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THE SMITHFIELD HERALD Published Every Tueaday and Friday. WATCH YOUR LABEL. No rec-ipt will be aent for tub- j Kriptiou. Each aul'scriber ia asked <o watcn the little yellow label on his paper. If t\e label ia not changed wjthin three weeks after remittance Is made, the subscriber should notify &s. Watch your label. NOTE. ? All correspondents should remember that we pay no attention to sommunications without the writer's tame. If you write every day be sure to enclose your name each time. Address ail matters for publication to he Smithfield Herald, Smithfield, V. C. Services at Smithfield Churches. The regular services will be held at the Methodist, Episcopal and Baptist churches in Smithfield Sunday and Sunday night. At Episcopal Church. Regular services will be held at the I Episcopal church Sunday morning and night, by Archdeacon Lavrence, of Raleigh. Services at Neill's Tabernacle. A revival meeting is in progress at Neill's Tabernacle near Yelvington's Grove. Services will be held Sunday morning at eleven and Sunday night at the usual hour. At Lassiter's School House. Rev. Alden S. Anderson will preach at Lassiter's school house Sunday af ternoon at four o'clock. No Services Sunday. On account of the meeting at Neill's Tabernacle near Yelvington's Grove there will be no preaching at the Presbyterian church here Sunday. Smithfield Boys at Spartanburg. We have a letter from Sergt. Ches ter L. Stephenson which will be pub lished in Tuesday's Herald. The Smithfield boys are now in Spartan burg, S. C., doing gu?.rd duty. Called to Report Sunday. Messrs. Alger Byrd, Roy Bailey and Percy Youngblood who recently enlisted for service in the ambulance corps, have received instructions to report at headquarters in Raleigh Sunday, August 5th. At the Office of Dr. Hooks. The young men who are called to meet local exemption board No. 1, will present themselves at the office of Dr. Thel Hooks on the days they are called to come to Smithfield for examination. Red Cross Chapter for Smithfield. Wednesday afternoon, the commit tee on organization of a Red Cross Chapter composed of Mesdames H. L. Skinner, H. D. Ellington, L. T. Royall, H. P. Stevens, T. J. Lassiter, and Miss Mattie Pou, met and elected a tem porary chairman and secretary. Mrs. H. P. Stevens was chosen chairman and Miss Mattie Pou, secretary. As soon as further instructions from headquarters are received, the organ ization will be completed. The work has been well received so far, and the committee on organization feels sure that it will be no trouble to enlist the two hundred members necessary for a chapter. Town Library Moves. Yesterday the Woman's Club mov- j ed into its new quarters in the office J building of Mr. F. H. Brooks, next the Presbyterian church on Second street. Mr. Brooks has recently fitted up this building which has two con veniently arranged rooms on the sec ond floor. These rooms will be used jointly by the Woman's Club and the Knights of ^Pythias. Yesterday 1 Mrs. W. A. Green, chairman of the Library Department, with an efficient corps of helpers, moved the library. Henceforth patrons of the library will go there for books. The room is open * Friday afternoon of each week. Quite a good selection of books is in the library, and a number of people are availing themselves of this opportu nity to read good literature. The public is cordially invited to visit the library in its new quarters. Corn Meal Getting Higher. Corn meal was quoted wholesale to merchants of this section yesterday at $5.07 per sack. FREE MAIL DELIVERY DAILY. Smithfield l'eople Will Have Their Mail ( ai ried To Their Doom Every Day on and After September First. Postmaster A. M. Sanders has had a letter from the Post Office Depart ment at Washington notifying: him that Smithfield is to have free mail delivery beginning September 1. 1917. There will be two carriers appointed who will make, two deliveries each day. In order that we may have this service the town and its people have to make some arrangements for it. Every person who expects to have his mail carried to his home in the town limits every day will have to arrange a box or some receptacle for his mail. It may be a slot in the door or a box of some kind. The business houses will not have to do this. The town will be required to put up the names of the streets at each corner just like it is done in the cities and the houses will have to be num bered. Mail boxes for the purpose of placing outgoing mail will be put up at suitable places. Smithfield is fortunate to have a daily mail delivery and the people of the town will gladly welcome the pro gressive step, by being fully ready for the service when September 1st rolls around. TOBACCO MARKET TO OPEN 21. Smithfield Warehousemen to be Ready to Handle the Golden Weed. # On August 21st the Smithfield to bacco market will be open for the sale of leaf tobacco. Every arrange ment has been made to give the farm ers who bring tobacco to Smithfield the very best market in this section. Already people from other counties are shipping their tobacco to Smith field. Many loads are now coming in daily to be graded for the opening sale. The prices on the markets which have opened already are higher than was expected and the outlook is that the prices this season will average higher than in any year before. WEATHER REPORT FOR JULY. Kain Fell on Eighteen Days. Highest Temperature 98 on 31st. The heat wave which struck Smith field the first of the week ha sabated somewhat, the thermometer standing at 75 this morning at eight. The rainfall for July totaled 5.02 inches according to the report of Weather Observer E. S. Sanders. The heaviest rainfall for any day was 1.25 inches for the day ending July 18 at 8 A. M. Rain fell on eighteen days of the month. The weather this week has been the hottest of* the summer. The hottest day in July was the last day of the month when the mercury reached 98, and the lowest temperature for the day was 75. At eight o'clock Wed nesday morning the thermometer stood at 81. The highest for Wed nesday was 96 and the lowest 73. Thursday morning at eight o'clock the thermometer registered 81 and the highest point for the day was 95, and the lowest 68. This morning at 8 j o'clock it stood at 75. Fine Trip to the Mountains. Sheriff W. F. Grimes, Mrs. Grimes rnd their son John, and Misses Alice Grantham and Jessie Lee returned Monday night from a very delightful motor trip to the Western part of the State. They were gone a week and took in quite a number of important points. They went by Charlotte, Shel by, Chimney Rock and Henderson ville to Asheville. They also took in Junaluska and Black Mountain. It was at the latter place that they stop ped on thq return trip and visited Prof. Ira T. Turlington who is in a sanatorium nearby. They say that he was very glad to see them. They found him looking well and in a cheerful frame of mind. He told them that he had made some improvement since he left the State Sanatorium and that he thought he was getting on pretty well. The Professor's host of friends in Johnston will be glad to know of his improvement. The trip was an uneventful one, filled with pleasure from beginning to end. The car registered something over 800 miles for the trip which was made without any car troubles, or mishap of any kind, save a puncture just before reaching Raleigh on the return. For the most part the roads were pretty good, save in a place or two where they were being rebuilt. They found the roads pretty tough from Rutherfonlton to Chimney Rock and also near Hendersonville. Thirty From Smithfield in First 98. Of the first 98 men who are sum moned to appear before Exemption Board No. 1, next Monday. 30 are from Smithfield towi?.;hip. Of these 31 fourteen of them are negroes. PERSONAL AND LOCAL. Miss Clara Young: returned from Lake Junaluska Wednesday. ? ? ? Messrs. H. L. Graves, Jr., and Her man Talton spent Tuesday in Ral eigh. ? * * Miss Annie Peacock left for Lake i Junaluska and Black Mountain Thursday. . . ? The County Commissioners will meet here next Monday in regular monthly session. 0 0 0 Miss Elizabeth Wiggins, of Wilson, is spending a few days here, the gues. of Miss Margaret Moore. * * * l'rof. L. T. Royall and two children, Rebecca and Charles Richard, went to Raleigh this morning to spend the day. ? ? ? Mrs. W. R. Long returned from Raleigh Thursday where she has been visiting Mrs. A. A. Thompson for two weeks. * ? ? Watermelons have been coming to the Smithfield market in plenty for the past few days. They have been bringing pretty fair prices. 0 0 0 Mrs. T. F. Toon and daughter, Miss Rebecca Ward, of Lumberton, have been spending several days here with Mrs. Toon's son, Mr. E. F. Ward. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Brickey and Mr. E. T. Foster left Wednesday for a motor trip to Bristol, Tenn., their old home. They will be away for several days. * * * M isses Hilda Poe and Mattie Ward were in the city Thursday en route for their respective homes, after vis iting Miss Gladys Sanders just a few miles from our city. ? ? ? Messrs. W. H. Byrd, Alger Byrd, C. E. Bingham, J. T. Coats, J. M. Coats, W. C. Harper and others, who motored to Norfolk on a fishing trip, will return to-night. ? ? ? Supt. O. P. Dickerson, of the Elec tric Light Department of the town, went to Raleigh yesterday to stand the examination for entrance in the second officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorpe. ? ? ? Mr. Holton Wallace, who has been working in one of the departments at Washington City for several months, came home this morning to spend a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Wallace. Miss Kelly Here Yesterday. Miss Elizabeth Kelly, who has been spending several weeks at her old home in Franklin, was in town yes terday for a few hours. She has tak en up her new work in the State De partment of Education at Raleigh and will visit Johnston from time to time where she expects to do some educational work among the people of the cotton mill villages. Round Dozen Club. Tuesday, despite the hot weather, j the Round Dozen Book Club enjoyed a pleasant afternoon with Mrs. Leon Stevens. Rook was played on the porch. Delicious frappe was served at intervals during the game, at the close of which ice cream and wafers was served. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. J. A. Wellons. Section Hands to Get More Pay. The Atlantic Coast Line railroad paid their section hands until June 1 one dollar per day. During June and July they paid $1.10, August 1st they raised to $1.20 and later sent an or der to pay $1.40. The Rocky Mount yard hands tret $1.50 per dry. Canning in Smithfield. The women of Smithfield have been very busy for the past few weeks canning vegetagles and fruits. Al ready there has been more fruits and vegetables canned and preserved in the town of Smithfield than had been done here in the past five years. Whatever may come Smithfield will have plenty of fruits and vegetables to carry the people through the win ter. The campaign for saving has borne fine fruit here. Missionary Meeting Monday. The Woman's Missionary Society of the M. E. church will hold its reg ular literary meeting for the month of August, Monday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, on the porch of the parsot age. Mrs. Jas. A. Wellons, the leader, has arranged a very interesting pro cram on Brazil. On account of the very warm weather, it was decided to vary the routine by conducting the meeting at the parsonage, and light refreshments will be served. It is hoped there will be a large attend ance. New York the Melting Pot. ? | A few New Yorkt-rs, who seem to | enjoy the mental calisthenics used in the juggling of figures, have been trying their skill in dealing with tab ulations of the recent draft, in so far us the figures have to do with the people of that city. By some process, they have estimated that of the 158 men in that city who were holders i f the number 258, the first drawn, 1 12, or i\ll but 26 of the total, are of alien birth or descent. The figures are not surprising. New York City has been called the great melting pot of the world, and is justly proud of the products turned out; and, while per haps neither these draft d men nor their forbears cume to the United States with the preconceived purpose of one day returning to Europe to light the battle of democracy, it is safe to assume that the lesson they have learned will make them wili ng and valiant soldiers in the cause. It matters little, after all, whether two years or two centuries have elapsed since the migration. Absolute neutrality, it seems, is really only something to be talked about. ? Bos ton Monitor. Weather Summary for Cotton States. New Orleans, La., Aug. 2. ? Tem peratures continue generally above the seasonal average with maximum ninety-two to ninety-eight degrees in eastern and central portions, and from ninety-four to one hundred and j two in western portion of cotton States. Moderate to heavy rains occurred in northern and eastern Mississippi, eastern and southern Alabama, and western Oklahoma; scatetred show ers mostly light in southeastern Lou isiana, northern and extreme south ern Georgia, northern Florida, and a few stations in Arkansas and north western Texas. That "Heavy Heart.' Heavy is the heart of the Kaiser, so he says, and well it may be. It is, as he says, "the most grievous times that have ever fallen to the lot of the German countries and peoples," and the Kaiser himself is to be blamed for them. To be sure he did not bring such times down upon his people intentionally. He thought he was going to inflict a similar calamity upon certain of his neighbors, but he started a bigger rumpus than he bar gained for. He overestimated his own power and he underestimated the power of the nations thc.t he forc ed to take up arms to defend them selves against his aggressions, and he underestimated the overwhelming moral power of the whole civilized world, aroused to a high state of in dignation at German savagery and I greed. Heavy as ttyi he-art of the guilty Kaiser may be, it is not heavy enough for the Kaiser's misdeeds. His repentance must be still deeper and his penance must be made to fit the mfsery that he has brought upon the world. ? Hartford Courant. Shingles Shipped by Parcel I'ost./ A Western lumber company made exceptional use of the parcel-post system not long ago when it shipped a consignment of 30,000 shingles through the mails. The destination of the shingles was 52 miles from the shipping point, and the postal charges were less than $50. Although a ship ment of this size is uncommon, the parcel post is frequently used in the western states to send supplies to re mote places in the stock-raising country as well as to the mines, many of i'.hich are far from the beaten paths of travel, and so have no ade quate railway faci'iiies. The lot of shingles referred to went via a var rural delivery ro ate ? From the August Popular Mechanics Magazine. THE SMITH FIELD MARKET. Cotton 25 Cotton seed 1.00 Wool 20 to 30 Fp.t Cattle 5 to 6V4 Eggs 25 to 30 Fat cattlc, dressed 11 to 12J/4 Oranulated Sugar 9 to 10 Corn 1.75 to 2.00 C. R. Sides 24 to 25 Feed Oats 1.00 to 1.10 Fresh Pork 12V4 to 15 Hams, per pound 20 to 27 J,ard 22Vz to 27 Vi Timothy Hay 1.40 to 1.50 Cheese per pound 35 Butter per pound SO to SB Meal 4.75 to 5.00 Flour per sack 6.50 to 7.00 Coffee per poupd ...16 to 20 Cotton seed meal 2.25 to 2.50 Cottor* need hull* 1.00 Ship Stuff 2.60 to 2.75 Molasses Feed 2.60 to 2.75 Hide#, green . ... 12Vi to 15 Stock pe?? p?r buahel 2.00 Black-eye pea* 2.25 Beef Pulp 2.50 3oup o**.? . , 1.00 Tobacco Market Opens August 21st. The Best of Service And a big Fresh Stock kept sanitary, is our motto. We want your business and are always glad to accom modate you in any way we can ; We invite criticism, and are always anxious to improve our business in any way we can. We especially call your attention to our Soda Fountain. We make the best Drinks possible and use only the Best of everything in preparing our Syrups, Ice Cream, Ices, Etc. Your Prescriptions are filled exclusively by Registered Pharmacists, and the Purest Drugs obtainable are used. We realize the sick must have the Best in Drugs and Medicines and all sick room supplies. We sell the Best Candy ? Apollo, made in Boston ; Blocks and Norris, made in Atlanta; 80 cents, $1.00 and $1.25 per Pound. To appreciate our splendid stock of Stationery we invite you to come and look at our Big Display in all colors, which we are now selling cheaper than we could to-day buy it from the Manufacturers. Our Cigars and Tobaccos and Cigarettes are fetter for the reason these are kept in Humidors, which keep the temperature and moisture the same. This has as much to do with the Quality of Cigars as Tobacco itself. Our stock of the Best Toilet Articles you will always find complete. Yours for Good Service, Creech Drug Co. I). HEBER CREECH, Manager, Smithlield, N. C. Let us do your Job Printing --Best work and moderate prices. T obacco Grading Now Going on at The Center Brick Warehouse Mr. L. A. SMITH, who has charge of our Grading Department, can be found at the Warehouse at all times, and will give your tobacco his personal attention. If you have a load you want graded for the Opening Sale bring it to us and it will be handled to the best advantage. Your farmer friends, POOL & LASSITER Smith field, N. C. Mr. Reader, Do Yon Buy or Borrow The Herald? On Active Service Dollars that are put to no practical use are idle and profitless. Invested in a Savings Account they at once enter upon gainful and necessary duties. They serve to keep prosperity going; they earn interest in this Institution at the rate of 4 per cent yearly. Our officers invite you to begin saving today. Open an account with one dollar. The Fi rst National Bank Smithfield, N. C. T. R. HOOD. President. R. N. AYCOCK, C*shi?r.
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