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I LOCAL NEWS I | OF AHOSKIE I Mr. R. B. Taylor returned to hie home here Tuesday. Attorney L. C. Williams spent Monday in Winton, on legal bu siness. Mr. H. L. Bazemore, of the town of Windsor,.spent Tuetr day in ,Ahoskie. Mr. Eric Garrett left Tuesday for Norfolk, Va., where he will spend a few days. iMr. O. ?. Jovnfr, real estate man of Greenville, spent a few days last week in Ahoskie. Born to Mr. and Mrs. G. L. 1 Willoughby, Monday, January ! 30, a nine pound baby boy. Mr. Talmage Baker, who holds a position in Suffolk, Va., spent the week end here with relatives. Mr. ?.be Ginden, of Baltimore, is spending some time here in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Feldman. Mrs. V. D. Strickland has re turned to her home here, after . visiting relatives at Durham an Zebulon. Mrs. Martha Lane, of Chow an County, is spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. G. L. Willoughby, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Basnight and G. C. Britton attended the wedding of Mr. Howard Bas night and Miss Myra Benton, in Suffolk last Saturday after noon. , Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bas night, who were married last Saturday, are expected to re turn to Ahoskie about the mid dle of this week. They will make their home with the for mer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Basnight. ; o EDITOR LEAVES FOR MUS CLE SHOALS J. Roy Parker, Editor of the HERALD, left Ahoskie Wed neaday morning for Atlanta Ga., from whence he expects to pay a visit to Muscle Shoals, the huge Government project, for which Henry Foyd'is now dickering, under a contrast to develop a million horse-power electric power and to manufac ture fertilizers for the Southern and Western farmers at a much reduced price. The Editor ex pects to spend two or three days at Muscle Shoals. He will probably return to Ahoskie next Tuesday. 0 ' Hertford County Naval Man Promoted to Reserve Chjef Lieut. Clayton W. Eley, (MC) USNRF-1, has been designated as Commanding Officer of the Naval Reserve "Force in the City of Portsmouth. PlanB are now under way to hold a weekly meeting in that city probably in the Hotel Monroe. Lieuten ant-Commander Langdon D Pickering, USNRF-1, is forming a unit in Newport News for the purpose of drills and instruc lions for the reservists of that section.?Virginian-Pilot. Dr. Eley is a native of Hert ford County; being thp son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Eley, of Me nola. Mr. Eley, Senior, is the Chairman of the County Board of Commissioners. o Recital At Chowan College There will be?a Student's Re cital at Chowan College, Mur freesboro, North Carolina, Fri day evening, February 10th., at eight o'clock. The public is cordiaHy invited. ? 0 Notice of AdmiaUtration . Having qualified as administrator of J. 0. Battle, deceased, lata of the County of Hartford, North Carolilna, this is to notify all persons holding claims against the aaid estate of said dceasad to exhibit them to the under signed at his residence in Como, N. C., on or before the 1st day of February, 1928, or thia hotice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. AO persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. This January 28th., 1922. S. P. Win borne, Adm*r ef J. O. Bat tle. >- . ? v ? A MASONIC VICTORY Whereas, there has been much talk among the public about the affidavit which was filed at the October term of the criminal court of Hertford Co unty, October, 1921, when the case of the State vs. J. H. Rob ertson was called for trial?the affidavit which follows: "E. W. Whitley being duly sworn says, That he some time last week on the public streets of Murfrees boro, heard Jno. R. Evans say in his presence and in presence of others that Robertson, speak ing of the Robertson case, ou ght to be severly punished for his act." This affidavit was read soon after court convened when the courthouse was jammed ard.Pylfed.with Whereas, there were but few people?fifty or seventy five? present in the courthouse in the late afternoon when Bro. Evans filed his reply to the said affida vit as follows: ?0 METHODISTS HOPE TO GET TO WORK ON BUILDING Having gone through the for mality of securing the sanction of the Quarterly Conference, local Methodists are now plan ning to proceed as quickly as I possible to the erection.of their ! proposed new church building, which will probaly be built of brick. According to pres ent plans the parsonage build ing will also be repaired. Pledges are now being taken and to begin with two members of the church, Messrs. E. J. Gerock and Paul Brett, have offered 1,000 each to the pro ject. The pledges will be pay able within five years, and will I be divided into, five* equal instal I ments of like amounts. 0 VISITING PREACHERS OCCUPY LOCAL PULPITS Methodist Quarterly Confer Met Here Lest Saturday in Bad Weather The First Quarterly Confer ence of the Ahoskie Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal church convened at the local church on last Saturday. Owing to" the heavy downfall of snow, sleet and rain, the attendance was rather slim. Rev. S. E. Mercer, of Weldon, presiding elder of this District, preached Satur day ; and lunch was served at the church for the delegates and attendants. Rev. Mr. Mer cer remained over for the Sun day services, and preached two strong sermons at the ehureh, at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. o'clock. Rev. Mr. Wheeler, of Benson on the invitation of the pulpit committee of the Baptist con gregation, came here last Sun day. He occupied the pulpit of the church both morning and evening, preaching to unusualy large audiences, considering the brand of weather. His Sun day morning theme, was "pluc king the beam from your own eye," and was a strong and ab le discourse. At the evening hour, his sermon was preached from the text which included the confession of Saul of Tar sus?"Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" ' . Mr. Wheeler is well remem bered here, haying assisted the former pastor, Jlpv. Fred Col lins, in a series of revival meet ings at the local church during 1921. w? , ? Executor's Notice Having this day qualified before, the Cleric of the Superior court of Hert ford County, as executor of the last wf!l and Testament of Joseph H. Po well and Delia Powell, this is to no tify all persons holding claims aga inst the estate of Joseph H. Powell and Delia Powell to present them duly verified to the undersigned for pay ment on or before the 26th day of January, 1928, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the estates of Jo seph H. Powell and Delia Powell will please make immediate payments to the undexsigBed This 26th day of January, 1922. J. U. Vaughan, Executor Joseph H. Powell and Delila V Powell. Weldon. N. C. W. E. Daniel, William L. Knight, Attorneys >.Ft WOMAN FORCIBLY FED Russian Red Goes on Hunger Strike in Prison. Mart* Spirtdeneva, Wha Attacked Bolahavlka, Eacapad Prlaan and Waa Recaptured, Nearly Otaa Frem Lack af Faad. Moscow. ? Maria Spiridooovsr social revolutionist leadar, who broke with the bolshevlkl over the Breat-Lltovsk treaty, ia dangerously ill la the Cheka hospital as the result of a hanger strike that lasted IS days sad was brought to an end through forced feed ing. Spiridonova ia the acknowledged leader of the Russian peasants. Shi was under csanat regime for bombing a provin cial official. She denounced the Breat-Litovsk' treaty In the Ofth all-Russlan soviet congress because she said It robbed the peasants of food and clothing. Spiridonova disappeared immediate ly after her inflammatory speech. Bol shevist leaders caused the report to be circulated that she was mentally lln- j balanced and had been placed In a sanitarium. She was confined for a time in a building in the Moscow Kremlin, but managed to escape, and was not beard of for a long while. The cheka discov ered her living quietly In an obscure section of Moscow and she was again Imprisoned. After repeated attempts to get released, Spiridonova started the hunger strike which came near ending her life. She has been afflicted with tuberculosis for years as a result of her prison experiences under the old regime. The lack of food aggravated her malady and It was necessary te move her to a hospltfll 'and administer nourishment forcibly. Spiridonova was a school teacher at the time she became a terrorist, and while still in her teens teak op the de fense of peasants against the oppres sion of government officials and land lords. She is now about thirty-five years old. FIND ANCIENT INDIAN RELICS t Warrior** Horo* and Gun Had Boon Buriod With Him In Kanaas. Hutchinson, Kan.?While sxcavat tug southeast of Fowler recently, Charles Hill unearthed some relics from an ancient Indian grave. It ap pears that all the beiongiflgs of the brave were burled with him. An old and deeply corroded gun barrel of flint lock pattern was unearthed. The lock had all fallen in pieces and the gnawing tooth of time had made heavy Inroads on the once shining steel both of the barrel and the lock. What appear* to have been a bridle bit of wonderful heft ornamented with chains it among the moat interesting relics of the collections. A number of sterling silver trinkets are practically intact. All that remained of the body of the old Indian wera two or three rib bones. The relics have been tinned over to tin- Sourbeer archaeological collec tion ut Meade. FARMHAND GETS S51 A DAY Receive* Dollar From Employer and $50 Royalty for Oil From Land Bought for $10. Louisville.?J antes I'oteet, of Simp son county, Ky.\ la a dollar a day farm hand, but his Income. Is $M%a day. He receives the $00 asJ royalty on nll bearlng land next to the farm on which he works. He Is married asd has two children, hut lives on the $t a day and saves the $00. . Poteat paid $10 for his 64 acres of land that later proved a rich oil field. Two wells have been put down and a third will follow soon. Poteet's one eJghth royalty from the production of these wells nets him $S0 a day. U. S. BUYS $100,000,000 TOYS New York Sank Report* AmoHcan Manufacturer* Treble Output Slnoo 1*14. New York.?More tbau $100,000,000 was spent by the American people for toy* and games during 1921, the Natlooal City bank has $gur*d. The factory value Of toy* manufactured In this country ha* more than trebled, it was estimated, since the war cut off the supply from Germany. The value of toys made here in 1919 waa given ae $49,000190. compared with $14,000,000 in 1914. ' Toy import* declined from $8,000,01X1 in 1913. lo $1,000,000 In 1918, while im port* rose In 1920 to $6,000,000 and to *10 000 0011 In 1921. Kx ports of Ameri can toy* Jumped from less than *^. 000.090 in 1918 to- $4,000,000 laat .veer | Finds Swarm of Btes and Honey in Poroh Pillar j ? ' ; t Mlddletown. N. Y.?Grant ;; \ Hugh Bmwne, proprietor of { Brownleigh Park at /Goshen J where he lives, hevlpg been an i noyed liy bees about Ma house 1 look down one of the porch pil : lary and discovered u large quan : I ity of Tine honey and I Ng t -wrarn?'"f bees. It hi believed the ! 1st ?* ' ,ive made :helr hisilqunr '?> j*-r* there for several yvura. \ M " i, ??^weega?r PROFESSIONAL CARDS <%===? t Dr. c. g Powell i DENTIST PHONE NO. 10 AHOSK1E. N. C. R. R. ALLEN A SON SAT8^DO(&R8. BLINDS, WINDOW GLASS. HARDWARE. PAINTS AND BUILDING MATERIALS GENERALLY Whole?ale and Retail ?27 Washington Square SUFFOLK VA. TOMBSTONES Of tiy deicriptiod. -See or write J. B. MODLIN Ahoekie. N. C. Agents for ?COGGINS MARBLE CO.? Or. C. H. Chamberlain DENTIST ?; MURFREESBORO, N. C J. ROY PARKER, Notary PuhKc. Located in Herald Building AHOSKIE, N. C. TOMBSTONES ?National Marble Mill*? Ballground, Ga. F. L. HOWARD Agent Ahoskie, PL C. DR. CHARLES J. SAWYER Practice limited to Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Farmers-Atlantic Bank Bid# In Office every WEDNESDAY C. GREENE representing Building Supplies Corporation, Norfolk, Virginia -|?While I am out of town? Send orders direct to the Com pany or see H. L. Bazemore, at Windsor, N. C. Jal3 tf ?HENRY MEYER? Optometrist Eyesight Specialist 326 High Street f PORTSMOUTH, VA. ?L. C. WILLIAMS? Attorney-at-Law and General Practitioner in the Courts of North Carolina Ahoekie, North Carolina Ofioa on Second Floorof Far mers-Atlantic Building Ofca hears ? A. M. to 4 P. M. ? Nek. of Stk ?<Ur Deed of Trait By virtue of the power* contained is S eartain deed of trast executed on the 7th day of Apirl, 1916, by J no. If. HoDoraan to lobtt E. Vann, trustee which deed of trust is duly recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for the county Of Hertford, in book 61, At page 1SS, the undersigned trus tee win on the Mth day of February, lffirt, offer for sale at IB o'clock If., at the'tiwbftWoaija door of Hertford Cotthty, to the highest bidder for cash the followffitf SeStribM tract of land: Situated In Akoekie Township, Hert ford County, North Carolina, to-jrit: Beginning in tba canter of the road leading from Bonner* bridge to Au lander, N. C., at tha old Hep Adkins Avenue, thence np saiid avenue to the naid Adkine line; thence aldng said Adkina line of marked treat' to a white oak} corner for Wright Mitchell thence along the line of aaid Wright Mitchell marked trees to a white oik. back t? Mid rood; thence up the eaiil "Md to the beginning ( and wattle, ng by Survey 49 1-1 acres, and knoww ? a pert of the John P. Mitchell land -hich he drew in the divisiowjef bis 'ether* W. W. Mftehen estate This Mid day of January, 1122. fno. E Vann, Trustee. Ja27 ' . ' ' ' j i ????mm wmmmmammmrwimMMaiHamm Copeland Drug Co. FIX UP YOUR FACE This REAL DRUG STORE can help you , ft* it?Your Face?if naturally it won't fix itself. We handle an exclusive line of ' Cosmetics, carefully selected for every purpose. Powders, fase Lotions, Perfpines, and all other "Face Fixers." Come here w hen you want Whatyou want. We've got - ed by Registered Druggist. * - 1 Copeland Drug Co. j Tb* S6u9 ] . "The Prompt and Efficient Pharmacy" * The Fashion Store DO YOU realize the important part a Hat plays in a Woman's Dress? We have just received a new shipment of Spring's Latest French Models, made ofTaffata and Slipper Satins. The prices are thirty to fifty per cent cheaper than in 1921. We will guaran tee to suit you in the 1922 styles and priees. Mrs. E. C. Britton Ahoskie, N. C. New Shipment of Men's Shirts just re ceived, priced much cheaper than ever before. We have (he ^exclusive IDE line ?Shirts, Collars, Ties and Hose. C====?===Z===========E===========S I Wynn Bros. MURFREESBOBO*S GREATEST STORE I Offers Entire Stock of I "LEFTOVERS" I in Coats, Coat Suits, Dresses; I Men's and Boy's Clothing at I BIG I REDUCTIONS!! I Come to tbe 1 Harvest of Values K* v ; * I Wynn Bros. "Eafiern Carolina's Shopping Center" MURFREESBORO, N. C. ? HQ IT NOW?SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD llJOyrfRM i
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