Hertford County Herald
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THE LAR0EST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
VOL. 6 ^ , AH08KIE, N. C., APRIL 30. 1915. - i I no 15
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Tate Machtaery 4 Supply Co.,
i liui.un, N. C.
MACHINERY SPECIALISTS
Everything in Machinery and Supplies
Dr. C. G Powell,
DENTIST - /
OFFICE
OVER S.J. DILDAY'S STORE
AHOSKIE. N. C.
Winborne da Wlnborna
Benj. B. Winborn#
Stanley Winborne
Attorneys-at-Law
MURFKEESBORO, N. C.
Phonea Ne. 17 and 21.
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Edgar Thomaa Snlpea
Attorney-at-Law
Loans Negotiated
Real Eatate Bought and Sold)
OSoe: 2nd Floor J. W. Godwin. Jr, Bldg
AHOSKIE. N. C.
R. R. ALLEN
Dealer In
8ASII. DOORS. BLINDS. WINDOW
GLASS. HARDWARE. PAINTS
AND BUILDING MATERIALS
GENERALLY
Wholesale and Retail
Ne. 1127 Washington Square
SUFFOLK. VA.
8 ASH. DOORS. HARDWARE.
PAINTS, LIME. CEMENT. SEWER
PIPE. CART MATERIAL MILL
8UPPLIES, STOVES. RANGES
AND ETC. CLOSE PRICES.
MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED
AND OBLIGE.
E- L FOLK CO.
Ne DI7-BI0 Washington Square
SUFFOLK. VA.
W W. ROGERS
Attorney-st-Law
Prompt Attention Glean to All
AHOSKIE. N. C.
C. Wallace Jones
Attorney and Coancelor-At-Law
WINTON. N. C.
Practice in all eourta. Logns negotiat
ed. Sosejal attention to collections.
Located in Bank of WinWr
D. L THOMAS
GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND
BUILDER
Plana and Specifications furnished upon
application
Cement and Tile Work
Brick Work a Specialty
AHOSKIE. N. C.; '
Roiwtll C- Bridgar
Attorney-at-Law
WINTOR. N. C.
J. R. EVANS;
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Practical Tin Roofer and Sheet
Metal Worker
Prices Right.
MURFREESBORO. N. C.
FRANK G. TAYLOE
Notary Public
Ahoskie, North Carolina.
J. L. PARKER
County Suveyor?Road Engineer
' and Draftsman. ?
wotajit rv mi.TO.
Office with W. W. Rogers,
Ahoskie, N. C.
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Walter R. Johnson
AttornrtatLaw
Ahoskie, North Caboliha
Practices wherever services desired
Ini If. i M n?#r laker laildiig
Health Promotes Happlaess
Without heaHb, genuine joy is
impossible; without good digestion
and regular bowel movement you
cannot have health. Why neglect
keepipg bowels open and risk being
sick and ailing! You don't have
to. Take one small Dr. King's
New Life Pill at night, in the
morining you will have a full, free
bowel movement and feel much
better. Helps your appetite >uu
digestion. Try one to-night. Ady.
? Helps for Home-Makers.
Edited by the Extension Depart
ment of The State Normal and
Indnatrial College.
CAKE OF HOUSE.
Fleers.
The spring cleaning, and the
fatigue that comes from taking up
the carpata and matting, dusting
tbem and puting them back!
Is there anything that means
more confusion and disorder in the
hornet What to do to make the
old floors sightly prevents many
housekeepers from doing away
with carpets and using rags in
stead.
Painted Floor. With a Hard Finish.
If an old floor is good, heavy
and not too uneven by warping it
may be made presentable.
First: Take up all the tacks,
and have the floor cleaned; then
when it is tboruly dry, paint it
with two coats of oil paint, allow
ing it to dry between coats. Then
apply a coat of a good brand of
"bard floor finish,V This is a'
special form adapted to use on
floors; it dues not show heal marks
can be wiped with a damp cloth,
and lasts longer than ordinary
floor varnish or wax.
Palsied Floors With. Wax Finish.
Instead of the varnish, a little
beeswax may be added to the
paint. This will give the finish of
a polished floor, and may be wiped
off with a damp cloth.
Stain With Wax Finish.
A fter the floor has been tboroly 1
cleaned and dried a coat of stain
may be applied. After this baa
dried, if tbe floor ia old and of 1
soft wood, one or two coats of
shellac may be put on. Then a
coat of good floor wax may be put
on next. After this has been on
for a an hour or two tbe floor may
6e polished with a woolen cloth
fastened on a broom, or with a
weighted brush, rubbing witb the
grained of tbe wood rather than
across it.
Stain H itb Wax Finish.
A good hard floor finish. Valapar
for instance, of the wax, tbe floor
baviog been cleaned and stained as
previously slated.
In either of these mothoda of
finishing, the spots may be wiped
up with a cloth slightly damp,
allbo any great amount of water
left on the floor will damage the
finish. The floor should be swept
and then rubbed over with a ,
woolen cloth moistened with a
little oil., This cloth may be fast- ,
ened on a broom. (ii <
Wood Wort. (
Unless wood work has a grain
worth showing, it should be paint
ed rather than stained.
Id the colonial houses and in most
bousos that have been, built for a
number of years, tbe wood work is
painted white, or ivory tint. One
does not tire of this, and if the
paint is enameled rather than left
dull it is not hard to keep clean.
Stain is a transparent finish in
tended for use on woods that are
beautiful grained by nature.
Woods with grain are usually
rn three steps: filling, and staining,
and surface finishing. Filler and
stain may often be mixed and aj>
plied in one coat. Firms that
manufacture wood finishes of vari
our kinds'show that cypress and
ordinary\y5fiow pine may be made
very beautiful by using on them
the same grayish, greenish, and
brownish stains that are ordinary
applied to oak and chesnut. After
wood is filled and stained, tbe sur
face may be finished with either
varnish or wax. The latter is pre
ferable if it is to be applied by
members of tbe family, since it
does not require skilled labor.
Don't Yon Say the Same?
"
If Ahdskie would be attractive
to viaitora and a -healthful place
for our bomepeople, do food ahould
be exposed to flies in its grocery
stores, food-shops and market; its
hotels, cafes and restauranteabould
not be swarming with jBies and its
streets and vacant lots should
never be seen littered with tresfe
and unsightly objects.
Denies Charges.
An article appeared in the col
umns of the Herald last week
signed L. T. Edwards, accusing
the men who got tbe petition up
of bringing serious charges against
Mr. T. J. Teaster.
I being one of tbe men who got
the petition up and one of the Urge
number who signed it, I will state
to the public that tbe statement is
absolutely untrue. Wo. have
brought no t-haiges against any of
the present Board of Hubervisors
that will injure tbeir good name.
A copy of tbe petition will be
found in this issue of the Herald
and tbe public can see for them
selves that there is no charges
against Mr. Teaster.
As for it being signed witbont
explanation, I can't see it that way
and I'm sure that every fair mind
ed man will agree with me after
reading the petition. Mr. Edwards
also claims he and others have been
fooled in signing the petition. Mr.
Edwads is a very intelligent man,
and a man of bis caliber should
read before he writes*. If he read
the petition before he signed it be
could not have been fooled as tbe
petition is sufficient explanation.
It is also claimed that the petition
was gotten up through malice.
That is also untrue. There was no
malice used, it was strictly a busi
ness proposition. As for throwing
Mr. Teaster out of office, we did
not look at tbe matter in that way.
My undersUnding is that tbeir
term of office expires June 1st.
1915, and will have to be re ap
pointed on the above date, and I
can't see where we will be throw
ing any one out of office. Expira
tion of time will save us that
trouble.
Mr. L. T. Edwards signed tbe
petition with bis eyes wide open,
and since that time for same ration
unknown to the writer Mr. Ed
wards has changed his mind and is
trying to cast reflections on the
people who signed it.
Mr. Edwards also claims that
the work has been satisfactory,
that may be true, but I was not
aware of tbe fact.
W. K. Howard.
Copy of the Petition.
Stete of North Carolina, Hert
ford County, St. Johns Township.
To the Honorable Board of Com
missioners of Hertford County;
QFEBTIN08>
Whereat we the un
dersigned petitioners and voter* of {
St. Johns Township Hertford
County, N. C., have reasons to be
lieve we should get results from
the money spent for public roads
in St. Johns Township.
2nd. We believe we will get
greater improvements for the same
money now spent, if you will '
nominate and appoint for use man
we truely believe to be fully com
petent for a Township Supervisor,
also one we believe will give the
desired time to the work necessary
to apply the funds of the Town
ship to the greatest possible ad
vantage for better and more per
manent roads.
3rd. We pray your Honorable
Board to appoint for us J. C.
Benthall, as our road Supervisor.
,W. R. Howard.
Getting Better.
(Charlotte Observer.)
Bradstreet says there "is busi
ness in the south; lots of it, and it
gets better every day." The cotton
mills used more raw material in
March by 6,000 bales than in any'
previous month in two years. Of
course there is business in the
south?more by t.long shot right
now thari knoivn in the history of
th't section of a oountry of which
the south it far and away the best
part.
As usual the country has a bum
per crop of baseball wonders who
have just emerged from the dense
undergrowth.
Cuba will permit no more price
fights. It is supposed that they
horrify the patrons of bull fight
ing- .fs
Dr. Aleiudtf to Speak
to Aalander, N. C.
Aulander, N. G. April St.?Dr.
Alexander, president of the North
Carolina Far me/a' Union, haa ac
cepted an invitation of theCbaUu
qua Committee to deliver jan ad
dress here Friday evening, April
80th. The speaking will be In the
Woodmen ball apd the bour will
be 3:80
Moat of us have beard Dr. Alex
ander and heboid, we want to bear
him again. He takes you captive
and binds you hand and foot,
makes you remember things you
have forgotten, puts life into senti
ments you thought Were' dead and
changes the ideal* of a life time
in an bonr and you are proud of
your new conviction*.
- The speaker comes to us under
the auspices of his Union, how
ever, hie address will be generally,
educational. No admission will be
charged for member/ of the Union
and tbey are cort&ally invited to
be present. A general admission
to the public of ilk will be charged
in order to .defray necessary ex
penses.
Miss Kute Jenkins, Miss Mar
gsret Faucett and Mr. C. W.
Mitchell Jr.of th#Chowan College
Glee Club will fgmish music. The
sweetness, melody and symphony
which this talent renders is ex
ceptional and all of our music
lovers await their coming with
many apnreeiatiuna. ,
Newspaper Charity.
"Space and copies of his piper
go to make up-the newipeper
man's entire stetjb it) trade," says
the Fourth Est* to is an editorial
entitled, "ObfejU of Charity."
"XUwe
offrr for sale t* the oobKc. and no
one baa ever yet given any aert of
aatiafactor.v reason why be should
ever be asked ay anyone to donate
them.*
"One thing newspaper people
will never be able to undiretand is
why any person will walk into a
newspaper office and make himself
or herself an object of charity and
insist upon what thev would dis
dain to ask for in any other shop
or plaee of business in the town.
The principle is the same in the
newspaper office aa in the dry
goods store, the grocery, the drug
store, and what a great many peo
ple need is to come to recognize it
as the same and get off the news
paper charity list.
"Advertising space in the newa
paper is for sale, not to give away.
It has a certain intrinsic value in
itself that makes it worth money.
Copies of the newspaper are for
sale, not to give awa?. If they
are worth having, they are worth
the exceedingly small.price asked
for tbem.
"The public, or at least a large
portion of it, has some verry er
roneous ideas about these matters,
and it is but just to the newspaper
folks that these ideas be corrected
in accordance with the same busi
ness principles that prevail in all
other buaineas establishment*.
"In the vast majority of cases,
this geneaoua charity on the part
of newspapers is blissfully taken
for granted, and the paper's liber
ality abused. That which is pure
ly a favor is accepted as a matter
of course, and what should be re
quests are couched as demands.
"When the courtesy baa been
performed tiure ie rarely appre
ciation, and more often dissatis
faction?generally silence.
"The result in many other towns .
and cities has been thai a ban has
been put upon all fret) publicity,
no matter what its object?even ,
upon the church notice. In thorn
cities such favors aa the oreea be
stows are properly appreciated
and valued.
Chin sop Yellow Parlol
(Yadkin Valley Pilot.)
As the pacific coast relaxes ap
prehensive interest is the "yellow
peril" Chin* takes it op.
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Vance Starts Early.
HoldinJ Free Anti-Typhoid Dispell -
enriee throughout the County.
Vaooe county ie going nfter
typhoid fever. Their new health
officer. Dr. D. C. Abeher, got on
tlie job there a few months tgo.
According to an unofficial report,
be ie starting anti-typhoid vacci
nation dispensaries all about over
the country. At Kiitrell, nearly
one person out of every four is
already availing himself of the free
treatment. Elsewhere over the
county the people are lining up <
for the treatmenl before tlie .fly 1
and typhoid season gets here in >
full blast. '
One enthusiastic Vance county
man, in writing of the splendid 1
results tbey are getting from their 1
whole time health officer, says, ,
"He is a hustler, and he realizes 1
that be can get all the cooperation ?
from the people of this county be I
wants." |
To the People o! Hertford Conntj,
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At preMDt the growing disposi- !
tion on the part of the medical 1
world ia to prevent disease, and !
enlighten the mass eg ai to the !
transmission of diaeaae; with this !
enlightenment should come coufi- <
dence and cooperation.- *
It is the desire of the Board of j
Health of Hertford county that J
I impress upon you the great j
value of the proper sanitation ef
the privy. The unsanitary privy ?
is one of the greatest menaces to
health in Hertford county, giving
ua the source of such diseases as
typhoid, book-worm, tuberculosis
diarrheas and other bowel diseases.
Of late vital statistics havs
ihown us that the death rate is
higher in rural districts (country
sad. small tuwna) than in the large
wties.' This condi tion is due to
the larger cities having sewerage
ind to the enactment and enforce
ment of proper sanitary regula
tions. There is no reason why .
we should not have rural -health
conditions approximating the \
ideal. In the country this is a
matter with the individual and I
urge you not to neglect this mat
ter of vital importance. In the
towns I would suggest the enact
ment and enforcement of proper
unitary ordinances.
I hope the school committees
will look into the health conditions
it tiie school houses.
The privy is tdtv times more i
dangerous to health and more dis
igreeable in summer than in winter, ?
?o now is the time to remedy this
svil. Heat dries the excrete and
the wind blows the germs, also ^
insects are more numerous in hot ?
weather and these are carriers of ?
disease. There are some privys ?
in our towns situated right on ?
drains leading to the streets, and t
the first heavy rain that comes ?
washes the filth right in the gut
ters on our streets. Sometimes in (
the summer you can detect the (
odor of these houses 76 yards. ^
The essentials of a sanitary privy ,
are: That it should have a proper j
receptable to receive the excrata (
as it is discharged, a receptacle (
which will protect the contents (
from contact with insects and .
proper disposition of the excreta. ^
I think the most practicable would .
be viz: galvafiized tub or tubs as j
receptacles, occupying a vault,
which should be made fly proof
with a hinge door at back for re
moval and empting of tubs. As .
soon as tubs are full same should
be removed and contents buried
in the ground, the tubs sprinkled
with lime, returned to the vault
and door fastened.
I hope the people will give this
matter proper consideration. Plans
of construction fbir privys (sani
tary) can be obtained from the N.
C. State Board of Health or any
physician in the county can get
same for you.
W. B. Pollabd,
Supt. Health Hertford county.
Pllaa Cured In 6 to 14 Day*
TMf dmntat will ntal momrr If VAXO
Tlw im?p?Uo*Uon (Itc* mm tad Ac*. Me.
| FIRE INSURANCE 11
J NOTARY PUBLIC
| WALTER L. CURTIS
I AHOSKIE N. r, : |
I DON'T SPEND ALL YOUR EARNINGS J
W Put some aside for possible sickness, or misfrtune. ?
We welcome small accounts as well as large ones.
ml The man who has a little money saved is the one who is Z
X in a position to open the door when Opportunity Knocks. X
SJ Don't run the risk of loss by fire or thieves, deposit yonr 'V
w- surplus earnings with us. m
8 THE BATSTK OF WINTONi
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MONTAUK ICE CREAM
TOUCHES THE SPOT
Fills the demand fora dainty dessert, as no other dessertcan.
It's the choice of mother, father, sister and brother?and
the bearders, if there be any. It's one subject npon which
the whole family agree. That's because Montauk Ice
Cream is so pure, rich and delicious. Trv it:
THE MONTAUK COMPANY, INC.,
Maker* of "Purify" lee Cream sad lees.
275 Granby Street ? NORFOLK. VA.
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MOST PEOPLE*"!
id this community cary account* at this bank. Some are cback- jj
in?r, others are savings, while still others are both.
We invite YOU to become a member of our happy family.
Checking account* are the most convenient me tbod of paying D
bill*, and they discourage extravagant habit*.
Saving account* draw 4 per cent interest, M
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Merchants and Farmers Bank u
^n^on' j|
LET ME HAVEYOUP BUSINESS 1
I have opened up an up-to-date Pressing Parlor in tba
rear of my stand and solicit the work of the public.
Syecial Attention to Ladies' and Childrens' Garments. I
Let Me Have Your Order For That Spring Suit or Trouaara. Q
Z. V. BELLAMY, Ahoskle, N. C. fl
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k is often no harder to find than a dollar Z
K when you want one in a hurry. w
IS Annex a check book by opening an ac- w
(count at this bank, and protect yourself
from such annoyances is the future.
& We carry many accounts at this bani^. N X ,
| Possibly we have yours, too. X
|S If not. we invite you to open an ac- W
ft count today,
ft We will serve you faithfully.
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& MURFREESBORO, N. C. ?
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Feldman's Bargain Store J
Is Open For Business. ^
We will again serve you with genuine bargain*. I
Our bargains are awaiting you. Everything in new ?
Spring Goods.
FELDMAN'S BARGAIN STORE j
Nowaom.'o Block AHQ3K1C. M. C- |
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