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SELMA RESPONDS TO T11E CALL. Why Seltna IIoUk to July 24th An nually' The Old Veteran# Ask the Town to Take Action and They I>o It. All of Johnston Interested and is Proad. To the members of the "Henry L. Wyatt Chapter" United Daughters of the Confederacy: Sister in sen timent and sympathy. We, the Confederate Veterans of Johnston County, most respectfully represent to you that we have heard with regret that the Municipal au thorities of your most hospitable town contemplate changing the anniversary and memorial date and celebration of our deceased comrade, the first to give his life for our "lost cause," Henry L. Wyntt. With high ideals and patriotic mo tives, you establish at great trouble and financial stress and outlay the foundation and final establishment and erection of a beautiful bronze monument in our Capital City of Raleigh, in his honor, that future and unborn generations may and doubt less will view and ponder over in rev erence and beautiful sentiment. Now in consideration of all this and va rious other potent reasons, we den ire that you request, aye, demand that the 24th day of July in each and ev ery year be observed in honor, as mentioned above and that you shall for ever discountenance and positive ly object to any movement in any manner, for a change in date save that falling on Sunday, in which event do away entirely with the Fair and all amusement part of the occasion, for that year and instead have a com ing together of all religious denomin ations, Sunday School, religious or ganizations of the town, and have two or more distinguished speakers to address the people on that date on undenominational subjects. For God's sake, while a few of us still walk on this earth, let us see this honor and this day firmly es tablished, and put upon the munici pal records as such, and spread upon the minutes of your own history as a permanent anniversary. C. S. POWELL, A. H. SASSER, W .B. JOHNSON, J. T. BARHAM, , W. H. BARHAM, , KRANK B. PARKER, , J. B. PARKER, ISRAEL STEPHENSON, , SIMEON MASSEY, i W. M. MURPHY, LOV1T ENN1S, A. B. VINSON, GIDEON PHILLIPS, BRIDGES CROCKER, g. W. BLUB, JOHN H. PARKER, N. G. MASSEY, , WILLIAM VASS, I.. II. TAYI.OR, DICK WALLACE, ( JOHN W. STRICKLAND, , WILLIS COLE, , C. B. JONES, JAMES GUILDERS, A. N. OVERBY, WILLIAM WORLEY, JOHN R. WATSON, JOSEI'HUS JOHNSON, JAMES B. LEE, WILLIAM MASSENGILL, SAMUEL STRICKLAND, J. J. T1NER, 1). R. MASSENGILL, WILLIAM ELDRIDGE, JOHN D. GRANTHAM, W. H. POOL, JAMES A. WOODALL, JOSHUA E. CREECH, J. ELBERT STRICKLAND, ROBERT STRICKLAND, R. I). WEATHERS, T. J. NORRIS. Copy of Letter Received From C. S. Powell. Smithfield, N. C., June 22, 1917. Hon. J. P. Temple, and Board of Aldermen, Selma, N. C. My Pear Sirs: The enclosed letter partially ex plains itself. For cause, the same was not presented to the Mayor and Board, but feeling as 1 now do, 1 do not hesitate to do so, in full confi dence that you will not hesitate one moment to incorporate the same in your town records, which will be a lasting monument. I have consulted practically every confederate soldier in Johnston County (near one hundred) and it is their sentiment without a dissent ing voice, and tru*t that you may adopt it at once. Selma has the unique reputation of being the only town in the State that tenders to us one day every year her unbounded hospitality, and a big dinner and supper if necessary to boot. Smith field, we think, should do so, but she doesn't. We started to the war un der her smiles 57 years ago, when Selma was Dan Sellar's turpentine orchard. We see and appreciate the difference. Fix it so that the 24th of July shall be a gala day for all time. God bless Selma and especially the Henry L. Wyatt Chapter. Very respectfully, C. S. POWELL, For the Confederate Veteran* of Johnston County. o Hoard Accedes to Request. Hon. C. S. Powell, Smithficld, N. C. Dear Sir: Your letter bearing daU' of June 22, 1!?17, addressed to Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Selma, N. C., with petition signed by goodly num ber of Confederate Veterans' names attached thereto, asking that the 24th of July be made a legal holiday each and every year, in honor of "Henry L. Wyatt," the first to yield his life for our lost cuusu, We b<g to advise that we have gladly complied with your request. It was a pleasure, inde"d, to have the petition placed upon the minutea of our records. The town of Selma ex tends to you and each of you a cor dial welcome every 24th of July, and oftencr if you desire to come. With great respects, we are, J. P. TEMPLE, M ?yor, W. B. DRIVER, I. T. RAINS, R. L. RAY, W. R. SMITH, Commissioners. Selma, N. C., June .10, 1917. FORCES CRGED to stop fight. President Would Slop Al Prohibiting I ho of (iraiits In Making Distilled Liquors. Prohibition Leaders Are Ahkt'd to Hold I'p In Fi^ht Tor In direct Prohibition. Last week witnessed a hard strug gle in Congress over the prohibition question which was brought to the front by the amendment to the Food Regulation bill which would stop the use of foodstuffs in the manufacture of all intoxicating liquors including wines and beer. The fight grew less tense Friday when the President took a hand. II. E. C. Bryant, writing to the News nnd Observer, under date of Fridr.y says in Saturday's paper: "The President has appealed to the prohibition forces to stop their fight for indirect prohibition ut this time. His appeal is on patriotic grounds. "Senator Martin has been authoriz ed by the President to say thut he thinks ii. unwise at this time to go too J far with the proposition to prohibit the use of foods, food materials and feeds in the manufacture of intoxicat ing liquor.",. He would stop at prohib- , iting the use of grains in the manu facture of distilled spirits. "A tentative compromise for the prohibition amendments now in the , food control bill has been prepared. It provides: "1. That the use of food, food mate rials and feeds in distilled spirits be prohibited. "2. That the Mrisident b< authoriz ed to prohibit tP use of food, food ma terials and feeds in the manufacture af vinou.i, malt and fermented liquors if the necessity arrises. "The forces in the Senate are di vided over the beer and wine ques tion. Some Senators would mak ? no reference to the use of food, food ma terials and feed in the manufacture of beer and wine, while others would authorize him to stop its use if he thought it necessary. "A number of prohibition leaders in the Senrte, among them Senators Sheppard, Thompson, McKcllar and Johnson, of South Dakotr, promised today to support the President and stop at tho prohibition of the use of grain and other food stuffs in the manufacture of distilled spirits. Tho bill will contain the provision for com mandeering distilled spirits in bond if they are mvded by the government." Japan's Toy Trade. Japan's trade in toys in 1910 was over four times as great as in 1912. Its total value in the former year was $915,000; in the latter it was 800,000. Exports of Japanese toys to the United States rose in value from $314,000 ?in 1912 to $1,090,000 in 1916. American buyers now in Japan state that the great prosperity of the Japanese toy industry will not outlast the war, as the Japanese ar ticle, they say, is inferior to European toys. But it is acknowledged that the Japanese will probably keep a pood part of the increased toy trade, especially in the lower grades of toys, which cheapness of labor and other conditions allow them to pro duce at low cost. A skilled Japanese toymaker receives a daily wage of only :>7 cents and overhead charges are limited because many of the toys are made by the workers at their homes. ? New York Times. Housewives, interested in economy, who wish to be certain that their families are getting proper food and not too much, should ask the United States Department of Agriculture to send Farmers' Bulletin 808, "How to Select Foods ? What the Body Needs." Photo by American Press Association. Brigadier General Clarence R. Edwards HARD BATTLING IN FRANCE. Germans and French Engage in San guinary lighting in Soissons IChfims Sector, Briti h Continue Campaign at Lens. (Friday's War Summary.) The French and Germans are en gaged in intensive fighting in the re gion of Cerny and Corbcny in the Soisaons-Rheims .sector and around Hill .'104 and in the Avocourt wood near Verdun, while the British are continuing their operations having the envelopment of Ia-us as their ob jective. The battle around Ccrny has been sanguinary, positions several times changing hands but at last reports remaining in the hands of the Ger mans, who, after several unsuccess ful attempts, won them from the French but at the cost of heavy cas ualties. Southeast of Corbeny, the Germans along the Laon-Rheims road also en deavored to force the French lines, but here they were repulsed, losing heavily. According to the Berlin war office the Germans have captured French positions along the Malancourt-Es nes road in the Verdun sector 2,000 metres in length to a depth of 500 metres and repulsed Frcnch attacks ielivered in an endeavor to regain the lost ground. Field Marshal Haig's forces in an offensive in the region of Oppy have taken German positions on a front of 2,000 yards and have forced their way into the town of Avion, two miles south of Lens. In the fighting around Oppy and south of the Souchez river 147 prison ers and 12 machine guns were cap tured by the British. Minor operations continue on the Russian, Austro-Italian and Mace donian fronts. Along the Persian Mesopotamian frontier there has been considerable activity in which the Turks have forced the Russians to recross the Abis Hirman river south of Banen. Greece has severed diplomatic re lations with Germany and her allies and apparently soon will take the field against them on the side of the entire allies. Premier Venizelos, in taking the oath of office, announced that Greece's place was beside de mocracy. New Tables of Weights and Measures. (For Future Arithmetics.) 4 ears of corn equal 1 pint of milk. 4 pints of milk equal 1 egg. 12 eggs equal 1 pound of butter. 128 pounds of butter equal 1 barrel of flour. 2 barrels of flour equal 1 potato. 2 potatoes equal 1 16-carat diamond. 2 pans of ashes equal 1 match. 10 motches equal 1 stick of kin dling. 12 sticks of kindling equal 1 shovel of coal slack. 160 rhovels of coal slack equal 1 lump of soft coal. 10 lumps of soft coal equrl 1 lump of hard coal. 2 lumps of hard coal equal 1 16 ounce gold nugget. 10 rusty pen points equal 1 blotter. 6 blotters equal 1 3-cent postage stamp. 6 3-cent postage stamps equal 1 bottle of ink. 10 bottles of ink equal 1 bushel of waste paper. 25 bushels of waste paper equal 1 pound of news print. 10 pounds of news print equal 1 Ford automobile.- New York Times. Prompt treatment of r slight attack of Diarrhoea will often prevent a se rious sickness. The best known Rem edy is Dr. SETH ARNOLD'S BAL SAM. Warranted by HOOD BROS. ? Adv. All life is a matter of bossing; you've either got to boss or be bossed. War Declared on Typhoid Fever in Johnston County The blowing up of the U. S. S. Maine in Cuba in 1898 caused the United States to declare war on Spain. At that time the United States had 10,759 troops in camp at Jacksonville, Ma., not one of which had been vaccinated against typhoid fever; consequently 4,442 contracted typhoid, and 248 died. That experience caused a declaration of war on typhoid by vaccination. In 1911 there were 12,801 U. S. troops in camp during the hot months of the year in Texas. All but one had been vaccinated against typhoid, and he, alone, con tracted the disease. There has been no typhoid fever in the Army and Navy since vaccination was made compulsory. THREE TREATMENTS, A WEEK APART, NECESSARY FOR PROTECTION Protect Yourself and Family by (ioing to the Nearest Dispensary Point the First Day and Taking the Treatment. Typhoid fever in your community is your fault unless you have done everything in your power to prevent it. A competent physician, representing the State Board of Health, will administer the treatment. Dispensary Points and Dates Monday, July 9, 16, 23, 30 CLAYTON 9 to 12 A. M. SELMA 12 to 3 P. M. BENSON 10 to 1 P. M. Tuesday, July 10, 17, 24, 31 FOUR OAKS 12 to 2 P. M. PRINCETON 1 to 3 P. M. SMITHFIELD 10 to 1 P. M. Wednesday, July 11, 18, 25, Aug. 1 PINE LEVEL 10 to 1 P. M. WILSON'S MILLS 1 to 2 P. M. Friday, July 13, 20, 27, Aug 3 HARE'S STORE 10 to 1 P. M. Saturday, July 14, 21, 28, Aug. 4 FARMERS' MERCANTILE CO.'S STORE 2 to 5 P. M. MICRO 12 to 2 P. M. KENLY 9 to 11 A. M. Billions of Dollars That heretofore have been stored away in vaults and safety deposit boxes are being taken from hiding and loaned to our Allies in this war. The Vast Sum Will not be spent out of the country. It will be spent here for foodstuffs and the thousand and one other supplies that must be sold to our Allies for the support of their armies and civil population. The articles must be raised and made in this country, by our own people. Millions of Americans Will be employed in this work, with factories running over time and farmers utilizing every hour of the day light. Much of that money will even find its way right into our own local community, and every citizen will be proportionately benefited. The Shrewd Merchant Will heed the doctrine of commercial preparedness, and will begin now to advertise his wares in this paper, for it is a self evident "fact that the spender will go to the merchant who makes the most attractive bid for his business, whether that merchant be local or foreign. it at Home If the merchants of Smithfield and other Johnston County towns want the money that is sent to the mail order houses they must go after it with the same vim and vigor that the mail order houses do. They know the value of Advertising. It's Time For AH Home Folks to Wake Up BEATY & LASSITER PUBLISHERS SMITHFIELD Keep
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