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field, Johnston County, N. C., as
Second-class Matter.
CHAIRMAN N. E. EIXJEKTON.
Two weeks ago when the Y. M. C.
A. District Chairman asked Mr. N. E.
Edp< rton to take charge of the work
of r ising Johnston County's quota,
he called on one of the busiest men in
the county. Mr. Edgerton, however,
took cherge of the work and began to
organise the county for the campaign.
He h s given his time and his ener
tr; i :>nd his money to the work. He
started out to raise $3,500 and the fig
ur < available this morning show that
aim -t four thousi nd has been raised.
This [i fine showing for Johnston.
Congratulations to Mr. Edgerton.
No mr.n could have done more. He
threw bis heart and soul into the
work. He felt the grent need of this
work and he was able to put himself
into it in a way that was bound to
brinjr success. Several others gave
hi i \ tillable aid, one of whom was
Ju.l ? P. II. Brooks. Judge * Brooks
made fcveral very strong speeches in
the int< res! of the cause and contrib
uted much to the success of the un
dertaking.
Such a campaign has been of great
value to the people of Johnston Coun
ty. They have bad their sympathies
aroused and their pocket books have
been touched. It always helps one to
pive to a good cause. The money given
is not the only fruit the campaign has
borne. When the call for more funds
comes, as come it will, the people will
be more ready to respond.
SECRETARY E. J. WELLON8.
The fuel that the seventh annual
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Johnston County Fair was a success
financially will be gratifying news to
every friend of the Johnston County
Agricultural Society. For seven years
the stockholders and officers have
been working to make the Fair a suc
i
ctss in every way. So far it has not
been a money-making institution. It
was not expected to be a money mak
er for the stockholders when the en
terprise was .organized. Rut it has
been a success from the beginning. It
has been the means of bringing the
people of the county together once a
year and vie with each other in their
agricultural and stock-raising efforts
and in many other ways.
The Fair this year was the great
est success financially it has ever been.
Mr. E. J. Wellons, the Secretary and
Treasurer, began his work early and
worked strenuously for the enterprise
from the beginning. One thing he was
convinced of from the start, and that '
was that the people wanted a lively
mid-way. We may criticise these
things at a Fair as much aa we please,
yet somehow, they are what the folks
want. Mr. Wellons, realizing this, us
ed his best efforts to get as many at
tractions as he possibly could. He
? brought to the Fair the greatest ag
gregation of side-show attractions, in
cluding the ferris wheel, the merry
go-round, and the whip, that has ever
bef^i seen here. On top of these he
- Secured an aeroplanist, who did many
stunts with his machine in the air.
Then the high diver and other free at
tractions helped to entertain the
crowd.
As for the exhibits: In some instan
ces they were not as good as they
should have been. High prices and
short crops and everybody so rushed
/with business caused.the peope to pay
less attention to these things than at
some other Fairs. Rut taking it all in
all, the Fair was a .pretty good one.
There were some fakers on the
grounds that ought to have been kept
awny, but they are always on hand to
catch the unwary and others, too. The
people have been warned of them, but
they still keep on biting as long as the
bait is held out, even though they
catch nothing.
But Mr. Wellons made a success of
the Fair. He managed to take in
enough cash to pay the entire ex- ;
penscs of the Fair, and the premiums,
and about wiped out the debt which
h;i- I - en on the Fair Association. H<
went at the job in a business-like
manner and succeeded. For this he de
serves the thanks of all the stock
holders and the people generally. It
takes no little amount of work to
manage a County Fair. The Herald
hopes that Mr. Wellons will take the
job again next year and give us an
even greater Fair than he gave us this
year.
I'KKPARK WOOD FOR WINTER.
?Now that farmers are beginning to
catch up with their work some atten
tion should be given to the woodyard.
Have you a woodhouse so that you can
put awny stove wood and other sea
soned wood which should b? kept dry?
If not you should build it at once. It
need not be expensivo. At many
places a shed or part of an old out
house can be used to keep the wood'
dry. Hut the main point is to keep it
dry and seasoned for use. Plenty of
good wood should be prepared for the
, lite of the family this winter. So far
(the weather h;-s not be< n cold much,
but it is reasonable to exp ?ct bad,
I col 1 went her to set in soon, and it is
ji. lp r'.-.nt to be prepare 1 for it. ?.Icn
ar" inclined to neglect the woodpiles
as they neglect the gardens. Families
are often put to inconveniences and
' ?ine'.mt: forced to suffer for want
?of wood. If no better preparation was
;mn<ie at some places for food and
clothing than is made for wood much
would be said about it.
In m; ny good home but lit.iL atten
tion is given to the woodpile. This is
j foolish for it is no harder to get the
| wood ahead th:\n it is to get ii. when
j forced to do so. The head of every
I family should fee to it that plenty of
wood is hauled and cut up ready for
i use.
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A ItFASONAHLE DI M AM).
Wh n I was at Hot Springs, Ark.,
a few years ago, one of the things
which impressed me was the cart- with
which all kinds of eatables were kept.
It seemed that each grocer tried to
excel hi - neighbor at this point. Rice,
hominy, peas, beans, prunes, pickles,
fish and all such things were kept cov
ered. They put such goods at or ne.ar
the store fronts to show them, but
every vessel containing such goods
was covered* either with a gluss cover
or a cover made of thin mesh wire net
ting. Why arc not people everywhere
entitled to this care of wh.'t they are
going to eat ? Why should not they
demand this of their grocers ? Why
eat filth just because the grocer lenves
his goods open and exposed? If su,ch
goods are open"d and then not protec
ted by covers many of the people who
visit the stores handle the peas and
beans i.nd prunes and rice and hominy
and the flies do not fail to visit the
goods. When it comes to the pickles
and fish the files consider them their
property. I like to eat pickled fish but
I do not get them often because they
are not kept clean. I cannot buy fish
from a barrel if the brine is full of |
dead flies. I cannot eat fish after I
have seen them partly covered with
dead flies. If every customer would
follow my plan in regard to the fish,
grocers would be forced to screen
them.
1 buy from barrels just opened but
never : fter the flies have t.?.k'.n
charge of the fish. We contend with
enough filth at best, and to take when
we know about it is inexcuseable.
J. M. BEATY.
Pi-ie wood that two years ago could
be bought for from $2.00 to $2.50 a
cord, is selling this winter in most
places at $.1.50 to $1.00 per cord. The
actual worth of the wood is no greater
this winter than heretofore, but the
difficulty in getting wood cut and
hauled to market makes the difference]
in price.
A few years ago a farm in the sand
| b ill country in Moore County was soUl
I for $5,000, and the purchaser refused
? to Hake it because the old cow was
? not thrown in the bargain, so the story
goes, h rom this same farm 200 bales
of co4 ton have been sold this season.
In addition to this other supplies in
plenty have been made.
News from London says that Lloyd
George finds himself faced with the
(sharpest crisis hi his career on account
of his action in forming an interna
tional war council. The question will
come up to be discussed in the English
Parliament, and it is said that much
depends upon the attitude of the for
mer Premier, Mr. Asquith, and his
, followers. Some say that Mr. Lloyd
I George's action may possibly cause
his downfall as Premier.
LIKE AT CAMP JACKSON.
On Sept. 2lst, at C o'clock in the
afternoon I arrived at my new home
in Camp Jackson. The train stopped
;tnd I gazed across the hill at my
Uncle Sam's country home for his
American boys, and then it was when
1 wondered how long it would he my
I home, hut 1 soon realized that It was '
jimp< -aiblc for me to toll. Then after !
! bout ten or fifteen minutes we were
| taken across a big field to the Field ]
Yr:dlery Barracks :uid spent the
' night. After a comfortable night's
! deep on a bag filled with wheatstraw, j
we arose early in the morning and
spent tin day locking around at our
new soldiers' home.
After the examination we were as
signed to our companies and different
br&nchco of service, and then we be
gan to live the real life of a soldier.
We all received our mess kits find
then we wyre introduced to the Army
Beans, j>nd otl.er nice deserts.
Come on boys, this is the place to
increase your fat, and make you feel
like we c. n lick those dirty Germans,
and livj in a lnnd of peace and free
dom We must show them that they
can't own and control the entire world.
We hope and pray for success when
we < rof over to France and face the
enemy across No Man's Land. Pack
up your troubles in your old kit-bag
and smile, smii^ nmile.
If you don t think we c;in drive the
enemy back, why, just come and take
a look nt our new guns that shoot
five hundrotd times n minute r.nd get
convinced that we are not going
ae?f :;s empty handed. Uncle Sam,
he needs the infuntry, he needs the
Calvary, he need.-; artillery, ^nd then
, -vt 'II all t o to Germany. Good n'ght,
| Kaiser Hill.
i We h; e singinir schools, physical
exercises, and lots of drills and hiking,
do our own eating, an I wash cur own
dishes thr< e times a day. We have
holidays, good int resting shows, and
a number of nice places cf interest,
uch as th.' Y. M. ('. A. reading rooms
and nice music.
' ' " "" ? *' ' ? "" ! i i ^ 1 ^ii. i m Sloe
JL I1V (?; I J I J ?. ? till. riiiuuiv u u> v; umv.o
from the beautiful little city of Co
lumbia. We are accommodated with
the car line to town, which is a nice
place for lis honv-sick soldier boys
to visit to patis off the lonely hours
when we arc absent from uur dear
homes rnd loved ones, who arc longing
to see the day when we cun return
homo and say peace again with all
nations, and good will towards man.
[ We must all do our little bit to win
this srreat war.
My dour readers of The Smithfield
Herald, we all hope that you will re
member us boys all the way over
across the groat Atlantic in your
prayers that we may forgot the dan
gers that we will be exposed to, and
set our hearts and minds on God who
is able to give us victory. Ri member
we are the boys of dear old America,
and we want to continue to live under
the Rod White and Blue.
May God bless President Wilson,
that he may guide us aright.
There's a long, long, trail a-winding
Into the land of my dreams,
Where the nightingales are singing.
And the white moon beams.
There's a long, long night of waiting,
Until my dreams all come true;
Till the day when I'll be going
Down that long, long trail with you.
There's n long, long trial a-winding
Into No Man's Land in France,
Where the shrapnel shells are bursting,
Hut we must advance.
There'll be lots of drills and hiking
Before our dreams all come true,
But we'er going to show the Kaiser,
How the Dixie boys come throu. Ii.
All you readers who wish to com
fort and che er a p- or soldier boy aqd
help me to enjoy camp lify just write
me some news from dear old North
Carol ilia.
W. R. SMITH.
M. G. Co., 322nd Infantry, Camp
Jackson, Columbia, S. C.
Food Dealers to Be Taxed.
All dealers in foodstuffs subject to
license by Food Administrrtion will
do well to take an inventory at once,
because they will bo required to give
details of the condition of their busi
ness Nov. 1st, in their first reports,
which must be submitted at Washing
ton, Dec. 1st.
Forms for those reports are in the
hands of the printer and will not be
immediately available. When they are
issued they will be sent at once as a
reminder that the first report must be
made. The Food Administration
gives this general notice now, because
later many dealers might have diffi
culty in statin? just what stocV they
had on hand Nov. 1st.
The inventory, when compared with
reports of later date, will enable the
authorities to determine whether
hoarding has been practiced. Reports
arr to be made monthly and will be a
trascript of monthly business of all
I dealers. ?
WORK OF PROGRESSIVE FIRM.
The Machinery Exhibit of Roberta*
Atkin on Company.
By far the largest a nil moat expen
sive display of farm machinery and
implement* ever seen at a Johnston
County Fair was shown here at the
roeent Fair by the Roberts-Atkinson
Company, of Sclma. Many pronounc- j
c l their e xhibit here better than any- I
hijig of the kind seen at the State;
Fair. While many saw and admired ,
the many different pieces of m;. hin- I
cry ami implements, it may be inter- !
csting to note what they really had on \
exhibit here. A list follows:
Four gasoline and kerosene engines. 1
One threshing machine.
One hay press.
One grain dril.
On*? wheat and flour mill.
One corn mill and one feed mill.
One stalk cutter and one mower.
Two disc harrows and one riding
cultivator.
These several machines were kept
running most of the tinre and a great
many people saw them and were more
or less interested. It was clearly dem
onstrated that with some of these
ihings a farmer c?n do his work with
much more ease and save money in,
the Ion r run. With the corn mill and i
flour mill a man may grind his own I
meal J>nd make his own flour right at I
home.
The enterprise of this firm in mak
i his exhibit shows the progressive
pi i it of these young men. They ate
; p to date and are rapidjy buiding up
i Pne trade. Their exhibit was in
r ? of Mr. W. H. I'oolo, Jr., and
Mr. W. B. Roberts. They took a great
deal of pleasure in showing and ex
plaining c.ny of their machines to a;r
one who shoved any interest in them.
This exhibit was quite a feature of
the Fair and the management appre
ciated their efforts to give the people
a full and free demonstration of what
improved farm machinery will do on
the average farm if rightly managed.
True Worth.
True worth is being, not seeming,
In doing, each day that goes by,
Some little good ? not in the dreaming
Of great things to do by and by.
For whether men say in blindness,
And spite of the fancies of youth,
There's nothing so kingly as kindness,
And nothing so royal as truth.
? Phoebe Cary.
Wli n yr.u have a s\ stematic saving p'an in ope
ration you arc not worried
When Sickness Co?~nes
suddenly into the family circle; yju don't have
to worry about
How t> Pay the Bills.
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How different when you have lived up to the
limit of your income While well, st urt that bank
account today.
E.; : ... : i
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OVER THE TOP, by Arthur Guy Empey.
ANNE'S HOUSE OF DREAMS, bv L. M. Montgomery. -
FANNY HERSELF, by Edna Ferber.
IN HAPPY VALLEY, bv John Fox, Jr.
WE CAN'T HAVE EVERYTHING, by Rupert Hughes.
LONG LIVE THE KING, bv Marv Roberts Rinehart.
THE DWELLING PLAGE OF LIGHT,* by Winston
Churchill.
CALVARY ALLEY, by Alice Hegan Rice.
WHEN DADDY WAS A ROY, by Thomas Wood Parry.
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