AT THE CAPITAL OF BANNER.'
Benson, Jan. 17. ? Mr. Alonzo Par- 1
rish left today for Winston-Salem on
business matters. He will return the
last of the weak.
Mr. Andrew J. Slocumb who was
with the Fanners Commercial Bank
has accepted a position with the
Merchants National Eank of Raleigh.
Mr. Julian Godwin spent Monday
in Fayetteville on business matters
returning home that night.
Mr. Russell Bryant returned yes
terday from Washington, N. C., where
he has been for a few days on busi
ness.
Mr. A. M. Noble, of Smithfi^ld, was
a visitor to our city yesterday.
Mrs. John Hall is spending a day or
two -in Roleigh this week on business
matters.
Messrs C. C. Creech and W. O.
Rackley citended the Meeting of the
Masonic Lodge in Raleigh this week.
Mr. J. A. Sewart of Ccats was a
visitor to Benson yesterday and today
on business.
Miss Ida Wilkes, of Raleigh, has
acccpted a position with the Farmers
Commercial Bank of Benson, and will
arrive today to begin work.
Mr. J. B. Benton is in Sanford this
week with his brother who has been
quite sick for the past few days.
Mr. J. R. Collins left Monday for
Charleston, his former heme. He will
within the next few days move his
family there.
Messrs. Ezra Parker and J. W.
Whittenton are in Smithfield today.
Mr. Joy Johnson who is in training
at Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C., has
been here for the past two days visit
ing his sister, Mrs. E. F. Moore.
Mr. Golden Parker, son of our
townsman, Dr. George E. Parker, who
is in the United States Navy in Nor
folk, Va., has been home for the past
few days visiting relatives.
Mr. John Turlington returned the
first of the week from Camp Sevier
where he visited relatives who are in
training there. -
Mrs. J. R. Barbour returned home
yesterday afternoon after spending
several weeks with her parents in
Hamlet. She was accompanied home
by her sister, Mrs. C. G. Mac Creight.
Mr. R. F. Smith is in Norfolk yes
terday and today on business matters.
The newest arrivals in Benson are
a son to Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Canaday
and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Isham
B. McLrmb.
Mr. Russell Bryant was a visitor
to Lillington today on business.
I)r. J. H. De\V7 of Western North
Carolina, conducted services at the
Baptist church here Monday night.
Dr. Dew is an able and interesting j
speaker and has a large number of
friends in Benson" v/'io always wel
come him here.
Rev. J. M. Duncan, of Goldsboro,
was a visitor to our city for a few
hours the first cf the week. Mr.
Duncan was formerly pa-tor of the
Baptist Church here.
It is rumored that Benson is to have
another wedding soon. Nothing defi
nite has been announced yet.
? What Will. We I)o In the End
Thereof?"
For not the first time in the history
of the last and present administra
tions do the views of Washington
assert themselves in the text of a
Presidential speech. It is fitting: that
they should do so for the circum
stances and situations which confront
ed the United States in 1790 are cor
related in principle to those which
this nation" and the world will soon
have to face.
After the clcfge of the Revolution
when the United States was making
her by no means certain debut^ with
the universe of nations, Washington
pave to the country his greatest gift
? a policy. Winning the victory was
unquestionably grand but the preser
vation of this gain was a far greater
achievement. The wise management
of an institution or enterprise to a
successful culmination is far finer
than the mere foundation of it.
Washington, foresighted and vis
ionary in his view of the future, real
ized the essentials necessary to the
welfare of any government. He pre
pared for the people a course which
has more or less been followed
through American history. The re
sults have been one ? the United
States.
Foreign possessions he warned us
against, and wisely. Did we need
them with all the miles of America?
Not more than we wanted the per
petual worry and responsibility colo- 1
nies have entailed on a mother coun
try. He begged us to avoid entang
ling alliances. Every page of history
emphasizes the wisdom of this advice. !
In short, he impressed upon us the
importance of being satisfied, and
gave us as a motto the essence of the
Tenth Commandment.
There can be no better, finer view
for any conqueror to take after his '
victory. Too often has one nation,
flashed by the subdueing of a single
country, sought to overcome the j
world. Nations grow strong and then
collapse. The secret of it all is con- 1
ceit From Egypt to Germany,
through Grecian, Roman, and^Vrench
failures to vanquish the world, the
lesson has again and again been
severely taught, that no matter what
the strength of a nation, greed and
over-confidence will corrupt and un
dermine it until, blinded by conceit,
it is brought to its knees by the
world.
The harsh victor never wins perma
nently, nor the greedy one. The num
ber of the United States of America
would now be probably lessened by
some few Southern members if the
policy of Lincoln had not at length
prevailed.
President Wilson has realized all
these truths and a year or more
possibly, bijfoi'e the issue has de
livered the warning to America and
the world. Winning the war is not
the biggest problem; it is, "What
Will You Do in the End Thereof?"
Will there be a second war of wran
gle and contention over territory?
If so, we are breaking the wisest of
our traditions and principles and we
are fighting not for honor but for
spoil.
No. Germany must not be devas
tated or a government distasteful to
the people imposed on her. The pur
pose of this war is not to destroy and
annihilate but to correct and humble
and to teach the world a lesson. This
lesson must be learned by Allies and
Entente alike; it must be inculcated
into the very vitals of the world.
Then, and then only, can internationl
peace come. When we have enlisted
all nations in the work of eliminating
or at least suppressing greed, we will
have to the same degree abolished
war. Can we not take precedent as an
example and see this? Some say
there can never be another war. It
all ucDends on this one thing.
The time for the arrival at such a
world a.', i ctment can never be more
appro^i ate than the present. Wars
have succeeded wars, and history will
continue to repeat itself as long as
we violate the laws of fairness. Sim
ply because we have a just reason to
fight is no reason why, after we have
won, we should have cause to give
way to the same brutal instincts we
was striving to put down. That
would be losing the victory.
Our provocation is big and just.
The world must never be throttled
into humbling herself before German
greed and conceit and we are fighting
to prevent it. Then as soon as we
have punctured the swollen head of
the German and frustrated his
greediness our provocation will close.
He will have become sane again and
must be treated as a human "being.
For no one can say that the "Kaiser
ized" German is a fair example of his
stock. He is not; he is a much dis
torted product of militarism and van
ity. Destroy this Hun then, but not the
"Hern," of former times, who has
given so much religion, science, art,
and music to the world. We must take
a clear view of both the past and
the present and not let ourselves be
carried away by any blind savagery.
Of course I don't say that the
Allies, and least of all, our country,
will be tempted to do this. President
Wilson assures the world that we will
not, but at the same time he warns
us. ^ Years of war can distort or even
change original principles and there
are always some ready to jump on the
under dog. The world's and Amer
ica's greatness of soul will be tested
to the utmost when the final gun is
fired and the Allies find themselves
confronted with the problem of the
disposal of Germany. For we will
win the war and just as surely Ger
many will meet its v/aterloo and the
Kaiser find his Elba. Let us then
think while we have time to do so
fairly and let us not gratify any
small spite we may have but let us
establish an example for the world to
follow, pnd justice and peace will fol
low the world.
I ? J. T. E.
Pershing's Great Speech.
One of the best speeches ever made
anywhere was that of General Persh
ing when he arrive*! in France with
his little army.
The first place the General visited ,
was the tomb of old Lafayette, the
patriot friend of America when our
granddaddies needed every sword.
Leaning over the tomb of Washing
ton's companion in arms, Pershing
half whispered:
"Lafayette, wc arc here."
Many a timo Pve listened to speech
es two hours long which, <^ven if boil
ed down to one* sentence, would'nt
match that. ? Philadelphia Telegraph.
In 1000 the totul merchant marine
of the world was 29,043,728 gross
tons, of which 13 per cent were
wooden ships. In 1915 the total ton
nage had increased to 49,261,769 tons,
of which only 4 per cent were of
wooden construction, indicating the
rapid d:\elopment of the steel con
struction and the equally rapid de
cline of the wooden ship.
IF YOU WANT CEMENT SEE THE
Smithfield Hardware Company.
Save the Sows.
Selling a brood sow at this time, |
acording to the United States Depart- |
ment of Agriculture, is like killing the
goose that laid the golden eggs.
When pork is selling at 18 cents or
more a pound on the hoof, the hog j
breeder may be tempted to turn into I ]
cash all that he can sell; yet the de- 1
partment points out that the value of i
a brood sow which will produce such 1
high-priced offspring is proportion
ately increased and she should be kept
as the source of further and future
profits.
Since the beginning of the war the
number of swine in all countries has
decreased, and the decrease has been
marked in some of the belligerent
countries. In France, for example, in
the three years just before January 1,
1917, the number of swine decreased
38.12 per cent; during 1915 the num
ber in Germany decreased 31.47 per |
cent.
Breeding stocks are being depleted, j c
and the department says that the j P
situation is already critical anil j
threatens to become very serious if j
the country continues to be drained of j
its meats. Hogs furnish meat more 1
quickly and cheaply than other stock
can; the meat shortage, therefore can y
most readily be met by swine pro- ^
duction. It has Heen calculated that J|
the possible increase from one sow is S
1.002 in four years, on the supposi
tion that all litters consist of six pigs,
that all live, that half pjre females, and
that each gilt should farrow at one
year and every six months thereafter.
Another cause of the depletion of
breeding stocks is pfobably in the high
cost of feeds. While concentrated
feeds have gone up, the department
says that some of the expense of
carrying breeding stocks may be cut
down by the use of green fall forage
crops, pasture, alfalfa or clover hay.
Brood sows may be maintained in fair
condition at comparatively little ex
pense by the use of such feeds. By
sowing in the corn, or as a cover crop
on land which is likely to wash, sow
ing rape, or planting a root crop the
cost of wintering sows may be re- y
duced. In brief, the department
strongly recommends a campaign to
save the sows as one means of helping
to meet the theatened meat shortage, m
Southern Cultivator. | U
Inlin / ' C/?'i ?- kn rn ! 1 A
In the summer of 1009 it was the
privilege of the editor of the Democrat
to be cnttrtained by Mr. and Mrs.
Scarboro in Chowan College, or as
known for moro than a half century,
Murfrecsboro Institute. Mr. Scar
boro was retiring from the presidency
of that institution while the writer
was being1 considered as his successor,
which honor was subsequently offered, |
but not before a similar position in
Louisana had been accepted. Yet the
matter and occasion presented an op
portunity to reach the very heart of
that great and good man, and give
the writer that intimate acquaintance
with him that makes his death eerie
as a personal loss.
One question of the writer was, |
How did Mr. Scarboro secure the nomi
nation for the State superint<mdency
in 1876? That gentleman was then
principal of an academy at Selma, or,
more probably, the whole faculty of
that institution, a young man without
fame or apparent political pull. The
answer wrs enlightening as to the
haph /'znrdness of such nominations in
those days. It had happened that a
Republican of some prominence in the
western part of the State had vioited
Selma and become acquainted with
Mr. Scrrboro. Returning home, when
the Democratic State Convention was
imminent he asked a delegate in his
home town whom the Democrats were
going to nominate for the State Su
perintendency. Upon the latter's ex- ]
pressing ignorance of any one's be
ing slated for the place, Mr. Scarboro's
Republican friend suggested the |
Selma school teacher, and lo! Mr.
Scarboro's nomination came about.
With the administration of John C.
Scarboro there began a new era for
the public schools of North Carolina.
It was during his administration that
county superintendents superseded the
erstwhile county examiner, whose ex- j *
aminations had been a mere farce, and
that a State adoption of a series of j
text books was made, with the conse
quent improvement in the grading and
classification of pupils and the cheap
ening of texts. It was a glorious oc
casion when this writer secured his
first real set of new text books, in
cluding "Holmes' Reader," "Holmes'
GrammSr," Maury's "The World We
Live In.'' And, as a teacher who has
taught twenty-one years, v/c are con
vinced that comparatively little im- 1
provement has been made over that
adoption, and i? fact, that there has
been no equal of Holmes' Grammar
as an introduction to that usually
troublesome subject. ? Oscrr Peter
son, in Sampson Democrat.
JUST TWO COPIES OF PELOU- |
bet's Notes left. Price $1.25, by j T
mail $1.35. Herald Office, Smith- *
field, N. C. i