?1)t SmitljficliJ lUMb. _ ? phice one dollah pek teak. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." single copies five cents. VOL. 24. SMITHFIELI). N. C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 11. 1905. NO. 2H WEEKLY CROP REPORT. The Weather Dry and the Temperature High. Cotton Crop Poor In Many Sections Corn Crop Unsatisfactory Tobacco Doing well. The North Carolina bulletin for the week ending Monday, August 7th, reads: "The weather during the past j week has in general been very dry. The temperature has been high and above the normal. The week has been characterized by ! hot days and cool nights. This j dry warm weather has aided in the harvesting of hay to a great extent, and indeed all outside j work has been pushed as rapidly as possible. home rains have been reported, but the only un favorable conditions resulting' therefrom are in the eastern part of the state in the lowlands. In i the central and western districts j rain is needed badly, although in the west part of district on ac- j count of too much rain, the j crops are again becoming weedy, All crops are now suffering for the want of rain, but corn is most affected. i ne iarmers in some sections are beginning to pull fodder. In | a great many sections corn is re-, ported to be not so good as was expected. In some sections a good crop will be harvested, in others about one-half a crop, while somecorrespondents report a very poor crop. Some coru is reported to be spotted. In some sections it has been too wet for corn to ear well. Tobacco is generally reported as doing well It is ripening fast in the central portion of the state while in the east the crop does not seem to be as good as that of cotton.1 Some tobacco is badly diseased and is specking, due to too much ? rain in the past. Also some to bacco is burning badly. Cotton in the west and central districts appears to be doing well, al though in some sections red dust is appearing, and it is shedding some. Lice is attacking cotton, due to the cool weather. A hail storm on July 30th damaged some cotton in the west, and the cotton in some sections in the west is not fruiting well. In the east and central districts the cot ton is shedding in some sections and turning yellow. Only one-j' half a crop will be realized in some parts. Sweet potatoes are! reported as doing tine. Irish po- j tatoes are now beiug planted Turnips are being sown, and where already planted are doing; well. Hay is generally leported , as being harvested, but in some ' parts of the west it was too wet ] to save. Tomatoes, cucumbers, , watermelons, cantalopes doiug j well Wheat is beiug threshed, and a great many report a poor , crop. Apples and peaches are ! shedding in some sections; the apple crop w ill not be good. ! IVanuts are generally reported as doing well. "Itaius reported: KaieigU trace, Goldsboro trace, Greensboro 0 90, Lumbertou trace, Weldou 0 01 " I ? ... ? ? i..., ?? ? i J Board County Commissioners. i The board ol ( ouuty Commie . sioners met Monday with all ; members present. The settlement of the Finance 1 Committee with she sheriff lor all j taxes for 15)0-1-, was approved. . The report of the jurors ap- , pointed to lay off and establish ( new road from.I. Ib Mason's in Oneals township to W. M Mur. phe.y's in WTldein township was j accepted. C S. Upchurch was elected con- j stable for Bentonsviile township { t ?> n;-1 ????! S. W. Lassiter, re. j' signed . f 1 lenJish Sutterinjr is often caused by sores, ulcers r and cancers, that eat away your. I ^kiri Wm. B dell, of Flat !! k, ( Mich ays: "1 have used Buck- t len's Arnica Salve, for Fleers, 11 Sores and (.lancers. It is the i best healing dressing 1 ever f found." Soothe s and heals cuts,1 c burns and scalds. 25c at Hood is Bros, drug store; guaranteed. 11 STATE NEWS ITEMS. A twelve-year old boy was kill ed by lightning in Mecklenburg county last Friday. The State has chartered the Blue Hidge Consolidated Mining Company, of Morgantou, with a capital of ?1,000,000. There are now more than 1000 rural free delivery routes in North Carolina. The monthly pay roll of the carriers is about ?60,000. Wilmington, desirous of avoid ing any cases of yellow fever, has established a quarantine against New Orleans and the State of Louisiana. Last Saturday the State char tered the Bank of Yadkin at Yadkinville with an authorized capital of ?50,000. The Bank of Mitchell at Bakersville, with ?10, 000 capital was also chartered. Franklin Sherman, who has been State Entomologist of North Carolina for the past five years, has resigned his position to accept the professorship of zoology and entomology in the Ontario Agricultural College at Uuelph, Canada. C. F. voli Herrmann, for the past sixteen years section direc tion of the Luited States weather bureau for North Carolina, stationed at Kaleigh, left for Baltimore Saturday, where he J has been assigned to service as I director 01 the bureau in eonnec- ? tion with Johns Hopkins Univer sity. A. H. Thiessen is his suc cessor at the Kaleigh bureau. President Mills, of the Kaleigh and Southport railway, says his ! whole euergy is now concentrat ed on getting to Fayetteville as soon as possible. It was thought1 a few days ago that he would get there by January let, but there was a little delay owing to j high water on the Cape t ear | river, and souie check in getting 1 the material for the steel bridge at ivilhugtou. A correspondent of the Kaleigh Post writes that paper that he got on the train a few days ago and took a seat by an old man who proved to be Win. Kethea, ol Burlington, years old. Mr. Bethea told the correspondent, in a burst of boyish pride aud coulidence, that he was en route to Lemon Springs, Moore coun ty, to visit his father, Stephen Betiiea, who is 1)7 years old. The Waccamaw Kailroad Com pany with a capital of $100,000 was chartered by the State last Saturday. The company pro poses to build a railroad from Did Town in P.rumswick county to Lake Waccamaw and thence to connect with the Atlantic iloast Line at Bolton and the Seaboard Air Line at Manlyville. J !he road is to be 50 miles long! and will traverse Brunswick, L'oluinbus and Biaden counties. rrti i .j i i ne ureeusnoro uruggists wuo were licensed to sell whiskey upon prescription of physicians filled only 339 in July. A com parative statement of the num ber of arrests for drunkenness during the mouth of July, 1904, under high license, and Julc, 1905, under prohibition, makes a good showing. There has been a decrease of more thau two-thirds of drunkenness ar lests and one-half for assaults md batteries. This is only one example of what prohibition will lo for a town. A Touchin? Mory s the saving from death, of the >uby girl of Geo. A. Kyler, Gum >erland, Md. He writes: "At the! ige of 11 months, our little girl vas in declining health, with lerious Throat 1 rouble, and two physicians gave her up. We v?re almost, in despair, when we eeolved to try I>r. King's New hscoverv for ( onsuinption loughs aud Holds. The first bo' \ le gave relief; after taking lour lot ties she was cured, and is low in perfect health." Never ails to relieve and cure a cough ?r cold. At Hood Hros. drug itore; 50c and $1.00 guaranteed, ["rial bottle free. GENERAL NEWS. The Japauese have concentrat ed 430,000 men and 1,000 guns in frout of the Russians in Man j ehuria. In order to seek rest King < >s car of Sweden has again handed over the reins of government to j the Crown 1'rince. Mrs. Mary J. Carlisle, wife of ex-Secretary of the Treasurv John G. Carlisle, died at her sum mer home last Friday. Commissioner Yerkes announ ces that the internal revenue re ceipts for tne past fiscal year amounted to $234,187,976. E. H. Conger will in two months retire as Ambassador to Mexico, and it is believed that Francis B. Loomis will succeed him. Capt. Evan P. Howell, promi nent in Southern affairs for many years and part owner of tne At lanta Constitution, is dead, aged 65 years. Dr. Alexander Melville Bell, a noted scientist, died in Washing ton Monday, aged 86 years. Dr. Bell was the father of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventer of the telephone. The Federal authorities took charge of the yellow fever situa tion at New Orleans Monday, and revenue cutters as well as surgeons from the Marine Hos pital Service were ordered to the Crescent City. P. L. Hutchius, formerly Chief Chemist of the Louisiana Board of Agriculture, has been appoint ed bv Secretary Wilson travel ing inspector of the Agricultural j Department in the cotton dis- j tricts. I : I Beulah Township Sunday School Convention. The third annual convention j of the Beulah Township Sunday School Association was held Thursday, July 20, at Carter's Chapel. It was well attended, | seven schools being represented j with a goodly number of dele gates. Several interesting addresses were delivered by prominent Sun day School workers. Mr. Z T. , Broughton, of Wilson, spoke on . "The Sunday School Teacher, i His Preparation and Work."] Prof. J. P. Canadav, of Benson,' delivered two addresses, "The! Superintendent's Difficulties," j and "The Sunday School as an j Educational Institution." Ail j these were well worth listuing to. j The Hound Table discussion j was led by Mr. D. T. Perkins, of j Kenly, who spoke on the subject: "Some Knotty Problems in Sun day School Work." Many took part in the discussion which was interesting and helpful. As the roll was called each school gave a report of tde year's work. These reports were very encouraging. The toilowing resolution was! adopted: "Whereas, it will stimulate toJ greater effort aud thereby great er results in the Sunday School! work in our township to recog- j uize true merit by some token, | Therefore, be it, "R"solved, That annually hereafter a banner shall be pre-1 sented to the Sunday School I making the best report for the year's work, and making the lurgeet. contributions through the year for State work." The following officers were then elected: 1) B. Sasser, President. I). T. Perkins, Secretary and Treasurer J. G. High, Superintendent of Home Department. .1. H. Kirhy, Superintendent of Teacher Training. Miss Lemmie Batten, of Micro, Superintendent of Primary De partment. Reporter. Duplicates. She?Did your sister get any duplicate wedding presents? He?Yes, she married a widow- 1 er with two boys.?Chicugo Jour nal. TWO SELMA BOYS ABROAD Robert Noble Tells of a Visit to Cologne A Visit to a German Village Where Small Children Gaze In Wonder at the Two Americans. We are permitted through the courtesy of our Selma correspon dent to publish the following ex tracts from a letter to Mrs. R. J. Noble from her sou, Mr. Robert P. Noble, who has been traveling in Europe for the past six Weeks. "Kolu, July 2-t, 1905.?"Well, here I am in Cologne at one of the swellest hotels in the town. I am not stopping here, though. Will Richardson and I have simply put on airs and butted in. You have to be nervy on a trip through Europe and we have our share. There are a great many Americans here. In fact, I have come up with lots of them. "We arrived to-day from Cobleutz on the Rhine. Our trip from Moirz to Cologne on the Rhine was grand. The scenery was great all along and we en joyed the ride fine. We are with in one minute's walk of the Cathedral, and it is gi and look ing, too. We will take it in to morrow. "We go from hereto Amster dam, then to The Hague and to Condon. We expect to sail on the loth. 1 will drop you a few lines before we sail so you may know when to expect us. "1 wish I could begin now and tell you wnat I have seen, but1 can't for there is too much 1 have learned more about the people of the different countries1 than I could by a year's study in school. 1 must tell you one incident that happened to Will and me. We took a car ride out from Heidleburg to a small genu ine German village, (about the size of fine Level). While wait ing for a return car, there gath ered about seventy-three kinds I to look at us?just like the kids of iSelma gather around the monkey or bear men, so they came to look at us. We wore Panamas and American shoes with large strings, and the way t ley did look at them and snicker was worth seeing. They were out to see us from Avera Win ston's size to the cradle, boys, girls and its "One very peculiar thing I notice is that the country people work cows as we work oxen They pull by the horns, have no voke. * * 1 am having a de- j lightful time. Lost sight of: I'ncle Cicero. Don't know where he is. . "Robert P. Noble." We learn that a later letter from Mr. Noble states that he has reached Loudon and that he expects to leave Liverpool on the 10th (yesterday) and will reach Newport News on the 22nd of this mouth. Sunday School Picnic at Plsgah. A most pleasant occasion was the Sunday School picnic held at Pigah last Saturday. A large crowd assembled in the grove abont the church and at eleven o'clock entered the church and j listened to two very interesting and instructive addresses by j Prof. It. A. Merritt and Prof .1 P. Canadav. Prof Merritt s subject wastbe"SundaySchool." After giving abrief history of the Sunday School he developeu clearly aud forcibly its two-fold aim: "To briug souls to Christ: To build in Phrist." Prof. Cana day followed in the same view, taking one of the ideas advanced j by Prof Merritt as the basis for his address. Upon the conclusion of these addresses all adjourned to par take of a bounteous picnic din ner. There was an abundance! of good things and everyone >? present enjoyed Mietn inv ed After dinner a portion of the l crowd reassembled in the etnireh and listened to an interesting i| talk to the young peoftb by Mr Oscar I'reech V few i e .arks I v the Kev. ll F. Putnam closed the exercises. CLAYTON NOTES. We had a good rain here Tues day afternoon and night. Mrs. Buck Wall has returned from a visit to Wake county. Mr. Edgar Barbour and son, Eugene, are visiting relatives i here. Mrs. N. B. Hales and children, of Grantsboro, are visiting in this section. Mr. Charles W. Horne spent Sunday and Monday at More head with his family. Mrs. Macon Harris left Tues day for a visit to relatives ~ and friends at her old home. Miss Nellie Pool spent several days last week with Miss Evie Wilson at Wilson's Mills. Mrs. E. B. McCullers and Mas ter Warren are visiting relatives in the Leachburg section. Miss Daphne Williams has re turned from a visit to relatives near ltolesville, accompanied by Miss Maud Broughton. We hear that Mr. Jake l'arker and Miss Beatrice Ellis will be married at the Baptist church here on Wednesday the 23rd of August, 1905, at 8:30 p. m. Don't forget that Sunday School picnic at Swiuney < Md Field on the second Saturday in August. Tnere will be splendid speeches by some of the best speakers of this State, and plenty of good things to eat. On the third Sunday in August, Hev. T. N. Ivey, D. D., of the Baleigh Christian Advocate, will preacn two sermons at Elizabeth church near nere. There will be morning and afternoon services and dinner on the grounds. On the 20th of August, the dispensary will go out of busi ness. Shall we have blind tigers or prohibition? Our folks are: generally very sensible and those who prefer breaking the record will have to suffer the cousequen-1 ces. Hev. C. W. Blanchard closed a very successful meeting at Bap-; tist Centre church last Sunday. Ou Monday the ordinance of Baptism was administered to eleven candidates. Pastor Blanchard's labors witn this church have been richly reward ed. Mr. Geo. M. Hinton, keeper of the County Dome, spent Tues day and Wednesday here this week. He reports the Home in tirst-class shape and the farm as good as general conditions war rant. Mr. Hinton is a model man ager and this section has no kick coming as to his management of the Home. Mr. J. H. Wood showed us one of the finest apples we have ever seen grown in this section. This is of the Hen Davis variety and measured 13 inches in circum ference and weighed 12 ounces Mr Wood has the reputation of growing every thing he plants to the fullest extent possible. Th$ee apples are sold bv Mr Wood on our streets for 75 cents per bush el while other apples go begging. We regret to note the death of Mrs. 8. M. Spence, wife of our esteemed townsman, which sad event occurred on last Thursday evening at about 7 o'clock She had been sick for some time and it was thought that sht wiu on the road to recovery, when she was aken suddenly worse and died in a very short time. Her remains were interred in the cemetery here. We extend our sympathies to the bereaved ones. Aug. 9-05. Yelir. The future tense of the verb "to love" is "to get marri -d"? so sa3's the school girl. Peculiar Disappearance. .1. It Uan\ u, of Hutlerville. (1 l il he ?? "''dinr disappear mice of nis paii ? lo'onis. n! indigestion and I ? . ? m t Dr King's New Life fills, lie say?' "Th' V at- ip rVrt r-nied' F ir dizziness. ? ini-srom iei', head ache, constitution.etc ' Luaran 1 al Hood Bros. drug store, price 25c. BENSON NEWS. Dr. G. A. Hood baa returned from Wilson. Mr. J. M. Beaty, of Thk Hek alp, was in town Wednesday. The showers this week are very refreshing to crops in this sec tion. Messrs. L. Gilbert and J. E. Wall spent Sunday night in Dana. / Mr. J. J. Kose, father of our townsman, Mr. J. H. Kose, was I in town Monday. Mr. H. A. Goodrich, of Koper, is spending a few days here with Captain Goodrich. A large number of the colored fraternity took in the Norfolk excursion Tuesday. Mr. W. J. Hooks left last week for Orangeburg, S. C., where he will engage in business. Mrs. J. W. Benson has return ed from an extended visit to re latives in Orange county, Rev. N. H. Gibbs left last Sat urday for New Hill where he will assist I'astor Holleman in a series of meetings. Several of our young people attended a most delightful enter tainment at the home of Mrs. M. IS. Turlington last Friday night. Mr. P. B. Johnson has recently built a nice awning to the front of his store which adds mnch to the appearaee of his new build ing. Mr. P. A. Creech, of Wilming ton, and Mrs. W. H. Stallings, of Sclma, have been visiting their mother, Mrs. Emily Creech, for the past few days. The opening sale of the Benson tobacco market last Thursday was fine, each warehouse receiv ing a large patronage, and the farmers well pleased with the re turns. The Benson G railed school opened Monday with a good at tendance. One hundred and seven pupils were enrolled which is more than twice as many as were enrolled at the opening last year. ? The dormitory being built by Mr. A. B. Hudson isnearingcom pletion. It is a credit to the town of Benson and to the plan ner and builder, Mr. J. W. Nor ris. This up-to-date building contains 13 nicelv arranged rooms and has 250 feet of porches. It will be occupied by Prof. Allen, the superintendent of the Graded School. Justice J. G. Smith, manager of the Farmers Warehouse, says that while the heavy rains of Wednesday made the sale of to bacco dull, they did not stop the progress of matrimony in the least. At five o'clock in the af ternoon, while Mr. Smith was at tending to the duties belonging to his warehouse, in stepped Mr. Charlie Lee and Miss Maggie Stanley who had journeyed all the way from Four- Oaks in search of some one qualified to unite them in the holy bonds of wedlock. So Justice Smith soon spoke the solemn words that made them one and they went on their way rejoicing. Aug. 10. Solon. Married In Goldsboro The following account of the marriage of two of Smi? iii< ei's young people appeari.i in Mon day's Gold*t?oro Argue: "The ma, iage Mr .1 H. Strick land and Vli-e M ibel lev, bothof Johnston count was solemn ized in tins ei;\ yesterday morn ing. at the home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. Barbrey, where she lias been visiting for some wet ks. The bride is a liaughter of Mr. Waiter l-.ee, formerly of Newton tlrore but now a citizeD of Smith held, and tne groom is one of the snbv i nntial vont c'-t ine-