Hertford County Herald
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THE LARGEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. V' '
VOL. 7~ AHOSJ^IE, N. C., JULY 28, 1916. y " ^ x NO 28
Dr. c. g Powell
DENTIST
OFFICE
OVER 3. J. DILDAY'S STORE
' AHOSKIE. N. C.
Wtnborna & Wmboraa
Henj. B. Winhorne
Stanley Winborne
Attornays-at-Law
MURFREESBORO, N. C.
Phone. No. 17 and 21.
Edgar Thomas Snipes
Attornft.v-at-I.Aw
l.oana Negotiated
Real Estate Bought and Soldi
Office: 2nd Floor J. W. Godwin, Jr? Bldg
AHOSK1E. N. C.
R. R. ALLEN
Dealer In
SASH. DOORS. BLINDS. WINDOW
GLASS. HARDWARE. PAINTS
AND BUILDING MATERIAI.S
v GENERALLY
' Wholesale and Retail
No. 1127 Washington Square
SUFFOLK. VA.
SASH. DOORS. HARDWARE.
PAINTS. LIME-CEMEN^f. SEWER
PIPE. CART MATERIAL MILL
8UPPLIES. STOVES. RANGES
AND ETC. CLOSE PRICES.
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AND OBLIGE.
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No. 9I7-0I0 Wnnhintffon Square !
HITFOIeK. VA.
ROGERS &. WILLIAMS
Attorney?-at-Law
Prompt Attention Given to All
Business.
AHOSKIE. N. C.
f J. R. EVANS
Practical Tin Roofer and Sheet
Metal Worker
Prices Right.
MURFREESBORO. N. C.
Walter R. Johnson
Attornkt-at-Law
Ahoskie. North Carolina
Practices wherever services desired
!?4 Plser J. ?. Mali tiilflif
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G. J. NEWBF.RN,
? Agent
Ford Automobiles,
Aboskie, N. C.
Touring Car ... $440.00
Runabout ... --- 390.00
F. O. B. Detroit.
Roswell G Bridgeri
Attorney-at-Law
. WINTON. N. C.
C. Wallace Jones
Attorney end Oun?ellor-At-I.ew
WINTOW. N. C.
Practice in ell courts. Loans negotiat
ed. All matters given orompt
and faithful attention.
Located Is Bank of Winton
?rrice litix:
11.1. u i r. a.
2 p. a. w t r. a.
DR. CHARLES J. SAWYER
234 Granby St.
New Monroe Bldg.
Norfolk. Virginia.
Practice Limited to
Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat
Will be in Windsor, N. C., the
1st Monday in each month.
Lai-fas, A MM, Effective Laxative A UswTsstc
?tea Hot (kiss nor Urtsrti the Stomach,
la addition to other properties, Lax-Foe
contains Caacare is acceptable form, a
stimulating Laxative and Tonic. Lex-Pot
acta effectively and does not gripe nor
disturb stomach. At the same time, it aids
digssrinsi.sinaaas the liver and secretions
and restores the healthy functions. 50c.
Good Looks are Easy
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Magnolia
Balm. \
' Look aa good aa your cky cousins. no
matter if you do Tan or Frock la ftftfnolio
Balm win surely clear your akin indlanrtr
Hoela Sunburn, loo. Just put a little on
a face and rub it off again before dry.
la and rare to please. Try a bottle
f and begin the improvement at
once. White. Pink and Rcee-Rcd Colors.
75 cants at Druggidts or by mail direct
SAMPLE FREE.
LYON MFC. CO, 40So. KhSt.BreeUra. ICY.
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TOBACCO MARKET IT ABOS
KIE WILL OPEN AUGDST 17
DATE SET B* C. H. PHAUP.
Basnight Warehouse Will Opca (or
tha Scaaon on Thursday, August
17?Tobacco Raised in This Sec
tion Believed to be ol a Superior
Grade?Homo Market the Place
to Bring Your Tobacco?Good
Prices Expected to Prevail.
The Ahoskie Tb'sacco market
wilt open for the 1916-17 season
on Tburzday, August 17, 1916. A
large half oage ad will be seen in
this issue announcing tbe opening
?f tbe Basnight We rehouse on
that day.
Ahoskie will assume a changed
condition with the opening of this
and the new warehouse, which we
understand will open on the same
day. Tbe management of the Her
ald has already experienced a con
dition of increased prosperity by
reason of the presence of the man
agers of these warehouses. They
are showing their loyalty to home
industry, and are turning their
work our way, for all of which we
nr& grateful. These men are here
in our midst as citizens of Ahos
kie, who apart from their prime
purpose of gaining a livelihood are
working lor uie growm ana prog
parity of thig town and commun
ity. Tlie.v have already clearly
demosfruted thig fact by the way
in which thev have helped make it
poggible for Ahoskie to enjoy a
large tobacco market. The.v have
a!go joined heartily in every move
ment for the betterment of the
town and have done a major por
tion of the work co-incident with
all such movements.
For the past few weeks the
proprietors of both warehouses
have done a great deal of personal
work among the farmers. Cross
country tripe by way of automo
biles have brought them in close
and direct touch with the tobacco
raisers of this and surrounding
counties. They have become
familiar with this years crop both
as to quality and quar.ity. Mr.
Phaup, prouietor of the Basnigbt
Warehouse, had several samples
of tobacco which was raised and
cured this season, which he was
exhibiting on the streets of Ahos
kie last Friday. He says that
this tobacco is of a superior qual
ity, expressing his beiief that it is
the highest qualitytohacao raised)in
the State. To substantiate bis bet
lief, he left here Saturday morn
ing for Richmond, where he ex
pects to have this tobacco tested.
Should it be of a better grade than
raised in other sections of the
state, it is expected to attract a
larger number of buyers on the
local floors, and at the same time
our farmers can look for high
prices.
And, just hare w$ caution our
tobacco raiseis against the slop
ping of home grawn tobacco to
foreign markets. As long as you
do this you are going to receive
the same prices for your product
that tbe local man at that place
gets for his tobacco. There is
good reason to believe that our to
bacco is ot a very high grade, and
it is to your interest to see that it
is placed on sale where the buyers
are thoroughly familiar with the
grade of tobacco raised in this sec
tion. But, aside from this advan
tage. Mr. Farmer, vou can aid in
building up horn* trade, which
will stimulate home industry, by
simply doing tbe reasonable ami
and sensible thing?sell your to
bacco on the local floors. The
buyers as well as the propietors of
these warehouses are going to
turn their money loose in this
town, and yon should come in for
your share. .
As a final word, we flel safe in
guaranteeing you good prices for
your tobacco sold on the Ahoskie
market. There is every reason
for marketing your crop on tbe
local floors, and not a single rea
son for your patronage of the out
of-town markets. Bring your to
bacco to Ahoskie, the leading mar
I ket ?f Eastern North Carolina.
UOV TO KILL
BERMUDA GRASS
Easy to Kill "Wire Grass" by Plant
ing Infested Lands in
Thick Cover Crops?
Expose the Roots.
West Raleigh, N. C., .July 26.?
Farmer* in the Eastern or Caudal
Plain section of North Carolina
who have or who are attempting
to make i>ermanent pastures
should get over the idea that Ber
muda grass, locally kliown as
"wire grass" or "cane grass" is
impossible to destroy or to keep
within the' boundaries of the pas
ture alter once Itecoming establish
ed.
It has been found from observa
tion and bv experiments that this
grass is excellent fur grazing and
binding purposes, growing well on
most all t- pes of soil, and it may
be used in Eastern North Carolina
us the basis for permanent pas
tures. For temporary pastures it
is not well suited, because of its
habit of growth.
? Am Bermuda grass makes appa
rently few seeds in this latitude,
the chief means of spreading is by
it's jointed roots, and permanent
pastures are not ofteu plowed, it
will make little headway out into
the cultivated fields.
In studying Bermuda grass in
this section of the State, two char
acteristics are noted which gives
one a clue hs to the best methods
of eradicating it. First, it is not
a shade loving plant; second, cold
weather tends to kill it out when
it is plowed up and the roots ex
Dosed to the weather.
If a field infested with Bermuda
grass is olanted in the fall with a
heavy seeding of oates, and after
the oats are cut in the spring the
land is prepared and sown in cow
peas broadcasted quite heavily, and
then in fall again sow oats, practi
cally all the Bermuda grass will
be destroyed by the next spring.
Another way to kill Bermuda
grass is to plow the field late in
the fall and bring the roots to the
?urfice bv using a spring-tooth
barrow. The freezing and thaw
ing of the winter will generally
kill most or all of the exposed
roots. Should all of the roots not
be killed by springs the field
should be sown in spring oates for
hay. and foilow with cowpeas
sown broadcast. Japan clover
thickly seeded may be used in
stead of oats and cowpeas, with
very good results in many cases.
As the demand for more pas
turage increases in the eastern part
of the State, the value of Bermuda
grass as a permanent pasture grass
will become more appreciated and
its use will be greatly extended.
BASEBALL AT KELPORI).
To Our Friends:?
Possibly some did not thorough
ly understand why we did not play
Washington here the 10th and
20th, thru the ciurtsey of your
Editon, we take this occasion in
announcing that it was no fault of
ours, We had employed Leaon
Shields to pitch f?fj us and IimI ad
vertised the game in good faith,
however as late as the Jiith the
opposing team did not show up nor
have we received anv word of ex
planation from them.
We will continue to play a good
brand of ball, for in fact as here
tofore announced, we claim the
Eastern Carolina Ceampionship.
We cannot continue to play how
ever without the patronage of the
three surrounding counties, and as
much as we deplore the misunder
standing with Washington we are
sure crowds will not be affected.
We ask you to give us another
trial.
We will play Aulander at Au
lander Tuesday July 25th, Rose
mary at Kelford Friday July 28th
and Roanoke Rapids of the Tri
Town Leaugue at. Kelford Augmt
2nd and 3rd.
We have recruited Russell first
pitcher for Hopewell of the Vir
ginia League to help the Migbt.v
Shields in the pinches
Kelford Baseball Club
HEAVY RAIDS TAIL IN
AHOSKIEJD VICIIYY
Many Dams Have Given Way and
Streams Are Impassable?
Crops Damaged and
Landa Wasted
to Pieces^
While Ahoskie's mayor canvass
ed the town for subscriptions to
relieve the flood stricken districts
of Western North (Carolina, the
floods were decending in this sec
tion and fears of a duplication of
the cloudbursts that have played
hayoc in the western part of the
State weie entertained by the
good peoDle of this section.
Beginning about eleven o'clock
Saturday morning an almost
steady dounpour of rain fell dur
ing the entire day. On Saturday
night the bottom fell cut and an
incessant rain fell during all of the
night. By this lime the hungry
land was thoroughly satisfied and
all streams were running high,
the roads being almost impassable
at several places. The water at
both Jernigan and Lassiter
Swamps was running in a few
inches of the bridges. Part of
toe dam over the former gave way
making it dangerous to cross the
bridges. Traveling over this
bridge was curtailed Sunday after
noon.
Attain late Sunday afternoon the
black clouds that had been threat
ening rain all day, broke loose and
gave up another huge volume of
water. Up untill this time the
majority of the dams spanning the
streams in and. around this section
had stood the strain, with the
exception of the of the one noted
above. But the waterfall of Sun
day played havoc with the already
strained dams, which were hard
pressed by the swollen streams.
The dam over Montgomery's Mill
pond was partly washed away,
about twenty feet yielding to the
rushing waters: Horse Creek was
impassable Monday, water at Bear
Swamp was threatening both dam
and bridge, water was running
over Lassiter Swamp bridge and
dam, and other streams and low
lands were flooded. Many of the
open ditch bridges across the pub
lic roads have been washed away.
Crops have been damaged
by tbe soaking rains, and many of
the lowland farms have been wash
ed and guttered to death. No
great damage will have been done
to the crops unless a hot scorch
ing sun should shine on the water
soaked land and crops. So far
the strong wind and clouded skies
have been favorable to the crops.
mjm MEETING,
The Directors of the Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance Association
met on July 11th, 1916 and made
the following recommendations:
We have carefully examined the
books and accounts of the Secre
tary-Treasurer and find them cor
rect and satisfactoiy. We recom
mend that the present President
and Secretasy-Treasurer be re
elected at the same salaries Ihe.v
now receive.
We recommend that the annual
assessment be forty cents on the
one hundred dollars worth of
pioperty insured. We appoint
the 14th day of September, 1916
as the day of the annual meeting
to be held at Ahoskie ai 11 A. M.
We, the Board of Directors,
hereby express our appreciation
of the kindness and courtesy ex
tended to us by the President and
Secretary of the association, and
tender our thanks for samei
The Board of Directors earnest
ly request the presence of as many
members of the Association as can
conveniently come, as interest in
its affairs is the Association.
R. P. Thomas, Chrm.,
W. J. Harrell,
D. N. Stephenson,
T. C. Peele,
? J. W. Boone,
T. S. Norfleet, Sec.
K liS i
?Mill
AT A. 4 1. COLLEGE of H. C.
Agricultural and Mechanical College
of North Carolina Announce the
Uaual Summer Course to the
Fanners and Their WivesTand al
so the Club Boys?Special Fea
tures?Program Will Appear in
This'Paper Later.
We are glad to anuounce to the
farmed and fanners' wives ot the
Slate, and the boys in club work,
that in addition to the excellent
program we have arranged, there
are,to be three silver caps given
for attendance upon the club
school and the convention, and iq
addition the Woman's Club of the
city of Kaleigh is going to enter
tain the women in attendance at
their handsome new club building.
The cups wil! be awarded to the
counties'having the best repiesen
tation at the club school, the Far
mers' Convention, and the Farm
Women's Convention. The basis
of award will be the number of
delegates multiplied by the num
ber of miles they have traveled.
The cups for attendance upon the
Farmers' and Farm Women's
Convention are given by Mr. Rog
er A. Derbo. president of the
convention, and the cup for at
tendance upon the short course is
given by President W. C. Kid
dick of the A. and M. College.
There will be a reception at the
new Woman'* Club building for
the women in attendance upon the
convention at 5 p. m. Wednesday.
AuKust 30th. This reception is
given by the Woman's Club of
Raleigh, and it is hoped every
woman attending the convention
will accept this hospitality from
the women of the Capital City.
In addition to a number of prac
tical demonstrations which will bo
going on'upon the campus, there
will be in the mechanical Building
just to the left of the Pullen Hall
a graphic demonstration of the ac
tive operatioh of various commu
nity organizations grouped around
the consolidated rural school as a
center. This will be one of the
special features of the convention.
Railway Rates
Ask for reduced-rate round-trip
railway tickets of your local
agents, A rate of practically
three cents per mile plus twenty
five cents has been granted by the
railways of the State to those who
attend the convention. Tickets on
sale August 20-29, inclusive, good
returning until midnight Septem
ber 2nd.'
Accomodations
The College will furnish rooms
in the dormitories free.,
Persons expecting to stay in the
College rooms should bring their
own towels, sheets, .pillows and
flecessary toilet articles. Meals
will be furnished in the College
dining hall at 25 cents each with
supper Monday, 7 p. m.
It is believed that one of the
best programs ever offered to the
convention has been arranged,
both for the men and women. It
is urged that all who receive a
copy of,this program come to the
meeting and bring their neighbor.
Let us have the largest convention
of farmers in the history of the
State and mutually help one an
other.
Tuesday morning arid the even
ing meetings will be joint sessions
of the entire convention in Pullen
Hall. There will be joint sessions
of the men Weonesday and Thus
day mornings. On Tuesdays and
Wednesday afternoons there will
be two separate conferences for
the men. The women's meetings
will be held heed in the auditor
ium of the College Y. M. C. A.
There will be a graphic demon
stration of an ideal rural commu
nity in the Mechanical Building
to the left of Pullen Hall. This
can be visited any time during the
convention.?Extension Farm
News.
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? IN NEW QUARTERS i i
V , i f "jji;
We are just now better prepared than ever to give
1-1 you the most excellent service to be had In our line, '
General Repair Work, Undertaking and Embalming
We have moved into our large brick shop, and we
have the moat modern equipment to be found in tbia sec
? tion, and we have the men to operate it?the very beat at '
the 'business.
For Stability, Durability, and Unequalled service,
[] Wilder & Green
n ahoskie, n. c.
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far Catalagie ait fartkar iiTariatiai aMrtu
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| East Carolina Teachers Training School i
^ A State school to train teachers for the public schools ?
? of North Carolina. Every energy is directed to this one A
i purpose. Tuition free to all who agree to teach. Fall Term ,1
I begins September 26, 1916.
I For catalogue and other information address, 4
; ROBT. H. WRIGHT, President, ?
? Greenville, N. C. i
? Fir* Insurance. Rental Hgents. J
?1 The Guarantee Company, Inc.
'I W. L. CURTIS, Pres. J. O. CARPER, Secy. & Treas. ''
FOR SALE.
One nice farm, containing: 43 5*16 acres with crop on ia as
it now stands, about two and a half miles from Ahoskie on the road
leading from ALoskie to Windsor.
The crop is as follows: 10 1-2 acres of corn, 4 acres of cotton,
11 acres of peanuts, 1 1-2 acres of potatoes, 1-2 acre of cane, 2 1-2
acres of tobacco, 30 acres total.
The remaining acres covered in pine and hard wood. A good
six room cottage with good water, outbuildings, etc., new set of
stables, built of brick and sills size 36x24. Good apple orctuprd and
fruit of most kind, good cleared pasture, also good woodland pastare.
Price $3850 it sold on or before August 30; if later this crop will
not be included and price of farm will be $3,500. This farm was
formerly owned by J. B. Holloman; and is situated convenient to
schools and Churches and in good locality.
A. E. COWAN, AHOSKIE N. C.
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^ lag?r W?t*?a. Caibier. W. 1. IrVltkd. laa't. Caaklcr. .?
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jw farmer needs financial assistance. It pays to patro- J |
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