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TOWN AND COUNTY TOPICS.
Mr. J. A. Wellons went to Raleigh
Wednesday.
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Coming January 29 ? The Iris Con
cert Company.
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Mr. C. Davis is in the Northern
markets this week buying goods.
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Mr. Henry Barnes spent Wednes
day night and Thursday in the city.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Byrd went to
Richmond Thursday morning for a
short stay.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bingharn have
moved into the Johnson residence in
Brooklyn.
* * *
Mr. Patterson left Wednesday for
his old home in Granville to spend
a few days.
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Mrs. C. I. Pierce and Mr. and Mrs.
A. V. Parker, of Asheville, spent
Thursday in Raleigh.
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Mr. Lacy John, Farm Demonstra
tor, was in Kenly Wednesday attend
ing the Farmers' Institute.
There will be an oyster supper at
Baptist Center school house tonight
for the benefit of the school.
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Mr.- A. K. Robertson, of West Ral
eigh, is in Johnston in the interest
of the club work, and especially of
the Corn Clubs
* * *
Miss Bernice Foust, of Mount Ver
non Springs, is spending a few days
here, the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Claude W. Smith.
* * *
Thf firm of Spiers Bros, has plan
ned a big clearance <5ale. See their
big ad on page three and note the
bargains they are offering.
* * *
The Mass Meeting of the citizens
of the town of Smithfield to be held
a i, the Court House tonight is an im
portant one and should be largely at
tended.
* * *
Wo are publishing in this issue
another article in the "Home Read
ing Course" selected and prepared by
Mr. G. T. Whitley of the Graded
School Faculty.
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The Herald has secured the serial
ri -hts to the publication of "Prudence
of the Parsonage," the first install
ment of which will appear in this pa
per in an early issue.
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An evening of rare enjoyment is
promised all holders of Lyceum tick
ets on January 29, when The Iris
Concert Company makes its appear
ance at the Opera House.
* * *
Messrs. J. D. Underwood and W.-S.
Stevens went to Raleigh Tuesday af
ternoon to attend the Grand Lodge
of Masons. More than a thousand
Masons were in attendance at the
meeting.
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The next attraction to be given un
der the auspices of the Smithfield
Woman's Club will be The Iris Con
cert Company which will be at the
Smithfield Opera House Monday
night, January 29th.
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Rev. R. M. Von Miller will preach
at Burnell Baptist church next Sun
day at 3 P. M. Everybody is cordially
invited. Services will be held each
month on the 3rd Sunday in the af
ternoon at 3 o'clock.
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Mr. W. M. Sanders showed us this
week a piece of adding machine paper
filled with the amounts to the credit
of the depositors in the bank of The
Johnston County Bank & Trust Com
pany. It was one yard and thirty-four
inches long. They had that day three
hundred and ninety-nine depositor.
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I^r. N. T. Holland, Messrs. W. W.
Jordan, H. C. Hood, R. R. Holt and
C. Gillette ?>pent a part of this
W|,ek at Havelock fishing and hunting.
? lpy caught plenty of fish, killed a
ducks and had a deer chase. How
' ' er. the buck was too wary and fleet
"r them and they had to return home
deerless.
The Woman's Club is bringing '
some good entertainments to Smith
field again this winter. The second of !
these ? The Iris Concert Company ?
will be at the Smithfield Opera House
Monday night, January 29th.
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Mr. E. S. Sanders has just receiv
ed a letter from his son, Mr. George
R. Sanders, who is on the border at
El Paso, Texas. He says that he will
be assigned to border patrol this
week. He is now orderly to Col.
Mettz.
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There is much interest in Smithfield
in the coming of the great Polish
Pianist, Jan Ignace i*aderewski, to
Raleigh next week. Quite a number
of the people of this town are plan
ning to hear him at the Raleigh Au
ditorium Tuesday night.
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The Turlington Graded School now
has a larger attendance than ever
before in its history. All the lower
grades are crowded and ere long there
is going to be a pressing demand for
more room. On acoount of the rough
weather this week the daily average
is not as high as it was last week.
Services at Presbyterian Church.
Rev. Hugh Robertson will preach
in the Presbyterian church here next
Sunday. A cordial invitation extend
ed to all.
Mrs. J. R. Bailey Undergoes
An Operation.
Mrs. J. R. Bailey was taken to the
Wilson Sanatorium Tuesday. On
Wednesday she underwent a serious
operation, but stood the ordeal very
well and is getting on very nicely at
last report. Dr. Thel Hooks accom
panied Mrs. Bailey to Wilson. Her
many friends throughout the County
will be glad to know she is doing
well.
It Pays to Advertise.
A few days ago Mr. W. M. San
ders inserted a little "ad" in the col
umns of The Herald, making a special
price on good axes. The results have
been surprising. In less than two
weeks time he has sold more axes
than he had sold for the preceding
fifteen months; and he keeps axes to
Sell all the time, too. It pays to ad
vertise in The Smithfield Herald.
At Selma School Auditorium.
We are in receipt of the following:
"The Board of Trustees of Selma
r ublic Schools requests your presence
at the Public School Auditorium,
Friday evening at eight o'clock.
"Dr. E. C. Brooks, of Trinity Col
lege will address the assembly.
"Guests of honor: Henry L. Wyatt
Chapter Daughters of Confederacy."
Married.
/
On Sunday, January 14th, Mr. J.
T. Puckett and Miss Lovie Amy Cole,
of Clayton township, drove to the
home of Justice of the Peace D. E.
Easom, near Wilson's Mills, and were
happily married by him. This is said
to be the first couple married by Mr.
Easom, but it is understood that he
tied the matrimonial knot well.
A Fearless Governor.
Gov. Stanley, of Kentucky, did a
fearless thing the other day when he
went over to Murray, Ky., traveling
on a special train, to deal with a mob
that was bent on lynching a negro for
the murder of a white girl. The mob
threatened the governor, the judge
md attorney general with violence if
they did not brihg the negro to an im
mediate trial. Gov. Stanley's reply
was to charter a special train and hur
ry to the scene of the* threatened riot,
where he soon quelled the trouble.
In the sum total, the life of one
negro, especially if he be a criminal,
probably destined to die soofi, is not
of great moment, especially when
men are dying by the thousands on
European battlefields, but more than
the life of a negro was at stake. In
this instance, he claiumed the protec
tion of the laws of a commonwealth,
and the majesty of the law must not
be assailed, no matter what the price
of its defense. ? Charlotte Observer.
Ladies Aid Society.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Methodist church met Wednesday af
ternoon at the home of its President,
Mrs. Chas. Johnson. It was decided
at this meeting that the Society meet
every Wednesday afternoon, the meet
ing after the first and third Sundays
to be held in connection with the reg
ular Missionary Society meeting and
Missionary Study Class, respectively.
Next week it will meet in connection
with the Study Class at the home of
Mrs. J. R. Barbour. It was decided
it this meeting to have a Parcel Post
Social in the near future and arrange
ments are being made for same.
Benson, N. C., January 17, 1917.
Watch for the first installment of ;
"Prudence of the Parsonage."
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
Smithtield*s Growing and Popular
Financial Institution Makes Fine
Showing. Old Officers All Re-Elect
ed. Number o! Farmer Depositors
Doubled in Past Year.
The stockholders of The First Na
tional Bank of Smithfield held their
annual meeting last week and re
elected the old board of directors as
follows:
W. H. Austin, T. R. Hood, F. K.
Broadhurst, J. I). Spiers, B. B. Adams,
J. H. B. Tomlinson, J. J. Broadhurst,
F. H. Brooks, N. B. Grantham, J. D.
Underwood and R. N. Aycock.
The directors then met and re-elect
ed the following officers for the en
suing year:
T. R. Hood, President.
N. B. Grantham, Vice-President.
R. N. Aycock, Cashier.
C. V. Johnson, Assistant Cashier.
The past year has been the best
in the history of the institution, the
deposits almost doubling in a year.
The number of individual depositors
has greatly increased. We are told
that the list of farmer depositors has
doubled during the past year. The
number of colored depositors has
also grown considerably, showing
that the colored people of this sec
tion are growing more prosperous.
The directors declared the usual
semi-annual dividend of five per
cent. In addition a nice sum was car
ried to the undivided profits column.
Delta Gamma Sigma Girls.
A most charming: entertainment
was given to the Delta Gamma Sig
ma girls here, when on Monday even
ing from 8 to 11, Miss Virginia Puck
ett received her friends in honor of
the birthdays of two of the club mem
bers, Misses Irene Myatt and Cora
Belle Ives.
The guests were received at the
door by Misses Virginia and Sadie
Puckett and were then ushered into
the spacious living room, where ta
bles were arranged for Rook. In a
room so beautifully adorned with pot
ted plants and cut flowers the timfi
passed happily away, to the guests,
as they chattered, sewed and played
games. After a most interesting hour
spent in this manner the hostess in
vited her guests into tiie dining room,
which presented a most wonderful ap
pearance 'mid a bank of ferns, hya
cinths and candles a lovely birthday
cake was resting. Then came the fun
of blowing out the candles, and then
the cutting of the cake, which proved
mo-;t inte~est.ing to all. Miss Puckett
wns the hnppv winner of the ring,
Miss Helen Wallace the dime, Miss
Helene Sadler the wish-bone, Miss
Blanche Bailey the thimble, Miss
Retta Martin the button and Miss
Irene Myrtt the srffragette banner.
Then delicious fruit gelatine and
enke were nerved by Misses Margaret
Moore rnd Sadie Puckett.
The guests were then u?hered into
'he living room where each was re
'
quested to find her name on the slips
on the wall, and follow the string
until the end was reached. Much fun
was derived from this, especially when
prize boxes of mints were found tied
to the ends of the strings of all,
except Misses Myatt and Ives, who
were surprised to find lovely boxes of
stationery at the ends of theirs, which
were gifts from the Club.
Those present were: Misses Cora
Belle Ives, Irene Myatt, Retta Mar
tin, Bettie Watson, Lalla Rookh Ste
phenson, Margaret Muns, Helene
Sadler, -Blanche Bailey, Helen Wal
lace, Margaret Moore and Sadie
Puckett.
WANTED A GOOD FARM HAND? J
One with family preferred. Leon
ard H. Stephenson, Benson, N. C., i
R. F. D. No. 4.
a1? 1.^1 JaAaXi htd -t- .? ? ?
Auction Bridge Ciub.
Last Tuesday afternoon, from 3:30
until six o'clock, Mrs. A. H. Rose was |
the chairming hostess of the Auc
tion Bridge Club.
Because of the inclement weather a
few members of the Club were unable
to be present, but those who were in
attendance spent an altogether de
lightful afternoon.
After two hours of card-playing, a
sumptuous supper was served.
Mrs. Green and Miss Young made
the highest scores, and the most pop
ular young lady present was the hos
tess' lovely and winsome daughter,
Miss Ruth Sanders Rose ? aged three
months.
Sans Souci Club.
Last Thursday afternoon, Mrs.
Claude Smith entertained the Sans
Souci Club, in her usual cordial man
ner.
The ladies were met in the entrance
hall by Mrs. Smith and her charming
young sister, Miss Bernice Foust, of j
Mt. Vernon Springs, who is her^house
guest.
Rook was the chief feature of the
afternoon, and was played enthusias
tically at tables placed in the two |
parlors.
A delicious repast was served, after
which the books were exchanged.
^J.Jesides the Club members, a num
ber of invited guests shared Mrs.
Smith's delightful hospitality. Among [
them were: Miss Gertrude Parker, of j
Asheville; Mrs. R. N. Aycock, Mrs.
C. L. Godley, Mrs. W. W. Cole, Mrs.
II. C. Hood, Mrs. F. II. Brooks, Mrs.
L. G. Stevens and Miss Mattie San
ders.
M iss Irene Myatt Entertains.
The Delta Gamma Sigma girls were
most pleasantly entertained Friday
evening by Miss Irene Myatt.
Miss Myatt in her charming man
ner, greeted her guests at the door,
and directed them to the tables where
progressive Rook was indulged in.
After a most interesting game, in
which Misses Bettie Watson and
Blanche Bailey made the highest
score, a delicious salad course was
served by the hostess.
After a short business meeting, the
guests took their departure, after |
having spent a most pleasant evening.
The following members were pres
ent: Misses Bettie Watson, Cora Belle
Ives, Retta Martin, Helen Wallace,
Blance Br.ilcy, Helene Sadler, Marga
ret Muns, Virginia Puckett and
Lalla Rookh Stephenson.
All citizens v?*ho are interested in the upbuilding
and progress of Smithrield are invited and urged
to attend a Mass Meeting to be held at
Now is the time to place your order for a car load and
save money. We can make you a mighty low price.
We have the Spreaders also.
When you ride, ride right. We have the right Buggies,
Wagons and Harness.
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We want your business. We want to help fou make
more money this year.
We have just received a full line of the famous Dr.
L. D. Le Gear's Stock Jlemedies. We have a remedy for
every disease of your stock of all kinds.
These are considered the Best Stock Remedies.
We have just received a new lot of Bibles and Testa
ments. Bibles from 35 cents up to $3.00. Testaments
from 10 cents up to $1.00.
Large Type Edition Testament and Psalms for 50
and 75 cents.