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VOL. 23. SMITHFIELD, X. C., FRIDAY. JULY 22, 1904. X0.20
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
Reports Conflicting, Yet the Japa
nese Seem to be the Victors.
Ta Tche Ciao, July 14.?The
latest reports regarding the
storming of Fort Arthur July 30
place the Japanese losses in killed
or wounded at 25,000 and those
of the Russians at 5,500. Japa
nese retired and the Russians
occupied the position.
London, July 10.?The Tokio
correspondent of The Times tu a
dispatch says that the St. Peters
burg story of a Japanese repulse
with heavy casualties at Port
Arthur July 10, is wholly dis
credited in Tokio, where no such
reports have been received.
General Kuroki's headquarters
via Furan, July 18.?(Monday)
More Russian troops were en
gaged in yesterday's battle at
Alotien Pass that in previous en- i
gagements. There were proba
bly double the number of those
that took part in fight at Yalu
River, while opposed to them
were only one brigade and one
battalion of Japanese forces.
The Russian loss is esnimated at
two thousand. The burial of the
dead continues. The Japanese
casualties aggregated three hun
dred.
St. Petersburg, July 18.?For
the first time since the war began
the Russians yesterday initiated
a battle, and 30,000 men de
livered an attack on the Japa
nese position at Motien Pass.
The attack resulted in disastrous,
defeat, General Gount Keller re
porting to General Kuropatkin
that he failed to capture the
position and that he lost over
1000 men killed and wounded.
Chicago 111., Jnly 19.?A special
to the Daily News from New
Chwang says:
"Hard fighting has been going
on for several days in the neigh
borhood of Tongschu, eight
east of Tachia. It is reported
that the Russian loss in last
night's engagement was 2,100.
and the Japanese loss 1,200.
The Japanese have also been in
active contact with the Russians
of Pai Chiug, where there have
been many minor actions.
"All along General Kuropat
kin's front and Hank, the Japa- (
nese are moving into position,
but the general attack is being
postponed until supplies and
reiuforcements come to the front
Progress along tne muddy roads
and mountaiu passes is slow."
Chefoo, July 19.?A junk with
eight Russians and 50 t.hiueseon
board arrived here this after
noon, flvedaysfrom Port Arthur.
The Russians refused to talk, but
the Chinese say on July 11 and
12 the Japanese captured and
occupied with 4000 men one of
the eastern forts near Port
Arthur. Before reinforcements
arrived the Russians cutoff the
4000 troops in the fort and ex
ploded mines which resulted in
the killing of every Japanese
soldier there.
Chefoo, July 20.?Information
from Dalny states that flfteen
transports loaded with pro
visions and ammunition arrived |
at Dalny July 17. The Japa-;|
I MM around Port Arthur are not;
yet prepared to take the offensive. ,
ft Tbey are simply defending andj,
fortifying tht^ positions they t
will be ready to assault^ the '
? fortress by the end of J uly. The ,
P besiegers are estimated to num
ber 80,000. Reiuforcements from j
Kinehou are arriving.
Night was Her Terror.
"I would qough nearly all night
long," writes Mrs. Chas. Apple- 1
gate, of Alexandria, Ind., "and
could hardly get any sleep. I
had consumption so bad that if :
I walked a block I would cough '
frightfully and spit blood, but, '
when all other medicines failed,
three $1.00 bottles of Dr. King's
New Discovery wholly cured me
and I gained 58 pounds." It's '
absolutely guaranteed to cure '
Coughs, Colds, La Grippe, Rron- '
chitis and all Throat and Lung '
Troubles. Price 50c and $1.00. !
Trial bottles free at Hood Bros.'
drug store. 1
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SELMA NEWS.
Mr. C. W. Edgerton, o! Kenly,
was here Wednesday.
L. D. Pebnam, Esq., spentSun
day at Morehead City.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Driver
spent Sunday in Clayton.
Mrs. W. H. Call is visiting
friends in Richmond, Va., this
week.
W. T. l'ass, Eat] , is here look
ing after our tobacco ware
houses.
See large ad of N. E. Edgerton
& Co. for particulars of great
guessing contest.
Misses Placideand LallaElling
ton, of Raleigh, are visiting Miss
Margaret Etheredge.
Messrs C. W. and R. E. Rich
ardson returned Monday from a
visit to Fuquay Springs.
Misses Agnes Driver and Jim-!
mie Batton have returned from a
visit to Morehead City, Kinston,
LaGrange and Goldsboro.
Mr. N E. Edgerton, Sr, has
bought a nice Banker pony and
N. E. Edgerton, Jr., has a Billy;
goat. Both are well pleased.
Misses Pauline Hood. Fannie
Richardson and Rena Edgerton
and Albert M. Noble are attend
ing the Teachers' Institute at
Fine Level this week.
Messrs. Robert Millard Nowell
and Georp Davis Vick returned
from a week's visit to Jackson
Springs, and Clarence P. Harper
from Fuquay Springs Monday
morning.
R. M. Nowell, Esq., has sold his
new brick store to Ed. W. Vick,
Esq., who will open an up-to-date
drug store. He has also bought
the Sandy Hastings lot and will
this fall build a nice residence on
it.
Mr. M C. Winston says he ex
pects to be able to gin one hun
dred bales of cotton a day at his
new gin, tte coming season, and
will put in a fltteen thousand dol
lar corn mill in time for the new
corn crop.
The directors of the Tobacco
Warehouses met Tuesday night
and raised ten thousand dollars
to run the tobacco market here
next season. The exact date of
the onenino- sale will be announc
ed next week.
Last Thursday the remains of
the infant child of Mr. and Mrs
I). B Morton was brought here
from Spencer, N. C, and buried
in our cemetery. Mrs. Morton is j
the daughter of the late S. W.
Barker, Esq., and we sympathize]
with thetn in their loss.
Fred H. Oliver and D. T. Mas
sey have associated themselves
for the transaction of a general
merchandise business under the
name of Fred B. Oliver <fc Co.,
and have bought the stock of
goods of John H. Parker. They
will occupy the old stofe of John
H.Parker. We wish them suc
cess.
The infant son of B. B. Whit
ley died here Sunday morning
and was buried Monday at the
old Applewhite Richardson bury
ing ground. Rev. J. O. Guthrie
conducted the services at the M.
E. church here at 8 o'clock Mon
day morning. Rev. J. J. Harper
and Misses Myrtie and Fannie
Harper were herejto attend the
Funeral. The bereaved parents
have the sympathy of our people. |
Miss Margaret Etheredge gave
a delightful moonlight hay ride,
bo the old picnic grounds, to tier
guests Tuesday night. Those
present were: Miss Placide Elling
ton with Mr. R. M. Nowell, Miss
Julia Fuller Etheredge with Mr. j
Stanford Robertson, Miss Lalla
Ellington with Mr. E. W. Vick,
Miss Margaret Etheredge with
Mr. Sam P. Wood, Mrs. W. H. j
Etheredge and Robert C. Ether- ]
?dge.
Do not forget that I)r. Seth
Arnold's Balsam is the best(
known Remedy for all Bowel
Complaints. Warranted by
Hood Bros.
With two exceptions there have
aeen no young men elected[to the
Mfifce of Vice-President of the
United States. These two excep
tions were John C. Breckinridge,
who was 36, when he became
lice-President, and Theodore
Roosevelt, who was 43.
JOSEPH WINGATE FOLK.
Folk For Governor ol Missouri.
Jefferson Citv, Mo., July 21,?
Joseph Folk, circuit attorney of
St. Louis was nominated for
governor at 3:40 this morning
by the Democratic state con
vention. The ballot stood: Folk
551, Hawes 114, Reed 40. The
nomination on motion of Hawes
was made unanimous. Folk was
escorted into the hall and
appeared on the speaker's stand.
The applause which greeted him
exceeded that given Bryan at
St. Louis.
GENERAL NEWS.
Judge Barker, Democratic
nominee for the Presidency, takes
a swim in the Hudson river every
morning.
The governor general of the
Panama canal strip wants 100,
000 yards of wire gauze to keep
out mosquitoes.
D. Chas. Kent, of the University
of Virginia, it is expected, will
accept the presidency of the Uni
versity of Tennessee.
Dr. C. Alphonso Smith, of the
State University, has declined1
the presidency of the ('Diversity
of Tennessee, to which he was
recently elected.
The number of rural free deliv
ery mail routes in the slate is
now (ilO, being brought up to
this figure by the addition of 12
more routes Monday.
Judge Walter Clark has finish
ed the compilation of North
Carolina laws from 1GG5 to1791
and they are to appear in the j
State Record, in two volumes.
The general loss committee,
composed of expert insurance
men, which was organized short
ly after the great Baltimore fire
of February 7, made its final for
mal report through Chairman j
l'aul Turner. The report states!
that 3,778 separate claims were [
handled by the committee and
that the amount of insurance
paid on these claims was #29,
074,358.51. There are still
eleven claims unsettled, and in
addition there were probably 1,
000 or 1,200 smaller claims
which were settled direct by the
companies. The amount involv
ed in these small claims will not
exceed #1,500,000, so that the
total insurance paid to those who
lost in the tire will be about #30,
500,000.
Most of the ta'k one hears
these days is about the crops.
For example, James H. Pou,
who is a big farmer in Johnston
county said: "I never saw such
crops in mid July in North Caro
lina." In the northeastern and
southeastern counties it is yet
very dry and rain is needed very
greatly, although it may not be
said to be as yet a serious
drought. In Moore and Anson
counties there has been too much
rain. Along the northern border
of the state and in the middle
section, as well fas in the west,
there are gloriouB crops. Taking
the state over, it is to be doubted
whether there was ever a more
favorable year or a finer pros
pect.?Raleigh Cor. Wilmington
Messenger.
Marriage in Oneals.
Wednesday afternoon,.July 20,
at three o'clock a host of friends
and relatives gathered at the
home of Mr. Charley Hatcher to
witness the marriage of his
daughter. Miss Zettie, to Mr.
Richard P. Corbett. The par
lor was nicely decorated for this
interesting event. The ceremony
was performed by Squire J. L.
Jones.
The attendants were: W. R.
Corbett and Miss Marcv Mor
gan, Fddie Hatcher and Miss
Katie Bailey, J. M. Brown and
Miss Minnie Hatcher, Robert
Bailey and Miss Piety Brown.
After the ceremony the happy
couple with a host of friends and
relatives went to the home of
the groom's father, where a
sumptuous supper awaited them.
Best wishes for a prosperous life.
A Friend.
Grave International Incidents.
London, July 11)?In British
official circles the recent seizures
and overhauling of British ships
in the Red sea by the Russian
volunteer fleet steamers Smol
ensk and St. Petersburg are re
garded as very grave interna
tional incidents.
The seizure of the Peninsular
and Oriental steamer Malacca
by the St. Petersburg and her
arrival in the Suez canal as a
prize of war on her way to Libau
on the Baltic, has come as a
climax and the cabinet to-day is
considering the course to pur
sue.
The British law officers ackowl
edge the right of Russians to
seize and detain mails, provided
that only official communica
tions are taken, but they take
the most serious view of the
statutes of the two Russian'ships
patrolling the Red sea and if any
official action or protest ensues
it will be chiefly in regard to the
passage of these erstwhile mer
chant ships through the Dar
danelles and their subsequent
transformation into ships of
war.
Ends a Thirty-Day Fast.
Plamfield, July 15.?Edward
R. Taylor, Plainfield's city mis
sionary, ended yesterday, a thirty
days' task and appears none the
worse for his ordeal. When he
started to abstain from solid
food he tipped the scales at 220
pounds ana today he weighs but
25 pounds less.
During the time of his abstin
ence from solid nourishment Mr.
Taylor took walks for exercise,
and part of the time attended to
his duties as missionary. He
declares that his general health
is much better than it was, and
he has no fear of any reaction.
One ytar ago he fasted for fifteen
days.
A negi o woman died in Raleigh
Saturday. aged 106 years.
Ill health caused Dexter Moon,
a wealthy man of Jamestown, N.
Y., to take his life, Monday.
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BENSON BUDGET.
j Chas. F. Neighbors left for
Baltimore Tuesday.
Mrs. \V. G. Hall, of Roxboro, is
visiting relatives here.
Miss Mary Lucas, of Lucatna,
is visiting Miss LillieTurlington.
Benson can now boast of as
handsome a depot building as
any town its size.
Miss Elizabeth Brooks, of
Jonesboro, will visit Mrs. .1. \V.
Whitteuton Saturday.
Miss Netia Penny left Tuesday
to spend a few days with Mrs. It.
S. Dickson, of Rowland.
Mr. John G. Itayner was strick
en with paralysis at his home
Sunday night. He is yet very
sick.
Miss Addie Barbour, of upDer
Johnson, recently spent a tew
days with her sister, Mrs. J. F.
Lee.
Misses Mattie and Annie Draw
hon, of Bennettsville, S. C., are
visiting relatives in and about
town.
Nathan Johnson, of Florida,
has been in town for several days.
He is a brother of Dr. Johnson,
of this place. ,
Mr. IV. J. Hooks, and family,
returned Saturday from Seven
Springs, where they have been
for some time.
Dr. <i. E. Parker and Mr. I VV.
Rose attended the Pharmaeeui
cal association, held at Ashe
ville last week
Mrs. Ed. Boykin and Miss Nel
lie Parrish returned Saturday
from Richmond, Va., where they
visited Mrs. Boykin s relatives.
C. F. Johnson has much im
proved the looks, as well as the
comfort, in front of his tour
brick stores, with a very nice
pavement.
Prof. Jas. P. Canaday, former
principal of Benson Academy,
will get the solid vote of Banner,
tor the Houseof Representatives,
at the convention to be held in
i Smithfield August 17.
J. M. Morgan, Ex-Representa
tive, says "that the Democratic
County Convention will endorse
or repudiate the present Dispen
sary system?that is, as to the
distribution of the profits."
Rev. Jim Tart, (Col.) and
Ellen Hamlin, of ebon hue, were
the star actors in a performance
on Cemetery Row Monday night,
which monopolized the attention
of the entire community for a
few minutes. The buxom dam
sel bails from South Carolina,
and is proficient and highly ac
I complished in all the arts of bas
l tiuado; w herefore the Rev. Jim
regrets exceedingly that he ever
I made her acquaintance, and
more exceedingly that he ever
spoke disparagingly of her lady
ship, or vocalized doubtfully on
her pristine virtue. Amelia,
Jim's better half, greatly desires
an opportunity to measure arms
with the heroine of that occas
ion.
N. T. R.
CLAYTON CHIPS.
Miss Lona Williams went to
Raleigh Tuesday.
Mrs. C. B. Turle.y is spending
this week in the country.
Mr. I. S. Bagwell went to Smith
j field on business Monday.
Mrs. Dewey Hicks, of Raleigh,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. John
Robertson.
Watermelons on every hand.
A good many have been shipped
from here.
The Misses Penny, Miss Murray
and Miss Smith are visiting Mrs.
! (). G. Smith.
Mr. Walter Barham and Mr.
Chapell made a business trip to
Selma Tuesday.
A goodly number of our towns
1 folk attended a fishing picnic at
Sealey's Wednesday.
Mrs. E. L. Hinton spent last
week in Raleigh visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Ellington.
The Baraca class gave a de
lightful lawn party at the Bap
tist church lawn last Friday
evening to the Philathia class.
The decorations were elaborate
and appropriately arranged.
The Clayton Buggy and Furni
ture Co. have received their first
shipment of busies.
A new photographer in town,
Mr. Kininet Parrish, and he
makes good pictures too.
It looks like the Clayton High
School will be overrun from the
number of catalogues the secre
tary is mailing daily.
Mr, 1). H. MeCullers is having
his dwelling remodelled. When
finished it will be one of the
j handsomest residences here.
Little Silas Jones, son of Mr.
Frank Jones, has a slight case
of typhoid fever. Generally
speaking, the town is in a very
healthy condition.
lurs. J. A. Griffin left Tuesday
for a short stay a Panacea
Springs for her health. Her
many friends here wish her a
complete recovery.
The excursion date has not
yet been fixed. The authorities
hope to have things arranged in
a very short time?by the time
you get done crop possibly.
There will be a big tent show
here on J ul.y25th at the Academy
grounds. The drawing cards
are: Lunette, the flying lady;
Lareno, the wonderful Cuban
half lady; Yilala, the queen of
serpentine dancers. Free bal
loon ascention. Doors open at
dark.
KENLY NOTES.
Mr. J. R. Sauls went to Prince
ton Monday, returning Tuesday.
Mr. C. W. Edgerton made a
business trip to SmithUeld this
week.
Mrs. Itaiford Liles, of Tarboro,
visited relatives and friends here
this week.
I Mr. It. T. Renfrow has moved
into his handsome new residence
near the Academy.
Mr. \\. II. Perkins, ot Pikeville,
spent Monday night here with
his son, L). T. i'erkins.
Miss Mary Hollowell left
Wednesday morning to spend a
few days with friends at Youngs
ville.
Rev, Marvin Culbreth. of Ral
eigb, preached an able sermon in
the Free Will Baptistchurch here
Sunday night.
MeSs. W. H. Edgerton and W-.
E. Hooks attended the Sunday
School convention at N'abunta
church last Thursday.
Rev. W. H. Frost, the pastor
of the Free Will Baptist church
here, was unable on account of
siekupss to fill his appointment
i Sunday. His pulpit was occupied
by Rev. Troy Phillips, of Lu-,
cama.
Quite a number from here at
tended the Beulah Township
Sunday School convention at
Zion church Tuesday. A very
large crowd was present and
much iuterest was manifested in
the work. A full report will be
given next week.
The tent meeting conducted
for the past two weeks hereby
Rev. R. B. Jackson and M. I>.
Selllers closed Sunday night. A
few professions were made dur
ing the meeting, but considering
the number in attendance, but
little iuterest was manifested by
the people.
At a meeting of the Board of
Trustees of Kenlv Accademy
Monday night, the following
faculty was unanimously elected
for the ensuing year: Principal,
Prof. D. J. Sipe, of News Ferry,
Virginia; Intermediate Depart
ment, Miss Julia McEachern, of
Lumber Bridge, and Miss Fan
nie Freeman, of Taylor; Primary
Department, Miss Emma Math
ews, of Kenly; Music teacher,
Mrs. D. J. Sipe.
The work on the brick buil
dings is being pushed forward
rapidly now. The bauk and
hotel building will soon be com
pleted. Tha bank will be ready
for business by August lo.
Bailey Bros & Kirby are now
having tb*dr store plastered and
will be ready to move into it in
about two weeks. The brick
work on the two story stores of
Messrs. J. W. Daruen, L. R.
Richardson, 0. M. Morris and
R. A. Hales will be completed by
the end of this week.