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VOL. 22. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1903. NO. 5.
General News Items.
The Heinz Hickle Company
will establish a pickle plant in
New Berne.
Three prisoners escaped from
Caswell county jail last week.
One was rearrested.
President Roosevelt spent Sun
day in Sioux Falls, S. P., and at
tended church twice.
Last Monday Tom.lohnson was
re-elected Mayor of Cleveland,
Ohio, by a plurality of 5,985.
The Southern States Trust
. Company of Charlotte has estab
lished a branch bank at Davidson.
The senior class of Wake For
est college will wear gowns when
they graduate at commence
ment.
Carter Harrison was for the
fourth time elected Mayor of Chi
cago last Tuesday. His majori
ty is about 0,000.
Miss Alice Roosevelt arrived in
New York Sundav after her visit
to Porto Rice , where she was
royally entertained. ?
Four negro children were burn
ed to death by a fire which con
sumed their home near Frankhn
ton a few days ago.
Value of wedding presents to
be received by Miss Neil son, who
is to marry Reginald Vanderbilt,
is estimated at $500,000.
Mrs. Margaret E. Armour has
given |40,0C0 to Kansas City
Woman's Christian Association
to establish a home for worthy i
old people.
Prof. S. F. Venable, a well '
known educator and superin
tendent of schools in Bumcombe,
died at the hospitul in Baltimore 1
Sunday afternoon. i
Almost the entire town of Ken
ned}7, Ala., a station on thei
Southern Railway, was destroy
ed by fire Monday The loss
will reach ?40,000.
Mr. Chas. H. Doughton died
recently in Alleghany county at '
the age of 100 years. He sur
veyed the land for the county 1
when Alleghany was formed.
' President Roosevelt spent last
Thursday in Chicago, visited two
universities, received the degree
of LL.D. and in the evening
spoke to a large audience on the
Monroe doctrine.
The body of Charles Hatcher,
who disappeared from his home ,
March 31st last, was found float
ing in ah old mill pond at Gran- 1
iteville, S. C. Sunday. It is be- j,
lieved that he was murdered.
Dick Martin, an aged colored
man of Stokes county, whose
son died in the late Spanish
American war, now receives a
pension from the government, i
He recently received over ?500
back pay.
Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson is to ,
be the guest of honor at the re
union of the charter members
and the alumni of the North J
Carolina Alpha Beta Chapter !
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, at j,
Chapel Hill, June 2d.
At Birmingham, Ala., Monday, I
Mrs. Susie McMillin, wife of Po
liceman A. B, McMillin, gave her
eight months-old baby a large
dose of carbolic acid and then
committed suicide by shooting
herself twice in the breast. No j
motive can be assigned for the
deed. (
Hal Rand's store at Garner, i
ten miles south of Raleigh, on '
the Southern Railway, was en- i
tered at 3 o'clock Friday morn- <
ing. The safe was blown open '
and ?40 in cash taken. A large <
quantity of stamps and a num- i
ber of registered letters belong- ;
ing to the postoffice, which is in i j
a nearby building, were not tak
en. Rand allowed the post- I
master to use his safe. There is |'
no clue to the burglars.
1
You Know What You Are Taking 1
When you take Grove's Taste
less Chill Tonic because the
formula is plainly printed on
every bottle showing that it is
simply Iron and Quinine in a
tasteless form. No Cure No Pay.
50c.
A DAY OF ACCIDENTS.
Fred Hood Loses a Leo?W. A. Sul
livan Killed.
Greenesboro, N. C., April 7.?
, * A- Sullivan, foreman of the
box shoo at finishing mill, met a
horrible death thin evening. He
was last seen stamping on a box,
adjusting some machinery, and
"?18 supposed he was caught bv
the belt and carried up between
the pulley and ceiling. The noise
and stoppage of machinery di
rected attention and he was
found mangled and lifeless on
the floor.
Fred M. Hood and Joe Weaver
employes of the Southern Rail
way, were run over by a moving
engine here this evening.
Hood lost an arm two years
ago and has been flagman since, j
By the accident this evening he'
will lose his left leg, and it will be
amputated just below the knee.
He was recently married and is
from Goldsboro
W eaver is a messenger living
here. His foot was badly crush
ed. It will be amputated. He
saved his life by clinging to the
axle, holding himself from the
wheels. The two inadvertently!
stepped in front of a shifting en- 1
gine.
ROME DOTS.
The farmers of this section are j
very busy planting corn.
Mr. P. H. Lee visited relatives ,
in the Gift section Sunday. I j
Miss Hettie Lee, of thissection, i
is attending Turlington lnsti- '
tute. I,
Mr. J. V. Barefoot, an excel- j<
lent teacher, has charge of the '?
singing at Trinity. i
.Miss Alley West, who has been
iu this section sometime, has re- 1
turned to her home in Sampson.i,
Miss Augusta Butler, who has !
been teaching music at Went- '
worth, is now teaching at Mr. J.
J. Rose's. ! I
1 he people of this section were :
saddened MoLday morning to
hear of the death 'of Miss Mary 1
Johnson. She has been a mein- '
ber of the Baptist church at 1
1 riuity and has always been a '
good woman. '
On Friday, March 27th, the !
school taught by Mr. T. W. Sim
mons at Wentwortb, closed. At 8 j
p m. the ciowd began to gath-,
er to witness the debating con-1
test. The query was, "Resolved,
1 hat our nation is j^rowin^ oaor
ally better." The debaters weie
Mr. Rosmal Smith, affirmative;:
Mr. James Barefoot, negative. '
The declaimers were Messrs. L 1
T. Peacock and Benny Eld ridge. !
An oration was delivered by Mr '
VVillie Smith. After the debate i
the judges decided in favor of the
affirmative. At 7 p. m. the
crowd gathered to witness the!
night exercises, which was fine. '
.Uter the exercises were over !
many tears were shed while the '
pupils were bidding farewell to ,
their teacher who has done so 1
much for them. May his future '
life be crowned with success.
B. |
Mr. J. A. Cole Dead.
While on a protracted spree,
Mr. Jule A. Cole, of Bentonsville
township, Johnston county, took !
an overdose of laudanum with
suicidal intent Saturday night *
about 10 o'clock, from theeffects
of which he expired the next ?'
morning; Deceased was the last 1
of the V\ ilhs Cole family, his sis- *
ter, Mrs. John S. Powell, pre- >
ceeding him In death here a few 1
months ago. He was about 45
Tears of age and leaves a wife 1
and three children. At one time i
lie had a promising future before i
111m having read medicine under <
the late Dr. George L. Kirby, in 1
fhib city, about 2'i years a$ro, I
nut drink was eventually his t
ruin.?Goldsboro Headlight.
The California man who was
arrested for makiug threats
against President McKinlev's
life has again been put in prison i
having threatened injury to Pres- i
ident Roosevelt when he visits i
the coast.
? SELMA NEWS.
H. W. Hood and Sim R. Lee
will spend Raster at Wendell.
Miss Dora Oneal returned from
a visit to friends at Clayton.
A. M. Noble, Jr., will be bomej
from the University to spend
Easter.
Mrs. H. I). Hood and Miss
M aggie Hood spent a few days in !
Greensboro this week.
Robert Millard Nowell and
Prof. C. N. Peeler made a flying
trip to Pine Level Sunday.
Mr. David H. Price is off this
week building a bridge for James
H. Pou, Esq., on his Watson
farm
The Selma Drug Co. is now
putting in a nice soda fountain
and will serve all kinds of cold
drinks to the hot and thirsty
this summer.
Mr. R.*E. Richardson went to J
Wendell SundayforMrs. Richard
son who has been spending j
some time with relatives. They I
returned Tuesday.
Some scoundrel shot a hole in ,
Etheredge Nowell's window last j
Monday night and shot four
times at Etheredge's store. A j
reward of five dollars is offered '
for evidence to convict.
The Ladies Aid Society will,
have an ice cream supper at the |1
Jackson House Monday night,}
April 13, for benefit of Parsonage.
A musical programme will be j
rendered. Everybody invited. }'
1
The Bullock Opera Troupe will
play here Friday night. We gave},
a notice of it last week. All who j
attended were highly pleased,
rhose who want to spend a pleas- |
ant evening would do well to (
:ome out. We hope to give them ]
a good house as it is a good -
dean show. j
Our community was shocked to
liear that one of our boys, Fred
M. Hood, was run over by a <
shifting engine, at Greensboro 1
Tuesday crushing his right leg, i
which was amputated below his
knee Tuesday night. About two 1
fears ago he lost his right hand. <
This (Thursday) morning he is r
reported as doing well. He is | <
much liked by all the railroad j'
men. He was married the last of j
January 1903 to Miss Alice Tye
of Greensboro. Fred had just i
helped his mother and sister on j
the train when he was run over
by the shifter.
Senkx.
CLAYTON.
Dr. J. A. Griffin went to Ral
eigh Monday.
Mr. M. G. Gulley went to Smith
field Monday.
Mr. W. D. Lindsay is biding a (
few days here.
Mr. Alonzo Parrish, of Benson, i
was in town Tuesday. ,
Mr. C. W Horne went to Ral- <
sigh Sunday, returning Monday <
morning.
Have not yet heard the particu
lars of the Lane lecture Wednes
day night.
Messrs. Jno. S. Barnes & Co. i
have made some improvement in
their store.
Mr. Jas. Lord's mother and
sister are visiting him at the!
Robertson Hotel.
Misses Nannie I>each and Mabel 1
Dulbreth with Messrs. Jno. M.
Turley and Sam White, spent
Sunday in the country.
Rev. C. W. Blanchard preached
Sunday especially to the Odd Fel
ows. The sermon made the loyal
Jdd Fellows glad they are loyal,
ind the others wish they had
seen loyal.
The Clayton school boys played i
the T. I. boys last Friday even-! i
ing, the score standing 10 to 4
in favor of Clayton. On Satur- i
Jay morning they played again, i
the score this time was 12 to 8 in
favor of Clayton. The Clayton i
school boys have played ten
games this season an,d each time
tiave scored a victory.
Yelir.
It is reported that Crum, the
negro Collector of Charleston, S.
C., has been promised "some
thing better" if he will resign,
and is thinking of doing so. I
DEATH TO SALOONS. VOTES WIL
SON.
Quiet But Hard Fought Battle.
Twenty-one Majority for Dis
pensary.
Wilson, N. C., April 0.?After
one of the hardest fought battles
in the history of the town of
Wilson the dispensary won the'
fight here today by a majority
of twenty-one. The election j
passed off very quietly, there be
ing no show of ill-will on either
side. The town is very quiet to
night.
Wilson is alive to-night. The
suspense is over. The victors in
the goodly city are rejoicing over I
the fact that the bar-rooms are
closed. It was a hard and stub
born fight from start to finish,!
but good order prevailed.
The vote was as follows:
First Ward?For dispensary
61; for bar-rooms 115.
Second Ward?Dispensary 50;
bar-rooms 58,
Third Ward?Dispensary 85;
bar-rooms 57.
Fourth Ward?Dispensary 01;
bar-rooms 41.
Fifth Ward?Dispensary 101;
bar-rooms 72. i
? i
Uonfederate Veterans Reunion, New 1
Orleans, La., May 19-22, 1903. j
For the above occasion the 1
Southern Railway will sell tickets !
to New Orleans, La., and return
at rates named below: Golasboro '
jflO.75; Raleigh $18.35; Dur-1'
ham $18.25; Greensboro $17.15; {
Winston-Salem $10.95; Salis !
bury $10.20; Hickory $15.50;
Charlotte $15.30. Approximate-;
ly low rates from other points.:
Tickets sold May 10-21, 1902, I
inclusive, with final limit to leave 1
Xew Orleans without validation
May 24, 1903. Original pur- 1
chaser may secure extension of (
Einal limit, leaving New Orleans
tip to and including June 15th, s
1903, bv personally oepositing 1
ticket with special agent at New t
Orleans on or before May 24th,
1903, and upon payment of fee 1
of fifty cents at time of deposit. <
These rates apply via Atlanta, !
Montgomery and Mobile, or via I
Atlanta and Birmingham. <
General J. S. Carr has selected
the Southern Railway via Atlan i
ta, Montgomery and Mobile as
the official route for his annual 1
"Confederate Veterans' Special" <
which will consist of first-class I
day coaches and standard Fnll- i
man cars to be handled through i
to New Orleans without change, i
This special train will leave Ral- /
eigh, N. C. at 3:52 p. in., Sunday,
May 17th, 1903 and will reach 1
New Orleans about 8:30 p. m., i
Mondav, May l(5th. Berth rate <
from Raleigh and Durham $0.00, <
Greensboro $5.50, Salisbury and '
Charlotte $5.00. Two persons <
can occupy a berth without ad- 1
ditional cost. Excellent t-ervice I
on regular trains in both direc- <
tions. Special low rates from i
New Orleans to nearby points. ] i
Ask your agent for rates from i
your station. For further infor- i
mation and sleeping car reserva- i
tion, write (
R. L. Vernox, T. P. A., i
Charlotte, N. C. <
James S. Harlan, of Chicago,
formerly attorney general of ?
Porto Rico, tells William E. Cur
tis that the islanders are remark
ably prosperous and are rapidly
adopting American ideas and ?
the English language. 11
Robbed The Grave.
A startling incident, is narrated ;
by John Oliver of Philadelphia, 1
as follows: "I was in an awful ;
condition. My skin was almost i
yellow, eyes sunken, tongue
coated, pain continually in back <
and sides, no appetite, growing <
weaker day by day. Tnree phy- i
sicians had given me up. Then
1 was advised to use Electric ;
Bitters; to my great joy. the
first bottle made a decided im
provement. 1 continued their use
lor three weeks, and atn now a
well man. I know they robbed ;i
the grave of another victim."
No one should fail to try them, i
Only 50 cents, guaranteed, at i
Hood Bros., drug store.
SANDERS CHAPEL.
M r. Percy Barber and a part
ner were romancing in these wash
outs and mud yards last Sunday.
Miss Nona Powell, of the Wil
son Sanatorium, spent Sunday
with her parents, and is now
nursing a ease in Smithfleld (.Mrs.
O. II. Hand, Jr )
Old jack frost elipped in our
camp last Saturday night and
performed the hydrophobia act
among the garden sap, melon
patches and things. He"skeeted"
on ice a quarter inch thick and
turned cat in some mulberry and
fruit trees.
Miss Lillian Holt is spending
some time at Faison, right in the
strawberry swim and whirl. She
took her little nephew home, who
has been staying with his grand
parents while his mother was at
the hospital for treatment, whom
we learn is yet an inmate.
The buzzards along the line of
Neuse river low grounds free
range, are having a pic-nicon the
waterlogged derelect corpuses of
the lost stock of the blue-eyed |
Israelitish advocates of more and
higher fences, wider and more un
restricted range. The lonesome
voices of the herders are heard in
every direction as they suspici
ausly watch the aerial man
euvers of the flying scavengers
as they go through their ger
mane, pass in echelon or by the
right file into line, deploy as
skirmishers, rally by fours then
by section and finally form a cir
cle where the meat is located, and
then the crow hops begin.
X.
MICRO Dors.
Mrs. C. G. Pope is spending
bis week with her mother in
Wayne county.
Rev. J. W. Nobles pieached
:wo extellent sermons at Carter's
Jhape) Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Hansom Batten and wife!
spent Saturday and Sunday with
;heir nephew, Mr. Wiley Batten
and family.
We are asked to announce that
there will be a Sunday school
arganized in the school house at
Micro the fourth Sunday, Every
aody cordially invited to come
aut and help us.
It is said that the first of July
will end the whiskey selling here.
We hope then Mr. Gerald can
take one night's rest and the
iram drinkers will let his doors
be still after night. They beat
and they bang now to wake him
up. Oh, how bad he feels at mid
night, but the shilling makes him
go to the bar and turn thefosset.
Mr. Lonme Mumphord, who
lived near here, died Sunday
morning. He was taken Satur
day morning about 7 o'clock,
dying next morning at one. H c
worked all day Friday. Satur
day morning after eating a
hearty breakfast, he went to the
fire place and stooped down,
when he was suddenly strickeh
and fell. As he was stricken, he
says, "Lord, have mercyl what
ails me?" He never gained
consciousness. He leaves a wife,
father, mother, two brothers and
one sister. He was laid to rest
in the family graveyard Monday
evening.
Rex.
Joint Discussion atKenly Academy.
On Friday night, April 17,
1903, at 8 p. m., there will be a
Joint Debate between theThalian
and Philologian Literary So
cieties of Kenly Academy. Tbe
Thalian Society is composed of
young ladies, while the Philolo
gian is for young men. Hence
this is a debate between the
young ladies and young men,
the first of its kind iii these parts.
The query is "Resolved, That
women should be as highly edu
cated as men." The debaters
are affirmative: Misses Martha
Revell, Eva High, and Maude Ed
gerton. Negative. Messrs. G.
W. Evans, G. W. Morris and D.
B. Sasser. The judges are Prof.
Ira T. Turlington, Smithfield,
Hon. C. W. Richardson, Selma,
and I)r. II. II. Whitaker, Raleigh.
Come one and all and hear the
lebate. The public is cordially
invited. W. A. Harper.
Kenly, April1903.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Benson Dry After July 1st. List
Takers and Assessors Appointed.
Hoard of County Commission
ers met Monday in regular ses
sion, all members being present.
The following were appointed
to hold town election in Four
Oaks:
Registrar? John YV. Hollowell.
Pollholders?C. H. YY'ellons and
Alex. Creech.
It was ordered that the petition
for a new road leading from the
Oliver to the Bull road be grant
ed and G. D.Criech, Jerry Capps,
Jas. Creech, J. H. Y\Torley and
Sandv Johnson were named as
jurors to lay out and establish
same without cost to county.
Petition for new road leading
from Marshall Murphey's in
YViider's township to Daniel
Eason's was received and ordered
advertised.
The following were appointed
jurors to lay out and establish
new road leading from Elizabeth
Peedin's to Pine Level. S. C.
Peedin, W. L. Creech, Jesse Bras
well, Ruffin Peedin and C. It.
oaughtry.
The Benson liquor question
was taken up and after some dis
cussion the following order was
passed:
"It is agreed by this Board
that in consideration of a proba
ble doubt of our authority to re
voke the liquor license in the
town of Benson, that we will
allow the license now in force to
continue to toe time limit of
same and that # we will grant no
more license to applicants to sell
liquor in the town of Benson."
John L. Pate and E. R. Rad
ford were granted license to
peddle in Johnston county free
of charge on account of dis
ability.
The following were appointed
assessors and list-takers for their
respective townships:
Clayton?M. M. Gulley, E. B.
McCullers, N. R. Pool.
Cleveland?F. T. Booker, J.
Walter Mvatt, T. YV. LeMay.
Pleasant Grove?E. S. Coats,
R. I. Ogburn, J. B. Hardee.
Elevation?A. C.Johnson, P. P.
Coats, J. H. Smith.
Banner?Curtis Johnson, J. U.
Benson, J. YY'. Creech, Sr.
Meadow?YY'. H. Smith, L. El
dridge, Y. J. Lawhon.
Bentonsville?N. YY'. Smith, G.
H. Toler, J. Thomas Atkinson.
Ingrams?W. H. Grice, W. A.
Sanders. J Dal Smith.
Boon Hill?George T. YY'hitley,
D. H. YY'all ace, Lewis Braswell.
Beulah?L. B. Richardson, D.
II. Bagley, E. G. Barnes.
O'Neals?Jno. C. Hood, J. R.
Talton, J. L. Jones.
YViider's?J. YY". Hocutt, J. B.
Reaves, B. I). Hilliard.
YY'ilson's Mills?G. L. Jones, J.
M. Vinson, J. A. YY'ilson.
Selma?Jno. YV.Futrell, George
D. Yack, J. H. Broadwell.
Suiithfield?Z. L LeYlay, Jesse
Daughtry, YY'. I). Avera.
Pine Level?YV. F. Gerald. W.
L. Creech, E. T. Futrell.
Elkin has voted #10,OOD of
bonds for street improvements.
LeMAY,
Mr. Mark Bundy is still con
fined to his room.
Farmers are very busy getting
ready for planting. ?
Mrs. C. H. Johnson received a
fine organ last Friday.
The wheat crops are looking
fine through this section.
Mr. J. V7 Barnes is making a
lot of improvements on his place.
Tobacco plants are looking fine
and the farmers expect to have
to set early.
Mr. Chester Bundy and sister,
Miss Bernice, spent last Satur
day night at Garner.
Mr. J. YY'. Green lost fifteen
hundred fruit trees last Satur
day night by the frost.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy L. YY'ood
and Miss Ida YY'oodail spent last
Saturday night in Raleigh visi
ting friends.
Mr. Nelson Johnson and Miss
Lizzie YY'ood spent last Saturday
night in Raleigh visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Troy Muns.
C. and L.