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VOL. 22. SMITH FIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1903. NO. 21.
THE CROPS NEED RAIN. !
LAND I.ARD AND DRY WANTS
MOISTURE.
The Crops are Clean and in Good
Condition Otherwese, but the
Need of Rain is Imperative.
The Weekly Crop .Bulletin of
North Carolina Section of the
Climate and Crop Service of the
weather Bureau, for the week
ending Monday, July 27, 1903,
says:
"The characteristic feature of
the weather during the past
week was the general deficiency
in rainfall and consequent in
creased tendency to drougnt
over most of the State. In fact
drought already prevails over a
large portion of the central
western section, since almost no
rain has occurred in that region
for two weeks. There were light
rains on the 23rd in counties
along the immediate coast, which
were very beneficial, but the
precipitation did not extend far
inland. As regards the deficiency
in precipitation, the week was
unfavorable, crops are beginning
to suffer from lack of sufficient
moisture, and the land has be
come.dry and hard. The tempera
ture was moderately above
normal and favorable, though
the nights were a little cool; the
mean for the week was above 80
degrees above normal. The
warmest day was Sunday, 26th,
when the maximum exceeded
96 degrees at some places. Farm
work continued to progress well.
While crops are clean and in a
good state of cultivation, many
of them are just at the period
when drought is likely to cause
considerable injury, and the need
ot rain is therefore imperative.
"Cotton has continued to do j
well, and improvement has ex
tended into the northeast section,
where the crop has heretofore
been most backward; laying by
cotton is nearing completion in
the south portion, but further
north the plants are still too
small to receive the last plowing;
cotton is bloomiug freely and ap
pears to be boiling well; on light,
sandy land in the section where
moisture is most deficient the
Elants are small and are
looming to the top. Corn con
tinues m fairly good condition,
but generally needs rain, espe
cially on uplands where old corn
is beginning to fire and turn yel
low. Good rains are needed to
mature the early crop. Tobacco
is ripening fast, and cutting and
curing continue under favorable
conditions, the crop is curing
well, but a short and light crop
is indicated. Tobacco is also
suffering for want of moisture,
and in some counties the lower
portion of plants are firing.
Gardens are suffering from
drought. Minor crops need rain,
but continue in good condition,
and have largely received last
cultivation. The amount of cow
peas seeded both for hay and for
the improvement of land was
very large Wheat thrashing is
nearly over, and practically all
the oats have now been harvested.
Rice is excellent. Some irish po
tatoes have been planted for the
fall crop. Melons are late and
poor. Apples and peaches are
ripening, also concord grapes.
Nififht Was Her Terror.
"I would cough nearly all night
long," writes Mrs. Chas. Apple
gate, of Alexandria, lnd., "and
could hardly get any sleep. I
had consumption so bad that if
I walked a block I would cough
frightfully and spit blood, but,
when a:l other medicines failed,
three f 1.00 bottles of I)r. King's
New Discovery wholly cured me
and I gained 58 pounds." It's
absolutely guaranteed to cure
Coughs, Colas, La Grippe, bron
chitis and all Throat and Lung
Troubles. Price 50c and $1.00.
Trial bottles free at Hood bltos ,
drug store.
Thirty-five grave diggers, em
ployed at Grerwood county,
New York, went on a strike last
week. Some of these had been
working at the place for thirty
five years. v
CLAYTON.
Mr. I). T. Barnes was here Tues
day.
Mrs. Smith is visiting her son,
Mr. 0. It. Smith.
Mr. O. G. Smith has been sick
but is now convalescing.
We had a severe elect rical storm
Monday night. No damage was
done.
Mrs. J. L. Ellis has eight regu
lar boarders already and they
keep coming.
Mr. Charles llrag has moved
to the house recently vacated by
Mr. R. H. Fussell.
Mr. I. W. Dodd is getting on
nicely. He was able to be at his
stable Wednesday.
Miss Joyce Karnes returned
Saturday afternoon from a visit
to relatives in Kaleigh.
Mrs. T. E. Kest, of Chapel Hill,
is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Stalliugs, near here.
Mr. Ed Harris, of Louisburg,
spent Saturday, Sunday and
Monday with Mr. T. A. Griffin.
Mrs. Ashlev Horne and Miss
Swannanoa returned Sunday
from a visit to friends in Raleigh.
Mr. Ed. Coats and family, of
Pleasant Grove township, were
visitors here Saturday and Sun
day. *
Mr. Paul Duncan left Tuesday
for Baltimore where he will have
a eecoud operation performed on
his leg.
The residents cf Clayton are
glad that Mr. A. J. Barbour has
had the old barroom moved
from Main street.
Mr. John Wrenn was here Sat
urday and Sunday the guest of
Mrs. M. Holland. Mrs. Holland
returned with him.
A party of our fishermen spent
Tuesday on Buffalo in search of
the finny tribe. It seems as if
their search was rewarded.
Our young people report a
pleasent evening spent at the res
idence of Mr. and Mrs. J. 1). Gul
lev last Friday. Event?water
melon party.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Creech gave a
delightful lawn party Monday
night in honor of their guest,
Miss Annie Dodd. The partici
pants report an elegant affair.J
Mr. Dewey Hicks and Miss Julia
Robertson, one of Clayton's
most highly esteemed and charm
ing young ladies, eloped Sunday
morning and were married by N.
R. Bool, Esq.
Prof, and Mrs. R. F. Williams
have returned from their former
home at Louisburg, Tenn. They
report a splendid time. Prof.
Williams is now canvassing in
the interest of The Clayton High
School of which he is priucipal.
Mr. Zeb B. Jones, after several
days' stay in the woods, came
up and surrendered to Mayor
Hinton Saturday. He hail a
hearing before Mayor Hinton
and M. G. Gulley, Esq., and they
decided his case unbailable, he
was conducted to Smithfield jail
Saturday evening.
Y ELI a.
WILSONS' MILLS ITEMS.
Miss Mary Ferrell is visiting
relatives in Durham.
Mrs. Wall and Mrs. T. C. Davis
left Monday for High Point.
Mr. R. M. Nowell and Mr. Gib
son, of Selma, were here Sunday.
The material for the bridge to
i be built between here and Selma
j has come.
Misses Bessie and Eula Rouse
are visiting their sister, Mrs. W.
? G. Wilson.
Mrs. Battle and daughter, of
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, are visit
ing relatives here.
Mrs. Lelia Williamson and Miss
Lela Johnson, of Ixniisburg, are
visiting Mrs. C. M. Wilson.
Mrs. John ITzzell and eon, of
i Mapleville, spent a few days with
Mrs. C. W. W ilson last week.
A meeting will begin Tuesday
night at the Disciples church. All
are cordially invited. The meet
ing will be conducted by Rev.
Mr. Hall, of Kinston.
X.
l.egal Blanks of all kinds at
The Heui n office.
SEL.MA NEWS.
Mr. M. Claiborne Tuck is.here
on a visit to his mother.
Mrs. I. II. Whitley is visiting
relatives in Wilders this week. j
Mr. A. G. Bodira, of Philadel
phia, is here on business.
Miss Mamie Tuck returned
from the A. and M. Summer
School Wednesday.
Misses Hattie and Minnie
Strachan were visiting friends in
our town Tuesday.
Mr. Hubert Scarborough, of
Wake couuty, has accepted a po
sitiou in the Bank of Selma.
Misses Margaret and Julia Ful
ler Etheredge returned Wednes
day from a visit to friends iu
New Bern.
Messrs. George D. Tick and
Clarence P. Harper have return
ed from a visit to Jackson
Springs.
Mrs. Thomas W. Winston re
turned to Oxford Monday. Mrs.
Mary A. Noble and Miss AnuaS.
Noble accompanied her.
Mrs. S. W. Parker and family
left Thursday for Spencer to visit
her daughter, Mrs. Morton.
They will be gone a month.
Robert Millard Nowell and Ed
ward W. Vick entertained their
many friends with a watermelon
Wednesday. It cost 20 centsl
"Whew?"
Messrs. James D. Jeffers and
Allison G. Johnson, of Smith
field, are now withM.C. Winston.
Jim says he is now ready to show
the ladies the fine dress goods
and notions and Mr. Johnson
will be pleased to see his friends
when they sell their tobacco and
cotton.
Mr. H. F. Peedin now claims to
be the champion fisherman of
our town. He has been going
to Holt's Pond for two weeks
and claims to havecaught nearly
five hundred speckled perch, and
it was not good weather for fish
ing either. He says this is no
fish story.
Misses Nannie and Rosa Rich
ardson, Marian T. Preston, Mar
garet and Julia Fuller Etheredge,
Messrs. Charles H. Kluppleburg,
EL M. Novell, Robert (iibson, A. j
G. Bodim, E. W. Womack, Will
Richardson and Ed W.Vic* went!
to Princeton last night. Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Call chaperoned
the party.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Winston,
and Misses Ethel and Lizzie, Mr.
and Mrs. J. I. Wood went to
Morehead last Saturday. Mr.
; Winston returned Monday as he
could not spare the time from
his business. He is now building
a brick store on Webb street
36x150 feet. It is in the rear of
his store that he is now occupy
ing.
Senex.
PINE LEVEL DOTS.
Mr. Jesse Parker and Mr. I). IL
Oliver made a trip to Goldsboro
Friday.
Mr. J. F. Kornegay and Miss
Flonnie Gulley went to Selma
Sunday to visit friends.
The commissioners keep im
proving our town. They are put
ting in sewer pipe this week.
Mr. J. R. Oliver and J. T. Stal
lings attended Sunday School at
Brown school house Sunday.
Mrs. A. Pittman.of Goldsboro,
spent Friday and Saturday with
her daughter, Mrs. Herbert Kor
negay.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Casey, of
near Smithfield, spent Monday
and Tuesday with their sister,
Mrs. H R. Gerald.
Mr. Henry Westbrooks and
Mr. Fred Oliver went to Atkin
son's pond fishing last week and
caught 1% bushels of fish.
Friday afternoon Smithfield's
| Blue Birds Hew down in Pine
Level's Hornet nest for a game
of ball. They got stung 27 times
j to 5.
Y. Y.
Doubtless you are progressive.
Some melicines on the market
are old-fashioned. Rheuraacide,
the great rheumatic cure is a dis
coyery, a progressive remedy. It
is the spring blood purifier that
I you want. At Druggists.
I
MR. VARNER BACK FROM SALT
LAKE.
Chatted Mormons on Polygamy?
Great Meetlnq of Editors in
Omaha.
"I never met a cleverer, kinder
people than the Mormons in
Utah," declares Commissioner of I
Labor II. It. Vurner, who has
just returned from a tour of the
west, after attending the Nation- i
al Kditorial Association in Oma- j
ha, Nebraska.
"Yes, 1 talked with many of;
the Mormons about their faith
and practices," said the commis
sioner. "One Mormon lady said
that she did not believe in poly
gamy, but her mother was a
staunch supporter of a plurality
of wives theory. Her mother
had even begged her fat her to
marry another woman, but in
vain, for one wife was as much
as he could stand. A wife No. 2
told me she was perfectly happy.
However, the Gentiles in Salt
Lake say that polygamy does
not produce harmory, and the
wives of the same man often fight
like cats and dogs. Brigham j
Young, a founder of Mormonism,
had 20 wives. Upon one occa
sion he found a boy misbehav
ing in the street and whipped
him. Afterwards he discovered
that be had unknowingly thrash
ed his owu son. Polygamy is
of course now prohibited by
law."
The party from North Caro
lina attending the National edi
torial Association included H.
15. Varner of the Lexington Dis
patch, J. 15, Sherrill of the Con
cord Times, T. J. Lassiter of the
Smithfield Herald and T. G.
Cobb, of the Morganton News
Herald. There were 480 editors
in attendance.
l he 1 ar Heels went from Oma
ha to Salt Lake and were pro
foundly impressed with thatcity.
The great Mormon temple,
which no one save a Mormon can
enter, is modeled afterSolomon's
temple; it co6t $4,000,000, and
forty years were spent in its
erection.
The Mormon tabernacle will1
seat 0,000 and is one of the!
greatest auditoriums of the
world. The drop of a pin can be
heard for 150 yard. Ex-Con
gressman Kidg of Utah delivered
an address before the editorial
association in the tabernacle on
Mormonism.
Each Morman pays one-tenth
of his income to the church and a
perfect system of relieving the
poor is maintained. There are
105 saloons in the city and there
is about as rough an element in
the population as will be found
anywhere.
The North Carolinians tried!
bathing in the Salt Lake andf
found it more pleasant than in
the ocean because easier to float
in.?Raleigh Post, July 30.
BEASLEY.
Mr. H. C. Williams went to
Benson Monday.
Rev. Mr. Ambroze filled his ap
pointment at Mill Creek Sunday.
Mr. Cub Britt went to Benson
last Tuesday, returning Thurs
day.
Miss Estella Stevens is spend
ing a few days with her grand
mother.
Mrs. Ivey and son, of the Biz
zell section, spent Sunday after
noon in our village.
Mr. Charlie Thornton and fam
ily, of the Newton Grove section,
were in our midst Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Grant, of
Benson, who had been visiting
parents for the past few weeks,
rt turned home Monday.
Mr. J. E. Rayner, formerly of
this neighborhood, came in from
West Virginia, where he has been
for some time, a few days ago.
Mr. John Underwood, of the
Newton Grove section, was in
i our midst Sunday, the guest of
Mr. John Massey and family.
Dexter.
Strength and vigor come of
good food, duly digested. 'Force,'
a ready-to-serve wheat and bar
ley food, adds no burden, but
'sustains, nourishes, invigorates.
BENSON.
Dr. Hood, Mayor, is in In li
anna for treatment.
Milton Lee now caters at the i
Benson Drug Co., store.
Ed. Surles, of South Carolina, ,
is visiting relatives here.
Miss Lomie Smith, of Apex, is
visiting at G. W. Caveuaugh's.
August 11th is the day set for
election on "licenseor no license."
H. S. Dickson, formerly rail
road agent here is visiting friends.
Mrs. G. C. Bryan, of Clayton,
is visiting her father, J. I). Par
rish.
Walter Cavenaugh andsisterof
Duplin county are visiting rela
tives here.
We are informed that cider and
the Virginia product biing fancy
prices since J uly 1st.
Since our last issue J. M. Beatv,
"the hustler," of Smithfield, has
bet u rushing business in our
town.
C. P. Lockley, attorney, who left
here a few days ago under pres
sure, is mourned by those who
had paid him in advance.
Chas. Davis and .fosephus Ily
als of Emporia, Va., spent sever
al days here recently, not alto
gether for fun or pleasure. '
Merritt Whittenton, brother
of our townsman, J. W. Whit
tenton, fell from a building a few
days ago, sustaining painful in
juries.
Wanted?One car load unbiased
opinions on various subjects, on
consignment, for gratuitous dis
tribution. They are very much
needed.
Few people know it, but it is
now against the law to hunt or
fish on the lands of another,
without permission, in Banner
townsnip..
On August 4th, there will be
more tobacco sold here than
some people think was made in
the county. The people have
confidence in our warehousemen
and will be here that day.
Benson can boast, but not
with pride, of one man, who has
advocated every side of a ques
tion that now engages the public
mind, and has recently built a j
wing to the thing and is now oc
cupying that, in opposition to
his former attitudes.
A Clayton Man Dead.
For some time Mr. John W.
Hales, of Clayton, has been trou- >
bled more or less with rheuma- j
tism. About two months ago t
he went to Hot Springs, Ark.,
and spent four weeks, which
seemed to improve him. Wed
nesday evening, July 29th, he
was doing some work when he
was suddenly attacked by rheu
matism at his heart. A physi
cian was summoned at once.
Some relief was given but it was
evidenc that but little could be
done. He died in about thirty j
minutes from the time he was |
taken. He was a good business
man and was in charge of Clay
ton dispensary at the time of his
death. He was raised in Oneals j
township.
"It is strage, indeed," mused:
the thoughtful man. "It must
be. What is it," asked theother.
"That when a man is sowing wild
oats he should purchase so much
rye!"?Chicago Tribune.
Catarrh ot the Stomach.
When the stomach is over
loaded; when food is taken into
it that fails to digeet, it decays
and inflames the mucous mem
brane, exposing the nerves, and
causes the glands to secret mucin,
instead of natural juices of diges
tion. This is called Catarrh of
the Stomach, caused by indiges
tion. Doctors and medicines fail
ed to benefit me until I used Ko
dol Dyspepsia Cure.?J. R. Rhea,
Coppell, Tex. Sold by flood
Bros., J. R. Ledbetter, J. W.1
Benson.
"My." exclaimed the excited
citizen. "Won't this awful de
pressing drouth ever let up? It
actually hasn't rained for eight
or ten hours!"?Baltimore Amer
ican.
STATE MEWS NOTES.
A heavy storm passed over the
Newbern section Thursday after
noon.
Gaston county will hold an
election on August Oth on the
question of issuing $300,000; of
4 per ceut. bonds for road im
provements. ,
At a meeting of the manufac
turers of High 1'oint, $2,500 was
subscribed for the North Caro
lina exhibit at the St. Louis ex
position.
The Bell Telephone company is
to build a handsome office in
Charlotte and expend $00,000
on office, improvements and ex
tensions.
The National association of
Dental Faculties are in session
at Asheville. About 300 dele
gates are attending from all
parts of the country.
An Elizabeth City man was "re
lieved" of $300 by a confidence
man at Virginia Beach Saturday,
while they were in bathing to
gether.
Quite an innovation has been
made at Raleigh in one of the
churches by the pastor request
ing the ladies to remove their
hats during service.
The third regiment of the
National guard has received its
orders for its encampment at
Greensboro, and will go there
with very full ranks.
Francis I). Winston, who is
making a canvass of the State,
raising funds for a Masonic tem
ple at Raleigh, reports $100,000
secured of the$115,000 required.
Lillington, Harnett county,
celebrated theopening of the new
railroad to that place from Ral
eigh, on the 23rd, by speech-mak
ing and a general jollification.
Loral business men of Wash
ton will organize a company to
operate a steamship line to run
to Norfolk and Baltimore as a
guard and protection against
the exorbitant freight rates now
in force there.
The correspondent of the Char
lotte Observer at Asheville says,
that it is a fact that distillers are
disregarding the Watts law and
continuing operation outside of
incorporated towns and that
they will test the law in the
courts.
It is now very positively de
clarer! that the Raleigh and Pam
lico Sound railway will be built.
The promoters are very san
guine, and people along the pro
posed route are very enthusias
tic indeed. They will have to
raise $200,000 in order to se
cure the building of the road.
Seventeen prisoners in the
county jail at Washington for
mulated a plot Saturday to es
cape and were in the act of doing
so, expecting the police to leave
the outer door open as he opened
the inner one to take a prisoner
and work him on the streets.
Joseph Chauncey, the policeman,
held them with his hand on his
gun and frustrated the attempt
just as one of the inen was com
ing through the door.
Mrs. Emma Pitts, a young
woman of Winston, was terribly
burned there Saturday after
noon. While starting a fire in
the stove with kerosene oil, the
can exploded and threw oil all
over her. She was soon enrap
ped in flame and before help ar
rived she was rendered uncon
scious. The attending physician
says the soles of her feet are the
only part of her person not burn
ed. She was removed to the hos
pital, where she lies in an uncon
scious condition. The physi
cians says there is no hope for
her.
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