[HEAVY SALES OF SAVINGS STAMPS TREASURY RECEIPT8 FROM THIS SOURCE ARE RUNNING ABOUT t11,000,000 A WEEK. WAR CREDITS BOARD WORK When and Why It Authorizes Advance Payments to Contractor* ? New Com mittee Will Mobilize College* for the Training of Troops. (From Committee on Public Information.) Washington. ? Treasury receipts from the sale of War-Savings stamps are running at the rate of $11,000,000 u week. Savings bank deposits In the last few years have been Increasing at the rate of $700,000 a business day. Treasury receipts show the American I?eople are putting their small savings at the service of t lie nation through War Savings stamps at a rate far In excess of prewar savings bank accumu lations. Two billion dollars of war-savings i securities will be issued. If these are all sold this year the treasury will re ceive about $1,080,000,000, and at the end of five years the government will repay the loan together with $:>li0,(H)0> 000 in Interest. A statement prepared by the war credits board Includes the following explaini t Ion of Its functions and activi ties; "When a concern that has a contract with the war department fur supplies has shown the board that It needs finan cial assistance nud lius been able to comply with the act by giving adequate security, the board has approved an ad vance payment and the money has been received; in many Instances where the case was urgent the money lias been paid over to the contractor the same day the application has been filed. However, the board does not act In any sense as a bank. It Is only when the manufacturer has reached a point where financial assistance is needed, in addition to his banking lines, that ap plication for advance payment for his goods is considered favorably by the board." Between the time of its creation in November and January 24 the board approved advances to contractors to taling $145,551,000. It is estimated that within the next six months 75, UK) to 100,000 men will ?N be given Intensive military training lu schools and colleges. They will be drawn from the armed forces of the nation, men now In training camps or about to be called, and registrants under the selective service law. With a view to mobilizing the educa tional institutions of the country for this special training there has been created in the war department a "com mittee on education and special train ing." It will encourage and arrange for the technical education of men needed by the several branches of the army. A "War Cyclopedia," providing the public with information on the great war in the form of a handbook, is the latest publication issuod by the com mittee on public Information. The salient facts of tlie war are briefly stated in alphabetical form in x 800 pages. The cyclopedia also con tains a chronology of outstanding events ranging from the murder at Serajevo of the Archduke Francis Fer dinand, June 28, 1014, to the British national labor conference's approval of President Wilson's war alms, December 20. 1917. The volume may be obtained by ad dressing the Committee of Public In formation, 10 Jackson place, Washing ton, D. C., and inclosing 25 cents to cover cost of printing. While figures are not yet available on the proportionate number of $1 and $5 smileage books being purchased for use by men at the camps and canton ments, the commission on training camp activities, In charge of the sale, states that there has been unexpected demand for the larger books. Smileage books selling for $1 contain 20 coupons good for admission to camp entertain ments ; books selling for $5 contain 100 coupons. From two to five coupons are re quired for admission to Liberty thea ters at the camps, although many of the productions are of the class which command $2 prices In metropolitan houses. Plans for the aerial mall route be tween Washington, Philadelphia and New York contemplate the use of ma chines capable of carrying 800 pounds of mall a distance of 200 miles without stop. A special postage rate would be charged not exceeding 25 cents an ounce. In reply to inquiries regarding the possibility of redistilling seized spirits for alcohol the war department has an nounced that the small amount of alco hol recovered, the cost of transporta tion, recooperage and redistillation would make the cost to the government greater than It Is now paying. The av erage yield from confiscated liquor would not exceed 0 per cent of alcohol. i? ' 1 The war department now permits Woman to qualify as Inspectors of dmall arms, according to an announce ment by the civil service commission. After an Inspection trip to a has? hospital, Secretary of War Baker made the following reply to an Inquiry concerning hospital conditions: "With Surgeon General Oorgas and Doctor Hornsby I made this morning a personal Inspection of the entire base hospital at Camp Meade. The hospital is very large, fully equipped with sci entific laboratories and facilities, has an adequate number of trained nurses under the supervision of a skilled hu perlnteHdent ; its medical and surgical staffs are made up of competent men filled with enthusiasm for their work. The hospital throughout Is clean and well cared for; there was an abun dance of dean linen, a plentiful Bup ply of well-prepHred and appetising food, and every evidence of consider ate attention to the patients was mani fest. I talked with octor Ilornshy told mo at the conclusion of our Inspec tion that the base hospitals In the can tonments throughout the country were substantially llku tho one we visited this morning. It was a most reassur ing visit. I have long been Interested In hospitals, and If I were to have a personal Illness which required hos pital treatment I should be perfectly content to be sick In the base hospital at ('amp Meade, satisfied that I would receive the attention necessary and under comfortable conditions." In England priority must be given to the manufacture of war-time boots over nil but government work. The boots must be made of classes of leather and to specifications approved by Ihe director of raw materials; the manufacturer must stump on the up per his registered number and on the sole (lie retail price, together with the words "war time." The following are examples of styles i?nd prices per pair: Men's heavy slwies, $4.fi0 ; elty clerks' shoes, $4.87 to women's stout shoes, $.'{.10 to $4.20; women's first-grade glace shoes, to boys' shoes, $12 up; girls' shoes, $1.87 up. Altogether there will be 30 types of wartime boots. Tho heels of women's shoes are not higher than 1% Inches, but It Is understood that wartime shoes represent in all particulars the manufacturers' Ideas of what the public desires. Small stocks of corn In the hands of dealers In New England and other Eastern and Southern states, with the exception of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, where surpluses were pro duced, are indicated by reports to the department of agriculture. Actual available supplies In the Southeastern states are said to be greater than ever before, although the amount of corn In the hands of distributors and other dealers Is much below normal. Most districts in the Southeastern states have sufficient supplies for local needs, while dealers in many places, especially Mississippi, Alabama, Geor gia and Florida have shipped large Quantities of corn to the larger mar kets. No commodities may now be export ed from the United States nor Import ed, without license. According to a statement by the war trade board the military and tonnage situations have made increasingly apparent the neces sity of instituting a complete and thor ough-going coutrol of all exports and Imports. Licenses for the export or Import of coin, bullion, currency, evidences of debt of ownership of property and transfers of credit will be Issued by the treasury department; licenses for all other exports and Imports, Includ ing merchandise, bunkers, ships' sup plies, etc., will be issued by the war trade board. Tho director of athletics nt one army camp has arranged a program as a means of determining the relative ath letic caliber of the companies In the di vision. Each man is required to pass In eight of the following tests to obtain a positive mark for his unit: Jump 8 feet from a standing posi tion; chin 10 times; clear a bar at 4 feet 2 inches ; throw a 12-pound shot 33 feet; climb a 20-foot rope In 15 sec onds; dash 00 yards In 7 seconds; run a mile in 0 minutes; lift a 00-pound weight over the head with one hand; sit up from a supine position with a 60-pound weight suspended from the back of the head. There Is no standard recipe for "vic tory bread," the only requirement be ing that it must contain not more than 80 per cent of wheat flour, the remain ing 20 per cent being composed of corn meal or corn flour, rice, potato flour, or other cereals recommended by the food administration. "Victory" pies anil doughnuts, which contain not less than one-third nonwheat flour, may be sold on wheatless days If the same recipes are used throughout the week. The limit of time for filing income tax returns has been extended to April 1. In order to nssure prompt and accu rate identification, the war department hns adopted a system of numbering en listed men of the army. The system provides for one series of numbers, without alphabetical prefix, for all en listed men. The number assigned to a soldier will become a part of his offi cial designation, and will never be changed nor assigned to another man. It will be entered on Identification tags. Thr Siinual expenditure of the Unit ed States for candy la approximately t400.000.000. FARMERS MAY GRIND WHEAT. They May Al?o Sell Their Flour to j the C-onnumer On Same Condition* As Merchants Sell. Raleigh, Feb. 27. ? Fanners who have their own wheat are privileged to have it ground in any quantities and hold the flour made from it. The provision of the Food Control law relating to hoarding does not apply to producers. There seems to be a misimpression in the minds of many farmers on this point and some un easiness has been expressed by farm ers lest their wheat be damaged by weevils before they are able to use it. Farmers who have wheat ground into flour may not only hold as much of their flour as they need for their own consumption but are privileged ; also to sell it to other consumers. In selling flour, however, they assume the status of a retailer and they must sell only in combination with cereal substitutes or to consumers who sign a certificate stating that they have j produced and are using corn meal or , other cercal substitutes at the seme ratio as they use flour. Farmers sell- ; ing flour are also limited as to the j amounts they may sell to consumers. ! Names of Former Students Wanted. President Wallace Carl Riddick, of the North Carolina State College of ! Agriculture and Engineering at West Raleigh, is preparing a list of all for- j mer students of his college with the address and oocupation of each. ' Every man who has at any time at- j tended the college is requested to i mail to the president a card bearing his full name, his full pastal address, and his occupation. We understand that the college has always located its graduates once a year, and this is only another step in which President , Riddick manifests his interest in all ; of the men who have attended this j great technical college. A Thing This Country Needs The lliyht Kind of Plow to Make Our Farms Yield More At \ Less Cost ? Local Firms Active. Something this county has been | needing for a good long time is going 1 to be brought here ? thanks to the ef forts of H. Fitzgerald and Son, of | [Micro; J. G. Harbour & Sons, of Clay- 1 ton; Watson & Alford, of Kenly, well J known merchants and good citizens who believe in helping the "other fel low" as well as in selling him goods. The thing these gentlemen are bringing to their section is nothing more nor less than the Jobson System ? something that will undoubtedly bring bigger crops to our farms. This System and Mr. Jobson's remarkable plow has created more talk in the South than anything that's happened since the big war began, and the en dorsements great Agriculturists, State Officials, leading farmers and practical men everywhere have given it, puts its merits and benefits entire ly beyond question. As matter of fact, the Jobson Sys tem of deep plowing, less cost and more crops, is nothing on earth but good, common sense, and anybody can fee the big benefits of it as soon as they read* the booklet now being given out free by the above named firms. This book certainly gives some "New Wrinkles" in spring and sum mer plowing and no farmer can af ford to go ahead with his crop this i year without getting a copy and reading up on it.. The plow holds out the benefits of deep tilling which were practically beyond the reach of small farmers everywhere. It does this at a redicu lously small price. It handles wet land from one to three days earlier than any other plow. It does two or three plowing in one, and the fact that it goes ten inches deep on the same . draft it takes to pull ady other plow a depth of six inches is established by the positive statement of as great an Agriculturist as Hon. F. J. Mer riam, Editor and President of one of the great farm papers of the Coun try ? The Southern Ruralist, ftf At lanta. Our county dealers are much inter ested in getting a large number of these plows on our farms this season, and they take this occasion to invite every public spirited citizen in the County to come in and investigate this movement. That the plow is also used for till ing growing crops, which renders it still more valuable as an all round farm implement. It is hoped that other dealers in this county will co operate. ? Adv. - CORN AND FLOUR MILLS WILL! pay for themselves and then earn you a handsome profit on your in vestment, Come to see us to talk Corn or Flour Mills and we will show you what others who have j bought of us are doing. Roberts- j Atkinson Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. | at m * BUSINESS LOCALS. * ? ? ************************** IF YOU ARE READY TO PAINT see us. We carry a full line of leads and oil and ready mixed paints. Smithfield Hardware Co. WE HAVE ON HAND A FEW GOOD mules and horses for sale. Cotter Underwood Company. SEE OUR BIG TYPE TESTAMENT, big enough for very old people to read. Herald Book Store. SEE US FOR ASPHALT ROOFING and proslate shingles. Cotter Hardware Co. STALK CUTTERS: INTERN A tional Harvester Co.'s non-choke able, best stalk cutters made. Roberts-Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C. 800 SACKS RED DOG. COME quick. Austin-Stephenson Co. SEE US FOR POULTRY NETTING and goose fence. Cotter Hardware Company. OBERS GUANO 8-3-3. AUSTIN Stephenson Co. DISC AND SMOOTHING HAIi rows, International Harvester Co. and Walter A. Wood's makes, all guaranteed. We have good prices on these harrows. Come to see us for harrows. Roberts-Atkitison Co., Selma, N. C. ANOTHER SUPPLY "TEN NIGHTS in a Barroom" just received. Five cents each. By mail, eight cents. Herald Book Store. GRAIN DRILLS, LIME AND MA nure Spreaders. We bought at the right time, be sure to get our prices, every piece guaranteed. Roberts Atkinson Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. JUST RECEIVED A LARGE LOT of Nov/ Testaments, ranging in price from ten cents to $1.40 cach. Herald Book Store, Smithfield, N. C. SEE!) IRISH POTATOES FOR sale at Cotter-Underwood Co. SEE US FOR ASPHALT ROOFING and prosl*te shingles. Cotter Hardware Co. SEVERAL VOLUMES OF RILEY'S Poems just received. Herald Book Store. 800 SACKS RED DOG. COME quick. Austin-Stephenson Co. MULES. WE HAVE JUST RE ceived a shipment of nice, good weighted, well-broke mules. Come look them over. Roberts-Atkinson Company, Selma, N. C. IF YOU WANT CEMENT SEE THE Smithfield Hardware Company. MULES. WE HAVE JUST RE ceived a shipment of nice, good weighted, well-broke mules. Come look them over. Roberts-Atkinson Company, Selma, N. C. FERTILIZER FOR ALL CROPS Now on hand. Get our prices. Roberts Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C. EGGS FOR HATCHING FROM Prize Winning Buff Orpington ? 13 for one dollar. See or write J. W. Setzer, Smithfield, N. C. FRESH JERSY COWS FOR SALE. E. F. Boyett, Smithfield, N. C. WANTED ? TWO GOOD HANDS for saw mill and team driving. Good wages. House rent free with one acre of ground and use of team to plow same. Call on or write W. E. Parker, Atkinson's Mill ? Lunce ford, N. C. SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR farm implements and harness. Smithfield Hardware Company. 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. A FEW LITTLE DUTCH SULKY Plows that we can save you money on. Austin-Stephenson Company. FOR SALE ? THOROUGH BRED Barred Plymouth Rock Hens and Cockerels, also Ekks for setting. Mrs. W. L. Woodall. JUST RECEIVED A CAR LOAD OF good Mattresses. Austin-Stephen son Company. BUY YOUR ACID AND COTTON seed meal from the Cotter-Under wood Company, Smithfield. Full supply now on hand. TWO CAR LOADS POCAHONTAS lump coal just received. W. M. Sanders, Smithfield, N. C. COTTON, CORN, PEAS OR ANY other country produce you have for sale we will pay you top prices cash or in trade. Roberts-Atkin son Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. KEROSENE ENGINES ? CHEAP est power to be had. We can furn ish you any horse power, to run your mill, gin or anything where power is required. Roberts-Atkin son Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. TWO CAR LOADS OF ASPHALT roofing just received. Cotter Hard ware Company, Smithfield, N. C. WE SELL THE NEW WAY AIR Cooled Gasoline Engine. Cotter Hardware Company, Smithfield. LABOR IS SCARCE AND HIGHLY improved farm machinery over comes these, infact, with the labor ers taken away, its the only pos sible chance to supply the demand for farm product. Come see our lines and let us show you what can be done with them. Roberts-Atkin son Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. ANOTHER CAR HEART CEDAR Shingles just received. Cotter Hardware Co. IF YOU WANT CEMENT SEE THE Smithfield Hardware Company. TWO CAR LOADS POCAHONTAS lump coal just received. W. M. Sanders, Smithfield, N. C. IF YOU WANT CEMENT SEE THE Smithfield Hardware Company. TWO CAR LOADS POCAHONTAS lump coal just received. W. M. Sanders, Smithfield, N. C. I LOST RECENTLY A MEDAL locket marked on one side F. W. B. T. S., May 22nd, 1913, and on the other side S. H. S. Reward will be paid for information leading: to its recovery. (Rev.) S. H. Styron, Pine Level, N. C. TOBACCO BED CANVASS ON hand now. Austin-Stephenson Com pany. ANOTHER CAR HEART CEDAR Shingles just received. Cotter Hardware Co. REAPERS AND BINDERS. IT will pay you to buy the Internation al Harvester Co. makes, and will pay you to buy now. Later prices will be higher and deliveries slow er and more uncertain. Roberts Atkinson Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. ONE CAR AMERICAN FENCE JUst received. We have any height. Cotter Hardware Company. ONE CAR OF RED DOG. COME quick. Austin-Stephenson Co. WHAT DO YOU BUY IF YOU BUY our standard factory line of Inter national Harvester Co.'s and Wal ter A. Wood's makes of machin ery? You get the best time and experience and skill can produce. We carry them. Roberts- Atkinson Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. FOR THE BEST FURNITURE SEE Austin-Stephenson Company. ANOTHER CAR HEART CEDAR Shingles just received. Cotter Hardware Co. LIME: AGRICULTURE & BUILD ing lime. Have you tried lime on your land? You will be surprised at the results if you have not. We have agriculture and building lime. Roberts-Atkinson Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. TOBACCO BED CANVASS ON hand now. Austin-Stephenson Com pany. FERTILIZERS? WE HAVE ANY analysis or body you want. Get our prices and terms before you ^uy. Roberts-Atkinson Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. * IF YOU WISH TO SELL YOUR farm it will pay you to see us. Abell & Gray, Smithfield, N. C. WHERE DO YOU BUY? IF YOU buy your machinery from us you have no trouble in getting your repairs. This should be a big con sideration in buying your machin ery and improvements. Roberts Atkinson Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. WE SELL THE NEW WAY AIR Cooled Gasoline Engine. Cotter Hardware Company, Smithfield. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CAR of Muriate of Potash. Come quick if you want any. Cotter-Under wood Company. NICE CAR MULES WELL BROKEN Come look them over. Roberts Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C. 4 W. H. WAKEFIELD, M. D? OF Charlotte, will be in Kenly at Glenn Hotel on Friday, March 1st; Ben son, Parrish Hotel, Wednesday, March 6th; Four Oaks, Dr. Stan ley's Office, Thursday, March 7th. The doctor limits his practice to the medical and surgical treatment of eye, ear, nose and throat dis eases. Ask your physician about consulting Dr. Wakefield. OBERS 8-3-3. YOU CAN HAVE IT today. Austin-Stephenson Co. PLOWS AND PLOW CASTING? Largest stock we have ever car ried. See our line before you buy. Roberts-Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C. GUANO DISTRIBUTORS, THE best on tha market and prices right. Roberi?-Atkinson Co., Sel ma, N. C. A MCE LOT OF BIBLES JUST RE ceived. Prices from 35 cents each to $4.00. Herald Book Store. WAR MAP OF THE WESTERN Front, in colors, for sale at The Herald Office, price 25 cents. FLOUR PANIC IS NOT KNOWN to the man who raises his own wheat and has one of our Meadow's Mills. Let us sell you a Grain Drill, Reaper and Binder, Gasoline Engine and a Meadows Flour Mill. They will pay for themselves. Do your own work and make you a profit. Roberts-Atkinson Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. WE ARE IN THE MARKET FOR several farms, of different sizes. If you want to sell see us. Abell & Gray, Smithfield, N. C. OBERS GUANO 8-3-3. AUSTIN Stephenson Co. CORN MILLS? WE HAVE THE best on the market at a reasonable price. No where is the local de mand for good corn meal supplied. Get you an engine and mill. Roberts-Atkinson Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. 0 "POINTS FOR EMPHASIS," ON S. S. Lessons for 1918. A nice little commentary by Hight C. Moore, D. D. Price 25 cents. Herald Office, Smithfield. ALL KINDS OF FERTILIZERS Now on hand. Austin-Stephenson Co. MULES. WE HAVE JUST RE ceived a shipment of nice, good weighted, well-broke mules. Come look them over. Roberts-Atkinson Company, Selma, N. C. - i ' - m ? ? FLOUR MILLS? OUR MEADOWS Whole Wheat Flour Mills arc the best on ;he market. With small investment you can , grind your own and neighborhood wheat. Roberts-Atkinson Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. WE SELL THE NEW WAY AIR Cooled Gasoline Engine. Cotter Hardware Company, Smithfield. IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR farm to the best advantage see us. Abell & Gray, Smithfield, N. C. PLOWS AND PLOW CASTING, Disc and Section Harrows, Inter national Harvester Co., and Acme makers. Roberts-Atkinson Com pany, Selma, N. C. RIDING CULTIVATORS. Our No. 4 pivot axle riding Cultivators in crease the yield, but decrease the cost of crop production. A large stock on hand, but they are selling fast. Roberts-Atkinson Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. JUST RECEIVED BIG LOT CAN vas cloth for tobacco beds. Cotter Underwood Company. COTTON SEED MEAL AND ACID. Come pfter it now. Austin-Steph enson Company. JUST RECEIVED AT COTTER-UN derwood Company's a car load of Red Rust Proof seed oats. ONE CAR OF RED DOG. COME quick. Austin-Stephenson Co. DISC AND SECTION HARROWS? Prepare your land thoroughly with these harrows, your cultivation will be easier and harvest larger. Roberts-Atkinson Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. THREE HUNDRED TONS BEST grade fertilizers now in warehouse. Cotter-Underwood Co., Smithfield, N. C. TOBACCO BED CANVASS ON hand now. Austin-Stephenson Com pany. POTASH? WE HAVE IT. COME quick. Austin-Stephenson Co. ANOTHER CAR HEART CEDAR Shingles just received. ^Cotter Hardware Co.