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|pje fcmittrfirli) JtrraliL prick one dollar per tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.' single copies five cents VOL. 22. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1903. NO. 28. STATE NEWS NOTES. Some of the Week's Events Scissored and Condensed from the Press. There are 550 students enrolled at the State University. A prohibition election is to be held in Marion October 13th. The attendance at the A. & M. College at Raleigh last week reached 410. Goldsboro will vote on the question of saloons or no saloons on October 8th. The Haywood murder trial will again coine up in Wake Superior Court October 1st. - The saloons won in the local option election in Scotland Neck Tuesday by 10 majority. Twenty two divorce cases are on docket for trial at the next term of Wake Superior Court. Mr. Geo. U. Morton, of, Wil mington, has been appointed chief marshal of the State Fair. The Normal and Industrial College at Greensboro opened Tuesday with 450 students pres ent. Seventy-six persons were bap tized in 45 minutes by Rev. A. H. Sims at Kings Mountain last Sunday. The Hell Lumber Lompany s planing mill and dry kiln were burned at Mount Olive Tuesday afternoon; loss about $8,000. State Bank Examiner Jno. O. Ellington states that there arej 15? State, private and savings banks doing business in North! Carolina. Mrs. Elizabeth Motsinger, of Kernersville, is weaving a piece j of cloth that has been warped 45 years. It is strong and has not faded. The.boiler exploded at the mill of the Buchanan Lumber Com pany, in Jackson countv, last week, killing two persons and in- j juring five. Mayor Geo. E. Hood, of liolds of Goldsboro, and Miss Annie j Flowers, of Mt. (Hive, are to be married in the latter place Sept- j ember 23d. The main building of Raeford j Institute in the western part of Cumberland county, was destroy ed by fire Monday night. No clue j as to origin of the fire. Lizzie Mines, colored, commit ted suicide in Asheville Saturday night by swallowing a two ounce; ? bottle of 1 audanum. Jealousy I of her husband is assigned as the cause. The hotel atHouik] Knoti was destroyed by fire Friday morn ing. The hotel was owned by E. B. Steele, of High Point, who had planned to open the place next month. Geo. Warfford, white, is in jail at Lexington charged with at tempting to wreck a passenger train. At the recent term of the court the grand jury returned a true bill against him. As a result of last week's liquor election in Elizabeth City eleven saloons will go out of business in that city January 1st, 1904, and for the first time in its history the city will be without a liquor saloon. The grand jury of Edgecombe county has found a true bill against Dr. Julian M. Baker for the murder of Dr. H. T. Bass on the streets of Tarboro last March. The trial has been postponed till next March. The governor has ordered a special term of court for Wilson county, for the trial of criminal cases, to begin October 5th. Judge H. M. Justice will preside. It is thought that the Jones mur der case will be tried at that term. Up to date G2 counties in this State have prohibition. Fully ? dozen county towns are to vote on the question of liquor or no liquor within a few weeks. All the counties already have prohi bition by reason of the Watts law, so that only the towns have to vote upon the question. Capt. Chas. I'rice, a noted at torney! of Salisbury, secured a fee of f35,000 for the settlement ( of the Stanly and Wilkes county bond cases, which has just been accomplished in Kowan court. This is perhaps the largest fee re ceived by any North Carolina , lawyer for many years. Twenty-four additional rural | free delivery carriers went on in , this State September 1st. Then were already 307 carriers so the total is now 391. All of these save five receive $600 a year. < With the additional carriers to . be put on October 1st, the govern- j ment will pay over $210,000 a i year for their salaries. In Wilkes county Monday. Scott Church was fooling with a Winchester in his store when it was accidentaly discharged. The bullet went through the wall and ranged in the lirection of the I school house, where there were several children. It went through i the arm of Nathan Phillips' girl j i and entered the breast of his nine year-old boy, killing him in stantly. The Salisbury Sun reports that11 a machinist in Spencer has been discarded by hi fiancee because he went to sleep in church. He was with her and when she pinch- ' ed him to keep him awake he 1 woke up with a yell and was so humiliated that he retired from church at once. The next day bis intended wrote him a note ' stating that the engagement was 1 off. And it was only two weeks ' till his wedding day, too. The Gastonia Gazette says the Loray Mills have made a ship- ; ment of 4,000 bales of standard sheetings to Shanghai, China. 1 This is not by any means the first, but it is the largest ship ment ever made from Gastonia 1 to the Celestial Empire, and is probably one of the largest ship ments of the kind evermadefrom the south. It requir^l for trans- ' portation 20 cars to carry it to San Francisco, and represents a 1 value of $176,000. Henry Holloway, colored, was convicted of burglary in Greene county Superior Court last week and sentenced to be hanged Oc tober 10th. The negro was em ployed by a Mr. Tuton and the 1 two were at work curing tobac co. The negro was sent to the house on an errand. He secreted himself in the house forapurpose and when his presence was made known to Mrs. Tuton he Was frightened away by her screams The incident took place about a month ago. ii n ? n i-. li. Simmons, iatner 01 sena tor Simmons, was murdered near his home in .Jones county Satur day. Alfred Daniels, a negro, has been arrested and lodged in jail, charged with the crime, though the evidence is entirely circumstantial. Mr. Simmons' had his land posted tp protect his game reservation. Friday morning he heard shooting in a certain section of woods. He went down there and saw the party hurrying off. Buthecould not tell who it was. Saturday morning there was more shoot ing and Mr. Simmons went to in vestigate. He did not return I and late in the afternoon a searching party made a tour, of the woods, but failed to find , him. Sunday morning another search was made and the body was found with a load of No. 4 shot in his left breast. Feeling j is running high iu that section | and the negro Daniels has been | moved to New Bern forsafe keep- j ing. A Boy's Wild Ride tor Life. With family around expecting him to die, and a son riding fori life. 18 milts, to get Dr. King's! New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, W. H. Brown, of Ixiesville, Ind., endured death's agonies from asthma; but this wonderful medicinejgave instant relief and soon cured him. He writes: "I now sleep soundly every night." Like marvelous cures of Consumption, Pneumo nia, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds and Grip prove its matchless merit for all Throat and Lung troubles. Guaranteed bottles 5flc and f 1.00. Trial bottles free at Hood Bros, drug store. CROPS MOVE ALONG. Cotton Is Opening Up Rapidly and i the Lint Appears to be Very Fine and Heavy. The North Carolina section of Dlimat and Crop Service, through the Weather Bureau, issues the following weekly crop bulletin ending Monday, September 14, 1903. Fair, warm, dry and sunny weather during the past week was very favorable for farm work, and farmers made good progress in gathering crops. There were showers in the central district on the 8th and 9th, chiefly over the Piedmont plateau region, which were very beneficial, except; that a few severe locai storms with hail and wind caused some dam age to crops in Caswell and Ala- 1 mance counties; elsewhere the en- ' tire week was rather dry. The temperature averaged nearly 2 1 degrees daily above normal, but,!1 though the weather was warm, there were no extreme -, and cool \1 nights are beginning to prevail, ]: especially in the more elevated j western sections. More rain iej] needed for tali crops, especially i turnips and late corn; and rain I is needed to soften the soil for plowing, which is progressing ratberslowly. rltur ii'/oi f-Vinr V? r? o lionn 1 lOlin x iic ui v ucatuci u(ii d?tuu ucuc* Bcial to cotton where the weed was getting to bo too large, but in many sections it is thought ? that premature ripeniugis result- 1 ing from the deficiency of mois ture; rust and shedding are still . reported in many sections; cot ton is now opening quite rapidly in most counties; and picking is , well underway: the crop is being ' rushed to the gins and marketed as rapidly as possible; the lint appears to be fine and heavy. Gathering old corn is now under way. Late corn promises a very good yield; gathering fodder is practically over in the south and east, and is just fully underway in the north and western portions of the State. Cutting and cur ing tobacco is progressing well in Alamance, Guilford, Person, Sur- 1 ry, Forsyth and Caswell, and the cures are reported to be very good. Digging peanuts has com menced, crop fair. Sweet pota- | toes are excellent; a good crop of field peas is being gatbeied: rice is ripening and the harvest be gun. During the past week a fine crop of late hay was cured and safely covered, including both meadow and pea vine hay. [ Turnips, where up, are growing well, but the dry weather has prevented the sowing of winter turnips in many sections, laover needs rain. Breaking land for wheat is progressing as rapidly as the dry condition of the soil will permit, and sowing winter oats and rye is underway. Soup- i pernoug grapes are ripe; the sea son for other fruit is about over; late or winter apples are report ed as dropping excessively, and the crop will be very short. Rains reported: Marion, 2.37 inches; Foster, 1.50; Moncure, 0.32; Raleigh, 0.14; Liberty. 1.96; Greensboro, 0.24; Settle, 1.37; Goldsboro,0.10; Charlotte, 0.10; Asheville, 0.40. MASSEY CHAPEL NOTES. Cotton picking is the order of the day, and pea time is yet in its glory. Fishing continues at Holt's Pond, but, with regret to many, the mill stands still; the wheel turns not until more rain de scends. The Sunday School at Brown School House is proving very successful. There are upwards of sixty students enrolled and the attendance is always good. It would be very helpful to us if some minister would come and preach for us on Sunday after noons. Mr. Ransom Holland, nn ex pert carpenter of Wilson county, and wife of Keniy, were among our number Saturday and Sun day. With nail and hammer they went driving, but soon de cided they would try the mate rial of their dear old grandpa, so camped over amidst the grape vine and fig bush of A. W. Oliver. | Miss Ada Woodurd gave an :oe :ream supper to her little friends in the front yard Saturday- night. Some of her girl friends present , were Misses Ada Whitley, Ida Wor.ey, Ethia Grantham, Ettie Vlozingo and Saliie Hinnant. 1 Some of her boy friends were Leonard Smith, Johnnie Wiggs, t Andrew Mrewer and Willie Whit ley. Toey say the night was r ideal and the time much enjoyed. We are pained to chronicle the p death of one of our near neigh bors, Mr. Solomon Daughtry. s He passed away Saturday morn ing, having lived to see his eight ieth birthday. In his death we v lose one of our best citizens. He is one of the well tried of our 8 county; we might say one of its pioneers, who has passed through i life with much toil, and triumph al in all with a record which will s sver shed glory to his memory. t He was a brave and trusty soldier of the civil war. He has been v connected with the I'rimiti ve Hap- s tist church for many years, and k all feel, who know him us we do, t that. Uncle Solomon fought a ' good tight and laid by his armor j with rejoicing, and is now resting ?r in that Celestial City, where all is 1 love and peace and happiness. j1 ?J ? ? ... , ? ' r r KENLY NOTES. ] Mr. J. M. Beaty, of Tiik IIi;it- [ ald, was in town Tuesday on j business. j t Misses Martha Ilevell and Oda | Aycock left Tuesday for Littleton wnere they will enter school. , The laditB of the Methodist Aid c Society are planning for an en-1 tertaiuuient in the near future, i < Ilev. W. II. Frost, pastorofthe ' Free Will Baptist church, will preach here Sunday morning and 1 night. (i Nusom Narron left for Kich- j > mond Tuesday to take a com-1 ? mercial course in Massey Busi- ' ness College. Ilev. It. II. Whitaker, of Hal- j eigh, filled his regular appoint ment here Sunday night, preach ing a very able sermon. Mr. W. T. Bailey will soon be- j gin to rebuild his dwelling which , was burned down some monthsj' ago. He has a good portion of i the framing timber on the lot ' now. George Evans, of Richmond, a Johnston county boy, came home Saturday to spend a few days ' with his parents and friends. He; has a position as street car con ductor. :. Kenly Academy continues to grow. The enrollment is now , 100 and new ones coming in most every day. There are a good number of boarding stu- 1 dents already. The proprietors of the cotton gin here have been rather late in getting ready to gin. But they will be ready by next week. They 1 have had the machinery all over- (' hauled and put in excellent run ning order. Mr. W. H. Wiggs, section mas- j ter here, has been sent to Florence, S. C., to take charge of the ma terial train on the Augusta di- ' vision, and Mr. C. 1*. Murphey 1 has been sent here to fill his place until he returns. Mr. J. G. Alford, formerly su perintendent of Fremont Oil Mills, has been elected superin tendent of the Spring Hope Oil Mill, which is being built, and j left here yesterday for Spriug Hope to take charge of the mill. Rex. Fearful Odds Agaiust Him. Bedridden, alone and destitute, Such, in br ef was thrt condition of an old soldier by name of J. J. Havens, Versailles, O. For years he was troubled with Kidney dis ease and neitherdoctors nor med icines cave him relief. At length he tried Electric Bitters. It put him on His feet in short order and now lie testifies. "I'm on the road to complete recovery." Best on earth for Liver and Kid ney troubles and all forms of Stomach and Bowel Complaints. Only 50c. Guaranteed by flood Bros., Druggists. CLAYTON CHIPS. Mr. I. \V. Dodd is now able to >e out. Mr. C. T. Young was here ruesday. Mr. A. M. Sanders, of Smithy leld, was in town Tuesday. Mr. C. W. Home is In northern ' narkets buying fall stock. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Barnes ipent Sunday in the country. Mr. .fames It. Williamson spent tyuday at his home near Archer, j Mr. Carson Durham,of Mebane, vas at home several days lately. Misses Sadie and Eula Jones ipent Sunday and Monday here. Eight new pupils were enrolled n Clayton High School Monday. Mr. ft. B. ltichardson and little ion were here Tuesday and Wed lesday. Miss Lina Kennedy, of Raleigh, vas the guest of Miss Nellie Pool Sunday. Mr. Burt Parker, of Parker &! ton, was buying cotton here Yeduesday. ittend the marriage of Mr. Coy farmer. We have not learned j he bride's name. Cottou is still bringing a good I mice in Clayton. It sold for L0.85 Wednesday. Mrs. Hardie Horne has return >d from an extended visit to her ion, Dr. H. H. llorne. Miss Lizzie Ellington, of Ral-; ligh, was the guest of Mrs. E. L. dinton part of last week. Look out for life insurance j igents. They are in every jam 1 if the fence around here. Miss Beatrice Ellis left Monday ! :o resume her studies in theState S'ormal at Greensboro. Mrs. J. E. Page and Mr. A. J. farmer left Wednesday for Mor 'isville to attend the marriage of Miss Carlotta Barbour and Master Swade spent Sunday with ;he family of Mr. G. U. Baucom. Mrs. Sam'l It. Gulley and little 40n, of Durham, are visiting Mr. Julley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. jr. Gulley. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. L. Walker, ivho were visiting Mrs. Ashley | Horne, returned to their home Sunday. Mr. J. H. Holcombe, Swift & Ho's. popular representative, of Italeigh, was here on business Wednesday. Mr. Coy Jordan, Mrs. Coy Pool, and Miss Lina Lindley rpeut Sunday with the family of Mr. Quint F. Pool. rin m _ j r vm *111 ? i ne ciayton un .uni is assum ing business-looking propoVions. It's only a short while before it will be ready for operations. . The meeting held at the factory last week resulted in the conver sion of about twenty. Rev. Mr. Tippett conducted the meeting. Mr. John Hinnant, recently ivith Mr. D. H. McCullers, has! started up a barbecue stand op posite Barnes & Go's, store on Main street. Quite a sensation was created in our town Saturday afternoon when Chief of I'olice J. L. Ellis received a warrant for the arrest of M r. Chas. R. Castleberry charg ed with whipping Mr. C. H. Whit lev, a white man living in Wilders township. Remember the reunion of the membership of the Clayton Bap tist church on the first Sunday in October. An interesting pro gram is being prepared. Dinner will be served on the ground. Every member of the church is expected to be present and par ticipate. The public is invited to attend. YBLIR. Judge Cooke on Liquor. "The people of North Carolina, in their sovereign will, have declared that the manufacture anil sale of spiritous liquors to an extent heretofore allowed is a great public evil, and must be Btopped. The court itself is of the opinion that if all the tears that have been shed by women and children on account of this evil could be gathered together at once, it would exceed in horror Dante's description of hell." POLENTA NEWS. Hot and dry. No rain for the past two weeim. Those who attended court from this section say Judge Peebles is a stunner. .Mr. and Mrs. booker Wood are both sick with fever. Their friends wish for them a speedy recovery. The fieeey staple is now being saved. It is opening rapidly and will soon be in the hands of the manipulators. Primitive Baptist Association at Iiehoboth Friday, Saturday and Sunday of next week. As usual a tremendous crowd will be present. Misses Mildred Young, Lillie Young and Ava Yelvington left for Peace Institute Monday, at ? which institute they propose to prosecute their studies. Chances for a good cotton crop have considerably diminished of late. The weed may be there but the fruit is lacking. The crop will not be a two-third of last year. The whistle at the new saw mill of Ellington & Young made its first noise on Friday of last week. The saw mill is now in full blast. The ginnery will be in operation in a few days. Miss Williams, of Harnett, will teach the Polenta public school this fall, and Miss Nellie John son will teach at Red Hill. These schools will not open before the first Monday in November. Tobacco curing is at an end for this season, and from the way our farmers talk there will be very little to cure next year. They are tired of allowing the "trust" magnets to grow fat at their expense. At Shiloh on last Sunday morn ing Itev. Mr, Hall preached an impressive sermon to agood con gregation. Protracted services will begin at this church Monday night afrer the first Sunday in next month. Rev. Mr. Town send, of Robeson county, will do the preaching. Mr. H. T. Garrard came home last Thursday, and on Saturday gave his annual dinner at the Finch place, now occupied by Mr. Charles Coats. About one hun dred and twenty-fiveofbisfriends and relatives gathered by 10 a. in. to pay their respects to the occasion. The table over which Mr. Chas. ('oats and wife had supervision, was nicely arranged under the large oak trees in the yard, and groaned under barbe cued siioat. beef. etc.. to which at 1 p. m. the crowed was invited, and they after partaking an much as they wanted, seated themselves uuder the shade, and heard some excellent music dispensed by Mr. Lon Coats and Mr. David Hol land. So good was the music, our old friend Mr. H. Woodall, could not refraiu from shuftiing out and dancing to the music. Mr. Ganard deserves the thanks of those present for the day's] en joyment. Praise is also due Mr. and Mrs. Coats for the part they took in the affair. We hope for the return of many more such oc casions. Mr. Garrard left Mon day for Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he will spend some fifteen days recuperating, after which he will go back to Norfolk, Ya. Typo. She Meant Purgatory. A good story, says the New York Tribune, is told of a certain Catholic b'shop in the North west, who while examining a class for confirmation, asked one of the little girls the question, "What is matrimony!" "That's where we go to suffer for our sins!" was the reply of the child who had evidently been carefully prepared for the ex amination. Iter mother, greatly agitated, began to rebuke her: "You mean purgatory, Kitty; tell the bishop you mean purga tory," and the child began to cry. "Don't cry, Kitty," said the Ilishop soothingly, "yon are nearer right than your mother suspects."