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(Ehc Smtthftelfr Jferalb \ (s > L ESTABLISHED 1882 Published Every Tuesday and Friday By Beaty & Lassiter Print ing Co., at Smithfield, N. C. J. M. Beaty Estate. T. J. Lasster Estate, and W. M. Gaskin. Props. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION (Cash in Advance Only) One Year .. $2.00 Six Months ____— . 1.00 Three Months ...__ ..50 Foreign Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOC'TION FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1925. With all our modern modes of travel, none are fast enougn when disaster occurs, and help is far away. Nome, Alaska has a diphtheria epidemic and no anti-1 toxin. The supply of anti-toxin is (!00 miles away and must be carried by dog team,, a journey of fifty days. Alaska’s delegate in Congress is trying to get an airplane to pick up the antitoxin which would mean the life sav ing medicine would reach Nome in about a week. 0 Farmers are now preparing their tobacco plant beds getting ready for another crop. Those who have been making tobacco for years tell us that the impor tance of good healthy plants can hardly be over-estimate. A uni form growth cannot be obtained from plants that do not have compact, well developed roots, and much depends upon the burning or sterlization of the seed (Shis. “Burning” the be<i-i is the usual way of sterlization t ijftjugh some steam them. About as important as the preparation of the bed is the selection of good clean seed. Tobacco growers can send their seed to the depart ment of agriculture at Raleigh and have them cleaned and test ed, and no doubt this will pay m the long run unless the farmers themselves understand this pVo cess. The crop this year depends upon the kinds of plants that are put out. Good quality tobac co comes only from healthy, strong plants. , The citizens of Smithfield should appreciate its splendid wajer and light system, and es pecially the attitude of Mr. N. H. Morgan, superintendent of this department, who says that while ®the system is not perfect, he and his co-workers are bending every energy to make it second to none. They are continually on the job to see to it that Smithfield gets what she deserves with the equip ment now available. The water analysis published elsewhere shows our water supply to be pure and containing no harmful ingredients. This is quite impor tant in safeguarding the health of any community. Then too, the test that is being made of rill electric meters in the city is timely. When our electric bill runs higher than we feel it should, we are apt to blame it on the meter. We msy have for gotten how much juice we used during the month. This inspec tion will set all our fears at rest. Diversified farming, boll wee vil, poor crop conditions combin ed to reduce the cotton crop in Johnston county last year nearly ten thousand bales. The official gin report for the year, January 16, 1924 to January 16, 1925, gives the number of bales ginned as -52,852. During the previous year there were 6,558 bales. Preparations are now being made<gfor a new crop. The plans that the farmers now make will determine largely the business status for this year. The mer chant, the manufacturer, in fact, all industries are affected by the man who produces the world’s food supply and raw materials. This, however, is not an argu ment for an increased cotton ac reage in Johnston county even though the last crop fell short. It may or may not be wise to in crease it. W|e do know it will mean more to the farmer to raise his food supplies with a less number of acres in a money crop than to plant a big acreage in cotton or tobacco and have to buy hay for his stock or meat for his family. When the farmer . ® is prosperous everybody else gets along better. FACTS AND COMMENTS A man in New York City obtained several million dollars from people by promising to pay fhree hundred per cent dividends. If he had promised a reasonable profit on a sound invest ment he would not have got the mon ey. The bait which fraudulent pro moters use is a very large profit. They work suckers who want to get some thing for nothing. -o Much is being said and written of late about the moral shortcomings of the young people. The basis of a moral life is good home training and religion. Without this two-fold basis any other moral training is largely superficial and ineffective. --—o It seems that they are to keep right on arguing about the amount of the state deficit, if any. It certainly seems that this matter could be settled by preparing and publishing a financial statement as of June 30, 1924, the end ot the last fiscal year, showing assets and liabilities of the state maintenance funds. -o In a -large majority of the cases of poor progress in school in the lower grades bad health is the cause. PooiS progress in the upper grades is oft en due to just pure laziness, but chil dren in the first three grades are not lazy. If small children are slow, dull or listless, it is more than likely due to some sort of bad heath. A great many of the physical defects which prevent children from developing sat isfactorily can be remedied, and it is the duty of those who are providing for the education of the children to devote some attention—and money— to the health of the children. T. H. F. A FARM BOY’S REQUEST I have learned that the County Commissioners have discontinued our County Farm Agent, and the boys’ agricultural work in Johnston Coun ty. I am very sorry that the work has been discontinued. I feel that it was a great mistake to the County. I have been in the club work for the last seven years. 1 have been greatly ben efited in the work, by going to the short courses and meeting the boys from different parts of the state, and also hearing the farm problems discussed by the best experienced men in the state. Being a member of the club has helped me and' indirectly my father in the high production of crops, and keeping a record helps to keep farming on a business basis. In my last year’s club work I was fortunate enough to win first premi um in the Cotton Club contest, which was a hundred dollars, given by the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Com merce. I know if the County Commis sioners had been with us boys and our fathers when we met the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce and had heard the club work discussed, they would not discontinue o-ur Farm Demonstrator under any conditions. We have the same opportunity for prizes given by the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce another year, if the County Commissioners give us our Demonstrator to help us and give us the same training as the other boys in the other counties will get. Some people might say that you ; could get this all from farm papers. I differ from them in this, for I have had the pleasure of meeting the best i farmers in the state and hearing them discuss the question of how the work is done. I beg of" the County Commis sioners that they^nthdraw \f*hat they have Hone and consider again the # • rising* farm h.oys of rnis dear old county, which is one of the best agri cultural counties in the state. ROBERT JOHNSON. Four Oaks, Route 4. R. L. FLOWERS WOULD KEEP. FARM DEMONSTRATOR Editor The Herald: Please allow me space i nyour pa per to express my opinion as to the County Commissioners discontinuing the Farm Demonstrator of this Coun ty. I wish to call the public’s attention to this matter. I think we should personal letter in regard to discontin personal leter in regard to discontin ing this office. For this reason: let’s not step backwards, for if we do, why it will be harder to get this office es tablished again. The office will pay for itself just to keep the hog colics down if there wasn’t anything else mentioned. Now let’s about two or three from every township go before the Board on the first Monday in February, and inform the Commissioners that we don’t want the old county of Johnston to lag be hind the rest of our adjoining coun ties. Now I don’t think it is proper for so many to call on the Commis sioners at any one time, for no one tan get the chance to talk to the Board when there are so many trying to have something to say. Now in 1922, Johnston County was eighth county in the United States on farm products. In 1923, she was fifth, that was mostly by us having such a big cotton crop and getting such good prices. Now let’s try and stay about fifth by raising good crops and better yield, by getting better seeds and getting the farm agent to help us out more than we have been doing heretofore. . Now we should use more economy than we have been doing in the past by seeing that every county office is run on an economical scale! There is enough lost in running one week’s court to pay the chairman of the board good salary and have some left. I mean by the lawyers killing so much time and the witness es having to stay around all the week, and their cases not called. We must bear in mind that our county commissioners are the most important offices we have in the county. I say so for this reason. They are at the head of our financial af fairs, and should have as much as one man on the job all the time. He should look into lots of the affairs before they are presented to the Board to pass on. I know of a steel bridge which was built across Neuse River several years ago, which is now known as the Rich ardson Bridge. It cost $G,000 and never was used very much where it was first put up. It took me and an other fellow about one an done-half hours to find it about nine years ago. Now I don’t have any idea either of the Commissoners ever saw the place where the bridge was first erected be fore it was put up. Now this is one instance I am referring you to, which is a very large one, if you will just think how many little affairs are likewise. Now here is another big item for all of us to stand up and take notice of. This is the excess taxes we are los ing every year. Why I can find $10, 000 excess taxes here in Banner Town ship and not get all of them by a long shot. Now you see that there could be gotten all of $100,000 in the whole county. Now to be sure we are on the right track just go and look on the tax book, and you can see for yourself. You will find that one man out of about fifty gives in his prop erty at about what it is worth. I mean real and personal taxes. Maybe one man will give in his mule for $25.00, another $100.00, another $150.00 and that way. Now if the County Commissioners want to economize in cdunty expense, to economize our county expense, let’s get in behind these tax dodgers and make them come across with the goods to keep our farm agent and also put the chairman on good salary and furthermore pay the auditor a better salary to help out. R. L. FLOWERS. TRAINING CHILDREN How are we training our children today? Are we doing our duty by them ? I dare say that few parents are doing their, frill duty toward their children. We may say, “Well. I know I am doing my duty, for my children have never known what it is to want for anything.” That may be true that they may not wa.nt for anything, but while we are giving them the corftorts of life, are we trying to .lead th^n on to a higher life, to be'of some use to the world? or do we think that just so they have the pleasures of life themselves that o WHEN DAD* WAS A‘BOY By SATTERFIELD * = T^£ SatuRDAV HUN^ is all we care for? People say we can’t train our chil dren right these days. They say it is a harder job to train them now than it was years ago. I do not deny that. I. too, say that I believe it is myself, but the question is, why is it?” I think is is because there are so few parents that really try to train their children as they should. They put so ! much, of their time to something be sides their children. People say that children are not like they used to be. Maybe they are not. But can we won der at it? Are older people like they used to be? I believe there is as much difference in grown people as there is in children. I think a child born to day is just as innocent as one born a hundred years ago, and if they were properly trained they would be just as .noble and honorable as then. Do we pray with and for our chil dren? I believe it is absolutely neces sary we should, and that we should teach them the need of prayer and teach them to pray while they are young and not wait until they are grown and gone astray. Then maybe lose many nights’ sleep lying awake praying for them to be brought to be brought to God. Xeach them to love and trust Jesus while they are young. It is much easier then than it is after they get led off with the pleasures of this world. Does not the Bible say, Bring a child up in the way he should go and when he is old he will not de-! part from it?” Let the child see in you something noble and true and the need of being useful in this world. Do we even think about the fact that the boys and girls of today will in a few years be the men and women of our country? So let us put forth ev ery effort possible to help them to be prepared for the work that will be theirs in the years to come. Teach them to love the truth and honor God and be a generation of helpful duti ful people. Now we as parents, let’s begin right now and do for our chil dren those things that we have not done before. Mrs. J. E. LAUGHTER. Smithfield, Route 1, January 20. I went to a party the other day. At the door were two sweet wholsome girls of about seventeen. Both, I ob served, had used paint; one with art, the other crudeness. The first had a mere tint up between eye and ear; in fact, had I not known her accus tomed pallor I would not have seen it at all. I just would have noticed that she was lovely. The second girl had flaring red lips, a nose the col or of poor skimmed milk and cheeks like slices of beet. One had enhanced the art of nature; the other had mor tified it. At this same party there were two women, one serving tea, one fruit punch. The former had a strange purplish layer of color over a very white powder. The other had a little ; color on also but it had been chosen with regard to he^own coloring. The powder, too, had been chosen with prudence and concern. The creamy powder covered and softened the paint ountil her complexioiSwa^a soft duskiness. Far be it from The Progressive Farmer to advocate face paint. But since it is as popular as it is, we urge you who make use of it to choose it with regard to the complexion, to consider whether the time lie glaring day or lamp-shaded evening, to apply it only by the aid of a clean soft cloth and a soft, good quality cleansing cream for the sake of the future com plexion.—Progressive Farmer. WHY PI SH WINTER PLOWING? Farmers can save time and money by plowing during the winter months, thinks H. B. Redd, assistant agrono mist, Virginia State College of Agri culture. Mr. Redd holds this opinion because of observations he has made, and gives the following reasons: ‘Experiments and observation show clearly that it is economy to plow most soils during the winter months. There are certain conditions that make late fall and winter plowing es pecially desirable. At this time there is no special rush of other work; or ganic matter can be turned under and given time to decay; the soil has a chance to settle; the freezing and thawing characteristic of this season improve the structure of the soil; plant food becomes more available; many perennial plant roots, insects, and their eggs, are destroyed by be ing disturbed and exposed to the cold; and in the fall and winter land may be plowed without injury when it is much wetter or drier than in spring. “Winter plowing should be very thorough and deep. In cases where the top soil is ten inches or more deep, twelve inches is none too deep to plow. Where the top soil is shallow, not more than two inches of the sub soil should be brought up.’’-—Progres sive Farmer. The story is told of a Scotchman who saw the picture of a moose, and inquired the name of the animal. Upon being told that it was an American moose, he shook his head and said, “If that is an American moose, I should not car eto see an American rat.” SCOUT TRAINING COURSE A Training Course for Patrol Leaders, Scribes and Scoutmasters was started last Tuesday night. The first session was an indoor session. The Scouts from Selma and Four Oaks will attend all of these sessions. The course Tuesday night included Review on Scout Oath and Laws, First Aid Lecture, Tenderfoot Test, Knot tieing Contest, and Games. The next course will be held next Tuesday night and the following is the program: Examination on mean ing of Scout Oath and Laws, Track ing and Trailing, Cooking Contest, Camp Sanitation and Story telling. This will be an outdoor session. The Scoutmasters of the four troops are doing most of the training. All indoor sessions will be held at the Methodist church starting prompt ly at seven p. m. Death of liiarl Glinwood Pollard The Death Angel visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pojlard eand took from them their darling little jj|oyr Earl Glinwood was born Decem ber 9*1924, and died January 22, 1925 Inaking his *»tay on earth about six I weeks. The darling little child was ill for the last two weeks and mother, father, relatives, friends and physi cian did all that could be done, but to no avail, for God knew best and took little Earl Glinwood to rest where he will lie sleeping until the Lord calls him to heaven above where all is rest and love. There is a place in that home which can never be filled, but we hope some day mother and fa ther will meet their little baby where there will never be any more sad part ings, The little one leaves a heart broken mother and father, one sister and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss, but God says, “Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” His little body was carried to Oak land church cemetery where it v>ig; laid to rest to wait for mother and father and little sister to follow him. We hope that father and mother will live in a way to jpieet their darling little child where there will be no more sickness, sorrow, nor pain or death, where all will walk the streets of Glory and shout for joy. May God bless his dear parents and help them to be able to bear their troubles, trials and temptations. We thank our friends and neighbors for their kind ness-in the death of the little child. I Written by his aunt, Mrs. HARRISON POLLARD. Honor Roll in Glendale School For Third Month First grade: Woodman Cockrell, J. B. Godwin, Mozelle Godwin, Richard Durham, Mary Woodard, Carl Hin nant, Neville Pittman, Joseph Batten, Hazel Godwin, Pauline Pittman, Ru by Woodard, Doris Watson, Ruth Stancil Malissa Godwin, Lois Rad ford, Bessie Holland, Effie Holland. Second grade: lone Davis, Beulah Pittman, Tommy Stancil, Helen Pitt man, Carlottie Stancil. Third grade: Mae Pittman, Gurnie Stancil. Sixth grade: Dock Raines. Ninth grade: Lois Hicks. E. T. BOYETTE, Principal. Kenly, N. C., January 20, 1925. Gin Report for Johnston County There were 51,852 bales of cotton ginned in Johnston County from the crop of 1924 prior to January 16, 1925, as compared with 61,558 bales ! ginned prior to January 16 1924. E. G. Holland, Gin Reporter. Services at Oakland Church Services will be held at Oakland Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon at three o’clock. A cordial invitation is extended the public to attend this i service. ! Two countrymen came to New York for the first time, and stayed in a Broadway hotel. After they had changed for dinner, they set forth in search of the staircase. They came upon a dark elevator shaft the gate of which had been left open by a careless attendant. Seeing lights be low him, the first man stepped down. i There was a dull thjid. “Are you all right, George?” shrieked his com panion anxiously. “Yes,” came the feeble reply, mind the first step, it’s a high one! ! —Western Recorder. I
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