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The Smithfield Herald PublisheJ Every Tuesday and Friday BEATY & LASSITER Smithfield, N. C. Editors and Proprietors, Cash in Advance. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Yeai, $l..r>0 Eight Months, 1.00 Si* Months, .75 Three Months, .40 CM >- i jL i. - Entered at the Post Office at Smith field, Johnston County, N. C., as Second-class Matter. Farmer Buys $1,000 Worth W. S. b. In Tuesday's paper we asked who would bo the first Johnston County farmer to buy a thousand dollars worth of War Savings Stamps. Mr. John T. Talton, cashier of the Clay ton Banking Company, writes us that he sold a thousand dollars worth of these to a Cleveland t >wnship far mer on January 2<ith. We are glad to learn of this. There are many other Jonhston County farmers who will invest that much in this good government security before the year is out. The people of Johnston County are getting interested in the War Sav ings Stamps, This is well, for unless the people lend the government the money that is needed to ciirry on the war taxis will be levied to pay the cost. The war will have to be paid for, and it will be better to lend the government money in the way of Liberty Bonds and War Suvings Stamps than to have to p.iy more taxes. More taxes will have to be paid any way, but if the government i? able to borrow from the people enough funds to keep from raising taxes higher than the last govern ment bill provided for, it will be far better. When one lends to the gov ernment he helps his country and at the same time makes a good invest ment. T.if erty blonds and War Sav ings ar ? net taxable. It whs Robert Louis Stevenson who said that the secret of wealth is to "Earn a little, Spend a little less." A Little Thing Changes a Career. Little things often shape a man's career. It is that when John L. Sulli van, who died recently, was a young man he whs fond of baseball. While at work with fiick and shovel with a sewer gang in Boston, he worked on week days and played ball on Sun day. One day the boss of the gang announced that in order to hasten up the job they were on they would work on Sunday. This interfered with John L.'s plans for playing ball, so he went to the boss and asked to be ex cused from the Sunday work. Where upon the boss began cursing the future champion for his nerve. Not liking the language used John doubled up his huge right fist and landed a crashing blow against the boss's jaw. Five minutes later the boss awoke. This gave John L. a reputation among his friends who urged him to give up baseball and become a prize-fighter. He took their advice. If he had not loved baseball he would not have hit the boss and maybe never entered the prize fighting ring. Hanging on Threads. The great business world swings along with majesty and makes itself believe that with system, with money, with brains it can simply go on and on, defying everything except death. And it never stops to think on what slender threads it hangs. Take the case in Richmond whore the supply of certain olis was exhausted and the gas plant closed down. This put out of commission four daily newspapers. The newspapers had electricity. They could run their machinery. They could do a great many things, but be cause their type-setting machines are dependent on gns for heating pur poses, heat to get the metal hot and keep it hot to cast the lines of type, one little part of the big system being out of commission put the whole busi ness on the bum. One railroad bridge will stop the traffic of a city if it happens to go down. One little thing, just a trifle, puts out of commission thousands of workmen; stops fche wheels. In other words, one single thread holds to gether the great network, but in our rush ve fail to realize it or appreci ate it.- Everything. Township Hoard* Meeting Date*. Tho following' township boards of agriculture will hold their monthly meetings on these dates. Wilders, second Tuesday at two o'clock in the afternoon. Klevation, first Thursday at two in the afternoon. Boulah, second Thursday at two in the afternoon. Smithfield, first Saturday at two in the afternoon. Manner, first Thursday at ton in the morning. Pleasant Grove, second Friday at ten in the morning. Oneals, third Thursday at ten in the morning. Bentonville, first Tuesday at two in the afternoon. Meadow, fist Tuesday at ten in the morning. Boon Hill, thin! Tuesday at two in j the afternoon. I will be present at all of the meet ings ?t which we will discuss the particular farm problems and then proceed to solve them. From time to time I will hnve specialists with me ' when the problems demand them. The new Home Demonstration agent 1 will a! si probobly be at these meet ings. As goon as the other town ships elect their officers for their township board of agriculture their meeting dates will be arranged. We will handle everything that comes up through these boards, hereafter. If we pull together we cannot fail. A.M. JOHNSON, Farm Demonstrator. The Farmer and His Bights. The farmer has been unduly agi tated over supposed hardships impos ed upon him by the Food Admin istrator. It develops that if ht has been provident enough to for tofy himself with wheat sub stitutes ut home, he will have no diffi culty in securing a reasonable supply of wheat ? as much at any rate, as other people are privileged to buy. In the matter of the old hen and pul- j let regulation, it transpires that the ! farmer is not affected. The law was made f<>r the benefit of the dealers and cold storage men. While farm ers are not prohibited by law from killing their own hens and pullets, the ! Food Adnrnistrator suggests that this stock be conserved and none killed uselessly, and with that sug gestion all patriotic people will be i inclined to co-operate for the benefit I of the whol< country^ ? Charlotte Ob server. A Questionnaire. "Wonder how blockaders get the invaluable cap and worms for their outfits?" asked some one. They j make 'em. We do not know exactly how the cap is made but they say any child can make a worm by geiling' copper pipe, filling it with wet sand i and bending it around n tree. "But where do they get the sheet ccpper and copper pipe, no one sells it here?" Well, some one said a man in Smith field, the name of whom we have for gotten, just can't keep it on hrnd. Our informant said this man no doubt knew the copper was being bought for the purpose of fitting up distilleries. "That i.i wrong, isn't it?" Yes, we are sure it is. You know Paul said: ! "If eating meat causeth my brother j to offend, I will eat no more meat as , long as the world stands." ? B nison ! Review. UNNECESSARY MAIL DELAYS. I We have much complaint from our subscribers living on R. F. D. Routes Nos. 1 and 2 from Bentonville Post office. They get The Herald which is j published on Tuesday on Thursday, ? and the one published on Friday they 'get it the next Monday. The delay is caused by the carrier from Four j Oaks, who carries the Bentonville mail failing to get to Bentonville in time for the carriers from Benton ville to get it before the time they have to leave on their routes. The two routes from Bentonville are long ] ones and the carriers have to leave about ten o'clock, or soon after, in order to make their trip back by night. The carrier from Four Oaks j is held there until the southbound mail which arrives about eight o'clock | is in and distributed. There are a j few people living en these routes who take a daily paper and the mail | Is held back for these when the large ' majority who take no daily paper have to do without their mail a whole day longer than necessary. The mails should be regulated to suit and serve the larger number of folks. We make this statement because so many have spokert to us about this condition. Perhaps the matter will be remedied somewhat after tlrt? days | get a little warmer and longer, j Today the subject of War Savings , Stamps will be brought to a large number of Johnston County schools. ' It will mean that the school children | will buy more stamps next week than any week heretofore. PORTRAIT GALLERY OF OUR SOLDIER BOYS I" MINT! It McttUIItK WOOD ALL. Corporal Ilmter McGuire Woodall, son $>f Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Woodall, was Loin in Johnston Coun ty twenty-one years ai n, For some time prior to his enlistment in the army h ? ! 1 > . d in Smithfield. His parents live ! here p.nd in Sn. infield township until a yiar r so ago when they moved to H .rnctt County. Mr. Wooda'il volunteered for service in the North Carolina A3 ^or Truck Company No. 1, June L'O, 1917, and was quartered in Kaleigh fov some weeks before going to C'ymp Savior. His company is Company A, 105th Supply Train. ? ROBBIE T. MASSENGILL. Robbie T. Mass^ngill, son of Mr. ;.nd Mrs. J. A. Mas . ngill, of In gaims township, volunteered for service in Uncle Sam's Navy July 22, 1917, and entered the service on August 1, 1917. He is at Norfolk, \ a., where he is receiving instruction at the Slst Detention Cnnr,>. Mr. Masaengill is 22 years of age. ! ENOCH P. GRICE. Private Enoch P. Grice, twc \ty threo years old, is a son of Mr. and Mrr. W. 11. Giice, <?{ Beulah . vn.diip. Eary in January, 1917, he volun teered for sorvue in Uncle Sam's Na tional Guard, lie vent to Newport News, Vn., 15th of April, 1917. While there he he'.pfd ?jard the da ks urtri shipping until tl;e Fourth Virginia Regiment w.t- mobol:z.'d in the early part of Augfus1-. Then he went with Company B to Camp McClellan, An niston, Alabama. The first of Jan uary, 1018, ho was jri'."en a commis sion i's a maclini t, and was sent to the San Antinio Military Branch in Texas. ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE. Iiav5r.fr qualified as Administratrix with the wilt annexed cf Mrs. Anna M. Pou, I hrreby request a!I persrns having elr.>ms r.pp.inst her estate, to prese nt the s;;mc to me within one ycr." from the dr.te hereof. Thiv Fcbran'V 21, !9'8. i!!3S MMTIE T. POU. AJm*r'x with will annexed of Mrs. Cnnie M. P"u. Smithfie!d, N. C. ITEMS FROM FOUR OAKS. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lee, of Ben- J nettsville, S. C., are visiting Mrs. Lee's father, Mr. K. L. Barbour. Mr. W. D. Boone and atttomey J. R. Barbour, of Benson, were in town Tuesday cn business. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Oliver, of Charleston, S. C., are visiting Mr. Oliver's mother, Mrs. P. E. Oliver. Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Adams and daughter, Mrs. Ben F. Royall, visited Mr. and Mrs. Adams' daughter, Mrs. W. C. Boren, Jr., of Greensboro, last week. Attorney F. Hunter Creech, of | Washington, 0. C., is visiting his mother, Mrs. E. Creech. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Creech and afinily, of Smithfield, visited friends here Sunday. Mr. Pharo Blackman while driving | a young mule to a wagon had a very p?'. infill accident. The mule became frightened at a passing automobile and ran away, throwing Mr. Black man from the wagon and dislocated his knee. Miss Onie Lewis accompanied by Miss Lee, of Atlantic Christian Col lege, of Wilson, visited her parents Saturday and Sunday, returning to j Wilson Monday. Messrs. G. K. Mussengill, Henry Tuck?r, B. I. Tart, Mrs. Paschal and Mis3 Moore motored to Raleigh Sun day to hear the speech of Congress man Hotson. Mr. J. W. Brown is attending the Si.i'o Highway Commission meeting at Chapel Hill. ? Reporter. WILSON'S MILLS ITEMS. Ivlr. and Mrs. W. G. Wilson re turned last week from a tr:p to New York. While there they visited iheir | son, Noah R. Wilcon, who is in naval training. Miss Ellen Uzzle, of Meredith, Col I'-rro, ! > d Mr. M rshr.ll Uzzle, of Wake Forest, spent the past week end with n atives here. Misses Audrey Johnson and Bertie Str nd, students at King's Busi >!e.;; College, spent last week-end with t!;e f rrner'd parents, Mr. and | Mr--. Eli Johnson. Miss Maggie Parrish was the guest] of friends and relatives in Selma last we V> are very sorry to chronicle th'1 ? of Pheribe Youhgblood Her many friends wish for her a sji !y recovery. Bessie Rouse and Mrs. J. Y. Ji'l :;er returned to their hom?- in R le'gh Mom'uy, after visiting their '?'s4;er. Mrs. W. G. Wilson. Tr. P. E. Davis, of Florence, S. C., |!3nt lust week-end with his parents; Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Davis. ? Stylus. Pomona and Basket Ball. On February lGth, the basket ball earns of Pomona and Oak Grove olayed an exciting game at Pomona. The score was 8 to 10 in favor of Pomona. The lineup was as follows: Pomona? Dess'e Talton, R. F.; John Talton, L. F.; Joseph Hamilton,} Ruffin Hill, R. G.; Irving Talton, L. G. Oak Grove? Robert Adams, R. F.; Robert Laughter, L. F.; R. H. Baker, C.; Clarence Johnson, R. G.; George Wallace, L. G. We also want to correct the mis take made in The Herald concerning I the game played between Pomona ?and Oak Grove February 1, 1918. The score was 10 to 13 in favor of Pomona instead of 10 to 10. ? D. F. T. On February 20 the Junior team of Pomonj\ played the Junior team of ! Brogden. The score was 12 to 6 in favor of Pomona. The lineup was as follows: Pomona ? James Hill, R. F.; Wil liam Godwin, L. F.; Ashley Powell, I C.; Millard Hill, R. G.; Johnnie Tal | ton. L. G. Brogden ? T. Pittman, R. F.; Gard ner, I.. F.; Dayton, C.; Capps, R. G.; j Overly, L. G. Pomona is around here. ? D. F. T. Selling the War Stamps. There is one Mecklenburg postmas ter who is doing his share in the sale (of the War Savings Stamps. Post | master Cranford at Davidson had sold, at last report, $5,000 worth of ! stamps, and the calculation is that ; this is an average of $2.50 for each ' man, woman and child who pets mail j jfrom his office. Mr. Cranford also l^ays that the rural delivery carriers are do'r.g fine work, one man having jsold r tOO worth of stamps among: the people a'ong his route. Early in the campaign The Observer pointed out the excellent opportunities ? postmas ters and rural carriers had for dis posing of the War Savings Stamps, j cithrr as an instance the performance of a Davidson County carrier 'who ' brought back over S400 from the sale of stamps on his first trip. ? Charlotte Observer. I HAVE SOME CALIFORNIA PRIV et Hedge for sale at a reduced r te. See H. S. Powe'l, Smithfield. ?' N. C. Bon Ton THE LADIES' STORE A large stock of Early Spring Suits, oats and the most fashionable Dresses for pring Just received. You are cordially invited to see these x>ds and buy your Suits Coats and resses at the right price. We are leaders in Ladies' Ready-to ;ear, and keep up with the styles. Smithfield, N. C. t It is A WISE PLAN To buy your garden seed ecrly Coine and get your Seed Here 1 efore cur ?tock is Depleted. ? Then Piant Your Garden and Raise ail the Vegetables you can. And in the meantime buy your canned gocds from us to Sur ply your wants until your Garden is ready to feeo you. City Grocery ['hone 1 Smithfield, N. C. Big Lot Early Red Bliss Seed I rish Potatoes J ust Received Irish Cobblers c n the way. See us for flour and feed stuffs. S, C. HT urnage Smithlield, N. C. ALL RINDS OF FERTILIZERS Now on hand. Austin-Stephenson Co. PURE BRED WHITE WYAN dotte eggs $1.25 per setting, post paid. Ira B. Massengill, Four Oaks, N. C., R. 2. FLOUR MILLS? OUR MEADOWS WThole Wheat Flour Mills arc the best on the market. With small investment you can grind your own and neighborhood wheat. Roberts-Atkinson Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. WE SELL THE NEW WAY AIR Cooled Casoline Engine. Cotter Hardware Company, Smithfield. IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR farm to the best advantage see us. Abell & Gray, Smithfield, N. C. FLOUR PANIC IS NOT KNOWN to the man who raises his own wheat and has one ox our Meadow's Mills. Let us sell you a Grain Drill, Reaper ai\$ Rinder, Gasoline Engine and a Meadows Flour Mill, they will pay for themselves. Do your own work and make you a profit. Roberts-Atkinson Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. PLOWS AND PLOW CASTING, Disc and Section Harrows, Inter national Harvester Co., and ^\cme makers. Roberts-Atkinson Com pany, Selma, N. C. WE ARE IN THE MARKET FOR several farms, of different sizes. If you want to sell see us. Abell & J Gray, Smithfield, N. C. IF YOU WANT TO SELL YOUR farm it will pay you to figure with with us. Abcll & Gray, Smithfield, N. C. FOR SALE? SEVERAL RHODE is land Red cockerels at $1.50 cach. Eggs 15 for $1.25. R. A. Bain, j Four Oaks,-N. C. ; \ FEW LITTLE DUTCH SULKY Plows that we can save you money on. Austin-Stephenson Company. LAL'OR IS SCARCE AND HIGHLY improved farm machinery over comes these, infact, with the labor ers taken away, its the only pos sible chance to supply the demand for farm product. Come see bur lines and let us show you what can be done with them. Roberts-Atkin son Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. ANOTHER CAR HEART CEDAR Shingles just received. Cotter i Hardware Co. TWO CAR LOADS BIGGIES JUST '? unloaded. Cotter-U nderwood Com pany, Smithfield, N. C. KEROSENE ENGINES ? CHEAP est power to be had. We can furn ish you any horse power, to run your mill, pin or anything where power is required. Robarts-Atkin son Co., Inc., Selma, N. C. TWO CAR LOADS OF ASPHALT roofing just rcecived. Cotter Hard ? are Company, Smithfield, N. C. WE SELL THE NEW WAY AIR C< '> ed Gasoline Engine. Cotter Hardware Company, Smithfield.
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