The Smithfield Herald
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PERSONAL AND LOCAL.
Hear Sergeant Beveridge at the
Court House tonight.
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Mr. I. G. Hinnant, of Selma, was in
to see us Saturday.
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Mrs. E. S. Wade is spending sever
al days with friends in Raleigh.
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Mr. Frank Davis, of Wilson's Mills,
was in the city Sunday afternoon.
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Dr. Farquard Smith, cf Dunn, was
in the city with relatives last week.
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Mrs. A. M. Sanders returned from
Kinston and Princeton Saturday
afternoon.
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Messrs Willie Eldridge and C. F.
Thornton, of Meadow township, were
in town Saturday.
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Mrs. J. W. Foster and her daughter,
Miss Annie, of Selma section, were in
the city Saturday.
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Mr. A. B. Hood, of the Hood's
Grove section, spent Saturday in the
city on business.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Marrow spent
the week-end in Henderson with Mr.
Marrow's parents.
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Miss Bessie Ogburn, of Duke,
spent the week end here, the guest of
* Miss Vara Smith.
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Mr. J. Arthur Narron left Satur
day for Charlotte to resume his stu
dies in Horner School.
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Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Beaty, of the
Wilson's Mills section, were in town
Saturday for a few hours.
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Mrs. W. H. Sanders left Friday for
Raleigh to visit her sister, Mrs. A.
T. Mial and Mrs. J. R. Walton.
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The Red Cross meeting will be
held Thursday afternoon in the Wo
man's Club Rooms at two o'clock.
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Mr. J. W. Setzer and wife spent
Sunday at Kinston at the home gf
Mrs. Setzer's cousin, Mr. Verner Hill.
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Miss Elizabeth Kelly, of the State
Department of Education, Raleigh,
spent Saturday and Sunday here with
friends.
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Mr. Geo. Sanders, one of our sol
dier boys, arrived Friday to visit
relatives for ten dSys in and around
the city.
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Miss Roberta Coxe, fifth grade
teacher in Turlington Graded School,
spent the week-end with friends in
Rocky Mount.
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Mr. E. P. Thompson, of Smithfield
Route No. 2, was in to see us Satur
day and renewed his subscription to
February 15, 1919.
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Dr. J. Y. Joyner, State Superinten
dent of Education, was here yester
day in conference with the County
Board of Education.
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Miss Roberta Powell spent the
week-end with her sister, Miss Ger
trude Powell, and Miss Corinna
LeMay Sanderg.
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Misses Hazel Gillett and Helene
Ives and Messrs. Kenneth Parrish and
Everett Thornton made a visit to
friends in Raleigh Sunday.
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Mrs. Ed. A. Holt and little daugh
ter, Julia, of Princeton, arrived Satur
day to spend a week with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Sanders.
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Misses Edna Taylor and Helen
Sheppard, teachers in Turlington
Graded School, spent the week-end
with Miss Taylor's parents in Golds
boro. .
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Mrs. Battle A. Hocutt, of Clayton,
was in the city Sunday afternoon
with her brother, Mr. H. D. Elling
ton, who has been ill for several
days.
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Mr. Z. L. LoMay, Mrs. C. B. Wil
liamson, Mrs. T. W. LeMay and chil
dren, Virginia Williamson and Zoe
LeMay, spent Sunday afternoon near
Knightdale at the home of Mr. Bailey
Williamson.
Mr. Harold T. Withrow has arrived
to begin the rehearsals for "Fi Fi in
Toyland "
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Mr. J. E. Atkinson, one of The Her
ald's good subscribers who lives on
Kenly, Route No. 2, was in town
yesterday and renewed for another
year.
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Miss Nellie Hood Grimes left
Saturday for the Hood's Grove sec
tion to spend this week w?ith her
prandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Hood.
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Mis3 Lizzie Hyman left Monday
morning for her home in Richmond
after several weeks stay in the city
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Lee San
ders.
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Mr. and Mrs. Burwell McDaniel
and E. B. Jr., and Mr. Marvin Taylor,
of Jones County, spent the week-end
with Mr. McDaniel's sister, Mrs. C.
R. Turner.
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Rev. R. R. Lanier who recently
moved from Durham to Selma will
preach at Live Oak next Sunday
afternoon filling the regular appoint
ment there.
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Wanted, 10 representative men and
ten representative women in every
township in Johnston County to hear
Governor Bickett in Smithfield Satur
day, March 16.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Austin and
Margaret Lee and Bill Joe Austin,
Misses Annie Peacock and May
Moore and Mr. Hugh Austin spent
Sunday in Rocky Mount.
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Mr. W. M. Holt, of Boon Hill town
ship, was in to see us yesterday and
renewed his subscription to August
21, 1919. We appreciate such mani
festations of confidence in The Her
ald and its management.
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Mr. Ira W. Medlin, who is doing Y.
M. C. A. work at Fort Moultrie, near
Charleston, S. C., is here today. He
went to New Bern yesterday to stand
examination for military service be
fore the Exemption Board of Craven
County.
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The County Board of Education in
session here yesterday decided to hold
a County-wide school tax election,
perhaps sometime in April. The need
for more money for the public schools
is so pressing that some way must be
found to secure it.
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Mr. W. F. Grimes and three chil
dren, John, Millie and Mattie Lee,
and Mr. J. S. Ogburn, attended the
funeral of Mr. R. I. Ogburn, near
Angier, Sunday. Mr. C. II. Johnson
and Mr. W. T. Adams also attended
Mr. Ogburn's funeral.
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A large number of people have
sent us pictures of soldier boys. We
are having cuts made of these and as
soon as we can we are returning
these pictures. No one should be
' come impatient because the pictures
are not returned at once. It takes
some time to get the cuts made. All
pictures will be returned in due
time.
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Sergeant John Beveridge, of Mon
treal, Canada, a Canadian soldier,
who has seen much service in the
army "over there," and was wound
ed nine times in action, will arrive
on the 1:30 train today, and speak to
night in the Court House on his war
experiences. Every person in the
community should hear this gentle
man tell of the storm and stress of
life in the trenches and on the firing
line.
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During the last part of last week
Chief of Police Turner took charge
of three young negroes who were
stopping over at Smithfield and
Saturday night had them sent to
Camp Lee at Petersburg, Va., to be
come soldiers. One of them gave his
name as Claude Blake, of Lenoir
County, and another as Charley Brin
son, of Duplin County. Mr. Turner
took charge of them under the va
grant law.
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The Executive Committee of the
War Savings Campaign in Johnst(^
County is called by Chairman Rags
dale to meet upstairs in the Court
House in Smithfield next Saturday,
March 9, at 11 o'clock. It is of the
utmost importance that every mem
ber of the committee be here that
day to help plan for the success of
this great movement. It is a patri
otic duty to attend and no one should
permit anything of an ordinary na
ture to keep him from this meeting.
Enjoyable Camp Supper.
Last Friday evening some of the
teachers of Turlington Graded School
gave a camp supper in honor of Miss
Roberta Coxe's ? th birthday. The
teachers present were: Misses Ro
berta Coxe, Helen Sheppard, Stella
Lee Rutherford, Lucile Spears, Edna
Taylor, Virginia Puckett, Mattie Wel
lons, Celeste McEachem, Irene Myatt
' and Ruth Jones. The young men
present were Ed. Woodall, George
Rag3dale and John Grimes.
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BOYS GO TO CAMP JACKSON.
Another Hunch of Young Men from
Local Exemption Hoard Nubmer
Two Called into Service.
The following young men, a part
of the first quota, were sent off
to Camp Jackson yesterday by Local
Exemption Hoard Number Two,
Selma:
Hubert C. Jones, Wilson's Mills.
M. T. Boykin, Kenly, N. C.
Ira Boykin, Kenly, N. C.
John Raper, Kenly, N. C.
James R. Oliver, Smithfield, R. 2.
David L. Boyett, Kenly.
Elijah Stancil, Selma.
Jasper J. Boyett, Selma.
Edwin G. Sanders, Wendell.
Ray P. Whitley, Princeton.
Erastus Price, Selma.
John M. Spivey; Kenly.
M. Vick Avera, Selma.
James H. Johnson, Clayton.
By than Willoughby, Princeton.
Josiah Barnes, Clayton.
Millard Starling, Selma.
Fred Holloman, Selma.
Will Rackley, Kenly.
Willie H. Pittman, Kenly.
William Johnson, Four Oaks.
These are the first men to be sent
off in sometime by Local Board No.
Two. Others will be sent from time
to time until all of the first quota
is filled.
This is one of the finest bunches of
young men sent to Camp from this
county. They went off in high spirits
all determined to do their part to
put an end to German frightfulness.
Merchants Here Yesterday.
A great many of the merchants of
Johnston County met here yesterday
to go over the food situation in re
gard t > dour, sugar and meat. Judge
Brooks, the County Food Administra
tor, had the promise th^.t some mcm
ber of the State Food Administration
would be present to discuss the ques
tions before the merchants at this
time. But at the last minute it was
found that no one of them could come.
Judge Brooks spoke of the problems
and explained them to the people and
appealed to the patriotic merchants
of the county to aid in every way in
carrying on the conservation work of
the Food Administration.
Fifty Soldiers From One Church.
It is said that fifty young men have
gone from the Raleigh Baptist Tab
ernacle church to the war. This is
quite a large contribution and no
doubt but that these young men are
greatly missed from the Tabernacle
congregation.
Negro Teachers to Meet Friday.
Dr. C. F. Meserve, President of
Shaw University, and Mr. N. C. New
bold Siute Agent for the Rural
Schools, will be here next Friday to
attend a conference of the Negro
teachers of this County which will be
held at the Colored Training School.
They will both deliver addresses at
night. The white citizens of the town
are invited to hear these distinguish
ed educators.
Judge Brooks, County Food Ad
minstrator, will also address the ne
gro teachers at noon on the food
question. At the afternoon session
Mr. T. S. Ragsdale, County Chairman
will speak to the colored people on
the Thrift and War Savings Stamps.
Prof. Royall, County Superintendent,
and Miss Anderson, Assistant Super
intendent, will adress the teachers on
different phases of the school work.
Meeting of Woman's Club.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Woman's Club will be held at
the Club room Wednesday afternoon,
3:30, March 6th. It is time for the
election of officers. All who are in
arrears for dues will please come
prepared to pay up. A full atten
dance is urged.
ON E TWO-HORSE FARM FORI
rent. Good land and good build
ings. Six miles from Smithfield. !
J. C, Stancil, Smithfield, N. C.
THE SMITHFIELD MARKET.
Cotton 25 to 32
Cotton Seed 1.00 to 1.05
Wool 20 to 30
Eggs 25 to 30
Fat Cattle 6 to 7
Corn per bushel 1.75 to 2.00 |
C. R. Sides 30 to 32%
Feed Oats 1.20 to 1.25]
Fresh Pork 20 to 22%
Hams, per pound 30 to 32 %
Lard 27% to 32%
Timothy Hay 2.00 to 2.25
Cheese per pound 35
Butter, per pound 40
Meal 4.75 to 5.00
Flour per sack 6.00 to 6.25
Coffee per pound 1R to 2f
Cotton Seed Meal 2.75 to 2.85
Cotton seed hul?? 1.00
Shipstuff 2.80 to 3.00
Molasses Feed 3.00 to 3.25 |
Hides, Green 10 to 12%
Hides, Dry 17% to 20
Cow Peas per bushel . . . 3.50 to 4.00
Soy Beans per bushel . . 3.75 to 4.00
Peanute Meal 3.25
Beet Pulp 3.25
" Over the Top With the Best
of Luck and Give Them Hell ! "
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Serg't Arthur Guy Empey
Serg't Empey's vivid and grip
ping story of the great war will be
printed in daily installments in this paper.
Twenty-seven chapters of excit
ing adventures and heart-stirring action;
events that befell this one man from the
time he passed from civilian life to take his
place m the human wall that stands between
civilization and frightfullness.
Serg't Empey is an American
who enlisted in the British Army on
hearing of the sinking of the "Lusitania."
He writes in a straightforward way of his own
experiences "over there/' of the life in which
our own American boys are entering.
OVERTHETOP
IWill Be Printed Exclusively
IN THIS NEWSPAPER
COOPERA
TION
Karmer with Farmer; Soldier with Soldier; Farmer,
Soldier, Merchant and Manufacturer and everybody
with the Government and with the BAN Kb.
We Sell War Savings Certificates and
War Savings Thrift Stamps.
During the week ending Saturday, March 2nd, we
sold 288 W. S. Stamps and 80 Thrift Stamps and
one $ 1 000.00 Liberty Bond, to Farmers, Merchants
and School Children.
We invite you to Co-operate with us in making your
money help win the war. If you don't want to buy
a Savings or Thrift Stamp, put your money in our
bank, we will pay you 4 per cent, interest and you
can get your money when you want it. And at the
same time you are helping win the war. We lend
money to the Farmers for Farm purposes and they
make food stuff with it to feed the soldiers.
FIRST NATIONAL
BANK
Smithfield, N. C.
Raleigh's 2nd Annual Auto Show
MARCH 13 14 15 16
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Largest display of Latest Model Cars in the
South. 45 Models. Some never before seen
in the South.
Beautiful Decorating. Good Music and
SINGING.
Open 10 A. M. To 11 P. M.
WHERE DO YOU BUY? IF YOU
buy your machinery from us you
have no trouble in getting your
repairs. This should be a big con
sideration in buying your machin
ery and improvements. Roberts
Atkinson Co., Inc., Selma, N. C.
DISC AND SECTION HARROWS?
Prepare your land thoroughly with
these harrows, your cultivation
will be easier and harvest larger.
Roberts-Atkinson Co., Inc., Selma,
N. C.
FOR J .R. W ATKINS* MEDICINES
and toilets go to Selma Supply Co.,
Selma, N. C.
I HAVE BOUGHT THE POWHA
tan Corn Mill and have secured
Mr. Otho Jones as miller. Mill
Days Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Fridays, not Saturday. J. E.
Booker, Wilson's Mills, N. C.
ONE CAR OF REI) DOG. COME
quick. Austin-Stephenson Co.
W. L. Woodall & Sons!
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SMITHFIELD'S SHOPPING CENTER {
Special Showing!
All This Week Of !
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Dresses, Coats and Suits j
We have just received about 300 Coats,
Suits: and Dresses that we are offering at i
Special prices prior to our opening on j
March 13th and 14th.
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DRESSES ESPECIALLY PRICED FROM
7.89 to 32.45 !
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COATS IN ALL COLORS AND STYLES, PRICED
7.45 to 35.00 I
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BEAUTIFUL AND ATTRACTIVE SUITS !
9.45 to 45.00 |
WAIST IN EVERY FABRIC AND COLOR j
Price 98c to $9.45 |
. Don't fail to see this beautiful line of goods and make !
your purchase early. !
W. L. Woodall & Sons ]
Smithficld, N. C. j
With every $10.00 purchase we give one I". S. Thrift j
Stamp free. I