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IPje flefalfc. price one dollar per tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." single copies five cents. VOL. 24. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1905. NO. 11 KENLY NOTES. Miss Eva High went to Selma! today to visit friends. Miss Kate Darden, ofTarboro, is visiting relatives here this week. Mr. Ed. Taylor, of Tarboro, visited relatives here Monday and Tuesday. Miss Crama Richardson, from near Sutton, N. C., is visiting her j sister, Mrs. W. T. Railey. Prof. Holloman, of Elon Col lege, spent Wednesday night j with Prof. I). Jennings Sipe. Mrs. Z. V. Snipes, who has been visiting frieuds in Virginia, re turned home last Wednesday. Mr. C. B. Bailey and Miss Eva High attended the Mount Pleas ant Academy commencement last Friday. Mr. J. G. High went to Lucama Wednesday (today) to attend the Lucama High school com-1 mencement. Mr. J. T. Howell, of Louisburg, I spent several davs here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Howell and returned home Tues day. Messrs. C. W. Edgerton and R. T. Fulghum and Misses Fan nie Freeman and Lillian Ayers, attended the Rock Ridge Acade- j my commencement Friday night. Miss Mary Hollowell went to Smithfield Tuesday to spend a few days with friends and rela tives, and attend the commence ment at Turlington Graded School. Mr. R. H. Alford and Miss Julia McEachern went to Lucama to hear the annual commencement sermon of Lucoma High School, preached by Rev. Mr. Jones, of Wilson. Dr. R. H. Whitaker, of Raleigh, tilled his regular semi-monthly appointment here at the Metho dist church Sunday night, preaching a very able sermon after which there was one added to the church. We had the worst wind and rain storm Friday afternoon we have seen in many years. The wind blew at the rate of about 40 to 50 miles an hour, and the rain fell in torrents for nearly an hour, but glad to say did no damage in town, more than to blow down the smoke stack at the Kenly Mfg. Go's plant alsoj at Mr. W. T. Bailey's saw mill, j But in the country near by it scattered the farmers'fences, and damaged their orchards. In several places the wind blew down nearly every fruit tree, and much timber in the woods. The arrangements for the com mencement exercises of Kenly Academy are being daily perfect ed. The exercises will be given Wednesday night, Thursday and Thursday night of next week, May 24, 25. On Wednesday night an entertainment by the primary and intermediate depart ments will be given. Thursday forenoon Dr. It. T. Yann, presi dent of the Baptist University for women, of Kaleigh, will preach the commencement sermon. In the afternoon Itev. Daniel Al bright Dong, I). D., L. L. I)., will deliver the literary address. At night representatives from the Philologian and Thalian Literary Societies will speak, followed by a recital by the music depart- j ment. It is expected that a Brass band will be inattendanceThurs day and give a concert after the address in the afternoon. There will also be a game of Base Ball Thursday and possibly Wednes day. May 17, 1905. Rer. Terrific Race With Death. "Death was fast approaching," writes Ralph P. Fernandez, of Tampa, Fla., describing his fear ful race with death, "as a result of liver trouble and heart dis ease, which had robbed me of sleep and all interest in life. I had tried many different doctors and several medicines, but got no benefit, until I began to use Llectric Bitters. Ho wonderful was their effect, that in three days I felt like a new man, and today I am cured of all my troubles." Guaranteed at Hood Bros., drug store; price 50c. CLAYTON NOTES. Mrs. J. W. Massey spent Wed-1 nesday in Raleigh. Mies Pearl Wray went to Ral-j eigh Tuesday shopping. The big show of Miles Orton will be here next Monday. Mrs. Bronway, of Norfolk, Va., is visiting Mrs. W. B. Snow. Mrs. W. B. Snow and Mrs. | Bronway spent Tuesday in ltal eigh. Mr. and Mrs. Itaper, of Golds boro, are boarding at Mrs. M. E. J Yelvington's. Mr. Everett Kennedey, of Ral eigh, was a very welcome visitor to our village last Sunday. Dr. J. A. Griffin is spending this week in Norfolk. Dr. T. A. Griffin is keeping his work up. Mr. John I. Barnes, with Messrs. j Ashley Horne A Son, has been sick lately; at this writing he is improving. Mr. S. C. Pool, Raleigh's very popular and widely known shoe dealer, spent last Sunday here, the guest of his daughter, Mrs. Cadmus T. Young. Smithfield and Selma have voted prohibition, Pine Level will vote on the question in June and most likely for prohibition, then it's up to Clayton, JN.C., Johnston county. The trustees of the Clayton High School, in a meeting held Tuesday evening May 10th, appointed June 12th as the date for engaging Principals and teachers for the fall term. On last Friday afternoon Clay ton was very well shaken up by a severe wind storm. The dam age, we are glad to note, was not so bad as we would expect from such a wind. Two old lodge buildings were blown over, and a number of chimneys were blown off of dwellings. From the livelv interest and the preparations being made, we infer that the faculty and stu dents of Clayton High School intend to give us the best com mencement ever held here. Ad ded to their efforts at entertain ment will be a speech by His Excellency, Governor Robert B. Glenn. Look out for the dates which will appear in next week's Hekald. We beg to call attention to a mistake in the locals of the Selma News last week. In an account of a game of ball played between Clayton and Selma on May 5th, , the score was give as 6 to 2 in favor of Selmn, when the score should be and \* is 9 to 0 in favor of Clayton. When the score stood (5 to 6 the Selma boys quit, thus forfeiting the game, giving Clayton 9 to 0. May 17th. Y'elik. Wendell Is Victorious. In a very short but interesting game of ball played last Satur day between Wendell and Wake field, the former team won by a score of 8 to 2. Wakefield was first at bat and made two rune; while theremainingeight innings, they were completely shut out. Wendell went to the bat and | scored three on first inning and , made four on fifth. Uinton, for;; Wendell, did fine work in the box, striking out lii men. One inter esting feature was that Richard son, catcher for Wendell, fanned out every time. Ex. Saved by Dynamite. Sometimes, a flaming city is saved by dynamiting a space that the lire can't cross. Some- ' times, a cough hangs on so long, you feel as if nothing but dyna mite would cure it. Z. T. Gray, of Calhoun, Ga., writes: "My wife had a very aggravated cough, which kept her awake nights. Two physicians could not help her; so she took I)r. King's New Discovery for Con- , sumption, Coughs and Colds, which eased her cough, gave her sleep, and Hnally cured her." 1 Strictly scientific cure for bron chitis and Lagrippe. At Ilood Dros. drug store, price 50c and ] if 1.00; guaranteed. Trial bottle : free. , BENSON NEWS. Mies Lillie Turlington is visi ting relatives in town. Mr. R. F. Smith made a busi nees trip to Smithfield Monday. Mr. Heber Creech has accepted a position with the Benson Drug Company. A very severe rain and wind storm passed through this sec tion last Friday. Mr James H. Rose left last Monday for Smithfield where he will spend several days. Miss Lottie Link visited her parents near Buie's Creek last Saturday and Sunday, return ing Monday. Dr. G. A. Hood went to Selma last Monday to attend the John ston and Harnett County Phar mocuetical Association. The students of ? the Benson j Graded School whose names ap fiear on the roll of high honor or the month of May are Beatrice | Goodrich and Vada Boon. The revival at the Baptist church which was to have begun last Saturday night was post poned until Monday night before the second Sunday In June. Rom Mathews, a negro was killed last Tuesday at Rope and ; Beasley's saw mill, a few miles west of town. He accidently fell into the driving wheel of the engine while bearing off lumber, and his body was badly mangled. He lived only a few hours after! the accident occured. The commencement exercises of the Benson Graded School which will take place on the 24th and 25th inst., promises to be the most interesting ever held here, as the faculty and students: are sparing neither time norj energy in making preparation. Beginning at 8 o'clock at night j on the 24th, a concert will be given by Miss Penny's music | and elocution class. On the 25th at 10 a. m., contest in declama-1 tion will take place, which will be followed by an address by Prof. J. Y. Joyner at 11 a. m. Imme-! diately after Prof. Jovner's ad dress the delivering of medals | and prizes by Prof. J. P. Cana day will close the morning exer-1 cises. At 3 p. m., Benson Council | No. 137 Jr. O. U. A. M., will pre sent to the school a Bible and Hag with appropriate exercises. An address on the principles of the Junior order will be delivered by G. E. Hood, Mayor of Golds boro. A most interesting con cert by the school beginning at 8 p. in., will close the commence ment exercises. May 17th. Solon. Don't let the children suffer, j If they are fretful, peevish and cross, give thern Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. The best baby tonic known. Strength and health tollow its use. 35 cents. A. H. Boyett. Selma DrugCo. PINE LEVEL DOTS. Mr. B. L. Strickland, of Bat tleboro, was in town Sunday. We are glad to have Mr. Rich ard Aycock back in town again. Mr. B. Godwin is erecting a store building on south Railroad Street. Messrs. N. M. Gurley, G. C. Futrell and George Watson went to Selma Sunday. Miss Effie Starling entertained ijuite a number of her friends j Saturday night from 8 to 11. After all had partaken of the delicious refreshments which the charming hostess served they returned to their homes with many pleasant memories of a most delightful occasion. N. M. G. A Creeping Death. Blood poison creeps up to wards the heart, causing death. J. E. Stearns, BellePlaine,Minn., writes that a friend dreadfully in jured his hand, which swelled up like blood poisoning. Bucklen s Arnica Salve drew out the poison, healed the wound, and saved his life. Best in the world for burns and sores. 25c at Ilood Bros., drug store. POLENTA NEWS. Shiloh Sunday School will pic nic at Moore's Bridge Saturday. There will be preaching at Elizabeth next Sunday morning by the pastor, Hev. Mr. Fisher. Kev. Mr. Townsend, the pastor, preached a most excellent sermon at Shiloh Sunday morning to a large congregation. Too wet to plow, grass grow ing, crops in bad condition. In j some places cotton drowned out. Short crops almost certain. Mr. J. \V. Myatt's wheat crop is a tine one and will make an excellent turn out. Mr. Myatt is! one of the most successful wheat j growers we have. A goodly number of our young folks attended a pic-nic at Bushy Branch, in the White Oak sec tion, Saturday. They report that the day was spent most pleasantly. The storm Friday evening was the severest we have had for many years, doing considerable damage to the crops and timber lands, though we have heard of no one being hurt by it. At one time the cloud presented an ex ceedingly ugly and threatening attitude, so much so that many were badly frightened during its worst period. At one time it was violent and furious, and for a while it looked as if great de struction of life and property would be the result. At Mr. J no. Ellington's plaee a large oak tree was blown down, falling on one of his barns, crushing it in, and came very near killing two of his line mules. At Mr. Claud Sanders' twenty-one large oaks in his grove were blown down, besides every fruit tree he had was blown up by the roots. At Mr. Iiansom Penny's a number of trees were uprooted, besides much other damage was done. Mr. Penny says he lost heavily in destruction of tine timber. There is no doupt but what otners have likewisesuffered. Mr. Jno. Tomlinson estimates his damage to his crops at live hun- j dred dollars. Mr. H. M. Barber] says he can't now look for more ] than a half crop of cotton as the j hail virtually ruined his crop, j and not only his but those ad joining him. Others report heavy damage and cotton crop in de plorable condition. In the sandy section it is drowned out and cannot be expected to do much. Typo. Mr. Duke's Bequests. The late Washington Duke left about $00,000 for religious and i charitable purposes. Of this amount $10,000 was given to the North Carolina Methodist conference?$5,000 to home mis sions and $5,000 to provide a fund for taking care of the aged and infirm ministers of the con ference. $10,000 was left to the Western North Carolina con ference to be used for similar purposes. He also bequeathed $8,000 to the Watts Hospital at Durham, $8,000 to the Oxford Orphan Apylutn and the same amount to the Methodist orphan age at Raleigh. In the dispo sition of his wealth Mr. Duke did not forget the colored race. He! left $5,000 to Kittrell Institute and $2,500 each to North Caro lina African and Western North Carolina African Methodist con ferences. The remainder of his large estate, amounting to about one million dollars, was left to his relatives the bulk of it being given to his two sons, B. N. and J. B. Duke. Rattling With the Moros. Manila, May 15.?Fierce fight ing has been going on the last two weeks on the island of Jolo between the outlaw Moro chief, Pala, with GOO well-armed fol lows and troops under the personal command of Maj, Gen. Leonard Wood. Bala's losses thus far are 300 killed, while those of Gen. Wood are seven killed and 10 wounded. Bala, and his remaining followers, in ac cordance with Moro tradition, prefer death to capture. ARCHER DOTS. We regret to learn that Mrs. Robert H. Green is seriously ill. We are sorry to learn of the serious illness of Mrs. Rherebe Griswold. Mrs. Rufus Ratton, of Selma, spent last week with her son, Mr. Atlas Ratton. Messrs. W. R. Royett and J. A. Wall made a business trip to Raleigh this week. Mrs. L). I'arrish, of Shotwell, visited her father, Mr. W. R. Carroll, last week. Miss Ida Castleberry has re turned from a visit to her sister, Mrs. I. S. Bagwell, at Raleigh. Mr. Robert A. Wall, secretary aud treasurer oi the Clayton Oil Mills, was in our midst Sunday. Mrs. J. R. Wall returned home Sunday from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Troy A. Bran ham, at Raleigh. The ball game Saturday after noon resulted in a score of 21 to 1 in favor of the Barnes X Roads team. The other team was the Williamson team. Rev. A. A. Pippin preached a very good sermon at White Oak Sunday afternoon to an unusual ly large and attentive audience. His advice to whiskey drinkers and cigarette smokers was very good. Last Friday afternoon a ter rible cyclonic storm passed through our community. The damage to orchards and fences was great. Some small out houses were blown down. Old people say it was the worst wind in this section in a long time. The fury of the tempest lasted about 30 minutes with but little rain; the wind then began to abate and a large rain followed. May 1G. S. L. W. Do not forget that Dr. Seth Arnold's Balsam is the best known Remedy for all Bowel Complaints. Warrented by Hood Bros. Wrote a Letter After Sixty Years. Before the war between the states, large numbers of people from North Carolina went South and West in search of richer lands and better places to live. Before the days of railroads they went, sometimes only one family but usually several families together, on wagons and carts and were in most cases weeks getting to their destination. Among those who went from Johnston county was Joseph Allen from the lower part of the county. He had recently married Beedv Whittenton and the young couple started out to find a fortune in the far South. Nobody ever heard from them and their relations feared some misfortune had befallen them. The years went by until more than sixty had passed and nearly all their acquaintances had gone to the great beyond. All of Mrs. Allen's nine brothers and sisters have died. A short time ago she wrote a letter addressed to the sheriff of Johnston county, Smithfleld, N. C., which was forwarded to Mr. James W. Whittenton, the jeweler at Benson, a nephew of hers. She wrote that she lived with her daughter and son-in-law at Sterling, Texas, and is now eighty seven years old. She in quired about her relatives as if she had been gone only a year or two. Particular inquiry was made about one of her brothers who died before the civil war forty five years ago. Mr. Whit tenton remembers hearing his father speak of his aunt who left here when his father was a small boy and never had been beard from. The letter was a great surprise to Mr. Whittenton. Cleared tor Action. When the body is cleared for action, bv Br. King's New Life Pills, you can tell it by the bloom of health on the cheeks; the brightness of the eyes; the firm ness of the Hesh and muscles; the buoyancy of the mind. Try them. At Hood Bros, drug store, 25c. | SELMA NEWS. Miss Mat tie Ellington, of Man chester, Va , is on a visit to Mrs. W. H. Call. Our graded school closes on Friday, the 19th, a very success ful session. The superintendent and teachers for next year will be elected Monday, the 22nd. Wednesday Mrs. J. A. Spiers who was giving her little boy some calomel tablets, by mistake gave him two morphine tablets. Frompt medical attention saved the little fellow. The storm last Friday blew up a lot of trees and the heavi est loss to property was the blowing down of Mr. C. Godwin's chimney to his new house which in falling knocked some of the roof off. The rain fall was 3% inches. I)r, Noble went to Goldsboro Wednesday to meet his brother. Prof. M. C. S. Noble, who left Wilmington that day for New York. He will leave New York Saturday for Europe where he will study the methods of teach ing over there. He will be away till September. Last Monday while shifting cars in the new yard near Selma the shifting engine knocked down and ran over a colored woman named Martilla Grays, the wife of William Grays who is serving a sentence on the Wilson county roads for larceny, crush ing her leg below the knee and badly bruising her hips. Drs. Noble and Person were called in and amputated the limb above the knee. She was doing as well as could be expected Wednesday afternoon. About a year ago Mr. D. T. Massey had a shoat to get away from liim and all efforts to catch him failed. He was in the swamp near the Cotton Mills and woula not be caught. This spring he began making raids on Dr. Noble's potato bed and doing damage generally. After watch ing for the hog several nights Mr. Bradley Pearce our assist ant Post master and Mr. James Sullivan, who was on Dr. Noble's farm, ran up with him. Bradley's dog caught him but could not hold him but held him long enough to let Sullivan come up with him and shoot him. The hog weighed when dressed two hundred and forty-four pounds. In the race Mr. Pearce fell over a barbed wire fence cutting his leg right much and has been lame since. As Mr. Massey had offered half of the hog to any one to kill him, Sullivan and Pearce made a right good thing of it. Selma Votes Dry. Selma, N. C., May 15.?Pro hibition aH against the dispen sary won out at the election held here today by a vote of 58 to 50. The election passed off quietly, there being no friction. The vote cast was full, only four of the registered voters not voting. Al though the vote shows a small majority, still those who voted to keep the dispensary here ex pressed themselves as being will ing to do all in their power to make prohibition a success in the town ?News and Observer. Bible and Flag Presentation. Benson Council, No. 137, Jr. 0. U. A. M., will on the 25th inst., at 3 p. m., present to the Benson Graded School a Bible and flag, with appropriate cere monies. The address of presen tation will be made by Hon. George E. Hood, Mayor of Golds boro, N. C. All Juniors of good standing are invited to attend, and par ticipate in the above exercises. Fraternally, W. C. Woodall, Councilor. Father ot 27 Children Dead. New York, May 15.?Joseph Lewis, 104 years of age, is dead at his home here, ffe served with two sons throughout the civil war. Iiewis was the father of twenty-seven children.
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