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VOL. 27. SMTTHFEELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. JUNE 5. 1908. NO. 13
EX-SENATOR JONES DEAD.
He Managed Bryan's Campaign of
1896 and 1900. Served Three
Terms in Senate.
Washinton, June 1 ? Former
United States Senator James
Kimbrough Jones, of Arkansas,
died at bis residence bere at 5.30
P. M. today after an ilinesss of
a few hours. He was 69 years
old. He was one of tbe leading
Democrats in tbe Senate from i
1885 to 1903 and was one of the
strongest supporter of Bryan,
having as Chairman of tbe Demo
cratic National Committee, con- '
ducted the campaigns of 1896
and 1900. Since leaving tbe
Senate in 1903 be had conducted
a law practice in this city and '
had not actively engaged in pol
itics.
lie was born in Mississippi in
1889. lie received a classical ed
ucation and fought as a private
soldier in the Confederate ranks
throughout the Civil War. Be
coming a resident of Dallas coun
ty, Arkansas, bo lived on hie
plantation there until 1873,
when he took up the practice oi
law. He was elected to the State
Senate the same year and became
its president in 1877. Afterward
he was elected to tbe Forty-sev
enth and the two succeeding;Con
gresses, and in 1885 succeeded
to the seat of James D. Walker
in the United States Senate,
where he served three terms, re
tiring in 1903.
Senator Jones was a delegate
to the National Democratic Con
ventionof 1896, which gave Mr.
Bryan bis tirst nomination, and
as chairman of the committee on
resolutions he reported the 16-to
1 platform. He was made chair
man of the Democratic National
Committee after the convention,
and as such conducted both of
the Bryan campaigns for the
Presidency.
ANNULITY FOR DR. WINSTON.
He Resigns as President of North Caro
lina Agricultural College.
Ilaleigh, N. C., June 2?The
trustees of the North Carolina
College of Agriculture and Me
chanic Arts to-night accepted tbe
resignation of the presideut, Dr.
George T. Winston, who has
been with the college ten years.
Vice President D. H. Hill will act
temporarillv as president.
Dr. Winston's letter of resigna
tion is from London, England,
where he is visiting. The trus
tees of the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Educa
tion have granted him an allow
ance of $2,500 annually in recog
nition of unusual and distin
guished service to the cause of
education in the South, and par
ticularly in North Carolina. Dr.
Winston has taught for thirty
six years, and has in that period
been the president of the Univer
sity of North Carolina and the
University of Texas. He is fifty
six years old.
Couple In Death Pact.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., .June 2.?
Sebastian Guyla, a clerk in the 1
wholesale liquor bouse, and Mrs.
Kares, whose husband had de
serted her, entered into a death
pact today. Both were found
lifeless in a room in Mrs. Kare's
home, at Kingston, near Wilkes- i
Barre. They made all prepara- i
fcions for the tragedy, were dress-1
ed in holiday attire and wore
buttonhole bouquets.
Both left letters saying they
loved each other, but as Kares
was still alive they realized they
could not get married, and they
concluded to die.
The man shot the woman and
turned the revolver upon him
self.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
Tom Moore, of Rural |Route 1,
Cochran, Ga., writes: "I had a
bad sore come on the instep of
my foot and could And nothing
that would heal it until I applied
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Less
than a 25cent box won the day
for me by affecting a perfect
cure." Sold under guarantee
at Hood Br is. drug store.
Benson Notes.
Misses Minnie Page, Lillian
Markham and Meta Williams,
three of the teachers in the Ben
son Graded School, left for their
homes last Friday afternoon.
Among the visitors in tovn re
cently we note the following:
Mies Annie Cox, of Goldeboro;
Miss Mary Hatcher, of Dunn; Dr.
and Mrs. Hood, of Kenly; Mr.
Rosmal Smith, of Smithtield, and
Mr. A. T. Lassiter, of Davidson
College.
Miss Jennie Baucom.one of the
teachers in the Benson High
School, left Friday for her home
in Raeford. She was accom
panied by her sister, Mrs. J. W.
Whittiugton, who will spend sev
eral days with relatives in and
near Raeford.
Of those attending federal
Court at Raleigh this week are:
Messrs. N. T. Ryals, J. C. Stan
ch, Jim Woodall, Preston John
son, E. L. Hall and Chas. John
son. E. L. Hall and Chas. John
son are there to appear as wit
nesses in the cass of the yegg
men.
Of the number visiting away
from town this week are the fol
lowing: Prof. Ji. T. Royal and
Miss Maude Hall at Fayetteville;
Mrs. Jake Royal, at Wilson;
Mrs. E. L. Hall at Raleigh and
Durham; Mrs. Oscar Johnson at
Four Oaks; Mr. D. J. Hill at
Raleigh and Mr. C. T. Johnson
at Norfolk, Ya.
Mr. J. E. Jones, one of the A.
C. L. operators at this place, ac
companied by Rev. I). F. Put
nam left this afternoon forKenly
where tonight he will be married
to Miss Oda Aycock. After
spending several days in Wash
ington and other Northern cities
they will return to Benson, which
place they will make their home.
The Turpentine Distillery
owned by Mr. A. B. Hudson
caught fire Monday and was al
most wrapped in flames before
the blaze was discovered. The
Are company was on the scene
immediately after the alarm was
given and the flames were quick
ly extinguished. The damage
was between $150 and $200.
Had it not been for the good
work of the firemen the distillery
would have been a total loss. If
there is any one thing in Benson
of which all her people are proud
it is the tire department, for no
town of Benson's size can boast
of a better. The good work done
Monday showed that the firemen
are well trained and know what
they are doing when they see a
"blaze."
On Wednesday evening about
4 o'clock some unknown party
or parties entered the residence
of Mr. J. W.Whittington through
a rear window and completely
ransacked the house, emptying
the contents of trunks and bu
reaus on the floor, taking what
they wanted and scattering what
was left over the house. The bur
glars took three suits of clothes
belonging to Mr. Whittington,
one Colt's pistol, one heavy gold
watch chain with Masonic charm
engraved with Mr. Whitting
ton's initials, several articles of
lady's clothing, jewelry, etc.,
valued at about $300 00. A sus
picious party was seen leaviug
the house carrying a package or
bundle believed to have been the
stolen property. From the best
description obtainable the party
is thought to be a tall dark
skinned white man or a bright
mulatto. Mr. Whittington of
fers $25 00 reward for the cap
ture of the guilty party.
Reporter.
June 4, 08.
Alas! The Poor Candidate.
The poor candidate for office
suffers much and receives but
little. He is bled by beggars,
slandered by enemies, criticized
by friends, discouraged by doubt
ers, deceived by the unthinking
and sometimes defeated by the
majority. If he wins he loses,
and the last state of the poor
martyr is worse than the first.?
Charity and Children.
Binder Twine, sold by Ootter
' Stevens Co.
State News.
Only four men in the town of
Elkin voted against prohibi
tion.
Buncombe prohibitionists pro
pose to have rally and jollifica
tion meeting J uly 4.
The election Tuesday certainly
gave the cause of prohibition a
fresh impetus. They're even go
ing to close the prohibition bars
in Charlotte.
Marion became a dry town
Saturday night at 10 o'clock.
Last winter a year ago the Leg
islature passed au act making
the town dry, but the act did not
become operative until June 1st,
1908.
Sarah Williams, an old color
ed woman, died at Flat Bock,
Henderson county, a few days
ago, and was said to be 115
years old. She may have been
but it is more probable that she
75 or 80.
Old residents of Buncombe
county say that not in their re
collection have they seen cherry
trees so laden with fruit as this
year. The cherries in Asheville
and Buncombe are now ripening
and one tree in Asheville yielded
five bushels.
In Concord on election day
Marshall Jones gave a friend a
drink of sowpaw. This beiug a
violation of the election law
Jones was arraigued before the
recorder and lined $100, the
minimum fine under the law.
Itather expensive drink.
In Raleigh Rev. A. B. Blake, a
sauctificatiouist preacher, bet
$2.50 to $5 put up by W. T.
Sadler that the State would go
dry. Betting on elections is a
violation of law and as a result
the Rev. Blake and Mr. Sadler
have given bonds to answer in
the Superior Court.
On the Cumberland and Robe
; son county line last week a man
! named Hoges was run over by a
1 pair of mules and killed. Hoges
was walking beside the team
when the mules took fright and
started to run. He jumped in
front of them to stop them and
was run over and killed.
The State Anti-Saloon League
closed the campaign about
$2,000 in debt, Chairman Oats
having made himself responsible
for this amount. To meet the
deficit churches of all denomiua
j tions will be asked to hold a
thanksgiving service as soon as
practicable, at which a collection
will be taken.
Otis Collins was accidentally
shot and killed by his playmate,
Guy Bissett, at Nashville, Fri
day. Both boys were 12 years
old; it being school commence
ment Guy invited his little friend
Otis to be his guest. They were
in the yard playing with Guy's
air rifle, when by accident, it
went off, hitting Otis just below
the heart.
Baraca Fire Company Organized.
At a meeting held Friday night
J in the K. of P. Hall the Methodist
Baraca Class organized a lire
company. This company vill be
under the direct management of
our present efficient fire Chief,
Capt. H. L. Skinner.
The object is to strengthen the
old company as much as possi
ble. The Baracas will practice
one evening in every week, and
try to have every thing in readi
ness in cases of emergency. The
organization is as follows.
Chief, H. L. Skinner; Captain,
H. P. 8tevens; Asst. Capt, J. H.
Woodall; Engineer, W. W. Jor
dan; Asst. Engineer, B. Moye;
Nozzlemen, J. F. Lemons and
Chas. Higgins. Hose couplers,
W. M. Grantham and Elbert
Bingham. Managers of reel team
B. L. Jones. Assistants on reel
team R. T. Pay lor, L. E. San
ders, Tom Worlds, Walter En
nis, Walter Parrish. Ladder
men, Leon Stevens, Seth W.
Myatt, C. F. Flowers, Lewis Ellis
D. F Sellers and D, I). Braswell,
with thirty odd left as pumpers.
Reporter.
Picture FYames made by Cot
ter-Stevens Co.
General News.
The Steel Trust has cut the
price of steel bare $1 a ton.
St Petersburg has had 85 sui
cides a month (or three months.
| Senator Atdrlcb is to be chair
man ol the newly created Curren
cy Commission.
New England cotton mills em
ploying 35,000 persons have
gone back to full time.
A thousand persons were killed
in a typhoon and as many more
in a mine tire in China last
week.
Senator Joseph W. Bailey, of
Texas, is one of the delegates-at
large to the Denver Conven
tion.
John D. Rockefeller has given
f500,000 for a new hospital for
the Medical Research Institute at
New York.
The Lusitania and Mauretania
have won ship subsidies for the
Cunard company, both having
made records.
William Hammond Hubbard,
said to have been the first man
to hear the human voice over
the telephone, is dead.
The Government deficit for
May was $11,958,991, compared
to a surplus for the same month
last year of $8,575,212.
The Chicago platform will con
tain a wholesale indorsement of
Roosevelt and his polices and a
limited tariff revision plank.
John Hays Hammond, the
wealthy mining engineer, is a
candidate for the Republican
nomination for Vice-President.
Representative Theodore E.
Burton, of Ohio, will make the
speech in the Chicago conven
| tion nominating Taft for Presi
| dent.
1 The Henate passed the Curren
i cy bill Saturday by a vote of 43
I to 22, four Republicans voting
with the Democrats against the
measure.
The United States Circuit Court
in New York put the duty on the
$340,000 necklace bought by
the wife of a millionaire tinplate
manufacturer at $182,000
Former President Grover
Cleveland, who has been con
fined to the Lakewood Hotel,
j Uakewood, N. J., for two months
with an attack of rheumatic
gout and acute indigestion, has
sufficiently recovered from his ill
ness to be taken to his home in
Princeton Sunday. The trip
was made in an automobile.
Wearying of society, Misses
Adelaide and Vivien Walsh, of
Chicago, daughters of James
Walsh, millionaire ex-president
of the Southern Indiana Rail
1 road, have dedicated their lives
I to the care of the sick and in
jured. Upon the eve of the grad
uation of Miss Adelaide Walsh
i from the Mercy Hospital Train
School for Nurses a third sister,
| Dorothy Walsh, contemplates
leaving the family home to
j adopt the same career.
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List Takers.
Wilson's Mills?J. W. Tomlin
son.
Clayton?Jesse Billiard.
Cleveland?Frank Weeks.
Pleasant Grove?R. I. Ogburn.
Elevation?J. H. Smith.
Banner?J. G. Smith.
Meadow?Nathan McLamb.
Bentonsville?W. N. Rose.
Ingrams?John C. Keen.
Boon Hill?J. D. Finlayson.
Beulah?J. W. Woodard.
Oneals?J. L. Jones.
Wilders?J. W. Barnes.
Pine Level?W. F. Gerald.
Selma?E. W. Vick.
Smithfield?D. T. Lunceford.
Florida is apparently to be the
next state to adopt the prohibi
tion policy. While the prohibi
tion candidate (or governor has
been defeated in the democratic
primary elections, held last
week, a majority of the nomi
nees chosen for the Legislature
[ are in favor of that policy. The
, whole South is apparently to
take a hand in the experiment of
promoting temperance through
the abolition of the legalized Ba
loon?Springfield Republican.
Clayton News.
Only a Hhort while now and we
will be Baying Governor Home
with emphaaie.
The rhilathea Class of the
Clayton Baptist Sunday achool
Is planning a big plculc for Fri
day of this week.
Them's been some very Inter
esting horse trading here recent
ly. Fact is some very nice horses
h^ve changed hands.
Mr. Haiford Whitley, of Wen
dell, was here Tuesday attending
the monthly meetings of the en
terprises in which he is interested.
On next Sunday at the Bap
tist church, the pastor will preach
to the Masons. All the Masons
and the general public is Invited
to attend.
Clayton is to have a paper this
fail. Already a good part of the
stock is subscribed and work of
getting stock is being pushed
right along.
Watch the Building and Loan
Association. The arrangements
are just about completed for the
beginning of a handsome resi
dence in the town of Smithtield.
At the home of the bride's
mother, Mrs. J. T. Wlggs, Miss 1
Martha Wiggs and Mr. Sherwood
Mack Spence were made husband
and wife Monday evening, Rev.
T. H. Thornton officiated.
Mr. James IT. Wood, one of
the moat successful truck farmers
of this section, brought us a
small twig from a currant bush.
This twig was literally crowded
with nice, large currants. Mr.
Wood says that from this one !
tree he has sold 23 quarts at 10
cents a quart and gathered at
least 12 quarts for home use.
He figures that an acre planted
in currants will very easily ma- i
ture 300 plants and that each
plant will net $3 00 each season,
thus an acre should produce$900
worth. Looks like it ought to
be a paying proposition.
Yelir.
Clayton, June 3.
Selma News.
Mr. C. W. Richardson went to
Raleigh Thursday. ?
All of our school boys and
girls are at home again.
Mrs. E. G. Richardson and lit
tle ones are on a visit to rela
tives in Wake.
Miss Alice Noble, of Wilming
ton, is on a visit to her cousin,
Miss Annie Noble.
Mrs. H. W. Hood und little
ones are here on a visit to her
mother, Mrs. Mary Parker.
Mrs. R. M. Nowell has returned
from a visit to her parents at |
Lewiston, and the Sheriff is at j
home again.
Contractor Strickland now has i
hands full of work. Mr. Grain- i
ger of Wilson aud Mr. Worle.y of!
Pine I^evel both have all they can
do.
There were only seven life insu-;
ranee agents in Selma Wednes-j
day and it was not a good day J
for them either. It speaks well
for the health of a place when the
life insurance agents flock to it.
Mr. and Mrs. Bascom Parker
have returned from their wed
ding trip to some of the North
ern cities. Mrs. Parker is the at
tractive daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Womack, and agreat
favorite of our people. Mr. Par
ker is a son of Mr. J. T. Parker,
and has a good position with
the A. C. L.
Senex.
A Grand Family Medicine.
"It gives me pleasure to speak
a good word for Electric Bit
ters" writes Mr. Frank Conlanof
No. 436 Houston St., NewYork.
"Its a grand family medicine for
dyspepsia and liver complica
tions; while for lame back and
weak kidneys it cannot be too
highly recommended." Electric
Bitters regulate the digestive
functions, purify the blood, and
impart renewed vigor and vital
ity to the weak and debilitated
of both sexes. Sold under guar
antee at llood Bros, drug store.
I?0c.
RECVERS H. BUTLER DEAD.
English General Figured Prominently
In Boer War. Man Who Relieved
Ladysmith.
London, June 2?Gen. Sir
Redvers Henry Duller, who had
been ill for some weeks, Is dead.
He was born in 1839.
General Duller entered the
army in 1858, and in 1891 he
had risen to the rank of lieuten
ant-general; he served in China
in 1860, in the Ashanti War in
1874, in the Kaffir War and the
Zulu War in 1878-79, was in
South Africa in 1881 and in
Egypt in 1882, and was present
at the battle of Tel-El-Kebir.
He also fought in the Sudan War
in 1884 and was Undersecretary
for Ireland in 1887.
He became well known in the
Doer War as the man who re
lieved Ladysmith. He went out
to South Africa in 1899, first as
general commanding the forces
in South Africa and afterward as
general officer commanding In
Natal. He conducted the opera
tions for the relief of Ladysmith,
which was successfully accom
plished after an investment of
118 days, and subsequently he
conducted the operations that
resulted iu the expulsion of the
Doer Army from Natal.
Princeton Items.
E. H. Stallings, of Chase City,
\'a., is visiting in town.
Mrs. Mary Phillips, of Golds
boro, is visitiug iu town.
F. H. Brooks was in town last
Saturday on legal business.
Miss Clara M. Finlayson has
returned home from Salisbury.
Willie P. Suggs, an A. & M.
student, is home on a vacation.
Mrs. J. W, Perry has returned
home from a visit at Bayboro,
N.C.
J. M. Beaty was in town last
Friday talking Herald and job
work.
Miss Bessie Brothers, of La
Grange, is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
McKeune.
Miss Bessie Joyner has return
ed home from Louisburg Female
College to spend vacation.
J. V, Finlayson, of Salisbury,
spent, a day or so in town accom
panied by his daughter, Huth,
Married by J. D. Finlayson, J.
P., at Mrs. Fancy Eason'son the
BlstotMayMr. Gastou Little
to Mrs. Emily Davis.
Mr. Snow's wife and little
daughter, of Norfolk, Va., have
arrived and will make this their
home. Mr. Snow is foreman of
the lumber grading department
for the C. M. Co.
A Uuion Meeting was held at
the Free Will Baptist church
Saturday and Sunday. There
were quite a number present, al
so a Union Meeting was held at
the same time at the Primitive
Baptist church at Cross Roads.
There were several visiting min
isters present.
/V 1 _ 1 - W 1
uur eiecciou passed on pleas
antly. In the morning there met
at the M. E. church a little band
of "Spartan" women who pray
ed aud sang all day. When the
news came next morning that
prohibition was victorious the
bells began to peal forth a glad
acclaim and was kept up through
out the day.
Married by J. D. Finlayson, J.
P., at John B. Turner's on the
22nd of May, Miss Bessie Turner
to ('barley Johnson, The atten
dants were Bright Barbour with
Miss P. A. Turner, Fred Vaughn
with Miss Hortense Pearce, Ed.
Vaughn with Miss Mabel Pearce,
J. U. Creech with Miss Etta Tur
ner, and Wm. Brown with Miss
Florence Vaughn
J. D. F.
Princeton, June 3.
They're calling Wilkes the ban
ner wet county. Beg pardon,
but that honor belongs to the
east?to Johnston county, and
also nearby is the large wet
county of Wake, which includes
the State capital. Give the east
the honors that rightfully be
long t.o it.?Statesville Land
mark.
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