THE HERALD. rVBUDRKI) K'VKRY FRIDAY MoBNINtt. BEATY. HOLT & LASSITER, PROPRIETORS. Entered at the PoatufHoe at Hmtthfield, Johnston County, n. c., as aecond-claaa matter. BATE* OF HUBMTKIl'TION: One year, caah In advance, ? ? ? f 1.00 Six month*, caah In advance. ? ? .50 Friday, November 1G, 1906. SELLING COTTON AHEAD. For several years some farm ers have been selling their cotton in winter or spring for fall deliv ery. Many who would not gam ble in cotton futures would sell their cotton ahead and thus help the gamblers. In someway they figure every year that an enormous crop is going to be made and that the price of cot ton will go down to five or six cents and that by selling at I about ten cents they will get ahead of their neighbors. Ten cents is the price usually paid for cotton sold this way. It is true that some of this cotton has been delivered when the price was under ten cents and then the farmer feels good about his trade but for the past few years the average price has been above ten cents, so that selling ahead is a losing business. If cotton did not range most of the time above ten cents the mill men and merchants would not en gage cotton ahead at that price. The speculator, the cotton mill man and the merchant plan the game from carefully prepared statistics and the farmer bets on their game. A safe rule to fol low all through life is never to bet on anybody else's game. An other good rule to make is not to sell anything which vou do not possess and do not know that you ever will have as yours. The farmer who sells cotton in win ter or spring to be grown that year does not know and can not know just what he is doing. More cotton was engaged from this crop than from any crop in the past . In our opinion this was one of the reasons why it weut so low in September. Hundreds of thousands of bales were deliv ered on contracts by men able to hold their cotton and who would have held it but for the fact they had it sold and wanted to fill contracts This cotton coming on the market at that time lowered the price It w,\s figured tbat enough cotton had to be delivered under contract* co run the mills and therefore it was not important to put the price up. We think that but for the storms in the far South and the wet weather here which great ly decreased the number of bales of good cotton the price would have remained low largely on account of the contracted cot ton. There may be much trou ble ahead yet for the farmers who have not completed their de liveries of cotton they Bold the early part of this year. They sold good white cotton aud some of them may have to go or send to the States South of here to get it. Getting cotton hundreds of miles away to till contractu made here would be a new business to farmer**. It is to be hoped that the future farmers will make and house and gin their cotton be fore they sell it. That is always soon enough to sell and some times too soon. TOO MUCH DIFFERENCE. We think too much difference is being tnade between cotton picked early in the season and cotton picked now. We do not say where the blame lies but no body will be able to convince us that a reduction of two and a half to three cents a pound should be made just because it is a little trashy and the color changed a little. Of course if some of the lint was rotten it would make a difference. We think if farmers could wait a short while until the market could be adjusted it would be to their advantage in selling the damaged cotton. Farmers have lost already this year on account of damage from rain and frost and delay in pick ing and having to pay high prices for picking and now to lose one fourth from the price in selling is entirely too bad. In spite of the great tight made by the Republicans in this State this year the Democratic ticket was elected by about 48,000 majority. The Republicans did not carry a single Congressional district and only about fourSen atorial districts. In the general assembly the Republicans will have less than 20 members in the House. North Carolina is a Democratic State and it looks like it is about time the Republi cans were learning it. Albert Johnson sold at the Banner Warehouse two and a half acres of tobacco for $578.85 clear check. A VERY APT REPLY. Yqry much to the point is the reply of the Greenville Reflector to the following query propound ed by the Industrial News of Greensboro: "Our well known inquisitivenpts prompts us to u?k our Demo cratic contemporaries to tell us what in their opinion was the "paramount issue" in North Car olina this year?" Here is the Reflector's reply: "Well, if you want to know i very bad, it was to beat the Re publicans, and it was done in great shape." Our Twelve-Page Paper. On account of our very large advertising patronage we have increased the size of The Herald to twelve pages. We are doing this in order to give our readers more news matter each week. To do this costs us no small item each month. We are anx ious to give our readers the \ery best paper possible and we shall endeavor to do this regardless of the cost, bo long as oursubscrib era seem to appreciate our efforts as they have during the past few * mouths. " Tne enlarged paper is only tem porary and will be continued only so long as the volume of adver tising makes it necessary. Thanksgiving Service at Methodist Church. There will be a Thauksgiving Service at, the Methodist Church the fourth Sunday morning in this month with a Thanksgiving sermon by the pastor, Rev. J. H. Shore. An offering will be taken for the Methodist Orphanage at Raleigh. The Entertainment Next Monday Night. The Broomell-Reea Concert Company will give an entertain ment in Sanders Hall next Mou day evening under the auspices of the Smithfield Lyceum Club. Seldom have our people bad such a rare opportunity. The enter tainment will consist of readings, recitations, songs and selections of instrumental music on the j harp. Speaking of Miss Rroomell, < the reader and iiupersonater, " Prof. Wallace, of the Georgia ! School of Technology, say : "1 > regard MissJeanetteT. Mroomell ; as the best, entertainer I have ? ever known. As author, imper- ; sonator and interpreter, she has ? few equals and no superiors." ; The following from a Clevelaud, ? Ohio, paper gives an idea of what 2 Miss Reed, the harpist, does: * "Miss Heleu Reed, the harp solo- \ ist, captivated the audience with 5 her first appearance and was en- ^ thusiasticallv received through- ^ out the evening. Her solos were admirably rendered, but perhaps g the most enjoved was 'Rain- | drops,' which won for her re- ? peated encores." We can promise a pleasant ? evening to all who love a high- * class concert. lYou Should Know I ALUM'S Worst Work Ill Some Mothers, unconscious of the injurious effects of Alum, are daily giving it. to their p Children by the use of so-called Cheap ||| Baking Powder. U What Mother would do so if she only knew? Pi Alum's Worst Work is its early harmful | influence on the child's digestive organs. Positively Never, should Children of tender pi years be required to eat it in their food, jA Secure your Children against Alum in 0'\ their food. I AVOID ALVM . I Say plainly I ROYALpowder I |; ROYAL is made from Pure Refined Grape p \ Cream of Tartar?Aids Digestion. V Cooking is Pleasant on This Stove It is a Buck?built on the Buck's system which insures good cooking with the use of the least amount of fuel possible. Buck Stove doors are enamel lined?The oven is ventilated so that baking can be done ideally?No mingling of odors No burning on one side and not baking on other. 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