Hertford County Herald SaSmS^m""^H^^uJoEOTWEEKL^EWSPAPE^RINTED^I^ASTKRN NOKTH CAROLINA. ===aa?'S*^^*a^=3i,K=3!!?!==*?=3al"**BI'1* J, j , ^ 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. '.I * 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. - .. ...... ia. 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*. A? BUI on n i 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. ?T' 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 a=aL? 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*. a- mm 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. IE III HI II 111 Illj 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 stf 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<