THE CAROLINA HOME
and FARM and EASTERN
REFLECTOR
(One* a w««k>
Pabliahed by
m BKFLECTOB COMFAUr, lac.
D. 1. WHICHARO, Editor.
•RfiUCNVIlXE. WORTH CAROLINA.
■nb»«riptton, oue yaar. . . fl.uu
Me noatki 50
▲tTartikit rates may be had upon
fttpUoatlon at tb« busineas office in
Vhs Reflector Buildinc, corner Evaus
mmI TiiicA. atreeta.
▲11 carda of thanas and resolutloui
•< nfpect will be charged t»r at 1
oentLjer wor4.
Cammuolcsttona ad^ertialoK eandl-
iai<» vUI be charsed tor at three
eauta par llae, up to flfty liaea.
Catered as tecond class matter
August 20, 1910, at the post office at
Oreetivllle, North Carolina, under
act ot March t, 1879.
KHIDAV. .iri.Y 17 1911.
Ia>h us all with one actord yell,
Uurrui
ills.
for the hospital—that its loru
( I) uni ray
and X’ierc-e are
troubled oil oq
V.iiat will the 1. W. W. "ilowli witli
t!:;- coiirt;;" a.sitaturs iunv say siiue
i’.',- ;1' ‘ir mii'.ib.'r —a bud one too—
lias iKH ii uc((uitte(l by a Paterson
.1.1 court alter a fair trial?
If the lounty has money to spend
lor the helping of the poor wliy not
take that same tnoney and build a
ho.s>>ital, thezi let the ’ hospital pay
this money back, let the county take
this money and build more good
roads.
(Jreenvllle gets everything else sho
%vaiit.s, what's the matter with the
hospital? She must not need one,
or some stops would bo taken toward
tliat end
'I'iirowing as sick man as Theodore
Hoo‘>n-e)t into the I’eiinsylvania cam
paign does not suggest a rigid ob
servance of the priiu iple.s of oonser-
-o-
While the little dog is barking tlio
big one absconds with the bone.
The judge doseii’t cliarge tiie jurv
as much as the lawyer cliarges his
cient.
We cannot say lu)w mucli afraid of
rats they are, but we do know some
Greenville folks who will do their
share of shrieking if a mouse comes
in sight.
Some men are wanted for what
they can do. while others for what
they have doue.
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You can always expect the worst
in South Carolina. Saturday evening
a negro woman beat to death the
child of a white family with whom
she was mad. The woman was arrest
ed and put in jail, and Sunday a mob
stormed the jail, battered in the door,
took the woman out and lynched her.
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SA.Wl'EL B. I'MDKItWOOn. j i;i)ITIN(i LIKE ri<K.\( HING
Ciider its heading of “Representa-' The followitig item is about the
tive .Men in .North Carolina.’’ The best explanation we have seen re-
Charlotte Observer has the following |
reader for each other. It should be
to say of a citizen of Greenville;
.■^luong the big-hearted, whole-j
souleii m<Mi of ,\orth Carolina, and read very oarefullj':
tiiose who stand high up in the ed-1 "Kditing a newspaper in some re
;i:i svaters.
riavt'a stiK'Uhoidi rs are anx-
v.aiiins: the 1. C. C.'s report on
!n th.' lotting.
It is prc.'uni.'d that .Mr. .Morgans
call on the I’ri'sidt-iit was purely for
Ii'V< holo^ical reasons.
All that ;>r<)..;perity needed was a
litt'.i- rain to make wheat, cotton and
ciirti hoi) up !'re.-,h and vigorous.
■ J v;u: •. ) think of the vast horde
. !..i:',iy !i;ir!i- !iirs who have been
u;ui'jle to secure ,Tune brides.
.Mexican Constitutionalists seem lo
think that a city in the hand is wort'.i
two in the protocol.
o
Anyway it is proved that as a
means of passing away the time, me
diation beats war by many furlotig^.
o
■fhe Colonel promptI.r did what his
doctor told him not to do whicli show
tiiat tiie Colonel is in his usual good
form.
i.)i course, .Mr. Hoosevelt is a
n-na. but he sliows a small trait ii'
i i-' criticism of Mr. Wilsor.
.Ni.i;'.viUistan'liiii; ih>‘ir (livotion to
tl!" pUice. no! many l ongressnien will
r-M WashinKto’.i a-- a ;
ri-i>;-(.
strong argument in fuvor or rigid
•'movie'' censorship is tlie presenta
tion of .lack .Tohnson as a favorite
film actor.
I.ondon lias nineteen tiiousaml po
licemeti, but this isn't a circum
stance to that miglity arm ■ of suffra-
srettes.
Life witiiout hope is like a lions
without a roof.
Tile Tango lias prohmgeii man
a womans dancing davs.
Kvery other day they have Hue.'i;
going to (luit, but the next morniuj;
tinds him on the job.
It is a sure thing that Carbajal ha.s
no more forethought than the rest of
the Mexican, judging from his wind-
shift conclusions,
0
Tobacco warehouse drummers aro
using a great deal of gas and liot ai,'
at this time. Probably a greater a-
mount of the latter.
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.^yllen taJ<es another step to th'-
front by announcing tliat it will a-
hout July ITth, launch out into the
nevv.spaper (ie)d with a semi-weekly,
(iood luck sister Aydon. for your
size there is no town in Eastern Car
olina that is making more rapii
strides in the Hne of progress, whic!i
siiows the turi- I’itt County spirit.
—o-
l:i his rt-niark to t!ie women, sp a'.v
er ( lark spiir an iiitiiiitive from eii(.
Id enii. ti'.u> proving iii.' alisolule ile-
r.iO'Ta'.'v.
The trouble seems to be that I'in-
I ciiot and I'erkins lack propinuuity.
II." insists lliat what lie did
< 'iliimbia is not woriii
After waiting more than a wceK
ai'ier the (rage(l.\-, the .Vow York aii-
tiiorities have at last arrested Mi'f.
Carmau in coiineetioii with the mii;'
(ier of tile prominent Society wom:i;i
of Freeport, hut tiie verdict of tin-
coroner's inquest is still withheld.
than himself. I was afraid that he
would carry this threat into execu
tion.
Fiiidis Pistol III Hurpuu.
"Saturday afternoon I looked into
one of the drawers of liis bureau and
found there a pistol. The same af-
, , , ternoon later he said he was going to
luutional sphere there is none who ..,,^<.,5, jj, j, ,j|^g preaching, (ake me to church and told me to
st.in ls lighei in th, isUem of those | gospel truth must be presented get ready. I was dressed in a black
who know him and his work than • , ,
tiamuel B. Underwood. He has a fine 'o'-"' of generalities or some V* ‘ ! J f‘V i
I „ ... .... , , , toned up the back. 1 took the pistol
ph.vsi(iue an active and well-balanced , >*'* “"d and wrapped it up in tlie shawl which
mind and a disposition that attracts a recent writer. Few people liki ^rouIld my baby and carried it
and holds all who know him. He is truth, even in homopathic doses, it it in my arms. As soon as we left liome
known to his largo circle ot fneud* 1 |,jts ti,eni. I he started talking •about me and I
•Sam. " and he would rather oe preachers and editors' 1 had rather
be dead than to live like I was do-
are criticised for what they do say.:;
thus addressed than any other way.
He refuses to allow any one to call
him professor, saying that he is a
"J’rofes.sor of nothing but religion,
and a mighty poor one at that.”
While his father. Uev. .1. E. I’lider-
wood, one of the best men of the|‘he Potion of what they know
.Methodist Episcopal Church in the about people.
i I. ill th.- ni.-al suppry is not
worUii::; til" tru' k Gardners wlio see
pros.ivrii y hoiiiiy snugtrlina up to
tiiem.
'I'h'- "new (onstilulion of commer
cial ir''edom" that's wliai we want to
live under!
I 'i'iie ijiii tor savs Mr. Uoosevell iiee !
(
—o . I four montiis of rest. It is a sure
jury system in ranks , tiling that the couniry iloos.
of our free ! ——o
I
Most any ptTson is willing to do
Ilieir duly, as they see it, but as w.‘
see it. Iirings on nior ■ talk.
.t
.Mtliough th
as one of til'' bulwark
institutions, jury have not fouu'
inipr'gnable.
instead of iieini; angry at us for
f >r proposing to sell two battleship.s !
lo Greecf'. Turkey should hang around (
the bargin counter.
Sometime this country wil, .save 0:1
its lire insurance bills just a.« it
now learning to save its lingers by
having a sane Fourth.
A .New York woman was recently
.Able to deposit Sio.OiHi that her hus
band (lldn'l know about. Tliere are
wuiii..:i th:i' c.ui ke, ;i a secret.
Announcemeni is made that of
I ials (d' the biological survey in th
department of agricullure ar.’ taking
a (•'•nsus of tlie birds in ihe country
and expect h) give out ihe count
soon. First thing you know tlie sta
tist icions will be undertaking to tell
11s ho'.v many tish there ar.' In the sea
-o -
In Mexico it seems lliat
wants to be President that
\'il!a inarching lo the job.
one
with
-o-
.Moviiig tor good roads ami
trading for a new County home,
i-Irt-ady having schools thal are
passed nowhere, shows that
1 oii.My is taking lier place in
con-
anii
sur-
I’itt
Ihe
not
Kvi ry dollar spent in a county lum.'
is money lost, every dollar spent in a
hospital will ln‘ a blessing to the poor
and a help to tlie sick.
The remarks made by l>r. C. O'H,
l.aughinghouse before the board of
County Commissioners rtdative to the
movement for a new county homo,
and published in this paper Tuesday.
<'ertainly gives the people somethin;
to think about. The position he takes
that a hospital and county home com
bined would result in far more bene
fit than only a county home, is en
tirely correct, and the comniissioi.era
march of progress. There
hetl-'r agricultural county in the
slate, and liner people than ours ca 1
l)e found non here in the world. The
home se> ker who want.s to locat'.*
ill a progressive community and re
ceive a prolitable return for his la
bor. can find no befter place than Pilt
cou nty.
Thai Parisian caricaturist ho com
plains that now there are no more
ugly women had evidently just been
resorted to normal vision.
If .Mr. Sullivan wishes to attract
attention and-possibly votes, he
might Iry making some of his cele
brated biscuits in full view of the
spectator.s.
!•.' men would ilie .voung if thev
(om|)i-lle(i to work for a living
It's hard for the weatle r man t('
do his duly toward the farmer and
the ba.so ball fan at the same time.
o
.Scotland j.s having more froubl'j
with militants at present than Cncle
Sam has ever had with the Mexicans.
According to the plans for the
I'nless a man has scored at leas: , County home, which coiitrai t was let
yesterday, if is safe to .say when com
pleted it will be the finest of its kind
ill the State.
oiu failure, he is unable to appre< iate
success.
It is funny why ,some parts of this
city is so well lighted at night, while
out in the suburb.^ they are in total
darkness, for instanc
Heights.
o
iMiiiiieiit pr..gre.ssr.‘
I'.'lizabeth City lias joint <1 flios>
-Nor;h Carolina towns that have de
(Ireenvilie i tided to grant no more lif en.se.s to
strt'i't <arnival. Kight now when no
<arnlval is in contemplation would
be a good time for C.reeiivilU* to fall
ed to think that the question of get- in line by the ald< rineti adopting a
could not do better than to consider j linK people out ot the party is not so prohibitory ordinance against car-
ami act upon his suggestion.
Important as tiiat of bringing people j nivals. Such shwos .ii' a big nui-
lalo it, i sance and a detreni' il lo any town
O jand (ireeiiville has lieeii nfested with
j There i.s one consolation during ^a full shari'of them in iIih past. F9r
this hot wave, we can go out t.T ^ itetter is it to cut out < arnivala entire-
. „ j "Greenville Park," and get a littl<*^ly, and lo adopt the plan of those
The difference betW”en theory and . -,varmer. It’s a shame not to have towns holding chautatiuas. Tlie lat-
Socief. A.IS invented by a woma 1
who was married and wanted lo for
get it.
practice is
shown when the whole some kind of Park
■i'v goes off to attend a humane,
"'•■■ss and b'aves the cat to starve I
t’.i.’ .. liar. I
ter give the people something uplift-
o ' ing and benei\ial, while <-arnivaIs
With whai soft drinks; wil! battle- are degrailing and leave a bad in-
■'v; 111' lutnied now? tlueiice i n their wake.
State, was pastor of a small charge
in Stanly County Sam was borti Oc
tober, 19, ISS5, and spent his boy
hood days in a .Methodist parsonage
wherever his father was sent as pas
tor. His first school days were ;>t
Burlington, afterwards he attended
Ihe publii' schools in the town where
i;!ii T luipp-'iied to be station.d.
■•, i';,d -'.vdod was prepared for col-
lece at Trinity Park High School
v.h'‘ve he spent two years. He tlun
• 'I’er.d I'riiiiiy College from which
iiisiiluiion lie was graduated in IDOG.
' l'i)> ai callege he ri'ceived nearly
every honor that his fellow students
and the college could confer upon
lilni. He was secretary, treasurer,
and president of the college Y. M. C
\.. r.'.^p-'ciively in his sophomore,
jiinior and senior years. He was a
member of the '.tor.' scholarship
fraternity, editor of publications '.if
the Historical Society editor of The
Trinity Archive during his .senior
years, assistant, librarian, assistant
in Knglish in Trinity Park Higii
Si'liool, won scholarship honors each
year, won the Wiiey Crey mi'dal, the
most coveted honor at Trinity, his
subject being "The American Press
and American Public Opinion,"
After leaving college Mr, I'nder-
wood went to FhiriJa and taught Kng
lish in Southern College, Southerland.
Flu., anil during this year he was
married to .Miss i;ioise Uster of Pas-
'iuotaiik County, and now has one
child, S. U. .ir.
At the end of that year he return
ed to his native state and accepted
the superinti'ndeiit of the public
school at Hertford, which position h-
held for three years, resigning at the
end of liis tliird .vear to accept the
liiadiimslership of Trinity Park
School, being the first graduate of
tliai school lo ludd that important
position. .M the expiration of hi-;
tirst year at the Park School, he re
signed to accept the maiiagenient n'
the Kinston Graded Schools lo whi(di
position he had been unanimously
elected. During tln' three years n '
was .superintendent of these .schools
he built up one of fhe best school
systeuis ill the Slate, and led the
tight for new buildings and etjuip-
nienls wiii(h have recentl.i- been add
ed
(.1)1 .May 4 of this year he was
eh'cled superintendent of schools for
Pitt County, and instructor in scdioot
management in Kast Carolina Train-
ii.g School, at Greenville. These posi
tions came to him by the unanimou-;
vote of the two boards without Iiis
bavitig niaile application for them.
He entered upon tiie responsibility >f
these positions on .Tune 1
.Mr Cnderwood is a member of th
.North Carolina Teacliers Assembly.
.Vational I'Mucation Association, .Vorth
Candina Child I,,abor Committee, So
cial Serrice Ileform A.ssociation, and
an lionored member of the order o'
Knights of Pythias. For a number
of .vears he was a regular <-ontrihutor
to The Sunday Observer under th.-
catpion, "Scribblings of An Idler,"
and this writtings attracted attention
all ovi-r Ihe State. He is now a con-
ributor to .North Carolina Education
He is a loyal member of the Metho
dist Churth and served two years ns
president of the Epworth Keague (,'o.i
ference of the .North Carolina .Metho
dist Conference.
l<t'Cause of his ability and through his
•Mr, Cnderwood has attained success
aniiabi'e disposition. He is generous
t«i a fault. Possibly no man of Kis:
age in the State is better or nio'-'
favorable known. His friends predic":
that he has : ot reai heu (nr zeni*'i
of hSf. suece,ss, but nonlidintly expe t
to see him elevate! t.> ’;igli.‘i f.nd
.nore :e?pon.sible plac •& than be has
yet held.
He now lives in Greenville. .N, C..
and is in charge of the .schools of PPr
Connt.v.
ing. My husband was slightly stoop-
uo one thinks ot giving them credit shouldered and was leaning forward
for what they do not sa.v. Yet what in the buggy and I held my baby i,i
they keep to themselves constitutes ^nd unwrapped the pistol
‘ with my right hand and lield it close
to the side of his head and pulled Uie
trigger. The explosion frightened the
horse and awoke the baby who began
to scream. My husband fell to the
road and Ihe horse started running
and was stopped at the church and
then I told some people that soms-
"Very many people harbor the be
lief taht newspapers are eager to pub
lish derogatory things. Its a mis
take. There isn't a newspaper that
could not spring a sensation in the one had shot my husband.
community at any time by merely
telling what it knows. There is not
a newspaper that does not keep un
der the lock of secrecy scores of
Trlfd To lie a Uood Wife.
"I went with my sister to her home
from the church and remained there
until next morning when I appeared
before the coroner and was released.
derogatory things which never lueet ^ After that I went to my mother s
the public eye or reach the public bome near Speed and stayed until
j Sheriff Crawford and Deputy Thomas
then took me to Oak City where I
“Deciding what uot to print is the
! was bound over to the Superior Court
mo.st troublesome part of newspaper ^ ,i„,„ i,p i,rought me to this place,
work. How many good stories are'lie had been very kind to me and I
suppressed for innocent relatives and ; •'lin'' li*^' clever gentleman. I
... , , , ... lalwa.vs tried to be a good wife to niy
for the public good nobody outside a 1,
I husband but it was impo.sslble to live
newspaper office has any idea of. 1 ,,i,„
‘•In some instances he who flies into !
a passion bec-ause a newspaper print.^ l,.ots of us know then is plenty of
something about him which he con- room at the top, yet scores of us
siders uncomplimentary has ever’.'
reason to feel profoundly grateful to
the newspaper for publishing so lit
tle of what It knows of him. And
oft-times the loudest bluffer i s Ihe
most vulnerable to attack. A big
sit down and wait for the elevator.
Heporf of the Condition of r
THE l'LA>TEi{.'< HA\K
Stokes, C.
at the close of business .lune oO, P,il4.
Resouree*.
noise is often a device employed to j t.«oans and discounts ,$41,7!*o !'2
cover trepidation, Newsp.ipers put nn Overdrafts, secured, unse-
, i cured
with more bluffing than any other ,,I,4.;.;.10
gency would endure. It is not because i.'urniture and fix-
they lack courage; it is beiause theyj tures 1.o4n,4s
are unwilling to use Iheir power to,"'“' tfoni banks and bank-
destrov or ruin unless the interest of
■ (Jold (Oin
societ.\ iniperali\el> demands it. It coin, including all
might be w(dl for some people to re-' minor coin currency .,. .
tied upon these trulhs and in silent National bank notes and
other C, S. notes
graiiiude acci-pf milii admonition lesc,
worse befall them." I Toi.il
o ; I.iabilhies
'(’aplial slix'k paid in
: Stirplus fund
J ui mui nil I profits, less cur
rent expenses and tax-
Mrs, Johnson, of Martin:!
County, Confessed Tlie
Murder of Husliand
4.",!i-
L',r.i4,r,s
1,Its I.Ill*
LTKI.dO
47.ST
4i!''.on
f47,i:;s„{i
of
Tarboro, Jul> lo, ''I am going to
tell the truth about fhe matter, I
killed my husband because he iiad
made life unbearable for me by con
stant l.v accu.sing me of infidelity,
"1 am sorry that I didn't .sa> this at
first, but I was afraid and felt that
1 was alone in the world without a
fiiend to whom 1 lould turn,"
The foregoing statement was uiade
by pretty .Mrs, Klizabetr Karly John
son at the conclusion of a three-hours
interview in whicli every phrase of
the case was discussed. The inter
view took place in her <'ell at the
county jail at Willianiston and the
confession was tlie first one made
by the woman who on Saturday niglu
July 4th, according to today's confes
sion, killed her husband as they were !
riding along the road on their way. |
to church iu Martin County. |
Stuck <0 FItmI Slory Two Hours.
Cp to this time fjie officers had
been at a loss to fiiiid a motive tor
the crime. For two hours Mrs. John
son, who is about 22 years old and
an extremely pretty blonile, stoutly
maintained that an unknow man
killed her husband and told a well
connected story of how it took place
During this recital she showed very
little emotion though stated tliat sha
was grieved at the death of lier hus
band,
< oiii'esses E>erjthiu;;
As soon as she stated she would
confess everything. Sheriff J. C. Craw
ford of Martin couuty was called into
Ihe room and he listened to her story.
es paid
Hills payable . ,
Time Certilicales
posit
Deposits subject to check
Cashier's checks outstand
ing
10,01111.(to
tt;,r,4.".,L’.'.
17.60
Total $47,i:?.S.:il
Slate of .North Carolina, County of
Pitt, ss:
I, J, W, P,alley. Cashier of the abovi.--
iiamed bank, do .solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best
or my knowledge and belief.
• ■ • .T. W. HAIUEV, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before ni-’,
this <«th, da.v of July, 1!il4,
I., H, ROBEItSO.N. Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
THOS, G, 15ASNIGHT
N. G. STOKES
ft. f). CO.VGI..KTON
Directors,
Wwds off Praise
For Wondeiful
Stomach llemody
"How than k fu I we are to
you for setting a hold of
your VVomderful Remedy.
My wife could not have
had but a short time to live
if she had not taken your
\Vonderful Remedy when
•hedid. One more of those
paroxysm paios she was
having would have kitled
her without a doubt. Nnw
she is free from all puin.
free from heart trou b)e;« nd
free from that disturbing
Keuralgta^'all the results
of live treatments —«nd
the expulsKm of five or six hundred Call St^me.s.
Nowsheisabletoea: anythmgthewantsandher
arpotite is ^ood and before taking yourniedinne
..he had noappetneand when she ate anything
.she would suffer death for so doing and could not
at nig*..t: since takmg your treatment she
til ‘cpa well aU oight long. T. A*N«all,RMnok«»
Tezaa.’’
J h(* mail) fact as slit* stated tluuu art* 'j'jjg above letter should ronv/nce you more
“Since I have been married 1 bave I
parted from my husband three f inies ; •’■yonedoseofthiiRenjedy—onednseshouWcon-
viiit'e ihem tliat ihry can be re.stered to health,
anil on each occasion went to live K:,orly all Stomach Alfmen-B ate caused by the
M iih Iiiv nifitlier Afier eai h si.ii.t , JloRginK of the intestinal tract wuli inucoid and
WIUI ni\ motner. aiu r eat 11 sep. i .i , a,arrlial ac.retions allowinR poisonous fluids
M v.Mi;» TO »rv
A good farm. Prefer it being near
Ayiieti or Winterville. but would c-m-
s,ider other offers, I do not mind tiie
orice provided the land has the tjua'ily
and terms are satisfactory.
Apply to bo;c 67 Ayl°.n. X. C.
■-lo-tf law & w.
ion h.' came to me and begged me to! -nto ttie Stumach and otherwise derancin* the
... system. Mayt » Wondmrtut5tomm€h
t
again live with him and I consented.
“Very Sus|ilriou'"
■'He was very suspicious and ton-
stantly accused me of being too fa
miliar with other men in particular
his brother. Arch Johnson, who for
some limed lived in the same h'JUse
with US. Several times lately he ha^
said that he would kill me the first
time he saw me with any man oth^r
A«m«^y^painlessly removes theie accretion*
« Itliuut a surgical operation and puts an end to
Colir Attacks, Gases in the Btomarh and In!e»-
ti’ es and all ot the usnal STtnptomu of Stomach,
I, \tr anl Intestinal Ailments. Ask your druB-
KUt utMiut Mmyr‘» W»ndtTfal St»maeh Ktmmay
or s*nd lo (ieo. H, Mayr, Mfg. Chemist. 154
Whitinu St., Chicago, til., for free tmoklet on
Stomach Ailments and many grateful letter*
from people nho have been restored.
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