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THE MID HEIIM Published Every Tuesday and Friday. HEATY & LASSITER Editors and Proprietor*, Smithfield. N. C. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Entered at the Post Office at Smith field, Johnston County, N. C., as Second-class Matter. Caah in Advance. One year, Eight Months, Six Months, .. Three Months, SI .50 1.00 .75 .40 NOTKS AND ( O.MMKNT. Just think! The sum of $171,113.03 ? was paid out for tobacco by the Smith- i field warehouses last week. The aver- ? aire was $26.1*5 per hundred pounds. High prices and prosperity and the I country engaged in a terrible war. i What a paradox! ' 0 ; Mr. Hoover is calling on the people 1 to divide their supply of sugar with ' the French people. He says we have ) 1*0 pounds per capita per year while I the French have only 21 pounds per ? capita. Who will eat less sugar that the French may be a little sweeter? o The suffragists of North Carolina are highly elated that they are to f have Miss Jeannette Rankin, of Mon- I tana, the first woman to hold a seat - in the United States Congress, to J make the address on Woman's Day at the State Fair ? Wednesday, Octo- e ber 17th. General Julian S. Carr has f accepted an invitation to introduce ( Miss Rankin. c o I Let every mother who has a son who has already gone to the army or s who may be called, read the article s elsewhere in this paper entitled "A n Time of Test and Sacrifice." This was | written by a Johnston County mother, 'I a widow, who has two sons who are fi in the service. She has sounded a 1 noble note and one that appeals to ti the highest and best. o (1 One million, two hundred and eigh- t ty thousand, six hundred and four r dollars and tifty-seven cents on depos- s it in nine Johnston County Banks on September 11th. These banks are: The t First National Bank of Smithfield; r The Johnston County Bank and Trust Company, of Smithfield; The First National Bank of Selma; The Peoples Bank, of Selma; The Bank of Kenly; Bank of Four Oaks; Merchants and \ Farmers Bank, of Princeton; Bank of Pine Level, and Clayton Banking 1 Company. This does not include the I two banks at Benson and the bank at Micro. Never in the history of the county was so much money in circu lation in these parts. BKNTONSN II. LE TOWNSHIP FAIR. The Community Fair hps become to be a great community builder. Pleas ant Grove Township was the first in Johnston County to lead in a township Fair. The promoters are highly pleas ed with past results and are enthu siastic over the Fair to be held this year on October 11th. The second township in the county to have a Community Fair is B . ntons ville. This fair will be held next Thursday, October 4th, at Mill Creek school house in the upper end of the township The Meadow township peo ple are co-operating with the Ben tonsville people and the prospects are for a fine fair next week. The people of all sections should attend and see what the people of old Bentonsville and Meadow are doing to mak? their conditions better. A Helpful Touch. "As we meet and touch each day The many travelers on our way, Let each such brief contact be A glorious, helpful ministry; The contact of the soil and seed, Each giving to the other's need; Each helping on the other's best, And blessing each, as well as blest." Massachusetts potato crop this year is estimated at 5,025,000 bushels com pared with 2,275,000 bushels last year. A STORY OF RICHES. Two rich women. Mrs. Bingham and Mrs. King. Both died. One in August. The other in September. Keep and hold front page positions. Mrs. Bingham's death supposed to be natural. Mrs. King's death accidental. Mrs. Bingham. A codicil to a will. Much money left to husband. Folks not satisfied. Suspicions aroused. ^ Ordered body exhumed. Examinations by experts mnde. Husband greatly humiliated. Mrs. King. Gaston Means her manager. With her the night she was killed. An investigation ordered. Gaston means charged with murder. Now in jail. And why? Yes, why all the talk? Both women had much money ? ttat*f_?lL * " Are You Doing Your Bit? Have you been thinking of your "bit" in the Johnston County Fair? Have you decided upon the exhibit you are to make, and just what prize you are going to win? Now is the time to begin our preparations for the biggest and best Fair of John ston County. The Fair Association has arranged for something interest ing. beneficial, and something to keep you laughing. Can you afford not to ?ome and do "your bit" by bringing nn exhibit and get benefited by the >ther person's exhibit? November 7th, 8th and JUh should Im> "Fair" days for all of us. Lay uside work, forget cares and come to Ihe Fair with an exhibit of your last year's work, and you'll go back home reeling better, and with enough new I'igor and fun to last until nfixt year's Fair. You come, tell other Folks to come, and bring somebody .?Ise. Kernels of Seed-Corn Truth. If you plant corn stalks that have tuckers, that is what you will raise, [.ike begets like. Select your corn leed from the stalk as it stands, so ,'ou will know its parentage. Short, thick, storm-proof stalks with ?ars that grow low are the right kind or the Central and Southern States. Jet your seed from such stalks be ause slender, top-heavy stands are ikely to mean losses. Seed ears from the best-producing talks in the field produce more than eed ears apparently as good, but withered without considering the iroductiveness of the parent stalk, "he place to select seed corn is in the ield, not in the crib; the time to se ect it is as soon as it is mature, lot at husking time. Take seed corn from the best-pro lucing stalks as they stand thick in he field. Such seed is more likely to neet competition successfully than eed which comes from n stalk which tood alone and did not suffer from he crowding of neighbors. ? Govern nent News Letter. Sales Much Greater This Year. 1 Mr. J. N. Cobb the secretary and i treasurer of the Tobacco Board of Frade of Smithfield calls our attention s to the sales of tobacco here as fol- \ lows: \ Smithfield tobacco market sold for week ending September 22, 1917, 1 634,763 pounds, which brought $171,- 1 113.03, an average price of $20.95 per > hundred. Corresponding week lr.st year the i same market sold 305,151 pounds for s $44,174.33, an average price for 1916 ' of $14.47 per hundred. Negroes To Go October 3rd. According to instructions from the ( Provost Marshal 20 per cent of the j quota from the several counties to be made up of colored men, will go to Camp Jackson on October 3rd. This will mean that North Carolina will be , called on to send 4,153 negroes to the , training camp next week. This will , take about 40 colored men from John- , ston County, District No. 1, and about , 51 from District No. 2. Farmers Union Meeting. State Organizer and Lecturer, J. Z. Green, will attend our County Meet ing in the hall of the Johnston Coun ty Farmers Union Company, Selma, N. C., Thursday, October 4th, at 10:30 , a. m. All union members please at tend. W. C. HARPER, Secretary. Cottonseed Report. A statement issued by the Bureau of the Census shows that the quantity of cottonseed received at mills last month was 79,602 tons; the amount i crushed was 37,251 tons; on hand at i mills on August 31 was 76,278 tons. (?olden rod. Sing a song of goldenrod, The dearest flower that grows. And let it be a merry glee That everyvjody knows. For we rejoice the nation's choicc Is not the queenly rose. O goldenrod! bright goldenrod! We'll sing your praises ever. Though but a weed, Your voice we'll heed, ? "Our Union none can sever." Sing a song of goldenrod! The bonniest flowers of all, That garner light from sunshine bright, Wherever sunbeams fall. And let the glee ring glad and free From cottage and from hall. O goldenrod! dear goldenrod! We'll sing your praises ever. Though but a weed, Your voice we'll heed, ? "Our Union none can sever." Sing a song of goldenrod! The truest bit of gold That ever gleams by woodland streams Or on the wayside wold, rill o'er and o'er, from shore to shore, The echoes sweet are rolled. O goldenrod! dear goldenrod! We'll sing your praises ever. Though but a weed, Your voice we'll hoed, ? "Our Union none can sever." ? Ella Gilbert Ives. The Golden Corn. I ["he rose may bloom for England, The lily for France unfold; reland may honor the shrmrock, Scotland her thistle bold; iut the shield of the great Republic, The glory of the West, 1 >hal I bear a stalk of the tasseled corn, Of all our wealth the best! rhe arbutus and the goldenrod, The hearts of the North may cheer; ^ Vnd the mountain laurel for Mary land Its royal clusters rear; ^nd jasmin and magnolia The crest of the South adorn: lut the wide Republic's emblem Is the bounteous, golden com. ? Edna Der.n Proctor. A Nation-Wide Thrift Campaign. ? Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 25. ? A ation-wide campaign of intensified ] hrift as a means of winning the war ?as suggested by speakers before the onvention of the American Rankers' . issociation here today. The nation's avings must be tripled, some of the elegates declared, if we are to be uocessful in our light for democracy. "We have credit," one banker said, but credit is perfect fiction unless ou have something to back it. In reased snvings is an absolute ne essity to win the war." , Advertisers Are Optimists. A recent form letter of the Review f Reviews has some pertinent houghts on optimism and the rdver iser and says in part: An advertisement is the reflection f an optimist. It is his money telling you he be ieves in his product, in conditions and n you. * ? He spends his money bofore he pets iny returns because he hopes that you rill respond. That's all he has to vork on. The pessimist anticipates defeat. He , lopes for the worst and makes no ef fort to ward off failure. He usually rets it. It's the old story of the volunteer und the stay at home. There is no con scription to the ranks of optimism, i'ou have to be a volunteer. Speaking of Fees. The county treasurers in 86 coun ties got nearly half as much for handling public school money in 1915 16 as the county school superintend ents received for running the school systems ? according to the report of the State superintendent of public in struction in North Carolina. Eighty six county treasurers received in com missions $56,869 from the public school fund, and 100 county superin tendents received $115,948 in salaries. ? The University News Letter. The Trees. When They Grow. The verie essence and as it were, springe-head and origine of all music is the very pleasante sounde which the tre?s make when they grow. ? Old English Tale. By Fanning His Goodness. We can better help another by fan ning a glimmer of goodness than by censuring his faults. ? E. Gibson. Pastures furnish excellent feed for the brood sow and her litter, but should bo supplemented with enough grain to prevent the sow from losing weigh . BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY. From baby in the cradle to grandma in the rocker, and have the time of your life at this big Fair. More fea tures ? more fun ? more frolic than ever before. Better exhibits, finer mu sic, bigger crowds. Every day a big day. We're expecting you and all family. JOHNSTON COUNTY FAIR. Smithfield, N. G, November 7-8-9-'17. TOBACCO FARMERS WANTED? I have some one and two-horse farms for rent. Prefer men with families who can furnish own team, and raise tobacco, with some cotton and corn J. Rufus Creech, Pine Level, N. C., R, F. D. No. 1. FEED? CORN, OATS, RED DOG, midlings, soy bean meal, molasses feeds ? any feed for your hogs and stock ? large lot on hand. Roberts Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C. WHY SUFFER WITH PILES OR Eczema? Dr. Muns' Pile and Ec zema Ointment will relieve you instantly. Creech Drug Co., Smith field N. C. TRUNKS AND SUIT CASES AT old price. Nice line mert*s and boys' clothing, latest patterns, best prices. Roberts Atkinson Company, Selma, N. C. THE BEST AND LARGEST STOCK of Furniture in Smithfield is at Cotter-Underwood Co.'s, Smithfield, N. C. ' ?iHOFS? BOUGHT BEFORE THE advance. Dress and service shoes for men, women and children. Bet ter shoes for less money. Roberts Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C. [OME TO SELMA THURSDAY, October 11th, and get your Dollar's worth. WOODALL'S FOR DRY GOODS. KOR SALE? ONE HORSE TEN years old. Will weigh about a thousand pounds. Will sell for cash only. Apply to Ashley Bcasley, Smithfield, N. C., Route No. 2. BUGGIES OF ALL KINDS AT? Cotter-Underwood Co.'s Store at the old prices. Smithfield, N. C. "SELMA'S DOLLAR DAY" THURS day, October 11th. BETTER GOODS FOR LESS MON ey at Woodall's. ALUMNA WARE? CALL AND see our large assosted line of Alum na ware and have us explain how you can get it free. Roberts At kinson Co., Selma, N. C. IF YOU WANT THE BEST FLOUR in town, buy Dan Valley, at Cotter Underwood Co.'s, Smithfield, N. C. SEW TESTAMENTS AND BIBLES for sale at The Herald Office. ?OST NEAR BLACK MAN'S CROSS Roads, in Ingrams township, two plate books and one order book and one catalogue. Books have name of J. V: n Lindley Nursery Company on them. Reward for their return to The Herald Office. L. A. Parrish, Clayton, N. C. rYPEWRITER RIBBONS? ROYAL. Underwood, Oliver, Remington and L. C. Smith ? for sale at The Her ald Office. GET YOUR PROFIT SHARING coupons with all cash sales, re deemable with valuable alumna ware. Roberts Atkinson Company, Selma, N. C. LOOK ON YOUR LABEL, AND IF your subscription is in arrears re member the printer. He has to paj weekly for the cost of getting out the paper. Paying up when your time is out helps us. IF YOU WANT TO ENJOY A GOOD novel read "Sunny Slopes," by Ethel Hueston, author of "Pru dence of The Parsonage." Price $1.40. On sale at The Herald Office. ? NEW BOOKS RECEIVED AT THE Herald Office. The leading new novels together with a large lot of the popular sellers of the past years now in stock. Come in and see them. THAT MUCH TALKED OF BOOK, "A Student in Arms," now on sale at Jhe Herald Office, Smithfield, N. C. Price $1.50. WE WANT YOU TO COME. To the big Johnston County Fair, for you will learn a lot of new wrinkles that will mean money to you in short cuts to longer profits. The many amusements are clean, clever, thrill ing and wholesome. Exciting events follow cach other with fast, fleeting delight. Musical airs to dispel your cares. Don't miss it. JOHNSTON COUNTY FAIR. Smithfield, N. C., November 7-8-9-'17. Building &. Loan shares one of the safest invest ments for the Salary Man 3 3 3 CQ to .a * S| is o ? . CO ?*0 r "= c J=> ? u ?? o - c 5 ^ ?.? " u 3 2 o o >? > co D "O *-* .73 = 3 r^CQ *c <u re *2 2=3 5 be J~l c T3.S re o u. CQ (A < Announcement We wish to announce to the people of the community that the Smithfield Building and Loan Association will be 4 years old October 1st, 1917, with collections amounting to $2000 per month and $55,000.00 loaned to members for building homes. It is much better to have a few B. &. L. shares and not need them for building than to need them and not have them. You can en list now and pay for your shares either by the week or month. Could you think of a better investment for the Salary Man or the young married man than a few shares of B. &. L. For instance if you apply for 10 shares, and pay at the rate of $130.00 per year, at the end of 6 years and 6 months the Sec. &. Treas. will hand you a check for $1,000, or if you desire to borrow for Building pur poses before the expiration of maturity you can do so. ? ' For B. & L. Information, see J. J. BROADHUrfsr, Sec. &: Treas. 3 O >* V) vJ In ?1 ? IN 5fi c Z E w f.E C I .3 <u > 3? >.? a ? , 3^1 CO (A S -o 3 rs 3 "O CQ ^ O ? t-i ^DQ 3 OQ-A P 3g W>? .?j2 3 bq SMITHFIELD BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION SMITHFIELD, N. C. If Quality is Important To You ===== Come Here No matter what you buy at a drug store; you wish first of all to feel that you are buying the best quality to be had. Prompt and courteous service, complete stock, moderate prices ? all these are important parts of our business policy and practice ? yet our first duty is to carry quality goods and we do it. For this reason you will find in our stock a complete assortment of PENSLAR REMEDIES and Toilet Preparations, all of which conform to the highest standards of quality and elegance. J And as the PENSLAR AGENCY is placed only with retail Drug Stores of the highest standing ? only one in each community ? the P ENSLAR sign has become widely known as "THE SIGN OF A GOOD DRUG STORE" CREECH DRUG CO. D. HEBER CREECH, Manager The Modern Drug Store Smithfield, N. C. An ad in The Herald Brings Results # Try Just One . Everybody Ready? The Great Wayne County Fair and Eastern Carolina Exhibition of Live Stock, Agriculture, Poultry Industry and Progress Opens in Goldsboro NORTH CAROLINA Tuesday, October 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 1917. The Biggest and Best Fair ever seen in this section. Grand Street Parade with Decorated Floats, Automo biles and Vehicles; Gentleman and Lady Marshals, Pony Brigade. Magnificent International Pageant, Folk Dances by Hundreds of School Children. $4,100.00 IN RACING PURSES ?Contested for by the Fastest Horses in the Country. Midway the Largest ever visiting this section ? Many attractive and Thrilling Free Acts. Ye Olde Time Fiddlers' Convention and Square Dance. Brilliant Marshals' Ball. It's done the Wayne County way ? the Best way in the World. Something of interest every day for everybody. LISTEN LADDIE, SHE WILL BE THERE. LISTEN LASSIE, HE WILL, TOO.
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