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2l)c pmitljfielb Herald PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER TEAR. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD " ~ -1 SINGLE COPIES FIVE CENTS VOL. 24. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. JULY 21. 1!)05. NO~20 WEEKLY CROP REPORT; A Week of Wet Weather and Rapid Growth. The Rainfall Twice as Much as the General Average?Tobacco Crops Taking on Second Growth. Cloudy, threatening weather with showers nearly every day, prevailed over the entire state during the past week, until Sun day, July 16th. The rainfall was generally detrimental to crops and caused a complete sus pension of all farm work. While mostly in the form of light show ers, heavy downpours occurred at many places on the 12th, 16th and 11th, which caused a rapid rise in the rivers, with hooding of lowlands. Phis was the case especially in the west, where all streams were out of their banks, and the French Broad was very high; thousands of acres of low lands were under water, and the crops growing thereon were badly damaged. Hillsides were washed in places, and generally the ground is so soggy that work in the fields is quite impossible. The average rainfall for the week from twenty selected stations was 3.00 inches, or more than double the normal amount. Very little hail, however, was report ed. The temperature conditions were not unfavorable; the mean was slightly above normal, but without extremes; no maxima above 00 degrees occurred until the close of the week. Thesultry, damp weather caused rapid and rank growth of most crops, as well as of grass and weeds, which are again becoming very trouble some in many fields. More sun shine is need, and opportunity to finish laying crops. Cotton is reported quite gener ally to be making rank growth, and in the central-eastern por tion is not fruiting well; con siderable damage by shedding of forms and young bolls also oc curred; some rust is reported; in the western portion of the state the crop is fruiting Weil. While cotton at present appears to have been considerably damaged, the crop was generally in such good condition as regards tillage just before the rains began that probably a few days of dry weather will show less injury than anticipated. Upland corn was benefited by ram, except where pollen was washed off from nlants just in bloom, but young lowland corn was injured nearly everywhere; the true extent of the damage, however, cannotyet be ascertained. Tobacco did fairly well on well drained land, but suffered a little on low. ground where some is taking on second growth; cutting and cur ing are now under way in a num ber of counties, but conditions were not favorable for making good cures during the past week. Some wheat and oats still in shock in the west were damaged by sprouting, and some uncut oats were lodged. Peanuts and sweet potatoes were slightly in jured, more for want of work than otherwise. Field peas grown for hay are very thrifty, and many more will be sown. Melons have suffered from exces sive moisture and are poor in quality. The wet weather has favored the rapid development of those fungus growths which cause the decay of fruit, and much rotting of peaches, apples and grapes is reported. Early grapes are ripening. Rains reported: (loldsboro 0 .30. Lumberton 1.22. New Peru 1,48, Weldon, 2 0(5. Wilmington 1.30, Hatteras 0.60, Davis 1.50, Nashville 3.74, Soutbport 3.61. 3.06. Raleigh 2 23, Monr.urc 3 24, Lexington 89. Pom.onu 5.50, Angier 2.25, Charlotte 2 10, Asheville 4 20, Henderson ville 8.50 and Morganton 8.76. Raymond D. Bynum, theslarer of .lames H. Alford on December 29th, 1904, was Monday after noon iu Wake Superior (krurt sentenced to fifteen years at hard labor. The judge later reduced the sentenct to 12 ears. POLENTA NEWS, Picnic at Oakland Saturday. The people at large are envited to attend. Mr. Willis Austin and wife, of Smithtield, spent Sunday at Mr. Joseph Austin's. Miss Mildred Young is spend ing this week with Misses Dixie and Lillie Young. Preaching at Oakland next; Sunday morning by the pastor. Rev. E. W. Souders. After spending several days with her parents in this section. Mrs. W. T. Adams, returned to her home in Smithfleld Sunday afternoon. Mrs. E. N. Booker, who has been critically sick, is somewhat improved, and, it is to be hoped is now on the road to a speedy restoration to health. Mr. J. W. Smith has commenc | ed the erection of a handsome residence on the site where his j I former residence recently stood, at Preston. Mr. Smith is an j | energetic, thrifty, go-a-head man ?just such a one as every com- j munity stands in need of. Messrs. J. W. Myatt, G. B. Smith, Bennett Wall, H. M. Bar ber and Claud Sanders all have extra fine corn crops. They are all good farmers, and never fail to make good crops; they believe in heavy manuring Their cot ton crops are also fairly good. The protracted meeting that was to have been commenced Saturday before the second Sat urday in July, at Shiloh, was postponed to the next regular appointment Saturday before the second Sunday in August, at which time the farmers will not be so busy. Mr. Joseph Austin. Jr., is now a full graduate in Dentistry, and is now ready for business?or rather will be when he decides ou a location, which will be, we sup pose, after he has looked around a little. He is one of our bright- ( est young men, and will succeed in the avocation he has chosen. The recent rainy weather has badly damaged the growing J crops, especially has it hurt cot ton, and if it turns off hot and dry will still further damage it. In some sections (sandy land) it will take about six acres to make, a bale. The crop in this section may average one-fourth of a bale to the acre. Polenta and Wilson's Mills Baseball teams crossed bats at Wilson'8 Mills last Friday after noon. The game was exciting throughout, every inch of ground being contested by each tearn, j ; proved to be the prettiest game j of ball ever played in Johnston county, resulting in a score of j 1 to 0 in favor of Polenta. I Batteries: Young and Williams for Polenta; Radford and Stevens ; for Wilson's Mills. Our boys speak in the highest terms of the j Wilson's Mills team. Of course, | ! they were highly elated at hav ing won the game after such a hard fight. The Polenta team has lost only one game this sea | son, and then not half of the regular team played. _ Ty0o. A Trip To New York. Clayton, N.C., July 18.?Meters. ' John T. Talton and John Irwin Barnes, with Messrs. Ashley Home & Son, at Clayton, left yesterday over the Seaboard Air Line for New York city and oth er points on a vacation trip. Bent Her Double. "I knew no one, forfour weeks, when I was sick with typhoid and kidney trouble," write Mrs. Annie Hunter, of Pittsburg, Pa., "and when I got better, although ' I had one of the best doctors I 1 could get, I was bent double, and ' had to rest mv hands on my knees when 1 walked. From this terrible affliction 1 was rescued by Electric Bitters, n hieh restored ? my health and strength, and ? now 1 can walk as straight as "ever. They are simply wonder ful." Guaranteed to cure stom ach. liver and kidney disorders; at Hood Bros, drug store; price 50c. STATE NEWS NOTES. Tuesday tbenumberof ruralfree delivery mail routes in North Carolina reached 990 and in a few more days it is expected to strike the 1,000 figure. Rev. R. J. Rateman has re signed as pastor of the Mount Olive Baptist church and accep ted a call to the Fayetteville Street church at Raleigh. A Young Men's Christian Asso ciation building, to cost $20, 000, is to be built at Spencer. Of this amount the Southern Rail way gave $15,000 and the citi zens of Spencer $5,000. At the convention of the New York State Bankers' Association at Frontenac, N. Y., Friday, Joseph U. Brown, president of the Citizens' National Bank of Raleigh, delivered an address, his subject being "Voice from the South." At a meeting of the directors of the North Carolina Railroad at Greensboro Thursday, A. H. Filer, of Winston, was elected secretary and treasurer to suc ceed D. H. McLean, and R. A. Doughton was elected attorney to succeed S. M. Gattis. Charles F. Von Hermann, for sixteen years in charge of the North Carolina weather bureau office as section director, has been notified by the chief of weather bureau that orders will be issued putting him in charge of the Baltimore station. Thomas W. Dewey, the de- i faulting chashier of the New Berne bank, was tried week be fore last, found guilty and sen tenced to six yeaTs in the Peni tentiary. His counsel took an appeal to the Supreme court and Dewey gave the required bond of 140,000. Dr. A J. McKelway has brought a suit for slander against Kditor J. P. Caldwell and The Charlotte Observer on account of a scathing editerial denunciation which appeared in the Observer some weeks ago. The case promises to be a hard fought one. Mr. Victor H. Olmstead, who has been appointed associate statistician of the natioual De partment of Agriculture to sue-1 ceed B. S. Holmes, removed for improper practices, is a North Carolinian, having been appoint ed to the government service from Henderson county. Mr Geo. W. Vanderbilt is a public-spirted citizen and he frequently gives evidence of it. He recently gave two acres of land for a district school house in Buncombe county and also agreed to contibute to the school fund an amount sufficient to ex tend the school term from five to nine months, Mississipbi has made the book "Agriculture for Beginners,'' by Profs. Burkett, Stevens and Hill, of Raleigh, compulsory in the schools of that State. Prof. Massev delivered several lectures at the Mississippi summer school recently, and spent a few days in Georgia, which state is experienc ing an awakening for a better agricultural college. J. Rowan Rogers, ex-Sheriff of Wake county, and J. 1'. Sor rell, who submitted to a verdict of guilty of embracery in attempt ing to influence jurors for Presi dent Kilgo, of Trinity, and B. N. Duke, of the American Tobacco Company, in the case of Rev. T. j J. (lattis, suing them for #100, 000 for malicious libel, were Fri j day sentenced to six months | each in the county jail They have already served thirty days for contempt of court The contract has been awarded [ to W. B. Barrow, a well known ' contractor and builder of Ral eigh, tyr the erection of tue #40,000 addition to the State ffospital for the Insane in that city, the building to be completed by the 1st of November, 190(1. It. will be a wiDg to the main building, and will contain 170 rooms. It will be necessary to wait then for the 1907 legisla ture for an appropriation to furnish the building. M af e rial for the new building is br ing placed on the ground, and tin excavating is under way. BENSON NEWS. Mies Rettie Underbill, of Smith field, ie visiting Mies Cora Jerni gan. Rev. D. F. Putnam closed a verv successful series of meetings at Blackman's Grove last Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. John Rullock, of near Fayetteville, were the guests of J. W. Whittington last Mon day. Miss Floy Johnson after spend ing several days with her sister, Mrs. E. F. Moore, returned home last Monday. Miss Alice Haywood, who has been spending some time heie with Mrs. Alonio Parrish, re turned home last Monday. W. R. Denning will x>n August 1st, open a large stock of general merchandise in his brick building on the corner of Main and Mar ket streets. 1 he tobacco market here will open on August 3rd, with one of the best corps of buyers that can be had. The present out look for a good market is very encouraging, and our warehouse men are puting forth every effort to have a fine market. The trustees of the Benson Graded School met last Monday, and elected the following teach ere for the coming school year: Prof. B. YV. Allen, principal; Misses Jennie Baucom, Mary Hatcher and Ellen Eldridge, as sistants; and Miss Neta Penny teacher of music. Solon. ELEVATION ITEM S. Several of our people spent last Saturday in Duke. Mr. Clarence Johnson spent several days last week in Smith field aud Selma. Miss Etta Wheeler has opened up a private Summer School at Pleasant Hill. She is an excellent teacher and deserves much suc cess. ? A series of meetings will begin at Elevation next Sunday, and continue on through the week. We trust that much good will result from the service. Mr. J. Willis Creech is adding a lot of new, modern macninery to his gin, which will make it one of the most complete and conven ient ginning plants in the county. The citizens of this section who own land in Black Creek, have come together, and say, they will not allow anyone to fish with a seine on ther land in said creek. Bravo, gentlemen! This seining business has been a long continued and much felt nuisance; and now if the landowners the entire length of the creek, will make this move and adopt 'ike resolutions, not many years will pass, before we shall enjoy some real 'old time sport; fishing with a hook and line. Re Porter. Floods Were Distructlve. News received here from Tran sylvania, Henderson and Hun combe counties is to the effect that the great floods last week in those counties have ruined a great number of the farmers of the sections. It was the biggest ! freshet known since 1875. Fine crops of corn and hay 1 were swept away and wheat and rye that was in the shock on the Held were carried away by the ! flood.?Raleigh Post. The Diamond Cure. The latest news from Paris, is I that they have discovered a diamond cure for consumption. If you fear consumption or pneu monia, it will, however, he best for you to take that great remedv mentioned by W. T. Mc (iee, of Yanleer, Tenn. "I had a ! cough, for fourteen years. Noth [ ing helped me, until I took l>r King's New Discovery for Con sumption, Doughs and > ol?ls. II which gave instant relief, and effected a permanent cure." i I'm-i pi ailed quick cure, for Throat and Icing Troubles. At flood ; Bros. Drugstore; price 50? and i 91.00, guaranteed. Trial bottle free. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Kmperor William has made ? King Oscar of Sweden a grand admiral of the German fleet. Two earth-quake shocks shook the entire State of Maine Satur day morning, but no damage wan done Leadiugcotton experts demand a new June cotton report, declar ing that the Government has largely overestimated the acre age. Secretary Wilson has directed Statistician Hyde to make an investigation of the alleged manipulation of tobacco statis tics. The President is said to believe i that strict business methods in the Government service would have prevented the $25,000,000 deficit. For attempting a flirtation with a handsome New York woman, a masher from St. Louis has been sent to prison for six months by a New York magis trate. The first bale of the new crop cotton of the season was received at New Orleans Friday. It was sold at auction for 20 cents a pound. As customary the pro ceeds were given to charity. A Russian regiment near Titlis has murdered all the officers and joined the revolutionists; a band of terrorists, equipped for mak ing bombs and forging passports, has been captured in St. Peters burg. Near Birmingham, Ala., Satur day afternoon two masked high waymen held up a mine paymas ter and robbed him of $5,000; subsequently one of the robbers was killed and the money recov ered. The President, in a letter writ- j ten to Attorney-General Moody, directs the prosecution of Assis tant Statistician Holmes on the charge of supplying advance in formation on cotton to brokers, and to secure his conviction if possible. Hot Wave in the North. A hot wave swept over the Eastern and the New England States this week. Tuesday the thermometer went to 96 in New York City. On that day there were 187 prostrations and 26 deaths caused by heat vn New York City; 50 prostrations and! 5 deaths in Philadelphia; 931 prostrations and 13 deaths in Pittsburgh; 91 prostrations and one death in Boston. There were three prostrations in Richmond Tuesday. There were four deaths and 17 prostrations reported in Chicago. Wednesday was another record breaker, in New York there were 167 prostrations and 75 deaths; in Philadelphia 40 prostrations and 10 deaths. Thunderstorms passed over the north in the af ternoon and the hot wave was broken. A "Handsome" Entertainment. Carthage, N. C., July 18.?Miss Lessie Graves entertained in honor of her guests. Misses Abell and Morgan, of Smithfleld, on last Wednesday night The beautiful home of Miss Graves was lighted from top to bottom, which made a very imposing ap pearance as the invited guests for the occasion approached. They were received in the par lor Dy Mrs Graves and at the library by Misses Camilla Muse and Margaret Graves, Misses Lucile Waddell and Allie Graves served lunch. The guests present those part ners for the diiiing room by a ribbon suspended from a white umbrella in the hall at the end of which was a card withayoung lady's name Repairing from the dining room there was a voting contest for the prettiest young lady, the one winning this prize was Miss Abell, of Smith field, while Mr. George N. Hum ber, of Carthage, carried off the prize for the handsomest young ? inan present.?News and Obs'-r .?r. CLAYTON NOTES. Mrs. E. L. Hiuton and children are spending sometime in Ral eigh. Miss Lillian Harbour, of Ben son, is the guest of Miss Maud Turley. Miss lone Gulley left Monday to visit Miss Annie Denmark at Goldsboro. Miss Imogene Thurston, of Burlington, is visiting Miss Winona Massey. Mrs. John Robertson returned last week from a visit to Smith Held and Selma. We are sorry to note the illness of Miss Maud Gulley. We hope she will soon be well again. Rev. J.S. Farmer, representa tive of the Biblical Recorder, preached here Sunday morning and night. Mr. Samuel Gulley, of Durham, and .Vlr. Chas. G. Gulley, of Golds boro, spent Sunday here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Gulley. Mrs. Thomas, of Leasburg, Va., is visiting her son, Mr. C. M. Thomas. "Yelir." WILSON'S MILLS ITEMS. Mr. W. C. Wilson left for Rich mond Tuesday morning. Mr. C. M. Wilson is spending some time at Chase City, Va. Messrs. Bill Holt and James Abell, of Smithfield, were in town .Sunday. Mrs. G. F. Czzle and children are visiting Mrs. Uzzle's parents in Mouroe, N. C. Prof. J. Y. Joyner and family spent lust week with the family of Mr. VV. G. Wilson. Misses Glennie Aycock and Ola Perry, of Louisburg, are visiting Mrs. C. M. Wilson. Miss Minnie Luuceford, of Smithfield. spent a few days last week with Miss Evie Wilson. Mr. Paul Davis and Miss Elia Stephens will go to YY'ashington I). C., Thursday to visit relatives. Misses Eula and Bessie Rouse, of Wilson, are spending some time with their sister, Mrs. W. G. Wilson. There was quite a crowd in town Friday from Smithfield, Selma and Clayton to see the ball games. The weather has been tine for farm work for the past few days aud our farmers have taken ad vantage of it. Everybody is getting ready for the meeting which begins at the Disciples church Monday night July 24th. Rev. J. B. Jones, of Wilson, is to conduct the meet ing. Mr. Jones is an able preach er, and we hope to have a good crowd out at each service. Reporter. Married Last Sunday. At the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Huea Glover, in Selma township, on Sunday|evening, July 16,1905, at 3:30 o'clock, Mr. Andrew Brown and Miss Mary Glover were uni ted in the holy bonds of matri mony by C. F. Kirby, Esq. The attendants were: Mr. Cicero Hatcher and Miss Bettie Batten, Mr. Harvie Brown and Miss Fan nie Glover, Mr. Levet Brown and Miss Julia Batten, Mr. !> >ck Batten and Miss Violin Met'all, and a host of relatives aud frierids. After the marriage the party re ! turned to the home of the groom where a delicious supper awaited them. Mav each have a long and happy life. A Witness. Forced to Starve. B F. Leek, of Concord, Ky, says: "For 20 years 1 suffered agonies, with a sore on my upper lip, so painful, sometimes, that 1 could not eat. After vainly trying evervthing else, 1 cured it, with Bucklen's Arnica Salve." It's great for burns, cuts and wounds. At Hood Bros, drug j *ton ; Only 25c.
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