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BEATY A LA8SITER,
Editors and Proprietors.
■stored at the Postoffice at Smith
•Md. Johnston County. N. C., an
sssmid-class Matter.
Rates of 8ubscripiton:
One Tear. Cash In Advance.. $1.00
Biz Months.
NEXT!
Senator Paynter Is a follower of
Senator Bailey; he voted for Lori
mer; he was a candidate for re-elec
tion. He retired from the race be
fore the primary. Next!—Bryan’s
The Commoner.
Senator Simmons also followed
Bailey and voted for Lorimer. Will
he retire? Nit.
l’p in New Jersey when the Gov
ernor is out of the State, they “dock”
his wages. This is undoubtedly right.
We believe that the Representatives
and Senators in Congress should be
“docked” also when away from their
post of duty.
It Is with pleasure we note that
Mr. Sam F. Austin, brother of our
townsman, Mr. W. 11. Austin, has
been chosen Superintendent of
Schools of Nash County. Mr. Aus
tin has been a successful lawyer and
business man and we confidenlty ex
pect him to measure up to the re
sponsibilities of the new position in
auch a way as to place him in the
front rank of County Superintendents.
The picnic given here last Satur
day, under the auspices of the Far
mers’ Union and the Smithfield
Chamber of Commerce, was a com
plete success There was a large
crowd, variously estimated from two
thousand to 'hree thousand people,
several good speeches were made, a
fine table was spread, and everybody
seemed to enjoy the day. Though a
very large crowd, it was a soberly
and orderly one, bent on enjoying
the good things of the day.
We note that Mr. G. A. Rouse, who
has been with the Standard-Laconic,
of Snow Hill, for the past three
yearn or more, has bought an inter
est in the Farmvllie Enterprise and
has become editor and manager of
that paper, assuming bis new duties
July 1st. Mr. Rouse was with The
Herald during 1907 and proved him
self a very worthy young man. Ho
is an all-round printer and this
knowledge will aid him greatly in
bis new position. We congratulate
Mr. Rouse on the start lie has made
and wisli him an abundant success.
Last Saturday Smithfield had sev
eral iionored guests—Mr. Josephus
Dai icis, one of the State's leading
editors and most progressive citi
zens; Col. Fred A. Olds, leading
tewspaper man and good roads ad
•ucate; Dr. H, Q. Alexander, Presl
^ nt of the State Farmers’ Union
ct d a leader among the farmers—all
these made telling speeches, encour
aging our people to go forward and
keep the wheels of progress turning
steadily. We are glad that they
came among us and saw what the
great old County of Johnston is do
ing. It does us good for others to
know that we are making progress.
Senator Simmons made a speech
in the Senate Monday against the
Canadian Reciprocity measure, in
which he tried to defend his vote for
a tariff on lumber by claiming that
fee was given the authority by State
Chairman Eller in a circular issued
iMued during the 1908 campaign.
Chairman Eller disclaims authorship
for the circular in question, but ex
plains that he circular was a strong
argument against any protection. We
liave not space this week to publish
the controversy but hope to give
our readers what appears to be, an
Interesting chapter in the Senatorial
fight in this State, in our next is
aue.
Mr. Josephus Daniels, editor of
the News and Observer, who at
tended the picnic here last Satur
day, closes an editorial, entitled “A
Day in the Land of Goshen,” in this
wise:
“The hospitality of Smithfield peo
ple was as warm as the weather and
as genuine as the people are sincere
and genuine. Johnston county is
making rapid strides, and the best
of it is much of that prosperity will
go on the tax-books. Instead of
kicking over paying more taxes, the
people of Johnston county are proud
that their property is assessed this
year at three million more dollars
than at the last assessment. What
pther county has dene as well?”
HOT WEATHER RUt.EE
FOR SAVING HORSES.
Don’t overwork the driver and
cause him to overwork the horse.
Don’t overload the team.
Don’t drive fast..
Don’t fail to water the horse fre
quently.
Don't allow the horse to drink too
much water at one time.
Don’t let the horse stand in the
sun when shade is near.
Don’t fret and worry the horse
with a check rein.
Don't drive the horse when he is
not sweating.
Don’t fail to wet the horse s head
and moisten the inside of his
mouth when he begins to show signs
of being overheated.
Don’t allow the horse to drink
more than half a bucket of water
if there is any indication that he
is overheated.
Don’t forget that short and
light work with careful attention
will remove the danger of losing the
horse by sunstroke.—Dr. Thomas Fra
ser, V. S. *
Map of Johnston County.
Messrs. W. E. Hearn, of the Na
tional Department of Agriculture, Bu
ieau of Soils, and L. L. Brinkley, of
the State Department of Agriculture,
are now busily engaged in making a
soil survey of Johnston County.
The map will show all the public
roads, private roads and paths, rail
roads, streams, churches, school hous
es, houses, streets, towns, and town
ship lines, being a complete and ac
curate map of the county on a scale
of one inch to the mile. Upon this
map will be shown the various
classes or types of soils in different
colors, so that anyone can see at a
glance just what kind of soil there
is in any part of the county. As John
ston County lies on the border line
of the Piedmont Plateau and the
Coastal Plain sections it is natural
to expect a large variety of soils,
and thus far twenty different class
es or types of soils have been rep
resented on the map. These range
in texture and color from the hea
vy red lands to the light and por
oub sands.
Samples of each type will be col
lected, one set being sent to Wash
ington, I). C., and the other to Ral
eigh, N. C , where analyses will be
made. In determining the depth of
the soil and the character of the
subsoil and also in collecting sam
ples, borings with an auger to a
depth of 3 feet are taken. This is
necessary because in many cases
the subsoil determines largely the
value of the soil and the kind of
crop that can be profitably grown.
In addition to the soil map a
complete write up of the county will
be published. Each soil type will be
described in detail, the analysis giv
en, the crops grown and the yields
shown. A general description of the
county will be written, showing its
surface features, drainage, eleva
tion, transportation facilities, mar
kets, roads, and opportunity for de
velopment. Another chapter will
deal with the agriculture, kind of
farming, crops, fertilizers, prices of
land, etc.
These maps and reports will be
published in bulletin form by the
Bureau of Bolls, Washington. I). C.,
and will be sent to anyone absolute
ly free, who will write to Congress
man E. W. Pou. Mr. Poll will have
thousand copies for distribution
ami is already receiving many re
quests for maps. It will be about
one year before these are published
and ready to be sent out.
It was through the efforts of Hon.
E. W. Pou, Col. Ashley Horne, and
I)r. B. \V. Kilgore, State Chemist,
that tills survey was begun. It will
require about seven months to per
form this work.
Union Meeting at Mt. Moriah.
The next union meeting of the
Johnston County Association will be
held with Mt. Moriah Baptist church,
Saturday and Sunday, July 29 and
30. The church is four miles from
Clayton on the Raleigh road. Dele
gates and visitors going by rail
will be met at Auburn, which is on
ly about one mile from the church.
Of course. Senator Simmons may
be right in his position, and all the
rest of the Democrats may be wrong.
That is possible, but the probabilities
are that the almost solid Democratic
vote in the House and Senate on tar
iff questions is wiser than the dis
senting view of Mr. Simmons, Mr.
Bailey and the protectionist Senators
in Louisiana—News and Observer.
•Kbit* 6H ioOCATTON: |
“Every trained man,” says Pref. A.
M. Soule, “is worth $50,000 to the
State.” If this be true, or even if
he be worth only one-half or one-fifth
of this sum, 1b there any other invest
ment which will return such splendid
profits to the State as will the pro
vision for the proper training of her
boys and girls? !
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From all parts of our territory
come in reports of educational prog
ress. The community that is not ad
vancing is the exception. We must
not make the great mistake, how
ever, of concluding that the work
is done, or that we can afford to rest
from our labors. Instead, the work
is Just beginning, and the demand
for laborers was never greater or
more insistent than at present. We
can not afford to rest until the South,
as compared with other sections, is
lowest instead of highest in the per
centage of illiteracy.
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In our opinion no person is fit
to teach school who habitually mis
uses and maltreats the language. No
matter what his other qualifications
may be, if he says “have saw’’ and
“ain't” and “he don't,” he has no
business in the school-room as an
instructor of children. Often, we
know, such careless speech is a
mere matter of habit; but that only
makes the matter worse. We know
a young lady who spent four years at
college and who says “them chil
dren” or “them books” as a mere
matter cr course. She knows bet
ter, of course, but having somehow
fallen into the habit she commits
the offense unconsciously, to the
frequent dismay of her friends, and
perhaps sometimes to her own undo
ing. Insist that your teacher speak
English with at least approximate
correctness.—Progressive Farmer.
Jurors for September Court.
Wilson’s Mills—J. B. Davis and W.
C. Wilson.
Clayton—Ernest Austin, C. H.
Hill and C. R. Carroll.
Cleveland—F. M. Weeks and Jesse
Wood.
Pleasant Grove—J. Daniel Stephen
son and J. B Smith
Elevation—L. C. Clifton and W. T.
Grim OB.
Banner—Preston Woodall and J. E.
Wall.
Meadow--Ralph Hill and Terah
Barefoot.
Bentonsville—Robert Johnson and
R E. Lee.
Ingrams—Gainey Coats and A.
Jackson.
Boon Hill—W. A. Edwards, J. H.
Edwards and It. K. Daughtery.
Beulah—R. B. Barnes, Alvin Ay
ecck and Thos. Cockerell.
O'Neals—Ashley Boykin and S. P.
Barham.
Wilders—M. I. Sasser and J. B.
O’Neal.
Selma—E. R. Hines and J. D. Jef
freys.
Pine Level—L. E. Creech and
Isaac Ingram.
Smithfield—Reubin A. Sanders,
Robert A. Sanders and D. H. Ste
phenson.
Second Week.
D. T. Vinson, D. H. Hill, Jesse Har
rison, W. G. Wrenn, F. M. Roberts,
Frank Honeycutt, Alonzo Parrish, W.
L. Adams, Amos Johnson, Emmett Ad
ams, Dempsey Daughtery, Hardy Bal
lance, A. E. Boykin, D. J. Smith, B.
F. Johnson, 11. R. Gerald, N. M. Law
rence, Jr., and H. L. Skinner.
Good Roads Meeting.
There will be a Good Roads Meet
ing at Stewart's New School House,
near Tom Rhodes,’ Monday, July
17, at 3 o’clock, P. M. Short talks
will bo made by W. S. Morton, Civ
il Engineer, E. S. Abell, F. K.
Broadhurst, W. H. Austin, B. B. Ad
ams, J. D. Underwood, J. W. San
ders, S. S. Holt and Temper Massen
gill. Good Roads benefit everybody,
therefore let everybody attend this
meeting.
W. M. SANDERS, Pres’t.,
Johnston Co. Good Roads Assn.
Blooms in Fifty-Two l^ys.
Mr. John P. Coats writes us that
he is ahead of Mr. O. R. Rand in the
race for the quickest cotton bloom.
Mr. Coats says: "I planted jay seed
the 12th of May and the 3rd of July |
I had a bloom, making it 52 days
since the seed were dry in the house,
my seed being the Mr. S. A. Lassi
ter variety, improved Simpkins and
Gold Standard, which are the fittest
cotton seed on the market.”
This is the shortest time between
planting and blooming times we have
yet heard of. I
TAKE CREECH’S LAXAGESTINE
For Indigestion, Constipation and Nervousness. There is nothing as goo
for Indigestion as Laxagestine. Every bottle is guaranteed. If it don’t
do you any good your money is cheerfully refunded. Manufactured and
sold by D. Heber Creech, Druggist, Smihfield, N. C., and Peacock Drug
Co., and Benson Drug Co., Benson, N. C.
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PICKLING TIME
Is almost here and we want to call your attention to the
necessary Pickling Spices and Supplies that you will need.
I"—* w **—^ | • Whatever you want in the line of Spices
^ m—^ O • you can always get here and you will
always get them in their finest possible condition. We buy Spices as
carefully as we buy Drugs. Get yours here and you will see a difference.
PARRAFINE and NEW RUBBERS are NECESSARY EVERY YEAR.
For Sale by
j HOOD BROS., - Druggists
ON THE CORNER.
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Picnic at Hood’s Pond.
Clayton, July 10.—The young peo
ple of Clayton enjoyed a picnic at j
Mood’s pond. Those on the picnic!
were: Miss Grace Cordon, Miss Ma-!
bel Barbour, Miss Zilpha Massey, Miss
Melba McCullers, Miss Mildred Bar-1
bour, Miss Gladys Barbour, Miss Beal,!
of Franklin Va., Mr. and Mrs. John 1
Talton, Miss Duba Ellis, Miss La Rue
Williams. Chaperones: Mrs. Murray
of Clayton, and Mrs. Ferguson, of
Louisburg, and Messrs. Paley Cor- i
don, Bailey, of Elm City, Ervin Gow- j
er, Waldo Gower, Perrin Gower, of |
Raleigh, Warren McCullers, Roger]
Barbour, Horace Robinson, Hugh Fer
rell Hugh Page, DeVan Barbour.
This was the most enjoyable occa
sion of the season. All were given
boat rides. Returning to Clayton, the
party was entertained by Mrs. Dr.
McCullers. All pronounced it one of
the greatest occasions of the sea
son.
The ice cream at Mrs. Dr. McCul
lers’ was served on the porch at 12
o’clock. .We left Clayton at 2:30 p.
m. We left the pond at 10 o’clock.
In Honor of Guests.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Scott Penn en
tertained a few friends at dinner in |
honor of their guests. Those pres- j
ent were: Misses Annie Penn, of'
Mt. Airy; Cynthia Hayman, of Eli-1
zabeth City; Alma Easom, and
Messrs. Herbert Lowry, Dr. A. H.
Rose and Horace Easom.
GET THE BEST ICE CREAM. |
That’s Montauk’s, at Hood's.
THE CULTIVATOR THAT PLEAS
es every body. STEVENS FUR. & \
IMPLEMENT CO.
SOME SUITS AT COST AT N. B.
Grantham’s.
THIS WEEK WE HAVE STRAW-;
berry and Chocolate ice cream— j
Montauk’s. HOOD BROS.
GOOD BINDER TWINE SOLD BY |
STEVENS FUR. & IMP. CO.
"Monty in Stockings]
Two versions
Money hid in old stockings
used to be a favorite way of sav
ing money. Nowadays people
save money by putting their
money into A
dollar saved is a dollar earned.
Four pain of cost
but one dollar and are guaran
teed not to wear out in four
months in heel, sole or toe
■ MW Uigu pucvu
ones — any Stylish man or
woman know* that And
what ft satisfaction yon get
out of (hat guarantee! From
banking1 to none trading a
guarantee ie the rule of all
sound bOsinea*. Why let
the hosiery manufact
urer escape the rule?
Ask your hosiery
dealer if he will guar
antee his ordinary hose
to wear four months in
heel, sole and toe. If
not, then try a box of
|9|^g^pmade by the
Chattanooga Knitting
Mills.
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DENNISON
Have You Ever Heard of
Dennison’s Shipping Tags
Of course you have, because they
are the best to be had anywhere.
We have just received a large
supply of Dennison’s Tags, in
different sizes and qualities. We
are now prepared to furnish tags
for Cotton Mills and Cotton Men
generally. We have the right
kind and can suit all.
We also have a supply Tag Hooks.
Our prices are as low on these
Goods as others charge for the
cheaper qualities.
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BEATY & LASSITER
SMITHFIELD, N. C.
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WE ARE SORRY FOR
The Man Who Cannot Eat
Because he is not able to enjoy the good things we have
to sell in the Grocery Line. We please the folks with
our Goods and our trade continues to grow. Bring us
your Country Produce, Chickens and Eggs.
S. C. TURN AGE, Smithfield,N.C.
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WHAT
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A
BANK
DRAFT
?
This bank keeps a certain sum of
money in one of the best banks in
New York, and other large cities
in the United States. Now a bank
draft is simply our check on those
banks. Just like your check on this
bank with this exception: When we
wrtte a bank draft for you we keep
a complete record of the transaction.
The bank draft is the only ABSO
LUTELY SAFE way to send mon
ey. Why? Because no one can
get the cash on it except the party
to whom it is made payable. If it
is lost in the mail or otherwise, a
duplicate will be immediately issued.
Once each month those large banks
in the cities (called our correspon
dents) send us the drafts which we
have drawn on them, properly en
dorsed and stamped “Paid.” These
cancelled drafts are kept by us for
ever and the purchaser of one of
them always has a record to go to
in case he needs it.
Farmers Commercial Bank, : Benson, N. C.
CAPITAL $12,000.09