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ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HIS
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS.
Among the great men of American
history none holds a more secure place
than the martyred President, Abra
ham Lincoln. He was called to the
Helm of State in one of the stormiest
periods in the Nation's career. He
held the nation together and by his
high and unselfish purpose he won a
name for himself that will live as
long as the United States clings to
the high and noble ideals which have
characterized its onward and mighty
career.
Today is the anniversary of Lin
coln's birth. He was born in ob
scurity, but from the very beginning
he was possessed with an ideal that
would not let him stoop to ignoble
things. And when he was called to
the highest position in the power of
the people to give he set his face to
the front and never turned away from
the high purpose of saving the Union.
We are now in the greatest of all
wars and a stormy period again sur
rounds us. But we again have at the
Helm of State another great and
noble man whose lofty purpose and
high principles will give him a place
beside the noble Lincoln. These two
names, Wilson and Lincoln, will for
ever be linked with that of Washing
ton, The Father of His Country. And
today as we think of Ligcoln we are
led to present to our readers once
more that noblest of all American
orations, his address delivered at
Gettysburg on July 4, 18(54, when he
visited the famous battlefield and took
part in the exercises of unveiling the
Gettysburg monument erected to the
memory of the soldiers who fell there
in defense of the Union. No address
of equal length in all history is able
to stand by it. Here it is complete: i
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Fourscore and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth on this con
tinent a new nation, conceived in
liberty and dedicated to the proposi
tion that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great
civil war, testing whether that nation,
or any nation so conceived and so
dedicated, can long endure. We are
met on a great battle field of that
war. We have come to dedicate a
portion of that field as a final resting
place for those who here ga\e their
lives that that nation might live. It
is altogether fitting and proper that
we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not
dedicate ? we can not consecrate ? we
can not hallow ? this ground. The
brave men, living and dead, who
struggled here, have consecrated it
far above our poor power to add or
detract. The world will little note nor
long remember what we say here, but
it can never forget what they did
here.. It is for us, the living, rather
to be dedicated here to the unfinished
work which they who fought here
have thus far so nobly advanced. It
is rather for us to be here dedicated
to the great task remaining before us
? that from these honored dead we
take increased devotion to that cause
for which they gave the last full
measure of devotion ? that we here
highly resolve that these dead shall
not have died in vain ? that this na
tion, under God, shall have a new
birth of freedom ? and that govern
ment of the people, by the pocple, for
the people, shall not perish from the
earth.
His face was that doubtful kind
. That wins the eye, but not the mind.
? Scott.
LOOM IS HALES AMONG SAVED.
Clayton Young Man Who Was On
the Tuscania Did Not Go Down
With Ship.
The Herald is glad to report that,
Loomia M. Haloa the Clayton young
man whose name was mentioned in
Friday'a Herald as one of the number
on the Tuscania which was sunk by
a German submarine is among the
saved. Saturday's daily papers gave
his name as one of the number on
board the transport ship and Sun- 1
day's papers brought the glad news
that he was numbered with the sur
vivors. The Smithfield Herald, thanks
to a relative of Mr. Hales, was the
first paper in the country to carry bis
name as being one of the soldiers
on board the ill-fated ship. We have
not learned where Mr. Hales is at
the present time, but he is no doubt |
on his way to the firing lines in |
France where in the near future he
will take part in the baftles against .
Germany.
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i THEY ARE HELPING IT ALONG.
lb ?nson Men Advertising the War |
Savings Stamp Campaign In Local
Paper.
The people of Benson are in dead
earnest about pushing the War Sav
ings Stamp campaign in that section.'
One of Benson's most liberal busi
ness men is Chairman of the Central
Committee for the town, Mr. Preston
Woodnll. He started off the cam
paign by donating a page ad in one
issue of The Benson Review. Fol
lowing this another page ad was do
nated to the campaign through the
Benfeon paper by the Farmers Com
mercial Bank and last week the Par
rish-Godwin Company donated an
other page in The Benson Review. In
each case The Review donated a part
of the cost. The business men and
the paper are co-operating with the
schools and the Central Committee. It
is a campaign of co-operation and in
the end will bear a rich harvest.
The Benson people have set a fine
example for other business men to
follow. The Herald is ready to co
operate with the business men in
Smithfield in the same way. We must
all work together for one of the
greatest causes we have ever been
permitted to co-operate with, realiz
ing that we are helping the Govern
ment, and at the same time setting
r.n example of thrift that will bring
untold riches to this great county.
I), G. Girls Entertained.
Miss Retta Martin was hostess to
the Delta Gamma Sigma Society
Thursday evening at her home on
East Church Street. After a very
pleasant evening was spent in knit
ting and embroidering, refreshments
were served consisting of grape fruit, j
salad and Neapolitan Jello. Those \
present were: Misses Lalla Rookh
Stephenson, Irene Myatt, Bettie Wat
son, Emma Wellons, Cora Belle Ives,
Virginia Puckett and Helen Wallace.
TUSCANIA WAS PRIDE j
OF THE ANCHOR LINE.1
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(ireat Modern Vessel Formerly
Plied I Jet ween New York
and British Ports.
(New York Times.)
The Tuscania was the largest
and finest ship of the Anchor
Line. She was built in 1914,
and on her maiden voyage ar
rived at New York on Feb. 16,
11)15. She sailed from New
York, returning to Glasgow on
Feb. 20, and left this port again
on March 20. Thereafter she'
continued sailings between New
York and Kritish ports as a pas
senger and supply ship. Her
sinking with American troops
on board showed that she had
been supplied to the American
War Department by Great Brit
ain to aid in the moving of our
soldiers to Europe.
The Tuscania was a ship of
striking and irrtposing appear
ance. Her length was 567 feet,
her breadth 66 fee 6 inches, and
depth 45 feet. She had a gross
tonnage of 14,000 tons and a
displacement of 20,000 tons. She
had accommodations for 2,500
passengers ? 350 first class, 150
second class, and 2.000 third
class. ? She was built by Alex
ander Stephens & Sons, Ltd., at
Linthouse, Govan. ? |
The liner was modern in every
particular. The first-class pub
lic rooms were on the prome-j
nade "A" deck, and consisted
of a writing room, lounge rqom,
smoking room, gymnasium, and
veranda cafe. The special ac
commodations for second-class
passengers were on the shelter
deck at the after end of the
bridge. The third-class passen-i
gers' dining saloon and the gal
ley, pantry, and scullery were
in the main deck amidships.
BUSINESS LOCALS.
A FEW LITTLE DUTCH SULKY
Plows that we can save you money
on. Austin-Stephenson Company.
TWO CAR LOADS BUQGIES JUST
unloaded. Cotter-Underwood Com
pany, Smithfield, N. C.
TOBACCO BED CANVASS ON
hand now. Austin-Stephenson Com
pany.
CHOICE SOY BEAN SEED FOR
sale. Lrrge yellow Mammoth. See
Walter V. Blackman (Near Hood's
Grove) Benlonville, N. C., Route
No. 2.
SEE US FOR POULTRY NETTING
and goose fence. Cotter Hardware
Company.
TOBACCO BED CANVASS ON
hand now. Austin-Stephenson Com
pany.
IF YOU WANT CEMENT SEE THE
Smithfield Hardware Company.
GET YOUR SODA TODAY. AUS
tin-Stephinson Company.
CAR LOAD OF BEST MULES EVER
brought to Smithfield. W. R. Long.
SEE US FOR POULTRY NETTING
and goose fence. Cotter Hardware
Company.
THREE HUNDRED TONS BEST
grade fertilizers now in warehouse.
Cotter-Underwood Co., Smithfield,
N. C.
ONE CAR AMERICAN FENCE JlTst
received. \V*> have any height.
Cotter Hardware Company.
TOBACCO BED CANVASS ON
hand now. Austin-Stephenson Com
pany.
SEE US FOR POULTRY NETTING
and goose fence. Cotter Hardware
Company.
A FEW LITTLE DITCH SULKY
Plows that we can save you money
on. .Austin-Stephenson Company.
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IF YOU ARE READY TO PAINT
see us. We carry a full line of
leads and oil and ready mixed
paints. Smithfield Hardware Co.
LATHS AND SHINGLES. W. M.
Sanders.
J 1ST RECEIVED A CAK LOAD OF
good Mattresses. Austin-Stephen
scn Company.
BUY YOUR ACII) AND COTTON
seed meal from the Cotter-Under
wood Company, Smithfield. Full
supply now cn hand.
IF YOU WANT CEMENT SEE THE
Smithfield Hardware Company.
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JUST RECEIVED DIG LOT CAN
vas cloth for tobacco beds. Cotter
Underwood Company.
WE SELL THE NEW WAY AIR
Cooled Gasoline Engine. Cotter
Hardware Company, Smithfield.
CALL AT THE HERALD OFFICE
and gel your 1918 Turner's North
each. By mail 12 Cents.
ALL KINDS OF FERTILIZERS Now
on hand. Austin-Stephenson Co.
PLENTY OF SEED WHEAT ON
hand yet. Come early and bring
your cotton seed if you want them
graded with a No. 1 Power Grader.
W. A. Phelps, Four Oaks, N. C., II. 3
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COTTON SEED MEAL AND ACID.
Come rfter it now. Austin-Steph
enson Company.
WE SELL THE NEW WAY AIR
Cooled Gasoline Engine. Cotter
Hardware Company, Smithfield.
JUST RECEIVED AT COTTER-UN
derwood Company's a car load of
Red Rust Proof seed oats.
SEE US FOR ASPHALT ROOFING
and proslate shingles. Cotter
Hardv/are Co.
POTASH? WE HAVE IT. COME
quick. Austin-Stephenson Co.
ONE CAR AMERICAN FENCE JUst
received. We have any height.
Cotter Hardware Company.
PLOWS AND PLOW CASTING,
Disc and Section Harrows, Inter
national Harvester Co., and Acme
makers. Roberts-Atkinson Com
pany, Selma, N. C.
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CAR
of Muriate of Potash. Come quick
if you want any. Cotter-Under
wood Company.
CAR LOAD OF BEST MULES EVER
brought to Smithfield. W. R. Long.
Financial Statement of Street Improvements For
The Town of Smithfield, N. C.
1917 I)r. Cr. .
June 11, 6 Mo. Note Johnston County Bank & Trust Co. $ 40,000.00
June 11, Interest 6 Mos $ 1,200.00
Oct. 1, Sale of Bonds, .$70,000.00 , . 71,460.91
Dec. 11, Note Paid J. C. B. & T. Co 40,000,00
Dec. 4, Total Amount Paid G. C. White 5 per cent Com. 3,818.66
K. G. Lassiter & Co 65,143.26 ?
Johnston County Bank & Trust Co. Int 20.00
Boaty & Lassiter Advertising 24.10
E. S. Sanders, Work on Conker Ditch 51.30
Pomona Terra Cotta Co 543.75
J. N. Cobb, Work on Assessment Roll 10.00
1 ond Buyer Advertising Stele 61.60
Reed McCook & Hoyt Atty Fee New York 130.03 ?
U. S. Mortgage & Trust Co., Blank Bonds 114.00
$111,116.70 111,460.91
January 31st Bank Balance 344.21
8111,460.91 111,460.91
l inanrial Estimate Street Improvements Showing Cost to Date and Amount
I'aid, Also Amount Due and Final Costs.
1918 Dr. Cr.
Jan. 4, R. G. Lassiter Co ? $76,373.31
Jan. 4, By C-ish Settlement $65,143.26
Jan. 5, By 6 Months Note 5,287.53
Jan. 5, By 6 Months Note 5,000.00
Jan. 26, By 60 Day Note ^ 942.52
$76,373.31 $76,373.31
Jan. 30, Total Indebtedness $11,230.05
Jan. 30, Bonds ' 70,000.00
$81,230.05
Actual Costs. Dr. Cr.
R. G. Lassiter & Co $76,373.31
G. C. White, Eng'r 5 per cent Com 3,818.66
Jonhston County Bank & Trust Co, Int 20.00
Beaty & Lassiter, Adv 24.10
Pomona Torra Cotta Co *.... 543.75
J. N. Cobb, Work on 'Assessment ftoll 10.00
E. S. Sanders, Work on Conker Ditch 51.30
Bond Buyer, Adv. Sale of Bonds 61,60
Reed McCook & Hoyt, Attorney Fee New York 130.03
U. S. Mortgage & Trust Co. Blank Bonds 114.00
Interest Paid out on loan $40,000.00 1,200.00
Bonus received on sale of Bonds over face value bonds
$70,000.00, received $71,460.91 / ? $1,460.91
Jan. 30, Bank Balance \ 344.21
$82,690.96 '$1,460.91
1,460.91
$81,230.05
H. I.. SKIXN'ER.
N. B. GRANTHAM.
H.'P. STEVENS,
Building Commuloe.
Receipcs are lost and denied.
Money remitted by mail goes astray and its
receipt is forgotten.
The Best
and indisputable evidence of money paid and
received is the canceled check.
Then Think of the Convenience. Pay all bills,
make all remittances by check and avoid disputes
Plant Good Seed
Start Early. Start Early.
This year of all years we should select
our Garden Seed with the greatest of care.
At the present high prices of food stuffs we
cannot afford to take chances. Buy ycur
Garden Seed I
At our store and you will always get good
results. Big stock just received. Come in
and see what we have.
HOOD BROS.
ON THE SQUARE - SMITHFIELD. N C.
The Davis Stores
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Will Be Open On ,
MONDAYS
And other week days ready to do
BUSINESS
We Have the Goods You Want
At Attractive Prices.
The Davis Stores
Smithfield, N. C.
WE SELL THE NEW WAY AIR
Cooled Gasoline Engine. Cotter
Hardware Company, Smithfield.
OBERS 8-3-3. YOU CAN HAVE IT
today. Austin-Stephenson Co.
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TWO CAR LOADS OF ASPHALT
roofing: just received. Cotter Hard
ware Company, Smithfield, N. C.
THE SMITHFIELD BUILDING &
Loan Association has helped a num
ber of people to build homes. It will
help others, and maybe you. New
series of shares now open. See Mr.
J. J. Broadhurst.
FOR THE BEST FURNITURE SEE
Austin-Stephenson Company.
NICE CAR MULES WELL BROKEN
Come look them over. Roberts
Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C.
FOR A BIG FAMILY BIBLE, CALL
at The Herald Office, where you can
get a nice one for $3.50. Big type
go that old people can read.
CALL AT THE HERALD OFFICE
and get a copy of "Over the Top,"
the best selling book in the United
States today. Price $1.50.
SHINGLES. SHINGLES.
We have two car loads shingles.
See us before buying. Four Oaks
Hardware and Grocery Company.
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