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VOL" 21' SMITIIFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1902. NO 2a
THE STORM HURT CROPS.
West Needs Rain, But East
is Doing Well.
In General tbe Conditions Show up ,
Very Favorably tor North Caro- 1
lma Crop for the Past Week. 1
i
The Weekly Crop Bulletin issued j
by the Weather Bureau of the (
North Carolina section of the (
Climate and Crop service of the
United States Department of i
Agriculture says: (
The distribution of rainfall was
again very irregular during the (
past week; the least amount oc
curred in the western section, ,
including a portion of the central
district, west of a line drawn (
from Person south to Anson
county, while throughout the
eastern half of the State showers ,
fell on almost every other day,
and in this section the precipita
tion has been amply sufficient
for the present need of crops.
The heaviest rains occurred on
the Gth, and 10th, and greatly j
revived vegetation and improved i
the condition of crops. Unfortu
nately the storm of the 6th
(Wednesday) was accompanied j
by high winds which did con-1
siderable damage over a very
extended area of the State; much
corn was blown to the ground;
also some cotton and tobacco; j
fences and chimueys were blown; |
tobacco barns unroofed, and
orchards suffered badly as much
of the fruit was whipped from the1
trees. The benifits resulting j
from the rainfall accompanying
the storm largely offset the dam
age in the east, but in the western i
portion of the State the drought j
is yet unbroken, and crops con-1
tinue to suffer severely. The|
mean temperatures averaged
about 3 degrees above the nor-!
mal; high maximum tempera-!
tures were recorded until after I
the 6th when a shift of the wind
to northerly brought cooler
nights and less sultry days.
In the west old corn is still suf-1
fering badly for lack of moisture, j
especially the upland corn, and
even the late crop is not doing
well in some places; where show
ers occurred corn was much bene-!
fitted, though the old crop cau
not regain the loss caused by
drought, owing to poorly filled
ears; bottomland and late corn
is splendid in many counties.
Fodder pulling has begun at
many places, in dry counties
cotton is still shedding and there
is some rust; elsewhere plants
are well boiled: early planted
upland cotton has commenced
to open in the south portion
Cutting and curing tobacco has
advanced rapidly with generally
good results; in some counties
the plants are firing, and the top
crop which is not well matured
will not give satisfactory cures.
Peanuts, field peas, turnips and
rice ars doing well, but sweet
potatoes are not promising.
Plantiing the fall crop of Iiislr
potatoes has begun, and seeding
turnips continues. Advantage
was taken of favorable seasons
to set out strawberry plants in
the Wilmington-VVeldon district.
Pastures are making renewed
growth in the east. Fall plowing
is not making rapid progress.
For County Treasurer.
Mr. Editor:?I have nothing;
against our present treasurer.
\\ ould like to see him nominated
for the next term. Put, if there
is to be change in the treasurer's |
office, I wish to name a man who
has all his life proved to be a
Democrat of the best type. He
is neither saint nor sanctified,nor
has he at any time headed a pe
tition for a measure that he j,
knew at the time was extremely
unpopular among his neighbors,
and tried to run it over them by
all classes and conditions of |,
signers. Put he is a Christian j
gentleman whom the people
would delight in seeing honored. |
His name is Charles 1). .Smith, of (
Ingrams Township. ,
Respectfully, ,
F. M. Massengiix, i
Elevation Township, August i
12, 1902.
REBELS CAPTURE BARCELONA.
Revolutionists Hold Hi?h carnival.
American, Italian and Dutcb
Consnulates Sacked.
Port-of-Spain, Inland of Trini-|
3ad, Aug. 12.?Details of the
fighting at Barcelona, Venezuela,
received here by boat, show that
a terrible battle started Saunday,
August 3, and that on the follow
ing Wednesday the revolutionists
entered the city. They kept up a,
continous firing day and nignt.
At midnight on Thursday, two
thirds of the city was in the power
of the revolutionists. On b riday i
the government strongholds were
carried and the last survivors of i
the government officers tried to
escape by the river to the sea, j
but, failing in this, they made
one last stand, after wliich. at'
noon Friday, they surrendered to;
the revolutionist commanders.
Generals Platero, Francisco and
Monagas.
Among those taken prisoner
are Martin Marcano, president of
the State of Barcelona and com
mander of the government'
troops, eight generals and 2d
colonels. The dead on both sides
number 167. All houses in the
city were sacked, and in some in
stances inoffensive women and
children were maltreated and
killed. Stores were pillaged, and
especially those belonging to
foreigners, and the French cable
office was robbed. The American,
Italian and Dutch consulates
were pillaged and the consuls
have asked for men-of-war to pro
tect life and property.
For Register ot Deeds.
Mr. Editor:?As the time is
drawing near, allow me to pre
sent to the Democrats of John
ston county one of its purest and
hardest working Democrats, one
who has fought for white su
premacy quite a number of years,
and deserves this office. There is
no one more suitable or better
equipped for the office than Mr.
T. J. Lassiter, whom I present.
Let the Democrats of Johnston
county fix their minds 011 Mr.
Lassiter, by the Democratic
Convention, and nominate him
as one of our county officers, one
who deserves this office and will
accept under only that true and
honorable Democratic party.
(Jive us Mr. Lassiter for Register
of Deeds and everything will con
tinue to be victorious for the
grand old party of Democracy
011 the day of election.
Willie H. Stephenson,
Pleasant Grove Township,
August 11, 1002.
For County t reasurer.
Mr. Editor:?1 hope it will not
be imposing on yourgood nature
too much to ask space once more
in The Herald for the recom
mendation of a man for the office
of County Treasurer. This man
is too well known however in the
county for any recommendation
at my hand. 1 simply wish to
mention his name for the above
named office. This man has
served the people of his county
before and was indeed faithful to
that trust, he stuck close to duty
and undoubtedly answered to
more roll calls in that long to be
remembered Legislature of 1895,
than any member in that body.
This man's democracy is unques
tioned, he is a strong amend
ment Democrat; he was asked in
the campaign of 1900 by some
friend tins question: Could he
walk an hundred miles to vote
for the amendment? and his
answer was?yes, and crawl half
that distance if necessary; this
man is Rufus Sanders, of Digrams
township. Mr. Zanders is a far
mer and has always handled his
own money well, and if trusted
with the people's money, the office
will be well kept, business well
managed and moneys only paid
out as directed by proper author
ity.
Now, Mr. Editor, there is not a
more deservinir Democrat in our
sjood old county than Mr. Sand
;Te, so let us, the great Demo
cratic host, meet on the 2Hth and
nominate Mr. Sanders by accla
mation.
G. W. Massengill.
Cannot Accept a Nomination.
Editor Herald:?1 see in last
week's paper that my friend, Mr.
F. T. Booker, has proposed my 1
name as a candidate for State
Senator in this district. Please
allow me space to say to Mr.
Booker, and to others who have
spoken to me on the subject,that'
I have the highest respect for
their judgment, aud that I enter
tain the highest appreciation of
their pood opinion of me, how
ever, tar 1 fall short of their esti-1
mate, but that I cannot under
any consideration, consent to
become a candidate. I am over
loaded with duties already as- j
sumed. and must leave the obli
gations and honors of Senator
ship to some one who can com
mand time to give to the office
the thought and labor it should |
receive. We have men, not a few
in this county, who by nature,
education and experience, and a
general knowledge of State craft,
are well fitted for the position,
and who could easily be elected if
nominated.
*17 3-- _ . 1 ? 1 i 1 I
v> e ueeu men as legislators who
know the needs of the people,and
who will spend money economi
cally and wisely; men of sufficient
judgment to avoid extremes, and
balance the ship of state, and
sufficient caution and conserva
tism to guide her safely between
the rocks Scylla and Charybdis.
At the same time we need men
who have not become fossilized;
men who live in the present, not
in the past, and who are in sym
pathy with this throbbing gener
ation, and are sufficiently liberal,
broad minded, public spirited
and progressive, to take a posi
tion in the front rank, and dare
to go forward.
Some questions of immense
concern to all, and far reaching
in their result, will come up for
consideration in the next Legis
lature, and we should select men
of firmness, character and con
science to hold the scales at even
poise. If these principles of the
Democratic party are wisely ap
plied, the interests of all thepeo
ple will be safe, and the rising
tide of prosperity and progress,
intellectural, social, industrial
and material, will continue to
rise in North Carolina,
Again thanking my friends, j
; and hoping for harmony and the
i exercise of wisdom in the party,
I am,
Very respectfully,
J.J. Harper.
A Few Remarks.
To the Editor:?As our Con
vention is coming for the purpose
of nominating county officers,
some say, do not change old
horses for young ones, but the
most people prefer the young
horse when he is already trained
| for business. The men that have
the offices now and have had for
j several terms are men of the
highest character and have filled
their places with credit to them
selves and the county and the
State. No charges can oe brought
| against them, but we hope wej
have others that can do as those
and will still add credit to them
selves and to the county and 1
am impressed to believe that
those three men I shall mention
will fill the bill. Cole for Clerk,
Lassiter for Register, Wilson for
Sheriff. Now.iftnechange is to be
made, no one could complain and
I can't see why we should not
nominate those men and hold the
party together as it now is.
Mr. W. L. Creech thinks that
we who want a change ought to
go to some monarch govern
ment, but the gentleman has the
cart before the horse. As he
wants no change he would be the
one to go in a monarchy for if we
never change our officers we
would already lie in a monarchy
and who else wants that but
those who want no change. He
speaks of other counties having
the same officers for forty vears.
We care nothing about what
other counties do and if they
haven't but one set of men that
can fill a county office I think,
if they want them, they can come
to Johnston and get as many as
they want.
R. Stancill.
Selma, N. C., Aug. 12.
For Sherltt.
Mr. Editor:?As your columns
are open to every Democrat to
express his convictions, I wish to
say that the people have not for
gotten to think what their beet
interests are, and maintaining
this idea, whether 'an in or out ;
the people of Johnston county i
are close to the time when they
Hhall consider that fact, and
make the nominations for the va
rious offices to be filled in the!
county. The grand old County
of Johnston, not long since, was
under Republican rule, but when
J. T. Ellington and W.S.Stevens
were placed on the ticket as5
standard bearers the Democratic
majority has continued to in- ?
crease. Although some claim
that it is dangerous to hold a
man in ortice too long, in this j
case there is no argument, and
we hope, and not only hope, but
know the people of Johnston
county have tried them too long
to have any doubt of their loyal
ty offic ally, morally or in any
way that they would not protect
the people. Now one reason,
and many others which we
could name, why we should re-1
nominate J. T. Ellington for
Sheriff is first, the longer he has
served the people the better be
has served t-nem, and he has nev
er pushed his claim beyond the
wishes of the people. This can
rarely, if ever, be said of a man
whom the people have trusted so
long, and now can the people on
the 28th, inst. stand by and see
J. T. Ellington turned down for
the renomination for Sheriff? 1
say they will not, and should not.
for in him the county has never
had an equal.
Moore Wood.
Meadow Township, Aug. 12.
For the Senate.
Mr. Editor:?I see in the last
issue of The Herald that Mr.
Hudson, of Benson, asks that
Mr. Joseph W. Wood, of Meadow
township, be nominated for the
Senate in this Senatorial Dis
trict. As an humble citizen of this
county who has been voting the
Democratic ticket about forty
years and am not entirely un
known to the people of Johnston
county, desire to say to the peo
ple that 1 have known Joe Wood
from his early infancy, as small
boy, school boy, young man and
as mature man, that he now is in
the very prime of his life. He is
a farmer and teacher. He con
ducts his farm successfully aud is
said to be as good or the best
public school teacher in the coun
ty. He has read law and is well
posted on all the general topics
of the day. He keeps well up
with the times, is a good speaker
and would make a good, strong
canvass. He married one of
Sampson county's most estima
ble young ladies, Miss Lillian
West, where the people grow
somewhat populist. We think
that Joe could do grand work
down there curing those people
of their populist notions, lie has
many friends and relations in
Harnett county and is well known
there. Nominate Joe, put him
on the stump and he will be
heard from and in November a
Democratic victory will be the
result. Y. J. Lawhon.
Rome, N. C., Aug. 13th.
Brain-Food Nonsense.
Another ridiculous food fad
has been branded by the most
competent authorities. They
have dispelled the silly notion
that one kind of food is needed
for brain, another for muscles,
and still another for bones. A
correct diet will not only nourish
a particular part, of the body,
but it will sustain every other
part. Yet, however good your
food may be, its nutriment is de
stroyed by indigestion or dyspep
sia. You must prepare for their
api>earance or prevent theireom
ing by taking regular doses of
Green's August Flower, the favor
ite medicine of the healthy mil
lions. A few doses aids digestion,
stimulates the liver to healthy
action, purifies the blood, and
makes you feel buoyant and
vigorous. You can get this re
liable remedy at Hood Rros. '?
Get Green's Special Almanac.
AROUND SANDERS CHAPEL.
The wind last week shook off
many apples,rattled tinwnreand
gourds, slammed doors and
blinds, scattered things and -
scared the women. W. A. Smith *
met the storm near W. H. Whit
ley's and he "Nancy Hanked" it i
after his hat in Whitley'sorchard. !
"It is an ill wind that blows no <
good." He came out with his i
bat full of apples. I
The cotton fields are broiling, ]
stalks are leaning, and the bolls
a-busting and toe biggest July
crop on record in sight. Hoys ]
get your change ready. You will ,
soon be bunting Cuff and his
sack.
Another wind and dust storm,
followed by a nice rain occurred
Saturday. Very little damage.
Once It anew and then it friz,
And now its hot, it surely is.
Tobacco curing and fodder pull
ing and these long, hot, yaller
days are mighty strainingon the
hayseeders.
Master Hernice Moore, of Bur
gaw, is here tipping, bowing and
scuttling among his kiu. He
visits the orchards and melon
patches and apparently is doing
a general retail and wholesale
sampling business. He says this j
is a glorious country.
Captain K. I. Braddy, of Bla
den county, is among us. He;
says our crops are much better |
than Bladen s. He is a genuine
Confederate Captain. He com
manded a company in that terri- i
ble Fort Fisher bombardment.
He had charge of the construction
of the "Mound Battery" on the
right flank of the fort, and 300
men were 90 days building it.
Two 10-inch columbiads were its
armament.
Messrs. Sim Lee and Noble
Blaekman, of Selma, were inter
ested at Sanders Chapel Sunday
School. They wanted to ruu the
sun on the Joshua schedule.
Tom Lassiter will come a sight |
nearer getting nomination for!
Register than lie did that huge'
cantaloupe. Some people like
big ones and a lot of them and
mighty often.
Two or three neighbors and
dogs and guns stirred the rac-;
coons in the lowgrounds a few
nights since. Brer Coon left the |
"yeth" and followed the "Julia
Fuller."
Chas. Powell, Jr., while per
| forming some acrobatic maneuv
ers in a tobacco barn, "skint"
two toes and oneankle. Now his
toes look like bananas and .ankle
A La Mt Peelee. He has an au
tomatic, backaction, gofetchi
j walk and thinks a "Kimona"!
would suit him. Dog days dont
chuknow. X
Edward VII Crowned.
London, Aug.9.?Edward VIf,
11. 1., by the grace of God, of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, and of the British
: dominionp beyond thes^as, King,
defender of the faith, Emperor of
India, was today crowned without
hitch or harm, and tonight Lon
don is noisily celebrating the
event, for which the world has
waited as, perhaps, it never
awaited any other coronation.
Until the booming of guns an
nounced that the crowning of
King Edward and Queen Alexan
dra had been achieved there lin
gered in thousands of minds a
nervous apprehension that even
at the last moment some un
toward event might once more
plunge the nation into conster
nation. When this was passed
the unrestrained jubilation was
as much a tribute to the King's
personal popularity as it was an
evidence of relief from the tension
of the last few weeks.
So while the scenes on the
streets were robbed of many of
those elements that usually ac
company a great pageant they
will long be remembered,perhaps
somewhat tenderly, by those who
stood on the stands, at windows
and on the sidewalks to see
King Edward after he had won
almost from the jaws of death 1
his crown.
?The Missionary Baptists wi 1
hold a union meeting at Carters
Chapel church five miles east of
Selma Saturday and Sunday,
August 30th and 31st.
General News Items.
Senator James McMillan, of
Michigan, died Sunday, aged 64
pears. He had been Senator 13
pears.
During a terrific wind storm
which passed over Carolina beach
20 miles from Wilmington, last
week, the Hotel Oceanic was
razed to the ground and thirteen
quests more or less injured, one
perhaps fatally.
Captain J. William Lamotte,
yard conductor tor the Atlantic
Coast Line at Sumter, S. C., and
lor many years a resident of Wil
mington, was run over byatrain
of freight cars at Sumter Tues
day morning and instantly killed.
The body was horribly mangled,
nine cars passing over him.
A cable dispatch from Manila
on Sunday brought to America
the sad news of the death of Ma
jor Josejih It. Batchelor, of Kal
eigh, formerly of the Twenty
fourth Infantry. His death was
caused by cholera and it took
place in the Province of Pan
gasinan, located north of Manila.
?News and Observer.
Oyster Hay, New York, Aug.
11.?President Roosevelt late
thiH afternoon announced that
he had appointed Hon. Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Massachu
setts, to he an Associate Justice
of the United States Supreme
Court, vice Justice Horace Gray,
resigned. The resignation of
Justice Gray was due to ill
health.
Miss Tennessee White, of
Mooresville, N. C., together with
her brother, Joseph White, and
Misses Bertie Atwell, of Red
Springs, and Clara Starrette, of
Mooresville, was returning Mon
day afternoon from the camp
meeting at Rock Springs, when,
in crossing the railroad at
Mooresville, the horse took fright
and bolted. Miss White was
thrown from the vehicle and her
skull fractured, death ensuing
within a few minutes. The other
occupants of the conveyance es
caped unhurt.
LEMAY SPECIALS.
The recent rains have greatly
improved crops.
Mrs. C. A. Bundy, who lias been
confined to her room for the past
month witii typhoid fever, is im
proving.
\f? 1)..^ J.. ,.f Ll. !x1 O -1 J
.mi. urauy, ui omuuneiu,
was visiting in the LeMay sec
tion last Sunday.
Mr. Robert Lee. of LeMay, and
Miss Ressie Boats, of Polenta,
spent last Sunday visiting Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Coats, near Clay
ton.
Miss Bessie Johnson, of Benson,
spent a part of last week with
her cousin, Miss Mattie Johnson,
of IjeMay.
Miss Nellie Lee, of Perlina, was
visiting in our section last week.
Mrs. Fannie Barber has re
turned from an extended visit to
relatives in Wake county.
The farmers are well pleased
with the prices they are getting
for their tobacco. C. & C.
Oscar R. Turlington Dead.
Last Wednesday about 10
o'clock our town was shocked to
learn the sad intelligence that
Mr. Oscar It. Turlington, a mer
chant and farmer living at the
Cross Roads, five miles from
Dunn, wasdead. Mr. Turlington
was in his usual health Wednes
day morning, but wss taken sir*
about 7 o'clock, but none of the
family thought it serious. He
kept growing worse and about
11 o'clock he became spi-echless.
Physicians were sent for but
could do him no good on arrival.
?Dunn (luide.
Just Look At Her.
Whence came that sprightly
step, faultless skin, rich, rosy
complexion, smiling face. She
looks good, feels good. Here's
her secret. She uses Dr. King's
New Life Pills. Result,?all or
gans active, digestion good, no
headaches, no chaneefor''blues."
Try them yourself. Only 25c at
Hood Bros.