North Carolina Newspapers

Hertford County Herald ?.'V iT'W - ? \h- , ^s"? " ' ^. ? <?!? i .? 1 j i ? , r ? : i a?eai ? n. .i i ? - . ' - ? Bsaaa^==:, ? ?, r=ssaa?H THE LARGEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER pilNTED IN EASTERN NORTH CAKOLl.YA^ VOL. 8 AHOSKIE, N. C.. APRIL 6. 1917. NO. 12 ' J a 1 **WWWUWWWWWI*fWW?B I WANTED I Mine Prop*,,,AII Size*. f Call or Write to SI Sterling Mine Prop Co. f AULANDER, N. 0. i I*****************?***ft t ' i.i I Any one desiring to purchase I tombextooes of any description, see or write J. B. MODLIN. Ahoskie, N. C. Agent* for United Slate* Marble Co. DR. C.G POWELL, DENTIST PHONE NO. 10 AIIOSK1R. N. C. Edgir Thome* Sn'pes Attorriey-st-I*w I Imij N?K"ti*ted Rent Batnte Bought and Sold OfBce: 2nd floor J. W. Godwin. Jr.. HM* I AH08K1E. N. C. R. H. ALLEN Utiln In* f A8H, DOORS. BLINDS. WINDOW GLASS. HARDWARE. PAINTS AND BUILDING MATERIALS GENERALLT Wholesale and Retail No. UC7 Washington R^nre m:kfoi.k. VA. L SASH. DOORS, . HARDWARE. PAINTS. LIME. CEMENT. SEWER PIPE. CART MATERIAL. MILL SUPPLIES. STOVES. RANGES AND ETC. CLOSE PRICES. MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED AND OBLIGE. E U..4S91K CO. Ri'FFOI.K. VA. ROGERS & WILLIAMS A ttorneya-at-Law Prompt Attention Given to All Bnainoaa. AHOFKIE. N. C. J. R. EVANS : Practical Tin Roofer and Sheet Metal Worker ? Pricea Right. MURFREESBORO. K. C. Walter R. Johnson Attokhwt at Law Aikkkii. North Carolina Practices wherever Mrviceadeaired M n#*r I. ?. Mwii IiIMIik O. J. NEWBERN, Agent Fokd Automobile*, Abnakie, N. C. Touring Car 1360.00 Runabout ... 845.00 F. O. B. Detroit. Roe well C Brldger" Attornejr-at-( jw WINTON. N. C. C. Wallace Jones Attorney and Counaellor-At-Law WINTON. N. C. Practice in >11 courts. Loan* negotiat ed. All matter* given orompt and faithful attention. Located in Bank of WJnton* Mee Cured In 6 to 14 Day* (Mr ?ranbc will r*fu?d l-oner K PKT.O ointment iiito ta ten man 1 Itchlo*. W.<,h.llM ?ll? I. Ho I4?n Tfca trat ?ilfcedga gina 8u? u< M. 30c RUB OUT PAIN with food oil liniment That'* , ihe IWBIft way to atop them. , 1,TJ?? be* rubbing Uoiment is] MUSTANG LINIMENT IficoJ for the Allmenb of Horace, Mules, Cattle, Etc. i QtoJ for year own A chts. Film, Rheumatism, Sprains, Cots, Bum*, Etc. ' ~2Va. JOt #1. AtailDaalen. STATE'S LOSS FROM FOREST HUES IN 1916 The forest fires of 1916 were by far the most destrutive since the records started eight years ago'. The worst fires oecured daring the spring, chiefly in April and May. A preliminary .estimate of damage done during those two months in North Carolina, based upon infor mation furnished by correspondents in the counties concerned, gave the total damage at nearly $8,900,000. The "Annual Report on Forest Fires", based upon reports sent in by voluntary correspondents in two thirds of the townships of the State is now being compiled, and prelim inary figures are available. j It ap pears that the estimate made last spring was very little exaggerated, though in one or two cases exces sive estimates of damage were sent in. The report of 1916 shows a larger number of correspondents reporting than ever, before. More than 1,000 replies, or an average of about one to each township the State, were received. j \ The average annual reported damage for the seven preceding years,, up to and including 1915, was $620,000, so that last year's fires cost the State nearly six times V much as the average. In sfrle of figures of such magni-. tude, the Legislature adjourned without making any appropriation whatever to prevent fires. For many years the State Geological and Economic Survey has recommended to each successive General Assembly measures, wmcn. 11 put into iorce, would gradually but rarely reduce thia annual waste; yet so fa.- no definite constructive action has been taken. Two years ago, the forest fire law recommended by the Sur vey and endorsed by the North Car olina Forestry Association and the U. S. Forest Servioe, was enacted. The appropriation, however, which was needed to put into force, was not made. The Survey has done everything to make such parts of it effective as could be enforced with out money, but little actual work can be accomplished. ? The protection of young growth, as a remedy for the high price of paper and pulp, has recently been strongly advocated by many of our influential newspapers, and this phase of the subject is; attracting increased attention. We are rapid ly coming to realize that the only practical method of reducing the price of products which depend on the forest for their raw material is to protect the young growth, and thereby insure a perpetual supply of timber. The forest fires of 1916 should not be forgotten before the State has taken hold of this problem in a constructive way and has shown that she can handle it. Winton Debating Society En tertains. The N. W. Britton Debating So city, of the Winton High School very delightfully entertained the girls of the Lawrence Literary So ciety on Friday evening March t*ie twenty-third. The reception was given in the High School ^aditor ium. From this the seats were re moved, and the. room made attract ive in appearance by the use ol many college pennants and spring flowers. _. When the gueets had arrived, the boys were asked to draw cards or which were placed the states of the Union, and the girls cards contain ing the Capitals. By matching these, jMrtq^rs were obtained foi the games, around the room were seven tables, at each of which ? different contest was engaged in: or a different game played, Aftei plaving ten minutes the successful couples at each table progressed tc the next highest table. Excellent punch was served U the contestants during the cours? of the evening when the eonteeti were ended lucky and untuck) alike were rewarded with delicioui cream and cake, f*ter in the even ing much merriment was created when all Joined In playing eld fash ion games. - . ? SHALL THE SOUTH SUFFER We call your attention to the cal amity which threatens the South. In War the problem ia one not wlely of men and munitions, but of food supply. The South can furnish men and, to a certain extent muni lions, but in the matter of food lupply we are helpleas, unless there is a heavy increase of food crops at once. We do not even feed our selves. As matters now stand, we are fed from the hog pens and the stock farms and the granaries of the West. Many people in the South have felt it necessary to deny this or gloss it over." This may be all very well in times of peace, but when this War comes the truth will be exposed. We will be face to face with absolute want. Not only wi|l we be unable to furnish food for the armies, but we will be unable to feed our people at home. We will become a burden upon the Na tion, because the Nation will find it necessary to supply us with some thing to eat. It has been estimated that $600, 000,000 of food stuffs, including ' animal products, are brought into tne South each year in addition to Jwhat we, ourselves, produce. When all of this food is needed for the 1 armies and for the civilian popula tion in other sections of the Coun try, to say nothing of the exports Europe, how are we to be fed? ? There is but one answer to this question. We must take immediate steps to produce upon onr own farms something; that will support man and beast, or we shall suffer. This issue can be avoided/no longer. We must face it and face it at once. 1 Every well informed man knows that food is scarce the world over, and food crops under these condi tions is sure to bring high prices. Corn is selling at the highest price ever known in the history of this Country/ ? A man in position to know pre dicts that no wheat will be available in this Courttry by July 1st for any purpose whatever. It will be well nigh criminal for our farmers, arid for the men who control the great plantations, and for < the bankeis who finance these men, and for the merchants who have been accustom ed to supply them, to follow out their present plans and put every available acre in cotton. Our grain crops were practically destroyed by the cold a fe,w months ago. It is understood that farmers have determined to plant all this oat and wheat land in cotton. Every means should be exerted to prevent this. The big farmer and the little farm er throughout the South ought to be shown that it is his pstirotic duty to grow sufficeint food stuffs upon his farm, not only to feed his own family and his own stock, but to give some assistance at least to the Goverment in taking care of the men in the army and the navy. Let it not be said that in these critical times the South has become a bur den upon the Nation, is unable to sustain itself and unable to be of any service to the Country. Respectfully subnittod, ? H. Y. McCord, Chairman, A. M. Soule, Lee Ash craft, 1 J. T. Holleman, H. G. Hastings, J. A. McCord, J. N. Harper, J. K. Orr, B. H.Grover, Committee on Pood Supply. Fire in Aulander i Aulander, April 1;?Fire early i Thursday morning totally destroyed ? the store of W. D. Burden here, f> r gether with two adjoining stores, > operated by J. 8 Burden and Jen ? kln? A Brother. It "is tne general i opinion here that the Are was of , incindiary origin, The stock of Mr, W, D. Burden I was partially saved. However, the > flre had made sueh headway before anyone reached it that the a toe Its of > the other stores were lost. It is i estimated that the fhoe stock of i Jenkins & Bro., which was lost. ' would amount to approximately 1 $4,000 in valuation. The three j stores were the property of W. D. . Burden. The amount of insurance ' has not been learned. THEXEGIEP COUNTIES In Ihe County Club studies at the University 82 counties have so far been utterly neglected. So, because no student here has been interested in his home county enough to take stock of its resour ces, advantages, opportunities, *nd possibilities, and to spell out its puz zles and problems of life and busi ness. | And so because the folks back at home, the newspaper people, the teachers, preachers, and public men, have not be?o interested in their home counties to call oh their young men in the University to get busy with their home county problems, and to get reedy for intelligent cit izenship and effective public service in their home communities. And it is a pity, because in some instances these are good counties that are failing to realize their gest possibilities for lack of Com petent acquaintance with themsel ves; and because some of them are static or stagnant communities that need stirring to the bottom in order to escape economic and social obliv ion. , r These neglected counties are: Anson, Ashe, Beaufort, Camden, Cartel et, Cherokee, Craven, Curri tuck, Dare, ' Davie, Edgecomb, Franklin, Gates, Graham, Greene, Harriet, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Jones, Moore,-Onslow, Pitt, Polk, Randolph, Scotland, Stokes, Tran sylvania, Tyrrell, Vance, and Wash ington. If there are people in these coun ties that would like to know how their couniy stands and how it ranks in essential ?conotnie and social matters, and Whether or not it is moving forward, making time, or lagging in tha North Caro lina, they might stir up their men at the University with stimulating letters ef inquiry of these things.? University News Letter. ? ? BBTTER BABY WEEK. ' ?. The State Board of Health is now ready to serve in the interest of the babies of the State during the approaching Baby Week Cam paign, according.* to information given out yesterday by that depart ment. The Board has on liand ready for use by committees of Baby Week programs the/following material: Exhibits, charts, moving picture films, lantern slides and lectures and free health literary all on the subject of the baby. Owing to the large number of towns and communities wanting aid on this occasion and in order to co operate with and give the greatest number of people to this service, the Board makes the request that not all towns and communities plan to observe Baby Week the first week in May but choose and observe some other convenient week in .April, May or June. The child welfare exhibits which the Board has procured for this work are both attractive and highly educational. They are beautifully illustrated in pastel colors and tell an interesting story of baby's health from its infancy to school age. They weigh about twelve pounds each, are easily arranged for exhi bition, and may be had ^ for trans portation charge*. jl' *' The moving picture films, the subjects of which are, Summer Ba ; hies and A Day (in the Litt of a Baby, may be rented at the price of a dollar per day. They are stand ard size and can be used on any regular moving picture machice. 9100 Reward, $100 The reader* of thl* paper will be pleased to learn that there ll at leaat one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure In all Ita stages and la catarrh. Catarrh being grestley in fluenced by constitutional conditions require* constitutional treatment. Haifa Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acta thru the Rlood on the Mucous Sur face* of the system thereby destroying the foundation of the dlaeaae, giving the patient strength by building up the con stitution and asaiating nature in dolna ita work. The proprietors have so much faith in the creative powers of Hall'i Catarrh Medicine .that they offer on? Hundred Dollar* for any caae that it fail* to cure. Send for list of testlmon tela. Address F. t. CHENEY * CO., Tol edo. Oh to. Sold by all Duggist, 76c. / WHAT MEASLES HAS i KEAITjfl THE STATE I Something of what the present f epidemic of measles has meant to ? the State is given ont by the State f Board of Hefclth in its latest bulletin f According to the death certificates r entered for the month of January, \ or as many as were received before ^ February ip, one hundred and " twenty six babies died from measles ^ in North Carolina during that J month. And yet, as the Board calls 4 attention to the fact, this disease had not reached so large atrepidem- ? ic proportion in January as it did later in February and March, conse- A quently the number of deaths from 4 measles for the month of February ? and March is expected to greatly ? exceed that of January. Another interesting fact in con nection with the seriousness of = measles to which the Board calls n attention is that measles is more of- H ten a cause of death than its death rate would indicate. It is not un common for broncho-pneumonia and other serious diseases to develop from measles, and in case of death, the ctuise is attributed to pneumonia when measles was primarily the cause. The counties reporting the great eat number of deaths from measles during January were Iredell and Montgomery, having 12 each; Wil- ~" ?on, 11; McDowell, 8; Johnson, 6; Catawba, Durham and Mitchell, 5 6 each; and Forsyth, Guilford, Lenoif 5 and Wayne, 4 each. As to the serious aftereffects of J measles, the Board says: - "Think ? of the great host of children in ? North Carolina today suffering from - ? weak eyes who will probably suffer ? ? tor life as a result of mnaalsa. Then there are those suffering from other physical defects or weakneqpes just ; as bad, all on-account of measles. While the most fatal age for meas- ? Jes is from 1 to '2 years old, and probably the safest is about 15 years, there is no right time to have it. Its after effects, alone should call for that restriction that Would absolutely prevent its spread." ? 7 , - Cutting Affray in Ahoskie. Lonnie Lewis, a negro employed at the lumber plant of Mr. J. T. Barnes, seriously wounded another negro, Cling Newsome, Saturday night near the shop of C. H. Whit field. The wound was inflicted by a "barlow" knife on Newsome's neck, an ugly gash about two inches long almost serving the large vein in the side of the neck. Newsome walked about half block, and fell exhausted on the steps of the shop formerly occupied by Peterson, the shoe cobbler. Dr. P. H. Mitchell was summoned and arrived just in time to save the wounded man from _ bleeding to death from the wound. The wound was dressed and after about an hour Newsome was taken to the home of his brother in town. Unless blood poison develops it is probable that he will recover. Lewis, who did the cutting, was apprehended by Sheriff Garrett a short while following th^ affray. From all indications the said Lewis had been imbibing too freely in some of the subetitues so commonly used now-a-days for whisky. He was given a preliminary hearing before Dr. J. H. Mitchell and was remand ed to jail on the default of the one thousand dollar bond, imposed^upon him by the acting magistrate. Eye witnesses to the cutting af fair state that the row was brought on by Lewis throwing a rock at the horse Newsome was driving. New ?ome thereupon- dismounted from the vehicle in which he was travel ing and made at Lewis, who made one stroke at the coming man and inflicted the near fatal cut on New some's neck. I Spring. | Spring i? looked upon by many i ' as the most delightful s?ukt>a of ; the year, but this oknnot be said | of the rheumstic. The cold and i damp weather brings on rheumat 1 ic pains which are atiything but ; |1ethant. Tliey can be relieved, however, by applying Chamber . Iain's Liniment. Obtainable ev erywhere. Underwood <*- Gatling i; ' AHOSKI *l, N. C. / . '/ '?.'??? Is here with full line of Staple and Fancy Groceries. > We are specializing in Fresh Meats, Beef and Coun- ? try Produce, Fruits and Confectionerys. Give Us A Call And Let Us Serve You. 1 i? - A HOUSE FULL of Staple Groceries awaits your selection and purchase. <> Fancy Groceries also. < * Buy what you wunt from the Premier Grocery Store iaTown. < | Our goods are as ifood as'the best. 4 > J. P. BOYETTE, Ahoskie, N. C. \\ NOT ONE MAN IN A THOUSAND | That ever gets a Start in Life dues so ouUide of the beaten path I of regular SaviDg. It ia the one sure way of getting on your feet. I Get a faw hundred dollars ahead. It will open the way t? better thing*. 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. Millinery and Ladies Furnishings! :? ' t.n i N My Spring and Summer Hats, Hosiery and' Ready to-Wear Ladies' Garments are now on display. The public is cordially invited. ' ? \ | ? Mrs. E.C. Britton, AhosKie.N. C. FEEDSTUFF bought from Sam Vaughn, will make "lean" fat and keep the "fat" fat. Good Hay and Grain on hand CHEAP. c? <?. Vaughan, Jihoshe, 9/. C, i ? ? ?? wm mm ?? ?? ? wn-ww ? ? ? i THE LEAN , S the" fat - .. . i Dodge Brothers MOTORCAR ? Wtve*- p?mf>le-spe?k-?f Dodo# Brothers. Car th?y invariably speak? of its quality. This is something outside and above and beyond salesmanship and advertising. It is a spontaneous force at work which <s greater than both. Its economy now is almost a proverb. Quietly the knowledge has spread, and thoroughly, into every nook and corner of the nation. Everywhere there is an eager demand for the car at 'second-hand, j It will pay you to visit us and examine this car. The gasoline consumption is unusually low. The tire mileage is unusually high. Touring Car Or Roadster, $836; Winter Touring Car, $960; Sedan, | i $1186. (^11 prices f. o. hi-Detroit.) a^ . RAWLS' QARAQE, Franklin, 1to.fi J *v . r- x lo^es^h