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fHE SMSTHFIELD HERALD Published Every Tuesday and Friday. BEATY & LASS ITER Editors and Proprietors. Smithfield, N. C. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Caah in Advance. One year, $1.50 Eight Months, 1.00 Six Months. .75 Three Montha, .40 Entered at the Post Office at Smith field, Johnston County, N. C., as | Second-class Matter. xxccco JOHNSTON'S FIRST MEN. This afternoon the first contingent of men selected for Unele Sam's New Army will leave for Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C., where they will go in training under United States Army officers. There are eighteen of these men. They were called under the draft law and selected by the exemption boards, but they go as volunteers. The boards called for volunteers for the first contingent and these men whose names are published elsewhere in this paper stepped forth in answer. They are Johnston's honored men. They have heard the country's call and have answered. We honor them. All John ston County honors them. Their ca reers will be watched with the great est interest. Our best wishes and our prayers will follow them rs they go forth in defense of their country and world-wide liberty. AGAIN WE SAY. A^ain and again we sry, Ret ready to plant a few acres in wheat this Fall. Every farmer who has suitable land should be sure to put in a small wheat crop. THREE SONS TO HIS COUNTRY. Mr. 0. R. Rand, a former resident of Smithfield, who now lives near Garner, was in the city this week visiting friends. Mr. Rand has four sons and three of them arc in the service of the United States Army. His eldest son, Mr. Oscar R. Rand, is now in the Officers Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe, having joined the second training class. He is a gradute of the University of North Carolina and also of Oxford Univer sity in England where he spent three years as a Rhodes Scholar. Since coming home from Europe he has been teaching in Alabama where he has been a member of the faculty of the high schools of Montgomery. Lieutenant Oliver G. Rand, who | took the officers training course at Fort Oglethorpe in the first class, re cently received his commission as a lieutenant of infantry and is now at Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C., where he will assist in training the first contingent of the draft army. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, receiving his diploma at the last commencement. At that time he was at Fort Oglethorpe. Mr. Rand's youngest son, Walter Rpnd, Jr., is at Fort Benjamin Har rison, Indianapolis, Ind., where he is a member of the second officers train ing class. He spent two years at the University of North Carolina. Mr. Rand is proud of the record of his sons who have volunteered for service in . their country's fight for freedom and liberty. They are all fine young men who will take a high stand. They are all well known ir j Smithfield where they spent the j greater part of their lives. They were j prepaid for college in the Turling ton Graded School. Three sons out ol 1 four for his country. What a record! i MEETING OF WOM W'S ( LI B. I'laiiH Looking to Making "-Library More Efficient Were Discussed. New Chairman Chosen. Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock at the Club room, the first regular meeting of the Woman's Club since May was held. There was a large attendance and a good deal of business pertaining to the various departments was disposed of. One thing of note was the fact that the Smithfield club voted to invite the District Meeting of the Sixth Dis trict, of which Mrs. H. L. Skinner is president, to meet here some time in October the exact time to be decided later. It was also decided to co-operate with the School Board in planning a welcome to be given the teachers of Turlington Graded School when they arrive. Definite plans will be announc ed later. Plans relative to the Library were discussed, by which it is hoped that the books may be accessible oftener. The work of the Library department deserves the hearty support of not only members of the Woman's Club, but of every citizen of the town. The majority of the citizens would per haps be surprised to know how large ly the libcry is patronized. They would then realize the importance of pro viding new books and makinjr this de partment as efficient as possible. The Club also voted to lend a help ing hand in fitting out the Domestic Science department of the school. The resignations of the chairman of the Literary Department and chair man of the Music Department were ac cepted and new ones chosen. Mrs. E. J. Wellons was elected to succeed Miss Bessie Coats, who has had charge of the literary work, and ^liss Bettie Watson will succeed Mrs. N. T. Holland as chairman of the Music j Department. I Red Cross Meeting ut Benson. Benson, Sept. 5. ? A large and en thusiastic crowd of patriotic citizens met in the Mayor's office Tuesday af ternoon for the purpose of organizing a Branch of the Smithfield Chapter of the American Red Cross Society. Mrs. Harry Stevens, Chairman of the Smithfield Chapter; Miss Mattie Pou, Secretary, and Mrs. H. L. Skinner, President of Smithfield Woman's Club, were here to effect the organi zation. Temporary officers were elected as follows: Chairman ? Mrs. W. If. Royal. Vice-Chairman ? Mrs. A. T. I.assi ter. Secretary ? Mrs. J. W. Whittenton. Treasurer ? Mr. I'reston Woodall. At a meeting of the executive com mittee held immediately after ad journment it was decided to furnish comfort baps to the drafted men who leave from this District on the 7th. A work room will be fitted up in the near future in which the ladies of the sijt'iety will meet and make the hospital garmnts needed so badly now for wounded soldiers. Furniture for this room, chairs, and work tables, are solicited as donations to the cause. We feel that the society has made a splendid beginning and it is earnestly hoped that every man and woman in our town will join readily and heartily in this noble work. The Moral for Sweden. Philadelphia Ledger. Aside from any discomfort that may come to Sweden by reason of the embargo, one thing is certain: Swedish publicists will now he able to count thv> chickens that come home to roost. And they can study at first hand the rage of those who, deprived of their German profits, will, of course, assail the ideals of America and descant on our supposed "commer cialism." The moral for Sweden in this whole affair is, however, that it does not pay to impute your own crude morals and motives to other peoples. From the first the upper classes in Sweden and the business men wao were pro-German were loud in their contemptuous attacks on the United States, as actuated by the sheerest desire for "munitions profit" in sym pathizing with the Allies. These classcs in Sweden were deaf to the appeal of Belgium, and, with the shipowners, were making so much money out of Germany's needs- that apparently tttey could not conceive of any nation taking a position contra ry to the dictates of the pocketbook while Sweden was strongly pro-Ger man. Now they know differently, so far as we are concerned, and they are also in the unpleasant predicament of not only having America set them a lesson in ideals, but, what is worse, of being able to apply the ideals so that Sweden will not be in a position to profit by tho war as Germany's handy-man. Hence the tears in Stock holm and the promises of good be? havior and the new morals and the new ideal* as to the iniquity of the war, which they must now profess. I Tribute of a Canadian Father to a Son Who Died in Belgium. [Edward Markham, the poet, under the unpatriotic title '.'I Did Not Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier," wrote this stanza: "O mothers, will you longer give your sons to feed the awful hunger of the guns? What is the worth of all these battle drums if from the field tlje loved one never comes? What all thes loud hosannas to the brave if all your share is some forgotten grave?" Dr, James L. Hughes, for over 40 years Superintendent of Education of the schools of Toronto, Canada, an swered this poem. Greater significance is given to the answer by the fact that Dr. Hughes' own son was killed in battle and lies in Belgium. His an swer was first published in the Chris tian Guardian of Toronto, r.nd is re published by us with some slight cor rections made by Dr .Hughes for the' Manufacturers Kecord. Herewith is Dr. Hught reply to Markham. Edi tor Manufacturers Record.] God gave my son in trust to me; Christ died for him, and he should be A man for Christ. He is bis own, And God's and man's, not mine alone. He was not mine to "give." He gave Himself that he might help to save All that a Christian should revere, All that enlightened men hold dear. "To feed the guns!" Ah, torpid soul! Awake, end see life as a whole. When freedom, honor, justice, right Were threatened by the despot's might, With heart aflame and soul alight, He bravely went for God to fight Against base savages whose pride * The laws of God and man defied, Who sle w thf mother and her child, Who maidens pure and sweet defiled. He did not go "to feed the guns"; He went to save from ruthless Huns His home and country, and to be A guardian of democracy. "What if he does not come?" you say. Ah, well! My sky would be more gray, Hut through the clouds the sun would shine, , And vital memories be mine. (iod's test of manhood is, I know, Not "will he come?" but "did he goY" My son well knew that he might die, And yet he went, with purpose high, To fight for peace and overthrow The plans of Christ's relentless foe. He dreaded not the battlefield; He went to make fierce vandals yield. If he comes again to me, I shall be sad, but not that he Went like a man ? a hero true ? His part unselfishly to do. My heart will feel exultant pride That for humanity he died. "Forgotten grave." This selfish plea Awakes no deep response in me, For, though his grave I may not see, My boy will ne'er forgotten be. My real son can never die; 'Tia but his body that may lie In foreign land, and I shall" keep Remembrance fond, forever, deep Within my heart of my true son Recause of triumphs that he won. It matters not where anyone May lie and sleep when work is done. It matters not where some men live; If my dear son his life must give, Hosannas I will sing for him, E'en though my eyes with tears be dim, And when the war is over, when His gallant comrades come again, I'll cheer them as they're marching by. Rejoicing that they did not dio. And when his vaciHit place I see, My heart will bound with joy that he Was mine so long ? my fair young son, Anil cheer for him whose work is done. Why Dors "Run Mad." Editors of The Herald: As I was looking over The Herald I saw in the Roon Hill items that some mad dogs had been playing hav oc, and had bitten several people. Some fellow suggested to kill all dogs that were not shut up or tied in their own yards. I don't think this is a very good suggestion, unless, first of ell, the mixed blooded dogs of the country should be killed. If this coufd be done, then there would be no more mad dogs; nnd there would be no need to kill dogs that were not confined. Some one might ask why. Well, simply because a full blooded dog will not tro mad unless bitten by some other mad dog. In all cases where there have been mnd dogs, if it were traced back it would be found that it was started by some little mixed-up dog. Therefore, let's not lull all dogs we see, but let's get rid of the mixed up fellows, and give the others an equal chance. TAN FLOWERS. Kenly, N. C., Route No. 2. \ THE STRAIT OF DOVER. (Boston Monitor.) The Strait of Dover, the narrow sea which separates England from France, is, perhs'n*, one of the best known pieces of water in the world. For Englishmen, all through the centuries, it has ever appeared to epitomize the island character of their country, and has been ever regarded by them as one of their great bul warks of defense. The silver streak which runs between the Pas-do-Calais and the coast of Kent has, indeed, al ways been the obstacle of obstacles to the invader. It was to cross this barrier that Julius Caesar prepared his long-beaked ships, some fifty years or so before the Christian era; that William the Norman got together his groat fleet of flatbottomed boats elev en hundred years afterwards; that Philip of Spain prepared his Avmada in the Sixteenth Century; and that Napoleon, some two hundred years la ter still, assembled his fleet of spe cially prepared ships at Boulogne." "Let mo be master of the Channel for six hours, and we are musters of the world," he declared to his staff, as they contemplated the great army en camped on the heights above the town; but, as all the world knows, of course, the six hours never came. Except roc the momentary success which attend ed the Thirteenth Century, there has been no successful invasion of Eng land across the waters of the Str.iit since the days of the Conqueror. In deed, the armies of adventure led by Louis, whom the barons had called to ^heir aid in the struggle with King John, did not find their way to Eng land, strictly speaking, across the strait. They sailed up the coast, down the estuary of the Thames, and land ed in Thanet; but the ever-memora ble Battle of Dover, the great and only naval engagement of the strug gle, was fought within 3ight of Dover on the one side, and of Calais on the other. Many marvels were told about this great sea fight, and, at every telling, the nav:\l forces of France, under the command of Eustace the Monk, grew larger and more formidable; whilst the British naval forces of the Cinque Ports, under the command of the fa mous Hubert de Burgh, grew less. The story of how Hubert de Burkh dauntlessly put to sea, and by h ug ging the wind gained the weather gauge of the French; how Eustbce, un'ler the impression that Hubert was making for Calias, was loud in his scoffing, knowing that Calias was well guarded; how, suddenly, when well to the windward, the little fleet of the Cinque Pcrts changed its course, and bore down on the Frenchmen, and how unslackcd lime and the iron %eards" on the English vessels did the rest, is one of the favorable stories of Eng lish history. The political importance of the victory was tremendous. It gave the quietus to the cause of Louis, and definitely secured the throne for Henry III. All tho centuries which followed were "suspicious tinies" on these wa ters. Nowadays, of course, at any rate in the times of peace, one may travel from Dover to Calais, or from Dover tc Ostend, or one may go across to France froih Folkestone by way of Boulogne; but, in the times of Hubert de Burgh and Eustace .he Monk, communication was not so free and easy. Dover to Whitsand, and later Dover to Calais, were the aecustomcd routes, whilst, by a stat ute of 1465, no one might ship for Calais except at Dover. And yet, how ever one crosses the Strait, the im pression gained is much the same, the white cliffs of Kent, capped with green, slowly sinking into the sea astern, and the shores of France ris ing up out of the sea ahead. It is not that there is anything exceptional about it all; but to the man cf imag ination, there arP many volumes of history in the passage of the narrow strip of water separating the two countries. The loss of this experience wilrturely be one of the regrets which the Channel tunnel will bring in its wake, if that great project should be carried through, and one should be able to board a train at Charing Cross, and not leave it again' until it comes finally to rest amidst the bustle and -tir of the Gare du Nord. % ? Approximately a million young men in the United States have lost ill interest in the diseussion as to whether or not there shall be a de ciding series between the two win ning bast ball teams of the major leagues, this fall. The interest of these young men, and of about 90, 000,000 other people of the United States, is centered in the world series ?low being contested on the front in France and Flanders. A pennant worthy of the effort made to win it has been hung up, and more picked men of the All-Star United States League, so to speak, are going across to do their part in gaining it. B -:>n Monitor. (standardized) For All Live Stock EASY TO USE? EFFICIENT? ECONOMICAL A Sanitary Protection Against Contagious Diseafes ?dF Kills Lice, Ticks, Fleas. For Mange, Sheep Scab and other common skin troubles. Drives away Flies. LJ Kreso Dip No. 1 in original packages ^ HOOD BROS. Smithfield, - N. C. ASK rot PUI BOOKLETS. WE SELL HIGH GRADE GROCERIES When you trade with us you have our guarantee that every article is the best that can be procured. We make it a rule never to handle an inferior article if we know it. If the present era of high prices has taught us any one thing, it is THAT THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST * Do your trading at the store that sells the BEST. City Grocery Co. Smithfield, N. C. Fresh Turnip Seed Have now arrived. We also have some Beans and Cabbage * Seed just arrived. Creech Drug Co. D. HEBER CREECH, Manager, Smithfield, N. C. Bibles and Testaments A FULL SUPPLY JUST RECEIVED Bibles from Fifty Cents to Five Dollars. New Testaments from Ten Cents each to One Dollar. NEW TESTAMENTS AND PSALMS, Nice Edition. COME IN AND SEE HERALD OFFICE SMITHFIELD, N..C. Paint Your House Before Cold 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. Smithfield Hardware Co. Sniithfield. N. C.
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