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HI)t Smitljficlii lierali, price oke dollar per tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.' single copies five centr. VOL. 23. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1904. NO. 11. STEADILY JAPANESE ADVANCE. Have Destroyed Fifty Miles ot the Siberian Railroad North of Kin-Chou. St. Petersburg, May l(i, p. in.?The Japanese evidently are determined that there shall not be any further rail communi cation between General Kuropat kin and Port Arthur. Official advices received to-day by the general staff sav the Japanese have destroyed fifty miles of the railroad north of Kin-Chou. No resistance was made by the Russians, who are gradually abandoning it. On the Japanese approach, Colonel Spiridorof, of the Amur railroad battalion, is seeking to render the railroad as useless as posible to th8 enemy by removing the switches and otherwise disabling the road. The Russians are retiring because of the approach of the Japanese columns sent westward by Gen eral Kuroki immediately after the occupation of Feng-Wang Cheng. Experts who discussed the military situation to-day ex pressed the opinion that General Kuropatkin will not remain at Eiao-Yang. Their view seems to be borne out by reports from Liao-Yang announcing the de parture of Russian families from that point. It is said that (reueral kuropat kiii is not at all discouraged by the advance of the Japanese. Telegrams received here to-day from Liao-Yang report him as being "Perfectly satisfied" with the outlook. It was announced to-day that the Tenth and Seventeenth army corps will leave May 18th for Manchuria. This force includes the Orenburg division of Cossacks and artillery armed with the new model rapid-fire field guns. Col. Worthington Dead Hanover, X. H., May 14 ?Col. Denison Worthington, of .North Carolina, died here this morning, at tfie home of his daughter, the i wife of Dr. Ilorne, of Dartmouth College, after a long spell of sickness. He had made many friends here, who esteemed him highly for his many noble traits of character. Though having been hers for some time he never failed to speak out for the South, to whose cause he had given valiant service as a Confederate . soldjer. Col. Denison Worthington was a man will known in XorthCaro liua. and had taken a prominent and leading part in the political life of the State He was a good man, a jurist of ability, an elo quent speaker and a gifted writer, being the author of "The Proken Sword," a story of the civil war. On many Confederate Memorial days his burning elo quence has moved many to tears and renewed afresh the love of men for the South and its cause. His death will be heard of with deep regret by a host of friends. ?News and Observer. Sorrow is Felt In Johnston. Mr. E. O. Smithdeal wrote as follows yesterday from Smith field: ".Much grief is felt in this com munity over the recent death of Mr. It. M. Furmau, who has so long and so ably edited The Morning Post. We alwavs feel a sense of loneliness and desertion when we see men of such strength and influence over the public mind bid us farewell. "Avery, the talented young Lycldos of the west, is dead; and now comes the call for one whose energies had always borne fruit in the life of this people, and whose high ideal of life was such as to attract, from year to year, a large audience to hear and love him. * * * In the death of Mr. Furman, the battle-scarred veteran, we exclaim with Milton: " 'But, oh! the heavy change, Now thou art gone, Now thou art gone, and never must return.' " ?Sunday's Poet. O K Stoves, Smithfleld Hdw. Uo. Lawyers File Answer In Contempt Case Lumberton, N. C., May 10.? Court convened at 12:15 o'clock p. m., iu pursuance of an order made at Favetteville on Satur day, to continue the hearing of the contempt case. The respondents were repres ented by Messrs. C. W. Tillet, C. M. Husbee, J. 1). Shaw, Jr., Robinson and Shaw and IJ. L. Spence. A motion was made by respondents to dismiss, on the ground that at this time the court has no power to hear the proceeding, which has been dis continued. The motion was overruled, to which ruliLg res pondents excepted. The respon dents further moved that they be not required to answer, or do anything whatever in regard to these proceedings, as this court has at the present time no power whatever to take action in this matter. This motion was also overruled, and respondents ex cepted. The respondents further moved to dismiss, on thegrounds that the affidavit of J. A. Parker, on which this action was brought, does not purport to have been made by any one having actual knowhdge of the facts therein; that said affidavit is made solely on information and belief; that said affidavit does not state facts on its face sufficient to con ufitiitp pnntairmt f?r tn instifv *? r v J j j proceedings for contempt. The motion was overruled, and res pondents excepted. The answer was duly filed, and its reading waived. Un the affi davit of respondents, a motion was made for removal, which motion was overruled, and the respondents excepted. I he court then offered to re move the causes to Cumberland, flarnettor Johnston, and sub mit all the issues to the jury should respondents agree, that it such motion was taken, Judge f'eebles should hear the cause The couusel for respondents agreed to removal to any county in the district, except Cumber land, the case to be tried by some other judge. The court expressed its pur pose to reserve the right, with the consent of the respondents to chauue the above rule, and secure some other judge to hear the case, should he see lit. Pend ing their action, court adjourned until '?'< p. m. At it p. tu., court ivasconvened, counsel asked the court to rule which of the affidavits would be admitted, as the respondents' were unwilling to Hie any which were not pertinent. The court :ieclmed to so rule, but agreed that respondents should have the opportunity of withdrawing any or all of such affidavits at the time set for the regular hear iug. At that time, opportunity should be given them to Hie affi Javits in rebuttal of any which he might tile. Referring to the charge of irunkenness, Judge Peebles de clared that no one ever saw him drunk, except once, and that was when he was seveuteen years of age. He characterizes the answer of respondents in regard to the Haywood case aS vague and indefinite, and not in ac cordance with the instructionsj which he had given, as to the way in which such answer was to | be made. The court ordered the follow ing record to be made: On the court docket, in re, N. A. Mc Lean, etc., in the matter of con tempt, the case was called to lay at 12:15, in pursuance of re moval of the case from Cumber land county to Robeson county. After the overruling of the divers motions, the originals of which were tiled with papers and copies ol same, respondents filed answer and thirty-three affidavits. Five days are allowed to file addition al affidavits or to mail by regis tered letter or express to II. B. Peebles, judge, at his home in Jackson, and no affidavit will be considered thereafter, except as may be in rebuttal or reply to respondents. The case is con tinued to be heard on Thursday, May the 20th, in Lumberton court house, Lumberton.?Wil mington Messenger. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Santa Cruz, Cal., May 17.?By j a majority of 19 votes the Demo crats ? State convention tonight instructed the delegation to the national convention at St. Louis I to vote for Congressman W. R.1 Hearst for president. Geneva, Switzerland, May 14. j ? The Gazette De Lausanne has received a telegram from Bitlis. Asiatic Turkey, confirming the reports of fighting bet ween Turks and Armenians. According to! these advices about 700 Turks and 900 Armenians were killed. New York, May 16.?The Standard Oil Company, of New Jersey today declared a dividend of eight dollars per share paya ble .June lilth. This compared with the dividend of seven dol lars for the same period last year. Including the dividend , declared today the company has declared twenty-four dollars in dividends on each share this , year. Washington, May 13.?It is stated in Washington tonight, J, j upon what is claimed to be , authentic information, that Con gressman Bitt has not only been | decided vpon as the choice of the Republicans for the office of vice- i president, but that the Illinois statesman has virtually agreed to become the running mate of I Roosevelt in the coming cam- I naitrn. Augusta, Ga., May 15.? Charley Cummiugs, a iiegro, 19 years old, was taken from jail at Appling, 20 miles from Augusta, shortly after 12 o'clock this morning and lynched by a mob of 75 to 100 masked men. Early last week Cummings entered the1 room of a young lady living near Appling and attacked her. She managed to cry out and Cum mings lied. New York, May 14.?Siguor Marconi announced today on his arrival on the Cuuarder Campania that he had succeeded while coming across in transmit ting wireless messages a distance of 1700 miles. As this is mere than half the distance across the Atlantic it means that messages can be received either from one side or the other during an en tire voyage. , Chicago, May 15.?Hoys in pursuit of pigeons to-day dis covered the body of a man hang ing in the belfry of Immanuel Baptist Church, one of the swell institutions of the city. He was last seen Thursday evening, and it is believed he hanged himself that night. 1 le has been employed by the church people, and gave his name as .lames McCready, but investigation at the address given showed that no such person was known there. Washington, It. C., May 14.? <? No matter who is nominated by the Democratic National Con vention for President, William Randolph Hearst will support him. This announcement he to day authorized the Washington Ur\uf m n bn tnt? lit tn linnjuiStt a 1 imu llVi I1K1AC 1V7 I 11 I Li 1 UlICi | 'I 1 v V/ cully, lie ridiculed a story sent from Albany that he and Mr. ] Bryan, Arthur Brisbane. Weaver, of Iowa, and others were plan- * ning a huge bolt and the forma- J tion of a new party. He said he j had .been making his fight for j the nomination in the name of ( progressive Democracy, but his | fight had been within party lines , and would continue to be so. ( Whatever the result, he intended personally and through his news- j papers to support the regular ticket. Blew up Jap War Ship. Tokyo, May 16.?The attempt of Admiral Kataoka to clear out 1 the Russian mines off I'ortDalnv has been attended by the loss of two war ships, the only losses sustained by the Japanese navy since the beginning of the war. The destruction of torpedo boat No. 48 on May 12 was followed last evening bv the blowing up of the unarmored cruiser Miyako, which struck a mine and sunk in 22 minutes. Two men were kill ed and 22 wounded. The re mainder of the crew wer? rescued, i STATE NEWS NOTES. The Republicans of the Seventh district have nominated H. F. Sea well for Congress. The temperance forces won by three majority in the local option election in Newport Tuesday. C. A. Reynolds has been unani mously nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Fifth district. At the Republican convention at Newton Tuesday J. F. Newell was nominated for congress in the Ninth district. Will Flowers ar.d Tom Xlassey, both negroes, got into an affray at Angier Tuesday, fn the melee Flowers shot and killed Xlassey and then made his escape. The XIates Beverly fertilizer Company of Baltimore with a captial of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars has decided to locate its manufacturing plantin Salisbury. Chief of Police Gray, of High Point, killed Joe Jackson Tues day afternoon. Jackson was drunk and grappled Gray and tried to take his pistol away [rom him. The Republican county con vention of Cumberland county. North Carolina, the other day, forrnerlly suggested that the Re publican National ticket should be made up of Theodore Roose velt for President and Jeter C. I'ritchard, of North Carolina, for Vice-President. Thecom mittee of arrangemen ts have closed a contract for Ban ner warehouse as the place for holding the Democratic state convention June 2-'5rd at Greens boro. The building will be sup plied with chairs and seats for five thousand people and num bers of electric fans will be dis tributed all over the place which will be well ventilated and fitted up with all conveniences for the comtort of the delegates and and others who will be present. Circled in flame. Prof. Antoine ?5. Dauton, the Hungarian high liver, one of the attractions of the carnival here last week, on Thursday night shot downward !rom the little platform at the top of his 110-foot ladder into he tank of water and lambent ire below, but, in doing so he uade a slight miscalculation, nis head and shoulders coming n contact with t he side of the :ank with such violence that he was made unconscious and re named in that condition until ue died on Friday evening about r o'clock.?Goldsboro Headlight. Republicans Name a Ticket. Greensboro, N. C., May 18.? fheRepu tilican State convention, nresided over by District Attor ney A. K. Holtou, at . seven n'clock completed the nomina tions of the State ticket as fol ows: n _ ru 1 . r it ? uoveruor, i uanes .1. narns, 01 Jackson county; Lieutenant jovernor, Isaac M. Meekins, of Pasquotank; Attorney General, VV. H. Yarborough. of Franklin; Secretary of State, J. J. Jenkins, of Chatham; Treasurer, C. G. bailey, of Davie; Auditor, Frank Einney. of Watauga; Superinten Jent of Public Instruction, C. P. Eraxier, of Guilford; Corpora tion Commissioner, 1). H. Abbott, of Pamlico; Commissioner of \griculture, W. R. Dixon, of Graven; Labor Commissioner, J. V. Hamrick, of Cleveland. Judges Supreme Court, It. M. Douglass, of Guilford; W. A. Montgomery, of Warren. Electors State at large: J. J. Britt, of Buncombe; R.Z. Linney, of Alexander. Delegates to national conven tion: Thomas S, Rollins, E. S. Blackburn, E. C. Duncan, B. F. Mebane. Alternates, R. H. Mc Neill, Claudius Dockery, Mark Brown, H. L. Grant. The nominee for Governor is a wealthy leather manufacture and miner of the mountin district, aged fifty, who came to the State Irom Minnesota eighteen years ago and is a member of the ReeBe Harris Tanning Company. Selma Graded School Close. The commencement exercises of the Selma Graded School were held in the opera house on last Wednesday and Thursday nights. Large crowds from Smithfield, Clayton and the surrounding country were in attendance, and, from ail the reports that have been heard, the people were well pleased with the closing exercises and the address by Hon. 10. VV l'ou. On Wednesday night Miss Mass and her music class rendered an interesting program, which show ed that her pupils, though none are very far advanced, had re ceived good instruction and had made marked improvement since their last appearance before the public. At the end of this pro gram Mr. Charls U. Harris pre sented two prizes, which were awarded to Misses Annie Noble and Florence Johnson for receiv ing the largest number of good lesson cards during the rear. Following the delivery of the prizes, Mr. Mrannock, the super intendent of the school, in a beautiful and appreciative way, introduced Hon. E. W. l'ou as the speaker of the evening. Mr. Pou's address was beautiful, thoughtful and inspiring, and admirably suited to the audience and the occasion. It was more over delivered with a simplicity, [ eloquence and moral earnestness that gave all the impression that standing before them was a man of high moral and intellectual power. After Mr. I'ou's address the stage was cleared and the audi ence entertained by a patriotic zobo drill. In this drill were six teen children dressed in beautiful red, white and blue suits,and each carrying a Hag and a zobo. Ac companied by Miss Bass on the I piano the children, while march ing in numerous beautiful figures, played almost every natiouaUiir on their zobos, finally stopping with "My Country, 'tis of Thee," and forming in a beautiful semi circle with the boys holding their Hags over tjie girls, while a mag nesium light was thrown over the tableaux and a quartette be hind the curtain sangournation al hymn. This drill, which was gotten up principally by Mrs. Ashworth, was pronounced the finest thing of its kind ever seen in Selma. The program for Thursday night was principally the per formance of "Bibi." the spectac ular musical comedy of Charles Barnard. In this play were twelve main characters, all of whom acquitted themselves with credit, aud thirty-five or forty children in the Maypole dance, j flower, paper dolly and letter block drills. Everything passed off beautifully and there have! been many expressions of praise heard since the entertainment was given. A great many want the program repeated because on account of the immense crowd Wednesday night some could not hear. IS A 1 i t l 1 rour students compiereu tne course this year and were award ed diplomas. They were Willie Francis Creech, James Samuel Mitchener. Annie Stephens Noble and Keulah Robertson. The majority of them will go to col lege this fall. We had the largest crowd we, ever had and all would have en joyed it if the ladies had only left their big hats at home, it is im possible for any one behind one of those big hats to see, and no matter how pretty a lady's hat is before the show ends the party behind it thinks a ten cent straw looks just as nice as it does. Can't the ladies be prevailed on to leave them at home the next time they go to a commencement. Also can't the young boy be per suaded to find out when to clap his hands. Did any of your readers ever look at a young fel low who had been clapping his hands and see as helooks around proud {of the fact that he has made a noise, what a simple grin he has on his face? If not, just keep a look out the next time you go to a commencement or any other entertainment where I he is allowed to clap his hands. BENSON BUDGET. Miss Bessie Johnson is visiting at Dunn this week. Mr. W.J. Boon is spending a few days with his parents. There will be a picnic at J. I). Farrish's pond tomorrow. Dr. Claude Johnson has return ed and will locate here as a dent ist. .Mrs. Ksrom Johnson left to day for her home in the Spilona section. Mr. A. L. Barefoot will take his wife to Italeigh tomorrow for treatment. The meeting closed Sunday nijrht at the Baptist church with nine additions. Mr. David Gower, of the Clay ton tection, was in town a day or two last week. Miss Sallie Whittenton, of Har nett county, is visiting her brother, Mr. J. W. Whittenton. Miss El.en Eldridge, of the Newton Grove section, has been visiting the family of Mr. W. A. Hose, Mrs. Phebe Royal, of Bellfield, Ya., is here on a two week's visit among her many relatives and old friends. Something vary unusual on our streets Tuesday?Seth Allen was seen smiling. A bab}' boy at bis home. The funeral of William Cana da.}', father of I'rof. .1. P. Cana day, was preachsd by Kev. Han nibal Jeruigan at the Free Will baptist church Sunday evening. A very large congregation was present. He was buried at the Benson cemetery. Mr. Joseph Smith and Miss Susan Jones were married Wed nesday night, N. T. Ryals, J. P., officiating. Mr. Smith is a son of Mr. I J Smith, of near Ben son. The bride is a daughter of our townsman, Mr. J. W. Jones. We hope for the young couple a long life of happiness and com fort. SELMA NEWS. Mr. M. C. Winston went to Raleigh Monday on business. Nine houses at the cotton mills have been framed and the build ers are now putting on the \ sleepers. Rural Free Delivery route No. 4 from Selma was put on last Monday. Mr. Thos. G. Creech is .he carrier now. Mrs. Ashley Home, of Claykon, spent Monday and Tuesday in our town the guest of Mrs. Moses C. Winston. Mr. Charles U. Harris went to Lumberton to be present at "contempt" hearing before Judge Peebles. He returned Tuesday morning. I I? I VnKlo loft \\'/wl nnad n tt u i. ii *t . iiuwic irii. ?? ruurouaj for Atlanta, Georgia, to attend the annual meeting of the As sociation of Surgeons of the Southern Railway Company. Mrs. J. YV. Vick has returned from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Alex. Martin, of Suminer ville, S. C., who came back with her. Mr. Geo. I). \rick came down Saturday to be -nth his mother and sister Sunday. A Sure Thing. It is said that nothing is sure except death and taxes, but that is not altogether true. I >r. King's New Discovery for Con sumption is a sure cure for all lung and throat troubles. Thous ands can testify to that. Mrs. C. 11. Y'an.Metre oLShepherdtowu, YV. Y'a , says "1 had asevyre case of Bronchitis and for ayear tried everything I heard of. but got no relief. One bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery then cured me absolutely." It's infallible for Croup, Yvhooping Cough, Grip, Pneumonia and Consumption. Try it. It's guaranteed by Hood Bros., Druggists. Trial bottle free. 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