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VOL. 2<). * SMITHFIELD, N. C.,FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1901. NO.31.
GENERAL NEWS.
A Partial List of the Week's Hap
penings Throughout the
Country.
Snow fell for a few seconds Sun
day at Newport. R. I.
Gov. W. Murray Crane has been
renominated by the Massachu
setts Republicans.
Miss Helen Long, daughter of
Secretary of the Navy Long,died
in Hingham, Mass., Friday.
Two men were killed 011 the
Southern Railway at White Fine,
Tenn., Sunday by a collision.
Mrs. J. A. Witwer is under ar
rest in Dayton, Ohio, suspected
of having committed 15 murders!
The monster steamship Siberia,
for the Pacific Mail Line, will be
launched at Newport News, Va.,
on October 1!).
Dispatches state that the peo
ple of Great Britain are greatly
disappointed at the defeat of
Shamrock II.
In eight years the railroads in
the south increased IT percent.
The increase in the entire coun
try is but 11.2.
The agricultural commissioner
of Texas estimates the cotton
crop of the State at 800,000 bales
Jess than last year.
Hester's weekly statement of
the cotton movement shows a
falling off of 78,000 bales from
the movement the same week last
year.
r our men were killed and tour
others wounded in a tijjjht be
tween the Morgans, of Virginia,
and Chadwelts, of Tennessee,
Monday.
The Democratic State Conven
tion of Massachusetts has placed
a full ticket in nomination, head
ed by Josiah Quincy, of Roston,
for Governor.
It is probable that the Sham
rock will be laid up in New York
until next year, with the hope of
again racing the Columbia for
the America's cup.
It is announced that Senator
Tilman's only eye, for which some
fear was felt recently, because of
its injury from a hot cinder get
ting in it, is now all right.
Twenty buildings at Tampa,
Fla., were burned Friday. The
fire started in a cigar factory.
The loss is $200,000. It is sup
posed to be of incendiary origin.
Nearly two hundred resident
and out of town tobacconists
participated in the organization
of the National Tobacco Asso
ciation at Richmond, Va., Thurs
day.
Dun & Co. report business fail
ures for past nine months num
bering 8,144 with liabilities of
#07,856,41(1 against 7,805 and
#133,234,088 for fame time in
1900.
This fall nine states will hold
state elections. They are Massa
chusetts. New Jersey, Rhode Is
land, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Virginia, Ofiio, Iowa and Ne
braska.
Almost all the leading British
tobacco manufacturers have
signed an agreement preliminary
to forming a combination with a
view of combatting American
competition.
President Roosevelt's cabinet
has decided to send the govern
ment exhibits at Buffalo to the
Charleston exposition just as
soon as the Buffalo exposition
closes, November 1st.
Tammany Hall has ratified the
action of the city committee in
selecting Edward M. Shepard,
William J. Ladd, Jr., and Judge
George M. Vanhosen as the party
candidates for mayor, comp
troller and president of the board
of aldermen, respectively* of
Greater New York.
In Pavlouka, a town of 4,000
inhabitants, 120 miles from
Kharkoff, Russia, a quarrel be
tween Stundiste and Orthodox
church j>eople led to a free fight.
The Russian church was wrecked.
Eighty people were killed. The
police were powerless and troops
were sent from Kharkoff to re
store order. The Russian priests
escaped with the more valuable
sacred images and altar vessels.
Texas oil is working its way
northward. Several large manu
facturing plants in New York city
are preparing to use it for fuel
instead of coal. They can get it
for 00 cents a barrel, including
freight charges.
Gen. Alger, ex-secretary of war,
has written a book on the Span
ish-American war. In it he criti
cizes Sampson and attacks Gen.
Miles very severely in connection
with the latter's charges about
rotten and embalmed beef.
Gov.-General Wood has dis
solved the Cuban constitutional
convention, with the understand
ing that if its services are again
desired he w ill issue the necessary
call. It is said that among the
business people of Cuba sentiment
is very strong in favor of annexa
tion by the United States.
The report of Thomas Fitchil,
Commissioner of Immigration at
New York, shows that the num
ber of aliens arrived at the port
of New York during the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1901, was
-t.r>3,49(j. There were also 133,
056 citizens of the United States
who arrived from abroad.
State Superintendent of Prisons
Collins has given orders that
Czolgosz, the murderer of Presi
dent McKinley, must be the sub
ject of no notoriety while in Au
burn prison awaiting electrocu
tion. He must not be seen and
visitors must not be permitted
to-enter any part of the prison
where knowledge might be gained
of his location.
President Seth Low delivered
his farewell address to the officers
and students of Columbia 1'ni
versity Monday 011 the occasion
of the opening of the 148th aca
demic year of that institution.
The trustees accepted Mr. Low's
resignation and Nicholas Murray
Butler, professor of philosophy
and education was selected as
temporary president of the uni
versity.
Educational Day at Kenly Academy.
Special to The Herald.
Kenlv, Oct. 7.?Last Thursday
was the occasion of great educa
tional enthusiasm in our little
town. For ten days everybody
had been talking of the expected
visit of Dr. F. 1'. Venable, the
able president of our State I'ni
versity. A large audience, there
fore. greeted this distinguished
gentleman and th'ose present
speak in highest terms of his
practical address. His subject
was '"The Pressing Needs of North
Carolina." Some of his sayings
which impressed people are:
"I am not ashamed of North
Carolina, but 1 reluctanly ac
knowledge her position at the foot
of the illiteracy calendar."
"One trulv broadly educated
?man is worth more to a commu
nity than all the cotton facto
ries."
"The best twenty-three years
of my life have been given to the
good of North Carolina when 1
: could have made more money
elswhere;and 1 expect tocontinue
to live for her educational wel
fare."
"Our money is gding away
from us, because we are unedu
cated."
"North Carolina used to be
spoken of as the something in
between Georgia and Virginia,
but today the most hopeful thing
in the South isthe futureof North
Carolina."
"Schools educate better than
the ordinary rubbing of a man
against his fellows."
"Were it not for the University,
religious toleration and freedom
of thought would rapidly t>ecome
extinct."
In the evening at 3 o'clock the
Fremont-Goldsboro-- Princeton
Black Creek-Wilson, etc., base
ball mixture tried conclusions
with our boys. The game
throughout was characterized by
kicking. In the eight inning,
with the game in Kenly's hands,
the visitors left the grounds,
thus forfeiting the game they
would surley have lost.
At night the Thalian Literary
Society of the academy gave
"An Evening with Longfellow."
T1 is admirable concert elicited
the or se and commendation of
Jul.
STATE NEWS.
Short Items ot Interest Limped ana
Lulled From Our State
Exchanges.
1 >r. C.vrus Thompson is ap
pointed chief clerk in the Internal
Revenue office at Raleigh.
Mr. O. J. Carroll, of Raleigh,
N. C., at one time owner of the
Carrollton Hotel, in that city,
but latterly a travelling sales
man of the Craddock Terry Shoe
Company, of Lynchburg, Va.,
died at Morehead City Friday
morning from an over-dose of
chloral.
At the National River and Har
bor Congress, which is in session
in Baltimore, North Carolina is
represented by Mr. 11. G. Small
wood, of Wilmington, and Mr.
10. J. Hale, of Fayetteville. Mr.
10. J. Hale was elected a member
of the committee to prepare reso
lutions to present totheCommit
tee on Rivers and Harbors of
Congress.
Last Thursday was "Benefac
tors' Day" at Trinity College.
Bishop Hendrix delivered the an
nual address and annnounced
gifts just made agregating $81,
000, of which James Duke gives
$10,000 to buy books, Benjamin
and James I)uke lands worth
$6,800, Washington Duke $25,
000 for a central heating plant
and Benjamin Duke $25,000 for
a dormitory.
President Koosevelt is to be in
vited to Charlotte as the guest of
the Manufacturers' Club, which
this vear has had as its guests
Mr. Wu Ting Fang, Chinese Min
ister to the United States; Sena
tor McUaurin and (Jovernor Ay
cock. The club will this week
tender Mrs. Stonewall Jackson a
reception during the annual con
vention of the North Carolina
Division, United daughters of the
Confederacy.
The southbound t h rough
freight of forty cars and two en
gines was wrecked about two
miles west of Monroe Monday
morning. The train was round
ing a short curve and the first
engine jumped the track, tearing
it up and causing the other en
gine and cars to pile up in a com
plete wreck. Engineer Dickard
and a colored fireman were killed.
Both engines are entirely de
stroyed. and the cars are hope
lessly shattered.
rn 1. 1
i UM?^itwesnewfs ui ue?in? |?u
rents in locking their children in
their houses and going away on
business or pleasure causes the
loss of over .'50 lives a year in
this State, on an average. Near
Clinton Friday four little chil
dren were thus left by their moth- j
er. While she was visiting a
neigbor the house was burned,
and when she returned only the
charred trunks were left in the
ashes of the home, legs, heads
and arms having been consumed.
Died Suddenly, A?ed 84.
Mr. Joseph Bell, living near
Emit in O'Neals township, died
Sunday morning. He was eighty
four years old with prospects of
living longer. Sunday morning
he remarked to his wife that it
was time to get up. He got out
of bed and walked to the fire>
place and stooping down to kin
ale the fire fell aead. There were
live coals in the fire place and he;
was slightly burned before help
reached him. but it is not thought
that this had anything to do
with his death.
Last summer he made a pro
fession of religion and joined
Watkin's Chapel Methodist
church.
Fields Tomlinson.
This wedding card has been
received by friends: Mr. and
Mrs. C. R. Tomlinson requests
the honor of your presence at the
marriage of their daughter,
Susan Caroline, to Mr. I)e I^eon
Malcom Fields, Wednesday eve
ning, October lGth, 15)01,'at ten
o'clock. Disciple Church Church,
Wilson's Mills, North Carolina.
At home La Grange, North
I Carolina, October 24,1901.
THE SCHLEY INQUIRY.
The Investigation Drags on?The
Navy Department's Case About
Made Out.
Lieut. Commander Hodgson,
formerly navigator of the Brook
lyn, testified before the Schley
court of inquiry Monday that
Commodore Schley never said,
" We are too neartheSpaniards;"
that the turn of the Brooklyn
wa? complete and uubroken and
covered only the distance neces
sary to make it; tliut any one
who said that the Brooklyn went
2,000 yards to the south away
from the Spanish battle line was
mistaken, and that Commodore
Schley's bearing during the battle
was that of a commander-in
chief. lie described the battle of
Santiago and said that when the
Brooklyn was confronting the
Spanish ships the Oregon sud
denly forged through t lie smoke,
whereupon Capt. Cook exclaimed,
"God bless the Oregon."
Capt. Kolger, formerly com
mander of the New Orleans, which
ship participated in the attack
on the Colon, said that the bom
bardment, as an effort to develop
the strength of the shore Batte
ries, was eminently successful;
that the batteries proved to be
weak and that he knew of no
reason why the souadron could
not have gone in farther, al
though two or three shells fell
around the ships. He said that
the squadron patrolled closer to
the shore by night than by day.
Lieut. Dyson, of the Bureau of
Steam Engineering, gave addi
tional figures regarding the coal
supply of the non-fighting ships
of Schley's squadron.
During the day Admiral Dewey
repeatedly warned the Navy De
partment counsel to restrict
themselves to the domain of facts.
Lieut. Mark L. Bristol, who
was an ensign 011 the Texas dur
ing the war with Spain, and tin*
youngest naval officer yet before
tfie Schley court of inquiry, pre
sented Tuesday a chart made by
himself after the battle, showing
the positions of the ships. This
chart was quickly shown to be
without value, save for the posi
tion of the ships while lying 011
blockade before the Spanish ships
came out of the harbor. Lieut.
Bristol testified that on the day
of the battle the Texas ran at a
speed of sixteen knots an hour
while chasing the Colon; that
there was no blockade of Cien
fuegos; that the ships were out
farther at night than during the
day, and sustained the depart
ment's precept on every possible
point. When confronted with the
tact that his testimony differed
from that given by other officers,
he very promptly stated that
they were wrong. When his dist
ances differed from the ranges
given by the stadimeter, he as
serted that that instrument was
inaccurate.
n <- W \l TA _ 1 A . 1
oupt. v*. ai. roiger lesuneu
that he suggested to Commodore
Schley a circular blockade at
Santiago, but that his sugges
tion was not heeded.
Lieut. Dyson testified that the
engines of the Brooklyn were un
coupled on the morning of the
battle and remained in that con
dition until after the Colon sur
renderee!. He admitted, on cross
examination, that the New York's
engines were also uncoupled.
Commander Wainwright,senior
member of the board that plot ted
the position of the ships on July
3, testified that although all the
navigators signed the report, not
one of them believed it to be ac
curate.
Lieut. Commander Templin M.
Potts, formerly a lieutenant up
on the Massachusetts, testified
before the Schley court of inquiry
Wednesday that when Commo
dore Schley was upon that vessel
during the bombardment of the
Colon his manner was that of a
man under great mental excite
ment, who had a disagreeable
duty to perform and did it re
luctantly; that Schley remarked
that white uniforms were con
spicuous objects, and then went
to the lee or sheltered side of \he
conning tower.
Hear Admiral Henry C. Taylor
formerly commander of the Iowa
testified that he only saw the
Brooklyn twice during the battle j
of Santiago, but thf^t on both
occasions, the Brooklyn was
headed for the south, away from
the Spanish line of bat le. A sig
nal fromjAdmiral Sampson ask
ing Admiral Tayloa to accom-,
pany him to Sibony on the morn
ing of the battle, an invitation
winch was declined, w is offered
by Mr. Kayner, but was objected,
tj? by Judge Advocate Leibly.
The question of its admission
will be discussed at later stage of
the proceedings.
Lieut. E. L. Lieper, formerly of
the New Orleans, gave cumula
tive testimony as to the bom
bardment of the Colon.
Lieut. Mark L. Bristol, who was
again on the stand, when shown
that his testimony and chart
were at variance with Secretary
Long, Commodore Schley, Admi
ral Taylor, and other offiw rs,
insisted that he was right.
Rural Free Delivery.
To Tin: Editok:?So many in
quiries are being made relative
to the status of Rural Free Deliv
ery in thisdistrict that I ani con
strained to ask the use of your
columns for a brief statement.
Special agent YV. A. Barr, while
in this district made favorable
reports upon the establishment
of fourteen routes, distributed as
follows:
Chatham, 1 Iioute
Randolph, 1 "
Johnston, 1 "
Wake, (> Routes
Franklin, 2 "
Vance, 3 "
Carriers have been appointed
and bonded for these routes and
nothing now remains but for the
Department to order them put
into operation, -lust when this
will be it is impossible to tell, but
the Department has notified me
that "early and favorable" ac
tion will be taken upon there
ports made by Mr. Barr. It is
hoped that these routes will be
put in operation by the 1st of
December.
In addition to the above there
are t hirty petitions on file asking
for the establishment of Rural
Routes. Most of these petitions
have been but recently sent in.
Petitions are pouring into the
Department at the rate of eight
hundred per month and there
are only fifty agentsin the United
States to make investigations.
It requires the work of one agent
three days to lay off a single
route and prepare his map and
report. About one hurrdred
routes per week are all this force
of fifty men can establish. Mani
festly some of the routes must
wait. I he Department ih trying
however, to give every district a
per cent of the routes asked for.
When thefourteen routesabove
mentioned are "ordered in" we
will have eighteen in operation in
this district, and for a time it
w ould seem we ought not to com
plain of the treatment accorded
us bv the Department. Every
thing is being done to secure the
establishment of these additional
thirty routes as soon as possible,
but it may require six or even
twelve months to investigate all
' of them. Eventually I think we
can secure the establishment of
nearly every one of them, and I
hope the day is not far distant
1 when the most remote parts of
our district will lie supplied with
daily mail. This is a large un
dertaking however which will re
quire botli patience and persist
' ence.
Respectfully,
Edwakd W. Pot!.
Smithfleld, N. C., Oct. 9,1901.
Death Near Clayton.
Wednesday, October 2nd, Mrs.
J. C. Hardy died after three
I week's sickness. Her funeral was
? preached Thursday evening at
Baptist Centre church where she
had been a member twenty-two
? years. Rev. J. W. Suttle preach
ed the funeral. She Was buried
I at the Boon burying ground.
She was a daughter of Mr. J. H.
: Boon, of Benson, and leaves a
? husband and two children.
, A car fresh flour received this
, .week. W. M. Sanders.
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.
Items ot General Interest From the
Nation's Capital City.
. President. Roosevelt Monday
appointed ex-Governor Thomas
Goode Jones, of Alabama, to be
United States District Judge of
the Middle and Northern District
of Alabama, to till the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge
John 15 uce Ex-Governor Jones
has always lieen a Democrat
and was twice (Ihief Executive of
his State. In 189(5, as a gold
Democrat, he supported Palmer
and Ruckner. It is understood
that Booker T. Washinington,
the well-known negro educator,
was one of ex-Governor Jones'
supporters.
President Roosevelt for the
first time since he has been in the
White House received Tuesday
the accredited envoy of a foreign
Government. The diplomat who
presented his credentials was
Senor Garcia Morou, the newly
appointed representative of Ar
gentina. Mr. Morou referred to
the deep sympathy felt in Argen
tina at the death of Mr. McKin
ley and to the friendly character
of the political and commercial
relations which exist between the
Republic of North and the Re
public of South America.
President Roosevelt Monday
touched a button in the White
House which set in motion the
Gj-aud Stand Carnival at Rich
mond, Va.
There has been no surrender
by England to the United States
in regard to the new Isthmian
Canal treaty, according to the
best authority here. It is said
to be equally true that the United
States has sacrificed no principle
in the negotiations. The effect
of contrary statements is depre
cated as likely to jeopardize the
chances of the consummation for
the agreement which shall finally
and peacefully and settle an issue
that has been a source of danger
50 years. It is'said that what
has actually happened is that
each side has preserved theunder
! lying principle of the Clayton
Buhver treaty and the new con
vention will provide for a water
way neutral at all times and
open to the commerce of the
world. The Clayton- Bulwer
treaty, drawn half acentury ago,
has proved to be defective in
mechanism for giving effect to
this purpose. The new treaty
provides this mechanism. Eng
land is relieved from the guaran
I tee, which, in her case, was only
troublesome, and which, being
assumed by the United States in
toto, is just as effective.
Only four members of the Cabi
net attended the Cabinet meeting
Tuesday, Secretaries Hay, Root,
Long, and Gage being absent
from the city. Those present
were Attorney Genera! Knox.
Postmaster General Smith, and
Secretaries Hitchcock and Wil
son. Nothing important devel
oped at the meeting. The Presi
dent talked over the w*rk of the
various departments with his
advisers. He has begun already
the preparation of his message
to Congress and desires to fam
iliarize himself with all the ques
tions pending in the departments.
Married.
At the home of the bride's fath
er, Mr. William Austin in Clay
ton township, Mr. S. A. Godwin
and Miss Effie Austin were mar
ried Wednesday evening at 3
o'clock, Rev. J. W. Suttle offici
ating. They were married in the
presence of quite a number of
friends and relatives. After the
marriage a supper was served at
the home of Mr. Ellis Godwin,
father of the groom. They will
make their home at Wilson's
Mills.
Mr. Joseph (1. Smith and Mr.
R. F. Smith have formed the
Benson Organ Co. and have
taken the agency for the Estey
Organ. There is no better organ
made than these. Thev can tie
, seen by calling at R. h. Smith's
Furniture Store, Benson, N. C.
i Try our yellow meal for fetal
: only if 1,3a per sack. Pkkmn Bros.