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t it.NiIer 1 15 It - .'t , 1 lit mm . . .- . - ' I VOLUME XXXIV-NUMBRR 4fi L AURIN BURG, N. C, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 16 1916 1.50 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE DEMOCRATS ClAIM -MAJORITY IN HOUSE Expect to Re-elect Clark Speaker arid Kitchin Leader House Will? De cide Tenth District Squabble. Washington, Nov. 13. Democratic house leaders now in Washington dis agree with the Republicans who claim they have a majority in the. next house What the Democrats claim is a con servative list of the house giving the Democrats 219 members, one more than a majority. This does not in clude Meyer London, the Socialist, who has nearly always lined up with the Democrats, and the two independ- . ents, Martin, of Louisiana and Shaw, of Minnesota. On the other hand, the Washington Star, the- Republican or gan in Washington, claims only 27 members for the Republicans, with six "scattering." Democratic leaders who have gone over the election returns carefully de clare they will have a large majority and-with the assistance of the inde- - pendents and Randell, of . California, who voted with and attended the Democratic caucuses last session, will be able to re-elect Speaker Clark and Majority Leader Claud Kitchin, ,threbv retaining all of the present Jfcnftmanshir.s with the $250,000 or fcibre'jbfjiouse patronage now. held by ; 'Whatever happens there is': -sure to be a bitter fight. A prominent Re publican said tonight that there are a number of Republicans x from the west who will not support James R. Mann, of Illinois, for speaker. The regular Republicans declare Mann will be their candidate. So there you are. One Democrat who arrived tonight stated that there are a number of so called Republicans elected on the Rs publican ticket who will not support any Republican for speakef but will vote with the Democrats jfte. Qhamp Clark. These men, this rtef perays, come from the far west "wlu.ae Wood row Wilson swept the country in last Tuesday's election. Party. fightsn many states, it is claimed, has cau'sUI. a wide breach in the Republican party and Republican members of. Congress in some instances will not support the old line Republicans when .the house is reorganized. i ' , There is certain to be a torrtest over the 10th North Carolina district, Democrats and Republicans declare, no matter whom the canvassing board in North Carolina declares to be elected." Should Britt be. given his commission it would be in his leaver because it would "allow him his seat JOHN CHARLES McNEILL and HIS WORK. Henry E. Harman, Who Knew Poet In the Heyday of His Early-Won Glory, Discusses His Life and Work. MAC CAMERON RECIPIENT OF GOLD-HEADED CANE. D5nnT,CEw.PE ADVCATESMR. ROBINSON GRATEFUL FOR f SCHOOL INSPECTION. SCOTI.4NTV? votp Vance County Democracy Holds Big Graded Schools of Laurinburg and Jollification Meeting at Henderson. Statesville Inspected This Week. The Henderson Daily Dispatch of .Medical school inspection work ! Saturday, of which paper Mac Cam-; which is on the program of the State Popular Congressman-Elect Sends Note of Thanks to His Scotland Friends Pledges Best Efforts. f?r"aV'nrr f'"-' M-ettl. He was a born poet and herfrd if Zeb Weaver, ,the Democrat, Is de clared to be winner, V eaver would be able to assist Democrats in organ izing the lower branch of Congress. Considerable interest is shown here in the 10th North Carolina district. Every member available at this time and both sides arc working day and night to see to it that each and every member possible is elected and count ed. The following are the states and number of congressmen claimed by the Democrats: Alabama, 10; Arizona, 1; Arkansas, 7; California, 6; Colorado, 3; Connec- ticut, 1; Delaware, 1; Florida, 4; Geor gia, 12; Illinois, 6; Indiana, 4; Kansas, 5; Kentucky, 9; Louisiana, 7; Mary land. 4; Massachusetts, 5; Michigan, 2; Minnesota, 1; Mississippi, 8; Mis souri, 14; Montana, 1; Nebraska, 3; New Jersey, 2; New Mexico, 1; New York, 17; North Carolina, 10; Ohio, 13; Oklahoma,. 6; Pennsylvania, 7; Rhode Island, 1; South Carolina, 7; South Dakota, 1; Tennessee, 8; Texas, 18; Utah, 2; Virginia, 9; Washington, 1; West Virginia, 2; total, 219. TENTH DISTRICT FIGHT. Said Now That Fight WillfBe Thresh ed Out in House of Representa tives. i The contest in the Tenth congres sional district, North Carolina is as suming national proportions and re port has it that the fight will be car ried to the House of Representatives for final settlement, regardless of whether Mr. Britt is declared the rep resentative again or whether Mr. Zebulon Weaver, Democrat gets the seat. The board of canvassers of Buncombe county will meet Thursday morning of this week and officially go over the vote of that county, and upon their decision rests the fortunes cf Mr. Weaver and Mr. Britt. The South Atlantic Quarterly, one of the most interesting literary pub lications of the South, contains in its latest issue a magnificent tribute to the late "John Charles McNeill and His Work," by Henry E. Harman, Litt. D., author and critic. It is of especial interest and is here with reproduced: "The thought of old, dear things is in thine eyes, O, month of memories! Musing on days thine heart hath sor row of, Old joy, dead hope, dear love. "Thy glory flames in every blade and leaf To bind the eye of grief; Thy vineyards and thine orchards bend with fruit That sorrow may be mute." In the above lines, quoted from his famous poem October, John Charles McNeill perhaps reached the height of his brief career as a writer; and yet this one poem possesses merit enough to enshrine his memory in the soul of every North Carolinian who loves the beautiful. In the opinion of many critics, it is the finest poem ever written by a. native of the State, and, had he left no other literary legacy, this alone was enough to make him famous not only among his own peo ple but to the world at large. As I knew McNeill in the heyday of his early-won glory, he was one of the most lovable men and one of the most unpretending. Once when he paid me a personal visit in At lanta, I somehow forced him to talk of his literary work in which I al ways took special interest. He told me how few things he wrote satis fied him, "and yet," he went on, "there are so many beautiful things in the world and these produce so many beautiful thoughts that I find myself writing more than I should. But, alas! the most beautiful songs escape me entirely. V I am able only to catch and transcribe their faintest echoes." Then rising and walking in some ex citement, which was unusual he said, "Ah, if one could catch and hold the heavenly music and the words long enough to- put them on paper, how different, our song's" would be. But these escape, us, and what, we write is only the faintest, echo of what we feel." ,. And that Hvas the key to all the eron formerly of The Exchange, is j Boara oi wealth to be done m various voters ' of Scotland county has been received trom Hon. Lee D. Robinson of Wadesboro, with the request that we publish same in The Exchange. Mr. Robinson strikes a happy vein and pledges his best efforts in the in terest of friends and country: To the voters of Scotland County: . It would be impracticable for me to write each of the voters of Scotland County, who were kind enough to sup port me in my candidacy for Congress fmm tVi A Rovontll nnncrroccinnol Tllr. ;-.n nnnrs comiiui TVio fnllnwine' Will i A medical examination for PVerv . trirt in th lortinn YkcAA n TnnJn mull "V, fl U k3,XV iv I ,v , 7 -I i . . 1 ... ww . null 11V.1U Ull A u V SUd V . r a j -j; nir '"nw. i ehnn rrtl n in h Qt-nA ; . - ai rrxv j -t . - ."'J De or interest to inenus 01 iur. wam- - yv. -v. ... uiaic i nu mugci eron here: advertising manager, carried a three- ; county " U city schools this winter column story of a big Democratic j has aireaay Degun and is now in op jollification meeting held at Hender- ; eration. in Beaufort, Iredell and Scot son Friday night. This office has : land Counties. Dr. T. M. Jordan is been favored with a copy of same and ! this weeii majsing a medical examma we are reprinting extracts from the ; tion of the school children of States- i vine, " j-'t - j-i.. -. ruiia is engaged Jn the same work at Laurinburg. Alter nnisning the work in the grad- article. Mr. Cameron, along with other members of the Dispatch's staff: received a handsome gift from the people of Henderson and Vance cour, ed . schools of these towns they will tv as an annreciation ot the paper s w same worK in tne services in rendering a complete elec- counties J considered an expensive and unneces- Rob Kittrell, known to the halls of sary special privilege, but the inhe- the House of Renresentativps at Ral eigh, spoke first. He thought that te rent, right of every child. Lfy Clarence Poe, editor of the a moriMT, nonTilo nnH nrhiflved 'the I rrogressive farmer, savs in regard 'greatest victory in their history, and to the importance of health work in Prominent Visitor in County. Hon. D. C. Roper of Washington, D. C., brother-in-law of Mr. W. T. Mc Kenzie of Gibson, has been spending a few days with Mr. McKenzie and other relatives in this section. Mr. Roper was formerly First Assistant postmaster general and resigned this post to become active in the campaign for President Wilson's re-election. Mr. Roper had charge of the organi zation of the field forces of the Demo cratic party in the various states and proved himself a most capable leader and campaigner. Mrs. Roper arrived Wednesday morning to join her hus band here and in a few days they ex pect to return to their home in Washington. 12,516 Bales to November 1. Mr. W. T. McKenzie of Gibson states that figures collected by him for the Federal ginners' report show that up to November 1 there was gin ned in Scotland county 12,516 bales of the 1916 cotton crop. Up to the same date last year there were 21,123 bales of the 1915 crop ginned. This years' crinning for the same period last year amounts to a little more than 59 per I Charles McNeill did cent of last year's production. the divine c;H, and the inspiratins that came to him were so strong arid powerful that when he wrote the lines they were disappointing to him. He always felt that the human song he put on paper was unworthy of the divine music which had illumined his brain under the spell of inspiration. This feeling, this trait, and this char acteristic in McNeill's work clearly marked him as a genius of uncom mon promise, and one of the sad days for North Carolina was the 17th of October, 1907, when the brave young master of a thousand unsung songs passed beyond the great divide. McNeill was the poet of Nature who could look across a landscape and see a poem on every hillside, in every meadow, and on the far stretches of every wooded mountain. His listening ear caught the music of a love song in every breeze and in the Winter's wind the echo of a dirge. To him all Nature was animate, liv ing, breathing, saying things to man. In every pine top was the music of some invisible choir, and upon every landscape was laid the matchless re production of the painter's brush. Each returning Spring brought to him the scent of fresh violets, and his soul went back to the time when the world was young and when the poets filled all the woodland with nymphs for men to love and wor ship. In Summer every lazy cloud that floated in the heavens was to him the emblem of liberty of which he so often sung. Each Autumn brought him new colors of matchless glory, and these tired his young soul with that nameless inspiration which found a worded outlet in that sweetest of all his songs, October. I knew his love for the Springtime and I knew his love for the Autumn. Of these he had often spoken and was unable to decide which left the greatest impress upon his soul. The reader will remember that in his ear lier works is a poem "To Melvin Gardner, Suicide," in which these lines appear: "To have seen the sun come back, to have seen Children again at play, To have heard the thrush where the woods are green v Welcome the new-born day; To have felt the soft grass cool to the feet To have smelt earth's heavenly sweet. To have shared the laughter along the street, And, then, to have died in May!" To many of the admirers of Mc Neill's poetry these are the finest lines he ever wrote, and they do em body a wealth of tenderness and pathetic beauty. For in this remnant of his genius is to be found his great love of life and of Springtime, and his pity for the unfortunate who should choose to leave it all in the month when "In leaf and blade life throbs and thrills Through the wild, warm heart of May." Since our poet himself died during the glories of October, I have won dered what a poem in itself his un timely death was in the midst of ail the Autumn splendor. During the years when John such splendid that the Democratic part: had more cause for pride than ever before.. Then he .branched off to the election service that had been furmshed to the people of the city and the county by the Daily Dispatch, and wound up hi3 remarks with the presentation of a handsome gold watch to Editor P. T. Way as a. token of appreciation of what the paper had done. The "silver-tongued orator of Vance county" spoke next, and J. C. Kittrell present ed a gold-headed cane to H. A. Den nis, associate editor of the Daily Dis patch. E. M. Rollins, who has led the forces of education in Vance for the past several years, congratulated the country upon re-electing a school master k the highest office in the land, and he wound up by presenting another gold-headed walking cane to Mac Cameron, advertising manager of the Dis&atch. R. S. McCoin shared the view of the "some one" who said that no great achievement had been accomplished without the aid of wo man, and he proceeded to tell how the Dispatch's newly-acquired facilities in the installation of one of the biggest linotype machines on the market had made the election service possible. His gift was to Miss Lena McMurray, city editor of the Dispatch. Contributions for the purchase of these gifts were made by the people of Henderson and Vance county, ir respective of party allegiance, and dozens of Republicans aided the fund that was started by the Democrat. The speakers said that the people he e had received the best service of any city Henderson's . size in the whole States sendsome', places even bigg andthafwhat Mad wasnTl3tcrrMiiiFarr; tinge of 'any soijt of back anything. Just here, in connec tion with the story, although it is taken care of elsewhere, it may be said that members of the Dispatch's staff who were the recipients of these evidences of appreciation, do them selves appreciate the thoughtfulness of the people of the county and the city, and can assure them that every member of the staff has found great pleasure in all that has been done, and that always in the future the same honest efforts to be of service to its patrons will be made by this newspaper. the. public schools, medical school in spection , work in particular: "Not only must we reform our public school curriculum so as to give adequate at tention to health subjects, but there should be a medical inspection of school children, a public campaign against' typhoid, malaria, hookworm and tuberculosis. And sooner or later some plan must be worked out by which the stricken child of the poor may have as good medical and hospital attention as fair a chance- to win backelif e and health and strength as the stricken child of the rich. And if this be "socialism" make the most of it!" MEDICAL INSPECTION SCOT LAND SCHOOLS. Begins Monday, December 4, and Con tinues to Holiday Season Pupils Reading Circle. By L. M. PEELE, Supt. On the following dates the physi cian sent out by the State Board of Health will be at the schools named opposite the dates for the purpose of examining the school children for physical deficiencies. This examina tion, which our very progressive coun ty commissioners have made possible, should be taken advantage of by every one in the county. That dull boy, found in every school, might be mak- iiig his mark but for some slight de iect, which the simplest w:ukl eradicate. "It is to be hoped the 7th day of November, 1916, and I take this method of thanking each and every one of my friends for the loyal support which they gave me in said election. No candidate for office ever received more loyal support than was occorded me in the late contest for which I am profoundly grateful. I desire to state to each and every one of my support ers that if I can serve them in any way I want them to feel free to call upon me. In matters political, I, of course will act with my party, but in matters non-political I will be the rep resentative of the entire people of the District, regardless of party, and I want my friends of opposite political faith from myself to feel that I am their representative and want them to call upon me at any time that I can serve them. Again thanking my supporters for the handsome vote which I received in the late election and assuring them of my appreciation I am, Yours very truly, Lee D. Robinson. KEEPS SILENT A YEAR AND CURSES TUBERCULOSIS. Baltimore Medical Men Indorse New Method of Treatment Involving Great Will Power. Baltimore, Nov. 9. Medical men of Baltimore are declaring the success of two novel methods of treating tu berculosis that have had a thorough testing out on Baltimore patients for more than a year. In the one case a prominent Balti tXv . YilJ school will greet the ex- I 4 U -n -?r- c . 1 In lit til mveii Liii j - l r v"- : i r.krt ; rinn an enort tp holur i ,;;vj v, ,i., J,o ,ftor 0t, W ml more manutacturer, head oi a big firm, kept silent for one year to give miroti'nn jt.Vlp tlQQUPQ in Vl 1 2 Tl 1 ArffQnc Q , , . ' i . , ,i . i.lLarrpsr I hero woro tV.1 L-a -i l ino cnance T.o strengtnen and tnus resistrr,. ..."" , " , iV . the spread of the tuberculosis infdM ridmg nobody flying except in ROBINSON PLEDGES SERVICE TO DISTRICT. New Congressman From 7th Thanks Friends for Their Loyalty During Campaign. incense, (Continued on page 8.) (Special to News and Observer.) Wadesboro, Nov. 10. Lee D. Robin son, Congressman-elect from the Sev enth District, when asked for a state ment, said: ."After receiving the official returns from all counties in the district except Davie, Davidson and Randolph and al lowing a liberal margin for my late opponent in these counties, I find that I have received a majority of upwards of forty-four hundred votes. This is indeed very gratifying and I feel con strained to give the credit for such a magnificent showing to the loyalty of my friends throughout the Seventh District. A candidate never received more kind treatment in his home coun ty and I am profoundly grateful to all who have worked so unceasingly here and throughout the district. "It will be my earnest endeavor to serve the entire district and shall be the representative in Congress of all parties. On political questions I will be with my party." Mrs. Easter Pitman. Mrs. Easter Pitman died Sunday atternoon at 4 o'clock in a hospital in the city of Raleigh, following an illness of several weeks. The remains were brought here for burial Monday and funeral services were held from the Pitman home at East Laurinburg at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon, Rev. James Long officiating. The inter ment was in the Laurinburg ceme tery. Mrs. Pitman was about 45 years of age and is survived by a husband, J. B. Pitman, and the following children: Mrs. Bertha Hare of Salisbury, Mrs. Alice Hudson of Bladenboro, Misses Ethel and Ruth Pitman of Laurinburg, Rowland Pitman and J. W. Pitman of this city. Entertainment Postponed. The entertainment, ' which was an nounced for this Friday night at the school auditorium, has been postponed indefinitely on account of the danger of an epidemic of diptheria. There are a few cases reported in the com munity and it is thought best to take every precaution in order to get rid of the disease and its dangers. An other date for the entertainment will be announced as soon as it is thought wise to have it. Oil schfcor Mason Cross High School; Monday, December 4, L. M. Peele, Gibson, principal. Ttockdale school: Tuesday, De cember 5. D. J. Walker, Gibson, principal. Tabernacle school: Wednesday, December 6. Miss Covington, Old Hundred, R. F. D., principal. Laurel Hill High School: Thurs day, December 7, R. R. Walker, Laurel Hill, principal. Brownsville School: Friday, De cember 8. Prof. Morgan, Gibson, principal. Aberdeen, Monday, December 11, Janie McNeill, Laurel Hill, principal. Rachels School: Monday, December 11, Raymond Monroe, Laurinburg, principal. Sneed Grove School: Tuesday, De cember 12, Prof. Brown, Laurel Hill, principal. Woodville School: Wednesday, De cember 13, Fannie Wright, Laurin burg, principal. Laurel Hill School: Wednesday, December 13, E. B. Cole, Laurel Hill, principal. Oak Lawn School: Thursday, De cember 14. Miss Eugenia Cassidey, Laurinburg, principal. McKinnon school: Thursday, De cember 14. Annie McLauchlin, Max ton, principal. Spring Hill High school: Friday, December 15. E. G. Clary, Wagram, principal. John Station school: Monday, De cember 18. J. A. Wilkins, John Sta tion, principal. Hasty school: Monday, December 18. Marie Monroe, Laurinburg, prin cipal. Caledonia school: Tuesday, De cember 19. Carrie Mclntyre, Laur inburg, principal. Leviner school: Tuesday, Decem ber 19. Louise Monroe, Laurinburg, principal. McGirt school: Wednesday, De cember 20. Evelyn McGirt, Maxton, principal. Wilkes school: Wednesday, De cember 20. May Bostick, Wagram, principal. Murray school: Thursday, Decem ber 21. Sallie Smith, Laurinburg, care E. F. Murray, principal. Watson school: Thursday, Decem ber 21. Ed Currie, Laurel Hill, principal. Miss Sanford Bride-to-Be. Friends in the city and throughout this section will be interested in the announcement of the approaching marriage of Miss Irene Elizabeth San ford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Sanford of this city, to Mr.?W. P. Cole of Hamlet. The Raleigh News and Observer carried in its social columns Sunday the following item: "Mr. and Mrs. James Derrick San ford, announce the engagement of their daughter, Irene Elizabeth, to Mr. William Percy Cole, of Hamlet. The wedding will take place in the latter part of this month. Miss Sanford is one of the most charming and popular young girls of, Scotland county. Mr. Cole is prominent among the business men of Hamlet where he holds a re sponsible rjosition with the Seaboard Air Line Railway." mber of patients. It involves the closing off of one lung to give the other infected lung a cnance to re cover. Both these cases were handled at Eudowood Tuberculosis Sanitarium on the outskirts of Baltimore. The silent treatment involved the exercise of great will power on the part of the patient. His conference with a noted specialist was- his last word for a whole year. He kept in touch with his affairs and communi cated on a pad. At the end of the year his voice was husky, but soon became normal, and now the spread of the disease has been stopped to such an extent that he has regained lost weight and is in fine health. NEWS OF HAMLET. Big Celebration Held Friday Night; Negro Charged With Murdering Wife. Hamlet, Nov. 13. On Friday night Hamlet celebrated the election of President Wilson with a big torchlight procession, parading the principal streets and visiting a number of prom inent citizens, among them the "lead ing Republican and postoffice candi date." Hamlet almost to a man sup ported the Democratic ticket this year. Most of the Republican votes at this precinct were voted by the Croatans who live along the State line and by a number . of negroes, there being more negroes voting this year than since the memorable Red Shirt cam paign, which started in this county. Last week a negro named Eli Byrd shot his wife and attempted suicide by taking bichloride tablets. His wife died Friday and Eli is now in the Richmond County jail awaiting the result of the poison. He has been very ill and the chances for recovery are slim. Before committing the deed he wrote a will addressing same to Attorney E. A. Harrill of Hamlet. In this will he gave $100 insurance money to the attorney. The letter was written before the act was done and as soon as received from the mail Mr.yHarrill communicated with the sheriff in an attempt to prevent the crime, but the sheriff was too late, the shooting having just occurred when he reached the house. Building New Home. Mr. H. McN. Lytch is building a most handsome and commodious new home on his farm about two miles west of Laurinburg on the Laurel Hill road. Mayor W. D. Tucker of Laur inburg has the contract, which calls for a" nine room residence and which is now in course of construction. As soon as completed Mr. Lytch and family will move into their new home. LAURINBURG CELEBRATES DEMOCRATIC VICTORY Democrats of All Ages Join in Big Jollification and Love Fest Fri day Night. There was something doing in the old town Friday night of last week and the. scene was one to arouse the interest and enthusiasm of the most reserved person in the county. The boys just naturally turned themselves loose and at that, it is not out of place to say, this was no place for Republi cans. It was just a happy, good-natured, most joyful celebration and the informal invitation went out to "who soever will" to help do the thing up brown for Wilson, peace and prosperi ty. There was not a discordant note in the whole production and the out bursts of enthusiasm and unrestrained good feeling were spontaneous and flowed like the waters from a fountain of youth and eternal good cheer. We had about forgotten to tell the occasion of the big "to-do;" but it was not "Much Ado About Nothing," for Woodrow Wilson and the American electorate had succeeded in putting one over on Wall Street, the G. O. P. and Teddy R. et al. And there was nothing to it but to tell the world about it, and the world didn't give a tinker's d how long the story was, because it made mighty good "listen ing. And the boys kept the good work up long into the wee small hours and they do tell us some of them have not got over it yet, just so over come with joy that their wives are be ginning to get "sorta uneasy about'em." It was everybody's celebration and everybody made of it a howling suc cess. In fact it was about the biggest howling aggregation ever assembled in this neck of the woods and we do not mean to speak disparagingly of the dogs. To tell the truth, it was the most unanimous thing ever staged here and all were agreed even to the smallest detail, because every feiiow could clebrate according to the dic tates of his own mind; and the women could talk all they blooming pleased and nobody was forced to keep silent and listen. We don't know how it all happened and to save our gourd we can't even say just when the thing got started or who turned on the gas, but it was no time before the whole town was alive and every one was doing "his part." We have a faint, elusive recol lection of seeing some folks on the spirits; there were automobiles -A-ith-' women and children and pretty girls. And then thfc?e"w5re'some morfe "folks ' and more automobiles and then some more women and children and the pretty girls just kept a coming. And there was a great crowd and the gosh darndest, ding-bustedest noise you ever yet have heard. The people all seemed very much excited and were behaving in a most ludicrous manner, as if nobody cared what happened; and they didn't because they knew Woodrow wculd make it all come out right in the wash anyway. And the thing just kept going on and on until, well at last we went to sleep and the sun came up next morning just a shining the same as ever. And he was up a long time before lots of folks hereabout were. But why shppld we worry? The sun is going to shine mighty bright for the next four years anyway, and there'll be plenty of time to get up, and do lots of other things. TO INVESTIGATE DEATHS FROM TYPHOID. Deaths From Typhoid Fever No Long er Pathologically Warranted. I'ot until r recently, says the State Board of Health, has typhoid fever as a cause of death been at all questioned, whereas many other causes of death have been given searching investiga tions. But now when a death occurs from typhoid fever, someone is said to be to blame. A noted English san itarian has said that every time one dies from typhoid fever, someone should be hanged. Aside from these views and in the light of modern medi cal science, typhoid deaths are now admittedly the result of sanitary blun ders or criminal carelessness, and in stead of a death from typhoid pass ing as providential, unavoidable, or for some mysterious reason, its source will be sought out and the responsi bility placed, yhere it rightly belongs. The existence of typhoid fever bears the stigma of disgrace for two reas ons: First, because we know more about its prevention and its filthy source than most any other disease and second, because its presence be trays filth either as to our food and drink or as to our personal habits. Ignorance is no longer a cloak under which to hide the disgrace of typhoid fever. We know all about it how it is contracted, how it may be prevent ed and hoW immunity against it may be had for several years at a time. Spring Hill School. A Foolish Doctor. An old darkey was sick and his phy sician advised him that he must live on chicken soup and must not go out after dark. After the doctor had gone he said: "That doctor may be very smart, but he sho' was talkin' foolish ness When he tell a niggep he had to live on chicken soup and then not al low him to go out at night." Ex. A communication received at this office states that Friday, November 10, the girls basket ball teams of Spring Hill High school and Antioch High school played a most interesting game, which resulted in a defeat for Spring Hill, Antioch winning by one point, the score being 14 to 13. A Parcel Post Sale. The Woman's Auxiliary of Milton church, near Laurinburg, will hold a parcel post sale at the home of Mrs. E. F. Murray Friday afternoon, No vember 24, beginning at 3 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend.
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