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?je StmtljfMft } rsice one dollar per tear. ''TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." single copies five cents VOL. 23. SMITIIFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY. SEFTEM15ER 30, 11)04. NO. 30 TRAGEDY AT KERNERSVILLE Louis Carmlchael Kills His Wife. Wounds His Step daughter and Takes His Own Life. Wiuuton-Salem, N. C , Sept. 20. ?Due of the most horrible trag edies in the history of Forsyth county occurred seven o'clock this morning at Kernersville. Lewis F. Carmiehael, a carpenter, aged 64 years, killed his wife, aged 50 years, seriously wounded his 12 year old step-daughter, and tnen cut hiHown throat with a razor and shot himself with a pistol. The weapon was fired four times, three balls taking effect on the right side of the head. He lived uutil 10:30 but was never conscious after the shooting. Mr. L'armichael and his wife separated several weeks ago. Yesterday he went to her home near the passenger depot and told her that if she did not con sent to live with him again he would kill her before tonight. After eating breakfast this morn ing at the home of his sister, Mrs. A. Lewis, he took a razor and pistol and went direct to the home of his wife. When the husband entered the kitchen the wife was over the stove preparing breakfast for herself and children. It is supposed that she again refused another request to live with him and that he thereupon took the razor and cut his wife's throat, nearly severing her head from her body. The wife ran into the yard and fell upon the grass, where she expired in a few minutes. Carmichael then turned upon Miss Dwiggins, his wife's youngest daughter, with the razor, cutting two severe gashes on her breast, fie then used the razor and pistol with fatal effect upon himself. Those who talked with Carmi chael a short while before the crime was committed say he was sober. The impression isgeneral here that no sane man could have committed such a crime Carmi chael will be buried in the Metho dist cemetery here tomorrow morning. The attending physician says he sees no indication of symp toms that will preyent the re covery of the girl. Little River Association Tbe seventy-fifth annual session of Little River Primitive Baptist Association was held last Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Han nahs Creek church. The introductory sermon was preached Friday morning by Elder J. T. Coats. The follow ing preachers also delivered ser mons Friday: Elders L. P. Adams, J. S. Ward and J. T. Collier. On Saturday the following preached: Elders .1. W.Gardner,; Josiah Eldridge, Burnice Wood and Gardner Bryan. Elders P. 1). Gold, W. B. Williams, J. A. | Burch, and William Woodard preached Sunday, Elder J. T.1 Coats was re-elected moderator, J. A. T. Jones, clerk, and Elder W. A. Simkins, assistant clerk. The next session will be held with Willow Springs church in Wake county. Very large crowds attended j each day. The good people of [ the Hannahs Creek section enter tained the delegates and visitors i handsomely, it was considered one of the very best sessions of the Association held in recent j years. Feartul Odds Against Him. Bedridden, alone and destitute. Such, in brief was the condition of an old soldier by name of .1. J. Havens, Versailles, 0. For vears he was troubled with Kidney disease and neither doctors noY medicines gave him relief. At lenghth he tried Electric Bitters. It nut him on his feet in short order and now he testifies. "I'm on the road to complete recov ery." Best on earth for Liver and Kidney troubles and all Stomach and Bowel Complaints. Only 50c. Guaranteed by Hood Bros. O K Stoves, Smithfleld Hdw. Co. A SCENE AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. Gentlemen, It IS A pleasure To second the NOMINATION or j oo* FRIEND,Tnsodo?? RooseveLT1 J The above cut shows another scene in the Republican National Convention at Chicago which nominated Mr. Roosevelt for the Presidency of the United States. Mr. Roosevelt was placed in nomination by Kx-Governor Black of New York. His nomina tion was seconded by Harry Smytbe Cummings, a negro from the city of Baltimore. Some of our Republican friends have been denying that Mr. Roosevelt's nomination was seconded bv a negro. This denial is in line with the campaign of misrepresentations which they are making. Of course no respectable Republican will deny that the President's nomination was seconded by a negro. But the statement has been denied by certain Republican politicians of .Johnston county of the peanut grade. "Without Theodore Roosevelt as President of the United States," declared the negro orator j at a banquet in Washington, "that dark cloud which threatens desolation to the colored race will be 'without a silver lining.' President Roosevelt is the charm for every woe, as far as the eolored man is concerned today." Fortunate indeed are our colored fellowcitizeus that in Mr. Roosevelt ; they find a charm for every woe No such blessing is vouch safed to the white race. Mr. Roosevelt |a charm, a "charm for every woe," so far as the colored man is concerned. Let our Republican I friends cease their denials. He is simply a candidate of the negro-whiskey party in North Carolina. Judge Parker stands for white supremacy and temperance. Reader, which will you support? ARCHER NEWS. .Mrs. Annie Barnes is quite sick. Miss Ella Price, of Clayton, was home Sunday. Messrs. E. V.Uaiuey and Jonah Pittuian were in our midst Satur day. Miss Maude Robertson is visit ing relatives and friends in Wen dell this week. Mtssrs. J. V. Whitley and Wm Stancil attended the Primitive Baptist association at Hannah's Creek last week. Mr. Fuller a representative of the Kimball OrgauCo.,of Chicago, was in our community last week j and sola several instruments. The entertainment given by the Misses Smith last Thursday evening was a decided success | and very much enjoyed by all present. Hons. Allen Rogers and Dock { Stephenson addressed a handful of republicans and a few demo crats at Archer last Saturday afternoon. Mr. Berry Hinnant was so unfortunate as to have his mule run away last week aud tear up his buggy but he remained faith ful and stayed all night with the buggy the mule going home. Seeriff Ellington and Elder J. A. T.Jones will address the people of our township next Saturday at 2 p. in., at Archer Lodge on the issue of the day. Let a good crowd greet them. Mr. Thad Woodard, of near Princeton, has been elected as principal of Archer Academy. Mr. Woodard is.highly recommen ded as one of Johnston's best teachers. Gladly we welcome him to our midst. i Sept. 26, 1904. 8. L. W. i What is Life? In the last analysis nobody | knows, but we do know that it is under strict law. Abuse that law even slightly, pain results. Irregular living means derange- 1 ment of the organs, resulting in constipation, headache or liver trouble. Dr. Kings New Life mils quickly re-adjust this. It's 1 gentle, yet "thorough. Only 25c 1 at Hood Bros'. i ?? ? . i 0 K Stoves, Smithfleld Hdw. Co. i SELMA NEWS. Mr. R. B. Whitley had the niis fortune to dislocate his left shoul der last Friday while unloading machinery at thecotton mill. He is doing nicely now. Mr. C. G. Wiggs has purchased an interest in the livery business of R. C. Fuller, Esq. Dr. A. Z Taylor has returned to our place and reopened his dental parlors where he will be pleased toseeallwhohave aching teeth. Mr. John H. Parker will re model his office near the post office. Ellis Bros, have opened a nice fancy grocery in one of T. H. Whitley's new brick stores. They want to sell a lot of nice groceries and fruits. I tie town has bought a lot from John A. Mitchener and moved the guard house on it. Robert E. Richardson went to Wendell Sunday. Hon. J. Floyd Brown ofOneale was in town Tuesday talking true Democracy. CLAYTON NEWS. Mr. W. A. Barnes is in the northern markets buying goods. Mr. M. 0. Gulley is having sev eral new rooms built on his dwelling. Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Horne have returned from a trip to northern cities. Rev. J. W. Jenkins preached two excellent sermons at the M. E.church Sunday. Messrs. Arthur Wallace and S. Tom Sthephenson are attending court at Raleigh this week in the capacity of witnesses. Mr. Roy Robertson left Wed nesday for Tennessee, where he will enter Vanderbilt University for the study of dentistry. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mascey have moven back here and will make their home here in the fu ture. Mr. Massey will work at New Bern for some time. We are very pleased to know that Mr. Millard Hinnant, who left here about two weeks ago sick of fever, will soon be able to resume his work with Mr. W. A. Barnes. Mr. Pat Duncan has added a much needfed industry to our already nearly perfect category of industries. He has opened up a first c'ass restaurant and cafe on Main street below Hamil ton's shop. We have had a considerable amount of cotton here and the prices have been exceedingly fine. Of course there was a slight go off in prices this week but they are still higher than the New York market seems to justify. Messrs. Barbour & Sons are moving into their elegant new brick store on the site of the old store. This store is a beauty and will likely cause Clayton's other progressive merchants to build larger and more accommodating stores. The town authorities will soon complete graveling the streets. When this is finished up we will have as niee streets as any town of its size in the state. Ourboard of aldermen spare no pains in making improvements. No praise is too high for the officials of Clayton. Messrs. M. Durham and Riley R. (julley have been appointed registrars for Clayton Township. M. Durham for Lower Clayton, will keep the books open at his store, and Riley R. Gulley for Upper Clayton will keep the books at John 8. Barnes & Co.'s store, from Friday, Oct. 7, to Saturday Oct 25), 1904. The I). H. Williams house on Main street, and the Thurston shanties near the depot were sold at public auction Monday. Mr. D. 0. McCullers bought the Wil liams house and Mr. C. M. Thomas bought the Thurston shanties. The reason for sell ing the houses is to open the street which has beeD badly needed for some time. The "big educational meeting" as advertised in The Herald last week was truly what its name implies. The short speeches by the principles of Clayton High School were highly enjoyed. I'rof. Turlington made a short and appreciative speech, but the" speech of Hon. J. Joyner was a marvellous display of oratory. He held his audience spell-bound for about one and one-half hours. Sept. 28. Yelib. \ TERRIBLE TR/\UN WRFCK. Two Trains Crash Into Each Other In Tennessee with Great Loss of Life. Knoxville, Tenu., Sept. 24.? Running on a roadbed in a (sup posedly high condition of main tenance and having about them every safeguard known to mod ern railroading, two trains on the Southern railway carrying heavy lists of passengers, came together in a frightful head-end collision near Hodges, Tenn., to day, sending fifty-nine people to death and injuring 120. Several of whom will probably die. This appalling loss of life and maim ing of the living resulted appar ently to the disregarding of or ders given to the two trains to meet at a station, which has for a long time been their regular meeting point. The claim of failure to see either the station or signals can not be set up b.y the engineer of the westbound train were he alive to enter a plea of defense, as the accident occurred in broad daylight, and according to the best informa tion obtainable he had the orders j in a little frame in front of him as his monster of steel and iron rushed bv New Market and soon after came upon an eastbouud passenger train making for New \l 1: ? :-.i .uai act in UliUJ pitciuue YVlLiI Hi structions to meet the west bouud train which carried the sleepers from the East for Knox ville, Chattanooga and other southern cities. The possibility exists that the illfated engineer may have been asleep or that death had sud denly taken the sight from his eyes before he reached New .Market. But nothing is known save that the orders were not obeyed. The trains were on time and not makingover thirty live miles an hour, yet the im pact as they rounded a curve and came suddenly upon each other was frightful. Both en gines and the major portions of both trains were demolished and why the orders were disregarded or misinterpreted probably never be known as the engineers of the two trains were crushed, their bodies remaining;for hours under the wreckage of the monster locomotives which but a short time before had leaped forw ard at the touch of their strong hands upon the throttle. Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 2(5.? No additional deaths of injured have occurred today, and the death list of the Southern wreck still stands at sixty-two All of the injured at the Knoxville general hospital are reported doing well, and only four or five are so desperately wounded that death may result from their in juries. Turlington Graded School This week closes thelirst month of the fall session of our graded school which now has an enroll ment of about 200 pupils. The school has been a success from its beginning and Prof. It. A. Merritt, the superintendent, is to be congratulated. Though one of the youngest superinten dents in the state his able man agement of the Turlington Graded School has shown that the trustees made no mistake when they selected him. The following are the teachers and the grades they teach: 1st and 2nd grades?Miss Katie Lee Banks. 3rd and 4th grades?Miss Mayme Ellis. 5th and (ithgrades?Miss Lucie Webb. 7th and 8th grades?Miss Flos sie Lee Abell. 9th 10th grades?Prof. R. A. Merritt. Music department?Miss Passie Harris. With such a strong faculty the school will fully meet the most sanguine expectations of its patrons and friends. Children teething often suffer from Cholera Infantum, Diar rhoea or some form of Bowel Complaint. Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam is the beet remedy. Warranted by Hood Bros. KENLY NOTES. 9 Mr. Miltou High, from near Taylor. spent Saturday night at Mr. .1.0. High's. Mrs. A. .1. Smith, of Speueer, is visiting her father, Mr. C. W. Edgerton. this week. Miss Lenu Edgerton spent Sat urday aad Sunday with friends near Buck Horn church. Miss Eva High, who has been visiting friends and relatives in Tarboro, returned home Friday. The Dunn Oil Mill Company's ginnery nere is doing a good business. They ginned 100 bales last week. Mr. L. Z Woodard spent sev | eral days this week visiting friends and relatives near Louisburg and Spring Hope. I There will be a Masonic funeral of the late 11. M. I'ulley preached at lbiiues X Roads the second Sunday in October. Miss AnnieStrickland, of Louis burg, who has been visiting friends here for several weeks, is vising friends in Smithfield this week. Messrs. C.'B. Bailey and R. T. Fulghum visited friends and rela tives near Pleasant Grovechurch i and Rock Ridge, Wilson county, last Sunday. Miss J? annie r reeman, teacher iu the intermediate department of Kenlv Academy, spent Satur day a nd Sunday with her parents Dr. and Mrs. H. F. Freeman near Taylor. The farmers are realizing that Kenly is one of the leading cot ton markets of this section of the state, the top of the market be ing paid at all times. Seventy eight bales were bought here j Saturday. Miss Rosa Stott, of Raleigh, who has been visiting friends and relatives in Wilson county, near Pleasant Drove church, for sev : eral days spent Saturday even ing here with the family of Mr. Jno. G. High. Rev. Dr. R. H. Whitaker, of | Raleigh, filled his regular appoint ment at the Methodist church here Sunday morning and night, and preached two able sermons admonishing tbechurc-h members to be faithful to theirobligations and to be careful what kind of influence they exert over those around them. There will be an educational rally here October 27th. The Kenly Council of Junior Order United American Mechanics will also present Kenly Academy with a large United States flag and a Bible. Noted Junior Order and educational speakers will be secured to make speeches in the morning and at night. A full program of the day's exercises will be given next week. Mr. Josiah ?tancill tells us be went to one of the biggest family reunions last week he ever at tended. It was that of his brother Thomas. Every one of his children were present and there were altogether fifty child ren and grandchildren. A sump tuous dinner of barbecue, chicken, | pies, cakes, etc., and most every ! thing good to eat was spread. It seemed like an old fashioned picnic. Every one from the old est to the youngest thoroughly enjoyed the day. Sept. 30. Rex. Cumberland, Md., Sept. 23.? Fast freight No. 94 on the Bal timore and Ohio struck a wagon loaded with 750 pounds of dyna mite at the crossing at North Branch, W. Va., four miles east of here this afternoon. Two per sons were killed and nine were {njured. Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 2G.? A monument marking the birth place of James Knox Folk, eleventh president of the United States, was unveiled near I'ine ville, N. C., this afternoon in the presence of a large concourse of people. This monumnnt was unveiled by Miss Julia Robert son, of this city, and I)r. J. R. Alexander, also of Charlotte, de livered the address. The exer cises were conducted by the daughters of the American Rev | olution.
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