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?ljc Smitfjt'irliJ JUcmlit. price one dollar per tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." single copies five cent^ _ \ VOL. 22. SMITHFIELD, N. C.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1903. NO. 24. SF.LMA NEWS. W. H. Starling weut to Benson Tuesday. A. M. Noble is visiting friends in Virginia. Mr. \V. E. Stallings, of Clayton, was in town Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. M. jU- Winston spent Sunday at Fuquay Springs. I Vinson & Hicburdson will put on a delivery wagon next Mon day. Mr. A. J. Williford went to Norfolk Sunday returning Tues day. Mr. Jesse Hood, of Wendell, is visiting his brother Harry W. Hood. Fab B. Whitley and Miss Effie Blackman went to old Beulah Sunday. Mr. Ed. Tuck has returned from a visit to friends near Youngsville. MissJimmie Batton has return ed from a visit to relatives near Archer Lodge. Mrs. J. H. Jackson will move to the old Preston House on September 1st. Mrs. Rebecca Honeycutt, of Clayton, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. B. Driver. Mrs. J. P. Winston, of Louis burg, is on a visit to her sister, Mrs. M. C. Winston. Mrs. M. A. Noble left Wednes day with her son, Prof. M. C. S. Noble, for Wilmington. Mrs. W. W. Wynne and Miss Mary Wynne, of Raleigh, are visiting Mrs. N. E. Edgerton. Mrs. A. Jones is on a visit to relatives at Clayton. Alpheus Jones spent Sunday with them. Mr. Call and Miss Margaret Etheredge gave their Sunday School clases a lawn party Mon day night. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Johnson Jr., who have been visiting Mrs. Y. D. Vinson left Thursday for Norfolk, Va. Robert M. Nowell, I)r. J. B. Person, Robert Gibson, G. H. Ivleuppleberg and A. M. Noble went to Wilson's Mills Sunday. At last we are to have lights in town Our City Fathers have bought four lamps and if they prove satisfactory are to get others. They make a nice light. The supply of gasoline ran short Weduesdav so we had no light and Fab Whitley says it was dark, for sure. The two new prize houses are nearing completion. The eleva tors are being put in and we are prepared to handle the crop whenever the farmers conclude to sell it. Tobacco sold here Tuesday at twenty cents per pound. All grades are a little better, but not much. Mr. Henry A. Williams, the popular superintendent of the Norfolk Division of the Southern, was here Tuesday to meet and take an excursion to Norfolk. There were so many on the excursion that it took two trains of fourteen cars each to carry them. The first train left Greens boro with fourteen cars loaded eight hundred people?and had orders not to stop for passengers at Burlington or Graham, as over two hundred tickets had been sold at Burlington. The second train was to get them. < >ur graded school opened Wed nesday. All the teachers present and a large number of pupils but not so many as there would have been had it not been rainiug. Our teachers are Ned F. Bran nock, Superintendent: Henry E. Craven, Principal; Misses Mar garet C. Smith, Bettie l>ee San ders and Mamie G. Tuck, with Miss Lois Bass as teacher of music. Willie S. King is l'rinci- \ pal of the colored school and Laura J. Atkinson teacher. It , will lie the aim of all to make the 1 school better than ever. I'upils will be received from outside of tte district at theusual low rates and parents and guardians would do well to see the Superintendent before sending ebewhere. It is to be hoped IhattheCoun ty Commissioners will enforce the> full penalty, for the non-comple tion of the iron bridge across Neuse river known as the Selmaj Bridge, against the bridge com pany. When the contract was let one of, and the main, con sideration for letting the bridge to this company was that they had the bridge already built and it could be put in at once. The company was given 90 days to put it up and it is reported that the company was given a little extra in order that it might be put up at once; but we are not sure of this. One thing is well known, though, that the bridge is not finished and no one knows when it will be. The material was at Wilson's Mills for some two or three weeks, or more, be fore work was begun on it. Our people waited patiently for the bridge to be put in but now for bearance is ceasing to be a virtue and we do hope that our Honor able Board will collect the full penalty for our people are put to j much trouble and loss of trade on accountof thenon-cortipletion of the bridge. Senex. PINE LEVEL DOTS. Mrs. W. J. Edwards died Thursday. Dr. J. B. Strachan, of Prince ton, was in our town Monday. Rev..). S. llagwood isconduct ing a meeting at the Baptist' church this week. Pine Level is on a boom;- there are two new buildings going up, a store house and a market. Mrs. G. C. Price, of Selma, spent Wednesday night with her sister, Miss Florence Gulley. Mr. N. M. Gurley spent Satur day night and Sunday in Selma with his brother, Mr. J. L. Gurley. Mr. and Mrs. F. T. White, of LaGrange, are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Aid ridge. Rev. J. H. Worlev was called to Selma Sunday to preach the | funeral of Air. J. P. Price's little| child. Miss Liliie 1'oole spent Batur day night and .Sunday in the country with her uncle, Mr Geo. I II. Worley. Mr. Millard and Miss Sallie | Pitman, of Goldsboro, are visit ing their sister, Mrs. Herbert I Kornegay. Misses Pluma and Henrietta Owens, of Durham, spent Fridav night and Saturday with their uncle, Mr. W. F. Gerald. Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Westbrook were called to the country Sun day to see their brother, Mr. I). A. Johnson, who is very sick. Mrs. J. L. Harris, of Black Creek, and Miss Florence Farmer, of Wilson, who have been visit ing relatives left Saturday for their homes. Pine Level's second nine played Jerome's first nine Saturday afternoon. The score stood 25 to 15 in favor of Pine Level Hurrah for our boys! Y. Y. Aug. 18th. BEASLEY BITS. Rev. Robt. Strickland preached an interesting sermon at Preston Academy Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ttomas Dupree. of Dunn, are visiting friends and relatives in this community. J. M- Beaslev and sons, Claude, Wilbert and Howard, went to Wrightsville Wednesday on the excursion. G. II. Toler, L. M. Stevens, G. II. Britt, J. E. Raynor and Miss Mattie Beasley attended the re union at Smithfield last week. Aug. 18. Dextek. End ol Bitter Fight. "Two physicians had a long and stubborn fight with an ab ress on my right lung" writes J. F. Hughes of Oul'ont, Ga. "and ! cave nie up. Everybody thought my time had come. As a last re sort I tried Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption. The benefit I received was striking and I was on my feet in a few days. Now I've entirely regain ed my health. It conquers all Coughs, Colds and Throat and Lung troubles. Guarnteed by Hood Bros., Druggists. Price 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottles free. POLENTA NEWS. Miss Loftin, of Whitakers, is visitiui* the Misses Tonuinson. Miss Mary Jones is on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Claude Price. Preaching at Oakland next Sunday morning and night by Itev. Mr. Souders. Miss Daisy Green, of Raleigh, is spending this week on a visit to the Misses Smith. Miss Poole and Miss Inez Wynne, both of Raleigh, are visi ting the Misses Young. Misses Alma Coats and Nellie Lunceford, of Smithtield, are on a visit to Mrs. D. T. Wood. Mr. Douglas Holt, [of Clayton, is spending a week with Mrs. Susan Powers, his grandmother. A delightful entertainment was .enjoyed at the residence of Mrs. Tomlinsou's on Monday night. Most of our young people at tended. Miss Lizzie Tomlinson, after spending a month visiting friends in upper Johnston, Wake and Franklin counties, returned home last week. Owing to poor health, Rev. Mr. Hall has tenderedihis resignation as pastor of Shiloh to take effect November 1st, 1903. Our peo ple reluctantly give him up. Mr. and Mrs. James Canaday, of Greensboro, are spending a week with friends of this section. Mr. Canaday is one the Southern Railway's efficient engineers. The picnic at Oakland last Sat urday was a grand success in every particular; a large crowd, good behavior, plenty pretty girls and gallant young men,and a plenty of good to eat. Raleigh, Garner, Clayton, Benson and Smithfield had representatives on hand and all seemed to have a good time. The tobacco growers of this section met at Polenta Academy Tuesday night and organized the Tobacco Growers Association of Cleveland township by electing Mr. J. W. Yelvington, Chairman and F. T. Booker, Secretary. The association unanimously en dorsed the Kinston Anti-Trust resolutions and pledged not to buy any manufactured tobacco controlled by the American To bacco Trust and to use every honorable effort to keep all others from patronizing said trust. A resolution was adopted asking the farmers to hold their tobacco as long as they could unless bet ter prices could be obtained. A resolution was adopted pledging the Association to buy manufac tured tobacco from independent companies, not connected with the Trust. The next meeting will be held at Ited Hill on Saturday night, August 2!)th at 8 p. m., to which tobacco growers are cordi ally invited and urged to attend and join the Association, and thereby lend their aid towards crushing one of the most gigantic and oppressive "trusts" of the age. Typo. LEACHBURG ITEMS. Mr. Jeff Stephenson spent last Sunday in the Perlina section. Sol thinks he can report the first boll of cotton in this sec tion. Messrs. Rom Johnson and Eu gene Stevens spent last Sunday and Mondaj- in the Benson sec tion. Mr. 1). T. Barnes, a very intelli gent young farmer of Make county, near Raleigh, was here one day last week. Mr. Hubert Jones and sister, Miss Eula, of Gulley's Mill, spent last Monday evening in our midst. We were charmed with their visit. Miss Pearl Holland, a beauti ful and highly accomplished young lady of Sanford, is in our community visitiug relatives and friends. Miss Pearl says she will be with us for quite a while. Mr. C. E. Bailey and sister, Miss Millie, of near Benson, passed througn our burg one day last week enroute for their home. They bad been on an ex tended visit" to their sister and aunts in Polenta and I^eachburg. Mr. George W. King, of Clay ton, parsed through this auction last Sunday, lie was going over in Pleasant Grove township to visit his mother, who had the misfortune to fall and break one of her arms recently. Mrs. King accompanied Mr. King back to[ Clavton. The Sunday School picnic at Oakland church last Saturday was in every way a complete suc cess. There were visitors from almost all sections ofthecounty, \ including quite a number from Ilaleigh. While there were so many present they were not at a loss to find something good to eat, for the long table fairly groaned, it being so heavily laden with good eatables. In fact Oakland people don't do any thing by halves any way. Sol had the pleasure of attend ing the family reunion at Mr. Z. J. Lee's last Saturday. It being j Mrs. Lee's 80th birthday, her children,grandchildren and great grandchildren decided to hold a reunion of all her kin people. So they invited some of their J friends to join with them in mak-1 ing the day a very enjoyable one. They spread a bountiful dinner on the long table in the beauti fully shaded yard. There were about 100 people present to par take of the many good things to eat. Of this number 39 were grandchildren and greatgrand children. Mrs. Lee was delighted to be able to go out to the table to eat dinner with her children once more. We trust that she may be spared many more years of usefulness in this world. Each one present went away feeling that the day had been well spent. Sol. August 18th. KENLY NOTES. Dr. J. D.Schoolfleld,ofFayette ville, was a visitor to our town Monday. Miss Pennie Outlaw, of Golds boro, is visiting her sister, .Mrs. I)r. J. C. Grady. Mr. Jno. Woodard, of near Princeton, spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. It. Holland. Miss Eliza Watson, has been sick with fever for several days, but is gradually improving now. Dr. Jno. G. High and Dr. J. C. Grady are adding to the appear ance of their dwellings, by having them painted. ^ Misses Roxie and Nancy Lyles, of Tarboro, who have been visiting at Mr. J. G. High's, returned home Tuesday. Messrs. O. L. Baglev, of Bagley, A. W. Arrington, of Suffolk, Va., and H. C. Andrews, of Mount Olive, spent Sunday in town. The farmers around here are bouyant oyer the prospects -of the cotton crop, but are dis heartened at the prices of to bacco. Some people are beginning to pull fodder this week, but it seems they will have a hard time to save it, for it rains almost every day. Rev. W. H. Frost, of Eucama, has been elected pastor of the Free Will Baptist church here for the ensuing year and will preach next Sunday morning and night. The principal of Kenly Acade my, Prof. H. B. Smith, is now canvassing and making prepara tion for the opening of the school, which will be September 2nd. The outlook for the school .is very bright. Owing to the inability of some of the most important speakers, who are on the programme, being present on the first date set, the Beulah township Sunday School Convention that is to be held at Beulah town near Kenly, has been postponed until the first Sunday in September. Every body is cordially invited to at tend. Rf.X. We, the undersigned, believing Dr. Setb Arnold's Balsam to be a reliable Remedy for Bowel Complaints, hereby guarantee a twenty-five cent bottle to give satisfaction or money refun ided by Hood Bros., Smithfield CLAYTON CHIPS. Miss Lucile Ellington is visiting! here. Miss Lina Lindley spent Sun day here. Miss Irene Hinton, of Raleigh, i is visiting her parents. Messrs. Cadmus and William I Young were here Monday. Miss Bertha Jones spent last, week with Miss Maud Turley. Prof. J. ft. Williams, of Apex,! spent several days here this week, j Mrs. M. E. Gattis, Carmen and Elmo, are visiting in Garner this; week. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. W. Massey j and .children are visitors here | this week. Misses Mamie Ellis and Annie Lee, of Smithtield, are visiting friends here. Miss Placide Ellington, of! Raleigh, is visiting her sister, Mrs. E. L. Hinton. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Hicks, of Raleigh, spent Sunday here with Mrs. Hicks'mother. Mr. Ashley Home has bought the Mrs. Toler lot, near Mr. E. B. McCullers' dwelling. Mr. Rupert Yelvington left Tuesday for Mount Olive to visit his sister, Mrs. Gus Cox. Miss Allyne McCullers spent part of last week with Miss Mil dred Young at Polenta. Mrs. C. W. Carter returned Sat urday from an extended stay with parents in Virginia. Mr. Hamp. Williams, of near Wakefield, was a visitor of Dr. J. A. Griffin's family Sunday. Mr and Mrs. A. Jones and family spent two or three days with Mrs. R. E. Phillips recently. Mr. Master, of Harrisonburg, Ya., representing The South At lantic Insurance Company is in town. Master Willie Williams gave a birthday party Tuesday evening! to the delight of his many young friends. Rev. G. W. Fisher, assisted by I Rev. Mr. Starling, of Cary, will conduct protracted meeting here next week. How can it fail, when every man, woman and child has his shoulders to the wheel, and is pushing for the Clayton High School. Mr. It. Q. Lowery will leave here Sunday to attend the re-1 union of his father's family, this being his 69th birthday. Mr. J. j A. Lowery, brotlnrof our towns-! man, will be there from Texas. Prof. I*. F. Williams, the ef ficient principal of Clayton High School, is still soliciting through i the country. He reports pros pects of the grandest success ever known to the peopleof old John- 1 ston, for a school. Mr. W. W. Kemp, a prosperous farmer living near here, tells us he had the misfortune of losing 45 head of fine hogs by cholera lately. He showed us a bunch of as line tobacco as we have seen. Mr. Kemp is a model farmer. 4 Miss Alma and Atiice Hall, of j near here, spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. W. O. branch. While there Mr. Branch took them to Raleigh and showed them all the lights of the Capitol City. Aug. 19. Yelir. ARCHER DOTS. Miss Kllie Whitley has just re turned from a visit to relatives at Wakefield. Messrs M. H. Jones ami Mah lon Creech, of Clayton, were wel corned visitors among us Sun day. Miss Coats, of Cleveland Township, has returned to her home after spending a few da}* with Miss Kula Whitley. The low prices of tobacco has forced our farmers to come to gether as one man and say they will not put it on the market unless it gets better. I.I.ts .'ones and("oats preach ?o a I;"ire and appreciative i ia' iit, a alem Sunday. Mi*- filadys Brooks, of Sin. lit M, . .i Miss Cornelia llat> n?i of . na, are visiting the ,\i? i !<*. >rry. .Mies a t a Wis, one of Clayton ming young ladies, 8j ic lays with Mise Lessa , :, >tly. Bro. A. A. xpected to till his re, , utment at iV'hite ()ak ,xv and Sunday. The ot bap tism will be adm. a ;?? lea ley's pond Sundu Tnit at nine o'clock. August 18. ?THANKSGIVING Mr. Alonzo Batten, of . -i. ton, is in this section visit i parents, friends and relativ A good inauy of our yc g people went to the protrat i meeting at Autiocli church la Sunday. Most all of our people visited the reunion of the < )ld Soldiers at Smith field Aug. 13th, and report that the dinner was a success. The re-union dinner given by Mr. Henry E. Earp at the old homestead was a success. Most every member was present and all enjoyed it finely. We are sorry to note that Miss Martha Allen, of the Branch Chapel section and formerly of near Four Oaks, is very sick with fever. Hope she will soon recover. Mr. Noah A. Jones, wife, and little daughter Irene returned to their home in Fine Level last Sunday after spending a week with friends and relatives around Thanksgiving. Our Rural Free Delivery mail route is in operation now, and the carrier Mr. Patrick Parker of SeJina, seems very kind and po lite to all. We hope it will add much to the improvement of our section. The taxpayers of this part of Oneal's township are very anxious to know something about the election that is to be held in Oneal's township Septem ber 22nd. They want to know where the road is coming from and through what part of Oneal's township will it go. Will some one who understands it thorough ly explain it to us through the columns of the Herald? Aug. 18. Nick. Better Prices Promised for Tobacco. Mr. Yuille, head buyer for the American Tobacco Company, was in our city yesterday and informed several of our leading tobacco men tdat prices would be better after a while; that the American Tobacco Company did not want the farmers' tobacco for nothing, and expected as early as possible to pay a reason able price for it. He said that the company was laboring just now under several difficulies, the lack of storage room and the unpreparedness to handle the new crop. He asked them to advise the farmers to take care of their tobacco and keep it for the present in their pack houses and as early as possible his company would "pay fair prices for it. So it is extremely probable that the American Tobacco Company, like all corporations that have to borrow money in large quanti tities, is unable to secure funds at present to handle the crop, and since they express them selves as willing to pay the fanners a fair price, we favor giving them a reasonable length of time, and then if thev do not 1 show a disposition to keep their word the farmers should proceed in whatever effective way they may see fit. In the meantime, the funners should meet and organize to control the acreage for the new crop and the yield therefrom.?Wilson Times, loth. A monster mass meeting of farmers was held at Kinston on Saturday, and ringing resolu tions were passed condemnatory of the Amencan Tobacco Com pany's greed and injustice.
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