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THE SMITHFIELD HERALD Published Every Tuesday and Friday. BEATY & LASSITER Editors and Proprietors, Smithfield, N. C. RATES OF SUBSCKIPTION: Cash in Advance. One year, Eight Months, Six Months. Three Months, 91.50 1.00 .75 .40 Entered at the Post Office at Smith field, Johnston County,, N. C., an Second-class Matter. HELPING TO FEED THE PEOPLE WITH PORK. A few years ago I observed that the market men in our town# were having to send to Richmond and Chicago and St. Louis for a 1'irge per cent of their beef and pork. I felt like the farmers of North Caro lina should put a stop to at least a part of that ordering of meat. I determined to do my part. I have not been doing much with beef, selling only six to ten beef cattle a year. I make u specialty of milk cows and this is why I have not done more for the beef market. I have had some success with hogs. I sell most of my meat in pork to the market men. I engage it and then deliver it from the gallows in quantities from two to five hogs at a time. This has been my beat year. I began selling July 21, and sold the last two hogs June 1, 1917. My season usually ex tends from September 1st to April 1st. I try not to sell any hogs weigh ing less than one hundred pounds. The prices the past season ranged from 12 M to 1(5 cents. My sales for the season foot up two thousand and eight dollars and fourteen cents. I keep a record of the number of hogs sold an^l their weight with the price and to whom they were sold. 1 would be pleased to show this record to any ' one who would be interested in it. 1 do not publish this to boast, but for the encouragement of the people who are trying to raise meat. We can ' make a success of hogs if we will ar range for them and attend to them. Johnston County should greatly in crease its meat production. J. M. BEATY. The Herald As a Gift. Why not use The Herald us a gift to your son or daughter, your brother or sister, your father or mother, or your neighbor? It would no doubt be appreciated and might do much good to the one who receives it. We select various things as presents. Books are often given. A good paper is just along the line of a good book. The Herald costs only $1.50 for it to go twice a week through the year. If some member of yo|ir faqiily is away from home, would -it not be a good idea to send The Herald to the absent one? If you have a frfend in whom you are interested, why ni*. send it to him or her? We think The Her ald would make a valuable present. Suppose you try it. Send us the $1.50 and then write your friend you have subscribed for it for one year for him. We think The Herald would be worth several dollars a year to any one who would read it carefully. Rally Day at Thanksgiving. Next Sunday, June 10th, Mr. E. L. Middleton, State Secretary of Sun day Schools, will give a lecture on Sunday school work at Thanksgiv ing church. We cordially invite all other nearby schools to come and be with us. We invite the public at large to come and all bring their song books and let's make this a great day. The services will begin at 10 o'clock. We want all to carry dinner with them and let's all eat together. The regular church services will be at 3 o'clock. Come one, come all, no age limit. REPORTER. HIGHEST HONORS OF ALL. List of 1'upils Who Were Neither Absent Nor Tardy Durini; the I'ast Smion of Turlington Graded I Schuttl. One of the very highest honors to he attained by any hoy or girl at tending school in to huve a record of being present for every day of the term and not one time being tardy. Being on hand on trfnr is a record of distinction. The following pupils of Turlington Graded School have that proud record for the past school year: First (>rade ? Watson Wharton. Fourth Grade? Gilmer Wharton and Helen Turner. Fifth Grade Mary Hari>er, Don nell Wharton and Kuth Brooks. I Sixth Grade- Annie Harper, Thur la Turner, John Knnis and Thomas Jordan. Seventh Grade -Benton Wharton, Jean Abell and William Lee Moore. 1 Eighth Grade -Lillie Belle John son, Everett Thornton and David A vera. Ninth Grade- Cherry Gurley and Rachel Jordan. Tenth Grade -Carrie Brodie San ders. Eleventh Grade Margaret Moore. The Fifty Dollar Bond. In issuing Liberty Loan Bonds in l a denomination as small as $f?0 the Secretary of the United States Treasury has put it in the reach of almost every American citizen to do real and actual service to his coun try. Not all can fight, not all can ren tier personal service in other ways, but those who are denied the privi legt of serving their country in per son have the privilege of serving her by lending their money to win her victories. But it is not patriotism alone that urges the buying of Liberty Loan Bonds. Thrift and a wise economy in investing small savings commend these Liberty Loan Bonds to small investors. They are safe, and con sidering their tax-free quality? free from all federal, State and local taxes (inheritiance taxes excepted) and free from any war tax that may hereaf ter be levied, affording an absolutely net income of 'Wz per cent, they con stitute an ideal investment for sav ings. I Nor i. there any reason for waiting for a later bond issue in the expecta tion of a higher rate of interest be ing obtained, for the law provides i that should such bonds be issued la- i ter, Liberty I^oan Bonds may be ex- i changed for them at par. "OUR FIGHTING MEN." Frank E. Beatty. Rear Admiral Frank E. Beatty, U. S. N., retired, the present command ant of the Charleston Navy Yard and the sixth naval district, is belt re membered as the officer who com manded the ships of the North At lantic fleet at the time of the naval demonstration off Tampico, Mexico, in 1914. Admiral Beatty was horn in Wisconsin in 1853 and graduated from Annapolis at the age of 2'2. In the war with Spain he took the mon itor Monterey from San Francisco to Manila, to reinforce Dewey. In 1S>08 he commanded the battleship Wiscon sin in the memorable cruise of the American fleet around the world. As commandant of the Navy Yard at Washington and later as superin tendent of the naval gun factory he had opportunuity to aid in making the big gun of the modern warship the equal of any big gun in the world. Mary's Fitting Retort. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Soon after a certain judge of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island had I been appointed he went down into one of the southern counties to sit for | a week. He was well satisfied with himself. "Mary," he said to the Irish wait ress at the hotel where he was stop ping, "you've been in this country long?" "Tw*> sir," she said. "Ho yon lijte it?" "Sure, it's well enough," answered Mary. "But, Mary," the judge continued, "you have many privileges in this country which you'd not have in Ire land. Now at home you would never be in a room with a justice of the Supreme Court, and chatting famil iarly with him." "But, sure, sir," said Mary, quite in earnest, "you'd never be a judge ' at home." i . I Good shr.rp grit is the only teeth the hen has. Where does she fret it when she is shut up in the henhouse? Oo you furnish it? I I Keep the luyers exercising in the early jnorninpr and they will keep up their interest in their work the bal ance of the day. I Ik-velopmcnt of the American Short Story. (By Beltie Wood all.) As far back as we have any record the short story has been popular. The Bible contains some very interesting .short stories. In England during the fourteenth century minstrels travel ed from place to place and told sto ries. These stories were handed down by the people. The earlier story was an inferior form of art, but it was very pleasant and entertaining. The first improvement of the short story was by the Frenchman, Maupassant, and by the American, Edgar Allen Poe. It has been steadily improved until now we have some of the most perfect masterpieces. Some of the agencies that have aided in the development of the short story are the magazines, the news papers, and the character of the American people. The printing of the short story, in the newspapers and magazines wa an encouragement to those author who were willing to put forth t!v ir best energies in this form of narration. The American people as well as the French are very artis tic, and therefore demand the best form of art in their stories. The short story is more popular than the novel, because it can be read at one sitting. It is well to consider some of the characteristics that go to make up a good short story. They are simple effect, brevity, local color, surprise, climax, and a short conclusion. lfi opening a story it is a good plan to begin with some description, followed by conversation and narration. There should be one leading character al though in some good short stories, as "The Revolt of Mother" and "The Ambitious Guest," there are more than one prominent character. The development should be swift, so that the reader may not be held in sus pense too long. Washington Irving was the fore runner of the short story. He wrote tales rather than stories. "The Rose of the Alhambra" is a supernatural and a very romantic story. It presents local color both at the Alhambra and at the court of Spain. Hawthorne wrote for single effect. He also teaches a moral in all of his stories. "The Ambitious Guest" has a single effect upon the reader. The moral that vain ambitions are not al ways realized, is taught very forci bly, Poe, unlike Hawthorne, wrote more for artistic efftct than for moral ef fect. He had a peculiar liking for colors and effect. In "The Masque of the Red Death" Poe's own taste for colors is brought out in the furnish ings of the seven rooms. While read ing this story mental terror is very strong. Poe desired that mental ter ror should be stronger than physical terror in his stories. Local color before the time of Bret Harte was more or less accidental. Harte was the first to write for local color. In "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" local color is very prominent. Harte shows in this story that then; is some good in all people, no matter how wicked they may be. Frank Stockton gave surprise to the short story. "The Lady or the Tiger" is a very interesting story, but at the end there is such a surprise that the reader is more interested than ever Whv.t did the Princess do? O. Henry is one of the most popu lar recent short story writers of America. He did not use correct Eng lish in his writings, but it is clearly seen after reading his works that he is a born story teller. In nearly all of his stories there is surprise. "The Gift of the Magi" shows that self-sacri fice is the highest evidence of love. Richard Harding Davis combines realism and romance in his writings. "A Wasted Day" sems to have the wrong title, for after reading it, the reader feels that the day has been worth much to the man. Thorndike may have lost money, but his privilege of being close to humanity was worth more to him than all the money he might have made that day. Mary E. Wilkinc Freeman wrote about Ufe as it really is. "The Revolt of Mother" is a great story. Each character stands out clearly. It is a humoratis story, but full of pathos. Margaret Ashmuij says that a knowledge of the great short stories of the world is looked upon as one of the elements of a general culture. If this is true it is all important that all high school students should have some knowledge of the greater short stories. Series of Meetings at Kenly. We are requested to announce that a series of meetings began at the Missionary Baptist church at Kenly, on Monday, June 4th. Pastor R. M. Von Miller is being assisted by Rev. J. A. Sullivan, pastor of the Calvary Baptist church, of Wilmington, N. C. Pastor Sullivan is one of our best pastors and is especially generally esteemed as a man of power. He is the originator of the "One by One plan." Everybody is cordially in vited. - ? \KTILLERY ACTIVE IN FRANCE. Booming of Kit; (iuns Takes Place of of Violent Infantry Engagements (Associated Press War Summary.) The violent infantry engagements of Saturday and Sunday on various sectors of the front in France gave way on Monday to* intensive artillery duels. The infantry remained inac tive, except on several positions of the British line, where Field Mar ,-hal Sir Douglas liaig's men carried out minor operations. Before the luM, the British had fin hed the task of clearing out the (iirmann from the single post they had held as a result of their attack of Sunday near Cherisy, southeast of Arras, hut the Germans were still holding the footing they had obtain ed last Sunday in an attack on French front line positions north wcst of the Froidmont farm. To the south of Yprcss, around Wyt-' haete, and on the famous Vimy ridge sector between Lens and Arras, artillery battles of the most extreme violence are in progress between the British and Germans, while the French and the Germans are engaged in spirited duels with the big guns west of iirayc En Laonnois and on the Craonne-Chevreux sector. From the reign of Gorizia to the ht -ad of the Gulf of Trieste, the Aus trians Sunday forced the Italians to accept battle at various points, espe cially on the western slopes of San Marco, near Gorizia, where they cap tured Italian positions. Their tenure of these, however, was short lived, for the Italians, reinforced, in a counter-attack drove out the invad er s, inflicting heavy casualties. The other offensives were put down in their incipiency by the Italian arti llery. The u. ual quietude on the eastern front h-.s been broken by the Rus sians near Kovel and in the Carpa thians near Pnevi. In what apparent ly were minor attacks, the Russians in both places cut the wire entan glements of the Teutonic allies and forced them to give ground. Again a Teutonic allied submarine has unk a Spanish steamer. An nouncement is made that the steamer Telesfora, a vessel of 4,145 tons, has been sent to the bottom without warning by an underwater boat. Her crew was saved. A Week With the Junior Chautauqua. \ DAILY PROGRAM. (Evening Preceding Opening Day.) 7:00 P. M. ? Play Festival. (First Day.) 9:0t> A. M. ? Play Hour. (Children under 12). 10:15 A. M. ? Games. (Children 12 and over). :{:()0 P. M. ? Story Hour. 7:00 P. M. ? Sunset Play Hour. (Second Day.) 9:00 A. M. ? Play Hour. (Children under 12). 10:15 A. M. ? Games. (Children 12 and older. :$:00 P. M. ? Story Hour. 7 :00 P. M. ? Sunset Play Hour. (Third Day.) 5:30 or 6:00 A. M. ? Hike and Bacon | Bat. (Children 12 and older). 10:15 A. M. ? Play Hour. (Children under 12). 3:00 P. M. ? Story Hour. 7:00 P. M. ? Sunset Play Hour. At Close of Afternoon Program ? ! Playground Meeting. (Fourth Day.) 9:00 A. M. ? Play Hour. (Children under 12). 10:15 A. M. ? Games. (Children 12 and older). 3:00 P. M. ? Story Hour. 7:00 P. M. ? Sunset Play Hour. (Fifth Day.) 9:00 A. M. Play Hour. (Children under 12). 10:15 A. M. Games. (Children 12 and older). 3:00 P. M. ? Story Hour. 7:00 P. M. ? Parade and Rally. (Exceptions.) Under the leadership of a trained play leader, assisted by Misses Irene Myatt, Virginia Pucket and Blanche Bailey. The Careless Neighbor. The fire loss in this country in 1916 was more than $231,000,000. It is hardly necessary to call attention to th<$ vast economic waste of fire and the shocking way in which such figures discredit our national house keeping. With all due allowance for substandard fire departments and water supply systems here and there, son is constantly borne in upon us" that Americans are a nation of careless people who take unnecessary chances and disregard the simplest precautions. The presence of one care less individual in a community im perils his careful neighbors, if such there be. It probably is only by a sys tematic and patient educational cam paign, extending over years or gener ations, if needed be, that .vmerica can be weaned from this national failing. ? Michigan Fire Marshal's Bulletin. HELP YOUR COUNTRY 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. Smithfield, N. C. % + Johnston County Bank 8 Trust Co. AAXAA-t. A J. .1 Two to One in Quality and Quantity The Reily ^Taylor Company, New Orleans Latest POPULAR Novels !! ? _ _ _ ____ "The Road to Understanding" by Eleanor H. 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