TO GUARD SOLDIER'S INTEREST.
Organization of Soldier*' BuaineM
Aid Committee.
Messrs. J. A. Wellons, J. H. Abell,
R. N. Aycock, J. R. Williams, W. J.
Massey and L. D. Debnam having
been appointed by the Governor of
North Carolina members of a Soldiers'
Business Aid Committee, and having
been requested by Mr. Wellons to meet
for organization in the office of Wel
lons & Wellons, the said committee
held their first meeting September 3,
1017, and elected officers as follows:
Hon. James A. Wellons, designated
as Chairman of this committee by the
Governor, presided.
R. N. Aycock, of Smithfield, Secre
tary and Treasurer.
J. H. Abell, of Smithfield, Chairman
of Insurance Department.
W. J. Massey, of Princeton, Chair
man Employment Department.
L. D. Debnam, of Selma, Chairman
Educational Department.
J. R. Williams, of Clayton; J. A.
Wellons, of Smithfield, Members Law
Department.
All members of the Soldiers' Busi
ness Aid Committee are ex-offiiio
members of the different committees.
It is ordered by our Chairman that
the proceeds of this meeting be re
corded in permanent record and that
copies b." forwarded to the newspa
pers of this County for publication.
It is the purpose of this committee
to render ivery possible assistance to
an absent soldier who has no relation
or personal friend to leave in charge
of his business affairs while fighting
at the front.
We desire to call special attention
of the public to some of the many
ways in which this committee can
render a great good.
Insurance Department under the
management of Mr. Abell will look
after, lb far as possible, all the in
surance carried by soldiers who will
take these matters up with him be
fore departing, also any insurance
matter that may be brought to his at
tention in their absence.
Employment Department under
the management of Mr. Massey will
aid in securing employment for de
pendent;: in the absence of the father
or brother soldier, also will aid in se
curing positions for soldier boys nt
the end of the war.
Educational Department under the
management of Mr. Debnam will aid
so far i s is possible in educating or
mapping out plans for education of
dependent children in the absence of
their father or brother soldier.
Law Department under the man
agement of Messrs. Wellons & Wil
liams will see that the estates of ab
sent soldiers are not imposed upon
through any technicality of law, also
so far a3 possible, arrange continua
tion of mortgage loans and other mat
ters of much value to the absent sol
dier.
There arc no funds set apart for
this Committee and all expenditures
are to be raised from public sub
scriptions and donations. R. N. Ay
cock, Secretary and Treasurer, con
veniently located, will receive these
donations and subscriptions, properly
record them and give receipts.
All funds given for this purpose
will be returned to the givers at Ihe
end of the war in proportion to the
amount given. The services of this
committee are free and all funds ex
pended will be for the relief of some
dependent, and in our opinion, for the
noMest of noble causes. The commit
tee will appreciate any donations and
ask that you mail or hand them to our
Treasurer.
This committee is organized for the
purpose of helping those in need who
call upon it. The committee will not
go out to look up the cases, so it will
be well for every prospective soldier
to remember this.
J AS. A. WELLONS, Chairman.
R. N. A^ COCK, Sec. & Treas.
Birth ?.nd Death Kate in France.
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A group of specialists in infant
welfare has been sent to France by
the American Red Cross. At its head
is Dr. William P. Lucas, professor of
pediatrics in the University of Cali
fornia, and originator of the "Save a
Belgian Baby" movement.
Before the war the birth rate and
death rate in France were so nearly
equal that publicists voiced their con
cern over the future of the nationul
life. Last year, however, with the
death rate probably over twenty per
1,000, not counting deaths of men in
military service, the birth rate was
officially estimated at only eight per
1,000. In New York the birth rate
is twenty-three or twenty-four per
1,000, the death rate about fourteen
per 1.000.
The total deaths in France in 1916
were about 1,100,000. Births num
bered only 312,000. The net loss in
population was 788,000, or nearly two
per cent of the whole. In Paris,
where 48,917 babies were born in the
year ending August 1, 1914, only 26,
179 were bom in the second year of
the war, ending August 1, 1916. ? Ex
change.
SOME GOOI) RECIPES.
Green Tomato Preserve.
One-quarter pock of green tomatoes.
Three lemons.
Scald the tomatoes and then remove
the skins. Cut into quarters and put
in a preserving kettle. Cut the lemons
in half and then remove all the seeds.
Chop fine and then add to the toma
toes and also the following:
Two cups of water.
Three pounds of sugar.
One tablespoonful of ginger.
One tablespoonful of cinnamon.
One -cup of raisins.
Cook until very thick. Seal in ster
ilized jars. Cover with paraffin and
then store in a cool dry place. Parboil
lemon until tender before adding to
the tomato mixture.
(iinjjer Pears.
Use your favorite variety of pears.
Peel and then cut them into quarters
if large und into halves if small. Put
the fruit while peeling in a pan of
water to keep it from discoloring, un
til the entire amount of pears is pre
pared. Cook the pears until soft in
clear water. Drain and use one quart
of this water, the water in which the
pears were cooked, and alr.o
Two pounds of sugar.
Thinly pared rind of two lemons.
Two ounces of white ginger.
Cook for ten minutes and then add
eight pounds of prepared pears and
cook until the pears are transparent.
Seal in sterilized jars and then store
in a cool place.
All ginger root used in pickling and
preserving should be well washed and
then sliced very thin.
T11E SMITH FIELD MARKET.
Cotton 21
Cotton seed 1-00
Wool 20 to 30
Fat Cattle 6 to 6%
Ejrtfs 30 to 35
Fat cattlc, dressed 11 to 12%
Gnmulatid Supnr 10 to 10Va
Corn per bushel 2.00
C. R. Sides 2(5 to 27%
Feed Oats 1.00 to 1.10
Fresh Pork 12% to 15
Hams, per pound 27 to 2i>
Lard 22% to 27%
Timothy Hay 1.40 to 1.50
Cheese per pound 85
Butter per pound 80 to 35
Meal 4.75 to 5.00
Flour per sack 0.00 to C.25
Coffee per pound IB to 20
Cotton seed meal 2.25 to 2.50
Cotton seed hull* 1.00
Shipstuff 3.00
Molasses Feed 3.00
Hides, preen 12 >4 to 15
WILSON'S MILLS NhWS.
Wilson's Mills, Sept. 3. ? A number
of the people of this placc have at
tended a series of meetings held at
Bethesda Baptist church about five
miles from town. They report splen
did sermons.
Bibles will be presented to members
of the Christian Sunday School of this
place who, recently called into the ser
vice of this country, are soon to de
part. The presentation speech was
made by the pastor of the church and
at that time it was announced that
the books would be delivered before
the departure of the soldiers.
Preaching from the subject "The
Forgiving Spirit," the pastor, Rev.
Mr. Saunders, delivered an able ser- j
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mon at the Christian Church Sunday
morning. Sunday evening the Nation
al Benevolent Association's appeal
for aid was presented forcefully by |
their representative, Mr. White. A
deserving cause met with a kindly re- |
sponse.
In census taking Professor Pope
continues busy. From this work
plans are being evolved that will mean
much for school attendance this year.
Promises have already been obtained
from parents to solve long distance
transportation problems. A co-opera
tive scheme for hauling the school
pupils that heretofore have been walk
ing three to four miles or coming the
distance by individual and private
conveyrnee is now promised. Mr. Bert
Turnage it assisting the Principal in
this matter for his section.
School opens here Monday, the 10th
day of September. Pupils will be ex
pected to bring their last year Report
Books, Promotion Cards, and their old
text books. A representative gather
ing, friends, patrons and pupils will be
at the opening to welcome the teach
ers to fhctr new work and to co-oper
ate in developing a community spirit.
The public is invited.
With this issue we are able to an
nounce all the teachers save one.
For the first and second grades we
have secured Miss Katherine Bryan,
Carthage, N. C.; for the third and
fourth, Miss Clair Hodges, La Grange,
N. C.; for the High School, Miss Fan
nie Moye, Farmville, N. C., and thi
Principal. All of these teachers come
highly recommended and the commu
nity should count itself fortunate in
the selection. These and the managers
of the school and Dormitory will be
glad to give any information rela
tive to the school to parents and pros
pective students. Wilson's Mills High
School is ready to serve any ambitious
boy or girl in Johnston County.
WANTED? :>00 DOZEN FRESH
epps. Highest market paid for
country produce. Smithfield Hotel,
Smithfield, N. C.
The Maxwell Truck is a real truck, not
a converted passenger car.
The specifications include a heavy
pressed steel frame; Timken-David Brown
worm and gear drive; Timken roller bear
ings; dropped forged I-beam front axle;
designed for generous overload stresses;
rugged rear axle housing, with worm and
axle shafts of specially heat-treated alloy
steel; heavy spring steel semi-elliptic
springs, designed to overcome any road
?hock, and artillery type wheels with
?teal rims and solid tires.
The Maxwell One-Ton Truck has all
the features and equipment that have
proved their superiority within the experi
ence of this company as well as other
truck builder*.
The uses to which this truck can be put
ire almost limitless. Retailers, whole
salers, manufacturing concerns ? in fact,
nearly every business house in the coun
try, as well as thousands of farmers, are
finding in the Maxwell Truck an efficient
and economical mean* of transportation.
B. I. TART
Four Oaks, N. C.
BON TON
THE LADIES STORE
Our Fall and Winter Goods
Are Arriving Daily
Our buyers have just returned from the Northern
Markets, but owing to the scarcity of goods it was
impossible for all of our large stock to be shipped at
once, but they are coming in every day. We have
the largest line of Ladies Silk and Serges ever brought
to this section.
OUR FALL READY-TO-WEAR HATS
are in and are open for your inspection
Everything in GEORGETTE and CREPE de CHINE
WAISTS now ready for you.
We can supply every school girl and teacher with
their school outfit.
Don't forget that the BON TON is the leading store
for Ready-to-Wear Goods.
BON TON
SMITHFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA
FERTILIZER FOR. FALL CROPS
Roberts Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C.
APRON GINGHAMS, PLAIDS AND
white Homespun at old prices at
The Davis Stores, as we bought 50
bales before the recent advance.
Smithfield, N. C.
THE SMITHFIELD BUILDING &
Loan Association has helped ?
number of people to build homes.
It will help others, and maybe you.
New series of shares now open
See Mr. J. J. Broadhurst.
TAKEN UP LAST TUESDAY,
August 21st, 5 hogs. Owner can
get them by paying damage and
advertisement. J. E. Woodall,
Smithfield, N. C., Route No. 2.
YOUNG MEN'S HATS ARRIVING
daily at The Davis Stores. Call and
see them. Smithfield, N. C.
FEW MULES IOR SALE AT A
bargain. Roberts Atkinson Co.,
Selma, N. C.
ATTEND SCHOOL THIS FALL.
We will offer eleven grades again
this year. 10th September is open
ing day. Have room reserved in
the Dormitory; services will be ex
cellent and prices will be reason
able. Address M. B. Andrews,
Kenly, N. C.
DID YOU EVER READ THAT
great little story "Ten Nights In a
Barroom?" If not get a copy at
Herald Office. Price only 5 cents.
By mail 8 cents.
W A N TE I)? T W O U N FU RNISH ED
rooms for light house-keeping.
Notify Box 162, Smithfield, N. C.
EVERYTHING IN GENTS FUR
nishing Goods at The Davis Stores,
Smithfield, N. C.
LOST LAST SATURDAY, AUGUST
25th, one Overland Auto Crank be
tween My home and Smithfield.
Finder can return to me or W. R.
Sanders. Henry Brady, Smithfield,
N. C.. Route No. 2.
AUTOMOBILE FOR SALE? I WILL
sell for cash or credit my 5 passen
ger automobile, equipped with elec
tric lights and self starter and in
perfect condition, for the price you
will have to pay for a F >rd. See me
early if you want a good automo
bile your family will enjoy. E. J.
Wellons, Smithfield, N. C., Box 164.
Notice to Bicycle Riders.
In order to introduce the Highest Grade Bicycle ac
cessories ever handled in the town of Princeton, N. C.,
we offer all goods at cost for the month of September,
1917. We guarantee each and every piece of goods sold
at these prices to be genuine and just as we recommend
them to give satisfaction or your money back, and dur
ing this time we offer to do Free of Charge such work
as Patching Tires, Truing Wheels, Adjusting_Cones and
Chains. So if you own or ride a Bicycle, when you come
to town come to our place and have the Free work done
and look at the Bargains we have to offer you in the
Bicycle line. We don't ask you to buy a bill of goods
from us ? just come in and look and you will know where
to buy from because we feel after you have seen the
Bargains that you will buy because you can't beat the
prices or the material anywhere in the country, so come
in and compare the quality of the goods with the price,
then if you are in need of anything in our line or ex
pect to be in need any time soon you will buy from us
as we are Bicycle Headquarters. So don't forget to
come to see us. Below is some of our Bargains:
Handle Bars complete with Post and Grips $1.39
Block Chains $1.23
Roller Chains $1.39
No. 3 Standard Motorcycle Pedals, heavy. . . . $1.26
No. 5 Pirate Rubber Pedals SI. 16
No. 1 Pirate Rotary Pedals .76
Two-pound cans Carbide 31
Bells Leader Fancy 41
No. 10 Old Sol Gas Lamps $2.98
Rear Sprockets, any size 37
Handle Bar Grips put on 23
Front Hubs complete 79
Coaster Brakes, any kind $3.98
Wood Rims, clincher or cement -79
Steel Rims 89
Cement Tires, per pair $3.98
Clincher Casings, per pair $5.79
Spokes, per Dozen v 15
Inner Tubes, A No. 1 98
Handle Bar Stems, straight 29
Handle Bar Stems, extension 39
Front Axles ". 09
Rear Axles .17
Large Ball Retainers and Balls .17
Small Ball Retainers and Balls .13
Chain Adjusters 06
Frame Pumps 49
$5.00 Traxel Saddles $3.29
$4.00 Traxel Saddles $2-79
$3.00 Traxel Saddles . . . $1.89
$4.50 Motor Bike Saddles $2.89
Coaster Brake Parts 33 per cent off
and lots of other Bargain. Come in and look them over
at Bicycle Headquarters.
Central Highway Garage
Princeton, N. C.