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VOL.27. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1908. NO. 87
EX-SENATOR CARMACK KILLED.
Billllant Tennesseean Shot Down on
Sheets of Nashville by Solln Caop:r.
'-His Career a Notable One.
Nashville, Term., Nov. 9.?For
mer Senator Kd ward Ward Car
mbck, editor o! the Tennesseean,
van shot and killed this after
noon in Seventh avenue north iu
front of the Folk flats by Robin
Cooper, a son of Col. Duncan B.
Con per.
Mr. Carniack was goiug uorfch
iu Seventh avenue and Colonel
(Cooper and his sou were ap
proaching Seventh nvenue in Un
ion street. Soon after they cauae
iu sightof one another the shoot
ing began. Robin Cooper, it is |
said, tired three shots and Seua-j
tor Carniack one. Col. Duncan
B. Cooper, it is said, drew a pis j
tol but did not lire.
Senator Carmack fell to the
ground with the four shots and j
died instantly. Robin Cooper
was shot in tne right shoulder,
but was not severely hurt.
It is said that the trouble is
one of the results of the recent J
Democratic ;Gul>eraatorial pri 1
rnary, in which Carmack was de
feated. Cartnack had, since he]
became editor of the Tennesseean,
been rather caustic in adversely j
criticising ?hat he called the [
Democratic machine and had
printed several editorials about
Col. Cooper.
Within the last few days, it is j
said, Colonel Cooper told Car- [
mack that these criticisms must
cease. This morning another
editorial reference to Colonel |
Cooper appeared iu the Tennes
seeu and this is supposed to |
have beeu the immediate cause
of the trouble.
As soon as Senator Carmack j
fell on the edge of the street |
curbing, Col. Duncan Cooper put
his arm around Robin Cooper
and both walked a few feet down
the street to Dr. Fort's office,
where the slight wound in Rob
in's shoulder was treated. Dr
Fort said that the wound was |
slight.
Au ambulauce carried the body
of Mr. Carmack to an underta |
king establishment. The pistol [
of Mr. Carmack was found lying
at his side with two chambers
emptied and it was turned over
to an officer. The stump of a ci
gar that Mr. Carmack had been
smoking was also found on the
walk beside his body.
Young Cooper was carried to a
hospital, aud Colonel Cooper is
held at police headquarters
Robin Cooper is an attorney, 27
years old and unmarried.
Senator Carmack's Gubernato
rial aspirations were defeated
June 26 last, when the present
Governor of Tennessee, Malcolm
R. Fatterson, won the primary
light after a hotcampaign. Car
mack's platform was State-wide!
prohibition, whereat? Fatterson
was in favor of local option.
Born near Castillian Springs,
Sumner county, Tenn, Novem
ber 1858, Edward Ward Car
mack was the son of a profes
sor, who was also a minister.
His father died when he was 3
years old. tie received an acad
emic education, stu lied law aud
was admitted to practice at Col
umbia, Tenn. Iu 1884 he was
electe 1 to the State legislature
as a Democrat, and two years
later joined the editorial staff of
the Nashville American, of which
he subsequently became editor
in-chief. in 1888 he founded the
Nashville Democrat, which was
merged into the American a few
years later. He left the Ameri
can in 1892 to assume charge of
the Memphis Commercial, with
which he was connected for some
years.
In 1896 Carmack was elected
delegate-at-large to the Demo
cratic National Convention.
Soon afterward he was elected to
the Fifty-fifth Congress as the
representative of the Tenth Con
gressional district of Tennessee, i
and was re-elected to the Fifty
sixth Congress by an overwhelm
ing majority, It was while be
was serving bis second term that
he was elected United States
Benator, January 16, 1901, and
he served until the expiration of
bis term last year.
General News.
Eleven men were killed in a
freitrht train collision on tbe Un
i '* i'fccitlc ?' r>iri, Wyoming
Tuesday ?iguu
It is probable that Elihu i.
Root, Secretary of State in
Roosevell's Cabinet, will be chos
en to succeed Tom Piatt in the
United States Senate. i
It is announced that Mrs. Ruth
Bryan Leavitt, eldest daugnter
of Hon. W. J. Rryan, will briug
suit, for divorce agaiust her hus
band, au artist, who now lives ia
Paris.
Jas. T. Reed, former postmas
ter at Newport News, Ya, has
been indicted for embezzling
$6,000 of money order funds.
The shortage nas been made
good.
The general committee of mis
sions of the Methodist Episcopal
Church (North), in St. Louislast
week, appropriated $1,060,000
to carry on mission work in Af
rica and China.
A fire that broke out in a drug
store in Orange, Va., early Sun
day morning, destroyed fourteen
buildings, including two resi
dences and the Methodisteburch.
The loss is estimated at $1,000,
000.
In a fit of temporary melan
cholia George Wilmer, a farmer,
80 years old, whose home was
in Pendleton county, VV. Va.,
Dear the Virginia line, committed
suicide Tuesday by shooting
himself with a double barreled
shot-gun.
News has reached Tokio, Ja
pan, of the loss of the steamer
Taish, which was sunk during a
storm off Etori Island. One
hundred and tlfry were drowned.
The vessel was crowded with
firshermen and passengers and
only 29 were saved.
Andrew C. Cray, Democrat,
was elected attorney general of
Delaware. The Republicans
elected the remainder of their
State ticket and have the Legis
lature by a close vote, the
State Senate being Republican
by only one majority.
While the Indiana Democrats
elected the Governor, Lieuten
ant Governor, Superintendent of
Public instruction and a majori
ty in the Legislature, tbe Repub
licans claim to have elected the
remainder of the State ticket and
the Democrats will contest the
election.
Walworth H. Tappan, well
known in the iron and steel
trade of the South aud middle
West, a resident of Louisville,
Ky., blew his brains out Sunday
nii;ht in the wash room of the
Hotel Savoy, New York city.
Despondency on account of ill
health ia the alleged cause.
The department of agriculture
has issued a preliminary es
timate of the production of
the principal crops of the United
States showing that corn, wheat,
oats and eight other crops, rep
resenting approximately seventy
per cent of the value of all farm
crops, this year aggregate about
3 per cent greater than the av
erage for the past Ave years.
Ten Year Old Boy Gets Life Sentence.
Savannah, Ga , Nov. 11.?
Solomon Reilly, a negro boy, 10
yearsold, was yesterday convict
ed and given a life sentence for
the murder of Mrs. Wilbur Tor
rence, at Pooler, near this city.
Mrs. Torrence, for whom the
boy had been working, dis
charged him and the following
day he secured a shot gun, re
turned to her home and shot Mrs.
Torrence, killing her instantly.
The boy stated that he did the
shooting because "She didn't
have any right to fire me." *
Watched Fifteen Years.
For fifteen years 1 have watch
ed theworkimr ofjBuckleu's Arni
ca Salve; and it nas never failed
to cure any sore, boil, ulcer or
burj to which it was applied.
It has saved us many a doctor
bill,' says A. F. Hardy, of East
Wilton, Maine, 25c. at Hood
Bros, drug store.
MR. KERN FOR SENATE.
Defeated Vice-Presidential Candidate
Says That Is His fresent Ambition.
Indianapolia, Ind.t Nov. 8.?
John VV. Kern, defeated candi
date for Vice President announc
ed tonight that he it* a candidate
for United States Senator to
succeed JarnesC. Hemenway. The
incoming Indiana legislature will
be Democratic on joint ballot
thin year, by a majority ot
twelve. Others mentioned as
probable candidates are John E.
Lamb, of Terre Haute, who was
in charge of the Democratic na
tional headquarters at Chicago
during the last campaign; Thom
as Ta^rgart, foimally national
chairman; State Senator L. Ert
Slack, Beujatnin E. Shively and
Edward Hoffman, of Fort
Wayne
After declaring that it has al
ways been his lifelong ambition
to represent Indiana in the Uni
ted States Senate, Mr. Kern to
night said: "I do not want the
the place unless the Democrats
of Didiana so desire, if a major
ity favor my election I feel tuat
1 am entitled to it. It is scarce
ly necessary for me to say that I
have no money to put into the
race. If I am elected it will be
because the people favor me and
so declare through their reprsen
tatives."
Cotton Ginned to November 1.
Washington, Nov 9?The cen
sus bureau issued a bulletin to
day showing the uumber of ac
tive ginneries and bales of cotton
ginned from the growth of 1908
to November 1, 1908, as follows:
State or No. Active
Territory. Bales Gins.
United States 8,199,782 20,295
Alabama 891,123 3,302
Arkansas 530,058 2,008
Florida 43,005 24
Georgia 1,385,810 4,321
Ken. & N. Mex. 954 4
Louisiana 290,099 1,559
Mississippi 893,540 3,309
Missouri 30,940 09
North Carolina 373,188 2,000
Oklahoma 219,800 941
South Carolina 822,309 3,133
Tennessee 199,021 005
Texas 2,504,880 4,040
Virginia 4,057 82
Selma News.
Sheriff Nowell is at Fuquay
Springs this week.
The theatrical troupe which
played here last Monday night
was very good, it is a nice
clean play.
Mrs. H. L. Watson and Miss
Julia C. Scarborough, of Mur
! freesboro, are on a visit to Mrs.
It. J. Noble.
Thevconcert under the auspices
of the "Y. B's" a juvenile asso
ciation of Selma, last Tuesday
uight was a decided success. The
reciting of Miss Frances Ken
frow was tine. She is a great fa
vorite in Selma.
Mr. ltobert Barden died last
Saturd ay at his home about
three miles north of Selma of ty
phoid fever and appendicitis. lie
leaves a wife and baby to mourn
bis death, lie was a good
farmer and liked by all.
Mr. Jasper Pitman, a sou of
the late EphraimPitman.got bis
left arm in a cotton gin last
week. His arm is cut up very
badly and he lost his little finger
but is getting along very well
and it is believed that his arm
will be saved.
Misses Annie Lou McGuire, Ir
ma Allen, Ella Myatt, Dr. A. H,
Hose Seth W. Myatt and A. M.
I Noble, of Smithtield, came over
Wednesday and took supper
with Miss Anne S. Noble and her
company, Miss Scarborough.
Tbe Johnston County Baptist
Association met here last week,
a great many visitors being
J with us. Every one seemed to
enjoy the meeting and our citi
zens tried to give them a good
time. The Association held its
Saturday evening service in tbe
new brick church, which is a
beauty and one that tbe county'
should be proud of.
Sknkx, Selma, Nov. 12.
Demonstration Farm Work.
I he objectof thefarmer*Co-op
erative-Demonstration work in
to place an object leesou in the
various communities to illustrate
the best methods of producing
the standard farm crops and to
secure such active participation
in the work as will prove that the
average farmer can do bett*r
work and will do it if properly
approached.
These Demonstration farms
must show that better and lar
gnr crops cau be rawed ou the
average tarm and at a vastly
greater net profit per acre. In
cidentally they are designed to
prove that there is no necessity
for the present, wide spread det-!
erioration of the farms and the
comparative poverty of ruau^ of
our farmers Like all great re
jtrms this work cannot be done
for the people to be benefited.
but it must be done by them to
be effected. The sick man is the
one who should take the medi
cine if he U to be cured. It will
do him no go id for his neighbor
to take it for him
As a rule from 50 to 100 De-1
monstration farms are estab-1
lished throughout a county. A
good farmer is selected to locate
these farms and supervise the
work during the season. The
methods followed on these farms
are such as are advocated by
the Department. The methods
did not all organize at Washing,
ton, however, but are the meth
ods already in use by the most
successful farmers throughout
the country. Any farmer desir
ing to take up the work cau do
so by communicating with the
County Agents.
Records kept of this work for
five years in the South show
that the men who are using the
methods have been greatly bene
fitted by them. They are mak
iug from 10 to 50 per cent and
occasionally 100 per cent more
than formerly and without
much increase in the cost of pro
duction. There are y000 farm
ers using the methods this year.
I his number will probably be
doubled next season.
One of the most important
things advocated is deep fall
breaking of the soil, especially
where there is some clay under
neath. This should be done be
fore the clay gets wet and in
such a manner that the sub-soil
will not be thrown out on top
We do not want the soil turned
bottom side upwards until it has
gone through a weathering pro
cess for two or three years, by
which time it will have become
soil and the plant food in it will
have become avai able The depth
of plowing should be six or eight
l'iches, or ten inches if possible
Other instructions will follow in
the work from time to time.
Banker Sentenced to 15 Years In the
Penitentiary.
t harlea VV. Morse, who ac
cording to his own statements,
was worth $20,000,000 two year
ago, was sentenced this morning
to serve 15 years in the Federal
prison at Atlanta by judge (J. M.
Hough, in the criminal branch of
the United States Circuit Court,
for misapplication and false entry
:n connection with the affairs of
the National Bank of North
America.
Alfred H. Curtis, president of
the bank before the panic a
year ago, was sentenced to five
years' imprisonment, but the
judge, taking into account the)
plea for mercy by the jury, a
strong plea by District Attorney
Stimson, the representations of
counsel, and his own knowledge
and view of the facts in the case,
suspended sentence, and Mr.
Curtis walked from the court
room, with loyal wife and friends,
virtually free.?New York Dis
patch, 6th.
Mind Your Business!
If you don't nobody will. It is
your business to keep out of all
the trouble you can and you can
and will keep out of liver and
bowel trouble if you take Dr
King's New Life Pills. They
keep biliousness, malaria and
jaundice oat oI your system.
l'5c. at Hood Broe. c*rug store.
QUAKES IN DEATH VALLEY.
Dismal Crags of Funeral |Mountalns
Totter Under Shock.
San Bernardino, Oal, Nov. 10.
?Death valley and the surround
ing country aro in the throes of
a series of earthquakes which
begau three veeks ago, the
most violent of which occurrod
last Wednesday morning before
daylight, causing consternatiou
among the mining camps and
resulting in many miners and
prospectors fleeing from the re
gion, according to a report re
ceived today.
Samuel Lawrerce. one of the
tirst miners to reach here with
details of the earthquakes, said
for throe ?vooks there have been
one or two rumbles daily. The
dismal crags of the Funeral
Range seemed to totter when the
most severe shock occurred last
Wednesday. Miners were toss
ed fiom ihoir buuks, campequip
meut was scattered about, horses
and mules stampeded, and im
mense bowlders were thrown
down. At daybreak many min
ers kft the camp.
Kltchln's Majority 37,525.
0AII the return* are in and it is
fouud that Mr. Kifcchin'* majori
ty in the State is 87,525. Meck
lenburg cave,him the largest ma
jority?2848?while Washington
County gave hiiu only 8 majori
ty. Wilkes is the banner Repub
lican county, sriviug Mr. Cox a
majority of 1732.
Dr. David Thompson Dead.
St. Louis. Nov. 10.?l)r. David
l)e Camp Thompson, of Chicago,
editor of the Northwestern Chris
tian Advocate, died here this
morning from the effects of an
automobile accident last night,
in which he suffered a broken
arm, several cuts and bruises,
aad internal injuries
QOr. Thompson had been at
tending the meetings of the For
eign Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
King Edward Is Sixty-Seven.
London, Nov. 9.?King Ed
ward is sixty-seven years old to
day. Usual honors are bestow
ed, mainly as rewards for politi
cal and public service, at home
and in the colonies.
Sir Edward Clarke, the former
solicitor-general, is made a
privy counselor. Alfred Kussel
Wallace is given the order of
merit,while George J. Frampton,
the sculptor, is kuiglited.
Kiutr Elward was born No
vember 9,1841.
A Child's Miraculous Escape.
Yesterday's News and Obser
ver tells of the miraculous escape
from death of the seven year old
child of Rev. Mr. Shaw, a Primi
tive Baptist preacher, at Eliza
beth City Wednesday. Both
wheels of a wagon, with a 1,000
pound load passed over her
body, bruising her badly but not
fatally.
Death at Princeton.
News reached here Wednesday
of the death of Mr. ilenry Holt,
of Princeton, which it seems oc
curred suddenly in the afternoon
of that day. He was between
seventy-five and eighty years
old. For many years he was a
merchant at Princeton but was
succeeded in that business by his
son, Mr. Ed. A. Holt. During his
last days he looked after his
farms. A few weeks ago he made
a profession of religion and
joined Priucetou Baptist church.
The Farmers Meetings.
Elsewhere in this paper will be
seen a list of appointments of
farmers meetings. We hope the
furnlers will attend and take up
the demonstration work. If the
farmers will go heartily into this
work it will add many thousands
of dollars to Johnston county.
Mr. George L Jones, a practical
farmer, is leading the work in
thii county and will attend the
meetings advertised and help Mr.
Hadaoo conduct them. Every
farmer should attend.
Clayton News.
Mr. John O. Ellington, of Fay
etteville, vu here for a short
while Wednesday.
Urw. Sallle Cole, of Cary, has
been vlaUlsg Mrs. M. G. Galley
for the pant week.
Mr. and Mrs. McPherson, of
Greensboro, were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Chaa. W. Home for
several days recently.
MUs Stannanoa Home, ac
companied by her school-mate,
Miss Rena Camp, spent Sunday
and Monday at home.
Mr. James Pridgen, of Raleigh,
was here for a day or so this
week in the interest of the North
State Mutual Insurance Co.
Rev. W. \V. Smith, an evange
list, is holding services at the
Baptist church this week. He is
having large crowds to hear him.
There is a new organization in
our town, the Uoited Art Com
pany. They have an advertise
ment in this issue of The Herald.
Dr. T. N. Ivey preached at the
Methodist church Sunday morn
ing and evening. Hereafter the
second Sunday meetings will be
conducted by the pastor.
Mrs. Nannie Lane, of near L?
Grauge, has been visiting rela
tives heie for the past wepk.
Mrs. Lane hasn't been to Clay
ton before in forty odd years.
Mr. Jas. H. Wood, the pioneer
hunter of Clayton township, tells
us that he killed a wild turkey
the very first day he wenc hunt
ing after the season opened. He
also relate* a remarkable coon
story. While hunting several
days ago, Mr. Wood's dog treed
a coon. The coon, being curious
to know what was going on,
stuck bis head out of the hollow
tree in which he was found. Mr.
Wood tired on him and killed
him. When he got the coon he
found a steel-trap caught on
tight to his foot. He learned
later that Mr. Len Elleu had set
a steel trnp about a mile and a
half up the river from where he
shot the coon and that the coon
hati gotten caught in the trap
and dragged it across the river
and about a mileauda half down
throu<h the tangle of briars
along tue river bank.
Yelir.
Clayton, Nov. 11.
Benson^Notes.
Mr. E. R. Cauaday left Satur
lny for the Wilson sanitorium
for treatment.
Mr. George L. Jones, of Smith
field, was here Tuesday in the in
terest-of the United States Agri
cultural Department.
There will be a joint debate be
tween members of the Literary
Societies of the Bensen High
school on Friday night, Novem
| ber 13. Everybody invited.
Of the number visiting in town
we note as follows: Messrs. J.
W. Stephenson, Itufus Smith,
John Hood, Will Weeks and
daughter, Miss Mabel, of Smith
rleld; Mr. C. W. Anderson, of
Raleigh, and Mr. J H. Williams,
| of Wilson.
Among the number attending
i the Baptist Association at Sel
| ma last week, we note: Revs. 1).
F. Putnam, W. C. Royal, N. H.
Gibbs and Mr. J. L. Hall, Mr. J,
H. Boon, Mr. J. W. Holmes.
Prof. L. T. Roy all, Mr. and Mrs.
Alonzo Parrish Mrs. F. O.Driver,
and Mr. J. E. W all.
Mr. C. R. Hudson, of States
ville, agent for the .South
ern District of the United States
Agricultural Department, will
hold a meeting for farmers in
Benson on Friday morning, No
vember 20. Let all who are in
terested in better farming be
present.
Of the number visiting away
from town receutly we note as
follows: Miss Bessie Johnston,
at Dunn, Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
Stevens at Lucama, Miss Bruton
of Fayetteville, J. F. Lee at
Smithtield, Mr. Geo. Holland at
Kenly, Mr. W. F. Smith at Dunn,
Miss Mae Beck at Raleigh, Mrs.
C. T. Johuson aud Miss Connor
Warner, at Wilson.
Kepobteb, Benson, Not. II*