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THE GATES EDUCATIONAL HILL. Would Have the Parties In County Alternate In Naming of School Hoards. New Hill to Solve Knotty Problem Provides for Appointment by Governor. "Open Formula" Bill to he Fought Out in House. Consti tutional Convention Proposed b> Stubbs. Pender Free Range Hill Remains Dead. (Wilmington Star.) Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 2(i. ? Senator Oates introduced a bill today designed to solve the knotty problem of meet ing the demand of so many counties to elect their boards of education. It would have the majority party in the State nominate in all the counties in 1U18 and the minority party in each county in li)20 and the majority par ty in the State again for each coun ty in the next biennial election. These nominees would all be ap pointed by the Governor under the bill. In this way the people would nominate and the Governor appoint and the minority party would have representation in their counties, but the dominant factor on all boards would be Democratic as long as the State is Democratic. Senator Oates is chairman of the committee on education and this is the bill that the administration will hold out for, if the bill for a State commission to appoint should fail. Representative Bowman offered in the House a bill to furnish farmers phosphate rock at cost. The Roberts bill for municipal wo man suffrage was made a special or der for February 6. There was long discussion of tne Hoyle bill for mercy recommendations in jury verdicts for murder that would permit life imprisonment, but it went over to another day. The joint committee on health hav ing voted for an unfavorable report on the State Board of Health bill for "open formula" on the labels of pro prietary medicines, for which there was a most strenuous hearing some days ago, and then decided to return it in the House without prejudices." Representative Page today served no tice on the House that he would claim the right to submit a minority report in support of the measure, pre ferring to bring up the fight on the floor in this way. No date has been set for the argument and vote on passage. Representative Harry Stubbs, who has offered a "constitutional conven tion" bill in at least three sessions past, turned in such a measure for this Legislature today. It would have delegates to a constitutional conven tion elected at the next State elec tion and he would bar all discussion of prohibition from the convention if called. To Adopt Cranmer Hill. The joint committee on pensions has decided to adopt the pension bill of Senator Cranmer as the basis for the pension legislation that the joint committee will recommend. This bill provides for increased pension on the basis of advancing the fourth class from $32 to $45, with the other classes increased in proportion. Both houses now have duplicate bills through Senator Scales and Rep resentative Dalton for creating a board of three examiners to examine applicants for law licenses, the exam iners to pass on the examination pa pers and the Supreme Court to issue the licenses as at present. President Brooks, of the bar association, said this evening that he feels sure the bill will pass. No committee hearing is vet set. ? V ? ? The Senate voted down the Pender Counuty free range bill today when it came up on a minority favorable report signed only by Senator Bur nett, of Pender. He made a stand for the measure on the floor, speaking strenuously in its favor, but "the cards were stacked" against him in the conviction of senators that the free range is a menace to the cattle and hog industry and that Pender is not an exception to this rule. Judiciary committee No. 1 gave a hearing this afternoon to a bill de signed to give any citizen in the State a right to appeal from a ruling of the Corporation Commission and vot ed more than two to one against the measure. It was denominated an ef fort to write into law the dissenting opinion of Chief Justice Clark of the Supreme Court in the noted Anson case growing out of the contest over the passenger station of the Winston Salem Southbound, the commission ruling for the location the railroad company insisted was necessary and the Supreme Court holding that the party desiring to appeal having no more interest in the case than any other citizen. Tisn't the years of a man's life that matter, but the manner of living them. The length of the thread is no part of our labor ? only the spinning of it. ? Eden Phillpotts. Impatient people, according to Ba con, are like the bees, and kill them selves in stinging others. ? George Eliot. RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL. '.Measure Passes House and Appropri ates $38,000,000 for Old and New Projects. Various Amendments Were .Made to the Original Meas ure. Washington, Jan. 26. ? The annual rivers and harbors appropriation bill carrying $38,000,000, including more than $10,000,000 for new projects, was passed by the House today by a vote of 221 to 131. It now goes to the Senate. The House increased the appropria tion for Norfolk harbor from $270,000 to $.'>00,000 and retained as acontinu ing project $1,425,000 for deepening the channels leading to the harbor ai | Tampa, Kla., to 27 feet, $300,000 of the amount being made available in this bill. The President, although opposing the proposed public buildings bill now awaiting action in the Senate, has expressed his approval of the river and harbors measure in so far as appropriations for existing pre jects is concerned. The House struck out a provision to create a commission of cabinet of ficers and members of the Senate and House committees to investigate river and harbor improvement, drainage, reclamation, irrigation and flood con trol problems, with a view to recom mending to Congress next December plans for co-ordinating all such activ ities. This plan, favored by the President, was eliminated on a point of order af ter a lively parliamentary fight; but another flood control bill is pending in the House. The vote by which the bill passed was not along party lines. GOOSE LAII) K(i(;S FOR 17 YEARS Indiana Fowl Sets Admirable Exam ple for Lazy lltns. Henry Ulman has not the goose that laid the golden egg, but he says he has the grandmother of the goose family in Spencer County, now 21 years old. The goose has a record of having produced eggs for its owner for sev enteen years, retiring from active duty two years ago. ? Rockford (Ind.) Dispatch to Indianapolis News. Wife's Hypocrisy. "I am just rinsing out a few things that I was afraid for the girl to do," says the wife, when a neighbor catch es her doing the week's washing in the bathtub. ? Forth Worth Star-Tele gram. PRUDENCE Points the Way to Prosperity PRUDENCE Is the Crown of Common Sense Prefer PRUDENCE To Folly All the Virtues Range Themselves On the Side of PRUDENCE If You Seek Pleasure Read PRUDENCE PRUDENCE Makes the Heart Glad BIG WARSHIP ADDED TO FLEET. Supt-rdreadnaught Missippi, the Third War Craft to Bear That Nam**, is Launched. Daniels Chief Speaker. Something About the Great Enjoin? tf War. The great red-coated hull of the superdreadnaught Mississippi on Thursday was moored to a pier at the plant of the Newport News Shipbuild ing and Drydock Company at New port News, says a newspaper dispatch from Newport News, Va. The battle ship, the third American man-of-war to bear her name, was launched there Thursday before a distinguished com pany, including Secretary of the Navy Daniels, Senator Vardaman, most of the Mississippi delegation in the House of Representatives and rank ing naval officers and other guests. As the hull began its journey down the ways to the waters of the James river where the second Mississippi was christened as a part of the fleet of the Grecian government three years ago, Miss Camile McBeath, of Meridian, Miss., daughter of the Dem ocratic committeeman from that State, broke the traditional bottle of champagne across the battleship's steel prow. Secretary of the Navy Daniels was the principal speaker of the luncheon tendered the sponsor by the builders at Old Point Comfort. Mr. Daniels pointed out that the first Mississippi bore Commodore Perry across the Pa cific to Japan for the opening of the commerce of that country to America and the world and that also it was upon the decks of this ship that Lieu tenant Geo. Dewey first earned fame when the Mississippi helped Farragut pass the forts below New Orleans and later ran the formidable Confeder ate ram Manassas aground and fin ished her with a couple of broad sides. The first Mississippi career was ended, the Secretary said, when she went aground ofter the bold attack on Fort Hudson and was blown up. Lieu tenant Dewey was commended for his bravery and gallantry upon this oc casion, the Secretary said. The United States battleship Miss issippi, launched January 25 at New port News, Va., will be even a larger ship than the Pennsylvania, the new flagship of the Atlantic fleet. She will have for sister ships the Idaho and New Mexico. The old Mississippi and Idaho were sold to Greece a few years ago. The Mississippi's dimensions are as follows: Length over all, 624 feet. Beam, extreme, 97 feet 2 1-2 inches. Draft, 28 feet 6 inches. Displacement, 32,000 tons. Horsepower, 32,000. Speed, 21 knots. She will have powerful armament, consisting of the following guns: Twelve 14-inch breechloading rifles. Twenty-two 5-inch breechloading rifles. Four 3-inch anti-aircraft guns. Four submerged torpedo tubes. The fourteen-inch guns are mount ed in four turrets, three in each tur ret. The weight of metal thrown at a broadside of the twelve 14-inch guns is approximately 17,000 pounds, and the amount of powder used in each broadside is 4,800 pounds. The ship will be driven by four propellers, one on each of four shafts. Nine boilers of standard type will furnish steam for the six main tur bines. These turbines are of the Cur tis type, and four of the six weigh approximately 160 tons each. In the building of these turbines approxi mately half a million packing pieces are separately installed one at a time. These blades, if placed end to end would cover thirty-eight and a half miles. The only fuel on board ship will be oil. No coal will be burned. This battleship, if it could be trans ported to a city street, would cover more than three blocks, filling the thoroughfare completely from side to side to the roofs of five-story build ings, with the military masts tower ing 100 feet still farther in the air, or if stood on end alongside the Wash ington monument with stern on the ground the bow would tower sixty nine feet above the top of that mon ument. A. and M.'s New Descriptive Circular. The A. and M. College has lately issued a 64-page circular containing a number of good illustrations of buildings and interiors. These pic tures arc well selected and well exe cuted. The text covers the points which usually concern prospective students, including entrance require ments, curricula, rules of government, self-help, rooms, and expense. Young men who are inclined to seek techni cal training for life should write for copies to the Registrar. West Raleigh. N. C. "Take whatever comes, whether of joy or sorrow," says The Toledo Blade. What else can you take, any way, these high cost days? ? Cincin nati Tribune. *************************** * BUSINESS LOCALS * '? * ****** CAB LOAD WIBE FENCING JUST received. See us for prices that art- rijrht. Cotter Hardware Co. VOL CAN GET SALT FOB YOUR mi at from the store of Floyd C. j Price, I'ine Level, N. C. EGGS FOB HATCHING? 13 FOB $1 fi m the best pen of Rhode Island R. is in the County. Will have to ; have two weeks notice. T. S. Rags dale, Smithfield, N. C. CAR LOAD WIRE FENCING JUST received. See us for prices that are right. Cotter Hardware Co. 200 TONS OF 7l/i PER CENT Cotton Seed Meal at $ l.'i.50 ; per ton ? Cash. Austin-Ste phenson Co., Smithfield, N. C. A CAR LOAD OF ONE AND TWO horse wagons just arrived at Cot ter-Underwood Company's, Smith field, N. C. SEED COTTON? DON'T LET YOUR cotton waste in the fields. It is ea sier saved than made. We pay highest market prices for seed cot ton. ANY KIND. Farmers Mer cantile Co., Selma, N. C. GUANO FOR YOUR PLANT BEDS at Cotter-Underwood Co., Smith field, N. C. THE SMITHFIELD BUILDING & Loan Association has helped a number of people to build homes. It will help others, and maybe you. New series of shares now open. See Mr. J. J. Broadhurst. FOR SALE? SEVERAL GOOD second hand mules. John T. Cole, Four Oaks, N. C. SEE OUR LINE OF STOVES AND Ranges ? we have them from $10.00 up, with all the ware. Cotter Hard ware Company. WANTED A GOOD FARM HAND? One with family preferred. Leon ard H. Stephenson, Benson, N. C., R. F. D. No. 4. YOU CAN GET YOUR TOBACCO canvass and some Plant Food Fer tilizers for your tobacco beds from Floyd C. Price, Pine Level, N. C. WE HAVE TOBACCO BED CAN vass. Austin-Stephenson Company, Smithficld, N. C. IF YOU WANT TO BUY A NICE mule cheap, see Cotter-Underwood Co., Smithfield, N. C. NOW IS AN IDEAL TIME TO paint and we have it ? either Lead Oil or ready prepared. Cotter Hard ware Company. LET US PRINT THEM? THE UP to-cfcite business man would not think of writing his business letters on plain stationery. Neither should the live wide-awake farmer. Name your farm and then come to The Herald Office and let us print you some nice note heads and envelopes. You will then take a greater pride in your farm. CANVASS FOR TOBACCO BEDS. Austin-Stephenson Co., Smithfield, N. C. IF YOU HAVE NOT ARRANGED for your Magazines for 1917, you may be able to save money by subscribing through The Smithfield Herald. 20 TONS OF 7'/2 PER CENT Cotton Seed Meal at $43.50 per ton ? Cash. Austin-Ste phenson Co., Smithfield, N. C. SEND US TEN CENTS AND WE will send you a copy of Turner's North Carolina Almanac for 1917. Herald Office, Smithfield, N. C. IF YOU HAVE A FARM YOU wish to sell, write Box 123, Smith field, 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 Office, Smithfield, N. C. A 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. YOU MAY HAVE AN ALMANAC, hut you need a North Carolina Al manac which is better. Y'ou should buy a Turner's ? worth 10 cents. Beaty & Lassiter, Smithfield, N. C. FOR RENT. The William Stancil farm in Wild ers township near Archer Lodge. Good buildings and orchard. One-horse crop. Apply to, W. L. STANCIL. Selma, N. C. but the RayoLamp will help you to read for hours without a strain. Steadier than gas? more restful than elec tricity ? cheaper than either. No troublesome lamp-shade or chimney to remove when lighting. Clean ? Steady ? Portable Use Aladdin Security Oil ? the most ?co nomical kerosene oil? for best results. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey) BALTIMORE, MD. Washington, D. C. Norfolk, Va. Richmond, Va. Charlotte, N C. Charleston, W. Va. Charleston, S. C. I 1 ^nother Lot Bibks We have just received a new lot of Bibles and Testa ments. Bibles from 35 cents up to $3.00. Testaments from 10 cents up to $1.00. Large Type Edition Testament and Psalms for 50 and 75 cents. Herald Office Smithfield, N. C. INAUGURATION j 1 ? 4 President Woodrow Wilson \ Washington, D. C. A d Monday, March 5th, 1917 $10 Round Trip VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY From Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Burlington, and !j all intermediate points to Greensboro. *? $10.65 from (ioldsboro; $10.70 from Selma Round trip tickets for this occasion will be on sale ; March 1, 2, 3, 4, and for trains scheduled to arrive Wash- ; ington by noon March 5th. Tickets will be limited return- ? ing to reach original starting point by midnight of March ! 10th, 1917, or by depositing ticket in Washington and ; paying a fee of $1.00 final limit will be extended to April ? 10th, 1917. : Special Pullman Sleeping Cars will be operated from ; Raleigh and Durham, and from all points for special ; parties of twenty-five or more. For sleeping car reservations, and complete informa- ] tion, ask Southern Railway Agents, or address, ; J. O. JONES, Traveling Passenger Agent, Raleigh, N. C. m Furniture Talks PEOPLE TAIK ABOUT IT, TOO We unhesitatingly assert that our line of Furniture is 1 the most complete and up-to-the-hour that has ever 3 been displayed in this market. ]j WE FURNISH YOUR HOME COMPLETE. We invite ; you to come in and MAKE us prove our assertion. But ? when you see our line of goods you will have all the proof ! you want. NEED ANY OF THESE? Bed Room Suits, Easy ; Rockers, Living Room Sets, Dining Room Sets, Kitchen . Furniture, Chiffonieres, Library Sets, Iron Bedsteads. i HUNDREDS OF OTHER ARTICLES, useful and orna- ; mental. It is to YOUR interest to become a customer. Cotter-Underwood Co. Smithfield, N. C.
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