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VOLUME 9. AHOSKIE, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPT., 13, 191S. NUMBER 34
Herald,, 7V> fontitme
Witty Improved Service
Improved Service WU1 Be <$rr
ipn to Herald Bga/wi High.
nine With Thi. Imuu*?De
spite the Absence of Prop
rietors Hertford County Will
Mot Forego County Paper.
The Editor, although wear
ing the uniform and being a
member of Uncle Sam'a navy,
ia glad to make the announce
ment that the HEBALD, ?Hert
County's orily paper, will con
tinue to be issued at the office
in Ahoekie; and that with this
issue it will again be enlarged
to six pages. Furthermore with
the same support that has been
given it, his paper will appear
with eight paggs when condi
tions will warrant; In fact, ev
erything wil Ibe done at this
office to make it an eight page
paper.
Mr. W?. H. Jackson, of
Spring .Hope, an experienced
newspaper man and printer of
wide experience, assumed the
position of Operator-Manager
4pn Monday morning, Septem
ber and henceforth, togeth
er with assistance of Mayon
Parker, as wc'l ab the help of
the former Editor, will publish
the HBKAI D, with its improv
ed service. Mr. Jackson kniowa
\he printing game; and prom
ises to ma!:e out of the HER
ALD a real live, newsy, well
printed paper, and indies"
are that ho wjll do that very
thing.
The paper will be entirely a
home enterprise, the composi
tion being don? on our new
li|otype machine ,and the pa
per printed on the pride o fthe
HERALD office?our late mod
el two revolution press, not yet
one yeiar old in our service.
With the resumption of work
on our typesetter persons in
charge of the mechanical de
partment, we are confident
that the HERALD will lookj
good to the people who have
been constant readers of this!
publication for th epast nine j
years.
^ During the past summer, and
since both proprietors of this
paper have been in the service
of their country, the paper has
been struggling along with di
minished force, all work being
done by hand. We realized
from the start that we could
not give our people the paper
that we should with this serv
ice, but we have been doing
our best, iir the face of present
conditions. It is only by strain
ing every point ?f vantage that
we are now able to make the
above announcement. But we
, never did believe in trying to
"give our readers.lt has been our
our readers. It has been oar
slogan to (dve oar. readers a pa
per worth the money, and a pa
per that fulfills the misstep of
the weekly publication. And,
thft is what we intend doing.
With tfce announcement that
the HERALD will be improved
we are also pleased to announ
ce* that the job-department of
the HJE&ALD wHI now be able
to/do batter and more work
tun ever before since ita es
tablishment. Being well equip
ped with modern machinery
and office fixtures, our job de
partment will be one of the
very best in point of service
and capacity for work in this
section of the State. We ?re
now prepared to do
all kinds of job work, and we
hope to be able to take care of
this business in increased vol
ume. a?d with improved scrv
jCfc.
We are sure th?t the people
of this county and section wiH
welcome the above atinuuncr
ments, and we believe that
they will freely support this
B
HERTFORD COUNTY
' FAIR ASSOCIATION
Tbe F^iir Bt^Mins Beit* Erec*
?d and Ground Ctttinf a
General Clean Up. Enclos
ure About Completed. New
Race Track.
Contractors at the Fair
grounds are now pushing work
in a speedy way so as to have
everything in readm tor the
1918 Fair this fall. The grounds
have been given a general clean
up, bushes having been cut
down and all rubbish burnt.
The enclosure is practically
completed on the front side and
the buildings being erected.
The contracts call for a main
exhihit building, a poultry
building, a live stock building,
a grand stand, a judges stand
and the enclosure of the
grounds besides the building
of a new up-to-date race track,
which has been laid off and
now being graded.
When completed the grounds
will show up second to none
for the first year of a county
fair.
Prospects for the exhibits are
very .good, numerous parties
having already promised exhib
its of various kinds and nev
plans bfeing worked out every
day. Chowan College of Mur
xree'starp will be asked to have
an exsQHt also .the colored Col
1 intojk, besides every
oi%;?rtqgffi3 asked to plan ex
hioltepruie Fair and lets put
Hertford County's Fair right to
the front from thfbeginning.
Judges of the exhibits will
be provided for by the State,
; also demonstrators. It is now
hoped that the Governor of the
'State will be in Winton on the
first day to open the Fair. This
alone will attract aggest crowd
oesides special attractions have
been contracted for that will
interest evry one, the most im
portant special attractions be
ing the submarine, the collec
tion of War trophies from the
war front and Palestine and nu
merous large framed pictures
that were taken right on the
battle field. Besides new at
tractions are being worked for
that haven't been mentioned.
Of course, the Midway will
be full of the usual attractions
that are sean at the best coun
ty fairs, and a good band t j
lead it all. Parties desiring
space for lunoch counters on j
for exhibiting should write the
secretary at Winton at once for
space on the ground as of
course the best places on the
Midway will go to the fii*t ap
plicants, and some applica
tions have already been receiv
ed for space.
'The railroad has promised
reduced rates to Tunis where
the boats and ears will take
pasengers for Winton and the
far ground. Efforts are being
made now to have the boat
lines run excursions from tfea
river, points during the fair.
WAR SHOULD Bt' NO HAN
DICAP TO EDUGA
? X*"' TIOK *\ ' %
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Winston-Salem, 8ept. 7.?
'This it not a time when boys
and girls should feel that that
they are, handicapped in get
ting an education, says a Bul
Jetin from State War Savings
Headquarters. War has made
it necessary that boys andi
girls have a superior educa
tion for the big things they >yill
be called on to do in the tu
[ton, only ipen and women
who will have that ability to
think clearly, to reason sound
ly and to act wisely will be
able to meet the tasks that will
be awaiting them.
Th Bullftin points out thati
superior training will be need
industries, Adjusting society
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO .HER
ALD MUST BE PAID IN
ADVANCE
t> * _
After the first day of Octo
ber in accordance with the
ruling of the War Industries
Board, all papers must discon
tinue mailing papws to sub
scribers who are not paid in
advance, which, sifted down,
means that every person who
has not paid his subscription
to the HERALD in advance,
must be taken off our list af
ter the first day of October.
We hope that every one of
our subscribers will pay us
promptly, and that not a name
will have to be stricken from
our list. To do this none of us
must lose time, as there yet re
mains only a few daysbefore
this law must be complied
with.
We are going to great Tx
rense to publish a paper that
"is worth while," and we hope
that our faithful subscribers
wtfl h?lpus ttwt bjr mail
ing or bringing to us, JQHr sub
scriptions at once.
In order-to help us ?aSe
faithfully carry out our gov
ernment's wishes find that we
may continue to publish a cre
ditable paper, we ask that ev
ery one of our jjihscribees see
that their subscription is pqid
in advance, and at the same
time, caution them that this
paper expects to foilow this
ruling, which' has been made
for the proper conservation of
Taper.
ATTENTION LIBERTY
LOAN HOLDERS
Ahoskie Herald,
Ahoskie, N. C.,
Dear Sir:
The following letter has been
received from the Federal Re
serve Bank of Richmond and
explains itself: . H
"We wish to bring to your
attention a matter which pro
bably affects the interest of. a
large number of the readers of
your paper, with the request
that you help us to give it the
widest possible publicity.
"As you know, three Liber
ty Loans has been issued. Of
the first Loan there are now
outstanding Bonds at 3 1-2, at
4 per cent, and at 4 1-4 per
cent. Of the Second Liberty
Loan there are outstanding
Bonds of 4 per cent and Bonds
of 4 1-4 per cent.
"The holders of 4 per cent
Bonds of the First Liberty
Loan have u^til Nov, the 9th,
and no longer, to present their
bonds for conversion into 4 1-4
Bonds. Holders of 3 1-2 per
cent Bonds of the First Liber
ty Loan will doubtless have an
opportunity later to convert
them into Bonds bearing a
higher rate of interest, if they
wish to do so, but unless the
privilege of conversion is ex
ercised with respect to all 4
| per cent Bonds on or before
November the 9th, 1918, that
privilege will lapse forever.
'Judging by the considerable
n amber of Bonds of the First
L??n issued at 4 per cent and
still outstanding, and the much
larger amount still outstanding
in .4 per cent Bonds of the Sec
ond Loan* we are satisfied that
the holders of these Bonds are
not thoroughly acquainted with
their rishts of conversion or
with the fact that conversion,
if affected at ml), must be made
not later than November he
9th.
we ha?e sent a n';n'?-?r if
circulars and notices to banks,
trust companies, and bond
houses, of this District,"but evi
dently the information has not
reached, in all cases, the ac
tual holders of the Bonds. 8
1-2 per cent Bonds and 4t per
cent Bonds of the First Loan,
and 4 per Cent Of thu Second
Loan, should be presented for
conversion through the banks
which handled the . riginal
subscriptions. All banks in the
District are supplisd with the
necessary conversion forms, or
CAPITAL STOCK TAX
FORMS BEING SENT
t * OUT FROM RALEIGH
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 10.?
Capital Stock Tax forms are
being sent out from the office
of the Collector of Internal
Revenue at Raleigh this week
to the 4,000 corporation* in
the Eastern District. These
forms must be prepared, sworn
to and returned by September
30- Heretofore, only corpora
tions, the capital stock of
which was worth $99,000 were
required to make these re
ports. Now, however, by a rill
ing from Washington, ALL
corporations which were re
quired jto file income tax re
turns, even though not taxa
ble, are also now required to
file capital stock returns, re
gardless of the value of their
capital stock. The tax rate of
66lfaa the $1,000, fair value
of cmtal stock above a speci
fic ennption of $99,000.
During the month o f August
revenue officers in the Eastern
District of North Carolina
have been especially active in
dstroying illicit stills. Under
the direction of Revenue Agent
T. H. Vanderford, of Greens
boro, what is known as the
"Flyina Squadron" has round
ed up blockaders and cut up
distilling plants in many cou?
ties in this district. North
Carolina officers were assisted
by several deputies from Ten
nessee and other States,and the
drive has been successful to a
degree. In all 78 illicit stills
were destroyed, of which 38
? wereytaptured and cut up by
Deputy Collector E. G. Rich
ardson qnd the officers of the
"Flying Squadron" associated
with fifth. Deputy Richardson's
force ako captured two auto
mobiles transporting illicit spir
its, made six arrests at block
ade stills and instituted 29
prosecutions.
Of the 78 seizures made
Johnston county contributed 12
Wake 10, Beaufort 7, Chatham
6, Sampson and Moore 5 each
and Cumberland 4, Harnett,
Montgomery, Orange, and Le
noir each yielded up 3 stills,
while "two of a kind" were cut
up in Wayne, Jones, Hoke, and
Durham, and one each was de
stroyed in Wilson, Brunswick,
Nash, Person, Franklin, Robe
son, Columbus, Duplin, and
laden.
The Internal Revenue collec
tions n the Eastern District of
North Carolina, for the month
of August, amounted to $1,
552,598.45. This was an in
crease of $763,553.05 over
August 1917, when the col
lections amounted to $798,045.
40. '
L. C. WILLIAMS IS DOING
TRENCH. DUTY
A letter received this week
from Luther C. Williams, for
merly an attorney, and may
or of this town at the time of
his entrance into the service,
states that he has already been
engaged in the warfare in the
latter day "trenches". He des
cribes his feelings as onto of
mixed emotions, and hardly
knows what he thinks of mod
ern warfare. However, he gives
glowing parise tO*he American
heroes, who ara under Persh
ing in France,, and states that
he is glad to be a part of this
fighting machine, which is
now grooming to sound the
death knell for Germany and
Prussianism.
In this communication, Ser
geant-Major Williams also
speaks in warm terms of the
great and noble work that is
and has been donejby the Am
erican Red Cross workers. He
says that one never knows that
they ar? really doing for the
boys until one has been there
and seen the workers on the
fields administering to the
wounded and caring for the
wants of those who are doing
the ftshting.And he calls on the
women at home to continue
??s&xjm
tin ills of warfart' The Herald
G^FliU1 ^? ? ?
would b? fifcd to rae?iv? pic
turea of ih? boys whoara ovar
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there, and arrange to (hr?
space in the paper to every
Hertford county boy who la ov
HarrellaviUe New*
Mr. J. D. Askew, Sr., return
ed home last week after spend
ing several days atSeven
Springs.
Miss Alee Sharp left Tues
day for Oxford Seminary, Ox
ford, N. C., where she will at
tend school this year.
Mrs. Essie Bretlow, of Nor
folk, Va., spent a few days
hare last week wit^^^ives.
Miss Conner, ?fr?Kimore,
Md., arrived lilftjl'week to ac
cept a position with Mrs. Min
nie Newsopte for the coming
season.
Mrs. Lin Culling and son left
Tuesday/for her home in De
troit, Mich.
Mrs' Addie Williams return
ed heme last week from Ahos
kie, where she has been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. A. W.
Green.
Miss Louise Toller, of Rocky
Mount, and Miss Essie Askew,
of Farmville were the guests of
Miss Clarine Scull last week.
Messrs. M. R. Taylor and H.
H. Taylor spent a few days
last week in Baltimore, M. D.
96
COST TO THE CONSUMER
OF A POUND LOAF
OF BREAD
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Since 1913 farmers have
been receiving for their wheat
a gradually increasing propor-j
' tion of the price paid by the
consumer for bread. The
amount received by the wheat j
grower for this contribution to
the average pound has increas-:
ed from less than 1 1-2 cents
per loaf in 1913 to more than
3 1-2 cents early this year. Tlje
proportion to the whole price
is show nby the relative length
of tne black columns of the
chart.
The middle portion of each
column shows what the miller
received for his milling cost
and profit. This has b len a
somewhat variable factor, but
is now at the minimum (6 per
cent.) In this (six per cent,
however, is included the cost
of the containers (bags, sacks,
etch.) shown as dotted irea
which has increased very near
ly in proportion to the price of
bread itself. Bags now cost
about 50 per cent n m than
in 19;3 'and 1914.
The shaded portion of the
column represents the expense
of distributing the flotir, mak
ing it into bread and getting
the loaf to the consumer.
Th chart shows that the far
mer is now receiving a much
larger share of the final price
for his pn?d\i?t than in the past
and that a considerable amount
of "spread" has been taken
out of other expenses.
Important Business
r >iir ?
Deal Is Announced
_t\ . , . , * i. i ft t.i --H- * t .? - <.att.rV*
Carolina Northeastern Rail
road Company PureluMee In
terests at Albemarle jtpMi
Navigation Company, Ply
ing Water, ja Hertford
County?Means Muck for
Ahoskie and Hertford Coun
ty.
Hampton Roads, Va., Sep
tember 9.?The Sunday morn
ing: Norfolk paper carried an
announcement of on important
business deal that was negotia
ted Saturday between the Car
olina Northeastern Railroad
Company and the Albemarle
Steam Navigation Company,
whereby the former concern
takes over the interests of the
latter corporation. The Albe
marle Steam Navigation Com
pany, with headquarters at
Franklin, Va., has for several
years operated the steam boat
lines from Franklin to Edenton
and from Murfreesboro, in this
county, to Edenton. In fact, this
boat line has furnished the only
nuUUUI /\f t I'Ulimni^ f/ia aaa .
pHwwtw trait?|joriaiiun iur bct
eral towns of this county, there
being no railroads at the above
referred towns.
The people of Ahoskie and
Hertford county have been pre
viously apprised of the *<rk
that is being done by the Caro
lina Railway, which now op
eratebV&rifae in 'tipper North
ampton iouijty and which line
has exrenfiMps far as Lasker. ?
It is thfc in&nuort of this corpor
atipn;*? Jheir Jjnes to
Ahoskie!- thus connecting
Northampton county with Herf
jine with the Wellington and
Fowellsville line, which tra
verses a part of Bertie county.
Work was started on this lat
ter extension before the begin
ning "of the war, but had not
made ,much progress, before
the demands of this govern
ment, and the peculiar labor
conditions now existtng caused
the cessation of active work on
the .extension.
However, it has been the
purpose of the people compos
ing this corporation to extend
this line to Ahoskie, which will
be made th terminal for the
way would not come to Ahos
kie are fully allayed by the an
nouncement that work will b^s
commenced just as soon as con- \
ditions will permit and that
Ahoskie and Hertford county
will form the right of way for
a new railroad will mean much
to the County and the town of
Ahoskie.
The editor of this paper has
noe yet received further infor
mation than that contained in
the Sunday's paper. Howevar
it is his intention to arrange a
personal interview with'the of
ficials ?f this corporation, and
later riv further particulars re
garding the actual work to be
done, and "What Hertford coun
ty and the town of Ahoskie can
expec in the way of rail
way mileage.
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