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VOL. 24. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. MARCH 2. 1900. NO. 52.
GENERAL NEWS.
In two hours Saturday the
Senate passed 416 private pen
sion bills.
Six men were killed and twelve
severely injured this week by an
explosion in a coal mine near
Hirmingham, Ala.
A fearful snow storm and bliz
zord swept over Virginia Tues
day, the snow in some places be
ing ten inches deep.
At bridgeport, Conn., Tuesday
the Star Shirt factory was burn
ed and .">00 girls barely got out
with safety, one dying from ex
citement.
Prince Eitel Frederick, second
son of Emperor William, of Ger
many, was married in berliu
Tuesday to Princess Sophie
Charlotte, of Oldenburg.
because two negroes shot a
railroad man at Springfield, III.,
Tuesday a mob of 1,000 men
raided the negro quarter and
burned a few houses and looted a
saloon; the military was called
out.
Houston Thomas, a young
negro, of Fort Worth, Texas,
was given 99 years at hard labor
by a jury Tuesday for an at
tempted assault on Miss Koelt
man, a young white girl. The
negro pleaded guilty.
Dr. William S. Kainsford, after
22 years of service, has resigned
the pastorate of his New York
church on account of ill health.
He began with a little bunch of
people, and quits the work with
a membership of 7,000.
While on a train Tuesday near
Lynchburg, Ya., where he was
being taken to escape lynching,
H. L. Traynham. who murdered
liis father, was frightened to
death, falling dead in the arms
of the officer who had him in
charge.
"The Struggle," a book writ
ten by Sidney C. Tapp, an Atlan
ta lawyer, and a Wake Forest
graduate, has created a great
stir. Rockefeller, Duke and l'ier
l?out Morgan are said to be the
villains of the story, and
Hon. W. W. Kitchin the hero.
Three giant brothers named
Phillips are among the new
members of the British Parlia
ment. and all are Liberals. Wyn
ford Phillips, six feet three inches
tall; Owen Phillips, six ftet seven
inches, and Ivor Phillips, six feet
four inches. They are sons of
Rev. Sir Erasmus Phillips.
Keth Nation, father of James,
the assistant state auditor of
Kansas, has no fear for the num
ber 13. He was born on April
13, enlisted in the war on August
13, was nominated treasurer of
Neosho county on September 13
and was inaugurated on October
13, and has had 13 children.
Saturday evening near Shreve
port, La., a mob of five hundred
men shot to death Wiltz Pag^. a
uegro aged thirty years, and af
terwards burned the body near
the town of Bienville Parish.
The negro was captured, sus
pected of being the one who
attempted a criminal assault on
Sarah Gaut, a 11-year-old school
girl.
Record breaking exports of
American agricultural machinery
will be made to Russia this sea
son. Three complete shiploads
are to be forwarded to Black Sea
ports within the next few weeks,
and consignments will be made
in othrr veessls to the same part
of the world, which will bring up
the total cargoes to more than
10,000 tons, representing a value
of fully 12,500,000.
Representative Keifer (Ohio),
introduced a bill Monday to re
duce the number of representa
tives In the House of southern
states, because of thedisfranchis
tnent of negro voters. The bill
makes the reduction as follows:
Alabama, from 9 to 5; Arkansas,
from 7 to 5; Florida, from 8 to
2; Georgia, from 11 to 6; Louis
iana, from 7 to 3; North Farolina,
from 10 to 0; South Carolina,
from 7 to 3; Mississippi, from 8
fn 3; Tennessee, from 10 to 8;
1 cxas, from 10 to 12; Virginia,
from 10 to 8.
Alderman lor Roosevelt's Succes
sor.
Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, native
of Wilmington, N. C., has been
proposed by tbe Hartford Cou
rant as a suitable man for tbe
Democrats to nominate for Pres
ident in 1908. North Carolina
hasn't had a President since
Johnson and there is no reason
why the country should not be
blessed with an executive from
the most Democratic Common
wealth in the Republic, even if he
does now reside in the State that
is "the mother of Presidents."
Here is the Courant's editorial:
"If Col. Harvey's suggestion
about trying their luck in 1908
with a scholar find favor in the
eyes of the Democratic brethren,
they are by no means shut up to
Col. Harvey's nominee?Dr.
Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton,
Dr. Eliot, of Harvard, is a little
too old, perhaps, but there's Dr.
Henry Wade Rogers, dean of the
Yale Law School, not yet 53 and
young for his age. He isn't a
university president now, but he
was. And there's Dr. Edwin An
derson Alderman, president of
the University of Virginia, not
yet -15 and one of the nicest
Democrats living I)r. Rogers is
a New Yorker by birth; Dr. Al
derman is a North Carolinian."
Dr. Alderman was born a Dem
ocrat in a city where a man's
politics and his religion are as
unchangeable as the laws of the
Medes and Persians. Whether
in Wilmington, in Chapel Hill, in
New Orleans, or Charlottesville,
ne nas oeen a r ue uemocrai
"votiug the ticket as it was print
ed," and therefore always voting
right, and showing that he was
peculiarity qualified to be chosen
as the head of the university es
tablished by the foremost states
man the world has known. It
would be like a fresh baptism of
Jeffersonian Democracy to nomi
nate and elect the uext Demo
cratic President from Monticello,
who carries t he keys of the 1 ni
versity of Virginia. lie would
maintain the dignity of the col
lege president, but he wouldn't
| walk on stilts at the White
House and foiget the boys in the
trenches; he wouldn't carry a
Dig Stick but would lean on the
staff of Jefferson; he would main
tain the Monroe Doctrine as
Monroe promulgated it; and he
would take more interest in edu
cacing the children in the United
States proper than in putting
education into the naked Uilipino
at the point of a gun.?News and
i Observer.
Antl Negro Rioting at Springfield.
Springfield, O., Feb. 28.?The
riot and race war, begun here
last night as a result of the
shooting of Mr. M. Davis, a rail
road man by Ladd and Deau,
colored, was contiuued tonight,
the eight companies of troops
| called out to assist the local
officials in preserving order, not
being able to prevent the destruc
tion of two houses and the par
tial demolition of a dozen
or more tonight at the hands
of the mob. Up to mid
night no casualties had occurred
and the riot had consisted main
ly of marching mobs which either
set fire to, of stoned the homes
of negroes. Hundreds of people
were in the sf reets and the ex
citement continues intense.
Negro Man 112 Years Old.
Goldsbojo, N. C., Feb. 23rd.?
"Uncle" Bob Lane, a well known
colored man about town, boasts
of the fact that he is one hundred
and twelve years old, and has
the court records to prove his
claim. Uncle Bob was bought by
Mr. W. K. Lane from a Mr. Jerni
gan in 1848, and his age was re
corded at that time as fifty-four
years. The old darkey is still
enjoying very good health, and
goes about the streets as he
pleases. He is very polite and
industrious.
The joy of the home and its
protector against the sudden
and hence dangerous diseases?
Vlck's Croup and Pneumonia
Cure 23c. Every true home will
secure a bottle of Hood Bros.
STATE NEWS.
The Catholics of Wilmington,
X. C., are planning to erect a
cathedral to cost ?75,000.
Dillsboro, a small place near
Ashevillo, X. C., had a disastrous
lire Saturday which came near
destroying the place.
The Knights of Pythias in
Washington, N. C., will soon
erect a large and up to-datelodge
building to cost ?10,000.
The State .Mutual Life Insur
ance Company was organized at
Kinston Saturday with an au
thorized capital stock of ?100.
i 000 and ?50,000 paid in.
A negro boy, Walter Burdge,
aged 15 years, was run over and
killed by a local freight train on
the Southern Railway near Au
burn last week. He boarded the
freight to take a ride, slipped
and fell under the wheels.
Dave Hall, aged 73 years, who
was tried last week at the Fed
eral Court in Asheville for block
ading. He pleaded that he was
his father's baby boy and want
ed to go home and see hie pareut
who was dying. His request was
granted.
Two bills of local interest in
North Carolina have just been
introduced inCongress by Senator
Simmons. One of them provides
for an additional circuit judge in
the fourth judicial district. The
other appropriates ?25,000 for
the construction of a driyeway
and approaches from Raleigh to
the national cemetery near that!
city.
John H. Hodges, of West Dur- j
ham, on Saturday night dragged
hist wife from her sick bed ami
shot her to death. The six chil-,
dren of the mother witnessed the
murder, and were afraid to speak
when the brutal father and hus
band drew his pistol and fired
the fatal shot into the heart of
his wife. One son. the oldest, did
enter protest and did what he
eould to prevent the terrible
deed.
Capt. Jones Must Serve His Sen
tence.
Norfolk, Va , Feb. 20.?The
supreme court of appeals of Vir
ginia, with all the judges concur
ring, has denied a writ of error
in the case of Captain E. W.
Jones of the Virginia National
Guard, convicted of the murder
of Maud Cameron Robinson,
formerly of Selma, N. C., and!
given eighteen years in the peni
tentiary.
This means thatCaptain Jones
gets no new trial and must ac
cept the senteuce of the jury in
full, unless after the expiration
of half of his sentence he should
be allowed a conditional pardon
under the Virginia law governing
such pardons.
The Robinson girl's head was
almost severed with a razor.
Coming Cotton Conference
Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 28.?Presi
dent Harvie J ordan, of the South
ern Cotton Association, in an
interview today said.
"The coming conference be-1
tween representatives ofthevari
ous spinners' associations of this I
country and Europe with repre
sentatives of the Southern Cot
ton Association, to be held at
Washington May 1st will discuss
! thoroughly the present methods
of trading in cotton futures in i
New York, New Orleans and |
Liverpool. Representatives of
these exchanges have been invit
ed to attend the coming confer
ence, as better methods in the
exchanges are greatly desired
both by the spinners and the
producers."
David B. Henderson, formerly
speaker of the National House of
Representatives died Sunday af
ternoon at Mercy Hospital, in
Dubuque, Iowa, of paresis, which
attacked bim nine months ago.
Col. Henderson began to sink
Friday afternoon, rallied Satur
day morning, but in the after
noon lapsed intq unconscious
ness and failed rapidly until the
| end came.
For Formula on Bottle.
Washington, Feb. 27th.?Rep
resentative Webb occupied the
ntteution of the inter-state com
merce committee of tne house for
a time to-day in advocating a
favorable report upon his bill
providing that every manufac
turer of medicine for inter-state
shipment shall have printed on
each bottle in the English lang
uage, the name of the ingredients
contained in each bottle or pack
age. At the conclusion of the
address Chairman Hepburn said
that he felt that the North Caro
lina member had thrown much
light upon the subject of decided
importance, and tbere appeared
to be only a single member of
the committee, Representative
Rartlett, of Georgia, who has
any objections to the bill. He
fears that the proposed measure
might come in conflict, in some
way, with the state's rights doc
trine. Mr. Webb was asked if he
had any objection to the incorpo
ration of his bill in the pure food
law and replied that this course
was satisfactory to him, as his
first desire was to correct evils
complained of without reference
to the question of whose name
the bill should bear. Editor
Hapgood, of Collier's Weekly,
will be here to-day to confer with
Mr. Webb about his subject, it
being a matter to which the pub
lication mentioned has of late
devoted much space. The bill
does not require the proportion
of ingredients to be printed on
the bottle unless the bottle con ;
tains opium, cocaine, morphiue,
chloral or alcohol.
A Weighty Sermon.
The clergyman preached a
rather exhaustive sermon the
other Sabbath from the text,
"Thou are weighed in the bal
ance and found wanting."
After the congregation had
listened about an hour some be
gan to get weary and went out;
others followed; greatly to the i
annoyance of the minister. Soon j
another person started, where-'
upon the preacher said:
"That's right, gentlemen; as!
fast as you are weighed, pass
out."
He continued his sermon some
time after that, but no one dis
turbed him by leaving.?Ex.
Trial of Mr. Matthews.
Greensboro, N. C., February,
28.?Dr. J. B. Matthews was
placed on trial this afternoon,
accused of having caused his
wife's death last December by in
jecting strychnine into her veins
while feigning prayer at her bed
side. Three physicians were in
the room at the time the act is
said to have been committed,
one of them, the county coroner,
who swore out the warrant. Dr.
Turner made an analysis of the
contents of the syringe, and de
clared it to bestrvchnine, aud on
this basis the indictment was re
turned. Today it transpired that
a chemist at the University of
North Carolina made a test of
the fatal syringe at Dr. Turner's
request and declared it to be
morphine. A jury was s lected
today and the examination of
witnesses will begin tomorrow.
Was the Mother of 25 Children
Denver, Colo., Feb. 20.?Heart
disease caused the death yester
day of Mrs. Elizabeth Conway,
mother of 25 children and a
great-gand mother. She mar
ried when 14 years old, was the
youngest child in a family of 27
children, and her father was the
youngest member of a family of
30 children.
Mrs. Conway was 59 years old.
Her mother died at the age of 99
years. Mr. Conway's mother
lived to be 100 years old and his
father was 102 when he died.
The dead woman was the mother
of nineteen sons and six daugh
ters.
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES
Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Pro
truding Piles Druggists are
authorized to refund ni< ney if
PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure
in 0 to 14 days. ?5c.
WOULD CHECK FREE SEEDS.
Unless the House reverses the
action of the Commmittee ou
' Agriculture there will be no free
seeds to distribute among the
farming constituents in the next
fiscal .year.
The subcommittee of the Com
ruittee on Agriculture, when this
item was reached, found some
disagreement among the mem
bers, but the appropriation was
kept iu the bill in accordance with
the usual custom of many years
When the matter came before
the full committee, however, |
thpre was much discussion of the
subject, culminating iu the mo
tion of Mr. Cocks, of the Long
Island district, in which the
President lives, that the item bel
stricken out.
This action was taken by a
vote of 8 to 7. It is likely to
precipitate the livelies sort of a
row in the House, where both
sides of the question are warmly
championed.?Washington Post.
German In City Hall.
The dancing school that has
been conducted here for the
past several weeks by Miss Nel
lie Matthews, came to a success
ful close last Friday evening,
when the young men of theNeuse
German Club tendered a most
enjoyable German, complimen
tary to the visiting young ladies
of the town, iu the new City Hall,
which was then opened to the
public for the tirst time.
The music was furnished by the
Italian Orchestra of Wilson, the
German being skilfully lead by i
Miss Matthews and Mr. Peacock,
who introduced many new, beau
tiful and intricate figure*. Among
those dancing were thefollowing:
C. S. Peacock and Miss Nell
Matthews; R. R. Holt, Miss Es
telle O'Berry; Raymond Wilson,
Miss Bessie Poe Law; James;
Crawford, Miss Carrie Woodard;
J. H. Abell, Miss Dixie Moore;
Paul Davis, Miss Evie Wilson;
J, A. Campbell, Miss Annie Mc
Guire; S. W. Mvatt, Miss Lena
Hicks; Walter Grantham, Missj
Ruth Young; Charlie Sanders,
Miss Mary Hill; R. VI. Myatt,
Miss Mildred Young; J. W.
Moore, Miss May Moore; E. F.
Boyett, Miss Rosa Peacock; H.
P. Stevens, Miss Marie Abell;
Owen Meadows, Miss Annie Ihrie
Pou; Ransom Sanders, Miss An
nie Peacock; Mr. H. L. Skinner!
and Mrs. Skinner; Mr. and Mrs.
F. K. Broadhurst and Mr. ana
Mrs. W. L. Fuller.
Stags: Meadows, C. A Price,
of Wilmington; Messrs. Mercer
and Bryant, cf Wilson.
Chaperones: Mr. and Mrs. A. L
K.Smith, Mr. and Mrs. L U.I'
Patterson, Mr. and Mrs S. T.
Honevcutt, Mrs. Edward W.
Pou, Mrs. Hill, and Mrs. San
ders.
The pleasure of the occasion :
was enhanced greatly by the
presence of many spectators,
amoDg whom your reporter noted 1
the following: Mr. and Mrs. j,
T.S. Ragsdale, Mrs. W. L. Wood- |
all aud Miss Pool, Mrs. EJ. S. I
Abell. Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. J. A.
Morgan, Mrs. J. W. Stephenson, (
Mr. and Mrs. H. 1). Ellington, (
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Holt, Mrs.
Boyett, Miss Glasgow. Mrs. X. B.
Grantham, Mrs. W. T. Adams, (
Mrs. D L. Godwin.
Reporter.
There were fewer marriages in
Indiana during 1905 than dur- j
ing 1904, and more divorces. ;
The present divorce rate is one ,
to every seven marriages; in
1904 it was one to every eight
marriages. The present Massa
chusetts ratio is one divorce to
every fifteen marriages, which is
only about one-half the Indiana
rate, but we are moving fast to
ward the latter level, for the
Massachusetts divo^e rate has 1
been doubled in about twejt
years ?Springfield Republican.
Albert Douglas, of Cbillicothe,
O , who defeated Urosvenor, the
veteran congressman from the
Eleventh Ohio district, is 53
years old, a lawyer and a good
orator. He was a candidate for
the republican nomination as
governor of Ohio in 1898 H ? is
a graduate of Kenvon Collegt
and of the Harvard Lgw School.
Cinderella Party at Kenly.
Kenly, N. C., Feb. 28tb.-Tbe
Cinderella party (riven at the
hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs.
ILK Edgerton by the Ladies' Aid
Society of the M. E. Church
South, last ni(rht was a complete
success. The color scheme of the
entire home wus red. Hearts
pierced by Cupid's arrow were
shown in profusion 'mid decora
tions. Music was rendered by
Miss Lillian Ayres, our music
teacher, and Miss Lula Sauls, of
Norfolk, and sounded like the
music on High Olympus. The
prize was won by one of Wilson's
most popular maidens, Miss Clara
Paschall as Cinderella for wear
ing the smallest slipper. Those
present from out of town were:
Miss Paschall, of Wilson; Miss
Sauls, of Norfolk; Miss Stevens,
of Smithfield; Miss Moore, of
Ra'eigh; and Miss Lillian San
ders, of Calypso. All present ex
pressed themselves as having the
time of their lives andthecharm
ing host and hostess, Mr. and
Mrs. Edgerton, treated all ex
ceptionally royally. The sum of
$35 was raised.
Two More Stills Raided.
Revenue officers made a suc
cessful raid in Johnston County
last evening and captured and
destroyed two illict distilleries
less than a mile apart, operated
within a short distance of a
church. There was every indica
tion that these stills have been
running at this place for a year
or more. One of the stills was
not 250 yards from the public
highway and within a mile of
Oak Forest Church.
i ne raiu was made about eight
miles south of Four Oaks in
Johnston County. Iti the posse
were Deputies K. VV. Merritt,
J. H. P. Adams and D. C. Down
in};. The lirst still was a big one
with Hfty gallons capacity. It
was near the road and had been
operated within the past two
or three days. The second still
had sixty-five gallons capacity
and had apparently been run
ning that day. The moonshiners,
however, at both places left be
fore the officers arrived. The
stills were cut up and burned.
Not a little surprise is expressed
that the illicit stills could have
been successfully run in the locali
ty and so neai the church with
out being detected by the local
officers in Johnston County.?
Raleigh Times, Feb. 28th.
School Close In Pleasant Grove.
The school taught by Miss
Sarah Standi in District No. 5,
Pleasant Grove Township, came
to a close last Saturday with ap
propriate exercises.
Every feature of tne entertain
ment w is a success from start to
finish. The large audience ex
pressed themselves as being
greatly surprised to find the reci
tations, declamations dialogues,
etc , so well rendered.
A prize was offered for the best
recitation, and also declamation.
It was hard for the judges to
determine to whom they were
due. After deliberate consulta
tion it was decided that Miss
Lidie Parrish and Mr. M. V. Har
dee were the successful competi
tors, with Masters Willie Cobb
and Eddie Parrish second best.
The school was a success from
the beginning, and Miss Standi
is one of the best teachers it has
been our privilege to have in our
midst.
Spectator.
ltenson, R. F. D. No.R Feb. 27.
Torture by Savages.
"Speaking of the torture to
which some of the savage tribes
in the Philippines subject their
captives, reminds me of the in
tense suffering I endured for
three months from inflammation
of the Kidneys." says W. M.
Sherman, of Gushing. Me.,
"Nothing helped me until I tried
Electric Hitters, three bottles of
which completely cured me."
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