SPIERS'
BIG CLEARANCE SALE
Is Extended to Saturday, February 10th on Account
of the Bad Weather
Will Pay Highest Market Prices For Eggs in Trade!
SISAL UP TWO CENTS A POUND.
Price Now 16 Cents Against Under
Five Cents Two Years Ago.
Announcement of another rise in
the price of Yucatan sisal, the base
for binder twine, it was learned Mon
day, will hasten action by Govern
ment agencies investigating opera
tions of the Commission Reguladora,
the Yucatan State monopoly, which
markets sisal in the United States.
New York representatives of the
commission have just put sisal up 2
cents, which makes the price now
charged American binder twine man
ufacturers 16 cents a pound. When
the commission took control of the
Yucatan output less than two years
ago users in this country were pay
ing under 5 cents.
THE NEWS IN CLAYTON.
Clayton, Jan. 31. ? Mr. Carl Par
rish, of Wilson's Mills, spent last
Sunday here.
Sheriff Grimes, of Smithfield, was
in town Tuesday.
Miss Theo Wooten, a student of
Peac# Institute, Raleigh, spent last
Wednesday here with her sister, Mrs.
Chas. G. Gulley.
Misses Alma Hall and Gladys Bar
bour returned Tuesday from Lil
lington where they have been spend
ing a few days with Mrs. G. Thurman
Smith. ,
Miss Janie Wilson, who is now tak
ing training at Rex Hospital, Raleigh,
visited her sinster, Mrs. Edgar Stal
lings, this week.
Mr. Roy G. Gulley spent last Sun
day in Selma.
Miss Katiebet Morris spent last
week-end in Franklinton.
Miss Ruby Ellis went to Hender
son last Friday tospend the week-end
with friends.
Mrs. J. H. Austin and children and
Mr. Ekie Gattis, of Four Oaks, spent
last Sunday here with their mother,
Mrs. M. E. Gattis.
Misses Sulon McCullers and Jessie
Gulley spent last week-end with Miss
Carrie Austin at Wildwood Farm.
Miss Carrie Weisner, of Asheville,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. J. Farm
er.
Mrs. John Hodges, of Dunn, visited
her sister, Mi's. W. H. Stallings, last
week. Miss Spicy Cooper, of Lilling
ton, also visited Mrs. Stallings.
Mr. T. D. Blackwood spent a few
days recently in Baltimore on busi
ness.
Mrs. A. B. Hollowell attended the
Conference Missionary Society at
Wilmington last week. She represent
ed the society of Home Memorial
Church.
Mr. I). W. Barbour returned Tues
day night from Hygiea Hospital,
Richmond, where he has been taking
treatment for several days. Mr. Bar- j
bour is in a very critical condition, ?
his many relatives and friends are ,
anxiously awaiting the change and
hoping it may be for the better.
Mr. C. L. Barnes, who very recent
ly underwent an operation at Rex
Hospital, is very much improved and
expects to return home in just a few
days.
Mr. D. M. Hall spent Wednesday af
ternoon in Raleigh on business.
Pellagra Threatens.
Houston Post.
The United States povernment ex
perts declare that too much economy
or lack of intelligent economy may
result in a scourpe of pellapra which
will be as terrifyinp as were the epi
demics of spinal meninpitis and infan
tile paralysis.
Pellapra is caused by the lack of
protein in the food. Protcm is furnish
ed to the body by such foods as epps,
'"ilk, peas, beans, nuts, apples. Most
of these foods are vxper.sive just
now ? but they are not as expensive
as a case of pellagra would be.
And the wise housekeeper will run
no risk of inflicting such a calamity
upon her household. A little intel
ligent study of the market will ena
ble the housewife to supply those
foods to her table which are requir- ;
ed and at no very great expense. It '
requires as much business ability to
do the marketing for a family as the
ordinary purchasing agent finds use
for.
Particularly is this true in the
family where needs of growing chil
dren must be provided for. It is
likely that under-nourished school
children furnish the most fertile field
for pellagra. Their bodies and minds
naturally require more protein than
those of grown persons ? and they are
far less likely to secure the needed
quantity. The wise mother will see to
it that no tuberculosis germs or pell
agral conditions fasten upon her off
spring because of lack of sufficient
foods containing protein ? even though
it requires far more time and thought
than is ordinarily given to the food
problem.
SANDERS CHAPEL.
The glorious sunshine is with us
again, and the road Cable iatdragging
anchor and keelhauling our roadstead
to Smithfield mule-pens and hash
houses. We can soon export our sur
plus stuff.
The stork visited Mr. Rayner's re
cently and left a youngster there. Mr.
Tom Hill grandfathers it, and I don't
know whether it will be eligible to
join the national guard, or Red Cross
Society.
Mr. Zeb Hill went West last week.
After visiting the Cross Creek City
and tramping over some of Flora Mc
Donald's old haunts, came back to his
native hearth Saturday evening.
Miss Thelma Godwin is visiting in
the Pink Hill diggins, and there are
those who want to know how long!
Even a road man is "curicle" about
it, and the telephone talks some, too.
Sanders Chapel sported three
brides and their consorts on her bou
levard last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Will
Stallings, Simon Godwin and pard,
Clarence Stevens and rib. It is all
new to Clarence who just sailed last
Saturday night with his skipper mate,
Miss Loona Roberts. They came in
port with Jib, Jibboom, and spanker
all spread to leeward and took sound
ings and anchored and that's "how
come."
A bunch of these Sanders Chapel
ites met at Pomona school house Sat
urday night and gave Rev. Mr. Proc
tor, our new pastor, a pounding or
"flinging" in reception. Pantry sup
plies and good will, good singing and
a good lecture on child training (and
much of it is sadly needed here and
elsewhere) was enjoyed by all. Wo
think he is going to be one of us, and
not spend all his time seeing sights
of Selma and making his visits among
us just perfunctory. X. X. X.
January 31, 1917.
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HORSE MEAT SOLD IN HARLEM.
Butcher Shop Sanctioned By Hoard
of Health.
A butcher shop in which horse
meat is sold exclusively has been op
ened in Harleni with the sanction of
the Board of Health, it became known
Monday. A sign over the shop reads:
"Horse Flesh For Sale Here", says a
New York dispatch.
Round and sirloin steaks are quoted
at 12 cents a pound, while inferior
cuts sell as low ns 6 cents a pound.
Horse meat frankfurters retail at 10
cents a dozen.
The annual rice production of Ja
pan has reached the 250,000,000-bush
el mark.
WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER?
Health Officer Prepares Some Decid
edly Pertinent "Do You Knows."
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram.)
Victims and near victims of the
prip epidemic are quizzed in a list of
"Do Yous" prepared by Dr. Webb
Walker, city physician. He says: Do
you
Repeat the Golden Rule and then
sneeze in somebody's face?
Carry a fine handkerchief and then
forget to cover your mouth when you
cough ?
Know that grip is a communicable
disease ?
Know that physical fitness is pre
paredness against grip?
Know that a little cough often ends
in a large coffin ?
Know that many a severe cold ends
in tuberculosis or pneumonia?
CORINTH NEWS.
Rev. R. L. Hocutt and daughters,
Eimes and Lillie, attended church
at Bethany Sunday.
Miss Verona Hocutt is spending
some time with her sister, Mrs. Car
mel Creech, while her husband is in
the hospital at Washington, D. C.
We hope he will soon be home again.
We are sorry to note that Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Creech, Mr. J. B. Oneal,
Mr. J. E. Hocutt and little Miss Cath
erine Wall are on the sick list this
week. Hope for each a speedy recov
ery.
Mr. Rufus Bell, of Emit section,
visited his little girl near Corinth,
Saturday night.
Misses Julia and Elva Davis visited
Misses Blanche and Algie Madon in
Emit section Saturday night.
BROWN EYES.
A Strange Animal Seen.
A strange animal has been seen in
the pasture of Addison Lee and W.
M. Stanly. This pasture is situated
on the south side of Neuse river and
contains several hundred acres near
the mouth of Gov. Grot. It has been
seen by T. B. Allen, Troy Lawhon
and J. D. Beasley. Mr. Lawhon, who
feeds hogs for W. M. Stanly, says it
is not a bear ? says he has seen ani
mals in shows like it, but can't re
membe- what they were called. They
all say it is yellow colored and about
the size of a large goat. Mr. Addi
son Lee, who also feeds hogs in the
pasture, said he was of the opinion
it was a bear ? said he had seen its
tracks in the mud near his brother
Ridge's farm, which is in the past
ure.
HENRY LEE.
This January 29, 1917.
Prosperity for the South.
The Manufacturers Record.
The new year opens with the pros
pect for a long period of unprecedent
ed prosperity throughout the South.
With over $2,000,000,000 coming into
this section from cotton and cotton
products, with the assurance of profi
able prices for this year's crop, with
diversified agriculture making splen
did progress as typified in the many
meat-packing houses going up all
over this section ? a new industry of
incalculable importance ? there is the
assurance of great agricultural pros
perity.
To this may be added the amazing
ly rapid growth of early vegetable
and citrus and other fruit culture
which now taxes the railroads as to
matoes and strawberries and oranges
and grape-fiuit move northward in
overt xpanding volume, to be follow
ed day by day by vegetable shipments
from Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas,
and then the Carolinas and other
States as spring weather moves
northward.
Industrial activities find expression
in cotton mills and iron and steel
work, and in coal mines and coke
ovens, all of which are more fully em
ployed at profitable prices than ever
before.
Railroads are overcrowded, as in
all other sections, and great railroad
expansion is inevitable.
Upon good roads the South is
spending; over $50,000,000 a year, and
still larger sums are going into street
building and other municipal improve
ments.
Shipbuilding is becoming a recog
nized industry, and while one Vir
ginia yard leads with over $50,000,000
of work under contract, other yards,
all the way down the coast of Texas,
are catching the inspiration, and are
finding that work pours in upon them
more rapidly than they can provide
facilities to handle it.
Bank vaults are bulging with
money as never before. The spirit
of thrift, as voiced in savings depos
its, is steadily growing.
The curse of the liquor traffic, with
its fearful toll of sin and death and
financial loss, is being gradually
lessened.
Such, in brief, is the splendid busi
ness outlook as the South enters up
on the new year.
A LOSING GAME.
When a newspaper starts a contest
promising to givw away automobiles
and other valuable prizes to those who
are the winners in the contest, some
method has to be employed whereby
the prizes must be paid for. This is
done in part, through getting a large
number of people to work with the
hope of getting one of the prizes.
But hundreds of these hard workers
turn in hundreds of dollars and get
no prize. The only pay they get for
all their time, their hard work and
their expense in going from place to
place is a small per cent on each
dollar collected which barely pays the
expenses of the contestants, let alone
paying for their time and work. It is
a losing game, it is a game of chance,
and some call it a gambling game.
But the one who plays it is willing
to take the chance and if he loses
his are the only tears to be shed.
Wayne County and Corn.
The superintendent of schools of
Wayne County says that when the
Wayne County Board of education
first took up the work of promoting
the boys' corn clubs in the county
there were thousands of bushels of
corn shipped into Wayne County an
nually from the West 10 meet short
age of production among local farm
ers. This is a thing of the past, says
the superintendent, and for several
years now, due directly to the boys'
corn clubs, Wayne County has not
received a bushel of foreign corn, but
has plenty of corn for sale. What
Wayne County boys are doing can as
easily be done in other counties of
the State. It is being done but some
have not got as far along as Wayne.
As long as the high prices continue
as now the fellow who produces all
he needs and something to sell is ,
"heeled" but if he produces less than i
he needs and has to buy he is in a
hard row. ? Statesville Landmark.
Telephones In Japan.
It is estimated that there are 150,
000 persons and firms in Japan
awainting the installation of tele
phones on their premises, the Govern
? ment being unable to keep abreat of
| the demand for appliances.
vol: SHOULD HAVE A TURNER'S
North Carolina Almanac early in
the year. Call for one or send by
some one passing to town or send
us ten cents jn stamps for one.
Beaty & Lassiter, Smithfiold. N. C.
School
Dictionaries
Every School Room should have a good serviceable
Dictionary. The Teacher may have a Dictionary, but one
is needed for the School. We have just received a small
supply of
WEBSTER'S COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY.
It is not so large and unhandy as the Big International,
but it is large enough and contains enough words for
school use.
Cloth Indexed, - -- -- -- -- $3.00.
Cloth Indexed, thin paper edition, - - 3.50.
We also have good Dictionaries at $1.00 and 1.50
Herald Book Store
Smithfield, N. C.
Gasparilla Carnival
Tampa, Fla.
Round Trip Fare from Smithfield
$22.25
For this occasion which will be filled with fun and
frolic, and lasting from February 2nd to 10th, tickets will
be sold to Tampa and return as shown above by the
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
The Standard Railroad of the South
JANUARY 3 1ST TO FEBRUARY 5TH, INCLUSIVE,
Limited returning until midnight of February 20th, but
may be extended to March 3rd by depositing with City
Ticket Agent at Tampa, under prescribed rules, and upon
payment of $1.00.
Proportionate Fares from Intermediate Stations
CHILDREN HALF FARE
LIBERAL STOP OVER PROVISIONS
For further particulars, schedules, sleeping car reser
vations, etc., call on,
J. A. CAMPBELL, Ticket Agent,
Smithfield, N. C.
A Big Car of Nice
Mules
now in the pen and
another Car on the
road this week.
I have more Mules and the best selection, in my stables
to select from than any place in Johnston County.
Prices and terms right.
Come quick and get your choice.
Your friend,
"WHIRTLong
Smithfield, N. C.