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The Smithfield Herald Published Every Tuesday and Friday. 1 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. j 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, h. a PERSONAL AND LOCAL. Attorney J. R. Williams, of Clay ton, as in the city Monday. ? ? ? Miss Eva Coats spent tlie week end in Goldsboro visiting friends. ? * ? * Miss Emma Matthews, of Kenly, was in the city Friday shopping. mm* Mrs. W. H. Byrd and Mrs. Wallace Francis spent Friday in Raleigh shop ping. ? * * Mr. Paul Eason who has been in Princeton for several days is at home again. m m m Mrs. S. T. Honeycutt and Mrs. Alex Green went to Raleigh Monday af trenoon. ? ? ? Mr. Percy Youngblood was in the city Sunday from Camp Lee, Peters burg, Va. ? ? ? Miss Mj.mie Sue Jones, County Home Demonstrator, spent Sunday in Goldsboro. ? * * Mr. Francis Coxe, cf Burlington, spent a few hcurs here Saturday with his sister, Miss Roberta Coxe. ' ? ? ? Mrs. Rom Whitaker who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Charles Broadhurst, left Monday for her home in Kinston. ? * * Mr. S. A. Lassiter, one of Johnston County's good farmers, was here yes terday and renewed his subscription for another year. ? ? ? Miss Frances Green who spent the week-end with her father who has been ill for several days returned to Raleigh Monday afternoon. * ? m Mr. John Grimes and Misses Stella Rutherford, Edna Taylor and Celeste McEachern and Mrs. A. S. Anderson were Raleigh visitors Saturday. ? * ? Mr. Leo Sanders went to Kenly Sat urday with Mayor Eaton, of Winston Salem, who delivered an address on why buy War Savings Stamps. m m m Mr. and Mrs. Will H. Lassiter and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Keen attended the funeral of Mr. William Henry Lassi ter near Clement church yesterday afternoon. ? ? ? Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Thompson, of Raleigh, Mrs. De Roulac Hamilton and children, of Chapel Hill, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Long last Friday. m 9 m Mr. Geo. Pou arrived Sunday morn ing to spend several days with his wife via Washington from some where in France where he has been in Uncle Sam's service. * * * Mr. John Holly, of Meadow town ship, was in town yesterday and re ports that the farmers have been tak ing advantage of the fine weather for the past few weeks and arc pretty well up with their farm operations. m m ? Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Johnson, of Gray Court, S. C., arrived Saturday to spend awhile here with Mrs. John son's father, Dr. L. A. Muns. Mr. Johnson returns to Gray Court today. Mrs. Johnson will spend a few weeks here. ? * * The work the schools are doing in the War Savings campaign is of in estimable value. The work in Smith field was begun in the Turlington Graded School under the leadership of Spt. H. B. Marrow who has proven a valuable assistant to Chairman Ragsdale. There has sprung up more or less rivalry among the dif- j ferent rooms and the campaign goes on gaining new impetus from week to week. The eleven grades of the school have purchased a little more than $2,200 up to last night. Yester- 1 day morning in Chapel Supt. Marrow stated that he wanted the school to raise one-tenth of Smithficld's quota and up to this time the school has bought more than one-tenth of the number of stamps already paid for in Smithfield, not counting the pledg es made which are worth one hundred cents in the dollar. Mrs. E. M. Hale, of Mount Olive, :ame Friday to be with Mr. Hale who has accepted a position as hnotype op erator in The Herald office. ? * t Mr. William A. Braswell w?s at home last week one a five days fur lough. He visited relatives and friends in Boon Hill township. Mr. Bras well is now stationed at Chattanooga, Tenn., where he is a member of Co. B. 11th Infantry. ? ? ? Miss L:.vena Marion arrived in the city from Raleigh last night to spend several days with her sister, Miss Ai mer Marion. They will leave for Camp Sevier Friday where they will spend several days with their bri tlier who is in training there. ? ? * Mr. J. B. Benton, editor ef The Benson Review, Mr, and Mrs. Pres ton Woodall and Miss Mae Belle Cobb, of Benson, were hero yesterday afternoon to attend the conference with Mr. Gilbert Stephenson, Direc tor of Service of the War Savings campaign in North Carolina. * ? * Mr. Seth W. Myatt, of Camp Jack son, was here Saturday and Sur.day on a visit to his mother, Mxs. Mary Myatt. Hr enlisted in New York h at December and after spending six weeks at Fort Slocutnb, was sent to Camp Jackson where he now is Company Clerk in Company A, Quar termasters' department. * * * Mayor O. B. Eaton, of Winston Salem, was here Saturday cn his way from Clayton where he made a War Savings speech Friday night, to Ken ly where he spoke Saturday. Mr. Eaton is a strong and eloquent speak er who presents the cause if War Savings with convincing logic. He has been constantly on the go in this work for the past two months. TWELVE ON HONOR ROLL. Service Flag Presented the Metho dist Church at Sunday Services. Sunday morning at the eleven o'clock service at the Methodist church here Mr. A. M. Noble present ed a Service Flag to the church. It was given by the Sunday school. The flag contains twelve stars, one for each of the boys that has gone out from this church and Sunday school to give his services, and if need be his life, in answer to the call of his coun try. Mr. Noble, in his presentation, said some beautiful and forceful things complimentary to our boys and the cause for which they fight. He spoke of each star on the flag as rep resenting a human life gone out to fight for us at home. At the close of his remarks, the flag was unfurled from the choir loft. It was accepted by the Rrv. Mr. Cotton, on behalf of the church; after which the congrega tion aros'- and sang "My Country, 'Tis of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty." After the presentation of the flag the pastor preached a stirring patriotic sermon. Meeting at Progressive. Rev. A. T. Lassifter, of Benson, was here yesterday afternoon on his way to Progressive school house in Boon Hill township where he goes to assist Rev. A. S. Anderson in a protracted meeting which began last night. More Men to Camp Jackson. Local Board No. 2, Selma, sent the following men to Camp Jackson last Saturday. Andrew Overby, Selma. Jimmie W. Capps, Pine Level. Lonnie Rains, Kenly. Stephen L. Mitchell, Princeton. Van Duke Duncan, Clayton. George Earp, Selma. Henry G. Pittman, Micro. Wade A. Richardson, Wendell. J. R. Pearce, Selma. Eugene Oneal, Selma. Martin K. Hepinstall, Selma. THE SMITHFIELD MARKET. Cotton 25 to 34 Cottcn Seed 1.00 to 1.05 Wool 20 to 30 Eggs 25c Fat Cattle 6 to 7 Fat Cattle dressed 13 to 13 1-2 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 33% to3f> Lard 27% to 32% Timothy Hay 2.25 to 2.35 Cheese per pound 36 Butter, per pound 40 Meal 4.75 to 5.00 Flour per sack 6.00 to 6.25 Coffe* p?r pound II to M Cotton Seed Meal 2.75 to 2.85 Cotton seed holla 1.00 ShipstufT 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 8.25 TURLINGTON GRADED SCHOOL NOTES. The following letter hps been re ceived by the students of T. G. S. "To the Pupils of Turlington Grad ed School. "Smithfield, N. C. "We thank you very much for the flowers you sent for Father's grave. If father could speak to you now. I think he would thank you for such a beautiful gift. And then I think he would urge you, as by his life he does urge you, to be eager and faithful in your work and always fair with one another. If you want to honor his mem ory, you will make the school that is named for him the best in the State, for hard and fair play. We wish you, as he would wish you, the greatest success in all that you do, and thank you deeply for remembering him so beautifully. "Yours very sincerely, EDGAR TURLINGTON." We the students of T. G. S. will always honor and revere the memory of Prof. Ira T. Turlington, the found er of our school. We deem it but fit ting that we should pledge ourselves to work faithfully and unceasingly to accomplish the things which he wished it to stand for, and to bo one of the best schools in the old North State. The golden accents ring in our ears undyingly, of his good works, and urge us onward to a higher Koal.? R. Y. J. w The value of the War Saving Stamps for each grade are as follows: First Grade, A $533.75 First Grade ,B 121.25 Third Grade 111.50 Fourth Grade A 50.00 Fourth Grade, B 74.00 Fifth Grade 216.75 Sixth Grade .63.00 Seventh Grade 55.25 Eight Grade 487.75 Tenth Grr.de 265.50 Eleventh Grade 29.25 Total $2,174.25 ? C. A. G. o To the four pupils in the eighth, ninth, tenth ,and eleventh grades who shall make the highest average in English for the first seven months of this school year the chance will be given to compete for a prize. The con test to be conducted as follows: Throe subjects shall be given to these four pupils; they may read and study for a given length of time* then at a stated time the pupils will be as signed one of the subjects on which to write an essay, doing the work in the presence of the teacher without notes. To the most original, best writ ten essay, a gold medal will be given. The donor of this medal is Mrs. T. J. Lassiter. This medal was offered some time ago, but the time is drawing near when we shall see who gets a chance to win it. ? C. A. G. o The death of one of our honored patrons, Mr. W. M. Ives, is very much regretted, and his children's school mates sympathize very deeply with them in their bereavement. We hope that they may find strength and com fort in the sympathy of their friends. ? L. R. J. o Friday afternoon, March 15th, the Junior base ball teams of Smithfield and Four Oaks played a game in Four Oaks. Both teams did some good play ing, and Four Oaks won with a score of 7 to 6. The same teams played baseball March 19th, but this time on Smithfield's diamond. At the end of the seventh inning, the game bid fair to be an interesting and hard one. The score was 4 to 4. However, Four Oaks forfeited the game, mak ing the score 9 to 0 in Smithfield's favor.? R. Y. J. o Last week the Domestic Science Class went down into their new lab oratory, and after cleaning up they placed their material and utms'ls in their proper places. The class is very proud of this laboratory and they hope to be able to begin cooking and sew ing down there by Monday. ? L. P. o Last Monday morning the Tennis Association met in the office, and decid ed that no one should play on the ten nis court without being members of the association, unless they wore shoes without heels, furnished their nets, racquets and balls. We would like to have some other members in this association and any one may enter by paying the initiation fee. ? F. M. V. o Last Monday morning, during chap el the seventh grade, lead by Miss Taylor, gave us a delightful program. The exercises were opened by Bea trice Matthews, who led in prayer. Then Mamie Peterson recited in a very charming way, "When Bess and I i were Gals Together." After which, the stage being fixed to represent a | school room, Master Frederick Brooks, appeared as a teacher, which part he did in a very true to life man- ? ncr. His pupils all being very bril liant the lessons were soon recited, and school was over for the day. They left the stage amid much clapping Lucy Wellons then played a very dainty selection on the piano. With every one thoroughly pleased, the grades marched out by a march played by Pearl Johnson. We enjoyed this ] program so well that we hope Miss Taylcr will let her room lead again some time soon. We wish all the grades would do this way. ? T. P. o Friday, March 22nd, the fifth and six grades had a spelling match. The six grade won, but not without a hard fight for there were only four six grade pupils that remained stand ing when the last fifth grade pupil was outspelled. ? C. G. u Misses Margaret I^ee Austin, Mar garet Wellons, Annette Lawrence, Thelma Peedin and Mr. Marvin Wood all hav? returned to school after be ing absent several days with the mumps. M isses Rachel Jordan and Lillie Johnson are absent with the mumps. Miss Ruth Jones, of the T. G. S. faculty, is still at home with the mumps. % Mrs. Mabel Byrd Francis, of Peters burp, Va., Mr. Edgar Turlington, of Chapel Hill, Mrs. T. J. Lassiter and Mrs. Ed. Ward were among our visi tors last week. Miss Lucile Spears spent last week end at her home in Lillington, to be with her brother, First Lieut. M. T. Spears, who was home from Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C. Master Thel Hooks has returned from a visit to his father at Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C. ? F. M. V. o Miss Maude Barnard, of Raleigh, was a visitor of T. G. S. on Wednes day, March 20. Studies were sus pended for about three quarters of an hour and the students marched to chapel, where Miss Barnard entertain ed us with many interesting stories told in her admiring way. The stories of foreign and domestic interest. The entire student body, sincerely hope that Miss Barnard will favor us with another and longer visit in the near future; and wish both her and Miss Kelly, unbounded success in their present work. ? F. M. V. o Those representing T. G. S. in the Triangular Debate, which takes place next Friday, are as follows: Affirmative; Carrie B. Sanders and John Grimes against Kenly's affirma tive, at Selma. Negative: John Ellington and Lyn don Jordan against Selma's affirma tive, at Kenly. ? R. Y. J. o The play "Fi Fi of the Toyshop" was given by the children of the town under the auspices of the Woman's Club last Thursday evening. It was directed by Mr. Withrow. The character "Fi-Fi" was charm inlgy portrayed by Annette Lawn nee. Jean Abell played the part of "Bon nie," the little girl of the Toyshop. She was well suited for this part be cause of her clear and expressive voice. The part of "Bonnie's father" was very cleverly acted by Mr. N. L. Perkins. Ho also acted as the "Man in the Moon." Edward Woodall played the part of "Prince Loly-pop," the faithless lover of "Fi-Fi" while Mr. Withrow, as "Lieutenant Tin Heart," proved to be the successful lover. Dix on Wallace captured the audience with his artful impersonation of the char acter "Ink Spot." "Loosey1' and "Cap tain Barnacle" (Miss Eva Coats and Mr. E. F. Ward) kept every one amused by their ever changing moods. Miss Helen Sheppard acted the part of "Queen Mab," a retired fairy, while Margaret Lee Austin, as "Aurelia," was her lovely assistant. Miss Irene Myatt made a delightful "Bo-Peep," and Mr. N. M. Lawrence truly im personated the "Sand-man," The drills were also very beautiful. The play | was thoroughly enjoyed by a large audience of town people and visitors. This play was given under the au spices of the Woman's Club. Next Friday evening, March the 29th, Selma's negative will debate against Kenly's affirmative in the school auditorium. This debate will decide who goes to Chapel Hill. The town people are cordially invited to come. ? R. Y. J. Teacher's Examination April 9 and 10. There will be an examination held April 9 and 10, in the office of the County Superintendent foV teachers' certificates. It will be well for all those who desire to teach next year and haven't already taken this exami nation, to take it at this time. The County Board of Education will meet in regular session Monday, April 1st. The State Motion Picture Machine, that has been put on in the county is meeting with great success. Every one seems to be delighted. SEE OUR BIG TYPE TESTAMENT, big enough for very old people to read. Herald Book Store. i Liberal and Modern Methods Consistent With Sound Banking is the basis on which we retain our present patrons and invite new business. Every account appreciated. Under direct supervision of the United States Government. First National Bank Smithfleld, N. C. T. It. HOOD, President. R. N. AY COCK .Vice- Pres. and Cash. Oxfords About 300 pair OXFORDS brought from last season Beacon $4 to $4.50 Crossett $4.50 to $5 Bion F. Reynolds $5 to $6 Come and look them over At Old Prices N. B. Granthan Smith field, N. C. "The Big Fight" by Capt. David Fellon?Price $1.50, at Herald Book Store. Read It! COMING The Oxford Singing Class Will bring to Smithfield fourteen girls and boys from the Oxford Orphanage in an entertaining and patriotic Con cert. O pera House Thursday Night March 28, 1918 Concert begins at 8 :00 P. M. Seats on sale at both drug stores beginning Monday. Prices 25, 35 and 50 cents. Be sure to hear this in spiring concert.
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