THE SMITHFIELD HERALD
Published Every Tuesday and Friday.
1218 JANUARY 1918
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N. C.
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.
Mr. W. M. Sanders made a business
trip to New Bern last week.
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Mr. J. D. Capps, of Pine Level, R.
1, was in town Wednesday and called
at The Herald office.
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Mr. D. W. Pender, of Selma, R. 3,
was in town Wednesday and renewed
his subscription for another year.
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Miss Mary McCullers left Wednes
day to take up her duties as teacher of
piano in Meredith College at Raleigh.
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Mr. D. D. Braswell, who is selling
acetyline lighting fixtures around
Rocky Mount, is in town for a few
days.
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Mrs. C. W. Smith and Master
Claude have returned from Mount
Vernon Springs where they spent the
holidays.
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Messrs. Ryal Woodall and Ed. S.
Abell, Jr., have returned to Chapel
Hill to resume their studies in the
State University.
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Mr. T. V. Baker, of Laurinburg,
and Mr. H. L. Johnson, of Florence,
1 S. C., were here Thursday to attend
the burial of Mr. J. Tim Barham.
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Miss Pearl Maness spent Tuesday
night in the city as the guest of Miss
Bettie Lee Sanders. She was return
ing from Rowland to Kinston, and
failed to make connection in Selma.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Marrow re
turned from their bridal trip to Wash
ington and other cities Tuesday even
ing. They were in Norfolk Tuesday
and witnessed the big fire that de
stroyed the Monticello Hotel and other
big buildings.
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Mr. Joe M. Johnson, of Motor Truck
Company No. 1, Camp Sevier, arrived
in Smithfield yesterday, having been
called home on account of the d^ath of
his brother-in-law, Mr. J. Tim Bar
ham. He arrived too late for the
funeral services.
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There will be services at St. Paul's
Episcopal church next Sunday even
ing, Janut-.ry 6, at seven o'clock, con
ducted by Rev. Alfred S. Lawrence,
Archdeacon, of Hillsboro, N. C. The
public is given a cordial invitation to
attend this service.
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Turlington Graded School will open
for the Spring Term next Tuesday,
January 8th. The severe spell of cold
weather which has prevailed here this
week shows that the School Board
made no mistake in postponing the
opening for a few days.
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Dr. E. L. Strickland, of Wilson,
spent a few hours Wednesday with
his sister, Mrs. W. C. Harper, at Piney
Grave Farm near town. We regret
to note that Mrs. Harper has been
suffering considerably with her ear
? for the past two weeks.
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Mr. Paul Pittman, of the Pine
Level section, was in town yesterday
and called in and had his name en
tered on The Herald's subscription
list for a year. Another mp.n who be
came a subscriber yesterday was Mr.
Luby Batten, of Selma, R. 3.
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Mrs. W. L. Ellis accompanied by
her six-year-old son, Ronald, went to
Wilson last Sunday, where on Mon
day a slipht operation was performed
on the little boy. He stood the ordeal
all right end latest reports from Wil
son state that he is getting on very
nicely and expects to be home aprain
soon. Mrs. Ellis returned last night.
Miss Nettie Parker has returned to
Gre?nsboro to resume her duties at
the State Normal College, after
spending the holidays with relatives
in the city.
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The people of this section have been
enjoying a nice sugar supply this
week. Clerks at Mr. Sanders' store
have been kept busy waiting on the
customers.
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The weather report in this morn
ing's News and Observer gives a lit
tle promise of warmer weather. It
says "Fair, continued cold Friday;
Saturday fair, not so cold, moderate
northeast to east winds."
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The dealers in heaters and oil
stoves have had a run for the past
few days with the result that their
supply is exhausted. Not being able
to get coal has caused many to take
out their coal stoves and put in wood
heaters.
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Mr. H. V. Rose, of Camp Jackson,
who was called home Inst week on
account of the death of Mr. Alonzo
Ilood, was in town yesterday. He is
looking well and seems to like army
life fine. He belongs to Company A,
Military Police of Regiment 306.
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Mr. Harry Gillispie, who was a
member of The Herald force during
the Fall, returned to town this morn
ing from Fairmont, where he spent
the holidays with his parents. He has
accepted a position with at company
to sell light fixtures for rural homes.
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Mr. W. W. Jordan returned Mon
day night from a visit to his wife who
is receiving treatment at a Morgan
ton sanatorium. Mr. Jordan found
Mrs. Jordan rapidly improving and
hopes to see her home again soon.
Mrs. Jordan's many friends will be
very glad to hear that she is getting
on so nicely.
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Many of the schools over the State
are delaying their openings on ac
count of the severe weather and the
fuel shortage. We have a letter from
Col. Horner, of Charlott, stating that
on account of the shortage of fuel and
the wisdom of exercising the saving
spirit the Horner Military School has
postponed the opening of the Spring
Term until January 15. Two Smith
field boys are students at Horner's ?
John Arthur Narron and Everett
Smith Stevens.
Narron-Williams.
Last Sunday Mr. E. C. Narron and
Miss Julia Williams, accompanied by
Mr. Charles Davis, Mr. Joe Froehlich
and Miss Blanche Mizell, motored to
Raleigh where they were married at
the home of Dr. T. W. O'Kelly, pastor
of the First Baptist church, Dr.
O'Kelly performing the ceremony.
Mr. Narron is a son of Mr. A. H.
Narron, of O'Neals township, while
his young bride is a daughter of Mr.
D. J. Williams, of Bentonville. They
have both been living in Smithfield
for sometimes where they hold posi
tions in the Davis Stores. They are
popular and have many friends and
acquaintances who wish for them a
long and happy journey through life.
They will board with Mrs. D. M. Coats
on Second street.
Mr. J. Tim Barham Dead.
Mr. J. Tim Barham who lived in the
Southern part of Smithfield, died
Wednesday morning about 7 o'clock,
after one week's illness. He was
taken ill on Wednesday of last week
at the Smithfield cotton mills and
grew worse until death came. He was
about sixty years old.
The funeral took place Thursday
afternoon in Oakland cemetery. Mr.
Barham moved here several years ago
from his farm in O'Neals township.
He leaves his wife and three daugh
ters and one son. Mrs. Frank Holmes,
of Raleigh, and Mrs. Mordecai Batten,
of O'Neals township, are two of his
daughters. The two younger children
are with their mother at home.
No Home-Made Poetry Wanted.
The Herald has recently been
favored with several poetical, ef
fusions from young budding poets.
However, we are unable to find much
poetry in these efforts and ask these
poets to suspend operations for
awhile. The editors are not much on
home-made poetry and now give
notice that we cannot accept for publi
cation these scribblings, unless they
are typewritten and have been pnssed
upon by a competent judge of poetry.
Mr. J. D. Gulley Dead.
We regret to learn of the death of
Mr. J. D. Gulley who died suddenly at
his home in Clayton Monday. His
son, Mr. A. V. Gulley, went to Clayton
to attend the funeral.
In some sections of Europe prac
tically every child under four years
of a -re has disappeared. The little
tots are the first to succumb to the
horrors rf famine.
THANKS RED CROSS CHAPTER. !
Letter from Soldier Boy At Fort C?h- -
well to the Local Red Cross.
The Smithfield Chapter American
Red Cross is in receipt of the follow
ing letter which speaks for itself:
"Many, many thr.nks for your '
Christmas package. It has helped '
make a lonesome day a cheerful one. '
Those tokens from the folks at home '
show us that we are still warmly re- (
membered and every soldier in camp 1
was helped along by them. We are (
trying to be brave, but have any of
you ever felt lonesome at Christmas? '
Have you ever received a gift from ^
an unexpeted quarter just when you ?
were getting blue? That was just '
our fix, and your package carried a I
warm feeling to every soldier's her.rt. (
Outside the usefulness of the gifts '
they were pleasant reminders of the
fact that those at home are with us 1
and prepared to share our burdens '
in the glorious cause for which we 1
stand. The Red Cross and the Y. M. 1
C. A. are two factors that will cheer
us for many a day and spur us on to 1
greater things and braver deeds. 1 (
am proud to say that both my mother 1
and my sister are active members of *
the Red Cross. 1
"At the outbreak of this great war -
in 1914 I left school against my fath
er's wishes and joined the Allies in 1
that splendid fight that they are still *
making. After two years of horror 3
and privation I returned, sick of it *
all, but at the first news of our coun- ^
try being drawn into it, I joined the 1
local militia company of Coast Ar- I
tillery. We have been training since 1
August 29th, but erpect to leave soon 1
for "over there." We are all anxious *
to go, and let me assure you that we *
will give the best we have for the *
protection of those we love and for 1
the principle for which our country 1
stands. 1
"So Merry Christmas and 365 days
of joy in 1918 for all of you. 'Keep
the home fires burning.' We will be
back some day.
"EARL B. PUTNAM. 1
"4th Co., N. C. C. A. N. G. Ft., Cas- ?
well, N. C." <
"P. S. I forgot to thank Mr. D. H. 1
Creech for that copy of "Leslies'." 1
December 25, 1917.
Local Red Cross Thanked.
The Smithfield Chapter of the Rod
Cross is in receipt of the following
note of thanks for one of the Christ
mas packages which was sent by this
Chapter. The writer, Ord. Sgfc. Fred
C. Schoenhut, is at Camp Hancock,
Augusta, Ga. The note is as follows:
"Many, many thanks for your very
kind Christmas package. I am sure
that it had the true Chistmas spirit
back of it and therefore added as
much to your happiness on Chistmas
Day as it did to mine, as well as to all
the other soldiers at camp. I am
sure you would have appreciated the
opening of these packages by the
many curious soldier boys. Enclosed j
find one dollar that I want to con
tribute to the good cause of the Red
Cross Society."
Mr. Paul Johnson Joins Army.
Mr. Paul Johnson, 19 year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Johnson, has
enlisted in the army and left Wednes
day for Fort Thomas, Ky., where he
will train for service in the signal
corps, Aviation Branch.
GENERAL NEWS.
Charleston's second snowfall during ,
the present intense cold wave started ,
Monday morning shortly after 11 T
o'clock. At noon the temperature was 1
19 degrees. This is the coldest De
cember weather Charleston has had '
in 17 years. ,
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All city employees of Chicago have
been placed on an eight-hour day basis
and between 400 and 500 municipal
jobs have been abolished to effect
yearly saving of approximately $3,- (
000,000 by the city council at a meet
ing Monday.
The personnel of the third training ^
camp at Fort Oglethorpe will em- j
brace 1,152 men, composed of enlisted
men and college students. The crmp
will open on January 5. One hundred
and ninety-two men will come from (
organizations and colleges in the I
southeast; 614 from Chickamauga 1
park and other regular regiments in
the department; 312 from Camp ]
Greene, Charlotte, N. C.; 27 students <
from the North Carolina Agricultural i
and Engineers' college; 26 men from ]
Camp Greenleaf, Chickamauga park. ]
President Wilson, to whose lot has '
fallen the task of guarding the nrtion 1
through one of the most critical
periods in its history, observed his (
sixty-first birthday anniversary last 1
Friday. So far as outward appear- 1
ances go the President shows little 1
cffcets of the tremendous strain under <
which he has labored the past two (
years. In health and spirit he appears <
to l>e many years younger than 61, i
though his hair is much grayer than
when he entered the whit? house, iys 1
a press dispatch from Washinrto?l?
HOTHER OF FIFTEEN CHILDREN
\ll Children Are Living and Only
Two Have Left l'arenlal Roof. The
Father 1? a Good Farmer Having
Never Bought a Bushel of Corn.
On Sunday before Christmas Mr.
L. G. Patterson and Mr. J. W. Jones
took dinner at the home of Mr. J.
Robert McLamb who lives a few miles
jelow Benson. They had a splendid
linncr rnd the visitors enjoyed it very
much, doing full justice to the oc
casion.
In telling us about the visit, Mr.
Patterson gave us some interesting
Facts about this family. The father,
Mr. J. Robert McLamb, is a son of
Mr. J. Robert McLamb, Sr., and is 54
years of age. His wife who is a
laughter of Mr. G .W. Stewart, will
)e tifty years old on March 24, 1918.
She was married March 16, 1887,
when she was nineteen. She is the
nother of fifteen children, nine boys
ind six girls, and no physician was
present at the birth of any of them.
The fifteen children are all living
ind still under the parental roof ex
cept two who are married and have
i home for themselves within sight of
heir father's home. The youngest
?hild was two years old on January
!, 1918.
Mr. and Mrs. McLamb are now liv
ng where they started housekeeping
is a young couple nearly thirty-one
rears ago. They have been success
ul and happy in their home life. Mr.
McLamb is a good farmer and has
lever bought a bushel of corn nor a
jound of meat. This is a fine record.
>Vhen father and mother and the
hirteen children who are still at
lome gather around the dining-room
able it takes some food to supply
hem, and if all had to be bought at
he present prices it would take no
small sum to keep the family in
?ations for a month.
Soldier Boys Full of Patriotism.
The Herald recently received a let
ter from Mr. Hallie Stephenson, a
Johnston County boy, who is now at
Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C. Like
many other soldier boys he enjoys
reading The Herald. He shows his
patriotism by declaring that he is
ready to go over and help give the old
Kaiser a dose of his own medicine.
His letter like all others we receive is
shot through and through with the
true patriotic spirit. He expresses
much faith in God and believes that
He will be with us in the fight.
We are always glad to have short
letters for publication from the sol
iier boys in camp. Mr. Stephenson is
a member af Company K, 119th In
fantry.
More Soldier Hoys Get Sweaters.
Mrs. Mclver, wife of General Mc^
[ver, brigade commander at Camp
Jackson, writes the Local Red Cross
that all the Johnston County boys
now in the General's brigade have
>een furnished with sweaters. Four
3aks, Benson and Wilson's Mills have
assisted the Smithfield Red Cross
Chapter in supplying our soldier boys
vith the sweaters. The following is
:.he list of those who have recently re
ceived these sweaters:
T. Allen, 0. Batten, H. Bass, J.
Brannan, L. W. Barnes, L. M. Barnes,
ft. B. Brown, A. Capps, C. L. Crump
er, H. H. Duncan, J. C. Duncan, W. M.
Ellis, J. A. Elmore, II. A. Flowers,
FL N. Flowers, J. B. Godwin, W. T.
jlover, R. E. Gulley, G. Grady, V. J.
Souse, N. Holt, L. H. Holt, J. F. Hill,
W. Ingram, W. R. Lynch, T. Mitchell,
kV. C. Murphy, J. W. Pearce, W. C.
iViggs, G. T. Wall, L. C. Williams,
W. L. Barbour, J. J. Lee, S. Norris,
iV. R. Strickland, R. Whitley, B. John
;on, W. R. Smith, M. B. Snipes, Tur
ler Vinson, J. H. Stephenson, Exum
Stephenson, D. Norris.
Making Shoes in America.
Shoe factories in America are now
turning out $500,000,000 worth of
ihoes every year. There are 20?>,000
persons employed in the making of
these shoes, and the pay-rolls total
$ 138,000,000.
THE SMITHFIELD MARKET.
27 to 30%
1.05
. . 20 to 30
40
... 5 to 6%
1.75 to 1.85
. 30 to 32%
. .95 to 1.00
. 20 to 22 Ms
.. 38 to 40
. 25 to 32 %
1.90 to 2.00
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4.25 to 4.50
6.00 to 6.2L
...15 to
2.50
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2.80 to 3.00
3.00
10 to 12%
. 17% to 20 j
Cotton
Cotton Seed
Wool
Eggs
Fat Cattle
Corn per bushel .
C. R. Sides
Feed Oats
Fresh Pork
[lams, per pound
Lard
Timothy Hay
Cheese per pound
Butter, per pound
Vfeal
Flour per sack . . .
t )off ef oer
Cotton Seed Meal
Cotton ?eed htjiln
Shipstuff
Molasses Feed . .
lides, Green
Hides, Dry
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YOU CAN'T GET ANYWHERE WITHOUT STARTING. IF
YOU START IN THE WRONG DIRECTION YOU WILL REACH
THE WRONG PLACE.
IF YOU WISH TO BE RICH AND COMFORTABLE SOME
DAY START RIGHT. BEGIN WITH THE SMALL DEPOSIT,
BEGIN WITH A BANK ACCOUNT. IT WILL GROW, AND
YOU WILL BE HAPPY IN MAKING IT GROW.
MONEY IN OUR BANK MEANS BOTH JOY AND PRO
TECTION TO YOU, BAND YOURS.
PUT YOUR MONEY IN OUR BANK.
First National Bank
Smithfield, N. C.
The City Grocery
For 1918
Will Continue To Lead In
Fancy Groceries.
Our hundreds of satisfied customers is our
best advertisement. Let us serve YOU too.
City Grocery
Phone 1 Smithfield, N. C.
Start The N ew Year Right
By Resolving to Buy Your
Groceries From
Smithfield, N. C. Jj
He always keeps on hand a full line of staple I
and heavy groceries at prices satisfactory. S
Send us your orders for Job Printing
The Herald Qffice
JUST RECEIVED |
A CAR LOAD OF SUGAR '
which I am selling to my
friends and customers at
TEN CENTS A POUND
I am also supplying some of the merchants
at the several towns in Johnston County
with sugar this week. Remember that 1
carry at all times a complete line of goods
for the general public. See me for your
New Year's wants.
W. M. SANDERS [
SMITHFIELD. NORTH CAROLINA f