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VOL. 20. SMITHFIELD. N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1!>02. NO. 48.
STATE NEWS.
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Short Items ot Interest Clipped and
Culled From Our State
Exchanges.
By actual count High Point
now has 45 factories, including
the town in course of erection.
Two negroes were killed on the
Southern railroad near Marion
Tuesday by a work train running
into a slide.
?
The Medway Mill company, at
Uockinghain, has decided to en
large its plant by adding a weave
mill of 400 looms.
Senator Hill, of New York, has
been invited to deliver the com
mencement address at Davidson
College next.) vine
Prof. Thos. It. Foust has been
elected superintendent of the
(loldsboro graded schools, to
succeed his brother, Prof. J. I.
Foust.
There are nine new cotton mills
in courseof construction in Nort li
Carolina, or completed since .Itine
BO last, making the total num
ber 285.
There are 11 <5 convicts in the
penitentiary proper, the smallest
number "in 80 years except Sep
tember 1 of last .year when there
were only SO.
The President has appointed
I)r. Geo. T. Winston, of the A. A:
M. College at Raleigh, a member
of the board of visitors to the
naval academy at Annapolis.
A large moonshine whiskey
plant was captured and destroyed
by revenue officers in Durham
county Tuesday. A large quan
tity of beer and whisky was de
stroyed.
State Senator E. Y. Webb, of
Shelby, is a candidate for Con
gress in the Ninth District. He
favors n /minating a candidate
for the United States Senate by
the State Convention.
Rutherford R. Hayes, six years
old, grandson of the former1
president of the United States,
died Monday at his homein West
Asheville. The interment will be
in Cincinnati.
Mrs. Mary LeeWilson, an opera
tive in the Edna Catton Mills, at
Reidsville, was run over by a pas
senger train while crossing the
track near the mills Tuesday and
instantly killed.
Rev. C. G. Vardell, president of
Red Springs Seminary, has de
clined the very flattering call
made him to become president of
the new Presbyterian College for
Women in Texas.
The Long case against the
Southern railway for killing Mr.
Long's son has been compro
mised at Statesville. The South
ern will pay Mr. Long $7,850
and settle all costs of suit.
The Wilkes Mining Company.!
of Wilkesboro, was chartered by
the Secretary of State last week
with a capital stock of $125,000.
The company will do a general
mining and timber business.
Sam Alexander, the young
man who so bravelv defen led
the postofliee at Emma when it
was attacted by burglars, will be
rewarded by a position in Wash
ington when he is able to go
to work.
lion. Hillary A. Herbert, of
Washington, It C., will deliver
the baccalaureate address at the
University commencement at
Chapel Hill next June. Mr. Her
bert was Secretary of the Navy!
during Cleveland's second admin
istration.
Jas. W. Tufts, the millionaire
president of the American Soda
Fountain Company, of boston,
died Sunday at Pineliurst. Moore
county. Mr. Tufts was the owner
of Pinehurst and had spent an
immense sum of money thereto
make the place a popular resort.
A special from Marion to the
Charlotte Observer gives the de
tails of the shooting of a man
who refused to be vaccinated bv
Deputy Sheriff Watkins. The
man had l>een arraigned before
a magistrate and after the trial
got into an altercation with the
depnty, who shot him in the
head. He was alive at last ac
counts, but will probably die.
Homeless, without money and
with no prosjiectof work Patrick
Gorman, an aged white man, at
tempted to commit suicide on the
streets of Raleigh Friday morn
ing. He was found on the street
by an officer He was taken to
the hospital, where it was found
that he bad shot himself. He will
recover. The old man went to
Raleigh from Massachusetts
where he had worked in the cot
ton mills, but could find no work
there.
Pritchard & Winstead's stem
mery, at Goldsboro, was destroy
ed by fire Saturday evening, to
gether with a large quantity of
leaf tobacco. The building was
owned by II. Weil Bros., and
others. A conservative estimate
places the loss between $40,000
ami $.">0,000, with some $550,000
insurance on building and stock.
About 140 people will be thrown
out of work as a result of the fire.
Several counties in the State
are assuring the State Superin
tendent of Public lust ruction that
unless they get immediate aid
they must close their public J
setioois. i hey are told to keep
the schools open; that it is not
yet known how much will tie
called for the second ?>100,000
appropriation, though it appears
probable more than that sum
will be called for, but if this is the
case there will be a pro rata'dis
tribution, which will pay for the
schools at least until the matter
is disposed of.
The current issue of the Caro
lina Fruit and Truck Growers'
?Journal contains a comparative
statement showing the movement
of strawberries in crates to the
different markets from Fastern
North Carolina during the sea
sons of 1897, 1898,1899,1900
and 1901. In refrigerator cars
were shipped in 1897, 110,-104
crates; in 1898, 189,758; in
1899, 228,437, and in 1901,
2(58,298. It will be seen that
there is a marked increase each
year except in the last which
comes second By express were
shipped during the season of
1901, 55,300 crates. Thepoints
to which North Carolina berries
have increased in number each;
year. In 1897 they were market- j
ed at 14 distinct points; in 1898,
at 24; in 1899 at 38; in 1900, at
39; in 1901, at 43.
The Good Roads Convention.
We are in receipt of the follow
ing letter from Governor Aycock:
The improvement of the public
highways is properly coming to
be recognized as one of the great
industrial problems now before
our people, and it is wise that
our representative citizens from
different sections ol the Mate
should mf>et at intervals and dis
cuss the ways and means through
which this improvement may he
brought about. Through the
co-operation of the Southern
Railway, the National Office of
Road Inquiries at Washington,
the National Good Roads Asso
ciation, and our State Highway
Commission, such a meeting has
been arranged for at Raleigh on
February 12th and 13th next. 1
would like to see qvery county in
the Stare well represented. I am
sure t hat every such delegate will
Uttend with aa ambition to help
along this great movement, and
1 trust that great good may re
sult from our conference.
The Southern Railway Com
pany's "Good Roads" Train,
under the management of Col
\V. H. Moore. President of the
National Good Roads Associa
tion, will give a practical demon
stration of modern road building
during this Convention, in the
course of which improved road
making machinery will be used,
and trained experts will superin
tend and explain the various
phases of the process. A number
of practical and instructive ad
dresses will also be delivered by
prominent road builders from
different parts of the country,
and the discussions will be help
ful and interesting to all advo
cates of better public roads.
Yours truly,
Chaki.ks It. Aycock,
Governor.
Another tunnel accident occur
red in New York City yesterdav
in which 12 people were injured.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Kcgular Correspondence.
Washington, Feb. 4.?The bill
providing for the establishment
of the "Department of Commerce 1
and Labor" was passed bv the
Senate last week and the House
passed a bill providing for a per
manent Census bureau, but the |
most important step taken at
the Capitol was the action of the I
Ways and Means Committee de- '
termjning upon the repeal of the '
war revenue tax bill enacted at ?
the time of the Spanish War.
KepresentativeClaude A. Swan
son, of Virginia, a prominent:'
member of the Ways and Means
Committee, made the following '
statement to yourcorrespondeut
apropos of the action of the com- 1
mittee:
" Pile Democratic party, at the
time the Spanish war was de- |
clared, insisted that the special
tax bill would provide sufficient
revenue vithout thesaleof bonds,
and accordingly the party voted
against the section authoriz ng
such sale Lvents have demon
strated the correctness of the
Democratic contention The war
tax, the Dingley bill, and the sale '
of bonds have comb tied to pro
duce a surplus in the Treasury i
which has proved a serious 1
menace to business. In fact, 1
financial disaster has been pre
vented only by the purchase of
bonds at a high premium and
the deposit of vast sums in the
National Hanks of the country,
on which, of course, the govern-,
ment received no interest. The
government has paid millions of
dollars in premiums which might 1
have been saved had the Demo- '
cratic policy been pursued. The
position of the Republicans is a '
complete ratification of the poli- '
cy advocated by the Democrats 1
at that time,
"The Democrats will vote for
the repeal of the war taxes be- 1
cause they realize that the pres
ent vast surplus is dangerous to 1
business interests and tothegov
ernment They would much pre
fer a reform of the entire tax sys- 1
tern, including tariff and internal '
revenue taxes. We believe tnat '
food and clothing, in a word, the \
necessities purchased by the whole
people, are entitled to at least as
much reduction as the Republi
can party is extending to bank
capital, the sugar trust, the 1
Standard Oil trust, circuses,
t heatres, bucket-shops and specu
lators All these are relieved
while the extortionate rates of
the Dingley bill are continued on 1
all the necessities of the people.
"The Democrats on this com
mittee have insisted tbatall trust
made goods, which are so pro
tected bv the Dingley bill as to
enable the trusts to charge the
Amnican consumer double the
prices asked abroad, should be
allowed to come into the country
free. This would have destroyed
many monopolies; but the Re
publicans would not permit if.
They an determined to ignore
the advice given by .Mr. McKinlev
in his Buffalo speech, to reform
the tariff and so enlarge our for
eign markets. The Republican
party is determined to persist in
a policy which is breeding trusts,
which is glaring in its inequalities
and which is bound to destroy
our foreign markets. The only
possibility of reform lies in Dem
ocratic supremacy, which would
permit the Democrats to remod
el the system of taxation along
the lines of justice and equality.
When the recommendation to
abolish the war taxes was before
the committee. Mr. Francis (J.
Xewlands, of Nevada, offered an
amendment providing that every
industrial incorporation engaged
in manufacturing, whose annual
receipts exceeded $1,000,000,
should be compelled to pay a
special tax of one-tenth of onejier
cent, on all gross receipts in ex
cess of $1,000,000 per annum.
The amendment further pro
vided that corj>orntions of the
above magnitude should render,
at the close of each year, a com-1
plete statementof ito capital and
surplus, expenses and profits,
and amount and rates of wages
paid, the statistics so provifYed
to be classified and published by
the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue. '
The amendment waft rejected
by u party vote, hut Mr. New
lands told me yesterday that he
would offer it attain when the
measure was called up in the
House. "The amendment is in
complete accord with President
Roosevelt's recommendation of
publicity for the trusts," said
Mr Newlands. 'It would insure
a contribution from those indus
tries which the government is
protecting at a rate averaging
dose to 50 per cent, ot between
15,000,000 and .if10 000,000 a
year to the federal expenses, and
would insure that publicity the
President so strongly advocates
and which is essential betore in
telligent legislation can be enact
ed, either for the control of the
trusts or the adjustment of the
tariff rates If the war revenue
tax be repealed without the adop
tion or' this amendment suclr
i'iguntic monopoliesas the sugar
trust and the Standard ?>il trust
will be left in a position where
they contribute nothing to the
support of thegovcrnment which
deals so bountifully wifh them.
while the necessaiies of lift1 will
Ih1 heavily faxed and the burden,
from which corporate wealth i
exempted, will fall on the poor
and middle classes "
So severe was the storm of
disapproval which surged about
Chairman Payne as soon as the
action of his committee became
known that, after a conference
with the Speaker, he issued an
official statement setting forth
that the committee had no in
tention of blocking the way to
Cuban reciprocity by its revunue
reduction policy, as had been
charged. He protests that the
committee has had no conference
in regard to the Cuban matte'
and that, its action was the result
of a belief that '"our own people
should be relieved from the bur
den occasioned by the war before
the needs of foreigners ware con
sidered." Little faith is accorded
Mr. Payne's statement, however,
even by the members of his own
party.
The President is known to have
informed the members of his
Cabinet on Friday that he was
firmly convinced of the necessity
of affording relief to Cuba, that
nothing had shaken his concep
tion of the moral obligations of
the United States and that he
proposed to use every effort to
secure the fulfilment of the pledges
made by Mr. McKinley. Under
the circumstances it would sur
prise no one if a somewhat
Forcible message were received by
Congress on the subject in the
not distant future.
SELMA NEWS.
Mr. "IVt"' Temple, of Wake,
was here this week.
Miss May Orrell has been visit
ing friends here this week.
Hare & Son have moved their
drug store under the Masonic
Lodge.
Mr.* W. H. Call was called to
Mocksville, X. C., on account of
thedeathof his grand fat her, R v.
W. H. Call
II. 15. Whitley attended a meet
ing of the Hoard of Pirectorsof
the Clayton Cotton Mill at Clay
ton Monday.
Robert and Albert Noble came
home last Thursday to see their
grandfather, Capt. A. M Noble,
who is very siek.
The weather has been too bad
for any work on the bank this
week. It is hoped that work will
begin again next week.
John W. Liles has bought
Thad H Whitley's store house
and stock of goods and has
moved his store to the old Whit
ley stand.
Mr. W. H Stalling*,of Clayton,
has moved here and will open a
hotel in the old Hood House.
We hear that he will keep horses
for the convenience of the travel
ling public. We wish him success.
The Selma Manufacturing Co
have secured the services of Mr.
James Johnson, of Renson, as
foreman of their blacksmith shop.
They are to be congratulated on
securing the services of such a
workman as '?Jimmie" Johnson.
Sknkx.
President Roosevelt at the Charles
ton Exposition.
Charleston, S. C., Feb. 5.?Spe
eittl.?Upon the 11th of Febru
ary, the President, accompauied
by Mrs. Roosevelt, several mem
bers of his cabinet and their
wives, constituting a party of
about twenty-five, will arrive in
the old City by the Sea. This is
absolutely the only engagement
which the President has consent
ed to make so far, and testifies
abundantly to the good will
which he feels not only to the
great Southern exposition, but
to Charleston and South Caro
Una. No other Presidential
itinerary has taken in Charleston
since the civil war, and, as a mat
ter of fact, the old city has not
particularly sought such distinc
tion.
I5ut with newer days and
changed conditions, this Niobe
among American communities
nas set a new pace, and is reach
ing out, not only for Presidents
and their official families, but for
practically everything else in
sight. That they relish the com
pliment paid them by the chief
executive will be evidenced by the
people of Charleston in no uncer
tain manner, and, whatever their
private differences of opinion
may be, there will be an united
effort on the part of every citizen
to show him that he is a welcome
and an honored guest. These
people have their traditions, to
which they cling with undying
tenacity; chief among them is
that of generations of hospitality
to the stranger within their gates;
their guests are sacred. It was
hoped that the Presidential party
would arrive soon enough and
remain long enough to permit of
Miss Roosevelt being crowned
queen of the carnival, but ?he
President's great pressure of pub
lic business would not allow of
his giving more time than al
ready indicated. In fact, it is a
source of no small surprise to
many that he has consented to
give any. But our President is a
man of his word?his promise was
given, and will be redeemed.
How much of good this visit to
the South at such a time mav do
can not be estimated. Certainly
we can not feel very harshly to
ward the man who breaks our
bread, tastes our salt, and re
poses beneath our vine and fig
tree, in all good fellowship. It
may reasonably be expected that
much of the exacerbation arising
from the Booker Washington in
cident will be materially molli
fied We may be sure that after
it is all over?the shouting and
the handshaking, the music and
the speeches, there will be no re
grets anywhere that Theodore
Roosevelt redeemed his promise
to South Carolina on Abraham
Lincoln's birthday.
Jurors lor March Court.
First week?J. R Eangdon, S.
V. Smith, W. T. llinnant, J. E.
Medlin, A. J. Farmer, VV. I. Hol
land, W. (J. Dixon, I). H. Adams,
VV. M. Stanley, .1. \V\ Green, Jas.
H. Woodall, J. VI. Eangdon, Sr.,
E. VV. Holder, Kirkman Creech,
J. O. Jones. J. Tim Rarham, J.
B. Fenny, J. D. Stevens, Council
Renfrow, J. F. Beaslev, VV (J.
Narron, VV. A. Edgerton, VV. A.
Eassitfcr, E. G. Cnainblee, E. B.
Richardson, I. VV. Fittman, VV. C.
Eassiter, Jno. Win. Wood, Walter
Garner, C. C. Williams, J. E
Jones, Bennett Wall, I>. J. Yel
vington, E. E. Hamilton, Ran
som Fenny, VV. E Smith.
Second week?J. E. Eassiter,
?E VV. Vllen, J. WillisCreech, X. J.
Tart, VV. B. Hardee, W.S. Joyner,
J. C. Jernigan, F. Hawley,Simeon
Batten, VV. C. Barefoot, S. A.
Wellons. B. J. Benson, B. A. Bar
hour, Allen G. Rogers, R. M.
Stevens, J. H. Easom, R H. Allen,
J. B. Bailey.
In the Senate Tuesday Senator
Kean, of New Jersey, presented
the credentials of John F. Dry
den as the successor to the late
William J. Sewell to serve the
unexpired term of six years,
beginning March 4, 1901. The
oath was administered by Fresi
| dent Fro Tem. Frye.
POLENTA NEWS.
Misses Ella and Audrey Booker
are visiting friends in the capital
city.
The recent rainy weather has
put a stop to farm work for the
present.
The growers of the weed have
mostly burned and otherwise pre
pared their plant beds.
The new Methodist preacher on
this circuit is considered a divine
of urea : ability and piety.
Mrs. J. J. Young is spending
the week with her daughter, Mrs.
Jno. O. Ellington, of Smithfield.
After a visit to Smithfleld and
other places Miss May Young re
turned home Monday, to the de
light of her many friends.
The young people had an en
joyable candy stew at Mr. Willis
11. Sanders' Tuesday night, given
by Master Malcom Sanders
Mr L. It Martin and Mr. J. H.
Woodall, k>oth of this action,
now hold good positions in the
furniture factory at Dunn, N. C*
Mr. D. T. Byrd, from near
Fuquay Springs, was in this sec
tion recently. He is delighted
with his new home, and isfulsome
in his praise of that section. Mr.
recently moved fnom this neigh
borhood.
At the meeting of the board of
road supervisors Saturday last
measures were put on foot to re
build the township shelter blown
down during last summer. The
new shelter will be quite an im
provement on the old one.
The high prices of corn have
decided most of our farmers to
plant more corn and less cotton
this season. People don't relish
the idea of having to pay $4 to $5
per barrel for corn. The sooner
our farmers realize that they
must raise their home supplies
the sooner will they become inde
pendent.
In the recent fire in Norfolk,
Va., Mr. H. T.Garrard lost some
of his valuable papers, and most
of his clothing. He was iu his
room in the hotel asleep when the
tire alarm sounded, and of course
had to hustle to save himself.
Sorry he lost his papers and
clothing, but truly glad he came
out of the disaster unhurt.
Miss Mabel W. Culbreth is
making quite a reputation as a
teacher of Polenta Free School.
On all sides is to be heard words
of commendation as to her teach
ing qualities. She is considered
one of the very best teachers we
have ever had. Certain it is the
children are learning rapidly un
der her training.
Ilev. Mr. Hall will preach at
Sliiloh Saturday evening at three
o'clock and Sunday morning at
11. He will also preach at Bap
tist Centre at three o'clock Sun
day evening. He is said to be a
preacher, though young in age,
tar above the average <u the pul
pit. Let the people turn out and
greet him on his entrance on the
work in this section.
We learn that the roads this
side of Smithtield, for a distance
of three or four miles ate m a
terrible condition?almost im
passible. It seems to this writer
it would be prudent for the mer
chants of Smithfleld to look into
the matter and as soon as possi
ble apply the proper remedy. By
all means, brethren, send a dele
gate n to the good roadsc '
tion soon to be held in Kuieigu.
The roads around Suiithfield is
simply an index of the roads lead
ing out of most of the towns of
the county.
Typo.
Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter
of the President, will attend the
coronation of King Edward VII
as the guest of Mr. Whitelaw
Keid.
Senator Hoar has presented a
petition signed by a number of
distinguished Americans praying
for the suspension of hostilities
in the Philippine Islands nnd ask
ing that an opportunity be given
for a discussion of the situation
between the Government and the
I Filipino leaders.