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VOL. 25. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 4. 1907. NO. 44.
A SAD ACCIDENT AE CLAYTON.
A Movement on Foot to Build A New
Cotton Mill?Other Items of Interest.
Gulley & Gulley have moved to
their new store adjoining W. A.
Barnes' dry goods store.
Dr. and Mrs. Earnest H.
Broughtou, of Ilileigh. spent
Sunday here with Mrs Brougb
ton's parents.
Nearly all the college students
have returned to college aud
some of the young people of the
town are looking sad.
All of Clayton's industries paid
handsome dividends January 1,
1907. Did you ever know Clay
ton to fail to "make good?''
Mr. John S. Barues, who for
the past year and a half has re
aided in Smithfield, came back
home Wednesday, January 2nd,
1907.
Mr. and Mrs. Flack, of Shelby,
N. C., are visiting Mrs. Flack's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Stancil. Mrs. Flack spent the
holidays here.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Scarbor
ough, of Rocky Mount, spent a
part of the holidays here with
Mrs. Scarborough's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Adams.
Miss Lilla D. Mann and Miss
Bessie Pullium, teachers in the
Clayton High School, have re
turned from their holiday visit.
They report a jolly good Christ
mas.
A movement is on foot and be
ing pushed to a finish towards
the building, right away, of an
other cotton mill. On iast Mon
day night, December 3Is', a rep
resentative crowd of Clayton's
business men met at the Acade
my to discuss the advisability of
such a movement, and the out
come of the meeting is that Clay
ton will doubtless have a new
mill shortly. A committee of
three was appointed to select a
site and report in two weeks,also
a committee of ten was appoint
ed to solicit subscriptions. When |
Clayton's people get behind a
thing that thing must go.
One of the saddest accidents in
the history of our town occurred
on Monday morning, December
31st, when Vernon Ellis, the sec
ond son of Mr. and Mrs. James
L. Ellis, was caught in a shaft
while at his work at the Clayton
Oil Mill, and was so seriously
hurt that he died from his in
juries about 3 o'clock that after
noon. The whole town was se
verely grieved at the sad occur
rence and offered condolence to i
the bereaved parents in the form
of kind notes and dowers in pro
fusion. The funeral exercises
were conducted by Rev. Mr.
Starling, the new pastor, from |
the M. E. Church. The inter-1
ment was at the Ellis family j
burying ground on his father's
land.
Jan. 2. Yelir.
|
Earpsboro News.
Mr. A. G. Kemp is going to Ze
bulon soon.
Mr. Hubert Kaiford, of Prince
was in our midst last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fuller have
moved out of the community.
Mr. H. R. Hales, of Rocky
Mount, is in the community.
Mr. and Mrs. A H. Atkinson
visited Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hales
8unday.
Uu the 20th of December Mr.
8. V. Wilder and Miss Claudia
Richardson were married at the
home of Mr. Wilder.
Mrs. i. B. Richardson returned
from a visit to her parents in
Wake County last week, accom
panied by her sister. Miss Cola
Temples.
X. X. X.
General Litvinoff, Governor of
the Province ot Aumolisk, Asiatic
Russia, was assassinated last
week.
The first Baptist Church of
Charlotte is planning to bui d a
handsome structure during this
vear to cost not lees than i
$50,000. Ii
Notes and Comments.
The year 1906 closed with a
terrible famine in Central China,
in which, it is reported, 10.000,
000 people are actually starving
to death.
According to Health Commis
sioner Darlington the birth, mar
riage and death statistics of
Greater New York show au in
crease for 1900 over 1905. Dur
ing 1900 there were reported
111,172 births, 48,355 mar
riages and 70,200 deaths.
Sir Mortimer Durand, who has
been the British Ambassador to
this country for several years,
has given up his position and re
turned to England. He will be
succeeded at Washington by
James Bryce. Mr. Bryce has
been for the past vear a member
of the British cabinet and is one
of Great Britan's leading States
men. He is author of the well
known book, "The American
Commonwealth."
Pennsylvania's retiring Gov
ernor, 8amuel W. Pennvpacker,
who lacks much of being a gen
eral favorite with the newspaper
men, is said to be a man of wide
learning. In addition to the
English language, be reads
French. German, Spanish, Greek
and Latin. He is an industrious
man and during his term of office
as Governor, has labored con
stantly. He will be sncceeeded on
January 15th by Edwin S.
Slt.n art
The directors of The Pennsyl
vania Railroad held a meeting
Wednesday and elected .James
McCrea President of the system
to succeed the late A. J Cassatt
Mr. McCrea, like his predecessor,
began in railroad work at the
very bottom. He is 58 years of
age, is six feet tall aud weighs
about 2501bs. He has been in the
service of the Pennsylvania Rail
road for many years and is
familiar with its policies. It is
said that McCrea abhors graft of
every description..
It is said that the reform laws
passed by the last session of
Congress will result in the addi
tion of several thousand extra
servants of the government, and
will involve an increased expen
diture of five millions per year.
The laws are the New Rate law,
the Pure Food law, and the Meat
Inspection law. The enforce
ment of the Meat Inspection law
is estimated to cost $5,000,000
per year. This act is to be en
forced under the direction of the
Secretary of Agriculture.
Last week the sword owned by
Commodore Paul Jones, was de
posited in tbe library of the Navy
Department at Washington city.
It is said that the sword is in
practically the same condition
as it was when Paul Jones car
ried it during the Revolutionary !
War. There is a story to the et
fect that Commodore Jones was
given this sword by the Jones
family of North Carolina from '
whom, it is said, he took his
name, but the records show that
the sword was given to the fa
mous Revolutionary fighter by
the beautiful Theodosia Rurr,
daughter of Aaron Burr.
A Russian General or Admiral
has a hard time. If he fights the
battles o! his country and hap
pens to lose, he is almost certain
of being sentenced to death. A
few days ago Admiral Neboga
toff, who commanded a Russian
ship at the Battle of tbe Sea of
Japan, was tried by court mar
tial and sentenced to death. He
was found guilty of tbe unpar
donable crime in Russia of sur
rendering his ship, even when
there was no hope of holding out
longer against the enemy.
While the sentence carries with
it disgrace to the Admiral's
name, it will never be carried
into effect. It is just one of the
rules mat Russia has in order to
give the Czar an opportunity of
exerci-ing clemency and restor
ing a forfeited life to an officer
who is unable to overcome ob
stacles that fall in every general
or admiral's path.
Sixteen persons were killed and
more than thirty injured in a
collision on the North British
railroad in Scotland last Friday.
ATLANTA RIOTERS SCHORED.
Committee Reports That 12 Persons
Were Killed And 70 Wounded.
Atlanta. Dec. 28?The com
mitt e appointed by a mass-meet
ing of citizens at the time of the
September riots in this city to!
investigate the facts connected >
with the troubles at the time
made its report today. The re
port shows that. 12 persons were
| killed and 70 wounded. Of the'
dead 2 were white and 10 color- i
ed, 2 were females and 10 males. I
Of the wounded 10 were whites ?
and 00 negroes. The sum of $5,!
363 was expended by the com
mitte for relief of the wounded <
and for the families of the dead,
of which the city contributed $1
000. The report says:
"The crimes of the mob includ
ed robbery as well as murder. In
a number of cases the property,
of innocent unoffending personsn
was taken. Furniture was de
stroyed, small shops were looted,
windows were smashed and mon
ey taken from small hoards. In
the commission of crime, men
and women alike were treated
with unspeakable brutality."
As a result of the riots, the re
port continues, good citizens
have been driven away. Con
cluding, the report eu\ s:
"As 12 peis.ins v>ere killed aud
70 were murderously assaulted,
and as by all accounts a number
took part in each assault, it is
clear that several murderers or
would be murderers are at large
in this community."
General News Items.
Arebduke Leopold of Astria.
who renounced all of hie titles to
marry an actress, will, it is re
ported. apply for a divorce be
cause of bis wife's eccentricities.
Lee Holder, 18 year old, has
been arrested at Union City,
Tenn., charged with the murder
of his father, the Rev. .1. R. Hol
der, a Presbyterian minister who
was found dead Thursday night. )
Bishop A. Coke Smith, of the
Southern Methodist church, died
at his home in Asheville last j
week of heart failure. Bishop>
Smith was 57 years of age. He
was elected Bishop at Norfolk in
1892.
George YV. Perkins, first-vice
prsident, and Charles S. Fair
child, a trustee of the New York
Life Insurance Campany, have
been indicted by the giaud jury
on charges of forgery in the third
decree.
o
Five men all sleeping in a ca
boose were crushed to death Fri
day night in a collision between
a stock train and a locomotive
near Winnipeg Junction, Mani
toba. All the bodies were terri
bly mangled, and four have not
yet been identified.
At Hopkinsville on Friday,
Lewie Wilson shot Margaret
Tayler, his sieter-in-law and
Henry Morris, hpr husband
Both will probably die. They
had just been married. Wilson
shot them because the maniage
was against his wishes.
The Congo Slaves. 1
The Congo Free State embraces
900,000 square miles of terri- i
tory and has some 17,000,000 i
of population. The Congo Asso- i
ciation, originally formed under
the patronage of King Leopold, ,
had for one of its chief objects
the suppression of the slave ]
trade, and was intended also to ,
open the Congo region to indue- ;
trial and commercial develop- :
ment. Even if the charges of J
barbarous cruelties and mutila
tions be held under reserve it ap- '
pears to be proved by tJie report :
of the Belgian Commission that 1
the natives of the Congo Free 1
State are kept in a condition j
practically indistinguishable
from that of slavery. They are 1
controlled in their goings and
comings and in their vocations
to a degree that certainlv ap
pears to deprive them of liberty i
and the pursuit of hapainess. ;
even if it does not in Rome cases i
deprive them of life itself.?New <
York Times. i
With The Churches. . |
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There will be services at the ;
Primitive Baptist church here
tomorrow aud Sunday at the
regular hours.
Rev. I). P. Bridges will preach
at the Baptist Chapel at the ,
Smithtield Cotton Mill Sunday ;
afternoon at 3 o'clock. I
Kev. It. \V. Horrell expects to
preach at Pine Level Baptist 1
church the first Sunday in .lauu :
ary at 3 o'clock aud at night. '
Itev. 1).' P. Bridges has arrang- J
ed to preach at Live Oak church j
the second Sunday at 3 o'clock (
and Saturday before at 11 aud
at Thanksgiving the second Sun- ,
day at 11 o'clock and Saturday
before at 3 o'clock.
We are requested to announce
that Rev. N. II. tiibbs, of Benson,
will preach at Oliver's Grove
Baptist church tomorrow (Sat- 1
urday) at 11 o'clock, and on
Sunday at the same hour. He i
will preach at Barbour's School
house Sunday afternoon at 3 <
o'clock. I
The first quarterly Conference {
of this year will be held with the :
Methodist church here tomor
row morning at 9 o'clock and on J
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock,
tne new Presiding Elder, Rev. R *
B. John, will preach. Rev. J. H. 1
Shore, the pastor, will conduct c
the Sunday night service
Rev. 1). P. Bridges will preach ^
at the Smithlield Baptist churih t
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, j c
and Sunday night at 7 o'clock, f
His subject for the morning ser- j r
vice will be "Walking with God."i
All the members of the church I
are earnestly requested to be
present at the morniug service,
and the public generally is cor
dially invited to attend both c
services. t
Guard within yourself that C
treasure, kindness. Know how t
to give without hesitation, how (.
to lose without regret, how to
acquire without meanneBS ? w
George Sand. | j,
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Kenly News Notes.
We are sorry to note that Mrs. ^
Joe Pearce is very sick.
Mr. R T. Ronfrow is now in w
business with Mr. R. A. Hales.
Miss Lillian Ayers returned w
Friday, after spending the holi- c
days at her home. w
Mr. and Mrs. 8. J. Harden went 11
down in Sampson county to at
tepd the burial of his mother.
We are glad to welcome so g
many new comers in our town,
and hope that they may find all
pleasant with us. | T
Miss Eva Harden returned to ?t
Raleigh Monday where she will y
resume her studies in King's ji
Business College. u
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Sasser and
little daughter Hazel speut last 1
week with Mrs. Nasser's father, it
Mr. Win. Dickinson, near Spring l.i
Hope. q
Miss Leone Edgerton, after
spending the holidays at home,
returned to Wilson where she is 1
attending the Atlantic Christian
College. J
Miss Passie Harris a former y
music teacher of Kenly Academy, ^
and a lady highly esteemed j,
among us all, has been visiting ^
our town through the holidays. ^
Our merchants seem to be d<
very busy taking inventory and
preparing for the new year's p
work. We hope that the ensuing
year can be put down in history D(
with as much pleasure as the one jH
just closed. _ lcj
Mr. D. B. Sasser has bought at
out the entire stock of the Kenly t>!
Mfg. Co. and is installing a new jH
forty horsepower engine, and tl
expects to put in a heavy saw ^
mill in a few days He says he
will then be ready to fill orders ^
ou short notice. c(
Kenly, January 2nd. y
t<
Write it in your heart that T
every day is the best day in the is
vear. No man has learned any- n
thing rightlv until heknowsthat |,
every day is doomsday.?Emer- t
son. Y
MERCHANTS MOVE FOR REFORM.
imlthfleld Retail Merchants Want Tele
phone Rates Reduced and a Bridge
Built Across "Buffalo."
At the last regular monthly
meeting of the Smithtield Retail
Merchants Association the fol
owiug resolutions were passed:
Resolved: 1st. I'hat we the
undersigned members ot the
?unithlield Retail Merchants As
-ociation and subscribers to the
Smithtield Telephone Exchange
iiscoutiuue the use of telephones
u our stores, offices anil resi
ieuces on and after Jauuury 15,
LOOT, except at the following an
nual rates which are to be made
ind agreed upon on or before
laid date (January 15, 11)07):
Business phones, $24
Residence phones, $18.
Business and residence phones,
J3LJ.
Residence phones with two or
nore on same line, $12 each.
Resolved: 2nd. That a copy
>1 these resolutions be sent the
President of the Carolina Tele
jhone and Telegraph Co. as a
inal notice to remove all phones
n the stores, offices and resi
iences of the undersigned on or
>efore said date unless above
itated rates cau be made and ;
igreed upou on or before said 5
late, (January IS 1907.)
A committee was appointed to
;irculate a petitiou among tbej
)eople over Che county askiug
he county commissioners to or
ler a bridge built across "liuf
alo" near Smithtield at their
text regular monthly meetiug.
IEWS FROM POLENTA SECTION.
Mr. T. W. Le.May has rented
tut his farm and will move to
owu.
Miss Miua Johnson one of the
ireensboro Normal students, to
he delignt of her friends, spent
Ihristmas week at home.
Mr. W. T. Adams and family
nil leave Smithtield and will
acate in this section. We wel
ome them to our community.
Typo took a stroll through
lessrs. A. Horue & Son's new
tore, in Clayton, recently, and
rill in his next give you a short
rrite up of it.
Dr. McLeMore spent Christmas
ritb his parents in Sampson
ounty. He returned during last
reek and is now busily engaged
l his practice.
Preaching at Oakland on the 1
jurth Sunday in December was
irgely attended and the congre
atiou was treated to two excel
snt sermons.
The Oyster supper at Mrs. Sue
'omlinson's last Thursday night
as largely attended by the
oung people of this section, and
; goes without saying that it
as an enjoyable occasion.
Christmas has come and gone,
t came in cold and disagreeable,
; weut out warm and pleasant,
n this section it proved to be a
uiet one, passing off without
ny friction; it may be said that
; was properly kept, little or no
runkenness being observable.
Mr. W. B. Wall, recently Mr.;
. O. Ellington's farm manager, j
as accepted a like position with
lesers. Harbour Bros, and has j
loved over the creek and is now
i charge of one of the Barbour
irms Mr. Wall is a good mann
er, and the Barbour boys have
one well to get him.
Mr. Will Coats and Miss Floyd
lelley were happily wedded at
le residence of tne bride's father
earjAuburn, Thursday night of
ist week, Rev. Mr. Hudson offl
ating. This young couple
.arts out in life togetner with a
right future before them and it
the wish of all of their friends
lat the voyage may be one of
reat happiness.
Last Sundav Oakland Sunday
chool elected the following oth
ers for 1907. Superintendent,!
. T. Booker; Assistant Superin
jndent. C. O. Young, Sec. and
reas., Ed. EdmondsoD; Organ
it. Miss Kirtie Wood; Assistant,
rganist. Miss Ellie N. Booker;
eader of singing. Dr. McI.<eniore;
cachets, Dr. Booker. C. C.I
oung and Miss Ava Yeivington.
The Christmas tree at Shiloh
was an enjoyable success. The
tree was heavily ladened with
nice presents for the scholars as
well as outsiders The pastor of
the church, Kev. Mr. Hudson
delivered au address which was
pointed and full of good advice.
The whole management of the
tree deserve praise.
The Oakland Sunday School
Sociable at Mr. G. B. Smith's on
Wednesdav night of last week
was a success in every particular.
The young people and children
were all there and the older peo
ple were there, too, aud all nad
a delightful evening of it. Mr.
G. B. Smith left nothing undone
which would tend to the enjoy
ment of the crowd. The event
will long be remembered by those
present.
We note the following visitors
to our section during the Christ
mas holidays: Miss Mary San
ders, of SmithSeld with Miss
Mary Booker; Misses Neppie and
Celestia Smith and Miss Cherry,
ofJKaleigh, at Mr. 6. B. Smith's;
Mrs. Canaday, of Greensboro, at
Mrs. Susan Powers; Mr. Canaday
and two daughters, of Snow Hill,
at Mr. Jake Barber's; Mr. Abe
Gassiter. of Davidson College, at
Mr. J. W. Yelvington's; Miss
Luciie Ellington and Miss Mil
dred Young, of Clayton and Miss
Freeman, with the Misses Tom
linson.
T'n#singing school conducted
by Prof. Cullom and daughter,
of Wilson, N. C., which closed at
Shiloh Thursday night before
Christmas with a concert, was
what we term a grand success.
Prof Culloiu, as an instructor in
singing is unsurpassed, and his
daughters are equal to the best.
Any one wanting to learn, under
such instruction as the Cullom
School gives, can't fail to learn
how to sing The Concert was
of the hightest order, the music
fine, the singing excellent, and
the whole exercise a success. The
recitations of Misses Zula Tom
linson and SelmaCullom,deserve
special mention, as they were of
a high order. Wherever Prof.
Cullom goes he leaves sunshine
behind him. He came amongst
us comparatively a stranger; he
left enshrined in all of our hearts.
Our people are all well pleased
with his visit to our section, and
hope it will not be long before he
will come again.
Polenta, Jan. 2. Typo.
Card of Thanks.
?
I take this method of publicly
thanking m.v fellow teachers,
Supt. J. P. Canaday, and other
frieuds who held an educational
meeting in my honor December
22nd, 190(5, at which flattering
resolutions were passed and a
beautiful silver service was pre
sented to me in appreciation of
my efforts for the educational
up-building of our dear old
County. ,
My kind friends, I cannot find
words in which to thank you for
these tokens of esteem and ap
preciation. With ray whole heart
I thank you.
1 shall ever regard December
22ud, 1906, as another impor
tant event in my life. There are
but few events connected with
my life that I regard as impor
tant. My birth, my graduation
[rom the University of North
Carolina, my mat riage, the birth
of each of my children, the con
necting of myself with a branch
of the church of Christ after the
pardon and forgiveness of my
lins, as 1 trust, are to me great
and important events. 1 count
the meeting held in my honor
another important event.
The beautiful gift will be treas
ured by me so long as I live as a
token of your esteem and appro
bation.
No one appreciates this act of
the teachers and friends more
than my wife, who has been such
a great help to me in all my
work. Without her help and
ove and sympathy much that I
aave done could not have been
lone. I thank those in charge of
the meeting for their thoughtful
iess in connecting her with the
?eception of the gift.
With best wishes for you, lam,
Respectfully Yours,
Ira T. Turlington.