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VOL. 20. SMITH FIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 10O1. NO. 14.
A bOX CHASE.
How Old Tricker's Ruse Failed
Him In the Time ot Need.
(Essay by 1) H. Whitley in the
contest for Essayist's Medal at
the recent commencement at Tur
lington Institute.)
Did you ever sit in the saddle
upon the back of a fiery horse on
a cool, clear, bright winter night,
lit by the full moon and listen to
the wild, triumphant music of the
hounds? This is the sweetest of
all music to an old fox hunter.
There are but few things among
the pleasures of a young man
that have the power to keep him
by the fire when the sound of the
hunting horn and the glad
answering howl of the pack floats
over his sense on a bright winter
night.
\Ve boys claimed to have the
best pack oi hounds in the whole
county. Twentv thoroughbred
fox hounds of the black-and-tan
and speckled breed, the ears of
any one of which would lap in
front of his nose made the pack.
Fifteen of these were five years
old and had already run for four
seasons, while the other five were
only seventeen months old, and
until this season had run only
hares and a fox skin dragged
through the field by some of the
boys in order to teach them the
scent of a fox.
Mr. Ben. Aycock who lived in
the centre of an old fox range,
and who for five years had chased
this old gray fox without success,
invited us to come and try a race
with the pack about which we
had bragged so much, and he
promised that in case we were
successful we should be awarded
the palm. Our pack was in ex
cellent condition, having already
caught three swift runners, so
that the hounds might be well
hardened when the test came.
After dinner on Saturday even
ing, after a light rain, we sad
dled our horses and rode down
to Mr. Aycock's home. Twenty
hounds, eight horses and as many
men were there for supper and
entertainment. But Mr. Aycock
didn't mind that little crowd.
He had often fed forty dogs and
a dozen men whom he had never
seen before and wonld have been
insulted if they had even men
tioned their bill. A bout!) o'clock,
when the moon had risen so that
we can see well, we are all in the
saddle, .and the blowing of the
horn and the baying of the pack
announces that old Tricker is to
have another race for his life. He
was known to the hunters as
Tricker, because he had plaved
so many tricks on the dogs. Mr.
Aycock is with us on his fine
black mare. Now and then you
can hear the bark of a dog and i
the yell of a man; in a few min
utes the woods begin to ring with
the yells of men and the yelps of
dogs. Allbeginto feel the excite
ment. The hounds have got to
.. i t i : a.'
getner and am ut^mutn^ u? wtin 1
lip to the race. The snortii g
horses clash away, carrying th i
riders in different directions y <
that one may be sure to gef .'
course of the fox. The crvi't/j ff
the hounds and the halfo f
the hunters wake the sleepi r
and send it in rolling, i . g
vibrations throuph the is
and hills. " Ranger" is ? >g
and his deep bugle voice ds
now like the wailinpof th *ch
wind, and now like the int
veil of a savape. Th lng
nounds are almost wild i usli
on in the mad chase g to
outstrip the leader; but odv
and his leps are too !? , his
muscles are too well trni and
he understands the tra 1 v well,
and with his head in tic r and
his nostrils alert, he ke ivernl
Jiaees ahead of his an; 1 as fob
owers. Tricker sec it no
common pack is aftei 1. fe. and
after trying in vai'i throw
them off by sharp ti s Into
briars and throug i ? thick
undergrowth of pith 1' lies the
country for a long n On, on,
on, he runs keeping at a pru
dent distance in fro it ? f his pur
suers, whose cruel > o >s ring a
terror to his heart > what he
will hecanoulyga1 a w seconds
on that wonderful i . Finally
by a dodge into f ok. pine top
lyii^t on the gro' ncl gains a,
few moments us the hounds rush
past.
He had already run six miles
since he quit circling and doubling
and it is telling on his wind. He
realizes his peril, he knows that
some trick must be played to
give him a breathing spell and
at the same time keep those jieskv
hounds at work. He had gained
some time by the pine top ruse,
and he hears the well known "lost
cry"?a long cry, followed by
several short cries in succession, j
Hut the leader is circling for las
trail, as he knows by his eager
snuffing and whining, so he
watches his chance and when the)
hounds have completed over half
the circle, the sharp fellow crosst s
that part already tried by the
hounds and makes straight away
almost at a right angle to the J
way he came. He makes good
of his time and is a quarter of a
mile away before old "Han"!
strikes his trail. As his first cry
reaches him he comes to a fence
on Mr. Velverton'sfarm; hejuinps
upon it, pauses to listen. Yes,
they are coming and he must
throw them off. He rises, bal
ances himseif on the fence and
runs along the rails for about
fifty or seventy-five yards; then
jumping upon a leaning white!
oak tree and climbing to the top
he hides behind a large limb. In
ordinary cases you would be safe,
but alas! old Tricker, no ordi
nary hound is leading this pack.
1 he chiding draws nearer and
"Ranger," with red, dripping
tongue hanging from his mouth,
dashes straight ahead over the
fence; but the scent no longer
fills his nostrils, and he zig-zags
in order to strike it, but nothing
smells like fox. He circles, but
110 new scent. He circles again,
with the same luck as before. He
tries the old track back for a
distance, but it does not warm
up. He takes it carefully back
to the fence. He rears upon his i
hind feet and smells the top rail.
Yes, he came that far. He now;
tries each side of the fence in both
directions but no fox scent on
that ground and still he seems to
get a faint whiff from somewhere,
lie now tries the top of the fence
again and now lower, then he
cries with the exultation of a
hi. He is too large to walk
the fence as easily as the fox, but
ic works that scent out and
"?( 8 it to the tree and tries
? igerly to climb it. He is too
ca vy and the tree is too straight.
Tin pack have full confidence in
liini, and they all make the welkin
ring about the tree although they
lnnot see the fox. We soon
ome up and fool the pack ashort
list 1 nee from the tree. We then
scare the fox out of the tree.
Tricker strikes the ground and
starts for his home under a big
? k on Contentnea Creek. His
??a is too far away for hisstrain
1 g 1 luscles and short breath,
uid t ie wilev old thief, who had
?d 1 many long ami fruitless
irises had at last met his fate.
la gtuiJ t Ink aiiii liiia nntiiu tittii nu
<e gives the last despairing cry
. lie strong jaws of the old leader
tighten upon his throat and the
famous old raider is gone front
his haunt forever.
We feel a little tinge of sadness
for,a moment, but it is only for
a moment, and it passes. We
then shoulder the old raider, turn
find make our way homeward,
rejoicing over our success.
St. John's Day at Oxford Orphan
Asylum.
St. John's Day, which is usually
celebrated at the Oxford Orphan
Asylum on June 24th, will l>e ob
served this year on Saturday,
J tine 22nd. The railroads of tfie
State have been asked for reduced
rates and we hope tohavea large
number of visitors present.
About the usual programme will
be observed. The address of,
welcome will lie made by Dr. II.
K. Hayes, with a response bv
Senior Grand Wardeh W. S. Lid
dell. Dr. Geo. T. Winston, Pres
ident of the A. & M. College at
Raleigh, will be speaker of the
day. Concert by the children.
Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold
laxative Bromo-Quipine Tab
lets cure a cold in one day. No
Cure, no Pay. Price 25 cents
GENERAL NEWS.
A Partial List of the Week's Hap
penings Throughout the
Country.
The wheat crops of 400 farmers
in Oklahoma were destroyed by
Saturday's storm.
The University of Chicago is
trying to establish Preparatory
schools in Europe.
The Cuban constitutional con
vention has accepted the Piatt
Amendment bv a vote of 10 to
11.
Sir Walter Besant, a well
known English novelist, died in
Londay Tuesday. He was born
in 1830.
The transport Hancock arrived
Sunday from the Philippines,
bringing 1073 men of theTnirty
first Volunteer Infantry.
Lieutenant General Nelson A.
Miles was one of the Principal
speakers at the Brown University
commencement dinner at Provi
dence, R. I., Wednesday.
Miss Ruth Hanna, daughter of
Senator Hanna, has accepted an
invitation to christen the cruiser
Cleveland now being built at
Bath, Me. The cruiser, it is said,
will be launched within a short
time.
Hon. YV. J. Samford, Governor
of Alabama, died Tuesday, aged
about 56 years. He was inaugu
rated Governor last December.
He will be succeeded by Hon. \Vf.
D. Jelks, President of the .State
Senate.
A party of six persons, three
meu and three girls, while sailing
011 the Delaware river, Sunday
afternoon, off North Gssington,
a few miles below Philadelphia,
were thrown into the water by
theswamping of theirskiff during
a squall, and all three girls were
drowned.
A destructive rain and hail
storm visited Blackwell, < >kla
homa, Friday night, killing three
persons and doing much damage
to property J. H. Crawford,
a prominent contractor, was
killed ov lightning. Eddy, a
town 12 miles southwest was
blown away. At that place
several persons were killed and
others injured.
A fly wheel at the powerhouse of
the Charlston (S. C.) Consoli
dated Railway, Gas and Elecric
Light Company, 10 feet in diam
eter and weighing 18 tons, broke
into fragments Friday night.
One piece, weighing about a ton,
struck a shanty 350 feet from
the powerhouse and killed Lydia
Bonneau, a negro woman. Her
husband, in the same bed, was
untouched.
The American Tobacco Corn
pan v and the Continental Tobac
co Company have consolidated
and the new concern is to be
known as the Consolidated
Tobacco Company. The new
company will also control the
American Cigar Or^po ay, TOper
cent, of the capital 01 that cor
poration being held by the Ameri
can and Continental Companies,
.las. II. Duke is the president of
the new concern.
The worst storm in years swept
over Oklahoma Teritory Friday
night, it was particularly severe
in Noble and Kay counties. The
gale commenced at 10 p. m. ard
by 1 a. m. was blowing at torn
ado speed, carrying everything
before it. At Billings, Noble
county, much damage was done
Seven people were killed and
many severely injured. A cloud
burst occured near ilennessy,
Kingfisher county, and King
fisher City suffered severely.
A Remarkable Wedding.
The Independence Beige says
that a curious marriage was re
cently celebrated at (irocholetz,
in Poland, where a peasant at
the age of #8 led to the altar a
maiden of 18 summers. Among
the two hundred guests invited
to the wedding were 11 sons of
the bridegroom by former mar
riages. the eldest being 00 years
old and the youngest 41. Thvfre
were also 03 grandchildren, 30
great grandchildren. 21 children
of the fourth generation and four
of the fifth.
WAN I S N ) THIRD TERM.
President McKinley Makes This An
nouncement?He Regrets the
Suggestion.
Washington, June 11.?Presi
dent McKinley lias announced
that he will not accept the candi
dacy for a third term. In making
this announcement it is believed
he follows his own instincts, as
well as the advice of his wisest
friends.
The opinion is expressed by
some politicians here that Sena
tor Dejiew's advocacy of a third
term for President McKinley was
made with the purpose of testing
public sentiment and that the
comment it has provoked has
established the unpopularity of
the suggestion. Friends of the
President insist, however, that he
never sanctioned the idea.
That M r. Depew himself expects
to be a candidate is believed here.
His closely identifying himself
with the Administration as an
I advocate of its policies might
give him prominence as a candi
date, and in this a motive for
bringing himself into public no
tice in this way is suggested by
some who criticise his course.
President McKinley's announce
ment to-day follows:
I regret that the suggestion of
a third term has been made. I
doubt whether I am called upon
to give it notice. But there are
now questions of the gravest im
portance before the Administra
tion and the country, and their
just consideration should not be
prejudiced in the public mind by
even the suspicion of the thought
of a third term. In view there
fore of the reiteration of the sug
gestion of it, I will say now, once
for all, expressing a long-settled
conviction, that I not only am
not and will not be a candidate
for a third term, but would not
accept a nomination for it if it
were tendered me.
My only ambition is to serve
through my second term to the
acceptance of my countrymen,
whose generous confidence I so
deeply appreeiate, and then, with
them, do my duty in the ranks of
private citizenship.
Wili.iam McKinley,
Executive Mansion,
Washington, .lune 10, 1901.
The President's announcement
is received here with expressions
of approval from all who publicly
comment hpon it.
To Hang for Burglary.
Asheville, N. C., June 11.?In
the Superior Court today Rush
Rates and Frank Johnson, white,
and Benjamin Foster and Harry
Mills, colored, were found guilty
of burglary of the first degree.
Under North Carolina law the
penalty for burglary is death.
All four men will be sentenced to
be hanged before the term of
court ends.
t eoruary o tnese men entered
the store and postofticeat Emma,
two miles from Asheville, and
pointing pistols at Samuel Alex
ander, opened a safe and began
to rifle it. Alexander watched for
an opportunity and wlien the
burglars' attention was diverted
he grabbed a pistol and opened
firp, seriously wounding two of
the men and receiving almost
fatal wounds himself. Post
master-! ieneral Smith wrote
Alexander a personal letter com
mending his. bravery.
Wanted it Straightened Out.
Willie?Say, Pa, my Sunday
School teacher says if I'm good
I'll go to heaven.
Ba?Well?
Willie?Well, you said if I was
food I'd go to the circus. Now,
want to know who's iyin', you
or her??Philadelphia Press.
The bilious, tired.nervous man
cannot successfully compete with
his healthv rival. Pell itt's Lit
tle Early ftisers the famous pills
; for constipation will remove the
cause of your troubles. Hood
Pros., Hare A- Son, J. R. Led
better.
The Heuai.d and Hoipe and
, Farm one year, f 1.25.
STATE NEWS.
snort Items of interest Culled
From our State Exchanges.
Governor Aycock has invited
the National Kditorial Associa
tion to meet in North Carolina
next year.
James Voorhees I'omero.v, of
North Carolina, got the medal at
the Philadelphia Textile School
for the highest average.
Mrs. L. L. Polk, owner of the
Progressive Farmer, died at her
home in Raleigh, Wednesday,
June 12th. Her husband. Col.
L. L. Polk died just nine years
ago.
Concord has voted to isssue
f150,000 of bonds?#25,000 for
graded school buildings and the
remainder for water works,
sewerage and street improve
ments.
Charlotte aldermen have passed
an ordinance requiring bars to
close at 9 o'clock p. in. and all
screens, blinds, etc., intended to
hide from public view those who
take a whet, n.ust be removed.
The ordinance takes effect I unu
ary 1st.
Jesse Gannon, a young white
man, was killed by* a Southern
Railway train at Concord Sun
day night. He was drinking
and started to walk across the
track in front of the engine.
Garmon lived Li Concord and
had a wife and children.
The supreme court handed
down an opinion in the Coley
case from Wake couuty Friday-,
affirming the verdict of the lower
court awarding Coley .112,500'
damages for injuries received
while operating a switch engine
belonging to the Southern Hail
way. Justices Cook and Mont
gomery dissented from the ma
jority opinion.
There was an explosion in the
round house of the Seaboard Air
Line shops iu Raleigh Saturday.
Superintendent Turner thought)
: the explosion was caused by
outside party in sympathy with
the striking machinists. He
asked Gov. Aycock for special
police protection, which was re
fused, Gov. Aycock thinking it
would tend to precipitate trouble.
The board of trustees of Trin
ity College havegiven I?r. Kilgo
a leave of absence for a European
trip, his expenses to be paid ba
the college. lie will attend the
Ecumenical Conference in London
as a delegate from North Caro
lina, and will then go 011 an ex
tended trip. Profs. Jerome Dowd !
and IMato Durham, of the fac
ulty, have also been given leave
of absence to attend the universi
ties of the Old World. The for
mer will go to Germany and the
latter to France.
4- .a 4-U..
i uuaiu ' 'i 11 m i ntr
State Normal and Industirul Col
lege tor women at Greensboro
have ordered the erection of a
special building for the school of
practice and observation, at a
cost not to exceed $15,000. The
i building now used for this pur
pose will he converted into a
dormitory and this will give room
for about seventy-live more stu
dents, bringing the number up to
nearly 500. If room were pro
vided the number could easily be
brought up to 1,000
Bsnson Academy 'thirteenth Annual
commencement.
Hudson's warehouse was filled
to overflow ing with spectators
eager to wi; ii< >s cue closing exer
cises of Benson Academy. June
7th. The program was an inter
esting one and well arranged,
consisting of music, plays, recita
tions and declamations, all of
which was well rendered.
The most sanguine of 1 rof.
Canaday's friends were as sur
prised as they were delighted, for
knowing the difficulties under
which he had labored during the
recent smallpox scare, the sus
pension of his school during that
time, they had not expected to
be entertained as they were; they
knew their teacher was an un
tiring worker, equal to almost
any occasion, but they had not
taken his full measure.
At 8:30 he appeared upon '
stage and in a few well-ehos- i
remarks welcomed the larger
audience that ever attended i
commencement here. He said >
part: ?"It is not my custom :??
make a speech at my own school
closing, and I shall not attempt
to do so now, but smcethespeaker
whom 1 had engaged failed to till
his appointment, 1 want to offer
a few remarks that I imagine he
would have made. ? ? ? ?
It means much when all the
schools and colleges in North
Carolina are so well attended: it
means more when so many new
institutions are going up; but it
means most when the public
schools are so much better and
so rapidly improving. Higher
training in the colleges and tech
nical education are necessary and
useful, but the masses of the fteo
ple can he enlightened only by
the public schools. All but fifteen
states of the Union have compul
sory attendance. In South Caro
lina, Alabama and Tennessee 1S
percent, of the vylute population
cannot read and write; still worse
in North Carolina, 251 per cent
cannot read and write! llow will
it be in 1908?
H I) ..i. ~ 1 ^ '
nut u iittie nearer nome:
pood people of Selinn by an over
whelming majority voted to es
tablish graded schools. They
voluntarily shouldered the bur
den of higher taxes, 20 cents on
f 100 and (50 cents on the poll
They love theirchildren aud their
neighbors' children and thus .
demonstrate their interest in the
rising generation and their coun
try's welfare.
"Not near home, now. but
home?at Renson. Our peopc
are enterprising. Your thrift
and industry are evidenced by
new buildings going up on evet v
street. The business spirit is
showing itself in new stores, bank
and warehouses, and 1 am proud
to tell you and congratulate v< > i
upon the fact that the education
al spirit is manifesting itseH in
the increased attendance upon,
your public and private schools.
When you are called upon
assist the educational institu
tions of your neighboring noun
ties, no people respond more
cheerfully and liberally than you
do; the same liberality extended
to your own school will insure to
your children the benefits of i
academic education.
"Let the good work go forward
Speed the dav when every citi?>"
wno undertakes to enumerate" V
institutions of which our t ?
aud community are especioh.
proud, shall head his li.-t w
our high school."
R. K. I'oUTfcK.
An impetus to LJucation.
The executive committ of >
State Literary and Si: t ?
Association met in the S upit.
Court room yesterday af er mo
The State Superintendent ot
lie Instruction, (Jen. To ? i,
with the committee. Them
of selecting; a list of books for C
rural school libraries was is
cussed, and it was de- id, 1 to
hold on June22nd,at 10 o'clock
a meeting of the executive m:
mittee of the association, (??
Toon and a number of promin ?
educators to make out the list o
books. The library mover ,t
will doubtless be given a decided
impetus bv this meeting.
It was decided that, under .
special act of the legislature, tic
I riday after Thanksgiving 1'
be set aside as "North Carol!. <
l)a.v," to l>e observed in the yfcls
lic schools by appropriate ?"ei
cises and the study of some pn i -
ticular event in Statehistorv. A
special committee, consisting of
l'rof. I). H. Hill, Mr. W. J. 1WI,
nnd Mr. John Wilber Jenkins,
was appointed to arn.ti.gt
a program for the observ
ahce of the day.?News ami (
server, J une 9.
An explosion at Passaic, N. ?'
yesterday of chemicals at : i ??
Royal Match factory cau? 1
fire"which destroyed th" en'-"
plant. The watchman is 11 -
ing. There were twelve exph -
ions altogether. The plant v w
a recent purchase of the tnist.
1 ?