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Hertford County Herald ?i" > Published Every Friday by , VINSON * PARKER Owners J. ROY PARKER- ? -Editor JAMES S. VINSON Manager Subscription Prico One Year 91.S0 Six Months .75 Three Months .40 1 ????? Advertising Rates Very reasonable and made known on request. Entered as second-class mail matter February 26, 1910, at the postoffice at Ahoskie, North Carolina, under the Act of March S, 1878. Fotsien Aiiisnisi? Rwniisnii i THE AMERICAN PIMM ASSOCIATION FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1923 EXERCISE RIGHT TO SUFFRAGE? One week intervenes be tween this time and the calling of a convention to select can didates for town and school district. Persons who want any office in the list are apparently not enough interested to an nounce that fact Evidently, the politicians in Ahoskie are scarce or they are working un der cover. One of the two things must be true. Laying aside all political and factional issues, however, it is true that real public service can be rendered most effectively in Ahoskie and in the school dis trict by the full exercise of the right to vote. Many persons P*ss up the voting privilege unless perchance there be a "fight" on between bitter op ponents or factions^ Thanks to the bitter experiences of Ahos kie people, no such bitterness is engendered this year, at nom inating and electing time. Because there is no fight not a single voting person in Ahos kie can advisedly stay away from the convention and sub sequent election; for, the citi zens who are elected to office this year are just as amenable to the taxpayers as were those in the days of bitter fights. In fact, the business of holding down any of the jobs is a vastly larger task than it was a few years ago. They grow in importance each year; there are increasing duties as time passes. The trustees are facing the problem of providing better school facilities, and the possi ble, expenditure of more public money. Good men or good women can help mightily in framing the- policy and effect ing a solution to the situation now existing. The office de mands only the best. Every single municipal office has weighty duties attached to it. The town is just now in a transition period; its finances are being adjusted and the tax rate worked out on a budget System. Improvements to the town will have to come; possi bly more money will have to be provided with which to do it. Some of the physical property now on the debit side of the ledger needs to be swapped to the other side. Other public matters demand attention, and altogether the office of town councilman or of mayor is one that needs a man who has not only business ability but also a clear conception of what the present day small town needs in the way of improvements. WHAT WILL AHOSKIE DO ABOUT EDUCATION?' All persons at all conversant with the conditions under which the youth of this school district are taught, and know ing anything about the physical equipment of the Ahoskie school hatfe long iego reached the same conclusion?that is, some changes must be made somewhere along the line. At tendance must be restricted, or a new plant must take the place of the old. With more than three hun dred boys and girls attending school here now, and the ever increasing numbers coming in each year, the school plant Ahoskie has today does not and cannot hope to furnish the brand of schooling demanded of the educational system of this day and time. The over crowded room is one of the most serious handicaps to the proper instruction of the stud ents, and the student himself or herself cannot be expected to absorb the best efforts of teach er or instructor, no matter how thoroughly trained the teacher may be. - This Ahoskie problem has been discussed to the point where some sort of action is imperative. It is good to talk over these things, and it is a sign of willingness to do when one admits the necessity of ac tion in order to relieve the sit uation. But, the doing is what will remedy the condition now existing. And, unless the thing is done or started soon. Ahoskie cannot hope for even as good conditions next session as it has had during the current session. The trustees are themselves decided upon the point that a change is absolutely necessary, and the HERALD believes a majority of the citizens of this district want a better school plant than Ahoskie now af fords. There is just the one thing left to do?BUILD IT. ? ? HARRELLSVILLE NEWS The' Oxford Orphanage singing claw will give a concert in the school auditorium here Saturday evening, April 21. Admission, adults 35c. Children, 20 cents. ! Messrs. R. C. Mason, W. H. Rough ton, W. M. Rowe, spent last Tuesday afternoon in Winton. Messrs. E. D. and C. M. Callie spent Tuesday in Henderson, N. C., making the trip by motor. - j Mrs. B. L. Sharp left last Thursday for her home in Winston-Salem after spending several months with her father, Mr. S. Sharp, Sr. Messrs. J. L. Smith, W. H. Rough ton, M. R. Taylor and S. E. Harrell attended a Masonic meeting in Cole rain, Thursday evening. Mr. Marcus Smith and Mr. Pitman of Mars Hill High School spent the week-end with Mr. J. L. Smith. Messrs. M. R. Taylor and S. E. Harrell were business visitors in Ahoslde Friday afternoon. Mr. H. S. Basnight of Ahoskie was in town Friday afternoon. Mr. C. M. Callis and daughter, Miss Ethel, were visitors in Ahoskie Fri day afternoon. Mr. Hubert Askew of Colerain was in town Saturday afternoon. Mr. Lewis J. Holloman who has been spending the Easter holidays at home, returned to Chapel Hill Satur day. i Mr. L. T. Holloman was in Ahoskie Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. C. M| Callis, Misses Ethel Callis and Myra Scull spent Sunday afternoon in Colerain. Miss Mary Winborne from Chris tian Harbor spent the week-end with her aunt, Mrs. F. S. White. Mr. and Mrs. Morris of Aulander spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. L. 1 Morris. Rev. R. B. Lineberry filled his reg-, ular appointment at the Baptist church Sunday afternoon. Mrs. W. A. Perry is spending this week with relatives in Ahoskie | , Miss Mary Williams, County Super visor, visited our school here Tues day. Mis# Lucile White entertained a number of her friends Saturday at nj picnic dinner on the hills back of the school grounds. The girls enjoyed; climbing hills and playing games. Those present included: Misses Myra Scull, Elisabeth Smith, Bernice Har rell, Janie Walton Taylor, Evelyn Smith, Evelyn Gilliam, Mary Win borne, Hazel Gilliam, Lou Wilson Evans, and Nell Nelson Powell. ANGLERS BUSY ?? ? The old fishing tackle, rod, hook and all have again been brought out by Ahoskie anglers, and the b?iness of passing an otherwise listless Uay is now taken up in baiting the finny tribe. Several good catehes have been made la the nearby creeks and swamps. / I OFFICE CAT TMMMAIIN I CO^ymOMT ?V tPOAW ACLAN MOM, j "Maybe, Friday the Thirteenth, will change onr luck," aaid Dr. J. A. Pow ell, chairman of the road commission ers, at Winton Monday. He was re ferring to the called meeting to de cide upon the method of road con struction, which had been suggested for Friday, May 18. Dr. Powell be lieves pretty firmly that road work in this county has not been administered as it should have been; and, not only is frank to say so, but he also has the the courage to believe he can do it better. At least, he has plenty of ideas how it should be done. "Little chance for contract work in this county", is the way one prom inent county citisen expressed him self at Winton Monday. The com missioners are apparently working on the township basis; and to a rank out sider it would appear that that is go ing to be the policy from this time henceforth. Of course, you never can tell what may result when the bids are considered. J. R. Garrett, Ahoskie road com missioner, is by far the most enthus iastic road builder of the sextet. He is eternally on the job between here and Powellsville, directing work on the building of "my road." The board has agreed to give him two extra mulee and, with them, the Ahoskie man says he can make things hum on that road. Speaking of mules and money, Mr. Garrett believes the town should give his team free drinks and save to the county any cost He appeared before the town commissioners Monday night, and asked that free city water be furnished to the mules of this township. They are now quartered in his stables in Ahoskie. He will tap the water line and plumb the stables, while the town council voted to fur nish the water free of charge. For Tows Council Otis R. ("Goat") Modlin, First Ward Nash Carter, Second Ward W. P. ("BiU") Brewer, Third Ward Our tried and true citizen, Mr. Rosh Askew, avowed candidate for mayorship, already has enough votes pledged to carry the convention. My constable candidates, "Sec." Mead ows, is having a rather hard time keeping down the opposition; but the final coup wUl bring him out above any other competitor. Both have is sued fair warnings that there'll be no mud-slinging in this free-for-all. But, once some skate starts it, this CAT will exercise his perogative to hit back, and the hitting is going to be a soaker. Keep off, all ye knockers.'" For council, I have put out Ahoe kie's choicest bunch TBen; every one of them drives a flivver every day in the year, including Sundays. One peculiar qualification of every one of these council candidates is their familiarity with the condition of streets in Ahoskie. When my men are duly elected officers of this suburb of the Indianic Ahoskie Swamp, may look out for some improved streets in Ahoskie. Rolling stones soon reach the bot tom. Amog Tasfa say# a horse's mouth will tall how old ha is and man's month how big a fool ha i?. First the world was flat, remarked an Ahoakie man the other day, ibsn someone discovered it is round and now?it's crooked. The cleanly state?Wash. The most egotistical state?SR. Vhe sickliest state?111. The most maidenly state?Miss. . The most medical state?tMd. The most paternal state?Pa. The mining state?Ore. The bunco state?Conn. The deep in debt state?O. The coy state?La. The oldest state?Ark.* Amos Taah says carrots contain arsenic, and arsenic is good for the cmplexion, but still, if a gal eats too many carrots she won't have nothin' left hut a complexion. Speeding I sent him ? special delivery letter, Telling him I hoped he'd soon get better, He lingered and died, ere the letter he got, For speed, indeed, the missive had not, And the postman wrote 'cross the old address: "You'll have to forward this, I guess." ^?eryday Heroes The man who can get into the bath tub without knocking off the wire soap holder. The man .who, when the lower drawer of the bureau gets stuck, does- not give it a kick. The man who doesn't think that he "stands in" with the garage mechanic. The man who can see a frosty pane, while waiting for a train, and not scratch his initials on it. The wife who, when there are fresh peaches for dinner, does not remind her husband that peach stains wont come out. The man who does not tell how far he can hear over his home-made radio set. * The wife who does not remind her husband how attentive he was before they were married. The husband who took down the awning th first time his wife asked him to. Intelligence Teet Dear Office Cat: If two locomo tives are traveling toward each other on the same rails, one with a speed of fifty miles per hoar and the other . sixty miles, which will strike first and how much sooner? Yours till westinghouae brakes. T. N. T/ A man in New Orleans was in jured when a barrel of wine slipped off a truck onto him, which empha sises the arguments of the advocates of light wines. The Best Rocips We live to learn, and learn to live, But not until we've-learned to give Unless we give, a selfish mist Clothes us, and we just exist low* chicken thieves are operating in automobiles. Using "coupes" we suppose. Dewey Cherry says no man is ever satisfied with himself if he is doing a poor job. Little Mrs. Newife?What Would you think of a man who lets his wife get up on a bitterly cold morning to light the fire?" Mrs. Wise?That's something I've never told anyone but my husband? and I'd only have to tell him once. In this great land of opportunity the young man who is down and stays down usually has no one but himself world knows no overproduction of ini to blame. Effort works wonders. The tiative. Hard works leaps over ob stacles?or breaks them down. Much of the garden work can be done at odd hours that otherwise might be wasted. , Never stir the soil or subsoil of a garden-plot when too wet. The soil will be injured as a result. - ri^rg! X Headaches K "I suffered with chronic W constipation that would bringon W M wy severe headaches." says y n Mrs. Stephen H. Kincer, of R M R. P. D. I. CrippleCreek. Va. M U "I tried deferent medicines and L - H did not get relief. The head- P Fw aches became very frequent. U heard of * |y CI Thedford's 10 BUtCK-DRAUSHT >.j sad took it tor a headache, and a. ?I the relief was very quick, and |y A| tt was sd long before i had ]ft. 11 another headache. Now I just L ?I keep the Black-Draught, and f? Aj don t let myself get in that |A [ 2 condition." XI Thedford's Black-Draught Rc M (purely vegetable) has been |r J found to relieve constipation, J and by stimulating the action of \f M the liver, when itis torpid, helps ' y to drive many poisons out of l H your system. Biliousness. J M indigestion, headachdT and * kJ similar troubles are often ?, XI relieved In this way. It is the ? fW natural way. Be naturall Try r U Black-Draught ?; * t ? Sold everywhere. j, DO IT NOW?SUBSCRIBE TO I THE HKRALD-f 1.50 per year ????? Wynn Bros. "MURFREESBORO'S GREATEST STORE" MURFREESBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Big Lin* Renfrew Colorfeat Crepes in ell shades, beauti ful showings in imported Ginghams. Shirtings in Madras, and Silk Stripes. 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A nice, new line ready and waiting for you. You know what you are sotting when you buy FLORSHEIMS. Dress Goods Here We still hare a wide range of selections in Dross Goods for the LUios. All ldnds of material and designs that will suit. Coos around and take a look at our new line. MYERS & LEARY AHOSKIE, N. C ? ?^ I SAVE 13 ?1 1q on coal I TESTS have shown that I nirar rn iv am aU fs .m, ovcr-coatuig an oia xrame house with Portland Cement stucco effects a saving of 1314# on coaL Add to this the sav ing on painting expense and the continual little repairs that Manjr^old homes cannot be improved on for general appearance, general comfort* But permanence and upkeep saving can be added at small cost. Ask your building ma terial dealer how. IiATLAS'j^Mjfe I POWTIAHD CEMEHT 1WP J$d "the Standard ly Which all other makes art measured' I , COMMERCIAL PRINTING OF ALL KINDS NEATLY AND PROMPTLY DONE AT THE HERALD OFFICE
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