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VOL. 27. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 14. 1908. NO. 24
BRYAN KNOWS IT NOW.
He Was Officially Notified by Chair
man Clayton of His Nomina
tion Wednesday.
Lincoln, Neb Aug. 12.?Under
the burning rajs of an almost'
tropical sun and in the piesence
of a v^st assemblage which!
cheered him to the echo, Wil-1
liam J Bryan today received
from Henry D Clayton, of Ala
bama, formal notification of his
nomination for the Presidency
of the United States. Thrice
honored by the Democratic party
as its standard bearer, Mr. Bry- j1
an plainly exhibited the pleas
ure it gave him once again to [
proclaim the principals forj
which he stood. Ilis nomination |
for a third time, he declared in
his speech of acceptance, could
only be explained by a substan
tial and undisputed growth in
the principles and politics for
which he, with a multitude of
others, had contended. "As
these principles and politics,"
he said, "have given me what
ever political strength I possess,
the action of the convention not
only renews my faith in them,
but strengthens my attachment
to them."
The ovation accorded Mr.
Bryan as he rode through the
street of Lincoln, on his way to
the State house, where the ex
ercises were held, were non
partisan. It was the homage of
the citizens of the Western city
of the plains to the distinguish
ed neighbor. Almost the en-1
tire Republican administration
was represented, Governor Geo.
L Sheldon and many State offi
cers lending their presence both
in the parade and on the plat
form.
Before coming to Lincoln from
Fairview, folir miles distant,
Mr. Bryan received 1,500 visi
tors. To one and all he extend
ed a cordial greeting. His ar
rival shortly after noon at the
Hotel Lincoln, where he and
John W Kern, the Vice Presi
dential candidate were the
guests of honor at a luucheon to
the committee on Notification, 1
was the signal for an outburst
of cheers and applause. He was
immediately surrounded by a
great crowd and was kept busy
for some time shaking hands.
Never before had Lincoln's
streets and buildings presented
such a gala appearance. The
streets were a riot of color.
Around the mutilated Taft ban
ner a crowd of curious visitors
was already clustered, With
a National notoriety the banner
was almost the first point of in
terest visited. The parade car
ried Mr. Bryan directly under
the banner.
The State House grounds were
a mass of humanity and Mr.
Bryan's appearance on the plat
form was greeted with vocifer
ous cheers and handclappiug.
The ceremony of notification
was conducted in the north front
of the Capitol. The balconies
and every window were jammed
to overflowing.
Not a single incident occurred
to mar the proceedings. The
police arrangements were excel
lent. Realizing that the regu
lar police force was not sufficient
to cope with the ,great crowd,
the Adjutant General of the
State, at the request of Mayor
Frank Brown, ordered out the
Second Nebraska regiment and
with their assistance perfect
order was maintained.
Before the notification and ac
ceptance speeches were deliver
ed, Norman E. Mack, chairman
of the Democratic National com
mittee, who acted as presiding
officer, called on John VV. Kern,
the Vice Presidential nominee,
to make a speech. Mr. Kern
responded in a few felicitous re
marks, in which he gave unstin
ted praise to the non-partisan
character of the exercises.
The speech of Mr. Bryan con
cluded the ceremonies, and he
and Mr. Kern retired to the
Capitol where they held a public
reception.
Fiftv-nx people died Wednes
day of la t week in New York
from beat.
State News.
Alamauce voted a bond issue
of $200,000 the past week for
good ro ds.
Marion has called an election (
to vote on a $20,000 bond issue ,
to be used i n improving the
watter supply. <
It is reported that the oldtime i
army worms have appeared in j
the Durham section and played i
havoc with a crop of millet.
W. H. Jackson, aged 22, died 1
in KaBt Durham the past week
from ptoiuatic poison brought (
on by eating canned oysters..
J as. S. Tate, farmer, near Ashe- e
ville, aged 55 years, was killed i
at Craggy station Thursday by i
a Southern passenger train. f
In Long Creek township, Meek- J
lenburg county, Sunday morn
ing, Lewis Fletcher, colored,
shot and killed Geo. Boyd, also
colored. The killing was the re
sult of a querrel. I
Mr. Isaac Cooley, aged 65 years 1
was killed by a passenger train |'
at Durham Friday. He stepped |
on the track and was knocked (
50 feet. He was receutly the vie-1 <
tern of a similar accident on the i
streetcar track for which he sued i
the traction company for $2,000 \
damages aud got $~>0.
The July collections for the ?
state department of insurance
amounted to $44,813, wnieh is J
about double the receipts for j
any month previous to the cre
ation of the insurance depart- '
ment. Commissioner Young says \
there is a steady increase in the J
state's income from insurance '
taxation.
The Concord Times says that I ]
in No. 1 township, Cabarrus ,
county, Saturdav night, Cicero (
Flow,under theintiuence of liquor ,
attempted to kill his wife. The ,
woman fled from home with her (
4-year-old child and in her dee- (
pare tried to kill herself by tak- ,
iug laudanum. The poison pro
duced nausea and her life was (
saved. Flow is in jail. ,
General News.
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Leading cotton manufacturers
of Rhode Island have decided to
curtail out-put or cut down wa
gee, for one or the other must be
done. The panic in spite of re
publican claims audeucouragiug
Hashes here aud there is still
hurting the country.
Falling nine stories down the
elevator shaft of a Broadway
skyscraper in New York Monday
August Does, 45 years old, was
instantly killed, every bone in
bis body having been broken
Does, it is said, tried to leave
the elevator after it had started
for the tenth floor as the gate of
the cage was closing.
Six persons were killed aud
eighteen injured in a gun explo
sion aboard the gunnery school
ship Couronne Wednesday off
Les Saline D'Hyeres, France.
The accident occurred while a
number of recruits were receiv- j
ingiinstructions in handling a
1<)4 milimetre gun, the breech of
which blew out. Three of those
wounded are in a desperate con
dition.
At Detroit, Mich., six men
were injured severely, but proba
bly not fatally last Wednesday
afternoon when a fast incoming
Grand Trunk passenger train
from Fort Huron struck and
wrecked a Harper Avenue Plug
Line street car. A blinding rain
storm was prevailing and this is
thought to have been responsi
ble tor the conductor of the car
not seeing the train.
Last Tuesday morhing, a 3
storv brick budding iu Wheeling,
W. Va., occupied by Mrs. Gavin
and her family burned down.
The tire was caused by the esca
ping of natural gas. 1 hree
daughters of Mrs. Gavin were
suffocated by the escape of the
gas before the explosion. Mrs.
| Gavin, her four .sons, and two
servant girls jumped from the
third story. All escaped with
out serious hurt except Mrs.
Gavin, whose back was in
jured.
MARRIED THEM IN BUNCHES.
Nebraska Justice Married Forty-six
Couples In Forty-five Minutes. e
Omaha, Neb , Aug. 8,?Forty- t
llx weddings in forty five rainu
tee is the record made bv Judge
Cdgar 8 Garrison, of Panama, ?
who ie visiting his former home
near Omaha.
Judge Garrison started a pru- 8
lade against immorality shortly c
after his arrival in Panama, and
n five-days he married 253 ^
couples. p
But the record number of mar- .
riagos came one afternoon a few
lays after his crusade was
ttarted. There was a stampede o
[or licences and in forty-five s
ninutes he tied the knots fot y
orty-six couples. In three
nonths he has married more fl
ihan 700 couples. B
t
To Mskc Fleas Flee.
A subscriber in Hendrix Coun \
ty is troubled with fieas audasks b
tiow to be rid of them. We say a c
'subscriber," perhaps there are t
Hundreds of them in that goodly s
jounty, and in a hundred other
counties, who are troubled in 0
the same manner, but they do ^
not all like to trouble the edi
tors about so small a matter. ^
The fieas are a numerous tribe. c
Besides those that pay most of ^
their attention to man, there
ire fieas for the dogs, the cats,
oxes, fowls, aud other auimals.
There are plenty for all condi- h
tions and classes, and they all P
multiply with speed aud regular- g
ity, and are not particular as to t
where they begin life and house- h
keeping. Indeed they seem to e
prefer to start in a dust heap; H
litter of auy kind seems to agree p
with them, especially if it is dry t
and dusty; and this suggests a
remedy; keep outhouses and all p
surroundings as clean and whole- a
some as possible. Whitewash, or t
sprinkle with lime, where you h
Han. Wash the dog with carbol- \
ic soap,or better, in water treat- g
ed with three or four per cent g
creolin or creosote. Get a pound a
of creolin, 25 cents, and put t
four teaspoonfuls in a quart of1 e
water, and treat the dog to a p
wash of it occasionally. The
wicked flea will flee even when no ?
man pursues him, when he gets a , p
smell of this strong smelling t
drug. Sprinkle pyrethum or in- v
sect powder in the hair of the ]
cat and over the chickens and in t
their nests. Lime and salt in p
the nests will help the cause also. c
Constant vigilance will be neces- (
sary to clean these pests in such j
dry hot weather as this if they j
have a good start, but.they can- j
not live in clean, healthy quar
ters, and that is the good we see i
in them. They stimulate us to
clean up and make the premises
wholesome.?Indiana Farmer
Family Reunion In Boon Hill. t
A very pleasant family reunion )
was held at the home of Mrs. B. ,
A. Brady in Boon Hill township
last Tuesday, at which all of her \
children and grand children were ,
present. i
At the noon hour all gathered j
around the bavily laden table j
and enjoyed the many good ,
things prepared for them. In ,
the afternoon lemonade was ,
served. I
Those present were: Mr. and \
Mrs. J. W. Brady aud six chil- |
dren, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Davis ]
and eight children, Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Gurley and four children, |
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Fulghum and L
nine children, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Brady, and Miss Cherry T.
Brady. Miss.S. H. Brady and
her two daughters were also
present, making a total of thir
ty-nine guests.
Mrs. Brady is about 68 years |
of age and her oldest son is 42.
She Likes Good Things.
Mrs. Chas. E. Smith, of West
j Franklin, Maine, says: I like
j good thing and have adopted Dr.
J King's New Life Pills as our
I family laxative medicine, be
| canse they are good and do their
1 work with out making a fuss
about it. " These painless 'turi
tiers sold at Hood Bros., drug
store 25c.
Polenta Items.
Fodder pulling,and nice weath
x for it.
The picnic at Shiloh last Sat
lrday paused off pleasantly.
The four room cottage of Dr.
tlcLemore is nearing cotnple
iion.
Mr. J. W. Green has added con
iderably to his mercantile busi
iess.
Mr. J. A. Price is again criti
ally ill?very low with dropsy;
lut we yet hope he will eoou be
letter.
The ginning season will soon
?pen up, am) it looks now as if it 1
rill be a busy season with the
;iuners. '
The Democratic ticket, so far
is we hear, gives satisfaction to
ill Democrats, and will receive
he full strength of the partv. ,
The condition of Mr. W, T. .
Vrenn is more serfous than it i
tas been. It is now feared that I
me of legs will have to be ampu- I
atcd. We all hope a change will f
oon take place for the better. <
Cider is plentiful hereabouts,
,nd is being indulged in quite |
reely, especially by the fodder
mllers. However, we have not (
eard of any bad conduct on ac
ount of its use. We hope aud
elievc most of our people will be
emperate in its use. i
The Misses Tomlinson have
ad quite an enjoyable house ]
mrty, where many young people
athered and shared the hospi- 1
ality of the above named young
idies. One night last week an 1
ntertainment was given the vis- (
tors, which most of the young \
eople of the neighborhood at
end.
Rev. Mr. Pierce, of the eastern
art of the State, is conducting
, protracted meeting at Shiloh
his week. Some interest is bo
ng manifested; so far one con I
ersion, and others showing a
reat deal of concern; the congre- <
;ations are not so large as they 1
hould be?church members are
oo much engrossed about mon
y making. Bro. Pierce is a
ireacher of great power.
Mr. J. O. Green and Mr. Mar
?in Smith, both of Franklin
lounty, spent several days in
he neighborhood this and last
reek, visiting Messrs. G. B. and
T. B. Smith. Mr. Green savs
>ur crops are much better than
hose in Franklin, and that the
:otfcon crop is about three weeks
>arlier. He is quite favorably
mpressed with Johnston and
ler people. These gentlemen left
or their home Wednesday.
Typo.
Vugust12,1908.
For Better Packing of Cotton.
Mr. Clarence H. Poe, in wri
ting np his trip through England
lor the Progressive Farmer has
this to say about the cotton he
sees there:
We were interested in Beeing
the condition in which American
jotton arrives in Liverpool, and
no one who once sees the plight
in which the great Southern farm
product reaches the Knglish spin
ner can fail to agree with Ed
ward Atkinson in pronouncing
jotton "the most barbarously
handled commercial product in
the world." Not only do the
bales look ragged, dirty, beggar
like. and generally disreputable,
but the actual loss and waste in
handling is nothing less than
enormous and a serious reflec
tion upon the sound sense and
business ability of Southern
plauters. A glance at a Wagon
load of American cotton being
hauled down an English street is
enough to make any Southerner
an advocate of better baling
methods. Cotton from India
and Egypt arrives in immeas
urably better condition, and L
am told that, other things equal,
manufactures here prefer the
foreign cotton for this reason.
Fire destroyed 47,500 barrels
of whiskey in four warehouses of
the Greenhaum distillery at Mid
w vv, K.v., Wednesday night.
()v?-r r,wo raillious gallons booze
was burned.
A Family Reunion.
Last Sunday, August 9, 1908,
at the home of Mr. James D.
iarker there was a reunion of
the family of Mr. King U. par.
. J entire ,aQl!|y Pres.
eut. I he father, K. H., and the!
mother, Mrs. Sarah A. Parker I
and nine children, Miss S. Anna'
I arker, Messrs James I), and J
rim Parker and Mrs. n. (j.
Hand, of Smithfield; Mr. 1). p
Parker of Comanche. Texas, and
Misses Edith and Geneva, and
Messrs. Ezra and Almond, still
living with their parents. There
were present the three daughters
in-law, Mrs. J. ])., Mrs. D. p.
and Mrs. J. P., one son-in-law,
Mr. Nathaniel Q. Hand, and two
itraudsons, Master William
Douglas, sou of J. P.,and Master
[javid Preston, Jr., son of I). P
?' ^omanche, Texas.
1 he dinner was served at 11:30
a. m. because of the fact that
James I), is Postmaster and his
lister Anna his assistant, and
i.hey had to dispatch mail on
the 1:30 p. m. train. All the
fuests were seated in the spa
nous dining room at the same
cime.
After the second course the fol
owing toasts were given: First
J'o the mother, by the o 1 d e s t
laughter, Miss Anna.
1 o the father, by the oldest son
lames D.
To the son-in-law, by Miss Ge
aevia.
To the daughters-in law, bv
k,zra. J
l'o the grandsons, by the grand
ather.
To the hosts, by Mrs. Mattie
I . Ilirsch, of Lilliugtou, N, C., a
lousiu of the family, who was
che guest of Miss Anna.
To the guests, by Joseph P.
Parker.
To the Parkers, by Mrs. Mary
I otts Parker, wife of Prof. D. P.
Parker of Comanche, Texas.
Prof. 1). p. Parker was toast
master.
The dinner was served in five
courses, and was greatly enjoy
Bd by all present.
Mr. King H. Parker, the father
isi 00 years old, the mother is
?u, the oldest child is 37 and the
youngest is 10 years old.
The two oldest sons, James D
and David P., are graduates of
the I niversity of North Carolina
David P. having taken the post
graduate degree A. M. Doth of
them won membership in Phi
Beta Kappa, the celebrated
Greek Letter Fraternity, mem
bership in which is based solely
on scholarship.
The oldest daughter, Miss 8.
Anna, is a graduate of the State
Normal and Industrial College
at Greensboro, N. C.
All of the children have a good
education and some of theyoung
er ones intend taking a college
course.
Mr. King H. Parker's great
grandfather, Peter Parker" did
soldier service in the Devolution,
ary war, having fought in Geu.
Morgan's command at the bat
tle of the Cowpens and other
places.
Peter's father, Sir Walter Par
ker,was an immigrant from Eng
land and serttled near the Pee
Dee Diver in South Carolina.
Soon after the Devolution Peter
and his family removed to what
is now Duplin County, N. C. His
son Joseph, the grandfather of
King H., removed to Johnston
County, N. C.,where now lives a
lar^e number of his descendants.
One Who Was President.
Labor Vote Is for Democratic Ticket
Chicago, Aug. 13.?Mr. Gompers
and the executive council of the
American Federation of Lapor
last night issued an appeal to
trades' unions to vote the Demo
cratic ticket: "The Republican
party," it says, "lines up with
corporations and defies the peo
Ele to help themselves, while the
'emocratic party endorses
labor's demands."
First Bale New Cotton in Anson.
Morven, N. 0., Aug. 12.?Th?
first bale of new crop cottor
was sold on this market today
by T. J and W. D. Ratcliff. tc
1. V. Ilardison.
GREATEST IN HISTORY.
The Colored Baptist State Sunday
School Convention.
The Baptist State Sunday
School Convention, representing
the interests of 50,000 colored
Baptists in North Carolina, has
just closed its thirty-sixth an
nual session at Smitbfleld.
'this convention of Sunday
school workers represents the in
telligence and moral and intel
lectual power of the progressive
forces of Christian aggressive
ness smoDg the colored people
of this State. It has been the
ardent desire of the fathers and
pioueers in this work that the
Sunday school workjsbould reach
this high mark of efficiency and
potency in the uplift of the col
ored youth. '
The meeting reached the high
est water mark in its history of
missionary work, Bible teacher
training and education. Hun
dreds of teachers have been or
ganized in Bible systematic
study for better study during
the year just past; 29 girls were
assisted in their education in
schools like Shaw, Waters Nor
mal School, at Winton.Burgaw,
New Bern and other schools fos
tered by the colored Baptists of
North Carolina.
Eight Sunday schools were or
ganized in destitu'e sections
l?y Sunday School Missionary A.
B. Vincent in the eastern part of
the State. Hev. (1. W. Moore
also made an excellent report of
hie work duriug the year. About
one hundred Bible Institutes
were held by Missionaries Moore
and Vinceut during the year. In
these Institutes methods of sys
tematic Bible study, organiza
tion of Suuday schools, morality
and honesty aud self respect, law
and order and politenes and all
that tends to the uplift of all the
pepple was taught in various
sections of the State. The hard
year's work brougnt about en
couraging results in the large in
telligent delegation which just
met in Smithtield. The meeting
was full of inspiration aud spir
itual power. The excellent ser
mons and addresses delivered
duriug the week covered almost
every phase of Christian work,
from the saviug of the youth in
reformatory work, street preach
ing, better training in the home,
church, day and 3unday schools.
The excellent sermou by J- J
Scarlet, of Fayetteville, was a
masterpiece. The excellent pa
per by L)r. J. A. Whitted, 1). D.,
of Winston, was exceptionally
good. Other talks were made by
Hev. Morris, of Shaw University,
one of the ablest colored men in
this community ; Rev. C. E. As
kew, of Washington, N. C; Rev.
J. II.Thompson,of Rocky Mount
Rev. K. R. Williams, I>r. A. H.
Moore, of Durham; I)r. E. E.
Smith, of Fayettville; Dr. S. N.
Vase, of the American Baptist
Publication Society; Dr. J. E.
Shepard, of Durham; Col. James
H. Young, and Dr. J. E. Delltu
ger, of Greensboro.
The address by the presi
dent, Dr. N. F. Roberts, and ex
cellent services of Dr. A. W.
l'geues, the best secretary the
convention has ever had; the
faithful work done by Dr. 1. 8.
Lewis, of Charlotte, A. J. Rogers
and others, helped to make this
convention the greatest ever
held in its history.?News and
Observer,9th.
Cent A Mile To Veterans.
Pittsboro, N. C., August 6.?
Maj. U. A. London, the adjutant
general of the North I arolina
Division of the 1 nited Confed
erate Veterans, has just receiv
ed official notice that the rail
roads will give the rate of one
cent a mile to the Confederate
reunion at Winston on the 19th
and 20th of August.
This rate has heretofore beet
. refused by the associated rail
ways, but through the influence
of Col. A. B. Andrews, the one
cent rate has been given.
s A barn that had caused a law
i suit was struck by lightning at
Sharaokin, Pa . last week, and
. the suit ended thereby. The
barn was burned.