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Friday. May 10. 1901.
VACCINAllON AND SMALLPOX.
A great muny |?e<>ple object to
being vaccinated, claiming that
they see no good in it. But the |
liistory of vaccination since its
discovery by Fd ward Jenner be
tween 1790 and 179(1 has proven
its great use to th.? human race.
Before that time hundreds of
thousands of people died annu
ally from smallpox. The Inter
national Year Book for 1N9H
save:
"Condomine records that
smallpox destroyed, maimed
and disfigured a fourth part
of mankind. <)nebo.v in nine and
one girl in ten died from small
pox. In Europe oil an average
2000 den the from smallpox oc
curred to every million living.
Six millions out of every twelve
died in North America and two
thirds of the population of Green
land. Before the era of vaccina
tion the death-rate from small
pox was about the same in
Sweden, England, Prussia, Aus
tria and Belgium, the average
being about 2,000 per million, j
On the introduction of optional
vaccination mortality dropped
everywhere to 400 per million.
When compulsory vaccination
was adopted in Prussia, Kngland
and Sweden the mortality was
reduced from 20 to 40 per mil
lion."
In 18M7-N8 there was an epi
demic of smallpox in Sheffield,
England, and careful statistics!
have been kept relative to vacci
nation. These statistics show
055 nurses were admitted to the
smallpox hospital. All but ten I
of these nurses had been vacci
nated. The result was that the
disease passed over the 045 who
were protected by vaccination
and seized the 10 who were un
protected. A great many simi
lar statistics could he given to
show the great protection to
I if ft mini in vnj'ci nation
Many European countries have
compulsory vaccination and |
where such a law is in force small
pox is almost unknown. Since
1N7T> Germany has vaccinated
every infant and had them re-vac
cinated before they reached the
age of 13. If the people of all
sections would do likewise small
pox would soon become one of
the things of tlie past.
The history of small|>ox is one
of horror. No disease is dreaded
more and no age and condition !i
in life are exempt from it. The
only safeguard is vnceination and
it is the duty or every jierson in
an infected section to be vacci
nated at once. j
These lines are written in order
to show some of the history and
results of vaccination.
Last Saturday evening at NVw
bury port, Mass., Artlier Morri
son called on Miss Lidia Lisson,
a young lady with whom he was
in love. He proposed marriage'
to her and being accepted placed
an engagement ring on her fin
ger. As he did so he was sudden- ,
ly stricken ill and died next day. i
The physicians say heart disease J
brought on paralysis, which cut
short tho young man's life just j
as bis cup of happiness seemed i
filled to the brim. 1
EVENING UP THINGS.
Koine people carry the idea of
evening up things too far. It
works out loss to them or others.
For instance a merchant "nay
have in stock an article which he
could afford to sell for 55 cents,
but he knows lie cannot sell it
for that price and so he makes it
either oO or 60 cents. If he sells
at 50 cents the price is a little too
close und if he gets 60 cents the
purchaser pays above the aver
age per cent. Just so a $1.10
article has to be sold forfl or
#1.2f>, a $5.50 suit has to be sold
for $5 or $0, a $10.50 suit for
$10 or $11.
The "evening up" idea and
the "jewing" idea haveboth been
very annoying to merchants and
many of their customeix. Both
have been carried entirely too far.
But the most noticeable in
stance of the evil of t he "evening
up" idea is to be seen in the sell
ing of cotton. A farmer decides
on some even price for his cotton.
He says he will sell when it reach
es that and not until then. The
price set by many this year was
10 cents. They could have sold
for 9^ or 0^ but would not. They
waited and waited for 10 cents.
Many of them have since sold for
8 cents or less.
The town of Kernersville in
Forsyth county elected two ne
groes on the Hoard of Town
Commissioners. So negro rule is
not entirely dead.
The results of the Inunicipal
elections this week in North Caro
lina have been very gratifying to
the Democrats. In almost every
town in the State the Democrats
will control the town govern
ments.
Whispering during services in
the Methodist church in a Dela
ware town has become such a
nuisance that the church officials
have hit upon a novel plan to
stop it. They have requested
one of the town papers to publish
the names of whisperers in the
next issue unless the nuisance is
stopped.
Last Sunday eveningthe entire
congregation of the Holy Sa
\ ior Roman Catholic church, at
Wilkesbarre, Pa., numbering 11
<>8 persons, pledged themselves
neither to touch, taste, nor han
dle spirituous liquors again. It
was said to be a very impressive
service. This meeting was the
result of the work of the pastor
who is the president of a temper
ance union.
Not Usinu: Proper Care.
A man once said to the writer:
"We Yankees know how to fix up
things to sell, but you Southern
people don't. We fix up things
in nice packages so they will be
attractive to theeysof purchas
ers." We are sorry to admit
there is something in what he
said.
Some people will bring to
butter to market with so much
water in it that it will sour if kept
a week, or with lumps of salt in
it that will remind you of the
"briny deep" or they will bring
it in an old bucket with no lid on
It and expect to sellitaud are
disappointed if they do not. In
gathring fruit for market its often
beat off the trees with sticks so
that it rots before it can be used.
In many other ways jieople fail
to use the proper care in prepar
ing things ior market.
This want of care is seen in
keeping bales of cotton. They
are in many cases kept at the gin
where they are not only subject
to lie burned up, but where part
of each bale w ill rot by lying on
the ground. If carried home the
bales are thrown out on the
ground instead of being put in a
barn or under a shelter. Farm
ers with plenty of houses or shel
ter room will do this. Hundreds
of thousands of pounds rot every
year by being handled this way.
V-'e do not advocate holding
cotton, but if a farmer is determ
Ined to hold cotton he should
have it sheltered even if he has to
build a shelter to keep it under.
After you have done work enough
to raise something to sell you
should see to it that it goes on
the market in good condition.
TOBACCO NOTES.
Conducted by
HKINNKK & KAOSDALK,
It seems to be the general im
pression among the farmers of
thiG county that if they cannot
get tobacco transplanted be
tween the 1st and loth of May,
that it will not pay to plaut it.
This is a very great mistake; it
depen Is entirely on the seasons
as to what kind of a crop is
made and not the time of plant
ing. As good tobacco as we
have ever seen grown was from
j late planting.
Tobacco planted after the
ground gets warm, and set out
of strong plants, is as apt to
make a tine crop as if it is put
| out so early with very small
i spindling plants.
This is one of the years that
farmers should make a great ef
f< rt to plant the crop of tobacco
they have laid off, for everything
points to a strong demand for
all grades of this year's crop.
Plants are reported scarce in
almost every seel ion of the State,
and a very small crop was plann
ed to begin with. So, all indica
tions are that this year's crop of
tobacco will be the smallest that
has been made in ten years, and
the demand is increasing every
year. When the consumption is
I increasing and the supply de
creasing, upward must be the
tendency of prices of any pro
duct.
I /?- il - 1.1 l 1 i l.._ 4. A.
vmi uie oilier nana, inn coiiun
croj) this year promises to be the
largest crop tiiat this country
has seen in years, and already the
price of cotton is on the decline
as you have been aware for sev
eral months.
With these facts confronting
us, we would advise every farmer
in .lohnston county to use every
effort to plant his crop of tobac
co, if it is seemingly a little late
before he can get it out. You '
may make just as fine a crop, as [
all depends on the seasons after ?
it has been planted. So don't
put your tobacco lands in some
other crop, but use every possi
ble effort to plant and make a
a good crop of tobaccp; and we
few sure you will not regret it
when you have finished market
ing it. .
BENSON BUDGET.
J. C. Staneil, of Va., is home on
a visit.
J. H. Holmes, of ilarnett coun-,
ty, is putting up a distillery near|
here.
The many friends of J. W.
Whittenton are glad to see him |
out again.
Miss Nellie Parrish was homej
last week from the Baptist Fe
male University.
F. It. Hall has returned to his
home in Cumberland, much im
proved in health.
Mrs. M. C. Benson returned
Monday from a visit to her
daughter, Miss Callie, who is in
school in Raleigh.
Messrs. Claude Johnson and
It. F. Smith are putting in tele
phone lines to connect Benson,
Peacock's Cross Roads and other
points.
Town election was quiet?no
casualties- and thecitizen's ticket
won in a walk. The only inde
pendents in the Held were 1*. Haw
ley, for Mayor, who received 2
votes, and A. B. Hudson, also for
Mayor, who received 24 votes.
Deputy L.W.Mangum destroyed
a juicery last Monday, about two
miles east of Benson. Theoperu
tors had taken refuge in the
dense forest which they had hoped j
would enable their industry to
thrive quietly without molesta-i
tion.
Bob Royal and Miss China
Xorris were frustrated in their
happy anticipations, and the
wedding that should have been
solemnized Sunday evening,
"early candlelight," was con
summated Monday night with the,
assistance of T. Ryals, J. P.
We have seen men happy and
happier; we have seen them run
ning over with joy and pride and
exultation, and yet live in that
enraptured state for hours and
even days, sometimes, and weeks:
but we had neverexpected to find,
even in this 20th century, the
man who could withstand disso
lution under the peculiarly ecsta
tic conditions that have been the
fortune of our esteemed towns
man A. L. Barefoot, recently. >
W ithin a week he has been named
the unanimous choice of all the
people for commissioner, and the
neir expectant of all his posses
sions arrived in time to extend
congratulations and call him Pa, '
in a big manly voice.
I have two good mules for sale.
W. M. Sanders, i
Keeping: Country Bovs at Home.
The drift of rural population
t o cities has long been a character
istic of recent times. Every cen
sus in recent years, both in this
country and in Europe, has
shown' the vastly greater
growth of cities as compared
with rural regions. If there were
wider intelligence among farmers
in feeding tne ambition of the
young, if they were to give their
children something tnat they
could call their own, a share in
ownership that they might im
prove by industry, something
that would stimulate ambition
and awaken pride, there would in
all likelihood be less discontent
with country life and less of long
ing for the untried and unknown
life of the city.?Indianapolis
News.
The Herald and Home& Farm
one year for fl.25.
SMITHF1ELD MARKET
CORBCTKD RVBRY THDR8DAT.
Cotton 71 to 8
j Kgg? 10
Chickens 15 to 25
Granulated Sugar 61 to 7
Corn, per bushel 70 to 75
Potatoes, per bushel 45 to 50
Feed Oats, per hnshel 45
Peas, per bushel 90 to $1.00
Fresh Pork 6 to 7
C. R. Sides, per pound 9 to 10
Hams, new " " 11 to lli
Lard. " " 10 to 11
Cheese, " " 15
Butter, " 20 to 25
Dried Apples, per pound 7J to 10
Coffee, per pound 10 to 15
Sheep Skins, each 10 to 80
Salt Hides, per pound 7 to 8
Hides?Green, per pound 4 to 5
Hides?Dry Flints " 6 to 12
Tallow 5
Beeswax 20
Meal, per sack $ 1.40
Flour, per sack $2.00, 2.25
Fodder, per hundred 90tof1.l0
Hay, per hundred 110
Wool, washed 20
Short Form Lien Bonds for
! eale at Hbhald office.
If You Want to Save
Money
We advise you to go to R. I. I.as
siter. He has
Another Fresh Car of
FLOUR, MEAL,
CORN AND OATS
Cheap for cash and exchange for farm
produce. HAMS AND CHICKENS
wanted at high prlcea. A lot of IRON
AGE CULTIVATORS, beet on earth for
cultivating cotton.
COX COTTON PLANTERS
and everything you need very cheap.
He hat the Best Sprayer for Spraying
Tobacco in the World
Now If you want no trust fortlllzera, the
beat made for cotton and tobacco,
cheap aa any body, go to
Ft. I. LASS ITER,
BPILONA. N. C.
of Will H. Lassiter,
FOUK OAKS. If. 0.
| SPRING GOODS. |
1 SPRING GOODS. j!
?-?? My stock is complete in each department. Von are cordially invited to call and look through * >
^ my new spring stock of goods. | i
IN MY
Dress Goods Department
SR I have a beautiful line of Worsteds in all
? the newest spring shades.
-MY STOCK OF?
Pique, Dimity, Percales,
LAWNS, PRINTS.
K* Silks, Kibbc ns, Laces, Hamburg, Belts, Ties
I AND LADIES' COLLARS
is full and complete.
EE
Ladies', Misses' and Children's ? ^
SHOES. ||
In thin department I hav? a nice line in \ jj
Button, Lace and High Cuts. Also \ s
Oxford Ties, l\
()xford Button and Strap Sandals, in all I j
styles, sizes and prices of
Zeigler Bros.' Fine Shoes. t \
I Millinery Department. J
$ 33333&&&S& jj!
s| In this departuu nt we have one o! the most complete lines we have carried any season 55
jI? heretofore. Our trimmed hats are up-to-date and we invite you to call and take a look at t S
as neat a line as you will tind in most of the cities, and much cheaper. We have a full and * |
SK complete line of S3
:t; Flowers, Berries. Braids, Chiffons, Foliage, Buckles r?
H and Fancy Ribbons
IP Also a full line of nice Sailors and Walking Hats. Latest styles in black and white. ? |
^ Misses and children's hats and caps in nice shapes and fancy colors forspring and sum- | a
mer. Come to see us for your hats, and if we should not have one to suit you Miss Beck- x |
with would tuke pleasure in trimming one up to suit you. | s
1 Gems' Furnishing Goods Department.
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^ ^ la this department I have put in a full stock that
j 2 is up todate. I have a beautiful line of men's,
* youths' and boys' suits in all of the latest styles and
5 >> cuts. Black, Brown, Blue, Grey, and Checks. Also
3 ?! a nice line of Men's and Boys'
* ; Thin Coats and Vests for Hot Weather
| \ WEAR VERY CHEP.
? S Also nice line of fancy DRESS SHIRTS, CUFFS,
gg COLLARS AND TIES.
Nice Line Fur and Fancy Straw Hats. V j
Men's and Boys' Fine Hand Sewed Shoes in Calf and ? *
Vicl from $2 to 13.2V Also a large stock of men's
and boys' Dress Shoes very cheap.
Trunks, Valises and Umbrellas. ( 1
Come and look at my prices before you buy. and I & i
am sure 1 can save you some money. ? s
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^ Very Respectfully, x|
I W. G. YELVINGTON, 1
4? SMITHFIELD, IN. C.
ft. G. SPIERS, J. D. SPIEPS,
Weldon, N. C. Smithfleld, N. C.
SPIERS BROS.
When you anticipate buying in the line of Dry Goods, Millintry, Notions, Shoes, House Furnishing
Goods, Ac., be sure to examine our stock. We now have the most complete line of such goods that
we have ever carried.
Embroideries, Laces, Belts, Novelties, &c.
SILKS FOR WAISTS, LAWNS,
Organdies, Foulards, Lansdown, Zephyr Ginghams, Percales,
and numerous other articles in Dry Goods, Notions, Ac. Reedy-to-wear Skirts and Waists. "Nel
son's" Men's Shoes. "Duttenhoffer's" Ladies' Shoes. Every pair warranted to give satisfaction.
MILLINERY
Miss Puckett, who has charge of this department, has returned from the North, where she hiis
secured the latest styles for the spring and summer. THE W. II. COItSET IS CONCEDED by many
to be the leader. Men's up-to-date FANCY SHIRTS and Neckwear?the prettiest we have ever had.
Carpetings Mattings, Art Squares Rugs, Window Shades,
Curtain Rods, Curtain Swiss, Chenille and Lace Curtains. Centerpieces,
TABLE, BUREAU AND WASH STAND SCARFS. BATTENBURG SUPPLIES, EMBROIDERY SILKS, ETC.
Remember we guarantee to be undersold by no one in any department.
SPIERS BROTHERS,
SMITHFIELD, N. C.