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VOL. 27. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. APRIL 17, 1908. NO. 6
NOT A CANDIDATE FOR SENATE.
Governor Glenn Writes A Letter Stating
That He Will Not Run for the Sen
ate. Lays Aside Ambition
For Duty.
Raleigh, N. C., April 14 ?In an
open letter, addressed to the peo
ple of the State, Governor Glenn
today formally announced that
he would not be a candidate for
the United State* Seuate, to suc
ceed Senator Lee S. Overman
He will support Overmau. From
his letter the following is
taken:
"I have given the matter care
ful and prayerful consideration,
and feel that I am doimr right,
aud incoming to my conclusion,
two things have actuated me.
First, to serve the state by pre
venting a bitter contest. Second,
aud I hope is a still higher mo
tive to help humanity. With
hostile papers saying 1 was ma
king this canvas for prohibition
as a stepping stone for my own
political advancement, or hopiug
on the crest of a big temperance
victory to ride into the office of
Senator, the iffects of my cam
paign would be weakened, aud
my sincerity doubted. So desir- j
ous of being untrammeled by
thoughts of self, but only acting [
for what I believe the State's
greatest good, I lay aside my
ambition."
i ne entire letter, wnicn is
lengthy, shows the spirit of a
sincere uian. "1 know that the
present is my flood-tide and in
refusing to take the political cur- j
rent 1 lose all my ventures and
surrender forever my ambition,
but one thing is better than
holding office and that is duty."
North Carolina in Congress.
We make the statement with
out fear of contradiction that
the North Carolina representa
tives in Congress of the present
day stand higher than this state
has had there in many a day.
The committee appointments of
a Senator or Congressman give
a good idea of the position he
occupies in the nation's legisla
tive body. Our senior Senator,
Mr. Simmons, is a member of
the committees on Agriculture
and Forestry, Coast Defenses,
Commerce, Cuban Relations,
Post Offices and Post Roads, and
is on three other committees of
the Senate. Our junior Senator,
Mr. Overman, is on the commit
tees on Claims, Fisheries, Forest
Reservations, the Judiciary Mili
tary Affairs, and on three others.
In the House North Carolina
Members have assignments to
some of the most important j
committees. Mr. Pou is on that!
of Ways and Means; Mr. Webb
on that of the Judiciary; Mr.
Thomas on those of Library and
Public Bui dings and Grounds.
Mr. Godwin of the sixth district
is on the committees on the ('en
sue and Reform in the Civil Ser
vice, both good appointments
for a minority member during
his first term.
The people of our state have
nothing to complain of their rep
resentatives in Congress. They
have a good delegation, and,
they should be content with
them. Now and then we hear of
some opposition to some one or ;
the other of the present members
?of some new man who wants to
go to Congress and whose friends
are going to run him against the
present incumbent. To all such
men we say, in the interest of the
state, don't do it The delega
tion the state now has is a splen
did one. Don't break the line by
putting in a new man who will
have to begin clear back where
their predecessor did. Time and
valuable service will be lost by
doing so. No man can be as
serviceble a Congressman during
his first term as in bis second,
third, or subsequent terms.
When the people get a good Con
gressman, if they expect to get
any benefit from that fact, they
must keep him in Congress.?Wil
mington Messenger.
Home and Harmony is the
battle cry for those who want to
s?e our countyman, Ashley
Home, in the Governor's chair.
General News.
The Supreme Court has ousted
the Standard Oil Company from
doing business in Tennessee.
Both New York and Philadel
phia were visited by heavy wind
storms that did much damage
Saturday. In each city one is
killed.
The University of Virginia cele
brated its 81) th anniversary
.Monday, with the British am
bassador, lion. James Bryce as
principal speaker.
Disastrous floods are reported
to have occurred at Llaiikow,
in the province of Ru-Peh in Chi
na and it is stated that 2,000
persons have been drowned.
A monument erected by the
State of Minnesota in the Na
tional Park at Shiloh, to the
memory of the Minnesota sol
diers wno fell on that battlefield
was dedicated last week, Gov.
John A. Johnson beiug the prin
cipal speaker.
Pour men are reported killed
in an explosion at the Aetna
mills, Dupout Powder Company,
near Eillers, Indiana, last week.
The shock of the explosion was
heard eignteeu miles away. Doc
tors and nurses were hurried to
the sceue. A special train is
bringing in the wounded.
Gov. CharlesE. Hughes wasen
dorsed us New York's Republican
candidate for presidentby that
party's state convention, held
Saturday, and tbe four delegates
at large, with their alternates,
elected to the Chicogo conven
tion, were instructed to use all
honorable means to bring about
his election.
Flarvey Jordan says that the
farmers in Arkansas, Mississippi
Alabama, and Tennessee have
perfected arrangements with
farmers to hold the remnant of
the cotton crop of 1907. He
says to thefarmers everwhere. "1
cannot too freely emphasize
again the imperative importance
of cutting down the cotton acre
age and preventingaseriouscrisis
next winter." The wise course!
for farmers is to raise hog and j
hominy truck and chickens, so!
they can live if cottoniand tobac
co are pressed down by the panic
conditions.
Speaking In Oneals In 1881.
One man who attended the
speaking at that time says:
"We had some rich experiences
at Earpsboro in 1881. Hon. H.
A. Gudger, Hon. John C. Scar
borough and Mr. N. B. Brough
ton were booked to speak there
for State Prohibition, the issue!
then before the people. About
seven or eight hundred people'
gathered. We stopped at the|
uome of the late John Brown,
the only prohibitionist I believe
in the place. As Mr. Gudger and
Mr. Broughtou walked out down
the road toward the speaking
place, they met up with a great
many going and coming. They
nnf.ippH TiPrt.rlu upurir rr?a.n
had a fresh cut hickory stick,
and they heard one crowd talk
ing aloud saying "no man shall j
talk against liquor here today." j
Another said "yes, they waut
the liquor for themselves. I saw
one of them take a drink down
the road while ago." As a matter
of fact he did see Mr. Gudger!
turn up a little vial of cough
syrup and take a drink of it.
But the fellow would not take
that explanation at all. Said
"it was good liquor and I would
like to have some right now."
"But they did speak. Mr.1
Thomas Devereaux was there to
speak for the whisky crowd and
be demanded that the temper-:
ance side should be beard. Mr. j
Scarborough told him he was in
his county and would be heard,
and he surely was. Both Mr. j
Uudger and Mr. Broughton
spoke first and left Mr. Scar-;
borough speaking. Mr. Dever
aux followed the first speaker. |
It was a rich experience, never to
be forgotten."
Great changes have taken
place in that township in twenty I
seven years. A large per cent, of
the people will vote for temper-1
sue. May 20th.
GREAT FIRE SWEEPS CHELSEA.1
Thirteen Churches Burned.?300 Tene
ments Go Up In Smoke.?About
350 Acres Burned Over.
Boston, Mass., April 12 ?Fire
devastated more than one square
mile of the manufacturing busi
ness and tenement district of
Chelsea todav, entailing a loss
estimated at fully $10,000,000.
The tire started at 10:40 a m.
near the Boston Blacking Com
pany's works on West Third
Street, near the Everett City
Line, and crossed the city a die
tauce of one mile aud a quarter
to Marginal, opposite the East
Boston shore, do far as can be
learned there were four fatalities
aud half a hundred persons in
jured.
Among the buildings burned
were thirteen churches, Frost
Hospital, Children's Hospital,
City Hall, Fitz Public Libeary,
tive school houses, a dozen or
more factories aud about 300
tenements aud dwellings. The
residential section of the city,
where the wealthier classes re
side, escaped the llames. In the
retail section, through which
tne fire passed, was twenty busi
ness blocks, which were destroy
ed. The United Suites Marine
buildings were not damaged.
|{<tntnd M iiuu Aivfil 1 '( ItVnrn
I'uoiuu, muro ) apt II X(> A" j
the embers of yesterday's conlla !
gratiun iu Chelsea, there arose |
today a well organized move- j
inent for aid and relief of the ten
thousand homeless, accounting j
of the cost by insurance compa- j
nies whose representatives placed
their losses at three million and
a half, a determination by the
city authorities to rebuild the
850 acres swept by the flames,
where stood before the tire, prop
erty valued at nearly $6,
000,000.
No further deaths were report
ed today and the iujured per
sons taken to the various hospi
tals only two were believed to be
in a critical condition. The three i
bodies which were taken to the
morgue in Boston last night re
mained unidentified today.
Revised figures obtained today
indicate that the losses were di
vided, according to the various
classes of propertv destroyed as
follows: Churches$525,000: pub
lic buildings, $475,000; facto
ries, business blocks and con
tents, $828,000;dwelling houses,
$.'$,750,000; Total $5,575,000;
The insurance of $8,500,000 is
divided among about 80 compa
nies.
Your Poll Tax.
People who are liable to poll
tax ougut to understand that
unless this tax is paid by May
1st they cannot vote in either
the prohibition election next'
mouth or in the elections of Nov- j
ember. The law in the matter is j
liberal, extending to a very late !
date the time within which the
poll tax due last year may be
paid, but the date is arbitrary
aud it is May 1st. The man who j
defers beyond that time the pay-1
ment of this tax which, anyhow,
must be paid ultimately, will |
disfranchise himself aud have
only himself to blame.
It Is Not Safe.
It is not safe to keep intoxicat
ing liquors in easy reach of boys
and young men and others whose
appetites have been whetted to
demand liquors.
Big Rally at Smlthfleld. .
Arrangements are being made
for a big county pic nic and bar
becue and temperance rally at
Smitbfield April 30th. Judge J. |
U. Pritcbard and Ex-Gov. T. J.
.Jarvie will speak. A large crowd j
and a good time is expected, j
Everybody invited to be present j
and help make it a great day for ;
Johnston County.
Temperance Speaking.
Mr. J. W. Bailey of Ralegh will
speak at Clayton Academy on
temperance Sunday. April 19th.
Every voter in the township
should hear h:m
CAROLINA WINS FROM GEORGIA.
Oscar Rand One of the Debaters.?The
Railroad Rate Question the
Subject for Debate.
Chapel Hill, N. C, April 10 ?
Carolina won by a majority de
cision iu the annual debate be
tween the Universities of North
Carolina and Georgia held in Ge-1
rard Hall here tonight. The oc
casion which wan postponed from
last Friday night on account of
the illness of Mr. O. R. Rand, one
of the Carolina debaters, has
long been looked toward to by
the students and facu'ty here.
When the appointed hour dually
arrived throngs of eager listeners
had practically exhausted the
seating capacity of the hall and
were anxiously awaiting the con
test.
The question discussed reads
as follows: "Resolved, that the
State should not prescribe a rail
way rate." Carolina's represen
tatives, Messrs. O. R. Rand audC.
W. Tillett, Jr., defended the af
Hrmative while Georgia's deba
ters, Messrs. S. O. Smith and Y.
B. Smith, upheld the negative
side of the question.
IvTt.h nf HnKotono nwo I
-uy/vu v/t \yi?? wiiui* a uouuvnn inn i
bright and intelligent .young
men an well as erong and forceful
speakers Mr fland is president
of the Senior Class and has been
very active in college debating I
He tie the Rhodes scholarship!
man from North Carolina for |
11)08. Mr. Tillett, is the son of
Mr. C W. Tillett, of Charlotte,
and is a member of the J unior
Class.
Coming Clayton Wedding.
Friends here have received the
following iuvitation:
"Mrs. Joseph T. Hinton re
quests the honor of your^pre*
ence at the rnariiage of her
daughter, Ada Elizabeth, to Mr.
Lavassa Milliard Champion,
Thursday evening, April twenty
third, nineteen hundred and
eight, at eight thirty o'clock, (
Clayton Baptist Church Clayton I
North Carolina. No cards in;
town."
Athletic Association Organized.
A meeting of the baseball fans '
of the town was held in the Opera
House last Friday night, and an
organization known as The Ath
letic Association of Smithfield
was effected.
The Association's officers are:
W. 11. Austin, President.
F. K. Broadhurst, Vice-Pres.
H. L. Skinner, Manager.
Sam. T. Honeycutt, Coach.
Dr. Thel Hooks, L. G. Patter
son, Directors.
At this season of the year the '<
Association will promote base
ball, and an elaborate equipment
for a nine has already been or- ]
dered.
With neat new suits, all of uni
form color, Smithfleld people will
see base ball games and know
"her own" from the visitors.
War, War. 1861 Again.
??m I
Selina, April 15?An evening;
of pleasure is promised to the
people of Selma, and surrouiling
towns and country on Friday,
the 24th inst.,at thejSelmaOpera
House by the Junior Chapter of
the U. D. C., known here as the i
JoBhua Vick Chapter of the U. I), j
C. It is the first of its kind ever
offered in the County and per
haps in the State, and will be en
tertaining and instructive to
young and old. The old Vets
will go back in memory to camp
life; the older ladies to sweet six
teen, to her soldier boy at the
frout. The little boys and girls
will be instructed and the pro
ceeds used for a grand purpose.
All old Veterans weariug a cross
of honor will be admitted free.
Pay Poll Tax.
Remember that unless you pay
your poll tax for last year before
May 1st 1908 you cannot vote
on Mav 20th nor at the election
next fall. So be sure to attend
to this matter at once.
State News.
J. E. Holmes, a young man
from Mount Olive, was killed
while coupling car* at Rocky
Mount last week. He was - 1 ?
years old.
The Sivertown District of Wa
tauga county has notified the
board of education of the fact
that they have voted for compul- j
sory education. The last ses- j
sion of the state legislature
passed a law allowing districts
in Watauga county to vote to I
make attendance at schools i
compulsory.
Fayetteville is to have a large |
shoe factory in the near future,
with nearly $5100,000 capital,
the major portion of which is
owned oy Northern capitalists j
At the beginning it is proposed j
to make GOO pairs shoes daily. |
Later the capacity will be in-j
creased to (5,000 pairs daily, j
When the full capacity is reached
800 bauds will be employed.
The Southern Railway last
Sunday night put back into op
eration the old schedule on its
train No. 11 out of Raleigh?a
schedule that had existed for
tweuty years prior to May, 100(5,
when it was suddenly changed.
Under the renewed schedule traiu
No. 111. which arrives iu Ral
eigh at 11:50 p m., will be held
there uuiil 2 a. in. before continu
ing to Greensboro.
Ifussell Williams, the 17 year
old non of ex-Deputy Sheriff
James Williams, of Nam County,
met a violent death in a ruua
way near his home at Milliard- J
ston, Nash Couuty, last week. I
The youug man was hauling fer
tilizer from the railroad station
to his home, when his team got
unmanageable and runaway. He
was thrown from the wagon j
against a tree and his skull was ;
crushed, causing instant death. I
Hvangehst George Stewart,:
who for years worked with Sam
Jones, addressed about two thou
sand voters in Salisbury Sundav
night on prohibition. He was
heard with great interest and
enthusiasm ran high. At no
time in the campaign has there
been so marked determination
to drive out the distillery and
the saloon. The temperance
workers are optimistic and the
faieuds of the whiskey traffic are
sayiug nothing.
Gov. Glenn said in a speech at
Gouisburg Monday that he
would regard it as the crowning
glory of his administration if
the people would drive the sale
and manufacture of intoxicating
liquors from the borders of the
State. "The people have made
me one of their leaders," hesaid,
"and I propose to lead in this
great fight for civic righteous
ness, and I have little respect for
that, man calling himself a leader
aud vet skulks at the rear end of
the procession afraid to say how
he stands on this great moral
issue, trying to carry on both
shoulders for fear that he might
not be on the popular side. I ask
you people to demand of your
public officers, county, state and
federal, to come out and by their
presence and speeches, give
strength to the temperance
cause."
Wilson's Mills Deteats Clayton.
Wilson's Mills. N. C., April 10 ? '
Wilton's Mills defeated Clayton j
high school this afternoon in the
first game of the season for the
locals, Clayton boys being able
to cross the rubber only once I
during the game. Davis' pitch
ing for Wilson's Mills was the
feature of the game, striking out
eleven men.
Batteries: Wilson's Mills, T.
Davis and Ellis; Clayton, Dun
can, Thornton and Coble, time, |
1:20.
A Twenty Year Sentence.
"I have just completed a
twenty year health sentence,
imposed by Buclclen's Arnica
Salve, which cured me of bleed
ing piles just twenty years ago,"
writes O. 8. Woolever, of Le
Raysville, N. Y. Bucklen's
Arnica Salve heals the worst
sores, boils, burns, wounds and
cuts in the shortest time. 25c.
at Hood Bros, drug store.
NEW HOSPITAL FOK DURHAM.
Will Stand In a Campus of 12 Acre*,
Beautified by Landscape Gardeners
?More Than a Yesr Required to
Complete the Work.
Durham, N. C., April 10.?The
coutract lor building the new
Wutts Hospital hue been award
ed to.lohnT. Wilaou of Rich
mond.
The first coat of this magnifi
cent sanitarium will approach
$200,000. A campus of twelve
acres beautified by landsape gar
deners tiaa already been made
wonderfully attractive and the
site will be in the center of a lot
of aixty acres. The work will be
gin May 1st.
it will require more than a
year to complete the work. The
main building of 80x151 feet,
three stories high and thorough
ly tire-proof, is to be the largest
and most magnificent hospital
between Waahington and New
Orleans. The first cost, however,
is not a starter. An endowment
fund of many thousands, an
equipment of many men, the
grounds and everything told
will take the lion's share of half
a million.
mi - - w ' ?' "T **
i nus it in seen mat Air. ? atts
in the author of the largest sin
gle piece of philanthropy of any
resident North Caroliuiau. lie
gave to the city eleven years ago,
the present hospital bearing his
name. It has served its purpose
well and long ago became inade
quate to the demands of its cli
entele. It will be torn down up
on the completion of the new
structure. That gift o! love from
out a pure heart has been one of
Durham's greatest benedictions.
Gaze On Child Burled Fifty Years Ago.
When Postmaster .Joseph Wid
mer of New Hartford, lost his
little daughter fifty years ago
his wife and he were horriiied by
the thought of physical disinteg
ration, and they sought the aid
of a New York undertaker to
preserve the child's features. As
a result the body was buried in
what was known as an "air
tight" colfiu of iron with a cover
of glass.
The undertaker assured the
sorrowing parents that if they
looked at their daughter's corpse
a half century later it would be
as natural as it was then. The
fifty years expired this week, and
the Widmers had the body ex
humed. When the earth was re
moved from the glass cover they
saw the child's face as calm and
unchauged as on the day of
death. The coffin was reburied
and the Widmers are happy in
the belief that the earthly lorm
of their child will defy the rava
ges of all time ?Waterbnry Dis
patch to New York World.
The Father and the Bachelor.
Two frieuds met here the other
day; one wan a married man aud
two of his little boys were with
him. The other was an old bach
elor. Their coversatiou drifted
to the temperance question. The
married man remarked: "1 aiut
stuck on this probi' business no
how; how do you stand on it?"
"1 am lor it teet i and toe nail,"
replied the bachelor. "I am sur
prised at you," remarked the
the married man. "You have
more apples than auvbody I
know of, and I allowed certainly
you were agin it. What are you
going to do with your apples?"
The bachelor replied: "I can gen
erally sell my apples for good
prices, 50 to 60 cents a bushel
instead of 12c and 15c, generally
paid by distilleries, but if every
one of the apples had to lie and
rot 1 would not let a distiller
have them, if 1 had any idea that
it would in any way help to
make one of your boys a drunk
ard." The married man hung his
bead and it is hoped went home
thinking ?Wilkesboro Chronicle
It Is Not Safe.
It is not safe to keep intoxicat
ing liquors in easy reach of boys
and young men and others whose
appetites have been whetted to
denand liquors.
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