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VOL. 2(>. SMITHFIELD. X.C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 0, 1907. NO. 23.
STORY OF WRECK NEAR AUBURN.
Engineer Forgot Orders and Two Trains
Collided With Fearful Results.
Auburn, N.C., August 7.?Oue
of the worst wrecks that has oc
curred in North Carolinaiu many
.\eats took place or: theSouthern
ltailway Tuesday night at 7:10
o'clock, when a heavily laden
freight and a fast passenger train
crashed into each other head on
in a deep cut one tntle east of Au
burn.
The loss of three human lives,
a score or more of injured, the
destruction of two big locomo
tives and twelve cars, with their
eutire contents, were the fearful i
results of negligence to orders on
the part of the crew of passenger
train No 136. Orders were j
properly issued for trains No.
130 and 173 to pass each other
at Auburn, yet these orders were
carelessly overlooked by Con
ductor Dak ley aud Engineer
Ilippy, while Engineer Parker
and Fireman Young, of the
freight, unexpectedly rushed on
into the arms of death, carrying
out the injunctions which had
been given to the crew's of both
Passenger train No. 13G. sched
uled to leave Raleigh at G:80 p.
m., for Selma and Goldsboro, j
pulled out of union station last
evening tiften minutes lates. Just J
before 8 o'clock Mr. Henry W. j
Miller received information to
the effect that the train had a
head-on collision with a freight
near Auburn, and that three or
more persons were killed and
many injured. Mr. Miller imrue
diateiy ordered out a special
train and summoned a number
of physicians, and every possible
preparation was made for hurrv
iug to the scene of the accident.
The special left Raleigh at8:40,
carrying Rrs. Knox, Cotten,
Stevens, Haywood, Moncure,
Anderson, Mr. Miller, Mr. A. R.
Audrews, Jr., Mr. Fab. H. Rusbee ?
and others, among them a rep-!
reseutative of The Eveniug
Times. Stretchers, bandages, j
surgical instruments and medi-'
cines were abroad in ample quan- [
tities, as it was not known defi
nitely to what extent the injuries
and fatalities might have reached.
No time was lost in getting to
the location of the wreck. Engi
neer T. E. Holder and Conductor
Lloyd soon had the special party
on the scene. A bright glow in
the sky in a southeasterly direc
tion could be distinguished just
after leaving the city, and as
generally supposed, proved to be
the fire of the wreck. As the
train drew nearer the place of
collision, the scene that met the
eye was one of awful destruction.
Bright tiames were leaping high
over the piled up wreckage, aud
dense clouds of smoke were curl
ing upward without any apparent
check to their rapid increase.
Two powerful locomotives were
found with their forward ends
high up off the ground and
jammed tightly together, as
though engaged at some mortal
combat, in which neither side
would yield the victory. Four
cars of the passenger train stood
on the track, while the tiftn,
which was running at the front,
was packed uuder,over, around
and about the engine, which had
pulled it for the last time. Eleven
cars of the freight train, together
with the locomotive, were piled
in the midst of a fierce furnace
that grew in extent and increased
in heat every moment.
Conductor C. M Oakley, of
Greensboro, frankly admitted
that he over-looked his orders to
meet No. 173 at Auburn. Engi
neer Rippy also said that he for
got the instructions and ran ou
by the statiou.?John A. Park,
in Raleigh Times.
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able casses of healing ever re
corded. Amos F. King, of that
place says: ' BucUcn's Aruica
iSalve cured a sore on my leg
with which I had suffered over
80 years. I am now eighty-live."
Guaranteed to cure all sores by
Hood Bros.. Druggists 25c.
RAILROADS YIELD IN VIRGINIA.
Two-Cent Rate to Become Effective Oc
tober lst-State Laws to be Obeyed.
The two-cent passenger rail
way rate, as promulgated by the,
Corporation Commission, will go
into effect on or before October
1st, and the railroads operating
within Virgiuia have determined
to obey the laws of the State and
live in peace with the people of
the Commonwealth.
Tnis is the outcome of the long
and bitter struggle which has
been waged for mouths by the
State and the railways regarding
the much debated two-cent rate,
whicU has all but caused a popu
lar u prising against the rail roads,
and which had gone to such
lengths that an extra session of
the General Asseinbly was about
to be called. The whole State
was aroused, and had not the
matter ended happily as it did,
the evil which would have result
ed to the railroads cannot be es
timated, for had the Legislature
been forced to protect the State
Corporation Commission from
injunctions of the United States
court, which threatened to rob it
of all its powers, the outcome
would have been a cruel blow to
the common carriers.
As it now stands, the officers |
of the railroads have acceded to
the demands of the State, and in ;
a courteous letter to tne tiovern
or have declared they wili obey |
the order of the Corporation I
Commission, claiming, however,
their right to appesl to the courts,
hut agreeing to ask that the in
junction be dissolved.
After a day spent in many con
ferences, which lasted from early
morning until midnight, the end
with the acceptance, on the part
of the railroads, of all the State
asked.
Long after midnight Governor
S.vanson, Attorney-General An
derson, Senator Daniel, Commis
sioners Preutis and Stuart, and
Messrs. Braxton and Eggleston,
were still in conference at the
Capitol, while the railroad attor
neys held a meeting at the Rich-;
mond Hotel. The papers of
agreement had, however, been
signed and delivered, and the
discussions were over what had
been done and how the act would
affect the railroads.
Early this morning Hon. Alfred
P. Thorn, counsel for the South
ern, left for Washington on a
special train.
Two letters?one addressed bv
Governor Swauson to the rail
way attorneys, and the other
their reply to His Excellency?tell
the storv of ihe victory by the
1 State of Virginia over the rail
roads in the long-drawn-out
tight over the two-cent rate
measure, which has resulted iu
placing the rate into effect on or
bef jre October 1st,?Richmond?
Fimes Dispatch Aug -1.
The Groom Eighty, Bride Forty-One.
Greensboro, N. C., Aug. 7 ?Af
ter a courtship of three weeks,
Frederic Dettmering, a well
known German of this city, who
is in his eighty-first year, and
Mrs. Minnie C. Walters, whose
age is given at forty-one, were
married yesterday afternoon at
the home of the bride in Mebane
street. Mr. Dettmering, despite
his four score years', is still an
active member of Tammany,
Greensboro's well-known political
i and social circle. He came to
North Carolina in the year 1856,
and for the last half century has
made his home in the city. He
finds delight in being numbered
among the oldest inhabitants
Mrs. Walters was originally from
Virginia, and recently came to
this citv from Rockingham
county.
Dead at Age of a Hundred and Three.
Tiffin Ohio, Aug. 7?Jefferson
Scott is dead at the Seneca
county infirmary. Certificates
issued under the seal of the state
of North Carolina declaring him
to be a free man show that the
mau was born on July 4, 1794.
His father was a full-blood Cher
okee Indian and bis mother a
mulat ;.o.
DISASTROUS WRECK ON SOUTHERN
Three Killed and Many Injured by Head
on Collision.
Selma, N. C., A tiff., 8.?There
whs a big wreck oa the Southern
between Auburn and Clayton
Tuesday afternoon, caused by
the collision of a freight train
and the coming passenger train ,
A telegram was sent for a relief
train from Selina which carried
lire. It. J. and It. I'. Noble to the
scene aud they soon iniuietered >
to the wants ot the wounded.
There were three who were be
yond all help. The engineer, W,
C. I'arker, and John Young, the
fireman of the freight, who were
beneath the engine and cars ami
who were burned almost entirely
up. All that was left of Mr. Par
ker, and he was a man who
would have weighed one hundred
and eighty pounds, could have
been put in a hat. The body of
Young was not burned so much, j
though both legs aud arms aud
nearly all of the head were burn
ed off The fireman on the pas
senger train was a negro, \Y. -I.
Bethel, who was taken from the
wreck living but died in a few
minutes.
There were some fifteen or
eighteen persons hurt, slight
cuts, bruises and jars, but none
seriously. Among them were!
Ed Sullenger, an old "P. I."
student, and Hubert L Hamil
ton, now of Oxford, N C., but!
who was reared a few miles from
Smithfield. He is a brother of
Messrs. F. C. and Duncan Hamil
ton. Mr. Hamilton had a slight
cut in his right eye brow and a
bru sjd shoulder. Sallenger had
a bruised head caused by outting
a seat. Nearly all of the injured
were hurt on their right side.
Tne cars of the passenger train
with the exception of the mail
car, which was next totheengine,
were not damaged and did not
leave the track. Au engine from
Raleigh pulled theoi from the
wreck. Eleven cars of the freight,
loaded with all sorts of merchan
dise, were burned. The engines
were a total loss. All the passen
gers when they found out that
none were dangerously hurt got
in a good humour and were a
jolly lot.
When Dr. Rr. P. Noble went in
the first class car with his medi
cine case in his baud one lady
who was hurt said to her hus
band General Robertson, of Char
lotte. "Oh! mercy, that man has
a camera aud wants to take our
pictures, but 1 don't want mine
taken." The General looking at
Dr. Robert Noble saw the Shriner
button on his coat and said:
j "Here, you are a Noble of Oasis
Temple. Can you help us. or is
that a camera?" The Doctor
saiu: "It is mediciue." "Well,"
said the General, "Help us."-His
wife was bruised on the chiD and
iaw, and he on top of the head,
and their sufferings were soon
relieved.
Attention W. R. Moore Camp U. C. V.
Injunction*, Maudamuaes, ha
beas corpuses.aud solar plexuses
permitting it is desire;!-that our
, camp meet at Smithtield on the
21th inst. at 11 o'clock a.m. for
busiuess and instrucion. TheSel
ma chapt-r Daughters havt|<ome
cash for us and desire a confer
ence. Our State reunion is now
at hand and we should be repre
sented. We will have samples of
Confederate uniform cloth on
hand for inspection. Now get
in .vour buggy if you have one,
and if not, your old carrylog or
on the axle of your cart, with
your hash bag in reach (this be
ing an off political year) and
come right to the court house
and we will do business like we
used to on the tiring line. With
green peas and hard cider free
gratis for nothing, and ears of
corn lookiug as long as your
arm. you must spare a day off.
All come. All are expected.
N'uff said.
C. S. Powell,
Aug. G" 0'7. Commander.
You are liable to an attack of
some form of Bowel Complaint
and should provide yourself
i with the best known remedy.
Dr. Seth Arnold's tialsam. War
ranted by Hood Br<5s.
ALABAMA REVOKES R R CHARTER
Due to Southern's Removal of Suit lrom
State to Federal Court.
Montgomery, Ala., August
Vnnouncement was made to-day
by Secretary of State frank X.
?Julian that he had revoked the
franchise of the Southern Itail
1 way Company because it had re
moved a case from the State
pireuit of Talladega county to
the United States Circuit Court
at Birmingham. This actiou of
the Southern is alleged to be in
violation of the two outlaw acts
passed by the State Legislature
last winter, each of which pro
vides that such removal should
be punishable by a revocation of
the charter of the offending rail
road.
One of these laws, the better
known was declared unconstitu
tional by Uuited States .Judge
Thomas (J Jones, but the other
has never been enjoined by the
Federal courts For this reason
the action of the State ollicial
was taken under the provisions
of the section of these "outlaw
acts."
The State insists that this sec
ond outlaw act is still in force
and it is entirely propter to act
under its provisions, while the
adherents of the railway contend
that the act of revocation in in
contempt of the Federal court
injunction, at least in spirit.
Neither side would make au au
thoritative statement of the
probable course to be pursued in
the controversy to-day.
The action of the Secretary of
State is nut in resistance of the
restraining order issued by the
I'nited States Court of the Fifth
Circuit, as this law is not among
these combated by the railroads
and not included in any of the
litigation now pending in the
court of Federal Judge Jones, ol
the middle Alabama district.
The case upon which the revo
cation was made out came from
the Circuit Court, of Talladega
county in the shape of a notifica
tion from Clerk J. 1). McNeel that
a suit has been removed from the
State court to the Federal court
Secretary of State Julian looked
into the law and found that there
was nothing else to do but mark
the license canceled, as the actiou
of the statute is automatic.
Act S(? provides that when any
foreign corporation is sued iu
the State courts, and removed
such suit from the State to the
Federal court, the clerk of the
court from which the removal
was taken will at once certify
such action to the Secretary of
State, "who shall thereupon im
mediately cancel said license and
make and enter upon the stub
th reof an order in substance."
A Horrible Murder.
Keuly, N. C., Aug., 7.?Que of
the most horrible murders ever
committed iu the state occurred
at the home of Ransom Godwin
at seven o'clock this morning
when he shot and instantly
killed his wife, with u muzzle
loading shot gun, the whole load
of shot entering the bodv in the
right side, and part of the elbow
being shot off. Ransom Godwin
is seventy-six years old, and a
prosperous farmer, who lived
about six miles northwest of this
place. Sneriff R M. Nowell whs
wired at Selma, to go at once to
the scene of the murder, and meet
constable A. G. Hooks, of Kenly.
They met there and found Mrs.
Godwin lying out iu the yard
where she had been shot, and as
everybody thought that Godwin
was in the house, they all kept
away until the officers arrived
aud made diligent search for the
murderer. He left the house with
bis wiuchester rifle and pistol,
aud made for the swamp near
his home. Rlood hounds will ar
rive here to night, aud tnev hope
to have him arrested before
morning He also threatened
the lif. of three of his sons, and a
great, many think that he will
try to kill them tonight, but
Sheriff Nowell has all three home
well guarded, besides he has a
large force of well armed men
' iin llid ('.Histe'de tlook-.
LETTER FROM Sl'PT. CANADA!.'
School Census?School Laws?Exami
nations and Institute.
Section 4l is of the school law
requires a census of all the cbil-l
i dreii of school age in the respect
I ive districts to be made by het
first Monday in September of
each year. The County Super
intendent is now making out
blanks. The census blanks being
somewhat differently arranged
than formerly, a short explana
tory letter will be found attached
to each blauk.
The blanks are in pamphlet form
| being therefore more handy. It
: will be observed that the first
! page is a summary of the census
for this district; the following 12
pages contain blanks for the
names, ages, and sexes of chil
dren, and parents, names; that
I the ceusus taker is required to j
make a cross mark opposite the
I names of those between the ages
j of 12 and 21 who cannot read
j Hud write; that the page preced- j
? ing the last is for census of the
deaf, dumb and blind children;
and that the last page is oath to
subscribe to.
New school laws will be sent
out to committees in a few days.
It will be seen that some very im
portant amendments were made
to the school laws by the last j
General Assembly. These amend- j
Intent include provision for the
establishment of Public High I
Schools for the training of teach
ers in till the counties; for the
voting in of compulsory educa
tion iu certain counties; for Five
Year .State Certificates and for
Public High School Certificates.
These amendments will be dis
cussed in the near future.
Teachers, remember that the
next regular examination for
teachers will be held on The fol
lowing dates:
For Whites, Aug. 28 and 2!>.
For Colored, Aug. 30 and 81.
An institute of one week will be!
held at Sruithtield for both races;
October Ttn, to 11th.
.1. P. Canaday.
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Pou Stands by Glenn.
Representative H W. Pou who
has been taking a rest in \tlantiej
City, following his recent illness!
at a hospital in this cit.v writes !
i that he is much benefited by his
i stay at the seaside, and that he!
is completely restored to health
He has gone to Cauada to spend
a few days and will return to the |
stat e While on his way to Can
ada, Mr. Pou telegraphed a New
York uewspaper. endorsing the
stand taken by the Governor iu ?
the railway fight in North Caro- j
lina. Mr. pou said:
"Governor Glenn is exactly |
right iu seeing that the laws of a
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j novncmu nunc ?rt? fsptfULWU
andobeyed. Thecontemptwhich
Judge Pritchard has shown for
the laws of our State niav raise
I an issue which will utiite all uien
who are opposed to the oblitera
tion of State lines. President
Roosevelt and Secretary Root
are largely responsible for the
unfortunate condition of affairs
in our State. Any action which
may be taken by those members
of Congress who still believe in
upholding the Constitution will
probably depend upon the extent
to which Judge Pritekard may
go in ignoring the State laws.
"I wish heartily to commend
Governor Glenn for his determi
nation to enforce the law of our
State. An amendment to the
Constitution of the United States
providing for the election of Uni
ted States Judges by the people
would, in my judgment, forever
end that judicial usurpation of
power which Jeffersou predicted
might become a menace to the
Republic."?Thomas J. Pence,
Washington, I). U , in News and
Observer.
A Memorable Day.
One of the days we remember
with pleasure, as well as with
profit to our health, is the one
on which we became acquainted
I with Dr. King's New Life Pills,
i the painless purifiers that cure
headache and biliousness, and
II Keep the bowels right. fi5c at
Hood Bros , drug store.
CITV SHELLED BY CRUISERS.
Moors at Cassa Blanca, Morocco Resist
French and Spanish Forces.
Tangier, Aug., 6.?Casa Blanca,
on the Moroccan coast, has been
bombarded by French cruisers,
the Moors are reported to have
been shot down in large numbers
and the town, since last Sunday
night, has been practically in
possession of landing parties
from French and Spanish cruisers.
The first shots were fired bv the
Moors. The Frenchmen respond
ek with a bayonet charge, and
the bombardment of the native
quarter with melinite shells. The
Frenchmen had six men wounded
but no one killed. No Furopean
residents were hurt.
The occupation of F'asa Blanca
is a direct outcome of the native
uprising which resulted in the
killing last week of eight Euro
peans at f'asa Blanca.
Both France and Spain are
hurrying other warships with
troops and marines on board to
various points on the Moroccan
coast for the protection of for
eigners. 1'nder the terms of the
Algeciras convention these two
powers are charged with the
policing of the seaportsoi Moroc
co, and their action at Casa
Blanca has brought no protest
from any power. The States of
Europe have expressed their wil
lingness that France and Spain
restore order in Morocco. No
other countries are involved.
The Godwin Murder.
Early Wednesday morning Mr.
Hansom Godwin, who lives about
five miles northeast ol Kenly near
the Wilson line shot and killed
his wife with ashotgun. It seems
that on Tuesday evening he beat
one of hi* -ou* in a crnel manner
about some domestic troubles
they were having. His wife in
terfered and struck him with the
poker from the fire place. He
then struck her with the rod he
uses in loading his gun and
threatened the lives of all his
family. Some person went to
Kenly and returned with a war
rent and an officer. He told the
officer he did not want to go un
til Wednesday uiorniug but
would go to the trial then. His
wife spent the nignt at a house
iu the neighborhood but went
home Lext morning to milk the
cows aud look after other things
around her home. She entered
the hou?e to get the keys to uu
lock souie of the out houses and
was shot by her husband just as
be was ready to start to Kenly.
He theu took to the woods with
his gun. Sheriff Nowell with a
posse of armed men, about thirty
iu number, spent Wednesday
evening and night in search of
him. Wednesday night some
blood bounds irom 1 arooro
trucked him to a road but could
follow him no further, Some
think he took a buggy there and
made his way to a railroad aDd
has gone to Texas. Others think
he got druuk and lost his gun
and is still in the swamus in hid
ing. His gun has been found and
is in possession of the sheriff's
party. Mr. Godwin was a man
of some means being worth at
least four to five thoueand dol
lars iu property besides his
money, lie was more than
seventy years old. The people
are stirred up over the murder.
It is one of the worst murders
which ever occurred in that sec
tion.
Long Live The King!
is the popular cry throughout
European counties; while ia
America, the cry of the present
day is "Long live Dr. King's
New Discovery, King of Throat
and Lung Remedies!" of which
Mrs. Julia Ryder Paiue, Truro,
Mass., says: "It never fails to
give immediate relief and to
quickly cure a cough or cold."
Mrs. Paine's opinion is shared
by a majority of the inhabitants
of this country. New Discovery
cures weak lungs and sore
throats after all other remedies
have failed; and for coughs and
colds it's the only sure cure.
Guarauteed by Hood Bros. Drug
gists. 50c and 81.00. Trial bottle