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CLAYTON.
Mr. Frank L. Jones has moved
here.
Mr. John S. Barnes went to
Raleigh Monday.
Mr. John R. Jones has moved
here from Raleigh.
Mr. W. E. Stallings went to
Raleigh Monday.
15. M. Robertson & Co. arehav-1
j ng their stables enlarged.
Mr. L. 1). Debnam, ofSelma,
spent Thanksgiving here.
Mr. John Wrenn, of Lunar,
was visiting here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Home
went to Raleigh Wednesday.
Miss Minnie Taylor, of Raleigh,
is visiting Mrs. John Young.
Mr. Charles G Gulley.of Golds
boro, spent Thanksgiving with
parents.
Elder J. A. T. Jones and
daughter, Miss Eula, spent Sat
urday and Sunday here.
Miss Margaret French, of Lum-1
berton, has been visiting the!
family of Mr. W. A. Barnes.
The free entertainment at the
Clayton School Hall Thanksgiv
ing eve was a decided success.
Miss Annie Taylor, of Raleigh,
spent several days with the fami
ly of Mr. I). H. McCullers re
cently.
Mr. R. B. Whitley, of Selma,
attended the meeting of the stock
holders of Clayton Cotton Mill
Tuesday.
The regular monthly meeting
of the directors of the Clayton
Banking Company was held
Tuesday.
Mr. C. W. Horne spent several
days in Raleigh recently visiting ]
his wife who has been there for j
sometime.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Cox and
children, left for their home at
Mt. Olive, after a visit of several I
days to Mrs. B. H, Yelvington.
The regular annual meeting ofj
the stock lolders of the Clayton j
Cotton Mills was held Tuesday, j
The same officers were re-elected.
Mr. L. F. Auston, of Penny,
and Capt. J. J. Young attended
the stockholders meeting of the
Clayton Cotton Mills Tuesday.
Mr. Milton Stallings is sick ofj
fever. Mr. Mallie Gower has the
place as cotton weigher for
Messrs. Barbour & Sons until his
recovery.
"Yelik."
SANDERS CHAPEL.
Many changes among folks nnd
things have occurred around
here since the last items.
Crops are all housed except,
eliufas and acorns.
Thanksgiving passed without
any organized demonstration 011
the part of the Genus Humos.
but woe unto old molly cotton
tail, the strutting gobbler, pota-1
to puddings and other appur- i
tenances thereunto belonging.
Old Jack Frost has made his)
mark, and a shower of hail last
week reminds us of the gloomy
winter ahead. Ample woodpiles
and warm stock quarters are now
in Jorder. Bowbacked shivering j
cows and frosty axe handles
should be avoided.
We are counting and imagining
the weight of porkers and kine.
Mighty little rest a hog has.
Some one calling or counting
him day or night. Special at
tention on good meat seasons.
Next June they will beat the hair
off their knees with their jaw
bones, and then the boys sing
out Cholera! We are in a free
range, dont-chu-know.
The children are all going to
school now except two. One at
Mr. Wright Lynch's, the other
at Mr. Charlie Hill's. They are
both boys, aud it is said that a,
voice like one "crying in the wil
derness'' can be heard in their
camps. (I don't think they are
arrayed in camel's hair or do'
they hanker atter locusts or wild
honey.) Oue will beasteamboat
captaiu, and the other au engin-1
eer of a good road machine.;
There is crawling ahead of both
and some backactions may oc
cur.
There has been but little >aid
and nothing written about it,
but it is a fact that Mr. James
Whitley and Miss Bedie Smith,
(son and daughter of the olu
men) "bunched rags" sometime
ago and are now nesting in the
old John Smith house practicing
with the hymeneal yoke. The
Jewish custom of resting a year
would now be in order, but fate
says "Hit the grit." Our best
wishes areforthein. May health,
happiness and peace, prosperity,
and usefulness lead and fol
low their footsteps through this
life, and when the great divide
appears, go fearlessly to the
great Captain and receive the re
ward so liberally offered to those
who do His will on this earth.
George Washington (Todd) in
camp at Valley Forge. On the
night of the hail last week, a
weird fire light loomed up
against the boughs of the thick
pines on the hillside of the Sardis
church branch, one hundred
yards from the road, and upon
investigation, with guns, plow
lines and Genus Homos, a genu
ine Conjurer, Hoodo, Hobo,
Fourteenth Amendment, occu
pant was monarch of what little
he surveyed. With eyes shining
like new money and tongue rat
tling like a katy-did, and knees
shaking like a rooster on a ricke
ty roost, he told his tale. We in
spected his stock of herbs, roots,
bug hulls, rabbit feet, lizzard
tails, grasshopper joints and;
vials of wrath and drugs, (sup
posed to have been purchased
from the leading druggists of
Smithfield.) He (might have
hoodooed them) 20 in number.
He claimed Goldsboro for his
home (and letters and a diary
verified it) and after a tour of
the rice plantations of South
Carolina, and up the short-cut
railroad from Florence, via.,
Smithfield, thence by dirt to his
camp. He said he breakfasted
with Miss Charlotte Murphy to
whom he proudly referred me.
Upon the whole, he showed up
fairly well, and after assuring
him that he would not be further
molested, and a gentle lecture on
witchcraft, astrology, necroman
cy, hypnotism, hypocricv and
hoodooism in general, we hy
pothecated a clear track to the
Wayne county line. He Baid his
camp had once before been in
spected by guns and white folks
and pitch forks. Amidst a pro
fusion of thanks we bid him fin
ish his compoundning, try to
sleep a little, rise early in the
morning and arrange his toilet
and hit the grit.
The sharp decline in tobacco,
and see-saw fluctuations in cot
ton is kinder making the boys
look lantern jawed. Getting
reckless; looking towards town;
willing to work but if their labor
is to be unrewarded, they
skip the sun shine, dust and
storms of the farm, and rack up
to the prettily dressed town
girls, cool lemonade stands, bril
liant street and side shows, dog
fights, and peep through the hole
at the post office when the mail
comes.
Mrs. Lizzie Moore and baby, of
Faison, are visitiug parents and
grandparents,Mr. and Mrs. L. B.
Holt. The baby is a boy and
can nearly say "truck" and "ber
ry." Grandpa ran his push cart
and kept him out of the mud
puddles. X.
Dec. 2nd, 1902.
A Frightened Horse.
Running like mad down the
street dumping the occupants,or
a hundred other accidents, are
every day occurrences. It be
hooves everybody to have a re
liable Salve handy and there's
none as good as Hucklen'sArnica
Salve. Hums, Cuts, Sores, Kcze
ma and Files, disappear quickly
under its soothing effect. 2.">c.at
Hood Fros. Drug Store.
BAPTIST CENTER.
Several of our people went to
court Tuesday.
Mr. Cleon Austin spent a few
days last week in Smithfield.
Refreshing showers (?) fell in
this community Sunday and
Tuesday.
Quite a number of our peo le
attended the I'liion Meeting at
Bethesda Saturday.
Misses Nellie Parish and Letty
Cotield, of Benson, were recent
visitors in this section.
Mr. John L. Jones and sister,
Miss Althea, of Avery's Mill,
passed through Sunday.
Mr. U. F. Waliace, of Benson,
spent Saturday night and Sun
day with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. \V. B. Wallace.
Mrs. W. H. iliggins and
daughter, Miss Marine Yelving
ton, spent Thanksgiving with
relatives in the Avery's Mill sec
tion.
Miss Rossie Hardee spent Satur
day night and Sunday with
friends near Wilson's Mills. She
returned, home Mondav, accom
panied by Miss Berta Jones.
As Mr. Jesse Harrison returned
from Smithfield Tuesday evening
he stopped to get a drink of wa
ter, his mule walked away. He was
very much frightened, but no
damage was done.
B. C. Htstleh.
BENTONSVILLE.
The boys have organized a De
bating Society over at our school,
Sandy Grove. Success to them.
Mr. Seth Lassiter is building a
neat little house. It may be that
it means something. Who
knows?
Revenue officers seized the gov
ernment distilery of Dave Gali
gher in Bentonsville township a
few days ago. We suppose there
was some crookedness in the
matter. The boys say, when
the revenuers set out after a fel
low, he had just as well come on
in for they are mighty apt to get
him.
Mr. Alex. Phelps, over in Mea
dow, lost a tine mule a few days
ago. Low Johnston.
Overshot, N. C.
SEL MA.
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Mr. Moulton Avery is visiting
his mother, Mrs. H. B. Pearce.
Mrs. Rebecca Honeycutt, of
i Clayton, is visiting Mrs. W. B.
| Driver.
Miss Annie Bunch, of Wake
county, is visiting Miss Jimmie
Batton.
Miss Pattie Richardson is visi
j ting her brother, Hon. Clarence
W. Richardson.
Mr. Alex. Green, af Wasbing
' ton, I). C., is visiting his aunt,
i Mrs. Clem Richardson.
Mr. W. B. Driver leaves tonight
| (Thursday) for Crescent City,
Florida, to visit relatives.
Dr. McCracken and sister, of
Durham, came down to attend
the funeral of Dr. Hatcher, who
was their cousin.
Our Chief of Police, N. R. Bab
ten, is spending this week in
Smithfielu attending court as
witness against several offenders
j of the law.
, Wm. Richardson, general agent
of the Masonic Mutual Life In
i surance Company, is at home
from a very satisfactory trip in
Jones and Onslow counties.
We have had several communi
cations asking the whereabouts
of our townsman, Robert Millard
Nowell. To all enquiring friends
would say that he is "at home"
for the present giving strict at
tion to business. We cannot
undertake to write personal let
ters to enquiries. This must
suffice for all.
We are pained to have to re
port the death of our popular
voung dentist, Dr. J. William
llatcner. who died at the resi
dence of his father, Mr. Hardy
Hatcher, on Monday, December
1st.
About three months ago he
purchased the dental office of Dr.
l^ee in Smithfield and moved
I there where he was very success
fully in the practice of his chosen
i profession, lie was only twenty
| nine years of age. but, by his
' honest, upright walk in life and
the manliness of his character,
he had won the hearts of all who
kneiv him. And when it was an
nounced that "Dr. Hatcher was
dead," a hush and quietness
seemed to fall on our town such
as has never been before. It was
almost oppressive. The ways of
(led are mysterious aud we can
not understand them. We poor
mortals cannot see why such an
useful and 'Upright man should
be taken. His family have the
sincere sympathy of the entire
community and hope they may
have strength given them to say,
Not our will but Thine be done,
for Thou doest all things right
| and doth not err.
His funeral sermon was preached
bv the Rev. K. I). Holmes in the
Methodist church here who paid
a glowing tribute to the many
! manly virtues of the deceased
and when he finished there was
not a dry eye in the congregation.
Strong men who knew and loved
him wept as little children.
lie was buried at the old family
burying ground atCharlie Hatch
er's with the beautiful and im
pressive ceremonies of Olive
Branch Lodge No. 87, of Selma,
of which he was an honored mem
ber. He left insurance policies
amounting to three thousand
dollars.
It is reported that a letter has
been received here stating that
Will Lockhart, who has several
cases against him in court, is
dead, but from appearances his
people do not believe it. 'Tie
said that he died in Richmond,
Va. Senex.
Protection for the Bull-Bat.
A bill has been introduced in
the Georgia Legislature for the
protection of bullbats. While it
looks like a small thing, it is a
measure of much importance to
the farmers, and we hope some
such law will be passed by the
North Carolina Legislature. The
bullbat feeds on insects and as
the insect pest is the most de
' structive with which the farmer
1 has to contend, the death of
every bullbat only adds to his
troubles. The cut worm and the
army worm, the corn weevil and
and the cotton louse, the boll
worm and the grasshopper and
many other enemies of growing
crops are favorite food for bull
bats. The bullbat, as before said,
is the friend of the husbandman,
for he assists no little in cleaning
out these destructive pests which
prey on young growing plants.
And yet thousands of them are
yearly slaughtered by sportsmen
who shoot them as they fly over
tbe fields in the late afternoon
catching the insects that swarm
in the air. Some steps ought to
be taken to stop the slaughter of
this friend of the farmer. The
injury inflicted on the wheat and
| cotton crops in the South alone
by poisonous insects amounts to
millions annually. Caterpillars,
bollworms, grasshoppers, rust,
San Jose scale aud other noxious
things have simply carried de
struction in their wake, and they
j must yearly become morenumer
ous and destructive unless the
slaughter of birds that prey on
them is stopped.?Asheville
Citizen.
Fight Will Be Bitter.
Those who will persist in clos
ing their ears against the contin
ual recommendation of Dr.
King's New Discovery foi Con
sumption, will have a long and
bitter fight with their troubles, if
not ended early by fatal termina
tion. Head what T. K. Beall, of
Beall, Miss., has to say: "Last
fall my wife had every symptom
of consumption. She took Dr.
King's New Discovery after eve
rything else had failed. Improve
ment came at once and four bot
tles entirely cured her." Guaran
teed by flood Bros., Druggists.
Price 50c. ami $1.00. Trial bot
tles free.
Four men were killed, thiee fa
tally and five seriously injured
by the explosion of the gas in the
Luke Fid'.er colliery, at Sba
1 mokin, Pa., Saturday.
SUPERIOR COURT ADJOURNED.
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j The December Term a Short One
Six Sent to Clayton Roads.
Superior court Jmet Tuesday with
Judge K. W. Timberlake presid
ing. Armiatead Jones, Solicitor,
I prosecuted on behalf of the State.
I The following were drawn as j
grand jurors:
J. 11. Smith, Foreman, J. C. j
Allen,.i no. a. Creech, ('lias. w.
Lee, a. U. Duncan, Jr., M. C. i
I Harfleld, It. C. Harper, J. Dal
Smith, Kobt. E. Lee, Chas. Mur
phy, Win. H. Sanders, J. I'.Strick- j
land, W. H. Sasser, V. J. Lee, J.
a. Tart, Louis Sasser, W. R.
Honeycutt and J. It. Marler.
P. P. Coats was appointed
officer of the grand jury.
Among the criminal case-* dis-i
posed of we note the following:
State vs. Charley Bagley, as-1
sault with deadly weapon; six
months on Clayton roads.
State vs. Ernest Moore and
Johnnie Mack, Larceny; one year
; each on Clayton roads.
Carl Sanders was found guilty j
' of carrying concealed weapons i
\ and sentenced to four months on
I Clayton roads.
? J. T. Langston and Jasper
Langston plead guilty to an as
sault with deadly weapon and
were fined $10.00 each and cost.
Oscar Meritt and Will Turner}
were charged w ith an assault}
with deadly weapon, Oscar Mer
ritt plead guilty and was fined
$10.00 and one half of the costs. |
Willis Spruill was found guilty |
| of robbery and sentenced to two j
i years on Clayton roads.
Rufus Marshburn plead guilty }
to the charge of resisting an}
officer and was sent to the Clay- j
| ton roads four months.
Nathon A. McLamb plead
guilty to f. and a. and was sent I
j to jail for one year with leave to
hire out after three months and
pay costs.
Many other cases were disposed
of in which judgment was sua-}
pended upon payment of costs, i
t or found not guiity.
Many of the civil cases were i
continued and court adjourned
I yesterday at noon.
Mr. Zeb Turlington to Wed.
As an item of interesting news
j to their numerous friends, the
Enterprise announces the ap
| proaching double marriage to
j take place on the evening of
I December 23, at 7:30 o'clock,
when Mr. Claudius Tate Carrand
.Miss Annie Rankin, and Mr. Zeb
Vance Turlington and Miss Mary
Howard Rankin will be married,
j The ceremony will be of a quiet
nature. Only the relatives and
| a few intimate friends of the
j contracting parties will be
| present. The Misses Rankin are
1 the charming daughters of the
I late 8. C. Rankin, and thegrooms
to be are popular and rising
young men of the place?Mr.!
Carr being a teacher and eduea
|tor, while Mr. Turlington is a
j very successful attorney.?
Mooresville Enterprise.
A Sad Death.
Our town was saddened Mon
day on learning of the death of
Dr. J. W. Hatcher which occurred
at the home of hisfatherin Selma
early that morning.
l)r. Hatcher moved to Smith
field only a few weeks ago, having
succeeded Dr. I*ee in his dental
practice. During his short
stay here he had made many
friends who regret exceedingly
his untimely death. Affable in
his manner, honest in his dealings
with his fellowman and skilled in
his profession he was destined to
attain much success had bis life
been spared. Though young, he
took a high stand in the North
I Carolina Dental Society, having
been made a member of the
standing committee an Oral
Surgery. Dr. J. H. Renton,
president of the society, in a pri
vate letter writes as follows:
"When in Smithtteld six weeks
ago I spent several hours with
Dr. Matcher and was very favor
ably impressed ". it h him andthink
he was destined to take a high
' stand in his chosen profession
and occupy a position of honor
1 and importance in the society."
General News.
New York dealers predict high
prices for coal all winter and fear
that a blizzard would cause great
suffering.
London interests havebrought
suit for *12d.000,000 against
tlieC P. Huntington estate and
allied interests.
The father of Miss Rodelia
Rain, of Wheeling, W. Va., who
has been regarded as dead for 17
years, has returned home.
The House of Representatives
Wednesday passed a bill appro
printing $50,000 to defray the
expenses of the Coal Commission.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals
has granted a new trial to Caleb
Powers, convicted of complicity
in the murder of Gov. Willfam
Goebel.
The last session of both houses
of the 57th Congress met at noon
Monday and immediately ad
journed out of respect to mem
bers who have died during the re
cess.
In the Senate at this session
the most important measure
scneduled for immediate atten
tion is the bill admitting Okla
homa, New Mexico and Arizona
to Statehood.
The annual report of Secretary
Root advocates the establish
ment of a general staff for the
army and asks relief for a serious
economic and financial situation
in the Philippines.
An express train on the Haiti
more and Ohio radroad bound
from Chicago to Baltimore was
in collision with a freight train
at Carbon, Pa., Sunday. Ths
engineer was killed.
William H. Murray, who had
lived for more than a decade un
der the name of Howard at Dun
lap, Tenn., was arrested Sunday
for a murder committed in Illi
nois 28 years ago.
Comptroller of the Currency
Ridgely says in his annual report
that individual deposits with na
tional banks the last fiscal year
were $3,200,273,893 93, exceed
ing all previous records.
Mrs. Mary Boland, wife of a
mirier, told the arbitration com
mission at Scranton, Pa., while
testifying before it Wednesday,
that her husband received so lit
tie pay she had not been able to
buy a new dress in eight years.
Senator McCullom, of Illinois,
has introduced a bill to amend
the Sherman Anti-trust law, so
as to prohibit inter-State com
merce in articles produced by
trusts, the penalty tor violations
being a Mne of from $500 to
$5,000.
Wednesday a bill was reported
in the Senate from the Commit
tee on Territoties, as a substi
tute for the House measure, pro
viding that Oklahoma and ln
diat Territory be admitted into
the Union as one State under the
name of Oklahoma.
Harvey Logan, the alleged
Montana train robber, was at
Kuoxville, Tenn., Saturday giv
en ten sentences aggregating
130 years. Eight sentences are
for 15 years each, to be served
concurrently and two sentences
are for five years each to be
served concurrently.
The United States Leather
Company, commonly known as
the Leather Trust, has become a
domestic corporation under the
laws of North Carolina. Its head
quarters in this State will be at
Bryson City, Swain county. The
State and county each receive a
$500 fee, the capital of the com
pany being $125,000,000, but it
pays only $1,000,000, the limit
of the law.
Have you e,Ter read "Black
Hock," one of the most popular
of the recent novels? If not, let
us sell you a copy. We have it
in neat cloth binding at only 20
cents per copy. By mail 25 eta.
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Smithfield, N. C.
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ICarolina Almanac for 1903? If
not, call at Thk Hkrald office
and learn how you can get one
?free.