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VOL. 20. SMXTHFIELI). X.O.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, l!)07. NO. 2!>.
FOR WYATT STATUE
St-lma Plans Another Big
"oliday.
Veterans and and Daughters of the Con
federacy to Have Place of Honor
Educational Addresses to be a
Prominent Feature.
Selma, X. C., Sept . 17?Sep
tember 25th,Wyatt Hay at Sel
tna, is to be a grand educational
rally. A larger attendance is ex
pected, if possible, tbau on the
24th of July, when the entire
business of the town was sus
pended and the mill operatives
were given a half holiday. Exer
cises are to commence promptly
at noon and to last until mid
night, in accordauce with the
first plan. Everybody is invited.
All are asked to bring a well filled
basket, except the old veterans;
they will be provided for. We
will have a good old-fashioned
picnic. Every public school teach
er will find this meeting one of
pleasure and profit and should
attend. Every graded school
should take holiday that day or
teach on Saturday to make up
lost time; but there will be no
lost time to those who attend.
All come and have a good time.
Any meeting at this day and
time of an educational nature
should be largely attended, es
pecially by teachers and parents.
Refreshments will be sold. Pro
ceeds for the Myatt memorial
fund.
At the brst meeting, July 24th
we had the Edgecombe Guards,
and a portion of the Third Regi
meutBand from Raleigh.
This is Veterans Day and their
parade and corn stalk drill and
skirmish will be the field attrac
tion of the day. They can play
baseball, but no doubt will turn
this over to the "younger bo>s,"
Here is the program for the
day:
Street parade. Veterans in
front under command of Lieut.
C. S. Powell and aides mounted..
Daughters and Visiting Daugh
ters and citizens to place of ineet
i UK
Meeting called to order at 12
o'clock.
Prayer by Chaplain.
Address ol welcome to Veterans,
Daughters, teachers and citizens
by County Superintendent J. P.
Canaday.
Address by Prof. R. D. W. Con
nor.
Talk to the Veterans by the
State U. D. C. Historian, Mrs. E.
E. Moffitt.
Dinner.
Address by Supt. Zebulon
Vance Juad.
Informal reception of the teach
ers of the county by the Daugh
ters.
/ \ : a.! a .. T? a.a a.
vrganizatiou us a nonsnueui
Society for Selma by Mrs. E. E.
Motfitt.
Talk by ex-County Superinten
dent, Ira T. Turlington.
Corn stalk drill and skirmish
by Veterans under command of
General C. S. Powell and lieuten
ants.
Ice cream festival and musical
at uight.
A day ofenjoyment, recreation,
pleasure and profit is promised
to all and a large crowd is ex
pected.
All the general officers of the
United Daughters of the Confede
racy, all the State officers and
every chapter in the State have
received printed matter of these
meetings.
Every county superintendent
in the State, every school and
college will receive this printed
matter before October School
Wvatt Day, which is October
25 th.
It is hoped and expected that
all will take some interest in this
matter and contribute liberally
before December 1st.
J NO A. MITCH EN ER,
Secretary Wyatt Statue Com
mittee.
At Meadville, l'a., last week,
Henry Lehna who confessed to
robbery and three assaults on
14-year old Anna Whitehead,
was sentenced to 55 years in the
penitentiary.
Kenly Items.
Mr. J. H Kirby went to V\ il
son Monday moruiug.
Mr. X. R. Pike, of Bagly, was
here Monday on business.
I Mr. J. J. Edgerton went to
Wilsou Tuesday to sell tobacco.
Cotton is coming in very slowly,
; but the farmers say it is opening
j rapidly.
Mr. T. M.Allsbrook has moved
| into his new residence on Bailey
j Avenue.
Mr. M. M Mumford, of Fre
| mont, was here Wednesday on
business.
Dr. U. F. Freeman weuttoWil
son Wednesday on professional
I business.
Mr. It. E. Townsend, of Wilson,
spent Sunday night with Mr. J.
H. Kirby.
Mr. H. P. Uoyle and wife, of
New Bern, spent Monday here
with friends.
Mr. M. M. Holland, of Route 1,
left Tuesday for .Jamestown Ex
position.
Mr. H. F. Edgerton went to
Wilson Wednesday to attend the
tobacco sales.
Miss Mary Hollowell returned
from a visit to friends at Smith
Held Monday.
Chief of Police N. S. Lucas, of
Lucama, was here Wednesday on
official business.
Mr. Frank Boweu went to j
Smithfield Tuesday night, return
ing Wednesday morning.
Miss Lilla Winstead and Miss
Carter, of Elm City, spent Sunday
with Mrs, Linda Walston.
Mr. Floyd Crawford, of Golds
boro, arrived Monday aud enter
ed school at Kenly Academy.
Mr. J as. K. Strickland, of Louis
burg, spent Monday here with
his sister, Miss Annie Strickland.
Mr. C. B. Pennington,of Priuce
| ton. Route 2, was here Sunday.
He came to place his son in school j
here.
Miss Crama Richardson, of
Spring Hope, arrived Wednesday j
to visit her sister, Mrs. W. T.
Raiiey.
Rev. A. L. Ormond, pastor of |
the M. E. Church here, is at Ruck
! horn holding a protracted meet
ing this week.
Atty. W.J. Hooks and family
left Tuesday morning for Kins
ton and Seven Springs to visit
friends and relatives.
Sheriff W. E. Warren, of Snow
Hill, Greene County, came owi
Wednesday after Echo Forties,
col. who was arrested here by
Chief of Police, A. G. Hooks, on
the charge of larceny.
Rev. N. H. Shepherd, of Fre-j
mont, passed through here Mon
day on his way to Nobles Chapel
| church, where he is assisting the
| pastor, Rev. R. W. Horrell, in a
protracted meeting this week.
I if_ r ii r? a -t rn m i
mr. .j. >1. neaiy, ui mii omith
? field Hehald, was in town Sat
urday, to the delight of hie many
friends, also looking after their
wants in job printing, aud sub
scriptions and renewals for his
; paper.
Mrs. W. W. Hughes, who has
been visiting her father, Mayor
j C. W. Edgerton, left Tuesday for
her home at Norfolk, Va., accom
panied by Misses Lillian and
Rosa Ldgerton and Master I'aul
Edgerton.
Mr. M. A. Pennington, of
I Princeton, R. F. I)., No. 2, arriv
! ed Sunday and entered Kenly
i Academy Monday morning He
| attended Falling Creek Academy
while Prof. R. T. IVague had
, charge of that school.
The opening of Kenly Academy
MoLday was the best in several
| years, and the enrollment con
tinues to increase every day.
With Prof. R. T. Teague, princi
pal and Miss Emma Matthews,
Miss Rena Edgerton, and Mies
Mary S. MacDonald, as assis- j
i tants, we are sure that we will
have the best school in the his
j tory of our progressive town.]
Several boarding pupils have en
tered, and others will follow
I soon, t
The first baleof new cotton was
sold here Saturday, by I try ant
Nichols and graded strict mid
dling, at 12 2o and wawpurchae
ed by G. G. Fdgertou & Sou.
?This cottou was also the first
bale ginned bv the new ginnery!
of I ne Dunn Oil Mills, which has'
just been completed bv Mr. -I. A.
Sossamou, Supt , aud is one of
the largest ginneries in Wilson or
Johnston counties This cotton
v\us also the first to be weighed
! on a new pair of Fairbanks ltn-'
proved Scales
Sept. 19. X. Y. Z
S. R. Morgan's Residence Burned.
The large two story residence
of Mr. S. K. Morgan on Second
| street was destroyed by fire at
three o'clock Monday afternoon.
The tire department was on the
scene in a very short time after
the alarm was given, but the
flames had already gained such
headway that nothing could be
done to save the building. The
tire is supposed to have been
started from rats in the ceiling,
as the tiames were bursting
through the roof when discovered.
The furniture on the lower floor
was saved, but all on second floor
was destroyed. The loss on
building and furniture aggre
gates about $4,000 with about
4.4,000 insurance.
iiiiaitgc; in ricmc L/aic.
The Basket l'icnic at Piney
Grove school houae, near Mr. N.
1$. Lynch's. will be Saturday,
September 28th, lustead of the
27th, as has been announced.
Choirs from f'iue.y Grove and
Plaiutield are expected to furnish
the music.'
Hev. J. H. Shore, of SmitbfiOd,
is expected to deliver au address,
livery body is invited to attend
with a well-filled basket. E
Wendell Winnowings.
Mr. E. B. Christmas was right
badly bruised up last Saturday
at his saw mill, but is doing well,
and will soon be onhisfeetagaiu. |
We regret to have to report the I
illness and death of little Lucile
Hales, and extend to Mr. and i
Mrs. Hales our sympathy. Their
loss is little Lucile's gain.
()ur Chief captured a horse thief
last week, but while the chief!
slept and dreamed of his reward
and how his pockets would jingle
again, his captive departed and
left the chief an empty house.
Our school opened up yester
day with large attendance. We
hope to have, and the prospects
are bright for, the largest and
best school we have ever had.
We are certainly well equipped
for it, having a large and well
arranged building.
Monday morning seems to have i
dawned for misfortune in this
section as there werefivedifferent
accidents. Mr. Feruey Baker was
caught by a large driving belt at
Messrs. Richardson <fc Morgan's
saw mill, part of him passing be
tween the driving wheel of engine
throwing him to the top of shelt
er breaking one leg and one arm
and otherwise bruising him up.
Mr. Baptist, of the firm of Moss
A Baptist, got his arm badly
torn up by one of the side heads
of a planer and is suffering right
much. Later in the day another
man came in to get help from the
physiciau as he had cut off two
of his toes. At this writing the
report comes that some one has
uiashed a finger off. The writer
hea-s that all are doing well this
morning.
Bill Wake.
Wendell, N. C., July KJ-'OT.
Health in the Canal Zone.
The high wages paid make it |
mighty temptation to our young
artisans to join the force of
skilled workmen needed to con
struct the Panama Canal Many
are restrained however by the
fear of fevers and malaria. It is
the knowing ones?those who
have used Electric Bitters, who
go there without this fear, well I
knowing they are safe from ma
larious influence with Electric
Bitters on hand. Cures blood
poison too, biliousness, weakness
and all stomach, liver and kid
ney troubles Guaranteed by
Hood Bros , druggists. 50c. I
HAKKISON SUICIDES.
Kidnaper Died Rather Than
Serve His Sentence.
The Supreme Court Said He Must Serve
Twenty Years For Kidnaping
Little Kenneth Beasley.
.loshua Harrison, the convicted
kidnaper of Kenneth Beasley,
committed suicide in a Norfolk
hotel Wednesday afternoon.
Tuesday the Supreme Court of
North Carolina handed dowu a
decision affirming the judgment
of Pasquotank Superior Court
which sentenced Harrison to
twenty years in the penitentiary.
Rather than serve twenty years
in the penitentiary, Harrison
killed himself by tiring a pistol
ball into his temple. Iu his room j
at the hotel was found a letter
signed by him in which he de
clared he was innocent of the
crime and that he knew nothing
whatever concerning it.
The following history of this
remarkable case is taken from!
yesterday's News and Observer:
Joshua Harrison wasconvicted
at last .March term of the Super
ior court for Pasquotank county,
held in Elizabeth City, the case1
having been removed from Curri
tuck on defendant's allegation of
unfavorable public sentiment.
Harrison was charged with kid
naping Kenneth, the seven-year
old sou of State Senator S. M.
Beasley, of Currituck county.
On the lBtbof February, 1U05,
Kenneth Beasley disaiqieared
from school near his home, and j
bis parents have not seen him
since that day. It was suoposed
at tirst that the boy had wan-!
dered to a swamp near the school
aud, acting upon that theory,
hundiedsof peoule searched the (
swamp and all the surrounding
country day after day. Blood |
bounds were sent for, and they
wern put on the scent, but the
effort was fruitless. It was not
uutil weeks after the boy disap-1
peared that the search was aban
doned.
Then a clue developed. A man
was seeu near the school the day
Kenneth was lost, in a buggy
with a boy whom he was trying!
to keep concealed. The man was j
identified as Joshua Harrison.
From this a chain of circumstan
ces was constructed, and when
it was complete it encircled Josh
ua Harrison. When the trial
took place the jury was thorough
ly satisfied of his guilt. The ver
dict of guilty and the sentence of
twenty years in the State prison
met with public approval in the!
locality where the circumstances
were well known.
The defense was an attempt to
prove an alibi, which was not es
tablished to the satisfaction of
the jury.
Harrison was defended on his
trial bv a notable array of coun
sel, including two former goveru
ers of North Carolina?Thomas
J. .larvis and Charles 15. Ay cock.
He was ably represented in the
Supreme Court, where his appeal
was argued at this term. The
decision, adverse to Harrison,
was announced Tuesday of this
week and in it the SupremeCourt
expressed its belief to the guilt of
Harrison, saying all circumstan
ces pointed to him.
The supposed motive for the
kidnaping was the opeu hostility
of Beasiey to illicit whiskey busi
ness, in which, it is alleged, that
Harrison was engaged. Harrison
was revengeful and vindictive,
aud it was reported that he had
made threats against Beasiey.
The fact that no trace of the
lost boy has ever been found led
many to believe that Harrison
murdered the boy, but there is
no evidence to support this
tbeary.
After the sentence of Harrison
in Pasquotank the Beasley's
thought they had a clue of their
son as being in the west, but the
trip taken proved only a disap
pointmeut.
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Clayton News.
Mrs. .1. B Ferrell baa just re
covered frotu a severe attack of
pneumonia.
Miss Maie (Julley has returned
from a visit to her sister, Mrs.
< ?scar Creech, at Wake Forest.
Look up the new advertise
meuts of our merchants this week
and you will see that they mean
business.
Mr. Clifford (Julley left Monday
for Princeton where he has secur
ed employment with Mr. I>. F.
McKiune.
Plenty ot cotton is coming in
aud the prices are good. Farm
ers are fairly well satisfied with
conditions.
Every week numbers of our
folks go to J amestown aud each
time they return with reports of
a good time.
The merchants here are loading
up with new goods, expecting
one of the biggest trades ever
seen in Clayton.
The enrollment at Clayton
High school continues to in
crease. This is very gratifying
to the management.
Misses lone Gulley and Ruby
Ellis were at Suiithfield last Sat
urday to stand examination as
public school teachers.
Among the sick folks, we note
Mrs. Charley ft. Ellis, and master
Hugh Austin. We hope them
both a speedy recovery.
Messrs. A. J. Barbour and
Chas. Carroll are visiting Balti
more and New York, buying
goods for their respective con
cerns.
Mr. and Mrs E L. .foues and
child arrived Wednesday after
noon from Atlanta, Ga.,tospend
some time with Mr. Jones'
parents.
I'rof. Thos. H. Eiudsey, of Bur
ham, was here Monday night
and gave one of his high-class
concerts. I'rof. Lindsey always
attracts a big crowd at Clayton.
The water-melon business has
just about come to a stand still
here. A few nice melons would
come'iu mighty handv now and
would very likely bring good
prices.
We congratulate Mr. It. H
Cower on his "Gubernatorial
Medley" in last Sunday's News
and Observer. The sentiments
as expressed by Mr. Gower come
pretty near striking the whole
state.
Messrs. S. M. Spence & Hon,
who for some time past have
been running very successfully, a
grocery store near Hamilton
Bros, shop, have now added a
complete line of dry goods and
notions, i
A license of $10.00 has been
imposed on fish, oyster and beef
dealers here and the ordinance in
connection therewith, makes it a
misdemeanor for any of the
above articles to be sold on the
street except that beef may be
sold by the quarter.
The Primitive Baptist associa
tion begins here next Friday, the
27th. Our people are thorough
ly prepared to take good care of
all who come. So you need have
no fear about room and board
as these things are being looked
after by our ever hospitable
women.
You remember that some time,
ago, in these columns, it was an-1
uounced that Clayton would
have a series.of first class shows
or concerts this fall and winter.
These concerts begin with a date
in October and the tickets at the
reduced prices will be on sale at
Guliey A (iulley's store any time
before the first of < >ctober. After
that date they will positively be
at a higher rate.
Clayton, Sept. 18. Yblik.
Lost and Found.
Lost, between 9.30 p.m , yes
terday and noon to-day, a bilious
attack, with nau9ea and sick
headache. This loss was oc
casioned by finding at Hood
Bros.' a ber of Dr. King's New
Life Pills. Guaranteed for bil
iousness, malaria and jaundice.
25c.
"i
Polenta News.
Miss Mary O. Booker is on a
visit to relatives in Raleigh.
Mr. Knox Lesson, of Raleigh,
spent Sunday in tnis section.
, Miss Bertha Stevens, of Smith
field, is on a visit to Miss Nellie
{Johnson. \
Miss Minu Johnson has returned
to the Normal at Greensboro, to
j resume her studies.
A private school will begin at
Polenta Academy first Monday
in October, taught by Miss Lou
Young.
There will be preaching at (>ak
laud next Sunday morning and
eveuing by the pastor, Rev. Mr.
Souders.
The (Jullom singing school, at
Shilon, closed Wednesday. More
about the excellent school in the
future.
Rev. Mr. Hudson, the pastor,
preached an able sermon at
Shiloh Sunday morning to a large
{congregation.
Cotton is failing fast, and only
about a half crop need be ex
pected. In some places theyoung
top bolls are rottenning anddry
iug up.
The time for the Township Sun
day School Convention, at Mt.
Ziou, has been changed from the
f?th .Sunday in this month to the
1st Sunday in October.
Mr. II. T. Garrard, of Norfolk,
Ya., after spendiug ten days with
friends iu this section, left for
j Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he
! will remain until about the 1st
I of October. Henry is a favorite
with our people, and all of us
! were delighted to see him. He
| speaks iu glowing terms of the
Jamestown Exposition,and says
everybody ought to see it.
Our Public School at Oakland
will open on the first Monday in
November. Miss Lou Young will
be the teacher, assisted by a pri
mary teacher. In the district
there are 78 school children which
will be too many for one teacher
[ to properly teach and manage.
The Junior Order, of Smithtield,
will on the opening day of the
school, present it with a Bible
and Flag at which time appro
priate exercises will be observed.
We understand the Juniors will
turn out on that day iu a body,
and that a Junior will present
the Flag and Bible, wnich will be
accepted by some one yet to be
chosen. All are invited to attend.
The house will be completed be
fore that date.
Sept. 18 '07. Typo.
Archer Items.
Mr. W. B. Caetleberry, of Ral
eigh, is home for a few days.
Mr. James H. Liles, near here,
is seriously sick with typhoid
fever.
Mr. aud Mrs. John I. Barnes,
of Clayton, were visitors here
Sunday.
Elder J. A. T. Jones preached
to a large audience at Salem
Sunday.
Mrs. Marv I'rice, of Raleigh,
spent last week with relatives and
friends here.
Miss Missouri Williams, of
Spring Hope, is visiting friends
here this week.
Our farmers are gathering the
fleecy cotton and the gins are be
ginning to hum.
Miss Eoleita Lassiter left Mon
day for Clayton where she goes
to enter Clayton High School.
Mr. Leander B randan and Miss
Daisy Strickland were married at
the home of the bride last Sunday
morning by Elder J. A. T. Jones.
May their lives be long and happy.
Mr. J. M. Beaty aud l'rof. Ira
T. Turlington, of Smithtield, will
deliver temperance lectures at
White Oak next Sunday after
noon at 3 o'clock. Let a good
crowd meet them.
Rev. A. A. I'ippin closed a very
successful meeting at White Oak
last Eriday. There were 28 new
members added to the church.
The candidates were baptized at
Scaley's pond Friday afternoon.
Sept. 17-'07. S. L. W.