North Carolina Newspapers

Hertford County Herau> THE LARGEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ' ? ; ; : . \ VOL. 8 AHOSK1E, N, C., JUNE 1\ 1917. NO. 22 - - - ? ? ? ? *?*%? 1 ? * i -.TSsHh ^ I i * WANTED "I ' Mine Props, All Size*. Call or Write to Sterling Mine Prop Co. ; AULANDEK, N. C. ? Any one desiring. to purcha? tombexuxien of any description, see or write - J. B. MODLIN, Ahoskie, N. C ^ Ajjeiila for United Slulea Marble Co. DR. C. G POWELL DENTIST PHONE NO. 10 AH08KIE. N. C. Edgar Thomas Snipes * Attorney-at-Law l^ktii Negotiated Real Estate Bought and Sold" OAee: 2nd Floor J. W. Godwin. Jr.. BU? AHOSK1E. N. C R. R. ALLEN llealei In BASH. DOORS. BLINDS. WINDOW OLASS. HARDWARE, PAINTS AND BUILDING MATERIALS GENERALLY Wholesale and Retail No. 027 Washington Square anvrniK V A 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. N?. Washington fiqwr. Rt'FFOt.K. VA. ROGERS & WILL'AMS Attorn?y?-at-J.aw Prompt Attention Given to AD Bow not*. '* AHOFKIE N. C. J. R. EVANS Practical Tin Roofer and Sheet Metal Worker Prices Right. MURPREESBORO. N. C. Walter R. Johnson Ahoskib. North Caroi.ina Practice* wherever service* desired M IT**r I. .1. Mali lalUlsx G. J. NEWBERN, Agent Fobd Automobile*, Ahoakie. N. C. Touring Car 1360.00 Runabout 345.00 F. O. B. Detroit. Roawall C- Bridgar< Att?rney-et-f.aw WINTON. N. C.. C. Wallace Jones "Attorney and Coinaellor-At-L*w WINTON. N. C. Practica in at) court*. I?oana negotiat ed All matter* give^ orompt and faithful attention. N Located in Bank of Winton MriM TM Bm* M Affect Tfe* M Btnax at Ha to.lc and lai.Hr. rtr^t UXA TIVK^KOMO OU1NIHX la battertkaa ordrtwrr Oaletoa aad do., not ciaat acrnwiaru not rinaUt la b?M. Rraumbrr the (till aanw .ad laeh ior tke ?aaat>n at b. w. naov?. ?s? The Beauty Secret. Ladle* denre that irre ?itftible charm?a good complexion. Of course they do not wiah other* to know a beautider haa been used art they buy a bottle of ?? n i Magnolia Baim LIQUID FACE POWDER m4?m aeconftpc to shapta Improv* mftfr njffT^w^ iyiiy, ??? tm4 j iMfla (aitkar otfar) for fe Stay. LmHIrU. 40 SmiIi FiH *<?? BnoUn. N.Y. URGENT DEMI) 1 PEANUTS The Peanut Has Become A Very Important Factor In Food Conservation?The i Peannt Should Be Cultivat ed For Ita Food Value?It ? Is Not Solely Money Crop. Never before since the introduc ? tion of commercial peanut growing into the United States has the farm er of North Carolina experienced such price as he is at present receiv ing.<?jp?s condition is partly ex plained, says Mr. T. E. Brown, by the /art that all food products are high and are destined to remain high for some time to come. The peanut has now become an import ant food product, both in the form of roasted peanuts and in many manufactured products. They rank among the highest nuts in content of protien. The shelled nuts con : tain from 45 to*50 per cent of oil. This fact, taken with the present scarcity of animal and vegetable oils create* an unusual demand for pea nut oil. Until faced with the present high price* and unusual shortage of oil, farmers did not consider the growing of peanuts for oil production to be profitable. There is at present, however, an indication that the de mand of peanuts for oil and for hu man food is going to grow and the farmer may be pretty well aasured of a good price for his 1917 crop. There is being waged by the Ag ricultural Extention Service a stren eous campaign for the production of food and feed crops. Every pat riotic citizen wants to do his part. Many farmers have all the land al lotted to corn and other grain crops that they think is advisable. Here the peanut offers them the oppor tnnity to put in a verj? vtluable food crop aa well as a safe money crop. There is still time to plant pea nuts. The large varieties may be planted on good land through the month of June. The Spanish pea nuts may be expected to mature a crop when planted as late as June , 15. For oil production, the Span- , i?h ranks first and the red Spanish { secoixf. This insurer a good price for these varieties of nut*, and they j are the ones for the novice to plant. , They mature good nuts under a | wider range of soils and climatic | conditions, and they would do well , where the cotton seed has , been plowed up thia spring. All over the State thia has been done, and there is no good reason why peanuts should not be planted here!' They are more easily cultivated than cotton, and, at $2 per bushel, they I bring money into the pocket of the i fanner. It is up to us, as the say- I ing goes, to aid fn" supplying the i world short age of oils, fats, and i other foods, and a good bit may be < UUIIC WIUI A gwu u up UX pvtlliuu). ? Indicted?But Around two hundred million pounds of oniona is the yearly crop in the United States. The growers get an average of about two centa a pound for them anti the consum ers pay from 10 to 16 cents a pound. j Why? Because eighty-eight cor porations and individuals buy up three-fourths of the *rop in the early fall yar by year, and hold the supply nut of the markets until the prices give them profits ranging from 600 to 1000 per cent. The Federal Grand Jury has in dicted the Onion Trust. But, then, it Indicted the Coal Trust, and the News Print Trust, and many other trust! lWtmblic is interested in the re sults of these indictments?if ever there are any results. mw?w Ym Nm4 a Oissral Twrtc Tain Oroya's Tta Old Standard Grove's Taatelaas drill Tonic ia equally valuable as a General Tonic bncaoaa it caotaina the well known tonie propertlea of QUI NINB ?nd IKON. It acta on the Liver, Drives OOt Malaria, limit lu * the Bloml nixl Guilds op the Whole System. JOcenu. ' PRESIDENT i.C. RIB DICK DOCTOR OF LAWS South Bethlehem, Pa., June 9? Thirty-two of the 130 members of the Class of 1917 of Lehigh Univer sity were present to receive their decrees at graduation exercises fn Packer Memorial Church this morn ing. The others are in military camps and in engineering and indus trial work, the faculty having grant ed Seniors permission to take their final examinations a month ago be cause of "the war situation. Degrees were conferred by Dr. H. S. Drinker, President of the Uni versity, upon students from ten states and from Russia an4 China, ?Bachelor of Arts, 16; Bachelor of -Science, 16; Civil Engineer, 16; Mechanical Engineer, 22; Metallur gical Engineer, 3; Electrometallur gist. 2; Engineer of Mines, 10; Elec trical Engineer, 18; Bachelor of Science in Chemistry .li; Chemical Engineer, 10; Master of Arts, 2; Master of Science, 3. Three alumni of Lehigh received honorary degrees as follow* Doc tor of Laws, .Wallace Carl Riddick, President of North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts; Master of Science, Taylor AUder dice, Vice-President of the National rube Company land Chairman of the Board of Education of Pittsburg, ana Homer U. Williams, President , of the Carnegie Steel Company, Pittsburg. The address of the day was delivered by Dr. Riddick. In presenting the honorary degree i of Doctor of Laws upon President Riddick, Dr. Henry S. Drinker, . President of Lehigh University, said: "Wallace Carl Riddick, President of ( the N. C. College of Agriculture and , M>?hanic Arts,?an institution lead ing in Engineering and Industrial ( Education in that great State which ( has the distinctive Anferican impress . of a citizenship composed practical ly wholly of American born citizens; a state of hardy, honest American 1 men and women, loyal to its tradi- 1 tions of service, ?patriotic,?pro- ' fcressive,?which rose Phoenix-like from the desolation of the Civil war, and today is known as a State ' striding forward in the development of agriculture, industry, and educa tion,?to you, distinguished son of , Lehigh, we tender the loving greet- ] ing of an Alma Mater whom your 4 career as Engineer and Educator { las highly honored, and we convey , through you to our sister education- | *1 institutions of the South greetings j ind Godspeed in their work." ( , A Privelege , 1 ounrc cuiiiubiuii iiod anscii reiaiive to the privilege granted to rob- J icribers fur one $50 bond or one 5100 bond to pay the fall amount it once, with the assurance of an mmediate allotment in fall and lelivery of an interim certificate at -he earliest possible moment. It should be clearly understood :hat this is a privilege and not a -eqtrirementr Hie subscriber for jne $50 bond or one $100 bond may ivail himself of this privilege of Full payment, or he may pay 2 per %nt upon application and the bai ince as provided for other bonds; that is, 18 per cent on June 28, 20 per cent on July 80, 30 per cent on \ugust 16, and 30 percent on Au gust 30. The subscriber, therefore, for a (50 bond ot a $100 bond has the assured certainty of obtaining a bond either by the cash payment in full or the payment in the stated installments. Subscribers for lar ger amounts will have to await the alTotment when all the subscriptions are in and may not obtain the full amodnt of bonds subscribed for. Subscribe to the Herald. No. 666 Thh is s prescription prepared eapadaS) MALARIA o* CHILiS * FEVER: Fire or ais doeea will break say csm, ami if taken than at a loaic the Payer will ao> Wura. I; acta on the liver better than kernel aad doea aot (ripe or ilcken At WIITO* JMIETTS The U. D. C. held its regular monthly meeting with. Mrs. Julia Newsome Thursday evening, June 7. June 3td being Jefferson Davis' birthday sketches of his life were read by the members. A most in teresting paper, "Why we are U. D. C.'s," was prepared and read by Mrs. R. C. Bridger. The hostess served delicious refreshments at the close of the program. Miss Annie Banks entertained a number of friends at a birthday party-Tuesday evening. Various games were played, after which cake and cream was served. The Y. W. A. of Chowan Church will meet with Miss Ruth Vann Fri day evening at 8 o'clock. Cyril Pearce who enlisted as a machinist in the aviation corps, is stationed at San Antonio, Texas. On account of his weight he would not be accepted for training as an avaiator. H. B. Eason, who had charge of the mosic in the meetings conduct ed by Rev. Fred N. Day laq^ sum mer, will lead the singing ip the meeting to begin in Chowan Church Friday evening, June 22. Mr. Ea son has a voice of unusual sweetness and his friends will be glad to see and hear him again. Mrs. L. L. McDaniell and baby, | who have been visiting their moth- , er, Mrs. E. F. Banks, have returned ( to their home in Lasker. The Boy Scouts who went to , Washington with Rev. J. N. Bynum , report a most delightful trip. - I Mrs. A. P. Hints and baby are < visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. I J. O. Ward in Wallace, i Mrs. Bernard ^rocker and child af Raleigh, are visiting relatives at the Parker Hotel. Mrs. Johir R.Varfn was called to Soldaboro Wednesday on account of the illness of her father, Capt. D. HL Graves. Miss Esther Ward, who has been ^siting her sister, Mrs. A. P. Hinft ?eturned to her home in Wallace Saturday. GOOD ROADSCQNVENTIQN Owing to the fact that quite a lumber of the members of the North Carolina Good Roads Associa :ian are also members of the Press Association, that meets at Wrights rille Beach, June 27th to 29th, it ias been decided by the Good Roads Association to change the dates for he Road Convention to Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, July 9, 10. and 11. The three principal topics for liscussion at the Convention this rear will be: 1. Operation of the laws passed >y the legislature of 1917 relating o road building. 2. Road Maintenance, with spec si reference to the use of the auto- ? nobile tax in maintenance of the lute Highways. The building of roada of mil- I tary value 8 It ia believed that a meeting of I he Good Roads Association at this ime will have a very distinct value ? n connection with the ' solving of a troblema which have ariaen out of 4 he present emergency. It ia hoped ? o have someone from the War De Mrtment or the Council of National *? defense to make a talk and discuss t vith the members of this Conven- I Jon questions relating to joad build- r pg which are so vital now to our ' State and Nation. ' Headquarters will be at the Bat cry Park Hotel, and special rates * will be arranged for. Announce- 1 nenta as to program, rates. ?tc. will 1 >e made later through the press. 1 Joseph Hyde Pratt, '"Y Secretary. . ' ? 1 i Stomach Troubles and Constipation. j "I will cheerfully say tliat ' Qliamberlain's Tablets are the most ' Mtisfnctory remedy for stomach I troubles add constipation that 1 I hav? wW frr ttiirff-ffeur years'. " 1ru? store Kervice," write* H. II. I Murphy, druggist, YVellsburg, N. i Y. Obtainable everywhere. Adv. 1 DEATH OF "UNCLE JAKP LASSITEfl Mr. W. J. Laasiter, whom most of ua called "Uncle Jake," after years of interne suffering pest away last Saturday morning very quietly and without a struggle, as though falling asleep. The funeral service, which waa beautiful and impressive took place in the Rich Square Bap tist Church, where he held his mem bership, waa conducted by his pas tor, Res a. John F. Cale, Rev. C. L. Dowel!, of Ahoskie, and J. E. Hol den of Rich Square, taking part and -paying tribute* to his life and char acter'. The pall bearers were his nephews. A number of his neigh bow and friends were present. (J - -Mr Lasaiter was bom SctoSer 23, 1846, and waa therefore in his seventy-first year. He was the son of Bryant and Penlope Laasiter, who were leaders in good worka in the community in which they lived. Only two of their children survive, Mrs. H. E. Peele, of Greensboro, and J. C. Laasiter, of Richmond, "Uncle JflW wbm ft man r.4 mA?t ftindly disposition and rej oiced to gee others prosper. We never knew him to try to butld himself up by trying to pall others down. He lived to a ripe old age and to see his children occupying honora ble positions in the communities in which they live. "Uncle Jake," lome four years ago, spent several weeks at a hospital where he under went an operation. He never fully recovered his health, but gradually frew -worse. ~ His devoted wife and :hildren did everything possible for iis comfort. Peace to ashes.?Ro inoke-Chowan Tijnes. A GOOD WAY TO SAVE In encouraging the people of America to' saye it is believed that :he Liberty Loan Bonds are going jo perform an important function n our national life. The small de nomination of some of the bonds ?enders it practical for the ordinary wage earner to purchase one with .he savings of a few months, and he banks of the country have un lertaken to provide for the pur- 1 ?haae of these bonds in small weekly >r monthly payments. By devoting each week or each nonth to the purchase of Liberty joan Bonds such little sums of 'eady money as are often frittered iway for useless things one can net ' inly acquire property that ranks imong the very beet securities in ?e history of the world, but can at : he same time feel that a patriotic luty has been performed and a ? ihbit of saving acquired. Of course the ultimate result of - his war will be a victory for Amer ca, but what the effects of the wjr 1 rill be upon America and American < leople is unknown. When such an 1 mknown future confronts us pru- ' lence demands that contingencies >e provided for. An uncertain fu- 1 ure is a time to be provided for. Jo one knows how great a help 1 avings Invested in a Liberty Loan tond may be a few years hence. ' And your aaving8 not^only will be .bsolutely secure but will be con- ' tantly bringyig in interest - an in- ' ame absolutely free from taxation ' ,nd absolutely certain. < There are other possibilities? 1 hey might better be called proba tilities?and one is that the Liberty ' ?an Bonds, when peace comes and 1 honey now in active industrial use 1 vill be seeking quiet investment, nay bring a handsome premium. I The Liberty Loan Bonds offer 1 ?very incentive to' saving?easy | mymentH, absolutely safe security, j l service done to the country, and a ! jrobable handsome profit. | . Korp?l(hl People are learning that a little foresight often ?.aves them a big nxnense. Here is an instance: E. W. Archer. Caldwell. Ohio, writes '1 do Dot believe that our family lias been without Chamberlain's Colic, Cliolera and Diarrhoea - >dy since we commenced keeping house years ago. When we go on in extended visit we take it with us." Obtainable everywhere. Adv1 HERTFORD COMMIS ! SIONERS MEETING The Board of County Commission ers of Hertford County met on the 4th., day of June 1917, all the members of th* Board being pres ent; Proceedings of last meeting read and approved; The matter of boundary line be tween the County Court house and jail property and Jordan and Parker was taken up; and on motion, the Clerk of the Board is instructed to notify Jordan and Parker to come before the board and state their contentions in regard to the line be tween the said properties. It is on motion, ordered that H. "H. Jones be given authority to let gut the rebuilding of Hills bridge to the lowest bidder and to place "Danger Signals" at the bridge. The wages of ferrymen at Boone Harrell and Tar Landing ferries are increased to $22.60 pen month be ginning first day of June 1917. On motion, the Board voted to make sale of all the junk iron Ac., around the court house and jail on first Monday in July, at public sale. On motion, Jno. F. Bryant is, re lieved of his poll taxes for the year 1917. < rm _ -? ine sum 01 fz.ou per month 18 ordered furnished by Starkey Hare to Annie Burch until further ad vised. It is moved and carried unanim ously that appropriation of $300.00 per year be made to secure the ser vices of Farm Demonstrator for Hertford County for one year, working in conjunction w'th the State and Federal Governments. W. J. Hill is given authority to advertise piece of -land for taxes, for sale on first Monday in July 1917. W. D. Boone County Attorney and J. A. Powell are instructed to collect tlje rent of $75.00 for Har- < rellsville wharf and report next I meeting. 1 Two applications were made for i position of Standard Keeper for i Hertford County, G. B. Storey and i N. B. Sewell and upon taking ballot, N. B. Sewell was declared' elected, and instructed to present bond next 1 meeting. I The following Road Supervisors i were named for the year 1917. I Maneys Neck Township; W. T. : Taylor, W. J. Hill, and R 0. Whit- I ley. Murfreesboro; J. J. Parker, < 1. K. Parker, and E. Brett. Win- i ton; A. C. Vann, J. W. Boone, and j H. C. Faison. St. Johns; J. L. I Snipes, J. C. Benthall, and R. H. i Rawls. Harrellsville; L. O. Wynns, ( J. 0. Askew Jr., and B. N. Sykes. I Ahoskle; Dr. L. K. Walker, T. M. I Forbes, and Jack Vann. i The board requests that all sup ervisors make itemised statements if all receipts and disbursements iirst Monday in August and quarter- , !y thereafter as provided by law. Report of Superintendent health ' rpcpivpH nnH filnl * All the Tax Collectors made their ? inal settlement for 1916t&xea. ! The following tax levy was made ' for the year 1917 to wit: I State 27 2-3 cents on $100 prop- ' srty; County 19 cents oh' $ 100 prop ;rty; School 20 cents on-$I00 prop- ' ?rty; and on each taxable poll $2.00. > Special tax of .07 cents on -the ' (100 property and 21 cents on poll. Special tax of 10 cents on the 1 J100 property and SO cents on poll, ' the above levy to apply to the en tire County. * Also the following Special taxea ' levied to apply to the Districts ' named; 30 cents on the $100 prop erty and 90 cents on the poll in 1 Co mo School Dist; 80 cents on the j $100 property and 90 cent* on poll In Murfreesboro School Dist.; 30 cents on .the $100 property and 90 cents on poll in Mapleton School < Dist.; 30 cents on the $100 proper- 1 ty and 90 cents on poll in District 1 No. 4 Murfreesboro townahip; 30 cents on the $100 property and 90 ' cents on poll in HnrrallsTille School Dist.; 30 cents on the $100, proper- 1 ty and 90 cents on poll In Union School Dist.; 60 cwts on the $100 1 property and 1.60 on poll in Ahoa kte Graded School Dist.; 26 LEST I FOB GET pill Superintendent J. Y. Joyner Makes An Appeal Fo^ Edu cation and Urges People Not to Subordinate the Training of the Youth in This Time of War. In this time of war, it b of trans cendent importance to take proper precautions against the starvation of the bodies of ourselves and of our allies by increasing the produc tion of food and conserving food suppliasj but let us not forget that it is of equal importance to take proper precautions also against the starvation of the minds and souls of our children by the preservation and the conservation of the meant of education. Let us not forget that the preservation and the perpetua tion of the freedom and civilisation that we shall save by victory, that the rapid repair of the waste and wreck and ruin of war, that prep aration for the new duties of the finer civilization that shall follow, demand the proper education of the present generation of children. While we are waging a patriotic ?? crusade for food conservation, let us not forget 8,80 to wage a patri otic crusade foi the conservation of the means of education. Let us not forget that the children of the pres ent generation are the seed corn of future civilization. In spite of the direst needs of war, therefore let us see to it that this seed corn be not ground up in its horrible mill, that our schools and colleges, the means for its preservation and cultivation, be not destroyed nor diminished. Let us not forget the lesson of the war between the states. ' The one - most tragic loss of that war to this State, which has not been repaired In two generations, which can never be wholly repaired, was the loss of i. whole generation of education through the destruction 6f its schools and colleges Let not that tragedy be repeated. When this war closes the need for trained leaders and citizens will be greater than before. The danger of the terrible toll that this wai may take in killed and wounded from this generation of men increases the duty and the necessity of educating and training this gen eration of children and of support ing and strengthening the means therefor. Let it cost what it may the school and college must be kept 3 pen that the youth of this genera tion may be properly educated and trained for the increased burdens ind duties of the future. J. Y. Joyner, State Superintendent Public In struction * >n the $100 property and 76 cents >n poll in Holly Spring! School Diat.; 30 cents on the $100 property and )0 cents on the poll in Wlnton School Diat.; 20 cent! on the $100 property and 60 cents on the poll n Mill Neck School District. The County levies the same as Kate on all subjects in Schedule ,B." oft Wftich the Coqpty is allow ed to levy any tarfT The levying of all Township Road axes is continued until the fifet Monday in July. . ? The following amounts tpinM^LJ >ver to the treasurer by the tax ?Uectora in final settlement; - i. E. Vaughn, Ahoskie $ 21.54 N. L. Mathews, Winton.... 598.62 W. J. Hill, Maneys Neck... 920.14 If. R. Sumner. St. Johns... 4.29 r. T. Parker, M'boro W.B ToUl . 91914.41 The following aocounta presented to the board which were ordered paid. Mrs. A. W. Greene Vital statistics 118.00 K. T. Liverman work on bridge., .. 5.00 I. L. Britton for building bridge 89.00 Jrowne and Brown sappitw County Home...... 5.10