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VOL. 25. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 28. 1906. NO. 60.
STATE NEWS AND VIEWS
What North Carolina Editors
Are Talking About.
Short Items of Interest to The Public
Clipped and Culled From Our
State Papers.
The present enrollment at Elon
College is 170.
The University of North Caro
lina has enrolled G50 students.
Oak Ridge Institute is report
ed to have nineteen students
from Cuba.
The number of convicts in the
North Carolina penitentiary is
now only 625.
The High Point Publishing
Company, with a capital off 25,
000, has been chartered.
A train ran over a negro near
(ireensboro last Friday cutting
off both legs and one arm.
According to Weather Director
Thiessen over one inch of rain
fell in Raleigh Sunday in ten min
utes.
John Sharp Williams, of Miss
issippi, will make two speeches
in this State during the cam
paign.
The North Carolina James
town Commission has arranged
to buy a lot 1+0x110 feet for a
State building.
The Democrats of Sampson
have nominated A. F. Howard
and R. C. Jackson to represent
the county in the next General
Assembly.
There are 32"? children at the
Thomasville Orphanage. What
a wonderful work this institu
tion is doing for the fatherless
ones of our State!
Trinity College opened on Wed
nesday, September 12th. L'p to
the 1+th, 230 had matriculated
in the College department, and
170 in the High School, making
+00 in all
Mr. Edwin Myatt, son of Mr.
W. A. Myatt, of Raleigh, died in
Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday of
diphtheria. He was only 20
years old and was a nephew of
Mrs. Mary Myatt of this place.
Rev. John N. Cole, presiding
elder of the Rockingham district,
has been elected superintendent
of the Methodist Orphanage at
Raleigh, to fill the vacancy caus
ed by the death of Rev. John W.
Jenkins.
High Point is boasting of a
family of six persons whose total
weight aggregates more than
1300 pounds. W, C. Gibson is
the head of the family. He
weighs 232 pounds. He has five
children?tour boys and one girl
who weigh over 200 pounds
each.
A remarkable character died in
Ashe county recently. Alfa Mar
ker was his name and at the time
of his death he was 95 years old,
was five feet eight inches tall,
weighing 360 pounds, was not
bald and didn't have a single
gray hair on his head. Mr.
Marker has over400 descendants
?children, grandchildren and
great-grand-children?living.
(x. C. Whitaker, a Southern
Railway flagman, was shot and
killed instantly at Spencer one
day last week by P. F. Hedrick,
a Southern Railway conductor.
Hedrick gave himself up and
was committed to jail. It seems
that the trouble grew out of
Whitaker's attention to Hed
rick's wife. Eight years ago Hed
rick was tried and acquitted of
killing A. I). Shuping.
?Judge Webb has ordered the
Raleigh aldermen to call an elec
tion in that city on prohibi
tion in compliance with the peti
tion presented by Rev. S. J.
Metts. The requisite number of
names was on the petition, but
the aldermen refused to call the
election under the Watts act.
Mr. Metts then prayed for a man
damus which was granted by
Judge Webb as stated above.
The attorney for the aldermen
appealed to the Supreme Court.
Benson News Notes. |
Primro Parker, of Smithfield, .
returned home Sunday.
Prank Woodall has bought
half interest in S. E. Williams'
stock.
Business is good here notwith
standing we went under with our 1
sister, Mrs. Punn, in the tobacco 1
market.
John Bryant, of Purbam, son
of J. C. Bryant, was buried here
Monday. He died in Purbam
( Saturday. > i
Julius Eldridge, of Winston-'1
: Salem, has returned to his busi
ness there, having been called
here on account of his father's
death.
Misses Emma Starling and j
Minnie Culbreth, of Godwin, have
returned to their homes, having
been here on a visit to Miss Ix>
mie Hawley.
Our graded school had a fine
opening. Without flattering our
selves or claiming too much we
can say we have as good school (
as any town in the county.
A. T. Kyals, rural carrier on
route No. 2 from here, has a new 1
i substitute in the person of Wil
liam Jennings Archie Columbus
Glenn Byals. who put in appli
cation for rooms and other ac
commodations and attentions
and extraordinary services at
( A. T's. recently.
Rev. D. F. Putnam has been
i called to the pastorate of the
Missionary Baptist church here.
He has been among us for some
time, having other churches in
charge and so endeared himself to
the people that when Mr. Suttle
resigned as pastor of the church
here, his call was unanimous.
It appears that the Republi
cans here have Hung up the
sponge. Their faces are long
and their countenances bear eve
ry expression of a forlorn hope.
It is nothing unusual to see the'
mossy-backs from Elevation,
Meadow, Ingrams and Banner
townships in some shady place
nearby a back alley consulting.
A study of faces discovers the
fact that they are in deep de
spair.
Constable L. M. Ryals and a ;
negro whom he attempted to ar
rest exchanged a few shots Mon
day night. No one was hurt ex
cept Hay ward Lucas, and he re
ceived his injuries in scrambling
over a fence, seeking safety be
hind Stephen Fairclotn's house.
It turns out now that Mr. Fair
cloth's house bears the only evi
dence of stray bullets, and Mr
Lucas thinks he would have been
as safe to have stayed in the
middle of the road.
Sept. 2(>.
A Sudden Death in Meadow.
In the death of Mr. W. S. Eld-1
ridge, which occurred Sunday af
ternoon, September !>, Meadow
township and Johnston county
1 lost one of their best citizens.
Mr. Eldridge was 68 years, one1
month and seven days old at the j
time of his death. He served in
i the Confederate army, being a
good soldier.
He served his county on the
Hoard of County Commissioners
for several years and while on
the Board fie exercised the same
good judgment in the public af
fairs that has ever characterized
his own private business affairs.
At the time of his death he was a
member of the Hoard of Pension
for this county. Tie was a
good citizen, a Kind neighbor
and ever looked to the welfare of
those dependent upon him. He
will be greatly missed in his
community.
Mr. Eldridge's death came
without a moment's warning.
On the second Sunday in this
month he went to Hickory Grove
church to the morning service
and seemed in spleudid spirits.
He spent the afternoon at his
home and just before night he
went out to feed his hogs, and
while returning to the house he
dropped dead. His wife reached
him a few minutes after he fell,
but life was extinct.
He leaves a widow, two sons
[and three daughters.
REV. J. W. SUTTLE LEAVES US.
rhis Faithful Minister and Earnest Tem
perance Worker Goes to Marshall
to Accept the Pastorate of the
Baptist Church at that Place.
Kev. J. \Y. Buttle. who has been
pastor of the Bmithfield Baptist
church ever since .January 1,
1898, left Wednesday to visit his
parents at Shelby before taking
up the work of his uew pastorate
at Marshall, N. C.
During his stay in Johnston
County Mr. Buttle made many
friends who regret to see him
leave. He has been a faithful
and tireless worker for the up
building of this section, both
spiritually and morally. As a
minister he has been a power for
good and has done much to aid
in building up and strengthening
the Missionary Baptists in this
town and county. When he came
to Smitnfleld the Baptists were
weak. He leaves the church with
a largely increased membership
and a wider influence. Since he
came here a splendid house of
worship has been built and paid
for?at the present time the beet
church edifice in Johnston Coun
ty. He has served a number of
other churches in the county and
all have prospered under his
ministry. We understand that
during his stay iu this county he
received over nine hundred mem
bers into the churches he served,
aud baptized more than six hun
dred persons.
As a temperance leader Mr.
Suttle has been bold and fearless
and the fact that Johnston
County has not within her board
ers to-day a legalized liquor shop
is due largely to his earnest and
faithful work. In a word no man
in the county during the past
eight years has done more for
the uplift of the people in every
way that means for their better
ment than has John W. Suttle.
The good influence of this man
in our midst will be felt for ages
to come.
The baptist church at Mar
shall to which Mr. Suttle will
give his entire time is to be con
gratulated. The people of the
town and county regardless of
denomination will join us in
wishing him success and happi
ness in his mountain home.
NEWSY NOTES FROM SELMA.
Mr. Pet Temple, of Wake coun
ty was here this week.
Mrs. John P. Winston is visit
ing her sister.Mrs. M.C. Winston.
Mrs. R. B. Carrington is spend
ing this week in Manchester, Ya.
Mrs. Thos. W. Winston, of Ox
ford, is visiting Mrs. (}. A. Tuck.
Mrs. W. H. McCullers, of Clay
ton, is visiting Mrs. M. C. Win
ston.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Hood, of
Greensboro, spent a few days
here with their aunt, Mrs. W. R.
Driver.
Selma chapter, U. D. It. A. M.
met in regular convocation last
Tuesday night and exalted six
new members. Refore the meet
ing an elegant banquet was ser
ved in courses at the Merchant's
Hotel. Thevisiting companions
were Past Grand Master John
VV. Cotton, of Tarboro, A. S.
White, of Clayton, W. A. Hender
son, of West Virginia, Dr. H. G.
Carroll, H. C. Rutler, John Allen,
T. F. Harding, Will X. Coley, W.
I). Rriggs, 1). T. Fort. W. R.
Smith, M. S. Sherpessee, C. I).
Wilder and Robert P. Noble, of
Raleigh. The visitors were as
well pleased with the work as they
were with the banquet and said
they wouldbeglad tocomeagain.
Senex.
Temperance Speaking.
Prof. I. T. Turlington and Mr.
J. M. Reaty expect to speak on
temperance at Johnson I'nion
Freewill Raptist church the first
Sunday in October at .'1 o'clock,
everybody invited to attend.
In a railroad collision at New
Praque, Minn.. Wednesday five
were killed and many injured in
a railroad collision.
McIVER LOAN FUND.
A Suggestion of a Way to Perpetuate His
Life and Labors.
(News and Obwrver.)
To the Kditor: I have read
with interest and approval the
many worthy aud loviug tributes
of respect paid by .Mr. Bryan,
tioveruor (ileuu, aud other good
men, to the life and character of
our much beloved I?r. Mclver.
There has not beeu a single seuti-1
uient expressed with respect to
the great thiugs he accomplish
ed, the wonderful benediction his
life aud work have been to the
State and Nation, or the unsel
fish devotion to the great cause
of education to which he gave
his life and energies,in which I do
not heartily concur. Such a life
deserves the admiration of the
world; it deserves to be com
memorated and perpetuated?
deserves "a monument more last
ing than brass and more endur
ing than marble." Hut the ques
tion which presents itself to me
is how can we best commemor
ate aud perpetuate the life and
labors of this noble, generous
hearted North Carolinian? One
| of the last letters he ever wrote
was iu reply to a special request
to help make it possible for a
worthy young lady of this coun
ty to obtain the goal of her am
bition?an education?and as a
result of his co-operation with a
few other friends in her behalf
she was on her way to Greens
boro to receive his benefactions
when death claimed hint. Mis bin
heart was touched by the appeal
of her friends and he gladly em
braced the opportunity to place
within her reach greater possi
bilities for usefulness.
In my bumble judgment the
most practical way in which the
friends of Dr. Mclver could per
petuate his life and labors would
be to take the contributions
which would otherwise go to
wards erecting to his memory an
almost expressionless (in com
parison) monument of marble,
and establish a loan fund, to
be known as the "Mclver
Loan Fund," and place it in
reach of the poor but worthy i
young women 01 our State,there
by continuing, as far as possible,
the great and noble work to
which he gave his life. 1 believe
if Dr. Mclver could speak from
his grave he would say in death
what he said and lived up to in
life: "Educate the young women
of my beloved State." I am
ready with a contribution when- j
ever his friends may see fit and
proper to inaugurate such a
movement.
I will not say more in substan
tiation of the plan, for its practi
cability must be apparent to all
and its appropriateness unques
tionable.
W. A. Edoerton.
Smithfield, N. C., Sept. 2<>th.
It is Pay Time.
Some of our subsribers could
not or did not pay in advance
forTm: Hkkalo. We sent the
; paper to them during spring and
summer but now we need the
money and will kindly ask them
; to remember us by sending in
their subscriptiou. Please look
at the label on your paper and
see how your subscription stands.
You can send us the cash or a
| check or a money order.
The Breath of Life.
It's a significant fact that the
I strongest animal of its size, the
I gorilla, also has the largest
lungs. Powerful lungs means
1 powerful creatures. How to
( keep the breathing organs right
should be man's chiefest study.
Like thousands of others, Mrs.
j Ora A. Stephens, of Port Wil
j liams, O., has learned how to do
j this. She writes; "Three bot-i
ties of Dr. King's New Discov
ery stopped my cough of two
years and cured me of what my
friends thought consumption.
O. it's grand for throat and lung
troubles." Guaranteed by Hood
Bros., druggists. Price 50c. and
#1.00. Trial bottle free.
j The Pennsylvania Railroad
I Company baa ordered 12,400
1 freight cars, to cost #15.000,000.
CLAYTON CONTINUES TO GROW.
The Events of the week Carefully Chron
icled by Our Regular Corre
spondent.
Mr. Arthur Wallace, of Smitb
tielii. was a visitor here for a few
days recently.
Mr. Eric Ellington will leave
Friday for Annapolig to enter the
Naval Academv.
Mrs. J. C. Wallace has been
spending a short while in the
country visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. M.G.Gulleyspent
Saturday and Sunday visiting
relatives and friends in Gary.
A number of our Baptist peo
ple will attend the union meeting
at Blackmau's Grove this ween.
Miss ltuby Barbour has ac
cepted a position in the dry
goods department of Mr. I>. H.
McCullers store.
Messrs. T. P. Farley and J. R.
Eedbetter, of Princeton, spent
several days here recently, the
guests of the Messrs. Massey.
Mr. C. Vernon Williams left
Monday for Henderson where he
takes a position with Mr. Edgar
Stallings on the merry-go-round.
Several more students entered
Clayton High School Monday.
The school is having a very sat
isfactory attendance this sea
|aon.
The Clayton oil mills started
up Monday. Quite a lot of seed
have been bought already and
the prospects for a good run are
fine.
Mr. \Y. I. Whitley left this
morning (Wednesday) for North
ern markets to purchase fall
stock for Messrs. A. Home A
Son.
Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Kay and
children, of Raleigh, were the
guests of Mr and Mrs. Joe T.
Karnes for a day or two this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Hales left
Monday for Pine Level where
Mr. Hales has a very good posi
tion with the Pine Level Oil
Mills.
Mr. Ldgar Stalhngs, proprie
tor of the merry-go-round, which
is now situated at Henderson,
spent several days in our city
this week.
Since our last report Clayton's
population has increased.
Among the fortunate parents are
Mr. and Mrs. I). H. McCullers,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jones, Mr.
and Mrs. C. B. Turley.
We notice with pride, the very
pleasant remarks by the News
and Observer concerning the
speech at Scotland Neck on the
20th, by our estimable towns
man, Hon. Ashley Home,
The Clayton Baptist Sunday
School has tendered to the
church the funds received as their
part of the profit of the More
head excursion to be expended
in a heating plant for the church.
We regret to announce that
Mr. Joe Avery Lason, Messrs.
W. A. Barnes & Co's. very popu
lar salesman, is at home this
week suffering from lumbago.
We hope he will soon be out
again.
Mrs. Etta V. Johnson'smilliner,
Mine Susie Ruukel, has arrived
Mrs. .Johnson will have her open
ing day Thursday, < October 4th,
in the handsome new store being
finished for her now, on the cor
ner of Mr. Chas. \V. Home's lot.
Although Mr. B. M. Robertson
was hindered from reaching
Richmond in time for the regular
sale, he bought several very pret
ty horses. We are glad that
Mr, Robertson was not hurt in
the wreck which occurred to the
train on which he was travelling,
at Norlina.
Sept. 2<?. Ykmk.
"To Cure a Felon"
>ays Sam. Kendall, of Phillips
burg. Kan., "just cover it over
with Bucklen's Arnica Salve
and the Salve will do the rest."
Quickest cure for Burns, Boils,
Sores, Scalds, Wounds, Piles,
Eczema, Salt Rheum, Chapped
Hands. Sor<> Feet and Sore Eyes.
. Only 25c. at Hood Bros' drug
I store. Guaranteed.
General News Items.
About 600,000 children at
tended the opening of the schools
in New York this fall.
The new medical school of Har
vard University, erected at a
cost of $.">,000,000, was dedicat
ed Tuesday
The latest information from
Jellico, Ky., shows that seven
persons were killed by the dyna
mite explosion there, while five
others are expected to die.
Twelve persons were killed, 100
wounded, many buildings col
lapsed, and $500,000 damage
was caused by the explqsion of a
car load of dynamite Friday at
Jellico, Tenn.
Charles Conley, the negro v*ho
assaulted two women in Dela
ware, received thirty lashes in
the yard of the New Castle work
house Saturday and was then
taken to begin his sentence of fif
ty years' imprisonment.
Congressman Robert Roberts
Hitt, of Mount Morris, 111.,
chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs and a candidate
for the Vice-Presidential nomi
nation on the Roosevelt ticket
in 1904,died last week, aged sev
enty-two years.
It is reported the Czar and his
family have fled from St. Peters
bure for the purpose of getting
away from the influence of the
bureauocracy, and give the peo
ple of his country a government
founded on more libera! and
modern ideas.
Captain Hatfield, West Virgin
ia's most noted outlaw, who for
years spread terror among the
natives along the West Virginia
Kentucky border and especially
to the McCoy family, is dying at
Warncliff, Mingo County, as the
result of two bullet wounds in
flicted by Dr. Klias It. Hatfield,
his youngest brother.
Paul (). Stensland, the confess
ed embezzler of (400,000 of the
funds of the Milwaukee Avenue
State Hank, arrived in Chicago
Wednesday from Morocco,North
ern Africa, and in less than three
hours was tried and sentenced to
a term in the Illinois penitentia
ry. In another three hours he
was in the State prison serving
his term, Ouick action!
Two More Stills Cut Up.
Deputy Collector Adams and
Deputy Marshal Barnes cut up
two illicit distilleries on the north
side of Holt's pond on Black
Creek yesterday. One was 175
gallons capacity, the other +0
gallons. No arrests were made;
Kitchen Burned.
Last Saturday night about
ten o'clock after all the family
had gone to bed and were asleep
Mr. Zack Stephenson who lives
five miles west of here had the
misfortune to lose his kitchen
and all its contents by fire. When
be got out to the fire it was all
over the kitcheu and it was with
great difficulty the dwelling was
saved. The accident was caused
by fire from the stove flue or fire
place, most probably from the
latter as there had been tire in
the tire place during the evening,
ironing being done until about
supper time. Mr. Stephenson
is one of our best farmers and he
and his family are very careful
people with everything around
and this only goes to show that
"accidents will happen."
Starving to Death.
Because her stomach was so
weakened by useless druggiug
that she could not eat, Mrs.
Mary H. Walters, of St. Clair
St., Columbus, O.. was literally
starving to death. She writes:
"My stomach was so weak from
useless drugs that I could not
eat, and my nerves so wrecked
that I could not sleep; and not
before I was given up to die was
I induced to try Electric Bitters;
with the wonderful result that
improvement began at once, and
a complete cure followed." Best
health Tonic on earth. ">0c.
Guaranteed by Hood Bros., drug
gists.