? ^ ? ? ' -?^-nrnrtrrini THE LARGEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN EASTERN .NORTH CAROLINA. . t; '? . / ... . ? ~ ' VOL. 6 AKOSKIE, N. C.. NOVEMBER 12. 1915. NO. 43 . ii'I.. ii " 1 1 i i > ? - - - ? Dr. c. g Powell 0CNTI9T office OVEK S.J. DILDAY'S STORE ahoskie. n. c. Wlnborna & Wmborn* Baitj. B. Wlnborn* _.. .... Stanley Winborne Attorn* ya-at-Law HURFREBSBORO, N. C. Phon*a No. 17 ami 21. Edgar Thomas Snipe* AUorney-at-T^aw Loans Negotiated Raal Estate Bought and Sold] Oflics: 2nd Floor J. W. Godwin. Jr.. Bid* AHOSKIE. N. C. ft. ft. ALLEN I Malar la SASH. DOORS. BUNDS. WINDOW OI.ASS. HARDWARE. PAINTS AND BUILDING MATERIALS GENERALLY Wholesale and Rotail Na. 1M7 Washington Square KlIPPOLK. VA. SASH. DOORS. HARDWARE. PAINTS. LIME.CEMENT. SEWER PIPE. CART MATERIAL, MILL Supplies, stoves, ranges AND ETC. CLOSE PRICES. MAIL ORDERS^OLICITED AND OBLIGE. E- L. FOLK CO. Na. SI7-9I0 Washington Square 8uivolk. va. ROGERS A WILLIAMS Attorneya-at-Law Prompt Attention Given to All Boaineas. ahopkie. n. C. C. Wallace Jones Attorney and Cnncelor-At-Law WINTCW. N C. Practice in all courts. Loana negotiat ed. Soecial attention to collections. Located in Benk of Wbiton Rotwtll C Brtdger . Attorney-at-Law WINTON. M. C. I J. R. EVANS Practical Tin Roofer and Sheet Metal Worker Price* Right. MURFREESBORO. N, C. " i n ? - FRANK 0. TAYLOE Notary Public A Hoax ib, North Carolina. J. L. PARKER Nor art Public HERALD OFFICE Ahoskir, N. C. Walter R. Johnson Attornst at Law Ahoskir. North Carolina < Practice* wherever service* desired fttsw kt M n**r Mrr SiiMii* a. J. NEWBERN, Agent Pord Automobile*. Ahoskie, N. C. Touring Car $440.00 Runabout 390.00 F. O. B. Detroit. . ?? ? FOR SALE. CYPRESS SHINGLES S indies to 6 inches X SO inches also Plastering Lstlis $2.50 per m. Coprland e Tajlor, i- . Harrellsville, N. C. '*? ^ - ... ^ : ? | A Pine V* hooping Cmiih remedy. Mothers, Dr. Bell'* Pine Tar Hone v is just the remedy fur your children's cold ailments. The fact is that pine is a quick enemy of cold conditions. Its Qualities loosen the mucous m the throat, soothe the lungs and open up the air passages. The combination of honey, soothing and an ideal loosening pine quality makes this an ideal cough remedy for children. Each passing year brings for it, new friends; A family of growing children eannot afford to be with out it Sic a bottle. Adv. HERTFORD COUNTY COJNIS SIONERS MEET. Tl?e Board of County Commis sioners of Hertford County met on the let day of November 1915, all of the Board being present except Dr. J. A. Powell.N Proceedings of lest meeting read and approved. The following Committees are continued, to wit; "Committee on Murfreesboro Bridge, committee on Thomas Bridge, committee on Hoggard Swamp Dam. Hie Committee appointed to re ceive the bond* of F. T. Bailey, B. N. Sykes and J. J. Parker re port that F. T. Raily and B. N. Sykes have tendered their bond* which ware placed before the board, and same was unanimously approved. Request was received to change the place of supplying Adamant Juyner from J. M. E'ey to Jeno Jenkins, which was complied with. On moliou, it is ordered that $1.50 per month be furnished to Ben Duck beginning with Novem ber, end to be continued until revoked. * , L. T. Edwards is apt>oiuted by tiie Board as Constable of St. J oh ps township to fill the unex pired term of M. R. Sumner, re signed. The Clerk of the Board ia in structed to place notice in The Hertford County Herald that the Justices of the Peace of Hertford County should not commit to the Jail of this County, any prisoner charged with offences committed in another county, if they do such justice will be charged with all ex pense*. Mr. M. M. Browne Superintend ent of the county borne is instruct ed to take John New some to tlte Home. Petition concerning Tar Landing Causeway is ordered referred to the Supervisors of Harrellsville Township for action. The Superintendent ' of Health made bis regular monthly report, showing the health conditions of the County. , This following accounts present ed and approved for payment, to wit; A. T. NewSome, nails. ( .40 P. C. Parker, waiting on ? grand jury Ac.,.. ... 9.00 J. E. Jones, board Ac.,. 46.98 Thomas Askew, sand (or Gates Causeway 10.00 Hertford County Herald, tax receipts 18.00 G. C. Pi cot. pipe and tar for Hills ferry 8.04 ' U. Vaughan. supplies to L. F. Sumner October.4.... 4.00 Pauline LassHer, support for November ..... 3.00 Levi Boone, keeping Mur freesboro Bridge 8.76 J. T. Barnes, balance on lumber.. 166.68 M. M. Browne, amt. naid pump and pipe... 6.60 Fleet Brown, work at coun ty home 14.09 J. E. Matthews, supulies to county home 6.76 Mary Wood, services , as Stenographer 66.00 Town of Winton, light bill for October.. ..... 1.95 W. B. Pollard, disinfectants Ao.,.. 28.29 B. Scull, bringing prisoners to jail Ac., 6.60 A.E Garrett, holding court and summoning^urors 40.80 Edwards and Broughton, books for Clerk Court... 27.60 Edwards and Broughton, supplies for Clerk Court. 5.30 D. R. McGlobon, express and Telegram 1.00 State Hospital, expenses taking itisanes to Golda boro . 33.25 M. H. Isreal. work on Hills Bridge .' SjOO A. W. Liverman, repairs on pump 1.76 A. I. Parker, servioes com mittee Gates Causeway.. 10.00 J no. E. Venn, services com mittee Gate* Causeway.. 10.00 Jordan land Parker, meals and lodging for jurors.? 32.00 (Continued on page 4.) LETTER FROM FORMER HERT FORD COUHTY BOY. Mr. C P. Modlin Telia of Conditions in Tex at. North Carolina Good Enonfh for Him. We are printing below the sub stance of a letter we recently re ceived from Mr. C. P. Modlin, a former Hertford County boy and well known by tbe majority of the people in Ahoekie. Vernoii, Texas Nov. A, 1915. Dear Mr. Editor: | Oh how 1 Ions to be back in old Hertford County and good old Ahoekie, where eyerybody lives at home, and where everybody goes to church and have a good tune to gether. But here it is different. Now, some of you may tUfnk that I am .imposing on good nature, but, I want to say a few words to those that might be thinking about coming out West. 1 have been here some little time, and I know something about the country and the way the people live here. The people here live harder than at uny place 1 ever was; and .you ail that are thinking about coipiug out here take a fool's advice and atay where you are and live easy. Now, for instance, take the far mer here, he has got to have two thouaand dollars to start with to make a crop, and; then, seven times out of ten he will plant a hundred and fifty acres in cotton and a drouth comes on, along with hot winds, and he will make Gve or six bales of cotton or ten at the greatest. Then he has got from four to six head of horses to to buy feed for, and all of his fuel to buy, fur there is no timber here at all. He then has to buy his groceries, for they do not have any gardens here, but Uvea out of a paper sack. Instead of taking something to town to sell, it is the other way; he goes to town, buys and brings home in a sack. When the farmer there in Hert ford County gets ready to build, he can go to the woods, haul his lumber to the mill and have his lumber sawed, but here it is dif ferent. He has not even got a shade tree, much leas a tree for timber, so there be is. He has to go to the lumber ya+d, and get some lumber that was grown and cut in North Carolina or some uther Eastern State, and pay from three to five dollars per hundred feet. There ia another thing that the farmers in Hertford Oo inty would think a crime; nine tenths of the farmers here in Willbarger Coun ty haven't even got a wind brake for their horses and cattle, much leas a shed. There is nothing be tween them and the North Pole but a barbed wire fence. The farmer here will work his horse all day, turn him loose in the pas ture to get what be can, and,tben work him all day the following day. There is another class of people here that you never see there. They are known as travelers, and thev travel in wagoas with an eight or ten ounce canvass for a house. A man, and his whole family of wife and little" child and all, cook, sleep and eat in and around a wagon for twelve months at a time aiyi never go in a house. Now, .vou all that havfe never seen anything like that wouldn't believe me, but every thing I have told you is here to show for itself. Oh yes, you hear somebody* say,- go out West and get rich. Well, take it from me, it ia ali a mistake; take a fool's advice and stay there, for you can make as much on twenty acres there as you can on fifty here. If a farmer makes ten dollars on an acre here he thinks he is some farmer. You know that you can make more than that and not work at all. Now, what I have told you is the life of the Far West. If you like it. then this is the place for vou, but as for me, give me old Eastern North Carolina. 1 have been in and through eleven dif ferent states; but to me Hertford, Bertie and Northampton counties are the garden spot of the world. And for a county naper. the Hert ford County Herald can't be heat. With best regards for old Hert ford County and Ahoskie. C. P. Modlin. RALLY DAY, AttOSKIE I. E. CHURCH. Special Program Consisting of Reci tations, Good Music, and In structive Talks. ? Hie following urogram was ren dered at the Kelly Day Exercises held at the Methodist Church of Ahoekie, Sunday, November 7. Program 1. Song?By Children. 2. Prayer?By Su|>erintendent. 8. Song, "We March,"?By the Choir. 4. Recitation?By Rose Mitchell. 5. Violin Solo?By Miss Agnes H. Johnson. 6 Recitation?By Agnes Brett. 7. Song, "Make this World Bet ter."?By Choir. 8. Recitation?By Elmirs House. 9. Song, "Victory,"?By Choir. 10. History of Aboskie M. E. Sunday School. 11. Song?By Miss Agnes H. Johnson. 12. Talks?By Measra Johnson and Snines. 13. Song, "Hear the Rally Cry"? By Choir. A large crowd was present, and Baptists and.Methodists alike en joyed the services from every standpoint. The services began at eleven o'clock, giving those who had attended the Baptist Sunday School an opi>ortuniiy to be pres ent for the entire program. 1 lie midst' and recitations by the little children not only showed that tbe.v had received careful training, but also that tliey were caoable of performing their parts well and with credit to those who had drilled them. Every number on the program, in which these young boys and girls took part, wa?a feature, and proved an in spiration to the receptive and at tentive congregation - of listeners. The recitations by little Misses Mitchell, Brett and House were among the very best and fully en joyed of all the numbers on the program. The history of the Aboskie M. E. Church, which was submitted b.v Mrs. A. E. Garrett and Miss Nelie Baker, and which was read by W. B. Johnson, will be found in another column. The talks by Messrs W. R. Johnson and EL T. Snipes, coming as they did at the end of the pro gram, were to the program as salt and pepper to a well prepared re past. Mr. Johnson confined his talk to remarks on the Sunday School, jind a short history of the Sunday School. He earnestly ex horted the small children tcsattend every Sunday, and develop them selves into men and women of strong character, and informing minds. In the course of his talk, by the illustration of John Wanna maker, himself a Sunday School man. Mr. Johnson showed the in fluehce for good that regular at tending Sunday School wbuld have upon one's business as sociates. u_ c..:?. /. ii j .? 1T1I. OIIIMCO? WUU JUIIUWBU II] vigorous and enthusiastic words, plead with one and all to attend Sunday School regularly, and thus keep up tba vital connection in the lessons. His line of reasoning was orderly arranged, and every word carried with it the ring pt earnest ness and vim, convincing every listener of the intrinsic value of a well rounded, symetrical body and mind, one side of which must be developed by attending Sunday School. His, as well as Mr. John son's address, was never lacking in interest, and carried with it true earnestness. Mo report of these exercises could be given without some words of praise to the good music ren dered b.v the choir, assisted by Miss Agnes Hope Johnson, on the violin. The vocal solo by this young lady was also of high order, and together with bar violin solo, was the feature of the musical program. Just before the last song was yung by the cnoir; Superintendent Gerock, in a very few words, showed his appreciation to the little folks by thanking them for the nart they had . performed in making the occasion'f'success, and commended them Very highly in behalf of the Sunday School as a whole. HERTFORD COUNTY TEACH ERS' MEETING. The Hertford County teachers' association held ita first j meeting in the court house at Wintou, Friday, November the 5tb. The board of education and the com mitteemen and attendance officers of the various districts met with the association. Superintendent Britton presided and outlined his program for this his first session. Mr. Britlon's every utterance breathed the spirit of progress and advancement. Among the things planned for this session are; moonlight schools, reading circles and a vigorous campaign for local school taxes and better school houses. A move ment which will mean much for the incrased efficiency of the teach era of the county is the division of the teachers into township teach ers associations. These associations will meet monthly and will discuss thoroughly and in detail every phase of the school work. John E. Vann. chairman of the board of education, spoke upon "The Condition of oi|r School (louses and How to Better it." Mr. Vann outlined the way in which the board of education would aid in the building of new school houses and emphasized the impor tance of local school taxes. Mr. Vann also discussed the way in which teachers and patrons should co operate. Bj. i. Snipes, attorney at law or Ahoskie. spoke upon the import ance of the moonlight schools, and pledged bis services as a teacher in them. Practical plans for the establishment of these schools were discussed. Fifteen per cent of the voters of Hertford County are unable to read or writr. It was air reed that this was a condi tion that could not be ignored. Mr. F. Q. Barbee, prirttipal of the Aboskie High School spoke upon the importance of reading circles and suggested that the teachers supplement the prescribed books upon professional subjects with current literature. These circles are to be formed from con venient groups among the teach ers. J. Roy Parker, editor of the Hertford County Herald,' had been irfvited to address the meet ing. hut was prevented from being present by spottier engagement. However, a letter was read from Mr. Parker pledging his active support in the advancement of education in the county and offer ing the free use of, his columns to the teachers of tlie county. A general discussion,' led. by Su|>erintendent Britton, on the compulsory school law. Mr. Brit ton spoke upon the relative stand ing of Hertford County among the counties of the state. He point out the fact tint while Hertford stood near the top of the list in the amount of iier wealth and iertilty of her soil, that she was near the bottom from an educational stand point. . It was decided to hold a county commencement in the spring of 1V16. It is believed that this is a much needed step and Will mean much for the cause of education in the county. League Social. On mnnday evening, November 1st, there was a Halloween Social given -by the Murfreesboro En worth League at the home of its 3rd Superintendent Miss Marie Evans. After the guests had arrived, and had been seated, a historial contest was the next thing. Ghosts ap peared tepresenting some histori cal character. The prize was won by Miss Sara Vaughah. Fortunes were told by Miss Elma Grimes, who was the "Black Witch." * Refreshments were served which consisted of salads* fruits, salted peanuts and pop corn. Soon the guests departed giving the most.jRhcere thankfulness to Mias Evans for the occasion. Roger Vinson, Press Reporter. ? ,? . ? 'I l. Cirtia, rmilMt. C. 1. r?rrj, f iM-rmitat.' J. I. CwUr, be. k Tr??. !, ? '; j Cbe Guarantee Company, Inc. j j; directors' rial (state. r Capital $1,000.00 'T^:" ; ?' ??Xm? and ;; #. a. oknosm. ?bond! ii AIIOSKIE. N. C.c-;-.r. ;; MONTAUR ICE CREAM TOUCHES THE SPOT Fills the demand for a dainty dessert, as no other dessert can. It's the choice of mother, fallier, sister and brother?and the boarders, if there be any. It's one subject upon which the whole family agree. That's because Montauk Ice Cream is so pure, rich eud delicious. Try it: THE MONTAUK COMPANY, INC., Makers of "Purify'* lee Cream and leea. 279 Granby Street NORFOLK. VA. waaaaaaaaaaaaaaMMaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaMMywMMMllr i M OST PEOPLE*" in thft community carry accounts at this bank. Someare check ing, others are savings, while still others are both. We invite YOU to become a member of our happy family. Checking accounts are the most convenient me thod of paying bills, and they discourage extravagant habits Saving accounts draw 4 per cent interest. Merchants and Farmers Bank Winton, N. C J An Expert Opinion wouU tbow that our Block includes the very best verities. We keep nothing but the best quality of grain, hay and feed t>f all kinds, and our oats and bay are from the choicest crops raised. Prices ho higher than you pay elsewhere. S. E. V AUG HAN, AQOBHIE, N. C. ;; /\ UTOMOBILE j * > Don't rack your car by neglecting necessary repairs. i (, Bring it to ua in time and thus reduce the bill. We make all kind of repairs, and they are properly done. ? i ( Buy your supplies from us and save freight or express. i vulcanizing done on short notice. ? ' AHOSKIE GAB/.6E, Ahoskic, H. C. j A SMALL BEGINNING . So many people say, "Qb, I haven't money enough to open fl an account at.tbe bank, so what's the use of talking about it. There is nothing to it, we assure you. It isn't the amount deposited at the beginning that counts, M it's the fact of beginning. H We invite you to start now. FARMERS-ATLANTIC gANK.. AHOSKIE, N. C. I "JUST ARRIVED" A very stylish, comfortable and reasonably priced line General Merchandise. Come to see us, and be con vinced. Satisfaction guaranteed. Agents for Benthall Peanut Pickers and Fairbanks Morse Engines. Cotton, Peanuts, Black Eye Peas and all Country Produce bought. t s | Yours to serve, HOGGARD & STOKES ahoskie, . n. c. j ; One Minute Please. " What Ever you Want we Have it ?, ' ' ???????????? ^ ^ ^ J It pays you to trade here while in town. The seme good* I, for less money. All the newest and best goods at the lowest possible prices. We can cloth you from head to foot. A call <, 1 ? will be aopr&iated. (( ii ? 11 1 ? 1 ? i' i > I1 ? 1 ' i' 1 in (, Feldman's Bargain Store , Newsome BlocK AHOSKIE, N. C. ? z

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