SEVEN BILLION FOR WAR.
Without Dissenting Voice Rep
resentatives Authorize Issu
ance of Vast Quantity of War
Securities. Rig Loan for Al
lies Included in Programme
of Finance.
Washington, April 14. ? With
out a dissenting voice the house,
amid plaudits of members and
the galleries, late today passed
the seven billion dollar war rev
enue authorization measure,
?ne member, Representative
London of New York, the only
Socialist in congress, voted
"present."
Owing to general pairs and
absentees, only 389 votes were
recorded for the bill but both
?emocratic Leader Kitchin and
Republican Leader Mann an
nounced that all their members
would have voted affirmatively
if they had been present. For
mality of a roll call would have
been dispensed with if several
members who voted against the
war resolution had not insisted
upon having the opportunity of
recording themselves in favor of
providing money to carry on
hostilities now that the nation is
at war.
The bill authorizes $5,000,
000,000 in bonds, of which $3,
000,000,000 will be loaned to
entente countries, and the issu
ance of treasury certificates for
$2,000,000,000 ultimately to be
met by increased taxation.
Passage of the measure never
was in doubt during the two
days it was under consideration
in the house and favorable ac
tion by an overwhelming vote is
assured in the senate, where it
will be taken up Monday. It
probably will be signed by the
President by the middle of next
week.
Discussion in the house was
continued chiefly to proposed
amendments. Five of these were
added, four were agreed to by
the ways and means committee
and none materially changed the
intent of the bill's framers. The
two most important amend
ments, drafted by Representa
tive Lenroot of Wisconsin and
accepted by the committee,
would confine the proposed $3,
000,000,000 allied loan to coun
tries at war with Germany and
permit loans only during the
war. Others would prohibit sale
of United States bonds at less
than par, permit purchase of
foreign bonds "at par" and limit
the cost of disposing of the $5,
000,000,000 worth of bonds to
one-tenth of one per cent of
their total.
Mr. Claude B. Sanders Dead.
Mr. Claude B. Sanders died this
morning at three o'clock at the home
?f his brother-in-law, Judge W. S.
Stevens. Mr. Sanders was stricken
with paralysis on the night of April
3, and has been in a precarious con
dition since. He has been able to
speak only the words yes and no
since he was stricken. He has been
conscious a part of the time, recog
nizing friends and relatives.
He was in his sixty-second year
and was well known throughout the
county, having served as deputy
sheriff for a number of years. He
was a brother of Mrs. W. S. Stevens
and Mrs. Z. R. Martin of Smithfield
and Mr. M. F. Sanders, of Rocky
Mount.
The funeral will be held from the
home of Judge Stevens Wednesday
morning at ten o'clock, the services
to be conducted by Revs. J. G. John
son and C. K. Proctor. He will then
laid to rest in the City Cemetery.
George Washington married a
widow, and was soon after known as
tie "Father of His Country."
LIFE EXTENSION CAMPAIGN.
Report of Work in Henderson and
Vance Shows Interesting Figures.
Large Number of Defective Found.
Dr. A. J. Ellington who has recent
ly completed the unit of Life Exten
sion work inaugurated by the State
Board of Health in Henderson and
Vance County about six weeks ago
goes next to Alamance County where
he will conduct a similar campaign
on practically the same order. His
plans are to begin his lecture work
in Alamance the latter part of April
or the first of May.
A report of the life extension work
done by Dr. Ellington in Henderson
and Vance County shows some in
teresting and astonishing facts as
concerns this feature of health work,
says a Board of Health Bulletin. For
instance, out of the 378 persons be
tween 30 and 65 years old who were
examined, only 4 or 1.05 percent
were found to be normal or in per
fect health, while 98.94 per cent were
found to be physically imperfect.
But Dr. Ellington explains this un
usually high number of defectives as
due to the fact that both people and
physicians considered this examina
tion somewhat as a clearing house
for all ills and not as a means to de
tecting the early signs of disease for
the purpose of checking them or
warding them off altogether. Many
of those examined were then under
the care of a physician.
And yet only 33.59 per cent of those
found defective had suspected any
thing to be the matter with them. The
others had considered themselves in
fairly good health when they had
taken the time to think at all about
their health.
As Dr. Ellington himself says,
the most interesting and at the same
time astonishing discovery of the
work was the high percentage of in
fected gums. Actual pus was oozing
from many gums and no steps had
been taken to relieve the condition.
As a result, symptoms or signs of
rheumatism, goiter, heart and kid
ney diseases had in many instances
already set in.
In G1 persons were found signs of
tuberculosis, says Dr. Ellington. Some
of these had fortunately overcome
the disease and were gaining in
weight and strength, but the major
ity were working overtime, sleeping
without ventilation and were either
using alcohol or patent medicines.
Among the skin diseases were sever
al cases of possible early cancer.
Diseases, or conditions leading to
diseases that ranked highest, accord
ing to the report, were errors in diet
which were mainly overeating, and
too rapid eating, found in 86.77 per
cent; errors in personal hygiene
which are usually irregular habits,
lick of fresh air and neglect of the
teeth in 84.92 percent; defective teeth
and guns, in 82.54 percent; noise and
throat trouble, in 56.87 percent; high
or low blood pressure, in 43.12 per
cent; constipation in 41.27 percent;
underweight in 21.90, and bad eyes
in 21.42.
Top Prices for Cattle and Hogs.
If any one had taken time to think
a little, he would have known that
the great European war, and the
program for preparedness in the
United States, would necessarily
bring high prices for all foodstuffs,
and especially for bread and meat,
the staple articles of food. However,
we are compelled to admit, that in
spite of all that has been written
upon the subject, we did not look for
the prices that now previal. Last week
cattle sold for $12.25 per hundred,
and hogs went as high as $15.00 per
hundred. Now, there are three things
that should impress themselves upon
the mind of every farmer:
1. We do not know, even now,
that the top is reached, and there is
a great probability of even higher
prices, with a certainty of good
prices for years to come.
2. It behooves every farmer to
produce just as many hogs and cat
tle as he can possibly raise, for
there is good money in them at these
prices.
3. These high prices hurt everyone
that has to buy, but help everyone
that has cattle or hogs to sell, and
does not affect one that raises his
own supplies. Everyone on the farm
should so plan as to secure the max
imum profit from these exceptional
prices, and will do so if he practices
"Sane and Safe Farming." ? South
em Cultivator.
ENTENTE'S NOTABLES COMING.
JofTre, Yiviani and lialfour Will Be
Anions Commissioners to Attend
a Notable War Council on This
Side. Larger Purpose Is to Enable
I'nitcd States to Avoid .Mistakes
That Allies Made.
Washington, April 13. ? The inter
national war council to assemble here
within the next week and to which
Great Britain and France are send
ing eminent statesmen, soldiers and
sailors, was stated officially today to
have very largely for its purpose
the enabling the United States to
avoid the mistakes and difficulties
which beset the Allies when they
entered the war.
American officials will meet the
foreign commissioners personally,
discuss with them the immense les
sons taught by the war, and consider
the broad principles whereby the
United States can marshal its forces
for the great struggle with the min
imum of waste and delay.
It is realized that this country
faces stupendous tasks in converting
itself, almost overnight, from a peace
basis to a Universal military, naval,
industrial and agricultural mobiliza
tion.
Closely allied to this phase of the
conference will be the information
grained at first hand as to how Amer
ica's resources can best be directed
towards meeting the common enemy.
The Entente statesmen are expected
to disclose the fullest details of the
present war situation, especially as
to their own needs in continuing their
operations against Germany. A
close study will be made as to how
this country's power can best be
dovetailed into that of the Entente,
so that the United States will be
able to save duplication of effort.
There will be some discussion in
the conferences of the attitude of the
United States toward ultimate peace
terms. It is understood that the En
tente Powers plan to agree to such
terms a3 will warrant the United
States in fighting unreservedly with
them to a common end.
The highest honors that the United
States can offer are planned for the
British and French commissioners.
The chicfs of the commissioners, in
cluding Foreign Secretary Balfour
and others of the English group, and
Minister of Justice Rene Viviani and
Field Marshal Joffre of the French,
will be welcomed by the highest of
ficials of the Government and enter
tained for the first three days as
guests of the United States.
The leaders of the British party,
who are expected here several days
before the French commissioners, will
be given the use of the handsome
home of former Secretary of the
Treasury Franklin MacVeagh. Com
modious hotel quarters have been en
gaged for the other members of the
commission.
The French commissioners on their
arrival will be received in a way
equally as hospitable. ? Associated
Press.
Selma Stores to Close at 7 O'clock.
Selma, April 16. ? At a meeting of
the Merchants' Association held on
April 12th, the following resolution
was passed:
Resolved, That we, the members of
the Selma Merchants' Association,
recommend the closing of the stores
in the town of Selma at 7:00 o'clock
P. M., beginning April 23rd, until
September 1st, cxcept Friday and
Saturday nights, and that the secre
tary circulate a petition among the
merchants of the town, asking their
co-operation, and that a copy of this
petition be sent to the Selma Chron
icle and The Smithfield Herald for
publication.
We, the undersigned merchants of
the town of Selma, are in favor of
the above resolution, and beginning
Monday, April 23rd, until Septem
ber 1st, will close our stores at 7:00
o'clock P. M., each day except Friday
and Saturday:
Roberts Corbett & Woodard.
Farmers Mercantile Company.
Selma Clothing & Shoe Company.
W. E. Smith Company.
Selma Manufacturing Company.
D. T. Worley & Company.
Ideal Grocery Company.
Selma Supply Company.
Lee-Henry Company.
A. V. Driver Company.
Queen Elizabeth was never mar
ried, which explains why she was so
peevish.
COUNTY SCHOOLS* FINALS.
Ilt'ld in Smithtield Last Saturday
With tiood Attendance. l'ercy
Barnes Winner in Declamation
Contest. Leonora Mcl.amb in Head
ing and Alice Jones in Spelling.
(By Elizabeth Holly.)
Last Saturday was a big day for
our country schools. Final contests
by winners in all the group com
mencements were staged during the
day and these boys and girls from
our country schools acquitted them
selves in such a way as to make us
glad because of the work they have
done.
As proud as we are of the showing
made by these boys and jjirls in
Smithfield at their tinal contests on
Saturday, we are infinitely more
proud of the work that was done in
the schools which led up to those
final*.
Group commencements in the coun
ty were better things than tinal
commencement Saturday, and pre
liminary trials in the individual school
were better still than group com
mencements. To us who have been in
close touch with school work all over
Johnston this year these splendid
contests were only outcroppings of
the wealth of earnest work done by
pupils and teachers and patrons in
every community of Johnston.
But you say that all this costs
time and effort and expense. Wu
agree with you, but at the same time
would have you realize that every
thing worth while has its commen
surate price. We thought of the wea
ry days of seemingly useless labor
on the part of teachers, and of the
patience and trust of patrons who
honestly could not see the whys of
school work, and wondered if they all
could not see a part of the mystery
revealed in the faces of parents and
pupils. We are speaking of the boys
and girls who with proud step and
hopeful, eager faces and a purpose
to give the best that is in them march
forward into the contests. And then
of the parents and friends and school
mates in the audience who are all
catching a glimpse of possibilities in
the everyday lives of those about
them and in their own homes. Tho
great big thing that stands out above
all other things is that we are wak
ing up to the fact that we ourselves
have it in us to win in bigger con
tests just as in these. We believe that
once you convince a boy or girl that
there is no such thing as failure for
one who honestly does his best you
have already educated him.
Below we are printing the names
of contestants and contests. We are
also printing names of winners in
each contest. As we do this we are
thinking of that long list of teachers
and pupils and patrons who made
these finals possible, and are thinking
of those who won whose names are
not on this list.
Declamation Contest.
Peace Y ates Creech
Christian Young Men of America,
RufTin Ellis.
The New South Percy Barnes
When The Evening Shadows Length
en I shall Be Home ? Virgin Batten.
Christian Young Men of America,
Victor Johnson.
Education and Opportunity ? Jerry
George.
Black Horse and His Rider ? Turner
Johnson.
Sparticus to the Gladiators ? Enoch
Godwin.
Percy Barnes of Pomona, was win
ner in this contest.
Judges: Dr. Poteat, Hunter Creech,
Rev. S. A. Cotton.
Reading Contest.
My Day and Now-a-day ? Clara
Thornton.
The Sweet Girl Graduate ? Ruth Up
church.
Miss Bray's Wedding ? Leona San
ders.
Hannah Tried in Court ? Sallie May
Hudson.
The Sweet Girl Graduate ? Callie
Byrd.
The Naughty Little Girl's View of
Life Irene Stevenson.
Rawley's Surrender ? Lenora Irene
McLamb.
The Volly of Telling Lies ? Asenath
Wellons.
Miss Leonora Irene McLamb, from
Poplar Spring School, won this con
test.
Judges: Mrs. Lassiter, Mrs. Royall
and Miss Doles.
Story-Telling Contest.
Little Red Hen ? Chrissie Upchurch
Epaminondas Erma Narron
Black Sambo Rosa Ennis
Tar- Baby Carver Hardy
Epaminondas and His Aunt ? Etta
W ood.
The Glad Little Rabbit ? Lida Bare
foot.
Little Blaek Sambo ? Miriam Parker
Little Miss Parker from Fitzgerald
school won in this contest.
Judges: Mrs. Vermont, Miss Shaw
and Miss Doles.
Spelling Contest.
Valeria Jones, Alice Jones, Richard
Braswell, Newport Wood, Ruth Up
church, llujrh Hardy, Clifton Rich
ardson, Cassie Lee, India Lee, Ken
nan Pittman, Eva Johnson, Lula Lee
and Hattie Batten.
Alice Jones from Hightower school
won in this contest.
Athletics at Fair Grounds.
Basket Ball ? Pomona vs. New
Hope. Score 14 to 5 in favor of Po
mona. John White Ives, umpire;
Ira Whitley, Referee.
Oak. Grove vs. Thanksgiving ? Score
11 to 8 in favor of Oak Grove. John
White Ives, Umpire; Harvey Gurley,
Referee.
Sandy Ridge vs. Hatchers ? Score
6 to 0 in favor of Sandy Ridge.
Carter's Chapel team present, no
team to play.
Tennis ? Massey vs. Royall. Mas
sey Won. B. R. Lacy, referee.
100-yard dash ? Won by Clawson
Munden, Oak Grove echool.
High Jump- ? Nathan Massengill,
New Hope school, 4 feet 10 inches;
Effiret Moore, Thanksgiving, 4 feet
8 inches; Porter Wallace, Sandy
Ridge, 4 feet.
Broad Jump Standing ? Nathan
Massengill, New Hope, 9 feet 11 inch
es; Herbert Ilines, Massey, 9 feet 1
inch.
Running Broad Jump ? Nathan
Massengill, New Hope, 18 feet 5
inches; Rufiin Hill, Pomona, 17 feet
4 inches; Clawson Munden, Oak
Grove, 17 feet.
We are all very much indebted to
Mr. G. T. Whitley who arranged tho
grounds and all games for the day.
Mr. Whitley arks that Mr. K. L. Wal
ton, Mr. John White Ives and Prince
Albert Holland be mentioned especi
ally as having given him aid. Others
mentioned are John Hall, Ira Whit
ley, Harvey Gurley and Rob Higgins.
On next Saturday the town group
of schools will have contests here in
Smithfield similar to those by the
country schools last Saturday. Win
ners in each event from this group
will be pitted against winners in
last Saturday's contests. This will be
very interesting and at the same time
will be good because it will show that
all of our schools have precisely the
same material in them ? the boys and
girls of Johnston County.
Soon we will find time to write an
article on Group Commencements in
Johnston County. In this article we
hope to write something of the work,
people and events of each commence
ment in the groups this spring. This
should have been written sooner, but
we have not had time for the writ
ing.
And now as the schools are clos
ing and teachers and pupils leaving
class work for a while, we would have
them remember that school has only
been removed into the fields and gar
dens and homes and various other
places of business. If school has been
worth while it will be carried on into
the lives of those with whom it has
come in contact.
We might write pages of apprecia
tion of the work done by our teach
ers in the country schools. The faces
and names of some of these are al
ways before the mind's eye when we
think of efficient workers. We have
kept in closer touch than ever before
with the personal work and influence
of our teachers. Most of them are
real workers, a few of them are
shirkers, and a few others are merely
goodnatured drifters. We believe
there are some good workers in the
latter^Jass and are still hoping they
will wake up.
Roosevelt Wants to Go to France.
Col. Roosevelt wants to raise a di
vision of volunteers and proceed to
the firing line in France at the ear
liest possible moment. He thinks he
could be r.ble to have his men ready
to go to France in four months,
He also thinks that our flag should
be raised on the firing line as early
as possible. The strenuous Colone
i wants to command the troops in th<
\ field.
BRITISH ADVANCE IS TELLING.
Bring Them Within Short Distance
of Both Lens and St. Quentin. Vio
lent Fighting Marks Their Gains.
Britons, However, Claim Upper
Hand in All of It. Aerial Activities
Continue on Large Scale. Turks in
Mesopotamia Suffer Another De
feat.
(Sunday's War News.)
Lens and St. Quentin, at either
end of the front on which th-3 Brit
ish have been pressed back the
Germans, now are almost within the
grasp of advancing forces.
Smashing British blows against
the German positions north and south
of Lens have had their effect and
the British now hold the suburban
towns of Lieviii and Cite St. Pierre
and are reported to be firing heavy
explosive shells into the mining cen
tre of northern France.
With the French holding fast south
of St. Quentin and less than a mile
from its border. Field Marshal
Haig's men followed up their capture
of Fayet, a mile northwest of the
town, by driving the German de
fenders back to within a few hundred
yards of St. Quentin on the north.
There has been violent fighting
along all the important sectors on
the front between Lens and St.
Quentin and everywhere the British
have either made gains in the Ger
man defenses or have held back Ger
man attacks.
Press Beyond Vimy.
South of Lens and north of the
River Scarpe the troops of Field
Marshal Haig have continued to
plunge forward and have reached
points two to three miles east of the
Vimy ridge, which, is one of the
strongest points in the German de
fenses northeast of Arras, less than
a week ago was in German hands.
South of the Scarpe the Germans
have fought stubbodnly and have
rushed reserve forces into the fray
in an effort to hold back the oncom
ing British. Attacks and counterat
tacks came at short intervals but
the British maintained the captured
positions everywhere, London says.
Serious losses were inflicted on the
Germans.
North of St. Quentin the British
also have captured the village of
Gricourt, a mile north of Fayat. The
Germans lost heavily in killed and
wounded, London reports, in the
fighting around Fayet. The British
here captured 400 prisoners from the
Germans.
Not only Lens but its important
coal fields are at stake in this move
ment. Correspondents at the front
hint at executions of possibly greater
things. The unrelenting British pres
sure is causing the Germans to aban
don guns and other equipment that
they have no time to take away and
apparently there is hope on the part
of the British of keeping up the pur
suit at such a pace that their foe
may be caught unprepared at some
point and a real break in the line
effected.
At St. Quentin not so much is at
F.take for the Germans, but the loss
of the town would create another se
rious breach in the southerly sector"
of their present defensive line. By
capturing the town of F'ayet, the Brit
ish have worked to within a mile of
St. Quentin on the northwest while
to the south the French close by are
hammering it with their artillery.
The Berlin report mentions serious
damage within the town caused by
the French guns.
Aerial fighting continues on a
large scale on the Western front and
London reports that 12 British ma
chines failed to return after engag
ing the Germans behind the German
lines. Four German machines were
brought down by British aviators and
?,ix others were driven down. Berlin
records that the entente lost 24 air
planes on Friday.
In Mesopotamia the Turks sus
tained another defeat at the hands of
the British. Gen. Maude, the British
commander, prepared a surprise for
them and by the employment of su
perior strategy spoiled their hopes
of inflicting a blow that would check
his further advance of the Tigris and
i Diala, north and northwest of Bag
dad.
i A night march across country by
- the British on the Tigris after Gen.
. Maude had made a strategical re
I tirement on the Dinja resulted in the
r Turks northward with heavy losses.
I They were still in retreat with the
? British following when Gen. Maude
sent his report April 13th.