THE SMITHFIELD HERALD
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Registration List of District No. 1.
We are publishing in this issue of
The Herald the complete registration
list of District No. 1. This completes
the registration numbers. Every man
who registered in Johnston County
for the selective draft has been num
bered and published. District No. 1
has 1717 names. District No. 2 has
21 30 names. From these the quota
from Johnston County will be called
to go in training for service in the
war. The quota from this county will
be called from the two districts by
number and it is the duty of every
registrant to look over the lists and
see which district he lives in and also
learn his number. District Number
One is comprised of Wilson's Mills,
Cleveland, Pleasant Grove, Elevation,
Banner, Meadow, Bentonsville, In
grams and Smithfield townships. Dis
trict Number Two is comprised of
Clayton, Wilders, Oneals, Selma, Beu
lah, Micro, Pine Level and Boon Hill
townships. First find out which dis
trict you live in and then get your
name and number in that district.
Woman's Club Special Meeting.
There will be a special meeting of
the Woman's Club at the Club room
tomorrow (Wednesday) afternoon at
5 o'clock. All the members are ear
nestly requested to attend.
Raising Corn in Smithtield.
The people of Smithfield are alive
to the situation if we are to judge by
the amount of food that is being rais
ed here this year. Every available
lot and backlot has been planted in
some crop-beans, potatoes, cabbage,
peas or corn. There seems to be more
corn than anything else. A trip over
the town will remind one that he is
going over a big corn farm, and some
of the finest corn seen anywhere this
season may be found within the cor
porate limits of the town. A few days
ago a piano tuner v/as passing
through. He stopped at a home and
asked if there was a piano in the
home. He was answered in the nega
tive. He then asked about the homes
on either side and being informed
that neither had a piano, he said he
was sure of one thing and that was
. that Smithfield was surely growing
corn.
Mule Stung To Death.
On Sunday morning. .Tuly 15th,
Mr. H. D. Ellington sent a blind
mule to the back yard of Mr. J. A.
Coats to gra' \ The mule not being
able to see his course turned over a
bee hive. The bees covered him over
and stung him as much as they liked.
Every movement of the mule, even
after he was taken from the yard,
showed him to be in the greatest
pain. His head and neck and other
parts of the body were badly swol
len and death occurred Sunday night.
Another case of this kind occurred
near here a few years ago. Then the
mule lived about two days.
Prof. Turlington Improving.
We are glad to learn that Prof. Ira
T. Turlington, who recently went
from the State Sanatorium near
Southern Pines to the Dunnwyche
Sanatorium at Black Mountain, is im
proving. In a private letter from Prof.
Turlington to the editor, he writes:
"I am beginning to improve, I think.
My digestion is better and that seem
ed to be the weak point with me ? the
hindrance to my improvement. My
temperature is lower. I am much en
couraged. This mountain air is great.
It (Dunnwyche Sanatorium) is about
two and a half miles from the depot,
right on the edge of a mountain with
a beautiful view of the Swannanoa
valley. I get this view from my porch.
I am hoping that I will soon be on my
feet."
This will be good news to Prof.
Turlington's great host of friends in
Johnston County where he did so
much for tho boys and girls in his
school work. Hundreds of prayers go
from this people to the All-wise One
for the restoration of their beloved
teacher and friend.
Concerning Town's Water Supply.
To the water patrons of the Town of
Smithfield:
We desire to say that a recent an
alysis of the City water showed that
it was not absolutely pure and we
advise caution in its use for the next
few days.
Dr. C. A. Shore, Director of the
State laboratory of Hygiene, as
sures me that tliere is, nothing in
the water to be alarmed at, and that
in his opinion it will be pure in a few
days.
The refuse on the water shed just
above the intake to the plant has been
Removed and Supt. Dickerson is work
ing on the water supply day and night
in order to clear the same up.
HARRY P. STEVENS,
Water Commissioner.
July 17, 1917.
Mr. E. F. Crump Away from Home.
Mr. E. F. Crump, whose son was
so terribly hurt in the railroad acci
dent at the Smithfield Cotton Mill this
morning, left last week to visit his
daughter in McColl, S. C. From there
he left to go on a trip through
Western North Carolina to visit rel
atives and friends and has not been
located and is unaware of the horri
ble accident. All efforts are being
made to find him and inform him of
the accident.
Johnson Family Reunion.
We arc requested to announce that
there will be a family reunion at the
Amos T. Johnson place, in Elevation
township, on Saturday before the
fourth Sunday in July, it being the
21st day of the month. Elder J. T.
Coats is expected to be present to
preach to the people. All the family
relations are invited to attend and
carry well filled baskets. A good time
is promised all. It is good to get to
gether one day in the year and talk
about the old times all enjoyed so
much. Remember the day .Saturday,
July 21, 1917.
Hiram Grantham Vice President.
We note from The Citizen that the
people of Red Springs have organized
a company to build a cotton mill. Mr.
Hiram Grantham, brother of our
townsman, Mr. N. B. Grantham, has
been elected a member of the board
of directors and also Vice President
of the company.
Meeting at Pauline.
Rev. R. M. Von Miller began a
meeting Monday night, July 16th, at
Pauline church in Bentonville town
ship. He is doing the preaching him
self. Two services are held daily, at
11 o'clock in the morning and at 8:30
at night.
Edwni E. Pou Will Train as Aviator.
Washington, July 14. ? Eighteen
candidates for reserve officers will
leave the Fort Myer training camp
tomorrow for Toronto where the
training camp of the Canadian fly
ing corps of Great Britain is located.
These men will be commissioned as
lieutenants in the United States avia
tion corps as soon as they are pro
nounced qualified aviators. Among
them are Edwin S. Pou, son of Repre
sentative Pou, of North Carolina;
John II. Gose, of Bristol, Va.; George
P. Glenn, of Lynchburg; Eugene R.
Wheatley, of Charlotteville, and Wil
liam H. Spndle, of Chriistianburg,
Va.
Officers Disturb Stillers Again.
The revenue officers have a way,
now and then, of disturbing the block
ade distillers of Boon Hill by making
sudden visits to their premises. Dep
uty collectors J. P. Stell and E. G.
Richardson, of Raleigh, and Mr. B. L.
Jones, of Smithfield, made an early
Sunday morning visit to the neigh
borhood of Mr. Quince Capps in Boon
Hill, on the 15th. They found a place
where a new still had been built, but
had been upset, the new 35-gallon
copper still having been taken out of
the furnace and carried about fifty
yards away. About two gallons of
low wines was found together with
nine fermenters, a cooling keg, some
kegs and jugs for the finished prod
uct, an axe, shovel, etc. The cap and
worm had been taken away and the
visitors were unable to find them. The
still which had been recently built
was within 250 yards of the residence
of Mr. Quince Capps and with 200
yards of where a still was taken in
March or April. The still had been
run either Saturday afternoon or
night, ns the furnace was not yet
cold. Their customers must have
been pressing the stillers for fiery
juice, or they suspicioncd something
and decided to hurry up before rev
enue men passed that way. Anyhow
the plans for running off a charge
sometime after midnight Sunday
were changed and the liquid turned
out either Saturday afternoon or
earl^r night.
No one was found at the still and
no arrests were made.
TOWN AND COUNTY TOPICS. |
Mrs. W. W. Cole went to Chapel
Hill Monday.
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Mr. Troy Myatt returned to Balti
more Sunday.
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Mr. W. L. Stancil, of Selma, was in
the city yesterday.
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Mr. Charley Creech, of Rocky
Mount, is in the city today.
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Mr. Jack Holliday, of Richmond,
V'a., spent the week-end here.
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Judge F. H. Brooks made a busi
ness trip to Raleigh yesterday.
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Mr. G. E. Thornton took a trip to
Goldsboro last Friday on business.
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Mrs. M. L. Sanders and Mrs. Coy
Smith left yesterday for Norfolk,
Va.
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M*\ and Mrs. George Ross Pou are
spending a few days at Wrightsville
Beach.
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Miss Alma Barden, of Micro, is in
the city this week, the guest of Miss
Alma Coates.
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Misses Bessie and Pauline Sanders,
of the Glenmore section, spent Satur
day with friends in the city.
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Mrs. W. M. Ives, Jr., and her son,
Richard, of Raleigh, are visiting at
the. home of Mr. W. M. Ives.
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Miss Julia Collier, of Goldsboro,
arrived yesterday to be the guest of
Miss Margaret Pou for the week.
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Miss Lalla Rookh Stephenson re
turned home Saturday from a delight
ful visit to friends in Fayetteville.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Sanders, of
Kinston, spent Sunday near the city,
the guests of Mrs. J. W. Wellons.
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Mr. B. W. Lee left yesterday for
Rocky Mount to be with her husband
who is sick in a hospital at that place.
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Mrs. N. M. Lawrence and children
returned from Graham Saturday
where they have been visiting rela
tives.
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Mrs. Chas. Johnson, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. R.
Keene, has returned to her home near
Garner.
Mr. Geo. Sanders returned to
Goldsboro Sunday afternoon, after
spending Saturday night with his
parents.
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Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Jordan and
children spent Sunday at the home
of Mr. C. S. Powell in the Sanders
Chapel ranch.
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Mrs. A. M. Noble and little son,
Richard, have returned from a visit
to relatives and friends in New York
City and Buffalo.
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Mrs. T. W. LeMay, Mr. Z. L. Le
May and Master Thomas and Zoe
LeMay spent Sunday afternoon with
Mrs. John W. Turner.
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Mr. Ralph Canaday, who has a po
sition with Hood Bros., left Sunday
for Benson where he will spend sev
eral days with his mother.
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Miss Clara Young left Monday for
Lake Junaluska t:> attend the Ep
worth League Conference. She will
have a vacation of two weeks.
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Miss Mary B. Taylor arrived Sat
urday from High Johnston to accept
a position as bookkeeper and sten
ographer for Mr. W. M. Sanders.
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Mrs. E. S. Edmundson spent Wed
nesday with her brother, Mr. Robert
Myatt, who has been confined to his
bed in Rex Hospital following an
operation.
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Mr. J. D. Reynolds, who is well
known to the people, is back in Selma
with the Central Garage and wants
his friends to call on him when they
need automobile work.
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Mr. Graham Smith accompanied by
his mother, Mrs. E. G. Smith, and
sister, Miss Vara, went to Rocky
Mount yesterday to visit Mrs. Smith's
daughter, Mrs. M. M. Smitha.
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Rev. V. G. Grantham and Mr.
George Best, of Wayne, spent Sunday
here with Mr. J. R. Keene. They went
to Raleigh Sunday afternoon accom
panied by Mr. Emmett Johnson.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Sanders return
ed from Princeton Sunday afternoon
where they visited their daughter,
Mrs. E. A. Holt. They were accom- ,
panied by Master Alfred Sanders, Jr.
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Miss Annie Lee, who for the past
six months has held a very respon
sible position with the progressive |
firm of Wilburn & Satterfield, of
Roxboro, is spending her vacation at
home, to the delight of her numerous
friends here. 1
The Woodard Prug Store at Selma |
will have their opening day at their
new place of business in the new
brick building, erected recently by
Drs. Person and Vick, on Friday, July
20th.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stout, Miss
Jessie McNeill, Mr. E. F. Rector and
a Mr. Graham, of Rocky Mount,
spent Sunday here. Miss McNeill is
staying over for a few days, the
guest of Mrs. E. S. Edmundson.
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Mr. H. B. Easom, who has been
aiding in a meeting at Spring Hope,
was here Saturday and Sunday with 1
relatives. His friend, Mr. H. C. ,
Blackwell, of Robeson County, was
Mr. Easom's guest for the week-end. (
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Tobacco Opening at Whiteville.
Friday was a big day at Whiteville
and more than a little was sold. The
Wilmington Star report says that the
amount sold brought $26,607.81. The
opening sale last year amounted to
about eight thousand dallors.
High Prices at Fair Bluff.
The opening tobacci sale at Fair
Bluff was held on Thursday. About
one hundred thousand pounds were
sold and the average was around 20
cents a pound.
A genius is a man who manages
to live without working.
THE SM1THFIELD MARKET.
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Cotton 25
Cotton seed 1.00
Wool 15 to 22 %
Fat Cattle 5 to 6%
Eggs . . , 25 to 30
Fat cattlc, dressed 11 to 12%
Granulated Sugar 9 to 10
Corn per bushel 1.65 to 1.75
C. R. Sides 23 to 24
Feed oats 90 to 95
Fresh Pork 12% to 15
Hams, per pound 26 to 27
Lard 22% to 27%
Timothy Hay 1.40 to 1.50
Cheese per pound.. 35
Butter per pound 80 to 35
Meal 4.25 to 4.50
Flour per sack 6.50 to 7.00
Coffee per pound IB to 20
Cotton seed meal 2.25 to 2.50
Cotton seed hulls 1.00
Ship Stuff 2.60 to 2.75
Molasses Feed 2.60 to 2.75
Hides, green 12% to 15
Stock peas per bushel 2.00
Black-eye peas 2.25
Beef Pulp 2.E0
Soup peas 5.00
JUST RECEIVED TEN FORD
Roadsters. Better buy before the
price advances. W. Ransom San
ders, Smithfield, N. C.
SEE US FOR FRUIT JARS? COT
ter Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C.
10 DOZEN SPORT SHIRTS, $1.00
grade, for 50c. N. B. Grantham,
Smithfield, N. C.
SEE US FOR FRUIT JARS? COT
ter Hardware Co., Smithfield, N. C.
SEE COTTER HARDWARE COM
pany for your Tobacco Trucks, iron
and wooden wheels. Smithfield,
N. C.
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LOST LAST SUNDAY BETWEEN
Smithfield and Mr. Horace Bar
ber's, a ladies' brown cloak, with
belt in front. Finder will please re
turn to Smithfield Hotel.
10 DOZEN SPORT SHIRTS, $1.00
grade, for 50c. N. B. Grantham,
Smithfield, N. C.
READ "LLOYD GEORGE, THE
Man and His Story," price one do
lar. An interesting story of the life
of one who has risen from lowly
beginnings to the chief place in the
government of one of the greatest
nations in the world. Herald Office.
10 DOZEN SPORT SHIRTS, $1.00
jrrade, for 50c. N. B. Grantham,
Smithfield, N. C.
JUST RECEIVED A CAR LOAD OF
No. 1 heart shingles. L. C. Wil
kinson, Kenly, N. C.
fresh jersey milk cow for
sale. E. F. Boyett, Smithfield, N. C.
10 DOZEN SPORT SHIRTS. $1.00
grade, for 50c. N. B. Grantham,
Smithfield, N. C.
SEE COTTER HARDWARE COM
pany for your Tobacco Trucks, iron
and wooden wheels. Smithfield,
N. C.
I HAVE SEVERAL THOUSAND
brick which I will sell at a bargain.
W. Ransom Sanders, Smithfield,
, N. C.
W. L. Woodall & Sons
Smithfield's Shopping Center
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$1.48
SLIPPER DAY
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W oodalls
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Saturday, July 21
200 prs. Ladies and Children's Slippers
$2.00 ? $4.00 values, $1.48
3000 yards Dress Ginghams, 9c yard
1000 yards Fancy Dress Lawns, - 9c yard
150 Ladies Shirt Waists, $1.25 values, 89c
Saturday Only!
W. L. Woodall & Sons
Sniithfield, N. C.
ADVERTISING
Will Do It !
The billions of dollars that our Government and For
eign Nations are borrowing from our people will be
spent right in this country for food stuffs and war sup
plies of all kinds. The bulk of this money will find its
way into the hands of the millions of wage earners, and
they in turn will spend most of it for the necessities of
life. This community will get its share of those billions.
The SHREWD home merchant knows this, and is al
ready mapping out an extensive advertising campaign
to offset the tremendous efforts of mail order houses
and large city merchants. lie will get his, for adver
tising will bring it to him.
The local merchant who forgets to advertise, who ex
pects to increase his business without a proportionate
increase in legitimate publicity expense, may discover
to his cost that he is decreasing it instead.
The public takes every man's number.
ADVERTISING IN
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During The War
industry must keep on the hum.
Production must not decrease.
Intelligent plans for development and expansion must
be formulated and put into action.
The strongest ally to sound, progressive enterprise is a
dependable banking connection.
This Institution continues to meet the legitimate busi
ness requirements of this community as usual.
The First National Bank
Smithfield, N. C.
T. R. HOOD, President. R. N. AYCOCK, Cashier.