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N. C.
Judge F. H. Brooks spent Wednes
day in Richmond.
. Mr. 0. E. Bain has gone to Rich
mond on a business trip.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Holloman, of
the Pine Level section, were in town
Wednesday.
Mrs. H. L. Skinner, who has been
visiting relatives in Charlotte, return
ed home Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Abell and daugh
ter, Jean, spent Tuesday in Raleigh
Tind attended "Everywoman."
e Mr. W. A. Flowers and sister, and
Mr. W. A. Powell, of Bentonville, were
in town Thursday shopping.
Miss Corabelle Ives leaves today for
Edenton to spend the Christmas holi
days with Miss Edith Hassell.
Mr. Parlia Hudsonz of Benfcpnviye,
was in the city Wednesday, and called
at The Herald office and renewed.
Mr. Arthur Narron, who is in school
at the Horner Military School at Char
lotte, is at home for the holidays.^.
Mr. R. C. Crute, who has been at
Fuquay Springs for the past several
nicnths is ai home for the holida^fe.
Mr. Everet Smith Stevens, who is a
student at the Horner Military Schoor
at Charlotte, is home for the holidays.
Mr. C. E. Bingham, who is located
at Anderson, S. C., came home Wed
nesday to spend Christmas with his
family.
Miss Mabel Wellons, a student at
Peace Institute, Raleigh, came home
Wednesday to spend the Christmas
holidays.
Mrs. Flora Hyman returned to
Richmond Wednesday after visiting
relatives and friends in the city for
some time.
Miss Mary McCullers arrived Wed
nesday from Raleigh, to spend the
Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Beaty.
Mr. H. B. Easom, a student at Wake
Forest College, is at home for the
Christmas holidays with his father,
Mr. J. H. Easom.
Mr. Ira Whitley, of Camp Sevier, at
Gteenville, returned to Camp yester
day after spending a few days with his
parents near here.
Mr. W. B. Crumpler, of Camp Jr.ck
sots spent several days with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Crumpler,
Selma, Route No. 1., this week.
Miss Margaret Moore, who is in
school at Peace Institute, Raleigh,
arrived Wednesday to spend the holi
days with her parents.
Mr. Edward Youngblood is home
from Oak Ridge Institute to spend the
holidays here with his parents, Cafit.
and Mrs. E. P. Youngblood.
Misses May Moore and Helen Shep
pard, and Messrs. J. K. Cunningham
and R. R. Holt attended "Every
wotr.an" in Raleigh Tuesday night.
Mr. F. Hunter Creech, of Washing
ton City, was in town yesterday on his
way home at Four Oaks, where he will
spend the holidays with his mother.
Rev. J. E. Lanier and Judge F. H.
Brooks attended the annual meeting
of the State Mission Board of the Bap
tist Convention in Raleigh Thursday.
Austin's big annual clearance sale is
rearing its close. The last day -is
Monday, and a big crovvd will be here
to see who gets the fifty dollars in
gold.
Miss Lucile Johnson, who is in
school at Greensboro College for Wo
men, at Greensboro, arrived home
Thursday to spend the Christmas holi
days.
Mr. William Sanders, who is a stu
dent at Bingham School, at Asheville,
will arrive today to spend the holidays
here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Sanders.
Mrs. W. M .Sanders spent a day or
two in Raleigh this w<?ek, being pres
ent at the Academy of Music when
the " Birth of Liberty " was inter
preted by her daughter, Miss Sarah
Sanders, Monday night.
Miss Lillian Holt arrived Thursday
afternoon from Mt. Zion School to
spend the holidays with friends and
relatives in the city. Miss Thelma
Godwin, her assistant, passed through
enroutf for her home in the Sanders'
Chapel section.
Mr. W. II. Stegal, buyer for the
Imperial Tobacco Company on this
market, has been transferred to Mul
lins, S. C., as manager of the Imperial
factory at that place.
Rev. W. D. Stancil has accepted the
pastorate of Oliver's Grove church,
near Four Oaks.^Mid will preach there
the first Sunday in January and Satur
day before at 11 o'clock each day.
Rev. J. E. Lanier expects to preach
at Blackman's Grove church the 5th
Sunday in December at 11 o'clock. All
members are requested to be present
as a conference meeting will be held
after the service.
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Byrd have gone
to Petersburg to spend the Christmas
holidays with their daughter, Mrs.
A. W. Francis, and their son, Mr.
Alger Byrd, who is a member of Am
bulance Company No. 43, at Camp
Lee.
The Local Exemption Board here is
mailing about ninety notices daily to
registrants. If every man will re
member his liability number, he may
know about what time to expect his
notice. The Board began with number
one and will continue until the last
number is reached.
Supt. H. B. Marrow will leave to
morrow for his home at Henderson.
On Thursday of next week he will be
married at Morganton to Miss Pearl
Ilildebrand. From there they will go
to Washington City and other north
ern points on a bridal tour. They will
be in Smithfield on January 1, 1918.
The Woman's Mission Society will
send a Christmas dinner to the County
Home next Monday, Dec. 24th. The
box will be packed at the home of Miss
Mattie Pou Monday morning. Any
one desiring to assist in this worthy
cause may send their contributions to
Miss Pou's residence Monday before
twelve o'clock.
Mr. S. R. Winters was in town for
a few hours yesterday morning- He
was on his way home to Durham from
Washington City, where he is the live
and efficient correspondent of the
News and Observer. Mr. Winters, as
head of the News and Observer's Dur
ham news bureau, proved himself to
be a very capable newspaper man.
Mr. Walter Batten from the Micro
section was here yesterday, and gave
us a call. He killed four young hogs
recently which made him 1,026 pounds
of meat, and has six others to kill. Mr.
Batten says his father-in-law has
some large hogs one of /"which will
weigh more than five hundred pounds.
A five-hundred-pound hog now will
bring as much money as a good mule
cost a few years ago.
Owing to the extreme bad weather
for the past two weeks the farmers
could not grade their tobacco, there
fore the Smithfield tobacco market will
be open again after Christmas for two
or three weeks. The opening date will
be Thursday, January, 3, 1918. There
was about forty thousand pounds of
tobacco on the market yesterday which
sold high. Everybody was well pleas
ed. Prices will be good after the holi
days.
The out of town teachers of Turling
ton Graded School have gone to their
respective homes to spend the Christ
mas holidays, as follows: Miss Celeste
McEachern to Wilmington; Miss Stella
Lee Rutherford, to Bowling Green,
Ky.; Miss Edna Taylor to Goldsboro;
Miss Pattie Spurgeon to Hillsboro;
Miss Lucile Spears to Lillington; Miss
Helen Sheppard to Chadbourn; Miss
Grace Owen to Mints; Miss Roberta
Coxe to Red Springs.
Smithfield has taken on the holiday
spirit in earnest. The past few days
of such disagreeable weather was
somewhat discouraging, but the
Smithfield merchants kept busy and
are ready for a fine holiday trade.
Some very attractive display windows
are to be seen here now. The windows
of Woodall's and Spiers' are especially
attractive. Also the windows at the
Bon Ton, Davis, and the two drug
stores. The five and ten cent store
looks much like Christmas as well as
the other stores that carry holiday
goods. A large number of shoppers
were here yesterday. Today the town
will be full of Christmas shoppers.
Christmas Vesper Service.
On Christmas Day at the Methodist
church there will be a vesper service
at five o'clock. The program will .be
under the direction of Mrs. C. V.
Johnson, and promises to be very en
joyable. The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Wallace- Whitaker.
Cards have been received here lead
ing as follows:
"Mr. and Mrs. William Pell Whita
ker announce the marriage of their
daughter Mary Carroll to Mr. Holton
, !3. Wallace on Saturday, December
? the eighth, nineteen hundred and
'seventeen, Wilson, N. C."
| Mr. Wt.llace is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert I. Wallace.
PELOl'BETS SELECT NOTES ON
the S;mday School Lessons for 1918, |
for ?a1c at Herald Book Store, price :
I $1.25.
No Taper Tuesday.
The Herald will not go out again
until next Friday. Tuesday is Christ
mas Day and our force will take a
little needed rest.
All correspondents who want to get
matter in" next Friday's paper be sure
to mail same before Thursday.
Christmas Vesper Service.
Sunday afternoon at five o'clock
?there will be a Christmas vesper ser
vice at the Methodist church. The
program will be rendered by fhe Sun
day school and will consist of songs,
apd a simple dramatization of the par
able of the "Good Samaritan." The
offering will be^scnt to the suffering
Armenians. The money will be cabled
to them and will reach them in time
for their Christmas which is Jan. 19.
Mr. J. E. Austin Dead.
Clayton, Dec. 19. ? Mr. J. E. Austin
died Tuesday night after an illness of
several weeks. Mr. Austin, who was
one of the most substantial and pros
perous farmers of this section, was
70 years old last August 28th. He was
a veteran of the Civil War, entering
the service of his country when 17
years old and served until the end.
Mr. Austin had lived most of his life
at his home in the Amelia neighbor
hood, about three miles west of Clay
ton, where by hard work and thrift he
has accumulated considerable pro
perty. He was a member of Amelia
Christian church. He is survived by a
wife, two sons, Messrs. Z. B. and D. E.
Austin and four brothers and two
sisters, all of whom are prominent in
this community.
The funeral services were conducted
this afternoon by Rev. W. G. Clements,
of Morrisville, assisted by Rev.
Franks, and interment was in the
burial ground at Amelia church. ?
News and Observer.
Letter from Bingham School.
Dear Editor:
Late^ I have noticed in The Herald
the good work that is being done in
Johnston County for the Y. M. C. A.
cause. It gives me great pleasure to
read about this great work being done
in my own home County. I have had
several of my school-mates to come
in my room and pick up The Herald
and read it, and they all have made
favorable remarks about the paper
and about the Y. M. C. A. work being
done in Johnston County.
As a member of the Bingham Mili
tary School I wish to state that we
have made a contribution for this pur
pose. We have a Y. M. C. A. organi
zation in this school and we meet
twice a month.
Several Sundays ago Mr. Newton,
who" is secretary of the Y. M. C. A.
in Asheville, came out to speak to us.
He spoke to us about the great im
portance of the Y. M. C. A., and at
this special time he told us of the
Y. M. C. A. work ^eing done all over
the United States, for the purpose
of furnishing our soldiers in the for
eign training Camps with Y. M. C. A.
tents, which shall be as reading rooms
for our soldiers, and where they can
always find writing paper, etc.
Mr. Newton asked how many were
willing to make a contribution for
this cause. Everybody raised his
hand. So we easily raised $140.00 for
this cause. We have also made a Red
Cross contribution.
Sincerely,
Wm. SANDERS, Jr.
Binham Military School,
Asheville, N. C., Dec. 17th.
BETHANY NEWS.
The two-year-old daughter of Mr.
Burrel Whitley died of pneumonia the
30th day of November. We sorrow
with the parents in their bereavement.
Onie, the eight-year-old daughter of
Mr. B. B. Batten died Saturday morn
ing, after a month's illness of diph
theria. She was a bright child and
will be missed especially in the Sunday
school where she was a regular atten
dant. .
A good mule belonging to Mr. Moses
Cneech was badly hurt the second Sun
day at Mr. Stephen Boyetts. Mr.
Boyett's cow opened the stable door
and cut a gash in the mule's breast
about twelve inches long and five
inches deep.
Elder Whitley was at the Hall Mon
day night and addressed the farmers
in the interest of the Farmers' Union.
Messrs. Rosco and Luther Durham
who have been building a house for
Mr. K. Creech, have gone home as the
weather was too bad for th? m to com
p'ete the house.
We welcome Mr. Austin Price and
family, of Thanksgiving, to this Com
munity. They live on the Ell wood
Farm.
A little girl who walked a long way
' to attend Price's School Monday was
so overcome with cold when she ar
rived at the school housf that the
[teachers and pupilg were alarmed and
j sent for her pajtenU who took her
home.
j Reporter.
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RED CROSS NOTES.
On last Wednesday, fourteen more
sweaters and three pairs of wristlets
were sent. The names of the persons
to whom these will be given will be
sent later.
The Chapter feels very grateful too,
to the tobacco warehouse men and to
the buyers, as well as to the managers
of the cotton gins. These" gentlemen
assisted with the greatest courtesy
and sympathy in every possible May.
This money has been used in making
garments and surgical dressings for
the sick and wounded among our sol
diers and \hose of our allies. A full
statement of all receipts and expendi
tures will be published at an early
date. %
The Smithfield Rod Cross Chapter
desires to thank the farmers of the
County for the generous assistance
they have given it since its organi
zation in August. Their donations of
tobacco and cotton have netted $775.08
for the Chapter's treasury.
The donations of tobacco and cotton
were collected by Misses Annie Ihrie
Pou and Ava Myatt, assisted by Mrs.
Edward Ball, Mrs. R. B. Brickey, Mrs.
T. S. Ragsdale, Mrs. H. P. Stevens,
Mrs. Howard Gray, and Misses Mattie
Sanders, Margaret Pou, lone Abell
and others.
Mrs. Pou, Chairman of the knitting
department, wishes to urge that all
persons of. this chapter knitting for
the Red Cross, finish their work as
soon as possible. If the articles are
to do the good they should they must
reach the soldiers soon. They are in
the midst of the cold winter weather
and need the sweaters, wristlets and
helmets.
Mrs. E. W. Pou is in receipt of a
letter from Mrs. Mclver, who has
charge of the Red Cross sweaters for
Camp Jackson. She sent the names
of those to whom sweaters knit by the
Smithfield chapter of the Red Cross
have been given. They are: S. Allen,
O. Batten, H. Bass, J. Brannan, L. W.
Barnes, L. M. Barnes, R. B. Brown, A.
Capps, C. L. Crumpler, H. H. Duncan,
J. C. Duncan, W. M. Ellis, J. A.
Elmore, W. R. Smith, T. Vinson, W.
C. Wiggs, J. S. Wall, L. C. Williams,
W. L. Barbour, Bragsdon Johnson, J.
J. Lee, S. Norris, D. Norris, R. R.
Whitley.
Buys Jersey Heifers.
Mr. H. M. Johnson, of Meadow
Township, purchased five Jersey heif
ers for his community last Wednes
day. The farm demonstrator picked
them from a herd of thirty-two at
Wilson, N. C. They will arrive in
Benson today.
NEW TESTAMENTS RANGING IN
price from 10 cents to $1.40 each,
at Herald Office.
FOR FIRE WORKSHOP ALL KINDS
call on A. B. Hollowell, Clayton,
N. C.
FOR TOYS OF VARIOUS KINDS
see J. F. Thompson, Pine Level.
IF YOU WANT ANY CHRISTMAS
toys, it will pay you to see J. F.
Thompson, Pine Level, N. C.
THE SMiTHFIELD MARKET.
Cotton 29 %
Cotton Seed 1.05
Wool 20 to 30
Eggs . . . j 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
Hams, per pound 38 to 40
Lard 25 to 32%
Timothy Hay 1.90 to 2.00
Cheese per pound 36
Butter, per pound 40
Meal 4.75 to 5.00
Flour per sack 6.00 to 6.25
Coffee p??r poun^ y, . . 15 to
Cotton Seed Meal 2.50
Cotton need bcli* 1.00
Shipstuff 2.80 to 3.00
Molasses Feed 3.00
Hides, Green 12% to 14
Get Him a Wheel
For Christmas .
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It is sure to be appre
ciated, and the price will
be forgotten when you
realize its great help
when there are errands
to run.
See me about it, I will
treat you right.
? 1
H. S. Powell
Smithfield, N. C. y
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That Christmas Dinner
What Magic in the Thought.
With the family all at home and a smile op
everyones face as the dinner hour draws near.
LET US BE YOUR GROCER
We have just the articles you will need to make this
dinner the best you ever ate: Raisins, Pineapples, Appes,
big, red and juicy, all kinds of cakes and candies, good
flour and all heavy groceries.
AM) THE PRICES ARE RIGHT
City Grocery
Phone 1 Smith field, N. C.
Tobacco seed at
Center Brick Warehouse
It is with great pleasure that we can take this privilege
of thanking our many Farmer friends, for their loyal
patronage this pa-t season. In return we want to tell
them that we wish- one and all a "Merry Xmas and
Happy New Year."? We have on hand a large quantity
of good fresh Tobacco seed to sow your plant beds for
the coming year. They are yours for the asking or writ
ing us a POSTAL CARD. **
Your friends.
Pool & Lassiter
Center Brick Warehouse
Smithiield, N. C.
FREE TOBACCO SEED
The Banner Warehoi se has just received a rice sup
ply of fresh tobacco seed. Anyone wanting seed can
get them by ca ling at The Banner or wiiting Skinner &
Patterson, stating what kind and how many they need.
We have the following varieties:
IMPROVED GOLD LEAF
IMPROVED HICKORY PRYOR
IMPROVED TILI IE
IMPROVED WARNE
IMPROVED HESTER
WHITE STEM ORONOCO
NORTH CAROLINA BRIGHT
V e al.->o have some very fine setd sax ed by Mr. J W.
Jones.
SKINNER & PATTERSON
Smithfleld, - ? - " ? N?r,h Carolina
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