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VOL. 28. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. MAY 7, 1!M)9. NO. 11
THIRTEEN TURKS ARE HANGED.
Among Those Executed Were Major
Youssef and Three Other Men,
Who Killed the Syrian Deputy?
A Large Placard in Turkish, Set
ting Forth the Sentence of the
Court, Was Pinned on the Breast
of Each Criminal.
Constantinople, May 3.?Thirteen
civilians and soldiers sentenced by
the military courts to death for mur
der, were hanged in different parts
of Constantinople at 4 o'clock this
morning.
Major Youssef, his son and three
Other men who killed the Syrian
deputy, Emir Mohammed Arsland, in
front of the Parliament Building
were executed on the spot where
they committed the crime. Five oth
ers were hanged at the entrance of
the ministry of war, and three men
at the Stamboul end of the Galata
bridge. Upon the breast of each
criminal had been pinned a large
placard in Turkish, setting forth the
?entence of the court. Around the
foot of the gibbets on the bridge,
the early morning buyers of fruits,
flowers and vegetables proceeded as
usual, while the bodies were in full
Bight of the great crowds that made
their way over the bridge between
Stamboul and Galata.
inajur i uusseii was t-uuiuiaiiuaui
Of the first battalion of the Seventh
Regiment. Among the non-commis
sioned officers executed was Hamdi
Bin Yechar, a sergeant in the fourth
battalion of the Saloniki chasseurs.
The men executed on Galata bridge
were guilty of the murder of Lieu
tenant Elis.
Major Yousself was the man who
after the murder of Deputy Arslan
made his way to the house of Parlia
ment and in a speech denounced the
members for acting against the laws
of the Koran. Yechar was the man
?who planned the details of the revolt
Of April 13 and who was command
er-in-chief and practically dictator of
Constantinople for the two days fol
lowing. The other eleven men work
ed under Yechar.
Mourad, editor of the newspaper
Nizam, was tried by court martial to
day.
A member of the court martial
read the Sultan's flrmin, confirming
the sentences at each place of execu
tion, and priests prayed with the con
demned men for two hours before
their execution. The bodies were
left hanging until 2 o'clock this after
noon and were seen by at least 100,
000 of the population of the city.
Documentary evidence has been
discovered among the records of the
telegraph office here of the knowl
edge of the Constantinople authorities
that massacres had been planned for
Adana district, and they were to
coincide with the political events
here. ?
Other papers have been found in
dicating also that the conspirators
at the palace acted in the Sultan's
name in preparing the military muti
ny of April 12. Lists of houses, with
notes of the kind of loot to be found
therein, were discovered on some of
the prisoners now in custody. The
arrangements included a general mas
sacre of foreigners in Constantinople,
Including the diplomatic representa
tives, on April 24.
Rev. Thos. Dixon, Sr., Dead.
Rev. Thomas Dixon, Sr., a noted
Baptist minister, died Saturday night
In Raleigh, at the home of his daugh
ter, Dr. Delia Dixon Carroll. He
was the father of Rev. Dr. A. C. Dix
on, a noted Baptist divine and pas
tor of thS Moody church, Chicago,
and of Thos. Dixon, Jr., former
preacher, now noted playwright and
author. Another son, Frank Dixon,
Of Washington, is a lecturer.
Mr. Dixon was in his 90th year.
His home was in Cleveland county,
Where he had been a pastor of one
church for 60 years, and his remains
were taken there for burial. During
his ministerial career he had baptiz
ed more than 5,000 persons.?States
vllle Landmark.
The final rice crop report shows
that Bengal has 17,916,200 acres,
against 200 acres last season.
The normal area 20.s. 0 arres,
but there was a la k of rain ia Bihar
at sowing season. The yield if win
ter rice (cleaned) In Bengal is esti
mated at 71,075 tons, against 57,930
tons last season.
DEMOCRATS WIN IN BENSON.
Citizens' Ticket Failed to Get Nec
essary Number of Votes?School
Closing Exercises?Prof. Z. V.
Judd to Deliver Address.
j Benson, May 5.?Dr. W. T. Martin
' spent Monday and Tuesday atCoats
on professional business.
Mr. C. Johnson, of Hookerton,
J spent several days near town recent
! ly with relatives.
Rev. C. B. Culbreth, of Fayette
ville, was in town one day recently.
Mr. Pat Moore, of Wilson, was in
, town Sunday visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Royal Hudson, of'
Lower Johnston, spent Saturday
night and Sunday with relatives near
town.
Rev. Mr. King, of Falcon, preach
ed very able sermons at the Free
Will Baptist church Saturday and
Sunday night.
Miss Anna Underwood, of Smith
field, who has been visiting friends
here for several days, returned home
Saturday.
Mrs. W. D. Boon and little Evelyn
are spending this week with Mrs.
Boon's parents in Dunn.
Mr. R. D. Langdon has had a new
coat of paint placed on his house
which adds greatly to its appearance.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Whittenton
and family spent Sunday in Harnett
county with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. P. Stewart at
tended services at the Primitive
Baptist church at Four Oaks Sunday.
Mr. Howey Benson, of Danville, ar
rived yesterday to spend several days
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Benson, of Elevation township.
We are glad to note that Mayor
Britt's little daughter who has been
very sick for several days is very
much better at this writing.
Miss Crocker, who has been visit
ing Mrs. W. D. Boon for several
days, returned to her home in West
Virginia last week.
Rev. J. M. Daniel gave a Sunday
school address at the Methodist
church Tuesday night, after which
the Sunday school gave a cream sup
per on the campus of the High
school which was greatly enjoyed by
a large crowd of young people.
The town election passed off quiet
ly here Tuesday, the Democratic
ticket winning by a good majority.
The vote stood thus:
For Mayor, H. L. Hall, Democratic,
80; N. T. Ryals, citizen's ticket, 67.
For Commissioners, Democratic, J.
F. Woodall 123, J. H. Boon 85, J. W.
I Whittenton 88; Citizen's ticket, R.
D. Langdon 67, K. H. Parker 58.
For town constable C. L. Johnson,
Democratic, 83, J. W. Raynor, Citi
zen's ticket, 59.
For increasing No. town commis
sioners 19; against increasing No.
town commissioners 107.
The commencement exercises of
the Benson Graded High school will
begin Friday night, May 7, at 8
o'clock, with Declaimers' contest.
Monday, May 10, 2:30 P. M. exercis
es by the primary grades. At 8 P.
M. Reciters' contest and entertain
ment. Tuesday, May 11, 9:30 A. M.
j Orators' contest; 11 A. M. Annual
| address by Prof. Z. V. Judd. Award
ing of medals. 2 P. M. Debate. Que
ry, Resolved, That North Carolina
Should have Compulsory Education.
Affirmative?Arthur Godwin, C. F.
Hall and Herman Jertiigan. Nega
tive?Ezra Parker, Braxton Johnson
and Claude Canaday. 8 P. M. Con
cert by Music and Elocution Class.
The following are the Marshals:
Braxton Johnson Chief, Jesse Tur
lington, A. H. Parker and C. Ryals.
The Winston Sentinel says a dog,
supposed to bo rabid, bit cows, hogs,
mules, chickens, etc., in Forsyth
county a few days ago. The total
loss of live stock as the result of the
foray of this one dog is estimated at
$1,500 to $2,000. The dog probably
wasn't worth $1. Notwithstanding
the loss in live stock,, the great dan
ger to human life and the expense
of preventative treatment, It is prac
tically impossible to secure any sort
of legislative enactment restricting
the freedom of dogs. As a rule it Is
the most worthless dogs that give
most trouble. Some sweet day, in
another century or more, The Land
mark hopes that dog owners will be
compelled by law to confine their
dogs to their own premises except
when engaged in bunting.?States
| ville Landmark.
PASSAGE OF THE TARIFF BILL
Special Session of Congress Wil
Hardly Adjourn Before June 15 01
July 1?Senate Not Making Head
way With Aldrich Measure Thai
Was Expected.
Washington, May 5.?The possi
bilities of the passage of the tarifl
bill and the adjournment of the spe
cial session of Congress before June
15 or July 1 seem to have vanished,
This conculsion has been reached by
the President as a result of recent
talks with Senators and Representa
tives, and he made it known today.
The Senate Is not making the head
way with the Aldrich measure that
was expected and before the new
tariff law can be presented to the
President for his action, htere must
ensue a long conference between the
Representatives of the two houses of
Congress.
Among those who have followed
the trend of important legislation on
the tariff, there is a belief that the
real tariff revision bill remains to be
framed in conference. Whatever in
fluences President Taft feels he can
bring to bear in securing a satisfac
tory measure will be exerted upon
the conference.
The President is still hopeful that
the revenue to be derived from the
new bill, and with economies in the
administration of the government,
will prove sufficient to prevent a de
ficit. If it should be shown, however,
that the government finances are in
need of further support to meet the
current expenditures, the President
will adhere to his original proposi
tion that a graduated Federal inheri
tance tax is the most just that could
be levied and would prove the easi
eest to collect. If suh a tax shoucld
not prove sufficient to meet the nec
essities of the government, or if it
should not appeal to the majority of
Congress, the President favors as a
substitute or as an additional means
of collecting revenue, the imposition
of an excise tax on the dividends of
corporations. An income tax, he be
lievees and always has believed,
should be levied only as a last re
sort.
BRIDAL SKIRT HER NOOSE."""
Wife of a Day Ends Romance With
Sudden Suicide.
Chicago,May 4.?A bride of 36
hours. Mrs. William Rudes tore off
the skirt of her wedding dress today,
twisted it into semblance of a rope,
and hanged herself on a clothes hook
in the bedroom of her new home.
She married to please her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Ingis, and
killed herself without leaving a mes
sage. The mystery that enshrouds
the suicide is being investigated by
the police.
When the husband?who is only 25
years old?found the body of his
bride she had been dead more than
an hour. In the desperation of his
grief it required all the strength of
several of his friends to prevent him
from taking his own life.
Rudes, when questioned by the po
lice said he did not know why his
wife committed suicide.
Constitution in Persia.
Teheran, May 5.?A proclamation
granting a constitution to Persia has
been signed by the Shah. The docu
ment announces that as a constitu
tional regime alone is capable of
bringing about the restoration of or
der and promoting the welfare of
the people, his majesty accords a
constitution to the nation. Elections
will be held in accordance with the
new pectoral law, to be published
shortly, and should be completed by
July 19, when the deputies will as
semble at Teheran.
Joe and Isham Taylor were elec
trocuted in the Virginia penitentiary
Wednesday. They were two more
of the negroes implicated in the re
cent Powhattan county tragedy in
which Mrs. Skipwith and Walter
Johnson were murdered.
The town of Vallecas, in Spain, Is
almost entirely built of meerschaum.
Vallecas has on its outskirts great
quarries of meerschaum too coarse
for pipemaking, and a meerschaum
built town is the result?an ivory
white town that shines in the Span
ish sun.
. TORNADOES TAKE DEATH-TOLL.
I Seco'nd Series of Storms Sweeps
South and list of Lives Lost Reach
es Three Hundred. Georgia Hit
t Hardest.
Nearly 300 dead and twice that
- number Injured is the revised estl
' mate of the toll of destruction taken
? by tornadoes which swept over large
s areas of the South and West, Friday
, and Saturday, while the loss to prop
' erty will reach hundreds of thou
; sands of dollars.
In Georgia a second series of
storms swept over portions of the
? State, Saturday, adding seven to the
list of victims claimed Friday. The
latest information obtainable Satur
> day night places the casualties in
various States as follows:
Georgia, 80; Tennessee, 67; Missis
sippi, 18; Arkansas, 34; Alabama,
1; Illinois and adjacent Lake States,
15; Missouri, 19. Total, 224.
With the exception of the "twist
ers" reported in Georgia, the storm
in the South appears to have spent
most of its force. Similar reports
come from the West, where snow
has followed the blizzard of Friday
and at many points in Minnesota and
Wisconsin traffic has been blocked.
The tail end of the storm, sweep
ing out to the Atlantic, paid its re
spects to Philadelphia Saturday in
no mild manner.?Philadelphia, Re
cord 2nd.
STATE NEWS NOTES.
H. C. Buerck, socialist, was elect
ed Mayor of East Spencer Tuesday.
The Republicans won in the mu
nicipal test in Spencer Tuesday, elec
ting J. D. Dorsett Mayor. A $50,000
bond issue was voted for waterworks.
Last Tuesday Governor Kitchin
granted a pardon to MaJ. W. H. Mar
tin who has served eight years and
four months of a ten year sentence
for embezzling about $1(5,000 of the
State's money while a clerk in the
treasury department during the Rus
sell administration.
The work of excavating for the
$44,000 dormitory building for the A.
& M. College began Monday and the
construction is to be pushed so that
the building will be ready for occu
pancy by the opening of the Fall
term. It will add 150 to the student
capacity of the college.
Senator Simmons spoke in favor
of a duty on lumber in the Senate
Wednesday of last week, holding the
floor for three and a half hours. He
opposes the reduction from $2 to $1
per thousand, proposed in the tariff
bill, and favors the retention of the
present duty on lumber.
The Democratic ticket in Raleigh
swept the city Monday, electing J.
Stanhope Wynne Mayor over W. J.
Andrews by a majority of 1175.
Wynne received 1352 votes while his
Republican opponent got only 177.
The rest of the Democratic ticket
was elected by about the same ma
jorities. It seems that the "Young
Republican Club" was not in the
running.
The new building of the First Bap
tist church at Charlotte was dedicat
ed Sunday, the dedicatory sermon
[ being preached by Dr. E. Y. Mullins,
President of the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary at Louisville.
The new house of worship was be
gun a year ago and cost about $50,
000. The building is of the Byzan
tine type of architecture and is fash
ioned after Dr. Parkhurst's new
church in New York. It is a bold
departure from the accepted style of
architecture for church buildings. It
hus no costly tall steeple but a state
ly dome instead.
It Is reported that in addition to a
complete remodeling of the Yarboro
hotel at Raleigh, there is to be an
extensive enlargement, including an
extension of the building one hun
dred feet to the corner of Davie and
Fayetteville streets, now occupied by
the old law building. There is also
to be an entirely new front for the
entire hotel and a big rotunda con
structed through the three stories of
the hotel over the general lobby. 1
This work is to be under way within
the next two weeks and while it is
in progress Proprietor Cobb will care
for his guests in the Park hotel,
| which is now merely used as a room
j annex to The Yarboro. When en
larged and renovated The Yarboro
is to be one of the very handsomest
hotels in this section of the country.
I
I
CLAYTON'S BUDGET OF NEWS.
Sliort Paragraphs Concerning those
Who Come and Go. Other Items
of Interest.
Mrs. L. D. Debnam and children,
of Selnia, are the guests of Mrs.
Debnau's parents, Dr. aud Mrs. J.
A. Griffin, this week.
Misses Jessamine Yelvington and
Wynona Massey, of Baptist Univer
sity at Raleigh, spent Sunday at
home.
Mrs. H. A. Jones and little daugh
I t.er, Mattie, of Bethesda section,
spent last week here with her son,
Mr. W. A. Jones.
Mr. R. B. Whitley, one of Wen
dell's progressive merchants, was
here Monday on business.
Miss Swauanoa Home returned to
ltaleigh Monday afternoon after spend
ing Sunday here with her parents.
We regret to note that Mr. Riley
R. Gulley is on the sick list this
week.
Rev. G. B. Starling and Mr. B. M.
Robertson went to Raleigh Wednes
day.
Mrs. Eliza Hope, of Raleigh, is
the guest of the family of Mr. Lee
H. Yarborough this week.
Mrs. Nova Barnes Wilson, of Geor
gia, is the guest of her mother, Mrs.
D. L. Barnes, this week.
Miss Carlotta Barbour, of the Nor
mal and Industrial College at Greens
boro, is home this week.
Mr. Joe Atkinson, of Wake Forest,
is in th-3 city to the delight, of his
many friends here.
Kev. T. H. Thornton preached two
very interesting sermons Sunday
morning and night to a well filled
house at the Baptist church.
The election hero yesterday pass
ed off quietly. The democratic nom
inees were elected overwhelmingly.
The new Board of Aldermen met
last night and after the usual pre
liminarys proceeded to elect Mr. I).
L. Barnes as Town clerk and Mr.
Jas. L. Bills as chief of police for
the ensuing two years.
Miss Alma Easom, one of Smith
field's most courteous and charming
young ladies, was the guest of Miss
Maie Gulley this week. Miss Easom
has many friends here who always
give her a happy welcome.
We very much regret to announce
the serious illness of Mrs. J. A. Grif
fin. Her many friends wish for her
a speedy recovery.
Hon. Ashley Home made a busi
ness trip to ltaleigh Tuesday, return
ing in the afternoon.
Quite a number of our people at
tended the High school commence
ment at Mt. Moriah Tuesday night
and report a very pleasant trip.
The progressive firm of John I.
Barnes and Bro. have recently built
a dry kiln at their machine shop
which will greatly faciliate their abil
ity to give the public high class
building material.
S. L. W.
Destructive Rain.
The most destructive rain which
ever fell here as far back as the
memory of the oldest inhabitant goes
came last Friday night. We have
often heard of cloudbursts and this
must have been one of them. The
damage will run Into many thousands
of dollars. The northern part of
Elevation township, the eastern part
of Cleveland, the western part of
Boon Hill and about all of Smith
field township were where the worst
damage was done. Mr. W. D. Avera
thinks his damage is as much as
one thousand dollars. Mr. Kufus
Creech and his father it is said,
were damaged to the extent of about
five hundred dollars. Others were
greatly damaged, among whom Is
Mr. Walter Rand. On Saturday the
hard wind ruined cotton in sandy
fields and many farmers are planting
over this week. It seems that the
wind and sand which was driven
about by the wind and water were
more than the little cotton could
stand. Mr. O. P. Rose reports some
planting over in Selma township on
account of the wind and rain.
Weary Walker?"Lady could yer
help a poor feller a little? I've got
a hackin' rough an' a 1 id he."
Mrs. Kindling?"Well I've got a II -
tie wood outsil? you could Lack, and
It might cure your headache." Weary
Walker?"Much obliged, mum: but
yer Bee, my headache ain't of ther
splittin' kind."?Scraps.
THE MASSACRES IN ARMENIA.
Some Estimates Place Total casual
ty List at 25,000 as Result of
Recent Atrocities by Fanatic Mo
hammedans.
Tarsus, Asiatic Turkey, April 24,
via Constantinople, May 4.?Authen
tic details of atrocities committed by
fanatical Mabommedans, in villages
and farms in this district are now
I coming into Tarsus with sickening
abundance.
The worst particulars of these nar
ratives cannot be mentioned, but
they set forth without doubt that at
least 10,000 persons lost their livea
in this province, and some estimates
place the total casualty list at 25,000.
Villages like Osmanieh, Bazsche,
Mamadleh, Kara, Kristian Keoy and
Kezolook were actually wiped out.
Each of these places had populations
of from 500 to 600 people. In one
town of 4,000 people there are less
than 100 left, nearly all women and
children.
It was the same thing with hun
dreds of farmers that live in this
wide and fertile plain. The slaughter
was unsparing, even Greeks and Sy
rians were struck down with the Ar
menians. Entire families were burn
ed to death in their homes.
Hundreds of girls and women were
maltreated and carried off to harems,
where women were separated from
the men.
The correspondent was informed
that at one place a party of 100 Ar
menians surrendered to the soldiers.
The prisoners were taken to an open
field where the women were ordered
to stand apart from the men. Every
one of the men was shot.
In many eases they were shot down
with their women clinging to them,
trying to save their lives.
A large number of women were
wounded because of their persistence.
Plenty of Liquor and Water.
It is said that on tho Bright Holt
place near the mouth of Pole Cat
Creek, about eight miles from Smith
field, lives Joe Grant, an accommo
dating negro who runs a blind tiger
as agent for a blockader and is visit
ed more lately than ever before.
On Saturday, May 1, it is said that
Mr. J. H. Wallace, a white man
known as Butler Wallace, made Joe
a morning and an afternoon visit.
He made his return rather late in
the evening and Saturday night tried
to ford Bawdy swamp at the cross
ing between the Solomon Daughtery
place and where Mr. Dempsy Daugh
tery now lives. The swamp is wide
at this place and on Saturday night
last the water was deep, coming
about up to the top of the man's
shoulders. There were several holes
in the road and when Mr. Wallace
tried to find the bottom of one of
them the water would come over
the top of his head. He seemed un
able to find his way out of the place,
but made noise enough to excite the
neighborhood. Finally a Mr. Wil
loughby went to him and helped him
out and it was evident that he had
taken plenty of liquor for any Sat
urday, and had taken a rather large
bath for Saturday night even.
Or. C. A. Smith Honored.
The appointment of Dr. C. Alphon
so Smith, of the University of North
Carolina, to be Roosevelt professor
of American history and institutions
at the University of Berlin during the
year 1910-11 Is an honor and an op
portunity for service most worthily
bestowed. Dr. Smith's predecessors
in this professorship were such men
as Dean Burgess, of Columbia;
President Hadley, of Yale; Professor
Felix, of Columbia, and President
Wheeler, of the University of Cali
fornia. His appointment means that
in the Judgment of Columbia Univer
sity, which has the nominating pow
er, a representative Southern scholar
may be as representatively American
as scholars from any other section. A
most inspiring lecturer, be will fill
the Berlin post very fully. We wish
that his return from Germany would
find him still in North Carolina, but,
as our readers already know, this
Is not to be.?Charlotte Observer.
Thr County Commissioners of Hal
uax have dicided to build a new
courthouse to cost $40,000.
To get good and to do good is hu
man; to be good is divine.?Selected.