CIVILIZATION AT ITS ZENITH. '
l
This Means a Business Activity In
the United States Never Before
Equaled.
(Manufacturers' Record.)
However fearful may be the burden
of responsibility which rests upon ev
ery heart in this country, however
great may be the sorrows which
many are facing and which all must
face as we enter upon the most fear
ful war in all human history, looked
at from the viewpoint of business
activity this country has before it an
era of such unprecedented activity as
to make all periods of the past look
like periods of dullness.
We are preparing to throw into the
channels of trade, as rapidly as the
money can be expended, about $9,000,
000,000 or $10,000,000,000, a sum so
staggering as to be incomprehensible.
A billion dollars is going into the
building of naval vessels; a much
larger amount will be expended on
the ships under construction and f&r
which contracts are being let. We
are preparing to finance the Allies
that their vast expenditures, exceed
ing even those of the last two years,
shall be made in this country for mu
nitions and foodstuffs, for locomotives
and cars and rails and every other
line of work which enters into the
carrying on of the war and the main
tenance of the countries back of the
war.
This situation means that to tho
utmost limit of human power the ag
ricultural interests of the country
will be crowded. Every acre of land
that can possibly be tilled with the (
labor and the agricultural imple- {
ments available will be put under cul- j
tivation, with the certainty that,
prices for the next few years, wheth- (
er war continues or not during that
period, will be maintained at high
levels. This means an agricultural |
output far beyond anything in the
past. It ought to mean, if we meas- (
ure up to the opportunity, an increase
of at least 50 per cent in the volume
and of our farm crops.
Connected with this will be a de
mand for fertilizers and for lime for
agricultural purposes beyond the
limit of all existing plants, crowding
to their utmost capacity every facil- j
ity in the country for producing fer
tilizers and lime. I
Shipbuilding activity, such as the
world never dreamed of, will be under
way in the near future. To the bil
lion dollars of naval work and the
billion dollars of merchant marine
work already under construction or
under contract will be added the
building of thousands of wooden and
steel ships by the government for the
purpose of meeting the supreme
question of feeding and munitioning
the Allies. Into this shipbuilding ac
tivity will be turned the concentrated
energy of the nation. This means a
vast expansion in lumber production
and the putting into active operation
every plant in the country that can
by any possibility produce iron and
steel and wood for shipbuilding.
The iron and steel plants of the
country, taxed to the utmost limit of
their capacity, are not nearly equal to
the demand which will be thrown up
on them. New plants must be built.
If the great capitalists and iron and
steel companies now in existence do
not immediately plan for a very larK? j
expansion of their capacity they will ,
prove recreant to their responsibil
ity to the country and to civilization.
Every iron and steel plant in the
country, every machine shop and
foundry should be ready to meet this
supreme test of the nation's life and
this supreme hour in the world's civ
ilization.
All this means that upon ine rail
roads will be thrown a burden "f re
sponsibility even greater than in the
past. The calls from France and Eng
land for railroad supplies and rail
road men are so insistent that it is
proposed to send many thousands (
of engineers into France to help save
that country and thus help to save f
ourselves It is proposed that we shall
ship to the Allies all of the rolling
stock that existing plants can build, ;
and that this country shall meet this
situation as best it may by the re
shaping of all railroad operations un
der tha management of a few men
who are doing the work for the gov
ernment and on behalf of the govern
ment. Out of this will come many
economies in the handling of freight,
a great saving of time in transporting
freight by better methods which will
prevail over the entire 250,000 miles
of railroad in the country. This vast
mileage will in effect be operated as
though it were one g?Teat plant un
der one directing head. Nevertheless,
so groat is the need for more loco
motives, more cars, more tracks, and
more of everything else that adds to
the ability of the railroads to handle
the traffic of the country that it is
now as important for the govern
ment to give consideration to an in
crease of rolling stock as it is to an
increase of foodstuffs, for vain will
be a larger production of food stufft
and of iron and steel if they cannot j
be transported and made available for
the Allies and for our own needs.
Throughout the country there are
many great lumber concerns which
under government control or direc
tion, or through government co-oper
ation, could be quickly turned into
car building plants, using lumber in
place of steel for freight cars. It
seems to us that the time has come
when it is as vitally important that
the national government should take
hold of this situation as that of
building ships to carry food and mu
nitions to Europe. These great lum
ber plants and many of the existing
car-building plants could be utilized
and their forces so mobilized as to
turn out with great rapidity many
thousands of freight cars, while
other plants making iron and steel
could be providing the axles, the
wheels and other iron work.
This is not a time to undertake too
largely the production of steel cars,
for more lumber is at present avail
able than steel. The government will
have to provide the money or find the
money for mobilizing a system of
car-building to meet this situation,
for the railroads are not in shape
to do it. The railroads could lease
the cars and operate them, but the
financing of them and possibly the
actual building of them must be done
by or under government direction, or
through government co-operation, in
order to secure results great enough
to meet the emergency.
The shortage in motive power is
almost as great as in cars. The pro
posed lessening of passenger trains
for the purpose of putting passenger
locomotives into freight service may
temporarily materially help, but this
is at the best only a temporary make
shift and cannot meet the full situa
tion. There must, therefore, be built
many thousands of locomotives as
rapidly as it is possible to build them
to take care of the depreciation of
those now in operation and to pro
vide for the emergency and need of
more engines. It may be necessary
for the government to take up this
as a part of a car-building scheme
unless such concerns as the Steel Cor
poration, the American Locomotive
Co., the Baldwin Locomotive Co.,
and others already engaged in loco
motive work can increase their facil
ities with sufficient rapidity to meet
the difficulty, but this should be care
fully investigated by the government
through an independent organization
of railroad officials, of shippers fai
miliar with their needs and of ex
perts in locomotive and car-building
operations.
The shortage of locomotives in
railroad transportation will throw
upon the automobile industry a great
increase in business. It will become
necessary for the automobile and the
motor truck to be used for a vast
amount of travel and of freight traf
fic heretofore carried by rail. Of ne
cessity, therefore, there will be a de
mand upon the automobile-building
plants of the country beyond their
existing capacity, even if we do not
take into account the necessities of
the government for motor trucks. The
improvement of the highways of the
country so as to make more feasible
the use of automobiles and motor
trucks is essential, for it is now just
as important to extend good road
work as it is important to extend
railroad facilities, since good roads
and the motor truck must of necessi
ty supplement, and in many case3
supplant, the inadequate railroad fa
cilities.
mi ? i ?
liiese are uui a xtvv ui cue uuuga
which tell of the amazing business
activity before the country. They in
dicate the conditions under which we
are to live for the next few years if
war continues for that length of time,
and if war should end before then,
many lines will be even more active
than at present, for a starving world
will have to be fed and a burned-up
world will have to be rebuilt.
Not in human history has there
been such a call to any nation as has
now come to the people of this coun
try to quicken their own petty
thoughts and look out broadly on the
whole horizon of human affairs. Nev
er has there been such a call of
civilization upon a nation for the
things which may make possible
the saving of civilization, and the
saving of civilization means the sav
ing of our own country.
Let us bestir ourselves; let us re
alize what all of this means in busi
ness expansion, for upon business ac
tivity depends absolutely the ability
of our country to finance the war and
to produce the foodstuffs and the
manufactured goods esential to win
ning the war.
Tt is a trite thing to say th-it we
are in the most momentous period in
human history. Changes beyond the
power of the human mind to grasp
are under way. We are fighting the
most powerful fighting machine built
during the last 50 years of tireless
effort which the mind of man has
e' ?r conceived. We are fighting tho
forces of Evil. We are fighting the
forces which would dominate all civ
ilization and destroy every nation that
did not bow the knee to Kaiserism.
In doing this we shall have to press
into service every acre of available
land for foodstuffs. We shall have to
crowd to its utmost capacity the man
force and the woman-force of the
country. We shall have to crowd cv
1 ory iron and steel plant, every ore
and coal mine in operation or which
can be opened up, every great lum
ber concern, every cotton mill and
every other force which makes for
the fullest and completest utilization
of the vast potentialities in men and
raw materials with which this coun
[try has been endowed. We are at the
supreme hour In the history of man
kind, and upon us depends the future
? of civilization and of all the world.
Let us awake to our responsibility
and do a man's share of the work!
CARTER'S CHAPEL ITEMS.
A great many of our folks attend
ed Sunday school at Carter's Chapel
Sunday.
Miss Lizzie Nichols visited tho
1 home of Mr. J. F. Wellons Sunday
I afternoon.
Mr. Loomas High from Wilson
County, was in our community Sun
day.
All of Certain Age To Kegiater.
The law requires that every male
citizen, white r.nd colored, from 21
to 30 years of age, inclusive, (that is
one who has not yet reached 31) shall
register on June 5th. Those who are
sick must send in their card,
and those who are away from home
must send in their names by mail.
In Memoriam.
After the clouds of sorrow have
cleared away I take up my pen to
write in memory of Mr. I. I. Thorn
ton, a highly respected veteran and
citizen of Goldsboro, N. C., who
passed from our view to join in
company with a numberless host of
others that have gone on before. He
was nearing his seventy-third ani
versary of his years when the Great
Physician of Heaven, looking upon
his suffering and afflictions, called
him unto Himself to be forever heal
ed and forever blest. For a number
of years he was a sufferer but bore
it patiently. The ablest physicians'
skill was of little service to him. On
the 20th of May the noiseless mes
sengers came and bore him over
life's ills to the home, where no
sorrows are, beyond the skies.
He served his country three years
during the Civil War, after which he
chose his life's companion and to this
union several children were born, of
which two preceded him to the spirit
land. There remains wife, and five
children as follows: Mr. R. I. Thorn
ton and Mr. G. A. Thornton, of
Goldsboro; Mrs. W. J. Lewis, of Four
Oaks, N. C.; Mrs. II. T. Tew and Mr.
L. A. Thornton, of Mill Creek sec
tion, to mourn their loss. The great
est consolation that comes to us is
that he gaVte his life to Christ in his
early days and ever trusted in Him
to the end. It was a beautiful af
ternoon when his body was carried
to the family cemetery and when
J. A. Tr.ylor, assisted by V. H. Gran
tham, held a short but impressive
burial service, speaking words of
comfort to the crushed and bleeding
hearts and it was at this hour when
the sun was going down the sloping
skies that the grave was open to re
ceive him. That sun left in his path
way a halo of light and on the mor
row- came fourth again to illume the
world. It was here his host of friends
paid their last respects to his sad
parting to see him no more until we
come face to face in the life beyond
the vale.
A FRIEND.
NEW HOPE NEWS.
Mr. John Grimes and Miss Eva
Coats, of Smithfield, spent Sunday
afternoon in this section.
Mr. Almon Hood, of Hood's Grove
section, spent Sunday afternoon in
this section.
Mr. Henry Lee spent the week-end
near Kenly with friends.
Mr. Roland Hayes made a flying
trip to Benson Sunday.
Sheriff Grimes and family passed
through this section Sunday en route
to Hood's Grove section to visit rel
atives.
Mr. J. A. Johnson and family, of
Hood's Grove section, visited rela
tives in this section Sunday.
Mr. Rufus Sanders has returned
home for the summer, after spending
the winter in school at Bingham's
School at Mebane.
The children's Day exercises, given
by the Sunday school at Anotioch M.
E. Church Sunday morning, was a
success in every particular. Each
child know his part well and did well.
The children and their trainers are
to be congratulated. After the exer
cises were over, Rev. T. W. Siler,
the pastor of the church, in his usual
pleasing manner, made a very in
teresting talk to the children, which
was very much enjoyed by all pres
ent.
PRO PATRIA.
Protectant churches in the United
States last year received 500,000 new
members.
THREE CHOICES FOR
SERVICE ON LAND
By CAPTAIN GEORGE. L. KILMER.
If h budding war lu>ro chooses the
naval service (lie tlrst thing is to annex
his activities to some floating thing.
whether on creek, pond, canal or oceai.
? that is. after learning to swim. If
no craft Is handy the next best thing
Is to make and handle a raft.
lint, supposing the choice to be serv
ice ou land, there are the cavalry. In
fantry and artillery to choose from,
perhaps. Much depends on a candi
dates size, weight. Intelligence ami
traiuiug In civil life.
A cavalryman should know some
thing much, in fact? about horses, and
Photo by American Press Association
PRESENT AUM S.
n certain number of horsemen are need
etl in artillery. In Infantry barely phy
sique is of lirst Importance, and good
preparedness for this arm is long, Ions
walks, carrying a lead of forty to sixty
pounds.
In all arms of service the soldier
may he required to work on sparse al
lowances of rations, coarse at that, so
preparedness should Include discipline
of the stomach to digest the "iron"
ration served ou a campaign. This
su^ests that ther? are army occupa
tions quite as important, though less
picturesque, than that of tighter. Cookt,
are always in dPTnand.
The war department classification of
trades and business lines which tit men
for service Includes, besides the above
named, feed and urain business, wag
on, machine, harness and auto repair
shops and factories, grocery, depart
ment, clothing and shoe and liat stores,
packing houses, restaurant and hotel
business, building trades and engineer
ing. A man trained in any of tbejp
branches can serve liis country well.
Uncle Mose's Congratulations.
A young planter in Mississippi had
an old servant called Uncle Mose,
who had cared for him as a child and
whose devotion had never waned.
The young man became engaged to
a girl of the neighborhood who had
a reputation for unusual beauty and
also for a very violent temper. No
ticing that Uncle Mose never men
tioned his approaching marriage, the
planter said:
"Mose, you know I am going to
marry Miss Currier?"
"Yassuh, I knows it."
"I haven't heard you say anything
about it," persisted the planter.
"No, suh," said Mose. "'Tain't fo'
me to say nothin' 'bout it. I's got
nothin' to say."
"But you must have some opinion
about so important a step on my
part."
"Well, suh," said the old negro with
some hesitation, "yo' knows one
thing ? the most p'izonest snakes has
got the most prettiest skins." ? The
Youth's Companion.
All of Certain Age To Register.
The law requires that every male
citizen, white and colored, from 21
to 30 years of age, inclusive, (that is
one who has not yet reached 31) shall
register on June 5th. Those who are
ick must send in their card and those
who are away from home must send
in their names by mail.
GAINS 25 POUNDS IN 30 DAYS,
Remarkable Experience of P. G,
Clark Builds Up Weight
Quickly.
"I was all run down," writes P. G
Clark. "I had to quit work I was sc
weak. Now, thanks to tonoline, 1
look like a new man. I gained 21
pounds in 30 days."
"Tonoline has put 10 pounds on mc
in 14 days," states Chas. Brackett
"It has made me sleep well, enjoj
what I ate and enabled me to worl*
with interest and pleasure."
If you would like to put on a few
pounds of good solid flesh, we wil
send you Free a 50c box of tonolint
to prove what it will do for you.
Address the American Proprietorj
Co., Boston, Mass., enclosing 1(
cents to help pay for postage anc
packing.
For sale by Creech Drug Co.
Smithfield, N. C.; R. T. Fulghum
Kenly, N. C. ? Advt.
SUMMER SCHOOL
University of North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL, N. C.
June 12 to July 27
(Write for complete announcement)
Able Faculty
Complete Curriculum
Moderate Rates
Credit Courses
Delightful Environment
Excursion Rate Tickets
The Summer Law School >
June 1 1-August 24
Regular Session Opens
Sept. IS
Students who expect to enter for
the .first time should complete their
arrangements as early as possible.
El). A. HOLT
Dealer In
High Grade Coffins, Casket*
and Burial Robes,
Princeton. - North Carolina
SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
Wrightsville Beach, N. C., June 1917.
As information we wish to advise
that the following conventions have
been booked up to date to be held at
Wrightsville Beach during the month
of June:
Laundry Association of the Caroli
nas, June llth-12th.
Independent Order of Red Men of
North Carolina, June 13th-ir)th.
North Carolina Bankers Associa
tion, June 19th-21st.
Hardware Association of North and
South Carolina, June 19th-21st.
Southern Textile Association, June
22nd-23rd.
North Carolina Baptist Chautau
qua, or Assembly, June 27th-29th.
We take pleasure in advising furth
er, notwithstanding the reports and
rumors to the contrary, that Wrights
ville Beach will be open this season as
in former years; that the Government
has not made any restrictions what
soever as to illuminating the beach;
that the hotels and "Lumina" will be
open to the public as heretofore; that
material improvements have been
made in hotel accommodations and at
tractions, and in many respects the
beach season promises to be more at
tractive than heretofore.
W. J. CRAIG,
Passenger Traffic Manager.
T. C. WHITE,
General Passenger Agent.
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.
NOTICE OF SALE.
By authority contained in a de
cree of the Superior Court of John
ston County at April Term, 1917, in
an action entitled N. G. Rand vs. J.
R. Sauls and wife, I, the undersized
Conimissicner, will offer for sale at
the Court House door in the town of
smithfield at 12 M., on Monday,
June 4th, 1917, to the highest bid
der for cash, the following describ
ed land and property to-wit:
Beginning at the mouth of Spring
Branch on the south side of Black
Creek, below the mill, and runs with
the said branch to its source, a chop
ped corner; thence with the Mill
Path to the County Road; thence
with the said Road to the School
House lot; thence with the line of the
school House lot to the Church Lot;
thence with the Church Lot to the
County Road; thence with said Road
to where the old mill path leaves
said Road; thence with Smith's old
line, now Lee's, to the high water
mark of the mill pond; thence up the
pond to the high water mark at the
head of the ponded water; thence
down the pond on the north side, with
the high v/ater mark, to a sweet gum,
Hollowell's corner; thence N. 78% E.
to R. E. Lee's line near a "mill path;
thence with Lee's line to Black Creek;
thence with said Creek to the begin
ning, and being all that property
known as Holt's Mill and Pond on
Black Creek, including the mill-site
and all the land covered by water up
to the high water mark, together
with all machinery, appliances and
fixtures.
Reference is herewith made to
mortgage deed recorded in Book No.
18, page 100, of the Registry of
Johnston County. t
Time of Sale, Monday, June 4th,
? 1917, at 12 o'clock M.
Terms, Cash.
This May 1st, 1917.
3. S. HOLT,
Commissioner.
SALE OF MORTGAGED LAND.
By virtue of the power of sale con
tained in a certain mortgage deed
from George M. Holt to J. M. Green,
default having been made in pay
ment of the note secured thereby, the
?_ undersigned mortgagee will offer for
i sale in the town of Smithfield, N. C.,
[ at the Court House door for cash, on
j Saturday, May 26th, 1917, the fol
lowing described real estate lying and
being in Wilson's Mills township,
! Johnston County:
Being Lot No. 2 and bounded as
r follows: Beginning at a stake, cornoi
of Lot No. 2, and runs South 88 East
? 72 poles to a stake; thence North 18
West 79% poles to a stake; thence
r North 88 West 46 poles to a stake;
I thence North 3 East 78 3-10 poles tc
the beginning, containing thirty-one
5 and seven-tenths (31 7-10) acres
more or less.
I The time of sale will be at IS
) o'clock, noon, on Saturday, May 26tb
. 1917, and terms of sale Cash.
1 See Book 18, Pago 237.
This April 26, 1917.
J. M. GREEN,
Mortgagee
' LEON G. STEVENS,
Attorney.
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.
Under and by virtue of the author
ity and power contained in a certain
Mortgage Deed, made by M. F. Hales
and wife, and Broadwell and wife,
to The Bank of Wendell, of date Feb
ruary 5, 1914, p.nd recorded in the
Register's Office of Johnston County,
in Book "A" No. 13, page 50, said
Mortgage having been long pist due,
(and said Mortgage and Note was
transferred to Maude C. Wells, Ad
ministratrix on May 22, 1916), we
will sell at public auction, to the
highest bidder for cash, at the Court
House door in Johnston County,
Smithfield, N. C., on Monday, June 4,
1917, the three tracts of land herein
after described, and also fully de
scribed in said Mortgage.
FIRST TRACT: Beginning at a
sweet-gum on the bank of Snipe's
Creek, corner of Lot No. 3; thence
up the meanders thereof to a sweet
gum, corner of Lot No. 5; thence S.
87 degrees E. to a stake, corner of
Lot No. 5, in A. J. Taylor's line;
thence with his line S. 4 degrees W.
CO poles to his corner stake in T.
Lee's line; thence with his line N.
8(5 degrees W. 28 poles to his corner,
post or.k in line ?f Lot Nc. 3;
thence N. 4 degrees E. 5 poles to a
pine, corner of Lot No. 3; thence N.
87 degrees W. to the beginning, con
taining 95 acres, more or less, sub
ject to an exemption of one-fourth
of one acre from the operation of
this deed to be used as a grave yard
and owned by the heirs of J. D. Rich
ardson, deceased. The above land be
ing Lot No. 4 in the division of the
lands of Wesley Richardson, de
ceased.
SECOND TRACT: Beginning at a
pine, J. O. Jeffreys line, corner of
Lot N. 3 in said division, and runs S.
87 degrees E. 50 poles to a pine;
thence N. 3 degrees E. 56 poles to a
stake in L. G. Bailey's line; thence
W. 96.8 poles to a stake; thence S?
3 degrees W. 45 Vfe poles to a stake;
thence S. 87 degrees E. 4.48 poles to
a stake, Jeffrey's corner; thence S.
3 degrees W. 9 poles to the begin
ning, containing 30 acres, more or
less. Being Lot No. 1 in the division
of the lands of W. T. Hales, deceased.
THIRD TRACT: Beginning at
Morpua Bridge on Little River;
thence W. up Raleigh & Tarboro
Road to H. Richardson's corner;
thence S. with his line to a corner
stake in E. M. Renfrow's line; thence
E. to Little River; thence up said
River to part of beginning, contain
ing 40 acres, more or less.
This April 30, 1917.
THE BANK OF WENDELL,
Mortgagee.
MAUDE C. WELLS, Admrx.,
Assignee of Mortgagee
NOTICE OF SUMMONS AND WAR
KANT OK ATTACHMENT.
North Carolina, Johnston County,
Recorder's Court, May 2, 1917.
C. H. Benson
vs.
Harvey Benson.
The defendant above named will
take notice that summons issued
against said defendant on April 26th,
11)17, from the Recorder's Court of
Johnston County, N. C., returnable
to June 5th, 1917, at the Court House
in Johnston County; the defendant
will also take notice that a warrant
of attachment was issued from said
court on the 1st day of May, 1917,
against the property of the said de
fendant, which warrant is also re
turnable to the court at the Court
House in Smithfield, N. C., on the 5th
day of June, 1917, when and where
the defendant is required to appear
and answer or demur to the complaint
or the plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in said
complaint.
This 2nd day of May, 1917.
Z. L. LeMAY,
Clerk Recorder's Court.
NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOND
ELECTION IN MICRO.
Pursuant to a Petition by the Coun
ty Board of Education of Johnston
County, asking for an Election to be
called and held in Micro Graded
School District, for the purpose of
voting on a Bond Issue, not -to exceed
$15,000.00, to run for 20 years, and
to bear interest at a rate not ex
ceeding 6 per cent per annum, pay
able semi-annually, and providing
that a tax not exceeding 30 cents on
the $100.00 of property, and 90 cents
on the poll be levied, for the purpose
of erecting a Graded School Building
for said District, and equipping the
same, as provided by Chapter 55, of
the Public Laws of 1915, it is hereby
ordered that an Election be held in
Micro Graded School District, on
Tuesday, June 12, 1917, for the pur
pose of voting on the question of is
suing not exceeding $15,000.00 of
Bonds, to run for a period of 20
years, to bear interest not exceeding
the rate of six per cent per annum,
payable semi-annually, and to levy a
tax of not exceeding 30 cents on the
$100.00 of property, and 90 cents on
the poll, the funds from which are to
be used in the erection of a Graded
School Building in said District. The
Election is called under Chapter 55,
of the Public Laws of 1915, and as
therein provided will be held under
Rules and Regulations governing
Elections in Special Tax Districts, as
provided in Section 4115 ? Revised,
1905. There shall be an entire now
registration in said District, and all
those electors favoring the issuing of
Bonds and the levying of a special
tax shall vote a ballot, on which shall
be printed the words, "For School
House Bonds," and those who are
opposed shall vote a ballot on which
, shall be printed the words, "Against
. School House Bonds."
The registration books will open
I May 11, and close June 2. Clyde
i Pearce is hereby appointed Registrar,
; and D. H. Bagley and Ivy Edgerton,
1 Poll Holders, to hold and conduct
. said Election.
Unanimously adopted at the regu
lar meeting of the Board of Commis
> sioners, on the 7th day of May, 1917.
SAM T. HONEYCUTT,
Clerk to the Board.
A BOOK FOR THE CHILD IS ONE
of the finest things you can give
him. See our stock of children's
books. Herald Office.