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VOL.24. SMITHFIELD. N.C.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 3 5, 1005. NO. 41
THE MERIWETHER CASE
He is Acquitted of The Charge
of Manslaughter.
To be Confined In the Naval Acade
my Grounds One Vear and Pub
licly Reprimanded
Washington, Dec. 12.?Mid
shipman Minor Meriwether, Jr..)
who was tried by court martial
for causing the death ol Midship
man Branch, has been sentenced
to confinement to the limits of
the naval academy for a period
of one year, and to be publicly
reprimanded by the Secretary of
the Navy.
Secretary Bonaparte has order
ed that the sentence be carried
out, but that so much of the
penalty as would debar the ac
cused from serving on any prac- j
tice ship attached to the acade
my be remitted.
Representative Broussard, of
Louisiana, who had a conference
with the Secretary this morning
regardiug the case, after reading
the findings, announced that he
was entirely satisfied with them, i
Midshipman Meriwether was
acquitted of the charge of man
slaughter and found guilty of the
other two charges, namely vio
lation of the third clause of the
eighth article for the government!
of the navy, which prohibits)
midshipman from engaging in |
fisticuffs and conduct to the!
prejudice of good order and dis
cipline.
Of the sehtence the secretary
says:
"The department has no diffi
culty in holding that this sentence
is amply justified by the offence
committed. There is indeed room
for some doubt whether the
punishment imposed might not
have justly been made more se
vere, but as to this the depart
ment need express no opinion. In
one respect, however, it seems
proper that the sentence should
be mitigated so as to permit the
accused to participate in the
next annual practice cruise."
Tar Heels Fare Well on Com
mittee Jobs.
Washington, I). C. Dec. 11.?
The North Carolina delegation
fared well in the distribution of
committee assignments in the
House today. The State landed
four new committees, namely:
Territories, Insular Affairs, Inva
lid Pensions, and Indian Affairs.
The committees of the North
Carolinians line up as follows:
Small?Postoffices, Expendi
tures on Public Buildings.
Claude Kitchin?Indian Affairs,
Claims, Elections.
Thomas-Library, Public Build
ings.
Pou?District of Columbia, He
form in Civil Service.
William Kitchin?Naval Affairs
Manufactures.
Patterson?Merchant Marine,
Census.
Pa?Insular Affairs, Expendi-1
tures in Interior Department.
Blackburn?District of Colum
bia.
Webb-Education Patents, Ter
ritories.
Gudger-Invalid Pensions, Alco
holic Liquor Traffic.
It will be observed that Repre
sentative Blackburn returns to
the Committee on District of
Columbia, thus giving the State,
with Mr. Pou. two members on
that body. Mr. Small has left
Merchant Marine and goes to .
Postoffices, Mr. Patterson land
ing the former assignment.?Ex
change.
A Peartul Fate.
It is a fearful fate to have to
endure the terrible torture of
Piles. "1 can truthfully say,"
writes Harry Colson, of Mason
ville, la., "that for Blind, Bleed-j
ing, Itching and Protruding
Piles, Bucklen's Arnica Salve,
Arnica Salve, is the best cure
made." Also best for cuts, burns
and Inlnrics. 25e at Hood lPos.1
druggists. I
GENERAL NEWS.
Attorney General Moody has
instructed the eighty five United
States District Attorneys to vig
ilantly enforce the Klkins law
against rebates and discrimina
tions by railroads.
The engagement of Miss Alice
Roosevelt to Congressman Long
worth, of Ohio, has been an
nounced from the White House.
The wedding will take place in
February.
John M. Gearin, Democrat,
has been appointed U. S. Sena
tor from Oregon to succeed the
late Senator Mitchell. He is the
first Democratic Senator from
Oregon since 1878.
At Lindsay, Pa., Tuesday
morning the six children of Wii
liam Morgan and wife burned to
death and the parents were bad
ly burned in their distracted at
tempts to save them.
Charles F. Peabody was made
President of the Mutual Life In
surance Company, of New York.
Wednesday to succeed Richard
A. McCurdy, resigned. His salary
will be f 50,000 per year.
James Russell Parsons, United
States consul general to the City
of Mexico, was killed there last
week. He was driving in a car
riage which was run into by a
street car. Parsons was instant
ly killed.
Nine persons were killed and
eleven train employees and eight
passengers injured in the wreck
of the Overland Limited passen
ger train No. 2, on the Union
Pacific, fivp miles west of Rock
Springe, Wyoming, last week.
Driven out by hunger from the
Apennines, which are covered j
with enow, and attracted by the J
springlike mildness oftheclimatef
on the plains, packs of wolves
have ventured to the suburbs of
Rome and are causing alarm. [
Rands of volunteers have been
sent out to exterminate them.
General Kuroki and staff made
a triumphal entry into lokio
Saturday morninp. There was
a preat demonstration of enthu- j
siasm, and General Kuroki's re
ception was specially note
worthy in view of the fact that
he was the winner of the initial
victory on land in the recent war.
President Harvie Jordan, of
the Southern Cotton Association,
has issued a call for a peneral
convention of farmers, bankers,
merchants, and others throuph
out the South, to be held at New
Orleans January 11th, 12th and
13th, 1900. The object of the
convention will be to discuss the
crop of 1900, trade relations
between producers and spinners,
extendinp the market for Ameri
can cotton and holdinp the un
sold balance ol tue present cot
ton crop for fifteen cents a pound.
The investipation of the life
insurance companies continue to
brinp results. It. A. McCurdy,
president of the Mutual Life of
New York, who consented to a
reduction of salary from $ 150,
000 a year to $75,000, has since
resipned, and Senator Depew, a
director in the Equitable, nas al
so resipned. Both men po out
in very bad cdor. They doubt
less deserve punishment, which
will not be imposed, but there is
satisfaction in knowinp they are
no lonper quartered on the inno
cent policyholders.
The House of Conpiess Thurs
day voted $11,000,000 to carry
on the work of the Panama ca
nal. The amount was a compro
mise between the $16,500,000
carried in the bill under consid
eration and an estimate of some
tbinp over $6,000,000 recom
mended by Mr. Williams, the
Democratic leader, to carry on
the work until the middle of Jan
uary. Mr. Hepburn, in charpe
of the bill, suppested that some
thing! over $11,000,000 would
carry on the work until March.
The Senate passed the bill Tues
day.
Insurance Commissioner Young
reports that the business last
year of the life insurance com
panies chartered by North Caro
lina amounted to #4,604,600
and it will be vastly greater this
year.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Defendants in Whiskey Cases
Plead Guilty.
Other Cases Disposed ot?One Ne
gro Sent to Pen for Ten Years
?Others Go to Roads.
The December term of Johnston
County Superior Court convened
Monday afternoon with Judge
j Michael Hoke Justice presiding.
The State is represented by Soli
citor Armistead Jones.
The following grand jury was
drawn and sworn in: Z. L. Le
May, foreman, J. C. Wiggs,
Robert Parrish, A. R. Duncan,
W. C. Walton, Eli S. Turlington,
E. J. Clifton, Arthur E. Lee. G. S.
Cable, Ben Mathews, I. H. John
son, E. S. Sanders, Minson Bare
foot, N. I. Driver, J. M. Stancill,
F. L. Gnswold, T. J. Mashburn
and Ransom Hales. S. H. Bag
ley appointed officer of the grand
jury.
Mr. Charles Hubert Martin
came before the court and pre
sented his license as a lawver.
On motion of Mr. E VV. Pou he
was sworn in and admitted to
the bar.
Of the cases on the criminal
docket we note the following that
had been disposed of up to Wed
nesday night:
Jim Wynne, Crawford Liles
and IJora Liles were convicted of
an assault with deadly weapon
on Oscar Melvin. Jim Liles was
sent to the Clayton roads for a
term of eight months, Crawford
Liles was fined .ft25 and taxed
with two thirds of the costs and
Dora Liles taxed with the other
third.
Crawford Liles and Durgan
Liles were found guilty of a nui
sance?the nuisance being the use
of profane and vulgar language ?
on the streets of Benson. Dur
gan was fined ftlO and costs, and
judgment suspended in the case
of Crawford.
Crawford Liles was found guilty
of an assault with deadly weap
on and judgment suspended up
on payment of the costs.
1. B. Hudson plead guilty to
the charge of retailing without
license. He was fined ftlOO and
taxed with the costs. A. B. Hud
son, Haywood Lucas, H. M.
Hodges and Wilson Allen each
charged with the same offense.
Each plead guilty and the same
fine was placed on them, except
as to Wilson Allen who was fined
ftl50. In addition to the fine
and costs each of the five defen
dants were placed under a ftBOO
bond requiring them to appear
at each term of the court for two
years and show that they had
not dealt in whiskey in any way
Allen, Hodges and Lucas each
had two cases, but judgment was
suspended on the payment of
costs in the second case.
Fletcher Austin plead guilty
of retailing hard cider, and
judgment suspended on payment
ot the costs. in tnis case Mr.
Austin sold cider upon the ad
vice of counsel who informed him
that it would not be in violation
of the law. At the last term of
court the grandjury presented
bills of indictment for retailing
without license. As there was
no evidence that he had dealt in
whiskey at all the cases against
him were dismissed on the pay
ment of the costs.
In the case of L. M. Ryals who
was indicted for retailing with
out license there was no evidence
of wilful violation of the law and
the case was dismissed on the
payment of costs. This was a
case in which iMr. Ryals ordered
some whiskey for other parties
and took the money to pay for
it, without intending or thinking
he was violating the law.
There were Beven indictments
brought against J. P. (ilover for
retailing without license. He
submitted and was fined flOO
and costs in one case and judg
ment was suspended in the others.
It seems that (Rover had pro
cured government license and
sold brandy in violation of the
State laws.
I .J. M. Watson was found guiitj
of larceny and sentenced to 18
months in the penitentiary. VV.
M. Smith was also convicted of
stealing aud given a live months
term on the roads.
James Wilson was fined $10
and costs for carrying concealed
weapons.
M. M. Sugg and A. W. Hodges
were found guilty of an affray.
Judgment was suspended on
each and Hodges taxed with the
costs.
Pearly Watson, a 17-year old
negro, was found guilty of an as
sault to commit rape, his victim
being an eleven-year-old negro
girl, and sentenced to the peni
tentiary for ten years.
For stealing an ox and cow
Rufus Denning must serve 18
months in the penitentiary.
Lonnie Lee was found guilty of
cruelty to animals and judgment
suspended on the payment of
copts. George McCullers was al
so found guilty of the same of
fense. Fined $10 and costs.
Heavy Fines tor Gambling.
Greensboro, N. C., Dec. 12.?
Fines aggregating $1,400 were
imposed on four of Greensboro's
most prominent young men to
day by Judge Ward in the Su
perior Court for violating the
gambling laws. Julius W. Cone,
secretary aftd treasurer of the
White Oak and Proximity Mills,
and his brother, the president of
the American Cotton Company.
Solomon, were fined $500 each,
while Sydney J. Kaufman and
W. L. Diffe.y were fined $200 each.
The young men, it was testified,
were recently playing poker in a
rear room of theHuffinebuilding
when a policeman, who had
learned of the incident, climbed a
telephone pole on the opposite
side of the street and gaining an
unobstructed view of the room
and its occupants, procured war
rants for their arrest and the
case was called to trial today.
$275,000 Given tor Pensions.
Raleigh, N C., December 12.?
The last of the pension warrants
were sent out today by Auditor
Dixon, the total number being
$275,000. Auditor Dixon ex
pects the next legislature to in
crease the amount of pensions.
Georgia pays a greater amount
than any other state in the
south. South Carolina pays
only $200 000, the statement
sent from that state that it paid
$650,000 having been corrected
iu a later report just received by
the auditor. Florida pays $288,
000 to three thousand pension
ers, being an average of $06
each. Florida leads all in this
per capita amount paid. Ten
nessee coming next with $275,
000, to 8,374 pensioners. The
total assessed value of North
Carolina property is $442,418,
000, this being about a billion
dollars less than Georgia, but as
l)r. Dixon says this difference is
due to the fact that North Caro
lina has no large cities while
Georgia has four cities and these
bring up the value ?Correspond
ence Messenger.
Successful Farming.
Mr. W. H. White, one of the
largest farmers in this county,
tells us he had thirty-five ten
ants on his farms this year, and
all but one of them came out
well ahead?some clearing as
much as $.100 on their share of
the crops. The one who didn't
come out ahead was hindered by
sickness in his family and the tz
tra expense arising therefrom.
This is what we call an example
of good farming. It speaks well
for Mr. White's excellent man
agement as well as for the good
tenants he had on his farms.?
Greenville Reflector.
In Mad Chase.
Millions rush in mad chase
after health, from one extreme
of faddisin to another, when, if
they would only eat good food,
and keep their bowels regular
with Dr. King's New Life Pills,
their troubles would all pass
away. Prompt relief and quick
euro for liver and stomach
? trouble. 2rtc at Hood Tiros.
I dt siui'O, gUiiil liliii iiul.
INDICTED FOR MURDER
Their Cases are Moved to the
Federal Court.
D. C Downlna and J. C. Stanch.
Indicted In Duplin County tor
Shootinq Jernlgan.
The ease charging J. C. Stancill
and D. C. Downing, revenue offi-1
cere, with the murder of Jerni-,
gan in Duplin county, hae been
moved from the State to the
Federal Court.
The order to this effect was,
upon applicationof couneel,sign
ed by Judge Thoe. R. Purnellthie
afternoon. It iB a writ of certiori
upon the clerk of the court and
ehcriff of Duplin county for a
transfer of the case, the grand
jury of that county having found
a true bill against these two offi
cers of the United States govern
ment.
Downing and Stancill, it will
be recalled, raided an illicit dis
tillery twelve miles from Mount
Olive, and upon leaving the place
shot and killed Jernigan, said to
be owner of the land. The state
ment afterwards was that the
deceased was on the point of fir
ing when Downing raised his gun
and shot.
The United States statutes pro
vide that when a deputy is ar
rested for an act committed while
in the discharge of his duty his
| case may be moved from the
State to the Federal Court. This
has been done in this instance!
and it will now be the duty of
District Attorney Skinner to de- i
| fend the accused and State Solici
| tor of Duplin district will prose
cute. The two defendants have
j retained Argo and Shaffer and
Claudius Dockery to aid the Dis
trict Attorney in their defence.?
Raleigh Times, Tuesday.
King Haakon Vil of Norway
Once more the ancient throne
of Norway in the Drontheim
Cathedral, vacant for more than
five hundred years, will hold a
sovereign. Prince Charles of
Denmark has accepted the
Storthing's proffer of the crown,
the approval by popular vote
took place on November 12 and
13, and the coromation will
probably be celebrated on New
Year's Day, 190(1
Who is this man Charles, what
| can he do, and why was he chosen
I bv a parliament which has al
; ways shown republican tenden
cies?
I'nnce Charles is a young man
of thirty-three summers, of gen-i
tlemanly appearance, in excellent
health, and of a very easv-going,
liberal turn of mind. He is by
nature well fitted to rule over
the stubborn Norsemen, who do
not mind the harness so long as
they don't feel the whip. Thej
very thing that is going to make
Charles popular in Norway be
fore he shows his face there is the
fact that he, as a typical "sailor
prince," is considered a proper
and natural connecting link be
tween the old viking spirit of
feudal Norway and her preient
day peaceful love of the sea
Another circumstance in favor
of Charles is that he Understands
the language of the Norwegian
people, and their traditions and
history are part of those of his
own country, Denmark, under
I the dominion of which Norway
remained for four centuries,
i Charles is the second son of the
crown prince of Denmark, whom
he strongly resembles, and this
also counts in his favor, for the
crown prince is a scion of the
House ofSonderburg Hluckburg.
whereas the crown piiuceee is a
dancrher of the Hera t lotte, King
Carl XV. c.f Sweden,?and the
Iternadottee were i ver popular
in Norway -From "The vew King
of Norway," by Hrolf Wtsby. in
the American Monthly Review of
Reviews for December.
The town of Roanoke Rapids
held an election Monday for dis
; pehsnrv or sa'oons Tnodiepen
!f?i,o in. t ..i v.i, i'y of J \
STATE NEWS.
A charter is granted the Citi
zen's Bank, of Wilson, Commer
cial and Saving, capital stock
#50,000.
Four blind tigers were raided
in Durham Wednesday and the
keepers bound over to the Su
perior Court.
Rev. J. A. Weston, of Hickory,
died Wednesday. Mr. Weston
was an Episcopal minister and
preached in Smithfield a tew
times several years ago.
The Baptist State Convention,
in session last week, elected W.
N.Jones, of Raleigh, president
to succeed Rev. Dr. Marsh, of
Oxford, who had been president
of the convention for 15 years
and declined re-election.
Mr. Paul Lucas, of the local
staff of the Charlotte Observer,
has bought the Salisbury Even
ing Post. New and improved
machinery will be put in and the
paper will be enlarged. Mr. Jno.
M. Julian will continue as editor
and manager of the paper,
It is stated that the Raleigh &
Pamlico Sound Railway is to be
thrown open for traffic to Wen
dell, a point eighteen miles from
Raleigh not later than April 1st.
This road is now owned by New
York and Ohio men, who are said
to be pushing the work quite
rapidly, they having secured the
local stock.
Luther B. Bynum,of Chatham
County, died suddenly in the
Federal court room in Raleigh
Wednesday morning where he
had been summoned as a char
acter witness. He was 03 years
old. He was a director of the
State Hospital at Goldsboro and
a trustee of the Methodist Or
phanage at Raleigh.
Snow Memorial church at High
Point, given to the Presbyterians
by Mr. E. A. Snow, was burned
to the ground early Saturday
morning. The origin of the fire
is not known. The church was
insured for $1,500. The same
night res were discovered at
two different furniture factories
but flames were extinguished be
fore damage resulted.
The number of fourth-class
post offices in North Carolina is
shown by the report of the audi
tor of the post office department
to still be greater than anv other
State in the Union, The audi
tor's report shows another very
interesting thing, illustrating
the growth of a rural free deliv
ery mail service, this being that
the amount expended for this is
only $100,000 less than that for
free delivery of mail in the cities.
Check For $45,000.
The Enterprise saw a check
this morning to J. Elwood Cox
frotn Andrew Carnegie for $+5,
000. This is the $+5,000 that
Mr. Carnegie promised the en
dowment fund at Guilford Col
lege whenever the friends of the
College raised a like amount,
which was completed a few days
ago. Mr. Cox also informed us
that I)r. l'earsons, of Cnicago, is
now ready to send his check for
$25,000 to the College which
was promised on condition that
the f90,000 was raised. Now
that this amount is in hand, Dr.
Pearsous will be notified. When
Dr. Pearsons' check is received
Guilford College will have $175,
000 endowment fund.?High
Point Enterprise.
Want $2,500,000 From Govern
ment.
Springfield, (?hio, Dec. 10th.?
The heirs of Hugh McDonald are
pressing the federal government
for the settlement of a claim for
$2,500 ooo. The claim is for
?w-veral thousand bales of cottou
which belonged to McDonal 1,
confiscated in New Orleans in
1MG+
McDonald died two weeks ago.
estranged from his wife and
daughter. He had tteen mourned
for years as deatl. lie was found
finally living in seclusion in
[ Statesville, N. C. The claim
some years ago win pushed so
far that Congo ss threw It Into
j ijc ta,ui. 0* Ctd.uie.