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POLENTA NEWS. Death of Mr. Z. T. Jones, One of Cleveland's Oldest and Most High ly Respected Citizens. Was One of the First to Enlist In Civil War and Was Present at Lee's Surren der. Crops Not Doing So Well. Other Items of Interest. On the 19th of May at 6:00 p. m., Mr. Z. T. J onts, one of our oldest and most highly esteemed citizens, departed this !ife, being something over seventy-eight years old at the time of death. He had been in fail ing health for twelve months, hence his death was not unexpected. At the opening of the Civil War Mr. Jones was one of the first to go in to fight for the cause of the Confederacy, never wavering in the cause he be lieved to be right. He fought through the entire war, surrendering with the immortal Lee at Apomattox, having 1 been a prisoner for several months. At the close of the war h^ came home poor in worldly goods, but bravely went to work to build up waste places, and ever since has been an 1 honored citizen of this community. Fifty yei<rs ajfo he was united in marriage to Miss Mattie Crocker, a ! woman of many attractions, who with two children, Mr. J. E. Jones and Mrs. Bertha Pool, survive him. Their married lift was one of supreme hap piness ? hardly a jar to mar life's journey. Eight years ago Mr. Jongs joined Oakland church, and ever since has lived an earnest Christian life, dying in the triumphs of faith. This community will miss Mr. Jones, yet we bow to the will of Him who doeth r.ll things well. On Sunday evening, after the impressive funeral sermon from Rev. B. R. Lacy, his pastor, who portrayed the many vir tues of the deceased, the remains of Mr. Jones were laid to rest in Oak- I land Cemetery, a large crowd of rela tives and sorrowing friends being present to attest the esteem for the deceased. Peace to his ashes. j The crops, especially cotton, is looking badly. Many farmers plough- ^ ing up cotton and planting over. Corn looks badly also. Tybacco is being set, and hits n thrifty' appearance, j Our achool buys and girls have about all gotten homfo. ( Mrs. Jno. O. Ellington is on a visit to Fayettcville. Rev. Mr. King delivered an enter taining lecture to Oakland Sunday school last Sunday on Foreign Mis sions. Miss Eva Yelvington is recovering from a severe attack of mumps. f Mr. R. A. Yelvington is slowly re covering from his automobile acci dent. Sorry to chronicle the illness of one of Mr. James Myntt's children. 1 Hope the little one a speedy recovery, i Two colored youngsters were up I before Squires Jones and Booker re- I cently for stealing chickens. They t were turned over to Judge Brooks t for further consideration. I Preaching at Oakland Sunday by t the pastor, Rev. B. R. Lacy. At last, work has commenced on > the roads in this township. Let the ? work go on until all the roads are ' put in good shape. ? Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Adams and son, Jesse, of Smithlield, spent Sunday 1 with relatives in this section. Mr. and i Mrs. Adams' other two children ? * Frederick and Sarah ? had preceded 1 them r.nd will spend the summer ' with their grandparents. '< Mrs. J. J. Young's health is some what better. Mr. Wm. Young, of Snow Hill, 1 spent a few days recently with rel- 1 atives in this community. Mr. R. Y. Penny has recently bought of Mr. W. G. Wrenn a part of the John Leach plantation, and ? has gone to work making needed im provements. TYPO. i May 28, 1917. Great Car Shortage. According to the reports of the American Railway Association the net car shortage, which was 110,000 on the first of February and 130,000 on the first of March, had risen on the first of April to more than 143,000, a higher figure than was ever before recorded. This lack of transportation facilities hits and hurts everybody in the country. Farmers, miners, merchants, manufacturers, workmen, producers and consumes, all have suffered and still suffer from this I cause. Plant Sweet Potatoes. Plant sweet potatoes, says Prof. C. L. Newman, of the College of Agri culture. Both sweet potatoes and com may be planted as late as July with good results. There is no food crop grown in the South that will furnish as much food value per acre or so cheaply as will the sweet po tato. It may be planted as late as July, following the various early , truck r.nd form crops harvested in ' May and June, such as cabbage, ' Irish potatoes, small grain, or crim- . ?on clover. t WORK AT A. & E. COLLEGE. Only 25 Seniors Out of 85 Present to Receive diploma*. Re*t Gone Into Army Service. (By W. T. Boat.) Raleigh, .May 29.? Twenty-five sen iors of the 85 who would have attend ed the commencement exercises of the State College of Agriculture and Engineering, went out today and with the student body of the institu tion turned the college over to the summer school which is but two weeks off. The college has furnished more than 00 men to the army service of the country and today when Ambas sador Henry Morganthau, lately re turned from Turkey, made the final address to the graduating class ho left no doubt of the need for all men who have gone from the colleges and even less doubt of the demand for those who are left at home. Discussing the plans of the college for the summer today members of the factulty indicated that its purposes to meet, with the courses offered, the im mediate needs of the country have gained intensity by the commence ment messages. The summer school is to give special preparation for the teachers who must both by teach er's knowledge and by their under standing of the great world demands, ?arry the peaceful side of the war to the masses. The tjchool has ton courses in ag riculture and five in home econom- j icg. The peculiar needs of State and Nation, therefore, call for special pre paration and the institution which gets its accent on engineering and agriculture with the acute emphasis | Upon agriculture in the seven weeks that will he gone over between June 12 and July '27 of this year. The faculty has put the school with- 1 in such easy reach as to make the [irst visit of scores to Raleigh a hap py combination of work and recrea tion. The college dormitories, dining- ] rooms, y. M. C. A., gymnasium, swimming pool and the college phy- ] iician are the student's on call. The lormitories and diningroom are ho- j fcel, the Y. M. C. A. the church and ?eligiou: life, the gymnasium the per-J 'ect physical relaxation, the swim ning pool the substitute for the surf ind the doctor the man on the spot f needed. This fine equipment for a lummer trip is laid down in the heau iful capital city at a rate not dream >d in a day like this. And every eacher gets his credit for work done lere. Farm Loan Association for Oneals. f Hare's Store, May 26. ? There was leld a meeting at Hare's Store Sat irday, May l'Jth, for the purpose of permanently organizing a Federal Farm l-oati Association for Oneals ownship. After several brief and in e resting talks the following well Known men were elected as direct ors: Kirkman Creech, W. S. Harp, I. s. Emod, J. s. Talton, J. w. ( A'in, J. T. Moore, Thos. 11. Atkinson, I. R. Hocutt, I'. B. Chamblee and Ci. Parker. P. B. Chamhlee was sleeted President and A. G. Parker, Secretary-Treasurer. The meeting was well attended and a great deal of interest shown. Stock was liberally subscribed and several applications for loans were made. They hope to secure their charter soon and get in shape to do business proper. Doubtless the Federal Farm Loan Act is the greatest law ever enacted for the farmer who wants to borrow money on a long time, with a low rate of interest. If the people will on ly take advantage of it. The next meeting will be Saturday, June 2, 3:80 p. ni., at Jarvis Narron's store. It is hoped that there will be a good attendance. All who are interested are invited to be present. May 2(5, 1917. Thanks. For the many tokens of kindness shown us by all of the pood people of this community, during the illness and death of our husband and father, 1 we tender our heartfelt thanks. No people could have been more thought ful of those in distress. May the Lord bless each one of you. Affectionately yours, MRS. MOLLIE JONES and J. E. JONES. Polenta, May 28, 1917. I Prepare for Sacrifices. i Secretary McAdoo, having return- < ed from an extensive speaking tour, ] declares that everywhere he found the people behind the programme for ] raising $1,800,000,000 by taxation for i war purposes, if the tax can be equit ably distributed. As a matter of fact, i all Americans must be prepared to make financial sacrifices, since there are hundreds of thousands of young , Americans who will be called upon to j make a greater sacrifice than the 1 richest man in the Republic. Money I cannot be weighed in the balance with the lives of our boys. ? Wilming ton Star. i ECONOMY IN THE HOME. Canning the Surplus Herrie*, by Mr*. Jane S. Mckimmon, State Agent, Home l)t- nio list rat ion Division of Agricultural Extension Service. This is the season when one be gins to think of canning berries and small fruit. Already strawberries have been made into jam which, by the way, is the best way to save this particular berry and also the rasp berry as they do not hold up well under canning. The color is bad and the berries very soft and unattractive. Blackberries, dewberries, whortle berri"E, and cherries are of firmer fiber and may be canned most suc cessfully. The condition of the fruit has much to do with the quality of the product. Berries should be gath ered in shallow trays or baskets and not in deep vessels which allow them to be bruised and crushed. They should be uniformly ripe, sound, and as large as possible. It is best to can all acid berries in glass or tl.se to put them in enamel lined cans, because if canned in ordi nary tin cans the berries will lose both color and flavor very quickly. Can only ripe, firm fruit and berries. Fruit which is preen on one side or not fully matured is unfit to can and < the flavor is so poor that it could ' get only a very poor grading. When berries have been washed i place them in a thin cotton bap and i plunge in boiling water one minute. This will soften them slightly and i ullow you to put one and a half ] times a many berries in i\ can as < ?ould l>r done with the cold berries. 1 Pack these blanched berries tightly ii your rluss jar and when you have | filled the jar add a syrup made by * ; >< >i I i n <_? one j,int (,f sugar and a pint I >ind a half of water. This gives a good < proportion of sugar to fruit and ber- < ries, and is in a better form than the plain sugar and water to add after t he fruit has been packed in cans. If i i heavier syrup is desired, one yint >f water to one pint of sugar is I jsed. This is for fancy products. Af- i at adding syrup place rubber on jar, 1 :>lace top thereon and push down s ipring lightly or if it is a Mason jar \ <crew down top lightly. Place these f ars in a canntr which is filled v/ith I ?nough tepid water to come up to th<? shoulder of the jar but not cover the j op. I'li.ce cover on canner and let f vater come to a boil. After water is i Hiilinp rllow cans to remain 10 min- f ites. Then push down spring; or screw r op of par tightly. Remove from can ler and you will have beautifully v tcrilized berries. t If you are canning at home an ? igate kettle which is tall enough to i lold your jars and yet permits its >wn cover to be closed tightly may I >e used for a canner. The only pre- j ?aution is that you use a piece of j vire netting on the bottom of the f lettle that the jars may not rest on ? he kettle and thus be cracked. Canned Cherries. Cherries are canned without the ?eed and should always he put in rlass jars. The acid is frequently so ;trong that it eats through tin; and ?ven lacquered tin does not do as i #ell as glass. Be careful to noticc hat all cherries are sound at heart. Fhe large wax cherries are often I 1 ?anned whole, and are very delicious. Syrup: one pint water and one pint sugar. Exhaust 3 minutes; process 20 ] minutes. { Some Things to He Observed When ? I a ( anmng. 1. Keep water at a jumping boil ?nd do not allow fire to die down for in instnnt while cans are in the can ? ner. ^ 2. Keep cover on canner every ( moment of the processing time. Steam plays a large part in cooking con tents of can. 4. The quality or grade of the'" pack depends on the number of whole fruit or uniform pieces of fruit in the can, the color of the [ fruit, the weight, and the flavor. 5. The flavor is often injured by letting peeled fruit stand too long ^ before cooking. Prepare at any one f time as many cans only as can be j processed immi diately. ?>. Let straight from vine to can ( be the motto. Never can stale fruit. Help From a High Quarter. Harper's Bazar for June tells a pood story of a lady automobilist, whose err broke in London. A young man in uniform came up, and work ed energetically for twenty minutes. Finally the car started. "Jump in," urged the lady, "and I'll take you anywhere you like. It's the least I can do after you've pulled me out of trouble. Where do you want to go?" "Thanks awfully, home please." "Where's home?" she inquired. ,\nd only when the reply was "Buck ingham Palace" did she realize that her friendly mechanician had been the Prince of Wales. Make saving rather than spending your social standard. | A POWERFUL APPEAL IS MADE. Thin the War In Which Everybody Should Utilize Their Every Energy to Prevent N\ ast?- and to Make Every Inch of Tillable Land Pro ductive of Food or Feedstuff's for Man or for Beast. (By John Paul Lucas.) Too many of our people are regard- J ing the food emergency, which is re ally just in its incipiency, as a prob lem for the farmer, the trucker, their neighbor or someone else more or less remote from themselves. There is something of the spirit of "Let George do it." Fortunately this spirit has been rapidly disappearing and it is not too much to hope that all the people of North Carolina will quick ly realize that, while the farmers' re sponsibility and opportunity are greatest possible, each person has an individual duty and responsibility. A large number of people who re alize their individual responsibility j have asked themselves and others "What can I do?" In answer to this question and for the information of others who may have given the mat ter no thought I am giving below a list of recommendations that are be ing made to farmer, housewife, gard ener and citizen generally. I can think uf no one in any position or condi tion to whom some of these sugges tions are not applicable. Here they are: Cultivate and fertilize every avail- 1 able foot of tillable land that you can possibly take care of. Cultivate more ?arefully and fertilize more heavily than under normal circumstances. Put stubble land in corn, soy beans, peas, potatoes or sorghum as soon as the grain is off. Here lies one of he greatest opportunities for in Teasing the acreage in food and feed :rops. Wh ere there is a poor stand of cot ton replant with soybeans or peas. \lso plant these crops in corn. Save all the clover and vetch seed possible. Both are going to be unusu illy scarce and high priced. Vetch can >e threshed with oats or by them selves. If you don't know how to har dest clover seed write the U. S. De >artment of Agriculture for Farmers' j 3ulletin No. Breed all sows and gilts for fall )igs and be sure to raise sufficient 'eed for them ? in the form of past ires principally. Raise meat not only or your own demands but for the | narket. Prices are sky-high. Raise all the chickens you can, vhethir you live in the country or in own. Shut up the cocks and cocker ?ls and preserve your surplus eggs n water glass solution. Raise and eat all the fresh vegeta- J )les you can and can all the surplus rou can't eat. See that every glass ar is filled with vegetables and ruits and if you still have surplus >uy more jars or cans. Eat more potatoes, corn and other tarchy vegetables in place of wheat >read, and beans and other protien egetables instead of meat. Don't throw away scraps of meat md fat. Use meat in soup, hash, cro luets, and fats for frying and short ning. Cook potatoes in the peel. Tests tave shown that 20 per cent is lost vhen potatoes are peeled before cook ng. Don't waste bits of bread. Use them n puddings or in dressings for meat. Don't despise skim milk and but ermilk. They have a high food value ind are generally cheap. Use them argely, especially for children. See that all labor as well as food tuffs is properly used. The farmers tre handicapped for lack of labor, rhe people of town and city must see hat available labor of men and boys s offered to the farmers. This ser ice is just as patriotic and effective is that of the boys who don their iniforms and shoulder their rifles. uba Greatest Market for American Shoes. Cuba is at present the best mar- ' Let in the whole world for American ootwear, states a report on the sub ect receptly published by the Bureau if Foreign and Domestic Commerce, >f the Department of Commerce. Al hough the climate is tropical, very ew, even of the poorest natives, go vithout footwear of some kind, and , he per capita consumption of shoes s, therefore, very heavy. Over 80 per ent of the business is done by the Vmericrn firms, as there is no com )etion from local manufactures and lot any of great importance from Surope. ? Dun's Review. Every woman can render impor ant service to the Nation in its pres et emergency. She need not leave ler home or abandon her home du ies to help the armed forces. She j ?an help to feed and clothe our ar nies and help to supply food to those >eyond the seas by practicing effec ive thrift in her own household. The National debt of Great Bri ain has now reached the enormous ium of 1 19,270,000,000. ? ? * BUSINESS LOCALS ? V I ewm mvvvmmmm*m*9m***UMMWMWW WE HAVE JUST OPENED A KILN of good hard brick. They are some nicer than anybody else can make, and arc for sale. W. M. Sanders, Smithfield, N. C. HEAD "LLOYI) GEORGE, THE Man ar.d Hi3 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. ASK FOR YOUR CASH TICKETS at Cotter-Hardware Co., Smithfield. N. C. They are worth 5 per cent. HINDERS 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 Atkincon Co., Selma, N. C. THE SMITHFIELD BUILDING & Loan Association has helped b number of people to build homes It will help others, and maybe you. New series of shares now open See Mr. J. J. Broadhurst. FOR RENT? ONE 7-ROOM DWELL ing, corner of Second and Church streets;, also two or three small houses. W. M. Sanders, Smithfield, N. C. 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 ? cents per bundle. rHE COITER HARDWARE COM pany can sell you galvanized roof ing cheap. Smithfield, N. C. HAVE Jl'ST RECEIVED A CAR load of Cotton Seed Hulls and Meal. W. M. Sanders, 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. CAR NO. 1 SHINGLES FOR SALE. W. M. Sanders, Smithfield, 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 cents. 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. JONES COTTON FENDERS IN stock; also Cotton Kings, etc. W. M. Sanders, Smithfield, N. C. 1 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 Puroc Jersey pips 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. SEE US FOR WIRE FENCING We have it in any weight. Cotter Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C. SEE OUR LINE OF DISC HAR rows, McCormick Mowers, Peg tooth Harrows, and anything in the I. H. C. line. W. M. Sanders, Smithfield, N. C. There is no ailment causing more woe and misery than Stomach Trou ble. Often Gall Stones, Cancer and Ulcers of the Stomach and Intestines, Constipation, Acute Indigestion, Au to-Intoxication, Yellow Jaundice, Ap pendicitis and other serious and fatal ailments result from it. Thousands of Stomach Sufferers owe their complete recovery to Mayr's Wonderful Rem edy. It is unlike any other remedy. It sweeps the poisonous bile and ca tarrhal accretions from the system. Soothes and allays Chronic Inflamma tion. Many declare it has saved their lives, and prevented serious surgical operations. Try one dose today. Watch its marvelous results. Contains no al cohol ? no habit-forming drugs. Book on Stomach Ailments FREE. Address Geo. H. Mayr, Mfg. Chemist, Chicago. Better yet ? obtain a bottle of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy from HOOD BROS., Smithfield, N. C., or any re liable druggist, who will refund your money if it fails. ? Advt. 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 Motion Picture Players. The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squad ron. 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 Kingslev. Greek Heroes, by Kingsley. Coming Back with the Spitball. Poor Boys' Chances, by John Hah berton. The Young Editor. Frank's Campaign, by Alger. The Boy Scouts with the Geologica? 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 Houston. Story of John G. Paton. Andy Grant's Pluck by Alger. Another Year With Dennis and Ne4 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 Nortk 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 Rivals 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 Skate*. Mr. Potter of Texas, by Gunter. Peck's Uncle Ike and the Red Headet Boy. The Schonberg-Cotta Family. Larry Dext^t 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.