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dlji' imitljtu'li) ilrralD. etice oki dollah ffr teae. "true 10 olirselv es, ojr country andourood." single copies five cmt. VOL. 2<>. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. OCJOBER 4. 1!H)7. NO. 31. SELMA'S BUDGET OF NEWS. Young Negro Killed Saturday Night Effects of Pine Level Dispensary Tablet Placed in New Baptist Church?Personal and Local Notes of Busy Public. Selma. N.C., October 3.?Last Saturday night a negro named Henry Armstrong ran into Mr. John W. Liles' store and asked j him to call Dr. Person, that he! was stabbed, and, then sat down on the steps and died before any-1 one could help him. It was not kuowu who mur- j dered him then. Everything was a mystery. Sunday morninar when he was searched a letter] was found on him from Mattfie Snow, a colored girl. Our Chief of Police then went to work and by a nice piece of detective work, soon lauded three negroes, Dud Tilman, Hubert Jones, and Lula Jones. The Coroner, Dr. A. H. Hose, was sent for and empaneled a jury composed of W. A. Green, M. F. Nordan, W. H. Hare, C. W. Richardson, Thad H. Whitley and J. D. Jeffreys who after hear ? - J l ?i. 3 i.U^ lug tne eviaeuce returueu tuu iui lowing verdict: "That Henry Armstrong came to his death by the hands of Lula .Tones, Hubert Jones and Hud Tilman, by a wound made by a knife or some sharp instrument in the left breast." Tne Coroner then or dered the prisoners committed to the county jail without bail and deliveied them to Sheriff Nowellj who took them to jail. All are young negroes, and married, j Lula Jones is the wife of Major Jones. After the verdict of the) jury, Bud Tilman said "Hubert ! Jones gave Lula Jones the knife to stab him, and if 1 had not been afraid I would have told the truth about it." All the negroes were full of whiskey. The effects of the dispensary at l'ine Level are beginning to be i felt here. Since theopeniug of it! two men have spent the night in the guar* house here One while in it was very profane and vulgar ?one man has lost his position? and he was a good ?orkmau when sober. One man has been j murdered and one woman and) two men are now confined in the | county jail, without the privilege of bail, charged murder, and, all because the privilege of buying! whiskey was given them. This) is but the beginning. Keep aj lookout for more trouble. Last Sunday a tablet was placed in the new Baptist Church. It was feared by all that the rain j would prevent the ceremonies as | rain was falling steadily till 8:00 o'clock; then the wind shifted and J the clouds opened and by 11:00) o'clock was as nice a day as) any could wish for. After ser vices at the old church the crowd gathered at the new church where prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr. llorrell, then the tablet was placed in position by Rev. Mr. Maugum and Rev. Mr. Blanchard. Short talks were made by Mr. L. H. Allred, representing the town, and Rev. F. A. Bishop,-the Meth odist church. A prayer was made by Rev. Mr. Blanchard, after! which the congregation was dis- j missed by Rev. O. R. Mangum, j the l'astor. Mr. .Joe j.a8on,oxuneai stown ship, has accepted a position with the Selrna Mercantile Co. Miss Mary Bowers has returned to Selma and will have charge of the millinery department of Mrs. A. Jones' store. Mr. Isaac T. Wood left Tues day morning for Baltimore. Mr. A. V. Driver is building a two story brick store on Ander son street. Mr. Eugene G. llichardson, of Raleigh, arrived in our town Tuesday. He will be with the M. C. Winston Co. until January first, when he, with Sheriff Nowell, will begin business as Richardson A Nowell. We are glad to have him in our town. Mrs. G. A. Tuck returned Mon day from a visit to relations and friends in Norfolk. Mrs. \V. II. Etberedge and Miss Mamie Richardson spent Wed nesday in Smithtield. The Johnston County Medical Society m?t in regular wnnthlv meeting in Selma last Tuesday. Those present were Drs. J. C. (irady, of Kenly; B. A. Hocutt, of Clayton; L. I) Wharton, The! Ilooks and A. H. Kose, of Smith field; and B. J. Noble, J. If. l'er son and U. I). Vick, of Selma. Dr. 11. A. Royster, of Raleigh, was preeeut by special invitation and made a splendid talk. It was decided to bold their next meeting in Selma on the 1st Tuesday in November. Dr. 11. .1. Noble went to Raleigh Wednesday to see what progress was beinfi made on the building of the Masouic Temple. He is one of the building committee. The building will be ninety feet from the pavement to the roof and the walls are just forty-five feet from Jhe pavement. It cer tainly looks to be a strong build ing and one that the Masons of the State will be proud of. The corner stone will be laid by the Grand Lodge on Wednesday, October 15th, at noon. It is ex pected that live thousand Masons will be present. The Royal Arch Masons, Knights Templars and Shriners will be in full regalia. Miss Nora Owens, of Durham, is visiting Mrs. Lillie L. Liles. Sunday School Convenoion at Mt. Zton. To the Editor: Will you kindly allow me a lit tle space iu your paper to call attention to the Sunday School Convention which convenes at Mt. Zion Church on Sunday, Oc tober Gth? We are planning; for an interesting session and expect to have some good speakers from a distance, as well as good music It will be an all day session; din ner will be served on the ground. This convention is composed of all the Sunday Schools of Cleve land township aud all of them are live, wide-awake schools, and I take this opportunity to ex tend an invitation to every Sun day School in the county to visit us, and any delegate they send will be given the rights to the floor to join with us in debate or to make a speech if they will report their names and school to the secretary. I hope soon to see the whole county organized aud given a new impetus in the work of training the young in the knowledge of the Book of Books. A. 1>. Taylor. Oct. 1st, 1907. Child Burned to Death. Little Manassa Hinton, infant son of Alonzo Ennis, was burned to death September 25th. Mrs. Ennis was preparing to do some scouring aud left her tub of hot water near the door while she went to attend to her dinner The baby with the rest of the children were playing near the tub when he accidentally fell backwards into it. A ohysician was summoned at once but to no avail. The child died three hours after the accident. While the bereaved ones have our deepest sympathy we hope they will strive to meet little Nassa up yonder in that land of cloudless day, where we will have no heart aches nor regrets. Lit tle Nassa was a bright, sweet child, 19 months and 11 days old. We know that he is gone to Heaven and mother and father, "Let Him that doeth all things well" comfort your sorrowing hearts and make you feel that Heaven is nearer. Benson,N.C. Mrs. H.B.B. A Serious Mistake to Change. The people of the Fourth Con gresional District are not yet busying themselves with political matters, but when they begin to bestir themselves on the question of a Congressman, they will fol low their own convictions and will re-nominate and elect Hon. Edward W. Pou, whose past record is the equal of any man who has represented any district in North Carolina, the charges of some of his opponents to the contrary notwithstanding. It would be a serious mistake for this District to retire Mr. Pou, who is now even better qualified to add a new lustre to his past splendid record as the capable aggressive Congressman from the Fourth Congressional I)is tnct Nashville Graphic, Sept 26. STATEMENT OF MR. J. C. DREWRY He Tells All About The $6,000 Re ceived From the Southern Rail way For Advertising. ' I There has been a good deal said in the papers for the past few days concerning the Raleigh Times and Senator .1. C. Drewry and the If0,000 paid them by the Southern Railway for adver tising Last Saturday Senator Drewry published a statement in the Raleigh Times which follows. We offer no comment. The ex planation is its own comment. About the year 1899 1 pur chased an interest in the Visitor l'ress Company, and associated with me iu the management, of j the paper Mr. John Wilber Jen kins. Since that time I have had an ambition to publish au ideal afternoon daily paper in the city of Raleigh, believing that it would add much to the welfare and Erosperitv of this citv and to the usiness interests of our state , The paper, by pursuing a fair, convervative and independent course, has gradually grown, un til it has become one of the larg est and best afternoon daily papers in the south. In the early fall of 1005 I ap proached Colonel Andrews and asked him how he would like to see a large afternoon paper in this city, taking the full Associa ted Cress dispatches. He" said tie would like very much to see it, as the morning paper had a per sonal animosity against the Southern Railway Comoany and himself, and had never treated ! either fairly, and that lie would | like to see a good and impartial j paper in Raleigh that would telJ j the truth. I asked him what he would do ! toward the enterprise. He said i he would not take any stock, but would give us advertising to the | | extent of a few thousand dollars | upon the Times publishing the schedules, special notices, and such clippings from other papers j as he might designate, the edi torial department to be left en-1 tirel.y with the Editor. Arrangements were then made to enlarge the Times and take ihe full Associated l'ress die j patches, all of these arrangements J being perfected before I had an idea of being a candidate for the State Senate. in April of the following year Colonel Andrews gave me a ; Southern Railway Voucher for $2,000, payable to me as presi dent of the Visitor-l'ress Com pany. I turned this voucher over to Air. Geo. B. Crater, business manager of the Times, and it was deposited to the credit of the Raleigh Evening Times, in the Citizens National Bank on April 1 5th. lu August following Colonel Audrews gave me anothervouch er for .$2,000, payable to me an president of the Raleigh Evening Times, which voucher was also turned over to Mr. Geo B. Crater, business manager of the Times, which voucher was deposited in the Citizens National Bank to the credit of the Haleigh Evening Times on August 8th. These en tries are all shown on the books i of the Raleigh Evening Times and the Citiz?na National Bank. In the latter part of January following, Colonel Andrews gave me another voucher for $2,000, j payable to the Times for adver tising, which was placed in the Citizens National Bank. However, after thinking over the matter, a few hours after wards, I realized that as State Senator from Wake county I might be criticised for accepting a voucher from the Southern Railway Company, even though I did so in my capacity as presi dent of the Visitor-Press Com pany, and in the performance of an agreement that was made be fore I was a candidate for office. I immediately went to see Colo nel Andrews, and found that he had gone to Washington. The following morning I saw Mr Henry Miller and told him how I felt about the matter and that 1 had determined to return it to the Southern Railway Company, which 1 did through .Mr.Miller immediately. The books of the Southern Railway Couipauy, which the at torneys for the state no doubt saw, show that this amount reached Washington in due course, and was credited Febru ary hth, as having been paid back by the Raleigh Evening Times. Neither Colouel Andrews nor the Southern Railway, nor auy other corporation or individual out side of my immediate family cou-1 tributed one nickle towards my campaign fund, either directly or indirectly. My record in the Senate will bear uie out in the statement that 1 was not influenced or con trolled to the slightest extent by either Colonel Andrews or the Southern Railway Company, nor has either ever undertaken to do so, because in almost every meas ure that came before the Senate affecting railroads 1 voted against the railroads and in favor of what 1 believed to be the best interests of the State. 1 promised the people of Wake county to vote for a reduction of railroad rates and voted for a two-and a-half cent rate. Subse quently, when the conference re port was presented to the Senate, fixing the rate at two and a quarter cents, I voted for that. 1 have served the Visitor-l'ress Company, which publishes the Times, as president, and part of the time as general manager, ever since I have been connected with it, and I have never drawn one dollar out of the business for my services. In addition to that, I have paid about $10,000 in cash into the paper, besides al lowing the company to occupy my building for more than two years now without paying one dollar for rent. 1 have never had any desire or thought that the livening Times would prove a profitable invest meat from a pecuniary stand point, but I have labored to build up this paper, believing that it would ultimately be a power for good in this communi ty and a ben fit to the best inter est of the state. This is a full aud frank state I meat of my entire connection with the Southern Railway vouchers. The statemeut would have j been made sooner, but I felt that j it was best to be calm aud de liberate, aud verify every fact j and detail'before making any statement at all. 1 know 1 have, been severely criticised, but l| preferred to wait patiently and undergo any amount of criticism 1 rather than make a mistake in the slightest detal in making this statement. John C. Rhewhy. Hon. Edward W. Pou. Congressman Pou spent Tues day night and yesterday morn ing iu Henderson. It was a pleasure to his friends to see him looking so well. He does not bear any marks of his late sick ness but on the contrary he ap pears quite vigorous and active. Mr. Pou's sickness was exagger ated, both as to its form and seriousness and aside from as surances of his physicians his ap pearance indicates that he is now quite himself again.?Henderson Gold Leaf, Sept. 2b. Fire at Pine Level. On Monday night of this week a tire occurred at The Pine Level Oil Mills. The origin of it seems to be unknown, but it was dis | covered inside the hull house which was a new building. This building with a lot of hulls, one tank of oil and the machine for mixing guanoj are reported burned. Out of Sight. "Out of sight, out of mind." is an old saying which applies with special force to a sore, burn or wound that's been treated with llucklen's Arnica Salve. It's out of sight, out of mind and out of existence. Piles too and chil blains disappear under its heal J ing influence. Guaranteed by : Hood Bros., Druggists. 2Dc. PARAGRAPHS OF ALL SORTS. Brief and Interesting Items About Things in General Selected for Herald Readers. The mignonette is the national | (lower of Spain. The Hindoos have no word for "friend," but use the word "brother"instead. Every vear ?800,000 is spent on the food and clothing of in door paupers in the metropolis. The opal is the only gem which cannot be successfully counter-j feited. Its delicate tints defy re- j production. In Persia the women of fashion j ornament their faces by painting upon them figures of insects and j small animals. If men were relatively as strong as beetles, they would be able to juggle easily with weights of several tons. A well-known professor asserts that the smallest interval of sound can be better distinguished with one ear than it can with both. Cocoanut shells make excellent j fuel, especially as fire-lighters, the j enormous amount of oil they contain causing them to take; fire at once. The<Jueenof Uoumania, "Car-1 men Svlva," became a writer i through sorrow, it was only when her daughter died?her only one?that she took up the pen. She commenced to write poetry and stories solely with a view to drowning her grief. Senora Margarita Jararaillo, a Mexican ladv. has reached the age of 1 oO years, having been born in 1754. in t.Jja citv of Mon rovia, where the (fate of her birth j is recorded in the church register, i She is in perfect health and re tains all her mental faculties. A curious industry in China is the manufacture of mock money for offering to the dead. The pieces are only half the size of real coins, but the dearf are sup posed not to know the difference. The dummy coins are made out of tin, hammered to the thinness of paper. In Wales there are about 508, 000 people who cannot speak j English, Welsh being their only language; in Scotland there arej 43,000 persons who can speak nothing but tiaelic; and in Ire-! laud there are 32,000 who can ; express themselves only in Erse, j the Irish tongue. The Kalmucks of Central Asiai have a romantic marriage cere mony. The girl mounts a horse j and rides away at full speed, j When she has got a fair start the j lover goes off in pursuit. If he catches her, she becomes his wife;; but if he fails to overtake her,: the match is broken off. A Kal muck girl is rarely caught against her will. The pear tree will continue! bearing fruit for spveral centuries Trees bearing fruit in abund?incp when at least three hundred years old are not uncommon. They are much longer lived than the apple, which rarely lasts more than a hundred or a hun dred and fifty years. The pear tree al^o growp much larger than the apple, and when two hun dred years old was often the di mensions of a forest tree. The three symbols of the Im perial house of Japan are the mirror, the crystal, and the sword, and they are carried in , front of the Emperor on all state occasions. Each has its signfi cance. "Look at the mirror and reflect thyself," or in other words "Know thyself," is the message of the mirror. "Be pure and shine" is the crystal's injunction, while the sword is a reminder to "Be sharp." A remnant of the Sevis tribe of Indians inhabits the island of Tiburon.inthe Gulf of California, and is ruled entirely by the women. Formerly the tribe num bered about five thousand, but is now shrunk to a few hundred, living a life of almost complete isolation, and refusing to marry among the Indians of the.main land. The woman is master of the household, and a council of matrons is at the head of public affairs. Little River Association. Last Friday, Saturday and Sunday the Little River Primitive Baptist Association met at Mt. Gilead church at Clayton. The business was transacted at the church but most of the preaching was done in the school building. When two ministers preached at the same timp one of the services were held in the Metbodistchurch which was near by. The crowds were large but not so large as usual on account of the rain and threatening weather. The people of the town and community of all denominations opened their homes and helped to make the entertainment successful. Elder W. A. Simpkins preached the introductory sermon Friday morning, lie was followed by Klders J. W. Gardner and C. C. Brown. On Friday night ser mons were delivered by Elders William Woodari and Thomas Bell. On Saturday Elders L. P. Adams, J. W. Williard and Bur uace Wood preached. At the night session sermons were de livered by Elders P. I). Gold and .1. A. Shaw. Elders P. 1). Gold, William Woodard and W. B. Williams delivered sermons Sun day. The next session of the Asso ciation will be held at New Hope, Harnett county. Murder at Selma. On Saturday night, September 28th, Lula Jones, wife of Major J ones, a negro drunkard and gambler, stabbed to death Henry Armstrong, a negro bricklayer. Hie home is at Wilson but he has been working at Selma occasion ally for the past year or two. It seems that Armstrong went to the dispensary at Pine Level Sat urday afternoon for liquor for himself and others. He secured conveyance for himself and tbe liquor he brought back to Selma. That night he was with Lula Jones and Hud Tilman and Hu bert JoDes, two married men. All were drinking and the woman was drunk. She had promised to spend some time with Arm strong but the other two men objected and tried to get her away from him. They all crossed the railroad and stopped near the old Southern freight depot. One of the men gave her a knife with which she stabbed Arm strong about the heart. She aud the other two negroes ran to their homes and he went to Mr. J. W. Liles' store. As he stepped in he asked Mr. Liles to telephone for a doctor which was done. The blood gushed out aud down on the floor at every heart beat. Mr. Liles asked him to step out side as he was bleeding so freely. He fell when starting out the door and died in less than ten minutes after tbe cutting. His people came from Wilson and buried him Sunday after noon. The two negro men aud the woman connected with the killing are here in jail. Peacock s X Roads Items. Mr. W. J. Hudson is spending this week at the Jamestown Ex position. We are sorry to hear of Mr. Austin Tart's dwelling being de stroyed by fire last Thursday night. There will be services at St. Elizabeth church at Peacock's Cross Roads first Sunday after noon in October At 4 o'clock and at 8 o'clock at night by Father Irwin, ot Newton drove. A. F. A Criminal Attack on an inoffensive citizen is fre quently made in that apparently useless little tube called the "ap pendix." It's generally the re sult of protracted constipation, following liver torpor. Dr. King's New Life Pills regulate the liver, preyent appendicitis, and establish regular habits of the bowels. 25c. at Hood Bros, drug store. A Russian is not of age until he is twenty-six years of age. En til that time at least four-fifths of hin earnings must go to his parents, if they are in existence.
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