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Published Every Friday Morning. BEATY & LASSITER, Editors and Proprietors. Entered at the Postofflce at Smith field, Johnston Couiity, N. C., as Becond-class Matter. Rates of Subscription: One Year, Cash In Advance,.. $1.00 Biz Months. Cash In Advance, .50 WHY LUMBER IS COSTLY. Lumbermen Waste Half of Every Tree They Cut. Dr. Bristol, chief of the section of wood chemistry, stateB that 50 per cent or more of the average tree as it stands in the forest is waBtcd be fore reaching the market in the form of lumber. He says, further, that the timber cut has increased from 18,000,000,000 board feet in 1880 to 50,000,000,000 board feet In 1906, and that our present consumption of wood in all forms Is equivalent to at least 100,000,000,000 board feet an nually, and possibly much more. Further, it may be new to you that white pine, in former years the greatest of all our lumber trees and the only wood dignified with the name "pine," has. under the heavy drain upon it, so fallen off that Its domination of the lumber market has practically ceased. In from ten to fifteen years the supply of other woods?for instance, the yellow pine and tho Douglas fir? will be Just as limited as that of white pine now. Rapidly decreasing also is our sup ply of hard woods, the price of which go up higher and higher. White oak went up from $48 In 1890 to $85 In 1907, hickory from $;!8 to $65, and yellow poplar from $29 to $53. Expert foresters proclaim that we are, without having made any provisions against It, dangerously near a hardwood famine, which will strike at the very foundation of Bomo of the country's most impor tant Industries. Since 1870 forest fires have each year destroyed an average of fifty lives and $50,000,000 worth of timber. Not less than 50,000.000 acres of forest is burned over yearly.?Rudolf Crouan. in MoClure s. Tariff Paragraphs. Vice President Zayas has come from Cuba to the United States to plead for a little further letting down of the bars, so that the Cubans may supply us with cheaper sugar, tobacco and pineapples. Of course any man that comes hither on such an errand is a public enemy and an apostle of cheaper living. Away with him and his pineapples! There is too much reason to be lieve that the Congress of the Unit ed States, assembled In extra ses sion to revise the tariff, is giving ten times the attention to schemes for the maintenance of protective plun dering as compared with the atten tion of the masses and lowering the cost of living. The mandate of the voterB is forgotten. Nothing is heard but the shouting of the lobbyists. The Steel Trust has entered upon a desperate campaign, with a well equipped force in the lobbies of Con gress, to defeat free importation of Iron ore from the mines of Cuba. This is now a more important mat ter with the Trust than the propos ed reductions of duty on steel rails and building materials. In spite of its immense possessions of l.akr Superior ore and its absorption of the Tennessee Company, the giant corporation still dreads the free com petition of the mines of Cuba. It is said by naturalists that the ele phant trembles at the sight of a mouse. Most furs are dyed in Germany. There is a strong conviction in the trade that German dyeing is better than ours. But we have men who want to dye furs and sew them and repair the holes made in killing the animals, and for their benefit the Payne bill would raise the duties on all furs so treated from 20 to 35 per cent., the same rate as that on furs when made up. This is an in jury to the furriers for the benefit of a small group of persons who do the preparatory work. It Is one of the very many little Jobs Introduced into the Payne bill for the benefit of this man or that at the expense of a whole industry or of the con sumers, or more often of both.?Phil adelphia Record. Our lives aro album* written through With good or HI, with false or true; And as the blessed angels turn The pages of our years God grant thejr read the good with ?miles Atd blot the ill with tears. ?Whittier. GEORGE WOODARD WICKERSHAM ATTORNEY GENERAL. George W. Wickersham, Attorney General in President Taft'ti cabinet, has been brought Into prominence by his appointment to this posit ion. He fore Mr. Taft discovered him his uam<- was unknown to the general reading public. Mr. Wickersham was born in Pitts burg, Pa., in 1858, and is 61 years old He was educated at Lehigh Univer sity where he took a course in civil engineering. I-iitcr he entered thu law school of the University of Pen nsylvania from which he holds the de (tree of bachelor of Laws, lie began the practice of law in Philadelphia and later he went to New York. At the time of his appointment he was a member of the law firm of which President Taft'B brother is also a member. He is a great lawyer and has served as attorney for a number of the big corporations. So far as we can learn he has never held office before. The New York Sun, writing of Mr. Wickersham has this to say of him: "And what manner of man Is Mr. Wickersham? He does not carry mentally or physically excess bag gage. He has the torso of a big man, and he is a short man. He is GEORGE W. WICKER8HAM. more interesting than handsome. At first sight his drooping iron gray mustache and large eyes?the prom inent eyes and insistent gaze of the myopic?have recalled to some E. H. Harrlman. lie can be as solemn as a sepulcher or as vivacious as a southern Italian. His laugh Is hear ty, and he Is not morbidly modest. His mental alertness is reflected in his quick pace and sharply decisive movements. The brow Is wide and high, the mouth and teeth aggressive ly large, the jaw salient. A mas terful man. a good hater, a man of quick temper, a man with a stubborn backbone, a man compact of energy, seemingly more Spaniard than Amer ican; dark skinned, exotic, and a gentleman. His religion-?now far from the Spencerian days?is Protes tant Episcopal. Yet by temperament he is not a conservative. Mr. Wick ersham's attitude toward politics has bebn consistently the same for over thirty years. He believes in the Re publican party for the Republicans. A man and a lawyer may do that and not be a spoilsman, though it may be admitted that the example is as rare as a blue moon. He was at one time deeply interested in elec tricity, and he was once an accom plished telegrapher." The Mexican Herald has this to say ofM r. Taft's Attorney General: "The Spanish scholar par excellen ce of the Taft administration is that most slmpatlco gentleman, George Woodard Wickersham, Attorney Gen eral, a great lawyer, who reads. In the original, the works of Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Calderon, Valera, and Galdos, hating found time to master Spanish before he passed his law examination. And he talks fluent Spanish, as well as French and Itali an. Don Jorge Wickersham can make a rascal or a bore walk Span ish and, with his dark complexion, be might himself be easily taken for a native of the tropics." Cigarette Cauaad 9150,000 Fire. Philadelphia, Pa., April 5.?A cigar ette atub caused a $150,000 fire In the building occupied by the Stetson Piano Company today. The building was gutted. Five women music teachers were rescued from the build ing. As the firemen broke in the doors an explosion hurled them right and left, some flying all the way across the street. Three were in jured so severely they had to be tak en to a hospital. Mr. W. W. Cole and Superinten dent J. P. Canaday spoke at the close of Mr. N. B. Strickland's school at Myatt's school house In Cleveland township last Saturday. They re port a good crowd as being present. In the afternoon there was a base ball game and at jii^lit the < xercieea by the school werV held. i POLENTA NEWS. Mr. J. W. Myatt is nearly through planting corn. He generally plants early, and always makes fine crops. On Sunday there will be preaching at Shiloh by the pastor. Rev. Mr. Horrell, and those who go will cer tainly be paid for their trouble. Pas tor Horrell never falls to entertain and instruct. A farmers Union has been organ ized at Myatt's school house, Mr. H. V. Faukner being president and Mr. W. H. Sanders secretary. The farmers need organization, and until they do organize they will work at a disadvantage. Every other calling is organized. Why not the farmers? An organization has also been af fected at Mt. Zlon, with Mr. J. T. Wrenn as president. The following are sick with pneu monia: Mr. J. F. Hardee, who is said to be considerably better; two of Mr. J. W. Green's children, who ar? also improving; two of Mr. W. B. Godwin's children one of them Improving, the other not so well; Mrs. I). M. Lee whose trouble has not fully developed. We hope all will soon be well. On the third Sunday afternoon Mr. A. IJ. Taylor will deliver a lecture on the life of I'aul at Oakland, to begin at 4 o'clock. Mr. Taylor is a thorough Bible student and his leo wip prove Instructive. Every body lnvitei! The Myatt Public school under the superlntendency of Kev. Mr. Strick land, came to a close last Saturday. At 11 A. M., Lawyer Cole delivered un address, which is said to have been of high merit. Prof. Canaday followed in a short talk, which is highly spoken of. After the spec ies dinner was served, and then tame a game of baseball between Myatt's school house and I'olenta. Myatt's boys came out victorious. At night the regulur exercises took place, con sisting of declamations, dialogues, etc., all the scholars rendering their parts nicely, and whilst all did well, the following renditions deserve spe cial mention. "Taking the Cencus," dialogue; "Willie's Mishappen," dia logue. Rev. Mr. Strickland Is a fine teacher and is to be congratu lated on the management of the school. No one in this section has plant ed cotton as yet. Some are ready but think the land too cold. At Oakland on the fourth Sunday Rev. Mr. Vardell, of Red Springs, preached a sermon of great power. The usual annual picnic after Eas ter will come off at Moore's Bridge next Monday. During the summer Mr. J. E. Jones proposes to remodel his dwelling, making improvements which will add wonderfully to Its appearance. Squire D. T. Smith has bought three pups, and says he intends to show the neighborhood how to run rabbits this fall. I Mr. David Wood, attending school In Snilthfleld, spent Sunday with friends in this neighborhood. Miss Margie Booker is confined to her room with mumps. I Small p"r is said to be raging over In Elevation township. Dr. McLemore has had an office built near his residence. Mrs. Savannah Moore is on a visit to friends at Fremont. | Mr. Hubert Wood, of this section, and Miss IJaynor, from near Benson, | were married last Sunday night by J. E. Jones, J. ? . TYPO. I NOTICE?TAX SALE. | I, C. L.. Eason, town tax collector of Smithfield, will sell to the highest bidder at the Court house door in Smlthfield, N. C., (or cash, on Mon day the 3rd day of May, 1909, at 12 o'clock M. the following real estate to satisfy the taxes due for last year, 1908. Taxes. Barnes, H. M. Sr.. 1 lot 5.54 Barnes II. M. Jr., 2 lots 1.02 Barnes Patrick McKinley 2 lots 1.10 Barnes, West 2 lots 1.14 Fitzgerald G. 1 lot 4.70 Colored. Bynuin, Whitfield heirs 2 lots 3.00 White, Jenkins 1 lot 3.80 Sanders, A. L. C. X. 1 lot 3.30 Ralford, Kosetta 1 lot 1.96 McCullers, Emily 1 lot 1907 1.55 McCullers, Emily 1 lot 1908 1.55 Lee. Henry 1 lot 2.30 Hicks India 1 lot 2.50 Hodges, Charlie 2 lots 7.02 Ennis. Richard 2 lots 2.82 Canaday, Parker 1 lot 2.70 Stevens, Stephen 1 lot 1.78 C. L. EASON. Town Tax Collector. Wilson's Mills, N. C.. Mar. 10. 09. Messrs Cotter-Stevens Co.. Smlthfield, N. C. Hear Sire: ! will have to acknowledge that your Sunny South combination corn | ind cotton planter is the best of its kind that I ever used. It does all, 'hat you claim that It will do and tnorc. It does the work with ease and perfectly. . I SIMON B. JONES i 1 SPRING CLOTHING Our line of Spring Clothing is Com plete in all the latest styles, colors and designs?They are marvels of the tailor's art. You should see our clothing before buying. Our line of Oxfords are the latest creations. Dry Goods Our Ladies Department is more complete than ever before. Our Dress Goods and Oxfords are the very best and latest patterns and de signs. Come in and inspect them. DAVIS BROS., The Double Store - - Smithfield, N. Car. | Headquarters for Baseball GOODS ? g ___ _____ I $ We handle the Celebrated A. G. Spalding A g line and the American line of Baseball g *A Goods. Louisville Slugger Bats. See our ft *0 line of Fishing Tackle. p | Johnston & Holt, or i/g gists |j ? Ready With Spring Stock! |j jjjjj We wish to announce that we are ready ^ for business with our new spring stock. A) W For men we have Clothing, Shoes, Hats, C6 w a General|ILine of Furnishing Goods and jjj ||j Trunks and^ Valises. For ladies we have ^ i|fl Dress Goods, Laces, Embroidreies, Trim- |$| mings and a full line of ladies goods. ffi Rugs, Art Squares and Mattings. The (J) Vjj Mill'nery Department in charge of Miss j|| Sadie Davis is complete. Call and see us. ^ ?W. E. Smith Co.J Selma, N. C.
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