THE SM1THFIELD HERALD 1
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TOWN ANI) COUNTY TOPICS.
Miss Helene Sadler has gone to
Mount Olive to visit friends.
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Miss Hill, of Benson, spent the
week-end with Miss Clara Young.
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Mrs. J. M. Beaty has gone to the
Glenmore section to visit relatives.
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A large force of men were put to
work on the street paving yesterday.
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Mrs. Guerney Hood, of Goldsboro,
is visiting relatives in and near town.
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Mrs. J. B. Upchurch is spending
this week in Raleigh with relatives.
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Miss Lula Nowell, of Nashville, is
spending a few days here with rela
tives.
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Misses Virginia ami Sadie Puckett
have gone to La Grange to attend a
marriage.
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Little Maude Barnes, of Raleigh, is
spending some time with Miss Sarah
Patterson.
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Mrs. Thomas W. LeMi'y and little
son, Zoe, left Friday for Kinston to
visit Mrs. J. C. Hood.
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Miss Margaret LeMay left Monday
afternoon for Princeton to visit her
aunt, Mrs. E. A. Holt.
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Mr. M. L. Sanders left Wednesday
for Norfolk, Va., where he will work
in the awning business.
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Mr. Percy Youngblood has gone
to Raleigh to attend a meeting of
the Pharmaceutical Board.
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Miss Mattie Wellons went to Wash
ington City Monday morning with
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wellons.
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Mr. Bragsdon Johnson, who is
engaged in business at Fremont,
was here Sunday and Monday.
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Master Morgan Broadhurst visited
his uncle, Capt. Hugh Broadhurst, in
Raleigh, Friday and Saturday.
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Mrs. W. S. Ragsdale and children
left Monday for Fuquay Springs to
visit her parents for some time.
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Miss Nell Pickens, County Home
Demonstrator, is in Raleigh this
week attending the canning school.
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Mr. J. J. Wallace, of the Bethes
da section, spent Sunday here, the
guest of his son, Mr. M. A. Wallace.
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Messrs. W. H. and J. Tom Barham
left yesterday to attend the Confed
erate Veterans Reunion at Washing
ton.
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Mrs. Sallie Stevens returned to
Goldsboro Monday aftefrnoon, after
visiting hor sister, Mrs. J. W. Wel
lons.
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Miss Carrie Brodie Sanders has
gone to Franklinton where she will
visit relatives and friends for several
weeks.
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Mr. W. M. Sanders returned from
the Western part of the State Sat
urday morning where he had been
on business.
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Mr. J. W. Stephenson and Mr.
Claude Martin left Sunday night for
Washington City to take in the Con
federate soldiers' Reunion.
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Miss Mattie Hudson, one of the
rural supervisors of Wake County, is
spending this week with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hudson.
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Mrs. R. Vf. Hines, who has been
spending the winter in Florida, ar
rived Thursday to spend some time
with Mrs. g. T. Honeycutt.
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Mrs. H. F. Brinson and Miss Alma
Coats leave this morning to attend
the B. Y. P. U. Convention which
meets at Gastonia this week.
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I Mr. Rol?ert Hamilton, who holds a
good position in Rocky Mount, is in
the city today visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Hamilton.
Miss Roberta Spiers, who has been
teaching in this county during the
past winter and spring, has return
ed to her home near Richmond.
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Messrs. W. R. Long, J. E. Booker
and Dock Hill left yesterday for
Washington to attend the Confeder
ate Veterans Reunion and to see the
Capital.
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Mrs. J. B. Upchurch is spending
this week in Raleigh. Mr. Upchurch,
who is foreman of the paving force,
spent Sunday in Raleigh, returning
Monday.
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Rev. J. O. Guthrie, of Raleigh,
preached at the Methodist church
Sunday morning and evening at both
services, and delivered able and
forceful sermons.
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Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Rowland and
-laughters, Misses Eva and Ruby
Rowland, and Mrs. Chas. McNamara,
| of southern Wake County, spent
Sunday here with relatives.
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Mr. H. B. Marrow, the newly-elect
ed Superintendent of the Smithfield
Graded Schools, was here for a short
while yesterday in the interest of
matters connected with the school.
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Quite a party of the younger set
of Smithleld left for Havelock Mon
day to spend a few days in fishing
and other forms of amusement. They
were chaperoned by Mrs. R. C. Gil
lette.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Abell, Mr. and
Mrs. F. H. Brooks, Misses Jean
Abell and Ruth Brooks and Master
Frederick Brooks returned from
Havelock Saturday where they spent
a few days fishing.
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Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Peddy, of Ral
eigh, spent Saturday and Sunday
here with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Setzer.
Mr. Peddy lived in Smithfield about
20 years ago and has a number of
friends here who were glad to see
him.
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Mr. W. R. Wallace, who has a po
sition with the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany, at Sparrow Point, Md., was
here yesterday, having been on a vis
it to his relatives in this section. He
returned to Maryland yesterday af
ternoon.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wellons and
two daughters, Misses Mabel and
Margaret, and Miss Mattie Wellons
left early yesterday for Washing
ton to attend the Confederate Veter
ans' Reunion and to see the sights
cf the Nation's Capital.
Dr. N. T. Holland wont to Maxtor
Sunday, having been called there or
account of the illness of Mrs. Hol
land, who was on a visit to her pa
rents, Dr. and Mrs. R. B. John. Mrs
Holland was taken to Fayetteville
' yesterday for treatment.
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The Woman's Missionary Society
of the Presbyterian church cordially
invite all the women and young la
dies of the town to the home of Mrs,
F. H. Brooks Thursday afternoor
from 4 to 6 o'clock to meet Mrs.
Alden Anderson, wife of Presbyte
rian minister.
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, Mr. J. W. Stephenson for several
years has had a nice flock of sheep
and has found them profitable. Last
Thursday he carried a load of four
teen lambs to Raleigh which brought
him $117.60. This is not half of the
lambs he has grown this season. He
has sold a large number of them in
Smithfield.
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Mr. A. A. Peedin, who came home
several days ago from Asheville
where he spent several months, is
looking well and strong. His stay in
the mountain city greatly benefited
him and his friends hope that he will
soon be himself again. Mr. Peedin
was in the game cottage with Prof.
R. A. Merritt who is much run dow^P
in health.
Mr. C. M. Thomas, of Clayton,
here yesterday accompanied by his
brother, Mr. W. L. Thomas, who had
not been here before in thirty-three
years. He lived here when a boy in the
Methodist parsonage. His father was
preaching here at the time. Mr. Thom
as still lives in North Carolina near
the Virginia line. He was accompa
nied on this visit to Johnston by his
wife and two sons.
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The singing class of the Pythian
Home at Clayton gave a very good
concert at the Opera House here
last Friday night. Accompanying
the class were Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Pender, Miss Mary Pitts, and several
Clayton Pythians. The bright boys
and girls of the class show how in
terested they are and the songs and
recitations given show how well
they have been trained. We trust
that the class may come again at
some other time when the circum
stances arc more favorable for a good
attendance. The Home is in charge of
' Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Pender who are
| engaged in a noble work.
COMMUNITY PLAY FESTIVAL.
First Event of the Chautauqua Fri
day Evening. June 8th. Reg inning
Prompt at Seven O'clock.
Friday evening, at seven o'clock,
really marks the opening of the com
ing Chautauqua. The regular pro
gram begins the next day but the
Play Festival is a big event to start
the week with a burst of enthusiasm
and to prepare everybody for the
gala week. It is a great frolic for
everybody ? men, women and chil
dren. The play leader and the local
assistant will be in charge of the
frolic and will have interesting
events for everybody. Come prepared
to enter in. It will be a jolly occas
ion. There will be old games, new
games, ball games, singing games,
competitive games, games for the
children, games for the young folks,
games for the old folks and even
games for the grandfathers and the
grandmothers. It is surprising how
young old folks grow on such occas
ions. There will be stunts, contests
and races. An interesting feature for
the children will be a ticket rush.
Three season tickets will be the re
ward for the winners of this event.
Come on, youngsters, and win a tick
et! Come everybody and help start
the Chautauqua off right! This event
is better than something to look at;
it is something to engage in. Come
on and start the blood going again
in your veins! Get the glow in your
cheeks! Feel again that full round
laughter is and what it means to
shout yourself hoarse, because you
forget yourself in the enthusiasm of
the game and to have your side win.
Robert Wellons To Go To France.
News has been received here that
Mr. Robert A. Wellons, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jas. A. Wellons, has been
, assigned to an Ambulance Corps and
will proceed at once to France. Mr.
Wellons left here three weeks ago to
go to Fort Oglethorpe whfire he en
tered the officers training camp. He
is already on his way to Washington
where lie will meet his parents before
he proceeds to France on his mission
of mercy.
Captured a Whiskey Still.
Last Friday afternoon, Sheriff W.
F. Grimes and his deputies, Messrs.
C. H. Johnson and H. I. Ogburn, with
policeman Joseph Stephenson, capt
ured a whiskey still near the Tool
bridge in Ingrams township. The still
was located in a bend of Hannah's
Creek. Twp men were at the still
but made their escape through a
thick marsh and into the creek. One
of them left his hat behind him
when he escaped. There were four
barrels of beer. A fire had just been
started under the still when the of
ficers reached there.
Leads In the County on Clover.
Mr. C. M. Thomas, of Clayton,
grows more clover than any other
man in Johnston County. He has been
planting it every year foi*a long time.
This year he harvested ten acres of
it for hay. He is highly pleased with
the hay as it is largely hay and
grain for his stock. He tells us that
he reclaimed with tile drain pipe
about fifteen acres of land before
planting this year's crop. He used in
that land a little more than two car
loads of the terra cotta pipe. Mr.
Thomas has proven his ability as a
farmer, having taken an old run down
farm and brought it up to a high
state of cultivation and has made
his farming profitable.
The Red Cross Chapter will hold
its regular meeting tonight in the
Woman's Club room.
.Mr. Boyett Selling Truck.
Mr. E. F. Boyett began selling
Irish potatoes on Friday, May 25th.
He sold at first at four dollars per
bushel and is now getting $2.50. He
will have large lots of dewberries. He
began putting them on the market
June 4th. His cabbage are being sold
at Four Oaks, Smithfield and Selma
and are going rapidly. The price is
seven and a half cents per pound
with a discount to merchants.
The Cap Sheaf of Germany's Crime.
Germany, the Hun among nations,
has many sins to account for, but of
all her atrocities none has more
shocked the humanitarian sense of
the world than her wanton and devil
ish destruction of Belgian relief
ships. That she should have brought
starvation and unspeakable miseries
upon a people whose only crime in
this war was to defend its firesides
against aggression is enough of it
self to consign her to infamy. One
would think this was the climax of
brutality. In all the annals of his
tory there is no more pitiful story
than of the children of Belgium ?
famine stricken, wasting away with
disease, orphaned, no hope for them,
it seems, now in the future. It is Ger
many's ply ce to feed these wretched
victims of her savagery but she dis
claims the responsibility. And now
when in sheer pity the humane peo
ple of other nations send their ships
on errands of mercy, laden with food
stuffs to save the helpless from slow
starvation these ships are deliber
ately waylaid and sunk as ruthlessly
as if they were armed vessels of the
enem^
This old Atri.ii in times past has
reeked with crime, Lat Germany is
breaking1 the record. She is like a
wild beast running amuck id fhe
world and tenfold more dangerous.
It is the pjfrt of our nation to help
run down the beast, for so long as
it exists we can not be safe. Our na
tional need now is that every indi
vidual shall feel himself enlisted in
the great cause, in one capacity or
another. ? Indiana Farmer.
Chautauqua Season Tickets.
These tickets are now on sale at
[both drug stores, at W. L. Woodall
& Sons' store and by Mrs. Rosa
Peacock Godley. The price of the tick
I ets is $2.00 which entitles the holdei
to attend 10 different attractions
I The single admission price of them, it
] bought separately would cost the
holder $4.55. Remember the days
[June 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
THE SMITHFIELD MARKET.
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Cotton 18% to 21^
Cotton Seed 90 to 1.0(
Wo<Jl 15 to 22W
Fat Cattle 5 to G Vs
Eggs 25 to 3(
Fat cattlc, dressed 11 to 12 M
Granulated Sugar 9 to 1(
Corn per bushel 1.65 to 1.71
C. R. Sides 22 to 2J
Feed oats 90 to 9J
Fresh Pork 12% to U
Hams, per pound 24 to 2.
Lard per pound 20 to 21
Timothy Hay 1.40 to 1.5(
Cheese per pound 3!
Butter per pound 80 to 3f
Meal per sack 4.00 to 4.25
Flour per sack 7.00 to 7.2J
Coffee per pound IB to 2(
J Cotton seed meal 2.25 to 2.5(
Cotton seed hulls l.Ot
Ship Stuff 2.60 to 2.7?
Molasses Feed 2.60 to 2.75
Hides, gTeen 12% to 1J
Sweet potatoes 75 to 8(
Stock peas per bushel 2.0(
Black-eye peas 2.2t
Beef Pulp 2.5(
i Soup peas 3.0(
The Exclusive Millinery Store's
Hat Sale
Beginning June 1st, all Colored Hats at
1-2 Price
All Children's Mats at
1-2 Price
All White Hats and my entire stock of Millin
ery at Reduced Prices. Buy NOW and save
money.
Miss Ora V. Poole
Smithfield, N. C.
W. L. Woodall & Sons
Smithfield's Shopping Center
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CORSET SALE
Our Entire n ? f f , 99 C o r s e t s
Stock of v Will go on
Sale To-day AM
> 1-3
Off Regular Price.
The railroad failed to
deliver us these goods on
time, so made us a dis
count if we would handle
them. Therefore we are
giving you advantage of
this discount.
Corsets
$2 00 to $6.00
Now
13 OFF
W. L. Woodall & Sons
Smithfield, N. C.
Don't Forget the Johnston County Com
munity Chatauqua at Smiihfield, June
9th to 14th, 1917.
For Short While
ONLY
OFFER
Fancy Patent Flour
$13.25
BARREL
Now Is The Time to Get Yours
Some Ask $18.00
Floyd C. Price
PINE LEVEL, N. C.
The First National Bank
Will Take Applications For
"Liberty Bonds"
Come in and discuss the easy pay plan. We are going to
put on the weekly pay plan so as to provide a way for
wage earners to own one or more
"Liberty Bonds
Are You Patriotic?
Buy a Bond
The First National Bank
Smithfield, N. C.
T. R. HOOD, President. R. N. AYCOCK, Cashier.