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SMITH HELD A BUSY TOWN. The past few days have been re cord breakers in the town of Smith field. Tremendous breaks of tobacco at the several warehouses at very high prices have caused much money to be turned loose here. Much of this money has been paid on accounts and spent for needed floods for the home and farm. Iiut quite a lot of it has found its way to the banks and the deposits haVe run high each day. A leading business man told The Her \ aid that last week was one of the big gest business weeks in the history of the town. This week has been an other one to match last week. The tobacco breaks have been heavy be ginning with Tuesday. How unlike three years ago when there was, at this time, no market for cotton, and tobacco selling so ridic ulously low that many felt like it would not pay to go to the trouble to put in on the market. Hmgncss was awfully depressed and hard times confronted our people. The great war had just broken out in Kurope and business was at a standstill through' out the world. Hut times have chang ed. Husiness has become accustomed to war conditions and times were nev er more prosperous, even though the country is at war with a great foreign power. Thanks to the work of the present Administration, the finances of the country are on a sound basis and business of every kind is moving on as though there were no war. The perfect organization of almost every branch of American industry through the work of the National Council of Defense has brought about some won derful results and if we did not see soldiers on every hand and read the . newspapers daily we would not sus pect that the nation was engaged in the greatest war of all times. The lessons which have already been taught the American people as a result of the war are manifold and of far-reaching import. The country and its people will never be the same again. And out of the terrible war, out of much suffering and sacrifice, will come some great blessings, bless ings which in the long run will make us a greater and more noble people. SEUIOl'S RUSSIAN SITUATION. A country that has never known freedom has a hard time establishing; a Btablc government. Russia lias had its autocratic government overthrown and some of the strong men of that country have been trying with might and main to set in motion a govern ment which will be acceptable to the people. The task is on" of tremendous magnitude. Set free from the thral dom of the Romanoffs, men of every shade of opinion believe that their plans are the best for the new govern ment. And thus it goes. Miliukcff and Kerensky, both strong men ? but so far neither hr.s been able to bring order out of chaos. General Korniloff, highly honored by Kerensky, is now seeking his own elevation. Russia needs a George Washington and needs him now. What will be the outcome of it all, who is able to tell at this time. New Clerks Added to Force. Business in Smithfield has been very good for the past few weeks and some of our enterprising mer chants have been compelled to en large their sales force, in order to meet the detnands made on them. The Austin-Stephenson Company is one of those concerns whose busi ness grows every year. Recently they have added two more men to their force. They are Mr. C. P. Spence, of Buie's Creek, and Mr. John Parker, of the Atkinson Mill section of Oneals township. Both these men are good salesmen and they will add strength to the busi ness. Mr. Spence is a new man in this section. Mr. Parker is no stran ger here, having ppent some time here a3 the representative of the Singer Company. We are glad to hav'e them with us and bespeak for them the consideration of the trad ing public. A Wheat (irowor Says Plant It. Mr. J. Walter Myatt was here Wed nesday, and in talking over farm matters asked us to try to Ret the farmers to plant wheat this fall. Mr. Myatt hus grown wheat twenty-seven years. He regards it as important to plant wheat every year whether the price is high or low. He says that if wheat brings only seventy-five cents per bushel it will pay to plant it as it gives us our supplies at home and gives an opportunity to sow peasjjf ter the wheat, and both together give the land a rotation and improve it. Speaking of the cost of seed wheat, Mr. Myatt says that cotton seed at one dollar a bushel will help to pay for seed wheat at $2.50 per bushel. He says he has observed that his neighbors across Middle Crock from him ? the Lassiters ? nearly always have something to sell. When they go to town they carry some kind of pro duce to pay for what they have to buy. He considers this a good plan for all farmers. Johnston County Game Laws. We have recently had many inqui ries concerning the Johnston County (lame Laws, and especially the law relating to the killing of squirrels. We have been unable to learn much about these laws. The Kditor wrote the Leg islative Reference Librarian to find out these things. Mr. Wilson, the Li brarian, writes us that he is prepar ing a bulletin on the subject which will be ready soon. This bulletin will give all the information necessary concerning the game laws. As soon as received we shall be glad to publish these laws as they relate to Johnston County. In the meantime we would advise every man to be very careful for fear that he might violate some of these laws. (?rowing Clover In Meadow. Mr. I. F. Parker, of Meadow town ship, visited Smithfield this week. He is putting in three and a half acres of annual clover. This is done to graze stock and for soil improvement. He sows it broadcast in his cotton and plows the middles just a little with a spike-tooth harrow. He hns bought twenty-six pounds of alfalfa need and is planting an acre of it. Before this he had an alfalfa patch for three years which he cut for hay four to five times a year. He will plant this month several acres of Abruzzie rye also. Turlington (traded School to Open. The Fall session of the Turlington Graded School will open next Monday with the best faculty that has ever been gathered together here. The prospects for a good opening are fine and a large attendance is expected. Much work has been done on the grounds and around the school build ing getting everything in readiness for the opening day. Everything will be ready except the new Domestic Science room and this will be ready soon. It is hoped that every parent will send theii children if they can possi bly do so on the opening day. It will l>e much better for the children and the entire school for all to commence at the beginning of the term. Those who expect to place their children in the first grade this Fall should plan to send them on the opening day. Superintendent Marrow and Prin cipal Whitley have been busy working out the courses of study and the pro gram for the recitations. A Busy Work Shop. A visit to the (larage of Mr. Si mon B. Jones will convince one that it is a busy place these days. People who ride in automobiles find trouble from time to time, and like the man who pros for a doctor when he is sick, people tr.ke their cars to a parage when they need attention. Mr. Jones has recently greatly enlarged his force by adding two first clnss me chanics. Mr. ("has. B. Register, of Rocky Mount, has accepted a posi tion with Mr. Jones and has moved his family here. Mr. Register was a form ic resident of Smithfield and is .well known to a large number of the peo ple in this section who own cr.rs as a man who knows what to do with them when they get in trouble. We are glad to have Mr. Register r.nd his family back in town again. Mr. J. W. Johnson, of Raleigh, an other expert automobile mechanic, is also with Mr. Jones. Like Mr. Reg ister, Mr. Jones has had several years experience in garage and machine work. He will soon move his family to Smiihfield. Mr. Jones now has three expert .mechanic;, in his garage ? Mr. J. Roy Keene, Mr. Chas. B. Register and Mr. J. J. Johnron. Maine, leader in State Prohibitum, and the State to hold the first elec tion in Presidential years, has turned down the woman suffrage cause. A special" election was held Monday and the suffrage plan badly defeated at the polls. A STRONG MAN 18 KERENSKY. If !m Determined Effort* for Liberty Are Gaining (?round. While korni loflT'h l-'ollcw em, Realizing That They Are Bring .Milled, Are l>e?ert iiiK Him and Siding With the Gov ernment. General KornilofT's rebellion against Premier Kerensky apparently has been quelled, like other attempts that have been made to overthrow the Russian provisional government. Official reports from Petrograd to day say that KornilofT's headquarters has surrendered and that KornilofT himself desires conditionally to place himself in the hands of the authori ties. The government is demanding his abject capitulation. Meanwhile troops that had answer ed the call issued by Korniloff con tinue to desert his ranks and return to the government fold, declaring that they were misletPby KornilofT's professed aims. Kerensky has been confirmed by the cabinet as commander-in-chief of the army and will have with him as chief of staff in his prosecution of the war against the Teutonic allies Gen eral Alexieff, former commander-in chief and one of the most brilliant officers in the Russian army. Added strength is also expected to be given Kerensky's rule by the appointment of new military officials for the dis trict and city of Petrograd. ? Associ ated Press, in to-day's News and Ob server. SENATOR GORE OFT OF LINE. Some of the men in the present United States Senate may fifid them selves left at home when their time expires. This is a time when men ev erywhere are not expected to press their opinions too strongly on the public, unless those opinions coincide with the plans of the Government in the conduct of the war with Germany. The man who kicks against the gov ernment and the plans the leaders are1 putting forth to bring the war to a 1 victorious end, may be patriots, but ? they will never be able to convince ' the public of their patriotism. The attitude of Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, in opposing the war meas- | ures of the Administration, is calling forth a storm of protest from his party in his home State. His course has not I een pleasing to his home folks and he has been asked to re- ' sign, according to the newspaper re- i ports. A telegram from th;1 chairman I of the Democratic State Committee said: "Oklahoma wants an American ! patriot in the Senate; help win the j war or resign." The Gov rnor is quoted as saying: "Let Gore resign; I'll appoint a patriot in his plaec." > Senator Gore's present term, which is his second, will end March, 1919. It is said that the Administration Dem ocrats in Oklahoma are now casting about for a man to run against Sen ator (iore in 1918. The friends of Rep resentative Scott Ferris are urging him iret in the race. ? In his campaign for the nomination for the Presidency In 1912, Presi- 1 dent Wilson had a strong supporter in Senator Gere. In the early morning hours of Friday, June 28, 1912, Sena- j tor Gore made a strong speech iif sec onding the nomination of Wilson. The delegate! and visitors who had listen ed through hours of great nominating speeches were again filled with enthu siasm as they heard the eloquent Gore speak of the great qualities of Wood row Wilson. Now mi.ny of these are disappointed in the blind senator. Senator Gore was n strong suppcrt er of the Administration until the sit uation with Germany began to grow acute. It is to be regretted th. t such an able and useful man as Senator Gore is not : ble to stand with the Administration on all the groat ques tions touching the country in this, the greatest crisis in the nation's history. Weather l or CottQn States. Now Orleans, La., Sept. 13. ? Tem peratures continue below the senson- 1 al average except in the extreme western portion of the cotton region with minima from forty-four to fifty- 1 four in eastern, fifty to sixty in cen tral. and fifty-four to seventy degrees ' in western portion of the cotton re- ' gion. No precipitation worth mention ex- j cept showers in central and eastern Oklahoma, extreme western Arkansas, 1 and along the Atlantic coast . Heavy rains ? Oklahoma, Okemah, 1.20. . The Rev. Dr. W. P. Jacobs died at Clinton, S. C., this week at the age of To. He was pastor of the Presbyte- ' rian church at Clinton for 47 years, ' resigning in 1911. Since that time he has given his pastoral services to the Thornwell Memorial Church at the Presbyterian Orphanage. The value of the exports from Ja-' pan to the United States in 1916 was $109,604,040. The leading article was raw and waste silk. \ SOMK FIGURES ABOl'T AN ARMY CANTONMENT. Philadelphia Ledger. Boston seems to have put one over on the rest of the country. A local firm of contractois built Camp Devens, the army cantonment at Ayer, Mass., on schedule time. In other word::, they built a city in two months. The subject made so strong an ap peal to my friend William V. Alexan der th.'.t he sends me the half-page advertisement in which the succ-.-stful contractors gave the interesting sta tistics of the big job. Here arc some of the facts as found in the advertisement: In addition to finishing the 622 buildings called for to be complete on September 1 the firm erected 124 oth er buildings ahead of schedule time. It was a $0,000,000 contract and re quired a force of 9000 men, whose weekly pi yroll amounted to $400,000. One building was finished every forty minutes for two months. Every day fifty carloads of mate rials were unloaded, and 30,000,000 feet of lumbec were used in the build ings. \ A complete water supply system, with its twenty miles of pipe, was in stalled, nnd an equally complete sys tem of driiinage, also including twenty miles of pipe, was built. Naturally Camp Devens stands at the top of. the list of cantonments in percentage of completion. Opening of Selma School. The Selma Graded School opened Monday morning, September the 10th, with a large crowd of the parents and friends of the school present. The devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. C. E. Stevens of the Baptist church. Mr. Moser, the new Superintendent, welcomed the students and inspired them by his very earnest appeal for hard work. He then called upon mem bers of the board who welcomed the new superintendent and the teachers. Before the opening exercises the parents and teachers had an informal gathering that they might better un derstand each other. There are sever al new teachers this year, viz: Mr. Moser from Wakelon High School; Miss Margaret Boseman, of Enfield; Mr. Coy Williams, of Graham; Miss Lila Best, of Allendaje, S. C.; Miss Strickland, of High Point; Miss War ren, of Durham. The outlook for the year is good. With so energetic and capable a leader, assisted by the live corps of teachers, the school is going to-be the best in its history. Selma, N. C., Sept. 13, 1917. The Game Laws Violated. A correspondent writes: "The game laws are being violated with much frequency in Johnston County, squirrels being the most im portant to the hunters. What is ihe matter with our game warden? It's up to him to thoroughly investigate the reports of violators and at the same time do some arresting if th<? ? uilty parties ar^ caught. Only hawks atyl crows can be hunted at this sea son of the year, November 1st, being the date of the open season for squir reis. JOHNSON SCHOOL HOl'SE NEWS. I Mr. R. D. Wood, of Fentress, Va.J has bei n spending some time at the homo of Mr. W. I). Johnson. Mr. and* Mrqt C. C. Champion re turned last Monday from Raleigh, where they have been spending: some time with their sister, who was very ill with typhoid fever. Mr. Robert L. Pcwell ^p^nt last Tuesday night in the Willow Springs soction. Mr. r.nd Mrs. J. F. Hardee and littl.e girl. Jewel, of Fentress, Va., are spending some time at the bom ? of Mr. ftnd Mrs. W .D. Johnscn. Little Miss Ida Laurie Holland is spending this week with h^r grand parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Wood. Mr. and Mrs. R. I). Wood and little son, Holland, returned to their home J in Fentress, Va., last Wednesday. Mrs. Jesse Wood spent last Monday night with her daughter, Mrs. F. 1). Holland. On Wednesday, September 12th, at the home cf Mr. and Mrs. W. D. John son, then^was a family reunion. Some of those present were: Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Wood, and sen Holland, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hardee and daughter, Jewel, of Fentress, Va.; Mr. D. II. Holland and sons, Clem and J3urko, of Duke, N. C.; Mrs. Ottis Coats, of j MeCullers, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Johnson, of Smithfield. There were thirty in all who enjoyed the hospital- J ity of the home. A nice barbecued pig i;nd quit? a variety of good things were served for dinner. In the after noon there was music of both vocal and instrumental, and when the day drew to a close we all felt like say ing "good by Sweet Day." ONE PRESENT.
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