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FROST DESCRIBES U BOAT HORRORS Calls Submarine Warfare as Practiced Deliberate Murder. SURVIVORS LEFT TO DROWN Torpedoed Ship* Oft on Sink In Two Minuteo ? Not Gorman*' Fault, Ho Says, That Every Miesile Doeo Net Cause a Lusitania Ma??acre? Fire Torpedeeo While Submerged. With tlio approval of tbe government Wesley Frost, former United States consul at (Jueenstown. who saw much of tbe horrors of ruthless submarine warfare, gave an Interview about U boats. Mr. Frost is In Washington, resting after tbe nervous strain due to Ills work abroad. "The submarine war grows more bar harous every day," Mr. Frost said. "It lias now reached the plane of delib erate murder for every ship sunk and will so continue to the end. It Is not the fault of the Germans that every torpedo does not produce a Lusltunlu massacre. "Now that the submarines have been driven to attack ships submerged, using the torpedo uluumt exclusively, the murder roll Is bound to grow. Most ships when struck by a torpedo go down In two or three minutes, which gives no opportunities of escape to those below decks. Ships Sink Quickly. "Recent sinkings w hl< h came under ill y observation Hlnce t lit* beginning of the ruthless warfare show this conclu sively. A freighter loaded with Iron ore ami convoyed by a destroyer weul down In two minutes. Eighteen of Iter crew of twenty -six were drowned. An other Nunk in two minutes after being struck. She was hit In daylight, but the submarine waa not seen. Twenty eight. of her crew of thirty-two perish ed. The AIhjsso sank in three minute*, and thirty women and children died. "Sinkings of this sort from now on will Ik* the rule, not the exception. "The submarines are now bo fearful of exposing themselves to the deck guns of slowly sinking ships that they seldom come up to question the escap ing crews of passenger ships. Out of six passenger ship sinkings investigat ed by me (ids happened in only one case? that of the l.aconla, which was sunk near midnight. "The warning given before merchant men were armed was only to save the expensive tor|>edocs ? worth f 7,(KMI apiece of which a submarine can car ry only a few. When the ship gave signs of surrender the firing generally stopped, and a boarding party from the submarine destroyed Jier with bombs. Craws Left to 8tsrva. "The crews of destroyed ships were left to die from starvation or drow n ing. Their sufferings were terrible. Many of them were never picked up The men probably went mad and leap ed into the sea. In the case of the Calrnhlll, a British freighter with a crew of sixteen men, five of whom were Americans, the Germans delib erately gutted the lifeboat, took the provisions which the men had placed in the boat and threw them Into the sea, emptied the water keg of fresh water and, to make their Job complete, filled It with salt water. The Iniat's sails were taken off, and that was Practically the only hope of getting to land if the wind were favorable. She was attacked 150 miles out at sea." That these men were saved was al most a miracle. Mr. Frost thus de scribed another case: "*rne American scnooner ? oouwaro Abrahms whs attacked 400 miles off shore. Captain Van Namme niul the crew of eight were I ait tn a lifeboat while the Germans set the lumber la den schooner aflre with Incendiary bombs. The American sailors drifted about the Atlantic for two days and two nights, when they were picked up by anot ber lumber schooner, the Nor weglan Anna Maria. She ^as torpe doed 2<K) miles off shore, and the men again took to the lifeboats. The crew of the Anna Maria were never seen again. After another twenty-four hours adrift Captain Van Nanmie and the Americans \vere picked up. Their luck held and they lived. The Norwegians died." Mr. Frost said some of the subma rine commanders delighted, accounts of survivors proved, in making their work flemflsn. ~ ~ "" " DANES BUILD WOODEN SHIPS. ? ? ? ?- . - ? . ? ? ? Try This Plan to Offset Lot* Caused by Submarines. The plan to build a great tleet of wooden vessels hs a means of offset ting shipping losses due to subiuarini warfare tinds a parallel in Kurope, where the Danes have hit upon the snnn, expedient. At many |H>rts in Denmark temporary arrangements have l>eett made for the laying down of wooden ships. Some Industries are threatened with stoppage due to the laek of raw materials, and the workers can thus In given employment in the shipyards building these new vessels. The vessels l*elng constructed are of a standarJ tyjie. three to four masts and having a loading capacity of ftiX) ic GOO tons. These ships also will I*? fur Dished w ith motors. PLAY THE GAME PI ?y t he cam*'' Play the came! K'.f t!.e game's tus-o'-war. Anil t ? win that's the aim \ <1 ii" nil flxhtlng fur. I . k 11 ! II. /.I >rn f^at ! . r ? , ?'[?, liio shame. T 1 v. t- I, ulllph at last - I t ' < j i. .Hi ' ' Pfcy the garnet That was "'-sl.ington's way; 1 " t ?.r ; Mjii.i's l>..a?t. Ami I ic i a t . at d iy Off the iUirbary const! Kound t tie tat i. >?> of drum*; I .?;t the ahrlll life acclakn. Until victory cornea, Play the game! Play the game! (Jlrdle up! Huckle t?! Never <ju* II, never quit! Hhow 'em what we can do With our MUnch Yankee grit! With a don't en re a aiam For reward er f"r fame. Just for old I'nt'le Ha?i? Play the game! Play the game! ?Clinton Hc< .Hard of the Vigilant'-* TELLS HOW AMERICAN AIR HERO WON CROSS OF WAR Littauer's Daring Flight to "Spot" German Battery Rewarded by Success and Recognition. For "spotting" a liatterjr of heavy German gnus in the vicinity of Dun kirk and photographing it under heavy fire Kenneth Proctor IJttauer, a grad uate of the Central high school of Washington, litis Just been awarded the Croix do Guerre. IJttaiier entered the aviation service In March, 11)10, and received the brevet the following day. For about eight months ho did routine reconnaissance work <ui the front near Dunkirk, flylnc with the Franco Belgian escadrille. lie had already won a name for himself for his coolness and daring under tire, lint It was not until recently that he came under the official eye of the French government Information reached the general in command of the sector that the Ger mans had Installed a battery of heavj guns Just beyond the French linos In u position where it cuuld drop shells almost within Dunkirk and cause an enormous amount of damage. The gen eral decided to "spot" the battery and turn his heavy gnns against It. To "spot" a heavy battery well beyond the advanced lines Is always dangerous work. Young Lit fauer ho Is only twenty two was asked If ho would undertake It. 1 1<> Jumped at the chance. On one of the bitterest afternoons In February lie set off from the French base In a heavy "s|>otting" machine 1 although lie knew he ran a great risk 1 of being attacked by the enemy fight ing planes, tntlnately swifter than his own. After circling about for half an hour the airman finally located the <?erman battery at the same time Its gunners perceived him. Llttaucr snapped a number of photographs of the location, and simultaneously the German high angle guns opened lire. The American was st ill a little more than a mile above the ground, but he knew that the Herman guns had the reputation for hitting anything below '20,000 feet Llttaucr had to recrosa the German lines, whose smaller guns now got Into action. When lie was directly above the last German trench a piece of shrapnel struck the left motor, causing the machine to rock and swerve sharp ly. In a flash Llttaucr shut off the other motor and started to drop. In the meantime working ids damaged ma chine away from the German lines. The Gorman gunners, thinking the machine had been vitally damaged and that perhaps the occupants were dead, ceased tiling. When within 300 foot of the ground Llttauor pointed the ma chine's nose straight for the earth, and a crash followed. Every bone In the young American's Itody was Jarred. The padded scat was torn from the craft, and the observer was hurled ton foot away. Littauer's camera was smashed, but through some miracle the photographic plates were unbroken. The pictures wore developed, and sub soquontly the German battery was re duced to silence. In a citation the French war office commended the American for Ids coolness and bravery under tire and for rendering signal service. YALE BUREAU FOR PARIS. Will Kiep In Touch With University Men at the Front. Yale university tins decided to estah llsh h Yale bureau In Paris for tin period of the war. This will be a branch of the university secretary's i>fflce. l'ro fess.ir (Jeorg? 11. Net t l^t'.'Lj ^ the field Scientific s.Tit?T_uf Yule will net as A fr color , nssistdT" by nvent grndu alos. ? ? *??? Yho bureau is designed to meet, in co-operation with the Yale Alumni ns social ion of Paris, the needs of Yah men ns European headquarters and nv n bureau of information advice ami help. It will be of sinvinl service in enabling parents and friends to keep In touch with Yale men at the front. More than 100 Yale uudergradutes an already in France In military service, and thousands of students ami gra<lu rites are fitting themselves to go over Inter. Professor Xettlclon will gi abroad soon to arrni>ge for starting the wnrk. Know How to Keep Young. New York women all look live year younger than the ages they give In registration, a su{>ervisor sa\s. because "they know the art of keeping yenno.'' ******************* ? * * * * * thrift. * * * By Kdith Powell. * ************************** Thrift is defined as something more than mere saving; it means also earn ing, working, planning and increasing as well as conserving. Thrift does not mean that one shall deny himself the necessities of life, food and clothing ? no, the thriftier he is the more money h? will have for Buch purposes. But thrift aims at cutting out th? useless expenditures that there may be more money for the useful and sensible things. A spendthrift may be as much a spendthrift with a dollar as with a fortune as thrift does not require a great deal of money but only wisdom in using it. To be thrifty means to abhor waste, waste of material, waste of time, wast* of anything that is useful. There is an enormous waste of food supplies taking place daily, by cooking more than we can eat; by throwing everything away left over. Use the spare moments ? "Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stutr life is made of," said Frank lin. The very hours you have wasted, had they been improved, might have insured ycur success. Thrift is the foundation of individ ual efficiency, and individual efficiency is the foundation of success. Upon in dividual thrift the prosperity of the whole nation depends. There cannot be national thrift until there is communi ty thrift, and there cannot be com munity thrift until there is individual thrift. Out of every thousand of population in this country, statistics show that only one hundred, eight actually save money. This percentage is low com pared with European countries. In this country people have spent as they earned and have spent bountifully. When orators talk about our prosper ity they forget to mention what would happen if this prosperity should cease. We are today the most thriftless na tion among the great Powers. Incred ible as it may seem, in this country of such vast wealth there are between ten and fifteen million people in abso lute poverty. It might be well to in quire into the cause of such a condi tion in America. The happy-go-lucky spirit of the Americans is perhaps one reason why so much money is spent on senseless pleasures. A certain amount of pleasure is needed by all i lasses; there can be no efficient work where there is no pleasure. All great nations have been thrifty. When ex travagance overran them they perish ed. History shows this to have been the case of Rome, Greece and other great nations of the past. Take the Cierman Empire today: what is it that has enabled this little band of Prus sians to build about themselves a na tion that has been able to hold at bay most of the world for nearly three years? Thrift ? only thrift and its re sults. "Made in Germany" is a well known phrase. It is a standard of quality in every quarter of the world. How did they do it? They wasted nothing; everything was utilized. The waste from one industry was used to establish another. Getting something useful out of every part of everything is thrift. Where it is easy to obtain credit a man finds the situation so alluring that he buys more than he wants and more than he needs, altogether forget ful of the fact that some day he must pay. The wise man will pay as he goes. The sign on the street car is significant, "Pay as you enter." The man who figures on the future will never spend a dollar till he earns it. The thrifty boy will be industrious. If industrious then he will be steady. If steady, then he will be well-behav ed. If well-behaved, then manly. If manly, then temperate. If a boy is busy ho has no time to form bad hab its. If a thrifty boy, he is a busy one ? so there you are. Having stated what thrift is, having shown some of the causes for the lack of it in America, it is well to point out some reasons for cultivating this excellent attainment. After the age of sixty years more than 75 per cent of the men cease to be self-supporting. We are better citizens when we own the roof that shelters us. There will be heavy demands on the next genera tions. Therefore, the boys and should be given th^ possible > irt by means of a good education. Be thrifty that some of the enjoyments of life may be ours ? such as good books, music, travel, entertainment, etc., to have the means to do our share in up budding good things and in helping others. Now some of the ways to be thrifty are to invest in real estate, to have a savings account, a building and loan fund and an insurance policy. A saving habit is a saving grace; get it, and help others to get it. The Holt farm in Davidson Coun ty, just across the Yadkin river from Spencer, has 100 acres in wheat and the owners are expecting a yield of 5,000 bushels. WITH THE U N-MAKERS. Teacher ? "This makes four times I've had to punish you this week. What have you to say to that?" Bobbie ? "I'm glad it's Friday, teacher." ? ? ? A good suggestion for all woman kind ? and mankind, too, for that matter ? is contained in this ?tory, told by the Boston Globe: Two little girls were hurrying to school ? fear ful that they were not going to reach there until after the last bell had rung. One of them said: "Let's kneel right down and pray that we won't be tardy." "Oh, no!" said the other. Let's hike on to school, an pray while we're hikin'." ? ? ? Old Mr. Brompton is a very clcver man. He has enough degrees after hia name to supply a platoon of scientists. Yet the other day his lit tle granddaughter utterly confounded him. "Grandpa," said she, "I saw something so funny running across the kitchen floor without any legs. What do you think it was?" Grandpa thought and thought, but at last he had to give it up. "What was it?" he asked. "Water," replied the little lady triumphantly. ? * ? Had His Game Trapt. A young Swede appeared at the county judge's office and asked for a license. "What kind of a license?" asked the judge. "A hunting license?" "No," was the answer. "Aye tank aye bane hunting long enough. Aye want marriage license." ? Freeman's Journal. To the Farmers of Johnston County. I wish to announce that Mr. W. R. Dixon and others will be with us at Beulah (known as Holly Springs) Fri day, June 29th, 1917, at 2:30 P. M. It will pay you farmers to come out and hear what they have to say. Also free lemonade. P. A. BOYETT, Secretary Beulah Local Union No. 2092. What Libraries Are Doing. Libraries are seeing that they have on their shelves books on the trades and industries of the community: they have books on plumbing for the plumber; books on carpcntry for the carpenter; books on house paints for the painter; books on engineering and machinery of all kinds for the engi neer and the mechanic; books on ac counting, advertising, bookkeeping, collecting, credit, financc, etc.t for the business man; books on chemical technology and the pure sciences for the scientists; books on household arts, health and hygiene, care of children for the home-maker; books on crocheting, basket-making, and other art crafts for the hand crafts man; books on architecture for the architect; in fact, one might go on to mention all professions and all trades which the library serves. Many libraries are maintaining separate de partments for the business men or having a business branch of the li brary, bringing together into one collection and making accessible all the books that would be of aid to the business man. Some maintain tech nical science reading rooms with a trained librarian, who is also a trained engineer, in charge, so that the read ers can have expert service in seek ing for information on anything per taining to the useful arts. But the libraries of the present day are not content with simply hav ing these books on their shelves. They are inviting their use by constantly calling atention to the fact that they are there through notices in newspa pers, by the distribution of specially prepared lists of books to workers of all kinds, and through personal let ters. Small collections are being plac ed on deposit in stores and factories so that the workman will not have to come to the library for the books. I consider that the library which is doing these things is exorcising no inconsiderable influence on vocation al progress. ? From an address by T. D. Barker. Education. - ^ ? Lot us, the colored people of John ston County, do more along the educa tional line. We have been doing very well, yet there is room for improve ment. Parents, send your children to school. By so doing you may keep them off the roads; you may keep them from the penitentiary. You may give to the world a great leader. Then when your life is ended on this earth, you will live on and on; the leader that you gave to the world will never let you die. JESSE A. MITCHENER. Smithfield, N. C. Fraeulein Thoa von Puttkamer, at tached to the Turkish forces operating in Mesopotamia, is the only woman war correspondent officially recog nized by the German government. ? ? * BUSINESS LOCALS ? ? ? TURNER'S NORTH CAROLINA Almanacs for 1917 now on tale at Th? Herald Office. Price ten cent*. "TEN NIGHT IN A BARROOM" for sale at Herald Office at 5 cents a copy. By mail 8 cents. LOOK ON VOI R 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 youi time is out helps us. PLENTY OF HIGH GRADE FER tilizer on hand in Smithfield and Four Oaks. Austin-Stephenson Co. BINDER TWINE? IT'S GOING fast. Get your needs now. Roberts Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C. ONE CAR COTTON SEED MEAL for fertilizer. Austin-Stephenson Co., Smithfield, N. C. FRESH JERSEY COWS FOR SALE by E. F. Boyett, Smithfield, N. C. WANTED? A SLIGHTLY USED Ford car. Austin-Stephenson Co., Smithfield, N. C. MOWERS AND RAKES ? THE Walter A. Wood and McCormick makes, unquestionably the best and most satisfactory machines on the mrrket. Also repairs in stock for same. Roberts Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C. WE HAVE THE WHITE CROWN Fruit Jar Tops, the kind Miss Pick ens advises you to use. Cotter Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C. TOP DRESSER? HURRY WHILE you can get it. Austin-Stephenson Co., Smithfield, N. C. ICE CREAM FREEZERS AT? Cotter Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C. ONE CAR COTTON SEED HULLS in bales. Austin-Stephenson Co., Smithfield, N. C. THE SMITHFIELD BUILDING & Loan Association has helped a number of people to build home*. It will help others, and maybe you. New series of shares now open. See Mr. J. J. Broadhurst. WANTED? A SLIGHTLY USED Ford car. Austin-Stephenson Co., Smithfield, N. C. ICE CREAM FREEZERS AT? Cotter Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C. i WE HAVE THEM? THE OLD RE liable Walter A. Wood and McCor mick Mowers and Rakes, bought before the advance. Roberts At kinson Co., Selma, N. C. SEVERAL CHEAP MULES AND horses on hand for sale cheap. Aus tin-Stephenson Co., Smithfield, N. C. LARGE LOT OF SCREEN DOORS and window Screens at Cotter Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C. SHINGLES AND LATHS FOR sale. Roberts Atkinson Company, Selma, N. C. LARGE LOT OF SCREEN DOORS and window Screens at Cotter Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C. WANTED? YOUR MEAT, YOUR corn, your produce. Austin-Stephen son Co., Smithfield, N. C. SEE US FOR TOBACCO FLUES? We have them. Cotter Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C. LAST SHIPMENT OF SODA EX pectcd the first week in June. Send your order now. Austin-Stephenson Co., Smithfield, N. C. SEE US FOR TOBACCO FLUES? We have them. Cotter Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C. SEE US FOR FRUIT JARS? COT ter Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C. PLENTY OF OLD PAPERS NOW on hand at The Herald Office at 8 cents per bundle. SEE US FOR FRUIT JARS? COT ter Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C. PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW FOR Tobacco Flues. Cotter Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C. WE HAVE THE WHITE CROWN Fruit Jar Tops, the kind Miss Pick ens advises you to use. Cotter Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C. FRUIT JARS AND JELLY GLASS es. We bought these in large quan tities, and can save you money. See our stock an prices before you buy. Roberts Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C. THIRTY CENTS IN POSTAGE stamps will get you a good assort* ment of sizes of sewing machine needles. State the kind of machine you have. I- you order less than a dozen add two cents for postage as I can not afford to pay postage on less than twelve needles. J. M. Beaty, Smithfield, N. C. FOR SALE ON EASY TERMS? AT a bargain, one Bowser Gasoline outfit. Smithfield Garage & Ma chine Works. FOR SALE CHEAP ONE REAPER. Come quick. Austin-Stephenson Co., Smithfield, N. C. MULE FOR SALE? GOOD, SOUND worker, nine years old, weighs 1,100 pounds. Pricc right. Cash or terms. Roberts Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C. READ "LLOYD GEORGE, THE Man and His 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. I AM NOW PREPARED TO DO your threshing ? wheat, oats and all grain, peas, beans and velvet beans from the vines. Quick service. Machine mounted on motor truck. Reasonable terms. W. A. Phelps, Four Oaks, Route No. 3. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE tried Dr. Muns' Pile and Eczema Ointment, every one delighted. Crcech Drug Co., Smithfield, N. C. HAY BALERS? ONE MORE IN stock, of International Harvester Company make, at old price. Who will take this one? Roberts Atkin son Co., Selma, N. C. A BOOK *OK THIS CHILD IS UiNE of the finest things you can give him. See our stock of children's books. Herald Office. PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW FOR Tobacco Flues. Cotter Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C. DID YOU EVER READ THAT great little story "Ten Nights In a Barroom?" If not get a copy at Herald Office. Price only 5 cents. By mail 8 cents. OUR SUPPLY OF MOWERS IS half sold. Come quick. Austin Stephenson Co., Smithfield, N. C. SEED CHUFAS FOR SALE BY D. Hooper Sanders, Smithfield, N. C., R. F. D .No. 2. Price one dollar per peck. TWO NICE FRESH JERSEY MILK cows for sale. W. R. Long, Smith field, N. C. NOTICE. North Carolina, Johnston County, In the Superior Court, Before the Clerk. Southern Railway Company vs. Mary E. Clark. The defendant above named will take notice that a proceeding entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Johnston County to condemn a right of way for the con struction of a necessary railway track over certain lands of the defendant situate in or near the town of Selma, N. C.; and the said defendant will further take notice that she is requir ed to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Johnston County, at the Court-house in Smith field, North Carolina, on the 23rd day of July, 1917, at twelve o'clock M., and answer or demur to the Petition filed in said Proceeding, or the plaint iff will apply to the Court for the re lief demanded in said Petition. This 23rd day of June, 1917. Z. L. LeMAY, Deputy Clerk Superior Court. ABELL & WARD, Attorneys. get it ? for my wife NO OTHER LIKE IT. NO OTHER AS COOD. Purchase the " NEW HOME" and rou villhaw a life a.-set at the price you pay. The elimination of repair expense by superior workmanship and best Quality i f material insures life-long '?ervicc at mini mum cost. Insist on havmj the "NEW HOME". WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME. Known the world over for superior sewinc qualities Not sold under any other name. THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO., ORANGE, MASS. J. M. BEATY Smithfield, N. C.