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VOL. 27. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. JUNE 19. 1908. NO. 15
Clayton News.
Mrs. Sallie Cole, of Cary, is
spending some time vith tier sis
ter, Mrs. M. G. Gulley.
B-Mr. J. G. M. Cordon, manager
of the Clayton Drug Co., went to
ltaleigb Monday on business.
The Clayton Cotton mills have
started back on full time and
the operatives feel mighty good
about it.
s Messrs. Paul Gulley and Lea
mon Dodd have returned borne
after a two weeks absence-with
out-leave.
Mr. Samuel T. Honeycutt, our
very efficient register-of deeds,
spent a day here this week We
are always glad to see old Sam.
Mr. Walter Ives, accompanied
by his sister, Miss SuRie and Miss
Eloise Martin, spent Subday with
the family of Mrs. A. T. Bedding
lield.
Rev, J. H. Shore, of Smithheld,
is doingsome excellent preaching
at the Methodiet church, and
big congregations hear him at
every service
Misses Payne and Tickle, the
milliners for the two stores here,
are returning to their respective
homes this week, as the millinery
season is just about closed.
Misses Mary Powell, Lizzie By- j
num, and Lena Simmons, of |
Tarboro, N. C., have returned to
their home after a visit of sev
eral days to Miss Annie Cordon, j
Mr. W. D. Jones brought usj
the first cotton blossom we have
seen this season, Tuesday the
16th., and this was a red one
which bloomed on Monday the
15th.
We regret very much to hear
of the failure of the Clayton
Manufacturing Co., but feel con
fident that some one will buy
this splendid plant and put it to
work again.
Mr. Oscar Creech, principal of
the Castalia High School, hasj
the catalogues of this school and
will be glad to mail one to any j
one who intends going off to
school this season.
The singing class of the cotton
mill Sunday School, comprising
about fifty members, led by Mr.
J. B. Talton, went to Tippett's
chapel last Sunday and sang to
the delight of a big crowd.
Mr. J. R. Smith lost fifty-five
dollars on the streets here on
last Satrrday evening. He will
very much appreciate its return.
Such an amount as this is a com
siderable loss in these stringent
times.
We feel confident we shall
have the pleasure of announcing
in our next letter, that Hon.
Ashley Home is the Democratic
nominee for governor. Quite a
number of our town people are
going to the state convention on
the 24th.
Yelir.
Millionaire Begins Factory Life.
Although he could have trav
eled from bis father's handsome
estate at College Point to the
rubber works in a $10,000 auto
mobile, John Archelius, son of
President A. Archelius, of the
American Hard Rubber Works,
started to work at 7 o'clock
yesterday morning clad in jump
er and overalls. He carried a
tin dinner pail.
At 6 p. m., wnen the whistle
blew, he quit work and went
home, tired but happy. He had
put in his first day at the bot
tom of the ladder he has deter
mined to climb.
Young Archelius is said to
have several millions in his own
right. He is just out of college
and has decided to learn the
the hard rubber business from
the ground up. Yesterday he
was assigned to the gum depart
ment, where the mixing is done.
The work there is peculiarly
hard. The young millionaire
told the foreman when he re
ported for work thot he would
take his whack the same as any
other employe. He was re ward
ed in the afternoon by words of
commendation from the fore
man, who said that if all the em
ployes would labor as bard the
factory could be run with fewer
men.
A Model Presiding Officer.
The whole State will applaud
State Chairman Chatham lor re
questing Hon. Thomas J. Jarvis
to act as Temporary chairman
ol the State Convention at Char
lotte next week. His acceptance
of this honor of presiding over
the greatest political convention
ever held in North Carolina is
guarantee of fairness aud justice
to every candidate and to every
interest, and also insures a key
note speech that will start the
campaign upon high lines for a
sweeping victory in November.
For nearly fifty years Thomas
Jarvis has been a leader?first in
his county from which he enter
ed the Confederate Army, where
he received wounds that have de
nied him the use of his arm all
his life. Later as member of the
House, as Speaker of the House,
as Lieutenant-Governor, as Gov
ernor for seven years, as Minis
ter to Brazil and as United
States Senator he has filled every
position of trust with honor and
fidelity. But the highest claim
he has to distinction is that in
bis old age he has as a private
citizen in his home town led in
education and religious activity
and development aud iu the uplift
of this and coming generations.
North Carolina is rich in able
and impartial sons who would
meet the demands of the occa
sion at Charlotte next week, but
the selection of "the Grand old
man" of Pitt will give universal
satisfaction.?News & Observer.
Democratic State Convention.
Delegates from Johnston to
Democratic State Convention to
meet in Charlotte Wednesday,
June 24th, at 12 o'clock:
J. T. Ellington, Clayton, N. C.
D. H. McCullers,
J. Walter Myatt, R F. D. No.
1. Clayton, N. C.
John Stephenson, R. F. D. No.
4., Benson, N. C.
W. S. Smith, R. F. D. No. 1
Smithfleld, N. C.
J. W. Holmes, Benson, N. C.
J. J. Rose, R. F. D. No. 2, Beas
ley, N. C.
Rufus Sanders, R. F. D. No. 1,
Four Oaks, N. C.
B. B. Adams, Four Oaks, N. C.
C. W. Smith, Selma, N. C.
N. B. Hales, Pine Level, N. C.
C. W. Eagerton, Kenly, N. C.
Oscar O'Neal, R. F. D. No. 1,
Afcher, N. C.
J. W. Barnes, Archer, N. C.
C. M. Wilson, Wilson's Mills,
N. C.
M. C. Winston, Selma, N. C.
Ed. S. A bell, Smithtield, N. C.
W. D. Avera, R. F. D. No. 1,
Smithtield, N. C.
The Denver Convention.
Chicago, June 16.?Members
of the Democratic National Com
mittee on arrangements for the
Denver convention met today in
, the Democratic State headquar
ters in the Sherman House here,
to pass upon final plans for the
convention.
The details for the Denver
meeting were said to be practi
cally completed and the conven
tion promises to be one of the
most satisfactory in the history
of the party in point of physical
arrangements.
It was decided that the con
vention hall shall be fitted with
regular opera chairs. Accord
ing to the plans which were ap
proved, it will have a seating
capacity of 15,000.
The assignment of press seats
was left to G. W. Hitchcock, of
Omaha. Of these there will be
303 arranged on a series of
platforms built from the floor of
the hall up to a level with the
main platform. Swivel chairs
will be provided for the news
paper representatives.
Exchanging Pulpits.
We are requested to announce
that Rev. J. F. Owen, of Dunn,
N. C., will fill Rev. J. Ruftin John
son's appointment at St. Mary's
Grove the third Saturday and
Sunday at the usual hour for
services also Rev. J. Ruflin John
son will fill Rev. J. F. Owen's ap
pointment at Hopewell the 3id
| Saturdav and Sunday at the
\ usual hour for services.
Teachers' Assembly.
We always feel a deep interest
in the work of the teachers. It
means so much to the welfare of
the people. They have been I
holding their annual meeting in
Charlotte this week. The Char-'
lotte News had this to say about
them iu last Monday's issue:
"Now Charlotte is to entertain
another large host of prominent
men and women. Tomorrow
the North Carolina Teachers'
Assembly will open a three-day
session here, and in the neigh
borhood of one thousand visit
ors are expected to attend this
great gathering of educational
workers.
Charlotte is very glad of the
'opportunity to entertain the j
teachers of the state, and elabor
ate preparations have been made
for their pleasure while sojourn-1
ing in the city.
The men and women who have
given over their time and their
talents to the instruction of the
rising generation are a noble
set. Teachers are poorly paid,
and especially is this so iu North
Carolina. Nor is the life of a
teacher free from hardships.
Countless disadvantages are
encountered; numberless hard
ships borne, and for the service,
only slight remuneration is of
fered.
i-. c xl i -j._ i I
iu spue ui mese tacts, now- j
ever, the cream of ourcitiz-mship '
is to be found numbered in the
ranks, and the high standard of
efficiency of North Carolina
teachers is reflected in the excel
lence of the training given. Their
splendid work has not beeu
equaled in any state in the Union, j
The mere fact that within the
past five years an average of one
new school house has been built
a day; while duriug that time
school terms have been length
ened by special tax issues, and
facilities for proper instruction
otherwise greatly improved
speaks for the potency of the
educational wave sweeping over
the state. That North Carolina
has at length become keenly
aroused as to the need of the
proper training of her boys and
girls is due to the untiring efforts
of these teachers."
Where the Money Goes.
An Italian banker of New York j
makes the estimate that within
the past twelve months his re-,
migrating countrymen have
taken home with them some j
1400,000,000 of American mon-!
ey, or more than the amount re
ceived by the United States for j
all the cotton thus far exported i
during the present fiscal year
I This estimated amount, owing
j to the great numbers of loose-,
footed foreigners fleeing our in-1
dustrial depression, is very much
larger than the normal amount;
for similar periods, but it helps
to show what becomes of the
huge annual trade balance in !
our favor. At all times the
stream of remittances from the
United States, in person and by I
draft, constitutes an important
j factor in the prosperity of Italy.!
j Nearly all European countries
j profit to some extent. Then
; there are such large items as
| shipping payments, expendi
tures of tourists, and the pur
chase money of titles for Ameri
can women. The income from
I investments in the United States,
j especially to Great Britain, re
| mains large. These drains con
I sidered, it is no wonder that the
gold stream flows Europe's way!
as often as not. By condemning
us to industrial isolation the
Dingley tariff compels almost j
exclusive reliance upon the raw
or semi-raw products of our soil j
and mines for the payment of
our European obligations, and
i thus makiug difficult what
. should be an easy task despite
j the offsets noted. Take away
the Mouth's cotton and the
country would fare hard. There
i are many factories In interna
tional trade relations which do
not reveal themselves to the
man who looks no farther than
the apparent balauce for the
United States and against Eu
1 rope?Charlotte Observer.
Epworth League Conference.
The Epworth League of the
North Caroliua Couference will
hold a Conference in the
Methodiet church in Smithtteld,
beginning Thursday night, June
25th aud closing the following
Suuday night.
A very Hue programme has
been prepared for the Conference.
We are expecting a large num
ber of delegates from the Leagues
of the North CarolinaConfereufce.
We would appreciate it very
greatly if the people generally
of Smithheld would open their
homes for the entertainment of
the Conference.
Smithtteld has "a reputation
for hospitalitv and I am Hiire
that this reputation will be fully
sustained during the Couference
Mrs. T. R. Hood has charge of
the committee to secure homes
for the delegates.
J no. H. Shore.
PROGRAMME.
Program of Epworth League
Conference to be held in Smith
Held next week:
Thursday evening, june 26th.
Devotional JExercises Pres
ident.
Address of Welcome.... Mr.
W. W. Cole, SmithHeld, N. C.
Response Rev. L. B. Jones,
Raleigh, N. C.
M usic ConferenceQuartette.
Address ? "Trained Workers,
the Church'sUreatest Need"?Dr.
R. C. Beaman, New Berne, N. C.
Song and Benediction.
FRIDAY MORNING JUNE 26TH.
Devotional Exercises Devo
tional Department.
Organization and enrollment
of Delegates.
Music ConferenceQuartette.
Departmental Conference?l)e
votional Department conducted
by Mr. C. Ed. Taylor, Wilming
ton, N. C.
Music.
Address?"The Relation of the
League to the Spiritual Life of
the Young Christian and as a
Fector In the Conversion of
Souls"?Rev. R. W. Bailey, San
ford, N. C.
Music... .ConferenceQuartette.
Paper?" The Work of the Jun
ior League"?Mrs. Whit Gaskins,
New Bern, N. C.
Departmental Conference
?Fourth Department,Conducted
by Miss Ida Hankins, Wilming
ton, N.C.
Music
Address?"The Need of Mission
Study among Leaguers"?Rev.
W. H. Brown, Manteo, N. C.
Song and Benediction.
friday evening, june 26tH.
Address Dr. .John C. K-ilgo,
Durham, N. C.
Social.Haif Hour.
Song and Benediction.
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 27'i'H.
Devotional Exercises Devo
tional Department.
Music ConferenceQuartette.
Reports from District Secreta
ries and Local Leagues.
Departmental Conference?Sec
ond Department, Conduucted by
Mrs. J. F. Bivins, Durham, N. C.
Address?"The Work of the
Charity and Help Deparment"?
Rev. G. T. Adams, Durham, N.C.
Music ConferenceQuartette.
Mission Study class Conducted
by Miss Ida Hankins, Wilming
ton, N. C.
Address?'The Place of the
League in the Mission Work of
the Church"?Rev. N. M. Watson,
Bynum, N. C.
Music.
Election of officers and Selec
tion of Place for the Next Con
ference.
Song and Benediction.
SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 27TH.
Social and Literary Meeting
Conducted by Mr. R. M. Phillips,
New Bern, N. C.
Address?"The Influence of So
cial and Literary Environment
on the Young"?Rev. T. A.
Smoot.
Music... .ConferenceQuartette.
Announcements.
Song and Benediction.
SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 28TH.
Sermon?Rev. T. A. Smoot,
Wilmington, N. C.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
Address to Mass Meeting?Dr.
T. N. Ivev, Raleigh, N. C.
SUNDAY KVE.NINO.
Sermon?Hev. Kuclid McYVhor
ter, Maxton, N. C.
Rev. J. II. Frizelle,
President.
Miss Lizzie R. Hancock,
8ec'y.
The Antl-Injnnctlon Plank.
The an ti-inj unction plank
which is being urged at Chicago
is a dangerous proposition. The
power to grant injunctions is an
ancient and useful attribute of
courts of equity, The writ of in
junction is designed to meet em
ergencies with which ths com
mon law cannot deal, and to re
strain offenses against persons
and property for which the vic
tim could have no adeqnate com
pensation in damages. The ac
tion for the writ is addressed to
the conscience of the chancellor,
and the remedy afforded is of
great value because of the quick
ness and flexibility of its preven
tive agency.
Any statue wrucn torpids a
court of equity to grant a reme
dy which the enlightened legal
conscience of the court deems
just and reasonable can be of no
advantage to the social order.
It is true that courts have gran
ted injunctions improvidently, as
they have on occasions exercised
other powers unwisely, but the
remedy is by appeal and not by
destroying the jurisdiction. If
our appellate courts have reach
ed the point where they cannot
be trusted to adjudiate rights,
then we are too far gone for stat
utes to help us. We believe that
our courts of equity can still be
relied on to exercise their ancient
jurisdiction with fairness and in
telligence, and that any statue
curtailing the powers of equita
ble relief would be dangerous and
unwise.
Ic will be remembered that Sec
retary Taft.jwhen judge of a Fed
eral court, granted certain in
junctions which have been bitter
ly criticised by the labor people.
The urgency of President Roose
velt in dictating the anti-in
junction plank is, therefore, iu
itself a severe arraignment of
the judicial career of,his own can
didate. It cannot fail to embar
rass Secretary Taft, but it is
characteristic of the President
that such a result does not con
cern him.?The Richmond Times
Despach.
Trade Report.
Bradstreet's, Saturday will say
for Richmond and vicinity;
Trade conditions generally show
little change from those that
have recently existed.
Travelers are out with fall
samples of dry goods and no
tions, but ordering is light, fill
ing in orders have been small.
Produce is in fair demand, the
market is well supplied with
vegetables, from near by dis
tricts. Fair shipments of Vege
tables to Northern markets are
noted.
Jobbers of shoes report sales
fair though smaller than at a
comparative period of last year.
Locally building continues ac
tive.
Many mechanics and laborers
are unemployed, and idle cars
are numerous.
The wheat crop which is re
ported the beet in many years,
has practically all been harvest
ed. Throughout Virginia and
North Carolina corn, tobacco,
and oats are reported in excel
lent condition. In North Caro
lina the cotton crop is reported
good, however, in some sections
it has been injured by heavy
rains. Roads are reported bad
for the season of the year. Re
tail trade is fair and collections
continue slow.
A Card of Thanks.
Mr. and Mrs. J as. H. Rose
wish to express thanks and ap
preciations for the kindness and
help rendered by the good peo
ple of Benson, during the illness,
death and burial of their little
son, John Lemuel, who died Sat
urday, June 14, 1908.
Benson Notes.
Several of the young people of
town went out to Steven's pond
picnicing last Friday. They re
port fish plentiful and a very
pleasant time.
Mr Elbert Britt left Tuesday
for Wilmington to attend the
21st annual Convention and En
terstate Tournament of the
North Carolina State Fireman's
Association.
Frof. L. T- Royal left Friday
for Fayetteville where he goes to
spend a few davs with relatives
after which he will go to Charlotte
to attend the State Teachers As
sembly.
Miss Jennie Baucom, of Rayford
one of the teachers of Benson
(Iraded School, passed through
town Monday in route to Chapel
Hill where she goes to attend
the Summer School for teachers.
Mr. W. I). Thomas who has
been in the High Smith Hospital
at Fayetteville for past several
weeks returned to his home Sat
urday. We are glad to note that
Mr. Thomas has entirely recover
ed from his recent illness.
There was preaching at the
Primitive Baptist church Sun
day morning by Elder Thomas
Coats. Also services at Mission
ary Baptist church Sunday
morning and night by the pas
tor, Rev. 1). F. Putnam.
Beginning on the second Sun
day in July there will be a series
of meetings at the Baptist church
here. Rev. Mr. Bradshaw, of
Hickory, General Missionary for
the State Baptist Convention of
Western North Carolina, will
conduct the services.
Among the number visiting in
town this week are Prof, and
Mrs. B. I. Tart of Warsaw, Mrs.
I)r. Hood of Kenly. Mr. and Mrs.
Clem Bryant of Clayton, Mr.
.Jno. Holland of Kenly, Mr. .T. P.
Pittman, Editor of the Dunn
Guide, and Mr. Ira Rose of Rocky
Mount.
Of the number visiting away
from town recently we note the
following: Mrs. J. F. Lee and
children at Polenta. Mr. Alonzo
Parrish at Birmingham, Ala.,
Mrs. Mary A. Whittenton at
Wade, Mr. J. C. Stancil at Chica
go, 111., and Mr. J. A. Johnson
at Dunn.
Ruffin Langdon and Will Wal
lace of Elevation township pasB
ed through Benson last Satur
day afternoon on their way from
Dunn. Both men had been drink
ing and it seems that after they
had passed Benson an alterca
tion arose between them when
Wallace drew a knife and cut
Langdon across the abdomen in
flicting a very serious wound.
Langdon was brought to town
and the proper medical atten
tion given by Dr. Rowland. Wal
lace was also brought to town
under arrest where he gave bond
for his appearing before E. F.
Moore, J. P., on Monday morn
ing. At the preliminary hearing
the fact developed that Wallace
was so drunk that he knew noth
ing about the cutting, that Wal
lace and Langdon married sis
ters and had always been the
best of friends. Wallace was
held for Superior court under
$100 bond. This is another case
where the damnable liquor traffic
was the "cause of it all."
June 17,'08. Reporter.
Col. Horne In the Lead.
The Mecklenburg primaries
Tuesday resulted in a great vic
tory for Col. Ashley Horne, the
veteran-farmer-merchant candi
date for Governor,the total vote
being 4,280 of which Col. Horne
received 1,933, Kitchen 1,203,
and Craig 1,143. There was a
landslide to the Johnson county
man during the last 24 hours of
the campaign, the Kitchen
Craig debate driving many votee
to him. The situation in the
county is most interesting. Hun
dreds of citizens who are tired of
"speaking governors" voted for
Mr. Horne knowing that speech
making is not one of his accom
plishments. Many of his suppor
ters declare that they would
have been more enthusiastic for
him had be been dumb.