Sljr jsmitljficlb JlcfalJt. price one dollar per tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.' single copies five cents ? VOL. 22. SMITHFIELD, X. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER (i, 1903. NO. 35. THE HALEIGH ASSOCIATION. A Splendid and Harmonious Meeting ?A New Association to Be Or ganized at Selma Last Fri day Night in This Month. The Raleigh Association which met here last week closed Sunday with a most excellent and power iul sermon by Rev. It. J. Rate man, his subject being "The Cross of Christ. " it was listened to with the closest attention by perhaps the largest congregation ever as sembled in a house of worship in Smithfield, the new ltaptist churcu being crowded to its ut most capacity. The warmest discussion of the entire session of the body was on Friday morning when the proposition to ciiviue the associ ation came up. The vote stood 41 for division, .41 against. The new association will becomposed of all the churches in Johnston county and perhaps a few just over the line. Relegates from the various churches are reques ted to meet in Selma Raptist church Friday night before the fifth Sunday in this month to perfect the organization. The meeting will continue through Sunday. During the Friday and Satur day sessions the association dis cussed Foreign Missions. State Missions, Home Missions, Educa tion, Temperance, and other subjects in which the baptist people are interested, the follow ing speakers taking part in the discussions, J. C. Massee, Living ston Johnson, John E. Kay, \1. A. Adams, N. B. Broughton, A. A. Pippin, K. J. Bateman, J. W Suttle, J.M. Beaty, J. C. Bird song, A. D. Hunter, C. E. Go'wer, E. L. Middleton, VVoiley Creech, C W. BlancharJ and others. Kev. J. C. Massee preached to a large and appreciative congrega tion on Friday night from the text, ''Ye have beard of the Patience of Job." After the sermon Miss Kosa Broughton, of Kaleigh, delighted the vust audience by singing a solo, "Under His Wings." A collection of $74 75 was taken to complete the new church at Fuqua Springs. A collection was taken Satur day, amounting to $25.00 for the new church at Hood's Grove. The Baptist Female University asked for $100 from the Kaleigh Association. The sum of $105 was raised, of which the members of the fc'mithlieldcburcbcontribu ted about $40. The association was well pleased with the hospitality of the Sinithfield people as the fol lowing resolution will attest. "Resolved,?That we heartily tender our sincere thanks to our brethren and sisters of Smith field Baptist church, to those of the other denominations, and the people of the community generally for the generous hospi tality and kiud care with which this session of tne Association has been provided." Saturday night the congrega tion listened to an excellent ad dress on "Reverence to God the Fundamental Fact in the Chris tian Religion" by Prof. E. L. Middleton, principal of Cary High School. After his address Mr. John A. Oates, the great temperance leader of North Caro lina, made a splendjd talk on temperance Sunday morning n Sunday School Mass Meeting was held in which Revs. J. W. Battle, J. S. Hagwood, C. E. Gower and Mr. J. C. Hirdsong took part. Many who have attended every session of the association for the past few years declare the meet ing at Smithfield to be the best they ever attended. Everything was harmonious and all were united in the efforts to further the cause they represent. The next meeting of the Raleigh As sociation will be held with Shady Grove church in Wake county. Postmaster-General' Payne es timates the deficit of the postal semoe for the fiscal year ending June JO, 1905, at #8,613,709. POLENTA NEWS. Township Sunday School Con vention at Shiloh Saturday. Or. E. N. Hooker has oue acrej in corn that will make more then ten barrels. Mr. J. 0. Ellington was in the neighborhood Saturday on a businee.s trip. Itev. B. Townsend, pastor of! Shiloh, will preach at said church Sunday morning at 11 A. M. Mr. W. T. Adams, of Smith field, was out visiting in the| neighborhood Sunday evening, i Some of our farmers have sowed wheat, oats, and rye. A | number of our farmers will fol low suit. So far the number of bales of cotton ginned at the different gins in this sect ion is considerab ly short of last year at this time. Polenta Public School opened Monday morning with a good attendance. Miss Catherine Wil liams, of Harnett County, is the teacher in charge. There was no preaching at Oakland the fourth Sunday, owing to the inclemency of the weather. Protracted services will begin at above church fourth Sundav iu November. A goodly number 01 our peo ple from this section attended the Association at Smithfield on Sunday. Thev speak in the highest terms of the hospitality of the good people of Smithfield. .Mr. E. H. Johnson has bought Mr. J. L. Talton's farm, price paid, 1900.00. The farm con tains 49 acres. Mr. Talton has bought his father's plantation near Clayton, and will move to same January 1st. News comes of the critical ill ness of Mr. W. W. IJpchurch in j Petersburg, Ya.. whither he went several weeks ago to visit his mother. He is the nephew of Mrs. F. T. Hooker, whom he visited last winter. Madam Humor has it that one of our fair daughters is to take upon herself the matrimonial vows during the month of No vember. If the rumor proves true, the supposed bridegroom is to be congratulated. Little Leon Hardie, after suf fering terribly for five days with membraneous croup, died Wed nesday of last week at 12 m. He was a bright boy, and be loved by all who knew him. His remains were interred at Oakland Cemetery Thursday afternoon, a large number of friends being present, thereby attesting their esteem for the departed little boy. The community at large deeply sympathizes with tbepar ents of the deceased. Typo. Yadkin Violators of the Watts Law Go to the Roads. Deputy Sheriffs E. F. West and .1 \\ Hardin, of Yadkin county, passed through the city last night on their way to Asheboro with four men in tow who were charged with breaking the Watts law. The men were convicted at the last term of the Superior Court in Y adkin county and they are the first people to be convicted in that county, for breaking this law. The men caught were not the owners of the distillery but merely employes. They were Dave Beaman, white, sentenced to ten months on the roads; Frank Warren, white, six months on roads, and John llichards, colored, ten months on the roads. The men were being carried to Randolph county, where they will serve out their sentence. The distillery at which the men were working was a goverment. distillery near Yadkinville and was operated bv Charles Plow man, Hoy Shores and Lum Ward. As is usual in such cases the owners of The distillery managed to get away and the employes were caught and got the punish ment.?Greensboro Telegram, 1st. TRAIN CRUSHES INTO A FUNERAL PARTY. Four Persons Killed and Their Bod- t les and the Corpse Caught on the Engine. t i 1111 man blood and hair and u bright metal coffin plate were 1 the ghastly decorations on the I engine of the Southern's south bound train, No. 89, when it - reached this city yesterday morn- j ing. At Glass, a small station , six miles north of Concord, yes terday morning at 9:30 o'clock, the engine had struck a wagon ' containing four inmates of the 1 county home of Cabarrus county, 1 and the dead body of Mrs. Kate Lewis. All the occupants of the wagon were killed, and the coflin and wagon were splintered into j kindling wood. The dead are: Miss LouTownsend. Dan Weaver, Benjamine Tippet, John Key. Weaver was the driver, and it is said that he was deaf. While traveling along the railroad track on their way to the burial ground, the party came to a place where the railroad track runs parallel with the main throughfare. When the wagon came close to a crossing the whistle of the engine was heard, it is said, but Weaver either did not hear the whistle and drove on the crossing or else the two mules that were hitched to the wagon became frightened and ran on the track. At any rate, the animals crossed the track and then, losing their heads, reared up and down, refusing to move forward. As soon as the engine turned the curve, close to where the mules stood, Engineer Tyler Haynes, of this city, saw the team and blew his whistle. It is his opinion that the mules be came frightened at the whistle and dashed on the track. Hut the engineer could not stop his engine in the spacealloted to him, and the pilot struck the wagon i just between the fore and hind i wheels. The occupants of the wagon were instantly killed and fearfully mutilated. When the engine was finally stopped one of i 1 he dead men was found on the running board, while the others slain were fastened to the pilot. The corjjse was also on the pilot | of the engine. The mules were unhurt.?Charlotte Observer, 2nd. Halloween Party at Smithfield. Smithfield, N. C., Nov. 2 ?The guests of Miss Mattie Pou, of Smithfield, who were attending j the Raleigh Baptist Association, were entertained in a novel man ner. They were given a Halloween party on Saturday evening from 10 to 12 o'clock. Many new, amusing and novel features were introduced by Miss Pou. The guests were unstinted in their praise of their hostess. Delicate refreshments were served. Those taking part were Miss Mattie McGuire and Rev. W. G. Hall, of Smithfield; Miss Annie Williams, of Oxford, and Dr. Hol land; Miss Tomlinson and Mr. Smith, both of Smithfield; Miss Flossie Abell, of Smithfield, and Mr. H. S. Utley, of Raleigh; Miss Freeman, of Wilson, and Mr. Boyett; Miss Bertha Stevens and Mr. Aycock; Miss Annie Lou Mc Guire and Dr. Hooks, of Smith field; Miss Mattie Pou, of Smith field, and Mr. Thos. O. Jones, of Raleigh.?News and Observer. Disastrous Wrecks. Carelessness is responsible for I many a railway wreck and the same causes are making human wrecks of sufferers from Throat and Lung troubles. Hut since the advent of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, even the worst cases can be cured, and hopeless resignation is no longer necess ary. Mrs. Lois Craig 01 Dor chester, Mass., is one cf many whose life was saved by Dr. ? King's New Discovery. This great remedy is guaranteed for i all Throat and Lung diseases by Hood Hros, Druggists. Price , 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free. KENLY NOTES. Mr. S. It. Lee, of Selma, was in ! own today. Miss Kftie Hales is visiting her 1 ester, Mrs. Jessie Watson, this! week. Deputy Sheriff A. M. Hinders was here Monday collecting taxes, 'or 190U. Mrs. 11. 11. Afford left for Hope Mills today where she will spend several days visiting relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. (1. Edgerton, iroui near Princeton, spent 'Sun-i day here with their sons, J. T. and W. H. Edgerton. Mr. J. D. Woodard, of Golds- j boro, a news agent on the Uolds boro and Norfolk shoolly, spent Sunday with relatives here. Miss ooldie Daniels who, softie days ago, was called home on ac count of the sickness of her aunt, returned to school here Monday. Miss Eva Harden", of Falcon, came Monday and will spend some time with her sisters, Miss Ross Harden and Mrs. R. A. Hales. The advance of cotton to 10 cents caused the fanners to rush their cotton on the market, aud last week was a busy time with the cotton buyers here. Misses Emma Mathews and Maud Edgerton spent Saturday aud Sunday inSmithfield visiting relatives aud friends and attend ing the Baptist Association. Rev. Mr. Souders tilled his reg ular appointment here at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning and night, preaching two very interesting and strong sermons. Mr. Sam Earles and family, of Wilson, moved here this week He is putting up a Shuttle Block factory here. Those having dog wood or persimmon timber will find a readv marker tor it here now. Nov. 4. Rex. A View of the Case as to Lawyers. Any man accused of any crime and known to be guilty as cer tainly as anything can be known can, if he has money, find plenty of lawyers who will undertake to acquit him?and, be it said to our everlasting shame, they near ly always succeed. From amoral standpoint no lawyer has a right to do this. Suppose, for instance, some guilty man should offer an influential newspaper a sum of money Jto use its editorial and news columns to accomplish his acquittal, and the paper should accept, what would public senti ment say of that newspaper? The editor would be driven out of the community, and should be. From a moral point of view, is there a particle of distinction be tween the newspaperand the law yer who takes the case in the same way? No argument and no amount of reasoning can con vince us that there is.?Concord Times. called Away. On Thursday, October 22nd, 1 the death angel entered the home | of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Cotter and ; plucked Irom it, one of its brightest jewels, little Norman Ceo nidus Cotter, aged 2 years, 11 months. He was an unsually bright boy, and by his cunning littleways wontheeffectionsofall who knew him. All t hat medical skill and loving hands could do was done for him. Hut God in his wise provid nee saw fit to transplant the loving bud in a garden free from sin and sorrow, to bloom above. He was ten derly laid to rest in the family cemetery at Zion M. E. Church, and his grave covered with flowers from loving friends. Weep not loved ones, he would not have you weep, but calls you to follow him. Sympathizer. Happiness falls to our share it separate detached bits; and thosi of us who are wise content our selves with these broken frag I ments.?Beatrice Harraden. Booker Washington's Address at Raleigh. Booker Washington, the greatjS colored educator of Tuskegee,! spoke here today for the first ? time in North Carolina at the colored State fair to nearly three ' thousand people, of whom about j a hundred were white. A splen- < did procession of negroes on j horseback and in carriages, with ! school children walking, was re-j viewed. i Washington followed the usual line of his addresses. lie urged upon the colored race the irnpor- i tance of industrial educationan watch-springs!?From " Itadium - and its Wonders," by George F. -1 Kunz, in the American Monthly 1 lteview of Reviews for November. CLAYTON CHIPS. Mr. Carson Durham was here lundav. Mrs. Cadmus Young spent Sun lay here. Mr M. (i. (iulley went to Smith ield Monday. Mr. Jesse Milliard went to Ral }igh W ednesday. Mr. Charles Carroll went to iniithfield Tuesday. The next on the programme is a marriage, it seems. Mr. Link Williams has engaged with I. S. Bagwell & Co. Mrs. L. I). Debnain spent Tues day with her mother, Mrs. J. A. driffin. Messrs. Buck GuUey and W. E. Stallings went to Raleigh Wed nesday. Mr. B. M. Robertson went to Raleigh Tuesday to visit his sis ter, Mrs. Dewey Hicks. Mrs. Brewer, of Raleigh, who has been visiting her parents, re turned home Tuesday. Mr. E. L. Hintou left Wednes day night for High Point to p"i chase a lot of furniture. Capt. Young, Mr. L. F. Austin aud .Mr. R. B. Whitley attended the directors, meetings Monday. More boarding pupils at Clay ton High School Monday. Let them keep coming, Mr. Ellis can make room. The directors of the Clayton Banking Co. and Clayton Cotton Mills Co. held their regular month ly meetings Monday. Look out little fish! There's another Fisher who will be after you in ten or twelve years. How about it, Brother Fisher? Mr. Ralph Johnson and Mrs. Mrs. Hopkins went to Wakefield Sunday. Mrs. Hopkins will spend some time with relatives in that section. Rev. C. W. Blanchard is con ducting a series of meetings at the Baptist thurch this week. The merchants close their stores at night to let their clerks at tend. Nov. 4. Y'elir. ARCHER DOTS. Mr. Irviu Hocutt, of Emit-, wad in tnis section last Satcr iy. Mr. Millard Lee, . Raleigh, visited friends in th; - t;on last week. Miss Lessie Barnes is visiting relatives and friends in Clayton this week. Miss Maggie Mozingo, of near Micro, was visiting friends here last week. Messrs. C. L. Barnes and J. A. Eason, went to Greensboro to day (Tuesday). Mr. John Irvin Barnes was shaking hands with friends in. this community Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Newton are visiting Mr. Newton's father in Franklin county this week. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Parrish, of Shotwell, were the guests of Mrs. Parrish's father, Mr. W. R. Car roll, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. V. R. Turley and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Batten, at tended the association at Smith fieid last week. The entertainment given by Miss Ida Liles last Saturday evening was a grand success and very much enjoyed by all present. Miss Ianth Barnes, of the Clay ton High School, came home Sunday. She was accompanied by Miss Beatrice Hall, of Pow hatan. The White Oak choir have be gun practicing for the Vocal Union to be held with Antioch Baptist church the first Sunday in December. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nichols was buried at their home last Monday evening. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved ones. S. L. W. Nov. 3, 1903.