Hi : | I f m _ K, / w ? xfTr ~ r _ hRTFnRR I ,nTT \ T Y 1/ 41^ u A T n 1 ? I 1 A ? B ? 9 ? 1 ? ? ? B m 1 ? ? ? ? ? ? 1 ? ? 1 ? M I^K ? A I IL-Li ? m, 1 m. m # ^11/ JL JL ?' | lilt /-% m Am F , ^7==3(??^~,= TUB LAKOKST WKEKLY NEWrtPAPKR PHISTKD IN EASTKRN NORTH CAKOI.ISA" '" """ j I " II UIOSKIK N. C.. jANl'AKV 14. ~ ' No!72 ? P* ? - ?1 ? ??>??.*? np? ?? Subject I Reed Maintenance Institute/jLi Held February ?o to all road ftoad Institute of ?sill be held, at the F North Carolina, ? C., under the auc ?te University, the Lr Commission and (olina Geological and V*y February 7-12, re. The two prev Sve" proved of greet neere end eu peril) ading them and it ia f the Director to of even more practi - Hhich will l>e given Hsis this year is Uut Hteitance. and in thi Hie re will be given Htures, instruction in ?system and actual Hm of the use of the Hi other implement) I been found uaeful in Hwe of public roads* ?Deing made to have all visor*, overseer* and Mb who have charge kaep of any section of tfc Carolina attend this d receive the benefits traction which will be parte. The road drag a ver.v simple iastru raality, to obtain the , considerable skill and is need in the handling hoped at this Institute road overseers and will be instructed in iia drag and other im r maintenance so as to ? county of the State; e result will be tint the free labor which is now for the upkeep of the will be use<f to much image than ever before id work of 1916 will be r plane. !l? ?eciea mat uiere wu uv ? totd machinery, road lu)d road model* which lvalue and intereat to all Weeding the I n.stitute. Ik of interest to Koad ? will be ducaiMd auch lk..iwwi?ff)i^:ion, including lad Burfm ing, by force W and !'V contiaCt; re in road engineers aa to Mr used and its efficiency; lonatrtKM n; relation of ?omenta and engineers to county 'road work UatioB'to State work. etd. Lineers are invited and Fbrfhg -uu for discussion Uem with which the.v have it; the paat year and it is i full discussion of auch will go far toward effect jtion. livercity wil do all it can are for thoae attending lute and' will furnish [Swain Hall at 15 cents Die University will loe able lie rooms for, a certain and other* will be accom | at the hotd and bearding Ekinns U> tlj/ Institute are ? tonll roi.d officials, in ?^^riiiteadente. super aw Lr HHr **$?!" f 4 Oil inocu Int cholera, ^fult nation ?? Uninf Itte, fey^ MEETING OF HERTFORD COUN TY TEACHERS. Representative Teachers at a Called Meeting in Aheafcie Consider County Commencement. Representative teachers of Hert ford County met in Ahuekie Sat urday. January 8. ut a called meet ing to consider plans for the Coun ty Commencement to be held this spring. The following commit tees were aopointed to perfect plans for the commencement: Examination Committee: Mr. Barbee, Ahoskie; Chief Marshal, Mr. R. E. Williams, Winton; Committee 011 Exhibits. Miss Spar ger, Ahoskie; Miss Council. Win ton; Miss Williams, Holly Springs; Mim Byers, Como; Miss Matthews, Union; Miss Lineberry, Harrells viile; and Miss Qatling, Murfrees boro. Committee on Pri zee: Miss Hood, Ahoskie, Chairman; Miss Cockerham, Winton; Miss Omo hundro. Como; Miss Evans. Mur freesboro; Mr. Edwards, Wood land; and Miss Glover, Harrells vilte. Committee oil Declamation and Recitations: Miss Lawrence, Winton. Committee on Athletics: Mr. Barhee, Ahoskie. It was agreed that the com mencement would be held near the close of the public schools of the County, the exact dete to be de termined later. It was agreed thet the com mencement be held at the county seat. ?????*-?1 Soybean Versos Peanut Pastures For Boos. Ad interesting experiment lies just been complete'! at the Edge combe Test Pajrm, in which soy bean pastures was compared with peanut pastures mfattening hogs. In the experiment one lot of pjga was fed corn and oesnut pastur age. Tliose pigs which were put ou the soybeans had a longer graz ing period than tliose on the pea nuts, as the It acres of land used in the test earned nioe pigs for sixty-one days where the soybeans were planted, and only carried an equal number of pigs for thirty six days when planted to i<eanuts. This great difference was, how ever. offset, because the pigs which were put on tUp peanuts gained mueb more rapidly .than the ones on the soybeans. A daily gain of .9 of a pound was record ed for the pigs on the soybeans and of 1.4 pounds when fed on peanuts. When these pastures at ten dollars per sere, and corn at it.00 per bushel, it cost $5.20 to make one hundred pounds of pork in the soybean lot and $6.41 to make an equal amount in the peanut lot. It is interesting in this connec tion to note the value of pork made upon each acre after the value of the corn consumed has beep deducted. When the pigs are valued at eight cents per pound, each acre of soybeans pro duced $18.80 worth of oork, while each acre of peanuts produced $l<h81 worth. Onl.v average crops were produced on the pastures un der consideration. NOTICE TO ROAD SUPERVISORS OF HERTFORD COUNTY. The Board of County Commis sioner* i?f Hertford have conHrued Chobter 16#J of Pupltc-lyjcal Laws session 191f, to mean,that it is the duty of the Boards of Road Supervisors af the respective town ships in the county, to keep up all Causwsys and Dams on their roads at expense of township fund. * The Board respectfully calls your attention to the above Chap, that this important matter may t* determined, and that these Damt and causeways maybyproperl.v at tended to by the KoaASupervisors By order of the oSnmisaioners J no. j^^Jieoti. Clark : WAjsrra or double i , eirM posilij I ie.pce4.WPgl Lkeeoer d< K. Addrei INCREASE IN NEWS PAPERS. Commissioner of Printing of North Carolina Protests Interesting Statistics as to Press of State. Raleigh?Tliat tliere are 326 newspaper publications in "North Carolina having a total circulation iif 1, 406,214 is the showing m.?le by the annual report'of Couimi* sioner of Labor and Printing M. L Shipman, just summarized. There are 132 of these publica tions that are owned by individuals 30 by co-partnerships and 104 by jo;nt stock companies/ There are 60 belonging to churches, schools and societies. It is an interesting fact that the namees of ten of the publications apd the editorships of sixty publi cations changed during the year. There was a net gain of one in the number of dailies, two in weeklies two in semi-weeklies and four in quarterlies during the year. The number of morning dailies fell off two and the number of quarterlies felt off eirin number. There are five of the eight morning papers that publish every day in the week. The commissioner notes a decided improvement in the me chanical get up of all classes of publications. - The total value of the plants re ported, including 220 of the publi cations, is $1,438,540. He reports that a very considerable number of publications do nbt own pub lishing plants but are printed by contraot. Fmployees reported ag gregate 1,466 persops. pay roll $785,862. GOOD FARMING PATS. Mr. W. E. Funderburg, of Union "feounty, three-or four years ago, purchased a small farm that had been producing from ten to fifteen bushels of corn per acre for twenty five years. He called on the County Demonstration Agent for assistance to build it up, so that he could do profitable .farm ing. There are only about thirty, live acres in cultivation. The County Agent advised the growing of clovers and grasses, the adding uf some more li ye stock, and other things which he thought advisable. The County Agent has just sent in his annual report, and shows that on 64 acres of the farm there was produced this year 451 bushels of corn, or a little over 09 bushels per acre. About eight acres of the farm were in alfalfa, which was cut about twice during tne year, and - then grazed by bogs and cows. There are four acres in orchard and herd grasses fur graz ing bv hogs and calves. About seven acres of corn were put into a silo during the summer. In ad dition to Ibis. Mr. Funderburg saved 4,000 pounds of clover seed in chaff. From 64 aires he also harvested about twelve tons of stover, worth about $5 per ton. The records show that ib grow ing the corn there were used $9.95 worth of commercial fertilizers Iter acre. The (abor coat was $$.28 per acre; so, not counting anything for rent of land, the cost of the corn per bushel was about 11 cents, the yield beiug over 500 per cent increase above the yield of former yeara. The net income from tbie farm for11914 was over $600, and is equally as good this year. Mr. Funder|burg operates several farms, but the one in nuestion is the only one that paid expenses in 1914. The difference is due to good farm \ Itvg, and ao unsuccessful attempt to make money out of cotton on 1 the other. On the other hand, the fertility of tfte farm is being rapid ' ly increased and a profit is made. 1 as stated, while on the other band ' the lands are getting poorer end ' very little profit is made. No cot ' ton is grown on the farm under ' | consideration. (?vlforatlt z to the Pale and 5 1 TW Old Sttn-'trd fpftrrtl itrpnfthrniiJ 2??v' r"s T y?jfc Members of Boy's Agricolteral Clubs Planting Com Crops. "One of the most 'encouraging incidents relative to the work with the boy# of the State," says Mr. T. E. Btowne, "i? the tendency shown this season to plant their Contest acres to stime winter cover Cpoo. So far, about 1,500 boys nave sent reports of the year's work, and practically all of the re ports sl-ow that the land for next year's work has been planted to winter crops. This is one phase of the work that we have been stressing for the last seven years, and it ih*v seems to be bearing fruit. "It now appesrs that the average yield will be about 55 bushels to the acre. Numbers have made over 100 bushels to the acre, but on account of others making low yields, the average will be out 55. "We are now ^beginning to en roll for next .vear.s contest. In addition to our work with corn, the pig and poultry club work will be pushed harder than ever, and we are working towards obtaining 10,000 members in the various clubs. We are also beginning the foamation of a rotation club for tlie purpose of working with more than one acre of land, in order that the member may have a bet ter knowledge of growing the dif ferent crops and of arranging a system of farming that will build up the whole farm)rather than just one acre. - Hertford County Com missioners Meet. _________ ? ? The Board of County Commis sioners of Hertford CouDty met oo the 3rd day of January, 1916, all member* of the board being present. Proceedings of last meeting read and approved. The following committees con tinued to wit; Committee on Mui^ frees bo ro Bridge; Committee on Thomas' Bridge; Committee on Hoggard. Committee to check re port of the Clerk Court, On motion it is unanimously ordered that the Superintendent of the County Home receive the fol lowing plrties as inmates; Preston iManle.v. Mrs. Willis Beale and Wm. Overton and wife. It is moved and carried that Hoggard and Stokes furnish $2.50 Iter month each to Jerry Parker and Oarolina Parker his wife making $5.00. J. O. Cullens Executor C. M. Collens is allowed to refund of taxes on $500 error in listing solvent credits. On motion it- is ordered that D. L. Minton and M. R. Sumner be appointed as committee to in vestigate the t racts of Ian J in Hertford County on which Bertie County bas been Collecting taxes, said committee is instructed to assess same and collect the taxes and report to the board. The Clerk Is instructed to write to Road Commissioners of Rich Square township regarding the cost of Colonel Lassiter and if not paid to turn the statement over to the County Attorneys for collec tion. On motion it is ordered that Mess. Wioborne ijfld Winoorne be appointed as County .Attorneys for the year 1916 at same salary $60.00. The Board of County Commis sioners construes Chapter 562 of the Public-Local laws of session 1918, that it Is the duty of the Board of road supervisors of the several townships to keep up all causeways and Dams on their re spectfully refers them to the above law. ? Bond of L. T. Edwards Consta ble St. Johns Township tendered and unanimously accepted and he is sworn in by'tbo Clerk Superior court. Report of Dr. W. B. Pollard S^^^tendent Health received ta siiqwihk whmupi'ju ?i hie bMlth of t|)*> connty. jjollawina sMAl^rrvrned ^kinuH oflHp 4.) ' I. firth, C. I. f?rrj, litr-freiifcit. 1.1. Cuter, be. It TnaM :; Cbe Buarantee Company, Inc. fj ? ? directors: real est Ate. il : r:sr Capital $1,000.00 Is ; ; ?. M?rc?. J J : iilr AHOSKIE, N. C. | collectiore >3 1 MOST PEOPLE 1 I in this community cafi-y accounts at this bank. Some are 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. I Saving accounts draw 4 per cent interest. | Merchants and Farmers Bank \ I wintoo, jy. c. t MY PWCES WILL CONVMCE YOU. t t : ' .T' I 1 I carry everything you need in the feed line, end at os Rock Bottom Pricee to everybody. Buy your feed for horses, cattle, bore and chickens from my stock. | Flower and Salt Specialties. 1 S. ?. VAUGHN, Ahoskie, N- C. ' y OR. C. G ROWCIL, MKiftlNT. DMOT[TTI,c???l.. i I LT. SUMNER, vice-president. C. L. BLOUNT, asst. cashics. m OHOWTU OF THK Farmers-Atlantic Bank 1 AHOHKIE, N. C. June 30th, 1914 S21.70S.8S IB October 31?t, 1914 ] 8Ji3,T20.4? fl December 22nd. 1914 $33,994.48 July 20th, 1915 * $54,585.67 December 22nd, 1915 $95,341.44 fl '' - JSUMM I Open a Savings Account Today |j f Add to it frequently and your power in dollars increases,- ? i ' you wilt be aroused to a consciousness that you bate the .A X ability and strength to accomplish much. Think it over. ? 4% INTEREST ON SAVINGS | Bank of Aiioskie i AHOSKIB, N. C. -'Jk I "To Oi k FrirndW , r ? . - . _ lit keeping with the old and pleasing custom of wish- ? ing one's friends well at Christmas tide, we extend to J you our si nee rest greetings of the season. By your friendship and patronage during the year just ? passed, you have made it one of pleasure and profit to us. j May we do as snusb for you this year is our New Year ? wish. Sincerely, HOGGARD & STOKES I AHOSKIE, N. C. | fffiEAL SHADE AND CUBTAIN HANGED 1 WHAT IT DOES 11. Hang* ahade and curUin cnmnined 2. 1*its any size window, shade or curtain pole 3. Instantly attached or detached. 4. Requires no nails, tacks or screws, 7 5. Holds in position without scarring the wood-work. I 6. Can be applied by any one and taken do#a when home 0 7. Finished and locks like rest of hardware in room. 8. Cannot get out of order. 9. Last a life-time. 10. Is a ?ouroe of comfort and pleasure to'every borne. 8 H. L. HARRELL, Sole Agent for H^rdCounflJI 9 COLONIAL HOTEL AHOSKIE, N. C IE ' - JL* SubscntL for

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