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VOL. 21. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1903. NO. 44.
SELJWA NEWS.
Miss Lula Tisdale has returned j
from Burlington.
Mrs. H. I). Hood visited rela
tives in Kenly Tuesday. [
Mr. C. N. Peeler is back after a
visit to relatives in Cleveland
county.
Mr. Albert S. J. Atkinson, of
New Orleans, is on a visit to rela
tives here.
Mr. Wayne Alexander returned
Tuesday after a visit to relatives
near Asheville.
Mrs. Harriet Edgerton, of
Kenly, is visiting her sou, Mr.
N. E. Edgerton.
Itev. W. E. Hocutt, of Pantego,
N, C., visited his mother, Mrs.
Jane Hocutt Tuesday.
Miss Candler, of near Asheville,
a sister of Prof. Candler, arrived
Tuesday to enter our (Jraded
School.
Robert and Albeit Noble re
turned to Chapel Hill, and Will
Richardson, Jr.. returned to the
A. & M. Monday.
Misses Cora Richardson, Mag
gie Whitley and Rena Edgerton,
returned to Louisburg Female
College Monday.
Rumor has it that one of our
fairest damsels will soon be led
to the llymenial altar by one of
county's sons.
Mrs. Alex. Martin, of Summer
ville, S. C., has returned to her
home after spending the holidays
with her mother, Mrs. Rozetta
Vick.
Messrs. Etheredge & Hatcher
have dissolved. Mr. E.heredge
buying the interest of Mr. Hatch
er. Mr. Hatcher has made many i
friends during his stay with us.
Hon. C. W. Richardson left
Tuesday for Raleigh where he
will be for the next two months
looking after the interests of his ;
constituents. He is a level head
ed young man and will make us
a good Senator. We expect to
hear good reports from him.
LEACMBURG.
Mr. C. H. Johnson made a
flying trip to Winston, one day
last week on important business.
"Sol" and Mr. Eugene Stevens
attended the debate attheAlford
school house on Wednesday
night of last week. *
The wedding that was rumored
to take place in this community
has been pospoued for awhile, so
the knowing ones say.
Mr. and Mrs. Thad Stevens
spent last Saturday and Sunday,
visiting Mrs. Stevens' Aunt, Mrs.
E. T. Byrd near Fuquay Springs.
Mr. .and Mrs. W. I). Johnson of
near Smithfield, spent the latter
part of last week visiting rela
tives and friends in Leachburg.
We wish for The Herald and
all its force, much success during
the year 1903. The Herald
seems to be on a boom in this
community.
"Sol."
Favors Good Roads.
I am interested in the move
ment for good roads. We can
have them if we will get about it.
I have had ten years experience
as overseer and waut to urge the
importance of gettm^good tools
and employing gooa hands and
I am in favor of paying them a
liberal price.
Dock Stephenson,
Smithfield, N. C.
Tried to Conceal ft.
it's the old story of "murder'
will out" only in this case there's
no crime. A woman feels run- j
down, has backache or dyspepsia
and thfnks it's nothing and tries
to hide it until she finally breaks j
down. Don't deceive yourself.
Take Electric Bitters at once. It
has a reputationforcuringStom
acb, Liver and Kidney troubles
and will revivify your whole sys-1
tem. The worst forms of those
maladies will quickly yield to the
curative power of Eiectric Bit- j
ters. Only 50c. and guaranteed
by Hood Bros., Druggists.
PERSONAL.
Mr. H. L. Skinner returned i
from Oxford Friday.
Mr. Battle Hocutt. of Emit,
spent Saturday here.
Mr. T. S. Ragsdale went tor
Wilson Sunday afternoon.
Hon. E. W. Pou returned to
Washington Sunday night.
.Miss May Young is visiting her
sister, Mrs. J no. O. Ellington.
Mrs. W. S. Stevens returned j'
home from Goldsboro Sunday. j
Messrs. Will Holder and M. M.
Smitha made a trip to Dunn this \
week. j
Miss Eula Wall, of Wilson's
Mills, is visiting friends here this
week.
Miss Maude Pittman, of Golds
boro, is visiting Miss Rosa Leigh I
Peacock.
Mr. J. R. Bass has returned
from Nashville where.he s]5entthe
holidays.
Mrs. 0. V. Booker is spending
a few days with her mother near
Goldsboro.
Dr. E. T. Dickinson, of the
Wilson Sanatorium, was in town
yesterday.
Miss Mollie Ruffin, of Whita
kers, is visiting Miss Bertha
Yelvington.
Mr. T. J. Gentry has returned
from Person county where he
spent Christmas.
Miss Bettie Cobb returned
Saturday from a two weeks'
visit to Durham.
Messrs. R. R. and W. N. Holt
have returned to the A. & M.
College at Raleigh.
Mr. J. L. Hall, of Benson, spent
Sunday night here with his
brother, Rev. Wilbur G. Ha 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Shaw, of
Laurinburg, have been spending
a few days here with relatives.
Mr. Harry Stevens, of Golds
boro, spent Sunday here enroute
to Chapel Hill to resume his
studies.
Miss Mamie Toler. of Golds
boro, spent Saturday and Sunday
here, the guest of Miss Bertha
Stevens.
Mr. W. M. Sanders, president
of the Smithfield Cotton Mills,
made a business trip to Norfolk
this week.
Miss Lucile Ellington has re
turned to Raleigh to resume her
studies in the Baptist Female
University.
Messrs. A. H. Rose, T. E. Aus
tin, and R. S. Stevens have re
turned to Chapel Hill to resume
their studies.
Dr. S. P. J. Lee was here Sun
day enroute to Baltimore to
resume his studies in the Mary
land Medical College.
Mr. A. H. Timberlake, of Louis
burg, has been spending a few
davs here with his brother, Mr.
Julian A. Timberlake.
Miss Margaret Moore, of Balti
more, and Mrs. J. K. McNeill, of I
Fayetteville, are visiting their
brother, Mr. J. W. Moore.
Mr. Stephen L. Crocker, of j
Marquette, Michigan, spent a few j
days here this week with his
cousin, Mr. Thos. R. Crocker.
Mr. Will 1). Hood left Monday
for Chapel Hill to enter the
department of pharmacy in the
University of North Carolina.
Little Miss Irma Stevens re
turned home from Goldsboro
Friday, accompanied by her
little friend, Miss Marguerite
Smith.
I)r. Thomas .T. Holt and Mr. j
Oscar Hooks returned to Rich
mond Sunday to resume their
studies in the Virginia Medical
College.
Miss Mary Myatt returned to
Richmond Sundav to complete
her course in shorthand and
typewriting at tlie Smithdeal
Business College.
Miss Nettie Parker, of Asheville,
has returned to The Normal and
Industrial College at Greensboro,
after spending the holidays here
with her sister, Mrs. h. H. Brooks.
The New Speaker.
The Democratic caucus made
no mistake last night in select
ing Hon. Samuel VI. Gattis, of
Grange, as their candidate for
Speaker of the House. Inasmuch
as the Democrats have a large
majority in the House, the ac
tion of the caucus is equivalent
to an election.
Mr. Gattis is a broad-gauged,
conservative, patriotic man, one
of the most influential and wisest
of the party leaders in the State.
He is fair, just, honest, courage
ous and will paove a worthy suc
cessor to the great North Caro
linians who have tilled the high
office to which he will today be
chosen.
Samuel M. Ga#tis was born in
Orange county, March 7, ISO.'},
and acquired his education in the
schools of his county, and gradu
ated from the State University
in the class of 1884 with the de
gree of Ph. B. He afterwards
taught school in Johnston coun
ty, and was then principal of the
Hertford High School for two
years. Subsequently he read law
under the late Hon. John Man
ning and obtained his license to
practice law 111 1888. Shortly
after this he was appointed Clerk
of the Superior Court of Orange
county and continued in that
office until 1890, when he was
r> gulariy elected for four years.
He was renominated in 1894, but
was defeated by the flood of
Populism and Republicanism
that swept triumphantly over
the State. After his defeat Mr.
Gattis resumed the practice of
law. He has been chairman of
t'.e Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Orange county since
1 WWW Qtul alun a momhnr r\f tlio
iuv<-'j uiuu ui iuv ijh? i vuv
State Executive Committee since
1892. He was elected to the
House of Representatives from
Orange county in 1898, and was
one of the strongest and most in
fluential men of that hody. He
was a delegate from the Fifth
Congressional District to the Na
tional Convention at Kansas
Citv in 1900. He was re-elected
to the House of Representatives
in August, 1900, with a majority
of 68 votes. In that body be
was chairman of the Finance
Committee that framed the reve
nue law. He was chairman of
the joint Democratic caucus and
was p -aker pro tern of the House.
He was chairman of the joint
Committee on Finance and mem
ber of the Committees on Elec
tion Laws, Public Libraries. Ju
diciary and Election of Trustees
of the University.
His re-election in 1902 was as
sured on the day of his nomina
tion by Orange county Demo
crats.
Mr. Gattis married Miss Maggie
Parish, daughter of the late Col
C. E. Parish, of Hil sboro. He is
a consistent, member of the Meth
odist church, a Mason in high
standing, having held every im
portant honor in the gift of the
Grand Lodge with thefxception
of Grand Master.?News and Ob
server of the 7th.
Buckner Hudson Killed.
Last Wednesday in the south
ern part of Johnston county,
Buckuer Hudson had been to
Denson with his sou and returned,
being drunk. On reaching home
the father attempted to cut his
son. In the scuffle that followed
the boy struck his father with a
piece of wood. The old man
managed to get into the house
and on the bed and soon became
unconscious. He died soon after.
The trouble arose over the boy
having taken the part of his
mother in a previous difficulty.
The coroner's jurv found that
the killing was justifiable.?Dunn
Reporter.
Domestic Troubles.
It is exceptional to find a fami
ly where there are no domestic
ruptures occasim ? lly, but thess
can be lessened b; having Dr.
King's New Lib Pills around
Much trouble they savebvtheii
great work in Stomach and Livei
troubles. They not, only relieve
you, but cure. 2."?c. at Hood
Bros. Drug Store.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Fight Made Before the Board
Against the Liquor Traffic
in Benson.
The County Commissioners
were in session Monday und Tues
j day, all members of the Board
bring present.
| The usual routine business was
transacted.
G. L. Jones reported the Wil
son's Mills and Selma bridge as
being unsafe. The Board in
structed him to have the neces
sary repairs made at once at
' reasonable cost.
As Dr. L. A. Muns had not
qualified as County Coroner Dr.
?J. B. Person had held over until
Monday when he offered his res
; iguation which was accepted.
Mr. Z. L. LeMay was appointed
; in his stead.
The following were appointed
Bridge Commissioners for the
ensuing year:
Clayton?J. I). Gulley.
Cleveland?F. T. Booker.
Pleasant Grove?J. B. Hardee.
Elevation?Josephus Johnson.
Banner?1. J. Smith.
Meadow?Y.J. Luwhon.
Bentousville?N. W. Smith.
Ingrains? W, A. Sanders.
Boon Hill?J. M. Oliver.
Beulah?D. H. Bagley.
Oueals?W. T. Parser.
Wilders?J. W. Barnes.
Wilson's Mills?G. L. Jones.
Selma?R. B. Whitley.
Smithfield?Z. L. Lemay.
The following were appointed
Fence Commissioners:
Pleasant Grove and Ehvation,
B. A. Coats; Smithfield and
Digrams, D. J. Wellons; Oneals,
It. H. Godwin; Wilders, A. F.
Whitley; Selma, B. S. Pittman.
The following were granted
license to retail lfquor for the
ensuing six mouths.
C. A. Fitzgerald, Micro.
J. R. Williams, Four Oaks,
i R. E. Creech, Four Oaks.
W. J. McDonald, Benson.
Wilson Allen, Benson.
J. H. Wheeler, Benson.
J. H. Royal, Benson.
J. 8. Ryals, Benson.
There was a fight over grant
ing license to the applicants from
! Benson. There was a very strong
petition signed by 65 citizens of
Benson asking the County Com
missioners not to grant license.
| The applicants for license were
represented by Messrs. John M.
Morgan and John A. Narron.
| The petitioners against license
were represented by Mr. F. H.
Brooks. The pelitiouers asked
that the Commissioners grant
I license for only three months.
The order granting license is
as follows:
Ordered by the Board of County
Commissioners of Johnston
county that we grant to appli
cants for liquor license from the
towu of Benson for a period of
six months, with a distinct
understanding that said license
shall be revoked after the expira
tion of three months unless the
said liquor dealers shall present
as strong or a stronger petition
| for barrooms as has been this
day presented against barrooms
and if the said license are revoked
we are to pay said liquor dealers
a rebate of onehalf of said costs
of said license.
CLAYTON.
i
i
Mr. Daniel Hill is visiting here.
?i Mr. T. A. Griffin left for school
Sunday.
,j Mr. D. T. Barnes was in town
Tuesday.
Mr. I). W. Rose spent Sunday
1 in Smithfield.
Miss Foy Tjench is visiting her
sister, Mrs. E. B. McCullers.
Mr. H. L. Barnes is having a
i store erected on Main Street.
The directors of The Clayton
Banking Co. met Friday after
: noon.
Mr. I. W. Dodd has been siok
for the pr st week but is able to
M lie out again.
Mr. Edwin E. Barker will pre
, sent his great monologue plays
I at The Clayton Hall to-night,
i Wednesday.
The directors of The Clayton
Cotton Mills met Friday morning.
Mr. J no S. Rarnes killed a pig
recently, weighing .'189 net. Who
can beat that ?
Mr. A. T. Peal, President of
Clayton Mfg Co., was m town
several days recently.
Mr. J. R. Harrison has bought
Mr. A. Jones' lot and residence
hore and will soon move to it.
Mrs. M. 0. Gulley left Wednes
day for Durham, where she will
spend some time with her son,
Mr. Sam It. Gulley.
Mrs. R. T. Moncure, who is
visiting her sister, Mrs. C. W.
Carter, will leave soon for Athens,
Ga., where she will make her
home.
Mr. I. W. I (odd will sell his
horses and vehicles and quit the
livery business. His health is
not sufficient for him to attend
to business.
Messrs. I. S. Ragwell & Co.,
who have been in busness in Gar
! ner, have moved here and will
do business here in the store
| occupied by I). H. Williams.
" Yelik."
POLENTA.
Mi. Knox Leeson, of Italeigh,
| took in the oyster supper last
Wednesday night.
Mr. Marvin Smith, of Rich
mond, Va., spent several days
visiting his brother last week.
Preaching at Shiloh next Sat
urday evening and Sunday morn
ing by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Hall.
MissJMary Hadley,of Wilson, a
young lady of accomplishments,
is on a visit to Mrs. Torn LeMay.
Mr. Dan Fowle, after spending
several weeks with bis sister, Mrs.
J. Walter Myatt, left for Raleigh
last Wednesday.
We learn Mrs. Celestia Smith
and daughters, of Raleigh, will
during the spring, return to this
neighborhood and make it their
home. Gladly will we welcome
them back.
The oyster supper given by the
young inen of the neighborhood,
at Dr. E. N. Booker's, last Wed
nesday night, was a most de
lightful affair. A crowd of huge
proportions assembled, coming
from the counties of .Johnston,
Wake, Harnett, Franklin, Wilson
and Nash, all fashionably cos
tumed, the girls pretty and fasci
nating, the gentlemen polite and
gallant. Several instrumental
selections were superbly rendered
on the piano by Miss Kate Young,
a charming and accomplished
young lady from Franklmton.
All went away pronouncing it
one of the most enjoyable occa
sions of the season, feeling in
debted to I)r. and Mrs. E. N.
Booker for courtesies showered
upon then}.
At the hospitable home of Mrs.
IS P. Tomlinson, near Preston,
the following were guests during
I the Christmas holidays: Rev. J.
N. Eoftin, of Florida, a rising
I young Baptist preacher; Mr.
Earnest J. Ward, one of Rocky
Mount's prominent young gents;
Mr. Nick Allen, a most excellent
young man of Auburn; Mr. Eu
gene Howell, a gallant young
I gentfrom Raleigh; Mr. Bob Rand,
of Richmond, Ya.; Mr. Tom Tur
ner, one of Wake's noted young
farmers; Mr. Jim Mitchener, an
entertaining young gentleman
i from Franklinton; Misses Kate
| Younp, May Mitchiner and Nan
nie Mitchiner, three of Franklin
; ton's most charming and enter
taining young ladies; Mrs. J. S.
Roberson with son, Master Ilar
; ris, of Franklinton, also spent
Christmas at her old home to the
I delight of her many friends.
Misses Emma and Zula Tomlin
son, were also at home during
the week, but returned to their
posts of duty in the school room
on Jan. 3,1903. All of the guests
report the most pleasant time of
their lives and speak in eulogistic
terms of old Johnston's hospi
tality.
Typo.
Buy your feed stuff from Aus
, tin-Ktephenson Co. They buy in
I car lots and can save you money.
SANDERS CHAPEL.
I If XX can satisfy a Dunn with
a Penny, why should a Penny
dodge a Dunn ? Is it a problem
in geometrical progression alli
gation, amalgamation, equa
tion, cancellation, calculation or
pluin rumination.
The new year 1903 with its
hazy curtain hangs before us.
The successes, even-stevens and
failures of the departed year
have been ledgered. Let our new
good resolutions only be main
tained and all will be well. A
pleasant and prosperous New
Yebr to all.
We are trying to plan for an
other crop, but don't know
which trigger to pull, cotton or
tobacco. We don't know whether
to bellow with the bulls or growl
with the bears, fiddle for the
American or dance for the Brit
ish, gup to, granda porka, bark
old brindles leg. gee hew to
Taurus, pull a taut cord over
Datum and doff our sombrero to
Ceres and her torchlight of expe
rience, or move to toyvn and fer
i tilize and hyperbolize.
Old Cnristmas is here, but not
much figuring. Some prognosti
cations of the weather as out
lined by the twelve days "be
tween the Christmases," some
talk of the double-breaking of
day, praying of the cows, the
quack and midnight marching of
the geese, blooniiug of the winter
honeysuckle and sprouting of the
Jerusalem oak, together with
the hanging up of a few little
stockings that was missed by
yauta Clans before, ends the holi
days and launches us along in
I the third year of the 20th cen
;tury.
Without permission, some boys
set some rabbit gums on Mr.
Wright Lynch's place and caught
one the first night. Their agent
offered to pay rent, but Mr.
Lynch said he did not charge
rabbit rent. Mr. Lynch's baby
lias a fine barotone voice at
night (he practices much) and it
is rumored that the rabbits come
I near to listen to the lit tie steam
boat captain and enjoy the music,
i Mr. Lynch says that old Molly
? may have a good ear for music,
but he didn't. The boys will
take him a rabbit's foot to part
his mustache.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. WJiitley
gave a ring in and a ring out
party last Wednesday night, and
that is what we like. Fruit cakes
dashed with pineapple, chocolate
and raisins flanked witu lemon
and chess custards, backset by
shady bottomed syllabub. I
dou't know ambrosia or nectar;
but 1 didn't call for any lasses.
We rounded up with some good
old Jule Carr senatorial bull
smoking tobacco, worried down
a few homeraised I'eter seedling
apples, bowed out the old and
courtesied to the new year, voted
our host and hostess three hun
dred and sixty-five and a quar
ter happy and prosperous days.
Married.
On December 24, Mr. Jacob A.
Alford and Miss Ora Johnson, of
the Avera's Mills section, was
happily united in marriage, Mr.
Henry Smith, J. P., performing
the ceremony, after which the
bride and groom together with
a few friends went to Mr. M. Al
ford's, father of the groom, and
enjoyed the many uelicacies pre
pared for the occasion. P. VV. J.
A Marvelous Invention.
Wonders never cease. A ma
chine has been invented that will
cut, paste and hang wall paper.
The field of inventions and dis
coveries seems to be unlimited.
Notable among great discoveries
is Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption. It has done a
world of good for weak lungs and
saved many a life. Tnousands
have used it and conquered Drip,
Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Con
sumption. Their general verdict
is: "It's the best and most relia
ble medicine for throat and lung
troubles. Kvery 50c. and $1.00
bottle is guaranteed by Hood
Bros., Druggist. Trial bottles
t free.