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Womans Realm Telephone 10 Weddings, Social Functions, Club Meetings,Local Happenings Card Parties, Etc. =9 Mr. Leon Whitehurst is spending a few days in Norfolk with relatives. Mr. J- R Ledbetter, of Princeton, was in the city on business yesterday. Mr. Claud Hyman spent the week end with relatives in the city. Dr and Mrs Thel Hooks have re turned from Tennessee Miss Ila Brady is visiting relatives in Princeton this week. Miss Pauline Broadhurst was at home for the week end. Miss N'ell Broadhurst spent the week end in Goldsboro with relatives. Mr and Mrs. I. W. Medlin spent the week end at Alliance. Miss Annie Lee is spending two weeks in Tarboro. Mr. John Morris spent Sunday in the city with friends Miss Helene Ives spent the week end with relatives in Raleigh. Miss Bettie Heath spent the week end with relatives at Alliance. Mrs. Roscoe Bass and little daugh ter are spending a few days at More head City. Mrs. W. N. Holt and William Nor man Holt are spending this week at Morehead City. Miss Virginia Lee of Benson spent the week end in the city with her sister, Miss Lucile Lee. Miss Eva Cuthrell of Alliance is spending a few days with Mrs. Ira Medlin. 1UIOO V Cl l Cl UVUHClt uao ICLULU^U IV her home at Alliance, after spending a few days with Mrs. I. W. Medlin. Mr. J. W. Stephenson spent last week in South Carolina looking over the boll weevil situation. Mrs. C. I- Pierce and children are visiting Mrs- R. L. Tomlinson of Wil son this week. Miss Thelma Whitehurst is spend ing some time in Plymouth with rela tives and friends. Misses Rose Grantham and Mattie Lassiter are spending spmetime with friends in Oxford. Mrs. R. T- White left Saturday for her home in Hertford after spending several weeks with her daughter, Mrs. George T. Lattimore. Mr- Hiram Grantham spent Sun day in the city enroute to his home in Red Springs from Montreat where his family is spending the summer. Mr. Hugh Ragsdale has gone to Camp Sapphire near Asheville where he will spend a month in this camp for boys. Messrs Wm. E. Barbour, N. E. and Paul Humphrey and Capt. St. Julien L. Springs spent Friday afternoon in Raleigh on business. Mrs. S. S. Holt and children re turned from Wilmington Saturday night after spending several days in that city. Misses Betsey and Olivia Hood re turned to Kinston Monday after spending a week with their grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Sanders and Mrs. D. B. Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. Hartz and Miss Gayle Hartz of Waverly, Va-, arrived Friday night to visit Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Gillette. Miss Hartz is the guest of Mrs. J- A. Narron, Jr. Mrs. M. B. McCutchen of Bishop worth of Florence, S. C., returned home yesterday after a visit here to Mrs. McCutchen’s sister, Mrs. Charles A. Creech. Mrs. L. L. Turner and Miss Mary Louise Turner spent a few days last week with their uncle, Mr. C. L. Sanders near Elizabeth Church, re turning home Saturday evening. Misses Ida Blackmain. Cherry Gur ley, Tamar Holt, Corinna Sanders and Dora Barbour and Mr. W. J. Hunt ley went to Pine Level for a Federa tion meeting Friday night. Master Richard A. Ruth, son of Mrs- N. S. Cutler of Washington, D. C., will arrive tomorrow to visit rela tives here. He will spend the sum mer with his grandfather, Mr. T. W. Johnson, of near Four Oaks. Misses Dora Barbour, Cherry Gurley and Ida Blackman, Mrs. N H. Yahnke, Mrs. Bessie Scher and Mr. W. J. Huntley attended a Feder ation meeting at Selma Thursday night. Mr. M. J. Allen of Four Oaks, Route 3, spent Saturday in the city on business. Mr. Allen states that he has had the best crop for this time of the year he has ever had. Miss Mamie Stephenson of Okla homa is spending some time in the city with relatives and friends. Miss Stephenson will teach in Clayton graded schools next year. Little Miss Hilda Brown, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Pam V. BroVWi,1 was operated on for acute appendi citis at the Smithfield Memorial hos pital here at 12 o’clock Thursday night. Although her condition was for a time very serious, at last re ports the little girl was resting much better. Mrs. Gray Hostess to W. M. Society. Last Thursday afternoon at four o’clock Mrs. H. G. Gray was hostess to the Judson Circle of the Woman’s Missionary Society. Mrs- J. M. Beaty had charge of the program, the sub ject of which was “Missions and Ed ucation” Taking part on the pro gram were Mesdames J. M. Beaty, H. P. Johnson, H. G. Gray, D. H. Creech, Chester Stephenson and Miss Annie Lassiter. Immediately after this interesting program refreshments consisting of fruit salad, wafers, sandwiches and tea were served. Those present were Mesdames Sam Massey, Chester Stephenson, H. P. Johnson, J. M. Beaty, D. H. Creech, J. E. Lassiter, Lawrence Brown, J. H. Wiggs, S. L. Morgan, and Miss Annie Lassiter Interesting Shower For Young Bride. Mrs. Graham Smith and Miss Alma Smith entertained a large number from both the older and younger sets Thursday evening in honor of their niece, Mrs. Charles L- Beasley, a recent bride. The matrons gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Smith and the younger girls at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alec Beasley to await the coming of the young bride, who had been spending the day in Raleigh. Following her arrival, all the guests assembled in the living room at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Beasley, where a number of musical selections were enjoyed and Mrs. H. H. Radford read several se lections from Tom Meacham’s “Rhymes of a Cross-Roads Man ” The party then moved to the lawn where much pleasurable conversation went on until the climax of the eve ning was reached. Young Mrs. Beas ley was beguiled into the house and immediately a huge clothes basket appeared upon the scene. This bulky receptacle was mysteriously covered and was carried by two little boys, Buster Creech and Edward Lee Par rish, who deposited their burden upon the side of the porch and called to the young bride that her clothes had come home from the washerwoman. Young Mrs. Beasley came out at once to investigate and found the basket full of beautiful and useful gifts. I After she had made delighted inspec tion of each gift, the guests were [served delicious refreshments of block cream and home-made cake. Miss Ives Writes From Maine. Miss Cora Belle Ives, who is spend ing the summer in Harpsvile Center, Maine, writes that she is greatly en | joying her stay in a “typical Niew England country.’” She says it has been so cold there they have worn coats and had fires. She went to Portland last Monday where she represented the local Bus iness and Professional Woman’s Club at the National Convention. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Parrish Open New Home Benson. July 10.—Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Parrish were at home .to their friends on Thursday evening from nine to ten o’clock at their new res idence on Parrish Drive in honor of Miss Marguerite Robertson of Bre vard. The guests were greeted on the porch by Mr. and Mrs. Parrish. Misses Laland Fry and Blanche Martin pour ed punch from an attractively decorat ed table on the broad veranda, where the Benson orchestra furnished music for the evening. Assisting in receiving and showing the guests over the love ly and attractively decorated new home were: Mesdames M. T. Britt. H. A. Parker, L. L. Levinson, M. A. Peacock, A. S. Oliver and J. B. Faircloth. Baskets of bright colored garden flowers were used effectively in the decorations. The centerpiece for the dining table, which was cov ered with a madeira tea cloth, was red and white dahlias. Serving a dain ty ice course with cake was Misses Velma Brady, Esther Morgan and Mesdames W. T. Martin and C. C. Canaday. Laymen to Hold Services Next Sunday July 19, at 11 o’clock the Laymen’s Federation will con duct services at Smith’s Chapel. Again at three o’clock in the after noon a service will be held at Stevens Chapel by the Laymen. ® Those wishing membership will be received. REV. J. S. IRVINE, Pastor. @ Mr. C. R. Turner, of Badin, spent a few days here with friends Yates Circle No. 2 To Meet. The Yates Circle No. 2 of the Wo man’s Missionary Society of the Bap- | tist church will meet with' Miss Annie Myatt Thursday afternoon at four o’clock. All members are urged to be present. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION A Sunday school convention will be held Sunday, July 19, at the First Baptist church in Pour Oaks. The following program will be given: MORNING 9:50 Sunday School. 11:00 Evangelism in. the Sunday School (From a Layman’s Stand point) Walter Creech, Clayton. 11:25 Sermon:(Some topic From a Preacher’s Standpoint)—Rev. T. E. Calloway. Lunch on the Grounds. AFTERNOON 1:30 Devotional—Rev. C. H. Cash well. l:40The Value of a Standard Sun day School—Miss Gladys Beck 1:55 The Six Point Record System —R. F. Hall. 2:05 Conference on General Prob lems—Led by L. L. Levinson Roll Call and Organization. Subscriber for 43 Years “Uncle” Ashley Smith, on of the oldest and best known colored men in this town, was in our office yesterday to subscribe to The Herald. He stated that he had been taking the paper ever since it began puublication for ty-three years ago. He also said that for about six years The Herald had been sent to him free of charge be cause he brought paper, on which The Herald was printed, from Selma on his dray in the days before a railroad was here. He says he couldn’t do without his home-town paper. Uncle Ashley has been living in Smithfield more than forty-five years This Week Ford Truck Week The week July 13th to 18th has been set for “Ford Truck Week ” The Young Motor Company, local Ford dealer has planned a big parade for Ford trucks Saturday afternoon. The parade will start at 2 o’clock from Young Motor Co. (formerly Sanders Motor Co.) and parade thru Smith field, Selma and Pine Level. All owners of Ford trucks are asked to bring their trucks and join in the pa rade. DENTAL CLINIC HELD AT PRINCETON AND PINE LEVEL Dr. J. S. Moore, who has been working in this county for the past few- weeks under the State Board of Health, will be at the Princeton school building Monday, Tuesday and Wed nesday, July 13,14 and 15, to conduct a dental clinic. It is desired that as many children as possible between the ages of six an dtwelve take ad vantage of this clinic and have den tal defects remedied. A similar clinic will be held at the Pine Level school Thursday. Friday and Saturday, Juy 16, 17 and 18. Dr. Moore begins his work each morn ing at 9:30 and closes at 5:30 each afternoon except on Saturday w-hen he closes at 12:30. MR. CALVIN MASSENGILL SUFFERS LOSS BY FIRE Barn and stables belonging to Mr. Calvin Massengill, Elevation town ship were completely destroyed by fire late Saturday night- None of the feed stuff was saved, but the stable door was fortunately left open and all the stock escaped without injury, except one horse which was slightly scorched and a few chickens which were cut off from the exit by the flames. No one knows how the fire origi nated and the conflagration was not discovered until too late to save any of the buildings. The amount of in surance carried, if any, was not known by the reporter NOTICE OF SALE. Under the authority of a judgment of the Superior Court in a Special Proceeding entitled “Susan Sanders it al vs. John Little et al,” the un dersigned commissioner will on Mon day the 17th day of August 1923 of fer for sale to the highest bidder, for .ash, the following described lots of and, to-wit: “Being lots®Numbers 54 and 85 in Block “D.” Parker’s Ad dition to the Town of Selma, each lot oeing 25 feet) front on the west side of Massey Street.” Said sale will :ake place in front of the Court-house door in Smithfield, at 12 o’clock noon. This July 11th, 1925. A. M, NOBLE, Commissioner REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE CLAYTON BANKING CO. at Clayton, in the State of North Carolina, at the close of business. June 30th, 1925. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts ....8586,055.49 Overdrafts . 605.30 Banking Houses, Furniture and Fixtures, . 43,80000 Cash ©in vault and net amounts due from banks, bankers and Trust Com panies, .— ... 57,484.42 Checks for clearing . 1,219.74 i Total.8689,164.95 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in ....$100,000.00 Surplus Fund .— . 25,000.00 Undivided profits, less cur rent expenses and taxes paid. 8,158 59 Unearned interest re served . 5,000.00 Dividends unpaid, —. 4,035.00 Bills Payable. 110,000.00 Deposits sub. to ck. 234.695.41 Deposits Due State of N. C., or any Official thereof 16,754.35 Cashier’s Checks outstand ing, . 64177 Time Certificates of De posit, Due on or After 30 Days, . 148,813.01 Savings Deposits. 36,066.82 Total.$689,164.95 State of North Carolina—County of Johnston, July 8th, 1925. I, Jno. T. Talton, Cashier of tie above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and be lief JNO. T. TALTON, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 8th day of July 1925. NEIL BARNES, Not. Public. My com. expires April 9, 1927. Correct—Attest: J. DWIGHT BARBOUR, E. H. McCULLERS R. W. SANDERS, Directors. a 1 1 e -* S 1 t h r I F REPORT OE THE EUWJJIilUiN ur THE FARMERS BANK at Clayton, in the State of North Carolina, at the close of business, June 30th. 1925. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts ....$171,431.71 Overdrafts unsecured, ... Fur. & Fixtures. Cash in vault and net amounts due from banks, bankers and Trust Com panies, .—. Checks for clearing. 71.05 7,053.91 15,214.5 ? 559.44 Total.$194,330.65 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in, .... 25,000.00 Surplus Fund. 5,000 00 Undivided profits, less cur rent expenses and taxes paid, .. 1,607.42 Dividends unpaid. 24 00 Bills Payable, . 45.000.00 Deposits subject to check. Individual, . 88,767 44 Cashier’s Checks out standing, .... 1,480.64 Certified checks, . 7-00 Time Certificates of De posit. Due on or After 30 Days, . 7.840.96 Savings Deposits, . 19,603.19 Total. ..$194,330.65 State of North Carolina—County of Johnston. I, ,1. M. Turley, Cashier of the above named .Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. M. TURLEY, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn tc before me, this 11th day of July 1925. NEIL BARNES. Not. Public. My corn, expires April 9, 1927. Correct—Attest: A. R. DUNCAN. W. I. WHITLY, J. A. GRIFFIN, M. D Directors. NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as Executor on the estate of A. P. Johnson deceased, hereby notifies all persons having claims against said estate to present the same to me du ly verified on or before the 13 day of July 192G or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery: and all persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment. This 13th day of July 1925. W. D. JOHNSON, Executor. US Service Wasted on Him Wife—Did you notice the chinchil la coat on the woman in front of us at church this morning? ,Husband—E^ no. Afraid I was dozing most of the time. Wife—Um! A lot of good the ser vice di^ you-Dublin Freeman’s Journal |jgj Their Remarkable Appetite Sunday school te^gher “‘Robert, who were the Pharisees?” Boby: “The Pharisees were people who fasted in public and in secret de voured widows’ houses.” . THIS IS Hosiery Week at AUSTIN’S (Everything for Everybody) SMITHFIELD, N. C. Ladies, Men and Children JHIS store offers you many Bargains in Hosiery this week. We sell the following famous brands: Gotham Gold Stripe, Van Roolte and Humming Bird for ladies. Black Cat and W under for Girls and Boys. Interwoven and Wilson Brothers for men. Below you will find listed prices on Hosiery no other store will anyways equal. THESE PRICES ARE FOR THIS WEEK ONLY ALL NEW STOCK. I iW k\"i k J Men’s 15c value Lisle Socks (all colors) pair, only_liy2c Men s Lisle socks (all colors) 25c value, pair, only_21c Men’s Gray Mixed socks, best seamless made as long as they last, pair only_10c Men’s Interwoven socks, 3 pair for $1.00 value, three pair for only_89c Men’s Wilson Bros, silk socks, pair_46c Men’s Interwoven Silk Socks, 75c value, pair, only_64c k. K ^ I -- ■ - — \ an Roolte pure thread Silk Hose (all col ors), $3 value, pair, only_$2.48 Van Roolte pure thread Silk Hose (all col ors), $2.75 value, pair, only_$2.19 Van Roolte Chiffon Silk Hose, $2.00 val ue, pair, only_$1.69 Gotham Gold Stripe Silk Hose (all colors) $2.00 value, pair, only_$1.69 Gotham Gold Stripe Silk Hose (black and dark colors only) $2.75 value, pair_$1.69 Allen A Chiffon Silk Hose (all colors), $2.00 value, pair, only_$1.69 Humming Bird Silk Hose (all colors), $1.50 value, only, pair_$1.29 Topsy Silk Hose (black only), $2.25 value pair, only_$1.29 Never Mind Silk Hose (all colors) $1.50 value, pair, only,_89c. Four Square Silk Hose $1.00 value, pair only, _ 79c Wunder Silk Hose (black and dark colors only) $1.75 value, pair, only_98c Duberry Silk Hose, 50c value, pair_39c Misses Fiber Silk 3-4 length socks? J30c val ue, pair,.only _ _?___48c Misses Fancy Top Socks 3-4 length, ISOc value, pair, onfy__®_®_39c Mii^es and Children’s Socks (all colors), 25%*value, pair, only_19c
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