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VOL. 21. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1902. NO. 22.
A GREAT EDUCATIONAL ADDRESS
Ex-Governor Jarvis Speaks to tne
Teachers and Committeemen
ot Johnston County.
The Johnston County Teach
ers' Annual Institute, which has
been in session here for the past
three weeks, closed with a big
educational rally on t'riday last.
The session was largely attended
and, in many respects, was the
most successful session ever held
here. The work, under the su
pervision of Prof. T'oust, the
present able and efficient super
intendent of the Goldsboro grad
ed school, assisted by Prof. Tur
lington, assumed a lively inter
est from the very beginning,
which interest manifested itself
throughout the entire session.
Prof. Poust did a good work;
here, and all agreed that he is
one of the foremost educators of
our State. He is as faithful and
energetic as he is capable and
efficient. Prof. Turlington and
the other teachers of the county
are to be congratulated upon se
curing the services of one so well
fitted for the duties of the school
room.
Before the session had neared
its close it was known that Prof,
Turlington had secured the con
sent of Ex-Governor T. J. Jarvis
to address the Institute on the
subject of education. This fact
alone was sufficient assurance
that there would be a large crowd
present, for North Carolina has
not a more eloquent and enter
taining orator than Governor
?Jarvis. In accordance with the
programme previously arranged
by Prof.Turlington, at 11 o'clock
the procession of teachers, com
mitteemen, school children and
those interested in educa
tion formed in front of the
court house and marched
around the square and back to
the speaker's stand which had
been arranged for the occasion
Prof. J. P. Canaday, principal of
Benson Academy, m a few very
appropriate and well chosen re
ijmrks introduced Gov. .Jarvis to
the audience which greeted him
with loud applause. In part the
Governor said:
"I am glad to see so many in
telligent people present. It is in
dicative of the fact that the best
people are deeply interested in
the greatest of all questions?the
question of education. I note
many changes in Smithfield now
and Smithfield years ago. 1 am
happy to say that these are all
changes for the better. The peo
ple in this, as well as in every
other county ot our Mate, nave
better churches, better homes,
and better school houses than
they had ten years ago, and for
this reason they are happier now
than they were then. The cause
of this prosperity and happiness
is that they are educated. We
live in a wonderful age; it is .a
progressive age. Civilization is
constantly advancing as the
years go by. Fifty years ago it
took two months to get a mes
sage of any kind from the Pacific
coast, and even six months to
get one from England and o^her
parts of the world. It is nob so
now. I hold in my hand a copy
of the N. & <). published in the
city of Raleigh last night, and I
can read of the horrible earth
quake which occurred in the val
ley of Alamos, Cal., only night
before last. Likewise can 1 read
in another column of this same
paper of the improved condition
of King Edward, of Englaud,
which message has been sent from
the Isle of Wight across the
ocean since yesterday. Yes, my
friends, we live in such an ad
vancing age that if we suffer our
children to grow up in ignorance
their lives will bea burden, rather
than a pleasure. In this day
and time a father has no more
right to starve his child's mind
than he has to starve his stom
ach. I*et us educate all the
ehih ren, for it is our moral duty.
We should educate all the chil
dren of North Carolina not only
because it is our moral duty, but
because we have promised to ed
ucate them. In 1808 there was
an educational provision put in
our Constitution. Since then
several amendments have been
lidded. All these amendments
have been discussed time and
again. I know there are some of
you old men here to-day who
were right out there when Vance
and Settle discussed the consti
tutional amendment in 1H7<?.
The convention of 1875 put a
provision in our constitution
which prohibited any discrimina
tion in the education of thewhite
tmd black children. Under that
provision it would have been pos
sible for the Legislature to have
established mixed schools. In
1900 another amendment was
adopted, the effect of which was
to disfranchise 4-5 of the colored
voters, which further states that
after 1908 no child arriving at
the age of 21 shall vote unless
he can read and write. We prom
ised the people that if they would
ratify that amendment we would
educate all the children. We told
Governor Aycock to proclaim it
to the people all over the State
that if they would ratify the
amendment every child should
be taught to read and write.
Therefore, I say that whatever
a Republican may do, a Demo
crat has no right to criticise C.
II. Aycock for what he is doing.
I believe in the theory of univer
sal education, and I don't want
to see any boy disfranchised af
ter 1908 because he can't read
and write There is one way to
prevent it. I jet us levy sufficient
taxes to educate our children,
and then they can walk to the
ballot box in 1908 and vote.
"Everybody would be willing:
to educate their children if it
didn't cost anything.. Iflshould
go into the houses of this town I
would find there many luxuries.
They had to be paid for. We can
have nothing that we don't have
10*1 >ay for. The people get very
nervous when you mention tax
es. They consider taxes a bur
den. 1 hope the time will soon
come when the oeople will not
consider our school tax a burden,
but rather an investment. The
tax which you pay to support
the penitentiary leaves your
cou ty and you never see it
again, but the tax you pay for
the support of your common
schools remains right here at
home. It never leaves your coun
ty. It is an investment.
" 1 here is another thought
which I wish to point outto you.
A ninn told nie the other day
that lie was opposed to paying
school tax because part of it
went to educate the negro child
ren. I asked him if he wasn't op
posed to paying taxes to educate
anybody's children. 'Well,' said
he, 'to tell the truth I am.' Four
years ago, in the spring of 1808,
the United States declared war
atrainst Spain We called U r
volunteers. The patriotism and
love of the country was stirred
and appealed to. Then .you old
farmers paid taxes You remem
ber you had to stick a stamp on
checks to draw out of the banks
your own money. What was it
all for? Simply to freetheinhab
itants of Cuba from the Spanish
yoke. And who were the people
of Cuba? One half of them were
negroes and the ot her half were
half negroes. Yet ourpeople did
not grumble; but when asked to
educate their neighbors' children
they call it oppression. Ignor
ance is slavery; ignorance is
darkness. Ignorance is the
worst sort of oppression. There
is no one subject that I have
more at heart than theeducation
of all the people of my State.
The people of North Carolina
have honored me as they have
honored few men, and I am try
ing to honor them in return as
best 1 can.
' Again let me say that our at
I tention should be directed first
of all to the common schools.
The universities and colleges will
take care of themselves. -If I
were asked to-day to put my
hand upon the man in Johnston
county who has done most for
its people, upon the man who has
done most to put its educational
movement forward and who has
served its people best, I would
walk up and put my hand on
l'rof. Turlington.
"I have spoken of this being a
wonderful age. I am glad that
your Ilepresentative in Congress
has interested himself to the ex
rent he has in getting rural free
delivery for Johnston county.
Hut what is the use of having ru
ral free delivery unless you teach
your children to read. Major
Smith, when asked why he had
stopped running his Republican
paper in Raleigh, replied that
there was no use in running a pa
per for a party that couldn't
j read.
"We are a great agricultural
people, and if we don't carry ed-1
ucatioual facilties into the coun
try and make the farm and coun
try life more attractive the white
1 and black people will both leave
the country and go to town. The
great mass of our people, especi
ally thp great mass of our coun
try people, depend upon the com
mou school for what education ?
their children receive. It is there
fore wisdom for us to build up
the country schools and carry
the comforts of the present age
into the country homes.
' And now, my friends, as I
leave you I want to declare to
you that the greatest question
that can engage the thoughts of
men is the salvation of their
souls; the next greatest is the
education of their children. The
great final thought that 1 would
impress upon you here to-day is
to multiply the comforts of your
country homes, make better
: your churches and your school
houses, and fill your school
houses with your children in the
week .and your churches with
1 your children and yourselves on
Sunday."
For County Treasurer.
T o the Editor:?1 will not ask you
for but a short space in whichvto
nu n ion a man for the office of
County Treasurer. When a man
is proposed for this office there are
two or three questions surely to
be asked. First, is he qualified
to fill the office. Second, can he
| give the bond, a? d third, what
are his claims to the office.
In answer to these questions I
should like to say first, that the
business qualifications of this
man fits him very well to till this
office. There is no doubt as to
his ability to give the bond.[
Lastly, his claim to the office is
second to none in the county.
He is a loyal democrat. He has
always voted the democratic
ticket, and has done what he
; could in a legitimate way for the
] party. The man to whom I have
reference is Robt. Strickland of
of Rentonsville. His community
would be pleased to see him in
this office which he would fill with
credit to himself and to Johnston
county. 1 am sure the county
would be pleased with him as an
officer. So nominate him 111 the
convention which is to meet Aug.
, 28th and there will be no mistake
made. J. I). Smith.
Keep Clear ol strings.
We have repeatedly called at-!
tention to t he carelessness of
I farmers in marketing tobacco
containing the strings on which
the tobacco is cured as primings.
There has come much complaint
from England on this account,
and the buyers on our home
market have had much trouble
in picking over such stock by
hand; the latter the farmer is ad
vised to do himself, securing
thereby the better prices. The
Imperial wants tobacco for ex
port and in order to secure its
full competition here, strings
should be all taken out before
the tobacco is sold. If the ware
housemen would duly impress
this on their customers they
would save many a complaint
and secure higher prices. The
lint and trash is very objectiona
ble, and often gets into the best
cigarette brands, damaging to
the same. Pick the strings out.
?Tobacco Journal.
Senatorial Convention.
All delegates appointed to rep
resent their respective counties
in the Democratic Convention for
the Fifteenth Senatorial District,
composed of Sampson, Harnett
and Johnston, are hereby noti
fied that said convention will be
held in the town of Dunn on Sat
urday, August 30. 1002.
H. B. CHHSTNUTT,
Chairman Executive Com.
A SEVERE STORM HERE.
The American Tobacco Company's
Prlzery Demolished- Other Dam
age Done.
The town of Mmithfleld was vis
ited by the most destructive
wind storm in its history Wed
nesday afternoon.
From tlie newspaper report*,
it seems that the storiu struck
High Point at 2.30 o'clock.
Within a few minutes damage to
the extent of several thousand
dollars had been inflicted. Smoke
stacks were blown down, piles of
lumber around the furniture fac
tories were badly scattered, and
two buildings were demolished.
The wind next struck the earth at
Durham. In this town chimneys,
windows and out houses were de
stroyed. A colored church, sev
eral tenements and a brick resi
dence were prostrated by the ter
rific force.
In Smithfield at 3:45 a dark,
bounding, rapidly moving cloud
was seen approaching from the
west. A dense cloud of dust,
leaves and trash heralded its ap
proach while a terror-inspiring
rumble could be heard for two
minutes before the wind arrived.
One moment, there was no
breeze, thesmallest leaves were not
stirred by the faintest of breezes,
then, before people could seek
shelter, trees were broken and up-j
rooted by the cyclone.
The greatest force of the wind
in its swift progress through the
town seemed to have tieen con
fined to the district between
Bridge and Johnson streets. The
immense three-story Itiversidej
stemmery presented an inviting
front to the wind. Jtsupper sto
ries were moved slightly over
and, while its foundation is un
damaged, it does not present a
perpend cular appearance.
The greatest damage was in
flicted upon the large prizerv oc- i
cupied by the American Tobacco
Co., and owned bv Mr. Allen K.
Smith. This building was two
stories high and 180 feet long;
It was completely destroyed, the
wiud moving it 2 feet or more off
the pillars and thereby causing
it to collapse. Several persons
in the house at the time escaped
safely through the windows.
Two ne- roes were caught in its
fall but succeeding in "butting"
holes through the roof with their
heads. The tobacco, stored 111
the building, was uninjured, as
little rain fell.
utner uarnage 01 a minor na
ture was done. Trees were up
rooted, flues and chimneys fell
rather promiscuously. A chim
ney on the residence of Mr. W, L.
Fuller fell anil demolished the
roof and ceiling of one room.
Several Louses were slightly
moved on their foundation. The
store occupied by Messrs. NT. 1$.
Grantham & Co. was unroofed.
The Riverside stemrnery will
soon be righted at little cost.
The American Prizery will be im
mediately rebuilt. In the mean
time, the American Company will
occupy quarters used by them
last year.
For Register ot Deeds.
To the Editor:
Allow me to present to the
Democratic Convention the name
of one of Johnston's purest sons;
a man of unblemished character;
a life long Democrat, springing
from one of the best families of
.Johnston county: an ardent dis
ciple of Democracy, having la
bored for the success of his party
with all his power aud a man
; who, if nominated, will bear the
Democratic banner to victory.
| That man is T. J. Lassiter, of
Suiithfleld. Give us Mr. Lassiter
for Register of Deeds and old
Pleasant Grove will give you the
largest majority she has ever
given.
E. S. Coats,
Pleasant Grove Township.
The Ratmer Warehouse aver
aged t>!^ cents for their entire
break of Wednesday Chas. Cor
bet sold a load of first primings
for $14.11 average. TheDanner
is the place to sell your tobacco.
Skinner. Ragsdale A Patterson
will see that every pile brings the
top of market.
BENSON BUDGET.
The tobacco market is surpass
ing our most sanguine expectn i
tions. ;:
I). B. Denning, one of the fore- i
most farmers of t he county, was j
badly beaten about the head ?
Saturday night with a stick by j
Lucien Johnson, a man in his ,
employ. '
Officers have seized D. J. Stew-'].
art's distillery.
A severe wind passed over this
section Wednesday afternoon
doing considerable damage to j
crops and fences. Trees were up
rooted and twisted off. The
shelter over Slocuin's turpentine
still blew off in the storm and
badlv injured George McDougal, 1
the stiller. The tops were blown '
off all those chimneys from which 1
the houses were burned last
spring. Some stove hues top
pled. I
Your correspondent siaole a .
big smile last week when he read
the communication attacking so
extremely the "just as good"
proposition. We happen to re- ;
member that when we go to the >
signer of that article for a cer
tain brand of fertilizeror snuff or |
tobacco and he hasn't the par
ticular brand we want he always
has something else "just as
good."
i.. t.wn i
uur |)trupit? in rr uumh^ uui- .
Wood, of Meadow, for the Sen- :
ate, and it is the opinion of this
scribe that he can hire as many
of the Sampson county ring leg
ged Populists into the Democrat
ic fold as any man we can send
after them.
Hob Itoyal tanked up on July
cider last Saturday and made
things skit while he paraded cer
tain parts of the city with his pis- j
tol in his belt.
.lira Holmes chastised Duffy
Benson with a buggy whip and
chipped in $3 to Uncle John's
contribution box for the benefit
of tlie town.
There is a young Democrat at
John Holmes' but he will not be
ableTo attend the August con
vention.
<Y big batch of delinquent road
hands in this township will be re-;
quired to show cause at an early
date. '
Revenue officers made an ex
cursion into Nathan .Lee's neigh- 1
borhood Sunday and captured 1
two manufacturing plants.
For a long time and until re- 1
cently the parent medicine men
enjoyed a monopoly of "none
other just as good," and they
thouglit their copyrights would
still be respected, but the advo- 1
cates of certain nominations I
have taken up the chorus and it
reminds us of a small circum
stance that occurred some years
ago A Pharisee bull frog occu
pied a tussock, upabout,the head
of his pond, just large enough to
accommodate his Worship, and
croaked in tones as sanctimoni
ous us that quadruped is capa
ble of producing, "Noneother-as
good?none other-as-good," and
it all sounded grandly and glori
ous enough till that ancient bird,
the symbol of wisdom, high up
above the muds and slush and
tilth of the physical as well asthe
political world, breathing the
pure fresh air of Heaven, peering
into the darkness, from his perch
in the tallest near-by gum, in
quired of the ugly racket below
him; who-who-who-who are you!
Who-who-who-who are you all!"
And that ended the vocal exer
cises of the evening.
A lesson in logic?"Because
Ban Russell was not as good a
Governor as Zeb Vance, there
fore nobody in Johnston cointv
can fill the offices like those ah;
ready in 'em." Is this protected
by copy-right? J. M. M.
Just Look At Her.
Whence came that sprightly
step, faultless skin, rich, rosy
complexion, smiling face. She
looks good, feels good. Here's
her secret. She uses Br. Kiug's
New Life Pills. Result,?all or
gans active, digestion good, no
headaches, no chance for "blues."
Try them yourself. Only 25c at
Hood Bros.
A gooyl milch cow for sale. An
plv to Mrs. Carrie Fuller, Sniitn
; field, N. C.
SELMA NEWS.
Mr. Robert N. Simms, of Uul
eigb, will address the Baptist
Sunday School here next Sun
day. All are invited to attend.
Mrs. Clarence W. Richardson
and i he little ones have returned
iroin the Wendell section after an
absence of three weeks.
Mrs. Pavid B. I'erkins is visi
ting her sister, Mrs. Sain W
Parker.
Mr Harry W. Hood has taken
a position with the Star Ware
house and will be glud to see his
friends when they come with to
bacco.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bruce
Harrington entertained their
friends Tuesday evening compli
mentary to their niece, MisB
Hundley, of Richmond, Va.
Miss Julia P. Winston, of Ox
ford, who has been visiting Miss
Annie S. Noble, returned home
Monday.
Judge and Mrs. Francis I).
Winston, of Bertie county, spent
Sunday here visiting Mrs. (i. A.
Tuck. The Judtre is holding
Wake court and is one of our
best Judges.
HT 11 A. \ ? ? ?
"Hi, our louacco marKet is
still humming. Prices are good
and when one asks a fanner if he
is satisfied with the prices the
farmer just smiles all over his
face and says "I am coming
again." The prospects now are
that over half a million pounds
will be sold by September 1st.
Selma is paying good prices for
the tobacco she gets.
It is being reported that the
Selma bridge on Neuse river is
in safe antl dangerous to cross
with a load. All of which is not
so. It is true that the bridge is
not "a thing of beauty," but it
is strong and steady. It does
not shake as much as theold one
did. I believe it a stronger
bridge. Tbe Standard Oil wagon
crosses it loaded and no farmer
in Johnston county can put as
much tobacco on a wagon as it
weighs. So come right on and
don't be scared about the bridge.
It is safe. It was inspected and
reviewed bv three of Johnston's
best citizens and they would not
have paid out the county's money
for a bridge that would be un
safe in less than twelve months.
The Selma Baptist Sunday
School will run an excursion to
Raleigh next Tuesday, August
12. leaving Selma at 8 a m.. re
burning, will leave Raleigh at 6
p. m. Fare for the round trip
seventy-five cents. We hope a
Ejood crowd will go.
Dr. R. J. Noble has been noti
fied that the committee to locate
the Masonic Temple will meet in
Goldshoro on Tuesday, August
12th. at 3 p. m. to locate the
Temple.
TH ? ?11
I llflf W tin ii l (V l ujm ?
Wednesday at 4 o'clock i>. m. It
blew down a small cottage be
longing to Mr. Oscar Price, in
wbieh he was living, and a small
unfinished house belonging to
Caroline Richardson. No other
damage was done except to trees
and a few window lights. Mr.
Price and his wife were in the
house at the time and it was a
miracle that, the.v escaped un
hurt. Mrs. Price was sick in bed
at the time. When the house fell
Mr. Price was caught under 'he
wreck hut another flaw of wind
lifted it off of him and then he
went to look for his wife, whom, we
are glad to say. he found unhurt
so far as they know. Strange to
say the mirror in the bureau was
blown out of the frame and diff
not get broken.
Dr. Noble pulled a banana can
taloupe out of his patch last
Monday which weighed twenty
two pounds and six ounces. He
save he would have sent it to
the editors of Thk Herald, but,
was under the impression lhat
they did not like large canta
loupes. He says it was delicious.
Misses Sadie and Maria Dear
born, of Amherst Court House,
Va., are visiting Miss Marion F.
Preston. Sknkx.
Selma, August 7.
[We thank Dr. Noble for Ins
kind thoughts about the canta
loupe and desire to say we have
never found one too large. Kdi
tors.]