THE SMITHFIELD HERALD
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TWO WAYS TO I'RKI'ARK FOR
WAIL
There arc more ways than one to
prepare fur war. We hear much now
about soldiers and puns and cannon
and munitions and battleships and but
little about the moral side of the
question. What is the great cause of
all wars? The answer is simple. It is
nothing more or less than evil. Reve
lations 20th Chapter and verses seven
and eight teach that Satan "shall go
out to deceive the nations which are
in the four quarters of the earth to
gather them together in battle." Now
if evil causes war it must be tru<- that
right living is the greatest bulwark
and preparation against war. Satan
is here represc ed as turned loce up
on the world and allowed to deceive
the people and get them together in
war. Those who have kept up with
the war know that the German
Kaiser has frequently told his people
that the Lord was with them in this
war but in the beginning of the war
and during the progress of the war
his methods have been contrary to all
true standards of right. Satan is in
the war and stays in it. There is no
doubt but that this great war is al
lowed on the people of the world on
.account of evil. It is time for every
' person in the world to stop and think.
It has been said that "the Lord takes
care of children and idiots and the
United States of America." It does
seem we have been under special
providence in the past, but how long
this will continue we can not say.
This nation has been drifting away
from God. A large per cent of the
people do not even consider Him. He
is left out of their thoughts and lives.
They care nothing for His Sabbath ; ,
or His churches or His Bible or for
Him. Is it reasonable to expect Him
to protect us forever when we do
not even thank Him for what he
gives us? Solomon said (Proverbs
16th chapter and 7th verse) "When a
man's ways please the Lord Ho
maketh his enemies to be at peace
with him." If the individual can claim
this promise a nationt might claim it
also, but we fear that America's do
ings are not such that her people can
claim this promise. We have all over
this land too many people who are do
ing wrong. There are too many peo
ple living Godless lives. Sin has been
the downfall of every nation which
has fallen and it may be the ruin of
our beloved United States. We do not
want to be pessimistic or join the
kickers; on the contrary we think
everybody should be loyal and try to
do his part now, but this war is some
thing to consider and it is well to ask
ourselves the wherefore of this great
trouble.
SERVING ONE'S COMMUNITY.
There is a great need for a larger
community service everywhere. The
exigencies of the present war situ
ation are going to bring the people
closer together and make them see
the great value of co-operative work.
The people are going to be brought
to see each other's needs in a broader
and more sympathetic manner. They
are also going to be brought to see
their larger responsibility in the life
of the community. They are going to
see some of the things that need to
be righted and they are going to see
that these things cannot be righted
unless they take a part in it. They
are going to see that the community
in which they live is going to be no
better than the individuals make it.
If there are amusements of any
kind in the community that ought not
to exist the people are going to learn
after awhile that these things are
not going to be driven out unless
they take a part. They are point; to
learn after awhile that the newspaper
and the preacher are not going to be
able to regulate the community life
all by themselves. Before these
things are clone the people must be
brought to iValize that they have
just as big a part to play as any one
else. If there are evils existing in our
midst the folks must realize tt>at
they ure going to continue to exist
until a majority of the right thinking
people in th-* community band them
selves together to put out these
things.
Some months ago, a prominent
citizen of this town felt disposed to
criticise the movies. There happened
to be something about the movies
that he did not like just ut that time,
so he called on the editor to "jump
on the business with both feet." He
*as asked by the scribe if he allowed
his children to attend the moviet;. On
answering in the affirmative, the edi
tor told him that it was not the edi
tor's business to regulate everything
that came along, but that it was the
duty of the home to keep the children
away from the movies if they were
objectionable. If the home has no
power to control the child how can
it expect the preacher and the teach
er and the editor to regulute the com
munity?
The home is the base and it is there
that all real reforms start. And the
reform that storts elsewhere is doom
ed to failure in its beginning. The
laxity in the homes of today is going
to bear a harvest of dragon's teeth
in the years to come. The nation it
self will never be any stronger than
the homo. If our boys and girls are
to love their country and native land,
it must be taught them in the home.
There, in the home, should be taught
tfye great principles of life, of love
for fellow-man, love for native land,
love for country and love for CM,
WHY 1IA VK YOU Sl'CCKKDEI) IN
i n i:?
Iluve you succeeded as u farmer?
Have ycu outstripped yi>ur neiRhboiv
in milking crops? If bo wo ask you
why and you toll us that you have
worked harder and manaRed better
lhan they. Have you succeeded as a
merchant ? Have you sold more Roods
i nd made more money than others in
the Mine line of business? Then we
ink you why you have had such
narked success in business? You
,vouId no doubt say that you have
itudied buyinp and selliriR and thus
lave learned to do business. Have
rou as a physician or a lawyer or a
nan in some other line of work suc
?oodod? If so no doubt it would be
?nsy for you to tell us why you have
tucceeded. What you say about your
luccess may be true, but back of it
ill is something which perhaps you
lave" not considered. Let us hear
what it is. James 1st chapter and
17th verse says: "Every {rood Rift
ind every perfect Rift is from above
ind cometh down from the Father of
lights." Deuteronomy 8th chapter and
17th verse says: "But thou shalt re
member the Lord thy God: for it is He
that Riveth thee power to Ret wealth."
Perhaps you have never thought of
this or perhaps you don't believe it.
Whether you consider it or not or
whether you believe it or not no in
dividual can ro any further or do any
better than his Maker plans for him.
Your Maker is back of all that you do
which is worth while and you should
feel under obligations to Him. You
should realize that you owe Him your
body, your mind, your time, your
health and all that you have or may
Ret. This'all belonRs to Him whether
you have heretofore allowed yourself
to think so or not.
The Hitch Pr'ced Means Were Not
Shipped.
Last November an agent was at
Clayton selling the Chickasaw Lima
beans at one dollar a quart, cash in
advance. About fifty or more people
paid him for the beans to be shipped
in April, 11*17, so as to be there ready
for planting: May 1st. Pr. McCullcrs
bought two quarts and insisted on
their being sent last fall. He got his
beans but tells us that none of the
others were sent. Pr. McCullers
planted the beans sent him and says
they are doing well. They bear marks
represented as coming from Ecuador,
but we think it is a Florida bean.
Heavy Rainfall This Week.
Since Thursday morning, June 7,
there has been a rainfall of 5.30 inch
es in Smithfield, according to the Gov
ernment report furnished us by Mr.
Ed. S. Sanders, Weather Observer.
Prior to eight o'clock yesterday
morning there had been a total of
3.80 inches. For the 24 hours ending
this morning at eight o'clock 1.66
inches fell. It is getting to be pret
ty wet In this section and farm work
is being retarded. It is entirely too
wet to plow and no further plowing
will be done in this immediate sec
tion before Monday.
Neuse river is up five feet this
morning.
JOHN KKNDR1CK BANGS IN
SMITH FIELD.
The junior editor once heard our
distinguished brother editor, Henry
Branson Varner, say that if there
was anything he enjoyed above other
things it was meeting big men.
Brother Varner may not remember
this, but it was in Washington City
just after the Lexington editor had
just had the pleasure of meeting the
Speaker of the House, Uncle Joe Can
non, and had had a conference with
Willie Randolph Heart who is no
longer the powerful political influence
that he was at that time.
Well, after all, Brother Varner is
more or less right in his conclusions.
We are all human and it ever gives
us pleasure to meet and converse with
those whom the world calls great, it
matters not whether they be great
Statesmen, great farmers, great lit
erary men, great preachers, or great
musicians. There is a pleasure in it
all that is not found in everything
we do. But the thing we are driv
ing at is the fact that John Kendrick
Bangs, once the editor of Harper's
Weekly in its palmiest days, and now
regarded as one of the foremost lit
erary lights of America, gave a c?ll
at The Herald office Wednesday af
ternooen. And we found him to be a
rial man, not a demi-god, as people
are wont sometimes to look upon
those who have climbed the rugged
heights of success in the literary
world. He looked like other men and
taked like other men. He was a real
human man, easy to become acquaint
ed with. In fact he was, after all, an
editor, and we sometimes thm)c that
they are vbout the most human of all
human things. The first thing he said
to us was, "VVe are fellow-sufferers."
At once there was opened a channel
? > f common interest and we found
the noted author of "The House Boat
on the Styx," a most genial and con
genial man, a salubrity wnose iei
lovvship for even a short while was
of such a nature that the arduous
duties of the editor's life will seem
less arduous for awhile at least.
John Kendrick Bang*, the lecturer
and noted author, is one man, hut Mr.
Hangs, the editor and rambler, is
another man. His life, as an editor
has brought him in touch with many
of the world's great. And it was these
that he came to Smithfield to talk
about. He first explained how he
came to select his subject, "Salubri
ties I Have Met." The original was
different, but one day a printer set up
an announcement of the lecture, and
not being able to read the copy very
well, translated the word Celebrities
into Salubrities. And when the little
newspaper came out in the little town
telling what the lecturer would talk
about, and being the genius that he
is, Mr. Bangs took the subject as the
printer had given him and studied up
a plausible meaning and ever since
it has been "Salubrities 1 Have Met."
After this explanation he entered
into an interesting and intimate dis
cussion of a few of the great men in
the literary world. He told of his
meeting with Richard Harding Davis,
Dr. A. Conan Doyle, Henry M. Stan
ley, Mrs. Henry M. Stanley; Wood
row Wilson, Mark Twain anfl others.
His lecture was primarily to enter
tain, but through it all ran that finer
and indefinable spirit tht character
izes the gentleman wherever you
find him. There may be celebrities
who are not salubrities, and there
may be salubrities who are not cele
brities, but the real salubrity has
something of the spirit of the real
celebrity, it matters not in whatever
walk of life he may be found.
In the lecture given by Mr. Bangs
was seen that fine spirit of fellow
ship that helps to lighten the bur
dens of life as we pass along. There
were fine lessons in it for all who
heard. Like the lectures of the week
which preceded this, it breathed a
message of service which must be
helpful to all thinking folks.
Government Road Money Not Taken.
Mr. W. S. Fallis, State Road En
gineer, was in Johnston last week.
The United States Government had
offered Smith field township twenty
five hundred dollars, but this was not
tuken because the township did not
have the cash on hand to put up an
equal amount with that furnished by
the Government. The four thousand
offered to Boon Hill township was
not taken because the engineer and
the township commissioners could not
agree on the route for the Central
Highway. Mr. Fallis informs us
that the United States Government is
very anxious for a pood road through
here from the mountains to the sea
coast, and especially es we have a
war on hand. It would seem good if
these parties could get together so
that the township could get the
money, but it seems the differences
are too great. The commissioners say
that to follow out the idea of the en
gineer would cost them more extra
money than they would get from the
government and they do not think
the roads would be materially bene
fited.
ITEMS FROM FOUR OAKS.
Four Oaks, June 14.? Miss Bertha
Langdon spent last week in Selma
the truest of Mrs. J. W. Stanley.
Mrs. Clem Boren, of Greensboro,
and Mrs. Dr. Ben Royal, of More
head City, are visiting their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Adams.
Mr. Robie Lee, who has a position
with the Ford Motor Car Company,
of Richmond, Va., spent Sunday here
with friends.
Mr. Ekie (Jattis, who has: been with
the L. G. Stevens Co., for the past
year, has resigned his position and
returned to Clayton. While here, Mr.
Gattis made a number of friends
who regret very much to see him
leave.
Miss Bertie Smith, or Ooldsboro, is
the guest of Miss On; Lewis.
Mrs. E. Creech, accompanied by
Ruby Stanley, is spending a week with
hi r daughter, Mrs. Louis Levison, in
Coats, N. C.
I>r. Stanley took Mrs. Hackic Tem
ple to Rex Hospital Wednesday for
an operation. We hope Mrs. Temple
will soon return greatly improved.
Miss Ethel Pasehal, of Wilson, is
spending; some time here visiting her
sister, Mrs. W. H. Tucker.
Miss Adelheid \on Miller is spend
ing a month with her sister in Wash
ington, D. C.
Rev. R. M. Von Miller has returned
from Kenly, where he reports having
held a series of very succcssful
meetings. ?
We wish to announce that Rev. R.
M. Von Miller will begin a series of
meetings at the Baptist church here
on Sunday, June 17th. lie will be as
sisted by Rev. Mr. Black, of Tennes
see. They hope to be able to use the
basement f!f the new church.
Mr. Barham Creech has accepted
a position with Creech Drug Com
pany at Sniithfield. We wish Mr.
Creech much success.
M iss Mabel Cofflnberger, who has
been with J. W. Sanders & Co., as
mttliner for the past season, will leave
for her home in West Virginia Mon
day.
Miss Stephenson, of Fuquay, is
the tfuest of her sister, Mrs. Lester
Massengill.
Miss Esther Creech very delight
fully entertained her friends Monday
evening, in fy>nor of Misses Bertie
Smith, of Goldcboro, and Ethel Pas
chal, of Wilson.
Mr. Gilbert Creech has acceptcd a
position with the L. G. Stevens Co.,
as succcssor to Mr. Ekie Gattis.
Miss Bertha Morton, of Morehead
City, the attractive guest of Mrs. B.
I. Tart during the part week, return
ed home Friday afternoon.
Mi *sog Alice Casay and Lucile
Parker, senior nurses at Rex Hos
pital, Raleigh, have been spending
several days with relatives and friends
here.
Children's Day exercises were cele
brated at the Four Oaks Methodist
church last Sunday. The program
was greutly enjoyed, reflecting much
credit upon those in charge, and upon
the children taking part.
The Henry Wyatt Chapter.
The Henry Wyatt Chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy, of
Selma, of which Mrs. B. B. Adams
is a member, met at her home in
Four Oaks, Tuesday afternoon. This
being the anniversary month of the
birth of Jefferson Davis, the pro
pram was in celebration of his life.
Among the pleasant features of the
occasion was a reading embracing
Jefferson Davis' Life and Work, given
by Miss Florence Adams. Mrs. W.
C. Boren, Jr., of Greensboro delight
ed the Chapter in the rendition of the
old and much loved: "When You
and 1 were Young, Maggie." Mrs.
Dr. Johnson, of Selma, also gracious
ly sang one of the old songs. Mrs.
Woodard, of Selma, gave some in
teresting side lights on her recent
visit to the Confederate Reunion at
Washington City.
After the program a course of
ices and sweets was served in the
Confederate colors, each guest fird
ing her place and table by matching
the name on her card to the picture
of a Confederate general found on the
table.
Besides the members of the Chap
ter, Mrs. Adams had as her guests,
Mrs. G. K. Massengill, Mrs. B. I.
Tart, Mrs. J. B. Creech, Mrs. J. W.
Keen, Mrs. C. W. Bandy, Mrs. R. M.
Von Miller, Mrs. T. E. Davis, and
Misses Esther Creech, Leola San
ders and Mabel Coffinburger, of Four
Oaks; Miss Bertha Morton, of More
head City; Mrs. Ben Royal of More
head City, and Mrs. W. C. Boren, Jr.,
of Greensboro.
Four Oaks, June 14, H>17.
Revival at Four Oaks.
The Baptist church of Four Oaks
will begin a scries of meetings, be
ginning Sunday, June 17th. Pastor
Yon Miller will be assisted by Rev.
J. F. Black, formerly of Dallas, Tex.,
and now pastor at Kannapolis, N. C.
Meetings will be held every day at
11 A. M., and 8:00 P. M. Everybody
invited to attend.
How To Buy Hardware!
Don't comb the country trying to find a house that sells
"cheap" Hardware. Your purchase itself will be "cheaper"
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.
Where To Buy It
THIS IS THE PLACE
We charge the v^Jue of what we sell, but never any
more. We GUARANTEE every article we sell, and
BACK UP THE GUARANTEE.
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Smithfield Hardware Co.
Smilhfield, N. C.
We have just installed a new
sanitary Soda Fountain, and invite
the public to come in and enjoy a
refreshing drink.
HOOD BROS.
Druggists
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buy a gallon of my good Molasses, and you will be pleased.
Smithfield, N. C.
Bring me your Hams, Chickens and Eggs.
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