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Hertford County YIerald ? * ? - * _i ? THE LARGEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. VOL. 8 "_? AHOSKIE, N. C.. JULY 6, 1917. ~ ~T NO. 2.S i__^ * I"'* WANTED Mine Prop*, Alt Size*. Cull or Write to Sterling Mine Prop Co. AULANpEK, N. C. * v Any one desiring U/ purchase Uimbe>>U>iie? of any description, tee or wriU J. B. MODLIN, Alioakie, N. C. Agents for United Mlates Marble Go. DR. C. G POWELL DENTIST PHONE NO. 10 AHOSKIE. N. 0/ Edgar Thamae Snipaa Attorney-at-Law Lbki.i Negotiated Real Eatate Bought and Sold OAea: tnd Floor J. W.Godwin, Jr.. Bldf AHOSKIE. N. C R. R. ALLEN Itealei In' SASH. DOORS. BUNDS. WINDOW GLASS. HARDWARE. PAINTS AND BUILDING MATERIALS GENERALLY Wholesale and Retail Ha. 1)17 WuMo|Im Hquar* RI'FFOI.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. N?, 911 -WIU Washington Square i SUFFOLK. V *7 ROGERS <fc YVIU'AMS Attorneya-at-Law Prompt Attention Given to' All , Bu?ine?s. 1 AHQPJUR. M. 0. ^I J. R. EVANS Practical Tin Roofer and Sheet Metal Worker Prices Right. MURPREESBOKO. K. C. W.Hm. R. lohnion ??:? Arroimr at Law ??j AifoflKie. North Caroi.tna Practice* wherever service* desi red M n?*r i. V. Mwii liiUii* ? G. J. NEWBERN, Agent i Ford Automobilkm, Ahoakie, N. C. T-jHiring Car $360.00 Runabout ?4?.00 , P. <3. B. Detroit. Roiwtll G- Brldger" Attorney-at-f.A? WINTON. N. C. C. Wallace Jones Attorney and Crvnaellor-At-Law WINTOW. N. C. Practice In all cearta. Ixtam nefotial ?d. A'l matter* given orompt |i)4 faithful attention. I4HM In *?nk flf Winton m MM TM Ma M KM TH* Beat *n<1 ICMtlTr c(Ml. LAXA O Wk ?d 4* * 11 th-n onllmjry rm?ln? la haad InralKT tnok far Ih* BlnutaK j( K. w. niom. tv 1 * The Beauty Secret. Ladies desire that im ?Utible charm?a good complexion. Of course to know ? beautins* has been used so thsy buy a bottle of Magnolia Balm UQUID FACE POWDER ??*??? nmihi tm d?h ilii?li?i. Umn mfml Im M^oy. S??hiiy. CMIUI Hal Saapfe (Mkmr mW) h* im. Staw*. LraaMfeC*.. ? FARMERS SHOULD EN ROLL FORJf MIUMS No Time Should,Be Lost In Enrolling (or Premium* and Prizes at the Various Fairs Which Will Be Held Dur ing the Fall. The farmers who are interested in the premiums and medals offer ed by a few fairs for the beat kept ahd moat profitably operated farms should make application for entrance in the contest as soon as possible, in order that the committee on judging may have ample time to vi?it the places and make awards in accord with the score card prepared for the work. In making the awards and plac ing the medals and other premiums the factors of size of farm, type of farming, organization of the farm, soil, and crop management, efforts to improve Quantity and quality of crops and live stock; the per cent of business this farmer does on his cap ital and the profits coming there from; the adequacy and economy of equipment; attention given to mak ing home supplies at home; the condition and appearance; and the accounts or records kept, are given due weight. In fact the object is to treat the farm as an all round home and business unit and make awards to those places really stand ing the highest in the sum to^al of the factors entering in to such make up. It cannot do any farmer any barm to enter the contest and even though he may not get.a premiun the fact that his <r place has been subject to careful analysis as a home and busi ness unit and the result of that an alysis given back to the farmer will him in planning for another years work on a more profitable basis. Those who have any thought of entering these contests should write the various fair committees and Prof. W. N- Hutt of Raleigh Of. Mr- J. M. Johnson, Office of Management. West Raleigh, N. C., for further particulars. Little Girl Dies. On Monday morning, June 25, 1917, the death angel entered the home of Mr. and Mrs- W. R. Beale and took from them theii blessed lit tle girl. She was a little" suffering angel for seven days, then He saw fit to, take her .with Him. ? There was all done that could have been done by the doctor, ? trained nurse and the people. The funeral services were conduct ed at her home by Rev.Barnes. Little Elizabeth is "safe in the arms of ??f? on h<? (rant|e breast," Inez Benthall. Ch>ab?Hii?'i Colic. Cholera and Di arrhoea Hemedv. Every family without exception should keep this preparation at hand during the hot weather of the summer months. Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarr lioea Remedy ia worth many times its coat when needed arid ia al most certain to be needed before the summer i* over. It has no superior for the purposed for which it it intended Buy it now. Obtainable everywhere. Adv. wmwr Yn Need a General Tom* Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as A General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QOININ 8 ind IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drive* yai Malaria, Bnrlcbes the Blood and luilda np the Whole System. 30 centa FOR SALE-BIG TYPE POLAND China Pigs nine weeks old Seven Dollars. Pedigrees fur nished. Clmrlie Hughaon, Alios kie. it. No. 666 Thia is e prescription prepared aspects!!) lot MALARM or CHILL* * FIVE*, rive or tlx doses will break any case, ami if takea then as s Ionic the Fsvar will not Uftra. L seta oa lbs liver better tbaa **?Bie! aad doe* not (ripe or aickea. ?? To Car* a Cold la One Day Take lax ati vk aaouo Oalalne. it ??<>** the Caefh aad Headache aad worki at the Cold. Dratiiiti retuk.il mover II li fail* to 1. W OtOVIV ilCMltft M Nch bos. IS* A TfllBUTE TO *L_ #. PllfiH II ?. L JtllMI On December 28, 1916, Dr. Edward William Pugh died, in his home, "Glendower Hall," Windaor, N. C. To the friends who knew him in early life and who were on such terms of intimacy with him aa would allow the frmiliarity he waa known aa Dr. Ted Push; at the time of his death there were but three persona in Windaor, whom I now recall who'addressed him by the friendly and youthful name of "Ted"?all of whom were related to him either on his paternal or maternal side,?and these were Gov. F. D. Winston, Mr. T. P. Gur ley and Capt. J. B. Martin. Dr. Pugh wks eminent aa a phy sician and surgeon in his county and had he chosen' to pitch his life's tent in some large city and attach ed himself to a hospital, he would have become famous in early life as a surgeon, but he preferied to live and do his life's worfc among the people whom he knew and who knew him. Dr. Pugh came of a noble line of ancestry both on his mother's and father's side. The Pughs and Wil liams, whose names are found in the early history of Bertie, Halifax ana Martin counties, were ms an cestors. They were'prominent in the Revolution. He waa justly proud of his forebears and the part which they took in the early formation of his State; yet it was not that boastful pride which so often gives offense, for he was democratic in every flbre of his being and willing at all times to give honor to whom honor was due, for "The boast of herald^ and the pomp of power" to him were but a simple and idle bubble. It mattered little to him who a man's father was, but for what the map himself stood. Sp often have I heard him quote, '.Prince* and lords are but tha breath of kings," and "An honest man's the nohlest work of God." He was widely read and well versed in ancient and modern his tory, both sacred and profane and in -the range of letters he was among the first in the State and was so recog nized by those who knew nim. Ev erything he read was critically lead, which largely accounted for his ac curacy. His familiarity with writ ers of fiction and verse was striking. It {was a pleasure to be with him and hear his discourses on authors and their writings. When the au thorship of some quotation was in doubt, it would be readily agreed to abide by the decision of Dr. fugh And his statement was accepted as final. I would rather read a book after him than any man dead or living, because, he read with pencil in hand aud his marginal and foot notes made the volume at once val uable to a person who wished to gret the moat out of what he read, though. I must accuse him of being critical, at times, to a fault. His vocabulary was the most com prehensive. His prose wrjting3 were often florid bv?t wjtti an we of expression. In early manhood he wrote a large number of poems under the non de plume, "Cecil Afton," later he adopted' the pen name, "Glen dower." Many of them show the real touch of poetic genius, while all of them show the divine afflatus that posiesed the heart of,the gifted writer. His, sentimental poems written in early manhood breathe the melody of tenderness and love, while his poetry of the South and the Southern heroes, have the ring of martial ?pirit, especially the poem er.titled, "The Death of the Old Con federate." His poems pught to be collected and published by the liter ary men of Bertie County. He was fond of music and was fair - . iliar with the Uvea and productlona ' of the great masters. He liked to fish and when the notion took nim he would cloae his place of business and go to the mill pond or on the Caahie Hver and ppend the day. This habit was an? POPULAR COUPLE WED Ni*? Grace Elma SetMnu. of Nor folk, Becomes the Bride of James Otis Carter of Ahoskie. ? i Norfolk, Va., June 29?A pretty wedding took place yesterday af ternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the Park Place Baptist Church, when Miss Grace El ma Seaaoms, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Sessoms, be\ came the bride of Mr. James Otis Carter, of Ahoakie, N. C., son of Mr. and Mrs. James N. Carter, of Gatesville, N. C. The church was decorated with palms, ferns and As cension lilies, and the ceremony was performed by Rev. Aubrey Wil.-. liams, pastor of the church. The wedding march was played by Mr. J, J. Miliar, and just before the marriage Mr. R. R. Richardson sang "Believe Me With Those En dearing Youg Charms." ? The brid?>, who was given in mar riage by her father, wore a travel ing dress of sand-colored doth, with hat to match, and her flowers were a corsage boquet of bride roses and lilies of the valley. The maid of honor and only attendant was her sister. Miss Agnes Sessoms, who wore a gown of white georgette crepe, with trimmings of silk lace, and she carried a shower boquet of Killarney roses. The bridegroom had as his best man his brother, Mr. S. B. Carter, of Ahoskie, N. C., and the ushers included Messrs. Clarence Perry, L. C. Williams and E. R. Carter, of Ahoskie, and Leon Sutton of this city. After a Nor thern wedding trip Mr. Carter and his bride will reside in Ahoskie, N. C. The out-of-town guests at the wedding included: Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Ward, nf Glinden, N. C., Mrs. Virgie Wynn of Murfreesboro, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Carter of Gateaviile, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. A J. Early, Miss Blanche Hall, Messrs. S. B. Carter, E. R. Carter, L, C. Williams, C. A. Perry, E. L. Garrett R. L- Phelps and T. Baker, of Aohs kle, N. C.?Virginian-Pilot Mr. and Mrs. Carter are expected by friends to return to Ahoskie about the 15th of this month, when the former will resume his duties as Assistant-Cashier of the Bank of Ahoskie. . They will begin at once to keep-house in the residence on Church Street, until this week oc cupied by J. N. Vann and family. noying to his patients who would call to see him and find him away which resulted in the loss of prac tice which of course meant the loss of money. But he told this writer that it was absolutely necessary for him to hie himself away "Far from the madding crowd's tngnoble strife," where he might "Pursue the noiseless tenor of his way." I recall that he said to?ie on one or more occasiQiSP that he want ed to take me Ashing with him, but T u:?. fi.U i oiwa;a owiicu w iiiiii uiat uic iioii would never bite for me, and then he said, ""we can spend the day talking, where we will not be interr rupted.'t ? Dr. Pugh was like all geniuses, excitable, and at times he would fly off the tikncHe and break the friendship of a life time over a trifle, but the sun rarely set on his wrath and the next morning he was ready to Ut by-gones be by-goner, knowing that his excitability was a foiable over which he had but little control. In politics he was an uncompro mising States Rights Democrat. He had been an ardent student of CaU houn, Tombe, Davis and Stephens and oould argue the doctrine of States Rights with convincing pow er. While strictly temperate and with no patience with drunkenness, still he was a pronounced an ti-pro hibitionist. Uk ng the position that sumptuary laws were undemocratic. He often' talked to this writer about his religious beliefs and he said that he accepted the Bible without!que*tion, and that no doubt aa to the Mesaishahip of Christ found logement in hit mind, that be had (Continued on page four,) LIFE AT SUMMER SCHOOL Half of Seasioa Pined Away Full of Interest - Many Features Plai ned for Cominf Weeks. Chapel Hill, N. C., July 3.?The Unfveraity of North Carolina Sum mer School is now nearly half through Its work. The present ses sion, which will end July 27, has been one of the beet in the history of the school. It has been charac terized by careful study and hard work. Most of the students both men and women, who have come here, have come to stay six weeks, and a large number are pursuing .work for credit. The work of the summer school has actually become an integral part of the years work and is being recognized as such. Every facility is now offered for carrying on studies in the same man ner as in the winter term. So far nearly 800 students have been en rolled, and the added enrollments for the remainde r of the term will probably caiVy the attendance past the 1000 mark?a noteworth achiev ement in the face of the Dresent world conditions. The past week has been full of entertaining features in addition to the work of the class-rooom. The meeting of the North Carolina Story tellers League, with Col. Fred A. Olds as professional raconteur, a violin recital by Miss Emilie Rose Knox and an illustrated lecture on South America have been among th<! attractive features. Rehearsals at odd times have been going on for the various events in the fourth of July celebration, and observance of the day here this year promise to eclipse all former years. The entire day will be taken up with some kind of exercises. In the morning there will be a grand parade, with" a contingent of soldiers from Dur ham, and other special features. This will be followed by a pat riotic cantata"! on the campus. Miss Dicle Howell will represent America. Mar.y chorousee and spec ial roles will make this one of the day. Dr. Henry Van Dike's ode, "'Following the Flag," will be read at this time. In the afternoon a patriotic pag eant will be held, in which the vari ous stages in America's growth in internatiolism will be portrayed by chosen represetatives of the various college delegations. The Declara tion of Independence, the early set tlers, the Monroe Doctrine, the opening of Japan, the Aid to Bel gium, the Lusitania disaster and the entrance into the war are some of the scenes given. Elaborate cos tumes will b? provided for several parts. After (upper Mr. Vermonts own play, Esther Wake, will be giv en by a select cast on the terrace in front of the Law Building. The whole spirit of the celebration will be one of patiiotism and loyalty. It will also give many of the teach ers now here ideas of how similar events may be arranged in their own home towns. One of the coming events of in terest is the High School In stitute, July 9-20. This is the first teachers institute ever held in the Statefor '.iigh school teachers, and from the number of letters now comihg daily to Director Walker, it may be judged that the idea has struck with popular response. Spec ial courses and conferences will be arranged, and everything possible done to focus attention on the prob lems of instruction in the high school. The institute is primarily for high school teachcrs, principals and superintendents, A second elementary institute will be held at the same time. The first teacher's institute came to an end last Friday with a perfect attendance for the two weeks. The institute was un der the direction of Supt, I. C. Grif fin of Shelby. Pay your Subscription to the Hertford County Herald, and help us make it a better news paper. Drive* Out Malaria, Builds Up System TW OU Su?d?M fnml itnuitoihi too*. uaovB-a tastklkss chin tonic. Mm ?rt Maluta^ortckMihr Mood, and lMriUa*pth*?r? tan. Ataastaalc. W* xtalu ?*> cMMna. Mb * i JUST iII LITTLE BOT The title of this sketch means noth ing to many people; just a little boy gone, that's all. The world is to? busy, the people too much engrossed in other thing, the age too fraught with happening* of the moment, to note the passing of a little boy. And yet to others theae words have a meaning, "Just a little boy gone" means just the joy of life gone, just a home made deaolate, just the idol of the heart taken, just an aching void that knows no rel'ef. Little James Asa Williford was four years old when he died in Feb ruary, the pride of his father, the joy of his mother, and the pet of the neighborhood. He was one of the brightest, sweetest children' I have even known, and one of the hand somest. His big eyes, almost black, sparkled with life and anima tion; his perfect little mouth was a continuous smile; his hair, dark, glossy and beautiful, the result of a idolizing mother's tender care, set off and intensified his unusual beau ty. James was a child, but with all his childishness there was about the boy a manliness which distinguish ed him from other children. When he looked you full in the face, his dark eyes a great interrogation point, you could discern back of his questioning gaze the dawning of an unusual intelligence and you realized that there was something more to this child than is usually associa ted with a child of six years. One could not help feeling that here was material for the building of an Ideal speciman of manhood. And indeed this was true. I have often talked to the boy, when, his great eye* looking into mine, for an innant I had a vague impression that a mature mind was meeting my own, and almost unconsciously my Conversation shaped Itself to that of mature years His intell gence was remarkable for one so young. And yet this may be acconnted for It is the old story of heredity. This boy's mother before her mar riage to James Asa Williford was a Miss Lumkin of Georgia. His grandmother was a woman of rare' attainments and an artist of excep tional ability. Sho was a school mate and intimate friend of the first wife of President Wilson. One of her pictures, a birthday present to Mrs. Wilson just before her death is now in the White House collec tion. James came to us a bundle of in herited tendencies and endowments, transmitted to him from a cultured, refined and intellectual ancestry. Small wonder that he gave promise of a life in the larger sense. And now little James is dead; a beautiful dream of the future shat tered,. a father's proud ambition come to naught, a mothers joy and hope banished a?d hearts left torn and bleeding, helpless in their an guish. I often wonder why ? ? ? *.' > ??? :' "?1 > r' 1 All that's bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest, All that'ssweet was made "But'to be lost when sweetest. There may be lessons, yes; lessons for humanity; for fathers, mothers, sons, daughters. It may be that through the operation of natural laws, of dispensation beyond onr conception, the gfaftt God in tends to bind man more closely to himself, fhe great maker; to instill into mankind the knowledge of our oneness with him, the great Head; to create within and endow the hu man heart with the sense of the "All-Purpose" and . the wisdom to become a' part of the plana of the greet Creator Himself. In no other way can man attempt to explain his existence, and only when the lesson is learned, only when the light of this new consciousness has dawned upon him can be released from the error and ignorance that now keep him in darkness. Just a little boy, yes, but in death typical of mankind. Just a little boy, idolised by father, worshipped by mother, fondled by friends and relatives, beloved by everybody. HOW TO m THE MOISTURE OF LARD Extension Farm Service Ex plains Why Lands in This Section Lose Moistore? Increased Surface Expos ure Probable Cause. West Raleigh, N. C.. July 8.? A prominent farmer in eastern North Carolina Mid to ? worker of the Division of Agronomy a while ago: "I have lived here and farm ed this land for thirty-five years; and while I know the surface of the land is not more than five or seven feet above the sea level, I feel sure that dry weather has cost me more In loss of crops than wet weather has." According to the data of the United States Weather Bureau, this section of (.Eastern North Carolina ? has had an annual {rainfall of 61 in ches as an average of eighteen years, 29 8-10 inchfe of which fell during the grdwing period | from July to September, inclusive. As it was pointed out in a recent article in the Extention News, soils retain water better when they are well filled with organic matter and humus, and the soils in question is .1 . . i ? ? Bumewnai aencient in organic mat ter, but perhaps the greater per cent of the low of moisture in this instance was cadsed by an increased surface exposed to the sun, due to the ridged condition of the land. When rows of corn or cotton are planted 40 inches apart and are ridge to a height of 8 inches, which is not uncommon in some sections, thus leaving the sides of the ridges exitosed to the sun, the surface ex posed for evaporation is* increased at least 33 1-3 per cent; and espec ially if the rows runs north and south, the evaporation or loss of moisture will be increased to ap proximately the same extent. While the anpount of moisture lost will vary greatly, depending upon the character of the soil, temperature, wind velocity, humidity of the at mosphere, etc., judging fjom tests made recently, it is known that moisture was lost at | the rate of 80 tons per .acre from Norfolk san dy loam in one day when exposed to the sun, and this amount would be sufficient, if utilized by corn, to proa duce one-flfth of a ton of dry fod der. ^ ? mm " Teachers for the Ahoskie Graded School. The following have been elected as teachers for the Ahogkie Graded School, session 1917-18. Principal: Mr. C. R. Hinshaw, Randleman, N. C. Aflst Hign scnooi: Mias May Whithere, LiHington. N. C. 7th Grade: Mi* Etta Banks, Eure, Gates County, N. C. 6th Grade: Miss Elizabeth Lynk, Dunn, N. C. 5th Grade: Miaa Mina Hollomon, Ahoakle, N. C. 3rd and 4th Grade*: Miaa Dorothy Vann, Raleigh, N. C. 1st and 2nd Grades: Miaa Wil L. Wilson, Goldaboro, N. C. Music Teacher: Mias Irene Par ker, Rocky Mount, N. C. C. G. Powell, Cairman. M. D. Catling, Secretary. ? ! ? ? ' 1 TakIM Bl( Chum It is a if rest risk to travel with out a bottle of Cbamberiata's Col ic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kene dy, as thia preparation cannot be obtained on the trains or stean ships. Attacks of bowel cob plaint are often sudden and Terr severe, and every one should go . prepared for them. Obtainable everywhere, Adr Oh, the pathos of it! I send this to you Jssa and Kath arine, because I loved him too, be cause I hoped for him too and be cause my "J Boy" is to me what little James must have been to you. Keep it as a token of what the blev aed little boy was to ail of im. ; His Uncle, ^ A.J. Denning,Jr,
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