C. H. HOLT RE-ELECTED MAYOR
OF PRINCETON.
Princeton. May 7.—In the munici
pal election held here Tuesday, May
6th, C. H. Holt was re-elected for the
third term, by a large majority.
W T Edwards, W. J. Massey, l>r
Oscar Eason, and B. P. Parrish won
elected town commissioners. There
was considerable interest manifested
in the election, the hardest fight
being made to defeat Mr. Holt for
mayor.
COLLEGES MUST HAVE HELP
Higher education certainly comes
high in America. Harvard University
last year had an income of over $2,
550,000, of which only some $670,000
came from the tuition of students, hut
despite this princely revenue, great
er than that of some States, it had
a deficit of over $16,000. Tho dispari
ty between the total income and tho
amount paid by the students, little
more than a quarter, shows to how
great an extent our leading education
al institutions must depend upon tho
returns from their investment* and
the gifts of friends to meet current
expenses. Probably Harvard, which
has investments totaling nearly $26.
000,000, is rather an extreme example
of this kind. No university or col
lege, however, which possesses any
standing, could exist for a year if en
tirely depended upon its Income from
its students —Philadelphia Record.
DO THEY WANT IT SHELLED?
The Charlotte Observer, which ia
noted for its brilliant editorials in
favor of 'protection, fawns its read
ers with this classic, which wo ven
ture to say has never been excelled
in the whole litreature on the subject
since the days of Adam:
"The Obesrver would add Its voice
to that of the farmers in the mona
zito zone around Shelby for the con
siderate attention of the tariff-mak
ers. This mineral sand, so abundant
In the streams of Cleveland County,
was at one time a source of great
iprofit to the farmers but the strange
ly perverse legislation at Washington
made the gathering up of it unprofit
able. The provoking character of
the situation is the snore easy of un
del'standing when one hinks that all
the farmers had to do was to gather
this sand, put it in bags and ship it.,
getting in return handsome checks,
representing money literally ptckod
up, not 'in the road,’ as the saying
goes, but in the branch By a stroke
of the tariff pen, the wealth-creating
oowers of this idle industry could be
restored and money made to flow to
the farmers. It would bo a happ»nday
for that section of the State could
Congress be induced to take the h<mi
Bible view of the situation."
Once there was a lazy niau being
taken out to be buried, A sympa
thetic neighbor met the procession
and inquired the trouble Being tcflfl
that the man was too lazy to make
a living and was fit only for burying,
he volunteered to give him a pock of
corn. Hearing this offer, the lazy
man squeaked out from his coffin
and asked if the corn was shelled,
and on receiving a negative reply,
lay. back down and said, “drive on"
We are sure that the Cleveland farm
ers are not so lazy as this man, yet
that is what the Observer would at
tribute to them. How ou earth aify
body could get mona/.it.e or anything
else any cheaper than by going and
raking it up In a sack and exjdhaug
ing it for fat chocks, it is lirnrd to
see and if they can't stand ooimpeti
tion in this, it appears thajt they
ueed a pension, not a tariff.—The
State Journal.
FACTS ABOUT POULTRY. 1
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Be sure that the male at the head
of the flockk is purebred.
The Mediterranean or egg breeds 1
are: Leghorns, Minoreas, Spanish, 1
Blue Andalusians and Anconas.
The American or genaral-purimse
breeds are: Plymouth Rocks, Wyan- '
dotts, .lavas, Dominiques, Rhode Is- (
land Reds and Buckeyes.
The Asiatic or meat breeds are. 1
Brahmas, Cochins and Langshans.
The English breeds are: Dorkings,
Orpingtons and Redcaps
For farm use the American breeds
are probably the best.
Purebred poultry means uniformity
of products,
Uniformity of products means in
creased profits, if products are prop
erly marketed.
Given the same care and feed, pure
bred fo>^ ATm make a greater profit
mongrels.—From Farmers’ Bul
letin 528, United States Department
of Agriculture.
Messrs. Clark and Bryan have set
a noble example for Messrs. Taft and
Roosevelt to emulate—though the em
ulating will be better when the ele
phant and the moose lie down togeth
er.—Chicago News.
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‘Tis not that Clark hates Bryan
less, but that he loves his party more
—Albany Journal. v
MONEY MARTS OVER-DRAINED.
Mechlenburg County bonds are
very far from being the only ones
encountering exhausted capital these
days. In London for some time ev
ery attempted flotation has been a
fiasco or has gone at a bargain price,
it is the same way in Paris, where
rentes have touched 85, the lowest
figure for 25 years. At present the
great factor, affecting every Euro
pean money center, and New York
by powerful indirection, is the com
plicated aftermath of the Balkan
War. We may hope that this will
soon vanish, leaving the situation
cleared. But the premium on money
supplies which has been noticeable
for several years past will hardly be
come less than It was before the Bal
kan crisis arose. It is even likely to
become more. The wastes of that
war must be repaired by loans, and
the expenses of recent mobilization
and increased preparations for fu
ture contingencies must be met. Ev
ery great Nation is both a heavy bor
rower and a heavy taxer—raising the
price of borrowed money in each way<
Cities and all the other minor gov
ernmental units throughout the world
—States, Provinces, counties, town
ifAueq tj uo 3ufAvouJO<t aru—aya 'sdpfs
scale Competition for the investor’s
favor has seldom been livelier among
officers of securities than it is now
Demand for money and for the cap
ital represented by money has de
cidedly outrun the supply.—Charlotte
Observer.
THE BIBLE AND FLIES.
Flies are a pest . They are here,
not to keep, but to kill. Eike dead
ly diseases, we destroy them, or
they destroy us. They haunt our
guests, throng our houses, swarm our
tables to tell the story of filth and
uncleannese. Swat the fly as you
would any other pest or plague. Even
“dead files cause the ointment of the
apothecary to send forth a stinking
savour.”—lTov. 10:1—Chris tain Sun.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST CANCER.
Physicians and laymen who propose
the formation of a national organiza
tion to make a light against cancer
need no argument to win general
favor fur their plan, save the mere
fact that more than 75,000 persons
die of that dreaded disease annually
In this country.
“There is no known cure,” says Dr.
Cleveland, “except surgery, applied
in the earlier stages.”
Consequently the people must be
taught to recognize incipient cancer
and to seek the surgeon’s aid prompt
ly when It is discovered.
The new organization It is under
stood, will follow the lines of the
nat ional Association for the study and
Prevention of Tuberculosis, through
whose activities more than 200,000
lives have been saved in ten years.
The campaign of education will in
clude tlie publication of articles in
newspapers and magazines, distribu
tion of phamphlets, special instructio
In training schools for nurses and
lectures before women’s clubs.—Bos
ton Globe.
CENTENARY OF DOUGLAS.
A new page in the history of Step
hen A. Douglas, the centenary of
whose birth was celebrated Wednes
day, was added today when the Chi
cago Historical Society received a
letter in which was described how
Douglas was rescued from a fiery
death on the day of his birth.
The letter was written by Horatio
L. Waite, master in chancory of the
ireuite court. John Conant, one of
Wait’s family ancestors, who lived
next door to the Douglas home in
Brandon, Vt., saved Douglas’ life.
“The morning Douglas was born,”
the letter says, “John Conant went
to the Dougias house, and as he en
tered the room Douglas’ father was
sitting in an armchair before an open
fireplace with the infant in his arms.
Just as Conant entered the father
died suddenly from apoplexy. The in
fant rolled down into the fireplace
and Conant snatched him from the
fire.”
Miss L. E. Ford, of Chicago, cousin
of Stephen A. Douglas, confirmed the
story.—New York Tribune.
It is good to be helped and friend
ly, but don't give yourself to be
melted into candle-grease for the ben
efit of the tallow trade.—tleorge Elict
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified
as Executors on the estate of J. W.
M. Stanley deceased, hereby notifies
all persons having claims against
said estate to present the same to
me duly verified on or before the 9
day of May 1914 orthis notice will be
nleaded in bar of their recovery;
and all persons indebted to said
estate will mako immediiate payment.
This 30 day of April 1913.
It. D. STANLEY,
W, W. STANLEY
Executors.
YOU AND THE FLY.
Are you bald? Did you ever have a
fly crawl across your head? Or did
you ever have one crawl over your
face and wake you up? Nuisance,
isn’t It? Well, that's only the small
est part of the quarrel we have with
flies.
Flies are scavengers. Do you know
what a buzzard does? A buzzard is
a large, loathsome bird which eats
dead and decaying animals. They ar
not nice to have around. What buz
zards are to birds flies are to in
Sect B,
Flies hatch from eggs. The eggs
are laid in filth. Fly eggs are noi
nice. Another name for them is fly
blows. But about the only harm
which fly eggs do is to make more
flies. After a few days the fly eggs
hatch Into maggots. Maggots are
not nice, but they do not do much
harm except that they make flies.
The maggots crawl into dirt and in
a few days they come out flies..
Flies are very busy insects. They
are active all day long, and at night,
too, if you have a light in the room.
During dry days they like to stay out
In the grass in the yard. They can
jfeel a rain coming before you can,
so they always try to get in the
house before a rainstorm. They are
not fools. They like the light. If a
room is dark they do not like to go
in it. If there are flies in the room
a good way to get rid of them is to
darken the room and leave one win
dow open and bright. The flies will
fly out of thes window. On a warm
day you can easily persuade them
to walk out into the yard or to stroll
around the block. If it is getting
cold in the fall or if a rain is com
ing up they will stick to the house
like a hungry dog to a frankferter.
But what can we do about it?
Don’t let any manure stand in the
boxes. Don’t let any garbage ac
cumulate. Screen the houses. Kill
the flies. Keep everything clean. In
other words, starve the fly.—Health
Bulletin.
POETS WITH POWER.
‘"Twinkle, twinkle! little star,” the
poet said, and lo!
Way up above the earth so far, the
stars a-twinkling go.—San Fran
cisco Call.
“Holl on, thou deep blue ocean, roll,"
another's voice was heard,
And ocean rolls obedient to his man
datory word.—Louisville Herald.
“IUow, blow, thou winter wind,” the
third one gave command,
And every winter now we hear it
blow to beat the band.—Boston
Transcript.
"Thou too, sail on, O ship of state,”
a poet once did sing,
And ever since the ship of state's
been doing that same thing.—
Yonkers Stateman.
“Arise, fair sun,” long, long ago an
other poet said.
And every mom the sun gets up and
shooes the moon to bed.—Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
‘‘Turn backward in thy flight, O
Time,” another cried. Alack!
Old Time paid not the slightest heed,
but hoofed it down the track.— ]
Boston Transcript.
As we understand Speaker Clark,
he regrets the events at Baltimore as
much as Secretary Bryan does, if
not more.—Port Huron Times-Herald.
Time goes, you say? Ah, no!
Alas, Time stays; we go.—Austin
Dobson.
FRIENDS OF NEW SCHOOL BOARD j
CELEBRATE.
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Some of the friends of the new
school board for SelmaGraded school |
district celebrated on Tuesday night,
May 6th. It is said that they secur
ed a key, entered the school building, j
put. crepe on certain chairs and on |
the doors, took the clapper from the j
bell and took the flag which waves
over the building and sewed crepe j
on it.
The sum and substance of the i
Bryan-Clark treaty of peace seems ;
to be that even a form of friendship i
is better than nothing for the inter-1
ests of the administration.—Omaha
Dee.
SPECIAL CALL FOR
LISTING TAXES.
Notice is hereby given, in accord-1
ance with Section 20 of the Ma-1
chinery Act. to all persons in this
Township required to list property (I
or poll for taxation, must list their i
Taxes during the month of May. I
can be found at the times and places -
mentioned below for the purpose of ;
receiving their list:
At N. G. Rands, Wednesday, May j
7th 1913. Creech’s School House, Fri- [
day, May 9th 1913. B. R. Jones farm)
Wednesday May 14th 1913. At Court
House all other days in May. i -
And after the above date the tax
list for this township will be closed, j 1
Attention is also called to the fact, i
that Failure to list will result in '
your being double-taxed as required J
by Section 80 of the Machinery Act.
and the taxpayer failing; to list also
subjects himself to a misdemeanor.
Section 80 of the Machinery Act.
Please do not fail to see me before
expiration of above date.
W. T. ADAMS,
List-Taker for Smithfield, Township.
WASH at The SMITH
FIELD LAUNDRY
Good work and quick serv
ice. We call for and deliv
er in Smithfield and Selma.
Phone 19 L. Call us and we
will come. Parcel post pack
ages receive prompt atten
tion. We pay postage one
way.
T. W. JOHNSON, Prop.
Engine, Boiler and
Machinery For
Sale.
I have for sale
1 25 horse power boiler.
1 20 horse boiler.
1 Automatic lathe.
2 Hand laths.
1 Seven Inch Moulder.
1 Plainer
1 Jointer. j
1 Combination cut off saw.
1 double head shaper.
1 Band saw and other machinery !
will sell for cash or part cash and
time on balence.
J. T. HOLT
Wilson’s Mills,
North Carolina
Children’s
Dresses
We carry a complete line
of Children’s Wash
Dresses and Boys’ Wash
Suits Prices ranging
from
25c to $2.00 Each
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Now is the time to buy your Thin Lawn
Dresses before the weather gets too warm.
Our Slippers are of the newest styles and the
prices the lowest.
\ few Ladies Wash Skirts left. Were $1.00 Now 50c.
We are headquarters for Millinery and our prices suit all.
W. L. Woodall,
Smithfield, N. C.
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Real Estate
Bought and Sold
TOWN or COUNTRY
Improved or Unimproved
We wish td announce that we have organized a
Company to deal in Johnston County real estate. We
shall buy and sell farms, unimproved land, houses and
lots. We shall buy outright or sell on commission.
Nothing will be too small or too large for us to handle.
If you are interested in the purchase of a house in
town, or a farm in the country, we are the people for
you to see. If you wish to sell, we are the people for
you to see. We know that there is a demand in the
County for a business of this nature, skillfully managed
and amply financed, and we intend to meet this demand.
Call or address us at Smithfield, N. C.
The Smithfield Real Estate Co.
J. H. B. Tomlinson, Pres., F. K. Broadhurst, Vice-Pres.
W. H. Austin, J. D. Underwood and S. S. Holt, Directors
N. B. Grantham
Known as the best merchant on
account of the best lines. Here are a
few of our leading lines:
Schloss Bros. Clothes
Style-Plus Clothes
Cohen Goldman Pants
Dutchess Pants
Sweet Orr Over-alls
Cluette Peabody Co. Shirts
Ferguson McKinnie Shirts
B. V. D. Underwear
Peter Hill’s Underwear
Interwoven Sox
Buster Brown Hose for Boys
Altman’s Ties
Slidewell Ties
UpdegrafFs Gloves
Pioneer Suspenders
Pioneer Belts
John B. Stetson Hats
Maxim Hats
Cabinet Hats
Crosset Shoes
Beacon Shoes
Endicott Johnson Shoes
Bion Shoes
Hagerstown Sandals
The above lines are sold on their merits.
N. B. Grantham
Smithfield, North Carolina
Do You Know About It?
You know I keep my store full of well as
sorted Groceries, but do you know I have another
store nearly full of heavy groceries? In it I have
a car just received of No. 1 Timothy Hay, about
200 bags shipstuff, a large lot of oats, a lot of Rose
brand Lard to sell either in large or small lots,
beet pulp for your cattle, salt, flour, and 12 barrels
molasses.
S. C. TURNAGE, Grocer
Smithfield, N. C.
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Your TOB PRINTING should
J be artistic in design and
finish. Try The Herald kind.