THE SHED MO
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GIVING ONE DAY'S WORK.
The North Carolina Orphanage As
sociation, composed of representatives
from the orphanages of the churches
and fraternal organizations, have made
a strong appeal to the people of the
state to remember the orphan chil
dren at this Thanksgiving season.
They are appealing to the people t?
give one day's work to the orphan
ages. Every one is expected to con
tribute through his church, his Sun
day school or his lodge. Special ser
vices are asked to be held in the
various churches and Sunday schools
on Sunday, November 25t.h, at which
time the cause of the orphan children
will be presented. At a great many
places offerings for the orphanages
will be made next Sunday.
The churches and Sunday schools of
Smithfield will observe Orphanage
Day next Sunday and the members
are asked to contribute as liberally as
they possibly can to this great work.
The appeal that comes from the
fatherless, motherless and homeless
children of the State is a strong one,
and one that a sympathetic person
cannot easily pass by. This cruse is
, one that lies very close to the hearts
of a great many people, and they are
always glad to contribute to the sup
port of the orphanages. No greater
work is being done by the Churches of
the Sti'.te than that which they are do
ing for the fatherless and motherless
ones. The heart of the person that is
not touched by their appeal is indeetV
a hard one, and one that cannot be
easily reached for any cause where the
question of money comes forward.
Let us all remember the orphanages
and do all we can to help them at this
Thanksgiving season, when so many
are blessed with an abundance of this
world's goods.
STATES WHERE WOMEN VOTE.
Two, years ago New York refused
to adopt the woman suffrage plank by
a pood majority. In the recent elec
tion the State reversed itsolf and is
now in the suffrage column. There
are now nineteen States where women
are permitted to vote for Presidential
electors. These States will have 17">|
votes in the Electoral College. These
nineteen States ore as follows: Ari
zona, Arkansas, California, Colorado,
Illinois, Indiana, Idaho, Kansas, Michi
gan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
New York, North Dakota, Oregon,
Rhode Island, Utah, Washington and
Wyoming.
Arkansas is the first of the South
ern States to give women the privilege
to vote for President. Ther? are two
Northern States, New York and
Khode Island; three Middle Western
States, and thirteen Western State?
that hr.ve given suffrage to women.
An increase of many hundred acres
in wheat "in this county this Kail
means that the people will have more
home-made flour next year than ever
before. There are many who might
have planted a few acres in wheat who
failed to do so. It is not too late even
now to plant wheat. Of course, it will
not do as well as it would have done
if planted earlier. Those who can do
so should plant some wheat even now.
It would be not only a patriotic duty
but a wise economy.
President Johnson of the American
Baseball League announces that ex
emption will be asked for 288 base
ball players, 18 from each of the 16
clubs of the American and National
League. Isn't it strange that a man in
his position should ask the govern
ment for exemption from military
service for a set of men in order that
they may play baseball instead of
fighting for their country?
THREE S(> 1. 1 HERS WIN FAME.
?Some men win fame by Riving to J
the world some grout invention, some
trreat literary productkm, or some
great musical composition. Others win
fame by giving to their country and
the world patriotic service in the halls
of legislation or on the field of battle.
Privates Knright, Gresham and Hay
won fame by giving their lives for ?
their country and world liberty, the
first American soldiers to die in bat
tle in France. The fight in itself was
insignificant, but the fact that three
American soldiers were killed make
it important in the history of the
great world war. These three men
unknown to fame while they lived,
have, in their deaths in battle in a
foreign land, made their names im
perishable. Enright, Gresham and
Hay! They gave their all to the land
they loved and made the supreme
sacrifice. They are only the first.
Others will fall after them, just as
great heroes as they, but Enright,
Gresham and Hay will always have
the first place.
It is estimated that for the six weeks
ending December 15th, that <52, 000, 000
new pennies and 15,000,000 new nick
els will be put in circulation by the
treasury. The increases in prices
caused by the war tax has made a
great demand for these small coins.
President Home.
Mr. ('has. W. Home of Clayton has
made formal acceptance of the posi
tion of president of the North Caro
lina State Fair Association that was
recently tendered him. In doing so
Mr. Home gave expression to certain
views, backed with an unquestioned
determination that gives assurance to
the people of North Carolina that the
State Fair is playing in good fortune.
Those who know the characteristics
of the n>. w president need not* have
been told that he would devote his
energies to the task of making the
State Fair " even mare than as here
tofore, a visible, practical and worthy
demonstration and exhibition of what
the rich soil our State is so abundant- ,
ly blessed may produce; of what the (
intelligent industry, which so happily (
characterizes our people, can accom
plish; of what our factories, practi
cally unsurpassed in both the quanity ^
and qui lity of output, can give to the
world; of what our stock breading
industry, the amazing possibilities of
which are just faintly beginning to be
realized, ciin exhibit; and especially j
t>f what our noble women, whose j
mastery of the art of canning and pre- (
serving and conserving deserves un
stinted praise and the greatest en- 1
couragemcnt ? an exhibition of what ^
these good women can really do."
President Home has a proper con
ception of what a State Fair should (
be to deserve the name, and he has the
energies and resourcefulness to give
the Raleigh institution an impetus in
the rifjiit direction. More than t 1 at,
he is surrounded by men who will give
him able assistance of carrying out
his ideas, and for once the whole State
will have reason t( rejoice at the pros
pective consummation of hopes long
entertained for the standardization of
the State Fair to a degree thoroughly
representative of North Carolina's
resources and possibilities.? Charlotte
Observer.
Death of Mr. S. M. Spence.
Mr. S. M. Spence, one of Clayton's
best known and highly respected citi
zens, died at his home on Main street
last Saturday morning, after a pro
tracted illness of Brights disease,
which culminated in a stroke of pa
ralysis on Friday before his death
Saturday
The deceased had been a resident of
Clayton for nearly 17 years, and his
quiet and unassuming disposition, and
honesty iw?d integrity had won for
him as friends all who knew him. He
was twice married, the first time to
Miss Lncinda Pool, to which marriage
there was born one son, Mr. J. D.
Spence, who is now in business in
Simpsonville, S. C. His second mar
riage was to Miss Martha Wiggs, who
still lives.
Mr. Spence was born on the 8th day
of. October, 1861, making him at the
time of death 56 years old. He had
been a member of the Baptist church
for a number of years, and died in an
unswerving faith in the truths of the
religion he professed.
The funeral services were held from
the late residence Sunday afternoon
at 2:30 by Rev. A. C. Hamby, pastor
of the Baptist church. A large con
course of people atended the services.
The burial was in the city cemetery.
? The Clayton News, Nov. 22.
The reports of the winter wheat
crop just planted indicate that the
;icre;i<re is 25 per cent larger than last
yerr.
BRITISH W I N GRI VT VICTORY, j
Ix>ndon, Nov. 22. ? The six-mile
wedge driven into the German de- j
fences in the British offensive on the 1
Arras-St. Quentin front is penetrat
ing still deeper and spreading out,
Reuter's correspondent at British
headquarters in France tc-legrahs to
day. On Borne trenches of the front |
the British troops have broken into
the enemy's final defense line. All
the German counter-attacks have
been repulsed, all the British gains
being held.
The prisoners in the advance now
number more than 9,000, the corres
pondent reports. ? News and Observer.
DOLLAR DAY IN SMITH FIELD.
Some of the Smithfield merchants
have set apart November 28th as
"Dollar Day." On this day they will
offer many articles which have been
selling above one dollar for one dollar
only. A careful perusal of the adver
tising columns of this paper will re
veal some very attractive bargains.
Not only are many bargains offered
for one dollar, but our merchants are
advertising many higher priced arti
cles at reduced rates. While a dollar
does not go very far these days it
will pay those who need supplies of
various kinds for their homes to come
to Smithfield next Wednesday and see
how they can stretch the value of their
dollars. Coming just before Thanks
giving as it does .these bargains will
no doubt attract many visitors to the
County Seat. The people generally
are invited to visit Smithfield on that
day when they will be sure to find
something they want, and have an
opportunity to visit their friends also.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Mr. Jos. G. Brown, of Raleigh, lias
been elected Chairman of the board of
trustees of Trinity College, succeeed
ing Bishop John C. Kilgo, resided.
Bishop Kilgo severs his official rela
tions with the College after having
been connected with it for the past
23 years.
o
The Raleigh Baptist Tabernacle
Sunday School has about 70 boys in
the different branches of the military
service, and is planning to send each
t)ne a Christmas gift. The Worker's
Council of the Sunday School has I
passed a resolution asking that Christ
mas giving be discontinued.
o? ?
The building occupied by Kreas
man's stables and Dr. Stephens' and
Bell's Veterinary Hospital was burned
in Asheville Tuesday morning. The
loss is estimated at $50,000. Thirty
live head of horses and many buggies
and carriages were burned. It is
thought that the fire was of incendi
ary origin.
o
The members of the Farmers Union
surely never believed that Dr. Alex
ander was an unpatriotic citizen, or
they would not have re-elected him
president of their organization. But
the Doctor ought not to take his elec
tion its an endorsement of his remarks
as reported in his noted Salisbury
speech. His election was an endorse
ment of his faithfulness to the Far
mers Union and his record as presi
dent of the organization. The criti
cism of the good Doctor in the press
and in public speech has had a sober
ing influence upon him and there need
be no further fe:>r that he will talk
too much along his former line of
thought.
MORTGAGE SALE VALUABLE
LAND.
Under and by virtue of the powers
contained a mortgage deed executed
by 11. W. Johnson to Rufus Sanders,
and recorded in Registry Johnston
County, N. C., Book J. No. 12, page
48, and duly transferred to the under
signed, also another mortgage exe
cuted by the said II. W. Johnson to
T. L. Gerald and duly of record in
the Registry Johnston County, Book
2, page 120, default having been made
in payment of the notes secured there
by, I will offer for sale for cash to
the highest bidder before the Court
House door in Smithtield, N. C., at
12 M., on Saturday the 22nd day of
Dec., 1917, the following described
property, to-wit:
Beginning at a maple in B. John
son's line, L. L. Jernigan's corner, and
runs sr.id line S 4'a W 137 poles to a
stake; thence N 6*4 W 10 poles to a
stake in the center of the Smithfield
and Fayettcville Road; thence with
the said road S 41 W 8.6 poles to a
stake; thence N 55 W 33 poles to a
stake; thence N 1 E 116 poles to a
stake in B. Johnson's line in the dis
mal; thence with the said dismal E
58 poles to the beginning, containing
39 acres more or less.
T. L. GERALD,
Mortgagee, and owner of
debt and notes.
This 21st day Nov., 1917.
DOLLAR DAY
r
?AT
Hood Bros.
Colgates Tooth Paste 25c
Colgates Toilet Soap, 3 15c Cakes 45c
Good Tooth Brush 25c
Colgates Shave Stick 25c
For One Dollar
Rexall Tooth Powder
Harmony Cold Cream
Any Toilet Article . .
25c
50c
50c
For One Dollar
Any and all $1.10 article or articles for
ONE DOLLAR
ON DOLLAR DAY
Hood Bros.
Smithfield, North Carolina
DOLLAR DAY BARGAINS
Wednesday, November 28, 1917
4 Cans Garden Peas
1 Can Red Pitted Cherries
.80
.30
1.10
DOLLAR DAY 98c.
2 Cans Salmon 50 -
3 Cans Fish Flakes 45
1 Can Devil Crabs 25
1.20
DOLLAR DAY 98c.
3 Cans Fish Roe Large Size 75
2 Cans Kippered Herrings 30
1 Jar French Mustard 1>
1.20
DOLLAR DAY 99c.
2 Cans Garden Peas 40
2 Cans Tomatoes Large Size 40
2 Cans C. A. Saunder's Fish Roe. .40
1.20
ALL $1.00.
(5 Cakes Octafron Soap 45
2 Boxes Stove Polish t 20
1 Can D. Cleanser 10
4 Cans Mendleson's Lye 40
1.15
DOLLAR DAY 99c.
Pound Baker's Chocolate 25
3 Cans Baker's Cocoa-nut 45
3 Bottles Sauer's Extract 4o
1 Can Pimentos 15
1.30
DOLLAR DAY 99c.
2 Packages Cornflakes 30
1 Package Branzos 15
1 Can Libby's Milk 15
1 Can Temple Garden Coffee ... .30
1 Large Bottle Sauer's Extracts. .25
1.15
DOLLAR DAY 99c.
2 Pounds Our Special Roasted
Coffee 60
10 Cakes Jewell Laundry Soap . . .50
1.10
DOLLAR DAY 98c.
3 Maxwell House Coffee 1.05
DOLLAR DAY 91c.
5 Pounds Morara Coffee 1.50
% pound W. Baker's Chocolate . . . .25
1 Can Lemon Cling Peaches 30
2.05
DOLLAR DAY .$1.86.
3 Cans Salmon 75
4 Pkgs. Dromidary Tapioca . . . ? . .40
1.15
DOLLAR DAY 99c.
3 Edgerton Salt Brick 75
2 Edgerton Poultry Tonic 50
1.25
DOLLAR DAY $1.06.
4 Packages Arso Starch 30
2 Pkgs. Grandma's W. Powder . . .15
4 Cans Star Lye .? 40
4 Cakes Mascot Laundry Soap ... .24
1.09
DOLLAR DAY 98c.
2 Pkgs. Aunt Jemima's Buck
wheat
1 Can Golden Tree Maple Syrup .
1 Pkg. Dromedary Cocoa-nut ....
1 Pkg Dromedary Minute Tapioca
DOLLAR DAY 98c.
2 Cans Lemon fling Peaches . . . . ? .60
1 Can Instant Postum 50
.30
.60
.10
.10
1.10
DOLLAR DAY 98c.
1.10
PEEDIN & PETERSON
Smithfield. North Carolina