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fEljc j&mittjfMjb Mttxdh price one dollar per year. "TRUE TO OURSELVBB| 01 B 001 NT K \ AND 01 ROOD." single copies turee cents. VOL. 20. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, .J I'NE 21, 1901. NO. 15. KENLY ACADEMY COMMENCE MENT. Special Correspondence. Kk.vi.y, C., June 17,1901. An institution of four years existence, with a faculty of eight and a patronage of 100, repre senting 13 counties, 2 states, and 7 denominations?such isthecon dition and history of Kenly Academy. Inspiring s? rmon, ex cellent recitations, ehvating songs, grand music, soul-stirring orations and essays, instructive address, three up-to-date base ball games, an attendance of 2,000 attentive, interested, sym pathetic friends?such made up the fourth annual commencement exercises of Kenlv Academy. In creased patronage, larger influ ence, better work,greater respon sibilities, ever-widening sphere of usefulness?such will be the bril liant, effulgent, (iod-ordained future of Kenly Academy. The closing exercises for 1900? 1901 began Sunday, June 9, at 11a. m., with a powerful, per suasive, edifying sermon by Rev. A. 1*. Tver, Wilson. N. ('. Mr. Tyer's text was': '"What doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" The subject of profit and loss cold, heartless, business theme that it is?starts in the common school arithmetic and continues to the separation of the soul and body. Men always ask the ques tion: Will it pay ? and it is right that they should. How long would it take you to est imate the value of theearth! If all the men, women and children of the earth were to begin now with pen and paper and figure 12 hours each day until the day of their death, they would not be able to tell you one-fifth of its value. Five generations of mankind, using all the devices of Mathematics, could not approximate the value of this common mot her of us all. And yet Christ asks if you would give your s< ul for this. What is the soul ? It is not the breath; it is not a part of God; it is a distinct creation of God, a divine impartation, as evidenced by the use of the copulative con junction in the account of the uiratiuu, ^ncii 111 uciicdio. * mi osophers differ us to its powers; but, for all common purposes, we may say they are six-fold: feeling, judgment, memory, affec tion, will, and conscience. In any act, in any though*, these six sisters are brought into use. Memory is man's chiefest pride. Remove it and man woulu not know his name, could not recog nize his wife or mother, would be unable to remeral>er his home, friends or children. Would a man give this one of the six fora world? Woman's chiefest glory is her affection, her power to love. Remove this and woman could not love home, friends, parents, husband, children,or God. Would woman give this one of the six for a world ? His closing word* were an an j>eal to choose for eternity. It was a masterly discourse and must be heard to be rightly ap preciated. Monday, June 10. Monday evening at 3:30, the Iaicama baseball aggregation came up to administer defeat to our boys; but they became pa tients instead of doctors und were administered unto by the K. A. ball-busters. The score was 14 to 10 infavorof our nine. Monday night at 8:30, the lit tie folk had their exercises. They acquitted themselves to the satis faction of all. "The I'rincess Aline," a play of two acts and nine characters, was executed after the exercises by the smaller students. Tuesday, June 11. Tuesday evening at 3:30. the Selma baseball club, proud of its record, hopped upon our ground; i but its hopping took the rheu matism in a brilliant game. The score was ?> to 8 in favor of our "Invincibles." ? Tuesday night at 8:30, the triorv of the year's work was ex hibited in thebigh-toned orations and inspiring essays of the so ciety representatives. The pro gramme for the occasion was: Prayer?By Rev. .1. W. Nobles, Kenly, N. C. Soil"-?"Ppon the Mountain Top, Tip Top." My the Academy Octette. <fration?"()ur First and Ablest Jurist.' My .Mr. Luther VVyatt Richardson, Abells, N. ('. Essay ? " Silent Influences." My .Miss Emma May .Matthews, Bagley, N. C. Song?"Patsy Mranmgan." By the Academy Octette. < Jration?"Foundation Stones of Achievement." My Mr. Rae ford Thomas Fulglmm, Taylor, X. P. Essay?"The Zionist Move ment." My Miss Lily Helen Pierce, Kenly, X. P. Solo?" Love's Sweet Dream." My Miss Pierce, Kenly, X. P. Oration ? "Foicing the Pitv Pates." My Mr. tohn Mack Walker, Union Ridge, X. P. Essay?"Extremes Meet." My Miss Lucy Daisy Talton, Pike ville, X. P. Song?"Farewell, Farewell For ever." My tin Academy Octette. Mr. R. T. Fulghum won the orator's medal and Miss Lucy D. Talton won the essayist's medal. These medals were very appro priately presented by Prof. \\~. P. McCloud, of Berkley, Va., and lion. Clarence Richardson, of Selina, X. P. Wkdxesday, June 1 'J. Wednesday morning at 10:30, Prof. J. M. Parlyle, Professor of Latin Language and Literature in Wake Forest College, delivered the Literary Address. Under the seductive spell of his matchless oratory and persuasive diction, the large audience sat mute and motionless for an hour. No words of ours can successfully portray the sentiments of this masterly effort. Sparkling with laughing humor, glistening with charming eloquence, sublime in tenderest feeling, glowing with inviting word-pictures, animated in beautiful style, enticing in purity of conception?Prof. Car lyle's address won the heart and elicited the praise and admiration of all who heard him. His theme, \ his Constantinople as he called it, was, "Education and the Twen tieth Century Life." He main tained that the present century life would be a life strenuous in I endeavor, hopeful in sentiment, expansive in purpose?the lag pa rd, the drone, the lazy man will have no placein this new life; the pessimist, the grumbler, the growler will be out of tune with his surroundings in the Twentieth Century optimism; the contract ed, narrow, ultra-conservative j man will be a negation of the hu manity-wide endeavors of this brighter day. His thought then turned to learning, which he held had kept j pace with the onward sweep of civilization. Learning must do four things or lose its right to universal worship: first, it must exalt man above mammon; sec ondly, it must lay firm, deep foundations of faith; thirdly, it I must inspire higher civie and social ideals: fourthly, it must lighten the burdens of toil. In our mad scramble after goPd, we seem to forget that there is a man behind it all. Iudfed, it is be coming customary to estimate a man's character in dollars and cents. The dollar mark,magnet like in its charm, is a deadly vampire when it is exalted above man. His apostrophe to the pervert ed use of the dollar was sublime. "When I say that learning must lay foundations for faith, I do not mean to say that the iron will of man must bend the sub servient knee to all dogma and creed, but I do mean that it must give man strength to resist the chasms and seductions of every petty whim or peculiarism." The science of government is divided into civic and social spheres. Whether it be the trust problem of the North, the labor problem of the middle West, the immigra tion problem of the far West, or the race problem of the South, the true solution can only be ar rived at through the inspiring of the great bodvof the people with high civic and lofty social ideals. This is the holy mission of learn ing. But this is not all. Educa tion, learning, must lighten the j burdens of the nation's toilers. We have heard a great deal about the man behind the gun; but far greater than he is the man be hind the counter, the throttle, the hoe, the hammer, or the plow, t Concluding, he pictured the rising tfde of learning and pro gress in the Old North State and ! advised the students to emulate and idealize, not the life purpose ' of Robert Ingersol, not the glut tonous ambition of Jay (iould, < but the divine longings of Phillips | Rrooks, whose influence will | bloom and blossom in eternity. before the address, Mr. Larry Bryant Boyette, of Bagley, N. C., - delivered the salutatory oration, and after the address Miss Bessie j Vartin, of Faison, N. ? read the valedictory essay. The music medal, won by diss Lily Fair, of i Abells, N. C.. was very charming- 1 ly presented by Prof. Joseph Kin- i sev, of Wilson. X. ('., and the \ scholarship medal, won by Mr. J. f M Walker, of Union Ridge, X. ('., 1 was presented by our popular i citizen, Mr. W. A. Ldgerfon, in his usual witty and unique man ner. Wednesday evening at 3:30, | the Black Creek baseball nine | suffered disaster and defeat at the hands of our boys. The ! game was interesting from the ' beginning. The score was (i to M in Kenly's favor. ^ Wednesday night at 8:30, with 2,000 people in the house and f yard, the musicale came off. It ^ was a complete success, con sidering the difficulties attending . its execution. 1 The record of our baseball j team is most singular. Out of | 13 games our boys won 12. We j feel justly proud of our team. Some claim that athletics and ' baseball games in particular ? tend to take the student's mind , from his books. This assump- | tion is clearly disproved by the ( record of our boys. Not one of j them averaged less than 85 and i the pitcher, Mr. J. XL Walker, t took the scholarship medal with , an average of 1)6%. i Among the distinguished visi- j tors present at our commence- | ment were Rev. A. P. Tyer, Wil- , son. N. C.; Prof. J. B. Carlyle, Wake Forest,X .C.; Mr. J .M. Beaty, of the Herald, Smithfield, N. C.; j I'rof. Joseph Kinsey, Wilson, N. C.; Dr. H. F. Freeman and Messrs. J. H. Fulghum and Jno. High, Taylor, N. C ; Dr. "Fox" Person, Fremont, X. C.; Rev. Mr. Suttle, Smithfield, N. C ; Hon. Clarence Richardson, Selma, N. C.; Prof W. C. McCloud. Berkley, Va.: Mr. Millard Novell, Selma, N. C.; Rev. Rarnev Perkins, Pikeville, M. C.; C. W. Knight, Barnes' Store, N. C.; etc.; etc. Thus ended the most success ful year of our school. Kenly Academy is more than four walls. It is a dynamo of intellectual en thusiasm that sends the thrill and glow of its great work into every home in these surrounding counties. It is a sacred shrine where hundreds of ambitious young men and promising young ladies and hopeful children come to gain help, hope and inspira tion. It has just begun its noble career. It is destined to live and 1 thrive and to elevate itself and I those eoming under the magnet- 1 ism of its power. 1 Hobson Stands by Sahley. < Baltimore, June 18.?Captain | ] Richmond P. Hobson, U. 8. N., 1 delivered an address here to-night at the commencement exercises i of the Baltimore Polytechnic in- 1 stitute. In the course of his ad- 1 dress Captain Hobson empha- ] sized the equal importance of ] strategy and preparation with valor, citing as an illustration Admiral Dewey'sbattle in Manila bay at a distance of 2,000 yards from the Spanish fleet. "A British admiral," said the ; speaker, "probably would have : gone in like Nelson, or as the 1 British are fighting in South 1 Africa, pet ting close to the enemy and losing nearly the same num ber of men even when victorious." | Referring to those who crit icised i Admiral Schley's "loop" audi parallel course at Santiago, Cap tain Hobson said. [ "I havenopatiencewiththem."! STATE NEWS. SUort Items of interest Culled From our State Exchanges. John Rochie, an IN-,year-old icgro, was killed at Charlotte Friday by tin- shifting engine of ;he Southern Railway. The President has appointed Hirer II. Hackery. Jr., a First Lieutenant in the Infantry De lartinent of the regular army. .Mr. Iteiibow Hedrick, aged 18, vas drowned near Lexington Tuesday. He and two or three jther boy8 were bathing in Ab bott's creek. John VV. Crowder, a man of ibout <50 years /if age, hanged limself near his*home at Polks ,'ille, Friday. He has for several rears been eccentric, and was ive years ago confined in the dorgantori asylum for the n sane. The Teachers' Assembly in session at Wrightsville, Friday ?lected the following officers: )r. Edwin Minis, of Trinity Col ege, president; Dr. F. P. Venable, iresident of the University ot S'ortli Carolina, first vice presi lent; Prof. \V. 1). Carmichael. mperintendent Durham graded ichools, secretary and treasurer. The Pitts and Monroe lumber ?onipanv at Greensboro had a S4000 fire Wednesday morning. Edward P. Moses, Ralegh; 15. P. Sledd, Wake Forest; J. Y. loyner, P. P. Claxton and G. A. iriinslev, Greensboro; J. L. 'oust, (loldsboro; J. L. Kestler, ttaleigh; C. W. Massev, Durham, ind M. C. S. Noble, Chapel Ilill, ire appointed by the State Kuper ntendent of Public Instruction 0 aid him in recommending the ists from which the local pur ?hasing agents can choose the books for the rural free school ibraries. Tiie teachers above lamed are to meet in Raleigh o-morrow with the State Super ntendent and the executive com nittee of the State Literary and 1 istorical Association. The lists vill then be made up. A New Party Movement. A crowd of dissatisfied and dis ippointed politicians met in Kan sas City, Mo., day before yester lay and planned a new political tarty. The meeting was com josed of Populists of all kinds, Free Silver Republicans, Social sts, Single Taxers and various >ther party creds. The follow ng platform of the new party's principles was adopted: Public ownership of all public itilities, as railroads, telegraph", >tc. While awaiting tie legislation lecessary to secure public owner ship rigid control of freight and mssenger rates and severe pen ilties for rebates and other dis criminations by railroads. Taxation of railroads and oth er public utility corporations in :he same proportion as the val ie of farm ana other property. Direct legislation by the initia tive and referendum to the end that the people may initiategood egislation and veto bad legisla tion. Graduated income tax to the jnd that wealth which receives liovernment protection shall pay its just share of the cost of the Government. That whatever is used as money iihall be full legal tender issued by the General Government in suf ficient volume for business pur poses and that volume fixed in proportion to population. Just election laws throughout the State. Home rule for cities and aboli tion of the present system of using the police as a standing army to carry primary elections in the interest cf dishonest politi cians representing still more dishonest special pri vilege corpor ations. Election of United States Sena tors by popular vote. Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold Laxative Rromo-Quinine Tab lets cure a cold in one day. No Cure, no l'ay. Price 25 cents WEEKLY CROP REPORT. The weekly crop bulletin, issued Ii.v l lie Weather Bureau for the North Carolina section, climate , and crop service for the week ending Monday, June 17, says: ' "Farmers received some en- . j cogragement by the continuance of warm,dry,sunny weather dur- ' ing the early part of theweek just i passed, during which the cultiva tion of crops proceeded rapidly, . and some evidences i i more rapid j growth were visible, Huinsbeg m on the 13th which were quite) beneficial at first, especially on ? uplands, but the large amounts on the 14th, and the generally cloudy, damp weather during the' last portion of theweek were very ! unfavorable. Farm work was completely interrupted, and can not be resumed for some time, as . the ground has become very wet. <, A good deal of grass was killed the first of the week, but coin- > plaints of grassy fields are still , very numerous, and the unneces sary rains will make matters worse. . "Wheat harvest was underway generally in the south portion of ] the State early in the week, but has ceased for the prest'iit. Much wheat is ready to cut; some has been beaten down by rain, and the prospect seems hardly as , good as was previously expected. ] In well-cultivated fields cotton j andcornhavemadesomegrowth, j and while very small at least show good color; but generally j the condition of both crops con tinues tiour. Cotton has not all J been cnopped, and many fields are being abandoned or plowed up for corn or field peas. All the tobacco has now been trans- j planted, and this crop seems to ( be doing fairly well, though worms are giving much trouble. The yield of Irish potatoes is , quite large. Gardens are much J improved. Peaches and cherries will be full crops; apples very short and inferior. Minor crops, rice, peanuts, and especially | melons, are doing well. CLAYTON NEWS. Mr. K. L. Hinton snent Thurs- i day in Smithfield. 1 Mr. H. L. Barnes will soon ! build a large brick store on Main ' street. ' Mrs. I)r. Banks and Miss Rand, of (iarner, are visiting Mrs. 1). W.1 Harbour. Messrs. L.D.Debnam and D.O. McCullers went to Auburn Wed-; ? nesday evening. j \ Miss I'at tie Richardson, of Wendell, is vishing her sister. ' Mrs. Joe Hinnant. The population of our town is ! slowly but surely incieasing. Ask ' Mr. Hamilton about it. Mr. L. D. Debnam, Secretary ji and Treasurer of Clayton Cotton Mill, went to Raleigh Tuesday in i the interest of the mill. i Mr. J. Arch Vinson is hating 1 his office fitted with new desks 1 and chairs, another sign of pros- 1 perity?or something else. Misses Cleve Barnes and Vert a Jar vis spent several days with i Mrs. A. J. Barbour this week, i returning to Miss Barnes' home i Wednesday. : The farmers of this section are ( taking advantage of the fine | weather. The outlook now is rather discouraging, bat with good seasons from now we may . nave a fairly good crop. The cotton mill building is now | completed. Cnder the supervision of Mr. Geo. W. Ellis, this has grown to be a magnificent edifice and the workmanship is such as to command the admiration of the most practical and critical observer. The machinery has been selected with the utmost discretion by the President, Mr. Ashley Horne, the minutest de tails having had his careful atten tion. There is no better equipped mill in the State. With such a man at its head, prosperity is surely in reach. Ray. Example is the school of man kind; they will learn at no other, i 1?Burke.* Works Way Through College. Lebanon, 111., June 1 <5.? V remarkable record, illustrntiii what may be accomplished pluck and perseverance, Is that of W. huff fiercy, valeaictoiian it McKemlrce College this yt \fter live years' study h" is graduated in the classicalcoui - having paid all the exjiense- i lis own education and that of lis wife also, who is a tneinb> u lie class of 1U02, bv acting i tewspaper com spondent ;>n Metropolitan papers and tea ng school. l'iercy is a type of the Ameb ian who is determined to succ -d 10 matter what the dittlcul* "s nay be. When he married . ,vas a struggling young distric; tchool teacher. He de term in* :o improve his education and r limsclf for higher work. Aft? ? much serious consideration V Kendree was f elected as the pi vhere he and his wife slio : : endeavor to obtain a higle education. l'iercy wrote letters to several Chicago, St. Lev md New York newspapers, ltr. 1 oefore them his plan, promise ; to gi\e faithful services if em ployed, and filed application the position of a correspond' i. Daring the years he and :as ivife have studied at McKend -? his newspaper work ha- net* 1 hi in a tidy sun. in vacation ? '.?< ins taught country scho K Sow his education is completed, lie is a graduate, with lion - md he has been elected ov : -eighty-three competitors to s p erintend the Greenville, It! schools for the next year. Mr. l'iercy won the McCull . ..i reportorial prize of $50 in 1>07 the Bryan gold medal es- .y jontest in 1808, the I'errv c.t-ii oratorical first prize in Ins and was ruled out of the Br a oratorical contest this yen: He won the inter-society orat : i ?al contest at Kwing College in 1S!)2. He was admitted to the barinl8{)5,standing at the bee 1 of a class of twenty-eight. He ;i as been college choris ter t h roug n the course at McKendree aud ins done tutor work at the college while getting his educa tion. He occupied the char o listory and literature at Mount Vernon High School one year. Losses ol Filipinos Washington, June 14.? War Department makes public today statistics showing losses by Filipinos in the war. The compilation of reports covers the period up to \pril 17, 1901, the total number of Filipi tios captured or surrendered was 21,41(7, together with 5,04* rifles, 56 field pieces, over 3,UOO shells, .173,860 rounds of am munition and 19 tons of powder. From January 1 to April 1J the number of captures includes _'47 officers, 2,459 men; the number surrendered was 820 officers and ti,492 men, making a total ot 1, K07 officers and 8,951 men, or a grand total up to that date of 11.415 Filipinos captured. '1>> this is to be added 1,998 rifles captured and 4,300 surrendered, a total of 0,298; 45,000 rounds of ammunition, 408 bolos and 24(1 pieces of cannon. The list shows surrenders and captures on nearly every' day from January 2 to the close of the report. The surrender of Lieu ten ant-General Trias in Southern Luzon was of mftre importance than almost any other except Aguinaldo. General Trias has since been made Gover nor of Cavite province. Raleigh, N. C., June 19.?Tie opinion by the attorney general that judges and heads of state departments cannot be taxed up on their income for salary is a c - cepted as good law, but it is un derstood that all the state of ficers will give in their salary in come for taxation. Treasurer Lacy said that the attorney gen eral g views as to the salaries of state officers was not held by the stnte officers, and that, their purpose was tolist their salaries A nice line of visiting cards at The Hf.kald ofiice.