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VOL. 21. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 2. 1902. NO. 8.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
Brief Summary of the Week's
Happenings.
Some of the Most Important News ot
the World L o n d e n s e d tor the
Readers of the Herald.
A $100,000 oyster combine
was formed at Norfolk, Va., Mon
day.
The Lower House of Congress
fassed 145 private pension bills
"riday.
Andrew Carnegie has offered
Binghampton, N. Y., $75,000 for
a library.
United States Consul-General
William McKinlev Osborne died
in London Tuesday.
Sol Smith Russell, the well
known actor, died in Washington
Monday with hiccoughs.
Two hundred horses were ship
ped from Norfolk, Ya., Monday
ior use by the British in South
Africa.
A locomotive on the Lacka
wanna railway exploded near
Dover, N. J., Monday and turned
completely over, killing the en
gineer and fireman.
The (Jaliiornia express, east
bound, on the Atchison road,
was wrecked near Medill, Mo.
Tuesday five persons were killed
and twenty-three injured.
Reports from various sections of
Wyoming indicate that the unex
pected storm of last week killed
12,000 or 13,000 sheep, the
losses running from 20 to 10 per
cent.
Three persons were killed and
about 30 injured, eight probably
fatally, in the cyclone which
swept over Joplan. Mo., Friday.
The property loss is estimated
at $100,000.
President Roosevelt may make
an extended tour of the South
next fall. He has half-promised
some Southern people to go as
far as New Orleans, for he is im
bued with the idea of personally
greeting the people.
Last Tuesday at Uermantown,
near Philadelphia, Dr. Harry H.
Price was married to Miss Susan
Turnbull. of Worcester, Mass.,
who has been his sweetheart for
forty years. Dr. Price is 6.V
years old and his bride 70.
By the explosion Saturday af
ternoon of the upper powdt r mill
of the Shenandoah Powder Com
pany, at Kreb's station, about
tour miles from Shenandoah,Va.,
five employes were instantly kill
ed and all the buildings of the
plant were blown to pieces.
Thomas Foley, of English, Ind.,
is suing for divorce on the
grounds of cruelty. During a
drunken spree his wife tied his
hands and feet, rubbed salt on
his face, hands, and clothing and
left him in the field where the
cattle might lick him to death.
John Morris, of West I >a y,
Saratoga county, X. V , thinks
he is the oldest man in the State.
He was born in Canada, and
while he thinks it was in 1780, he
has no way of proving it. He
lives on a small farm with his
wife, who is almost a centena
rian.
Owing to failing sight Elias
Leinbach. who continuously since
July, 1N.~8, has been the post
master at Leinbachs, I'a., has
tendered his resignation, no take
effect at once. He is the oldest
postmaster in point of service in
the United Siates. He has been
a Republican since the formation
of the party, but because of his
popularity was not disturbed
during Democratic anminisfra
tions.
Hon. J. Sterling Morton, of
Nebraska, who was Secretary of
Agriculture in the last Cleveland
cabinet, died Sunday afternoon
at the home of his son at Lake
Forest, ill. Mr. Morton was 70
years old and had been in failing
health for several weeks, but his
death was a great surprise to his
friends. Mr. Morton was born
in New York but located in Ne
braska in the 50s. He had been
engaged in newspaper work the
most of his life.
SOUTHERN EDUCATIONAL CON
FERENCE.
An Enthusiastic Gathering ot Educa
tors at Athens?Gov. Aycock's
Speech.
The auDual meeting of the gen
eral education board, which has
for its object the promotion of
education in the South, was held
at Athens, Ga., last week and
Gov. Aycock, of North Carolina,
was one of the principal speakers.
A dispatch from Athens says:
Governor Aycock's subject was
"Education and the Voluntary
Tax." He was repeatedly inter
rupted by applause and when he
ceased speaking the entire audi
ence rose to cheer him. Governor
Aycock said that the State of
North Carolina had determined
that every child of the State,
white and black, should be edu
cated. If there were some who
do not think that the negroes
ought to be educated, he did not
agree with them. No uneducated
force, he said, could do as good
work as one that had been train
ed. The speaker's closing words
to the audience and to the North
ern visitors told how the North
and the South, once contending
for union and independence, were
now united in a more glorious
independence than had ever been
eninvpd.
Hon. Hoke Smith, another
speaker, referred to the address
of Gov. Aycock and said he wish
ed that all politicians were as
manly and pure as the Governor
of North Carolina. The speaker
declared that every man, before
he voted for a candidate for pub
lic office, should ascertain now
that man stood on the school
question. Reviewing the great
amount of money which the
South contributed to the cause
of negro education, Mr. Smith
said he spoke of the offering not
as a subject for which the people
of the South deserved praise, but
as showing their intelligence and
justice. "Would we be so fool
ish," he said, "as to leave half
our population groveling in ig
norance? These black people did
not come here of their own ac
cord. We brought them, they can
not go away and we do not want
them to go. Then it becomes
our duty to educate the minds
and hearts of the negroes as ?-e
svould educate the minds and
hearts of the whites."
At Saturday's session the gen
eral educational board proposed
to make the following donations,
under conditions named, to the
cause of education in Georgia:
four thousand five hundred dol
lars, oi.e-half of the balance nec
essary to complete the Winnie
Davis Memorial Hall; $7,500 to
provide 50 three-year scholar
ships of $50 each at the Georgia
State Normal School, to dupli
cate the 4(5 scholarships provided
bv the women of Georgia; an
offer to duplicate for a neriod of
three years all new scholarships
of ?"?() each that the women of
Georgia may provide before Jan
uary 1, l'.HKh to a number not
exceeding fifty. The total con
tributions will amount to about
#1 !),."?<)<>.
A Dray Load ot Pennies.
Herman Boyce, a German gro
cer, has made a fad of saving
pennies for 21) years. Today he
deposited them in a bank.
There were ID,700 pennies,and
the bulk was so heavy that he
had to take it to the bank on a
dray.?Goshen, Ind., Dispatch.
Holds up a Congressman.
"At the end of the campaign,"
writes Champ Clark, Missouri's
brilliant congressman, "from
overwork, nervous tension, loss
of sleep and constant shaking I
had about utterly collapsed. It
seemed that all the organs in my
body were out of order, butthree
bottles of Electric Bitters made
me all right. It's the best all
around medicine ever sold over
a druggist's counter." Over
worked, run-down men and weak,
sickly women gain splendid health
and vitality from Electric Bitters.
Try them. Only 50c. Guaranteed
by Hood Bros.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
i Some Happenings of the Week
Tersely Told.
Many Items of Interest Concerning
Tarheeldom Clipped and Culled
From the State Press.
Mr. \V. YV. Mills, of Biscoe, has
given $1,000 to the Methodist
orphanage at Raleigh.
Mr. Douglas Miller, of Albany,
N. Y., has bought 1,000 acres of
mountain land near Asheville to
establish a sheep ranch.
A company has just been or
ganized at High Point for the
manufacture of youth's pants.
The capital stock is $15,000.
According to the census reports
North Carolina with 203,025
acres in tobacco raised 129,598,
400 pounds valued at $8,038,
691.
State Treasurer Lacy has ap
pointed P. B. Fleming, of Louis
burg, teller in the State Treasury
to succeed Chalmers (ilenn, re
; signed.
The product of North Carolina
lumber business in 1901, was in
j quantity sawed 1,286,638,000
] feet valued at $11,067,909.33.
The south has 11,465 establish
ments, about 33 percent, of the
whole.
While trying to board a mov
ing freight train at Hickory Sat
urday, Coland Whitener. 1 <S
I years old, son of March White
ner, a farmer, fell under the train
and was so badly multilated that
he died. The young man was
trying to "steal a ride."
The harness factory of the
Shaw Harness Company in
Charlotte was completely de
stroyed by fire Sunday morning.
The loss is estimated at $27,000.
The factory and contents were
insured for $20,200. The origin
of the fire is unknown.
The State has chartered the
Southern Brass Company, of
Lexington, with $50,000capital.
It will manufacture furniture.
! hardware, silverware, iron beds,
trimmings, novelties and any
thing made of wood or metal and
will do all kinds of metal plating.
Ex-Judge A. M. Moore died
Thursday at his home at Green
; ville, aged 65. He had been in
feeble health for a lonir time.
Deceased was a prominent attor
ney and was for a time judge of
the eastern district Criminal
Court by appointment of Gov.
Russell.
It is reported that the Cones
are contemplating the erection
in Greensboro of tne largest col
ored cotton goods mill in the
world. Th? mill will be built for
an equipment of 100,000 spin
dles, though only half this num
ber and 2,000 looms will be oper
ated at first.
Sunday night Mr. \V. I!. Rrit
ton, of Timberland. Cumberland
j county, lost by fire his large
barn, just completed, valued at
?81,500, his stable with twelve
tine mules, a car load of corn and
' a car load of hay. llis loss is
estimated at about $4,000. The
origin of the fire is a mystery.
The Southern lbiptist Conven
tion meets in Ashville next week,
the session beginning on Thurs
day, the 8th. The meeting is
expected to be a very large one
The president,ex-Oovernor W. J.
Northern, of Georgia, declines
re-election, and the claimsofRev.
Dr. R. EL Marsh, of Oxford, will
be urged. His friends say that
lie has a strong following for the
position.
Friday morning a freight train
on the Seaboard Air Line stop
ped near the block station at the
Raleigh limits to get orders.
Another freight dashed into its
rear, killing one man. a negro,
and wounding three others seri
ously. The engine plowed throuh
ttie caboose and six freight cars.
The track is parallel with and
eight feet from that of theSouth
ern railway, and both tracks
were blocked. Tne penitentiary
stockade is hut a few feet nwav.
One car was thrown against its
main gateway utterly wrecking
it, the end of the car being inside
the penitentiary enclosure.
County News.
BENSON BUDGET.
Benson Academy commence
ment, May 23d.
Our town is represented at
Charleston this week.
l'lanting is well advanced and
the gardens are promising.
J. W. Holmes and J. W. Whit
tenton are having new residences i
built.
Mrs. Etta Johuson is in I)ur-|
ham called there by sickness of
her sister.
The two-year old child of R. L. (
Flowers died Monday of conges
tion of the brain after 30 hours
sickness.
The junior member of the firm
of R. F. Smith, Sou tk Co., will
furnish the music and the seniors
will foot the bills.
Rev. Mr. Vaughan, temperance
lecturer, begins a ten days lec
ture here in Hudson's warehouse,
! Thursday evening.
J. M. Lawbon says he will play
with his new baby a little whether
your old cart gets mended or not,
but he usually does both.
Sparks from a locomotive set
fire to the woods Monday and
burned much of the fence from
around John Whitman's crop.
The last fakir that left our
j town was profuse in his denun
i ciations of people that wouldn't ,
chunk balls at a hole in a barrel.!
This is mentioned as proof of the
fact that our people are coming
to their senses.
Revenue officers have made it
interesting for distillers lately,
; taking great delight in hacking
up their outfits and otherwise
disposing of the product of their j
plants. In this way J. M, Thorn-1
? ton's factory was shut down and
his machinery shipped off to Ral
eigh. J. I). Johnson's kettle and
cap were pulled out of his barn
loft, he says, and taken to town
for exhibition; and one was found '
in Dismal running on full time,
but nobody has come to claim
it. Thornton's was registered.
Johnson's was waiting for cider
time, and the one in Dismal had
just set up business on its own
hook, it seems.
POLENTA NEWS.
Mr. H. T. Garrard came home
for a short visit Monday.
Preaching at Mt. Zion nextj
Sunday by the pastor, Rev. Mr.
Fisher.
()nlv one white man who resides
in Cleveland township failed to
pay his poll tax before the 1st of
May.
Some of our tobacco planters
have commenced to set out. In
some instances plants are scarce,
others have plenty.
The rural free delivery route
leading out" from Clayton into
this section will begin September
1st. This arrangement wiil give
our people the daily papers from
Raleigh same day they are issued.
The cotton acreage will be much
less than at first anticipated.
(tut of eight or ten farmers inter
viewed all say they have cut off
their crop over half from what it
was last year. Most of them
have gone largely into grain cul
ture, some into tobacco.
Rev. Mr. Mines preached at
Oakland last Sunday morning
and night to large congrega
tions. Mis subject in the morn
ing being, "The wages of sin is
death." Thissubject was handled
with great power and earnest
ness, and evidenced the fact .i hat
the preacher fully believed in the
punishment which the Bible says
every sinner must suffer.
Misses Milly and Mice Bailey,
of Harnett, spent Saturday and
Sunday in the neighborhood,
guests of Miss Addie Barber. Mr.
Bojie, one of Dunn's cleverest
young gentlemen, accompanied
them, lie brought along with
him his photo apparatus with
which he took the photos of sev
eral, which is said to beflnespeci
mens of the art, ami shows Mr.
I ?
Pope's skill in this line. He has
extraordinary music talent, and
with his trombone, which he had
with him, in conjunction with the
organ, played several sacred
Iiieces at divine services at Oak
and last Sunday morning, which
were enjoyed by the whole con
gregation.
Smiihtield had a full delegation
out Sunday at Oakland. Among
them being Mr. and Mrs. J no. O.
Ellington, Mr. Sam Honeycutt,
Mr. W. R. Long, Messrs. Patter
son and Peterson and Capt.
Skinner. So pleased at their visit
are we, that we gave them a cor
dial invitation to come again.
Two.
SELMA SOCIAL CHAT.
Mrs. M. C. Winston, Mrs. R. J.
Noble and Mr. and Mrs.' Wor
tharn spent Monday in Raleigh.
Mr. R. M. Nowell spent Monday
in Raleigh. We understand that
while there he posed for a life
size portrait.
Miss Mattie Ellington, of Rich
mond, Ya., arrived in the eitv
Saturday the guest of Miss Fan
nie Jackson.
Miss Addie McKinne, ef Prince
ton, came up Tuesday to attend
the musical, and was the guest
of the Misses Etheredge.
Last Friday afternoon the j
charming "Bachelor Maids" j
gave an afternoon pic-nic. The
party consisted of the seven
"Uaoholor and oaoao
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bachelors chaperoned by Mrs.
M. C. Winston. It was enjoyed
by all present.
On account of the musical
Tuesday evening the Carrorn
Club was postponed until Friday
evening.
The most enjoyable event of
the season was the musical given
at the Selma Academy Hall
Tuesday evening.
It was quite a success. The
following is the program.
PART I.
1. Instrumental Duet ? Qui
Vive W. (Janz.?Misses Jackson
and Etheredge.
2. Vocal Solo?Happy Day
Carl Cotze.?Miss Ellington.
3. Recitation?Little boy in a
dime museum. ? Miss Maggie
Whitley.
4. Coon song selections?Mr.
Early Hughes.
5. Instrumental Solo?Valse
Caprice.? Miss Pearl Robertson.
6. Vocal Duet?Messrs. Now
ell and Ellington.
PART II.
1. Vocal Duet?Larboard
Watch?Mascheroni. ? Miss El
lington and Mr. Philips.
2. Violin Solo?El Capitan.?
Mr. J. Eden.
8. Recitation?Miss Waddell.
4. Vocal Selection?Miss El
lington.
5. Coon Song Selections?Mr.
Early Hughes.
<>. Quartette?Home Where
The Lillies Bloom?Mrs. Edger
ton, Miss Preston, Mr. Phillips,
Mr. Richardson.
Messrs. R. M. Nowell and X. E.
Edgerton distinguished them
selves by singing "Because I Love
You."
v^uite a luunuer 01 young peo
ple from Clayton came down to
attend the musical.
Mr. Early Hughes, of Raleigh,
spent Tuesday in the city. He
took a very important part in
the musical Tuesday evening.
Every one is looking forward
with much pleasure to the com
mencement exercises of the graded
sc 100I next Wednesday evening.
T. (). B.
SELMA NEWS.
II M. No well went tj Raleigh
Monday.
Mr. Atlas Batten was in town
yesterday.
M. C. Winston spent Wednes
day in Raleigh.
Br. .1. A. (iritfin, of Clayton,
was in town Tuesday.
- Miss MinnieStrachanof Prince
ton, was in our town Tuesday.
Mr. Claude W. Smith, Claim
Agent of the Southern Railway,
spent Wednesday night here, the
truest of his sister, Mrs. Clem
R'chardson.
Miss Mattie Ellington, of Man
chester, Va., is visiting Mies Fan
nie Jackson.
Messrs. C. W. Kicbardson and
N. R. Batten went to Archer
Lodge Monday.
Miss Addie McKinnie was in
our town Tuesday, the guest of
Mrs. R. A. Ashworth.
Mr. Hugh Mitchener and Misses
Nola and Blanche Mitchener at
tended the Fzzell and Youngblood
marriage Wednesday.
Mrs. R. B. Whitley returned
from Raleigh Wednesday where
she has been for a week under the
care of Dr. R. H. Lewis for her
eyes.
The closing exercises of the
colored graded schools will be on
Friday night. They have quite
an elaborate programme. Prof.
John R. Hawkins, President of
Kittrell College (colored) will de
liver an address at 11:30 a. m.
Friday.
The funeral ol the Rev. Ray
Phillips will be preached at Pine
Level by the Rev. John Sasser
at 11 o'clock a. m. on the second
Sunday in May. The Masonic
services will be at the burial
ground at Mr. Ed. T. Futrell's
after the services at the church.
Mrs. T. E. Best, of Chapel Hill;
Mrs Dr. J. B. Robertson, Misses
Pearl Robertson, Nannie Leach,
Culbreth, May Gulley, Lessie
Barnes and Beat rice Ellis and
if ?? * ? *? '
.Messrs. is. m. itooertson, .J. >1.
Turlev, W. H. and I). 0. McCul
lers, VV. E. Stallings. Macon Har
ris, Will Griswold, John Talton
and Arthur Gulley, of Clayton
and Mr. J. Early Hughes, of Ral
eigh, were in town Tuesday even
ing to take part in and attend
the entertainment given by the
ladies of the M. E. Church, which
was greatly enjoyed by all. The
recitations by Misses Whitley and
Waddell were fine. The coon
songs by Mr. J. Early Hughes, of
Raleigh were splendidlv rendered
as was the vocal duet by Messrs.
X. E. Edgerton and Robert Mil
lard Nowell
LEACHBURG ITEMS.
Planting cotton is 1 he order of
the day.
Quite a number of young peo
ple attended services at Oakland
last Sunday.
Mr. H. T. Garrard, of Norfolk,
Ya., came home last week to stay
a short time.
Messrs. Robert Lee and Eu
gene Stevens spent last Sunday
evening in the Perlina section.
The Sabbath School at Shiloh
church contemplate having a
Sunday School pic-nic at the
church some time during the
summer.
There seems to be a great deal
of attraction over in Pleasant
Grove township for our young
dudes from the way they have
been going over recently.
The annual pic-nic at the Old
Banks Bridge on Swift Creek,
near Mr. Starling Johnson's, will
be held Saturday before the sec
ond Sunday in May. Every
body is cordially invited to at
tend with baskets well filled with
good eatables.
"Sol."
An Enjoyable Occasion.
On Friday night April 2">th,
1902, were witnessed the closing
exercises of the school near
Penny, taught by .Miss Lillie
Long.
finite a number of patrons and
friends of the school were delight
ful y entertained from 8 o'clock
to i 1: HO o'clock.
The exercises showed excellent
work by both pupils and teacher.
In addition to the declamations
and recitations which were
enjoyed very much, the piano
solos rendered by Misses Kuby,
and Yerna Penny, Norma Sorrell
and Lovie Austin, were especially
interesting.
Last on the programme was a
song "flood Night" and then
all went home feeling that Miss
Long had won what she justly
deserved, the best wishes of the
patrons and friends and a (hsire
to have her tench for them again
next winter. T. I. 8tti>kxt.