Smithfield Herald.
CAROLINA CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS ATTEND HER."
VOLUME 5.
SMITHFIELD, JOHNSTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA JUNE 4, 1557.
NUMBER 51.
The
NORTH CAROLINA NOTES.
,, K ITEMS TAKKN FROM OlT R
EX.CHAXGES AND ROIi.KD DOWN
FOR THE HERALD READERS.
There ace twelve prisoners in
(raven county jail.
Murderer MeCabe escaped from
Wayne county jail, he was to be
t,ung this week.
Rev. T. A. Leslie, of Tarboro,
has been elected Chaplain of the
Edijecoiiibe Guards.
An observant gentleman of this
county says the erops are the
est ever known at this season.
Fire in Rockingham last week
destroyed eight buildings, cntail
i ig a loss of many thousand
dollars.
The Elizabeth City races will
occur June 3d at the fair grounds
at that place. Many noted horses
are entered and will compete.
The fishermen at Morehead
and Beaufort are having a good
catch of porpoises, the hides of
which sell for three dollars each.
A vein of gold was discovered
last week on a tract of land
near Col. J. W. Johnston's farm,
about ten miles from Weldon, in
Halifax county, belonging to Dr.
W. M. Perkins.
The Rev. Wm. B. North, A. M.,
of the North Carolina Oonfer
ence,"Will deliver the literary ad
dress at the commencement of
the Mticvm School, in Warren
county, 'June 2, 1887.
The Lobdell Car Wheel Com
pany, of Wilmington, Del., his
recently purchased the iron pro
perty near Gaston, Halifax coun
ty, and have commenced to
develop the mine. The iron is
so id to be of fine quality.
We learn that a negro, in
Mitchell county, by the name of
Tol Gardner was arrested last
week at Rlakesville and locked
up in jail upon suspicion of hav
ing murdered another darkey by
the name of Penlad for his mon
ey, who it seems had about 400.
The Danbury Reporter says a
vein, or more properly speaking,
a mil ledge of the richest mag
netic iron ore has been discover
ed a few miles from Danbury.
The ledge breaks out along the
side of a hill for 150 feet or
more in some places, and stands
from one to two feet above the
surface.
Miss Murfree, the famous Ten
neseo novelist, is a grand daugh
ter of North Carolina. The ld
North State has many worthy
descendents. Gov. Gordon, of
Georgia, is of good North Caroli
na stock. We think the same
may be said of the two eminent
Georgia Cobbs, Howell and
Tli mas.
Tire Visitor says the report of
the Treasurer of Wake Forest
College is a gratifying exhibit of
the finances of the Institution.
It shows the total investment of
the endowment fund to be $153,-
6.44; of the Host wick Loan
fund SI 1,356.60; of the General
fund $8,000; grand total of in
vestments $172,263.01.
Grant Beat, the seventeen-year
old negro boy who killed throe
of his companions and wounded
two others at one shot in Wil
mington only a short while
ago, was found guilty of
murder in the Criminal Court on
the 24th inst. At the time of
the shooting there was a
general impression that it was
the result of carelessness.
The new Edenton Street Meth
odist church, at Raleigh, which
was dedicated on the 22d inst.,
cost upAvard of $26,000 all of
which has been paid. This con
gregation has wrought nobly.
t only have the male members
manifested a commendable lib
erality, but the ladies of the
rdiureh have raised a little over
:,000 of the above amount,
since the building began.
The Blade says the prospect
of a railroad to Carthage this
year is very gloomy. The peni
tentiary authorities have about
derided to remove the force of
convicts now employed in grad
ing to the Western part of the
State. The cause of the removal
is that they can get the cash
from the railroad authorities
there and here they have to take
township bonds bearing interest
at the rate of eight per cent.
ii.
The skeleton of a man was re
cently found in a ruined hut on
the banks of the Red river, near
Caledonia, Dak., and in the pock
ets of his tattered clothing were
greenbacks and gold to the
amount of nearly $3,000.
Foreign Troops Will be Invited.
Tlie commissioners aoDointed
to go to Europe to secure the at
tendance of foreign troops at the
international encampment to be
held in Chicago in October, left
for Europe on the 25th inst.
The commission confidently ex
pect that many friendly powers
will ascept the invitation, there
by expressing their appreciation
of the kindly feeling of the
American government.
But How 4oul Tlie Election ?
There is no reason to doubt
that Blaine can command the
nominatiod next year if he wants
it, and he can command the solid
Pennsylvania delegation against
any but Cameron ; but will Blaine
decide to wield his admitted
power to nominate himself ? He
will be most earnestly advised
against it by many sincere
: friends, and we regard his decli
nation as quite possible. Phila
phia Times.
A c;ood liaa.
Mr. Editor As the time is
near at haud for electing a board
of education, let me suggest the
name of a man qualified and
suitable in every way to be a
member of the County Board of
Education. A man who has the
common school interest of the
State and county at heart. A
A man, who as a teacher, has had
more experience ?s such perhaps
than any mm in the county.
One who was on? of the first in
the county to avail himself of
j Normal training at Chapel Hill.
i A man who holds forth that an
old method if good, should never
be discarded to take hold of new
untried tangled methods. A man
who if elected would add credit
to the office as well as to the
, educational interest of the coun
ty. That man is B. W. Young,
of Pleasant Grove Township. Let
our J. P's consider well before
they elect men to fill that im-
; portant office.
J. P.
I'rel!eiit i'leveiaml.
It is pretty early yet for the
friends of President Cleveland
to begin booming him for a sec
ond term; and yet it is not earli
er than the friends of Grant be
gan. Many of the solid, brainy
men of the democratic party
have declared :hemselves em
phatically for Mr. Cleveland's
renomi nation. They believe him
a safe man in the President's
chair. There is sound reason
; for this belief. President Cleve
land has shown himself very
. conservative in his make up. He
' lias conducted the business of
the nation as a wise man would
1 look after his own affairs. He
makes no pretention of being a
brilliant statesman, yet he meets
the questions which daily arise
with dignity, candor and un
! swerving decision. He finds op
! position in his own ranks, be-
cause he has not, turned out re
publicans fast enough; yet he
made more changes during the
first two years than did" President
Lincoln when lie was elevated
to power. He Ins been criticised
for appointing so many southern
men to office, yt,t he could not
but recognize t'iat country was
now united, and that if the South
was ever to be recognized as hav
ing a share in the common gov
ernment, it was time such rec
ognition Avas made. He has not
been more magnanimous to the
South than was Grant, or even
Hayes. In fact, none of his south
ern appointees have met with
such criticism as did those of
Hayes. The financial affairs of
the government have been con
ducted with ability, and the pub
lic debt has been greatly reduced.
He hr.s kept peace with all na
tions, although he has been giv
en extraordinary power to stir up
strife by the Fisheries bill.
There is little to criticise in his
recominendatio as to Congress
that was not found in the mess
ages of his predecessors. We be
lieve that the conservative men
A Fiirtunc in a Skeleto
of the country are generally sat
isfied with his administration,
and fear less from his acts of
Congress. President Cleveland
may not be renominated, but
certain it is that if such should
prove to be the case, there would
be far better reasons for his elec
tion than in 1881. In making
up the slates for 1888, it would
be well for the leaders of the two
great parties to bear these facts
in mind. "Watertown Herald.
Four Oaks Items.
The farmer are very busy
working their crops in this sec
tion. They report crops in a
very fine condition and have
good stands'. The cotton crop is
looking better this year than we
noticed , for several years previ
ous. The corn crop is in fine
condition and generally clear of
grass. Wheat and oats are bet
ter than expected, more than an
average crop is sure to gratif y
the farmers. These splendid
showers we have been having
has made potato planting the or
der of the day.
Those of our friends who at
tended the pic-nic at Hollowell's
mill report having a very pleas
ant time. One of our young
men says he didn't get "mashed,"
for that was the case with him
before he went.
Messrs. Ford have received
their stock of dry-goods and gro
ceries. Their turpentine distil
lery will be ready for operation
shortly, and they are offering
the highest cash prices for tur
pentine. Rev. E.'Pope and lady are vis
iting friends near here ; after
which they will attend the M. E.
Sunday School Convention at
Clayton. He reports things as
being lively at the Newton Grove
Mission.
The colored Diciples Church
near here seems to be in a good
condition ; one member was bap
tized Sunday. Two more acces
sions are reported ; may it last.
Red B.
A Poor ISefence.
The Northern Republican pa
pers have been trying to excuse
the barbarism and vandalism of
Gen. Sheridan by saying he act
ed under orders and destroyed
such property as would prevent
"the Southern cavalry to raid
Valley and support themselves
on the contributions of the peo
ple." According to these defend
ers of the modern Alaric he only
destroyed "stores of provisions
and all uninhabited buildings."
They even called the fellow who
caused the slaughter of the old
men and women and children of
the Piegan tribe of Indians "a
brave and humane soldier." God
save the mark. Tt would be as
truthful to call the Sioux or the
Comanches merciful and humane
when they were butchering the
helpless victims, applying the
scalping knife and the torch. If
it is humane to murder, to de
vast, to blast, to turn out of
homes unprotected females and
children, to burn flouring mills,
to lay waste growing crops: if
that be humane, then Sherman
is splendid type of the good and
the merciful and the tender
hearted.
But this defense set up for the
mill burner and crop destroyer
will not do. Tens of thousands
of Virginians know it to be false.
Sheridan outraged every princi
ple of war. If Gen. Lee had
been base and cruel enough to
have ravaged and destroyed
Pennsylvania as Sheridan did
Virgina, there would not be
enough words of malediction and
detestation in the lexicon to
meet their demands in beeping
their curses upon him. Sheridan
should go down in history as
the remorseless and inhuman
soldier, who carried on the war
like a barbarian. He disgraced
the very name of soldier, and he
is only fit to fellowship with
such creatures as Ben Butler,
who insulted the women of New
Orleans and stole their jewelry
and silverware, and with Sher
man who burned Atlanta, driv
ing out the inhabitants, and then
Columbia and denied it, trying
to place the responsibility upon
Gen. Hampton. Such men as
these give countenance to the
remark of Julius Hare "that the
ultimate tendency of civilization
is toward barbarism." Star.
Yo More Assessuteiittt.
The Republican organization
will be able to dispense with a
very large part of its clerical
force in 1888. In former" cam
paigns scores of clerks were kept
busy at headquarters "making
up" the assestment books. It is
estimated that there are about
115,000 Government employees
and under Republican rule each
one of the 115,000 was assessed
to rim the Republican campaign.
The aggregate of salaries am outs
to about fe'i 00,000,000. "Soft
soap" was regarded as necessary,
and the party managers levied
without mercy upon the rank and
file of the army of Federal em
ployees. Two per cent, on the
one hundred million of salaries
brought in $2,000,000. In many
cases the asses ment was larger.
In Virginia, where Mahone de
pended largely upon "soft soap,"
the assestment was very heavy,
and bitter were the cries of the
female postmasters, who were
required to hand over to the fi
nance committee a good portion
of their stipends.
Yes, at Republican headquar
ters many clerks were employed
in keeping the assestment books.
The system was peculiarly Re
publican. Every office-holder
who did not remit promptly was
blacklisted. A species blackmail
was thus practiced, and all with
the approval of the Republican
candidate for the highest office in
the land.
The financial department of
the Republican machine will
have to be managed very differ
ently next year. All soft soap
will have to come from private
sources. The Democrats are in
power and the poor Government
employees give a sigh of relief
whenever they give the matter a
thought. Richmond State.
Lincoln and Emei-xon.
The Century for May says that
while Emerson did not write in
verse of Lincoln, yet in prose he
divides with Lowell the honor
of early appreciation and rortu
nale characterization. In "Mis
cellanies" will be found an essay
entitled "American Civilization,"
which, according to a note by
Mr. Cabot, is "part of a lecture
delivered at Washington, Janua
ry 31st, 18G2, it is said, in the
presence of President Lincoln
and some of his Cabinet, some
months before the issuing of the
Emancipation Proclama t i o n."
Mr. Lincoln may have been pres
ent, but his secretaries have no
memorandum showing the fact,
Mr. Emerson's son now believes
that Lincoln was probably not
present. The lecturer praised
the "angelic virtue" of the Ad
ministration, but urged eman
cipation ; and at the close of this
essay, as printed, is a supplement
commending the President for
his proposal "to Congress that
the Government shall co-operate
with any State that shall enact a
gradual abolishment of slavery."
Next comes his address on the
Emancipation Proclamation, in
which the President is greatly
praised for his moderation, fair
ness of mind, reticence, and firm
ness. "All these," Emerson says,
"have bespoken such favor to
the act, that, great as the popu
larity of the President has been,
we are beginning to think that
we have underestimated the ca
pacity and virtue wThich the Di
vine Providence has made an in
stilment of benefit so vast. He
has been permitted to do more
for America than any other
American man," etc. After this,
in the same volume, comes Em
erson's brief but memorable es
say on the death of Lincoln, in
which he says : "He is the true
history of the American histo
ry in his time. Step by step he
walked before them ; slow with
their slowness, quickening his
march by theirs, the true repre
sentative of this continent ; an
entirely public man ; father of
his country, the pulse of twenty
million throbbing in his heart,
the thought of their minds artic
ulated by his tongue." Again,
in the essay on "Eloquence" "(Es
says and Social Aims"), Emerson
praises the Gettysburg speech,
and in the essay volume he gives
Lincoln as an example of the
"great style of hero" who "draws
equally all classes" "His heart
was as great as the world, but
there was no room in it to hold
the memory of a wrong."
The ( raw Assumes a New Form.
Well, I shall call and see you
tomorrow, Jessie.
Thanks. I shall be delighted
to have you come, Ella.
, And I shall bring Fido with
me.
Oh ! please do not. '
No ? Why not ?
Rover is not receiving at pres
ent He is in mourning for a broth
er who was run ove? by a South
Boston car. Poor little 'fellow !
it wrings my heart to have him
going around with a crape around
his neck. But the rules of po
lite society must be observed,
my dear. Boston Courier.
Couldn't llsnc Been Ills Wife.
Has my wife been here ? asked
a nervous man of a clerk in a
Harlem dry goods store.
Tall woman ?
Yes.
Red hair?
Yes.
Cross eyed ?
Yes.
Bonnet on sideways ?
Yes.
Bought ten yards of silk goods
and paid cash for it?
Did that woman do this ?
Yes.
Well, I don't think it could be
Maria, and out he went. Tid
Bits.
Profitable Business Operation.
A California farmer recently
gave the refusal of his farm for
a week at one hundred and twenty-five
dollars per acre. He
quickly regretted making the
bargain and feared it would be
taken. At the end of the week
the purchaser informed him that
he thought one hundred and
twenty-five dollars per acre was
to much and would not take the
farm at that price, thinking to ob
tain it for less. The farmer was
delighted and immediately in
creased the price to one hundred
and seventy-five dollars per acre,
which the purchaser agreed to,
and bound the bargain with five
hundred dollars down. A thou
sand dollars made and twenty
acres in one minute was a pretty
good operation.
lie Paid" : Cents Per Annum.
"Boss, Ize a bit confused 'bout
suthin'," said one of the negro
whitewashers at the market to
Detective Webb the other day.
"Well, what is it?"
"What does per annum mean ?"
"Per year, of course."
"A hull y'ar?"
"Yes."
"Can't there be no mistake?"
"No, sir."
"If I borrow $2 of Abram John
ston an' agree to pay twenty
cents per annum dat means
twenty cents a y'ar, does it?"
"It does."
"Hu! Dar's gwine to be de
biggist row in Kaintuck to-night
you eber hearn tell of."
"About what?"
"About dat per annum. I
borrowed $2 of de pusson men
shuned at 20 per cent, per annum,
an' fur de las' fo'teen month he's
bin collecting twenty cents a
week as regular as a clock. Stuck
right to it, he did, dat per annum
meant every Saturday night.
Law! but when dese paws on
on him won't per annum take a
flop!" Detroit Free Press.
The Living Earth.
As another illustration of the
life that dwells in nature, let us
briefly consider earthquakes.
The peculiar terror of an earth
quake lies mainly in the sudden
ness of its approach. Volcanic
eruptions are usually preceded
by vast rumblings, or jets of
steam, or other unmistabable
tokens. Hurricanes and cyclones
in like manner have heralds
that announce their coming. But
with an earthquake there are no
premonitory symptoms. The great
earthquake which took place at
Lisbon in the year 1755 found
the people engaged in their or
dinary occupations. All the
shocks were over in about five
minutes. The first shock lasted
about six seconds. In that brief
space oS. time most of the houses
had been thrown down and thou
sands of men, women, and chil
dren crushed beneath the ruins.
At times the ocean leads fresh
terrors to the scene. Thus at
Lisbon a wave of water over fif
ty feet high rushed in among
the houses, and covered what,
still remained. In the island of
Jamaica on a different occasion
two thousand five hundred house
es were buried in three minutes
under thirty feet of water. Re
cent delicate scientific experi
ments have discovered the fact
that the surface of the land is
never absolutely at rest for more
than thirty hours at a time. Thus
those great earthquakes which
make epochs in history are inere-
! ly extreme cases of force that
seldom sleep. Scientific Ameri
can. 'I lie Strange Fat llanN Joke.
A practical joke on Manager
Burnham, which, however, cost
Briody $600, leaked out this
week.
When the league met in New
York last March, Manager Burn
ham told President Newberger
that he had Briody's written
agreement to play in Indianapo
lis the season of 1887 for $1,400,
but that owing to the catcher's
corpulency he 'didn't believe he
wanted him. So at New York
Newberger said to Stearns : "I
understand you are going to sign
Briody for $2,000 on the strength
of last year's record. Now, I
I think I can save you some mon
ey." "How so ?" asked Stearns-
"Why, we have signed Briody
for $1,400 and don't want him."
Whereupon Stearns telepraph
ed to Watkins : "Sign Briody
for $1,4000 and no more." Bri
ody fumed and fretted awhile,
but finally signed for $1,4000 -
When the Detroit club reached
here this week Briody asked
Newberger if he had said he had
signed with Indianapolis for $1,
400. Newberger responded in
the affirmative and referred him
to Bunham for particulars, when
they got together the whole story
came out. A fat rascal, afterwards
discovered to be one Fisher, had
imposed himself on Burnham,
who didn't know Briody, during
the winter as the Kansas City
catcher. He was in need of ready
cash and upon Burnham advanc
ing him a small loan, readily
signed Briody's name to a con
tract as Burnham's own figures
and that is how Burnham is out
$13.50 and Briody $600. Cleve
land Plaindealer.
item rotn A vera' .11
The negro's religion does not
tell him not to steal, but it does
tell him not to get caught.
The negro glories in the bal
lot, and if the law disfranchising
them, when convicted of crime,
was repealed, crime would rap
idly increase.
Cotton chopping is about over
and the plant is looking unusu
ally fine.
Chicken thieves are plentiful
in this section, and some report
not a fowl left.
A Sunday School was organ
ized at the new church in Wal
lace's neighborhood on Sunday
last, and more than fifty scholars
were enrolled. Elder R. A. John
son was elected Superintendent
and Mr. John Jones, Assistant.
Mr. John Alford was elected sec
retary and treasurer. The mon
ey to purchase the necessary
books was raised in a few min
utes. The Elder preached a very
impressive and pointed sermon
after the school was organized.
A Johnston county man once
said every tobacco chewer was
both a beggar and a liar, because
said he, if they had no tobacco
they would beg some, and if
they had but a small piece they
said they had none.
The young negroes, those rais
ed since the war, and who have
had the advantages of freedom
and education, are not morally
equal to those raised before the
war. If we have been correctly
informed, a large per cent of
those in the penitentiary are un
der 35 years of age, the most of
whom can read and write. It
really seems that freedom and
education is a curse instead of a
blessing to them.
The republican party furnish
es the penitentiary and other
penal institutions of the State
with more than seventy-five per
cent of their inmates.
The moral law is not a barrier
in the way to hinder the negro
from committing crime. The
civil law is the only thing they
dread.
Rustic.
RANDOM RA KINGS.
newsy items which are gleaned
from many various sources
for our readers.
The Beecher monument fund
exceeds $20,000.
An incendiary in Savannah,
Ga., destroyed thirteen dwellings;
loss $30,000.
There are 65,000 persons rer
ported to be in Europe awaiting
transportation to this country.
There are 73,000,000 bushels
of wheat in the United States
that are in excess of home re
quirements. The schooner Marietta Steel
man was sunk in collision with
the steamer Cherokee near Bar
negat ; crew saved.
Savannah Typoghaphical
Union adopted resolutions dis
approving of the New York Sun
boycott by labor organizations.
Four steerage passengers were
killed in the collision between
the steamers Celtic and Britan
nic ; both vessels arrived in New
York.
Dynamite cartridges were ex
ploded under a church at Spring
field, Ky., where Rev. Mr. Dun
can was delivering a prohibition
address.
Cotton MannfacU.ri.ri has
reached great proportions in Rus
sia, the annual imports of raw
cotton being about $43,000,000
in value.
;Cleveland is considering an
orjdihance requiring all screens
to be removed from bar-rooms,
so tha t whiskey must be public
ly tipped. , .
Eleven persons suicided in
Berlin last Sunday, and Bismarck
who has been studying the sui
cide problem in Germany says it
is due to beer-drinking.
Norfolk has to record another
death from kerosene oil, the vic
tim this time being Miss Jennie
Moore, who tried to rekindle a
fire by pouring oil upon it.
De Bensuade, husband of Vio
let Cameron, the actress, received
$1,950 damages against the Man
chester Umpire for a libel con
tained in an interview with Lord
Lonsdale published in that pa
per. The work of laying the new
steel rails on the A. & N. C. Rail
road has been completed, and all
arrangements for the pleasant
tranoportation of the large Sum
mer travel that is expected are
nearly finished.
The latest official estimate of
the revenues and expenses of the
government, for the current fis
cal year, places the receipts at
$370,000,000 and the expenditu
res at $266,000,000. The revised
estimate of expenditures does
not vary from that made by
Secretary Manning, but his es
timate of the recepts of the
year is exceeded by $14,000,000.
The Baptist Missionary Union
has under care 785 preachers,
ordained and unordained, 45
stations, and 975 out stations,
with 56,439 comunicants, of
whom 3,450 were baptized last
year. The native Christians
contributed $36,163,16. The re
ceipts from all sources in this
country were $384,996,73, or $22,
970 more than the year previous.
A passenger train heated by
steam from the engine has com
menced running on the Northern
Pacific between Brainard and Du
luth. The coaches are heated
by two radiators at each end of
the car, and by pipes enclosed in
metal boxes running through
the cars, the heat being control
led by registers. The steam is
supplied direct from the locomo
tive boiler, but with extra long
trains or in very cold weather
the plan contemplates the use of
a special boiler on an iron car.
It is not generally known that
T. V. Powderly, head of the
Knights of Labor, recently came
very near joining the newspaper
profession. Just before the Rich
mond convention attention was
called to the fact that $1,500
was a very small salary for such
an organization as the Knights
of Labor to such a man as Pow
derly. Just at that time a syn
dicate of prominent Western
papers offered him the position
of Erropean correspondent at a
salary of $5,000. The tempta
tion, of eourse, was great, but
after reflection Powderly declin
edthe offer. He is now receiv
ing $5,000 from the Knights.