Condition la tho
cd in tV month ef A mtH
extent that now A# _ of tho ,
«aal prod action to 1.104,000 Man
lam Asa the forecast of lost one
month ago. Thin U accerdtog to a.
statement issued by the Department
of AeTkeltBTt at washtagtaa jeeter
dayln ita latest forecast, which do
clartil that •▼arythin* mrnmmmd ia m
wroag with the crop aad that it amo,
took* at tf the crop will ho tho small-1
est in 18 yean.
Production this year was f arsis*'
yesterday at 7,087.000 halos of MO,
pound* gram, based oa An aaadittaa'
of the nop oa A aglet *». which eras
494 per cent of a aarma), forecast
ing a yield of 1*7.0 pounds pay aoiu.
The eoaditieo o/du crop oa Aog
<U U oad Ac forecast of production
based on tho eoadiUoa. by states,
Virginia, condition, 63 sad produc
tion 11.000 bales. |
North Carolina. «S and 6*9.000.
South Carolina. M aad 644,000.
Oconto. 41 aad 4*7400.
FloridaT 69 and 14,060.
Alabama. 66 aad 472.000.
Mississippi, >7 sad 070400.
Louisiana. 46 aad *44.000.
Texas, 42 aad 1.MO.OO0
Arkansas, <3 sad 729.000. I
Tsnnssaeo. 74 aad 8*5.000.
MUsoari. 70 and 60.000. !
Oklahoma. 46 aad 474,000. ,
California. *3 and 76.000.
Arisons, *6 aad 47,000.
All other states, 66 and blank.
Lower California’s production
forecast Is 34,000 bales, which is ia
eluded tn California figures hat ex
cluded from C. 8 Total
According to the records of A*
Department sf Agriculture, this was
the lowest forecast for As month of
Angurt to history.
With reference U this the Depart
ment tamed the following statement:
Tb* doife h*1 b#M tXt nntMt1
in A* arm from Cenrtal Oklahoma to j
Nor A Ceatrm] Texas, the fall la con
dition amounting to from 86 to 60.
points. Declines of frogs An to twen
ty point* am shewn for Southern
■aJL f».aalX.. 4_ <4-«_ U._*l.
rrp Alabama, tta delta Met Ion af
MifaUflnpl and throughout the halt
wait af Ike Miaaimlppl Rhror except
in the nartkam edge, where eame
.light im pro remen t otenrrod.
MISS MAftTHA SMITH DIES
AT HOME IM SMITtaflEUI
On TWdar morning, Angnst 30th
at bn home In SrarthAcld. Mian Mar
tha Temperance Smith dlad. agad St
yearn. May 1, 1P2I. Bon in Jebadon
county near Smithfteld, altar a few
r*an tha moeod to Tmkaagaa. Ala
bama. whence aha retemed to Smith
Said in IMS. Bar father waa Janaa
Hinton Smith, her mother. Nancy
Bryan, and her fitter. Mil Annie Ma
ria Pou. who died December M, ISIS.
Them cider* warn tnaapnrnkla in Ufa
r-d they made tba heme hi wMek
Memm Jama. H. Pan. and Ed W.
Poo. the Con gr ataman of tha Ponrth
North Carolina dUtriet. and Mha Mat
t* E- Pou, af tetthfiaid, ware bom
sod reared.
Xin Smith’a long life ombraead
tha period or four American ware.
She wat not unacquainted with tka
Tirieritodoa of tim*. But throaghont
bar da ye the maintained a foreae
eoarao, alwaya ekoorfnl, alwayi aerr
Ing thoae about bar, alwaya doing bar1
fan thare and bearing la good tpiriU
tka burden u they came, ft waa wtda
I" noted that daring tka world war
ahe not only manifoatad tka
greeted Inter ret hi tka allied cnoaa
bat buried bentlf with knitting for
tbo (oldiora
Of a modeet and retiring natare
the chela of bar acrooonl aeqoaJnt.
usee waa limit ad. Kit tha kapt wall
•bread af bar thaaa throughout the
great period of bar Ufa, and all wba
wnf la contact with bar recogaiaod
tim nnofnat force of her ebametor
and the cere no beauty of bor dally
walk.
Until recent waaka aka enjoyed
rood health and bar Intend In all
that waa goad waa anjmpairod by tka
weight af yearn Ska diedln tba Chrln
• jan*a faith, a member of the Motbo
rild Ep'-copal church, and M the put
«« «« woo anew ncr roaJiaea that
•arth had lost not only an all tea nr*
example of an elder and aabiar KM
lisation bat also ana hi wham tta
Christian faith tad flowered with on*
uaaal perfection.
ISAM FATALITIES FROM AUTO
WRECKS IN TWELVE MONTHS
Xcw York, Aag. Me—Aa aaU—M
that $4,300,*00 waa paid by life th
ru re Bee companies in death claims I
from natnmabfla faUlitias daring
IMO U published today by the Ine*r
anre Frees. Autistic• an qaetod to
rhow that daring tta rear tha aotama
bO- nosed it.000 fatalities and 1.
AW.rtM nan-fatal injerles.
i.ife insarene* distributions fee tha
year by aampnaia* operating in tha
tfniud States and Canada aggngnt*
M H.PW.044.4P4, iaclodlng death
«In. am of all aorta, matorad ertdow
me It#, dividends and the Ilk*.
Largest. amaoe the death claims
of all sorts matvred endowments, di
vidends and the Ilka.
Unset among the death etataa
settled daring the year srulHI,H4r
ooo paid to tha hairs *f Wallace L.
Flerf a Soalan oncer.
The heir* #f Taka L Hamemad. of
Ardmore. Oklahoma, received
OM.
Olive Thomas Plekferd. aaetiee pla
ter# atay. who died suddenly hi Faria,
eras Itieared for I1SIM0. *
sPErfCEjTrxRrviaED py
TRAIN LOAD OF UQUM
Spencer. A eg. M.—An aaoaaal
new* In Spenser yards today was a
whole train bad of mighty in* Honor
ttrtrvta&'KK'tf
boon stored 4a T aaaaa City far ppm
hap* fifteen year* end Ip new (Met
the y grade a# I Men Ip Jjmwrtea.
aof tta ^S5ra 'idyTigbi a riaaa
gaard sr tta pnsions nappe. It was
nsilaw, of eonroa, for gaards arena4
Snswear, as aaae of tta raflway ma
ptaraa weald taha any rhaaeaa aa so I
non ml Hsg loahs Kimtaoma fleodu I
a-- .^Lflkn.v. VT -
rJtaf'u «a. tta^vESta nST|
l t. iitaa lucno
HEAD or WAYNE SCHOOLS
f Stoll tu» J5fl
toll km today to rnailir a ece
■Jtoto to county Saportatamdant, A.
f-IJtotor, whom resignation. effee
lw totoibw 15, ttolnud to rt
townd pnantmoualo selected Prof. J.
r. Jeroena, a teacher of State now.
usd^a Sunday school worker of *44*
THE SUSY UTTLE MINUTES
Tk* nUaolr Committee an Public
Utility Information tgwro* that ta
Chicago a too# retidoata of tb* city
000.000 minute* daily
bmO tin aaa of th* toloybom.
MUL MAETHA ANN WATSON
POUND DEAD IN HE* BED
Lwaborton, Aag. SI—Hn Mar
A»a Wataon .aged 08 yasm, was
rooad toad la bed at her home, near
Lamhofton. Heart trouble is onyyne
ed to ton boon the caao* of hr
death. Francl* Wataon. of Wart Dum
barton, bar *on, died of typhoid ferer
erithia 14 boon after th* death of
hit mother. Both warn buried at Ten
HO# Baptist church.
HENBT FOLD HAS ABOUT
so MILLION in CASH
Laming, Web.. Beet. 1.—Tb* Ford
Motor Company baa ia th* neighbor
hood Of SS4.o6o.000 to cash in th.
beak, according to a report tendered
tb* Department of state bare. lb*
iwpto* It waa stated by the Secretary
of State, baa not boon oAcially ac
cepted. because of minor errors, and
may be roturasd to tto company for
conoctioa. Th* financial statement In
ue report win not bo made public
until it bee boon o©dally accepted by
tbo deportmaat. It waa announced.
A aueition of Mr. Ediaon: “In what
has that supremo council ibown it
self supreme?"—Nnshvfila Banner.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
FORECLOSURE UNDER MORT
GAGE OP REAL ESTATE
Under and by virtue of the power
of tale contained in n certain mort
ni» deed executed by the Harnett
Hardware aad Furniture Company
to too Bank of Coats, which mortgage
daed ia recorded la Book US Page
ltd recorda of Harnett oonaty, do
fsalt having boon made in the pay
monk oftha debt thereby secured, the
undersigned will on Monday the ItSk
day of giptemhm mi, at 18 o’clock
M, at tho court hoeae door in LU
Ungtoa, N. C„ eeU to the highest bid
dy for cash, tbo lot or parcel of land
Wag and being in the term of Lil
li ngt on, N. C.. aad fatly described by
■Mae aad bounds la mid mortgage
dead as reeeidal In Beak US Page
4SS as above set oat.
qJ^jP- YOUNG, Receiver of Bank of
Tbia Aogaet 1S81.
August 88 80 Bopt « 18.
NOTICE OP SALE
Uador yd by virtue ef authority
WBtataad to a eertain Mortgage Dead
J** if of ,M»rdb ISIS to A. L
Bkrwtoot, which Mortgage Dead was
myW to tha 0«ee of the Bo
flttw of Deads of Barnett County
” P—A No. 118, nags 888, default
taring boon outdo m the payment of
tha nota secured (hereby the „n der
rifned- Adminiotrater of the aatata
of A. L. Borofoet win soil for onah W
tha highest bidder, a public auction
«• Mtlafy tho not* socurod hy aid
■*rtpn. at tho courthouse door in
Torn of Lmiayto*. Hanott
Couacr. North Carolina at 11 </
£•*. a. a. on tho 10th day of
Saatmbor. 1*11 tho folio winy do
oerihod root oatato, to-wit:
Boyinniny at a itaka Was. H. Stow
•**> eoraor aad nai N. tt W. U.M
chalna to a Mako la tho Chaa. Stow
•rt Uh; tbeoee 8. IT W. 1« chains '
to a stoke; thence 8. 88 W. £8.61
-•fa ,o .Vm H. Stewart’s crroar
.b the Wh’te line, thence K. *T E
t«» the h-ginnine, containing 46 1-8
arr-*. nw"a »,• ]«*.
This 16th da/ of A a rust, 1821.
A. I.. BAHdftlOT, Mortgage*.
By RZllA PARKER. Administrator.
Aur 16 £8 30 Sapt 6
Good Groceries
< •
CLEAN - PURE • WHOLESOME
Delivered promply, none better |
anywhere.
Try U8 or one week j
R. E. Snrles & Co. I
PHONE -> 276 1
RmmingimmmiiniiiJiimiiiHiHmmMi...J?
| THE TEST OF MEN
„■ ■
Men in these days are tasted through competitive ex
| amination and their bank accounts. Where is yonr
B Bank Account? Do you keep it in a Bank that takes a I
S personal interest in its growth—in your success—does
B all that it can to help you? The Commercial Bank is a
§ Bank of Personal Service. It wants the account of men
B who seek such service.
I Tba ability to Mn amr Doaa Hlnkm forooor. Uyoa wbot
1 »« fall book wbon that ability » cono?
I The Commercial Bank
Dunn, N. C.
We pay 4 per cent, interest in our Savings Department.
Farmer's Warehouse
Opens September 7
BENSON, N. C.
TO MY FARMER FRIENDS OF JOHNSTON, SAMP
SON, CUMBERLAND AND HARNETT COUNTIES:
Having leased the New Farmers' Warehouse at Ben
son for a term of years for the sale of leaf tobacco, 1 will
°P*° came on September 7th, with plenty of good buy
ers with good orders, and with good orders myself. This
enables me to guarantee you the—
Highest Market Price
•ach and every day
1 am no stranger, you all know me, and 1 am the farm
era* friend. Get a good load ready, bring it in and give me a
trial. 1 will do the rest.
I AM YOURS TO SERVE FOR HIGHER PRICES AT
-all Times
J. F. MOTLEY, Proprietor
. Geo. L. CANNADY, Auctioneer j
NEW FARMERS' WAREHOUSE BENSON, N. C.
■ .i* ' • ■
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I
Bed Room Suites
-OF
Superior Quality
In finish, in design and in workmanship that maintain
a wide margin of superiority over the ordinaiy, yet our
prices are very moderate.
You will do well to make your selections now while
our stocks are complete.
EACH DAY REVEALS NEW COMFORTS
IN A HOME FURNISHED BY US
The predominating reason for this is, perhaps, because
we take a personal interest in helping each customer to se
lect the furnishing best fitted to his or her needs.
The years of experience of each member of this firm
with Home Furnishings has prepared us for this work and
enables you to place your Home Outfitting problems in
our hands with perfect assurance in their being handled to
your satsifaction.
BARNES & HOLLIDAY CO.
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I PROSPERITY RETURNING I
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Look To Your Best Interest
The J.L. THOMPSON Co.
Attention Ginner
TO THE GINNERS OF HARNETT/ COUNT Y AND SURROUND
' ING TERRITORY:
We have ju»t received a big ah promt of Bagging and Ties, also
a big shipment of Cotton Sheets.
* t
We want your trade. Give us your BUSING. and we will make
you satisfactory prices.
The J.L Thompson Company
The New Cotton Season
The new Cotton season is now near at hand and we take this me
thod of telling you that we intend to be on the market daily and give
you the benefit of the very best price limit we can get on cotton and
seed, therefore, it behooves you to trade with us, sell to us, pull with
us and co-operate with us, and in sj doing you will make an interest
mutual and more conducive to pro perity.
THE J. L THOMPSON [CO.
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