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VOL. 27. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1908. NO: 26
I APPALLING DAMAGE IN PENDER.
Only Seven of the 100 Families of Cane
tuck Township, Pender County
Were Not Driven From Their
Homes by the Floods.
Wilmington, N. C., Sept. 2.?
The flood situation today was
practically unchauged, though
reports have reached the city of
appalliug damage in Cauetuck
township, Feuder couuty. be
tween the Cape Fear and Black
rivers, where an area of 15 or 20
miles square of tine farming
lands have been inundated by
the floods, causing thousands of
dollars of damage to crops and
other property. Only seven out
of nearly 100 families in this
section were able to remain at
their homes on account of the
high water. The fine plantation
of 1,100 acres, belonging to Mr.
B. F. Keith, of thiscity.at Keith,
N. C., was completely covered
with water, and his loss alono
will be great. Other less able to
bear the loss will have to receive
outside assistance. The waters,
which are now receding, were
seven feet higher than ever known
before.
Bailroad traffic out of Wil
mingtou, on the Seaboard and
A. and Y. and vV . C. and A. divi
sions of the Coast Line, is still
tied up on account of the iuuu
dation of the tracks between
this city and N'avassa station,
at the confluence of the Cape
Fear and Northeast rivers. On
account of high tide this after
noon, the waters were higher
than any day yet, and a number
of wharves in the city werecover
*ed with water, but no damage of
consequence resulted. Out of
Wilmington the trouble on the
railway lines is roported to be
rapidly disapearing.?News and
Observer.
Destructive Flood In New Mexico.
A flood in the Cimmarion river,
following a cloudburst, washed
away a number of dwellings at
Folsom, N. M., last night. Fif
ten persons are reported to have
been drowned. Eleven bodies
have been recovered. Ten miles
of track and twelve bridges on
the Colorado and Southern rail
road were washed away.
Meagre advices received here to
day say the entire town was
swept by the flood caused by the
cloudburst. Several houses were
swept away completely and
nearly every house in the town
was damaged. Folsom is in the
northeastern part of New Mexico,
near Iiaton, on the Santa Fe
railroad. Its elevation is about
7,000 feet, and it is constantly
in danger of floods which sweep
down from the surrounding
mountains whenever there is a
cloudburst or heavy rain in the
hills. The property loss is esti
mated to exceed $100,000.
Trinidad,Col., Dispatch, Aug. 28.
A Letter from Florida.
We are in receipt of a letter,
renewing his subscribtiou to the
herald from Mr. E. F. Ratten,
of Walkille, Florida. Mr.Ratten
formly lived in this county but
for the past several years has
lived in the land of flowers. We
make the following extract from
his letter:
"Crops in our section, consist
ing of corn, cotton, sugar-cane,
sweet and Irish potatoes, are
very fine. There is not a month
in the year here that we cannot
have all the vegetables we want.
"Our farmers are very busy
now gathering corn and cotton.
September will bring cabbage
planting and other vegetables
for winter use. Then the orange
gathering, after which it will be
time to begin preparations for
another year's crop. Every
month brings planting and gath
ering iu our ideal climate."
They Take The Kinks Out.
"I have used Dr. King's New
Life Pills for many years, with
increasing satisfaction. They
take the kinks out of stomach,
liver and bowels, without fuss
or friction," says N H Brown,
of Pittstield, Vt. Guaranteed
satisfactory at Ho>d Bros, drug
store. 25c.
Clayton News.
Miss Purefoy, of Ashville, is
visiting Miss Swannauoa Llorue.
Miss lone Gulley returned Tu
esday from a visit to Miss Pattie
Watson at Wilson.
Miss Cora Hocutt, of near Emit,
is spending several days with
Mrs. Jesse W. Milliard.
Liberty Cottou Mill is now run
niug and it sounds mighty good
to hear the hum of its machinery, j
Mr. Heurv Austin has accept-1
ed a position with Messrs Joe tt.
Hiunant & Co. and began work
the tirst.
Prof. N. Y. Gulley, of the Wake
Forest Law School, was in Clay
ton a few hours Wednesday on
legal business.
We are glad to see Dr. Young
out again after an illness of sev
eral days. Hope he may remain
well for a long time.
Messrs A. J. Rarbour, Swade
Barbour, and John Hinnantand
Joe T. Barnes have returned from
a business trip to New York and
Baltimore
Boys, Gulley & Gulley, Clay
ton, are going to give away a
fine automobile this fall. You
ought to watch out for their an
nouncement next week in The
Herald.
About 20 of our young people
have gotten off to college. This
will cause us to be rather lonely
for some time but our well wish
es for them will very shortly
overcome this
Mrs. Bettie M Jones and her
daughter, Mrs. Nannie Holland,
of Holland, Va., are here on a
visit to Mrs. D. H. McCullers who
has been quite sick but who is
now very much improved.
Mr. W. L. Whitley left Tuesday
morning for New York and Bal
timore to purchase fall and win
ter goods for Messrs Home &
Son. On Tuesday night the
storks visited his home and left
a fine boy.
The Clayton Cotton Mill and
The Clay ton Oil Mill had their
regular monthly directors' meet
ing Weduesday. Both the con
cerns are in excellent shape and
have hardly lost auy time on ac
count of the much spoken of de
pression.
Mr. John S. Barnes has secur
ed a position with Messrs Ashley
Home & Son in the dry-goods
department and went to work
Tuesday, the first. Mr. Barnes
served in this store for 12 years
and his many friends will be glad
to see him back after an absence
of 6 years.
Mrs. Will H. McCullers return
ed home Tuesday after being
away for a little over 13 months,
nearly 11 months of which time
she spent in a sanatorium. Her
many friends will be glad to
snow that Mrs. McCullers has
nearly gained her usual strength
and hope that she may soon be
entirely well.
The Clayton High School will
begin on Monday, the 14th of
September. Prof. Caraway, of
Morehead City, will have charge
and will be assisted by the very
best teachers to be secured. Des
pite all the talk to the contrary,
Clayton is going to coutinue
having a good school, and offers
advantages in every respect,
equal to those of any other high
school.
At a meeting of the directors of
the Building and Loan Associa
tion Tuesday night, the resigna
tion of Mr. Donald Uulley as at
torney for the association was
accepted and Prof. J. R. Wil
liams was elected to All out his
unexpired term. It was also or
dered that a new series be start
ed 011 October 10th. Up to date
the association has shown a nice
business and our people have
grown to look upon it as one of j
Clayton's most necessary enter
prises. Several houses will be
going up shortly.
YEUR.
Clayton, September 2nd.
Mr. R. I. Austin says Benson j
Methodis* Sunday School is
gaining member* and donttr fine 1
work. Mr, R. T. Surles is super-1
; intendent.
General News.
The special grand jury investi
gating the recent riots atSpring
tield, 111 , has returned 78 indict
ments.
A negro named George John
son was hanged by a mob at
Murfreesboro, Tenn., Friday
night. He had attempted to as
sault a white woman, was identi
fied and confessed
Fews of the sinking of the Brit
ish steamer Dunearu aud the
loss of all but two of the 53
members of her crew in the ty
phoou which raged on August
26th off the Japanese coast, has j
been received at Tokio, Japan.
Judge Taft and his family wtio {
have been at Hot Springs, Va.,
for about two months, left there
last week aud the presidential
candidate is now at Middle Bass
Island, Ohio, on a fishing expedi
tion. On the trip from Hot
Springs through Ohio Judge Taft
made 14 brief speeches at points
where crowds had gathered to
meet his train.
Charles Eaton, an aged one
armed man, who had been re
leased from jail at Huntsville,
Ala , by Federal Judge Hundley
to visit his sick wife, surrendered
himself Saturday night after
having walked over 100 miles
to fulfill his promise to return.}
After visiting his wife at Win-j
caester, Tenn., Eaton fouud him
self witnout funds and was forc
ed to walk back to Huntsville,
where he was serviug a sentence j
for illicit distilling.
Five men were killed, another
is expected to die and five others
were seriously injured in a col
lision late Friday at the Warrior
Run Colliery of the Lehigh Val
ley Coal Company, six miles
from Wilkesbarre, Pa. i'he men
were being hoisted up a slope
when a runaway mine car struck
a train of mine cars on which
were 20 men who were employed
in the mine, Only six of them
escaped injury. Those killed
were horribly mangled.
Pay Court Week.
Court convenes in Smithfleld
Monday, September ldtb. There
will be some in attendance from
almost every neighborhood in
the county. We hope the peo
Ele will keep us in mind and
ring or send us their subscrip
tion to Tue Herald during
court week. We need the money
and some subscribers can pay as
well then as later.
Democratic Senatorial Convention.
The Democratic Senatorial
Convention for the 15th Senator
ial District composed of the
Counties of Johnston, Harnett
and Sampson is hereby called
to meet on Saturday Sept. 5th
1908 at noon in the town of Dunn,
N. C. for the purpose of Nomi
natingtwo Senators to Represent
said District in the General As
sembly of North Carolina. By
order of the Commit.ee
E. R. Wilson,
Chariman.
E. Lee,
Sec.
Republicans Name a State Ticket.
The Republican State Con
vention at Charlotte Thursday
nominated the following ticket
for State officers:
For Governor, Jonathan Elwood
Cox. of High Point; Lieutenant
Governor. Charles French Toms,
of Hendersonville; Secretary of
Starte, Dr. Cyrus Thompson, of
Onslow county; Treasurer, W. E,
Griggs, of Lincolnton; Auditor,
John Quincy Adams Wood of
Pasquotank, Superintendent of
Puolic Instruction, Rev. J. L. M.
Lyerly, of Rowan; Attorney Gen
eral, Jake F. Newell, of Char
lotte; Commissioner of Agricul
ture, J. M. Mewborne, of Lenoir;
Coporation Commissioner, Harry
G. Elmore, of Rowan; Insurance
Commissioner, J. B. Norris, of
Wilkes; Commissioner of Labor
and Printing, C. M. Ray, of Char
lotte, and Eleetors-at-Large, A
A Whitener, of Catawr>.? mid
Thomas Settle, of B.inco.uoe ?
Excnauge
GIRL SAVES YOUTH IN LAKE.
Swims to Shore with Drowning Young
Man, Who Upsets Rowboat.
Lake Hopatcong, N ,1., Aug.
28.?George H Jennings, 11)
years old, eon of John L. Jen
nings, a retired banker, who has
beeu visiting Miss (1. Lock wood
here, owes his life to Miss Hattie
Iteyuolds of Newark, who rescu
ed hint from the waters of the
lake yesterday.
The youug man was in a row
boat which he upset in deep wa
ter. He could not swim and eri
ed out for help.
Miss Reynolds, who was row
ing near bv, jumped from her
boat and swam to young Jen
nings, who was going down for
the third time when tbegirl reach
ed him. Grabbing him with her
left hand, Miss Reynolds swam
for the shore while a big crowd (
cheered her pluck. She reacaed
the shore about exhausted, and ;
was hauled out still clinging to
Jennings, who was unconscious.
He was revived after half an '
hour's hard work. i
Miss Reynolds came here on
Tuesday to spend a few days and ;
enjoy the evening swim. Owing
to the cold weather yesterday
she had postponed her daily i
swim and had no intention of go
ing in the water until young Jei
uings shouted for help.
An Aged Woman at Rest.
Wednesday morning at eleven 1
o'clock the tired spirit of Mrs.
Emeline Parrish, wife of Mr. I,
Isaac I'arrish, took its flight for ,
that brighter and better world. |
Mrs. Parrish fell and dislocat-!
ed her hip nearly three years ago I
and since that time has been a (
a great sufferer, being entirely
helpless. She was in her 78bh
year. She was buried yesterday
afternoou at the family burial
ground near Wilson's Mills, the
funeral services being conducted
by Elder J. W. Gardner, of
Goldeboro.
The deceased left an aged hue.
baud and three children?Mr.
David S. Parrish and Mrs. J. A.
Speuce, near Wilson's Mills, and
Mrs James H. Easom, of Smith
field?to mourn their loss.
"Mourn not the lost! in realms of
chatigless gladness,
Where friendship's ties are never
broken, you still may meet; He who
beholds your sadness
Hath to the trusting heart assurance
spoken of that blest land, where,
free from care and pain,
Fond friends and loved ones may unite
again."
The School Journal Club.
Teachers and friends of edu
cation will hereby take notice
that the club rate of the North
Carolina Journal of Education
is again put at the low rate of
35 cents. Remember the regular
subscription price is $1.00 per
year. Every teacher and friend
of education Bhould read this
Journal as it is the only one
showing the condition, growth
and aims of all the educational
institutions in our State. By the
success made last year 1 pledge
on my own responsibility for our
teachers. 1 am aware that some
have renewed subscriptions al
ready. Now 1 ask those who
have not renewed, but who wish
to take the paper, to send name
to me, and, if convenient, the 35
cents, and so get the whole year's
subscription beginning with Sept
ember.
A. P. Canaday,
County Supt ;
A Paying Investment.
Mr John White, of 38 High
land Ave., Houlton, Maine, says:
"Have been troubled with a
cough every winter and spring.
Last winter I tried many adver
tised remedies, but the cough
continued until I bought a 50c.
bottle of Dr. King's New Discov
ery; before that was half gone,
the cough was all gone. This
winter the same happy result
has followed; a few doses once
more banished the annual cough.
I am now convinced that Dr.
King's New Discovery is the
best of all cough and lung rem
Mies." Sold uuiMr guarantee
j at Hood Bros drug store. 50c. i
and #1 00 Tr al battle tree.
Princeton It<*ms.
Mies Maud 1'ittman of Golds
boro, spent last wwk in town.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Massey, of
Clayton, spent last week in town.
Several of our ci' izens went to
Asbeville last Tnursday on the
excursion.
The iufaot daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Winston Wells died
last Saturday.
Little Miss liochelle Gulley, of
Clayton spent last week with
Miss Bessie Joyuer.
Mrs. W. B. Snow and little
daughter, Helen, are spending
this week in Clayton.
Malcolm MeKinne left Mon
day for Chicago. He will spend
a week or more there.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Raiford
spent last week in town and left
Monday for their home in Billion,
S. C.
One of the most pleasant evente
of the season was the party held
at Mr. J. D. Finlayson's on last
Tuesday night the following
young people were present: Misses
Leona Holt, Bessie Joyner, Lena
Woodard, Gladys Wells, Clara
and Beatrice Finlayson, and
Messrs M. C. Gulley, Malcolm
McKinne, l)r. A. G. Woodard,
Willie Joyner and .lames Joyner
They were entertained with
"elections of music on the piano J
by Mrs. N. I). Wells, besides
other amusements.
Much has been written and j
said about the late freshet and j
some very laughable incidents
have occurred. Oscar Peedin left
home early last Thursday morn-}
lug with a supply of cooked
chicken, hams, etc., in a basket
going to take a train at Prince \
ton to go to AsheviUe. Arriving |
at the Lane place the water in j
the brauch had risen so that the j
foot way was gone. He gets
John Mitchell and they both
mount John's mule. Mr. Mule
goes along very well satisfied
with both on him until the water
strikes him up about the Hanks
and then the characteristic part
of that mule showed itself and
he dumps them both over his
bead in the water and they had
to scramble for life to get out.
The principal losers on Little
Hiver from the fresh water near
here are R. P. Murphy, part of
his corn crop; Whit Lane, K. B.
Lane, John H. Peedin, Henry
Herndon and John H. Mitchell,
all of their corn and part of their
cotton crops. While the water
was at its highest J. H. Mitchell
and J. 11. Peedin got on their
mules rode to a high ridge hitch
ed them, and divesting them
selves of their clothing got in a
boat to ride over the place and
see the damages wrought, etc.
The boat capsized and threw
them in the water and they not
beiug expert swimmers climbed
a tree and began to hollow
for help. Their being a good |
way off no one cam to their as
sistance and they had to stay
all night up the tree. Next morn
ing Mr. Howard heard them and
by hard work got a boat to
them and brought them to dry
land. The whole community was
up huuting them all night and
their wives and children thought
they were destroyed.
? J. U. F.
Princeton, September 1.
Lumber Prices May Decline.
Mr. E. J. D. Boykin holds the
view taat if Bryan is elected
there will be a general drop in
the prices of lumber. Unless the
mill men have very short memo
ries they will Jremember that
something like that occurred un
der the administration of an
other president.
Did You get a Bryan Picture?
If not, now is the time to get it.
We are giving them away daily
now, and adding many new sub
scribers every week. Come to
our office and pay some on your
subscription^?or send?and w e
give the Bryan picture free. It
is nice enough to frame and
hangm your home.
ATLANTIC CiTY HAS DRY DAY.
All Dry But Sea at Famous Resort,
Which Has Its First Drlnkless
Sunday In Years.
Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 30.
There was nothing wet about
this big butterfly nest today ex
cept the atlantic Ocean, and
there were those of a particulary
pessimistic turn of mind who
were only half convinced that
(tov. Fort had not made that
minor adjunct to New Jersey's
watering place a dry spot also,
for the law stalked abroad today
for the first Sunday in the mem
ory of theoldestcocktail analyst,
and no man, to say notbiog of
no moist mixture made by the
man, was above the law. It is
said that this was the fourth time
in the 54 years of its existence
that a driokless day had been
experienced in Atlantic City,
From the first tick of the clock
on the first minute after mid
night on through the parched
day it was painfully patent to
the most uneducated that Atlan
tic City's first dry Sunday was a
dry Sunday in fact. There was
no "keeping within bounds" on
the part of the dispensaries of
wet stuffs with sensitive back
doors, that being the convenient
term used heretofore to designate
a fictitious obedience to the
Mflhnna' likw
The triumph of the governor,
who had threatened to place the
State's soldiers at the back door
of the saloons and cafes if the
law was uoc obeyed, was abso
lute. For this triumph the ma
jority of the liquor sellers them
selves are as nearly responsible
as Gov. Fort. Credit mmt be
giveu them for acceptiugt he iu
evitableina spirit of fair play,
for today 180 license holders,
members of the Roved Arch Asso
ciation of Liquor Dealers, coop
ated with the authorities in see
ing to it that the whole 220 li
censed dispensers of liquors,
which included those not mem
bers of the association, kept the
law.
Mr. F. H. Busbee Died In Seattle.
Mr Fabius H. Busbee, a pro
minent lawyer, of Raliegh, died
Friday night at Seattle, Wash.,
of Bright's Disease. He went to
Seattle to attend the meeting of
the American Bar Association
and was taken ill six days prior
to his death. He was a native
of Raleigh, was born in 1844,
and admitted to the bar in 1869.
He served in the Confederate
army during the civil war. He
was twice married, his first wife
being Miss Annie McKesson, of
Morganton. and his second Miss
Smith, of Scotland Neck.
Mr. Busbee was a Demo
cratic presidential elector-at
large in 1880 and was district
attorney during the first Cleve
land administration. He was a
fine lawyer and a gentleman of
character and education. For
some years he had been an attor
ney for the Southern railway.?
Exchange.
Lawyer Found Dead in His Office.
Cold and stiff in death the body
of Mr. G. S. Ryan, a lawyer of
this city, was found tonight at
11 o'clock iD his office in the
Commercial and Farmers' Bank
Building. Mr. Ryan had pro
bably been dead for 12 or 15
hours, as he had not been seen
all day. For so:ne time he had
been a sufferer from asthma, but
death is susposed to have been
from heart trouble.
Mr. Ryan was one of the lead
ing lawyers of the city and en
joyed a large practice. He is
survived by a brother, who lives
in Galveston, Tex. His wife
and child died some years ago.?
Raleigh Dispatch, Aug. 30.
To Preach at Keniy.
Rev. E. L. St. Clair, D. D., L.
L. D., evangelist and lecturer,
of Edision, Ga., will preach at
Kenly Free Will Baptist church
Friday night, Saturday and Sun
day, September 11, 12, and 18.
Everybody is cordially Invited
to hear this noted speaker.