%\)t JimitlfWi Herald = " ~~ "TRUE TO OURSELVES. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." single copies tive cents. price one dollar per tear. ? ? ? 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 roubles.'' Guaranteed by Hood b Iros.. druggists. Price 30c. and a 1 00. Trial bottle free. t 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 "To Cure a Felon" ays Sam. Kendall, of Phillips 1 >urg. Kan., "just cover it over rith Bucklen's Arnica Salve ,nd the Salve will do the rest." | Quickest cure for Burns, Boils, 1 lores, Scalds, Wounds, Piles, ] Sczema, Salt Rheum, Chapped i' lands, Sore Feet and Sore Eyes, j' )nl.y 25c. at Hood Bros', drug ] tore. Guaranteed. > ! 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. Well Worth Trying. W. H. 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