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VOL. 6 AKOSKIE, N. C.. NOVEMBER 12. 1915. NO. 43
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Saving accounts draw 4 per cent interest.
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