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r 1***1 scons EMULSION OF NORWEGIAN COD LIVER OIL usually stops a stubborn cough or chest cold when ordinaiy specifics fail. It helps strengthen the lungs and throat—adds energy to the blood—and gives the system the force to help resist disease, fuse SCOTT'S Refuse Substitutes Scott & Boirat. Bloomfield, N. J. 16-8 To Tobacco Planters We have the best lot of to bacco seed we have ever had. Hickory Pryor seed, raised by J. W. Jones, and he made a fine crop. These seed were well saved and were taken in the first of September. Crutch seed, raised by R. E. Lee, off of a crop that averaged about $200 per acre. We also have the following improved seed from Slate’s Seed Farm: Improved White Stem Orono co. Improved Tillie. Improved Warne. Slate’s Improved Gold Leaf. If you want any tobacco seed, write us a postal stating the kind and amount you want and we will mail them to you free of charge. SKINNER & PATTERSON Smithfield, N. C. F. Hunter Creech Geo. Ross Pou CREECH & POU ATTORNEYS AT LAW Smithfield, N. C. Offices formerly occupied by Edward W. Pou. One partner will always be found in the Office. NO OTHER LIKE IT, NO OTHER AS COOD. ■ i' ■ “NEW HOME” and V''U will have the price you pay. The elimination of , :v! . - ',-e hr superior v.-orbrnanship and best naiiiv of mat! r insures lif '-ion.; y rvce ft irnni mam 0,1.1. I, >,,t on havi"* the “NEW HOME”. warranted for all time. Known the win’d over f r super: r sewing Qualities. N t sold under any other name. THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO..ORANGE,MASS J. M. BEATY Sinithfield, N. C. 360 PICTURES 360 ARTICLES EACH MONTH ON ALL NEWS STANDS IS Cents POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE WRITTEN SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND IT All the Creat Events in Mechanics, Engineering and Invention throughout the World, are described in an interest ing manner, as they occur. 3,000,000 readers each month. SIlOD NotfiS 20 pages each Issue tells easy r and better ways to Ho things in the shop, and how to make repairs at home. Amateur Mechanics L6<^n°d00u?J™J 6port9 8nd piny. Largely constructive; tell* how to build boats, motorcycles, wireless, etc FOR SALK BY 35,000 NEWS DEALERS Ask your dealer to show you a copy; if not convenient to news stand. s«nd (1.50 for a year's subscription, or fifteen cents for current- issue to the publishers. Catalogue of Mechanical Books free on request. POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE 3 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago Popular Mechanics offers no premiums', does not join in 99clubbing offers,*9 and omploys no solicitors to #cc«ire subscriptions SALONIKI PAST AND PRESENT. A City That Has Never for Long Engaged the Blessings of Peace. Its Many Masters. Few cities which have been storm centers in the present European war have had a more tumultuous history than Saloniki, now the focal point of war events, writh the Entente Allies in possession. Compared to its two great neigh bors, Athens and Constantinople, Sa loniki is relatively a modern city. Founded originally as an Ionian col ony, the place was first known as Therme or Therma, from the hot springs which still exist in that east ern district of the bay. It fell into the hands of the Persians in 512 B. C., when Darius overran Scythia and Thrace, and Xerxes reassembled his own forces there preparatory to his invasion of Greece. During the great days of the Macedonian empire the city played no notable role, for Phil ip and Alexander the Great held their court at Pella, in the hills beyond the Vardar. The present town was found ed about 315 B. C., by King Kassan der of Macedon and named after his wife Thessalonike, half-sister to Alex ander the Great. The adjoining pen insula of Kassandra takes its name from the King himself, who founded another city on its shore. Under the Romans Salonika grew greatly in imprtance. Made a free city, the capital of the surrounding region, it became the home of many Roman colonists and not a few fa mous names associate themselves with the town. Cicero lived there for a time in exile. St. Paul was another temporary resident, whose epistles to the Thessalonians we still preserve. During the Byzantine period Saloni ki became the second city of the em pire. Its situation made it the cm mercial capital of the Balkan Pen insula, and it rivaled Constantinople as a port of traffic between Eastern Europe and Alexandria. But its wealth and its comparative remote ness also made it a frequent object of attack. Avars, Goths and Huns came time and again to its gates. The Saracens captured and sacked it in 904. The Normans descended upon it in 1185. After the conquest of Constantino ple in 1204 by the Franks and Vene tians of the Fourth Crusade, Saloniki fell to the lot of Boniface, Marquis of Montferrat, who made it the capital of an imaginary kingdom. In 1222 King Dematrius, son of Boniface, was driven out with his Lombard nobles by a Byzantine prince of Epirus. The ensuing 200 years were the most un happy in the troubled history of the Thessalonians, w’ho were fought over and bandied about by Greeks, Bul gars, Serbs, Catalans, Venetians and Turks. The Turks first appeared up on, the scene in 1380. They did not defi nitely take possession, however, until 1430. Then Sultan Mourad II., father of the conqueror of Constantinople, captured the town from the Venetians, gave it over to sack and massacre, carried off 7,000 of the inhabitants into slavery and changed many of the churches into mosques or tore them down for use in his own construction. Some of the marbles of Saloniki w'ere carried as far away as Adrianople. In 1904 the European rowers at tempted to solve the situation by making Saloniki the seat of an in ternational board that administered the finances of Macedonia and organ ized a well-drilled and well-equipped gendarmerie. This foreign surveil lance, which threatened to become closer after the historic Reval con ference of 1908, precipitated the Turkish revolution of the same year. The revolution was organized in Sa loniki and proclaimed there, the of ficial ringleaders of the movement be ing Nyalzi Bey and Enver Bey, now Enver Pasha, minister of war and guiding spirit of the Young Turks. In 1909 the progress of the revolution brought about the dethronement of Abd-ul Hamid II., who was thereupon exiled to Saloniki. Nowhere else in the empire would it have been more difficult for him to corrupt his keep ers or to escape, and he spent three and a half years as a prisoner in the suburb of Kalamaria. The outbreak of the Balkan V*ar in the autumn of 1912 made it ad visable for the ex-Sultan to be re moved to Constantinople. He vvas most unwilling to return, however, and was only persuaded to do so by an emissary of the German ambassa dor, who took him through the Greek blockade in the dispatch boat of the embassy. A few weeks later the Greek army entered the city, followed closely by a smaller detachment of Bulgarians. The final treaty of peace, signed at Bucharest in 1913, adjudi cated Saloniki, with the remainder of the Chalcidice, and their strategic hinterland, to Greece. But it is appar ently written that Saloniki shall nev er long enjoy the blessings of peace. At all events, an army of the Allies, as we know, is now entrenched there. And he is a bold prophet who will foretell what may yet lie in store for the people of this historic city.—Na tional Geographic Society. BENTONSVILE NEWS. A happy New Year to all. Miss Elsie Cole, the Primary teach er for Mill Creek school, is spending the holidays in Wilmington with her parents. Miss Lillian Rose accompa nied her. Miss Eva Johnson, the teacher of Oak Grove school, is spending the holidays with parents at Peacock’s Cross Roads. Mr. J. E. Powell, of Rocky Mount, N. C., arrived Saturday to spend the holidays the guest of his brother, Mr. W. A. Powell. Miss Maude Westbrook, of the Greenville Training School, is hopie to spend the holidays. Miss Julia Williams, of Smithfield, arrived Sunday to spend some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Williams. Rev. Mr. Mattox, of Wilson, N. C., preached a very able sermon at Mill Creek Disciple church Sunday. We are informed that Rev. Mr. Mattox will have charge of the work at this place the ensuing year. Mr. and Mrs. Hebra Brothers, of Beaufort County, are spending the holidays in this section, the guests of Mrs. Brothers’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Stevens. We are informed that the Vocal Union will convene with St. John’s Pentecostal church, instead of St. John’s Holiness church, as was first announced. The Union will be held on the fifth Sunday in December. The Christmas exercise given at Ebenezer M. E. church last Saturday night was very successful. The weath er being favorable a large crowd fill ed the house to its uttermost to hear the recitations and music rendered by the Sunday school. After the exer cises and a lecture from the pastor, Rev. T. W. Siler, the Christmas tree, loaded with many gifts, was unveiled and the presents distributed to the many eager boys and girls. The Christmas Day exercises at St. John’s Pentecostal church were cele brated on Christmas Day by some good recitations and songs rendered by the school, after which several good Sunday school talks were made by the President, Secretary and teachers of the school. Then one of the young men from the Senior Class came in disguised as Santa Claus and delivered the gifts as each name was called. Everybody received some con fectioneries, both members and visi tors. All enjoyed the day. Last Thursday night at 8 P. M., at Ebenezer M. E. church, Mr. Grover B. Westbrook of this section, and Miss Lizzie Thornton, of Wayne, were happily united in the holy bonds of matrimony. Rev. T. W. Siler, the pastor, officiated. Mr. Westbrook is well known throughout Johnston, Wayne and Sampson Counties, having a large circle of friends and relatives in these sections. He is a good busi ness man and a prosperous farmer. Mr. Westbrook is the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Westbrook. Mrs. Westbrook is the charming daughter of the late Samuel 1). Thornton, of Wayne County. She has a large circle of friends in Johnston and Wayne Counties. Mr. and Mrs. Westbrook will make their home in Wayne Coun 'ty. The writer joins the many friends of the contracted parties in wishing for them a long, happy and prosper ous journey through life. P. P. Mt. Zion Items. Miss Lucy Sanders is the guest of Miss Blanche Moore this week. Mesdames G. A. Wright and J. F. Batts were in Raleigh Wednesday. Miss Lizzie Sanders is spending the week-end in Four Oaks. Miss Esther Sanders was the guest of Miss Lucy Wright Tuesday. Mr. G. A. Wright has gone to Sum ter, S. C., as the guest of Mr. J. W. Broadway. Mr. E. L. Gower was in Clayton Tuesday. Miss Lillie -Wrcnn, a student of Garner High School, is spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Wrenn. Mr. J. C. Carroll, of Mt. Zion sec tion, was married last Sunday after noon to Miss Sallie Gordon, of Smith field, Elder J. A. T. Jones officiating. Mr. W. A. Sanders spent last Sat urday and Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. N. B. Strickland, of Swepson ville, N. C. Prof. Archie Jones is spending the holidays with his parents, Elder and Mrs. J. A. T. Jones. Mr. Geo. A. Wright and children were in Raleigh Saturday. Mr. Jim Middleton was in Mt. Zion section Tuesday afternoon. Mr. T. L. McCullers visited his brother, Mr. W. E. McCullers, last week. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Whitley spent the week-end with Mr. *and Mrs. J. J. Batten. Little Miss Eunice Sanders is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Sanders. Miss Grace Wright and Sybil Brady were in Raleigh Saturday shopping. Mr. C. C. Young, of Polenta sec tion, was in Clayton Tuesday on busi ness. W. WILL CAPITALIZE INDIGENCY. Philadelphia's Dependents Put to Work to Save City $25,000 a Year. (Philadelphia North American.) All the bread, shoes and carpets needed by the city institutions under the department of health and chari ties will be made at the Holmesburg Home for the Indigent after Decem ber 1st. This construction plan, which will not only save the city thousands of dollars, but give occupation to the 900 dependents at Holmesburg, has just been worked out by Supt. W. G. Mc Allister, of the bureau of charities. It is part of the broad scheme outlined by I)r. Wilmer S. Krusen, director of the department of health and chari ties, to increase the efficiency of the city institutions. A bakery, equipped with ovens that have a daily capacity of 16,000 two pound loaves, will be used to furnish all the bread needed at the Philadel phia General Hospital and Brown’s Farms for Women at Torresdale. Supt. McAllister has completed ar rangements by which an expert baker will take charge of the model bak ery and, with the inmates of the home as helpers, turn out a supply of bread that will save the city at least $25,000 a year. IF YOU MOVE. If you move the coming month, it should not be necessary for you to lose a copy of The Herald. Do not send us word about changing your paper and do not depend on the post master or the mail carrier to change it for you. If not convenient for you to call at The Herald Office and tell us about it, then just write us a postal card saying: “Change my pa per from.R. F. D. No. to. R. F. D. No.” Be sure to give both your old and new post of fice and the number of your route. Ruflin-Woodard. The following announcement has been received by friends in this coun ty: “Arthur Allen Ruffin, Isadore Woodard, married Sunday, December the twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, Dunn, North Carolina. “At home, Residence Park, Wilson, North Carolina.” The bride is the charming daughter of Mrs. Ida Woodard Davis and the grand daughter of the late Captain Alexander Brown, of Johnston Coun ty. The family is well known in this county, having resided in Pine Level until they moved to Wilson about seven years ago. Mr. Ruffin is a promising young business man and holds a responsible position with the Banner Warehouse of Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Ruffin were united in marriage by Rev. J. A. Blalock at his home Sunday morning, where the bride W'as visiting his daughter, Miss Pauline Blalock. Immediately after the marriage they motored to Wilson, their future home. The Geology of Petroleum. The far-reaching importance to the United States of an adequate supply of petroleum and gasoline has long been recognized by the United States Geological Survey, which during the last tv/o years has made greater ef forts than ever before to assist in discovering and in developing new oil reserves. Brief accounts of the work accomplished, with titles of reports published or in preparation this year, describing the structure and oil pros pects in many new and undeveloped areas, especially in the Western States, in the Southwest and in the Midcontin;nt region, will be found in the record of the geologic work car ried on in the several States. Even with all the funds which, with justice to other mineral interests, could be devoted to investigations of oil and gas, it has not been found possible to extend these researches at all in pro portion to the increase in public de mand for information both as to old and to new fields. A recent editorial in the Standard Oil Bulletin states: “Time was when oil operators were strongly inclined to give little or no heed to the opinions of geologists, but that time is past.” The value of the studies of geologic structure in the dearch for oil is not only thus recog nized by the great oil companies, but most of these corporations are now recruiting corps of geologists, if they had not already had trained geologists in their employ. Naturally, the infor mation thus acquired by these corpor ations for their guidance in leasing lands and in locating exploratory drill holes is not available to the pub lic—a fact which makes more press ing the need of the landowner and of the small independent driller for all the information which the Federal or State surveys can give.—37th An nual Report, Director U. S. Geologi cal Survey, Department of the Inte rior. A few acres in corn, wheat, peas and potatoes, a cow, a few pigs and a dozen hens will help to keep down the high cost of living. '************ OUR BEST WISHES FOR YOU With the passing of the old year— with its joys and its sorrows, its good and its ill fortunes—we are moved to “strike a balance," and we find that the good has largely predominated. For this we are largely indebted to the support and encouragement of our patrons and friends. Gratefully yours, #♦ To all who have in any way contributed toward the material or moral support of our business we tender the assurance of grateful hearts. Trusting that the coming years may hold for you much that is good and as little as possible that is evil, we shall ever remain, ++ PEEDIN & PETERSON Smithfield, N. C. # « * * * * * • « » # * »■ * r t r v t t > - vmnmrsnrvwmnrwwin Thanks For Your Confidence In reviewing the events of the past twelve months, during which time we have been the people as applicants for your material and moral support, we have been forci bly impressed with the fact that all permanent success must‘rest upon a basis of confidence. That we have won your confidence we are proud to know, and for it we are grateful. For your unstinted patronage and support we can only thank you and as sure you that in the years to come we will redouble our efforts to merit the same. With the earnest hope that fortune may smile upon each and every' one of you, we beg to subscribe ourselves, Your Friend and Wrell Wisher, I N. B. Grantham B rmrir. Smilhfield, N. C. erererer eiterser ererererer ererererer erererer erererer ifiyiW| I For Past And I er ER Efi $ er ER !R ER !dR Efi er er er er er ER Eli ER ifi ER ifi Future ER ER ER ER ER ER ER ER Among the many blessings for which we have to be thankful during this glad holiday season, the confidence and support of our loyal friends and customers stands out before us as the greatest. And the fact that we have striven hard to merit this confidence in no way detracts from the pleasure of knowing that it has been accorded us. In entering upon another year of service to our com munity our earnest hope is that a kind Providence may bring to one and all its richest gifts, and that the cor dial relations heretofore existing between you and us may be materially strengthened as the months go by. Yours for a Happy and Prosperous New Year, otter Hardware <n \%T Company Smithfield, N. C. if Ef Ef if Ef Ef if u if Ef a Ef 9 if y if 9 y y Ef 9 9 if if y ERERERER EfilRERER ERERERiR ERiRERERER ERERERERER ERERERERER ERERERER VALUABLE LAND SALE. Will sell to the highest bidder for cash, my home place in Banner town ship, situated on the Raleigh and Wilmington road three miles East of Benson, containing 3 acres. Time of sale, January 11, at 12 o'clock. Place of sale, at my home. J. D. YOUNG. STOCK FOR SALE—40 SHARES OF the Capital Stock of the Roberts, Atkinson Co., of Selma, N. C. Last January dividend over 20 per cent. This is a chance for some one to buy a bargain. If interested call on or write, J. G. Roberts, Smithfield, NOTICE. The undersigned having qualifiec as Executrix on the estate of Bart ley Johnson, deceased, hereby noti ties all persons having claims agains said estate to present the same to mi duly verified on or before the 28tl day of November, 1917, or this notici will be pleaded in bar of their recov ery; and all persons indebted to saic estate will make immediate payment This the 27th day of November 1916. MATTIE JOHNSON, Executrix CREECH & POU, Attorneys. SEND US TEN CENTS AND WI will send you a copy of Turner’: North Carolina Almanac for 1917 Herald Office, Smithfield, N. C.
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