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? -ond-clnss Matter.
FOR MORE HOTS.
The importance of raising more
hogs is being brought home to the
people of this section as never before,
There is an insistent call for the
farmers to increase their pork pro
duction this year at least ten per cent
The estimated number of hogs in
Johnston County in 1917 was 44,029.
To meet the increase of 10 per cent
Johnston County farmers must raise
4,403 more hogs in 1918 than in 1917.
Our farmers can meet this demand
and we believe they will. Raising
more hogs is one way of standing by
the Government.
THE PROHIBITION AMENDMENT.
The first State Legislature to ratify
the Prohibition Amendment to the
Federal Constitution was the State of
Mississippi, then followed Kentucky
and Virginia.
In making the announcement of the
action of Mississippi in the National
Congress, Senator James K. Vardman
said :
"If I may be permitted a personal
reference, I will say that the first
vote I ever cast was against the open
saloon in my State. It was at a time
when prohibition was unpopular and
the indulgence in intoxicating liquors
\v:?s rather a common custom. The
average toddy-drinking Democrat
looked with suspicion upon any man
who dared to antagonize the liquor
Interests Th saloon in those days
was a poter ' factor in politics, and
the person wh undertook to interfere
with prosecjit ;'i of that nefarious
business was often denounced as a
fanatic, a pur 'a- il crank, and one
who would put t e shackles of intel
lectual servitude and the straight
j.icket of political proscription upon
the free-born American citizen. * * *
"That, the State of Mississippi
should be the first of all the States
to act on this r atter is very gratify
ing to mo. I :ongratulate the Nation,
I congratulate tie Legislature of Mis
sissippi, I rejoi e with the people of
Mississippi and throughout the entire
Republic upon the action of the legis
lature in this behalf. May Missis
sippi's lead be followed with celerity
by the oth ? * Gorvicnwealths of the
Nation."
WOMA SUFFRAGE PROGRESS.
There are many folks opposed to
woman ..uffn i ut the signs of the
tinrii-;, point to t le fact that the coun
try is frying t) soo- allow the women
to vole in e/ery State. There has
been a great .hange on this question
since it. was before the National
House of Representatives in 1915.
Then tho vote stood 174 ayes, and 204
noes In 1918 the vote stood 274 ayes,
and l.r?6 noes. In. 1915 the South gave
23 affirmative votes. In 1918 the votes
in favor of ne proposition, from the
South numb 'red 4?. Arkansas voted
solidly in fa, or, Missouri, 14 to 1, and
Kentucky 7 to 4.
The ' v. ?Ive States outside of those
where equa suffrage prevails which
gavj a solid favorable vote were
Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota,
Nfbraska, New Hampshire, New
Mexico, North and South Dakota,
Oklahoma, Rhode Inland and West
Virginia. Iowa and Michigan cast
only one negat:ve rote each. Six
State.' vited solidly in opposition ?
Delaware, South Carolina, Georgia.
Alabama, Mi'siss ir: and Louisiana
? 4C voter;
!\The Virf'? er B. r>au says snow or
rain JHiesday, slightly w; rmer V/ed
BfMi.ny, \ V
HONORING LEE.
Governor BFekett, in a speech
which he delivered on the war at
Luniberton Saturday,, took occasion to
pay plowing tribute to the memory of
Robert E. Lee whose birthday anni
versary was Saturday, when he told
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[the young men that the best way to
honor I^ee was not to praise him but
to follow in his footsteps. If the
young men now entering the war
<*ould have the enthusiasm and the
izeal for independence which charac
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ierized Lee, it might make -shorter
workv of the' Kaiser. Let" this soldier
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of soldiers whose light has shown for
half a century, be a beacon light to ^
our young men of the South today,
leading them on to as brave a fight
as he put up in a cause, which, to him,
was glorious.
With a heatless Monday, a meatless
Tuesday and a wheatlcss Wednesday,
the nation is planning to make all the
days defeatless ones jn the near fu
ture.
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ThP news from the congested
centers is encouraging to the National
Fuel Administrator. If all our ships
can get loaded with coal through the t
so-called drastic order of Dr. Garfield, |
his order will prove a success.
There it one big Republican in this .
country who is doing his utmost to ^
keep the people sttfnding with the .
Administration in its war aims and
measures. That man is former Presi
dent Taft. Mr. Taft is first of all an (
American. He stands for America at j
all times and fights and talks for i
America. He will within the next few |
days visit some of the Southern army |
camps and make talks to the men on '
"The Groat War." He will be at j
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Camp Jackson January 30 and 31st.
His trip which will cover twelve out1
of sixteen of .the war cantonments
apd has been arranged under the j
auspicies of the Y. M. C. A. War(
Council.
Our Fabulous Resources.
The total wealth* of the United
States is placed at two hundred and
fifty billion dollars, with a yearly in
come of $50,000,000,000.
We own as much wealth as England
and Germany combined.
The total wealth of the United
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States today is as great as that of .
the entire world in the days of Wash- '
ington.
We produce more wheat than nny
oth?r country in the world.
We prrduce two-thirds of the
world's cotton.
Moro than three-fourths of the '
world's corn is produced in America. '
One-third of the world's wool sup- '
ply is produced in the United States.
The United States has more miles
of steam railroads than all of Europe
combined. *
We turn out in a year as much
steel as England, Germany and
France combined.
We produce 05 per cent of the
world's oil supply.
Sixty per cent of the world's sup
ply of copper is mined in the United
States.
Our Navy All Right.
Out from the fusillade of the Sen- ,
ate investigating committee the Navy
has come with colors flying. It is
praised enthusiastically, and is dis
closed as having been ready from the
first drop of the hat by Germany, and
before. This is fine. And some may
take it as a slap at the War Depart
ment, despite the fact the committee
came to see the enormous task of tak
ing a few garrisons of men and con
stituting an army fully equipped and
a considerable number of units of it
transported beyond seas all within
nine months.
No onv should lose sight of the fact
that the Navy has been upbuilding
since President Arthur if the clainr
for him is correct ? laid the foundation
of the new American Navy. One must
not lose sight of the fact that the
United States Navy was already one
of the best in the world. One must
not forget that it is the frontier line
of t^e nation at all times. So, with
out subtracting frcm the praise given
the Navy, in actual accomplishment
under the conditions, the Army has
done equally well. Hats o(T to Secre
tary Baker, despite the carpers!
The Navy may win the war. No one
believes it will do so. The Army h*s
to win the war, and they are the
truest patriots who do not descend to
quibbles, but keep the flag of the mcst
wonderful army for the perioi of its
creation ever the world has seen fly
ing proudly. ? Baltimore Amcric.n.
This Way to Victory.
News dispatches convey the infor
mation that "England has been place d
on a ration basis." From the same
source we learn that "the food situ
ation of the Allies is most critical."
Offu ml statistics of crop inventories
in England, Erance anil Italy are
given in support of these unfortunate
facts. Here at home meatless, wheat
less and sweetless days follow each
other, while variety of food grows
less, food control grows more rigorous
and the day of general privation ap
parently grows nearer.
We have long insisted that rations
rather than munitions must win this
fight. On all sides we now hear the
acclamation that the American far
mer must save the day. More food
crops is the cry, and without them
victory is a long way off if not im
possible. Yet there are fewer farmers
in the country than when we entered
the war. The national army is filled
with conscripted farm boys, while the
abnormal demand for labor of all
kinds has woefully reduced our na
tional far man-power. #
We are told that the farm must be
come motorized, that the farm horse
must become a war horso and the
tractor take his forme* place in front
of plow and harvester. The horseless
farm is already here, but is a long
\^iy from being the average farm.
It is impossible that the increased
crops demanded and indispensable to
our cause shall come from increased
acreage. Increased yields per acre
offer the only possible solution to the
problem. How? By better farming
? by the "making of two blades of
grass grow where but ojie grew be
fore." Better preparation, better
seed, better cultivation, better har
vesting, but more and most particu
larly better fertilizing are indispen
sable to full success. It is to this
latter part of the program that we
wish to direct a few thoughts.
We are fighting Germans. The
most signal and effective victories in
history have been won by turning
their own weapons against the enemy.
Germany attempted to starve the
Allies. She counted heavily on her
average yield of 31 bushels of wheat
per acre against our 14 and the 20
bushels of France.
Germany is the heaviest consumer
of commercial fertilizers per acre in
the world. Her yields and her confi
dence were based on this fact and its
results.
More and better fertilizing of
crops will do more to win battles than
any other one thing the American
army in Jcan3 can do for that other
American army in Khaki.
We are not now discussing systems,
theory cr practice of farming. We
are face to face with the revolutioniz
ing fact of war. We do not forget the
value, importance of ultimate neces
sity of more live stock, more legumes
or better cultural methods. What we
aim at, however, is not the permanent
improvement of our agriculture, but
immediate results. Larger yields of
food crops for th4^ year 1918 is the
issue. All other considerations are of
secondary importance. Kind of ferti
lizer, composition method and quanity
of application are mete incidents.
Accepting the correctness of these
facts and conclusions three other facts
are of the utmost, practical impor
tance. First: Fertilizer stocks of all
kinds are unprecedently low. Potash is
our of reckoning. Nitrates are in such
demand for munition making as to
be in very limited supply. The war
has even greatly curtailed the produc
tion of acid phosphate. The inevitable
result will be that fertilizer manufac
turers will not be able to supply the
sure increased demand. There will
not be fertilizers enough to go around.
Get yours. Second: The whole trans
portation system of the country is so
disorganized and congested by war
traffic that even government control
cannot possibly insure quick de
liveries. Third: Full carloads ? the
maximum load of forty tons- ? will
take precedence over smaller ship
ments.
Orders will be filled in the order re
< oived ? first come, first served. Large
shipments will move faster than small
ones.
Business sense and patriotic duty
both urge that fertilizers be ordered
now and that individual orders be
united for large shipments. All crops
are now prof.table. More crops mean
more profit ? and Victory.- Southern
Ruralist.
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Save Them.
Little bits of bacon,
Little prains of wheat,
Giv? a soldier's body
Energy and heat.
? Food Administrator.
The Real Sort.
He ? Yea don't think I am lacking
in patriotism in not poinff to the war,
do yo?.. Miss Ella?
She ? No; I think you are real pa
triotic. They tell mo they want to
make a s!vnv',.i - v.it> our briirM 1 ys
over there. ? Baltimore American.
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m SOME SCHOOL NOTES. *
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* By Supt. L. T. Royall. *
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The schools that have not already
had their North Carolina Day Pro- 1
gram are asked to have it on Febru
ary 2^nd.
The following are the Supplemen
tary Books to be used through the
grades this term:
First Grade ? "Child's World Bord
er" and "Fih?t Journeys in Number
land."
Second Grade ? "Child's World's
Reader" artd "First Journeys in Num
berland."
Third Grade? "Child's World Read- 1
er" and Fryes' Home Geography."
Fourth Grade ? "Farm Life Read- 1
er" or "Child's World Reader" and
Connor's "Makers of North Carolina." j
Sixth Grade ? "Carpenter's Geogra
phical Reader," Parallel Rending,
"Stories of Thrift for Your.g Amer
icans," Brown's "In the Days of
Giants."
Seventh Grade ? Carpenter's Geo
graphical Reader and Brooks' "Story
of Cotton," Parallel Reading, Irving's
"Rip Van Winkle," Cook's "Story of
Ulysses," and McMurry's "Robinson
Crusoe." ?
We are asking that the teachers in
troduce the pupils' reading circle in
their schools. The purpose of this
Reading Circle is to secure the care
ful reading of a number of good books
at an age when the tastes and hr.bits
of the children are forming. The
teachers are asked to make out a list
of twenty books from their library
and send in to the office for approval.
At the close of this school term a
certificate will be given to every boy
and girl who satisfies his teacher that
he or she has read six books of the
approved list. The teacher must give
some form of oral test to each child
so as to determine whether or not he
or she has read the book intelligently.
If there is no lilTrary in your school
secure $10 for one by a box party or
entertainment. The County and State
will each give $10 and in this way you
can secur ? a $30 library.
Saturday, 26th, is the day ap
pointed for those who have emer
gency certificates to come to Smith
field and take examination on the fol
lowing books: "Teaching in Rural
Schools," by .Woofter, published by
Houghton Mifflin Co. " Reading In
Primary Grades," by Frances Jenkins,
published by Houghton Mifflin Com
pany.
Smith field Observes Fuel Order.
Smithfield tried to observe the Fuel
Administrator's order to the letter
yesterday. None of the dry goods
slores were open and the grocery
stores were closed at noon. The day
was so cold that none of the stores
could keep opeiT without fire, so they
shut lip and patriotically observed
l>r. Garfield's order. The Herald Of
fice kept open in order to get out to
day's paper. ^ Our power is hydro
electric, so we could continue to run
without the use of coal. The Ivan- .
hoe Cotto^ Mills ran right on under
the construction put on the order by
the State Fuel Administrator.
ETHEL HUESTON, NOVELEST.
Ethel Hucston (now Mrs. Edward
J. Best, the wife of a lieutenant in
the Engineer corps, U. S. A.), author
of the very popular "Prudence" sto
ries, is a native of Iowa. She is the
daughter of Rev. Mr. Powelson, a
Alethodist minister, and grew from
babyhood to young womanhood in
Mt. Pleasant and Burlington. She
married Rev. William Hueston, but
within a year he was stricken with
tuberculosis -ind as a consequencc the
life of Mr.-.. Hueston became a strug
gle to make both ends meet. Out of
this came "Prudence of the Parson
age," her first tale.
It made an instant hit both in
America and England, perhaps be
cause it breathes the spirit of the au
thor's own life. So, too, is the char
acter of " Prudence Says So," her
second novel. Both stories were writ
ten with the sincerity that comes only
from the heart. In short, the heroine
in both tales is the soul cf Ethel
Hueston bared to the readers.
The author celebrated the comple
ticn of hen latest story by marrying
Lieutenant Best, who, after a month
of honeymooning, was sent to France
with his unit. ? Selected.
JUST RECEIVED AT COTTER-UN
derwood Company's a car load of
Red Rust Proof seed oats.
SEE rs FOR ASPHALT ROOFING
and proslate shingles. Cotter
Hardware Co.
SEE US FOR POT'!. THY NETTING
and goo-c fence. Cotter Hardware
C v.^any.
SI E US BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR
farm implements and harness.
Smith field Hardware Company.
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FOR A BIG FAMILY BIBLE, CALL
at The Herald Office, where you can
get a nice one for $3.50. Big type
po thr.t old people can read.
CALL AT THE HERALD OFFICE
and get your 1918 Turner's North
each. By mail 12 Cents.
"POINTS FOR EMPHASIS," ON S.
S. Lessons for 1918. A nice little
commentary by Hight C. Moore, D.
D. Price 25 cents. Herald . Office,
Smithfield.
LOST ON ROAD? ACCOUNT Book j
J. R. Watkins* Medicine Co. Name
in it. Finder will receive liberal re
ward by returning to H. L. Graves,
Jr., Smithfield, N. C.
FARMERS WHO HAVE SEED
peas and Soy Beans for sale can
find a ready market by inserting a
little r.d in The Smithfield Herald.
Price one cent a word each inser
tion.
FARM MULES? WE HAVE SEV
eral good farm mules for sale, and
can save you money. Farmers
Mercantile Co., Selma, N. C.
SEE US FOR POULTRY NETTING
and goose fence. Cotter Hardware
Company.
THERE IS A GREAT DEMAND FOR
good milch cows. The owner who
has good cows for sale will find a
quick sale by putting a little ad in
this paper. Try one and note the
results. *
A RED JEUSY GILT SOW, WEIGHT
75 to 90 lbs., got out of my pasture
Thursday, January 17, droop rars,
Fresh marked, swalloV ? fork and
half moon over right car. Return
some to Jacob Hood, on Smithfield
and Selma Road, and receiver re
ward.
WE SELL THE NEW WAY AIR
Cooled Gasoline Engine. Cotter
Hardware Company, Smithfield.
JUST RECEIVED BIG LOT CAN
vas cloth for tobacco beds. Cotter
Underwood Company.
IF YOU WANT CEMENT SEE THE ;
Smithfield Hardware Company.
ONE FORD CAR FOR SAL. SEE E. j
F. Boyett, Smithfield, N. C.
FOR SALE: COW PEAS. WHIP- j
poorwills $8.65; Brabhams $3.75;
Clays and Irons $3.75, and mixed
$3.60 a bushel. Send us your orders
before market advances. Hart and
Howell, Fayetteville, N. C.
WE SELL THE NEW WAY AIR
Cooled Gasoline Engine. Cotter
Hardware Company, Smithfield.
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SHINGLES. SHINGLES.
We have two car loads shingles. See
us before buying. Four Oaks Hard
ware and Grocery Company.
SHINGLES AND LATHS FOR
sale. I have a car of each. W. M.
Sanders, Smithfield, N. C.
WE SELL THE NEW WAY AIR
Cooled Gasoline Engine. Cotter
Hardware Company, Smithfield.
SHINGLES AND LATHS FOR
sale. I have a car of oach. W. M.
Sanders, Smithfield, N. C.
TWO CAR LOADS OF ASPHALT
roofing just received. Cotter Hard
ware Company, Smithficld, N. C.
THREE HUNDRED TONS BEST
grade fertilizers now in warehouse.
Cotter-Underwood Co., Smithfield,
N. C.
GOOD HORSE FOR SALE. ?TEN
years old. Price $200. Guaranteed
to work anywhere he is put. Come
or write me. L. E. Godwin, Pine
Level, N. C.
STALK CUTTERS ? WE HAVE
several Stalk Cutters bought before
the advance. See us before you buy
and we will save you money. Far
mers Merchantile Co., Selma, N. C.
BUY YOUR ACID AND COTTON
seed meal from the Cotter-Under
wood Company, Smithfield. Full
supply now cn hand.
FOR SALE? NEW FORD CAR?
. has run only about 200 miles, fully
equipped with Lumper, shock absorb
ers, foot feed and cut-out. ? Grahum
Smith, Smithfield, N. C.
SEE IS FOR POULTRY NETTING
and gopse fence. Cotter Hardware
Company.
WE HAVE ON HAND A FEW GOOD
mules and horses for sale. Cotter
Underwood Company.
TWO CAR LOADS OF ASPHALT
roofing just received. Cotter Hard
ware Company, Smithfield, N. C.
RED DOG, MILL FEED, WHEAT
Brand, Soya Bean Meal, Beet Pulp,
Dairy Feed, Cotton Seed Feed, Cot
ton Seed Meal, Cotton Seed Hulls,
Feed Oats, Burt and Appier Seed
Oats on hand at the Farmers Mer
cantile Co., Selma, N. C.
SEED COTTON ? DON'T LEAVE
your cotton in the field. Money
saved in picking scattered cotton.
Highest prices paid for seed cotton
by Farmers Mercantile Co., Selma,
N. C. N
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CAR
of Muriate of Potash. Come quick
if you want any. Cottcr-Under
wood Company.
FOR RENT? ONE GOOD 2-HORSE
farm on halves, good five-room
house and out buildings. Good for
cotton, tobacco, corn, etc. ? C. T.
Eason, Selma, N. C.
IF YOU ARE READY TO PAINT
sec us. We carry a full line of
loads and oil and ready mixed
paints. Smithfield Hardware Co.
NITRATE OF SODA? BUY YOUR
soda now. You may not be able to
get it when wanted if you wait.
Farmers Mercantile Co., Selma, N.
C.
! BRIGHT BOY WHO WANTS TO
learri Printing Business can find a
job at The II 'raid Office. Applicr nt
must have completed s< venth grade
work in school. Apply in your own
handwriting if interested. Tho
Herald, Smithfield, N. ,C.
| FRESH JFPSEY MILK COWS FOR
sale. See E. F. Boyett, Smithfield,
N. C.
? \ COOD MAN WANTED. A MAN
wlio c*n do geed wood work and
good blacksmithing. If interested
pee ur at once. W. E. Parker & S">n,
j Selma, R. F. I). No. 2.