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VOL. 21. SMITH FIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1902. NO. 2.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Some Happenings of the Week
Tersely Told.
Many Items of Interest Concerning
Tarheeldom Clipped and Culled
From the State Press.
Robeson county is arranging:
to build a new and modern jail
and it is said it will cost about
$25,000.
Senator Money of Mississippi
lias accepted an invitation to
deliver the commencement ad
dress at Davidson College.
Two boys, 12 or 15 years old.
were drowned in Cumberland
Mills pond, near Hope Mills last
week by the capsizing of a boat.
Lord and Lady Pauncefote,
who have been the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. \V. Vanderbilt at
Riltmore House, Asheville, re
turned to Washington Saturday.
Miss Helen Gould, of New York,
has presented two handsome
paintings by the famous artist,1
Lawrence Alma-Tadema, to the
State Normal College at Greens
boro.
A negro woman died in Cum-1
berland county last week, aged
104 years, says the Fayetteville
Observer. She was the mother
of 25 children, 10 of whom are
now living, the youngest being
58 years of age.
ioni Johnson ana bum Ham
mond, white men of White Plains,
Surry county, got into a row last
week, when Johnson struck Ham
mond on the head with a club.
The wound inflicted resulted in
Hammond's death Johnson
made his escape.
The composite regiment to go
to Charleston will have compa
nies from Wilmington, Concord,
Winston, Charlotte, Durham,
Washington, Clinton, Edenton,
Raleigu, Henderson, Oxford and
Burlington. They will beaccom
panied by a band from Asheville.
North Carolina week at the
Charleston exposition will be
April 7th to 14th. Wednesday,
9th, will be Charlotte day.
Thurday, 10th, editor's day and
Friday, 11th, Wilmington day.
Doubtless the Old North State
will be well represented all
through the week.
The body of Emma Thomas, a
dissolute white woman, was found
floating in the river at Wilm'ng
ton Sunday afternoon. The body,
in the opinion of thecoroner, has
been in the river a month. The
woman disappeared from a disre
putable locality about six weeks
ago.
The forty-second annual State I
fair of North Carolina, will take
place at Raleigh, October 27th
to 31st next. Plans for improve
ment now under way, and the
fair of 15)02 will eclipse all ot hers.
Write for advertising, and other
privileges to Joseph E. Pogue,
secretary, Raleigh, N. C.
l>r. David T. Tayloe and his
entire family, of Washington, N.
C., have been poisoned by a negro
employe, who put arsenic in the
food to kill the nurse. Dr. Tay
loe and one child are still in criti
cal condition; the others are not
so very ill The negro has made
confession and has been jailed.
A new city has been organized
near Washington by local promo
ters, called Pamlico City after the
early Indian name. Lots and
streets have been laid off and
land is selling rapidly. The local
ity is Wade s Point, near the
month of Pamlico Hiver. It is
said a handsome hotel will be
built overlooking the sound.
Governor Aycock has com
, muted the death sentence of Andy
Jackson of Lincoln county to life
imprisenment at hard labor.
During September term of Lin
coln county court Jackson was
convicted of burglary in the first
degree nnd sentenced to be
hanged. Then on February 24
a respite was granted by the
governor to March 20th and now
comes the commutation to im
prisonment at hard labor for life
in the State's prison.
The special committee appoin
ted by the Presbyterian Synod;
to raise $300,000 for the twenti
eth century educational fund,
feel greatly encouraged. l)r. St agg
has entered earnestly upon the
work and has already succeeded
in raising a considerable sum,
something like $00,000.
The State baseball league
organization whs completed at
a convention in Raleign and it
was decided to open the season
on May 5th and close on Labor
Day. Officers: Perrin Dusbee,
of Raleigh, president; C. L. j
Stevens, of Newborn, vice presi
dent; Murray Allen, of Raleigh,
secretary and treasurer
Dr. Palemon John, editor of
The Carolinian, died at his
home in Elizabeth City Tuesday
night. He was born in Pennsyl
vania in 1827, studied medicine
and practiced his profession until
he moved South on account of
failing health. had published
the Carolinian, a Republican pa-,
per, at Elizabeth City since 18(51*.
McXairand Woo ten, extensive
general merchants and fertilizer
dealers at Maxton, X. C., have
filed a petition in voluntary
bankruptcy in the United States
court at Raleigh. The liabilities
are $31,448,58, of which $21,
485.01 is in security claims. The
assets are $31,081.08, of which
amount $22,1*31.02 is in open
store accounts.
Work has started on the foun
dation for the new dormitory at
Trinity College, the gift of Mr. B.
N. I)uke. It is proposed to rush
this work so as to have the build
ing ready for occupancy by the
opening of the fall season. Work
is also going forward very rapid
lv on the library building, the
gift of J. B. Duke of New York.
The building will also be read}7
by the opening of the new college
year.
Durham is now in the midst of
an epidemic of crime which for
boldness has never been equalled
in the history of the town. The
latest is a horse thieft on a promi
nent street in broad daylight.
Mr W. P. Clements hitched his
horse and transacted some busi
ness. When he went for his horse
it was gone. Search was begun
and the horse was recovered next
morning, but the negro thief
escaped.
Governor Aycock and staff will
leave Raleigh for th^ Charleston
Exposition by special train via
the Seaboard Air Line on Tues
day morning. April 8th. The
train willconsistof three Pullman
cars and two or three day coaches,
and will be run for tlm benefit of
anyone wishing to visit the ex
position during North Carolina
week. The rate from Raleigh for
the round trip is $.">.(>5, good for
seven days.
Governor Aycock has issued a
proclamation offering a ieward
of $200 for persons who are de
stroying stock law fences between
Bladen and Columbus counties.
He has also offered fat) reward
for the capture of Edgar Hicks,
aims Mtiun, wrio in nisown nouse
in this county killed John Hal
loway, while thelatter, his guest,
?was sitting in front of a fire,
asleep. Hicks killed him with two
blows of an axe and then fled.
A debate between representa
tives of the University of North
Carolina and Johns Hopkins
University took place in Balti
more Thursday night and North
Carolina won. The question was
"Modern trusts threaten the
welfare of the American people."
One of the North Carolina repre
sentatives who won distinction
in the debate was Mr. 11. B. Wil
liams, a son of Editor F. M. Wil
liams. of the Newton Enterprise.
The Democratic county execu
tive committee have requested
the sheriff of Chatham county to
let them look over his books of
receipts in order that they may
find out what white men in Chat
ham have not paid theirpollt.ax.
Their object was to have all such
delinquents notified in person, so
that they may pay their poll tax
before May 1st and be able to
register and vote. This request
was refused by the fusion sheriff
His action has created indigna
tion among the white men of
Chatham.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Brief Summary of the Week's
Happenings.
Some of the Most Important News ot
the World condensed tor the
Readers of the Herald.
The McKinley fund in Boston
amounts to $3,800.
A campaign against euchre has
been started by ministers in
Wheeling, W. Ya.
Heirs of the late Senator James
Fair will build a $2,000,000
hotel at San Francisco, Cal
The Y. M. (1. A. building in
Philadelphia has been sold to a
hotel syndicate for $1,000,000.
The steamer European cleared
from New Orleans, La.,Saturday
with 1150 horses for South Afri
ca.
The Fnited States in 1001, it
is announced,prod need 8,713,302
gross tons of Bessemer steel in
gots.
Geronimo, the Indian chief who
has been in prison 12 years, has
petitioned the Government for
his release.
Kear-Admiral Winfield S. Schley
was the guest of honor at a din
ner given in Boston in honor of
Evacuation Day.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland
quietly observed his sixty-fifth
birthday at his houie in Prince
ton, N. J., Tuesday.
All the mills in Fall River,
Mass., resumed Monday except
the Sagamore, which labor trou
bles are still unsettled.
A convention of miners which
has met at Shamokin, Pa., will
decide the question of a proposed
strike of 125,000 men.
John YV. Gates in a New Y ork
court has testified that he had
.$1,000,000 in 1897 and increased
it to $5,000,000 in one year.
Another $1,500,000 in gold
was deposited at the Sub-Treas
urv in New York Saturday for
transfer to San Francisco, Cal.
The Louisville and Nashville
Railroad has been indicted in
Kentucky for charging less than
the regular freight ratesongrain
shipments.
The Pittsburg grand jury has
returned three true bills against
Mrs. Catherine Soffel, charging
her with aiding the Piddle broth
ers to escape from prison.
Denbigh Hall, at Rryn-Mawr
College, which was burned Sun
day night, is to be rebuilt at once.
Girl students bad $25,000 of
personal property burned.
Seven members of the life-sav
ing crew and five sailors were
drowned off Monomoy Station,
Mass., Monday, in the effort to
rescue the YVardena'e crew.
The Kentucky legislature has
repealed the law which allowed
women to vote for school trus
tees in that State. The reason
for the repeal was that negro
women had held the balance of
power in some of the towns and
cities.
A charter has been applied for
at Atlanta for the Georgia Lum
ber and Development Company,
with a capital of $5,000,000.
The applicants for the charter
are Charles Berry. Michel Jacobs
and Charles W. Phillips, all of
New York.
Mrs. Amelia Steele, 70 years
old, has been granted a divorce
at Hartford, Conn., from (leorge
S. Steele, of Burnside. The hus
band is only a few years her jun
iors It I as stated that the old
lady's sickly condition was due
altogether to the husband's cru
elty, upon which ground the de
cree was granted.
Rev. Rudolph Duenger. I>. It.,
the oldest minister of the Reform
ed Church in the Crated States,
died Sunday night at Ashland,
Pa., aged 04. His health has
been failing for some time and
while lying in bed early Sunday
morning he was seized with a
paralytic stroke, which resulted
in his death. He was ordained
in 1 88 i. I
The position of Commissioner
(ieneral of Immigration has beeu
tendered by the President to
Frank 1*. Sargent, chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, to succeed T. V. Powderly,
the present incumbent.
Larry McKee, a messenger in
employ of the Adams Express
Company at Mattoon, 111., is
missing, and a package contain
ing $80,000 it is said has also
disappeared. The package was
sent from Brazil, ind., to St.
Louis in McKee's charge.
William A Eddy, a weather
observer of Bayonne, X. J., re
ported that a slight earthquake
was noticeable in Bayonne early
Saturday. The vibrations were
recovered on his seismographs,
but were only slightly percepti
ble to residents. The tremor was
the fourth this month.
Mrs. M. C. S. Noble, wifeof Prof.
Noble of the chair of pedagogy
in the State University, died in
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Balti
more. Md., Thursday night. Mrs.
Noble had been in failing health
sincelastsummer, when an opera-1
tion was performed, and she was
recently taken to Johns Hopkins
for treatment. Her remains were
taken to Wilmington, her old
home, for burial. Her husband
and two children survive.
Returns at Indianapolis, Ind..
from Saturday's Republican pri
maries show that Newton Booth
Tarkington, author of "The
Gentleman from Indiana" and
"Monsieur Beaucaire," has re
ceived the highest vote of any
candidate for the Legislature, al
though there were 14 candidates
and seven to be chosen. Every
precinct shows that he ran from
one to three votes ahead of the
other candidates. His total vote
will exceed that of the man re
ceiving the next highest by near
ly <>00.
.J
Some Interesting School Statistics.
Some very interesting school
statistics were figured up yester
day in the office of the Superin
tendent of Public Instruction.
They show the great improve
ment that was wrought in the
public school system for 1900 to
1901.
The number of white districts
in 1901 was 5,483, and colored
2,559. This was a gain of (51
white and 71 colored districts.
There were 5,411 white schools ?
taught in 1901, as against 5 047
in 1900, a gain of 3G4; and 2,418
colored schools taught in 1901,
as against 2,344 in 1900, a gain
of 74, making a total increase of j
438. The to'al number of schools
taught in 1901 was 7,829.
The number of white districts
having no school in 1901 was,
only 72. In 1900 this number |
was 379. There were 141 colored
districts without a school in
1901; the corresponding number
in 1900 was 144. This shows a
tremendous gain in the white
schools.
There were in 1901 29 Croatan
school districts in Robeson
county and two in Scotland
county. Of these 29 schools
were taught.?Raleigh News and
Observer, 11th.
To Cure a Cold in One Dav
Take Laxative Broino Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund
the money if it fails to cure. K. W.
drove's signature is on each box.
25 cents.
The total value of merchan
dise imported into the Philip
pines during the eight months
ended August 31, 1001, was
$10,018,596, against $14,580,
457 for the same period of 1000,
and t lie total value of merchan-1
dise exported during those eight
months was $10,03o,405,against
$15,028,015 for the same period
of 1000.
Surgeon's knife Not Needed.
Surgery is no longer necessary
to cure piles. Be Witt's Witcn
Ha/el Salve cures such eases at
once, removing the necessity for
dangerous, painful and expensive
operations, For scalds, cuts,
burns, wounds, bruises, sores and
skin diseases it is unequalled,
Beware of counterfeits Hare A
Son, J. It. Ledbetter, Hood Bros..
Benson Drug Co.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Items of Interest from Wash
ington City.
Some ot the Week's Happenings
in anil out of the Halls ot
Congress.
KeuresentDive Otey,of Virgina, j
Monday introduced a bill appro
priating $100,OOO,OOO uk a
"good roads fund" to improve
the highways of the country.
The senate passed the ship
subsidy hill of Monday by a vote
42 to.11. Six republicans voted
against it, and Senator McLaurin,
of South Carolina, voted for it.
It is said General Miles' plan
for pacifying t lie Filipinos con
templated sending a party of
Cubans and I'orto Hicunstothe
archipelago to tell how they are
faring.
ITrig.-Gen. Frederick Funston
visited the White Honse and
War Department Saturday. It
is probable lie will not return to
the Philippines unless he wishes
to do so.
The Lower House of Congress
Friday passed a resolution
authorizing the Secretary of War
to loan tents for the Confederate
veterans' reunion at Dallas, Tex
as, April 22d.
Representative Hill, of Con
necticut, Las introduced a bill for
the coinage of the silver bullion
in the Treasury purchased under
the Act of July )+, 181)2, into
subsidiary silver coin.
The War Department has
abandoned hope of ever again
hearing from Second Lieutenant
Paul D. Stockly, Twenty-first In
fantry, who disappeared in the
Philippines a year ago.
The Republican members of
the House Committee on Rules
have decided to report favorably
a resolution providing for the
appointment of a committee of
Id to investigate the suffrage
question in several States.
Capt. Benjamin F. Tilley, for
mer Governor of the Island of
Tutuila, Samoan group, will be
appointed captain of the Mare
Island Navy Yard. Rear-Admiral
Louis Kempff is expected to be
made commandant of the same
yard.
Prominent members of the
Democratic Congressional Com
mittee, which is to meet on the
night of March 21) for the purpose
of electing a chairman, have not
yet lost all hope of inducing Sen
ator elect Arthur P. Gorman, of
Maryland, to accept the post.
Senator Penrose, chairman of
the Committee 011 Immigration,
has submitted a report on the
Chinese Lxclusion bill. He says
that the sentiment of the Amer
ican people is crystallized against
the admission of Chinese labor
to compete with the workingmen
of the I'nited States.
It is announced that Frank P.
Sargent, Grand Master of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive
I'icemen, lias oeen ottered trie
Commissioner-Generalship of Im
migration to succeed T, V. Pow
derly, who, it is alleged, has not
been in entire harmony with
other treasury officials.
It was officially announced at
the Census Bureau Monday morn
ing that on March 31 another
wholesale reduction of the force
will be made, and the gloom in
the Bureau was profound. The
Census Office force now comprises
about 2200 men and women,
having been reduced from 3<>00.
The nomination by the Presi
dent of Arent S. Crowinshield to
be a Hear Admiral has been an
nounced. The confirmation of
this nomination will give an op
portunity for a revival of the
Sampson - Schley controversy.
The friends of Admiral Schley
held Crowinshield responsible for
most of his trouble. Those Sen
ators representing the Adminis
tion will do all possible to secure
the quiet and speedy confirma
tion of Crowinshield, so as to em
phasize the President's declara
tion that the entire Sampson
Schlev controversy is forever
ended.
BENSON BUDGET.
11 ill street extension is now
open.
Mrs. J. Ij. Hall is visiting in
Buie's Creek section.
Mrs. .1. \V. Wliittenton is visi
ting in Anson county.
Will Grimes and Gaston Lee
are congratulating each other.
Benson will he a "dry town"
hereafter, that is, so far as ditch
ing will dry it.
Cavenaugb & Benson will build
a large frame store house oppo
site Seth Allen & Bro.
Mr. .1 F. I'. Stewart will buy
eggs and sell groceries for J. R.
Woodall this season.
Many residences are going up
in the Ryals Addition, and that
will soon be the fashionable part
of our city.
Mrs. Godwin, mother of Mrs.
L. U. Creech, died Friday. She
was very old and has been feeble
for a long time.
Bob Smith is pushing his tele
phone in many directions, and
soon the neighbors will converse
with each other from their fire
sides.
Kev. P. I>. Woodall, of Rocky
Mount, is here to attend themar
riage of his brother, F. L. Wood
all, to Miss Hettie Sanderford,
of near Clayton.
The people either have faith,
are adventurous or don't expect
to pay their debts next fall, for
they are hauling fertilizers just
like they did last spring.
Photographer Hamilton, of
South Carolina, has erected his
gallery near Mrs. Broughton's
millinery store, and promisesnot
to make you look uglier than
you are.
Benson is to have a Sash and
Blind Factory. We trust this is
the begining of what will make
our town one of the "hives of in
dustry" that make our county
prosperous.
Ira Creech, son of J. Willis
Creech, and Charles Barber, son
of Perrin Barber, after staying
in the railroad office here six
months passed creditable exami
nations at Wilmington and both
have been assigned to duty.
PER LIN A NOIES.
Master Walter King was a visi
tor in Wake Saturday and Sun
day.
Mr. C. H. King attended ser
vices at Sandy Grove Church
Sunday.
Messrs. Junie Johnson Jand T.
A. Watkins spent Sunday in
Benson.
Mr. G. L. Stephenson, of Har
nett, was 11 the neighborhood
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Stephenson
visited relatives in Wake Satur
day and Sunday.
Mr. Jas. W. Stephenson re
turned home from llarnett Sat
urday from a visit to his sister,
Mrs. A. L). Coats.
Mr. J. L. Johnson, Photo
grapher. is now doing work on a
large seule, giving much pleasure
to his many patrons.
Miss Lou Young is home from
teaching school in Lunar. Her
friends are glad to learu that she
taught a successful school from
beginning to end.
Misses Florence and Bertha
Johnson, two of Benson'scharni
ing young ladies, are guests this
week at the home of their uncle,
Mr. \V. T. Johnson.
Seemingly there will be more
of "the golden weed" planted in
this section than formerly, this
year, for the general topfeof con
versation is "tobacco.
We learned recently that .\|r.
Dallie Johnson, formerly of this
section, but now of SmithHcld,
has been called to Williamston
to do some carpenter's \ irk.
His many friends wish him -ac
cess. ?
Jack and (It i*r.
Car of Hour just received at
Boyett Bros. iV (Sodwin's.