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VOL. 22. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, SET KM HER 4, 1903. NO. 2?.
THE HEAT INJURED CROPS.
Corn Fairly Good?Large Cropjof
Fodder?Cotton Injured by_Heat j
and Drought?Apples Infe
rior and Rotting.
The North Carolina weekly
crop bulletin for the week ending
Monday, August 31, 1!)08 says:
"The characteristic features of
the weather during the past
week were the intense heat and
drought that prevailed until the
evening of the 29th. The mean
temperature was about 82 de
grees, indicating a daily excess
of from (1 degrees to 8 degrees,
near the central portion of the
State (Italeigh) the daily excess
was 10 degrees. Maximum
temperature exceeded 90 degrees
every day of the week, except
Sunday, and reached 100 de
grees at several points. The
period from the 23rd to the 29th
was the warmest experienced
this summer. A/few local show
ers occurred on the 20th and
27th, but the rainfall was quite
insufficient, until Saturday night
when showers were more general1
and the warm spell was termina
ted by somewhat lower tempera
tures. The cloudless sky and
intense sunshine coming so soon
after a period of cool, moist
weather undoubtedly caused
much injury to crops by scalding,
especially in the central portion
of the State where there is the
greatest seasonal deficiency in
rainfall. No plowing could be
done this week.
"Corn is fairly good, and seems
well eared; early corn is short;
late corn by the close of the week
was badly in need of rain, es
pecially in some central-western
counties where it wa- just in silk.
The weather was excellent for
saving fodder. Even cotton nas
been injured by the sudden heat
aud drought in some sections;
rust is prevalent in the southern
portion, and shedding is reported
in many sections, but only by
about 10 per cent of the crop
correspondents. Cotton is be
ginning to open quite rapidly,
some, it is feared, prematurely, ^
and picking has begun; the first
bales of North Carolina cotton
have been marketed. Cutting;
and curing tobacco continues in
the northern counties from
Person west to Surry and south
to (iuilford, with generally good
results this week; late tobacco
needs rain, some fired a little.
Turnips suffered much from heat
and drought and many were
killed. Sweet potatoes, rice,
peanuts and sorghum are doing
well; cabbages are heading nicely;
a good stand of late Irish po
tatoes was not secured. The
crop of late apples is iuferior,
much of the fruit is rotting ana
dropping.
National Bureau's Crop Report.
Washington, Sept. 1.?The
Weather Bureau's weekly sum
mary of crop conditions says:
"While there has been somej
improvement in the condition of
cot ton, mainly in portions of the I
central districts, the crop as a
whole has suffered deterioration,
rust and shedding being very
general throughout the belt, and
premature opening in some of
the eastern districts where exces
sive heat proved unfavorable. In
Texas there has been much shed
ding, and while boll worms are
disappearing, and the crop more
promising in the northern coun
ties, the boll weevil continues
very destructive in the southwest,
central and eastern portions.
Picking is now general through
out the southern districts of the
cotton belt.
The tobacco crop has suffered
some injury from rains in Wis
consin and New York, but else
where has expeirenced 110 unfavor-1
able conditions, and cutting has
progressed satisfactorily." .
You are liable to a sudden at
tack of Summer sickness and
should keep in your house a bot
tle of Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam
the best known Remedy. War
ranted to give satisfaction or
money refunded by Hood Bros.,
Smithfield, N. C. 4
HESTER S ANNflAL REPORT.
Largely Increased Use of Cotton by
the Southern Mills Shown.
New Orleans, La., Sept. 1.?
The totuls of Secretary Hester's
aunual report of the cotton crop
of the United States were pro
mulgated today. They show
receipts of cotton at all United
States ports for the year 7,724,
104, against 7,679,290 last year;
overland to Northern mills and
Canada 1,086,383, against
1,183,953; Southern con
sumption taken direct from the
interior of the cottpn belt 1,920,
072, against 1,897,437, making
the cotton crop of the United
States for 1902-03 amount to
10,727,559 bales, against 10,
680,680, last year and 10,383,
422 the year before. Colonel
Hester has made his usual inves
tigation into the consumption of \
the South and has received re
ports by mail and telegraph
from every mill consuming cot
ton in the cotton growing States,
including woolen mills that have
used cotton, and the results show
a total of 2,000,729, but of this
80,657 were taken for the ports I
and included in port receipts.
This shows that the mills of
the South have used up 62,758
bales more than during 1901
02 aud 376,798 more than
duriug 1900-1902, a most re
markable showing in face of
recent trade conditions supposed
to have been brought about by
the abnormal difference between
values of the raw material and
the manufactured article.
EMIT NOTES.
The recent heavy rains have
damaged fodder some.
The farmers through this sec
tion are nearly through housing
tobacco. They are holding their
crops for better prices.
After an illness of about four
weeks Mr. J. L. Whitley, one of
Oueals' finest citizens, died Au
gust 17th. lie was first taken
with malarial fever which later
developed into typhoid. Until |
about a week before he died he
was improving nicely, being able
to be out and look after his busi
ness, when he was taken with a
relapse which resulted fatally.
The whole community feels that
it has lost one of its best citizens.1
He was a young man and a mem
ber of the Baptist church at An
tioch. He leaves a wife and three
children, a mother, one sister, five1
brothers and a host of friends to
mourn their loss.
September 1st. R. P. P.
WHITE OAK NOTES.
Cotton is opening and the
fleecy staple will soon be to gath
er in.
Mrs. W. G. Hinton is visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Xeed
ham Whitley.
Our people are done barning
tobacco and are glad that they
have no more to cure as the
prices are so low.
Messrs. Y. E. Parker and J. E. j
Hinton gave a lemonade party
todav (Tuesday) as it was the
last day of tobacco barning.
The Friendship Light Weights!
and White Oak Red Pants played
seven innings on the White Oak
diamond last Saturday. The
Light Weights played good ball j
but could not score with the Red
Pants. The Little River team
came to the White Oak diamond
sometime ago and played Red |
Pants, the score standing .'52 to i
6 in favor of Red Pants. The!
Red Pants went to the Little
River diamond the fourth Satur
day in August, but the home
team failed to show up. Another
game will be arranged soon.
September 1st. XY.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
Has world-wide fame for mar-1
vellous cures. It surpasses any
other salve, lotion, ointment or
balm for Cuts, Corns, Burns,
Boils, Sores, Felons, Ulcers, Tet-1
ter, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, j
Chapped Hands, Skin Eruptions;1
infallible for Piles. Cure guaran
teed. Only 2oc at Hood Bros.,
Druggists.
More New Rural Routes.
Congressman Pou has been in
formed by General Bristow, the
Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General, that three additional
rural free delivery routes will be
put in operation from Four Oaks
on the first day of October. Also
a loop route will be put in opera
tion from Beasley, and one ad
ditional route from Kenly. There
will also be a new route put in
operation October 1st, starting
from Wilson's Mills.
This will make six additional
routes which will be commenced
on the first of October and will
add very materially to the mail
facilities of the people living in
these sections, respectfully. Mr.
Pou is untiring in his efforts to
have this service extended. This
will make seventeen routes which
he has secured for Johnston
county.
A ruling has been made by the
Postoftice Department that no
additional loop routes will be
considered. A loop route is one
which attaches to the end of an
other route. It is stated by the
Department in Washington that
loop routes dp not yield sufficient
revenue to the Government to
justify their operation. Mr. Pou
regrets this ruling very much, as
he has been hoping, by means of
these routes, to have mail deliv
ered in the most remote parts of
the various counties of his dis
trict.
Apostrophe to Our Dead Heroes.
O true patriots of your coun
try! You who followed the in
vincible Washington as he drove
the British tyrant from our
shores; you who marched with
the immortal Lee and Jackson
as they so bravely defended the
"Lost Cause;" you who died a
glorious death on the ill-fated
Maine, you who helped to chase
the Spanish oppressor from our
free Western world; you who up
held the honor of the American
flag under the burning sun of the
tropical Philippines; gallant de
parted, your heroic deeds consti
tute thefairest pages of America's
glorious history. Your names
will never cease to be illustrious
in our annals and your memory
will be cherished by all succeeding
generations of liberty-loving
Americans. By your splendid
courage and unselfish devotion
to the cause of your country for
which you so nobly sacrificed
your lives, you have reared an
enduring monument to your
selves and have maintained over
and over agam the integrity of
this grand American Union.
Okcar It. Hand.
Smithfleld, N. C.
SELMA NEWS.
Itaiu put out the lights Tues
dav night.
Prof. T. T. Candler was in town
Wednesday.
Mayor R. B. Whitley went to
Raleigh Tuesday.
Mrs. E. V. Ileuton, of Raleigh,
has returned to her home.
Mr. N. E. Edgerton and family
have returned from F uquay
Springs.
Mr. M. C. Winston is now in
Baltimore buying his fall stock
of goods.
Miss Fannie McKay, of Man
chester, Is". C., is visiting Miss
Margaret Etheredge.
Mrs. C. L. Barnes and Miss
Mattie, of Clayton, are visiting
Mrs. W. H. Stallings.
Mr. J. A. Spiers, Jr., has moved
into his house recently occupied
by Mr. J. H. Jackson.
Harry W. Hood has moved to
the house on the corner of Ander
son and Pollock streets.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Hood
spent Sunday with Mrs. Y. I).
Vinson in Wilson's Mills town
ship.
A good number of young peo
ple expect to go to the ice-cream
supper at Sanders Chapel if
weather permits.
Mr. PL W. Yick has taken a po
sition with the W. H. King Drug!
Co., of Raleigh, and will travel
the eastern part of North Caro
lina in their interest.
Dr. A. Z. Pavlor has returned
from a visit to Vlocksville and
can now be found in his dental
otfice over the bank.
Miss I'luma Owens, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Owens, of
Durham, is visiting her cousin,
Mrs. .1, \V. blackmail.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Etheredge
left Tuesday for Baltimore. They
will buy a full line of dry goods,
notious and millinery.
Mr. John W. Hlackrnan is re
pairing and making some change
in his cotton gin. Will be ready
for work in a few days.
Mis? Donia flood left Monday
for Wilson, where she will enter
the Sanatorium and learn to be
a trained nurse. We wish her
much success.
Messrs. John W. Futrell and1
Saiu Godwin have purchased M
C. Winston's sale stables and will
soon have in a car load of nice
horses and mules.
Mr. Robert Millard Nowell
went to Greensboro Sunday. Did
1 say Greensboro? Yes, that is
what he said about 't, but our
people have their opinion about
where he went.
Our young people are going
off to school now?Miss Maggie
Whitley to isjuisburg, Misses
Ethel Winston and Mattie Rob
erts to the Baptist Female Uni
versity, Will Richardson to the
A. A M., and Robert and Albert
Noble to the University of North
Carolina.
Senex.
FOUR OAKS NOTES.
Mr. H. I). Ellington, of Smith
geld, was here Monday.
We are sorry to learn that Miss
Ellen Barbour is very sick.
Messrs. I). W. and B. B. Adams
are at Lillington this week.
Mrs. E. F. Moore, of Benson,
was a visitor here this week.
Mr. E. W. Snead, of Hope Mills,
is visiting in our midsttnis week.'
Miss Stella Benson, of Benson,
was a visitor in our town last
week.
Miss Neva Kuter, of Baleigh, is
visiting relatives in Four Oaks \
this week.
Miss Sarah Beaslev, of Garner,
is visiting friends near Four Oaks
this week.
Messrs. 1). W. Adams and W.
A. Creech both seem all smiles.
It's a girl at both places.
Mr. William Grady and sister.
Miss Cora, visited their brother,
Mr. Charlie Grady, the first of
the week.
Rev. Mr. Suttle, assisted by
Rev. Mr. Towusend, is conduct
ing a protracted meeting at the
Baptist church here this week.
Rev. Mr. Fisher will hold a
church conference here Tuesday
night, September 8th. All the
members of this church are urged
to be present.
Miss Mary E. Parker, our effi
cient Post Mistress, has, after
taking a few days vacation at
the home of her parents, return
ed and resumed her position.
Messrs. Jesse and Hugh Adams
are visiting their grand parents
in Cumberland county this week.
They aim to spend a week hunt- J
ing on the Cape Fear river.
M.
The 110th anniversary of the
organization of the State of
Franklin was celebrated at
Jonesboro, Tenn., Saturday, j
The attendance from the seven j
counties of Tennessee and North j
Carolina, forming the State, was
large. Speakers of note were
present from all over the country.
Fearful Odds Against Him.
Bedridden, alone and destitute,
Such, in brief was the condition
of an old soldier by name of J. J.
Havens, Versailles, O. For years
he was troubled with Kidney dis
ease and neither doctors nor med
icines irave him relief. At length
he tried Electric Bitters. It put1
him on his feet in short order
and now he testifies. "I'm on
the road to complete recovery."
Best on earth for Liver and Kid-'
ney troubles and all forms of
Stomach and Bowel Complaints.
Only 50c. Guaranteed by Hood ,
Bros., Pruggists.
CLAYTON CHIPS.
Mr. Troy Branbam was in town j
Tuesday.
Mr. John Wrenn spent Tuesday
and Wednessda.v here.
Miss Eugene Howell and Nick
Alien spent Sunday here.
Mr. R. B. Richardson spent,
sev. ral days here this week.
MisH Mollie Harris, of Wendell,
is visiting Mrs. .J A. Griffin.
Mrs. L. 1). Debnani, of Selma,
spent Monday with her mother.
Mr. Herman Whitley has ac
cepted a position with Mr. J. L. J
Austin.
Mrs. Geo. L. Walker, of Georgia,
is visiting her sister Mrs. Ashley
Home.
Mr. Vance Harris, of Washing
ton, I). C., spent Monday at I)r.
Griffin's.
Mr. Chester Wa'l has accepted
a position with Messrs Chas.
Carroll & Co.
Miss Jennie Barnes and Mrs.
Robt. Buffalo, of Raleigh, are
visiting relatives here.
The directors of The Cotton J
Mill and Bank held their regular
monthly meetings Wednesday.
Mr. James R. Williamson, of
Archer, has accepted a position
with Messrs. John S. Barnes &
Co.
Drs. Ashley Horne and Missj
Swannanoa have returned from
a visit to relatives in Western j
North Carolina.
Mr. L. H. Champion has ac
cepted a position with Messrs.
Ashley Horne & Son and will
begin work September 15th.
Mr. Lewis, Messrs. Pleasants
druggists, left Tuesday for his
home in Burlington. Mr. Roy
Robertson will fill his place for
a while.
Mr. C. B. Turley has sold his
interest in the business of C. B.
Turley & Co., to Mr. E. L. Uneil
who will continue the business
at the same stand.
Mr. Tom Jones, of Holland,
Va , and Mr. E. Liles, of Archer,
have accented positions at .Mr.
D. H. McCullers' store. Mr.
John Hinnant has resigned.
The revival at the Methodist
church closed Sunday night.
Quite a number were added to
che church. Kev G. W. Fisher j
administered the ordinance of
Baptism Sunday.
Clayton High School opened
with an excelent attendance.
There were fourteen boarding
pupils as follows:
Mr. Oscar Creech, Emit.
Mr. Win. Young, Polenta.
Mr. Burk Sewell, Emit.
Miss Clara Corbett, Emit.
Miss MauU Robertson, Archer. ]
Mr. Oziar Mitchell, Raleigh.
Miss Ruby Penny, Auburn.
Mr. Hubert Penny, Auburn.
Miss lance Barnes, Archer.
Mr. Thurman Smith, Clayton. [
Mr. Herman Coats, Clayton.
Miss Morne Yelvington, Clay
ton.
Miss Irma Gulley, Clayton.
Mr. Clifford Austin, Clayton.
"yelik."
POLENTA NEWS.
Tobacco curing is nearly over.
Will Tomlinson spent Sunday
at Fuquay Springs.
Mrs. Tolitha Parrish, of Eleva
tion, is on a visit to friends in
this section.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jones spent [
Sunday with Mrs. Hattie Coats, |
of the Clayton section.
Sorry to report the sickness of
Mr. Thad Stevens, his wife and
child. They are down with fever.
Mr. Hyatt, from the eastern
part of the State, is on a visit to
his mother-in-1 iw, Mrs. J. J.
Barnes.
Rev. Mr. Souders preached two
excellent sermons at Oakland
last Sunday morning and night.
He has been called to the pastor
ate of the church and it is under
stood he will accept the call.
Ellington & Young's engine
and saw mill have been put
down and they are nearlv ready
for business They will build
their cotton gin at once and will
be ready to handle the present
crop.
Misses Lillian Wood and Ber
nice Bundy are sick with fever.
Llad to report they are, at this
writing, some better.
Very few of our farmers will
plant tobacco next year. They
all say at present prices it will
not pay, hence their determina
tion to abandon its culture.
The ordinance of baptism was
administered to anumber of can
didates at Yelvington's bridge
last Sunday morning by the pas
tor of Kehoboth Primitive Bap
tist church.
Mr. Percy Barber happened to
a painful accident last Saturday
by having a large iron wheel,
whilst being placed in position,
to slip and fall on one of his feet,
which crushed and bruised it con
siderably.
On Friday night of week before
last, our young pleople went on
a hay-ride and all unite in saving
it was a delightful trip. It was
composed of twenty-seven of as
jolly and clever young people as
our neighborhood affor Is. The
crowd was chaperoned by Mrs.
C. T. Young and our bachelor
friend, (L B. Smith, both of whom
seemed to enjoy the occasion
equally as well as the rest.
Misses Mildred Young, Audry
Booker, Messrs. Ed. Edtnuudson
and C. C. Young returned from a
three days' visit to Miss Annie
Black, who lives near Linden,
Harnett county, Monday evening.
From the way they talk there is
no section superior to that, no
better people they say live.
They are loud in the praise of the
hospitality showed upon them
by those good people. Especial
ly did they fall in love with Rev.
Sir. Black, his wife and children,
saying they did all in their power
to make their visit pleasant. The
visitors hated when the time
came for them to wend their way
back home.
Typo.
KENLY NOTES.
Mr. H. F. Edgerton is in north
ern markets buying his fall stock
of goods.
Mrs. H. F. Edgerton and chil
dren are visiting relatives in
iSmithfield.
Mr. J. A. Edgerton, a sales
man for the Union News Co., is
visiting relatives in town.
We have been having rain every
day for several days, which has
beeu diagreeable for saving fod
der.
Miss Sadie Richardson, the
daughter of Mr. L B. Richard
son, is very sick with Typhoid
fever.
Mr. J. A. Lowe, of Burlington,
a former student of Kenly Aca
demy, spent Saturday anil Sun
day in town visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. J. \V. Darden,
Messrs. C. B. Bailey and I). T.
Perkins attended the convention
of the Wayne County Sunday
School Association, which wjis
held at Salem church, neartColds
boro, Sunday. They report a
very good convention and a very
pleasant trip.
A very delightful flinch partv
was given at Mr. J. G. High's,
Tuesday night, to the lady
teachers of Kenlv Academy,?
Miss Julia McEachenr, Miss Annie
B. Strickland, MissPassie Harris,
and Miss Emma Mathews. Oth
ers present were: Miss Eva High,
Mrs. J. W. Darden, Mrs. J.M.
Stancill, and Messrs. C. B. Bailey,
L. Z. Woadward, Jarvis Edger
ton, C. W. Edgerton and Claudius
Watson.
The seventh annual session of
Kenly Academy opened this
morning. Considering the un
favorable weather, the attend
ance was good, sixty-six being
enrolled. By this time next week
we feel sure the enrollment will
reach one hundred. The assist
ant teachers all came last Mon
day. They are as follows: Miss
Annie B. Strickland, Louisburg;
Miss Julia McEachern, Lumber
Bridge; Miss Passie Harris, ('aid
well Institute; Miss Emma Mat
thews, Kenly. Our school has a
well-trained corps of teuchers
this year, and the Academy start s
out with bright prospects for a
prosperous year.
Sept. 2. * Rex.