ibe wmittjfield Herald. price one dollab peb teab. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." single copies five cents. VOL. 24. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1906. NO. 50. AN ELEGANT RECEPTION. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Hood Celebrate the Twenty-Fifth Annversary of Their Marriage. One of the most elegant and most enjoyable receptions ever held in our little town was that given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. It. Hood on Friday even ing, the 9th inst., in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage. Twenty-five years ago Lucy A. Wood all and Thomas It. Hood were united in the holy bonds of matrimony, and surely it was a firm and true union. The loving pride in thb eyes of the bride groom of twenty-live years ago answered by the abiding trust in his bride's eyeu, a lovely bride still with justa little silver in her hair, told the story of a quarter of a century of mutual love and trust. between the hours of 8 and 12 o'clock P. M. more than three hundred friends called to present to Mr. and Mrs. Hood their con gratulations and good wishes. The guests were met at the hall door by Mr. and Mrs. Willis Austin and after removing their wraps were ushered into the par lor by Mr. and Mrs. J. 1). SpierB. Loving bands had made the room a bower. The bridal couple stood under a canopy of white and silver adorned with white roses and the dark green of cedar. From around the white and sil ver lamp in the center of the room were festooned garlands to each corner, held in place with bouquets of white roses and dark green leaves. On the man tel, and doubled by the reflection of the mirror, were cut glass vases of fragant bride roses and drooping bells of freesia with delicate fronds of asparagus fern. Growing plants were grouped about the room and the windows were hung with garlands, liv ery where there were silver horse shoes hanging, for good luck, you know. The soft radiance of many candles gave the scene an added beauty. Under an immense silver horse shoe twined with white roses stood the still youthful-looking bride and groom to receive their friends, presented by Mr. J. LI. Woodall and Mrs. Dora Kirk man. At Mrs. Hood's right were the eldest son, Will, l)r. and Mrs. The! Hooks and a very young gentleman whose name is also Thel Hooks, Miss Eula Hood, the second daughter, Mr. Hal Hood, who came home from Trinity l'ark High School for the occa sion, and Miss Lucy Hood, the youngest daughter of the house And in a comfortable chair there sat a little old lady who has seen the snow of many winters with out ever losing interest in the joys and sorrows those winters bring, Mrs, M. A. Hood, mother, grand-mother, great-grand mother of a family numbering over thirty. There were also in the receiv ing party two of the original brides-maids of that marriage a quarter of a century ago with their respective grooms-men, Mrs. J. M. Turner, who was Miss Uoella Davis, and Mrs. Effie (J. Harper, who was Miss Effie Woodall, and Mr. W. L. Woodall and Mr. It. H. Gower, who, though they too have changed their estate, haye suffered no chuuge of name. Mrs. Myatt and Mrs. Hudson, sisters of Mrs. Hood, were also of the party Erom the receiving party the guests were taken in charge by Mr. W. W. Cole and Miss Abell and Mr. and Mrs. B. II. Adams and directed to a room rosy with light from a crimson-shaded lamp and glowing with American beauty roses in vases and in ev ergreen wreaths. They were wel comed here by Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Jordan. This room was further beautified by the many gifts in silver here displayed?tokens of iove and good will to Mr. and - i.i honor of the ha pp** occasion. After a pl -asanc half hour of lingering here, an invita tion to the dining room was ex tended by Mr. and Mrs. Ira T. I urlington. Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Johnson Usuereu Hie guests into the din ing room and handed them over to the tender mercies oi a half dozen buds that promise in a few years to be charming blossoms, Misses Lucretia Morgan, lone Abel), Mattie Hudson, Lucy San ders, Bessie Coats, and Ava My att. These little ladies served the delightful supper. The dining loom was a study in white and violet. Purple vio lets in white cornucopias were suspended over the white draped dining table and fell upon the cloth in sweet profusion. There were bowls of violets and white hyacinths and violet and white draped jardinieres of great waxen white hyacinths wherever you looked, your cheese straws were tied with violet ribbon, your ice cream cup was treated to a dain ty bow of it, and at a table near the outer door stood a 3roung couple, Mr. and Mrs Tom Harri son, who gave "the parting guest" a lovely souvenir of the evening, a small white and violet tinted basket crowned with vio lets and filled with delicious bon bons. Out of town guests were: Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hood, of Kin ston; Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Hood, Mrs. Effie Harper, and Mrs. (J. K. Grantham, of Dunn; Mrs. J. Ryal Woodall. of Montgomery, Ala.; Mrs. J. M. Turner, of Burlington; Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Gower, of Clayton; Dr. and Mrs. Noble, Dr. and Mrs, Person and Mr. Millard Nowell, of Selma; Mr and Mrs. B. B. Adams, of Four Oaks, Mr Zeke Young, of Ral eigh; Mr. S. F. Austin, of Nash ville; Mr. Williams, of Clayton; Hugh and Jesse Adams, from Durham and Miss Kate Woodall from Peace Institute at Raleigh. The Herald offers its most cordial congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Hood, and wishes for them twenty-five years more of happiness and prosperity and for itself the pleasure of reporting twenty-five years from now the Golden Wedding of these two who have passed together these years of varied sun and shadow, have reared their family of boys and girls to noble young man hood and womanhood and have beenthrough all these years a beautiful example of conjugal affection. May all their clouds henceforth have silver linings. Baby Smothered to Death. Last Sunday night Mrs. J. R. Jordan, of Raleigh, who was visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. J. C. Stewart, who lives near | Powhatan, had the misfortune j to smother to death her seven weeks' old child. Nothing was known about it until Monday morning when the child was found with its feet toward the side of the bed and its head un der Mrs. Jordan's shoulder. No body knows what time of the night it died. Collier s Vestibule Almost Wrecked. Some unknown person broke the switch lock on the"Midland" road Sunday night and Capt. Collier's vestibule came near of being wreck Monday morhing about 5:45 o'clock, by running into an open switch this side of Little River. The engine and all the cars jumped the track and were grounded. Fortunately no one was injured, but considerable trouble was experienced in again I placing the train on the rails. The matter is being investigated. ?Goldsboro Headlight. A Modern Miracle. "Truly miraculous seemed the recovery of Mrs. Mollie Holt, of this place," writes J.O. R. Hoop- j er, Woodford, Tenn., "she was! so wasted by coughing up puss | from her lungs. Doclors rV clared her end so near that her family had watched by her bed side forty-eight hours; when, at my urgont request Dr. King's New Discovery was given her, wit*.'the astonishing result that improvement began, and con tinued until she finally complete ly recovered, and is a healthy woman to-day." Guaranteed cure for coughs and colds. 50c. and $1.00 ill Hood Bros., druggists. Trial bottle free GENERAL NEWS. At Washington Wednesday, the Ways and Means Committee | favorably reported a bill to re ! move the revenue tax on leal to bacco and allow growers to sell leaf without restriction. A monument to the Americans who lost their lives in the war j in Cuba was unveiled atElCaney Wednesday?theCubans heartily j joining lien. Chaffee and other Americans iu doing honor to the j heroes. Mile, de Kerjegu, the richest | heiress in France, will, early this I spring become the bride of Count I de la Ferronave. Mile, de Ker jegu is worth about $10,000,000. Her grandfather began life as a | stevedore. Tha special committee of stock- i holders investigating the affairs [ i of the New York. Life Insurance Company, recommends that legal proceedings be instituted to recover $148,702 contributed to the Republican campaign fund. In Atlanta Wednesday John Temple Graves, whose resigna tion as editor of the News, was made known Tuesday,announced that he will soon re-enter the newspaper field by starting the Daily Evening Georgian, in which he will be associated with Fred erick L. Seely. The Senate Wednesday passed [ the ship subsidy bill by a vote of : 38 to 27, every Democrat and five Republican Senators voting ] against it The bill subsidizes j thirteen steamship lines from At lantic, Gulf and Pacific ports to the Orient, Central America, and j South America. j. Vice Admiral Choukwin, com mander of the Russian fleet, at j Sebastopol, was shot by a worn-1 an his office Saturday, and in ! turn shot and killed by his order- 1 I ly. The woman secured admis sion to the admiral's room by saying she was the daughter of an old friend. The admiral will recover. In the House Wednesday Mr. Lamb, of Virginia, secured the ! adoption of a joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to. the Southern His torical Society at Richmond, Va., all of the Confederate battle Hags in his custody, which have not been identified as belonging to any organization. A statement issued by the Post | Office Department Monday shows the gross receipts of the fifty largest post offices in the United States for January, 1906, to have been $7,118,689, as against $6,260,360 for 1905, or an in crease of nearly fourteen percent. Atlanta showed the largestgain, with an increase of nearly twen ty-seven per cent. A bold robbery of the United I States mail was committed at Stanley, six miles south of Luray, Va , Friday night. A mail pouch which had been locked and laid out on the depot platform await ing train number 14. on the Norfolk & Western Railway, was cut open and checks and other valuable papers amounting to $700 or $800 were taken there from. Suspicion points to sev eral men who were hanging around the town and drinking that day. The formal opening of the Jamestown Exposition has been Bet for April 26th. 1907, instead of May 13th, 1907, as originally planned. It was on April 26th, 1607, that the English settlersof The London Company first de barked at Cape Henry, and in the desire to fittingly celebrate the 300th anniversay of that event, as well as the ter-centennial of the settlement at Jamestown, May 13th,isfound the reason for changing the date of the formal opening. Beats the Music Cure. "To keep the body in tune," writes Mrs. Mary Brown, 20 Lafayette Place, Poughkoep , N. Y., "I take Dr. King's New Life Pills. They are the most, reliable and pleasant laxative I have found." Best for the Stom ach, Liver and Bowels. Guar anteed by Hood Bros., drugg'srs. WIFE-BEATERS NUMEROUS. Congressman Pou Favors Whipping Post for Them In District of Columbia. The News and Observer of the 14th contained the following from its Washington correspon dent: Representative Pou who is a member of the District Com mittee in the House, voted in favor of the Adams bill to estab lish a whipping post in,Washing ton for the benefit of wife-beat ers. The rest of the North Caro lina delegation voted with the majority to table the measure, but Mr. Pou did not tliuch, and was heart and soul in favor of the Hogging institution for the district. "A man who beats his wife," said Mr. Pou, in speaking' of the subject, "deserves to be lashed. Call the whipping post brutal if you wish, but it is the remedy for any man who thrashes his wife. The testimony before our committee was that there were 508 wife-beaters before the local courts last year. A report from one of the police justices of Washington stated that some of these men would rather lay in jail than work. The law here governing this crime is a failure and has brought disgrace on the Capitol of the Nation. I am glad to admit that conditions here and iu North Carolina are different. I would not favor a whipping post in the State, for the peculiar con ditions here do not prevail there. The people of every shade in North Carolina have great re-1 spect for women, and even the t worst element has a horror of jail. It is not so with the 500 and odd thugs who were in the local courts last year for whip ping their wives." Representative G. B. Patter son, Page and others had quite a friendly and animated discus sion with Mr. Pou over the merits of the whipping post as| an institution. It has been one j of the most lively subjects before i Congress. One of the unique ar-1 guments against the measure is that there are more suffering women who complain because they are not married than there are women married who com plain because they are beaten. POLENTA NEWS. Wheat is looking well in this section. Preaching at Elizabeth next i Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Mies Alice Bailey, of Harnett, is on a visit to her sister, Mrs A. M. Barbour. The weather for the past few J days has been such as to put a ! stop to farm operations. Miss Pauline Gulley, who is sick with pneumonia at Clayton, we are pleased to report is im proving. Several of our farmers have gone into the mulberry culture. [ We are told that mulberry trees are in great demand. Misses Nellie Johnson and I Ava Ye'vington spent several days visiting Miss Lillie Turling ton, of Banner, last week. Mrs. F. T. Booker and Miss Ella H. Booker spent Sunday night and Monday in Smithfield visiting daughters of Mrs. Book er. The closing of the public schools will soon be at hand four months will be all this town ship will get?it ought to be six, at least. Mumps is having its day out here. A number of our younger folks have been considerably worried with this plague, but there are no serious results and all are doing well. Last week Mrs. Sarah Barbour was called to Benson, to be with I Mrs L"r V" demrhter, who i~ - -it Wh nope her sickness t* iioi o. ous nature ami that she will soon be co.. ?? iV'it. Mr. lorn Wood had his ley broken one day last week. II whs driving a two horse lo wagon wueu the team ruu away, throwing him out and thewagon passing over one of his legs, crushing it badly. I>r. Booker was called in and rendered thej necessary medical aid and at this writing we are glad to say he is i resting quietly. Messrs. Beaty and Allen, o j Suiithfield, came out Sunday morning and delivered two ex- i eel lent temperance addresses! at Shiloh. Such talks the peo pie; need and such talks are calculat ed to do good and hear fruit. Our people enjoyed the visit of these gentlemen and nope it will not be loug before thev will visit us again. Mr. J. F. Canaday, county or ganizer of the Cotton Growers As social ion, will be in this Town-| ship, on Tuesday, February ? 20th, and will deliver an address at Polenta Academy at 7:30 p. m. Let every farmer in the Township, interested in the wel fare of the farmer, and who, wants the very best results from his labors, come out to hear Mr. Canaday. He;is a good talker, a good farmer and withal a self made man. Don't forget the date, February 20th, 7:30 p. m. at Polenta Academy, and don't forget to hear him, and join in with the great mass of agricul- j turistB and work for the good of the farm people. Typo. Feb. 13. CLAYTON NOTES. Mr. Burlan L. Hall, of Wendell, spent Wednesday here on busi ness. Mr. Carey J. Hunter, of Ral eigh, was here Friday on busi ness. Miss Foy Baucum and Miss Ava Pool attended services here Sunday. Miss Lessie Barnes spent Sun day here, the guest of Mrs. John Robertson. Miss Ethel Bowden, of Louis burg, is visiting Miss Jessamine Yelvington. Mr. Harry Pool, of Raleigh,! spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. C. T. Young. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter, of Apex, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Carter Sunday. Rev. C. W. Blanchard filled his1 regular appointments at Selma Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Will Massey, of Trinity, spent a few days here recently with his brothers, Messrs. Jonn and Pat Massey. Pastor C. W. Blanchard, of the Baptist church, was substantial- j ly pounded by his congregation j on Friday evening. Mr. Paul Duncan, of Princeton and Mr. Duke Duncan, of Smith-! field, were the guests of Mrs. VV. 1. Whitley Sunday. Saint Valentine's day has come and gone. Some of our people had quite a lot of fun, sending and receiving valentines. Dr. W. H. Wakefield, a very prominent eye, ear, and nosej1 specialist of Charlotte, spent | Wednesday, the 7th., here at the5 Robertson ilotel. 11 The young people gave a storm ] party at Mrs' B. H, Yelvington's;' ruesday evening in honor of xMiss Cthel Bowden who is visiting ! Miss Jessamine. ( Where in the world do so many ' mules and horses go to? Our ; itock dealers have sold several ' lar loads this Spring and con- 1 Jnue to buy and sell. Messrs A. J., C. P. and Geo. W. ( Cllis left Monday to attend the ] uneral of their brother, Mr. Boss Ellis, who died at his home in Vorfolk, Va., Sunday morning. Dr. T. N. Ivey filled his regular 1 ( appointment at the Methodist ihurch Sunday morning and ' ?veuing Quite a iatve congre ration *ai< out to hear him each Lltue I'lte Met' .v.'l .' 'U move [he old parsonage and build r> ticw and much larger and better cue ou the old site. They sold the old parsonage and a plot of ground in the rear of the lot to Mr. I E. Page. Yelir. STATE NEWS. Henry Cooper, 60 years old, who had been an innate of the State Hospital at Morganton for 38 years, died there last week. The jail at Lillington. Harnett County, was damaged bv fire last week to theextentof .$1,000. Defective tlue. The one prisoner in jail was rescued uninjured. Out of a class of thirty-seven applicants before the Supreme Court for license to practice law in North Carolina thirty-one stood the examination. In the class were four negroes, all of whom failed to pass. Isaac Bledsoe, of McDowell County, is 104 years old and is able to ride four miles to town. The fact that he is a pensioner ex plains his advanced age and the ride of four miles to town was to get his pension check cashed. Four trainmen were killed out right, one was fatally injured and several passengers more or less injured by flying glass when train No. 34, a northbound ex press train, ran into an open switch and struck a switching engine in the Southern Railway yards just north of Pomona at an early hour last Sunday morn ing. These romantic matrimonial ventures are dangerous. Recent ly Abe Goldstein, an aged citizen of Durham, advertised for a wife in a Brooklyn paper and got one. Last week Mr. and Mrs. Goldstein fell out and fought and so disabled each other that Goldstein was bleediDg when he applied for a warrant for his wife and the woman was not able to go to the trial. The Mayor of Durham has set a precedent that is worthy of ex ample. When a man is taken be fore him for being drunk, one of the questions he asks?and which must be satisfactorily answered ?is "where did you get your whiskey?" If they fail to give an answer to the satisfaction of the court they are sentenced to jail for contempt of court. Two parties have recently been sent to jail for thirty days for refus ing to answer the question. ARCHER LODGE NEWS. J. I. Barnes was homeSunday. Miss Ava Wall visited the Misses Boyett last week. Miss Genorra Wall spent Sun day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Wall. The new church at Salem has recently been painted which adds much to the attractiveness of the place. Rev. A. A. Pippin preached a very able sermon to a large audience at White Oak Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Maggie Norton and little daughter Ruth, of Mullens S. C. spent last week with her niece, Mrs. Geo. 11. Stancil. The next Vocal Union of this section will meet at Corinth church the first Sunday in March. Several choirs are expected. Thursday, February loth, the Star mail route from Archer to Clayton will be discontinued and the Archer mail will come out on the Wilson's Mills R. F. D. Route No. 2. The Archer R. F. D. car rier will leave Archer at 11:30 a. n. instead of 6-30 a. m. This will give most of our people a ?hunce for dailv papers. Feb. 13. S L. W. May Live 100 Years. The chances for living a full century an excellent in the case >f Mrs. Jennie Duncan, of Hayuesvil ! years standing, and made i io fop' ?? ... ,?.id strong a- a )<>ung girl." Electric Hit ler. .? ? Stomach and Lever d is bp* -s i'-lood Disorders, General De'riity and bodily weukness. -old on a guarantee at Hood Urns, drug store. Price only ido.