Hertford County Herald
THE LARGEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
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VOL. 7 ABOSKIK, N. C., JANUARY 28, 1916. No. 2
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Dr. c. g Powell
DENTIST
OFFICE
OVEHS J DILDAY'S STORE
AH08KIE. N. C.
Winborn* & Winborn*
Benj. B. Winbome
Stanley Winborne
Attoraeya-at-Law
MURFBEESBORO, N. C.
Phone. No. IT atul 21.
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Edgar Thomaa Snipea ?
Attorney-at-Law
loon. Negotiated
Baal Estate Bought and SoMQ
Office: 2nd Floor J. W. Godwin. Jr. Bl%
AHOSKIE. N C.
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R. R. ALLEN
Dealer In
BASH. DOORS. BLINDS. WINDOW
GLASS. HARDWARE. PAINTS
AND BUILDING MATERIALS
GENERALLY
Wholesale and Retail
Ne. 927 Waabinftloa Square
M.'FFOI.K. VA.
RASH. DOORS. HARDWARE.
PAINTS. LIME. CEMENT. SEWER
PIPE. CART MATERIAL. MILL
SUPPLIES, SfOVES. RANGES
AND ETC. CLOSE PRICES.
MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED
AND OBLIGE.
C- L FOLK CO.
No. 917-919 Waehingtoa Sqaare
Mirimn. va.
ROGERS & WILLIAMS
Attomeye-at-Law
Prompt Attention Glren tn All
Buaineaa.
AHOPKIE. N. C.
C. Wallace Jones
Attorney end Onneelor-At-Lsw
WINTOW. N. C.
Practice in ell courts. Lotos negotiat
ed. Alt matters given orompt -
and faithful attention.
Located in. Bank of Wnton
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Roswell C Bridget
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v Attorney-at-Law
WINTON. N. C.
J. R. EVANS
Preeticel Tin Roofer end Sheet
- Metal Worker
Price* Right.
MUKFREERBORO. X. C.
J. L. PARKER
Notart Public
HERALD OFFICE
AnnsKiE, N. C.
Walter R. Johnson
Attorney at Law
Ahoskib. North Carolina
Practices wherever services desired
Use I*, t M Haw Mtr UIMIa*
G. J. NEWBERN,
Agent
Ford Automobile*,
Ahoekie, N. C,
Touring Car $440.00
Runabout ... 390.00
F. O. R, Detroit.
Grow fi. Joyntr
" Attorney-at-Law
Office: 2nd floor W. T.
Minton Building
AUtANDEH. N. O.
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PARKER D. BOBBINS,
PRACTICAL PAINTM
And Alabastine Decorator
Home Six Mile* North Bast of
Ahnskie, N. C.. R. P. D. 5,
Box 49, Ahoskie, N. G.
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How To Cora Cold*.
Avoid exposure and drafts. Rat
right. Take Dr..King'* New Dia
oovery. It is ore oared from Pine
Tar, healing balsams and mild
laxatives. Dr. King's New Dis
covery kilts and expels the cold
germs, sooths the irritated throat
and alleys inflammation* It heals
the mucous membrane. Search as
you will, you cannot find a better
cough and coid -remedy, Its used
over 45 year* is a guanwlee of
aaUefatioa. AdW
[When and How to!
Use Lime.
Um i> Larfe Amounts to Kill
Acidity of the Sod. Two
Kindt of Liate.
Mr. C. B. Williams, Chief of
the Division of Agronomy of the
Department of Agriculture and
North Carolina Experiment Sts
liou, saya there it mime danger
that in our enthutlatm in refer
ence to the am of lime we may
fall tnto the error of recommend
ing the use of thin material in tuch
a way aa not to obtain the greatest
good. Again, Mime of ua are ant
to draw falae conclusion* from re
ault* obtained under certain condi
tions where this material has been
uaed on a very sour or acTd toil.
It ha* been frequently observed
that farmers have used lime under
such conditions and had the pro
ductivity of Uie Mtl greatly in
creased*. In fact, it litis changed
the production from not paying
the expense of cultivation into a
good money making proposition.
The danger from these results has
been that tlie conclusion ma.v be
drawn that lime is the only tiling
lacking in the soil and is all that
shouldbe applied from that time on
Such a system will lead to a ays
tern of agriculture based upon
false principles that cannot survive
fur a great length of time.
Tliere is no question but what
witli some of our soils (but rela
tivsl.v a a anil I number in nil prob
ablity) lime need* to be added to
tite soil asm plant food. It is be
lieved from a study of the soils in
the State forn number of years
tlist the chief lienefit derived gen
erall.v froaS the use of this mater
ial is indirect rather than directly
as s plant food. Its greatest use I
fulness is therefore a corrector of
soil acidity and of making the soil
suitable for the growth of bacteria
which bring decomposition of or
ganic matter and favor the growth
of bacteria that form nodules on
the roots of leguminous crops. It
is not believed that ordinarily the
use of very small amounts of lime
added frequently will be the most
economical way to use this mater
ial. If the soil is in need of lime,
a few hunred pounds will not
meet the requirements. We
woold say in a general way that at
least from 1,000 to 2.000 pounds
per acre khould be added where
lime is required.
Where corn aud cotton and
other no-leguminous crops are
being grown crihtinuously on aver
age soil containing but little or no
acidity, it is not believed that the
use of a small or even a large
amount as a ton per acre is going
to give very marked results. But
if our farmers are to build up
tnelr soils by a rational system of
rotation of crops, in which legum
inous crop* are brought in at fre
quent intervals, it is believed that
the libera' use of lime will nay.
In fact, in order to get the best re
turns, lime must be used liberally
under such conditions.
The form of lime that should be
used will depend largely upon the
cost of actual amount of lime per
pound delivered at the farm. It
ia absolutely impossible for aw
one in buying this material do to it
intelligently and wisely unless he
requires the seller to give him the
guaranteed composition of his pro
duct and tlie price at which it can
be delivered to the buyer's nearest
railway station. -Wlieii thie infor
mation ia supolied, it will be easy
for tbe buyer to calculate which
will be tbe clieaper source for his
lime. It should be remembered,
however, that there are three
forms of lime and that ,56 pound#
?f pure burnt lime has the same
amount that is contained in
74 iKJUtids of pure bydrated time
and 100 pounds of pure carbonate
of lime or ground limestone.
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To Drlw Oat Malaria
MMM UPTko System
Tak* tha Old Standard GROVB'S
TASTBtESS chill TONIC. Yon know
what yon ?r? taking, aa tha formula is
printed oa every label, allowing it t>
Quinine and Iron in a taataleaa form.
The Quinine driver out malaria, the
Iron ootid* up tha ayatem SO emu
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Alter Ejects of Grip.
State Board of Health Advisee
Afainst Dsnferous Diseases ?
That Follow Grip.
On account of the serious after
effects of grin or influenza does,
the 'State Board of Health feels
calltd upon to issue another warn
ing regarding the treatment of
this disease. "Grip does not
cause tuberculosis, says tlie Board,
"but it lowers the resistance and
weakens the bodily functions to
such n degree /that latent tubercu
losis readily becomes active. Lay
men used to attribute tuberculosis
of the lungs to su attack of grip
from wbicli the patiebt never fully
recovered.
It is quite important, the Board
advises, that a person with the
grip, for grip is no slight ailment,
go to bed and have a physician's
care. It is the person who keeps up.
nurses a cold and cough, and who
neverget^cured of grip that is
likely to come down with pneu
monis, tuberculosis or most any
other doease.
"But what is really better than
curing grip," says the Board," is
to keep it off. By getting plenty
of fresh air day and night, by
avoiding overworking and excesses
of every kind, by keepiug regular
habits and taking exercise- daily,
and by getting regular sleety end
avoiding people with colds ?w grip,
you car reduce your liability to
contract this dangerous disease
almost to a minimum. Keeping
up a strong bodily resistance is by
far the beat safeguard against this
enterprising, bold germ."
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Politics and- Our Policy.
The political i>ot will soon be
warming up, and in a few months,
perhaps week, this same pot will
begin to boil, in (Ins and adjoining ,
counties. This is a nmre prediction, i
but there is every iodicalion that
this a true prophecy. We Nave 110
particular objections to this state i
of affairs?we rather Irkejl?yet
something should be said by us,
the proprietors of this paper, as
to the stand this paper is to take in
the coming campaigns.
Non partisan, and non-faction,
i* the policy of this paper in all
that it shall have to say - about
political affairs; local, couuty, state ,
or national. This has, of course. ;
nothing to do with the individual ,
opinions of the Herald proprietors ,
and we still claim tlte right and
privejsue to cast our belli# and
harbor our own political ipclina
tions in any way we see .fit, and
without fear of any one. But let
us plaee emphasis on the fact that j
no issue wilt be taken in tbe col
umns of this paper with any fac
tiun or party, unless spch articles
be paid for by the antor thereof.
This leads us to announce the ,
rate, and conditions under which i
political advertising will be accept- ,
ed by the management of this
paper. Our regular advertising
rates will apply to political adver- ,
Using, iust ss for spy oilier ad- ,
vertisement. Rvery article must
be signed b.v the writer, whose
name must be written on the orig '
inal printer's copy, and be made
to appear at tbe end of the article .
as it appears in the paper. This ,
rate and condition applysto all
alike, Without exception
We reserve the right to refuse
si.y article of such a nature a? to
iower the standard of this paper.
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How's This?
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We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for.any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Rail's
Catarrh Cure. > ? ]BBjB
F.J.CHKNEYACO., Toledo, 0.
We, th* underatghed. have known F.
J. Cheney for the last 16 years, and be
lieve him perfectly honorable In all
bualnesa transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
by Ma firm. . i
NATIONAL SANK OF COMMERCE
Toledo. 0.
Haifa Catarrh Cure ia taken inter
nally, act|ng directly upon th# blood
'and mucous aurfacaa of the ayatem.
Teatimonats sent free
Sold bj Gruggists Price 76e per
bottle.
Take Haifa Family Pill, for oonatl
patlon Air.
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Wreck at Ahoskie.
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Engine Rum Ittt Open Switch.
Two Cart Demolished
One Hurt.
?-What came near being a serines
wreck occurred at Ahoskie, Fri
da.v, January 21. Engine number
817, carrying about seventy-ifiye
cars, ran into a switch that had
been left open near the depot, aud
crashed into a string of box cars
standinglm the siding, right alorfg
side the Wellington and Powells
viHe platform. t
Two of the cars on the siding
were completely demolished, and
several others were throwu off the
tr*ck, but did not turn over. The
engine wss not derailed and was,
only slightly battered tip, the cow
hmfker and headlight being-smash
ed up pretty badl.v.
Engineer J. W. Bowden. who
had charge of the engine, seeing
the danger ahead threw on his
emergency brakes, and was in
siime way either thrown or jumped
out of the engine, striking tiie
ground on the opposite side of the
engine from his regular berth.
The fall resulted in a broken ankle
and a few minor bruises about the
face. He was taken to Dr. Wal
ker's medics! office, where the
ankle yraa re aet by Doctors Wal
ker. tlreene, and Mitchell.
The fireman jumped from the
cab just before the crashjcame, and
escaped without injury. The
wreck was cleared away some time
Friday night by a wrecking crew
from Rocky Mount. Engineer
Bowden was taken to the Coast
Line Hospital on the 6;18 train.
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Rural Credit: Genuine or
Spurious?
Tlie Chief recent evidence of an
awakening has been the growing
iemand fur having the American '
Government establish a modern 1
?yKera of rural credits?a demand '
tvbich was solemuly included in
the platforms of the Democratic, 1
Republican and Progressive 1
Parties in the campaign ot 1912.
The farmers of this country ac
cepted these platform declarations
is meaning something. They be- .
nan to take on new hope. Tbey
knew what Europe had done for
her farmers tbrouh rural credits,
and they said, ib the language of
Senator Gore, "What Europe has
lone for Iter farmers America
must do formers."
Now when the farmers of Amer
ica beard those platform declara
tions, they didn't suppose that
what was proposed was simply a
plan bv which Urev could lift
themselves by their bootsrihg*.
The.v didn't suppose that wbat the
Government meant to say was. i
"We are going to paas a little bill
whereby farmers can organize as
sociations and sell bonds and
finance themselves." If that were
all, there was no use raising any ,
rackett about it or holding out any I
false hopes. Any state legislature
could have done that in half' a
lay any time for fifty years psst
?or sn.v Congress.
Now le^, us make our position
clear. We don't want to see Con
gress give the farmers anything;
we don't want any gift or sub
sidy?not even tne free seed With
which the mails are overloaded at
this season. We believed with
David Lloyd George, the greatest
champion of tlie masses in Great
Britain: "To let them expect all
to be dons fur them by gifts, alms,
and charity is not statesmanship.
This is the sort of tiling that
would create a parasite democracy
such as ended Rome?Progressive
Farmer.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
I am a candidate for tbe office
of sheriff of Hertford County,
subject to the action of our pri
mary. -
' If nominated and elected I will
endeavor to perform the duties
encumbered upon me faithfully
and well.
J. N- Yann.
Heart Diseases Have
? First Place.
Census Figures Show That Death
Rat* From Heart Diseases
is Highest.
Tbat heart diseases kill more
people in the United States than
tuberculosis, pneumonia or any
other disease is the statement
givei^- out bv Director Sam
L. Rogers of the Bureau of the
Census, Washington. D. C. The
death rate for this disease liss in
creased fromj. 123 1 per 100,000
population in 1900 to 150.8 in
1914. This increase raises this
disease from its rank as third or
fourth in the list of diseases witli
high death rates to first nlace.
The above figures are based on
the vital statistics reports of the
registration area of the United
States for the year 1914 which re
ports embrace about two-thirds of 1
this country's population.
But the greatest significance '
Httuclied to the fact that heart .
diseases are now cauaing more ;
deaths than any other disease, is, 1
according to the State Board of i
Health, the necessity for regulating |
daily living habits. Overeating, <
overdrinking, overplaying and i
overworking are pointed out as j
the chief causes of this disease. In i
other woids, heart disease is the !
result of improper living and is .
after all very largely a matter of
personal hygiene. Health experts
declare heart disease to be merely
the effects of fast and improper
living and the inconsiderate treat
ment givon the human body.
There's Money in the Waste
Places.
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A few weeks ago we remarked
that in traveling ow the upland
South we oonstantl.v see farmers
almost wasting their time on poor
hillsides while rich black bottom
lands on the same farm, lands
capable of producing three times
u much per acre, are not In culti- 1
nation.It frequently hapoens that .
labor" expended on a poor hillside
ia not giving the laborer a return 1
:>f more than 3p cents a day for j
Ills work, whereas labor expended {
on the rich bottom lands would I
pay for labor oossibly two or 3
three dollars per day in net I
profits. j
Let's get busy now on the I
waste areas*and put them to work, 5
Patchy, irregular fields not only 3
mean lands that are not working j
for us, but they mean, too, that '<
we are being kept from using on .
i>ur farms the horse power and a
labor saving implements that are ;
necessary to maumum profits. ;
Why not aim id 1916 ?0 have the
big. broad, ?i>ei) fields that are
wcii a del'gbt to the eye and that
mean good farming!?Progressive ;
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Honor Roll of Ahoskie High
School.
Firtt Grade?Etta Parker, Au
brey Dildav, Estelle Newaome,
Lavenia Hill, Ben Mitchell Wil
liams, Madeline Darden, and Nel
lie May Baker.
Second Grade?Harry Copeland i
Bessie Newsome, Bailey Vaughan, ,
J. B. Wbiteburst. and Gilbert
Howard.
Third Grade?Mabel Glair Hog
gard. Sarah Floyd, and Horace
Garrett.
Fourth Grade?Mary Sumner.
Seventh Grade?Lois Gerock.
Annie Laura Sessoms. and lota
Woo ten.
Eighth Grade?Linwood White.
To Cure Children'! Celds. I
Keep child dry, clothe comfort- |
able, avoid exposure and give Dr. I
Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey- It ia i
i-leaaaot, soothing. antiseptic, J
raises phlegm and reduces inflain- t
inalion. The first dose gives re- E
lief, continued treatment with pro- '
per cartTwill avoid serious "illness [
or a long cold- Don't delav treat
ment. Don't let your child suffer.
Get a bottle to-day. Insist on pr.
Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey. 25c. at |
Druggists. Adv. 1
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I V. L. tarth, rrnUtii. t. 1. Ttrrj, J. i. CvWr, Ik. * Tnm.
i Che Guarantee Company, Inc.
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H~r.- Capital $1,000.00 ]
; ?=? AHOSKIE, X. 'C.c?^
1 * w. L. siMTie. collections |
ivrosrnr pkd^t.pT"
in this community carry account* ?tibia batik. Some are check
ing, olliera are savings, while stilt other* are both.
' We invite YOU to l>ecome a member of our bappy family*
Checking acco jnta are the most convenient me thod of paying
billa. and they discourage extravagant habits
Saving accounts draw 4 per cent interest.
Merchants and Farmers Bank
Winton, N. C
ljgmiigaaiaaaowwm ?? mm mm m
"Yes, I Eat Sam Vaughan's
Hay and Grain."
} That's what makes 'em fat and
> healthy.
, My goods are the very, best.
> Flour and Salt Specialties. * |
\ S. E. VAUGHN, N- C. J
Your Account Solicited, Protect- i
ed and Appreciated. 8
We Pay 4 Per Cent on 8
Time Deposits. |p H
Farmers-Atlantic Bank, i
flboshie. It. ?. 1
Open a Savings Account Today :
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Add to it frequently and yonr power in dollars increases, '
you will be aroused to a consciousness that vou have the
ability and strength to accomplish much. Think it over. -L
4% INTEREST ON SAVINGS ? J
Bank, of Aiioskik
AHOSKIE, N, C.
As The Holidays Are Now Oven
?you naturally begin to think of making 1916
the most successful year of any.
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And jn order to do so we extend to you a cordial welcome
to-visit our store an3 let us help you make tips year a success
by giving you attractive prices on a general line of up to date
merchandise, and by helping you, you help us.
i And so lets be frank and help each other. ? . ?$3
Yours to serve, Jj3
HOGGARD & STOKES
* AHOSKIK, N. C.
IDEAL SHADE AND"CUDTAIN HANGEfil
WEA.T rr DOES
1. Hangs shade and curtain combined
2. hits any size wiudow, shade or curtain pole *
*3. Instantly attached or detached.
4. Requires nq^taila, tacks or screws.
5. Holds in |K>Mtiori without scarring the wood-work. B
6. Can be applied by any one and taken down when house D
cleaning.
7. Finished and looks like rest of hardware in room.
8. Cannot get out of order.
p. Last a life time. ?
10. Is a source of comfort and pleasure to every borne.
H. L. HARRELL, Sole Agent for Hertford County* I
COLONIAL HOTEL AHOSKIE, N. C.
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