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BEATY & LASSITER,
Editors and Proprietor*.
Entered at the Postofflce at Smith
Beld, Johnston County, N. C., an
Mcond-clai* Matter.
Rate* of Subacripiton; |
One Year, Cash in Advance.. $1.00 J
Six Month* .50
A GOOD ROADS CONVENTION.
One of tie (greatest questions be
fore the people of Johnston County
to-day, Is bow to get and maintain a
?y?tem of better roads. If we are
to grow as we ought In population
and In wealth, we must have better
roads. We suggest that a Good
Roads Convention be held In Smith
field sometime within the next six
ty days to consider this great ques
tion. Much good may result from a
meeting in which the farmers, the
doctors, the merchants, the bankers,
the lawyers, the cotton mill men, and
the mechanics shall come together to
talk about this economic question. It
is one of great Interest and concerns
ue all, whether we live In town or
country.
Let us bear from the people on
this question. Shall we have a Good
Roads Convention?
SMITHFIELD'Si LOSSES IN 1910.
In the year just closed Smlthfleld
loet many of her oldest and best citi
zens by death. In the list are found
the names of Dr. G. J. Robinson,
Col. L. R. Waddell,- Mr. George N.
Peacock. Mr. G. H. Watson, Mr. Alex
Muns, Mr. Julius A. Morgan and Col
E. .J Holt. For many years they
?were among the men who were the
leaders In our civic and financial
life. Thedr ages ranged from 60 to
80. The town will miss them.
NOTES ABOUT TOWN.
The holiday season Is over and
the New Year Is on us. What are
tre doing to make this year the best
In our history? Are we using every
means possible to extend the bounds
of our trading territory? Many are
the ways that may be used to bet
ter our condition. One of these
le to advertise liberally, yet Judi
ciously. Let us tell the people, far
and near, what we have to sell and
try to induce them to come here to
spend their money, assuring them
that It will be to their advantage to
do so. Good, healthy publicity will
do much for Smithfield and our bu
siness men during 1911.
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This is a great day and the town
that would progress has no room for
the grumbler. It is said Nhat every
town in the country has Its sour-fac
ed citizen. Let us hope that Smith
field is an exception. Every town
also has its bright-faced hustlers, and
after all they are the folks who
count. Just at this time. In the
glorious dawn of the New South,
when our fair land seems to be com
ing into its own as never before, let
us, in Smithfield, be wide-awake and
Is the time for us to march "United
that is sure to come. A great ? op
portunity is ahead of us, and it is
Important at this time, that we do
?ot let it slip through our grasp. Now
la the time for us to march "United
and Onward" to better things,
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The past year has been a good one
for our town. The visitor who came
a year ago, and now comes again,
marvels at the things that have tak
en place In a short twelve-month.
All the old shelters which were un
sightly, and dangerous, too, have j
been removed and in most instances, t
nice awnings have taken their places. 1
The old sidewalks have been replac- '
ed with new granolithic walks. On j
every side are seen signs of en
couragement, looking to a bigger, bet- ,
ter and happier Smithfield. The spir- ]
It of co-operation Is visible as nev- '
er before and the future of the town 1
la brighter. Let us make the town j
attractive to all who come our way, <?
let us make the man from the coun- 1
try feel at home among us, let us I
make him se>9 that our interests are j
bis, and that as one prospers, the j
Cher prospers accordingly. ?
WELCOME, DR. VENABLE!
We learn with pleasure, that Dr
F. P. Venable, President of tb? Uni
versity of North Carolina, will via
It our town, and deliver an address
to the citizens of Johnaton County,
on Friday, the twentieth of this
month. The following day, he will
speak to the Teachers.
The Herald extends a hearty wel
come to the distinguished visitor.
President Venabl? Is one of Ameri
ca's foremost scholars. In the fields
of science, he is recognized among
the leaders. Hie name is almost as
well known in Europe as It is in our
own land.
As an educator, he has deserved
the highest praise of our citizens
Under his wise management the
State University has Increased In
numbers, and grown in thorough ef
ficiency. Dr. Venable has given his
life, his soul to the task of educat
ing the sons of Carolina, and he has
done his work well.
Johnston County's two Oxford
scholars were trained under his
guidance, so were a number of our
good citizens. To-day we count
many young men at the State Uni
versity, our own. Each man will
gladly bear witness to the sterling,
honest, broad-minded Southern gen
tleman, who is at the head of their
Alma Mater.
We welcome then, Doctor Venable.
We hope that our citizens 'will
turn out to the last man and woman,
to hear our distinguished guest. We
have had the honor of entertaining
many prominent visitors. We have
acquitted ourselves with the finest
hospitality. We shall welcome the
President of the State's own Univer
sity.
NEWS AND VIEWS.
We call the attention of our read
ers to an article found in another
column written by Mr. J. H. Smith,
of Elevation township, upon the sub
ject of better roads. The Herald has
said from time to time that the Roads
Question Is one of the foremost ques
tions before us to-day. If we shall
prosper as wo ought, we must have
better roads. How to get them Is
the question. Our columns are op
en to any of our readers who may
tfesire to discuss this great ques
tion.
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Judson Harmon was inaugurated
Governor of Ohio for his second term
last Monday, The inauguration was
one of the simplest on record?there
were no soldiers and brass bands,
there was no inaugural address, and
there was no inaugural ball. Why
should there have been a ball? Is
there any reason that so weighty an
affair as assuming the reigns of gov
ernment should be accompanied with
such a light and frivolous a thing as
a ball? In more than one State the
thing has been omitted this winter,
adding to the digndiy of government.
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I.?ce Cruce was inaugurated Govern
or of Oklahoma Monday. Tn his in
augural address he undertook to de
fend the Constitution of his State
which its enemies has characterized
as radical, even vicious. In his de
fense he said: "That operation un
der the Constitution Is conducive to
Rood government is established by
the unprecedented growth of Okla
homa since statehood. During these
three years the increase in taxable
values has averaged $100,000,000 per
year, until now the total taxable
wealth of the State is approximately
one billion dollars." This If* a record
that has been attained by no oth
er State and should be sufficient to
silence the enemies of Oklahoma's
Constitution.
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Davis Elkins, son of the late Sena
tor Stephen Q. Elkins. was sworn in
Monday as United States Senator
from West Virginia to succeed his
father, having been appointed to fill
the term, until the Legislative elects,
by Governor Glasscock. Mr. Elkins
Is the youngest man In the Senate,
having Just passed 35. He Is the
third generation of his family to hold
\ seat In the United States Sen
ate. His father was Senator from
March 4. 1895, until his death, and
il* grnadfather, Henry Gassoway
Davis, represented West Virginia In
Jie upper house of Congress from
March 4, 1871, until March 3, 1883.
rhe West Virginia Legislature is
>emocraltc, and unless there Is a
trolonged fight for the Senatorship,
Jaris Elkins will be Senator only
wo weeks. Senator Elkins is a
eadlng young business man of his
Itate.
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THE PROFESSOR TALKS. II
BY A. VERMONT. |j
The world is a labormarket, In
which each man offers for sale, bis
own ability to do thing*. The farm
j hand brings to this buying and sell
ing-place, tbe work of his muscles
and the intelligence that guides them.
He receives a compensation varying
from twenty to more dollars a month.1
The ditcher has his day and bis
work for sale, he commands maybe, a
salary of some thirty or more dol
lars a month. A clerk in a store, pre
senting experience and intelligence,'
naturally receives more than the two >
former. A skilled mechanic eclipses
all these, when he enters the work
market and offers his expert work
for sale.
The educated man of more develop
td experience and knowledge is high
er priced, and the tendency In the
United States to-day, is to pay the
intellectual man more and more, j
Where brain and muscle enter In
competition, the man with the brain
wins out in the matter of salary. |
Consequently, there have sprung up, '
all over the country, schools of ev
ery description. Each day that pass
es in North Carolina, sees the erec- |
tion of a new school. There are
some two hundred high-schools, or j
graded schools In the State. Hence '
it is perfectly plain that to-morrow
there will be a tremendous output!
of young men and women, who will
have had excellent school facilities. It
is with these, that our present boys
and girls shall have to enter into
competition, when they too shall en
ter the labor-market. It is evident
that if youj boy or girl can offer on
ly manual labor, only muscle, they will
lose out against him or her who can
offer intelligent and Intellectual work.
You can see from this, that if you
do not give your son or your daugh
ter some opportunities to educate
themselves, you condemn them to
the life of a little-earning workman.
This life may be good, but will it
satisfy the ambition of your boy and
girl?
Suppose that she will, that he will
remain on the farm. The child has
little or no education. All around
him, other intelligent farmers have
given their children all possible ad
vantages. They can read, write, they
have a good elementary knowledge of
sciences. They understand the why
and the wherefore of farming. Their
work is successful. They are well
repaid for their farm labors because
their work is intelligent. Your un
educated boy, without any help from
books, struggles and plods along in his
own simple way, without understand
ing his work. He feels that he is
carrying a heavy burden. His field
that might be a most charming book
in which there are written a thous
and splendid lessons, is but a place
of toil. Nature over which God has
written the mark of His own In
telligence is closed to the young man,
who lives in it. Why? Because
some man or woman not understand
ing the Importance of instruction and
education has denied these children
school advantages.
In the mean time, thousands of
intelligent parents are making the
hardest sacrifices, that their sons
and daughters may not be deprived
of the greatest right of the child,
their education. They see to it,
that the best possible teachers train
their folks, that papers, books enter
regularly into their homes. They have
understood that this is a time of
universal schooling and reading, they
can not suffer their children to stand
and knock at the school door, ask
ing for instruction, for the bread of
the mind.
Yesterday was the day of the
coal-oil lamp, to-day is the day of
electricity: yesterday was the day of
simpler schools, to-day is the day
of the graded school, the high-school,
the college. We must keep our
place in the procession, or fall by
the way-side. Have you fully decided
what your boy and girl shall offer
in the labor-market? Shall It be
Just muscle, or shall it be brain?
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The Canaday Monument Fund.
Bujt. Royal] published las* week
a list of the names of those who had
sent funds to him with the amounts
sent The following amounts have
come into my hands:
From Smlthfield School, .. $6.03.
From Mrs. CaUie Royall,
of Bmporta, Va 5.00.
From Misa Etta Wheeler,
Elevation School 1.80.
I hope this fund will grow very
much more. Let every teacher who
failed to take this collection, do so
at the earliest possible time. Let's
make this fund a large one. Let's
place a stone over the grave of Supt.
Canadny that will be a credit to us
a* well as an honor to his memory.
Respectfully,
IRA T. TVRLJNGTON.
COST PRICES ON CLOTHING NOW
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Another Car Load of Mules will arrive next Tuesday. j|j
Come and get your pick. This is our fourth car and the way we have j||
Sbeen selling Mules is sufficient evidence that we buy the right kind. |||
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m He rarely kicks out of the traces; A
He goes to bed at night without having face %
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He gets up in the morning with nobody to I
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If) He works all day under whip and cuss words; I
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rrHE GOOD OLD STORE1
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Thanks Its Many Friends
Another year has come and gone. A year
full of business for our popular store. A year
of greatly increased patronage. A year that
we're proud of?
| T|he Banner Year
IN THE STORE'S HISTORY.
In spite of the fact that we've had to put our
wits against very worthy competition, the
receipts for the year show a most flattering
I increase, the grand total reaching far more
than we had dared hope for.
And we have only you to thank. We do
thank you heartily and we wish you
THE BRIGHTEST AND HAPPIEST
NEW YEAR YOU'VE EVER SPENT.
Creech's Drug Store
^ Smithfield, N. C. D. Heber Creech, Prop.