North Carolina Newspapers

Hjje jvmifyfirli) Hrralft. price one dollar per tear. "TRUE TO C RSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." single copies three cents VOL. 20. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1902. NO.W&: NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. i Some Happenings of the Week Tersely Told. ? ? f Many Items of Interest Concerning < Tarheeldom Clipped and culled ? ? From tbe State Press. < ? 1 Stock is being subscribed to a I $40,000 cotton seed oil mill in Salisbury. ( A new cotton mill is to be j erected at Spray, which will make five in that town. The Oxford Furniture Co. has j a contract to completely furnish ( the new.UnionhotelatKichmond, j Va. A branch of the State Anti. 1 Saloon league for Cumberland 1 county has been organized at J Fayetteville. ,1 Governor Odell, of Xew York, , has been invited to attend the ] centennial of the founding of the , Salem Female Academy and Col- j lege at Winston-Salem, X. C., j during the week beginning May . 23rd. The Sun says the people of 11 SaHibury are' evidently great < lovers of rabbit flesh, judging i Irom the quantity of rabbits]1 sold there tips season. One dealer I alqne has sold 1,289 since the season opened. A Goldsboro policeman missed j a good njany eggs from his hen ( bouse and kept watch. During the recent snow he found a buz ' zard in the hen house and the buzzard is believed to be respon- J' sible for the disappearance of the j eggs. I Ex-Judge Spencer B. Adams, of I Greensboro, who has been a < candidate for various position in this State and was the nominee for Governor by the Republicans, i is now trying to get the job as 1 Jodge in Alaska, to succeed Judge Noyes. j I The report of the State board ' of health for February shows that smalljiox exists in 2-4 coun ties of the State, but is now disappearing. The largest num- 1 ber of cases are in Buncombeand 1 Mecklenburg, 45 and 35 cases respectively. What appears to be gold has been di.-covered on the farm of Mrs. M. A Smith, who , lives at Hall's postotfice, near Troy. Mrs. Smith has gone to Baltimore to have the specimens examined and the mine may be developed at once. An addition 200x72 feet is being built to the Au'chor co'ton mills at Hendersonville. This is to be a weave mill, the old mill having 1 been making hosiery yarn only. Mr. Johnson intends now to 1 take the cotton from the gin and make it into cloth ready for the 1 counter. Governor Avcock has offered reward* for the capture ot two criminal* Three nundred dol larh is offered for the man who killed JohnCaton at Washington. Cation was shot down through a window while he was placing with his little brothers anil sisters. A reward of $200 is offered for the arrest of the wretch who set fire to the Southerland Seminary near Asheville. The Commercial hotel at Kin ston was burned Friday night with its contents. The origin of the fire is not known. Theouild ing was owned by R. H. llountree, of Xew York, and was insured for $2,500, which about covers the loss. The hotel was "'in by W. F, Merrill and L.U ll.ugrave and thev carried ill ura ce to the ofnount of $l,2f>o w i ich it is said will cover abou: h i f their loss F. F. Dawson, booklo ep t for 1 Hackney Bros., at Wilson, is a defauMhr in the sum o: # 1 ?0 or nioreJ It was recently disci vered that wit some montl I wson < had been gorging the Irni s en dorsement on small c o k sent i them through the maiTO'Vl then sending the checks .to t jnnkin Virginia, where they \\< n p aced 11 to his citedit. Dawson oiifiwsed i his guilt and turned qv>i ill his i property to his emptor. ] COLLEGE FOR WORKING GIRLS. ' i Boston Merchant's Legacy Now amounts To $1,500,000. Boston, March 9.?A college or working girls, a Boston mer ?hunt's dream of more than 30 wars, is about to be realized, with greater resources than the 1 reamer had any idea of,although le was the means of furnishing hem. After having been almost for gotten during the last quarter of i centurv the name of John Kim nons will become identified with jne of the most remarkable in stitutions in New England, if not n the United States. Simmons College will be directly concerned ;n the education of working girls. The amount of money now available is $1,500,000, a sum three times larger than Mr. Sim mons had in mind for establish ng the college when he made his Rill. In the will, probated 30 rears ago, Mr. Simmons left the :>ulk of his real estate in the care af three trustees to hold in trust ior 30 years, or until the accumu lations, added to the principal, should amount to $500,000. \Vhen the term of years had ex pired it was found that the prop erty was worth three times tne amount specified, and this week the first step was taken toward begining the actual work. Baptized in River Jordan. Middletown, N. Y., March 9.? Cornelius Van Ness, the octo genarian millionaire and owner of a palatial home at Cornwall on-tneHudson, who is one of the passengers on the steamer Celtic, which recently carried 800 Ameri can tourists to the Holy Land, has written back to friends in this country that he has been baptized in the waters of the Itiver Jordan, thereby gratifying a cherished ambition of his life to be baptized in the same waters whore the Saviour received his baptism many hundred years ago. The baptismal ceremonies were conducted by the Rev. Dr. William K. Hall, of Newburgh.an intimate friend of the aged millionaire, who was also a pas senger on the steamer. Washington Notes. The President has signed the bill to establish a permanent census bureau. The Senate passed the Diploma tic and Consular Appropriation bill last Friday. The Senate was agreed to vote on the Ship Subsidy bill and amendments at 3 P. M. March 17. It is said the minority of the Senate Philippines Committee may ask that Aguinaldo be called as a witness. President Roosevelt's action on the Permanent Census Rureau bill is said by his opponents to have eliminated him as a Presi dential candidate in 1904. Foreign Ambassadors, it is said, threaten to stay away from the Capitol during formal affairs unless they are given precedence . . _ ci. n * :.. over ineouprciiieiAmri juuiuiarj. Gen. Jacob H. Smith, in com mand of the Samar district in the Philippines, has issued an order which seems to advocate methods of warfare condemned by civilized Governments. Miss \lice Roosevelt, daughter of the President, will not attend the cornation of King Edward VII. While the White House officials decline to discuss the matter, it was stated by those in a position to know that the President had decided that she should not go. (ivertures have been made for the compromise of the conflict over the tariff concessions to Cuba, and there are evidences that the two elements will come toget her. probably on a proposi tion to have the 20 per cent, re ciprocal reduction apply for one year from next December and covering one sugar crop. Promi nent members of the Ways and Means Committee, who have thus Far led the contest for Cuba re ciprocity have signified a willing ness to accept this compromise proposition. I BOERS CAPTURE LORD METHUEN. Greatest Disaster to England! in South African War Executed by Gen. Dellarey. London, March 10.?The worst disaster to British arms in South Africa was announced today in Parliament. Gen. Lord Methuen has been captured, with 530 men of his command. The news of this fresh disaster ! to England has created a pro found impression. This new defeat and capture of Gen. Lord Methuen was one of the most sensational announce ments ever made in Parliament. It was made bv Secretary of War Broderick who read Kitch ; ener's dispatch telling of the ' capture. Methuen was moving 011 to Winbum-Litchenburg with 000 mounted infantry and four guns (Pompoms). The Boers charged the force from three sides. Five hundred and thirty men of Metbuen's command were captured besides the killed and wounded. It is by far the worst disaster of the war. Lord Methuen is the first gen eral to be captured and London i's shocked at the sudden turn of affairs. fton T )ol a rov ovonnfiul fho non. j V> Vt<< i V J VAV VU WV4 UtJV ture of Gen.' Lord Methuen by j the employment of the greatest 'strategy. The attack was well * planted and its execution came 1 as a surprise to the English sol diery who were taken off their ; guard. The Boers charged upon the j force of Lord Methuen with a fury seldom equaled in history. Such was their onslaught i hat the British were thrown into a i panic. Lord Methuen was wounded i early in the affrav and fell into the hands of the Boers. The latest reports show that Lord Methuen was wounded in the thigh by a rifle bullet. His | injury is serious. The British losses in killed were four officers and 58 meu. The wounded so far as at present known amount to seven officers and eighty-two men. - Five hundred and thirty-two i officers and men were rounded up by the Boers. The battle resulted in the com plete routing of the British com mand. All the stores and ain j munition of the force fell into the hands of the Boers, and the pom poms were turned upon the flee ing soldiers of the King who managed to break through the Boer cordon. Arrested on tne Train. Hardy Matthews, the cotton factory operative 2(5 years old,' who married Mamie Lassiter, 13 years old, was arrested by the sheriff yesterday afternoon after he and his young bride had board ed the train for Favetteville, where they were going to work in a cotton factory. The arrest i ?tlO IIIUUC ni Liltf lURU^UllUU UI the girl's parents, who were indignant at the tender ape of ! the bride. The case was carried before Justice Hugh Humphrey and after much contention ? the groom was permitted to pay the costs and to keep his bride. The matter has be?n amicably adjus ted and the happy couple are now baskinp in the sunhpht of each other's smiles.?Goldsboro Arpus, Tuesday. I'ostmaster David Baughman, of Oak Point, 111., who is eighty - two years old, will have served Uncle Sam for forty-one years on April 1 next. Durinp all that time he was attended to his duties regularly, and has had but one robbery. In May, 1877, the office was broken into, and the burglars got away with $20 in stamps and money. To Care a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature ison each box. 23 cents. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. Brief Summary of the Week's Happenings. Some ot the Most Important News ot the World Condensed tor the Readers of The Herald. Ex-Governor John P. Altgeld, of Illinois, died Wednesday morn ing. Abram Garfield, youngest son of the late President, has entered politics in Ohio. Eighteen men of the fishing schooner Alva, from Gloucester, Mass., are supposed to be lost at sea. Pince Henry of Prussia sailed from New lork for Germany Tuesday 011 the steamship Deutschland. Five-months-old twins of J. N. Lockridge, of Kansas City, Kan., were killed on Saturday by an overdose of laudanum. Three prisoners at Rutledge, Tenn., broke jail by overpower ing the keeper when he went to feed them on Saturday night. Shamaka, Trans-Caucasia, where earthquakes three weeks ago left 12,000 people destitute, there was a recurrence of severe shocks on Sunday. At the annual stockholders' meeting ol the Pennsylvania Railroad in Pennsylvania Tues day it was resolved to spend $25,000,000 on new equipment. The report of the treasurer of the American Tobacco Company shows the net earnings for the years after deducting all charges and expenses of management were $6,647,114. Lime manufacturers of Ala bama, Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia, will frame a memorial to Congress, asking that the tariff on lime to Cuba, which is now 40 cents per barrel, be re moved. A broken rail caused a terrible wreck on the Southern Pacific railroad, near Maxon station. Southwestern Texas, at 3 o'clock last Friday morning. Fifteen persons were killed outright and 28 were injured. Nearl Standback, the young negro, who attempted criminal assault upon sixty-year-old Mrs. Preufer, a missionary to the ne groes, was hanged at the county jail at Portsmouth. He met his death with great bravery. At the quarterly meeting of the Western union Telegraph Com pany at New York Wednesday, General Thomas T. Eckert was elected chairman of the board of directors and Col. R. C. Lowerv, now vice-president and general superintendent of the western division at Chicago, was elected president and general manager of the company. 1) T 1 * ivepurus nuiii l urauaiy ? -nun and wind stonn say that con siderable damage was caused at various places in Texas. About four-fifths of the State was covered bv the rain. At Houston twenty small houses were wrecked with a loss of $15,000. Emanuel White colored, was crushed to death and half a dozen others were hurt, none seriously. The Dunn Oil Company has or ganized by electing E. F. Young president: J. D. Barnes and J. I). Parrish vice-presidents, McD.Hol lidav, secretary and treasurer; J. D. Stewart mill superintendent; K. L. Howard, E. I^ee, .1. L. Thompson, J. A. Taylor, E. T. Brirt and G. K. Grantham di rectors. The company will equip with up-to-date machinery ami begin work by the next season, manufacturing the products from cotton seed. The capital stock is |30,000. Not till we are ready to throw our very life's love into the troublesome little things can we be really faithful in that which is least and faithful also in much. Every day that dawns brings something to do, which can never be done as well again.?James Heed. THE SUPERIOR COURT. Ed. Johnson Sent to Pen tor to Years?Several Prisoners Sent to Clavton Roads. Johnston Superior Court met Monday with his Honor, Judge 0. H. Allen, of Kinston, presid ing. The State was ably repre sented by Solicitor Armistead Jones, of Raleigh. The following .were chosen as grand jury for the term: W. A. Kdgerton, foreman, Jas. H. Woodali, I. W. Fittman, VV. 1. Holland, W. Bennett Wall, J no. W. Wood, J. E. Medlin, Council Itentirow, 1). H. Adams, i W. A. l.assiter, C. C. Williams. L. 0. Chamblee, J. O.Jones, J. E. Jones, S. V. Smith, A. J. Farmer, L. E. Hamilton, W. M. Stanley. J.T. Avera was appointed of ficer of the grand jury. After the Judge's able and spe cific charge to the grand jury the criminal docket was taken up. Minnie Brooks was tried for trespass but was acquitted. Willis 11. Johnson and J. E. Johnson plead guilty to an af fray. Judgment was suspended upon payment of costs. J. A. Stancil plead guiltytothe charge of carrying concealed weapons. Judgment suspended upon payment of costs. The jury found C. A. (iusbuhler not guilty of assault with deadly weapon. E. W. Baker and Herbert Thompson, his son-in-law, were tried for lai-ceny and receiving.1 They were found guilty. Thomp son was sentenced to 12 months in jail and to be hired out to J. I T. Cole at $2.50 per month to pay bis part of the costs. Baker to be hired out 12 months to pay one-half the costs. , Thos. Blake plead guilty of at tempting to steal and was sent to the Clayton roads for two months. J. Daniel Smith was indicted for false pretense, but was found not guilty. Sammy Sanders was tried for disposing of mortgaged property and found not guilty. Frank Hock was sent to the 1 Clayton roads for <? months. Arthur Funis.submitted to the charge of receiving stolen goods and was taxed with the costs of the suit. Chas. Fool was sent to the Clayton roads for four years for stealing. Jasper Harper, the negro who was charged with killing Cephus Langston at Benson about Christmas times, was tried Tues day. He was indicted for mur der and his attorneys, Messrs. Fou & Brooks, submitted him for feloniously slaying. Thecase did not go to the jury. Owing to the fact that the prisoner is a weak minded youth and there is some doubt as to who fired the fatal shot, the Judge sentenced him to three vears on the Clay ton roads. 'The solicitor was as sisted in the case by Mr. J. M. Morgan. I ? l T> 1 !ri- ?1 i... nuuKer oeuwuii suuimtieu iu the charge of trespass and judg ment was suspended upon the payment of the costs. iiailey Cook was found guilty of horse stealing and was sent to the ('layton roads for five years. Ed. Johnson, the 15-year old negro who burned Moore Wood's gin was sent to the penitentiary for 9 years. He was also sent up one year for breaking into Mr. VV ood's house. John Richardson and Joe Richardson were tried for an as sault with deadly weapon. Judgment was suspended upon payment of costs. Judgment was suspended upon the payment of costs ill the case of Jerry Smith and Frank Smith who were charged with larceny. Miles Richardson and Candace Richardson were acquitted of the charge of stealing. Penny Ihivis was found guilty of stealing and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Eo (iu I ley was sCnt tothe Clay ton roads '1 months for stealing Freeman Young, aged 12, and Charles Young, aged 14, were found guilty of stealing. Charles was sentenced to 12 mouths on the Clayton roads. Freeman was seut to jail 12 months with leave to hire him out. Win. Holloway was found guilty of selling liquor without license and given a .'10 days' term on the Clayton roads. The grand jury made its report yesterday and after receiving the thanks of the court was dis charged. School Close at Massey's School House. At 3 o'clock p. m. March 8th, 1002, the exercises commenced, which was witnessed by a large crowd. The exercises embraced two new features. First, hot contest between the Hentonville Base Ball team and the Massey school house team, which was bitterly contested by both sides. The score stood 12 to 0 in favor of the Massey school house team. Our boys don't know what it is to be licked. So you seethe Hen tonville team is tnat much in the lead. Mr. H. H. Brown,engineer of the Enterprise Lumber Co., officiated as umpire, and gave entire satisfaction to both sides. Second. Musical programme was furnished by H. H. Brown with an Edison Standard Phono graph, which was amusing as well as entertaining. With credit to this feature we may say it was a grand success, as it held the spectators spell bound. As to the recitations, declamations and dialogues, we must say with credit to the untiring efforts and energy of Mr. Chas. Upchurcb. The exercises were a complete success. The star attraction of the pro gramme was a dialogue, "Just Before The Execution," which was immediately followed by the appropriate song, "Throw Out The Life Line," rendered by the Phonograph. There were sever al other pieces rendered equally as good. Last on programme was a dialogue, "Mock Trial," which was rendered by several rich characters?one being an old ne gro preacher who Tost his re ligion at the mention of chicken pot pie. The school has been a success from the beginning to the end. This makes the second time Mr. Unchurch has conducted the school and he has given entire satisfaction both to pupils and patrons, and we all hope to have him teach our next school. A Patkox. A School Close. The Yelvington drove School, taught by Mr.'L. H. Champion, of Smithfield, closed February 27th, 15)02. A crowded house and yard of patrons and friends were enter tained from 7:-)0 to 10:.'10 o'clock by a well rendered programme. The pupils acquitted themselves in a manner reflecting credit on their study und preparation. Al most perfect order prevailed. Every pupil did very well. Hut special mention must be made of the following: The reci tations by Misses Bertha Massey and Alice Creech were so true to life that we felt likecryingin sym pathy with their subjects. The declamations by Messrs. W. A. Massey, Johnnie Roberts, Habie Childers and Spoil Peedin were equally as amusing as the others were sad. The recitations by Misses Heat rice Maseey and Minnie Creech won praise from every one pres ent. The dialogue, "Uncle Sain," was so true to life that one al most thought he was living in 177<i and 187(5 too. The exercises w ere interpersed with music furnished by Ihe Fork Creek band, which 1 dare say is the best equipped band in the eoifntrv. "C." The grand jury at Elizabeth City on Tuesday returned a true bill against James Wilcox for the murder of his sweetheart, Nell Cropsey last November, lie was arraigned in court and plead "not guilty." A sjiecial venire of 250 men was ordered from which to secure a jury. The trial begun yesterday afternoon and will last se\ eral days.