IDE SNIITHFIEID HERALD
Published Every Tuesday and Friday.
BEATY & LASSITER
Editors and Proprietors,
Smithfield, N. C.
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RAILROAD CROSSINGS.
There wire seven people killed lust
week in the counties of Johnston and
Wake at railroad crossings. This
certainly should be enough to make
us consider the crossings. They were
dangerous before the days of auto
mobiles, but are many times more
dangerous now. What shall we do
about them? This is a question
worthy of the most careful consider
ation. In the first pluce we should
have just as few of them as possible.
With some expense many of these
crossings could be dispensed with to
advantage. For instance, the two
crossings north and south of Corinth
Methodist chureh, in Ingrams town
ship, just south of Black Creek, are
entirely unnecessary if the road at
that place was built for a short dis
tance just east of the railroad. For
safety let us have just as few of
these crossings as possible and then
wherever practical they should either
go under the railroad or should be
overhead crossings. Besides every
precaution should he taken by the
people using the county roads. Some
favor a law compelling all automo
biles to stop before passing over
crossings. "Stop, Look, Listen," they
say should ring in everybody's ears.
It is hard to say just what laws we
need in regard to driving automo
biles, but it is certain we really do 1
need some regulations for the cross
ings. We are not likely to get any
laws for nearly two years, but we
could do some things for ourselves.
One of the first things to do is to get
in mind the fact that the right of way
of the railroad belongs to the railroad
and that we should give their trains
the first consideration. The people
must keep off the tracks when the
trains are passing. The trains should
be allowed the ur.e of their tracks.
As it is people walk the railroad
tracks; they stand on them and even
sit down to rest on them. Railroad
ground is dangerous ground and the
sooner ell the people learn this the I
safer it will be for all. I
i THE RUSSIAN FAILURE.
The failure of the Russian troops to
make a bold stand against the Teu
tonic armies has been learned with
great regret throughout the world.
Revolution at home, treason in the
army and the troops demoralized
B make a combination very satisfac
tory to Teutonic sympathizers. Ger
fH, man intrigue and German money are
having their effect on the demoraliz
ed, ignorant Russian soldiers and
peasants.
E. J. JUSTICE DIES SUDDENLY.
Ed. J. Justice died suddenly in
San Francisco Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Justice's home was in Greens
boro, but for the past several years
he had been living' in San Francisco.
He has been a special attorney em
ployed by the United States Depart
ment of Justice in the prosecution of
fome bipr cases in the West. He was
regarded as a strong- man.
Mr. Justice had served in the State
|r. . Senate and in the House where he
was Speaker in the General Assem
bly of 1907. He was a son of Judge
M. H. Justice.
FARM EDITORIALS.
By J. M. B.
GIVE THE OR( HARD ATTENTION
Orchards usually de l>cttcr if cul
tivated, but sometimes it is not con
venient to plant a crop in the orch
ard. In that case the orchard should
be plow?5d at" least once a year.
Here rnd there we see neglected
orchards, where weeds and crass and
sometimes briars and bushes are al
lowed to grow. The trees in such
orchards are usually slow to {{row and
yellow in appearnnce and l>ear but
little fruit. A little manure and
some work will pay well in the orch
ard. Now that crops are about laid
by and the ground is soft on ac
count of the rains we have had, it is
a (rood time to do this work in the
orchard. Trees will grow consid
erably between now and the winter
anil it will pay to give them atten
tion now. A small amount of prun
ing on young trees could be done to
advantage. It is well to remember
that the fruit crop as well as other
crops, needs attention and help to
make.
IIOCS WHICH HAVE HAD
MULBERRIES.
The everbearing mulberry is a
great tree. Its fruit lasts about
three months, but usually Rives out
by Auirust first. This year's crop is
about gone. MoAt people like the
mulberry as a hog feed, but a few
do not like them. Those who do not
like them are usually those men who
depend too much on them. Hogs al
lowed to run in xi mulberry orchard
should have other feed regularly
and when they are taken off the mul
berries they should have enough oth
er feed to make up for the mulber
ries. Now that mulberries are fail
ing it is a good time to increase the
other feed. Melons will take the place
of them, but if the melons are short
probably the next best thing is green
corn. Cut the corn and let the hogs
have it stalk, fodder, tassels, ear,
shucks and all, and you will be sur
prised how much of it they will eat
and how near all of it they will eat.
The farmer who has corn of several '
ages should be able to feed his hogs
on it until the other crops are ready.
Sorghum cane will help greatly whert '
it is ready to be fed. It should be fed
like the green corn and hogs really 1
like it better than they like the corn.
They will eat the corn very well until '
the sorghum cane is ready. Many
people do not use these feeds because ?
they do not get in mind the fact that
the hog is a great grass eater., 1
N EG LECTED IMPLEMENTS.
1
We have advocated to a reasonable <
['xtent tho purchase of improved farm 1
implements. Some newspapers, and
especially some farm papers have
carried this idea too far. Improved im
plements pay some farmers, hut
with many it is a waste of money to i
liuy them. Hundreds of thousands <
of dollars have been spent in the ;
South for implements which have not ;
paid for themselves. It was a waste
of money to buy them. In some
cases they were not needed and could i
not be used at all. In other cases
they were used for a season or two I
and then thrown away. On account of :
stamps and rocks many farms were
not ready for the implements bought.
Hut neglect is the cause of the great
est loss in the purchase of imple
ments. For want of paint, for want i
of grease, for want of being tighten- 1
ed up and repaired or for the want 1
of suiable shelters or for the want
of any shelters at all, the imple
ments go to ruin. To say nothing
about tho plows which are left here ;
and there in the fields it is discour
aging to see the mowers and rakes,
the stalk cutters, the grain drills and ,
other valuable implements standing
out unprotected from the weather, i
A writer said some time ago that
the "Blue sky" seemed to be the
great American implement shed. It
is worse than this. Often it is the
heavy cloud or the fierce wind. One
Johnston County farmer raid he
could work out money to pay for an
implement easier than he could built
a shelter to protect that implement.
His neighbors declare that he never
has any implements fit to use. Un
less farmers will protect their im
plements better .many of them had
better stop buying. The better plan
to follow, however, is to repair and
protect them.
The boar that walks like a man
has l>een running yke a scared boar
for the past few days. Kcrensky
needs to get him by the collar and
straighten him up, so that the name
given him by Kipling will be a bet
tor fit.
Lay aside life-harming heaviness,
and entertain a cheerful disposition.
? Shakespeare.
CLAYTON'S LIVE NEWS BUDGET.
Mr. I'aul G alley l'reach?-s at Metit>
odist Church. Methodist Pastor
Preaches at Baptist Church. Sev
eral Clayton Boys Enlist. Personal
Item*.
Clayton, July 25.- Miss Emma
Vestal, of Sanfurd, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh A. Page for a few days
the pa$t week.
Mi s Madalina Knight, of Durham,
spent the past week-end here the
guest of Mrs. J. J. Young.
Mr. A. Ham White and little daugh
ter, F ranees, spent a few days re
cently visiting relatives in Concord.
They returned Tuesday accompanied
by Miss Louise White, who will
spend some time with them.
Mrs. W. R. Smith and children, of
Selma, after spending several days
here with relatives, left Wednesday
for their home.
>'r. Paul Gulley, of Nashville,
spent the past week-end here with
relatives, returning Wednesday, ac
companied by his nephew, Master
Kay Gulley.
Mrs. C. B. Turley, who for the
jm ' two weeks has been visiting in
Oxford, returned home today. |
The pulpit of the Methodist church
was filled last Sunday by Mr. Paul
Gulley, of Nashville. The auditorium
was about full and every one enjoyed
u very helpful sermon. Mr. Gulley
will also preach at the same place
next Sunday ?morning.
Bev. T. A. Sikes, pastor of the
Mrihodi-it church, occupied the pul
pit of the Baptist church last Sunday
morning in the absence of the pastor
Kev. Mr. Hamby.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith, of Lil
Imgton, and Mr. Charlie Lindsay, of
'he same place, are spending this
week here with relatives.
Mr. Harvey Creech, of Newport
?News, visited his parents here last
week.
Among the Clayton young men who I
have enlisted and were called into
service today are the following:
Aubrey Gattis, Ekie Gattis, Devan
Harbour, Rudolph Barnes, Neil
Uarnes, Garland Young, Bennette
?le, Carl Mitchell and Warren Mc
Cullers.
Miss Lorena Godwin and brother
<>f Pine Level, spent Tuesday night
here with relatives.
Mr. Clifford Gulley, of Raleigh,
-pent a few days here this week. |
Mr. W. H. S tailings, of Selma, was
n town today on business.
Mr. Robert Boone spent Wcdnes
iay in Raleigh.
Mr. G. W. Ellis spent Tuesday in
selma. I
Mr. William Wrenn, of McCuJIcrs,
nude a short business trip here Tues
lay.
Mr. Norwood Barbour, a member of
'N''ltl?nal Guard, npw stationed at
?oldshoro, spent a few days this
?veek here with parents.
Purple Cross Is Organized.
The North Carolina State Purple
Cross Association was organized at
CJreensboro this week with George L.
Stansbary, of Greensboro, president,
ind J. Robert Wood, of Oxford, sec
retary-treasurer. Mr. J. D. Under
wood, of Smithfield, was elected as
me of the vice-presidents.
Congress has been asked to pass a
bill placing the organization on the
same basis as the Red Cross Society.
The object of the association is to
see that the bodies of all soldiers who
may be so unfortunate as to die in
Europe shall be embalmed in a prop
in* and scientific way and brought
back home for burial. The North
Carolina Funeral Directors Associa
tion has passed a resolution agree
ing to attend all funerals, furnish
funeral car and personal service for
iinv soldier's body returned from
Europe free of charge. ,
It is a commendable undertaking
und is worthy of success. It is plan
ned to finance the association in the
same way the Red Cross is financed.
I ' ?
\T THE CAPITAL OF BOON HILL.
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Ik-ath of Four Month* Old Baby.
Caspian Holt at Newport. Personal
Items of IntereMt.
Princeton, July 25. ? Mrs. Joe
Amerson and children are visiting
relatives in Kenly this week.
Mr. Henry Fitzgerald was in town
visiting friends Sunday.
Mr. Oscar P. Raiford, agent of the
{ \tlantic Coast Line at Clio, S. C., has
; lieen spending a few days with his
father, Mr. Eugene Raiford.
Our young friend, Mr. Alkie Toler
wanted to join the navy very bad, so
he went to Raleigh for an examina
; tion, the officers said Alkie was 0.
K., except that he was minus a couple
?it toes, which defect would keep him
out.
Mrs. Walter V. Woodard and little
daughter, Virginia, have gone to
<pend a week with her father at Gib
sonvills, N. C.
Caspian S. Holt and fifty other
I North Carolina young men have ar
rived at Newport, R. I., at the navy
training school.
The stork visited the home of Mr.
and Mrs. L. M. Adams Tuesday and
left in their care a little baby girl.
Mrs. E. F. Wells and Mrs. S. R.
Brady have entered their babies in
the contest at Selma, each of them
have apparently a perfect little speci
men of babyhood.
The friends and relatives of Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse liass will regret to
learn of the death of their little
four-months-old baby, which died
Sunday morning.
Mrs. Nellie Howell is very serious
ly ill at her home in town.
Mr. and Mrs . W. C. Ryals and
children have gone to visit relatives,
at Benson this week.
Mrs. J. C. Thomas and little daugh
ter from Apex are visiting Mrs. A.
J. Mitchell.
Miss Hazel weeks, of Whitakers,
N. C., is visiting Miss Rachel Ed
wards this week. ':r. ?? ?> I
Smithfield's Barber Shops.
Smithfield has three barber shops
in which colored men do all the
shaving. These barbers have an
nounced that after August 1st they
will charge fifteen cents for a shave.
This may be necessary and we shall
not say that it is not. We think it
safe to say that the change will cause
right mrny to do their own shaving.
Those barbers have not given us their
reasons for making the change, but
we think we can mention one which
they would give, and two which they
would not give. In the first place the
barbers, like other people, have to
pay more for what they get, but it
seems still there would be money in
sttaving at ten cents a shave. The
second reason for putting the price
up is that (juite a number of men
want their barbers to play with them
every time they go to get shaved. |
They want their heads scratched and i
hot towels to cover their faces for j
awhile after the shaving is done, j
They require these and other such !
things, none of which are necessary
to go with a shave and all this takes
the barber's time. It never was j
right to shave these men at the same j
price as those who want a shave and |
nothing more. The third reason for
raising the price is the fact that quite ;
a number of men will get shaved and
then say "I will pay you later." In
other words, they have carried the
credit system to the barber shop.
Part of every barber's work is never
paid for. In this, as everywhere else,
the man who pays must pay for the
mp.n who does not pay. It is strange
that men will not keep up with as
pmall a thing as their shaving. Every
man could carry with him ten cents
to the barber shop. Many a poor
barber has suffered from the credit
system.
Oh! be he kin.tr or subject, he's most
blest
Whose happiness is centered in his
home. ? Goethe.
Put It Up To The Cook !!!
A bill of Groceries from our house puts it squarelj up to the
cook. There can be absolutely no excuse for a poor dinner pre
pared from Groceries purchased from us.
NOURISHING FOODS were never more necessary than at
this time, when you need to conserve every ounce of your strenpt .
Our MEATS are rich and wholesome.
Our VEGETABLES are fresh.
Our FLOUR is the very best on the market.
Every article of food in the house is selected with care and an
eye to the health of our customers.
Every purchase you make is the essence of wisdom in Gro
cery buying ? it is the acme of possible economy.
City Grocery Co.
Smitlifield, N. C.
A BIG SUPPLY
of Flour, Com. Oats, Shipstuff. Molasses Feed, Beef
Pulp, Meat and a general line of choice and Fancy Gro
ceries, always in stock. When you come to town again,
buy a gallon of my good Molasses, and you will be pleased.
S. G. T urnage
Smithfield, N. C.
Bring me your Hams, Chickens and Eggs.
Plant Turnip Seed
If you Want the Best Turnip Seed
That Money Can Buy
Come To
HOOD'S
The Oldest and Best Seedsmen
in Johnston County
HOOD BROS.
Druggists
On the Square!
Smithfield, N. C.
Mr. Farmer and Mr. City Man: Do you ever have to
haul Tobacco, Cotton, Vegetables and many other articles
to Town for Market? Do you ever carry back Fertilizers,
Hulls, Meal, Flour, Wheat and Corn to the Mill and many
other articles? How would you like to haul all this
and never know you were hauling them until you reached
the destination? Pull your load of Tobacco on the
Scales and then dump same on the Sales Floor without
unloading on a truck. Ask the men who own one how
useful they really are ? Charlie Davis, Marshal Lasstier,
J. T. Coats.
For Sale by
W. R. SANDERS
Smithfield, N. C.
Grading T obacco
We are receiving lots of Tobacco to be graded. If you
want any graded for opening sale bring it to us any
time.
Yours for business,
Boyett
*os.
Smithtield, N. C.