North Carolina Newspapers

0 HI}t ftmitljficli) Herald price one dollar per tear. "TRL E TO OURSELVES, 01 R COl NTR\ AND OUR GOD. single copies five cents. VOL. 24. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1905. NO. 27 BLOCKADE STILLS FOUND. j Revenue Officers Make a Raid in Johnston Three Stills Cut Up and Several Men Captured In Boon Hill Township. Still In Opera tion When Disco vered. 8elma, N. C., Sept. 5.?Yester day morning about 10 o'clock revenue officers made a raid on moonshiners operating in the southeastern part of Johnston county. Leaving this place early after breakfast, J. P. H. Adams, W. A. Stancill, W. G. Pool, L). C. Downing and A. F. Surles went via Pine Level to a point about six miles from that town into a community reputed to be occu pied by illicit distillers, modestly and unceremoniously walked in upon the men in the very act of 1 their operation, destroyed three stills, several large fermenters and tubs, saturated the earth with 1,200 gallons of beer, and arrived at. Selma last evening in time for tea, accompanied by ] nine moonshiners?seven white 1 men and two blacks?and fol lowed closely by three wagon- 1 loads of demolished distillery 1 apparatus and fixtures. 1 It was a bold -and daring un dertaking, but the inventory of what was captured indicates ' how successfully it was accom- : plished. Upon arriving close to i j the scene of operations the offi- 1 cers divided forces, oue party led 1 by "Buck" Adams, and the other by D. C. Downing, going in op- ' posite directions, but for the 1 purpose of circumventing the 1 supposed distillery, and to shut 1 off all avenues of escape. The . j Adams force found six men 1 operating two distilleries, one 1 175 gallons and the other 40 1 gallons. Two men made their escape, but four were captured ' without resistance. While this 1 scene was being enacted, the < second squad came upon another ' still within three-quarters of a 1 mile and there captured five 1 men, but this was not done so j easily as in the first capture. 1 When the officers neared this I' latter place they were fired on J two or three times by the moon- J shiners, but the officers returned ' the fire, rushed in upon them and took them into custody. ? i\o one was shot, or injured. A mule and a wagon were < taken at the first place and a >1 horse and buggy at the second. f So within less than one mile J apart three stills were cut to 1 pieces, nine men captured, and t the whole operating plants de- j molisbed. As stated above, the < men were brought here last even- < ing for a preliminary hearing 1 before United States Commissio- < ner C. U. Harris, but of their own ? motion the case against each ol ' them was continued to Septem- j ber 16tb, at which time they will ? be tried at this place. All of the stills were located on ' one plantation, which was for- ' merly owned by the late William 1 Smith The place was sold two ;<j years ago to W. M. Rose, and i ? among the men captured were ( three of .Mr. Rose's sons, who! were helping at one of the stills, j Resides these, two brothers I named Tyuer were caught, a man named Webb and on? named ' wiikuis nriri-fcwc- 1 eigh Post. < Are You Engaged? Engaged people should remeni- j t ber, that, aitei marriage, many .' quarrels con be avoided, by keep- t ing t heir digestions in good con dition with Electric Hitters 8. t Rrowu, of Rennet tsville, S C., . say s: "!? or years, my wife suffered 11 intensely from dyspepsia, com 1 plicated with a torpid livei, until 11 J.v ' t h?r strength and vlgdr, i and be u< ? mere wreck ot her JI former sell. Then she tried Elec- 1 trie Hitters, which helped ber at 1 once, and finally made her eu tirelv well. She is now strong and healthy." Hood Rros. drug- I gists, sell and guarantee them, <j at oOc a bottle. ? ARCHER LODGE NEWS. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hocutt Die In Same Week?Mr. Larkln Batton Also Passed Away?Other Notes of Interest. We are glad to note that Mrs. K. H. Green is convalescent. Wei egret to learn of the seri. ous illness of Mrs. Delia Barnes. Mr. Eugene Barnes, of Raleigh, spent last week with relatives in this section. Jing-a-ling-ting-a-ling comes the reverberating sound of the wedding bells. Barnes and J. W. Bissett made a business trip to Sinithfleld Monday Mr Ed Taylor, of Tarboro, is spending this week with his sis ter, Mrs. J. W. Bissett. Mr. J. Leonard Boyett is spending this week with his mother, Mrs. Joseph Wall, of W ake county. Quite a number of our people attended the picnic at Antioch last r riday and report a very pleasant day. Miss Ida Castleherry returned last Saturday from Raleigh where she has been spending some time with her sister, Mrs I S. Bagwell. The committee of District No. 3, W hite, Wilders township, have chosen Mr. W. L. Stancil teacher of the Holder School for the winter term. Miss Mary Hatcher has been sleeted teacher at the Earp >chool House for the ensuing term. Miss Hatcher has taught here before and we gladly wel come her back. .Just before mailing this letter ve learn that Mr. Larkin Bat ton died last night at ten o'clock of heart dropsy. He was one of the oldest citizens of this com munity and had been confined to his room for several weeks. A more extended account will ap pear next week. Mr. W. S: Browning, of Earps ooro, spent last week with his ialighter, Mrs. George K. Stan cil. \Y hile here Mr. Browning went down on the islands of Ouffalo squirrel hunting and in three mornings killed 32 squir rels. All his fingers on his left hand except his thumb are cut off and he has also lost all cn cis right hand except two. We hink that very good hunting or a man with limited fingers. I-ast Thursday morning Mr. lohn W. Hocutt died at his home tear here with a complication of liseases. The interment was made at Corinth church Friday ifternoon in the presence of a rast throng of sorrowing rela ;ives and friends. The funeral vas preached by Jiev. A. H. Flowers and was conducted after ;he Masonic order. On Satur lay morning after Mr. Hocutt's ourial Mrs. Hocutt, his wife, died of asthma. She had been in eeble health for some time and t is supposed that the shock of oer husband's death caused her immediate demise. Mrs. Hocutt vas laid to rest by the side of oer husband Sunday afternoon it Corinth. Our heartfelt sympa thy goes out to thegrief strickeu ?hildren. We are informed that dr. Hocutt's mother is also at leath's door. September 5. 8. L. W. Dr. Stevens Goes to Raleigh. Dr. Ilalph Stevens, of Smith icld, arrived in the city Natur jtyj.and will locate here for the iraciiee of medicine. Dr. Stevens IH? He. JiuAlliuii 0* as I HBtant to Dr. Hubert A. Roys er, in place of Dr William Mac ^ider. who goes to Chapel Hill is instructor. Dr. Stevens graduated from j he medical school of the Cniver 'ity id North Carolina with high lonors and secured his license ast summer. He will not only ! >e an addition to the Raleigh icaderny of medicine, but he will pc*ure on patHology before the diversity medical school here. j ialeigh Times For the next; 30 days you can >u,v ladies', Misses'and children's Iressed hats at your own price it W . G. Yelvingtou s. COTTON CROP REPORT. Average Condition on the Twenty-Fifth of August. It Is Placed at Seventy-Two and One Tenth, Somewhat Below the Ten Year Average at This Season. Washington, Sept. 5.?The monthly cotton crop report of the Department of Agriculture, issued at noon today, is as fol lows: "The crop estimating board of the Dureau of Statististics of the Department of Agriculture finds from the reports of the cor respondents and agents of the bureau that the average con dition of cotton on August 25 was 72.1 as compared with 74.9 on July 25, 190o, 84.1 on Aug ust 25, 1904, 81 2 on August 25, 1903, and a ten year aver age of 73.0. The following shows the con dition of the cotton crop by , States: Texas 70, Georgia 77, Ala bama 70, Mississippi 09, South 1 arolina 75, Arkansas 72, Loui siana 02, North Carolina 70, Indian Territory 80, Tennessee 81, Oklahoma 82, Florida 77, Missouri 80, Virginia 70, United States 72.1. Tne weekly crop report of the i \Y eather Bureau says: j W hile a slight improvement in I the condition of cotton in north east Texas and in portions of < the central cotton States is shown, the reports, as a whole, i indicate deterioration in the i average condition of the crop as compared with the previous week. Bust and shedding con- . tiuue quite general, but injury from boll weevils in Texas is i somewhat diminished. Cotton ! has opened rapidly throughout i the belt, and the weather has been favorable lor picking, which has been generally active, having been completed in portions of Alabama and Georgia. Much tobacco in the Ohio val ley and middle Atlantic States ' has been housed and the remain- I der is maturing rapidly. A good ' crop is generally reported, es- < penally in the northern part of ' the Middle Atlantic States and in New Kugland. i I Death of a Young Woman. The town of Benson and com- , munitv surrounding, were very much saddened last Wednesdav, < August 30, when it was learned , that Miss Cora Belle Jernigan had died at her home near this place. She had been sick for i some time, and the end was not unexpected. Three years ago Miss Cora made a confession of faith in Christ, and united with the Mis sionary Baptist church at Ben son. Since that time, as we learn from those who knew her best, < her life has been most exemplary in her Master's service. She was quiet, trustful, and ready to re- * spond to the call of duty, and i was not unready for the call to death. "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord." The funeral service was con ductel by the writer in the ab sence of her pastor. The church could not accommodate the im- < mense congregation-that came!1 to attend the service and to j( show their high esteem for the'1 deceased. |< After the service at the church' 1 her body was tenderly Itgd .to I' rest iu the Benson cemeter?. f The sympathy of the entire ( community goes uut to the widowed and sorely bereft moth er and family. Mav God richly ' comfort them in this dark hour of bereavement. D. F. P. Attacked by a Mob and beaten, in a labofriot, until covered with sores, a Chicago' street ear conductor applied , Bucklen's A ruica Salve, aud was soon sound and well. "I use it iu my family," writes G.J. Welch, of Tekonsha, Mich, "and find ii ! perfect." Simply great for cuts! and burns. Only 25c at Hood Bros, drug store. I SELMA NEWS. Mr. John H. Parker returned from a visit to Goldsboro W ed- , nesday. Mre. Alex Martin,of Charlotte, N. C., is on a viBit to ber mother, Mre. J. VV. Vick. Mr. Rodger Richardson is on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. i C. Richardson. Mr. M. A. Hooks. Sprunt & Son's cotton buyer, is here again for the season. Mr. II. 1>. Hood, the Supervi sor of Selma Township roads, is doing some good work. Miss Nannie Richardson left a few days ago for Graham, N. C., where she will teach this coming season. Mr. A. L. Batton and family, of Wilders, spent a few days last week with his father, N. R. Rat ton, Esq. Many boys and girls passed here this week on their way to school. The people of the east believe in education. Mr. A. M. Noble left Tuesday for Pantego, N. C., where he goes to take charge of the Bchools for the coming year. Mr. William Richardson, Jr., who has been home for a few days since his return from Europe, has gone to resume his work at Newport News. Tobacco is selling well on our market. It is very seldom that the tags "are turned" on a pile uow, and when a tag is turned it ( is generally done by a chronic kicker. The Selma Graded School ]? opened last Monday. There were one hundred and twenty-]( six children in attendance. The ,? school is in charge of Prof. C. L. , Wroton, of Rock Hill, S. C., Mrs. Mary A. Cooper, of Franklinton, ( X. C., Misses Sarah R. Martin, of , Winston-Salem, Julia F. Etta redge and Fannie Richardson, of | Selma, Miss Mattie L?. Mizzell, ( music department. Sep. 7th. Senex. . The Farmers Convention. | I The annual farmers conven tion held at the A. A M. College last week was very interesting md instructive to all who at tended. It began Thursday at |1 ooon and lasted two whole days. The meeting and forming ac juaintances with the farmers irom different parts of the State, the walks over the College farm, the lectures on farm subjects, the dedication of the new Agricul tural Building, aud the speech of Mr. Harvie Jordan, President of the Southern Cotton Association, were the main features of the ^ convention. Among those who attended from Johnston county were Messrs. R. H. Gower, Clifford Lizzie, C. M. Wilson, Will Wilson, | Jr J W. Pool, E B. McCullers, W.'ll. McCullers, 1). H. McCullers, Ed Pool, Jesse Wellons, J. M. Beaty, G. G. Beaty, L Walter Myatt, T. W. LeMay, Willis H. j Sanders. George T, Whitley, J. H. Whitley, W. A. T. Durham, I. J. Rose, G It. Johnson, 1). J. Wellons, 1). B. Hamilton, B. N.| Hamilton and W. C. Harper, ind Mrs. W. C. Harper and Mrs. [$. A. Wellons. not Oil Cheup. He may well think, he has got , iff cheap, who, after having lontracted constipation or 10 ligestion, is still able to perfectly ?estore bis . ealtb. Nothing wiH lo this but l)r. King's New Life Tills. A quick, pleasant, and 'erliUlj_' licH.jaC-liC'rCt)U-^ itipation, etc. 2."?c ut Hood Bros. Irug store; guaranteed. Labor Bay was celebrated gea-1 ?ra'ly -throughout the country. | Good advice to women. If you want a beautiful complex ion, clear skin, bright eyes, rod' lipttt goad health, take 7 tor's Rocky Mountain 1/ ? There is uothmu ? like if cents, Tea or Tablets, hernia Drug Co., A 11 Boyt ft 11 you want to buy Summer Dress Goods cheap go to W <? Velviugtou's~store. Pull stock to select from Must be sold to make room for large !? all stock. THE CROPS BENEFITED. Cotton Opened Very Fast During the Week. Only a One-half Crop In Some Sec tions of the State?Shed ding and Rusting In East ?Tobacco Cures Reported Fair. The weekly crop bulletin for North Carolina, says for the; week ending Monday, Sept. 4: The weather during the past week has been especially favora ble for the saving of fodder and i hay and plowing. There was plenty of sunshine and in general crops of all kinds were benefited, although there are some com plaints of dry weather through the eastern part of the state. The days were moderately warm but the nights cool, and frost was reported to have occurred in Mitchell county. Heavy rain occurred in some sections on September second, and was very opportune. In the eastern part of the state the tobacco is about all cured In the central and west portions cutting and curing are generally under way. There are some com plaints of tobacco firing and specking, but on the whole the < cures are reported fair, tbequali-! ty and color being good, but the leaf lacks body. The crop is be-1 low the average. During the past week cotton j opened very fast and picking had i become quite general in the east and central portions of the state, while in the west picking was started on several farms. There are less reports of shedding and rusting in the central and west portions, while iu the east there are still complaints in this re- | gard, the plants sUedding their ? top bolls, and in places the cot ton is turning yellow. The cot ton in the east is opening, it is | said, two weeks earlier than last year and prematurely. The yield is under the average, and some ' report only a one-half crop. 51 Corn is about made in the east , and ceutral portions of the state, and in the west it is maturing ( nicely. In the east the corn j needs rain, looks fair, and crop , will be below average. The pros pects is for a good crop in the j west and fair in the central part of the state. Saving of fodder aud hay is under way in all sec tions of the state and in most , sections of the east it is all hous j ed. Peanuts promise a good crop. Sweet potatoes and tur nips are doing fine in nearly all ! localities. In most places cow peas are promising well, but there are reports of vines being fine but very few peas. Irish potatoes are doing well in all sections, but in some places in the west they are rotting in the ground due to wet weather, j Drapes are promising well in the j east, although there are few re- ( ports of a short crop. Peaches are scarce in all sections and ap- 1 pies are nearly all lost having rotted aud fallen to the ground. Buckwheat where planted is do ing fine. Band is being turned for wneat and rve, and in some ' sectious rye and oats are being sown. The foll?wiug rains have been reported: Ualeigh 1.27, Golds-j boro 114, Greensboro 0.0b,\ Ininiberton 0 8b, New Bern 1 08, ' Weldou 2.44. . ' i - - -? ? . i Like Finding Money. Finding health is like finding money?So think those who an , sick. When you have a rough, rold, sore throat, or ciitot irrita tion, better act proiuotly like W. (J. Barber, or Surlily Level,, V.t He sovs: "I had a terrible ch?st t rouble, caused by smok> aud coal dust on my lungs; but. alter tlcdirp> tc> f ' tvh'-t remedies, 1 was cured by Or KingV New Discovery for lot: sumption, Coughs and Folds." Greatest sale of any Cm ugh or lung medicine in the world. At Hood Bros Hrug store; ,"?0c and ?1.00; guaranteed. Trial bottle lice J BENSON NEWS. Mies Meta Harper, of Dunn, ie visiting in town. Mr. auii Mrs. 4. W. Whitten ton epent last Sunday in Dunn. The patronage of the Benson Graded School is daily increas ing. Mrs. William Woodard, of Wileon county, is visiting re latives and friends here. The Benson tobacco market is being well patronized and the weed is bringing fancy prices. Miss Nellie Parrieh has return ed from Clayton where she has been visiting relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Denning, of South Carolina, are here to attend the Johnson-Denning marriage. Miss Alice Woodall has just re turned from the Northern mark ets where she has been purchas ing her fall and winter goods. Calvin Lucas, who lives a few miles across the line in Harnett county, was tried Monday for running a "blind tiger." He was found guilty and was fined #1,000 and costs, amounting to f 1,185. He was also required to give a justified bond of #2,000 for two years not to sell any more com luice. Mr. C. T. Johnson and Miss Georgia Denning will be united in marriage to-night at the home of the bride's father, Mr. D. B. Denning. The ceremony will be performed by Rev. D. 1. Put nam, of this place. After the marriage they will take their de parture for New York and other northern cities. Sept. G, Solon. County Commissioners Meet The Board of County Commis sioners met Monday in regular session with the following pres jnt: Chairman C. M. W ilson, W. T. Bailey, W. G. Wreun and losephus Johnson. In addition to regular routine business the following matters nf interest to the public were passed upon: The petition for a new road leading from Richard Stanleys tobacco barn to Bethel church in Ingrams township was granted and J. H. Stanley, W. S. Stock land, N. K. Stanley. T B. Allen and J. W. M. Stanley were ap pointed jurors to lay out and establish same without expense to county. Two school elections were or dered held on October 9th, one in District No. 4, and the other in District No. 9, both in Beulah township. For No. 4, 1. C. Ld rerton, was appointed registrar and A.J- Southard and George Fulghum pollholders. In Dis trict No. 9, (at Micro) C. A. Fitzgerald was appointed regis trar and D. C. Smith and L. V\. Wellons pollholders. These elec tions are to held for the people to decide whether they are will ing to be taxed 20 cents on the hundred dollars worth of Py?P" srty and GO cents on the poll for public schools. Our Elevation correspondent reports the following: Mrs. Laura Hodges, who lives just aver the Johnston aud Harnett hue, had been sick with fever for several days, aud on Sundav morning she resolved to neither sat nor drink until she was able to walk to the dining-room. Sunday evenir" Bev Mr. Jerni gati, her regular pastor, and Rev. H. H. Goff held ? prayer service at her home, imploring liod to heal scorching lever and restore tier to health. im mediately af'er the p.uwr cl< s. d she arose VTOttt her bed praising God, dressed herself, and went to church Sunday right, apparent ly -as well as she ever was I he pi tie soe of Mr 8 W. bussiter was nlso healed Revs Goff and Jerrigan are conducting a -ne ivssf tl meeting at Hodges Chapel this week Mr Sam Duvis, of the firm of Davis Bros., is now visiting all the great Northern markets purchasing one of the largest stocks of fall and winter goods nver brought to this section ol r /