W& Smitljfidb JteMd. ?*rice one dollar per tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." single copies three cents. 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 1H7ay 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. . 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.]