We are purchasing agents for our customers, and un
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has one, or let us show you.
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Notice.
Pursuant to law I lier? under
make statement of the'amounts
audiu'd mid paid the several Cnun
ty Commissioner* for tiarvicax
from first Monday in December
1914, to first Monday in Decem
ber 1915;
I certify that the Board was in
session 14 days during the year:
C. E. Boyette
14 days Servians at $2.00 28.GC
168 mile# >me way at 10eta., 16.80
Extra services performed 11.80
$56.60
J. A. Powell " ?
10 days services at $2.00 20.00
120 miles one way at 10 els.. 12.00
Extra services 22120
$54.20
H. H. Jones
13 days services at $2.00 26.00
Extra services 29.80
$55.80
K. J. Gerock
14 days services at $2.00 ' 28.00
126 miles one way at 10 cts., 12.60
Extra services 4.80
$45.40
8. P. Winborne
14 days services at $2.00 28.00
190 miles one way at 10 cts? 19.01)
Extra services 18.40
$60.40
J. N. Hoilomon
14 days services at $2.00 28.00
112 milesone way atlOcts., 11.20
Extra services , 16.80
S56.00
I futher certify that no bills not
verified or sworn to were paid by
Ibe Board.
Winton, N. C., December, 6th
1915.
J no. A. Northcott,
Clerk to tbe Board.
Notice of Sale.
On Monday, the 27th day of
December, 1916, at the store-bouse
formerly occupied b.v L. R. Duffer
rne.ver in the town of Mapletun,
N. C.', at 11 o'clock A. M., I will
offer for ante to the highest bidder
for cash the stock of goods. ware*
and merchandise now in said store
bouse and being a stock of dry
goods, notions, boots, shoes, hard
ware and other goods, making up s
general mercantile stock. The sale
will be made of the stock as a
whole and offered upon a percent
age basis on tire oiiginal coat.
Stock open for inspection at any
time prior to the sale.
This the 83rd day of November,
1915
E. Brett, Administrator.
D. C. Barnes, Attorney.
OUR UNB OP STAPLE
GROCERIES
o*n be relied upon u being always
pure end (reeh. Houeekeepers who
know end appreciate good
Coffee, Tea, Sugar
Spices
end GROCERIES OP ALL KINDS
will be thoroughly satisfied with our
goods after the first purchase.
Lowest Cash Prices to be
Found in Town
aI P. BOYETTE,
AHOSKIE, N. C.
Couth* And Cold* Are Daaderoua.
Few of un realize the danger of
Coughs and Colds. We oonsider
them common and harmless ail
ments. However statistics tell us
everv third t>erson dins of a lung
ailment. Dangerous Bronchial
and Lung diseases follow a neg
lected cold. As yoiir bodv strug
gles against cold germs, no belter
aid can be h?d than Dr. King's
New Discovery. Its merit has been
tested by old and young. In use
over 45 years. Get a bottle to-day.
Avoid the risk of serious Lung
ailments. Druggists. Adv.
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COLDS ft LaGBIPPE
S or 0 dotes 000 will break
any case of Chills & Fever, Colds
& LaGrippe; it acts on the liver
better than Cnlotnel and does not
tripe or sicken. Price 25c.
Christmas and New Year
Excursion Fares.
Between ell uointe <>u tbe Atlan
tic Cue mi Line and noint* on con
neclinu lines.
TictieiH on sale December 17tb,
18th, 23rd, 24tb and 2Slh, limited
retun.inn until midnight of
January 10th, 1916.
Atlantic Coast Line Kailkoad
Tbe Standard Railroad of tbe South
For Ticket and Pullman reserva
tion and any desired information
call on
J. H. Rohebtson, Alient.
Ahoskie. N. C.
Notice. \
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By virtue of the authority con
taiued in a certain De?d of Trust
executed ou the 28th day of
April.H915. b.v P. P. Harreliand
wife Corgana Hatred, to the un
dersigned Trustee, which Deed
of Trhst is duly of record in the
office of the Register of Deeds
of Hertford County, in Book 55,
Page 23, et seq., default having
been made in the payment of the
debt therein secured, and at Hhe
request of the holder thereof,
1 the undersigned Trustee, will on
the 1st day of January, offer for
sale at the Court House Door of
Hertford County, between the
1 hours of 11 o'clock A. M.. and 1
1 o'clock P. M., to the highest bid
der for cash, the following de
scribed tract or parcel of land:
A certain tract or parfcel of
land situated in Winton Town
ship, Hertford County. North
Carolina, adjoining the lands of
Walter Porter. W. P. Britton.
Thotnan Manley 'and others,
known as a part of the Pritchard
lands, and bounded as follows:
Begining at Pennine Gumbo's,
J. T. Simmons, corner,Nn Wal
ter Porter's line, to W. P- Brit
ton's line; thence Easterwardl.v
along said Britton's litre 184
yards to a chopped black gum.
>n Thomas Manley's line; thence
Northeasterly along said Brit
ton's line to a path in Walter
Porter's line: thence up said path
along Walter Porter's line to a
post oak at first station, contain
ing thirty acres more or less.
This, the 30th day of Novem
ber. 1915. _
Roswfll C. Bridger. Trustee.
Notice.
By virtue of a certain Deed of
Trust executed to the undersigned
Trustee, on the 14tb day of May,
1914, by Isaac Norman and Bessie
Norman hia wife, which Deed of
Trust is duly of recdrd in the office
of the Register of Deeds of Hert
ford County, in Book 55, Page 45
Default having been made in the
payment of said debt according to
the terms of said Deed of Trust,
the undersigned, will on the 22nd
day of January, 1916, between
the hours of It o'clock A. M.,
and 1 o'clock P. M., offer for sale
to the highest bidder for cash, the
following described real estate:
A certain tract or parcel of land
in Winton Township, adjoining the
lands of George Keene, Isaac Jar
nigan, Mac Hall. Zilla Hicks and
others, and bounded as follows:
Vix; on the North by the nablic
road leading from Harrellsville to
Winton; on the East by the lands
of Zilla Hicks and Mac Hall; on
the West by the lands of George
Keene, and better known as the
William Pope Old Home Place,
containing forty seven acres more
or less; same being the land where
on said Isaac Norman now lives.
For a better description, reference
is hereby given to Deed executed
h.v J. H. Sessoms and H. E.
Sessoms to Isaac Norman, which
Deed is duly of record in Book 32.
Page 63, Office of the Register of
Deeds for Hertford County.
This the'2Srd day of December.
1915.
Boswell C. Bridger,
Trustee.
Place of saAe, in front of Court
House Door, Winton, N. C.
Chowan Motor Co.
PASSENGERS>-)IA1L?EXPRESS
Daily Except Sundays'.
NO STEAMER ON SUNDAYS'.
Lt. Murfreesbore 7:80 am.?1:20 pm.
Ar Mapleton-Como 8:10am.?S :50 pm
Ar. Sears Wharf.. 8:40 am?4:30pm.
Ar. Wlhton .... 9:60am.?6: 10 pm.
Ar. TUNIS ...... 10:10am.?6:30 pm.
Lt. TUNIS 11:30 am ?(:06 pm.
Lt. Wlnton .. . .11:00 am.?? :J0pm
Lt. Sears Wharf.. 1:00 pm.?T:30 pm
Lt. Mapleton-Como 1:30 pm.?8:00pm.
Ar. Hurfreeaboro 1:60 pm.?3:20 pm.
Passentsrs going to Suffolk. Nor
folk, Richmond, and pointa North, am
notified that the CALUMET does not
make connection at Tunis with train
No. 48, arriving at Tunis at 2:68 p.m.
In order to make 8uffolk. Norfolk.
Richmond and Northern points,' pas
sengers should take boat leering at
T:60 a m. Passengers coming from
the North or South, for Wlnton. Snare
Wharf, Co mo. Mapleton, or MaHusa,
boro, can take boat tearing Tunla art,
11:88 a. m or 1:06 p. m Passengers
going South, ran take boat tearing
Murfreesboro at either 7:60 a m. or
6:80 ?. fit. ;
URIAH VAUGHAN, Mgr. J
This NoTember 23rd.,1914.
Notice of Re-Sale.
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By virtue uf an order of Mm
Superior Court of Hertford Coun
ty. made in a special proceeding
entitled: "Mollie 0. Lowe .aod
husband William Lowe Ve- Miill
T, Green, Mary E. Green and A.
O- Kiff," therein pending, the
undersigned commissioners will re
sell ou account of an up set bid, 01
the first Monday in Jauuary.il
bring Uie 3rd day of January 1916
at 12 o'clock M., at the court Iron*
door, in Hertford County, N. C.
to tlie highest bidder for cash (Mm
drat bid being $772.50 the amouni
of the up-set bid) the following de
scribed tract of land:
That certain tract of land lyini
and being io Ahoskie township
Hertford County, N. C? adjoin itn
the Thomas W. Hoggard at*
/ephaniuh Brown lands and others
and bounded as follows: On Mm
North by the lands formerly
belonging to Tbornas W. Hoggarc
and Zeidianiah Brown, on the Easl
by the lands formerly owned bj
Zephaniah Brown, on the Soutti
by tbe lands formerly owned by Al
bert Godwin and Jesse H. Hoggarc
and the James W. Dilday lauds,
less thirty two acres of said land
deeded to C. Green by M. L. Geer
and wife, of record in the office ol
the Regitter of Deeds of Hertford
County, N. C., in Book 26, i*g?
48. The whole of tbe above de
scribed tract was deeded to M. L
Green by Martha A. Harris et alii
which deed is *' of record in lh?
office of the Register of Deeds ol
Hertford County, in Book K- i>sg<
10. Reference to both of the fore
going deeds is given for Mm bettei
description of said lands, contain
ing 68 i sere-, more or less. Re
ference is also made to the last will
and testament of M. L- Green, ol
record in the Clerk's office of the
Superior Court of Hertford Coun
ty, N. C.
This land is sold subject to the
life right of Mary E. Green, widow
of M. L. Greed, deceased.
The first bid at this re-sale will
be $772.50.
Place of sale?Courthouse door
in Winton, N. C.
Time?Monday, January 3,1916.
at 12 o'clock M.
Terms?CASH.
E. T. SNIPES.
W. R. JOHNSON,
Commissioners.
This 14th day of December 1915.
North Carolina, . Sup<)rk>r
Hertford Count, ( aP^H proceedings
E. W. Whitley, W. B, Myrtck,
P. C. Taylor, U. Vaughan, G, C.
Darden.K. L. Folk, Suffolk Food
end Fuel Co., Margaret If. How
ell, and all other creditor* of tlie
estate of S. D. Howell, deceased,
who may come in and prove their
claims and contribute to the costs
of thi* proceeding?Petitioner*
?
John. E. Vann. Administrator of
S. D. Howell, deceased. Defend
ant.
Notice i* hereby giveu to all
person* holding claims against the
estate of the late S. D, Howell, to
file aud prove the same before the
undersigned Clerk of the Superioi
Court, as required by law, at his
office in Winton, N. C., on or be
fore January *4. 1915, or they
wilt-be excluded from sharing in
the assets of said estate.
This December 9th, 1915.
D. R. McGlohon
Clerk of Superior Court of
Hertford County.
Win borne and Winborne, Attor
neys for Plaintiff.
Notice of Sale.
By virtue of an order of the
Superior Court of Hertford Coun
ty. made on the 6th day of Decern
ber, 1915. in the Special Proceed
ing (tending in said court, entitled,
P. C. Parker Administrator of
Frances Scott va Tom Scott. Henry
Seott, et als., the undersigned
Commissioner, will, on the 10th
day of January 1916, at 11 o'clock
A. M., in front of the Court House
door of Mid county at Winton, N.
C.. offer for sale, to the highest
bidder, for cash, that certain niece,
parcel'or lot of-land, situated in
Murfreetboro Township, County
and State aforesaid, adjoining the
lands of Henry Revell, Lennie
Jenkins and P. C. Parker, and the
public road leading from Mur-j
frtoesbcrn to St. Johns, and con
taining three acres, more or lest.
This December 7th 1915.
P. C. Packer, Commissioner.
Co Ma Meed Attention.
- ? <*- S.
Internal throat and cheat troubles
produce inflammation, irritation,
swelling or soreness and unless
cheesed at once, are likely to lead
to serious trouble. Oaught in lime
Dr. Bell's Ptne-Thr-Honev loosens
the phlegm and destroys the germs
whiek lisve nettled in the throat or
nose. It is soothing and healing
Pine IB antiseptic; honey is sooth
ing?both together possess eseell
ent. medicinal qualities for fighting
cold germ*. Insist on Dr. ? Bell's
Pine Tar-Honey. 25c. all Drug
gists. Adv.
?sisTsae Bests tl llwpme llwt. 2Sc.3ae.tUg
Notice of Sale.
, Rj Virtue of the power end au
thority conferred upon the under
, signed by J. H- Jones and hi*
| wife. Mat ilia I. June*, in a certain
( mortgage deed dated lite Oth day
of January, 1V13, and duly record
, ed in the office of the Register of
Deed* of Hertford County, in book
| 37, page 431, default having been
. made in the payment of the note
aecured thnrebv, I will, on the lei
| Monday of January, 1916, it be
ing the 3rd day of the month.* be
' tween the hours of 13 and I
L o'clock, P. M., offer for eale tu
the highe*t bidder for caah at the
oourtbouae door in Winton. North
Carolina, that tract of land in Win
! ton Township. Hertford County,
1 North Carolina, hounded and de
[ acribed as follow*:
That certain tract of land, known
> a* the J. W, Jonea lot, beginning
1 at a point on public road, leading
i from Winton to Union at corner
of Cuyren Weaver, and running
1 along aaid road a south-easterly
' direction twent-fioa yards; tbeoce
1 back at right angles to aaid road
| one hundred yards; thence a north
course twenty-fire yard* to aaid
j Curren Weaver'a line; thence
along aaid Curren Weaver'a line ?
! a west course one hundred yards
'<> first station. 2nd. lot, starting
at the corner of J. B. Collins and
J. H. Jonas, running eastward
'weniy five yards to the corner of
Curren Weaver, following Curren
| Weaver's line northward to Thom
as Jeruigan's Jr.'a line, and south
?vard from said point to the oorner
?f J. B. Collins and J. H. 'Jonea'
starting point, containing one acre,
mare or less.
This the 37th day of November.
, 1916.
S. K. Jones, Mortgagee by
J.N. Venn 4k Brother.
' E. T- Snipe*. Attorney, p
Notice o! Sele Unlet MMe.
By virtue of tbe power and au
tbvrity vented io me by a certain
mortgage deed executed and de
livered by Henrv Jernigau and
wife KueetU Jernigau, Lea wife,
to George B. Miller, mortgagee,
of record iu Hie office of the Re
giater of i>eeda for Hertford
County, in Book 54, page 84. 1
will on thg Srd day of January
1916, at 18 o'clock. M. at the
courthouse door in Winton.'N. C.,
aell to the highest bidder for cash,
the following real,estate in Hert
ford County, North Carolina, to
wit: A certain tract or parcel of
land in llarrellsville township,
Hertford County and known and
designated as follows: the entire
tract of land bought of T. Q.
Copeland, and cut off the said
Copeland tract and bound by J. J.
Piiand and J.'O. Askew and con
tains 84 acres more or less.
Place of Sale?Courthouse door,
Winton, N. C.
Time?January 8, 1916, 18
o'clock, M.
Terms?Cash.
fjeorge B. Miller, Mortgagee.
W. B. Johnson, Atty.
This December 8, 1915.
Notice of Land Sale.
Norili Carolina, 1
Hertford County. / < ,
D. C. Barnes, Administrator of
Jacob Galling.
*8.
George Galling, Ebbie Galling
et als.
By virtue of an order of the
Superior Court of Hertford Coun
ty in the Special Proceeding en
titled as above, made on the 27tl<
day of November, 1915, I wilt aell
at public outcry before the store
house of H. V. Parker in the town
of Mapieton, Hertford County*
North Carotin, on Friday, the 31?t
day of December 1915, at 11
o'clock, A.M., thai tract of land
in Murfreeeboro Township, known
ns the Jaoob Galling Land, and
'leeded to the said Jacob Galling
by M. D. Galling, on the east by
the lands of Roht. Oatling. on the
south by the Hills Ferry Road and
on the west by the lands of Jim
Liverman. containing three acres,
more or less.
Terms of sale: Cash.
This the 27tb day of November,
1915.
D. C. Barnes, Commissioner.
"NOTICE."
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Those desiring Jack services
this fall $10.00 insurance see
W. Joe. Mitchell, or
J. E. Eablt.
Ahoskie, N. C., R.1.
RUB-MY-TISM
Will cure your Rheumatism
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Colic, Sprains Bruises, Cute and
Boras, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. Aatiseptie Anodyne, used in
ternally and externally. Pries 25c.
Calomel Dynamites A SloggiJ
Liver. 1
Crashes into sour bile, making yol
nick and you loan a day'* work I
Calomel Salivates! It's mercur M
Calomel net* like dynamite on fl
sluggish liver. When cmIul I
comae into contact with eour bl
, it crashes into il, causing cram pi <?
and nausea. ?
if you feel bilious, headacb.rl
const,puled ?and a'.l knocked out!
just go to your druggist and gal
, a 50 cent bottle of Dudsbn's Liven
, Tone, which ia a harmless vegetal
ble substitute for dangerous calol
mel. Take a spoonful and if in
doesn't start your liver and
straighten you up better and
quicker than nasty calomel and
without making you siok, you just!
go buck and get your money. I
If you lake calomel today you'd
be aiek and nauseated tomorrow!
besides, it may tali veto you, while!
if you take Dodeon'e Liver Tond
you will wake up feeling grea d
full of ambitioo and reedy '
work or play. It'e harmful
pleaaant and aafe to give to -
dren; they like it. Adv. H
Notice of Sale. ?
By virtue of the power anlail
tbority given by a certain tnor H
gage deed, executed by W. 1 ?
Griffith and wife May R. Gri.M
fith, to L. J, Lawrence, Ouaidiail
for Eva J. Lawrence, bearing!
date January 6, 1910. and record I
ed in the office of Register of I
deeds for Hertford County,!
North Carolina, in Book 87 page!
187, and also by virtue of tbel
authority contained in a certain!
deed of trust, executed by the I
said W. H. Griffith, to L. J.I
Lawrence, trustee. Tn s|ll rfifljfl
February 3, 1#14. and?L'J
in the office of RegifctestffiHB^icd
aforesaid, in Book 52 on page
359, the undersigned will offer
for sale to the highest bidder,
for cash, in front of the court
bouse door, in Winton, N. C.. on'
Monday the 3rd day of January
1916. at noon, the following de
scribed real estate, to wit
The tract of land situated in
Murfreesboro Township, Hert'
ford Counts aforesaid, on which
the satd W. H.Griffith and wif?
now res.de. bounded by the land'
of Amos Parker heirs, the,land
of Joe King Parker, J. H
Kitchen, and the lands formerl
owned by M. F. Carter, deceas
ed. -and containing sixty acres,
more or leas.
This the 27th day of Norembe i
? #15.
L. J. Lawrence. Guardian, and
L. J. Lanrnce. Trustee. j
Notice of Sale.
Br virtue of en order Md de- ,
cree of the Superior Court of i
Hertford County in a special I
proceeding, entitled Nellie Alex- t
ander and huaband, J. W. Alex- J
ander. Slollie L. Farmer and |
husband, George Farmer, and
MatV A. Overton, ex parte,
therein pending, the undersigned
commissioner will on the first
Monday in January, 1916, it be
ing tbe 3rd, day of the Month, at
12 o'clock M? in front of the f
Courthouse door of Hertford'
County, North Carolinay^effer
for aale to the higbeat bidfler for
caah the following described
real estate, to wit:
That certain tract of land, ly
ing and being in Winton Town
ship. Hertford Countf. North
Carolina, adjoiniqg the lands of
W. D. Newsome, Solomon Keen
and others, bounded aa follows,
viz: that certain tract of land on
which the late W. R. Overton
lived and died and bounded on
the North, by the lands of Solo
mon Keen and othv*: on the
Wast, bv the lands of Joseph
Keen, W. D. Newsome and
others: on the South, by the
lands, of W. D. Newsome and
others: and on the East, by the
California Road and the J. W.
Dilday land, said land is suppos
ed to contain one hundred and
four acres by survey.
This the 29th day of Novem
ber. 1915.
E. T. Snipes, Commissioner.
Notice.
North Carolina, )
Hertford County, I
Having qualified as administra
tor with the will annexed of the
estate of Mariah i'owell, deceased,
late of Hertford County, North
Carolina, this ia to notify all per
sons having claims again*, thefl
estate of said deceased to exhibits
them to the undersigned on or be- 1
fore the 26th day of November. !
1916. or thia notice will be plead- I
ed in bar of thair recovery.
? Ail persons indebted tn said
estate will please make immediate
payment. ,
C. W. Htephenaon. Adminis
trator c. t. a. of Mariah Howell.,
deceased.
Thia 23nd. day November, 191.%.
Cowper A Boone, Attys.