THE SMITHFIELD HERALD
Published Every Tuesday and Friday.
BEATY & LASSITER
Editors and Proprietors,
Smithiield, N. C.
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Second-class Matter.
STAND BY THE PRESIDENT.
Read the President's great address
to the American people published
complete on page two of this paper.
It is worth any one's time. It is a
powerful app?al to the people to con
serve the resources of every kind for
this great time of need. Johnston
County is one of the greatest farm
ing counties in North Carolina and if
the farmers will read the address of
President Wilson and heed his good
advice they will be helping in the
great fight against a foreign foe.
There will be a good market for ev
erything any farmer in this country
will have to spare in the way of
food crops. Prices are high now, but
they are going higher and the only
way to help the situation is for every
farmer in the county to raise all he
needs at home and then all ho can
to put on the market. If you have
not already planned to make all you
can in the way of food crops, plan
now. Get busy and stand by the
President.
NEWS-PRINT AIKN INDICTEIX
The amount of news-print paper
used daily in the United States is
about 6, CO# tons, with an approxi
mate value of $250,000. When the
paper makers decided to increase the
price, paper was selling at from $36
to $45 per ton, according to the quan
tity a newspaper needed and was
able to buy. The price was increased
until it reached as high as $100 per
ton to some of the smaller papers.
The government made an investi
gation and while this was in prog
ress the price dropped to $100 and
$110 per ton. Hut the government is
not through, and several news-print
men have been indicted, charged with
forming a combination to limit th?
.output and to increase the price.
Should these men be convicted they
are liable to a fine of five thousand
.dollars each, or a term of one year
in prison, or both.
News-print paper is still much too
high and unless it is held down or
reduced many of the smaller week
lies and semi-weeklies are going to
suffer.
PAY SOLDIERS MOKE.
One of the things the government
ought to do in planning its war
measure is to plan to pay the pri
vates in the ranks of the army more
money than now. The soldier's pay
to-day is no more than it was many
years ago, and of all the me* in the
government service the private sol
dier'p lot i* o?? among Vha hardest.
But the men ia the ranks as a rule
do not complain. To them it is an
honor to serve their country. But as
a matter of right and justice the
government should increase their
pay. In planning to call fov volun
teers it should be remembered that
many patriotic young fellows who
have loved ones dependent or part
ly dependent on them who must be
considered, are ready and willing to
volunteer if they could be assured
that their loved ones would be car
ed for. If the pay was larger
these fellows could go forward in the
service of their country knowing
that they could still spare a part of
their wages to help those left behind.
Plan to pay the soldiers more.
This is no time for ease,
Neither a time to cry.
Plant plenty of corn and peas
And be ready by and by.
ENLIST FOR THE WAR.
This is a lime when every man,
woman and child may have an oppor
tunity to show their patriotism by
enlisting for the war. It is not neces
sary for every one ? necessary as it
is ? to join the army or the navy to
be a patriot. There are many way?
in which we can show our patriotism.
Those who are farmers, can show
their patriotism by doing all in their
power to raise as large crops of food
stuffs as possible. By doing this they
will be feeding the folks at home,
feeding those who are engaged in
other occupations, feeding those who
are working in the mines, feeding
those who are working in the iron
mines, feeding those who are working
in the various factories, feeding those
who are building ships of war and
merchant vessels, feeding those who
go to fight for us both on land and
sea; and more than that they will be
helping to feed the people in Europe
who are now engaged in fighting the
enemy. Another way to enlist is to
practice economy. Save everything
worth caving. Many things that are
now wasted in the South may be
needed before the war is over. Save
in every way possible. Plan to make
what you have go as far as possible.
We have plenty now. We as a peo
ple, at first thought, feel that all this
advice about raising big crops and
make every available spot produce all
it can, is unnecessary. Some are pay
ing no attention to it. They see no
danger. The war is far away and we
think our money and moral support
is all that is needed to win the vic
tory with the Entente Powers. But
we know not what is ahead of us. Our
government is voting a war bill of
seven billion dollars, the biggest war
budget ever voted by any nation in
the world. It means great expense
to this country, it maters not how
soon the war ends. And to make
this expense as low as possible it be
comes the duty of every one to do his
or her part. Let us learn now the
lesson of patriotism. Let us do our
part in standing by the President and
the country in the great crisis now
on. It is a fight for civilization and
humanity we are making. We have
become a mighty power in the world
of nations and this makes it impossi
ble to longer hold our isolation. We
are so closely connected with all the
world that when any nation, small
or grep.t, suffers, we suffer with
them. Our country has never entered
any war for the sake of territorial
gain. We have long occupied the most
exalted position of any nation on
earth and we must do our duty when
the rights of' humanity are trampled
on.
We tried to keep out of this war.
Hut we could not. Now we have en
tered and every one must stand
shoulder to shoulder in the great
conflict. If we cannot fight we can
work and look out for the welfare
of those who do fight. If we have not
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been as economical as we ought, now
is the time to turn over a new leaf.
GOETHALS ASKEl) TO BUILI)
SHIPS.
President Wilson has requested
Major General Goethals, the builder ,
of the Panama Canal, to take charge i
of the building of 1000 wooden ships
to engage in foreign commerce. The
Ship Building Board has planned the ,
building of these vessels and the ,
more has been approved by the
Council of National Defense and the
President. The resources of the ship
building yards are to be called into
action in these building plans. The
Shipping Board has at its disposal
the sum of fifty million dollars to
build and purchase ocean going ves
sels. In times of war it is of the ut
most importance to have plenty of
ships to carry on the nation's com
merce. It is said that by early Fall
i* will be possible to turn out ships
at the rate of 200,000 tons a month.
The carnival has pulled up and
gone. No one in the town ought to
be sorry. Without saying a word
against the amusement company
which spent last week here, it will be
a fine day for this community when
the town authorities get to the point
they can say No with a capital N to
all such companies. They bring no
good to a town and the little tax they
bring to the town treasury isn't
worth the price the people pay.
CAI'T. SKINNER THE WINNER.
Received the Nomination for Mayor
in Last Night's Convention. Three
New Men Nominated for Alder*
men.
The meeting of the citizens of the
town held in the Court House last
night for the purpose of nominating
a candidate for Mayor was largely
attended. The convention was presid
ed over by Judge F. H. Brooks. Mr.
N. M. Lawrence was made secretary.
Mr. Ed. S. Abell placed Capt. H.
L. Skinner in nomination. Mr. S. S.
Holt nominated the present incum
bent, Mr. J. W. Stephenson. Mr.
J. N. Cobb seconded the nomination
of Capt. Skinner. Mr. George White
seconded the nomination of Mr. Ste
phenson. Messrs. E. S. Abell and S.
S. Holt were appointed tellers to
count the vote. The vote resulted as
follows:
H. L. Skinner, 80 votes. '
J. W. Stephenson, 78 votes.
Upon motion of Mr. Stephenson
the nomination of Capt. Skinner was
made unanimous.
Mayor Stephenson was appointed
to fill out the unexpired term of L.
H. Allred and was an acceptable
Mayor. lie stood for the progres
sive moves of the board and has done
what he could to further the best in
terests of the town.
Capt. Skinner who was nominated
to succeed Mr. Stephenson has been
a member of the board of aldermen
for the past few years and has made
a good alderman. His elevation to
the mayoiship will continue him in a
place where he can be of great ser
vice to the town. He is a progressive
and believes in the town and will do
what he can for the upbuilding of the
community.
Mr. A. M. Noble presented a res
olution endorsing the President's
course in dealing with the German
situation which was adopted unani
mous.
After the adjournment of the con
vention the several wards held their
meetings and named the following
ticket for aldermen:
First Ward ? Will H. Lassiter.
Second Ward ? H. P. Stevens and
S. C. Turnage.
Third Ward ? N. B. Grantham and
Chas. I. Pierce.
Fourth Ward ? J. D. Underwood
and George Ross Potl.
Dr. N. T. Holland and T. J. Las
siter, present incumbents, declined to
be candidates for renomination and
Will H. Lassiter and George Ross
Pou were named to succeed them.
C. I. Pierce was named to succeed
Capt. Skinner in the Third Ward.
The election will be held on Tues
day, May 8th.
Cotton Last Wwk.
We loam through Dun's Review
that the events of the cotton market
last wek were such as to compel at
tention from the thoughtful. The
week opened with a rise of 75 to 150
points on Monday in a few minutes.
This lifted the price close to the top
levels reached last November and
sent the October cotton to new high
ground. But the new high level was
not held through the week and profit
taking caused the market to recede
r>0 to 1^5 points, making a net gain
for the week of about 40 points on
May cotton and 25 points on other
months.
Uncertainty in regard to economic J
measures caused liquidation yoster- j
day resulting in a weak market, says
market reports from New York. The
market showed a loss of one to two
dollars a bale from Saturday's clos- '
ing.
Rear Admiral William S. Sims, '
president of the Naval War College '
at Newport, has arrived in London to :
set as an intermediary between Brit
ish Admiralty officials and the Navy
Department in the working out of '
problems involved in participation by
the American Navy in the ranks of
the Entente Powers. The Admiral is
charged with the duty of keeping the
Department fully advised as to the
conduct of the war and supplying
such information as the Navy needs
in preparing itself for the tasks
ahead.
Governor Pleasant issued a proc
lamation to citizens of Louisiana to
greatly increase food crops and to
conserve food, as an aid to the Na
tion during the war. The Governor
also appointed a State Preparedness
Committee to direct the work of pro
ducing, marketing and distributing
foodstuffs in Louisiana.
The South is being looked to in this
time of stress as never before. This
section of the country is being called
on to make a large increase in food
stuffs this year. The country needs a
great crmy, but also needs a big
crop of foodstuffs to feed the army
and the other folks. The South must
do her part.
Wendell will have an election on
May 12, on a ten-thousand dollar
bond issue for another school build
ing.
"GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN."
The Smithfield Herald has the fol
lowing relative to a practice that has
come to be all too common in North
Carolina as well as other States:
"A man gave us an item of news
last week when he said that at a
certain cotton mill there were sixteen
"grass widows." We were surprised
and sorry to hear this. Sixteen men
who married young girls and promis
ed to be faithful to them have gone
off leaving their wives to shift for
themselves. Sixteen women, some by
themselves, and others with children
to care for, are left to manage for
themselves. This is a poor compli
ment to our boasted civilization. Cot
ton mills afford opportunities for
such departures, but this does not
make the cases any the less sad.
One woman remarked Saturday, 'I
have had bad luck. My husband has
left inc."'
This is, indeed, a distressing con
dition and one which cannot be too
severely condemned. And the trouble
is not confined to cotton mill villages.
Incidents of the kind are happening
almost everywhere in the State every
day in the week and the strong arm
of the law ought to take a hand in
the game. There is a section in the
Public Laws regarding desertion and
non-support of wife by husband, or
of children by either father or moth
er, to which the attention of our
Smithfield contemporary is respect
fully invited. It recites:
"Upon any conviction for abandon
ment, any judge or any recorder hav
ing jurisdiction thereof, may in his
discretion make such order or orders
as in his judgment will best provide
for the support, as far as may be
necessary, of the deserted wife or
children, or both from the property
or labor of the defendant."
If these sixteen deserting husbands
can be found anywhere in North
Carolina they should be summarily
dealth with. Deserting dependent
wives and children is nothing short
of criminal and guilty men should
pay the penalty for such contempti
ble meanness. It is to be hoped that
the law relative to desertion may be
more rigidly enforced in the future
than it has been in the past. Helpless
women and children should be pro
tected. ? Hendersonville Hustler.
Meeting Postponed.
The meeting at Boaty Chapel Bap
tist church at the Smithfield Cotton
Mills, which was to have been held
this week, is postponed on account of
a meeting being held at the Advent
church.
Rev. J. M. Duncan will preach at
Beaty Chapel next Sunday morning
and night and the meeting will be
held there next week.
STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP,
Management, Circulation, Etc., Re
quired by the Act of Congress
of August 24, 1912,
Of The Smithfield Herald, published
Semi-Weekly, at Smithfield, North
Carolina, for April 1, 1917.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
County of Johnston, ss:
Before me a Notary Public in and
for the State and county aforesaid,
personally appeared T. J. Lassiter,
ivho, having been duly sworn accord
ing to law, deposes and says that he
is the Business Manager of The
Smithfield Herald, and that the fol
lowing is, to the best of his knowl
edge and belief, a true statement of
the ownership, management (and if
i daily paper, the circulation), etc.,
[>f the aforesaid publication for the
date shown in the above caption, re
quired by the Act of August 24, 1912,
embodied in section 44:1, Postal Laws
iind Regulations, printed on the re
verse of this form, to wit:
1. That the names and addresses
of the publisher, editor, managing
editor, and business manager are:
Publishers ? Beaty & Lassiter,
Smithfield, N. C.
Editors ? J. M. Beaty and T. J.
Lassiter, Smithfield, N. C.
Managing Editor ? None.
Business Manager ? T. J. Lassiter,
Smithfield, N. C.
2. That the owners are: (Give
names and addresses of individual
owners, or,- if a corporation, give
its name and the names and ad
dresses of stockholders owning or
holding 1 per cent or more of the
total amount of stock.)
J. M. Beaty, Smithfield, N. C.
T. J. Lassiter, Smithfield, N. C.
3. That tho known bondholders,
mortgages, and other security hold
ers owning or holding 1 per cent or
more of total amount of bonds, mort
gages, or other securities are: (If
there are none, so state.)
None.
T. J. LASSITER,
Business Manager.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 13th day of April, 1917.
W. M. GASKIN,
Notary Public.
My commission expires Jan. 15, 1919.
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