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VOL. 21. SMIT HFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1902. NO. 12.
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 State Press Association
will hold the annual meeting at
Hendersonville, June 2"> and 20
Work has begun on theOberon
Cotton Mill, in the suburbs of
Burlington. The plant will cost
.*200,000.
A meteoric tftone weighing
about tenpoundsfellatSt. Louis,
Mo., Tuesday morning. It seems
to be composed of iron, and is
strongly impregnated with sul
phur, being so hot at. first that
it could not be handled.
Work has begun on the exten
sion of the Cape Fear and North
ern Railway from Angier, in
Harnett county, to Dunn, on the
Atlantic Coast Line. The other
terminus of this road is Apex, on
the Seaboard Air Line.
(ioliad, Tex., May 20.?With
the death of three of the persons
iujured in Sunday's tornado the
total number of dead is ninety
five. 11 is believed at least twenty
more of the 100 persons who
were injured cannot survive.
The bronze statue of Count de
Rochanibeau, who brought the
forces of France across the sea at
the hour of greatest peril in the
American revolution, was un
^ veiled on Lafayette Square.
Washington, I). C., on Saturday.
The entire northeastern por
tion of Iowa was submerged by
a .cloudburst Wednesday, when
eight inches of wa er fell within
30 minutes. The damage at
Decorah alone is estimated at
$000,000;' two lives were lost
there.
Chicago, May 21 .?The hi. best
price for Texas cattle in the his
toj'.v of the stock yards was paid
today for a carload belongin<r to
Charles McFarland of Aledo, Tex.
The cattle averaged 1,235!
pounds. The price paid was
$0,85 a hundred pounds.
Connellsville, Pa., May 20.?
The Break-neck reservoir, three
miles from herein the mountains,
broke early this morning and the
five million gallon tank flooded
White Hun valley, sweeping away
houses, railroad bridges, barns,
fences and crops. No lives were,
lost.
Cincinnati, May 20.?Shortly
after 11 o'clock today this local
ity was stricken by a terrific
wind and rainstorm, causing the
loss of a half dozen lives and in
juring many. The fury of the
storm continued only a half hour,
but in that time over a million
dollars of damage was done.
P.ritish ambassador Pauncefot
died in Washington City on
Saturday last at 8 o'clock.
He was the Deau of the Diplo
matic Corps and was considered
one of the most astute diplomats
in the service of any government.
His remains will rest inthiseoun
try until after the coronation in
June when they will be trans
ported to England by a warship
of our navy.
The Goldsboro Headlight says
that the Southern Railway is
making active preparations for
the erection of a steel suspension
bridge over Little river, thereby
supplying a long-felt want. The
old wooden covered bridge which
spans the river, and which was
built 48 years ago, is still in good
condition but an eyesore to .ad
vance railroading. Thus the old
landmarks are gradually passing
away.
Waterloo, la.. May 22.?A
doubletrack electric railway from
the borders of Canada to the
gulf of Mexico will be a realization j
within the next few years, if the
plans of a syndicateof the Missis
sippi vallev with Judge John
Porter of Eldero, la , at the head,
are carried out The railway, ?'?
cording to present plans, will
start near the Lake of the Woods
and will follow the Mississippi
valley to the gulf.
IS IT PEACE?
London Regards The South Atrican
War as Over.
Loudon, May 2:5.?The Associ
ated Press has every reason to
believe that peace in South Afri
ca is practically secured. How
soon it will be announced de
pends, apparently more upon
the convenience of the Boer lead
ers than upon the inclination of
the Boer Government. The pri
vate and official advices received
tonight in London from South
Africa are to the same conclu
sions. The delay is technical,
and the termination of the long
war set ins to be the desire of both
sides and the leaders. The lat
ter, however, are unable to con
vince all their followers of the
wisdom of acquiescing in the
terms of peace.
Were the Boers a thoroughly
disciplined force, dependent upon
the ac'ion of their general offi
cers, peace would probably be
proclaimed tonight; but both
Be Wet and the other generals
stem themselves unable positive
ly to guarantee the degree to
which their example will be fol
lowed.
The Britis public is still quite
ignorant of the course of events
in South Africa, and there are no
demonstrations tonight on the
London streets, although on all
sides the question asked is "is it
peace?" On the other hand, the
stock exchange throughout the
day was a seething mass of
brokers, who eagerly bought
South African shares, while long
after the closing of the exchange
nearly a thousand brokers
crowded Thro niorton street
and did a frantic curb business
on the strength of the peace out-!
look.
Warning: Was Unheeded.
Fort De France, Martinique,
May 20,?It is now fully known
here that the lives of all in St. J
l'ierre might have been saved
had it not been for the action of
Governor Mouttet.
He had been given official warn
ing of the impending cataclysm,
and that warning reached him
several days before the disaster
of May S. He chose to disregard
it, and even went so far as to
order that the warning should
be kept from the public.
Professor Landes, of the Uni
versity of St. Pierre, had been
instructed by Governor Mouttet
to make an investigation of
Mount Pelee. At the imminent
risk of his life Professor Landes
went to tie crater of the volcano.
I le found that the forces at work
were such as to make an explo
sion certain.
Hurrying back to St. Pierre, he
sent a cipher dispatch to the
Governor, in which he gave the
warning that the volcano would
not hold itself in check much
longer. He even went so far, it
is said, as to predict the destruct
ion of St. Pierre not later than
May 8.
Instead of acting on the advice
of Professor Landes, the Gover
nor went to St. Pierre and tried
to allay the fears of its inhabi
tants. He ordered the Professor
to say nothing about the con
clusions reached.
The Governor said that if Sr.
Pierre was destroyed he would
remain to share the fate of the
inhabitants. Professor Landes
acquiesced, saying he, too, would
remain. Moth lost their lives May
8, though the Governor, it is
believed, tried to escaped when
it was too late. The cipher mes
sage of warning sent by Professor
Landes is still in existence.?By
the Associated Press.
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Mont Pelee Still Active.
Fort <le Friince, Martinique.
May 28th, 5 p. in.?A tremendous
explosion of very black smoke
from Mont I'elee at a quarter
before 9 o'clock this morning ac
centuated the fearentertained for
the safety of George Kennan, the
American author, who, with a
land party, has been examining |
the northern part Of the island.
At about 11 o'clock this morn
ing Fernand Clerc, a wealthy
Janded proprietor of Martinique,
arrived here and announced that
Mr. Kennan and his party were
safe on a plantation at the north
end of the island.
Prof. Robert T. Hill. United
States Government Geologist and
head of the expedition sent to
Martinique by the National
Geographic Society, who left Fort
lie France Monday on horseback
for the volcano, returned lure
this morning. He was complete
ly worn out by his trip.
Speaking personally of his ex
pedition to Mont I'elee, Professor
Hill said:
.\ly attempt to examine trie
crater of .Mont Pelee has been fu
tile. 1 succeeded, however, in
getting very close to Morne
Kouge. At 7o'clock.Mondav night
1 witnessed, from a point near
the ruins of St. Pierre, a frighLful
explosion from Mont Pelee and
noted the accompanying phe
nomena. While those eruptions
continue no sane man should
attempt to ascend to the crater
of the volcano. Following the
salvos of detonations from the
mountain gigantic mushroom
shaped columns of smoke and
cinders ascended into the clear,
starlit sky and then spread, in a
vast black sheet, to the south
and directly over my head.1
Through this sheet, which ex
tended a distance of ten miles
from the crater, vivid and aw
ful lightning-like bolts flashed
with alarming frequency. They
following distinct paths of igni
tion, but were different from
lightning in that the bolts were
horizontal and not perpendicu
lar. This is indisputable evi
dence of the explosive oxidation
of the gases after they left tin
crater. This is a most complete
observation and explains, in
part, the awful catastrophe.
This phenomenon is entirely new
in volcanic history.
"I took many photographs,
but do not hesitate to acknowl
edge that I was terrified. But 1
was not the only person so
frightened. Two newspaper cor
respondents who were close to
Morno Couge some hours before
me became scared, ran three
miles down the mountaing and
hastened into Fort Be France.
"The people on the north end
of the island are terrified and are
fleeing with their cattle and ef
fects. I spent Tuesday night in
j a house at Deux Choux with a
crowd of 200 frightened refugees.
"Nearly all of the phenomena of
these volcajiic outbreaks are new
to science and many of them
have not been explained. The
volcano is still intensely active,
and 1 cannot make any predic
tions as to what it will do."
Madried, May 21.?The royal
bull tight, which is'the most tip
ically Spanish feature of the
festivities in connection with the
coming of age of King Alfonso,
occurred this afternoon in the
presence of the king, queen
mother, the royal family, the
Spanish nables and the special
envoys. ?
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Chicago, May 20.?Daniel
Costello, the veteran showman
who at one time was the partner
of L\ T. barnum. is dying in this
city at the county hospital He
has been ill two weeks with pneu
monia. Atone time M r. Costello's
fonune was estimated at more
than #1,000,000, but he lost it
all in a mining venture.
BENSUN ACADEMY COMMENCE
MENT.
Most Prosperous Tenn-Prot. Mad
dry's Address- Debate and Con
test?Blounts Lecture?Ball
Game.
On Friday lust. May 2.'i, the
.Annual Commencement of Beu
Bon Academy took place. There
were only dav exercises by the
school, Mr. Biount lecturing at
night.
While the attendance during
the school year just ended has
exceeded by thirty per cent, that
of any previous year the pro
gram at the close, though a good
one, was not so long as usual.
Heretofore preparations were
made for "big commencements"!
and for the past two years when
the event occurred the crowd was
immense, numbering from two to
three thousand. Amoug this,
crowd there was ever present a
number of "toughs" or "rowdies"
who made it disagreeable for the
better class of people.
The moral tendency of the old
regime was doubted, and it was
determined to start out on new
line.-. The long list of entertain
ing plays usually rendered at
night was omitted; the contest
in declamation, recitation and
debate took place as usual. The
desired result was secured as the
very best order prevailed in the
tow n aud at the academy.
The following programme was
rendered by the smaller pupils of
the primary department:
Welcome?Two Little Girls.
Spring?Vada Stewart.
The Country Girl?Lillie Wool
ard.
Occupations of Girls?Six Girls.
Throwing Kisses?Vada Boone.
Not So Easy?Ernest Hutch
iugs.
The Nut Party?Six Boys and
Girls.
The Bluebirds' Heturn?Chris
tiana Holmes.
Wash-day?Beatrice Goodrich
When I'm a Man?Ten Boys.
A Little School (with dolls)?
Maude Hall.
Hippit V-- Hoppity ? Ho! ? Six
Boys.
The Minuet?Nora Hawley.
The Sick Baby?A Boy and Girl
The way in which these pieces
were rendered spoke well for the
teacher, Miss Mary E. Thornton.
The music accompanying was
fine.
HIGHKK DEI'AKTMK.NT.
At II a. in. the debate began
The Query?Should tiiris have
Better School Training than
Boys'.' was discussed in thealtirm
ative by W. M. Wood all and W.
Royal, aud in the negative by
S. T. Hodges and C' It Young.
'Idle debate was excellent anil
was listened to with moreinterest
perhaps than any ever witnessed
here. As the debate was in pro
gress an alarm that tire had
broken out in town only caused
temporary panic; the people at
once reassembled and the discus
sion was resumed. Woman as a
"help-mate," as a teacher (both
in the family and school), as
house-keepers,rulers,authoresses,
inventresses, a strong intellect to
make up for weak bodies, etc.,
men made by the Creator the
natural head; figured through
Holy writ as patriarchs, proph
ets, apostles; built up civiliza
tions, made discoveries, sought
out inventions not on'y for men's
benefit, but for women's as well;!
developed the sciences and estab
lished governments.
After hearing the discussion the
committee decided that the nega
tive won, and that W. R. Royal
made the best speech.
The Address.
The first to be heard in the
afternoon was the very able ad
dress by Prof. Chas. K. Maddrv,
of Orange county. His theme
North Carolina and her Public
Schools?was handled in a mas
terly way. He held it to be true
that the special tax plan was the
only hope for North Carolina.
Career districts would help.
With more money, better school
houses, better desks and appar
atusand better teachers all would
result. He spoke of our obliga
tions made by adopting the Con
stitutional Amendment, and as a
consequence the great educa
tional awakening over t he State
Me spoke feelingly of our great
Governor, how hard he was labor
ing in the cause of public educa
tion, how with him the greatest
educators in the State assembled
and addressed the people in North
Carolina showing the illiteracy,
i'rof. Maddry is Superintendent
of the Public Schools in Orange.
His speech here was pronounced
one of the best educational
speeches ever delivered here.
Contest in Recitation and
Declamation.
Prof. Canaday gives a gold
medal to the best reciter, and the
society gives another to the best
declaimer. There were fifteen of
the girls and young ladies, and
fifteen of the boys and young
men who contested. A complete
list of all the names and subjects
would take up much space so
they are not given. Suffice it to
say that this part of the pro
gram was the best ever witnessed
here.
The committee decided that
Miss Esther Thornton, of Samp
son county, was best reciter and
Mr. S. T. Hodges, of Harnett,
was best declaimer. Medals were
awarded these.
All then repaired to the ba.se
ball ground and tvitness m1 an in
teresting game, it being a con
test between married men and
single ones. This resulted in a
victory for the married nine.
At night a large audience re
assembled at the academy to
hear the inimitable lecturer.
Henry Blount. His lecture "Be
yond the Alps lies Italy" was
both entertaining and fitting to
bovs and girls going out from
school to climb the mountains
for success.
The names of pupils who made
the greatest progress for the
whole term were read as follows:
Herman Boone, Let.tie Ryals,
Julia Canaday, Ed. Holmes, Eva
Maddrv, Beatrice Goodrich.
The same faculty will be con
tinued and the next session will j
open August 4fh. There may be
one month summer training
school. J. L. W.
A Republican's Estimate of aRepub
lican Administration.
"Thin war, if .you call it war.
has gone on for three years. It
will ? on in some form for 300
years unless your policy be aban
doned You will undoubtedly
have times of peace and quiet, or
pretended submission. You will
buy men with titles or offices or
salaries. You will intimidate cow
ards You will yet pretended
and fawning submission. The
land will smile and smile and
seem at peace. But the volcano
will be there. The lava will break
out again. You can never settle
this thing until you settle it
right."'
"You have wasted $600,000,
000. You have sacrificed nearly
10,000 American lives?the flower
of our youth. You ha^e slain
uncounted thousands of the peo
ple you desire to benefit Your
generals are coming home from
their harvest, bringing their
sheaves with them in the shape
of other thousands of sick and
wounded and insane, to dragout
miserable lives, wrecked in bodv
and mind. You make the Amer
ican flag in theeyes of a numerous
people the emblem of sacrilege in
Christian churches I know that,
in general, our officers are hu
mane, but in some cases they
have carried on your warfare
with a mixture of American in
genuity and Castijian crueltv."?
Senator George F. Hoar, of Mas
sachusetts. (rep.)
HolJs up a congressman.
"At the end of the campaign,"
writes 1,'hamu Clark, Missouri's
brilliant congressman, "from
overwork, nervous tension, loss
of si vp and constant speaking I
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SELMA NEWS.
Mrs. C. J. Owens, of Weldon, is
visiting Mrs. Etheredge.
Mrs. C. W. Richardson went to
Raleigh Thursday to visit rela
tives.
Mrs. J. A. Spiers, Jr.. spent a
few hours in Raleigh Wednesday
shopping.
Miss Julia Robertson, of Clay
ton. is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
W. 11. Hare.
Mrs. Rozetta Vick returned
home Monday from a visit to her
daughter, Mrs. Alex. Martin, of
Su miner ville, S. C.
Miss Mattie Ellington, who has
been visiting Miss Fannie Jack
son, returned to her home in
Manchester, Va., Saturday.
Miss Rosa 15 Richardson, who
has been teaching at Yadkin
College, and Win. Richardson, Jr.,
who has been at the A. & M. Col
lege returned to Selina Wednes
day.
The Trustees of the Selina
Graded Schools have re-elected
1'rof. T. T. Candler as Superin
tendent, Mr. C. N. Peeler as Prin
cipal, re-elected Misses Nannie E.
Richardson and Marion Preston
as teachers and also elected Miss
Mamie (1. Tuck as a teacher of
the white school, and Willie S.
King, Principal and Laura J.
Atkinson teacher of the colored
school. The next session will
open on Monday, August 18tli,
11)02, and continue, with a week
for Christmas, nine months.
Sknex.
Pou at Front Royal.
We clip the following from the
Raleigh Tost, indicating that
our townsman and congressman
is appreciated away from home
as well as in his own district.
Front Royal, Va., May 23.?
Special.?Representative E. W.
I'ou delivered the memorial ad
dress here today before an
audience of fifteen hundred people.
The eloquent young North Caro
lina captivated his Virginia
audience on the historic battle
ground, where Jackson won nota
ble victories. ilis tribute to Eee
brought tears totheeyesof many
oF the old veterans.
Judge Cook, who introduced
Mr. Pou, arose at the conclusion
of the speech to express his ap
preciation of the effort which he
declared to be the best memorial
address ever delivered here. A
delegation of veterans waited on
Mr. Pou for the purpose of secur
ing the manucript so as to
publish it in pamphlet form.
While in Front Royal Mr. Pou
was the guest of the town, and he
expressed himself as delighted
with his reception.
This was the anniversary of
the battle of Front Royal which
is celebrated as memorial day.
BE/VSLEY NOTES.
Miss Parker left for her home
near Benson the 24th.
Mr. Sam Hudson, who has been
in school at Preston Academy,
left for his home at Turkey, Samp
son county, the 24th
Rev. Grumpier, the great sanc
tificationist, preached at St.
John's, the New Holiness church,
near here last Saturday and Sun
day. He organized a church
there Sunday.
The school at Preston Academy
taught by Miss S. Anna Parker,
closed the 23rd. We did not have
any commencement exercises but
Miss Parker took the school over
to Blackmail's pond to spend the
afternoon fishing and boat riding,
which was enjoyed exceedingly
by all present. The fish were not
caught in large nundiers, but the
boat races were just tine.
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