THRIFT.
Earn What You Can, Spend What
You Must, Give >\hat You Should
And Save the Rest.
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The Wisest Form of Thrift.
In connection with the campaign to
make November " Thrift Month " let's
not forget that the best way to save
is not merely to hoard money hut to
invest -it so that it will "breed." Use
it for a "productive purpose." We
ought to save enough actual cash to
enable us to buy all supplies for cash
next year; arid then let's invest our
remaining capital in five' wise ways:
1. A hundred thousand Southern
tenants should buy land this fall.
2. Buying any improved machinery
and extra horsepower needed should
be recognized as a profit-making op
portunity.
3. Every Southern farmer who
hasn't cows enough to give abundant
milk or sows 'enough to supply plenty
of pigs rhould buy these.
4. Paint for the outside of the
house, waterworks for the inside, and
t rood orchard for the adjoining lot
??"uld nil have attention.
Then n 'nsuraive policy for Mrs.
mer ; nd the children should come
! i cf almost any other oxpendi
e
?.'! of th >se matters, the
( ? i '! 'nd be -efits in "working
h'.r folks." By joining a na
?1 " rm n as nidation, the ten
ant < n borrow half the purchase
i ? of land. If several neigh
! ill i y i 1 ? en together, the cows,
pa:nts, liirhis, ind waterworks may
t ?* ii-J on m< re r.t" . an : asfcoas iernis. ,
Ai 1 fruit U- os and machinery may
. !so be 1 ou.jht more advantageously
by the cooperative method.
: lp c!' r.-nd the "Thi ift Month" idea
rr.l get your neighbors to help you
make it a success. ? Progressive Far
mer.
Buy a Home: The T nant Farmer's
( olden Opportunity.
The present high prices afford. the
tenant farmer an opportunity that
may never come again ? an opportu
nity to buy and own a farm and a \
home. Cotton, tobacco and peanuts, !
the South's principal money crops, are
bringing record prices, and tenant
farmers all over the South have more
money ahead than they have ever had
before. The use to which this surplus
is put is going to determine many a
man's future ? whether he is to re
main a tenant fajrner or become a
home-owener, working his own land ;
and living in the shadow of his own '
vine and fig tree.
Right now is the time of all times
to make the supreme effort. Money
is more plentiful than we have ever
seen it, and certainly we will never
see Southern fram lands any cheaper
than they now are. In fact, out of
our very plentitude must come high
priced farm lands, because of the
increased demand for them. Already
in the North and West lands at $100,
$200 and $300 an acre are practically
out of the reach of the poor man. He
has not the cash to buy them, and if
he buys on credit it is almost im
possible for him to keep up the in
terest payments, let alone paying the
principal.
Just so surely as day follows night,
similar conditions are coming here in
the South. Already Southern farm j
lands in some sections have gone up
to $75 and $100 an acre, and it is our
firm belief that the present generation ,
will see most of our lands at these
figures and even higher. This being
the case, now is the tenant's golden
opportunity to become a homeowner.
And the privilege of feeling one's own
soil under foot is worth the effort ?
worth all the saving and privation thAt .
may be necessary; for, as old Dr.
Knapp used to say, "the home-owning ?
American farmer is a king in his own
right."
Let us not let the golden opportu
nity pa?s. ? Progressive Farmer.
Wise Sayings.
A penny saved is a penny made.
A penny saved is twopence clear.
The second vice is lying, the first is
running in debt.
If you would be wealthy, think of 1
saving as well as of getting.
? Franklin.
Make all you can, save all you can,
give all you can.- -.Tohn Wesley.
The hfnd-to-mouth man seldom gets
out of speaking distance with pov- j
er'y.? Uncle Philander.
T* a ^an does not provid" for all ,
wh-> :r- dt tt" ndv?! up- n him, and if
he has not t] it vi?ion*of conditions to
mi ie ard that c?re for the days that
have tot yet dawned, which we sum
up in the whole idea o? thrift and
c-- !???, then he Ins not opened his
ever to ny adenine conception of
I lif W< fee* Wilson. ?
The Soul of Germany.
The soul of Germany! How fair it
shone
Once in the eyes of all the world,
Soaring in upward flight to sunlit
heights,
Its glancing pinions wide unfurled.
The suul of Germany was Wagner,
Bach ;
Was Mozart singing to the stars,
Was tioethe opening vitas bright with '
dreams,
Was Schiller letting down the day
spring's bars ?
Was Heine calling through the paling
night
Holbein and Hofmnn with uplifted
brush,
Or Gluck's or great Beethoven's won- :
der touch
Sonorous in the universal hush.
These and their kindred Genii were
the soul
Of Germany before there fell
Upon her that lierce Hohenzollern
blight
With lust of power and all its scorch
of hell ?
Her soul before her war-crazed men
forgot
The heights for which her "science"
stood ?
Her soul before her unshamed women j
went
"Conscript" to unwed motherhood.
But now, where Schumann sang the
despot rules,
Sordirl with hate the land that Han- ]
del knew ?
The "soul" of Germany takc4 far its !
flight,
And vultures wheel" where once its
raidi nee flew.
?Sara Beaumont Kennedy.
S; Ll- ii-ii.Ni SS A DISEASE.
T phoid fever is a disorsc greatly to
1 e dreided. Pneumonia, whooping
ecu rh, mea les scarlet fever anil diph
theria arc so dangerous that every one
should avoid them as they would a
nake. But thcr^ is a disease more
danger us and harmful than any of
these. It is called Selfishness. More
people are afflicted with this disease
than is supposed at first thought. It
is seen on every hand. Its baneful
effects rre felt in every community.
It is nover so evident as when an
.rticle becomes scarce in a community.
There rre too many folks who are too
prone to charge more than the worth
of an article when they happen to be
the only ones in the town or commu
nity having the article on hand. The
patriotic man or storekeeper will not,
in a time of stress, charge his fellow
man any more than a reasonable profit
just because he knows that he can get
his own price. It is a sad fact, how
ever, that some men are so full of
selfishness that they will take ad
van' age of every point and charge
("wo prices for things just because
they happen to be the only ones having
the goods on hand. In a time like this
it is well to watch and see that no man
takes advantage of his neighbor just
because he happens to be in a more
ia\orable position.
Wool and Woolens.
The arrival of the first shipment of
Australian wool is about due at Van
couver, and it should reach Boston in
time to be sold at auction before the
end of next month. As it will be sold
to the highest bidders, it is expected
that the prices will rule high, especi
ally as this kind of wool is needed.
There is some uncertainty as to what
kind of prices will be asked for the
bulk of the 225,000 bales of wool which
Croat Britain has released. The gen
eral impression is that a fair pro
fit will be taken, and, if this turns out
to be the case, the prices should be
lower than those now asked here for
the same kinds of wool. Meanwhile,
the fact that so large a quantity is
assured has helped to keep domestic
prices within bounds, as has also the
general indisposition toward specula
tion. This latter circumstance is
influenced somewhat by the fear of
price-fixing by the Government if
things get too rampant. An easier tone
is also noticed in the South Amer
ican markets, where there has been a
i.iir shsre of American buying. In
South Africa it seems to be a question
( f getting ships to carry away the
wool. In carpet wools, there has been
little doing of late, the mills appar
ently having enough on hand to keep
thom busy for some time to come.
Th's condition enabled the mills to fix
their prices the other day with knowl
edge of what their costs are to be. The
most notable thing in the cloth mar
k< ts has been the gradual acquiring
by garment makrrs of stray quantities
l'rom second hands. They rre await
ing with some interest the openings
for the next heavyweight season. It
sprms to be taken for granted that
prices wil be again advanced. A fair
business is passing in dress goods at
retail, especially in certain of the
higher-priced fabrics, though there is
a lull in the sales of corts and suits by
manufacturers. ? New York Times.
Egyptian Cotton Crop.
Th^ Ai ican counsi*! at Alexan
dria, Fgypt, rabies:
The 1917-18 Fryptian cotton crop is
rstim.tcd at r>, 250, 000 cantars of 96
poiir.c1*.
NEGRO SPEAKS ON GREAT WAR.
Address of C. N. Hunter, Editor Inde
pendent at Johnston County
Fair, Nov. 15th, 1917.
Mr. President, Ladies and Genteinen:
It is a great pleasure to me to be in
the good old County of Johnston and
in the historic old town of Smithiield.
I have pleasant memories of your
sturdy citizenry and cf your proud
place in the history of our grand old
State. The occasion of your gather
ing today is one of high import and
should mean to you and to nil the
people of Johnston and the surround
ing counties the continued and poten
tial awakening of all the people of
both races to those important prob
lems in the solution of which is in
volved their peace, their prosperity,
their progress, and their power
1 have been profoundly impressed
by the >plendi4 sentiments of our
splendid representative in Congress
from the fourth district in the letter
he has sent us. He has brought to
us a message of good cheer, of en
couragement, and of buoyant hope. I
beg to say to him in behall of myself
personally and on behalf of you that
ins words of cordial greeting :.nd wise
counsel meets a warm reciprocal echo
iid each of our hearts. Among the
tirst white citizens of your County
known to me personally, was his hon
ored father, i happened to be thrown
along the line of Ins activities in my
early life and we became excellent
friends. Your no Ices distinguished
fellow citizen and our honored repre
sentative has this day and on this oc
casion given bright evidence of "the
rock 'from which he was hewn."
I may add here that Johnston
County has given the Slate ancther
name of which vll our people, white
and colored,* rich .and poor, and of
both the great political partus should
ever cmd always feel immensely proud.
1 refer to the late Col. Ashk y Home,
lie was a brave soldier; a progressive,
courageous citizen; a pure minded up
right gentleman; a friend of all man
kind. Could 1 have compassed that re
sult, Johnston County would have
furnished to North Carolina enj of the
best governors the State has ever had.
And now, my friends, permit me to
congratulate you upon the auspicious
enterprise* which you have undertaken.
It holds out prospects and possibilities
which should bring into action all the
latent energies of your soul. We are
beginning now where we ought to
have begun forty years ago. Wt are
beginning to sec the wisdom cf dealing
with the things that are next to us and
not with those that are far off. Look
ing around us and about us we find
a very weath of golden opportunities
which have been hitherto neglected.
We are beginning to realize the sig
nificant bearing, of the p iteble of
the talents upon all life. "Unto one he
gave five talents; to another two; and
to another one. To each according to
his several ability." The servants who
had received five talents and two tal
ents made use of them and in using
them they increased a hundred per
per cent. But the one who had re
ceived one talent, ?11 thai ho was
capable of using, digged t>. hole and
hid his lord's money in the earth. It
became unproductive, useless, value
less. When these servants wer > called
to an accounting, the two who had
made use of their money received each
the s^me blessing: "Well done, good
and faithful servant. Enter tliou into
the joy of thy lord.'' Upon him who
had received the one talent, and had
failed to make any proper use ef it,
came the withering curse ? "T^ke the
unprofitable servant and cast him into
outer darkness." And take from him
his one talent and bestow it upon the
one who had five talents. Then those
memorable words ? "Unto him that
hath shall be given and he shall have
more abundance; but from him that
hath not shall be taken away even that
which he hath." We have not been
using our one talent. We have been
reaching for the position of the man
with five talents. We have neglected
the agencies of uplift lying all around
us and have sought for those far away
and high up. We have let pass un
improved the present, studded with
with precious gems of moments of
incalculable value, and have been look
ing to the uncertain ? the dim and
distant future. Success in life de
pends upon the use of the opportuni
ties which we have, whether tliey be
large or whether they be small. If
we would have two talents and five
talents we must prove our ability to
use one. To me it is a, source of in
spiration and hope that Johnston
County Negroes are beginning to de
velope themselves in Johnston County
and not in Minnesota. The results
of the last twenty, years fully demon
strate the wisdom of this course. Dur
ing these two decades the property
holdings of the Negroes of North Car
olina have multiplied itself four-fold.
I would be glad if the occasion favored
the giving of detailed statistics show
ing our advancement.
An inspection of your highly credi
table exhibits here today, is a britrht
augury. In your next Fair these
should be enlarged and diversified.
This can be done and should be done.
And, now, my friends, I must bring
to vour attention another subject.
We are now in the midst of a tre
mendous conflict. Today witnesses a
great upheaval of the nations of the
earth. The very pillars of our civili
sation are being shaken. The world
is at war. Underneath all this there
is a cause. The forces which arc now
engaged in a world tragedy have not
been called into bloody battle by a
mere desire for territorial eonq'iost.
It is not a simple ebulition of passion.
Down deeper, deeper, deeper, is the
cause. In the darkness of the d"so
!(if!'?n that is being wrought, the h.ind
of Providence is plainly visible. Into
this great melting-pot of universal
adjustment the grievances of the
centuries arc now being cast. Man
kind on this side of the ocean and on
the other has felt the heavy hrnd of
oppression. Entrenched autocracy has
be'-n cxercising supreme lordship. The
divine right. <jf Kings has h?*en an
enforced dogma. The subjugation
'nd subjection of labftr rnd the on-!
thronemont of an aristocracy of
wealth, has reached the proportions
of an overmastering ambition in
j America. The great, the mighty, the
all-powerful common people, have been
submerged. Freedom, the great gift
of CJod to the chief creature of his
omnipotent hr.nd, has been suppressed.
The rights of man and of humanity
have been ruthlessly usurped. The
spirit of liberty has been held in
close leash. The toll of the years has
been a crush of soul. You have felt it.
We all have felt it. And now, in the
deep agonies of a great bloody world
war, the nations of mankind are striv
ing to free themselves from the
feudalism of ages and don the habili
ments of independent freedom. The
assassination of a Prince in Serbia;
the heartless devastation of Belgium;
the sinking of the Lusitania; the mer
ciless march of the submarine; the
butchery of innocent men, women and
children by aerial bombardment; as
well as the blood-lust of brutish mob
ocraey on this side of the water; all
these are but the last despairing stand
of a dying system. In the mint of
human woe America has decided to
cast the blOod, the tears, the lives of
her bravest and best that she may
bring forth the golden coins that are j
to purchase the freedom of the world, i
The autonomy of Belgium; the resto- j
ration Alsace-Lorraine; the freedom
of the high seas; these causes simply
point the way to that larger and
sublimer consequence, the subjection
of caste; the downfall of dynasties;
and the liberation of all mankind.
There must be an end of injus- :
tice. Somewhere, somehow, oppression
must cease. The day must dawn be- j
fore whose ascending sun the minions
of tjrr.ny must retreat. The tide is :
rising before which the mailed hand
ef military despotism will be raised !
in vain. The world^is rapidly ap- 1
proaching the proud era when in very ,
truth the nations may exclaim: "The
earth is the Lord's and the fulness
thereof; the world i>nd they that
' dwell therein. For He hath founded i: ;
! upon the seas and established- it upon
the floods. Who shall ascend into |
the hiH of the Lord? or who shall;
stand in^His holy place? He that hathj
clean hands and a pure heart; who
hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity
nor sworn deceitfully. He shall re
ceive the blessing from the Lord and
righteousness from the God of his
salvation."
In this mighty contact ior me
world's redemption there comes a
privilege, an opportunity, an obliga
tion, to the Negro race in -Vnuiica.
While we have carried with honor the
part assigned u.s whenever the Coun
try has called us to serve, we have
never yet been offered the opportunity
that now confronts us. Heretofore we
have. fought under different conditions
than those which now call us to action.
We are now called upon as men to
take our part as men in achieving a
victory for all mankind. Out of this
war will come distinction, and honor,
and rcifbwn, and glory. Out of this
war will come men whose names the
world has never known before. It is
in the white heat of such tremendous
throes as this that heroes are born.
These conflicts are the world's great
crucibles from which its ? grandeur
and its glory come. They are the win
nowing mills of the ages by which
the straw, and the trrsh, and the chaff
of our individual and national make
up are blown away and the unalloyed
grain appears. Men of America!
Negroes of my country! We have
a cause just and honorable. Have we
the courage, the valor, to maintain it?
If so, rest well assured that the gene
rations of mep yet to come will rise up
an acclaim you blessed.
fernaps tnere are inosu iiuiung us
who are still under the influence of a
depression horn of the unhappy con
ditions under which the Negro has to
live in this country. Perhaps there
are many among us who, like the
ancient Israelites in Babylonish cap
tivity, are ready to hang their hearts
upon the willows and cry out ? "How
can we sing our Lord s song in a
strange land?" I know theVe are
many in whom hope is almost extinct.
To you ? to all of you, and to each ?
I bring this day a message of cheer
and a call to yonder heights. The
world needs you and it needs you now.
Upon the manner of your response will
be based its estimate of your worth;
and upon the value of your contribu
tion to the relief of mankind will de
pend the position which the race is to
occupy for generations to come. Ne
groes of America, now is your call
loudly sounding, now is your oppor- j
tunity for service. Never mind our
domestic problems; they will take care
of themselves. If our surroundings
are adverse and our hardships many
and dispiriting, let us realize that
those conditions are clarion calls to i
endurance. They, too, are br.ttlcs to
be fought and they hold out great
victories to be won. God almighty is
.working through his mysterious provi- '
denies and the "end shall be glorious. I
He that goeth forth weepin<r, bear- j
ing precious seed, shall doubtless re
turn with joy bringing his sheaves
with him."
The questions are constantly com
ing to r?: "T>o you thimr Germany
will win?" "Will our country be do
fo-ited?" " Why are we in this war?"
" Would it not have been best for
us to have kept out, ?"
These ouestions are not prompted
by any want of love and loyalty to our
country. They spring from anxious
?solicitudes for the fafo nf the nation.
? They are the promptings of honest
ignorance as to the complex causes
which made our entrance into the wrr
inevitable. Thousands of white men'
as well as Negroes are asking the
same o"est.ions.
To the first of these I confidently
answer that Germany will not win.
Germany cnn.net win. It is as certain
as fate that America will emertre
from this terifTic struggle bearing the
lonncr of 'ri imtjiant victory and tri
'umphant democracy. The shifting
tides of battle should eive no c^use for
discouragement. These will occur.
A Tries will advance and retreat. Put
j the. great world throu~h; the invinoi
ib'e spirit thn* is moving the peoples
I of the nation*: the one frrent predomi
j n ? ?iig ambition of the ao-e; that
which is striking fire in the hearts of
iinn everywhere- the enthronement of
democracy; these are unconquerable.
^ Ton are movine* fi** frco' >r>.
Whv are we in th<* war? We cnuH
not k^en out of it. Th <5 T^^s" of
the United States resorted to every
expedient known to displomr.cy to
keep us out of war. He bore with
putient hope wrongs inflicted; rights j
trampled upon; treaties disregarded;
until he approached the very verge of
a great national disgrace. We could
not keep out of this war. It is a
gryat world movement for the regene
ration and purification of world-life
and world civilization. The United ]
States could not segregate itself from
the world of mankind.
Will America win? Yes, verily.
She has never lost. Her cause has
always been just.
This war will settle many questions
not immediately involved. This is a
mighty transition movement. We are
passing from a lower to a higher
plain of civilization and government.
Out of this stupendous conflict there
will come a recast of thought. There
will come a readjustment of the rela
tions of men. Christianity will receive
its greatest impetus. Race relation in
these United States will assume a dif- 1
ferent aspect. When Negro regiments
and White regiments march side by i
side up the perilous heights to victory,
there will be a touch of hearts from
which all bitterness will recede and
l pass away.
I In the eleventh century the crusa
ders gathered at Clermont to go up
to Jerusalem to rescue the Temftle
l'rom the Turks. They were fired with
a burning IMi to save from further
destruction the shrines of their reli
gion and to restore the tenets of their
ancient faith. They shouted "Deus
Vult" ? it is the will of God. The
refrain was echoed, and re-echoed un
til, under its inspiration, all Europe
resounded to the tramp of marching
legions. They entered in triumph the
gates of the Holy City and set up their
Kingdom.
May we not adopt the battle cry of
the crusaders of old ? Deus Vult? It
is my deep conviction that God calls
upon America; upon you and me; to
go up an rescue the Temple of human
liberty from the vile hands that have
polluted its altars and defaced its
shrines. It is ours to restore the
Kingdom of democracy and righteous
ness in al the earth. Deus Vult.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified as
Administrator on the estate of G. H.
Garner, deceased, hereby notifies all
persons having claims against said
estate to present the same to me duly
verified on or before the '20th day of
Nov., 1918, or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery; and
all persons indebted to said estate
will make immediate payment.
This 16th day of Nov., 1917.
J. G. PITTMAN,
Administrator.
Kenly, N. C., No. 2.
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On Saturday c o! , i^i7
t 11 e'c eft, h >p
At my residt it 1 ? Liti;e>m! Fi i ui\t
Baptist Church mi V , i;V M 4's, R. N- . 1
in Smirhfifld > pwn hip
I Will offer to s kj to U e hi l est bidd r
for cash: 2 go >d mule->, 3 uu^k'S, 2 w.v*on
and 1 J isey miich cow.
GEO. W. HARPER,
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