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VOL. 7 ' ' " " AHOSKIK. N. C . JANLARY 21. R-u, : "* No i
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Dr. c. g Powell
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A HOFKIE. N. C.
C. Wallace Jones
Attorney and Ccineelor-At-Laar
WINTGN. N. e.
Practice in all eourta. t.oana negotlat*
ad. All mattqra (irnn nrompt
and faithful attention.
Located In Bank or Wmton
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WINTON. N. C.
J. R. EVANS
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J. L. PARKER
Not art Public
HERALD OFFICE i
Ahoskib, N. C.
Walter R. Johnson
Attobnbt-at Law
Ahoakii. North Carolina
Practices wherever serviceedeaired
taaa ItlM Flaw laker tiiMii*
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0. J. NEWBERN,
Agent
Ford Automobile*,
Ahoskie, N. C.
Touring Car.... $4+0.00
Runabout >...J 300.00
F. O. B. DetroiL -
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Grower H. loyner
Attorfiey-at-lyiw
Office: 2nd floor W. T.
Minton Building ?
AULANDEK. N. G.
How To Core ( old.
Avoid exposure aud drafts. Eat
right. Take Dr. King's New Dis
covery. It is lirei?ired from Bine
Tar* healing balsams and mild
' laxatives. Dr. King's New Dis
covery kills and excels, thp cold
germs, sooths the irritated throat
and allays inflammation. It heals
the mucous membrane, Search as
you yrill, .vou cannot And a better
cough and oold remedy. Iu used
over 45 years is a guarantee oi
xatisfation. Adv.
Jtt8tvpV*Sy?~o
Take tk? Old 9tTSd?rj GROVB'B
jpTM.naS chill TONlCfl Von know
What yon are taking U thfc formula it
pristsd ?a ersry '-V*3. sHrrisg i' '?
Quinine and Iron h> ? taakeleae farm.
The Qninina drirna ant Anient, the
ll?n builda up the tpnttdc SO cemtt
POTASH SITUATION III THE
UNITED STATES.
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T1m> farmers and fertilizer manu
facturer* Ifoveheen greatly agitated
(Lr a year pver the elimination by
th* war of the supply of potash
fronl Oermapy. With potash as
with Vveetnffa it haa been suppos
ed that this country would suffer
seriously by the cessation of ship
ments fromGermany.
Now. however, a geologist of,
Masaachnsettts. W. N. MoCrillia
of Cambridge saya tbat there is
liotaah in abundance in the New
England and Southern States, and
he mentions a number of counties
in North Carolina from which the
fa-mere could get an enormous
supply' In a statement which he
mails to theXedger-Desi-atch, Mr.
McGrillis says:
"Wl.y is potash selling at $4.50
per ton when .there is'enough of
it available in the New England
States to supply the whole world
for many centuries1 Who is it
thst is keeping this fact from be
coming generally known and what
is the reason? Our Slates Agri
cultural Colleges well know of this
easily available potash supply/
They are al^o well aware, or should
be, of its extreme cheapness and
solubility for agricultural pur
poses, for many of them made
tests as far back as 1889 and prut
ed without a question the value of
this enormous itoiash supply at
our very door.
A : la I n- La a
i lie Agricultural isepnnmevii
at Wnshmgton haii made very ex
tensive tests and found thai ihis
silicate of potash in soluble in the
soil and a? easily and quickly
available for plant life as the Ger
man Potash Silts. These tests art
all scientifically described in Bulle
tin 104^ Bureau of Plant Industry,
Agricultural Department, Wash
ington, D. C., entitled The Use "wf
Feldspathic Rocks as Fertilizers.'
"In most of the Middle States
and a large number of the South
ern States there is an inexhausti
ble euuply of potash feldspar that
will ran from six to fifteen per
cent potash. In the State of Geor
gia large deposits of potash felds
par ean be found in Cherokee.
Ltuapkin, Rabun and several other
counties. In North Carolina, de
posits ean he found in Alexander,
Buncomoe, Hickory, Clav, Cleve
land. Gaston, Haywood, Mitchell,
and many other counties it) unlim
ited quantities.
"'Professor Allerton 8. Cush
man, formerly with the United
States Agricultural Department,
Mates in-the bulletin above men
tioned that the potash in these
feldspathic rocks, when ground
200 mesh fine and mixed with the
soil, becomes solid and available
for plant life very rapidly. There
is scarcely a county in all New
England tiiat bis not many large
deposits of rock which will anal
yze from six to twelve and fifteen
per cent potash. The cost of
quarrying and pulverizing una
fairly large scale should not ex
ceed $3. to $4..' per ton.
"I would advise every farmer in'
this country to send to the Bureak
of Plant industry. Agricultural
Department, Washington, N. (?,
and secure'a copy of buti&tin 104
if he has any desire to obtain a sup
ply of potash almost for the ask
ings which is without doubt solu
ble when nulverixeJ as above sta
ted, If lie is unsble to obtain this
valuable bulletin, owing to its be
ing out of print, I would suggest
that lie make a request through
the Congressman from his district
tbat another edition be printed im
mediately by the government for
distribution,
"The old doctiine chiming that
| plant food must be either water
soluble or soluble in dilute acids
before being mixed with solid in
, order to become quickly 'available
has long stnoe been exploded. It
was always a delusion. Hie bac
teria of the soil do not function
or thrive properly except in the
presence ef an ovarabnndance of
inorganic plant food and a liberal
amount of humns." >
The European war army yel
fprce upon this country the utili
zation of a number of resources
that have remitined>dormant on ac
count of tba cheaper products of
other countries.
Much pro?rres8 is being nwdpfn
the manufacture of d.veatoffr, and
now if the potash problem is to be
soirod the war wHl itavs tangtit
? this country a good lesson.?Led
ger-Diapatch. -i'f
HEALTH! HYGIENE AMD SANI
TATION.
WELFARE OF THE CHILD.
'Die welfare of the child ?? to be
the cheif tooic of interest at (Jie
Social Bervic Conference that is to
be held in CItarloUe, Jan. 23 26.
according to Rev? A. 0.<Upchnrch.
Secretary-Treasurer of \he confer
ence. Mr. Unchurch 'says that
subject was made the keynote of
the conference for the reason tha^
the enlightenment and progress of
any community.
In keeping with tliia idea, an un
usually large number of thinking
and progressive women have been
procured for addresses Miss Julie
Letlirp of the National Children's
Hureau of Washington, D. C. and
Miss Ella P. Crandall of the Na
tional* Association for Public
Health Nursing of NewYork are
two of the women speakers. A
special conference on Organiza
ation of Society and State for the
welfare of tlie Child will be held,
while nearly every conference wiH
center its interest about the child.
Some of the features concerning
the child that will be taken uo at
length during the conference will
be play and work at scoobl, in
fluence of moving pictures, re
lation of church, Sunday schools,
clubs and social organization to the
development of the child, and in
dustrial conditions of the ehald,
and bis welfare in eveey phase of
life.
FRESH AIR TO PREVENT GRIP
Open air -exercise taken ever.v
day, and avoiding bouse to house
visiting especially where there is a
case of gripe, influenza or the
slightest cold, is the advice of Miss
Ada B.vford, a trained nurse, who
orescribes for tly -jreventiwoof in
fluenza or grip. Miss By ford
writing to the State Board of
Health says she was a child in
England when the first well re
me inhered epidemic passed
through that country and that site
waa a hospital nurse when the
second epidemic made its tour.
Miss B.vford is dow living in
North Carolina and from ber
knowledge of and experience With
this disease (feels the interest to
warn North Carolinians against its
contagious nature. She says:
"Air UiehouiM thoroughly every
day. It is a mistake Uf shut up
the house to keep out the cold, as
it only keeps germs in. Let the
children out; put on their walking
clothes."
Miss Byford doesn't say don't
kiss or cover the sneezes but say*
more?avoid the presence of any
one suffering with tleeligleet cold
for in your esse it may be not
merely a cold but grip or pneu
monia. -
"THE DUST Of THE EARTH"
v A nlay in four act* will foe given
at Mara Hill Academy, Jw Pow
cllsville talent, Friday night, Jan
uary 21, 1916, at 7:30.
OAST OK CHARACTERS.
David Moore, of Maple Cottage
Willie Ta.vloe.
Susan Moore, hi* wife?Donia
Wood Lawrence.
Elizabeth, their daughter?Una
Bass. - ,
Jerry, their eon?Cotton Moore.
Rev. Dr. Templeioo. A Young
Diviue?Raynor Moore.
Miss Arabella. The Village News
paper?Ruth Evans.
John Rider, The Yong Master of
the Maplea?Jim Bass.
Wandering Tom, a Mystery?Tal?
mage Wynir.
Old Moee, His companion?Ros
well Overton
Nell. The Dust At the Earth?Ret
ta Griffin. ?.-?*'.
Admission; Adults, 25 cents;
Children. 15 cents.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all.
BENEFITS OF MOON
LIGHT SCHOOLS.
History, Statistic* sad Bene (it* of
Moonlight Schools- A Ssao Ar
tilo by n Sensible Man.
Moonlight Schools were estah
lisbed io Kentucky by a noble,
good woman who believed that a
kindly act inspired by a pure mo
tive. would accomplish alino*t a
miracle in removing illiteracy
from the atnte. Fifty counties en
tered tbe movement last year.
Over lOO.ObO persona attended,
and 20.1)00 of these were between
the ages of 15 and 42 years old.
They were held during moonlight
month* for the convenience of the
country people. They are taught
by the school teachers and other
patriotic persona .who are desirous
of not only adding to the welfare
and happiness of those who have
been denied educational advanta
ges, but of removing Uie ' stair, of
illiteracy from the fair name and
fame of those great states.
The wonderful success already
gained presages a bright future,
and Kentucky will soon stand
forth redeemed, regenerated and
disenthralled from its blighting ef
fects. What has been done , in
Kentucky can be accomplished
here by united efforts inspired by
imlriotlc motives. According to
the United States census of 19(0
12 3 10 per cent of the udal white
population of North Carolina over
ten years of age. and 14 per ceut
of the white voting population
cannot read or write. They . con
stitute an army of 132,189 white
illiterates of dhieli 40,710 are na
-tive whites of voting age?140 out
of every 1000. All of these are
beyond the reach of tlie public
schools and must be taught by
volunteers free of compensation.
In the past year 82 moonlight
schools were organized and con
ducted in 29 counties of North
Carolina, with an enrollment of
1600 grown persons of an gverage
?age of 45. Dr. Joyner assisted by
otlier distinguished educators ard
mapping a campaign' that will tie
inaugurated next month and lie
calls npon all patriotic persons to
fceip along this noble movement.
{Splendid results have already
crowned the efforts where tried,
and many old people have learned
to read, write and cipher. Who
will be benefitted and what good
will grow out of moonlight schools
if conducted and patronized in
Our city and county?
. nine tenths of our people
ere engaged in agriculture, there
fore the greater benefits will fall
on them.
EveTv farmer who learns to read
and gain knowledge from Agricul
tural papers and magazines not
only elevates and dignifies his
calling, but gains stores of infor
mation that if properly utilized
will cause him to raise better
crops, improve his method of
farming and add to the comforts
and nleasures of his home. This
is obvious to all observers. It is
this class of farmers who are inde
pendent.
2 Some of our statesmen are
under the impression that since
the United Stats Supreme court
decided that the grandfather
clause in the Oklahoma constitu
tion is unconstitutional that the de
cision repeals the cjause in ours.
If thisistrue. voters wifi have to reg
inter over under the literary quali
fication viz. read the constitution.
3. Learning \to read, write
and cipher will mean persons
more competent to attend their
business along all lines.
4. Cicero, the illustrous orator,
said books are the food of youth,
the delight of old age, the orna(
ment of prosperity, refuse of ad
versity and the pleasure of home.
Bacon, the great scholar, said,
reading makes a full man. And
knowledge is the dynamic force
that drivee all the machinery of
the world. Solomon g|id. blessed
is he that readeth and Understand,
eth.
5. What a source of coipfort
and joy to old people whose heads
are white with the frost that-never
melu to read 'God'" bofy word
that point* the way to a brighter
and better land. The light that
falls from theinaptred word glides
| the dark valley and ahadow of
I death with effulgeut glory of Par
adise.
6. Our state and county pride
ought to appeal to every educated
person to render all tlie assistance
in their power in eliminating the
stain of illiteracy from our state.
7. Our State now occupies the
lowest round in illiteracy, which
is a .shame and reproach that
ought to inspire us tiy super
human efforts l<> wine it out, if
we wish it to keep step with
her sister status to the drum notes
of the grsnd march of progressive
enlightenment in the blase of the
civilization of the twentieth cen
tury. He profits most who serve*
best.
Shakespeare says:?
We live in deeds not years; 9
In thoughts not breaths;
In' feelings, not in figures on a
dial. >
We count time by heart throbs.
He most lives, who thinks most,
feels the noblest, acts the best.
?By J. H. Etheridge, in the
Windsor Ledger.
NR. M. D. CURTIS.
The Herald takes just pride in
this gentleman. Mr. M. D. Curtis
is so Ahoskie man. or rather be
fore he was taken from us,( but
still we claim him. Aboakie has
some of the best folks in the
world among her population and
we do not want to loee a single one
of tliem. but we just can't keep
them all. The business world is
calling and hunting for men who
can ''make good." That,a the
reason Mr. Curtis has moved to
Washington, N. C.
Less than three years ago Mr.
Curtis went with the International
Harvester Company of America.
He took the position of salesman,
thus beginning at the bottom, but
he had confidence in himself and
the grit to work, and in 1914 he
won first prize as salesman. This
of course attracted the attention of
officials, and, in 1915, he was
made Blockman under the Rich
mood, Va., office and at the end of
the year his record was such us to
cause the International Harvester
Company to give him another pro
motion, by giving iiim charge of
twentv five counties under the
Charlotte office, with -headquarters
ut Washington, N. b.
The Herald wishes Mr. Manly
D. Curtis aod his splendid family
in their new home all the good
things that may come their way;
and they are entitled to the beet.
For Kheumatism *
~ As soon as an attack of Rheu
matism begaus apply Sfoan'a Lini
ment. Don't waste time and un
necessary agony.' A few drops of
Sluan'i Liniment on the affected
parts is all you need. * The pain
goes at once.
A grateful suffer writte:?"I
w?.i suffering for three weeks with
Cbrifnic Rheumatism and Stiff
Keck, although I tried many
medicines, the.v failed, and I was
under the care of a doctor. For
tunately I heard of Sloan's Lini
ment'and after using.it three or
four dsys am up ..nd well. I am
employed at the biggest depart
ment stores in 8. F. where the.v
employ from six to eight hundred
hands, and thev surely will hear
nil about Sloan's Liniment.?H.
B. Smith, San Frisco. Cat. ?Jan.
1915; At all Druggists.-?Adv.
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inif, others are savings, while still others are both.
We invite YOU to Income a member of our happy family. j
Checking accounts are the most convenient me thod of paying B
bills, and they discourage extravagant habits
Saving accounts draw 4 per cent interest.
Merchants and Farmers Bank
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| MY MUCES WILL CONVINCE YOV. f
^ I carry everything you need i* the fend line, and at
t ' Rock Bottom Price* to everybody. Buy your feed
for horses, cattle. hoes and chickens from my stock.
| Flower and Salt Specialties.
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A1IOHKIK. N. C.
June 30tfc, 1914 ' f||
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Octol>er 3l?t, 1914
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December 22nd. 1914
$38,994.48 jfl
July 20tli, 1915 J
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December 22nd, 1915 MH
S95,341.44 |S
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Addto it frequently and your power in dollars increases,
you will be aroused to a consciousness that you have the ' - r
ability and strength to accomplish much. Think it oyer.
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i As The Holidays Are NOw Over, |
I you maturally W^in- to think of making 1916
< the most successful year of any.
And in order to do ?<> we extend to .vou a cordial welcome c
to visit our store and let us-help you make this year a success C
by giviiif* you attractive prices on a general line of up to date ]
merchandise, and by Iielping you, you held us. .?
And so lets be frank and held each other.
I Yours to serve, ' ' . ?' ' 'T ?|j
IIOGOARE) & STOKES j
AHO^KIE, N. C.
m Ideal shade and cubtain hanged h
WHAT IT DOES
|Q 1. Hangs shad,- and curtain combined
2. > its any size window, shade or curtain pole
? 8. Instantly attached or detached. Hi
U 4. Requires no nails, tacks or screws. HI
5. .Holds in position without scarring the wood-work. i
6. Can be applied by any one and taken down when houae C
H 7. Finished and locks like rest of hardware in room. I
? 8. Cannot get nut of order.
H 9. Last s life time.
10. Is a source of comfort and pleasure to every hone.
H. L. HARRELL, Sole Agent fer Hertford County j
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