THE SMITHF1ELD HERALD
?ubliaht>d Every Tuesday and Priday.
BEATY & LASSITEK
Editors and Proprietors,
Smith field, N. C.
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION:
Caah in Advance.
)?e year, 11.50
Eight Montha, 1.00
Six Montha, _ .75
fhree Montha, .40
Entered at the Post Office at Smith
ield, Johnston County, N. C, a*
Second-class Mutter.
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WHY WILL THE SOUTH HE
SHORT OF FOOD?
People generally do not lei-m to re
alize what the war means. They do
not seem to consider seriously the
campaign which is being carried on
for the production of food. The South
has been making: money on cotton
and tobacco and other things and
sending this money to the Western
States for food. Now an effort is be
ing made to get the South to raise
food for its people so that the meat
and corn and wheat of the West can
be used to feed the people of other
countries. Suppose the people of the
South do not raise their food. Then
it may become so scarce in the West
that we cannot get it or the prices so
high we cannot pay for it. Now we
have an opportunity to raise food for
ourselves.
Whatever may be our idea about
specializing with cotton or tobacco
we cannot afford not to raise plenty
to eat. We can raise corn and peas
and potatoes and pork and other
meats, and in most places wheat can
be grown in sufficient quantities to
supply our needs. Vegetables will
help greatly in supplying our tables.
It seems to us the time has come
when we must raise something to
eat or not have it. It was always a
poor showing when a farmer went to
town to get anything to eat which
he could raise hinir.elf. Now the time
has come when we shall be forced to
do without many things needful un
less we go ahead and provide them
ourselves.
Smithfield will begin its first
Chautauqua tomorrow afternoon. To
morrow night Ex-Governor Shallen
berger will speak. Sunday afternoon
there will be an entertainment given
by the Boston Musical Entertainers,
followed by a lecture by James S.
Knox, noted business expert and
community worker. Sunday night a
sermon in drama will be given by the
Pierce Community Players.
Smithlield Township Could Not Take
the Money.
Mr. W. S. Fallis, of Raleigh, was
here Wednesday and expressed regret
at having gotten a letter from Mr.
George L. Jones saying that the road
commissioners of Smithfield town
ship) could not take the two thousand
and five hundred dollars Federal aid
offered them for the Central High
way through the township. The offer
of this money was declined by the
township commissioners because we
did not have an equal amount to put
up to get the Federal aid. Mr. Fallis
is State Highway Engineer and was
on his way to Boon Hill township.
Four thousand dollars are offered
to that township for the Central
Highway across the township. Mr.
Fallis was accompanied by Mr.
Rideout, Road Engineer to locate
road routes. They were hoping to
make satisfactory arrangements with
the Boon Hill Commissioners.
When we remember the bad condi
tion of the Central Highway last
winter it is to be regretted that our
commissioners were not in a position
to tako th? money offered to this
iown?hip.
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lk? war
Hie Italiaa Mimioi has had aertr*
al conference with our authorities
asd in laying the foundation for
?itrong co-operative work with u>.
England ha* succeeded in recapt
uring some of the territory recently
lost to the German*.
France has made an appeal to us
that Alsace and Lorraine be restored
to her.
Jnpan has notified Russia that if
she makes a separate peace, she be
comes ipso facto an ally of the Cen
tral Powers and an enemy of the
Allies.
Kerensky, the Minister of War of
Russia, has had some succcss with
the troops on the front and seems to
huve infused new life in their ranks.
Hrusiloff, the greatest Russian gen
eral, and a strong anti-German, has
been placed at the head of the Rus
sian armies.
Kronstad, the port that controls
Saint Petersburg and is a etrong
fortress of Russia in the Baltic, has
been seized by the Russian rebels
and threatens to create much trouble.
Our p ace commission have arrived
in Russi't r.nd are at present conferr
ing with the powers in Russia.
There has been no change of any
importance in the war. The fact re
mains that the Germans are holding
their own and that the French and
the English by themselves are un
able to drive them out of France
and Helfium.
It becomes more end more evident
that the filial outcome of the war de
pends on America. And it does also
become more and more evident that
we shall have to go over and fij>ht or
be eventually defeated here.
Should Germany succeed in invad
ing England, and this is by no means
impossible, she would take the Eng
lish, the French and tl e German
fleets r.nd easily invade our country.
We sluill either stay the world
dominion of Germany or submit to it.
The former is possible, the latter is
not. The latter would involve hu
miliation, defeat on our part, the loss
of our national honor.
We have already begun the war by
raising foodstuffs. Wc are preparing
to send our men. Next week we shall
marshal our financial forces and make
a drive for our Liberty Loan.
We either subscribe now, or we
pay tribute to Germany in later days.
We either pay the price of victory or
the tax of defeat. We have no choice
in the matter.
Ou?- vigorous action at the present
may settle the war in perhaps six
months or a year. Our delayed action
may prolong the war, and God only
knows how long He will permit this
devastation of the world!
The world has called America to
arms. The world has called for our
men, our money ;ftul our food. In
this solidarity of peoples we cannot
btttdo our bit.
Ransom Sanders Entertains.
Mr. Ransom Sanders entertained a
large number of friends at Holt's
Pond. Some hundred and twenty
live accepted his invitation and went
to the pond in a long line of automo
biles.
Kish had been cooked under the
care and supervision of Oscar Ste
phenson, Tom Stephenson, Joe Coats
and several others. There was an
abundance of fish, barbecue, meat,
bread, pickles, etc. Geo. Thornton
was master of ceremonies and dis
pensed the food from his truck.
There seldom was a happier crowd
than this crowd of men. There was a
smile on every face, and all cares
were forgotten in the pleasures of
the evening. Mr. Sanders was among
his guests and made them feel heart
ily welcome.
After supper Tom Stephenson
called on Mr. Vermont to express to
the host the thanks of the company.
The latter complied and told the men
of the esteem in which Mr. Sanders
was held. It was a pleasure to see
Hansom make money, because he
liked to share with others the good
things that came to him. It was a
fine thing to give men an opportunity
to meet. Most of the men in Smith
field are strangers. They barely greet
each other and go about their busi
ness. An occasion of this kind brings
men together and puts them in a dif
ferent light towards each other. They
appear just human.
Mr. Coats then paid a high tribute
to the fine impulse of the young man,
that prompted him to call his friends
together. v.
The pleasant ways of the men, the
desire to be sociable, the amenities of
the occasion made the evening
"worth while."
Said one man: "if more meetings
like this could take placc, Smithfield
would bo a better placa to live in."
VISITOR.
MENDELS80HN8 THE OPENING DAY FEATURE OF LOCAL CHAUTAUQUA.
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James S. Knox to Talk on
Community Efficiency
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JAMES S. KNOX.
WAR prices and war problems of economy In household, business and
community management have brought to the people the need of great
er efficiency In all things. The Chautauqua Is bringing James 8. Knox
of Cleveland for an address on "Community Efficiency." lie Is a business and
community expert. He has addressed commercial clubs, chambers of com
merce, Hotary clubs, advertising clubs and organizations of merchants and
manufacturers in nearly every large city from Buffalo to San Francisco. His
books on salesmanship, advertising ami store management are used as texts
in hundreds of night schools throughout this country and Japan? schools in
which salesmen, advertising men and merchants are studying to become more
efficient in their work. He has made scores of addresses before Chautauqua
audiences and presents facts of interest to large audiences of men and wom
?n. He will be here on "Community Day," the second day of the Chautauqua.
Community Chautauqua Program
ADMISSION:
I' irst, second and third after noons 35c; Children 15c
Evenings and fourth and fifth afternoons 50c; Children 25c
First Day ? Patriotic Day.
Afternoon ? Opening Concert Mendelssohn Sextette
A charming program by an irresistible company.
Evening ? Prelude of Patriotic Music Mendelssohn Sextette
Featuring both orchestral and vocal numbers.
Lecture ? "The True Patriotism" Hon. A. C. Shallenberger
Ex-Governor of Nebraska.
Second Day ? Community Day.
Afternoon ? Entertainment Boston Musical Entertainers
Lecture ? "Community Efficiency" James S. Knox
Noted Business and Community Expert.
Evening ? Musical Prelude
Wm. C. Griffith, Baritone; Edw. T. Stalling, Violinist.
SUNDAY ? "The Harvest," a powerful sermon in dramatic form.
Afternoon ? Recital of Chamber Music * . . . .Tschaikorwsky Quartet
An All-artist Company Directed by Leon Weltman, Famous
Russian Violinist and Conductor.
An Afternoon of Southern Readings Josephine Chilton
Featuring negro dialect stories and humor.
Evening ? Concert Tschaikowsky Quartet
Lecture ? "The City and the Soil" Dr. E. L. Williams
Chicago's Fighting Parson.
Fourth Day ? Band Day.
Afternoon ? Popular Concert Royal Blue Hussars Band
Introducing a quartet of xylophone players and a sextette of
ocarina players.
Evening ? Grand Double Concert
Royal Blue Hussars Band and Irving F. Joy, Lyric Tenor.
Fifth Day.
Afternoon ? Lecture ? "Salubrities" John Kendrick Bangs
America's Foremost Man ef Leters.
Evening ? Popular Conccrt ? Hawaiian Singers and Players Introducing the
Sacred Hula Dance, the Steel Guitar and the Ukule. The most
talked of attraction in America.
ADULT SEASON TICKETS
Bought from the Local Committee, $2.00; at the gate, $2.25. Single admissions
total $4.55. Save money by buying season tickets. They are transferable.
I HAVE ONE GOOD JERSEY COW
for sale at a bargain. Mrs. W. L.
Brady, Smithfield, N. C.
A FEW MORE COPIES OF "THE
Story of Europe and the Nations at
War" now on sale at The Herald
Office.
LOST BETWEEN G. A. SMITH'S
store and Smithfield, or at Smith
field, a Ladies' black leather purse,
containing $4.60. Finder will plea*?
notify J. L. Faulkner for reward.
Wilson's Mills, R. F. D. No. 1.
ED. A. HOLT
Dealer in
High Grade Coffins, Casket*
and Burial Robes.
IMnceton. ? North Carolina
NOTICE.
About the? first of March, my black
sow pijr, weight about 45 or 50 pounds,
left home. The finder will be rewarded.
I live on Mr. J. W. Smith's land, near
Elizabeth church.
J. P. JONES.
Smithfield.N. C., R. No. 1.
For The Thinking
M AN !
We have just installed a new
sanitary Soda Fountain, and invite
the public to come in and enjoy a
refreshing drink.
HOOD BROS.
Druggists
On the Corner Smithfield, N. C.
For YOUR COMFORT
Try Dr. Muns' Pile and Eczema Ointment. For Pile?, this
is the Ideal Remedy. It relieves you quickly, and o?ce
you try it the result is so gratifying you will aot use
anything else.
For Eczema it is unequaled and will reliev* Bczeraa
readily. For burns, it is astonishing to know how
quickly it relieves pain caused by the bum and koala the
wound, at the same time.
It is one of the best Massage Creams, and will taka
out Black Heads and relieve Sun Burn. For any Eruptio*
on the face or skin disease on any parts of the body, it is
a great Remedy. It is one of the best Remedies for re
moving Freckles. For Mosquito bites, etc., it is a valuable
Remedy. It heals all old sores quickly.
Do not fail to try this valuable Remedy for that bad
case of Piles.
The price of this Remedy is Fifty Cents, and is sold by
the following Druggists:
In Smithfield, N. C., by Creech Drug Co., and Hood Rr#s.
In Four Oaks, N. C., by D. H. Sanders Drug
In Benson, N. C., by Benson Drug Co., and Peacock
Drug Co.
In Dunn, N. C., by Wilson & Lee.
Clayton, N. C., R. F. D., by Mr. B. A. Barbeur.
We will send you a package by Parcel Post prepaid
on receipt of Fifty Cents. Address all letters to
THE D. HEBER CREECH CHEMICAL CO.
5mithfiekl, N. C., the Manufacturer*.
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