%\)t "wmittjfirlft itrraliL price one dollar per tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. ' single copies five cents. VOL. 24. SMITHFIELD, X. C.. FRIDAY. JULY 14. 1905. NO. 19 WEEKLY CHOP REPORT. Favorable Week in State for Crops. Corn not Good, but Improved Tobacco Growlnp Nicely?Oats Good?Peaches Good ?Ap ples Inferior, The Weekly Crop Bulletin for the week ending Monday, July 10, 100J, says: "Over the larger portion of the State the weather during the past week was very favorable for agricultural interests. Alternate sunshine and showers prevailed, and the precipitation was gener ally well distributed, relieving the droughty conditions that existed in most central counties at the close of the preceding week. There were a few severe local storms in Wayne, Ala mance, Davidson and Rocking ham Counties, and too much rain in a number of others chiefly those west of the Blue Bridge where farm work was interrupt ed, and soil and crops were wash ed by heavy rains. The mean temperature for the week averag ed about 80 degrees (72 degrees in the mountains) .which was nearly 4 degrees above normal; early in the week higu maximum temperatures occurred, the 4th being the warmest day. but cooler weather prevailed during the middle and latter portion. though the nights were not cool enough to check the growth of crops. The large majority of reports by crop correspondents are extremely favorable aud in dicate a promising outlook gen erally. Nearly everywhere the soil has been thoroughly mois * tened, crops have been invigorat ed and are growing rapidly, baying by crops and sowing held peas was interrupted in the west, but elsewhere farm work was not materially hindered. "Generally cotton is thrifty aud is brant-thug well; jt shows exceptionally heavy bloom for the season of the year; lice have nearly disappeared; there wa< too much rain for cotton in some eastern counties, namely, North ampton, Duplin, Wayne, Halifax and Edgecombe, causing some what rank growth, in some others the plants are still small and late, but on the average cotton is now in fine condition. Corn is not so good, but has im proved during the week; old corn seems to beeariug well; the plants are large and vigorous in the west in consequence of abundant rain; young corn is growing rapidly, but much of the lowland crop in places was injured by too much water. Tobacco is some what variable in size, but as a rule is growing nicely; topping continues in the north; the crop is maturing rapidly in places, but cutting and curing are not yet general, though under way in most eastern and southern counties; some tobacco on sandy land is suffering from excessive moisture. Cutting oats and rye is proceeding in the extreme west; oats are good; thrashing wheat continues, with good yield, but some say wheat is grading fairly well; in the west some oats and rye in shock too long were dam aged by frequent rains. Sowing field peas in stubble land was actively carried on this week, and they are coming up well. Sweet potatoes and peanuts have improved. Melons are coming into market. Crapes are suffering some from blight; peaches of good quality are abundant, but apples are in ferior. A ^uprise Party. A pleasant surprise party tuay be given to your stomach and liver, by taking a medicine which will relieve their pain and dis comfort, viz. Dr. King's New Life fills. They are a most wonderful remedy, affording sui-e relief and cure for headache, dizziness and constipation. 2."c at IJood Bros, drug store A company has been organized iu Winston to build a #100,000 hotel. Sakhalin Occupied: Mutineers Sur render. Two events of importance to Russia passed into nistorv jes terday. One of these was the landing of Japanese troops on the Island of Sakhalin, off >he Siberian coast, and the other the surrender to the Roumanian au thorities of the mutineers on board the battleship Kniaz l'otemkine. Russia had expected the land ing on Sakhalin, since her defeat in the Sea of Japau made this easy, and it will be to the advan tage of the Japanese at the peace conference to hold as much territory as possible. Under a strong cover of naval vessels Japanese troops landed from 10 transports. The garri son commander resisted as well as he could, and, finding defeat certain, blew up the coastdefeuse guns and burned the Govern ment buildings. The casualties are said to have been small. The mutinous crew of the Kniaz l'otemkine surrendered to the Roumanian Government, ex pressing a desire that the vessel be not returned to Russia. It is thought Russia will de mand the punishment of the crew for both mutiny and mur der, and there is a strong dispo sition to wipe out the name qf Kniaz Potemkine. The general insurrectionary at mostphere in the Russian Um pire seems not to be clearing.? Baltimore Hun 9th. A Daring Thief Last Sunday night the store of Mr. Preston Woodall at Benson was broKeu into and some cloth ing and other goods were stolen. The store was entered from a back window. The iron rods across the window were bent up and down and a pane of glass was broken to'gain an entrance. Monday uight the same thief it is supposed stole a horse and buggy from a man named Draughan near Benson aud later stole a gun from Mr G. K. Mas sengill at Four Oaks. A front window of the store was broken to get the gun. Tuesday Mr. Preston Woodall was at Selma, Wilson's Mills and Smithfield in pursuit of the tRief. Hannibal Hamlin's Client. Haunibal Hamlin, for many years a Fnited States Senator from Maine, and Vice-President during the Civil War, was wont to tell the following story on himself: An englishman by the name of Pearson, while passing along the main street in Bangor, stepped iuto a hole in the sidewalk and, falling, broke his leg. He brought suit against the city for #10,000 and engaged Hamlin as counsel. Hamlin won his case, but the city appealed to the Supreme Court. Here, also, the decision ! was for Hamlin's client. Alter settling up the claim Hsmlin sent for his client and handed him one dollar. "What's this?" asked the Eng lishman "That's your damages, after taking out mv fee. the cost of appeal and several other ex penses," said Hamlin. The Englishman looked at the dollar, and then at Hamlin. "What's the matter with this"' he said, "is it bad?"?Exchange. The Diamond Lure. The latest news from Paris, is that they have discovered a diamond cure for consumption. If you fear consumption or pneu monia, it will, however, be best for you to take that great remedy mentioned by W. T. Nlc j Gee, of Vanleer, Tenn. "I had a cough, for fourteen years. Noth ing helped me, until I took I)r, King's New Discovery for Con sumption, Coughs and ( olds, whicti gave instant relief, and effected a permanent cure.' I'nequalled quick cure, for Throat and Dung Troubles. At Hood Pros. Drugstore; price 50c and 01.00, guaranteed. Trial bottle : free. TRIP ACROSS THE ATLANTIC A Selma Boy Tells of The Trip in a Cattleship Hard Work to Feed and Wa ter 357 Cattle?A Storm at Sea?Days of Sea Sickness. Loudon, England, June 27.? All arrangements being made with the cattle exporter in New port News, Ya., live fellows, all lied with feelings hard to be ex pressed, marched to the British Consul to sigu the sailing con tract. Those fellows were Edward B. Armbruster, of Columbus, Ohio; William E. Cunningham, of Jefferson City, Tenn.; Clem Wrenn, of Mt. Airy, N.C.; William l Richardson and Robt. F, Noble, of Selma. N. C. The Consul called us to his desk and removing hie glasses said in a pleasant but forceful tone: "Young gentlemen, you are to sail for England, you areentitled to good food, good bed, good treatment and a free passage back. You in turn are to feed and water the cattle aboard the ship." We signed the book and set out for our room. This was on Monday moruiug and we were to sail at daylight Tuesday on the steam ship "Kanawha." an ocean liner, 382 feet long, 4!)!* feet wide. So we were soon fixing a box to take along as we had heard that the food on board a ship for cattle men was not the best to be had. The afternoon found us pack ing our suit cases, not to be opened till we reached Liverpool. We had an early supper and put ting on our overalls set out for j the ship as we were advised to go aboard before dark. It was a drizzly disagreeable evening and more tahn once did we turn to take a last look at the city which we were so soon to leave. We reached the ship on time and asked to be shown to the cattle men's quarters. One can imagine our looks and feelings when we stood within a dimly lit, close, dirty forecastle containing fourteen berths with dirty straw matresses and no coverings at all. We were up against it, but we were all de termined to take the trip and being strong, healthy fellows, did not shrink back. Armbuster suggested that we stay in the warehouse all night, which we did, sleeping on a large pile of sacked oats. Tne head cattleman had taken charge of the suit cases and the provisions. Soon we were all asleep only to be awaken ed at four the following morning and told to go aboard. The cattle were being loaded, all hands were busy, preparing to raise anchor. There were three hunured and fifty-seven (357) cattle loaded and at exactly seven o'clock the engine made its first stroke and we were off. The cattle were to be tied so we were ordered below right away and by eleven o'clock all were fixed. At eight o'clock S we had breakfast, but none of us ; could eat much; partly from ex citement, but especially on ac count of the food. Coffee, loaf ! bread and scouse. Scouse is a died prepared on all boats for the common seamen and the cat tlemen?Irish potatoes, beef and pork stewed together with plenty of water. Those who have not , seen or ate scouse can not im agine it. The coffee was bad? i the cook told me that it was , made from burned bread ground up. None of us could drink. This same meal followed each ; day and was relished much by ; the regular cattlemen. Had it not been for our box we would . have fared hard, but with it we got along fairly well. The cat tlemen would often ask us why we didn't eat the scouse, but , they did not beem to care ae I they always got our share. ' By twelve o'clock we had passed Cape Henry, and were out I of sight of land. With longing 1 eyes did we sit on the aft yed the re mainder of the trip line so far as j sea sickness went. Beef and Bill, as I shall hereafter call Wrenn and Richardson, were sick till Saturday but from then on were in tine shape aud worked well. Our regular day's work was not so hard and much of the time was spent on deck. At four o'clock in the morning we wa tered, then got up forty bales of hay and twenty sacks of corn from the hold and then had break fast. After breakfast we cleaned the troughs and fed corn, after which we swept the alley ways. At 3 o'clock iu the afternoon we fed hay and theda.y's work wasdone. While not at work we were on deck and there was much to see too. For on the second day out we ran into a si hool of porpoises and they followed us several several miles, often jumping many feet out of the water. We saw many "portugese men of wer" so called on account of the ship like appearance of the little animal. They look just like a ship under full sail and are only ! about a foot long and half as high. Sharks were in abundance. | often following the ship many miles. The most peculiar thing was the number of birds whicn followed our boat They would fly in a circle behind the boat and eat all the scraps from the kitchen thrown overboard. We would often throw our bread over to see them get it. Made ? no difference how small the niece the birds would see it. They followed us about six hundred i miles and then left, taking anotli i er boat back Two of mem, however, followed over a tbusand I miles. i Ihiring the vovaure we passed ; four ships; one sail boat and : three ocean liners. With 0111 ' glasses we could see the pat'sen 1 gers on board. It is a prettj sight to bw a large ocean liner steam by only a mile away and it also makes one fee! good to see something besides water for thirteen days, for we were out that long. A peculiar thing about the trip was that the boat was thir teen years old, we sailed on the 13th day of the month and were thirteen days on the water. Whether this had anything to do with the storm we struck 1 don't know, but nevertheless, we had a severe oue. On Tuesday, lbth, the wind began to blow and increased rapidly until agale was blowing. The waves ran high and at six o'clock a larger one dashed over the upper deck and Hooded the cattle below. We were steering directly against the storm and only a few waves passed over the deck but they were often as high as the smoke stack. One minute the ship would be high on top of a wave and then seem to fall to a great depth, huge masses of water on either side. We were not frightened as the ship was well loaded and a large one. The strange thing about it was that none of us were seasick from the storm; the ship rocked and tossed like a chip, and we dared not go upon deck for fear of being blown or washed over board. The storm passed over the next day and the sunset was simply grand. At 12:45 P. M. on Saturday the 12th day out, which was June 24th we sighted land, the Southern coast of Ireland. Three lofty mountain peaks are the first to loom up. They are call ed from their appearance, the Bull, the Cow aud the Calf. The sight of laud made us all feel tine for we had seen nothing but I water for twelve days. As wei passed down the coast large rocks came into view, seeming to rise up out of the water. They had the appearance of large masses of rock salt. Soon they were lost and nothing but water could be seeu. We now went be low and fed the cows for the last time as we would land the next day. Sunday morning was as bright and clear as could be and the water was as smooth as glass. A large number of seagulls which followed the boat now and then glided gently into the water and the few ripples made sparkl ed in the sunlight like diamonds. In the afternoon we were ready to unload the cattle and feed un used which we did. After this was done we were taken from the boat by a tug, carried to the Liverpool side ami landed. The custom house officers soon found that we were goods requiring duty and we were free. So ended our trip across the Atlantic and we were none the worse after the voyage save the loss of a [few pounds weight by the addition of a quantity of dirt and lots of priceless experience. Robkrt P. Nohlk. ^ Word Trom Mr. John A.Oates In a letter to a friend in Smith tield Mr. John A. Oates says: "I am glad indeed tuat John ston county has decided to give her boys a better chance. Before this time the liquor business had a mortgage on every cradle in the county wherein a man child was rocked. The recent action of your citizens means the cancellation of this mortgage and the giving of the young man an equal chance in the race of life. It means sunrise to many a j life." Bent Her Double. "I knew no one, for four weeks, when 1 was sick witb typhoid and kidney trouble," write Mrs. Annie Hunter, of Pittsburg, Pa., I "and when I got better, although ' I had one of the t?eet doctors 1 could get, I was bent double, and had to rest mv hands on my knees when I walked. From this terrible affl.etiou I was rescued , by Fleet rlc Bit tore, which restorer 11 my health and strength, am i now I can walk as straight ai I ever They are simply wonder I ful " Guaranteed to curee*om i" ach, liver and kidney disorders ?lat Hood Bros, drug store; prio i 50c THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Splendid Meeting Held at Kenll worth Inn.?T. J. Lasslter, of The Herald, elect ed First Vice President. The North Carolina Tress As sociation held its annual conven tion last week at the Kenilworth Inn near Asheville. The opening session was held Wednesday morning jointly with the Vir ginia Tress Association. Mayor A. S. Barnard welcomed the editors to the mountains in a very appropriate address which was responded to by C. I). Denit in behalf of Virginia and H. A. London for North Carolina. Tresident Varner delivered his unnual address and was follow ed by 1). J. Whiehard, of Green ville, who read a paper on "The effect of the patent outside upon Foreign Advertising" "The Busi ness End of a Newspaper" was discussed by W. B. Westlake, of Asheville. J. A. Robinson, of Durham, delivered a dissertation on "Scrambled Eggs" and was followed by T. J I.assiter, of Smithfield, historian of the Asso ciation. This closed the morn ing session. Thursday morning the follow ing read papers or delivered ad dresses: It. M. Phillips, of Raleigh?The Relation of an Editor to his Con stituents. ?Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh? Duty of the Tress Toward Law lessness. A. J. McKelway, of Charlotte? The Press, the Pulpit, and the Politician. The following were unanimous ly elected officers of the associa tion for the ensuing term: President? It. M. Phillips, of The Raleigh Tost. First Vice President?P. J. Lassiter, of The Smithfield Her ald. Second Vice Tresident?Clyde It Hoev, of The Shelby Star. Third Vice Tresident? W. B. Westlake, of the AehevilleCitizen. Secretary-Treasurer?John B. Sherrill, of the Concord Times. Orator?J. O. Atkinson, of the Christian Sun, Eton College. Historian?M. L. Sbipman, of the Hendersonville Hustler. The Association accepted the invitation of the Virginia breth rien to meet with them next year. This was pronounced by many to be the best and most pleasant meeting the association has yet had. Will have more to say next week about Asheville and the fine treatment the quill drivers re ceived while sojourning in the mountains. Dr. Dodd's Life of Macon. I?r. William E. Dodd, professor of History in Kandolph-Macon College at Ashland, Va., has written and published a "Life of Nathaniel Macon," the greatest North Caroliuan. This book containes 440 pages and besides giving a history of the life and services of the great Macon, it also gives the best history of North Carolina politics prior to 1828 that has been published. The price of the book is $2.00, but for a snort while l?r. OoOd will sell it to teachers and school libraries at a special rate of one dollar per coppy. The book is an interesting one and should be in the hands of every teacher who wants to know more of North Carolina's greatest >1 nes man and the times in which he lived. Or Oodd is a native North Caroleuian and spent a good portion of his life in John ston county. 8end one dollar to W. E. Oodd, Ashland, Va . and get a coppy of the book by re turn mail. Forced to Starve. 1 B F. lieek, of Concord, Ky, I save: "For 20 years 1 Buffered I agonies, with asore on my upper I lip, bo painful, sometimes, that * 1 could not eat. After vainly - trying everything e'se, 1 cured it, - with Bucklen's Arnica Salve.' i; It's great for burns, cuts and ej wounds. At flood Bros, drug J store; Only 2"c.