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TheSmithfield Herald BEATY & LASSITOR, Editors and Proprietors. Entered at the Postoffice at Smith ed, Johnston County, N. C., as Second-class Matter. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: One year,.I100 Biz months, .... 60c line months, * - - 35c JOHNSTON COUNTY IN THE CENSUS OF 1790. A study of the United States Cen sus of 1790 will reveal some interest ing facts. In this Census report of heads of all families are given, togeth er with the number of slaves owned by each. Also the number of all males over 16 years of age is given. According to the Census of 1790 Johnston County had 776 heads of families, 1,039 free white males over sixteen years of age, and 1,119 under sixteen. There were 2,083 free white females and sixty-four other free persons. There was also 1,329 slaves, making a total population of 5,634. A study of the names making up the list of the heads of families for Johnston County in 1790 is interest ing. We note there were the following Smiths, heads of families: Nathan Smith, Samuel Smith, Jesse Smith, Margaret Smith, John Smith, Ethel dred Smith, Benjamin Smith, John Smith, Samuel Smith, Alexander Smith, Abram Smith, John Smith Isaac Smith, William Smith and Ben jamin Smith—fifteen in all. It will be noted that there are two Benjamins, two Samuels, and three Johns in the list. So it is true that John Smith has been with us ever since the days of Pocohontas. In North Carolina in 1790, there were 726 Smiths who were heads of families. Of these fifteen Smiths seven were slave owners. Samuel Smith was the largest slave-owner in the county, having 53 slaves. Benjamin Smith had five slaves, John Smith 16, Ethel dred Smith 6, John Smith 1, Alexan der Smith 6, and Samuel Smith 21 The second largest slave-owner ir the county was Nathan Williams with 41; Thomas Gray came next with 26. and Benjamin W’iiliams fourth with 24. There were 249 slave-owners ir the county. Another family name numerous ir that day as at present was Johnston written like the county. Now th* name is written Johnson. Unlike the Smiths they were not large slave owners, but they were more numerous having,in all 27 who were heads ol families. The names were as follows Burrell, Lewis, Sampson, Arthur B. Jonas, Robert, Silvanus, Moses, Amos Martin, Henry, William, Joel, Sarah Isum, Starlin, Simon, Abel, Philip Isaac, Obadiah, Etheldred, Moses Joshua, William, Solomon, and Amos Jr. It will be noted that there wen two Williams and two Moses. Both the Moses owned a slave each, and sc did Simon. Henry owned five slaves Less than one-fifth the Johnstons owr ed slaves, while about half the Smiths were slave-owners. In 1790, there were in North Caro lina 275 Johnstons heads of families 152 Johnsons and one Johnstone. There were five Barbers in Johnston who were heads of families—Reuben, John, Henry, George and Plye. There were in the State at that time heads of families 40 Barbers, but no “Bar bours.” Now there are more “Bar bours” than “Barbers” in this county. The Barbers did not own any slaves. In the list of heads of families in 1790 there was only one Lassiter, Elizabeth who was the owner of three slaves. There were quite a number of Lassiters in some of the other counties. There were also Lasseters, Lasitors, Lasatars and Laseters. But none of these lived in Johnston. There was at that time four Wood alls and one Woodal in this county, heads of families, follows: Absalom Woodall, Jacob Woodall, John Wood all, James Woodall and Jacob Woodal. Absalom Woodall owned five slaves. In North Carolina in 1790 it is recorded that there were 202 Parkers heads of families, but only three of these lived in Johnston County: Ga briel Parker, who owned one slave, Hardy Parker, who owned two slaves, and Matthew Parker, Sr. To-day Parkers are found in every section of the county. In the State at that time there were 113 heads of families by the name of Sanders. In Johnston Coun tv there were only three—Mary, Reu ben and William. Mary Sanders owned ten slaves, Reuben eight, and a William three. Another well-known family name in this county is Powell. In 1790, there were 131 Powells heads of families in the State. In Johnston County there were six heads of families of this name—Nathan Powell, with ten slaves, Isaac and Needham with seven slaves each, Jeremiah with five slaves, and William and Stephen who did not belong to the slave owning class. In 1790 when the census was taken, there were twenty-nine Holts heads of families. Of these, three lived in Johnston County, as follows: James Holt, Etheldred Holt and Richard Holt. According to the record they were not slave-owners. There were quite a large number of other names which are common names here today. However, there were other names whose descendants must have emigrated or somewhat changed their names. Look at these: Jacob Brazil, Charles Wellings, Charles Whood, Michael Runnell, George Bassengale, Isaac Stattons, Winifred Whurley, Solomon Prance, Abram Camelion, Jacob Duck, Richard Brassil, Thomas Boyte, Amos Onailes, Francis Diamond, Acquilon Naron. It will be noted that some of these names are almost like the names found in the county today. For instance, Naron for Narron; Boyte for Boyett, Brassil for Braswell; Onailes for Oneals, and others. There are many hundreds of people living in Johnston County today who are descendants of the folks mentioned in the list above. Farmers Commercial Bank of Benson. Dunn Dispatch. No institution in a community gives to its citizens the assurance of public confidence in as great a degree as a safe bank. There is, however, an es sential mean between traditional con servative bankinp and progressivi business, which the modern bank t< be successful must discover. The mar or institution that puarantees first o: all security and yet always sustain: a responsive sense to chanpinp ele merits in public welfare is a rare com bination which explains the phenome nal success and wholesome influenci of the Farmers Commercial Bank, o Benson. M. T. Britt, the manapinp Presiden of this bank, pives the institution hi: close personal attention. In additior to thorouphpoinp enerpy, he combine: candidness with considerateness, ant splendid executive ability with unerr inp business judgment. He has th< i native talent of a penuine financier ol a hiph order enforced with excellent traininp, yet he is more than a banker Mr. Britt is a moving force for what ever is pood and needful in building up the town ami community. Anj bank will reflect a solid influence wit! a man of his force, convictions, anc ability at its head. However much is due Mr. Britt ir the marked success of the Farmers Commercial Bank throuph its history that history would be incomplete with out a just appraisal of his co-officers and co-assistants. Mr. W. 11. Slo cumb, Cashier, and Mr. W. II. Mas senpill, assistant, are at all times the same. Efficient in business, fresh in appearance and penial to customers. The vice-presidents, Bradley John son, W. D. Boon, and directors, M. T. Britt, W. D. Boon, L. Gilbert, C. T. Johnson, P. B. Johnson, Chas. John son, Bradley Johnson, J. D. Morgan. Ben J. Matthews, J. W. Whittentor and Preston Woodall are all men well known to the community and arc men of the first rank in business. The history and present standinp of a bank is best expressed in figures: As the town of Benson prows even greater achievements of this bank may safely be expected. The capital of this bank is $25,000, with a surplus account of $4,000, and total resources of over $150,000. It began business in March, 1908 with a capital of $5,000, and through good times and panicky times has never missed a dividend; never paying less than 10 per cent. Nothing strange about inmates of the Jersey City jail being willing to sign the pledge. It is never the people behind the bars but those in front of them who do thj? drinking. The former have too mudh sense.— Wilmington Dispatch. Building stone made in Germany from blast furnace slag and’ lime grows hard as it ages. EDUCATION IN THE HOME. Some people say a child should do all his studying in schodl, and should not be required to do anything at home. This is perhaps a sound doc trine with respect to young children. It is wrrong as concerns older oses. A home is not doing its best for a child unless it assists in cultivating studious habits in him. Pupils who fail in high school and college today are mainly those who have not learn ed to apply themselves to study in the home or in the school. The home must co-operate with the school in developm*. habita of appli- j cation to study. This can be accom-! plished only when the home is arrang-; ed with a view to having the children! read or study a part of every even ing. Parents can help children concen trate by providing a study place for each one. The arrangement of light is an important matter in encourag ing concentration. The child's book or work should be illuminated, but the region beyond should be shaded. A desk lamp shaded so as to concen trate light upon the book and keep it out of the eyes is most favorable for the cultivation of habits of con centration. It is not necessary tnat every child should have a room to himself. It is | better that children and parents j should be in the same room. Investi gations recently made have shown | that the majority of young people can study better in a group than when they are alone. The best possible arrangement would be to have a room set aside as a work room or library in every house. There should be a special place reserv ed for each child and for the father and the mother. At whatever hour is agreed upon, each person should be in his place. All will be at work, and no one will have a tendency to sulk or be distracted. Work is as con tagious as idleness and dissipation. It is practically impossible for one parent to develop studious habits in his children when all the other chil dren in the community are on the street. But it is not at all impossible to accomplish when all the other children are, as they should be, apply ing themselves to their studies. A serious source of distraction in modern life is the telephone. In many homes it prevents any continued periods of study. It should be understood in every home that there are certain hours in the evening when a child cannot be called to the phone or to any other place. The child should early realize that when he is at his work nothing else can come in until his task is finished. Many parents think it is a hard ship for children to acquire these stu dious habits in the home. The hard ship will be vastly greater for any > one who does not acquire them. This does not mean that a child should not have, every day, several hours of freedom in which he may do what he i pleases. He also should have some i time in which he gives himself un i remittingly to his tasks, so that he I may acquire such habits as will make him successful and contented in mod ■ ern life.— Prof. M. V. O’Shea in the ' Mother’s Magazine. Eventful Moments In the Home. Kinston Free Press. The ringing of the opening school bells each year means that many a tot leaves home for the first time, and begins a new era in its young life. The beginning of the college and uni versity sessions means likewise that many young men and women have gone out from the direct guidance of the home roof for the first time. Both occasions are events of moment to the home. Many a mother is, at this period, shedding tears of joy— with a tinge of sadness, too, because her boy is at last on the threshold of young manhood, and because his col lege days begun means that it is not long ere he seeks his fortune, per ■ haps, at some distant point from the | home city. Father tries to look cheer | ful when he clasps son’s hand and bids I him “God-speed.” In the cases of the I little fellow, mother either goes with them to the school door or keeps an eager eye upon them from a secret vantage point until they are safely within the portals of the school build ing. Little do the tots or the colloge youths realize what this epoch in their lives means to mother and father. If the sons could but know always that in them is wrapped up all the hopes of mother and father and that their failures are everlasting wounds to the prir'.e and ambition of the par ents, they would utilize the opportu nities afforded them frequestly to bet ter advantage. The college oourse is given many a young man or young woman at great personal sacrifice on the part of mother and father. It is a sacrifice that is gladly made and one well w^orth while, wThen appreci ated and profited from as it should be. The total amount of property in New York city not subjected to tax ation is valued at 11,873,895,000. Road Notes. To the Editor: The Government is not satisfied with the support given on the Wash ington-Atlanta Highway. It is no open secret that the fine work done in Banner, Ingrams and Clayton townships has held Johnston County on the highway. Neither Harnett nor Cumberland counties have done any work of note this year and Wake County has dropped the patrol system. In the meantime the advocates of the Durham, Pittsboro, Sanford route are becoming active and seeking to change the route. Unless better sup port is received in Smithfield and Wil son’s Mills townships, consideration of the Chatham and Lee route will be entertained. Smithfield has plenty of money; $1,475 cash of road funds has been sent the county by the State. The law provides this money can only be spent on the highways and for no other purpose. Being an automobile tax it was the intent of the law that it be used on roads the automobile uses, or the main roads. In previous years this law has not been carried out. It is the duty of all citizens to bring such violation to the attention of the grand jury and this will be closely watched this year by the men who pay the automatic tax. Lack of support in Brunswick and Dinwiddie Counties in Virginia, caus ed the Government to change the route to Lunenburg and Nottoway Counties. Clayton did much of her fine work before she had the convicts. Banner had neither convicts nor bond issue, yet has built the finest stretch of road in Johnston County. Are these townships to lose out because of the indifference of Smithfield and Wilson’s Mills townships? Granville County has placed mile posts clear across the county on the National Highway giving accurate dis tance to the court house. Durham County has 30 convicts and 18 mules building three miles of new road between Raleigh and Durham on the National Highway. Wake County has overhauled and machined the Leesville road on the National Highway and has completed the new bridge at the Durham and Wake County line. D. H. WINSLOW, U. S. Supt. of Road Construction. NOTES FOR THE FARMER. Government News Letter. The dairy farmer not only studies I how to feed his cow but how to feed his land. He is not a soil robber, as j he realizes that the farmer who re- j duces the fertility of his land robs without reason, since he steals from himself. It is an important function of live j stock on the farm to furnish a mar- ■ et for the crops grown, enabling farmers to convert the irrasses, for- ; | age crops, legumes, and so on, into. higher-priced finished products and to j return to the soil the plant food tak- | en from it. The five counties in the United States leading: in value of all crops i produced in 1909, as returned by the . Thirteenth United States Census, are ' Los Angreles County, Cal., with a i value of $14,720,885; Lancaster Coun- I ty, Pa., $13,059,588; McLean County,' 111., $12,811,500; Whitman County, ■ Washington, $12,540,694; and Living- ' ston County, 111., §11,377,297. Where live stock is a factor on the j farm make every field hog-tight and sheep-tight; have thoroughly good permanent pastures; grow leguminous crops; build a silo; and keep only pure-bred males. These five things are absolutely essential in the eco nomical production of live stock. Of course this program calls for some labor and expense, but the perman ent condition of prosperity in the sec tions devoted to live stock production is proof of the good profits derived ! therefrom. Congressman Webb of the ninth ! district, who was in Washington this1 week, announced that he oppo^f a standing army of a half million men ! or army and navy appropriations ag gregating $500,000,000, as has been J suggested by some of the jingoes. It j appears that the extremists who' think that about all the nation’s re sources should be expended in prep aration for war, will get little sym pathy from the North Carolina con gressional delegation. Mr. Webb wants the administration to get sharp after Great Britain about interfering' with cotton shipments. He says that feeling is general in the State, but that above all things our people want the President to keep us out of War; and in that opinion Mr. Webb seems to have sized sentiment in the State 1 with a fair degree of accuracy.— { Statesville Landmark. On the basis that every grain of wheat will produce 50 of its kind a German scientist has figured that the third year progeny of a single grain would give 300 men a meal. * Singing Convention. The quarterly singing convention of Lower Johnston will meet at Benson the third Sunday is September, 1915. All classes in reach are invited to go and sing with us. We are expecting eight or ten classes to be there to sing. Everybody is invited to be present and hear some good singing. Also the annual convention will meet at Bethel Free Will Baptist church. Saturday before the first Sunday in October. You are also invited to come to Bethel. REV. R. D. THOMAS, Pres. J. C. HOCKADAY, Sec’y THERE IS A REASON WHY EV ery user likes Adriance Mowers. We want to tell you. Stevens Fur niture & Implement Co. THE LIGHTEST DRAFT MO WEB made. See us. Stevens Furniture & Implement Co. NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY FUR niture Cheap. Stevens Furniture & Implement Co. DR. LOUIS N. WEST of Raleigh, N. C. Will be in Smithfield the first Monday in each month. Pi-aetiee limited to Eye, Ear, Noss and Throat. Will be at Smithfield Hotel. N. B. GRANTHAM, F. H. BROOKS President. Attonie> L. T. ROY ALL, Vice President SMITHFIELD BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION DIRECTORS T. R. Hood, W. H. Austin, L.T. Royall, J. R. Bailey, F. H. Brook* N. B. Grantham, J. J. Broauhurst A FIXED PURPOSE To save is to prepare for tin future, take a few shares, 25 cent* per week will return to you in 33? weeks, $100.00. New series January 1st, April 1st July 1st, October 1st. Can take stool with us any time. We have money t> loan every month in the year. J. J. BROADHURST. Sec’y. & Trees Smithfield. North Carolina. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OP THE BANK OF FOUR OAKS, AT FOUR OAKS, N. C., at the Close of Business September 2, 1915. Resources. Loans and discounts. 132,424.43 Overdrafts secured and un secured . 30.16 Banking Houses $1,692.00 Furniture & Fixt. 881.25 - 2,573.25 Due from banks and bankers 14,930.2! Cash items . 19.60 Gold coin . 211.00 Silver coin, including all minor coin currency- 876.32 National bank notes and other U. S. notes. 1,750.00 Total. $52,814.87 Liabilities. Capital stock paid in.,.... $10,000.00 Undivided profits, less cur rent expenses and taxes paid . 2,241.50 Bills payable . 12,500.00 Deposits subject to check 25,772.05 Demand Certificates of De posit . 2,152.24 Cashier’s Checks outstand ing . 34.08 Accrued interest due depos itors . 115.00 Total. $52,814.87 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Johnston County, ss: I, B. I. Tart, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. B. I. TART, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 10th day of September, 1915. C. W. BANDY, Notary Public. My commission expires March 9, 1916. Correct—Attest: B. B. ADAMS, J. W. SANDERS, D. H. SANDERS, Directors. Locusts this year seriously injured olive trees in Syria. VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND TO BE SOLD ON LONG TIME. I offer for sale a tract of land about three miles from Four Oaks, known as the Blackman place, con taining forty-five acres. Thirty acres cleared and very productive. Very little land is offered for sale at any price in this community. Price $3,250, of which $500 must be paid cash; bal ance payable in five yearly payments $550 each with 6 per cent interest. Apply to Edward W. Pou, Smithfteld, N. C. IP"31 I SAW IT IN THE SMITHFIELD HERALD. K s w •ft Sfi !fi !ii £ £ * ffi * S S W Sfi hfi Hi If you want to help a bit; If you want to make a hit; If you want a blessing on your head diurnal; If you want to boost the towm. Bring its citizens renown, Just mention that you saw it in this journal. It will help the advertiser; It will show that you are wiser, More considerate than the average man you meet; It is just a little favor, But it leaves a pleasant flavor If you mention that you saw it in this sheet. You’ll encourage local trade, And the home town merchant aid, While the editor will cut a merry caper, And the mail order concern Smaller dividends will earn, If you mention that you saw it in this paper. —N. N. B. ^*!fi * Wfi Wfi* WRS SSfiSfi SiSSS! SfftfiS* BMSffi SfHfiifiS KKSS SliffiSSS Kfi Sffifi ***** KENLY HIGH SCHOOL A State High School Tuition Free to all boys and Girls of Johnston County. Fall Term begins September the thirteenth. LC. W. E. PITTMAN, Supt. Kenly, N. C. fi! ■ft Hi a? Ready to Gin Cotton M\ C otton Ginnery is up-to-date in every particular Sr and will open for business on [ft Thursday, Sept. 16th Best attention given to every load of cotton. J. R. Ledbetter jj|t* Princeton, N. C. MfiiiisigiiiiafMgsffisigignyMiiiHiiinfisiaiaiaiiSfafgigfsaigiiEyM
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