1 ? | "THEjlNDIAN WARWHOOP""] Edited by the English Department of Ahoskie High School STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF i-u Thomas W. Baker ATHLETIC EDITORS Horace Garrett, Emma Wooten JOKE EDITOR - Elizabeth Dilday "SCHOOL'NOTES" Editors Mabel Claire Hoggard and Columbus McKeel. LITERARY SOCIETY REPORTERS?Mary Sumner, Bessie Cowan FACULTY SUPERVISOR ?Miss Emily Gayle ? AUTUMN Autumn is here, Winter is near. a The harvest is past And the leaves have Fallen at last The trees shiver And at the sound Of the cold north Wind they quiver. I The nut? are in the attic And the corn is in the bin The brood of little chicks Hover closely under the moth er hent Fdr they shiver at The thoughts of the Cold north wind. t The fruits of the soil Have been sold And the story of the Year has been told, So now each one Sits- closely by the Fireside and tells Stories of old. Father has brought Home the money And mother has brought Out the honey. The bee has finished His task and Gone to bed at last. The squash and pumpkin Have been gathered For the winter And the barrel Of rosey apples have Been packed in the center So everybody is ready For the cold winter. JOSEPH MATHEWS, 9th Grade. HISTORY OF AHOSKIE Although many of us may be familiar with the history of the U. S. sr North Carolina or even Hertford County, yet I wonder how many of the residents of Ahoskie would be able to given even the briefest sketch of 'the history of our town? The name "Ahoskie" is of Indian derivation, the Indian tribes who dwelt in the woods which once cov ered the site of our town being sup posed to have thus called their groups of wigwams. It was formerly spell ed "Ahoskie" and later changed to "Ahoskey." We should fully apprec iate the name of our town, for al though the Indians are usually con sidered a backward tribe, ytt the few Indian names which remain today are among the prettiest in the world both because they contain a world full of meaning and also because they are very rare. The first building which was erect ed by white men was a Baptist church, which probably was built about the beginning of the nineteenth century. It was known as the Ahoskie Church and when the town was built up it was named from the church. In the year 1889 Ahoskie had its first rail road. With the running of the rail road people began to crowd in and make their homes and Ahoskie began to grow. Among these early set tlers of our town was Dr. J. H. Mit chell who was one of the first men to make a permanent home here. About the year 1890 our first postoffice was opened up with Mr. J. A. Copeland as postmaster. In 1892 our first school bailing was founded. It was located below the Baptist church on the site on which John Newsome's house nou stands. The school at that time em ployed only two teachers, the first principal being Miss Cora Stanwood She was later suceeded by Miss Mar garet Parker. In 1893 Ahoskie wai incorporated. Although only a smal village at that time, yet the few in habitants were proud to say that theii town was one of the towns of Nort) Carolina and possessed opportunitie: for some time becoming the larges town in the State. About this tim< several stores and a hotel were built The first store was that of W. D Down's & Co., closely followe^ b; those of B. J. Riddick, Cockey