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VOL. 23. SMITIIFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1904. NO. 15
CLAYTON CHIPS.
Mr. David T. Barnes, of Ral
eigh, was here Saturday.
Mr. Ernest Broughton, of Ital
eigh, spent Sunday here.
Miss Jennie Beddingfield is vis
iting friends in Raleigh this week.
Mrs. Ratnsotn Rennv and Miss
Jeter are visiting Mrs. O. G.
Smith.
Mrs. M. G. Gulley has been sick
for some dajs, but is now very
much better.
Mrs. Levi Cole and son, Mr.
Wayne, are visiting the tamily of
Mr. M. G. Gulley.
Miss Meta Liles, of Tarboro,
spent two davs of last week with
Miss Jennie Beddingfield.
Messrs. Ashley Horue, Charles
W. Home and I). H. McCullers
spent Monday in Raleigh.
Two fishing parties are being
planned. (>ne Thursday and one
Saturday for Sealey's pond.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ellington,
Jr., of Raleigh, were the guests
of Mrs. Ernest L. Hintou this
week.
Miss Roxie Easom and Miss
Maggie McNeel spent Sunday
here, the guests of Mrs. J. T.
Ellington.
Mrs. John G. Barbour has giv
en up housekeeping and has
moved with her daughter, Mrs.
D. W. Barbour.
Messrs. Kennedy and Jordan,
of Raleigh, spent several days
with Messrs. Ralph and Wilkes
Barnes recently.
Mr. Patterson, of Chapel Hill,
who was here some time with
Messrs. Pleasant Bros., is visi
ting here this week.
The most interesting topic of
conversation to some of our
folks is, how about the game of
ball for July the fourth.
Miss Margaret Austin, who has
been visiting at Smithfield, stop
ped over Tuesday for a few days'
stay with Mrs John S. Barnes.
Business is on a boom in Clay
ton. The cotton choppers, cot
ton mill hands and other work
ing men are scattering thedough
"to kill a mule."
Miss Jessamine Yelvington
gave a party Tuesday evening.
The participants were enjoyed at
the many kindnesses of Miss Jes
samine in their behalf.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Williams
and Miss Mattie (Jullcy have re
turned from Moreheud City where
they had a delightful time, not
withstanding the cold wave.
Mr. Gr. Urias Baucum tells us
that he had a calf caught by a
turtle hook some time ago. It
happened this way: Mr. Turner,
who lives on Mr. Baueum'splace,
had some hooks in the river near
the bank for turtles: next morn
ing when Mr. Turner went to see
about his turtle hooks he found
the calf caught in the mouth by
the turtle hook.
1 he following young ladies en
joyed i delightful birthday party
at Miss Mildred Barbour's last
Friday evening: Misses Alma
Fisher, Carmen Battis.Mary Car
ter, ltuth Barnes, Buth I'ool,
Edna Blanc hard, Genie Thomas,
Thelma Barbour, Winnie Bar
bour, Larue Williams, Minnie
Whitmore and Bearl Lowery.
They all report a perfectly charm
ing hospitality on the part of
Miss Mildred.
A Barracca class was institut
ed at the Baptist church Tuesday
night. The officers are: Presi
dent, Mr. Boy Robertson, vice
president, Mr. Norman Cable,
secretary, Mr. Arthur Wallace,
treasurer, Mr. Wilkes Barnes
librarian, Mr. Bobert A. Wall,
press reporter, Mr. Balph John
son. Mr. Clem W. Carter is
teacher. The class will undoubt-;
edly have success with the corps
of officers it has to push it.
Have you seen a copy of the
new catalogue of Clayton High
Hchool? It is the most complete
catalogue you ever saw gotten
out by a preparatory school.and
can be had by applying to either
Mr. W. A. Barnes or Prof. B. F.
Williams. A postal card will
bring one "instanter." Those!
wishing board in the dormitory
had best speak for rooms at once |
as already twenty have been
spoken for. The management
tells us that some other arrange
ments will be made when thedor
mitory is filled.
Why do we not hear some one i
speak of the convict work on the [
roads of Clayton township? We
had the pleasure of going over
part of the road several days
ago and find that the improve
ment is so great that you would
not think it the same road. Hills
are cut down and graded out,
mud holes are ditched off, low
places filled in, and instead of a
rough, uneven road we have a
highway of which every man in
Clayton township ought to feel
proud, and we honestly believe
the most of them do.
yeliu.
SELWA NEWS.
Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. M. C. Win
ston and family returned Mon
day.
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The brick stores of Messrs.!
Whitley and Nowell are being put
up with a rush.
Mr. and Mrs. Pet Temple, of
M ake, were here Sunday visiting
Mr. J. 11. Parker
Miss Emma Mathews,of Kenly,
recently spent a few days with
Miss Eena Edgerton.
Mr. Beverly It. Spiers spent
Sunday in Richmond and Man
chester, Va., visiting friends.
Elisha Grant, Esq., was in
town Wednesday. He reports
good rain and a fine crop in his
section.
Mr. Robert Gibson left for
Philadelphia Monday. We regret
to lose him as he was a very
quiet clever man.
In Seltna township the farmers
who last year had 112 acres in
tobacco only have 139 this
year?but it is looking nice now.
The Selma base ball team left
Thursday for Dunn where they
play the Dunn boys. Friday
they go to Fayettville where
they will play the Fayetteville
team.
Mrs, .1. T. Edgerton and Miss
Emma Mathews, of Kenly, and
Miss Rena Edgerton left here
Wednesday for Nashville and
St. Louis. They will be gone a
month.
Our city fathers are having a
deep well bored on the corner of '
Anderson and Railroad streets.
Mr. N. E. Edgerton has had a
deep well bored on his lot. It is
about 127 feet deep.
Mr. Wm. Montgomery, secre
tary of the Masonic Mutual Re
lief Association, of Washington,
D. C., spent Tuesday here with
Wm. Richardson, Sr., who is the
state agent. He went to Smith
field Tuesday night and delivered
a lecture in the first degree to
the Masonic Lodge there.
Senex.
CHILLIE NOTES.
The crops through this section
are looking tine.
This section was blessed with a
goodly rain last Friday night.
Misses Ola and Ida Parker, of
Selma, have been visiting at Mr.
J. M. Vinson's.
Mrs. W. W. Richardson, who
suffered a stroke of paralysis
last week, is still quite sick.
Miss Mitchie Youngblood re
turned home Saturday from a
visit to relatives in Smithfield.
Messrs. .John and Willie H.
Stephenson, of High Johnston
spent Sunday night in our j
midst.
Miss Ressie Llewellyn, of Ral
eigh, will arrive today to spend i
some time with he mother, Mrs.
N. R. Mitchiner. |
June 15,1004. Eudeene. i
A r^T". c 1
Four men were killed Satur- i
day in Chicago by an explosion ,
of gas in a sewer manhole. (
The Government wireless tele- i
graph station at Newport, R. 1., i i
will be kept open day and night. |.
ARCHER NEWS.
Mr. J. W. Barnes is sick with
fever.
Mr. F. 15. Wall, of Raleigh, was
home Sunday.
Mr J. Leonard Boyett went to
Raleigh Sunday.
Mr. Lewis Liles, of Easou's,
visited friends here Sunday.
We are sorry to note that Mr.
Addison Wall is seriously sick.
Miss Myrtle Jeffreys, of Selina,
is visiting relatives in this section.
We are sorry to note that
Master Edgar Barnes is very
sick with chills.
We are glad to note that .Mr.
Chester L. Barnes who has been
sick is a convalescent.
Messrs. It. A," Wall, L. A.
Champion and J. M. Hintou
were among us Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barnes, of
near Clayton, visited Mr. Barnes'
father, Mr. J. It. Barnes this
week.
The entertainment given by
Miss Omega EasoulastSaturday
evening was a grand success and
very much enjoyed by all present.
Rev. A. A. Pippin preached a
very good sermon to an un
usually large and appreciative
audience at White Oak Sunday.
v/ui ittiiiituo arc ui jui^ luuauuu
worms and paris green guns.
They say that the bud worms
are the worst they have ever
seen. They are preparing guns
and sprayers for the purpose of
having a regal and glorious bat
tle. Crops are looking very well.
June Id 11)04. S. L. \V.
KEINLY NOTES.
.Miss Emma Matthews went to
Sujithfield Wednesday returning
Thursday.
Mrs. H. F. Edgerton spent
Saturday and Sunday visiting
relatives in Sinithtteld.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hooks, of
Wilson, are visiting friends and
relatives here this week.
Mr. K. T. Fulghum spent Sun
day in his home neighborhood i
near Taylors, Wilson county.
Miss Ilena Edgerton went to
Selma Saturday to spend a few
days visiting relatives and
friends.
Mr. Ashley Edgerton, of Prin
ceton, spent a few days here this
week visiting his brothers, Messrs.
J. G. and W. H. Edgerton.
Mrs. It. H. Alford and little
daughter left last Saturday for
1'arkton to spend a few weeks
visiting friends and relatives.
Mr. Geo. Evans, book-keeper at
the Selma Bank, was hereashort
while Saturday while on his way
to visit his father, Mr. Isaac
Evans.
Mr. Levin Standi, Kenly's
Cracker-jack first baseman went
to Elm City Friday to help Fre
mont base ball team play the
Elm City team.
D ? I ur t ie i 1 i ?
IVtJV. ?l . . AI1U1U, WUU IJilH
been home for several days re
cuperating from an attack of
LaUrippe, preached a very good
sermon at the Baptist church
Sunday Night.
Mr. H. F. Edgerton went to
Elm City Friday to witness the
base ball game between Fremont
and Elm City. He reported the
game very good, score being 4 to
1 in favor of Elm City.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Edgerton,
and Miss Emma Matthews left
today for Lebanon, Tenn., to
spenend a few days visiting re
latives, after which they will go
to the World's Fair at St. Louis.
Mr. William A. Barnes, who
has been running a mercbantile
establishment at Boyett, N. C.,
has moved here and opened a
general merchandise store. We
gladly welcome him to our town,
and may he meet with much
success here.
At a recent meeting of the Exe
cutive Committee of BulahTown
ship Sunday School Association,
they decided to hold the Second
Annual Township Conve at
Zion Church near Old Lowell
Factory, Thursday, July 14th.
All Sunday School. workers of
the township are requested to be
present, and those of adjoining
townships are invited to attend.
A good time is promised. A num
ber of good speakers have been
secured. Let every body attend
and tiring well tilled baskets and
enjoy the day.
The President, Miss Kmma
Matthews, and the Secretary,
Miss Eva High, gave the mem
bers of the Juveuile Aid Society
an ice creaui supper, Tuesday
night of last week, at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. U T. Reufrow. A
number of tables were placed un
der the shade trees in the yard
and the yard and porches, beau
tifully lit up with many Japanese
lanterns of various colors and
shapes. At about S o'clock the
children began to assemble and
in a few minutes the place was
resounding with the laughter of
the rollicking children, wbilethey
played various out-door games,
such as "dropping the hanker
chief" "King William" etc. At
9 o'clock t.iey were gathered
around the tables, and given a
free treat of ice cream, cake and
lemonade. There was 35 chil
dren around the tables. The old
people were invited to come at
9:30 and a goodly number at
tended, and enough money was
then raised to pay the expenses
of the supper and have several
dollars left in treasury.
Rex.
BENSON BUDGET.
Mr. Alonzo Parrish has gone
to Ilaleigh on business.
Mr. J. S. Iivals, of Belfield, Ya.,
is visiting relatives In re.
Mr. W. 1). Boon went to Ral
eigh Tuesday on business.
Mrs. Charlie Boon, of Raleigh,
is visiting at Mr. J. D. Parrish's.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hall are vis
iting Mr. P. R. Hall at Goldsbo
ro.
Mr.and Mrs A Fisher, of Fay
etteville, are visiting at Mr. J.
Holmes'.
Miss Edna Holloway, of Dunn,
will spend Saturday and Sunday
with Miss Nellie Parrish.
Two bran new boarders at W
F. Gibbs'?arrived early Monday
morning, a boy and a girl.
Rev N. H. Gibbs will fill Rev
J. A. Fleming's appointment at
Beulah the fourth Sunday at 11
o'clock.
Mrs. W. M Davis, of Belfield,
Ya., stopped over with friends in
Benson Friday on her way to
Fayetteville.
Dr. F. T. Moore was called to
Car.y Thursday, his wife being
the re sick. We are glad to state
that she is better and leturned
home today.
Death Near Princeton.
Mr. Lewis Gurley died at his
home near Princeton on Sunday
afternoon, from a complication
of diseases, of which he has been
a patient sufferer for several
months. He was a brave Con
federate soldier, a pood neighbor
and a kind friend, and leaves
four grown children and an aged
sister to mourn his loss. He had
lived out the time allowed to
man, being 72 years old, but his
years were years of usefulness, as
he was an industrious farmer.
He was buried in the Edwards
burying ground on Monday af
ternoon, by the side of his wife,
who was a daughter of the late
Samson Edwards, Elder J. W.
Gardner officiating. To the be
reaved family we extend our
sympathy.?Walter Correspon
dence Goldsboro Argus.
That Throbbing Headache.
Would quickly leave you, if
you used Dr. King's New Life
Pills. Thousands of sufferers
have proved their matchless
merit for Sick and Nervous Head
aches. They make pure blood
and build up your health. Only
2o cents, money back if not
cured. Sold by Hood Itros.,
Druggists.
PRINCETON DOTS.
Our farmer* are well up with
their crops, crab grass in about
conquered. They want a good
? general rain now.
j Mr. Hud Parish who has lot
some time been suffering, has
gone to (ioldsborofor treatment
We understand he is improving
and will be home soon.
Our town authorities are do
ing some much needed work ir
our ditches. They have most
completed clearing out the Heavei
Dam canal and some larger
ditches. Let the good work gc
on.
We notice that the work or
Messrs. Ledbetter and Mason's
residences is progressing. Thost
two up-to-date cottages will bt
quite an ornament an J an addi
tion to our little town, as the.y
are constructed on modern plans
Messrs. J. Ben Howell anc
Malcolm McKinne will start foi
St. Louis in a few days to at
tend the World's Fair. Mr
Howell says he is going to takt
in Chicago, while out west. Wt
hope the boys will have a saft
and pleasant trip.
We learn that a game of bast
ball between Herald's Scboo
House and Rains Cross Roadt
was played at the latter plact
last S iturdav afternoon Tut
Cross Roads brtvs Mllidthu wlinn
' House team came over to wipt
up the earth with them. Rul
after the game the score stooc
23 to 5 in favor of Rains Crosi
I IiOads.
The report that the Democrat,
ic party in Boon Hill Townshii
was dead was exaggerated. Foi
we understand that thesupposed
corpse is very much alive. Thi
perfume of the June Roses, tht
gentle summer zephyrs and the
approach of fall and electior
I time has and is reviving tht
dead(?) Democracy toitsformei
activity.
| Mr. Harry Watson fell fron
] the eaves of Mr. J. R. Ledbetter'f
new residence a few days ago, bul
very fortunatly for him he die
not receive any serious injury
He happened to fall feet first be
tween the sleepers of the piazza
which perhaps saved his life. Mr.
Geo. N. Howell who also was al
work on the cottage sprained hit
! back in lifting a piece of timbei
and is not able to do anything
Rep.
PINE LEVEL DOTS.
Mr. D. H. Bagley, of Bagley
was here Sunday.
Mr. N. M. Gurley went tc
Smithfield Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Pool spem
Sunday in Selma with their aunt
Mrs. M. F Nordan.
Mr. A. Plttman, of Goldsboro
spent Sunday with his daughter
Mrs. H. K. Kornegay.
Mrs. Lula Cotton, of Golds
boro, is visiting her parents, Mr
and Mrs. W. F. Gerald.
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Air. Alex nae huu aiiss r iort
P. Godwin were happily unitet
at the residence of the bride'i
father, Mr. B. Godwin, Thursday
night. The best wishes of ou
people go with them on theii
louruey through life.
Y. Y.
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Fresh testimony in greatquan
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declaring Dr. King's New Dis
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and Colds to be unequnled. .'
recent expression from T. J. Mc
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as example. He writes: "1 hat
Bronchitis for three years anc
doctored all the time without
being benefited. Then I begai
taking Dr. King's New Discovery
and a few bottles wholly cure
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Paid admissions to the World!
Fair at St. Louis for May total
ed 542,028.
MOST APPALLING DISASTER.
i Nearly Six Hundred Excursionists
Lose their Lives by Drowning
' or Burning.
New York, June 15.?Nothing
1 approaching the loss of life caus
? ed by the burning of the excurs
' ion steamer General Slocuin to
day baa happemled in New York
. waters before. The exact nurn
i ber of women and children who
were killed by the burning of the
? pleaaure steamer will not be
? known for several daya. It is
) certaiu that more than live hun
dred corpses have been recovered
already. It is certain that
I many more still lie in the en
| trance of the sound, just outside
Hell Gate, and that they will be
' brought to the surface day after
day. More corpses are being re
moved hourly and the lists of
II missing, which are growing all
I night, have reached an appalling
p length.
Nearly all of those who were
. burned or drowned were women
? aud little children, members of
' the Sunday school of St. Mark's
1 Lutheran church in Sixth street.
between 1,400 and 1,500 peo
, pie, so far as can be learned,
I started out on the Slocuin.
. Nearly a third of them were
, babies. Try as best they could,
, the police and hospital authori
I ties aud the officers of the church
, cou'd not Hud more than .'$00 or
400 survivors, but everybody
I believed today that when mat
, ters were straightened out and
the hospitals began to give an
accounting of the wounded they
? had taken in spontaneously, the
1 list of these members of the ex
cursion still living would be most
' happily lengthened. .Many of
' the excursionists were children
' not attached to the church.
1 Cotton Crop Is in Excelieut Con
dition.
The past week on the whole
i was very favorable for the growth
i of all crops and for general
t farm work. The tirst part of the
I week was dry and warm with
. maximum temperatures ranging
in the nineties; there were also
i light thuuder showers in a few
. localities, which were exceedingly
t! beneficial. ()u Friday, the 10th,
- there was a geueral rain, being
r in excess of two inches in some
. places. It was accompanied by
hail in a few places, doing, how
ever, very little serious damage.
With the beginning of this rain
the weather turned cool and
temperatures remained quite low
? during the remainder of the week,
retarding slightly the growth of
) crops, and leaving the soil in a
condition too wet for further
cultivation.
' Cotton is everywhere in excel
? lent condition; it is being worked
the second time, and chopping is
, nearly over. Corn is plowed the
, second time; it is doing fairly
well aud promises to be a good
crop. Wheat is ripening rapidly.
Harvesting will rapiuly begin
next week in the western part of
the State, while in the eastern
1 counties it is alreadv in nroerress.
1 The yield is everywhere good,
* and much better than was ex
f pected; the straw is short, has a
r pood color, and is well headed.
r Oats are doinp well, but the crop
is not very promisiup. Irish
potatoes are beinp dup aud
marketed in the eastern part of
the State; the yield is below the
. averape. I'rospects for fruit are
fair. Apples are droppiup in
1 some places. Dewberries ure
3 being picked and some areon the
t market.
4 Hon. Theo. F. kluttz has been
1 invited anu has accepted the in
1 vitation to deliver an address at
t the 139th annual meetinp of
, Tammany liall on the eveuinp of
, July 4.
\ Driven To Desperation.
Liviug at an out of the way
1 place, remote from civilization, a
i family is often driven to despeia
s tion in caw of accident, resulting
. in Burns, Cuts, Wounds, I leers,
etc. Lay in a supply of Huck
len's Arnica Salve. It's the beet
- on earth, ifoc. at Hood Dros.'
| Drug Store.