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Womans Realm Telephone 10 # ___JL Weddings, Club Meegngs Card Parties, Personal^8 — Born to Mr. and Mrs. Leon Johnson Sunday a son, Leon, Jr. Born to Dr. and Mrs. R. S. Stevens, of Princeton, on Friday, a daughter. Mr. Harry Biggs, of Princeton, spent the week end in the city. Mr. Erwin Pittman, of Pine Level? spent the week end in the city. Miss Bettie Straughan spent Sun day in Raleigh with relatives. Miss Katherine Hill, of Kinston, spei$ the week end here the guest of her cousin, Mrs. J. W. Setzer. M®s Mozell Whitley, of Kinston, ■was the guest of Mrs. V. V. Hunter for the week end. Mrs. D. B. Hamilton spent a few dvas last week in Kinston with her son Mr. J. C. Hood, Mrs. E. T. Stallings, of Wilson, spent®a few days here with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Watson. Little Miss Elsie Smith, of Sanders Chapel, spent the week end in the city with Mrs./^V. S. Smith. Little MissQGladys Johnson spent the week end with her sister, Mrs. A. R. Manard, in Dunn. Mr. and Mrs. Ed A. Holt and chil dren, of Princeton, spent Sunday aft ernoon in the city with relatives. Mr. Edward Patterson, a student at the State University, spent the week end here. Mr. E. J. Wellons and little son, Elmer, Jr., went to Richmond last week, returning Sunday. Miss Em^th Tuttle, of Raleigh, spent Sunday in the city with her sis ter, Mrs. W. Ryal Woodall. Miss Elizabeth Kelly, of Raleigh, spent the week end in the city with friends. Mrs. G. D. Gordner, of Siiyerdale, spent the week end with hereon, Mr. J. K. Gordner, near town. Mr. and Mr^C. L. Belles, of Rock ingham, spent"Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stephenson. I Mr. M. L. Massey, of ^ebulw spent Sunday afternoon here^tne guest of friends. Miss Mabel0Wellons, of Raleigh, spent the week end here with her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wellons. Misses ^w-11 Wellons and Lucile Johnson spent the week end in Park ton w*t.h Mrs. D. G. Ridenhour. Mrs. J. R. Walton and Miss Eliza Jpovadi returned to Raleigh Sunday afternoon after speeding the week cmi with Mrs. C. Sr' Williamson. Miss Mary Louise Turner returned i to E. C. T. C., Greenville, Monday afternoon after a short visit to her ! mother, Mrs. L. L. Turner. Little Miss Julia Holt, of Prince ton,1%pent the week end in the city '*with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Sanders. Misses Margaret Moore vnd Mary Griffin, who teach at Shelby, spent tpe week end here with Miss Moore s pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. iSfoore, Rev. J. E. Lanier returned to his home at Fairmont Saturday after spending a few days in and near the city. Mr. D. W. Parrish and Miss Lallah Rookh Stephenson attended the show “Foot-Loose” in Raleigh at the State Theatre Saturday night. Mr. Edward Patterson, a student of the State University, spent the week end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Patterson. Yates Circle To Meet The ^tes Circle of the Baptist church will meet at the home of Mrs. J. C. Stancil Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o’colck. This will be a meeting of much importance to the members and all are urged to be present. OPERETTA PLEASES LARGE AUDIENCE The Operetta presented at the High School auditorium last Friday evening under the auspices of the Woman’s Club pleased a goodly num ber of music-lovers of the town. The program was given by local talent, Misses Frances White and Helen Jones having the entertainment in charge. The Woman’s Club is deep ly grateful to all those taking part and especially to the directors. A neat sum A^as realized for the trea TOWNSHIP SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING FOUR OAKS Miss Daisy McGee, of Raleigh, ejjjjjloyed by the N. C. S. S. Associa tion to assist in the work of organi zation and grading, has been in John ston for several days recently. A very enthusiastic meeting was held in Four Oaks last Wednesday exiling at the Baptist church. Repre sentatives from the three Sunday schools of the town were present and nirt^-y of thV'club. O heard Miss McGee deliver a splendid address on “The Call of Trained Lead ership.” After her talk, a township organization was completed. The fol lowing officers were elected: presi dent, R. E. Bain; vice-president, B. I. Tart; secretary-treasurer, S. W. Brown; superintendent of Junior Work, Mrs. William Adams. Demonstration Agents Hold Conference Twelve home demonstration agents from counties near Raleigh spent three days last week in Raleigh study ign clothing work given by Miss Hel en Estabrook, specialist in clothing and household furnishing for the home demonstration division of the State College Extension Service. Miss Min nie Lee Garrison, Home Agent of Johnston County was among those, at tending this course. MOVING PICTURES AT MEADOW A moving picture will be shown at the Meadow school house, Meadow township, next Thursady night, Feb ruary 12, at seven o’clock. It is free and everybody in the township is invited. Speeches will be made on community club work. Miss Susan Landon, with others, has been invit ed to speak. Will you come and hear the different phases of club work that touch the welfare and progress of our community? This meeting is called for and in the interest of all the people of the township for a better township, for a big ger, better Meadow school, and for a bigger, better Meadow community club. W. V. BLACKMAN. COFFIN OF LINCOLN OPENED SECRETLY IN 1902, REVEALED Galesburg, 111., Feb. 1.—M. O. Wil liamson, former State ^easurer of Illinois, eighty-five, today broke a silence of more than twenty-two years and told how he, with fifteen others, opened the coffin of Abraham Lin coln, on September 20, 1902, gazed at the body of the great emancipator and then closed and sealed the coffin, which was bedded in solid concrete, never again to be exposed to mortal eyes. Williamson was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Liftisbln monument, and as the time drew near I for the placing of the body of Lincoln under the monument, the board de cided, with the consent of Robert Lincoln, the son, to open the coffin before it was sealed forever. Robert T. Lincoln agreed to the proposal, to set at rest rumors that ghouls had carried away his father’s ashes. But the son swore all members of the board to secrecy. He declined to be present. “We had to certify that the body was actually in the Coffin,” Mr. Wil liamson said today. “So on the night in question we secretly assembled at the Springfield, 111., cemetery, within the new monument and the sarcopha gus was carried into the room. Work men '^enet* the casket with chisels. It was a red cedar box lined w!+h cop per, which had been sealed with sol der. “When the copper covering the bust was bent back, we reverently bent forward. “There was Lincoln, looking just his^last pictures, seemingly asleep. His fa^j* was darker than yours or mine now. But that was to be expect ed. ©Otherwise there was scarcely a change. His features stood out as they had been engraved in my mem ory from pictures of him. “It seemed as though we might have spoken to him and awakened him. “He wore a black bow tie like the 1 one I have on, and one bow was slightly mildewed. But those were the only signs of decomposition we could observe. “It was an impressive occasion. “Then the casket was again sealed. “Robert Lincoln had offered to fur nish a steel cage in^hich to place the coffin before it was set in concrete and placed under the monument. His father-in-law, George M. Pullman, had been buried in a coffin placed within steel bars to prevent tampering. So he furnished the cage and it was used to contain the coffin. Outside the block of concrete eight feet square. The entire mass was placed ten feet below the base of the Spring field monument and I have no fear that the ca^f^t will ever be seen again. q “America may rest assured that the body of President Lincoln will never be disttSjbed in its resting place, and I shouldn’t wonder if that kindly, thoughtful, sympathetic face is the same today as ^when we secretly gazed upon®it. No air can reach the interior of the casket and decomposi tion should be resisted for years. “Richard Yates, now Congressman at-lar£e from Illinois, was Governor at the time and was on the monument board. But he was away from Springfield at the time and missed the occasion. I have had wealthy men tell me that they would given I half their fortunes to have seen Lin coln’s body. “Several attempts were made by ■ outsiders to be present when rumors of the opening got out, but even news paper men were absent.” Of the sixteen who were present, only eight are now alive. They are aging rapidly. Robert Lincoln lives in Washington, D. C., but is in feeble health.—New York World. NOTICE OF RE-SALE Under and by virtue of the power contained in the deed of trust dated January 6, 1921, and recorded in Book 100 at page 78 of the Regis try of Johnston County conveying the property hereinafter described to James D. Parker, Trustee, as secur ity for a debt, and the conditions of said deed of trust not having been complied with, and the holders of the note secured by the said deed of trust having requested and de manded that the said trustee adver tise and sell the said property: Therefore, the said James D. Park er, Trustee, by virtue of the power above mentioned will offer for sale at public auction for cash at the court house door of Johnston coun ty in Smithfield, on Thursday, Feb ruary 19. 1925, at 12 o’clock Noon the following described real estate ti wit: , A certain lot in the town of Smith field designated as lot No- 5 on the plat of survey recorded in Book Z No. 12 at page 273 of the Registry of Johnston County, said lot having a frontage of 25 feet on Railroa 1 street and running back 90 feef, on which lot is situate a three room dwelling. Also, one other lot which is com posed of the rear parts of lots Nos. 4, 15, and 16 as shown on said plat of survey and more particularly de scribed as follows: Beginning at a stake, corner of lot No. 1 .on Nortta side) and runs S. 25% W. 75 feet tf£ the line of lots Nos. 16 and 17; thence N. 60% W. 30 feet to the cor ner of lot No. 6. thence N. 25% E 75 feet to a stake in the lines of lots Nos. 3 and 4; thence S. 60% E. 30 feet to the beginning, on which lot is situate a three room dwelling. - A cash deposit of 10(J)er cent will be required on day of sale from the highest bidder. , This is a re-sale of the above de scribed property made necessary be cause of raise of the bid at the for mer sale 'which was held on January 24, 1925. The bid will start at $1056. 30. This 31st day of January 1525. JAMES D. PARKER, Trustee. NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the au thortiy contained in a judgment of the Superior Court under date of January 29, 1925, in the special pro ceeding entitled Mrs. Belle Stroup, ed, against Clyde Adams. Ila Lee, Mattie Upchurch, Stella Parker, et als, heirs at law of J. Lindsay Cole, deceased, empowering and directing 4he undersigned commissioner so to o, the undersigned commissioner will offer for sale at public auction for cash at the courthouse door of Johnston county on Monday, March 2, 1925, the following described tract of land, to-wit. Beginning at the corner of Ila Lee’s line on the National Highway toad 1 and runs with said road about West 105 ft; thence about South parallel with Ila Lee’s line to the George W. Keen estate line; thence about East to the Ila Lee line; thence with Ila Lee’s line to the beginning and con taining about two acres and being the parcel of land allotted as a home stea dof J. Lindsay Cole under an ex ecution in the case of the Notional Bank of Goldsboro against the Johns ton County Motor Company and oth ers, and being a part of the 7 5-8 ac res inherited by the said J. Lindsay Cole from the estate ov his father, N. T. Cole. This land is being sold by the admrx., to make assets to pay cost of administration of this estate, the balance, if any to be paid out ac cording to the rights of the interested parties or preferred creditors. , A cash deposit of 10 per cent wiil be required on the day of sale from the highest bidder. This 31st day of January 1925. , G. A. MARTIN. Commissioner. NOTICE By virtue of the authority contain ed in a certain mortgage deed execut ed to Mattie Griswold and assigned to N. O. Godwin by Mollie Milton Whitley and dated the 25th day of February. 1922, and duly registered in the Register’s Office of Johnston county in Book No. 112, page 101, the undersigned will sell at public auction, for cash, at the court house door in the Town of Smithfield, N. C., on Tuesday the lOtli day of March 1925 at 12 o’clock M., the following property to-wit: That certain tr^ of land lying and being in Johnston county, State of North Carolina and in the town Selma, N. C. ^ ..Beginning at a stake West comer/of Caroline Richardson’s line on Noble street and runs with Noble street in a Westerly direction for seventy-live feet® a stake; thence in a Southerly direction and at right angles with Noble street for One Hundred and fif ty feet to a stake; thence parallel with Noble street in an Easterly direction for seventy-five feet to a stake at the corner of Caroline Richardson’s lot; thence North along said Caroline Richardson’s line for one nundred and fifty feet to the point of beginning, and being the same lot of land that deeded to C. P. Harper by J. E. Par ker and from C. P. Harper to Milton Whitley and wife. That said lands are being resold unitor order of the Court, the bid at a former sale having been raised. Assignee of Mortgagee. N. 0. GODWIN, MATTIE GRISWOLD, SILK HOSE per pa*r On Friday Feb. 20 On FRIDAY, Feb. 20, between the hours n (if 10 and 11 a. m. and 3 &d 4%. nt. to those purchasing S3.00 or more we ^ill sell silk hose at lc per pair^-1 pair to a customer. lill DRESS GINGHAMS the yard On Thurs. Feb. 19 On THURSDAY, Feb. 19, between the hours of 10 and 11 a. m. and again be tween 3 and 4 p. m. to those purchas' ing $3.00 or more we will sell dress ginghams at 5c per yard.—5 yards to a customer. _ _—--— — ■ ■■ ■ - - -" ' ---- -—— -J We have done the almost impossible. No juggling of prices here.® Buyers we re here at the opening of our big CLEAN OUT sale to get their share of the big savings. People for 40 miles came to buy and went a way happy. © The first four days of this sale was the greatest single stroke of sellingothat ever happened in the county. The unalterable rule of this sale is to sell, and Low Prices will do it. Our merchandise is all new goods. Our prices in most cases way below cost. Our Policy is and always will be HIGH CLASS merchandise at LOW PRICES. Ask any of the satisfied customers. Don't think folks that the Bargains are all gone. New spring goods are coming in daily and they will be put on the bargain counters at the same low prices—Bargains for everybody. Remember folks, this sale is for a short time only. SATURDAY, FEB. 21, OUR LAST DAY. Come—Hitch Your Dollar to the Biggest Load It Leer Pulled! « ® oo DOMINO SUGAR $6.95 per 100 Lbs. ._m_ Men and Boys’ Clothing 1-4 Off miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Red Devil d)Lye . Pink Salmon heavy weight iiiiiiiiim 10c 15c % Pocahontas Corn . 15c “The Big Store Filled Wit\ Little Prices” FOUR OAKS, -N. C. Brighten up the home with some new Furniture, Rugs, etc. We are making a great sacrifice of these.
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