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fpje JlmitljfMft flefaljb* price one dollar per year. "TRUE TO OURSELVES. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." single copies five cents. VOL. 24. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 24. 1905. NO. H GEN. KUROPATKIN DISGRACED. Bitter Imperial Order Dismisses | Him From the Army and Names , General Linevltch His I Successor 1 St. Petersburg, March 17.? ' With the Japanese hanging on 1 the heels and Hanks of the rem- ( nants of the defeated Russian ( army. General Kuropatkin the J old idol of the private soldier has j' been dismissed and disgraced i and General Linevitch, comman der of the first army is appointed to succeed him in command of all the Russian land and sea forces operating against Japan, j The word "disgrace" is written j in large letters in the laconic im perial order gazetted which con tains not a single word of praise and also disposes of the rumor that Kuropatkin had asked to be relieved. The Russian mili- { tary annals contain no more: oitter imperial rebuke. It trans- j pires that Emperor Nicholas, [ upon the advice of General Pragomiroff and War Minister Sakharoff, determined that thel step was necessary when it be-1 came apparent yesterday morn ing that Kuropatkin, while con- j centrating for a stand at Tie Pass seemed unaware that the Japanese had worked around westward again and practically allowed himself to be surprised, j Old reports brought by General j Gripenberg regarding Kuropat kin's failing mentality also had influence. Under the circum- j stances therefore it was consider ed imperative, in view of the ex- J ceedingly perilous position of the army, to turn over its com- j mand to Linevitch who alone; had been able to bring off his i army in order after the battle of Mukden. Hie record during the Chinese' war had also demonstrated his capacity as a commander. Kuro Eat kin will return to St. Peters- i urg forthwith. The task con fided to Linevitch of withdraw ing what is left of the great army of- 350,000 men to Har bin is a desperate one. He is hemmed in on all sides, and a comsummation of the Mukden disaster is feared. Prominent Russians Urge Peace. St. Petersburg, March 20.? While Emperor Nicholas, whose word is final, still declines to abandon the prosecution of the war, and the government main tains its ability to continue the conflict it can be authoritatively stated that powerful influences, including several of the Emper or's own ministers are now strongly urging that time has come to indicate to Japan Rus sia's desire for peace upon a reasonable basis. Should Japan then attempt to impose too on erous conditions, these influen ces argue that in view of the uni versal wish to see the bloody conflict ended Russia's posi tion will be strengthened abroad by the alienation of sympathy from Japan, and the situation at home improved when the nation is made to understand that the Emperor's pacific proposals have been met with impossible terms. Mount Vesuvius is throwing out burning lava, red hot stones and a high column of smoke, while detonations are heard at long distance. The eruption is attributed to an earthquake, which was felt for eight miles. Strikes Hidden Rocks. When your ship, of health strikes the hidden rocks of Con sumption, Pneumonia, etc., vou are lost, if you don't get help from Pr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. J. W. McKin uon, of Talladega Springs, Ala., writes: "I had been very ill with Pneumonia, under the care of two doctors, but was getting no better when I began to take Dr. King's New Discovery. The first dose gave relief, and one bottle cured me." Sure cure for sore throat, bronchitis, coughs and colds. Guaranteeil at liood Rros. drug store, price r>0c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Thomas Mitchell Crushed to Death. Mr. Thomas Mitchell, a well known deaf and dumb farmer, ( was run over and his body hor- j ribly mangled on the railroad track between Princeton and , Pine I yevel last afternoon by the < Southern train No. 135, which , arrives here at 3:25 west bound, j The train was about thirty- j five minutes out from Goldeboro , coming this way when the acci dent occurred. As the train came t around a slight curve approach- , ing the trestle about the lib mile post Engineer Glenn, who , was at the throttle, saw a man , walking down the trestle in the , same direction that the train was running. He signaled repeatedly without attracting the attention : of the man and put on the ; emergency breaks. A passenger in speaking of the accident said that the car wheels literally eli ded on the track in responding , to the vigorous application of the emergency breaks. Despite , all this, though, the man kept on bis way without seeming to detect the approach of the train , at all. He was fairly in the mid dle of the track when the engine struck him, knocking him down rolling his body in a ball and breaking the bones of the legs, arms, back and hips; in fact, crushing nearly every bone in his body, as it passed under the engine, the tender and all the cars save the last. The mangled remains were found underneath and about midway the last car when the train was stopped and horrified trainmen and many passengers rushed to see what the fate of the poor man had been. It was not until bhis investi gation was made that the identity of the man was ascer tained. It developed that one of Mitchell's sons had seen his father from a distance on the track and had done his utmost to attract his attention and warn him of his peril, but with out avail. J. C. Oliver was also in sight of the scene and under took without avail to warn Mr. Mitchell of the approach of the train. Oliver said that Mitchell had only left his place a little while before and was at the time of his awful death, on his way home from his (Oliver's) place. Mitchell lived in a neat cottage on the hill near the railroad about three quarters of a mile from the scene of the accident. Mitchell was about 45 years old and was a prosperous and highly esteemed farmer in that section. It is a remarkable fact that the widow he leaves had been previously married to a Mr. Wilkins, and he was stabbed to death on nearly the same spot on which Mitcuell had his life crushed out under the train ? Raleigh Post, Saturday. While the people of Durham slept early Monday morning the Southern railroad laid its track along Petti grew street in front of the Durham Bull to bacco factory. Judge Peebles granted an injunction to stop the building of the track, but it is now down and being used by the road, though not quite com pleted. This is the property over which the city and the road have had much dispute. The railroad claims since the erection of the new union depot that they need this street as the new depot took the ground on which they form erly had tracks. The matter will be heard before J udge Peebles on Friday, March 24th. Startling: Mortality. Statistics show startling mor tality, from appendicitis and peritonitis. To prevent and cure these awful diseases, there is just one reliable remedy, Dr. King's New Life Pills. M Flannery, of 14 Custom House Place, Chicago, says: "They have no equal for Constipation and Biliousness." 25c. at Hood Bros , druggists. It will bring rich, red blood, Hrm flesh and muscle. That's what Hollister's ltocky Moun tain Tea will do. Taken this month, keeps you well all sum mer. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. ?A H. Boyett, Seltna Drug Co. KENLY NOTES. Dr. A. Z. Taylor, of Selma, has i opened up au office at the Palace Hotel for a few days. The Ladies' Aid Society of Eu reka will give the play entitled 'The Deacon" here at the Acad emy Friday night, March 21th, 'or the benefit of the Eureka Methodist church. Admission will be 15 and 20cts. Miss Lillian Ayres went to Wil son Tuesday to do Spring shop ping. Rev. B. E. Perkins, of Pikeville, will preach here at the Baptist church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Mr. John O. Ellington, State j Bank Examiner, was here last i Thursday and inspected the books of the Bank of Kenly. Quite a nu mber went from hi re to Lucama Friday night to at tend the music and elocution re cital given by the students of Lucama High School. The exer cises were very good and enjoyed by all present. Captaiu T. W. Tilghrnan, gen-; eral mauager of the Dennis Sim mons Lumber Company, was here Tuesday and bought thirty-five acres of land on the north side of the railroad and northeast of, town, from Mr. Stephen Watson I on which they will erect a lumber mill. They will begin making1 brick in a few days, to lay the foundations with. Prof. Holloman, of Elon Col lege, was the guest of Prof. D. J. j Sine Friday and Saturday. Mr. Hood, of Iialeigh, spent several days here this week visit ing friends and relatives. Miss Eva High visited Miss Eva Lucas at Lucama Friday and ; Saturday. Quite a number from here are planning to attend the County S. S. Convention at Princeton April 1st and 2nd. An interest-1 iug programme is being arranged j auu a very good meeting is ex pected. Mies Lillian Ayres spent Satur day and Sunday with Miss Mabel] Bo> ett. Aliss Crama Richardson, from near Sutton, spentSaturda.v and Sunday here with her sister, Airs. W. T. Bailey. Rev. Dr. R. H. Whitaker, of Raleigh, 6pent Saturday here while on his way to till his ap pointment at Buck Horn church near here, Sunday. Elders Curtis Howell, from near Goldsboro, and W. A. Benson, from near Princeton, preached at the Free Will Baptist church Sun day morning and night. Air. McNeel, of Benson, visited his daughter, Aliss .lanie McNeel, several days this week. Airs. H. F. Edgerton spent Tuesday with relatives in Smith field Alar. 22nd. Rex. Ryrd-Woodall. ()u Wednesday evening, March 15th, at 8:30 o'clock, a pretty marriage took place at the home of Mr. H. C. Woodall, when his daughter. Miss Addie, became the bride of Mr. Archie Byrd. The ceremony was performed by 'Squire j. E. Jones in the pres ence of quite a number of rela tives and friends. The attendants were: Mr. Sam Coats with Miss Ida Woodall, Mr. L. Coats with Miss Lillie Byrd, Mr. Cleveland Byrd with Miss Lettie Woodall, Mr. Dehlno Coats with Miss Sallie Byrd. The bride wore a beautiful dress of white organdie. After hearty congratulations the bridal party took a moonlight drive to the home of Mr. Lamb Byrd, the father of the groom. The writer wishes them along and happy life. A Witness. Incredible Brutality. It would have been incredible brutality if Chas. F. Lemberger, of Syracuse, N. Y., had not done the best he could for his suffering son. "My boy," he says, "cut a fearful gash over his eye, so I applied Bucklen's Arnica Salvo, which quickly healed itandsnv< <j his eye." Good for burn* and ulcers too. Only 25c. at Hood Bros, drug store. CLAYTON NOTES. Mr. R. B. Whitley, of Selma, was here on business Wednesday. Mrs. C. Nick Allen, Jr., of Uar uer, is visiting Mrs. J. A. Uritfin. I We note with pleasure the fact that Messrs. Bissett & Oneal our popular liverymen, have traded old "Moses" for a splen did horse. It will be with pleas ure that all patrons of Bissett} & Oneal learu that this old horse has beeu disposed of. Mrs. C. W. Carter served tea to the elder ladies last Thursday afternoon. Among the enter taining events of the evening, the most interesting was the ex hibition bv the genial hostess, of a tine, wool-lined, silk quilt over two hundred years old. Prof. .J. Willis, of the Selma News, was here Sunday. Mr. Marvin Ellis,of Burlington, | is spending a short while here to regain his strength after a severe attack of grippt. r i i. ? mi. uiuuuuiL/uruaui ucio ^uut; to Burlington to study tele graphy under his brother Mr.) Carson H. Durham Rev. C. W. Blanchard preached j two especially powerful sermons Sunday. His sermon in the fore noon was on Foreign Missions, I in the evening he directed his dis course especially to the Baraca and Philathia classes. Several members of the Jr. O. U. A. M. of Garner were herei Friday night to assist in the ini tiatory performance. Mrs. Will H. McCullers is visit ing her parents in Virginia. Mr. M. d. Gulley went to Smith-1 field Monday and brought back three little negroes who are sen tenced to the Clayton roads for two years each. Mr. W. E. Stallings, of Emporia, | Ya.. spent two or three days here with relatives and friends recent-1 ly' Mrs. T. E. Best, of Chapel Hill, is visiting in this section with her Parents Mr. and Mrs. VV. T. Stallings. Mr. Beck with, of Raleigh, spent Sunday and Monday witn his daughter Mrs. Ashley Home. Mr. Guy Wilson who Uas been in Clayton school for severel years left Tuesday for his home at Emporia, Va., where he will spend sometime before returning to school here. Misses Ida Woodard and An nie Fitzgerald, of Pine Level, are m^school here. Mr. Burlan Hall, who for some time has been in the employ of the Rotary Machine Co., at Vir gilina, is here for a short stay. Messrs. D. W Barbour, J. C. and Arthur Wallace spent Mon day in Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. Joe T. Barnes spent Sunday and Monday at Wakefield with Mrs. Barnes' par ents. Mrs. Win. J. Young, of Ral eigh, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ernest L. Hinton. Mr. 0. G. Smith left Tuesday for Baltimore and New York to purchase goods for Messrs Ash ley Horne & Sou. We are pleased to announce that Messrs. J. G. Barbour & Sons have added a millinery de partment to their business. They have secured the services of a Northern milliner and will soon be ready for your business. Mr. John O Ellington, State Bank Examiner, was here Wed nesday. Mrs. J. A. Griffin went to Sel ma Wednesday. March 22. Yelik. Murderer Captured Here. Tuesday afternoon Chief of Police J. T. Barham arrested Dan Bryant, Alias George Thomas, a negro wanted in New Berne charged with murdering a woman about four years ago. He was lodged in jail and the authorities at New Berne notified. The deputy sheriff came Wednes day and carried the prisouer back to New Bprno. The uegro | broke out of fae Craven county jail about four years ago in j company with a large number of other prisoners and has been at large since that time. When arrested the negro was carrying j two pistols, a pair of knucks and I a razor. SELMA NEWS. Mr. N. B. Batten spent Sunday j at his old houie in Wilders. Mr. Ed. W. Vick who has been on a visit for some weeks to Washington and Richmond re turned last Friday. Miss Blanch Mitehner returned home with her cousin, flies Nan nie Mitehner, of Franklin county. Mr. Alex Martin, of Summmer ville, 8. C., has returned home. Messrs. M. C. Winston and j Condary Godwin went to Nor folk Tuesday to buy horses and mules. Dr. K. J. Noble made a fiv-1 ing trip to Atlanta. Ga., Sunday, lie returned Tuesday morning. His daughter, Miss Annie, joined him at Spartanburg. We are sorry to have Hardy Hatcher, Esq., leave us for his country home. We hope he will return to spend the winter with IIS. Mr. M. C. Winston is now plac- j iug orders for lumber for his new house which he will build on his lot opposite the Methodist | church. A fine horse had his left fore I leg broken on the train last Sun day and was brought on here! and given to three of our enter prising citizens who will try to cure him. 'Tie said the leg was broken by a kick. We see that Mr. Robert 1'. Noble is again catcher on the | University base ball team. This is the third season he has caught for the team. Dr. and Mrs. L. L. Nash, of Henderson, who have been here! 011 a visit to their son, Mr. M. W. Nash, left Sunday. Dr. Nashj preached an excellent sermoni Tuesday night and if possible a better on Sunday morning at the Methodist church. We regretted to have him leave and hope he will come again. Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Hood, of Greensboro, are on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Hood. Whose duty is it to put a toot way across Buffalo between Sel ma and Smithfleld? It is a dis grace to any county to have such roads as we now have and ! with no way for persons on foot to cross mudholes, branches and creeks without wading. It is to be hoped that this state of things j will not last forever. Mar. 22. Senex. For a Better Exhibit. On Tuesday of Court week dur ing recess of Court, a goodly number of those interested in a more thorough exhibit of John ston County at the coming State | Fair, assembled in the Court i House. Mr. Henderson Cole, who | had charge of 1 ist year's exhibit, called the meeting to order, ex plaining its object, whereupon a permanent organization was gone into; viz: President, H.Cole; j Vice-President, W. I). Avera; Sec i retary, F. T. Booker; Central I Committee, C.S.Powell, J. VV. Myatt, Julian Barbour, Charles | Kirby, J. H. B. Tomlinson, I). H I Batton, John Hocutt, J C. Keen. J. D. Parrish, J. VV. Perry, John Stephenson, C. M. Wilson, N. W. | Smith, and H. M. Johnson The duty of this committee is to ap point Township Committees, to 1 look after the county's interest at the Fair, and to work up greater interest in the matter. Hon. E. W. Pou and Mr. Cole ! both made remarks, urging a more thorough exhibit at the coming Fair, after which the I meeting adjourned subject to a call of the Central Committee by Mr. Cole, the president. F.T. Booker, Sec. James H. Peabody Thursday won his contest for the office of Governor of Colorado, from which he retired on January 10, after serving two years, but his ! victory was achieved only after he had given his pledge to resign and surrender the chair to Lieu j tenant Governor Jesse F. Mc | Donald, Republican. This spring you will need a nerve food, one that will cleanse and reconstruct your nerve cen 1 ters and wasted energies. Hoi | lister's Rocky Mountain Tea will | do it. D. H. Sanders, Four Oaks. BENSON NOTES. Miss Lottie I.innk, teacher in primary department o! the Ben sou (iraded School, spent Satur day and Sunday with her parents near Buie's Creek. Mr. P. B. Johnson is having a handsome two story brick build ing erected on Main Street. Rev. Mr. Souders most ably tilled his regular appointments at the Methodist church last Sun day morning and night. .Miss Minnie Smith has accepted a position as saleslady with the Smith Millinery Supply Co. Mr. Randal L). Overby visited his parents near Angier last Sun day, returning Monday morning. Mr. H. L. Hall returned from Goldsboro last Tuesday where he has been visiting his eons, Messrs. 1). M. and F. 11. Hall. Mr. N. Stewart, a student of the Benson Graded School, while on his way home last Saturday night, about 10:30 o'clock on Mingo Creek railroad bridge about one mile south of town. was attacKea Dy a negro wno at the muzzle of his pistol demanded him to give up bis personal be longings. Mr. Stewart had in his vest pocket a watch which the negro took, and threatening to take his life demanded him to give up his money, to which the young man replied that he had no money with him. The black wretch searched the young man's pockets, and finding no money told him to sit down and takeoff his shoes, that he might search, his shoes for money. The young man iu the act of sitting down gathered his thoughts together, and with great presence of mind gave the negro a shove, which sent the black brute winding from the trestle into the creek about twenty feet below. Mr. Stewart feeling himself free from danger returned home at once. On Sun day morning he notified Police man Uyals of his holdup, giving a description of the negro as best he could, and Policeman Rvals 'phoned to Smithtield in regard to the case, and he was at once informed that a suspicious look ing negro seeming to answer the description of the negro which at tacked Mr. Stewart. This negro was put in safe keeping and Po liceman Kyals went to Smithfleld aud brought him to Benson Sun day evening, and after an investi gation he was found not to be the guilty negro aud he was at once released. Mar. 22nd. Solon. "Stop vour groaning." Bheu macide will cure you, and make .you feel ten yearn younger. Get it at your druggist's. For sale bv Hood Bros. If a Man Can Shut His Eyes. If a man can shut his eyes to the moral side of the question the dispensary does not seem so bad, especially to the man of prop erty. With its profits helping to pay the town expenses and help ing to carry along the school it looks like smooth sailing. It is an easy matter to adopt a let alone-policy toward it. In this, as in other matters, it will not do to let the money side of the question carry us too far. It will not do to let the almighty dollar eclipse our vision. While the dis pensary is much to be preferred to the open saloon we must ever keep in mind the fact that it is i liquor selling and liquor can al ! ways be counted on to do its ruinous work. If you are looking for great evil to be doue liquor will certainlv notdisappointyou. The Colonel's Waterloo. Colonel John M. Fuller, of Honey Grove, Texas, nearly met his Waterloo, from Liver and Kidney trouble. In a recent let I ter, he says: "I was nearly dead, of these complaints, and, al i though I tried my family doctor, he did me no good; so 1 got a | 50c. bottle of your great Electric Bitters, which cured me. I con sider them the best medicine on earth, thank God who gave you the knowledge to make them." Sold, and guaranteed to cure. Dyspepsia, Biliousness and Kid ney Disease, bv Ifool Bros., druggists, at 50c. a bottle. ? .... slvsM
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