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VOL.24. SMITHFIELD. ft. C.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1905. NO. 84
HOLD YOUR COTTON.
Farmers, Let No One Deceive
You Now,
Harvle Jordan Vigorously Warns
Farmers Not to Sell Uuder
Eleven Cents a Pound
and Not to Lend
Cotton.
Atlanta, (Ja., Oct. 25.?Far-;
mere and merchants of the South
are warned against cotton buy
ers who are now busy at many !
interior points trying to induce
spot holders to sell them their
cotton at market prices aud(
agreeing to pay any additionel
advance that may accrue within
the next 60 or 00 days. If you
deliver up your cotton on that
basis and tne buyers get enough
of the Lavple in tueir hands to 611
their orders, there is out little
chance for the market to ad
vance. The only way to force
an advance quickly is to refuse
to part with the cotton until
satisfactory prices ere offered.
No middling cotton should be
sold at interior points for less
than eleven cents per pound i
The crop is short and ail who!
hold will be rewarded as they j
should be.
Again, aon c lena your no icon
to local mills on tun pre mise of
settlement at any time within
the next few months. VV ith the
staple in the hands of the spin
ners prices can Dever advance.
Again, DOtify warehousemen to
whom you ship your cotton for
storage that under no circum-,
stances must your cottou be j
loaned or sold to exporters or
buyers on any s<.<rt of trade 01
contract until you are ready to
sell it. All kinds of tricks and
devices are beingresor. 'd to ro.?
by buyers and spinners to imuce
farmers to part with their cot
ton. Ji,very man who is led into j
auy of these trades is unwitting
ly playiDg into the hands of the j
buyers and against his own in
terest and that of his neighbor.
Hold your cotton like grim
death. Tie up the spot market
and stand firm for high prices
and the victory will sooa be
yours and the continued pros
perity of the South assured.
Yours truly,
Hhabvie Jokdan,
I'res. Southern Cotton Asso.
Little Fatina Wllllford Dejd.
On Monday October 16, 1905, |
Fatina, the 3-year old child of
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Williford
breathed her last. She was sick
bat a short while, having suc
cumbed to catarrhal fever in 2%
weeks. Fatiua was a very bright
and witty child. She knew
several of ber letters and could
take any book or paper and
sing in her childish way as if she
were grown up.
We greatly sympathise with
her parents and relatives in their
great bereavement. No one can
realize the sorrow when from an
unbroken family the voice of a
little 3-year-old prattling child '
is hushed in death hut the |
mother and father We only
can say let God's will be done
We who are left in this world
ought to live so as to meet the
little ones gone to heaven before.
The interment was made iu the
family burying ground Tuesday
evening at Cox's mill. C
Full of Tragic Meaning.
arc these lines from J. 11. Sim
mons, of Casey, la. Think what
might have resulted from his
terrible cough if he had not
taken the medicine about which
he writes: "I had a fearful
cough, that disturbed my night's
rest. I tried everything, but
nothing would relieve it, until I
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PEBSOP MOSELEY.
Popular and Prominent Young
Couple are Married at Klnston.
Kinston, N. C., Oct. 25.?There
was a beautiful wedding here this
afternoon when Dr. J. B. Person,
of Selma, one of the most promi
nent physicians of Johnston
county, and Miss Qattie Moseley,
the lovely and accomplished
daughter of Mr. Octavius Mose
ley, were married, the ceremony
taking place in the Disciple
church, tne celebrant being Rev.
P. B. Hall, the pastor, assisted
by Rev. J. O. Guthrie, pastor of
the Methodist church at Selma.
The wedding music was rendered
by Miss Gladys Mitchell and the
church decorations were beauti
ful.
The bride and groom were at
tended by Mr. C. P. Harper, of
Selma, with Miss Kathleen Kil
patrick, of Kinston; Mr. W. E.
Parrot, of Kinston. with Miss
Eva Moseley, of Kinston; Mr.
uaurie Moseley of Kinston, with
Miss Hattie Parrott,of Kinston;
Dr. E. C. Person, of Pikesville,
with Miss Eva Ro.yall, of Wilson.
The best man was Mr. R. M.
No well, of Selma, and the maid
of-honur Miss Fannie Moseley,
of Kinston.
me brine was attennen ov ner
brother, Mr. L. 0. Moselev, and
she was charmingly attired in
silk over white taffeta with pearl
ornaments, her bouquet being of
bride's roses and maiden hair
ferns. The bouquets of the
elegautly gowned bridesmaids
were white chrysanthemums.
Following the wedding the
bridal party left for Selma where
at night a delightful reception |
was eujoyed at the Wyoming
Hotel, where many friends met
the happy couple and extended
congratulations.
Among the out-of-town guests
were many prominent citizens of
Selma, among these being lion.
(J. W. Richardson, the mayor;
Mr. L. D. Debuatn, cashier of the
Bank of .Selma and a member of
the town council; Mr. John W
Futrell. a member of the town
council; Mr. R M. No well, a
prominent business man; Mr. (J.
P. Harp< r, a leading citizen; Rev
J. <>. Guthrie, of Raleigh; Dr. E
T. Dickinson, of Wilson; Mrs E
T Bogue, of Wilson.
Dr. Person and his lovely bride j
are two most popular people, i
and the many lovely wedding
gifts showed the high esteem and
love which is their portion.
ARCHER LODGE NEWS.
Mr. M. II. Wall, of Raleigh, is
home this week.
Mr. Silas Lucas, of Wilson,
was here on business last week.
Most of our people attended
the State Fair at Raleigh last
week and report a pleasant trip.
Mr. and Mrs. John Connel, of
Charlotte, are visiting Mr. Con
nel's father, Mr. Frank Connel,
this week.
Miss Anna Ryals, of Benson,
who has been spending some
time with her brother, Mr. Alex
Kvals, returned home Thursday.
The Roman Catholics are con
ducting a revive 1 service at their
church near here this week. We
are informed that there will be
eight priests who will hold three
services per day at 11 a. m., 3 p.
in. and 8 p. m.
Rev. Mr. Blanchard will de
liver a Temperance Lecture at
White Oak next Sunday even
ing at 3 o'clock. Some of our
people are very enthusiastic in
regard to the temperance meas
ure while some oppose it.
Last Sunday morning one of
the most sensational elopements
in the history of our community
occurred when Mr. Stephen L.
Bovett, about 80 years of age,
and Mrs. Martha Reaves, near
70 years old, rode over to Rev.
Mr. Cox's and had the knot tied
in the usual solemn way. This
is Mrs, Reaves' third marriage
and Mr. Boyett's second.
Oct. 24. 8. L. W.
Big line Heavy Underwear?
Watson
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STATE NEWS.
The Masoic Temple to be built
in Raleigh will cost $129,500.
A charter was grauted to the
Wilmington Furniture Company
Monday. The authorized capital
stock is $125,000.
Another cotton mill was cbar
j tered at Raleigh last Saturday,
making 815 in operation, under
construction or chartered.
A hotel to cost $100,000 is to
be built at Winston-Saltm, NT. C.,
the contract having been awar
ded to E. C. Bowman &. Co., of
Birmingham. Ala.
The State has chartered the
i Morth Carolina Raiiwa.v with a
capital stock of $450,000. This
company proposes to build a
railroad from Spring Hope to
Roxboro.
The assistant marshals pre
sented Chief Marshal Mebane a
handsome silver punch "bowl at
the close of the Fair last week. It
is said to be the handsomest gift
1 ever made to a chief marshal of
the Fair.
At the meeting of the North
! Carolina Agricultural Society at
Raleigh Thursday night, Hon. E.
L. Daughtridge, of Edgecombe
J county, was elected president to
succeed Ashley Home, of Clay
ton. Secretary Joseph E. Pogue
was unanimously reelected by a
rising vote.
Some time ago Mrs. Lindsay
Patterson, of Winston, gave the
North Carolina flistoiical and
Literary Society a handsome
Memorial Loving cup to bej
awarded at the end of each year
to the resident native North
Carolinian who has written the
hest prose or poetry during the
year. At the end of ten years
cup becomes the property of the
person who has won it the great
est number of times. Mrs. Pat
terson gave the cup as a me
morial to her father, William
Houston Patterson. At the
meeting of the Historical and)
Literary Society in Rale'gh last (
week the cup was awarded to;
John Charles McNeill, of the
staff of the Charlotte Observer,
and the cup was formally presen-1
red to Mr. McNeill by President!
Roosevelt in Raleigh Thursday
morning.
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SELMA NEWS.
Mrs. R. L. Ray left for Fuquay
Springs Wednesday.
Mr. K. W. Vick went,to Raleigh
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. R. B. Carrington went to
I'rinceton Wednesday?got left,
bnt, had the pleasure of meeting
the bridal party last night.
Prof. C. L. Wroton, Superin-.
teudent of our graded schools,j
went to Rock Hill. S. C. last Fri
day and returned Sunday with i
Mrs. Wroton and children.
Messrs. Robert Millard Nowell,
(' W. Richardson, John W. Fu
trell. Loomis 1). Debuam and C.
P. Harper went with Dr. J. B.
Person to Kinston Wednesday.
Mrs. Frank McNeive who has I
been visiting her sister Mrs. Alex
(ireen left for her home in Phila
delphia Thursday morning ac-j
companied by her husband?who
came for her Wednesday.
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Car load salt just received at
' icdbetter's.
COTTON BOUNDED
Went up 37 Points in Ten
Minutes.
The Report Shows 4.940.728
Bales Ginned "Up to October
Eighteen. This Was Unex"
pected in View ot Rumors
Preceedlng it.
Washington, Oct. 25.?The
Census Bureau issued a bulletin
today placing the cotton ginned
in the l pi ted States up to Octo
ber 1 at 4,940,728 bales, round
bales being counted as half
bales The statement is based
on reports made by the bureau's
special agents in the field.
No estimate is made of the
total crop for the year, but
figures are given oat concerning
crops of former years These
figures show that up to this date
in 1904 the product of the gins
had reached ? total of 6,417,
891 bales out of a total of 13,
693,279 bw'fj fur t1 ?- year. In
1903 the m. d production was
10,045,615 h<iit?s, anil the pin
ning output uu to i 'ctober 25,
1903, was 3,706,248; in 1902
the total 10,827,168 and the
output to October25 was 5,683,
006. Today's report covered
26,364 ginneries, and the state
ments upon wh'ch it was pre
pared were supn'ied by telegraph
by 702 special agents in tne
field, most of them representing
one county each.
New York, Oct. 25.?The report
of the Census Bureau, issued to
day, caused sensational fluctua
tions in the late sessions of
today's cotton market. Before
the report was issued the mar
ket had been very nervous and
unsettled owing to rumors that
the report would show fully
6.000 000 bales ginned an! prices
just before the report was issued ,
showed a net loss of about 19 to
20 points with January selling
at 10.33. Inside of ten minutes
after the figures were published
January shot up 37 points ,to
10 70 aud even with the highest
point of yesterday morning.
The market was feverishly excit
id with shorts active buyers and
longs taking on fresh lines on
crop theories. On the bulge lead
ing bears became very aggressive,
however, and the market reacted
almost as rapidly as it had ad
vanced. When around 10 50 for
Jauuary the market turned very
strong again on an overwhelm
ing volume of general buying and
the market went up to a new
high level for the movement with
January selling at 10 75 or a
net advance of 23 points and a
recovery from the lowest point of
the session of 44 points or $2.20
a bale. The closing was steady
at a net advance of 18 to 20
points. The sales of the day
were estimated at 1,500,000
bales.
The Johnston County Exhibit.
Mr. Editor:
I wish, through the columns
of your excellent paper, to say a
few wordsconcerning"The.Iohns
tou County Exhibit," at the
.State Fair last week.
Ourexhibit was pronounced by
hundreds of those most com
petent to judge as the best ex
hibit in the building. It certain
ly was a pretty exhibit. I regret
that every man, woman and
child in the county could not see
it.
We easily won the first prize,
awarded to the county making
the best general exhibit. Our
exhibitors received twelve first
premiums; and these premiums
were for the very highest class of
exhibits which show that our
county leads along the most im
portant lines. Mr. J. II. II. Toin
linson led with the best bale of
. - "?r'.aud B. Smith
with the best corn and two-year
old horse which show that in the
production of high grade cattle,
tine corn and horses, we lead
Miss Annie E Penuy and Mies
Zulu Tomliuson winning each 11
first premium on Oil ralut' ig.
oi dillerent designs and Miss An-J
na Parker with baud painted
china of the highest order is a
flattering compliment to the tal
ent of our county.
In addition to the above nam
ed parties, I wish to personally,
in behalf of the county and my
self, thank the following persons
for their valued assistance in
contributing articles of merit
and interest to our exhibit.
Mr Philip Lee, sent Johnston
countv giown pecans, Knglisb
walnuts, potatoes and sun flow
ers which attracted much atten
tion, many farmers taking hie
name that Jthey might corres
pond with him; ex Sheriff, C. S.
Powell, whose collection of rare
things of special interest added
to the variety of the display;
Miss Lucy Sanders, Mrs. Lthe
redge, Mrs. Hood, Mrs. Carring
ton, of Selma, Mrs. Carter, of
Clayton, Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Weeks, of Polenta, Mr. J. Wal
ter Myatt, Mr. W. D. Avera,
every cotton mill and every cot
ton seed oil mill in the county
and Mr. and Mrs. George Beaty
for their exhibits.
Special mention deserves to be
1 I - ? ? XL ' ?*
mttue 01 tne screen Dy aire.
I. W. Hocutt which won tirst
premKm and special ndiniration,
and h .'daughter, Mrs. Octavia
Jeffries, for Crayon and pencl
works, also the champion wbit
ler?Sheriff J. T. Ellington for a
collection of canes.
To Miss Lizzie Tomliuson I
must acknowledge myself indebt
ed for her valuable assistance in
displaying and managing the ex
hibit.
W hen this year's affairs are
wound up L think there will be
some assets to begin with next
year.
Thanking you Mr. Editor, for
the valuable services rendered bv
your paper in helping to make
the exhibit the success it was, I
beg to be.
Yours very trulv,
H ENDKRSON COLE.
Oct. 25. Smithfield, N. C.
GENERAL NEWS.
The railway strike in Russia is
spreading, and ail the lines enter
ing Moscow are tied up.
A former llanvir banker has
been indicted on a charge of the
embezzlement of $100,000.
Twenty-two lives were lost and
many more wrecks were reported
as a result of a big storm on the
Great Lakes last week.
President Roosevelt arrived at
Jacksonville, Fla.. Saturday and
made an address dealing mainly
with the' Panama Canal. He
went to St. Augustine in the
evening.
In Santiago, Cube, on Sunday,
there was a riot in which the
police killed ten persons and hun
dreds were wouudeii; the rioting
was renewed Monday and many
more were killed.
The President was enthusias
tically welcomed by 100,000 peo
ple at Atlanta, Ga., last Friday
on his Southern trip, and spoke
to them at Piedmont Park; he
visited his mother's home at
Koswell, Ga., and spoke there.
in an interview in Washington
Monday President Spencer, of
the Southern Railway, gave out
ids views of President Roosevelt's
rate legislation speech at Raleigh;
he considers that the President's
measure is less severe than the
Eseh-Townsend bill and urges
that if Congress empowers the
luter-State Commission with
power to make rates its action
should be open to review by the
courts.
President Roosevelt, after
spending Sunday on the Florida
coast, taking a surf oath, con
tinued his journey to Alabama,
and met an enrnusiast'c recep
tion in Mobile Monday night. A
sou of Admiral Semuies, of the
Confederate Navy, pinned a
sou/enir badge on the President's
lapel on bei tit' of the city of Mo
bile and delivered an eloquent
speech; in bis speech President
Roosevelt reminded the people
of the Gulf States tbut the Pana
ma Canal was making progress
and would be built
Good Shoes at L. E. Watsou's.
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DID A GREAT WORK.
Retiring President of Fair Proud
of Results.
President Ashley Home, of
I Clayton, who for two years has
successfully conducted the two
greatest fairs in the history of
the North Carolina Agricultural
Society and who refused reelec
| tion, was seen last night with
j reference to his retirement as
head of the Society.
Mr. Home stated thpt he took
a great pride in having been
ident'led with the greatest fair
of all, and one that would go
down in history as that which
l was specially noted as the one
! honor i by the visit of the Presi
dent and at which bis appear
ance was so pleasant and suc
cessful, both to himself and the
peoo'e.
\\ hile he, himself, felt that his
duty was to rei^e, he expressed
himself warmly as to the work
of Mr. Pcgue as Secretary, stat
ing that without his experience
and devoted labors neither the
fair itself ror the visit of the
rres'deot wou'd have been the
matter of State pride which they
justly are.
"The North Carolina Agricul
tural Society," said Mr. liorne,
've y keenly felt the responsi
bility of handling the Presiden
tial party in a maimer creditable
to the Sta. ;, the Nation, and the
Society. I feel satisfied with the
1 results. I th:uk we have demon
strated that we are capable of
handling big thiugs and doing
right things.
'I regret very much to give up
| the position to which the Society
1 so kindly offered to elect me for
third term?a position which I
would never accepted in the Hrst
instance had I not thought it
wao a duty that I owed the
State. Now, believing that I
have discharged m.v duty 1 feel
that I am free to devote myself
to my private affairs. It is the
duty of every man to respond to
a call for public service and for
two years I have given my time
and concentrated my thought to
advance the interests of the
Society, and have done mv best
as presideut of the fair, as I have
done in my private business.
"However, 1 think it would
have been a calamity to the
Society had Mr. Po?ue not ac
cepted re-election He is efficient,
zealous, and untiring. With his
expei .ence and enthusiasm he
will aid inca'culably the work of
the new president in giving the
people au even better fair next
year, even though they do not
then have the President with
them again."?News and Obser
ver, 18th.
Smith Smith.
Wednesday evening at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
| Smith in the Sanders Chapel
section, their daughter, Miss
I Clyde, was united in marriage to
j Mr. Willis Smith, of Elevation
i township. The ceremony was
performed bv Rev. N. E. Col
trane, of Smithtield.
They were attended by six cou
ples of handsome young men and
beautiful young ladies. After
the ceumony and congratula
tions came the wedding supper,
which consisted of everything
that constitutes a sumptuous,
beautiful marriage feast, pre
pared according to scienMtic ex
perience and arranged by artis
tic taste.
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