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Hfye Smitljfidi) fleMb. price one dollar per tear. "TRI E TO Or US KI.V KS, OUR COl'NTR Y AM) OUR GOD. ' 4 single copies pive centr. VOL. 23. SMITH FIELT). X. C.. FRIDAY. .JULY 8. 1904. NO. 18 4L. . ' .. ^ ? --- _ - - | THE ST. LOUIS CONVENTION. The Hosts of Democracy Called to Order at 12 Wednesday?John Sharp Williams of Mississ ippi, Temporary Chairman. The Democratic Convention was called to order at noon Wed nesday by Chairman James K Jones, oi the National Com mittee. Congressman John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, tne minority leader of the House, was made temporary chairmau of the convention. Williams made a great speech which last ed one hour and forty minutes. The mention of Cleveland's name brought forth much applause. The North Carolina delegation decided Wednesday night to present Aycock's name for Vice President. it is understood that South Carolina will vote for him. j The committee on Permanent Organization selected Senator Bailey, of Texas, to be perma nent chairman. Senator Bailey asked the committee to recon sider their decision. The committee on platform organized by electing Senator Daniel Chairman. He named as a sub-committee to prepare a platform for submission to the full committee the following: Daniel, of Virginia; Hill of New York; Bryan, of Nebraska; Will iams, of .Mississippi; Pattison, of Pennsylvania; Dubois, of Idaho; Hamlin, of Massachusetts; l'oe, of Maryland; Cable, of Illinois; Shivelv, of Indiana; Davis, of West Virginia and Newlauds, of Nevada. The North Carolina Delegation. The North Carolina delegation met at the Hotel Stratford, St. Louis Tuesday night and after instructing the chairman to vote the strength of the State for Judge Parker for the Presiden tial nomination proceeded to organize. Josephus Daniels was unanimously elected national committeeman from the State. The other selections which were also made by unanimous vote are as follows: Member Credentials Committee, W. H. Powell, of Tarboro; Per manent Organization. J. C. Mills, of Rutherford ton; Rules. A. W. McLean, of Lumberton; to notify President, .John E. Woodard, of Wilson; to notify Vice President, R. L. Holt, of Rurlington; Resolution and Platform, Kd. Chambers Smith,, of Raleigh; Vice President of the Convention, E. J. Hale, of Fay etteville; Vice Chairman of dele gation. Julius S. Carr, of Dur ham: Chairman of delegation, Locke Craig, of Asheville. Mr. Joseph A. Lassiter Dead. Last Monday evening at nine o'clock at his home in Elevation I township, Mr. Joseph A. Lassi ter died after a short illness of pneumonia. He was 07 years, five months and ten days old. The interment was made at the family burying ground Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Lassiter was an honest, upright and conscientious citi zen, ever ready and willing to lend a helping hand to the poor and needy. He will be sorely missed in his community. Though he never united with any church he was a professing chris tian having obtained a nope in Christ many years ago. He was of the Primitive Raptist faith. He leaves a devoted wife and five children to mourn his de- i parture. Mrs. J). M. Coats, who lives near Hmithfleld is a daugh ter of the deceased. Dupuy De Lome Dead. Paris. July 2.?Senor Dupuy . de Lome, who was Spanish Min ister to Washington until short ly before the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, and who was hastily recalled from that < post to save liiin the humiliation ' of being handed his passports after he had written a letter con- 1 taining insulting reference to President McKinley, died here I last night from cerebral hemor- I rhage. ,1 STATE NEWS NOTES. There are 175 State bauks in North Carolina. Plane are on foot to build a large auditorium in Greensboro to seat <1,000 to 8.000 people. Rev. J. L>. Carpenter, a retired Methodist minister, died Frilay at hie home at Marion, aged 08. Gov. Aycock spoke at a cele bration and education jubilee at Gaetonia Saturday. A great crowd attended. The board of aldermen of Wilmington granted license to 58 retail liquor dealers and 3 brewers agencies. Geo. B. Justice, a young prin ter of Charlotte, has been ap pointed assistant commissioner of labor aud printing to succeed W. E. Faison, resigned. It is given out that I. M. Meekins, Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, has challenged F. I). Winston, the Democratic candidate, to a joint discussion. At the meeting of the State Dental Association at Morehead City last week Dr. W. B. Ramsey, of Hickory, was elected president. The next meeting of the Associa tion will be held in Waynesville. A hail and windstorm visited the Matthews section of Mecklen burg county Saturday afternoon and about all crops in its path were destroyed. The colored Presbyterian church, a residence aud several out buildings were blown down and other buildings were damaged. The loss to the cotton crop alone is estimated at $8,000 to $15,000. me case against i?. .Mdiee and K. S. Finch, who are charged with conspiracy in connection with the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, which was to : have come up tor trial at the approaching term of Wake i county Superior Court, has been 1 postponed on account of the illness of Capt. W. |H. Day, counsel for the defendants. John and Guss Murray and John Rice, of Madison county, convicted of mur erin the second : degree in Buncombe Superior Court some weeks ago, have been granted bail pending appeal, the case being heard by Judge Fred Moore on a writ of \ habeas corpus. The Murrays are required to give bond in the sum of $?4,500 each. Rice's bond is fixed at $1,500. Mr. Jesse Baldwin, about 00 : years old, was found dead in a pond at Rockingham Friday morning. It is said that he first took a bottle of laudanum and i then to make assurance doubly J i sure, he drowned himself in the pond. His wife was an invalid, i his son had been a disappoint- | rnent to him, and unable to bear i disappointment and suffering i 1 the old man forced his exit from | the world. i 11 Receipts Less Than Expenditures ' The government's ledger for ' fiscal year which ended today 1 shows that the expenditures ex- 1 ceeded the revenues by $41,352, 326, the receipts aggregating * $541,186,745, and the disburse- ' uients $382,530,071. The expenditures, however, in- ( elude $30,000,000 paid for the 1 Panama right-of-way and $4,- 1 600,000 loan to the Louisiana 1 Purchase exposition which are ' not properly to be counted Id the regular expenses of the government. Excluding these 1 two items, there would be a sur- ( plus of $13,247,474, against an 1 estimate of $14,000,000 made ' at the beginning of the fiscal ! year by the Secretary of the 1 Treasury.-Washington Dispatch, 1 June 30. j| No Pity Shown. "For years fate was after me ; Continuously" writs F. A. Gul- t ledge, Verbena, Ala. "I had a < terrible case of Piles causing 21 i humors. When all failed Bucklen's ' Arnica Salve cured me. Equally v ?ood for Burns and all aches and f pains. Only 25c at Hood Bros.' Drug Store. I TEACHEWS INSTITUTES Four Will be Held In This County at Convenient Places. Prof. Ira T. Turlington, Coun ty Superintendent of Schools, informs us that he will hold four institutes for white teachers in this county , the first to begin on Moudav, July IS, at SI A. M. This will be held in the publ'c school house at Pine Level and will cont inue one week. The second institute will be held in the public school house near Mr. Frank P. Wood's, in! District No. 5, white, lugrams township, and will begin Monday, July 25, at 1> A. M. The third will begin Monday, August 1, at !) A. M., in the public school house at liehoboth church in Elevation township. The fourth will be held in the public school house, known as the Earp school house, near Mr J. L Jones's in District No. 1. white, in Oneals township, and will begin at 9 A M., Monday, August 8th. Each institute will continue one week. Miss Myrtie L. Harper, of Smithfield, will assist Prof. Tur lingtou in these institutes. Every teacher is required to attend one of these institutes. Section 2(> of the School Law contains these words: "All the tecahers of any county in which such institutt is held are hereby required to attend the same con tinuously during the session! thereof ***** and, upon failure; to do so, unless providentially hindered, shall be debarred from teaching in any of the public schools of this state for the term of one year, or until such teacher shall have attended some county ! institute in some other connty." * * * * * "A properly signed cer tificate of attendance for two weeks or more in the same year on any Summer School of good standing in the state may be ac cepted by the County Superinten dent as a substitute for atten dance of any teacher in his coun ty' on the teachers' institute for that county." A. M. Sanders for Sheriff To the Democrats of Johnston 1 county: I desire to endorse the can- I didac.v of A. M Sanders, of Cleveland township, for the nomination in the next,county convention for the important position of Sheriff, which has been so ably and acceptably tilled for the past eighteen years by our present incumbent, Hon. J. T. Ellingtonl Having; known Mr. Sanders for many years 1 say witu emphasis that he is a . man of the very highest charac ter and of splendid business qualifications. He has held the position of magistrate for ten ir fifteen years in Cleveland 1 township, and as such official 1 tie performed the duties of that position with marked ability and with the utmost fairness to all concerned. I Mr. Sanders has also served in ither positions of public trust, among which is the position of deputy Sheriff While connected ( with the office of the Sheriff in this apaeity his duties have brought; i turn in contact with almosteverv ( man in Johnston county, and I i do not beleve there is a single i man in all the county who will cot gladly testify to the fact j, that he has extended every! courtesy consistant with the y ligh responsibility resting upon \ aim. I am well acquainted with i lis character as a man and as an i ifticial, and there is absolutely | lothirf^t which c?n be said ( igainst him. He is a most I worthy man, and, as a life long j s Democrat, he has done good and , raluable service for the party, j le is in every way well equipped ( or the duties and responsibilities! ( if the high office to which he t ispires. Fellow Democrats. t dominate A. M. Sanders for ] Sheriff, and we w ill have a Sheriff ( if whom we may well be proud.' ( ind a worthy successor of the | 'grand old man"' of Johnston vho has served us so ably, so aithfully, and so long. , F. M. Wekkh. j July 4th, 1004, f JAPANESE MEET WITH DEFEAT. Four Japanese Destroyers Glide Through the Night Into the . Harbor of Port Arthur, and But One Returns. ? St Petersburg, July 9?1:20 p. in.?A few nights ago Admiral Togo attempted to repeat the .Japanese exploit with torpedo boats at Wei Hai Wie, during the China-Japanese war by sending torpedo boat destroyers into the harbor of Port Arthur tor the purpose of sinking ships at their anchorage, but the at tempt ended in disastrous failure. Four torpedo boat destroyers succeeded in creeping into the harbor, which was not protected by booms, but only one escaped. Two were sunk by the shore bat teries and one was crippled. The reckless bravery of the Japanese in going to almost certain distruction excites noth but admiration here. The chan nel at Port Arthur is so tortuous and strewn with wrecks that evidently it was regarded as un necessary to use a boom. On account of the difficulty of getting into the harbor the feat is considered in naval circles to be fully as daring as that of the Japanese at Wei-Hai-VVel, where Japanese torpedo boats in a storm and covered with ice were jumped over the booms protecting the harbor and de-j stroyed Chinese warships. So far as known the Japanese torpedo boat destroyers did not even succeed in launching torpedoes. The Admiralty has no con-! firmation of the report from Liao Yang of an engagement between the Yladivostock squad ron and Japanese warships off (iensan. There is good reason to believe that the Russian squadron is safe back in port. Late Convention Notes. Convention met yesterday morning; at 10 o'clock and at 11 adjourned till 2 as none of the committees were ready to report. At 2 o'clock the convention re convened. Mr. Bryan's entrance caused tremendous and prolong ed applause. The report of Committee on Credentials was presente at four o'clock. Champ Clark, of Missouri, was made permanent chairman. At the close of his address the con vention adjourned at 0:26 till today at 10 o'clock. The platform has not yet been reported. The Barker men claim his nomination on first ballot. The members of Neuse Lodge, K. of P. are earnestly requested to be present tonight, VV ork of special importance on hand. GREAT SEA TRAGEDY. Danish Steamer Norge Went Down With Over 700 Souls. London, July 5.?Of 774 souls tin board the Banish steamer Norge, 128, including Captain [iundel, are known to have been saved up to this hour. One of the children died in a life boat, svhich bi ought others to safety. For the missing (146 persons, small hopes are entertained. The enormous death roll which vas feared with the first news of the wreck has been decreased by 102, that number of survivors, liter many privations, having aeen landed at Stornoway yester lay. The horrors of the wreck itself rrow with each survivors ac :ount. Captain (iundel's state nent, which reads like an nffi lavit from the dead, for he went iown with his ship, maintains that, the Norge struck on a! niuKen rock 18 miles south of lloekall. The 102 survivors are qiending the night at Ktorn jway, many of them in the lospital. When a promissory note gets lid enough to have whiskers it s time to take it to a note ?haver. ! COUNTY NEWS, ; Ml * * * * * Condensed From Letters ; Ml * From Our Correspondents. J ^t- ?!? Beasley. Mr. E. Britt, of Cooleemee, .N. C, is visiting relatives and friends in the settlement. He j expeets to be with us till July 7. ?Corn hilling is the latest, buckleberrying is no back num ber and fishing is a fad that is always up to date.?I think we'll have as many as three j representatives at the A. & M. j Summer School, Misses M attic' Beasley. Mary Dunn and Erma Cox.?Mr. W. T. Surles will keep | ice, he says, after .) une 29,1 regular through out the summer j months ?Mr. J. M. Beasley lost j one of his Hue milch cows last! week from wounds received in a cow fight iu which she was I engaged.?June 2Sth. Pine Level. Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Nordan, of! Selma, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. VV. B. Strickland.?Mr. and Mrs. W. A. J. Hinnant, Miss Ella Strickland and Mr. Alex Hae are on the sick list this week. ?Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Poole and [ Mr. N Milford (iurley left Satur-1 day for *'igh Point, to visit, relatives and friends?Mr. Oscar j Smith, of Wilson's Mills, was in our town Sunday.?Mr. P. C. j Worley and family went to Wil-1 son county Saturday to visit j relatives and returned Monday. ?Mr. W. H. Westbrook is hav-' ing material put in place to j build a brick store.?Julv otb, 1904. Y. Y. Archer. Mr. and Mrs. X. 15. Barues vis ited the family of Mr. Chas. Ellis, j of Clayton, Sunday.?Mr. and Mrs. John 11. Woodard, of Micro, visited Mrs. Woodard's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wall, Sun day.?Mr. W. L. Staucil and Misses Lessie Neil and lantha Harues visited the Misses Ellis, of Clayton, Sunday.?We regret to note that Mrs. Mary Whitley leaves us soon for Clayton.? Last Sunday morning about three o'clock the death angel en tered the home of Mr. John Windham and took from him his devoted companion, Mrs. Allie Windham. She had been a patient sufferer for some time of that dreaded disease, consump tion. She was interred in the family burial ground Monday afternoon in the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. She leaves a husband, father, mother and several brothers and sisters to mourn her untimely demise. J uly 4. Chilllc. Mr. Ralph Talton and mother spent Sunday in Pine Level,? Mrs. Henry Austin and son, Cleon, has been on a visit to relatives.? Vlr. 1". W. Hancock, of Oxford, representing the ; Oxford Female Seminary was in our midst last week.?Mrs. N. R. Mitchiner is visiting relatives in Raleigh.?Mr. Israel Stephenson and sister, Miss Emily, spent Saturdav and Sunday near Smithfleld.?Miss Hessie Llewel len returned to Raleigh Monday. ?The baseball team from The Smithfleld Cotton Mills and Chillie crossed bats on the hit ters diamond Saturday eveuing. The score stood 22 to 7 in favor of Chillie. Pilkington pitched a steady game striking out ten of the mill boys. The feature of the game was the good fielding of ' the entire Chillie team and their heavy hitting. Eiidkk.vk. : July ti, 1004. Working Night and Day. The busiest and mightiest lit tle thing that ever was made is l?r. King's New Life Pills. These 1 pills change weakness into;; strength', listlessness into energy, ( brain-fag into mental power. They're wonderful in buiding up the health. Only -?">c per box. Sold by Hood Bros. SELMA NEWS. Miss Mamie Batten in visiting relatives in Wilder Robert P. Noble is to go to Elm City to play ball Friday. Mrs. R. li. Renfrew is spending thin week with Mrs C. <t. Wiggs. I>r. J. B. Person spent Sunday and Monday at Kinston visiting friends. Miss Jimmie Button is visiting Mies Agnes Driver at La <1 range this week. Mr. W. I). A vera was in tf>wn Wednesday, trying to have a deep well bored at his cotton gin. Miss Allen, of Louisburg, and Miss Lula Tisdale,of Burlington, are visiting Miss Rosa B. Rich ardson. Mrs. Robert Wallace and daughter, Miss Ktlie, spent a few days here this week visiting Mrs. D. 11. Price. Miss Margaret Harris, of Ral eigh, is visitiug her brother, Charles II. Harris, Esq., at the Jackson House. Mr. and Mrs. Moses C. Wins ton and little Miss Lizzie left Wednesday for Morehead City to be gone a month. Wm. Richardson, Sr., general agent of the Masonic Mutual Re lief Association, left Wednesday for Charlotte and Wadesboro. Misses Julia Fuller Ethoredge, Mary Hatcher, Etfie Blaekman, Annie, Marietta and Anna Stan cill are attending the Summer school at Raleigh. The contractor tor Thad H. Whitley's new stores says that he expects to turn over the keys to them to Mr. Whitley in three weeks from now. They will be nice stores. The infant child of Mr. Frank Fuller died last Saturday night aud was taken to Oneals town ship Sunday for burial. The be reaved parents have the sympa thy of our people. The walls of the main building of the cotton mills will be up by Friday, ready for the joists and roof timbers. This has been a rush job and reflects great credit on the General Manager. Messrs. Wm. Richardson, Jr., and Robert Noble went to Ral eigh last Monday to see the fire works and to take the "campus course" at the A & M. They looked worn out when they re turned. Mr. Luther \V. Richardson, a son of L. R. Richardson, of Reu lali township, has purchased an interest in the Selma Drug Co. and is now there where he will be pleased to see his friends. Mr. Richardson is a graduate of the Fniversity of North Carolina in pharmacy. Reulah Sunday School Association. The second annual convention of the Reulah Township Sunday School Association will be held at Zion church Tuesday, July 1!>, beginning at 9:S() a. m. An in teresting program has been pre pared aud a large crowd is ex pected. Among the speakers ex pected are Prof. S. M. Smith, Secretary of the North Carolina Sunday School Association and Mr. N. R. Rro'ighton, of Raleigh. Everybody is invited to attend and carry well-filled baskets. Brutally Tortured. A case came to light that for persistent and unmerciful torture lias perhaps never been equaled. Joe Golobick of Colusa, Calif, writes. "For 15 years 1 endured insufferable pain from Rueuina ttsm and nothing relieved me though I triedevervthingknown. I came across Electric Ritters and it's the greatest medicine on earth for that trouble. A few bottles of it completely relieved and cured me." Just as good [or Liver and Kidney troubles, md general debility. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed by Hood Rros. Druggists. Rev. W. If. Puckett, of Gran ville circuit preached at ? the Methodist church here Sunday night. A terrible electric storm visited Sew Rerne yesterday evening. Much damage is reported.