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The Smithfield Herald 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 all matters for publication to The Smithfield Herald, Smithfield, N. C. PERSONAL AND LOCAL. Mr. Bailey Williamson, of Knight dale, was in the city Thursday. * * * Mr. J. D. Spiers left Monday night to buy goods in the northern mar kets. ? ? * Mr. W. H. Sanders, Jr., returned to Norfolk Tuesday where he holds a position. * ? * Mr. A. M. Sanders attended the War Savings Institute in Rgleigh Wednesday. * * * Mr. J. D. Spiers has gone north to buy goods for the spring season for Spiers Bros. Store. * * * Miss Elizabeth Kelly, of the State Educational Department, is here on a visit to friends. ? ? m Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Austifl, of Rcx boro, are here, the guests of Mr. W. H. Austin and family. ? * * Miss Ellie Booker, of the Polenta section, has accepted a position with Spiers Bros, for the Spring season. * * * Mr. Lacy John, of Lumber Bridge, former Farm Demonstrator of John ston County, is in Smithfield for a day or two. * * * Mrs. L. T. Royall went to Raleigh today to attend a meeting of the officers of the Raleigh District Sun day School Conference. m * m Mr. E. P. Lore has gone to Concord to spend a few days with relatives be fore going to Van Couver, Washing ton, to enter the army. ' Mrs. Jones, of Fuquay Springs, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. S. Ragsdale, left Wednesday for her home going by Raleigh. ? ? ? * Messrs. H. C. Woodall and Claud Marfin returned from Camp Sevier Thursday morning where they visited our boys who are being: trained there. * * * Mr. Paul Underhill ,of U. S. S. Ka jeruna 5th Naval District, of Norfolk, Va., is home on a five days' furlough, visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Underhill. * ? * Mr. W. H. Stegal, who spent the fall and winter at Mullins, S. C., in charge of the Imperial Tobacco Com pany's plant at that place, has re turned to Smithfield. * * * Rev. and Mrs. J. G. Johnson, who have been living" in Selma for the past few years have moved to our town now and have rooms at the home of Miss Mattie Pou. m m m Miss Nell Pickens, Home Demon stration Agent of Gaston County, who attended the War Savings In stitute in Raleigh this week, came to Smithfield yesterday to spend a few days here with friends. * * ? Mr. Ernest W. Gordon, of Company C, 119th Infantry at Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C., has been spending a few days here this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gordon. Young Gordon was a member of the old Selma 'Company and went with the boys to the Mexican Border in 1916. ? * * The farmery of Johnston County have taken advantage of the Govern ment's offer of Nitrate of Soda and have placed orders for 2,905 tons. In ! addition to this the dealers in ferti lizers will sell several hundred tons, in fact they will be able to sell all j that they can buy. This is?the year 1 that the farmers are going to make ! great efforts to make as big crops as 1 possible. * * * Rev. J. G. Johnson has moved from Selma to Smithfield. We are glad to welcome him to our town. He is in charge of the Johnston County cir cuit and preaches regularly at Stev ens' Chapel, Smith's Chapel, Micrto. Batten's Cross Roads and at Carter's School House. This last named place is near Rain's Cross Roads where a church was organized only a few months ago. A new building is being erected there. A good crowd was present at the Baptist church Tuesday evening when Hon. Minor Wallace delivered his lec ture, "The Call of the Water Wagon." He is an interesting sp^ker and pre sented the subject in an attractive manner. ? ? ? Mr. Clarence Johnson, son of Mr. T. W. Johnson, now at Hopewell, Va., has been spending a few days here with relatives and firends. Mr. John son is a member of the old Selma Company, now Company C, of the 119th Infantry at Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C. He was in the ser vice in 1916 when his company went to the Mexican Border. * ? ? Among the Johnston County peo ple who attended the War Savings Institute at Raleigh this week, we note the following: Messrs. W. D. A vera,' J. H. 13. Tomlinson, Robt. A. Sanders, A. M. Johnson, L. T. Royall, T .S. Ragsdale, T. J. Lassiter, of Smithlield, Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Lanier, Mr. and Mrs. Preston Woodall, and Miss May Belle Cobb, of Benson. ? ? ? Mr. M. L. Batten, of Camp Jack son, Columbia, S. C., was in town Wednesday. He was called home Monday on account of the death of his mother-in-law, Mrs. George An derson, who had been making her home with her daughter since the death of her husband two years ago. Mr. Battcp was one of the first to be sent to the camp under the Selective Draft from I^peal Exemption Beard No. 2. He is toarried and has a wife and one child living in Selma town ship. He is a member of Company C, 817th Machine Gun Battalion. When the call for the first ten from the Selma district was called he volurlteered to be one of the number. ? ? ? One of the best Sunday schools in this section or in the county is the Presbyterion Sunday school of Smith field. When it comes to raising money for the various causes and needs of the church this Sunday school gives more in proportion to membership than any Sunday school in our knowl edge. One the first Sunday in this month this school took a collection for the immediate needs of the church amounting to $101.00. The school has an average attendance of round fifty and about this number was present <?n the Sunday above mentioned. The largest amount given by any one per son in this collection was ten dollars. The secret of the success attained by the Smithfield Presbyterian Sunday School in giving is through every one having a part in the work. Dr. L. D. Wharton is superintendent of the school. GOOD DIVIDEND IS DECLARED. Johnston County Bank & Trust Company Stockholders Meeting. The annual meeting of Stockhold ers of Johnston County Bank & Trust Company was held in their banking rooms Tuesday at 2:30 P. M. There was a good attendance of stockhold ers who expressed their satisfaction at the reports made, showing a very successful year, the bank having paid a dividend of eight per cent, and placed twelve per cent to its surplus, making the total of earned surplus of $4,500. The bank was opened for business in September, 1914, and has paid a dividend each year of its oper ation. The following officers and Di rectors were elected: W. M. Sanders, President; W. W. Cole, Vice-President; T. C. Evans, Cashier. Directors ? W. W. Cole, N. E. Edgerton, C. T. Hill, S. A. Lassiter, Will II. Lassiter, Willis C. Lassiter, F. H. Parrish, C. L. Sanders, Jno. W. Sanders, Rufus Sanders, W. M. San ders, Jas. W. Smith, S. C. Turnage, E. J. Wellons and W. G. Wilson. The Johnston County Bank & Trust Company is backing Uncle Sam having sold nearly twice the amount of Liberty Bonds allotted the bank by the government. They have sold $1,000 of War Savings Stamps, and have subscribed for the Certificates of Indebtedness which are being issued by the government. -According to A. J. Sykes, of the Lindley cut flower store in Greens boro, spring brides will have to do with bride roses and sweet peas in stead of lilies c>f the valley, for their bridal boquets. Holland is the great land of bulbs, and it is impossible to get bulbs across the water, due to the demand for ships for the purpose of beating the Germans. At I'rogden School. Arrangements have been made for Rev. C. K. ProctoY of Selma, to be at Brogden School on Friday night, February 22, at 7:?,0 o'clock. Every body invited. No fees. MRS. J. RANSOM CREECH. __________ General Pershing, in charge of the American Expeditionary Forces in France, has recommended to the War Department that the number of Army Chaplains be increased from one to three to each regiment. MORE ABOUT THE HOME GUARD A Full Company Worked Up At Smithfield Through the Efforts of F. H. Brooks, County Chairman of The Council of Defense. County and Town Appropriate Funds fqr the Company. Smithfield now has a full company of the Home Guard ordered to be raised by the Governor. This work was entrusted to Judge F. H. Brooks, Chairman of the County Council of Defense, who was made recruiting officer. It took some time to get the requisite number but Judge Brooks kept up the work until the organiza tion was effected. The company is now ready for their uniforms and the- other equipment which will be secured as soon as pos sible. The State has made an appro priation of $4(>0 for this purpose. The County Commissioners addeo $100 to this and the fund was further Increased by the addition of another hundred from the Town Commission ers of Smithfield. r We are repeating herewith the list of officers and members of the com pany: Captain ? O. P. Dickerson. First Lieutenant ? E. F. Ward. Second Lieutenant ? W. M. Vann. First Sergeant ? J. A. Massey. Second Sergeant ? E. P. Lore. Third Sergeant ? C. B. Register. Fourth Sergeant ? J. L. Scotton. Fifth Sergeant ? J. E. Mahler. Supply Sergeant ? M. A. Wallace. Mess Sergeant ? W. M. Grantham. Musician ? W. L. Ellis. Artificers ? W. S. Peterson and B. W. Sugg. Chaplain ? H. F. Brinson. Corporals ? L. G. Stevens, E. J. Wellons, L. E. Sanders, J. D. Stephen son and A. M. ^soble. Privates ? Ira W. Keen, D. W. Par rish, P. E. Whitehead, E. J. Sasser, G. C. Phillips, R. C. Gillett, L. L. Ennis, G. H. Davis, W. II. Johnson, II. L. Graves, Jr., L. H. Sasser, I). F. Sellers, S. A. Moore, J. C. Winstead, S. II. Massey, M. L. Adams, J. G. Hamilton, H. I. Ogburn, Qlhas. A. Creech, P. B. Creech, C. F. Gordon, N. M. Lawrence, S. II. Stallings, G. D. Barbour, W. II. Lassiter, J. II. Abell, and C. E. Higgins. These men were all sworn in by Judge Brooks the first of the month and ."re now drilling regularly every Friday niirht in the Town Hall. The hour for the irill is eight o'clock The boys are taking a lively inter est in the work and are looking for ward to the time when they will have j their uniforms and guns. FARM NOTES. The season is here when some far mers have more or less fire in their fields. They have stalks and grass which if allowed to remain would rot and make vegetable matter and manure for the soil. It would be far better to cut the stalks and plow them under. Now is <a good time to run new terraced and to fix the old ones which need repairs. All hilly land should be terraced and every terraces should be made as near per fect as possible. If you have any pork to sell don't kill it and carry it to market until you find out it is needed. Tho market men would be glad to handle your pork for you but they want it as they need it. "Some weeks the markets are almost without pork and at other times more is brought than can be used. It would be better for the far mers and better for the market men and better for the people who eat pork if it could come regularly. See your market man or phone him and engage the meat before you kill it. This would be much better foi all concerned arid would give no trouble or disappointment to anybody. Last fall it was impossible to im press on man? farmers the impor tance of planting wheat. They knew they had been buying flour .and did not seem to realize that time might come when they could not get it. Rut that time may come in less than four months from now. Many who did not plant wheat could have dene so if they had believed what was told them about the matter. They did not believe it. Red Cross Meeting. The Executive Committee of the Smithfield Red Cross Chapter will meet with Miss Mattie Pou tonipht at 8 o'clock. Every member of the Committee is requested to be present. Three more fatilities due to two separate crashes, were added Wednes day to the lengthening rcll of deaths at Hicks Flying Field, fifteen miles from Fort Worth, Texas. The dead are Lieut. Peyton C. March, Jr., son ifif the newly appointed acting chief of staff of the United States Army; Firstt Lieutenant J. L. Wray. a festive Canadian, but who resided for years at Los Angeles and Cadot Flyer, R. Porter, Long Island, X. Y. THE SMITH FIELD MARKET. Cotton 2'? to 31 Cottcn Seed 1.00 to 1.05 Wool 20 to 30 Eggs 30 Fat Cattle 5* to 7 Corn per bushel 1.75 to 2.00 C. R. Sides 30 to 32 * Feed Oats 1.10 to 1.20 Fresh Fork 20 to 22 * Hams, per pound 30 to 32 * Lard 27* to 32* Timothy Hay 2.00 Cheese per pound 35 Butter, per pound 40 Meal 4.50 to 4.75 Flour per sack 6.00 to 6.25 Coffee p?r pound IS to 26 Cotton Seed Meal 2.75 to 2.85 Cotton teed hullk 1.00 Shipstuff 2.80 to 3.00 Molasses Feed 3.00 Hides, Green 10 to 12* Hides, Dry 17* to Cow Peas per bushel . . . 3.50 to 4.00 Soy Beans per bushel . . 3.75 to 4.00 A FEW LITTLE DUTCH SULKY Plows that we can save you money on. Austin-Stephenson Company. ANOTHER CAR HEART CEDAR Shingles just received. Cotter Hardware Co. TWO CAR LOADS BUGGIES JUST unloaded. Cotter-Underwood Com pany, Smithfield, N. C. TOBACCO BED CANVASS ON hand now. Austin-Stephenson Com pany. ANOTHER CAR HEART CEDAR Shingles just received. Cotter Hardware Co. TOBACCO BED CANVASS ON hand now. Austin-Stephenson Com pany. .. . ? . IF YOU WANT CEMENT SEE THE Smithfield Hardware Company. ANOTHER CAR HEART CEDAR Shingles just received. Cotter Hardware Co. GET YOUR SODA TODAY. AlIS tin-Stephinson Company. ANOTHER CAR HEART CEDAR Shingles just received. Cotter Hardware Co. CAR LOAD OF BEST MULES EVER brought to Smithfield. W. R. Long. THREE HUNDRED TONS BEST grade fertilizes now in warehouse. Cotter-Underwood Co., Smithfield, % N. C. A CAR 90 DAY BURT SEED OATS now for sale. W. M. Sanders, Smithfield, N. C. TOBACCO BED CANVASS ON hand now. Austin-Stephenson Com pany. PLENTY OF SEED WHEAT ON hand yet. Come early and bring your cotton seed if you want them ^graded with a No. 1 Power Grader. W. A. Phelps, Four Oaks, N. C., R. 3 A CAR OF SHIP STUFF AND 3 cars of Hay Just received. W. M. Sanders, Smithfield, N. C. COTTON SEED MEAL AND ACID. Come after it now. Austin-Steph enson Company. JUST RECEIVED AT COTTER-UN derwood Company's a car load of Red Rust Froof seed oats. i REMEMBER THAT I HAVE A large stock of Cole Planters and Distributors. W. M. Sqnders, Smithfield, N. C. . . ? *. SEE US FOR ASPHALT ROOFING and proslate shingles. Cotter Hardware Co. POTASH? WE HAVE IT. COME quick. Austin-Stephenson Co. JUST RECEIVED A CAR LOAD OF good Mattresses. Austin-Stephen scn Company. BUY YOUR ACID AND COTTON seed meal from the Cotter-Under wood Company, Smithfield. Full supply now cn hand. * IF YOU WANT CEMENT SEE THE Smithfield Hardware Company. JUST RECEIVED BIG LOT CAN vas cloth for tobacco beds. Cotter Underwood Company. WE SELL THE NEW WAY AIR / Cooled 'Gasoline Engine. Cotter Hardware Company, Smithfield. ALL KINDS OF FERTILIZERS Now on hand. Austin-Stephenson Co. WE SELL THE NEW WAY AIR Cooled Gasoline Engine. Cotter Hardware Company, Smithfield. THE VULCAN PLOWS ARE TII? be .it and I have them. W. M. San ders, Smithfield, N. C. ' Double ? Protection i 1 By increasing our Capital to $75,000.00 we have added < $50,000.00 more to the protection to our depositors, {j Under the National Banking Laws a stockholder is not * only responsible for the amount of his stock but for DOUBLE that Amount. With our CAPITAL $75,000.00 Liability of Stockholders .* 75,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits 17,000.00 Total of $167,000.00 ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS would have to disappear before funds of any depositors are jeopardized. ? Can you find greater security? First National Bank Smithfield, N. C. i : i 4 per cent interest on time and savings deposits. BIG BARGAINS In Soap and Talcum Powder The best soap and the best Talcum Powder at re duced prices, at CREECH DRUG CO. D. H. CRFECH, Mgr. Smithfield, North Carolina 9 % Seed Irish Potatoes ? 50 Bags Now on Hand Cobblers and Bliss This is the year of all years when every family should' strive to make all their food supplies. Begin by planting plenty Irish Potatoes. City Grocery Phone 1 Smithfield, N. C. Start 1 he New Year Right ?V. By Resolving to Buy Your Groceries From 3. O. HT urnage Smithficld, N. C. He always keeps on hand a full line of staple and heavy groceries at prices satisfactory.
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