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STATE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. Adopted it State Democratic Conven tion Held in Raleigh, Wednesday, April 10th. The Democratic party of North Carolina in convention assembled, in this hour of our country's great trial, takes pleasure in greeting our his toric opponent, the Republican par ty, with assurances of our confidence in the loyalty of its membership to our common country, and we appeal to all of the citizenship of the State to subordinate all questions of inter nal policy about which the voters of the State disagree in so far as the public welfare will permit to the greater and graver questions in volved in our foreign relations and the war which has been forced upon our country and earnestly appeal to all of the voters of the State, re gardless of party affiliations, to man ifest a spi'it of moderation and jus tice in the discussion of all internal questions, necessarily involved in the approaching election. Democratic Principles. We endorse the time-honored prin iples of the Democratic party and point with pride to the fact that the platform declarations upon which the present administrations in both State and nation were elected have been written into law. National Administration. We endorse the great record of the administration of our national af fairs, touching all internal policies. We recognize, however, that the su preme duty of the hour is loyalty to our government in the great struggle through which it must go in defense of the institutions of our country and human liberty throughout the world. America and the War. We declare it to be the conviction of the people of North Carolina that our country had no other course con sistent with honor and self-respect than to enter the war against the au tocratic and cruel imperial govern ment of German. We believe that it was necessary for the perpetuation of the principles upon which our gov ernment is founded, and for the pre servation of human liberty, not only in our own beloved country, but to liberty-loving people throughout the world. Every intelligent citizen must recog nize that the war with our brutal and liberty hating foe, involves every thing dear to the people of the United States, and we pledge the lives, the fortunes and all we are to the loyal support of the constituted authorities of our great republic, and demand that the war shall be prosecuted to final and triumphant military victory over the government that assaults our liberties and the liberties of the world. Conduct of War That we commend the conduct of the war by the duly constituted au thorities of our republic without re servation. A nation devoted to the ways and ideals of peace, our repub lic has been put upon a war-footing under the exaction standards of mod ern warfare, within so short a time as to arouse every American to renew his pride and confidence in our flag and institutions and to command the admiration of all nations. North Carolina takes peculiar pride in the admitted fact that Josephus Daniels as Secretary of the Navy has brought this arm of the service up to such a degree of efficiency as to con vert a storm of criticism into a uni versal hymn of praise. Course of President. We would not be true to our in stincts did we not especially commend the course of the President of the United States. In all matters of in ternal character which the war has entailed he has given evidence of wisdom which we regard as providen tial and which has brought to him the trust and confidence of all Amer icans without regard to party align ments, and in all matters of interna tional character with respect to rela tions with our allies, to neutral na tions and to our enemies, he has so conducted his great part as to win the title at home and abroad of "Mor al Leader of the World." Congressional Representation. We endorse the record of our Sen ators and Representatives in Con gress and we note with just satisfac tion that Senator F. M. Simmons has in all the great measures committed to his hands served the whole coun try with such zeal and ability, and has given to the President such ef fectual and unfailing support that no Democrat in the State has even thought of opposing him for renomi nation. As the head of the ticket this year we bespeak for him the larg est majority of his career, so that the nation may continue to receive the benefit of his experience, wisdom and patriotism. State Affairs. We commc-nd to our people and en dorse the record of the administra tion of Governor Bickett, and all oth er State officials. The General As sembly of 1917 made notable ad va?cements in the interest of popular education, public health, public mor als, prison reform and general rem edial legislation. Mortgages for Homes. We call special attention to the Governor's worthy efforts to trans late tenants into landlords and to that end heartily endorse and com mend to our citizens the proposed amendment to our constitution pro viding for the exemption from taxa tion of notes and mortgages given in good faith for the purchase price of a home, where the purchase price does not exceed three thousand dol lars and where the notes and mort gages are made to run for not less than five years or more than twenty years at interest not exceeding five and one-half per cent. Education. Education was never more neces sary than in this time of jeopardized civilization for preparation of our children for the larger responsibili ties and duties, for the fiercer com petition for the harder tasks of re construction and readjustment that are sure to follow this world-wide war, and for the preservation of all that our boys at the front and their allies are fighting and dying to win. That the Democratic party renews its pledge to the fullest support of the public schools, pledges its sup port to the Constitutional Amend ment for a six months' school term, and calls upon all patriotic citizens of the State irrespective of party af filiation, to vote for this amendment as a patriotic duty to the present and future generations of North Carolina children. Recognizing the increased cost of living, we pledge the party to the en actment of laws that will secure to the school teachers of the State a just increase in salaries. Agricultural Legislation. The Democratic party, both in State and nation has made a marvel ous record of support of agriculture, the chief industry of our State and we pledge ourselves to a continuence of this liberal and statemenslike pol icy. The national administration has given us a rural credits law, aiding farmers to become home owners, and similar beneficent legislation and the last Legislature with its regulation of crop liens, aiding rural schools, encouraging agricultural workers, providing for the incorporation of rurul communities and making un precedented provision for encourag ing rural recreation, has given us laws of similar helpful State legisla tion. Pledging our continued support to the veterans of the Civil War and their widows, the education, charita ble nnd other institutions of the State to clean and economical government, we appeal to the people of North Car olina to join us in the execution and perpetuation of our worthy ideals. EASTERN CAROLINA BERRIES NOT MUCH HURT BY FROST. Wilmington, April 11. ? Very little damage has been clone strawberries in this section by the recent frosts and while many dozens of crates have been marketed locally car load shipments north did not start until today. The berries are of first class variety and in dications are good for a heavy yield. Irish potatoes, however, have suffered more or less from the present prolong ed cold spell. The tops have been cut down although damage of this nature was slight on strong stiff soil. The greatest damage was done potatoes in the light loamy soil and in many cas es potatoes were killed half way to the ground, but in many cases these will come back and the yield is not expected to be impaired to any large extent. English peas were hit harder than potatoes and the damage will be in excess of ten per cent. Many blooms were killed and while these will be replaced largely harvesting will be considerably delayed. Snap beans suffered to a big extent and it is estimated that the harvest will be reduced from twenty to twenty-five l>er cent. The snap bean is a very ten der pflhnt nnd was hit by the frost during its early stage of growth. Beets, cabbage and lettuce escaped with only slight damage .Little bed lettuce has already begun to move by express although car load movements will hardly start before the 25th. U-BOAT TOLL MAKE LOW LEVEL Only Four British Vessels of More Than 1,600 Tons and Two Less Than 1,600 Destroyed. London, April 10 ? The sinking of British merchantmen by mines or submarines last week reached the next lowest level of any week since Germany began her intensive sub marine campaign early in 1917. Four vessels of more than 1,600 tons, two of less than 1,600 tons and two fish ing boats were sent to the bottom. The admiralty statement adds: "Vessels unsuccessfully attacked, 11, including two previously. "Arrivals, 2,534; sailings. 2,495. "Both fishermen reported today were sunk during the week ending March 30." I ' FAVORS COUNTY - WIDE TAX. The Question la One of Starving the Mind* of the Children, Governor Kickett Declarer*. (News and Observer.) Governor Bickett yesterday express ed his deep interest in the proposed county wide tax for increase of teach ers salaries and the lengthening of the school term and declared that the action of Wake county will have a vital effect on the whole State. "It is squarely up to the people to say wheth er because of high prices they propose to stare the minds of the children," declared Governor Bickett." "I am deeply interested in the coun ty-wide tax to enable the teachers of Wake county to recti ve living wages," said the Governor. "That they are not now receiving such a wage is admitted by all men. The question in its last analysis is are we willing to pay for education what it costs to get it. When bread and bacon and boots and blankets go up we come across with the price ? not always cheerfully, but we come across. Of necessity the cost of edu cation has increased with the cost of all other necessities of life, and it is squarely up to the people to say whether because of high prices they propose to starve the minds of the children. "The result in Wake county would have a vital effect on the whole State. Let this imperial county set us an ex ample worthy of its best traditions and that will inspire the friends of the children throughout the whole ihlU." : There are folks and folks who love the dirty greenbacks they get in ex change for what they have to sell more than they love the children of the country today. When the final accounting day comes they will find that they have been weighed in the balances of the worth while things and found wanting. PORTRAIT GALLERY OF OUR SOLDIER BOYS WILEY H. WELLONS. Wiley H. Wellons, of Boon Hill township, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Wellons. He entered the military service of the United States on Sep tember 22, 1917, and went to Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C., where he became a member of Company G, 322d Infantry. A few weeks after jroin to Camp Jackson, he was transferred to Camp Sevi?r, and assigned to Supply Comany, 120th Infantry. JESSE E. TURLINGTON. Jesse E. Turlington is a son of Mrs. M. E. Turlington, of Benson. His fath er was the late Or. Willis E. Turling ton. Young Turlington is a graduate of the Benson High School and also a graduate of the School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina, completing his course in the Spring of 191G. He held a position with a drug company in Wilson, N. C , until June 1917, when he enlisted in the military service of the United States and was stationed at Goldsboro for a few months. He was from there sent to Camp Sevier, Greenville. S. C., where I he was assigned to the Hospital Corps, 1 119th Infantry. IN MEMORIAM Died, at Selma. N. C. April 11. 1917 MARY ELIZABETH wife of WILLIAM EUGENE COOKE Aged 42 years 0. for the touch of the vanished hand. A sound of the voice that is stilled. HUSBAND. STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, Management, Circulation, Etc., Re quired by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912. Of The Smithfield Herald, published Serai-Weekly, at Smithfield, North Carolina, for April 1, 1918. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, County of Johnston, ss: Before me a Notary Public in and for the State and county aforessaid, personally appeared T. J. Lassiter, who, having been duly sworn accord ing to law, deposes and says that he is the Business Manager of The Smithfield Herald, and that the fol lowing is, to the best of his knowl edge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management (and if a daily paper, the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, re quired by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the re verse of this form, to wit: 1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business manager are: Publishers ? Beaty & Lassiter, Smithfield, N. C. Editors ? J. M. Beaty and T. J. Lassiter, Smithfield, N. C. Managing Editor ? None. Business Manager ? T. J. Lassiter, Smithfield, N. C. 2. That the owners are: (Give names and addresses of individual owners, or, if a corporation, give its name and the names and ad dresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of the total amount of stock.) J. M. Beaty, Smithfield, N. C. T. J. Lassiter, Smithfield, N. C. 3. That the know bondholders, mortgages, and other security hold ers owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mort gages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so state.) None. T. J. LASSITER, Business Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 13th day of April, 1918. W. M. GASKIN, Notary Public. My commission expires Jan. 15, 1919. Gave a Bit of Womanly Advice Tells How To Correctly Judge A Woman. Talking Should No Longer Be Derid ed as A Womanly Vice, But Is De sirable. Don't judge the state of a woman's health by looking at her tongue ? listen to it. If it wags freely and merri ly; if she talks and stags you may de pend upon it that she is enjoying full physical vigor and happiness. When a woman does not talk she is melan choly, morose and brooding over something, and that something is the state of her health. That is the view point of Mrs. M. P. Dwyer, a Char lotte wife and mother, residing at 1803 Parkwood Ave., who in the course of a conversation with the Peplac Expert said: "I feel more like talking now than I did when I first saw you. Then I was so miserable that I did not want to do anything ? not even talk, and when a woman wont talk you can put it down that there is something radically wrong. I had a good appe tite, but did not dare attempt to sat isfy it, on account of the pain caused by the accumulation of gas, which affected my entire body. I also had intestinal trouble. After I had taken Peplac four days, my husband said to me: 'What have you been doing, Mattie; I never saw such a change for the better in anyone. You go around singing, something you havent done for years, and you don't look like the same woman.' "I was immensely pleased to hear this, and that I no longer suffered with pains from gas bloating. I now sleep soundly and feel splendid, and I think that it is no more than right that others should know of my ex perience and of Peplac, that they may profit by it as I did." The merits of this great reconstruc tive tonic is exlpained at Hood Bros, where it is sold and recommended. A bottle bought today may save you years of suffering. ? Adv. ? a ? BUSINESS NOTICES. * ? ? * m m m * * ** ******* WE ARE IN THE MARKET FOR several farms, of different sizes. If you want to Bell see us. Abell & Gray, Smithfield, N. C. NINE CENT SUGAR-NICE WHITE Granulated, in 5 and 10 pound pack ages. 8.20 in barrels and 100 pound sacks. I have just received several thousand pounds. W. M. Sanders, Smithfield, N. C. SAVE THE QUARTERS and SEE THE DOLLARS CROW. BUY W AR-SAVINGS STAMPS! 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. LET US SCREEN YOUR HOUSE now. Cotter Hardware Co. A NICE LOT OF BIBLES JUST RE ceived. Prices from 35 cents each to $4.00. Herald Book Store. FOR SKIN DISEASES AND BLACK heads, use Dr. Muns' pile and ecze ma ointment. For sale by all drug gists. NINE CENT SUGAR -NICE WHITE Granulated, in 5 and 10 pound pack ages. 8.20 in barrels and 100 pound sacks. I have just received several thousand pounds. W. M. Sanders, Smithfield, N. C. TWO CARS OF STOVES AND Ranges just received. Cotter Hard ware Company. FOR THAT BAD CASE OF PILES try Dr. Muns' Pile and eczema oint ment. JUST RECEIVED AT COTTER-UN derwood Company's a car load of Red Rust Proof seed oats. IF YOU W ISH TO SELL YOUR farm it will pay you to see us. Abell & Gray, Smithfield, N. C. IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR farm it will pay you to figure with with us. Abell & Gray, Smithfield, N. C. NINE CENT SUGAR -NICE WHITE Granulated, in 5 and 10 pound pack ages. 8.20 in barrels and 100 pound sacks. I have just received several thousand pounds. W. M. Sanders, Smithfield, N. C. TWO CARS OF STOVES AND Ranges just received. Cotter Hard ware Company. IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR farm to the best advantage see us. Abell & Gray, Smithfield, N. C. JUST RECEIVED A LARGE LOT of New Testaments, ranging in price from ten cents to $1.40 each. Herald Book Store, Smithfield, N. C. NINE CENT SlliAR-.MUS WHITE Granulated, in 5 and 10 pound pack ages. 8.20 in barrels and 100 pound sacks. I have just received several thousand pounds. W. M. Sanders, Smitrfield, 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. BUY YOUR ACID AND COTTON seed meal from the Cotter-Under wood Company, Smithfield. Full supply now cn hand. THREE HUNDRED TONS BEST grade fertilizers now in warehouse. Cotter- Underwood Co., Smithfield, N. C. SWEET POTATO PLANTS. Nancy Hall, Porto Rico. $2 by ex press; $2.75 by insured mail per thousand. Millions of them. Gevern men inspection. No weevils. Order from nearest office. SEXTON PLANT CO. Royster, Ga., Edgefield, S. C., Val dosta, Ga., Tallahassee, Fla. JUST RECEIVED BIG LOT CAN vas cloth for tobacco beds. Cotter Underwood Company. I)R. S. E. DOUGLASS, Dentist ALL KINDS OF DENTAL WORK. Special attention given to treatment of Riggs Disease and Oral Proxphy Iaxis. X-RAY DIAGNOSIS. Offices 4-6 Woodard Building, Raleigh, N. C. Make appointments by telephone or letter. SEED IRISH POTATOES FOR sale at Cotter-Underwood Co. YOU CAN GET WELL TILING AT 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 GROW. BUY WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS! 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 ALL SKIN AND FACIAL eruptions such as black heads, pim ples, freckles, and sunburn, lise Dr. Muns' t ile and eczema ointment. JUST RECEIVED A BIG LOT OF Lynchburg Casting. Cotter Hard ware Co., Smithfield ,N. C. 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. Special County Election Upon petition of the Board of Education of Johnston County and under Chapter 71 of the Public Laws of 1911 notice is hereby given that at the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners on Monday, the 4th day of March, 1918, a Special Election was c ailed and ordered to be held in the several voting precincts of the county on Tuesday the 30th day of April, 1918, to determine whether there shall be levied in the County a Special Annual Tax of not more than 15 centson the One Hundred Dollars valuation of property and 45 cents on the Poll to supplement the Public School Fund of the county. At such election those favoring the levy and collection of Tax shall vote a ticket on which shall be printed or written the words "For Special Tax," and those who are opposed shall vote a ticket on which shall be printed or written the words "Against Special Tax." Notice is further given that a new Registration is required. Registration Books will be open for 20 days preceding the day for closing the Registration Books. Registration Books will open on 29th day of March, 1918, and close on Saturday, 20th day of April, 1918. That polling places shall be at Precincts in County. That the following named persons have been appointed Reg istrars and Judges of election: Township Banner Boon Hill Beulah Bentonsville Clayton Cleveland Elevation Ingrams Meadow Micro Oneals Pine Level P. Grove Selma Smithfield Wildera Wilson's Mills Registrar J. L. Hall Harvey Watson N. R. Pike E. T. Westbrook L. H. Champion F. M. Weeks D. D. Medlin A. D. Ford ? W. V. Blackman R. L. Fitzgerald W. H. Godwin Judges W. H. Massingill and Troy Lee W. G. Row and J. H. Rose J. W. Woodard and A. J. Hill A. M. Rose and W. A. Powell J. E. Smith and A. R. Duncan Cadmus Young & W. T. Johnson Delma Hardy & J. W. Neighbors Junius Temple and J. Q. Baker T. J. Mashbum and J. M. Parker R. B. Barnes and I. V. Pittman Moses Creech and J. W. Godwin N. M. Gurley A. J. Fitzgerald & Lawrence Brown Claude Stephenson A. C. Ogburn and Victor Penny Harvey Standi. J. J. Dean and Ransom Creech J. N. Cobb P. A. Holland and E. L. Wroodall V. R. Turley E. Liles and J. A. Wall W. T. Wilson B. A. Turnage and Clifford TTzzle By order of Board of County Commissioners in session Mon day, 4th day of March, 1918. SAM T. HONEYCUTT, Register of Deeds and Clerk to Board.