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VOL. 22. SMITHFIELD, X. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1903. NO. 40.
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Short Items of Interest Clip
ped and Culled From Our
Exchanges.
The citizens of Statesville will
contribute $500 per annum to
maintain a Carnegie library val
ued at $5,000.
The State has chartered the
Southern information bureau of
Asheville, with an authorized
capital of $25,000.
The State health bulletin re
ports diphtheria in 80 counties,
typhoid in 57. malarial in 25,
small pox in 18 counties.
A new hotel is to built at Char
lotte, with a capital of $200,000,
and to be conducted by the
(iresham "otel Company.
The Wells-Whitehead Cigarette '
Co.. of Wilson, will have an ex
hibition at the St. Loui expo
sition costing them over $5,000.
1 b is said that Charlotte specu- j
lators c eaned up about $400,
000 Thursday in the rise in cot- ;
ton following the bullish govern
ment report.
The State board of agriculture, 1
which was in session last week,
appropriated $1,000 to aid in
pushing the movement for the '
Appalachian forest reserve.
Page Warren, who was serving
a term on the Durham county j
roads, escaped recently and three ,
days later was fouud dead in the ,
woods. It is supposed he died j
from exposure.
Editor Varner, of the Lexing- ,
ton Dispatch, has bought thej,
Salisbury Truth Index and will ,
change the name of the paper to 1 j
the Globe. John 15. Spillman j
will edit the paper.
Work is to begin at once on t
the new gymnasium for the Uni- i
versity of North Carolina, the <
gift of ex-Judge W. I'. Bynum, i
and which is to be in every way ,
superbly equipped. I
? The post office at Mt. Olive. i
Wayne county, was robbed :
Thursday night of $200 in cash i
and a lot of stamps. This is the i
second time the office has been ]
robbed in six months.
The required number of names 1
on the petition for an election 1
for a dispensary at Wilmington
have been obtained and an ;
election will probably be called 1
soon after the holidays.
J R. Morris E-q , a prominent
citizen of MorningStartownship,
Mecklenburg county, died sud
denly Sunday morning while at
tending services at the Second
Presbyterian church inCharlotte.
He was 80 years old.
Capt. A. V. Siginon,a prominent
citizen and business man of 1
Hickory, died Friday night. He
was a member of the State Sen- 1
ate in the Legislature of 1895
and was for several years promi
nently identified with affairs in '
n ? i '
niviwr).
Itufus Robertson, who stabbed
and fatally wounded Hubbard
Hasten at Kernersville on the
18th of November, has surren
dered to the Forsyth officers and
has been placed in jail. Whether
he will plead insanity or self
defense is not stated.
The Kinston Free Press says:
Our Snow Hill correspondent
notes that there swings in that
town an old bell incribed "Ceres
of London, 1792." The bell has
been doing duty for several
generations, and is still in a
state, of perfect preservation and
usefulness.
The Economist, published for
thirty years at Elizabeth City as
a weekly will be issued daily.
Messrs. J. H. LeRoy, W. T. Old,
W. L. Smith and others are inter
ested in the new dailv and have
organized a company capitalized
at #10,000. The first issue will
appear next week.
The North Carolina Synod,
containing the Presbyterian
churches in North Carolina, has
8 Presbyteries, 300 churches,
17+ ministers and 30,702 mem
bers. Their reported contribu
tions for 1902 were #200,900, or
#7 per member. In Texas the
contributions are #11 per mem
ber and in Virginia #11.?Ex
change.
The Corporation Commission
has ordered the Southern Kail
way and the Carolina and North
western K. It. to build a union
freight and passenger depot at
Hickory, with ample facilities for
business.
The largest cotton cargo ever
exported from a south Atlantic
port was cleared by Alexander
Sprunt & Son, at Wilmington
Thursday. The cargo consisted
of 17,000 bales ana goes to
Bremen, Germany, on the British
steamer Anglo Saxon. The value
of the cargo is $1,020,000.
The Wilksboro Journal says
that Mr. Thos. K, (iragg, of
Kutherwood, Watauga county,
"has a boy four years old who
weighs 84 pounds, and has 25
lingers and toes. He has seven
fingers on the right hand and
six on the left and six toes on
each foot. He also has a girl
seven years old who weighs 103
pounds."
Walter Ingram, who is or was j
teaching a school at Fair Grove, j
two miles from Thotnasville, was
arraigned before a magistrate at (
Thomasville Friday, charged
"unmercifully whipping two
small boy pupils." It was alleged
that the teacher wore out live
large switches on tne boys
After hearing the evidence the
magistrate reserved judgment
until next Saturday.
A dispatch trom .New Berne;
says that \V. B. Blades has been
appointed trustee of the Farmers
and .Merchants' bank, wrecked
by Cashier Dewey. The directors
and stockholders agree to pay
off all uncontested claims in 30
Jays from date, and all contested
?lairns 30 days after their legality
is proved. Cashier Dewey's steal
ings amounted to $110,690.
1'he liabilities exceeded the as
sets by $20,000. stockholders
and directors will have to pay!
out considerable of their own
money.
The Boone Democrat says that
Caldwell county now hasafemale!
tax collector. After the death of
Sheriff Estes, ex-Clerk McCall was
appointed by the county com
missioners to fill out his unex
pired official term. But the tax
books, of course, fell into thej
bauds of the deceased's bonds
men, who appointed .Miss Mary j
Estes, daughter of the late sheriff,
fax collector. We are told that j
the young lady has fine business
qualifications and is very atten
tive to business.
Sermon on Gambling.
Last night at the First Presby
terian church Dr. J. R.Howerton
preached a strong sermon from
1 Timothy, 6:9 10, which was
occasioned by the recent active
speculations in the local stock
exchange.
The discourse was opened with
a statement of the economic j
conception of monev, which
teaches clearly that it is only a
moHllim i<>VnVlo<i(i>a ?->>->/) i CI
uicuiuiu ui c.vtuau^c auu in uocu
to represent a labor value of |
hand or brain. From this fact
he deduced the basic principle
that any value received without
a corresponding value in return
is ortlv theft or robbery;and that
any man who, in his inordinate
desire to become suddenly rich,
employs such a method, must be
regarded only as a thief and rob
ber
Taking a deep moral consider
ation of the matter, he deplored
the fact that the spirit of the age
is the spirit of a practical mater
ialism, which in its iron grasp
draws men further and further
away from the spiritual life, un
til, by holding continually be
fore them a glittering idol of
gold, it brings the loss of their
own souls. Especially did he
lament its fascinating attractions
for the young men of thecountry
and the proneness with which
they fall into its fatal snare.
The sermon was a clear diag
nosis of the disease, a strong
exposition of its swift progress
and deadly character, and an
eloquent appeal for its arrest
and extermination at the hands
of Christian people, and it will
meet with the hearty approval
those everywhere who love the
cause of right.?Charlotte News,
December 7th.
N. C. EDITORS IN WASHINGTON.
Many Courtesies Shown Them at
the Nation's Capital.
It was oar pleasure to attend
the Mid-Winter Conventeon of
the North Carolina Press Associ
ation, held in Washington City
hist week. The Convention was
held in a hall of. the National
Hotel, the sign over the door
being "The Improved (las Co."
The meeting was called to or
der Wednesday morning by Pres
ident H. 15. Yarner, editor of the
Lexington Dispatch, and State
Labor Commissioner. Rev. J. O.
Atkinson, editor of TheChristiau
Sun, offered prayer. Commiss
ioner McFarland, of Washington,
welcome! the editors to the Cap
ital City in a short and felicitous
speech, referring to the eminent
men North Carolina had contri
buted to public life in Washing
ton. Editor Henry Loudon, of
the Pittsboro Record, responded
in his usual happy manner.
u "
H. B. Varnek,
President X.C Press Association.
President Varner then read his
annual address, a very thought
fu! one, filled with much interest
to thenewspaperfraternity. Ex
cellent papers were read by H.
E. C. Bryant and J. .J. Farris.
One of the features of the meet
ing was the splendid addrsss on
advertising by Mr. Joe Mitchell
Chappie, editor of The National
Magazine of Boston. Mr. Chap
pie is a young man of pleasiug
personality, who in a- few short
years, has risen from the position
of editor of a local newspaper in
a small North Dakota town to
editor of a great magazine with
more than 1*10,000 subscribers.
Thursday morning session of
the Convention was enlivened by
the injection of the Bassett affair
in the form of a resolution con
demning Bassett and the trus
tees of Trinity College for sus
taining him.
After a warm discussion a com
mittee consisting of Rev. P. R.
Law, H. A. London, K. C. Beas
ley, J. A. Hartness and J. A.
Thomas was appointed to pre
pare a suitable resolution con
.4 4-1. ~ ^ ..4- L.. I.
utfiniiiiiii tut; uct uigi ut; uu.ye at
Trinity College who hanged Jo
sephus Daniels, a member of the
Association, in elfigv.
At the afternoon session this
committee presented the follow
ing resolution:
"Whereas the papers of to-day
inform us that a brother member
of this association has been
hanged in effigy by students of
Triuitp College, one of the lead
ing educational institutions of
our State, for the apparent rea
son that he exercised the right of
freedom of speech in his paper.
"Resolved, That this associa
tion regret the said action as an
attempt to abridge the freedom
of the press, and condemn it in
the strongest language as con
trary to the true spirit of the
people."
Z. Wt. W hitehead offered a sub
stitute condemning Bassett and
the trustees of Trinity College.
This received only three votes:
Z. W. Whitehead, H. T.Kingand
T. G. Cobb. It was the sense of
the Conventionjthat the Associa
tion as a body had nothing to
do with Prof. Bassett or Trinity
College, and that every editor
had the right to express his indi
vidual opinion through the col
umns of his paper.
During the editors' stay in
i WTashington they had many
kindnesses shown them by The
Southern Printer's Supply Co..
The R. P. Andrews' Paper Com
pany, The Maurice Joyce Engrav
ing Co., the North Carolina Del
egation in Congress and the
North Carolina Press Corres
pondents in Washington.
The tirst three named firms
gave us a pleasant trip down the
Potomac on the steamer Mac
Dniester to Mount Vernon, Wash
ington's home, a theatre party
at Chase's and a trolley ride over
j the city.
The North Carolina delegation
in Congress gave us a carriage
drive Friday morning, taking in
the Treasury Department, the
Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing, the National Museum and
the Capitol.
We were given seats in the gal
lery for members' families, and
saw the opening and adjourn
ment of Congress. The sessiou
lasted oulv five minutes.
Immediately after the adjourn
ment wo were presented to Speak
er Cannon, who expressed his
gratification at meeting so many
Carolina newspaper folks. The {
meeting was arranged by Con
gressman Klutz who introduced
President Varner to the Speaker.;
Mr. Varner then presented thei
members of the Association to
Mr. Cannon.
Quite a number of us were pre
sented to Congressman William
Randolph Hearst, editorof the
V o fx* VnrL' Innrnol \ I t? Maonof
i'VH XVI l\ UUM1UUI. i'll . IIUUIPU
pleased the ladies of our party by
presenting each with a box of
beautiful Aniericaif Beauty roses.
Congressman E. W. Pou, of the
Fourth District, gave all the
members of the party from his
district, together with Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. C. Bryant, of Char
lotte, a box party at the Colum
bia Theatre Thursday night,
which was much appreciated.
Congressmen Page, Will Kitch
en, Pou, Gudger, Kluttz and
Webb did all in their power to
make the editors' stay in Wash
ington pleasant. The other mem
bers of the North Carolina dele
gation could not be in Washing
ton at the time.
Mr. Hubert Martin, private!
secretary to Congressman Pou,
and Mr. Hale, private secretary
to Congressman Patterson, did
much for the pleasure of the
party.
County Commlsioners.
The Board of County Com
I missioners met here Monday in
regular session, all the members
1 being present.
The reports of the different
county officers were read, ap
proved and ordered recorded.
The petition for the new road
leading from the Smithlield and
Louisburg road to the Wilson's
Mills and Selma road was reject
ed as there was objection to it.
Connie Evans, David Evans,
X. G. Wiggs, R. V. Oliver,
Ihomas Bizzell and S. L. Talto'1
! were appointed jurors to lay out
and establish a new road leading:
from the Massey school house in
boon Hill township to the Pine
Level township line.
The resignation of Mr. 15. M.
Robertson as supervisor of roads
in (Jlavton township was accep
ted. On petition of a large num
ber of toe citizens of Clayton
township, Mr. M. G. Gulley was
appointed in his stead at a salary
of $400 per year.
Tuesday the Board met in special
session to pass upon the bonds
of the various couuty officers and
constables.
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I I
Needs of Government for the Next
Year.
Washington, Dec. 7.?The Sec
retary of the Treasury to-day
transmitted to Congress the esti-'
I mates of appropriation required
! by the government for the fiscal
j year, ending June 30, 1005. The
appropriations asked for, aggre
gate $024...02,140, as against
$589,180,112 asked for the year
1004, and #005,286,990, the!
i amount of the appropriations
for that year. The appropria
tions in detail follows:
Legislative, $11,687,255,
Executive, $320,000.
State Department, $3,133,960.
Treasury Department, $168,
| 659.064.
War Department, $131,350,
033.
Navy Department, $105,825,
410.
Interior Department, $103,
093,386.
I'ostotfice Department, $10,
825,759.
Department of Agriculture, $0,
729,880.
Department of Commerce and
Labor, $14,933,955.
Department of J ustice. $8,035,
440.
tiand total, $024,502,140.
Following are the principal
items in the several departments,
in which there are important in
creases or decreases as compared
with the appropriations for 1904.
i 1
lir^ioiativc?oaiai ics CLLIU t*A
penses, increase $ 145,000; pub
lic printing, etc., decrease $155,
000.
Executive proper?Salaries and
expenses, increase $8,400.
State Department?Foreign in
tercourse, increase $819,000;
permanent annual appropria
tions, decrease $027,000.
Treasury Department?Public
works, increase $4,700,000; mis
cellaneous, increase $1,000,000.
District of Columbia, increase
$4,148,000.
War Department?Military es
tablishment, increase $2,596,
000; public works, increase $15,
000.000; miscellaneous, decrease
$1,000,000.
Navy Department?Salaries
and expenses, iucrease $8,000.
Naval establishment, increase
$16,000,000; public works, in
crease $4,000,000.
Interior Department?Pensions,
decrease $1,695,000; public
works, decrease $284,000; per
manent annual appropriation.;
Increase $2,000,000
Agricultural Department?Sal
aries and expenses, increase
$751,000.
Department of Commerce and
Labor?Labor, Salaries and ex
penses, increase $1,125,000; pub
lic works, increase $3,675,000;
miscellaneous, iucrease $1,295,
000.
Department of Justice?Public
works, increase $175,000.
Superior Court Proceedings.
The December term of Johns
ton Superior Court convened here
Monday with Judge R. B. Pee
bles presiding. The State was
represented by Solicitor Armis
tead Jones.
The following grand jury was
drawn and sworn in:
M. M. Gulley, Foreman, W. H.
Earp, VV. J. C. Richardson, Alex
Byrd, N. W. Bunn, J. E. Stanley,
VV. T. Stallings, A. J. Southard.
J. B. Harrison, J. A. (Tobe) Eee,
W. Thompson Kirby, J. S. Sulli
van, J. G. Coats, S. T. Creech, R.
D. Thomas, J. H. Yelvington. VV.
| M. Edwards and J. R. Sullivan*
Dock Stephenson was appoint
j ed officer of grand jury.
After the J udges charge to the
1 Grand Jury the following cases
were disposed of:
I). L. Flowers and A. Henry
Barbour were tried for an as
sault with deadly weapon; both
plead guilty and Flowers was
sentenced to G months on the
Smithfleld roads. Rarbour was
sentenced to GO days on the
Smithfleld roads and to pay the
cost.
Z. B.Jones plead guilty of an
assault with deadly weapon and
was sentenced to 4 months on
the Smithfleld roads and to pay
the cost of the action. He was
also found guilty of carrying t
concealed weapon and was sen
tenced to 30 days on the roads,
his term to begin April 5, 1904.
He was also charged with the
cost of this action.
Freeman Kunis was tried for
assault and battery and was
lined $20 and cost.
Stanton Dayis, Charlie Black
man, J. I. Blackman, Thomas
Rose, and Bynum uavis were
tried for an affray. Stautou
Davis and Bynum Davis not guil
ty. Charlie Blackman, J. I.
Blackmail und Thomas Rose
guilty. The Blackinans were
tined $40 each and one third the
cost. Rose was fined $20 and
one third of the cost.
William McLean was found
guilty of carrying concealed
weapons and sentenced to four
mouths on the Clayton roads.
Andrew Smith was found guilty
of bn assault with deadly weapon
and sentenced to two months on
Clayton roads. He was also
found guilty of carrying con
cealed weapons and sentenced to
four months on Clayton roads,
the term to begin at the expira
tion of the first term.
R. R. Jones was tried for forge
ry, found guilty ands ntenced to
twelve months on the Smithfleld
roads.
Quite a number of other cases
of a minor nature have been dis
posed of. judgment generally sus
pended on payment of cost.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Daniel J. Sulley & Company,
Cotton brokers, of New York,
estimate this year's cotton crop
at 9,080,000 bales.
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy has de
clined the gift of the new building,
costing $1,189,000, from the
Christian Scientists of New York
city.
Clayton Flowers, wife and three
children were Tuesday burned to
death at their home at Clarks
burg, N. J. The only one of the
family saved was the youngest
child, thrown by the frantic, half
suffocated mother from the win
dow.
Frau Eischer, a woman lion
tamer at Dresden, while in a cage
with four lions, struck one of
them with a whip. The beast
killed her with one stroke of his
paw, and the other three joined
in, the four maddened brutes
lighting among themselves for
fragments of her flesh.
In the district court of Chero
kee county, Texas, Tuesday, as
under the law he could not be
hanged, Allen Brown, negro,con
victed of attemped criminal as
sault, was sentenced to 1,000
years imprisonment in the ptni
tentiary. This is probably the
longest sentence on record.
According to the Government
cotton report 407,199 bales of
cotton had been ginned in North
Carolina up to November 14th.
The ginneries reporting were
2,652. The number of bales
ginned in the United States up to
same time amounted to 7,070,
437, and tte numberofginneries,
29,506.
A negro employed in the cen
sus office in VV ashiugton was sus
pended last week for writing a
note to a white woman clerk in
the same office in which he ex
pressed his admiration for her
and craved permission to make
her a present of some jewelry.
The note caused a good deal1 of
indignation, but the negro was
only following some of the exam
ples set before him by men in
high places.
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