h prr tear. "TRUE TO Oi'RSELv ES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." single copies five or" * VOL. 2(>. SMITHFIELD. X.C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 0, 1907. NO. 23. STORY OF WRECK NEAR AUBURN. Engineer Forgot Orders and Two Trains Collided With Fearful Results. Auburn, N.C., August 7.?Oue of the worst wrecks that has oc curred in North Carolinaiu many .\eats took place or: theSouthern ltailway Tuesday night at 7:10 o'clock, when a heavily laden freight and a fast passenger train crashed into each other head on in a deep cut one tntle east of Au burn. The loss of three human lives, a score or more of injured, the destruction of two big locomo tives and twelve cars, with their eutire contents, were the fearful i results of negligence to orders on the part of the crew of passenger train No 136. Orders were j properly issued for trains No. 130 and 173 to pass each other at Auburn, yet these orders were carelessly overlooked by Con ductor Dak ley aud Engineer Ilippy, while Engineer Parker and Fireman Young, of the freight, unexpectedly rushed on into the arms of death, carrying out the injunctions which had been given to the crew's of both Passenger train No. 13G. sched uled to leave Raleigh at G:80 p. m., for Selma and Goldsboro, j pulled out of union station last evening tiften minutes lates. Just J before 8 o'clock Mr. Henry W. j Miller received information to the effect that the train had a head-on collision with a freight near Auburn, and that three or more persons were killed and many injured. Mr. Miller imrue diateiy ordered out a special train and summoned a number of physicians, and every possible preparation was made for hurrv iug to the scene of the accident. The special left Raleigh at8:40, carrying Rrs. Knox, Cotten, Stevens, Haywood, Moncure, Anderson, Mr. Miller, Mr. A. R. Audrews, Jr., Mr. Fab. H. Rusbee ? and others, among them a rep-! reseutative of The Eveniug Times. Stretchers, bandages, j surgical instruments and medi-' cines were abroad in ample quan- [ tities, as it was not known defi nitely to what extent the injuries and fatalities might have reached. No time was lost in getting to the location of the wreck. Engi neer T. E. Holder and Conductor Lloyd soon had the special party on the scene. A bright glow in the sky in a southeasterly direc tion could be distinguished just after leaving the city, and as generally supposed, proved to be the fire of the wreck. As the train drew nearer the place of collision, the scene that met the eye was one of awful destruction. Bright tiames were leaping high over the piled up wreckage, aud dense clouds of smoke were curl ing upward without any apparent check to their rapid increase. Two powerful locomotives were found with their forward ends high up off the ground and jammed tightly together, as though engaged at some mortal combat, in which neither side would yield the victory. Four cars of the passenger train stood on the track, while the tiftn, which was running at the front, was packed uuder,over, around and about the engine, which had pulled it for the last time. Eleven cars of the freight train, together with the locomotive, were piled in the midst of a fierce furnace that grew in extent and increased in heat every moment. Conductor C. M Oakley, of Greensboro, frankly admitted that he over-looked his orders to meet No. 173 at Auburn. Engi neer Rippy also said that he for got the instructions and ran ou by the statiou.?John A. Park, in Raleigh Times. A Wonderful Happenlnq. Port Byron, N. Y , has wit nessed one of the most remark able casses of healing ever re corded. Amos F. King, of that place says: ' BucUcn's Aruica iSalve cured a sore on my leg with which I had suffered over 80 years. I am now eighty-live." Guaranteed to cure all sores by Hood Bros.. Druggists 25c. RAILROADS YIELD IN VIRGINIA. Two-Cent Rate to Become Effective Oc tober lst-State Laws to be Obeyed. The two-cent passenger rail way rate, as promulgated by the, Corporation Commission, will go into effect on or before October 1st, and the railroads operating within Virgiuia have determined to obey the laws of the State and live in peace with the people of the Commonwealth. Tnis is the outcome of the long and bitter struggle which has been waged for mouths by the State and the railways regarding the much debated two-cent rate, whicU has all but caused a popu lar u prising against the rail roads, and which had gone to such lengths that an extra session of the General Asseinbly was about to be called. The whole State was aroused, and had not the matter ended happily as it did, the evil which would have result ed to the railroads cannot be es timated, for had the Legislature been forced to protect the State Corporation Commission from injunctions of the United States court, which threatened to rob it of all its powers, the outcome would have been a cruel blow to the common carriers. As it now stands, the officers | of the railroads have acceded to the demands of the State, and in ; a courteous letter to tne tiovern or have declared they wili obey | the order of the Corporation I Commission, claiming, however, their right to appesl to the courts, hut agreeing to ask that the in junction be dissolved. After a day spent in many con ferences, which lasted from early morning until midnight, the end with the acceptance, on the part of the railroads, of all the State asked. Long after midnight Governor S.vanson, Attorney-General An derson, Senator Daniel, Commis sioners Preutis and Stuart, and Messrs. Braxton and Eggleston, were still in conference at the Capitol, while the railroad attor neys held a meeting at the Rich-; mond Hotel. The papers of agreement had, however, been signed and delivered, and the discussions were over what had been done and how the act would affect the railroads. Early this morning Hon. Alfred P. Thorn, counsel for the South ern, left for Washington on a special train. Two letters?one addressed bv Governor Swauson to the rail way attorneys, and the other their reply to His Excellency?tell the storv of ihe victory by the 1 State of Virginia over the rail roads in the long-drawn-out tight over the two-cent rate measure, which has resulted iu placing the rate into effect on or bef jre October 1st,?Richmond? Fimes Dispatch Aug -1. The Groom Eighty, Bride Forty-One. Greensboro, N. C., Aug. 7 ?Af ter a courtship of three weeks, Frederic Dettmering, a well known German of this city, who is in his eighty-first year, and Mrs. Minnie C. Walters, whose age is given at forty-one, were married yesterday afternoon at the home of the bride in Mebane street. Mr. Dettmering, despite his four score years', is still an active member of Tammany, Greensboro's well-known political i and social circle. He came to North Carolina in the year 1856, and for the last half century has made his home in the city. He finds delight in being numbered among the oldest inhabitants Mrs. Walters was originally from Virginia, and recently came to this citv from Rockingham county. Dead at Age of a Hundred and Three. Tiffin Ohio, Aug. 7?Jefferson Scott is dead at the Seneca county infirmary. Certificates issued under the seal of the state of North Carolina declaring him to be a free man show that the mau was born on July 4, 1794. His father was a full-blood Cher okee Indian and bis mother a mulat ;.o. DISASTROUS WRECK ON SOUTHERN Three Killed and Many Injured by Head on Collision. Selma, N. C., A tiff., 8.?There whs a big wreck oa the Southern between Auburn and Clayton Tuesday afternoon, caused by the collision of a freight train and the coming passenger train , A telegram was sent for a relief train from Selina which carried lire. It. J. and It. I'. Noble to the scene aud they soon iniuietered > to the wants ot the wounded. There were three who were be yond all help. The engineer, W, C. I'arker, and John Young, the fireman of the freight, who were beneath the engine and cars ami who were burned almost entirely up. All that was left of Mr. Par ker, and he was a man who would have weighed one hundred and eighty pounds, could have been put in a hat. The body of Young was not burned so much, j though both legs aud arms aud nearly all of the head were burn ed off The fireman on the pas senger train was a negro, \Y. -I. Bethel, who was taken from the wreck living but died in a few minutes. There were some fifteen or eighteen persons hurt, slight cuts, bruises and jars, but none seriously. Among them were! Ed Sullenger, an old "P. I." student, and Hubert L Hamil ton, now of Oxford, N C., but! who was reared a few miles from Smithfield. He is a brother of Messrs. F. C. and Duncan Hamil ton. Mr. Hamilton had a slight cut in his right eye brow and a bru sjd shoulder. Sallenger had a bruised head caused by outting a seat. Nearly all of the injured were hurt on their right side. Tne cars of the passenger train with the exception of the mail car, which was next totheengine, were not damaged and did not leave the track. Au engine from Raleigh pulled theoi from the wreck. Eleven cars of the freight, loaded with all sorts of merchan dise, were burned. The engines were a total loss. All the passen gers when they found out that none were dangerously hurt got in a good humour and were a jolly lot. When Dr. Rr. P. Noble went in the first class car with his medi cine case in his baud one lady who was hurt said to her hus band General Robertson, of Char lotte. "Oh! mercy, that man has a camera aud wants to take our pictures, but 1 don't want mine taken." The General looking at Dr. Robert Noble saw the Shriner button on his coat and said: j "Here, you are a Noble of Oasis Temple. Can you help us. or is that a camera?" The Doctor saiu: "It is mediciue." "Well," said the General, "Help us."-His wife was bruised on the chiD and iaw, and he on top of the head, and their sufferings were soon relieved. Attention W. R. Moore Camp U. C. V. Injunction*, Maudamuaes, ha beas corpuses.aud solar plexuses permitting it is desire;!-that our , camp meet at Smithtield on the 21th inst. at 11 o'clock a.m. for busiuess and instrucion. TheSel ma chapt-r Daughters havt|. For Colored, Aug. 30 and 81. An institute of one week will be! held at Sruithtield for both races; October Ttn, to 11th. .1. P. Canaday. ??????? Pou Stands by Glenn. Representative H W. Pou who has been taking a rest in \tlantiej City, following his recent illness! at a hospital in this cit.v writes ! i that he is much benefited by his i stay at the seaside, and that he! is completely restored to health He has gone to Cauada to spend a few days and will return to the | stat e While on his way to Can ada, Mr. Pou telegraphed a New York uewspaper. endorsing the stand taken by the Governor iu ? the railway fight in North Caro- j lina. Mr. pou said: "Governor Glenn is exactly | right iu seeing that the laws of a . /V?Trt?..dr.r. w . ? t- . - . ... ? - - - - - - A- ? - J j novncmu nunc ?rt? fsptfULWU andobeyed. Thecontemptwhich Judge Pritchard has shown for the laws of our State niav raise I an issue which will utiite all uien who are opposed to the oblitera tion of State lines. President Roosevelt and Secretary Root are largely responsible for the unfortunate condition of affairs in our State. Any action which may be taken by those members of Congress who still believe in upholding the Constitution will probably depend upon the extent to which Judge Pritekard may go in ignoring the State laws. "I wish heartily to commend Governor Glenn for his determi nation to enforce the law of our State. An amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for the election of Uni ted States Judges by the people would, in my judgment, forever end that judicial usurpation of power which Jeffersou predicted might become a menace to the Republic."?Thomas J. Pence, Washington, I). U , in News and Observer. A Memorable Day. One of the days we remember with pleasure, as well as with profit to our health, is the one on which we became acquainted I with Dr. King's New Life Pills, i the painless purifiers that cure headache and biliousness, and II Keep the bowels right. fi5c at Hood Bros , drug store. CITV SHELLED BY CRUISERS. Moors at Cassa Blanca, Morocco Resist French and Spanish Forces. Tangier, Aug., 6.?Casa Blanca, on the Moroccan coast, has been bombarded by French cruisers, the Moors are reported to have been shot down in large numbers and the town, since last Sunday night, has been practically in possession of landing parties from French and Spanish cruisers. The first shots were fired bv the Moors. The Frenchmen respond ek with a bayonet charge, and the bombardment of the native quarter with melinite shells. The Frenchmen had six men wounded but no one killed. No Furopean residents were hurt. The occupation of F'asa Blanca is a direct outcome of the native uprising which resulted in the killing last week of eight Euro peans at f'asa Blanca. Both France and Spain are hurrying other warships with troops and marines on board to various points on the Moroccan coast for the protection of for eigners. 1'nder the terms of the Algeciras convention these two powers are charged with the policing of the seaportsoi Moroc co, and their action at Casa Blanca has brought no protest from any power. The States of Europe have expressed their wil lingness that France and Spain restore order in Morocco. No other countries are involved. The Godwin Murder. Early Wednesday morning Mr. Hansom Godwin, who lives about five miles northeast ol Kenly near the Wilson line shot and killed his wife with ashotgun. It seems that on Tuesday evening he beat one of hi* -ou* in a crnel manner about some domestic troubles they were having. His wife in terfered and struck him with the poker from the fire place. He then struck her with the rod he uses in loading his gun and threatened the lives of all his family. Some person went to Kenly and returned with a war rent and an officer. He told the officer he did not want to go un til Wednesday uiorniug but would go to the trial then. His wife spent the nignt at a house iu the neighborhood but went home Lext morning to milk the cows aud look after other things around her home. She entered the hou?e to get the keys to uu lock souie of the out houses and was shot by her husband just as be was ready to start to Kenly. He theu took to the woods with his gun. Sheriff Nowell with a posse of armed men, about thirty iu number, spent Wednesday evening and night in search of him. Wednesday night some blood bounds irom 1 arooro trucked him to a road but could follow him no further, Some think he took a buggy there and made his way to a railroad aDd has gone to Texas. Others think he got druuk and lost his gun and is still in the swamus in hid ing. His gun has been found and is in possession of the sheriff's party. Mr. Godwin was a man of some means being worth at least four to five thoueand dol lars iu property besides his money, lie was more than seventy years old. The people are stirred up over the murder. It is one of the worst murders which ever occurred in that sec tion. 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