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THE HERALD. ????????, .. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. OT Copy fur changes In advertlse jienU mull '?c received by 3 o'clock i". m. Wednesday, or the change will not 1m made until the next week. This rult will be strictly observed. Business Locals Inserted at 5 cents pel line first insertion and 31 cents per lint each succeeding insertion. Rates for display ads made known od application. 1'itiii.w. Skitkmhkr <>. 1901. TOWN AND COUNTY. ?"The H. H. & 1$. Co." ?The Sinithfield Hardware Co. ?J. H. Kirknifin, Fire Instir ance, Sinithfield, N. ('. ?Do not fail to attend the Old Maid's Convention to-night, at Sanders Hall. ?Mr. It. D. Thomas, of the Four Oaks section called in Mon day and renewed his subscription. ? ltend the card of "Mr. ('. 11 .lames, concerning the school desk question, on another page. ?Come out to the Old Maid's Convention to-night. Some in teresting developments will occur. ?Rev. A. B. (humpier is con ducting a tent meeting at Prince ton which will continue for 10 days. All are invited. ?The fall session of Turlington Institute opened Tuesday with ?a larger number of pupils than at any previous opening. ?Miss Annie i'uckett left Tues day for Baltimore to buy i lie fall stock of millinery for the*linn of Spiers Bros. She will lie gone aoout ten days. ?Rumor has it that Hymen j has been quite busily engaged in our vicinity of late and that the marriage bells will ring often be fore the year is gone. ?Mr. D. Coats, of the Honey cutt section was in town this week and reports that he recently, caught a turtle in his fish pond which weighed 13 pounds. ?The house and lot sold here Monday by Rand A: Stephenson, was purchased by Mr. Chas. W. Wellons, of Micro, who, we under stand, will move his family to Smithfield. ?Rev. J. J. Harper will preach the funeral of Mr. Walter A. Lee. at the new Free Will Baptist1 oliurch near Mr. John B. Hood's, | the 3rd Sunday in September at 11 o'clock. ?Mr. R. L. Stephenson left this week for Richmond, Ya., to com plete his course at the Smithdeal Business College. Before leaving:, he came in and subscribed for' The Hekald. ? Mr. S. I'. M.Tart, of Meadow township, gave us a call Monday. Mr. Tart is one of The Herald's oldest subscribers, having been taking it constantly since its establishment. ?Mr. G. S. Godwin has moved here from Kenly and opened a market and restaurant business in the building formerly occupied by Mr. Katz He has hired Mr. Katz to work with him. ?The next session of the Hust ern Union of the Raleigh Associa tion will be held with Lee's Chapel Baptist church, Friday night, Saturday and Sunday, September 27th, 28th and 2!)th, 1901. ?The Bank of Srnithfield has this week declared a semi-annual . dividend of four percent. This institution, managed by able, capable and courteous officers, has been a success from the be ginning. ?Mr. G. W. F. Barber and Mr. Louis II. Lindsay, have formed a partnership to run a market here. They will use a portion of the brick building now occupied by Mr. .1. L. Dickens. See their ad elsewhere. ?The new postofficecalled Don, eleven miles west of here on the Hunter road, is ready for the re ception of mail. Mr. William R. Coats is post master. All Herald subscribers who wish their mail changed to Don will please notify us. Srnithfield is enjoying u repu * i n. second to no other town in "th > State, for its educational adva tapes, and we hear of seve id'do anticipate coining here t i > * on that account. There is for all and a hearty wel rt waits you. IV. II. Graham, of the ?lit 'no > section, called in to see us M da sday and extended his ?<ubs 'i ' on to October la, 1902. Mr. im is a successful to bacci mer and has raised some tine t o this year, which he is sell 'it fancy prices. ?Messrs. Henry Morgan and 1 W. It. Woodall, two of Banner township's most progressive farmers, were in to see us Tues day and renewed their subscrip tion to October 1st, 11(02. ?The managers of the River side Warehouse report that they had one of the largest uud most satisfactory sales yesterday that they have yet had. Tobacco is selling well at each of our ware houses and people from ipiite a distance tire here tit every sale. ?Mr. II. 15. Hardy, the hustling representative of the Raleigh News and Observer, lias been here a portion of this week shaking hands with his friends and get ting subscribers for his excellent papers, the News and Observer,; The North Carolinian and The Farmer and Mechanic. ?Miss Sadie Hdmundson, of the l'olenta section, Johnston county, arrived in the city a few days ago and took charge of the music department at the Dunn High School.. She is highly ac complished in her line and will doubtless give to all her patrons perfect satisfaction.?Du n Ban ner. ?Mr. J. L. Hatcher, who has had a position in the clothing store of Mr. W. (i. Yelvington for* the past year, has moved to Selrna and will become associated with Mr. W.. H. Htheredge in the mercantile business. Mr. Hatcher made many friends here who will wish him success in his new busi ness. ?Mr. X. E Edgerton has been appointed local Manager of The Selina Oil Mills, a branch of the Southern Cotton Oil Co. We hope our friends will give him their support and patronage, thereby making it possible lor the enlargement of the mill which means a benefit to the people and , county! ?Mr. J. I. Blackman, of the Micro s? ction, had a load of to bacco here Wednesday which net ted him $50. He brought only three rooms of a five tier barn of lugs and was well pleased with J the prices he received. He says Smithfield's tobacconists areas clever a set of men as he lias ever dealt with. The following tobacconists have visited our town market within the Inst lew?davs: -Messrs. Meade. Mills and Swain, of Dan ville Ya., W. L. Woodson of Lynchburg Ya., |and W. A.j Willingham of Durham. Mr. H. A.' Walker, manager, of the Conti nental Tobacco Co., at Danville, also visited our market. ?A n election for a special school tax in a portion of V\ ilson's Mills township has been called for Tuesday, October Hth. On that j day the people of that territory! will have an opportunity to de cide if they shall have better schools. The people of Wilson's Mills township are among the most progressive in the county. ?Mr. John W. Alt'ord.of Smith field township, and Mr. N. W. Thornton, of Elevation township, each brought a bale of new cotton here Wednesday. September 4th. They sold to Mr. W. M. Sanders at 8 cents per pound. Mr. Alford sold Wednesday evening but Mr. Thornton reached here after the market closed and did not sell until Thursday morning. ?The Herald's subscription list continues to grow with a rapidity unprecedented in its his tory. Without any special efforts or any agents at work we added .">2 new subscribers in July and 7!i in August. These subscribers came from Rhode Island to Texas and from the Atlantic Seaboard | to the Philippine Islands. This rapid growth shows that the people are beginning to appre ciate The Herald as neyer be fore. Smithtield Cotton Mills. I The directors of the mills met in regular monthly session Mon day afternoon and transacted routine business. The officers were enabled to report that the mill was in operation and that Xos. 20 to 20 yarns were being manufactured. The plant is now running on full day time and the machinery is giving perfect satisfaction. The tenements are Iteing rapidly filled with operatives and within a short time the entire thirty will : be full. The capacity of the mill is about 2,000 pounds per day of 11 hours. This will require an average of ?'50 bales of good mitldling cotton each week. Yarn merchants have compli mented very highly the quality of the yarn produced and predict no trouble in the satisfactory anfl profitable disposal of the output. PERSONAL. Miss Mamit Toler,of(ioldsboro, is visiting Miss Addie Massey. Miss Marie Abell has returned from a visit to relatives in Ashe ville. Miss Annie Lou Metiuire has returned from an extended visit to < fxford. Mr. Richard It Holt left Tues day to enter the A. & M. College at Raleigh. Mrs. .1. ('. Collier anil children, of (ioldslioro, are visiting Mrs. Carrie Fuller. Mr. F. C, llytnan and children have returned to their home al Sumter, S. Mrs. I). K. and Miss Addie Mc Kinne.of Princeton, were visitors lit re this week. Mr. A. It. Willingham, Sr., of South Itoston, Va., is here on a visit to his sons. Mr. L. K. Watson, of Kim City, has been here this week with a view of locating here. Miss Lillie Koonce, of Haleigh, arrived yesterday to visit Miss Mav Young at Mr. John 0. El lington's. * Mr. Hubert Martin, of Louis burg, Congressman l'ou's private secretary, arrived Saturday and will be here until Congress con venes in December. CLAYTON NOTES. Mr. Will Griswold \yent home Sunday. The stores will now be open each night in the week. Mr. M. G. Gulley is building a residence on Lumber street. A number of our people attend ed court at Smithfield this week. Mr. Hardie Ilorne who lias been sick recently, is improving rapidly. Mr. X. 15. Barnes and family spent Sunday with Mrs. John Robertson. Misses Atoiee and X'ita Ellis gave an elegant party Wednesday niglit in honor of their guest. Mr. A. J. Barbour is in north ern cities purchasing the fall stock for Messrs. -T G. Barbour & Sons. Miss Mamie Leach's school started Monday under favorable conditions, 1(5 pupils "being en rolled. Mr. L. D. Debnam spent Satur day night and Sunday among his friends in the country near his old home. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. McCullers, Mrs. Ashley Home, and a number of ladies of Raleigh, are taking j in the Pan-American. The cottage prayer meeting of the factory settlement was held at the residence of Supt. A. J. Rose, Tuesday evening. Miss Lona Williams who spent the summer with her parents near Wakefield, is back to take charge of Mrs. J. A. Griffin's milli nery store. The baptism, conducted by Rev. John Lewis, Sunday morn ing ato'clock was largely at tended, the ordinance was admin istered to four young Christians. The Government report came in Tuesday. They report the cotton condition 714-10 percent of a 100 per cent. crop. We tlnnk it not over fifty per cent, in this section. We have the pleasure of an nouncing the advent of a new mercantile establishment. The style of the firm is Johnson and Medlin, located near Hamilton's shop on Main street. A young people's Christian Association was organized at the Baptist church Sunday. The next meeting will be held^Bd Sun day in September at four o'clock [). in. Ail of the young people are requested to attend. Prof, llardester, who has re cently been appointed Professor of Anatomy in the Medical De partment of the University of| California, spent a few days of last week with his sister, Mrs. R. J H. Gower. He resigned the posi tion of instructor of Anatomy in the University of Chicago. R.vv. I am receiving my fall stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Snoes and Hats. Look out for my large ad soon. W. G. Yklvington. Three car loads of nicefurniture just rPceived bv R. F. Snntji. Benson, X". ('. Blank "Summons to AVork Road" are for sale at HKR.w.n Office. These blanks are a great convenience to Road Overseers. I jgj ^ | TH? | Dollars and Sense i Jf HOlbe are equally important at this ^as tn. With e ?eli round dollai Hi THAT put good square sense and you 1 besure to come out s juare la y# (f! the time you get r mud. jj5 | s?ISs We Sell Everything | <r) lylATipY A'ou could expect to find in an up-to-date Hard a are Store ? J ? and our prii ?? ai*e right. iJC ?j ~AS True fT Sign of the Saw, ft J# | ASs,eoi L OLT H ARDWARE ?,O l!GGYi a0MFANY| a aSTSSKSE | URRyl "ERE CxDny { |LOSE. * Jfj we offer our eps- I In jjf g . J.J. Smithfield, IV. C. ^ * BUCK LEAD Miikcs the best paint and vet the best painter cannot paint out the price? and qualities we have been giving our customers. The money that we have saved them counts as a priceless pearl. "belt i ing7 . en ... Now is the time you should put your cotton gins in order. We have the la-ltings. pipe fittings, etc. You need them. Our prices are right. o k stoves and ranges Are still leaders. We have just received alatge shipment and our prices can't be excelled with lower grade stoves. Remember that we have sold upwards of a hundred of these and have never had a complaint. Sie them and you will surely use an 0. K. We thank you for your past patronage and ask a continuance of the same. m. l. wape. ' Sinithfield Hardware Co. Kirki.?m, You can get your tobacco graded for To cents per hundred at the Riverside by b st graderte. Ladies, Misses and Children Ziegler Bros. fine shoes sold by \V. G. Yelvington, every pair war ranted to give satisfaction. Brick! Brick 1 Brick! 1 have a | plenty of thein now. YV." M. Sanders. I have 3 or 4 pair of good wagon and farm mules for sale. \\*. M. Sanders. Dr. Clarence l'orter Jones, will be in Dunn, X. ('., Saturday, Sep tember 14th. Benson, Monday | the 10th. These days only. EG LIS YY'ANTKI). We want to buy eggs and vvillj pay the highest market prices for them. Smith & Powei r,. Sinithfield, N. C. ? dinners please see me before you buy bagging and ties, lhave a large lot of tie* bought before the advance. \\r. M. Sanders. Baylor & Lassiter have moved to the Riverside and their trade has followed them, and gaining more trade every day. They lead, others follow. W. G. Yelvincton has th<? best1 Kip Tie Shoe for men at SI-25, and the best Ladies Ilongola laee | and button dress shoes at $1.25 in the city. ()ne thousand farmers arrestee] in Johnston county. Tried before Boyett Bros, at the Farmers Warehouse, and all turned loose with high prices for their tobacco and went home rejoicing. Boyett Bros. SMITHFIELD MARKET C1KBCTKD SVKKY THURSDAY. Cotton 8 to 8J Eggs 15 Chickens 121 to 25 Granulated Sugar fi to til Corn, per bushel 85 to 90 Potatoes, per bushel 15 to 50 Peed Oats, per bushel 5.5 to 00 Fresh Pork 0 to 7 C. R. Sides, per pound 0| to 10 Hams, " " 1ST to 14 Lard. " " 11 to 12 Cheese, . " " 15 Butter, " 20 to 25 Dried Apples, per pound 7J to 10 Coffee, per pound 8 to 10 Sheen Skins, each 10 to 30 Salt Rides, per pound _____ 7 to 8 Hides?Green, per pound 4 to 5 Hides?Dry Flints " 6 to 12 Tallow Beeswax j 20 Meal, per sack .... ft.75 Flour, per <"o * _ '1 85 2.25 Fodder, per b ur.drcd 90 to f 1.10 Hay, per hundred fl.OO Wool, waste d 30 Skinner & Itagsdnleareanxious for tobacco to fill orders. Bring it along; it is selling high. Look! dixii' i'lows 88c Each 1 ? Z^VA/e ? Hardware and Furniture Regardless of Cost. Our Furniture Is made in Dunn and we can save you tbe fieight. We carry tU? largest line of Rubber, Gandy and Leather Belting. Engine and Mill Supplies in this part of North Carolina, and cau till your orders promptly. Write us for prices Dunn Hardware and Furniture Company, DUNN, IN. CZ. WE KEEP A HARDWARE STORE WITH A WfcLL ASSORTED STOCK OF HARDWARE, CONSISTING OF Stoves, Ready Mixed Paints, Oils, Lead, Guns PISTOLS, AMMUNITION. TINWARE. GLOBE CULTIVATORS, WAGON MATERIAL, NAILS and HORSE SHOES, POCKET and TABLR CUTLERY. FIRST QUALITY BELTING. SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, LAMPS, Fxtra Leavy Team Collars, etc. Pevoe's Old Reliable Paints and Colors in Oil. Every Gallon Guaranteed. Also Sherin Williams' Paint. Osborne /Vlowers and Reapers for Sale. 14-FINGER GRAIN CRADLES. fiiA/i Wire Poultry and Fish Netting, r I (III o I Vvlli Wire Screen Doors and Windows. Acme Powder Guns for Tobacco. Clayton Hardware Company, C. W. CARTER, Owner and Proprietor, 1)10?tf. CLAYTON, N. C ! I Cotter, Underwood & Co, > ( ? ? > , , ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR BARGAINS. < , * * The}* have several different lines to select from and will * 1 ' f give you the right price on 1 ' r Shoes, Hats, Caps, Dry Goods, Harness, ' f Crockery. Hardware and A. A. : GROCERIES. : < > < > * > We mean business, and when }ou are in town, see us { ' (_ 1 1 and get our prices before you buy and you will save * * 1 money. Yours for business, jT ]; COTTER, UNDERWOOD & CO, g 1 , SM1THF1ELD, N. C. X FIRST-CLASS JOB PRINTING DONE AT The Herald Office, Sniithfield, N, C. MAIL in: 15 T: 51172 P.11IT ATTENTION.
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