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VOL. 22. SMITHFEELD, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1903. NO. 42.
4
CLAYTON CHiPS.
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Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Gritfin went i
Selma Sunday. i
Mr. Jesse J. Ellis went to Ral
eigh Monday. 1
Another new establishment on 1
Main street, shoe shop.
Mr James R. Williamson spent j
Sunday at las home in the coun- ,
try. " ;
Mr. J. H. Johnson, the jeweler, |
moved his family to town Mon
day. I
It was so rainy Sunday the !
congregation at the Baptist,
church was small, however we I
had a good sermon.
The Baptists will give the Sun- i
day School children, a rare treat |
Fiiday nigut. 1
Mr. and Vrs. John S. Barnes 1
spent Sunday and Monday with
Mr. Barnes' mother.
Christmas holidays, and every
body seems happy. Don't drink
any whiskey, boys!
Messrs. G. C. Bryant and J. C. ,
Hardee passed through here
Monday en route for Raleigh.
I'ricefl on cotton seed are high
at Clayton Oil Mill. The machin
ery will begin a short time after 1
Christmas.
Mr. R. B. Whitley, of Selma,
will soou cast his lot with us.
Why do the best business men
come to Clayton?
The Methodists will have a
Christmas tree Thursday night.
Entertainment by music class of
Clayton High School Wednesday!
night. Even body is invited.
We are sorry to learn of the j
disastrous fire in Benson Satur
day night. If it had not been for
insurance carried many a .lieii
sonian would have a sadder
heart today. Oh, fire insurance
is all right. Carry a policy.
"Yelir" sends Christmas greet
ings to Thk Hkkai.d force and to
all brother correspondents.
Dec. 21. "Yklir."
SANDERS CHAPEL.
Cards are out for the broom
jumpkig of Mr. Willie Smith Jr.,
and Miss Hagar Lynch, of the
lower Johnston section. At
home at the 0. B. Sanders rocky
hill right about Christmas.
Our ink has been frozen for a
lew weeks, but by a combination
of powers, frigid, temperate and
torrid, it has thawed out. "The
sun do move" and we have it by
the "well-full, so "let her go galla
gher."
Mr. W. H. Whitley has sold his
beautiful come to a Mr. Barnes
of Fremont, and has bought and
moved to the old C. B. Sanders
plantation. He has already
commenced improvements and,
it will soon assume its old-time
prestige of beauty and fertility.
The conventional horserack will
of course be near the frout gate.
Bill and his wife are sorter
rheumaticky this winter, but
they are diggers from way back.
??-? xr 3- i? 11 ? at. .
.hiss nmuue ruweu irum iuei
Preston Itancb School, Master)
1). A. Powell from Six Runs,
sweet Sampson, Messrs. Herman
Whitley and Walter Bizzell of
the Newton Grove high school
are all spending the holidays in
this ranch, and when Miss Nona
Powell, of the Wilson Sanatarium
and Mrs. S illie Zanders and her
tribe of llustibusticators from
the placid banks of the Neuse
and Convua come to wigwam
among us, it will not be "Lo! the
poor Indian," but Lo! the poor
Granna. Farewell turkey stuff
ing, farewell old molly cottontail.
Habts Copias, I locum Filiam.
The 1003 yule tide, the great
festival, commemorative of the
advent of the Christ-mass with
the emblemutical decorations of
Acacia and Laurel entwined with
a sprjg of cypress, underscored in
our minds with chalk, charcoal
and clay. All this and festoons
of dog and cedar and holly ,nn<!
the lovely mist letoe in our homes
and family reunions during the
holiday season of the seed corn
of the earth, as well as the rest
less exportations of the buds
ind flowers of our happy land
or the anual visitofChrisCringle
or Santa Claus is nigh upon us.;
Sanders Chapel is proud to greet
rou all with a merry Christmas
Miss Lillian Holt, teacher of
he Sand Hill public school, gave
i most enjoyable entertainment!
:o her entire school, on Satur- |
Jay evening last, at the beautiful
aome of her parents. Music,
sleight-of-hand, magic lantern
shows, and good old country
plays, such as snap out, trip to
Boston, chase the squirrel, I turn
for No. 1 who turns for thegood
old man, winding up with a
bountiful spread of confection
eries, and after tilliug the walk
ing sacks and a reserve package
for home, they hands all around
and sang "Skip back darling,"
bowed their beloved teacher and
hostess a happy Christmas,
made a dive for thedimdistance.
X.
Dec. 21st, 1903.
ARCHER DOTS.
Mr. Robert A. Wall was home
Sunday.
Services at Ralein Sunday by
the pastor, Elder J. A. T. Jones.
Services at WhiteOak next Sun
day by the pastor, Rev. A. A.
Pippin.
Most of the schools near here
have closed for the Christmas
holidays.
/-t i , ? J l
t arns are out announcing tue
marriage of Mr. Willis Cook to
Vliss Ruth Batten Wednesday.
Messrs. J. A. and J. H. Eason
went to New 1'ort News, Va ,
last week which place they intend
making their future home.
Mr. .T. Walter Stepenson, who
is teaching near Wendell, passed
through here on his way home
Saturday.
The Misses Moore, Mr. Leland
Moore and Mr. John Clover, of
Cumberland County, visited the
Misses Jones this week.
Dec. 21,
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Broino Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund
the money if it fails to cure. R,
W. Grove's signature is on each
box. 2bc.
Marriage In Oneals
Mr. Henry Lynch and Miss
Louie Parrish were united iu mar
riage last Sunday morning at 10
o'tlock, Mr. J. R. Talton, J. P.,
officiating. Ttie attendants were
W. A. Eason and Miss Ida Mur
phy, Mr. Johnnie Lamb and Miss
Annie Eason. Mr. James Bran
nan and Miss Mary Creech, Mr.
Alonzo Batten and Miss Lucy
Eason, Mr. llenry Priceand Miss
Rena Green. After the marriage
all went to the home of the groom
where a sumptuous dinnerawait
ed them. May their lives be
crowned with success and pros
perity!
Dec. 17. Nick.
Rev. 6 T. \dams to Wed.
Rev. Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Gibbs
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Mary, to the Rev. G.
T. Adams, North Carolina Con
ference, on Wednesday, December
tiie thirtieth, at nine o'clock,
District Cursor, age Rurha'm,
North Carolina. No cards sent
out. At home to their friends in
New lleru after January the
sixth.
Revolution Imminent.
A sure sign of approaching re
volt and serious trouble in your
system is nervousness, sleepless
ness, or stomach upsets. Electric
Hitters will quickly dismemlier
the troublesome causes. It never
fails to tone the stomach, regu
late the Kidneys and Rowels,
stimulate the Liver, and clarify
the blood. Run down systems
l^enetit particularly and all the
usual attending aches vanish tin
der its scorching and thorough
effectiveness. Electric Ratters is
only 5()c, and that is returned if
it don't give perfect satisfaction.
Guaranteed L>y Hood 'Rros.,
Druggists.
BENSON SWEPT BY FLAMES.
More Than 20 Buildings Burned
Loss Above Twenty Five Thou
sand Dollars.
Last night at 8:30 o'clock the
town of Benson suffered the worst
fire in its history. More than
half of the entire business portion
of the town was swept a way. At
8:30 o'clock fire was discovered
in A. 11. Phillips grocery store
where a fire place was used in j
which some fire had been left.
Two hours from that time more
than 20 wood buildings were
burned. It was seen at the dis- ,
covery of the fire that the town
was doomed and no effort to con
trol the flames would avail so
the merchants began to take out
their goods. Several succeeded
in getting out a quantity of
goods while others saved noth
ing. The store in which the fire
origuated was burned with all its
contents.
The following is a list of the
buildings burned as reported to
us:
J. W. Benson's drug store.
Jake Wheeler, grocery.
A. H. Phillips, grocery.
D. J. Stone, harness house.
Daniel Hill, barber shop.
J. W. Whittiugton, jewelry
store.
Jim Holmes,grocery and bicy
cle shop.
Davis, store unoecuoied.
Allen's beef market.
A. B. H udson, general store.
A. L. Barefoot, dry goods and
grocries.
Ed. Hill and Broughton's bar-;
ber shop.
Attorney Woodall's law office. |
Mrs. M. C. Benson's buildings,
and old post office building and
Boy kin hotel.
Jim Norris, dwelling.
Hodges & Hodges, livery sta j
bies
Britt's wood and Blacksmith!
shop.
A. C. L. depot and contents.
A restaurant aud several small
buildings occupied by colored
people, together with several
storage rooms.
Most of the business men. we j
are informed, bad some insurance,
but not enough to cover half of
the loss.
This is the second big tire to j
i occur in Benson during the last
six months?Dunn Daily Guide,
! Dec. I'.tth.
Another Trinity Student Heard
From.
Mr. Editor:
Will you please state through
The Herald to my friends, that
i I, as a student of Trinity College, j
wish them to know the position
I took with reference to Ihehang
ing in effigy of Mr. Joseph us
Daniels, editor of the News and
Observer, which act, was commit
ted ou the night ol December 1st.
1 want to go on record as one i
who was streuously opposed to
such a rash act, aud will say in
all candor that I had no part in,
nor approved of, the same. 1
wish to state further, that tue
saiu act was hoc representative
of the student body at Trinity,
a very small number of students
being totally responsible for it.
Very truly,
E F. Lee.
Trinity College, Durham, N. C.,
Dec. 18,'1903.
Closer To An Armed Clash.
It is officially confirmed that
about 100 Columbian troops;
have landed on the Isle of Pines,;
in the territory of the new Re-1
public nf Panama. This, as far
as is positively known, is the first
l movement of Columbian soldiers
into Panama since the Isthmus
declared its independence.
The Vuited States auxiliary
cruiser Mayflower was sent to
ward the Isle bf Pines to recon
noiter.
More mnriues from the cruiser
Prairie were landed on the Isth
; mus.
In Washington many officials
now regard wur?with Columbia
as inevitable. Moth navy and
army are iiisbiug ahead with
plaus for decisive movements as
, if for open war.?Baltimore 8uu.
?
A Christmas Memory.
The hour is late, the tire is low, ,
And wry winds from northWmd's snow
Around the eaves are moaning;
\ spirit roams the world tonight
from land to land, in silent flight.
As fast as Hies the daw ning.
rhe snow is trickling through my h!inds; I'
Che owls, hid in the horded pines,
Their Solomon's greetings render;
liack into other yards 1 steal?
A child at mother's knee 1 feel
Thut gracious hand and tender!
1 hear?and how my bosom swells!?
I hear the neighboring village bells,
Blent with the temptest's booming;
Out in the whirling snow I hear
The mntlted tramp of nimble deer?
Old Santa Claus is coming!
I he rockets mount with trails of Hro
O'er roof and elm and lofty spire?
l"p, up to skyward winging;
Thank I tod for Christmas! Man ne'er
grows
So old but that he loves the snow s
And bells of Christmas ringing!
?Henry Jerome Stockard.
Mysterious Death of Bunn Capps.
About two wAvks ago the fol-1
lowing appeared in the Goldsbo- j
ro Ar<jus. We intended publish-(
iug same last week but overlook-!
ed it. -Mr. Capps was a citizen of
this county:
titt. . i? n - i
me man tsunn oapps, woo was
reported yesterday as being
found in a ditch near the home
of Capt. A. L. Sasser, iu Fork
township, in a critic.al condition,
died last night and Dr. Thomas
Hill, the'coroner, has gone to the j
scene to hold an inquest today.
At this time nothing definite of
the finding of the inquest can be
learned.
It is learned since yesterday
that Capps was not lacerated
with a knife as was reported here
by Courier, but that he had been
struck on the back of the head
with some heavy blunt instru
ment and that his skull was
crushed.
A bottle of whiskey was found
in his pocket aud it is presumed
that he was drinking and got
into t difficulty with some one
on the road.
Two negroes who live in the
neighborhood where Capps was
found yesterday morning have
told since that they passed Capps
lying beside the road early in the
night and that th^y did not tell
of what they had seen for fear
that they might be accused of the
deed. When Capps was found he
had crawled on his hands and
knees some distance from where
the negroes saw him. Instead of
being thrown into the ditch as
was thought wfien he was found,
it is now believed that he had
started across the field to Capt.
Sasser's house and got it to the
Pitch aud could not get out.
He never regained conscious
ness yesterday. Dr. Theo. L.'
(jinn, of this city, dressed the
wounds yesterday and expressed
the opinion that Capps could not
live. He had no pulse and his
extremities were cold and lifeless.
rPhu i niuutiivn uo tn lina- P.onnc
? ' jui/oi/iwii un iv/ u\y ??
met with such a death is still
shrouded in mystery and it is
probable that the jury of inquest
will not be able to throw any
light on the subject. The theory
that Capps was drunk and fell
from his cart is contradicted by
the woun 1 on the back of his
head, which, it is claimed, could
not have been made in such a
manner.
--
?It is very probable that the
mysterious death of Munn Capps,
who was found with his skull
crushed in the public road near
the residence 01 Captain A. L.
Sasser, in Fork township about
two weeks ago, will soon be un
ravelled. Events that have
transpired since Capps was found
jiave caused suspicion to rest on
some parties for whom warrant*
will soon be issued, if they have
not already been arrested. The
i fact has almost been established
that Capps was attacked for the
purpose df robbery. He was
?thought to have 011 his person
j the money for a bale of cotton
which he brought to town and
sold on the morning of the day
he was killed.?Ooldsboro Ar
I gus, 21st.
r
THE DREYFUS REVISION.
Herder's Report Recommending It
a Strong Argument for Dreyfus.
Paris, Dec. 21.?It has been '
learned by the Associated Press
that at a meeting of the Dreyfus
Uouuuissiou next Wednesday af
ternoon M. Victor Mercier, re-;
porter of the coin mission and
one of the directors of the Minis
try of Justice, will submit a re
port recommending revision of
the case of Capt. Dreyfus. It is
not vet positively known whether
M. Mercier'^ report will reccm
uiend revision by the Court of
Cassation, or by the court-mar
i ial, but there is every reason to
uelieve that the Court of Cassa
tion will now reconsider the cast
in the light of the facts gathered
by Al. Mercier, at the same time
passing upon the other docu
ments submitted.
While it is impossible at this
stage to predict what view will
he taken by the commission, it is
expected that it will adopt at
least by a majority, Mercier's
recommendation.
If the revision of the case should
go favorable to Capt. Dreyfus he ;
will be restored to the army, no
matter what protests may be
made, but it is not expected that
he will assume active service.
M. Mercier's report, it is be
lieved, not only establishes that
Dreyfus is iunocent of writing
l? i l J 11- ?
uue ouruvrttt&u, uut iiweiiB wiiu
emphasis ou trie modification by
M. Gribelin, keeper of the war
office records, of his testimony
before the council at Renues. M.
Gribelin then swore that Dreyfus
was guilty, while the modification
of his testimony now indicates
that the alleged treason was
committed by Col. Henry, who
was at the time chief of the in
telligence department of the
Ministry of War.
Death in Smifhfleld.
At/ 8:15 o'clock last Friday
morning Mrs. Olivia T. Funis
died at her home in Smithfjeld of
pneumonia. She was taken sick
on Sunday night before. From
the first it was seen that her ease
was perilous. She was fifty-three
years old. She had many friends
and acquaintances in Smithtield
and the couurty around. She
was a member of Smithtield Bap
tist. church and had done all in
her power to help in its work.
She was a good woman end has
gone to her reward Her funeral
was preached Saturday at 11
o'clock h\ Rev. .1 \V. Suttle and
her remains were interred in
Smithtield cemetery. S:ie was
the mother of Mrs. W. M. I'ett
wav, of Smithtield, and a sister
of Mr. George L. Jones, of Wil
ton's Mills township, and Mrs.
Henry Holt, of Princeton.
? Last Thursday night Mr. W.
M. Sanders' store was broken
into, an J his new $425 cash regis
ter torn to pieces. Some goods
were also taken but it is not
known how much. No money
whs secured as the cash register
contained none. There was no
clue as to the perpetrators of the
deed until Wednesday when some
of the stolen articles were found
in the possession of Will Harris.
He was accordingly arrested and
lodged in jail.
Japan is not blind to the seri
ous problem before it, but it
can not see well enough to devise
a plan of settlement. This trouble
will probably go on till some
body gets licked.?Cincinnati En
quirer.
The President having an
nouced t hat he wants to turn the
rascals out, Senator Gorman
stands ready to lend a helping
hand, and, no doubt, if need be,
a foot ulso.? Colflmbus (Ga.)
Enquirer-Sun.
A Costly Mistake.
Blunders are sometimes very
expensive, ttceusioually life it
i self is the price of a mistake, but
you'll never be wrong if you take
I Dr. King's New Idle Pills for Dys
pepeia, Dizziness, Headache,
LiVer or Bowel troubles. They
i are gentle yet thorough. 25c at
I Hood Bros. Drug Store.
Aycock and Pou In Baltimore.
Baltimore, December IN.?Gov
eriior Aycock was the star in the
banquet of the North Carolina
Society of Baltimore at the Car
lina Hotel tonight. From all
the chandeliers hung North Car
olina flags and tiny Carolina
flags adorned the lapels of
every guest. The tables were
decorated with trailing vines,
Southern gray moss, holly and
open bolls of cotton, while small
Carolina pine trees stood at in
tervals around the room. The
menu iucluded North Carolina
planked shad, turkey and roast
partridge. President Edwin (jeer
presided. The Governor was
greeted by prolonged cheers and
aroused great enthusiasm. Con
gressman Edward W. Pou,of the
fourth district, made an eloquent
address on the progress of the
State in the past thirty years.
Governor elect Edwin Wnrfield
was greeted with considerable ap
plause and made a pleasing ad
dress 011 behalf of Maryland, the
adopted State of so many Tar
Heels. A number of other ad
dresses was made and it was a
late hour when "Auld LaugSyne"
followed "The Old North State,"
and the brilliant aiinual banquet
of the society was ended.
Signs That Point to War.
Japan replied to Russia's lat
est note asking a reconsideration
of essential points. It is regarded
as certaiu that Russia is pushing
her to the wall.
A high official of the Washing
ton government was advised
from official sources in London
that it will be almost impossible
to avert war in the Orient.
Berlin opinion is that the lack
of money felt by both the rival
powers will postpone war for a
short time, at least.
In Paris it is expected that
both France and Great Britain
will hold aloof.?Baltimore Sun.
A Troublesome Little Bug.
A little bug almost too small
for mdividual uotice is* taking up
the time of several great States,
and has even caused the Louisi
| ana Legislature to be called into
special session. This little boll
weevil seems a very small matter
to the people of the country at
large, but to cotton growers its
coming is fraught with prodigious
j evil.
For years it has been the boast
of Texas that she could raise cot
ton enough to supply the world,
and she did appear to be satis
fied with raising about a third of
all the American staple. But
i this little weevil crawled across
the border from Mexico and has
swept the cotton fields like a pes
tilence. Each year the domain
of the weevil is spreading, and its
kind is multiplying by billions.
No effective means has yet been
found to check the spread of the
pest, and the entire cotton belt is
alarmed.
Thii ! Miiwi.'inn anoci'il r?r?m.
mission has recotuended to the
Legislature that a non cotton
growing belt be created between
that State and Texas, by which
it is expected to starve out the
weevil and stay its further prog
ress northward.
Already the loss by this insect
is probably $25,000,000, and
experts of the national and State
governments are doing every
thing in their power to devise
some uieans to check this Texas
terror.?Baltimore Sun.
Fight Will Be Bitter.
Those who will persist in clos
ing their ears against the eoutin
ual recommendation of Dr.
King's New Discovery for Con
sumption, will have u long and
bitter fight with their troubles, if
uot ended earlier by fatal termi
nation. Bead what T. U. B all,
Beali, Miss., has to say: "Last
'fall ray wife had every symptom
. of consumption. She took Dr.
King's New Discovery after eve
rything else had failed. Improve
' ineut came at once and four bot
hies entirely cured her " Guar
antee! by flood Bios., lb ' . .ndJg
Price 50c aud ?1.00. Trial jb. l
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