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VOL. 21. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1902. NO. 30.
A FAVORABLE WEEK.
Much Improvement in Condi
tion ol Late Crops.
Practically About 3-4 ot Open Crop
Picked?Warm Weather Has
Caused Rapid Opening ot
Remaining Bolls.
The weekly crop bulletin of the
North Carolina section of the
Climate and Crop Service, United
States Department of Agricul
ture, says for the week ending
Monday, September 29th:
"The past week has been a de
cidedly favorable one in almost
every respect; outdoor work was
advanced rapidly early in the
week, and beneficial rains the lat
ter portion caused much im- j
provement in the condition of
iate crops. The temperature was
continually above normal during
the week, the mean averaging
nearly 7 degrees daily in excess;
the last few days especially were
very warm. Fine rains occurred
on the 25th and 26th, which ap- j
pear to have been nearly general
over the State, but were heaviest
in the central-east portion. The
rainfall was very beneficial to
turnips, late Irish potatoes and
pastures, and was generally suf
ficient to place soil in good con
dition for plowing, though for the
latter purpose more rain would
not be harmful.
??rickingcotton has progressed
quite rapidly under favorable
conditions; practically about
three-fourths of the open cotton
has been picked out; the warm
weather has caused very rapid
opening of the remaining bolls,
and a few correspondents state
that the cotton just opening falls
out badlv. In some localities the
yield of cotton is better than an
ticipated, but as a whole, previ
ous reports of a short crop seem
amply justilied. (lathering old
corn is underway; late bottom
land corn is about mature, and
will give a tine yield. Fodder has
all been placed in shock. The
cutting of tobacco in northern
counties, where much remains in
the field, is being pushed, and the
crop continues to cure well. Tur
nips are doing nicely. The crop
of peas is short, but a fine yield
of nay is being cut and under fa
vorable conditions. Rice is about
all cut on the lower Cape Fear
River and is an exceptionally fine
crop. Fall plowing, and sowing
w inter wheat and oats a re under
way; some oats have come up
nicely.
"N. B.?As the crops are now
practically beyond the influence
of weather conditions, the issue
of the Weekly Crop Bulletin will
cease with this number."
RAINS ROTTING COTTON.
Picking; Is Well Advanced and Near
mg: Completion in Some
Districts.
Washington, D. Sept. 20.?
The Weather Bureau's weekly
summary of crop conditions
says:
"Reports of injuryfrom rain to
open cotton are very general
throughout the belt, with the ex
ception of the Carolines and por
tions of Texas, and sprouting
and rotting in bolls are largely
reported, especially in the central
districts. Picking, though much
interrupted, is well advanced and
is Hearing completion in some
districts. Late cotton in central
and northern Texas is making
rapid growth, but will not ma
ture unless frosts are unusually
late and under these conditions
a light top crop may also be
gathered in Alabama. A fine
cron of sea island cotton is prom
ised in South Carolia.
"Late tobacco has been materi
ally improved. Cloudy and rainy
weather, which has been very
general throughout the week has
been very unfavorable for cur
ing." ^
Twenty-six persons were killed
and a score or more injured as
the result of an accident to an
express train from Lille to l'aris
last week.
CYCLONE IN SICILY.
A Cyclone, Followed by a Tidal Wave*
Destroys Much Property and
Many Lives.
For 24 hours before the cy
clone burst over the island, a vio
lent storm raged on the eastern
coast of Sicily. The path of?the
cyclone was i24 miles long, and
everything in the line of the storm
was destroyed. The sea swept
inland for several kilometers, do
ing enormous damage, while
there were violent submarine agi
tations between Sicily and tne
mainland. Along the railroad
from Catania to Palermo, the
force of the cyclone was such that
rails were torn up and hurled to
a great distance. It is reported
from Modica(32 miles southwest
from Syracuse), that a hundred
bodies have already been found,
but that the number of dead bo
dies swept away by the torrent is
unknown.
The newspaper Fracassaa ex
presses the belief that some 400
people have been killed The
torrent destroyed everything on
the ground floors in the houses
of the lower portions of Modica.
Bridges and roads have disap
peared, and damage amounting
to many million lire has been
uone. (A lire is worm auout zu
cents.) The survivors of the
catastrophe have taken refuge in
the hills. A relief committe and1
search parties have been organ
ized at Modica. The disaster is
supposed to have been due to a
marine waterspout. The German
steamer Caprera was wrecked at j
Catania after a terrible struggle
with the waves.
Syracuse, Sicily, Dispatch 28.?
A fresh storm burst out over the
district of Santa Maria today
and many houses were destroyed.
The stormy weather continues
generally throughout Sicily. It
is now believed that 200 persons
perished at Modica during the
tornado. In one instance a fam
ily of ten persons were drowned
in bed. The village of Sortino
lias been practically destroyed
and 43 persons were drowned.
The water rose in the church to a
height of 12 feet. Many children j
lost their lives. There had been |
some disgraceful scenes of pillage
from the ruins and from bodies
which show the necessity of more
troops to keep order. The total
damage as the result of the cy
clone is expected to amount to
over $2,500,000.
Pou in Charlotte.
Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 30.?
Special.?"People ask me who is
going to run against me in the
Fourth District," said Congress
ma" E. W. Pou in a speech here
tonight. I don't know whether
anybody is going to run against
me or not. Ask Senator Pritch
ard; he knows."
Mr. Pou got up from a sic t bed
to speak tonight before the Dem
ocrats of this city. He spoke in
the court house, discussing na
tional and state issues. An able
argument was produced to meet
the claim that the cotton mill
men of Noith Carolina should
vote the Republican ticket. The
speaker also handled ably the
tariff question, admitting that in
his belief the Democratic party
or any other party could not
constitutionally dissolve thei
trusts, but that discrimination
on the part of trusts against the'
American nation could bej
stopped. The argument was
closely followed by those present.
Goes Like Hot Cakes.
"The fastest selling article I
have in my store," writes drug
gist C. T. Smith, of Davis, Ky.,l
"is Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds,
because it always cures. In my
six years of sales it has never
failed. I have known it to save
sufferers from Throat and Lung
diseases, who could get no help
from the doctors or any other
remedy." Mothers rely on it,
best physicians prescribe, and
Hood Pros, guarantee satisfac
tion or refund price. Trial bot
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II. !
STATE NEWS.
An effort is being made to es-!
tablish a .f50,000 furniture fac- j
tory at> Asheville.
The Boone Penn crat says "the
crop of acorns in Watauga is
said to be the heaviest in many
years."
The Democrats of Alleghany
county have nominated ex-Lieut.
Governor Paughton for the I^eg- j
islature.
The Agricultural Department
has selected a tract of 218 acre6 j
three miles from Statesville for;
the third State experiment farm.
Mr. W. K. A. Williams, clerk of
the Superior Court of Franklin
county and Democratic nominee
for re-election, died last week of
typhoid fever.
Mausel Robertson will spend
twenty years in the penitentiary
for the murder of Loomis Davis
in Mark's Creek township, Wake;
county, three weeks ago.
A citizens' convention has nomi
nated a county and legislative
ticket in Robeson county. The j
nominees for the House and
Senate are independent Demo
crats.
The Democrats of Granville
county have nominated ex-Judge
A. W. Graham for the Legisla
ture and John T. Britt, editor of
the Oxford Ledger, for clerk of
the Superior Court.
Wayne county Democrats have
nominated A. Uzzell and H. B.
Parker, Jr., for the House and
D J. Aaron for the Senate- A
resolution favoring an amend
ment to the constitution so as to
divide school money among the
races according to the taxes paid
by each, was adopted with en
thusiasm.
A well digger Thursday found a
suspicious-looking chunk of metal
on the farm of Mrs. Harrison
Fields,three miles nortlwf Greens
boro, and taking it to the city
had a chemist to examine it, who
pronounced it a nugget of pure
gold, 18 karats fine. The lump
is about the size of one's thumb
and the gold runs entirely
through it. <
Rev. G. T. Adams, a Methodist
minister of Ralegh, has been con
ducting a crusade agaiast selling .
on Sunday?especially against
the selling of soft drinks and to- '
bacco, the sale of which is con
fined largely to drug stores. As
a result the board of aldermen of
Raleigh will be asked to pass an
ordinance prohibiting all Sunday
sales.
The Ryder Wagon Works, with
a capital of $25,000, are to be
located at Thomasville. The
concern will have a capacity of
8,000 wagons per year. Capt.
W. B. Ryder, formerly of the
Sout hern Railway, is president of
the company and the main office
will be in Charlotte. A number
of I harlotte people are interested
in the concern.
Lorenzo Morris, the young man
charged with murdering Mrs.
Mahaley White last July in Wake
county, was sentenced to the pen
itentiary for 00 years last week
in Wake Superior Court. Solici
tor Jones said he found Morris
was not bright and the State was
w illing to accept a verdict of the
second degree. Mr. S. G. Ryan,
for the defendant, entered a plea
of guilty and Judge Timberlake
gave Morris 30 years.
The Fourth District Republi
can convention which met last
week in Raleigh, nominated no
candidate for Congress against
Hon. E. W. Pou, but left the nam
ing of a candidate to the execu
tive committee, composed of
Messrs. C. T. Bailey, Wake; H.B.
Pearce, Johnston; J. J. Sharp,
Nash; W. W. Green, Franklin;
J. A. Giles, Chatham. It is said
that the executive committee will
not endorse J. W. Atwater, but
will name some Republican about
two weeks before the election to
be voted for.
Senator W. A. Clark, of Mon
tana, has purchased the Helena
Independent and that paper will
hereafter be known as his per
sonal organ.
TOBACCO WAR IS OVER,
AMERICAN-IMPERIAL COMBINE.
Each is Lett in Control ot its Own
Home Trade.
London, Sept. 27.?The tobac
co war has been ended by the)
amalgamation of the American
and British interests. The pa- i
pers were finally signed today.
The new tobacco company will
be registered in London on Mon- j
day. An otti ial statement was ?
given out, the text of which fol-j
lows:
"The business of Ogdem limit
ed, has been transferred to the
Imperial Tobacco Company and
the export business of the Imper- j
ial, Ogdens and the American
Tobacco Company and its allies, J
have been amalgamated and a
joint company is in course of
formation, the name of British
American Tobacco Company,
Limited. The result is, that the
Imperial Company will, as agreed
between the hitherto competing
parties, be left in possession of
the trade of the United Kingdom,
while the American company is
not to be disturbed in the United
States or Cuba, and the British
American company will compete
for the trade of the other parts
of the world.
"The Impel lal company will
Eay for the good will of Ogdens'
usiness in ordinary shares,rank
ing with the similar shares of the
original vendors behind the 5%
per cent, preference shares of that
company and will pay for the
tangible assets of Ogdt nsincash.
"The transfer of Ogdens Eng
lish business will take effect Sep
tember 30 and from that day it
will be in the hands of the Impe
rial Company.
"It is believed this combina
tion is the first attempt to unite
any great international industry
and its progress will be watched
with interest everywhere.
Referring to the termination of
the conflict, an official of the
American Company said to a
representative of the American
Press:
"Regarding the details, you
cau say that the capital of the
British-American company will
be $30,000,000. Mr. Duke will
be president. While it is conven
ient to register it as an English
company and have its headquar
ters in London, we have named
twelve directors and the Impe
rial company's interests have
named six. Their respective
financial interests are two-thirds
American and one-third English.
There is nothing to prevent
transferring the headquarters to
America if it ever proves more
convenient to operate there, but
at present the business can best
be carried on in London.
"We have named three direc
tors for the board of the Impe
rial Company, which will here
after confine itself to the United
Kingdom, while the British
American Company goes in for
the world trade, outside of the
United States, Cuba and the
United Kingdom.
Public Speaking.
On Friday night, October 10,
1902:
At Woodard's school house?
W. S. Stevens and F. H. Brooks.
At school house near Munroe
Pittman's?John A. Narron, Jas.
A. Wellons.
At Wilson's Mills?J. W.Steph
enson and S. T. Honeycutt.
On Saturday, October 11, at 3
o'clock p. m.:
At Benson?Hon. E. W. Pou,
II. L. Godwin and J. T. Elling
ton.
At Four Oaks?Joseph Wood,
W. S. Stevens and F. H. Brooks.
At Boon Hill?E. S. Abell,N.W.
Smith and S. T. Honeycutt.
The excitement incident to
traveling and change of food and
and water often brings on diar
rhoea, and for this reason no one
should leave home without a bot
tle of Chamberlain's Colic, Chol
era and Diarrhoea Remedy. For
sale by Hood Bros., Smithfield;
Cavenaugh & Benson, Benson;
Hare & Son, Selma.
REGISTRATION OF ILLITERATES.
How it is Provided For m the New
Election Law.
The last Legislature passed an
act (chapter 550) providing for
j the permanent registration of il
literate voters under the "grand
father clause" of the suffrage
amendment. This registration
will begin next Thursday (the
2d of October) and close on the
25th of October.
By this act any person who
cannot read and write nmy reg
ister if he or any ancestor was a
voter on the 1st of January,
1807, or at any time prior to
that date. The names of these
voters will be kept on a separate
list from other voters, which list
the registrar must return to the
clerk of the Superior Court, who
must make an alphabetical list
by townships and record the
same in a book provided for that
purpose. The clerk must also
send a copy of such list to the
Secretary of State, who must re
cord the same in a book provided
for that purpose.
In this manner the names of
all such voters will be permanent
ly preserved and they will always
be entitled to vote. The regis
trar must also give every such
voter a certificate showing that
he is a duly i egiste? ed voter and
the clerk mus certify under his
official seal to the genuineness of
such certificate, and any person
having such a certificate, and
moving to another county, can
register and vote in any county
in the State, notwithstanding his
inability to read and write. If a
voter loses his certificate he can
get another which can be used in
place of the lost one.
The Legislature has thus pro
vided the way by which illiterate
white men shall always be enti
tled to vote, as was promised
during the last campaign. And,
strange to say, Republicans in
the Legislature voted against
this act which provides for this
permanent registration.?Chat
ham Record.
Over 11,500 Conlederaie Pensioners
State Auditor Dixon has now
nearly completed the pension roll
and he finds that the number will
be about 11,600.
Last year there were on the
pension roll 11,000 names and
,'{00 of these have died, leaving
8,700.
There were 3,500 new appli
cants for pensions and at least
(500 of these were rejected, leaving
2,1)00.
This makes a total of 11,000.
Of tjiis number nearly 5,000 are
widows who nmrried prior to
April 1,1801.
The amount for pensions is
$200,000 and with 11,000 pen
sioners divided into four classes
they will not receive much per(
capita.?Raleigh Times.
Has Held Same Oltice hor 50 Years.
John Laws, the veteran regis
ter of Heeds of Orange county,
was in the city yesterday on bus
iness ar.d shaking hands with his
friends. Mr. Laws has perhaps (
held office longer than any other
man in this section of the coun
try. He has been in office con
tinually for fifty years. In con
versation with the reporter yes
terday Mr. Laws says that he
will be re-elected again this year
by a majority of some four or
five hundred.?Durham Herald.
Stricken With Paralysis.
Henderson Grimett, of this
place, was stricken with partial
paralysis and completely lost the
use of one arm and side. After
beipg treated by an eminent phy
sician for quite a while without
relief, my wife recommended
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and
after using two bottles of it he is
almost entirely cured.?Geo. R.
McDonald, Man. Logan county,
W. Va. Several other very re
markable cures of partial paraly
sis have been effected by the use
of this liniment. It is most wide
ly known, however, as a cure for
rheumatism, sprains and bruises.
Sold by Hood Bros., Smithfleld;
Cavenaugh & Benson, Benson;
Hare & Son, Selma.
General News.
The Democratic convention of
New York unseated Devery and
: nominated the State ticket with
i Bird S. Coler for Governor.
i President Roosevelt, has chosen
i Charlemagne Tower, ambassador
| to Russia, to succeed Mr. White
as ambassador to Germany.
Early Sunday morning William
! Godeau, who lived ten miles west
of Mobile, Ala., was called out of
his house by a disturbance in his
yard. Two shots were heard and
Godeau was found dead with two
bullet holes in his head. It is not
known who killed him.
President Roosevelt has signed
the order providing for the tak
ing of a census of the Philippines
in accordance with the terms of
the Philippine act passed at the
last session of Congress, and up
on the certificate of the Philip
pine commission that the insur
rection has been suppressed.
Prompted by jealousy, Joseph
Emers, a young man from Yicks
burg, Miss., at Memphis, Tenn.,
Sunday afternoon, shot and seri
ously wounded Rosa Rorodofsk,
a young lady who had recently
refused his attentions. Emers
then tnrned the revolver upon
himself, inflicting a wound from
which he cannot recover.
Another operation was per
formed Sunday on the abscess on
the left leg of President Roosevelt.
In the former operation a simple
needle was used to relieve the
trouble, but Sunday the surgeons
with a knife made an incision into
the small cavity, exposing the
bone, which was found to be
slightly affected. The President's
case has been progressing satis
factorily, but it is believed by the
physicians that the further oper
ation made will hasten his com
plete recovery.
Tom Clark, alias Will Gibson,a
young colored man, was burned
at the stake at Corinth, Miss.,
Sunday. On August 19th last
Mrs. Carrie Whitfield, wife of a
prominent citizen, was found in
her home dead. She had been
criminally assaulted and murder
ed, her head almost severed from
her body. Search was begun and
continued for the murderer.
Clark's wife betrayed him and he
was arrested Saturday. He con
fessed the crime aud also told of
numerous other crimes that he
had committed. Sunday after
noon at 3.30 the negro was pub
licly burned in the presence of
5,000 persons. He ad mitted that
he deserved his fate and no at
tempt was made to stay the pro
ceedings.
County Canvass.
The county campaign will be
gin on Frid ?y, October 17,1902.
A challenge is made to the oppo
site side for a joint campaign.
The speaking will begin at 10
o'clock each day as follows:
Clayton Friday October 17.
Cleveland Saturday Oct. 1H.
Pleasant Grove Monday Octo
ber 20.
Elevation Tuesday Oct. 21.
Banner Wednesday Oct. 22.
Meadow Thursday Oct. 2.'(,
Bentonsville Friday Oct. 24.
Ingrams (Four Oaks) Satur
day October 25.
Boon Hill Monday Oct. 27.
Beulab (Kenly) Tuesday Oct.
28.
Oneals Wednesday Oct. 29,
Wilders Thursday Oct. 30.
Wilson's Mills Friday Oct. 31.
Selma Saturday Nov. 1.
Smithfleld Monday Nov. 3.
W.W. COLK,
Chairmam.
T. J. Lassiter,
Secretary.
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Pimples. They don't have them,
nor will any one, who uses Buck
leu's Arnica Salve. It glorifies
the face. Eczema or Salt Kheum
vanish before it. It cures sore
lips, chapped hands, chilblains.
Infallible for Piles. 25c at Ilood
Bos. drug stors.
Call for prices on meat at Boy
ett Bros. ? Godwin's.