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WOULD ADVANCE CLOCK AN HOUR Maria lirps AC.,:.!?!! ci Bay* 1.2:11 jisiifii Pian. ITS C.3 !iiiJC?SS Hi EUROPE Would Givs People an Extra Hour to Work In Gardens and Increase Food Production ? Economy in the Matter of Lights and Heat Would Also Re sult, It Is Claimed. "The 'daylight saving' plan? namely, of turning the clock forward an hour during the five summer months from the last Sunday In April to the last Sunday In September? was first put into effect by Germany in the spring of 1910 as an emergency war measure. Immediately all of the other leading warring nations, except Austria, also adopted the plan, as well as Norway, Sweden, Holland and Denmark, on ac count of its great economic and other advantages," writes Marcus M. Marks, president of the borough of Manhattan and president of the National Daylight Saving association. "Last year's trial in all of these coun tries resulted In such material benefits that not only all of the countries men tioned, but also Portugal, Australia, Iceland and Bermuda have enacted it for this year. "In order to ascertain the exact re sults of the trial, the British parlia ment, the German reiehstag and the legislative body ol' Holland appoint ed investigating committees, each of which reported favorable results and recommended its permanent adoption. Has Great Economic Value. "The plan is not only of great value in times of peace, bnt its economic ad vantages as a war measure are four fold: "Under the plan an extra hour of daylight in the late afternoon is af forded to every one, and it was found that a large majority, particularly of the working classes In England and Germany, utilized this hour for home gardening, resulting in an increased production of food. "It is of the highest importance, as every one now realizes, that every step and measure should be taken to stim ulate the cultivation of every possible parcel of ground for food purposes. "In New York city alone there are at least 1,000,000 daily commuters, most of whom live in houses with grounds, a portion of which could be easijy plant ed with vegetables. Under the present time conditions most of these commu ters arrive at their homes at night just about the timo the sun is setting, which prevents their spending any time in gardening unless they are unusually patriotic and ambitious enough to rise before time in the morning. Under the daylight saving plan practically all of them would have at least an hour of daylight after their homecoming, which they in this crisis would undoubtedlj use or spend in their gardens. Thou sands of plots would be tilled which had never produced food l>efore. This would be true not only of New York city, but also of all our great cities, and literally several millions of people would enlist in the government's serv ice, doing their bit daily in their home gardens. "This is not a speculation. The ex perience of England and Germany proved that the extra hour of daylight was used for this purpose. Saves Lighting Bills. "The second great advantage of the plan in time of war is the great money saving in lighting bills. Under the new time arrangement every householder would save one hour daily in the con sumption of gas or electricity or other means of illumination. It is estimated that in England $12.0<>0,000 were saved in this connection. The city of Vienna alone saved $142,000, and it has been estimated by Robert L. Brunet, public service engineer of Providence, It. I., after a careful study that in the Unit ed States during the five summer months the sum of $40,000,000 would be saved in lighting bills. "In England aloVie last year the sav ing in coal amounted to 200.000 tons and a conservative estimate of the sav ing in the United States during the coining summer season is 1.000.00C tons. "The committee which investigated the plan in Europe also reported that the general health of all. particularly the workers, was greatly benefited Nine out of fourteen trade unions ol England reported favorably on the plan, and social settlements stated thai it was widely appreciated by working class families. "The social life of the nation, too would benefit. The hours for coinpan lonshlp among members of families would have greater value, and there would l>e more opportunity for cultlva tion of all the useful and desirable activities and interests which engage our attention outside our venations. "In order that victory over Germany may be assured to us and our allies it is highly desirable that we should co operate with them in exery possible way. The 'daylight saving* plan is In operation in every country of the al lies. Our standards and iiietliexls ol reckoning time should be uniform and In harmony with theirs. "In the present emergency it is now Tip to congress to hurry its pns?nce with the knowleelge that President Wilson, who lias indorsed It. will give his executive approval." The World Against the Outlaw. The world is massing iU forces against the German system. With al most imperceptible changes in some countries and with startling events in others, free men everywhere have tak en alarm and are moving toward a common purpose ? the preservation and extension of self-government. In many cases the developments in one nation have no direct relation to developments in another, and men in widely separated regions do not re alize that they are co-operating. The motives that inspire action are dif ferent, according to circumstances. The tendency of all these efforts, nev ertheless, is toward consolidation of the free peoples of the world against a common enemy. Neutrality is not merely an empty name in many nations, but is a false hood. So-called neutrality is becoming intolerable, because it works to the disadvantage of free men and direct ly benefits Germany, which is no re specter of neutrality. Greece, Norway, Spain and Argen tina are undergoing changes which tend to array them with the allies. Brazil has gone still further. Holland and Denmark, under the shadow of the German war club, dare not go so far. Former Premier Venizelos is again at Athens, beginning the work of re constructing the Greek government for the purpose of throwing off the effects of King Constantine's perfi dious policy. This monarch actually surrendered a frontier fort to Bulga ria, sent 8,000 Greek soldiers as pris oners of war to Germany and con ducted intrigues which aligned him with the Turks, who have butchered Greeks from time immemorial. The reign of reason has been restored at Athens. In due time Premier Venize los will be able to place Greece squarely on the side of the allies. The army will be available to the ex tent of its strength, and there will be no danger of treacherous assault from the rear. The Greek people can once more hold up their heads and confront their ancient enemies with steel. The developments ensuing from this change in Greece will be of pro found consequence. Norway has been brutally outraged by Germany. Norwegian sailors have been slain .Norwegian ships sunk, Norwegian fortunes swept away and Norwegian sovereignty continually invaded. Norway's rules of neutrality governing the passage of warships through her waters were canceled at the dictation of Berlin. German sub marines habitually use the deep wa ters within Norway's territorial sov ereignty as a safe lane into the At lantic. Great Britain and the other allies have respected a neutrality that Germany has violated. Norway, having reached a crucial stage where starvation and ruin threatens her ex istence, is preparing to discard her false neutrality and join the allies. With her help the Skager Rack can be bottled up and one path of the submarines closed effectively. Spain is convulsed with revolution ary movements, having their origin in popular anger against German in trigue, destruction of shipping and consequent industrial depression and outrage of Spanish sovereignty. Con stitutional guarantees have been sus pended in Spain, an act that may be the prelude of an explosion. Spain is bound by many strong ties to France and England, in spite of some an cient neighborly grudges, and it is more than probable that the bold and independent spirits of that nation will force a break with Germany. Another Argentinian merchantman has been slaughtered by German sub marines without warning. The popu lace of Argentina is overwhelmingly for war against Germany. Only the government officials stand in the way. How long President Irigoyen can withstand popular sentiment is a question that may be answered soon. In the meantime Russia, like a gi anjt bear rousing from sleep, is gath ering its faculties and preparing for another lunge at its tormentor. The organization of a republic in Russia is one thing and peace with Germany is another. Even the most ignorant sol diers and peasants are discriminating between these questions. Discipline fs stiffening again. There is no abate ment of the hatred that stirred the Slav heart to a dull red against the Teuton. The Russian was astounded by sudden liberty, and for a moment he forgot his enemy, but he sees more clearly every hour that the liberty which descended so suddenly must be safeguarded against the despotic dy nasty whose bayonets bristle along the frontier. The suggestion that Rus sia will throw away its new liberty and bow its head to a German czar is not based upon knowledge of hum an nature. Thus one nation after another, ag itated by special grievances and fun damentally moved by the spirit of independence is gathering its forces against Germany. Mankind is form ing a world league against the outlaw. ? Washington Post. Four Million Hond Buyer*. New York Times. There was not enough of the Liber ty Loan to go around. Those who wanted it in amounts of $5,000,000 or more will pet only one-tifth of their subscriptions. Their applications will be reduced, because the Treasury gives preference to the 99 per cent, 4,000,000 or more, who took the bonds in sums of $10,000 or less, with only second "thoughts about investment merits. Many of them, indeed, do not even yet appreciate that they were investing, and will be surprised when they are repaid, with interest cer tainly, and with a prospect of in crease. The dominating thought of the great majority was that the as sassins of democracy must be con quered, at any cost, regardless of any other consideration. The American mind must be a puzzle to Deutschtum. It is so out of character for the dol lar-chasers to regard their wealth as dross, and waste it in assaults upon the defenders of the freedom of the seas and assertcrs of the right of great nations to exterminate little peoples. We must be crazy. Clearly Deutschtum can have nothing to do with such lunatics. We must be smashed. Either we or Germany. That is the meaning of the Liberty Loan. We Americans see it now as clearly as our allies or as the Germans. It is hardly worth while to discuss the details. Atlanta, Minneapolis, and Kansas City fell below their ap portionment. New York's subscrip tion of more than half the loan shows that New York has no "grouch," ex cept against Germany. Chicago dis tinguished itself by its generous sub scription, as might have been expect ed of an electorate which chows that it regards itself insulted by its Mayor's friendliness for his coun try's enemies. San Francisco's sub scription shows that there is but a single thought from ocean to ocean. This transcontinental temper is a sur prise, for no other stage of hostilities. Even then England was slow to wake up. Better may be expected of us. We have made a good beginning, but it is a standard to be lived up to, not an accomplishment on which to rest. As Mr. Marconi said on Friday, we must spend $:{(), 000, 000, 000 before we have put ourselves on an equality with Italy. As Mr. Lamont told the New York bankers at Lake Placid, our 4,000,000 subscribers should have been 20,000,000, to equal the British proportion to population. On the basis of proportion of contribution to in come our $2,000,000,000 should be 40 per cent of, say, $50,000,000,000, or tenfold our subscription, for the Brit ish have paid 40 per cent of their in come. Even more inspiring is the ex ample o?'those who can contribute nothing, but have risked their lives, anil shed their blood, to stop the first mad rush of the monster that threat ents the world's future. Who can cal culate the billions we shall spend in that cause when truly we become aroused, since we do half more than is asked in cool blood, before we have felt the sting of our enemy's blow? We may be modest in contemplat ing our beginning in sober though of the effort which lies ahead. But it will not be undervalued by those who know how to appreciate our rein forcement of their weary hands. War is a matter of blood and iron. There are more than 10,000,000 men behind the 10,000,000 who have registered. The combined pig iron capacity of the Allies ? the United States, Eng land, France, Russia, Italy, and Ja pan ? is under 55,000,000 tons, and its value is covered by the subscrip tions in three of our reserve dis tricts. All the iron produced in all the countries at war would not be worth $2,000,000,000, at normal val ues. Last year was a good iron year in this country, yet all the iron ore, coke, and iron produced in 1916 was less than one-half of the first sub scription to the fund to bring Prussia to it;} senses and its knes, in humil ity if not in prayer. Too Inquisitive. Thsy were dancing the one-step. The music was heavenly. The swish of her silken skirts was divine. The fragrancc of the roses upon her bosom was really intoxicating. "Ah," she smiled sweetly with an arch look up into his face, "you re mind me of one of Whitman's poems." A sudden dizziness seemed to seize him. It was as if he were floating in a dream. When he had sufficiently gained his breath he spoke: "Which one?" "Oh, any one," she replied. "The feet arc mixed in all of them." ? Ev erybody's Magazine. He Got the One. Bill ? Where ycr bin? Gill ? Oh, fishing. "Fishing? What for?" "Oysters." "Where?" "At a church festival." "Any luck?" "Yes, got one." ? The Lamb. Some Writers Get Rich . I ? Ij lfiltuti told "l'aradise Lost" for j ?20, $100 in American money. Poor | Chatterton, one of the brightest , minds of his day, committed suicide by jumping from London bridge into the river Thames. It was either this or starvation. He selected the former. , His verses were a drug on the mar ket. Literature was a poor bread winner in those days, and the man or woman | who depends upon literature today, unless success has crowned their ef forts, stands a precarious chance of making a fortune. It is pleasant to call attention to certain facts recently brought to light. In the recent divorce trial in which the wife of George H. Broadhurst sought separation and alimony, it would prove to the court that Broad- ; hurst's income is $125,000. This is from the royalties on his plays alone. Clyde Fitch, who began life under very impoverished circumstances, i left a fortune of $250,000, and his plays are each year turning in a steady income to his estate. Walter Browne, who wrote "Ev erywoman," knew what it was to starve. It is related that five months before "Everywoman" was produced he wandered into Brown's chop house, in New York, and met a party of friends. "If 1 only could raise $r0," he sighed. "What for?" he was ask ed. "I would get a divorce," he re plied. He did not have $50, did not get a divorce, died on the night of the first performance of "Everywoman" and his widow received $165,000 the first year in royalties from his play. Last fall a crop of manuscript novels was swelled by the statement that a $10,000 prize for a novel had been won by Leona Dalrymple, a young girl in Passaic. There is a fortune in the pen if the right hand directs it and the right mind is behind it. _ Literature is an uncertain field, but it is one rich with opportunity, a field which does not discriminate against sex. Fortunes have been made and fortunes will continue to be made by the fortunate writer of plays, poetry, or ordinary fiction. ? Memphis Commercial- Appeal. The Rul* of the Uoad ? In Law. Section 16 of the State automobile law reads as follows: "Whenever a person operating a motor vehicle shall meet on the pub lic highway any other person riding or driving a horse or horses or other draft animals, or any other vehicle, the person so operating such motor vehicle and the person so riding or driving a horse, horses, or other draft animals, shall reasonably turn the same to the right of the center of such highway so as to pass without interference. Any person so operat ing a motor vehicle shall, on overtak ing any such horse, draft animal, or other vehicle, pass on the left side thereof, and the rider or driver of such horse, draft animal, or other ve hicle shall, as soon as practicable, turn to the right so as to allow free passage on the lelt. Any person so operating a motor vehicle shall, at the intersection of a public highway, keep to the right of the intersection of the center of such highway when turn ing to the right and pass to the right of such intersection when turning to the left, and shall signal with the out stretched hand the direction in which turn is to be made. A motor vehicle of any kind operated on the public highways of the State shall not use any lighting device of over four can dlepowcr equipped with n reflector, unless the same shall be so designed, deflected, or arranged that no portion of the beam or reflected light when measured seventy-five feet or more ahead of the lambs shall rise above forty-two inches from the level sur face on which the vehicle stands under all conditions of load." NEVER NEGLECT A COLD. A chill after bathing, cooling off suddenly after exercise and drafts, give the cold germs a foot-hold that may lead to something worse. Safety requires early treatment. Keep Dr. King's New Discovery on hand. This pleasant balsam remedy allays in flammation, soothes the cough and repairs the tissues. Better be safe than sorry. Break up the cold with Dr. King's New Discovery before it is too late. At your druggist, 50c. $1.00 ? Advt. W. H. WAKEFIELD, M. D, OF Charlotte, will be in Benson, Satur day, July 14th; Four Oaks, Monday, July lOth; Kenly, Tuesday, July 17. The Doctor limits his practice to the medical and surgical treatment of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat troubles, and will charge no fee for fitting glasses in cases where no treatment is required. No. 666 This it a prescription prepared especially (or MALARIA or CHILLS A. FEVER. Five or til doaea will break any case, and ' if taken then aa a tonic the Fever will not return. It acta on the liver better than Calomel sad does not gripe or sickco. 25c BUSINESS LOCALS [TUNER'S NORTH CAROLINA Almanacs for 1917 now on tale at The Herald Office. Price ten cent* TEN NIGHT IN A BARROOM" for ?ale at Herald Office at 5 cents a copy. By mail 8 cents. LOOK ON YOUR 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 your 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. 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 mcrket. 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 pet 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 ? number of people to build homei. 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. \ WE HAVE THEM? THE OLD Re liable Walter A. Wood and McCor mick Mowers and Rakes, bought before the advance. Roberts At kinson Ce^- Selma, N. C. SEVERAL CHEAP MULES AM) 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 ANI) 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 6 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 largo quan tities, and can save you money. See our stock an prices before you buy. Roberts Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C. FOR SALE CHEAP ONE REAPER. Come quick. Austin-Stephenson Co., Smithfield, N. C. MILE FOR SALE? G(K)D, 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. OUR SUPPLY OF MOWERS IS half sold. Come quick. Austin Stephenson Co., Smithficld, N. C. El). A. HOLT Dealer in High Grade Coffins, Caskets and Burial Robes, Princeton, - North Carolina RESOLUTION REQUIRING SIDE WALK IMPROVEMENT IN THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD, N. C. Whereas, The Board of Commis sioners of the Town of Smithfield, did, on the 19th day of April, 1917, adopt an ordinance providing for certain street and sidewalk improve ments upon Market Street, Third street, Second street, and Bridge street, or Smith street, under the pro visions of Chapter 56 of the Public Laws of 1915, and of the Municipal Finance Act of 1917, which said ordi nance has been duly published as re quired by said Municipal Finance Act; and Whereas, The construction of r.uch sidewalk improvements contempora neously with said street improve ments, as set out in said ordinance, is a public necessity for the Town of Smithfield, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF SMITHFIELD: That the owners of all property abutting upon Market street, Third street, Second street, and Smith or Bridge street, within the limits here inafter designated, be, and they are hereby, directed and required to con struct, or cause to be constructed, upon the sidewalks of their respect ive properties abutting upon said streets, a granolithic, cemcnt or con crete sidewalk of the width, and according to the specifications, pre scribed by the Engineer for the said Town of Smithfield; and Be IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, under the powers conferred up on this Board of Commissioners, by the Charter of the sr.id Town of Smithfield, (Section 39 of Chapter 219, Private Laws of 1911), and Chap ter 56 of Public Laws of 1915, the owners of all property abutting upon the following streets, viz: Market street, between Second and Fourth streets; Second street between Market and Smith or Bridge streets; Third street between Smith or Bridge street and Church street; and Smith or Bridge street, between Sec ond street and Neuse River Bridge, be, and they are hereby directed and required to construct, or cause to be constructed, upon the sidewalks of their respective properties abutting upon said streets, a granolithic, ce ment, or concrete sidewalk, of the width and according to the specifica tions prescribed by the Engineer for the Town of Smithfield; and that side walks and cement gutter be laid on Third street, between Church street and Woodall street, according to specifications prescribed by said En gineer for the Town of Smithfield; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That unless said property owners shall commence such sidewalk con struction on, or before the 25th day of June, 1917, such sidewalk con struction shall be made by the Town of Smithfield and the cost thereof as sessed up on the property benefited thereby proportionately as is provid ed may be done by the Charter of said Town of Smithfield, and by the said Act of 1915; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Town of Smithfield pay one half of the costs of laying the side walks and gutter hereinbefore pro vided for, and that the property own ers pay the other one-half of the costs thereof according to the front age of the respective owners of the property abutting said streets. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution be published in The Smithfield Herald, a newspaper of general circulation in said Town of Smithfield. The foregoing resolution was unan imously adopted at a special meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Smithfield, held on Tuesday, June 12th, 1917. H. L. SKINNER, Mayor. ED. S. SANDERS, Town Clerk. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Administrators on the estate of J. C. Lee, deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me duly verified on or before the 25th day of May, 1918, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; and all persons indebted to said es tate will make immediate p*yfi.et<( This ?th day of May, 1917. MINNIE LEE and .<ILLIE ELDRIDGE, Administrator.*. Meeting of Board of Education. The Board of Education will meet in regular session Monday, July 2nd. This meeting will be the regular time for the election of County Superin tendent and Supervisor of Rural Schools. A school committeeman for each district will be appointed. All applications and recommenda tions should be made as early as pos sible to L. T. Royal 1 or W. G. Wilson. W. G. WILSON, Chairman. L. T. ROY ALL, Secretary.
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