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VOL.28. SMITHFIELiD. N. C.. FRIDAY, JUNE 25. L909. NO. 17
BARACA MEETING IS OVER.
R. N. Simms, of Raleigh, Elected a
Vice-president, and J, H. Early, of
Winston-Salem, State Secretary of
Baracas for North Craolina.
Asheville, N. C., June 23.?The
thirteenth annual convention of the ;
World-wide Baraca and Philathea Un
ion, which has been in session here
6ince Saturday, adjourned tonight af- j
ter having held the largest and most i
successful convention in the history
of the organization. The morning
was taken up with the report of com
mittees, the election of officers, re
ceiving invitations for the next con
vention and a discussion of various
topics of interest. Marshall A. Hud- ]
son was elected president for the 1
fourteenth time, and R. N. Simms, of 1
Raleigh, was elected a vice-president.
Both the Baracas and Philatheas a
dopted resolution? thanking the peo
ple of Asheville, the local unions and
the National officers for their work
during the past year.
The officers of the World-wide Ba
raca Union follows:
Marshall A. Hudson, of Syracuse,
was re-elected president, and the fol
lowing were elected vice-presidents:
R. N. Simms, Raleigh, Rev. Charles
McKenzie, Johnstown, N. Y.; Rev. H.
M. Hamill, D. D., Nashville; G. E.
Winslade, Omaha; E. H. Conibear,
Dallas; Rev. Frank Anderson, Mill
vllle, N. J., was elected treasurer; L:
E. Appleby, San Antonio, general sec
retary; A. S. Hampton, of Detroit,
corresponding secretary; W. G. Monk,
of Syracuse, recording secretary; Rol
land L. Walker, of Kansas City, juni
pr secretary; F. Mitchell Arnold, of
Jacksonville, Ills., secretary of Se
cret Service,
The district secretaries were elect
ed as follows: First district, B. F.
VVhitford, Stanford, Conn.; second, A.
S. Hopkins, Mecijanicsville, New
York; third, A. B. Caldwell, Atlanta;
fourth, George E. Hayes, Louisville;
fifth, not filled; sixth, Rev. B. F.
Fellman, Omaha; seventh, L. P.
Lea veil, Oxford, Miss.; eighth, A.
M. Melles, Sank Cente, Minn.; ninth,
James Edmunds, McMinnville, Oregon
Farmer Broke His Neck.
Rocky Mount, N. C., June 23.?
On Monday afternoon Mr. B. F.
Harper, a farmer of the Castalia sec
tion of Nash county, was killed hy
a fall from his buggy, his head catch
ing between the wheels and breaking
his neck. It is believed that he was
under the influence of whiskey or
some dope. The funeral was held
yesterday afternoon, after which the
remains were interred in the ceme
tery at Castalia. The deceased was
about thirty years old and was a
member of a large and prominent
family in that section of the county.
He leaves a wife and a daughter, ten
years old, to mourn their loss.
Widow of Eighty Weds Youngster.
Tricky little Cupid put across one
Of his most capricious" pranks yester
day, when Mrs. Elizabeth M. Smith
and U. G. uaumgardner, both of
Louisville, Ky? were married in
Washington at the parsonage of St.
Paul's Lutheran Church by Rev. John
T. Huddle.
Mrs. Smith is nearly eighty years
old and one of the wealthiest wo
men in the Blue Grass State, while
her husband counts thirty-four years
to his credit, and is chief at a dairy
lunch in Louisville. Both are well
known in Louisville, and the aged
bride is connected with many of the
old families of her State.?Washing
ton Herald.
Twelve Killed in India.
Madras, India, June 22.?The Mad
ras mail train, bound from Minjur to
Eunore, was derailed near here to
day and 12 persons were killed.
Fourteen others were severely in
jured. The injured were taken to a
Madras hospital and the dead bodies
recovered by rescue parties.
Sale of the State Bonds.
Kalelgh, N. C., June 19.?The
Council of State today decided unan
imously for the State Treasurer to
accept the bid of the Raleigh Savings
Bank for the entire issue of $.">00,000
State bonds at 103, this giving the
State $",13,775 principal and premium.
There were eight other bidders.
TO EUROPE IN FIVE DAYS.
The Mauretania Establishes a New
Record in Ocean Travel.
Liverpool, June 21.?The Cunard
Line steamship Mauretania has es
tablished a new world's record for
passengers between New York and
London. * She arrived here at 10:15
tonight, and thus accomplished, for
the first time, the feat of disembark
ing her passengers on Monday night,
after leaving New York on Wednes
day. Trains were in waiting, so
that the actual time between New
York and Loudon will be five days,
eight hours.
Queenstown, June 21.?The Cunard
Line steamer Mauretania has clipped
another 50 minute off the best previ
ous eastward record, which also is
her own. She accomplished the jour
ney from New York in 4 days 17
hours and 21 minutes, the best previ
ous being 4 days 18 hours and 11
minutes. She arrived off Daunts
Rock at 11 minutes past 10 this morn
ing. The total run was 2,933 knots,
made at an average speed of 25.88
knots an hour. The best previous
average speed was 25.70 knots an
hour. The day's runs were 592, 609,
606, 602 and 524.
Death Near Benson.
Mr. Joseph Pope who lived in the
Alex Hodges neighborhood near Ben
son died last Saturday of typhoid fe
ver. He was a son of Mr. W. Rufus
Pope and leaves his wife and two
children. The burial took place Sun
day afternoon at Beasley Grove Free
Will Baptist church. He was a hard
working man and had made a suc
cess as a farmer. His wife is sick
and it is feared she has the same
disease.
BRIDAL USHERS ARE BEARERS.
Double Funeral of the Newly-Wed
ded Munros a Pathetic Occasion.
Williamsport, Pa., June 21.?One of
the saddest funerals ev :r I eld here
was that today of- Mr. anil Mrs. Al
bert S. Munro, the young bridal con
pie who were found dead together in
their room, both having died of
heart disease.
The same minister who 11 days
ago officiated nt their*w. elding cere
mony today conducted their double
funeral, and the pallbearers for Mrs.
Munro were the groomsman and ush
ers at the wedding. The pallbear
ers for Mr. Munro were clerks from
the office in which he was employed.
HIT BY LIGHTNING BOLT.
Sixteen Children at Picnic Rendered
Unconscious, and Six May Die.
Sparta, Ga., June 18.?While six
teen children, who were attending a
Sunday school picnic at Marlin
Springs, were standing under a tree
today to escape a sudden shower, a
bolt of lightning struck the tree and
every child was rendered unconscious.
When aid came the children were i
lying in a heap at the foot of the t
tree, and all were apparently dead.
Not one of the children was killed
outright, though six of them were in
such condition that their recovery Is
almost impossible. The other ten are
in a dangerous condition.
Whistling, Dance and Divorce. ;
Media, Pa., June 18.?A master's
report filed here recommends that
absolute divorce be granted to Mrs.
Mae D. Dannaker from her husband,
George W., both of Chester. The
evidence showed that Dannaker whis
tled, sang and danced at the foot of
her bed to annoy her.
New Princess in Spain.
Madrid. June 22.?A baby girl was j
today born to the Queen of ?pain. j
The queen has been string at l.a
Granja, and the royal physicians' !
bulletin caused great rejoicing
throughout the kingdom.
Comparisons.
First Boy?"Your father must be
an awfully mean man. Him a shoe
maker and making you wear those
old boots.'
Second Boy?"He's nothing to
your father. Him a dentist and your
baby'8 got only one tooth."?The
Housekeeper.
LOOKED IN NEGLECTEO BOOK.
Finds Nice Fortune in Bible Which
He had Failed to Read in 35
Years.
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New York, June 1".?Steve Marsh,
who for many years has been living 1
on a pension of $12 a month, took
down the old family Bible left him
thirty-five years ago by his aunt. !
Sarah Marsh. The Bible was in a
good state of preservation, save for
the fact that the dust of thirty-five
years was on its bindings. Steve
Marsh had not iu his TOth year sud-1
denly become a Bible student. He
did not intend to delve into the scrip
tures. He was merely endeavoring
to ascertain whether it were better
to give the volume to the next door
neighbor or leave it for the next per
son who occupied his hall room.
For Marsh was going to Denver to
spend his last years with his son,
and he reasoned there would be plen
I ty of Bibles in the Colorado city if
he desired to read one.
Carelessly his fingers scraped the
leaves of the book. Suddenly the
digits stopped. There was something
| in this tsible of which he had not
been informed. He opened the book,
A dollar bill was between Its pages.
No longer did he hesitate. He ex
amines every leaf from Genesis to
Revelations with a care as great and
as eager as that displayed by the i
most famous theologian.
When he had completed the task
$4,867 laid before him. He looked
at it and sighed. For thirty-fire
years this money had been in the
Bible and he had been living on $12
a month.
He went to a pay telephone and '
called the railroad station. "Hello!" I
he said. "Can you change a second
class ticket to a first-class? and, by
the way reserve me a drawing-room
to Denver. Dining car all the way?
Good. Wait a minute, mister, I'll
give you a tip. It pays to read the
Bible."?Chicago Blade.
MOTORMAN'S FATAL NEGLECT. !
It Caused a Disastrous Head-on Col
lision. 10 Killed and 40 Injured.
South Bend, Ind., June 20.?Ten
persons were killed and 40 injured in
a wreck on the Chicago, Lake Shore
and South Bend Railroad, in Porter
county, Ind., last night, two of the
big electric cars colliding h^ad on.
According to General Manager H. U.
\\ . iiace, the wreck was due to a dis
obedience of orders by Motorman |
George A. Reed, of the eastbound
car, who was killed.
Reed received instructions at Gary
to wait at Wilson, a short distance
west of Baileytown, the point at
which the disaster occurred, for the
westbound car to pass. The impact
of the cars was so great that Jfiey
were reduced to a mass of wreckage.
Trolley Car Smashes Auto.
Anderson, S. C., June 20.?In a
collision between an tnterurban car
of the Anderson Traction Company
and an automobile at Breazeales
Crossing, nine miles east of Ander
son, at noon today, one person was
killed and one fatally and two seri
ously injured.
Some defect in the mechanism of
the automobile caused it to come to
a standstill on the car tracks and the
electric car smashed Into it while
going at a high rate of speed down
grade.
That Balloon Honeymoon.
Holbrook, Mass., June 20.?The bal
loon Pittsfield which ascended from ]
Pittsfield early this morning, carry- ]
ing Mr. and Mrs. Roger Ndlile Burn- l
ham on their aerial honeymoon voy- I
age, was brought down about a mile l
from the center of this town at 4:20
A. M., after a pleasant and unevent- i
ful trip.
The distance covered was about 120 i
miles as the crow flies. j j
The balloon, piloted by William ;
Van Sleet, ascended at 12:45 this
morning from Aero Park before the
largest crowd which has witnessed
a balloon ascension from Pittsfield.
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The Argentine Republic has more 1
horses in proportion to the popula- ]
tlon than any other couaxy In th>: 1
w -Id. There are about 112 horees
to every 100 inhabitants. i
STEPHENSON, OLDEST SENATOR.
Has a Fortune of $10,000,000 Made '
in The Lumber Business.
Washington, D. C.. June 18.?Sena
tor Isaac Stephenson, of Wisconsin,
?as eighty years old today, though
he might easily be mistaken for a
man of sixty. He is as vigorous as
many of his younger colleagues in
the Senate and few have taken a
more prominent part than he in the
recent tariff debutes.
The Wisconsin senator has the
distinction of being the oldest mem
ber of the upper house, lie is five
months the senior of Senator Culloin,
of Illinois, who will reach his eigh
tieth milestone next November.
Mr. Stephenson is not only the
oldest member of the Senate, but it
is likely also that he is the wealthi
est member of that body. He has a j
fortune estimated at from $10,000,000
to $15,000,000, the bulk of it made in
the lumber business in Wisconsin.
When he went to the Badger State
he was only sixteen years old and
he was one of the first to plow its
soil.
The first year he was in Wiscon
sin Mr. Stephenson broke 130 acres
of land near Janesville and helped
put in 400 acres of wheat. During
the summers he sailed vessels on
the lakes, carrying freight bewteen
Chicago and Escanaba. In the win
ters he worked in the lumber camps,
and, being a good judge of the value
of timber, was able to locate fori him
self and associates hundreds of thou
sands of acres in northern Wisconsin
and Michigan, whicb in a comparative
ly short time made them ail million
aires. I
Senator .Stephenson has led a
strenuous life, but he still has had
leisure to engage in politics and has
been a sturdy Republican since 1856,
when he peddled Fremont and Day
ton tickets on the court house steps
in Chicago. Few men have had a
more intimate acquaintance with pub
lic affairs or have enjoyed ^he con
fidence of more public men than he.
IN HOT WEATHER GARB.
Weird Effects in Congress in Effort i
to Look Coot.
?-hington, D. C., June 21.?It
was hot today and not enough air
stirring to flutter the flags. At 4
P. M. the Senate chamber looked like
a wand drill with palm leaf fans by
92 corpulent members of a turnve
rein. An attentive gallery of about
37 enthusiastic folks heard the states
men talk about hides.
Over on the House side the gal
lery was conspicuous by its absence.
On the floor some 200 representatives
of the people wrestled for political
plums and perspired. It was field
day for summer clothes, and the neg
ilfie turnouts were something grand
to behold.
Gussie Gardner wore the cutest pair
of white duck trunks with the broad
est cuffs ever. Mr. Adamson, of
Georgia, wore a gray chinchilla effect.
Representative Phil Campbell, of
Texas, wore a barber's uniform of
pure white, trimmed with starch. Mr.
Garner, of Texas, had a dainty crea
tion In elephant's breath crepe de
chine. Speaker Cannon's ice cream
suit and the spotless flannels of
Representatives Hayes, Huff, Butler,
Gillette and others gave the place a
garden party appearance.?Philadel- (
phia Record. ,
Secretary Wilson Will Leave Cabinet.
Washington, June 22.?Secretary
af Agriculture James Wilson, of Iowa,
will leave the president's cabinet in .
December and Representative Chas. (
Frederick Scott, of the second dls
trict of Kansas, will be named as {
tiis successor, according to reliable in- j
Formation given out today.
Mr. Scott is chairman of the house ,
committee on agriculture.
Secretary Wilson has broken the
recoid for length of continuous cab
inet service. He will have served 13 |
years when he retires in the winter.
Five Die In Fire.
Duluth. Minn., June 19.?Five men i
and 68 horses were burned to death I
late this afternoon In a fire which <
partly destroyed the board of trade ;
livery stables.
The building was damaged to the 1
extent of $30,000.
HIDES ARE TO BE PROTECTED.
Aldrich Wins Fight in Senate For
15 Per Cent Only.
Washington, June 22.?Late today
the Senate reached the voting stage
on the hide schedule and after sever
al amendments had been defeated, th<
amendment of the finance committee ]
fixing a duty of 15 per cent, ad va- J
lorem on hides was agreed to, 46 j
to 30. This is the rate of the present I
law, but under the ruling of the ]
Treasury Department Is applicable j
only to hides weighing more than 25 j
pounds. The House placed all hides
on the free list but the committee j
restored the Dingley policy by ad- ;
ding them to the noudutlable list. J
The Senate sustained its committee, j
Senator DolUver offered an amend
ment which was accepted by Chair
muu Aldrich, placing a duty of 15
per cent, ad valorem in addition to
the rate provided for the leather 1)1
them, on leather cut Into shoe up
pers or vamps or other forms suita
ble for conversion into manufactured
articles.
An amendment by Mr. McLaurin,
of Mississippi, extending the duty ou
hides to skins of all sizes was re
jected by 31 to 48. The following
Republicans '"utlng with the Demo
crats for t'.e amendment: llorah,
Bradley, Olai o, Crawford, Dirk. Jones
McCumber and Nelson; and the fol
lowing Democrats against It: Daniel,
McEnery and Owen.
By a vote of 26 to 48 the amend
ment offered by Senator Stone plac
ing hides, leather, harness, shoes and
belting on the free list, was rejected,
only four of five Republicans voting
with the Democrats on this amend
ment.
COLISEUM TO SEAT 50,000.
Greatest Convention Hall in the
World Planned for Chicago.
Chicago, June 18.?The greatest
convention hall in the world, to cost
with the land, over $3,000,000, seat
ing nearly 50,000 people, with 200,000
square feet of floor space available
for exhibits, in a building almost
identical with the great Coliseum of
ancient Rome, is to be built in the
block bounded by Michigan avenue,
Wabash avenue. Thirty-ninth and
Fortieth streets of this city.
Science Scintillations.
The Swiss watchmaking industry
has shrunken to half of its one-time
size.
Germany has spent more for avia
tion than any other Government.
The smokers of England consume
3,000,000,000 cigarettes every month.
A record of 412 miles in four days
has been made by an Alaskan dog
team.
A Paris blind man has saved four
persons from drowning.
There are organizations in England
to fight rats and sparrows.
England is rapidly becoming the
commercial language of China.
The Salvation Army of Europe has
an anti-tobacco league of 55,000 per
sons.
Submarine cables cost $41,000 per !
mile to lay, and the length of their
life Is between 30 and 40 years.
Last year's output of coal in Eng
land showed a decrease of over six
million tons.
The world's stock of gold has in
creased about one-half In the last de
cade, and doubled in the last quarter
of a century.
The Rock of Moses.
The "Rock of Moses" lies in the
wild valley at the base of Jebel Musa,
the Mount of the Law. in the Penin
sula of Sinai. The rock is 18 or 20
(eet high, slightly inclined, a rough
indentation running over each side,
which is intersected here and there
with slits, and the stone is worn
&way in places as if from the effects
of running water.
It is beyond doubt the oldest known
legendary object in the vicinity. The
Koran refers to this rock more than
nnce, and from these allusions arose
the reverence of the Bedouins, who
hold it sacred. From the middle ages
Dnward It has been visited by Chris
tian pilgrims, who have carved rude
crosses in its side. Of all the ob
lects in the desert it is most closely
bound up with the simple faith of
Its wild Inhabitants and of its early
visitants.?Ex.
MINISTER'S WIFE SKIPS.
Wife of Rev. Dr. R. C. Beaman, of
Newbern, Disappears With Another
Mart During Her Husband's Ab
sence.
Newbern, June 21.?The congrega
tion of Centenary Methodist Episco
pal church was greatly startled Sun
day morning when the pastor, Rev.
R. C. Beaman, D. D., announced to
them that his wife had disappeared
and could not be located. The pas
tor's words were pronounced in as
fine oratory as has ever been heard
In that pulpit and no word of cen
sure or bitter feeling escaped his lips.
It was a very pathetic scene.
On Saturday, June 5, Dr. Bcamau
went to Durham to attend Trinity
College commencement. Three or
four days later Mrs. Beaman left
Newbern, it is said, ostensibly for
Rocky Mount, but nothing has been
heard from her since. Notes found
In different places indicate that she
has left with a man named Grant,
who has been in town for a few days.
The matter was known to but very
few prior to the Sunday morning ser
vices. '
The Methodist church is the larg
est and most Influential in the city,
and one of the largest In the State
and Dr. Beaman's charge over It
has been marked with a period of
prosperity.?Charlotte Obsrever.
Bradstreet Trade Report.
Richmond, Va., June 24.?Brad
street's Saturday will say for Rich
mond and vicinity:
The gradual improvement In busi
ness heretofore noted Is well main
tained. In some lines a more active
demand was noted during the week,
but in others there was no change
in conditions. Manufacturers of pa
per and pulp report some increase in
orders and in inquiries, but at pri
ces that are not entirely satisfactory.
Receipts of fruit and vegetables are
of fair quantity and the demand is
moderate but prices are low. In the
trunk and bag industry there is' some
improvement, and conditions are be
coming encouraging. Building is ac
tive, confined mainly to residential
property, resulting in a satisfactory
demand for material and supplies.
The weather during the week was
favorable to the growing crops. Re
tail trade is at the period of end
season dullness. Collections are fair
and in some lines slightly better than
reputed for several weeks past.
A Near Hero.
There Is something about the fel
low that keeps everlastingly at it
that' everyone must admire, although
the object of our admiration does not
always know of it. The plodder,
whether he is that by nature or
makes himself one, possesses an ele
ment that makes him a near-hero.
Imagine aa old man who day after
day for forty years wades through
long columns of figures at the same
desk for the same firm. Always at
his desk by eight o'clock year after
year, no vacations and only an oc
casional holiday. A dull, monoto
nous routine until we sometimes
think he must possess some secret
of life that enables him to do It,
and which we know nothing about.
Such an example is to say the least
inspiring. We take off our hats to
the fellow that can stick to the dis
agreeable Job, and there are many
who are doing it every day.?Eli
Merchant.
Not Just The Right Place.
A bashful young couple who were
evidently very much in love, entered
a crowded street far.
"Do you suppose we can squeeze
in here?" he asked, looking doubtful
ly at her blushing face.
"Don't you think, dear, we had
better wait until we get home?" was
the low, embarrassed reply.?Ex.
No Two Ways About It.
A colored preacher, who had only
a small share of this world's goods,
and whose salary was not forthcom
ing on several occasions, became ex
asperated. At his morning service
he spoke to his church members
thusly:
"Bredern and slstern, things is not
as dey should be. You must not
'spects I can preach on u'th an' boa'd
in Heben."?Ex.