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VOL. 27. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 7. 1908. NO. 22
CHAIRMAN ELLER ON THE OUTLOOK.
"We Are Going to Have An Enthusias
tic Campaign," He Says?Takes a
Trip In the Mountain Countries
From Which he Will Return
to Raleigh.
Winston Salem, N. C., Aug.5.
?Chairman A. H. Eller of the
State Democratic Executive
Committee, just before his de
parture this morning for a trip
to several of the mountain coun
ties in the northwestern section
of the State, was asked for an
expression as to the present po
litical conditions, etc. With a
smile which signified satisfac
tion, the State chairman prompt
ly replied that the signs were
unmistakeably for a great Dem
ocratic victory this fall.
"We are going to have an en
thusiastic campaign in North
Carolina," continued Mr. Eller,
who said that great interest was
being manifested by the Demo
crats, and as evidence of his
statements he cited the reporter
to the great rally and basket pic
nic at Wentworth Monday last,
when the next Governor, Hon.
W.W. Kitchin, addressed an
audience of about six thousand
residents of old Rockingham.
The demand being made on
the State chairman fram various
sections of the State for cam
paign speakers is very gratify
ing to Mr. Eller, who stated that
they all want to hear the Dem
ocratic candidate for governor.
Upon his return from the moun
tains, Mr. Eller will go direct to
Raleigh and take up the work of
the campaign. Preparation of
copy of the Democratic hand
boos and other office work is
now progressing satisfactorily.
Cotton Crop Report.
Washington,July 31.?The av
erage condition of cotton was 83
per cent on July 25 th as against
81.2 a month ago and 75 a
year ago to-day, according to
the report of the department of
Agriculture given out today.
The condition on July 25th of
previous years was 82.9 in 1900,
74.9 in 1905, and 81.4" for the
past ten years. The condition
of cotton on July 25, and the
ten year average respectively
by States follows, the first figures
representing condition last
month and the second the ten
year average:
Virginia, 90,83; North Carolina
89, 81; South Carolina 84, 80;
Georgia 85, 81; Florida 85, 84;
Alabama 85, 81, Mississippi 86,
80; Louisiana 83, 82; Texas 82,
82; Arkansas 36, 82, Tennessee
88, 84; Missouri 88, 84; Okla
homa 66,85.
Micro Notes.
We are sorry to note that Mr.
E. F. Pittman is quite sick.
We regret to note the illness of j
Mrs. Jim Capps. We hope that
she may soon recover.
Rev. J. W. Nobles filled his reg
ular appointment here Sunday
and Sunday night. He was ac
companied by his wife.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Aycock
and little daughter, of Rocky
Mount, spent Sunday with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Ay
cock.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs.
Willis Norton, of Lynchburg,
Va., formerly of Selma, was
brought here and buried in the
family graveyard at Mr. J. W,
Mozingo's Thursday, July 30.
On Saturday, August 1, Mrs.
Henry Godwin died. Just be
fore she passed away she told
those around her that the an
gels had come after her the j
night before. When she had told
this her spirit took its flight to
the God who gave it. She leaves
a husband and two children,
one just two months old, and a;
host of relatives to mourn their
loss.
Reporter,
Micro, August 4.
Mr. Brayn will turnoverto the
campaign fund all cl-?r profits
of the Commoner m?de during
the campaign.
General News.
Wm. J. Brayu has retired from
active editorship of the Com
moner during the Campaign.
Governor Johnson writes Mr.
I Bryan that he will be atthe service j
of the Democratic commitee after I
September 1st.
Governor Albert B. Cummins,
I of Iowa, has auuouuced himself j
i as a candidate to succeed United
i States Senator Allison.
Chicago had a million dollar
j tire Monday in the burning of two
| grain elevators, a railway ware
house and 100 freight cars.
Dr. Henry Harms has been
elected President of Newberry
j college, Newberry, S. C., to
j succeed President Scherer, re
signed.
Three persons were killed and
three injured in au automobile
accident Monday near Burling
game, twenty miles South of
San Francisco.
Bear Admiral W. T. Swin
bourne has been placed in com
mand of the Pacific fleet,
succeeding Bear Admiral James
H. Dayton.
The curtailment of four large
South Carolina cotton mills was
announced last week. I hese
will operate only four days a
week for an indefinite period.
Chairman Conners says the
Democratic convention of New
York State will be held about the
middle of September; that Jiryan
will carry the State by 75 000
to 100,000 majority.
Two Americans and an Italian
all of Hazelton, Pa., were in
stantly killed by the premature
explosion of a blast at the stone
crushing plaut of (Jhas. Kehoe,
on the out skirts of Hazelton
Monday.
Virginia will place a bronze
figure of Bobt. E. Lee in the
statuary hall of the Captiol at
Washington. This is the first
memorial of a Confederate hero
ever placed in a United States
building.
Two men were killed and three
probably fatally injured in an ex
plosion Monday at the Knicker
bocker Colliery of the Phila
delphia & Beading Coal and Iron
Company about one mile east of i
Shenandoah. Pa.
The riot at Pensacola, Fla., 1
Thursday night of last week 1
occasioned bv the successful effort
to lynch Leander Shaw, resulted
in the death of two and the 1
wounding of nine. The citizens 1
regret the deplorable affair.
Notices were posted Monday at
the mills of the United Cotton
conpany at Central Falls, B. 1.,
that next Monday a reduction
of wageswill go into effect. The
rate of reduction was not <
mentioned but it is understood i
by the operatives to be a ten per 1
cent one. The company employ
500 hands 1
John Finney,the negro, who '
two weeks ago beat 11-year old J
Mary Jamison almost to death '
in Franklin county in an attempt
to criminally assault her, was
last week convicted in court at
Bocky Mount, Va. The jury was j
out five minutes. Finney is the ^
first criminal sentenced to be
electrocuted in Virginia. .
A special from Fayetteville l
says that there was a tragedy at ]
Hope Mills Sunday night. Jas. <
Biddle, while under the influence 1
of liquor, abused his family, |and (
Thomas, his son, went after a |
pistol. Later the father reproved ,
the boy for smoking a cigarette, (
and picked up a board to strike i
the boy, who fired several shots |
into his father, killing ;him in- ,
stantly, The boy surrendered. f
An important conference was
held in New York Monday
between Norman E. Mack, <
chairman of the Democratic '
National Commitee and Charles j <
F. Murphy, leader of Tammany <
Hall. The session resuling in out- <
lining the militant campaign to '
be waged in New York State by <
the party. Chairman Mack f
made astateme ? t'ha'- Mr.Bryan >
will make few speeches andth?t 1
most of his speech-inaktngwdl be ?
In doubtful states.
SENATOR WM. B. ALUSON DEAD.
Served Eight Years In House and
Nearly 36 Years In Senate.
Dubuque, Iowa, Aug. -I ?Un
ited Statee Senator YV. B. Allison
died at his home in this city this
afternoon. The immediate cause
of his death was heart failure
The end came as a result of a
serious siukiug spell due to a
prostratic enlargement couipii
cated with kidney diseases, aud
during a period of unconscious
ness which had lasted since Sat
urday afternoon.
Senator Allison was born at
Perry, 0., March 2nd, 1821) His
boyhood days he speut on the
farm, which was his birthplace
Beaching young manhood he se
cured his education in Allegheny
College, in Pennsylvania, and
the Western Reserve College, of
Ohio. He was admitted to the
bar in 1850. From 1850 to 1857
he practiced law in Ohio. In 1857
he removed to Dubuque. He was
a delegate to the national Re
publican convention in Chicago
1860. He was a member of the
Governor's staff during the civil
war. In 1863 he was elected to
Congress and served continuous
ly until 1871. In 1873 he was
elected United States Senator
from Iowa aud represented his
State in this capacity until the
time of his death.
The Work of a Nebraska Cyclone.
On J une 4 last the inhabitants
of Buffalo Countv, Nebraska,
aud particularly of the town of
Kearney, were besieged by no less
than seven tornadoes. We are
indebted to Edward C. Bricker
for the following brief iuforma
tiou:
That a number of houses
should have been wholly or in
part destroyed is naturally to
be expected of any cyclone chat
is at all violent. But that it
should pick up a castor from a
table, twist off the handle aud
drive the spindle through the
branch of a walnut tree is surely
no common occurrence. Mr.
Bricker assures us that before
the storm the castor found a
place on the table of G. F.
Franks, that it was intact with
the bottles iu their intended po
sitions; yet after the tornado
the base was found in a walnut
tree limb. The wind had un
screwed the top aud taken off
the turntable. Une of the bot
tles was found with twigs dense
ly packed into its neck, without
a leaf stripped. The bottle how
ever, was broken. ? Scientific
American.
Shoppers Row Into the Store.
Rocky Point, N. C.t Aug. 5.?
Captain Johnson, roadmaster,
reports Northeast river, at the
Coast Line Bridge, at Castle
Hayne, at a standstill since 12
o'clock, but highest on record.
All bridges in Pender County are
gone except Harrison Creek. Ru
ral route No. 1 gives only par
tial service, owing to the high
The body of Robert Durham,
of Burgaw, drowDed, has not yet
been recovered. The river has
[alien two inches at Lane's Fer
ry, but is rising in YVilmington.
l he amount of damage cannot
be estimated. There is an is
land in Shaken community in
which there are twenty people,
almost unaccessible, who are
suffering for supplies. Three
boats were in Malpass's store
at Lane's Ferry at one time to
day, getting supplies, and clerks
wading waist deep to wait on
them. Flood at Island creek is
running over top of automatic
gate aud county fence.
A special from Rocky Point
says that after inquiries from
several townships there js found
an average damage to cotton of
jne third; sweet potatoes injured
ronsiderably; peanuts not much;
ate corn cut off from one-half
to two-thirds. Cotton has a
<calded appearance; all vegeta
lloo appearing as If saturated
with a salt sprar. The nort'i
sast river was ubigher Saturday
than in forty years.
DIED FROM ELEPHANTIASIS.
Woman Weighed 510 Pounds and
Call Measured 86 Inches Around.
Pittsburg,Penn.,Aug. 3.? After
suffering for nineteen years from
elephantiasis, Mrs. Anna E.
Lynch died Friday at her home,
near Mckeeeport. At her death
she weighed 510 pounds. '
When afflicted vears ago Mrs.
Lvnch weighed 165 pounds. Her ,
left leg measured eighty-six inches
| around the calf anil the right
leg sixty-live inches.
Mrs Lynch was 60 years of 1
age. Many physicians of the '
United States and Europe had J
visited Mrs Lynch to study the
disease. I
Clayton News. 1
Mr Chas. G. Gulley, of Durham, <
spent Sunday here. i
Miss Margaret Austin is spend- '
ing the week here with relatives.
Miss Alma Fisher, of Durham, '
is the guest of Miss Mildred Bar- '
ham.
Miss Ellie Whitley has retured
from a two weeks visit in Wen- .
dell and Zebulon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Horn and 1
| Miss Swannauoa have returned j
from a stay at Morehead of sev- i
eral days.
On Tuesday, the 4th, the Far- i
mere' Institute was held here i
j and there was a big crowd in at- \
tendance. i
The convicts have moved !
back to the township after a '
stay of several weeks on the
Smithfield roads.
It's only a short while now be
fore the college folks will be go- (
j ing back and leave old Clayton ,
looking lonesome in spots. j
We are looking for cotton to i
begin to come in early this season (
and consequently our merchants' ,
| places are beginning to look {
j more like business and busy i
times.
Mr. Chas. W. Home left Tues- 1
day fdr Baltimore where he will (
meet his wife |who has been in t
New York for some time; from \
| there they will spend a few days
in Norfolk. 2
The services at the Baptist '
church continue and much inter- '
: est is being manifested. The pas '
tor is doing some line preaching 1
and large crowds are out to hear ?
! him every time. '
! Several of our young people 1
are attending a house party at
i the home of the Misses Tomlin- (
i son in the Polenta section. Miss 1
j Lillah D. Mann, of Whitakers, j
J came Saturday to be with the '
party. 1
The Teachers' Institute is in
session here this week. Quite a
number of teachers are attend- 1
jing. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Creech
are here for a few weeks before
leaving for Castalia, Nash Coun
ty, where Mr. Creech goes as
principal of the Castalia Prepar- ,
atory School.
Mr. C. W. Carter is one of Clay- .
ton's most fortunate citizens. 1
Mr. Carter has two brothers, one 1
living in Denver, the other a few
hundred miles away. They pro- :
posed to pay Mr.Carter's expen- I
ses, railroad fare etc., if he
would come to the Democratic .
I Convention. Certainly he went, ^
and speaks in the most glowing c
terms of Denver, and the gener
osity of his brothers, who by the
way, can very well afford it as '
they are very well to do. *
Yelir. (
(Clayton, August 5, 08.
1
To Live With Leper Wife.
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 4.? 1
Determined that he would not
be separated from his wife who is *
a leper and has been confined at ?
the countv Hospital, Brig. Gen. ?
David K. Warded, retired, J
veteran of two wars, has stolen '
her from the institution and
rushed her across the Mexican '
border where he declares he will
live with her untill death sep
arates them. c
No attcmnt will be made to s
brim* them back, >?-? the officials t
sa? they botn threatened to end 1'
i their lives if forced to live apart. ^ I
Archer Items.
Mr. J. M. Liles made a busi
ness trip to Zebulon Saturday.
Rev. A. A. Pippin will conduct
services at White Oak Saturday
aud Sunday.
Messrs J. I, Barnes aud .\1. R.
Wall, of Clayton, were visitors
here Sunday.
Miss Auuie Carrol', of Raleigh,
spent last week with her aunt,
Mrs. Ruttiu Carroll, near here.
Miss i'attie Richardson return
ed Sunday from a visit to her
sister, Mrs. Minnie Adams, of
Raleigh.
Mr. Henry Batten and his sis
ter, Miss Bettie, of Spring Hope,
were the guests of Mr. J. A. Bat
ben's family last week.
Misses Henrietta and Lilly
lireeu delightfully entertained a
number or friends Saturday even
ing from 8 to 11 o'clock.
Barnes X roads and Shotwell
played ball Saturday afternoon
on a Roads' grounds. The score
was 5 to 9 in favor of Shotwell.
The storm last week did con
siderable damage in our neigh
borhood. Crops were blown
Jowu aud roads and bridges
were washed away. The roads
in mahy places are almost past
travelling over.
Last Sunday as the sun was
sinking behind the western hills
ind the sombre shades of night
were gathering about us, our en
tire community was shocked as
the sad intelligence was carried
rorn home to home that Mrs. j
I'attie Green was dead. Mrs.
jreen had been in poor health
or over a year but her condition I
was nob considered critical until j
inly a few hours before her death
$he had a combination of troub
es that defied all medical skill.
HI that loving friends, relatives,
ind physicians could do could
sot stay the hand of death. Mrs.
ireen was just in the prime of
ife's usefulness.
She suffered untold agonies
jut bore them patiently and the
md came calmly aud peacefully,
is the tide bathes the once storm
washed shore.
She never joined any church,
?et we have many assurances
;bat death was her gain aud in
;he far beyond she rests her wea
?y soul on Jesus' breast. She
eaves a mother, husband, and
leveral children besides a host
if relatives and friends to mourn
ler sad death.
The interment was made Mon
lay aftenoon at the family buri
il ground midst a large crowd
if sorrowing relatives and
riends. The sympathy of the
:ommunity goes out to the be
reaved.
S. L. W.
Vugust 4, '08.
Bagley Items.
Mr. W. R. Corbett, of Micro, j
vas here yesterday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Ansley, of
dicro, visited relatives here Sat
lrday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. I). Sellers left
yesterday to attend the annual
'amp meeting at Falcon.
Master Hugh Pike returned
yesterday from Godwin where he j
ias been visiting at the home
if Mr, D. W. Edgerton.
The many friends of Mr. P. H.
lodwin sympathize with him in
,he death of his good wife wich
iccurred on the 1st inst.
Mr. D. W. Edgerton and son,
larvey, have returned to their
lome at Falcon, after several
lays sojourn in this community. |
Mr. Thomas Holland, aged 72
ind .Vliss Fannie Chance, aged
were married last Saturday
it8 p. m. at the home of the
iride, N. R. Pike, J. P., officiat
UR
Reporter.
iagley, August 5.
You are liable to an attack
>f some form of bowel complaint
ind should provide yourself with
he best known remedy, Dr. Seth
\i nold's Balsam. Warranted by J
Hood Bros.
LOSSES REACH|OVER $100,000.
twelve Square Miles Under Water in
Pender County-Reports not
Exaggerated.
Wilmington, N. C.Ang i...News
continues to come in of great
damage in the interior by the
recent storm, especially in the
Holly Shelter section of Pender
county at the confluence of the
iTthTshT 'i'e?
and the Shaken creek, news of
which was carried in the
Associated Press dispatches this
??ru'/'K where the whole
face of the earth for twelve miles
is reported to be covered with
water, entailing great loss of
crops and live stock. Everv
J?*? ?? Northeast river, from
Narecta, Duplin county, has been
carried away and the water this
morning: was reported still rising.
ersons who have visited the
water covered area say that it is
impossible to exaggerate the facts
Sl iwolw b? "P-art.
Strange to say the country
did not begin to overflow until
Nunday and then whole families
had to hurry away from their
homes to dry land with only a
part of their household belong
ings. "
Many horses and mules
were takeu to a place of safety
on rafts. Nearly all buildings at
all in the low grounds of the
stream named were carried
away Near Kocky Point, on
tlie Northeast river, a canoe
with three men was paddled into
the door of Malpass' store and
the goods above the counter
were saved, the couiiter being
the water line in the store. A
steamboat going up Northeast
river is reported to have dis
charged a cargo of hay in the
second story of a warehouse on
the river bank. The large
general merchandise store of (i.
. D. Parker, at Chinquapin,
Duplin county, is said to have
been flooded and a part of his
stock of goods washed away.
Big Strike On Canadian Pacific.
Winnepeg, Man., Aug. 5 -
longshoremen employed by the
Canadian Pacific Railroad today
struck in all shops on the system
? i f, Atlantic to the Pacific
and all shops tonight are idle.
It is estimated that 12,000 men
out, the largest number 2,200 in
Montreal. Fifteen hundred quit
in Winnepeg. Two thousand
men left work between Fort
William and Vancouver, all at
the dictates of the executive
committee of the various unions
effected. Even old workmen iu
m line for pensions, went home
and it seems to "be the most ex.
tensive strike in the history of
railway shops in Canada.
Estimates of Fire Disaster.
Vancouver, B. C? Aug. 4.?
8fmmary ?f 'he results of
the fires has been prepared here
which is believed to be a conser
vative estimate as to the loss of
is as DfolFrOPertJ de8tro?ed- lfc
Town of Fernie, about 5,000 in
habitants; practically wiped out
?5? ,ives aud $-4,000
000 or $5,000,000 in property.
4a9Urance, about 50 per cent.
I own of Hosmer, about 800 in
habitants; partially burned, with
loss of one life and $250,000 in
property. Three hundred persons
homeless.
1 own of Michel, believed not
serionsly burned, but four per
sons reported killed and property
destroyed in vicinity estimated
at $1,000, Details unobtainable
owing to lack of communi
cation.
Town of Sparwood, saw mill
vil age two killed: and large
mills destroyed, Damage es
timatedat $250,000. Damage
4? standing timber throughout
the burned area estimated at
from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000.
Ed \\ llliams, a colored man,
while drunk fell overboard from
a si,a ner on the Tape Fear, river
\4 rid ay and wasdrowued,
i