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VOL. 22. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1904. NO. 47.
STATE N, & I. BURNED,
Girls Rushed from Slumbers
in the Early Hours of
Morning.
Rare Presence of Mind Averted
Panic?Greensboro Citizens Show
Hospitality?Will be Rebuilt
at Once.
Greensboro, Jan. 21.?Fire al
the State Normal College, die.
covered in the kitchen of the
building devoted to dining room,
laundry, boiler room, cold stor
age and heating plant, destroyed
the large four-story brick
dormitory which was near by,at
,j o'clock this morning.
In the first building were rooms
for one hundred and fifty girls,
and in the dormitory proper two
hundred from all parts of the
State. Every soul was saved.
The fire was discovered by the
watchman at four o'clock break
ing out of the root of the kitchen,
with rare presence of mind, he,
before giving the alarm, went up
and down the building having
the girls awakened and a corps
of assistance put to work at res
cue before giving the general
alarm. Hy this means there was
not a panic, everybody preserv
ing wonderful presence of mind.
Fire alarm was sounded at 4:20
and the firemen made quick jvork
getting there a utile from quar
ters. it was impossible to do
more than save other nearby
buildings. There were several
hair breadth escapes and much
excitement among the girls, but
at no time anything approachiqg
a panic before all were rescued.
Two girls in fourth story who
had been overlooked were awak
ened just as the flames had be-1
gun to catch their beds. With
horrow on being awakened and
realizing their situation they
rushed on their rescuer, knocking
him down and were in the act of
leaping from the window in ter
ror when he pulled them back
and carried both struggling safe
ly to first landing, when an aid
succeeded in getting them safely
to the grounn. One hundred
and twenty five lost all their
clothes.
It was a weird sight at five
o'clock, with five hundred girls,
many of them trembling with
cold, lightly clad, some with only
one shoe on. Trunks and furui
ture strewn over lawn, while fire
was roaring in the building con
taining many precious belong
ings. Street car company ten
dered free use of cars to the st u
dents and the hotels gave invita
tions to breakfast and every giri
came dowu for breakfast.
At a meeting h"i<j at JOo'clock
this morning invitations poured
in from the homes in the city,
enotigh to accommodate twice
the number of those burned out.
Another dormitory building large
enough to accommodate 125 ex
tru girls will be built at onee.
Tlie college will not close, of
this President Mclverassured as
sembled citizens and students.
The.banks of the city offered
?$100 each to the girls who had
all their clothing burned.
The Southern Railway offers
free transportation and back for
girls having to return home. In
surance policies are held by State
Commissioner Young at U leigb.
it being impossible to state exact
loss. Arrangements were made
at once to continue school. Gov
ernor and board of directors ex
pected today to take immediate
steps for rebuilding. Regular
college work will begin today -
Andrew Joyner.
A Very Close Call.
"I stuck to my engine, ait hough
every joint ached and every nerve
was racked with pain," writes C.
W. Bellamy, a locomotive fire
man, of Burlington, Iowa. "I
was weak and pale, without any
appetite and all run down. As I
was about to give up, I got a
bottle of Electric Bitters, and
? after taking it I felt as well as I
ever did in my life." Weak,
sickly, run down people always
gain new life, strength and vigor
from their use. Try them. Sat
isfaction guaranteed by Hood
Bros. Price 50 cents.
POLENTA NEWS.
Mrs. Kveline Barnes continues
quite sick, though seemingly
somewhat better.
Mrs. William Jordan had a se
vere attack of cramp colic Sun
day evening, but is now mend
ing.
Politics is not much talked of
yet, too busy on the farm. Our
people mostly favor Glenn for
Governor.
Miss Audrey Booker, alter
spending a few days with rela
tives in Ualeigh, returned home
Wednesday.
One of our young farmers ha6
been offered 15% for his cotton
by one of Smithtield's progressive
cotton buyers. Good.
Mrs. Harrison, mother of Mr-.
J. W. Yelvington, died Monday.
She was an old and highly re
spected lady, Mr. Harrison, her
husband, is quite sick, but at
this writing is reported better.*
Farming operations are forg
ing ahead rapidly. Our farmers
are of the most enterprising
kind. Some of our farmers who
sold their cotton at lower prices
are not as happy as those who
held .for high prices.
Two deep, earnesta"d instruct
ive sermons were preached at
Oakland by the pastor, Rev. Mr.
Souders. Sunday morning and
night. All agree that he is a
preacher of great ability, and
that good will result from his
work at Oakland.
The Township Sunday School
Convention will meet at Elizabeth
on Saturday before the third
Sunday in February. Let every
Sunday School in the townsnip
be represented. The services will
begin at 10 o'clock a. m. and
continue all day.
There will be no services at
Shiloh on the second Sunday in
February owing to the fact that
our beloved young pastor is in
attendance upon the course of
lectures to the young preachers
of the State for the next six
weeks. Regular preaching in
March, Saturday before and the
second Sunday.
The small pox scare has created
a little stir in this neighborhood
It is known that a colored man
named Haywood Sanders was in
the room with the colored woman
who died in Smitbfield recently,
with the dreaded disease, a day
or so previous to her death, and
the fact that he was walking
about in this neighborhood caus
ed some uneasiness, but now that
he has departed to parts unknown
our people feel somewhat re
lieved.
Misses Alice Edmundson and
Jessie Turner, of the Eeachburg
section, were in attendance upon
the Normal School at Greensbo
ro, at the time of the recent de
structive fire there, and came
verynear being burned to death
iu the fire. They were, at the
t ime the fire broke out, asleep in
a room in the third story of the
burned building. It was thought
by the school authorities that
all of the scholars b?d escaped
from the building, but upon'in
vestigation it was ascertained
that the above named young
ladies were missing. Some one
was despatched to their room
just in time to rescue them. In
five minutes more they -would
have been beyond escape. As it
was they barely escaped with
their lives, losing all of their,
clothing and other valuable^.
No bar-rooms in Johnston,
which really idakes us all feel
proud, but let us not bo satisfied
until all of the dispensaries are
banished from our grand old
county. Typo,
Heirs to Thirty Millions.
We are reliably informed that
Mr. Z. T. Kivett afc Huie's Creek
and other relatives in this coun
ty, have fallen heirs to thirty
million dollars, left them by a
relative in Amsterdam, Holland.
This is indeed good fortune and
we trust that Mr. Kivett will
have no trouble in establishing
his claim to his rich inheritance.
Harnett would indeed feel very
proud of a millionaire citizen.?
Dunn banner.
AGAINST THE BRYAN PLAN.
REJECT HIS PROGRAMME OF
PLATFORM REAFFIRMATION.
Poll Shows That Only Seven Mem
bers Support Nebraskan's Po
sition, While 162 Denounce
It as Folly.
Democrat* in Congress, many
of whom will tigureconspicuously
j in ?he St. Louis convention,
i already have some definite ideas
j about what their campaign
platform should be. Not all of
these men, to be sure, will be
members of the committee on
resolutions, but they voice the
opinion of constituencies, which
will prevail with most of the
delegates.
An influential New York Demo
crat, who was in Washington a
j few dayB ago, advised very
strongly for a brief platform
and a short campaign. The late
' date of the convention will aid
somewhat toward the latter,
both suggestions have been
urged here considerably and will
I be urged at St. L> 'lis. 1
Mr. Bryan 8 agitation recently ;
for a reaffirmation of the Chicago i
| and Kansas City platforms has j
I brought that question, which
| was the chief convention issue of
I four years ago, prominently to
! the front again. It will hardly
figure in theSt. Lguisconvention,
; except as a sentimental conten
| tion, backed by a few Demo
jcratic enthusiasts. There is no
| support for it among Democrats
j of Congress, or, as far as can be
ascertained here, among any
! large following of Democrats in
j the States.
j According to a poll taken by
the New York Herald, 1(52 Demo
j crats in Congress are against the
proposition, while seven favor it.
Of these seven one is from Col
orado, one from Kentucky, one
from Texas, two from North j
j Carolina, one from Missouri, and
only one from Bryan's own
1 State, Nebraska.
Interviews with the Demo
! eratic Congressman show tdat
the very men who most warmly
| supported Bryan in 180(5 and
1900 are the most strongly op-1
: posed now to any reaffirmation
1 of the platforms of those un
; fortunate years.
Senator McCreary, of Ken
' tucky, is one of those men, and,
discussing Mr. Bryan's Lincoln j
speech, in which the Nebraskan
declared that free silver should
be the issue for the third time, he
! said:
"Jf we are to have any hope of
success in the coming Presiden
tial election, the Democratic
i party musttake up the questions
; th&t confront us to-day. And in
j addition to that we must have
j both conservatism and harmony. I
1 feel quite sure that the Demo
crats (if my State, who redeemed
themselves in the last national
j election, would much prefer this!
year to . o mto the tigut on live
issue. With a strong, earnest,
and conservative candidate, who
will harmonize the party, und a
platform covering the question*
uppermost in the public mind to
day, the Democracy can redeem
itself in the nation Of all those
mentioned to lead the party in
the coming campaign, it seems
to be tiiat Senator Gorman, ol
Maryland, and Judge Parker, of
New York, more than any others,
come up to the required standard
this veur. As for issues, 1 favor
tariff reduction, economy in the
administration of the govern- j
ment. and honesty among ouri
public servants. Our tariff to-!
day is higher than any other on
earth. The*people will demand
that it be reduced. Since 1
entered public life sixteen years
ago, the expenditures for carry
ing on this government have
nearly trebled This is not as it
should be. The expense can be
reduced and the public service
will not suffer. The complete
elimination of corruption among
government officials by investi
gation and punishment of the
gvilty should be the Democratic
promise."?Washington Post.
If you suffer with any Liver,
Kidney or Itladder Trouble take
July Weed. It always cures.
Hood's Drug Store.
ben'son budget.
A. B. Hudson will start a brick
store next week.
G. M. Benson is| building livery
stables on Main street.
Mules and horses here ^are
abundant?one car load today.
Preston Woodall has just be
gun another brick store on Main
street.
Unless something goes wrong
we will report some weddings
next week.
L. H. Ilall, of Cumberland
county, father of our townsmen,
E. L. and J. L. Hall, has moved
here to stay.
I). J. Stone's new quarters near
C C. Ryals' store will Incomplet
ed next week and harness will be
on exhibit there.
There will be a Primitive Bap
tisct church built here soon. The
site has been donated by .1. El
mon Stewart uu Wall street.
G. W. Cavenaugh goes to Bal
timore tonight for treatment.
Mrs. Cavenaugh, Dr. Rowland
and E-. 1). Buck go with him.
Mrs. E. J. 1). Boykin is still
feeding the hungry public. She
has commodious quarters up
stairs in C. T. Johnson's brick
store fronting Railroad street.
There is no small pox here, but
a few people were scared out of
their wits a few days ago when a
negro with bumps and pimples
on his face was found in town.
There was a pound party at
B. I). Creech's Wednesday eve
ning complimentary to Miss
Mary Parker, ofSrnithfield. The
result of the question at this is
sue has not been announced?
who was the prettiest girl in at
tendance.
It is reported here on reliable
authority that a newly married
couple in Bentonsville^township
forgot the days of the week and
ditched and dug wells on Sunday
and started to church on Mon
day to praise and worship their
Creator.
Will you plant tobacco this
year? is met with an emphatic
no, followed by explanations
showing that king cotton is on
top in the minds of the farmers,
and that, his subjects are legion.
There will be little tobacca aud
much cotton in this section as a
result of ruling prices of the two
products.
THE WEEK IN CONGRESS.
SATURDAY?HOUSE.
The Mouse devoted all of to
day to consideration of the
army appropriation bill in com
mittee of the whole. Mr. Robin
son, of Indiana, took occasion to
criiicise the War Department
for the expenditures made by The
Bureau of Ordnance and Forti
fication in connection with the
Lunglev airship, declaring that
such expenditures were without
utility. Only twelve of the forty
one pages of the lull had been
read for amendment when the
adj lrned. The provision in the
bill for the construction of a
submarine cable from Sitka to
to Fort Liacum, Alaska, went
out on a point of order.
A spirited discussion was pre
cipitated by Mr.' Memenway,
chairman of the Appropriations
Committee, jt no propo-?> d a limi
tatKHi on the purchase of books
and periodicals for the army.
The Dreyfus < is<*, French novels,
and the charecter yf the books in
the department library were
among the subjects discussed.
An amendment finally prevailed
proviping for the purchase of
technical and professional works
only.
A resolution calling upon the
Secretary of the Navy for infor
mation as to the number of
carriages maintained at govern
ment expense for the use of his
his department was adopted.
To Cure a Cold in One Dar
Take Laxative Rromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund
the money if it fails to cure. K.
W. Grove's signature is on each
box. 25c.
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Short Items of Interest Clip
ped and Culled From Our
Exchanges.
i'he State haH granted a char
ter to the Hester Wholesale Com- j
pany of Durham, with a capital
of $10,000.
The State has chartered the j
Hank of Chadbourn, with a capi
tal of $25,000.
The Standard Turpentine Com
pany, with headquarters at
Hlakely, (Ja.. has filed its charter
at Raleigh, where it has several
stockholders.
Thp Methodist Orphange at
Raleigh has received a be juest
of two tracts of land in Alabama,
each of forty acres, given by
Samuel- P. Cross, formerly of
Gatesville, this State.
Surveyors are now on the line
of the Durham X- Stnntliorn I?uil_
way, running to Apex, which in
the northern terminus of the
Cape Fear and Northern Rail
way, extending to Dunn.
The Roard of Trustees of the I
State Normal College, in session
at the collegeSaturday morning,
decided to suspend the exercises
of the school for three weeks.
The 500 students went hoipe
Monday morning. Temporary
accommodations will be made
for all the students within the
three weeks, so that everyone
can be kept at the college upon
their return.
The Hazel Creek Lumber Com
pany of West Virginia has do
mesticated itself in this State,
with its place of business a j Sag
inaw, Mitchell county, where it
has large timber property. Its
capital is $1S5,000. Swift &
Company, also of West Virginia,
domesticated in this State indue
form last Saturday, with head
quarters at Wilmington. The
! capital stock is ?100,000, and
the company deals in meats.
The executive committee of th^
North Carolina press association
held a business session at Salis
bury Wednesday of last week
! It was deci led that the next an
nual session of the association !
shall be held in St. Louis May
lOth. Salisbury will be the
starting point and the North
i Carolina editors will travel in
i Pullman cars. President H. II..
Varner of the association expects
to leave for St. Louis to perfect
arrangements for the body.
Burlington whs visited bv a
'severe fire Tuesday morning of
| last week. The Burlington
! eolfin faotorv was discovered to
| be on fire and in less than half
an hour the main building, occu
pied by t he machinery and wood
working apparatus was destroy
t ed and the fire raging among the
thousands of feet of dried lumber
on the yard. The entire build
ing was destroyed together with
the machinery, engine, boiler,
i tools, etc. The' loss is at least
#.'{0,000 with #11,000 insurance.
I nsu ranee Com missioner You ug
savs that the dormitory of the
State Normal was valued at
#50,000, and its contents at
#:{,000. Tue value of the Me
chanical Building, he said, which
was also burned, was #5,000,
and its contents #7,500. The
I dormitory building had the
kitchpu and the dining room au
: nexed to it, and the Mechanical
I Building it. 1 t'uo! Hindi:iii. 1; In
steam and electric light plant
annexed. The total value of the
insurable plaut, said Commis
sioner Young, was #18L,000.
On this there is an iusurauee of
#00,550, a trifle over one-half,
distributed amongeighteen com.
panies. The total loss ivas #05,
500, and the total amount of
insurance upon this is $32,250,
or nearly one-half.
Domestic Troubles.
It is exceptional to find a fam
ily where there are no domestic
ruptures occasionally, but these j
can be lessened by having Br.
King's New Life Bills around.
Much trouble they save by their
great work in Stomach and Liver
troubles. They not only relieve
you, but cure. 25c, at Hood
, Bros'. Drug Store.
CLAYTON CHIPS.
Presiding Elder Moore's sermon
was very fine Sunday.
Miss Lona Williams is visiting
parents near Wakefield.
Mr. J. Walter Myatt is ship
ping ''stacks" of seed to Texas.
Cotton is already bringing l."?J?
cents here. "How is that for
high"?
Mr. Blake Adams, of Four
Oaks, attended Conference Satur
day and Sunday.
Messrs. Frank and Thad Jones
have moved to the house vacated
by Mr. W. M. Turley.
Mrs. Lee Y trborough, of Ral
eigh, spent last week with her
sister, Mrs. J. E. Page.
Miss Vara Cole died Sunday of
Typhoid fever. A Catholic priest
of Raleigh, preached the funeral.
Dr. Ivey, Editor of the Raleigh
Christian Advocate, will preach
at the Methodist church Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Jones, of
Selrna, spent Tuesday with Mrs.
Jones' parents. Mr. and Mrs. R.
E. Phillips.
Messrs. Branch & Kelly have
hought Mr. C. B. Turley's stock
and will continue business at the
same stand.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Medlin, of
Smithfleld, spent Monday night
and Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs.
Riley R. (luiley.
The Oil Mill is working day and
night. Meal is taken nearly as
fast as made, and hulls rarely
ever touch the floor. The cry is
"more.seed, please."
Ilon't forget, that Rev. B. "W.
Spillman will preach at the
Baptist church first Sunday in
February. He's the greatest
Sunday School man South.
Mr. Mayo, representing a
picture concern of Richmond,
t'a., died here last Thursday
morning of Angina Pectoris. He
had been drinking heavily for
several days.
Mr. M. G. Gulley had qnite a
novel case before him T"esday
morning. Some time during
1903 Messrs. Geo. W. Files and
Son leased to Air. E. Parrish two
mules. Eater on, about October
30, Mr. Ellis thinks, Mr. Parrish
reported one of the mules was
dead and he had dragged th"
carcass into Neuse river. Mon
day of this week some one re
ported to .Mr. Geo. Ellis that the
mule wos not dead but concealed
in an old house on his land. He
and some other men went to the
old house Monday night and
found the mule chained inside.
Parrish was bound over to court
under f100 00 bond. Failed to
make bond he was taken to jail
by policeman J, E. Ellis Wednes
day.
"Yklir."
? ? . .i *?
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
8t. Louis, Mo., Jan 2G.?A
Denver express on the Burlington
road was run into by a local
passenger train at Gardeene
Creels this morning. Three per
son* were killed and eleven in
jured.
London, .Ian. 25.?Col. Arthur
Lynch, who commanded the Irish
brigade against the British
forces during the war in South
Africa, and who was afterward
convicted of treason and sen
tenced to imprisonment for life, ?
was liberated yesterday morning
"on license." Lynch has not re
ceived tiie royal pardon.
Pittsburg, Pa.,Jan. 25 ?From
all that can be gathered at this
hour, between 180 and 190 tAen
are lying 'dead in the headings
and passageways of the liar
wick mine, of the Allegheny Coal
Company, at Cheswick, the re
suit of a terrific explosion today.
Cage after cage has gone dowu
into the mine and come up Again,
but only one miner of all those
who went down to work thin
morning has been brought to
the surface. The rescued man is
Adolph Gorgie, and be is still in
a semi-conscious condition at the
temporary hospital attheschool
house on the hillside above the
mine.