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THE SMITHFIELD HERALD Published Every Tuesday and Friday. BEATY & LASSITER Editors and Proprietors, Smithfield, N. C. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Cash in Advance. One year, 11.50 Eight Months, 1.00 Sis Months, .75 Three Months, .40 Entered at the Post Office at Smith field, Johnston County, N. C., as Second-class Matter. HOOVER. Every great crisis in history pro duces a great man. Out of the Rev olution tame Washington. Out of the War of 1812 came Andrew Jaik eon. Out of the Civil War came U. S. Grant and Robert E. Lee and the man who will live as long as the American nation, Abraham Lincoln. Out of the Spanish-American War came Theodore Roosevelt and Gener al Leonard Wood. Great men will come out of the war with Germany. Already some are coming. The sun of their lives is slowly rising and brightening the way for others to fol low. One of these is Herbert C. | Hoover who has just been appointed | American food administrator. Tlious- ( ands have already asked, Who is | Hoover? When the World War broke out | Hoover was unknown. Little is real ly known of him today by the general public. He was first brought into public notice by his masterly manarr- ) ment of the Belgian relief fund, j Those who saw what he was doing to J save the war-ridden Belgians from perishing began to point to him as the man of the hour. Last spring when the relations with Germany were getting near the breaking point, Mr. Hoover was brought to this country in an advisory capacity with regard to the conservation of the food supply. And now every person who reads the daily papers is famil iar with the name of Hoover. It is seen almost as often in the put lie prints as that of Woodrow Wilson. Herbert Clark Hoover was born in Jowa a little over forty years ago of Quaker parentage. His people were poor and at an early age young Hoover had to get out and hustle for himself. But he had a wonderful re serve store in the possession of an aspiration to succeed in the world. He was bent on becoming an engineer. The achievements of John Hays Ham mond and others in the mining en gineering world had a wonderful fas cination for him. He wanted to do big things in many lands. But, unlike thousands of other boys who are ea ger to get out of school early in life, he realised that to do the things which he wanted to do required an ed ucation. But how was he to get it ? He had no money and no influential friends. But he had an ambition that reached out and found a way. He fin ally found himself at Leland Stan ford Junior University. He was wil ling to do any honorable labor that would place him a little nearer his coveted goal. It is related of him that while a student at the University he worked as a laundry agent to pro cure means to carry on his studies. But he did not mind this. He saw himself a great engineer and any thing that would help him he hesi tated not to do, provided It was hon orable. This is a point in his career that should never be forgotten or lost sight of. In course of time he graduated from the University and was ready to go out into the world of engineer ing which had such a drawing fasci nation for him. He did geological sur veys in Arkansas and the Sierra Ne vadas. He becamc a mine assistant in New Mexico. Next he was general manager of the Morning Star mine in California. Step by step he went on from one big position to another until after only a few years the form er Iowa barefoot boy became in suc cession the confidential consulting en gineer of mining corporations in dif ferent parts of the world. He went to Australia and then to China. Ev erywhere he went it was to fill a big position with some of the richest cor porations in his chosen line of activ ity. Then he was brought to London for consultation by the heands of inter national enterprises. People began to talk of him as a John Hays Hammond or a Cecil Rhodes. His genius for or ganizing and managing big things was recognized on both sides of both oceans. And the once poor boy who was willing to work nt menital jobs to get money to carry on his studies now beccmes one of the big men of the world. Into Belgium he went, car rying rid to thousands who had al most given up hope. His fortune which had run into the many millions : now is open to those in need and he spends it for the unfortunate whose all had been swept by the ravages of war. In all his work he has had the sym pathy and help of his wife, Lou Hen ' ry Hoover, whom he met, loved and won while they both were students at '.Stanford where they both received the i A. B. degree. She has been his con stant helper and sympathizer. One : never thinks of Hoover as a man of 'culture in the highest sense. He i3 ' generally thought of as a man of 'action, and as a man who does things. 1 Hut he is more than that. He is a man I of culture and the finer things of life appeal to him. It is said that he and his wife are now engaged on a trans lation, compilation and elucidation of that monumental technical Latin treatise known as "Georgius Agri cola De Re Metallica." This work was published in the London Mining Mag azine in 1D12 and founded on the First Latin edition of 1536. As food administrator in the pres ent great crisis, his closest friends have not the slightest doubt that Hoover will fail to rise to meet every exigency. He is a silent man whose life and actions count for what he is. Actions and not words are what counts after all. Let everybody watch Hoover. FAIR PREMIUM LIST IS READY. Hin Preparation for the Johnston County Fair. Tho management of the Johnston County Fair Association is planning one of the most elaborate County Fairs ever held in this section of the State. A most attractive Premium List consisting of 112 pages with a pictorial cover has just been issued from the press. More premiums have been offered for prizes this year than heretofore and more entries open to the public. Besides the prospects for a bigger and better exhibit, the management has already made preparations for a much larger Mid-way than ever be fore seen in the County. They have secured for the Fair several good first class shows, several free acts, con sisting of a Lady High Dive, un 18 piece Victor Band, 30 odd concession stands, a Russian Act to do perform ances in front of the grand stand and an Aeroplane. Contracts have been executed with Carnival people to show at the Johnston County Fair, also with the other Fairs in the Eastern Carolina Circuit, which comprises Rocky Mount, Goldsboro, Kinston, New Bern, Tarboro and Smithtield. From all indications, the Johnston County Fair will be as good as that of any County in Eastern North Caro lina. The management of the Fair expects tc have an Aeroplane like the ones usci in observation work and in active fighting in the European War to fly from Tarboro to Smithfield on the first day of the Fair, make several flights around town and alight in the Fair ground. This feature alone will no doubt bring larger crowds to the | Fair this year than ever seen here be I fore. The big Mid-way, which will con tain several riding devices, shows and concession stands, which will have the appearance of a small city within itself, will furnish amusement and ir.iiety for the crowd of children and old folks. TO OUR SOLDIER SONS. To you fortunate ones who are about to go forward to that long battle line where the armies of autocracy and op pression are facing the armies of the free, congratulations and Godspeed! You go, not as reluctant victims of '< misfortune or fatal chance, but rather i as our chosen ones; the pick and flower of our manhood, whole of \ body, sound in mind and spirit ? what ; all of us would like to be. And we who are too old or too weak, or in some other respect unfitted to go in body, shall go with you in spirit. WV know that we ask much of you, and we expect much, for we expect things in keeping with our great traditions ? things born of the spirit of Na than Hale; but we know thct we shall not be disappointed. In imagination and in sympathy we shall be there with you on the firing line, and at home we shall do all that we can to make you com fortable and content. We shall pray that you may return in safety, but even more fervently we shall pray that your courage may not flag or the edge of your determination be dull ed. You are to fight in the noblest cause in which man ever took up arms, and for a nation the most generous in all the world to her soldier sons. You go with her blessing, for she trusts you; and be sure that whether you return 01 not she will hold your names in honor and grateful mem ory until the end of time. ? The ' Youth's Companion. FAItM NOTES. Farming in this scction without sowing compcas in the corn and ev erywhere else they can be placed will always mean poor land and poor farms. Many farmers, it seems, would rather send their money to South America for ammonia in the form of nitrate of soda than to get this am monia by raising plenty of cowpeas. It would he much easier to grow the peas than work out the money to buy the soda. Have you saved plenty of melon seed for next year? Last spring a farmer near here needed some melon seed late in the season rnd when he could not get them in town he tried seventeen of his neighbors before he found them. It seems that several of his neighbors forgot to save any melon seed last year. If Farmers Could Raise Corn. Corn crops are much better than usual this year, but still many of them are far from what they should be. Only a few of the farmers have learned t"> grow corn to the best ad vantage. Mr. J. A. Vinson, of Clayton, says we plant plenty of corn every year, but it fails for want of proper cul tivation. As it is, much of the land is practically idle and the gucno used for the corn is wasted. He thinks many of the farmers could do better, but just will not do their best. Grass takes the corn crops and few if any peas arc sown in many of the corn fields. If we all could grow corn we could pay debts; if we could all grow corn we could keep more live stock; if we could all grow more corn we could live independently. Taking Care of Collards. Collards, in most places in the ' South, make an important part of the garden. Most people have them and now is a time when they need special attention. They need manur ing and plowing, but in plowing them it is not necessary nor best to throw up beds of dirt about them. Level cul tivation is as necessary for collards as for other crops. If you have bedded up your collard rows you can take cotton plows to them now and by giving them another plowing you can level them. If worms are on your collards they can be destroyed with ordinary builder's lime. It should be . scattered over them after a rain or , when the dew is on the collards. To j destroy the bugs which are so sure to ruin the collards, it will be necessary to go over them once to three times ' a week nr.d pick them off by hand and [destroy thta. J Ma do a line Wheal Crop. Mr. R. J. Hill, of Beulah township, was here yesterday and gave us a call. I Mr. Hill is a believer in growing the jlionie supplies on his own farm. This year he harvested 8f> bushels of wheat i from a little less than two and a half acres. Five the farmers of his commu nity have joined in and purchased a threshing outfit. They not only thresh ed their own grain crops but threshed for their neighbors also. The past season they threshed 2,700 bushels of wheat and 1,132 bushels of oats. They also threshed ten bushels of rye. We r.re glad to have this report from Mr. Hill and we hope to have re ports from other farmers who hav* raised and threshed their own small grain. ' The R?*d Cross. "The Red Cross ? a small neat stain where blood has been; The Red Cross ? that whispers hope to fighting men; The Red, Red Cross that bears its simple grace, In colors of the heart, within a firm embrace." "I firmly believe," said Henry P. Davison, "that through the Red Cross we can not only render a service to our allies, to those who are today lighting for us, but we can bring forcibly to our own people a sense both of their obligation and of their opportunity. And I believe that the men and women of this country will in a not far distant day, rejoice in sacrifice, real sacrifice." | ? A Delayed Marriage. On yesterday at the office of Mr. Ed. S. Sanders, City Clerk and Jus tice of the Peace, he spoke the cere mony that united in marriage Mr. J. A. Sills, of Sclma, whose age is given at 55, und Mrs. Mabel O. Bryant, of tht sam : section, aged 38. It is said that the license purchased yesterday for this marriage was not the first. Several months ago they procured li cense, but for some reason the mar riage did not take place. When they were ready to marry it was found that the license was out of date, so another license was purchased and the knot tied. CAME TO MY PLACE SUNDAY, September 2nd, one male hog, color black, marked crop and slit in left ear and two half moons under right ear. Owenr can get him by paying expenses. D. T. Creech, Pine Level, N. C., Route No." 1. REPAIRS FOR McCORMICK AND Walter A. Wood Mowers at Roberts Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C. LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN ? Setter bird dog, male, white and brown spotted. Reward. Sam T. Honeycutt, Smithfield, N. C. I ARM HAND WANTED TO BEGIN work at once. Will pay twenty dol lars per month and board. E. B. Sanders, Bsnson, N. C., R. No. 4. I HAVE FOR SALE A MILK COW with four months old calf and an other cow which will be ready for tnilk by about October 15th. Price $75.00 each. D. A. Austin, Benson, N. C., Route No. 4. ASK the man past middle age who has succeeded, beyond his own expectations ; ASK his school-mate who has miserably failed, and the answers will agree that the bank account, propertly nur tured, is man's best friend and helpmate. Isn't the unanimity of this advice, born as the result of Experience, Significant to you? Safety Hoxes for Rent. For Sale at Auction Saturday , Sept. 8th, 4 P. M. At Court House Square ONE SEVEN PASSENGER OVERLAND AUTOMOBILE Continental Motor Car Good as New Cash or easy terms. Would consider private sale. Car can be seen at W. Ransom Sander's Garage. H. C. WOOD ALL I SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA Spiers Big Clearance SALE Continued For One Week Will Close Saturday, Sept. 8 Our large stock has hardly been broken. Plenty goods to offer at prices much lower than they will be later. Goods are advancing rapidly. An op portunity that cannot be ignored. SPIERS BROS. SMITHFIELD, N. C.
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