Hertford Count; Herald PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY ?nraov * PASKBB 0WNEB8 AMD PUBLISHERS 3. BOY PARKER Editor JA8. 8. VINSON Manager SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: Om Year fl.60 Six Months 7B Three Month* 40 ADVERTISING RATES: Very reasonable and made known on request. En ed as second-class matter Feb ruary 25th, 1910, at the post office at Ahoskie, N. C., under the Act of March 3rd, 187!) Patrons of AhoBkie, are you proud of the Ahoskie High School Commencement? Did you enjoy these excelent exer cises? Well, it was a treat to those who attended and show ed that the people of Ahoskie are proud of these exercises. And to think that such a com mencement could be given un der the trying circumstances that this school has been under --this-tenn, what could it do if all worked in harmony. The writer can't dream of what could be accomplished. So, folks lets get together and have a school here that every one will be proud of. It will be one of the greatest hon ors that our town can have. To look into the bright faces of over 250 students, as we have here, it is a shame on this oom unity to let things run on as they have. It's time for the patrons to demand that personal politics, envy, hatred, hypocracy, pre judiceness to be eliminated. It is time to lay aside personal "affection" and get together and work for a school that no slurs nor shame can be thrown at. Ahoskie is* growing faster than any town in eastern Nor th Carolina. Some traveling man has said that "Ahoskie has grown faster than any town he ever saw with the least amount of capital". So we can readily see what a good school would do for this place. A domitory could be built and with all forking harmonously we could make some of the larger schools take notice of us. So lets get toge ther and have a school that will be an honor to Ahoskie and a drawing card for this community. THE LIFE OF A SAILOR (By J. Roy Parker) Since last writing for the Herald, I have had the great pleasure of being transferred - from what the recruits terms "prison", but what in reality is one of the very best features of camp life in that it forces upon each man that enters the ser .Vice that beating thq Germans means sacrifice and the sooner the raw recruit is made to rea lize this, the better he will be by gaining the knowledge through reality, and better will be the armed forces of the country in that there has been added another unit to the fight ing forces who can stand any thing that trench life has to offer. Really, the twenty-one ' flays spent in the Detention Camp by the writer were wor th more to him than any other twenty-one days of his life, and add to that fact the store ' house of information picked up within that time, it was the ?* banner three weeks of his life. Guy Empey would be shoved into oblivion should this sailor undertake to write a book on "Life in Detention." But, after all, I have no re grets to offer that I am not now a member of the company that inhabits the. Detention Camp, although a? this is be ing written 1 am a visitor to this place, which contains one of the Y. M. C. A.'s and which organization furnish** the typewriter that types this ar ticle. Last week I was transferred from this camp to another within the Base and was assi gned to the Pay Office, where the accounts of Uncle Sam's sailors are daily audited tnd the payroll kept in shape by the large number of yo.-ti.en sailors assigned to the same of fice. Duties at this office ar? solely clerical and every ?s y I am occupying a seat at a desk and doing my part in perform ing the duties incumbent up >n those in charge. We are locat ed within the Jamestown Ex position Main Building, which has been transformed into a busy whirling place. Just be side this building the Govern ment is fast erecting a large and much more stupendous building which will be used for headquarters when com pleted. No more does the writer bend over soap and water and scrub clothes. In stead, soon after the sun has hid itself be hind the hills he swings his hammock and falls into a sound sleep, that is only brok en by the early morning bugle. The sudden change from De tention Camp to an office mak es life seem a "song", and every minute of liberty is well appreciated on account of the chance. ^ ? a .i j.i a. r une pecuiar iacx m?i i have osberved since being sta tioned at the Base is the absen ce of any prognosticatidn as to the close of the war. Nobody has time to even discuss this matter; they are entirely too busy preparing every minute to beat the Hun. Instead of taking up time and thought in discussion when it will close they bend every effort and re source toward the very end of doing the job quick. But, if they fail, to do it quick, pre parations that have been made and those that are daily being made are substantial to that degree that a long continued war will find this country pre pared. Every day streets are being built, new buildings go up over night almost, sewer pipes are? laid, as well as a thorough training of every man enlisted in the Navy. There's a good tip here for the people at home: do not spend your time puzzling over when the war will close; buy bonds, buy War Savings Stamps, produce foodstuffs, and preserve every available resource to help in the war program. Get busy. So many people fail to rea lize that they are expected to do a full share in this war. They buy a bond, they purch ase a few War Savings Stamps, or they plant a little corn, and then they stop and congratu late themselves on what they are doing to help win the war. People, you have got to do more than that. You must place every cent of money and resources, above what it actu ally takes for you to subsist on, at the disposal of the United States before you have made any sacrifice, and that you shall have to do. If you do not loan your money, there is plenty of processes by which it can be taken away from you. The boys in, the service are ex amples of real patriotism and sacrificers, not only of their lives, but also every day at the little local postoffice lines of sailors go by the stamp win dow and place their little pay money in War Savings Stamps. Others are purchasing Liberty Bonds every day. That is real sacrifice. u NOTICE OF SALE1 i The following land will b? void for taxes first Monday ill June, 1918: J. D. Phelps, 251 acres |43.05 Leroy Vinson, 18 acres 4.65 Joe Roberta, 75 acres 10.79 Mary T. Lyftck, 20 acres 2.99 ! T. T. Parker, Tax Collector Murfreesboro Township. Mrs. Rosa Sides, JJ.Best place |8.14 ' M. R. Sumner, Tax Collector ? for St. Johns Township. ? * Oennie Whitfield, 1 lot 1-8 of acre mote or leas 13.76 J. W. Fennell 1 lot 1-8 of acre 8.55 S, E. Vaughft, Tax Colledtor for Ahoskie Township Martin Lane_200rdtf?| that retected much credtt^H the teachers and pupils alao^H very profitable and enjoyalflj feature was the recitation com test. The followin* young la dies entered the contest: Misses LilUe Mary Baggett,' Josie Cowan, Thelma Brown, j Flora Edwards and Gertrude Snipes. We feel that it would have been nothing amiss if each one of these girls could have received a medal, each did so well. The judges decid ed in favor of Miss Thelma Brown; and Supt. N. W. Brit ton, with appropriate remarks presented it- Mr. A. G. Otwell the principal of the school, was the giver of the medal. We hope that some friend of the school will oiler one for nextj year as this is a great incentive to bring out the best along this line. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Parker of Mt. Tabor spent Wednesday afternoon in the home of J. M. Eley. Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Parker,) of Norfolk, spent Sunday and| Sunday night with his mother Mrs. H. U. Griffith. Miss Brooks, of Winton, our Home Demonstrator met with the club members on Saturday A. M. and spent a day or two! with Mrs. J. L. Snipes. we are very giaa to see our: young ladies, Misses Janie(j Elizebeth and Annie Brown, at home for vacation. Mrs. W. T. Benthall, of Woodland, spent Thursday : and Friday with her sister, Mrs. J. M. Eley. Mrs. Maggie Brown and son ] James Robert spent Monday night of last week in Rich Square and attended the com mencement exercises. Her daughter, Miss Annie, was one J of the graduates. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Brown and daughters, of Union, visit ed Mrs. H. U. Griffith on Sun day afternoon. Miss Carrie Parker, of the Woodland school faculty spent the week end with her aunt, Mrs. J. M. Eley and with Mrs. E. C. Parker. Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Britton, of Winton, dined with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Snipes on Friday. Mrs. C. W. Parker, of Colum bia, S. C., is spending sometime with Lt. C. W. Parker's people here and at Woodland and Un ion. / Mrs. W- E. Whisenant, Mrs. Deans Harrell, and Miss Sibyl Parker, of Woodland and Mrs. Walter Riddick, of Hobbsville, spent Friday afternoon with Mrs. J. M. Eley. Mrs. R. G. Outland died on Saturday A. M. at the ripe old age of 74 years. This good woman had been a great suf ferer, and no doubt death was' a blessed relief. She leaves to mourn her loss an aged, hus band, four daughters and one son besides several grand children. HE'S MILLIONAIRE j THROUGH ME ? * If Health Is Wealth, For Batts Has Gained Wonderfully On It. If health is wealth, J. F. Batts has been made a million aire by Mantone. At the time he started on Mantone, Batts was physically down and out. He had indiges tion so that he couldn't eat meats or even eggs. The lit tle food he did force into his stomach clogged the system, caused gas and belching. There V-as a sourish taste in his mouth. His weight was down to 128. He had pains in his back so bad that he couldn't stoop or do much walking, and his strength and energy were low. "Three weeks after starting Mantone, my weight increased1 20 pounds", he says. "Now I Can eat any food set before me for my digestion is perfect. My bowels are in first class shape, j pains have left my back, my sleep is sound and rest produc-. ing. Mantone has made me fee] good all over and I gladly' praise it to other sufferers,'' ended Mr. Batts who is a well known farmer of Stantonsburg n. c; Mantone?"Makes You Feel Good All Over"; is sold by Z. V. Bellamy; Murfreesboro? T. H. Nicholson; Harrellsville ?J. L. Smith ft Son. jfhuttiillw T.T IT! SUB8TITOTK * ror. NASTY CALOMEL Hlti your Brer without mak ? i*g you sick and can not (T salivate. ' i. i ? Every druggist in town? your druggist and everybody'? druggist has noticed a great falling off in the sale of calo mel. They all give the same reason. Dodson's Liver Tone is taking its place. "Calomel is dangerous and people know it, while Dodson '? Liver Tone is perfectly safe and gives better results," said a prominent local druggist. Dodson's Liver Tone is per sonally guaranteed by every druggist who sells it A large bottle costs 50 cents and if it fails to give easy relief in every case of liver sluggish ness and constipation* you have only to ask for your money back. Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant-tasting, purely vege table remedy, harmless to both children and adults. Take a Bpoonful at night and wake up feeling fine; no biliouancn, sick headache, acid stomach or constipated bowels. It dwMat gripe or cause inconvenience all the next day like violent calomel, fate a dose of oalo mel today and tomorrow jam will feel weak, siok and nause ated. Don't lose a day's woak. Take Dodson's Liver Tone in stead and feel fine, foil of vigor and ambition. Walter R. Johnson Attorwrt-at-Law Ahoskie. North Carolina Practices wherever service# desired !?( riMr J. V. Mwii liiUiiK ROGERS & WILLIAMS Attorney a-at-Law Prompt Attention Given to All BosineM. \ AHOSKIE. N. C. R. R. ALLEN Dealel InJ SASH. DOORS, BLINDS, WINDOW GLASS. HARDWARE. PAINTS AND BUILDING MATERIALS .'GENERALLY Wholesale and Retail No. 927 Waahinfton Square SITKOI.K VA. Any on?.%_ desiring-to purchase tombeMtoueit of any description,* , Me or write J. B. MOULIN. Ahoskie, k C. ! _ Agents for United States Marble Co. - ? ? n " i n . Rosweil C- Bridger Attorney-at-ljiw WINTON. N. C. DR. C. G. POWELL DENTIST PHONE NO. 10 AHOSKIE. N. C. J. R. EVANS Practical Tin Roofer and Sheet Metal Worker Prices bight. MURFREE8BORO. N. C. Edgar Thomas Snipes Attomey-at-Lnw Lokiii Negotiated' Heal Estate Bought and Sold' IfBce: 2nd Fl?or J. W. Godwin, Jr., Bldg AHOSKIE. N. C. ? C. Wallace Jones Attorney and Crqneellor-At-Law WINTOW. N. C. Practice in all court*. Loan* negotiat ed. All matters fWen orompt and faithful attention. 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