Hertford County Herald
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yOL. 7 ? AHOSKIE, N. C., OCTOBER 20, 1V16. v 11111
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Edfecomb; County Fair Will be
Held in Tirboro. October 30,
tod November 1, 2 and 3?Agri
cultural Exhibits Amonf the very
Beat in the Stato?Negro Day to
be Observed.
For the part few years Hie An
nual Edgecombe County Fair has
drawn heavil p on this section of
tlie State for its patronage. This
has been for several years a popu
lar drawing card, and each suc
ceeding year the Edgecombe Fair
Association has added new and
better features and provided better
agricultural exhibits- Tins year
they are offering one of the very
best fairs in tlie State, and the ex
hibits are representative of the
various crop* raised in Northeast
ern Carolina.
On another page of this paper
the Edgecombe Fair Association
carries e largs display advertise
ment, announcing tha dates of
their 1916 Fair, which opens
October 81, end continues through
November 3rd.
In this connection we desire io
say that they are giving the best
farm display this year than ever
before given. In addition to the
veriops exhibits, they will have a
real English A*'ator to fly for
them in their aeroplane every day,
sod's balloon ascension also and
other free attractions. Five or
six adjoining counties have exhibit
booths there, and ere getting to
gether the beat stoek exhibit ever
seen, also chickens. Their mid
way wpbe ctioek full of dendy
-a..?.
A special train will be ran over
tbe Atlantic Coaet Line Railroad
AO Thursday, November ^Snd,
from 'funis, with aDecial rates at
all intermediate points. This
train will leave Tunis St fight
o'clock and return after the Fair,
I with special rates every day of the
Fair. For further information
las rates apply to the local ticket
Another item of apecial interest
to the negroes of this igpjjon will
be Negro Div, Saturday, Novesa
bei 4th. John C. Dancv one of
tiie biggest and brainest negroes
of this part of tlie country, will
make an address on this day. All
colored people who desire to at
tend the Fair on this aoecial da.v
g.et apart for their race could go
duwn no th.e morning train and
get back after hgaripg him, as he
makes his speech at on# o'clock
These facts, coming direct from
th# Secretary of this Association,
are presented to our readers with
avowed purpose of gaining for
the Edgecombe Fair Association
a wider popularity among' our
people, whoae interest are identi
cal Witf) thosMf ffur ?8terpouuty.
Th# agricultural exhibits gill con
sist of products raised in teir
County, and it will be an educa*
tioDal ass#', to an who might at
tend. Resides tlijs. tfie free at
traction# each day jr'H be worth
Aoet. We hope several of our lo
cal u#op|a will attend, j ?
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Because of its tonic end laxative effect. LAXA
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Quinine end does not canae nervousness nor
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OPPOSING M HW
. OR HUE III
There is being some talk among
certain classes of our people about
?.Stock Law for Hertford Countjr,
and I wish to express wy views in
regard to same.
First, I can see nothing in it
but that of a selfish motive; and
Qod forbid that selfishness should
rule our country. Most of the
advocates of this law say that we
will have a more prosperous coun
try, and more stock and better
stock. I can see no reason in
their argument, because they own
olenty of that land that is worth
nothing for pasture. If they were
so much interested in stock rais
ing, why have they not fenced off
their waste land and been raising
more and better stock for lo these
many years! I will answer: simply
because our people are not inter
ested in the stock raising, nor
would they be interested if we
had the stock law. Let every
man who has the land to soare
fence it and have some good stock.
We wouid be glad to see it, but
do not oppress the poor unfor
tunate fellow by-depriving him of
the privelege that hurts no man,
who has little or no land. He is
the fellow that must bear the bur
den and heat of the day. They
need ail the encouragement and
help they can get. The fact is
that they are the people that keep
the generation uo. They are rais
ing a large per cent of the chil
dren of our country. The upper
class is doiug but little to multi
ply and replendish the earth, and
Hod forbid that this should be so.
Today whan every one oan have
a few cattle and hogs, there is nut
enough beef and meat to supply
our home demand. The prioe of
beef ia now ranging from ten to
eighteen centa, and hog meat
from eighteen to twenty 6 ve centa.
and the people are complaining
very heavily at those prices. If
m$ have the stock law. we have
| little of each, #i>4 the price will
be just about what it ia today.
Some say that beef and milk and
butter from cattle on free range
are not wholesome. Thia might
ite true if you allow your cows to
bggpipe infested with ticks. My
l>ersonal esuerlpnpp teaches ipe
that one teaspoonful of sulphur
twice monthly will keep nettle as
clean of tick* as those kept in pas
urea.
The;, say we can siamD out nog
cholera, and I think it would in a
great measure, because we would
not have hogs enough for the chol
grj to bother witt^. If you will
pare for your hi-gl or (rep r?h?e
as yeu would be obliged to care
for them in pen' or pastures, you
would have but little cholera, for
tffPDty-f've ye?r* whilp liwitg on
my farm, | raised ?)| the hogs I
wanted. I attended to them .my
self. I kept a trough at my feed
ing n|ace, in whiph I kept plenty
of salt, ashes end tulebur all thp
lima| and, I was pot bothered
with phplera- Hogi become dis
eased from the want of that medi
cine and attention that a great
many people qeglept t? give them,
Every hog that diee does nqt d>e
from thp cholera
If the adjoining counties see fit
to have the Stock paw, I believe
we can fence against them, aid
with proper attention, we can
raise and sell them enough meat
and beef in a short time to pay for
the fencing
f have heard some say that
Stopk running oR frpe r*nge 4am
egps the growth of timber. Such
argument ia bosh, very well
know that wheq we take stock off
free range the undergrowth would
soon grow up so thick that it
would impoveriah the timber trees,
and In e few years our woods
would be Inhabited with vieions
animals.
Some aay we have no fences
now, and that ia true. I would
like to vote for a law to compel
every farmer to Mew a .lawful
fence, which would bejive^feel
MER VOTER COMES
OUT M ST0CKL1W
Dear Kditor:
Since you have ?<> kindly
offered Uifi column of your paper,
to those desiring to discuss the
proposed Stock law issue for
Hertford Go. I feel, ainoe the board
of commissioners have paused that
the question is to be voted on at
the coming election Nov. 7th, that
all the voters of this county should
carefully weigh the matter and try
to inform themselves ss to the
probable good or injury of such a
law for this especial County. I,
as a land renter wish to offer my
feeble protest against such a law,
as 1 am sure it will work awful
hardship on the poor farmers of
this County, because they are not
permanently located, and the ques
tion of them preparing suitable
pasture for their stock is simply
out of the question, for clovers
and other crops would have to be
cultivated in order to keep our
milk cows, as a few acres of pine
bushes and briars will not answer.
If, ss some advocates of
the stock law claim. that
they can raise superior stock by
keeping them confined in a enill
pasture, then why can't thev go
ahead and fence their land. It
will not cost them Jany more at
present than if they had the Stock
Lkw.
In this County, the main source
of food to fallen hogs are the
waste peanuta'left on the ground
which would be ? total lose. Now,
what are we going to do about
tins'! The tenant will not be
furnished with fencing any longer.
He would have to Buy the wire
himself or lose the only chances
be now'has of providing hie fami
ly with meat, and the tenants are
not tbe only ones 10 suffer. There
are a large number of small land
owners whose stock travel down
the long lanes to the swamps and
help themselves to the abundance
of grass and weeds that grow in
such places, and which is too far
ftyfay fa thjnk of M ?
lure and eome times it ell belongs
to a few men.
It is great benefit to woods land
to have stock run on it, as they
keeD down the undergrowth of
briars, weeds and pojso.n vines
whiph woh>4 otherwise attain such
a growth that the farmers could
not haul out theli woods mould
and straw, an essential requisite
of soil Improvement. , As the doc
tors are agreed that the woods
are a menace to beulth, by causing
?n increased number of mosquitos,
this one item alone is enopgh to
of set anything said in favor of
the Stoek
Qne of the largest landowners
m this county says he is against
such a law as he is sure i( will
make it barf ?o tho landless ten
ant, tiod bless such an unselfish
heart. Wo are going to stink to
him. f see signs of the man or
set of men trying to tako the milk
and hnttap away from the small
farmer getting his just portion at
the pulls. Now if yon think a
Stock is a sure cholera eure,
please refer to T'wa and some
Other- hog raising states .and you
will find a greater loss from this
diseese th?n North Carolina has
ever suffered
Well. q\y article is getting too
long. There aie more very im
portant reasons why every farmer
and friend of the fsrmer* should
yote against this piece of class leg
islation, but I am satisfied it will
meet with * Klorv>usl.v defeat any
way. I el?se with an humble plea,
Mr. Townsman, don't bite the hand
that's feeding yon.
L. T. Edwardr.
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pint Month Gratifying and Work
Cone by Pupil* Satisfactory? ;
Senior Claaa Organized with Ed
ward Knox President?Library ;
Augmented by Seventy-fiye Vol- J
umes--Debating Societies Organize.
Winlon, N. C., Oct. J8?The
first. month of school was very
gratifying to the friends of the
school. The attendance was ex- !
cellent and the work of the stu
dents was. on the whole, eminent- *
ly satisfactory.
The High School Department, %
with art enrollment of 26 and with "
two teachers devoting their entire
time to High School subjects, is
doing splendid work.
The addition to the curriculum
that was mude this year gave the
school its fii st Senior Class. The
class has six members and has
elected the following officer;:
President, Edward Knox; Vice
President, Susie Brett; Secretary,
Hugh' Jones; Treasurer. Ruby J
Banks. The remaining members
of the class are Bessie Lee and
Paul Watson. The other officers "
of the class will be elected in the
spring. The lower classes in the
High School will organize within '
a short'time.
Through the instrumentality of '
the Ladies' Betterment Society, !
seventy five new volumes have
been added t0 the school library,
These, as well as the old books,
are boing widely read by the stu- ?
danta.
, r<
Among the visitors at the open- ? ?
ing exercises during the past month ? -
have been: Rev. J. N. Bynum, ? ?
Key. Braxton Craig. Rev. M. B. ?
Slaughter and Dr. T. T. Speight. ? ?
The school has been seriously t
affected by an epidemic of whoop- ?
ing cough in the community. At x
present there are eight cases among x
school children, and In addition t
(wo others are detained at home x
on account of having been exposed
to the deaeases. Few other cases ?
are anticipated since there are
now only ten children in the school
who have not previously had the "3
whoopingcough,
The N. W. Britton Debating So
oiety, composed of the boys in the 2
High Scb'Ool and the sixth and ^
seventh grades of the Grammar
School, and the Winton Literary
Society, composed of the girla in J
the High School have commenced
their activities and are doing good Jj
yfovh, Roth uf tbeae aoeietiea ?
ipeet hi-weekiy, 2
The officers of the N, W. Brit- Jj
ton Debating Society are: Presi- J
dent, Paul Watson, Vice President, 2
Hdward Knox, Secetary and Treas- 2
urer, Hugh Jones, Censor, Rrnest 2
Banks and Critic, R. 8- Williams. 3
The society has made an arrange* 2
cnent with the North Carolina Li- J
brary Qommttion whereby it ob- Q
tains suitable material on the sub- '
je?ta debated. Last year the so
ciety's representatives were sue- ?
cessful in both of their triangular -
debates in the State High Sohool -
Debating Contest and sent two J
teams tctkhe final debate at Chapel J
Dill, The society will enter rep- 4
resenUtlves in the icntest again <
this vear. <
The officers of the Literary So- J
ciety era: President, Annie Banks; 2
Vice PmldtmL Elisabeth Griffin; *
^ecetery, Josie Piland; Treasurer, ^
Gladys Jetlkiua. Lest year a <
member of this society won the O. _
Henry Memorial Gup, offered by
the two literary societies of the
State Normal College for the best
short story written by a High
School girl in the state. The cup
will be contested for again this
year. The society has accepted a
challenge to debate the girls in the
prenaratory department of Chow
an College. Arrangements for
the debate will be made later.
There is an active athletic spirit ?
in the school and the school, will
be represented next sprint* by a
?|rl? hanlrotlwU team ?m) a boys
basketball tet?no. Tentative acbV |
dules have already been arranged |
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