I HE FIRST DRAFTED MEN TO (JO TO TRAINING CAMP FROM DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.
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Reading from left to right they arti as follows: George P. Raker, Four Oaks; Thomas F.
Adams, Renson, R. 2; Darwin B. Hayes, Four Oaks; Otho H. Ellis, Wilson's Mills; David H. Benson,
Smithfield; Ransom E. Evans, Four Oaks; Willis M. Barbour, Four Oaks; Andrew L. Bradley,
Smithfield.,
In place of- Darwin B. Hayes, John K. Tart, of Meadow township, 'went with the first incre
ment from Johnston County District No, 1. The first went to Camp Jackson, Columbia, S, C? on
Friday, September 7th. They all passed the examination at Camp and are now enrolled as the first
from this local district in Uncle Sam's National Army.
The photograph from which the cut was made was taken in Smithfield on Monday, September
3rd, by Mr. J. William Langdon, of Four Oaks. He furnished The Herald a copy of the picture
free of charge and we hiid the cut made by a Richmond engraving firm.
THE FIRST DRAFTED MEN TO GO TO TRAINING CAMP FROM DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.
Reading from left to right they are as follows: James A. Mitchell, Selma; Alonzo H. Sorrell,
Garner, R. 1; Lindo Batten, Selma; J. Willard Oneal, Selma, R. 2; Hubert D. Stancil, Selma;
Clarence Bailey, Selma, R. 2; Luther C. Davis, Micro; W. B. Crumpler, Selma, R. 3; Charlie Jasper
Wiggs, Princeton, R. 1 ; Herbert Pender. (Instead of Herbert Pender, Francis Marion Aycock, of
Kenlv, went in the first bunch to Camp Jackson from Johnston County District No. 2.)
These ten men left Selma, Friday, September 7th, for Camp Jackson, and with the eight from
District No. 1, were the first to be enrolled in the new National Army from this County.
EIGHTEEN NATIONS tiOW \T
WAR WITH TEUTONIC POWERS.
At war with Germany or her allies:
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Serbia, Russia, France, Great Bri
tain, Montenegro, Japan, Belgium,
Italy, San Marino, Portugal, Rouma
nia, Greecc, Cuba, Panama, Siam, Li
beria, China, and United St; tes.
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Diplomatic relations broken with
Germany:
Brazil, Bolivia, Haiti, Honduras,
and Nicaragua.
Declarations of war made:
Austria against Belgium, August
28, 1914.
Austria against Montenegro, Au
gust 9, 1914.
Austria against Russia, August 6,
1914.
Austria -.gainst Serbia, July 28,
1914.
Bulgaria against Serbia, October
14, 1915.
China against Austria, August 14,
1917.
China against Germany, August 14,
1917.
Cuba against Germany, April 7,
1917.
France against Austria, August 12,
1914.
Frrnre against Bulgaria, October
18. 1915.
France against Germany, August 3,
1914.
Germany against Franco, August
3. 1914.
Germany against Portugal, March
9. 1915.
Germany against Russia, August 1,
1914.
Great Britnin against Bulgaria, Oc
tober 10, 1915.
Great Britain against Austria, Au
gust 12, 1914.
Grcai Britain against Germany, Au
gust 5, 1914.
Great Britain against Turkey, No
vember 5, 1914.
Groece (provisional government)
against Bulgaria, November 28, 191(5.
Greece (provisional government)
against Germany, November 28, 1916.
Greece against Bulgaria, July 2,
1917.
Greece against Germany, July 2,
1917.
Italy s-.gainst Austria, August 21,
1915.
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Italy against Bulgaria, October 19,
1914.
Italy against Germany, August 28,
1916.
Japan against Germany, August 23,
1914.
Liberia against Germany, August
4, 1917.
Montenegro against Austria, Au
gust 10, 1914.
Panama against Germany, April
1 7, -1917.
Roumania against Austria, August
27. 1916.
Serbia against Turkey' December
2, 1914.
Siam agninst Austria, July 21, 1917.
Siam against Germany, July 21,
1 1917.
Turkey against Allies, November
23, 1914.
Turkey .-.'rainst Roumania, August
29, 1916.
United States agrinat Germany.
April 6, 1917.
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Th - v.ecd-, destroyed' and t'a< ma
nure producojl by shoep on a farm
irdinrrily pay for th?- lalwr devoted to
he flock.
STUDYING THE COUNTY.
I'lans of North Carolina Club at State
University for the Winter.
Chapel Hill, Oct. 10.? -The North
Carolina Club at the University of I
North Cprolina is this year venturing |
into the unexplored territory of the
county. This club is an organization
of the faculty and students of the |
University for the purpose of study
in? North Carolina. The members
from the various counties take'their
own county for their own particular
investigation and find out everything
discoverable about it.
County government in the United
States is a big affair and yet the av
jerage citizen knows little or nothing
about county finances; about the tax
lists and the amazing inequities and
delinquences it discloses everywhere;
j about what county revenues are spent
for and whether they are spent wise
ly or unwisely, effectively or waste-^
fully. In 1913 the cost of county gov
ernment in North Carolina was nearly
seven million dollars or more than
twice the cost of State government.
At the next meeting of the club on
October 15, Judge Gilbert Stephenson
of Winston-Salem will speak 'on
"County Officers, Legal Duties and
| Court H< use Customs." The various
| studies of the year will be later pub
lished in a year book. There will be
i 1 ?p '.r.l sludies during the year.
A yrvjnjc man named Berry Cline
killed himself In Spen.'er Monday,'
Uivinjf a yountr bride of *>r.ly five |
months. lie left a n; .e stating that ^
he was unable to support his young
bride, henre his rush deed.
THE INCREASE IN POSTAGE. If
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Ne* La* Effective On and After I
November 2nd. I
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Detailed instructions to postmast
ers on the increased letter mail rates
uhuh Incomes effectivi November 2
1 ier the terms u ? the war tax bill,
have M issued by Postmaster (ion- |
end Hurli-s n. Tlr>y do not apply to | S
n\ to most foreign countries which
are fixed by international treaties, >
'h y do apply co all domestic mail, I
a; 1 umIi r that classification is includ P
< i mail to Canada, Mexico, Cuba, I
Panama, the I'nited States postal air- ]
ency at Shanghai, and all persons in
the military service of the United
States in Europe. The Pootoftke De
partment issued these instructions:
"Postmasters shall, on and after
November 2, see that postage is paid
at the rate of 3 cents an ounce or
fraction thereof on letters and other
first class matter except drop letters.
All drop letters, that is, letters mail
ed for delivery from the office at
which posted, including those for de
livery by city, rural or other carried
of inh office are requested to have
postage paid on th^m at the rate of
2 cents an ounce or fraction thereof.
Postal cards are required to be pre
paid two cents, and, therefore, the
one-cent postage stamp affixed to them
in addition to one-cent stamp impress
ed on such cards. Post cards (private
mailing cards) bearing written mes
sages must have 2 cents postage pre
[paid on tjw. ? ; i 1
New Graded School Building.
The Board of Trustees of the
Smithfield Graded Schools has pur
chased a nice lot from Mr. Simon B.
Jones, between the Ivanhoc Cotton
Mills and the Depot and will at an
early date put up an up-to-date two
room school building. This is being
done to take care of the large number
of children in the mill village who have
heretofore failed to take advantage
of the school opportunities of the
town. The building will be erccted on
the corner of Ninth and Caswell
streets, facing south on Caswell. The
school board will secure an experienc
ed teacher to have charge of this
school which will open as soon as the
building can be put up. Mrs. Zachary,
who is doing welfare and community
work in the mill village, will assist in
the school work this season. It is hop
ed that the building can be gotten
ready by December 1st.
In 1916 Denmark produced $0f>,000,
000 worth of butter.
NOTICE.
North Carolina, Johnston County,
In the Superior Court.
Estelle DeArmand
vs.
E. A. DcArman.
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The defendant above named, will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court of Johnston County to
obtain an absolute divorce from the
defendant; and the said defendant will
further take notice that he is required
to appear at the next term of the Su
perior Court of said County to be
held on the 10th day of December,
1917, at the Court House of said coun
ty in Smithfield, N. C., and answer or
demur to the complaint in said ac
tion, or the plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in said
complaint.
This the 6th day of October, 1917.
W. S. STEVENS.
Clerk of Superior Court.
WELLONS & WELLONS,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
MORTGAGE SALE OP1 HOUSE
AND LOT IN SMITHFIELD.
North Carolina, Johnston County,
-Under and by virtue of authority
contained in a certain Mortgage Deed,
executed to John Kennedy and wife,
Ollie Kennedy, and Milton Kennedy
and wife, Annie Kennedy, to Mrs.
Peatie Oliver, Guardian, June 27,
1912, to secure the payment of a bond
for $220.00 with interest from date,
payable on the 21st day of June, 1913;
and whereas the interest has been
paid on said note up to January 1st,
1915, leaving due thereon $220.00,
with interest from January 1, 1915,
and $0.47 insurance' paid by mort
gage; and whereas the conditions of
the mortgage have been broken, and
the payment of the bond secured by
the same refused on demand:
Therefore the undersigned will of
fer for sale at Public Auction, at the
Court House door, in the town of
Smithficld, N. C., on Saturday, Octo- |
her 20, 1917, for cash, the following j
described lot in the town of Smithfield,
N\ C., on which are located two small j
dwelling houses, to-wit: 1 1
A certain lot of land t djoining the
lands of Marshall Avera, J. D. Al
ford, and William Holden and be- ,
ginning at a stake on Fourth Street, i
(Marshall Avera's corner) suid runs,
with said street 73 feet to a stake in
William Holden's line; thence nearly
east 210 feet to J. D. Alford's lino',
thence nearly North with said line
73 feet to Marshall Avera's line; !
thence nearly West with said Marshall j
Avera's line 210 feet to the beginning, ?
containing 2-6 of an acre, more or
less, it being the same lot of land dc
cribed in the Deed from C. Radford
to Parker Kenned v, September 4,
1S80, and recorded in Book "W" No.
4, page 299.
This September 18, J917.
PEATIE OLIVER.
(Guardian), Mortgagee.
F. H. BROOKS,
Attorney.
Giving Credit
We venture the assertion that there are any number
of our readers who will pick up The Smithfield Herald,
glance over the ads, note a number of attractive offer
ing} from our merchants, and then go straight to the
houses making these offers and make their purchases.
In many cases the customer secures a decided bargain by
his promptness.
Now if the merchant had any means of knowing how
many of his customers secured their knowledge of his
offerings from the columns of The Smithfield Herald, he
could place a correct estimate on the value to him of the
space that he uses in this paper to disseminate his store
news. And it is but justice to himself and the publishers
that he should have this knowledge.
Dear reader, just at this point YOU can confer a great
favor on both your publisher and your merchant, and it
will cost you absolutely nothing, either in money, time
or effort.
If you will simply state, when calling for any such
advertised article, "1 saw your ad in The Smithfield
Herald," you will be giving him just the information he
is most desirous of obtaining, and at the same time you
will give your paper just credit for its efforts in your
and his behalf.
This may seem a simple little favor we ask of you,
but it is big in possibilities to us and to you. If every
merchant could know just how many of his customers
were attracted by his ads, many more would advertise,
and YOUR opportunities would be doubled and multiplied.
May we not hope you will bear this in mind when next
you make purchases?
Let's ALL give full credit.
The Nation's Lesson
All people ftre children, either young or grown up.
And all children must learn life in many lessons.
This year's lesson for our people is
Food Economy
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It will not be learned by depriving yourself of needed
food. It will be by judiciously selecting the foods t?at
you need.
In this we want to help you.
We have many suggestions that will help you to cut the
H. C. of L.
Economy prices, too.
City Groeery Company
Smithfield, N. C.
1917 Taxes Are Now Due
I, W..F. Grimes, Sheriff of Johnston County, will be at
the following places on following date with 1917 Tax
Book for the purpose of receiving Taxes. Tax Books are
now open in my office at Smithfield. Come early and pay
to avoid the rush.
Wilson's Mills township, Wilson's Mills, October 17th.
Wilders township, Archer Lodge, October 18th.
Oneals township, Hare's Store, October 19th.
Beulah township, Kenly, October 20th.
Micro township, Micro, October 22nd.
Pine Level township, Pine Level, October 23rd.
Boon Hill township, Princeton, October 24th.
Bentonsville township, Bentonville, October 25th.
Meadow township, Peacock's Cross Roads, October 26th.
Banner township, Benson, October 27th.
Elevation township, Elevation, October 29th.
Pleasant Grove township, Court House, October 30th.
Cleveland township, Court House, October 31st.
Ingrams township, Four Oaks, November 1st.
Selma township, Selma, November 2nd.
Clayton township, Clayton, November 3rd.
Smithfield township, Smithfield, November 5th.
In writing Sheriff for amount of taxes please state full
name and township where property is located.
W. F. GRIMES,
Sheriff Johnston County.
October 1, 1917.
New Books Just Received
THE SALT OF THE EARTH, by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick.
OVER THE TOP, by Arthur Guy Empey.
ANNE'S HOUSE OF DREAMS, by L. M. Montgomery.
FANNY HERSELF, by Edna Ferber.
IN HAPPY VALLEY, bv John Fox, Jr.
BELINDA OF THE REP CROSS, by R. W. Hamilton.
THE SOUL OF A BISHOP, by H. G. Wells.
WE CANT HAVE EVERYTHING, by Rupert Hughe*.
LONG LIVE THE KING, by Mary Roberts Rinehart.
THE DWELLING PLACE OF LIGHT, by Winston
Churchill.
CALVARY ALLEY, by Alice Hegan Rice.
WHEN DADDY WAS A BOY, by Thomas Wood Parry.
HERALD BOOK STORE,
Simthlield, N. C.