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VOL. 27. SMITHFIELD. N. C? FRIDAY. .JANUARY 15 1909. NO. 47
W. w. KITCHIN INAUGURATED.
INDUCTED INTO OFFICE TUESDA'v
The Day a Beautiful One and The
Inauguration Ceremonies Interest
ing and Largely Attended. New
Governor Reviews Military and Civ
ic Parade.
Raleigh, N. C? Jau. 12.?The Kitch
In special arrived from Roxboro, at
12 o'clock and the procession moved
up to the capital. The oath was ad
ministered by Chief Justice Clark, fol
lowed Immediately by his inaugural
address. Then came the review of
State troops. Lieutenant Governor
Newland will be inaugurated in the
Senate Chamber at four o'clock. A
big crowd is In the city.
It is Governor Kitchin now. Never
perhaps In the history of North Car
olina were inauguration day ceremon
ies surpassed in point of bpilliancy,
crowds and weather. The day has
been practically perfect, clear with
Just enough crispness in the air to
put oxygen in the blood. The streets
and buildings had their glad togs out,
and the folks were here. It was al
most like Thursday of Fair week. The
special trains and the regular ones
were all crowded this morning and
last night with citizens and soldiers
bound Raleighward. The city has
been full of the uniformed citizen sol
diers all the day except during the
parade, when they were all on duty,
and a lively lot they have been, but
well-behaved withal.
The inauguration proper took place
In a great grand stand built for the
purpose at the east front of the cap
Itol. The ceremonies began at one
o'clock. The oath of office was ad
ministered by Chief Justice Walter
Clark of the North Carolina Supreme
Court, and immediately thereafter
Governor Kitchin began his inaugural
address. He was in excellent voice
and was frequently interrupted with
enthusiastic and prolonged applause.
The throng was tremendous and in
spiring. Immediately in front of the
stand sat the members of the Gener
al Assembly, and massed behind and
to the sides of them were folks from
all over the State. The Capitol
Square and thereabout was simply a
mass of humanity, with the Vance
statue looming large over the assem
blage. And along New Bern avenue
almost as far as the eye, cadets, civ
ic organizations, school children, the
fire companies and automobiles.
As soon as the address was conclud
ed and these near enough had con
gratulated the new governor, he pro
ceeded at once to the reviewing stand
accompanied by the chiefs of the va
rious staff departments, and State
officers, and the entire parade, mili
tary and civic, passed in review. It
was a magnificent sight, and the
huge crowd applauded to Its heart's
content. The reviewing stand was at
the New Bern avenue entrance to
the Capitol grounds. From the re
view the governor and party went to
lunch at the mansion. The visiting
troops were entertained at lunch by
the Chamber of Commerce, being in
the care of the local military. The
governor-elect and his party arrived
on their special from Roxboro, short- |
ly after twelve o'clock. The members
of the sub-committee of the legisla
ture who met him at Roxboro and
made the entire journey with him to
Raleigh, were Senator J. A. Long, of
Roxboro, chairman of the Senate com
mlttee, Representative A. h. Cox, of
Wake, chairman of the House com
mittee, Senators J. S. Manning, of
Durham and W. R. Starbuck, of Win
ston, Representatives T. J. Murphy,
of Greensboro, H. S. Harrison, of Hal
lfax, and J. T. Campbell, of Stanley.
The other members of the committee,
who Joined the party at Durham,
were Senator P. B. Means, of Cor
cord, Representatives A. S. Ras
coe, of Bertie, J. H. Currie, of Cum
berland, and R. A. Doughton, of Al
leghany.?New Bern Sun.
Tragedy on Mule's Back.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 13.?While both
were riding on the same mule Wm.
Nix, who sat in front, was cut to
death by his brother-in-law, Bright
Gilstrap, two miles south of Cleve
hereland, C Sunday night, accord
ing to a r ? : received here.
Gilstrap '"bed Nix 17 times.
Gilstrap ii several people of
what he >;one and then disap
peared. It said both had been
drinking.
THE NEWS FROM CLAYTON.
The Week's Events in This Thriving
Little City Briefly Told for
Heralc) Readers.
Clayton, N'. C., Jan. 13.?Pretty bad
weather this today and pinches after
the pretty weather we have been en- ,
joying lately. j1
Quite a number of our towns peo- j
pie were at Raleigh Tuesday attend- .
ing the inaugural ceremonies.
Prof. Carraway, principal of Clay
ton High school, informs us that he
had about 25 new pupils Monday.
The High School band Is coming j
! along nicely now in their practice and
will likely soou be able to give us
some good music.
Mr. C. M. Thomas left Tuesday for
Fayetteville, N. C., where he will
have an operation for fistula, at the
Highsmith Hospital. His many friend
hope he may soon return to us thor
oughly well.
Friends will be glad to learn that
Mr. Marvin Ellis who recently under
went an operation at the Highsmith
Hospital at Fayetteville, Is very much
improved and will likely be able to
come home In a week or so.
Several families have moved here
recently. At present there isn't a
vacant dwelling here.
Messrs Parrish & Pool have sold
their downtown market to Mr. J. B.
Ferrell who will continue the down
town store and will carry a choice
stock of groceries and fresh meats.
Mr. John R. Moore, who lor tne |
past year run the blacksmith and re
pair shop formerly owned and run
by J. E. Page, deceased, has moved
his shop effects to the stand former
ly occupied by Bill Dunston, colored.
The marriage we predicted some
time ago, is formally announced.
There are others yet to be announc
ed. Watch for them.
TRINITY'S FIRST REPORT.
New York Church Corporation Gives
Assets as Only $14,003,000.
For the first time in its history
the corporation of Trinity Churrh
made public Saturday a statement
of its assets and liabilities, impelled
thereto probably by public critici m
of the determination of the vestry to
close historic St. John's Chapel and
consolidate it with St. Luke's.
The surprise in the statement is
the value of productive property at
taxed valuation. instead of being
between $40,000,000 and $50,000,000,
which has been the popular belief for
years, and never contradicted, the
value of the realty is -set down at
$13,646,300, and the bonds and mort
gages in churches on which no inter
est is collected is $370,946.02. The
total assets, which includes all the
property owned by the corporation,
except the churches, schools, and
burying grounds which are not valued
in the report, is set forth at $14,079,
330.49. The cash balance on hand
and in bank on July 31, 1908, was
$33,410.10. Trinity's total income for
the last fiscal year was approximate
ly $780,000.
ill repiy iu iutj uiiiiige iuai me
houses and tenements owned by
Trinity are insanitary, and have been
causes of complaint,' the corporation
says:
"The dwelling house property own
ed is not by any means in such con
dition as has been charged from some
quarters, but this property does pre- j
sent to the vestry a great and dif
ficult problem and one the responsi
bility of which they deeply feel. The
corporation owns a large number of
small old houses, originally erected
as private dwellings, but now, owing
to the changed character of the
neighborhood, occupied by two or
more families.
"This property is not, as has been
often asserted, a source of large re
venue to the parish."?New York
World.
Twenty Five Dead in Mine.
Duquoin, 111., Jan. 10.?A disastrous
explosion in which twenty five men
lost their lives occurred today In Jos.
Leiter's famous colliery at Zeigle. A
spark from a trolly pole of an elec
tric motor, coming in contact with a
pocket of gas is assigned as the caust |
of the explosion.
Personal experience with a tube of
ManZan Pile Remedy will convince |
you It Is immediate relief for all
forms of Piles. Guaranteed. 50c.
Sold by Hx-'i ? . oa.
THOS. T. CANDLER DISAPPEARS.
CAUSES SENSATION IN SELMA.
He Was Secretary and Treasurer of
Selma Cotton Mills. Writes Back
That He is Short in His Accounts
?Highest Confidence Placed in 1
Him by His Business Associates.
The latest Johnston County sensa
tion is the disappearance of Mr. Thos |
T. Candler, Secretary and Treasurer
of the Selma Cotton Mills. We make
the following extract from the story
of his disappearance published In
Sunday's News and Observer.
Goldsboro, X. C., Jan. 9.?Mr.
Thos. T. Canler, secretary and treas
urer of the Selma Cotton Mills, has
strangely disappeared and deep mys
tery surrounds the case, which today
is the all absorbing topic in this city,
where he was last seen last night
only for a moment, as he got off the
train from Selma at 8:30 o'clock.
Mr. Canler recently purchased the
business of the Acme Fuel Company
in this city as a side line, and after
putting Mr. Wells in charge return
ed to Selma. By appointment with
Mr. Wells he came down here last
night, telling his stenographer in his
Selma office that he would return on
the next train, leaving here at 10 o'
clock last night. He did not meet Mr
Wells here and although the latter
diligently looked for him he was no
where to be found, and neither did
he return to Selma on the outgoing
10 o'clock train.
On inquiring at the hotel Mr. Wells
was told by a gentleman who came
down on the train with Mr. Candler
from Selma, that the latter surely
came down and got off the train im
mediately behind him. This is all
that Mr. Wells could learn, as few
here and no one else whom Mr. Wells
inquired of knew Mr. Candler.
Mr. Candler was held in the high- I
est esteem by his business assoei- [
ates and his mysterious disappear
ance was not understood. His friends [
did all they could to locate him but
nothing was heard from him until
Tuesday when Mr. M. C. Winston re
ceived a letter from him. The fol- '
lowing from Wednesday's News and
Observer tells the sad story:
Selma, N. C., Jan. 12?Mr. T. T.
Candler, secretary and treasurer of
the Selina Cotton Mills, who disap
peared last week has been heard
from. He wrote a letter to Mr. M.
C. Winston, at Selma. and mailed it
at Montgomery^ Ala., in which lie ac
knowl dged the shortage of the Sel
ma Cotton Mills, which is now be
lieved to be between $2,000 and $3,
000. He said in his letter that it
was the same old story, he took the
company's money and used it, and
cannot replace it. He said in his let
ter "The bonding company will never
get me," and his family and friends
fear that that means he will com
mit suicide. For some time he has
not been very well, and has had the
opinion that he has comsumption.
Mr. Candler has been living in Sel
ma for about twelve years, having
moved here from Asheville, and for
two years has been secretary and
treasurer of the Selma Cotton Mills.
Early in the year the officers of the i
Lizzie Cotton Mills employed an ex
pert accountant to come and exam- |
ine the books of Mr. L. D. Debnam, i
secretary and treasurer. He was j
very thorough and went into the !
minutest details, and found that Mr.
Debnam's accounts were correct to !
the cent. Mr. Candler learned that i
Mr. N. E. Edgerton, president of the ,
Selma Cotton Mills, had made a con
tract to examine the books of the
mill of which he was secretary and
treasurer. Mr. Candler knew that this
accountant had finished the work of
the Lizzie Cotton Mills, and he sup- I
posed he would begin on the Selma
Cotton Mills the next day, and took j
the train for Goldsboro, where he
had a coal and wood yard, and has
never been seen since. It is said
the shortage began after he opened
the coal and wood yard in Golds- j
boro; that he had no money and
bought engines, etc., and these he
would pay for out of the company's
money. The shortage will be in the
neighborhood of $3,000.
Col. T. M. Argo Died Yesterday.
Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 14.?Col T. M.
Argo, one of the beat known law
yers of the state, died at 8 o'clock
this morning. He Las been sick for
several weeks with bright'* disease.
THE NEWS IN BENSON.
Gathered and Reported by The
Herald's Regular Correspondent.
Benson, N. C., Jan. 13.?Mr. U. F.
Wallace, of Fayetteville, and his
father, of near Clayton, spent Satur
day and Sunday In town.
Mrs. Ed. Boykln and sister. Miss
Neal, of Richmond, Va.. are visiting
Mrs. E. J. D. Boykln.
Messers James A. Wellons and Ed
S. Abell, of Smithfield, spent Tuesday
night in town.
There arrived a new border at the
home of Mr. J. L. Fleishman last
week. It is a girl.
Mr. F. A. Truitt, one of the A. C.
L. operators here, spent Saturday
night and Sunday with friends in
Charleston, S. C.
Rev. D. F. Putnam went to Nash
ville and Spring Hope Saturday,
where he preached Sunday morning
and night.
Rev. A. T. Howard, of Wake For
est, preached an able sermon at the
Baptist church Sunday morning. Prof.
Middleton, of Cary, spoke on the Sun
day school work Sunday afternoon
and night.
Cotton weigher,, E. S. Turlington
reports 468 bales weighed last
week bringing the total number of
bales weighed on the Benson market
this season up to 6,200. The price
ranges from 9 to 91/* cents.
Of the number who went up to
Raleigh to be present at the inaugu
ration of Gov. Kitchen and dedica
tion of the Masonic temple are Mess.
E. L. Hall, Jos. P. Lee, J. W. Holmes
and Wade H. Royal.
New President of Harvard.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 13.?A. Law
rence Lowell was today chosen suc
cessor to President Eliot, by the
Board of Supervisors of Harvard Col
lege.
WIFE KISSED THE CAT.
Husband Chewed Tobacco, So They
Agreed Upon a Separation.
Justice of the Peace William B.
Williams, of Montclair, N. J., says
he was called on Saturday by a man
and his wife, whose name he refused
to give, who askod him to draw up
separation papers. The justice made
an effort to patch up their differen
ces, but a shake of the head from
each was the only result of his good
advice. Turning to the woman the
justice said:
"Doesn't your husband give you
his wages?" She answered in the af
firmative, and volunteered the in
formation that he did not drink to
excess; that he stayed at home
nights, and. in fact, was a model
husband. He had, however, one hab
it that she "would not put up with
any longer."
"What have you got to say?" the
justice asked of the husband.
"Well," he answerd, "my wife is
a model woman. She is a good house
keeper, she doesn't squander my wa
ges, she has no extravagant ways but
she has one habbit that I cannot, will
not put up with any longer."
Then the puzzled justice addressed
both.
"Make a confidant of me," he said,
"and perhaps I can suggest a bet
ter remedy than separation."
The man and wife looked at each
other sheepishly, and the woman said
"You may tell If you wish."
"Well, judge," said the husband,
"I chew tobacco and m^ wife objects
to it. She kisses the cat every night
before going to bed and I object to
that. We talked the matter over
New Year's day and as we are de
termined to stick to our habits we
have decided to separate."?New
York World.
Murderers Decapitated.
Bethune, Pas de Calais, France,
Jan. 11.?The first inflictions of cap
ital punishment in France for a num
ber of years were witnessed here to
day when four murderers were de
capitated by the guillotine.
The executions were public and
took place in the presence of a large
crowd.
Rev. Dr. Hulten, Baptist pastor at
Charlotte, declined a call to the lead
ing Baptist church in Louisville with
a salary of $7,000. "Hie Charlotte
Baptists have added $800 to his sal
ary, and he is now the best paid
preacher in North Carolina.
?
TERRIBLE MINE EXPLOSION.
ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
One of the worst Disasters In Recent
Years Took Place in Same Mine
in Which Fifty Lives Were Lost
Two Weeks Ago.
Bluefield, W. Va., January 12.?
An explosion today in the mines of
the Lick Branch colllwry snuffed out
more than 100 lives. In these same!
mines two weeks ago to a day fifty
miners were killed by & similar ex
plosion.
In the quiet of the early morning
there came like the sound of thunder,
a mighty rumbling in the bowels of
the earth which reverberated along
the miles of corridors and air pas
sages crowded with those who work
ed there. Above the tons of earth
and stone that lay between the work
ings and the mountain's crown giant
trees quivered from the force of the
concussion, and from the mine's
mouth the forces of the earth set
free, belched forth a cloud of flame,
soot, dust and debris, heavy timbers,
broken mine cars and even a mas
sive motor used to haul the heavily
laden cars from the depths. Scarce
ly had the detonation died away be
fore a throng of terrorized women
and children, their feet sped by anx
iety and dread, rushed to the mine
mouth and implored those there to
allow them to aid in the effort to
save some of their loved ones who
might still be alive within.
\(lno Vorn in n n D/tiimro
>u> * ?/> vuiau uu n * i o, n UU v* ilD
near the entrance, was blown from
his feet, but managed to crawl out
safely, as did also Robert Smith, a
miner.
The explosion was the most terrif
ic that has ever occurred in this re
gion. In 1884, at the Southwest Vir
ginia Improvement Company^ mine,
360 were killed In an explosion. To
day's horror is the most disastrous
that has occurred since. The mine
is owned by the Pocahontas Consol
idated Collieries Company.
At 10 o'clock ten bodies have been
taken from Lick Branch mine. None
of them has been identified. An old
carpenter shop lias been turned into
a morgue, and the bodies have been
placed there with the expectation
that Identification can be accomplish
ed.
Boy Gets Both Legs Cut Off.
Wake Forest, N. C., Jan. 11.?
Vaser, the 13-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Woodleaf, was brought
to the college hospital last night
with both legs severed just below
the knees.
Last night a crowd of boys were
swinging on a slowly moving freight
train In the cotton mill section, when
this boy was thrown, while attempt
ing to swing on. Both legs falling
across the track, they were complete
ly cut off.
Later.?The little boy mentioned
above has since died of his injuries, j
Origin of Name New Mexico.
The country now called Mexico was
not so called till 1810, when the re- .
volt against Spain began. Up to Inde
pendence the country was called New
Spain and was divided into the
same number of provinces as Spain,
with the prefix of "new," but New
Mexico was not included in this di
vision. It got its name in this way:
in 1561 Francisco Ibarra was in
charge of an expedition of explora-j
tlon into what is now northern Du-j
rango and southern Chihuahua, andj
discovered an Indian village near!
where Santa Barbara now stands, in
which the houses were whitewashed
?ind the people made and wore cot
ton cloth, raising the cotton in the
neighborhood. He wrote an account
of his discovery to his brother in the
City of Mexico, telling him he had
discovered "una nueva Mexico," a
new Mexico, another Mexico, mean
ing that he had found another town
like the city of Mexico, and there
after all this portion of northern
New Spain was known as 'Nueva
Mexico," that is, New Mexico, which
name it has retained, though now |
much reduced in extent.?Las Vegas
Optic.
Pineules for the Kidneys are little
golden globules which act directly on
the kidneys. A trial will convince
you of quick results for Backache
Rheumatism, Lumbago and tired
wornout feeling. 30 days' trial $1.00.
They purify the blood. Sold by Hood
Bros.
Senator Hopkins has introduced a
bill to raise the Panama bond canal
issue to $.">00,000,000.
EIGHT NIGHT RIDERS GUILTY.
Six Sentenced to be Hanged Febru
ary 19.?Two Sentenced to Life
Imprisonment.
The trial of the night riders at
I'tilon City, Tenn., ended last week.
The Jury returned a verdict of guilty
of murder In the first degree in the
ease of six of the defendants and
murder in the second degree for two
of them. A motion for a new trial
was denied by the Judge who sen
tenced six to be hanged February
19, and gave the other two a life sen
tence. These men who were found
guilty of lynching Col. Qulnton Kan
kin several weeks ago are a part of
the band of lawless night riders who
have infested that section of Ten
nessee for the past several months.
1,300 Buried in One Grave.
A most impressive funeral cere
mony was witnessed near here to
day, when Archbishop liarrlgo made
his way through the ruins of the city
to the cemetery at Mare Grosso, and
blessed a grave 100 feet wide and 30
feet deep, containing 1,300 bodies.
The dead were piled one on top of
the other, and their bodies covered
with quicklime.?Messina, Italy, Dis
patch, 7th.
New Mill at Selma.
Selma, N. C., Jan. 13.?Selma has
Just organized a new cotton mill of
s?q Httn aupnon aqx "seipuids 009'S
amended its charter and changed its
name to the Ethel Cotton Mills, in
honor of Miss Ethel Winston, eldest
daughter of M. C. Winston, chief pro
motor and president. The capital
stock will be $100,000. This gives
Selma three cotton mills. Mr. L. H.
Allred secured the charter from the
Secretary of State today.
PEN NAMES OF WOMEN WRITERS
Origin of "George Eliot"?Why Mrs.
Harrison Chose "Lucas Malet."
Miss Gregg, who is known as "Syd
ney C. Grier," chose "Sydney" be
cause it might be interpreted as
either a masculine or feminine desig
nation. "Grier" is a Shetland name,
and at that time she was much inter
ested in those far-away Isles. "C"
was interested to make the name look
a natural surname.
Mrs. Harrison's reason for conceal
ment as "Lucas Malet" was that she
"did not think it right to trade on
the Kingsley name" lest she should
do It discredit. She therefore chose
the "surnames of her grandmother
and great grandmother, both women
of remarkable inteligence and char
acter."
The pseudonym of "George Eger
ton," adopted by the lady no\fr Mary
Chavelita Goldlng-Bright, also springs
from family associations. Her moth
er's name was Isabel George Bynon,
and "George Bynon" was her first
disgnise. But the name of Bynon had
been unlucky, and it was quickly
droped for that of "Egerton," the
baptismal name of her second hus
band. Under the "distinctive com
bination" of George Egerton she has
published nine works since 1893.
Mary Ann Evans called herself
"George Eliot" because the first
name was the Christian name of her
husband, and "Eliot" was a "fine,
short, full-sounding name that match
ed her style and story."?Tit-Bits.
Wake Negro Gets Thirty Years.
Lonnle Allen, alias Buck Allen, the
negro, who killed John Pearce at
Leesville last September, today
through his counsel, Mr. Charles U.
Harris, tendered his plea of murder
in the second degree. On the rec
ommendation of the solicitor and by
consent of the counsel for the defense
Allen was given the limit, 30 years
in the state prison. Allen is now 24
years of age.
The defendant Is the negro who re
turned to the state a few weeks ago
and surrendered to Coroner Separk.
He had made his escape immediately
after the homicide and had left the
state. The negro said when he sur
rendered that he was tired of hidding
and wanted to come back and take
his punishment.?Raleigh Times, Jan.
11.
Tillman says many persons are
sending him material about Roose
velt's crooked ways which ho will
embody in a speech soon.