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VOL.24. SMITHFIELD, N. C.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1905. NO. 88
AVENGED HER AT
NAHUNTA BRIDGE1
Mob Lynches Negro in ,
Greene County.
EFFORT TO ASSAULT1
i
Positively Identified by the Lady
Whose Life He Would Have
Made One Long Horror. He
He was Taken From Of
ficers and Put to
Death. i
LaGrange, N. C., Oct. 17.?
Word has just been received that i
Charles Roney, a young negro,
was lynched Friday night at
Nahunta Bridge near Bullhead,
in Greene County, for attempted
assault upon a whiteladyThurs
day night.
The negro was arrested and
taken before the lady who posi
tively identified him 1
The officers started with him 1
to Snow Hill, but were halted at 1
the bridge by a mob who took
the prisoner from them and put 1
him to death; but the manner in |
which he was killed cannot now ,
be ascertained.
Roney was arrested on the
charge of a similar crime about a ,
year ago in Wayne county, but1
was not convicted.?News ami
4 ibserver. I
Later Sheriff Warren, of Snow
Hill, substantiates the story of 1
the lvnchiug of Charles Roney.' I
The negro accomplished his '
purpose, the victim being a lady 1
of sixty years. The lynchers
took hiui from the sheriff, who <
does not know what disposal I il
was made of him; but from :
another source we learn that <
they placed him in a sack, sunk
him in a pond and tired into the
bodv. 1
J ; i
Dosed The Wrong One,
A young lady who lives inside
the corporate limits of tne town,
says the Lexington Dispatch!
went into a drug store in Lexing- '
ton the other day and after some 1
_ hesitation asked a clerk how to '
take a dose of castor oil without 1
tasting it. The clerk fooled 1
around a little while, and then
asked her if she would like a ;
glass of lemonade. Of course, j ,
she would. Then he wanted to i \
know if she tasted oil!" she ex-11
claimed. "Did you put it in the ,
lemonade?" He told her he had. ]
"O, Lord! I wanted it for my j
brother," she groaned, as she
began to sprint for home. The
clerk is still hiding out.?Fx.
A Dinner to Bryan (
Tokio, Oct. 17.?The dinner ,
given by the Japan-American
Society at Maple Club last even- .
ing in honor of W?,J. Bryan, was f
an eminent success.
Baron Kaneko presided. Mr. !
Bryan evidently enjoyed the pure .
Japanese style of entertainment.
He said that the historic cor- i
diality of both nations had fully f
demonstrated both by word and
action.
Mr. Bryan will be entertained {
at luncheon tomorrow by Court J
< Ikuma, leader of the I'rogressi ve .
l'arty, ami also will address the .
students of the Wasera Uni- f
uersity. '
Full ol Traffic Meaning.
are these lines from J. 11. Sim- *
mons, of Casey, la. Thiuk what |
might have resulted from his e
terrible cough if he had not k
taken the medicine about which '
he writes: "I had a fearful t
cough, that disturbed my night's fi
rest. I tried everything, but c
nothing would relieve it, until I v
took Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption. Coughs and
.Colds, which completely cured t
me." Instantly relieves and r
permanently cures all throat and t
lung diseases; prevents grip and I
pneumonia. At Hood Hros., 1
druggists, guaranteed; 50c and I
$1.00. Trial bottle free. 1
CLAYTON NOTES.
?? 1
Miss mattie Gullev is still
improving.
The cotton mill will close
Thursday for the Fair.
Bid you see what York Watson
said about prohibition last?
Miss Sidney Gower is hereon!
a visit to her sister, Mrs. W. A. 1
Barnes.
Mrs. John S. Barnes and chit
dren, of Sznifhfield, are visiting
here this week.
School will be closed Thursday
to allow the students and teach
ers to attend the fair.
Next week we will tell you
about our folks who were fleeced
at the great State Fair.
Mr. .Jesse Battle, of St. Louis,
spent a part of this week here
the guest of Mr. Ashley Horne.
Sorry to disappoint you but
the only dews we have this week
is State Fair news and you've
already had that.
The ordinance of baptism was
administered at the Baptist
church Sunday night to fifteen
candidates, by Rev. C. W. Blanch
ard.
Well it was a sight to behold
to see the crowds that left here
for the fair. Our people are very
enthusiastic over such things.
Another teacher for the inter
mediate department of Clayton
high school seems to indicate
that things are moving along jn
the right direction.
Prof. Lindsey tells us that his
busiuess class is in a very pros
perous condition uud that the
aut-look is bright for a much
larger class for 190(>.
The "slump" in cotton has
?aused the farmers of this sec
tion to be somewhat depressed.
Nine cents is a very fair price for
cotton, but ten is better.
Mr. D.J. Yelvington has a pear
tree two years old that bore
twenty-five pears this season,
averaging one pound and a
quarter each. One pear weigbine
twenty-one ounces.
We learn that Cad Pool one of
the convicts on Clayton roads,
made his "disappearance" re
cently. His time would have
bwn out in March and as it is
if he is caught, it means quite a
long term yet.
If whiskey is handled in Clay
ton at all now, the handlers are
sly about it. The authorities
Sere have been right straight
oebind the officers and if they
ion t watch our officers they will
Save them in the toils.
Y'elir.
As to Mistakes."
Under the above heading a
fontemporary has the following
?Tu ,i'8 a tami'iar experience
"?7vu new8PaPer publishers:
VV hen men cease to make
mistakes, when machinerv is per
ect, when mails are regular, we
^resume that every subscriber of
'very paper will receive a perfect
'opy on time. Until that time
ve must all be content to do the 1
'est we can. We mention this 1
lecause within the past two '
veeks two subscribers have sent '
jetulant notes written on im- '
perfect copies of their paper We
?egret it; but there is no need for
hem to resent it and send back !
he papers without giving us 1
heir address. If an imperfect 1
opy reaches you or if your pa- '
)er does not come, drop us a '
?oatnl saying so, give your full
iddress and another will be sent
iromptly. We avoid mistakes '
is much as possible because it is \
food business to do it. When
ie make them, however, we like
o have a chance to correct them; '
tnd we like to have our attention
ailed to them in a gentlemanly
ray."
JOvcry bottle warranted, but 1
lot one returned, is the report I
egarding Dr. Seth Arnold's I
jalsam (the best Hummer 1
vemedy) from a large number of I
'ruggists in the South. This i
lalsam is warranted to you bv i
lood Bros J <
f
kenly notes
Mr. and Mrs. R H.Alfordwent
to Wilson Monday.
Mr. J. L. Hinnant made a busi
ness trip to Wilson Tuesday.
I)r. J.C. Grady made a busi
ness trip to Goldsboro Tuesday.
Mrs. Jno. G. High and Miss
Emma Matthews spent Satur
day in Wilson.
I)r. G. A. Hood, of Benson,
spent a few days here this week
with friends.
Miss Emma Matthews spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
relatives in Smithfleld.
A goodly number of the people
here have or wili attend the
state fair this week.
Mr. Walter Morris, of Society
Hill, S. C., came Tuesday to
spend some time with friends
here.
Miss Lillian Edgerton, of Guil
ford College, came Saturday to
spend a few days visiting rela
tives here.
Miss Pennie Outlaw, of Golds
boro who has been spending
some time here with her sister,
Mrs. J. C. Grady, returned home
Tuesday.
Messrs. W. L. Hooks and D. T.
Perkins went to Pi' Ville Tues
day to attend a picnic and In
stilation of a new council of the
Jr. O. U. A. M.
Rev. Dr. R. H. Whitaker, of
Raleigh, pastor of the Methodist
church here will begin a series of
meetings in that church next
Sunday, Oct. 22nd.
Miss Lillian Edgerton, of Guil
ford College, who has been spend
ing several days with relatives
here, went to Goldsboro Wednes
day, to visit relatives there.
Oct. 18. Rex
Export of Arms Forbidden.
Washington, Oct. 17.-Expor
tation of arms, ammunition and
munitions of war of every kind ;
from any port of the L uited
States and Porto Rico to any (
port of the Dominican Republic,
is prohibited by a presidential
proclamation issued from the
State Department today. Ac
companying the proclamation
is an explanatory memorandum
to the effect that this action has
been taken after consultation .
with the Dominican government,
with their concurrence and is in
tended to assist them in the en
forcement of their regulations
designed to prevent the perennial
revolutionists of the island from
getting warlike supplies.
I
Train Loads of Mud
Train loads of muck are being
shipped from Fish lake, Laporte
Co., by the Swift Company, of (
Chicago, to be used in their ferti- (
lizer works. It seems strange to (
carry train loads of black mud (
100 miles, but it is a profitable t
business and is rapidly growing. (
Some day, we predict, the rich, j
black soil in the Mississippi delta ,
will be carried up the river to be j
spread out again on the worn |
fields of Ohio, Indiana and other
states, from which it has been ;
washed, to renew and strengthen (
the soil ?Indiana Farmer.
The death roll to the credit of {
careless hunters is rapidly grow- ,
ing. When will a man wait long
enough before shooting to find
jut whether it is a deer or a calf *
jr a man he is aiming at? A law .
which would be strictly enforced
is what is needed, or as someone
proposes let every hunter take
jut a license, showing that he
has sense enough not to lose hie
head and so take a life.?Select- ,
**? ,
New Cure For Cancer, J
All surface cancers are now 1
known to be curable, by Buck- <
leu's Arnica Halve. Jas Wal- t
ters, of Duftield, Va , writes: "I t
had a cancer on my lip for years, s
that seemed incurable, till Buck- i
len's Arnica Salve healed it, and j
now it is perfectly well." Guar 1
rnteed cure for cuts and burns, j 1
ir.u at Hood Bros, drug store. j i
KICKED OUT of saloon
Asheville Saloon Keeper Arrested
tor Alleged Assault on Mrs.
Kate Wiggins, ot the Salva
tion Army.
Aabeville, October 14.?A. A.
Featherstone, a saloon-keeper of
this city, was arrested this after
noon, charged with an assault
on Mrs. Kate Wiggins, a mem
ber of the Salvation Army, now
carrying on work in Asheville.
It is said that Mrs. Wiggius went
into the saloon to take up a col
lection to aid in the work, when
she was forcibly ejected. The
trial is set for Monday, and the
Salvation Army people have em
ployed Frank Carter, a nromi
uent attorney of Asheville, to
prosecute the saloon-keeper.
The affair will probably be large
ly attended and of a sensational
nature. Mrs. Wiggins claims the
saloon-keeper kicked her. Ad
jutant Wiggins, the husband,
declared tonight that he intend
ed to push the prosecution to
the limit.?Charlotte Observer.
Parable on Tobacco.
Then shall the kiogdom of
Satan be like unto u grain of
tobacco seed?which is the least
of all seeds; but which, when cast
into the ground, grows and be
comes a large, ugly, nasty green
weed, and becomes the habita
tion of large, ugly and nasty
green worms. And it came to
pass that the sons of men did
rob these worms of their diet,
by plucking the leaves thereof,
and they pressed the leaves into
plugs, and they chewed the plugs
in their mouths, and they were
seized with a violent spitting,
and they spit on ladies' carpets,
and some did even defile the
house of the most high God with
their violent spitting. Others
cuuningly wrought the leaves
into rolls, and setoneend thereof
on fire, and they smoked the rolls
in their mouths, and the smoke
of them ascended forever and
ever. Others ground the leaves
into fine powder, and they snuff
ed the powder into their nostrils,
and they were seized with fits,
and did look exceedingly silly
while they did sneeze with one
ferribleand mighty sneeze. And
it came to pass that the Lord
God looked upon the sons of men
and said, "Why this foolishness
and waste? Put this evil from
you and I will bless you. and ye
shall be my people and I will be j
your God." Then did the sons ,
of men lift up their voice and |
say, "Oh! Lord! Bo bless us; ,
but we cunnot cease from our ,
chewing, puffing and snuffing." ,
Then Satan saith, "Amen."?By
H. B. Sherman.
A check for #17,331.50, being
the balance of the fine of $22,- .
400 imposed at a recent term of
the February court at Charlotte '
an I). L Ary, the wealthy Salis- J
!>ury distiller who pleaded guilty
of defrauding the government, *
oas been countersigned by Judge
Boyd. It was drawn by Clerk {
K. C. Cowles to the order of Col- 1
ector H. S. Harkius. Ary is in ?
Salisbury jail serving out his '
:erm of three months imprison- J
nent.
General James I). Glenu, a
brother of Governor Glenn, died
Wednesday morning. This in- i
erfered with the plans of the f
rovernor with regard to some t
things connected with the State 1
fair. i
?" ?
Don't Borrow Trouble t
It is a bad habit to borrow any- r
liing, but the worst thing you
;an possibly borrow, is trouble, v
When sick, sore, heavy, weary I
ind worn-out by the pains and t
ooisons of dyspepsia, bilious- t
less, Bright'sdisease, and sitni
ar internal disorders, don't sit
lown and brood over your symp- a
oms, but fly for relief to Elec k
ric Bitters. Here you will find c
lure and permanent forgetful 1
less of all yout troubles, and t
;our body will not be burdened c
oy a load of debt disease. At J
iood Bros, drug store. Price f
>0c. Guaranteed. <
ARCHER LODGE NEWS.
Sorry to say that Mr. U. Enuis
is sick.
Mr \V. T. Hiuton is having hie
house remodeled.
Messrs. J. I. Baanes and J. M.
Hinton were home Sunday.
Several of our people attended
the Van Arnburg Show at Smith
Held last Friday.
Mr. K. H. Biggs sold a barn of
tobacco in Wilson last Thursday |
which averaged $17 per huudrea. I
Miss Hattie Wall left Mpnday
to spend some time with her sis
ter Mrs. Troy A. Branham, of
Raleigh.
Services at Salem Sunday were
held in the new church. Elder J.
A. T. Jones preached to a large
and appreciative audience.
Mr. W. Thad Woodard, of
Smithfield has been elected prin
cipal of the school at Earp's
School House for the winter
term.
The Misses Hall and Miss Kit
tie (Julley, of Clayton, were the
guest of honor at the entertain
ment given by Misses Lessle and
Iantha Barnes Saturday evening.
The school at Archer Academy
will open Nov. 6, with Mr. E. j
Liles as principal. Mr. Liles is a
teacher of several years experi
ence and we welcome him as a
teacher.
S. L. W.
Crime and Saloons.
Crime and saloons go hand in
hand. The selling of liquor is
only one of the evils of the saloon
and some people think it is the
least of its evils, it is a well
known fact that saloons are the
resorts, the gathering place, the
rendezvous of men who violate
the law. The fancy saloons,
where the clerk is noted for his
big diamond shirt stud and the
flashing diamond on his flugtr,
is the resort of the high rollers 1
who are given to what they call
high-grade gambling. The or
dinary saloon is where ordinary
criminals meet. The dives are
where the worst criminals plan
their deeds of lawlessness. And
they make the saloon their pla
ces of meeting often without the
knowledge of the saloon-keeper
that they use his place for plot
ting evil and wrong and without
the knowledge of law-abiding
men who frequent saloons only
to buy whiskey. Young men
who "go wrong" are often drawn
into gambling, debaucuerv base
crimes by the associations they
make in saloons. When the
saloons are shut up, therefore,
crime of all sorts naturally de
creases.?News and Ooserver.
Mule Killed Sheriff.
Clinton, N. C., Oct. 18.?L. T.
Peterson, deputy sheriff of Samp
jon county, was kicked by a
nule, which he was currying at
7:30 o'clock this morning and
iied instantly.
The deceased was ayoungman
ind unmarried. He carried life
nsurance to the amount of $3,
>00. The remains of Mr Peter
ion will be buried Thursday from
;he Baptist church with Jr. O.
J. A. M. ceremonies.?Raleigh |
Post. |
The Shelby graded school build- |
ng and the piano and school (
urnlture was destroyed by Are
it 1:30 o'clock Friday morning.
The Are originated in about the
eutre of the building, which was .
i large two-story frame struc- \
iUre and the building burned (
apidly. I
The loss was about $8,000, <
nth insurance of $2 ">00." A
arge modern brick structure will
?e erected iu Its stead as soon as
he work can be begun.
Plans to Get Rich. ^
,re often frustrated by sudden i
>reakdown, due to dyspepsia or
onstipation. Brace up and take '
)r. King's New Life Pills. They
ake out the materials which are <
'logging your energies, and give i
rou a new start. Cure headache
ind dizziness too. At Hood Bros,
irug store; ?3c., guaranteed. i
I ~~ '
The Agricultural Courseas Taught
at A. A M. College
Editor the hekald:
The young mar. of today who
! intends farming as a vocation
j has infinitely greater advantages
j than did his father before him.
| This is due to three reasons, viz:
1; The great variety of useful
aod labor savin* machinery for
i the farm. 2. I different grades of
fertilizers intelligently prepared
to suit all crops. 3. The advan
tage of a thorough agricultural
education if he desires it.
It is of the latter that I shall
write. The agricultural course
as taught by the Agricultural &
Mechanical College of this state
is a very great advantage to the
young man who aspires to be a
successful tiller of the soil.
Any one taking the couse is
learned the most scientific meth
ods of farming?is learned to
"mix brains with the soil." In
addition to being taught agri cul
ture, stock-raising, dairying and
horticulture, the student is in
structed in the several sciences.
Such as Chemistry, Botony, Ento
mology, etc.
The college is well equipped for
the agriculture course. The col
lege farm contains about six hun
dred acres and is being brought
to a high state of cultivation"
Only the most up-to-date meth
ods of farming areemployed and
the student of agriculture thus
learns how to farm by seeing it
done. The farm is well stocked
with pure bred Berkshire hogs
and well selected dairy cattle.
The new Agricvltural Building
has just been completed and
students will now have much
better advantages than hereto
fore.
The new building is thus describ
ed in the September Red and
White.
"The Agricultural Building an
imposing structure of brown
pressed brick is nearly completed.
When completed the "cost will be
nearly $100,000, the heating
plant and plumbing alone cost
ing $8,000. The building is
equipped with all modern con
veniences. A ten ton ice plant,
made by the York Company, of
Pennsylvania, supplies twelve
cold storage rooms. The dairy,
ice plant, heatiDg plant, etc. will
be in the basement, while on the
first and second floors will be
class rooms laboratories, offices,
etc. When fully equipped the
building will be the finest agri
cultural building in the South.
S. Eldridge,
West Raleigh.
At Masseys School.
On the 14th, day of October,
we closed our union Sunday
School with a picnic.
The Saint Johns class took
rounds with our singing. The
attractions were music by one
class and then the other and
essays by Misses Sarah Strick
land and Sarah J. .Joyner and
speachs by Miss Julia Williams,
and Messers J. A. Welions and
Walter Edgerton. For dinner
we had opossum, squirrel, fish
and a plenty of other eatables.
After dinner we had siugiug and
a long speach by Rev. Davis
Wiggins. The weather was
good and the children were quiet
and we had a good time. Late
In ths day we sung God be with
you till we meet again and went
borne the happiest crowd I ever
law.
W. B. Joyner,
Superintendent of the ecuools.
A charter h is been issued for
the High Point Roll and Panel
Jo., with a capital of $7o,000
ay J. H. Willis, W J. McAnallv,
IN. P. Ragan and others.
He kept op in the Race.
James 8. Burn in. President Manches
ler Cotton Mill*. Kock Hill, s C
ivrltm:
"In IknH I painted niy residence with
Li. A M. It loots better than a ureal
nany houaes painted three years ajp>
Don't pay 91 nO a gallon for linaeed
M. which you do In ready for u*e
;>aint.
Buy oil (resh froin the barrel at BO
?ents per gallon, ami mix it with Long
man A Martinez. I,. A M. Paint.
Wears and covers Ilk.' imld
Kver.v Church (jiven a libe?al <|iiantity
when bought from W VI ,s.,? |..r?
Smlthfleld, E. I, Hall * Br.. Den toll