THE SMITHFIELD HERALD!
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N. C.
Our Linotype Man Sick.
We regret to note that Mr. Luther
Stancil, the faithful and efficient lino
type operator in The Herald print
shop, is sick and unable to be at his
post of duty for the past three days.
His sickness has badly crippled us in
getting" cut to-day's paper. However,
through the kindness of the Falcon
Publishing Company, at Falcon, N. C.,
we secured one of their men yesterday
morning, Mr. Harvey Lee, enabling us
to come out with some of the local and
general news. If some things you ex
pected to see in this paper are not
there you may understand after read
ing this explanation. We hope to see
Mr. Stancil out again in a few days.
George Pou in France.
A cablegram has been received by
his relatives announcing the safe ar
rival of George Pou at a port in
France. ?
Congressman Pou at Zebulon.
Congressman Pou made a strong
speech at Zebulon Tuesday night on
the war situation and Liberty Bonds.
At the close of the address about
twenty thousand dollars of Liberty
Bonds were subscribed for. Be sure
to hear Mr. Pou at the Court House
tonight.
Two New Trucks in Smithfield.
Two new Corbett motor trucks were
brought to Smithfield on October 23rd.
One was bought by the Cotter-Under
wood Company and the other by the
Austin-Stephenson Company. Each
can carry ten bales of cotton, or haul
two tons of fertilizer. They are splen
did trucks and will greatly aid these
two progiessive firms in hauling their
freight from the depot and in deliver
ing goods to their customers.
Death of Mr. John W. Jones.
Mr. John W. Jones, who lived four
miles west of here, near Pisgah church,
died suddenly last Sunday, morning.
He was in his usual health until after
eating breakfast, and while getting
ready for church he was taken sudden
ly ill and died in less than an hour.
He was buried Monday afternoon at
Pisgah church in the presence of a
large number of friends and relatives.
The funeral was conducted by hi3
pastor, Rev. J. E. Lanier. Mr. Jones
was one of Johnston's best citizens and
it is with regret we announce his
death. Hi was one of the founders of
Pisgah Baptist church and its first
deacon. His life was successful, both
as man and as Christian.
At Turlington Graded School.
The Woman's Registration Cards for
Smithfi :ld township will be at Turling
ton Graded School building Saturday
afternoon, October 27th, and any one
desiring to sign one will do o then or
see Mrs. Beaty at some other tim< j.nd
get information about thern.
Attended Cape Fear Fair.
Miss Nell Pickens, County Home
Demonstrator, and Mr. A. M. Johnson*
County Farm Demonstrator, attended
the Cape Fear Fair at Fayetteville
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Hallowe'en Party.
We are requested to announce that
the Ladies Aid Society of Mount Zion
church will give a Hallowe'en party at
the home of Mr. Lum Batte"n on Wed
nesday night, October 31st, 1917. The
public cordially invited to attend.
Members of Hopewell Police Force.
Mr. Thomas W. .Johnson, who is now
a member of the police force at Hope
well, Virginia, was in town with his '
family Wednesday. Mr. Johnson and 1
his son, Mr. Willie Johnson, are both i
in Hope veil and have been for the past !
several weeks. <
It is not too late to buy a Liberty
Bond. Se- your banker and* buy one
today.
BIGGEST DRAFT FOR COTTON.
Smithfield Merchant Sold 800 Halt's
Cotton Yesterday for $104,063.72.
The Fleecy Staple Brought -9 Cents
a Found Here Yesterday.
Smithtield has for a number of
years enjt yed the reputation of pay
ing mor ? for lint cottcn than any town
in the Sts,te. While cotton was selling
Wednesday on the various State mar
kets for 28'i to 28Vi cents i pcund,
Smithfield merchants were paying 28
to 29 cents a pound.
In paLsing the cotton platform
yesteftlaj morning it was observed
to be filled and many bales of cotton
on the ground. Upon inquiry, Mr. E.
F. Crump, cotton weigher for the town,
stated that there was over nine hun
dred baler of cotton on hand, worth
around $125,000.
In a conversation with Mr. W. H.
Austin, it was learned that his firm?
The Austin?Stephenson Company ?
sold 800 bales of cotton yesterday and
drew a draft for $104,003.72 for th?i
sale of same. This is without doubt
the largest draft ever drawn in John
ston Coui.ty for a single sale of lint
cotton. ? Certainly for 800 bales of
lint cotlcn. This transaction in itself,
speaks volumes for the Smithfield cot
ton market and merchants.
The reputation of the Smithfield cot
ton market is an ever enlarging one
and if it keeps up its rate of the past
few \wks it will not be surprising to
see the farmers from all sections of
Eastern Carolina marketing t'\oir cot
ton in Smithfield.
PERSON A I. AM) LOCAL.
Miss Eetta Martin has accepted a
position cs assistant in the First Na
tional Bank.
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Rev. H. F. Brinson, pastor of the
Baptist church, spent a few days this
week with his father at Currie, Pender
County.
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Mr. R. D. Woodard, o I the Kenly
section, was in to see us a few days
ago and renewed his subscription to
February 10, 1919.
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The people of Smithfield and com
munity should avail themselves of the
opportunity to hear Mr. Pou at the
Court House tonight.
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Mrs. E. O. Edgerton and children
and Mi's. W. M. Ives, Jr., and son,
Richard Moore, of Raleigh, wrc visiting
at the home of Mr. W. M. Ives on
South Second Street.
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We are glad to note that Mr. Adam
J. Whitley, Jr., is home again greatly
improved. He went to the Rocky
Mount Sanitarium a few weeks ago
where he was operated on for appendi
citis.
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Mr. E. J. Wellons, Secretary and
Treasurer of the Johnstony County
Fair, asks us to announce that there
will be given a premium to the best
exhibit of not less than one peck of
wheat anc1 also for the best home made
candies.
Wilson's Milis.
Women in Wilson's Mills Township
will find Registration Cards at the
post office in Wilson's Mills.
EVIE WILSON.
The Man Who Loved His Fellow-Men.
Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribo in
crease!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream
of peace,
And saw within the moonlight in his
room,
Making it rich and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold;
Exceeding peace had made Ben Ad
ham bold,
And to the presence in the room he
said,
"What writest thou?" The vision
raised its head,
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And with a lock made of all sweet
accord,
Answered, "The names of those who
love the Lord."
"And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay,
not so,"
Replied the angel. Abou spoke more
low,
But cheerily still; and sr.id, "I pray
thee, then,
Write me as one who loves his fel- j
low-mtn."
The angel wrote, and vanished. The
next night
It come again with a great w:.kening
light, . |
And showed the names whom love of
God had blessed, ?
And, lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the
rest! ?
important; NOTICE!
From and after November 1st, 1917,
we the undersigned, after mature
thought and deliberation in view of tha
increased cost of the goods affected,
have agreed not to send out drinks by
jur delivery boys nor to charge drinks,
it ;:r . C.garettes or tobaccos. ^
HOOD BROS.
CREECH DRUG CO.
PEEDIN & PETERSON
MAKING MONEY ON TOBACCO.
Mr. Jas. 1). Thompson Madf Nearly
Sixteen Hundred Dollars on Four
Acres.
Mr. Jas. I). Thompson who lives
near Pine Level sold his Inst barn of
tobacco here Tuesday at the Center
Brick Warehouse. Mr. Thompson is
one of those farmers who have been
fortunate this year with his tobacco.
He had four acr-s in the golden wsed
and received clear of grading and
warehouse charges the sum of $1,599.
57. Ho paid for grading $(<0.25 and for
warehouse charges $57.90. The highest
price he received for any of his tobac
co was forty cents a pound and his
average was about 31 cents. He sold
all but one barn at the Center Brick
warehouse. Such tobacco farming as
this is a paying proposition.
Notes From Camp Jackson.
Messrs. Moses Creech and Stephen
Boyette, of Oneals township, paid the
camp a visit last Saturday and Sun
day. _
The Johnson County boys who have
been assigned to the*" 321st Regiment
of Infantry have been separated pret
ty badly during the past week by
transfers, many of them having been
sent to Camp Sevier, near Greenville,
S. C.
The folks at home will be glad to
learn that many of the Johnston
County boys have been promoted
since they arrived here. Aaron Wall,
of Archer Lodge, is now Corporal
Wall of Company "B" 322nd Regi
ment of Infantry; Otis Batten is First
Cook for the Officers Headquarters of
322nd Regiment of Infantry; Harvey
Ethridge and John P. Ethridge, of the
Gleenwood section, are cooks in Com
pany "H" 321st Regiment of Infantry;
W. R. Strickland, of Benson, is First
Sergeant to the Supply Company of
321st Infantry.
The Army Y. M. C. A. last week
had with them the Hon. Frank Dixon,
brother of Thomas Dixon, Jr., of the
"Birth of Nation" fame who gave each
nijjht a fifteen-minute lecture on this
great war. His lectures were consid
ered as one of the best features of
entertainment the Army Y. M. C. A.
has yet put out, and thousands of
the soldiers heard them. The same
fervour that has characterized Dixon
the Author, was easily felt in all these
lectures of the less famous brother.
II. V. R.
October 16" 1917.
Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C.
500 NICE I'INK CHRYSANTHEM
urns for sale, 50 ccnts to $1.00 per
dozen. Fine assorted colors $1.50
to $2.00 per dozen. Mrs. C. V. John
son, Smith field, N. C.
I'INE WOOD WANTED? TWENTY
" fivo cords of nice pine wood ? See
T. J. Lassiter, at The Herald Olfice.
THE SMITH FIELD MARKET.
Cotton 28 %
Cotton Seed 1.05
Wool 20 to 30
Fat Cattle 5 to 6%
Eggs 40
Pat cattle, dressed 11 to 12 Ms
Granulated Sugar 10
Corn per bushel 1.50 to 1.75
C. R. Sides 28 to 31
Feed Oats 90 to 1.00
Fresh Pork 12 V6 to 15
Harns, per pound 35 to 37%
Lard 24 to 30
Timothy Hay 1 40 to 1.50
Cheese per pound 35
Butter, pc-r pound 40 to 50
Meal 4.75 to 5.00
Flour per sack 6.0(< to 6.25
Coffee per potuin 18 to 2''
Cotton seed meal 2.25 to 2.50
Cotton ?eed hull* 1.00
ShipstufT 2.80 to S3. 00
Molasses Feed 3.00
Hides, preen 10 to 12%
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Are You I
Si olding
Back
YOUR
Money?
The paper money of the United
States is a promise to pay. 1 1 is
the agreement of the United
States to " pay to bearer " a cer
tain sum.
Liberty Bonds are also a pro
mise to pay.
The Bonds are as good as
money, and pay you 4 per cent
interest.
Both the money and the Bonds
are guaranteed by the richest na
tion in the tforld.
But suppose the Liberty Loan
should be a failure ? suppose we
were to lose the war.
Would the money you hold
back, the money you should put
into Liberty Bonds but do not, be
worth then what it is now ?
Suppose we permit the Ger
mans to win the war, and then,
tremendously strengthened and
enriched, they come over here
cum cumjuer
What would your money ? the
promise of the United States to
pay ? be worth in that case?
Nothing at all. It would be a
mere memento of the past, like
the curiency of the Confederate
States of America. And if we
bought our freedom back, by in
demnity, it would be at a price so
colossal as to wipe out our sav
ings and mortgage our earnings
for two generations.
The Safest
Place for
ALL Your Money
The safest place for all your
money is in Liberty Bonds, be
cause the money raised by the
Liberty Loan will win" the war,
and thus insure the preservation
and solvency of our Government
and the safety of all our posses
sions.
THE LOAN CLOSES ()CT. 27.
THE SMITHFIELD BUILDING <t
Loan Association has helped ?
number of people to build home*
It will help others, and maybe yon
New ?erie? of shares now open
See Mr J. J. Broadhurst. ?
OUR FALL AND WINTER SHOES
line is now complete. Cotter-Un
derwood Company, Smithfield, N. C.
FLOWER BULBS JUST ARRIVED.
Hood Bros., Smithfield, N. C.
WANTED TO BUY YOUR MUTTON
suet. Hood Bros., Smithfield, N. C.
SOMETHING NEW
Everyday we get in new goods, new hats,
new trimming.
We have hats in all the new shapes and
colors to go with everything. Prices
to suit you.
Come And See Us
Rexall
Chill Breaker
Will break your
Chills
HOOD BROS.
' DRUGGISTS
ON THE SQUARE SMITHFIFLD. N. C.
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If Quality is Important
To You -Come Here
No matter what you buy at a drug store; you wish first of all to feel
that you are buying the best quality to be had.
Prompt and courteous servicf, complete stock, moderate prices? all
these are important parts of our business policy and practice ? yet our
first duty is to carry quality goods and we do it.
For this reason you will find in our stock a complete assortment of
PENSLAR REMEDIES and Toilet Preparations, all of which conform to
the highest standards of quality and elegance.
And as the PENSLAR AGENCY is placed only with retail Drug Stores
of the highest standing? only one in each community ? the PENSLAR
sign has become widely known as
"THE SIGN OF A GOOD DRUG STORE"
CREECH DRUG CO.
D. HEBER CREECH, Manager
The Modern Drug Store
Smithfield, N. C.
IF YOU WANT TO BORROW MON
<eny on your fr.rm at only 5 per cent
interest, see A. M. Nolile, attorney
at-law, Smithficld, N. C.
WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY NOW.
Buy your Fertilizers, Cotton Seed
Meal and Acid now before Spring
Prices are announced. Austin
Stephenson Company, Smithfield,
N. C.
WE LEAD AND OTHERS FOLLOW, j
Four Oaks Blacksmith Co.
WE CAN SAVE VOL MONEY NOW.
Buy your Fertilizers, Cotton Seed
Meal and Acid now before Spring
prices are announced. L. G. Stevens
Company, Four Oaks, N. C.
CAR OF HACKNEY BUGGIES Ex
pected to-day at Austin-Stephenson
Company's ? ask any man who has
owned one.
IF YOU WANT TO SAVE FROM
$2.50 to $5.00 in a suit of clothes,
you can do it at The Austin-Ste
phenson Company's.
The man with
money knows
it pays to be
prepared when
opportunity
Knocks:
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V.
If a good business chance were offered YOU to
day, are you in a position to grasp it? You would be
if you had BANKED the money you have spent on
things you didn't really need.
Begin NOW. Open an account in our bank. Pile
up your dollars and it won't be long before your op
portunity will come again.
Put your money in our bank.
We pay 4 per cent interest.
Fir si National Bank
^mithfield, N. C.