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VOL. IV
SMITHF1ELD, N; 0.', JOHNSTON CCJNTY MARCH 18, 4886.
NO. 41
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rROFBSSlONAL CARDS.
Jamesla. Pou,
ttornov-At-Law,
gMlUnSLU, JOIISTOK COUNTT, N. C,
W.U attend regularly the Courts of John
7. Swnpsn an 1 Harnett counties.
CvUeetions made in these counties.
, x , y Et side of Cvurt Hon Square, near
J. H. ABELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SMITHFIELD. N. C
OFFICE IX THE COURT UOUSE.
Specif attention paid to collections and set
tUS estates.
rriSuc i Courts of Jehnstoo. TTake
aal Wayne. ,
v. w roll. Sr. P- T MASEEY.
ATTCBNE7 and COTOTSELLOS
AT LAW,
SMITHFIKJL, N. O.,
Will Attend th9 Courts oi Johnson
and Adjoining Counties.
Office lu Court House
JLttinsys-at-Law and Eeal Estata
Agents,
SMHITFIKLD, N. C.
If yae wish to bey land or to Bell land, for
Wp wo can aid you.
Wo eao negotiate loans, tor long or suert
Uroi oa real estate in JohnUeu county
Perooao wishing to lend money or to borrow
May ob mortgage of land may find it to their
wrMt to call n u8
S R. ana J. A. 5
Carriage Manulactui-ers
AND
UNDERTAKER.
VEHICLES at Rock Bottom
Prices.
rWr . Clambus And Cincinnati Dag
giw. Bngjy and Wafon Harness. Saddles,
Bridals, et, kept in steer, cry low far cash-
CoSns aad Burial Cases furuished on enort
motio-
Coaralt your iatcrest and jtive them a call
aad examine their Stock before purcUaiing
aarvhere SatUfaction ruranted.
Selma Academy,
ELM A, JOirXSTOX COCXTV, xV. C.
Hunry Louis Smith, Principal.
A High School, Wi$mcd to prepare "Toy
nad Girls for College or the practical duties r
Life
P.adcr present management the Selma
Academy Las grown with unexampled rapidity
ia nnrabers and infiueuce.
J$0"A1".1 can le obtained at from 6 to 10
Viiiivr month, fuel and L'&kts furnished.
CeiWtlieuie. Musi. Painting. Book Keep
ing. Latin Grek. French. Physiology, and
Higher ifathematics embraced in the course,
which will prepare fr any College desired, or
fr tat State UniTersity.
Tuition ia Englwk course from 2 to 3
dollars per month.
The school is well supplied " with Map.
Globus, Reading. Vrit in, and Physiological
Charts. Fractional Apples. C be-root Blocks,
etc , etc. For further particulars. Rend to the
Prin cipal for C-ata oiue.
mitbileld Collegiate Instttnte.
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MALE arid FEMALE
SrdthMd, Johnstoa County, N. C.
U J. aTls, A. VM Ira T. Tarllaftoa, Pk. S.,
TRINCirl us.
The rir,it terru f tlli8 InetitHtion will
begin the first day of March. 1886,and
continue sixteca weeks.
Tuition Per Month.
Tuition must be paid monthly, unless
special arrangeuoents are made.
Prin.rT Department, $2.00
Interiotdiate D-.pax ment, 2.50.
Higher Knslwh 1 cpajtaient, 3.00.
Latin, Greek, iron?. German, Al
gebm.Gecmttrjj, Surveying,
Book-Keeping, ea h 50.
StadeaU trill ba charged for tuitisn
frai ta tins of ntering School until the
ai af the term, except in case of protract
or illness, or bj special contract.
Board
Board, including Fuel and Light?, can
ha abtaiaed ia good families iron 0.00 to
$10.00 per month.
Eisdplins
"We phall enforce a strict but reasonable
ood of rule. Wi shall devote our best
energies to the moral cultivation of our
pnptU, and cause them to obserre proper
raepect for each other.
Methods of InstrucUon.
We phall ad'pt s.uoh methods of Teach
ing aa will best cause thoughtjOnnd-growth,
and thoroughnoea accepting nor rejecting
aay method simply because it is new or
Special Advantages
Are offered to those who are preparing
to teach in tha Tublie Schools, as we shall
teach all tha studies embraced in the com
mon echool course.
Building.
We have in construction a large and
vrell arranged school building, funmhed
with proper apparatus, aud with a suffi
cient number of the "Victor" School Desks
to seat, cnjfortably, odo hundred and ten
pupila. (The "Victor is claimed to be the
best desk ever made.)
Remarks.-
The pupils of the Primary Department
should supply themselves With arring
ton'a Spellers, Appleton's F-eabers; and
gRSSdlSlates. For further iaforxiatiun ad
the Pr'a -rs.
iDWABD W. POO, Jr.,
(o)
SMITHFIELP,
tiic "Hr.nAi.io'' en ax's fa-miLitnLioF
THE TOWN AND ITS BUSINESS
INTEIiESTS.
iFncts and Fairscles Concern
log People TThaoa we
All K.notr.
According to the censas of 18S0 Smith
ld had a population of about 500. Then
the town had little or no prominence ex
cept as being the capital of Johnston
county. The nearest railway was the
North Carolina, distant four miles; busi
ness enterprises of all kinds langaished,
and a more unprejosscssing place could
scarcely have been found in the State.
The building of a railway from Goldsboro
to SniithSeld chaaged the complexion of
affairs. New life was infused into trade
dormant energies were quickened into new
being and now with' a population of
about 1,000, Smith'ield enters the lists a
candidate for popular recognition as one
of the progressive towns of the Old North
State. The completion of the new branch
of the Wilmington fe Wldon road, (and
trains will doubtless be running in June) ,
will afFcrd another and needed outlet for
the products of this section, and it is the
hope of the IIkrai D that it may also
prove an inducement for manufacturers to I
locate here. j
Smithfield is the entre pot and depot of
supplies for a large scope of country. A
very considerable trade comes here from
points thhty-five to forty miles away, nd
necessarily tha town has become a larga
cotton market, the quantity annually sold
here being from 9.000 to 12,000 bales.
The country supporting the town is capa
ble of a high degree of cultivation. Cotton,
corn, rice, ground peas, tobacco a$d other
crops can all be nia4e profitable to the in
telligent farmer, and no where in the State
can be found a section of country present
ing more natural advantages.
That there is a spirit of enterprise per
meatin Snrithfield and adjacent sarround
iny? cannot be disputed. Every business
man with whom we have talked expresses
himself hopeful even sanguine as to the
future of the town; wo have yet to meet
the first croaker. These business mea
base, their hopes and expectations upon
the productiveness of the soil upon the
railway advantages upon the spirit of
progress animating the community, and if
this spirit of enterprise can be crystalizcd,
ms it wcr?, if it will but take form and
comeliness in the sliape of factories, the
expectations of the most sanguine will be
realized.
Smith Seld has good society, and it ia a
quiet, orderly towc
There aro three white churches here;
two Baptist (Primitive and Missionary)
and one Methodist. . We reflet that we
can't truthfully compliment cither upon
the external or internal attractiveness of
these houses of worship, but they were
built when Smith 5eld was scarcely more
than a hamlet, and, in the very nature of
things, muft eventually give place to
structures that sht.ll be fitting temples for
I7is worship.
OI the st-hools of town we speak in
another place. Concerning the mercan
tile interests we make detailed mention.
We hava tried to confine ourself to facta
relative to the sarinus interasts represented,
and the personal sketches aro certainly
not over-drawn. We have aimed at so
order of arrangement or of precedence
we have written as the memoranda upon
our note book suggested. First upon the
list ia
D. II. GRAVES.
Occasionally a native New Yorker is to
be found in North Carolina, and, as a rule,
these former residents of the Empire
State arc among the most progressive citi
aens and sucecssfulltisiness men wo have.
Mr. D. II. Graves illustrates, in himself
and his business, this fact. He is origi
nally from Saratoga county,. New York
State. Ilia identity with North Carolina
and its affairs dates from 1866 when he
located at Selma and engaged ia the nava
f tores business, buying and shipping rorin,
pitch, turpentine, cotton, etc, to the
North. In the year 1872 he engaged in
general merchandising at Selma, and there
he conducted a successful business, but
when the railway was completed to Smith
field he removed his business to this point,
and this l,a3 be03 trade headquarters
ever since, though he continue to reside
in Selrea, That reminds us that few busi
ness men in this country travel more miles
each year than Mr. Graves and yet attend
to daily trade. He makes the daily trip
between Selma and SmilhSeld four miles
each way or, in round numbers ,500
miles per year, aad he seems to look upon
this daily tri.. nr.ore as an appetixT than
anything else.
Mr. Graves' business is a combination of
a number of Ram 76 flhtstrate: Hfe is
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tne leading cotton oayer Here, his annual
purchases being about 5000 bales, or, say,
more thaa one-!alf, oi all that is
marketed here. He also handles fer
tilisers extensively nearly 1,000 tons per
year and he offers to our farmers their
choice of the following nnmed brands:
ltapscOjNavaspa, Listers, Pine Island and
"Plow" brand. He also sells Acid phos
phates and Kainit. Agricultural imple
ments, as a icatter of course, constitute a
specialty in his trade;. so do gra'ns, meats,
meal, groceries, provisions generally, as
well as dry goods and all that line of trade
that comes under the designation of "gene
ral merchandise." lie employs four sales
men, puts out & "heap" of goods every
yeavand Fceras tolerably well satisfied with 4
the way the world wags.
The salesmen in the store are: S. W.
Parker, who has been with Mr. Graves
six years; J. B. Hudson, three years;John
Ives, two years, and Walter Ives, one and
a half year. We don't want to undu'y
oinplimt nt these gentlemen, still we can
honestly say that their employer, like the
community generally, holds them in high
esteem.
Of course Mr. II. does a largo "advance"
or mortgage business,but he tells us that he
ha had relatively little trouble with col
lections, and he hopes and expects to do a
larger trade this year than last. This irade
extends 35 to 40 miles in some directions,
aud quite a Urge per cent is a cash trade;
Mr. Graves is, we are glad to say, not
oae of the "mammies" f North Carolina,
ncr does he, in the perlareo of the unro
generated, d n the outlook for trade. Ha
don't expect 'big' things of this year, in the
way of business he docs anticipate a
healthful trade and the HERALD cordially
hopes his anticipation will be realized.
Skth Wood all & Co.
Mr. Seth Woodall isn't half as patriarchal
in appearance as is his brother and partner,
Mr. T. W. Woodall, and yet the fact re
mains that he is now the oldest merchant
ofSmithfield as a consequence we giva
the house deserved conspiemty. "The firm
as now constituted, was formed thirteen
years ago, but the origin of the house goes
bask to January 1st, '1869, when S. & B.
A. Woodall established the business. Upon
the dissolution cf that co-partnership Mr.
Scth Woodall continued trade alone for
about fourteen months then the present
partnership, was formed.
Of tiie co-partners, personally, we have
a few words to say. Each is a native of
Johnston county. They ara brothers,
were raised farmers' boys, and they each
remain connected with the farming interest
ofthe county as plant's. Mr. Seth Wood
all first began merchandizing here in 1S60
a one of the'firm of Wooda'l A Durham -The
outbreak of the war compelled them
to suspend business in 1861, and from
that time until '69 the name of Woodall
didn't fi .jure in commercial reports r.pon
Smithfield. Mr. T. W. Woodall confined
himself to farming until 1874 since thon
he has Won actively engaged in trade, and,
in partnership with his brother, he has,
of recent years, been successfully conduct
ing a country store at Webstar Academy.
That establishment is now closed, and the
co-pnrtners unite in the management of
their business hcrc a business that is best
designated by the term "general merchan
dise." They not only sell whatever a
planter needs for the making and harvest
ing a crop, but they annually buy from
500 to 600 bales of cotton," and they sell
upwards of 500 tons of fertilizer per year
last year their sales were, in round num
bers. 550 tons. They handle Bradley's
"Sea Fowl," "Farmcis Friend," "Peru
vean Mixture," "Americus," ''Roysters
Acid Kainit" and "Longs Perparod Chemi
cals" this latter article is an especially
good thing and if our farmers would post
themselves as to its real merit as Mr.
Seth Woodall did last year on his farm
they would find themselves buying it and
saving large sums of money every year,
while the results from its use will prove
especially gratifying. ; .
We asked the Mossrs. Woodall as to
their opinion as to the -trade outlook for
this year. They admitted that last year
they took big chances and sold a great
quantity of goods, they ! also admitted
that their collections had been very fair and
their losses relatively small as compared
with the extensive credit trade they did,
but they say they don't propose to run any
such chanjes this year. Their line of ad
vances will be comparatively small if a
poor crop comes hey don't propose to be
"left.n It would be the best thing in the
world if more of our merchants would take
the same view we think the tendency of
the times is in that direction, and we are
glad of it, for the cash business plan will be
the salvation of this country, while it is
equally sure that credits will ruin it.
The Messrs. Woodall give personal at
tention to their business they srill at all
times welcome old or uew friends at their
store, and they propose in the future as in
the past to "take a hand" in all things that
promise to advance the tst interests of
their native? 4xxxt&y'.
WILLIAMSON k BLAKE.
Among the really representative firms
of Smithfield the most recently organized
is the one whose name We have just writ
ten. The co partners comprise Mr. James
Williamson and Mr. H P- Blake, each of
whom is a young man; each gives the
business in hand personal attention, and
they inform the H ek ALU reporter that not
only has business with them been fully up
to their expectations thus far but that it
gives every promise of, a reasonable and
gratifying degree of growth. "
Messrs. Williamson &. Blake are whole
sale and retail grocers, aad their co-partnership
dates from sixteen months ago, at
which time they establish -fneur present
house, then a new and untried experiment
hero. They have had plenty of competi
tion to contend against for "Dearly every
merchant in Smithfield handles groceries
and provisions to a greater or less extent,
but it. has been the effort of . the firm to
impress upon the ncicds of the people the
very simple fact that a house confining
itself to certain lines of trade as a special
ty can sell goods within its lines to far
bettrr advantage than do houses that like
"Little Buttercup," "mix those babies up,"
and sell something of everything.
The firm have already attracted a very
complimentary and wholesome trade from
country merchants in this and adjacent
counties, while their retail tracto has stead
ily progressed and the area from which it
is drawn has constantly expanded. This
retail trado comes from points even as far
as thirty to forty miles away; Sampson and
Harnett connties supply a goodly portion,
while Johnston cou-ty, as matter of
course, wheels into line." The firm cpn
fidently expect t do at least 50 per cent
more business this year than last, they are
prepared to "carry" farmers until the pros
pective crop is made and seoured, and they
want to talk "business" with every farm
ers hereabouts.
Among other specialties flour is one.
They handle Virginia and Missouri flour
rect iving it in 200 asd 300 bbl lots; they
sell quantities of meats, put up by the lead
ing packers of the West; from Petersburg
and Richmond they obtain meal by the
car load, and Baltimore, Richmond and
other cities supply them with groceries.
They also make a spvcialty of fertilizers,
selling Piedmont Special Fertilizer, for
cotton; Piedmont tobacco guano; the "Owl
Brand' for cotton and corn; "L & R" am
utoniated; "L & R" acid phosphate; "Eddy
tone," and "Pacific" and their sales of
guanos and phosphates this year will
doubtless reach 300 tons. Messrs. Wil
liamson & Blake will also enter tho mar
ket this year as cotton buyers, but of course
they cannot form an idea yet as to the
quantity they will purchase. This much
is evident, though, the firm mean "busi
ness" and the co partners are ready to
stand their "hack" with other dealers. "
The members cf the firm areljung men.
Mr. Williamson is a native Vifl inian but
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of late years "he has been asal iattd with
trade interests in this State atllaleigh and
Washington. M r. Blake is a 'Vake coun
ty "tar heel." These gentlemen came here
sixteen months ago to establish this house;
they have not been jdisappoint'.d in their
expectations thus far, and if goAl business
nc thuds, a det-ire to do equal and exact
justice by ail and square transactions can
build up a big trade they cannot fail in their
effoTrts. .
The firm have . secured the pervices of
Mr. J. T. Cobb, formerly a merchant here
and one of the best known men of this sec
tion. Mr. Cobb wants ill his old friends
to know that he is with Wil iamson &
Blake now, and he also wants them to re
member that he can sell them gxds oa the
boat of terms. Try him, and sl if it is'nt
a true bill.
. E. J.&LS. Holt
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Busy a little community as i Smithfield,
unclassified as trade interests af5, as a rule,
still we jhave two or three houses that
make specialties of certain linos. Take
the gentlemen whose firm styta heads this
article as arar illustration. - The have had
the temerity to open a hardware store, and
thanks to tho persistency of effort they have
displayed, they have succeeded in building
up a business that ranks with he first in
the town.
It is only twelve months last February
since the house was opened, t was the
first enterprise of its kind ever established
here, and the other day the Herald re
porter asked Mr. E. J. Hoi "how he
liked it as far as he had got." '-Tol'able,"
said he. Being pressed still fur'ber he ad
mitted that trade had been fully up to if
it had not exeaeded his expectations, all
things conaidered, and - he appeared to
think that the business outlook was very
fair. ; . :
One of the firm f Mr. J. S. Irblt, lives" in
Wilson county, at Black Crk, so the
management ofthe business falls upon Mr.
E. J. Holt. He is a native of this county,
and, like most of the merchants of Smith
field, was raised a farmer's bey.
When the tste war oocared he eoKatcd;
ia 1861, in the 16th N. C. Oftvalry as
private soldier. ' He received promstioii ta
a J'ieatenaney; afterwards. . was eommis
fioncd Captain, afid served through the
war, surrendering at Appomattox, at which
time, though, but a Captain, ho was in com
mand of his Brigade. After the war he
came home, remained one jeer, cad then
removed to Newton,Catawba county, where
he engaged in general merchandising for
three years. From there he went to Wayne
county nd for the three following years
he was a farmer; then he returned to his
old heme. In 1872 he was elected Sheriff
f this county; he served one" term of two
years, and tfeen he went back to farming.
Though now a aerchant. Capt. ;llolt is
stM a tanner, and at tbeffl& time he ia a
Federal ofBce-holder, being Deputy Col
lector of Internal Revenue for this Dis
trict. This appointment was one he in no
wise sought there was, as our readers
will remember a great wrangle over this
office. Some friend suggested Captain
Holt's name, quite as much a cempronise
measure as anything else, and Colonel
Yarborough at once telegraphed him his
appointment. We make this announce
ment of this ofSeial position & that ail of
our friends (if any there bo) who are
"blockading" "apple or leach", may "take
due notice and govern themselves accord
ingly." The firm of E. J. & J. S Holt have
very pleasant business relations with the
pceple of all this section. Not only do
they handle hardware, but stoves, tinware,
weoden and willow ware, agricultural im
plements, sash, doors and bliads eater iato
the composition of general stock, aad in all
these lines, inclusive of rod and bar iron,
horse shoos, calls, &e.; the firm offer both
retail and wholesale buyers every advan
tage they can,
The Messrs. Holt mean "business."
They have looked the sitaatioa -fairly in
the fase they believed and they continue
to believe that there existed aa opening
here for such a house as they have estab
lished, and by fair methods they are build
iag up a trade that redounds to their
credit.
M. Sum m krfi cld & Go.
Few towns, if any, the size of this can
boast so complete so metropolitaa a dry
goods house as the oae we have here ia
Smithfield presided over by Mr. H. Dan
enhurg, the "Co." el M. Summerfieid &
Co. In all of its appointments it is com
pleteness itself, and it ij not at all to be
wandered at that it attracts trade from all
the adjaceat country. Citizens of other
towns in the county ooa&e to 8 mi tk field to
purchase goods fro a the simple fact that
our merchants carry larger stocks than are
to be found nearer than Raleigh or Golds
boro, and M. Summerfieid & Ce., have
been among the leaders ia building up
this wide reaching trade.
The origin of the house goes back seve
ral years. In 1877 or 1878 Mr. Danen
burg located here and began business; he
was right successful; he built up a good,
healthful trade, but finally he retired, was
out about six months, and then re-engaged
under his present firm style two years ago.
The senior of the firm,Mr. Summerfieid,
lives and is in business at Goldsboro, so
that the management of the business here
falls upon Mr. D. His shoulders are
broad, however, and he manages to worry
along in a right cemfortable fashion.
Last year the firm built tho handsome
brick block occupied by the easel vea and
E. J. & J. S. Holt. The salesrooms are
about the same size--say 23x100 feet, and
the building is a substantial iro a front,
two fieors. The sales reoms of Messrs. M.
Summerfieid & Co., especially impress one
favorably. In the dry goeds department
preper one netioes a busiaess like classifi
cation of the various lines that come un
der, that generic tena. Especial attention
is paid to keeping fall lines of the better
lines of goods, and so a trade is retained
here that otherwisewocld go abroad. In
dress goods, trimmiBgs,notions, and the ten
thousand things thai a lady's oestume calls
for there appears to be no lack, and now
thai new and seasonable goods are arriving
daily it is net uafair to assert that the
heuse will preseat greater attractions than
ever before.
But dry goods are not the only lines.
Clothing is made a specialty; so are shees,
and upon the second floor of the building
is shewn a full line of furniture if any
thing better thaa thai carried ia stock is
wanted, the firm will cheerfully order it.
Carpets are also carriel; in brref, it is the
dcrire of the firm to make their house eomir
plete and to so cater to the needs of the
people, that not only easterners but friends
will be gamed.
M. Summerfied & Co., da, measurably,
a cash trade--t. e. they do not do an
"advance" or mortgage business. .They
realize the evils oi such business methods
aad they steer clear of them. They want
the "dollars of our daddies," and for these
dollars are offering bargains.
Mr. Daaetoiburg telle us thai pris of
goods this year do not differ much from
kat, although st lea are prettier, If pi
bte, afld material better. However the
lady readers of the Hk&ald can settle
that matter for themselves
Though the firm are not cotton buyers
(Mr. D. used to buy largely) Mr. P. C.
Hynaab makes his office with them, and
he is prepared to pay spot oaah for every
bale that is offered. In other words, M.
Summerfieid & Co., are "live," wide-awake
merchants. They have be n succe sful
here, and the IIssau is glad of the fact.
Bkaty & Morgan.
Diigonally across Second street from
the Herald office is the dry goods house
cf Beaty & Morganrand we feeil like say
ing something pleasant concerning it be
cause of several reasons. In the fitst place
the firm is carrying forward an enterprise
that is limited as regards its lines of trade.
Its specialties are dry goods and those
other articles that one naturally expects to
find in a dry goods house such lines as
notions, hat?,shoea and clothing. It's of
no earthly use for a customer to ask Beaty
& Morgan to sell them groceries, provis
ions, crockery, hardware and the half a
hundred other things which a general
merchandize house carries; the firm have
cut loose from all that, they have deter
mined to make a success of a properly
classified house, and the liberal patronage
extended them unmistakably tells how
well the people of town and country ap
preciate their effort? .
The firm is comprised of two co part
ners, J. M. Beaty and S. R. Morgan.
The last named gentleman has other en
terprises to look afler. For years he was
a buggy manufao'urer here and now that
he has quit manufacturing he is engaged
in selling work turned out by some of the
large factories of the country, so that his
interest in the dry goods store is represent
ed by his son, A. 3 Morgan. Mr. Beaty
is a young man was raised here, and
soiae six years ago he began mercantile
life as a clerk for Fuller & Earp. Two
years later he went into the fruit tree busi
ness, and en the 1st of September, 188-i,
in partnership with Mr. Morgan, he es
tablished this hour.
In course of a conversation the Herald
reporter recently had with Messrs. Beaty
& Morgan we learned that the house finds
a growing demand existing for the better
grades of goods and we also learned that
the sales of the house for last year were
considerably in excess of what had been
anticipated. We are also informed that
trade has opened well this year, and when
the new goods now on their way are re
ceived, it is hoped that the ladies of town
and eountry will lose no time in inspect
ing them. Prices are said to be lower
while the goods are decidedly prettier than
they have been for a long time.
The trado of the house, too, reaches out
to long distances several regular custo
mers come from as far as forty miles away,
but whether from near or afar every visi
tor to the bouse will find thai prompt,
courteous attention will be shown, whether
the visitor proves a buyer or net.
We can still further say of Beaty &
Morgan that the firm are progressive, they
want to advance the interests of Smith
field, and they certainly ara going about the
werk ia systematic, business-like way.
B. R. Hood & Co.
In to-day's issue the Herald talks fa
miliarly of a number of Smitfifield's promi
nent business enterprises and though the
space at our disposal is almost filled we yet
find room in which to allude ht more or
less detailed way to one of tbVdnjg firm
oftown.that of B. R. Hood A Cev The
house, i" of recent organisation, having i
been established onlj about seven months
ago, but it has aires oWnada a name and
place for itself in the" Business circles of
Smithfield, and if one can JWge of the fu
ture by the past it career promises to be
as prosperous as ts most ardent Nfell wish
er could desire,
The house fa located at the corner of
Third and Railroad streets. The sales
room has been rendered attractive, and as
we glance at the contents ef shelves,
counters, drawers and show cases we can
but be repressed with the idea of the com- 4
pletenesa of the establishment, and we all
knew how ach the success of a drug store 4
depends upon appearances. Well, these
appearances are not only pleasing, bujt
there is a thoroughly qualified pharmacist
aad clever young gentleman, Mr. B. R.
Hood, presiding; over the fortunes of the
house. He may be said to have fairly
grown up with the drug trade, and our
readers generally know how competent he
is to manage such an enterprise aa is 1
this.
Of course drugs, chemicals and medi
cines constitute the leading- specialties of
trade, but there are other lines. Paints
and oils are carried in full stock; stationer
school and miscellaneous books are shown;
there are choice cigars, aad perfumes,
pomades' and toilet articles generally ore
( not neglected. There is an air of frej
ne?s to the stock that impresses cqo
vorably, and that is one point that Q.
Hood & Co doa't want the people to
get; they are offering fresh and reil'uS.
good, and thy don't intend tht thi
standard of excellence shall detsriorate. .1
very gratifying prescription busifrcsa is
also held by the house, and every pains
are taken to fill prescriptions or family re
cipes with the utmost exactitude.
We wouldn't advise aay one to get sick
jpst in order to see whether friend Hood
can fill a prescription properly or to test
the purity of the drugs carried by the
house, bat if you do get sick, just remem
ber that you will find a reliable pharmacy ,
at the corner of Third and Railroad
streets. '
To be GO itinued next week.
Excitement in Texas.
Grer t excitement has been caused in the
vicinity cf Paris, Tex., by the remarkable
recovery of J E. Corley, who was so help
less he could not turn in bed, or raise his
head; everybody said he was dying of Con
sumption. A trial bottle of ;Dr King's
New Discovery was sent him. Finding re-,
lief, he bought a large bottle and a bx of
Dr King's New Life Pills, by the time he
had taken two boxes of Pills and two bot
tles of the Discovery, he was well and had
gained in flesh thirty-six pounds.
Trial bottles of this Great Discovery for
Consumption free at T R Hood & Go's.
Wasted.
Three or four gentleman table boarders.
Apply to J. T. Cobb.
LOW FOR CAS
The No. 2, $2.50.
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35, 2.00.
45, 2.25.
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Dixie, 3.50.
I. X, li, 3.00.
Boss, 3.00.
Daisy, 3.50.
Star, 3.00.
Stonewall, 3.5CX
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A . Full Line)f Warda Plows at Factory
Prites.
A big lot of Collars. Harness. Traces,
Plow Lines, Back-bands, Hame-strings,
Axes, Hoes, Bush-hooks Ete. Etc.
i on MS ON
THE ROAD,
and a full aad complete stock of
Ms, Mi i3 Forks.
Gal! and see us.
e. j. & j. s. holt;
33-1 j. Smithfield, N. QL
Maauelfof Modaa-
This new alliance of mcaere aad litera
ture ia edited and published bj a lady whose
editorial connections with oae, sad faTorable
relations with ma' y ofthe best house in three
cities, enables her to treat .he subject fross
prominent tft&nd points, and to coyer exovjv
tional territories on topics of sbeorbing' In
terest to readers and borers remote from the
greet centres f trade. The werk ia thereogf-w
ly endorsed by the Press of the country, ar.d
the public at large, and. a 3 a sobeduleof strafa
facts, figures and f tnhions as eannet fail to be
ef nse to buyers out of tewn, it should find
ladgsoeniin every hoase held in the lad.
Bend ten eents (lOets) for sample epy te-
Mrs. Salle J. Battey, Press Sxcbange,-
Kearney street, aewara Ji, .
HOW'S THIS I
TEN MINUTES
is net a very long Hsne, bat it is snffieient for '
as to convince you that we have a prize to offer
very sua, woman and child, thai wishes to
sate money. A visit to our store will result
in year . ,
Inv eetigatioxx,
Aciijaixnitioji.
STegstktion,
A BW BARGAIN
that will interest and please yen. Sow
awaits you in ear select new stock ef FaasHj
Groceries, Confectioneries aad Farmer's Sap.
plies.
GOODS THE BEST,
PRICES THE LO WEST.
Oar choice new stock deih gladden every eye,
And those who come to look, remain to buy.
They find ear prices scarce effect their store.
And when they've bought feel richer thaa be.
fere.
We are selling the following brands ef fef.
tilisers .
Anchor Brand and N&tioual Tobaeco Fr-
tiliter.
Anchor Brand for Cot tea, High Grado
Premium for all crops.
Boykin, Oanner & (Jo's Home Fertilizer,
OrehiILt, and Genuine German Kainit.
Thanking oar friends for past favors, we
respectfully ask a continuance of their patron
age. . Very respectfully,
Mm k llaiigjE,.
Thirl Street, Next door to Fc&co-k & Ere,
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