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Mr. F. H. Brooks spent Wednesday
and Thursday In Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Bairn have gone
to Dune, to spend a few days.
Mr. Paul Brown, of Selma. township
was a Smithfield visitor Tuesday.
Mr. L. O. Ogburn, of Pleasant
Grove, was in the city Tuesday.
Mr. W. T. Holland, of Kenly, was
Jn town Tuesday and gave us a call.
Mrs. W. S. Stevens made a short
visit to relatives in Kenly this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Edgerton have
moved into the residence next door
the Episcopal church.
Mr. W. E. Parker, one of The
Herald's subscribers in Oneals, was
in the city Wednesday.
Misses Cora Belle Ives and Lucy
Hyman have returned from a short
visit to relatives ia Raleigh.
Mrs. J. C. Coll'er, of Goldsboro, ar
rived Wednesday to spend a few
days with Mrs. E. W. Pou.
Mr. T. E. Austin, a leading drug- j
gist of Roxbore, spent a few days j
here this week with relatives.
Mrs. Henry P. Hill and children I
have returned from Durham where '
they spent the holidays with relatives.
Mr. W. S. Stevens, Clerk of the
Superior Court, attended the Grand
Lodge of Masons at Raleigh this
week.
Miss Bettie Lee has. returned from
Mount Olive where she spent sever
al days with her sister, Mrs. T. Eld
ridge.
Dr. Joseph Austin, Clayton's pop
ular young dentist, spent Wednes
day here with his brother, Mr. W.
H. Ausitn.
Miss Alma Easom returned from
Fayetteville Tuesday, where she had
been on a visit to her sister, Mrs.
D. M. Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie J. Paylor left
Monday for Fuquay Springs, where
Mr. Paylor is buyer for the Ameri
can Tobacco Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam F. Austin and
little daughter, of Nashville, spent
a few days here tihs week with the
family of Mr. W. H. Austin.
Mr. Will D. Avera attended the
Unveiling of the Ransom Bust and
the State Literary and Historical As
sociation at Raleigh this week.
Mr. Joseph Austin, who has been
at his old home near Clayton for
sometime, has come to Smithfield
to visit his son, Mr. W. H. Austin.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Wiggs, who
have been living here for the past
year or two, have returned to their
home near Princeton to live this
year.
The New County Movement In
the northern part of this County is
developing a lot of new poets. We
are publishing the third poem this
week and have still others on file.
The Holt-Sanders Chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy will
meet January 19, with Mrs. W. H.
Austin. All members are requested
to Attend prepared to settle dues.
We published a partial list of
those schools that contributed to
the Canaday Monument Fund in our
last issue. A few more are given
this week and we hope to present
the full list next week.
Mr. Will D. Hood returned to
Kinston Monday after spending sev
eral days here with relatives. Mr.
Hood is in the drug business at
Kins ton and has built up a good busi
ness since going there four and a
half years ago.
Mr. D. J. Yelvington, of Clayton,
was in town yesterday and called
at The Herald office and gave us
his subscription for this year. One
by one new subscribers are con
stantly being added to our large
subscription list.
Mr. Wade H. Royal has purchased
th^ entire interest of Mr. D. F.
ArmHeld in the Hardware business of
Royal & Armfield, and will continue
business at the same stand in Ben
son, as Royal's Hardware Store. See
his ad. elsewhere in this paper.
In order that he may be more cen
trally located to the churches he
serves, Rev. J. W. Smith has mov
ed to Smithtleld His family are liv
ing in Mr. Beaty"s house on Fifth
street. We welcome them to Smith
field and hope that their stay here
may be a pleasant one.
Mr. Henry Peterson, who has a po
sition in the Southern Railway shops
at Spencer, N. C., was in to see
us Wednesday and renewed his sub
scription. Mr. Peterson was called :
home Sunday on the account of the
sudden <feath of his mohter, Mrs. !
Agnes Peterson, which occurred at 1
her home near here Saturday nigtit. i
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A GROWING SHOP BUSINESS.
Mr. O. V. Booker Has Recently
E roc ted New Buildlnge for Hie
Wood and Blacksmith Shops.
One of Smithfield's Many enter
prises which have shown progress
during the past year Is the wood
and blacksmith shops of Mr. O. V.
Booker. From a small beginning a
few years ago, with only one man
to do the work, the business has
grown until now there are several
men engaged daily. The business
has out-frown its o^ld quartres and
during the closing weeks of 1910
large and spacious new buildings
wore erected on Mr. Booker's large
lot fronting Maj*k?t etreet and Just
In the rear of The Herald office.
The new building is 40 x 80 feet,
two stories high, with a blacksmith
shop in the rear of ample size. With
the new building and the new equip
ment Mr. Booker is well prepared to
do any work in his line from shoeing
a mule to building the nicest buggy
or the heaviest log wagon.
We congratulate Mr. Booker on
the success he has attained and
trust that 1911 may be a better year
for him than any in the past.
A Card of Thanks.
Dr. and Mrs. Thel Hooks desire
to return their most heart-felt thanks
to the many friends, and especially
to the physicians, whose ministra
tions of kindness and words of sym
pathy were so unbounded in the re
cent sickness and death of their
little son, Thomas Hood. To one
and all whose kindness helped to
lighten their burden and dissipate
their sorrow, they extend their
deepest appreciation with the hope
that the All-wise One will ever
guide and protect them.
Smithfield, N. C., Jan. 10, 1911.
BENSON NEWS.
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Benson, Jan. 11.?Dr. J. C. John
son, of Durham, was In town Tues
day afternoon.
Messrs. J. D. Parker and J. C.
Standi, of Smithfield, were here '
Monday on busrtness.
Mr. George Holland and wife, re
turned yesterday from Kenly, where
they went Sunday.
Rev. W. G. Hall, of Rocky Mount,
is spending a few days with his
brother, Mr. J. L. Hall. Mr. E. L.
Hall, who recently moved to Fayette- ,
ville, la also here.
Greenthal, the underselling man,
will soon move his stock of goods
from the store which he occupies, to
the Holmes store on East Main
street.
Mr. West, of the firm of Smith
& West, has sold out his interest
in the company to his partner, who
will continue business at the same
stand.
The firm of Johnson & Langdon
has sold out to L. M. Ogburn, of
near Willow Springs. Mr. Ogburn
has taken charge of the business this
week.
Messrs. J. F. Lee, Andrew Hodges,
W. J. Hodges and R. A. Stewart went
to Richmond Sunday to buy stock.
Mr. Luther Everett Tart, oldest
son of Mr. Pink Tart, died of peri
tonitis at his home five miles east
of Benson, yesterday morning at
six o'clock. Luther was fourteen |
years old, and had been sick only I
four days. His remains were laid
away yesterday afternoon at the fam
ily burying ground at Banner Cha
pel.
Last Friday night several people
ate souse for supper at the Central '
Hotel. In a short while most of1
those who ate the meat were tak
en violently sick, ptomaine poison
resulting. At nine-thirty Dr. H. H.
TJtley was called to render medical
aid, and it was far past midnight
when he felt it safe to leave his
patients. Notwithstanding the fact
that several of the boys were serious
ly sick, there was some fun mixed
in. The boys were invited to meet
with the Pin Cushion Club, and the
rapidity with which, they departed, in
the heat of a guessing contest, some
even going home bareheaded, would
have tickled a mighty sick man. A
traveling man passing one of the
boys, remarked, that "he had taken
on too much ' tea." Scarcely a
minute had elapsed before the drum
mer decided that "the air in the
hotel lobby was rather warm and
the lilhtfi were getting dull,'' making
a leap for the door, he too, bowed
his head in honor of that dish, which
for wont of a name, and in terms
of contempt, is called souse.
Emma Young, the five year old
daughter, of Sam Young, a farmer
who lives four miles South of Ben
son, while playing near a Are, and
while her mother was out at the
lot, caught on fire and was serious
ly burned last night. Medical aid
was rendered her, and she is re
ported to be some better to-day.
Mr. Sir Wm. Lassiter left to-day
for WJllard, Pender County, where
he ha* bought a home. His fam- '
lly will move soon.
RESOLUTIONS OF ESTEEM
Pasted by the Stock Holder* and
Directors of the Clayton Cotton
Mill* In Their Annual Meeting Jan
uary 11, 1911, In Memory of the
Late Jesse T. Ellington.
Whereas, God In His allwise provi
dence, has seen fit to seiuove from
our midst our beloved friend and
associate, Jesse T. Ellington. and
feeling keenly the loss which his
death has brought to us, therefore,
we, the Stock Holders and Direc
tors of the Clayton Cotton Mills, do
hereby resolve: |
let. That in the death of Jesse
T. Ellington, the State loses a
loyal son, the community and town
a congenial frined and useful citi
zen.
| 2nd. That the Clayton Cotton
Mills, not only loses one of its |
first Stock Holders, but one of its
ablest Directors and wisest councel-1
ors.
| 3rd. That we, who are left, do re
cognize what his presence meant to
us and resolve, thai as far as in us
lies, to emulate his generosity, loy
alty, honesty and integrity.
| 4th. That we extend to the fam
ily of our friend, our sincere sympa
thy in this their bereavement.
I 5th. That a copy of the6e reso- j
lutions be placed upon our regular 1
minutes, a copy be sent to his wi
J dow, and a copy to the County pa
per for publication.
E. L. HINTON.
A. J. BARBOUR.
CHARLES W. HORN'E,
Committee.
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APPOINTMENTS.
Rev. W. T. Hurst is expected to
preach at Four Oaks next Sunday
morning and night. Rev. E. J. Rodg
ers has promised to preach at Sar
dis Baptist church next Saturday
night and Sunday morning. He will
preach at Woodard's school house at
3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Winner of the Patterson Cup.
Mr. R. D. W. Connor, of the State
Department of Education, was award
ed the "Patterson Cup" at the
meeting of the State Literary and
and Historical Association at Raleigh i
last night for the most meritorious
literary production for 1910?"Life of
Cornelius Harnett."
A Visitor from Texas.
Mr. D. W. Phillips, formerly known
as Dock Phillips, was here last,
week visiting his brother, Mr. Gib
son Phillips, who lives at the Boy
Ian place, near Smithfield. He was
reared in Franklin Counyt, but was
acquainted extensively in Wake and
Johnston when a young man. He
says that he attended the marriage
of Mr. Henry Duncan, near Clayton,
more than forty years ago. He left
North Carolina forty-one years ago
and has visited the old home only
once before now, which was twenty
seven years ago. He was a law ma- 1
ker in Texas ten years, having been
a Representative six years and a
Senator four years; most of his life
has been given to business affairs, j
He lives now at Galveston, Texas.
He is visiting relatives this week in
I Wak-2 and Franklin Counties, and is
planning to return home about the
middle of thia month.
When given as soon as the croupy
cough appears Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy will -ward off an attack of ^
croup and prevent all danger and j
cause of anxiety. Thousands of mo
thers use It successfully. Sold by
all dealers.
COST PRICES ON CLOTHING NOW
at N. B. Grantham's.
A GOOD JERSEY COW FOR SALE
Fresh to milk about ten days. W.
R. LONG, Smithfleld.
PULL OFF YOUR SHIRT AND
collar, and let me send them to a
reliable laundry for you, snce a
week. Leave your laundry at Aus
tin-Stephenson Co.'b store, with E.
B. Johnson. Promptness guaranteed.
FOR SALt^T1:HA^~ONE LARGE
gray mare that I will sell ch?ap
for cash. Anyone can work her
with perfect safety. No. 1 family
horse. J. H. LASSITER, Four
Oaks. N. C. R. F. D. No. 1.
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY A
good Disc Plow. STEVENS FUR
NITURE & IMPLEMENT CO.
N. B. GRANTHAM IS SELLING
Clothing at Cost.
WE SELL STEEL BEAM DIXTE
plows. STEVENS FURNITURE &
IMPLEMENT COMPANY.
CLOTHING AT COST AT N. B.
Grantham's, Smlthfield.
WE SELL STEEL BEAM DIXTE
plows. STEVENS FURNITURE &
IMPLEMENT COMPANY.
SMITHFIELD MARKET.
Oood Cotton 14 5-8
Yellow Cotton 12% to 13V_-1
Wool A " g to 15
Fat rattle on foot 3 to 4|
Fat cattle dressed 7 to 8
Eggs 22 Va to 25
Chickens 20 to 45.
Granulated sugar 5H to 6
Corn per bushel 80 to 85
Feed oats per bushel 55 to 60
Seed Oata 85 to 1.00
Fresh Pork 10
C. R. Sides per pound 12% to 14
Timothy bay 130 to 140
Lard per pound 13% to 18
Cheese per pound ...... 20 to 22%
Butter, per pound 30 to 35
Dried apples per pound .. 8% to 10
Coffee, per pound .... 15 to 17%
Sheep skins each 10 to 15
Salt hides per pound 4 to 5
Hides, dry flint 7 to 9
Tallow t
Beeswax 15 to 20
Meal per sack 165 to 175
Flour per sack 275 to 3.00
Potatoes per bushel 50
Peas stock 1.50 to 1.75
Peas white 2.00 to 2.25
We have a full supply of Turner's
North Carolina Almanacs for 1911,
for sale at ten cents each. Call at
Herald Office.
~Be?ore ordering Magazines, g?M
our big clubbing catalogue and spe
cial offers and save money. SOUTH
ERN SUBSCRIPTION AGENCY. (A
postal card will do.) Raleigh, N. C.
FfOR COOK'S IMPROVED COTTON
Seed, see Simon B. Jones, Wilson's
Mills, N. C.. R. F. D. N. 1.
START THE NEW YEAR I
RIGHT
If you need a Sewing Machine,
you should buy a NEW HOME. Start
the New Year right by installing
one in your home.
FOR SALE BY
J. M. BEATY
SM1THFIELD, N. C.
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This is a Turning Cotton and Subsoil Flow,
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If you want a Good Plow see these before
you buy. Yours to Serve,
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IhardwareI
^ We have a large stock of Hard- A
$ ware any of which you can buy
% at reasonable price. %
^ Plows, Castings, Collars, Bridles, Hame
m strings, Backhands, Guano Distributers, Cot
ton Planters, and Lynchburg Steel Beam vl
A Plows. A big stock of Axes. Poultry Netting,
vj Galvanized and Rubber Roofing, Stoves and m
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EAST CAROLINA TEACHERS TRAINING SCHOOL
GREENVILLE, N. C.
Spring and Summer Courses for Teachers for 1911.
Spring Term, March 14th to May 20th?ten weeks.
Summer Term, June 6th to July 29th?eight weeks,
The aim of this course is to better equip the teacher for his work.
TEXT BOOKS: Those used in the public schools of the State.
For further information address,
ROBT. H. WRIGHT, President, Greenville, N. C.
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