The Smithfield Herald
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SMITHFIELD NOTICE.
Beginning with Saturday night,
March 9th, 1918, no parcel post mat
ter will be taken in the post office at
Smithfield, N. C., after 7:30 p. m.
The delivery window will be closed
at 7:50 p. m. This change is made on
account of the heavy parcel post an 1
other mail matter, to be dispatched
on the eight twenty-six train.
A. M. SANDERS, P. M.
Smithfield, N. C. Mar. 7.
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.
Mrs. W. H. Sanders returned from
Raleigh Friday.
Mayor J. P. Temple, of Selma, was
in town yesterday.
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Mr. Ray Howell, of Norfolk, Va.,
spent the week-end here with friends.
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Mr. W. J. Hooks, of Kenley, was
in the city yesterday attending court.
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Miss Emily Smith and brother, Mr.
Robert Smith, were in the city Fri
day.
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Miss Erma Stevens and Mr. Russell
Ginn, of Goldsboro, were in the city
Sunday.
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Miss Bcttie Vinson, of Wilson'3
Mills, spent last week with relatives
in the city.
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Mrs. L. C. Patterson left Friday
for Raleigh to be with relatives for
a few days.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robbie Sanders, of
Clayton, we^ in the city Sunday
with relatives.
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Mrs. J. M. Turley and children, ef
Clayton, spent the week-end with
Mrs. N. B. Grantham.
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Mrs. T. L. Ginn, of Goldsboro, spent
the week-end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Stevens.
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Miss Virginia Stack, of Baltimore,
Mr., arrived Thursday and. will be at
the Bon Ton this season.
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Miss Augusta Anderson spent the
week-end with her sister, Mrs. C.
Whit Gaskins, New Bern, N. C.
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Miss Beula Keel, of Wilson, was the
guest of Mrs. W. W. Cole for the week
end, returning home Sunday night.
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Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Tom
linson on Friday, March 8th a son.
He is already called Charles Edgar
Tomlinson.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Narron and Mrs.
D. H. Jones spent Sunday in Raleigh
with Mr. D. H. Jones, who is in Rex
Hospital for treatment.
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Miss Charlotte Avera, a student at
Trinity College, spent the week end
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Avera, at Elmhurst Farm.
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Miss Swanna Paschal, stenographer
in the First National Bank of Smith
field, is spending a few days with
relatives and friends in Siler City.
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Mr. W. F. Wright came from McCall
S. C., last Saturday for a visit at th-3
home of Mr. E. F. Crump, his fath
er-in-law. He returned home Sun
day afternoon.
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Mr. Ed A. Holt spent Sunday in
the city with his wife at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Sanders. They returned t? Plrince
ton Sunday night.
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Mr. Hugh Ferrell, of Clayton, and
Mr. V. R .Turley, of Wilders Town
ship were here on the grand jury this
week and called to see us. Mr. Tur
ley likes the plan of keeping his sub
scription ahead, and so gave us a
check to extend his subscription to
the Herald to May 1920.
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Mr. J. W. Woodard, of Kenly, was
here yesterday. He informed us that
he had just received a card telling
of the safe arrival in France of his
brother, Dr. Grover B. Woodard (now
a First Lieutenant in the Medical
corps.) Lieutenant Woodard left
America about the first of February.
Mr. Henry Gordon came home from
the Norfolk Training Camp several
days ago to visit his father, Mr. M.
Gordon. While here he took care of
a case of the measles.
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The people of Johnston County ere
invited to hear Governor Bickett and
Mr. E. C. Duncan at the Center Brick
Warehouse next Saturday morning
at eleven o'clock. Let's make it a
great patriotic rally day.
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Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Evans and son,
Clan, Jr., returned from Greensboro,
Monday, where they went to bid
good bye to Mr. Evans sister who left
last night for New York to sail soon
for France as a Red Cross nurse.
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Rev. R. R. Lanier asks us to stata
that he will preach at Carters Chapel
Baptist church next Sunday, March
17th at 11 o'clock. No preaching on
Saturday. He will administer the or
dinance cf baptism at his next ap
pointment at Live Oak church just af
ter the sermon. The congregation will
go from the church to Buffalo Creek
jfor this baptising.
Prof. Ira T. Turlington Dead.
News was received here yesterday
of the death of Prof. Ira T. Turling*
ton, which occurred at Black Moun
tain at 8:30 o'clock Monday morn
ing. The remains will be sent here
for burial and will reach SmithfieUi
tonight. The funeral will be conduct
ed Wednesday morning at Smith
field PresbyLerian church at 11 o'clock
after which the burial will take place
in Smithfield cemetery.
Superior Court In Session.
The criminal term of the Johnston
County Superior Court convened here
yesterday with Judge Wheedbee pre
siding: and Solicitor W. D. Siler rep
resenting the State.
The following grand jury was drawn
and sworn in:
V. R. Turley, foreman; J. M. Whit
tington, R. 1). Marler, Richard O. Oli
ver, C. F. Johnson, J. W. Barnes,
Arthur Godwin, W. R. Daniels, Hugh
Ferrell, L. O'B. Alford, W. H. Oliver,
Uriah Langston, A. T. Grimes, J. T.
Faircloth, J. H. Abell, R. J. Pleasant,
H. S. Woodruff and Johnny Brannan.
The Judge delivered a short but
pointed charge to the grand jury and
they went to their work. They re
turned a true bill for murder against
J. I. Davis, for killing Jacob Boykin.
This case is set for tomorrow.
Sold Collard Seed to Dealer.
Recently Mr. J. H. Parker, of
Oneals Township, sold three and a
half pounds of Collard seed to a lead
ing seed dealer of this county. We
are always glad to hear of such as
this. So many of our people seem to
make no effort to save seeds and de
pend on buying everything of this
kind. Unless we do better in sav
ing seeds we shall have to do with
out some we need if the war contin
ues. Many kinds of seed are easy to
save if we try to save them.
Fruit Sent to the Soldiers.
Last week Mr. N. B. Stevens made
a trip around in his neighborhood get
ting up canned goods to send to the
soldier boys at Camp Sevier. He
was surprised at the amount given
for that purpose. He secured peaches,
preserves, jellies and pickles a hun
dred and thirty-three quarts and the
shipment was made in several boxes.
Mr. W. M. Sanders prepaid the ex
press on it. This is a supply of ex
tras worth while for the soldiers and
will show them they are remembered
at home.
Why Do We Save Food?
"The real reason why we are tak
ing all these food control precautions
in Great Britain is not io protect the
civil population at all, but to see that
the allied armies at th * front get
their full rations. I can amagine no
greater selfishness on the art of a
democracy than to eat its full while
it is allowing its soldiers in that
dreary land, in which they have been
for three years, to go short." So
spoke Lord Northcliffe some time
ago to the British people.
And that is the why of all this sav
ing of the concentrated foods in Amer
ica. There is a great need of men in
France. The men will have to have
food. Ships are scarce. Those
are the three facts which make it
imperative for the people of this de
mocracy to substitute, as far as pos
sible, fruits and vegetables for meat,
sugar, butter and milk. Send our
boys what they need, Uncle Sam.
Take the goods you have room for in
your ships. We'll eat what's left. ?
Harvester World.
From the outbreak of the war up
to the end of February the losses of
The minister up at the church know*
war aggregated 726, or 1,066,821
tons. Seamen to the number of 902
perished in the disaster.
War Savings Meeting I.ast Saturday
A meeting of the members of the
Executive Committee of the War Sav
ings campaign, was held here Satur
day. Chairman Ragsdale made a
report to the committee of the prog
ress of the work which was not very
encouraging. Those present at the
meeting were: T. S. Ragsdale, E. II.
Moser, R. P. Merritt, J. J. Rose, E. T.
Westbrook, Q. B. Hocutt, J. S. John
son, R. A. Pope, A. M. Noble, A. M.
Johnson, H. B. Marrow, Lisbon Lee,
T .J. Lassiter, Miss Maebel Cobb, Mrs.
J. H. Kirby, Mrs. F. H. Brooks and
Miss Sue Jones.
Major Broadhurst in France.
The following from the last issue of
the Alumni News, published by the
State Agricultural and Engineering
College, will be of more than pasing
interest to the people of this section:
"Major H. H. Broadhurst's many
State College friends wil be interest
ed to learn that he has arrived safely
"over there."
"A statement published in tho pa
pers about Feb. 1st. says that ho left
Fort Oglethorpe December 23 for
New York, from which place he ex
pected to sail with 25,000 mc.i at ir.
early date. The trip was delayed, how
ever, by the fuel shortage which
made it impossible to obtain enough
coal for the ship to sail until Jan
uary 6.
"By the transfer to foreign soil,
Major Broadhurst will have his
branch of service changed. He was
in the cavalry, but owing to the fact
that this branch is not used in the
present conflict, he will be placed at
the head of an infantry battalion."
Major Broadhurst is a brother of
Messrs. J. J., F. K. and Charlie
Broadhurst, of Smithfield. He is ' a
graduate of West Point and has be -n
in the United States Army for several
years.
liaising Pork In Sampson.
Let us boast one more pork record
for Sampson and close the seasons bit;
hops. Information comes from Mr. J.
Harmon Britt, the clever merchant
and good farmer of Clinton, route fi,
to the effect that he killed his three
big Poland China porkers Monday of
last week. The three netted 1630
pounds, not counting the livers, as
some are wont to do in giving their
net weight. The same day he killed a
grade that gave 361 pounds of pork.
Prior to that killing Mr. Britt had al
ready packed 2948 pounds of pork.
Altogether, Mr. Britt has killed pork
to the net weight of 4939 pound?.
And he is just a good sample of th >
better clas of Sampson farmers. Yes;
Sampson is it; but we must buy a
share of War Savings Stamps or
somebody may dispute the fact. ?
Sampson Democrat.
In January, says an official sate
ment issued by the London War office,
the Germans dropped 1,482 bombs in
the area occupied by British troops
in France. In the same period Brit
ish aviators dropped 7,653 bombs in
enemy areas. The Germans dropped
only 221 bombs in the daytime, the
statement adds, while the British
dropped 5,900 between sunrise and
and sunset.
Norway continues to suffer heavily
from Gorman submarine operations
and other war losses. Twelve ves
sels aggregating 16,238 gross tons,
and valued at about 23,000,000, were
sunk during February and nineteen
seamen lost their lives while twenty
men arc missing.
With 200,000 trained nurses in the
United States and 13,000 more being
graduated annually, Surgeon General
Gorgas has advised the Senate that
the supply of nurses for the Army at
present is adequate.
IF YOU WANT YOUR HOUSE
hold goods moved let us know
where you are at and where you
want to "we've got you." Sehna
Supply Company.
Woman's Club Notes.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Woman's Club was held last week.
It being time for the election of
officers the following were elected:
President, Mrs. H. L. Skinner.
Vice-President, Mrs. E. S. Abell.
Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. S.
T. Honcycutt.
Trea-uier, Mrs. L. G. Patterson.
Reporter, Mis. W. W. Cole.
Mrs. T. S. Ragsdale, chairman of
the War Savings Committee for
Johnston County, came before the cluo
Wednesday afternoon and explained
the War Savings Stamps proposition
and asked the ladies to form a War
Savings Society. The ladies cmv.
piled with his request and organized
a society. Mrs. A. H. Rose was
made president, and Mrs. H. B. Mar
row, secretary. All ladies present
about thirty-five in number joined
the society.
The club decided to have the regu
lar spring "clean-up week" and se
lected the last week in March as the
time. A committee was formed to
notify every one in the town abour
this important work.
Monday afternoon the Civic De
partment held its regular meeting.
This being the first meeting of the
club y<?a r, officers for this department
were fleeted. Mrs. H. P. Stevens was
chosen ai*ain as chairman of this de
partment, and Mrs. E. S. Abell, treas
urer. It wr.s decided to hire Mr.
Dave Sellers to keep the cemetery in
order. Thoso wishing special work
done on plots will please notify Mr.
Sellers what to do.
At a meeting of the Town Commis
sioners last week, it was decided to do
note to the town Library the sum of
fifty dollars to be used in building
book shelves and adding new volumes.
Since about sixty books >f fiction were
added recently by me".ns of the Book
reception, n part of this money will
be used to buy books suitable for
children.
Mrs .E. J. Wellons, chairman or the
Literary department, is planning a
meeting to be held soon with Johnston
County as the subject. Lter announce
ment will be made as to the program.
Mr. Fred Lee, of Four Oaks, Rout >
1, spent yesterday in the city.
You Say You Can't \
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That's what others have S
said and all of a sudden
found some competitor
was doing what they
thought they couldn't do. <
And getting away with it.
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competitors by telling <
your story in an attractive
manner so it will be read.
You II get the results.
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THE NEWS
Miss Ora V. Poole
is receiving a beautiful line of mil
linery each day. Her opening will
be announced in a few days.
COOPERA
TION
Farmer with Farmer; Soldier with Soldier; Farmer,
Soldier, Merchant and Manufacturer and everybody
with the Government and with the BANKS.
We Sell War Savings Certificates and
War Savings Thrift Stamps.
Darin? the week ending Saturdav, Mirch 2nd, we
sold 288 W. S. Stamps and 80 Thrift Stamps and
one $1000.00 Liberty Bond, to Farmers, Merchants
and School Children.
We invite you to Co-operate with us in'making your
money help win the war. If you don't want to buy
a Savings or Thrift Stamp, put your money in our
bank, we will pay you 4 per cent, interest and you
can get your money when you want it. And at the
same time you are helping win the war. We lend
money to the Farmers for Farm purposes and they
make food stuff with it to feed the soldiers.
FIRST NATIONAL
BANK
Smith field, N. C.
Automobile
T roubles
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If you have any take them to S. B. Jones Garage, where
you can get rid of them ? there you can have your work
done by experienced mechanics ? on short notice ? you
will find most parts for your car carried in stock such as
Ignitions parts, Points and Rrushes. Big stock tires
and Tubes, any size. Can also mend any broken pieces
with oxygen welding. So go to Jones Garage for quick
service, square deal, and make yourself at home. You are
welcome.
Simon B. Jones
Smith field, N. C.
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Clean-Up Sale
I have a lot of buggies, mower and rake, plows, culti
vators, feed cutter, one one-horse wagon, lot of harness
and oil, nice glass carriage, one nice milch cow, one nice
bay mare, and lot of nice stable manure, lot of nice of
fice furniture, two iron safes, and other articles which 1
will offer for sale at Public Auction for the High Dollar
on
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1918
at H. D. Ellington's old stand, corner Third and Johnson
Streets.
H. D. Ellington
March 9, 1918.
Smithfield, N. C.