AT THE CAPITAL OF BOON HII.L.
Man Badly Hurt With .Mowing Ma
chine as a Result of Frightened
Team. Miss Clara Peace's Condi
dition Not so Favorable. Cotton
Crop Short in Boon Hill. Young
Princeton Doctor Gets Appointment.
Other Items of interest.
Princeton, Oct. 17. ? Mrs. Minnie
Duke, of Raleigh, is visiting Mrs. J.
W. Perry for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Newsome, of
Norfolk, are visiting their mother,
Mrs. J. L. Benton, this week.
Mrs. James Fennell, of Wilmington,
is spending the week ith her mother.
Mr. James B. Moore and family, of
? Dillon, S. C., have moved to town. Mr.
Moore is one of the gentlemen oper
ating the new electric gin.
Mr. J. L. Atkins, of Durham, is vis
iting Prof. Bridges for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Worley, Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Hinton and family, Mr.
N. B. Hinton and family went to
Wilson County Monday to attend the
burial of Mrs. Norman Hinton.
Rev. C. A. Jones, pastor of the
Methodist church, filled his regular
appointment at the church last Sun
day, and announced that their meet
ing would commence on the first Mon
day in November.
The Rev. J. M. Duncan will preach
at the Baptist church next Sunday
morning and evening services.
Mr. Leonard Smith had a very se
rious accident at his home Monday.
He went to the field with his mowing
machine to cut grass, and while stand
ing in front of the machine the mules
became frightened and started, and
the knives caught him just above the
heel, cutting the heel string in two,
and cut out about an inch. He was car
ried to the hospital in Goldsboro and
is now getting along 'nicely.
Dr. J. C. Joyner, a Princeton boy,
has secured the appointment to prac
tice in Bay View Hospital, Baltimore.
Jimmie's friends at home are very
much pleased at his good fortune.
A great many farmers in this
township have stated this week that
they would not get more than half as
much cotton as they expected to make.
Miss Clara Pearce is yet in a very
serious condition at the hospital, where
she has been for several weeks. The
needle was just removed from her
knee joint a few days ago. Now other
complications have set in -and it is
feared she may lose the limb.
LOWER JOHNSTON ITEMS.
Quite a number of people from this
section attended the singing conven
tion last Saturday at Shady Grove,
Sampson County.
Misses Ruth Morgan and Myrtle
Barefoot were the guests of Misses
Hettie and Eva Jackson Saturday
night and Sunday.
Mr. Mordecai Lee spent Saturday
and Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Se
nia Wilson, near Shady Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Morgan, of
Dunn, visited at Mr. T. J. Lee's Sun
day afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Lee spent Sun
day at Mr. J. A. Tart's, near Reedy
Prong church.
Mr. Casper Jackson, from near Mt.
Elem, visited at the home of Mrs.
L. D. Johnson Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mr. Charlie M. Johnson made his
regular call in Sampson Sunday af
ternoon.
Mr. Deborah Lee, from Florida, re
turned heme last week, after spend
ing several days in this section.
Misses Lottie and Julie Belle Lee
spent Saturday night and Sunday at
Mr. J. H. Smith's.
Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Johnson and
family, of Benson, spent Sunday af
ternoon in Lower Johnston visiting
relatives.
Miss Katie Lee spent Saturday
night and Sunday at Mr. D. M. War
ren's near Mt. Elem, Sampson County.
Mies Merdie Denning was a guest
of Miss Flora Denning Saturday
night and Sunday.
Mr. Edgar Wood and family, of
Manchester, N. C., spent the week-end
in Lower Johnston.
Messrs. G. L. Wilson and Joseph
Jernigan were through this section
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. F. B. Tart spent Sunday at
Mrs. L. D. Johnson's.
Several people of this section ar?
attending the State Fair at Raleigh
this week.
Mr. J. A. Johnson, of Smithfield,
recently made a business trip in th's
section.
The old fashion corn shuckings are
getting to be very numerous in these
parts lately.
Mr. and Mrs. N. Y. Lee spent Sun
day afternoon at Mr. Nathan Lee's.
Mr. Sampson Hudson, who is a stu
dent at Wake Forest College, visited
at Mrs. S. D. Jackson's Sunday.
GROUCH.
Dunn, N. C.
At Toledo, Ore., herring packing is
a new industry.
Be sure to attend the Johnston
County Fair at Smithfield, November
7th, 8th and 9th.
OCTOBER.
By John CharUti McNeill.
(Died October 17, 1907.)
The thought of old, dear things is in
thine eyes,
O, month of memories!
Musing on days thine heart hath sor
row of,
Old joy, dead hopes, dear love.
1 see thee stand where all thy sisters
meet
To cast down at thy feet
The garnered largess of the fruitful
yesr,
And on thy cheek a tear.
Thy glory flames in every blade and
leaf
To blind the eyes of grief;
Thy vineyards and thine orchards
bend with fruit.
That sorrow may be mute;
A heetie splendor lights thy days to
sleep,
Ere the gray dusk may creep
Sober and sad along thy dusty ways,
Like a lone nun, who prays;
High and faint-hearted thy passing
migrant calls;
Thy lazy lizzard sprawls
On his gray stone, and many slow
winds creep
About thy hedge, asleep;
The sun swings farther toward his
love, the south,
To kiss her glowing mouth;
And death, who steals away thy pur
pling bowers,
Is deeply hid in flowers.
Would that thy streams were Lethe,
and might flow
Where lotus blossoms blow,
And all the sweets*" wherewith thy
riches bless
Might hold no bitterness!
Would, in thy beauty, we might all
forget
Dead days and old regret,
And through thy realm might fare us
forth to roam,
Having no thought for home!
And yet I feel, beneath thy queen's
attire,
Woven of blood and fire,
Beneath the golden glory of thy charm
Thy mother heart beats warm,
And if, mayhap, a wandering child of
thee,
Weary of land and sea,
Should turn him homeward from his
dreamer's quest
To sob upon thy breast,
Thine arm would fold him tenderly,
to prove
How thine eyes brimmed with love,
And thy dear hand, with all a mother's,
care,
Would rest upon his hair.
A Growing Crop.
Silos belong in the list of crops
produced in this country. That is no
longer open to doubt. The Bureau of
Crop Estimates includes them in the
crop report. Silos grow ? at least they
increase ? and with surprising rapid
ity. There has never been a careful
silo census; but the Government's
crop reports have made estimates, and
the- conclusion is that we now have
more than 400,000 of these useful
structures on American farms. There
is a good ring to those figures, but,
after all, less than six per cent of our
farmers have silos. The encouraging
figures come out when we look at in
creases. Ohio had 11,380 in 1913, and
by 1915 19,632 farmers in that State
owned them. Indiana's silo population
increased twenty-five per cent from
1915 to 1916.
New York and Wisconsin farmers
are the biggest users of silos, running
neck and neck with 55,000 for each
State. Wisconsin's silos, however,
have an average capicity of eighty
seven tons, while those in New York
hold seventy-five The average silo in
the country holds seventy-eight tons
of silage. ? Country Gentleman.
SALE OF VALUABLE MILL
PROPERTY.
On October 27th, 12 o'clock M., at
Court House, Smithfield. This is only
to make sale. No claim, title pood.
This is a corn and flour mill. All
cash, or one-third cash, one-third 1
year, one-third in 2 years, to suit
purchaser.
Known as the A. W. Richardson
Mill tract on 3uffalo Creek, and con
s&fcng of all the mill property, viz:
One mill house and lot on west side
of pond, also one store house and iot
extending to high water mark of
pond and including: log mill yard, etc.,
containing six acres, more or Irsf,
above high water mark, and what
pond covers at high water mark; also
all lands covered by mill pondf the
whole containing 156 acres, more or
less.
See X? L- 37, X? II? 26 and G?
11 ? 285, Registry Johnston County,
for chain of title. For further in
formation, see E. E. Farmer, Ivenly,
II. F D. No. 2., or W. W . Cole, Sni'h
ftcid, N. C.
BUSINESS LOCALS
IF YOU NEED A MCE Rl'BBER
Tire Buggy, call on Cotter-Under
wood Co., Smithfield, N. C.
REMEMBER A U STI X -ST K I ' 1 1 1 : V
son Company makes a specialty of
clothing, Ladies' Cloaks and Shoes ?
Will save you money.
COYT E K - 1 X DER W OO I) COM PA X Y
have just unloaded two cars of fine
Furniture. See them before you buy
and save money. Smithfield, N. C.
IF YOU WANT THE LARGEST
stock of goods in Smithfield to pick
from you can find them at Austin
Stephenson Co.
FOR RENT? A GOOD SIX-ROOM
dwelling:, equipped with water and
lights, on Oakland Heights. See
or write Mrs. George R. Pou,
Smithfield, _N. C.
WE HAVE FOR SALE? SOME
mules and .horses cheap for Cash.
Cotter-Underwood Co., Smithfield,
N. C.
FOR REI) DOG, SHIPSTUFF, SEED
oats, sied rye and all kinds of
feedstuff and groceries you can
save money at The Austin-Stephen
son Company's, Smithfield, N. C.
NEW TESTAMENTS AND BIBLES
for sale at The Herald Office.
IF YOU WANT ONE-THIRD OF
your life, easy and comfortable see
our Felt Bed line of Mattresses.
Cotter-Underwood Co., Smithfield,
N. C.
AUSTIN-STEPHENSON COMPANY
will sell you an all wool suit for
$8.50. Can you beat it?
THE SMITHF1ELI) BUILDING ?
Loan Association haa helped ?
number of people to build hornet
It will help other*, and maybe yon
New series of shares now open
See Mr. J. J Broadhurst
LOOK? BE SURE TO SEE OUR
beautiful High-Top Ladies' Shoes,
all colors, prices and quality. Cot
ter-Underwood Co., Smithficld, N. C.
FOR SALE? TWO DARK GREY
Perchcron mares four and six years
old, weighing about 1250 pounds
each. Also one filly colt five months
old. U. O. Jones, Godwin, N. C.
CAR OF. PARKER BUGGIES EX
pectod daily at The Austin-Stephen
son Company's.
FINE CHRYSANTHEMUMS FOR
sale ? $1.00, $1.50 and $'2.00 per
dozen. Buy a bunch for your home,
will last for weeks.. Mrs. C. V.
Johnson.
BUGGIES OF ALL KINDS AT?
Cotter-Underwood Co.'s Store at the
old prices. Smithficld, N. C.
PIANO FOR SALE? HOBART M.
Cable Player Piano, 88 Note, Ma
hogany ease, Mission style, same an
new. Will sell cheap for cash, or
can take note secured by real estate
mortgage. Write post office box 202,
Smithfield, N. C.
EVERYBODY IS HAPPY THAT
sells tobacco at the Farmers Ware
house. Join the happy crowd.
CAR OF HACKNEY BUGGIES Ex
pected to-day at Austin-Stephenson
Company's ? ask any nan who has
owned one.
COTTER-UNDERWOOI) COMPA
ny's Store is the place to buy your
Dry Goods at the right price.
T. W. WOOD'S SEED WHEAT AND
Rye at wholesale prices. G. K.
Massengill, Four Oaks, N. C.
THE BEST LINE OF SHOES OF
all kinds are at Cotter-Underwood
Co., Smithfield, N. C.
YOU CAN MAKE MONEY BY BUY
ing your Furniture at The Austin
Stephenson Company's. A trial is
all wc ask. ?
A NEW KILN OF FINE BRICK
just opened at our brick yard. Two
hundred and forty thousand of
them and nearly all of th^m hard
brick. No better lot ever burned at
this brick yard. Come, if you need
brick. Sanders & Bocsley, Smith
field, N. C.
FOR SALE.
I offer for sale the Melvinia Bry
ant property in Smithfield, N. C., sit
uate on what was formerly East Mr.r
ket street, now East Third street, on
which there is located one four-room
cottage. Lot 60 by 225 ftet. This prop
erty is especially desirable, being
right on the main thoroughfare out of
Smithfield to Selma. Addres ;,
N. E. BRADFORD.
Goldsboro, N. C.
The Goods And The Prices
That Will Get Y our Business
If You Will Come and Look
Our Line Is The Most Varied
*
In Johnston County
As one good man said Monday ( after driv
ing 12 miles,) " You sold me everything I
needed, and saved me $2.50 on a suit, 50c
on a hat y $1.00 on a pair of shoes." We can
save you the same.
We Can Furnish Your
Home Complete
See that $200.00 Walnut Suit or a $5.00 Bed.
Anything in Furniture, Matting, Rugs
or comforts
We Can Clothe
Every member of your family from head to foot.
See our $50.00 guaranteed all wool suit for
$8.50 Each
All-Leather Shoes for Less than we can
buy them today in car load lots
We can sell you anything you want on the
farm--- A Good Mule; The Best Buggies, Sur
reys, Wagons and Harness.
LOOK !
Come to our store, where we can clothe
you, feed you, furnish your home or
farm and save you money.
We pay the highest prices for Cotton, Cotton
Seed and All Kinds of Produce
We Know Your Wants!
We Want Your Business!!
Austin - Stephenson Co.
SMITHFIELD, N. C.