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X . ' ' V " ' . i i l a gprCIL OFFER: THE rGUl: Doc3X.Tob print!:: of every. Vc-sript!;.:. Pricc3 ' and Qu::Il; " Guaranteed '" Ledger from now un- j .i i ii i- ii i i i - ii i -II . 1 January I, -"-P , tor 50 cents. .i VOLUME 27 WINDSORiNCraURSI NoC. -V l I V.. K . I I 111 I : ' ' t County Coto'r. Proceedings tvio Roard of Bertie C6unty Com WW - - ;. , issioners met in Windaor.:. C Monday; July 6th, Wl D. R. on Brit- phairman presiding: all the inem- iui - - . bers were present. Minutes of last meeting were and approved. On motion it was o"dered that read Jane Harmon be paid $3 00 and placed on the regular poor list. J On motion it was ; ordered that D. Pitman be appointed a road super visor for Woodville township. On motion it was ordered ths t the jiearing of the case of L. J. Barker vs. Mrs. Felton be taken up at thk Au gust meeting and that the matter be heard by affidavits. On motion it was ordered that P W. Leary, Ed Cullifer and Joe filler be named and summoned by the sheriff to serve as jurors to lay out, establish and assess the damage to land over which said road ia to pass. Saic road is to be located near Mizell nchool house. On motion it was ordered that the Register of Deeds list the pe:sonal property of Joho-A. Grant's estate. On motion it was ordered that the Windsor Eleetric Light, and: Powerl- Company be allowed to put in an elec tric moter to pump water for the court house, and that the price for full equipment to pump ..and keep water not to exceed $100.00 and that the company be paid the sum of j2.00 per month for the upkeep and care of waterworks. ' j: The following accounts were x audited nd ordered paid, viz; . Dr. J. . Ruffin, services as coroner , $1 )6.80 J Lawrence Harrington one half justice peace cost " 4' 65 Windsor Electric Light & Power t '-Q., lights 2.20 J R Cherry, taking., tax list Ll , Snakebite towiishfp V -lit M R Barnes. 1-2 J. P. coat J C Cherry, taking tax list Roxobel township, W T Heckstall, freight paid A B Phelps, one day on pen sion board. H M Bell, drugs for county, W L Lyon, services on pen sion board, f j Geo. T. Parker, coffin for pauper, - : t t)r. J L Pritchard, services as Supt. Health, W M Sanderlin. janitor to courthouse, R W Askew, taking tax list in Windsor township, J W Cooper, expense'of Mrs. Tilden Early to asylum, Dunning & Gobb, coffin for pauper I F Cobb, work on bridge, W H Smithwick, services on pension board, 3 T Vbale, taking tax list W7oodvil!e township, .. - D Spruill, attending in quest of Joe Lee : 33 Rhodes, lumber for county farm i W Cooper, taking Mrs, Britt to State Hospital, 4 H Lawrence, taking , tax list Whites township j. -A. D Smithwick, taking tax list Merry Hill township; W J Butler, feeding prisoners Lawrence Harrington, tak ing tax list Mitchell town- 8hiP . , : - F Phelps, salary and mdse. H for county farm, I- C Bond, settling - with sheriff and. treasurer i 4 4 - Awards & Broughton, tax ti receipt books and school : Bchool books, ; i i ; , T Heckstall, feed And band hire Windsor town ship, o Roxobel township, G. T. Par- : ker repair work, . - Austin Western Co.t l repairs for machine, White's town ship, I U Coob, repairs to road ma chine White's township, - F Cobb, .hand hire ' and services White's township, E P Reid & Bro., feed for White's .township, : I ; T W Griffin, hand hire and n repairs tojiiachine Wood ville township' 'rl$zg$&. P Reid & Bro., . feedl for - o Wooaille towhshipi tiK?;: 5 P. Hale; hand hire iingiis 1 1.78 60.00 1.46 2.00 3?S4 2.00 6.00 16.50 10.00 100.00 7,85 3.00 12.32 - 2.00 65.00 2.00 24.77 .- 25.00 50.00 50.00 28.20 80.00 188.59 aoo 67.95 294.88 4.58 8.50 13.42 160.44 30.29 I285.14J 861.19 vices in. Snakebite town -ship, . Austin JFes tern Co.; repairs '. for road machine v Colerain. township , X B Bern bridge, hand hire 316.89 L for volerain township D R Evans, lumber for Cole- f rain township, J , . " 60 A S , Wynns, lumber f or Cole- r ai n town shi p l- T r ' Suffolk Feed & Fuel Co.'. -feed for Colerain township, C W Spruill, lumber for In- dian Woods township y ? D C Outlaw," 'services in In . dian Woods township, ' Jessie Hoggard, services ..' on road Mitchell township, 3.91 .5 vx 67.92 51.92 12.00 8.00 Total amount paid out for - purposes, $2,779.12 There being no other business, on motion the board adjourned., Dv R.' BRITTON, Ch'mn. W. S. PRITCHARD, Clerk. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL (BY C. W. MITCHELL, JR.) (continued from. last week) HOME RAISED FOOD ; SUPPLY -The heme-raised meat supply in Ber tie is not large enough to supply our needs by any, meansr It consists of about one-third of a beef, one and two fifths hogs, and three poultry per person. Considering only ( the , popu lation and the working animals of the county, ; the grain crop of Bertie ' falls far belt w what it needs f to supply the home demand. Prices of . meat bread stuffs, and other foods continue ': to rise, and consequently year after year farmers' spend money for these . things that must necessariiyl; bifelcharged against their profits.' Thus ' jt is V that a king.'a ransbni is annually paid , to aliens and jstrang:er fof supplies that might easilyTBe lse, jatbnie " SCHOOiiS. .v- : .: ; ;' The 1911 report of s VtheState jSq perintendent of Education shows 64 schools for white pupils; 5 less than" in 1902 and ;55 f pr negro; pupils, 1 less than in 102. There only 80 white teacle rs . for the 64 white schools which faefgoes to show that most all of the schools have only one teacher. Of this . number: 57 ., have first-grade certificates, and the others . have either had normal training or a few years previous experience. In 1911, 2547 white pupils; or 78 per cent of the white school population were enrolled, and 1672: or 51 per cent were in average daily lattendeiarcei These percentages, thougli not higji could bear comparison : with most of the other counties of5 the:state. In the negro schools 3450 pufrils, or 74 per cent of the school population were enrolled, but only 2032, fr 43 per cent were in average daily ttendence. Only two white 'schools in 4 Bertf County give higji schooi courses, 8 high school pupils . being Enrolled in these schools, :. These fgUre go to show that onfy ' two or" tHrei white childrentout of every 100 fever reaclr the high?choql gradesjlnf fnis cbjinty!k: The CountylBoard in1911, With balance on Jhartdf 6f $38I9.75, received fi-om tne state $201.9 from7 local taxes Ttl24a?6lv4 Si from - the County Fu n& 20cS txes $20599 and. from other '?scirceftXi? making a grand 5 total fol! $302.18 Only forty counties' can show a Jargtr total fund than this The , total ex- pendi tures i orttneyear xyxx iwere $3531536 - - -. . t 3910.3 vesr they "have not materially changed since thats time. , ; :c:--- the ; totat value of the sixty-four white school-houses in -Bertie is'$51 750, an average value of $808.59; the total value of thjef fifty-five negro school cuildings is $75 1 an average value of .$181:36; We have three; school buildihgi; with an approximate value of $25000- , the new "building at Windsor bngrjyalued at$l!6CH0p. . : In addition! to thisAulaher lsnow erec ihg a new $15000 building, offering the three, year high school course with a farm 1 ' life school . attached5 : jThe 3 ... ... t.,a ' ' total value of School property-in Bertie r in 1911 was $61725. ' This is below the average for the stetean3 people would be. surprised to know; how easily I the value of school property could be enhanced with only a little time - and J energy devoted in that direction. : ' - ! SURVEY OF BERTIE COUNTY The transpbrtatiph li bf i children to . schools is a question of i grave fimpor- A. ; 7 -v tance, r In r many of the : states tne 7 transportation ' of " children and the 20,24 consolidation of schools haa, -made - a y V I headw ay Jbut the mbvemelagsf ar 3i.48?)$ehind irilorth,Carolina. - , , ?Tge average salary paid whi teS tea?, chers in Bertie ls 156. 57; per year, and 91.70 per year to colored teachers Here we fall , f a1rf beldwHhelave agerf or "thetatelfjls i'tpossible 1 for Beitietb roainteinfan effective system HDfountry schoo!atui as these? As for the average negro salary, a--,' negro " teacher worth ; only $90 per year is wdrtli nothing 5 at all.H Local initiatiyef1ocalSprideand self-sacrifice is the only: mean of soU ving this problem of public educatibn. All of this means a liberal tax , f or schools, irid in: nbfjbther . mannerJn io othftf state Mn fthei'union, ' has the problem ever been solved. '-it - , : t. .ILLITERACY. 1;V-A Out df 5074 males of voting age in Bertie, 1171 are illiterate, or 2.1 percent. Howe ver. " during the- last census period the number illiterates' has dcreasedl 143 "per cent, Of . the 2382 whita malea of voting age 240 or 19.1 per centf air illiterate; on f the other hand, out of 2686, negro I males of voting age 930 or 34 6 per cent are illiterate! ; tuttof:i6236 persons over ten years of age in Bertie 3108 or 10.1 per centare J illiterate. This a little over theeragfor the stslte which is 18.5 : pentThis --is a :an: other educational problem and can be solved only by local? initiative. ; '" ' HI GS SCHOOLS. W. There are only, twa schools in Bertie Countyofferhi6licSn courses. )ne of theie! is locatedi at Xulandcr and tfcfe other : at Mars Hill (Colerain Rf PjKInSi911 Sttere were 44 high schoot, pupils ' enrolled at Aulander MdigSSafcf Thei:ulinig&chjl2 three year course while the school s at Mars Hill gives a two ear course:. Little' information can be assembled out of the available religions statistics because the buntiesl in tj whichj the churches are located arer not always indicated. Therefore I call upon 1 the well-informed citizens of Bertie . County to ascertain:- I the number of strictly rural 1 churches 2 the, number of churches in towns, 3 the : numb,er of churches, wj tli ministers homes; num bexTor churcnes- wftht preaching only Tt-f-.. onceor twice' months 5 thd number J of Sunday Schools,- 6 . total Sbncay school enrollment, " 7 ; . ntimberpb cnurches that have been standing still dannfithelst IbelTthat have -died ou&ourin&rftnat period and 9 the number of country churches that are-se:ved by fnnisters not resident in the county. . ife ijfomis Mission Publications are "eal led information upon this subject so why cannot the ministers of Bertie supply the. information.' ' . TherTare 15075 churche members in Bertie5; coiinty dr? 67 pei cent of the entire population: This is a higher irpntaffe than ony county in the TS: Wtf :7i.- "1 1 Ute h aWe to fchovr and os - fact 6 We f eelf iustJyroudf iruBiic AiJrrATioN, Thre : are? no available statistics in fTorth Caroling upon ; puWie health (by counties) Jfi Gousequently we can proalucejnor definite figures that will ahow the sanitary condition! :pf Bertie. should wake up to the fact that many pf - North Carolina is 1 dom a great woiko"8tatthikjtnne; sicians and 'people of Berjt'e County should join v hands an4 cooperate ; with themt iri ll)ringing about plistiment; of cA!JS along the line of public . sanitation. . WV ani'dad to say thatBertie has recently taken adecided stand in. favor of hetter road vfaciii ties: The past t'A nt throp roars have shownr- a im provement 4n . the conditions of -our public highways, It is ttmsiness of every good citizen in. Bertfe County to see thatgthV public higwa:ysof our ' .-..-.-Vi -. v- .. ' " ' ...... ' . 1 .1.1 . rtimkA county may; peayorauiwui with those in the -S tatearfd; it is needt lesrtd sav 5here&ithere are- many bounties imtiete ing" iieitherJ time or expense in order to improve, their public read fscilitiea. A; rla? UUl ' t. Miss Elizabeth Powell, of : Wilming ton, was a giiest of : Miss, Annie -. Dun ning last week. v--"-V. : .'"i.p.';i,K'.r.r-:M4's;..-,J .' V?-.. - ? Mr. Robert BazemoreofNorfolk, was at - visitor here last week a' guest of his siste v;ClHf jMrWill Buen,fof Wilsonson of Mr. W. Burden of this county, 4 was here last- week. yMrr Burden is Auccessfuljew ' V'JL. - ;AuIanderwori th ball with ; Greenville here ; last week, scores 4 to 0 and 5 to 1.' f". A, gentleman from Green Siding was -here 4ast week looking for a hbniej Heis:; said tdhave' been at', tracted by our school prespects and will come again soon to start a busi ness here. . , ' - "A farmerV auction woul I very: likely prove a good proposition for our farmers or those !:ai6ur: to wns J At one of these sales recently, in Wil liamsburg, Va. a 1 arge crowd of far--: mers brought various products .from their farms and .offered them for . sale ttf 'the highest bidder for cash. Among the- products soldwere Toads of: hay, sheep calves and JcpWslo icckenSjgs turkeys hanisses; farming tools of various kinds, , pigs, furniture' and other things. . " These people have. a regular morning, for this auction and , farmers attend from' all over the country : once a month to eh and buy. The , plan serves to turn loose cash and is a: most :Jntereating l.rqceeiing.'? One, man has .something he can t use which .would suit another man; : possibly a, tool of some kind, or he m ay have more pigs th an )h e7neec s 01S someSwants he attends the inonthly farroersauctio and sells . his product and buys seme thing he w ants. The cost of operating itiiA-jialeJJ ;piud 7lie JWouid' eSife!a ether-sections brgahizesucnn att said i onceji month; advertise larly and .attend ail the sales. They would find it profi table & Our farm life school is beginning'to receive sbme attejntibnair county and we 'iJpiJV izer just wat "ibig ttiing we have at tempted. Fortunately ;our 3; receipts will justify the establishment of this schooi and we are expecting goodjre suits from its operation. The ; high school department IfvfilL be m proved. jC;thesdemonstratipns ingpractical farming and household instruction; will attract a;great;;'d Here a man may learn how. to farm by the actual work;- and the , work itself wilteZtttfaer have made af life I stud aricl wholare informed df the latest and best methods topursuerDoubt IewimMyrine unglill 1stytt$thi S$ and keep up i with the developments; in faming" Girwill be I taut id keslXhM - dishes, , how eryee, fdo and, various other thmgf ,j?erwUini ingi td kee'pifthouseconomially ap4 adtiireousW, ;lwthai 4ha? sight que8tlen.bas been settled.and the land 'Mf wffil.f iee&&i buildingtoostiabdu i$180("wilt be erected ancT otherf building! ai require ed rill be erected! lafer; including diirmitoiT. Waterworks and electric. lights will" be included- in the im provementsr ahd possibly- electric cook Mrs. A. Williford has returned Ijet us heediUiel Grovernor and. give a little, more ; attention-to this aU-importaqt question " Tne oDject of - thistatistical re sea'rch .is to lay before thegood citizens pf ertieXfoUnty a few reliable" facts ap4figifes, - acaref uXperuial of which' will present to your ; minds the eco nomic and social,- problems . . that ; are r-nnfrnntincr our ' Deonle today. Al- though it may, seem very.dull and unr interesting- in placesr ' nevertheless it is simply a - question ; of facts, and after all;these; are t always what counts, iwiereeitidymakes le t jusf rejoice tdgetherv, but lwhere her position is low in the ist; of counties let us cooperate' and pull together to-' 'word advancing her"- posi tioh to . that poin t whereshe will be the, pride not -onlyejr JhdmcT:J people but of tha entire'std of Ncrthw Finb '.. News from Aulon I prograii,:: a The next session of the Wc: t Chowan Sunday chobl "Gonvcn tipn meets withjihe Satidy Run ;t6o.: r: ' V Introductory sermon,: Rey. Hi P. .Davis, , aitenate, Rev. D. P. Harris. :&??yi-y:;t: - ft IK Subject Need of S. S. Mattwsjrv":t : -; X j Subject, Need of S. S, Equip ment, jJBiblesEtc. Rev. 7, H. iood&lli- ;; ; - ; . Lesson G CJi 'y ier arid Ke v; R i v3: f SViits : TacKer Before tho C ass, C. ,W. : Mi tc ne .1 and AI. T. i? arm"er,';5i ;S : SgUrga Brevver.;';vS ,: ";OrgamzSd; "Giasses How tQ Use Them, Re VV D. P. Harris. ! $1 ;5. ; Religious - Census, : J. He berrin;fR MMwJj'' Held ciie feby bv OEBrewev ?tSundayll: am.V Missionary Sermon by Rev; ' Honeycutt ! C.U t jrnate, Ri B: flAneb iry, - f S: ;wf Her eyes; flashed fire, M v , ; This from a look, : And next, 'She froze : - " Hhu. with look . I v -Detroit Free Prcczv' She dropped hr c7c3t!,V . '.-...v,f'. Yet -they were not a ;. : - v Of jfflass, we noteJ ; - :'..', - f--r Denver Republic: 1 'i-,3i ', ''-V'."?: TV t' 'V 1 Her countenance fell.' r : rTho It'M:nbtVdain.V;; '1. ' f Boston , Transcrip V 1 We've often read ; Which makes' the girl A reai;bdtieheadv , ' ' '.; Youngstowa Teiegrcu . r-' 4t , mil yaiuovi, The stdryrgoesf v ' But not a soul tTdtnlmk the hose. ,t -Peoria JoumtW She was: no flirt" ;:: ;' You well might know, ,;'. No slit in skirt From knee id toe. - : :'S, .: Are blishinjr some very y&fvLiffi ;. Joseph. W'pr' needful lelion;for fBertio:; county 'ojeo;: ago, he referred mtlMjdiiatcy) concerning whicffwW flope our fenresentive W'feffie'Cominsrl legislature xdll taecopizrice;ianhihelp niv6 usiionie: 1 emedial , .lawa.-; Thz'j are reatly needed i that or tliz enfortenU:3e of thoie 7er hot? hayp 3 We feel ur6r they vrill -bidlBver;& itefior r correct 'theoviL Thca tboV his ref rehce to eheep ' her- bandry is along the prdgr6civ spirit of , the timco.' y 0 Norfolk, Ya.f June 26, 1914. I have examined the HcE.ay Xnzz ,1 Bag for killing flies and mosquItct I know the nature oif the , contents z? the Bag 1 have no hesitancy in 'eaylr. that;the McKay Bag, used ccccrilr to directions; ill kill th e flies. ; - ; Powhatan S, Schcnc!:, President Va; Public Health A::n, - McKay's "fl-D" Insect-Ba- b c:V Nindsor rnarmacy and 1. t.i. Lizza, Out of town readers can mail fn?crt7 five cents stamps for a Hai post to Fore & Co., Roxobel U -C. Subccribo to - tho hz'2 Only C1.C0 per yc-r.
Bertie Ledger-Advance (Windsor, N.C.)
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