Hertford County Herald
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VOL. 7 . AHOSKIE, N. C., DECEMBER 22, 1916. . NO. 49
WANTED
Mine Prop*. All Sizes.
Cell or Write to
Sterling Mine Prop Co.
AULANDEK, N C.
i kmw mt stsxssesoeseeesw
Any one desiring to purchase
tumbe?t< tries of any description,
see or write
J. B. MOULIN. Ahoekie, N. C.
Agents for
United States .Mar be I Co.
Dr. C. G Powell
DENTIST
PHONE NO. 10
AHOSKIE. N. C.
Winborne dt W'nborne
Benj. B. Winborne
Stanley Winborne
Attornsys-st-Lew
MURFREESBORO, N. C.
Phones No. 17 end 21.
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Edgar Thomas Snipes
A ttorne.v-at-Law
I .onus Negotiated
Real Estate Bought and Sold"
Office: 2nd Floor J. W. Godwin. Jr.. Bldg
AHOSKIE. N. C.
n. R. ALLEN
liealer In
BASH, DOORS. BUNDS. WINDOW
GLASS. HARDWARE. PAINTS
. AND BUILDING MATERIALS
GENERALLY
Wholesale and Retail
No. U27 Washington K.,?nre
WFFOI.K. VA.
SASH, DOORS. HARDWARE,
PAINTS. LIME. CEMENT. SEWER
PIPE. CART MATERIAL, MILL
SUPPLIES, STOVES. RANGES
AND ETC. CLOSE PRICES.
MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED
AND OBLIGE.
? E L. FOLK CO.
Ne. 917-0111 Wnthlntfton Square
SUFFOLK. V A.
ROGERS A WILUAMS
Attorneya-at-Law
Prompt Attention Given to All
Busineae.
AHOFKIE. N. C.
J. R. EVANS
Practical Tin Roofer and Sheet
Metal Worker
Pricea Right.
MURFREESBORO. K. C.
Walter R.. Johnson
Attoknby-at Law
Ahoskir. North Carolina
Practices wherever services desired
!ii Flier J. W. tidwii laiHiir
G. J. NEWBERN,
A vent
Ford Automobiles,
?Ahoakie. N. C.
Touring Car $360.00
Runabout ... .... 345.00
F. O. B. Detroit.
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Reaweli C- Brtdger*
Attorney-at-f^w
WINTON. N.'C.
C. Wallace Jones
Attorney and Ccunaellor-At-Law
WINTOA. N. C.
Practice in all courts. Loans negotiat
ed. All matters given orompt
and faithful attention.
Located in Bank of Winton'
RUB OUT PAIN
with good oil liniment. That'*
the aureSt way to atop them.
The heat rubbing liniment ia
MUSTANG
LINIMENT
Good for the Ailments of
Horaea, Mules, Cattle, Etc.
Qood far your own Aches.
Pain*, Rheumatism, Sprain*,
Cut*, Burn*, Etc.
I 25c.'S0c.tl. At aft Dealer*.
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Misled by the glamor of 20 cent
cotton, there is grave danger tlml
many a Southern farmer wi'l stake
Ilia all on this one crou?forgelt
ing that cotton, compared with
other commodities, is not really
high priced; forgetting the great
les?on that aoil fertility must come
first in succeastul farming.
By spring; corn will probably
be selling for $1.50 a bushel, flour
at $12.00 a barrel), hay at $25 to
$$0 00 a ton. Cottonseed meal
and acid phosphate are soaring,
and DoUsh fertilizer in quantity
cannot be had at all; consequently
every farmer who exrncts to get
litis soil fertility in sacks is going
to have to |?a.r dearly for it. Shoes
arid leather goods of all kinds are
higher than this generation nas
ever known; implements, wire
fencing and nails are high and ap
parently going higher.
All in all, then, cotton, relative
ly, is not high. True.it is now
50 per cent higher now than the
standard prire of recent years,
but practically everything elae we
eat, wear, or otherwise use is also
50 per cent or more higher, this
being true?and any man with his
eyes open knows that it is true
where is there a particle of logic
or commnnsense in rushing pell
mell into aH cotton!
Whether cotton is high or low,
for the cotton farmer anywhere in
the South we have consistent)
held that there is one and only one
sound, safe plan, and that is to
provide for food, feed and soil fer
tility first, and then raise what
cotton he can on the acreage not
devoted to these |ive-at-home
crops. This means?
1 A good garden, plenty
of Irish and sweet potatoes, cane
for syrup, fruit trees, a big bunch
of producing liens, some good
cows to furnish plenty of milk and
butter, plenty of meat hogs, and
wheat for bread.
2. A first-class pasture to furn
ish grazing for chickens, bogs,
cattle and horses, a 'good acreage
in oata followed by beans or peas
to furnish cheap feed next sum
mer end fall, and an abundance of
corn and .peas or beans to insure
us against having to buy feed next
seison.
3. A legume crop on every
acre every year, to build up our
lands and save fertilizer bills. It
is of course too late now to
put in the winter growing leg
umes, but it is possible to put in
next spring a big acreage of peas,
soy and velvet beans, and peanuts.
Then next fall, let us begin with
crimson clover and use it hereafter
as a green manure crop to plow
under in tbe spring for our corn.
Such a simple system as this will
provide first of all food, feed and
fertility, all grown at home.
Without these, no country and no
people can ever advance far agri
rieull u rally; with them will come
big crops, large net profits, pros
perity.
Which shall it be for you. Broth
er Farmer, commnnsense and s
bank account, or all cotton, big
food, feed and fertilizer bills and
poverty.?Progressive Farmer.
PLAN TO STANDARDIZE
PRICE OF NEWSPRINT
New York, Pec. 15.?A plan de
signed to standardize t he pi ice of
newa print paper so that it tthall
be within reach of the small a*
well aa the large newspaper pub
lishei was presented co the three
members of the Federal Trade
Commission who came here today
to confer with half hundred rep
resentatives of the paper manu
factoring industry.
The plan oropoces that the com
mission investigate the paper mak
ing-industry lo ascertain the cost
of production and then fix a flat,
standard price of the product at
the mill.
The proponents of the plan are
publishers of small dailies in New
Jersey. ? ,
The paper manufacturers met
hrre ->rith members of the commis
sion to formulate a policy for the
conduct of their side of the case at
the joint conference in Washing
ton tomorrow and appointed a ,
committee of nine to attend the ;
conference. j
Jatnea B. Potter, attorney for
the Newsprint Manufacturers As
sociation Which called the paper
men together, said the committee ]
was given no power .to act, but :
would meet the publishers, talk
the situation over and report back
to the manufacturers. He said i
the plan to standardize pricec to I
large and small oustooners alike i
re nt i it |
Parcel Poat Sale Succeaaful.
The parcel Poet Sale, conducted
in the Colonial Hotel by the
Women'* Betterment Association
last Friday night, PP* only afford
ed bushel* of fun sUd pleasure lor
those who bruvedf Uie^ wet and
freezing weather, but it was a
money maker for the school and
will go a long way towards help
ing furnish the new auditorium.
A very appetizing supper was
served by a selected bunch of
waitresses and a great many for
sook their homes and partook of
the especially arranged repast.
Parcel Poat packages, neatly wrap
ped and eapecially prepared were
handed out to the pat rone of the
"poat office", and every single
nsckage came C. O. D. The total
amount of the receipts amounted
to nearly sixty dollars, with forty
five of this amount clear expense.
Electric Lights Turned oa.
Ahoskie was again flooded with
artificial light on last Wednesday
night, and the newl.v installed en
gine which is furnishing the pow
er for the remodeled plant has to
date given i?rfect satisfaction. It
was the first time in six weeks that \
electric lights had shone in the '
homrs and streets of the town,
and it was a highly appreciated
Christmas gift to the people of 1
Ahoskie. Mr. E. R. Conger, of 1
Edenton, now has charge of the
plant and he has been and is doing
all he ean to give satisfaction to bis
patrons. Many additional homes
and places of business are lieing 1
wired since the installation of the
new engine, and this exhibits*a
degree of confidence that was not
prevalent before the new power i
machine was installed.
Tuscarora Club Building Remodeled.
A. "baby" veranda is being add- '
ed to tbe Tuscarora Club building, '
just over the Hkkald office. The
new porch will be five feet in I
width nnd thirty feet long; and
will give the Club members an
outlook from their room* which
they have not had since moving
into their home. With the addi
tion of the porch, a side entrance,
beginning on Railroad Street, be
side the Hcbald office, will be
constructed, providing a direct en
trance to the Club rooms, instead
of having to use a circuitous
route which has been the only
means of entrance heretofore.
Abotkic High School Hoaor Roll.
First Grade?Henry Harris,
Albert Godwin, Craig Vaugban,
Theo Mitchell, E. C. Hobbs, Luis
Godwin. Kenneth Newsome,
Myrtle Green.
Second Grade?Helen Henthall,
Ruth Jernigan, Eatelle Newsome,
Etta Parker.
Third Gfade?Bernard Harris,
Elmo Jernigan, Gilbert Howard.
Lavenia Hill, Bailv Vaughan,
liexwell Brown, Clarence Benthall
Bessie Newsome.
Fourth Grade?George Darden,
Robert Hoggard. Mary Hoggard,
Mabel Cairo Hoggard, Horace
Johnson.
Fifth Grade?Mary Sumner,
Tboma9 Baker, Arthur Greene.
Sixth Gradge?Agnes Brett.
Madaline Brett, Margaret Cope
land. Mary Newsome, Helen Mod
lin. Robert Morris.
Eighth Grade?Iola Wooten.
Annie Laurie Sessoms.
Music Honor Roll-r-Vera Boze
man, Helen Johnson, Annie Laura
Sessoms, Sybil Myers, Margret
Overton, Loii Gerock, Etta Feld
man, Mar.v Sumner. Daisy Mod
lin. Helen Leary, Audrey New
some, Margaret Copeland, Ssllie
Newsome, Mary Newsome. Mary
Jernigan, Margaret Pierce, Emma
Wooten. Fe.ve Gerock. Eleanor
Dilday, Louisd Basnight, Earle
Lawrence.
Cotton Ginned in Hertford County.
There were 3532 bales of cotton,
counting round as half bales, gin
ned in Hertford County, from the 1
crop of 1916 prior to December 1,
1916, as compared with 2354 bales
ginned to December 1, 1915.
A. T. Newsome, Special Agent.
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Good for Constipation I
Chamberlain's Tablets are ez- '
cellant for constipation. They 1
are pleasant to take and mild 1
in effect. Obtainable eyery where. J
To Cure a Cold In On# Day
r?k* LAXATIVE BROMO Quloioe. It stopo the '
Couth and Hesdsche sad works oS the Cold.
Drvggiata refund money if it fails to car*. ]
B. W. GROVK'8 signature on each boa. 25c (
piirgested by the small pub- '
Ushers was not taken up at today's ,
meeting. i
Winton Waveletls
Ru?y Paopla from o Busy Tswa
fMll Cf?piUd mi Ataaftd by Aa
tiWll Hataid Cawwyeadaat
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On account of the death of
Judge Cowper and the inclement
weather, a email but appreciative
audience greeted Karl Janaen in
the Town Hall Thuradav night.
Mr. Ja-aset. gtve Davy Crockett
and with hie dramatic art weavee
the story an well that theee men
and women of old come to lite lie
fore you. We can recommend
Mr. Janaen to any trgani&ation
that wiahea to have a clean and el
evating enterteinment. He also
give* a liberal amount of the pro
ceeds to the local organization.
Mr. Janaen came here under the
auspices of tbe Beterment Asso
ciation.
A community Christmas Tree
will he given on the school ground
Christmas night. The beat voices
in Winton will unite in singing
the Christmas' carols. Every child
in town, the old people, and some
people, who do not have much
Christmas in tbeir homes, will be
remembered.
Tbe Sunbeams of Chowan
Church will have charge of the
Sunday School Sunday. December
M, with the exception of class
period. The children will give
appropriate exercises; the collec
tion will be given to the Sunbeams
for their Christmas offering to
China.
Miss Jessie Cowper has gone to
Kinston to make her home with
tier brother, Mr. Vernon Cowper.
Miss Jessie has many friends in
Winton who regret to have her
leave her home. She will be
missed, especially in her church. (
where she has done much faithful ,
work.
Mrs. R. C. Bridger returned
home Saturday from a visit to ,
her mother in Wake Forest- ,
Miss Kate Taylor, a student of i
Chowan College, is at li.iuie for
tbe holidays. >
Graves Vann and John North
jott. of A. and M. Csllege, will
De home the last of the week, to
ipend the Christmas holidays with
their parents.
Mr. Sidney Mathews, of the
University of North Carolina, is
home for Christmas.
Mr.and Mrs. J. W. Boone and
ion, W. D. Boone, will spend
Christmas in Norfolk with Mr.
tnd Mrs. Walter Wilkins.
Charles Watson, who has a po
lition in the office of the Cannon^
Manufacturing Company, of Kan
napolis, is expected home Friday
to spend a tew days.
It is rumored that we are to
have a wedding in Winton during
the holidays, but more of that lat
er.
Quite a number of our people
were in Norfolk last week, "doing
their Christmas shopping early."
The Winton High School will
close Thursday for the holidays.
The teachers will spend Christinas
in their respective^ homes. Mr.
Williams and Miss wester in Chase
City; Misses Ro.vster, Cocfferham,
Newbern. in Henderson, Elkin and
Dear.
Mr. J. H. Lee and family are
moving into their pretty new home
today, Monday, next door to the
Bautist parsonage. Mrs. E. A.
Vinson will occupy the house va
cated bv Mr. liee, and Miss Mary
Wood will move into the home va
cated by Mrs. Vinson, which Miss
Wood purchased some time ago.
Winton Hifh School Honor Roll.
Primary Department
Second Grade?Lillian Buck,
Lawrence Mitchell, Joe Watson.
Third Grade?Mytle {Banks.
Richard McGlohon, John pavis
Shaw.
Grammar School
Fourth Grade?Harrv Jones
Fifth Gruoe?Estelle Clark.
Laura Mse Watson.
Seventh Grade?Earl Lhrerman
Shepard Storey.
Hioh School
Fourth Year?Edward Kno*.
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Admitted to Supreme Court Bar
Washington, Dec. 15.?Roswell
C. Bridger, an attorney of Winton,
has oeen admitted to practise at ?
the l>ar of the Supreme Court of
the United States. He was pre
sented to the court by Senator
Overman.
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As markets have become more
distant, tiie production of farm
products has become more special
ized and credit more necessary to
carry farmers between tbe harvest
ing and the sale of one crou and
another. All business is done
more or less ou a credit basis.
Railroads borrow through the
issue of bonds at a low rate of in
terest up to the full value of their
tangible assets. To borrow is on
ly a misfortune when the interest
rate is too high and the time of
repayment too short. The Farm
er's production of goods is not
like a manufacturer's, daily, but
reasonable. His planting of a croo
is an Investment upon which it
may take a year to reali ze. Con
sequently, if he does not make
enough on the last year's crop to
provide him, his family and st<?k
with food and his fand with ferti
lizer ar other needed supplies un
til another crop is grown, haivest
and sold, he must get credit of
some kind or other. The period
between crons and sales may be
anywhere from a month in the
case of dairy farming to a year in
the case of cotton or grain farm
ing.
In the cotton belt States operat
ing credit takes tbe form of supply
store credits. According to the
reports of linkers, the amount <>f
supplies advanced on credit is 58
per cent of the .value of the cotton
crop, or $30,000,000 for North
Carolina alone.
The bankers in the 54 cotton
producing counties of this State
estimate that farmers pay on jui |
average 19.2 per cent more for |
goods bought on time than they
would bad they bought them for
cash. If these acci unis run for Hi
six m<<ntlis, this would mean an ?
interest rate of 38.4 per cent. ^
The problem of short-time credit, ?
then, is a real one. whether the V
community knows how to solve it ?
or not.
North Carolina ha? done more ?
than any State in the Union Vo V
solve the problem of rural credit V
thiough its Credit Union Law. ?
Eight other. States haile passed ?
Credit Uoion\or cooi<eratlive bank- ?
ing laws for wort loans, Masea- Y
chusetta. folloying the lead ot T
Canada. Dtwetf, the/first Credit '
Union Law in theUi.ited Stales ?
in 19091 Credit-Unions have been ?<
formed in Boston and New York i
City. But, sa far as we have "
been able to learn, no Credit 4
Unions have been organized I
among farmers in any State out- 4
side of North Carolina. Excepting "
those promoted and maintained by ?
the Jewish Agricultural Aid So- ?
Ciely- ffl
IE Of BED CROSS
mmYEAREY
Last year the increase of the
sates of Red Cross Ch ristmas seals
over that of the year before was
almost forty per cent and it is g
thought by those having this work __
in hand that the mail sale method
that wasatdopled last year was
largely responsible for the in
crease.
The mail sale method consist in
mailing seals enclosed in a letter
to each of a selected list of prob
able buyers without previous so
licitation. It secures the highest
results of any method known for
the time, labor and expense in solv
ed, and when posted in proper
form the letters make highly
pleasing and welcome receipts in
the mail, far from giving offense.
A stamped return enveloped is ?
enclosed in each letter so that the ?
receiver can without trouble or
expense return either payment or
the seals. The method works to a
gjfeat advantage particularly in
reaching those in the country or
in distant places.
Many North Carolina towns are
adopting the method of selling
seals through the mail and are
finding that it pays. Raleigh
adopted the method last year and
is using it again this year. Dr.
L. B. McBrayer, executive secre
tary of the State Red Cross Seal
Commission, is also using the mail
nale method in his work. He will
furnish literature explaining the
mail sale method to any who are
interested. -
Lai-fM, A MM, Effacttrt Lsiattve t Uvsr Torte
Oom Not Blip* aar Uctirt the Stomach.
In addition to other properties, Lax-Fos
contains Caacara In acceptable form, a
stimulating Laxative andTonic. Lax-Poa
?eta effectively and does not gripe nor
disturb atomach. At the same time, it aids
ligestioa, arouses the liver and secretiona
sod reatores the healthy functions. 50c.
WMmrer You Need a Oemnl Toole
Take Grove'*
The Old Standard Grove'* Tasteless
Chill Tonic 1* equally valuable a* a
General Tonic because it contain* the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. It actson the Liver, Drive*
Oct Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Build* np the Whole System. 90 cents. |
UIGUt'U Si STILL HIGHER ]
The cost of living is becoming serious. Price#
for the necessaries of life continue to soar, and ex
penses generally run higher and still higher. The
hour for entrenchment is at hand. Waste must be
cut out and saving introduced as its substitute.
No better means of Saving can be
foune than a Saving's Account in a good
banking hours.
CITIZENS BANK
of Murfreesboro, N. C.
invites your account, large or small. A small ac
count beaomes the foundation for greater things, as
"large oaks from small acorns grow."
Open an Account With Us. DO IT NOWI
Citizens BanR
'Murfreesboro, N. C.
Fall and Winter Goods. *
A grand assortment of Fall and Winter Goods now X
adorns our shelvs. Everything sold at same old prices. Q
Buy your Garments here.
J. P. BOYETTE, Ahoskie, N. C.
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Fire Insurance. Rental Agents. ?
The Guarantee Company, Inc.
W. L. CURTIS, Pres. J. O. CARTER, Secy. ft Treas, f
FLOWERS
for all occassions. Wedding flowers, funeral designs, com
mencement flowers etc. Place your order with Boyette ft
Rlouut, our local agent for Ahoskie.
SLICK'S
Norfolk's Oldest Florist.
NORFOLK, VA.
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NOT ON~E~M"\?N~lN_A THOUSAND^
That ever gets a Start in Life does so outside of the beaten path
of regular Saving. It is the one sure way of getting on your feet.
Get a few hundred dollars ahead. It will open the way to
better things.
Labor judiciously directed and Capital intelligently employ
ed from the bedrock of private fortune. Accounts can be start
ed with us with any sum from $1 upward. FOR SAFETY.
Merchants and Farmers Bank
Winton, N. C. J
JUST ARRIVED g
A Carload of Horses and Mutes. S
We have us nice a lot of team as can be found any
where, which will be kept replenished with fresh stofck
during the entire season.
lie sure to look them over before buying or trading.
We appreciate your patronage in the past and shall
endeavor to warrant the continuation of same by keep
ing only first class stock.
HARRELL BROTHERS
Murfreesboro, N. C.
Located in Stables at Rear of Peoples Bank. J
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