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"THE INDIAN WARWHOOP" Edited by. the English Department of Ahoskie High School EDITORIAL STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF - .--J. Mabel Claire Hoggard COLUMBIAN SOCIETY REPORTER Lola Parker HESPERIAN SOCIETY REPORTER--r -Roee Mitchell BOYS' ATHLETICS - ? Columbua McKeel GIRLS' ATHLETICS 1 Aries Ieenhower SCHOOL NEWS - Sylvia Applebaum JOKES i'f t; Aubrey Dilday FACULTY SUPERVISOR Emily D. Gayle v 1 1 MOUNTAINS I HAVE CLIMBED It is often ? fault of people to leap to heights that were made to climb They And no pleasure in toiling and thus saving time, but it is a wise: plan to use the old slow amy of striv ing and make our success in life hj slowly climbing than to waste our forces all in contriving and trying to grasp for things ws have not won. WoOften^kSfer a person telling of ?the "difficulties he has had to over come in life. Some people seem to be very happy by having the will power to overcome these problems. This is the person who has more wisdom, and really makes a success of life, and he is the one to be apprec iated by his fellowmen. But on the contrary, some seem to be very sad and unhappy by having so many trials. He thinks that he would have prospered more if these things had not been placed before him. He feels that he has had more to bother him than the average person has and that this is the reason he has not mad# c success in life. He does not realise that the important man who appears to have less trials and is always in a good humor and wearing a smile on his face has as many uncomfortable and undesirable things to hear as he does. This man meets them with a determination so strong to overcome them he comes out triumphantly in the end. If this man who does not succeed, would stop murmuring and putTthat time on overcoming the hard tests he would make a greater success instead of a failure. Everyone is made much stronger pbyaically, mentally and morally by facing the difficulties and overcoming them than by shirking and allowing them to overcome you. If you have the powers to overcome one the next will be easier to conquer. But if you give up and let one little one master you the next will be harder, and you will continue to go downward until you will not have the power to meet with the many conflicts of life. The best policy is this, say, "I will over come you" to every problem of life, and keep courage until you have climbed to the top. Sometimes the blows seem almost too great to bear, but if we will only keep courage we will come out victorious in the end. By helping others to overcome their trying hours, we will be more able to conquer our own, because the spirit that helps when others are down, will help us to scatter our blackest frowns. We need help in some cases, and unless we give help to the needy, we need not expect any from others. In order to climb over these dif ficulties with success we must have vigor, vitality, and self confidence. If we have these we will have no trouble in working out the problems of life. Our experiences in difficulties may be compared to mountains we have climbed at first they seemed so very large and impossible, that we felt as though we would never hold out to reach the top, but by slowly moving upward we reached the upper heights and felt that it had been accomplished very easily. If we had tried to reaffij the top by making one single leap, we would have failed, but by taking it slowly and trying to avoid the making of one mistake we reached it with ease, and what seems as we look back very little effort At first they ap peared as a great mountains but now as we look back over them they seem not more than mole hills. Some ex amples of these are: When we start ed to school, on our first day, it seem ed that we would have to put forth every effort possible to ever reach fae: seventh grade. Then came the county examinations which cauaed us many trying hours, although we pulled through successfully. Next was the High sch<*>l course which ap peared a great task and then off to college. Of course everyone doesn't have a college education, but they have already faeed enough trial to know how to overcome them and make a success of life. There are many hard things for us te do, suel as admit our errors, to keep on tryiife when every thing we do seems impos sible, to shoulder a deserved blame, te forgive and forget, to apologize and to keep out of the "rut",' but it aMsays pays ,to do these and it will make you stronger in overcoming glitter things. Often times when we try e little on solving a problem and think w< can't get it correctly we give up ii despair before we really put forth at effort to get it Instead of mastering the problems we, jet them master us If we would have more determinstior to tohre these we would be more like ly to win, because when we really trj for a thing in the right way we us ually make a euccess of it. Some great men who have met am overcome difficulties ere Washington Lincoln, Burns and.'a great map; others that are worthy of mention Would Waahington ever held tb piece in history that he did had be po overcome acme very great diffic?$l|M No. he would not. He posaeeted i thoughtful "and stud urn's. WithMhes qualities he succeeded in overcoming many difficulties. He gained the , place of first president of the U. S. A. by mastering perplexing problems. Many others reached the height of fame by doing as Washington did. Some people of our own day who have reached a high position in life by overcoming difficulties are teach ers, preachers, doctors, missionaries and many others. Temptations were placed before these people when they were young and they still have hard problems to solve, if they maintain the positioft they now hold. Wood row Wilson had some of the greatest difficulties possible while the World War was in progress and he was act ing as president. By cautiously moving he slowly made the. way up the ladder of success, and climbed through one of the greatest wars in history. He gained for us as a com plete victory and for himself great honor, which will last throughout the ages. He did not make this one single bound, but by going slowly as every one must do if they make a success in life. I've found where the key to suc cess is, or I know the place where it lies; and everyone can get it and open the door if he tries. Success is on the mountain of knowledge, a long steep mountain to climb. But I'm young and strong, and willing and I'll reach the top in time. MAY HOLLOMAN?'24. THE HAUNTED WOODS One dark dreary night, one of my friends came to see me and asked me if I wanted to go o'poasum hunt ing with him on the next Friday night. Of course I told him I did. Both of us were looking for a fine time and a pretty night Although the time seemed long, it was no long er than usual. Friday afternoon come with all brightf prospects for a pretty night' Not a single cloud could be seen, nothing but a perfect blue sky and a glowing sun. About six o'clock we fed our dogs and by eight we were ready to start on our journey. Everything planned out in a perfect way. I was to take my flashlight and he was to take a bag in which to put our possums. I told him he had better get a large one be cause he didn't know, and I didn't know, how many we were going to catch. uur iainer nan ngard 01 oar plan ?nd decided that we were too small to be going out by ourselves. Their plan wa? to dress up in white and throw sheets over them and hide all about in the wood* Some other men helped them to carry out their plan. We had not gone far before we heard a noise that seemed to say "What you doing on my grave-yard?" I was already scared but tried to be as brave as my friend who waa older than L We started back home but lost our way in that haunted way. "What shall we do?" was my friend's first question. We could hear noth ing but those rambling noises. Another one of the sayings of the creature was, "1 am going g-e-t you. I going g-e-t y-o-u." We discovered at this saying that they were ghosts. Now we were frightened more than ever. The trembling noises went on all the night. At last day came. We went home and told our fathers all about the terrible night. When we illustrated one of the cries he told us that it was Hallowe'en night, when the ghosts and witches wandered all over the land. We didn't catch anything but fuss and the ghost caught us. But you may lay this down, I'll never go hunt ing a^,^R^j^g^^gj^_,27 THE GROWTH AND DEVELOP MENT OF HERTFORD COUNTY j On December the 12th, 1768, John | Campbell, a member from Bertie in 'l the Colonial General Assembly of 5 North Carolina, presented a petition ' asking for the erection of Hertford ? County from the territory of Chow | an, Bertie and Northampton. On the I 18th day of December, 1759 Benja ?! min Wynns, one of the members from 1 Bertie, waa ordered to prepare and : bring in a bill of the petition, which he did, and the same was presented ' and passed and sent to the Council '. On December 19th, 1759, it was em 1 dorsejj and sent to the upper hous? i where it Was first read and passed C The county waa given two members ir ? the General Assembly. Hertford i county received its name in honor ol - Francis Seymour, Marquis of Hert r ford, and a great friend of libert] - and of the American colonies. Th< citizenship of the county was of i i high type, many of Its men had beer , educated in the schools and univer fi rities of the old countries. Its womei . were beautiful and attractive. Iti I early settlers were French, Irieh I and Scotch-Iriah principally. In 17#l ? Benjamin Wynns asked to establis) s a town on his land. The bill wai I, passed anil he dor.sled *?8 acre? e: s land for the town, which was name< Win ton in hil honor. Commissioners wore appointed to have the town laid off, the street# named, lota numbered, and n map mads of the town. Fifty acres were to be set apart for town commons. This was the first incor porated town in Hertford County and stood alone ia its glory for twenty years. The king's public landings, and places of inspection of flaxseed, pork, beef, flour, batter, pitch, and turpen tine, lumber and shingles, and other commodities for sale or export in the county were at the large warehouses on Chowan river; Vampelt's on Wy cacon Creek, and Catherine Creek; Hill's Ferry and Murfree's Landing ; on the Meherrin River; Maney Land i ing, on the Chowan River; Bennett's Creek Bridge^ at Mt. Zion, and at Winton on the Chowan. There were ! warehouses at each of the above placet and an inspector appointed and kept at each place. This was kept up for many years after the War of 1776. The inspectors were ap pointed annually by the old County Courts up to a short time prior to the Civil War of 1861-?6. After the Civil War the young village of Mur-i freesboro became an attractive place to homeseekers, and many found an abiding place within its borders. It soon became the center of refinement, of education and of wealth. In 1794 the General Assembly incorporated the Hertford Academy which was lo cated in the town of Murfreesboro. Union was incorporated in 1889. The! population in 1908 was-about 180. Harrellsville was incorporated in 1883 with a population of about 400 in 1906. Mapleton was incorporated ; in 1901 with a population in 1908 of about 40. The town of Ahoskie was incorporated in 1893. The popula I tion in 1908 was about 800 and to prove the growth of Hertford County, Ahoskie has now about 1400 popula tion. This is the largest town in the county. Winton, the old colonial town of the county, is awaking from its slumbers and putting on new life. The little young town of Ahoskie, on the Atlantic Coast Line is increasing in population and is erecting homes for its citizens. Harrellsville is still the pride of the esst end of the county. The little town of Union sits quietly and serenely in the central part of the county. Murfreesboro, on the Meherrin, is still a town of re finement and beauty in the west end of the county. The chief industries of these towns in Hertford County are agriculture and lumbering. EMILY SUMNER?'27. COLUMBIAN REPORT The Columbian Literary Society held its regular weekly meeting in the Auditorium Friday, October 26. The Society was called to order by the president. The roll was called and the minutes of last meeting were read and approved. There being no old business, the new business was then in order. l ne judges tor tfte debate ap pointed were Haywood Earley, Harry Copeland and Lois Parker. There being no further business the following program was rendered. Columbian song By Society ' Devotional exercises Chaplain Life of Roosevelt Eva Hoggard Solo Rebecca Feldman Original poem Mary Louise Dunn Piano solo Mr. Raynor Jokes Bailey Vaughan Debate?query: "Resolved that our State laws should require every one to have a High School educa tion." Affirmative: Harry Holloman, Thellie Modlin, Henry C. Odom. Negative: Sallie W. Dunn, Ernes tine King, Mabel C. Hoggard. We were very glad to have visitors and wish that more of the parents would come to our meetings. HESPERIAN SOCIETY REPORT The Hesperian Literary Society ; held its regular session on Friday af ternoon, October the twenty-sixth. The roll was called an dthe min utes read by the secretary and ap proved, then the following program was rendered: Devotional exercises. ..By Chaplain Discussions of Current prose and Poetry Ruby Britton Modern Poem Glen Whedbee "Autobiography of a diamond ring" Harold Yert "Magazines, harmful and helpful" Aubrey Dilday "Our best novels and their contribut tion to Literature".-Horace John son Harp solo Oscar Wiggins Debate: "Resolved, That Modern Literature is better than Classics" Affirmative: Sailey Burgess, Clarke Sinclair. Negative: Cling Odom, Bessie Cowan. i Jokes Helen Doughtie t The program being concluded the i critic's report was then given and the I constructive criticisms which were . conveyed should prove very helpful ? to each member. Then our sponsor, i Miss Gaddy, addressed the society . commending the new members on i their efforts on the program seeming I very much pleased with same, as a 1 whole. Miss Gaddy also informed - the society that the finance committee r had met and ordered a definite > quantitty of block candy to be dls i posed of for the benefit of the society. I' Our treasurer, Nell Horton, then - gave to the society a report of our i finances. A committee consisting of s Sailey Burgess, Nell Horton and , Grey Mizelle, was appointed to over I see' the work of the Scrap Book, l The society now has a play, "The s Fruit of his Folly;" scheduled for Nov t 23; the play given last year by this 1| socie.y seeming Uymeet With so much ! approval from tha public, wa have selected a play from the same author, I which Wa behave will excel the one I given before. SCHOOL NOTES It eeemed aa though nearly all of the faculty deserted us this week-end. Most of them went on a shopping ex i pedition. Among those who went to ' Norfolk were Misses Mary and Bessie | Gaddy, Miss Helen Stonehnm, Miss Alimae Temple and Miss Edith By i num. Those who visited Suffolk for shop ' ping and also for the Suffolk Pair were Miss Grace Oliver, Miss Bruce Vann and Miss Amy Riddiek. Miss Willie Mae Horton of Chowan College was a visitor here on Monday. Miss Emily Qayle was the guest 01 Miss Mina Holloman at dinner, Sunday. mSM Miss Ada Belle Sessoras, a senior, rpent Saturday shopping in Suffolk. Superintendent K. T. Raynor and "Luna" McKeel motored to Murfrees boro, Sunday. Misses Ernestine King, Ada Belle Sessoms and Sylvia Applebaunt wore visitors near Winton Sunday. ENTERTAIN IN CHAPEL Tha Sophmore class of the Ahoskie High School entertained the entire school with chapel exercises Wednes day. The program was arranged very well and it showed the school what the "Sophs" could do. Tha folowing program was given: Devotional exercises __ Alene Earley Poem: "In a Friendly sort o'way j Class Chorus: "My Sunshine" Mildred King, Alene Earl, Alpha Newsome, Goldie Lassiter, Ruby Wynne, Sal lie Wynn, Lillie Gray Micelle and Ruby Coleson Essay Mildred King Class poem Nellie McKeel Song: "Yankee Doodle". Class The program was enjoyed very much. JOKES "Edmund," said the taacher, "Why don't you wash your face? I can see what you had for breakfast this morning." Edmund?"What was NT" Teacher?"Eggs.' Edmund,?"Wrong, teacher, that was yesterday." "Carry your bag, sir?" said an eager urchin to a man on 42nd street hurrying toward the Grand Central station. "No, thanks!" replied the man shortly. "I'll carry it all the way for a dime," persisted the lad. " I tell you 1 don't want it carried" retorted the man. "Dont yer?" "No, I don't!' "Then what are you carrying it for?" Professor Raynor?"You are the you read the twenty-fifth chapter of our text on ties?" Horace Garrett?"Yes, sir" Professor Bayqnor?"You are the very one I want to speak to. There is no twenty-fifth chapter." Helen, aged three, was taking her first train ride and was passing through a wood. "What's them?" she asked her mother, pointing to the trees.' "Those are trees," was the answer. "Where are they going?" she asked. Pastor: "I was so sorry for your wife during the sermon this morning, Doctor. She had such a dreadful fit of coughing that the eyes of the whole congregation' were fixed upon her." Doctor: "Don't be unduly alarmed. She was wearing her new hat for the first tiiqe." Jimmy was spending a few hours on grandma's front porch. The ice cream cone wagon went past, but no notice was taken of it, much to Jim my's disappointment' Finally after an interval it went down the street again, and when Jimmy was quite convinced that.no more was being made, he sighed audibly and said: "It seems a shame to keep that horse walking around and no one getting a speck of rood from it" A northern bishop once told this story about his father. . He was a farmer, and one year he took it into his head to grow flax; so he sowed the seed, and having a good crop, sent it away to be made into a table cloth. Some time later, when seated at dinner, he remarked to a lady near him: "I grew this table cloth myself." "Did you really?" she answered, apparently much astonished. After a momentary pause she ask ed the rather fatuous question, "How did you manage it?" It was plain from her tone that she bad no idea how tahle cloths came in to existence, so the old farmer lower ed his voice mysteriously as he re plied. "If you'll promise not to tell any one, I'll tell you." The lady replied eagerly. "Well," replied the farmer still in the same mysterious tone, "I planted a nap kin." . Fans were used in the religious servioes of the early Christians in the I Middle ages, to keep flies from the I sacred elements. These were round with silver bells, i$ t, .: ? w-.-v%?' OUTLOOK IS GOOD FOR SUBSTANTIAL BUSINESS (By courtesy Fanners-Atlantic Bank) There is nothing' like conservatism to act as a backlog that would pre vent any great falling off in business activity. Ordering generally is on a hand-to-mouth basis. A record breaking volume of freight is being moved with dispatch. Financing the fall movement of crops is being ac complished without drawing upon the reserves. Viewed at long range, the marked slackening in activity from the boom conditions of lrgt spring has created a healthy situatk'i. Business activity may decrease somewhat but it should not decline far until some thing turn# up to restore the courage of the American people. As the men and women of this nation "are known the world over for their vision and energy, the future should prove as rich in accomplishment as the past. This country's corn crop will go far to bring the farmer's income up to substantial proportions. The crop is estimated at 8.021,464,000 ? bushels, which would entitlo It to the rank of the fourth largest com output in the United States, and make the fourth time that the three billion figure has been surpassed. The wheat crop was placed at 781737,000 bushels, an es timated production 80,864,000 bush els under last year's actual crop. Po tatoes Improved to the extent of mmmcMmmmmmmmmm?mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmamrn?mm . > 1 t~ -1 ? - I ?????w tember, Une hay estimates increased ' 4,067,000 tons and pwnti are 40,737,000 pounds raore than a year F ago. Mail order bualnaea, which ia recognized as a food index to farm purchasing power, shows substantial iMINMa . ,'ts Estimate* of Cotton Crop Larger as The outlook for cotton is good. The crop is expsetad to exceed that of last year by more than a million and a half bale:,. The estimated produc tion i* placed at 11,016,000 bales, , and the indicated yield, 187.7 pounds per acre. Although home consump tion of the white staple decreased in September, exports were large. Con sumption totaled 488,862 bales of 11,760,000 bushels more during Sep lint and 49,687 of linters in August as compared with 494,013 of lint and 61,474 of linters in September last year. Exports totaled 698,486 bales, including 8,742 bales of linters, com pared with 244,416, including 8,826 of Hnters In August this year, andh j 868,390, including 2,902 of linters in September last year. Sometimes the showing made by J negative statistics is as clearly indi cative Of the strength of underlying conditions as an imposing array of positive figures. Failure statistics J ?how th*t September was a feed ? month. Number of failures was less than those for any month in practi cally three years, while liabilities were the lightest since the late Spring of 1920. ' . ? ? ?BUY YOUR COAL FROM? S. L DILDAY, Ahoskie, N. C. ?? H * Every Load Scale Weighed PRICES AND WEIGHT RIGHT ^ ii i i i, i -J. is S\ A Clear Record Checks give you a clear record of all money paid out, either for business or for personal needs. It is for this reason that every business man considers the opening of a checking account one of the first steps in establishing any enterprise. Our service along commercial lines is guid ed by the experience of yean. Drop in and talk it over. * BANK OF AHOSKIE "THE OLD RELIABLE" Ahoskie, N. C. 111 y FOR REAL MERCHANDISE AND LIVE BARGAINS AHOSKIE DEPARTMENT STORE I '" H i IS THE RIGHT PLACE 11/ Here Is What We Sell and You Can Judge For Yourself I STLE PLUS CLOTHING V t ^ M MANHATTAN SHIRTS * JOHN B. STETSON HATS W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES CORLISS COON COLLARS SWEET-ORR OVERALLS I ONYX HOSIERY FOR LADIES We also carry a beautiful line of dry goods, ladies' dresses, coat suits, shirts, waists and millinery. Bear in mind that when you deal with us you tcet assured of clean and square dealings. If you have not dealt with us ask your neighbors who have. Ahoskie Department Store AHOSKIE, N. C. t iw
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