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VOL. 21. SMITHFIELD, X. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1902. NO. 25.
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CROPS ARE DOING WELL.
Copious Showers?Rainiail too Heavy
in Some Eastern Counties?Cot
ton Opening Rapidly and
Picking Begun
The weekly crop bulletin, issued
by the Climate and Crop Service
of the Weather Bureau for the
North Carolina section, savs of
the week ending Monday:
"The majority of crop corres
pondents report that very favor
able weather conditions prevailed
during the past week, and that
erops have continued to do well. |
Copious showers occurred on sev
eral dates, which generally suf
ficed for growing crops. The
rainfall was too heavy in some
eastern counties, where also, not
ably in Pitt, Edgecombe and
Greene, some minor damage to
crops by hail occurred; on the
other hand very dry weather con
tinues in several extreme western
counties in which crops have not
materially improved. The tem
perature was above normal early
in the week, with maxima above
90 degrees on a few days; the
nights have been rather cool for
August; a marked cool period oc
curred toward the close of the
week. As a rule conditions were
very suitable for farm work of all
kinds.
"Young corn is now tilling well,
and will soon be mature; pulling
fodder is geueral; sorghum is do
ing well, but the canes are head
ing low. Cotton is reported as
suffering from rust quite exten
sively, aud is also shedding forms,
but probably not more than usu
ally occurs at this season. Plants
generally are heavily boiled,indi
cating a large crop that will ma
ture early; the top crop is prom
ising in some sections whi e not
so well developed in others. Cot
ton is no?' opening rapidly, pick
ing has begun, and some new
bales have been marketed. To
bacco in the north-central por
tion is ripening nicely and con- [
tinues to cure well, with good
color. Frequent showers caused
second growth in some places
which will give difficulty in cur
ing and cause leaf to be heavy
and dark colored. Peanuts, sweet
potatoes and field peas are far
more promising than expected a
few weeks ago. Fall Irish pota
toes and turnips are coming up
nicely, and late cabbages are
heading well.
The Nominee in ihe Sixth.
The result of the closely con
tested fight fcr the nomination
for Congress in the Sixth district
resulted in the nomination of
Hon. Gilbert It Patterson, of
Robeson. He has twice repre
sented Robeson in the Legisla
ture with ability, honesty and
acceptability. Mr Patterson is
a graduate of the University, is
about thirty-eight years old, has
for a long period been a member
of the Stale Democratic Execu
tive Committee, and was aleader
in his section in the great cam
paign that redeemed Robeson
county in 1898. Mr. Patterson
is a Presbyterian, an honest
man, courageous and independ
ent. He is well grounded in the
Democratic faith and will truly
represent the Democratic senti
ment of his district.
Hon. John I). Bellamy, the re
tiring member of Congress, is one
of the first men in the State. He
has represented the district with !
conspicuous ability and had won
reputation for wisdom in the
national capitol. Few men in so
short a service have enjoyed
wider popularity or attained
greater usefulness.?News and
Observer.
Shatters All Records.
Twice in hospital, F. A. Gull
edge, Verbena, Ala., paid a vast
sum to doctors to cure a severe
case of piles, causing 24 tumors.
When all failed, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve soon cured him. Subdues
Inflamation, conquers Aches,
kills Pains. Best salve in the
world. 2uc at Hood Bros, drug
store.
It. I). Doughtry sold with Boy
ett Bros. 124 pounds l?^c, 176
pounds 20c, and 74 pounds 26c.
E. W. POU IN MAINE.
The Trusts and the Philippine Ques-1
tlon Were His Topics. Praise ot
Oratory and Personality.
Rockland, Maine, Aug. 21.? j
Hon. Edward W. Pou, member)
of Congress from the Raleigh, j
North Carolina, district, spoke
at Thomas ton last night to a
large crowd of Democrats who
were delighted with his speech.
At its conclusion they all passed i
forward to shake Mr. Pou by the
hand and to congratulate him J
upon his magnificent speech.
Thomaston is the home of Hon.,
Chas. E. Littlefteld, who has been
deputed by the President to write
an anti-tariff bill. Mr Pou made
a polite thrust at him which was
received with great enthusiasm
by the Democrats.
The Rockland Daily Star, one
of the strongest Republican pa
pers in Maine, gives the following
report of Mr. Pou's speech:
"The two topics which were the
burden of his address were trusts
and the Philippines. Mr. Pou is
a typical Southerner with a
pleasing and unaffected style of
oratory. He used plain language
and few gestures and his attract
ive style and pleasing presence
held the audience in closest at
tention.
' He charged the Republican
party with fostering the trusts
after creating them by high pro
tection, and referred to President
Roosevelt's strenuous attitude
against trusts as a huge joke.
He said that at Pittsburg the
President bitterly denounced
trusts and combinations of capi
tal to the people and after his
speech he dined withH.C. Prick,
of the Steel Trust. The only
anti-trust legislation that had
been enacted was done by the
Democratic party, aided by
thirty-three Republicans, in abol
ishing the differential duty on
Cuban sugar. Although the
House passed the bill the Repub
lican Senate pigenholed it and
there it sleeps today. He said
that Congressman Littlefield was
one of the Republicans who, for a
time, was a Democrat and re
marked that he regretted that
Mr. Littlefield didn't stay with
the party longer.
"Secretary Shaw d<clared, the
speaker said, that the tariff was
not the parent of trusts, but the
convention of Iowa Republicans
had so declared it in their plat
form He referred to the concen
tration of the country's wealth
in the hands of a few, which he J
declared would not be possible!
under Democratic rule. 1 he lie-;
publican party in Congress was j
guilty of the grossest extrava
gance, he said, and that now it
was no longer the billion dollar
Congress but the billion dollar >
session.
"He quoted statistics showing
that now the expense of the gov
ernment per capita was $13.39
as compared with $7.37 at the
close of the Democratic adminis
tration.
"The trusts, he said, would
raise a great corruption fund for |
the next campaign in order to
continue their friends, the Re
publicans, in power. The Repub
lican party was guilty of the
greatest crime of the age in the
taking over of the Philippine Is
lands in the face of the Declara
tion of Independence and the
Monroe doctrine, and had led the
nation into unknown pathways,
leading, (Jod only knows where.
"As a Christian nation we have
slain 150,000 .Filipinos, who
were fighting for their independ
ence, and sacrificed 10,000 lives
of the hoys in blue.
"It will lie many years, he said,
before the stain of murder will be
wiped from the American name.
The war cost .$(500,000,000 and
benefitted no one but the trusts
and combinations of capital
which have new fields of wealth
to explore. The American flag
should not stay but unless in the
cause of justice and humanity."
?News and Observer.
J. It. ltaper sold with Boyett
Bros, at Farmers Warehouse on
August 27th, one barn of tobac
co for $195.90. Are not these
figures convincing?
JONES SHOT TO DEATH.
He Creeps From His Lair in the
Swamp?His Capture Follows?
Ten Men Disguised as Ne
groes Demand Him.
Kinston, N. C., Aug. 2">.?Tom
Jones, the rape fiend, paid the
penalty of his crime at ten o'clock
this morning. He was tied to a
log, riddled with bullets and buck
shot and left half dead by lynch
ers, afterward being finished by
citizens to put him out of his
misery.
Parties from Seven Springs.
Latirange and other places had
bden scouring the country from
the moment of his crime until
appraised of his capture. He hid
all Sunday on a pocosin in the
midst of a dense swamp, eight
miles from the scene of his brutal
crime. He emerged soon after
midnight and went towards Ke
nansville, but was met on a bridge
bv a party from Duplin county,
Messrs. J, M. Rich, Frank Sim
mons and John Marshall. They
ordered him to hold his hands up
and he submitted without any
resistance. They locked him in
an outhouse on James Maxwell's
farm, and he was then taken to
the Smith farm and identified by
his victim.
He confessed and frave up a
razor stolen from Smith. He was
bound and locked in a tobacco
barn on the farm of Monroe Rich
to await the arrival of the sheriff.
Later, ten men, disguised as
negroes, came out of the woods
with guns and axes and demand
ed his person. Officer Walker,
who was in charge, resisted and
was shot in the neck but not se
riously. The men battered down
the door, took Jones, placed him
on a tram car and ran it down
into the woods. There he was
bound to a log and then men
stood off some distance and fired
a volley, mostly of shot, into his
body, wounding, but not killing
him. The men then withdrew
and afterwards some other citi
zens fired a volley that ended bis
life
The body was viewed by many.
Buttons and pieces of clothing
were cut off as souvenirs and the
body was buried by the authori
ties.
Mrs. Smith will live but is hor
ribly disfigured. Her right hand
is cut into strips by the razor
Jones stole from her husband,
her eye is gouged out, her jaw
bone smashed and splintered; her
face terribly lacerated, her throat
and breast discolored from chok
ing and beating.?News and Ob
server.
CLAYTON NOTES.
.Miss Lotia Williams ami Miss
Yarborough went to Selma Mon
day.
Mrs. Exurn, of Whitakers, is
visiting ber daughter, Mrs. W. A.
Lindsay.
Misses Emma Durham and
Roxie Easom left Monday for
Wilson's Mills.
Mrs. J. B. Robertson and Miss
Pearl returned last week irom an
extended stay at Jackson
Springs.
Mr. C. T. Young spent Sunday
in Raleigh, returning Monday
morning.
Mr. J. M. Beaty, of The Heh
ald force, was in town Tuesday
in the interest of his paper.
John Irving Barnes has secur
ed the position as cotton weigher
for Messrs. Home & Son.
Mr. Herman Medlin has been
quite sick but we think he is
somewhat improved.
Mr. Arthur Wallace has accept
ed a position with Clayton Hard
ware Co.
Miss Daphne Williams returned
Tuesday from a visit to relatives
in Smithfield.
Mr. I. W. Dodd took two loads
of Ellington and Pool and went
to Sinithfield Tuesday.
Clare and Eloise Williams, oi
Smithfield, are visitingthefamily
of Mr. I). H. Williams.
"Yklir."
J ust received a car of Westerr
new wheat flour by The Austin
Stephenson Company. Try it
Every sack goes with a guaran
1 tee.
1HE COT I ON CROP.
Reports ot Deterioration Come Thick j
and Fast?The Worst From
Texas.
Washington, August 28.?'The
Agricultural Department's week
ly summary of crop conditions
says:
As a whole the weather condi
tions east of the Rocky Moun
tains have not been favorable,
being too cool iu the northern
districts eastward of the Missouri
Valley, with too much moisture
in portions of thecentral valleys,
while excessively hot in the South
ern States, with drought of
greater or less severity generally
throughout the cotton belt.
Corn is great ly in need of warm
dry weather throughout the
northern portion of the corn belt
where the abnormally cool
weather of the past two weeks
has greatly retarded its maturi-1
ty. Over the southern portion
of the corn belt an excellent crop
of early corn is now practically
1 assured. *
A decided deterioration in the
condition of cotton is reported
generally throughout the central
and western portions of the cot
ton belt, as well as over a large
part of the eastern districts. The
most favorable reports are from
the Carolinas. In North Caroliua
the condition of the crop contin
ues very promising although the
prevalence of rust is widespread.
On stiff soils in South Carolina
new growth is blomiug and fruit
ing, but on sanday soils rust,
shedding and premature opening
are prevalent. Throughout the
central and western districts,
with the exception of northern
Mississippi and portions of Okla
homa and Indian Territory,
where the crop is doing well, the
reports indicate a decided decline
in its condition, rust, shedding
and premature opening being
general. In Texas the deteriora
tion has been pronounced, aud
under most favorable future
weather conditions a yield in ex
cess of the average is impossible.
The week has been very favor
able for cutting and curing to
bacco, crop has generally im
proved, although it will be short
in Kentucky and portions of
Tennessee, Virginia and Mary
land.
BLACK CREEK NEWS.
Mr. William Johnson, who has
been spending some time at Seven
Springs, returned Saturday
Elders Jim Johnson and Tom
("oats [treacbed at Rehoboth
Sunday.
< Miss Nellie Harbour and little
sisters, of Smithfield, have been
visiting in this section for several
days.
A Sunday School Convention
will be held at Johnson's Chapel
i next Sunday. Several classes
will be represented.
Several of our young peopieare
attending a singing school at St.
Marys, taught by Mr. C. A. Har
bour, of Troyville, N. C.
Among the visitors in ourcom
munity the past week were Miss
Cora Spence, of Angier and Miss
Sallie Enniss, of Huie's Creek.
A series of meetings are being
conducted at Johnson's Chapel
this week by Rev. Mr.-Pope, as
sisted by Revs. Rlalock, Hare and
? Salmon.
Mr. Jno. Hobbs,one of the old
i est and most respected citizens of
i Elevation township, died Tues
day evening. August lit, of con
sumption. Early in thespringhe
was taken with LaUrippe and
finally with that much ureaded
I disease from which he never re
i covered. He leaves a wife, five
children and a host of friends to
i mourn their loss. His remains
were interred at the family bury
ing ground Wednesday evening,
f He was not a member of any
? church, but before dving he pro
fessed a hope that all was well.
Mr. Hobbs was one of the few
who survived the civil war. He
i was a successful farmer and much
- respected in this section. His
. exact age was not known though
- he was supposed to be eighty-five
or ninety years old. Z.
THE GREENSBORO REUNION.
A Johnston County Veteran Writes
of the Annual Meeting.
The annual reunion of the
North Carolina division of United
Confederate VeterauB was held in
GreeuBboro August 19th to21st. j
Greensboro is situated in the
celebrated piedmont regiou al
most in sight of the tops of the
Soratown Mountains on the Vir
ginia line, and at the junction of
Southern railroad from Wash
ington, I). C., to Atlanta, Ga.,
and Goldsboro to Winston, and
the Old Cape Fear and Yadkin
Valley roan from Wilmiugton to
Mount Airy. It is forty miles
from the Virginia line on the
north; ninety miles to the South
Carolina line on the south, two
hundred and fifty miles to Manteo
in Dare on the Atlantic to the
east, and two hundred and sev
enty-live miles to the Georgia
and Tennessee corner in Cherokee
county to the west. With a
growth of population from 2,100
in 1890 to 12,000 or 13,000 in
i uuz, ner progress nas oeen mar
velous and has justly swapped
her hamlet for city clothes.
Electric cars and lights, splen
did water works, matchless lire
department, an elegant United
States court house and post
office, commodious and up-to
date city hall and library, mam
mouth hotels and spacious busi
ness houses in abundance of every
description. One drug store
alone five stories high,deals only
by wholesale, the proprietor of
which is a Johnston county man,
Mr. L. Richardson, who informed
me that thedrugs were purchased
in car load lots and that the cost
of one car sometimes ran up to
six thousand dollars, and he had
the goods to prove it.
The celebrated Greensboro Fe
male College as well as the State
Normal for white and colored
and unexcelled graded schools
are there.
The manufacturies at work,
and in course of construction are
simply wonderful and almost
fabulous. This is the place that
has just so royally entertained
the Old Soldiers.
in a beautiiul grove of four
acres centrally located and dense
ly shaded by many and various
species of trees, the ground car
peted by a luxurious sward of
green grass and clover, was
pitched three hundred whitetents
in regular military cainp order,
with streets named for our most
illustrious North Carolina Gener
als. These tents were well bed
ded with nice clean wheat straw,
and the thick grass beneath
made a couch that you must try
to appreciate. These tents are
State property, and were kindly
loaned by our great Governor,
C. R. Ayeock, and delivered by
the Southern railroad free of
charge.
On one side and to one corner
of this grove the commissariat
was arranged. Huge cauldrons
for cooking, tt nt and boxes for
storage of the enormous quanti
ties of provisions consisting of
beef, mutton, chickens, fruits and
vegetables in abundance of every
description.
They had coffee to burn. Six
teen hundred feet of tables;
enough to feed one thousand at
a time, set with wooden dishes,
tin cups, glass sugar dishes,
spoons and napkins, centered
with banks of fruit and grapes,
looked like and was good enough
for a Methodist pic-nic.
About 2,700 old soldiers regis
tered, received a badge and certi
ficate entitling them to the
courtesies of the city, including
rations and lodgings at the
camp.
The committee was doubtless
imposed upon by enterlopers.but
there was no friction. Every
thing was enjoyed by citizen and
veteran alike. The local soldier
boys who did such efficient camp
guard dutv will always be pleas
antly remembered. Thev did
not "bayonet" a single old vete
ran, but were princes of polite
ness.
The (>ld Vets had a big singing
and hand shaking and slapping
frolic. I reckon it was a sanctifi
i cation meeting. They made
"The Old Ship of Zion," "Old
Time Religion' and "When The
Roll is called up Yonder" ring,
seconded by the thousands of
birds (Martins) that gathered in
the grove to roost. They were
all in a mighty good homor.
Good f?*ding always does that.
Well, we re-elected the old officers
save (ieneral Hall, oneof the Bri
gade Commanders, P. C. Cartlers,
of Statesville, in his stead.
We had splendid speeches by
Gen. (arr, ( . B. Watson, P. B.
Means and Solicitor General
Crump, of Georgia.
The next meeting will most
likely be held at Durham, and if
so will have to do some "Nancy
Hanking" to neck up to Greens
boro.
To hear the name Greensboro,
is to recall pleasant associations
and recollections. May her fu
i ture be onward and upward and
her gates never grate on the
hinges is the wish of your depart
ed old guests, one of whom is,
JD. S. Powell.
August 23, 1902.
MASSEY CHAPEL NEWS.
Fulling fodder and picking cot
ton is the problem of the day
through this section.
Miss Hettie Raiford and Miss
Ada Whitley was visiting Miss
()phelia Woodard Saturday night
and Sunday.
Mr. Silas Hines, of Wayne
county, was visiting in our sec
tion Saturday night.
Misses Mittie and Mary Creech
visited Miss Gussie Thompson
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Hubert Raiford was visit
ing Mr. Ernest Woodard Satur
day night and Sunday.
Miss Alice Wiggs visited Mies
Zilpha Brady Saturday night and
Sunday.
Messrs. Jacob Braswell and
Sidnev Thompson was visiting
their lady friends near Smiihfield
Sunday night.
Miss Alice Creech was visiting
Miss Mary Thompson Saturday
night and Sunday.
"J "
AROUND SANDERS CHAPEL.
This week we have killed one
owl, barned tobacco tips and are
house cleaning for the big meet
ings soon to begin. The Leige
Lord "doesn't" make a track on
the wet floor and in looking
around here is what I saw in a
box 1(5x24 inches % full of dirt.
(Fansies had been growing in it.)
Viz.: 1 pair No. 3 shoes, (ljnail
keg containing a draw-knife,
chisel, saw set, ^ire stretcher,
fence staples, cut and wire nails,
pump plunger, saw file, bridle-bit
anil sumiriesj I pipe wrencn, 'Z
plow wrenches, % of a grind stone,
rl walkingstick, 1 lantern, 1
polkadot handkerchief, 1 sofa
pillow, 1 milk cooler, 1 Hower
pot, 1 claw hammer, 1 elate, 1
tin cup, 1 bucket hoop, 1 doll
leg, 1 pair rubber overshoes, 1
broken lamp chimney, 1 logger
head. 1 can top, 1 dry cucumber,
1 fishline, 1 rubber ball, 1 string
of buttons, 1 something wrapped
in paper, 1 broken fork, 1 bean
shooter staff, 1 rusty key, 2
goose quills, 1 gourd neck, ti
peach seed, 1 ball tobacco twine,
1 worm cup and about this time
I was asked if I was busy end
walked off. We surrender to the
biggest convention ever held in
Smithfield on the 28th.
X. ?
Just Look At Her.
"For years I suffered much un
told misery from Bronchitis."
writes .1. H. Johnston, of Brough
ton, tia., "that often I was un
able to work. Then, when every
thing else failed, 1 was wholly
cured by Br. King's New Discov
ery for Consumption. My wife
suffered intensely from Asthma,
till it cured her, and all our ex
perience goes to show it is the
best Croup medicine in the world."
A trial will convince you it's un
rivaled for Throat and Lung dis
eases. Guaranteed bottles f?Oc
and f 1.00. Trial bottles tree at
Hood Bros.
Sold at Farmers Warehouseon
22nd for J. L. Boyett one lot 14,
one 24*i, one 25t, making an av
? erage of $ 18.t>0.