TYPHOID WIPED
OUT IN FRANCE
Professor Vincent Conquers the
Most Dangerous Enemy of
the Republic.
HELPS INCREASE MAN POWER
In Former Wars More Soldiers Per
ished From This Disease Than by
Bullets ? Fever Has Vanished
From Belfort District.
Paris. ? One of France's most dan
gerous enemies has now been van
quished ? typhoid fever, and the victor
Is Professor Vincent, an oltteer of one
ot the French medical schools.
The war has shown that the most
deadly of fevers Is at the mercy of
science. Tyhoid fever was always a
great enemy of armies in the tWld. It
lias been established that in wars pre
vious to the present one more men
died of typhoid than by bullets and
shells.
Typhoid Epidemic Started."
At the start of the present struggle
a typhoid epidemic started in October,
1914, and increased through the win
ter of 1914-1015.
Professor Vincent set out to stop the
epidemic by using a vaccine which
he had discovered four or five years
previously.
Already, from 1911 to 1914. most of
the French soldiers under arms had
been vaccinated. But the mobilization
men arrived in different depots in hun
dreds of thousands.
Doctor Landouzy, head of the medi
cal service in the Belfort district, had
1(10,000 men vaccinated. Three
months later typhoid fever had en
tirely disappeared from his district,
and it was proved that only in dis*
tricts where men had not been vac
cinated was typhoid to be feared.
At present vaccination is obliga
tory everywhere, and, thanks to this,
the number of typhoid cases dropped
from seven In January, 1915, to 0.025
in March, 1917.
Number of Deaths Smaller.
The number of deaths through ty
phoid had also dropped to such an
extent that now they have to be reck
oned on an average of 10,000 men. So
far, for the present year, only 0.04
deaths in 100,000 have been record
ed.
"It is permissible to affirm," says
Professor Vincent, "that preventive
vaccination, for which the antityphus
laboratory of the Val de Grace fur
nished the army zones with 5,513.073
doses of vaccine, has saved a consider
able number of men for the country.
"If the morbidity and mortality ex
perienced from November, 1914, to
January, 1915, had been maintained
and on the hypothesis that between
4,000,000 and 5,000,000 men had been
sent to the front during that period,
the number of cases would have been
more than a million and the number
of deaths 145,000."
REDUCE PRICE OF SARDINES
Maine Canners Agree to Accept $5.60
Per Case for Keyless
Variety.
Washington. ? Let the worried house
wife worry no longer. Sardines are
safe.
Tinned sardines, small size, should
be retailed at not more than 8 1-3
cents, the food administration has an
nounced, as a result of a voluntary
agreement just completed with 90 per
cent of the Maine sardine canners.
They will reduce their price to $5.60
per case of 100 keyless cans, one-quar
ter" size, in oil; $6.10 for one-quarter
key cans in oil and $5.60 for three
quarter size in mustard. Wholesalers
have agreed to handle sardines on
small margin and the food administra
tion solicits reports of excessive
profits.
KEENE ROBES AID SOLDIERS
Deceased Tragedian's Daughter Gives
Costumes to Stage Woman's
Relief Fund.
New York. ? The stage woman's war
relief has received from Mrs. Edwin
Arden, daughter of Thomas Keene, de
ceased tragedian, all her father's cos
tumes.
The robes and cloaks of furs and
velvet which adorned the tragedian
when he appeared as Richelieu and
Hamlet will be made into warm gar
ments for those soldiers which the
stage has sent into service.
Mrs. Arden has held the costumes
among her most prized possessions, but
she feels that no more satisfying use
could be made of them than that to
which the stage woman's war relief
will put them.
$5 for Swatting Fly.
Hiawatha, Kan. ? It cost H. N. Zim
merman, a business man, $.r> to swat a
fly that did a spiral glide and landed
on his bald head. Mr. Zimmerman
was attending church when the swat
ting occurred. The minister was rais
ing money and had asked for $5 sub
scriptions when a fly alighted on Mr.
Zimmerman's head. He raised his
hand to brush away the fly and the
preacher caught the movement. "H.
N. Zimmerman subscribes $T? ; who will
be the next?" the preacher announced.
Mr. Zimmerman paid the subscrif>tlon,
as he said it was worth the price to
Bwat the annoyftvg fly.
MANY WEALTHY MEN
AMONG CONSCRIPTS
San Antonio, Tex. ? The per
capitu wealth of the nine
tieth (90th) division of the
National army in training at
Camp Travis is $050, nn?l the
average subscription for Liberty
Ronds is $105 per man of the
more than 33,000 men on the
rolls. The conscripts composing
this division were taken from all
walks of life and all classes in
the states of Texas and Okla
homa. Five men are worth, iu
their own name, $500,000 each,
20 of the recruits can sign checks
for $100,000, 4ii are worth, In
property, more than $10,000 each,
and one man is said to be the
sole heir to an estate estimated
at $3,000,000. There are more
than 400 young men in this camp
who are doing the first "real
work" of their lives, and all of
them are over twenty-one years
of age, but they nre among the
happiest In the ranks.
BRITISH GET HONOR STRIPES
_____
Distinctive Marks to Be Worn on Uni
forms to Show Length of
War Service.
London. ? British soldiers who have
served in the great war will hence
forth bear a distinctive mark of their
service on their uniform. The war of
| flee announces that a chevron stripe
! will be immediately issued to every
soldier who serves overseas in a thea- .
ter of war. Soldiers whose service j
dates back to 1914 will be given a red ;
chevron, and those whose service be- !
gan after that year will get a blue '
stripe. An additional blue stripe will
be awarded for each aggregate of 12
months' service. The new stripes will
. be worn by officers as well as privates.
COFFEE FROM VELVET BEANS
Cereal Grown So Abundantly in the
Southern States Being Put
to New Use.
Quitman, Ga. ? The velvet bearf, so
abundantly grown in the South, is be
ing put to an entirely new use in this
section and is no longer classed as a
stock ford exclusively. A hotel start- i
ed the movement by the announcement
to a large number of traveling sales
men that the coffee served was made
from velvet beans, after the dinner j
, had been finished u.;l the guests were j
i profusely complimenting the proprie
| tor for the splendid "Javva." One of
i the guests, claiming to be an expert
i connoisseur, hud taken tho third cup.
JOHN HORNER'S PLUM BURNED
Fire in London Damages Historic
Mansion Where He Put His
Thumb.
London. ? Sir John Horner's ~man
sion at Melles Park, which has been
partly destroyed by fire, was the
"plum" which gave rise originally to
the familiar ryhme about "Little Jack
Horner." The poem was written as a
piece of political doggerel. At the
time of the dissolution a certain John
Horner was steward of the great Ab
bey of Glastonburg, and with the dis
solution of the monasteries he pro
cured his "plum," the Manor of Melles.
Since that time the eldest son of the
Horner family has always been named
John.
. DANCER TAKES VEIL
Mile. Eva Lavalllere, who for years
wns one of the familiar figures of Par
isian life and Ions favorite at the the
ater des Varieties, lias left the stage
to take the veil.
The actress has sold all the luxu
rious furnishings of her apart
ment, di'fded her dresses, furs and
Jewels among her friends, and ?.iil
soon enter tb? order of Carmelites.
OFFICERS SHOULD WIN
KESPECT OF THEIK MEN.
Distinctions of Hank Not to Im
ply Social Distinctions. So
Writes Secretary Baker.
OHicers to Build up Relations of Con
fidence and Sympathy With .Men.
"Superiors Are Forbidden to Injure
Those Undtr Their Authority by
Tyrannical or Capricious Conduct
or by Abusive Language."
Washington, Dec. 18. ? in response
to a senate resolution asking whether
there are war department rules and
regulations to prevent social inter
course between officers and men of the
army, Secretary Baker today wrote
Vice-President Marshall that distinc
tions of rank in the army imply no
social distinction and are solely in the
interest of military discipline.
Mr. Baker's letter follows:
"I have the honor to acknowledge
receipt of a resolution in the senate
of the United States under date of
December 11, 1917, directing me to
inform the United States senate,
'what, if any, rules or regulations
there are - of the war department
which prevent officers from having
intercourse with privates and ming
ling with them in social intercourse,
or which tend to caste distinction be
tween enlisted men and commissioned
officers when they are off duty.'
"In response thereto I submit for
the information of the senate of the
United States, the following para
graph of army regulations in regard
to the relationship between officers
and enlisted men as the only rule or
regulation now existing relative to
this matter:
"Superiors are forbidden to injure
those under their authority by tyran
nical or capricious conduct or by abu
sive language. While maintaining dis
cipline and the thorough and prompt
performance of military duty, all of
ficers, dealing with enlisted men, will
bear in mind the absolute necessity
of so treating them as to preserve
their self-respect. Officers will keep
in as close touch as possible with the
men under their command, will strive
to build up such relations of confi
dence and sympathy as will insure
the free approach of their men, to
them for counsel and assistance. This
relationship may be gained and main
tained without relaxation of the bonds
of discipline and with great benefit
to the service as a whole.'
"In this paragraph will be seen an |
endeavor to arrive at a true balance j
in the piop-f-r relationship between I
officers and enlisted men; on the one
hand to encourage an exchange of
confidence and co-operation between
the officers and on the other to avoid
personal intimacies between an officer
and any particular soldier or soldiers,
which might have a tendency to lead
to favoritism or the suspicion of
favoritism in assignments for duties,
or cause discontent on the part of
those not selected for special intimacy
by the officer in question. All officers
are expected to so exercise their judg
ment under this regulation as at all
times to enjoy the sympathy, confi
dence and respect of the soldiers and
it has always been a part of the in
structions given young officers by
their superiors to exert themselves to
promote this relationship.
"Distinctions of rank in the army
'are solely in the interest cf the mili
tary discipline. They imply no social
distinction, indeed, in a country like
ours, the advantage of education and
culture will very frequently be found
in favor of the soldier; and yet it is
necessary that the soldier should ac
quire by continuous and unvarying
practice the habit of instant obedience
to his superior. This is as true of
officers as it is of men.
"In the emergency of battle, when
ever conditions tend to distract men's
attention and peril is on every side,
safety for a command frequently lies
only in its organized and co-opcrated
activity and this can proceed from one
inspiration alone ? the instant, un
questioning compliance by all with the
voice of authority. There is no time
to debate; no opportunity to consider;
the men must have acquired their rule
of action attention and obedience to
command. This habit cannot be ere- 1
ated in emergency and forgotten 1
under other circumstances; but must
result from practice which tolerates
no exception either of persons or oc
casions.
"The relationship between officers
and men, therefore, must be so ar
ranged as to lead to this indispensable
result; but this is entirely consistent
with respect, sympathy and mutual
consideration, and the best officers are
ihose who have most completely won
the affection of their men. Military
annals are filled with splendid stories
of men imperiling their lives outside
of the necessities of military action in
order to save the life of a beloved
captain.
" The war department, therefore, j
! has endeavored and is endeavpring by
I every means within its power to im
! press upon officers the military value
I of this cordial relationship ? to have
them understand that as is the officer
so is the command; that their spirit
and their actions constitute the ex
ample upon which the spirited actions
of the men are moulded. While here
and there instances undoubtedly occur
of thoughtless and inconsiderate con
duct on the part cf officers and of un
reasoning complaint on the part of the
! men who have failed to understand
[the just obligations of this disciplin
ary relationship. I am still persuaded
iliat in the great army we now have
in the field and in training there is
a growing realization that it is both
possible and useful to be faithful to
military discipline and at the same
time to the democratic ideals of our
country."
I On? and Half ? Million Men Trans
ported by Railroads Since August
1st. 8.000 Men INJnvcd 3,700
Miles in a Week.
Troop movement figures to date in
'dicate that the railroads of this coun
try have safely transported approxi
mately 1,500.000 soldiers to training
I
camps and embarkation point3 since
August first. Five hnudred thousand
of these men have made journeys ne
cessitating overnight travel and have
been moved in tourist or standard
sleepers furnished by the Pullman
j Company.
One of *the long hauls, 8,000 men
were moved from a training camp on
the Western Coast to a point on the
Eastern Coast ? a distance of 3,700
miles ? in a little less than a week.
The men traveled in sixteen sections,
each section comprising 12 tourist
cars and 2 baggage cars. ? Railroad
I n.epoi i.
Miss Lillie Wilson.
It is with sadness we note the death
of Miss Wilson, which occurred last
Friday, December 14th. The funeral
service was conducted by her pastor
on the following Saturday at 2 o'clock
p^- m., in the Elizabeth Methodist
church, of which she had been a mem
ber for the past live years.
She was only 29 years of age when
she passed away, but while young she
had done her work well. Twelve
years ago, owing to poor health of
her mother, she assumed the respon
sibility of the household. In the dis
charge of these* duties she lived in
such was as to constrain the mem
bers of the family who were not
Christians to become such. The
family have our prayers.
T. E. DAVIS, Pastor.
MORTGAGE SALE OF LAND.
By virtue of the power o f sale con
tained in a certain mortgage deed ex
ecuted by A. F. Castleberry to the un
dersigned, the said mortgage, because
the conditions of the mortgage deed
are broken, will sell for cash in Smith
field. N. C., at the Court House door
on January 19th, 1918 the following
described real estate:
Being the entire interest of A. F.
Castleberry in all the lands of R. J.
Castleberry, dee'd. said lands being
situate in Wilders Township, adjoin
ing the lands of the Ellington estate,
N. E. Ward, Leslie Sasser, John Gar
tner and others containing about
acres.
Austin-Stephenson Co.,
Mortgagee.
L. G. Stevens, Atty.
December
By J. C, OLIVER.
0 MOST II far famed ! For festit*
days and nights renowned,
Joy fraught, with hallowed bene
dictions croicned
Life's annual clearing house for ret
rospective thought,
W here pensive memory recalls the
smiles, the tears.
The hopes and joys of youth, the loves
of vanished years,
And sighs to see the havoc, sad, that
Time has wrought.
O hoary month ! In regions of the
north and east
The song of bird and rippling of the
brook have ceased,
And nature's thousand charms of
summer days have fled.
There Boreas reigns, fierce Ood of
wind and storms
And winter all of verdure, into
brown and white transforms
And leaves no trace of life and beau
ty sped.
O happy month ! When keen anticipa
tion, sweet.
Flies swift on wings of ardent love to
greet
With gifts the friend, the lover or
the kinrired near.
As Winter closer draws his icy fet
tered chains
The heart expands and love unselfish
reigns
And speeds its largess to the ones
most dear.
Illustrious month of most illustrious
birth!
Good tidings, peace and joy to all the
earth
heavenly choir announced when
Christ was born.
No other birth such mighty portent
bore,
This Prince of Peace whom heaven
~ and earth adore.
How thrills the heart at thought o)
Christmas mornt
? Los Angeles < Times.
The First Christmas Day
Told For the Littlest Children
LISTEN dear little children, and
you shall hear about the very first
Christmas day.
It was In a countryHcross the sea,
far away from here, that some shep
herds were watching their flocks one
night. The sheep were resting on the
grass, the little lambs were fast asleep
beside their mothers, but the kind shep
h'-rds were not asleep. They were
washing that no harm should happen
to the sheep.
Perhaps they were looking up at the
??' -r, nni tho beautiful moon ahove
them when suddenly there appeared a
wonderful light in the sky, brighter
than the moon, or stars, as If the sky
had opened and they saw the glory
within.
While the shepherds were looking up,
wondering what was the cause of that
strange light, a beautiful shining angel
came near to them and said :
"Fear not. I bring you good tidings
which shall be to all people. This day
is born a Savior, and ye shall find the
babe lying in a manger."
And suddenly the angel was joined
by a multitude of the heavenly host
singing praises to God. This was their
song:
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth
Peace, good will toward men.
When the angels had gone back to
heavbn the shepherds said they would
go to Bethlehem find see this Savior
of whom the angels sang.. They went
and found him, a little baby, In a sta
ble, with no cradle to lie in, only a
manger for his bed. That little baby
was Jesus, who when he grew up said :
"Let the little children come unto me
nnd forbid them not, for of such is the
kingdom of heaven." His birthday
was the first Christmas day, and ever
since that time we kept that day as a
Joyful and happy one. ? New York
Press.
I_ ?
The electrical works at Kolin, a
town of Bohemia, thirty-five miles
east of Prague, have been compelled
to shut down for lack of coal, with
serious results to the surrounding
country. Forty-nine towns and vil
lages are without light, and thirty
four big industrial plants and sugar
refineries have been closed.
Waste is worse than less. ? T. A.
Edison.
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CHRISTMAS !
< That happy time of year mada
- doubly glad by the world-wide
custom of giving and receiving
gifts. The best gifts are the useful
ones, things that supply some need
in e very-day life. This is why the
NEW HOME
Sewing Machine
finds its way into so many new
homes at th:3 season every year.
Every member of the family must
be dressed, and how to produce
the clothes easily, quickly, inex
pensively, is the every-day problem
of every housewife. Bargain for
a Machine now in time for de-_
livery Christmas morning. ~
For Sale by
J. M. BEATY,
Smithfield, N. C.
|
NO OTHER LIKE IT.
MO OTHER AS CCCD.
P ir ?u-<. :iit " ?TF;Y MOMii. * r-n.1 you wi!l v ??
lite a..s? i a' the prk e yn?i i ^y. i he <?mina:
epa-r expense by superior workmanship ai d !?? t
luahty c>C ?P?t? rial insures l;'e-!oi ?? ? "rvice ft *rr ?
mum cosl in st <;u having the " NI'LW HO- r. \
WARRANTED FOR ALU TliViE.
Known tlie world over ?' r superior stwii ? qualities
Not sold under any other narr ?.
NEW HOML SEWING MACHINE CO., OP NGE.MAoS
J. M. BEATY,
SmithtUld. N. C.
SALE OF1 VALUABLE LAND.
Under and by virtue of the power of
sale contained in that certain deed of
trust executed by Jesse Williams and
wife, Susan C. Williams, to K. B. John
son, Trustee, dated July 19, 1917, and
recorded in the office of the Register
of Deeds of Johnston County, in Book
36, page 207, default having been
made in the payment of the indebted
ness secured thereby, the undersigned
Trustee, will on Monday, January 21,
1918, at 12 o'clock M., at the court
house door in the town of Smithfield,
Johnston County, North Carolina, of
fer for sale at public auction to fefc
highest bidder for cash the following
described tracts of land in Ingram's
township, said land being bounded and
described as follows:
FIRST TRACT: All that certain
tract of land conveyed by R. Q. Hayes
to Jesse Williams and wife, Susan C.
Williams, by deed dated Dec. 8, 1900
and recorded in the office of the Regis
ter of Deeds of Johnston County in
Book Q No. 9, at page 187, lying and
being in Ingram's township, Johnston
County, adjoining the lands of N. I.
Lee, Susan C. Williams, W. O. Hayes,
and containing 21.56 acres more or
less.
SECOND TRACT: All the right,
title and interest of the grantor herein
named in and to all that tract or par
cel of land lying and being in Ingram'^
township, Johnston County, No?
Carolina, conveyed by D. H. Hayes a*
others to Susan C. Williams, by dew^jj
dated September 16, 1903, and record
ed in the office of Register of Deeds
of Johnston County in Book R. No. 8,
at page 77, said lands being bounds
by the lands of H. R. Hayes, The Ba
foot heirs, W. O. Hayes, Vara Lee, a
Susan C. Williams.
From the above description is t
cepted 6 1-2 acres heretofore convej
by grantors named above by deeds"
corded in Books D. No. 10, at p;
151, and N. No. 10, at page 311, in
office of the Register of Deeds of Jo:
ston County.
Place of Sale: Smithfield, N. C.
Time of Sale: Monday, January
1918, at 12 o'clock M.
Terms: Cash.
This December 12, 1917.
K. B. JOHNSON,
Trustee
MORTGAGE SALE OF LAND.
Under the authority contained il
certain mortgage deed made to
undersigned by Boston Sanders i
wife on January 2, 1915, and the c
ditions of the said mortgage deed h
ing been broken, the undersigned it,
tgagee will sell for cash on Janu
19th, 1918 at 12 o'clock at the Cor
house door in Smithficld, N. C.
following described real estate:
Beginning at a stake, the Jai
W. Jones and Wm. Austin's cort
and runs with Austin's line S. 5f$
to a stake; thence a dividing lino ?
22.50 chains to a stake; thence Sj &
1-2 W. 49 chains to a stake: thenc|
?9 W. 2 3-4 chains to a stake on,.. 'Mi
bank of Little Creek; thence down i t
creek to a maple, Wm. Austin's | K
ner; thence his line to beginning, < >*
taining one hundred (100)
more or less.
Austin-Stephenson Co. "
Mortgagee.
L. G. Stevens, Atty.
CALL \T THE HER \l l> OKU
and :,<t y nir 191S Turner's No
Carolina Almanac. At 10 Cents
each. By mail 12 Cents. ^
KHAKI BOUND NEW TESTA?d
ments at Hernld Office, 25 cent
each. By mail 27.
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