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She Jsmitbfielft 3Hrralit met on dollai ri> rum. "TRDS TO OURSELVES, QUE COUNTRY AND ODE OOD." ???> conn m VOL. 27. SMITHFEELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. JUNE 26. 1908. NO. 16 TAFTAND SHERMAN THE TICKET. Former Mayor of Utica, N. Y., Nomi nated For Vice President-Brief Summary of the Republican Convention and Platform and a Sketch of Mr. Taft. The ballot which resulted in the Domination of Secretary Taft in the national Republican con vention in Chicago Thursday afternoon, was as follows: Taft, 702; Gov. Hughes, of New York. 63; Speaker Cannon, of Illinois, 61; Vice President Fairbanks, 40; Senator Kuox, of Penns.ylva via, 68; Senator LaFollette, of Wisconsin, 25; Senator Foraker, of Ohio, 16. Three votes from Pennsylvania were cast for Presi dent Roosevelt and one vote each was missing from New York and South Carolina. The shouting and the tumult aside, the work of the conven tion Thursday?the prelimina ries having been disposed of Tuesday and Wednesday?was as follows: The platform was presented by Senator Hopkins, of Illinois. Representative Cooper, of Wis consin, read a minority report, which represented the views of Senator LaFollette in regard to railroads and other corpora tions, tariff revision, the publi city of campaign contributions, etc. Paragraph by paragraph the minority report was voted down by overwhelming majori ties. The discussion ana voting occupied four hours. The adoption of the platform was followed by the presenta tion of candidates. The platform lauds Itoosevelt to the skies, declaring his admin istration au epoch in American I history and that the highest as pirations of the American people have found a voice, and assert ing that American manhood has been lifted to a nobler sense of duty and obligation. It then goes on to praise pretty much j everything the party has done or claims to have done, and pro ceeds to declare for certain, things, chief among which are the following: Tariff revision by a special session of Congress, immediately following the next inauguration, modified by the principal of protection, with maximum and minimum rates; development of a permanent currency system, to be at once elastic and automat ic; a postal savings bank sys tem; greater control over and publicity in corporations doing inter-state business; permission to railroads to make traffic agreements when competition is preserved, and the prevention of stockwatering; further protec-1 tion to railroad and govern-1 ment employes; modification and definition of injunction proceed- j ings, to require notice before the issuance of temporary restrain ing orders; enforcement of the rights of the negro; conserva tion of timber and the other natural resources, and improve- j ment of waterways; mainte-1 nance of an adequate army and navy, protection of Americdta citizens abioad; generous ad ministration of pension lafrs; es tablishment of a bureau of mines and mining; encouragement of American shipping; statehood for .New Mexico aud Arizona. William Howard Taft, the pres idential nominee, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 15, 1857, and will be 51 years old next September. He graduated at Yale College in 1878 and graduated in law in Cincinnati and was addmitted to the bar! in 1880. In 1881 he was assist ant prosecuting attorney, in 1882 collector of interal revenue, in 1885 as assistant county county solicitor, in 1887 judge j of the Superior Court, in 1892 United States Circuit Court judge, j in 1900 he was appointed presi dent of the Philippine commis-1 sion and in 1901 civil governor of the Philippines. February 1, 1904, he was appointed Secre tary of War, which position he; has since held. The Secretary is a heavy weight physically, weighing nearly 3001 pounds. His family consists of bis wife, a daughter, Miss Helen Tatt, and two sons, Robt. and Chas. Taft The latter is a boy of 12 and he will of course figure conspicuously in the newspaper reports. After the nomination of Taft Thursday the convention ad journed to Friday. In the mean time the slate was fixed to nomi nate Jas. S ShermaD, Congress man from New York, for Vice President. Gov. Guild, of Mas sachusetts, who was anxious for the nomination, and Murphy, of New Jersey, were placed in nomi nation, but the man selected by the managers went through with a rush, receiving 816 votes to 75 for Guild, 77 for Murphy and a few scattering. North Caro lina voted for Sherman, Dele gate Harry Skinner, of this State, seconding his nomination. The convention adjourned without a day at 11:47 Friday morning. Mr. Sherman, the nominee for Vice President, is a banker and lawyer and is serving bis tenth term in Congress. Prior to his election to Congress he was mayor of Utica, his home town. He has been prominent in Re publican councils and two years ago was chairman of the con gressional campaigu committee. ?Statesville Landmark. Majority For Prohibition 44,196. The Governor Friday issued the following proclamation: "I, Robert B. Glenn, Governor of North Carolina, by virtue of an act of the General Assembly, passed at its special session of 1908 and ratified January 21st, do issue this my proclamation declaring the result of the elec tion held May 26th, which elec tion was held to take the sense of the people on the question of prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in North Carolina, to be, according to the returns made to the State board of elections and canvassed bv it, as follows: There were cast at said election 183,028 votes, of which 113,612 were against the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors and 69,416 were for the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, the majority against the manu facture and sale of intoxicating liquors being 44,196 votes. At the Governor's office at 11 o'clock ceremonies began which lasted two hours. These were in commemoration of the great prohibition victory of May 26th. All the State officers, many min isters, most of the officers of the State Anti-Saloon League, mem bers of the Women's Christian Temperance Union and many prominent citizens filled the of fice. The opening prayer was by Rev. Livingston Johnson and then John A. Oates, State chair man of the Anti-Saloon League, spoke of the work of the cam paign, praising Gov. Glenn. Banners were presented to Bun combe county, which gave the largest majority for prohibition ?3,670?and to Yancey county, which gave the largest per cent age of votes for prohibition. Break In Cotton. New York Juue 23.?There was a sensational break in the price of cotteu for July deliveries on the New York Cotton Ex change to-day. July and other old crop positions have been rul ing relatively firm on reports that a strong New Orleans bull clique had a virtual corner in the j position. After opening at 10:30! this morning July sold off to 9:63; or $6.40 per bale below the high level of last Friday. It was ru-: mored that the New Orleans j buyers had liquidated, and that j the remaining long intrest was trying to avoid notices of de livery next Friday. New crop positions ruled relatively steady, being only ten to fourteen points lower when the old crop showed a net loss of 73@76 points. The market closed steady, at a net decline at five to forty-six points, July haviug rallied thirty points from he lowest on buy ing by large spot intrests. The Anti-Racing Act. Baton Rouge, La., June 2fl.? After a campaign lasting several months the close which was marked by a bitter tight, the so called Locke anti-racing bill was t lie afternoon passed by the Louisiana State Senate by a vote of 21 to 19. The bill passed the House a several weeks ago and now requires the signature of the Governor to become a law. Tnere appears no doubt that governor Sanders will sign the bill immediately. it required 21 votes to get the bill through the Senate, aud the last 24 hours before its passage were marked by a desperate effort to muster the necessary strength. Oue Senator was found to be suffering from some form of poisoning aud another, who had committed himself in favor of the bill, did not show up. Several physicians were put to work on the ailing member and two New Orleans reporters were sent scurrying in an auto mobile through the Louisiana marshes on a 90-mile trip after the one who was absent. Both of these Senators were finally gotten on the floor and made the 21 votes necessary to carry the bill. A minute or so previ ous to final passage of the bill a lively and somewhat bitter de bate was indulged in by mem bers of the body. Senator Tabbe charged that the racing faction had used "knock out drops" to keep Senators away from their sworn duty aud charges and counter-charges followed. The passage of the bill was greeted with a storm ot applause. The bill prohibits machines or gamb ling in any form on races. A Wholesale Lynching. Houston, Tex., June 22.?Nine negroes met death last night at the hands of a mob in the vici nity of Hemphill, in Sabine county. To day both races se cured arms and the tension is such to-night that a race clash appears imminent. The dead: Jerry Evans, aged 22, Will Johnson, aged 24, Mose Spe lman, aged 24, Cleveland Williams, aged 27, William Man uel, aged 25, Frank Williams, aged 22, two unknown men, Wil liam M'Coy. The lynchings followed the kil ling of two white men by ne groes. Two weeks ago Hugh Dean and several other white men visited a negro church and school house, where a dance was in progress, presumably iu quest of liquor. During the evening Dean was killed and the six negroes were held for the killing. At the pre limiuary examination the evi dence tended to show that the plot was formed at the dance to kill Dean. KILLED AT DINING TABLE. Saturday night last, Aaron M. Johnson, a prominent farmer, was assassinated while seated at the dining table with his wife and child, the bullet being fired through a window. For this crime Perry Price, a negro, was arrested and, it is stated, con fessed, implicating Robert Wright, a relative of one of the negroes held for Dean's murder Price declared he was offered ?50 to kill Johnson. Then followed the forming of the mob last n'ght, the over powering of the jailor at Hemp hill and the lynching of the six negroes held for murder of Dean. Five were hanged to the same tree while another attempted to escape and was shot to death. Later in. the night William Mc Coy, another negro, was shot and killed while standing at the gate of the Johnson home and this morning the bodies of two more negroes were found in the creek bottom. Wright, the ne gro who confessed to the killing of Johnson, and the man he im plicated, were taken to lieau mont for safe keeping under guard of the military company of San Augustine. Sabine county is situated in the most remote part of the eastern section of the Slate with a lack of railroad and telegraph facilities. EX-PRESIDENT CLEVELAND DEAD Sudden Death of Former Chief Execu tive Who Was for Two Terms Pres dent of the United States. * , Princeton, N.J., June24?Gro ver Cleveland, twice President of the United States, died 8:40 o'. | clock this morning at his home, "Westland," iu the quiet college towii, where he had lived since his retirement as the nation's j chief executive, almost twelve ! years ago. When death cante, which was sudden, there were iu the death chamber on the second lioor of the Clevel ? residence, Mrs. Cleveland, >r. Joseph I). Bryant, of New York, Mr. Cleveland's family physician and personal friend, Dr. George It. Lockwood, also of New York, and Dr. John M. Carnochan of Princeton. An official statement given out and signed out by the three phy sicians gave heart trouble, super induced by stomach and kidney ailments of long standing as the cause of death. While Mr. Cleve land had been in poor health for two years and had lost a hun dred pounds in weight, his death | was unexpected. 8ome three weeks ago he was brought home from Lakewood, where his condi tion for a time was such that the hotel at which he was stayiug was kept open after its regular season because he was too ill to be moved. But when Mr. Cleve land was brought back to Princeton he showed signs of i improvement aud gained five] pounds iu weight. A Fatal Fight. Tarboro, N. C., June 25?Chief , of Police Page, wae severely bit ! ten by Tobe Beasley, a negro who was in a fight with another ; negro. Another result of the fight is that Beasley lies proba bly mortally wounded by shots fired from the pistol of the chief of police. Beasley who has served two ' terms on Hdgecombe's road force, started alight with anoth er of his race, and after shoot ing his combatant, fied to the woods. (Jbief Page pursued and upon reaching Beasley attempt ed to place hand-cuffs on him He grabbed the thumb of Page's left hand with his teeth and jumped on the chief's back. The chief fired three shots through his own coat before the negro released his bull dog grip. The chief's thumb was bitten off, on ly hanging by a particle of skin and bis fore finger was split I open. Babe Left on Doorsteps. Danville Va., June 23.?The little baby girl which was left during the night about a month ago on the front porch of the home of Attouery B. H. Custer, on North Main Street, has been turned over to a couple residing out side of the city. They will rear and adopt the child which is now about four months old. Efforts to find out the parties I responsible for leaving the baby with Mr. Custer have proved futile. The child was in a basket, ! and the presence of many cinders indicated that she had been sent iuto the city ou atrain. Mr. Cus ter had numerous applications to adopt the child, but he waited until he was sure the baby could be placed in a good Christaiu family where it would be prop 1 erly cared for. Think It Saved His Life. Lester M. Nelson, of Naples, Maine, says in a recent letter: "I hav^eused Dr. King's New Dis ; covery many years, for coughs and colds, and I think it saved my life. I have found it a relia ble remedy for throat and lung complaints, and wolud no more be without a bottle than 1 would be without food." For nearly forty years New Discovery has stood at the head of throat and lung remedies. As a preventa tive of pneumonia and healer of weak lungs it has no equal. Sold under guarantee at Hood Bros, drug store. 50c. and $ 1.00. Trial bottle free. I Progress Toward Prosperity. Steady progress is being made toward the complete restoration of prosperity. It was easier to break down than it is to build up, but nature is on the side of a healthy, optimistic, and active people, and very strikiug proofs of better times may be seen. The fundamental, massive fact is that the crops of the United States are in splendid condition, with every prospect of being big ger than ever before. This alone means prosperity; for a nation in the midst of the fatness of the earth cannot be lean. It has all it wants to eat, and a surplus with which to buy anything it wants. The prospect of heavy busi ness in crop-hauling and indus tries dependent upon the har vests has induced far-sighted railroad men to get busy. The Erie Railroad has 3,000 men at work ballasting, replacing ties, laying rails, and otherwise ton ing the system up for a big fall and winter business. The me chanics of that railroad are try ing to break the record by re pairing 5,000 freight cars in thirty days, to make ready for increased traffic. Fifteen new locomotives are to be put at work. Mr. llarriman is extend ing the Southern Pacific line, improving the Union Pacific, and pushing his Mexican road to the City of Mexico and to Pacific tidewater at Mazatlan. Mr. Hill is running feeders into the western i Canadian country, in order to handle the wheat crop, idle o 1 i. ? ? ' ? - ireiguG cars are going puck into business at the rate o! 3,000 a day, according to reports from the principal roads. Assurance of big crops has led to the resumption of industrial activity. Merchants are giving frond-sized orders, and the mills must run to fill them. All the New England cotton mills are running on full time. Wool is coming in rapidly. During the past week 500 additional coke ovens were fired up in Pennsyl vania. The output of pig iron is increasing, and the demaud for copper keeps the price well up. i Pudding operations have been i better all through the country during the last three weeks, and the demand f >r iron pipe and structural steel is increasing. i Throughout the West, from i Missouri to California, there is a ! demand for farm labor. The i cry is louder as harvest time ap- , proaches. Employment agencies in the large cities have their hands full trying to supply the demand for rural labor. No healthy man, willing to work, need be out of a job. The per centage of the unemployed in the cities is dwindling, partly on ac count of the pull from the farm, but principally on account of the resumption of factory work.? Washington Post. Wendell News. Mr. W. E. Critches and sister went to Iialeigh today. Messrs. R. B. Whitley and M. A. Griffin are off for Charlotte to attend the State Convention. Mr. Blake Baker has begun a new house in the western part of [ town. Wonder who is the lucky ? girl. I)r. li. P. Underbill attended j the annual meeting of The N. C. j Medical Society at Winston-Sa lem last week. Mr. W. G. Moss left this after noon for the Buffaloe Lithiu j Springs, Va., where he will spend j some time for his health. Quite a number of people left here for Washington, N. C. this morning on The Conductors Ex cursion. The Wendell base ball team went along also and will cross bats with Washington this afternoon. Our sympathy goes out to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Ferrell who had the misfortune to lose their only child, Maurice by being turned to death last Wedoesday afternoon. Maurice was eight years old and very bright and the hope of his mother and father. Bob. June 23,1908. Benson Notes. Rev. J. M. Daniels, of Duke, filled hie regular appointment at the Methodist church here Sun day morning. Mesarp. .Ino. W. Holmes, Wil lie Boone. Preaton Woodall and Wade II. Royal left Tueadav for Charlotte to attend the Demo cratic State Convention. We are indeed aorry to note that Mr R. E. Lee. pditor of Benaon Spokesman, ia confined to hie room with typhoid fever. We wiah for him a apeedy re covery. Of the numbera visiting out of town recent.lv we note the follow ing: Mr. .1 F. Lee, at Raleigh, Mr. W. R Denning, at Norfolk, V'a., Mr. J. I) Parrish, at Kenly, Mrs. J. H. Roae, at Hamlet, Rev. W. C. Royal, at Smithfleld. Mr. J. P. Tart haa just com pleted a nice dwelling on Hill atreet, near Graded School build ing. We uuderatand that Dr. Utley, of Coata, will occupy this building and practice hie profes aion here. We welcome all new comera to our town. Benaon continupa to grow. Mr. .Ino. McLamb haa begun the erection of a nice residence on Harnett atreet. Mr. A. B. Hud son ia having material placed for the construction of another resi dence on Mill atreet. Benaon con tinues to build regardless of poli tics and panic. Watch her. Whv don't the merchants and business men of Benson have a tobacco market here? There is a large amount of tobacco being raised this year, we have the warehouses here, why not open them. It would be a great con venience to the farmer who now is compelled to carry his tobacco to Smithfield, Dunn or other dis tant markets and would bring thousands of dollars in trade to our town. Among those who are visiting in town this week we note the following: Mr. Ira Keene, of Four Oaks, Messrs. J. I). Parker and W. T. Peacock, of Smithfield, Mrs. Esrom Johnson, of Four Oaks, Miss Fmilv Canaday. of Smithfield, Miss Edna Holloway, of Duke, Messrs. J. W. Jordan and F. Idles and Misses Cleo and Nellie Lou Baucom and Bell, of Dunn, and Mr. J. C. Warren, of Sampson, he having accepted a position with the Benson Drug Co. Reporter. June 25, OS. Micro Notes. Crops around here are very fine. Mr. Paul Fitzgerald is at home from St. Louis, Mo. Miss Pearl Ay cock is visiting relatives and friends around Buckhorn. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Pope, of Kenly, spent Saturday and Sun day here. Iiev P. T. Lucas preached here at the Freewill church Saturday and Sunday. There will be a Sunday School basket picnic here on Wednes day, July 1st. With good speak ers, everybody invited to come and bring well filled baskets, and spend the day in singing and hearing the lecturers. If you are not already interested in Sunday School work, perhaps you will be when you go away. Reporter. Big Fire Near Kenly. A fire at Moore's school house, eight miles north of Kenly, Sun day night destroyed the stores and contents of J. W.-Bailey and Co., Wiley Narron, R. S.Crocker, Davis Narron. It is said the loss was complete. We do not know whether there was insur ance or not. The Best Pills Ever Sold. "After doctoring 15 years for chronic indigestion, and spend ing over two hundred dollars, nothing has done me as much good as Dr. King's New Life Pills. I consider them the best pills ever sold." writes B. F. Ayscue of Ingleside, N. C. Sold under guarantee at Hood Bros, drug store. 25c. \
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