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21)t Smitl)fict5 Herald _____ ( price on dollar per tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." single copiesVive^ek^. VOL.24. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1905. NO. 81 LAST CROP BULLETEN. Reports tor the Week Ending Alton day Shop Little Change. The last crop bulletin of the year was issuea Monday for the week ending Monday, October 2, and reads: "The week has been charac terized by warm days and cool night, the temperature averag ing about 4 degrees above the normal; and by the absence of rainfall, the only rain reported being a trace at Asheville. I/ght frost occurred in TyrreU county on the morning of the 27th. 1 he weather has been favorable for saving crops, but too dry for plowing and for sowing small grain. All growing crops need rain, and pastures are failing. "The general condition of the cotton crop remains unchanged; it is opening fast and picking is progressing rapidly, about three fifth of the crop having been picked; fewer reports of shed ding have been received, but the top crop will be very light; in general the crop will be below the average, and in places very light. "A fair crop of tobacco, of rather inferior quality, has been cut and cured. Early corn is maturing fast, and in some localities is being gathered; late corn needs rain, but has been benefited by the warm weather. A good crop of buckwheat is be ing harvested, and good crops of Irish potatoes and peanuts j are being dug. Sweet potatoes are good; the cabbage crop is_a failure; turnips are needing rain badly. Fine crops of hay, fodder, and pea-vine hay have been secured. Sorghum molasses mak ing is under way. Over the greater portiou of the state it is too dry for plowing and for sow ing small grain, some wheat and oats have been sown in the cen tral and western districts, but are needing rain badly. Apples are falling badly, and will be a light crop. "Rains reported: Trace at Asheville; other stations none.' Verdict In Dewey Case Affirmed The one case of State interest, the decision of which was made known in the opinions handed down by the Supreme Court yes terday was that of State vs. I)ewey, from Craven, in which the judgment of the lower court was affirmed. Dewey, who for a long time was a fugitive from the State, was convicted in the Superior Court last spring and sentenced to six years in the penitentiary for wrecking the Merchants and Farmers Hank of New Bern two or three years ago. His defalcation amounted in the aggregate to more than one hundred thousand dollars. The opinion is written by the Chief Justice. The grounds of appeal have been heretofore fully reported, at the time of the docketing of the appeal and after the argument in the Su preme Court.?News and Obser ver, 4th. Death of Mr. W. F Pearson. Dunn, N. C., Oct. 4.?Mr. W. F. Pearson died at his home here last night at 11:80 p.m., after an illness of one week. He was sheriff of Harnett county and was a man of great influence and popularity in the county. He was the brother of Mr. J.S. Pearson of the firm of Kdwards and Broughton, of Raleigh, also brother of Mrs. J. H. Campbell, of Buie's Creek. His wife and three children survive him, one son and two daughters. One of the latter, Miss Mary Pearson, is a student in the Baptist Female University at Raleigh. Mr. Pearson's death is a great shock to Dunn and to Harnett count," ?News and Observer. Every bottl ? '".--ranted, but not one returned, is the report regarding Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam (the best Hummer Remedy) from a large number of Druggists in the Houth. This Balsam is warranted to you by Hood Bros. License Taxes. One man or several men to fether can start a mercantile usiness in Smithfleld without one cent of license tax. 1 hey may do as much as a quarter of a million dollars worth of busi ness each year but no license is required nor any tax as mer chants. If a man is willing to collect a little rent for those who have property here and cannot collect the rents themselves he has to pay a license tax of thirty dollars. Is this right? Every city, town and village needs one or more men to collect rents. Sometimes people invest in property in a town and move away and their property becomes almost worthless unless they can engage with some man to look after it. In other cases people invest in property and have other business so they can not look after the rents themselves Ladies buy property and cannot look after the rents and want to turn the property over to an agent. So a rent collector is needed. The law makers have virtually declared that the cities only shall have men to collect rents. No man can afford to pay thirty dollars a year license for the privilege of collecting rents unless he lives in a city where there is much business of that kind to do. People in the country as well as in towns have been persuaded to invest their money in town lots and houses but the law makers have said by high license tax that there shall be no rent collector in any town or village. The man "hunting a needle in a hay stack'' would not be much worse puzzled than the stranger trying to rent a house in a city where there is no rent collector, j The same is to some extent true i in a town or village. 1 like sys tem everywhere and have found it best to run everything through a channel. If I bring melons, fruit, potatoes or any such things from my farm I sell to the mer chants and let them supply the consumers. If a stranger comes to town it is easy for everybody to refer him to the house agent. It is easy for him to go to such a man who is supposed to know more about the houses for rent than anybody else. "He is an old fogy. He has plenty of money but will not turn it loose, it does nobody any good. Dwelling houses are need ed here, people want to move to our town but can't get houses to live in. He could build them if he would but he holds to his money. A funeral where he lives would do the town good. I have heard such remarks as these about men who have money but I hope they will not be made again. If I had plenty of money with the experience 1 have 1 would not put one cent of it in houses unless I could look after them carefully myself or get an agent to do it. There will be no rent collector in Smithfleld after June 1st, 1906. No man competent to do such work would think of paying thirty dollars in advance for license before starting. ^ ^ ^ ARCHER LODGE NEWS. Sorry to relate that Mrs. 1. J. Robertson is sick. Mr. Thad Woodard, of Smith fleld, was among us this week. Carlie Ryals, who is about eight vears old, came very near meeting with a horrible death last Sunday morning. He had gone to a bathing pool near h's fathei's home with a number of other boya and while standing on the bank slipped into the pond and sank immediately. Fortunately, another boy some larger than himself was stand ing near and when he rose to the surface held out a pole which he rrru ped and thus regained the bouk. Oct. 3. 3. L. W. Two insurancecompanies, with a capital of $100,000 each, have been organized in High Point, one to write life, the other tire insurance. i THE FIRST FRUITS. Men Reeling on the Streets In Wadesboro. Wadesboro, N. C., Oct. 3.? Licenses were granted yesterday to seven persons to retail liquors in the town of Wadesboro, and as a first day's result several young men, sons of those of our citizens who voted for such ad vancement, were seen staggering on the streets from the influence and direct effect of the granting of said license. One of them was so unfortunate as to get in the lock up. ? A young man by the name of Davis was arrested here today on the strength of a message from Chesterfield, S. C., to the effect that he had stolen a lot of money from his brother who lives there. The officers got be tween five and six hundred dol lars off of hie person together with a revolver, when he was ar rested, and he is now lodged in jail.?News and Observer. CLAYTON NOTES. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Parker at tended church here Sunday. Mr. and Mis. Nick Allen, Jr., of Raleigh, spent Sunday here. Mr. Butler Austin, of Sanford, spent several days here this week. Mr. Everett and Miss Lina Kennedy, of Raleigh, spent Sun day here. Some of our people attended the show at Selma Tuesday. Not much good they say. Mr. Coy Turnage left Monday to enter the College of Physicians i and Surgeons in Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. Carson Durham aud child were the guests of Mr. Durham's parents Sunday. Miss Emma Castleberry and her guest, from Raleigh, spent a day or two here this week. Mr. A. T. Beddinglield. Miss Janet, and Wingate, are spend- |i ing this week with relatives in \ Franklin county. Miss Vivian Johnson has been 1 employed to teach the winter term of school at Baptist Centre, district No. 3, white. Mr. and Mrs. Hal O. Ellis are the proud possessors of a fine boy whose arrival dates from Monday, October 2. Dr. I. W. Johnston left Mon day for a professional trip to Rocky Mount and other points along the Coast Line. Mr. and Mrs, J. S. Barnes and ( family left Wednesday forSmith fleld where they will make their | future home. We regret to lose j them. i Mr. J. Daniel Eason has pur chased the livery business of Moore and Benson. He will move his family here in a short time. We are glad to note that Mr. C. B. Turley is again able to re sume his duties as mail carrier. Mr. Turley has had quite a time. His eyes have been in pretty bad , shape, but he is now very much ( improved. j A very sad death occurred in | our town on last Thursday after noon when Knox Barnes, son of I Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Barnes, was ( called to his reward. He had ' suffered intensely for along time 1 from the after effects of typhoid i fever aud had frequently express- t ed a desire to go. We extend our sympathies to the bereaved ones. { The Clayton Baptist church i was the scene of a pretty mar- t riage on Thursday evening after t prayer meeting, when Mr. W. t Henry Pool, Messrs. J. 0. Bar- 1 bour'& Sons' popular book-keep- c er, and Miss Ella Hinton, one of i our most popular and highly * esteemed young ladies, were t made man and wife. The cere- f mony by Rev. C. W. Blanchard ( was a very pretty and impres- r sive one. The church was pack- i ed with relatives and friends of 1 the bride and groom. Much \ happiness for them is our wish, c (lot. l. Yilir. Gone to Pest. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away; blessed be the name of the Lord, for in Him we find that sweet peace that pre pares up to enter that glorious unseen land beyond the surging, rolling waves of death. On last Sunday morning as the first rays of the autumnal sun tinted the cloudless sky witn the golden beams of ap proaching day our community was electrilied as the pensive intelligence was flashed broad cast that Miss Annie Eason was dead. Dead: And at the dawn of a life that promised much usefulness to her self and hu manity. For only a few days bad she duffered with that dreaded s incase erysipelas which culmi nated in an inflammation of the throat and other respiratory organs, causing death. She bore her affliction with a patient christian fortitude that showed what her life would have been had not God through his mys terious providei.ee decreed that she should ascend to Him and thre praise nis holy name. All that skilled piiysiciaus, kind and loving relatives and friends could do was done to alleviate her sufferings but to no avail for death's icy grip had clasped her firmly. She united with White Oak Baptist church about two years ago and has since been a faith ful christian life. She was born April 13th, 188G, and died October let, 1905, making her stay on earth 19 years, 5 months and 17 days. She leaves a mother, four brothers, four sisters and a host of relatives and friends to mourn her untimely death. The mother has lost a loving and obedient child, the brothers and sisters a true and sincerely affectionate sister, while our community has lost one of its shining starB. Yet we feel assured that in the other world she will brighten its already illumined sphere and give thanks at the throne, j She was interred in the family burial ground Monday afternoon in the presence of many surviv ing relatives and friends who came to pay their last tribute of respect to their deceased friend. The pall-bearers were?J. H. Carroll, Geo. Mumford, J. L. Boyett, A. It. Barnes, Martin Connel and J. It. Davis. Weep not kind friends as for those who have no hope, for we are assured that she has reaped the reward of her earthly labors and won a crown in glory. Happy are they that die with God for they are eternally blest. The writer extends his heart felt sympathy to the grief-bowed Family and relatives; and may they let Her life remind them That they may make their lives sublime, And departing, leave behind them Footsteps on the sands of time. Oct. 3rd. 8. L. W. A Short Cotton Crop. The cotton crop is going to turn out shorter than present reports indicate. That is the invariable rule in wet years. A prominent cotton farmer in Texas writes to Mr. Wyatt that the crop in that state will not jxceed 2,000,000 bales. Last pear Texas raised 3,939,280 sales. All reports from Texas ndicate that the crop will be ihort.?News and Observer. Full of Tragic Meaning. ire these lines from J. H. Sim nons, of Casey, la. Think what night have resulted from his errible cough if he had not akon the medicine about which le writes: "I had a fearful lough, that disturbed my night's ?est. I tried everything, but lothing would relieve it, until 1 ook Dr. King's Now Discovery 1 or Consumption. Coughs and 3olds, which completely cured ne." Instantly relieves and lerraanently cures all throat aud ung diseases; prevents grip and meumouia. At Hood Bros., Iruggists. guaranteed; 50c and U.00. Trial unue free. CONDITION IS 71 2. Average of the Cotton Crop ot September 25." Washington, Oct. 3.?Tht crop estimating board of tht bureau of statistics of the de partment of agriculture finde from the reports of the corres pondents and agents of the bureau that the average condi tion of cotton on September 25 was 71.2, as compared with 71.1 on August 25, 1905, 75.8 on September 25, 1904; 05.1 on September 25, 1903, and a ten year average of 66.1. Oscar Rand to be Inter-Class De bater. Mk. Editor: It may be interesting to youi readers to know that Mr. O. R, Hand, of Smithfield, was elected by the Philanthrophlc Literary Society representative from tht sophamore class on the inter class soph-junior debate. Mr, Rand von distinction last yeai by making the best speech each time he came on debate. At present he is secretary of tht Phi. Society and also of the sophamore class. Last Saturday night the four new men, Messrs. Barber, Bau com, Edwards and Ellington ol .Johnston county, joined the Phi. Society. It is hoped that these young men will begin earnest society work at once and win honor for Johnston. Chapel Hill. Oct. 1. U. N. C. BENSON NEWS. Mr. A. K. Smith, of Smithfield, was in town last Saturday. Mr. Geo. Holland has excepted a position with Hood & Benson. Mr. A. K. Hardee, of Spencer, N. C., is in town with relatives and friends. Mr. Preston Woodall returned from Baltimore on Wednesday of this week. Mr. J. C. Stancil returned from an extended trip to Raleigh and other places last Monday. The A. C. L. Railway Company is having another sidetrack built here, which has loDg been needed, and will be of great convenience to passing trains. Benson is gaining quite a reputation as a cotton market, as our buyers have been paying the highest market prices, and until the recent decline, we believe our merchants have bought more cotton than ever before at this season of the year. The body of an unknown man was found last Tuesday in Black Creek just above the Benson bridge about six miles north west of town. His hands were tied together by a small vine, which suggests that he came to his death by foul play. From the condition of the body he had been dead for several weeks. The business men of our town are very grateful to our Hon. Board of County Commissioners for their kindness extended, in their liberal appropriation for the repair of the road crossing, Black Creek at the Benson bridge. This place during the winter months in the past has been almost impassable, but now we are glad to say that this piece of road will be well repaired and people living beyond the creek will have no trouble in crossing. Solon. Don't Borrow Trouble It is a bad habit to borrow any thing, but the worst thing you can possibly borrow, is trouble. When sick, sore, heavy, weary and worn-out by the pains aad poisons of dyspepsia, bilious ness, Bright's disease, and simi lar internal disorders, don't sit down and br.x>l ?>"cry >irsymp toms, but fly for relief to Elec tric Bitters. Here you will find sure and permanent forgetful ness of all voui troubles, and your body will not be burdened by a load of debt disease. At Hood Bros, drug store. Price 50c. Guaranteed. STATE NEWS. , Mies Clyde Brewer, of Nash {county, used kerosene oil to kindle the fire. She died after some hours of terrible suffering. , There are now (540 students at . the University of North Caro i lina, or fifty more than were en rolled this time last year. The , freshman class numbers nearly 200?the largest freshman class in the history of the University. Capt. John A. Ramsey, of i Salisbury, who fired a salute in i Raleigh when President Buch . anan visited that city, will fire a salute during President Roose velt's visit to Raleigh on the 19th. The salute will oe from a Confederate cannon by Confeder ate artillerymen of Ramsey's old battery. ? At Garner, Wake county, some , time ago, a constable went into I the store of a merchant and at . tempted to arrest him for Sun , day elling. The merchant shot . the constable. In Wake Superior Court last week it developed ? that the constable attemptea to i make the arrest without a war , rant and Judge Justice promptly . ordered the merchant discharged, i The grand jury of New Han over Superior Court last week ? recommended a severe reprimand for the superintendent of the ' convict camps, presented Fore man Hocutt, of the convict forces, for brutal treatment of convicts, and recommended the discharge of a guard fordrunken | ness. Complaints have been made of treatment of convicts | and investigation showed there j was considerable foundation for ! the complaint. Peter Smith, white, 60 years j old, was hanged Monday at Marshall, Madison county. His crime was rape and his victim a 16-year-old white girl. Strong efforts were made to have Smith's sentence commuted. The Governor respited him several times and patiently looked into all the arguments in his behalf, but finally decided that Smith was guilty and there was no good reason why he should be saved from the penalty of the law. In Mecklenburg Superior Court last week Judge Webb sentenced R. S. Gray, Jr., and Cleveland Palmer, clerks in the Gray Drug Company's store, to pay a fine of $4-">0 each, for violation of Watts law by retailing whiskey. They were also placed under a $200 bond each to appear at eash term of Superior Court for twelve months and show that they were not guilty of any vio lation of the Watts law. R. S. Gray, Sr., w,as acquitted in one or two cases and other cases against him were continued. SELMA NEWS. Mies Ethel Winston left Wed nesday for Washington, D.C. Robert Millard Nowell return ed from Richmond Tuesday night. The young ladies are svmpa thizing with Mr. Robert Millard Nowell in the loss of his horse, "Waxy." Mr. W. H. Wiggs has moved to a new house built on the lots Messrs. Pou & Parker sold last Winter. Mrs. G. A. Tuck, Mrs. T. T. Candler and Mr. M. C. Tuck left Wednesday for Richmond. Ya., to visit Mr. R. 8. Tuck. The building committee of the Masonic TYmple will meet here next Tuesday October 10, to let the contract for the Temple. The committee consists of Messrs. W. 8. IJddell. Grand Master; 8. H. Smith, P.G. M ; R. J.Noble, P. G. M.; Jno. C Drewry, G. 8 ; and W. C. Elliott, Esq.' We regret to have to announce the death of Mrs. Otis Tucker, which occurred Tuesday igbt. " was a most excellent young ; womau and leaves a husband and child, some ten months old, to mourn their irreparable loss. Her remains were taken to Wen dell for Interment. He relatives and fH have the sympathy | of our people.
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