel, of Sotland Neck, spent the week end with her sister. Mis. Loula Davenport. Notice to Justices ol Peace. Notice is hereby given by the Board of County Commissioners of Hertford County to the several Justices of the Peace of the Coun ty that thev should not commit to jail of this county any prisoner who is charged with offences com mitted in another county, and the Justice so committing will be charged with the expenses incur red by the County. By order of the Commissioners. Jno. A. Nortbcott, Clerk. Winton, N. C., Nov 2nd, 1915. 'I Notice of Sale. By virtue of the power and au thority conferred upon the under signed by Milta Majette in a cer tain mortgage deed dated Febru ary 28, 1916, and duty recorded in the Register'* office of Hertford County, in book 87, page 349, default having been made in the: payment of the note secured thereby. 1 will, on the 6th day of December, 1915. between the hours of twelye and one o,clock, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, at the Court House door in Winton, N. C., that tract of land in Maneys Neck Township^ Hertford County, North Carolina, upon which the said Mills Majette at the time of bis death, being r portion of what is known as the Bracy tract and adjoining the lands of Eugene Ricks, J. B. Fer guson, John Beale, at als.'and con taining sixteen and three quarters acres, more or less,? This the 3rd day of Nov. 1915. J. S. Lawrence, Mortagee by i T. H. Barrett, Assignee D. C. Barnes. Attorney. Invigorating to tb. Fate and Sickly TW OW Standard piml atrrncthrninf tonia, I capvi-s ta8teles? tain tc rtuc.dnrw out . teataria,rnt ,vtos the blond, MM> ?P ?*???. ' A ton Tola Fee >Ma u4 (WMna. Mr RATES.?On cent per word ?tck inocrtion. Payable in advance. WANTED CAPABLE WHITE WON an to make her home with and cook for family of two (father and daughter) would he consid ered one of family. A good home for right party. Address. M. F. Parker, Powellaville. N.G. I WILL BE IN AHOSKIE EVERY Saturday for the purpose of col lecting taxes. 8. E. Vaogban. ? STRAYED FROM NY PLACE about fifteen days ago, large black sow, slit in each ear. Re ward for return or information concerning her whereabouts. J. W. Godwin, Ahoekie, N. C. 2t NOTICE-HAVING QUALIFIED as administrator of J. J. Blown, deceased, I will on the 20th day of November, 1915 offer for aal< the following articles; two horse*. 5 shares of Gbowan & RoanoUi 'Telephone Go., valued $50.00, and half interest in mowing machine. I lag wheels and dragsaw; Place of sale, J. J. Brown home, Menola, N. G. This 22nd day of October, 1915. J. J. Brown, administrator. FOR SALE-TWO SAW MILLS. Mill No. 1: 45 H. P., boiler and engine, cut-off saw, saw mill, dust chain, line roller, all complete. Mill No. 2: 25 H. P., boiler and engine, saw mill, dust chain, line roller, edger. Also upright boiler and engine 15 II. P. One 35 II. P.. tubler boiler. One shingle machine, and five bogie cars. Several pieces of railroad iron. Five good mules. J. A. Horton. Ahoekie. N. C.. R. D. F. No. 2. 4t, ud. NOTICE.?I HAVE MADE EVEKY effort to meet the demand for feed mid reed, end have a full stock. I have six varieties of seed oaU, two varieties of seed rye, three vnrielies of clover seed, wheat, alfalfa, vetch, rye. and will get any reed I do not carry for you in a few days. I have brick, lime, and cement in stock; and for build ing material I can get it for you in a few days. Will give you market price for cotton seed, or exchange cotton seed meal for seed (Bertie Cotton Oil Co.'s product) the day you bring the seed. It would pay you to see me before buying or selling any of the above. Yours to serve, 8. E. Dilday, Ahoskie, N. C. FARM FOR SALE. Two hundred twenty-five acre farm. One hundred acres in culti vation, shipping point one mile and a half from A. C. L., six miles from the City of Suffolk, on rura route, good churches and schools near by. Apply box 17. Suffolk, Va. FOR SAL?. My farm on Chowan Biver, about 246 acres. 160 under culti vation. Land adapted to corn, cot ton, tobacco and early trucks. Pack bouse and tobacco barns for 26 acres tobacco, 7 room house, stables, barns and all outbuildings built since 1910. Farm 2 miles of Colerain churches and good school. Address, Th ?. D. Hollet, Colerain, N. C. LAND FOR SALE. I have in hand for sale a valua ble tract of land containing about forty acres, situated one mile from good school, one tnile from church and about two miles from Rail road station and boat landing. This land is adjoining the Public Road ahd has on it a two story house and all necessary buildings. Any one interested can see me at my office for price and terms. v C. WatXacs Jokes. ' ' 1 tilt Rid af thaar Poisons in Yaor Syatani ^ You Will find Dr. King's New j Life Pills m trioHt satisfactory Isxa- { live in releasing the poisons from . your system. Accumulated waste ' and poisons cause manifold ail- ' ments unless released. Dizziness. J ?pots before the eves, blackness J andjS miserable feeling generally j tre indications that you need Dr. i King's New Life Pills. Tske a i lose to night and you will experi- ' inee grateful relief by morning. I ISo. Ady. I ?HRmn^^BflPF ??? ... __. . ?i? ' U. Vaughan's "The Quality Store" . MURFREESBORO, N. C. I I I !?> I I ?? Fall Announcement Our Fall Stock, of Goods is here, and we. have everything ? you want. i Don't Put it Off, Come How, and Inspect Our Goods. il Our line is more complete than ever. Why Not Buy Everything Here and Get the Best for Your Money? ? * 4 Better shake hands with this opportunity. , U.VAUGHAN f Murfreesboro, N. C. ii5 FASl TO WALK ? | WHEN YOU WEAK | | REGAL SHOES, i MB W I!/ltya/ Shoes &or 7/fen, 1 mm A high grade shoe, made to fit from the best of leather, stylish and of great wearing quality?a JM shoe that will satisfy in every way. | Siegat Shoes 3*or Women, 5 I* A shoe that is up to the minute in style, comfortable to a degree, ? of finest of leather, looks good, feels the same, and is even better. g And shoes at any other price you want and lor any kind of g hard usage. 7J 5 f fi I (jMRETT ft I I Ahoskie, N. C. | fwMMWWWBnUWMII'WWM"