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VOL. 22. SMITIIFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1903. NO. 11
TURLINGTON INSTITUTE.
The Last Annual Commencement of
This School?Splendid Exercises
?Large Attendance.
The last annual commencement
of Turlington Institute will long
be remembered us one of the best j
and most pleasant in many
respects yet held. The old stu
dents from far and near were
here to witness the close of the
last term of this school which has
been such a power for good
throughout Eastern Carolina.
The commencement exercises
began Friday night with the re
cital given by Miss Glasgow's
music class. The following pro
gram was rendered:
Chorus?Little Peasant Maid?Class.
Piano Duett?Our Banner?Misses
Stephenson and Ives
Piano Solo?Kn Route?March?Miss
Enna Stevens.
Piano Duet?Tramway Galop?Misses
Greene and Yelvington.
I'iano Solo?Schoolmate?Waltz?Miss i
Bertie Lee Suttle. ,
Piano Bolo?Edelweiss Glide?Miss
Kate Wood all.
I'iano Solo?Little Bright Eyes?Miss;
Dora Barbour.
Piano Duett?Blooming Meadows?
Waltz?Misses Poll and Peacock.
Piano Solo?Second Mazurka?Mis.
Eula Hood.
Piano Solo?In the Sunshine?Miss
Pearl Stephenson.
Piano Duett?To Arms?Mis-.es Ste
vens ond Sanders.
Piano "Solo?Narcissus?Miss Marie
A bell.
Piano Duett?Palms?Misses Wood
all ami Hudson.
Piano Solo?Little Home Pets?Miss
Susie Ives.
Piano Solo?The Lust Hope?Miss Eula
Hood.
Piano Solo?Vivnndi re iu Camp?
Miss Ola St< I'ls neon.
Pianp Duet t?l'p to Date?Misses
Smith and Johnson.
Pi.-tno Solo?T; o Viyt.:.. iere?Mi
Rut ft P; ' his.
Piano Duett?Valse Brilliants?Mi; ??
Al>ell and t'oiib.
Piano Solo?Moonlight on the Mnu
ne ? ?Ji K. 1
Chorus?Paddy Iinffy'a Cart?Class.
Piano Solo?A Twilight Idyl?Mi;
M I i.
Piauo Duett?Fanfare Mllitaire?Misses
Wooded) and lluod.
The' 0"tire program was well
rendered and enjoyed by th*
lan ? 8 '? AU did > t\
thai we do nob feel justified i:
singling out any-Ooe for special
nient ion.
The following is the honor roll
for the3'- or: Hath >auders^Dor;>
Barbour, Katie Woodall, Anni.
Ihrie Bi Alat.tje lluri on, Anni.
1't ? 1c i Ola S1 'phenyl >n
Those receiving priz es forpunc-'
tualilt ft r the spring term areas
follows: Huth s>, nders, llatti.
Saiith, Bora B, i hour, Katie
Woodall, Mattie Hudson, Eula
Hood, Ola Stephenson and Au
nie I'eacouk.
MONDAY NIGHT.
Welcome?Six little boys.
holly's Speech?hois Hollo well
A Little Hoy's Speech?Albert
Coats.
-lust BeforeChristmas?Huber;
Wood all
Litth Gymnasts?Class of littl?
girls and boys.
Grandma's Spec.-?Ada Hig
I Pir;s
f Good Morning, ^Merry Sun
shine?Oliver Hand.
A Little Girl's Speech?Emnm
Wallon-.
Action Song?When 1 Was a
Baby?Thirty little girls.
Christmas Ghosts? Robert
Wellons.
No Kiss? Fredrica Brooks.
The Mother Goose Rebellion?
Miss Rena Bingham, Metn Lunee
ford, Amelia Myatt, Annie Ihrie
Rou. Irma Stevens, Bertie I^ee
Suttle, Alger Byrd, Henderson
Cole. Horace Easom, Samuel
Kersey, Robbie Sanders and Ed
s gal- Turlington.
What I'd Like To Be?Class of
girls.
Things a Boy Can Do?Herbert
Higgins.
Topsy-Turvey Drill Song
Class of boys and girls.
These exercises by the little
folks were the most interesting in
many respects of the entire com-1
s>
mencement. All the children did
exceedingly well, reflecting much
credit upon themselves and their
efficient teacher, Miss Rose.
TUK8DAY NIUHT.
Talk Happiness, Talk Health
?.lames Rand.
The Clown's Raby ? Katie
Woodall.
The Mother Goose Rebellion?
(Repeated by Request.)
Tambourine Drul-SixteenGirls.
Raby Looking Out For Me?
Miss Annie McGuire.
Hatt eras?Edgar Turlington.
Maypole Drill?Twelve Young
Ladies.
These exercises were very in
teresting and entertaining.
THE DEBATE.
The auditorium was filled with
visitors and friends Wednesday
morning long before the appoint
ed hour. The exercises wero
opened with prayer by Elder W.
?I. Stephenson. Then followed
the annual debale.
The ijuery for discussion
was "Resolved, That the time
has come when it is netsessary to
levy sufficient special taxes to
run the public schools of North
Carolina six months each year."
The representatives oftheEuplie
raian Society?.1. F. Rrinson and
.1. L. .lones?had the affirmative,
while Oscar Rand and A. T. Las
siter represented the negative,
owing to Mr. Jones having been
chosen to a position as foreman
oi t.h? Xmirhfioh? townuhinrnRflfl
he was unable to be present ami
make a speech.
Tae speeches of the young men
showed careful study and thor
ough preparation and were dt -
livered with much earnestness
It was a splendid debate ami
much enjoyed by the large au
dience present. The committee
rendered their decision in favor
of the negative.
Dr. If. l\ Dixon, who was to j
ave delivered the annual ad
dress, failed t o get here on ac
count of the wreck which upsei
the railroad schedules, live
was much disappoi. t nient be
cause of the absence of this dis
tinguished 'speaker.
ALUMNI MEETING.
As has been the custom her<
for several-years the old students
of the institution held their
annual reunion Wednesday after
noon at yu'lO o'clock. Their
meeting was largely attended,
the hall being filled with people.
'I he meeting was called to
order by the President of the
Alumni Association, lb v. J. W.
Smith, of Clayton, who, after
nr kii g a short but pleasing
?
Lassiter, of The Herald, the
speaker of the occasion whose
subject was "Opportunity aud
Success."
After the address the Associa
tion elected Mr. John it. Wood
a'rd, of Princeton, president for
the next year. Hev. P D. Wood
all, of Rocky Mount, was chosen
as the Alumni Orator for next
commencement.
Tlie association heartily en
dorsei the action oi the school
committee of this district in
In ami tip: the eroded school which
succeeds Turlington Institute
"TheTurlington Graded School."
Resolutions of respect w> re
unanimously passed in memory
of Dr. J. 1. Hocutt, who di-sd
some weeks ago.
Short Speeches were made by
Messrs. James A. Wellous, Hen
derson Cole. VV. W. Cole, I). L.
Godwin, J. 3*t Canaday, and
others. One of the most pleas
ant features of the meeting was
the poem read by .Mr. Canaday.
(We hope to publish this poem
in an early issue. Ed)
While the meeting was largely
attended, we missed many whose
presence always adds much to
the reunion, notably among
them being Sain Austin, "Shad"
Grantham, Preston Woodall,
Charlie Hatts, E. J, Parties and
others.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
Southern Chivalry?Huren Sid
bury.
Uncle Pen?Alma Smith.
The True South?Oscar Creech.
The Voiceless Chimes?Katy
Green.
My Double and How He Undid
Me-^-Elmer Edgerton.
The Maiden Martyr?Alma
Easom.
In Memoriam?W. E. Edgerton.
The Switchman's Story?Mary
Mitchener.
The Unknown Speaker?L. I>.
Tomlinson. i
The Ride of Death ? Rachel
Jones.
Pyramids?O. A. Harbour.
Annette?Ruth Cbamblee.
New Declaiation of Independ
ence?H. G. Mayo.
\ Denominational Garden?
Virginia Stephenson.
The Opportunities of the Schol
ar?It. E. Smith.
The Minister's Rlack .Nance?
Euzelia Renfrow.
Then honor rolls were read and
the prizes awarded.
Fall Term 15)02.
Honor Roll?Eula Hood,Clara
Littman, Annie McCuire, Eda
Myatt, L. Tomlinson, lone A bell,
Dt'ssie Coatf, J. II. Downing,
Alma Easom, Douglas Ellington,
Mattie Hudson, Henry C- Hood
Minnie Johnson, Donnie Jeriii
gan, Lee Turlington.
Higher Honor Roll?ltena
Bingham, Euzelia Renfrow, J. 11. ,
Austin, O. It. Rand, C. E. Stevens,
J. C. Williams, W. E. Yelvington,
Ruth Chamhlee.
Highest Honor Roll?O.
Creech, Buren Sidburv, Eric El
lington, Kenneth Ellington, Ed
gar Turlington.
M'liING 1 erm j .(u.j.
Honor Roll? Hallie Hood,
Minnie Johnson, Clara Littman,
Annie McGiiire.
Higher Honor Roll?Ruth
Chamblee. J. 11. Downing, Hattie 1
Smith, I ten a Bingham, J. i I.
Austin, W. \(. Grantham, L. 15.
Smith, J. C. Williams, J. F. Brin
son.
Highest Honor Roll? Erie
Ellington, Edgar Turlington, '
< scar Cwech, Oscar Rand, Buren
jSidbory, G. T. Smith, W. E, Yfcl
vertoti. i
scholarship prizes.
Tb.follofri g won the -cholar- 1
ship prizes: .T.H.Austin, Ren a
Bingham, Oscar Civ ? h, Ruth
Chamblee, Eric Ellington, Oscar
Hand, Buren Sidburv, Edgar i
Turlington, JL C. Williams, W. E.
Yelverton.
Bgokkeepihg Prize was award- :
ed to II. G. Mayo.
in Miss Whitley's room the fol
lowing prizes were given: Spell- 1
iug prizes-Dora Barbour and
\im:e Peac ck.
Punctuality prize?J. C. Hood.
The most interesting part cf
the delivering of t he prizes took
place when Prof. Merritt mount
ed the rostrum and asked Prof. ,
Turlington to step out. He then '
iu a very pretty and touching ;
speech presented to Prof. Tur
lington a handsome gold watch
chain, the gift of the school to 1
their beloved teacher, l'rof.
Turlingtofi responded in a few
words that showed his great 1
UppI W-'IfcUloli.
Medals were awarded as follows: I
Reciter's Medal?Miss Alma I
Eason*.
Decluimer's Medal?O. A. Bar
bour.
Debater's Medal?J.. F.. Brinson.
Essayist's Medal?Miss Eula
Hood.
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New Discover'.' i >r Consumption)
is a sure cure for all lung und|
throat troubles. Thousands can
testify to that. Mrs. C. I?. Van
Metre, of Shepherdtown, \V. Va., i
says: "I had a severe case of
Bronchitis and for a year tried
everything I heard of, but got no !
relief. One bottle of Dr. King's
New Discovery then cured me ab- i
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Ooup, Whooping Cough, Grip,
Pneumonia and Consumption.
Try it. It's guaranteed by Hood
Bros., Druggists. Trial bottles
free. Regular sizes 50c $1.00.
ISkinner & Patterson have on
hand a number of books on the
Cultivation and Curing of To- i
bacco, which they will gladlv
furnish to any one who will call i
| or drop them a postal card.
CLAYTON.
Mr. I. \Y. Potld went to Baleigl
Sunday.
Mrs. C. W. Home went to Ral
eigh Monday.
Mrs. L. F. Austin and children
spent Sunday here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Robertson
visited here recently.
M r. .1 ohn (). Ellington, of Smith
Held, was here Sunday.
Mr. M. G. Gulley visited tht
County Home Tuesday.
Work will soon be begun on
the addition to the Baptisl
chursh.
Mr. and Mrs. Hansom l'enn^
spent Sunday with their daugh
ter, Mrs. O. (J. Smith.
Mr. John 1. Dodd, of Spring
Hope, spent two or three days
with relatives this week.
Mrs. J. A. Gri'tin returned Sat
urday from a visit to her daugli
ter, Mrs. I.. 1). Ilebnam at Selma
Rev. J. W.Smith went to Prince
ton Friday where he preached
Sunday. He returned Monday
Mr. C. T. Young spent Sunday
here. Mrs. Young who has been
visiting here sometime returned
with him.
Messrs. W. A. Barnes, <>. ?
Pool aud Z. L. .Jones are spend
ing several days at .New Here
fishing and hunting.
Maj. Ashley Home left Sunday
afternoon for New Orleans when
he will attend the reunion of ttt
Confederate Veterans.
Mrs. Irving Wall died Tuesday
morning of consumption. Sta
ll ad been sick for some time but
bore her afflictions as only one
born of Christ can do. Her two
children have died of consump
tion.
Our town was in a state of ex
citement for a short while Sun
day, when about one o'clock the
whistles of t he lumber plant and
cotton mill gave the alarm ol
?
way the e ivinp- in the boiler
Kim ot ? lurubei cnili i ad
MUght lire. The cotton mill was
brought into play and the Art
was soon under way. No dam
age was done.
The following cards are out.
The Junior Class of 1903 of The
Clayton High School, invites you
to be present, at its annual com
mencement exercises, Thursday
afternoon, June fourth at one
thirty o'clock, High School Audi
1 orium Address by Geo. T.
\Y .ston, 1.1,. D.
Commencement Sermon May
list 11 a. m. ltev. C. W. Blanch
ard.
Entertainment by Elocution
I lass, Tuesday evening, June 2d,
d o'clock. Primary exercises.
Wednesday evening, June 3d.
s o'clock, commencement exer
cises.
Thursday afternoon, Jun6 lib.
1:30 o'clock, exercises by music
class.
Thursday evening, June 4th, S
o'clock, concert.
Friday evening, June 5th, h
o'clock. "Golden De?ds."?Annie
Doone. "Music and "its Influ
ence."?Christine Cower. "Tht
Tariff."?Wm. I). Young. "Thf
Voyage of FJfe."?Claudie Mitch
ell. "Ttie Present Time."? (on<
Gulley. "Valedictory."?Iloy C
Robertson.
Yeuu.
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flarnmntion and cured it. Itcon
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The pussywillow or the cat
tail wouldn't hurt you, but per
haps the dog-wood.
We, the undersigned, believing
Dr. Seth Arnold's Dalsam to fx
a reliable Remedy for Bowe!
Complaints, hereby guarantee n
twenty-five cent bottle to give
satisfaction or money refun
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A TRACK OF ROTTEN TIES.
i A Wreck on the Southern Railway
Tuesday Afternoon Injuries Sev
eral. A Miracle That all
Were not Killed.
Three passenger cars and a
i mail coach derailed aud rolled
completely over down an em
bankment of twenty-live feet on
the Southern Railway just a mile
and n lmlf southeast of Raleigh
'; Tuesday evening!
No one was killed, by some
i miracle. Here is a list of the in
jured:
H. B. J'arker, Jr.,of Goldsboro,
Representative from Wayne.
Rack injured; cuts undbruiseson
heud and face.
Elvin L. Fleming, of Wilson.
; tobacco buyer, internal injuries;
t extent not known yet.
Mrs. J. C. Ellington, of Raleigh,
hip dislocated and shoulder blade
fractured.
Mrs. Mary Hobby, of Garner,
fracture of left collar bone.
Miss Addie Hobby, lit tie daugb
' ter, of Mrs. Hobby. Right arm
hurt.
J. T. Land, of Laurinburg.
, Neck jarred and slight bruise on
I right cheek; knocked senseless.
W. T. Dorteh, of Goldsboro.
Fiwrer meshed end s.iodit hrnise
? on back.
,\Y. I>. P. Sharp, sheriff of Wil
' son. Sculp wound on back of
head. Stunned and dazed.
U. A. Bynum, of Bynum. Left
? hand cut by glass and arm and
? shoulder bruistd and sprained.
15. It. Harwell, colored postal
clerk. Right shotflder sprained
, and bruised on left leg.
J. W. () Garrett, a colored
, teacher, of Henderson. Scalp cut
and shoulder sprained.
Ivan Procter, of this* citv
Bridge of nose split and bone of
nose broken where it joins the
Siull; cut just below knee of left
? leg; right t high bruised.
' H ti. Griffin, the baggage
master. Ear torn and brui-ed;
: many bruises from head to foot J
J. W. Coble the conductor, cut
on back of neck; bruise on chest
: and hands cut.
? Messrs. Parker, Lnr.d, Dortch, |
' Sharp ; nd Bynutri, Mrs. Hobby
and ner daughter and Burwell,
were cared for at Rex Hospital
by Pr. Huber: A. Riveter, sur-;
geon for the Southern Railway,
t and 1 )r. R. 8. McGeachey.
Mr Fleming was taken by Mrs.
Glee Lee, bis wife's sisler, to her
home. Mis. Ellington was car-1
ried home at o n e iu a carriage, j
Mr. Ivao Procto" was' h ken
; hoi! e in his wife, who Ire U of!
j the '.(ideal and drove like man! \
ti re '.( ie scene.
Mr. Bynum after having hi *
: hu. -? di' -sed, walked off tromj
| the hospital to spend the nigh
' ; will" ti l fids.
L'e colored mail clerk Bui well
Wtb.lv' i to the hospital, tun no
unt il ne had en to t he mail in
his charp . th i ii .vas all safely
;' trausferiinotwithstanding hie,
aching shoulder.
The train was rhe rogulac easi
1 hound mail ou the Southern, No.
. 13(5, due to leave here at 4:17.
It was j.ust45 minutes luce, not.
getting off until two in in u tea
al't'-r five o'clock'. Conductor .1.
W. Coble was in charge aud En
gineer Will Rippev held the t hrot
tie. The first car was the mail
and baggage coach. Then there
? i were three regular passenger day
| coaches.
Just as the slight curve on th"
track was reached, a little dis
tance beyond the first, mile poet,
. Engineer Rippey. saw the left
i wheel of the forward truck leave
1 the rail, slipping down inside the
track. He reversed as soon as
i possible, but not before the heavy
- locomotive had ploughed aud
- bumped its way over the eross
. ties for a distauce of something
like two hundred yards.
The mail coach and the other
- three cars bumped and swerved
- and tore nloug the ploughed up
track for some yards and finally
plunged over the embankment,
; aud rolled completely over. The
> mail car, l>eiLg where the bank
I was higher, turned once and half
i again, until it finally rested on
> its side, with the ton toward the
. track. The other three coaches
.j rolled completely over and finally
rested squarely on their tops
alongside of the embankment.
The front of the niuil eur was
only about fifteen feet this side
of the deep mud hole filled with
water that lies just below the
embankment on the right going
east. Had the ears plunged a
little farther on do one can tell
what horrible catastrophe might
have been the result. ' It is awful
to>think what would have hap
pened if the cars filled with pas
sengers had been buried in that
almost bottomless hole of mud
and water
The consensus of opinion yes
terday evening among those who
viewed the scene of the wreck was
that rotten cross-ties had caused
the rails to spread.
The ties were splintered and
broken into kindling wood, ana
very many of the pieces could be
crushed in the fingers, so rotteu
and decayed was the wood. Canes
and umbrella tips were thrust
through many of the broken
pieces of cross-ties.
One gentleman said he counted
two hundred rotten ties from
where the engine first went off the
track to where it was brought
up, some two hundred yards
away.
M uch indignat ion was expressed
by citizens at the scene of the
wreck that the company should
permit a track to remain in the
uuijuuiuu it v\*tb.
Mr. T. S. Ragsdale, a tobacco
buyer, of Smitbtield, was in the
wreck, on his way home. Talk
ing of his miraculous escape, he
said: "The train was running at
least fifty miles an hour. The
tirst thing 1 noticed was the car
began to bump, and then a tre
mendous pressure was felt, prob
ably coming irom the emergency
brake when the cars broke loose
Troin the engine. The cars ran
at least one hundred yards on
the ties before they turned over.
"1 t hink the b ggitge car went
over first and the others followed
in succession. By the time the
car 1 was in, the second car from
the front, rolled over, it was got *
going more than probably fif
teen miles an hour.
"1 was about midway of the
ear on the right hand side, on the
same seat with Mr. Eivin Flem
ing. When the car stopped, J
was standing up on the ceiling of
tlie car. In thefall 1 got at least
one seat in front of Mr. Fleming.
As soon as 1 recovered and found
I wa: not hurt, 1 asked Fleming
if lis i as hurt. He put his hands
to his left side and said he
thought he was badly hurt. He
was lying across Sheriff Sharp. I
turned and pulled some cushions
frcin off of us and then leming
got -up and we helped Sheriff
Sharp up. Then we got out as
quickly as we could through the
windows. I assisted Mr. Fleming;
and Sher fi Sharp.
"As soon as we got out of the
car. I looked to see if everybody
was out or anycne killed, going
to every car and looking in.
Then I cn ' e i ;> low: and , mi. d
to my wife
. i 'tv . ? a ii. r
I lie T1CP V iTe lOI'll till rfi pit'CCS
i > ^ ' ' ?? ,?ii i-ii
"1 don t sen way it cliiln t kill
every bod yT"
Mr. O. C. Gregory, of Louis
burg, a tobacco buyer fi i' the
\merican Tobacco Company,
said: 'T was about half asleep
when 1 felt a sensation as if the
emergency brake had been ap
plied, and I jumped up to look
out, thin! ;ing something was on
the road: but befQre I eould look
out it got so rough that i bad to
grab thereat. The glass begun
to erack and fall all around us
tind one cur to roll over, seeming
us if they never would stop.
"When I landed, 1 found myself
standing upon the ceiling of ilie
car, with seats lyiug all nlxiut
me. I saw Sheriff Sharp and
Fleming a few feet from me, ju t
getting up. Then we all crawled
out of the window.
"The ties opposite to where t lie
cars lay were torn all to pieces
and seemed to be very rotten."?
News and Observer, 20th.
To Cure a Cold id One Day
Take Laxative Uromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund
the money if it fails to cure. K.
W. Grove's signature iB on each
box. 25c.