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VOL.30 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1911
Number 3
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TRAGIC DEATH OF
MR. CHARLES L. EASON
KILLED AT SELMA MONDAY BY
RUNAWAY HORSE.
Horse Became Frightened at Engine,
Running Away and Throwing Mr.
Eason Out of Buggy. Fell On
His Head and Never Spoke Again.
Was About 65 Years Old and Good
Man Who Had Confidence of All.
On Monday morning of this week,
Mr. Charles L. Eason, bookkeeper in
the store of Mr. W. M. Sanders, left
here to go to the Lizzie Cot.ton Mills
at Selma, to weigh some cotton,
which Mr. Sanders had sold to the
mills. He drove the horse used by
Mr. Sanders' family, which is very
gentle, except that he is somewhat
afraid of steam engines. Mr. Eason
completed the work he went to do
and started back home about twelve
o'clock. At the main street crossing
of the Southern railroad, the horse
became frightened and began to
run. There are several railroad
tracks near together at this point
which had to be crossed and it is
said the horse became frightened at
a shifting engine coming down one
of these tracks. The horse ran from
the crossing just one block to a
ditch about eighteen inches deep,
which was bridged only part of the
way across the street. It seems
he could not guide the horse which
went just far enough to one side of
the street for two of the buggy
wheels to miss the bridge and go
into the ditch. When one of the
front wheels went down into the
ditch, Mr. Eason fell forward out
of the buggy His fall broke one
end of the spatter board. One of
his ears were badly torn which was
supposed to have been done by the
wheel over which he fell. He struck
the ground falling on his head, which
caused concussion of the brain. Ti e
horse ran bn a block or two and was
easily stopped by a colored boy,
who happened to be on the street.
Dr. Robert P. Noble saw the acci
dent and hurried at once to Mr.
Eason, finding him unconscious. Dr.
Vick was soon there also and t.ie
wounded man was taken to the of
fice of Drs. Noble and Noble, where
every attention was given him. He
did not regain consciousness aiyl
never spoke again. He lingered in
this condition until about five o'clock
when death came. His body was
brought here through the country
soon after his death.
The funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at the Metho
dist church, by. his pastor, Rev. A.
S. Barnes, after which the remains
were interred in Smithfield ceme
tery.
Mr. Eason had lived in Smithfield
tor a long time, having moved here
from his farm in Bentonsville town
Bhip. He was a good business man
and a good man in every way. He
was a iman of fine judgment and his
advice was often sought. He was
an honest, true man and no man
here had the confidence of the people
generally more than he.
He was a faithful member of the
Methodist church and Sunday school,
having been secretary of the school
for a great many years. Many beau
tiful floral offerings (one from the
Snuday school) attested the high
esteem in which he was held.
He was about sixty-five years old,
but was vigorous and but for this ac
cident, might have lived several
years yet. He will be greatly miss
ed by his family anc^ his church and
many others in the town and coun
try around here. We regret to chroft
Icle his death. While everybody be
lieves he is enjoying the Christian's
reward, all regret the tragic manner ,
of his departure. We regret to lose
him from our midst. Our sympattiy
goes out to the bereaved ones.
He leaves a wife and four chil
dren?two sons, Mr. Will Eason, a
druggist of Greensboro, N. C., and
Mr. Paul Eason, who is attending
school at Smithfield Graded School,
and two daughters, Mrs. James H.
Woodall, of Smithfield, and Miss
Minnie Eason, who is with her mo
ther
Governor Wood row Wilson, of New
Jersey, will deliver the commence
ment address at Chapel Hill next
June.
THE COCA COLA HEARING.
Experts Testify at Chattanooga As
To the Properties of the Beverage
And About Condition of Vats At
Plant.
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 15.?In
the hearing of the case of the United
States against a certain number of
barrels and kegs of Coca-Cola, in
the Federal Court here to-day, some
ol the most interesting testimony yet
brought out was given by Dr. Ly- i
man P. Kebler, chief of the Bureau
of Chemistry, Washington, D. C. |
Dr. Kebler is the chemist who made
a test of Coca-Cola, and to-day he
testified that Coca-Cola contains caf
feine, and declared that to each
eight-ounce glass there was one and
one-fourth grains of caffeine, which
he says is poison.
Dr. Kebler cited many eminent au
thorities in proof of his statement
that caffeine is a poison, and referred
to a number of deaths reported as
being caused by its use. One of
the writers had reported' a case
where four and one-half grains of
the drug had produced death, and he
declared that aboutt three glasses of
Coca-Cola contained this amount of
caffeine.
ur. KusDy, for the government,
stated that no other product bore the 1
name of either "coca" or "kola."
Government chemists stated that
Coca-Cola contained neither coacoa
nor kola, and the effort of the gov
ernment was to prove that the drink
is imisbranded.
Dr. Kebler testified as to the find
in), of vermin and bugs in the vats,
as the result of his inspection of the
Coca-Cola plant in Atlanta. He fur
ther testified that caramel and brown
sugar were added, and, because of
their opaqueness, tended to conceal
impurities in the Coca-Cola syrup.?
Associated Press.
CLAYTON NEWS.
Clayton, Mar. 15.?Rev. G. B. |
Starling, of Fayetteville, was in |
town Monday and Tuesday.
Mr. W. H. Poole, of Wendell, was
in town Monday.
Mrs. C. L. ISarues and daughter,
Miss Madge, went to Kaleigh one
day test week.
Mr. Bruce Poole, of Raleigh, was
iiorot Thursday night.
Mr. Coy C. Jordan, of New Hern,
was in town Thursday.
Miss Nellie Poole came home from
Raleigh Saturday.
Mr. A. V. Gulley went -to Pine
Level Saturday on business.
The Clayton B&ptist church had
Its regular business meeting last
Thursday night.
Prof. George T. Whitley went to
Smithfield last Friday with the
school base ball team, and reported
a victory when he returnde.
Mr. and Mrs. William Findlator
and little son, William, Jr., of Greens
boro, spent Sunday with Mrs. Find
lator's mother, Mrs. D. L. Barnes.
Mr. I. C. Poole was in town
Tuesday on business.
Miss lone Gulley returned Wednes
day from Smithfield Wednesday,
where she has' been visiting rela
tives and friends.
H. R. B.
An Enterprising Firm.
We note with much interest the
way some of our enterprising local
dealers are putting forth every effort
this spring to make their stores at
tractive. This week The Cotter Hard
ware Oo., whoso progressive policy
has been strongly shown by their
large, attractive advertisements in
our columns, have a fine window de
voted to house paint.
On close inspection one finds not
only the usual display of paint cans,
but long cards showing rows of hous
01 in new and handsome combination
of colors for exterior painting. An
attractive window border brightens
the appearance of the whole store
and draws much attention from the
passers-by. It attractively illustrates
how easily and well any shabby
surface in or about the house can
be fixed up.
The Cotter Hardware Co. deserves
much credit for this window and we
are sure it will prove of much bene
fit In reminding people of the many
things around their homes that can
easily be beautified at bouse-clean
H. H. POWELL KILLS
HIMSELF IN RALEIGH
TRAGEDY HAPPENED IN UNION
STATION.
Sanford Hotel Man First Attempts
To Kill Duncan E. Mclver and C i
H. Smith, of Sanford, and Wounds j
Smith, While Women Scream and
There i* Pandemonium irv Crowded
Room.
In a crowd of excited men, women J
and children in the waiting room at
the union depot this afternoon at 4
o'clock, Mr. Henry Powell, of San
ford, pulled a Smith & Wesson blue
steel 38 pistol from his pocket and
fired three or four times at Mr. C. j
H. Smith and Duncan Mclver, then
turning the weapon upon himself
he sent a bullet crashing through his
brain and fell just inside the door
of the Dawson street entrance.
The whole affair occurred just in
a minute and it seems as if there
has been some matter of long stand |
ing between the men.
One of the shots fired at Mr. Smith
took effect in his left elbow, Mr.
Mclver escaped unhurt.
Officer Barrow who was at the de
pot took two guns from the dead
man, the one which he had used
with such murderous intent and a
Colt pistol from his pocket.
Powell's remains will be reviewed
by the coroner and then prepared for
burial.?The Raleigh Evening Times,
March 16th.
FOUR OAKS NOTES.
Four Oaks, Mar. 16.?Miss Helen
Parker, teacher in graded school at
Smithfield, spent Tuesday night of
, the school close here, the guest of
Mrs. W. R. Keen.
Senator O. A. Harbour, of Benson,
who has Just returned from Ral
eigh, the General Assembly having
adjourned, was in town recently, shak
ing hands with his many friends.
Miss Fannie House, of Spring, is
the guest of her brother, Mr. Walter
L. House, for, a few days.
Misses Pearl Wellons and Agnes
Worley, of Micro, attended the
school close here, the guests of Miss
es Pearl Raker and Mary Barbour.
Miss Clyde Richardson, of Kenly,
is visiting her niece. Miss Nell
Richi ' <!son.
Mes.n-s. Paul and Ceba .lohnson, of
the Polenta section, were guests
of VV. E. Barbour recently.
Messrs. Leonard Godwin and) P. T.
Massengill, of Dunn, are visiting Mr.
G. K Massengill.
Mr. Ed Matthews, of Elrod, was
in town Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr R B Strickland wag home
recently from Goldsboro to see his
father, who is very ill.
Mr Robert Barbour, of Rehobotli
section, spent Tuesday with Mr. T.
C. Barbour.
Mr J. B. Adams left Sunday for !
Smiihfield, where he has accepted a
to3ition in the law office of Pou &
Brooks.
Mr. Archie Barbour, of Clayton,
was in town recently.
Work has begun on the dwelling
of Mr. J. H. Brackett, our popular
contractor and builder. Mr. J. Wil
liam Langdon is having his resi
dence remodelled and built to also, J
which adds greatly to Its appearance
School came to final close Tues
day evening, with a large and appre- ,
ciative audience present. Although
the weather all through was very in
clement the commencement was a
great success. The speech of Mr.
J. R. Barbour, of Benson, one of '
Johnston County's leading lawyers,
was practical, easily understood and
by far the best ever heard here.
THE GRIP MAKES A MUTE SPEAK
Ephrata, Pa., Feb. 26.?Miss Lizzie
Grant, 67 years old, lost her voice 33
years ago and could not in all these
years speak above a whisper. I>ast
week she was attacked with the grip,
and upon her recovery was surprized
at regaining the full use of her voice.
It was the first time since 1878 that
she heard her voice.
What caused the loss of her voice
has been a mystery, and its recovery
Is Just as inexplicable? Nashville
Tennesseean
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AS YOU LIKE IT TO BE
PRFSENTED BY HOME TALENT
FAMOUS SHAKESPEAREAN PLAY
AT OPERA HOUSE.
This Beautiful Woodland Comedy
Will be Given In Smithfield, On
Friday Night, March 24, By the
Smithfield Dramatic Club. Scenes
And Costumes Like Those Used in
Shakespeare's Day.
In 1590, Thomas lxMlgo, an En
glishman, published a novel called
"Kosalind." The book was a dull,
dreary composition. Few men read
it, and to-day it would have been
forgotten had it not fallen into the
hands of William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare discovered at once the
gold hidden in the mass of Lodge's
rubbish; he discarded the latter, un
covered the former, and gave in turn
to the world the daintiest "Wood
land" comedy it possesses. "As You
Like It" was printed in about 1600.
Since then it has been played, re
played, Btudied, restudied, until to
day the names of Rosalind, .laques,
Orlando, are as familiar to the school
boy in Europe as to the student in
America.
i iiis is ine simple story:
Somewhere in England, there lived
two brothers: the Duke Senior (I.
W. Rand) the first-born son, and con
sequently heir to his father, accord
ing to the old English law,?and the
Duke Frederick, (Dr. W. B. John
son) who had usurped his elder bro
ther's property and banished him
from his own home, to tho Forest of
Arden, where he lives with Jaques,
(E. F. Ward) and ^miens (Walter
Ives.)
The Duke Senior has a daughtei*,
Rosalind, (Miss Mattie Hudson) who
wi.8 not banished. She remains with
her cousin Celia, (Miss Edith Has
sell) at the court of the latter's fa
ther, Duke Frederick. Soon howev
er, Duke Frederick becomes jeal
ous of Rosalind, and banishes her
from his court. Rosalind decides to
go and seek her father, Celia runs
away with her, and they both go to
Arden. They are accoirpanied by
Touchstone, (Hubert Woodall.) In
order to avoid being molested, Ros
alind assumes male attire, and as a
boy, calls herself "Ganymede;" Ce
lia is called "Aliena.''
Before Rosalind left she had met
a young man named Orlando, (A. Ver
mont) and has fallen deeply in love
with him, after he had defeated the
Court wrestler, Charles, (W. C.
Ward.) This Orlando is also per
secuted by his brother, Oliver, (Dr.
W. B. Johnson) and to avoid further
trouble, Orlando goes to Arden, ac
ompanied by Ada/m, (W. R. Smith)
an old faithful servant. Orlando had
been warned by Lebeau, (Walter
Ives) to leave the country
on account of the jealousy of Duke
Frederick.
In the forest of Arden Orlando and
Rosalind met, and the latter persuaded
Orlando to play at love with her,?
or "him"?for she is still attired as
"Ganymede." Celia,?or Aliena,?is
a faithful ally to her sister. Rosalind
buys a cottage and engages the ser
vices of Corin, (Carl Sanders). They
love and they woo, and they love
and they woo, but there are other
lovers in the forest. Phoebe, (Miss
Mary McCullera) who falls in love
with Rosalind?or rather Ganymede
?and Sylvius, (W. C. Ward) who
is a most true admirer of Phoebe.
The air, the sky, the trees, the
brooks are redolent with love. Even
Touchstone cannot resist the great
influence and in turn he lays his
heart at the feet of Audrey, (Miss
Helen Parker) and wins her away
from William, (Percy Youngblood.)
Duke Frederick and his attendant,
(E. P Ruckman) have remained in
England.
The end of it all is "As You Like
It," for even Oliver has repented of
his vile conduct towards Orlando
and has become love intoxicated. He
has won the heart of Celia,?Aliena.
This is the play of Shakespeare,
which our Dramatic Club, after
months of hard work will present at
the Opera House, on Friday, the 24th
of March. It is useless to say that
It is a literary undertaking of which
larger cities would justly be proud.
It Is a tremendous task which our
young people have set to themselves
i
and their success will earn the warm-'
est praise of our enlightened commu
nity.
As a matter of further Information
we wish to state to our readers, that
'he play will be given, as it was
played in the days of Shakespeare, I
costumes, simple scene of green, etc. |
?There is no desire whatever of |
making any money out of this pre- \
sentatlon, It is purely a literary ven- (
ture, an exhibition of better dramat- j
lea.
Consequently we bespeak for "As
You Like It" the warm support of
our town. It is a "home" effort of
the highest order, and Smithfield ^
will stamp its approval on this great
work.
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Reserved seats will be on sale at
Hood's Drug Store, on Monday, they
will be sold at $0.75. Other seals
35 and 50 cents.
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A LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA.
L. P. Phillips, Former Teacher of
The Late E. J. Holt, Write* of
Former Days and Recollections.
Ldltors Herald:
I have just received a copy of your '
paper, and by your permission take
this method of thanking the' kind do
nor thereof. Said paper aroused re
collections, both pleasant and sad, ;
for in it I read a very interesting \
obituary of my long ago beloved pu- i
pil, E. J. Holt.
I was the more impressed while ]
reading an account of his honorable i
and useful life, because it was my i
painful duty at one time to adminis- |
ter a little correction for an error i
he committed while in school.
I should not refer to this matter, ,
were it not for the fact that years
after it occurred, he declared that ,
correction had much to do in shap- ,
ing his course for the better.
I attended the funeral Qf Jesse
Holt, E. J.'s father, who was indeed,
a good and useful man; and well do
1 remember Hedin Kaiford, standing
at the head of the grave, singing the
song of which the following is the
first stanza:
"Farewell dear friend, a long fare
well,
For we shall meet no more,
Till we are raised with Him to
dwell
On Zion's happy shore."
I knew E. J.'s grandfather well,
and remember seeing his great grand
father.
Only a few days ago I received a
copy of the Journal of your town, in I
which was a communication from my
nephew, John A. Phillips, of Dil
lon, Mont., which called forth one
from myself.
An Old Johnston Co. Citizen,
L. P. PHILLIPS.
Downey, California, Mar. 8, 1911. [
The Passing of W. F. Strowd.
Ex-Congressman W. F. Strowd, of
Chatham, died at Chapel Hill, Sun
day afternoon about 2 o'clock after
an Illness of some duration. Ho had
been seriously 111 for soma time and
his death was not unexpected. He
was one of the best known citizens
in the state, having served two
terms as congressman from the
Wake district and held other posi
tions of trust and honor.
He was born in Orange county,
December 7th, 1832. Graduated at
Bingham school, High Hill academy,
and the Graham institute, brought up
on the farm; moved to Chatham
county in 1861; elected to state con
stitutional convention in 1875; nomi
nated for congress in 1892 in the
fourth congressional district; again
nominated in 1894, and elected to
the 54th congress; was re-elected to
the 55th congress.?Durham .Sun.
Death of a Good Woman.
At eight o'clock last Monday night,
Mrs. Bettie Lassiter, wife of Mr. S.
A. Lassiter, of Elevation township,
died after about a weeks illness. She
was buried Tuesday afternoon, at a
graveyard on their farm in the pres
ence of a large number of friends
and relatives. She was a splendid
woman and added to the happiness
of all with whom she met. She was
a sister of Mr. James W. Stephen
son, of Smlthficld. She leaves a
husband and several children. Mr. |
Lassiter is a first class farmer and
a leading citizen of that part of
the county and many will regret to
hear of the family's bereavement. We
sympathize with them In their loss.
MONDAY'S STORM AND
SOME OF ITS WORK
GREAT DAMAGE BY THE HAIL
AND THE COLD.
Prediction Made That One-Half of
The Strawberry Crops Have Been
Killed in Some Section*. Lightning
Does Terrible Work. Peachcs Kill
ed at Southern Pines.
VVhlteville, March 15.?The severe
tia.il and rain storm which passed ov
er this section between four and five
o'clock Monday afternoon was one,
the like of which, few people here
have ever witnessed before. The ap
pearance at firBt indicated only a
slight rain cloud, but which quickly
changed to a terrific hail storm,
lumps frequently falling as large as
a goose egg. That part of the town
where electricity dominates, it was
quickly pressed into service, others
resorting to gasoline and the ordi
nary lamps. The prediction is that
at least one-half of the strawberry
crop has been killed, and this means
n considerable loss to the growers,
merchants and the market generally.
Wilmington, March 13.?One of
the worst hailstorms that has visited
this section in more than ten years
passed over Wilmington and vicinity
late this evening. For about fifteen
or twenty minutes hail came down
In a perfect shower, the ground In
a few minutes being literally covered
with ice. The storm appears to have
covered a considerable area, and it Is
fenrcd that considerable damage was
ilone to fruit and truck crops and
especially lettuce, as much of it is
in the open and growers are just be
ginning to ship. Some time before
sunset it became as dark aS night
The hailstorm was accompanied by
a severe electrical storm.
Southern Pines, March 13.?A
fierce storm struck this section at 3
o'clock this afternoon and for fifteen
minutes the town was in darkness.
Electric lights were turned on in the
streets and in the buildings, while
for half an hour hail and rain fell In
torrents. Then, as quickly as It
came, the storm passed. Wires were
damaged in all directions, but
nothing else suffered seriously.
Monroe, March 15.?I-uke Redwine,
aged 17, the son of Mrs. Mary Red
wine, of Wolfsvllie, was instantly kill
ed by lightning during the storm
here. He had just returned home
from school and was standing in the
back hall when the bolt struck him.
Bad For the Peach Crop.
'It looks very unfavorable for
the peach crop in North Carolina,"
said State Horticulturist W. N. Hutt,
yesterday afternoon. "Mr. J. Van
Lindley, whom I saw to-day, stated
that his crop at Southern Pines was
damaged to the extent of $40,000."
Mr. Hutt stated further that Mr. S.
B. Shaw, his assistant, reported the
crop Injured in the vicinity of States
ville. As to the apple crop. It has
not been injured by the present cold
spell, as the blooms of the apple
trees are not yet full.
The cold wave reached here In
full force yesterday morning at 7
o'clock, when the tempreature fell
to 24 degrees. A special cold wave
prediction was sent out from Wash
ington Wednesday afternoon at three
o'clock, to the effect that the tem
perature would fall 30 degrees with
in 24 to 36 hours.
The lowest temperature on record
on or after the 16th of March occur
red on the 16th, In 1890, when the
thermometer registered 20 degrees.
The temperature yesterday was 18
degrees below normal.
The freezing line yesterday morn
ing extended into Georgia, and in
parts of New York zero was almost
reached. The lowest temperature in
North Carolina occurred at Asheville,
where the thermometer registered 14
degrees.?News and Observer, 17th.
Congressman Charles B. Randell.
of Texas, has announced that he will
be a candidate for United States
Senator to succeed Senator Bailey
two years hence. While Bailey is
one of the ablest men In public life
In this country, it looks like hi*
star Is on the wane.