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Hertford County Herau> i - ? . - ????=eri?c-r- ? M . ??" ? ' ? - ???I TIIE LARGEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA VOL. 8 AHOSKIE, N. C.. NOVEMBER 9, 1917. COUNTY AGENT ASKS FARMER'S SUPPORT Cotton anthracn??e or boll rot to very prevalent In this county thin year, due in a m tisure to tha very wet season. ? > Thi* disease is carried in the seed from year to year and can be exteminated only bv planting seed of cotton not affected- by it. If you have diseased plants in your field do not attempt to aave the seed for planting next year, If how ever you have parts of field that are free from the disease gather the cotton from this part and save for seed. When having it ginned see that the gin to thoroly dean all other cotton and seed being removed before crinnii)? the seed cotton, if there to as much as a bale to be gin ned H will be best to reject the first quater of the seed and save all the remainer fo* planting. If you intend to change your variety or to buy seed for next years planting be careful to insist that the seed you buy are free from ANTHRACNOSE and COTTON WILT. Any farmer who has cotton that to free from both of these diseases, fo Hertford Co. will do a favor to the farmer of this s^fion if he will have the county agent visit his field and help in selecting the seed for next year*, since the Co. Agt. will make a special effot to see that-this disease to driven out of the County and that all farmers get good seed. Seed Cora Now is the time to select your ??ed corn, do Dot fail to five this your very careful attention since it ia a big faction in the growing of this as well as any other cropa. The Co, Agt. wishes to get in touch with all farmers ' who have good varieties of corn suitable for seeds, preferble pu e bred. if there ia or has been a boys cor" club in your neigbbothood l?t your Co Agt. hear from some of the boys and let'a see if we cant bring that BIG YIELD prise back to Hertford Co. Save Yonr Sweet Potatoea The U.S. Depar tment of Agr. has solved the problem <>f keening sweet potatoea and arranged, thru the N.C.Dept. of Agr. to furniah any one else just how to d? it. They will furniah the services of thia man free, and he will help build the house or to remodel any bouse you may have that ia suitable. The County Demonstration Agt. has detail working drawings and bills of material* for these houses of the following capacities. 600 bu. 2500 bu. 5200 bu. and 15,00 bo. and will be glad to show them and explain the proposition to any one who is interested. Negotiations are under way for the conatruetion of a 500 bu. house for demonstrations purposes by members-of the Ahoskie Board of Trade and at Win ton by public spirited citizens of Winton Town ship, the terma of storage for seed purpose will be worked out and an nounced by these parti es as soon aa the project is well under way. Contagion* Diaeisea in Connty Re ported Daring Month of October. Dorothy Minton, Ahoskie, N.-C., R. F, D.. diptheria; Emmett Kvaas, Murfreeaboro, N. C., ' diptheria; Edith Bunch, Murfreeaboro, N. C. diptheria; Myrtle Baldwin, Mur freeaboro, (College), diptheria. W. B. Pol laid, M. D. Hertford County Quarantine Officer Administrator's Notice. Having qualified aa adminiatra Utr of D. B. Reyninda, deceased, tliia h to notify all peraona holding claim* atfainat said estate to pre aeut them to the underaigned. for payment. on or before the 37th. day of October. 1918. or thia no tice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All partiea indebted to said es tate will please make immediate payment, Roawell C. Bncigrr, rfdminitttrator ?f D. B. Reynolds, deceased. II-JI L Million Letters In the Meils Today 1 Bearing Magic Words "With the Colors" % Keynote of the Splendid Work the Y.M.C.A. Does Among Our Men In Uniform Is Keeping Them In Touch With the Folks at Home. STAMPED WITH STABS AND STRIPES AND RED TRIANGLE Mnltiffcrloaj Ways 1b Which tha Association Appeals to Tour Boy, ' Tow Neighbor's Boy, or Soma Boy Ton Know and Lore? Creates a Helpful Environment in Cantonment, on Way Overseas, in Front Line TrencF and Beyond?first to Aid as He Comes Tottering Back?dive Your Share of tha $>6,000,000 Required to Accomplish This "Last Evidence That Somebody Cares." 3T vu evening on, the broad, Hempstaad Plain. Lont Island, where the Halnbow division waa spending Ha laat night before embark lag (or Trance. It bad baen raining hard la the afternoon?a cold, stead? autumn downpour?aad there waa aothing to suggaat the rainbow In the oatward aapeet of the camp. Lines aad lines ol sodden canvas houaed 17.000 maa, gathered from >7 different atatea. The ground waa dotted with Pools and quagmires. Under the wet canvas It waa damp and cold, with a penetrating ehilL Lit by flickering candles, the tenia were far from cheer ful abetter lor a man's last night la his native laad. Bat there were seven big tents where electric lights, numbers aad friendliness made the night pleasant In Met of theae t aoldler was (tram ming an a pUno; others ware raiding book* and magasines; hundreds were writing letter* home. Behind the raised counter at on* and three or four young Mas were busy passing oat notepapar and envelopes, sailing stamps asd weighing parcels, which the men were sending home. One of the soldiers said to ma as I stood In the tent used chiefly by men from Iowa: "We came an the way hera from Dee Moines, and we were mighty lonely. Than wa found tola T. M. C. A. on the Jofc, and lt'a been a home and taore than a home to as. It gave as what wa wanted when we needed ft moet Wall never forget It The boya' best friend la the T. 11. C. A." Fine, Clean-Cut, Upetandlng Fellow*. How cloa<* those beaches were pack ad with man. banding over the long tables absorbed la their writing! What an a#peal to the sympathies those great groupa of eoldlera make! fine, clean-cut. upstanding fellows, soma of thorn mere boys, one thinks Immediately of the aacrlflce they hare made tor tha rsat of as snd how pre cious they are to some one back home Somewhere, la far oS farm or Tillage or etty a tree t. there are parenta or brothers or wtvee "to would give all they possess for one glimpse of those emnbaniad laces as you and I sea 'them oa their last night before going acroaa. And It was with a throb of tha hesrt that I watched them, bent over their latter paper. In one after another of those seven big tents. These were tha tents of ths T. U. C. A. On that last night In America tha aasoclatlon was serving the soldiers In tha bast of all ways?giving them an opportunity to write home. On previous nights they had enjoyed box lag bouts,.aeovlaa, conoerts, dramatics sad a score o* healthy entertainments aa well aa rellglooa meetings. Bnt on this last alght home ties ware strong est. And perhaps that Is the keynote ?f tha splandld work tha T. M. 0. A. la doing among oar mea In uniform? keeping them In touch with home. Magle Words, -With the Colore." la theee times there are' soma let tars that mean more to aa tnaa any va have ever read before. They are written on aheata of paper stimped with tha Stars and Stripes and tha rad triangle of the T. U. C. A., aad they bear tha magic words. -With tha Ooiors" There are many more than a million aach letters la tha malls aow while yea read this Perhaps one at least U on It* wmy to you. Each om( or oar If cantonments, where the new national army is toeing trained, is mine more than a million (heeta at thin paper every month. In the draft army alone that mean* 11,000,000 fila ment* of lore every month reaching out bom the treat encampment where the men are being trained into the greatest army thle nation hag yrer dreamed and binding tnem to the bearu at home Multiply that by thinking of all the other places where Uncle Sam'haa men with the fl'g?in nary yard*, on (he high seas. In arse cals and oUlcers' training camps and "Over There" in France. In all theee places men are writing home. Thoee unassuming little sheets of note paper gladden millions ot hearts a day. They transfer more love from oas part of the world to another than sta tistics can aipraaa. Statistic* an pretty poor anyway whan It cornea to reckoning la tella* of lore and human tenderneaa. Let's pat It this way: That the Y. H. C. A Is the biggest ? press company the world haa erer saea. and the parcels It Is haadllag are the loyea aott devotions of human beings. ~ World's Best Loved Trademark. This war ^aa made ua think bard aad last Your boy or your nalfh bor'a boy or soma boy you know aad love baa been called to do his share la the big job of policing the world tor democracy and human liberty, la U any comfort to you to know that wher ever his duty may call him your boy will nave a friend that will serve him in body, mind aad soul7 Are yoa glad to know that this friend will plaee books and magaalnea at his disposal, organise classes to teach him what ever ha wants to learn, give him a pocket leatament and invite him to join religious meetings of the faith that ha was brought up IAT Did yoa rdallse that the association provides athletic equipment for his lavorHe gamea, iteachaa hint games If he knows Dene aad holds concerts, lectures, movies, Bible claaaaa, dramatlo eater talnmenU aad every kind of whole some amusemsnt to keep him Interest ed T Are yoa glad to know that this ft lend will go with him overseas, help to shlsld him from a score of dlfllcalt aad dangerous temptations snd follow him right np to ths front line trench aad beyond ItT The last oontact the soldier baa with this llfs he lovee ee well is a cup of tea given him by the T. M. C. A. free Jast before he goes "over the top" a band to hand strug gle with the enetny. Aad aa he cornea tottering back frem No Man's Land, wounded, bat strong enough and plucky enough to keep on hie feet even before his woands are dreesed the T. M. C. A Is waiting for aim with tea and sweet chooolate, the great com forts of the man la the trench ee. Do you wonder that the Red Triangle is called "the best loved trademark la the world r* One eoldte* in Frseoe haa called It "the laet evidence that any body cares." If every thinking ettlaen oould eee with his or her own ayes something of the actual work being doaa for oar men by the association there would ha no question of ths T. M. 0. A having to appeal to the public for money. Rather than let this essential work falter lor an Instsnt rich men woald sell their motorcars, .poor men would forego ooreted pHiMglou or even ne cessities. The- work mint go on. be cause there la do hi thing tl?*t con tributes so much to the spirit and of flclsncy of the troop*. The %. M C. A. la working night and day to help the government win this war. And avery penny that >l given to aid the work la a direct aaalatance to tha health, happiness and atrength of your hoy and mine. Snapenota of Ksls'doscoplo Work. In all tha big dtlea In France where our man pass through la large num bers. the T. M . C. A la operating hoatela, where thay can gat beda and meala at a minimum coat In London the American T. M. C. A nas erected a large building for our aoldlers and ? clubhouse for American o Ulcere. There are T. M. C A. dugouts right behind the front line trenches, where the soldiers ean get hot drinks, crack ers and other comforts at ail hours. Over 1000 men who had been reject ed an account 6f physical disability hare been able to get Into the British army by reason of the physical work of the British T. M. C. A. A fleet of motor cars leaves the big Y. M. 0. A. headquarters la London at midnight every night to pick np sol diers who are wandering about the streets without any wholesome lodging It which to spend the night These oara are operated by Englishwomen of poaltion and refinement, who report that they never meet any discourtesy at the hands of the soldier a. The im portance of this aervlce can be eati mated by the fact that at least SO,000 soldiers are on leave In London every Veek. Over half of these sleep In Y. M. C A beda every night Entertainment on Vast Seals. The T. M. C. A. haa erected a big auditorium, seating 2,000, In each of the big draft campa, and hage Chautau qua tents, seating 2,(00 in the otner encampments. The aaaoclation la run ning a 22 week entertainment circuit among the camps and Is paying II oompanies of entertainers, who are traveling to 80 camps perforating be fore the men. in each of the draft <fempe the T. If. C. A. has 'ten secretaries engaged In educatlMal work. The association is seeing to It tbat every mea who cannot speak English is taught to do so. In many of tne camps the asso ciation has a singing director, who Is teaching the men to sing the popular and martial airs tbat do so much to keep up their spirits. Of <4 T. m n a man at Camp Dlx only three are being paid full sal aries. In all the campa the majority of the T. M?C. A. men have left lucra tive positions to do this work simply because Its appeal is irresistible to any red blooded man. Harry Lauder, the famous Sootch singer and come dian. now on his farewell concert tour In the United States, Is giving all his spare time to the service of the asso ciation and la singing to the eoldieta at an the campa he can reach. In one of the draft camps the T. If. C. A. Is supervising athletics <Jn 120 playing fields, providing full athletic equipment The winners of the Inter regimental games will play the cham pions of the-other camps. One of the greatest services render ed by the association Is the making oat of money orders bjr which the men eis send their pay home to their fam ilies. In some of the big camp* the T. M. C. A. is providing banking facil ities for th? men as well. Do Your Bit With M Tenner. This month (November) the T. M. C. A. moat raise MS,000,000 to carry on Its work among oar soldiers and their alllea until next July. Of this tss.000.000 about IJ4.000.000 will be apent on the work with our ?wn troops or about $10 tor every man in Uncle1 Barn's uniform. If everybody who haa received letters from soldiers and sail ors were to oontrlbute $10 the taak would be easy. Are your boy's health and happlneas Mid clean soul worth 110 to yoat Your town mayor, your pastor, your school superintendent will know who la the treasurer of the campaign ooro mlttee In your county or town. Other wise send ? check or money order ta Cleveland H. Dodge, treasurer, lt4 Bast Twenty-eighth qtreet, N#w York ?Ity. ? Only saciitclal giving by millions of elvers wUl make possible the contin uance of this vast work for American jk>idlers and for those of oar alllea. ^ Send your job ^pnntinK to the h.usie, Oamu, Good Rudlng and C?r r??pond*no* FaeilltlM In Y. M. C. A. Building. Subscribe to th? Hertford County Herald. ? - ? ^ Red Triangle Dugout In tha Trench#*. "THE OUST OF THE EMTT PLEASES "The Dust of the Earth," given by local talent in the Ahoakie Grad ed School building last Friday night waa very successful, both in net proceeds and the high order of en tertainment furnished the enthusi astic audience that almost filled the large auditorium. The play was well and appropriately staged, and each actor went through the entire two hours with the ease and famil iarity of a veteran player. Modes ty and a sense of self preservation prevent the writer from lavishing praise and nice {fbrases upon those took part in the play; but many were the expressions lauding every member of the troupe and the en tire program as rendered. The pantomine arranged between acts was a well timed feature of the night's entertainment. Several small girls appeared as Red Cross nurses, stooping around a wounded soldier, who was lying in a stretch er on the field of battle, administer ed to his wants. Miss Parker, the music instructor, accompanied by Miss Walton on the piano, sang very beautifully "Star Spangled Banner" just after the first act. Miss Par ker also rendered instrumental se lections .between acts. The crowd was never given an opportunity to become uneasy or to lose interest. Misses Julia Gatling and Laura Ocaauuis, attired tn Red TTrbas cos tumes, acted as ushers. The gross proceeds amounted to forty-nine dollars an<j fifty cents, and of this amount about forty three dollars was netted the Red Crow. The members of the troupe had previously voted that the en tire amount be turned over to the Ahoakie Red Cross Chapter to be used exclusively for the making of surgical supplies, bandages, and other necessary articles for the al leviation of pain suffered by our American brothers who are in the French trenches. Those in charge of the play, by co-operating with other auxiliaries, expect to show "The Dust of The Earth" in some of the nearby .towns. For A Weak Moaue \ As a general rule all you need to d.? is to adopt a diet suited to your age and occupation and to keep your bowels regular. When .vou feel that you have eaten too much and when cons*iuated, take one of Chamberlain's Tablets, adv PEANUTS SELLING GOOD This season's oeanut crop ia ra pidly being picked and, almost as fast, are they being placed on the local market, wl.-ere good prices are | prevailing. Several carloads have si readry been shipped from the lo-I cal market and many others have been bought and stored in the ware houses of the peanut cleaning and shelling factory. t The peanuts this year are a long ways from being normal, as regards yield per acre, and vet the quality reems to be somewhat above the av erage. Some have been marketed here at eight cents per pound?a large lot of the "jumbo" variety. Like cotton, tobacco, and other farm produce, peanuts at present prices are adding great revenue to the farmer's bank roll, and is aiding the unusual material prosperity of the farmers of this section. At present commanding such prices, an even higher figure will undoubtedly be reached before the season has gone. Peanuts today are more in demand than at any time since they came into the staple product closs a few years ago. - Agricultural ex perts and agencies have placed the peanut among the list of food pro duct, and, as such, are a very de sirable crop. Hertford County ranks among one of the very best in the produc tion of the goober and for many years ranked first In the average yield per acre. There were parties galore ttoH pest week. The 7th sad Ml gra4a?fl of the Winton High School began the Hallowe'en festivities tum^M night with a party . m Miss Mat- jj thews' room. Thursday n%ht tbelj partment gave a party to the school "t auditorium. On Friday nightLM^H ra May and Joe Wataen entertained about thirty little friends at their . < home with a Hallowe'en Party. 19 We must commend the Camp Fire Girls and their leader. Mrs. R. jj C. Bridger, for the service tkvl have rendered the school. There-Ji were exactly thirteen window pan-*$m es out of the windows ef the school $ building. These girls, twisted by <| their leader, have repaired every jjlj window; and they made a good job '1 of it, too. The Carolina, the passenger and 4 freight boat, which has been mak ing the run from Mnrfrecsboro to Eden ton, hss been sold to the U. S. ? |j Government. ? Mr. E. F. B>nks visited hfc fami ly the past week. He Is planning 1 to move his family to Norfolk in the near future. Prof. P. S. Shaw has returned from a three weeks' visit to Bar- f lington. Prof-Shaw ia having a house built in Burlington, and will move his family there the first of fj the year. Mrs. Juo E. Vann attended the Ped Cross meeting in Raleigh last week. Site spent Sunday with her brother, Dr. Clarence D. Graves at Wake Forest. Prof. E. T. Cotton spent the week end with his parents at Dendron, Mr. Wm. Brown, of Tunis, has bought the home of Mr. J. F. Jen kins and will move his family here. - Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins will make their home in Ahoskie after Christ Mrs. Walter Wilkins, of Norfolk (Continued on Page 4) Auction sale. of MULES ?EES ?===== ' 3 to 5 Years Old, Weighing 700?1,000 Lbs. Saturday Evening, November, 10th, 1917 J Whole Carload Must go to the Highest Bidder at Auction Prices. ' ' I ' ? ' 1 ; \ ' ; 1 i These Mules Must go on Account of FREIGHT TIE-UP! J Every Mule at Your Own Price. '| CHINN ?. SAUNDERS ?5 AHOSKIE. N. C. - II ? ^ ^