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?hr?mitlificl& ffirrato Published Every Friday Morning. BEATY & LASSITER, Editors and Proprietors. Entered at the Postofflce at Smith field Johnston County, N. C.. as Second-class Matter. Rates of Subscription: One Year, Cash In Advance,.. $1.00 ?lx Months, Cash In Advance . * ARE YOU GOING TO COLLEGE THIS FALL? When the 1909 session of the High Schools of the County closed last spring, quite a number of the boys and girls received their diplo mas and today stand prepared to en ter the various colleges of the! State. 'Tls now only a little over a month before the colleges will open their doors to receive those boys and girls who flock to them from all parts of the state, desirous of obtaining the highest and most thorough Instruc tion that they may be better fitted fcr their life's work. How many of those in this coun ty now prepared to enter college, will enter some higher institution of learn ing this fall? Our colleges are liber ally provided with means whereby all who desire an education may not be denied Its advantages. It de pends therefore almost without n single exception upon the indivlriu u!k, as to whether or not they will enter the higher institutions of learn ing this fall, and thus better equip themselves for future life. Every parent owes it as a duty to his child to see that he is edu cated, and every child owes it as a duty to his parents, himself and his posterity to acquire the very best education possible. Too many look only at the present conditions, forgetful of the future. It is not enough to look at the present *tate of affairs. It can be safely ?aid, speaking of course in general terms, that of the generation now on the stage by which the business of the world, both public and private is carried on, not one will be In the field of activity thirty years hence. Such being the case, it Is only a few years before it depends upon those just now entering life to ad vance the progress of our country with even more rapid strides than it has been done in the past. This be ing true, the main thought that should occupy the attention of those Just finishing the high school, is how can I best prepare myself for more faithfully and efficiently performing the great work which will necessari ly devolve upon me? The great progress of the world is due directly to education. Education Is the means by which the result is obtained. It is therefore absolutely necessary if one wish to keep up with the progress of today and to more successfully cope with the changes which progress will bring a bout, that he should receive that high er training which has for its object the discipline of the intellect, the es tablishment of great principles and the regulation of tho heart. The world is in need of trained men. In every vocation of life the educated man or woman is the leader. In all the prominent achievements and inventions of today the leading characters have been those of the educated man and woman. Under the thickest shrub in the < most dense forest there is ofttimes a clearly cut path. The inexperienc ed man however cannot find it, but It takes the guide, trained by knowl edge and experience, to lay back the brush and reveal the track to be followed. Just so in the life of each indi vidual. In the forests of each indi vidual's life, there is a hidden path, which if followed will lead that in dividual into the higher i sunlight fie* of life. The uneducated may not discover this path for the light of his untrained intellect is not suffici ently bright for him to discern this path, and so be plods daily on, grop ing along through the darkness and through the seemingly impenetrable forest without making any notice able progress, merely ex.sting. The object of education Ik to so Illum ine the Intellect that one may be able to find tbe hidden path, and' having once found It, be prepared to enter tb" fields into which It li-ads, where one gets only th<- b?st there Is in the world. In order to net the very b>-st out of the world that Ihere la In It, It Is necessary to give your best to Is necessary to give your very best to the world. In order to give your very best to the world you should train to the highest degree possible your mind, which Is the master weav er of both the outward garments of circumstances and the inward gar ments of character, so that It may not weave in ignorance and pain, but in enlightenment and happiness. Boys and girls, It Is your duty to go to college. The Instruction re ceived there will fit you for the best there is in lif*. It will so train your mind, that you will be able to ac complish great things. It will so de velop you that you will become a lead er In your community, and a bless ing to your country and your God. Our county needs your very best services, the state needs, the coun- i try needs them. * Will you give your best to them? A college education will prepare you so that you can give them. Will you take a college edu cation? "Shall the Children Go Off to School?" Are you hesitating, wavering, un decided about sending John or Mary to high school or college this fall? Hesitate no longer. The course In college or in the high school may double your son's or your daughter's earning capacity and, better still, give him or her a breadth of vision and a nobleness of purpose which could never have come without it. There might be such a thing as a people making a too lavish expen diture for school training; but wo In the South have never yet been guilty of that offense. We may have spent utiwlsely, but that is a very different matter. There are, no doubt, cases where father and moth er have placed too heavy burdens on themselves to send the children to college; but there Is, In the un wisest of such Instances, a worthy, even if misguided, spirit of heroism; and for every such case there are a hundred cases where the parents have failed to do enough, either from false notions of economy or because their own Ignorance was so dense that they could not even comprehend the advantages of education for oth ers?'most piteous tragedy of all where darkness thus perpetuates It self and never even knows the light. We believe In training every child to help himself, in trying to inspire him with the desire for it. We would not for one minute advise any father to wear himself out to send his boys to college or high school and give them a good time; but wherever the young man or the young woman has a real desire for Knowledge and makes an earnest ef fort to attain It, the parents can well afford to make sacrifices, If neces sary, to gratify that desire and re alize that effort. Yes, send the boy or girl to tbe college or high school. We some times hear a great deal about the rare men and women who in their eagerness to accomplish things over come all the obstacles which the lack of educational advantages placed in their path and went on to useful ness and success. Such stories are ever inspiring; but to conclude from them that the advantages offered by the wellordered training of the schools is of small consequence. Is an altogether unwarranted conclusion. No one can tell how much more such a man might have accomplished If ho had bad the advantages of high school, college, and university; and while the few strong. Indomita ble souls may be able to overcome the handicaps of ignorance and un disciplined thought, remember that for thousands of others these same handicaps have meant defeat in the race of life?unrealized ambitions and unfruitful labors. Cross the Rubicon, make the deci sion. about your boy or girl if he or she Is really eager for the advanta ges of an education and willing to lo bis or her part In getting It: that should be the only test.?Pro gressive Farmer. I FOR SALE?Twenty seven acres < land one mile from Princeton depot >n Southern Railroad. Best site to i mild In Johnston county. For par- t iculars. write Chas. K. Joyner. Las ~ascados, C. Z. Box Paper?about four quires In >ox?linen finish at the ridiculous ow price of 19 cents per box, at l flerald Office. Envelopes to match l it 7 cents per pack. ! Must Educate All the People. ^ ? 3 :or i Kiwi of tduetUontl in" r- st V throughout III" length unil breadth of mi Iki stui . W< shall not icoMpUnh 3 this work in a dtr, mt < ;in is i?- ? done by many speeches. It la a jr work of years, to be done day by # day with ? full realization of its la- s poriaMi and with that ^"Tfrnr in- m terest on our part which will stlmu the hnIhi and win Mke all It our people W.?r to attain the end V which we seek. Oar atateamen have C always favored the educ alion of the ? masses, but heretofore interest in y the matter has not approached uni- M versallty; henceforth In every home S there will be the knowledge that no JL child can attain tin- tlM dignity of m citizenship without learning at least J to read and writ> This simple fact ji alone Justifies the adoption of the K amendment, for It was its passage ? thai first brought home to all our o people the neeeealty for universal m education. We rater an era of in- X dustrial developmenf. (Jrowth In ? thai direction la dependent npon in- Z not the Intelligent o of { the few, hut of nil. Mai a< hnsetta i? V allzed tills fact from the day when V the 1 *iIkriin fathers landed on Plym- d outh Rook, nd hjr that clear perce p J tlon she has won wealth out of bleak a coasts and (terile lands. Our fore-1X fathers acknowledged the same fact ? in their first Constitution, and from|^ that time to the preaent our Constl- ? t ut i 1111 s and legislative acta hare all m looked towards this end; but the ^ whole people have never before been ? awakened to its advocacy. From this V time forth opposition to education C will mark a man as opposed to the % theory of our government which is m founded upon the consent of the gov erned, and our Constitution provides K that this consent in the not distant M iuture ran oi- given only t>y tnose who can read and write. We need ? h|T( nothing to (ear, then, from any 5 party or any politician when we make ? liberal provision for education. Hut 3 If there were opposition, our duty J would be none the less clear. It is f demonstrable that wealth increases 5 as the education of the people grows. ^ Our industries will be benefited; our Ji commerce will expand; our railroads M will do a larger business when we J shall have educated all the children V of the State. It is, therefore, of the m utmost importance from a material J point of view that our whole people f should be educated. If there are S districts which are weak they must be strengthened by those who are 1 strong. The Good Book tells us Jj that the strong should bear the in firmities of the weak and the lesson* ? of that great authority are of utility w In our political life. There has grown M up an idea among strenuous men tjj that only the strong are to be con- ra sidered and benefited; that the poor B and weak are the burden-bearers who ra deserve no aid and are weak be- S9 cause of their follies. A great State 5 can never act on this theory, but S will always recognize that the strong 9 can care for themselves while the S true aim of the State is to provide ?| equal and just laws giving to the S weak opportunity to grow strong and |j5 restraining the powerful from, oppres- S3 sing the less fortunate. It will be ? a glorious day for us if our people M in the hour of their prosperity and 9 wonderful growth and development S can realize that men can never jfl grow higher and better by rls- Q lng on the weakness and igno- Q ranee of their fellows but only by Kg aiding their fellow-men and lifting S them to the noi kl|h plane which H they themselves occupy. Our fath- g ers have done well their work. They 9 have sought this day through many H difficulties; illiterate or learned, they Q have ever striven to do their duty H 'jy the State, and they have laid her ]fl foundations so strong and deep that S we have but to build thereon the 9 splendid hom.' which they saw only ? in anticipation. Let that home be |8 bright with ihe shining of ten thou- M sand lights emanating from as many Q schools. Some of these lights will K shine but feebly, mayhap with but }J four-canflle power, while others shall shine with sixty-four and some few H with the radiance of a thousand, but 9 let them all shine together to bright- S en life and make the State more glori M ous, and may they all have as their gS source that God who first said, "Let jS there be light."?Ex-Governor Charles jfl Itrantley Aycock, In News and Observ ul NOTICE. Cf The undersigned having qualified (S as Executrix on the estate of D. A. W Hizzell deceased, hereby notifies all Si persons having claims against said B (-state to present the same to me du- a ly verified on or before the 6th day 3 of August. 1910 or this notice will H be pleaded in bar of their recovery; ?f and all persons indebted to said es (ate will make immediate riyir.ent. H This day of August. 19M. @ MRS. SARAH C. BIZZELL. S Smlthfleld, N. C., li. E. D. No. 2. H YOVNO Jersey cow wi;h first calf S ir sal". Will ulv. ill. - - milk ^ ier cl;(\. Apply to Mrs E. <;. SniiM PM Smlthfleld, N. C. Qj| ? THE = V Banner Warehouse! i ?? I S Our o-nening sale last Tuesday was all that SS ?? we expected- While our sale was uot a large t j^TS^one. tobacco.Tsold, considering the quality, JtJ jH SSi; atjvery satisfactory prices. Primings sold jjj ( about like they did last season and no house v ?jv % in the State has made higher averages this #J m Mj% % weeklthan-we. ["TIMr.SH. A. Crocker sold -j* 5 one loadjatithe followingfprices. 18, 12 1-2, z? I 8 1-4,' 8, 4.601 Bringlius your Tobacco and 2? m you will be always in the lead in high prices <? % v ?K ?? *? ?rc ]? 99 # 4C !? 99 | Skinner ?? Patterson | t Proprietors The BANNER WAREHOUSE (K LSmithfield. N. C. pgf&gg^fggSS^SI !HHHH | Why You Should Sell Your| I Tobacco With Boyett Bros. 1 0 J W< 1 - $ gj m S WE HAVE the best accommodation for your stock that you gK @ will[find[at a warehouse anywhere. |?j !WE HAVEbthe best arrangements for grading and re-hand- f?| ling your tobacco that can be found. WE HAVE the best auctioneer (Capt- C. B. Paylor) that has fig ever'beenfon the Smithfield market. |8 WIEflA R Ekboth on every sale which gives you double pro- IB tectionlon our floor, making it impossible for a pS singleipile of your tobacco to be overlooked. m W E'JA R|E sole owners and proprietors of our warehouse, lj| grading room and prize rooms. This makes us |s more interested in our town and county, and es- Eg pecially in the Smithfield tobacco market. ^ WE!'HAVE spared neither money nor effort in making the FARMERS WAREHOUSE the best place for raj all in its reach to sell their Tobacco. feg WE OFFER!these facts for your consideration. We want In 3j your business and we guarantee that no ware- |? | housemen on any market shall sell your Tobacco ||f J for more money than i? | Boyett Bros., I | Prop's Farmers Warehouse, Smithfield, N.C. |?
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