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SELMA NEWS. Mr. Viex. Green is visiting hir uncle, Clem Richardson. Mrs. Thos. W. Winston and children, of Oxford, are visiting Mrs. R. J. Noble. Messrs. Wash Hare and Charlie Taltou left on the excursion Tuesday for Norfolk. Mrs. J. W. Yick has erected a handsome monument in memory of llr. J. W. Vick in the cemetery here. Robert P. Noble left Sunday for Birmingham, Ala., to visit relatives. He will be away about four weeks. Rev. J. W. Nobles has moved here from Kenly to get the bene fit of our graded schools. Glad to have him. Mrs. Yick, Miss Yick and Mr. Geo. 1). Yick left Wednesday for Seven Springs, where they will join Mrs. Clem Richardson and daughters, Misses Fannie and Nellie. Miss Cora L. Richardson and Miss Margaret Ethendge, went to Washington, I>. C., last week. Miss Richardson will remain sev eral weeks and devote her time to special studies in art. Little Lunsford Richardson, son of Mr. L. Richardson, of Greensboro, returned home to day after suendingsometime with his aunt, Mrs. Vick. Comeaguin Lunsford, we like to see you down here. Our postmaster, .1. T. Corbett, has been removed for irregulari ties in the mail, and John 11. Parker, his bondsman, put in charge of the office temporarily. It is to be hoped that a good man will be put in. Mr. Corbett has made us a very good post master and his removal is re gretted by all except those who hope to get the place. CLAYTON NEWS. Miss Daisy Ellis, of Smithfield, is visiting Mrs. W. I). Lindsay. Miss Maud Caatleberry, of Wake county, is visiting Miss Mayme Griffin. Misses Cleve and Nova Darnes, of Shotwell, attended church here Sunday. Mr. B. M. Robertson spent Monday at his home place in the country. Dr. Wm. E. Dodd of the faculty of Randolph-Macon College of Ashland, Ya., was in town last week. ? Messrs. L. D. Debnani, Will II. McCullers and W. Edgar 8tail ings, spent Sunday p. in. at Au burn. Miss Julia Robertson who has been visiting Miss Annie Griswold for the past week, returned home Monday. Misses Bertha and Bessie Grif fin, of Wakefield, are visiting Miss Lona Williams at Mrs. J. A. Grittins's this week. Miss Beatrice Ellis is spending this week with her cousin. Miss Blanche Barnes. This adds much to the joy of our young men. Misses Grace Rogers and Swan nanoa Home went to Apex Mon day to spend the week, after which Miss Rogers will leave for her home in Sparks, Ga. Our young folks, including all of the visitors, participated in a delightful fishing excursion at Sealey's Mill Wednesday, among the luxuries was a barbecued pig contributed by Mr. W. A. Barnes. Miss Eva Johns, of Auburn, ac companied by her friend, Miss Marv Kusian, of Hollin's Insti tute, Ya., spent the latter part of last week with Mrs. D. W. Barbour, returning to Auburn Sunday. We enjoyed two excellent ser mons at the Baptist church Sun day by the pastor, Rev. John Lewis. The sermon Sunday morning was seemingly the best we have heard. The excellent points were most forcibly ex plained by this noble man of God. Ray. Every Man Hit Own Fbot Rule. Your hands and arms will make good substitutes for a foot rule or a tape measure. The first finger is usually 4 inches long, 2 inches from the knuckle to the next point and 2 inches more to the tip. From the tip ?f the middle finger to the elbow is about 16 inches on an average, and the distance from finger tip to fin ger tip of the outstretched hands i is about 6 feet. Individuals vary in . these respects. But if once for all i you measure the exact length of i your finger, your arm, your out- i stretched hands and your foot or < boot you will have permanent metis ? I ares always with you. BENSON BUDGET. ( Rev. J. \V. Suttle, of Smitbfleld caine Tuesday. I: Alouzo Parrish was in Raleigh , on business Tuesday. Mrs. I). .1. Hill returned from a , visit to Clayton Monday. ii Benj. Hudson & Son are en larging thuir store house. J. VV. Benson's residence has received a new coat of paint. Miss Willie Creech, of Four i Oaks is visiting relatives here. R. A. Barnes, of Washington, N.C., was here visiting this week. Miss Nannie I'tley was sworn in as assistant postmistress Sat urday. .John Baucom and George John son made an excursion to Samp i son Sunday. Quite a party of our young people spent Sunday in Peacocks Cross Roads section. The brick mills have consoli dated and are turning out ten i thousand bricks per day. "Who shall?" is the question ; now disturbing the Smith-John son Telephone Co. A party of local sports spent I last week at Swan Pond, and came back loaded with fabulous i fish stories. J. K. Stewart's HO-horse now r boiler has arrived and will soon | be in position to make steam for I his roller mills. Reports from Blackman'sCross | Roans six miles east of here, say the crops in that section are the I finest in many years. The government has released to R. B. Brady several hundred dollars worth of whiskey seized by revenue officers more than a ! year ago. ('. W. Anderson's cow hnd no ticket. Mo.nday when she {jot on the through freight and the con ductor stopped just out of town and put her off. Mr. and Mrs. J. I). Parrish were summoned by telegram Tuesdgy to the bedside of their daughter, Mrs. G. C. I try an of upper John ston, who is dangerously ill. Hut few congregations in the county have a more stylish place] of worship than the Methodists here, since they finished the inte rior of their church a few days ago. A. H. Hudson's store narrowly escaped being burned Thursday I night. A large lamp that was accidentally upset, exploded and spread burning oil over goods and floor. The unusual happened theotherj day when a small negro boy roost-1 ing at Frank Smith's was accused of larceny. He promptly ac knowledged the theft anil said that a nigger that wouldn't, steal was no good. The directors and stockholders of the Farmers' Warehouse are determined that this tobacco market shall be second to none. They include the hustlers of the community, wide-awakeand pro gressive, and have decreed that no man shall find it to his ad vantage to sell tobacco elsewhere. AROUND SANDERS CHAPEL. Miss Mary Peterson, who has been attending school in Kaleigh, is at home now. Mr. Ralph Stevens spent last Sunday with friends in tne neigh borhood. Mrs. S. J. Peele returned to her home last week after an extended visit to friends and relatives near Rocky Mount. Miss Nona Powell has accepted a position as clerk in Mr. W. G. Smith's Hakery in Smithfield. After sjtending several days in Pine Level, Mrs. M. E. Godwin, has returned home. Misses Clyda and Clara Smith !1 spent last Sunday in Smithfield. |' The little daughters of Mrs. I Lulu Talton, wno have been in j Oxford for the past year, are spending their summer vacation at home. W. ( PRESTON NOTES. ' i We understand that wedding ' cards will pass through our sec- j tion soon. The wheel riders of our section f are very successful in riding , punctured time Mr. Willie H. Stephenson, of r the At fa section, sp>ent last Sat- < urday and Sunday in oursection. Ic Mr. J. Walter Myatt and son j v *t>ent last Sunday in the Gulley's s Mill section. Mr. Myatt, who is t !i very successful farmer, had 20 !? acres in wheat this year, which J1 iveraged twenty-five bushels and ] me peek to the acre. In ail seven A iu nil red and twenty-five bushels, ji H KLKN. POLENTA NEWS. Curing tobacco now in vogue. Mr. W'm. Young spent Sunday in Smithfleld and reports a pleas ant sojourn. The peach crop hereabouts will not be as last year. Apples seeins to be more plentiful. Mr. -I. M. Beatv, of The Her ald staff, was in this section Tuesday on business. ftegular services at Shiloh next Sunday. The pastor, Kev Dun can Mcleod, to preach Miss Audrey Hooker is sjiend ing this week on a visit to Miss Agnes Massey, of Hmithfield. No rijte watermelons as vet. The wet spring will delay their ipjiearnnce for at least ten days long> r. On stiffland corn is good. Such may also be said of new ground land, but on sandy land it is nearly a failure. Mrs. F. T. Hooker and little girls, Ml I a and Margie, are spend ing two w?>eks in theOity of Oaks visiting relatives. Typo hears that Mr. J. I.. Tal ton has an extra fine crop of to bacco. indeed it is said to be the finest in this section. On the fourth Sunday morn ing. Kev. Mr 1 lines preached an impressive sermon to a large and appreciative audience at Oak land. Miss Mildred and Kuth Young, after spending a couple of weeks 011 a visit to their sister, Mrs. Jno. O. Kllington, of Smithfleld, returned home Sunday after noon. Capt. Hreen still holds the fort, but another week of dry not weather will see him succumb and yield to the inevitable. Our farmers have been sorely worried with him. Hog cholera has made its ap pearance in this section, and it is feared the farmers will be heavy lose-s on accout of its ravages. It is hoped that the disease will speedily subside. Miss Dixie I^each, whilst in this section visiting, was taken sick with malarial fever, and is now confined to her bed at Mr. James Edmondson's. Hope her recov ery will be speedy. Mr. Darker, our mail carrii r, is making a most excellent officer, polite, courteous and obliging, strickly attending totnebusiness in his cha rge. He is giving gen eral satisfaction. If two-thirds of last years cot ton crop, in this section, is real ized, it will be as much as can be expected. It may lie far less, certainly it will be, unless we are| favored with good seasons from now on. It is conceded that Mr. J. W. Myatt has one of the prettiest fields of cotton in all this section. His wheat crop, though fine, was not as good as last vear. The wet weather damaged wheat con siderably. Mr. It. W. Young, Miss Lou Young, Miss Kate Edmondson and Miss Nellie Johnson, of this section, are in attendance upon the Teachers' Institute this week. Others may also be in attend ance whose names we have not obtained. Not many miles from here a certain man used to dist ill brandy and it is told of him that he was so close and stingy that when he went to draw from the barrel he would lick the spile in order to save every drop. It may be, however, that it was not stingi ness that prompted him to the licking of the spile, but a genuine love of the article itself. At any rate the act showed he did not believe in waste. The Township Sunday School Convention will meet at'Oakhuid on Saturday the 27tli inst, and remain in session during the day. Prof. Smith, of Elon College, and Hous. R. X. Simms and It. It. Lacy, of Raleigh, have been in vited and accepted invitations to deliver addresses on the oc tasion,?consequently a treat is in store for the Sunday school workers of Township. They are ill of them familiar with the dif ferent phases of the work, hav ng given a large portion of their time to work in the Sunday - ichool room. Resides they are nen of no ordinary ability. Therefore, fine speeches may be < ?x pec ted. The Sunday school in i (injunction with the convention i vill hold its annual nic-nic on the ' nime day, hence a large crowd i nay be expected. The other 1 Sunday schools of the township 1 lave heen invited to join in the >ic-nic as well as the convention, i ill are invited to attend and en- t iy the day. , Typo, i THE WORLD'S PARTNER* 1 1 ahare the fragrance of the air That blows arrow the hill; I may not set my tent up there? Another owns those fields?but still God gives me fight that 1 may gaze On all the lovely s<en<# That J may see the trees ablaze And watcb tha herds and flxks that graat Contented and serene. 1 may not piurk the raJiant rose Whose fragrant* tomes to me? Upon a not iter's vine it grows? Cut all its beauties 1 ma; see. God gives me ai;rht and stent that I The rose's charms may know; The tinkiing brook that babbles by Flows where another's lowlunJs lis. But 1 may hear it flow. V. hat if but little here ia mine That men may buy and sell? 1 have my share of God's sunshine And of the Lord's fresh air well I And if the maiden with the r >se Is not for me. I still Have seen her face in sweet repose And breathed with her the air that blows Across the sloping hill! ?S. E. Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald. HUNTING FOR A NAME. ?? A Starch That Brought No Joy to Am bitious Gertie. "Father," said Gertie mournful ly, "we never can climb into society just as plain Smiths, though we may date back to the days of Peter Stuyvcsant. Can't you think of some other old family name which wc may tack on to Smith with.a hy phen ? The head of the family smoked introspectively for a few minutes, then replied: "I have a vague idea, Gertie, that my great-grandfather was a Brander. Xow, that isn't such a had name, and, if I don't mis take, it cuts some figure in the Knickerbocker set." "Jollv, father!" exclaimed Gertie enthusiastically. "Smith-Brander or Brander-Smith would look too lovely f r anything on a visiting card. Now, father, 1 want you to go right to work and find out just who Great-grandfather Brander was." The head of the family worked diligently tho.i ;ii vainly for several days on odd volumes of genealogical history and was alio it to gi\e up in despair when a happy idea occurred to him. "I'll try the Historical so ciety." And suiting the action to the inspiration he spent the entire day over musty old tomes and an cient records in the cheerless rooms of (lie society. That evening as he was smoking, with a faraway look in his eyes, his daughter swooped down on him and exclaimed in one breath, "Oh, fa ther, have you found" out who great grandfather was?" "Yes, I have learned the complete history of my ancestor," replied pa terfamilias wearily. "However, he was not a Brander, but a brander. j I mean by that that he was a brand er with a little 'b,' in the employ of the court of general quarter ses sions, and his sole occupation was branding criminals. My great grandfather's name was Mulligan." ?New York Sun. i Origin of Memorial Cay In the South. An association known as the La dies' Aid society was organized in 1801 for looking after soldiers who died in Columbus hospitals. They were buried under the direction of these Indies, who thereafter took charge of their graves, making it a practice to go in a body to care for and beautify them with plants and flowers. Upon the occasion of one of these visits, in January, 1800, Miss Lizzie Rutherford, a member of the society, made the suggestion that a specified day should be adopt ed upon which a memorial service should be held for the purpose of decorating the Confederate graves annually. The proposition met at once with the greatest favor, and a letter was addressed to each of the chapters in other cities and towns suggesting similar action on their part. These letters were written in March, 1806, and from their publi cation resulted the observance of Aprfl 26 as Memorial day for the Confederate dead in several south ern states.?Mrs. V. Jefferson Da vis in Woman's Home Companion. He Bought the Sermon. The Rev. Septimus Smith was j many years ago vicar of St. Cross, Newnham. He made no secret at all of his habit of buying ready made sermons any more than his fondness for old port and of whist playing with leading parishioners until mid night of every Saturday. He was a kindly natured, easy going man and was popular among his equally easy . going flock. One Sunday morning I on going into the vestrv after serv- | ice he found his old clerk in tears. | "What's the matter, Jones?" in quired the vicar. "Oh, sir," replied the clerk, "this is u painful surprise to us all!" "Surprise, Jones? What ilo you mean ?" "Your sermon, this i morning, sir. We are very, very j sorjy, and you gave us no warning." j i "Sermon, Jones, sermon? What do ' i iOU mean, man?" "Why, sir, your ' 'arewell sermon. We arc all dread- i fully cut up." 1 And it is quite tr ie that that 1 norning the Rev. Mr. Smith had ac- i ually read an old farewell sermon 1 rithout either intending or know- I ng it.?London Spectator. J 1 TENURE BY WHIP. Strange Ceremony by Which a Landed Estate Was Held. The picturesque church of the parish of Caistor, i:i Lincolnshire, says the London Golden Penny, is remarkable for a peculiar ceremony which used to take place there every Palm Sunday as a tenure by which a fceighboring estate was held. The tenant presented himself in the porch, furnished with a huge whip, having a heavy thong of white leath er, called a "gild" from its length (probably the ancient gad in Lin colnshire, being a measure of ten feet). When the officiating minister commenced reading the first lesson, the man deliberately cracked his huge whip three times till he made | the sacred edifice ring with the sound, and then, wrapping the thong round a handle and fixing a purse containing a small Turn of money (24 silver pennies, according to the tenure) to the upper end of it, he proceeded into the church and. plac ed himself in front of the reading desk until the commencement of the second lesson, when he. knelt upon a cushion and waved the purse to and fro over the clergyman's head until the lesson was concluded, after which he retire^ bo the chancel for the remainder of the service. The whip and its appendages were then I deposited in a neighboring farm house. The clergyipan to whom the ac count of this curious ceremony was recently related remarked that "the ; man would be a bold one who at ; tempted to carry such a custom out ; if he were conducting the service." i This ceremony, however, was dis continued after the year 181G. Exhibiting the Earth's Motion. When next you chance to eat an egg, you can easily make an experi [ ment which is not only productive ofr muc h amusement, but alsp illus trates, in a manner so clear and sim ple that even a child can compre hend it, the double movement of the earth, which revolves simultaneous ly around the sun and on its own axis. Moisten slightly with water the rim of your plate, and in the center paint with the yolk of the egg vou see that you have not far to go for coloring material?a sun with golden ravs. Then all that you have to do is to place the empty half shell of your e?g on the rim of the plate, and, keeping this latter duly sloped and shifting it gradually around so that the shell may always have an inch or two of descending plane he fore it, you will see the eggshell he gin to revolve rapidly on its own axis, at the same time traveling round the plate. The slight cohesion caused by the \^ter which moistens the plate counteracts the centrifugal force and so prevents the eggshell falling off the edge of the plate. Made the Mist of It. It is said that once when Musin was touring the United States ut the head of a concert company they all got caught in a railroad wreck which did not amount to much. When the jolt came, Musin himself was eating a piece of pie with the aid of his pocketknife. Naturally the jolt made the knife slip, and Musin was cut?one of his precious fingers was disabled. Nobody else was hurt, ex cept the business manager, who was rather shaken up, but nevertheless when they reached the city Musin ordered everybody to bed, canceled their engagement and did his own injured member up in an immense amoiyit of bandages. The only per son left about was the poor business manager, who had to do the work. Musin himself secured $500 on the strength of that cut thumb, and ev erv member of his company got $300. Pretty good payment for a three days' rest in bed 1 And in the end they filled their engagements, too, and so got that money as well. Origin of the "Confidence Man." The expression, "a confidence man," used to denote a swindler and is said to have thus originated: Years ago a man in New \ork, well dressed and of exceedingly genteel manners, went about saying in a vcrv winning manner to almost ev ery gentleman he met, "Have you i confidence enough in me, an entire stranger, to lend me $5 for an hour j or two?" In this way he got a good thai of money and came to be gen i 11 \ known in the courts and else- i t. here as the "confidence man." Egyptien Tjrquoi-es. The F.gtplian turquoises, so call ed, come in reality from Mount Si nai. The highly valued Persian j stones are obtained from Nishapur in the most primitive manner. A wooden wheel, operated by the feet jf two men lying on their backs, brings the broken rock to the sur face in bags. The fragments are smashed with hammers, and when a turquoise is discovered it is put wide and sent with the ntxt batch to Meshed to be cut. I HAVE a six by seven horse power C. & <7.. Cooper Co. Engine and Boiler ALMOST GOOD AS NEW. No better for ginning and bailing cotton. Also Two 50'Saw Gins With Feeder and Condenser. In good condition. Will self cheap for cash or on long tirnfr with good paper. Itig lot pure PARIS GREEN and everything you want cheap. R. I. LASSITER. EDWARD W. POU. F H. BROOKS. POU & BROOKS, Attorneya-at-Law, SMITHFIELD, N. C. Claims Collected. Estates Settled Practice in Johnston and adjoining counties. DR. S. R i. LEE, DENTIST Smithfield, : : N. Office in Smithwick Building. Dr. J. W. Hatcher, DENTIST, Selma N. C. Office in Hare & Son's Ding Store. FLOYD H. PARRISH, 8MITHFIE.LD, N C. Fresh Meats, Beef and Ice. Highest Prices Paid for Hides. BTBeef cattle wanted. DR. H. P. UNDERHILL. Physician and Surgeon, KEXLY, N. C. Office at Mr. Jesse Kirby's. Treasurer's Card. I John W. Futrell, Treasurer of Johnston | Countj', will be in Smithiield every Monday and Saturday and Court Weekft* Office in back room of the Hank of Smith field. In his absence county orders will b? uaid at the Hank HOTEL DICKENS, SMITHFIEI.I), N. C. Transients and Boarders Ox Main IJfsinesh Street. Rates Reasonable. MRS I.E. DICKENS, Proprietress Rand & Stephenson, We desire to cull the attention of th>* public of Mnithfield and vicinity to tbe fact that we have associated ourselves to gether for the purpose of engaging in *<? ^Contracting and Building* BUSINESS. We want the work and we think that vrt can make it to your interest to have u?* to do yours. Fsti mates promply fur nished on all kinds wood or brick work. Call on or address Waj"rte?hen'.on. I R?nd & Stephenson. KMITHEIELD. N. C . I Best For The South. W1A A d 'ft Wotxl'g Seeds yy l|l 111 V are (frown and i' I l/UU U selected with | spesiai refer m i ence to their I linnilfk adaptability to ^ i I 11111?11 r Southern Ull/ soil and climate ^ * and (five the On A/J ft best results and \rPII\ satisfaction UvVuUi everywhere. If your mer- ; chant does not sell Wood's Seeds | write for Special Price-list. Circular giving prices and Informa tion about Turnip Seed*. Crimson Clover, Late Seed Potatoea, (lerman nillet, Buckwheat and all Seasonable Seeds, mailed on request. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. WOODS FALL CATALOGUE issued ' in August, tells all about Crimson Clover, Winter Vetches, Rape, Rust Proof and Wlnte< Oats, Seed Wheats. Grasses, and Clover Seeds. Vegetable Seeds for Fall Planting Hyacinths, Tulips, etc. Catalogue mailed free. Write for It. Wait for Fuller & Burns'' Big Annual Excursion to Norfolk. Va.. August 14th. A nice line of visiting cards a*. The Hkhald office.
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