Hertford County Herald
^""""^^^^^"""^THELAHGE^rWEEKLYNEWSPAPER PRINTED IN tASTKRN NORTH CAROLINA.
VOL. 8 AHOSK.IE, N. C.. FEBRUARY 2, 1917. NO. 3
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WANTED
Mine Prope, All Size*.
Cell ?r Writer to
! Sterling Mine Prop Co.
AULANDEK, N C.
Any one de?iriug to purchase
lombcMtoneit of any description,
?ee or write
J. B. MODI.IN, Ahoakie, N. C.
Agent* for
United blalea Marble Co.
Dr. C. g Powell
DENTIST
PHONE NO. 10
AHOSKIE. N. C.
Idgir Thomaa Snipes
Attorney-at-Iaiw
Loans Negotiated
Real Estate Bought and Sold'
Office-, tnd Floor J. W. Godwin. Jr.. Bldg
? AHOSKIE. N. C.
R. R. ALLEN
Dealer In
SASH, DOORS. BLINDS. WINDOW
GLASS. HARDWARE. PAINTS
AND BUILDING MATERIALS
GENERALLY
Wholeaale and Retail
No. U17 Washington Square
SUFFOLK. 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.
No. 017-9 IB Washington Square
SUFFOLK. VA.
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ROGERS & W1LHAMS
Attorney?-at-I,?w
Prompt Attention Given to All
? BuainoM.
AHOPKIE. N. C.
J. R. EVANS
Practical Tin Roofer and Sheet
Metal Worker ?
Price* Right.
MUKFREESBOKO. N. C.
Walter R. Johnson
Attorjcft-at Law
Ahoskib. North Caroi.iba
Practices wherever service* desired
1st riser 1. V. Mwti tiiUiiR
G. J. NEWBERN,
Agent
, Ford Automobiles,
Ahoakie, N. C.
Touring G*r_. $360.00
Runabout ... 346.00
F. O. B. Detroit.
RmwoII C- Brldgar"
Attornejr-at-Law
WINTON. N. C.
C. Wallace Jones
Attorney and Counsellor-At-Law
WINTOW. it. C.
Practice hi all court*. Loan* negotiat
ed. AH matter* given orompt
and faithful attention.
kioaaUd in Bank of Winton*
. f Good for Ceaetlpation
Chamberlain's Tablet* are ex*
oellant for constipation. They
are pleasant to take and mild
in effect. Obtainable erery where.
RUB OUT PAIN
wkH good oil liniment That'*
the sure* war to (top them.
The heat rubbing liniment ia
MUSTANG
LINIMENT
(Good for the A^mfnb of |
Hor.ee, Mulee, Ca*W Etc.
Good for your own A eha.
Peine, Rheumatism. Spreine,
Cute, Borne, Etc.
j Sc. 50c. 41. At all Dealam
NEWS AND NOTES OF
THE COUNTY CAPITAL
Strong and Spirited Rivalry
Between Ticket Sellera. C.
L. Blount Becomes Cashier
of Bank of Winton. Perso
al Mention.
At first glance the Wlnton cor
respondent did not recognize her
own newslast week, The editor
had given it such a prominent place
in the HERALD with a eonapicioua
headline. Then, the HERALD was
"all dreaeed up" in her new type,
which ia very becoming.
We are glad to know that the
HERALD ia going to get out a spec
rial edition in interest of the
GREATER HERTFORD. If you
think Hertford County is the beet
county in the State, co-operate with
Editor Parker in getting out this
special issue and tell others about it.
We are looking out for the time
when the HERALD will have eight
pages all home print, and we
shall read the news each week from
our neighboring towns, for, if
this weather continues, the only
way we shall ever know what peo
ple are doing will be through the
newspaper, and we would not ven
ture out, if we had to pass that
Main Street of Ahoakie, for, from
all reports we might go straight to
China.
Interest in the Chautauqua is in
creasing each day. The ticket com
mittee, which has been divided into
two sides with C. Wallace Jones,
Captain of the Red Team and R. E.
Williams, Captain of the Blue, has
been very busy the past week selling
tickets. The Winton people are
giving committee their support. If
the weather is favorable a large
crowd will attend the Chautauqua,
"* fivrtmSl the efforts of kr. f!7
Knox and the Boy Scouts, thirty
two dollars were sent to the Relief
Fund for the Belgian Children.
Mrs. Powell, ne? Miss Don is Ward
of Wallace, was in town Monday, on
her way home from Richmond,
where she has been with her sister,
Miss Peart Ward, who has been op
erated on for appendicitis.
Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Taylor Jr.
returned to their home in Norfolk,
after spending a week in town with
Mr. Taylor's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. P.Taylor Sr.
Mr. J. P. Mitchell received a tel
egram last week stating that his
daughter, Mrs. Justice, of Charlotte
had been operated on for appendici
tis and was getting on nicely.
Miss Kate Taylor, of Chowan Col
lege, spent the week end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. - S. P. Taylor.
Mr. A. T. Newsome, who has been
the capable and obliging Cashier of
the Bank of Winton for the past two
years, has resigned his position and
srill devote his entire time to his
mercantile business and farming.
Mr. Clarence Blount, of Ahoekie,
has been elected Chashier of the
Bank, and will take charge of the
work Febuary 1st. Winton extends
to Mr. Blount a hearty welcome.
"Coon Town Minstrels of
Harrellesville."
At Newsome's Halt, Friday Nifht,
February 2.
PROGRAM.
Part I?Jokes, Songs, Dances and a
Banjo Specialty.
Part II?Play, "The Booster Club
? of Blackville."
CHARACTERS:
Hon. Bill Johnson?Tennyson Hollo
mon.
Abraham Li coin Washington? Rich
I ard Lowe.
| William Bilkins Smith?Omar Hill.
I Charles Augustus Hotfoot?Earl
I Smith.
James Jackson Muchmouth?Eu
gene Holloman.
Garfield Fuasfeater?Marcus Smith.
Rufus Rastus Goggenheimer?Ru
pert Lirerman.
Horace Wetweether Cutup ?Star
key Downing.
Micbal Angelo Wishbone? Mercer
Rowe.
MUNICIPAL SUFFRAGE
BY LOCAL OPTION
A Bill to Be Entitled An Act
To Authorize Any City or
Town to Amend It'* Char
ter To Confer Municipal
Suffrage on the Women. (
The General Assembly of Norh Car
olina do enact:
Section 1. Whenever a petition
signed by one-tenth of the voters
voting at the last municipal election
shall be presented to the Board of
Aldermen or other governing board
of any town or city ten days or
more before the first Monday in
April of any year asking for an elec
tion to be held to amend the char
ter in regard to Municipal Suffrage
so as to admit to the exercise there
of all persons twenty or.a years of
age and over, excluding only luna
tics, convicts and illiterates (except
those of the latter who are qualified
as State electors under the provis
ions of section four. Art. VI of the
State Constitution), said board or
other governing body shall order an
election to be held in the manner
required by law for other elections
in said city or town on the first
Monday in April, at the usual poll
ing places and appointing poll hold
ers for said election at which the
will of the people shall be taken
upon said proposition. At such
election all adults not above quali
fied, shall be competent to vote ir
respective of sex.
Section 2. At said election all
electors who are in favor of said
proposition shall vote "Yes" and all
opposed shall vote "No." If at
said election a majority of the votes
east shall be in the affirmative, then
the amendment to the charter of
said town shall be adopted and so
Mbllaiu) by the Board wfthln 6 days
after said election is held. And
thereupon all persons twenty one
years of age and over, resident in
said town for ninety days preceding
an municipal election thereafter
held, and who are not idiots, luna
tics, convicts, or illiterates (except
those qualified as electors under the
provisions of section four, Art. VI
of the State Constitution) shall be
deemed and held qualified voters of
said town or city, in all elections
thereafter held for any municipal
purposes therein.
Section 3. This act shall be in
force from and after its ratification.
Mississippi to Demonstrate
Advantages of Advertising.
Dt>wn in Mississppi public-apirited
citizens have laid plans that will re
sult in a better known and a more
prosperous State. The centenia! of
Mississippi's entrance into the Union
which falls on December next, is to
be the occasion for a great publicity
campaign, of which the Mississippi
Centennial Exposition, to open at
Gulfport on December 10, is to
be the initial stroke.
The hutsling West has shown
what may be done by advertising in
the work of developing a section.
Southern communities. Southern
Railroads and Southern land owners
will do well to emulate the Western
example and advertise widely, with
enthusiasm, and all the time.
Mississippi is to be congratulated
on the progressive spirit shown in
the move about to be made.?Man
ufacturers Record.
A. and N't New Descriptive Circular
The A. and M. College has lately
issued a 64-page circular containing
a number of good illustrations of
buildings and interiors. These pic
tures are well illustrated and well
executed. The text covers the points
which usually concern prospective
Students, including entrance re
quirements, curricula, rules of gov
ernment, self-help, rooms, and ex
penses. Young men who are Inclin
ed to seek technical training for
life should write for copies to the
Registrar, West Raleigh, N. C.
Mas Cared la 6 *s 14 Days
Tmc SmW.iB ttfaad T.? TAtO
ESSESrt
HAPPENINGS OF ONE
WEEK J HIE
Colonial Hotel Building Beinf
Hade into Store, and Soon
to Be Occupied. Hr. C. L.
Blount Becomes Cashier of
Bank of WInton.
Remodelinf Hotel Bulldiaf.
The old Colonial Hotel Building
on Poetoffice Mock of Main Street
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la being gone over by carpenters
and the lower comportments t>eing
changed into a store building.
The partition* have been taken out
and shelves put In. Mrs. Grubb,
who ha* formerly been conducting
a business with Mr. Tynes Newsome,
will soon move into this place, where
she will 'conduct a business of
her own.
The other half of the lower floor
has already beed renovated and par
titions removed. Messrs. George
Baker and Charlie Godwin are con
ducting a general merchandise bus
iness in this place, which was form
erly under the management of Z. V.
Bellamy, who conducted the Bon
Air Cafe and fountain.
Mr. t l. Blount mm to Wiaton.
Mr. Clarence Blount, a native of
Plymouth, who has been ably assist
ing: Mr. D. P. Boyette in the Farm
ers-Atlantic Bank here for the past
two years, has resigned his position
as Assistant Cashier, and will hence
forth make his home in Winton.
He has been elected Casheir of the
Bank of Winton, of our sister town,
and will assume his new duties on
February 1st. The directors of the
local bank have not yet succeeded
in securing; an assistant to take the
position left vacant by Mr. Blount's
resignation.
Mr. Blount, sinqe coming to this
place has mmjg ? jtofiimn of friends
who, although they hate to lose him
as a citisen, feel that he has merit
ed the advance in position. Hard, con
sistent work has won for Mr. Blount
a substantial position as a banker.
It can be truthfully said that Mr.
Blount is another banker who has
been seasoned and well trained in
local banks, which have somewhat
of a reputation fot^producing bank
ers.
Besides his activity and knowledge
of banking, Mr. Blount has taken a
leading and prominent part in the
social and religious life of the town.
He has at all times taken an active
part in the Methodist Sunday School
of this town. This well liked young
man leaves behind many friends, all
of whom wish for him much success
which is sure to c ome in his new
field of work.
SUFFICIENTLY PROSPEROUS
If North Carolina needs and wants
greatly to extend and deepen its ed
ucational activities, there is no issue
of poverty involved. North Caro
lina is sufficiently prosperous. It is
spending money for what it
wants. During 1915 it spent more
for the upkeep of automobiles than
for the salaries of public school sup
erintendents and teachers combined. I
North Carolina has just as much!
money to spend for education as it
wants to spend for education. But
even if it were not prosperous, pov
erty is an excuse from but a reason
for education. What John Owen
said in 1830 is as tragically true to
day as then: "It is a policy that
has kept the State in ignorance and
the poor in poverty."
Let us have done forever with
this fatally inverted logic. What
we spend is a question of our pref
erence in terms of our wise or un
wise choice, and the inevitable index
to our desires. A Christian may as
well say that the church is too poor
to be honest, as for a citizen of
North Corolina to say that the State
is too poor to educate, and to the
limit of its desire.
No. 666 /
Thi. it a prncripiioa prepared orpaaUlh
? for MALARIA or CHILLS A FCtTCR
Pi?e or lit doeee will break aajr cn< mm
? if irkro then M a I oak the Paver wit no
ttj"rn. I' acta on the liver bcttcraphai
^Hrnal and doee not frlpe or ticken. dSt
I
RADCLIFFE CHATAU
QUA TflJ IN WINTON
Third and Last Day's Program
Includes the Spragues, Who
Present "Esmeralda," and
The Qglesbees, Who Pres
ent a Musical Program.
The Sprafues.
Two wonderfully clever people.
For many years they nave presented
complete four act plays with all the
characters costumed and convinc
ingly protrayed. Alone they be
come all the persons in the play. I
You hear many p eople. You see |
many people, and you wonder how (
they do it. On the afternoon pro- I
gram they present Esmeralda, and
at night Rip Van Winkle. All the ?
characters in these two plays are <
represented with a minute attention 2
to detail by these two wonderfully d
clever people. The Spragues. Speak- 4
ing of this combination, one of our 1
Chautauqua committees wrote Mr. i
Sprague as follows: "We must ex- 4
press to you and your charming 4
wife our great appreciation of your 4
presentation of "Esmeralda." It |
is equal to your "Rip Van Winkle," ^
and we hardly know how we could
express greater approval than that. <
Your audience numbered seven hun
dred and seven hundred of them
were delighted. Personally, I am <
still wondering how you and Mrs. ^
Sprague managed to give an entire' .
play, with all the characters appear- .
ing without delay, friction or con- fj
flict. It is a great success and is |
worthy of the best Chautauqua R
courses in the Nation." |
The Oflesbees.
Two artist, Wm. H. Oglesbee, jj
tenor soloist, and Lenore Oglesbee, J
contralto, comprise this combine- r
tion and they present a musical pro- ?
gram of vocal and instrumental se- P
lections, pleasing in variety and P
popular in appeal. Those who are "
looking for the ideal in musical pro
grams will be well satisfied with
the musical and literary qualities
offered, while those seeking enter
tainment will find abundance of it
in the programs of these talented
artists. As a soloist, Mrs. Oglesbee
is able to interest not only musical
critics but the popular audience as
well. Her piano monologues are
thoroughly popular in character and
will appeal especially to that portion
of her audiences which desires to be
entertained.
HOG CHOLERA QUARANTINE
In order to aid in the control and
eradication of hog cholera in the
counties of Chowan, Perquimans,
Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck and
Gates, the following order shall be
in effect on and after January 25th,
1917.
No hog, or hogs, shall be moved
or allowed to move into Chowan, <
Perquimans, Pasquotank, C&mden, <
Currituck or Gates counties from
any section of this State, or from
any other State, unless accompained
by a health certificate issued by a
qualified verterinarian, the same
approved by the State Verterinarian
of the state origin, or by the State
Verterinarian of North Carolina.
The health certificate must show
that ihe hog, or hogs, are free
from hog cholera and have not been
exposed to hog cholera infection
and that anti-hog cholera serum has
been administered within thirty days
or that hog cholera serum and
virus not less than thirty days.
The above order shall apply to all <
classes of hogs except those shipped <
to a recognized Slaughtering center j
for immediate slaughter.
W. A. Graham,
Commissioner of Agriculure of '
North Carolina.
Cotton Ginned in Hertford County.
There were 4276 bales of eodon,
counting round as half bales, ginned
in Hertford County, from the crop
of 1916 prior to January 16th 1917,
aa compared with 3281 bales ginned
to January 16th, 1916.
A. T. Newsohfe
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FARMERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATWN jj
Of NortH Carolina.
NORTHAMPTON. HERTFORD. AND BERTIE BkANCH
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?fm FrttMllM U Caiatrj Frtftrtj tfilatl Flrt, Wii4, u4 UfMaksf at (aat.
Directora: T. S. Norfleet, Roxobel, W. J. Harrell, Aulander,
D. N. Stephenson, Pendleton, T. C. Peele. Rich Square,
R. P. Thomaa, Gbfield, J. W. Boone, Winton.
Ole Rave Been Doing Business Since 1M7?
Have not failed to adjust and settle all losses satisfactory to
the claims. This being a time of prepardness all farmers should
have their property insured in the Farmers Mutual. We have
now over two millions of dollars worth of policies in force, and
over ten thousand dollars to the credit of the Association. We re
spectfully ask all farmers to have their property insured with ua.
Albirt Vann, President, R. W. Outland, Sec.& Treas.
Rich Square, N. C. W. S. Nelson, Afent, Murfrceaboro, N. C.
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I A HOUSE FULL < \
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y of Staple Groceries awaits your selection and purchase. 4 ?
> Fancy Groceries also. < ?
Buy what you w?.nt from the Premier Grocery Store in Town. \ >
Our goods are as good as the best. < ?
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> J. P. BOYETTE, Ahoikie, N. C.
Fire Insurance. Rental Agents. ?
The Guarantee Company, Inc.
, W. L. CURTIS, Pre*. J. O. CARTER, Secy. A Tree*. J
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NOT ONE MAN IN A THOUSAND
That ever get* 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 opefr tTie way to
better things.
Labor judiciously directed and Capital intelligently employ
ed from the bedrock of private fortune. Accounts can be start
ed with ua with any sum from $1 upward. FOB SAFETY.
Merchants and Farmers Bank E
Wlnton, N. C H
JTJST ARRIVED B
Another Carload of Horses and Mules, tj
We have 25 head of as nice Horaee and Mule* aa can
be found anywhere, which will be kept replenithed
with fre?h stock daring the entire season.
Be aura to leak 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 j
Murfreesboro, N. C.
Located in Stables at Rear of Peoples Bank. fl
ONE MOKE WEEK
Exceptional values offered at this
store for the next few days in Men's,
Women and Children's Shoes. Prices
cut in half.
COST PRICES
have been resorted to in our ready-made clothing
department, Men's Suits are going at a sacrifice.
We Must Make Hoom for New Stock
t 1
Don't wait until they are all gone, come noer and
get your Shoes or Suit from.
Garrett Sr Jernigan
Ahoskie, N. C.
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