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VOL. 23. SMITHFIELD, N. C.. FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1004. NO. 16
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Governor Aycock has commu
ted to life imprisonment the
negro Powell, in Durham,
charged with a capital crime on
his own daughter. Jud^e Cooke
and others petitioned for the
commutation.
The A. C. L. has established
the block signal between Rich
mond, Va., and Selma, N. C., on
acouut of the heavy traffic over
this part of the line. No train
will be allowed within three miles
of each other going in the same
direction.
The reports of the sheriffs of
the various counties to the cor
poration commission show that
in North Carolina there are 82b
lawyers; 1,278 physicians, 289
dentists, 11G photographers, 355
hotels, 9,132 merchants and 1,
0G1 corporations.
Postmaster Bailey at Raleigh
says the pay roll of the rural
free delivery mail carriers will af
ter J uly 1st be $3G,000 a mouth.
The number of carriers today in
the State is 57G, who get $00 a
month. By .July 1st, 21 more
ure to be put on routes.
Governor Aycock's engage
ments will make it imossible for
him to attend tue National Con
vention. It is a pity that the
members of that great gathering
will be denied the privilege of
hearing the State's most elo
gueut Governor.
Boonville, N. C , June 20.?
Green Holcomb was struck dead
by lightning near his home, one
mile from Long Town, Yadkin
county, while coming from the
harvest field, on June 17th, at
three o'clock. Dan Yauhoy was
within four feet of him, but
shocked for only a few minutes.
Clinton Morris, a negro 20
years of age set fire to a merry
go-round ih Durham Monday
night which resulted in damage
to extent of $8,00 or $1,000. He
poured some live gallons of
gasoliue ou the machine aud then
applied a match* He was com
mitted to jail without bail.
North Carolina boys are mak
ing a record this year. At the
National Military Academy at
West Point they hold first and
second honors in studies and in
athletics. Koberj Carr, son of
Dr. Carr, of Durham, has grad
uated with the highest honors at
the Richmond Medical College.
The Bown-Iiodgers Company,
of Winston-Salem, with $100,000
authorized capital stock, of which
$10,000 has been paid in, was
chartered Monday. The objects
for which the company was
' formed are to carry on the busi
1 ness of jobbers, wholesale and
retail dealers, aud carry on a
general mercantile business.
Adam Hunt, colored, was
hanged at Koxboro Wednesday
for the murder of Fleetwood
Wilkins, white. Hunt beat
Wilkius, who was delicate, so
badly that the man died soon
afterward as a result of the in
juries. Hunt sang and prayed
and made a silly harrangue on
the scaffold, but there was neither
plea of innocence nor admission
of guilt.
Of the six "star" students
graduated from West Point this
* %ear, one is from Virginia, one
each from Tennessee, Mississippi
und Colorado, and two from
North Carolina?Mr. C. It. Pettis
and Mr. R. P. Howell. They are
all southern boys except one, and
their records are good cause for
pride in the section they have so
well represented. It is really an
unusual showing.
Cecil Rhodes' scholarship com
mittee, having in charge awarding
the scholarship for North Caro
lina for Oxford, England, awar
ded it last week to J. Horner
Winston, of Durham, with Henry
Trantham, of Wake Forest,
alternate. The award, the com
mittee announces, was made
after careful, prolonged consider
ation. Others competing were
Mr. Arrowood and Mr. Sprunt,
of Davidson College. Horner
Winston is a son of ex-Judge R.
W. Winston, and a graduate of
the University of North Carolina.
CROP REPORT.
Conditions of the Crop In State
Fair and Work Well
Advanced.
The Weekly Crop Bulletin for
week ending .Monday, June 20.
1004, nays: During the firsthalf
of the week the weather over the
entire State was too cool for the
growth ol all crops, and their
progress was retarded slightly;
but the latter part was warm,
and all vegetation made a fresh
aud vigorous start. The amount
of rainfall was deficient, especially
in the eastern half of the State,
where the crops in general are
suffering for want of moisture.
On the 17th and 18th local show
ers occurred in the western and
central districts; the rains, how
ever, were light, except in the
vicinity of Greensboro, aud in
the extreme west. In Buncomb
county the rain on the 18th was
accompanied by had, which in a
few places was very damaging.
While the week was not very
favorable for thegrowth of crops,
it was an ideal one for all farm
work, especially for killing weeds.
Farmers took advantage of the
dry weather and pushed their
work rapidly, which by theendof
the week was well up everywhere.
The wheat harvest is in full
progress. About three-fourths
of the wheat is cut, the weather
being very much in favor of this
, work. The crop is excellent, aud
is considered the best for years.
Considering the cool and dry
weather, cotton is doing very'
well. The plant is rather small,
but has a good healthy color;
chopping is about over, and
complaints of lice are very few.
. The oat crop is fair in a few cen
j tral couuties, but in general it is
not doing very well. Corn is be
ing worked the second time, and
is doing quite well in most sec
tions.
Rather Bad Week for Cotton.
Washington, .June 21.?The j
i Weather Bureau's weekly sum
! iuary of crop conditions says:
The favorable progress of cot
j ton during the two preceeding
j weeks has been checked during
the past week in the central and
eastern portions of the belt, where
rain is generally needed and lice
are extensively reported. In
Tennessee and portions of the
Carolinas and Southern Mississ
ippi. however, the crop continues
I to do well, and throughout the
cotton belt it is well cultivated
except in northeastern Texas,
where a few fields are still foul. In
| the last named State cotton has
made rapid growth and is gener
ally in tine condition, but boll
weevils are causing damage in a
greater number of counties than
last week. Good growth is also
reported from Oklahoma, Indian
Territory and Arkansas.
Transplanting tobacco has
been delayed in Maryland, Ken
tucky aud Wisconsin, where con
siderable remained to be set, but
is largely completed elsewhere.
The crop is generally doing well.
SELMA NEWS.
Albert M. Noble is at Chapel
Hill attending the summer school.
Robert Millard Nowell, John
j H. Parker and some others went
to Norfolk.
Mr. L. A. Creech, of Benson, is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. W.
j H. Stallings.
Miss Julia P. Winston, of Ox
ford, is visiting her cousin Miss
j Annie S. Noble.
Mr. L. I). Debnam is visiting
her parents in Clayton and
Loomis is keeping "batchelor."
Work on the new stores is be
| ing pushed as fast as possible, as
I is the work on the factory. It is
impossible to keep lumber for the
hands it seems.
W. B. Driver went to the con
gressional convention Wednes
day and M. C. Winston, B. B.
Wfiitley and Will Richardson, Sr.,
| and C. W. Richardson went to
the state convention Thursday.
We kno#r they will nominate the
right man.
Sexex.
Number of Victims of Steamboat
Disaster.
1 be most horrible accident of
years occurred June loth, with
the burning of the steamboat
General Slocumb which took
place in East river, at the
entrance! of Long Island Sound,
within a short distance from the
New York Shore, within sight of
thousands of people who were
helpless to give assistance.
It developed that the disaster
was on account of the unfitness (
of the steamboat and general (
carelessness. Its life |boats were
rotten and could not be unfasten- ,
ed, the life preservers unfit for
use?victims beiug brought up
with the preservers properly
adjusted, a crew of raw and
undrilled men with an unlicensed
mate aud apparently no element
of danger unprovided for in
bringing on the terrible disaster
which has horrified the country.!
If ever the groundwork were
laid for such reparation as may
be enforced by law aud for such
future security as may be pro
vided by stringent inspection aud
regulation, this disaster, ap
palling in its needlessness, has
furnished the frightful detail of
particulars.
We clip the following from a
New York paper:
New York, June 21.?Up to
eight this a. m. eight hundred
and fifty bodies of victims of the
steamboat Gen. Slocumbdisastei
have bten recovered. Of this
number 720 have been identified.
The recovery of a hundred bodies
yesterday is due to the use of ex
plosives which caused corpses to
rise to the surface after several
shots had been fired. Sixteen
bodies rose almost simultaneous
ly to the surface. In memory of
theSlocumb victims the alderman
ic chamber was draped in mourn
ing yesterday and the entire city
hall is draped today. Contribu
tions to a relief fund now aggre
gate about eighty thousand dol
lars.
a severe storm accompanied dv
tnunder and lightening passed
over this vicinity early this
morning and caused bodies re
covered today to come to the;
surface. Eight bodies were found
floating near the place where the
steamboat was beached.
New York, June 21.?The first
of the suits for damages for loss
of life in the disaster was brought
up yesterday, when Jacob Fried
man, counsel for Mrs. Ivate Mat
tier, who lost four children, began
an action in her behalf to recover
fifty thousand dollars from the
Knickerbocker Steamboat Com
pany.
PINE LEVEL DOTS.
Mrs. F. B. Oliver is very sick,
with fever.
The little child of Mr. T. 0.
VVilkins died Saturday with i
cramp.
Mr. J. L.Davis and his little
sister Lillie, went to Goldsboro
Tuesday.
Miss Ella Strickland spent
I Saturday piglit in the country
with her cousin. Miss Mamie
Price.
Mrs. E. V. L'eedin is spending
j this week in the countrv with her
! parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A.
Peedin.
The Tuesday night cottage
prayer meeting was held Tuesday
night at the home of Mr. K.
Kornegay.
Itev. Mr. Bowen, of Four Oaks,
filled his appointment at the
missionary Baptist church at
this place Sunday.
There was an ice cream supper
given at Mis Flora Poole's Mon
day night, all who were present
reported a nice time.
Miss Sallie Pittman, of Golds
boro, who has been visiting her
! sister, Mrs. Bettie Kornegay left
Monday for her home.
Y. Y.
The people of Oxford have vot- j
ed in favor of bonds to be issued
to supply the town with water
works and electric lights, which
(will be furnished in the near
| future.
SHE GETS OVER $250,000.
More Particulars ot the Fortune of
MlssJessie Gregory.
The News and Observer pub
lished last wet k the storv of now
Miss Jessie Gregory has come
into possession of a large fortune.
The Salisbury correspondent of
tbeCharlotteObserver gives some
additional facts about what has
in it no little romance. He writes.
"Several weeks ago Mr. Edwin
C. Gregory went to Philadelphia
on business which greatly con- \
cerned his sister, Miss Jessie!
Gregory, of Halifax. Although
it was known that Miss Gregory
had fallen heir to a very consider
able fortune, it could not be learn
ed just what amount. It leaks
out in a State paper this week,
but it is inaccurate. Mr. Gregory's
Aunt, Miss Elizabeth Clarke, Miss
Gregory and Miss Mary Miles
set sail for Paris. The meeting
of the three was casual. From
this first acquaintance Miss Miles
took a fancy to the young lady.
Thesame party wentabroad near
ly every year. Miss Gregory was |
studying in Paris. The business
of Miss Miles called her back of
ten to Philadelphia, but the!
friendship of the two lasted until
the death of Miss Miles. It be
came known then that she had
willed the bulk of her fortune to
the North Carolina lady, and the
will made Miss Gregory sole exe
cutrix. When Mr. Gregory went
to Philadelphia, he found that {
his sister had come into possesion
of a fortune exceeding $250,000.
Besides this, she obtains at the!
death of Miss Miles' brother, an
other sum, amounting to $100,
000. This property is situated
in the heart of Philadelphia, and
consists of the most valuable of
real estate, stores, handsome
dwellings, stocks and bonds and
other things. This delayed ac
count of a thing that must inter
est many North Carolinians,
could have been given out long
ago had it not been for Mr.
Gregory's modesty. He talks
now for accuracy only."
. PRINCETON DOTS.
We have had a good raiu at
last.
Mr. J. M. Beaty,of The Herald,
was iii town Tuesday.
We understand that work on
the new Methodist church will
begin about the first of July.
Mr. Malcom McKinne is on a
few days outing at Seven Springs.
Hope he will have a good time.
Our farmers 3 or 4 miles south
of here say that they had a very
heavvraiu with some hail last
Saturday evening.
Mr B. P. l'arrish who has been
in Goldsboro lor treatment, has
returned. He says he is much
better and improving,
A series of meeting will com
mence at the Baptist church
Monday night before the third
Sunday in July. All are invited
to attend.
We are in receipt of a card
from Mr. Joseph Tonous and his
nephew Willie Ellis, from Beirut,
Syria in which they stated that
they arrived home safely after 30
days having gone about 8000
miles. Joe and Willie desires to
extend their well wishes to their
American friends here in John
ston county.
J. T.E.
Mr. Stanford Pickett, of Dur
ham, who went on the Norfolk
excursion yesterday was brought
back dead. He fell from a third
story window of the hotel where
he was stopping. He was a well
to-do farmer and leuves a wife
and nine children.
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
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and build up your health. Only
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Short Items of Interest Clip
ped and Culled From Our
Exchanges.
There is oue weeklv paper iu
Oklahoma to every .'{()() voters.
An anonymous donor has sent
fa,000 to President Butler, of
Columbian University, New
York to be used in assisting de
serving and needy students in
visiting the St. Louis Fair.
Frankfort, Ky., June 20.?The
Court of Appeals today over
ruled the petition for rehearing
in the ease of James B. Howard,
who is under a life sentence on
the charge of murdering William
(ioebel. The decision of the
United States Supreme Court
will be considered by theSupreme
Court on a writ of error.
After an all night session the
National Executive board of
United Garment workers decided
to order twenty thousand mem
bers of the organization in |
greater New York on strike,
completely tying up the tailor
ing business in the city. The
strike is directed against the
open shop movement.
Winnepeg, Man., June 21.?
Adolph Taucob is under arrest
at Port William charged with in
cendiarism. He has confessed to
burning building valued at over
$2,000,000 including the city
hall, the McDonald engineering
plant, elevator "B," the Canadi
an Pacific stock yards and a
large number of dwellings.
Prof. A. M, Soule, director of
the Agricultural Experiment
Station of Tennessee, has ac
cepted an offer of the State
experiment station of Virginia
and dean of the department of
Agriculture at the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, at Blacks
burg. To accept this place, it
is said, he refused the position of
president, of the University of
Tennessee.
Marion, 111., June 21.?A pistol
encounter between two gamblers
fatal to both participants, has
taken place here. Juer Meredith
and John Bartb, who had been
quarreling, came upon each
other in a saloon. Meredith be
gan tiring on Barth, three shots
taking effect. Although in a
dying condition Barth turned
upon Meredith and fired three
rounds. One shot hit Meredith
in the mouth, one went through
his head just above the eyes and
another through his heart.
A catatrophe that might have
been terrible iu its results was
narrowly averted at Amercus,
Ga., one day last week. The
Auiericus theatre was packed
beyond its capacity. Twelve
hundred people, principally la
dies and children, tilled the build
ing when an alarm of fire was
given from without. Hundreds
rushed for the single entrance,
which is twenty feet above the
pavement and reached by a single
; wooden stairway. Efforts of
police and teachers upon the
stage were unvailing until the
! orchestra, with its wonderful in
spiration struck up "Dixie." This
served to restore quiet. In the
stampede on the outer stairway
several women fainted.
The colored baptist church of
Raleigh. East Main Street, was
struck by lightning Tuesday
night and was burned down.
Startling: Evidence.
Fresh testimony in great quan
tity is consistantly coming in,
declaring Dr. King's New Dis
co veryfor Consumption Coughs
and Colds to be unequaled. A
recent expression from T. J. Mc
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as example. He writes: "1 had
Bronchitis for three years and
doctored all the time without
being benefited. Then I began
taking Dr. King's New Discovery,
and a few bottles wholly cured
me." Equally effective in curing
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KENLY NOTES.
Key. B. K. Perkins, of Pikeville,
wan in our town for a short while
Monday.
Mr. J. T. Howell left last
Wednesday for Asheville, where
he has accepted a position with
a leading pharmacy.
Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Gardner
who have been visiting in Spring
Hope, for several days returned
home Wednesday.
Miss Annie Aycock spent a few
days this week visiting friends
and relatives in the Piukney
neighborhood, in Wayne county.
The tinners are putting on the
tin roof on the new stores of
Messrs. Bailey Bros. & Kirbv,
and the store and hotel of (J. <i.
Edgertou A Son.
Mr. Chas. Gold, of Wilson, the
special agent of 1'rovidence Sav
ing Insurance Go., was here
Tuesday assisting the local agent,
Mr..I. It. Sauls, in writing up
several policies.
Elder Troy Phillips, preached
at the Free Will Baptist church
Sunday and Suudav uight, tilling
the regular appointment of the
Pastor, liev. W. H. Frost, who
was unable to come on account
of sickness.
I?r. J. T. Justice, formerly of
Charlotte, has located here, and
is now ready to serve the people.
He will be found at Edgertou
Hotel, until he has his office
fitted up on North It. It. street
near the drug store. He comes
well recommended and has had
two years valuable experience, as
resident doctor ia Charlotte
Hospital.
Quite a number from . here at
tended the closing exercises of
Piukney Literary Society last
Friday and Friday uight. The
address in the forenoon by Gov.
Aycock was grand. He made
a strong plea for better educa
tion, and was greatly enjoyed by
all who heard it. The exercises
in the afternoon and again at
night were very good.
Lest Wednesday was a day of
enjoyment for the members of
class No. 2, of the Methodist
Sunday School. Their kind
teacher, .\lr. L. Z. Woodard took
them and a number of their
triends in a wagon, on a picnic
excursion to Fremont Sulphur
Springs, where they spent the
day in their own free way of en
joyment, playing many games,
and running iu the woods until
late in the afternoon. They were
chaperoned by Mrs. J. G. High
and Mrs. It. T. Kenfrow.
Mr. K. H. Alford happened to
the misfortune of losing his
dwelling by tire early Saturday
morning. The tire was discover
ed iu the roof of the kitchen,
about six o'clock by the It. It.
section force, who immediately
made the alarm. A large crowd
soon gathered, and made an
effort to put the fire out, but
sodu saw it was impossible. Most
of the furniture was saved except
what was in the kitchen, Cause
of tire unknown, but supposed to
have been rats, as there had been
no tire in the house for over a
week. Mrs. Alford being away
on a visit to relatives, and Mr.
Alford boarding. Loss about
$S00 or $!)00, insurance $500.
The birthday supper given
Miss Ora Hooks, Thursday night
of last week, by Mrs. J. Kdgerton
and Mrs. S. F. Hooks, at the
Kdgerton Hotel was highly en
joyed by a good number of Miss
Hooks' friends, t>bout thirty
guests ware present. The weather
| being warm, the large porch
was well lit up and the young
people gathered there and played
Pitt, Dominoes, etc, until about
il:30 when they were invited into
the large dining room, to partake
of the good things found there.
The table was beautifully deco
rated with flowers and fruit.
Ice cream and cake was served in
abundauce. Miss Ora was the
recipient of many handsome
presents. The following out of
town guests were present: MisH
llosa l^ee Denton, of Wilson,
Messrs. Geo. Evans and Thomas
[Creech of Belma, Miss Ada
Aycock and Mr. W. J. Aycock,
kenly, K. F. I). No. 2, and Miss
Martha Kevell, Kenly, N. C., H.
F. D. No. 3. Ri:x.