The Smithfield Herald
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PERSONAL AND LOCAL.
Mr. L. P. Larborough, Post Office
Inspector, was here Tuesday.
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Mrs, Charles Broadhurst has gone
to New York to spend some time.
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Miss Lula Smith spent Monday and
Tuesday in Dunn with he sister, Mrs.
Robert E. Smith.
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Mr. J. R. Ledbetter, one of Prince
ton's leading merchants, was in town
for a short while yesterday.
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Misses Ola Brady and Roberta
Turner spent the week-end with Mrs.
J. E. Lanier in the Pisgah section.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Dickens and
little J. D., Jr., spent Sunday and
Monday with relatives in Halifax
County.
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Mr. L. DeWitt Matheny, of Raleigh,
arrived this week to accept a position
as stenographer and law clerk in the
office of Judge F. H. Brooks.
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Mr. John Arthur Narron returned
home Tuesday from Horner School,
Charlotte. On account of a few cases
of meningitis in Charlotte the schools
have closed temporarily. I
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Wc are glad to learn that Mrs.
Paul V. Brown, who recently under
went an operation at one of the Wil
son hospitals, is getting along nicely
and hopes to be back home again
soon.
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Mr. Johnnie West, who has had a
position in The Herald printing office
for sometime, has accepted a position
with the Local Telephone Exchange.
Mr. George Brady has succeeded him
in The Herald office.
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We are requested to announce that
there will be services at the Episcopal
church in Selma next Sunday by
Archdeacon Lawrence. The services
will be held at 11 o'clock A. M. The
public is invited to attend.
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Mr. J. M. Beaty, Rev. H. F. Brinson
and Rev. J. E. Lanier went* to Raleigh
this morning to attend a meeting of
the committee which has in charge
the campaign to raise a big sum of
money for the Baptist denomination
in this State.
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Mr. E. O. Matthews and family, of
Four Oaks, have moved to Smithfield
and now occupy the residence on
Front Street recently vacated by Mr.
L. G. Stevens. Mr. Matthews has
accepted a position as day opeiator
at the A. C. L. depot, succeeding Mr.
O. E. Bain, resigned.
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Mr. Robt. A. Wellons who has been
attending the Aviation Course in the
Georgia School of Technology at
Atlanta, has been spending a few
days here this week, with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. A. Wellons. He is
a member of the Flying Cadets, Signal
Service Corps, and will leave tonight
for Princeton University to continue
his training.
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There is some talk among the mem
bers of the several denominations in
Smithfield to hold only one service
on Sunday night until the Spring
opens up. A union service of the
churches of the town will not only
be a means of saving fuel but it will
be showing a patriotic spirit at the
same time. It has been suggested
that the services be held at one church
on Sunday night at another the next
Sunday night, and so on. If the res
ident ministers will get together it
is very probable that they might ar
range a very satisfactory schedule
and begin the union services the first
Sunday night in February.
We are asked to state that Rev R.
P. Merritt, of Pine Level, will uretch
at Carter's Chapel Baptist church
next Sunday morning, February 3rd,
at 11 o'clock, and the same day at
Thanksgiving church at 3 o'clock.
Rev. R. R. Lanier, of Durham, has
taken these two churches to serve as
pastor, but could not reach Selma in
time to fill the February appointment
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Next Monday all business houses
and manufacturing enterprises will
be closed again as usual under the
order of the National Fuel Adminis
trator, except the banks, grocery
stores and drugh stores for the sale of
drugs only. The grocery stores are
required to close at noon. The Her
ald office is permitted to remain open
with other newspaper offices for the
purpose of getting out their papers
on time.
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Many of those who were at the
Baptist church last Sunday morning
say that Pastor Brinson preached the
best sermon he has preached since
he assumed the pastorate nearly two
years ago. His subject was the
"Comin.?? of the Kingdom," and his
text was Revelations 11:15. Pastor
Brinson preaches an able and inter
esting sermon every Sunday morning
and those who are present at 'these
morning services always get some
thing worth while. The public is in
vited to hear him next Sunday, Feb
ruary 3rd.
The Weather in January.
Chief C. R. Turner, Weather Ob
server at Smithfield, furnishes us
with some very interesting data about
the weather for the month of January.
The highest temperature for the
month was on the 12th when 67 was
reached.
The lowest was on the 4th when the
thermometer registered 2 below zero.
There was only one day in the 31
in which the thermometer did not fall
below freezing* point.
Rain fall for the month 3.67 inches.
Greatest rain fall in 24 hours 1.51
inches.
There were several snows with a
total snow fall of six inches.
There was one thunder storm dur
ing the month, on the 11th.
There were fourteen fair days;
fourteen cloudy days, and three part
ly cloudy.
Neuse river stands this morning at
16 1-2 feet and still rising. It is
about the highest it has been in a
year.
Soy Beans In Place of Peas.
Owing to the scarcity of seed peas
soy beans will be planted instead in
many places this year. For the high
est land and especially dry-natured
land soy beans are not equal we think
to peas but on other land they do as
well, and in some cases better than
peas. Like oats they do not seem to
object to wet feet as they will grow
well on land too wet for cotton, or
even for peas. Much of our land will
suit the soy beans. They are usually
planted in rows and fewer seed are
required than when peas are broad
cast. They make very fine feed for
cattle and hogs and more acreage
should be devoted to them. The seed
houses are now quoting them at from
$3.75 to $4.00 per bushel. Where far
mers have not already secured their
planting seed they should do so at
once. This should be made to apply
not only to soy beans but to all kinds
of seed. ? J. M. B.
Death of Mr George W. McCabe.
Mr. George W. McCabe died last
Saturday night about 11 o'clock at
the home of his brother, Mr. E. B.
McCabe, in Elevation township. He
had been ill with dropsy for about a
year. The burial took place Sunday
afternoon at St. Mary's Grove Free
will Baptist church. Funeral ser
vices will be held later by the Juniors
and Woodmen, he having been a
member of both these orders. He was
forty-five years old, and leaves three
children. He was a member of Oak
land Presbyterian church.
Boy Raised 179 Bushels Corn.
The corn club prize winner in North
Carolina for the 1917 season was
Charles Myatt, a Surry county boy,
who produced 179 bushels of corn on
one acre of ground last season. He
won first prize and was the recipient
of $50 in cash for his remarkable
achievement. There were more than
50 contestants for this prize and a
unmber of boys and girls made aston
ishing records. ? Wilmington Star.
Good Reason.
"I am afraid, my dear young friend,
that I am losing my grip."
"Don't say that, Professor. Why
your address has been holding atten
tion from the start."
"But I am losing my grip, I tell you,
I saw the porter give it to the wrong
man." ? Baltimore AmeHcan.
FALSE REPORT CIRCULATED.
No Truth In Statement that Farmers
Will Be Prohibited From Planting
Tobacco.
Mr. Editor:
I will thank you to give me a small
space in your columns by which I
hype to reach the tobacco farmers in
Johnston County.
I have been approached by a num
ber of farmers in regard to a report
that is being circulated in this county,
that farmers will be prohibited from
planting tobacco by the Government,
and the tobacco dealers will also be
prohibited from shipping any tobacco
abroad. There is absolutely no foun
dation for either of the reports.
Every year about this time there is
some report circulated in this county
along this line, that tends to disturb
some farmers, and create a doubt in
their minds about planting tobacco.
I have tried my best to locate the
origin of these reports, but have never
yet been able to locate the originator.
Last year about this time or a little
later, you remember that I wrote a
letter trying to offset an idea about
like the one we have mentioned, and
advised the farmers to plant tobacco,
and we do not have to explain the re
sults.
My advice to you this year is the
same as it was last year: Make your
home supplies, and some to spare, and
then plant all the tobacco you can
cultivate. Unless conditions change
materially you will receive as good
prices as you did for the last crop.
T. S. RAGSDALE.
Smitlifield, N. C., Jan. 29, 1918.
Attending Church in Bad Weather.
Very little has been done in church
work during the past six weeks on
account of bad weather. Some could
have done better than they have done.
It really takes but little hindrance
to keep some people away from re
ligious duties. It seems that the
most important duties are often neg
lected.
Many will go to work every week
day but when Sunday comes they stay
at home and excuse themselves on ac
count of the weather. Our churches
should be made comfortable and then
the people should attend unless the
hindrances are too great. People
should be more strict in attending to
the business of their Lord than if it
were their own business. As the
future is more important than the
present, and as eternity is longer
than time, so the people should con
sider their church work the most im
portant of all.
It is to be hoped that the weather
will soon improve and that church
work will make great progress in
1918.
Mr. J. N. Edwards Died Yesterday.
Yesterday , morning about nine
o'clock Mr. J. N. Edwards died at his
home at the Ivanhoe Cotton Mill
village after an illness of more than
a year of heart-dropsy. He was 61
years of age and leaves a wife and
four sons ? Adam, Allen, Andrew and
John Edwards. He will be buried to
day at Kenly. He was a member of
the Primitive Baptist church at Cross
Roads.
Some More Big Hogs Killed.
Our townsman, Mr. J. W. Stephen
son, proprietor of the Riverside Farm
and Ginnery, killed a big hog Monday
which tipped the scales at 554 pounds.
Hamilton Brothers, who live near
here, killed a big hog a few days ago
which weighed 620 pounds. This hog
was about two years old and was of
the Yorkshire "breed.
Mr. W. W. Grumpier, of Micro
township, recently killed two eigh
teen months old pigs which weighed
565 and 614 respectively. These were
of the Big Bone Guinea breed.
A few days after Mr. Crum pier's
hogs had been killed and salted down
some thief or thieves entered his
smokehouse by sawing in two the
staple of the padlock and took two
of the hams and one shoulder of these
big pigs.
The total weight of these four hogs
was 2,353 pounds. At the present
price of pork they were worth $588.33.
Notice to U. I). C. Members.
That we may promptly meet our
financial obligations for the year, will
each member of the U. D. C. remit at
once their annual dues?
MRS. W. H. AUSTIN,
Treasurer U. O. C.
Free Garden Seeds.
Congressman Edward W. Pou will
send garden seeds to all who write for
them as long as his allotment holds
out. Send him your name and ad
dress if you expect to plant a garden.
Four American aviators took part
in a reccnt bombing raid over Ger
many.
J. I. DAVIS IS DENIED BAIL.
Was Given Habeas Corpus Hearing
Before Judge Daniels At Goldsboro
Wednesday. "Will Have To Await
Trial for the Killing of Jacob
Bovkin.
Mr. J. I. Davis, of O'Neals town
ship, was given a preliminary hear
ing lust Saturday before Justice of
the Peace, Z-. L. LeMay. Davis killed
his father-in-law, Mr. Jacob Boykin,
on Monday, January 20th. He sur
rendered at once to the officials and
was brought here on Wednesday and
lodged in jail. At the hearing here
Saturday he was held for the March
term of Johnston County Superior
Court without bail.
Mr. Davis retained Messrs. Abell
& .Ward, and through them, he asked
for a habeas corpus hearing before
Judge F. A. Daniels, in Goldsboro,
the resident judge of the Fourth Judi
cial District. The petition was
granted and Sheriff Grimes was or
dered to have Davis before the Judge
at Chambers in Goldsboro Wednesday
afternoon at two o'clock. The hear
ing was had and Judge Daniels denied
the writ and Davis was remanded to
jail to await the March term of court.
The State was represented by Judge
P. H. Brooks.
SOME FACTS WANTED.
In getting up the names of the sol
dier and sailor boys from Johnston
County we desire to make the list as
near accurate as possible in every
particular. In order to do this there
are certain facts needful. Those who
are so kind as to send in the names
of their relatives and friends who are
in the army and navy should remem
ber to give us ?
1. Full name of man and age.
2. His home address and township.
3 Name of parents, if living.
4. Did he volunteer or was he in
the draft?
5. What branch of service is he in?
6. Company and Regiment?
7. Where is he at present?
8. Any other matters of interest in
connection with him.
We should like to get these facts
about any boy who went into the
service from Johnston County, or who
was born in Johnston and happened to
enter the service from some other
section.
As soon as all the information is in
we shall write up the list and publish
it complete in one issue of The Smith
field Herald.
Those who have good pictures of
their friends and relatives ma? send
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them along with the facts asked for
above. Cuts will be made and printed
in The Herald.
Those who aid us in getting the in
formation asked for above will be
helping to keep history straight.
Send information to T. J. Lassiter,
Editor The Herald, Smithfield, N. C.
If a picture or photo is sent postage
should be included for its return.
Me and My Two Thin Blankets.
(By Corporal Barnie Henry.)
I'm here with my two think blankets,
As thin as a slice of ham;
A Kaiser spy was the beastly guy
That made them for Uncle Sam.
I sleep ? but how do I do it?
My bed is filled with straw,
With knots and humps and big fat
lumps
That I roll over till raw.
Me and rny two thin blankets,
As thin as Bill's last dime ?
As thin, I guess, as the shadowy dress
That is worn in a tropical clime.
Me, and ray two thin blankets
Tucked up right under my chin ?
A Kaiser spy was surely the guy
That made them for our brave men.
Camp Sevier, S. C.)
6 January, 1918.'
(The sentiments expressed above
were expressed by Mr. Henry, while
the verses were arranged by Mr. M.
B. Andrews, of Kenly, N. C.)
THE SMITHFIELD MARKET.
Good Cotton 27 to 30
Cotton Seed 1.00
Wool 20 to 30
Eggs 40
Fat Cattle 5 to G%
Corn per bushel 1.75 to 1.85
C. R. Sides 30 to 32%
Feed Oats 1.00 to 1.05
Fresh Pork 20 to 22%
Hams, per pound 38 to 40
Lard 27% to 32%
Timothy Hay 1.90 to 2.00
Cheese per pound 35
Butter, per pound 40
Meal 4.25 to 4.50
Flour per sack 6.00 to 6.25
Coffee per rounH II to 2#
Cotton Seed Meal 2.75 to 2.85
Cotton seed hull* 1.0C
Shipstuff 2.80 to 3.00
Molasses Feed 3.00
Hides, Green 10 to 12%
Hides. Dry . 17% to 20
Cow Peas per bushel . . . .3.00 to 4.00
Soy Beans per bushel ... 2.75 to 4.00
United States Dominant
Power in World Finance
Annual Report of Comptroller
of Currency shows the Banking
Power of the Nation over 37
Billion. National Banks stronger
than ever says Comptroller
Williams. We invite you
to deposit your money in our
National Bank, .v We pay 4
per cent interest on Savings and
Time Deposits
First National Bank
Smithfield, N. C.
Lime Sulphur Solution!
Paris Green!!
Arsenate Lead!!!
Now is the time to begin spraying your fruit trees. Bring
your jug and we will fill it at 40 cents per gallon with
Lime Sulphur Solution made right.
Use Kreso Dip on Your
STOCK
Start Early. Start Early.
HOOD BROS.
ON THE SQUARE - SMITHFIELD. N C.
Another Lot Family Bibles just
Received at
HERALD BOOK STORE
When It Comes to Writing
Or Keeping Books
Why worry in the old fashioned way, when
you can get a Fountain Pen to flow perfect
ly, to write uniformly, and to give uni
versal satisfaction? discard your oldmethods
and get a good Fountain Pen? One which
will not leak. We sell
L. E. Waterman's Ideal
The World's Standard, by which all others
are judged? also Conklin's Self Filler and
Parker's Lucky Curve? Prices to Suit.
CREECH DRUG CO.
D. H. CRFECH, Mgr.
Smithfield, North Carolina