fpjc Sin i tt)} ir I i> Rrrali). price one dollar peb teas. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." single copies five cents. VOL. 21. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1902. NO. 40. STATE NEWS. Items of Interest Gathered From the North Carolina Papers. A meeting'of the Tobacco Grow ers' Association of the State will be belli at Hooky Mount Decem ber 19th. A white man named Collins fell into the creek at Gaston Satur day night and was drowned. The creek was much swollen and the man had been drinking and could not swim. The State has chartered the North Carolina Wheel Company, of High Point, with a capital of $100,000 to make vehicles. Per sons from Amesbury, Mass., are principal stockholders. The penitentiary officials are said to be in high glee at its finan cial success this year. They say they never had any doubt of its paying well this year. It has re ally been ahead all the year. At Shelby early Saturday morn ing the Williams Knitting Mill was burned and along with it $1,500 worth of finished goods. The mill cost $12,000. There was $7,000 insurance on the property. At Winston Saturday night John Right, colored, shot and killed Bob Mitchell, also colored. The men quarreled about a wo man and Right suddenly drew his pistol and killed Mitchell. The slayer escaped. Vance county has the lowest tax rate of all the counties in the State?GO cents on the $100. Wayne is the only other county the tax rate of which is below the constitutional limitation of 60% ?and that is only GG. The State has chartered the Pythian Castle Company of Char lotte. It will build and occupy a hall and library. A charter has also been granted to the Caroli ua Steel Bridge anu Construction Company of Burlington, capital f250,000. Some of the second crop of strawberries grown near Bur gaw, Pender count}-, and ship ped in December to the North, were sold lor 75 cents per quart, or $24 per crate. Ihere were other shipments from the same section, but none Virought such a high price. Mr. .I.J. Jackson died at his home at Pittsboro Sunday, aged 80. He was a member of the Legislature from Chatham in 1842. He married a daughter of the late Gov. Worth and his wife, two sons and| three daugh ters survive. One daughter is the wife of Mr. H. A. London, of Pittsboro. At Raleigh Saturday Miss Mary Crabtree, aged 22, pointed a sup posed unloaded gun at Hubert Blake, aged 14, and nulled the trigger, "just for fun. The boy was shot in both arms and his injuries are severe. The young woman is of course distressed but her distress doesn't ease the boy's suffering. At High Point Saturday night Jo. Mitchell, a furniture worker, while crazy drunk, destroyed the furniture in his house with an axe and the wreck caught fire. The tire was extinguished but a trunk in which was $500 in cash, Mitchell's savings ot years, was burned with the cash before the flames were checked. Rev. I)r. Pearson, the evange list, who makes his home in Ashe vill, has been electe to the pro fessorship of the English bible and evangelistic method in the Theological Seminary of the Cumberland University, at Le banon, Tenn., and has accepted. Dr. Pearson will enter upon this work the coming spring. At its meeting last week the State board of agriculture autho rized President Winston to hold a summer school at the A. & M. College during vacation for the benefit of the public school teach ers. It will be a school of agri culture ami nature study. The law requires the elements of agriculture to l>e taught in the public schools and this summer school is designed to fit teachers to teach this branch. j Governor Aycock lias ordered a special term ot Perquimans county superior court January 12th, to try criminal cases, Judge Council presides. It will try the case of James Wilcox, charged with murdering Nellie Cropsey. Rev. W. C. Norman, a promi nent Methodist minister and pastor of Trinity church, Dur ham, died suddenly in Wilming ton, where he was attending the North Carolina Conference, at 12:50 o'clock Sunday morning. The evening before he complaine 1 of indigestion. Shortly after midnight he became worse and a physician was summoned but he died before the physician arrived. No children survive. At Washington early Sunday morning lire destroyed the large oyster canning factory of J. S Torrence, Brabble's oyster house, Gainor's fish house and several other small buildings; loss, $15, 000. The fire originated in Gainor's fish house, caused by William Bailey overturning an oil stove, which exploded.* Bailey, it is said, was intoxicated and could not make his escape and was burned to death. His body was almost unrecognizable. Mr. Ghant, the Southern Ex press Company's agent at Madi son, this State, has met with an ! unusual good streak of luck. Some time ago the Cincinnati Inquirer offered a large sum of money as a premium for theclos est estimate on the number of votes cast in the Ohio election Mr. Ghant, by taking advanta ges of guesses to the amount of $200, gathered in the re turns to the amount of $.'14,000. Attorney C. O. Mc Michael is now in Ohio looking after Mr. Ghant's interest. LOOKING AT THE BOOKS. The General Assembly Committee Begun Its Work at Raleige Monday. Yesterday the members of the Examining Committee, appoin ted by the last General Assembly to examine the books of the State officers, reached the city and began their work. The committee is composed of Congressman E. Y. Webb, of Shelby, who was a member of the State Senate when appointed; j Senator Allen K Smith, of Smith lield; Representatives A. D. I Watts, of Statesville; Harry Stubbs, of Wilmington, and Edward 0. Mas ten, of Wilksboro. The committee yesterday be gan its work on the books of the State Treasurer. When this is completed the books of the Auditor will be examined, and then the committee, by Legisla tive instruction, will examine into the cost of the sessions of Legislature and report on the | amount appropriated by that body. The examination is to be full and complete and it is likely I that the committee will be at work the entire week.?Raleigh News and Observer 8th. Facts About The Venezuela Crisis. The most serious foreign com plication for an American power since the war with Spain, in 1898, is precipitated by ultimatums just sent by Great liritain and Germany to Venezuela. The ultimatums fix a time limit within which Venezuela must satisfiy the claims of the two governments. If she fails to do so, the custom houses will be seized. Formidable fleets for this purpose are already on the scene and other warships are hastening there. The claims of Great Britain and Germany against Venezuela amount to about #20,000,900. France, to which about #5,000, 000 was owed by the same power, recently obtained a set tlement by a separate protocol. Admiral Dewey's great fleet of 12 warships, now in Porto Rican waters maneuvering, will be ready to act if United States interests are threatened, which is not expected.?Baltimore Sun. A #500,000 fire occurred in the i heart of Atlanta, Ga., Monday. METHODIST CONFERENCE. Rev. W. H. Moore, Presiding Elder of Raleigh District. DR. GIBBS SENT TO DURHAM. Rev. K. D Holmes to Roxboro and Rev. N. E. Coltrane to Smith field.?Church Extension Work. The North Carolina Conference of the Methodist church, which met in Wilmington last week, adjourned .Monday after the Bishop read out the appoint ments for the ensuing year. The Conference was presided over by Bishop A. Coke Smith, of Charlotte. Dr- T. N. Ivey was re-elected editor of the Italeigh Christian Advocate. The report of the statistical secretary shows a membership of (>(>,874. ()n motion of Rev. W. S. Rone, resolutions of appreciation of Bishop Smith's presence and ex j pressing the hope that he be sent again to preside over the Confer I enee were adopted by a rising vote. A resolution of thanks to the people of Wilmington for the generous hospitality dispensed was then passed unanimously. BOARD OF CHURCH EXTENSION. The report of the Board of Church Extension showed that the following amounts had been received from districts: Assessed. fa id | Raleigh $ ">70.00 $ 878.00 Durham 755.00 526.00 ; Rockingham 470.00 863.00 Washington 595.00 391.02 Klizaheth City 590 00 521.00 Warrenton 580.00 449.23 Wilmington 515.00 297.20 I New Bern 565.00 433.30 . Fayettcville 440.00 272.86 Total 94,900.00 $3,732.27 Paid out as follows: General Board, $1,561.50; Fifth Street, Wilmington, $609.27; .Minutes of Conference and printing blanks, $86.00; amountjleftover in hands of Conference Board, $1,-175.50. The distributions is as follows: Churches. County. Amount. Rosemary Halifax $125.70 Newton Grove. ..Sampson 75.00 Benson Johnston 75.00 i Ratford. ... Cumberland .... 150.t>0 Rowland Robeson 100.00 Farmville Pitt 250.00 Fuquay Springs.Wake 200.00 Smitbfleld Johuston 75.00 Andrew's Chapel. Wake 50.00 Mayesvllle Jones 100.00 Corn Branch. .. .New Hanover... 75.00 Town Creek.... Brunswick 75.00 ; Epworth Pasquotank 75.00 i Bethel Caswell 75.00 B< num Chatham 100.00 Total amount distributed to the churches 1,665.00 Balance in treasury trom last year 23,75 Conditional appropriations. 1901 in treasurer's hand" 175.00 Expenses of treasurer 4.00 Total amount left in treasurer's hands, 1902 5.25 Assessment for the year 1903 is as fol. j lows: General and Conference Boards.$5,012.00 Fifth Street Church, Wllmiug ton 800.00 Total $5,812.00 This is apportioned as follows: Raleigh District $676 00 Durham District 682 00 Rockingham District 558.00 Washington District 705.00 Elizabeth City District 700.00 Warrenton District 688.0(1 Wilmington District 611.0C New Bern District 670.0(1 Fayctteville District 522.00 We publish the following ap pointments: Raleigh LHatrist?W. H.Moore, Presiding Elder. Edenton Street?G. F. Smith. Central Church?G. T. Adams. Brooklyn and Macedonia?M. M. McFarland. Epworth?J. M. Culbreth. Cary?G. B. Starling. Clayton?G. W. Fisher. Smithfield?N. E. Coltrane. Kenlv-Supply, R. H. Whita ker. Millbrook?N. L. Seabolt. Youngsville?G. R. Rood. Franklinton?J. H. Shore. Eouisburg? M. T. Plyler. Tar River?A. L. Ormond. Granville?W. H. Puckett. Oxford Station?A McCullen. Oxford Circuit??!. I>. Pegratn. j Editor Raleigh Christian Ad Ivocate?T. N. Ivey. Superintendent Methodist Or phanage?VV. Jenkins. Agent Methodist Orphanage? J. Hi Hurley. We publish the following that may be of interest to some of our readers: J. T. Bibbs, presiding elder, Durham District CDv Mission, Durham, H. B. Culbreth. Roxboro, Iv. D Holmes. Dunn, 10. M. Snipes. Newton drove, It. A. Bruton. Jonesboro, 15. C. Allred. Lillington, A. 1). Betts. Aberdeen, d. A. Oglesby. Hamlet, C. (). Durant. Red Springs, Z. T. Harrison. Robeson, J. M. Ashby. Snow Hill. E. Pope. Onslow. W. A. Jenkins. Sha lotte, N. H. Guvton. Swan Quarter, W. Y. (Overtoil. Bethel, ?). .1 Marker. South Roekv Mount and Mar rin. P. 1). Woodall. Enfield and Halifax, S. A. Cot ton. North Gates, H M. Jackson. Sampson, 11. 1>. Holder. Kenansville, W. D. Sasser. Hurgaw, C. C. Brothers. Clinton, J. T. Draper. EX-SPEAKER REED DEAD. The End Came in Washington Sat urday Night After a Brief Ill ness. Thomas ifrackett I teed, for mer Speaker of the House of Representatives, and for many years prominent in public life, died in Washington Saturday night at 12:10 o'clock, in his apartment m the Arlington Hotel. The immediate cause of death was uraemia. His wifeand daughter, who had been called from New York by his illness, were with him when the end came. Mr. Reed reached Washington Sund ay, having gone there to at tend to some matters in the Uni ted States Supreme Court. He w;as at the capitol Monday, visi j ting his friends and former asso ciates in Congress, and witnessed theconveniugof the Fifty-seventh Congress. Apparently he was enjoying good health,' but later in the day he called on Dr. F. A. j Gardner and complained of gas tric distress. The following day his physician compelled him to remain in bed while a diagosis was made of his condition. Mr. Iieed was strongly averse to stay ing in bed, but a rise in tempera ture kept him in. Symptoms of appendicitis appeared, though i his condition was not considered at tliat^ time as alarming. His complaint was pronounced ca tarrhal appendicitis when he was first attacked, but no opera tion was performed. On Thurs day the symptoms of appendici tis abated but kidney trouble developed. Mr. Reed had lone suffered from Rright's disease. 1 his reached an acute stage Sat urday and was the direct cause of his death. The remains were taken to Portland, Me., for burial. Fhos. B. Reed was born in Port land, Me., October 15). 1839. He , graduated at Bowdoin College in \ -18(>0 and studied law. He serv ed for four terms as Speaker of ; J the House and was in 1896 a , candidate for the Republican i nomination for the presidency i A few years ago he voluntarily retired from the speakership and as a member of Congress and set tled in New ^ork for the practice of law. Fieht Will Be Bitter. I hose who will persist in clos ing their ears against the contin ual recommendation of I)r. King's New Discovery foi Con sumption, will have a long and bitter fight with their troubles, if not ended early by fatal teimina tion. Read what T. R. Beali, of Beall, Miss., has to say: "Last fall my wife had every symptom of consumption. She took Dr. King's New Discovery after eve rything else had failed Improve ment came at once and four bot tles entirely cured her." (tuaran teed by Hood Bros., Druggists ? j Brice 50c. and $1,00. Trial bob itles free. CASTRO DOESN'T BUDGE. "We will Enforce our Rights," Says Venezuela's President. DENIES GETTING ULTIMATUM. '"Cannot Decide on Foreign Claims Before the Revolution Is Entire ly Crushed"?Says He Is Astonished. Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 9 ? President Castro received your correspondent at Mirufigres Pal ace to-day. In reply to questions he said: "The Venezuelan Government has not received any ultimatum, properly speaking, but rather simultaneous requests from Great Britain and Germany. Theclaims Great Britain asks this Govern ment to settle are small, and up to the present time we have not been aware of them. Never hav ing; been presented, Venezuela hasj consequently never refused to settle them. Great Britain's ac tion, therefore, is without justifi-j c ttion. "The Venezuelan Government cannot decide on foreign claims before the revolution has been entirely crushed. At present the only aim of the Government is the re-establishment of piublic j order, and other questions must; j necessarily be subservient to this j object. "N evert Helens, to prove Vene zuela's desire to settle all pend ing claims in a conformable man ner, the Government issued a de i eree in the course of the last ses sion of Congress, dated Novem ber 28, creating a committee to which all pending claims should | be referred. No claims have been i presented to this committee and j none has been rejected. There ! has been no denial of justice; why, then, should foreitrn chan \ cellories intervene, thereby ignor 1 ing our laws and endeavoring to violate ournational sovereignty? We cannot understand this ac tion." I "What do you intend to do in view of the present attitude of i the p >wers?" was asked ? "We will enforce our rights," I replied President Castro, "and explain to the world that Vene zuela has laws. We will prove that we have never denied our engagements." The President was asked what reply the Venezuelan Government would make to the communica-i tions hand'd it by the German and British envoys. To this he replied, after reflection: "The Venezuelan Government is astonished that, after the notes which were transmitted to it by the diplomatic representatives of Germany and Great Britain, these envoys should leave Caracas without awaiting the reply of the Venezuelan Government." Questioned as to what course he intended to pursue should the powers declare a blockade, the President excused himself from answering. No ultimatum, it is declared, I had been delivered to the Vene zuelan Government up to 2 o'clock this afternoon. Should Venezuela refuse or fail to reply to the notes of Great Britain and Germany, it is said an ultimatum will then be delivered. This would probably be transmitted by Admiral Douglas, command ing the combined British and German Meets, or by the captain ' of the Britishcruiser Retribution. The Italian cruiser Giovanni Bausan has arrived at Laguavra. ? Baltimore Sun. This Will Interest Many. 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Friends ol President Roosevelt are canvassing certain States to learn whether there is formidable opposition to his nomination in 1904. A cold wave which bore down upon Chicago Sunday reached its climax Monday witn a tempera ture at zero mark. About three inches of snow fell. The House of Congress Satur day passed the pension appro priation bill carrying about $140,000,000. It was passed without objection. Mr. and Mrs. John Williams were committed to jail in Phila delphia Monday charged with poisoning their two children to get insurance money. Secretary Wilson has asked the House Agricultural Committee for between $500,000 and $1, 000,000 to stamp out the foot and-mouth disease in New Eng land. Rev. Jo. Jones, a brother of Rev. Sain Jones, who had attain ed some reputation as an evan gelist by imitating his brother's methods, died suddenly Friday at his home at Cartersville, 00 already in hand for the purpose.