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, ... WINDSOR, N. ,C.; THURSDAY. APRIi: 23RD1914.. . '""l v - v - ;r - No 4
P,,,,
County Com'r. Proceedings
The Board of Bertie County
missioners met in Windsor. N.
Monday. April 6th, at 10 o'clock
Com
on a. m. ,
D. R- Britton, Chairman presidi
Pg; an
V
the members being present.
Minutes of last meeting were , read
and approved, after which the
ing business was transacted.
Follow-
r.n motion D. C. Lassiter was re
iiovAd of road duty on account of
ill
I
health and unable to work; '
On motion it was ordered that W.
C. Robertson be relieved of rond duty
on account of ill health and unable to
work.
On motion it wai ordered that Chas.
Perry be relieved of road duty on ac
count of ill health and unable ti work.
The following named pergon u were
appointed to tak the tax list . in the
several townships in the county, and
to receivd the amounts opposite their
names for the work, viz:
Windsor township, R. W. As
kew Merry Hill township, A. D.
Smithwick
White's township, J. H. Law
rence Coleraine township, W. R.
Rayner
Mitchell township, J. Law
rence Harrington
Roxobel township, J. C.
Cherry
$100.00
50.00
50.00
85.00
80.00
60.00
Woodville
township, J. T.
Veale
Snakebite township, J. R.
Cherry
Indian Woods township, Chas.
Bond
65.00
50.00
45.00
For the purpose of promoting and
encouraging the canning industry of
Bertie county, the Board of Commis
sioners today appropriated the sum of
$40.00 to the Bertie County
Tomato
used in
advancing the. work oi tne
Mr. A. J. Simmons, chairman of
the Board of Directors of then county
farm submitted a report showing the
condition of the farm and
condition of the prisoners
also the
and the
aged and infirmed, same was approved
and ordered filed.
The following: accounts
were au-
dited and ordered paid, viz:
Geo. D. Barnard & Co., sta
tionery and supplies
$ 8.05
6.50
2.98
11.61
24.50
36.50
2.00
29.98
456.40
18.71
.65
J. H. White, feeding jurors
at last court
J. L. Harrinerton. 1-2 J. P.
cost Lem White case
C L. Henry, freight on road
machine
J H. Allen, amount of cos
in Ben Perry case
K. Sallencrer. services in
- o
keeping ferry
Sol Adams, conveying prison
oners to jail
Jessie Hoggard, lumber t for
Harrell bridge
J. F. Phelps, merchandise for
county farm
Jenkins & Sons for medical
services
E. S. Dail. lumber furnishe l
court house
W. P. King, stationery fox
Register Deeds office
Blanchard 5fCo., bread pars
for jail
I. W. Askew, coal furnished
for court house
Stokes & Tadlock merchan
dise for courthouse '
11.00
.30
12.00
.90
53. OQ
135: 00
1.98
10.00
16.80
7.15
W. J. Butler, feeding prison
ers
Austin Western Co., one road
machine
W. G. Mizell, mavors f
e
Wm. Sanderlin, janitor salary
J. W. Cooper, summonirg
jurors , ;
W. R. Capehart, feed and
care of stray cattle X- L
burroughs Adding Machine
Co. , one machine s ! h 318.50
Merry Hill Township.
Ernest White, lumber aid
hand hire
v White's Township,
I. F. Cobb, services and
hand hire
Roxobel Township!
The Carolina, Metal Prodi ct
Co., metal culverts
J. R. Harrell. hand hire" for .
68.28
47.10
89.32
road work
60.70
, Indian Woods.
2- W. SpruUl, .for ,Iumbr,
23.72
D. C; Oiitlnw
Snakebite Township:
S. P. Hale, for hand hire and
expenses 38 39
S. -P. Hale, paid for ditching
etc., ; 6.00
Mitchell Township..
Jessie Hoggard, feed for team,
hand hire etc., , 148,88
Windsor Township.
Salisbury Metal Culvert Co.,
for culverts ' ; !
W, T. Heckstall, hand hire
and road expenses
Coleraine Townshfp.
C. H. Cobb, hand hire, etc.,
D. R. Britton & Coi, mer
chandise for Coleraine
55.04
258.14,
85.25
township
V-
24.67
Suffolk Feed and Fuel Co.,
for feed
J, B. Mitchell, services in
Coleraine'
D. R. Evans, lumber and re
pairs to bridge
104.03
18.00
5.62
Total ( $2,204.85
There being no o ther business the
board adjourned. ,
D.'R. BRITTON,
Chairman.
W. S. PRITCHARD,
Clerk to Board.
KENNEY FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS
. Mr. Editor: L see letters from
every part of Bertie county ad
vocating S. W. Kenney for Reg
ister of Deeds. I have not
seen any one from our com
munity. This is not because he
has no warm supporters here- for
he has a great many. The
Democratic party has honored
our township in the past but no
,rrioreian we tMieserye., Ve
naCapPOu
Bond for Sheriff and they 'were
as good as the best . We had
Gapt. Outlaw a member of the
legislature and he was a good
one, and we have had Mr. C.
W. Spruill for Commissioner
Everybody knows he was a fine
Commissioner. Now Mr. Ken
ney always speaks in the, high
est terms of these good men.
He never let a chance go by to
say nice things about them and
they deserve them. That is the
wav Mr. Kenney has of doing
things. He has a good kind
word for everybody who is try
ing to do right, I do not be
lieve there is another paper in
the State that gives a struggling
boy or girl as much encourage
ment as the Ledger. It makes
ho difference .whether he is rich
or noor the Ledcrer treats all
alike. s I wish
I could write
down the fine things I have
j heard people say about Mr. Ken-;
ney.Four years ago many a man
said if they ever got another
chance they would vote for him
for any office he asked for; now
is the, "time to shew our appreci
ation of his work for the Demo
cratic party and for old Bertie
county. x
Mr- Kenney earns his living
by hard manual labor. His
dinner tastes good to, him when
he goes home and his sleep is
sweet. That is because 'he
works every day A man who
can run a paper successfully
as long as he has run the Led
ger has industry- and sense
enough for any business or any,
office. . There has never been a
a world in his paper misrepre
senting anybody! Vr anything.
Mr. Kenney has" a?;kreat many
strong supporters in this town
ship. ; We remember what , he
has done for our party and bur
county and also for our own In
dian Woods candidates and we
will not forget him in the pri
mr.ry on tho lGth of ITr. Vc
nominate S sW. K en ney for. Reg
ister of Deeds, y
X '. ... C. E. HOBBS.
Quitsna; .
' Pruden for Treesurer
For twenty-five years I Jiave
been intimately associated with
J. C. Pruden politically and so-
i cially. ; I have found him to be
a Democrat in the strictest sense
of the .word; and ever ready to
do the;partyjs bidding.
-He is bne'of Snakebite's lead-
!ers in getting the voters to the
polls -and in seeing .that they
vote for the best men and meas
ures., ; , . ,
In the dark days of Bertie'
political history, when the wh;te
man's soul,was stirred almost
to desperation in the fight for
white;' supremacy, Joe Pruden
was always ' found at his post
battling for . the right which
igave us good government and
protection : for our family fire
side. Mr. Pruden is sober, hon
est, industrious and polite. If
elected to" the office he seeks,, I
believe he will make a good of-j
ficer;; and the coun ty money will
be safe in his hands.
He is growing old- and suf
fering with "hip joint disease
which renders him unable to do
manual labor, and for these rea
sons. I shall -support him in the
coming election for County
' Treasurer.
G. Cooper;
C. W. Mitchell lor the House
V Mr. Editor: In last week's issue of
your valuable paper there appeared an'
article over the .name of J. J, f Baze
more. In justice to Mr, Mitchell a
part of it ought to be explained. -Here
it ig: 4A goodly number of voters of
Woodville township nave been inform
ed there is a move on foot to bring
out Hon. G.?W, Mitchell in opposition
to Dr. A. -Capehart for Representa
tive, and that this, move was started
in Roxobel by some gentlemen who
have a personal, political and imagi
nary grievance against the Doctor "or
the bank of which he has the honor of
being president ,
The article 'then goes on to say nice
things, about Mr. ' Mitchells and ends
that paragraph as follows: Under or
dinary circumstances we would support
him unhsitatingly for representative',
senator, or the governorship for that
f n?atter, for we believe him to be a
good man, and capable, but we sincere
ly hope he will not allow himself nor
his good name to be used in such Tman
ner to gratify the prejudice of any per
son or faction. : V. .
The facts are:u Mr. Mitchell has
not authorized any one to bring out his"
name. He was actually brought out
by Aulander 'friends, of, whom I had
the honor to be ;an endorser, and not
on account of any xRoxobei individual
or their 'grievance' 1; whatever. I am
glad Mr. Bazemore mentioned, the mat
ter so that her as well as other friends
of Mr. Mitchell mav"know the -facts
in the case. . ' -' - -
Now Mr. Mitchell says he does not
want to be a, candidate for the Ilouse.
and has not the time to devote to it,
and even if he . was ' a candidate he
would not want any of his friends who
are" pledge d to Dr. '- Capehart-tobreak.
tbeir pledge" also, that he does not
expect to announce himself : or work
for the nomination and that he has not
authdrzied ; this fetter : . J .
: Says that if the r .people, after
knowing-hisposition fas above) insist
that the nomination; bet placed on, him
that he will not decline, for tne rea
. 1
son that, when ny . man is called upon
louht to respond as-a matter of duty
to serve me r jcuh.
,lhe aDOVe is Clear 'lab uj.it. iuntueii
is not responsible ' if the people' shall
call; him ; and is equally clear that if he
is called, he will serve as a matter of
(7 TT
After r 11, t
will of .the people It and ought to be nought to be kept open for the conven-supreme.-
t ?J; ; , JT? j iefic&.'of the'peoplV of-this' Krea,t-bi
This is alls the, announnement that ' county every day, and j see in Lit. C
will be made, 'as he declines o; writ e A. Cooke's announcement that ha
'anything. The matter "is up " to the, will do.'thatilaoJ'out'.of no disrespect
people;: and,; thej loudness of ,l the call-
will be Jn proportion to the- number of
votes cast for him. .-..""'. . ?
Remember,, that if ' he is called
he will ; not ' "fail, but it : is.. en-,
tirely a matter for his friends. 7 The
people know whom they want and don't
mind calling when they need a man.
It is s pleasure to know that the great
men of , the country al ways heed t he i
call to duty,; v".-
Friends of C. W, Mitchell be up and
doing and not 'wait for any further an
nouncement, as this is all that will come;
Don't vote for him because he- vs ants
the nomination; for he doesn't, but
vote for, him because., the people 'need
C. W.SMitchelL. .' . ;
Again, don't vote; for him because
you are against Dr. Capehart, but be
cause you. are' for C. ( W. Mitchell,
Both men are -r gentlemen and. there
should be no personal feeling whatever
Incidentally as Mr, Mitchell will
not take a hand, -I . will ' appreciate it
it you. who intend to .vote for him-will
advise me, giving also your .views a
to. the' feeling in your vicinity, . Time
is too short to get out -to see many;
hence this request -
W, S,' DUNNING 1
Aulander, N, C, O . ' '
John C. Bell for Treasurer.
. .
While the good, people of ' Bertie
county are advocating different ; friends
for different offices of the county for
variods reasons,.I; wish . to advocate
the name of my friend ; Mr. John v Beli
of Whites -township for the office of
County Treasurer, for the .following
reasons. , ' vT?
. I . believe that" every section of a
t county should receive recoghitioni at
the'hands of the people -in the distri-
Knf irvn -ft'f Trtlif iAl"i yvrtViMnB-ts-jt. '
buti on orjpoliticarhoriorsTU ZX
-Mr.,-; Bell is the pnly candidate from
that ; half of Bertie county southeast
of Windsor. v!;He is from a township
that has had less official recognition in
the past for ty; years than f any- other
township in the "county.
Windsor township; has had, the 5. hon
ors ' i of 7 senators,- represensatives,
clerks' sheriffs; and r cammissioners.
Mitchells, has' had; senator, represen
tative and commissioners , lavishly
bestowed, colerain has - had . repre
sentatives and commissioners.. Indian
woods has had representative,!; sheriff
and . commiBsieners. Roxobel, rwopd
ville and Merrv;. Hill has had commis
sioners and .Snakebite' v has r had v.the
honor of -Bertie's' first Treasurer "''But
whites township, " while ; cjoing the
Democratic work ..and bearing the
Democratic banner 'as loyally, asany
township in the county has not re
ceived honors as ;v the other townships
have. Now whites township has
placed before the good - people of the
r : . . " ... -C3 s r . t
county' one of its most worthy sons'
tor the office of Treasurer; a.oung
man of fine ability and qualifications,
one- who would do: honor to Bertie
county in any position that'; the people
might place him, and are asking; ; the
good , people of this county "to. give it
some of the honors of political v prefer
ment ;by placing; the --.sacred duties of
office of County .Treasurer in the hands
of her'noblfi son: - . 1
, Now gentlemen, , while , we greatly
appreciate the aspirations of " "all the
mm 4 1 am Wilt v ' V nMMAMAA4 V ...
gcuucuieu vviiu iiavc.oiJiiviHcM "c,'u-
selves tor this omce-; ana regret ex
ceedingly that we - cannot j cast our
ballots for each . one, let us . p!o-the
right thing and' place the honors; upon 1
the shoulders of Whites rfownships no
ble, candidate, where they justly-be-long
, Respectfully. : k -' ;
. f , J , ', J :rJ. T. Russell.,.
Kelford N. C; April 10, 1914,
at.;-. i: .... . " - .- 11 in 1
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t COOKE : FOR TREASURER
, r Mr. ' "'Editor: - Some " time "ago I
wrote a snort piece to- your paper &u -
vocating my 6jd friend Mr. J.. C. Pro-
den for the joffice of County Treasurer.
i j
L am now as I was. then anxious to
see Mr. Pruden honored for. bis long
party service. Bat new. phases have
come to my knowledge; since that time
1 tnat alters tne case ignt consiaera-
ble AaTsaid before - Mr. Pruden - is
a good man and a man' that, I like, but
I know that he cannot afford to, neg
lect his farm to give ;s the. people ; a
ddily office for the small sum of CpOO
n, ry I ret T-t ?- to
whatever to ; Mr. Pruden's patriotic in-
terest for .the people of Bertie, to scy
nothing of my own, j prompts me to
support , Mr C. ' A. Cooke for that Of
fice. ;S. S.' Co wand,
Cremo; N. C, April 17,M914. - .
S; IV;; Kenney for Nister oi DeCdS
Mr. Editor: ;' notice that a good
many . voters are expressing "publicly
their choice for the county , offices. I
for one, like to see peop'e loyai to
to theirfriends. : It isa pleasure fo?
me to tupport Mr.; Kenney, for Reg
ister. of Deeds. I feel that . he is dc
serving and i qualified to fill this office,
Steve Kenney has worked and ppent
as much time serving the Democrats
part y 1 as any roan who is now in tha,
race, so let us put forth our best ef
forts and nominate . him and the Dem
ocrats will recognize a man who justly
deserves something , at our ; hands. I
have been a reader of the' Ledger fo?
more than ten years and. I find that
you have! conducted a fait paper in tho
best interest ef the people and for tha
uplift and advancement of the - Demo
cratic. party." You have work'ed hard
and Jong for every interest of tho
county and the party. , You have given
the free ;use of vour :olcmns 4to pro-,
moteevery enterprise in our county,
You have done likewise for the better
rhent of our schools, both public And
private. In truth; my county men ho
has practically devoted his life to our
every interest and now he asks that
wevgive him our support. So let all
of ,us give it to him. Turn about la
fair play and I for the twenty yeara
service he. hasgven,the party; and tho
people he is only asking us two terms
or four years , as Register of . Deeds,
Thatiis Httleenoughi; Let us all shov?
our appreciation ; . for heT certainly d
aerves it. - - l. taker.
Merry Hill, ;,R. F. D. 1.
' ',- - . - .
Subsolling
(BY Wi t; SWANSON.) .
. Is it helpful" to subsbil our
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land? . Let us go into the science
of subsoil in g an d look up a few
scientific principles that may not
be understood by all" farmers.
: lst. Many experiments havo
proved that there is enough nat
ural; potash ;,- in x the first fivo
inches1 of hard" pan clay to makb
twenty-five crops. If this clay
be broken up to let the air and
rairi water go down, the potash
will be liberated for. the roots ta
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feed updn.i. These rcots decay
and thus form humic acid with
the potash to feed the plants in
the top, soil. . This gives us deep
acres, instead of .wide ones. , ,
;;2rid. vWtiedrlfre v sub-soiling
is done in the fall, the, winter
rains are held in. this broken
clay Also during wet spelb in
, summer the excess "of water can
p;et 'away from I he plants to
t " . ' 1 I. - ( & " -y 1 ? ' ' .
Keep- inem irom souoing anu
souring. , ; . t
s :3rd ; During long dry spclb
in.i summer the water held jn
this under lay er can rise to meet
the necessities of rplatit growth.
Tfie 'leaves and the stalk are f c4
1 and keDt srreen. while the Dlantn
i :--: -.' v- - ' -
lin' t:Vi shallnw ,flnwpi fiftlrl r.r"'
parching.' - , 'X.'-1 , '
' 4ih. The soil of a field is no
deeper than the plows reach.
1 , ? 1 - - - x
By the proper Use of BUb-BOllin-
. implements the farmer can pil :
j two, or even1 three, across onr
and thus get two; or three one
yields upon each acre with b'l':
one iicre cultivation. ;;
;This is-a fine principle of ex.
ricultural economy and shcul
be practical by all farmers in r 1
placed, mere especially tho
ern divinicn cf tho rcu
w
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