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IE SMITHFIELD HERALD Published Every Tuesday and Friday. BEATY & LASSITER Editors and Proprietors, Smithfield, N. C. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Caah in Advance. One year, 11.50 Eight Months, 1.00 Six Months, ,75 Three Months, .40 | Entered at the Post Office at Smith field, Johnston County, N. C., as Second-class Matter. zzxxxxyocazxiooo txxrjo&yy: A MOST FITTING AO. The action of Mr. W. M. Sanders in (jiving the soldier boys ? members of Raleigh Motor Truck Company ? a fine barbecue dinner on his spacious and well shaded lawn Wednesday, was most fitting and will long be remem bered >y every one of the boys who are members of the company. This public spirited act of one of Smith field's best known citizens will show to those who have dedicated their lives to their country's service that the people back home honor and love them for the answer they have made to their country's call. We are glad that Smithfield has a citizen who is willing to honor the soldier boys in the way they were honored by Mr. Sanders Wednesday. Every citizen of the community hon ors Mr. Sanders for his thoughtful and public spirited act. It makes it easier for our soldier boys to go forth to fight their country's battles when they know that there are those here end there who are glad to do them honor. The meeting together of the yoldier boys with Mr. Sanders and his friends will ever remain a bright spot in their memory. INFORMING THE PEOPLE. One of the most needed things nt this tim ? is u campaign of education -on the subject of why we are at war. The newspapers have published col umn after column of the livest kind of stuff on this subject, but still there are hundreds and hundreds of people who have not yet grasped the situation. The seeming lack of patri otism among the people is, after all, only a lack of understanding. A scries of patriotic rallies held at suitable places in the rural dis tricts at which good speakers are on hand to make addresses would be of untold value at this time. The speech es of Mr. James H. Pou, of Raleigh, have had a fine effect. They have done more to arouse the people to a sense of their duty in the present crisis than hundreds of newspaper articles. There is nothing that will arouse the people in a great crisis like the hu man voice, uttering words of patriot ism and appealing to the best there is in men. The people are not cow ards, they are ready to defend their country. They do not yet fully under stand. The great principle for which we are fighting has not sunk deep into their hearts. But they are being aroused. They will do their duty. After iill there will be no slackers worth mentioning when the test comes. But the people need to be taught and one of the works of the County Council for Defense is to teach them. They may publish all the articles they wish, but the people will never be fully reached until men of intelligence, men of understanding, and ra?n of sympathy and of persuasive power go before them and tell them of the gov ernment's plans and its aims. This is a time when every man should stand I by his government. We are in a great war the importance of which cannot be fully weighed and it is the bounden duty of every man and every woman to stand shoulder to shoulder with<> the President and help to win the greatest victory the world has ever known. THE POPE'S PEACE PROPOSAL. i (Editorial in Washington post.) Pope Benedict's peace proposal un- ' questionably is inspired by a genuine J desire to prevent another year of | bloodshed, and in a humanitarian sense it is to be commended. The sug- 1 gestionis outlined by the Vatican as ( possible peace bases, however, cannot be expected to promote peace. The ] aloofness of the Vatican from the 1 affairs of this world could hardly be ! more strikingly shown than by the as- 1 sumption that France will actually | take Germany's bloody and perfidious | hand in token of agreement that the question of A I ace and I?rraine shall ' be referred to arbitration! Naive as are the Pope's sugges tions, they will doubtless be consider- j ed by tens of thousands of devout per- t sons as reasonable and workable. It is proper, therefore, that something ' should be said regarding these sug-' gestions, and the reasons why they ( are not gufflcicnt to cause the allied ( nations to suspend for a moment their 1 plans for the absolute defeat of Ger- * t many. The basis of the Vatican's peace s proposal is restoration of the status t quo ante helium; a turning backward ' to the conditions of July, 1914. Now, 1 ?j that is an impossibility, for this rea- ^ son: In July, 1914, the German gov ernment had not destroyed its stand- r ing among nations as an honorable government, scrupulous in adherence ! to the obligation of humanity and | treaty enj agements. At this time Ger- i ? many has no honor. She cannot re- J store her honor. She cannot return to | the status quo ante. The other na- I lions, Germany's allies and enemies, i cannot restore Germany's honor. ? There is nothing, therefore, to give j the world any assurance of safety, no | matter what the peace terms might { i". Who would believe Germany if j he should profess contrition? What i ? nation \m uld demobilise and subject j itself to a treacherous assault by > Germany? Germany has taught the \ world 'that she cannot lie trusted. The ' combined world, therefore, is engag- j ed in the task of forging chains that i will keep Germany from murdering j her neighbors. j Mon.-trcus as has been the destruc tion of human life by Germany's war mr.chine, the most effective, far v.-acliing, fatal piece of destruc'ion accomplished by Germany was when she destroyed her own honor. From the hour when the world, aghast, dis covered that in the twentieth century a nation abreast of science was a sav age at heart, a treacherous and mur derous savage, there has been but one possible end of the war. That end is the chaining of the savage. Peace conferences with a liar! Solemn writ ten proposals, with the idea of draw ing up p binding agreement with a set of savages who do not know the meaning of truth, or binding agree ment, or honor! A proposal to prevent the killing of natives in India by en tering into protocols with the man eating tigers is exactly on a par with treatyrmaking with the German gov ernment. It will be asked, if Germany is in capable of entering into a binding agreement, how is any peace treaty to be made with her in the end ? The answer is that peace must be enforc ed upon Germany. It must be made upon the terms imposed by civiliza tion. It need not be a treaty with Germany; but if it should be, civili sation will see that the written word of Germany is secured by rt chain around Germany's neck. "Neve ? again," is the fixed resolve of civilization. Havinjr felt the fangs of the beast, and having painfully as sembled the means to shackle him. civilization will not let him slip. Hum. ity shares with Pope Bene dict Me feeling of horror over such Ho< d*h < and tit solat inn. It is to put a stop to it. forever, that humanity re s t ? c nipr-.m s. with t'v German murder system. HARD FIGHTING IN YPRES AREA Important Positions and More Than 1.H00 Prisoner* Taken by Entente Allies. Blow Is Delivered on Nine M : I ? Front. Only On lltTHM Kiieht Were Allied Forres Unable to Make 1'rojjresn. Hitter Fighting Through out Thursday. (Associated Press War Summary.) A train the great Anglo-French war machine has struck the Germans in (?landers and again it has been suc essful. The village of Langermarck and (rther important positions were laken Thursday and more than 1,800 prisoners already have been counted. The latest blow in? the Ypres area was on a front of nine miles and only jn the extreme right were allied forces jnable to make.- progress. The Germans resisted stubbornly, suffering heavy losses, but on the greater part of the front they were forced to leave valu able positions in the possession of the tllies. Before the fighting b tween Lens lad died out the French and British moved forward north of the Ypres Vlenin road. Throughout Thursday hit ler fighting continued. On the Left he French occupied the ground be ween the Yser canal and Marjevaart ind then drove the Germans from the m porta nt bridge-head of Dreigrach ,en. Field Marshal Haig's men carried he center and right of the attacking ine. In the center the British early rained their first objectives and then istablished themselves in Langemarck. Continuing their attack, they advanc ed a half mile beyond the village, raining a trench system, which was he final objective of the day. On the right flank the German re istance was most desperate. Karly in he day the British drove the Teutons ?ack, but numerous counter-attacks, n which they suffered severely, en ibled the Germans to regain the lost rround. In the Lens sector the Canadians nade further progress east of Loos and north of Lens. German prisoners to the number of nearly 900 were taken in the fighting here Wednesday and Thursday, bringing the allied to tal for the two days to 2,7#0. In Flanders the British also captured some guns from the Germans. ? News and Observer, 17th. Seventeen persons were killed and upward of two score injured, when jtwo trolly cars on the Shore Line Electric Railway met head-on at high speed a short distance from the local station in North Branford, Conn., Monday. Both cars were of heavy con struction and the force of the impact locked them together in a mass of twisted iron and steel and splintered wood. Both cars were well filled with passengers and most of the dead were women. The first three bales of Georgia's new cotton crop to arrive in New York was auctioned from the steps of the Cotton Exchange Monday for $700, nearly 50 cents a pound. The money was given to Red Cross war fund. . Congress is some talker. Some sta tistician has figured out that more than six million words have found ex- ' pression in Congress since March 4th. Bandit Villa and Bewhiskercd Car ranza! What has become of them? Since v/e got into that big fuss in Europe these fellows have dropped out of the lime light. BARGAINS !! One excellent cow, $75.00. I One Registered Pointer, partly broken, $50.00. One Kerosene Tank, $3.50. Two Single Beds, $5.00 each. Come quickly, I leave Smith- i field this week. A. VERMONT j ( When you think of GROCERIES? let your | thoughts turn to TURNAGE Smithfield's Leading Grocer The Best is None Too Good For OUR Customers! S. C. T urnage ! Smithtield, N. C. rtrictc icicictcic icicicicuc ir icicicic icicmcir inriEinc i WE HANDLE IN BIG LOTS H eavy and Staple Groceries We buy in Car Load Lots and can make close prices on Flour9 Meat, Meal , Feedstuffs and other necessary supplies for the Home and Farm. We sell for Cash Located at the Depot Stedman Stores Co. J. D. DICKENS, Manager. Smithfield, N. C. Paint Your House Before Coid Weather If you go through the coming winter without repainting your house the deterioration in value will be twice the cost of painting it now. Let us figure on the paint for your house. We fur nish the best of paints, and quote you the lowest possible price. Smithfiejd Hardware Co. Smithfleld, N. C. Put It Up To The Cook !!! A bill of Groceries from our house puts it squarely 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 strength. 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. Smithfield, N. C 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. CLEARANCE A L. OF Seasonable Merchandise At Greatly Reduced Prices In order to close out our Spring and Summer Lines of Merchandise, we will offer for TWO WEEKS, beginning % Saturday, Aug. 18 our stock of Summer Merchandise at greatly reduced prices. We will offer all Straw and Panama Hats at half price. Men and Boys Cloth and Palm Beach Suits at very low prices. All Summer Underwear at prices that mean a big sav ing to you. Our line of Dress Silks is already under-priced ; in order to close out we have cut deep into the price. All Summer Dress Goods will be closed out regardless of the cost. * We expect to discontinue our line of Laces and Em broideries, hence we offer this line at astonishingly low prices. COME AND SUPPLY YOUR WANTS R. C. Lassiter & Co. Four Oaks, North Carolina.
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