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gp( ytSmitljficlb 11 ra I k 1 . mmdolla. pkb tmi. "TRUE TO OURSELVE8, OUB COUNTRY AND ODE GOD." surau oorm nrz onm. VOL. 2<>. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 31. l!?08. }JU. 47 STATE NEWS NOTES. Short Items of Interest Clipped and Culled From the Daily and Weekly Papers. The next meeting of the State Press Association is to be held in the Selwvn Hotel, Charlotte, April 22 23. It is announced that State Sen ator B. F. Aycock, of Wayne, will be a candidate for the Corpora tion Commission at the next election. Harriet Prince, colored, aged 70 years, was burned to death at her home in Durham Friday, her clothing having caught tire while she was ironing Hugh Lee Sutton, ayouug man living at Vaughn, Warren eouu ty, committed suicide last week by shooting himself through the heart. It, is stated that be was a dope fiend. The graded school building at Pilot Mouutain was burned early Tuesday morning Loss about $3,000, with $000 insurance. Fire supposed to have originat in a flue. Senator Overman has intro duced a bill appropriating $73, 000 for a public building at Con cord. A site has allready been purchased by the government for the building, The main building at Liberty Institute, near Lexington, con ducted by the Liberty and Pied mont Baptist Association, was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning, the loss being about $4,000. If TTIWf j? i el a Mr. j. a. Myroveraiea 01 neart failure at bis borne in Fayette ville last week, aged 50 years. He was a regular correspondent and contributor to the leading [>apers of the state and was wide y known as such. Gen. W. P. Roberts, of Gates county, is a candidate for the of fice of Secretary of State to suc ceed J. Bryan Grimes, who is closing his second four-year term. Col. Grimes is in the race for re nomination, but Gen. Roberts is contending that there is an es tablished Democratic principle against third terms. At Lawndale, Cleveland coun ty, Friday, two boys, Alfred (iantt and Amos Buff, employes of the Cleveland Cotton Mills, en gaged in a fight. Young Gantt, who is but 14 yeaas old, stabb ed his companion to death with a knife. The boy is in jail but an effort will be made to have him released under a writ of habeas corpus. The first North Carolina bill to pass the national Congress this session was one providing for a Federal Court at Salisbury. Bills have beeu introduced asking for public buildings at Monroe, Hen derson, Wilson, Rocky Mount, Greenville, and Tarboro. A bill to establish a fish culture in North Carolina has been report ed favorably. The Davidson College Progress says that while digging a grave in the cemetery at Coddle Creek church on January 11th, Mr. Gibsom Smith contracted blood ; poison in a sore on his hand, by dipping out of the new gravp, water that ran in from an old grave nearbv. The poison spread rapidly and although medical aid was summoned the poison was not stopped and Mr. Smith died last Friday. Near Advance, Davie county, last Sundav evening, Charles Hege, aged 20, was accidentally shot by his sweetheart, Miss An nie Livengood. The girl was | handliDg her lover's pistol and, not knowing it was loaded, point ed it at Hege, pulling the trigger the bad entering his left eye and coming out aDove the temple. Physicians say he will recover, but the sight of the eye is de stroyed. The better way?mother's are learning to use Vick's Croup and Pneumonia Salve for Colds, Croup. Broncnitis.etc Don't dose the child. Sold by Hood Bros Black Brute Attempts To Assault White Girl. Wilson, N. C, Jan. 21).?A gentleman from Keuly this morning informs this reporter that a most brutal attempt was made to assault the young daughter of Mr. J. Cj Boyette! in that thriviug towu yesterday afternoon V'oung Miss Boyette had left her home about four o'clock for the purpose of visiting a friend just on the outskirts of the towu. When nearing a branch a big burly brute jumped from behind a tree, and said to her. "Come to me; if you don't I'll kill you." To say that the young girl was frightened but half expres ses her feeliugs. .Notwithstand ing the threat to kill her, sh" gave a piercing scream, when the black devil made a retreat, going up the side of the branch Soon the entire neighborhood j was alarmed and quickly the woods were full of men aud boys looking for the wretch Hounds were sent for from Tarboro. Last night they ar rived?and were ou the scent of what every one was iu hopes of being the scoundrel they so ear nestly wanted to eaten. The trail was taken in the direction the negro went. 80011 a negro was taken and carried back to town. Unclose investigation it was soon ascertained that he was not the one wanted. The party then went back for a second hunt but failed to catch the man. They called at a house some dis tance from where the attempt was made and found that a strange negro had been there and asked for something to eat and some matches. This fellow wore light pants, dark coat and a der by hat.?News & Observer A Snmmary of Secretary Wilson's Re port For 1907. Com:?Corn still leads in value being 2.553,732,000 bushels and worth $1,350,000,000. The crop is less than that of 1906, but the value is slightly greater. Cotton:?Cotton conies second this year in value being worth $675,000,000. The export val ue was $482,000,000 and repre sents 29 per cent, of our total ex ports. Wheat.?Comes third, the crop was 5 per cent, less than for 1906 but its value, is also greater, be ing $500,000,000. Oats:?The oat crop was 741, 521,000 bushels and worth $360,000,000, 25 per cent, above the average. Animals Slaughtered:? Were worth $1,270,000,000, or double our cotton crop. Dairy Products:?Were worth $800,000,000. Poultry and Eggs:? Were worth $600,000,000. Tobacco:?Declined to 645,213 000, or 11 per cent, but its value is 6 per cent, greater. Exports:?Our exports exceed ed our imports by $444,000,000. It is rather singular that there was a slight falling off in each crop. There was not failure in any section; but a decline in the yield all over the United States from 5 to 10 per cent.?The Southern Cultivator. Legislature Passes Prohibition Bill. The Legislature has been busy for the past week on the Railroad Hate Rill and the Prohibition Bill. The Senate passed the pro hibition last Friday almost ex actly like it was first presented by the Anti saloon League. It fixes the time oi election on the first Thursday in next August. The House took up the Bill Monday and passed it Monday night with little change save that1 it fixed ttie date of election the last Thursday in April The latest news we have from Raleigh is that both houses have not yet agreed on a date. Some think that if the election is to be held in thespriog that it should be postponed till the last of may. While it is not yet fixed when the election will take place, it is quite certain that the great ques tion of prohibition will be sub mPt'"! to a vo'e of th? people. SZECHE.WI-VANDEREILT EVENT.' HungarianiCouni Weds Gladys Vanderbilt, the Rich Anv erican Heiress. Miss Gladys Vauderbilt,daugh ter of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, was married to Count Laszlo Kzechenyi, a young Hungarian nobleman in tbe Fifth Avenue home of Mrs. Vanderbilt ut noon today. The wedding was proba bly the most brilliant that has taken plaee in this city for sever al years. Although the number of guests was limited to about Hot), main ly relatives and immediate friends of the two families, there were in , eluded Baron Hengelmuller von j Hengervar, the Austrian Ambas-' sador to the United States; James Bryce, the British Ambassador, and several of the prominent members of New York society. ()utside of the Yanderbilt home a g-eat crowd of the curious pub lie gathered.hoping for a glimpse of the Count and bis bride and watching the arrival of theguests. There was no disorder for the1 streets surrounding the Yanber bilt borne were patrolled by a force of nearly 100 policemen. Police lines were drawn across ! 57tLi and 58th streets between j' which two street- the house :1 stands, ami the uninvited public I1 was not permitted on the Fifth avenue sidewalk in front of the i house. They gathered in large numbers in the square in front of the Plaza Hotel. Beneath the arbor a temporary altar was erected and in front of this the ceremony was performed, by Monsigneur Michael J.Lavelle rector of Saint Patrick's aCthe- 1 dral. the bride was escorted by ber eloer brother, Cornelius Vauder bilt, down an aisle bordered with palms, entwined with a great 1 abundance of orchids to the al- I tar. Count Szechneyi was attend ed by his brother, Connt Dionis Szechenyi. The ceremony of giv- , iug the bride away was perform- \ ed by Cornelius Vanderbilt. The wedding chorus from Gauls Cantata "Ruth," was sung t~ 301 boys of the St. Patrick's chancel choir, attired in surplices and red cassocks, accompanied by the or gan and assisted by the cathe dral's male quartette. The bride wore a gown of ivory 1 satin, with embroidery, point lace and garlands of orange blcs soms. Her veil was of point lace caught with sprays of orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of orchids and gardenias. The bride is worth $12,000, 000 or $15,000,000, while the Count is said to have fine town and country estates, and an in come of $00,000 a year. "Say-shen yee" with the ac-|, cent on the first syllable, is the J correct pronunciation of the fam ily name of Count Szechenyi. The names and titles of the Count are: Count Laszlo Jeno Maria Hen- ( rik Simon Szechenyi, Royal and ImperialChamberlain, Hereditary Member of the Hungarian House of Magnates, Lieutenant of Re-1 serves in the Ninth Hussars, Count Nadasdy. He is the son of the late Count ( Lmerich Szechenyi, of Sarvari- , Felsoe-Vivek, Imperial and Roval , Chamberlain, Roval Hungarian Cupbearer, Real Privy Councilor, j Knight of the Order of the Gold- ( en Fleece, Grand Cross of the Or- , der of St. Stephen, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Leopold, etc., some time Ambassador atthelm- ' perial German Court, and Coun- < tees Lmerich Szechenyi, nee Alex- 1 andra.Countess Sziaray-Szirmav, I Imperial and Royal Iiame of the j Palace, Game of the Star and ? Cross order. i A Higher Health Level. i "I have reached a higher | health level since I began using Dr. King's New Life Pills." | writes Jacob Springer, of West ; Franklin, Maine. ''They keep , my stomach, liver and bowls , working just right." If these j pills disappoint you on trial, money will be refunded at Houd Bros drug store 25c. General News. Hoke Smith aunounees that he would not be a candidate for the Uuited States Seuate, but wanted a second term as Governor. The Republican County Com mittee at. a meeiiusr Wednesday night at New York, unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing Governor Hughes for the Repub lican nomiuation for the Presi dency. The resolution also en dorses t headministration of Pres ident Roosevelt. That t.lip affections n( a charm ing young woman are worth $20,000, was demonstrated .Mon day in Baltimore when Miss Mar garet Sturnpf, obtained a reward of that amount against Joseph H. Ouvall, a clothing cutter, for alleged breach of promiseof uihr ringe. After a few minutes of tie liberation a jury in t-heCity Court rendered a judgment, for the full amount" asked for by Miss Stumpf The last, otH 'ial art of (iov. Vardaman, of VI ississippi, before turning over tne reiiiB of govern ment to his successor last, week, was the issuing of 2(5 pardons. Hitrht tif the benefieiaries were whit s, while the other 18 were negroes. The majority of thp charges wer" for murder or man slaughter arid most of trie prison ers iiad served several years of of their sentences. Kleven of them were life time men. Senors Benito Cegarda and Pablo Ocampo, recently elected by tbe lirst Philippine Assembly as resident commissioners to Washington, arrived. They call ed on Secretary of War Taft Monday and later were present ed to the President. They went to the Capitol, where they pre Bented their credentials entitling them to seats in the House They were accompanied by J ose Valdez and Antonio Hscamilla, their private secretaries. The New Amsterdam National Bank of New York, capitalized at ^1,000,000 was closed by the or der of the Comptroller of the cur rency and.National Bank Examin er, Charles V. Hanna, was placed in charge. The institution's liabil ties are placed at $4,492,010 of which $2,065,272 40 are due depositors. The bank's officers assert that not only will every depositor be paid in full but the stockholders will receive a sub stantial dividend. A $100,000 fire occurred at Bennettsviile, Marlboro county, S.C., Friday morning, wiping out the principal business section and many of the best residences. The town is practically without fire protection and it was impos siole to check the flames. The fire started in the bigSkve Hotel, where there were many narrow escapes from death. Col. .1 J. Heckart, president of the Ben nettsville and Cheraw railroad, saved his life by jumping from a window, sustaining a broken leg. Under the will of Morris K ?Ipbup the Museum of Natural History of New York receives $1,000,000, the largest indi vidual bequest made to the insti tution since its foundation in 1871. Mr. Jesup was connected with the museum from the date of its formation, and from 1882 until his death he was its presi dent and most active patron. Mr. .lesup also left $100,000 to the Brick Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member for sight years. A dispatch from Sweatwater, Penn., saye: A tornado swept over Pond Creek valley near Sweetwater late Saturday night killing James M. Caseidv and in juring five other persons. Cassi dy's home, which was at Blue Springs, eight miles from Sweet water, was demolished. His wife is among the injured. The home of Edward Everett at Pond Creek, four miles from Sweet water was swept away. Three of his children and his wife were in jured. Everett himself escaped unhurt Damage was done also at Philadelphia, Teno. Several homes in the path of the storm were damaged. The tornado moved in north easterly direc tion. Benson News. Mr. Noah Creech, of the Pleas ant Hill section, has moved his fatnilv to town. Prof. .1 P. Canadav, Superin tendent of County Schools, was | here last Sunday. The meeting closed at the Bap tist oiiureii Sunday night. It is believed much good was accom ' plished. VI ? .. -J \1 - - ?? hi. .urn lire, i lem iiryan , 01 near Clayton, are spending sev eral dave in town visiting Mrs. Hryan's father, Mr J. 1) I'ar risb. Mr .1. il. Blick,the night opera toi here,has returned t o hie work after a months abseuce at hie home in Virginia. We are informed that C. W. Anderson, who formally did buei neee here, will move hie family to Raleigh where beexpects to do u brokerage business. Mr. E. L. Hall, lias gone to Lancaster, s C, in appear as a witness against the post olliee robbers who blew open the safe in the 1 (una office some weeks ag . Miss Ivoilv I'anaday, of the (JreettsiMiro Normal, earns by nere Monday on her way to the bedside of her litt le sister who is verv ill,with pneumonia at her aunt's, Mrs. Hufus Benson, near Elevation. Among our school teachers who are teaching away from home, we note tee following visited home folks last Saturday and Sunday: Misses Lettie Ryals, i Laura, and Marv Dan ad ay and Mr. M. I). Thomas. Mr. Zeb Turlington, of Moores ville, an honored sou of John ston county, came down from Raleigh where he is attending the special session of the Legislature as Representative from Iredell, and speut Sunday pleasantly with relatives near here The "Emerson club" will give a debate on February 14, at the Academy. The subject for dis cussiou is rather unique, each speaker choosing a character and presenting him as the great est man since the 12th century. Among those chosen are Frank lin, Lincoln, Columbus, (iutten berg, Charlemagne The public I is cordially invited. (Jurcitizen* regret the fact that our popular an efficient dentist, I)r. J. C. Johnson, has decided to locate in Durham for the prac tice of his profession. We wish thc.genialjDoctor much success in his new home We shall misp his kindly face and Christian spirit from our town Dr. Johnson has built up a good practice here, and we predict success for him, in his new relations where he has a larger scope. On last Tuesday, a gentleman visiting our town on business, said, as he looked out of a win dow and saw a herd of cattle, several goats and hogs, galore. "This looks as if it in whereNoah's Ark rested, from what I see loose on the streets." A gentleman who ovei heard the remark, re plied that there were more hogs raised in Benson to the square i inch than anywhere in Johnston ? county. Why not shut up the hogs off the streets before "fiea I time? ' Benson. Jan. 29. I>. Another Horrible Death. Mr. N. R. Bike, of Beulah town ship, was here this week and brought us news of a horrible death which occurred about half a mile north of Micro late last Saturday evening or night. Mr. Jacob Lamm, who lives at Bag ley went to Micro Saturday and was around there for sometime. | One of his acquaintances who had been to Bine Level dispensa ry for a jug of liquor stopped on his way home and treated him more than once. Mr. Lamm I started for his home just before' sunset walking and in a drunken condition. Sunday morning be was found dead beside the rail road track. It is supposed he sat down on the end of a cross tie and was struck by a through freight train llis head and arms an t back were broken. I C'ayton ..;ws. Dr. aud Mrs. E E. Broughton, ol Haleigh, were here Sunday. Dr. T. Arthur (liittin 1 is re turned from a visit to Baltimore. i Mrs. A. H. Duncan has been ! sick for several days. She is now {very much better. i>ir. Ei. u. linen lias made some very nice improvements on the iuterior of his etore. Miss Daphne Williams is at I home slightly ill. We hope she may soon entirely recover. | Messrs. Clifford Gulley, Paul C. Duncan and Herman Kaeford, of t'rincton, spent Sunday here. Messrs. J. L. Ellis, J. A. Vic son, It. A. Wall, Waldo Ferrell and Kilev Galley went to Raleigh Wednesday. Rev. T. II. Thornton, pastor of the Baptist church has return ed from Reuson where he assist ed in a very good raeetiDg. We regret to have to note the continued illness of Mrs. Morris Green. We all hope that she may soon be restored to health. Mr. Mavnard Hamilton went to Cary last Sunday and captur ed one of her most bsautilul and <romiuent voang ladies as his bride. Miss Christine (lower is at j home. For a few days she has | been sick but thinks she will | shortly be able to go back to | school. Mr. and Mrs. It. W. Fiulator and little son returned to Dur ham to-day after a visit of a few days with Mrs. Fiulator's mother. II __ * V t?!l- J 1 airs. .losepu Miiau uas returu ed from Hex Hospital were stie recently underwent an operation. Her many friends hope she will soon be thoroughly well. Quarterly Conference for this district was held with the VI. E. Church here last Saturday and Sunday. The Presiding Elder, ltey. Mr. John, preached Sunday. Drs. Young and Hocutt have j dissolved co partnership by mil ! tual consent. Dr. Hocutt will have an office in lower Clayton, i near theClaytun Drug Co's store. Messrs. J. B. Ferrell and M. B. Parnsh have formed a co-part nership and will carry and up-to date line of fancy groceries in connection with the fresh meat business already established by Mr. Parrish. On next Monday night, Febru ary 3rd, the Clayton Lyceum Club will present "Sunshine Hawkes" in the most interesting entertainment ever shown here. The prices will be in the reach of everybody and you may come prepared for a good time. Mr. B. VI. Robertson returned from Richmond Wednesday, where he bought another big supply of stock Enroute from Richmond to Raleigh, he was taken suddenly ill but got medi cal attention at Raleigh; arriving home he was still very sick. Clayton, N. C., Yelik. Jan. 29tb, 1908. Oneals Notes. Mr. Nero Godwin happened to a painful accident a few days a^o He got his left hand and arm sawed to pieces in Mr. J. W. Bailey's cotton gin. Drs. Free man aud (irady, of Kenly, were called in aud found it necessary t.o amputate his arm about two inches below the elbow. When last heard from be was getting along nicely. On Sunday, January 19, at 2 p tn., at the home of the bride in Oneals township, Vlr. W. W. Godwin and Miss Lizzie John sou, two of our popular voung people were united in marriage, L H. Boykin, J. P., officiating. After the impressive words were spoken that made them one they departed for their new home. May their pathway be strewn with roses and their troubles few. ^ L. H. B.
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