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V '(I 1 mm. limes, 1 . : i m ti I lie x v.. , :-, v. rowan ANDREW J. CONNER, PUBLISHER. "CAROLINA, CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS ATTEND HER." SUBSCRIPTION PER ANNUM $1.00 ' . ..' . s . ... . v Volume XX. RICH SQUARE, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. N. C., THURSDAY, APBIL. 20, 1911. Number 16 A high-grade business school where youg men and women are prepared tor Independence and Prosperity. Thousands of our former students are holding leading office positions "You see them wherever you go." Special rates to those who secure acholarshipe now for the Mew Year term which begins January 2 8. Cata logue. Address J. M. Reesler, Pres. ' Norfolk. Va. T. W.lfuoa. J.A. WorralL MASON & WORRELL. tTTOBNEYS COUNSELLORS AT LAW, JACKSON, N. C. Practice ia-all Courts. Business promptly and faithfully attended to. Office 2nd floor bank building. RAYMOND G. PARKER, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Jackson, N. C s Practices in all courts. All business given prompt and faithtul attention. Office 2nd Floor Bank Building. . 0. Pueblo- F. R. Horr-i PEEBLES & HARRIS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, JACKSON. N. C. .-Vuctice in all Courts. Business oromptlvand faithfully attended to. EDGAR THOS. SNIPES, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Seal Estate bought and sold. Loans negotiated. Ahoskie, N. C. (ractices wherever services are desired 'Phone No. 16. DR. C. 0. POWELL DENTIST, POTECASI, N. C. Jan be found at his office at all times eept when notice is given in this paper. W. H. S. BURGWYN JR. Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Jackson, N. C. f. Practices where service desired. a T. STANCEIilj Attorney and Counselor at Law Law Building Norfolk, Virginia Practicing in all Courts in North Caro lina and Virginia nj. B. WnraOBMa. Stan lit Woumbne. WINBORNE & WINB0RNE, Attorneys at Law, MURFREESB0R0. N. C. Phones Nos. 17 and 21. a B. Gay Q. B. Mi-Fette GAY & MIDYETTE ttornevn & Counsellors at Law JACKSON, M. C Practice in all Courts. All buniness arornptly and faithfully attended to. Office 2nd floor. New Bank bnilding. DR. J. M. JACOBS DENTIST, R0X0BEL, N. C. Extracting from children at same price as adults. " Dr. W. J. Ward, DENTIST. WEI.DONN.C Dr. E. Ehringhaus, Dentist Now located at Jackson, N. C., where he is prepared to do first class dental work. Office in 2nd. story Bank build ing. Fire Insurance Notice. ' I will be glad to furnish rates, etc. on all classes of fire in . surance in North Carolina and ' write your insurance for you. .Take the safe course and run M no risk by insuring your prop- erty in the Virginia Fire and Marine Insurance Company, of Richmond, Va. or the Dix ie Fire Insurance Co., of . Greensboro, N. C. : : : R. E. BROWN, Agt. Gaktsbdro, N. 0. TYPHOID FEVER ITS HISTORY. Definition and Historical Items-The Individual'. Duty In (be Typhoid Problem. By Dr. W. S. Rankin. The word typhoid means a stupor-Ike fever. The disease was cleary separated from typhus fev er, a disease whicn resembles it somwhat, in the forties of the last century. This later disease, typhus fever, is now almost ex tinct. The cause of typhoid fev er is a 6mall germ called the typhiod germ or bacillus, typho sus. This germ was discovered bv Eberth, a German scientist, in 1880. GEOGRAPHICAL. ''Typhoid fever is one of the most widespread of the infectious diseases. It occurs in the tropics, and in far nothern and southern latitudes at sea level and in the mountains, in the citv and in the country, and practically where ever man may go and local con ditions d'" not prevent the dissemi nation of the disease. The B. typhosus has about the same lim its of latitude and longitude as man himself, and no country or race is known to be immune from the disease." While this is true it is also a fact that the frequency of the disease in different coun tries varies considerably. For example, typhoid fever is twice as frequent in the United States as in England and three times as frequent as in Germany. How ever, all authorities agree that this difference in distribution of the disease is not due to differ enc?s in soil, occupations, cr amount of moisture in these dif ferent countries. A temperature of 80 to 95 degrees does, bv in creasing germ growth and more particularly by bringing flies, in crease the number of cases of typhoid. With the summer come flies and typhoid. With the ex ception of variations in frequency caused by differences in tempera ture in different parts of the world, all races are equally liable to this curse of filth. Dr. Osier's saying. "Typhoid fever is the best index to the sanitarv intelli gence of a community," is axio matic with sanitarians. FREQUENCY OP THE DISEASE. Of every 100,000 inhabitants of the United State?, 4 65 die every year from typhoid fever. To ap preqiate what this means, we Lmay compare it with the tvphoid death rate in other countries. this death death rate per 100.000 population in Scotland is 6.2: in Germanv 7.6; in England and Wales. 11.2; in Belgium 16.2; in Austria 19.9; in Hungary 28 3; in Italy 85.2; in the United States 46.5. Differences in climate, soil and geographical peculiarities are not sufficient to explain these va riations in death rates. Tneir explanation is dependent upon differences in the sanitary intelli gence of the people in these dif ferent countries. We lose 35, 000 lives every year in the Uni ted States from typhoid fever; in addition we have 350,000 others sick on an average of six weeks apiece. Certainly the typhoid problem is a grave concern for our country to grapple with. IMPORTANCE OF TYPHOID TO THE INDIVIDUAL. But what does it mean, not to the country. State, or community, but to you, just you.? It means that if vou come within the rule of probability, if your life is gov erened by rule instead of excep tions, you will have one chance out if six to have this disease, and one chance out of sixty v to die with it; that is, in a family of a wife and four children, ac cording to the rule, one of them will have this disease, and the chance is one out of Bixty for one of your f amilf to die with the dis ease. x THE INDIVIDUAL'S DUTY TO THE TYPHOID PROBLEM. And what is the least you can do in the fight? "Knowledge is power." is the power that puts to flight this unseen foe, the typhoid germ which in six years kills more people than were killed on both sides during the four years of cival war; and which causes the loss of $350,000,000 to the United States every year. Equip yourself for your part of this fight with the kuowledge of how the disease picks off its vic tims and how it may be prevent ed, and then, according to your circomtanee.;., use this know ledge. Op-nlir Schools Increase Bapldly. Since January 1, 1907, sixty five Open Air Schools for children ai fllicted with or predisposed to tuberculosis have been establish ed in twenty-eight cities, accord ing to an announcement made in in a bulletin issued by the Nation al Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. The first Open Air School in the United States was establish ed on January 1, 1907 by the Board of Education of Providence R. I., at the instance of Dr. Ellen A. Stone. The next school was established in May of the same year at Pittsburg, a third one at Boston in July, 1908, and the fourth at Believue Hospital in New York in December, 19 )9. During the year 1909 ten schools in five different cities were open ed; in 1910. sixteen schools in twelve cities were opened; and eight schools in five cities have been opened to April 1, 1911, while definite provision has been made for twenty-seven more schools in.six cities. Many cities are considering the question and will act during the'eoming year. New York City now has in operation twelve open air schools and classes, and definite provi sions has been made for fourteen similar classes to be opened by next fall. Boston has five open air classes in its schools, and Chicago also has several. According to reports received bv the National Association, the result of the open air class-work has been to restore most of the children to normal health and efficiency. One of these open air schools or classes should be es tablished for each 25,000 popula tion, especially in cities. Too Low in Botn States. Norfolk Virginian Pilot. North Carolina land is assessed for taxation at an average of $6.30 an acre. From what we know of the state the valuation is ridiculously low. Thus may be accounted for the fact that the annual revenues of the state have shown a deficiency as against necessary expenditures. Nor does so low an assessment furnish an attractive advertise ment for agricultural settlers from other sections. We have not the figures at hand to show the conditions in Virginia. But if they are similar, there is need for both the lawmakers and the courts to sit up and take notice. A man may know too much to love a girl, but 'not enough to keep her from making him tell her he does. v 1 The north pole is cold and dis tant PLANT PDIE SEES. Farmers Often Homliugged -Have Toor Seed Tested Free oi .barge. Now is the time the farmers of the state are preparing for the harvest time, which means the money they Bhall realize and up on which their living depands But what shall it be? To no in considerable measure it depends upon what kind of seeds are sown Often absolute failures are caused by planting poor seed that will not grow or still worse, seed that is badly adulterated with serbus weeds which entire ly ruin the land for certain agri cultural purposes, often upon which the farmer most depends. That there is a great difference in the farm seed, said in the state is forcibly shown by the difference in the results of the analysis made at thread testing laboratory of the Department of Agriculture, cooperating with the United States Department. For example, the results of the 125 te3ts of R-d Clover seed made this spring by the Seed Laboratory ranged all the way from 50 per cent to 99.6 per cent pure seed and from 20 per cent to 97 per cent germination. Some contained no weed seeds at all, while others contained more than 90,000 to the pound. Some sam ples contained more than 50 per cent of Dodder or Love vine, which is the worst of all pests that occur in clovers and alfalfa, This great difference in the qual-, ity of seed is not onlv true in case of red clover but of all the farm seeds. Not only the loss of money paid for seeds, which is really a small item, but the failure to ob tain crops can be prevented by knowing the value of the seed which is planted. The Depart ment will make tests of all agri cultural and vegetable seeds for any farmer in the state free of charge and reports I will be sent to him promptly. In case the seed does not come up to the standard of good seed the lot mav be returned to the dealer from whom it was purchased and the money refunded or a good quality of seed given in exchange which ever the purchaser desires. In submitting samples to be test ed, for the smaller seeds, such as red clover and the grasses, one half of a teacup will be suffi cient; for the larger seeds, such as the cereals, more should be sent. Address all samples to the Seed Testing Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, Raleigh, N. C, with the following information: retail price of seed and name and address of dealer from whom it was purchased. Wasted Energy. "I give you my word," said the milk toast philosopher, "that when I discovered that the clock I had ben, careful to wind every night for ten years w.s an eight- day clock I was incl r.ed to be petulant." Browning 'a Maga zine. Midnight in .lie Ozarks and yet sleepless Hiram Scranton, of Clay City, ILL; coughed and coughed. He was in the mountains on the advice of five doctors, who said ho had con sumption, but found no help iu the cli mate, and started home. Hearing of Dr. King's New Discovers, he began to uBeit. "I believe it saved my life," be writes "for it made a new man of me, so that I can now do good work again." Pur all Inng diseases, coughs, colds, lagrippe, asthma, croup, whoop ing cough, hay fever, h emmorrhagas. hoarseness or quinsy, its the best known remedy. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Rich Square Drug Co, T.H. Nicholson of Murfrees boro. . -. - . - Asia's Greatest Lesson For Tbe S' .lb "The prosperity of . very man depends upon the prosperity (and therefore upon tlv efficiency) of the average man." So I have argued for years, and in season and out of season, in The Progressive Farmer and in public addresses in five or six Southern State., and the most impressive fact I have discovered in all my travel through the Orient is the fundamental, world wide importance of this too little accepted economic doctrine. It is the biggest lesson the Old World has for the New the big gest and the most important. Will you follow me then, Gentle Read er, a little more seriously and tho ightluliy than usual, while we consider together what I be lieve to be the most noble mes sage 1 shait carry back to my people at home? In part it is my old message -the one with which you have i.er haps grown familiar in mv speech es and published articles, it is that you prosper just in propor tion to the prosperity of the mas sea of the people with whom you deal. ' That if the masses of the people are poor and ignorant. every individual, every interest, every industry, in the commun- ity will feel and register the pul ling-down power of their back wardness as inevitably and as ac curately as the thermometer re cords the temperatuae of the air the merchant will nave poorer j trade, the doctor and lawyer i smaller fees, the railroad dimin- ished traffic, the bank smaller -ie- ! posits, the preacher and teacher ' smaller salaries, and so ad infi- nitum. Every man who through ignorance, lack of training, or by reason of any other hindering cause, is producing or earning only half as much as he ought; his inefficiency is making every body else in the community poor er. In short, your prosperity, no matter in what business you are engaged, depends upon the prosperity of the average man; the prosperity of the average man depends upon his efficiency; his efficiency depends upon intel ligence of a practical sort Clar ence Poe. in Raleigh (N. C.) Pro- Gressive Farmer. An Enviable Birthright. One of the greatest boons tnat can come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country, says Orison Swett Mar den in "Success Magazine " Self reliance and exit are oftenest country-bred. The country boy is constantly thrown upon his own resources, forced to think for himself, and this calls out his in eenuity and inventiveness. He develops better all-round judge ment and a more level head than the city boy. His muscles are harder, his flesh firmer, and his brain-fiber partakes of the same superior quality. The very granite hills, the mountains, the valleys, the brooks, the miracle of the grow iog crops are every moment reg istering their mighty potencies in his constitution, putting iron into his blood and stamina into his character, all of which will help to make him a giant when he comes to compete with the city bred youth. CRYSTAL WHITE ORPING TONS ONLY. (Kellerstrass strain) Twelve Months old Cockrels for sale at $2.00 to $5.00 each. Eggs for setting $2.00 for 15; $6.00 for 50. Olney Road Poultry Yards, Norfolk, Va. Po. Box, 794 LACK OF- OBEDIENCE A CURSE. Or. Shaw Preaches the Oii-Fasblon-ed Doctrine cf Training and Controlling Children. Rev. Dr. A. R. Shaw, of Char lotte, who conducted a meeting in Greensboro recently, is thus reported by the Greensboro News : Dr. Augus R. Shaw preached a sermon to parents at Westmins ter church last night, touching vital questions in the light of Biblical authority and teaching. His text was Genesis, 44:20: "For how shall I go up to my father and the lad be not with me?'' The little child is God's trift to the home. If the Bible d.esn't teach oncinal sin it doesn't teach transgression. Ig norance, weakness, sinfulness must he overcome by ceschint' and ti aining. The difference be tween teaching and training is that we tech by telling toothers and giving out information, and we train by what we are and what we do. If training is de ferred until a certain point in life, it may be too late. Dr. Shaw emphasized thegreac importance of firm, united dis cipline in the home, and emphas ized the word "united." If there be a difference of opinion be tween parents they should settle it without the children knowing it. The lack of obedience is curs ing the world. The speaker declared he had n patience with the curse of maudlin sentiment which says the children cannot be cor trolled. The place for a disobedient boy is at the busy ei.d of a switch. "I'll tell you, a convenient peach tree in the back yard is a great institution," Dr. Shaw de clared with emphasis. "When children dictate to their parents they have almost no father and only a fraction of a mother. Never deceive a child. I've heard some par ents making threats in order to frighten their children into doing things If vou haven't moral backbone enough to con trol your children without, lying to them it is unfortunate that you have any children. Dr. Dab ney once declared that next to vice ignorance is our greatest opprobrium. Do not seek to leaver cur child ren a fortune the result may bv litigation, estrangement and ruin. "A boy reaches 'fool's bill' when he finds out that his father is a dear old fellow but a back number, that his mother is a dear old soul but out of date, that the lawyers are not up in their pro fession, that the farmers don't know how to farm. Watch out for your boy when he reaches that hill it is a dangerous place and he may be ruined beyond re pair before he reaches the sum mit "If you have cards in your home if you'll take my advice you will put them in the grate before you sleep tonight A small boy went home from church undtr conviction of sin and ran to tell his mother, who was in a gam of bridge whist She heard a few words and waived him aside, in dicating that she wanted him to keep quiet Heartbroken when he went back to church he de clared it was no use for him t try! What a, mother! What a despot! a champion for devils in hell!" We offer the New York World three times a week and the Roan - . oke-Chowan Times all one year for $1.65, old or new subscrip tions.