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Hertford County ITer THE LARGEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PRINtED IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ? .. . ? j,,.,',1 . 5-gagggggs . - . j 11 i 1 ? ?' ? 1 ' ? !? 1 i ft'1 ? L l .? VOL. 6 AHQSK.IE, N. C., MAY 14. 1915. NO. 17 Tate Mechlaery 4t Supply Co., IttUataa. N. C. MACHINERY SPECIALISTS Everything in Machinery and Suppliea Dr. c. g Powell DENTIST OFFICE OVER S.J. DILDAY'3 STORE AHOSKIE. N. C. W Inborn a & Winborn# Benj. B. Winborne Stanley Winborne Attorney*-at-Law MURFKEESBORO, N. C. Phone* No. 17 and 21. Edgar Thomas Snipea Altorney-at-Law Loan* Negotiated Real Estate Bought and Sold] OSes: 2nd Floor J. W. Godwin. Jr., Bldg AHOSKIE. N. C. R. R. ALLEN Dealer In 8ASH, DOORS. BLINDS. WINDOW GLASS. HARDWARE. PAINTS AND BUILDING MATERIAL8 GENERALLY Wheieaate and Retail Na. V27 Washington Square SUFFOLK. VA. RASH. DOORS. HARDWARE. PAINTS. LIME. CEMENT. SEWER PIPE. CART MATERIAL. MUX SUPPLIES. STOVES. RANGES AND ETC. CLOSE PRICES. MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED AND OBLIGE. E- L FOLK CO. No. 1H7-0I9 Waahiagloa Square SUFFOLK. VA. W. W. ROGERS Attorney-at-Law Prompt Attention Given to All T B miner 8. AHOFK1E. N. C. C. Wallace Jooes" Attorney and Coui^ek>r-At-Law WINTON. N. C. Practice in all court*. Loan* negotiat ed. Soecial attention to eollectiona. Located in'Bank of Winton v D. L. THOMAS general contractor and builder Plans and Specifications furnished upon application Cement and Tile Work Brick Work a Specialty ahoskie. n. a; Roawell C Brtdoer Attorney-at-Law winton. n. c. J. R. EVANS Practical Tin Ri>ofer and Sheet Metal Worker Prices Right. MURFREESBOBO. K. C. I? ? ';f " j: r FRANK Q. TAYLOE Notary Public Ahoskir, North Carolina. J. L. PARKER County Sureyor?Road Engineer nnd Draftsman. itotjlrt ruauc. Office with W. W. Rogers, Ahosrii, N. C. Walter R. Johnson Attorney a^ Law Ahoskie, North Carolina Practices wherever services desired 1st* Is. I III Bssr later liilliig Mas Takes Ills Own Medicine Is aa Optimist. He has absolute faith in his medicine?he knows when he takes it for certain ailments he vets re lief. People who takes Dr. King's New Discovery for an irritating Cold are optimists?they know this cough remedy will penetrate the linings of the throat, kill the germs, and open the way for Nature to act. You can't destroy a Cold by superficial treatment? you must go the cause of the trou ble. Be an optimist. Get a bot tle of Dr. Kin's New Discover to day. Adv. Going Alter Tbe Doctors. Twenty-four Doctor* are Violator* of Vital Statistic* Law. Tl>? Bureau of Vital Statistic* i* going alter the delinquent* amonj; the doctor*, undertakers, mid wive* and local restorer* of the State. During themast six weeks twenty-fire prosecution bare been made. The doctors seem to lie tbe cheif offenders as only two of the twenty-five prosecutions were undertakers. Still others, it will have to be admitted, were guilty of negligence and carelessness in regard to their duties to tlie State a* a whole. Three of Kuwait's doctors, one of Wilkes', three of Stoke*', three of Forsyth's, two of Duplin's two of Rocking ham's and two of Davidson's, have recently been called to answ er tbe charge of failure to report births and deaths, Oabarrus, Wake, Cumberland, Cleveland, Orange, Harnett, Martin and Yates follow with one prosecution each. Perhaps tbe reason some of the doctors were caught napping js due to the recent amendment, made by tlie 191& Legislature, to the Vital Statistic* law. It changes the time of reportfng both births and deaths to the local registrars from ten days to five days. To those acquainted with the Vital Statistics law and its import ance to health work, it may ap near that the difference of five days would be of little consequence and lliat just ag births and deaths are reported, it should be suffici ent. But the department that keep the books fur the Slate's life and death interests (not financial, how ever) must deal with accurate figures and must iosirt on the re quirements of tlie law. Only through the firm application of the law, in case of violators, is the department a ble to do accurate and efficient work. 0. D. C. District Convention. Murfreesboro, N. C.?The Third Annual Convention of the 17th, District held its formal opening at Chowan College on the evening of May 4th, Miss Gertrude Law rence, President of the Norfleet Harrell Chapter, Murfreesboro, Presiding- Invocation was made by Rev. C. W. Scarborough, a Veteran. Addresses of welcome r were made b.v Miss Ester Wynn in behalf of the Hostess Chapter and Miss Sue Lawrence in behalf of the Children* Chapter, response by Mrs. Patrick Matthews oyr District Directress, who gave us much interesting historical data in connection with our town. A musical program was rendered by Misses Faucet and Elliottt and Prof. Mitchell. "The Littlest Re bel" was given by Miss Vann. Business sessions were held at the Masonic Hall at 10:30 A. M. and 4 o'clock P. M. Among the delegates and viators present were. Mrs. Scarborough, Misses Willie Boone and Ruth Davenport of the Hertford County Chapter, Win ton, Mrs. Patrick Matthews, Miss Mary Pruden and Mrs. J. N. Vale of Belle Battery Chapter, Edonton, Miss Lulie Barham of Newsoms, Agnes Scott Chapter, Mi?s Katherine Sinton of Lee Camp Chapter, Richmond. Re ports were read from Elizabeth City Chapter, Hertford County Chapter, Belle Battery Chapter, and Norfleet Harrell Chapter, which were very encouraging and interesting. A reception was given by. the Ndrfleet Harrell Chapter in honor of delegates, visitors and Veterans on the evening of May 6th, at the Oaks, the home of Mrs. C. T. Vaughan, the first President of our Chapter, which was decorated with red and white roses, maiden hair fern and Confederate flags. In the receiving line were Mrs C. T. Vaughan. Mrs. Matthews, Miss Gertrude Lawrence and Miss Mary Pruden. Miss Katherine Binton presided over the punch bawl. Salad and ice courses were served, favors be ing small Confederate flags. "lore Light Turned On" May 3rd., 1915. Dear Editor: An article a pea red in the columns of your valuable paper laat week signed W. R. Howrad, which so grossly misrepresented facts and at the same time ques tions my veracity to such an extent that I beg you to please let me have another word and 1 am through with this unpleasant af fair. To begin with there are three parties circulating this pete tion, yet Mr. Howard sets out to say what methods all of them used in persuading men to sign bis petition, I have never claimed that the wording to his petetion con tained such malicious charges but the verbal statements spoken at the time they present the paper is what is so objectionable to me and a great number of others who signed. Mr. Howard stakes none of them brought any charges against any of the board when they are doing this daily, as Mr. Howard stated in my presence and before witness, that the Road Supervisors l?id Mr. R. G. Harrell, around $25.00 to drain his farm that the ditch ran up a bill and could not to the road any good, this is not a serious charge is it! When the truth was it coat the township only $5.50 and Mr. Harrell paid half the cost, and this was Hie only available water course and has greatly drained said road. Now Mr. Editor, I did. not wish to have to bring names in this matter but Mr. Howard consumed so much space in your paper and is not a subscriber at that, I am forced to oome out with a part of the bidden facts. When Mr. Howard says it is not their aim to throw out Mr. Teaster, as expiration of time will save tbem that trouble, he betrays hie wwn self, closing his little plea of innoeenae, by saying that if the present board was giving satisfac tion be was not aware of the fact, another alip that you can see through, he also asked Mr. B. N. Edwards if he would sign bis peti tioo to throw out Mr. T. J. Toas ter, and put in Mr. J. C. Bentball, using: these identical words and Mr. Edwards replied that he would not. Why has Mr. Howard all at once become such a jealous guardian of the road funds, it may be true that public officials at times have to pay a big: price for work as most.people charge heavy ^ien the county baa to foot the bills. A few years ago Mr. W. R. Howard charged the county $2.50 for putting up a little sign board at the cross roads here and they refused to pay him but 50 cents, imediateiy the sign disappeared and hasn't been seen since. 1 also say to the public the original peti tion is different in some important respects from the copy he publish ed in last issue of the Herald which he borrows to read to prove some of the parties carrying around this petition does not at all times fully explain the invisible purpose. Mr. R. L. Edwards, J. J. Futrall and myself asked if there was a vacancy or would it interfere with any .one of the pre sent board if we signed for Mr. Benthall, and he said he supposed there was a vacancy, and their aim was to present this petition at the April commissioners meeting but became sby and now says they are preparing for June meeting. Be gan their petition quite a while ahead of time didn't they? Mr. Howard claims be does not Icnow why I am not on his side when I fully explained my position tp him and he is the first one of the authors of the petition that in formed me that it was their aim or hopes to throw out Mr. T. J. Teaster, when I became suspicious and began to investigate. I thank him for this information. I could state many other things but space forbids and this is enough about this affair, the whole trouble came from a gentleman loosing his job on the road machine, and hia pal, sympathysizing with him began this petition. I have no fight to make if the honorable board ap Continued on page five. Prays That President laj be Wisely Guided. Dr. Bowie Calls Sinking of Lnsitania Qiaos of Violation and Burning. HIGH TRIBUTE FOR WILSON. ? mmmm Rector of St Panl'a Denounces Talk of Nobility. Under Cover of Whick Men and Nations Do Ignoble i Things. Lamenting that perversion of conscience which "set evil for good and good for evil;" and reeulted in the destruction of the Lusitania and the death of innocent men, women and children by Gor men submarines, Rev. W. Russell Bowie. D. D., rector of St, Paul's Episcopal Church, yesterday morn ing expressed sympathy with the lonely man in the White House wrestling with the grave problem as to what action the United States shall take, and saw in the misguid ed course of the German empire a lesson which individuals and com munities might take to heart. Dr. Bowie com oared the tfcand of Germany to day in its arrays) against the world with the situa tion in which the kingdom of Judak stood at the climax of its national resources. "The rulers of Judah and the princess of Jerusalem," be mid, "refused to believe tliat any serious harm could befall. They thought the nation would be protected by God's favor. They exulted in the belief that they were a peculiar people, marked nut for i manifest destiny that nothing could check; and they turned the privilege of their greatness and their culture into the presumption that these tlt'Uiieeuuld nug^e ufertbsown. Talk of Nobility, sad Under Over of it do Ignoble Things "But Isaiah, like others of the heroic prophet line, spoke with the terrible plainness of dear con science against the false confidence of liis people. They might Dot dare to set aside God's sanction and boast pi 'God's protection; they inigbt not talk of nobility, and under cover of it do ignoble things. Yet this was what tbey did. 'Woe unto them,' he cried, 'that call evil good and good evil; that put darkness for light and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet end sweet fur bitter.' This people were on the briuk of judgment and disaster because tbey had become so obsessed with the idea of their consequence in God's world that they had lost the dis crimination of conscience as to the things tbat give a people a right to endure. "As we look at the facts in our world to-day, we of America can not but feel that one great nation peculiarfy Stands in danger jof re peating the dreadful error of Israel. We shall not speak nor in unfair prejudgment of the tragic horror of two days ago. The decision of America's course in the light of the sinking of the Lusitania rests now in the hands of one whom the nation trusts. Thank God that in the seat of authority in Washington is a man great and sane and wisefy patient, yet most true to honor and to truth. President Wrestles Alone With His God "There is something deeply significant in the statement in the nepers that the President had denied himself to all visitors?eren members of the Cabinet?and had set himself to think through his problem alone?alone from human counsellors, yet, doubtless, not alone. For ho must go to day in the high solitude of bis own soul to staBd before the face of God, and in that still communion to seek to find for himself and for us the ways in which the Xnetion's feet should go. Out of uie deeps of the heart's earnestness must we pray that he may be given light to cltoose aright, that America?in peace if possible, but whether in peace or not?may be faithful to honor and to righteousness and to the service of humankind. "We wait, ^lerefore, for thoae in authority, possessing more in formation than we, to puna upon all the facta in the preeent tragedy. This is not the time, nor are we the persona, to try to forecast re sults. But this is the time to try to read such spiritual truth as there may be'for us to understand. And that truth is the dreadful ness?now as in the long ago days Isaiah?of that spirit in a nation which makes it so obsessed with confidence in its right to live and triumph that it dares to violate the moral sanctions in the light of which alone a people has a right to live. Climax of Policy of Violation and Burning. "The sinking of the Lusitania and the murder of women and children which that sinking meant, so awful as scarce even now to be credible, becomes the more sinis when it is seen as the climax to a policy in the course of which the violation of Belgium and the burn ing of Lotrvain were the earlier steps. It is a policy, more than once voiced, that makes 'military necessity' an excuse fur almost any ruthlessness?an arrogant madness which fashions its own morality and sets evil for its good and darkness for its light. "Not of the great body of tbe people of the German empire do ?ye speak now. Through self-de ception and the tragic blindness of a misguided, a nation may be led into self-betrayal. But those who chose for a great people tbe policy which in this war it has followed, those who teach it that its divine deetiny is to dominate the earth, no matter what divine realities it tramples in the process, lead it to a shame and disaster which though \ it tarry, yet will come. It map not be from tbe wound struck by its enemies; it may be through the deeper death of tbe suicide of what is finest in a nation's soul. God is not mocked, and they who think to defy the conscience of the universe shall find the truth of tbe prophet's awful words; "There fore, as ?he fire devoureth the stubble, and tbe flame consumetb tbe chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness and their blossom shall go up as dust.' 4 - Must Look at Possibilities of our own Obliquity. "But the ultimate purposes of what we have been saying is not to condemn another people. It is to open the door into an inter pretation of truth also for our selves. As it is possible for nations, so it is possible for individuals and for communities to make the mis take which Isaiah condemned in Jerusalem. The essence that pre version of conscience which he meant when be spoke of a right to succeed, grown so great and over weening that moral sensitiveness to the good or evil of the means to that success is destroved, may come to a man in business who frames or accepts for himself rules of conduct which set justic and brotherhood at naught, and justi fies this on the ground of business neccessity. It may come to a com munity when that community tol erates some vice because it is pro fitable, and is callous to the sacri fice of lives which go as the victims down that scarlet way of shame which is worse than the death that men and womeu died the other day at sea. "When we look at the moral obliquity which caused that trage dy, let us look also at the possibi lity of our own. Let us be sure that in nur personal life and our civic life we keep our conscience true to those sanctions of Ood along the high path of which alone can honor lie."?Richmond Times Dispatch. wsani T||u The Old Standard Oim'i Tartelere chill Toole !? equally valuable aa a General Tonic becauae it cootaina the well known tonic preperticaof QUININB and IRON. It acta on the Liver, Driver out Malaria, Bn richer the Blood and BaBda np the Whole System. 90 cents. 1 Subscribe fer this paper. j FIRE INSURANCE f NOTARY PUBLIC j ' ' ?"" I WALTER L. CURTIS AIIOHKIE N. r. | DON'T SPEND ALL^YOUlT^ARNINGS J V Put some aside for possible sickness, or misfrtune. mf We welcome small accounts as well as large ones. 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