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TOWN AND COUNTY TOPICS.
Miss Eva Coats spent Thursday in
Raleigh.
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Mrs. Ella Baker went to Sclma
yesterday to visit relatives.
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Mrs. E. L. Parker and children are
here on a visit to relatives.
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Mr. F. H. Brooks made a business
trip to Raleigh last Wednesday.
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Rev. J. M. Duncan, of Mount Olive,
was in the city Sunday for a short
while.
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Prof, and Mrs. L. T. Royall spent
Sunday afternoon in Selma with
friends.
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Mr. LeRoy Theim, of Raleigh, spent
the week-end at the home of Mr. A.
M. Sanders.
Miss Doles' Junior music pupils
gave a recital at the school audito
rium last night.
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Mr. E. S. Sanders has gone on a
visit to Sikeston, Mo., the home of
Mrs. Sanders' people.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Powell and Mr.
H. W. Higgins spent Sunday with
relatives in Goldsboro.
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Mr. J. R. Beasley and family, of
Bentonsville township, have moved to
the Ivanhoe Cotton Mills village.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stephenson
spent Sunday afternoon in Elevation
township with relatives and friends.
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Miss Florence Jernigan, of Benson,
is expected to-day to spend this week
the guest of Miss Lala Rookh Ste
phenson.
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Messrs. De Shaw Parker and Wil
liam Wellons left yesterday for a
few days stay in Linden, Dunn and
Fayetteville.
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Miss Pearl Stephenson, of Pleas
ant Grove, is spending the week here
with the family of her uncle, Sheriff
W. F. Grimes.
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Miss LaVena Marion, who has
been teaching at Wake Forest, will
arrive tonight to visit her sister, Miss
Jessie Aimer Marion.
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Mr. L. G. Patterson returned from
Granville County Sunday afternoon
where he carried his mother to visit
her sons for some time.
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Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Turner, little
daughter, Alice Hart, and Mr. Le
May Turner were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. E. S. Edmundson Sunday.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Stevens, Mrs.
Z. R. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Ed
gerton, of Kenly, left this morn
ing for Haveloek on a camping trip.
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We are asked to state that the
Bridge Club will hold a business
meeting next Friday afternoon at 4
o'clock at the home of Mrs. H. P.
Stevens.
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Mr. J. C. Standi and son, Mr. John
L. Standi, left last night for River
Edge, New Jersey, where they go to
resume their work of drainage ditch
ing on the Jersey coast.
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The literary address at the closing
exercises of Turlington Graded School
will be delivered next Friday night
at the school auditorium by Prof. M.
C. S. Noble, of Chapel Hill.
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Miss Paris, the Domestic Science
teacher in the Selma Graded School,
with several members of her class,
was here yesterday to attend the
Food Conservation confercnce.
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It will be only a few more weeks
until the government officials will be
enrolling all the young men between
the ages of 21 and 30 to get the first
army in the selective draft system.
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Misses Elizabeth Kelly, Madeline
Trotter and Mi1dr?*d Sanders and
Messrs. Lacy John and T. J. Lassiter
attended the school close at Sandy
Springs in Oneals township Saturday.
Rev. B. R. Lacy, of Wake, who
preached the commencement sermon
before the graduating class of Tur
lington Graded School Sunday, was
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Moore
while in the city.
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Mr. J. V. Gwaltney, of Raleigh, has
favored us with a "garden chart,"
which is filled with a number of val
uable suggestions to those planting
gardens. One may be had free by
writing for one to Mr. Gwaltney.
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Mr. J. D. Parker returned from
a Fayetteville hospital Saturday and
seems much improved, but will have
to return for another operation after
he has sufficiently recuperated to un
dergo the strain on his nervous sys
tem.
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Miss Bettie Lee Sanders returned
from Raleigh Friday where she spent
a few days with Mrs. LeRoy Theim.
Mrs. Theim and children, Master Le
Roy, Jr., and Maurice, accompanied
her home to spend a few days as her
guests.
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The Methodist Sunday school pre
sented a very entertaining "Mothers'
Day" program Sunday morning. It
was a record day, 258 being in at
tendance. In addition to the regular
Sunday school there were 4:5 visitors
present.
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Among those of the Federal and
State Agricultural departments who
were here yesterday to attend the
Food Conservation meeting, we note
Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon, Mr. S. G.
Rubinow, Mr. J. M. Johnson and Mr.
R. H. Mason.
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Mr. D. H. Standi and children,
Mr. Wade and Miss Mildred Stancil,
of Garner, spent a short while in
the city Sunday en route to Eleva
tion township, having been called ?o
the bedside of his father, Mr. Moses
Stancil, who is very sick.
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Rev. J. E. Lanier, former pastor,
preached at the Baptist church Sun
day night in the absence of the pastor
to a good congregation. He preached
on "Personal Work in Soul Winning,"
delivering a strong and interesting
sermon. The Smithfield people are al
ways glad to have Mr. Lanier with
them.
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Among the large congregation
present to hear Rev. E. R. Lacy, Jr.,
Sunday morning from elsewhere were
the following: Mr. J. H. B. Tomlin
son, Misses Mabel and Emma Tomlin
son and their guests, Messrs. Geo.
Wall and Jasper Wall, of Franklin
ton; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith, Mr.
Ashley Powell and Miss Estelle Pow
ell; Miss Bessie Sanders and many
others.
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Messrs. F. Hunter Creech and
Robert A. Wellons have gone to
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, where they
will enter the officers' training
camp of the United States Army.
They are two of Smithfield's bright
young lawyers who heard their coun
try's call and responded. The best
wishes of the people go with them
as they go to prepare to fight their
country's battles.
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The complete program of the
commencement exercises of the Tur
lington Graded School will be found
on page eight of this issue. The ex
ercises will begin tonight with the
exercises by the primary grades. To
morrow night, the intermediate
grades and the members of the mu
sic class will present "Princess
Chrysanthemum at the Opera House.
Thursday evening at the school audi
torium the Music Recital will be giv
en by Miss Doles' music class. Fri
day evening at the school auditorium
the graduating exercises will take
place. The public is invited to at
tend.
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Sergt. L. E. Bradsher, a recruiting
officer, was here yesterday trying to
get recruits for the army. He was
working specially for Company C,
Second Regiment North Carolina Na
tional Guard, which is made up large
ly of Selma and Smithfield men. He is
urging the young men to enlist and
join Company C, a Johnston County
Company. He knows that a great
number of the young men are going
to be called under the selective draft
system and he is anxious to get them
to enlist and help to bring his com
pany up to full war strength. He is
stationed at Selma and those interest
ed are asked to write or go to see
him.
Weds Today In Memphis.
Rev. H. F. Brinson, pastor of the
Smithfield Baptist church, left Sun
day afternoon to attend the South
ern Baptirt Convention which meets
in New Orleans, La., this week. He
went by way of Birmingham and
Memphis, reaching Memphis Joday
where he will wed Miss Mary Olive
Hays at the home of her sister. After
the ceremony Mr. Brinson and his
bride will go on to New Orleans to
attend the convention. They will reach
Smithfield about May 25th.
Mules and W agon Fall Into Creek.
On last Friday as Will Rogers, col
ored, was returning from the W. D.
Tomlinson saw mill with a four-horse
load of lumber he and the mules and
the loaded wagon went down into
Swift Creek when the bridge at the
Burket Jones place broke down. It is
said the bridge has been in bad con
dition for about two years and would
shake and totter when being crossed.
I Rogers swam to the embankment
from a saddle where he was riding
one of the mules. Looking back he
saw the mules struggling, and know
ing they would drown without help
he swam back to them and cut them
loose from the wagon. All the mules
were hurt more or less and or. J of
them was badly bruised. The team
belonged to Mr. C. M. Wilson. It is
to be hoped that this bridge will be
'rebuilt at once as the road crossing
1 it is traveled by a large number of
people.
Cold Weather Bad on Cotton.
Very discouraging reports come to
us daily of the condition of the cotton
crop in this section. The past week
of cool weather has practically ruin
ed some fields and all cotton has suf
fered much on its account. One farm
er told us that 99 per cent of his
cotton was dead. The scarcity of seed
is making the situation serious. In
all probability many cotton fields
will be plowed up and planted in
some food crops.
Mr. Boyett As a Trucker.
Mr. Ed. F. Boyett whose home is
about half a mile south of Smithfield's
boundary line, is using part of his
farm for trucking. First of last De
cember he set eight thousand cabbage
plants which did not get winter kill
ed so badly as other cabbage of this
section. He lost less than two thou
sand of the plants. He began selling
headed cabbage to the merchants on
Tuesday, May 8th, and had one that
day which weighed four pounds.
Think of one cabbage bringing sixty
cents. He sells them at fifteen cents
per pound and pays the merchants a
commission to handle them. He will
make more money from cabbage this
year than is usually made from a
one horse farm. He set his cabbage
plants deep in the ground and this he
thinks is why they were not killed. He
has three acres in Irish potatoes, one
acre in dewberries, one acre in early
peas, one acre in alfalfa, three acres
in clover and half an acr? in arti
chokes besides his other crops. Mr.
Boyett has a good farm and is mak
ing it pay well. Among other things
he is doing, he is helping to feed the
folks.
Commencement Sermon.
The commencement sermon to the
members of the graduating class of
Turlington Graded School was de
livered at the Methodist church here
Sunday morning to a very large con
gregation. The preacher was Rev. B.
R. Lacy, Jr., of Wake, who delivered
an able and thoughtful sermon.
The school chorus occupied the
choir stand and led in the music for
the occasion.
Mr. Lacy's text was from the 144th
Pslam, 12th verse: "That our sons
may be as plants grown up in their
youth; that our daughters may be as
corner stones, polished after the sim
ilitude of a palace."
The sermon was a most fitting one
at this time. In it the speaker sound
ed a note of warning in regard to our
great program of preparedness, in
regard to food. He said that in all
our preparation for big crops we
should be careful not to leave God
out. Something more will be said
about the sermon in Friday's paper.
The Cool Weather.
For about ten days the weather has
been abnormally cold for the season.
The highest temperature reached
Sunday was 78. Lowest 38. Yesterday
morning at eight o'clock the ther
mometer stood at 53; the highest for
the day was 70. Last night it went
down to 40 and stood at 56 this
morning at enight.
MORE FARMERS, MORE FOOD.
For many years now the young men
have been leaving the farms and
crowding into the cities. The result is
that the cities are congested with idle
men and the farms are idle for lack
of men.
We are compelled to feed not only
our own people, but the allied nations
fighting Germany as well ? and the
men to raise the food'are not on the
farms.
The allies are suffering for food,
and we are facing a tremendous
shortage even for our own consump
tion.
Does the prospect look inviting to
you? Are you doing your part to re
lieve this condition. ? F. W. B.
WISH TO BUY PEAS? W. M.
Sanders, Smithfield, N. C.
Change In Mail Service.
The postmaster at Smithfield has
received the following letter from the
Department at Washington:
"Richmond, Ya., May 9, 1917.
"The Postmaster,
Benson, N. C.,
Smithfield, N. C.,
Four Oaks, N. C:
"Effective with May 15th, 1917,
R. P. O. service will be discontinued
in Washington & Charleston trains
33 and 34 between South Rocky
Mount and Fayetteville, N. C., and
after May 14th you will discontinue
exchanging mails with Washington &
Charleston trains 33 and 34.
"Commencing with May 15th, 1917,
Fayetteville, N. C., will make pouch
for your office daily except Sunday
by Washington & Charleston express
train 34, and commencing with May
15th, 1917, you will make pouch daily
except Sunday for Washington &
Charleston R. P. O. train 85 via
Selma, N. C., by Washington &
Charleston express train 94, you can
include all mail south of your office
including local mail in this pouch,
but registered mail cannot be in
cluded in this pouch.
"This pouch to be plainly labeled as
follows:
"Washington & Charleston R.
P. O. Train 85.
"Via Selma, N. C.
"From
"You can dispatch sack and par
cel post mail by train 34 to any of
fice on the line you may wish to, but
you cannot dispatch any mail or per
cel post matter by train 33, you can
use train 93 too, but we have no
space in train 33 for mail.
"Train 85's mail will be received in
pouch from Fayetteville, N. C., by
train 34."
Commodities' Advance in One Month.
Dun's index number of wholesale
commodity prices registered another
new record on May 1, standing at
$208,435 on that date, against $190,
012 on April 1 and $146,197 on May
1, 1916. The net rise of 9.7 per cent
last month is the greatest in the war
period, and from the beginning of
this year alone there has been a gain
of nearly 23 per cent, while in com
parison with August 1, 1914, the
general level of prices is higher by
over 72 per cent. ? New York Even
ing Sun.
Twenty-four vessels of more than
1,600 tons were sunk during the week
closing May 5rh3Lthe submarine warv
fare. Twenty-two smaller vessels and
16 fishing vessels were also sunk.
Sixty-two in all were sent to the bot
tom. Vessels of all nationalities ar
riving at English ports numbered 2,
374; sailing from English ports, 2,
449. The vessels sunk were about one
and a quarter per cent of the sailings.
Secretary McAdoo will make a tour
of the Middle West, beginning May
17 at Chicago and going as far west
as Denver, in the interest of the
"Liberty Loan," the formal campaign
for subscriptions to which opened
Sunday. He will address representa
tive audiences in some of the chief
cities to bring home to the people of
the Middle West the need of unani
mous co-operation with the Govern
ment in making the big issue more
than a success.
A Catling Gun Tongue.
There is such a thing, as many can
tell; and to be pitied are they who
exist in its environs. Said a famous
evangelist in a recent sermon: "You
abuse your wife and abuse your
children, abuse your husband, turn
your old gatling gun tongue loose. A
woman came to me and said: 'Mr.
Sunday, I know I have a bad temper,
but I am over with it in a minute.'
So is the shotgun, but it blows ev
everything to pieces. ? Bibical Re
corder.
THE SMITHFIELD MARKET.
Cotton
Cotton Seed
Wool
Fat Cattle
Eggs
Fat cattlc, dressed ....
Granulated Sugar
Corn per bushel
C. R. Sides
Feed oats
Fresh Pork
Hams, per pound ....
Lard per pound
Timothy Hay
Cheese per pound....
Butter per pound
Meal per sack
Flour per sack
Coffee per pound . . .
Cotton seed meal
Cotton seed hulls
Ship Stuff
Molasses Feed
Hides, green
Sweet potatoes
Stock peas per bushel
Black-eye peas
Beef Pulp
Soup ?
17V* to 19%
. 90 to 1.00
16 to 22 Vi
. . 5 to 6Vi
... 20 to 25
11 to 12 V4
.... 9 to 10
1.65 to 1.75
. . 22 to 23
.. 90 to 95
\2Vt to .14
.. 22 to 24
... 20 to 25
1.40 to 1.50
*????? 35
... 80 to 35
4.00 to 4.25
7.00 to 7.25
...IB to 20
2.25 to 2.30
1.00
2.60 to 2.75
2.60 to 2.75
. 12* to 15
. . . 75 to 80
2.00
2.25
2.50
3.00
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