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VOL. 27. SMITH FIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 21. 1!)08. NO. 24
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State News.
Mr. Charles Crews, clerrk of
court of Granville county, died
last weak.
Editor J. F. Hurley, of the Con
cord Tribune, and Col. 1'unl B.
Means are candidates for the
Democratic nomination for the
State Senate in Cabarrus.
As a result of worry, caused
by the panic, Mr. ,J. L. Culbreath
of High Point, shot and killed
himself while under the intlueuce
of whiskey. He leaves a wife and
two small children.
A very severe storm visited
Stanley Tuesday afternoon caus
ing some damage. Lightning
struck a barn which caught fire
and burned down. A horse was
killed by lightning also.
The Presbyterian church at
Dunn has been pulled away to
maxe room for the erection of
a new brick church, which will be
large and -commodious. The
work on it has already been
started.
It is announced that Mr. R H.
Hayes and Mr. W. C. Dowd, who
expect to be elected to the Legis
lature from Chatham and Meck
lenburg, respectively, will be
canditates for Speaker of the
House.
In his efforts to save Miller
Strong, the young son of Dr.
and Mrs. C. M. Strong of Char
lotte from drowning, Mr. Fred
Alexander lost his life in the
swift current of the Catawba
river Saturday afternoon.
George Bennett, a middle-aged
lumber man of Washington, N.
C., committed suicide Tuesday
by driuking laudanum. He had
been drinking for several days,
and being outof work tempraily,
he became despondent and ended
his life.
The first bale of Mecklenburg
new crop cotton was sold in
Charlotte Saturday by Mr. J. A.
Blakeney, of Providence town
ship, who has sold the first bale
in Charlotte every year for 2d
years. The cotton brought 12
cents and is earlier by several
days than last year.
The Philathea class of the First
Baptist church of States ville, fur
nished a ward in the handsome
infirmary at the Baptist Orphan
age at Thomasville, which will
be known as the States ville Phil
athea ward. A single member of
the class?a stenographer?don
ated $10 to the fund for this
purpose.
The school census for both
VVinston and Salem, just com
pleted, shows increases oyer last
year's figures. In Salem there
are 1,269 children between the
ages of G and 21 years, and in
VVinston there are5,004 oftchool
age. In the former there is an
increase of 100 and in the latter
of 300.
Tom Manuel was found dead
near his home in Winston Fri
day morning. He died suddenly
from heart disease, caused by
the excessive use of liquor. He
had been on a spree for several
days and had sold the clothing
and shoes of his wife and child
ren for money with which to
procure liquor.
A citizen who gave the name
of J. G. Boss, arrested at Hills
boro a few days ago for attempt
ing to cash a check for $75, to
which the name of Gen. J. S.
Carr had been forged, was con
victed in Orange Superior Court
last week and sentenced to three
years on the roads. The man
was a stranger. He says he was
born in Virginia and recently
lived in Atlanta.
Dr. Thomas P. Harrison, pro
fessor of English at Daviason
College, has accepted the chair
of English at the Agricultural
and Mechanical Co liege
made vacant by the promotion
of Dr. 1). H. Hill to the presi
dency. Dr. Harrison is a Ph. D
graduate of Johns Hopkins and
one of the ablest ana most ex
perienced teachers in North Car
olina. For twelve years he has
been a' Davidson College nod is
regarded by faculty and etu
d- uts as ods of the strongest
men there.
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A lumber company has begun
the work of buildiug a railway i
from Spring Hope, Nash county, i
the present terminal of the At
lantic Coast Line, to Raleigh. (
Ten miles are graded. The road
will be finished in ten months,
and it is understood the Atlan
tic Coast Line will operate it.
Governor Glenn has appointed j
J. D. Murphy, of Asbeville,
Judge of the Superior Court to
succeed Judge Fred Moore, who j
died last week. Judge Murphy'
is about 50 years old and tias i
been an active Democrat. He
represented his county in the j
Legislature of 1005. He was
educated at the University of
North Carolina and began the
practice of law in 18S4-. lie is a
member of the Presbyterian
church.
Upon the recommeudation of
Governor Glenn and National j
Committeeman Josephus Dan
iels, who are deeply interested in i
the election of Mr. Bryan, Chair- j
man Mack has appointed Capt. j
Thomas H. Vanderford, of Salis '
bury, financial representative of
the Democratic National Com-1
mitteefor North Carolina. HiSj
work will be that of collecting
North Carolina's share of the
funds that will be necessary to
make the National tight.
Negro Kills Another At Cider Stand.
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 14?Dave
Smith, a negro, was committed
to Wake county jail this morning
on the charge of killing Lum Wil
liams, a deacon of Riley Hill Bap
tist church, colored, 18 miles
from Raleigh, yesterday after- '
noon in the midst of a sensation
al row growing out of a quarrel 1
between Smith and Gaston Dunn, 1
colored, because Dunn would not
repay five cents loaued him to
buy apple cider. The row start
ed at a cider stand on the out- 1
skirts of a crowd of 2,000 ne- I
groes attending a Baptist As
sociation. The Dunn negro cut 1
Dave Smith and the latter drew
his revolver and tired several I
shots, one of which hit Deacon I
Williams, who was in no way I
connected with the row. Anum (
ber of negroes rushed at Smith j
to disarm aim but he held the 1
whole crowd at bay and created
a general stampede of the 2,000
negroes to "the tall timbers." 1
He was arrested last night and J
brought here today very weak 1
from his wound, there being a '
deep gash in bis thigh. J
Boiler Landed 50 Yards Away. <
Lenoir, N.C., Aug. 17.?Two
men lost their lives and two
others were fatally injured by '
the explosion of the boiler at
William Reid's saw mill, near
Draco, Caldwell county, today, '
all of whom were white. The
dead are:
Henry Gilbert, aged 50
Fred Jackson, aged 21.
The fatally injured:
William R9id, owner of the mill, J
and HughReid, his son.
The dead and injured were !
working at the mill when the ex
plosion occurred. It is said that '
Gilbert, who was engineer of the '
plant, had tied the safety valve
down and high pressure on the \
boiler caused the explosion. The
boiler was thrown fifty yards 1
and the plant was wrecked. Gil
bert and Jackson were horribly
mangled. Reid and his son, in
addition to receiving terrible
wounds from the flying wreckage,
were badly scalded, Reid is a
well to do citizen and lives six
teen miles from Taylorsville, on
the Southern railroad.
Judge Fred Moore Dead.
Asheville, Aug. 14?Judge
Frederic Moore, of the Superior j
Court bench, died shortly after <
8 o'clock tonight after an illuess
of two weeks of typhoid fever.
An operation was performed
this afternoon in the hope of
saving his life, but in vain, i
Judge Moore was one of the i
best-known judges on the bench
and a leading Democrat of this
section of the Stat?. lie ^aU
been on the bench for aboji tit
years, having held couri in':
every county in North C*r ?ii i?
General News.
Ira D. Sankey. the well known
Evangelist and hymu writer, died
in New \ork Friday, aged 08
years.
On August 18, about seveuty
niiners were entombed by an ex
plosion in a coal mine in Wic-au
Euglaud. '
Tbeexplosion of Capt.Truelace's
balloon in London Friday caus
ed tbe deatn of two persons and
the injury of six
Rear Admiral Koble.y D.Evans,
of tne Uuited States Navy,
reacned tne age limit of sixty
two years Tuesday, and laid
down nis arms, perhaps never to
take them up again in bis
country's defense, lie served
bis couutry well for forty-eight
years.
Charles F. Alurpuy, leader of
1 ammany Hall, declared iu au
interview Saturday that tbe po
litical situation iu New York
8tate is tbat "The Democracy isl
going to win thisyear." He says
tbat the popularity of Bryan lies
in the dissastisfaction with
Rooseveltian policies.
Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton
well known as a writer, died last
week iu Boston after a protract
ed illness. 8he wrote many
short stories for children, as weil
as a number of uovelsaud poems
She was born iu Pomfret, Conn.,
in 1885, and married in 1855 ' !
her nustiaud dying lu years ago'.
In Loudon, Ontario, a Hre
broke out in the basement of a
store, Luesday, causing the
death of tnree firemen and dan
gerousl.y hurting one. While the
tiremeu were iu the cellar hunt
ing the source of the tire the
first and second floors of'the
building crashed through on
them.
The celebration of the> 78th
anniversary of the birth of Em
peror Francis-Joseph Tuesday
was m ide the occasion of patrio
tic festivals in Vienna and
throughout Austria and Hun
gary All the towns and villa
ges of the dual monarchy were
decorated. Te Deuuie were
celebrated in all the churches
and military parades and popu
lar festivities were neld every
where.
Mrs. W. T. Anderson was
stung to death by bees at her
home near Spartanburg, S. C
Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson
were en route to church and had
just left their home when thei
aiule took fright and ia trying to
check the animal Mr. Anderson
pulled the wrong line and ran
the mule into a bee hive, causing
tbe bees to swarm out by thous
ands. Mrs. Anderson was badly
stung and died in two hours.
1 he mule and Mr. Anderson
were also stung.
Three sharp earthquake shocks
occurred iu Eureka. California
last Tuesday. More than one
hundred chimneys were knocked
fiowu, about forty plate glass
wiudows in the business part of
town were shattered, and much
crockery in the houses was
broken. About six miles north
of Lureka, the earthquake
caused a big fissure in tbe earth
lor half a mile. * The damage
done has been estimated at be
tween two and three thousand
dollars. The shocks seem to
have been confined to a small
area.
Dr. Peter E. Hines Dead.
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 14.?
Raleigh lost this morning one of
her most venerable and honor
ed citizens in the death of Dr. P.
E Hines, who passed his 80th
birthday only a few weeks ago.
He had been helpless from paral
ysis for more than a year, Dr. |
Hmes was a surgeon in the Con
federate Army, and acting medi
nal director in the army corps
for North Carolina. He had
prat iced medicine here for near
ly a half century and was presi
dent of the Raleigh Medical Acad
cmy; president of the North
Larolina Medical Society at diff
erent times in his distinguished
rexTr' was a'so president of
the North Caro'ina Society Sons
of the Revotu'ion and an arrive
and eutbusi u-tic member . f that
society.
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Clayton News.
Miss Pattio Watson, of Wil-1
sou, is the guest of Miss lone
Gulley.
Misses Louise Massev and Bee.
sie Joyner, of Princeton, are
visiting here.
Mr. S. M. Pinch has moved his
stock of Furniture to Mr. J. I).
Adams' store near Hamilton's
shop.
We are glad to report, Mr. 1)
W. Barbour still improving and
hoping to Oe able to be out real
, soon.
Quite a number of our young
people went out to Mr. U. A.
.lones'Tueniay night to attend
a party.
Mr Loomis Hales has accept
ed a position with J. R. Hinnant
and Co. aud will begin work
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Jones, of
Greensboro, spent a few days
here this week with Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Jones.
There was a very delightful
ice-cream party at Mr. L. F.
Austin's on Tuesday, compli
mentary to the visiting young
ladies.
Mr. D. Q. Lowery is having his
residence remodeled. Mr. Lowery
has a mighty pretty lot aud will
have a haudsome house when it's
completed.
Mr. Hilev li. Gulley went to
Princeton Moudav in the interest
of the made-to-measure clothing
line which his concern, Gulley &
Gulley handles.
Mrs. W. A. Robertson and |
children are visiting at Dr. '
Robertson's. Mr. Robertson I
was h?re for a few days but is I
now off to Northern points.
Mr. Chas. G. Gulley, of Dur- (
ham, who has a splendid posi
tion with the Golden Belt Manu
facturing Co., of that place, is
spending his vacation at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Creech and ]
little son will leave Friday morn
ing for Castalia, Nash County,
where Mr. Creech will take charge '
as principal of the Castalia Pre- f
paratory School.
Some of the Clayton men went 1
to Wilson Tuesday afternoon to '
witness the game between Wil
son and Wilmington but what
they really witnessed was a i
mighty big rain.
Mr. Jesse C. Ellis, who lor 9 '
years has been employed with
Messrs. Ashley Home & Son, 1
took charge as secretary-treas
urer and general manager of the i
Clayton Telephone Co., Monday
the 17 th.
A good many applications
have been received for the princi
palship of Cfcyton High school
i and several are under considera
tion now. We hope to be able
to give Borne definite particulars
. in our next communication.
Mr. Jasper L. Godwin has
moved his barber business to
the office formerly occupied by
I Mr. Donald Gulley and has in- 1
stalled up-to-date furniture anci
fixtures. Mr. Godwin has now
one of the finest barber shops in
the county.
Mr. A. J. Barbour, Swade Bar- '
bour and John Hinton left Wed
nesday for Baltimore and New
York. While away Mr. Barbour
will buy a big stock of goods for
the good trade which is sure to '
come if crops turn out what
they look now.
New families are coming into
town now almost every day.
Quite a few are moving in to
work in the Liberty cotton mills
which are about ready to begin
active operations. The ma- ,
chinery has been tested and
found allrigbt in every particu
lar.
Mr. Marshall Holland who left 1
Clayton about a year ago, has
returned and has connected him
self with Mr. J.J. Ferrell, form
ing the firm of J. J. Ferrell &
Co. They have filled up the big
store formerly occupied by S. M. 1
^inch as a furniture store, with
all kinds of f met groceries, and 1
other fancy goods. One of their i
strong faatures will be a five and
tea cent counter which will al
ways be filled with the best
values money can buy.
West Clayton of which we
wrote some time since is now
taking on busiuesslike looks.
Beginning with the western edge
of Clayton proper and going up
Main street, we first strike l'ark
street, next we come to Glenn
street, named in honor of our
illustrious Governor, next is
Iron street, thus named on ac
count of the abundance of iron
ore fouud at the foot of the
street, next is Summit street
which touches the highest part
of West Clayton, the last is
Golden street; lookiug back east
from this street one Hees the
golden opportunities of Clayton
and looking back west, the
goldeu country lies out before
the view. Then running paral
lel with Main street is Railroad
street, Washington street, and
Brooklyn street. West Clayton
is owned by Hon. R. 11. Gower
and he intends to make it an ex
clusive residence town. To start
the ball rolling he has sold half
the block bounded by Main,
Summit, Washington, and
Golden streets, to Mr. C. W. Car
ter who will very soon erect a
handsome residence thereon. The
nice block bounded by Railroad,
Park, Main and Glenn streets
will be bought by two young
men who very likely will erect
residences for themselves and
wives, ulthough we have to
guess at a part of this item. Mr.
Gower has had the lots laid oy
and plats made, one of which j
can be seen at the Clayton Drug
Co. at any time. You will find
prices shown on the diagram.
There are seventy nice building
lots in West Clayton and 08 of
them are for sale.
Yelir.
Clayton, Aug. 19.
Archer Items.
Miss Leta Lassiter is spending
this week with relatives i n
ttaleigh.
Mr. F' M. Connel left today for
:he Confederate Rmuion at Win
iton-Salem.
Messrs. Eugene and Apheus
Brannan, of Raleigh, are visiting
their mother.
Miss Lizzie Bailey left Monday
to spend sometime with relatives
in Forestville.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Browning,
of Earpsbono, spent last week
with their daughter, Mrs Geo. R. I
S'ancil.
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Green of I
Clayton, were the guests of Mr.
Green's father, Mr. Robt. H.
Green last week.
Messrs Beasley and Wiggs of
Zebulon tobacco market were
looking over the bright leaf stuff
around here Monday.
Miss Winona Liles left last week
to spend some time with her
grand parents, Rev. and Mrs.
Worley Creech near Kenly.
Rev. L. L. Hudson, of Wake
Forest, is conducting revival
services at Clyde's Cnapel this
week. Services morning and
afternoon.
Shotwell Boys played Medlin's
Lumber Boys last Saturday
afternoon on thelatter's grounds.
The score was 8 to 2?in favor of
home team.
Elders Coats and Johason
filled Elder Jones'pulpit at Salem
Saturday and Sunday. One can
didate was baptized into fellow
ship with the church Sunday
m0rniD*- S. L. W.
Aug. 18,1908.
Excellent Health Advice.
Mrs. M. M. Davison, of No. 379
Gifford Ave., San Jose, Cal., says:
"The worth of Electric Bitters
as a general family remedy, for
headache, biliousness and torpor
of the liver and bowels is so pro
nounced that 1 am prompted to
say a word in its favor, for the
benefit of those seeking relief
from such afflictions. There is
more health for the digestive
organs in a bottle of Electric
Bitters than in any other rem
edy I know of." Sold under
wuaraotee at Hood Bros, drug
>re. 50c.
Princeton Items.
J. H. Wellons, of Smithfleld,
wue in town Monday on busi
ness
Frank Newsome. of Norfolk,
Va., spent several days in town
last week.
Miss Jesse Brothers, of La
Grange, is visiting Mr. and Mrs
McKinne,
Willie P. Suggs, after spending
several days at Kinaton, has re
turned home.
It is given up by all that Frank
Sumerliu has the best crop on
the Joyner place that ever was.
Messrs Frank and David Mc
Kinne and families, of Louisburg,
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Mckin
ne.
Mr. Hubbard and Mr. Ramsey
and families of Petersburg. Va.,
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Howell.
We are sorry to say that J. D.
Woodard, A. P. Woodard and
Mr. Debnam of town keep on the
sick list.
Clifford Gulley has returned to
his post of duty at McKinne &
Son's store after spending last
week in Clayton.
Mr. C. Huddleston, of Atlanta,
Ga., is visitinghisdaughter, Mrs
C. H. Holt, and sister, Mrs. J.
H. Howell, of our town.
Mrs. C. A. Holt and little daugh
ter, Rosa, accompanied by Miss
Flora Holt, after spending sever
al days at Plymouth, visiting
friends have returned home.
There was quite an enjoyable
occasion held by the young peo
ple of our town at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Woodard
last Monday night. They had
music, games, etc., and last but
not to be soon forgotten, was
the big watermel on cutting and
eating, shipped from Clayton
specially for the occasion.
Rev. Charles Stevens, of Golds
boro, occupied the pulpit at the
Baptist church Sunday, the pas
tor, Rev. Mr. Horrell, being ab
sent. Our people were very much
pleased with Mr. Stevens. An
attractive feature of the service
was the singing of Mrs. W. B.
Snow, accompanied on the organ
by Mrs. Wells, that beautiful
song "Face to Face."
One more old vetrran has ans
wered the roll call up yonder.
J no. H. Sasser breathed his last
on the loth Inst. He was about
70 years old. He was a faithful
member of the Free Will Baptist
church and stood well wherever
he was known. He leaves sever
al sons and daughters and a
host of friends. He was buried
at Rains X Roads church by the
side of his wife who preceded him
to the grave about 12 months
^ J.D.F.
Princeton, Aug. 19.
A Remarkable Surgical Operation.
Dr. Charles W. White perform
ed one of the most remarkable
operations last week at the Em
ergency Hospital in V\ ashington,
D. C., possibly ever performed in
the United States.
The infected knee of a twelve
year-old colored boy was being
operated on and while under the
influence of chloroform, respira
tion suddenly ceased. After re
sorting to every possible method
to revive the patient, Dr. W bite
opened the boy's abdomen and
for seven minutes massaged his
heart with his fingers. Finally,
the boy breathed, and for a day
and a half following the opera
tion was in fine condition. How
ever, blood poison set in in the
Infected knee and despite the ef
forts of the physicians, the boy
succumbed.
For Sore Feet.
"I have found Bucklen's Arni
ca Salve to be the proper thing
to use for sore feet, as well as
for healing burns, sores, cuts,^
and all manner of abrasions,
writes Mr. W. Stone, of East
Poland, Main, it is the proper
thing too for piles. Try it!
Sold at Hood Bros, drug store.
25c.