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VOL.28. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. JUNE ,4 1909. NO. 144
PATTEN WINS WHEAT FIGHT.
May Wheat Deal Closes Without
Fireworks. Impossible to Estimate
The Profits Until Holdings Are
Sold?Wheat King's firm Has large
Accounts for Other Concerns?
Close Followers Say He Has Made
Vast Profits.
Chicago, May 29.?James A Pat
ten's wheat "deal," which has excit
ed the attention of the world during
the last six months, was concluded
at noon today with no pyrotechnics
or skyrocketing of prices. Contrary
to the opinion of many brokers and
traders, the veteran grain dealer al
lowed the "short" interests, both in
Chicago and in the West to deliver
their contract wheat to him at com
paratively easy figures.
The closing price, $1.34. remained
solitary and alone on the boards of
the pit and brokers' office during the
closing session of the market. The
figure was 1 1-4 cents below the
high price of the option. Less than
J.00,000 bushels were sold to Patten
today and the price never varied.
The scenes on the board of trade
were distinctly dissimilar to the clos
ing hours of former deals, or even
an ordinary day in the exchange.
Trade in other crops, which had a
slight reaction over the prices of the
Jast few days, furnished the only bit
of interest to the hundreds of visi
tors who had gathered in the gallery
hoping for a demonstration of some
port.
Mr. Patten's May wheat operations
have extended over a period of J
about nine months. Little attention
was paid to them, however, until a
few months ago, wnen prices of grain
began to mount higher than in many
years. Mr. Patten steadfastly de
nied the existence of a corner, and
declared that the shortage of wheat
Jn the United States justified the
higher prices. In the opinion of
many traders of this city, Patten's
view has been proved to be correct.
Huge profits have been mace by
the speculator in his operation. It
is known that he bought wheat when
it was quoted near the $1 mark. His
winnings are estimated from $1,000,
000 to $4,000,000, while his broker
age partners and customers have
been equally fortunate by following
his lead. The losers are said to be
mostly professional speculators, who
(ought the upward trend of prices
gince its movement skyward began
months ago.
Sitting in front of the quotation
board in his office, after the market
closed today, Mr. Patten said:
"I have claimed there was no cor
per in May wheat, and I have prov
ed it. Any time during the last few
weeks I could have put the price to
$1.50, but I did not want to squeeze
any one or make a fictitious price."
Cleveland Citizen Patents Typesetting
Machine.
cihelby, May 28.?Rev. Baylus Cade
well known throughout the State and
now located at Boiling Springs, this
county, claims to have solved the
typesetting problem for the country
weekly. He has secured a patent on
a typesetting machine, modeled some
what after the style of the regular
linotype, which he claims will revolu
tionize typesetting and greatly reduce
the cost thereof. He leaves this
week for Philadelphia, having receiv
ed several offers from parties North
to build his machine. When,- complete
these machines will be sold at $500.
The inventor is a practical newspa
per man with a decided inventive
{urn of mind.?Charlotte Observer.
Women Who Are Envied.
Those attractive women who are
Jovely in face, form and temper are
the envy of many, who might be
like them. A weak, sickly woman
will be nervous and irritable. Con
stipation or Kidney poisons show in
pimples, blotches, skin eruptions and
a wretched complexion. For all such
Electric Bitters work wonders. They
regulate Stomach, Liver and Kidneys,
purify the blood; give strong nerves,
bright eyes, pure breath, smooth, vel
vety skin, lovely complexion. Many
charming women owe their health
and beauty to them. 50c at Hood
pros.
She (romantically)?"All the world
Joves a lover." He?"Yes, but there
are very few who delight in buying
wedding presents for him.?Brooklyn
E?gle.
FACES OLD PRISON TERM.
May Return to Prison He Escaped
From 32 Years Ago.
Atlanta, May 31.?After 32 years of
freedom, in which time he had re
gained a posftion of honor in his com
munity, had married and raised a
family, Walter H. Holcombe, now
i more than 70 years old, is in Fulton
I county jail, facing a return to con
[ vict life in a penitentiary?which at
his age might mean death. Holcombe
j was charged with stealing a horse
j and sent to prison for 10 years, es
caping after serving five years.
"I am innocent," he said today.
"They said I stole a horse and the
jury believed the flimsy evidence. A
: short time ago there came a longing
| to see my old home and my relatives
again and so I determined to return
and was warmly received until three
men came to my home and told me
the State wanted me, that my sen
tence was not ended and that there
was $50 reward for me. They brought
me to Atlanta, 1 have not long to
live, and I couldn't survive that five
year sentence."
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.
Popular Elections and Their Effect
Upon Congress.
Speaking of the people nominating
United States Senators, have you no
ticed, during the tarlfj discussion, the
difference in the attitudes of Senators
responsible to the people and Sena
tors responsible to the interests?
And, in a larger way, have you no
ticed the different tone that prevails
in the House of Representatives,
which is responsible to the people,
and the Senate, which as a body is
not responsible to the people? Well,
there's a reason for this difference.
In the House there is a sentiment for
real tariff revision?that is, revision
downward; in the Senate there is
every anxiety to keep the taxes on
the shoulders of the consumer, while
the owners of great fortunes and of
tariff-created monopolies are relieved
of their burden.
Here's the reason: The people can
use their ax on the Congressman
when he comes up for re-election;
therefore he is somewhat amenable
to their will. In most of the States
the people have nothing to say, for
good or ill, about the Senator when
he comes up for re-election; conse
quently, he listens to the corpora
tions who do have something to say
about his re-election, for they control
the legislature that elects him. In
Congressional districts where the ma
chine rules, the Congressman pleases
the machine. But there are in the
Senate a handful of Senators who
are directly responsible to the people.
That is, the people of their States
have, by reason of a direct nomina
tions law, taken the legislature out
of the hands of the corporations,
have reserved the right to nominate
for the legislature's action the can
didate for the United States Senate;
that this people-made Senator, if
j you have noticed it, is very anxious
to have the tariff revised in the
j way demanded by the people.
It is the voice of the people that
is drawing the sharp line of demar
j cation now noticed between groups
of public officials. The people are
j set on owning their legislatures and
| owning their United States Senators,
i In time they will own the United
, States Congress, both houses. To
prevent the coming of that time, all
the politicians, all the corporations
and special interests, and all the
newspapers which cater to these
j classes are whooping 'er up against
J primary reform.?Detroit News.
Ten Killed by Storm.
Oaklahoma City, Okla., May 29.?
i Ten persons were killed and probably
a score injured in a tornado that
wrecked the town of Key West, in
Lincoln County, near here late today.
The storm has wrecked other towns
in its path and more are reported kill
ed and injured.
Wires are down in the path of the
storm and news is meager.
The storm swept on north and east
and is said to have wrecked the town
of Depew, in Creek County.
Twelve persons are said to have
been killed and many Injured.
The storm came up without warn
! ing.
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Only 10 per cent, of Japan's popu
lation may be classed as illiterate.
'house party at smithfield.
Miss Pou, Daughter of Congressman
Pou, Delightfully Entertains
Friends.
Smithfield, N. C., June 1.?There
is one swell time in progress at the
! hospitable home of Congressman and
Mrs. Edward \V. Pou. Their daugh
ter, Miss Annie Ihrle, has several of
j lief friends with her in a house par
' ty. The guests are: Miss Annie K.
' Pemberton, of Fayetteville; Miss Fay
j Pierce, of Faison; Miss Hilda Way,
i of W'aynesville; Miss Ruth Adams,
of Four Oaks, Miss Blanche Willi
j urns, of Tarboro, Dr. Louis Adams,
! Mr. Jesse B. Adams, of Four Oaks;
Messrs. Burke Haywood. Paul Pittin
i ger and Howell Smith, of Raleigh.
The guests began to arrive last
Thursday afternoon, and the "house
party" started off in brilliant style
that night with an entertainment in
j the handsome parlor and library,
which were decorated and lighted for
occasion. The front porch and
; yards were lighted with Japanese lan
| terns. In addition to these making
| up the house party, there were pres
ent Miss Elizabeth Mayo and Miss
Margaret Ward, who were here to
j participate in the Ward-Morgan nup
I tials next Wednesday; Misses Alice
Lucretia Morgan, Carrie Hyman, Eosa
Peacock, Annie Peacock, Katherine
Woodall, Eul,a Hood, Annie McUuire,
Lucy Hood, Ruth Young, Lucy San
ders, Amelia Myatt, Mildred Sanders,
Ava Myatt, Erma Stevens, Ella My
att, Mary Sanders, Allua Easom, Mat
tie Sanders, Lillie Watson, Flossie
Abell, Elizabeth Blackwell, Mattie
Pou; and Messrs. H. C. Hood, K. R.
Holt, John C. Hood, Thos. W. Dan
iels, Jas. a. Campbell, Lee Sanders,
R. P. Hyman, H. B. Easom, A. ul.
Noble, W. M. Grantham, Hubert
Woodall, J. J. Broadhurst, F. H.
Brooks and Mr. Winston and Mr.
Ethridge, of belma.
About 9:30 o'clock the guests were
asked to find a partner and prome
nade to the hall, where they were
helped to orange punch by Misses
Lucretia Morgan and Annie Peacock.
The game of the occasion was
"Progressive Love," being conduct
ed by Mrs. Hugh L.andis Skinner, the
winners being Mr. Hal C. Hood and
Miss Fay Pierce, who were ushered
into the parlor to the strains of Men
delssohn's wedding march, and wert*
immediately married by Parson (?)
F. H. Brooks.
On Saturday afternoon the mem-1
bers of the house party were driven
to ;je home of Mr. and Mrs. B. B.
Adams at Four Oaks, where they
were entertained at supper.
To say that these boys and girls
are having a nice time is putting it
mild. The house is one of laughter
and song from early morn to the wee
hours of the night. Mrs. Pou is a
urand hostess, and with her charm
ing daughter, they are doing every
thing in tneir power to make the
stay of the boys and girls most pleas
ant. The girls,?well they are a fine
set, jolly, whole-souled and goodlook
ing. The boys are a gentlemanly set
of fellows, good natured and full of j
fun.?News and Observer.
Mrs. C. E. McCullers Dead.
The friends of Mrs. C. E. McCul
lers will be pained to learn of her
death, which occurred at her resi
dence, corner Hargett and Dawson
streets, yesterday afternoon at, six
o'clock. She was in her fifty-first j
year and is survived by her husband
two sons, Messrs W. E. and T. C. j
McCullers; three brothers, Messrs
W. A., C. A. and J. M. Turner, and
five sisters, Mrs. F. J, Tilley, Mrs. j
J. J. Young, Mrs. R. W. Wynne, Mrs. I
J. H. B. Tomlinson and Mrs. J. S. \
Johns.
The funeral service will be held
in the Edenton Street Methodist
church this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
The following gentlemen will act as
pallbearers: W. W. Wynne, W. E. ;
Dewar, B. S. Dunn, J. E. Redford, j
Joseph G. Brown, and T. W. Lemay. |
The Interment will be in Oakwood
cemetery.?News and Observer, 2nd. j
Her Intentions,
"Do you think your sister will mar
ry me?"
"If you keep comln'."
"Have you heard her say anything i
about it?"
"I heard her tell ma that If you j
didn't stop comin' hare so often
she'd make things unpleasant for
'you."?Houston Post.
Turkey's Future.
The chief result of the campaign
carried on by the Young Turks Bince
1?78 to Europeanize Turkey has
been the gradual coifeclous growth of
an Ottoman people irrespective of
origiual race or of difference of creed
The army that took Constantinople
in April presented the usual specta
cle of Moslem and Christian Or.' ' .
Albanian, Bulgarian, and Turk '1
ing side by side in a commo
and camping in the same tents with
out quarreling. Such leaders as Chev
ket Pasha, Enver Bey, Ahmed Riza,
and others are performing wonders in
reconciling the Sheriat. or religious
law of Moslem, with the modern Eu
ropean codes and raising economic
and social interests to a level with
Moslem religious zeal and Orleutal
military caste. They have already
admitted a Oreek and an American,
both Christians, to the cabinet, for
the first time In the history of Tur
key. In the parliament party lines
freely cut across the lines of race and
'ellgious cleavage, and the utterance
of the Young Turk leaders all re
pudiate any Intention of exalting the
Moslem at the expense of any of the
various "Giaour" people under Turk
ish rule. The new empire, we are
promised, will take stock of social,
economic,, and political forces as
well as of religious and racial ones
in its national life.
With the accession of Sultan Mah
med V., Turkey stands on the
threshold of a new era. Whether or
not the Young Turks will be able to
organize and consolidate the entire
Ottoman Empire on a constitutional
basis will depend not only on the way
they have met the test of an effec
tive self-restrained military organiza
tion,, but upon whether they will suc
cessfully meet the more difficult test
of statesmanship required by the
new order of things.?From "The
Progress of the World," In the A
merican Reviews for June.
Final Closing Exercises at T. G. S.
The final exercises of Turlington
Graded school took place last Friday
iiipbt with the exercises of the gradu
ating class, the annual address, read
ing of honor rolls, promotions, etc.
The exercises were opened with
prayer by Rev. T. H. Spence, pastor
of the Presbyterian church. The
class then began with the address
of the President, Miss May Robin
son Moore. She was followed by the
class history by Miss Meta Earle
Lunceford. Next the class prophecy
was read by Miss Addle Johnson.
Mr. Mayo Bailey, class orator, spoke
on the subject, "The call of Life."
Each did well and elicited much ap
plause from the large and appreci
ative audience.
Prof. Turlington then introduced
Prof. M. C. S. Noble of the State
University who delivered the annual
address. His address was largely
reminiscent, dwelling particularly on
the newness of things. It was a
good address and well received.
Prof. Noble is a Johnston county
man who has made good.
At the conclusion of Prof. Noble's
address the next half hour was tak
en up in reading the lists of those
not tardy during the term, present
every day honor rolls, promotions,
etc. ?
The Essayist's medal given by Mr.
T. J. Lassiter, of The Herald, was
awarded to Miss Julia Canaday,
daughter of Supt. of Schools, J. P.
Canaday.
The ninth grade, through Prof.
Turlington, then presented to their
teacher, Miss 1 lossie Abell, a nice
present showing their love and es
teem for her. Rev. ...r. Spence, on
behalf of the grdauating class, pre
sented to Prof. Turlington a hand
some present. In a few appropriate
and feeling words Prof. Turlington
accepted the gift, thanking the class
for this token of their esteem ond
good will.
At the conclusion of the concert
on Thursday night the Reciter's
medal was awarded to Miss Addle
Johnson and the Declaimer's to Al
bert Coats.
The session just closed was one of
the best In the history of the insti
tution.
River Veteran Father of 23.
Dubuque, la.. May 28.?Captain
KImbel, a riverman, aged 75 years,
today became the father of his twen
ty-third child. His present wife, his
fourth, is 19 years old. They were
married a year ago.
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A BRILLIANT MARRIAGE.
Miss Alice Lucretia Morgan Bocomes
The Bride of Mr. Edmund Ward.
At the Methodist church of this
place Wt inesday at high noon there
I was solemnized one of the prettiest
weddings witnessed here in a num
ber of years, when Mr. Kdinund Kar
ris Ward led to the Hymeneal allar
Miss Alice Lucretia Morgan, and they
were united in holy wedlock by Rev.
J. Marvin Culbreth, the pastor.
Long before the appointed hour:
had arrived the church was fill-1
ed with friends and admirers of the
young couple, who were delightfully
entertained by Miss Annie Ihrie Pou,
sweetly singing "Melody of Love."
Promptly at the hour set the ush
ers, Mr. Jesse B. Adams and Mr.
Albert M. Noble proceeded down >
the centre aisle to the altar. Then
came Miss Kate Ustelle Woodall,
I inaid of honor, wearing white lingerie J
dress, white picture hat and carrying .
white bride's rosvs, who was follow
ed by Mrs. Frank K. Broadhurst,
dame of honor, and sister of the
bride, dressed In blue rajah silk,
wearing black picture hat and car
rying pink roses. Following cauie
the bride gowned In white lingerie
suit elaborately trimmed in baby
Irish lace, wearing a white picture
hat, trimmed with willow plume with
pearl ornaments, and wearing a hand
some diamond brooch, the gift of
the groom, and carrying a shower
bouquet of lilies of the valley tied
with white chiffon, leaning on the
arm of Mr. Frank K. ltroadhurst, her
brother-in-law, and proceeded to the
al^ar, where she was met by the '
groom, who. with his best man, Mr.
Archibald Ward, of LumArton, broth
er of the groom, entered thp church
from the vestry-room.
The bridal party entered the church
to the sweet strains of Lohengrin,
artistically rendered by Miss Amelia
Myatt, while the recessional was the
famous Mendelssohn.
During the ceremony "Hearts and
Flowers" was impressively rendered
by Mr. J. A. Campbell on the vio- j
lin, accompanied by Miss Amelia' My
att on the piano.
The church was beautifully deco
rated with ferns and palms.
After the wedding the bridal par
ty repaired to the home of the bride's
parents where luncheon was served,
and the bride changed her wedding j
gown for a going-away suit of china |
blue chiffon cloth, with hat, gloves j
and shoes to match, and the bride
and groom left on the 1:30 train over !
the Coast Line for Norfolk, where
they take the Old Dominion steamer
for Washington. After the adjourn- j
ment of Congress Mr. and Mrs.' Ward
will return to Smithfield, where they
will reside for a time with the pa
rents of the bride.
The bride is tne youngest uuugu- |
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius A. Mor
gan, a young lady of rare beauty, at
tractive and of sweet disposition,
and admired by all who know her.
The groom Is the oldest son of Mrs.
Kobecca C. Ward, of Lumberton,
who, after th" death of her husband,
married Gen. T. F. Toon, sometime
State Superintendent of Public In
struction. Mr. Ward is a young man i
of fine appearance, high character, a
| graduate of Wake Forest and A. and
[ M. College, and a lawyer by profes
[ sion. He is at present acting secre- 1
j tary to Congressman Edward W. Pou.
j The presents received by the hap
1 py young couple were numerous and
| handsome, in a small way attesting
the esteem in which they are held,
the most substantial being a check
for one thousand dollars, given by
the bride's father.
On Tuesday night before the wed
ding, Mr. and Mrs. Julius A. Morgan
gave a delightful floating reception
at their home, complimentary to the
bridal party. The house was beauti
fully decorated with cut flowers, car
| nations predominating in the parlor
and gift room, while sweet peas had
full sway In the dining room. The
guests were received at the front
door by Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Ste
vens and ushered to the parlor door
where they were turned over to Miss
Katie Estelle Woodall who Introduc
ed them to the bride and groom to
be and the bridal party and escorted
them to the gift-room. From here
they were ushered to the vine-twined
i veranda where they were served with
I orange punch with cherries and bana
| nas by Misses Elizabeth Mayo and
I Amelia Myatt. They then repaired
to the dining room where they were
I served with Ice cream and cake by
Misses lone Abell and Ava Myatt.
Mrs. Ed. S. Abell and Mrs. Hugh
Landls Skinner assisted the hostess
in serving the refreshments.
Out of town guests present to wit
ness the marriage were Miss Mar
femret MacRackan Ward and Mr. Ar
chibald Floyd Ward, of Lumberton,
sister and brother of the groom;
Miss Elizabeth Mayo, of Washington,
and Miss Frances Ingram, of High
Point, school friends of the bride;
Miss Lila Broadhurst, Mr. J. C.
Broadhurst and Mr. Chas. Broad
hurst, of Goldsboro.
Why Is the Sea Salt?
Sea water contains about 2% per
cent of sodium chloride and other
salts. The evaporation of all the
oceans would leave a mass of salt
sufficient to cover the entire globe
to the depth of 200 feet, and equal
to the bulk, above sea level, of North
America, or pile-fourth that of the
whole earth.
The theory that this enormous
quantity of salt has been dissolved
from continentc.1 rocks, and carried
down to the sea by streams, is not
tenable, because the salts found In
solution of lime and only 7 per cent
of chlorides, while common salt, or
sodium chloride, constitutes 89 per
cent of the salt* of sea water. More
over, the evaporation of inland seas
which has taken place in central
Asia has left saline deposits very
different in composition from the
salts of the ocean.
It appears, therefore, that salinity
must be regarded as an original pro
perty of the ocean. Suess has ad
vanced the theory that the salts
now found In the sea have been eject
ed by volcanoes in early stages of
the earth's formation. Even now
every eruption increases the quanti
ty of water vapor, carbonic acid, and
compounds of chlorine and sulphur
in the atmosphere, and these sub
stances ultimately find their way to
the ocean. After every eruption of
Vesuvius the crater is covered with
a gleaming white layer of common
salt, and the volcanoes of South
America eject enormous quantities of
hydrochloric acid?estimated as 30
tons daily for the volcano of Purace,
in Columbia.
This volcanic activity, now restrict
ed to a few points of the earth's sur
face, must have been general in
remote ages, before life appeared on
the globe. The gases confined with
in the thin solid crust burst their
bounds and found their way to the
surface, bringing with them the mil
lions of tons of chlorides which we
find today in the oceans. Yet the
transfer of these millions of tons is
a relatively insignificant change, for
on a terrestrial globe of a diam
eter equal to the average height of
man (66V4 inches), 1-16 inch would
represent the greatest depth of the
ocean, and the waters of the ocean
contain only 3V& per cent of solids.
?Cosmos.
Conference at Carter's Chapel,
The Baptist Ministers' and Lay
men's Conference held the most suc
cessful session since its reorganiza
tion, a ;iar ago, with Carter's Chap
el chuvh Friday night, Sa'.urday and
Sunday. There was a large crowd
at each meeting. Then, too, evecy
speaker?save one?was present and
ti> rformed the part assigned him.
TLere were some very fine address
is made and every speech was of
h.Ui order. The conference left an
impress upon the community that
will bear fruit for months to come.
Di.ring (he conference three deacons
were ordained and ten members re
ceived into the fellowship of the
(.burcti.
Those who took part in the pro
gram were Rev. T. H. Thornton, of
Clayotn, Mr. J. M. Beaty, of Smith
Rev. O. R. Mangum, of Selma, Rev.
W. C. Royal, of Micro, Rev. J. W.
Nobles, of Kenly, Mr. J. T. Holt, of
Wilson's Mills, and Rev. Worley
Creech.
Could Not be Better.
No one has ever made a salve,
ointment, lotion or balm to compare
with Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Its the
one perfect healer of Cuts, Corns,
Burns, Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils,
Ulcers, Eczema, Salt Rheum. For
Sore Eyes, Cold Sores, Chapped
Hands Its supreme. Infallible for
Piles. Only 25c at Hood Bros.
He is oft the wisest man who la
not wise at all.?Word*worth.