buy stamps. By W. C. Harper. It is with great pleasure th>.t we note the growing of a patriotic spir it among the Farmers of Johnston County and the love of their country and the soldier boys that are rapidly moving toward the blood-stiired trenches of France, by buying War Stamps and Bonds. At our last coun ty meeting of "The Farmers Union" $50.00 was laid aside from the funds in the county treasury with that un selfish spirit that abounds in the hearts of the true and the brave, to buy those stamps. A resolution was also passed asking the Local Union of the county to invest their sur plus funds in this way, of which Smithfield and other locals have al ready responded to this call. Smithfield council of "The Junior Order" has bought $200.00 worth of these stamps and the other councils of this order, also the other Fraternal orders of the county arc responding nobly. The Farmers have made a go< d beginning and with good crops and good prices another year they will stand in the front ranks with their fellow man, in the call of their coun try. If :ny of you have it harbored in your minds that this money will not be paid br.ck, get it out and got it out quick, for if it is not returned with interost, you certainly will not need it for you will then be slaves in the hands of an uncivilized country that was Germany. We people at home cannot, as yet, grasp the awful conflict that is facing our country, but when we see our wounded and battle scarred boys sent back homo, them we will realize what war means. It is a real tragedy that the mothers and fathers at home can never fully realize, with what spirit their sons are going into bat tle. Of course, it is not possi ble for them to do so. It is with light hearts and quiet souls that they are awaiting the call to Europe, and a country whose men will go out and face death, and come back cheery and smiling, whi.se women act as our women huve done since our country declared war, can never be beaten or conquered by a race like the "Huns." Henry Ford for Wilson and the War. Vigorously denouncing those crit ics of the administration who, he de clared are trying to make political capital out of the alleged* shortcom ings of government departments in their conduct of the war, Henry Ford, the automobile manufacturer, who is here on one of his periodical visits, declared with some vehemence at th? Hotel Powhatan last evening that it was the plain duty of every Ameri- 1 can to "put down junkerism and dem agogism, stand by President Wilson ' and his cabinet and to lay plans to re- 1 tain Mr. Wilson in office until the end ' of the war, even if the war should last ten years. "We've got to win, and we've start ed right," said Mr. Ford. "Don't let us 1 make the big mistake of listening to < the politicians now and until 1920. 1 Let us keep to the program which Mr. Wilson has wisely mapped out, and 1 we cannot go astray. I am a Repub- 1 a Democrat for President and we have war and I'm for both. Why! ' Mr. Wilson has proved himself to be i an able leader and the war forced on us. Now that we are faced with the hideousness of warfare, let us see it through to the bitter end. If a change in the national administration is made during the war, it will, in my judg ment, be the biggest backward step America can make. "The farmers are up against it, and the government should ti ke stops im mediately to put skilled labor behind the food producers. Just now the man with the plow is as necessary as the man with the rifle; in fact, the food grower is the big man behind the gun. I strongly advocate that the gov ernment put into the fields without delay some of the traini-d men who have been drafted and to inquire min utely into what, thousands of men be tween the ages of 35 and 50 are doing. "I believe also that all factories turning out products not '.sseitial to the conduct cf the war should release many men for farm work during the harvest season. You have no idea how many good farmers are to be found in the big factories." Mr. Ford stated that he was prepar ing to release a large group of the young workers for farmwork in Michigan this spring. ? Washington Post. Why Some Men Succeed. Recently this paper has been set ting forth some noteworthy examples of men who have "made Rood" at firming. Every community can cite just such instances and ,on the other hand, it can generally be shown that there was another man who started in at the same time with the same ad vantages apparently and who has never attained anything. Often the latter mr-.n seems to have worked hard, always been honest and yet made no gains. The purpose here is to show in a very b*:ef way what the writer has observed to cause some men to fail while others went up the ladder. About twenty five years ago two men married sisters, both men rnd both sisters being stout. Both had practically nothing. They were ordi nary renters. Today one has 160 acres of the best land in Indiana and the other "is r? nting smaller fa*ms than he did in the beginning .Both have worked hard, reared and edu cated children, have gtod health and have been honest and good neighbors. The failure in this case is simply due to the fact 'that the one who failed, tried to live with all the luxuries of the man who had a farm paid for. He was the first man in the com munity to have a sulky plow, a gaso line engine, a piano, a phonograph and other up-to-date things. Luxuries anyho won't help pig clubs nnd donate his time and influence to the betterment of his community and the coming generation will fail nine times out of ten. ? Indiana Farmer. TO HOLI) COMMUNITY FAIR. I'loaHunt Grove Folks KnirKanize for their 1918 Fair. At p. recent meeting of the Board of Directors of the Pleasant Grove Fair the following were elected as officers for the present year: President, Victor Penny. Vice-President, W. T. Whittington. Secretary-Treasurer, R. F. Co-.ts. No definite action was taken at this meeting relative to the program i>f the next Fair, but it was made clear that food production and food con servation would be given high value this year .These among other things were stressed by both the Farm and Home Demonstration agents who were at the meeting. Stress will be laid on these not merely because of the Fair, but rather because of what they will mean to the homes, the community, the country. Some new features will be added to the Fair this year announcement i>f which will be made later. But till this announcement is made, every body is required to work and plan along the lines indicated in last year's premium list. By so doing and by be ginning now, we can make our 1918 Fair surpass either of those previous ly held. Besides having two years ex perience with the Fair, we have the greatest stimulue ever urging, yen im pelling us to do more for ourselves, for our country. R. F. COATS, Sec.-Treas. VICTOR PENNY, President. Motion Pictures. The schedule for the motion pic tures for this week is as follows: Pomonx, Tuesday, April 9th, 8:30 P. M. Archer Lodpe, Wednesday, April 10tn, 8:30 P. M. Thanksgiving, Thursday. April 11th 8: 30 P. M. Henson, Friday, April 12th, 8 P. M. Massey, Saturday, April 13th, 8:30 P .M. In our propram are the following reels, vis: One health reel, subject: "Illness is Expensive:" two reels from Hrete Hart's "Luck of Roaring Camp" and two reels, produced by Max Linder, the pre at French movie artist. The first three are instructive, while the comic reels just keep the bouse in an up- roar of lauphter all the time. The schedule for next week will appear in Friday's Herald. No one should neplect the opportun ity to see the motion pictures. They pive rest from weary care; instruc tion alcnp many lines; pood whole some entetainment and fellowship with one's neighbors We show no pictures except those which have been stronply censrred. R. P. MERRITT. CLUB NOTES. If the last year's club members have any canned products they would like to sell, write me at Smithfield and I will attempt to find a market for you. Please do this at once, because the fresh vegetable* will soon be com ing in and it will be difficult to find a market for canned products. Club girls are requested to work their own garden plo^. Have this plot located as near the house as possible, in order that you may look after it each day. The location for the garden should be on land that is well drained. The soil for the garden should be sandy loam. , When you prepare the soil for gar den, you should prepare the rows to suit conditions. On level land that is well drained, the rows should be buflt up in ridges in order to prevent drowning the crop in wet weather. If the land is well drained the rows should be wide and flat in order that the soil will not dry out too rapid ly Before you plant your seed, make the soil deep, mellow, and rich. This will save time and labor in the end. Have the rows in your garden long in order to econ< mize in the use of land, and to save time in turning. Rake the utirface of the rows fre ciuently to prevent the soil from bak ing. Hiking the soil wijl assist many seed in coming up. Plant your Lima beans around the garden fence in order thr.t they will not h.".ve to be stuck. MARIE SUP] JONES, Emergency Home Demonstration Agent. "It's fine to cheer the boys in camps, And say the country needs them; Hut the patriot who buys Thrift Stamps Is the patriot who feeds them." Some Good Rice Recipes. As a staple article of diet, rice may be boiled in salted water and used like potato or sweet potato as a veg table at a meal at which fish, meat, eggs, beans, or other foods rich in protein are served. Wholly or par tially cooked rice can be used with cheese, minced meat, or poultry, fish, eggs, beans, gravy, etc., for a variety of made dishes, the combination con stituting dishes in which most of the needed food elements are present. It also may be used as a major or minor ingredient in stews and soups. Instead of serving rice plain as a vegetable, it may be stewed with to matoes, cooked in a double boiler with tdBiato juice, soup stock, or milk, or it may be seasoned with curry pow der, onions, or other seasoning mater ials. By using skim milk in this way a partially economical dish is pro duced. As a cereal for breakfast, rice may be boiled in milk and sweetened, or eaten with butter and salt. If it is desired dried fruits such as dates or raisins may be cooked with the rice. Cold, boiled rice, mixed with pancake or muffin batters of wheat, buckwheat, or corn meal, for instance, makes a pleasing addition to such food prod ucts, reduces the quantity of wheat needed, r.nd furnishes a method for using the left-over cereal. Cold, boiled rice also may be used with or without a little meat, chicken, or seasoning vegetable for croquettes; and with eggs, sugar, milk, or other ingredients for making a variety of puddings r.nd other desserts as an examination of almost any good cookbook will show. ? Selected. Rural Carrier Examination. The United SUatcs Oivil Service Commission has announced an exam ination to be held at Selma, N. C., April 27, 1918, to fill the position of rural carrier at Four Oaks and any vacancies that may occur of rural routes in Johnston County. The exam ination will be open only to citizens who are actually domiciled in the territory of a post office in this coun ty. Application forms may be obtained at the post office at Selma, or from the United States Civil Service Com mission at Washington. Skip a Smoke and Buy a Stamp. "If you smoke or if you chew, Buy a Stamp! Each day skip a smoke or chew, to Buy a Stamp! Sacrifice should a pleasure be When the cause is 'Liberty,' That's the way it looks to me ? Buy a Stamp!" ? Selected. NOTICE. My son, Willie Thomas Rhodes, six teen years of ape, has loft my nemo without cause. This is to notify the public that I will not be responsible for any debts or contracts he may make and all persons are warned against harboring or aiding him in any way. This March 26, 1918. T. H. RHODES, Four Oaks, N. C., R. No. 1. HIGHEST PRICES FOR COTTON. Both S^ot and Option Quotations at Top Level** ? Trade Demand Insistent. From time to time, the cotton mar ket haa halted in its upward flight, only to rise again to record levels, and this week brought the highest local spot quotation back to the Civil War period and the l?est figures for the option list since the present system of trading in futures was inauguarat ed in the late '70s. Thus, on Thurs day, following sccessive advances, the spot articles here reacned the extra ordinaiy basis of 36c., while the May delivery touched 34.50c., July 33.80c., October 32.48c., and December 32.16c. Even January attained the 32c., mark and at their top position the options were $9 to $11, the latter on Jilly, a bove last week's bottom point. The gain in the spot price wm about $9 and the previous maximum cf 30.05c., established on March 21, was better ed by almost $5 a ?bale. Comparing j with a year t go, when the southern ( staple had also risen great iy, the ' present quotation is higher by fully $77. With much-needed rains falling at | some pk.ces in Texas, the action cf prices might have been different that it was but for the insistent trade buy- [ ing. The continued demand from this ' source it understood to result mainly : from the heavy war business in cot- ( ton goods, and reports multiply of an increased percentage cf mill ma- , chinery going into government work, j Moreover, the trrnd of dry good val- j ues everywhere is steadily upward, i nothwithstanding the rapidity and e- j tent of the previous advances, rnd | competition for the limited available , supplies of merchandise accentuate the strength of the markets. The fact is, th:,t the movement of raw cotton | prices is now governed chiefly by leg- j itimate supply and demand conditions rather than by speculative influences, and even now few people are saving with confidence that the top has been reached. But while more rain is want ed in the Southwest, the new crop out look seems brighter, on the whole, and the Weather Bureau's first re port of the season made better read ing than private advices had led one to expect that it would. ? Dun's Re view. I)R. S. E. DOUGLASS, Dentist ALL KINDS OF DENTAL WORK. Special attention given to treatment of Riggs Disease and Oral Proxphy laxis. X-RAY DIAGNOSIS. Offices 4-6 Woodard Building, Raleigh. N. C. Make appointments by telephone or letter. CHRYSANTHEMUM PLANTS FOR sale. 50c. per dozen. Mrs. C. V. Johnson. SEED IRISH POTATOES FOR sale at Cotter-Underwood Co. FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN? ONE good mule 10 years old. Come quick if you want a good mule. Z. B. Hill, Smithfield, N. C., R No. 2. YOU CAN GET WELL TILING AT Cotter Hardware Co. I HAVE A NICE JERSEY COW with young calf for sale. John H. Langston, Bentonville, Route 2 N. C. WHITE WYAN DOTTES, SINGLE comb Brown Leghorns, each pen headed with prize winners. Don't waste high priced feed with scrubs. Have the best. They prow much faster, pet two eggs where you got only one before. 15 Wyan dotte eggs $1.25. Leghorns $1.00. Postpaid. Satisfaction guaranteed. I. V. Lee, Four Oaks, N. C. TWO CAR LOADS BUGGIES JUST unloaded. Cotter-Underwood Com pany, Smithfield, N. C. TWO CARS OF STOVES AND Ranges just received. Cotter Hard ware Company. FOR SALE? 15 FRESH MULES, 5 second hand mules. Must be sold in the next 10 days. See Sam Mus grove at Clr.yton, N. C. for p. bar pain. 4 1-2 BUSHELS SOY BEANS, $4.25 per bushel. 100,000 Nancy Hall and Porto Rico Potato Sprouts for sale $1.75 per 1000, cash with order, S. D. Page, Falcon, N. C. FOR ALL SKIN AND FACIAL eruptions such as black heads, pim ples, freckles, and sunburn, use Dr. Muns' J ile and eczema ointment. ACID PHOSPHATE. 16 PER CENT, for $18.75 per ton cash, analysis and quality guaranteed. Farmers Mer cantile Co., Selma, N. C. YOU CAN GET WELL TILING AT Cotter Hardware Co. Spring Goods Are Here If you come to Pine Level, I want to see you in my store. I carry a nice line of Spring and Summer Dress Goods, Ladies' Misses and Children's Shoes and goods for Boys and Men, such as Hats, Caps, Clothing, Notions, overalls, etc. My stock is larger than ever before, and I am prepaired to fur nish you what you want. Call to see me. J. F. THOMPSON Pine Level, North Carolina Books About The War DAY BY DAY THE PEOPLE ARE GETTING MORE INTERESTED IN THE GREAT WAR ACROSS THE SEA. BOOKS ARE BEING WRITTEN ABOUT IT BY MEN WHO KNOW. THESE BOOKS ARE GIVING THE READER A NEW IDEA ABOUT THE SITUA TION. WE HAVE NOW IN STOCK A FEW OF THESE BOOKS. SEE LIST BELOW: OVER THE TOP, by Guy Empey, an American who has been over there. For many months this has been the best selling book in this country. Price $1-50. THE BIG FIGHT, by Capt. David Fallon, the Eng lish soldier who spoke in Smithfield recently. It is a thrilling story by a man who was there. Price $1.50 MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY, by Ambassador Gerald, who was in Germany when the great war began Price $2.00. UNDER FIRE, by Henri Barbusse, A vivid story of the terrible fighting in France. Price $1.50. THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, by John Buchan. Price 60 Cents. A YANKEE IN THE TRENCHES, by Corporal Der by Holmes. The actual life of an American on the West ern Front. Price $1.35. A STUDENT IN ARMS, by Donald Hankey. This is regarded by many to be the greatest book written by a soldier in the trenches. Price $1.50. THE CROSS AT THE FRONT, by Thomas Tiplady. Experiences of a field Chaplain on the Western Front. Price $1.00. RHYMES OF A RED CROSS MAN, by Robert W. Service. Price $1.00. FIGHTING FOR PEACE, by Henry Van Dyke. Price $1.25. FAITH, WAR AND POLICY, by Gilbert Murray. Price $1.25. COLLECTED POEMS OF RUPERT BROOKE, Price $1-25. TOWARDS THE GOAL, by Mrs. Humphrey Ward. Price $1.25. MY FIFTY YEARS IN THE NAVY, by Admiral Charles E. Clark. Price $2.50. Many novels and other books now on sale. Herald Book Store SMITHFIELD, North Carolina JUST RECEIVED A BIG LOT OF Lynchburg Casting. Cotter Hr.rd waro Co., Smithfield ,N. C. WE HAVE THE JOHN DEERE Corn Planters. Cotter Hardware Company. MONEY SHOULD WORK. WE SELL Acid Phosphate, 16 per cent, for $18.75 per ton cash. Quality guaran tied. Farmers Mercantile Co., Sel ma, N. C. WE HAVE THE JOHN DEERE Corn Planters. Cotter Hardware Company. WE HAVE THE JOHN DEERE Corn Planters. Cotter Hardware Company. , WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CAR of Muriate of Potash. Come quick if you want any. Cotter-Under wood Company. ? ? ? SEE US FOR NEW WAY ENGINES. Cotter Hardware Co. "THE SALT OF THE EARTH" A novel of life in Germany. For sale at The Herald Office. JUST RECEIVED A BIG LOT OF Lynchburg Casting. Cotter Hard ware Co., Smithfield ,N. C. SEE US FOR ASPHALT ROOFING. Cotter Hardware Co. JUST RECEIVED A BIG LOT OF Lynchburg Casting. Cotter Hard ware Co., Smithfield ,N. C. JUST RECEIVED A BIG LOT OF Lynchburg Casting. Cotter Hard ware Co., Smithfield ,N. C. THREE HUNDRED TONS BEST grade fertilizers now in warehouse. Cotter-Underwood Co., Smithfield, N. ?. ANOTHER SUPPLY "TEN NIGHTS in a Barroom" just received. Five cents each. By mail, eight cents. Herald Book Store.