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VOL. 22. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1903. NO. 2.
STATE NEWS.
An election on the question of
establishing a graded school will
be held in Wilkesboro April 7th.
Safe crackerB broke into the
postoftice at Lincolnton Sunday
night, blew open the safe and se
cured about $700 in cash and
stamps.
The saloons were voted out of
Statesville Monday by a vote of
431 to 191. The temperance
sentiment continues to gain
ground.
The recent legislature passed
more bills chartering railways
than any previous one, over
twenty railways having been in
corporated.
The 1903 general assembly
which ahjourned last week passed
1,230 acts and 37 resolutions.
The preceding legislature, that of
1901, passed 1,207 acts aud 17
resolutions.
The superintendent of public
instruction announced that war
rants for the second $100,000 to
bring the school terms up to the
four months, will be mailed to
county treasurers within the next
few days.
Mr. George W. Yanderbilt has
at last succeeded in buying out
the old darkey who owned a little
patch of laud in the middle of the
Hiltmore estate. It was worth
about $.10, but the old chap held
out until he got $2,2.10 for it.
The legislature created the office
of assistant to the State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction and
the place carries a salary of $1,
100. The place has been offered
to Prof. E. C. Brooks, of the'
Monroe graded schools, and he
has accepted it.
The body of Col. Eugene Har
rell, who died at Manila, Decem
ber 19, arrived in Raleigh Sun
day morning and was burial in
Oak wood cemetery that after
noon. Col. Harrell was 51 years
of age and was a son of Rev. W .
B. Harrell, of I)unu.
Miss Sadie Wilcox, a sister of
Jim Wilcox, convicted of killing
Miss Nellie Cropsey. has been ap
pointed general delivery clerk at
the Elizabeth City office by Cost
master Meekins. Miss \\ ilcox
had the endorsement of all the
patrons of the office.
Some time ago Mr. Andrew
Carnegie, the millionaire, offered
to give Greensboro $30,000 for a
public library if the city would
guarantee $3,000 a year for its
support. At an election to be
held May 1th the voters will de
cide whether the proposition will
be accepted.
Lane Morgan shot and instant
ly killed John Richardson near
Candor, Montgomery county,
Saturday. The two men were at
the home of Marshal Pitman,
whose wife is Richardson's sister.
Morgan drew a revolver and, cry
ing, "you killed my brother and
I'll kill you," shot Richardson
dead. A few months previous
Rfchardson had killed a half
brother of Morgan.
Miss Sophronia Hone.vcutt, an
invalid lady, was burned to death
at her home, four miles from
Apex, Wake county, a few days
ago. She had been an invalid
from her birth and never able to
walk. She had been living with
her aged mother, and in some
way her clothing caught fire.
Her mother tried to rescue her
and came near losing her own
life.
State Treasurer Lacy hiis off- j
ered for sale the new issue of i
bonds of which $200,000 is in
coupon bonds, of the denonnna- ]
tion of $100 and $1,000 and i
$100,000 in registered bonds, of <
the denomination of $10, all!'
bearing 8 per cent, interest, pay- 1
able semi-annually, dated Janu- <
ary 1st, 1903, payable ten years i
after date and exempt from al 1
taxation. Rids will be received \
until noon, April 2d. Treasurer t
Lacy says the $10 registered i
bonds are issued in the hope that i
people will take them and that it i
will be a popular loan. They |
are exempt from all taxation, in- i
eluding the income tax. 11
A dispatch from Nashville,,
Nash county, to the Raleigh |
News and Observer save that!
Bennett Buuu, who lives near1
there, was sent to jail for 30 days j
for lashing his 24-year-old daugh
ter with a buggy whip. He made j
the young woman's home life so |
miserable that she left. He fol
lowed her to a neighbor's house
and cursed and abused both her1
aud the family with whom she
was staying. He then persuaded
her to return home, aud there
whipped her unmercifully. The
people threaten to run him out
of the community.
Monday morning in Tarboro
Dr. Julian M. Baker shot and
mortally wounded Dr. H. T.
Bass. Dr. Bass died|that night
about 11 o'clock. Both were
prominent ph.vcians, being well
known throughout the state.
The trouble between the two
men arose over the management
of the Sanatorium at Tarboro.
It is said that Dr. Bass, who is a
large man, attacted Dr. Baker
and was holding his head under
his arm beating him when the
latter fired the fatal shot. Dr.
Baker gave bail and was released
from custody. The plea of self
defense will be entered.
SELM/V NEWS.
Mrs. Nancy Eason has returned
from a visit to a sick sister in
O'NealB township.
M r. Charles Richardson, of Wen
dell, spent Wednesday with his
brother It. E. Richardson.
Mr. an'd Mrs. E. Hugh Lee, of
Raleigh are visiting Mrs. Lee's
brother, Mr. Loomis Debnam.
The big shop of the Selma
Manufacturing Co. is neariug
completion. It is 36x00 feet two
stories and loft.
The millinery store of Messrs.
Etlieredge A No'ell is about
completed. They expect to open
their stock next Tuesday.
Messrs. Fab. Busbee Whitley
and Noble G. Rlackman, visited
old Beulah church Sunday. They
report a large crowd and a good
sermon.
Rev. J. H. Jenkins, of Raleigh,
is conducting a series of meetings
m the Baptist church. Consider
able interest is being shown. We
hope for a gracious revival of
religion.
Mr. G.C. (Tony) Price and Miss
Lillie Gullev were marriei Wed
nesday at 9 o'clock p. m., at the
residence of Mr. Ira Batten in
Selma by W. II. Hare, J. P.
There were no attendants. Wei
wish them a long, prosperous
and happy life.
Dr. Noble received a telegram
from Mr. M C. Winston Thurs
day saying that he and Mrs.
Winston reached Hot Springs,
Ark., Tuesday night, and that
Mrs. Winston was doing well.
Their friends will be glad to hear
this good news.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Hood left
Wednesday afternoon to attend
the closing exercises of the public
school in Wilder's Township,
taught by Miss Annie Noble
Hood. We hear that Senator
Clarence W. Richardson is to
make an address there. He left
here Monday morning for hie old
home and will remain until after
the closing exercises.
Senex.
A Virginia farmer married an
immigrant girl at Baltimore last
week after ten minutes'acquaint
ance.
A Printer Greatly Surprised.
"I never was so much surprised
in my life, as I was with the re
sults of usingChamberlain's Pain
Balm," says Henry T. Crook,
pressman of the Asheville (N. C.)
Gazette. "I contracted a severe
?ase of rheumatism early last
winter by getting my feet wet. I
tried several things for it with
sut benefit. One clay while look
ing over the Gazette, I noticed i
that Pain Balm was positively
guaranteed to cure rheumatism, i
*o bought a bottle of it and be
ore using two-thirds of it my i
"heumatism had taken its flight
ind I have not had a rheumatic i
jam since." Sold by Cavenaugh
t Benson, Hare & Son, Hood
Sros. 11
GROOM 99. BRIDE 19.
Aged Survivor of the Mexican War
Takes Young Girl for Wife and
Both Profess to be Happy.
Austin,Texas, March 14.?Rev.
It. A. King, a survivor of San
Jacinto, and his bride are hereon
a visit. He was 99 years old and
married on February 10. The
bride confesses that she loves the
ground that Mr. King walks on.
He owns several farms in the
Brazos bottom and a row of
houses in Galveston.
Mrs. King is somewhat youngpr
than her husband, having been
born in 1884; but she declared it
is a real love match and that her
young heart was won by the per
suasive eloquence of the grand
old man. , .
They are here to visit the Leg
islature and gaze upon a bad oil
painting of a good old man?
Gen. "Sam" Houston.
Mr. King said that Georgia
was the dearest girl in the world
and he couldn't live without her.
They were married at the home
of the father of the bride, J. T.
Long, a farmer of Lee county.
The bride said:
"They all think we are such a
strange couple, but 1 don't care
what they think. I love him and
he was my choice. It doesn t
make any difference if he be a few
years older.
"The first time I met Mr. King
was last April, and I will never
forget it. He was preaching in
Leecounty,andit was the second
Saturday night in the month. 1
never had been in love, but as
soon as 1 laid eyes on him and
heard his noble voice I realized
what it was to love.
"He fell in love with me, too,
and after church we were intro
duced. After that we were to
gether a great deal for several
months, and were married at my
home, near Giddins."
"I suppose if a woman ever did
love a man she loves me," broke
in the aged soldier, "and then,
too, I thought it was best to
marry a young girl, 1 am old and
getting feeble, and I think that
our match was a very appropri
ate one, notwithstanding what
other people think. She is a great
help, as well as a lovable com
panion.
"I was born in 1804, said Rev.
Mr. King, "and celebrated my
ninety-nine birthday 1' ebruary
10. Georgia is my third wife.
Each time 1 married 1 wedded a
young girl. I suppose that 1 am
the only man living today who
fought'at San Jacinto. Cousin
'Sam' Houston had alistof them
and I am the only one alive. My
father lived to be 108 years of
age and my grandfather 118
My mother died at the age of
99. I don't know how long I
shall live, but 1 expedt to be here
some time yet."
Notwithstanding that the Rev.
Mr. King is nearly 100 years of
age, he moves around better than
most men at 00 or 70. He has
been a resident of Galveston for
a great many years and owns
considerable property at that
place.
A Mother of Israel Gone Home.
It is always sad to say good
bye; and especially when we are
about to separate from those
with whom we have been inti
mately associated and with
whom we cherish as a common
heritage many sacred memories,
hoarded through the receded
years. How much sadder it is to
gaze for the last time in mortal
life upon the cold features and
stilled energies of our loved ones,
whose daily and almost homely
companionship has woven the
influences of their lives into the
warp and woof of our own. Com
pared to theseveringof such ties,
the sorrow attendant upon good
bye scenes is nothing.
To witness and participate in
such a leave-taking one of the
larcest congregations ever gath
ered at Zion Methodist church,
Reulah Township, Johnston
county, assembler! Monday,
March 17, 1903, at 2 p. m. The
deceased, whose obituary service
was thus so signally attended,
was Mrs. Harrietts Edgerton,
relict of the late G. G. Edgerton,
of Beulah Township, one of the
county's best known and most
honored citizens. The officiating
minister was Rev. N. E. Coltrane,
pastor of the Smithfield (Metho
dist) Circuit. The audience,
which would have twice filled the
church to its utmost capacity,
came from Smithfield, Selma,
Kenly, and various other parts
of the county, thus attesting the'
popularity and excellency of |
christian womanhood of the de
ceased and evidencing the heart
felt and wide-spread sympathy J
of the people of the county for
the Bereaved.
The farewell-taking was most
impressive. Those who had been
boys and girls with the deceased
looked and wept and murmured
"May it be as well with us all."
Middle aged people, who remem
ber the hospitality of her home
in their young days, gazed on her j
silent form and made new re
solves. Little boys and girls and |
those lately grown up, remem
bering her kind words and deeds
towards them, passed by the bier
and added their tears to those
shed by their elders. It was a
scene never to be forgot.
The concluding ceremonies at
the grave were very appropriate.
Every head was bowed during
the prayer and the large con
course of people was quiet, order
ly and respectful during the fill
ing iu and shaping up of the
grave. The beautiful floral decor
ations were then brought for
ward and artistically arranged.
Then each one of that large
crowd went with bended head to
the grave, looked earnestly and ;
tenderly on the last resting place
of the departed Mother of Israel,
and sorrowfully wended his way
homeward. A holy reverence
pervaded all. Such is the influ
ence for good of a righteous life
"hid with Christ in God.;'
"Aunt Harriette," such was
her familiar title, had been a
sufferer for many years, yet she
never complained. Since the
death of her lamented husband,
she had worn a far away look
and had many times expressed
the desire to be with him. Those
who were with her from the time
she fell and shat tered her shoulder
at the home of her son Walter in
Smithfield, during all the six
weeks of lingering, torturous
suffering that preceded her death i
are satisfied that she was anxious
to go home. The end came in |
her 56th year, at 11:30 Sunday
morning, March 16,1903. It is
well with her soul.
She leaves seven sons?C. W.
Edgerton, lawyer, Kenly; l)r. (
Howard Edgerton, Lebanon,
Tenn.; W. A. Edgerton, Register i
of Deeds.Iohnetoncountv,Snath- i
field; Edward Edgerton, finan
cier, Selma; H. F. Edgerton, mer- j
i chant, Kenly; Jarvis Edgerton,
merchant, Kenly, and J. E. Ed
gerton, post-graduate student at
Yanderbilt University, Nashville, , (
Tenn.; one daughter, Miss Renal
Edgerton, student at Louisburgi,
Female College, Louisburg, N.C.,
one sister, Mrs. Martha Matthews, I,
Kenly, many grandchildren, and
a host of relatives and friends to I,
mourn their loss, which is her
gain. Them we point to the L
Lamb of God, who is abundantly
able to soothe their broken, ach
ing hearts in their sad bereave
ment. Let them remember, in |
the words of Holy writ, that "as (
a sweet savor to the Lord is the
death of his saints."
W. A. H upper.
Kenly, N. C.. March 18,1903. (
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The latest killing in the State j
excites but little curiosity. Such J
things are becoming too com
mon to occasion comment.?Dur- ,
ham Herald. j (
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General News Items.
A revolution has broken out m
Uruguay.
Earthquake shocks were felt at
Dalton, Ga., Sunday morning.
The Senate has ratified the
Panama canal treaty without
amendment, 73 to 5.
A safe was dynamited and rob
bed of $3<>0 in cash at Chatta
nooga Monday night.
The census of China has been
completed and the population is
put down at 420,447,000.
The lower Mississippi has sur
passed all former records for
high water and great damage is
being done.
One of the worst blizzards of
the winter raged in Colorado,
Wyoming and neighboring
States this week.
The failure is announced in
London, Lug., of booty & Bay
liffe, solicitors. Their liabilities
are over $1,000,000.
.lingo, said to be the biggest
elephant in captivity, died on
the steamer Georgic, which ar
rived at New York Wednesday.
The enormous sum of $178,
184,20."> has been asked for the
maintenance of the navy of Great
Britain during the year 1903-4.
The failure of six big importing
houses in the City of Mexico is
said to be due to the effort to
place the country on a gold ba
sis.
Report show that (500 persons
lost their lives in the hurricane
that swept over the South Sea
Islands on January 14, 15 and
10.
The German Reichstag budget
committee voted in favor of ap
propriating $750,000 for Ger
many's exhibit at the St. Louis
fair.
Fourteen masked men men
raided a house in Ohio, bound
members of two families and se
cured plunder worth $8,000 last
week.
Andrew Carnegie asked to be
allowed to nay for the new filtra
tion plant to be built at Cornell
University, and his request is
likely to be granted.
President Roosevelt will leave
Washington for his tour of the
Western States on the 1st of
April; on June 1st the trip home
ward will begin.
The War Department has be
gun the work of compiling and
publishing a complete roster of
officers and men pf the Union and
Confederate armies.
Owing to the floods in the
South the Census Bureau has
postponed from Monda* until
April 1st the issuance of final
returns on the cotton ginning
operations for 1902.
Rudolph Foster, of Virginia,
has been appointed as assistant
secretary to the President. He
is a graduate of the Columbia
University law school. Reentered
the government service in 1894
and since 1900 has been execu
tive clerk to the President.
Married.
Sunday morning at the home
of Mr. Israel Stephenson, in Wil
son's Mills township, his daugh
ter, Miss Ida, was married to Mr.
W. H. Pittman, Elder J. W.
Gardner performing the ceremo
ay. The attendants were Mr.
Oscar Youngblood and Miss Sal
lie Stephenson, Mr. Herman
Stephenson and Miss Mary Mitch
?ner.
After the ceremony the entire
wedding party attended services
at Little Creek Primitive Baptist
ihurch.
Tuesday Mr. and Mrs. Pittman
moved to Smithfield which place
they will make their future home.
Committed to Jail.
L. B. Durham, of Elevation
township, a white boy about 17
rears old, was committed to jail
Friday charged with a nameless
;rime. His victim was Baretta
Sanders, aged about 12 years.
The preliminary hearing was had
befoi" Squire Josephus Johnson, i
PERSONAL.
Capt. J. B. Edgerton, of Golds
boro, was in town .yesterday.
Mr. J. H. Smith, of the Spilona
section, spent Sunday in town.
Mr. M M. Smitha, of The Her
Raleigh*' 8peutMondaY uif?ht iu
Mrs. Lucy I^ee,of <.V Glenmore
section, is here on a visit to ner
daughter, Mrs. J. M. Beaty.
Miss EuJa Hood spent Satur
day and Sunday with Miss Althea
Jones in the I'isgah section.
Mrs. W. S. Stevens and little
son Everett, are spending a few
days with relatives in Kenly.
Miss I'lossie Abell returned
Monday from Selrua where she
spent a few days with friends.
Miss Alice Radford left Monday
to visit the family of Mr. B. B.
Yelvington at Jacksonville, Fla!
Miss Ada Barnes spent Satur
day and Sunday with her sister,
Mrs. L. 1). Grantham, at Prince
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Booker
spent Sunday and Monday with
M rs. Booker's mother near Golds
bo ro.
Mrs. U. F. Webb returned Mon
day from Jacksonville, Fla.,
.where she spent the winter with
her son.
Miss Mary Fdgerton, who has
been visiting Miss Addie Massey,
has returned to her home in
Goldsboro.
Mrs. H. L. Skinner will return
today from Kinston where she
has been spending a few days
with friends.
Miss I- ranees Wells returned to
her home in Wilson Saturday
after spending sometime here
with Mrs. L. E. Watson.
BENSON.
Hooks & Co. have opened a la
dies' furnishing store.
P. Hawlev is in Florida and
says he will stay there.
Miss Onie Britt, of Bentonville,
is visiting relatives here.
I he town will soon be involved
in a law suit with R. F. Smith.
G. \\. Cavenaugh has about
recovered from his recent illness.
J. W. Canaday got back from
Koekflsh without getting mar
ried.
L. E. Stevens opens in the build
ing recently vacated bv J. S.
Ryals.
Miss Sulie McNair, of Red
Springs, is visiting Mrs. R. S.
Pickson.
J. Edgar Jernigan succeeds the
Moore Grocery Co. and expects
to hold the trade.
J. M. Beaty, of Smithfield, was
reflecting toe smiles of our genial
citizens Wednesday.
J. W. Wood will build P. B.
Johnson a residence at once and
P. B. wants it at once.
W. A. Allen, of Four Oaks, has
moved here and will be associated
with R. F. Smith & Co.
A. B. Hudson has nearly com
pleted his new dwelling since he
was burned out a few days ago.
W. M. Davis, manager for W.
J. McDonald has gone to Empo
ria, \ a., where he will resume
business.
Messrs. Dees & Stewart, of An
gler, have moved here and open
ed a stock of goods in the Hud
son store.
J. C. Stancil and R. T. Surles
will soon depart for Virginia to
spend the season there selling
fruit trees.
B. B. Broughton says "daugh
ter" as easily and naturallv as if
she was 10 years instead of only
two days c Id.
Joe Rvals is in Emporia, Va.,
administering to the thirsty there
and shipping it back tothoseout
of reach of his personal care.
For Rural Libraries.
Congressman Pou has arranged
that every public school library
in his district shall receive a ship
ment of books of a desirable
character, handsomely bound.?
News and Observer.