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OUR TOBACCO MARKET. WHAT OTHERS THINK OF SMITH FIELD. Its Progress as a Tobacco Market Something About Its Warehouse men and Corps ot Buyers. A lew days ago a representa tive of the llichmoud, Vu., South ern Tobacconist, one of the South's leading tobacco journals, visited Kmithfleld, and wrote the following account of this market which he published in last week's number of his paper: That Smithfleld has been a wonderful success as a loose leaf, bright tobacco market, is some thing that is easily proved by even a casual comparison of its not fur past with its present. Four years ago this season the tobacco market was purely an experiment, backed by a few brave merchants who were far sighted enough to see that with its peculiar advantages, Smith field could easily be made a leader. That their confidence was not misplaced is proven by the follow ing figures: In 1H!)8 this, the then new and experimental mark et sold 750,000 pounds of to bacco. The next year, ISO!), re corded the remarkable increase of 150 per cent, over that of '08. In 1000 the showing for Smith field is equalled by only two or three of all t he bright markets in Virginia, North or South Caro lina. This wasthenotable "short crop year," and though with very rare exceptions, even the old and firmly established markets showed a decrease of from 25 to 35 per cent., it is worthy of the most prominent mention that Sinithfield not only held herown, but actually showed an increase of several hundred thousand pounds. And what is generally conceded to be a very conserva tive estimate, gives the sales for the season now on an increase over any previous year's record. But Smithfield deserves success Her merchants and her ware housemen, her buyers, and in fact her every citizen is thorough ly alive to the interest of those farmers who sell their crops with them, and seem to vie with each other in making the planter fee} at home while the guest of the town. A more experienced or capablesetof warehousemen can not be found than those who have the interests of the Smith field market in charge. They are all men who have been raised in the tobacco business and can show a pile of tobacco to better advantage and with more good results than many men whose conditions and surroundings should give them the advantage. jSmithiield is situated in, and is the county seat of Johnston county, and draws t he same class of tobacco that has been the making of such markets as Wil son and Rocky Mount. Origin ally the trade of Smithfield was confined to its own county, but as the market has grown the source of supply has also materi ally widened, until to-dav the largest planters of Wake, Wayne, Wilson. Harnett, Sampson and other adjacent counties are regu lar sellers on the Smithfield Moors. It is by this extension of terri tory that the growth of a market can be judged, and the circum stances are most Mattering for SmithHeld. In order to handle the farmers' trade more quickly and satisfactorily, it was at first found necessary to increase the warehouse buildings from one to two. and this year three are in full blast and having large sales. Something concerning these is shown below. THE FAKMERH WAREHOUSE. Messrs. Boyett Bros., the pro prietors of the Farmers Ware house, are the latest addition to the tobacco interests of the town. These gentlemen have for many years been prominently associa ted with the mercantile interests of Smithfield and are widelj' known as proprietors of Boyett Bros.' Grocery and Dry Goods Store. Feeling the need of a third loose leaf warehouse, they have invested large capital in the Farmers Warehouse and have made it one of the most modern and best conducted houses in the State of North Carolina. They have made many friends through out the neighborhood by their business methods and accommo dation to patrons, and their Farmers Warehouse became pop ular with both planters and buy ers from the date of its opening sale. The accommodations at the Farmers are of the best, and the skylights are arranged with a view to throwing at all times a perfectly true light on the tobacco below. The Farmers Warehouse, under the management of the Messrs. Movett, is an institution that has come to stay. THE BANNER WAHEHOlHE. To mention the Manner Ware house in twenty miles ot Smith tield is to mention a place that I every farmer in even a greater | radius than this knows intimate ly. From thebirthof the market to this, its fourth anniversary, ? Messrs. H. L. Skinner and T. S. Itagsdale have conducted a ware house business to the entire satis faction of their customers. My their integrity and strict atten tion to business, they have made many friends amongst the plant ers of this district, and have I worked up a business that could only be the result of having kept I to the letter all promises made, and of a thorough knowledge of | how to run a warehouse. In the early days-of the market's his I tory these two gentlemen were proprietors of different establish | ments and competitors for the j farmers' trade, but having con cluded that "In union there is strength," they have joined forces, and now form a combina t ion whose popularity it is hard to excell. Their Manner Warehouse, like everything else connected with the Smithfield trade, is thoroughly modern in every respect, and has lighting arrange ments of the very best. Special accommodations are prepared for farmers who are their guests1 for the night. THE RIVERSIDE WAREHOUSE. This is one of the first ware-1 houses built in Smithfield and1 has earned for itself a splendid reputation. Its operators, Messrs. C. B. Paylor and Will II. Lassiter belong to that class of hard and conscientious workers who would bring success to anything, and when it coines to their especial line of warehouse work they are certainly the right people in the right place. Mr. I'aylor cries every pile of tobacco personally, and his fine judgment ensures a top notch price for every pound. Mr. Will H. Lassiter visits his many friends in the surrounding counties and keeps his home force busy. A stronger combination of warehousemen cannot be found than that of I'aylor and Lassiter. The Riverside Warehouse has kept up with all modern improve ments, and the firm and the house are both good examples of the way that the tobacco business is conducted in Smithfield. As the) season advances new faces are j appearing bringing loads from ' new sections to reap the benefits | from this live and hustling j market. Mr. J. 1'. Wade is the efficient bookkeeper for the River side Warehouse and adds many patrons by his congenial man ners and great popularity. KTKONO FORCE OF BEYERS. There is 110 market, no matter | how well situated, or how pro gressive and pushing its backers may be, that can succeed unless the buying element is a strong ] one, and one that looks to the j iuterest of its market. Rut,! added to the splendid location and the hard working warehouse-, men, Smithfield has a corps of j buyers which might easily be the making of any market. These; men represent the orders of some of the strongest leaf, commission, brokerage and manufacturing houses in the country. They are in Smithfield to buy tobacco, and since their orders range from the commonest scrap to the finest cutters and wrappers, lively com petition is witnessed over every pile. This is a most healthy con dition for a growing market, as it gives the farmer absolute as surance that his crop will bring the highest possible market price. Under sucu circumstances there can spring but one result?sure and steady development, and in Smithfield that result is already most apparent. A few words about the Sinithfield buyers will be of interest. The American Tobacco Co. is well and ably represented by Mr. Oscar (Jregorv, who is a native of Oxford, X. C., on which market he received his schooling. Mr. Gregory conies from a tobacco fumily and his thorough experi ence fully warrants the perfect confidence of his companv, which he has faithfully served for three years. W. A. Willingham & Co.?This firm is under the personal man agement of Mr. A. B. Willingham, wno also has large establishments in Durham, N.C.. and South Bos ton, Va. .Mr. Willingham has a thoroughlv modern and up-to date steam plant, and the firm does one of the largest general leaf businesses in the State. Be sides the steam re-ordering plant Mr. Willingham also operates a large stemmervand sees that the price of strips does not suffer on the Smithfield market. R. H. McGuire, known through out Virginia, North and South Carolina as oneol the best judges of the weed on any market. This gentleman has for three succes sive seasons linked his interests with those of the Sm'tlifield market and is reckoned as one of its strongest factors. Mr. Mc (iuire buys all grades either on order or contract, and has by stric application to business principles gained t tie entire confi dence of his customers. Mr. T. .1. Gentry is another of the strong men of this market. For three years Mr. Gentry has helped upbuild, step by step, the trade at Smithfield. lie does a large order and contract business and is prepared to handle with skill and satisfaction theinterests of tiis patrons. Mr. (Jentry is a man of long and varied experi ence in the leaf tobacco business, having previously lived on the Iloxboro market. Skinner &. Ragsdale.?This firm is one of the largest order and commissi'n buyers on the market. They have a large and new prizery, ami both are men well versed in the mysteries of the leaf buying business. Their situation on the Smithfield market enables them to secure some of thechoic'st selections of smokers, cutters or high grade leaf and strips in the State, and they are prepared to handle with promptness and skill any orders placed in their hands. Mr. \V. K. Long, the first pro prietor of the Riverside Ware house, is another who closely fol lows the Smithfield sales. Mr. Long is a practical tobacco man and a fine judge of the weed, and is prepared to handle business either on order or contract. Stona Death Off. E. B. Munday, a lawyer of Henrietta, Tex., once fooled a grave-digger. He says: "My brother was very low with mala rial fever and jaundice. I per suaded him to try Electric Bit ters, and he was soon much bet ter, but continued their use until he was wholly cured. I am sure Electric Bitters saved his life." This remedy expels malaria, kills disease germs and purifies the blood; aids digestioif, regulates liver, kidneys and bowels, cures constipation, dyspepsia, nervous diseases, kidney troubles, female complaints; gives perfect health. Only 50c. at Hood Bros, drug store. Boers Continue Fighting. London, August 20.?A dis patch from Kitchener, dated from Pretoria to-day, says: "Three officers and sixty-five men who were sent north of Ladybramt (Orange River Col ony) 011 the right of Elliott's columns, were surrounded on unfavorable ground and captured by a superior force August 22d. One man was killed and four were wounded. The prisoners were released. Afti holding an inquiry. "Have received a long letter from Steyn, containing an argu mentative statement of the Boer case, and saying he will continue to fight; also a short letter from DeWet to the same effect. "Botha writes, acknowledging the receipt of my proclamation, and protesting against it. and stating that the Boers in tend to go on fighting. On the other hand, the surrenders lately have increased considerably." Another dispatch from kitche ner says: "Since August 10th thirty-two Boers have been killed, 139 have been made prisoners, and 185 have surrendered, including Kruger, a nephew of theex- Presi dent. "The columns are meeting with no appreciable opposition in Cape Colony." The rebels and armed bands are hiding and avoiding our columns with some success, General Beatson alone having been in contact with the command of Scheeper, whom he is driving north." Norris Silver, North Stratford. X. H.: "I purchased a bottle of One Minute Cough Cure when suffering with a cough doctors told me was incurable. One bot tle relieved me, the second and third almost cured. To-day I am a well man." Hare & Son, Hood Bros., J. R. Ledbetter. Clementine?"I am afraid I shall have to refuse to marry Theo dore." Aunt Hannah ?"For mercy's sake, what has he been doing?" Clementine?oh, he hasn't been doing anvthing. It is what he has said, tie told me last evening he wouldn't give me up for a million of dollars. A man who thinks so little of money as that I'm afrain will alwavs be * ? * ' poor. ? r.x. I Don't! Suffer with lndi<je*tlon or D^sonpsia j TAKE Coleman's | Guarantee ? i; Eat What You Want and be Happy. A Cured Man Says "I had been suffering for a number of years with Indigestion, and tried ! almost everything that 1 saw recom mended for it. ana Coleman s Guar antee is the only thine that has ever given me any relief. I took two bot tles of it ana now feel entirely well." ?J. D. Kobinson. Danville, Va. ^ Price 50 Cents. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. For Sale by Hood Brothers. Editor Deal oil Fashions. Editor Deal, of the Wilkesboro Chronicle, doesn't like some of the fashionable things he sees, and in his ignorance he thus raves against style: "The magazine fashion pictures have been for some time so dis torted as to hardly resemble hu mans, and our young folks are trying their very utmost to ape the pictures. There is some sort of double back-action-Grecian bend solar-ecliptic phantasma goric disarrangement of the per pendicular symmetry about the coupling place of the pedal de partment with the soul depart ment of the body, that reminds one more of a Kangaroo prepar ing to jump than a regular old fashion human being. If Darwin was alive, he would have another proof that we sprung or are about to spring from some sort of an animal. From all these 'Good Lord deliver us, and incline our hearts to keep the old-fashioned common sense law.'"?Ex. To Cure a cold. In one Day Take Laxative Hromo Quinine Tablets All druggists refund the mone,y if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature on each box. 25c. Brought Proceedings to Recover His Ring. For some time William Jack son, a lineman of the Asheville Electric Company, has been show ing attention to a Miss Penland. Jackson gave the young woman j a diamond ring, an act which is supposed ordinarily to carry I some significance with it, but Miss Penland recently surprised the giver of the ring by marrying a man a few days ago in Marion. Now Jackson has taken out claim and delivery papers for the re covery of the ring, declaringtbat he only loaned it to the young woman. The case was taken up before a justice of the peace, who decided in favor of the plaintiff. The young woman appealed from this decision, gave bond, and still has the ring in her possession. She contends that Jackson told her to keep the ring, at a time when he thought things were co ming his way, and that it would all be in the family.?Asheville Correspondence Charlotte Ob server. Working Nignt and Day. The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was made is Itr King's New Life Pills. These pills change weakness into strength, listlessness into energy, brain-fag into mental power. They're wonderful in building up the health. Only 25c per box. Sold by Hood Bros. A farmer living not far from Portland tells a funny request that two women madeof him not long ago. He says that tlu-y called at his house and asked him to remove his cows from the pasture so that they could pick blackberries. Henry Braydon, Harris, N. C., says: "1 took medicine 20 years for asthma but one bottle of One Minute Cough Cure did me more good than any thing else during that time. Best Cough Cure." Hood Bros., Hare & Son, J. K. lied better. Two children were playing "hospital ward" and were acting doctor and nurse. "Isthepatient very ill?" said the doctor. "She has swallowed a whole bottle of ink," replied the nurse. " What have you done for her?" asked the doctor; and the nurse, with professional satisfaction, answer ed: "1 gave her two pads of blotting paper."?Ex. INEW GOODS! INTERESTING PRICES! We have just received direct from the manufacturer two solid car loads of FURNITURE. Study These Prices, Solid Oak Bed Room Suits SUIT NO. 1. Oak Hed "> feet 2 inches high, Oak Dresser 18x4-0 'inch case, double shaped top, 18x20 inch French bevel glass; Washstand to match, $12.50 SUIT NO. ? Oak bed (i feet 2 inches high, Oak Dresser 10x40 inch, double shaped top,30x24 inch French bevel glass; Washstand to match, $16.50 GOLDEN OAK CHINA CLOSETS Swelled Glass Sides and Door, six feet d* f ^ r A tall, 40 inches wide, 18 inches deep 0/\K BUREAU, 18x40 inch shaped top case, J* g DO 18x20 inch A. W. glass 4*3.UU. A complete stock of everything in the furniture line at unheard of prices. We positively will save you money if you see us before buying. Remember we are the up-to-date furniture people of Johnston county. Organs and Sewing Machines of the best makes at low prices, SMITHFIELD FURNITURE CO. S. R. Morgan, Cabinet Maker smith field, n. c. and Undertaker, will repair furniture and frame your pictures. Full line of Caskets and Coffins Men's, Ladies' and Children's Burial Robes and Shoes, Hose, Gloves, &c. Thanks to my friends and patrons for past patronage. Hope to serve you In future VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. 1 have for sale a valuable farm of .142 acres three miles south-! west of Smithfield. Well timbered with four-horse crop cleared. { Suitable to raise cotton, tobacco or any other crops grown in this j section of country. Houses and | everything in good condition. It is an extra tine place for stock j raising. Could be made in three tracts if buyer so desires. Will sell part cash and balance on good time. Call to see me or write to me. ALEX MENS, Smithfield, X. C. Aug. 1?2m. . -THE NEW YORK WORLD, Thrice-a-Week Edition. Time has demonstrated that the Thrice a Week World stands alone in its class. Other papers have imitated its iorm but not its success. This is because it tells- all the news all the time and tells it impartially, whethei that news be political or otherwise. It is In fact, Almost a Daily at the Price of a Weekly and you cannot afford to be without it. in addition to news, it publishes FIRST CLASS SERIAL STORIES and other features suited to the home and fireside. The Thrice a-Week World's regular subscription price is $1 per year and this pays for 156 pa pers. We offer this unequalled news paper and THE HERALD TOGETHER ONE YEAR FOR fl .65. The regular subscription price of the two papers Is two dollars. Littleton Female College One of the most piotperous institutions for the Higher Education of young wo- j men in the Suuih. Panacea Water kept in the building. Nineteenth Annual Session begins Sep tember 18th. For Catalogue address President RHODES, Littleton. N. C. Forpood accommodation, pood weights and fair dealinps, po to the Riverside Warehouse. I have a full supply of Lime. Cement, iMaster Paris and hair in stock, also brick. tV. M. Sanders. Cash counts. I want to remind you that I carry a full line oS Dry Goods, Shoes. ? ? Notions, Hats, Tinware, Groceries, Canned Goods, And will sell cheap for cash. X X X GOOD SHOES / A SPECIALTY. Country Produce bought for cash or barter. Don't forget me when you come to town. J. W. CANADAY, July 24-Jm BENSON, N. C. THIS IS The New Number 8 Domestic Sewing Machine, FOR SALE BY J. M. BEATY. HMITIIFIELiD, N. C. WHITE'S BLACK LINIMENT, 2bc. bottles reduced to .1 5c. "I have used White's Black Liniment and his other hors? medicines with irreat success and found them to be as represented. "W. L. Fuller, "Smithtield, N. C." For sale by Allen Lee, Smithtield, N. C. Druggist. The Heralp and Home and Fann one year ,'$1.25. j\
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