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WINDSOR, N. C, Thursday. Dec. 11th. 1913. NO. SO. OlUNTV. COM. PROCEEDINGS Monday ;Was Regular Day .with fh$ Commissions Accounts Audit ed and Paid., jurors for February. Term. Windsor. N. C, Dec. lit. 191 The Board of ' Bertie County Com missioners met in Windsor at JLO o'clock A. M,, p. R. Britton.CKairm.an presiding; all the members present, h- Minutes . of last meeting read and approved Wter which the.fpllowing bu siness was transacted, viz: ; I .- On motion it. was ordered that Thot. Norfleet be paid $5 00 for a ! colored pauper. S. P. Hale and J. S.'Je.nkjns' who were appointed- at Nov. meeting; to locate a road. Jt M.'Minton and Hill Burden in Snakebife Township made their report about the roadway arid tjhe commissioners decided to let the. road stand as now located. Board of Dirjec tors of the County farm submitted tjhe report same was approved , and ordered filed. The Register of Deeds! submit ted his annual report, same was ap proved and ordered recorded. y Clerk of Superior Court submitted his annual. report which, was approved and ordered recorded. , i u A. V. oobb, Treas ;-, filed his annual report, same was approved and orc'ered recorded. . W. S. Pritchard Clerk to the Board Commissioners filed the s.n nual countv statement showing the J.n nual expenditures of the county, fur ds same was approved and ordered print ed in the Windsor Ledger and also a copy of same posted at Court hoi se door. - : ' r On motion it was ordered that R. J. Shield be paid $3.00 for i one day ei ;r viees atterding meeting at county fa: m in Jant 1913. - . ' , - On motion it was ordered that 3. B Stokes be paid -$2.20 one day auditing Trean. : bonks on Saturday Nov. 2y th, 1913. ; . The following named persons re; ceived the amounts opposite their name as help from the county viz: Aj (Merry Hill; W. H. Morris E. L: Mizell ? ; J. a. Bass 5 ' Geo. W. Jilcott W, T. White . :. G.; Jernigan : j. Gt A. "Harden H. W. Ly9n ; J; Myers - ; L: D. Harrell K Nathaniel Asbell: J otin T. Castellow W. H. Bryant J P. Hoggard - W. DWhlte, P. B. Cole ' F. M.; Dunstan . T.B. 'Morris (Aulander) N. Thomas . John A. Alston W. J, Freeman J. J. Beaslev . W. M. Mizell J. C, Joyner J. C. Dunning Chas Col ins j J. N. Bazeraore V Allen E. Baggett J. L. Brickie -R. A. Barber ; ! -George' T. Parker ; 1 On motion it was road team: and machines etc.. THE BERTIE FA(lf.EirS UNION CHEAP EXCURSION RATES. i Met in Windsor Last Thursday Se-'On account of the Holinays via A' .vera! Hundred Delegates k - lantic Coast Line, v Tickets on - . tended Bring Dinner. ; i- Sale Beginning Dec; i7th .; i dnnrl ITirif it Trtniinnvr 4 fin Cf It . AqteBder-N-UeclIiiiPlacB! There are about five ' hundred memb ers o f th e Far m er ' s U n i on in Bertie County and the Union is growing every, dr.y. Every farmed in the county shoujd be a member., There are over two million members of - the union in the United.States, so you see the Union is no unknown Quantity to be reckoned with. It has alreade made itself felt in the commer cial world, and it will be , felt still more when the :majority of the farmers are merribersof it and.it thereby becomes stronger Every vocation in life is f organ- ordered that the ized. in i act, tnis is an age 01 all carts, wagons and ; organization; . Without organi- be sent -to the county 7atmn irv frnfh mfcro V.on 5 15. 5 loo .bo 5.00 6.bo 12.00 $3 loo 3 3 3 4.60 -sjoo 300 3.bo -3.00 1 3.P0 3.bo 3.00 Essex Biggs John Castellow Aug Mizell Eliza Biggs John Powell James R. White Hester Riddick, ; 4.00 Blake Lee . ; ' T 3.00 Elizabeth Williams ' 500 Benj. Lee ; .3.00 Columbus White 3 00 Kate Bond 'I S.pO Sallie Casper i v 3-P Benjamin Swain 3.jOU Armistead Miller . ' : . 3.00 R. C Nichols and wife 5 00 Laiy C Clark 5eorge Douglas Ann Fagan . Martha Berry Henry Castellow Julia Hardy Arthur Robbins Nathan Tayloe - Julia Ann .Ward " Mariza Sutton " Eliza Bunch Laura C. Clark Thos. Brogden and sister Silas Willi ams Charles Todd Andrew Gillam - : Adline Williams , Virginia Thompson . ; ; i Harrison Outlaw ? ' Charlotte Jordan Robert Parmer . J JJdna Ryan . Nettie Harrison - Francis Boone Abram Garrett and wife Jsmael Devreaux Mandy Bamhill Soloman Powel ' Rebecca' Smallwood 1 . Littleton Wiggins West Bernard Jane Carter -V ; y race Pugh Thomas Roulhac Watson Tayloe Miles Gillam ear Jordan ; 3.00 The following named persons were drawn to servA Vi T?h. rm of ; Superior Court, viz; W- H. Pierce : Charlie Johnson ; x - , V C. Garris ' farm on Dec 20th 1913 and put in the u. je nanus oi r. fneips. , " r Ordered -that T. C Bond be paid $2 one day auditing Treas. books - The following uccounts were audited and ordered paid, viz: . ; " W T Heckstall, expenses Windsor town ship roads . $220.81 P F Cobb, ; services and i hand hire Whites township . . 5.06 D P Reid & Bros. Feld, Whites town ship , . . . . s 46,31 D;4 C. Outlaw, services Indian Wood township ' 8.00 D. C. Outlaw, hand hire, feed and lum ber Indian Woods -94.94 A T-Eason,' expenses ,Woodville town ship, . :,rJJ , , s:r3H. 48 E; ,D. Callis. hand hire, feed, re-, pairs etc.,-Coleraine Township 254.22 Jesse Hoggardkhand hire. etc. Mit chell township u D P Reid & Bro. feed Merry Hill township ; . - 1 55,12 J J Ellis, feed Merry Hill, , : 14 05 Ernest Whiter services hand hire Merry Hill township - 4.50 A"T Eason,. feed Roxobel .118 52 J R Harrell exps., Roxobel 216.52 S. P. Hale, work on bridges Snake bite township ' -,.-' 4.70 G. W Thomas, mdse for jail 1.00 W J Butler, jailers expenses ' J.4.80 Carolina Building & Hardware Com pany. lumber and nails, . ,, 3.41 Stokes & padlock mdse for small pox.!mate way, demanding only jus cases - . 2? ?? tice from the other fellow! J T Nichols settling with sneritt Z.UU j VA B Phelphs, services on pension board 2.UU accomplished. . The merchants have their 'merchants association, and by its organized. influence, it rids itself, - greatly, of the "dead bekt,,. i , Their or ganization ; weilded much' influ ence in securing . lower freight rates. It is a great hefp to the individual merchant. The Haw yer has his organization-theBar association.; r They suggest reme dial and beneficial laws, and help one another greatly. The doc tor has his "Medical Society " and they ;meetriand' impprtnbw- ledge to. each other and try to es tablish a system of fees. Then 23.00 f we have the "Wholesale Mer chants Association' to . protect themselves in their dealings with the manufacturers and f the re tail merchants who on the other hand have to deal with the man ufacturers association, and nu merous trades unions and feder ations of labor, x All ; are organ ized for ".''self .betterment' and are absolutely legimate arid pro per when conducted in a ' legiti- So why not the farmer organ- 3J0O 8.00 4. 30 6. 30 3.0O 3.00 3.00 300 Mo J F Phelps, mdse, ate, for farm and salary 1 ' ' ' " ' : 347. 16 E W Waters, J P costs ; 9.22 J A Early holding polls in Nov. 2.00 J D Pritchard, medical and prof ess-" ional services : , 30.00 E D Callis, repairing bridge and re pairs to machine . - 56;35 ' E E Stokes, repairs and machine & coffin . : . ' - . 20.00 WL Lyon, court cost 91.72 W Cooper, Sheriff fees- 59.28 W li Smith wick, services on Peri ston board . ' V '- S"00 4 J H Kerr, Solicitor fees 7.00 J Wi Mitchell services pension: board : r - ' : ; .2.00 L,F. Pierce, caring for w. 'mill 4.00 N W Minton, constable cost 2,33 W T Heckstall lumber, etc for brid ges . ' . - 55.74 Windsor Pharmacy drugs Tand vac cine points " , " t.jKi G W White ser. Dire; farm 12.80 C E Collins, cofjin for pauper 3.00 A T Eason, dse lumber etc 34.77 " J R Harrell. repairs . 11.65 W M Sanderlin, - janitor salary 10.00 D L White conveying : prisoners to jail.: : ' - t ' A J Simmons Director farm 11.0.0 Jesse Hoggard, shoeing "mules' 5.80 S B Gillam, cart saddle l.'50 EdJSkiles, keeping ferry - 25,00 Windsor Electric Light & Power ,;Cjo lights . ; . ' . ' 'P? Gussie Edwards stenographer 52.45 There being no further business, , on motion the Board adjourned j ,D R BRITTON, Chm : W S PRITCHARD Clerk ize? .When in town- denft forget to have eKrintinn renewed. We also IVuUA DUv'r do first dzzi Jcb Prist's-. ; Especially v?:hen all of these other organizations are depend ent upon the- prosperity of the latter.-. i '.' , We repeat that every farmer in Bertie county should be a member of the Farmer's Union. There, is nothing. t(T lose and everything to gain. Ifou' certainly- cannot accomplish any thing single-handed and alone. United you could starve the world if you would, but no good man wants more than justice; and it will require organization to get that in this day of com bines and trusts; Wall Street spec ulators,. greed and graft. Or ganize and demand i t, "and -"you will get v it. - ! - ' The farmers today," in Bertie county are betteroff than at any time In their: lives and their or anizdtidns haVeJplayed" no -little part in . that accomplishment. Thy have become,, educated' in more ways, thaii one, and are justf .'getting out of the woods" so -tpispe;:'2uid.')3iore and more in. the open. .They know, what it costs to produce a bale of cot totf and' they know what , they should get for- it in order to live and prosper. Tfien too, " they know that the cotton spinner Tickets t will ble . on sale, from fall points on the Atlantic Coast Line to all pointsY South of ; the Ohio and Potomac ; and East of the Missis'sippi . Rivers including Washington, Cincinnati, Evans ville and Cairo, for all trains Dec, 17-18-19-20-21-22 23-24-25 and 31 and Jan. i-limited return ing Jan 9th, also to many points in the northwest and southwest on Dec: 20-21, and 22nd. limited returning, Jan. 18th and " f rdmj points in Virginia, North Caro lina and South Carolina to 'Ha vahnah Cuba,' on Dec, 20th., lim itedf returning Jan. 6th, 1914. Passengers must: reach . Original starting point-By or before mid night of return limits specifiedi For' further particulars, sched, ules; reservations, etc. apply to1 Ticket Agents, Atlantic, Coast Oearii of -William : D. l'erfy Line, or address, - J T. C. WHITE, Gen. Passenger 1 0f te deacons. The life of such I have not seen in your val Liable paper a notice of the death f my old friend Mr. William D Perry, of Rosemead. - .1 regret that some friend from r.hatlneighborhood has not given you the main incidents of -hia useful and highly respectablo life. He died in his eighty so cond year. 7 I have kr.o wn him from my early; cliildhood. Ho was a genial man, warm in hia hand-shake, glad' , to see you. You, often .found? him at his gato waiting to greet you. His door was ever open and, his table spread for a friend; his barn was full, his -smoke house plenti f ui." He was a brave Confederate soidier. J delighted to hear him in his quiet modest Way, tell of battles fought, dangers braved, 1 . ' ' 1 1 1 w .V marcnes waiKea ana pnvaxiona endured. He loved to talk about the war. He was ah upright hon able' citizen. His . .membership as a, consisterit:christiah, was in Mars .Hill Baptist church. - There he was quiet and undemonstra tive, but as true as . :steele, aa gooa as a diamond, tie was one Agent W. J. ; CRAIG, ;Pas, Traffic Manager , Wilmington, N G. and makes it turn him out sever al hundred dollars, ' The know ship. too, . mat-ne nas cn e , same ngnt to say to Mr. Spinner jvhat he wiir take for "his; cottdn as JMr. Spinner. says what he will, lake for his cotton cloth. ; As we have said . he is sinrnly "getting edu cated" and the stronger the Un- community. His children are my friends. I pay deserved tri bute to his work and shall nour ish happy memories of his friend FRANCIS D WINSTON. Phelps-rayloe .The MethoiJist, Church of Poweravillo was the scene of a vei v ' pretty mar ion the greater the diffusion of Thanksgiving afteiLoon at 2:30 - .. .. I ' . i . rr- .... educatipn and greater the result and benefits to all. On Thursday of last week all j the 21 Local Unions in the coun ty sent delegates to Windsor where they- met in a session of t he County Union. , Several hun dred delegates came. 5 They had baskets of dinner and it was spread upon 4ong tables and they spent the day It was the first! time the County Union has met at the County sear. They show ed up well, in ' numbers as well as visible evidencesof prosperty and success. Every member seemed enthused, in the organi zation and felt that he had been benefitted and hpped for still better things. They .held ase cret ses& ion and we do not know what was, . transacted therein save the following election of of ficers and the time and , place for the next meeting. : - 1 :. : -OFFICERS ELECTED , ft - !President-J. , Lawrence A Har- rjngton. ' " T Vice Pres.rJ. R. Bynum. ; N Sec. nd Treas. -J. M.. Perry Chaplain-E. J. Miller Door keeper-Luther Nowell . Conductor-W T. Asbell Executive . Committee-Jv A. Johnson, .W. M. Keeter an& J. HrJLawrence ; i ' , Business Agent-E. V. Gaskins Delegates to the State meet ing in Shelby Dec.; ir-1819-R. E.. Tarkeriton, :W; H. Mitchell and y. LRawle"3. . ; c AulSnder was chosen as the nextrjlacq ; for holding the Coun ty .Union,' 'andthe time, thp first Thurcday:in Uarch. o'clock; The contracting parties were Fannie fayloe of PoweJl3vi)le; : The church was beaut'fully decora ted for the occasion 1 he chancel was a bank, of white with overhanging'ever greens " Ferns and evergreens .werQ- ladtelully arranged on the al tar, mak ing a beautiful reen back ground ; L)ne befre the appointed hour, the church wa tilled to overflowing", show ing the high esteern in which the bride is held:. -At. the:-'.appointed hour Mha. J ana Raia ooncr HsiM tha BonHa tf tViA Desert grow cold" 4 Whi e the, sweet strains of the Mendelssohn's wedding march were being rendered by Misi Paul ne Bndger, of Windso r the 'wed ding procession entered First came ritv. C H Caviness, of Ahoskie, pistpr of the bride who took his (.lace back of the -chancel. Next came Mr, Edwin' -Riddick and vMiss Helen Jenkins, of Union, N C. .crossed in front of the altar and todk their places on , each side - Then came the bride attired in a , tan travelingr suit with hat and gloves , to match. "She was accompanied by hep sister, Miss Hattie Tavioe. The groom accompanied by the best man, Mr Asa . Phelps, met the tride at the chancel where. the impressive ceremony of the Methodist church was spoken by tha pastor,, making them man and wife Messrs Jijmes Bisd and Raynor -Moore, xof Po wells ville and Cecil War iriri g tori of Merry Hi 1 1 were the ushers ' Immtd lately after the cerem ny tha bride a od groom left for a br'dal tour in the North. On their return they will make their home in Merfy Hill ; ' The bride was a recipit nt of aiarna number of presents from) relatives cr:d friends who wish i or them much' hep pines throngh life : - ; i j , , FOR RENT 20 acres" of cleared land, with a cood three room 'rhouse, t new. with, out building, "rood cdttle takC3 that tame bale Of- cotton ran-s, 2 1-2 fnllcafrcrn 7ir-r.-Ap-- for which ho pdd; czy. C1C3.CD r!y to r.ic rT r :r-'A'-Aypr.iAPra,.yonrXi sometimes reduces her strength to U3 depths of weakness- Jier devcticn to household cares prevents suOcicr.t rest and recreation; ThbusanHs cl women in this condition find Scctt'S- i i.i i,- t: i f J " mmj - -perfected that every drop yields dirct returns in strengthening the crzr.3 and tissues and in making hcall!;, lit e-sustcinin blood. Scott's Jbrnu! ; : is devoid cf alcohol or any ban:! druTS, and overcomes tircdncr
Bertie Ledger-Advance (Windsor, N.C.)
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