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We want to buy 25 Farms of various sizes . We have customers who are looking to us to supply them
and we are expecting to pay a good price when we buy. Do you want to sell? If so, write to us, and we
will come to see you. If you prefer , we will not advertise ycur farm publically but will make a private sale.
Remember that we take all the risk. You name your price end unless we make a sale at your own figure
you are out nothing. ' You do not have tc put up one cent.
Do You W ant to Buy?
Wc always have Farms for Sale. Below are a few. All are Bargains.
92 acres on National Highway, 2 miles north of Henson.
This belongs to Sheriff (irimes, has about 45 acres cleared
and is a bargain at the price we ask.
108 acres in Sanders Chapel section. No better com
munity in State. Very valuable place. Two-horse crop
open and you will be surprised to know how cheaply it!
can be bought.
92 acres in Hoon Hill township, 6 miles from Princeton.
Two-horse crop open, good tobacco barn and other neces
sary buildings. One of the cheapest places we have ever
offered. This is line land.
95 acres in Smithtield township, 1 miles west of Smith
field. It would be hard to tind better land. 60 acre^
cleared. New building. This is the Milton Coats farm
and it will be sure to suit you.
We have two tracts of timber, containing from three to four hundred thousand feet each, located with
in 1 l-2miles of Selma and 4 miles of Smith/ield which we can offer at a low price.
Let Us Know Your Real Estate Wants
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ABELL (El GRAY,
Smithfield, N. C.
OUR STATE CAPITAL LETTER.
(By Llewxam.)
Raleigh, May 21. ? The "paramount
issue" (as Colonel Wm. Jennings
Bryan would say) this week is wheth
er you have boupht or will buy a
?'Liberty Loan War Bo'.ul." The banks
and specially organized committees
have enlisted as salesmen for Uncle
Sam and are industrially exploiting
the bonds as a most patriotic and
safe investment. As they can be had
in small denominations of $100 or
even $50, one does not need to be a
"plutocrat" to get in on the ground
floor of this investment interprise
with its exemption and .'5 Ms per cent
interest inducement. Besides, it is the
ciuty of all who can to thus aid in
placing this enormous Joan, for ob
vious reasons, and your subscription
is needed right now.
North Carolina is to have one, if
not two, of the big army concentra
tion camps. Several officers of the
staff of ,Gen. Wood (who has charge
of the selection) are looking over
available sites. It appears that Ham
let has attracted favorable attention,
both on account of its fine inland
transportation facilities (which is a
necessary condition) and the suitable
stretch of level land for marches and
drilling. But there are several other
points that will bid for its concentra
tion camps ? a big thing wherever
located.
Big Men at A. & E. College.
The "sweet girl graduate" is much
in evidence here this week with the
commencement exercises of two of
the colleges for women ? Peace and
Meredith. The young men of the State
College of Agriculture & Engraving
will step into the spot-light in a few
days A big man, former Ambassa
dor to Turkey, Henry Morgenthau,
will deliver the A. & E. Commence
ment address.
Current News and Comment.
The home-coming of North Caro
lina's foremost private citizen, Gen.
Julian S. Carr, from a four-months
trip to China, Japan, and the Far
East, is enlisting the interest of
many of his friends and admirers
all over North Carolina, and many of
them will go to Durham to partici
pate in the formal welcome which his
home town is arranging in his honor.
General Carr is one of the most ven
erable men of the country ? in several
respects for the last 35 or 40 years
the most pronounced individual per
sonality in the State and one of the
best and most useful of all our citi
zens. No man living or dead has done
more in his way to honor and advance
the interetats of the State and to aid
commendable and worthy enterprises
(especially schools and churches and
charitable organizations) and to help
deserving people ? and it is no won
der that such a large proportion of
North Carolinians admire and love
him.
On May 30th, the cavalry troops
at Andrews, Cherokee County, form
ally becomes a unit in the National
Guard, under the terms of the new
act of Congress, and will be known
as "Troop 1), North Carolina Caval
ry."
War conditions, supplemented by
Gov. Bickett's recent verbal solar
plexus, has knocked the stuffing out
of baseball in Raleigh and the en
tire "professional" North Carolina
League is expected to yield up the
ghost in a short time.
The biggest crop of candidates for
Congress ever is materializing in the
Fifth District, to succeed Maj. Stcd
man who is to voluntarily retire.
There were thirteen when the noses
were counted last ? with several pre
cincts yet to hear from.
It is also hinted that some one will
have the temerity to run against Ed.
l\>u (in the Raleigh District for IS
years), but the baby has not yet been
named.
A Rockingham Gardener.
One of the sweetest women in
Rockingham gets up at 6 o'clock ev
ery morning, takes a hoe and works
in her garden. If a murderous cut
worm has slain a bean, she replaces
the bean; if there is a gap in the row
of lettuce she drops "a hill" of corn,
outside the track where thqf wheels
run to barn or garage behold a row
of peas. Onions are in the flower beds
and mustard grows in sheets. She is
going to can what she can, and what
she can't she is going to dessicate,
which is derived from two Latin
words meaning to dry. ? The Dis
patch.
The college dean was delivering
the final lecture of the term. He dwelt
with much emphasis on the fact that
each student should devote all the
intervening time preparing for the
final examination.
"The examination papers are now
in the hands of the printer. Are there
any questions to be asked?"
Silence prevailed. Suddenly a voice
from the rear inquired:
"Who's the printer?"
FRENCH MAKE FURTHER GAINS
Germans Driven Out After Violent
Hut Unsuccessful Counter
Attacks.
With the French Armies on the
French Front, From a Staff Corres
pondent of the Associated Press,
May 21. ? While the Germans were
throwing masses of men against the
French positions along the Chemin
des Dames, only to suffer defeat with
terrific losses, the French last night
effected an attack in the* Moronvil
liers sector and drove the Germans
from some of. their strongest posi
tions. The French plans were bril
liantly conceived and executed with
out a hitch. Their objective was most
difficult; a hilly range filled with deep
caverns afforded shelter to hundreds
of men and machine guns, but the
French infantry storn^ed the heiphts
of Casque and Teton, respectively
78(5 and 754 feet in height, and car
ried them with a rush, while other
columns captured the trenches lining
the northern slopes of Mount Carnilet.
The result of these operations
gives ^he French a commanding view
on their left. The value placed on
the possession of these hills is shown
by the violence of the German coun
ter-attacks, in the course of the early
morning, which everywhere broke
down. They left more than 800 pris
oners in the hands of the French,
while hundreds of bodies of Germans
strew the grounds and lie in the cav
ernous shelters.
Calling For Volunteers.
Governor Bickett has issued a proc
lamation calling for about five thou
sand volunteers to fill the ranks of the
State National Guard. The War De
partment has ordered the North Car
olina National Guard to be recruited
to full war strength. To meet this the
following recruits are necessary:
First Regiment ? 1000.
Second Regiment ? 1,100.
Thin! Regiment ? 1,200.
Other Organizations ? 1,800.
Those who are opposed to the se
lective draft because they do not like
the idea of being conscripted now
have the opportunity of volunteering
and get with the men and officers
they know. There are many young1
men of Johnston County who will be
called into service under the selective
draft plan, who now have the oppor
tunity to volunteer. The call of the
country has come and it is up to the
young men to respond.
' Planting of More Corn Again Urged.
The most effective way to remedy
the probable shortage in the wheat
crop is to plant corn, says the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Ordinarily, the quantity of corn pro
duced in the United States is from
three to four times the quantity of
wheat, but only a very small portion
of the crop ? from 5 to 10 per cent ?
has been used for human food. This
amount may be estimated in normal
times at about 200,000,000 bushels a
year. Not over 5 per cent has been
exported in peace-times. A relative
ly slight increase in the corn acreage,
will place many millions of bushels
more of human food at the disposal
of the world without interfering in
any way with the feed needed for
the support of live stock.
In the past, with an abundance of
grain of other kinds, corn has not
been in great demand for human con
sumption. But with other grains no
longer abundant, circumstances will
compel more general recognition of
the value of corn as human food. The
Department is urging strongly the
wider use of corn in the diet. It is
the best substitute for wheat that
we have and can be utilized in breads,
mushes and a variety of other ways.
We should make every effort to avail
ourselves of it.
"Plant corn," then, should be the
motto of every farmer in a section
suited to the crop. ? Dun's Review,
May 19th.
Let the People .Indite Between Them.
There are two men in this country
upon whom the eyes of the nation
have looked and marveled for twenty
years.
Public opinion has differed as to the
type and character and the quality of
the statesmanship of each.
They have been more cussed and
discussed in the public press than any
other two statesmen in this country.
It is because each stands for some
thing.
Each has individuality.
Each has a strong following.
The one is a warrior.
The other a man of peace.
During all of the past two years of
trying times, pending the troubles
with Germany the one has insisted
that we should go to war, nolens
volens.
During the same period, the other
has insisted that honorable peace
was possible and honorable peace
should be secured.
Since the declaration of congress of
the existence of a state of war be
tween this country and Germany,
both of these notable men have of
fered their services to the country.
Of the tender of his services to
his country of the man of pcace, the
Commercial Appeal makes this sig
nificant editorial mention:
"Mr. Bryan fought for peace until
there was no peace. Now he offers
his services to his country as a pri
vate soldier ? not as a major-general."
The Jacksonville Times-Union puts
it more directly, rather straight from
the shoulder. It says:
"Colonel Bryan offers his services
to his country to be used in any ca
pacity that is deemed best. Colonel
Roosevelt volunteers to be a major
general." ? Montgogemry, (Ala.) Her
ald.
Homos and Heroes.
The man who kindles the fire on
the hearthstone of an honest and
righteous home burns the best in
cense to liberty. He does not love
mankind less who lefves his home the
most. The germ of the best patriot
ism is in the love a man has for the
home he inhabits, for the soil he tills,
for the trees that give him shade,
and the hills that stand in his path
way.
The love of home, deep-rooted and
abiding; that blurs the eyes of the
dying soldier with the vision of the
old homestead amid green fields and
clustering trees; that follows the
busy man through the clamoring
world, persistent to put cares aside,
and at last draws his tired feet from
the highway and leads him through
the shady lanes and well-remembered
paths, until, amid the scenes of his
boyhood, he gathers up the broken
threads of his life and owns the soil
his conqueror ? this ? this lodged in
the heart of the citizen is the saving
principle of our government. ? Henry
W. Grady.
The Rule of the People.
The people have a right to have
what they want in government ? this
is the most fundamental principle in
popular government. It ought to be
taught to the youngest children in
the public schools so that all, no
matter how limited their education,
would understand that it is treason
to our institutions to try to substi
tute the interests or wishes of a
minority for the will of the major
ity. ? Bryan's Commoner.
Nitrate of Soda Kills a Cow.
Mr. A. C. Batten, of Wilders town
ship, was here last week and told us
of losing a milk cow recently because
she got to some nitrate of soda. The
soda was brought to his barn and
placed inside. The door was blow*
open by a wind and the cow ate some
cf the soda and died.
Colors Have Significance.
The very colors (of our flag) have
a language which was officially recog
nized by our fathers. White is for
purity, red for valor, blue for justice;
and all together ? stripes, stars and
colors, blazing in the sky ? make the
flag of our country, to ~be cherished
by all our hearts, to be upheld by all
our hands. ? Charles Sumner.
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and blinds see the Cotter Hardware
Co., Smithfield, N. C.
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your house ? do it now. Phone us,
we have the Screens. Cotter Hard
ware Co., Smithfield, N. C.
ANOTHER LOT OF CHILDREN'S
books, suitable for children from
4 to 10, just received at Herald
Book Store.
FRESH JERSEY COWS FOR SALE
by E. F. Boyett, Smithfield, N. C.
SAW MILL HANDS WANTED?
Good prices paid. Apply to A. B.
Johnson, Four Oaks, N. C., R. F. D.
No. L
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Company, Smithfield, N. C.
PLENTY OF OLD PAPERS NOW
on hand at The Herald Office at 5
cents per bundle.
A CLOSE READING OF THE
Smithfield Herald from week t?
week will teach you many things.
Do you read every issue carefully?