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THE SMITHFIELD HERALD Published Every Tuesday and Friday. BEATY & LASSITER Editors and Proprietors, Smithtield, N. C. Entered at the Post Office at Smith field, Johnston County, N. C.f as Second-class Matter. VALUE OF JOHNSTON COUNTY'S COTTON CROP. The value of the cotton crop of 1916 of 11,443,000 bales is in round num bers $1,073,105,000. The crop of 1915 of 11,156,000 bales brought $602,295, 000, or $470,810,000 less than the 1916 crop. This makes the crop of 1915 av erage about $54 per bale while the crop of 1916 averaged almost $94 per bale. The Johnston County cotton crop for 1915 was 37,174 bales. This crop at an average of $54 per bale brought to the people of Johnston County the nice sum of approximately $2,007,388. Take the crop of 1916 which to March 20, was 37,322 bales, and fix the aver age at $93 per bale and we shall see that the Johnston County crop for 1916 has brought to the people of this county about $3,470,946. This means that the people of Johnston County received for the 1916 cotton crop $1, 363,558 more than they did for the crop of 1915 which was only 148 bales less than the 1916 crop. Taken as a whole the farmers of this county are in better condition than they have ever been if we are to judge by the money brought in by the cotton crop. Not only has the cotton crop brought in more money, but the farmers have been able to get more for everything they had to sell than ever before. The farmers of Johnston have a preat opportunity before them. They start off the year in a better financial condition than ever before. They are better prepared to finance a crop and the aim of every farmer should be to make all he needs to use on the farm in the way of food stuffs for man and beast, and then use his surplus land and energy to make a money crop of cotton or tobacco. AMERICA IS IN THE WAR. The United States is now at war with one of the great world powers. Our President and the leaders have done all they could to keep out of the great conflict, but there seemed to be no way of escape. When the great world war began in August 11)14 it was seen at once that Germany was .determined to win at any and all costs. No nation that dared stand in the way of her ambition could escape her fury. Nearly three years have passed. Nearly all the world has been ?drawn in the great conflict. Millions liave given their lives and the end is Tiot yet. The value of the property de stroyed and the cost of the war to date is incomprehensible to the mind of man. Now the force of America is to be thrown into the conflict. America, with all her resources, is called on to aid in bringing Germany to a quick and lasting peace. America is the richest nation in the world. She has not yet realized her power, but the time is now at hand to take measure ment of her resources and see what they are. The manhood of the na tion is to be put to the test. A call for volunteers will show how true the men ar<? to the country that protects them. That they will be true to go at her call no one doubts. In men, moral and money the United States will aid the Entente Allies against a common foe. The world sees and knows that German militarism is doomed. Its day is passed and a better day is dawning. The great and efficient Germany of the past forty years is slowly being ham mered to pieces apparently without her realizing it. And when a treaty of peace is signed the greatest and proudest military power the world ever saw will be shorn of her glory. The United States enters the war to have a part in bringing this nation which has disregarded the rights of civilization and humanity to terms. May the war speedily close and every mother's son who responds to the call to the colors be returned to home and loved ones. LAST YEAR AM) NOW. It is interesting to note the differ ence in prices of some farm products j's given by the United States Bu reau of Crop Estimates, of April 1, 1916 and April 1, 1917. A year ago ?hi j rice of wheat in North Caro lina was $1.28. Now it is two dollars : a b ishel, or was on April 1st. Last I year the price in the United States on April 1, was 98.6 cents per bushel. On April 1st this year it was $1.80. 1 ast year the average price of oats in North Carolina on April 1, was 66 cents. This year on same date, the ' price was 83 cents. Last year the av Urage in the United States was 42 ;ci nts, while on April 1, this year the price was 62 cents. On April 1, 1916, the North Caroli na price of potatoes, (Irish) was $1.06 I per bushel. This year on same date ' the price was $2.64. Last year the av erage price in the United States was 97.6 per bushel. This year n April 1, the price was $2.35. On April 1, last year the average price of corn in North Carolina was 90 cents per bushel. On same date this year the price had advanced to $1.34. And the price of corn in Smith field this week is $1.50 per bushel. The above shows something of the great advance in prices in the past year. The prices for the next few months will go higher and higher and ? it is the duty of every person who is 'farming to use his best efforts to produce all he can and help himself i and his neighbor to help keep ; prices within the bounds of reason. Europe has got to be fed by outsiders while the war lasts and it will be one of the problems of America to do her part toward feeding the Allies while they fight the German foe. Every man who does all in his power to produce all the food stuffs he can will be re garded as a benefactor. This is a time for everybody to get to work in an effort to produce what is needed at home. Some folks will not produce all they need for themselves and others will have to help them. It is for this reason that strenuous efforts should be made for a tremendous crop of wheat, corn, peas, potatoes, sorghum, and everything that will help to feed man and beast. Should the war close any time this year there will still be I a good market for all the surplus I crops. I - DISAPPOINTMENT IN KITCHIN. The action of Democratic Leader Claud Kitchin in making a speech against the war resolution and voting 'against it in the House last week was ' a keen disappointment to his many friends throughout the country. That ! he was clearly within his rights, no ' (,ne questions, but there are times when it becomes expedient for a man j to forego his rights, and especially when asserting them will do neither him nor his cause any good. As Democratic leader, Mr. Kitchin is placed in an exalted position. The 1 stand he takes is watched by the peo ple everywhere. When he raises his 1 voice on a great question the people sit up and take notice. It is for this reason that a speech by him on the question of going to war will have great effect. And it is again for this reason that his friends are sorry that he voiced his sentiments in the House against the administration measure at a critical time in the nation's history. There are those who agree with him but who feel that, a time like this de manded that the leaders stand with the Administration against a foreign foe and not give voice to sentiments that may do the country no good in this trying hour. If Mr. Kitchin felt that he could not conscientiously vote for the war resolution, many there are throughout the country who would not have felt quite so much disap pointed in him if he had only voted again9t the measure and not spoken against it. Mr. Kitchin is a big man. Everybody admits that. And it is be cause he is such a big man that his course in the matter appears all the more grievous. However, we are glad to believe that Mr. Kitchin will stand with the Administration in the prose cution of the war. Though he be against the war he will be found working and fighting if need be for the honor of his country. WE AND THE WAR. (By A. Vermont.) There seems to be many misgivings as to the part the United States will take in the war. Let us sit down and reason. Eirst of all, we are at war not against the German people, but against a coalition of governments, who still uphold the outworn theory of the Divine Right of Kings. Thus for instance, in Prussia, to-day, the stronghold of Germany, not everybody votes. The vote is by classes. Only certain landed men have the right to vote. Similarly in the Reichstag, the Chancellor is responsible only to the Kaiser. In England the Premier is di rectly responsible to the People. The difference will be evident to every stu dent of politics. In all probability the nations will not treat with the house of Hohenzol lern of which the Kaiser is the head. They would not treat with Napoleon the First. They banished the latter to Elba and after the period of the Hun dred Days, they sent him to Saint Helena. mi * _i _ i ? 1 _ _i j nese iacis Deing Known, a cnange of policy in the German Government may bring the war to a sudden end. (t is just us possible to see it end next week, as it is to see it prolonged many more months. A man who bets on peace is reasonably as safe as the man who bets on war. It is sensible, however, to prepare for the worst and lay our plans as if war should be. This implies that we must be prepared to meet the high er cost of living. Here is where the sane and safe man will do some thinking. Higher food, higher fuel, higher clothing all mean larger incomes or greater sal aries. We either must produce more or spend less. Wherein can our standard of liv ing be changed? Do we reduce our luxuries? We are not made that way. Go to the stores any day and see for yourself. Are less luxuries sold ? Wherein are we practicing economy ? A man will complain of the high cost of things and turn around and spend two or three dimes on purely unnec essary luxuries. As to the cost of production of things, there is right now before us the chance of making our gardens. And right here a word to the wise. Not every garden pays. Where all the work is to be done by hired labor, it may be wiser not to work the garden yourself, to let some one work it on halves with you. Our town is divided in half acre lots and most everybody can have his own vegetables. I believe that gardening should be taught in the schools, just as much as geography and history and arith metic. Gardening, sewing, cooking are all things that the children should learn. But, that may be discussed some other time. As to the part we shall take in the War, that has been fully discussed by the newspapers. Our help will be that of money and ammunition. There is no danger, whatever of invasion. Ger many and her Allies can not spare their troops to have them attack us, The first line of defense of the Uni ted States is the English fleet. The second line is our own fleet. Only af ter these have been defeated is a landing possible. That we should guard our bridges and ways of communication is an ele mentary part of the part we must play. Troops may have to be shifted. It would be foolish to run the least risk, and our Government is too wise to allow any danger to threaten our means of transportation. Let us prepare ourselves individu ally for war by economic living; let us further prepare ourselves by keeping our bodies in the best of condition. If the country calls us, that we may be fit to go. And for the rest let us be lieve that Providence still rules the world. None of us knows the great outcome that will be after the end of this great trouble. There has, however, never been a night so dark, but what some brighter day has followed it. A tool that unrolls a roll of paper and spreads it with paste as it is passed over a wall has been invented to enable amateurs to do their own paperhanging. GAINS ON BRITISH FRONT. Ad>ance Over Considerable Front Near Louverval by Haig's Mfn On ly Big Operation. Artillery Duels, Trench Raiding and Airplane Activ ities (Monday's War News.) Except for an advance by the British over a front of nearly a mile and three-quarters north of Louver val, which lies about midway between Bapaume and Cambrai, artillery du els, trench raiding and airplane bomb ing operations have featured the fighting on the Western front in France and Belgium. There was no infantry action Sun day on this front, the British having carried out their attack against the Cermans Saturday night at the same time Gen. Neville's forces were pen etrating German positions near Lom baertzyde, Belgium, and inflicting casualties on the defenders. Berlin reports the repulse with heavy losses of French attacks Sat urday at Laffaux, northeast of Sois sons. I ? v*i + i a Vi oi 4lw*;? AJtiwioii C4H Ujv n OIC tuiuiiiuill^ IIICU fighting, bomb dropping and scouting operations over the German lines in France and Belgium. A foray 50 rriles behind the German front was one of the exploits recorded for the aviators Sunday. Considering the re sults they have achieved in fighting, bombing and observations, the Brit irh airmen count the cost in the loss of airplanes a small one. London reports that in naval op erations off Zeebrugge, two German torpedo boat destroyers were torpe doed. One of them sank and the other was at least heavily damaged. A landing by Russian troops on the coast of Asia Minor has been estab lished from a torpedo boat in the Black Sea. The operation was carried out at the mouth of the river Termeh, 180 miles west of Trebizond, and a Turkish observation post was burned. Then Turkish sailing vessels with val uable cargoes were captured by the Russians and taken to Trebizond. The usual artillery duels are in progress in the Austro-Italian thea tre. There has been no change in the situation on the Macedonian front. British aviators have dropped bombs on Teutonic allied positions in the Vardar river valley and at Chestovo, northwest of Lake Doiran. CHICAGO PRICES THURSDAY. The following dispatch giving an idea of food prices in Chicago, was sent out from that city Thursday and published in the daily papers: With Government officials consider ing plans for Federal control of food supplies, prices continued to go up to unprecedented heights Thursday. Wheat futures opened strong with May bringing $2.02% per bushel in the pit, the highest price since 1869. Corn and oats also opened strong and made good gains. Cash wheat ranged as high as $2.11*4, which sales of cash corn went to $1.30, a high figure for this generation. Following the upward trend of the hog market provisions registered steady gains. May pork was $35.35 and July $34.85 per barrel, a gain of 20 cents each over Wednesday's close. May lard was up 10 cents and July 20 cents. The hog market gained impetus after Wednesday's inactivity and closed strong, 25 cents higher. Top prices were $15.75 per hundred pounds on the hoof. Pigs sold at $14.25 per hundred. The cattle market was firm, beeves being quoted at $15.15 on the hoof, the highest known. Eggs retail from 36 to 39 cents per dozen, an unusual figure for this time of year. Large quantities are being placed in storage by speculators. The Prices of Groceries. The advances in the prices of gro ceries recently have been very rapid. From a leading salesman for a Rich mond, Va., house we got the follow ing prices on board cars at that place last Saturday: Rib side meat 20% cents per pound. Pork loins, 27 cents per pound. Corn meal, $3.10 per sack. Corn, 1.42 per bushel. Red Dog ship stuff, $56.50 per ton. Other ship stuff, $49.50 per ton. Beef, per carcass, 17 cents. Dressed pork, whole hog, 22 cents. Lard, 23 \ cents. Butter, delivered, 51% cents. Prices advance every two or three days. How Long Since the Crucifixion? How long since Christ was cruci fied ? Some of the ablest journals put it down as 1917 years. According to the accepted chronology of the Bible the Saviour was crucified in A. D. 30, which makes it 1887 years ago. Love is never as blind after mar riage as in the days when he is mak ing sheep's eyes at her. The pessimist is the fellow who is .never happy unless someone else is miserable. No Ambitious Man is without a bank account. 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