GET READY FOR WASHINGTON.
but Call To Confcderatei* About th?
Reunion at the C&ptial City. Start
From Selma at 1:40 Monday Af
ternoon. June 4th. Sick and Feeble
Men Should Not Go.
In addition to my notice in the Her
ald of the 21st, 1 desire to say that
every Confederate Soldier going to
the Washington Reunion, will be ex
pected to go in the parade and see
and be seen by President Wilson.
Lemonade, bouillion, coffee, sandwich
es and smiles will be ??rved by the
ladies. Now straighten up, get that
full breast out of your back and keep
step to the tap of the drum, hep! (
hep! hep! to the tune of "Dixie" or :
"The Girl I Left Behind Me," and if (
a salted German is handed out, eat
him up. The Bureau of Information '
and Registration will be in the depot i
at Washington, where we expect to
arrive about 12 M., after leaving Sel
ma at 1:40 P. M., by A. C. L. Rail- :
road. Boy Scouts will conduct us to ?
quarters. Take your supper hash |
from home, and don't find fault. Bo
able to touch a dime in your pocket
for emergencies.
Decoros demeanor is expected of
you. A feeble or sick man should not
go. No pleasure to him, and an an
noyance to friends.
Be at Selma the forenoon of the
4th and get your tickets. A list of
the names obtained since those pub
lished, is herewith appended, and if
others are found, will be added to the
list, up to Saturday the 2nd:
J. M. Parrish, Alex Eason, W. M.
Hodges, Z. A. Hocutt, W. II. Pool,
Jap Atkinson, Thomas Harmon, J.
R. Pope, W. J. Y. Thurston, A. J.
Ellis, Elias Aycock, J. B. Parker, R.
D. Withers, S. J. A. Darden, J. T.
Stancil, J. J. Tiner, Joscphus John
son, A. N. Overby, Kin Millard, G. H.
Perry, G. W. Weeks, J. II. Sutton, W.
B. Cole, N. R. Parker, Y. E. Pnrker,
Ira Lanston, J. B. Hood, W. 11.
Langley, J. E. Strickland, N. G. Mas
Bey, Simeon Massey, J. E. Creech, N.
E. Rachea, W. H. Grice, 11. L. Graves,
Sr., ? 8G all told.
Remember it is no place for a sick
man.
C. S. POWELL,
Commander.
May 28, 1917.
Crop Conditions Abroad.
According to the report furnished
the government by the International
Institute of Agriculture at Kome the
crop conditions in foreign countries
on May 1, was as follows:
The r.rea sown in 1917 to wheat in
Spain was 10,300,000 acres, or 105
per cent of last year's area, and 10(5
per cent of the average for the live
years 1911-1015; in Switzerland,
128,000 acres, or 104 per cent of last
year's area, and 120 per cent of the
average for the five years 1911-1915;
in India, 32,885,000 acres, or 109 per
cent of last year's area, and 108 per
cent of the average for the five years
1911-1915, and in Algeria, 3,141,000
acres, or 90 per cent of last year's
area and 92 per cent of the average
for the five years 1911-1915.
The 1917 area of rye in Spain was
1,846,000 acres, or 100 per cent of
last year's area, and 97 per cent of
the average for the five years 1911
1915; and in Switzerland, 74,000
acres, or 105 per cent of last year's
area, and 122 per cent of the average
for the five years 1911-1915.
The 1917 area of barley in Spain
was 4,025,000 acres, or 93 per cent of
last year's area, and 112 per cent
of the average for the five years
1911-1915, and in Algeria, 2,852,000
acres, or 95 per cent of last year's
area and 90 per cent of the average
for the five years 1911-1915.
The 1917 area of oats in Spain
was 1,410,000 acres, or 119 per cent
of last year's area, and 107 per
cent of the average for the five years
1911-1915; in Switzerland, 111,000
acres, or 108 per cent of last year's
area, and 133 per cent of the aver
age for the five years 1911-1915, and
in Algeria, 524,000 acres, or 98 per
cent of last year's area, and 100 per
cent of the average for the five years
1911-1915.
Watch the Pasture.
At this time, we wish to again call
attention to the fact that because the
livestock are in a pasture during the
summer does not mean that they may
not suffer from a lack of fetd. Many
of our pastures are so dry and bare
during the fall months that the stock
actually suffer for sufficient food to
keep them from losing the gains
made during the early part of the
season. There is still time to provide
^ against this, either by the growing of
crops to be cut and fed ? soiling ? or
by arranging to reduce the number
of animals on the pasture when it
becomes dry and short, or by provid
ing another pasture. It will always
pay to sell some of the cattle, those
in best condition for market, rather
that; have the full number in the
pasture to starve and lose the gains
made earlier in the season. ? Progres
sive Farmer.
More About Registration.
The people are interested in the
registration which it to take plare
next Tuesday, June 5th, under the
selective draft war measure. From
one of our State papers we find the
following':
"There are those liable to register
for conscription v. ho do not vote,
and many who do vote are not lia
ble to the duty of registration for
the draft measures. For instance,
the draft law requires that every
man between the age of 21 and .'50,
both inclusive, or up to the day of
the 31st birthday, shall register, be
he married, single, Jew, Gentile,
white, black, natirral-born, natural'
ized, or alien, sick or in good health.
AH men of every race and color
within the prescribed age limits is
affected by the government's draft re
quirements.
"Many negroes and aliens who for
one reason or another do not and
are not entitled to vote in an elec
tion will not escape liability to reg
ister. Men above .'{1 years of age who
do vote will not be affected.
"Registration does not necessarily
mean that the man registering will
be drafted into the army, according
to a War Department announcement.
It merely means that is the govern
ment's method of providing a way
for ascertaining the number of men
within those age limits."
Next Monday the Atlantic Coast
Line train which leaves Selma at 1:40
for Washington City will be boarded
by a number of old Confederate Vet
erans who are going to attend the
grand Reunion at the Nation's Capi
tal with their railroad fare paid by
the county.
McAIMK) SAYS PEOPE ARE
HEADY TO HEAR WAR TAX
Washington, May 27.? Secretary
McAdoo, home from a speaking tour
of middle and central western cities
in the interest of the liberty loan,
declared in a statement tonight that
the people were behind the adminis
tration's program of raising approx
imately $1,800,000,000 for war pur
poses by taxation.
"I found the most gratifying dis
position on the part of people every
where," said the secretary, " to bear
the necessary additional eaxation re
quired for the war and for the main
tenance of sound economic conditions
in the country. I spoke specially of
the necessity of raising no less than
$1,800,000,000 in new taxes and the
response of every audience was in
stantaneous and gratifying.
"There is no objection on the part
of the great mass of people to the
proposal to raise $1,800,000,000 by
taxation. I found some opposittion
to the r.mount on the part of a few
small groups of business men, but
most of them seemed reconciled to
the amount when the situation was
explained. Of course, we must dis
tribute these taxes equitably and
justly."
Plant A Big Acreage of Cow peas.
As a maker of food and feed, the
cowpea is one of the best crops we
have. It has two distinct additional
advantages as compared with many
other crops, the first being that it
uoes well as a catch crop after oats
or wheat or with co(n, and, second,
it may be olanied as late as July and
excellent yields obtained.
While the South is well acquainted
with the cowpea as a human food, we
believe this is a year when we should
eat peus to a greater extent than
ever before. In human food value the
pea ranks with the very best, the
vines and hulls make excellent feed
for livestock, and it would appear
practically impossible to make the
acreage too large. Certainly we
have millions of acres in corn and
millions of acres of stubble land
that may well be planted to peas.
To offset in so far as possible the
high cost of seed, peas should, when
ever time and the labor supply will
permit, be planted in rows and cul
tivated. In this way, from a given
quantity of seed, two and possibly
three times as large yields of peas
will be had. And then when the crop
is mature all peas not immediately
use! must be carefully saved. Pick
ing and storing the dry peas means
much wholesome and nutritious
food for next winter. The crop may
also be canned, thus preserving
much of its freshness and flavor.
In the use of crops like corn, cow
peas and lima beans, all of which
may yet be planted, the South is in
position to make itself largely inde
pendent of high-priced flour and meat.
Corn bread and cowpeas seasoned
with a little bacon not only taste
good, but they come very near fur
nishing a perfectly balanced diet.
Now is the time to prepare for an
abundant store of these for the hard
months that are ahead. ? Progressive
Farmer.
I
Bolivia has a public debt ol
$20,715,180.
CAUTION TO ALL WHO MUST
REGISTER.
Section 61, of the Registration Reg
ulations prescribed by the President
under authority of the Act of Con
gress approved May 18, 1917, says:
"All males who shall have attained
their twenty -first birthday and who
shall not have attained their thirty
first birthday on or before the day
set for registration must register
The only exceptions are persons in
the military or naval service oft the
United States, which includes all of
ficers and enlisted men of the Regu
lar Army, the Navy, the Marine
Corps, and the National Guard and
Naval Militia while in the service of
the United States, and officers in the
Officers' Reserve Corps and enlisted
men in the Enlisted Reserve Corps
while in active service. If you are a
male between the designated ages
and are not in the military or naval
service of the United States, you are
subject to registration on the day
fixed by the President, and if you
fail to present yourself, or, present
ing yourself, you give false, mislead
ing, or incorrect answers, you are a
misdemeanant and subject to punish
ment by imprisonment in jail, to
which punishment there is no alter
native of fine. Persons who, for any
reason, have failed to register on the
day set by the President must reg
ister themselves without delay with
the registration board of the subdi
vision in which they have their per
manent homes."
Can Food At Home.
Vast amounts of edible corn, toma
toes, pickles, string beans, pump
kins, apples, peaches, grapes, and
other fruits and vegetables, are al
lowed to rot on the ground each
year in this country. The average
family with a garden is supplied so
bountifully during the season that
long before the first killing frost
comes waste begins. In the country
and country towns especially, there
is little or no profitable market for
the overproduction. This year not a
pound of vegetable food capable of
being saved, by drying or canning or
preserving, should be allowed to .
spoil. The boys can render splendid
service by care of the garden and
gathering the produce, and the girls
can do their part in preparing and
canning. The process of cooking for
canning is not diflicult to learn, nor
too exhausting to perform, and this
year we should put upon our shelves
for next winter's consumption mil
lions upon millions of quarts of can
ned food. This will release an equal i
amount, which otherwise would be
taken from the output of the big
canneries, and which can go to feed <
our own Army and Navy or be ship
ped abroad to starving Europe. No i
boy or girl need wait until he or she
is older in order to do some great \
thing. If only 5,000,000 families can
an extrn 100 jars each, the result will i
be 500,000,000 jars more than last i
year, and that is anything but a
small accomplishment. Don't let a I
pound of food go to waste this year.
Those of us who are not already ;
thrifty must learn to become so, and
once the habit is formed, the results
are so surprising and satisfying it i
becomes a pleasure. ? H. H. Windsor,
in the June Popular Mechanics Mag
azine.
More than eighty cases of liquor,
at least 1,920 pints in all, were cap
tured by Federal officers when they
visited and searched the cellar of
the home of J. H. Falkner, four
miles east of this city, Thursday
morning, according to B. B. Bould
ing, deputy collector of internal rev
enue, who, with four other deputies,
came here Wednesday evening to
make an investigation. ? Henderson
Gold Leaf, 25th.
Canners, Take Notice.
We want to urge every one who
has spoken for tin cans to come for
them on Saturday, June 2nd. We
haven't enough cans to supply the
demand until another order arrives
and if you who have spoken for cans
want them at once, please come on
Saturday or it may be necessary for
you to wait until the next order ar
rives. Remember that the warehouse
will be open ONLY on Saturdays.
NELL riCKENS.
Smithfield, N. C., May 28, 1917.
ATTENTION TAX PAYERS OF
SELMA TOWNSHIP.
The law provides yoa must list
your taxes before June 1st or pay
double taxes. For the convenience of
all who have not listed their taxes I
will be at Selma all day Wednesday
and Thursday, the last days of May,
to list taxes. After this date the
books will be closed.
H. R. EASOM.
ASK FOR VOI R CASH TICKETS
at Cotter-Hardware Co., Smithfield,
N. C. They are worth 5 per cent.
ASKED TO QUIT FOOLISHNESS.
I'ou Willing To Help Militant* On
Condition That They Cut Out
Heckling Methods.
Washington, May 28. ? Representa
tive E. W. Pou, as chairman of the
House Committee on Rules, has put
a fair and square proposition up to
th<; suffragists. He has told them that
if they will quit their monkeying,
that is picketing the White Hou^e and
the capitol his committee will give
them a committee of the House, but
if they continue that "foolishness"
there will be nothing doing. M~.
Pou is hitting at Miss Alice Paul,
and her bushwhacking militants,
who has kept a guard about the
White House for months, and who
has recently maintained a small pick
et at the Senate and* House office
buildings.
Today Mr. Pau said: "The chances
are good for a Woman Suffrage Com
mittee in the House of Representa
tives if the women will take their
pickets away from the White House
and the capitol.
"If they would take their pickets
away, I think I could get authority
from the committee to report favor
ably the resolution creating a com
mittee."
The members do not approve of
the pickets. In the hearing recently
held on the subject Representative
Harrison, of Mississippi, declared the
heckling must stop before he will
vote for the resolution. It is the un
derstanding among members that all
the women want the picketing stop
ped except the Congressional Union
for Women Suffrage. It is in their
power to remove the feature so objec
tionable to members.
A Liberty Bond has the Govern
ment back of it. It also draws 3 Ms
per cent interest and is not taxed.
Every person who can should buy a
bond and thus prove his patriotism.
New York Cafe.
Mr. Christ Jones, of Rocky Mount,
N. C., was in our town Tuesday. He
has contracted to lease the S. B.
Jones building for several years for
the purpose of running an up-to-date
Cafe. Mr. Jones is an experienced
restaurant man, he having been in
the business for twenty-five years,
thirteen years in Greece, and twelve
years in the United States. Ten oi
the twelve years in this country Mr.
Jones has managed The Ideal Cafe !
at Rocky Mount with much success.
Mr. Jones is a naturalized American
citizen and is highly respected by all
who know him. Besides owning the
Ideal Cafe in Rocky Mount, he op
crates a string of cafes at the fol
lowing places: New York Cafe at
Scotland Neck, Wilson, and The Busy
Bee at Petersburg, Va. He comes to
us highly recommended and promises
to operate an up-to-date sanitary
cafe which will remain open day and
night. Mr. Jones now expects to be
gin business August first, but if the
building can be remodeled at an ear
lier date he will begin business be
fore then. After opening up The New
York Cafe here, he will be glad for
the people of Smithfield and the
community to come to his place of
business and inspect it. ? Advt.
READ "LLOYD GEORGE, THE
Man and His Story," price one do
lar. An interesting story of the life
of one who has risen from lowly
beginnings to the chief place in the
government of one of the greatest
nations in the world. Herald Office.
\ .
SEE US FOR WIRE FENCING.
We have it in any weight. Cotter
Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C.
NOTICE.
Under and by virtue of an order of
the Superior Court of Johnston Coun
ty, made in the special proceedings
entitled, A. M. Noble, administrator
of Willis Powell, deceased, and D.
H. Durham vs. Bost Joyner, et als,
heirs at law of Willis Powell, de
ceased, the undersigned commission
er will, on the 30th day of June, 1917,
in front of the postoffice in the town
of Princeton, N. C., offer for sale to
the highest bidder, for cash, that
certain tract of land lying and being
in the town of Princeton, and de
scribed and defined as follows:
"Beginning at T. P. Farley's cor
ner, then north 116% feet to Eugene
Holt's corner; then west 116% feet
to John Reed's corner; then south
116% feet to Georgianna Reed's cor
ner; then east 116% feet to the be
ginning, containing one-half acre,
more or less."
This 28th day of May, 1917.
A. M. NOBLE,
Commissioner.
PHYSICAL TKAIINIINO
ItACMfcRS IN DEMAND
Younff Men anil Women about to be
Kraduitttil from High School should
consider this healthful. useful, dig
nified and profitable profession.
My recent legislation Physical train
ing Is made obligatory In every
school In N%w York and New Jer
sey. I'enn . North and South Caro
lina have bills pending.
Kend for Catalog ?f the only school
of physical education chartered by
the University of the Slate of New
York (J rxlrr the Netrnti)
THE SAVAGE SCHOOL TOR
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
310 WemJ S9tf> S/r?t. N?w York City
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENT?
TOWN OF SMITHFIELD, N. C.,
FROM MAY, 1916 TO MAY, 1917.
. TREASURER'S REPORT.
RECEIPTS
On hand May 2, 1916 $ 2,484.66
Received from E. S. Sanders, Tax Collector 25,539.58
Notes discounted First National Bank 5,241.84
$33,26C.0f
DISBURSEMENTS
Paid out per vouchers of Mayor and Clerk $31,155.68
Balance on hand May 8, 1917 2,110.40
33, 266. M
DETAIL REPORT.
RECEIPTS
On hand May 2, 1916 $ 2,484.66
General Taxes 13,329.93
Water Receipts 2,432.90
Light Receipts 7,988.90
Rents from Market House 424.50
Sale of Supplies - 211.75
License Taxes 968.60
From Civic Department, Woman's Club 159.00
Privy Tax 24.00
Borrowed from First National Bank 5,241.84
33,26C.M
DISBURSEMENTS
Power from Carolina Light & Power Co $4,007.50
Street work 4,573.06
V/ater Inspection 64.00
Insurance on Power House and City Hall 173.76
New Cemetery 2,000.00
Last Installment Cora Dobson Judgment 2,240.00
Costs in suit of Cora Dobson 172.83
Folice service 720.00
Electrician 1,300.00
Tax Collector 720.00
Commissioners 152.00
Mayor 200.00
Treasurer, $100.00; Clerk, $71.60; Attorney, $50.00 221.60
Extra Police, $75.00; Mule, $300.00 375.00
Freight, $109.55;. Telephone, $30.66 140.21
Supplies for all departments 3,165.02
Llterest Coupons 3,620.00
Notes paid First National Bank 7,310.70
$31,155.01
Balance on hand May 8, 1917 $2,110.4#
N. M. LAWRENCE, JR.,
Clerk to the Board of Town Commissioners.
BUSINESS LOCALS
FOR WIRE FENCING, ANT
height, see the Cotter Hardware
Company, Smithfield, N. C
\ BOOK FOR THE CHILD IS ONE
of the finest things you can give
him. See our stock of children's
books. Herald Office.
5EE US FOR WELL TILING.
Cotter Hardware Co., Smithfield,
N. C.
VICE HONEY FOR SALE? SEE C.
R. Turner, or phone 124-J, Smith
field, N. C.
WHEN YOU NEED SASH, DOORS
and blinds see the Cotter Hardware
Co., Smithfield, N. C.
[ HAVE FOR SALE ONE GOOD
milk cow. James C. Creech, Smith
field, N. C., R. F. D. No. 2.
DON'T PUT OFF SCREENING
your house ? do it now. Phone us,
we have the Screens. Cotter Hard
ware Co., Smithfield, N. C.
FRESH JERSEY COWS FOR SALE
by E. F. Boyett, Smithfield, N. C.
GET OUR PRICES ON SASH,
doors and blinds. Cotter Hardware
Company, Smithfield, N. C.
I HAVE EIGHT BULL PUPS FOR
sale. J. A. Myatt, Smithfield, N. C.,
R. F. D. No. 1.
DON'T PUT OFF SCREENING
your house ? do it now. Phone us,
we have the Screens. Cotter Hard
ware Co., Smithfield, N. C.
FOR SALE ? JERSEY MILK COW
with or without calf. G. T. Boyett,
Princeton, N. C., R. F. D. No. 1.
SEE US FOR GALVANIZED ROOF
ing. We can sell you cheap. Cotter
Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C.
I HAVE A FINE LOT OF REGIS
tered Duroc Jersey pigs for sale at
$15 per pair. Now ready for deliv
ery. Chas. F. Kirby, Sclma, N. C.
ASK FOR YOUR CASH TICKETS
at Cotter-Hardware Co., Smithfield,
N. C. They are worth 5 per cent.
BINDERS TWINE AND BALING
wire, best grades, now in stock.
Roberts Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C.
ASK FOR YOUR CASH TICKETS
at Cotter-Hardware Co., Smithfield,
N. C. They are worth 5 per cent.
REAPERS AND BINDERS FROM
15 to 20 per cent under the pres
ent market. Buy one and save the
grain crops. Roberts Atkineon Co.,
Sclma, N. C.
THE SMITHFIELD BUILDING &
Loan Association has helped a
number of people to build home*.
It will help others, and maybe you.
New series of shares now open.
See Mr. J. J. Broadhurst.
THE WAR IS ON US AND WE ARE
to pay higher taxes, but a man
cannot afford to do without his
county paper. Renew to-day.
MOWERS AND RAKES. WE HAVE
them bought before the advance,
and therefore can save you money.
Roberts Atkinson Co., Selma, N. G.
SEE US FOR WIRE FENCING.
We have it in any weight. Cotter
Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C.
FOR SALE FINE DUROC JERSEY
pigs from best registered stock. N?
better breeding to be had. T. S.
Ragsdale, Smithfield, N. C.
SEE US FOR WELL TILING.
Cotter Hardware Co., Smithfield,
N. C.
SHINGLES AND LATHS FOR
sale. Roberts Atkinson Company,
Selma, N. C.
WE HAVE WIRE FENCING IN
any height. Cotter Hardware Co.,
Smithfield, N. C.
SAVE A MAN AND TEAM IN
your farm work by buying a No.
4 Riding Cultivator. Roberts At
kinson Co., Selma, N. C.
ASK FOR YOUR CASH TICKETS
at Cotter-Hardware Co., Smithfield,
N. C. They are worth 5 per cent.
LET US SELL YOU A NUMBER 4
Pivot Axle Riding Cultivator. They
save team and labor, both of which
is high. Roberts Atkinson Com
pany, Selma, N. C.
ASK FOR YOUR CASH TICKETS
at Cotter-Hardware Co., Smithfield,
N. C. They are worth 5 per cent.
TURNER'S NORTH CAROLINA
Almanacs for 1917 now on sale at
The Herald Office. Price ten cent*.
A FEW MORE COPIES OF "THE
Story of Europe and the Nations at
War" now on sale at The Herald
Office.
ASK FOR YOUR CASH TICKETS
at Cotter-Hardware Co., Smithfield,
N. C. They are worth 5 per ccnt.
LOOK ON YOUR LABEL, AND IF
your subscription is in arrears re
member the printer. He has to pay
weekly for the cost of getting out
the paper. Paying up when your
time is out helps us.
PLENTY OF OLD PAPERS NOW
on hand at The Herald Office at I
cents per bundle.
THE COTTER HARDWARE COM
pany can sell you galvanized roof
ing cheap. Smithfield, N. C.
All of Certain Age To Register.
The law requires that every malt
citizen, white and colored, from 21
to 30 years of age, inclusive, (that is
one who has not yet reached 31) shal
register on June 5th. Those who ar?
sick must send in their card,
and those who are away from hom?
must send in their names by mail.