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V0L 30 SM1THFIELD, N. C.. FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1911 =====
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ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. ???? ~
EDUCATION GOOD ROADS GOOD HEALTH PROGRESS
S FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
MR. SANDERS WRITES
ON ROAD QUESTION
REPLIES TO ARTICLE OF MR.
ALLRED LAST WEEK.
Tells of the Large and Enthusiastic
Crowd Here on February Sixth
That Asked for Legislation Per
mitting a Vote for Bonds for
Roads. Mr. Sanders Says It Is
a Matter of Regret That the
Wheels of Progress in Road Build
ing Should be Stopped by Our Rep
resentatives.
To The Herald:
I read the letter of the Hon. L.
H. Allred in your last issue with a
great deal of interest. I do not
think that our people will be satis
fied with Mr. Allred's explanation as
to why our members in the recent
General Assembly declined to pass
the County Road bill. Those of us
who were present at the mass meet
ing on Monday, February 6th, have
not forgotten the large and enthusi
astic attendance. The weather that
day was very cool and inclement, and
yet the Court House was filled with
people from every section of the
County. I am satisfied that not
less than 500 of the very best cit
izens that we have in the County
were present. So large an attend
ance indicates the great importance
attached by our people to the Good
Roads proposition. And I am sure
that many of those who were pres
ent feel grieved at the action of our
Representatives. Our citizens
throughout the County now are
blessed with fairly good churches and
school houses, and we have quite
a number of good towns in the Coun
ty. It is also true that our roads
are very, very bad.
The writer remembers the splen
did delegations from Selma and Clay
ton townships. Mr. Allred states
In his communication that our mem
bers of the Legis'ati'm Wt-re in part
Influenced by the '.vishes of Selma
and Clayton townships, they being
opposed to the County-wide proposi
tion. We would be greatly surpris
ed to know that the delegations from
Clayton and Selma were actir. in
bad faith with the other citizens of
the mass meeting, and in that he
must be mistaken. The bill passed
In lieu of the bill authorized by the
mass meeting amounts to nothing. I
jt?ar in til smaller auu puurer
townships will have no election for
direct taxation whatever, nor could
they hardly hope to sell bonds in
dependently of the larger and wealth
ier townships.
I am glad to say that no such
sentiment as he ascribed to Selma
and Clayton exists In Smithfield
township. Smithfield township is
the largest and wealthiest township
In the County. The property listed
In Selma township, in round num
bers, is $870,000.00; in Clayton, $1,
300,000.00; in Smithfield, $1,400,000.00.
And our citizens of Smithfield town
ship stand ready and are willing to
Join hands with the less fortunate
townships until the Road system of
the entire County becomes a pride to
all the citizens of the County. I de
spise the sentiment of the old, nar
row and contracted man, who pray
ed: "Bless me and my wife, my
son John, and his wife, us four and
no more.''
When a small boy, the first mon
ey that the writer remembers to
have made was hauling rosla a dis
tance of twelve miles on an ox cart.
And I Btill have a vivid recollection
of wading through the sand in sum
mer, and through the mud in win
ter, and I now hear the ringing of
the tires of that old ox cart as it
rolled through the sand; and I see
the small boy in his attempt to hur
ry forward the old white ox. And
I remember that he wondered then
tf in his day some Ifonaparte would
not riso among us and give us a road
system for the County like that of
France. And I submit that we did
not have him in our delegation in
the recent General Assembly.
Mr. Allred further states that
they were afraid of the results that
might arise from heavy taxation in
cidental to the proposed bond Issue,
etc. Now, our mass meeting asked
that their bill should be passed; to
wit; Allowing us to vote, bonds or
no bonds. And if the people of
the County had the opportunity and
voted fi<r th* that would
I
be their business. No reasonable
man could criticise our Representa
tives.
After having made a partial can- j
vass of the County, I am sure that
three-fourths of our citizens would
vote for the bond issue for the Coun- j
ty-wide proposition, provided all of j
the larger and wealthier townships
would participate. Under the bond |
issue plan, the taxes would be less ;
than that paid now by Smithfield, j
Selma and Clayton. It is a matter j
of regret that our Representatives,
good men as they are, should have
stopped the wheels of progress in
the building of good roads in the
County for some years to come. But,
we should not be discouraged, but
look to the future with faith, be
lieving that the time is not far dis
tant when all our citizens will en
joy the advantages of good roads.
W. M. SANDERS, Pres.,
Johnston Co. Good Road Association.
at the capital of banner.
The Death of Mr. King Parker?Mrs.
Charlie Benson Dies Almost Sud
denly. Local Matters of Interest.
Benson, March 30.?Mrs. Willie
Ro^al, of Hampton, Va., came yester
day to spend several days with rel
atives here.
Miss Edna Weeks left yesterday
for Raleigh, where she has accepted
a position.
Miss Mattie Draughn, of Rowland,
is 1 ere this week, the guest of Miss
Meta Harper.
Mrs. E. J.,. Hall and daughter,
Miss Jewel, of Fayetteville, have
been in town several days visiting
friends
Mr. and Mrs. R. 1"). Langdon re
turned to-day from a visit to Mrs.
Langdon's parents who live near
isewton Grove.
Mr. W. D. Boon has purchased the
lot on Main Street West of the store
building of J. H. Toon & Son and
will erect a nice Ui'ick store building
n the near future.
,V!i; - i McLe^d. who has been
aching for several months in Har
nett Countj, was here to-day and
left for her home in Rowland, N. C.
Mr. C. T. Johnson moved this
veev t his residence just remodeled
Wall Sfeet, near the Baptist
church. Mr. T. M. Johnson has
moved to the old C. T. Johnson res
idence, while Mr. Sam Stone, who
recently bought the J. W. Benson
lot and residence, has moved there.
The Adams Company Shows seem
? ? 1 ... ??lr
to De t.'ie attraction uere mis ?cciv.
So far tliey have given good, clean
shows each evening and they were
apparently enjoyed by the large
crowds present judging from the
amount of laughter. The company
will go to Smitlifield next week with
its allows.
The openings of each of the four
millinery stores here takes place
to-day and tomorrow. The stores are J
all attractive and present an artistic 1
appearance. Miss Olive Gould, of I
Maryland, has charge of the C. T. j
Johnson millinery store. Mrs. George
Holland is trimiping for the Preston
Woodall store. Mrs. Anna Creech
j has charge of the Alice Woodail Mil
linery, while the R. F. Smith mil- j
linery department is in charge of
Miss Elsie McNabb, of Baltimore. In
each of these storeB may be seen the
latest attractions In top-piece crea
tions from the cheap hat to the most
costly designs.
News reached here yesterday of
the death at her home in Elevation
? wnship of Mrs. Charlie Benson af
ter only a few hours illness. Her !
remains were burled this afternoon
at the cemetery at Rehoboth. Her
sons, Messrs. Harvey and Duffie
Benson, of Danville, Va., came home
this morning to attend the funeral.
Mr. King Parker died at his I
home here Monday morning after be- !
ing sick for about ten days with
pneumonia. His body was embalm
| ed and will be laid to rest in the 1
| family grave yard at his old home,
five miles east of here this afternoon,
j Mr. Parker was sixty-three years j
I old, and was one of the best men 1
of our community, having reared and
educated a large family of boys and
girls. He was liked by every one i
who knew him and will be greatly ,
missed by the people of our town.
His son, Preston Parker, who is so- j
llcitor In the district in which he
lives in Oklahoma, reached here last
night to attend the burial.
? .
Mr. Sam T. Honeycutt, Register of
Deeds for ?ohnston County, spent
M; tiny In Riletjh OC Visinacs.
I I
GIRLS JUMP FROM
NINTH STORY
FEARFUL DEATH TOLL IN BIG
FACTORY FIRE.
Over One Hundred and Fifty, Near
ly all Girls, Perish in Great Con
flagration in New York?Shirtwaist
Workers Cooped in Loft of Sky
scraper.
New York, March 25.?One hun
dred and fifty souls?nine-tenths of
them girls from the East Side?were
crushed to death on the pavements,
smothered by smoke, or shriveled
crisp this afternoon in the worst fire
New York has known since the
steamship General Slocum was burn
ed to the water's edge off North
Brother's Island in 1904.
Nearly all, If not all, of the vic
tims were employed by the Triangle
Shirtwaist Company, on the eighth,
ninth and tenth floors of a ten-story
loft building at 23 Washington place,
on the western fringe of the down
town wholesale clothing, fur and mil
liner/ district. The partners of the
firm, Isaac Harris and Max Blanck,
escaped v.nscathed from the office on
the tenth floor, carrying with them
over an adjoining roof Blanck's two
young daughters and governess.
There was not an outside fire es
cape on the building.
How the fire started will perhaps
never be known. A corner on the
eighth floor was Its point of origin
and the three upper floors only were
swept. On the ninth floor 50 bod
ies were found; 63 or more persons
were crushed to death by jumping
and more than 30 clogged the ele
vator shafts. The loss to property
will not exceed $1,000,000.
Pedestrians going home through
Washington place to Washington
Square at 10 minutes to 5, were
scattered by the whiz of something
rushing through the air before
them; there was a horrible plot on
the pavement and a body flattened
on the flagstones. Wayfarers on the
opposite side of the street shaded
their eyes against the setting sun
and saw the windows of the three
upper floors of the building black
with girls crowding to the sills.
There were no fire escapes.
Mrs. Chester Lassiter Dead.
On Saturday night, March 2.r>th,
Mrs Chester Lassiter died. Her
deatii came as a surprise to all ex
cept her near kinspeople, as she had
been sick only a few days when the
final summons came. Although sick
so short a time, she realized in her
last hours that death was near, ex
pressed her readiness to meet it,
and requested that she be buried in
the family burying ground at her
old home.
Mrs. Lassiter was thirty years of
age and was the youngest daughter
of Mr. Robert C. Barbour, of Eleva
tion township. In February, 1908,
she was married to Mr. Chester
Lassiter with whom she lived happily
till called to her everlasting home.
She never united with any church,
but her every day life was full of
that sympathy for mankind and rich
in that faith in Christ, which, after
all, is the very best thing when we
are called to give an account of our
stewardship. Possessing those wo
manly traits of character so essential
to peace and happiness in the home,
she ministered to those about her
as best she could. Realizing that
it is the little things that count, she
was ever faithful and loving to her
husband and did what she could to
make him happy.
Mrs. Lassiter leaves surviving her
a husband, a father, two sisters,
three brothers and a host of friends
to mourn her death. Her body was
buried late Sunday afternoon in
the family burying ground at her
father's, in Elevation township.
Let those who were nearest and
dearest to her ever remember that
to take was but the will of God
who gave.
Thou art gone ?o the grave, but
twere wrong to deplore thee,
When God was thy ransom, thy
guardian, thy guide;
He gave thee, and took thee, and
soon will restore thee,
Where death hath no sting, since
the Savior hath died.
X.
n?naon. V C.
POETRY AND THE
UNSEEN WORLD
DR. VAN DYKE AT THE STATE
UNIVERSITY.
| Concluded His Lectures Sunday
Night On Poetry and Life.?Poe
try Brings the Most Important Facts
Of Life Vividly Before Us and
Interprets Their Meaning.
Chapel Hill, Mar. 27.?Last night
Dr. Van Dyke delivered the third
tures, speaking on "Poetry and the
Unseen World." This served as a
fitting climax to the series of pow
erful lectures, and was, without a
doubt, the most interesting of them
all.
In his introduction he made a brief
summary of tbe two preceding lec
tures and the principal facts brought
out in each of them. He also spoke
of the pleasure that he had derived
from his visit to the university, and
expressed his appreciation for the
l:indness that had been done for
him during his stay.
?n his lecture he said in part:
"The most important facts of hu
man life?duty and love and death?
lie in a region which is Invisible to
sense. Poetry brings them vividly
before the mind's eye and interprets
their meaning nobly and beautifully.
"But this interpretation must be
poetical, not dogmatic nor didactic.
You can not set the catechism to mu
sic. The reason why there are so
many poor hymns is because they
are sermons in disguise. They are
dull and dry. They depress the
spirit and afflict the ear. But hymns
like 'Abide With Me" and "How
Firm a Foundation" quicken the
imagination and move the heart. In
them we hear faith singing, not
preaching.
"Duty is translated in such poems
as Milton's 'Sonnet on His Blind
ness,' or Wordsworth's 'The Hap
py Warrior,' or Tennyson's 'Ode
on the Death of the Duke of Well
ington,' in words which fill the soul
with great pictures and fine music.
"Love in such poems as 'Romeo
and Juliet,' or 'Maud,' or 'Evangeline'
shines with a pure light far above
the cloudy regions of sensual pas
sion.
"Death, in such poems as 'In
Memoriam,' and Browning's 'Epi
logue' and Emerson's 'Threnody' is
revealed as the doorway of an end
less life. As William Blake wrote:
" 'The grave is heaven's golden gate,
And rich and poor around it wait.'
"Can we afford to lose from our
modern world the ideals and vis
ions which the poets have given to
us? The man who says that he does
not care for poetry is poorer than
he knows. He simply confesses that
| lie is indifferent to the finest things
in life expressed In the noblest mus
ic."?Greensboro News.
TRAINING YOUNG FARMERS.
England to Have a National School
To Educate Girl* and Boys.
London, March 25.?A national
school of agriculture is shortly to
te founded here, where boys will
| be trained to take positions in this
| country or the oversea dominions as
' farmers, farm managers and stewards
j and gardeners. Girls will be taught
j dairy work, plain cooking and laun
I dry work.
FREED AFTER TWENTY YEARS.
After Serving Twenty Long Years
For a Crime He was Innocent of
Andrew Toth Is Released From
The Penitentiary at Pittsburg to
Begin Life Anew.
Last Saturday a week ago, Andrew
; Toth walked out of the Western
Penitentiary at Pittsburg, Penn., af
ter serving twenty years for a crime
he never committed. He was point
ed out as the murderer of a mill
I h^nd by a man at the coroner's trial,
convicted and sent up for life. A
few weeks ago Stephen Toth con
fessej at bis home in Hungary that
he was the man who did the kill
: Inr, and as soon as the facts were
brought to the knowledge of the
Governor he pardoned the man at
once. Toth Is 62 years old, but
lookr to be seventy. His release
was brought about by some of his
nMteMMnJw hi Um mill raimax
I,
money (o make the investigation that
secureri his freedom. In the party
presort at his release were four of
Teh's sons who were children when
their father was sent to prison
twenty yearn p(,t. They are now
workers in the Bteel mill where i
their father was employed. When ask^
If ho felt angry toward the man
who pointed him out at the coro
ner's trial as the murderer, he re-,
piled: "No, I do not. There is One]
ahovo us who sees that justice Is j
done."
Toth's wife returned to her homo j
in Hungary years ago, broken heart- ]
ed. Tlio *?im wanted to send for |
her, but the old man said no; he
would go back to the fatherland, too.
"F'rst I must go back to see my
eight grandchildren that I have nev-!
er .?seen, and then I must see the
children of Qulnn and tell them I
didn't kill their father. Then I'll go
b.vk to the old country," said Toth.
FOR OAKS NOTES.
The "twin attorneys," J. R. and
O. A. Barbour, of Benson, passed
through Monday afternoon en-route
for their homo, after having attended
the funeral of thoir sister, Mrs. Ches
ter Lassiter, who died Saturday j
night.
Mr. J. B. Adams, of Smithfield,
spent Sunday here, the guest of his
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Burt Barefoot went
to Benson Saturday to see Mr. Bare
foot's brother who is ill with fev
er. They returned Monday.
Mr. Paul Johnson, of Spilona sec
tion, spent Saturday night and Sun
day here with his brother, Mr. B.
? H. Sanders.
Mr. Jno. S. Stroup loft Sunday
! for his former home near Shelby, |
N. C., where he will spend a few
i days with his parents.
Misses Maggie and Inez Jacobs
visited in Benson recently.
Mr. C. I. Pierce spent Sunday in
Smithfield.
Mr. Nathan H. Keene made a bu
siness trip to Goldsboro last week.
Mr. W. K. Barbour visited friends
in Kenly recently.
Mr. Pate returned to his work
on Mr. B. B. Adams' residence Mon
day after spending Sunday with his
family In Durham.
Miss Nell Richardson has return
ed from her home in Kenly and op
ened a private school in the graded
school building, with a large num
ber of students for the opening. Miss
Richardson is well and favorably
known here having taught through
out the regular school. We are glad
to see the patrons taking renewed
interest in the education of their
children, and feel sure that the
election to be held In May, for spe
cial tax to prolong the regular school
| hereafter, will have different re-1
| suits from the last one held.
The Florence Comedy Co. gave a I
series of entertainments here last
| week that were largely attended and |
highly appreciated. Our little
town has taken on new life sure I
enough. Since Mr. D. H. Sanders |
80 nicely arranged a town hall, we
have had several good shows.
Mr. Albert Moore is having his
residence on Railroad Street newly
painted which adds greatly to its ap
pearance.
There will be services at the Prim
itive Baptist church next Saturday
and Sunday by the regular pastor,
Elder James Johnson.
HELLO niLL.
Four Oaks, Mar 29.
Chamber of Commerce tc Meet.
The annual meeting of the Cham
1 ber of Commerce of Smlthfleld will
be held in the Court House Friday
night, April 7th, 1911, at 7:30
o clock for the purpose of electing
officers for this year, and for such
other business as may come before
the Chamber. Every member of
the Chamber of Commerce Is hereby
earnestly requested to attend this
meeting. A very cordial Invitation
is extended to those who have not
yet Jo!i ed the Chamber of Commerce
to attend thie meeting and give us
their names as members. We ear
nestly request every citizen to at
ten.l this meeting and hear the re
port of the workings of the Cham
ber of i^ nimerce which le just one
year old.
JAMBS A. WELLONS,
Pres. C. of C.
F. K. URO AD HURST.
Sec O. 0* C |1
?
TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS A DAY
PHYSICIAN CHARGED THAT FOR
ATTENDING WALSH.
Dr. Barker Says Family Makes No
Objection. Multi-Millionaire Min
ing King of the West Was the Pa
tient and His Executors Will Set
tle.
Baltimore, March 28.?Dr. Lewel
lys F. Marker of the Johns Hopkins
Medical School, has explained the
claim of $11,500 for medical services
rendered the late Thomas F. Walsh,
the multi-millionaire mining king of
Washington and Colorado. The
claim, with others, was filed against
Mr. Walsh's estate in the probate
court of Washington and attracted
attention ii> the newspapers. There
was no contention, however, over
its payment.
"This is,'' said Dr. Barker, "aa
a matter of fact, the biggest bill I
ever rendered any one for any ser
vice, and It was perfectly satisfac
tory to the members of Mr. Walsh's
family.
"At the time I was called to see
Mr. Walsh he was in Texas, and I
went to San Antonio. The agree
ment was made in advance that I
was to receive $1,000 a day for my
services, and I was some 10 days.
That made $10,000.
"I also went to Washington a num
ber of times to see Mr. Walsh and
spent two nights there. For the vis
its and attention to him in Wash
ington I charged $1,500. This bill
was entirely agreeable to the fam
ily, and there has been no dispute
whatever over it. It was merely
filed as claims are always filed when
the estate of some one is being set
tled lip. I am sorry that anything
misleading should have been printed
in the newspapers, but I am glad to
make this explanation of the cir
cumstances."
CLAYTON NEWS.
Mr. C. W. Home went to Ral
eigh Friday evening.
Mr. Everitt Kenedy, of Raleigh,
was in town Friday night.
Messrs. W. L. Stancil and Luther
Hlnton went to Smithfield Friday.
The Clayton base ball team added
another scalp to their number Satur
day. They defeated Cary 7 to 3.
Mrs. Nova Wilson, of Hartwell,
Ga., is visiting her mother, Mrs. D.
L. Barnes.
Mr. Jno. I. Barnes went to Ral
eigh Saturday evening.
Mr. Jno. I Barnes went to Ral
eigh Saturday evening.
Mrs. R. W. Finlator and little
pon are visiting her mother, Mrs. D.
L. Barnes.
Clayton was very unlucky and al
so very lucky last week?two fireB
and very little damage done. The
colored school building caught on
fire, but was saved with very little
damage. Also the waste house at
the Liberty Cotton Mill caught fira
but was saved with very little dam
age done.
Quite a good crowd went to Ral
eigh Monday night to see the show.
Messrs. W. L. Stancil and R. R.
Culley went to Smithfield Monday.
The play here last night, given
by the Smithfield Dratmatic Club,
was grand and all of Shakespeare's
friends enjoyed it. There was quite
[ a crowd out to see it and all speak
writ of it.
Mr. Alonzo Parrish, of Benson, was
in town yesterday.
H. R. B.
Clayton, Mar. 29.
Meeting cf Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber of Commerce is do
ing some important things for Smith
field. A meeting will be held in
the Court House, Friday night, April
7th, at 7:30 o'clock, to elect offi
cecrs for the ensuing year. A large
attendance is desired. Several oth
ers should Join the Chamber of Com
merce and help to make its work
more effectual.
If you have trouble In getting rid
of your cold you may know that you
are not treating it properly. There
la no reason why a cold should hang
on for weeks .\nd it will not if you
take Chamberlain's Cou^h Remedy.
War fry AU