Hertford County Herald
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VOL. 6 AHOSKIH, N. C? NOVEMBER 19, 1915. v NO. 44
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Dr. c. g Powell
DENTIST
OFFICE
OVER S.J. CHLDAY'S STORE
AHOSKIE. N. C.
Winborno A Wiivborn*
Benj. B. Winborne
Stanley Winborn*
Attorneys-at-Law
MURFREESBORO. N. C.
Phones No. 17 and 21.
Edgar Thomaa Smpea - t
Attorney-at-taw
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Real Eetat* Bought and SoldJ
Office: 2nd Floor J. W. Godwin. Jr.. Btdg
AHOSKIE. N. C.
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AHOPKIE. N. C.
C. Wallace Jones
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WINTC^. N. C.
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Ahoskik, N. C.
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MOONLIGHT SCHOOLS TO BE ORGANIZED IN
AHOSKIE TOWNSHIP.
Movement for the Propogation of Efficiency in Hertford
County. Volunteer Teachers Plentiful.
The opening gun?? fully leaded
gun?bee been fired in thh Moon
light Schootycampaign in thie coun
ty. Hertford County will do her
pert in wiping out illiteracy in
North. Carolina. .Yet we do not
bnaet of the fact, for we are only
doing our duty in thia matter.
Mr. Reader, if you did not know
it, we are right down on one of
the lower rung* of the intellectual
ladder, altbo our County stands
at the top in the field of natural
resource* and laud productivity.
VYe will not be satisfied to atay at
the bottom in the matter of educa
tion; we are going te riee up in
arma and place old Hertford right
up at tiie top where ahe should
have been long since.
A small group of those interest
ed in thia movemrnt met at a call
ed meeting on laat Friday night
in the law office of E. T. Snipes in
the town of Alioskie. At this
meeting, altho a small group were
present, every one was seemingly
bubbling over with enthusiasm?
the kind of enthusiasm that ex
hibits itself in concentrated, ear
nest and united work. Not oDly
were those present oognizant of
the intellectual necessity of an ed
ucated citizenship, but every one
offered Ills services in carrying on
this work to tlie end that Hertford
County,. and at least Ahoekie
Township, may stand a favorable
comparison with the very best sec
tions of the State.
JJie plan of campeigu isjone that
includes every school house and
district in the whole towQ*hip.
" Several young men volunteered to
give their services at least one
night in each week to this work,
and to go out to the several schools
every week to give instruction to
, any and all who wish to avail them
selves of this opportunity to bet
ter their intellectual condition.
Sufficient conveyances were secur
ed from those interested to carry
the volunteers to their allotted
I, schools.
It was also further agreed that,
in order to do the best and most
efficient work, it was necessary to
secure the cooperation of the day
teachers of these schools, and ac
cordingly these teachers have been
asked to ioin iu this movement and
be present to help out in this work.
It will be impossible to start these
. schools without due notice to all
interested, consequently it was
t decided to publish in this week's
issue of the paper a schedule of
.lutes on which these schools will
open.
Now, those who were present at
tbst meeting know that the teach
ing force for these school* will not
> be lacking. They are eager and
ready to begin this work, and are
anxiously awaiting the time of ac
tion when they enter the service.
Furthermore those who have vol
unteered to enter this service real
ize that there is a host of adults
in our township that should take
advantage of this opportunity to
put themselves on the same plane
with those wlto have previously
enjoyed this privelege.
Rather than being timid and em
barassed over the fact that they
are just now learning to read and
write our people should be eager
to accept the services of those who
have volunteered to do this work.
It is not a thing to feel ashamed
of at all, but rafher a fact and a
privelege to be prized highly.
The teacher in every instance, who
ever he may be. instead of looking
upon those who attend these
schools as poor unfortunates,
will meet everyone as a brother
and a friend who ha* been denied
previous opportunity, and tlio late,
never too take occasion to raise Ins
personal standard of intelligence.
The volunteer teachers have asked
the editor of this paper to make a
plea?hp earnest extforUticn?to
every one who wishes to be in
structed in the rudiments of read
ing, writing and arithmetic to
present themselves in person ob
the very first night at the nearest
school bouse. Look oo another
page of this pcper for the achedule
of (Laes.
Our people?people of nil classed
?need to devote more of their
time to intellectual pursuits- We
need to read more; read not onl.v
current facts aud figures, but also
literature of a more intellectual
nature. There are those whocould
do this if they would, and others,
who, owing to handicaps, cannot
enjoy these priveleges if they
would. It is to the latter class
that the moonlit I it schools should
appeal, and it is an appeal worthy
of any and every man's considers
i tion. Look for the schedule of
classse. and be on hand at the ap
pointed time. The schools are a
certainty, and Ahbskie township,
Hertford County, is on an upward
i trend. All together for an intel
i Wlual, intelligent and efficient
' citizenship in Hertford County! .
age can accomplish in reclaiming
swamp areas and making more
productive lands already under
cultivation. Delegates will be in
attendance from nearly all the
counties in Eastern North Caro
lina and very many of the Pied
mont counties, where the people
are interested in the reclamation
of overflowed lands.
All citizens interested in the re
clamation of these swamp and
over flowed areas, whether from
the standpoint of health or of in
creasing their value ah agricultural
lands, are cordially itavited to
attend and take part in the
proceedings.
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* Eighth Annual Convention o! the
North Carolina Drainage
Association.
There will be held at Belhaven,
q Beaufort County, North Carolina,
q on November 30th and December
1st, 19K, one of-the most inpor
tant conventions that has been held
in the State during the past year.
This is the Eighth Anqual Drain
age Convention which will be held
under the auspices of the North
? Carolina Drainage Association and
i- the North Carolina Geological and
Economic Kurvoy. More progress
has probably been made in drain
- age work throughout the swamp
and overflowed areas of North
Carolina during the past year than
j"r in any year since the passage of
the North Carolina draipage Law.
if Questions of every great import
w ance in connection with the drain
age work of the State will be taken
^ up and discossed at this Conven
#l tion. Those attending this meet
is >og will have an opportunity to
a. visit the Lake Mattamuskeet
'? District, which is not oulv the
* largest drainage project in the
State but is also the most unique
drainage proposition which has
been undertaken in the South.
1 This wdrk is nesring completion
ut and the delegates' will have a splen
? did opportunity to see what drain
October Honor Boll ol Abosiie
High School.
First Grade: Rubert Magee,
Eatelle Newsome, Aubrey Dilda.v,
and Larenia Lee Hilt.
Second Grade: liarry Gone
land. Baiiev Vaughan, Elmo Jer
nigan, Gilbert Slaughter, Eliza
betli Gardner, and Virginia Early.
Tbird Grade: Horace Johnson,
Missouri Darden, and Etta Feld
man.
Fourth Grade: Thomas Baker,
Arthur Greene. Sybil Myers,
and Mary Sumner.
Fifth Grade: Emma Early,
Margaret Gopeland, and Lucy
Gardner.
Sixth Grade: Blanche Modlih,
Earl Lawrence, Naomi Hill, and
Susie Venn Floyd.
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HISTORY OF AHOSKIE I. E.
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
The Methodist Sunday School of
Ahoskie, N. C.. was first organiz
ed uo stairs of Dr. W. H. Sear*'
a tore, which stood where Hoggard
& Stokes' warehouse now atauda
on Bailroad Street, on the third
Sunday in April 1896. Iu or
ganization w?a through the efforts
of Mrs. B. 0. Williams, deceased.
The following officers and teachers
were elected at the time of its or
ganization:
Superintendent, Mr. B. G. Wil
liams; Secretary, Mr. Perry Pell:
Treasurer* Mrs. J. H. Downs;
Teachers: Mrs. B. G. Williams
and Mra. J. H. Downs, Miss Stella
Hayes, Messrs A. J. Parker and
A. E. Garrett. Thirty-si* pupils
were enrolled.
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The records being Irtst or mis
placed, for the year 1897 and '98,
causes a break in its history, but
the Sunday School was reJorganiz
ed the fourth Sunday In November
1899, up the stairs of Parker and
Hill's store when Mr. F. Powell
was elected superintendent. Offi
cers and teachers were seven and
the enrollment of pupils were
twenty-one. The school then con
limed till the middle of June
1900, wbeD it was suspended till
April 5tb 1903,"when it was again
re organized in the old school
building, with F. Powell, superin
tendent, with five officers and
teachers and thirty five pupils. On
August the 30th of that year,
Prof^W. J. Newbold was elected
superintendent which office lie
tilled until June 1904. He was
principal of the Aboskie Graded
School end at the cloee of his
work here lie opoved away, when
Mr. J. J. Hays was elected to fill
the vacancy. In the fall of this
year the Alt'oskle Methodist Epis
copal Church, South,. was conn"
pleted and the Sunday School was
transferred to the church buildiug,
its final home, where it has con
tinued its work xinoe under the
leadership of the following officers:
Mr. J. J. Hays, Superintend
ent; Mr. H. W. Stokes, Asst.
Superintendent; Miss Nelie Baker,
Secretary and Treasurer, with five
teachers and forty pupils.
In January 1906, Mr. II. W.
Stokes succeeded Mr. Hsys as
superintendent, and served two
years.
Mr. Stokes was succeeded by
Mr. E. J. Gerock, as superintend
ent, who was elected by the Quar
terly Conference. Upon entering
upon bis duties the Sunday School
had nine officers and forty-eight
uupils.
Mr. Gerock has continued in
this office for eight years, and
through his faithful services aud
the co operation of the Sunday
School workers there are sixteen
officers and teachers, three organ
ized Wesley Bible classefesnd one
hundred and sixty pupils' on the
roll. '
Thus it will be seen that through
the persistent efforts, from very
small beginning with the blessings
of God growth and prosperity has
marked its course.
No more faithful workers could
hsye undertaken this task than
those whose names have been con
nected with tbq official life of the
Sunday School. The first year of
Its life was indeed a struggle but
many of the pioneers in the cause
have had time to rejoice as they
have lived to see the fruits of their
lanors. Many of the early heroes
and heroines are still with us and
are among the most active workers
in this Sunday School band. And
let vk not be forgotten, but ever
recorded indelibly on the page of
the records of the Methodist Epis
conal Sunday School of Ahoakie,
N. that a Christian woman was
the printa mover in its organiza
tion?Mrs. B. G. Williams?who
has long since answered the final
call, but vrtices are attuned to sing
her praises and call her name
blessed.
In the fall of 1903, the Ahoakie
Methodist E. Church, South,
I was organized by Rdv. B. C.
Thomson, pastor of th? Harrells
FIRS ALARM SYSTEM REED
ED FOR AHOSKIB.
During the past few weeks
Ahoskie has been frequently
alarmed by shrieks of the fire
whistle. Kvery citizen of the
town responds to the pall with a
feeling that its either his home or
place of business in flames, and in
a majority of the cases we chase
ourselves completely out of breath
over the entire town before we
locate the fire.
There is no fire fighting ap
paratus available for a small town
that is equal to a "bucket force,"
and there are?enough good fighters
in Ahoskie to combat and extin
guish any fires that ordinarily oc
cur here.
One of the reasons why fires
gain so much headway and result
in such disaster and excitement is
in a large degree due to lack of
organization. We have a fire
whistle?steam on at all times, and
a man to blow the whistle anytime
a fire is reported, besides fifteen
hundred folks here to respond any
time, day or night to the doleful
call of the fire whistle. It's all
free.
The tiling most needed, in the
opinion of the writer, is a sche
dule of blasts of tiie fire whistle
for different sections of the town.
For an example; one long con
tinuous blast for West Church
Street, and two successive blasts
for East Church Street, and so on,
having a different signal for each
street. A map of this character
before the town citizens, and a
at the meeting would be very help
ful in locating fires, and in a good
many cases fires would be put out
loug before they are located under
the present system.
A few Judders to be owned by
the town would be valuable ap
paratus in fighting fires. I under
stand the town hud a few of these
once it its history, but it seems
that some painters have fallen
heir to most of these except those
that have served the purpose of
kindling.
J. N. Vann.
Soil Soney lor flertlord County.
Editor, Hertford County Herald:
It is moat gratifying to un
noupee that the Federal De
partment of Agriculture in co
operation with the State Depart
ment, will make a soil survey
of Hertford County, i and will
rublish the same as a map accom
panied by descriptive report of
soil cvnditions'in the county. The
Department reports that the field
work should be completed during
the winter, and I should think the
map could be prepared together
with the report and published by
June 1916.
I need not remind your readers
of the importance of this work.
It will form a useful document
for sending out to prospective set
tlers, and will give those who have
resided in the county for rnanv
years information as to its resour
ces and soils which they have here
to fore possessed. It is a pleasure
to state thst your Board of County
I Commissioners and other citizens
of the County, including Mr. T. E.
Vanu, have been active in their
cooperation fur this work.
Very sincerely,
Jno. H. Small.
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ville charge. It was organized
with twenty-four members. Ser
vice* were heldf in the school build
ing until the church was erected in
1904.
Thus it will be seen that the rule
was reversed, the Sunday School
was the mother of the church and
it is our sincere desire and prayer,
that they may both continue to
grow in number* and usefulness
until their influence for good shall
be seen and felt throughout this
town and community.
Respectfully submitted,
Mrs- A. E. Garrett and
Miss Nelie M. Baker.
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Checking accounts are the most convenient me tbod of paying B
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Saving accounts draw 4 per cent interest.
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grain, hay and feed of all kinds,
and ot?r oats and hay are fioni the
choicest crops raised. Prices no
higher than you pay elsewhere.
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AHOSK1C. N. C.
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