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VOL. 26. SMITHFIELT). X. C.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 27. 1!K)7. NO. 30.
HIGH ADVERTISING RATES.
The Rate Hearing at .Washington Bring
ing Out Surprises?The; Raleigh
Times Gets a Large Slice of
Southern Railway Money
Washington, 1). C., Sept. 23.?
The Raleigh Evening Times was
paid six thousand dollars within
a period of ten months by the
Southern Railway "for advertis
ing" and "special notices." This
interesting information was de
vtloped to-day by attorneys for
the State in the hearing in the
N or th Carolin a case before Stand
ing Master Montgomery. The
disclosure was the climax of a
week's careful scrutiny of the die
bursing books of the Southern
by the State's attorneys.
It was past 6 o'clock this even
ing when ex-Congressman Wood
ard asked for the introduction of
a number of vouchers in the rec
ords of the Southern which in
cluded three two thousand dollar
payments to the Raleigh after
noon paper. The hearing, which
has been dragging along for a
week, at once aroused the inter
est of spectators. This interest
was accentuated when attorneys
for the State called for Southern
Railway vouchers showing pay
ments to the Washington Post
and the Charlotte Observer for
advertising for the Southern
Railway. For a single month the
Washington Post received $89.90
for advertising, while the Char
lotte Observer was paid $21.85
by the Southern for the same
period, The Charlotte paper!
rendered a detailed bill for puoli
cation ol schedules, while the
Washington paper rendered a
bill for schedule and special no
tices. With these were enclosures
of the special notices and sched
ules published. The payment to
the Raleigh Evening Times did
not show these details. The first
of the three vouchers showing
payments to the Raleigh after
noon paper was number 5088
It was dated J uly 30, 1006, and
was made out to " J ohu C. Drewry,
President of the Visitor-Press
Company." It was for $2,000
and read "in full for advertising
in Raleigh, N. C., Evening Times
to August first."
The second voucher was num
ber 5086 and dated April 2nd,
1906. it was made out in favor
of "J. 0. Drewry, President of the
Visitor Press Puplishiug Cotn
pompany" and bore on itsj face
'Advertising to April first, 1906,
two thousand dollars.' " The
third voucher introduced was
number 1559. It was dated Jan
uary, 1907, and was made pay
able to The Raleigh Times, "for
advertising and publication of
special notices to December thir
ty-first, 1906." This, too, was a
two thousand dollar voucher.
EaCh of the three vouchers bore
the attest "approved by A. B.
Andrews, First Vice-President of
the Southern Railway."-Thomas
J. Pence, in Raleigh News and Ob
server.
The Street Carnival.
The monotony of life in Smith
field has been broken this week
by the appearance of a carnival
on our streets. The carnival is
given under the auspices of the
Smithfield Fire Department and
is presented by the St. Louis
Amusement Co. They are here?
the entertainers?vviththe merry
go-round, the Ferris wheel, the
country circus with Frof. Lewis
and his 21 trained dogs, the;
moving picture show, the old
plantation scenes with the negro
minstrels ami many other things
too numerous to mention.
The Carnival has been well at
tended each evening and so far
as we have been able to learn,
there has been no fault found
with the management People
demand amusement of some
kind and Smithfield folks are no
exception to the rule.
A change of program is given
each evening. Tonight at the
moving picture tent will beshown
the "Fnwritteu Law, or the
Thaw-White Case."
A certaiu per cent, of the pro
ceeds is given to the Smithfield
Fire Co.
New Congressional Palaces.
Our sectors and representa
tives in Congress will soon have
their offices in splendid palaces
Within a few weeks after Congress
meets in December the two new
white marble palaces which are
to be known simply as annexes
to the House and the Senate, will
be ready for occupation. Each
is a beautiful structure, costing
$2,500,000, and occupying an
entire block, has an total front
age on its four sides of 1747 feet,
or about a third of a mile
These palaces are in effect de
tached wings of the capitol. They
are gigantic office buildings, each
of them occupying more ground
than the Waldorf-Astoria in
New York. The House annex, j
which is not far from completion,
will contain 410 rooms?one for
each representative in Congress,
with a few left over to provide
for future increase in the member
ship of the great legislative body.
The Senate annex is divided into
99 suites, each comprising a pri
vate room for the senator, a
room for his secretary and a bath
room. In both palaces will be
employed amultitudeof uniform
ed menials, to wait upon the lux
urious statesmen, and to make
life as easy and coufortable for
them as possible.
Servants wages, rent, fuel,
lights and all incidentals are paid
by the government. The apart
ments are beautifully furnished
and decorated atl'ncle Sam's ex
pense. Meals will be served in
the rooms if desired. Hut in each
palace is a vast and superbly
equipped dining salon, exclusive
ly for legislators and their guests.
The annexes will be connected
by underground electric railways
with the capitol. In each palace
one will find a subway station at
the base of the rotuuda. the most
striking architectural feature of
the palatial annex. It is 74 feet j
in diameter, and extends upward
clear through the four stories of
the building, terminating in a
superb dome under the roof. All
of the space underground beneath ;
its floor is occupied by the sub !
way station, likewise circular,
into which the trains come from ,
the capitol.
The trains on this newest j
American subway are worth at-1
tention.
They are composed of six tinv j
steel cars, each of them only 16
feet long, under charge of a mo
torman and conductor, both of
whom are in the uuiform of the
United States government.
Senators, representatives and
those who have business with
them will ride to and fro in the
trains, which seem like toys in
comparison with those that run
above ground. f All the cars are
open on one side, the missing
side being replaced merely by a
safety rail, so that there is only
one bench running lengthwise.
Passengers, entering at either
end, seat themselves upoL this
bench and look out through the
open side of the car
The train runs through a tun
nel which connects the annex with
the south end of thecapitol. This
subway is 750 feet long, 22 feet
wide, und 11 feet high. It has a
curved roof, and along one side
of it runs a walk 6% feet in width,
paved with concrete Heir g lined
with white vitrified brick and
illuminated by electricity, the
tunnel, though without any sky
lights, is almost as light as day.
? Itene Hachein Harper's Weekly.
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 j
are restrained however by the |
fear of fevers and malaria. It is1
the knowing ones?those who
have used Electric Bitters, who.
go there without this fear, well!
knowing they are safe from ma-1
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
The eternal God is thy refuge,
and underneath are the everlas-!
ting arms.?Moses.
HYATT CELEBRAITON AT SELMA,
Addresses by Canaday, Conner anc
Judd.-Betterment Society Or
ganized.
Seluia, N.C . Sept. 20 ?Wednes
day was a day long to be remem
bered b.v tne old Veterans?
" I wa? Wyatt Day " The vet
erans formed in line at the I'uioO
depot, mid marched under the
command uf i'apt. S. Powell
to the Town Hall where an ad
dress of welcome was made by
Prof. -I. P. Canaday, Superinten
dent of Schools He was fol
lowed by Prof R. W. 1). Conner,
of Raleigh, who made and educa
tional address to the Vets which
wms listened to with marked at
tention. Then Prof. Z V. Judd,
Superintendent of Schools ol
Wake, made an address. Then
dinner was served to the veter
ans.
After dinner the famous Corn
Stalk Drill and skirmish under
command of Cant. Powell was
enjoyed by all present. It showed
tiiat the best soldiers the world
ever saw had not forgotton how
to drill if it had been 42 years
since they bid old "Marse Hobt"
farewell There were between
fifty and sixty old Vets present.
Mrs K P. Moffitt made an
address in behalf of a Betterment
Society, after which a society
was organized b.v the electiou of
Miss Bessie Whitaker as Presi
dent, Miss Ruth Ransom Mat
. \ _ l . I .-1 a. AMI
wio?o nr> ? lue-rreeiueuii, aiihs
Margaret Etberedge aw Secretery,
Miss Florence Fitzgerald Treas
urer, aud Miss Mamie Richardson
as Librarian. Mrs Moffltt urged
the meD to form a Civic League.
Clayton News.
Visitors are already here to at
teud the Primitive Baptist As
sociation.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Snow have
moved to the brick house near
the dormitory.
Hon. Ashley Horne got quite
an oration from the people at
Clinton last week.
Mr. Done Spence left Tuesday
for Jamestown, while away he
intends visiting Baltimore.
Mr. Chas. (i.(iulley,ol Durham,
spent several days this week with
relatives here and at Goldsboro.
From the quantity of goods
beiug marked aud stocked, looks
like our merchants expect a big
trade.
The new milliners for both the
millinery establishments are here
and the newest in bats is beiug
shown.
Work on the Liberty Cotton
Mills is going along nicely now.
The well is 450 feet deep and get
ting deeper each day.
Messrs Duke Duncan and Henry
Austin have gone to college. Mr
Duncan goes to Trinity Park and
Mr. Austin to Chapel Hill.
We regret to have to note that
Master Carlton Stephenson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stephenson,
is sick with a slight attack of
Malaria.
There were one or two slight
sore throats at Clayton High
school and this caused undue ex
citement, which 'erenow however
is just about subsided.
Mr. .T Victor Barnes left Wed
nesday for Washington D. C.
where he takes charge of a box
factory for a concern wit h which
he was once employed in Haiti
more.
The Broomell-lleed Co. will be
he-e oti Friday evening October
25th at the Academy. Tde press
everywhere speaks in highest
praise of this concert. Full ad
will be seen in the Herald later.
Clay ton, Sept. 25. Yelir.
Lost and Found.
Lost, between 9.30 p.m., yes
terday and noon to-day, a bilious
attack, with nausea and sick
headache. This loss was oc
casioned by finding at Hood
Bros.' a box of Dr. King's New
Life Pills. Guaranteed for bil
iousness, malaria and jaundice.
25c.
Selma News.
I Dr .1. A (iriltin, of Clayton,
was here Wednesday.
Mies Nancy Snipes, of Kenly,
is visiting Miss Mary Snipes.
Mr. It. L. Itay has moved into
his n?w home on Railroad street.
The Baptist Sunday School
? pic nicked at Holt's Bond, Thurs
i day.
Messrs h. H. Allred and E.
H. Scarlett went to the Exposi
tion last week.
Miss Debnam and Mrs. Dr.
(iriftin, of Clayton, are visiting
Mrs. L D. Debnam.
Mr. Thad Woodard has ac
cepted a position with the Vick
Smith Company.
Messrs. E. W. Yick and (J. W.
Evans took in "the Carnival" at
Smithfield Tuesday.
Mr. W. 1). Anderson spent a
few days with relatives near
Eagle Rock the tirst of the week.
Mrs. Clem Richardson and
daughter, Miss Nellie, have been
spending a few weeks at Fuquay
Springs.
Mrs. H. D. Hood was called to
Greensboro last week on account
of the serious illness of Mrs. Fred
M. Hood.
Misses Pauline Renno, of Ben
son, and Margaret Austin, of
Smithfield, are visiting Miss Nola
Mitchener.
Mr. J. H. (irifiiu, the proprietor
of the Star Warehouse, will move
his family here this week from
Spring Hope.
Miss Sadie Davis returned Tues
day to he in charge of the milli
uery department of Mr. W. E.
j Smith's store.
Misses Bettie Lee Sanders, Ren a
Bingham, Mamie Ellis and Flossie
Abell were here Wednesday to at
tend the Wyatt celebration
Little Miss Marjorie Debnam
fell off the brick work of the Bap
tist church and broke her arm
last week. She is doing well now
Mrs. Mary A. Noble and Miss
Annie S. Noble returned Wednes
day from a visit to Dr. Robert P.
Noble at the Camp near Marion,
N. C. They enjoyed the camp
life very much.
At last the town authorities
have posted the town ordinances
and the bicycle riding outheside
walks to the annoyance of our
people is now a thing of the past.
| Several of our bicycle riders were
; taken before the Mayor who
reprimanded them and turned
them loose, but told them that for
the second offense they would
get the benefit of the law.
We regret to announce that
! Mr. R. P. Jones and family have
moved to Durham. They made
us good citizens and we regret to
lose them. Mrs. Jones was from
Durham and is just going back
home. Mr. Jones is with the
V.-C. Chemical Co., and was fore
man of their works here until a
few mouths ago when the Com
pany said that they needed his
services there. Mr. Jones and
family have the best wishes of
people in their new home.
Selma, Sept. 20. Lknkx.
ivl ta. biuiujv ujeetiu^ ui me
Jamestown Exposition directors
Tuesday night, Director Genera!
Barr was requested to withdraw
his resignation, indicating n sig.
nal victory for Barr over Pres
ident Tucker.
Horse Tries to Enter Hotel.
On Monday, September 23rd,
While Oscar Merntt, a colored
i man, was moving Mr. J. L.
. Price's household goods, his
horse took fright at the numer
ous tents and stands of the street
carnival which is here this week
aud started on what looked like
would be a bad runaway. Most
of the best furniture Mr. Price
has was on the wagon. Fortu
nately the horse was headed to
j ward the old Gurley Hotel.
When he reached it he sprang
into the piazza but was stopped
and did not enter the main part
of the hotel. No damage was
done to the furniture except the
I breaking of one chair.
SUNDAY WITH SELMA BAPTISTS.
Tablet Laying Exercises at New Church
?Rev. C. W. Blanchard. Rev. C. E.
Maddry and Prof. J. B. Carlyle
to Speak.
Seltna, N. C., Sept. 20.?Next
; Sunday, September 20th, will be
a "bin Jay" here with the bap
tists. The occasion will be the
laving of a tablet in the church.
The services will begin at 10:4<~>
a in., when an address will be
j made by Mr. John A. Oates,
! of Favetteville. Subject: "The
Church and its Struggle for Teui
! perauce."
At 11:30 a sermon will be
preached by Itev. C. E. Maddry,
of (ireensboro.
3:30 p. in. Address by Itev. C.
\V. Blanchard?Subject: "The
Church: (1) Its Obligations to its
members; (2) The Obligation of
J its Members to it."
4 p. m ?Address by the pastor,
Itev. O. It. Mangum?" The Bap
| tists; Their Past and Their Fu
ture."
4:30 p. m.?The Tablet will be
I laid.
8 p. in. Address by Prof. J. B.
Carlyle, of Wake Forest?Subject:
"The Church and the Coining
Kingdom."
The church which is to cost
nearly $10,000 will be thd hand
somest church edifice iuthecoun
tv, The outside will be of white
face brick, lu addition to the
auditorium the building will con
tain eight Sunday School rooms,
| four of which can be thrown into
the auditorium when occasion
j demands.
The public will be given a cor
i dial welcome to all the exercises.
Mrs. Martltia Sanders Passed Away.
Mrs. Martitia Marsh Sanders
died at the home of her son, A.
M. Sandeis, at 2 o'clock last Fri
day afternoon after being con
fined to her room for two weeks
She was about eighty four years
old and had been in feeble health
for several years. She leaves sur- j
viving her four sons?Win. M.,
Reuben A., Alfred M. Sanders, of
Smithfield, and Willis Sanders,
of Wilson, and one daughter?
Kittie Long, wife of W. it. Long,
of Smithfield. Mrs. Saude-s was
a consistent Christian woman
and loved by all who knew her
She had been a member of Eliza
beth Methodist Church for more
than fifty years. 1
She was laid to rest by the side
of her husband, who passed away
1 82 years ago, at Oaklaud Pres
byterian Church near her old
home Saturday afternoou, the
funeral services being conducted
j by Rev. J. H. Shore, assisted by
| Rev. (jr. W. Starediug, of Clayton.
A more extended notice will be
published in these colums soon.
Negro's Buggy Torn Up.
Bright Tomliuson, a negro of
Clayton township, seems to be
unlucky. We do not know just
how much ill luck he has bad but
from what we have heard it is
apparent that things do not al
ways run smoothly with him.
i Some years ago he lost an arm
aud had a piece cut out of one of
his legs at a saw mill. Last Sat
urday he had planned a day of
pleasure. It is reported that he
went somewhere for liquor and
! had t hree jugs in his buggy. On
' his way home he stopped at
Smithfleld's great cider stand
just across the river, to pay his
respects to it. He had been hav
ing a tine time with his acquain
tances here but trouble was ahead
for him. It seems the mule was
not so mufeb attracted by the
cider stand, and decided to leave
in short order, which he did. He
ran until he had wrecked the
buggy to such an extent that
considerable work had to be
done on it before Bright could
start home. He had no money
to pay for the needed repairs but
after a while arranged with
friends and relatives to stand for
him to get the buggy fixed so he
could go. He had long hours of
waiting and did not start home
until very late iutheday. Maybe
he had a better day Sunday.
State News.
Official announcement was
made Saturday that the Raleigh
and l'amlico Sound division of
the Norfolk and Southern Rail
way would be open for regular
traffic about the 28th of this
I mouth.
A convention of North Caro
lina postmasters, both presiden
tial and fourth class, will be held
in Raleigh October 15 and 16.
There are 105 presidential and
2,100 fourth class postmasters
iu the State.
I
A jail delivery occurred at
Rutherfordton Friday afternoon
| in which eight prisoners made
their escape?seven negroes and
one white man. Their escape
was made during the absence of
Sheriff Martin.
l)r. 1). S. Rowland and wife,
now iu Wake county jail, charged
I with poisoning Mrs. Rowland's
J former husband, Engineer C. It.
Strange, will be tried at Raleigh
next Monday. A special venire
of 150 was ordered by Judge
Loug last Monday.
George A. Kepley, a farmer
about 45 years old, committed
I suicide at his home in Spencer
Thursday morning, by taking
laudanum. He had been on a
protracted spree and tried to kill
nimself several days ago but was
j prevented by members of his
I family.
The registration of young
ladies at the State Normal Col
! I"' Greensboro, shows that
ho- ?rs are even between two
I counties, Iredell and Wayne,
they leading with an attendance
| of seventeen students each. Over
500 young ladies were present at
i the tirst roll call.
Major Joel Edmond Foster, a
I prominent and aged citizen of
I Ashe county, died at his home at
Jefferson last week, aged about
j 78. He was a member of the
secession convention of 1861 and
of the Legislature of 1879. He
was a wealthy man and was vice
president of the Hank of Ashe.
Tom Upchurcb, colored, was
tried at a special term of Frank
lin county Superior Court Mon
day, charged with the crime of
rape on the person of Miss Eliza
beth Ferry, aged 65, about three
weeks ago, found guilty and
sentenced by Judge Neal to be
haDged at Louisburg October
25rd.
The plant of the Lee Manufact
uring Company at Thomasville?
tablefactory?was burned Friday
night, the fire originated in the
boiler room. The entire plant,
was consumed except the finish
ing building, about 100 feet from
j the main building. The loss is
| estimated at $20,000, with only
| $5,200 insurance.
f _ i 1 ??? ? . i r?. ,
iu me omceoi mestate Depart
ment of Education the program
for the celebration of North Car
oliua Day in the public schools
of the State is being prepared
and will be issued as early as pos
sible in order that there may be
ample time for the schools to pre
pare for the celebration. October
12th is the date specified in the
act creating Norali Carolina Day
but there is a clause under which
the date of observance can be
changed to suit the conveniences
of the various schools. The sub
ject this year will be "Scotch
Irish Settlements" in North Car
olina with special reference to
settlements in the counties of
Mecklenburg, Ilowan, Iredell,
Lincoln, Gaston, Guilford, and
Orange.
Iu New York Tuesday during
the government's suit to dissolve
the Standard Oil Company, it
Wits developed that theStandard
Oil Company annually audited
the books of the Waters-Pierce
Oil Company of Missouri after
1900 when its name disappeared
from the list of compauies con
trolled by the Standard and after
the Waters-Pierce Company had
been debarred from doing bus
iness in Texas! It was also
brought out that the Pennsyl
vania railroad and its officials
gave rebates and handled tank
cars so as to give the oil trust
the advutage over any opposition
company.