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THE .1 . f. ,. OR It has been suggested that imass meeting of the citizens of Uertie county be called while the Legislature is in session and discuss and recommend needed .legislation, We favor anjr idea tthat will crystalize into action. It may be that amass meeting for the entire county, held at tne county-seat, is the th(ing to do. Or, it may be that township meetings would be better; or better still, it may be that, in -order to get in more direct touch .and contact with the bulk or imass of the people, their feeling .and sentiment, that school house meetings be called. Wc fear that, at a oreneral meeting, for the whole county, held court house, the people in the would not freely, if at ail, express them selves as they would in town ship or school-house meetings. The will of the people is ;he ob ject to be sought, and lot the airing of the expressions of a few. Yet we reconize the fact that it will be dependent on a few to take the initiaiive and start the movement and. begin ctive steps; and that there are -C only a few in any community yho can op will speak 3ut. A little later, if township or school .house meetings are aec we may single out some ded on, citizens. in all sections of the county to take these initiatory steps and call a meeting of their -citizens in their several fellow COmm.il- n i Hps Th p. meetiners to be tho roughly advertised, thej people urged to attend and to speak their sentiment No star cham ber assemblies wherein one man or one set of men draft their pet ideas or selfish schemes into resolutions and palm thm ofi as being the will and sentiment of the dear people. Let the meet ings be free, full and open. At these meetings the question of a Salary Basis for our coun ;y officers can and should be discuss ed. That question is a veryjimportant one to the tax payers of the county, The coun ties all over the state are fast adopt- inn thin hasis of navine: its officers. It is a progressive movement ognized as a big one in of economy. Its adoption nd is rec- ,he matter ould go a long way toward putting "straining at gnats and an end to wallowing -camels" in the way of butting ex penaes. Let us have the salary basis andsave a few hundred, few thousand at one pop possibly a It might touild a new bridge where one is need hnt th funds do not warrant. It might build a new school Ijouse where one is needed, Jbut the funds do not warrant. It would certainly take care of the poor list and enable the county to raise the allotment of some and add a few more needy and worthy ones to the list. It might, per chance, ex: end the school days to the ; poor. Yes, it might help out in several ways. 3t would be better, for the (people than the fee system if the saving would be divided among the hard worked school teachers of the county, in raising their) salary ana tnen raise tne sianaaru oi efficiency of the teachers. If its e conomy the tax-payers of the county want: if its the saving o : their tax- . mnnev thev are looking tor, then the salary basis is one of ; the would like to have. - r -, things Kthey Then the question of making all mr cnnntv officers elective could and should be taken up.; That is, letting the people vote on every officer in Ber tie county, from the justice of the peace right on up. the ladder clear to the top rung. That is the only Dem ocratic way. It is ; ; the uonly' way . to have a government . j by. the' people and not. by rings, machines aijd bosses. - Its the best way to get at the will of the ASS-MEETING OF COUNTY " L' . ..... ' i 1 " s. ..-.-,. 17 ftt TOWNSHIPS SUGGESTED people. After they nominate and e lectan officer they have no . cause to kick and should take their medicine if he 'is not satisfactory, and get him out next time. By being elective it gives the people an opportunity of getting rid of unpopular and unfit men in office- By being appointive they have no recourse but the will and fancy of a few men, some times ' one man. In a word, appointive offices give us a one man government, or government controlled by ome faction or machine or bosses. In fact, appointees make up the cogs of a machine. Away with it. Let lis vote on all. The above question suggests the matter 'discussed by Mr. Jos. H. Eth eridge in another column--tne corrupt use of liquor and the debauchery of the electorate. The Windsor town ship primary of two years ago was e nough to convince any decent, respect able citizen the need of such a law as Mr Etheridge suggests. There should be a heavy penalty, both fine and impris onment, on any person who, in any way, attempts to influence the eiecto- rate, Dy tne use oi liquor, or money, directly or indirectly. The voters, are awakening' to this 'attempt on the part of office-seekers and peanut poli ticians, ringsters, machine henchmen and hirelings to degrade and debauch their suffrage with the free use of li quor and a few dollars and intimida tion. Give us a stringent law, one iniposing a jail sentence on any person in any wise using liquor on the day of our primary or election. And another law edually as strong imposing a similar sentence on any one who attempts to intimidate any voter through fear of misfortune or threat erred oppression: or loss of, employment And make circumstantial evidence sufficient for conviction. This will put a quietus to the debauchery of the t i a i.' j : - j j. . electorate auu give uai ueceui icsiecta- ble primaries and go a long way in insuring an honest and fair expression of the will of the people. The Civic League, The committee of inspection from the Civic League, has not inspected since before Christmas on account of the busy season and bad weather. They were very much pleased, how ever, at what had been done then. Those who had not cleaned were raking and those who were not raking promised to do so. Mr. R. C. Baze more deserves special mention. The back of his store, which occupies more space than any store in town was thoroughly cleaned and looked good to the "eye. Mr. Seweirs comes next. His en tire premises were in good condition. His blacksmith shop was neat, clean and in perfect order. A place for every j thing and everything in its place. Back of Mr, Burden's store was al right, Mr Cooke's also. There is some excuse for the stores from Bunch & Powell to Mr. Dail's shop. The land being low and wet makes it hard to keep clean, and is found to be un healthy. It must be filled up, if the ditch there cannot be made to drean the property. I hope there will be steps taken at once to improve' the condition. Our duty is to have a clean pretty town and the merchants and I heads of families I know are going to have it so. We are all going to pull together. Those who won't pull must be push ed. Right here I want to ask our country friends to help us by not throwing peelings i or paper on the streets, pur town authorities are all right and are going to do their duty; We thought we would , , give every body a chance to clean , from the busy times of Christmas before another in spection. Expect us any day now. Mr Hecks tall has given permission for all the trash to be put on v his : land back of Dail's snop. So. lets have large box to put our old cans,' ; bottles and all trash in and when it is full; have it emptied, on-Mr. - Hecks tail's land.- 1 I t"'-:. "'I -i - 1 ' The League will make an effort : to have a cart go around every two weeks. or oftener and haul the contents of the F ARM E R S'v INSTITUTES One to be held in Aulander Jan 27 - Mars .lHiJIon; the '28th and -;:: "VVindsor on the 9. . . S Mr; Editor:-1 have been informed ditorri-Ih by Mr. T. B.. Parker, Director of Far mers Institutes, that there will be an intitute held at Aulander, . on J an. 27th; Mars HilC Jan: 28thj and in Windsor Jan. 29th; . ( ; I am glad indeed we are to have these instltuies in Bertie county; and I want, through f your paper, to insist tljat every farmer in the codfnty,' that possibly can .will attend these, meetings.- The time -has arrived when we must avail ourselves of every opportu nity possible to better inform ovrselves along agricultural lines. This is a way of great progress in agricultural lines as well as all others. This has very plainlybeeh shown by the Expe riment'Stations; of the state, Aud from demonstration work Jail over the state. It has been plainly demon strated that we no7 know the possi bilities of our land. It has been shown that under better methods of prepara tion and cultivation we not only make twice as much as we formerly did but in many cases four and five times as much. And still we have not attained the highest 8tardard. There is still lots to be learned and we should not let any opportunity pass to betterjin f orm : ourselves. And for this reason I appealto" ejery. man in the county to see his neighbors: and insist that they attend. , When you help your . neigh bor you help; yourself and your county at lare. I only wish I was surround ed by the. best farmejs in North Caro- formation; from time to time. I wish I could attend an institnte once every month. If there were nothing to be gained by attending them the great state of North Carolina would never employ a force of experts in agricult ure to travel the state and tell us how to better our conditions. We should attend these institutes and take our wives and daughters so they may may attend the women's in stitute and learn better methods of house-keeping, cooking, etc. I hepe the ladies will turn out ill good num bers, for when they get interested they will beat the men two to one. We don't take the interest we should in reading agricultural books and jour nals. The farmer that does not read and keep posted is just about as good a farmer as the lawyer that reads no law, or doctor who; read no medicine. We should encourage our neighbors to take good southern agricultural jour nals. I take several myself, but the Progressive Farmer stands higher in my estimation than any I believe I ever read for a southern farmer. I know of no better way to spend a dol-. lar that would bring greater returns. And I know of no way he' could spend time more profitable than in attend ing these institutes. And don't forget to tell vour neighbor and carry your wife and daughter. With highest regards I am , ! Yours truly, C. W, SPRUILL, Quitsna, N. C. " - boxes away, for 10 cents a load. This will save labor and expense in the long run. ' ' - Those who occupy rooms over the stores must stop the janitor from throw ing the trash out of the windows, The merchants have complained of.it. They can have a trash box, also. . In behalf of the Gracied -Scliol I thank the Commissioners for ' the re mains of the f ence;that used to be around the court house.: ' After the ditch on the school grounds has been put in good condition the Civic . Iie ague assisted, by the, Thespians, teachers and nnnils and all who are interested J ,- . . . . r - . will fence m the grounds and beautify the campus. ' The chileren are anxious to begin.' . -" ' " fmilT God has given us, through .Nature, a pretty town and: good water. Let us show ; Him our - appreciation and thapks by keepipg it clean and thereby; maiing it healthy. ., : . -l , , r D.lWINSTON,,: Presidents THE :U S E: 0 F LIQUOR I ts I hf luehcejdmth grading and Debauchiag c By Mr. J. H. Etheridge. 3 i- Legislative Remedy Needed - , Mr. Edi6r;--0ne of the greatest evils that tnejnaces 'good government is the vcorrupt use of whiskey to influ ence and debauch; voters.- A 'fountain canndt : rise above its source,,' nor 'a government above the moral- charac ter and intelligence of r its voters. t those who exercise the franchise blind ly follow unscrupoious henchmen for a i DoiLie oi wnisKey, tnen ; nones t, good goyerriment is a. baseless dreami . Ed ucation, moral character and fitness weigh nothing in the .estimation of such men. VVhat do voters of this stripe care what,sort of public servants are selected? Having rocked' their consciences to sleep and without the fear of God they are willing to sacri fice the best interest" of the country for the gratification of an unholy appitite for whiskay. ; . ; . ' Equality of opportunity , becomes a mocking farce when ambition drowns the voice af right and just'ee in those in seeking political preferment who use money through their henchmen to do their dirty work. A premium is put on rascality, and poor young men of talent, character and asperations have no showing in filiing positions of trust and honor, Unless this evil is stopped by drastic : legislation it will continue to grow and eventually sap the foundation of good g9vernment. U The moral and religious ' sehtimenC: oi oerue county nas neen snocked by the corrupt,1 disgracefnl use of whiskey to influence ilHterate fyoterijlor'seyer al yearsr. Knowing' ihelfiioppbsiti wno lavor cxvic rigiueousn.Hss to unite and urge bur representatives for an enactmedt of legislation to prevent it. The voice of outraged public decency cries out against it. ,The voice of no ble, upright manhood animated, by high ideals cries; out against it. The chnrch of God feels and recognizes its baneful influence and pries out against it. The Legislature is in session: and now is the time to act. Every noble reform for the benefit of humanity is gained by had'fighting. . Now is the time ! to strike, J. H. ETHERIDGE. Ilarrell-Peele. Suffolk, Va., Jan. 6. George C. Harrell and Miss Rowena V. Peele, both natives pf Biertie county 'N. C. now of Suffolk, were married: tonight at 8 o'clock at the Baptist parsonage by the Rev. R.v A. McFarland. ! The groom is sixty-three years old and this is his fourth matrimonial venture. . Mr, and Mrs. Harrell will Jive in Suffolk. ' -.,-,:vr WINDSOR The contest over the site for . ' the proposed, consolidated ; district school, brougnt representatives.here VMonday, both favoring Ashland and Mt.'- Gould." Electric lights are ' expected to p be turned on all over the town in a few days';:;;;:;;:V:;'f:;.. Mr.; Dennie White's new, sales stable nave been completed and ' are, ; nicely arranged, built with the idea- of con venience for the public and comfort of his stock, i ' , . ; : . At the;Tecent partyw given by Master Corle8S Hayes complimentry to Master Wallace and Miss Gladys- Lankfbrd, of ffJT . tim,: "rrr.. ! Vi franklin: ; Miss Marv white won tne first prize in :th rhosts interesting con test, and Miss Alice j ,- Warren ; Morris, won the' second. The little folks had . Aeain, we wish to thank our friends about the com who are .mailing Jus theiiwiersjf or j oin&lBfll Reports come to us -j f rom ; different parts of the county ,that cholera among xne nogs nas iueu uul uu many;'-, ' - I", - r " v . Mrs.: K.,R. Johnson and Mrs. S. H. Lankford, of Franklin, Va.; who have been 'visiting Mrs J; E. Hayes, have returned to their home. -' LOCAL NEWS ;-rMrai::Sue:;Tadloc and grandson, Master John, 'arid Mr. and Mrs. Yhari were guests of Mrs. A. B. Phelps last ; week; ; J NJ ' . IflMrspjrjljEto her ister;Mrs. Iron Gillairi last week ; ,li4-Und;fM : left.' last week for a visit. to Tampa. Fla., Cuba and Panama. Mr; Mardre hopes te "visit will better his health. - v - Miss yiola Hayes has returned her classes at the Chowan College. to- We note .with pleasure the appoint- nient as Journal Clerk in the ' present session of : the . Legislature, of our county man, Mr. Alex Lessiter. j There is no more efficierit'clek in that body than he. f As evidence of the fact ha has been successively appointed to that position since 19p0i His Bori is one of ,the; messenger ( boysv'i Anyone having costumes belonging to 'The Thespians" : will" please re turn, them at once, as they are needed by the club. . ; Mrs. F, : D. .Winston, Pres. t The Thespians have a good many costumes and; will be glad tc rent them where they will be taken care i of and re turned' promptly, : " ' ' t ' The meeting days ofv the Civic League are the firs t Tuesday : and ; last Wednesday in irh month atthe court' house r three o'clock P, M. All ladies interested are urged to join. ' ' The Confederate Vetrans of Bertie county are . most cordially . invited by . the United Daughters of the " Confed eracy of the Frank Byrd Chapter, to be present on Sunday , afternoon, Jan. 19th, 3 o'clock at tne Graded , School to observe Lee and Jackson day. Your presence will be appreciated. See an nouncement in this paper. ; , . ' " v -Mrs. J L. Spivey, Pres.. 'Sec : : : On Sunday af ternoon J an. .19th - at 3 o'clock, the U. D. C will observe Lee aiidJacksori birthday. VA yery in terestin'g progrAm;, has been arranged We hope' to have all . the Confederate vrlittritttu make- th,e ser-" vices more impreiveV'VTHe public is cordially invited to be present. It be ing on Sunday we hope the r whole town will respond ito bur Jnvitution. ' ... . ; Respectfully - J Mrs. J. L. Spivey, Pres., Mrs. E. L; Gatling, Sec. Mr. I. M. IViizell has rented tho store in the newfLfpsitz building and is now stocking' it. V He will place a handsome' soda j ;fountein, ;and handle drugs, patent medicines toilet articles of every description, t perfumts, can dies, stationary, serW cream, " and hot drinks. as' well as , cold -in V connection with his! fountain ? In vfact he will handle everything carried ; by , such bu8ine8s The'store is: being attract ively, furnished with handsome . show cases mirrors, : center tables and chaira. ; MrsV W. R. Noe is visiting her rao therein Clinton. Jhe was accompan ied by her sister Miss Patrick,- wha has betri here on a visit. Mr. Geo.":: W. - Thomas, who ': has, for the last several years been clerk ingpr J. B. Nicholls & ; Bro., haa gone into the mercantile business for himself on Granville street. . : Quit a rru'mber of- residences aro being wired and electric lignts install Mrs. Wi .S, Hayes has returned from a visit to relatives fn iGatesvillc -fi Thie District Convention of the Odd Fellows meets jn Windsor on the 23rd. We are asked to 4ay to the patrona as weli as others, on the yarions rural routes, that- the : ordinary postals s tamp will not be j honored on all 4 class matter under ' tne parcels p law; Tiere are special 5 parcels pos stamps which must be used. If ,yoii put the! ordinary stamps on . your pack ages they will ? be wasted nd tha package will hot go. Then t n Am 'o tA tiftA roan : nf th Hnr to. tho name and ; address of the sender must appear on all matter. .. : : . ... .. Judge : Winston " left Saturday fc? Raleigh;, to attend the inauguration . pperpahd Entertainment -r On Friday " night January 17th, there will ;be . served at r the Hotel T'xi'aziatvniV -fried " 'and " ate wed ovstfra. salad, Norfolk cream, cake, etc. After.! the supper there will be . amusements to enliven the evening, among them ; a guessing contest; A cordial invitation to all. Proceeds to meet payment cri, school desks, etc. V
Bertie Ledger-Advance (Windsor, N.C.)
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