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THE SMITHFIELD HERALD i Published Every Tuesday and Friday. WATCH YOUR LABEL. No receipt will be sent for subscrip tion. Each subscriber is asked to watch the little yellow label on his paper. If the label is not changed within three weeks after remittance is made, the subscriber should notify us. Watch your label. NOTE. ? All correspondents should remember that we pay no attention to communications without the writ er's name. If you write every day be sure to enclose your name each time. Address *11 matters for publication to The Smithfield Herald, Smithfield, N. C. PERSONAL AND LOCAL. The Herald for next Tuesday will contain a number of Christmas ar ticles and some Christmas :.ds. Watch for it. ? * ? Mrs. Carlton Blackwood, of Clay ton, will spend several weeks here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Turner. * * ill Superior Court adjourned yesterday after a three days' session. On ac count of the bad weather people could not easily come to town and but few cases have been disposed of. ? ? ? On account of the lateness of the trains we have been unable to get our Selma and Benson letters in time for this issue. All delayed matter will appear in Tuesday's paper. ? m ? Og account of the snow there was no school Wednesday, and but few pupils attended yesterday. School will will be in session today It will close for the holidays next Friday. * ? ? Mrs. J. T. Barham, Mrs: E. P. Youngblood and Frank and Douglas Youngblood returned Monday night from a visit to Mrs. Barham's daugh ter, Mrs. F. W. Davies, at Troy, S. C. * ? * Mr. R. H. Lee, linotype operator in The Herald composing room, left this morning for Fayetteville where he goes for examination before the Cum berland County Exemption Board. lie will be back again Sunday night or early Monday morning. ? ? ? Mr. R. R. Holt end Mr. P. E. White head and Misses Stella Rutherford and Bettie Watson went to Raleigh Tues day evening to witness the play, "Mary's Ankle," at the Academy of Music. They had to come home through the snow, taking about two hours for the trip. ? * * Mr. Rolfs E. Boiling, Vice President of the Chatham and Phenix National Bank, of New York City, spent Wednesday here with Mr. W. M. San ders. Mr. Boiling is a brother of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and a prominent banker of New York. While in the County he visited Selma, Four Oaks and Clayton. ? * * Mr. Will D. Avera returned Mon day from Greenville where he went to attend the annual meeting of the North Carolina Conference. Mr. Avera was a member of the Joint Board of Finance. He is enthusiastic over the work of the Conference and regards the recent meeting as one of the best he ever attended. ? * ? Mr. 0. L. Rog^s, who formerly taught school in this county, was in town this week, having come from Washington City where he has been for the past several months. He has enlisted in the aviation service and is now waiting for his call to ?the colors. He will go to his home near Asheville for few days. ? ? ? Smithfield has been visited this week with a big snow, the biggest in several years. Snow commenced fall ing early Tuesday evening and con tinued through the night and for awhile Wednesday morning, until it had reached a depth of about seven inches. The .weather has been cold and disagreeable. A little rain fell yesterday, but it was too cold to melt much of the snow. * ? ? * Mr. Robert A. Wellons left last night for Atlanta, Georgia, where he goes to enter the aviation service of the army. He will enter the school of Aeronautics of the Georgia School of Technology where he will spend some weeks in training for the aviation service abroad. Mr Wollons is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Wellons and is a bright young man, who has been trained for the law, taking his course at Washington & Lee Univer sity. He is the fourth young man of the town of Smithfield to volunteer for the aviation service. The others ,are: Edwin and George Pou and John W. Avera. His many friends wish for Mr. Wellons great success as he goes into the service of his country. Mr. Bragsflon Johnson, of Camp Jackson, Colombia, S. C., has been spending a few days here this week with relatives. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Brickey left this week for the old home of Mrs. Brickey in Indiana, where they will spend the Christmas holidays. Mr. Brickey is the manager of the company which puts out the acetylene gas lights for country homes in this section. He and Mrs. Brickey have been living here since early this year and made a great number of friends who hope they will return for the new year. ? ? ? For several years past the progres sive firm of Austin-Stephenson Com pany, of Smithfield, has had an an nual clearance sale just before Christ mas. These sales have been among the most successful held in Johnston County and always attract a great many prospective buyers to Smith field. The sale is now going on and will continue until the day before Christmas when it will close. The firm is giving to the public some par gains and the sales are large every day. Mr. Austin, the manager of the company, is a great believer in adver tising and uses the columns of The Smithfield Herald very freely in these sales. He is running a page adver tisement twice a week, and from what we learn of the business the firm is doing the ads are bringing in fine re sults. There are changes made in the ads every issue, new bargains being offered each week. No concern in this section does a greater amount of busi ness each year than does the Austin Stephenson Company. An Ever Welcome Visitor. Rev. John W. Suttle left Wednesday morning to return to his home in Shelby . fter spending a few days in Smithfield, Benson and Four Oaks. He was once pastor of the Baptist churches in these towns for several years and is always a welcome visitor in our midst. He spent nine years in this county and did a great work. He was one of the fore-runners of the temperance cause In this section. While here he was an all-round citi zen. He entered into and took a part in the community life and lent his most earnest support to every good and upright cause. He went about among the people and at the time he left the county he was known by more people than any other preacher living in the county. He is now serving several churches in his native county of Cleveland where h; is doing a great work and is greatly beloved. Such men rre * power for good among their fellow men. They are the men who are doing the really good work of the day. Many of them are perhaps unknown outside their own county, but when they go hence their influence lives and is mul tiplied among generations yet "un born. Marrow-Hildebrand. Cards have been received here read ing as follows: "Mr. and Mrs. Miles Pinkney Hilde brand invite you to be present at the marriage <?f their daughter, Pearl Eugenia to Mr. Henry Burwell Mar row, Tuesday afternoon, December the twenty-seventh, at five o'clock, First Baptist Church, Morganton, North Carolina. "At home after the second of Jan uary Smithfield, North Carolina." Prizes for North Carolina Teachers. The contest for the best essays on "Why the United Spates is at War," which is being conducted through the North Carolina Historical Commission amonf the public school teachers of North Carolina, will close on January 1, 1918. There are ten prizes offered as follows: Group A. For teachers in the Public High Schools: A first prize of $75.00. A second prize of $30.00. A third prize of $20.00. A fourth prize of $10.00. Group ?B. For teachers in Public Elementary Schools: A first prize of $75.00. A second prize of $25.00. Three prizes of $10.00 each. These essays must not exceed three thousand words in length. It is not too late to enter the con test, and any teacher interested may learn full particulars by writing to County Superintendent L. T. Royall, Smithfield. Death at the Ivanhoe Mills. On December 3rd, at the Ivanhoe Cotton Mills, Mrs. Sarah Lamb died after an illness of eight days of paralysis. She was about 70 years old and leaves three sons and five daughters. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist church. She was buried r.t the old Peedin grave yard, her funeral being, preached by Elder J/ T. Colyer, of Micro. She was a eood neighbor and a good mother. ? W. J. S. JOHNSTON COUNTY'S l'AKT. Below is found Johnston County's apportionment of the WariSaving^ Stamps by Lpwnship* North Caronna Johnston County . . . Banner Township . . . Bentonville Township Beulah Township . . Boon Hill Township Clayton Township . Cleveland Township Elevation Township Ingrams Township Meadow Township . O'Neals Township . Pine Level Township Pleasant Grove Township Selma Township Smithfield Township . . . Wilders Township Wilson's Mills Township Clayton Selma Smithfield $48,538,314.00 910,822.00 64,906.00 30,206.00 78,474.00 75,966.00 100,364.00 30,008 00 51,062.00 62,964.00 39,710.00 69,080.00 25,564.00 34,254.00 74,690.00 103,576.00 44,902.00 25,036.00 31,700.00 29,282.00 29,634.00 Note of Thanks. I want to thank the people of Smith field for their kindness shown me in the death and burial of my husband, to thank them for the beautiful floral designs, and to express my deep and heartfelt gratitude. MRS. CLAUDE SMITH. Smithfield, N. C. Tuesday's Cotton Market. The cotton market Tuesday made | quite a bound when the Government report placing the crop at 10,949,000 bales was made public. January cot ton advanced 95 points and closed at 29.53. Spot cotton was 31 cents on the New York market. Early Morning Fire. The people of Smithfield were aroused from the slumbers Monday morning a little after one o'clock by the ringing of the Court House bell which was a fire alarm. It was found that some bales of cotton were on fire on the platform at the depot. A freight car standing near the platform loaded with cotton soon caught on fire and was very badly damaged. Somewhere around seventy^five bales of cotton caught on fire and while not all were consumed they were badly damaged. It wa3 a bitter cold night and it was sometime before water could be turned on the flames. Had the wind been from thd southeast the damage would have been much more serious than it was. Five Inches Snow in Charlotte. Charlotte, Dec. 11. ? Five inches of snow had fallen in Charlotte at mid night, and it was still coming down. This is an unusual snow fall for this section and one of the heaviest ever known for this season. 7-Inches at Danville. Danville, Va., Dec. 12. ? A fall of fine, dry snow beginning at 6 p. m. yesterday, has continued through the night with increasing: violence until its depth at 2 a. m., is seven inches. There is no sign of diminution. Why We Fight. "You are called into this great ser vice of your country not only for the purpose of maintaining the ideals for which America has always stood ? de mocracy and freedom, and to keep the torch of Liberty burning throughout the world ? but also for this more im mediate object, the protection of our national rights and the democratic in stitutions handed down to us as the result of the valor and blood of our ancestors. Those are the things for which you fight." ? From Secretary McAdoo's Address to Men of the Na tional Army. _ From now until further notice all notices of box parties will be regarded as advertising and a small charge will be made/ All teachers and others de siring to publish a notice of box party will please enclose 25 cents with notice. This rule will be applied to all. I'omona School. On account of the bad weather, the box party which was to be held at Pomona School tonight, Dec. 14, has been postponed until Wednesday night, December 19th. An interesting program has been prepared and a good time is promised to all who at tend. The public is invited to come and help out the piano fund. Christmas Tree and Box Party. On Friday night, Dec. 21, 1917, there will be a Christmas tree and box party at Johnson's school house. Everybody is cordially . invited. ? Teachers. Corinth School. There will be a box party at Corinth School Friday night, December 21st. In addition to the boxes to be sold, some investing contests will take place ? for the most popular girl and the ugliest man. The proceeds will be used for the benefit of the school. Brown School House. On account of the bad weather the box party will be postponed until Wednesday night, Dec. 19th, 1917. ? Teachers. A New Trial for the Granville County Case. The State Board of Education gets a new trial on an appeal to the Su preme Court in its case against the Board of County Commisioners of Granville, brought before Judge Geo. W. Connor at the August term of Granville court. The Board of Edu cation sought a mandamus to compel the commissioners to lay a special tax of ten cents on the hundred dollars valuation of property as necessary to maintain the public schools of Gran ville for four months. The defendants contended that the existing tax of five cents was suffici ent and, after a hearing, secured a Tu^l'rment in their favor from the lower court. Judge Hoke writes .the npinion of the court and, in granting a new trial to the plaintiffs, dwells at length on the constitutional reference to the encouragement of roads and schools in the State. ? North Carolina Education. THE SMITHFIEL1) MARKET. Cotton 27 to 28% Cotton Seed 1.10 Wool 20 to 30 Eggs 40 Fat Cattle 5 to 6% Corn per bushel 1.75 to 1.85 C. R. Sides 30 to 32% Feed Oats 90 to 1.00 Fresh Pork 20 Elams, per pound 38 to 40 Lard 25 to 32% rimothy Hay 1.00 to_2.00 Cheese per pound 8f> Bu ter, per pound 40 Meal 4.75 to 5.00 Flour per sack 6.00 to 6.25 ^ofTeff t>*?r pomi.* ... IB to 2^ Cotton Seed "Meal 2.50 Cotton ?eed halt* . . . 1.00 Shipstuff 2.80 to 3.00 Molasses Feed 3.00 Hides, Green 12% to 14 ALL FALL MILLINERY AT A GREAT SACRIFICE All Pattern Hats will be sold regardless of cost. 35, 40 and 45 cent ribbon during Holidays at 25 cents per yard. Miss May Moore has just returned from the Northern Markets where she has bought the newest creations in small hats and flowing veils. Miss Ora V. Poole % ? The Exclusive Millinery Shop? Smithfield, - - - North Carolina Christmas Vigor The Christmas Holidays always call for more or less strenuous living. You cannot escape the social features of the season, It is equally true that you cannot enjoy the season if you are in a jaded, run-down condition. Your Druggist can furnish you just the right tonic or corrective to put your system in mince-pie order. ? Don't wait till the Christmas sports and the Christmas feasts have gotten you "all wrong." Take it in time and fortify your health. We are in earnest when we subscribe ourselves, L "Yours for Health," w HOOD BROS. DRUGGISTS ON THE SQUARE SMITHFIFLD, N. C. \ Conic to our More and see the stacks of beautiful things to wear, and for Christmas presenls, You will have no trouble finding what to buy This is to tell you when to bus; it is now-because if you come in now you will avoid the Christmas rush and wc can take more time to wait on you, Socomeinthis week and buy the things )'ou need t<? buy Our goods possess quality and style, and our prices are so low that vour Christmas money will go far. Spiers Bros. SmithHeld, - North Carolina A Squirrel prepares | for the future - If he | had money he would | jj^f have it in the I Bank. TKie Man with money- saves his money for his future and puts it in Ihe Bank where it is safe. THIS PICTURE SHOWS ONE OF NATURE'S LESSONS TO US. THE SQUIRREL GATHERS AND HOARDS THE NUTS THAT-HE REALIZES HE WILL NEED SOME DAY. HE DOESN'T DEPEND ON HIS FRIENDSIN TIMEOF NEED. HE DEPENDS ON WHAT HE HAS SAVED. HE KNOWS HE WON'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS WHEN HE IS BROKE AND BE SIDES THEY COULDN'T SPARE THE FRUITS OF THEIR FRUGALITY. . DO YOU GET THE POINT.? PUT YOUR MONEY IN OUR BANK. ' WE PAY H PER CENT INTEREST. First National Bank Sn'ithfleld, N. 'C.
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