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"fflMHHT**' ounty Corwspondence ^ WWWttfratfa^M■—i———^— Pine Level ''•Pine Level. March 24.—Mr. and Mrs. V/. T. Woodard and li'Utle son,: Herman, spent Sunday with Mm ant Mrs. Malton Baker of Princeton, f •Mrs. J. M. Potter, of Smithfield. visited Mr. ai\d Mrs. N. G. Wiggs the past week end. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Brown and little daughter, Doris Mae, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Law rence Brown in Smithfield Sunday. Miss Johnnie Watson, who is in college at Greenville, spent the week end in town with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Gerald. Mrs. Mattie Leonetti, of Salem, Mass., visited Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Wiggs for the week end. Miss Alice Hinnant, of Massey, spent Saturday night with Miss Rachel Watson. , Miss Nelle Wilks visited rela tives in Raleigh the past week end Mr. Stewart Vann, of Simms, was in t<>Wn; Sunday. (I Mr. and Mrs. James L. Peedin and children spent Sunday with .relatives^at Rains Cross Roads. m Mrs. LdTA Massengill and Miss Lucile Worley, of Princeton, vis ited at Mrs. M. G. Peedin’s last WMnesday. 3>iessrs. Joe ^arr ana rioya i_ux on, of Micro, were visitors in town Sunday. Mesdames W. II Woodard and Alex Wiggs spent Sunday with Mrs. Arthur Edwards near Micro Miss Mildred Peedin. who is in training at Rex hospital, Raleigh, spent a few days at home last week. Mr. J. P. Wiggs and family, of Massey, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Crocker Sunday. We are sorry to note that Miss Velma Stout has been very sick for the past week and is still con fined to hfcr bed. We hope she will soon be well again and resume he? work at school. She is greatly inif.sed by her classmates. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Peedin spent tfie week end in Kenly with their daughter, Mrs. Alvin Stancil. Mr. Noble Peedin is improving rapidly from an attack of rheu matism. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Batten and family visited their parents neai Selma Friday night. Little Mis# Myrtle Barnes spen Saturday night in Selma with rel atives. <d/diy'H(?rxry Crumpler, of Fitz geraldT Was a visitor in the Pine Level section Sunday afternoon. Miss Lucile Evans .spent Satur day night in Selma with friend. Little Misses Maude and Wil helmina Dupree visited in Selrm Saturday^, night. Mfss Maude Hales, of Raleigh is Visiting her sister, Mrs. W. B &lf. and Mrs. W. H. Crockei spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. A^Jones near Selma Sunday. IVlr. and Mrs. H. Pilkington, of Selma, Visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe CAcker Sunday. ilr. «T. C. Strickland made a brines* trip >to Selma today. Masters Stephenson and Stan cij, of Selma, visited Master N. ,/E $ l^upre^ Saturday night. ‘•^ffiss Daisy Crocker was in towr Saturday night the guest of Miss HjHtie Edwards. ■Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Batten and cMldren^ spent Sunday with rel atives ahd friends in Middlesex. and Mrs. J. C. Strickland « aifel children spent Sunday with and Mrs. Jasper Thomas of Fitzgerald. <|&ips Leone Sanders spent the paAt*lwe|k end at her home near Sdfcders *Chapel. Mr. Erwin Pittman, of Raleigh, cafHed in town Friday night. jMiases Clara Hales, Linda Da viannd Mr. James Woodard shop p&l; in Qoldsboro Friday after nc^nii jyiri M. G. Futrell went to Srnith fie0 Ion business Wednesday. N. B. Hales, of Raleigh, impel a short call at Mrs. W. B. (billin'* Friday afternoon. Mr! Luther Davis, of Dunn, was in itolvn Thursday. pisses Irene Parker, Thelma Cryc'ch and Mrs. IL C. Brown spent] Friday afternoon in Smith fieHt chopping. p>rJ and Mrs. W. H. Goodwin an<fc little daughter, of Smithfield, | ■we&c ^guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. T>f*eeh for a few hours Sunday afterdoon. Me^dames W. B. Oliver, W. A. Hefcijig and Mr. W -B. Oliver mo tored to Smithfield Friday after- | nocijn.. ’ i iSttJe Miss Millie Lee Strick land visited Ethel Thompson, of FiAfraid. Sunday. The Woijm’s Missionary So ciety Sield fts monthly meeting in the home-of Mrs. B. L. Strickland on Friday afternoon, March 19. Mrs. Strickland being leader for this month. A very inspiring and interesting program had been pre pared which all enjoyed. It was fol lowed by a very pleasant social hour..The hostess served fruits, of various kinds. The next meet ing will be held with Mrs. W. A. Herring, Friday before the third Sunday in April at 2 o’clock. Mr. Jason Shepherd, of Simms, spent the week end here with friends. Messrs. W. H. Woodard and Alex Wiggs attended church at Old Beulah Sunday. Miss Flonnie Westbrook, a member of the Middlesex faculty, pent the week end at home here vith Mrs. J. R. Oliver. Miss Sarah Stallings left Sun lay for Rocky Mount where she 'ill spend several days with her inter, Mrs. W. N. Hare. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Lynch, of Joldsboro, spent Sunday with heir parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. I. .tailings. Mr. Herbert Andrews, of Golds >roo, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Rae Ia*t Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Milton O’neal, of ‘elma, visited in town Sunday. Tihe entire school enjoyed the nock faculty by the eighth grade ! t the meeting of the Emersonian j terary society Friday, March 19. 'n a debate during the same pro ! ram Miss Margaret Ware’s six | ih grade convinced the eighth I .rade that “gossip is worse than I laziness.” Mis. Nellie Woodard and Mrs. ■ da Parker attended church eulah Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. II. B. Pearce, of dm:i, visited relatives here Sun lay. Rev. S. H. Styron leaves today •r Morehead City to conduct a wo week’s revival. Miss Eula Bizzell. of Massey, pent Friday with Mrs. J. G. Mi. and Mrs. J. L. Braswell i si ted in Princeton Sunday eve visited ■mg. Mr. Major Williams friends in Selma Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gay lor spent Sunday afternoon in Raleigh with 'riends. Mrs. Annie Wellons, of Micro, •ited her parents here Sunday. Mr. Leslie White made a bus toss trip to Smithfield Satur ay. We are glad that Mrs. Sarah Vatson, who has been very sick, s speedily recovering. Mr. James Crocker, Mr. W. B. River and Miss Louise Braswell isited Miss Sadie Stancil Tuesday ight. Miss Linda Davis and Mr. A. F. utrell visited friends in Golds oro Sunday afternoon. Miss Louise Townsend, Clara •'itzgerald and Messrs. James Voodard and B. B. Parker motor d to Benson Sunday afternoon. Mrs. J. L. Braswell and Mrs. ). N. Holt went shopping in Smithfield Wednesday afternoon. * Sanders Chapel Smithfield, Route 1, March 25.— Sanders Chapel community is planning to have an Easter program. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Talton and children, of Micro, visited rela tives here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Daughtry and children visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Thompson. in Stevens Chapel section Sunday. Mrs. Leonard Brown and chil dren have returned to their home in Selma after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Will Eason. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Oliver, of Royall school section, visited Mr. , Joe Daughtry’s family Sunday', evening. Some of our neighbors are planning to attend quarterly con ference at Corinth Saturday. Mr. Simon Godwin, of Selma, has gone in to the bee business ex- j tensively. Last week he took a few hives down near the low grounds 1 and Mr. Adell Hodge who lives on Mr. Tom Hill’s farm, is at tending them. Mr. Tom George Strickland, of Brogden, has his tractor up at Mr. J. Rufus Creech’s cutting some ground. From there he will go to Mrs. Sarah Lawhon’s to cut! her two acre new ground. These two farmers believe it pays to prepare land properly before planting. j Mr. Jessie Whitley, of Yelving-i ton’s Grove, and Mr. Edd Easom, | of this community spent the week J end with friends near Benson Mr. and Mrs Waylan Daughtry, ' of- Smithfield. spent Sunday with 1 Mr. Grip Daughtry’s family. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Thomp- | son, of Stevens Chapel, spent Sun day with their daughter, Mrs. Joe I Daughtry. Mr. and Mrs. John Strickland and children spent Sunday with Mrs. Strickland sister. Mrs. Kate Southerland, of Creech’s section Mrs. Nancy A. Creech, of Stev ens Chapel section, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Fred Sasser, of Rocky Mount. Mr. and Mrs. J. Rufus Creech and Billie and Dorothy, visited | Miss Rachel Creech, who is a stu- . dent at Louisburg College, Sun- | day. Mrs. Mary Graham and daugh- i ters, Mildred, Jessie, Pearl and j Gladys, spent 'the week end 'in j Stevens Chapel with Mr. London Thompson’s family. Jessie Price, son of Mr. Em met Price of Pine Level and 'grandson of Mr. Bob Hill of this community, had the misfortune to get his foot badly mashed by some timber falling on it recent ly. This accident occurred at his home where a new barn was be ing bunt. Mr. Herman Williams’ children were sent home again last week from school on account of some of them having chicken pox. Mr. Leonard Brown, who has recently accepted a position at Palmetto. Fla., returned to Selma Saturday preparatory to moving his family. They left for Florida early Wednesday morning. Mrs. Edd Game accompanied by her son, Willie, went to Pine Level Tuesday to see her little grand child, Mozell, who had fallen on Monday morning with a pair of scissors in her hand, cutting her tongue almost off. She is the daugh ter of Mr. Richard Game. 1 We are sorry to hear of the death of Mrs. Howard Oliver’s sister, Miss Leone Blackman, who was fatally hurt in an automo bile accident in Selma Sunday eve- I ning. Mrs. Reid Hodgin, principal of I Pomona school, has moved her | hoarding place to Mrs. J. D. j Spiers in Smithfield. She former-! ly boarded with MJrs. Thelma | Woodard of this community. She j comes and goes with Mrs. Gilli- j kan. primary teacher, who lives | in Smithfield. Misses Jessie Daughtry and ! Hall’s Catarrh Medicine sfirf I it — rid your system of Catarrh or Deaf ness caused by Catarrh. Sold by druggutt for over tC ,ear* F.J. CHENEY &. CO., Toledo, Ohu AWNINGS make your home cheerful and comfortable. Or ders placed now will be delivered when wanted. Order now and avoid the rush, .('all 205 for samples. Estimates cheer fully given. All awnings made to order. Crumpler-Jones Fur. Co. South Third Street Smithfiold, N. C. riara Hamilton jpent Wednesday light with Cora Thompson of Stevens Chapel. Mr. and Mrs. Will Eason and 'amily and Mr. and Mrs. James Hamilton went to Selma Tues lay night to bid their daughter md family good-bye. Mr. and VIrs. Brown left Wednesday for Florida to make it their home. Mr. J. Rufus Creech made a mr.iness trip to Wilson’s Mills, Selma, and Princeton Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hill and 'amily from near Harrison’s Lake, ?pent Saturday night with their i a rents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Denning, ftf Pine Level, visited relatives in his section Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Baker, of i lear Four Oaks, spent the week j ?nd with Mr. Rawden Hill’s family. ; Misses Louise Quinn, Ina Walk- j :*r, and Lela Aycock, of Princeton, *pent one night last week at the Brogden teacherage. Mr. Willie Lee and family, of, Brogden, visited in this commun ity Sunday. Mr. George Howell, of near Smithfield, was a business visi ;or here Thursday. Mrs. Leone Brown and children, af Selma, spent last Thursday night with her sister, Mrs. James Hamilton. One day last week, Otto and Avery Eason together with their [log, Brownie, were riding in a wagon drawn by two mules. The boys were playing with the dog which began barking so loudly the mules became frightenend and began running, throwing the boys out, one against each mule, though not hurting them badly. The dog was thrown out the wagon ran over his neck, addling and scar ing him so he ran through the woods howling. They did not find their dog until that night, they heard him howling below Mr. Guy Powell’s near the low grounds. They went in search of him and found him hung in a wire fence. Miss Cleo Howell, of Brogden. section, spent Thursday night with Miss Renie Hill. lone Powell spent Thursday night with Miss Myra Gardner, of tsroguen. Mrs. Laura Hamilton has re turned from a week’s visit to her daughter, Mrs. Pharoh Kornegay, of Progress section. Mr. and Mrs. Jodie Hill spent the week end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Baker near Four Oaks. Misses Lola and Elizabeth Hill Wednesday night. Mr. J. J. Eason was a business visitor in Princeton Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. James Rowe, of Raines Cross Roads, spent the week end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Creech. Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Booker, of near Smithfield, visited Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Stevens Sunday eve ning. Mrs. Will H. Creech and son, Raiford, visited relatives in Pine Level Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Preston Creech, of INSURANCE All Kinds N. L. PERKINS Special Agt. Aetna Life Ins. Co. Ladies and Gentlemen Checked up on your Spring Wardrobe, yet? That dress, coat or suit of last sea.^pn — it’s to your advan tage to get fun wear out of it. And you can - - with our asist ance. An expert Cleaning, per haps a few minor alterations, and you’ll be happily surprised by our work. Give us a trial— we guarantee satisfaction. C. M. Johnson, Mfer. Phone 267 Creech’s school section, spent i Sunday with Mr. and Mrt. Ar-j} thur Creech. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lynn and i Olivia, visited their daughter, Cor-'s nelia, who is attending Mount 01- 1 ive high school, Sunday. i Messrs. Jesse Whitley and Edd \ Eason were callers in Princeton i ruesdny night. Mr. and Mrs .Charlie Britton, of ' ? Georgia, have returned home aft- ] pr a prolonged visit with relatives jf in this section. Mr. R- C. Youngblood, of Wil- ] son’s Mills, spent a few hours in 4 this community Thursday night. Mr. Sidney Barbour, of Benson, i was a visitor here Tuesday eve-:' ning. !J Mrs. Wright Creech, of Yel-'i vington Grove section, has been ! visiting relatives in this commun- !.i ity recently. Mr. and Mrs. win n. i,reecn vis- j ited Mr. Charlie Lassiter’s fam- j ily in Four Oaks Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Herring, of near Micro, visited Mr. and Mrs. Tom Creech Tuesday night. Mr. Ray Johnson tand Misses Alice Pansy and Mabel Barbour visited Miss Alma Creech Sunday. Mr. Leonard Woodard left last I Friday to visit friends in Virginia. [ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Johnston, | of Hopewell spent the week end j with Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Creech spent | Saturday night with their sister, j Mrs. Henry Jart Tlhonfpson, in Stevens Chapel. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Whitley, of Yelvington’s Grove, visited in this j section Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Herring, of i near Micro, visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Creech Wed- | nesday night. Mrs. Percy Barnes was called to her old home in Kodak, Tenn., on account of her father’s serious ill ness. Saturday night about sunset while J. K. Sanders and Harvey Starling were feeding the stock a wild duck came walking out from under the barn but on seeing them if flew, circling around a few times, then flew southward. The girls in the third, fourth and fifth grades are still beating the boys spelling, of which they are very proud. Sarah Eason made 100 on a geography test and Elsie Smith 100 on history. Mr. Leonard Brown while in Selma reported that his railroad motor truck, near Gillette, Fla., DR. J. C. 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The nen got off the truck and with ome spikes managed to kill it. j le said the snake had 27 rattlers nd several buttons. He said this ind of snake was very plentiful i that part of Florida. Mr. Edwin Creech, of Brogden ection. who has been working in 'lorida since last fall, came home lunday. Mrs. J. Ransome Creech, of Irogden, Miss Mildred and Mr. Ubon Creech visited relatives here Vednesday night. The school truck got stuck on 'uesday morning near Mr. Luke lames and was delayed for some Mr. Leonard Woodard returned rom Virginia Wednesday. Mr. Richard Daughtry, Mr. Cdd Game and Mr. Richard Game vent shadding in Neuse River on Vednesday night and caught six lickory shad. Mrs. Pauline Barnes Crocker, of ..akeland. Fla., and Mrs. John K. Talton, of St. Petersburg, Fla., irrived here Wednesday to spend ;ome time with relatives. Mrs. W. S. Smith, of Smithfield, vas a visitor in this community Vednesday. The young people of the com nunity meet at the Methodist •hurch almost every night to prac tice for Easter services. A business meeting pertaining to school matters was held at the ?chool house Wednesday night. STONE MOUNTAIN As the Pyramids are monuments to the Pharoahs to succeeding ages, so will Stone Mountain be a grander monument to the soldiers uf the Confederate Army. The Federal Army recognized the fact that the Southern Soldiers were foemen “worthy of their steel”—and now the whole North, by their representatives in Con gress recognize the valor of the Southern Soldier by coining and issuing 2,000,000 Stone Mountain >»>;. mmmKNmcwsc :mz :<♦>' I Dr. J. H. Fitzgerald 5! “ Eye, Ear, Nose and § Throat * I SMITH FIELD, N. C. $ *: >3»: w w ymc w*: ymc $ V. J. UNDERWOOD SMITIIFIELD HEALTH and ACCIDENT INSURANCE Memorial Coins, to be sold and I applied to the carving the statu- j ary and Memorial Chambers of * this most grand and famous monu-1 ment in all the world. This superb work will perpetuate ; Southern Valor to all the coming ages. 150,000 of these coins is North Carolina’s quota. The great state whose brave soldiers were “First at Big Bethel, went farth erest to the front at Gettysburg , and Chickamauga, and last at Ap- j pomattox” will surely go “over the top” purchasing these coins,— and guaranteeing the completion of the Stone Mountan Monument—which 1 will commemorate and perpetuate ' the valor of her men, and the her oism of her women during the j four long years of the Sixties,— j in the days that tried the souls of I men and the hearts of women. I Every child in the State should have one of thes e coins, a prec ious inspiring memorial. The pa triotic sons and daughters who love j and venerate their fathers and their enduring, unconquered moth ers. will not fail to purchase these 150,000 coins. Somehow, I feel that Robert E. Lee is looking down at his soldiers who loved him and affectionately called him “Marse Robert” and I hear him saying, “Let us rise to this opportunity—Men do your Duty,” Let us meet his approbation and hear him repeat, “God Bless North Carolina! Mr. P. L. Godwin Dead Cleveland township lost an aged and respected citizen when Mr. P. L. Godwin passed away at his home last Saturday night. The deceased was eighty years old. He was thrice married, the last time to Miss Martha Wallace, who to gether with six children survive him. His children are: Mrs. Steph enson, of the Shiloh section; Mr. Ernest Godwin and Mrs. Fonzer Honeycutt, of Baptist Center; Mrs. 1. W. Jones and Mrs. Pelt Benson, >f the Polenta section, and Mr. J. L. Godwin, of Clayton. Funeral services were held Sun lay afternoon and interment made it Baptist Center church. The serv ce was conducted by Rev. Mr. Jen kins of the Baptist church, and Rev. M. Y. Self, pastor of the Methodist church of Clayton. Mrs. R. E. Massengill Dead A sad death occurred at the Johnston county hospital at Smith field Friday afternoon when Mrs. R. E. Massengill, of Cleveland township, passed away after a brief illness. The deceased was thirty seven years old. She leaves her husband and six children. The fu neral was conducted Saturday aft ernoon by Rev. Chester Alexander, pastor of the Presbyterian church, and Elder Jesse Barnes, of Smith field. Interment was made in the cemetery at Oakland church. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist church at Four Oaks. She was a good woman and will be missed not only by her family but by her friends and neighhbors. 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