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Sl)e Smitljficlii lUralii Price One Dolier Per Year "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COD." 8i?sl. Cppplp, Fjyp Ceptp VOL. 27. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 8 I9<)9. ' NO. 46 ' TELLS MESSINA'S FALL First a Shock, Then Fires, Then More Earthquakes. TYPICAL STORY OF DISASTER. Steamship man at Sicilian Metropo lis Describes His Experiences of Terrible Hour?Saved His Family and Some Relatives, but Others Were Never Found in City's Ruin ?Refuge Under Arch. London, Jan. 1.?In a dispatch from Syracuse, Sicily, to the London Dai ly Mail Achille Carrara, the general agent of the Steam Navigation Com pany in Messina, gives an account of new light on the circumstances of his experiences, which throws some new light on the circumstances of the disaster at Messina. A most important statement is that the first heavy shock on Monday morning was followed by others throughout the day, aud that on Mon day night two fresh and terrible shocks razed to the ground what was left of the town after the first up heavel. This is a point that has not been brought out by the previous des patches. He also says that great fires raged all day and all Monday night In the city. "I was thrown cut of bed by the earthquake," he says. "Frantic with terror, I shouted to my wife, my children, and my servants, assem bling them under the arch of the window. The house rocked, but re mained erect. was a ocene or norror. "We dressed iu darkness and blind ing dust, while everything heaved about us. We staggered down the reeling staircase to the street. It was choked with the ruins of the surrounding buildings. Masonry was falling on all sides. The injured were shrieking from their tombs be neath the wreck. "The ground was split up every where. Horror was piled upon hor ror. The inky blackness pressed up on us, with here and there a flame shooting out from the wreckage. "At daylight we found our way to the harbor, where the tidal wave had thrown the water 14 feet above thej quay, and had broken every vessel adrift. The harbor was full of wreck age; capsized skiffs were floating about. "Four steamers had been flung on the quay, but had refloated as the great wave drew back, and were tug ging on their anchors. They were the Elbro, the Drake, the Varese, and Anoher. We hailed Drake, and were taken aboard and well tended. "Later the captain of the Drake sent a party with me to rescue my relatives living at the north end of Messina. The touses of the British consul and chaplain were found to be mere dust heaps. I located what had been my brother's house, and af ter digging for hours with our hands and breaking our way through the fallen masonry, beams, rafters, and broken furniture we rescued my brotl er, his wife and child, and eighteen I other persons. "We found no trace of my father, j mother, grandmother, sister, or aunt. | All had been crushed under the ruins of the three houses." TO OBLITERATE MESSINA. Work of Rescue in Stricken City Practically Abandoned. Naples, Jan. 3.?A correspondent who has just returned from Messina says it is a heap of ruins and a city of the dead. Nothing can be done ' with it but burn its corpses and ob- 1 literate its ruins. Dead bodies lie in the streets, and ' occasional heaps of them remain ' where they have been gathered by ? the rescue parties. The work of res cue is now practically abandoned, as it is dangerous and useless. The authorities are refusing to al- |' low anybody te enter Messina, which, as soon as possible, will be covered 1 with quicklime. J Don't Get a Divorce. A western judge granted a divorce r on account of Ill-temper and bad . breath. Dr. King's New Life Pills would have prevented It. They cure; constipation, causing bad breath and Liver Trouble the iU-temper, dlst>el colds, banish headaches, conquer C Chills. 25c at Hood Bros. !0 GEO. B. JUSTICE SELECTED. I Mr. Shipman Names <|lim as Assis tant Commissioner or Labor and Printing. Mr. M. L. Shipman, Commissioner elect of Labor and Printing, has se lected Mr. George B. Justice, of Char lotte, as Assistant Commissioner. Mr. | Justice held this position during a part of the year 1904, being succeed ed by Mr. Shipman on December 1, of that year. He is an experienced printer and has been president of the Charlotte Typographical Union. He is a son of Rev. T. B. Justice, pas tor of the First Baptist church of Franklinton, and a nephew of Supe rior Court Judge Michael Hoke Jus tice. His supporters in the recent contest claimed for him a thorough i knowledge of every feature of the printing business, calling attention to the fact that he has done service in a number of the largest publishing houses in North Carolina, among them being; foreman of the Greens boro Telegram, foreman of job de partment The News publishing Co., Charlotte, foreman Presbyterian Stan dard, foreman book room Ray Print ing Co., Charlotte, manager The Mu tual Printing Co., and has held po sitions in the offices of Messrs Ed wards and Broughton and E. M. Uz zell, Raleigh, and with the Observer Printing Co., Charlotte.?News and Observer. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET JURORS FOR MARCH COURT. All the Board Present to Transact the County's Business?School Elec' tion for an Oneals District Order-1 ed?Bridge and Stock Law Com-i missioners Appointed. The Board of County Commission ers met here Monday in regular ses sion with the following present: \V. T. Bailey, chairman, J. C. Keen, R. I. Ogburn, John W. Wood and D. B. Oliver. The usual routine business was transacted and the regular accounts allowed. An election was ordered held in District No. 5, white race, Oneals township, on February 16, to decide whether a tax of 30 cents on $100 and 90 cents on poll should be levied for the purpose of supplementing the school fund for said district. Regis ter?C. L. Narron. Pollholders?J. S. Talton and Oscar Hocutt. The following Bridge Commissioner were appointed for the ensuing year: Wilson's Mills?C. M. Wilson. Clayton?M. M. Gulley. Cleveland?W. G. Renn. Pleasant Grove?J. W. Massengill. Elevation?J. S. Johnson. Banner?B. D. Creech. Meadow?L. P. Johnson. Bentonsville?N. W. Smith. Ingrams?C. D. Smith. Boon Hill?J. W. Baker. Oneals?W. T. Parker. Wilders?J. R. Barnes. Beulah?J. B. Pearce. Selma?C. F. Kirby. Pine Level?E. T. Futrelfc Smithficld?D. J. Wellons. Stock Law Commissioners. Pleasant Grove?Ed, S. Coats. Elevation?W. S. Smith. Ingrams and Smithfield?C. D. ! Smith. 1 Oneals?R. H. Godwin. ' Wilders?J. B. Oneal. Selma and Pine Level?Ike Ingram 1 Jurors for March Term. First week?J. E. Parrish, E. L. Smith, C. P. Ellis, J. E. Atlstin, Eli Batten, S. W. Booker, W. B. Godwin, W. H. Grimes, H. H. Penny, M. C. Barber, W. C. Benson, Henry Mor- ' ;an, Wilson Allen, A. Hood, H. Black man, Walter Blackman, Lewis Ste rens, J. W. Keen, J. G. Coats, T. R. Massengill, D. A. Overby, J. W. lohnson, A. H. Hardison, J. W. Rowe,;1 T. H. Aycock, S. W. Creech, J. S. M Talton, J. P. Glover, W. T. Hinton, j 1 T. H. Whitley, Thomas Brown, G. '' Fitzgerald, W. G. Britt, Daniel Coats, e 3. E. Creech and J. H. Brady. Second week?Ed. R. Youngblood, e 3. R. Gulley, J. L. Talton, W. T. | Fohnson, L. Y. Stephenson, Alonzo Jarbour, J. T. Lee, J. P. Jernigan, f. H. Atkinson, J. R. Holmes, C. R. 0 laughtery, F. C. Edgerton, Jesse Nar- " on, J. I. Murphy, J. P. Easom, Dan " J. Oliver, C. H. Johnson and Walter p 46. a u lotte" '"nderwood Co. hava a fine lot 11 f yo lies they will sell cheap, n ASSEMBLY CONVENE! Session of North Carolini Legislature Met Wednesday WORK OF ORGANIZATION. Democratic Caucus Nominees Choser Governor's Message Today?Relie for Earthquake Sufferers?Commil tees on Rules. Kaleigh, N. C? Jan. 6.?The Nortl ; Carolina General Assembly organize* today with A. W. Graham, of Gran ville, speaker of the House, aud Lieu tenant Governor Francis D. Winston presiding in the Senate until the nev Lieutenant Governor, Hon. W. C Newland, is inducted into office ai presiding officer on January 12th. Whitehead Kluttz, of Salisbury, wa made president pro tern, for the ses sion. All the other officers in botl branches of the Assembly were elect ed in accordance with the selections made at the Democratic caucus lasi night. Cobb, of Morganton was nom inated for principal clerk of th< House by Morton, of New Hanover The vote for Speaker in the Houst was Graham 90, Harshaw 27. Hayes of Chatham, nominated, aud Dowd, ol Mecklenburg, both defeated Candida tes in the Democratic caucus, secon ded the nomination of Graham for th speakership. Hayes later introduced the speaker to members when he as sumed the chair. In the Senate Kluttz was nominate by Long, of Iredell, for President pro tem, and J. J. Britt, Republican, was nominated by Starbuck, of Forsyth, The vote was Kluttz 31, Britt 9. The. Senate passed a resolution pre paratory for the inauguration of the Governor and State officers of Tues day, January 12th, at 1 o'clock. A joint resolution was offered in the House by Perry, of Vance, ex tending profound sympathy to t he King and Qufeen, of Italy, and their subjects, and appropriating $5,000 for the relief of the sufferers from the earthquake. This was referred to the committee on finance and must await the appoiument of this committee. TheHouse and Senate passed reso lutions notifying Governor Glenn of their readiness to receive his messag and a recess was taken until 11 o' clock tomorrow when the Governor will appear before the joint session in person and read the message as he did two years ago. The oath of of fice was administered to members of the House for organization by Chief Ju.-^ice Clark and Lieutenant Gov ernor Winston performed this duty in the Senate. A motion by Morton in the House makes the rules of the last session apply until the committee on rules reports a new code. This committee consists of Dowd, Currie, Doughton, Kitchin, Lee, of Haywood and Har shaw. The committee on rules in the Senate is Bassett, Barringer Haw kins. The Senate reassembled at 3 o' clock. A message was received from he House to the effect that organiza tion had been perfected and a special committee was appointed to wait on he Governor along with the Senate j Committee, and inform him the As sembly was ready to receive any com 1 nunlcatlon from him. Tne Senate ippointed Senators Manning. Kluttz ind Britt to wait on the Governor vith the House Committee.?Wilmlng , on Star. ORDERS 41 EXECUTIONS. lussian Mill itary Court Sentences Men for 1905 Riot Crimes. Yekaterinoslav, Russia, Jan. 1.? 'he millitary court today pronounced II death sentences. Thirty-two were n connection with the railroad troub es of October, 1905. Twelve strik rs were condemned to penal servi- i ude for life, 48 to lesser terms of xlle, and 39 were acquitted. These sentences grow out of the ital riot of 1905, when strikers, num ering hundreds of thousands through ut Russia, attempted to tie up the rhole railway system, telegraphic nes, and gas and electric light j lan?s. aiaav persons being kil't d: nd injured. The majority of the strikers, until Ltely, enjoyed full liberty, some of ?em being in the employ of the mu lcipality. i THREE STATES NOW DRY a North Carolina, Mississippi and Alabama Close Saloons. REMARKABLE PROGRESS MADE I. Prohibitionists, Gaining These Big f Victories, Are Greatly Incouraged t-j and Intend to Carry Campaign Fur ther. J Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 1.?State-wide .1 prohibition laws went Into effect to - day in three Southern States, North . Carolina, Mississippi, and Alabama. ., Georgia is the only other state wliere ir in statutory prohibition exists the law . having been in operation one year. 3 A new law which seeks to regulate the liquor traffic in Louisiana be s comes effective today, and although . the law Is not so sweeping in its i terms as a State-wide law, prohibi . tionists contend that if it is strict i ly enforced it will drive the saloons t out of the remaining saloon strong - holds. j Having won their State-wide fights , in four States, the antisaloon forces s have greatly enlarged the Souths' , 'dry' area, and they are now lining ! up for yearly campaigns in several . other States where prohibition has . assumed the magnitude of a political issue. I in tnese Slates now listed as 'wet,' the antisaloon forces, by presistent work at the polls, have restricted I the sale of liquor to a small territo i ry, mainly in the larger cities, and in these It is expected a vigorous at tack will be made. ? The prohibitionists contend they will be able to pass a State-wide bill before the Tennessee legislature, which meets this month. In other States, notably Texas and Arkansas, the voters probably will be called up ' on this summer to decide a constitu tional amendment for prohibition. Senate Will Miss Foraker. When Joseph B. Foraker retires from public life, on March 4 of this year, the United States Senate will lose one of Its readiest and most bril j liant debaters. In fact, it may be said the Ohioan is without a peer | in this respect. Senator Joe Bailey, of Texas, some times is placed in his class, but Bai ley does not possess in the versati lity and breadth of knowledge, al j though he is one of the stars of the body. Foraker is an orator, and is 1 well grounded in the intellectual requisites which distinguish oratory from mere eloquence; but he is el oquent besides. No senator holds an audience more easily, and he is always sure of close attention whenever he speaks. Among Republicans who Uava been in the senate in recent years, John C. Spooner, of Wisconsin, was the only other man who possessed this attribute in a similar degree, and even he was not quite so resourceful and magnetic as I oraker.?Washing ton Post. EUROPE IS RAISING FUNDS. President Fallieres Gives $5,000 and King Edward $2,500. Paris, Jan. X.?The Bank of France has subscribed $10,000 for the relief of the earthquake victims. Baron de ( Rothschild has sent ihe Italian am- ! bassador $20,000. The directors of the Paris news papers are agitating a lottery in aid of the victims of the disaster. The cabinet today voted to open a national fund, and has requested j the newspapers to start subscription lists. President Fallieres has sub-!, scribed $5,000 for the relief and the |. cabinet $2,400. London, Dec. 31.?King Edward has contributed $2,500 and Queen Alex andra and the Prince of Wales each $1,250 for the earthquake sufferers. The lord mayor's fund now totals $75,000, which has been raised almost entirely through the contributions of large business houses. Sir Ernest Cassell has contributed $5,000, Brown Shipley & Co. $2,625, and the Bank of England $2,500. Special collections (S which are being tak-n up on the Btock exchange acu by many public J bodies will greatly increase the fund. V I WILL Continue to sell my stock ' at reduced prices until closed out. v N. B. Grantham. b r DANCES AT 106 YEARS. Aged Russian Entertains Other Cen tenarians in New York Home , With a Dance. New York, Jan. 3.?Had a visitor { dropped Into the dining room of 303 "i East Broadway at the right moment this afternoon he would have seen ' one of the very oldest In New York dancing a measure he learned in Russia a very long time ago. Since I Mendel Diamondstcin completed his one hundredth year, he has danced the Russian kozotsky infrequently, and now that he is 106, it must in deed be an extraordinary occasion that persuades him. That dance of today was by way of honoring the sixtieth wedding an niversary of Aaron Boas, who is 90 years old, and "his wife, Yetta, who is 85. They were married In Covno, Russia. All of the 200 old friends who live at the Home of the Daugh ters of Jacob. At this anniversary of today were Esther Davis, 108 years old, the old est inmate of the home; Rosie Aaron wald, 107 years old; Mlehele Sehle hetzky, 107; Herman Krevulian, 100; Pauline Kalminson, 97, and Isaac Kaplan, 98. There was present one youth, Provishe Ousikov, who is 67. Besides dancing, Mendel Diamond stein made a speech and toasted Aaron and Yetta Boas in undiluted i schnapps. < 1 HORRIBLE MURDER NEAR SELMA ; i J. CHARLES BROWN THE VICTIM. | I Murderer Lay in Wait and Killed i Him Instantly?Coroner's Jury Charges A. Batten With Crime 1 s Batten Arrested Tuesday and Lodg ' ed in Jail. ' Last Monday the sad news of the \ t murder of Mr. J. Charles Brown, of I Selma township spread over the east- 1 ern section of the county. Everybody 1 heard of it with the deepest regret, 1 for he was well known and had many I friends. I j The horrible deed was committed), Sunday night about seven o'clock. He j had started home from the home of t a tenant of his who lived about three 11 hundred yards from his residence, j c When about fifty yards from where 1 he had started he was shot by some ? one in hiding behind a tree. The load entered the left side of his () breast and caused almost instant x death. Mr. John Deans and his wife li who lived at the tenant house heard f the report of the gun, rushed to the li door, saw the smoke from the powder a saw a man run from the tree, saw a Mr. Brown stagger and fall over on j1 the fence and heard him exclaim: i( "Lord have mercy." They reached | q him in a very short time and saw p him move his head just a little one w time before he expired. j F Dr. A. H. Rose, the County Coro- j S ner, sutnmond a jury composed of 11 L. D. Debnam, J. I. Blackmail, R. E. J ^ Richardson, W. T. Bailey, Gibson i j* Fitzgerald and J. H. Griffin and held ^ an inquest over his body Monday, o 4.. ??- *' ' mo juij a veruict was tnat he came to his death at the hands of j A. Batten who used a gun. Batten was a former tenant of Sir. Brown and, it is said, they had disputed j over some business matters. If re-! ports are true It is probable that a c] certain woman had more to do with ct causing the killing than the dispute ^ over business affairs. Sunday even-j[(: Ing he went to the home of his I]] brother, Mr. Henry Batten, and car ried his gun, which was a single bar- g( rel shotgun, with him. It is report-1'^ cd that he had said something about w killing Mr. Brown and had bought ^ tome loaded shells from a store in 3elina last Saturday. lie was ar-j rested at the home of his brother 6( Tuesday morning and lodged In jail ^ lere to await trial at the next term g( >f court in March. The arrest was ^ nade by Deputy Sheriff Claude San lers. Take It for the Year. The best way to take a paper is K; or at least a year at a time. You i of lave been thinking about THE HER- er tLD and now is a good time to sub cribe. Take It for this year. Send P? n your subscription now and let the; ed iaper go to you during 1909. Do not to [epend on reading somebody else's to iaper. This is not satisfactory as pr t Is often out of place when you itij rant it. Take It for yourself and wt ake it now. (ST ONEHUNDRED YEARSAGO' Andrew Johnson, Afterwards President, Born in Raleigh In the. Square Back of Dobbin and Fei . all's Store in a Little Cabin Wr.i.'n is Now An Attraction At Puilen Park. Today is what may be rightly term ed "Andy Johnson Day" in Raleigh, for it was In this city on the 29th of December, 1808, Just a hundred years ago that Andrew Johnson, af terwards President of the United States, was born. His birthplace in a little cabin in the square back of Dobbin & Ferrall store, a tailor's apprentice for awhile, unlettered till he reached man's es tate, his life is one that shows that no matter how lowly the origin, how humble the beginning, there are no heights too steep to be climbed, for in his career there came to him the office of United States Senator, Vice President and President of the Unit ed States. rne cabin, a story and "a Jump" In height, a room below and one above reached by a little flight of steps now stands in Pullen Park, to which place it was removed by the generosity of a gentleman who visited the city some years ago and who gave $100. Aided by this con tribution patriotic societies of Ral eigh, led by Mrs. George T. Winston and Mrs. E. E. Moffitt, had it remov ed from East Lenoir street, where it was occupied by negroes, to Pul len Park where it is now one of the things that attract each visitor to the Park. In it is to be placed his torical objects so as to make it a small museum. In the old cemetery in Raleigh stands a monument to Andrew John son's father, erected there by the lirection of Andrew Johnson, who vhtle President visited this city on i pilgrimage to his birthplace and to terfortn a pious duty. His father vas a poor and uneducated man who lost his life in the endeavor to save some boys who were about to irown near this city; his mother a voman of fine natural sense, the clnswomau of people of character vhose descendants still live in Wake. As a boy Andrew Johnson learned he tailor's trade front the leading ailor of that day, the grandfather if Mr. Henry E. Litchford. Leaving laleigh as a runaway with no edu ation, with nothing but a small bun lie of clothes, yet with pluck, grit nd determination he climbed the lad ler. First he stopped in Laurens* ille, S. C., aa'd did work as a tai or until he was a young man, but ailing to win the hand of the girl ie loved he went into Tennessee and t Jonesboro plied his occupation as tailor, becoming the most expert a the State. There he married and is wife taught hint his letters. He ook part, and high part, in public uestions, becoming a leader, a great olitlcal debater who swayed and ron the people. His career as Vlce 'resident, President, and United tates Senator is a part of the his ary of the Republic, history made y the poor boy whose birth in a hum le cabin in Raleigh took place a undred years ago today.?News and ibserver, Dec. 29. VICTIM DRAWN FOR JURY. risoner in New York Murder Case Gets Shock at Trial. Mlddletown, N. Y., Jan. 1.?A pe lliar incident occurred in Chenango junty in the drawing of Eldridge avis to serve on the jury which is > try Earl Hill for murder this lonth. The fact is regarded by the super- * itious as an omen, owing to the ict that Davis was the farmer who as shot dead near his home, near ainbridge, by Hill in August last. It is said that the alleged murder ? was greatly r" ? d when he learn 1 that the nam > . the man whom ! is supposed tc have murdered lould have been ?. ne of the first ?awn to serve on the jury. Senator Knox as Printer's Devil. While attending college Senator nox, who will be Taft's secretary state, got ahead of his class and itered a printing office for a year. "I worked on the Brownsville Cilp ir," said he recently, "and I learn I to set type, write the views of the wn as well as rural editorials and pull the old Washington hand ess. I did everything from keep g books to sweeping the floor and ishlng the rollers. That was a eat and useful experience."