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YOU CAN HE Li* FEED YOURSELF Make Home Garden* and Hack Yard* Productive. Make Every Square Yard of Fertile, Sunny Soil Pro duce Food for Your Family. If You Can't Raise A11 Your Owa Vegeta bles. at Least Raise Some. Make your ground work for you and the Nation. Idle ground is waste; this is no time for waste or idleness. You can raise some vegetables for your family, no matter how small a piece of ground you have. Somcltody has to raise everything you eat ? do your share. Make successive plantings of let tuce, radishes, beans, and other short-season crops. Start new crops between the rows of plants that are soon to be re moved. As fast as the ground is cleared of one crop Btart a new crop. See that your garden toward fall is full of potatoes, beets, turnips, cabbage, and other staple foods that can be stored for tho winter. Boys and girls can help to make the soil in your gardens, back yards, and vacant lots produce food for the family. Last year they raised in their gardens and helped to can more than 4,000,000 packages of valuable food. If your garden at any time pro duces more than you can use immedi ately, do not allow the surplus to spoil. Can surplus beans, peas, corn, po tatoes, beets, spinach, pumpkin, and squash for winter use. Can or preserve apples, peaehes, pears, chcrries, quinces, berries, and uther cultivated and wild fruits. Every can of vegetables or fruit and every jar of preserved food means that you have saved food materials that would have otherwisi been ?wasted. Can or store root crops, cabbage, and other vegetables properly so that they will keep well and supply you with food when the garden ceases to produce. The U. S. Department of Agricul ture or your State agricultural col lege or county agent will give you explicit directions for raising vege tables, and will tell you simple meth ods for canning vegetables and fruit nt home with ordinary home utensils. Demonstrate thrift in your home. Make saving, rather than spending, your social standard. ? Weekly News Letter. Hotter Weather lieipH uram. The weekly weather report of the Department of Agriculture, us is sued on Wednesday, follows in part: "The rains in Texas, Oklahoma, and the eastern half of Kansas were very bcneficial to winter wheat, and good progress was made in the growth of th.it crop. Some improvement was made in other sections, particu larly in the northern portions of the winter wheat States. The plants are heading as far north us Tennesssee, southern Kansas and Missouri, al though heading low in most sections. "The seeding of spring wheat was practically completed. The weather was favorable for germination, and the growth of the plant and this crop is in a. very promising position in most districts, although somewhat late in some sections of the West. "The harvesting of winter oats is in progress in parts of the South, and the crop is poor in the Southeastern States. The seeding of spring oats is well advanced in the extreme North, and the seed is germinating readily and the plant making satisfactory growth. The seeding of barley and spring rye was well advanced, and winter rye was heading as far north as southern Pennsylvania. The weath er conditions were very favorable for barley in California, and this crop is looking well in the North Central States. "Higher temperatures and generous rains produced conditions much more favorable for corn in the prin cipal corn-growing States. The work of planting and replanting was car ried on rapidly, and the corn that was up made good growth, especially in the Southwestern corn States. In the Southeast the dry weather was detrimental and corn made slow growth." ? Dun's Review. Short Apple Crop. State Horticulturalist W. M. Hutt, aays reports from the mountain sec tion of North Carolina indicate a heavy dropping off in the apple crop with changed conditions that give promise of not over half a crop in stead of the heavy yield indicated earlier in the season. There have been serious development of blight as well as the falling of the fruit. Mr. Hutt has just visited the sand hill peach region and says the peach crop is exceptionally promising and there is every indication that the prices will be quite good especially for the early shippers. Southern farmers are cutting down cotton acreage for food crops. WILL SI'EAK ON LANDS AT WAR Mr. Vermont's Addresses on Belgium and France to be Illustrated. Supt. A. Vermont, of Smithfield.J has been scheduled to lecture to the University Summer School this year on Belgium and France. He will prob ably give two lectures. Mr. Vermont was in Europe at the beginning of the Great War and has been a close stu dent of its development and its events. He was born in Belgium, be came a naturalized citizen, and speaks English fluently. He has been connected for years with education in North Carolina and is already well known by most of the teachers. He will speak on his native land, Belgium, and also on France. He is well acquainted with both countries. The lecture will be illustrated and the students will have the opportuni ty to travel with Mr. Vermont through the country where the world is now at war. ? Summer School News. Crop Condition# and Inductions in Cotton Acreage. Prospects for cotton in Alabama, according to The Journal of Com merce, are poor, says a reccnt issue of Dun's Review, large acreage re ductions being almost universally reported and percentage condition low. A cold, dry season has caused poor germination, and considerable cotton has been plowed up and put in to corn and other grains. Where stands have been obtained they are poor, and much replanting has been necessary. The season is over two weeks late. Very little is said about fertilizers or shortage of labor, but the early appearance of the boll wee vil iH creating some apprehension. Cold weather in Mississippi has giv en cotton a very late start, the sea son being about three weeks back word. Poor and irregular stands have resulted and much replanting has been necessary. Where cotton has been plowed up this land has been put into corn, and acreage will show a substantial reduction over a year ago. A warm rain is badly need ed. In Louisiana acreage increases re ported are numerous and substantial, while condition figures are fairly good. Stand is good and ground is well cultivated, but plant is small ow ing to cold weather. Much of the crop looks sickly and needs a warm rain. Some farmers are plowing up cotton and planting corn. There are no com plaints of insects or scarcity of labor. The season is over two weeks late. Correspondents are about even > divided on increases and decreases in the area of cotton in North I arolina, but the tendency from reports thus far received is to decrease. ( old weather, with general frost on the 14th inst. has retarded germination and made the season 10 to 15 days late. Much replanting has been nec essary, and some of this acreage has K(,ne into corn. Where obtained stands are poor, and percentage condition appears rather low. Weather has been more favorable of late. Preliminary reports from South Carolina indicate a slight decrease in acreage, but condition is rather low owing to cold weather, which has caused the season to be over two weeks late. Considerable replanting has been necessary, and some plowed land has been put to corn. C ultiva tion is generally good, and warm weather is much needed. Stands are poor, and labor is scarce. In Georgia unusually cold weather has greatly injured cotton prospects resulting in much replanting and poor stands and the season is fully two weeks late. In many instances, where cotton has been plowed up, this land has been put into corn or other foodstuffs. Cotton is not all up, and labor and seed are scarce. Acreage decreases will more than offset the increases, vand condition will range between 70 and 80 per cent. Some fear of the boll weevil is expressed, but not to a serious extent. TRIED TO CORNER ONION CROP. Indictments Have Been Issued In 88 Cases by Federal Grand Jury. Eighty-eight corporations and indi viduals were indicted by the Federal Grand Jury at Boston Thursday for conspiring to monopolize interstate commerce in onions, says a Boston dispatch. The indications, which were returned as a result of a na tion-wide inquiry into the cost of food conducted last Winter by United States Attorney George W. Anderson, allege that the defendants divided up the territory of the country among them for the purpose of eliminating competition; that maximum prices were fixed for the purchase of on ions, and that the supply was hoard ed in order to increase prices. Mr. Anderson estimated that the annual crop of onions amounted to 200,000,000 pounds, three-fourths rf which, he said, was alleged to have been controlled by the defendants. GOOD STANDS OF CORN. Specialists Make Sulfations for llrin^inK TTirough Proper Num ber of SeedlinK Hants. T<? make every acre of corn do its i full duty this year, to bring its yield up to "war strength," it must be started off with a good stand. Farm ers who exercise all means to this end at planting time will be well re- ] paid at the harvest. Here are some suggestions from specialists of tlM < United States Department of Agri culture that may aid in securing, as far as possible, the proper number of ] plants to the acre: The best distribution of plants ] over the land is obtained by making the distances between single plants in the row and the distances between ] rows the same. With such an equal distribution, the l .i-t possible loss 1 from competition is experienced. However, in order that sufficient ! plants be grown upon an acre to utilizi in. -t completely the resources ' of the soil and climate and at the same time permit intertillage and other desirable practices, it is usual ly necessary to sacrifice some of the advantages to be g;. i?'d by even dis tribution for those to be gained by other desirable cultural practices. These cultural n. thods frequently may be altered so as to reduce this loss, and the greatest saving in this connection is by means of implements specially adapted to this work. Where general-purpose implements are us ed, distances between rows of as much as 5 or <1 feet are often con sidered necessary. Hy preparing the land thoroughly and then using highly and cultivating the corn, the rows need be no more than three and one half feet apart and the distances be tween plants in the rows can be in creased accordingly. The number of plants per acre re quired for the best results will de pend more or less upon the natural fertility of the land, the quantity of fertilizer used, the method of culture 1 practiced, the time of planting, the evennees of the distribution of plants, whether other crops are grown with corn, the variety, and the season. The season is, of course, the most im- ' portant factor influencing the stand required and, as its character can note be foretold, it is evident that specific advice in this connection can not be given. In practice, corn is commonly ' planted in stands ranging from 3,630 1 to 7,260 plants per acre, or (> to 12 squire feet jw?r plant. Most stands of corn have been planted with an al lowance of 8 to 12 square feet per plant. 1 One of the most deplorable losses due to defective stand is from the blank spaces seen to a greater or less extent in practically every field. The ability of the plants to utilize extra space rapidly diminishes as the * distance increases, and the practical limit probably does not exceed 5 or (! feet. Beyond this distance the loss so far as the corn crop is concerned is complete. Good seed of a uniform size and shape is an important factor in securing a stand, as it makes pos sible a more uniform distribution by the planter. Burrowing animals and birds fre quently de serious damage to the stand by eating the seed or by pull ing up the very young plants. Odorous substances have been tried in various ways to prevent such at tacks. The substance that is most fa vorably considered for this purpose at present is coal tar, because it seems successful as a repellent, it will not injure the seed, costs very little, and may be dried so as to plant free ly in a machine. It is recommended that the seed be wet with warm wa ter before adding the tar. A tea spoonful of the tar will be sufficient for a peck of corn. The mass must be thoroughly mixed and then dried before planting. In wet, cold land the seed some times is covered with too much oil. On such land the seed should be planted just deep enough to have it in contact with moist soil. In cold weather or on low, flat, or otherwise poorly drained land the seed may germinate badly, and the plants that start are slow in grow ing and weak. Worms, grass, and weeds are likely to destroy such corn if it is not assisted. From 25 to 30 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre, applied with the corn drill at the time the corn is planted, will quickly force the young plants past the period of greatest loss nnd thus greatly in crease the chances of securing a stand. Whenever it is at all difficult to get the desired stand, extra seed should be planted to offset the loss. Thinning will usually result in great er economy than leaving a defective stand or replanting. ? Government News Letter. At Chicago June 8th, the United States government will open bids for 74,400 motor vehicles for the ar my. Four thousand are for passen ger service, the remainder trucks for the army. Grace For GardvitH. Lord God in Paradise, Look upon our eowing, Bless the little gardens And the good green growing! Give us sun, Give us rain, Bless the orchards And the grain! Lord God in Paradise, Please bless the beans and peas, Give us corn full on the ear ? We will praise Thee, Lord, for these! Bless the blossom And the root, Bless the seed And the fruit! Lord God in Paradise, Over my brown field is seen, Trembling and adventuring, A miracle of green. Send such grace As you know, To keep it safe And make it grow! Lord God in Paradise, For the wonder of the seed, Wondering, we praise you, while We tell you of our need. Look down from Paradise, Look upon our sowing, Bless the little gardens And the good green growing! Give us sun, Give us rain, Bless the orchards And the grain! ? Louise Driscoll. ('<)(H' THE MOTHER HEN. Loss of Chicks by Exposure Largely Prevented by Confining the Hen. It is not good poultry management to allow the mother hen to range un restricted with her chvks. With such freedom the hen frequently takes her brood through wet grass, and as a result some arc chilled and die, es- ; pecially the weaker ones, which are likely to be left behind. The loss of j young chicks which follows such a practice is large and mainly prevent-' able, specialists in the United States Department of Agriculture say, ' Furthermore, the food which a brood ' allowed to range with the hen ob- 1 tains goes very largely to keep up 1 the heat of the body and the chicks ; do not make as good growth as they otherwise would. Chick losses of this nature can be largely prevented by shutting the hen in a coop. Any style of coop which is dry, ventilated, and can be closed at night to protect the brood against cats, rats, and other animals, and which, while confining the hen,1 will allow the chicks to pass in and out freely after they are a few days old, will be satisfactory. The hen should be confined until the chicks are weaned, though a small yard may he attached to the coop, if desired, to allow the hen to exercise. The fence can be raised from the ground far enough to allow the chicks to go in or out, but not high enough for the hen to escape. By using a coop the chicks can find shelter and warmth under the hen at any time, and the weak lings after a few days may develop into strong, healthy chicks. Where chicks are raised with hens, they are likely to become infested with lice. If the lice get very numer ous, they greatly retard the chicks' , growth and may even cause their ^ death. The hen should be powdered thoroughly with some good insect powder before she is put in the coop with the chicks and at intervals of, several days or a week thereafter. I The baby chicks should be examined for lice, particularly on the head, un- , <ler the wings, and about the vent. If any are found, a little grease, such as lard, should be rubbed on in those places. Apply grease moderately, as I too much will injure the chicks. The chicks should be examined frequently and the treatment repeated if lice are found on them. ? Government News Letter. Great Red Cross Campaign. The greatest campaign the Red Cross ever has waged, designed to raise $100,000,000 to care for Ameri can soldiers who fight democracy's battle on the European fields, and to lend a helping hand to thousands in the districts already devastated by the war, was launched at Washing ton City last week at a meeting of representatives of the larger cities ' of the country. More than 100 men and women were present from forty cities, and the meeting was enthusiustic to a degree that indicated a strong belief in the willingness of Americans to contribute to the cause of mercy. Henry P. Davison, Chairman of the Red Cross War Council, announcing the amount to be raised, said it was certain that $100,000,000 would be re quired to approach compliance with the most pressing needs. Brazil has postponed for two years redemption of treasury notes issued in 1915. Major General Hunter Liggett. PRESIDENT FORMULATES REGISTRATION RULES To make the work as light as pos sible upon the registrars, many of whom will serve without compensa tion, President Wilson has ordered all police officers as well as all Federal agents, to assist in, the work and see that all persons register who should do so. The rules also demand -of the citizen, courteous treatment of the registrars. Section 16 of the rules laid down for the enforcement of the registra tion law, says that policemen, con stables and all other civil officers, are required to render every ar.; iv*ance possible. The act concludes: "It is especially made the duty cf such police officers, to see that all persons within the designated ages have registered and to report those who have not registered to the prop er registration board for such action as may be necessary. Police officers may require any person subject to registration to exhibit his registra tion certificate." In section 47, the registrar is told how to act. "If the person is sullen or inclined to falsify, evade or refuse to answer, call his attention to the law on page 2 of those instructions which imposes a penalty of imprisonment for such conduct. If he is still refractory, do not delay the registration, but call witnesses, take the refractory per son's name, etc." In Memory of Grandfather. Mr. J. U. Benson, a substantial farmer, who lived near Four Oaks, died at his home Friday morning, May 11, 1917. He had been in poor health for some time, and since the death of his last wife, this spring, had been almost constantly confined to his room. He was upwards of eigh ty years of age. He was a member of the Primitive Baptist church at Hannah's Creek for the past forty two years. He remained a faithful member to that church till death, at tended the meetings regularly, un less P/ovidentially hindered. His home was ever open to the preachers, brethren and friends to whom he ex tended a hearty welcome. I can sincerely say he was a good neighbor, a kind and lovirig father, and his Christian conduct could not be surpassed, and now he is gone to his reward which is prepared for those of like Christian character-, and may God's most holy will be done and not ours, and may He rec oncile His loved ones to His most holy will. Grandfather leaves surviving him eight children, several grandchildren, brothers, sisters and other relatives. He was buried Saturday afternoon, at the family burying ground in the presence of a large crowd of sorrow ing friends and relatives. When the toils of life are over, And like you, we lay our armor by, May the Lord prepare us to meet you In a home beyond the sky. HIS GRANDDAUGHTER. Training Camp for Negroes. Brigadier General H. P. McCain, Adjutant General of the army, sent to the Departments Friday an outline of the plans for the establishment of a colored officers' training camp at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, says a Wash ington dispatch. All colored reserve I officers will be trained in this camp. It will have accommodations for 1, 250 men, who will be placed in com mand of colored contingents to be Raised under the Draft act. The camp will open on June 18th. Porto Rico will this year export more than 400,000 crates of pineap ples, 90,000 boxes of grape-fruit and 1 7,000 boxes of oranges. 25 Cent[Books At Special Prices For the Next Few Days We Will Sell Any Book in the List Be low for 20 Cents; Any 3 Books for 50 Cents; Any 7 Books for $1.00. The Boy Scouts with the Motioa Picture Players. The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squad ron. The Boy Scouts of Naval Reserve. A Fool for Love. Wallingford, by Chester. Trolley Folly, by Phillips. The Motormaniacs, by Osborne. Chimes from a Jester's Bell. The Princess Elopes. Four in Family. The Fifth String, by Sousa. Eccentric Mr. Clark. Four Years of Fighting. Flower Fables, by Alcott. Camping Out, by Stephens. Pretty Polly Pemberton. A Modern Cinderella, by Alcott. Bertha's Christmas Vision. Wood's Natural History. The Water Babies, by Kingsley. Greek Heroes, by Kingsley. Coming Back with the Spitball. Poor Boys' Chances, by John Hab berton. The Young Editor. Frank's Campaign, by Alger. The Boy Scouts with the Geological Survey. Folly in Fairyland, by Carolyn Wells. Hospital Sketches by Alcott. Adventures in Frozen Seas. Left on Labrador. Merle's Crusade by Carey. The Boy Geologists. .. .by Housto?. Story of John G. Paton. Andy Grant's Pluck by Alger. Another Year With Dennis and Ned Toodles. Moods by Mrs. Alcot. Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill. Charlie Codman's Cruise. See Kings and Naval Heroes. Friends Though Divided Henty. In the Reign of Terror Henty. The Lion of St. Mark Henty. Through the Fray Henty. LIST NUMBER ONE OF 35-Cent Books. Any book in this list for 25c., or any four books for 90c. Campfires of the Wolf Patrol. Fast Nine; or a Challenge from Fair field. Great Hike; or The Pride of the Kha ki Troup. Endurance Test; or How Clear Grit Won the Day. Under Canvas; or The Hunt for th? Cartaret Ghost. With Trapper Jim in the North Woods. Elsie Dinsmore. (3 copies). The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle. Her Senator, by Gunter. Under Two Flags, by Onida. The Camp on the Big Sunflower. The Rivab of the Trail. The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island. Lost in the Great Dismal Swamp. Caught in a Forest Fire. Chums of the Campfire. The Chouans, by Balzac. Hans Brinker; or the Silver Skatei. Mr. Potter of Texas, by Gunter. Peck's Uncle Ike and the Red Headed Boy. The Schonberg-Cotta Family. Larry Dexter in Belgium. Larry Dexter and the Stolen Boy. Tales From Shakespeare. The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook. Dora Thome, by Braeme. The First Violin. THE HERALD OFFICE, Smithfield, N. C. All of Certain Age To Register. The law requires that every mal? citizen, white and colored, from 21 to 30 years of age, inclusive, (that it one who has not yet reached 31) shall register on June 5th. Those who ar? sick must send in their card and tlios# who arc away from home must send in their names by mail. Bunk Maske, negro, was electrocut ed in the penitentiary at Raleigh Friday for the murder last March of Edgar Williams, a member of the po lice force of Wingate, Union County. The negro killed the officer while re sisting arrest on a minor charge. Bunk had no money nor friends, s? he had to sit in the electric chair. SEVERE BRONCHIAL COLD Yields To Delicious Vinol Philadelphia, Ta. ? "Last fall I \ra? troubled with a very severe bronchial cold, headaches, backache, and sick to my stomach. I vai so bad I became alarmed and tried several medicines, also a doctor, but did not get any relief. A friend asked me to try Vinol and it brought the relief which I craved, so now I am enjoying perfect health."? i Jack C. Singleton. We guarantee Vinol for chronic coughs, colds and bronchitis. HOOD BROS., Druggists, Smithfield, N. C.
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