THE SMITHFIELD HERALD1
Published Every Tuesday and Friday.
BEATY & LASS ITER
Editors and Proprietors,
Smithfield, N. C.
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Eight Months, 1.00
Six Months, ,75
Three Months, .40
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Your Nation's honor rails on you
to buy a Liberty Kond. See the Post
master or your banker.
Those thirsty ones in Ituleigh arc
likely to become more thirsty still
unless they take more precaution in
having their "fire water" sent in
in trunks. That 1,852 pints of whis
key recently taken by the police of
ficers must give the thirsiy ones a
spell of discouragement.
It is the duty of every colored
preacher and colored school teacher
and all others who huve a better ed
ucation than their brethren to encour
age all their race of the age limit be
tween 21 and 31 to register. One may
be over 31 but he still has a duty
and that duty is to see that his race
act manfully and patriotically and go
to the polling places next Tuesday and
be registered under the Selective
Draft law.
Every man in every community in
every township in every county in
every State should use his best ef
forts to see that every eligible man
goes to the registration places on
June fifth and registers. No man be
tween the ages of 21 and 31 is ex
cused from registering. All in that
age will not be called to the colors,
but all must register. It is a sacred
and solemn duty men owe to their
country. Please remember "The world
must be safe for Democracy."
Getting Acquainted With the Banker.
Formerly it was said that the
banks were solely for the business
men. We had then had but few banks
and they had but little general pat
ronage. Then their main depositors
were the few business men of the
country. Now we have many more
banks and the depositors have in
creased by the tens of thousands. A
large per cent of the farmers now de
posit regularly in the banks and pay
their bills with checks. This is as it
should be. Why should the farmer
stay away from the bank in his home
town? Why should he not do his
business through it? Why not get
acquainted with the banker in your
town? Why not make a friend of
him so that if you ever need help
you can Ret it? By patronizing the
banker you help to make him able to
help you or some one else in whom
you are interested. Our advice is
that you get acquainted with your
local .bankw ami haip to build up his
institution. In' (Tint Way you can aid
in building up your community. This
is right and dboner or latei; it will
pay you. People who do not -f)&tron
ize the institutions of the country
can never build up the country.
Surely you should do your part.
Police Officers to Aid.
Section Sixteen of the Registration
Regulations prescribed by the Presi
dent under authority of the act of
Congress approved May 18, 1917,
says:
"Police officers. ? Police officers of
any grade or class, of town, town
ship, county, or State, and all officers
or agents of the Federal Government
are required to render every assist
ance in the execution of this law. It
is especially made the duty of such
police officers to see that all male per
sons within the designated ages have
registered and to report those who
have not registered to the proper reg
istration board for such action as may
be necessary. Police officers may re
quire any person subject to regis
tration to exhibit his registration cer
tificate."
WHAT ABOl'T THE WAR?
(By A. Vermont.)
The war horizon has changed color
in the lust few weeks, and it has be
come decidedly lurid. The hope th.it
the War might soon end seems to be
farther off than ever, and the United
States are hurried headlong in the
terrific maelstrom, that sucks in the
lives of nations. The world is on fire
und we are being scorched by the
flames. Heaven alone knows how far
we shall be dragged into destruction.
Germany is by no means beaten.
Her submarine warfare continues.
We read of new inventions that will
stop her depredations on the water,
yet, the sinking vessels goes on.
The troops are still entrencned in
Northern France and the Allies seem
unable to drive them out of their
shelter. The rich coal mines of France
and Belgium are still in her posses
sion, so are the iron mines of those
regions. No troops have set foot on
her soil. No German towns have been
invaded, no German homes have been
destroyed She stands still defying
the whole world.
She is making friends with Russia.
And what will happen if iinully Rus
sia fails? Two million trained sol
diers will be released from the Rus
sian frontier and will join their Ger
man brethren on the Western line.
The French and the English will not
be able to stand before them, they
will be driven in the sea. I here is
only one power on earth able to stem
that tide, should it develop. That
power if' the United States.
The Russian surrender will make
Rumania a vassal of Austria forever.
It will wipe off the map Servia. It
will consolidate the gains of Bulgaria
and restore to Turkey its former
power and prestige. It will mean the
final establishment of the strongest
central power the world has even seen.
Not even the Roman empire in the
heydays of its glory will have sway
ed the power, which Germany, under
the hegemony of Prussia, will sway.
Our Monroe Doctrine will be scat
tered to the four winds. It is no se
cret in world politics that Germany
covets the rich countries to the South
of us. An Alliance with Japan and
Mexico is perhaps remote, but the ac
quisition of large territories in South
America is not so far away. This
was perhaps our ultimate motive in
moving into the war. We must fight
now with the Allies, or afterwards
fight alone. "We must hang together
or hang separately."
We new! the help of Russia to
crush militarism this summer. Yet,
Russia gropes about blindly in her
new found liberty. People and sol
diers are divided and there is not yet
found a man great enough to direct
the destinies of this tremendous na
tion. Milukoff, Lvoff failed. A new
man has appeared and the Allies hope
that he will be the man of destiny.
His name is Kerensky, he holds the
portfolio of w-ar, but thus far he has
not proven a master of men. So,
on Russia moves, like a great stagger
ing body, swaying now into the paths
of friends with the Allies, now stun
ned by internal division stirred up by
German gold.
In the meantime we are pursuing
our own ends of w*ar. We are gather
ing up our forces of money. We are
levying on our people. We shall either
pay the price now or later. And the
price may be fearful.
Still, Providence rules the world.
Out of the tumble and tear of the
great world, out of disorder and de
struction God is working some mighty
plans. What shall they be? Greater
liberty, greater wealth, greater
friendship among nations?
This is a day of humble prayer.
We may well kneel at our altars irt
all humility. What shall be our price
to pay if the Bear that walks like a
man lies down in his lair?
The Law Will Ik- Enforced.
Section Fifty-nine of the Registra- 1
tion Regulations proscribed by the
President under authority of the act
of Congress approved May 18, 1917,
says:
"Enforcement of the law. ? On the
day set for registration all Federal
marshals p.nd deputy marshals and
all policc officers, State, county, town
ship, and municipal, of whatever
grade or class, shall hold themselves
in readiness to render whatever as
sistance may be necessary in preserv
ing order at places of registration and
in assisting in bringing about a com
plete registration.
"All such marshals, deputy mar
shals, police officers, and all regis
trars will report without delay to the
proper registration boards the names
of any persons known by them to
have failed to register themselves
when liable to registration; and it
shall be the duty of registration
boards to report to the proper United
States attorney all cases coming to
their attention of persons who have
failed to present themselves for reg
istration as required by law."
COTTON* CROP IN NORTH CAR
OLINA IS THREE WEEKS LATE
Washington, May 31. ? The past
week was much too cool in the noth
ern part of the cotton belt, hut the
temperatures averaged close to nor- 1
mal in the extreme south, says the
weekly weather and crop bulletin is
sued today by the Department of Ag- !
riculturc. Scattered showers occurred
except in parts of Louisiana, Texas,
and Florida, and in most of the north
ern part of the belt the rainfall was
well distributed and fairly generous
in amount.
Cotton is in all stages of develop
ment end on the whole is in an un
satisfactory condition. Planting is
not yet complete and much replant
^ ing has been going on. There are some
good stands, but generally cotton
'came up poorly and is small and
' backward.
In North Carolina the crop, as a
whole, is nearly three weeks later
than the average at this season. The
Texas crop is backward and is being
injured by plant lice. Squares were
formed in some parts of Texas and
chopping continued. The stand is
good in southeastern Louisiana, but
poor to fair elsewhere in the State.
In the northern fourth of Mississippi,
where good rains occurred, the late
planted cotton is coming satisfacto
rily; it has improved but slightly in
central and . outhern portions of the
State.
In Georgia many are substituting
beans;, co"n and other crops in the
fields where germination was very
poor. The rains of fhe week have
allowed for chopping to be resumed
in South Carolina and some chopping
has been done in Tennessee. In Flor
ida cotton has a good growth, is well
worked and promising.
Special Train to Washington.
Sheriff Powell has been informed
by Mr. T. C. White, General Passen
ger Agent of the Atlantic Coast Line,
that a special train will be run from
Charleston to Washington next Mon
day, the 4th, for the benefit of the
Veterans who are going to attend
the reunion at the National Capital.
This train will pass Selma sometime
about nine o'clock Monday morning.
Sheriff Powell is urging the old Vet
erans to be in Selma by nine o'clock
and go to Washington on this special
train instead of going on 80 which
leaves Selma at 1:40. By going on the
special the old soldiers may have a
day trip reaching Washington before
dark. It is important that every Vet
eran who wants to go on this special
train be at Selma by nine o'clock
Monday morning .Those living in the
Benson and Four Oaks sections can
go to Selma on the morning shoofly.
"On to Washington" is again the
battlecry of the old Confederates.
Death of Mrs. Sallie Hyrd Stevens.
Mrs. Sallie Byrd Stevens, mother
of Mr. N. B. Stevens, died at his
home last Monday. She was between
75 and 80 years old and had lived a
lif?. of service to her loved ones and
friend^.
The funeral was held from Sanders
Chapel church Tuesday afternoon,
the services being conducted by Rev.
C. K. Proctor.
The interment was made in the
Thompson graveyard.
A FEW MORE COPIES OF "THE
Story of Europe and the Nations at
War" now on sale at The Herald
Office.
PRINT BONDS DAY AND NIGHT.
Washington, May 80. ? The Liberty
Loan and other war finance measures
compel the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing these days to do twenty-four
hours a day and employ 1,200 extra
workmen and clerks to produce the
2,700,000 impressions which now are
turned out daily.
Director Ralph estimated today that
the bureau this year will make 25,
000,000 notes and certificates of va
rious kinds, compared with 5,000,000,
000 last year. Heavy additional work
is created by the Liberty Loan bonds,
3,000,000 of which already have been
partially printed, war tax stamps,
extra postage stamps required by the
prospective increase in letter rates to
'.I cents, army officers' commissions,
postage savings certificates and Fed
eral Reserve bank notes.
Because a man is a negro he is not
excused. If he is in the age limit he
must register. If he tries to escape
Uncle Sam will get him, it matters
not where he goes. When he registers
the Registrar will give him a receipt,
and he must keep this receipt. It is
not believed that the negroes will
try to evade the law. They must come
up and register and show their pa
triotism..
Death of Mrs. Jennie Morris.
Selma, R. F. D. No. 1, May 28. ?
On Thursday night at eight o'clock,
the death angel visited the home of
Mr. D. M. Morris and claimed his
wife as his own. Mrs. Morris was
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wash
Creech and was about forty years
old, and leaves to seurvive her a
husband and five children, mother,
father and three brothers and two
sisters.
Mrs. Morris was a member of
Beulah Primitive Baptist church and
loved her church and her Saviour, and
was always faithful to attend her
church when not hindered by sickness.
She had been in poor health for about
one month, and told several that she
was going to die, but was confined
to her bed for only ten days before
the death angel came and relieved her j
of her suffering and pain. All was !
done for her that loving hands, kind !
physician and a trained nurse could
do, but God called and she quietly
fell asleep to awake in the resurrec-,
tion morn.
The funeral services were conduct
ed at the home Wednesday after
noon at three o'clock, by Elder Wy
att, of Selma, and her pastor, Elder
J. T. Collier, of Micro, after which
her remains were laid to rest in the
Owen burying ground among a large
crowd of sorrowing relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Morris was a kind and lov
ing wife and mother and will be
greatly missed by all who knew her;
but let us look up and trust in Him
who doeth all things well, that we
mary be able to meet her when the
call comes to us.
Earth has lost its look of gladness,
Heaven seems to us more bright,
Since the spirit of our dear one took
its Heavenly homeward flight;
And we long to cross the River, long
to rest upon that shore
There to see, know and . love them,
with the Savious evermore.
A FRIEND.
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Smithfield, N. C.
HELP YOUR
COUNTRY
t
The Nation needs financial assistance.
You may not be able to do much, but do what you
can. Our United States Government
"War Bond Club"
makes it possible for you to help.
It enables you to purchase a United States Govern
ment Bond by weekly deposits.
It not cnly enables you to secure a safe investment
on an easy saving plan, but affords you an opportunity
to show your willingness to co-operate with other patrio
tic citizens in the defense of our national honor and free
institutions.
Come in and learn more about the plan.
Johnston County Bank & Trust Co.
Smithfield, N. C.
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than the price. Select a house that charges the value of
the article and then GUARANTEES the article it sells.
A reliable article can ALWAYS be guaranteed. A "cheap"
one never can. And "cheap" Hardware is both cheap
and worthless.
THIS IS THE PLACE
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Where
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Smithfield, N. C.
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