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ITALIANS ARE MAKING GOOD. Holding Middle and Lower Reaches of |>ia\e, and Have Thrown Hack Greater Portion of Eneaijr ho Crossed River. Enemy Still Trying To Drive Through North. While the Italians are holding the middle and lower reaches of the Piave river successfuly against the Teutonic allied invaders, and even have thrown back the greater portiou of those who crossed the stream and gained the western bank, the enemy is trjinvr with strong forces in the north to boat back the trof>ps of General Dias, pierce the line and force a retirement west ward from the river from the region of Vidor to the Adriatic Sea. " In this endeavor the invaders have captured several important points of vantage ? notably the villages of Que ro and Monte Cornell?? and have com pelled the Italians under a heavy bom bardment to evacuate their strongly fortified positions on Monte Tomba, almost the last stronghold barring the way to the northern edge of the Ven etian plains These captures are re ported by the German war office, but the adminission had been made pre viously by Rome that the enemy was attacking in this region with heavy ef fectives, doubtless among them rein forcements which it had been known for several weeks they were hurrying southward. The Germans announced also the taking of 1,100 prisoners dur ing the fighting. Nothing as yet has been heard of the arrival of British and French re inforcements to aid the Italians in holding their line, but the "few days" that it was announced last week would have to elapse before they could reach the front have now pased, and it is not improbable that soon the front in the north wil perceptibly stiffen and bring to an end the inroads of the ene my. All the enemy forces which last week crossed the river Piave near Zenson have been swept clear of the western bank in a brilliant attack by the Italians. Large numbers of them met death along the eastern bank or were drowned in their hurried attempt to ford the stream. Others were bayo netted or forced to surrender, and it was ony a small portion of the origin al force that was able to make their way to safety. No infantry action of importance have taken place along the western front in Belgium and France, but in dications point to another attack by Field Marshal Ilaig in Flanders and possibly by General IVtain's forces near Verdun. On both sectors extreme ly heavy bombardments are in prog ress- that in Flanders extending from the region of Passchenaele on past the French positions on the British left and up to the Belgian coast. While the Bolsheviki elements in Russia arc threatening to make a peace on their own terms and thence forth remain neutral in the war, dis patches from Petrograd are to the ef fect that the German Emperor has made it known that he will negotiate for peace only with the successor to the Imperial Russian government or with the Russian constituent assembly. THE TEACHERS CAN HELP. Peculiarly fitted by temperament and by training for service, ami in terested in the conservation of all re sources the teacher has a most unusu al opportunity in the months to come. If we are to win this war we must win it with food and feed as much as by puns and men. We need food for our people here at homo, for our boys over there, and for the armies of our allies and their families. Our people do not yet realize how vitally necessary food is to tlie win ning 01 war. They seem to have a notion (hat there is a preat deal of talk about something which is not bo very important. They may perhaps recognize the need for preat numbers of men, for ships, for ammunition, for puns, for steel and iron, but that we must provide preat stores of food stuffs and feedstuff s seems too far re moved from warfare to appear a real necessity. The tcachers can talk such matters over with the children in school and make clear to them how necessary food is for an army and successful warfare. The first preat lesson the teacher can drive home is the necessity for savinp what we have, usinp certain foods and feeds not easily transported . across seas and thus settinp free for transportation the wheat, meat, supar and fats so easily carried and so nec essary to a well-rounded ration for fiphtinp men. Some parents feel they are beinp asked to live on a shortened ration. Teachers can correct the error and impress upon the children the idea that we can still live as well and bet ter by usinp jrertain articles of diet more and usinp others less. The second lesson is to bepin prep aration now for producinp more food and feed next year than ever in our history. As time goes on the waste of war will increase and the need for us who have great unfilled arena to make them producc will be ever greater and greater. Not less cotton and tobacco but more corn, wheat, hogs, cattle, vegetable!, and fruits inusit be produced. Geography, language, arithmetic, all lend themselves as convenient i media through which the teacher can do this work. Hi re is a chance for the teacher to do her bit. The Bu reau of Extension will furnish specif ic information about such work if the teachers who are interested will send a postcard request for such help. ? University News Letter. A FLYING I I KM). (By Edwin Smith I' u.) In reading in The Herald of the recent visit to Smithfield by an air man, and of the fine show *.he people at home had the chance to enjoy, 1 wished that ycu might also have. the pleasure of a visit to a big flying field. There being no flying fields nearer to you than Memphis, Tenn., which is a new field, I believe even this poor attempt to describe one of Uncle Sam's Aerdromes will interest you. The greatest care is exercised in se lecting the sites for this very impor tant work. A glance at a list of these fields would show very prominently that all arc located near targe cities. There is no special reason for this except that being thus located nnkea the obtaining of supplies more easily accomplished. Also if a map maker should undertake the Job of mapping the immediate surrounding country he would have very little trouble drawing in his contours, for the coun try is practically level. Ravines, hills, and valleys hold unlimited supply of " bumps " and " sinking pockets." These r.rc the names for the once called air pockets, and believe nie, they live up to their name. A "bump" reminds me exactly of dropping into a live foot hole sitting alone in the back seat of a Ford, but in reality it is a gust, of air pushing your machine up ward. In a sinking pocket you some times drop f)00 feet, and it only feels like 2 feet. This only one of the sev eral reasons why flying low is danger- ' ous. That is taking me away from my , subject a little bit so I will now under take the task of describing the ap pearance of a Field to a visitor, (and if answering questions will give us an idea of their thoughts we know). If you are lucky enough to have ] friends on the Field you will avoid \ a good bit of trouble in getting admit- 1 tance to the piece. As a matter of . fact no one can get in this particular ] Field unless some officer will vouch for him ? usually her. If you know | in any way the nomenclature of an airplane you will readily see the reason for this. The wires of these machines are as important as the motors themselves, and with a small , file one could endanger the lives of many flyers. This is the more im portant reason; there are many others. Once by the guards you arc still under the escort of a man armed with Colt Automatic, but you will soon forget him in your wonderment ? un less you break a rule of the Field. A long row of buildings used for storing tho machines by the name "hangars," will first come before your eyes, beyond which you will see a large clear field covering twenty or twenty-five acres. This field is the ground used for landing and "taking off" the machines. The machine usu ally runs along the ground for sixty yards in either case. A close observer would notice that all the machines or "planes" circled the same direction. This is one of the laws of the air, the direction of the turn being indicated by a big flag displayed over one of the hangers. The direction of the wind is also indicated to the men already up when the wind changes or shifts direc tion by a big "T" on the ground, you should land along the long arm and toward the short arm of the "T". We have plenty of rules, except for speed ing and the planes arc run full on at all times except in formation flying. The Officer in Charge of Flying on the ground with field glasses is the traffic cop, and if you break a rule you usually get anything from a smil ing rebuke to a regular balling out for breaking rules in the air. After tiring of watching the machines soar in the air your attention might be directed towards the pilots, which arc so varied in appearance that I will not you, with himself and everything in general, but I think the nearest simile 1 may use in describing my filling as I walked off the field after my first loop is by the same self-conscious feefing I had once before not so long ago when I walked down town with my first suit of long trousers. Mt. Clemins, Mich. BIKDDOG LOST. .BLACK AND white, mostly white, old dog, an swers to the name Bland. Deliver at Farmers Warehouse, and receive reward. J. C. Weeks, Smithfield. I.ower Johnston Items. The school opened at Poplar Grov( lust Monday with Misses Bessie Cam ersoti, of Camerson, N. C., end Naoiri Morgan, of Lower Johnston, as teach ers. The attendance was not verj pood on account of the people not be ing through housing their crop?. .Mr. (; c ir McLamb, from near Clin t< n, and Miss Bettie Jackson, of Mt Klam, visited at the home of Mrs. L D. Johnston Sunday. Mr. G. P. Lee, of this section, at tended church Saturday and Sunday at Mingo Pimitive Baptist Church, ii Sampson County. Mn. Barbara Br.gget is very ill wi rejfTet to note. Mr. B. L. Denning has returnee] after spending a fortnight in Peters burg, Va., and other points of inter est. Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Lee, from neai Smithftvld, visited at the home of Mr and Mrtf. T. J. Wilks Sunday. There will he a singing celebration at Poplar Grove Saturday. Several classes arc expected to be present.. Mr. West brook Lee and daughter Miss Tholma Lee, and Mr. and Mrs Newton Lee, <>f Hosin Hill, visited at Mr. Mordccai Lee's Sunday. Lower Johnston furnished her share of people at the County Fair last week. They all report a fine time. Mr. J. C. Gilbert, of Benson, made a business trip to this section last week. .Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Tart, of Oakland section, visited at Mr. O. 1). Johnson's Sunday. The farmers throughout this section are greatly increasing the acreage in wheat this fall. We think it is a wise plan. Mr. F. C. Lee and sister, Miss Les sie, spent Sunday afternoon near niaekman's Cross Roads. Men, the six-year-old boy of Mr. and Mrs. Zero Lee, while playing on the porch with other children accident ly fell from the porch and broke his arm, but is getting on nicely. Messss Carlyle Jackson and Earl Barefoot, of Dunn, were in this sec tion Sunday afternoon. Messrs J. K. Tart and Moses Tart who are in the United States service ure spending a few days at home. Mr. Ed. J.ee, from Hood's Grove section, recently made a business trip to these parts. Mrs. Kocna Eldrige is spending some time with friends near Benson. Dunn, R. 2, Nov. 14. Start in the Hog-Raising Business. To the Southern farmer, hog-raising lias never before presented so attrac tive a financial proposition. For over three years the world has been con suming pork products faster than it has produced them, and today we are facing a shortage world-wide in its scope and unprecedented in its acute ness. Nor is this shortage merely temporary. The number c,f breeding animals has been greatly depleted, and it will be several years, even if peace comes soon, before these cr.n be fully replaced. Moreover, grains of all kinds are short in quantity and high in quality and high in price, and these will, so long as the shortage exists, be used for human food rather than for feeding hogs. In a word, then hog prices are high and likely to remain so for several years; and out of this situation, there is afforded the Southern farmer the opportunity of a lifetime. Why ? Be cause the South is largely independent of high-priced grains in raising hogs. Here is the big fact that means mil lions to us if we will only take ad vantage of it. While farmers in the North and West are selling their brood sows rather tli^n feed them high priced corn, Southern farmers should be buying brood sows, because wc have te feed relatively very little corn to our hogs. In Bermuda grass, bur, white and crimson clover, lespedeza, Abruzzi rye, peanuts, soy beans, cow peas, velvet beans and chuf:is, we have an array of crops that makes us inde pendent of high-priced corn except .is a part of the finished ration. More than this our climate makes easily possible to have one cr more of these crops ready for cur hogs to harvest every month, every day, in tl:e ye->r, With a good permanent pasture of Bermuda grass, bur and white clover, plus patches of rye, crimson clover, soy and velvet beans, peanuts and cowpeas to turn in on throughout the year, the Sou' hern farmer is simply ir position to bert the North cr West Europe ,or necrly anywhere else at the hog-raiding game. Where one sow has been success fully kept, let the farmer keep two] where two have been the rule, foui may well be kept; and where fou- 01 five have been used, eight or ten maj well be considered. By providinc these sows with plenty of crops thai they enn harvest themselves and bj having them bring two litters a year they may be made one of the surest sources of net profits we know of The world is short of meets and fat; and is willing to pay dearly for them Lot vs help in the job of supplying this shortage, and reap r hnndsom< profit while doing it. ? The Progress ive Farmer. MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME. * i 'I ' The sun shines bright in the old Ken tucky home; 'Tis summer, the darkies are pray; The corn-top's ripe, and the meadow's ' in the bloom, ? I While the birds make music all the d;<y; The young folks roll on the little cab in floor, All merry, all happy, and bright; , Hy'n-by hard times comes a-knocking at the door ? Then my old Kentucky Home, good night! CHORUS. Weep no more, my lady; oh, weep no more to-day! We v ill sing one song for the old Kentucky Home, For the old Kentucky Home, far away. They hunt no more for the 'possum and the 'coon On the meadow, the hill and the shore; They sing no more by the glimmer of the moon, On the bench by the old cabin door; The day goes by like a shadow o'er the heart, With sorrow, where all was delight; The time has come when the darkies have to part, Then my old Kentucky Home, good night! The head must bow, and the back will have to bend, Whenever the darkey may go; A few more days, and the trouble all will end, In the field where the sugar-canes grow; A few more days for to tote the weary load ? Nq matter, 'twill never be light: A few more days till we totter on the road, Then my old Kentucky Home, good-night! In the entire galaxy of songs re flecting the spirit of the Southland, there is none of them more beauti ful than "My Old Kentucky Home," nor none that is surer of a longer lease of life. Its popularity is not confined to any one section of the country, but is universal, and few American songs have been so favor ably received the world over. In every civilized country on the globe "My Old Kentucky Home" has been sung, and so general has been its popularity that it is recognized ev erywhere as an American classic. Its author was Stephen Collins Fos'ter, who has given to our musical litera ture more songs that have become popular than have come from any other American author, leading among which are: "Uncle Ned," "Way Down Upon* the Suwanee River," "Old Dog Tray," "Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground," "Old Black Joe," "O, Susannah," "Gentle Annie," &c. "My Old Kentucky Home" was written by Foster while he and his sister were on a visit to Judge John Rowan, a short distance east of Bardstown, Ky. Judge Rowan was born in the western part " of Penn sylvania in 1773, and his family were neighbors and friends of the parents of the song writer. Through this friendship young Foster and his sister were invited to visit the Row an plantation, which was a typical Blue Grass home of an eminent jurist of Kentucky, who later had the honor of having one of the counties of that State named after him. The exact date of the writing of the song has never been given, but it was among his earliest efforts. Like all well-kept Southern homes be fore the war, the house and grounds were always in first-class condition and the broad fields, that spread in every direction, must have had a won , derful effect on the mind of young Foster. Being of a sympathetic and , lovable dispotion, he took much in terest in everything about him, and especially so in the slaves, of which i the judges had a large number. One bright morning, it is related, while the slaves were at work in the t I corn fields, and singing the darkey . plantation songs at {heir work, young [ Foster and his sister wandered out upon the lawn of the Rowan homc . stead. From a rustic bench, upon which they seated themselves, they . could command a fine view of the I plantation. The sun was shining, the ? cool Southern wind was waving the ? golden grain. The trees nil about were r in their best of foliage. Flitting about r were the mocking birds warbling their t dulcet notes. The mellow song of the r thrush added to the music of the , scene, and altogether it was an ideal t day for an inspiration such as came . to Foster for the writing of his "My 3 Old Kentucky Homo." A number of small negro children r were playing about the place. Foster ? was very observant of everything . that was going on about him, and as was his habit, he never wes without I pencil and paper. He had received a !good public school education and had devoted much time to the study of music. He had learned unaided to play on the flageolet, and thrummed the guitar and banjo as an accompani ment to ditties of his own composi tion. Getting out his paper and poncil he set to work, idly jotting down notes that came to him, and words to fit them, little dreaming fTiat he was arranging one of the most beautiful songs ever written. After a time he had finished the first verse. His sister, who had been engaged in reading a book, stopped for a time to lo6k over the penciled page, and bping the possessor of a sweet and sympathetic voice, she began to hum the melody. When she had finished Foster was much pleased with his effort, and his sister so enthusiastic over the song, that she persuaded him to continue while she resumed reading. In a short time Foster had completed a second verse, and this he himself sang to his sister, as he was also the possessor of a good singing voice of the bass quality. He then set to work upon the last verse. In the meantime the darkies were returning from work. They wer e laying aside their rakes and hoes. The little tots ran out to meet them and coming back went bob bing about the sheltering trees, with the black mammies peeping from be hind the corners of the house watch ing so that they would not overstep the bounds of propriety expected of them. It was these darkies, these picka ninies and the ether accessories to the scene, which gave Foster the in spiration for his third verse. And it is needless to say, with such ma terial, he was able to find his sequel to the other two verses with little dif ficulty. ? After it was finished both brother and sister sang the third verse, and then together, rfter invit ing the colored people to come .and hear his effort, the three verses were sung to them. ^ As the song was finished, it is said, tears flowed down the old people's cheeks; the children crept frtfm their hiding places behind the tres, their faces wreathed in smiles, and even the mocking birds flitted about the trees chirping as if to join in the mel ody- , I Foster wrote both the words and music of all his songs. His method of composition was to jot down the melody as it came to him, and there after to invent suitable words. Ho adhered to simple chords for accom paniments, and kept the airs within the range of ordinary voices. The sub jects appeal to home life and popular taste, and the versification is smooth and musical. His negro ditties are characterized by archness, humor, and unusual refinement. He was born in Pittsburg on July 4, 1826, and died in New York City on January 13, 1864. He was a man of culture familiar with the French and German lan guages, and a respectable artist in water colors. The old Kentucky home of the Rowans has had lots of attention brought to it through its having been the scene of the writing of this beau tiful song. Since the death of Foster an imposing monument has been erected to his memory, but not shafts of marble, however delicately chis seled or wonderfully built, can be more enduring than this one of the many musical legacies he has left us. ? "My Old Kentucky Home." ? Selected. Runvan's Pilgrim a True Type. " 'The Pilgrttn's Progress' is one of those permanent books which sur vive their own theories. Pr.ul, Augus tine, a Kempis and Bunyan had their views of the world, natural and spir itual, and many of these views are no longer held. But they put more into their books than views ? they worked life and experience into them in such a way that no remodeling of theology or philosophy will take away their value. They stand as part of the great inheritance of the race," writes T. K. Glover. ''Like all such books, Bunyan's Pil grim takes us into new regions and opens up new avenues of experience. For many it is now the one great type of the Christian life * * * It gives us the unspeakable feeling which pulsed through Christian's mind when 'he thought he heard the Voice of a man going before him,' and gath ered from that 'That some who feared God were in this Valley as well as himself.' Above all, it is a book of Victory. There is the Celestial City, with its bells ringing, at the end, but, what is more to the point for us just now, we sec Christian wounded, sham ed, and fallen 'with a dreadful fall,' with Apollyon 'sure of him' at last ? and yet there and then consciously 'more than conquerer through him that loveo us.' As Christian said else where (with a smile), 'I think verily I know the meaning of this.' And when the last page is read, now often has the word of the 'Man of a very stout Countenance' come to the read ers' lips ? 'Set down my name, Sir.' " CtCrCfirCt (r ttirCt G-CrirCrCrCrCi CrlrCrCrtrtrtrCrttll SEVEN KITTENS GET JOBS IN CONGRESS Washington. ? A Job h:i:i been found for Congressman Austin's secretary's oat's seven kittens. They will be welcome down on tin? floor below in Representa tive Hulbert'i ofliee. Mice are overrunning the place. They are as bold as bulldogs. Frank McGnneny, Mr. Ilulbert's secre tary, sa.\s tliey climb on the big leather chairs and watch him derisively as he tries to work. The other night the mice ate up all the free seeds that Mr. llul bert had for distribution among his constituents. That is not much of a disaster, in view of the fact that his district in New York is one of the most thickly populated in the greater city and the people wouldn't know what to do with the seeds if he sent them on. What is of im portance, though, is that the mice also ate up a bas-relief model of the East river, Hell Gate and Ward's island, being attracted by the excellent qual ity of glue in the papier mache. Hell Gate Is a most precious tiling in the eyes of this con gressman. A MELT HEIRLOOMS FOR ARMY Women From All Over Country Giv? Up Keepsakes to Send Gifts to Soldiers. New York. ? Old gold and silver con tributed by women in &H parts of the United States to aid in carrying on the work of the National Special Aid so ciety, melted, sold for $2,400. The gold and silver represented many heirlooms from old families, from Maine to California. Many of them, In sending in their contributions, said that the articles contributed were of great sentimental value. This money will be used to buy ne cessities and luxuries, too, for Ameri can soldiers in military camps urgently needed. The society received a re quest from one of these camps for 300 sweaters, 300 pairs of socks, 300 pairs of gloves, phonographs and other camp essentials. DEDUCTIVE TEST IS FAILURE Scientific Method Adopted by New York Detectives Admittedly Inconclusive. Now York. ? The first real test of the new method evolved by the New York detective bureau for proving crime solely through chemical, scien tific and analytical deductions resulted In failure in the court of general ses sions. An indictment of Vencenzo de Stefano for ten-year-old Tlllie Brown's murder was dismissed when chemists of the central testing laboratories ad mitted that they had been "too posi tive" in their statements before ther grand jury that they had discovered infinitesimal fragments of the strap used in strangling the child on the blade of a knife found in De Stefano's possession. URGES CHANNEL TUNNEL Arthur Fell, the leuder in the move ment to construct a tunnel under the English channel, Is now working on plans to bring the idea to a head. He recently met representatives from France and other allied powers and with them went over the situation. DROWNS TRYING TO RESCUE Scout Master Sinks in Mississippi Riv er While Bringing Youth Ashore. St. I.ouis. ? Eugene Ferris, eight years old. of Alton, a Boy Scout, and William Strlttnntter, twenty-one, scout master of a hoys' troop, were drowned in the Mississippi river a mile north of Alton. The scoutmaster, n strong swimmer, had gone to the aid of young Ferris when the latter, in wading about, got Into deep water and was carried out into the river by the current. He had succeeded in getting to the boy and had grasped him by the hnir and start ed swimming for the shore, when both sank. StrittnaUer had taken young Ferris and eight other boys of his troop on a hike. The boys prevailed on him to permit them to get Into the wat ?r, arid be Joined them.
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