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GOOD VEAR FOR FARMERS Products Reached Their Highest Value, $6,415,000,000. CORN CROP HEADS THE LIST Washington, Nov. 27.?"Wealth pro duction on the farms of the United 6tates in 1905 reached the highest amount ever attained in this or any ether country?$6,415,000,000." in the first annual report of his third term. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson presents an array of figures and state ments representing the products and profits of the farmers of the country, which he admit3 "dreams of wealth production can hardly equal." Besides the enormous yield of wealth, the secretary estimates that the farms of the country have increas ed in value during the past five years to a present aggregate of $6,133,000, 000. Analyzing the principal crops for the year, the Secretary says that corn reached its highest production with 2.7i'S,Ooo,OoG hushels, a gain of 42,000, 000 over the next lowest year, 1899; hay is second in order of value, al though cotton held second place dur ing the two preceding years. The hay crop this year is valued at $605,000, 000. Cotton comes third, with a valu ation of $375,000,000: wheat, $525,000, 0000; oats, $282,000,000; potatoes, $138,000,000; barley, $58,000,000; to bacco, $52,000,000; sugar cane and su gar beets, $50,000,000; rice, $13,892, 000; dairy products, $665,000,000, an Increase of $54,000,000 over last year. "The farmer's hen," the secretary savs, "is becoming a worthy compan ion to his cow. The annual production of eggs is now a score of billions. Poul try products have climbed to a place of more than a half billion dollars in value, so the farmer's hen competes with wheat for precedence." There are more horses, and with a larger aggregate value than ever bo fore, notwithstanding, as the secretary says, they were first threatened by the bicycle and later by the suburban trol ley and the automobile. He estftnates their value at $1,200,000,000, or nearly as much as the corn crop, and the value of mules at $252,000,000. Although milch cows are increasing In number and value, the report states that other cattle and sheep have for several years been decreasing. There are 17,570,000 milch cows, valued at $482,000,000. Other cattle are numbered at 43,669.000, with a value of $662, 000,000. Swine number 47,321,000, val ued at $283,255,000. In the aggregate, the value of farm animals has increas ed a few million dollars within the year, and since the census of 1900 have Increased 9 per cent. With this enormous production, the secretary says, the wants of 83,000,000 people have been supplied, with a re maining surplus constituting a gener ous contribution to other nations. The exported farm products during the fis cal year inding June 30, 1905, had a value of $827,000,000. POSTAL CLERK ARRESTED John Waters Charged With Robbing the Mails. Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 28.?John T. Waters, of Jersey City, a railway mail clerk between Jersey City and Pitts burg, was arrested at Pittsburg charg ed with robbing the mails. Waters was brought to Harrisburg and com mitted to jail by United States Com missioner Wolfe in default of $1000 hall for trial. The postal authorities have been re ceiving complaints of the loss of money in the malls between Jersey City and Pittsburg for sometime and two decoy letters were mailed at Har risburg. Neither one reached its des tination and Waters was called into the federal building at Pittsburg by Stephen A. H. Morse, a postal inspec tor. and accused of theft. Waters was searched and marked money is alleg ed to have been found on his person. : NINE KILLED AT EMPORIUM. PA. Men Were Blown to Atoms By Explo sion at Powder Plant. Emporium. Pa.. Nov. 28.?An explo sion In the mixing house and one of the packing houses at the Keystone Powder Works destroyed the entire works, killed nine men and injured several others. The dead: James Joyre. John Butler. James Campbell, John Hamilton. Thomas Welsh. James Murphy, Frank Harrington. John Bos sie and William Sprung. Ftour men were injured, one fatally. The body of Sprung was the only one of the dead recovered. The top of his head and one leg were blown off. Seachers picked tip the other bodies In small pieces. No damage was done In the town. Must be Married Before ' P. M. Richmond. Va., Nov. 27. ? Bishop I Vandevuyer. of the Catholic diocese | of Richmond, has issued an Injunction | to the effect that "In future no mar rlages of Catholics shall be allowed to take place in the churches of the diocese later in the day than 4 p. m." It is said that the tendency toward display, crowding and frivolous talk ing at evening weddings Is the cause of the order. Oldest Woman In New York Dead. New York. Nov. 28?Mary Jane Har ris, believed to be the oldest woman in the state of New York died at New Rochelle In her 112th vear. Her grand mother was a full-blooded Indian and she claimed to be a descendant of Pocohontas. Mrs. Harris was bom In Georgetown. T>. C. She leaves three aohs. all of them past 70. The body will be taken to Virginia for burlaL t WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED). Wednesday, November 22. Theodore S. Mohr has been appoint ed postmaster at Stockton. N. J. Dr. W. A. Dickers, 69 years old, of Madison. Va., died suddenly from a I paralytic stroke in the Astor House, I New York. Mrs. Ketty Oreen, of New York, said ? to be the wealthiest woman in the I'ntted States, celebrated her 70th birthday Tuesday. A. S. Rnehby, former assistant financial agent of the state of Texas, was sent to prison for three years for inisap"r?>nri?ttnir state funds. Thursday, November 23. President Judge John H. Weiss, of the Dauphin county (Pa.) court, died at his home in Harrisburg, of para lysis. Dave Sims, the negro who shot and killed It. P. Jones, at Coahoma. Miss., I was taken from jail and lynched by a mob. Joseph Pnlhaek and John Pinlsek. miners were killed by a fall of rock in the Mineral Spring mine at Wilkes itarre. Pa. Mayor Johnson, of Cleveland, O., Is enforcing the city smoke ordinance j against railroad locomotives within | the city limits. Friday, November 24. Robbers broke into tbe Japanese bank at I.os Angeles, Cal., and stole i $15,000 in cash. The National Orange, Patrons of , Husbandry, will hold their next con- j vention at Denver, Colo. Two men were killed and six injured, two fatally, in a head-on collision on the R. & 0. railroad at Albion, Ind., i during a fog. Henry White. American ambassador j *t Rome, and Minister Gumroere, of Tangier, will represent this country at the aprpoaching Morocco conference. The Maltese Cross ranch, near Dick inson. N. D., owned and occupied by President Roosevelt during his resi dence in North Dakota, was sold to O. J. Delendrecle for $16,000. Saturday, November 25. President Roosevelt has appointed Herbert J. Hagerman governor of New Mexico. Fire destroyed the business section of Diet son, Tenn , entailing a loss of , $123,000. Sylvester .1. Abbott, of Delaware, has !>een appointed deputy auditor of the treasury department. August Belmont has been appointed treasurer of the Democratic national committee, to succeed George Foster j Peabody. resigned. Thomas H. Mitchell, a Chicago! bricklayer, is reported to have fallen heir to $9,300,000 by the death of rela- [ tives in Australia. Great Britain has accepted an Invi- j tation to participate in the naval and military displays at the Jamestown j (Va.) Exposition in 1907. Monday, November 27. The American Federation of Labor will hold their next meeting at Minne apolis. Minn. Thomas L. Patterson, said to have been the oldest active civil engineer in the Unit d States, died at Cumber land. Md.. aged 90 years. After saving two little girls from death, Wallace Phillips, a wealthy lumber dealer, was killed by an ex press train at Brazil. Ind. Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison, wife of former Congressman Harrison, of New York, was killed in an automo bile accident at Long Island City, L. I. Surrounded by 100 women, some of them angry, others weeping. Mayor Dunne, of Chicago, met their demands that saloons be closed en Sunday by reiterating that it was not up to him to do it. Tuesday, November 28. The American National Bank of Rc<uon. with deposits of $267,520, has closed its doors. Roger Rritt. of Enfield, N. C., com mitted suicide in the Y. M. C. A. build ing at Jamestown. N. Y. Samuel M. Clemens ("Mark Twain") Wi\s a guest Monday af President and Mrs. Roosevelt at luncheon. Pension Attorney John W. Eighny, of Amsterdam. N. Y.. was arrested on a charge of forging pension papers. Theodore Nicholson, aged 72 years, who has been ill for some time, com mitted sulcide at Harrisburg, Pa., hy hanging. PRODUCE QUOTATIONS The Latest Closing Prices In the Principal Markets. PHILADELPHIA ? FLOUR firm; winter extras, $3.10?3.25; Pennsylva nia roller, clear, $3.60@3.75; city mills, fancy, $5?5.10. RYE FLOUR steady; per barrel, $3.90. WHEAT steady; No. 2 Pennsylvania red new, 32?S2V4c. CORN firm; No. 2 yellow, local, &9?514ic. OATS steady; No. 2 white. clipped, 36440 37c.; lower (trades, 35c. HAY firm; No. 1 timothy, large bales. $ 14.50? 15. PORK flrm, family, $17. BEEF steady; beef hams, $28? 24. POULTRY: Live firm; hens, 12',4(3' 13c.; old roosters, 8? 9c. Dressed firm; choice fowls. 13Vic.; old roos tcrs. 9'4c. IIUTTER steady; cream ery, 26c. EGGS steady; New York end Pennsylvania, 32? 33c. POTA TOES stea<ly; per bushel. 70?75c. BALTIMORE WHEAT firm; No. 2 red, Sic.; steamer No. 2 spot. 7644c.; southern, 71-ft72c. CORN firm; mixed spot, 66c.; nteamer mixed, 53c. OATS firm, white, No. 2, 36441'.; No. 3, 3544 ?36c.; No. 4, 3 4 44 035c.; mixed. No. 2. 34%?36c.; No. 3, 3344034c ; No. 4. 3244933c. BUTTER Arm; creamery separator extras. 80?31c.; held. 28c.; prints. 2(!?27c.; Maryland and Penn sylvania dairy prints. 24?26c. EGGS , steady: fancy Maryland. Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. 31032c.; southern, 30?31c. per dosen Live Stock Markets. PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards) ? CATTLE slow; choice, $5.26?6.6f; prime. $4.90^6.16. HOGS active; prime heavy, $5.10@5,15; mediums, $6 10, heavy Yorkers. $6.06?5.10; light Yora ers and plM. $506.06: roughs, $4?4 60 ! SHEEP steady; prime wethers, $5 25? 6.60; common. $20 2 60; lambs. $3? , TMi veal oalvee. $7?7.76. 1 CURES AFTER THE DOCTORS HAVE FAILED. RHEUMACIDE has cured thousands of cases of Rheumatism after all the doctors and all other means had failed. Rheumacide cured John F. Eline and others, of Baltimore, after the famous specialists of Johns Hopkins Hospital, the greatest hospital in the world, had failed. Rheumacide cured Ausitn P- celle, of Salem, Va? and D. H Olmstead, the Norfolk, Va., contractor, after they had spent large sums or. other remedies and the doctors had given up hope. Rheumacide cured Mrs. Mary Welborn, of Hig'i ?'o: N. C., sn?.naa enaurea for zu years, rcneummiiu* ?.urva ? K Hughes, of Atkins, Va., after the most famous New York specialists failed 15 J?iii5/*a,2n \^y !t cur?s:, Rheumacide is I V. latest discovery of nedU I* ^ whl,c P?w?rful enough toswec II germs and poir.o: ? out milt a? ?opcra.tcs natura! n 'icis. does not injure the most delicate stomach, and builds up the entire system. 91 VI *pv mr. Almost a Miracle in This Case. Dillon. S. C . Aug. 18. Bobbitt Chemical Company: Gentlemen ?In September. 1*99. I took rheu matism in a very bad form (inflammatory). In a month after the disease started I had to give up my work and go to bed. It continued to grow worse until my arms and hands were badly drawn, so much so that I could not use them. My legs were drawn back t: I my feet touched my hips. I was as helpless as a b; by for nearly 12 months. The muscles of my arms and legs were hard and shriveled up. 1 suffered death many tunes over. Was treated by six different physicians in McColl. Dillon and Marion, but none of them could do me any good, until Dr. J. P Ewing, of Dillon, came to see me. He told me to try your RHKUMACIDF. lie got me one bottle of the medicine and I began to take it. and before the first bottle was use d up I began to get better. I used blA bottles and was com pletely cured. That was years ago and my health has been excellent ever since. Have had no symptoms of rheumatism. Will say further that i began to walk in about six days after I began to take RHEUMACIDE with the aid of crutches; in about three months after I began to take it I could walk as good as any body. and went back to work again. Yours truly, JAMES WILKES. S WEEPS'ALL^ D. A purely vegetable remedy that goes right to the seat of the disease and Kidocy Trouble, cures by removing the cause. Your druggist sells and recommends Rheumacide. La 3ri0pc Sample bottle and booklet free if you send five cents for postage to Al, Siood BOBBITT CHEMICAL COMPANY. Proprietors, Baltimore. Diseases On September 1st Mr. Milton R. Stallings came to Smithfield to help me again this fall in selling Sewing Machines.. We have the machines just from the factory and are ready to carry them out to you. Let us know at once if you want one. New Home and Domestic J. M. BEATY, Smithfield. N. C. ? | Bring your old | Metals, Rubbers, f 1 Rags, Etc, to V * I M. M. Gvilley 1 * I Si Fancy Grocer 4 | | CLAYTON. - - N. C. || a)*** Christmas is Coming, ? We can show you one of the prettiest stocks of goods you ever saw. Christmas goods in great variety. Just received a nice lot of raisins, fruits, nuts, currants, choco lates, etc. Crockery is going cheap to close out. When you need Fruits, Confectioneries, Toys or anything in our line call to see us. J. J. Ferrell & T. R. Carroll ( CLAYTON, N. C. Every subscriber who pays his i subscription one year in advance 1 will be given a Turner's North s Carolina Almanac lboO. Hides - Wanted iwfiriiiiftr We want to buy a large lot of Hides and will pay the highest market price for them. We deal in Fancy Groceries and run a First Class Market. Heef, Fork and all kinds of Fresh Meats for sale. Call to see us. J. L. (& . D . Johnson, ILAYTON, - North Carolina. Why do you buy shoes at ad vanced prices, when you can >uy thorn at W. G. Yelvington's itore, at the old price? Large itock to select from. } The One That Made Greensboro Famous X I Greensboro Llle insurance Co. || j: - GREENSBORO, N. C. ? i ! X Has not only brought fame to Greensboro, but has enriched the entire state by keeping 1 X at home money that went to other states. It has strengthened the confidence of North 3 X Carolina people in home life insurance, and, although only a little more than two months J , 3 old, has made a record for itself as the 3 ; foremost Life Ipsurance Company in the ; south \ I This is not an idle boast, but a substantial fact, proven by figures. In winning the' ban- ' f ner as the leading insurance company doing business in North Carolina, the Greensboro { r life has written r Over One and a Half Million Dollars of Paid 5 Insurance in Eleven Weeks 9 It's the business that counts, and there is no secret about the Greensboro Life-insurance V Company's business. It was not secured by s mtiment, nor by attempts to belittle the w efforts of other companies. It was the lucerne In lemnity policy that did the [work- the <3 > best .policy in the world. This is the verdict of our policy-holders, whe we among the 1 I * best business people in North Carolina. f ^ > Not a. Sirvgle Policy was Issued on the Life of any Applicant | Who was Lver Rejected by any Other Insurance Co. 1 f ' Directed?by financiers and insurance tnen of recognised ability, Ibj the confident 11 1 of the people, and selling the best and most liberal insurance policies on thmarket, ii ( # O is no wonder tliat the Greensboro Life Leads "'hem All. f # x N. A. CARTER., Local Agent, x y SMITHFIELD. IN. C. 0 %H? =?- BBBBr ^ ^ decay out Some mixtures, called paint, never do this, others do it some times, but The Sherwin-Willi a ms Punt I does it always. It is the best protection you can give your house. It does not powder, flake off or crack. It forms a tough, durable film that will last longest and look best. SOLO BY J. E. 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