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VOL. 22. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 2G, 1903. NO. 16.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Short Sketch of John Sharp Wil
liams, the Next Minority Leader
In Congress.
(Special correspondence to The Heuald.)
Washington, D. C., June 23.?
Some time ago 1 told tht readers
of this correspondence that I
would give them a few sketches
of some of the public men of the
nation, whose names are seen in
print almost every day, and I
will begin by saying a few words
concerning the Hon. John Sharp
Williams, of .Mississippi. Mr.
Williams will be the next floor
leader of the Democratic party
in the national House of Repre
sentatives, and it is well that the
Democrats of the country should
know something of him.
Mr. Williams has been in Con
gress for the past ten years, but
not until the past four years has
he asserted himself and obtained
the standing in that body that
he deserves to oecupy. His bril
liant intellect might not then
have flashed across the horizon
of the House, being a modest
man, had it not been for the ex
tremely poor leadership suffered
by the democracy during that
period. The leader of the minor
ity party in the House is always
the man who receives the caucus
nomination for Speaker by that
party. That distinction, for the
East four years, has been enjoyed
y the Hon. James D. Richard
son, of Tennessee.
3ir. mcnaruson is a good man
and one of the very best parlia
mentarians in the House, but he
is a weak leader. He lacks polit
ical courage. When the Repub
licans would hit the Democrats
over the head with a club, in
stead of hurling back a brick and
scabbing some one's head, Mr
Richardson invariably would
apologize for being on the face of
the earth. This disgusted and
disheartened the Democrats, and
we invariably got the' worst of it
until De Armond, of Missouri, or
John Sharp Williams came to
the rescue and poured some hot
shot into the ranks of the enemy
when they usually were willing
enough to retire from the held.
It was just by such spurts as
this that John Sharp Williams
came to be known and apprecia
ted as one of the ablest men 011
the floor of the House, loved and
admired by the Democrats and
feared and respected by the Re
publicans. It was, therefore,
with great pleasure that the ma
jority of Democrats greeted his
announcement last winter that
he would be a candidate for the
Democratic caucus nomination
for Speaker when the 58th Con
gress assembled. It did not take
long for enough members to en
roll themselves under his banner
to assure his nomination, and
thereby make him the titular
floor leader of the Democrats
during the life of that Congress.
His leadership will put snap
and vim and go into the Demo
crats from the very outset. They
will have confidence in their
looHor trhn will nlw'iTK nnnfpr
with his colleagues. They know
that when he hews out a line of
policy that he seldom will make
a mistake. They also know that
when he gets after the Itepubli
cans the latter will be very chary
in their attacks on the Demo
cratic party. They have tested
the sted of .Mr. Williams more
than once and they have po ap
petite for it. When in debate
with him they know that their
statements must be photograph
ic in their accuracy or thay will
be badly tripped before hp gets
through with them.
In a professional beauty con
test Mr. Williams would be a
selling-plater. He would be a
good hundred-to-one shot. His
personal pulchritude is absolute
ly nil, but there is no discounton
the quality of gray matter under
his hat. He has a fine, well
shaped head, covered with busby
curling brown hair, a fine eye
and a scrnggy mustache, but hi*
body is small and as thin as a
stepchild's bread and butter.
Hut where he defaults in comeli
ness of person, he makes good in
intellectual brilliancy. One for
gets all about the fact that he is
not a physical giant when he is
on his feet, and you are listening
to that well modulated and pen
etrating voice and watching that
long index linger which he per
sistently throws at the enemy.
From his mouth rolls chunks of
wisdom and eloquence fashioned
in the most exquisite English
ever heard on the floor of the
House.
It is an intellectual treat to
hear him. When he rises he can
always count on a full press gal
lery and the cloak rooms always
empty themselves into the
' House, and that is the greatest
compliment any member of the
House can receive. In short,
John Sharp Williams is an able
debater, a finished orator, as
! true a Democrat as ever marked
; the earth, as brave as a lion, and
as relentless as fate when he goes
after a Republican juggler with
facts and figures. When he gets
in action next winter there will
be more Republican hair sailing
around the atmosphere of the
House than one has seen since;
the days of Ben Hill, Lamar,
Alex. Stevens, Sunset Cox, John
Carlisle and ISill Morrison. The
democracy is playing in luck this
time.
Charles A. Edwards.
FOUR OAKS NOTES.
We are sorry to note that Mr.
Robert E. Barber is sick with
j fever.
Mr. James A. Wellons and son
Robert, were in town the first of
the week.
Mr. B. B. Adams is attending
the district conference at Louis
burg this week.
Mrs. W. H. Johnson and three
of her merry youngsters, of Wil
mington, are visiting friends in
this place this week.
Miss Clyde Bandy, who has
been visiting relatives in this
place for some time, returned to
Greensboro Tuesday.
Owing to the disability of our
pastor, Itev. Mr. Suttle, his reg
ular appointment was filled by
Rev. .lames Smith Sunday.
Mrs. Bessie Bridgers, of Elrod,
and her brother, Mr. Will Guill,
of Smithfield, were in town Sun
day visiting friends and relatives.
Mr Charlie Johnson, of near
this place, and Miss Corinna Ben
son, of near Holt's Mill, were
happily united in the bonds of
matrimony Sunday at 11 o'clock
] by Justice of the Peace A. R.
Keen.
We want to see some step taken
toward the improvement of our
school house or a larger and
more suitable one built. We
hope this will be done before the
next school and we want one
that will be a credit to the town.
M.
HONEYCUTT STRIPS.
Mr. W. R. Barbour, of Preston,
was in our section Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Ennis, of
Smithfield, spent last Saturday
and Sunday in our midst.
.Mr. A. J. Knignt, the ilural
Free Delivery Inspector, was in
our midst Monday last investi
gating a daily mail route.
Mr. I. A. Barbour and Miss
Florence Stephenson of our sec
tion were the guests of Mr. G. W.
Johnson last Saturday and Sun
da^.
We learn that intheupper part
of our section a baseball team
has been organized and while
playing the first inning they got
convinced that the work was too
hard and the pay too small, so it
was consolidated at once.
Mr. Joseph Higgins, one of our
young farmers, takes pleasure in
showing his neighbors and friends
the finest tobacco crop in our
section. Mr. John Stephenson
also has a fine field of corn just
laid by that he is often calling to
the attention of his friends.
Cl'MBO.
Doubtless you are progressive.
? Some meJicines on the market
are old-fashioned. Rheumacide,
the great rheumatic cure is a dis
covery, a progressive remedy. It
is the spring blood purifier that
you want. At Druggists.
DEMOCRATIC OPPORTUNITY.
Representative Pou Says the Party
Stands a Good Chance to
Win With Gorman
or Parker.
Washington, June 23.?Rep
resentative E. W. Pou, who ar
rived in Washington today, is of
the opinion that the Democratic
party has a great opportunity
in the presidential contest with
the nomination of either Gorman
or Parker. Speaking of the*
political situation today, he
said:
"There is really no sufficient
reason why the Democratic party
may not present a united front
nextyear. Nature has eliminated,
for a time at least, the only issue
which produced such distressing
differences in our ranks. It seems
to me the party should demand,
first, a reduction of the import
duty upon articles which are sold
cheaper abroad than at home, to
that point which will force the
American manufacturer to sell
his goods as cheap to Americans
as he does to foreigners; and
second, a rigid investigation of
all the departments in Washing
ton. The post office is not the
only place where our Republican
friends, intoxicated by a long
lease of power, have been guilty
of monumental extravagance.
"Upon these issues I know of
no reason why both Mr. Cleve
land and Mr. Bryan may not be
found fighting, side by side, the
battles of the party which be
stowed upon them the greatest
honor at its disposal. With
either Senanor Gorman or Judge
Parker as our leader we ought to
stand a good chance to win.
"When the platform is written
and the candidate named, the
great rank and file of the party
expect both M r. Cleveland and
Mr. Bryan to do that which they
demanded of Democrats every
time they were candidates, and
that is, support the ticket."
M r. Pou came here on depart
mental business, but his visit
related especially to the rural
free delivery department. Hav
ing heard that delivery routes
were to be abolished in some
districts in the south, Mr. Pou
came to see that his interests
were protected and also to secure,
if possible, the establishment of
fifteen additional routes which
already have been insuected and
| favorably acted upon. Fourth
Assistant Bristow assured Mr.
Pou that none of his routes would
be discontinued, and he promised
that the fifteen new routes would
be established by the early fall,
though he could not name a
date. These fifteen new routes
are distributed in all thecounties
of the district and will give Mr.
Pou a total of fifty-eight. The
fourth assistant and congress
man chatted for a while and
during the conversation Mr.
Bristow took occasion to remark:
"Pve been very busy of late."
"No doubt about that," ob
served the Tar Heel, "and you
have done some good work."?
Thomas J. Pence in Baleigh
Post.
CLAYTON.
Mr. C. W. Home went to Ral
eigh Wednesday.
Mr. Nick Allen, of Auburn was
here Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Barnes
have moved here.
M iss Carrie Scarborough is visit
ing at Dunn, N. C.
Mr. Hubert Griffin, of Raleigh,
was here Sunday.
Mr. T. A. Griffin spent a day in
Wendell last week.
Mr. W. A. Barnes has had an
enormous sign erected.
Mrs. I. S.Bagwell spent several
days with parents last week.
Mrs. A. D. Parrish, little son
and Miss llazel Saunders, of
Greensboro, are visiting Mrs. W.
G. Parrish.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F Williams
left Monday night lor 1/ewisburg,
Tenn., where they will spend
about a month with relatives
I and friends.
Dr. Holland aud Mr. Samuel
Honeycutt. were Here Sunday
| night.
Mr. J. H. Holconib, of Raleigh,
representing Swift & Co., was in
town Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Barbour
are moving to their elegant resi
dence just completed.
Mrs. .f. W. Hardin and little
son and Miss Nannie Belviu are
visiting Mrs. C. W. Home.
Dr. Herman Home was in town
j Sunday. We are glad to learn
j there's a young Dr. at his home, j
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Thurston
have taken up their abode here.
We are mighty glad to have them
with us.
Mr. Mallie Cower has recently
installed a new barber chair. His ;
shop is up-to-date in every
j respect.
Bruce White, of Franklinton.
j N. C., preached two able sermons
in the High School auditorium!
Sundav.
Miss Berta Walker, who has
j been visiting her sister, Mrs. R. j
j H. Fussel, left last week for her ;
home in Mt. Olive.
Mrs. Mitton Baucom and chil- j
j dren spent part of last week with ]
Mrs. A. J. Barbour. Mr. Bau
com was here Sunday.
We had the biggest rain of the
i season last Monday. It rained |
hard for about three hours. Some
say not less than four inches fell.;
Mr. J. R. Williams, of Louis
jburg, A. C., spent several days
with his mother, Mrs. Hopkins,
who is sick at Dr. Griffin's, last
week.
During the rain storm Monday
evening one of Mr. J. A. Vinson's
finest mules was struck and killed
by lightning. Mr. Floyd Pollard
was on the mule several minutes
before it was struck.
We had a nice little racein town
Tuesday evening; Mr. I. W. Dodd
aud W. H. McCullers had been
out of town racing, when they
came in town; as the streets were
clear, they decided to try it up
[town. It's hard to tell which
beat. The town got $3 40.
On last Saturday night Mr. J.
A. Vinson was walking about his
barn when he detected a suspici
ous noise in the stable. He went
to the gate and waited and di
rectly a man come out with one
of his mules. Mr. Vinson fired at
the man three times; says he don't
know whether any of the shots
took effect as the man ran away.
Messrs. E. L. Hinton and J. L.
Ellis went to High Point Sunday,
returning Tuesday. While there
they purchased the furniture for
the High School dormitory. Mr.
Hinton is an expert furniture
dealer and says the dormitory
will be furnished in the most
stylish manner. Everything is
coming the way for the Clayton
High School.
Dig Excursion.
J he long-looked for excursion
will go to Thomasville next Wed
nesday, July 1st. Biggest thing
of the season. Train leaves
Selma at 6:00 a. m. returning
same day. Fare for round trip,
$1.50. Children under 12 years,
| 75 cents. Will go rain or shine.
Tickets will be on sale at Clayton
I hardware Co., John S. Barnes &
Co., W. E. Stallings & Co.
Yelir.
Killed on Railroad Track.
A negro was killed on the rail
road just a mile and a half from
Dunn, N. C., this morning at
about one o'clock by one of the
through fast trains. He is sup
posed to have been drunk and
asleep on the track. He is a
strange negro in that section and
has not yet been identified.?Wil
son Times, 24.
Driven To Desperation.
Living at an out of the way
place, remote from civilization, a
family is often driven to despera
tion in case of accident, resulting
in Burns, Cuts, Wounds, Ulcers,
etc. Lay in a supply of Buck
len's Arnica Salve. It's the best
I on earth. 25c. at Hood Bios,
i Drug Store.
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Short Items of Interest Clip
ped and Culled From Our
Exchanges.
General M. W. Hansom will
speak at the Confederate reunion
in Greenville on July 3d.
Hob Ellis, a porter in a saloon I
in Greensboro, committed suicide
last Thursday by shooting him- j
self in the temple.
Lightning killed two fine milk s
cows at Weavervilleon Saturday.
Three mules were knocked down;
they were unhurt, but the light- j
ning went off worse for the en- j
counter.
Treasurer Lacy says that the
sheriffs are paying taxes unusu
ally well, and that nearly all have!
paid in full. He says tliey have
settled more promptly than they
did last year.
A charter was granted Tuesday
to the Clayton Cotton Seed Oil
Mill at Clayton. The capital
stock is $00,000, half paid in.
Ashley Home, Charles \\ . Home
and others are stockholders.
David Williams, a shingle
maker, living about two miles
south of Maxton, was killed by
lightning Thursday afternoon.
The lightning struck a tree un
der which he was working and
killed him.
A ctinrter has been granted the
Wampum Cotton Mill Company,
at Lincolnton, capital #100,000.
The mill will spin and weave cot- j
ton goods. Of its stock J. A.)
Abernathy holds #130,000, R. S.
Abernathv #25,000, and T. F.
Costner, #5,000.
Ex-Judge Charles A. Moore
and Thomas S. Rollins, of Ashe
ville, have formed a co-partner-;
ship for the practice of law, and
have been appointed assistant
division counsel of the Southern
Railway for the mountain sec
tion of North Carolina. The new
firm begins business July 1st.
Tester Hancock, 15 years old,
and Mrs. Lou Williams, a widow
of 23, were married in Wadesbo
ro a few days ago. Theceremonv
had just been concluded when the
boy's father appeared on the
scene and bade his son follow
him, which the young man did.
After consultation with a lawyer
the boy was allowed to return to
his bride.
The Whitney Reduction Com
pany, of Salisbury, has struck a
phenomenally rich paying streak
in the Rarringer gold mine, in
Stanly county, and already has
taken out six tons of ore that as
say #20,000 to the ton. This is
one of the greatest finds in the
history of mining in this country
and proves effectually that gold
mining in North Carolina will
pay.
The Raleigh Post says a Su
perior Court judge, whose identi
ty it cannot disclose, is gather
ing statistics from each county
in the State as to the number of
divorces granted the past year
and the number of this kind still
pending. In reply to a card of
enquiry the c.erk of the Superior
Court of Wake wrote that 25
divorces were granted last year
in Wake and 24 cases are now on
the docket.
A charter has been granted to
the Hiss Manufacturing Compa
ny, with headquarters at Char
lotte. Its capital is $500,000,
authorized and of this George B.
Hiss, John M. Rhodes and D.
O'Donough each owns 50 shares.
There is to be common and pre
ferred stock, and the preferred is
to yield 7 per cent, dividends,
anything after these are paid go
ing to holders of common stock.
A dispatch from Rocky Mount
says that one of the most de
structive hail storms in the his
tory of eastern Carolina occurred
in that section Friday. Most of
the crops of Edgecombe and
Nash counties were damaged and
in some sections of Edgecombe
they were a complete loss. Most
of the losses were covered by in
surance. This is the second hail
storm Nash county has had this
year, both doing considerable
damage.
SELWA NEWS.
Mr. H. D. Hood is in town this
week.
Mr. Robert Waddell went to
Earpsboro Wednesday.
Miss Annie Hood has returned
from her visit to Durham.
Mr. W. G. Wilson, of Wilson's
Mills, was in town Monday.
Mr. J. B. Edgerton, of Golds
boro, was in town yesterday.
Messrs. C. W. Richardson and
N. E. Edgerton, went to Earps
boro Wednesday.
The young men here have or
ganized a baseball club and are
now ready to play any one.
Hail struck the tobacco farm
of our townsman J.J. Rives and
did considerable damage to it.
Robert Millard N'owell, G. I).
Yick. Will Richardson and Robert
Noble visited Smithfleld Sunday.
Master Daniel F. Deedin and
Misses Octavia and KizziePeedin
spent Sunday with relatives in
Boon Hill township.
Mrs. Martha J. Holder, the
mother of our esteemed Mayor,
is spending this week with Mrs.
Berry Richardson, fishing.
Mr. C. W. Edgerton, of Kenlv,
was here Wednesday shaking
hands with his many friends who
are always glad to see him.
I'rof. Judd passed through here
yesterday on his way to Kenly.
It is thought that he will teach
the school there next session.
Miss .Mattie Gill, of Wake For
est, returned to her home Tues
day morning after a pleasant
visit to her friend. Miss Ethe
redge.
Mrs, Harrison and Miss Klup
pelburg, of Italeigh, are visiting
their brother, Mr. C. H. Kluppel
burg, who is the foreman of the
Southern here.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Hood are
visiting his father, H. D. Hood.
This is Fred's first visit to Selma
since his accident at Greensboro
when he lost his right leg; he lost
his right hand some years ago.
Fred seems hard to kill. We are
all glad to see him so cheerful in
his affliction.
The Selma and Clayton Baptist
Sunday Schools will run an ex
cursion to Thomasville, N", C. on
Wednesday, July 1, 1903, leav
ing Selma at 6 o'clock a. m. They
hope to have a good crowd. The
rate is only f 1.50 for the round
trip. Children half rate. No
drunkenness or rowdyism will be
allowed on the train. Gov. Ay
cock has, by special request, ap
pointed two policemen who will
arrest and leave at any station
on the road any person who
renders himself disagreeable to
the excursionists. A ball game
between Selma and Thomasville
will be one of the attractions.
The trustees of the Graded
Schools regretted to lose Prof.
Thos. T. Candler who served
them so we'l as Superintendent
for the past two years; but busi
ness engagements prevented his
acceptance of the position again.
n:? ?:11 u?l 4- en ii-_
mo pincc *>111 ut? 11 aiu IU un. M t;
wish him succecs in his new work.
Prof. C. N. Peeler will begin the
study of medicine this fall. Miss
Nannie E. Richardson goes to
Thomasville to teach. Miss Ma
rion F. Preston will rest next
year. The trustees hope they
have secured a corps of teachers
that are second to none in the
county. (Announcement of the
new teachers was made in this
correspondence last week).
Senex.
startling: bviaence.
Fresh testimony in great quan
tity is constantly coming in, de
claring Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds to be unequaled. A recent
expression from T. J.McFarland,
Bentorville. Va., serves an exam
ple He writes: "I had Bron
chitis for three years and doctor
ed all the time without being
benefited. Then I began taking
Dr. King's New Discovery, and a
few bottles wholly cured me."
Equally effective in curing all
Lung and Throat troubles. Con
sumption. Pneumonia and Grip.
Guaranteed by Hood Bros.,
Druggists. Trial bottles free, reg
ular sizes oOc. and #1.00.