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V " !..- " " '. ' " ' ' ' - ' "- t , ii in i lin i r i mi. i ii.i . a in i in 1 inn it ,- ... . C-r-vv .the smithfieepherald: : , 1 y A. M. Woodalt, Editor. CAROLINA, CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S iBLESSINC ATTEND HER I" Subscription SI.OO Por Yc&r. VOLUME 11 SMITHFIELD, N. C, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17, 1892. NUMBER 29 ! Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ABSOiaTTEl PURE P w o poo. J r. Attorney-at-Law, SM1THFIEI-P. X. C. SjJal attention to Civil Matter In th lvnrta of Johnston anil niljolnlnjr counties OtHcr In th Court House. 1.. R. WADBELI Ed. S.ABELL WADDELL & ABELL, ATTORN E Y3-AT LAW, Smlthflehl, X. C. OWreln Court House. Will prat K- In the State, where serYlce trt required. Sintlal attentiou to the set tUaieat t estate. Keb. 25th-6m. DIRECTORY. COUNTY OFFICERS. Sheriff J.T. Ellington, office la Court Surior Court Clerk W. S. Stevens. Di rt re iu Court House. . leister o!loe.l J. U. Oliver, office In '"VrValiurer E.J. Holt, office lu the store .ILJ. Holt & Co. loron r . K. Hood. urvevor T. It. Fuljthum. Superintendent ot Health Dr. It. J. Noble, office ou Second street. Hoard Countv Commissioners D. T. Uouevcutt, Chairman, Jos. J. )ounjt. J. It. Rururd V. S. EUriJire and S. II. Hood. Countv Hoard ot Education J . M. Hardee, T V Gerald and H. M. Johnson. Cau'ntv Superintendent of PuWie Instruc tion. I'rbf. Ira T. Turliugtou. TOWN OFFICERS. Mayor Ed. S. Abell. Commissioners L-I-. Sasser and W. L. Woodall. First Ward; W. M. Ives and W I Fuller. Second Ward : A. . ntb and Daniel Thomas. Third Ward; F. J. iJ. J. E. Davis and J. H. Hudson. onrth ard. Clerk A. M. Woodall" Treasurer John E. Hood. Tax Collector J. T. Cold. Policeman C. I.. Eason. CHURCHES. Methodist Church on Second street. Rev J Puckett. Pastor. Services at 11 o clock a. ni. and 7 o clock p. m. on the sec ond Sundnv ot each month. Sunday School very Sunday morning at U-30 o clock, lr. J if Beck with Superintendent. lrajer neetinic everr Wednesday evening at clock All are cordially invited to attend vhese neryices. Missionary Baptist Church on Second street. Kev. F. H. Poston Pastor. Services at 11 o'clock a- m. and 7-30 o clock p. ni. on Ike fourth Sunday In each montn and at 7-30 p m on the first Sunday night. Sunday School every Sunday morning at i-liO o clock J M. Beatv. Superintendent. Prayer nieet Idic every 'fliursdaveveningat 7 clock. All are cordially invited to atteud these services. Primitive Baptist Church Elder J. A. 1. Joues. Pastor. Services every nrst unday aad Saturday before at 11 o clock in each Bionlh. All are cordially Invited to attend tdese services. SCHOOLS. Turlington Institute -Male and female. Ira T. Turlington. Ph. B.. (C. N.C.I Princi pal. J. 1- Davis. A. M.. (Trinity College) As lstant. Prof. T. R. Crocker. (Wake Fonst) Eatin & Greek. Capt. B. E. Creech. Millitary Tactica and E. B. Grantham. Penmanship. Rob t S. Wellons, Telegraphy. T. J. Lassiter teacher In Primary Department. Mrs- Ira T. Turlington. Music. LODGES. Olive Branch Lodge. No. 37. I. O. 0; F J. U. Woodall. N. G., A. M. Woodall. . G., Dr. K. J. Nobie, See y. Meets in the Masonic Hall everr Friday evening at 7 o clock. Ail Odd FelloW are cordially Invited. Ffll jrshlp Lodge. No. . A. r . and A M. Mali ou Second street. Eli as Rose. V . M-. Thw. S. Thain. Secretary. Meets the second Saturday and Fourth Tuesday night in each Mouth. "AH Masons are respectfully Invited. COUNTY FARMERS' A L LI A NCR. OFFICERS: W. It. Creech. President ; Jos. Fuller Vice Prealdeat: E. D. Snead. Secretary: Ii. A. el m. Treasurer; D. R Staffotd. Chaplain: W m Kicbardson, Lecturer. Regular time of meet l, the second Thursday in January. April Jaljr &ad October. A. M. E. CHURCH Ob Haacock Street, Rev. A. J. Harris Ps tr. Service at 11 o'clock a. m. and at 8 o'clock p. in. on each Second Sunday i i each nsoath. Sunday School every Sunday morn ing at 0:30 o'clock. W.K. Holt Superinfen deut. Class meeting every Thursday night at 8 o'clock. Ail are cordially itvlted to at tend thewe services. Uiionrv Baptist Church (colored.) Rev. W. T. H, Woodward. A. M. Pastor. Services at 11 o'clock a. m. and 8 p. m. on first and third WiindavB In each month. Prayer meet lag on Wednesday niirht of each week at S p. in. Sunday School every Sunday evening at U:0 o'clock. William G. Sanders. Sup t. There is no tarrying in the swift current of life; it sweeps all floating particles relentlessly on; and to be stranded on the mountain side means only to wither uselessly away. Anon. The fork was absolutely un known to the Greeks and Ro mans. It appeared only as a curioity in the Middle Ages, and was first used upon the table by Henry III. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Tetters, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Chaped Hands, Chilblains Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and pos itively cures Piles, or no pay re quired. It is guaranteed to give jierfect satisfaction, or money re funded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Hood Bros. Smith field. and J. W. Benson, al Benson, N. C. rrri mm the known geography of the world prior to the discovery of america by Columbus. When the human family began to increase, when their settle ments began to expand and thej first travelled from place to place, the science of geography came into existence. Though man has been studying it for nearly four thousand years, the dense forests of Centra' Africa and the snow bound fields ex the Arctics are still objects oi mystery. From the creation up to the time cf Columbus, many opin ions were formed concerning this structure on which we live. The first idea that man advanced in cident to this earth was that it was a flat circular disk, sur rounded hy water and covered over by the heavens like a silken canopy." Another lecorded by Josephus, the Jewish historian, declares that this world is a "disk surrounded by one river, which proceeds out of the gar den of Eden." Even in later ags, second century B. C, Ptol-rmy affirmed that the world extend ed from the furthest boundaries of Asia to the western coast of Africa. A small portion of Asia, Africa and Europe comprised the world to the ancients. They consider ed the small islands, far out from shore, the homes of magis and fairies. They feared to venture far out upon the ocean on ac count of the sea-god, Neptune, who at aiiY time, might raise tempests and destroy them. They thought that the sun sank into a great abyss, over which pour ed the waters of the world and where fiends and devils reigned supreme. They substantiated this belief by stories of bold mar iners who had sailed near this abyss, who had heard the wa ters pouiing over the precipice, who had seen the i.iipenetrable mist- arising from it, and who had heard the shrieks and cries of the devils in the invisible world below. It seems that the rtucients on.i knew of a land far to the west ward called Atlantis. They had a tradition that a powerful peo ple from this land once landed in Europe but were badly defeated, that soon afterwards the land was destroyed by some great eruptive force and the sea became unnavigable. Thus, the geography of the world, was for the most part, founded on mythical traditions handed down from age to age, from generation to generation. The Phoenicians claimed to have discovered aland far across the sea with only the stars for their guides, and the prows of the Norwegians had already grat ed upon the shores of the New World long before the time of Columbus; but these discoveries had never been noised abroad, had never gained any notoriety, and when Columbus discovered this land, rt was generally con ceded that he alone was the dis coverer of it. But the civilization that fell when Rome fell was now being revived, the invention of the mar iner's compass made voyages far out from land possible, many things were strengthening Eu rope for its great undertaking. A great thing had been predicted to occur the destruction of the world but instead, four hundred j ears ago to-day, Chistoforo Colombo founded a new world. The Institute, (Smithfield.) Japan World's Fair commis sioners, just arrived, say that their exhibit will weigh over 2, 000 tons and be worth oyer $1, 000,000. They will show sam ples of art never before seen in this countiy. Women require one hour of sleeo more a dav than men. vcw er of the latter reach the age of 50 than the former, but after ward the sternrrsex has the best of it. Ex. re ADVANCE OF THE COLORED RACE. Miss Howard's Interesting Data Pre pared fcr the World's Fair. Miss J. Imogen Howard, the only colored woman on the board of the lady managers of the World's Fair, is busily en gaged in gathering statistics con cerning colored women in New York state. Her work is mainly centered on educational matters, but Miss Howard is using her knowledge of her race to assist other managers of the World's Fair in whatever branch coloreu women are of interest. Facts are being gathered relative to the colored women who are en gaged in the various occupa tions, such as controlling or owning farms, workingin shops, offices and factories, engaged in horticulture and floriculture, or in practicing any profession. Those who aie emploj'ed in domestic service and all artists, designers, teachers and authors are to Ije included in the reports concerning the progress of the negro in New York state. Miss Howard is a teacher em ployed in the public schools of this city. She is a graduate of the School Pedagogy of the New Y'ork university, and ranks in general information far above the average instructor. Her home is in a pleasant two-story brick dwelling at No. 20 Jones street. An air of refinement per vades the pretty but uuostenta tions home, and a visitor soon becomes aware of the cultuie of its inmates. Miss Howard is a clever and entertaining conversationalist, and has many interesting things to say about the official work she is now engaged in. Having just returned from a Western trip, during which she spent a considerable amount of time in in Chicago, Mis1; Howard has added to her stock of general information a great, many facts about the colored women of the thrifty West. "Some of them." she sa:d, "are making great strides in learning. The colored women ci the West ern states find themselves beset by less popular prejudice f an is met with in the East, and they are playing the learned profes sions very successfully. OI course I do not know the number of women in thediflereut vocatioi s. for I am only -authorized to gather statistics concerning tht conditions in New "ork stale. "There are I urteen colored female teachers in the public school service of New York city. I have learned of two private kindergartens and several day and evening schools also sup ported bv colored women. These are all taught bv colored teach ers. The colored women in the public-school service of Brook lyn approximate twenty. I have j been informed of sevei teen, and expect to hear from a few more. In the other cities there are very lew colored women teachers." Miss Howard looked surprised when asked if there weie colored women in the learned professions here. "Iknovvof a great many," she said. "In Brooklyn there are three doctors, each of them en joying a large practice, and do ing well. I am personally ac quainted with one colored wo man who graduated from law school with honors. He name is Miss Charlotte Rav, and Hie studied at Howard university in Washington. Her home is now Maryland. Miss Ida B. Wells, a young colored girl, is assistant editor of the New York Age. a weekly paper devoted to the in terest of the colored people. A reporter named Emma P. John son, engaged at present in Al bany, is also a very intelligent colored girl. "Negro women are largely en gaged in sewing for big establish ments. I am sorry to say that they get much of the starvation wages that are paid out every day to poo- sewing women in Ne w York. Then there are in the different departments of store and factory labor many colored girls who are not known to be negroes. If the truth were known, it would" cost them their po sitions. Few of the popular em ployments are open to colored eirls. Miss Howard expects to have her reports complete in Decem ber. Toledo Blade. The First Fost Offices. Cvrus the Great was king of Persia about 540 B. C. By his energy and soldierly genius, he soon built up an empire mere ex tended than any over which the sceptre had yet been swayed by an Oriental monarch, or by ny ruler before his time. He not on ly extended his dominions but al so established the first post of fices of which we have any rec ord He required the Governors of provinces and c'iief comman ders of troops to tvrite him con cerning everything that trans pired in their districts and ar mies. Cyrus soon found much diffi culty in sending and - receiving messages, so some means had to be provided for, in order to make his correspondence sure and swift. He therefore had post offices built and messengers or couriers appointed in every province. He found how far a good horse could travel in a day without being hurt, and then relay sta tions built at equal distances from each other. At each of these stations he also appointed post masters who should receive the messages from couriers and give them others, and also to have horses readv so that they could perform theirjourncy s wii h great haste. By this means the post went night and day, rain and snow, heat and cold,, giving Cyrus news of all occurrences in his proxincch, and carrying necessa ry orders from him to his chief commander. Darius, who I;.as been styled "the second founder of the Per sian Empire," was a superintend ent of post offices before he came to the Persian throne 521 B. C. Darius not only advancetl the means for carrying messages but also established a coinage lor the empire. Upon the great rock o! Bchistun on the western frontier of Persia, he had inscribed a rec ord of all his achievements, so that the coming generations might know of Li greatness. We write and cnd letters and receive mail of every description, yet we never mice think that Cyrus king of Persia established the first postoffiices nearly twen-t3-five hundred rears ago. The Institute, (Smithfield ) Jews and th Promised Land. The Sun infers f rom the increase of Jewfsh population in Jerusa lem and various evidences of re newed activity, agricultural and commercial, that Palestine i on the road to regeneration. We do not share the Sun's sentiments or expectations in this matter. Jewish public opinion on this subject i not c.ifhcult to ascer tain, fhc great majority of Is raelites who .- hare the civiliza tion of the da and arc ..cconhd civil and religions equality give no thought of returning to Pal estine. They aie proud to be cit izens of the land of ther nativity or adoption. II the traditional view of the final ingathering and the rebuilding cf the Temple is still repeated in the prayers, it is held as a theory, like that of the millennium among our Protes tant brethren, who are in no hurry, however, to abandon Wall street, the Standard Oil company, and Western mortgag es in consequence. A great many Israelites, too, among them learned rabbis of established reputation, have abandoned all belief in therestor ation. They believe Judaism was never to be confined to a single land and Israel's God not to be narrowed to a single people. They think that the Jew's best work has been dene out of Pal estine, and it was his salvation, not destruction, to b: dispersed " a over the habitable globe, to spread to the furthest isi s of the sea, directly and indirectly, the belief in God's unity and the brotherhood of mankind. If they had been kept within the limits of Palestine, if they had survived its successive invasion and ca tastrophes, thev would have been to day like the Fellahin of Egypt or the Bedouin of the des ert Semitic salves or marauders. American Hebrew. dishwashing machine in a London hotel can, with two per sons to attend to it, wash l.UUU dishes an hour. Along JLlnvllle Gorge, Western N. C. By Walt II. Dodd. We are in our home State (old North Carolina), though every thing looks quite strange to that of Johnston county. We are now in the section of Mitchell. Watauga, and Burke counties. From Linville Pinacle we catch the grandest view east of the Rockies. From the neighbour ing peaks we view Table Rock and Hawk Bill mountains of Jona's Ridge. (Burke county.) We still look on to Mount Mitch ell, the Grand father, the Y'ellow and Black domes of Mitchell etc. The Grand Father presents a most impressive view. There we see the old man lyiog on his back. The elevation of it is about one and a quarter miles high. The representation of the old man's face can well be discerned forty or fifty miles. In wet weather as the moon shines upon the old man's rocky face it causes some of the most weird illuminations that have ever been seen, often seen several hundred miles, while among the neigh bouring mountains they present a most hellish appearance. We can well see twelve coun ties and ;dso part of two adjoin ing states, Virginia and Tennes see. We also catch a glimpse of the Smokies, where the wild Indian is found in his utter savage state, where he catcheth his game as did he in early American civilization. It is al most a matter ol impossibility to paint a vivid picture of moun tain scenes to him who has never seen anything larger than a "tater hill." It is quite strange to sec the existing ignorance among the mountains of Western Noi tli Carolina. It matters not where I may go I never make it a point to ridicule the ignorant. If ever I tell a joke upon a mountain Boomer or a oodland Sage I let it be an honest one, though all intelligent people are impress ed with this serious fact. While in this section I was deeply im pressed with every object of in terest I chanced to see. The Yankee tourists who were travel ling and sketching in this section told me that the Linville canon was the grandest scenery east of the Misissijpi River. Deeming it well I tlccided to spend several days along this gorge. l r.e Linvnie rises in Watauga county, and flows tli ough Mitv hell and Burke. It is some sixty orseventy miles in lengtti. It is full one third larger at a distance of thirty miles above its mouth than clre wh.re, notwithstanding there are many large tributariesempty ing into it. This is due to the mist of ihn slain waters which ri-.es and form a el. ud like va por, which seems to reach tmt her snowv white fingers and cling to the Canon's brink, thus forming a crystal cover like clouds eiver their dark abyss, and thus hiding the river in its wild angry fury. With admiration we may gaze upon the gr&nd Niagra Falls, the still gentle water-of the St. Lawrence, or the grand proud tidal wave of the Hudson. But we can not conceive of the grandeur and in visible beautv ot the rain drop, 'till we chance to see some of nature's rriost prided wild rivers leaping wildly over mountain te)p, plunging furiously into the earth's deepest dungeon, clash ing madly down the steep gorges, and angrily and dangerously rolling and splashing along her ragged and rocky canon's bed, 'till the voice of her slain waters rise into majestic thunders, rtlls and claps as the disruption of worlds, and then breaking off abruptly. A holy quiet reigns. There's not a sound to be heard or even a ripple to be seen. All is quiet now. Mother nature takes her child in her arms, pats her brow and says rest ye nor a little Bathe ye your brow in your crystal fountain. Rest on my bosom :ny child all is well. And says I, O! mother take me in thine arms and let me sleep a while. Is there no sheltering place for the weary wandering child, and I slumbered upon her knee. 'Till awake! awake, she said. Come wanderer with me She pulled at mv hair. Come O! I come, says she. and we'll wander into forests where never man hath trod. Then burst forth a mighty sound ten thousand thunders strong, not the tread of a mighty army, not the voice of invention, but the apparent tied of mountains and the sound oi earthquakes. The mountain cliffs really tremble and totter. Soon A-e approach, and lo, the river plunges head long over a mountain cliff. The face of the earth trembled. The watercomes not as a steady volume, but in distinct and regular leaps. The waters have been hueing an ay upon the giant holders and rock cliffs, 'till thev have chisled out a great appian gateway. On eith er side stand the walls ol ancient palaces. The wrecks of Egyptian Bastiles, andthctraces oflsrael's masonry. ' This volume of water makes about six or eight separate leaps per minute. As it leaps forward the distance is so great that the water splits, ravels and fringes out, and then bursts and freaks, spreads out. turns to a snenvy like mist and then falls apparent ly as easy find gentle as the snow shower. But yet it shades the mountains quite a distance, and roars above the sound of thehe tv iest thunder. The bridal veil falls so thin that von can sec the mountains beh nd it. The mist rising from the snow like waters forms about the top e;f this gate way and thus cut off the light of the sun, but the brightness and the lightness of the clear crsytal bright waters gives a most ex cellent golden and silvery tinted light. Tins golden hue lightens and beautifies and brightens all the colors of the seven walls of the new Jerusalem that is here magnified beyond all expression, no pause for eye, no stopping place for the mind, precipice hurled on precipice, waterfall flanked by waterfall, precipices split, precipices broken, precipices baptised in precipices, and water falls triumphant as though the Niagra. the osemite, and the Rhine were here uttering them selves in one triumphant song of mountain and rock of precipice and waterfall, and the roar and splash of ten thousand white crystal waterfalls. This bcatiful snow white mist fccntlv rises, encircles the hills and covers the trees with a silvery icy looking substance, and ap pears as the forest of solemnity And the great mountains lay stretched out before me and the sun stood aloft like a g:cat flam ing altar. There where cea and sky and earth meet everything melts togetner in glowing colors. The woods sang, thi- mountains sang, the waters sang, and my heart sang too, all nature was a great holv church in which the mountains and the floating clouds were the pillow and beams, flowers and grass the velvet carpet and the holv heav ens thems Ives the ventilated roof. A Small Volcano Eighteen years ago Chief Qna nah and his people pitched their camps on the west fork of Cash creek, hard by erne of these spurs of the Wichita raHge in Indian Teritory. In the night the whole band was roused by the screams ard yells of the terrified sentinels and tne surrounding country was lit up by a bright glareeman ating from the mountain side. They fled without even gathering up their camp equipage. Many months after this event Qnauah gathered his tribe and went back to investigate. They found smoke issuing from the side of the moun tain. They imagined it to be the abode of the evil spirit, and appreach it cautiously at first, but becoming emboldened as th.y proceeded, at length found themselves n.ar enough to loss a rock into it. From this tbej' set to work carrying stones as large as they could lift and threw them into its mouth with the purpose of filling it up. After some time they found no head way wax gained by such proceed ing, and they abandoned the at tempt. The vent i oval shaped and is three fe t long and 2U inches wide. It is still smoking, and at long and irre'gnlar intervals it sends forth a blnb-colored blaze, as if from a burning mine, so it has been decided to be a minia ture volcfno. Galveston News. 111 mK i V- sW Mulij OIVLO ENJOYS Both the method and result tvhen Syrup of Figs 13 taken; it is pleasant lud re freshing to the taste, and acts gently jet promptly on tho Kidneys, aver raid Bowels, cleanses tha sys tem effectually, diapela colds, head aches cud fever.? nud cures hahitnal constipation. Syrup of Figs b Ihe only remedy of its kiud eicr pro' Juccd, pleading t ) the unto anil &e stptablo to the ttomncli, proiujit ki it action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only front the moM healthy raid agreeable gubaUuioofl, it many evllent qualities eommend h to all and have made it the moat popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs ia -for tale in 60c and $1 bottles by all leading drog gists. Any reliable druggist irho may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. 8 AN FRANCISCO. CAL. Louisviue. ky. new yqrk. .t. STATE NEWS. Governor Holt has issued a requisition on the Governor of Virginia for Augustus Moore, who is wanted for murder, the crime having been comittcd in Person county. In Sampson county Edward Lee went to the house of Burwell Dudley to pay a visii to the lat ter's daughter. Dud'ey became angry and ordere i Lee to leave. A fight followed. Lee stabbed Dudley and the latter has elied. Lee has fled. James Sturdivant. a white man, who was found dead in his cornfiehl six miles south of Ral eigh was not murdered by a ne gro as reported. The coioncr finds that as he jumped out of a w igon in the field a pistol in his pocket was discharged, the ball entering the abdomen. We have heard of such egga be fore; but this is a true story. Mr. W. D. McNeill, of this county, possesses a hen which recentlyluid an egg of unsunl size a verv big egg indeed as big, nearly, as a goose cg. One side of this egg is corrugated ; and, as plain as dav much plainer, for example, than the New York Herald' "fake," mongrel, so called com posite picture of the winning Presidential candidate t h e t e stand exposed an this wrinkled surface the initials "G. C." And G. C. it is, thou prophetic hen. Fayetteville Observer. A Negro Lynched in Granville County, A special fmm Raleigh to the Wilmington Messenger of Wed nesday says: On the ' night of September T'Otli in Granville Co. a young dnughtei of Reuben Overton, a white farmer, sudden ly ran screaming from her reoin into that of her parents uut in formed them that a negro had sprung into her bed. Reuben Barnctt, who hod been employed on the farm, was sun pectcd and pursued. lie was found in hiding. The girl identi fied him and then he made a full cemfession. lie had broken into the house and crept into the girl's room. He was jailed at Oxford October 1st. Early this morning when the jailor, who lives elsewhere, went te the jail he found that a heavy iron door had been broken, the locks inside broken, and that Barnett was missing. Almost at the same moment the dis covery was made that Barnett's body wxis swinging from a limb of a tree in a few feet ofa colored Baptist church. Yet no one in town had heard the noise made by forcing the jail door nor hel the carrying of Barnett along a street bright with electric lights aroused the town's people. Barnett was 19 years old. It was not suspected that he would be lynched. The lynchers were from the country in Overton't neighborhood.
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