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reflect tlievie\ ? "f tlie linma^vriMMit of
Tut Hkiulb. The editors are not there
fore renponnible for the vietve or utter
ariceH apf tearing in ftiiy conimunientlon.
FiuDAY. 8:-:ITKMI?KR 6. 1001.
OUR COTTON MARKET.
While th" reputation of Smith
held as a cotton market sulTe.ed
more or less hist seusou, it does
not follow that the business men
of our town will permit the same
to be said of the season that is
now opening.
Owing to a series of the most
unfortunate events, our market
last season was practically de
stroyed in ft competitive sense
just as the great volume of thV
crop was being marketed, about
October loth. Onaccountof the
late date and because of the fact
tliut other interests fully occu
pied the time and attention of
our business men, it was well
nigh an impossibility to restore
to the market the reputation it
had previously enjoyed, as we
then advised, all efforts should
have been employed to maintain
tlie market but the great mistake
of waiting until a new season
opened was made.
Hut we desire to assure the cot
ton growers of the county that
this market is fully and painfully
aware of the mistake it has made
and that it is determined that
every effort shall be made during
the coming season to regain its
lost position. There is a demand
here for your cotton, there is
competition among the buyers
and the seller may rest assured
that his crop will bring its full
value here.
GRIST AND ROLLER MILLS NEED
ED AT SMI HI FIELD.
For a long time we have been
surprised that some man or com
pany has not put up and equipped
some first-class grain mill at
Smithfield. A good corn mill
would be very convenient for the
peonle of the town ami surround
ing country. Some corn would
be brought fifteen to t wenty miles
to a mill here by people coming
to town on other business. A
roller mill here would get wheat
from all parts of the coutity and
some from other counties We
venture the assertion that a roller
mill at Smithfield would double
the acreage of wheat in the coun
ty. Many of our farmers now
will not raise wheat because they
cannot get the best flour from it.,
Now is the time to start about
this enterprise. Let the farmers
be assured that the mills will lie
built and it will not be hard to
get them to plant wheat.
We doubt that many farmers
have gained by holding cotton.
Lost weights, damaged cotton,
etc., will usually overbalance any
increase in price. If, however, it
is to be held, we repeat, take
t'ahe of it. Don't expose to the
weather, and keep it off the
ground. Thousands of dollars
have been lost by the farmers of
Johnston county on account of
the ie item of damaged cotton,
it i- a leak that can be easily
stopjied.
It would be folly for us to claim 1
that Smithfield will pay more for I
< ? on than any adjacent market. '
it iimot afford Jo do so. How
ever, it can afford to pay equally ,
as much, and it will do it. ^ 1
C'.AYTON lOWNSHIP MOVES FOR
BE ITER R )ADS.
W e nit- triad tostate that Clay
ton township has moved forward
for the improvement of its roads.
The peopleof Claytonhuverained
about one huii'lred dollars in
subscriptions for road improve
ment. A tax of ten cents on every
hundred dolhu-s worth of pro|>er
ry in the township and thirty
cell's poll tax on each rpan, h is
been levied for the same purpose.
Last Monday arrangements were
made with the County Connnis
-ionei s for all the convicts from
" this and other courts to be sent
to Clayton township to work the
roads.
Clayton township people never
do t lanes by halves and the move
ment they tiave started means
that their roads will fret the work
they have needed so long. But
it is not surprising that a people
always ready for any and all im
provements should move forward
for better roads.'
MORE TOftAlXO AND LESS LOT TON.
There will be much more to
bacco and lens cotton planted in
Johnston countv next year.
There would have been a great
increase in ttie acreage of tobacco
this year but for the high price of
cotton last fall and winter. Hut
it seems we cannot hope for such
prices tor cotton except as a re
sult of a short crop. The high
price of tobacco will increase the
acreage to some extent every
where but the fact that we are
finding out moreaboutour lands
will cause the largest increase in j
the acreage in this county. No
county in the State can boast of
better cot ton land thau some of
ours, but a large per cent of it is
not, strictly speaking, cotton
land. We have raised cotton on
it against odds. This wet year
has demonstrated these facts
conclusively. Nearly all of our
land will grow tobacco and fully
three-fourths of it is very fine to
bacco land. Somecomplaintliat
tobacco is an expensive crop.
Tliat may be true, but most of
our farmers can with their fami
lies do the work themselves and
the money value per acre is far
greater than that of any other
crop you can raise. (tot ton is tin
expensive crop also. There never
was as much money in it as
seemed to be. We know but few
men who have made a great
effort at cotton raising with
hired labor and kept out of debt
to say nothing of making money.
In writing this we are not try
ing to get farmers to quit cotton
but we advise them to plantsonie
tobacco as well as cotton. Many
farmers would have been in bad
condition this year had they de
pended on cotton alone as a
money crop.
Smithfield is regarded in the
tobacco world as one of the best
markets of the present and as
one of the uueat markets of the
future. It is evident that within
a very few years, we shall have
one of the first tobacco towns of
the State. Each seasc n of its
history as a market has recorded
a steady and gratifying improve
ment over the previous.
Pay One Dollar Each Time.
We have a number of subscri
bers who have taken The 11 eiiaed
all the time since it was estab
lished. We have others who stop
occasionally but take it most of
the time. There are still others
who. take the paper one year at a
time. We get along very well
with all these, but subscribers
who want the paper for three
months only are not so very
satisfactory. We have the same
entries to make on our books as
if they subscribed for a longer
time, and unless cash is paid for
such subscriptions they are very
hard to keep up with. The three
months plan is not satisfactory
to subscribers themselves for no
person can get the best results
from reading a paper unless at
least a year's trial is given to it.
We cannot refuse to take three
months subscriptions but we re
quest all w ho can to take The
11 ehai.d at least a yearatatime.
\nother point we want to inxi-t
on is, that you pay one dollar
ieach tune you pay. Some pay
2"> or oO cents now and then and
often wit li t ie payments a year
apart, and they seem to wonder
that tneir sutmcrlptions get l>e
hiud. We are very particular in
' keeping; our hooks and hardly
ever have any t rouble with yearh
subscript's. So we insist that
vou snhscriiw' for ft whole year
and pay one dollar each time.
Superior Court Proceedings.
Superior Court convened here
Monday with Judgeltohinsou, of
; Hold.- >ro, press iicg. Tie-State
is i" .re-^nt'-d by Solicitor
Armistead Jones, of Raleigh.
The following were selected a
agrand jury:
J A Wilson,foreman, H K John
son, W I! Driver. L II Wnodall,
A li Titter, D T Lnn-eford, W II
J U Creech, Jr., I* I' Allen w I
llinton, I! M Itoherrson, A C
Johnson, A ! Whitley, I, If
iirimes, A (i Jones. J Ira ltyals,
<? li Johnson and J li Smith.
N. li. (liven was appointed offi
cer t ) attend the ,r t 11 jury.
J udge Hobinson, us usual, de
livered ail able charge to the
grand jury, after which the fol
lowing State c tses wi re disposed
[ of:
State vs J P Carroll, up for
costs; paid and case dismissed.
State vs X K Lee, selling liquor
on Sunday, guilty. A motion
was made to set verdict aside,
which was not allowed. Pined
one dollar and cost.
State vs. lchubod Starling,
assault with deadly weapon.
P lei til guilty and judgment mis
pended on payment of cost.
State vs Libert Hudson, (lis
turbing religious congregation.
Prayer for judgment continued
to next term.
State vs Admon Wilkina, lar
ceny and rec'tving. Plead guilty
and judgment suspended on pay
ment oWost-.
State vs John 11 Edwards, as
sault with deadly weapon. Plead
guilty and judgment suspended
on payment of cost.
aiaie vs nucKucr nuuson, as
sault with deadly weapon Plead
guilty and judgment suspended
011 payment of cost.
State vs S A Hodges, J W
Dratighan and John \\ lute, alias
Musselwhite, assault with deadly
weapon and breakingindwelling.
I'lead guilty and judgment sus
pended oil payment of cost.
State vs W .j VThurston, retail
ing liquor without license. Plead
guilty and judgment suspended
on payment of cost.
Si ate vs Daniel ltedick, assault
with deadly weapon and carrying
concealed weapon. Plead guilty
and judgment suspended on pay
ment of cost in both cases.
State vs \V 11 Stallings, assault
with deadly weapon. I'lead
guilty and judgment suspend on
payment of cost.
State vs A P Wallace, assault
with deadly, weapon. Plead
guilty and judgment suspended
on payment of cost
State vs Sam Doublin, assault
with deadly weapon. Plead
guilty. Three months in jail with
lea ve to hire out.
J A Barbour and Will Artis, lar
ceny and receiving. Barbour
failed to make his appearance.
Artis plead guilty and judgment
suspended on payment of cost.
State vs Richard Willams, Ilin
ton Stevens and Jesse Wilkins,
larceny and receiving. Not guilty.
State vs William Banks, larce
ny and receiving. Guilty; three
years in penitentiary.
State vs W B Brinkley, assault
with deadly weapon. Plead
guity and judgment suspended
on payment of cost.
State vs Willie Lewis, larceny
and receiving. Guilty; one year
in penitentiary.
State vs G W Mitchell, carrying
concealed weapons. Guilty and
judgment suspended on payment
of cost.
State vs Jerry Mason, assault
with deadly weapon. Guilty and
judgment suspended on payment
of cost.
Believing Dr. Seth Arnold's
Balsam a reliable remedy for all
bowel disorders, we hereby guar
antee every 25c. bottle sold by
us to give satisfaction or money
refunded. Hood Bros. Allen Lee.
Notice to SmithheldRoad Overseers.
To the Overseers of Public
Roads of Smithfield Township:
You are respectfully required
to meet with the Supervisors of
roads, Saturday the 14th day of
September, 1901, at the Court
House in Smithfield at 9 o'clock
a. m., to attend to business that
t he Supervisors are bound to look
after. Overseers are requested to
bring their road orders.
Respectfully.
A. 11. Sasskr, Ch'mn.
FOB BEN T.
I have on the Watson place
several good two-horse crops for
rent. These crops have good
houses lor j rooms in each, and
portions of the crops are "'lying
out" this year or sown in jieas.
< )ne of the houses is the one now
occupied by Mr. Ashley lteasley,
uul a lurgeorchard and vineyard
goes with it. This house will be
repaired, painted and put ingood
order. Tobacco barns can be
furnished if desired with any crop,
rhe lands and houses will be
shown to any one by Mr. Atlas'
Johnson living 011 the place.
1 can furnish good houses and
good lands, with the use of a
large pasture, but 1 cannot furn
i-h stock or supplies.
jam ix 11. ror.
Aug.29?-1 ws.
anothlr excursion.
< t.i Monday, September Kith,
we shall run another excursion
from Dunn via Wilson to Wil
mington and Ocean View bench.
Fa re for round trip only #1.50.
(in with us. II mat Brothers.
WANTED?Energetic lady or
gentleman to represent us in
your town and community,
flood wages and steady employ
ment to the right person.
IfKX.XKTTSVII.I.K I'l l). Co.
Menuettsville, S. C. j
NOTICE OF SCHOOL ELEC
TION.
Stati: of North Caroi.ixN,
Johnston County.
To Whom it may Concern.
My a petition of one fourth of
the free-holders of said section,
there will be an election held in
that part of Wilson's Mills town
ship lying bet veeti Xeuse river
and the main prong of Poplar
brunch, on Tuesday, October S,
llMfl, on thequestionof a special
tax tor school purposes, as pro*
vi ed in Section 72, of the Public
School Law of North Carolina.
Ml qual lied voters in said terri
tory will be required to register
before they can vote.
My orderof Board County Com
missioners.
This Sept. ?'! 1901.
.1. \V. Stefhexbox.
Clerk M. C. C.
Senator John K. Woodanl says: Dr.
Worthington's Remedy has proved an
almost Infallible remedy for those diseases
lor which it is especially recommended.
It has been used to my knowledge, with
great efficiency in many distressingly
troublesome rases. 1 believe it should
become a household remedy everywhere.
Price "J5c. at Hood B.'os.
Come to the Farmers Ware
house and enjoy good prices with
hundreds of your friends; wegi\ e
1 you a hearty welcome and will
i send you back home happy with
li ph prices for your tobacco.
Boyett Bros.
Remember that Skinner & Bags
dale have no drummers. They
do their drumming on the ware
house, floor with high prices.
FOR SALE.
For sale one houst'and acre lot
in northern part of town. Apply
to J. I). L'NDERWOOI), I
Smithfield, N. C.
1 have my tobacco graded and
ready for market. Where must
I sell ? With Boyett Bros, at the
Farmers Warehouse. Why? Be
cause 1 get honest weights, fair
dealing and good prices.
Boyett Bros.
Why do you get such high prices
for vcur tobacco? "Because 1
sell tit the Riverside." Baylor A
I .assiter will always work for you.;
Remember what Baylor A Las
siter did for you last year. They j
will do just as much for you this
year at the Riverside.
A lot of new bicycles iust re
ceived by B. F. Smith, Benson,
N. 0.
Skinner A Ragsdule lead be
cause they haven't any ju-ts but
sell every farmer's tobacco for its
value.
The place to have your tobacco
graded is at the Riverside. They
have the best basement and best
grader.
Warranty Deed. Mortgage
Deed, Mortgagee's Deed, Quit
claim Deed and Commissioners' j
Deed blunks for sale at Tut;
Herai.d Office,
Send us your Job Work. Neat
work at living prices.
We stand at the top of the lad
der ready to hand down the high
prices to our farmer friends who
sell their tobacco with Boyett
Bros, at the Farmers Warehouse, j
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IP At State Contract and \}j
pf\ Exchange Prices.
'P Paper, Jnks,Slates, yii
t\\ Tablets and all jf?
IP school supplies at \|>
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SEE THE SEA!
Last Chance.
ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10,
We Shall Ru*n an
Excursion from Dunn, Via Wilson, to Wilmington
AMD OCEAN VIEW BEACH.
Round trip fare only $1.50. llo with us and see the great ocean.
HATCH BROTHERS.
BACK FROM
BALT! IW O R E.
I HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM
THE NORTHERN MARKETS,
where I bought the largest
nnd belt stock of
Dry Goods, Shoes,
i
Notions and Millinery
That ha- ever been brought Smithfiebl Look out for
my advertisement.
W. L. WOODALL,
SMITHFIELD, N. G
JOHN A. McKAY. E. F. YOUNG.
THE JOHN A McKAY M'F'G CO.
Kdged Tool, Foundry and Machine Works. One of the very best
equipped plants in the State.
Machine Repair Work of Every Description.
High Grade Saw-Mill, Bngine
and Boiler Work a Specialty.
THE FAKOUHAR.
All Kinds Iron and
Brass Castings.
Store Front Irons and other
Heavy Work to Order.
WE ARE AGENTS FOR
A. B. Farquhsr Co.'s
Machinery, ?
Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, &c We
arc aiso agents for the Southern Saw
Works and have a good etock of their
(mill) saws on hand.
ENGINES
-ZL2ST3D
\ BOILERS
y Of all Btylos fr??ri
^,.4 to 6(10 horse i>owec
We Handle All Kinds of Machinery and
,V Machinery Supplies. A
Steam Fitting, Pipe, Inspirators, Sfiafting, Pulleys, I'ost Hung
ers, Grate-barf. &c., &c.
WE DO HIGH 6RAt)E WORK ONLY.
GET OUR CATALOGUE AND PRICES.
The John fl. JVicI^ay JVI'f'g Co.,
dunn. n. c.