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VOL. 27. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. MARCH 20, 1908. NO. 2
State News.
H. R. Miller, a salooukeeper of
Salisbury, has none into bank
ruptcy. Business must be fall
ing off. *
A convict who tried to escape
from the Wilson couutv chain
gang Saturday wan shot and
killed by a guard.
Walter Page, editor of the
World's Work, of New York,
will deliver the literary address
at Trinity College on .1 uue 10.
It is stated that Senator Bai
ley, of Texas, will be one of the
speakers at the annual banquet
of the Manufacturers' club at
High Point next month.
Rev. W. McC. White, now pas
tor of the Second Presbyterian
church of Petersburg, Ya , has
accepted the call to the pastorate
of the First Presbyterian church
of Raleigh.
Mr. T. B. Parker, of the State
llepartmeutof Agriculture, widely
known as a practical and euc-|
cessful farmer and a working
Democrat, is a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Com
missioner of Agriculture.
Mr. Eugene C. Beddingfield has
announced that he will not be a
caudidate for corporation com
missioner, a position he now
holds, at the next State conven
tion. lu all he has served in this
capacity more than 1:2 years.
Mr. Olipbaut Whicker died
Tuesday at his home at Kerners
ville, aged 8'.) jears and six
months He had always enjoyed
good health and uutil a week be
fore his death had never had the
services of a physician. Death,
resulted from the infirmities of
old age.
The Commercial and Farmers
bank of Raleigh of which B. S.
Jerman is president and Herbert
\V. Jackson cashier, has become
the Commercial National bank,
with a cash capital of $100,000
and a surplus of the same
amount. The bank is 17 years
old and has been very successful.
This gives Raleigh two national
banks the other being the Citi
zens.
Prof. M. 11. Dry, of Wingate,
has been elected principal of the
Cary Public High school, to suc
ceed E. L. Middleton, who re
signs to become corresponding
secretary of the North Carolina
\; Baptist Sunday Suchool Board,
succeeding Rev. HightC. Moore,
niow editor of the Biblical Recor
der. There were eleven applicants
for the Cary principalship, these
coining from teachers in this
State, Virginia, Alabama and
Loiiisiana.
l)rk William W. Hamilton, gen
eral evangelist for the Southern
Baptist Convention, is conduct
ing a. highly successful revival
meeting at Raleigh Tabernacle
Baptist Church. With him are
Mr. and Mrs. A. D George, of
Indiana, who are in charge of the
singing. Immense crowds are
attending the services and the
interest is very marked. I)r.
Hamilton is to be succeeded
within a week by Dr. A.C. Dixon,
of Chicago, who will go to Raleigh
from Atlanta where he is now
taking part in a Bible Confer
ence.
Mr. A. L. Brooks, who consi
ders his nomination as the Dem
ocratic candidate for Congress in
this district as practically as
sured, has written Governor
Glenn a letter tenderiug his re
signation as solicitor of the
ninth judicial district, the same
to become effective June 30th, at
the close of the spring term of
court. Solicitor Brooks places
his resignation in the hands of
the Governor this eurlv so that
the several gentlemen who aspire
to succeed him may have a fair
field and in order that his sue
oessor mav he nominated by the
judicial convention.
The Lucky Quarter.
Is the one you pay out for a
box of Dr King's New Life Pills.
They briny you the health that's
more Precious th ? u jewels. Try
them for headache, biliousness,
constipation an i malarn . 1
they disappoint you the pric
will hr? che- rfnllv ?"'und?d r<1
J'ood Br..s <1 - u
Clayton News.
Mi88 Swannanoa Home spent
Sunday here with her parents.
Liberty Cotton Mills will soon
be at work. Things are begin
ning to assume busiiiess-like pro
portions.
We are glad to note that our
friend Mr. Henry Austin, who for
some time has be?u suffering
with a t hroat trouble at school!
at the I'niversity, is improving.
Mr. Coy Smith is at home from
King's Business College, confined
and quarantined with a good
case of measles. Hope Coy w ill
soon be straight again.
The Home Building and Loan
Association is getting things in
proper shape and will evidently
be able to begiu active business
operation by the first Saturday
in April.
We note with pleasure the con
tinued growth of the attendance
at Clayton High School. Six
new pupils enrolled this week and
the faculty hopes and has reason
to expect more next week.
Dr. H. W. Sears lectured at the
Academy last night under the
auspices of the Lyceum Co. of
this town. Dr. Sears' lecture
was one of the finest we have
ever had here and all through i:
there were grand and greit
truths which are sure to do us
all good ilis subject, was an ex
tra-ordinary one, "More Taffy
and Less Epitapby" and unless
I we are a poor judge his lecture
coutaiued the substance the sub
ject suggests.
L Some real estate transactions
have been negotiated and from
the number of inquiries for suit
able building lots, we are forced
to the conclusion that the Home
Building and Loan Association
is getting in good work even be
fore it really begins to work in
earnest. Next week we are going
to have an advertisement in The
Herald, Johnston County's
j grand old advertising agent,
i setting forth the worth of the as
i sociation to this county.
We are glad to note the pro
motion of one of our former
townsmen and one who still in
our minds is a Clayton bov, Mr
John A. Robertson. Mr. Robert
son was for live years with the S.
C. Pool Shoe Store as book
keeper, later he was cashier of
the Bank of Dover for about a
year, then with the Blades Lum
ber Co , at Newberne for some
time, and recently was elected to
the responsible position of treas
urer of the Dixie Fire Insurance
Co., and The North State Fire
Insurance Co., both of Greens
boro. We rejoice with Mr.
Robertson in tiis promotion in
business life and feel that every
honor bestowed on him is fully
merited. We know John A.
Robertson and therefore appre
ciate his woith. It's a strikiug
peculiarity and a verv encourag
ing one, that every Clayton boy
who has struck out in the world
for himself, has attained ad
van cement[in big degrees. We are
justly proud of Clayton's boys.
f eliu.
! Clayton, March 18
For Herald Readers.
Since nobody knows when,
people have suffered from indi
gestion, sick headache, bloating,
dizzy spells, distress after eat
ing, sleeplessness and the many
other symptoms of stomach
troubles and have found the usu
al remedies powerless. Here is
a chance for The Herald readers
who may suffer with weak stom
ach to test without risk of loss
1 the new prescription, called Mi
; o-na, for indigestion that has
met with great success wherever
'it has been tried This treatment
whicfj strengthens the whole di
! gestive system so that the
. stomach does its worx without
any distress, is sold by Hood
i Bros, under a gusrart.ee to re
i fund the money if the remedy
docs not do all that is claimed
I for it Mi o ua costs but 50 cents
I a box. and one box wili do more
i real good than a dozen boxes of
|'he ordiuary digestive tablets
whie i h <ve been used heretofore
Polenta News.
Most of those reported sick
last week are up and out.
Miss Effie Weeks is spending
this week in Benson with her re
latives.
Master Lee Coats, who is quite
sick with pneumonia, is slowly
improving.
The Township Shelter wi lsoon
be built. The contract will be
given out in a few days.
Mrs. Z. T. Joues, who has been
so sick, is some better, and it is
now believed her recovery is only
a matter of time.
There will be preaching at Oak
land Sunday by the Castor, Rev.
M. Souders. i hero will be two
services?morning and after
noon.
On last Saturday night the
Barber mill dam broke, and a
good portion of it went down the
creek. It will be a month before
the damage can be repaired,
hence the mill cannot be operated
1 for at least six weeks.
Itev. J. D. Bowen, of Apex,
preached at Shiloh last Saturday
evening to a small congregation,
nut owing to a misunderstand
ing he could not preach on Sun
day. He is one of the best
preachers we ever fcard and
those present were debahted with
his sermon. On Sunday morn
ing the church unanimously
c ailed him to the pastorate of
the church. It is not known as
yet whether he. will accept or
not.
Prof. Cullom, of Raleigh, con
ducted services at Stiiloh Sunday
morning and evening, singing
and talkin. temperauee to those
present. Prohibitionists were
pleased and entertained by the
services. There were those pre
! sent who are outspoken in their
Opposition to prohibition, who
were not pleased with the exer
l cises, at least their actions so in
dicated. Prof. Cullom seems to
put his whole soul into the work,
and we believe good will result
from his efforts.
Typo.
Wendell Notes.
Itobert E. Richardson, of
Selma, was in town Monday on
i business.
R. B. Whitley and E. V.
Richardson went to Raleigh on
business today.
R. B. Raney, of Raleigh, is in
town in the interest of Penn Mu
tual Life Insurance Co.
Col. James, of The James Lum
ber Co., Durham, is in town look
ing after their lumber business
here.
S. R. Abernethy, book keeper
for The Wendell Supply Co ,
made a flying trip to Oxford last
week.
J. A. Underbill, of Selma, was
here from Friday until Monday
visiting his son, l)r. IL P. Un
derbill.
F. M. Hamlin, agent for Jeffer
son Standard Life insurance Co.,
(is in town soliciting for his Com
pany. He seems to be doing
some business in spite of the hard
times.
Our town was full of horse
traders last week but they did
not do much business as most of
the farmers are trying to get
their farms in conditions to
I plant and have not got time to
trade for high priced "plugs."
Hotel Harham opened for busi
ness Monday, the lGth and seems
to be doing a good business
from the number of drummers
and insurance men we -ee sitting
on th ? front porch. Mr. Harham
reports that he had seventeen
for dinner today.
Hon.
Wendell, March 17.
We understand that Governor
It H Glenn has been invited to
deliver tee ad Iress at rhe c -m
mencecneit "j of Wilson's Mills
public High School in May.
Governor Glenn has tuade gjj, a
reputation as a <-|>eak"r th ne
is much in rlemaad as an educa
? i ?? y
General News.
Great damage has been caused
iu th Pacific Northwest by heavy
i raius and floods.
Several boomers for ''residen
tial candidates have already
opened headquarters at Den
; ver.
Former President Cleveland
celebrated his seventy-first, birth
da.v at Lakewood, N. I , Wednes
day.
TJiree tueu were killed and six
injured, one fatally, by the blow
ing up of a powder mill in Indi
ana, Wednesday.
An alleged forger arrested iu
Paris is said to tiave confessed to
I a plot to swindle a New York
; banking tirm of $240,000.
A father .and two sons were
blown to pieces by exploding dy
namite uear (ireeusburg, Pa.,
Wednesday.
On May 8, Hear Admiral Fvans
will b ? relieved of the command
of the Atlantic battleship tieet,
to he succeeded by Admiral
Charles 8. Speiry.
Six hundred children were on
Wednesday inarched out of a
New York kindergarten whicti
was on fire without knowing why
I they were being dismissed.
Three men were killed at In
j diauapolis, Ind., Tuesday after
noon by the falling of a heavy
i Hteel beam t hat was being placed
i in position for railroad track ele
vation The men were in the em
ploy the Kelly Atkinson Con
struction Company of Chicago.
Tuesday night United States
Senator VVhyte died at his home
in Baltimore, Vld. lie was the
last survivor of Senators who
voted against the Fifteenth
amendment to the United States
constitution. He served one
j term as Governor of Maryland,
He was appointed to succeed the
} late Senator Gorman. He was
J in his 84th year.
A. B White, the negro princi
pal of Gregg avenue colored
public school at Roanoke, Ya.,
was shot and fatally wounded
by Thomas C. Cooper, also col
ored in a pistol duel fought on
the school grouuds Tuesday.
Cooper alleges that White had
insultingly criticised Cooper's
sister who is a teacher in the
school. Cooper is in jail.
It has been learned that Rus
sell Riley, artist and literatauer,
who died at St Louis Monday,
was Assistant Secretary of the
Confederate Navy during the
Civil War. He was at one time
an associate of Robert E. Lee,
who is said to have given him
one of his swords at the end of
the war. He is also credited
with several paintings showing
marked skill.
William Grueger, 21 years of
age, opened fire upon a crowd of
men and women in a restaurant
at Cleveland, Ohio, Tuesday
night and instatly killed Edward
Draudt, forty years old, severely
wounded .1 ames Barr, and then
attempted to commit suicide.
After the shooting the young
man went to the sidewalk aud
there turned the revolver against
his own head and fired. It is be
lieved Krueger will die.
Catarrah a Germ Disease.
Catarrah is not a blocd disease
but is caused by germs that lodge
and grow in the air passages,
causing irritation with poisonous
and offensivemucous discharges.
It is an insidious disease of most'
destructive tendency. Its ap
proaches are unalarming, and1
its victims are well on the road
to a chronic state or to dread
consumption before they realize
ihoir danger. "Stomach dosing
is ineffective in the treatment of
! catarrh. The only healing agent
is Hyomel, which is inhaled with
the air you breathe, killing ali
catarrhal germs and driving
them from th? system. The!
sooner you use llyotnei the soon
er you will be free of catarrh.
Hood I?ros. will sell you a- dollar
; outfit with the understanding!
that if it does not give eatisiae
tioo your montv will b s refund
P()
Benson Notes.
Miss Ireue Baker, of Four Oaks,
was iu towu Saturday and Sun
day.
Let everybody remember the
j 'Deestrick Skule'at the'Academy
Friday night.
Mrs. I.ydia Weston and Miss
Viola Boone, of Fairfield, are
visiting Mrs. W. I). Boone.
Hev. l\ 1). Wood all, of Ual
eigh, spent Tuesday night here
with his brothers, W. C. and .1.
F. Woodall.
There was an interesting game
of baseball here Friday after
noon when the Benson and Dunn
boys crossed bats. The score
was 8 to 7 in favor of Benson.
Mr Willis Johnson, of Smith
field. and Miss bucy Canoday, of
Flevation, were married at the
j home of ('onetoe Canoday, sou
of the bride, on Wednesday,
March 11.
A horse belonging to W. It
Denning ran down Main street
Sunday morning while hitched
to the buggy, badly damaging
one of his legs uml demolishing
the buggy.
Garfield Smith and Geo. Cang
ston, colored, wer? before Mayor
Britt last Wednesday on the
j charge of blindtigering. They
were held for the Superior court
under if 100.00 bond each.
There was prayer-meeting at
the Haptist Church Wednesday
night. Prof. Cullom and
daughters, of Raleigh, were pres
ent and rendered souie very beau
tiful selections, which were great
ly enjoyed by all present.
The Benson Drug Co. have re
cently installed a $1,700 soda
fountain iu their store and are
now prepared to serve the thirs
ty public from one of the nicest
and most up-todatefouutaius in
] this section of the State.
The Benson school under the
management of Prof. Itoyall has
had the most prosperous year of
its history. More than a dozon
teachers are here taking advan
tage of the opportunities offered
j by the high school and new ones
coming daily.
Benson is moving ahead iu all
directions. Messrs. P. Part and
Ashley Grant are erecting dwell
j iugs. Mr. A. B. Hudson has just
completed a nice residence near
the Academy and is soon to be
gin work on a brick store buil
ding on tbe lot vacated by Mr. J.
E. Holmes.
The Farmer's Commercial
Bank opened here Wednesday
morning in tbe old Bank of Ben
sou buildiug with a paid in cap
ital stock of $10,000.00.
Phis is a strong institution and
will have tbe support of all the
people of this section. The offi
cers are: President, .Jno. O. El
lington; Vice president, Wade H.
Roy all; Cashier, M. T. Britt.
| Phe Directors are: W. I). Boone,
, P. B. Johnson, C. T. Johnson,
Ben. J. Mathews, Wade H. Roy
al, J. H. Rose, J. C. Stancil and
Preston Woodall of Benson,
J. F. L. Armfleld of Fayettevile,
and E. T. Britt of Newton Grove.
Reporter.
March 19, '08.
Dividends for J. D. Rockefeller.
New York, March 14.?Out of
a total of $14,750,000 paid out
in dividends by the Standard (hi
Company today at the rate of
$15 a share, John I). Rockefeller,
who owns 25 per cent of the
stock, received $3,750,000, bring
ing up the total of his returns
from Standard Oil stock for the
past six months to $0,250,000.
I'he total paid out in dividends
by the company during the last
six months is approximately
$25,000,000. Fifteen men owu |
00 per cent of the stock and in I
the last ten years have recived
in cash dividends $380,000,000. j
Of this John I) Rockefeller re-1
ceivcd $1.1.7,000,000.
The profits of the coinpaoj j
since 1882 amount upproxim
b*.civ $000,000,000, of which
$07^000,000 has b en paid in
OipRmii The net, fa.Tiinps of
the company for the la it six i
vears are estimated at uver
$455,000,000.
Kenly Items.
We are sorry to hear that Kev.
A. L. Oruiond is sick with
mumps.
Mrs. A. J. Smith, ofGibsonville
is visiting her father Hon. C. W.
Kdgerton.
Mrs. Pearl Anderson, of Wil
son visited her mother Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. John G. High's sister,
Mrs. Mullock, of Wilson, visited
j here Sunday.
In our town you will find the
string to the door latch on the
out side to every one advocating
I prohibition.
We are sorry to report that
Mr. I*. B. Sasser, had the misfor
tuue to lose a tine mule today in
a peculiar way. The mule was
taken out and started home from
! the day's work when be stepped
on a piece of feuce rail in the edge
of the street about four feet long
with his front foot and caused one
end to fly up striking underneath
near bis tlauks and piercing
about four or five inches causing
him to bleed to death in about
thirty minutes.
Kevs. E. VV. Souders, of Fay
eteville, and It F. Pittman, of
Aydeu, filled their regular ap
pointments Sunday morning.
Sunday night there was a Union
Temperance meeting of all the
churches held in the Free Will
baptist church, conducted by
Itev. J. II Shore, of Smithfleld.
The best comment we know to
make on Mr. Shore's address is
that we no not think it could
hardly have been surpassed. The
large church was filled to its ca
pacity and every body was held
spell-bound during the entire ser
I vice. His argument was strong
' and convincing, softened with
! love for the man that stands up
against prohibition.
Kenly, Mar. 18. Max.
Death of Mrs. Cornelia Phillips Sponcer
Mrs. Cornelia Phillips Spencer
died March 11th at her home at
Cambridge, Mass., in her 83rd
year. Her father was James
Phillips, an Englishman, who for
more than forty years tilled the
chair of mathematics in the
North Caroliua University. Her
mother was Judith Vermeule, of
Harlem, N. Y , member of an old
Dutch family. She was a highly
intellectual, thoroughly cultivat
ed and most efficient womuu.
Her brother, Itev. Dr. Charles
Phillips, was for nearly half a
century professor of applied
mathematics iu the University.
He was also for a time a member
of the faculty of Davidson Col
lego. Her other brother, Samuel
Feild Phillips, ranked among the
foremost lawyers and public men
of the State. He was solicitor
general of the United States un
der three administrations.
Mrs. Spencer resided at the
University for many years uud
was for a long time the govern
ing spirit there. She was a very
stroug woman intellectually,
wrote much and in many ways
made her impress on the intel
lectual life of the State.
Since 181)4 she had made her
home in Cambridge with her
daughter-Statesville Landmark.
Truck Farming In Burke.
Mr. John I.. Houk says that
froru three acres in tomatoes
last year he realized $75, or $25
per acre, and that this year he
will put out four or five acres in
tomatoes. The same land in wheat
| yielded on an average of ten
I bushels to the acre. Mr. I). YV.
YVhisenhant had two acres in to
matoes last year and made
more money from them than
any other crop on the same land.
\lr. John Scott, of Irish creek,
realized $50 from oue acre in to
matoes and beans, and has three
bushels of dried beans left. The
bulk of these products was sold
to the Catawba Y'alley Canning
Compauv, in ^lorganton, who
buy all the tomatoes, beans, etc.,
our f irmers will raise.?Morgnn
t >u Herald.
For an evening of fun and mu
sic go to the Opera House to
j night and witness "Next Door."