Hertford County Herald THE LARGEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. VOL. 8 AHOSK.IE, N. C.. MAY 25, 1917. NO ,9 WANTED ! Mine Proim, All Stzea. Cull or Write to ! Sterling Mine Prop Co. aulandbk.no. i ft****#**#*************** Any one deeiring to purchase lombe^Uineit of any description, ? ?ee or write J. B. MODIJN. Ahonkie, N. 0. AgooU for United Suteo Marble (!u. DR. C. G POWELL , DENTIST phone no. 10 , ahoskir. n. C. Edgar Thomas Snipe* Atfc>rney-at-Law Lo*i?a Negotiated Real Eatate Bought and Sold' Office: 2nd Floor J. W. Godwin. Jr.. Bldg AHOSKIE. N. C. I R. R. ALLEN l)e?lei In 8ASH. DOORS. BLINDS. WINDOW -I GLASS. HARDWARE. PAINTS . AND BUILDING MATERIALS | GENERALLY ( Wholesale and Retail No. 1)87 WaahlnHlon S<|uare SIPFOLK. VA. 1 I SASH. DOORS. HARDWARE, ' PAINTS. LIME. CEMENT. SEWER ' PIPE. CART MATERIAL. MILL i SUPPLIES. STOVES, RANGES < AND ETC. CLOSE PRICES. , MAIL ORDERS SOLICITED AND OBLIGE. E L. FOLK CO. No. Mi-01!) Wnnlilntftnn SU,u?r? ' SUFFOLK..VA. i ROGERS 6 WILLIAMS i Attorney?-at-I,aw ( Prompt Attention Given to All t Bu sines*. / AHOPKIE. Y 1 . J. R. EVANS ' Practical Tin Roofer *nd Sheet ' Metal Worker ' Prices Riitht. 1 MURFREESBORO. K. C. 1 i Walter R.. Johnson i ^Attornft at Law i Ahoskie. North Carolina < Practices wherever service* desired !?4 KlMr J. V. dWwii liiMiig , ? 1 (}. J. NEWBERN, , A vent. Ford Automobiles, Alioskie. N. C. - Touring C*r $360.00 Runalxjut 345.00 F. O. B. Detroit. Roawall C- Bridger* Attorney-at-I.Jl? WINTON. N. C, C. Wallace Jones Attorney and Crunaellor-At-Law WINT0N. N. C. Practice in all courta. t,oan? negotiat ed. All matters given orompt and faithful attention. Locatcd In Br.nlc of Winton* 1 ?i. Tta OaWna Tkat Dm* IM Affect Tta Naat kciiw of Ha Ionic and laaativ effm. I.AXA T! VE aaOMO OOIKINK It batter than ordinary Quinine and doea not caua? nrrvmnnraa noi ringing in bead RtuftnlKi the full name attf look lor th* aicnaturr of K W RKOV?. V The Beauty Secret. Ladies desire that irre sistible charm?-a good complexion. Of course they do not wish others to know a beautifier has been used so they buy a bottle of Magnolia Balm LIQUID FACE POWDER ' ?cf?r?lpi ??pUoif*dio?i. Impro** mrnl ii ro(km at one* Sootnini. coolini ana '??pw ?njnt)uin| I* i Hi?pli (mUkw color) far b- toaf. ? ImWilA. 40 Wl. '"Ah ??.. Brook Ira. N.V. Mil BECOMES If OF PEANUT 10SIRV10 THIS SECTION WORK BEGUNON FACTORY Building Has Begun on Large Peanut Factory in Ahoskie ?Will Be Four-Story, i Frame Structure, Seventy i By One Hundred and Thir- 1 ty Feet?Also Two Large >? Storage Warehouses. I Speculation, rumor, and frenzied I talk has given way to actual build- | ing operations on the four acre I plot of choice land situated along- t side the Coast Line Railway, just two blocks South of the local depot. < This plot of land was a few weeks t ago purchased from J- A. Mitchell i by Holmes and Dawson, commission i merchants of Norfolk. The pur- j chase price wrs four thousand dol- i lars, or one thousand dollars per t Etc re. ? 5 Since this land changed hands, i ?peculation as to what would actual- a ly be erected has been rife if* this i town and community. Even the t >mniscient reporter of this paper t las been utterlly unable to get a 1 mbstantial statement regarding the c r.tended structures. However, with the timbers partly on the f yrrninHa hrirktflvpra cnrnenters. and u luveyora on the ground, this report- r ?r is now able to give out the infor- s nation that the buildings now under r way consist of a peanut factory and h :wo large storage warehouses. The t factory will be four stories high, leventy by one hundred and thirty . Teet, and will be constructed of wood. The dimensions fo the war?"- 1 louses have not been learned, but it ? known that one will be a two itory frame structure and the other i one-?tory frame structure, both of arge dimensions. ' '1 Contractor Riddick of Suffolk will a lave charge of the construction t work, and with favo rable weather K conditions prevailing, he expects to h lave all three of the buildings com-, e dieted in ninety days. The present force of workmen will soon bft aug- b nented by another large force, and d he construction work will be rushed jo completion. They are expected d jo be ready for occupancy by the e coming of the fall harvest. ' The Columbia Peanut Company, ^ >f Norfolk, will operate the factory when completed. This Corporation ilready has constructed several v ? tnvami wapattnnaAi in nlKftr PflSt- ^ ;rn Carolina towns, one being at ^ l^ewiston and another at Edenton. w With several storage warehouses in n learby towns, two large warehouses 1 n Ahoskie, , and the large factory h wilding also here, this company can 1 well take care of the peanut indus- (' try in this section- ^ Ahoskie, by the above arrange ment, will become the lenit'i of ttu peanut industry this side of Suffolk, ^a. This section is good peanut territory, and Ahoskiellias for sev eral years been one of the leading markets for Eastern Carolina. Ahoskie welcomes this large enterprise and looks forward to just luch industrial plants to make out >f this town one of the smaller cities af North Carolina. t How's This We offer One Hundred Dollars Re- . ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall'aCatarrh Med icine. , Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been taken by catarrh sufferers fur the past ? thirty-five years and has become known ' u the most reliable remedy for catarrh, i Hall's Catarrh Medicine acts thru the , Blood on tne Mucous surfaces, expelling the Poison from the Blood and healing the diseased portions. ? After you nave taken Hall's. Catarrh '? Medicine for a short time you will see ( i great Improvement in your general health. Start taking Hall's Catarrh Mi d cine at once and get rid of catarrh. 1 Send for testimonials, frca. i F. J. CHENEY * CO., Toledo, Ohio. , Sold by all D-iggist, 75. ? Adv. j ?> . i . t Drtv** Out MaUrla, Builds Up System , Tk* OI4 Standard piml itnnflhrillnr tonic, , UROVHB TASTKLItSS chill TONIC. dri?M out Malarla.cortck** tk* blood.and bntld* up the its Ma. A trot tonic. For adult* and cbildrc n. M. KEEP THE COWPEAS Raleigh, May 23 191T. As the result of an inquiry made in the various counties as to the lupply of field and garden seed available for the season's planting, Director, B. W. Kilgore of the Ag riculture Extension Service calls the attention of merchants, farmers, bankers, and business men general ?that those having a supply of cow jea, soybean, and sorghum seed on land to reserve them for customers ind neighbors within the state. In a circular letter recently- sent >ut to these men, he says, "The lupplies of cowpeas, eoybeans and orghum are quite limited, and it s advisable in the extreme," in my udgement, that all merchants hav ng these seed, reserve them for heir customers or neighbors in the State. There wilt be no difficulty n disposing of them in this way, ind the necessity for increased food ind food production makes it) essen ial that our own- farmers have hese seed. Then there will not >e more than enough to supply 111 r niun "The cooperation of merchants, armers, bankers, and business men; renerally, is necessary in this con lection. Those having these seed hould be informed of the absolute lecessity of reserving them for tome use and of furnishing them o glowers at fair prices. "Will you not help?" N MEMORY OF JOHN S. MITCHELL. On Saturday morning, April 28, 917 just as the beautiful sun was ppearing into this world, a Death ingle entered into our home and ;ently called from us our blessed lusband and father, John S. Mitch II; . His death was very sudden, he ?ing confined to his bed only six ays, with measles. The, funeral services were con ucted at his home, on Sunday vening by his pastor, Rev. C. L. )owell. After which his remains .?ere laid to rest in the family urial ground. He has left to mourn their lost a /idow, six children, six grand child en, two brothers, one sister, and a ost of relatives and fritnds. He rill be rftissed in many places, but o where will he be missed to com iare with what. it will be in his ome Still we should be thankful hat God spared him fas long as he id, and for the example he laid efore his family. He was faithful and true, kind nd_devotedv erer rrattty lo lend a el ping hand. And, Oh! how can we lake it feel like home again with ut the presence of Ftither? The thoughts of how happy home ras when you were here, and your ender voice could be heard. But iow you have gone to your reward ,nd to spend your eternal days with eaus, the One you so faithfully erved here below. Oh! How happy you are now, hat you have shown in the light of }od, and answered when He called ?our name, Saved through Jesus >lood. It is very sad to'know that this ?acancy never again in our home an be filled. No more will we lear his pleading prayers. And as ve gather aroflnd- the fire-side, we ire filled with grief to see the va ult chair. But why should we sor ?ow as those that have no hope? May we look to God and say "He loeth all things well", and strive to Tieet him in his home above, where .he^-e will be no more parting. We We him, Yes ?e love him, But Angels love him more, rhey have sweetly called him to yonder shining shore, rhe Golden Gates are open, K gentle voice says come /Vnd with all farewells unspoken, He has calmly entered home. Mother and Children. ' BABY SHOW AND FAIR CONTEST SUCCESS > * Many Beautifully Decorated Baby Carriage Form Parade aad March Through Street* of the Town? A Large Crowd. Preaent?Win ners Not Yet Announced. Ahoskie, N. C., May 19?Baby Day in Ahoskie has become a page in the life of the town. Last Thurs day was the day. . v The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church sought to give the people something worth while and they settled on Baby Day as something new and at the same time instructive. At 10 o'clock a. m., the baby carriages and the little girls who were to push them. afisembled. at the Methodist church, and at the command, the parade started led by the W. O. W. band. The street parade was beautiful. The parade marched Jown Main street, turning at the postoffice and going down Railroad street to Church street, thence down Church street to Kath erine street back to Main street to the Copeland-Curtis Building. In this building everything had heen arranged for the exhibit, examina tion and other work of the occasion. The State Board of Health had lent the management charts, lantern slides for instructing mothers in the care and rearing of their chil dred, also an infant's measuring board. Each child registered was taken into the examination room where Dr. Y. M. Barber, of Winton, and Dr. J. B. Ruffin, of Powellsville, conducted the examination. Mrs. L. K. Walker was secretary to the Judges. Mesdames W. R. Johnson and Ernest Hays were the score keepers; Mesdames J. H. Robertson, PauJ Brett and W. W. Rogers were the nurses. Twenty 0 babies were examined but the doctors have not handed down their decision as they have not finished the score sheets. When this is done the different prizes will be awarded. Which will be arv nounced later. ? To decide which was the best decorated baby carriage was indeed a hard one, but the final decisiorr gave the prize of one dollar to Mrs. W. L. Curtis. This prize was given by the Tongue and Needle Club of Aboskie. ? The carriages in the parade were as follows: Mrs. E. C. Hobbs, Flowers and Ribbons; ? Mrs. W. W. Rogers, Ribbons and Flowers; I ' Mrs. Carl Mitchell. Daisv: Mrs. L. K. Walker, Ribbons and fbrgetmenots; Mrs. L. M. Mitchell, Floral; Mrs. J. H. Robertson, Stork's nest; Mrs. S. J. Boyette, Butterflies, yellow and white; Mrs. J. N. Vann, Blue birdsj - Mrs. R. McGee, Blue and white rosettes; Mrs. S. E. Vaugrhan, - Pink and white; / . Mrs. S. J. Dilday, Ribbons, red, white and blue* Mrs. J. E. Bozeman, Butterfly, blue and white; Mrs. W. L. House, Checkerboard; Mrs. L. T. Sumner, Floral, with arches; Mrs. Paul Brett, Old Glory; Mrs. W. L. Curtis, May basket; Mrs. Thomas Forbes, Pink and white, with flowers. The several booths run in , the building were presided over as fol lows; Fancy sale, Miss Hilda M. Johh son, Mesdames L. T. Sumner and E. C. Hobbs. Exhibits, (child's welfare) Mrs. H. S. Basnight. .Doorkeeper', Miss Agnes H. John son and Mrs. W. L. House. Ice cream and cake Mesdames A. E. Garrett, E. J. Gerock and L. S, Savage. The Street parade was under the direction of Mr*. P. H. Mitchell president of the Ladles Aid Society of the Methodist church, assisted by Meedames D. P, Boyette, E. C. H?bbs and Car) Mitchell. "HflE EOR CAROLINA" Raleigh. May 23?"Hoe for Caroli na" This is the motto hung con suiciously in the office of President J. D. Andrews of Catawba College at Newton. Dr, Andrews, writing to the North Carolina Food Conser vation Commission, states that he is one of those who have been preach ing and practising diversified farm ing and increased food production for these many years. Dr. Andrews has nine sturdy children and rather hints that food production has been a necessity. Secretary John Paul Lucas of the Food Conservation Commission was much pleased with Dr. Andrews' letter, except for one clause that rather riled him. "Your theory, has been my practice for all these years," wrote the doctor. "I have no theories," declared Lucas, '?I am practising what 1 preach. I work eight horses on my farm and, as I was already prac tising diversefied farming, I had only 50 acres of cotton last year. I have put about 25 extra acres of land into cultivation and have cut the cotton acreage 20 per cent from the small acreage of last year. In addition to a considerable acreage of wheat, oats, rve and corn. I am planting 40 acres of soy beans for food and seed, enough sorghum to make 600 to 1000 gallons of syrup, several acres. of each sweet and Irish potatoes, and forage on every acre of stubble l8nd that does not go into soy beans or coin." "I resent being called a theorist.'' Trinity Commencement. This office acknowledges the re ceipt of the following invitation: The Senior Class of Trinity Col lege requests the honor of your presence at the exercises of Com mencement Week, June Third to Sixth, Nineteen hundred and seven teen, Durham, N. C. Commencement Program. Sunday, June 3, 8:30 P. M., Bac caulaureate Address, by President William Preston Few. Tuesday, June 5, .11 A. M., Bac cauleate Sermon, by the Reverend James Shera Montgomery, D.- D., Washington City. Tuesday, June 5, 1 P. M., Alumni Dinner Address, by John Franklin Crowell, Litt. D., New York City. Tuesday, June 5' 8:30 P~M. Graduating Orations. Wednesday, June 6, 10:30 A. M.. Commencement Address, by Hamil ton Holt, L. L. D? New York City. Coferring Degrees. Mrs. J. W. Godwin, Supervisor. Hon. W. W. Rolfer8 was Master of ceremonies. The Society is grateful to Drs. Ruffin and Barber for their great assistance in examining the babies without pay. The Baby show brought a good aizecL crowd to towtvand ttrere- was a splendid succsss, financially, be-> sides the instruction to mothers will lie of lasting benefit. The children of today will soon be the women and men, and the reins of management will be placed in their hands, and how essential it is that they should have hearty bod ies, for with hearty bodies, they have more active minds. So, then, it is highly important that the par ents have all the instruction possible, for the most of our ills come from ignorance; and what a pity it is that the child should be made to suffer through life on account of the Ignor ance of the parent! But when the parent is ignorant through choice, then his or her ignorance is a crime. Professor Highsmith's address at the Ahoskie School Comrrttncement was along this line. He told of one old lady who, when told that her child had adehoids and how nec essary it was that they be removed, answered, "Well, God put 'em I there, and, If he wants 'em out, He'll have to take 'em out, for I certainly aint gwine to have it done," Send your order for job printing to the Herald office. w? compete with anybody's prices. SIGNS Of AGRICUL TURAL AWAKENtNB * j Production of Food and Feed Crop* in Cotton and Tobacco Counties A Good Si|n Demonstration Work A Larfe Factor la Feed Campaign. The production of food and feed crops in typical cotton and tobacco counties is one of the signs of ag ricultural progress. Moved not only .by a sense of patriotism, in as-j sisting in the growing of staple food stuffs, but also by the feeling that it represents a more profitable type sfagrfculture, former one crop farmers are beginning to give attention to diversification in all of its significance. As a prominent factor in bring ing about this agricultural change, ?the county demonstration agent of the Agricultural Extention Service looms up as one of the most valu able assets any county may possess. Edgecombe County employs the services "of County Agent Zeno Moore. For a number" of years prior to the present econonjic crisis, Mr. Mnnrp hog Wn nrmnf the publication*. This circular is of great interest to every housewife who wants to know the short cuts in home econo my. It tells how to plan meals, balance meals, use left-overs, pre pare home conveniences. and, in general it is a manual for the home, whether located in the city or the country. Mrs. Jane S. McKinnon has pre pared the second circular, which ia No. 11 of the Extension Service, and contains the recipes used for canning, pickling,' and preserving by the Girls' Canning Clubs. All of the recipes have been tested by Mrs. McKinnen personally over her own stove and are safe to use. The circular has besn of great value to many women of tho. State in their canning work, as it has insured them of complete preservation of their fruits and vegetables when the instructions have been followed closely. Now both of these circulars?Ex tension Circulars 7 and 11?are free to the women of the State as long as the supply lasts and they may be had on application. "DO YOUR BIT" Raleigh, May 23.?Experts of the Department of Agriculture at Washington have estimated that if just one ounce of edible meat or fat is wasted by each of the 20,000,000 families in the United States each day it means a total waste of 1,250, 000 pounds per day, or the stagger ing total of 465,000,000 pounds in a year, the equal of 875,000 steers or 3,000,000 hogs. If one ounce of bread is wasted by each family each day it means the throwing away of 875,000,. pounds of flour each day, or 1,500, 000 each year?sufficient flour with which to make 365,000,000 loaves of bread. Stated in terms of wheat it is 7,000,000 bushels. Secretary Lucas of the North Carolina Food Conservation Commis sion has figured out North Carolina'! part of such a waste. There are approximately 600,000 families in the State. An ounce of meat*or fat and an ounce of bread wasted each day means in a year's time in this State a loss of 13,680,000 pounds of meat, the equivalent of 90,000 - hogs, and 10,950,000 loaves of bread or 210,000 bushels of wheat. "These figures simply show," state