$!)c Sinit!jfir!i) Herald.
Price One Dollar Per Year 1 "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUWTRY AND OUR GOD." ??
" "1 " Single Coplee Flva Cent*
VOL. 28. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. JULY 0. ??
? -N Lie J y
AN ENOCH ARDEN RETURNS.
Comes Back After 47 Years to The
Wife of His Youth and Declares
He Will Spend Rest with Her.
Fittsfield, Mass., July 1.?Away
from his wife and home 47 years,
during which time he had enlisted
In the civil war, had been wounded
| there and given up for dead, George
Hecox returned to Lee last night,
and says he will spend the rest of
his life there.
In the meantime Mrs. Hecox had
married Raymond Tucker, who died
in 1907. Some years ago, Hecox, re
turning to Lee, learned that his wife
was happily married, and, letting his
brother only into his confidence, de
rided not to return. After Tucker's
death the Widow' received money and
presents frequently from an unknown
source.
Late last night a white-haired old
man, with gray whiskers, called at
Mrs. Tucker's home, on Centre street
In Lee.
"Does Mrs. Tucker live here?" he
asked of the old lady who answered
the call.
"Yes, sir: I am Mrs. Tucker," was
the sharp reply.
"Weil, Mary, I've come back home
to be with you the rest of my days.
Forty-seven years ago I left you to
go to the war, and I suppose you
thought me dead."
The widow Tucker recognized her
first husband, cordially welcomed him
back, and announced today that she J
was henceforth Mrs. Hecox, and not
/ Mrs. Tucker.
When asked why he stayed away
all these years he said: "That is a
secret I can never tell." Mrs. Hecox
was equally reticent and friends know,
not the mystery.?Philadelphia Re
cord.
SIX MEET DEATH IN FLAMES. I
Five Children and Old Soldier Vic
tims as South Boston, Va.
Danville, Va., July 5.?As the re
sult of a mysterious fire which total
ly destroyed the home of S. E. 11am
lett at South Boston early this morn
ing, five of their children and H. A.
Strange, aged 74, were burned to
death, and another child aged four
years seriously injured. Mr. and
Mrs. Hamlet escaped without injury.
The victims of the frightful affair
^re: H. A. Strange, Vernie Hamlet,
pge 14 years; Beatrice Hamlet, aged
7 years; Violet Hamlet, aged 6
lyears; Cecil Hamlet, aged 3 years;
Henry Hamlet aged 18 months.
Wilson's Mills and Dunn Play Ball.
Wilson's Mills, July 8.?Wilson's
Mills and Dunn played a 11 inning
tie game here last Friday afternoon,
game being called for visitors to
patch train. Taylor and Davis pitch
ed good t>all for the locals, but had
poor support. Dunn scored four runs
jn the seventh inning on several
costly errors.
R. H. E.
Dunn 00000040100 543
W. Mills, 30000002000589
Batteries, Dunn, Shell, Sanders and
Taylor. W. Mills, Taylor, Davis and
Tomllnson.
Yesterday afternoon Wilson's Mills
defeated Dunn 5 to 0 on the Dunn
diamond. Frank Davis pitched great
ball for Wilson's Mills, letting the
heavy hitting Dunn team down with
out a single hit and striking out 16
men. He also got one single, one
two bagger and one 3 bagger out of
five times up. The Dunn boys are a
clever set of ball players and a cred
it to the town they represent.
R. H. E.
W. Mills, 000120200 591
Punn 000000000 004
Batteries, Wilson's Mills, Davis and
Stevens. Dunn Lane and Taylor.
Wilson's Mills goes to Kenly to
morrow for two games.
CYCLONE KILLS FOUR.
Fifty Person* Injured and Immense I
Damage Done in Canada.
Winnipeg, July 3.?Reports from 1
Southern Saskatchewan show that 1
four persons were killed and more '
than fifty hurt and immense damage '
flone by the cyclone which swept 1
that district late last night and early I
this morning. In the Gainsboro dis- I
trlct three persons were killed and I
nearly fifty injured, while a child i
Ifas killed near Carlerale.
CLAYTON NEWS.
Mr. John T. Pulleu, of Raleigh,
spent Monday afternoon here on
business.
Mrs. J. R. Wall returned Sunday
from Raleigh where she' had been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. T. A.
Branham.
Mr. J. I. Barnes made a business
trip to Raleigh Monday afternoon.
Miss Ava Wall who has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. J. S. Wall, at
Archer, returned home Sunday.
Prof. Bruce H. Caraway, of Kins
^on, is in town this week on busi
ness.
Mr. M. R. Wall, of Selma, was
here for a short while Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hamilton re
turned Monday from a visit to rela
tives at Dunn.
Messrs. W. L. Stanc-il and Chas.
j H. Ellis spent Sunday afternoon in
j the Capital city.
Dr. and Mrs. B. A. Hocutt arriv
! ed home last Friday from western
North Carolina where they spent
their honeymoon.
Mrs. Chas. L. Barnes and Miss
Madge and Mrs. T. L. Ferrell spent
last Friday in the capital city shop
ping.
Mr. Eric Ellington, who recently
| graduated from Anapolis Naval Acad
emy, left last Friday for San Fran
cisco where he will join his ship,
the Louisiana.
Mrs. L. D. Debnam, of Selma,
spent Sunday here with her father,
Dr. J. A. Griffin.
Miss Maie Swindell, who taught
last year in Clayton High School,
is the guest of Mrs. Jno. S. Barnes
this week.
Misses Bessie and Lillie Hale, of
Louisburg, spent last week with
their aunt, Mrs. A. T. Beddingfield.
The well diggers are at work on
a deep well for Messrs E. L. Hinton
and Jno. S. Barnes this week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. ^Cullers and
Warren McCullers left Saturday for
Raleigh where they joined the speci
al Pullman train on its 33 day tour
of the continent.
Mr. Chas. W. Home is putting in
a new system of gins at the Fowle
Place near hear. By the beginning
of the season he will be prepared
to handle cotton by the best equip
ped and most modern methods, known
to the ginners world.
Mr. Herman Moore returned Tues
day from Durham where he was
called to the bedside of his brother
who was confined to his room with
fever.
Shotwell and Liberty Cotton Mills
played a 12 inning game of ball
here Saturday afternoon which re
sulted in a score of 4 to 2 in favor
of Shotwell.
The revival services at the M. E.
church closed last Thursday night.
Several professions and some addi
tions to the church was the result
of the meeting.
Miss Nellie Pool, of Raleigh, spent
several days in town with her pa
rents this week.
Mr. B. P. Williamson, Jr., of
Knightsdale, was in town Tuesday on
business.
miss n-mei i naermu, or Kaieign,
is the guest of Mrs. A. T. Bedding
field this week.
Archdeacon Hughes and Rev. Mil
ton A. Barber, of Raleigh Episcopal
church, are conducting mission meet
ings at the High school Auditorium
this week.
Mrs. Robt. Gulley and daughter,
Miss Aline of Richmond, are visiting
at the home of Mr. M. G. Gulley
this week.
Representative J. W. Barnes and
Mr. J. S. Barnes, of Archer, are in
town today on business.
Mr. Charlie Gulley, of Durham,
spent Sunday with relatives and
friends here.
The tobaaco warehouses are prac
tically completed and tobacco could
be marketed in them this week if
necessary. The "Liberty" house up
town has been rented to Mr. B. Hob
good of Garner, N. C., and the
"Home" house down town will be
run by Mr. W. I. Wilkerson, of
Clarksvllle, Va. These gentlemen are
both experienced tobacconists and
Clayton's future in the tobacco world
led by these gentlemen, supported
by an able corps of buyers will shine
bright with success. The Clayton to
bacco warehouse company will give a
barbecue and public dinner in the
Bear future. Will give date later.
Clayton, July 7. S. L. W.
LIFTED BARREL TO DRINK.
i Veteran Who Sighs for Good Old
Days That Never Return.
Pennsburg, Pa., July 3.?Among
the octogenarians of this section of
I the State there are few who can talk
| so interestingly of ye oldeu times as
I Charles Schmoyer, veteran of the
, Army of the Potomac, iron ora miner,
carpenter and farmer, of this borough
j who says that "the world is going to
the dogs sure, on account of the
I young people disliking to work, sleep
ing too little and spending too much
j money."
Mr. Schmoyer was a giant in his
I younger days, both in stature and
strength. To handle 300-pound bar
I rels of sugar and shoulder a three
bushel bag of grain was child's play
for him, and it took only a portion of !
his prodigious strength to lift a bar- ^
rel of cider to his knees and enjoy 1
a draught out of the bunghole.
Mr. Schmoyer says: "Those were J
good old days. Men were healthy and
strong then. We weren't bothered by
style and fashion, either, for we at
tended church and Sunday school
barefooted, without coats, collars or
ties. That was real comfort. At bat
talions we boys got five cents' spend
ing money, and at vendues or public
sales, only three cents; but we en
joyed that little more than the boys
nowadays do five dollars.
"No judgment notes in those days
?oh, no! The people were honest
then, and a little scratch on a beam
or upon the chimney was enough.
Children get big too quick now, and
rule their parents, whereas in my
days it was nothing for a 21-year
! old son to be whipped by his father.
Yes, the world is growing worse,
and the trouble lies with the young
people."?Philadelphia Record.
SENTENCED TO STUDY BIBLE.
Memorizing of Prayer, Command
ments and Psalms Will Free Boy.
N'owat?, Okla., July 3.?When Arlie
Powell, convicted of horse stealing,
was brought into Court to receive a
sentence of one year in prison Judge
Thomas Brown said to him:
"You're too good a boy to be sent
to prison. I'm going to allow Rufe
Riley, the sheriff, to make a man out
of you. In three months I will re- j
turn to Nowata. Instead of sending [
you to prison I am going to instruct
Rufe to keep you here in jail. If, 1
when I come back, you have learned '?
by heart the Ten Commandments, the J
I,, \i's Prayer and two Psalms and j I
couie into Court and repeat them 1 j
will turn you out again. If you can
not do these things you must then go i
to prison."
"TEXAS GIANT" DEAD.
L. S. Thurster Stood Seven Feet I
Seven in His Stocking Feet. '
Mount Vernon, Tex., July 3.?L. S. 1
Thurster, known as the "Texas gi- I
ant," and believed to be the tallest I
man in the United States, died last j '
night at his home here. He was sev- l
enty-seven years old and Berved
through the war in the Confederate I
army. He stood seven feet seven in
ches in his stocking feet. He leaves <
a son, who is slightly more than sev
en feet tall.
l
Not To Be Cheated. 1
"This is a mighty dishonest world, 11
you know," said Henry Dixey, "and ! <
it don't hurt to be suspicious of t
some people. 1 sympathize with the i
old negro who came to a watchmak- (
er with the two hands of a clock. i
"I want yer fer to fix up dese i
han's. Dey ain't kept no correct time t
for mo' den six munfs." e
"Well, where is the clock?" de- t
manded the watchmaker. |1
"Out to my cabin." I
"But I must have the clock." 1
"Didn't I tell yer dar's nuffin' de c
matter wid the clock 'ceptin' de
han's? An' here dey be. You Jess
want de clock so you kin tinker It
and charge me a big price. Gimme
back dem han's."?Young's Magazine. t
1
Fire Sweeps 6,000 Acres of Grain, s
Los Angeles, July 2.?Fire swept, 1
6,000 acres of grain on several ranch- i I
es yesterday near San Fernanda, t
The loss Is estimated at $125 (?H? t
The fire started in the afternoon and
by nightfall great fields of barley and
wheat had been laid waste. 1
j HORROR ON JAPANESE SHIP.
149 Persons Perish in Fire Disaster
Near Aomori.
Victoria, B. C., July 4.?[Special]
?One hundred and forty-nine lives
were sacrificed by the recent burning
of the Japanese steamer Nihonkai
Maru. Details of the disaster have
just been received by the Canadian
^l'acific steamship Kmpresa. The vic
tims were the entire crew of tlie
Nihonkai, a coaster, lti men in all,
together with 133 fisher folk, both
! men and women. The disaster occur
j red on June 24, near Aouiori, and
{ what made the tragedy more pitiful
I was the fact that the vessel was so
1 close to shore and succor that there
need not have been any fatalities
but for the fact that fog obscured
the burning vessel.
The cause of the fire will never
be determined. The first intimation
of danger received by those aboard,
the majority of whom were fishermen
returning to their homes in Japanese
villages, was when the flames burst
from the bunkers and drove those
aboard for temporary safety to the
rigging.
The Cigar That Cost One Hundred
Dollars.
'i'he Old Man is not a non-smoker
by any means. Heavens, no! But* he
does not permit my Lady Nicotine
to get in her work except when he's
off the job. He flirts with the little
lady almost incessantly after he j
has banged the roll-top into place. {
While he doesn't use the five-dollar J
Havana accredited to J. P. Morgan,
he is some connoisseur of the deli- j
cious weed, at that. He calls tobac- |
co his slave. He prides himself that
it isn't the other way. He told me
a story the other day of a youth who
smoked a cigar that cost one hun- j
dred dollars.
"Talking about our favorite
brands," he said, as he rolled his
unlighted i'anatclla to the other side
of his mouth, "puts me in mind of a '
young gentleman who dropped in on
me the other week. He had worked
for me at one time, and I must say
he rang the bell with me at the
time. When he next turned up he
was selling lithograph work for a
big Chicago establishment. His get-1
away was great, and I knew he'd
sell me at once. He had talked for
some five minutes when he produced
a cigar and lighted it complacently.
During the operation I managed to
get in two or three questions, and
was astonished that he lacked his
initial ginger altogether when he con- 1
tinued. 1 was puzzled, strove to ana- 1
lyze his difficulty, and wondered 1
where the sand in his gear-box was 1
trickling down from.
"Before I could arrive at my solu- 1
tion he had closed me for a hundred '
iollars' worth of lithographed work.
We sat talking reminiscently for a 1
few minutes, and then he rose to '
?o, thanking me for coming through.
" 'My boy,' I said, shaking hands '
with him, 'you smoke expensive ci- '
jars.' 1
" 'Three for a quarter is all,' he
aughed.
" "Guess again,' I answered. 'That s
:igar cost a hundred dollars.'
"He wanted to know what I meant. s
" 'Listen,' I answered. 'You could '
lave convinced me that I needed two
hundred dollars' worth of lithograph 1
*ork if you hadn't divided your at- ^
ention between your selling and your '
igar. I saw in a second that some
hing was wrong when you raised the
natch to your cigar. I was puzzled
'or a moment; then I realized what '
vas the matter. Listen. This sell- *
ng work is no parlor's plan. A man
:an't divide his attention between It
ind anything else. They tell us
hat Caesar diverted himself by die
ating seven letters at once and slip
>ing in a Job or two simultaneously
n addition. But the rest of us
isn't.1 "?The Business Philosopher. ^
8
Early Not A Leper. c
New York, July 5.?John S. Early, (
he North Carolina leper, is at last s
n the New York hospital. But the t
uperintendent of the hospital says e
le has already responded to I)r. Bulk- t
ey's treatment, who said he did not
iave leprosy, but a skin disease, and e
bat he is entirely well. He will be r
?rne<l loose in about two weeks. t
il
Kentucky now has but 24 counties 1
d which liquor can be purchased. c
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
The June attendance at the Seat
r
tie Kxposition was t>t>7.971, giving a
profit of $86,000.
A burglar, resisting arrest at Chi
cago. killed Policeman Henry Schna
dle and escaped Friday.
An uppartment house will be built
in St. Louis, in which no family with
out children will be allowed.
Rice in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas
and the Carolinas is above the aver
age, with a slight acreage increase.
Eight more mines with 2000 men
have closed because of the strike in
the coal district of l'ittsburg, Kan.
The Mexican flea is doing as much
damage to Louisiana cotton as the
boll weevil.
New Orleans imported 278,394.418
pounds of coffee during the year
ending June 30.
Flans have been completed for the
intercoast canal between New Orleans
and Galveston.
The Oklahoma law prohibiting the
piping of natural gas from the State
has been declared invalid.
His wife and two childreu are
dead at Cleveland as the result of
Foster Shy's drunken rampage.
Attorney General J. 1). McCarn, of
Tennessee, prosecutor of Senator
Carmack's slayers, will run for Gov
ernor next time.
With her husband dead, supposed
ly a suicide, Mrs. John Kice, at Cin
cinnati, has confessed that she killed
him. ?
Internal revenue losses at Milwau
kee, were $322,000 for the year end
ing June 30, due almost wholly to a
decrease in the beer output.
The body of Postmaster Daniel
Cerrillo, of Santa Maria del Oro,
Mex., who disappeared when his of
fice was robbed of $10,000, has been
found, robbers evidently huving slain
hi in.
Unusualy heavy rains In Northern
Mexico have demoralized railroad
traffic.
One white man and three negroes
were drowned when a skiff capsized
in a squall at Hickman, Ky., Sunday.
Falling down a 100-foot well at
Tucson, Ariz., Saturday, W. B. Keel
ing, director of a new magnetic ob
servatory, sustained serious injuries.
For sending threatening letters to
Rudolph Spreckels, Benjamin W.
Soule, of San Francisco, has been
sentenced to four years in the pen
itentiary.
Just About Lemons.
With the approach of warm weath
er, when man's best friend is the
:itrus fruit, these suggestions are es
pecially interesting. Following are,
some of the uses of a lemon.
Two or three slices of lemon in a
jup of strong tea will cure a nerv
ous headache.
A tablespoonful of juice in a small
:up of black coffee will relieve a
bilious bei'ache.
A dash of lemon juice in plain wa
ier makes a cleansing tooth wash, nol
jnly removing the tartar, but. sweet
?ning the breath.
A lotion of lemon juice and rose
water will remove tan and whiten the
skin.
Lemon juice with olive oil is far
superior to vinegar for a salad dress
ng?equal parts used for blending.
Tough meat can be made tender
)y adding a teaspoonful of lemon
uice to the water in which it is boil
?d.
It also removes unsightly stains
rom the hands.
After the pulp is removed the
ikins make dainty receptables for
lerving salads, ices, &c.?New York
Jlobe.
KILLED IN COLLISION.
Traction Cars Meet Head-on Near
Cleveland, Ohto.
Cleveland, July 3.?One man was
tilled and a dozen persons injured in
l head-on collision between two cars
in the Chardon division of the Eas
ern Ohio Traction Company near
Jatos Mills late this afternoon. Pas
engers were panic stricken and
ratnpled on each other in efforts to
iscape from the cars. Traffic was
ied up for three hours.
According to Robert Beatty, recelv
r for the traction company. Motor
nan Eggleston, in charge of the east
iound car, overran his orders. His
nstructions were to wait at a switch
,500 feet from where the collision
iccurred.
FATALITIES IN NEW YORK.
Four Deaths and 337 People Injured
As Result of Celebration.
New York, July 5.?Four death*,
337 injured, nine of them dangerous*
ly and one so seriously that death
seems certain was the Fourth of
July record in New York up to inld
i night tonight.
The list of dead up t<> 10 o'clock
I tonight as follows:
Edith Brown, 6 years, died from
fractured skull by explosion of toy
; cannon.
Dorothy Martin, 5 years old died
from burns cause l by Igniting of bo*
i tf mate hen
George Maitredoria, a 10 ycir old
boy died of tetanus after wounding
, his hand with a toy pistol.
Pagano Gisseuppo, 40 years old
killed by random bullet supposedly
fired by a celebrator, though rela
; tives maintain that he was murder
j ed.
Fires in city and suburbs were
numbered by the score, but none in
New York proper did any great dam
age.
:
KILLED THE WHOLE, FAMILY.
Therefore Railroad Company Escapes
Liability for Damages.
Jefferson City, July 3.?By the
killing of the entire family, a railway
company has escaped liability for the
payment of damages for the death of
Philip Ragel and wife and their minor
sons.
Suit was brought for $15,000 by
the administrator of the estate. Ac
cording to the Missouri Supreme
Court, the company is left free from
damages because the entire family
was wiped out by the fatality, no per
son who has the right to maintain
the suit to .'iual judgment against the
company surviving.
COULD SUPPORT HARMON.
V
Gov. Johnson Discusses Report Re
garding Nomination In 1912.
Minneapolis. July ?"I am not in
Presidential politics now," is the sig
nificant answer which Gov. Johnson
made when asked for a statement re
garding the report that of the 161
Democratic members of Congress, 125
who had been polled were for Gov.
Harmon, of Ohio, for President in
1912.
"I know nothing of the report that
the Representatives are for Har
mon," added the governor, "I have
the highest regard for Harmon, and
if he is nominated I could very
cheerfully support him."
Husband and Wife Die in a Day.
A correspondent of The Landmark
mentioned a few days ago the death
of Mr. Ernest Shaw, which occurred
at his home in Turnersburg town
ship soon after midnight on Sunday
morning, June 20th. Mr. Shaw's re
mains were buried at Mt. Bethel
church at 4 o'clock on Sunday after
noon, 20th, and his young wife, a
bride of less than six months, who
was critically ill at the time of her
husband's death, died Sunday night,
.fane 20th, and was buried at Mt.
Bethel the following Monday after
noon at 4 o'clock. Both died of ty
phoid fever.
Mr. and Mrs. Shaw were married
last Christmas eve. They were the
same age and the day of their mar
riage was their 19th birthday. It is
a sad coincidence that they should
die of the same disease within 24
hours of each other, less than six
months after their marriage.?States
vllle Landmark.
The Same Everywhere.
This very solemn communication
appeared in the New York Herald
Tuesday:
"The other day I went in a drug
store to order a glass of soda water,
but I happened to see how they
washed their glasses, and the sight
made me leave that place in disgust.
Since then closer examination has
made me acquainted with the fact
that many drug stores have no other
outfit for this purpose than a slop
pail, which serves as much to wash
the hands of the operator as to rinse
the glasses, and which after a while
assumes a most disgusting appear
ance."
Isn't it the same everywhere?