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American flags flew over Berlin
July 4th for the first time since the
American declaration of war. The
cate, July 4th, will have an added
significance for the German people.
It will not be long now until to
bacco farmers may have a line on the
price of that commodity. The market
opens, it is announced, in South Caro
lina on July 19. The crop there is
said to be quite promising, but as to
whether the price will be any better
than last season is still a matter of
conjecture.
France is planning to resume trade
relations with Germany. She % ow
negotiating an order for 25,000 rail
joad cars and 000 locomotives, the
first important order since the war.
It is also expected that a large num
ber of portable homes will be furnish
ed by Germany to be used in various
parts of devasted districts.
Only eight deaths mark New York
City’s celeb! ation of the fourth. Five
we r: drowned, two succumbed to heat,
i nd one was killed in automobile. This
number is considered remarkably few
in view of the fact that the thermome
ter stood at 93 at 3 p. m., and that
thousands of automobiles were on the
move, and more than a million in the
w'ater on that day.
President Harding paid tribute to
the ingenuity and aspirations of
American boy’.v < d on the fourth,wh >n
he acted as sponsor of a row boat
made by a nine-year-old boy at Rari
ton, N. J. The youngster, who built
the boat is the son of the senior sena •
tor of New Jersey, President and Mrs.
Harding being guests in his home.
The launching took place on the bank
of an artificial lake. It is a great,
thing to be a sport with childhood.
IS THE
LEAGUE DEAD?—
Congress has passed a peace resolu
tion and it has been signed by Pres
ident Harding. The state of war with
Germany is now ended and diplomatic
relations with Germany and Austria
may be resumed. It is probable that
American troops will now retire from
German territory. Does all of this
mean that the League of Nations is
dead so far as the United States is
concerned? Does it mean that al
though we were willing to give our
young manhood upon the altar of war,
that we shall shirk any responsibility
as to re-adjustments after such a ter
rible conflct? We feel with Hugh
C. Wallace, the retiring American
Ambassador to France, that the
league was not born to die. And we
believe he voiced the sentiments of a
majority of the American people when
he said at a Fourth of July dinner in
Paris, “That until Germany repairs
the evil she has done to France, to
Belgium, to Italy, and to the world,
and until she pays the debt she owes
to civilization to the last stiver,
America cannot feel truly at peace
with her. We entered the war as
the friend of France and friends we
remain.’’
Perhaps somehow, sometime, Amer
ica may yet join the League.
LAW
ENFORCEMENT—
It is useless to make law.s unless
they are to be enforced. It is a
sad fact that many of our people have
but little regard for their laws. They
seem to think they should be excused
from the requirements of the laws.
All laws are violated more or less
but in this section the opinion seems
to prevail that it is less harm to vio
late the prohibition laws than any
other. Prohibition laws were not
founded on spite work as some seem
to think but they were passed and
put on our books because it was clear
ly seen that it would not do to have
strong drink in easy reach of peo
ple. Most people will drink more or
less if it is convenient to get it. It
is surprising to see how many and
who will drink to excess if they can
pet to it. Strong drink had done and
was doing so much harm that the peo
ple sawr they must call a halt. Since
it became necessary to have prohi
bition and the laws have been put on
the statute books everbody should join
hi to secure the enforcement of these
laws. We are not doing this when we
patronize the blockader or when we
talk in his favor. As long as people
drink blockade liquor and talk in fav
or of the blockaders they may ex
pect the evil work to go on. They
ray of the blockaders “He ought not
to be punished for making himself
or us a little dram.” They forget
tnat the blockader is a great menace
to society and we can not at all af
ford to have him among us. It will
be useless to try to defend the block
nder for most of them will prove to
be bad men. They want to carry on
their business and care little or noth
ing as to who it harms. If it causes
unhappiness in the home, if it causes
fusses among neighbors, if it causes
loss of time and money, if it causes
shootings and death the blockaders
see into care nothing so they can go
along with their unlawful business.
The people who want to succeed in
life and want their children and
neighbors to succeed should leave off
the blockaders. They should not pa
tronize them either directly or indi
rectly. They should never speak a
word in their behalf. Public sentiment
and public example must get right
1 afore all blockading can be stopped.
TAX FREE
PROPERTY—
On the records of the work of the
county commisioners in Smithfield last
Monday, July 4th are three words,
“Ordered that the 35 hundred dollars
in notes issued against the town of
Smithfield for the Mosquito Campaign
be non-taxable.” This is another case
of tax exemption even if the amount
;s small. It is not according to the
American ideu of “Equal rights to all
and special privileges to none.” The
money put into these notes should pay
a tax just the same as money put into
other notes. Why should it not bring
taxes to the town and county and
state? Will somebody tell us why it
should not do so? We are not writing
this to criticise the county commis
sioners. Considering the exemptions
made on other property in the state
and the fact that the people of
Smithfield exempted these notes from
taxes and asked the county commis
sioners to exempt them from taxes al
so it was but natural that the com
missioners should comply with the
request and exempt the notes from
taxes. Hut a halt must be called some
where. This exemption business can
not go on indefinitely. Governor T. W.
Hickett decided during the first part
of his term as governor that money
loaned on homes should not bear in
tere it. He brought this idea into his
speeehes and finally got the people of
North Carolina to adopt his idea as
a state amendment. The amendment
provides hat money loaned on homes
up to three thousand dollars shall he
non-taxable. This was a popular
move but it was wrong. The majority
voted for it but that did not make it
right. If every man and woman of
the state should vote for sueh an
amendment they could not make it
right. Why should a man who can
look out and find a homo on which to
gel a mortgage and his money go tax
free when his neighbor a widow wo
man perhaps has to pay full tax on
her money which is loaned to some_
body who happens not to have a home
or on property other than home prop
el ty. During the special session of
the legislature last year a law was
passed granting exemptions of the
three hundred dollars on the property
if each man. Under this exemption
people who own land are having to
pay taxes for tens of thousands of
men in North Carolina who pay little
* r no taxes. Many a man pays taxes
tor several of his tenants or several
of his neighbors on account of this
three hundred dollar exemption law.
Does anybody consider this right ?
tan anybody give any argument in
its favor ? No doubt it is popular
hut we all know' it is wrong. The
poor man should have the same rights
in court as the man who is worth a
1 ttle more or the man who is rich
but he should be willing to pay his
part of the taxes. He should have
protection to his life and to his home
and to his other property but he
should be willing to pay part of the
taxes required to secure this protec
tion. He should not expect his prop
erty to go tax free. Where this work
of exempting property from taxes will
stop we have no idea but we know it
has already gone entirely too far. Un
der the credit system those who pay
have to settle for those who do not
pay, when we get sick those who pay
have to settle for those who do not
pay the doctor but we are not yet
ready to apply such methods to taxes
We should want everybody and every
dollar whether it oe in moi.ey or in
notes or in propeity to bear a reas
onable tax.
NEVER SAY DIE!
A New' Jersey farmer who had be
come despondent over the prolonged
drought in his part of the country
went out into his fields and absorbed
additional depression by the sight of
his withering grain. Under a deplor
able impulse he drew his pistol and
killed himself. Then there came the
rain he hail despaired of and three
hours later his dead body was found
in a pool of water that had formed in
the field. The incident has afforded
the papers abundant food for moral
izing and it is more popularly exploit
ed in connection with the story of the
young artist who did not kill himself,
although fighting off poverty and an
overdue board bill, and who, just as
he was expecting the knock of the
landlord with the eviction notice, re
ceived instead a call by a messenger
advising him that he had been award
ed the Prix de Rome. This is a prize
given by the American Academy,
which carries with it a three years’
course of art study and $1,000 to pay
the bills. At the same time came to
him a good block of financial help
from the Tiffany Foundation. If the
farmer had waited three hours he
would have got a rain that would
have meant as much to him as the
prizes meant to the poor artist. It is
a pity that he lacked the courage of
the artist—a pity that he had no
greater faith in the operation of the
laws of compensation—that he could
not bring himself into acceptance of
the theory that all things work out
right for those who persevere and do
not give way to despair. There are
mighty few mortals into whose lives
there do not come moments when all
seems dark and forbidding, but how
ever dark the clouds may seem they
are but fleeting. It is the course of
human experience that the clouds are
sure to break it is only to be awaited
in faith and patience. The need of
the day among the people—and it was
never more pressing than now with
the farmers—is courage, determina
tion, optimism and faith. The pros
pect may appear gloomy, but it is no
time to give up. ‘‘Woe be to fearful
hearts and faint hands!” It is for
the farmer to “go to it,” and laugh.
The idea was happily, even if poet
ically, conveyed by W. H. Stark, of
Orange, Texas, in a recent contribu
tion to The Manufacturers Record. It
came too late to inspire the New Jer
sey farmer, but it might operate in
encouragement of others to “jog
along, Jehosaphat”—
Hoad gets rougher every mile; (cluck)
Jog on, Jehoshaphat, an' show some
style.
Mule’s gone lame an’ the hens won’t
lay;
Corn’s way down an’ wheat don’t pay;
Hogs no better, steers too cheap;
Cow’s quit milking, meat won’t keep;
Oats all heated, spuds all froze;
Fruit crop’s busted, wind still blows;
Sheep seem puny, and I’ll be durned
Rye field’s flooded an’ the haystack’s
burned.
Looks some gloomy, I’ll admit (cluck)
Jog on, Jehoshaphat, we ain’t down
yit.
Coal’s in high an’ crops in low;
Rail rates doubled; got no show;
Money tighter, morals loose;
Bound to get us—what’s the use;
Sun’s not shinin’ as it should;
Moon ain’t lightin’ like it could
Air seems heavy, water punk;
1 ests yer mettle; shows yer spunk;
No use stoppin’ to debate—(cluck)
Jog on, Jehoshaphat, it’s getting late.
Wheels all wobble; axle's bent;
Dashboard’s broken, top all rent;
One shaft's splintered, t’other sags;
Seat’s all busted—end-gate drags;
May hang t’gether—b’lieve it will;
Careful drivin’ll make it still;
Trot—gosh ding ye—that’s the stuflf,
Old trap’s movin’ right good speed—
(Cluck) Jog on, Jehoshaphat,
You’re some old steed.
Road’s smoothed out ’til it don’t seem
true—(cluck)
Jog on, Jehoshaphat, you pulled us
through.
— Charlotte Observer.
July Fourth at Wake Forest
Editor The Herald: Wake Forest
College, which has been the center of
a summer school of intensive train
ing for about one-hundred-seventy
teachers of the State and about forty
law students since June 12th, dispens
ed with its usual labors on July 4th to
celebrate Independence Day according
to the established traditions of the
nation. The only part of the usual
daily work that was done by the
school was the assembling of the law
class for short lectures and assign
ments.
At eleven o clock all the students
of the various departments assembled
.n Memorial Hall where the patriotic
program was rendered. The program
was simple enough but most impres
. :ve. The national hymns, “America”
and “The Star Spangled Banner,”
were sung, every one present taking
part in the singing. Then followed
the invocation, which was offered by
Prof. Tyner, Supt. of the Fredericks
burg Normal School, Fredericksburg,
Virginia. Then followed a reading of
the Declaration of Independence by
Prof. A. J. Hutchins, Principal of the
City Schools of Asheville.
President W. L. Poteat was pre
sented to the audience as the orator
of the day. He made a great thirty
minute speech, the latter part of
which was directed especially to the
teachers. He recited that some years
ago William Hohenzollern announced
to all the teachers of Germany that
they had one duty—just one, and that
was to teach the youth of Germany
that there was no law paramount to
the military autocracy of Frederick
the Great. The teachers did their
work according to the orders of the
Emperor, and in that same age, Wil
liam witnessed the complete dissolu
tion of his monarchy. President Po
teat then impressed upon the teach
ers the solemnity of their work as
State builders and declared that our
State and Nation would become what
the youth of the land is taught by its
teachers.
At four o’clock an interesting game
of ball was played on the college
diamond, the contest being between
the college faculty and the student
body. There was little in the game
of the regular craft of baseball, but
all the members of the two teams
were true sportsmen, and everybody
< njoyed the game. The score stood 11
against 3 in favor ofthe students.
At 8:30 at the Baptist church a
musical concert was given, which
proved to be one of the most delight
ful events of the day. The concert was
given by Dr. Hubert Poteat, who play
ed the pipe-organ, and Mr. E. E. Pru
nier, violinist, of New Bern. Nine
selections from the musical classics
were rendered, and so much was the
interest in the music that the audience
did net move away from the seats
until the organ was closed.
July fi. H. V. ROSE.
CREECH’S C HURCH NEWS
Rev. J. T. Collier filled his regular
appointment at Creech’s Church Sun
day. A large crowd assembled to hear
him.
Mrs. J. A. Baker left Sunday for
Nash county where she attended a nice
l irthday party.
Miss Marceline Hare from near Sel
ma and Miss Ora Cockrel of Gladys
spent Sunday evening with their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Hodge.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Strickland and
family of Bethany section spent Sun
day with Mrs. Strickland’s uncle, Mr.
Cullen Creech.’
Miss Robena Narron, Amanda Nar
ron, Nancy Narron and Mr. Roscoe
Parker of Antioch spent a while with
Miss Nettie Creech Sunday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Raford Creech of
Wendell attended church at Creech’s
Sunday.
W’e are glad to know that Mrs. R.
1). Creech who has been ill for several
months is out again.
We are all sorry to know that Mr.
K. D. Godwin has happened to the
misfortune to lose two of his hogs cf
late.
Miss Rebecca Stand! of Selma spent
a \ 1 ile with Miss Nettie Cr#v.~h
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Dempsey Creech happened to
the bad luck to break her arm Mon
day.
Little Miss Annie W’hitley is visit
ing relatives in Selma this week.
The people around here are getting
leady to barn their tobacco as the
dry weather has ripened it so fast.
X. Y. Z.
PRINCETON—BOON HILI
Princeton, July 6.—Miss Ellen Eld
ridge from Smithfield is visiting Mrs.
Geo. T. Whitley this week.
Doctor Stevens and wife and fam
ily are spending the day with friends
at Dunn.
Mrs. J. H. Harrell and children of
Norfolk, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W.
P. Sugg.
Mr. Bob Mitchell is spending the
day in Louisburg.
Mayor P. H. Joyner is spending the
day in Raleigh on business.
Misses Lois Jones and Naomi Over
man from Kenly have been spending
a few days in town with Mrs. W. F.
Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Cox and Miss
Cecil Cox from Bentonville were visi
tors in town Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. L. W. Miller from University
was a visitor here Sunday.
Mr. Frank Wilson from Selma was
here Tuesday.
Dr. C. C. Massey has returned home
from Chapel Hill at which place he is
taking a medical course.
The Methodist Sunday school pic
nicked at the old Lowell Mill on the
4th of July. An unusually large num
ber of people went along and report
a good time.
Jimmie Rains and Straus Peele
have been on a fishing trip to More
head City the past week.
Chas. H. Hobbs has returned from
a trip to Asheville and the mountains
of Western North Carolina.
A large number of citizens here are
attending the Ham-Ramsey meetings
in Goldsboro.
ROYALL (ELEVATION) NOTES
The people in this section are busy
killing General Green.
Mr. Lee Johnson of Hopewell sec
tion spent Sunday with his brother,
Mr. Eli Johnson.
Mr. Ira Allen made a business trip
to Raleigh Saturday.
Mt. P. P. Allen made a bu-ir.ess
trn to Smithfield Tuesday.
Mr. J. R. Barbour, of Benson pass
ed through our section Tuesday.
Mr. Eli Johnson went to Smithfield
Wednesday. X. Y. Z.
Ironing in Korea.
r
Ironing in Korea is quite a different
process than is used in America. First
the garments are ripped apart before
they are washed and must be sewed
together again after being laundered.
The family washing is then done in
cold water and laid on the grass to
dry. Each garment is then taken in
to the house and wrapped around a
stick. This is laid on the floor and
ene or two women pound it with clubs
resembling baseball bats until the
cloth is as smooth and glossy as could
be done in an American laundry.
Pikeville Defeats Smithfield
The Pikeville baseball team de
feated the Smithfield team here
Wednesday by a score of 3 to 1.
STANDING OF CLUBS
W. L. Pet.
Smithfield_2 1 .667
Zebulon _2 1 .667
Youngsville_1 1 .500
Wendell _0 2 .000
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY
Smithfield at W'endell.
Zebulon at Y'oungsville.
Fine Automobile Stolen
Mr. J. C. Wreeks, of the Scotton
Motor Co., of Smithfield had stolen
from him July 4th, at the Wilson
baseball park his Buick Number Six
automobile. Besides the car he lost a
suit case containing about $150 worth
of clothing. He advertised far and
near and located his car Tuesday. It
was found at the home of Mr. H. B.
Green about three miles from Raleigh.
A negro boy drove the car to that
point and left it with Mr. Green ask
ing him to take care of it and stated
be would be back for it soon. He
took Mr. Weeks’ suit case and went
to Raleigh on a train which had stop •
ed near the Green home to get water.
One of the front wheels of the auto
mobile had lost a tire and the car had
run partly on a rim until that wheel
was about demolished. The negro
could not have carried the car much
further.
I. M. Bailey Makes Speech
At the 23d annua’ convention of
1 He lawyers of the state which .met
ir Charlotte this week, Mr. I. M.
Bailey, of Jacksonville, but formerly
of this c.ty. made one of the addresses.
His subject was “Influence of the Bar
Association on the Young Attorneys.”
Mr. Bailey who was reared here, was
superintendent of the Jacksonville
schools for several years before lo
cating there for the practice of law.
Straw Hat Time
THE MARCH IS ON! THE STRAWS ARE
HERE! THE CALENDAR SAYS “GO AHEAD”
AND HERE WE GO!
Hundreds of men have been waiting for even
the slightest excuse to lay aside their old felts.
Here is the best reason in the world.—New
braids, new blocks, new bands to please you—
your wife—all your friends—including your best
friends up at the banks.
COME IN TOMORROW—WE’LL BE AT OUR
BEST—AND THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT
IN A STRAW HAT
MEN’S
SUITS_
STRAW
HATS_
MEN’S
UNION SUITS
$5.00 Up
$3.00 Up
$1.00 Up
MEN’S OXFORDS SPECIAL PRICE
N. B. Grantham
Head-to-Foot Outfitters for Men and Boys
Smithfield, N. C.
Times a Year
As regular as Sunday comes a
cheery welcome awaits you at the
Sunday School of your choice.
Come on time every time except when
ahead of time which is a better time
To the Sunday School of Your Choice
The Baptist Sunday School
Opens at 9:30 A. M.
The Presbyterian Sunday School
Opens at 10:00 A. M.
The Methodist Sunday School
Opens at 9:30 A. M.
The Episcopal Sunday School
Opens at 10:00 A. M.