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VOL 25 8MITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, 1900. NO. 28.
SENATOR SIMMONS SPEAKS.
In Opening the Campaign in
Johnston the Senator Made
a Strong Speech.
We Make the Following Extracts From
Mr. R. L. Gray's Article In Wednes
day's News and Observer.
Smithtield, N. C., Sept. 11.?
The campaign in the State was
formally opened here to-da.v by a
significant speech front Senator
.Simmons, in which he dealt with
both State and national policies.
His speech was an able discourse
delivered conservatively but with
telling effect upon the large
crowd which filled the court
house. It was peculiarly fitting
that the initial Democratic
speech of the year should have
been delivered at Smithtield. the
county seat of the people who
have most consistently and pas
sionately stood by the party in
the davs when desertion was
popular in ls{)4-'08, as well as
when in the latter years and in
the succeeding campaigns so
many counties had come hack
into the path from which they
had strayed.
?lohnston county has no need
ot repentance and in this berpeo
ple have a tine aud deep pride.
The visit of the Senator was
greatly appreciated and citizens
from every section of the county
were present to hear him. He
was given marked attention
throughout, although at times,
as in the discussion of the tariff,
his speech dealt in figures and in
technicalities. This fact, that
that the people will listen to the
fundamentals even when bv na
ture "dry," is indicative of the
notable spread of popular inter
est in national problems.
The farmer of to-day in North
Carolina has a definite impress
ion and an intelligent grasp of
questions about which prior to
the educational campaign of the
practical relationship of politics
to the individual he had the most
hazy and indifferent regard.
The portion of Senator Sim
mons' speech to-day which dealt
with national matters reflected
in the way it was received the
popular concern. In this respect
the keynote of his argument was
the relationship of the tariff to
trust extortion. He showed
plainly that the eras of panic
and the eras of prosperity follow
ed on world-wide instead of.na-i
tional conditions and w.*re alike j
independent of either i he Liiun *>r
the low tariff And he showed
with equal clearness taut, as a
constant drain on Tr,e labor and i
industry of the ie'ivi Im1, tne J
tariff?which destroys commw.i
t' in fti in abroad?in eonjuno-|
tiou c-'it'i the trust,which destroy I
qc Mt n at home?is tending
more and more to the impoveri
7. it ion of labor to a nice calcula-!
tiou of equality of retufn and!
nei ?>ary expenditure and to the j
-ertdom of industrial initiative j
to monopolistic dictation and
control.
1 >r the rest, Senator Simmons
trenchantly contrasted Republi-1
can and Democratic conduct of
the state government, briefly
out effectively answered the
'Key-note" speech of .lodge
\ dame, defended the Watts and
Ward laws, while stating that
the principles therein enunciated
should not be amended or de
parted from by special legisla
tion; and in passing, answered
some of the arguments thrown
forward by the recent inruptions
of the distinguished missionaries,
Fairbanks, Taft and Shaw. On
local questions, affecting John
ston couhty, Senator Simmons'
only reference was to the act
passed by the Legislature of 190f>
taking away from the farmers i
the right to make their own wine 11
and cider. He was gratified to
learn, he said, that this legisla- ]
tion, which was the result of mis
take or inadvertence, bad been i
the subject of a resolution call- .
ing for its repeal bv the county ;1
convention, and he declared that '
there would be no trouble in ee- I
curing the passage of such an I
act as would restore Johnston i
county to the operation of the !
Watts and Ward laws | >
la going more in detail Mr.
Gray reports .Mr. Simmons as
follows:
11 Who are the Republican lead
ers of to-day? "Adamsand But
ler. Russell aud Grant?Hiram?
Duncan and Hancock, Blackburn
ami Rollius, Bradshaw, aud
Jake Newell,Meekius aud f'reach
; er Babb, with whom may be
counted the Hon. Jdo. R.
Smith!"
Holton, he said, since he hud
i developed the habit of putting
Federal office-holders in jail, had
dropped from the class as
"le ider."
As to Adams and his speech,
Senator Simmons said he would
not answer the "red-shirt argu
ment," nor nctice the abuse
heaped on Governor Aycock for
defending State officers attacked
by the Republican party in the
Federal Court. Tnese charges
needed no answer in North Caro
lina. The people answered them
with ballots in 1002 and 1904.
As to crime, he said that the dif
ference is that the Democratic
aduiiuist ration prosecutesjerime
and punishes the criminal; while
the Russell administration ig
nored both
As to cock audRIeun spend-!
ing more money than Russell, hej
plead guilty, with pride. But'
everv dollar so speut gave the \
; people something to show for it. |
It was Dot squandered. It was
not stolen We have spent in
one year a million more than
Russell for schools, but have not
raised the tax and have covered
the land with school houses and
school teachers. He indicated
: the purposes of increased ex
J penses, asylums,old soldiers,etc.,
j and showed that the money was
! raised mainly from franchise and
, privilege taxes, and by making!
j the great public service corpora- [
! tions more nearly meet theirjust |
share of public taxation.
We have had to issue bonds to ;
make good Russell's manage-;
ment of the penitentiary and to
pay the South Dakota judgment
obtained by Russell and Butler
through their treachery to the
State. These bonds he charac
terized a "black memorial" with
a yearl y perpetuation in the con
tribution of the people's money
for corruption and treachery.
As to temperance the Senator
defended the principles of the
Watts and Ward laws, saying
they had opposition in both par
ties, but that the closing of;
hundreds of saloons and four or
five hundred distilleries was a
political blow to the Republican
party which lost thereby many i
henchmen and many Federal of
fices and?as in Blackburn's dis
trict?many campaign eontribu-1
tions of barrels of free liquor.
The Republican complaint at
thfipe laws, he declared to be am
biguous?a blowing hot and cold
as it was thought more voice
could be obtained hv bping for
liquor or against liquor.
Massey-Guess.
Buie's Creek, CM Sept. It).?
A most beautiful wedding whs
celebrated here thin morning at
the home of Cnpt. and Mrs. D.
S. Guess, when their charming
/laughter. Miss May Guess, be-b
came the bride of Mr. \V. I). Mas
Bey, Of Raleigh. The marriage j
Vows wore given by Rev. IV. P
I'attishall, of Lillington.
The parlor was exquisitely dog
orated in cut flowers and ferns, 1
and there were present many
friends on the happy occasion. |
The maid of honor was Miss
Mary Mryan, of Buie's Creek,and
the best man was Mr. E. S. Mas
sev, brother of the groom, man -!
atrer of the Pittsburg Coaster ;
Construction Company, of Palm j
Beach and Atlantic City.
The bride is an attractive and )
charming young woman, the 1
daughter of Capt. I). 8. Guess, 5
the superintendent of the Our- 1
ham and Southern Railroad. (
The groom is a popular sales- 1
man for Messrs. George A. Hose t
Sc Company, of Henderson, in t
which place Mr. and Mrs. Massey e
will reside. The happy couple >
have gone North and will speud f
the next fifteen days in New York \ (
ind other Northern cities being t
iccomnanied by Mr. E. 8. Mas- f
ley. brother of the groom.
EIGHTEEN YEARS AT HARD LABOR
This is The Punishment Julius Hudson
Must Undergo for Killing
His Nephew.
The grand jury returued a true
bill against Julius Hudson for
murder iu the first, degree aud
the trial was set for Wednesday.
A special venire of 100 men was
.summoned. The lawyers for
Hudson agreed to submit to
murder iu the second degree j
whichtbeeolicitoraccepted. This
was anuounced in court Tuesday
and the special venire of 100
men was ir ?ructed not to ap
pear as ordered.
Wednesday morning an inves
tigation was entered into iu or
der that that the judge might be
better prepared to enter a sen
tence commensurate with the
crime. In another column will
be found the facte in the case as
narrated by several parties. The
evidence adduced before the
court docs not differ very ma
terially from the statements
made in the article mentioned
above.
Hudson was represented by
Messrs. I'.mi & Brooks, James A.
YVellous, ami Ed. S. Abell. The
Solicitor was assisted by Mr. W.
W.Cole. Tbe defense put up ai
strong fight under the circum- J
stances, to get a light sentence.!
The judge in passing sentence
stated that it was a very bad [
case aud that he wanted to do
what was right, that the ma j
jesty of the law must be upheld, i
tie sentenced the defendautto 18
years at hard labor in the pen-;
itentiary. Aud no one who is at1
all familiar with the case will |
consider the sentence a heavy
one.
Required Prompt Attention.
Some time ago Joseph ClarK, a
mulatto of the old free negro
type, happened to a very bad;
accident at the saw mill of Mr.
A. C. Johnson, in Elevation
Township, The large belt which
runs the machinery from one of
the driving wheels of the engine
broke and wrapped arottud one
of his legs and broke the bone to
pieces and tore the skin off. I?r.
J. H. Stanley told him the leg
would have to be amputated but
he would not agree to it. His
condition has been getting worse '
and now it is not thought that
he can live. Last Sunday Dr.
Stanley went to see him and got |
out some of the skinned pieces of
bone. In doing this he scratched j
a place on one of his hands. Next:1
day the band was red and swollen!
and the trouble was extending
up the arm into his body. It was
clear that he was threatened
with blood poison. So he left at
once for a hospital for treatment
tie returned Tuesday. His hand
is.irnprovirjg but it is still caus
ing him paiu.
Snakes Biting Horses.
Mr (iariaad B. Smith, of
Cleveland township, says two of i
his horses were bitten by snakes j'
last week?one Sunday night j
and the Qther Thursday night, j
tJeeould not find the snakes. It. '
is said the bite of a snake causes i
immediate swelling and stiffness 1
on account of a drawing of the]
muscles and a bloody substance'1
runs from the place where the '
poison enters.
A few weeks ago Mr. William '
Hughes, near Smithlield, had a
horse bitten by a snake.
The Breath of Life.
It's a significant fact that the t
strongest animal of its size, the t
gorilla, also has the largest t
uugs. Powerful lungs means c
powerful creatures. How to j
<eep the breathing organs right c
should be man's chiefest study, j
Like thousands of others, Mrs. c
3ra A. Stephens, of Port Wil
iams, O., has learned how to do c
his.* She writes; "Three bot- 3
les of Dr. King's New Discov- t
iry stopped my cough of two
rears and cured me of what ray X
riends thought consumption, r
). it's grand for throat and lung I
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SUPERIOR COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Several Cases Disposed of?Two Cap
ital Cases Tried and Long
Terms Given.
The September term ot John
ston County Superior Court con
vened here Monday, September
Kb 1000, with Judge J. L Webb,
of Sheiby, presiding. The State
was represented by Solicitor Ar
mistead Jones, of Raleigh.
The following grand jury was
drawn and sworn:
C. R. Tomlinson, foreman, J.
W. Neighbors, Iredell Batteu, E.
L. Turnage, W. G. Williams,
Stephen Westbrook, Philip Lee,
U.S.Rhodes, Fernev Wood, J.
W. Parrish, J. E. Bvrd, Leauder
1 laugh trey, Jas U. Creech, A.
Starling, C. K. Pleasant, E. S.
Lassiter, P. W. Lassiter and IT.
W. Brown.
After the judge's charge to the j
grand jury the criminal docket
was taken up and the following
proceedings were had.
tsrate vs. Tom Davis, Babe'
Driver and Sog !>river, assault |
with deadly wettpon Torn Davie ^
plead guilty Prayer for judg-j
meut. Prayer continued and
costs ordered paid at this term
Tom Davis was required to give
bond of f>200 for his appearance
at next term of court. Babe and
Son Driver did not appear.
Following this several minor
cases were disposed of
Horace Sanders plead guilty of
carrying concealed weapons and
was lined $.o and costs.
Horace Sanders and James
Underwood were tried for an af
fray Jury returned a verdict of
guilty. Facb was fined $lo and
costs and bound in a $100 bond
to make his appearance at each
term of the court for the next IS
months and show that he has
been of good behavior.
Dave Fason plead guilty to an
assault with deadly weapon and
was tined $10 and costs.
The grand jury having return
ed a true bill against Julius Hud
son. charged with murder, the
prisoner was arraigned. A spe
cial vetnre of 100 men was sum
moned to appear in court at i)
o'clock Wednesday morpingfrom
which to tret a jury.
Charlie Williams plead guilty
of an assault with a deadly wea
pon and was lined $10aud costs.
James J ones wa? arraigned for
burglary and his trial set ior
Thursday morning. A special
venire ot 2o men was ordered
summoned from which to get a
jurv. The judge appointed Mr.
fames A Weilons and Mr. J. D
Parker to represent the prisoner
who had no lawyer.
H. il. Iticlmrdson and Dennis
Boykin plead guilty of an affray
lulguient suspended upon pay
ment of costs.
Fugene Mason and James
R Sauls, r. d. w. Not guilty a?
to Sauls, Mason guilty. Fined
$ 10 and costs.
H.H.Richardson plead guilty ,
to carrying concealed weapon.
Judgment suspended upon pay
ment of cost.
U. l>. Hailey plead guilty to the
charge of au assault with deadly ,
weapon. Judgment suspended
an payment of Costs. ,,
John Powell was found guilty J
jf larceny afid receiving. He was ,
sentenced to 8 months in jailN
with commissioners|to have work j (
an public roads. j,
(i. \V. Hormau was found ,
guilty of an assault with a dead- ,
y weapon and fined #5.00 and (
:osts. I,
Olfie Sanders plead guilty to e
in assault with a deadly weapon p
iud given six months in jail and p
lommissioners have him work c
>u public roads.
Henry Wallace plead guilty to
carrying concealed weapous and
udgrnent suspended upon pay- H
nent of costs. j p
Heal Howell was found guilty v
>f au assault and sent to jail for a
10 days and assigned to work on ! q
he public roads. !?.
James Montgomery, Jimuiiep
lontgomery and (ieorge War-1 p
en were charged of au affray. ?
Varren plead guilty. The jury s
irought in a verdict of not guilty i
s to the others. Warren was
axed with costs. In
The Hudson Murder Case.
The Hudson murder ease was
tried here this week aud Julius
Hudson was sentenced to the
penitentiary for eighteen years.
The facts in tiiis case from all
we have heard seem to be about
as follows:
Julius Hudson aud his brother,
W'ilev James Hudson, two uu
married brothers, lived together
near their father, Mr John Wil
liam Hudson. Julius, it is said,
has ruu a blockade distillery for
about twenty years, and is now
under bond to appear at the
Federal court iu Raleigh for
blockading. He was a fussy man,
haviug had quite a number of
lights with different men at dif
ferent times. He had bad feeling
toward his nephew, Holly 1).
1 Hudson, because his father had
given his business over to Hol
ly instead of letting Julius at
tend to it.
On the morning 01 M ay 171 h
Julius sent Ronnie Ryals to Hol
ly Hudson for his mule tu li .oil
manure info his corn field. .10
got the mule by telling th.it hit
gfHDiif 1th T wanted tile mills 4..
haul manure into his potato
patch. I.liter llollv found thej
story ivus not true and went in
search of his mule. .Julius was
eating breakfast when Holly |
arrived and they spoke to each
other. Holly said he wanted
to know about the mule story j
and that it lay between Julius,
Louaie Ryals and Wiley.
At this titue Mrs. J. T. Adams
seeing a fuss was starting left
the house. Right away she heard
a rumbling noise in the house
which caused her to know a tight j
was on hand. Next she saw Hol
ly running around the house
and saying "don't cut me, don't J
cut me;'" Julius striking at him
with one hand and holding a
piece of plank in the other hand.
Holly stopped at a pile of lum-1
ber and Julius knocked him
down. Holly arose witb an1
axe in his hands and struck at
Julius twice?hurting him on one
hand and arm. Holly dropped
the axe aud tried to run out a
small gate but J ulius headed him 1
off and then Holly dashed 1
through the house?pursued bv
Julius who took his gun as he
went through. Holly squatted]
behind an apple tree auu tried
to protect himself with the body
of the tree but it was not large .
enough. Julius fired the gun J
and the load did bad work, idol-1
!y pulled up to the tree and j
walked across the yard and fell, j
His sister, who was working j
nearby in tbe Held, came up
about this time and he said to]
her, "Ressie, Julius has shot and j
killed me without cause." Ron-'
uie Ryals wanted to go for Hol
ly's wife but Julius threatened |
him aud would not allow him to 1
go. Julius told Wiley to hitch
up his horse and lie being slow
about it, ho told him he bad
something in the house that
would make hiui move. Julius
went to Benson aud had his hand
and arm doctored While he was 1
there Holly died. A warrant
was issued aud J ulius was ar
rested aud brought toSuiithlield
to jail by constable W. J. Hud
son. Habeas corpus proceedings
were held at Rilliugton try to get ]
J ulius out of jail but it could,
got be done. One hundred men j (
were summoned this week to try
the case Wednesday but the'
counsel for Julius agreed to sub-1
mit to murder in the second de-.
tree. The judge examined the'
witnesses to investigate the case, j
ind after the investigation pro- j ]
jounced the sentence as above;,
itated. It was a bad case and ,
ias cast a gloom over the sec
ion of our county where it oc- |
ured. 1
1
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! 1
A negro was killed by a train 1
iear Lexington Friday. ; 1
SENT TO THE PEN FOR LIFE.
Jim Jones, the Colored Burglar, Gets
Oft With a Life Sentence.
The negro against whom a
I true bill was fouud for burglary
; in the ttr^t degree was tried yes
j terday The court appointed
! Messrs. Jame9 A. Wellons and
I J. ft. I'arker to defend tne pris
| oner.
The prisoners' counsel after a
l careful examination of the evi
deuce decided to submit to aver
dit of burglary in the second de
j gree. The solicitor accepted this
and the trial was entered into.
The evidence that some one en
tered the house of A. .1. Ellis at
I Clayton on the night of Septem
I ber 2nd and took therefrom a
pocket book containing a little
| over Ave dollars and a knife.
' Mrs. Ellis and her daughter both
' saw the man in the house but
I could not tell who he was. Mr.
Ellis saw the man as he was leav
ing. Next, morning Mrs. Ellis
saw the prisoner looking toward
iior house and suspecting he was
the burglar called her husband.
I'ae policeman was notified and
w'.en an effort was made to take
the negro he lied but was cap
tured after i]uite a race. The
stolen articles were found in his
pockets. Mr. Ellis testified that
he knew the pocket book and
that, it was his.
After hearing the evidence the
?fudge sentenced the defendant
to the penitentiary at hard labor
for life.
Entertainment in Boon Hill.
A very enjoyable occasion was
the social entertainment given
by Miss Ida Woodward in honor
of her cousin, Dr. Albert (iideon
Woodward, at her home near
Princeton, Friday evening. Sep
tember 7th.
A sumptuous repast came ear
ly on the program. In the cool
evening breeze, amid the sway
ing boughs of leafy trees and the
sweet-scented buds of summer,
the musicing bug and chirupping
beetle, a gloated table of pure
delights greeted the eye with
anxious bidding. And soon the
poet appeared to sing. Hut meu
may come and men may go but
we are gone forever. Fruits and
ice cream had their day and so
did many others. Then came
games and music. A game of
chance in which the host offered
a prize was participated in by
all. The pinuiug was performed
interestingly, and .Mr. Alvin
Ilodge won the prize, Miss Lizzie
Itaiford, the booby. The even
ing was pleasantly spent, and
all went away praising the host
for being so royally entertained
Among those present were Mr.
Alvin Hodge and Miss Annie Ay
cock, of kenly, Miss Ilea Wel
lons, of Micro, Dr. Albert Wood
waid, of Kaleigh, Mr. Willie and
Miss Ada Whitley, of Princeton,
Mr. Turner and , Miss Malissa
Welluus, of Clayton.
Recipient.
Sheriff Julian, of Rowan coun
ty, on Fridav took a convict to
the penitentiary at Raleigh, to
serve spven year* for murdering
another negro. Sheriff Kernodle,
of Alamance, on Friday commit
ted a negro to serve lo years for
a similar crime.
Spence-Medlin.
Mr. Lonnie Spence and Miss
Nova Medlin were married at the
home of the bride's father, Mr.
Isaiah Medlin, Wednesday aftei
noon in the presence of several
relatives and friends. Rev. J.
W. Suttle, of Smithfield, per
lormed the ceremony. After the
narriage the wedding party
vent to the home of the groom's
ather, Mr. J. A. Speoce, where a
lice supper was served.
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