CHAUTAUQUA WEEK TO BE A
TIME OF PATRIOTIC SERVICE.
Each of the Five Days to Be Devot
ed to a Special Theme.
UNUSUALLY STRONG FEATUR
ES IN MUSIC AND LECTURES.
Among Them the Famous Kilties
Band of Canada, the Weber Male
Quartete, Caveny the Cartoonist, the
Hawaiian Singers and lMavers, and
Dr. Joseph Clare, the Renowed
Pastor of Petrograd.
The Chautauqua committee reports
that the date for the Chautauqua this
next summer has been assigned, and
that such an unusually strong and
appropriate program has been ar
ranged the week during which the
Chautauqua will be here will be a ver
itable Patriotic Week. The Chautau
qua will be held during the five days
beginning June 3 to 7 inclusive, and
the program is so arranged that each
day will be devoted to emphasis u?on
a particular phase of national or
community endeavor. There will be a
"Liberty Day," and a "National Ser
vice Day," and a "Community Day,"
and so on. On each of these "Days"
a different group of artists and lec
turers will appear, and each group
will be assigned the task of making
their particular "Day" a day of dis
tinctive patriotic service.
On "Liberty Day," the emphasis
will be placed upon the actual things
that are transpiring across the wat
ers, ? those things which effect the
life and safety of our boys "over
there." On "National Service Day,"
the theme will be what the home
folks must do to help the boys in
the trenches. "Community Day" will
be a day of community good fellow
ship, when folks take a new grip on
life because they have learned to
know each other better. It will also
be a great day for the children. One
of its features will be a Junior Pa
triotic Parade and a grand "Pageant
of our Allies" by the members of the
Junior Chautauqua.
Big Features in Music.
It is said that the management has
made a special effort to secure for its
musical numbers principally those
which will reflect the spirit of the
times. That they have succeeded in
this is evidenced by the fact that one
of the very special numbers of the
Chautauqua next summer will be the
famous Kilties Band of Canada, with
Murdock McDonald .Conductor and
Piper; James Pearse, tenor soloist,
and Wee Jamie Muir, dancer. This is
said to be the greatest Scottish Band
in the Warld. Its members will wear
the Scottish Kiltie costume.
Another notable feature in music
will be The Fisher-Shipp Concert Com
pany. This company has an establish
ed and very enviable record of success
upon many Chautanuqua circuits.
They will give a unique program of
character sketches and vocal and
instrumental music, and one of the
features of their work will be "The
Music of our Allies.V
Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Winters are
accomplished artists in music, mono
logue and mimicry. They will give
the Patriotic prelude on "National
Service Day."
The company which perhaps will
prove of as great interest as any is
the Hawaiian Singers and Players.
This company is composed of five
native Hawaiians, ? four men and one
woman '.Their program will consist of
a happy mixture of vocal and instru
mental music, and will also contain a
recital of native Hawaiian life. If
their spirit in producing a concert is
anything like the spirit in which the
Hawaiians have enlisted in the pres
ent war a 100 per cent program may
be expected, for so great has been the
volume of enlistment under the stars
and stripes that it has been unneces
sary as yet to put the draft law into
operation in tho Hawaiian Islands.
Last but not least among the mus
ical numbers is the Weber Male
Quartet. Everbody likes a male quar
tete, and the. Webers are the best in
America. They tvill apear upon
"Community Day" to assist in spread
ing the good fellowship spirit.
Lectures Especially Strong.
The committee announces that for
lectures and entertainers the great
est group will be presented that has
ever been assembled for patriotic
purposes.
There will be Denton C. Crowl, that
most unique of platform men, who
will present one of the famous "Sam
Jones Lectures" especially modern
ized in the light of present day condi
tions. Sam Jones had a message that
gripped the hearts of folks and made
them glad they were alive, and Mr.
Crowl has the peculiar faculty of giv
ing the message life and virility. He
traveled last season over one of the
western Community Chautauqua cir
cuits and everywhere received tbe
highest praise.
Then there will be Wallace Bruce
Amsbary in a lecture-recital upon
Kipling and his works. Kipling's po -
try is so sturdy and war-like that <t
has become the favorite reading of
the boys in the trenches, and Mr.
Amsbary will present an intimate pic
ture of the life and works of thia
great author and poet.
One very strong feature among the
lecture-entertainers will be J. Frank
lin Caveny. Mr. Caveny is a clever
eartoonist and clay-molder, and r.r
tist of wide fame. He holds a very
high place in the Chautauqua world,
having filled successful seasons upon
practically every Chautauqua circuit
in the country. His entertainment will
feature the war cartoons, clay, and
canvass.
War Lectures Especially Appropriate
That the Chautauqua management
has be<m doing its utmost to make its
message to the people and its contri
bution to the nation in the war
agains Germany as effective as pos
sible is evidenced by the fact that two
unusually strong lecturers upon war
subjects have been secured.
The first of these is one of the
ablest lecturers and popular scientists/
in America. He has been sent upon
a special mission to Eurqpe to observe
the work of the various war agen
cies and conditions among the Amer
ican troops so that ho will be able to
give faithful pictures of what Amer
ica is doing in the cause of world
democracy.
The second is Dr. Joseph Clare, an
eminent English orator, Who until
four months ago was pastor of the
British-American church at Petro
grad, who passed through the Russian
Revolution and is acquainted with all
of the circumstances which led up
to it and which followed it. Dr.
Clare has been engaged to make a
special trip to America to bring to
Community Chautauqua audiences in
formation concerning Russia. One of
the gravest questions of the year is
this. How is the situation in Russia
going to affect America's part in the
\var! How is it going to affect our
boys in the trenches! Dr. Clair is em
inently able to answer these ques
tions. His subject will be "The Rid
dle of the Russian Revolution."
All in all a great treat is in store
for everybody. It is planned to put
the season tickets on sale at least a
month in advance, and it will greatly
assist the local committee if every
one will plan to get their tickets
early.
F. H. BROOKS, President,
Smithfield Chautauqua Club.
WAR COSTING COUNTRY 30
CENTS PER CAPITA PER DAY.
Six Cents Per Capita to Be Raised
Through War Savings. Only Three
Cents Per Capita Now Coming In.
North Carolina Will Raise Her
Quota.
Winston-Salem, March 30. ? The
war is costing the United States thir
ty cents per capita a day. Through
the War Savings Campaign, the citi
zens of this country are lending the
Government only three cents per cap
ita per day for financing the war.
This means that through the people's
savings $3,000,000 are being turned
into the United States Treasury every
day, but not until that amount has
been doubled will the United States
be able to raise the two billion of
dollars it has been called on to raise
through Thrift and War Savings
Stamps.
North Carolina's apportionment is
$40,692,835 in cash by January 1,
1919, or a per capita loan of $16.72.
The question, Can she do it! has been
repeatedly asked. Mr. Gilbert T.
Stephenson has answered this ques
tion with a most emphatic yes. He
says that the average person in
North Carolina has a surplus of $27,
and that the Government is asking
for only 62 per cent of that. Mr.
Stephenson has figured it out that
the average family has a surplus of
$136 and that by lending the Govern
ment $100 of that the stiu^dard of
living will not be impaired.
The task as well as the test of
every individual he says is his contri
bution of $16.72 which will be return
ed as $20 in 1923. But this amount
does not represent the task of every
man, he says. Those who have much
must give for those who have little.
Therefore, the real task for anyone
is to givo all the surplus he can spare
without injuring his health and ef
ficiency. One can no longer do his bit
now lie must do his all, and his all is
making and giving and serving in
every way that he can.
GALLING ER AT EIGHTY-ONE.
Octogenarian Republican Leader
Felicitated in Senate.
Washington, March 28. ? Senator
Gallinger, of New Hampshire, the
Republican Senate leader, today re
ceived many congratulations and
flowers upon his eighty-first birthday
anniversary. He was born in Com
well, Ontario, Canada, in 1837.
Dxiring felicitations in the Senate
by Democratic and Republican
spokesmen, Senator Gallinger indi
cated he planned to retire when his
term expired in 1921.
The United States grows more than
6,000,000 bushels of peanuts a year.
Hides and Leather Products.
Many of our readers have been com
plaining that hide prices have none
down very materially during the past
year, whereas the leather products
which the farmer has to buy, notably
shoes, hasve advanced very materially.
Local shoeman, when questioned about
the mat er, oftentimes ignorantly give
as an excuse with regard to shoe
prices the advances in the price of
hides which the farmer knows to be
untrue.
To get a little clearer insight into
the matter, we have written a number
of firms dealing with hides. Without
exception all the concerns tell the
same story. On the class of hides
coming from heavy cattle, and known
as heavy packers' hides, there has
been at most not more than two or
three cents. But on the class of hides
which the average farmer occasionally
sells in the country, and which go
under such names as "country hides."
or "buffs" and "extremes," there has
been a decline of five to ten cents a
pound, a very considerable decline
taking place during January, 1918.
All light grades of hides and most
country hides have declined to a point
just about on a level with prices as
they prevailed early in 1914, before
the war begun. The reason why heavy
packers' hides should be higher in
price is because the government, in
its contracts, specifics such hides par
ticularly. Harness leather is made
very largely from heavy hides, and so
it seems that the farmers and th? gov
erment are in competition for the
most desirable type of hides on the
BMurkst
Shoes are quite largely made out of
hides which are now averaging about
20 per cent cheaper than a j ear ago.
As to shoe prices, one firm handling
hides writes:
i "As to the reason for the extremely
high prices of shoes, we should like
ourselves to hear an explanation from
a shoe manufacturer for this, as we
do not see that the advance in shoes
has been justified with the advancc in
hides. But, on the other hand, we
would take into consideration that
while we have cheaper hides at the
present time, the leather which is on
the market in shoes was made out of
hides bought nearly six months ago,
when they were very high, as the pro
cess fo making leather from hides and
getting it into a finish product takes
from four to six months time."
Wilson & Company, of Chicago,
write:
"Outside of harness leather, there
is no excuse whatever for any leather
or product made therefrom being as
high today as it was a year ago, as
both hides and leathers, especially
for shoe purposes, are far cheaper to
day than they were in the correspond
ing period last year. The present work
ness is due to the fact that the domes
tic business is very poor, and only the
heaviest hides are suitable for mili
tary purposes. The lotter class of
stock showed a decided decrease in
production in 1917 over 191(5. On the
other hand, light hides which are suit
able for domestic use are in abun
dance and have been for the past
year." /
| One reason why hides are as a drug
on the market at the present time is
the fact that we slaughtered about five
millon more cattle in the United
States in 1917 than in 1916, and the
bulk of these cattle produced a light
hides of the type now suitable for mil
itary or harness purposes.
Armour & Company give their view
as to the cause of the weakness in
hide prices as follows:
"In the first instance, we think the
English embargo on hides and leather
is the fundamental reason for the de
moralized condition of the market. In
the second instance, we think the 1917
domestic trade was extremely limited;
first, on account of the high price of
shoes in the retail shops; and second,
on account of the fact that there woro
so many young men going into the
army that they did not renew their
shoes, but waited until the govern
ment gave them shoes with their army
equipment.
"Another very important reason has
been the fact that the hide markets
of Europe have been closed to the
South American hides. Hides from
Chile, Venezuela, Brazil and Argen
tina have all been coming to the Unit
ed States. Importations show an in
crease of over 75 per cent last year, as
compared with previous years.
Doubtless the shoe manufacturer
has his troubles, but so long as the
hide market continues low, the farmer
has more right to feel grieved over
the increased prices of shoes than
over the increase in price of any other
leather product. ? Wallace's Farmer.
Mrs .Ralph Erwin of Bartlesville,
Okla., knit a man's sweater in eight
hours and forty minutes. She has
knitted 15 sweaters in 15 days. The
first one was completed in 18 hours
and the next in 14.
David R. Burley, a Civil war vet
eran, age eighty, of Philadelphia,
takes a 20-mile hike for hia daily ex
ericse.
You Can Find
In our Dry Goods and Ladies Department
Any Thing You Want
To Dress Well, Look Well and Be
Comfortable.
We have a big stock of Latest style Silk Dresses, waists and
Skirts. Also a good assortment of medium and cheaper grade skirts
and waists, children's dresses, etc.
A Big Supply of Silks of All Kinds and Colors
We can please even the most particular and tasteful. Our big
stock of Voile, Poplin and other dress goods, Waist and skirt goods
makes it easy to select something to please you and the quality keeps
you pleased. We have the best stock of Dry Goods to be found
in town. Our stock of slippers and nice dress shoes is being added
to almost daily and at our store you can find something to fit any
member of the family with just what they want. Ladies' White
Boots a specialty.
Qfo^^or^ Patfprnc We are 2lad to announce that we have ob
OldllLlctl LI 1 dlldlla tained the agency for the famous
Standard Patterns which are always ahead in style, yet are simplest in con
struction and give a perfect fit S:andard Patterns reproduce the smartest
styles illustrated in THE DESIGNER and the STANDARD QUARTERLY.
See the very newest fashions at our Standard Pattern Department. A big
new stock now on hand.
Roberts Corbett& Woodard
Selma, N. C.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
IF YOU WANT YOUR HOUSE
hold goods moved let us know
where you are at and where you
want to "we've got you." Selma
Supply Company.
STERLING CORN MILLS MAKES
the best meal for least investment.
This mill and one of our gasoline
engines will do the work. They are
not expensive. Get our pricey. Rob
erts-Atkinson Co., Inc., Selma, N. C.
FRESH JERSY COWS FOR SALE.
E. F. Boyett, Smithfield, N. C.
SEVERAL VOLUMES OF RILEY'S
Poems just received. Herald Book
Store.
SEE US FOR ASPHALT ROOFING.
Cotter Hardware Co.
WE ARE IN THE MARKET FOR
several farms, of different sizes. If
you want to sell see us. Abell &
Gray, Smithfield, N. C.
SAVE THE QUARTERS
and
SEE THE DOLLARS GROW.
BUY WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS!
Ht ACTORS. WE HAVE A MARVEL
in a tractor. A new use of the
"Ford". You nc aea amkfi gq gabg
"Ford". You can make a profit and
pleasure machine out of your Ford
by attaching this Knickerbocker
Forma Tractor. Roberts-Atkinson,
Co., Inc., Selma, N. C.
IV ANTED GOOD MAN TO WORK
on farm. Would rather have mar
ried man. Will pay pood price. T.
G. Jones, Wilsons Mills, N. C.
?THE SALT OF THE EARTH" A
novel of life in Germany. For sale
at The Herald Office.
?SEE US FOR ASPHALT ROOFING.
Cotter Hardware Co.
rHREE HUNDRED TONS BEST
grade fertilizers now in warehouse.
Cotter-Underwood Co., Smithfield,
N. C.
KINGLET BARRED ROCK EGGS,
from fancy type. First prize win
ners every year. $1.50, $2 and $3
per 15. Hamilton Bros., Smith
field, N. C.
MERCHANTS WILL NEED FLOUR
Certificates to be signed by their
customers and we have the blanks
for sale 100 for 35 cents, 200 for
00 cents or 500 for $1.25. Apply to
Beaty and Lassiter, Smithfield, N.C.
ANOTHER SUPPLY 'TEN NIGHTS
in a Barroom" just received. Five
cents each. By mail, eight cents.
Herald Book Store.
MONEY SHOULD WORK. WE SELL
Acid Phosphate, 1(5 per cent, for
$18.75 per ton cash. Quality guaran
teed. Farmers Mercantile Co., Sel
ma, N. C.
ACID PHOSPHATE, 16 PER CENT,
for $18.75 per ton cash, analysis and
quality guaranteed. Farmers Mer
cantile Co., Selma, N. C.
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CAR
of Muriate of Potash. Come quick
if you want any. Cotter-Under
wood Company.
WE HAVE THE JOHN DEERE
Corn Planters. Cotter Hardware
Company.
WE HAVE THE JOHN DEERE
Corn Planters. Cotter Hardware
Company.
WE HAVE THE JOHN DEERE
Corn Planters. Cotter Hardware
Company.
SEE US FOR NEW WAY ENGINES.
Cotter Hardware Co.
WE HAVE ON HAND A FEW GOOD
mules and horses for sale. Cotter
Underwood Company.
SAVE THE QUARTERS
and
SEE THE DOLLARS (iROW.
BUY WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS!
WANTED 25 GEESE. WILL PAY
highest price for same. Joel John
son, Route 1, Smithfield, N. C.
DON'T PUT OFF SCREENING
house. See us at once. Cotter Hard
ware Company.
SEE US FOR ASPHALT ROOFING.
Cotter Hardware Co.
FOR ALL SKIN AND FACIAL
eruptions such as black heads, pim
ples, freckles, and sunburn, use Dr.
Muns' vile and eczema ointment.
SEE OUR BIG TYPE TESTAMENT,
biff enough for very old people to
read. Herald Book Store.
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MAKE FARMING A PLEASURE
r.nd success with our No. 4 Interna
tional Harvester Co's Pivot Axlo
Riding Cultivator. Can use disc,
shovels or sweeps. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded. ?
Roberts-Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C.
THE SMITH FIELD 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.
MEADOWS FLOUR MILLS. BU\
one of these. Produce and make
your own flour at home. You will
then be independent and can help
your neighbor to become likewise.
Roberts-Atkinson Co., Inc., Sclma,
N. C.
BUY YOUR ACID AND COTTON
seed meal from the Cotter-Under
wood Company, Smithfteld. Full
supply now cn hand.
ONE FINE DUROC JERSEY SOW
and her seven pigs fbr sale. These
pigs are her second farrow. Jos
eph G. Gower, Wilson's Mills, N. C.
Route 1.
OUR ARMY AND HOW TO KNOW
IT for sale at THE HERALD of
fice. Price 25 cents.
200,000 RED CEDAR SHINGLES
just received at Farmers Mercan
tile Company, Selma, N. C.
I HAVE A GOOD STOCK WHITE
granulated sugar. W. M. Sanders.
JUST RECEIVED BIG LOT CAN
vas cloth for tobacco beds. Cotter
Underwood Company.
JUST RECEIVED A LARGE LOT
of New Testaments, ranging in
price from ten cents to $1.40 each.
Herald Book Store, Smithfield, N. C.
RED CEDAR SHINGLES, NO. 1
Heart, at Farmers Mercantile Com
pany, Selma, N. C.
DONT PUT OFF SCREENING
house. See us at once. Cotter Hard
ware Company.
SEE US FOR NEW WAY ENGINES.
Cotter Harware Co.
WANTED FAMILY TO CULTIVATE
and house a two horse crop. Grod
price paid. A. B. Lassiter, Smith
field, N. C., R. 1. ?