THE SMITHFIELO HERALD
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WE ARE AT WAR!
(By F. Hunter Creech.)
One of the principal topics for
discussion around the Court House
these days is the question of war.
We have heard "war discussed so
much and have read so many graphic
accounts of bloody European battle
fields that it fails to make much im
pression. Our senses seem to be
numbed to it. It seems more like a
horrible dream than a stern reality,
and it is hard for us to realize that
our own America is about to be hurl
ed into the midst of it. The average
American is prone to take these
things rather light-heartedly, and we
only skim along on the surface ?
failing to grasp just what it really
means. But we are at war! and
America has never gone to war but in
the interests of justice and humani
ty; and she has never gone to war
without establishing the principles
for which she stood or obtained the
things for which she entered, before
signing articles of peace.
We may have different ideas about
how the war will affect us, and we
may have different ideas about the
justice or the injustice of the war.
Some may believe that America is
not justified in entering the war ?
such believers are in the minority,
the great majority believes that
America has been patient, forbear
ing, and long-suffering and that all
honorable means have been exhausted
save that of war. There is one thing
which we must bear in mind, our
State Department has information
and facts at hand that we know not
of and our officials are in a better
position to decide these things than
are we. However that all may be,
our Nation has taken its stand, and
we go to make up all that America is
and all for which she stands. Our
duty now is not to our own selfish
whims and personal fancies ? we must
be more patriotic. If we are to enter
a deathly struggle there must be no
dissension at home. If we can't agree
with the policy of the Administration
then it behooves us, as loyal Ameri
can citizens, to keep our mouths shut
and not be holding forth any brief
for Germany.
America is at war! and we believe
that she has gone to war for the
sake of justice and humanity. We
all have our horror for war and
shiver with dread at thoughts of it;
yet, there are some things worse
than war. We have entered the strug
gle and we must not face it like
cowards and recreants, but rather
like a nation of brave and patriotic
men and women. American Sover
eignty must follow the American
Flag. If our warships carry Old Glo
ry across the Atlantic and unfurl it
to the breezes of the mine-infested
North Sea, then our American Spirit
must sail with it. As a nation we
yearn to bear our Banner, proudly
floating on the staff, along the flow
ery, sun-kissed paths of peace; but
if, for the sake of justice and hu
manity, we are forced to dip it in the
gory stains of war then we want to
raise it again with a new luster and
brilliance added to its stars, with
brighter colors in its stripes. As wc
gaze upon the Star Spangled Banner
we must bear in mind that the blood
of heroes placed those stars there
that the blood of heroes is represent
ed by those bars of red, that all thai
it is and all that it represents has
been made possible by the blood oi
heroes ? heroes who sacrificed theii
lives for the cause of justice anc
humanity. It is with that same spirii
that we today must face the impend
ing struggle.
We are at war! we must have con
certed action and we must stand be
hind the Administration. We must
not weaken our President's efforts by
trying to stir up and create public
sentiment against him. All together
Americans, let us not prove ourselves
traitors by disloyal words and ac
tional
SAFE FARMING.
(By Bradford Knapp.)
For nearly three years I have
done my best to warn you to prepare
for the present emergency. For
years we have tried to encourage
diversification in the South as a
basis for greater safety, both agri
cultural and economic. Since the war
began in Europe we have urged Safe
Farming. When prices were low you
did well and made great progress.
When cotton went to eighteen cents
and over you made large profits be
cause of your progress in Safe
Farming, but some were tempted to
go back to cotton. In common with
many other men, I have tried to
warn you of that danger. Cotton has
not been high but has only increased
in somewhat less proportion that fyod
and feed. ,
Now the Crisis Is Here! This great
Nation must arouse herself for a
mighty struggle for liberty. People
without food and armies without ra
tions are conquered before they can
begin to fight. Our greatest safety
now licia in Food Production and in
saving the waste products.
If the South is to be Strong she
must have Food. If this country is to
be Strong she must be well fed and
have an abundance to sustain those
friendly people who are even now
fighting our battles for liberty and
democracy.
Transportation may be disturbed.
Your own defense requires you to
Produce and Conserve your Food sup
ply. Don't Fail Now! It is a National
problem of defense as important as
men and guns, ships and cannon.
Business men, if seed is short can
vass the situation like patriots and
get the seed for farmers. Arrange
the credits. Furnish farmers seed
corn, soy beans, cowpeas, velvet
beans, peanuts, sorghum, etc., at
cost. Seo that all things necessary
to help farmers are done. Of course,
, we must produce cotton, but with a
moderate acreage and a good season
there will be enough. I)o not sacri
fice acres of Food to increase your
acreage in cotton. Look ahead! Get
, the warehouses, the feed mills, shel
lers, cleaning stations, creameries,
packing plants, etc., ready. You
. must do your share and co-operate
with farmers. They must do their
, share and tend the crops faithfully.
Farmers, in your Unions, clubs and
other organizations, resolve to Use
the Best Methods now. When the Na
? tion faces a crisis we must have the
best farming in its history. Labor is
, short, hence the best tools and all la
, bor-saving devices must be used to
, make it possible for every farm la*
I borer to cover as much ground as
possible and of the most efficient
worn, r arm women una pins nave
important work to do in the garden,
the orchard, in raising poultry, and
especially in canning, preserving and
conserving our food supply.
Your County Agent and Home
Demonstration Agent becomes more
important officers now than ever be
fore. Your State Extension Division
at the Agricultural College will have
still more important duties. Look to
these for counsel and advice in this
new burden of extra work. The Coun
ty Agent will, without doubt, have
new duties and responsibilities in the
near future.
Farmers and Business Men, save
the breeding stock. Don't sell cows,
heifers, mares, sows, gilts, ewes or
! hens. Keep them for breeding. If the
, breeding stock is sold, where will you
. get the means to supply the meat of
I this country?
Let Us Forget All Past Difficulties
, and Join in a Mighty Effort to Feed
^ the South. What can You do in the
, next sixty days?
The tread of an automobile tire in
vented by an Englishman is made of
small pieces of steel, so set into the
t rubber that the latter does not touch
. the ground.
Knowledge of one's ignorance is the
? master key of wisdom.
PLANT FOOD STUFFS.
(Contributed.)
The most alarming condition con
fronts us as a result of the war. Not
that we have to go to the front to
fight the battles, but on account of
the increased prices of Food Sup
plies.
Wheat is now over $2.00 per bush- '
el; Flour over $12.00 per barrel;
Meal $1.80 per bushel; Lard 25 cents
per pound; Hams 22 Ms cents per
pound; Steak ? just ordinary yearl
ing steak ? 25 cents per pound, and
all these things on a steady increase.
The Government will take the
Western Food Supplies for the Ar
mies, and there will be wide-spread
suffering throughout the whole
South before the year ends if food
crops are not heavily increased.
We have had the habit of giving
our attention to cotton, and buying
most of our food supplies. It now
happens that food prices have exceed
ed, in proportion, the price of cotton,
so if we fail to make a sufficient
amount for our families and beasts,
we will have to pay very dearly for
it later on.
! ... ...
I Again it we plant plenty 01 iooa
stuffs, we will reap a rich reward,
because, it will be scarce the world
' over, and will be sure to bring high
prices. This is an emergency that
should not be overlooked, and we
warn our people to prepare for it.
The whole country is being alarmed
over the situation, and banks, mer
chants, chambers of commerce, and
public spirited citizens are lending
their aid and financial support to
wards developing the idea of increas
ing the food supply. There is no
i
scarcity of ground in this section, so
don't fail to increase the acreage of
your garden and patches. Such crops
are easy to make, and will certainly
pay large dividends.
It has been suggested that on every
one-horse farm in the South, there
should be planted in 1917, five acres
in corn, and velvet beans; five acres
in cow peas for hay, to be followed
by winter oats; not exceeding ten
acres in cotton; five acres in pea
nuts to be crushed for oil or grazed
down by hogs; one and one-half
acres in sweet potatoes, to be follow
ed by winter cover crops; one and
one-half acres in alfalfa or crimson
clover, cow peas or soy beans; one
acre in rape, oats, vetch, cow peas or
soy beans; one acre in truck crops,
followed by hay or grazing crops for
I hogs; ten acres should be set aside
for pasturage for cows and hogs;
one-half acre in orchards, and one
half acre in garden. This, of course,
may be changed to suit your own
case.
But remember that you have never
faced a time when prices are so
high, and that if you fail to protect
yourself, you will surely suffer on
account of it.
It is the one way to reduce the
high cost of living.
I
^ A Subscriber's Views on the War.
To The Smithfield Herald:
As a regular subscriber of many
years standing, I would like for my
! friends and old time pupils to see my
jidea concerning the great world war.
First, I wish to say there are three
( distinct forms of government, viz:
First, Theocracy, a government by
| God Himself. Second, Autocracy, a
| despotic absolute monarchy, all laws
formulated and executed by the word
j of one man. Third, Democracy, a
government by the people.
God ordained no other bands than
love-knit hearts, and love-linked
hands.
Let me cite some instances of the
wonder workings of the Lord: Israel
came from under Egyptian bondage;
Switzerland from the Austrian bond
age. The United States came from
under the dominion of the English
crown. Mexico and all South Ameri
ca came from under foreign rule. A
great, higher law, unwritten and
undefined, said "the bands of slavery
I should be loosed fiv>m forty-five
hundred thousand slaves." Almighty
God now says "down with the divine |
right of Kings." He works in mys- ,
terious ways His wonders to perform.
Let us look at the great autocratic
government of Russia. It died as
quick as Jonah's gourd.
Whera is the Chinese Empire. An
absolute monarchy that has stood
from time immemorial. The great
I God will not bear with such despotic
laws and ruling as some nations and
peoples have been subjected to. He
allowed blood to freely flow in an
cient times when the right was tram
pled under foot.
I think the Kaiser should take
warning from the current events. If
his land is not drenched in blood,
other lands are drenched with Ger
man blood; he has lost all his posses
sions in other lands first, and last he
will lose his Empire. He should re
member the French Revolution; the
Guilotine and the blood as it ran the
streets of Paris.
The Lord will have His way on
earth and in Heaven.
J. H. BROADWELL.
, Micro, N. C.
P. S. ? The Lord says "down with
the divine right of Kings and crowned
heads."
More About the Selma School.
Dr. R. J. Noble, in The Smithfield
Herald of a recent issue, has charg
ed, by innuendo, the Trustees of
The Selma Graded School District
with the misappropriation of some
several thousand dollars of school
funds. During this time of maladmin
istration the following men have
served on the School Board and have
directed the expenditure of every
penny of the funds:
Mr. T. M. Benoy.
Mr. Ira T. Rains.
Mr. I. T. Wood.
Mr. W. M. Ferrell.
Mr. Eli Taylor.
Mr. J. J. Deans. .
Mr. C. A. Corbett.
Mr. N. E. Ward
Mr. J. H. Worley.
Mr. M. C. Winston.
Mr. W. II. Call.
Mr. P. C. Worley.
Mr. Geo. F. Breitz.
Dr. Geo. 1). Vick.
It is no unusual thing for the good
doctor to have eruptions similar to
the present one; and if it were not
for the fact that The Herald has a
wide circulation throughout the coun
ty and in other adjoining counties, it
would not be necessary to make any
reply to his article since the people
of his home town are familiar with
these outbursts and will readily re
call the mass meeting several years
ago in which he charged Bill Hare,
Dick Carrington, and John Futrell
with misappropriating the town
funds. Other instances of a similar
nature could be cited.
Now, if the doctor wanted to know
the truth about the expenditure of
the school funds, he could easily have
looked in his back numbers of The
Chronicle for April during the years
1914, 1915, and 191(5 in which appear
ed an itemized statement of the re
ceipts and disbursements of the
school fund. This statement will be
published during this month for the
present school year, as is required
by law.
We would like for the good doctor,
in his newly displayed zeal for pub
licity, to refer us to some publica
tion in which we can find a record of
any expenditures of either the Road
Board or of the School Board when
he was the Secretary of these. The
revolution in Russia, and this recent
conversion are two hopeful signs of
the times that the last redoubts of
Toryism are crumbling before the
onward sweep of the People in the
management of their own affairs.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
In session Monday night, April 9,
1917.
How Submarines Got Their Names.
Popular Science Monthly.
Everyone knows what submarines
are, and what an important factor
they have bccome in modern naval
warfare. Their nomenclature is rath
er interesting. In the United States
Navy the first of these crafts were
named for various kinds of fish and
reptiles, and we had such odd cogno
mens as "Adder," "Moccasin," "Pike,"
"Sturgeon," "Shark," "Carp," "Had
dock," etc., on the naval lists. Before
this list of piscatorial names ran out
the system was changed, and desig
nations of A-l, A-2, B-l, B-2, etc.,
down to the more recent submarine
authorized in 1915, known as the
O class. In general, the numbers ap
plied correspond to the particular lot
in which they were constructed, and
the letters closely follow the number
of years since they were first built.
In Germany they are all known as
U-boats, the U being the first letter
of Underseeboat, meaning submarine.
Jones-Batten.
The following card has been sent
to friend?:
"Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Loyd Batten
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter,
Odessa, to Mr. Donnie Hue Jones,
on Thursday evening, April the nine
teenth, nineteen hundred and seven
teen, at half-after seven o'clock, at
First Baptist Church Micro, North
Carolina.
"At home after April twentieth,
Goldsboro, N. C."
i
The entire Hebrew Bible was print
(ed in 1488.
LIVE ITEMS FROM KENLY.
J. T. Edgerton Nominated for Mayor.
Town Talking About Water
Works and Sewage.
Kenly, April 11. ? A well attended
town meeting was held in Sasser's
moving picture hall Monday night.
The purpose of the meeting was to
nominate town officers, to be elected
on the eighth of May and to serve
for a term of two years. Mr. W. T.
Bailey acted as presiding officer, and
Mr. J. T. Edgerton as secretary for
the meeting. Mr. J. C. Bowman,
present mayor, refused to be a can
didate for re-election. After some
pleasant discussion, Mr. J. T. Edger
ton was unanimously nominated for
mayor. The town government calls
for five men as commissioners, and
the following were nominated:
Bessrs. Howard Watson, Paul Ether
idge, H. M. Grizzard, Doctor G. S.
Coleman, and A. J. Broughton.
After this meeting adjourned a
public mass meeting was called for
the purpose of discussing the desira
bility and possibility of installing
municipal water and sewage sys
tem. The chief address was delivered
by Mr. Sherwood Brockwell, of Ral
eigh, representing the State Associa
tion for the prevention of fires.
After his speech the following men
spoke in favor of water works for
Kenly: Messrs. J. C. Bowman, J. T.
Edgerton, D. B. Sasser, Paul Grady,
M. B. Andrews, J. R. Sauls, Dr. G. S.
Coleman, and Dr. J. C. Grady.
Though no definite resolution was
made, it was the sense of those pres
ent that Kenly needs and should have
a system of water works.
A home talent play, "Mrs. Briggs
of the Poultry Yard," will be given in
the school auditorium Friday night
of this week, under the auspices of
the Woman's Missionary Union of
the Methodist church. The admission
will be fifteen and twenty-five cents.
AMERICA FIRST.
(Leah Townsend, in Columbia State.)
(To be sung to the tune of "Dixie.")
Old Glory is the flag we'll die for
Though it's peace we rather sigh for,
Stars and Stripes! Stars and Stripes!
Stars and Stripes! Stars and Stripes!
Ne'er yet for conquest or dominion
Fought the men who bore this pinion,
Stars and Stripes! Stars and Stripes!
Stars and Stripes! Stars and Stripes!
But we'll raise it for the people!
All men! All men!
All men! All men!
To crown them king and to them
bring
A greater independence!
All men! All men!
Old Glory for the people!
All men! All men!
Old Glory for the people!
France fought for us when hope was
ended,
And it's seemed we ne'er intended
Helping France! Helping France!
Helping France! Helping France!
Oh! Noble land of Lafayette!
War holds this good ? we'll pay the
debt!
Owed to France! Owed to France!
Owed to France! Owed to France!
And it's not for hate of Deutsch
land
We'll fight! We'll fight!
But just that war no more may mar
The lives of men and nations!
We'll fight! We'll fight!
To end all wars forever!
We'll fight! We'll fight!
To end all wars forever!
Through three long years the war
has grieved us
And many demagogues deceived us
All they could! All they could!
All they could! All they could!
But though the world should rock
around us!
Wilson's here! Wilson's here!
Wilson's here! Wilson's here!
And we put our trust in Wilson!
Wilson! Wilson!
Too proud to fight till fighting's
right!
We wait the word from Wilson!
Wilson! Wilson!
We have all faith in Wilson!
Wilson! Wilson!
All faith! All faith! In Wilson!
i.ardemng and liumption.
University News Letter.
The man who does not pet busy in
the home garden this year lacks what
the Cracker calls "plain gumption."
No doubt in the world about that!
We certainly cannot go on much
longer with grocery-shelf gardening
and escape the bankruptcy court.
Town dwellers, wage-earners and sal
aried people have certainly got to
climb out of the cans this Spring
and climb into old clothes in back
yard garden spaces a little while in
the mornings and evenings, and cul
tivate hoehandle sense in sheer self
defense. It's Hobson's choice, consid
ering the war-time price of every
blessed thing that goes on the table
nowadays.
Entertains Priscilla Club.
Kenly, April 10. ? True Eastar fes
tivities were opened by one of the
prettiest social functions of the sea
son on last Friday afternoon, whea
Mrs. H. F. Edgerton entertained the
Priscilla Club, at her beautiful homt
on Max Welton Heights.
The guests were received at the
door by the hostess, who presented
them to the guest of honor, Mrs.
Ginn, of \Joldsboro, who, assisted by
Miss Inez Edgerton, gracefully pre
sider over the punch bowl.
The guests were then ushered inte
the west parlor which was beautiful
ly decorated in potted and cut flow
ers. Here, sewing and chatting woe
participated in. During the after
noon readings and music were fue
jiished by Miss Bessie Sasser, Mas.
J. J. Edgerton and Mrs. G. B. Wood
ard.
An interesting contest was heW
which was thoroughly enjoyed by
every one. The prize was won by Mrs.
J. J. Edgerton and the booby by Mrs.
J. G. High, after which the guests
were led into the dining room which
was attractively decorated in Easter
symbols. A delicious salad course was
served, followed by ice cream, which
was also made into many different
Easter symbols.
On leaving, the guests were pr?
sented by little Miss Miriam Edger
ton, favors of the season.
The following members enjoyed
Mrs. Edgerton's hospitality: Mes
daraes R. A. Turlington, L. Z. Wood
ard, G. B. Woodard, H. M. Grizzard,
R. T. Fulghum, J. G. High, A. J.
Broughton, Church Moore, Harry
Johnson, C. P. Jerome, W. J. Hooks,
J. W. Harden, Paul Grady, J. R.
Sauls, L. T. Wilkerson. The invited
guests were: Mesdames Ginn, J. J.
Edgerton, J. H. Kirby, E. L. Brick
house; Misses Bessie Sasser, Gladys
Wallace and Jessie Perry.
If it is the heavy layers of
large white-shelled Eggs the
year around you wish, then se
cure Single Comb Black Minor
cas.
My birds won first prize at
Johnston County Fair.
Eggs per 13 $1.25
H. E. EARP
Selma, N. C.
Engine
For Sale
25 H. P. Oil Engine I. H. C.
Mogul, latest type, fully equip
ped with magneto, self-oiling,
automatic feed, slightly used.
Price low.
T. H. Atkinson
Selma, N. C., R. F. D. No. 1.
?
For a Few Days
Only!
For a few days only we want
to buy sacks. Save your sacks
and sell them back to us. We
pay five cents each for second
hand cotton seed meal sacks de
livered here.
Pine Level Oil Mill
Company
Pine Level, N. C.
ED. A. HOLT
Dealer in
High Grade Coffins, Caskets
and Burial Robes,
Princeton, - North Carolina
WORLD ALMANAC FOR 1917.
We have on hand a few copies of
the New York World Almanac for
1917. It is a paper bound book of
nearly 1000 pages, filled with valuable
and interesting information. Price 36
cents. Get a copy and see how manj
things worth while you may learn.
HERALD BOOK STORE,
Smithfield, N. C.