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VOL. 25. SMITHFIELD. N.C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST lO. 190<i. NO. 28
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WITHHELD 13
READY TO BOOM.
Its Tobacco Market Has Bril
liant Future.
OLD TOWN HAS WAKED UP.
The Days of the Court House Council of
State Have Given Place to Busi
ness. Commercial and Manu
facturing Progress.
.start Correspondence to News and Observer.) j
Smithfield, N. Aug. 2nd.?
For years the spirit of Smithfield
was like its location, satisfied |
with its isolated site as the town
center of a prosperous communi-!
ty. The railroad, even, which
went by at a comfortable die
tance, failed to fret the town. It
was a typical county-site, con
tented with its big brick court
house set in its ample grove of
trees, its few stores, its wide
streets and the modest residences
of a peaceful and unambitious
people. Life in Smithfield up to
within the last decade, must have
bad the raiment of a dream.
There was no business to hurt,
enough to support life, nothing
save the sense of peace and still
ness to attract. But it is not the
beatitude of the simple life that
draws new blood and awakens
dormant energy; the magnet in
America is restlessness. To-day
the town of Smithfield, as it is
physically perceived, is still rest
ful: in the people who live there
the nervous energy which for so
long it eluded is everywhere man
ifest.
Time was when the courthouse
square always called successfully
with its green grass and its cool
ing shade to an old-time com
pany of easy-going gentlemen I
who propped their phairs against ,
the walls of the temple of justice, I j
filled their long, reed pipes, blew
the blue curls of meditation into j
the soft air and. settled the fate ,
of nations with the easy just and 1
gentle satire which can only be
found in those whose fate is pre
ordained to the ways of peace!
Now, the square is just as in- i
viting, the trees whisper above j,
the grass with as much of a lure ,
as ever, but the council of State i f
is missing. Some of the old mem- j,
bers have passed away in the (
quest of the traditions by which ,
i uf.v (jatieriieii iuen it\ ft*. ieiiv- j
ing behind them memories which ,
are restful to turn to. Others |
that were there recall the times j
with a smile that holds a regret |
along with its superiority. Young (
men who stood at a distance and |
listened, never thinking that thcv
might never join the circle, feel
old to remember it at all. For
Kmithfleld has acutely realized
itself to be of the world. It has
no time for court house conclaves.
Its people are doing and plan
ning. Only, with a dignity such
as marks old blood iu the newest
communities, the town looks its
age, is reminiscent of the finer,
quality of the peace which it has
left behind for the fever for re- |
su'ts The residence streets hold ! |
this old look, into which is creep- ]
iug nevertheless the occasional t
monument to a new prosperity. ,
The houses are mostly white
splotches among green trees, wide- j
sprawling residences with green t
blinds and well-houses in the r
yards, moss-covered. Hut here t
aud there residences rise which e
look like the fashionable suburbs t
of a city?cool, airy, in good (
taste, but "of the century." Sat- t
isfactor.y as this is, it is for a c
sigh. The times have passed.
The business streets strike the 1
present day note more insistent- t
iy. Where once a flop-eared mule 1
dozed before the "general store" 1
or the saddle horse champed his t
bit while his owner tarried to (
talk the news, there is the action. (
bustle, business of a modern 1
town, which is already scheming e
to be a city. The stores have i
caught the notion of display, j.
Their windows are decked. Their t
shelves show the latest wrinkles, i f
Along the sidewalks people are i
in a hurry. In the stores the t
clerks are "on the jump. E very- I
body uo longer knows every body
else, and one cau mind bis own
business without feelmg that he
is thereby laying himself opeu to
suspicion. At the same time,
"there is a difference.'' This is
no "railroad town." It pro
claims itself to be a place with its
own deep significance. It is busy
but kindly.
Within comparatively few
vears, Smithfield has gone into
the manufacturing business, wil b
the Smithfield Cotton Mills, of
which Mr. W. M Sanders is presi
dent. and with Batting Mills, of
which Mr. S. S. Holt is the head, j
tiotti tbese enterprises are re-f
markably successful, employ
much labor, sprang from local
capital. Anotner cotton mill is
on the point of being organized
by Smithfield stockholders, the
site wanted having beenpurchas
ed by gentlemen identified with
the enterprise The traveler, if
he comes up the hill by convey
ance from Selma, emerges from
the fields to alight at a handsome
brick hotel. the"Tuscarora Inn," ;
which is modernly appointed aud
which has proven a success iu
spite of its accommodations,
which critics declared atthestart
were too ambitious for the place.
The main business street is
thronged with busv retail estab
lishments, dry goods, hardware
and clothing stores and several
drug establishments which would
do credit to a city; among the
last being the newly opened Hud
son Drug Company, whose store
is one of the most tastefully
equipped in the State. Of whole
sale establishments there are
three large firms: W. M. Sanders,
The Austin-Stephenson Company
and the Smithfield Supply Com
pany. These all do an immense
business with the entire surround
ing section, having ample capital
and making a success propor
tionate to the magnitude of their
business. Muggy companies aud
livery and sales stables also meet
with much success. The business
section of Smithfield shows thef
importance of the place as a cen-1
ter and indicates the fact that
the commercial interests are j
meeting and profiting by the re (
sponsibility and the opportunity.
Just now, however, it seems j j
that Smithtield is destined to be
come most important as a tobac
co market. The Met ion which '
surrounds it makes the leai in ?
juantity and of a quality unsur
passed, Like other tow us, it has 1
pf course suffered from low prices '
or tobacco, but in a way, the 1
Jepression in price has proved its !
pest advertisement as a market. 1
For the Smithfield market is 1
inown throughout the tobacco '
section as one of the best that '
pas ever obtained, for prices. It '
pas thus developed in adversity '
ind is prepared to enjoy the 1
prosperity which will come like a 1
vave when tobacco again reaches 1
i normal figure. This season in '
:he tobacco business has started I
veil, the first breaks having oc
curred on last Tuesday, with av- 1
?rage prices of nine cents a pound
ind with fancy prices in many in- 1
stances for the higher grades.
\lthough the cultivation of to
pacco has fallen off during the
period of depression, Smithtield
ast season handled 4,000,000
pounds and will well exceed that 1
?ecord this year. .
The two warehouses which
pandle the tobacco business are
:he Banner and the Farmers'.
The former is owned and operat
?d by Messrs. Skinner \ Fatter- I
ion.the latter by Boyette Broth- (
;rs, natives of Johnston and resi
lents of Smithfield. The tobacco
pusiness, touch and go as it is in
character, when it succeeds acts
ike magic on a community. With
ligh prices, tobacco money seems
aidless. It moves more rapidly
;han "money" of any other sort.
i\ hat it touches it seems to elec
;rify. Town after town in North 1
^arolina has known the wonders c
pf its genius. And, with this J
pusiness, Smithfield is waiting. (
mcceeding during hard years, 1
vaiting to do a generation's 1
rrowth in a season when it comes I
he time to rub the golden lamp c
or which the ieaf is sponsor, ft 1
s interesting to watch this old
;own. waked up and going ahead
py sheer determination, gather- (
iutr momentum for the riches
which tobacco holds over her
head!
lu that day, there will be more
of theold, white, sprawling houses
to go, aud more and more of the
modern residences such as have
already been erected by Dr L. L?.
Wharton, T. C Jordan, W. L.
Woodall, J. It l uderwood, aud
others, aud the streets will lose
something else of their old-world
chann which must go because,
after all, it is outworu. In the
meantime the town works.grows
and waits with industry.
Hut one old thing about Smith
field I hope will never go, and
that is the Johnston Democrat
ic convention. That is a survi
val which has lived to beaprom
ise. It seems the ideal arrange
ment which men have been look
ing for always, of a really popu
lar representation. Every mau
comes as his own nominee He
participates in the convention.
If things don't go to suit him, he
can vote against them. There j
is no suggestion of a gag-rule. If
one has anythiug to say. he says
it. Most of them have some
thing to say, and say it, if their!
fellow citizens will let them. The!
risk of silence there is one of the
incidents of a Democratic condi
tion, where the majority sits in j
the saddle with its wrist holding!
the curb. Therefore, though the
convention looks cumbersome,
it gets along famously. Speech
is permitted only when it is
worth something. The way in
which the Johnston delegates!
rode over oratory yesterday was '
a breath from the green woods to
a mau who has been listening
too many years to set speeches.
The convention is an outpouring |
of all the people. What it does
is bound to be satisfactory. It
does just what it likes and as
suddenly as it likes. The nomi- j
nation of Mr. Jones for the
Legislature was accomplished on
impulse, after three ballots had'
been taken without his name be
ing in nomination. Mr. Jones
came down to Smithfie'd to be
one of two thousand or more
delegates. He went back home
the representative of the people.
He was the most surprised man
in the crowd, which had not
thought of tiim in connection
with the place five minutes be
fore they voted for him. There;
rou have Democracy. You can't
'slate" a whole people, make;
them grist for a machine, or vote
them for anybody because some-1
body else wants him. TheJohu-j
?ton county convention is some
thing which does not obtain else-1
where. Significantly, it will be
recalled that Johnston sat tight
and refused to fly iuto fidgets1
when Marion Butler was ascen
lant. What use to fret was there
or her? She named the men
torn herself anyway, without
iictation and by a convention
which was superior in its inde
aen Jence to control.
However much Smithfield may
rrow let it be hoped it will never
jecome so large as to put the
convention habit behind it.
K. L. Gray.
Blanchard-Duffy.
The following invitation has
jeen received bv friends here:
'The pleasureoi yourcompany is,
requested at the marriage of
Mrs. Hervey Riddle Duffy
nee Juliet Anne Core
to 11
[lev. Charles Way land Rlancbard 11
>n the afternoon of Wednesday,
the fifteenth of August
nineteen hundred and six
at four o'clock ! i
Twenty-eight Bollock street
Newborn, North Carolina.''
A Mystery Solved.
"How to keep off periodic at
acks of biliousness and habitual
constipation was a mystery that
Dr. King's New Discovery solv
sd for me, " writes John N. Pleas
int, of Magnolia, Ind. The only
nils that are guaranteed to give
>erfect satisfaction to everybody
ir mouey refunded. Only 25c.
it Hood Bros', drug store.
Ball's Mason jars preserve,
hotter Stevens Co. ?
THREE LYNCHED
AT SALISBURY.
Lyerly Murderers Strung Up
and Shot.
OFFICERS PLEADED IN VAIN.
Mob of Three Thousand Stormed Jail at
Salisbury Monday Night and Wreak
ed Vengeance on Three Negroes
?Two Bystanders Shot.
Charlotte, N. C., August 0.?A
uiob of three thousand determ
ined men, shortly before 11
o'clock to-night, forcibly entered
Rowan county jail at Salisbury,
removed therefrom three of the
six negroes charged with the;
murder of the Lyerly family, at
Barber Junction, July l.'lth, and
lynched them. Nease and John
Gillespie aud Jack Dillingham,
supposed to be the principals in
that crime, were the victims of
mob's vengeance. The remain
ing negroes, Heurv Lee, Geo.
Frviu aud Bella Dillingham,were
not molested, and later to-night
officers hurried them to Greens
boro.
The mob began gathering at
sundown. Mayor Boyden
promptly ordered the saloons
closed, and with other prominent
citizens, Cnited States Senator
Overman, Judge Long who was
holding the special term of court
to try the negroes, and Solicitor
Hammer, stood on the jail steps
aud addressed the crowd, which
at that time numbered two
thousand. There were howls
aud cat calls from the mob, but
for a time there was no move.
The mob lacked a leader.
While citizens were appealing
to the mob two men slipped
through the crowd aud were en
tering the jail with hammers.
They were discovered and ar- 1
rested. The mob continued yell- 1
ing, but there was still no con
certed move. About t) o'clock
Mayor Boyden called' upon the
local military company, the Row
an Rifles, for aid. They assem
bled quickly, but were supplied 1
only with blank cartridges, hav- 1
ing co orders to shoot to kill. 1
Fireman McLendou,of Charlotte,
a Southern railway employe, was 1
shot in the stomach by a bullet
said to have been tired by a mem-':
ber of the mob. He was fatally |
wounded. Will Troutman, a
negro drayman,was also serious- '
ly shot at about the same time.
Moth arp said to have been acci- j
dental, occasioned by shots Hied
by members of the mob with the
evident intention of frightening (
citizens.
At 10 o'clock there was a stir
in the mob. It was augmented
by fully 500 men, who came, it '
is said, from Whitney, where the *
Whitney Reduction Company is 1
developing the Yadkin Water '
Power. It was but soon after- !
wards a crowd of fifty, forming a
sort of flying wedge, made a
break for the jail doors, over
powered the ollicers and effected '
an entrance. The great crowd ''
outside surged in behind the 1
leaders and in a few moments the '
leaders emerged from the door 1
with their victims.
The negroes were quietly ,
marched northward toward 1
Spencer, but a halt was made at (
Henderson's ball grounds at the '
edge of the city. There the ne-|
groes were given time to confess 1
the crime. John (lillespie wept '
piteously and begged for his life. '
Tiring of its efforts to secure
statements from the negroes the
ropes were brought forward and ,
adjusted and three were strung (
up to the limbs of one tree and ]
with howls and curses the crowd ]
riddled thp dangling bodies with ,
bullets. By 12:30 o'clock it was ,
all over and half an hour later ]
nothing remained of the immense j
throng that had packed the ,
streets but a few groups of men (
discussing the lynching. ,
A farmers institute was held
here yesterday as per program
published in The Hkkai.u. A
full account of it will be given
next week. i
OVER 300 LIVES LOST AT SEA.
Italian Ship Slro With 800 on Board
Goes Down Off Coast
of Spain.
Cartageua, Spain, August <>.?|
A terrible marine disaster oc
curred Sunday evening off Cape
I'alos The Italian steamship
Siro, from (ieuoa for Barcelona.
Cadiz, Montevideo and Buenos
Aires, with about 800 person* on
board was wrecked off Harmigas;
Island.
Three huudred emigrants, most
of them Italians and Spaniards,
were drowned.
The Bishop of San Pedro, Bra
zil, was lost, and it is reported
that another bishop is amoug
the missing.
The remainder of the passen
gers and the officers and crew
got away in the ship's boats or
were rescued by means of boats
sent to th?*m from the shore.
A number of fishermen who
made attempts to rescue were
drowned.
The Siro struck a rocky reef,
known as Bajos Harmigas, and;
sauk soon after, stem first.
Harmigas Islaud lies about two
and a half miles to the eastward
of Cape Palos.
The captain declared the steam
er had 545 passengers on board
and the crew numbered \27 men
The Siro had 171 passengers
when leaving (ienoa, but addi
tional Spanish passengers were
taken ou board at Barcelona,
where the vessel touched a few
hours before the disaster.
The disaster occurred at five
o'clock Sunday afternoon. The
vessel began to settle rapidly im
mediately after she hau struck
and a terrible scene of confusion !
and panic ensued ou board. Thej
fishermen along the coast sought
to render every assistance in
their power and went out with
boats which brought many sur
vivors ashore. Most of the offi
cers and crew of the Siro are
among the saved.
Miss Woodall Entertains.
Wednesday evening, August
2nd, Miss Dora Woodall enter
tained a few of her friends and
relatives at her homenearSmith
field. Although her quests were
unexpected she made it very
pleasant for them.
Cream, cake, and melons were
served abundantly and after sat
isfying the inner man with good t
things the young people gather- j
?d in the parlor where Mrs. .lohn
K. Sanders sang and played sev- (
?ral old time ballads, such as
'Annie Laurie," "Old Oaken (
ducket," "Mocking Bird," and .
jthers. Then Mr. and Mrs. E. H
Woodall and Mr. Marnes joined |
ier and sang some of the best old j
hymns that the writer has had
:he pleasure of hearing for quite
awhile. I'ncle Jim and Aunt Bet ,
oined in the fun and did all they ,
lould to make all present enjoy I
themselves. As the midnight
lour was drawing near we re- >
urned to the dining room and
:ried to finish up all the goodies, j
is we were not satisfied to let (
inythiug spoil. But to our sor
"uw it proved too much for us. |
\s the clock was striking twelve ,
ve bade Miss Dora good night, ;
hanking her tor the pains she |
lad taken to give us a good time, j
diss Woodall has been a student j
)f King's Business College for the
last year She will return to j
taleigh where she goes to fill a ]
?ery promising position. We <
vish her much success in her new >
vork. 3. W. B. |
<
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he past five years and it keeps i
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HOW OUR SENATOR MOST DRESS.
Sheriff Powell Gives His Views of the
Convention -Sanders Chapel
Personals.
The biggest thing of all?the
great two thousand delegated
Democratic convention in Smith
tield on the 1st. The previously
reported mutteriugs of discon
tent, broke into the grandest en
thusiastical, electrical, Demo^rat
ical storm that ever swept the
habitation of the children of men.
Like the great comet of 1860
tnat threatened to drag its tail
on the earth and sizzle us into a
pan of cracklings, it was only a
periodical combination of
astronomical and mundane non
understable wonder. We have
nominated our candidates and
handed them the Democratic
banner, and they are all blue
hen's chickens. Tbev will scratch
away the leaves and we will all
have a dance and open tbe"Jack
pot" with a "full hand." The
cider and wine muddle will be
amicably settled, our amended
"Fee bill," and iucreased school
bind assured. We cannot turn
.Johnston over to the Scalawag
Carpetbagger Vultures who re
constructed us and put that in
fernal "Canby Constitution" on
us by sending our votes to
Charleston to be counted. We
are the same old wood-birds
peckiug on a limb. We will go
"half hammered" and have a
regular "hoe down" on election
day and forever and eternally
scotch old Johnston in the Dem
ocratic party.
Fvery nominee is <). K. Our
Senator must rig up a variegated
wardrobe. For Johnston, any
old clothes, a horny hand, have
a (per) Simmons record and a
"skint" eye.
Sampson needs see him in a
hard hat with quart marks, low
quartered shoes thatshow "zebo"
legs through drop-stitched socks,
stand tiptoed with a huckleberry
stick, recommend bob tailed dogs
and know a "big blue" when be
sees it. Harnett will expect a
wire-grass hat, cow-leather home
made copperas and soot-dressed
shoes, tied with "shoe ends" or
rawhide squirrel strings, a home
made Jeans Jim Swinger with
gourd buttons, a plaid muffler
and doubled string of chinqua
pins around his neck, praise Flora
McDonald, eulogise Charles, the
L'retender, Swear muttou hash
seasoned with pennyroyal, su
perior to Yarborough House ser
vice, never alludes to a doodle
and keep that same skint eve.
Miss Sarah Whitley, of Jack
sonville. Fla., is visiting: her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Whitley. She is a little tanned, <
but her averdupois showsclimat
ic and ration(al) surroundings.
Dr. it. D. Holt, of the U. S.
Hospital service at the Cherokee
reservation, is visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Holt.
Mrs. Jessie Scale, of Ehren,
[?"la , is visiting: her aunt. Mrs.
sheriff I'owell.
Miss RossieHardee,of Clayton,
s visiting: her friend. Mrs James
hesnut.at Kx Sheriff Powell's.
Mrs. Maude Chestnut and Bet
:ie Matthews, of Sampson, are
risking their parents, Mr. and
Mrs.C.S Powell. We don't kuow
low many graud-childrei^ there
ire but they are making: Rome
lowl.
When Mr. E. H. Woodall goes
to church orSunday School, now,
tie walks so uprightly that he
'sorter" leans back a little.
There is a big: pumpkin in his
rarden, and an eleven pound boy
in his mind.
C. S. P.
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