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VOL. 21. SMITH FIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1902. NO. 35.
ENGINEER LOST HIS LIFE.
South Bound Train Wrecked
at Elm City.
NO PASSENGERS WERE HURT.
Engineer's Remains Taken to Flor
ence on Same Train Sunday Af
, ternoon.
The Atlantic Count Line suffer
ed a very expensive wreck on Sat
urday night. The brave engin
eer who stuck to his post until
the tremenaous crash came lost
his life. His name was Currie
and he lived in Florence, S. C.
There was no other loss of life or
serious injury, which fact is con
sidered almost miraculous. Box
cars were torn into splinters and
iron rods were twisted into all
shapes.
It is difficult toimaginegreater
opposing forces than two trains
coming together when moving
in opposite directions. A gigan
tic mass of iron and steel comes
thundering along the dismal
darkness, breathing lire and ex
hausting clouds of smoke. The
ponderous wheels are rolling their
grinding weight over the groan
ing steel rails at the rate of GO
miles an hour. Hack in the ele
gantly appointed Pullman cars
the idle passengers are comforta
bly reclining on velvet cushions,
with never a thought of danger.
Up in the cab is the engineer
with his hand on the throttle
and his a'ert eye peering through
the darkness by the aid of a
search light. Suddenly there ap
pears before his horrified vision
the dim outline of a train on the
track ahead. W ho but those
that have had such an awful ex
perience can imagine the direful
thoughts that pass through the
excited brain of the heroic engin
eer. Then comes the fearful j
crash, with its dull deafening
roar. As the sombre echoe dies
away on the stillness of the night
the shrieks and wails of the dy
ing and wounded fill the air and
freeze the blood of the survivors.
These thoughts are not at all
pleasant and we cast them off
when such disasters occur at a
distance, but when they occur at
out very doors, as was the case
Saturday night, we cannot so
easily turn them away.
The wreck Saturday night oc
curred about 11:30 o'clock at
Elm Citv. A heaw freight train
was approaching from the South
and had taken the side tiack.
The engine and a few freight cars
had gotten on the side track and
the balance of the traiu was still
on the main line when the south
bound vestihuled fast train hove
into sight a few yards away.
This train does not stop at Elm
City and was making between
?r?0 and (JO miles an hour under
full steam when the freight traiu
was discovered by the engineer.
He told his fireman to jump, but
the engineer remained at his post
and was killed. He lived only a
few moments after being taken
out of the debris. I lis last words
were: "Tell my wife good-bye."
He then pulled out bis watch and
looked at a picture of his young
boy on the inside of the lid. He
placed his watch in his pocket
and expired at once.
The remains were taken to
Florence yesterday afternoon on
the same train that he should
have pulled into Florence on the
night before.
Instead of the affectionate hus
band whom she had welcomed
home with sincere gladuess so
many times before the heart
broken wife had to meet the pal
lid face of a lifeless form cold in
the embrace of death.?Goldsboro
Argus.
Doesn't Respect Old Aee.
It's shameful when youth fails
to show proper resjtect for old
age, but just the contrary in the
case of Dr. King's New Life Fills.
They cut off maladies no matter
how severe and irrespective of old
age. Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Fever,
Constipation all yield to this
perfect Fill. 25c, at Hood Bros.'
Drug Store.
Thousands of Alaskan natives
are dying from measles.
SELMA NEWS.
Mrs. Rebecca Honey cutt, of
Clayton, is visiting her sister,
Mrs.'W. R. Driver.
Mrs. W. II. Etheredge took the
first premium offered for lace at
the State Fair. The lace that
won the prize was a beautiful
center piece of water lillies. It
was much admired. Miss Cora
E. Richardson, who has charge
of the Art department of the
Louisburg Female College, re
ceived the first premium on ta
pestry. It represented the Ma
donna and Child.
That old veteran Democrat,
Capt. A. M. Noble, who has not,
left his room in nine months, in
sisted on being carried to thu
polls to cast one more Democrat
ic vote. lie said he just must
vote for Ed l'ou once more. He |
was carried in a chair to the polls j
and voted the straight Demo
cratic ticket. He will soon be 7',)
years old and has always taken ?
a lively interest in politics.
Hon. Ed. W. Foil spoke here
last Monday night iu our new
Opera House to a large and ap
preciating audience. It beingthe
first politi -al speech of the cam
paign delivered in our place our
ladies turned out in full force to
hear it. They were well pleased
and gave him many beautiful
bouquets. Mr. Pou sustained his
reputation as a speaker. The
reputation he made in Congress
puts him away ahead of any
member of Congress from North
Carolina. We need him in a
higher position than he now has.
He should be chosen Senator to
replace Pritchard.
It jvas a great pleasure to all
who came to vote Tuesday to
see only white faces around the
polls, and they saw that they
were just getting the fruits of the
great victories won in 1898 and
1900. Those who did not vote
must always regret it. The Re
publican party made an effort to
get our vote split, but, were un
able to do so. A ticket made
up on a Saturday night before
an election, by two or three men,
cannot hope to win; and, while
the Repu blican party in J ohnston
county keep the old leaders they
will always be defeated. They
must get a different set of men
to lead them than they have
now.
Prof. Pitts, the Hypnotist,
gave an entertainment Tuesday
and Wednesday nights in the
new Opera House. It was very
much enjoyed by those who at
tended, and those who did not
attend after hearing the accounts
of t hem now wish thev had. Sev
eral of our citizens must have
sore sides, that is if laughing will
make them sore. We do not un
derstand it but it is wonderlul,
the influence he had over his sub
jects. When the bees and fleas
got after the boys it was very
laughable. Prof. Fitts could
control the pulse of his subjects,
ftr. Albert Anderson, of Wilson,
and Dr. Person examined the
pulse of the subjects while under
his influence and they ran, at his
will, up to 120 or down to 45 per
minute. The entertainment was
well worth the price of admis
sion.
We had a beautiful home wed
ding Wednesday night at the
home of Mr. J. W. Robertson
where Miss Gertrude Nichols, a
sister of Mrs. Robertson, was
married to Mr. John S. Jones,
one of Raleigh's prosperous
young business men. At 9:30
the groom entered the parlor at
tended by Rev. Mr. Adams, of
Auburn, N. C., following was two
little flower girls, Misses Miriam
Robertson and Lizzie Winston.
The bride entered on the arm of
her sister, Mrs. Robertson,
meeting the groom in front of
the Rev. Mr. Adams who joined
them in the holy bonds of matri
mony. The groom was attired
in the usual wedding suit and
the bride was tastily dressed in a
brown going-a way-suit. Thev
left on the 10:30 train for Ral
eigh, their future home. The
happy young couple carried with
them the very best wishes of our
people. Hon. John Nichols, an
uncle of the bride, and Mr. Free
man of Raleigh, attended the
, marriage.
Senex.
A SOLID DELEGATION.
All Ten Districts are Safely
Democratic.
BLACKBURN AND MOODY OUT.
Democratic Majorities Range From
200 to 11.000?Page Elected
by Acclamation.
(Raleigh News and Observer.)
The Democrats elect ten mem
bers of Congress by an aggregate
major ty of 62,000, as is shown
in the following unofficial tables:
First District.?Small carries
every county within his own dis
trict. ,
Counties. Small's maj.
Beaufort 1,400
Camden 229
Chowan 400
Currituck 900
Dare 75
Gates 600
Hertford. 900
Martin .-. 1,414
Pasquotank 600
Perquimans 400
Pitt 2,700
Tyrrell 240
Washington 500
Total 10,558
Second District.?Hon. Claude
Kitchin carries every county in
his district.
Counties. Kitcliin's maj. [
Dertie 1,150
Cdgecombe 1,900
Greene 800 i
Halifax 2,400
Lenoir 1,400
Northampton 1,700
Warren 824
Wilson 1,200
Total 11,374
Third District.?Hon. Charles
R. Thomas gets six thousand
majority.
Thomas, Butler's
Counties. maj. maj.
Carteret 250
I Craven 1,150
Duplin 900
Jones.. 450
Onslow 600
Pamlico 250
Pender 900
Sampson 485
Wayne 2,000
Total :...6,500 485
Thomas's majority, 6,015.
Fourth District. lion. Ed
ward VV. I'ou carries every coun
ty in his district.
j Counties. Pou's maj.
Chatham ">00
Franklin 1,800
Johnston 2,368
jNash 1,200
Vance 1,000
Wake 3,500
Total 10,368
Fikth District.?Kitchin car
ries every county in his district
except Stokes.
Kitehin's Patterson's
1 Counties. niaj. maj.
i Alamance 554
Caswell 017
Durham 034
Forsyth 200
Granville 1,300
Guilford 1,800
Orange 250
Person 700
Rockingham.... 1,600
Stokes 300
Total 8,255 300
Kitehin's majority, 7,055.
Sixth District.?Hon. G. B.
Patterson doesn't let Slocomb
get a county.
Couuties. Patterson's maj.
Bladen 400
Brunswick 200
Columbus 800
Cumberland. 400
i Harnett 640
New Hanover 1,040
Robeson 1,200
i Total 4,680
>
Seventh District.?No oppo
sition to the election of Hon. K.
N. 1'age.
The Republicans did not nomi
nate a candidate against tile
Democratic candidate, Hon. R.
N. Page, and like Connor and
Walker he was elected by accla
mation. The Democratic ma
jority in the district is about
5,700.
Eighth District.?Hon. Theo.
F. Kluttz Defeats Blackburn by
1,600 Majority.
Kluttz's Blackburn's
Counties. mnj. nmj.
Alexander 20
Alleghany 170
Ashe 224
Cabarrus....... 250
Caldwell 55
Iredell 1,100
Rowan 1,400
Stanly 570
Surry 600
Watauga 550
Wilkes 800
Totals 3,540 1,894
Kluttz's majority, 1,651.
Ninth District.?Webb carries
the district by overfivethousaud
majority.
AVebb's Hiss'
Counties. ' maj. inaj.
Burke \ 250
Catawba..... 300
Cleveland 1,650
Gaston 1,500
Lincoln 500
.Madison 725
Mecklenburg; 2,517
Mitchell 600
Totals 6,417 1,325
Yancey no news.
Webb's majority, 5,092.
Tenth District. ? Gudger's
majority is in neighborhood of
two hundred.
Gudger's Moody's
Counties. maj. maj.
Buncombe sfOO
Cherokee 211
Clay 30
Graham 25
Haywoob 135
Henderson 301
Jackson 48
McDowell .' 175
Macon 25
Polk 25
Rutherford 670
Swain 251
Transylvania... 21
Total 1,279 1,038
Gudger's majority, 241.
A Beautiful Marriage.
At Bethel Baptist church last
Wednesday evening; at 9 o'clock
Miss Julia Barker, of near dar
ner, and Mr. Arthur Neal, of Vir
ginia, were united in marriage
by Rev. Mr. Nobles, of Selma.
The churcn was beautifully
decorated with tlowers. I shers,
Messrs. J. Batts and W. P.
Tomlinson. Miss Ella Neal
bride's maid, Mr. Howard Barker
best man.
In attendance were seven other
couples: Miss Evie Tomlinson
and Mr. Dallas Lea; Miss Alice
E. Penny and Mr. Walter C. Bag
well; Miss Ruby Britt and Mr.
Sam Bennett; Miss Cora Barker
and Mr. Phi Tomlinson; Miss
Texie Lea and Mr. Vernon Britt:
Miss Mayme Barker and Mr.
Bunny Bryan; Miss Lena Tom
linson and Mr. Marion Turner.
The wedding march was beau
tifully rendered by Miss Signora
Brandon, of Durham.
After the marriage a delightful
supper was served at the bride's
home.
The bridal party attended thf
State Fair next day (Thursday)
and left on the evening train foi
Virginia, their future home.
Mr. Neal is an excellent young
man from near Danville, Va
Miss Barker is the beautiful and
accomplished daughter of Mrs
Talbot Barker.
Their many friends wish them
happiness and success.
A. Visitor.
Disguised robbers stole ?22,
000 in cash from -a wealthy In
dian on the Flatbush Beserva
tion in Montana Monday.
: Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer
ELECTION OF CHANCELLOR.
I The AtlantlcChrlstlanCollegeChose
Elder J.J. Harper of Smlthfleld.
Wilson, N. C., Oct. 31-The
j trustees of Atlantic Christian
J College, the property of the!
! Christian Church, which held its
annual convention here this week,
held an important meeting here
today. It was largely attended.
The board, all the delegates to 1
the convention, and the entire
membership of the Disciples or
Christian church is deeply interes
ted in the largest usefulness and
expansion of Atlantic Christian
College, and actively at work to
lay its foundations broad and
deep.
At the meeting today, Elder J.
J. Harper, of Smithfield, was
elected Chancellor of the college.
He will devote- himself actively
and fully to raising an endow
ment fund of fifty thousand dol
lars. A portion of this amount
| has already been secured. The
right man is in the right place.
Mr. Harper will bring intelligent
zeal, wisdom and large business
sense to this great work whereun-,
to he has been called. With the co
operation of his church, he will
I raise the sum named. The col
lege has splendid buildings and
equipment, and needs only a
moderate {endorsement for its
j important mission.
CLAYTON NOTES.
Mr. Jno. T. Talton is still im
proving.
Mrs. Henry Turner is sick of
bilious fever.
The directors of the Clayton
Flanking Co. met Monday.
Mrs. Jno. (1. Barber is convales
cing. Hope she will soon be up.
Mr. I. W. Dodd is able to be
out again after several days;
illness.
Public school will begin Monday !
1 and continue for six or seven j
months.
M rs. J ohn S. Barnes left Wednes-1
day afternoon for Cary to visit!
relatives.
Mr. I). J. Thurston, of Colds
boro, spent several days in our
town recently. ?
The Odd Fellows gave an oyster j
supper Friday night which was
heartily enjoyed.
Rev. C. W. Blanchard preached
at the Baptist church Sunday
morning and evening.
Mr. I). W. Rose returned Tues
day from a visit to relatives in
Smithfield and Wilson.
Clayton is glad of the demo- J
cratic victory. We had the most
quiet election ever known here.
The monthly meeting of the
Clayton Cotton Mills was held at
the office of the mills Monday.
The class in vocal expression
will give an entertainment at the
academy hall Friday night Nov.
7th, admission ten cents. For
the benefit of hall.
The Hekai.d continues to give
, you more for your money than
any other paper. Every man in
Johnston county should sub
. scribe for this valuable paper.
, "yelir."
Hon. Hale Johnson, a Prohibi
tion leader of national promi
nence, and a vice presidential
? candidate on the Prohibition
t ticket in 1896, was shot and
killed by Harry Harris Tuesday
' at Kogota, 111.
i
Disastrous Wrecks.
i Carelessness is responsible for
? many a railway wreck and the
same causes are making human
j wrecks of sufferers from Throat
. and Lung troubles. But since
I the advent of Dr. King's New
. Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs ami Colds, even the worst
i cases can be cured and hopeless
resignation is no longer neces
sary. Mrs. Lois Cragg of Dor
chester, Mass. is one of many
whose life was saved bv Dr. King's
New Discovery. This great
- remedy is guaranteed for all
Throat and Luug diseases by
Hood Bros., Druggist. Price .">0c,
. | and $1.00 Trial bottles free.
BENSON BUDGET.
Our people say they will make
tobacco next year, just thesame.
E. H. Woodall, who formerly
did business here, is a visitor in
the city.
New store and new goods 011
Main street. Lee Bros, will wait
on you.
The potato crop in this section
is proving better than was ex
pected.
J. T. Holmes and Miss Sarah
Holmes were married here Wed
nesday afternoon.
J. W. Norris' oyster saloon is
on wheels It is the first of its
fashion built in our town.
Wilson Allen is off to get mar
ried and is expected back here
with his bride to-day (Thurs
day.)
Election here was as quiet ? as
the funeral of the Republican
party which it seems to have
been.
Wood & Beasley's shredder has
been in our section recently, and
indications are that calls upon
it will be more numerous next
year.
The fire committee visited chills
upon several citizens Wednesday,
when they condemned so many
chimneys, stove flues and rotten
roofs.
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer.
The Conference at Hopewell.
The annual session of the Cape
Fear Free Will Baptist Confer;, nee
convened at Hopewell church live
miles West of here last Thursday
and contiuned in session up to
and including Sunday.
Elder R.C.Jackson was moder
ator, Mr?Hameron, secretary,
and Mr. Alex Muns, treasurer.
The next annual session will be
h^ld at Hodge's Chapel.
It was a splendid session of the
Conference, 54 churches being
represented. The reports showed
the work to be progressing nicely.
The attendance was larsre and
the behavior good. A large num
ber of ministers were present.
Elder R. C. Jackson preached
Sunday.
The Conference is composed of
churches in Johnston, Harnett,
Sampson and Cumberland coun
ties, and has a large membership.
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer.
Colored Baptist Convention to Meet
Here.
On hext Tuesday the colored
Baptist State Convention will
meet in annual session with their
church in Smithtield and contin
ue through the remainder of the
week. The president of the Con
vention is Rev. I)r. C. S. Brown,
of Wifiton, N. C.
The colored Baptists are strong
in North Carolina and will be
represented here next week by
many of their ablest men.
Among those outside of thestate
who are expected to be present
are Dr. I. H. Tolliver, of Wash
ington, I). C., and Dr. W. M. Al
exander, of Baltimore, Md., cor
responding secretary of their
Foreign Mission Board.
We are requested to announce
that any white people who de
sire to attend are cordially in
vited.
Will Investigate.
' A remarkable case comes to
light at Elizabeth, W. Va. An
old man there by name of U. W.
Roberts had long suffered with
incurable cancer. Everybody
believed his cause hopeless until
he used Electric Bitters and ap
nlied Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
The treatment cured him com
pletely. Now everybody who
knows of it is investigating Elec
tric Bitters. It exerts a mighty
power to expel biliousness. Kid
ney and Liver troubles and it's a
wonderful tonic for ruudown sys
tems. D n't fail to try it. Only
">0c. Satisfaction guaranteed
by Hood Bros., Druggist.
The Georgia legislature in
joint session Tuesday re-elected
I'nited States Senator Alexander
S. Clay, for the full term of six
years.