L. G. STEVENS Attorney At l^w Office Over The Herald Office, Settlement of Estates. Smithfield, N. C. El). A. HOLT Dealer in High (irade Coffins. Caskets und Burial Pobes, Princeton, - North Carolina F. Hunter Creech Cieo. Kosj Pot CREECH & POU attorneys at law Smithfield, N. C. Offices formerly occupied by Edward W. Pou. One partner will always be found in the Office. SMALL FARM FOR SALE. I offer for sale 25 acres of land, 15 acres cleared, six-room dwelling and /ood out buildings. Located in Eleva tion township, being a part of the R. A. Bprbour tract of land. For further information see or write, MALONIA BARBOUR. Four Oaks, Nr. C., Route No. 4. LET YOUR WANTS BE KNOWN. The Herald is the best medium for advertising in Johnston County. We charge only five cents per line per issue for advertisements. No adver tisement taken for less than twenty five cents. If you want to sell a cart or wagon or buggy or a horse or mule or a milk cow or anything else, advertise it in The Herald. If you want to buy anything let your wants be known through The Herald. We can do you good if you advertise with us. We have help id to sell thousands of articles. To find buyers and sellers is part of our business. Let us serve you. BEATY & LASSITER, Smithfield, N. C. TWO OF THE BEST NOVELS OF the year are "Prudence of the Par sonage," and "Prudence Says So." Price $1.25 each at The Herald Ofticc, Smithfield, N. C. 4~ World's War Summarized * Under Many Topical Heads ? * Great Drives and Battle* | of the Armies In 1916. ^ Thirteen Nations + In the Field i WEST FRONT. JANUARY. ?. G*rm?m sprang a heavy attack on a | five mile front near Tahure, tn the Champagne, on ground the French ! captured in September, 1915. FEBRUARY. 28. Germans began a heavy attack on th? Verdun salient along a 25 mile front; gains at ' some points were 3j miles deep. Giant armored French fort Douau mont, 4 mi lea from Verdun city and one of Us permanent fortifications, captured by Brandenburg Germans. 28. Germans captured 6 fortified French villages in the Verdun saltent, with 7.000 prisoners. 29. Germans had intrenched on a 12 mile front of ground captured before Ver dun. MARCH. 13. Germany's captures to date at Verdun were 36,000 prisoners, 41 cannon and 232 machine guns. 17. French repelled five German attacks at Vaux, near Verdun. 30. Germans captured Malancourt, in the Verdun area, but were repulsed at Dead Man's hill, according to French report. APRIL,. S. In an offensive on a 13 mile front at Verdun the Germans captured 500 yards of trenches on hill 295, near Dead Man's hill. No. 304. Assailants used liquid Are. MAT. 11. French line held firm and drove back Germans around Vaux. Germans claimed repulse of 2 French attacks near Dead Man s hill. JUNE. 7. Germans captured Fort Vaux. called the "key to Verdun," with its garri son of 700: also captured Rooge. in Belgium, making Verdun advance sinca June 1 nearly 2 miles wide. 21. Germans resumed vigorous attacks at Verdun on both Fides of the Meuse. SO. French recaptured Thiaumon't (held by Germans since June 23), but were driven out by nightfall. JULY. 1. French retook Thiaumout: lost it at 3 p. m. and regained it at 4:30 p. in. Concerted French and British drive be gun on the north and south banks of the Bomme river; villages and towns and even miles of trenches captured on a 25 mile front France reported 754 French town? and commune.', destroyed by war. 551 towns captured V>y Cermanx, 1B.6K houses destroy ed and 1~>,'ju4 damaged. British attack, led by Gen. Photo by American Hai;t, centered Press Association. around La Bois ,, .. selle. aiming foi Gen. Haig. b a p a u in e . French continued attacks toward Pe ronne. Allies claimed 12,000 prisoners. 4. Germans retook Fort Thiaumont. 5 Germans mi'de counterattacks on the Somme. but were repulsed; also near LuncviUc, Lorraine. Fiviu li and Brit ish were also repulsed at Hardecourt and on the La Boiseelle front. 11. Hritish attack on the Sum me covered S mile front, including La Boisseile, Contalinaison. Wood of Mametz and Trones woods. 12. British captured Co?talmaison. G prisoners. (German." captured Douaumont May 2', 131C). NOVEMBER. ] 3. French reoccupied Fort Vaux, Verdun. 13. British launched new drive on the Ancre line 5 miles wid lliSCEMUER. ti. After prolonged bombiirduieiit and suc cessive attacks at Verdun the Germans captured the summit of hill 304. WAR ON THE SEA. 'ANl'AHT. 7. Germany agreed ihat survivors on liners torpedoed would not bo sent adrift in open lion Is and that tha would pay lor lives lost on t!.ttlesliips in doubt. British loss of life about (i.(XW>: German, about 4.000. OCTOBER. K. Submarine U-C3 sank three British, one Dutch and one Norwegian ships off Nantucket shoals. All on board were saved.1 RUSSIAN FRONT. JANCART. I. Now Busslan drive in Bukowina cen tered in battle for Czernowitz. mar or !7 Russian attack checked at Dvinsk, with "enormous lorn*" to the assail ants. JUNE. 7. Russia reported that (Jen. BrusiloJTt offensive In Volhynia, Bukowina aid GalM.i had netted 4". WO prisoners. 71 guns, 101 machine guns and ?;? mor tars besides arms and equipment. Greatest Naval Battle of the War? -Land Combats Numerous, Fierce and Deadly 10. Russians ruptured Duhno, Volhynla; 33,0m) prisoners claimed In the day's lighting and ''booty In enormous quan tities " 17. After a long campaign against Cser nowltz. Austrian capital of Bukowlna. the Russians entered the city. It had changoil hands many times since 1914 JULY. 29. Russians broke Austro-Geirnan line northwest of Lutsk, forcing abandon ment of positions beyond river Stok liod. which Russians crossed. NOVEMBER. 11 AuPtro-Gernui is broke through the Russian lines in the Hallo section. '?X. Gen. liiusUoffs Russian armies began a drive southward across the Carpa thians to succor the Roumanians in Wallachia. NSPEHIBKR. 7. Russian advance across the Carpa thians southward checked by small reverses l!i Moldavia. SOUTH AND BALKAN FRONT. J ANT7 ART. 7. Allies evacuated the Galllpoli peninsu la. iea\lng to the Turks enormous plunder. Brlthiii los,n in the campaign 150.000. FRBRtTART. 15. Rufcstr.ns captured Erxerura, with 13, 000 Turks anil 3.3 guns. MARCH. 8. British attack on Tigris front repulsed by counterattack of Turks. British lost 6.000 killed and wounded. APKIl.. 1J. Austrian.'; in great force attacked Ital ian positions In the Rlezzo basin, Tren tino, and were repulsed, according to Italian report. Italians recaptured po sition on Monte Sperone, which the A'jstrlans captuied on tho 11th. 15. Russians c;:ptured Trebizond, an im portant Turkish town on the Black sea, by a land und aea attack. ZV British under (Jen. Townshend sur rendered Kut-cl-Amara, Mesopotamia, t'_> the Turks, with about 10,en's i roups croysetl I lie Dan ube above Ctr navoda. 'Ji. Austro-CJorman col um ? i of Pal kenl.ayn and I'a,.kemIAYN. liulKar- 1 urkisli (iennaa column, movln ; S' utlieast and northwest, respectively, met in Rou ir.ania G?> niilca west oi Ilvkharest. I'ECKMCEIl. 4. German (furs plielled Buk inrest. 6. Teutonic al'.ies captured l.ukharest, former capital of Houmania. 7. Gen. Sarruii's column checked by Ger mans in northern Grcece. Germans and Bulfturs won counterattacks in the Monastir scction. Teutonic allies captured lS.OlH) Roumanians in Walla chia. MISCELLANEOUS. M ARCH . 31. British orders in council sanctioned the capture of neutral ships destined for a nonbloe'.:aded port. MAY. 2t?. L'nited States demanded that England cease illegal seizurt-s of neutral mails at sea. AUGUST 3. Sit Roger Casement. alleged German ag<:nt In the Irtsh revolution. hanged Rt London. FEPYUBEK. 21. Grteks In Crete revoked a?ainnt King Constantine's rule. OCTOBEK. 18. Allien recognized t'ie (.reek rebel gov ernment NOVEMDKII 6. Germany and Austria proclaimed new kingdom of Poland. 22. Archduke Charles Francis, Austro Hungarian commander in the Held, as sumed the reins an < nipcror and kin*;. 25. Provisional (rebel) Greek H'lvernnw-nt declared war on Dul^irki DBCEilREr. 9. United States i ro'i st t<> Germany againr* deportation of |t<1g ans made public 10. New British war c?iun?il unnm" ' Tailors and Cloth'.ers Prosperous. Although weather conditions up to recently have not been favorable for the best results in the men's cloth ing trades, the consensus of reports is to the effect that results for the season to date, on the whole, have been quite satisfactory, and that the advent of low temperatures in nearly every section of the country has stim ulated demand to more than normal proportions. Many complaints have been made regarding the scarcity of certain fab rics and the rise in prices of almost all kinds of materials, but these in creases have been passed along to the consumer, whose purchasing power appears to be greater than ever be fore. Merchant tailors report that higher costs have no perceptible ef fect 011 demand, and that the finan cial position of many men who bought only moderately the two previous season# is so improved that they are ordering with great liberality. The prosperity that prevails in many quarters is reflected in a gener ally increased preference for the more expensive fabrics, and the fact that the majority of buyers realize that this is an era of high prices and pay the advances asked without undue complaint. Manufacturers and dealers in ready made clothing state that fall trade has opened up very asupiciously, in spite of somewhat unfavorable weather, and now that seasonable temperatures have appeared, demand for heavy ov ercoats and suits exceeds expecta tions in many quarters. There is a growing belief that prices of woolens, worsteds and other ma terials entering into the manufacture of men's and boys' clothing have not by any means reached their maximum, owing to the steady advances in wages at mill centers and the remarkable strength of wool, but the confidence that prevails in the future is clearly shown by the active endeavors on the part of jobbers and manufacturers to cover next season' s requirements, orders for both immediate and spring delivery being as large as producers care to accept. ? Dun's Review. Helping Boys to Be Boys. How many of the men who are tak ing such a deep interest in the boys of today recall with clear vision their own boyhood? It is necessary to do this, or their efforts are likely to be misdirected. The normal boy is not only possessed of the germ of tre mendous possibilities, as the potential man of the future, but he is also a compound of contradictions, a store house of energy, and his untutored mind is bent to experimentation as sparks fly upward. He must have an outlet, and if this is denied him one way, he will find it in another. And this is why such a movement as the Boy Scouts is of service. Here an effort has been made to unite in a practical way the training that i? useful with the opportunity for rea sonable display of animal spirits; ten dencies that might become destruc tive are turned to service, 'and the boy is helped to be a" boy while bein# taught things good for him to know when he comes to manhood. His mind and his body are brought into co-or dinated activity, he finds latent fac ulties awakened and dormant powers brought to life and development. Dis cipline of word and act trains him to control of thought and impulse, and without hindrance of natural desires he is shown how fun may be had in ways that harm none and may help many. ? Omaha Bee. More Money and Time for Brain Food. Keep preaching it, that every one hone farmer oujrht to take $5 worth of papers, every two-horse farmer $10 worth, every three-horse farmei $15 worth. Southern farmers spend $50,000,000 a year to fertilize theii lands. If we'd spend about $l,000,00c more a year to fertilize our brains would profits likely be doubled? And have you ever noticed it that the mar who is "too poor to take a paper" is not too poor to buy whiskey to stunl what God-given brain he has? Hall the money the South has spent foi whiskey would jrive a librrry and a perpetual newspaper subscription t( every home in the South. ? The Pro gressive Farmer. War's Effects on Toyniaking. In the last peace year Germany's toy trade amounted to $85,000,000, ol which more than $25,000,000 was ex port business, mostly to the United States. Since the war this figure ha; dropped nearly two-thirds. Befon the war 100,000 Germans -vere em ployed in toy-making. Iry 1913 ex ports of toys to the United States amounted to $10,000,000, the volume has now declined to less than $2,500, 000. Allies are making toys and 1,50( kinds of German toys are now be> inp manufactured in England, whih one factory in France has manufact ured $1,000,000 worth of dolls. Jap anese competition, too, in the Ameri. can market is expected. ? Indianapolis News. Sium has resumed the cultivatior of cotton, once a leading industry ir that country. He ? I always fall into conversation when I'm out anywhere! She ? And I suppose you keep it shallow, so you won't get over your head. ? Judge. H 11 11 "Say, old man, can you lend me a few dollars?" "Impossible. I've tried to several times, but you invariably look upon the amount as a Rift."- -Boston Transcript. H u n Wife ? I don't understand how you men can spend the whole evenings at the club. Hub? Then you talk an awful lot about something you don't under stand. ? Boston Transcript. 1! 11 11 Mr. Neverwed ? Does your wife treat you the same as she did before you were married? Mr. Peck ? Not exactly. Before we were married when I displeased her she refused to speak to me. ? Boston Globe. ? ?i ?i II II II Scene ? Police court during: dispute over eight-day clock. Magistrate ? I award the clock to the plaintiff. Defendant ? Then what do I get? Magistrate ? I'll give you the eight days. ? Stray Stories. If U IF Jones ? And have they fix??d the blame on any special person for that last railroad smash? Brown ? Why, the railroad officials are trying to fix the blame on James Watt for first discovering the motive power of steam! ? Life. H 11 u Teachcr ? Robert, how is it you haven't your lesson? It couldn't have been so very hard to learn. Bobby ? No, please, teachcr; it wasn't because it was so hard tc loam, but because it was so easy tc forget. ? Boston Transcript. 1IH "You once kept a cook for a wholt month, you say?" "Yes." "Remarkable; how did you man age." "We were cruising on a houseboai and she couldn't swim." ? Pittsburgh Chroniclc-Tele>graph. * ? ? Its Resemblance. "That labor union proceeds lik? clockwork." "Why, I thought it rather disorgan. ized." "But it strikes regularly." ? Balti more American. HI! The Universal Gratitude. "How thankful I am that I have s home." "Ah, yes, to shelter your deal ones." "No; to mortgage for an automo bile." ? Exchange. * * * "Do you believe that egotism an< genius go together?" "Not always. There would be ; lot more genius if they did." ? Bostoi Transcript. ? * * * Recruit ? If you was to put the lit on, you wouldn't pet so much dus in the soup. Cook ? See here, me lad, your bus iness is to serve your country. Recruit ? Yus, but not to eat it.? London Opinion. * * * Willis ? What do you think is th< significance of the confusion o tongues in the Tower of Babel inci dent. Gillis ? No doubt it was the fellow who had mortgages on it clamorinj for their interest. ? Judge. ? * * Little Willie came to his mothe with the following query: "Mother, what would you do i ! someone broke the large vase in thi , parlor?" "I would whip him," responde< i mother. After a few seconds elapsed Willie with a broad grin, said: "Well, you'd better get ready. Pap: broke it." ? London Saturday Journal Half of a Great Broadside. An attractive illustration in thi January Popular Mechanics Maga zinc gives a view on the deck of thi "Pennsylvania," showing six of th< twelve 14-inch guns composing thi dreadnuught's great broadside. Thi 1 caliber of these rifles is exceeded b; ' those on some of the newest vessel of England and Grmany, which ar 1 equipped with 15-inch guns, but be cause of the fact that this ship am its sister ship, the "Arizona," eacl possesses 12 of these powerful gun these two dreadnaughts rank amoni the most powerful of all fighting ma 1 chines afloat in respect to thei broadside. i A project has been started at Win i nipeg, Canada, for the manufactur of ,;tarch from potatoes. ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 19. 1916, my young pointer bird dog was carried away from Smithfield. He has slick and glossy hair, is white all over, except his ears, left ear and about half of right lemon color. Answers to name of "Jeff." Any information leading to his re turn will be liberally rewarded. H. M. Barnes, Smithfield, N. C. NOW IS AN IDEAL TIME TO paint and we have it ? either Lead Oil or ready prepared. Cotter Hard ware Company. SEE OUR WINDOW FILLED WITH 25-cent books. There are many choice titles in the lot. Herald Book Store. SEE OUR LINE OF STOVES AND Ranges ? we have them from $10.00 up, with all the ware. Cotter Hard ware Company. IF YOU HAVE A FARM YOU wish to sell, write Box 123, Smitfc field, N. C. TWO CARS FINE FURNITURE just arrived at Cotter Underwood Comapny's Store. It will pay you to look tefore you buy. TURNER'S NORTH CAROLINA Almanacs for 1917 now on sale at The Herald Office. Price ten cents. CAR LOAD WIRE FENCING JUST received. See us for prices that are right. Cotter Hardware Co. PELOUBET'S NOTES, TARBELL'S Notes and Torrcy's (Sunday School Lessons for 1917) now on sale at Herald Book Store. | CAR LOAD WIRE FENCING JUST received. See us for prices that are right. Cotter Hardware Co. ' IF YOU HAVE NOT ARRANGED ' for your Magazines for 1917, you may be able to save money by subscribing thz-ough The Smithfield ; Herald. SF.E OUR LINE OF STOVES AND Flanges ? we have them from $10.00 up, with all the ware. Cotter Hard t ware Company. OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT THE Herald Office at the old price of 6 cents for a big bundle; six bundlee ; lor 25 cents. PURE BRED BERKSHIRE PIGS now ready for sale. E. F. Boyett, Smithfield, N. C. THE SMITHFIELD BUILDING & Loan Association has helped a number of people to build homes. It will help others, and maybe you. r New series of shares now open. See Mr. J. J. Broadhurst. NOW IS AN IDEAL TIME TO paint and we have it ? either Lead j Oil or ready prepared. Cotter Hard ware Company. iF YOU HAVE A FARM YOU wish to uell, write Box 123, Smitb tield, N. C. IF YOU WANT A NICE BUGGY IT will pay you to see Cotter-Under wood Co. SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR LADIES' Home Journal, The Youth's Com panion, Pictorial Review and many other leading periodicals taken at The Herald Office, Smithfield, N. C. IF YOU HAVE A FARM YOU wish to sell, write Box 123, Smith field, N. C. FOR GRAFONOLAS AND COLUM bia double disc Records, call at Cotter Underwood Company's. NOW IS AN IDEAL TIME TO paint and we have it ? either Lead Oil or ready prepared. Cotter Hard ware Company. I WANT TO BUY YOUR SCRAP Iron and will pay you twenty cents per hundreds pounds for it. Bring it to me any time. A. H. Phelps. Four Oaks, N. C. IF YOU HAVE A FARM YOU wish to sell, write Box 123, Smith field, N. C. GOOD DRY PINE WOOD FOR sale. See A. G. Powell, Smithfield, N. C., Route No. 2. X FEW MORE COPIES LEFT OF "When a Man's a Man." This is Harold Bell Wright's most popular novel. It is claimed to be the best selling novel in the United States today. Price $1.35 at Herald Office. I CAN FURNISH 3 OR 4 POUNDS of butter a week. Regular customers wanted. A. G. Powell, Smithfield, N. C., Route No. 2. i- WANTED ? TO BUY SOME SHEEP, e also a few poor heifers and cows. T. S. Ragsdale, Smithfield, N. C.