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VOL. 28. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. JULY HO. 1900. NO. 22
AEROPLANE CROSSES CHANNEL.
Took Dover by Surprise. Sailors
First to See Oaring Frenchman Ap
proach Like a Giant Bird. Ma
chine Damaged In Landing.
Dover, July 23.?This sleepy sea
port town experienced the keenest
thrill known In a generation when,
at sunrise this morning, a white-wing
ed, bird-like machine with loudly
humming motor swept out from the
haze obscuring the sea toward the
distant French coast and, circling
twice above the high chalky cliffs, a
lighted on English soil. A calm
Frenchman, Louis Blerolt, a portly
and red mustached muu of 37, de
scended from the saddle, limping on
a bandaged foot, which had been
burned on his previous overland
flight.
Immediately two compatriots, who
bad been waving a big tricolor flag
as a signal for the landing place, fell
upon him enthusiastically, embracing
him, shouting and pounding him on
the back. They, with a few sailors
and others who happened by chance
to be on tho scene, were the only
persons to witness the finish of the
remarkable feat of an aeroplane cross
Ing tho English channnel.
Bleriot left Lea Baraqucs, three
miles from Calais, about 4:30 A. M.
on ono of the smallest monoplanes
ever used. He crossed the channel
In a little less than hali an hour,
twice as swiftly as the fastest mail
boat. His speed averaged more than
45 miles an hour, sometimes approxi
mately 60 miles. He kept about 250
feet above sealevel and for 10 min
utes, while about midchannel, was
out of sight of both coasts and the
French torpedo destroyer, which fol
lowed him with his wife and friends
aboard.
The wind was blowing about 20
miles an hour and the sea was chopy.
The aviator was swathed in a single
garment of drilling, impervious to
the wind, which covered him from
the top of his head to his feet, on
ly his face showing. He wore also
a cork life belt.
By his achievement today Bleriot
won the prize of $5,000 offered by
the London Daily Mall for the first
flight across the English Channel and
stole a march on his rivals, Hubert
Latham and Count de Lambert, both
of whom hed hoped to make the at
tempt today.
Bleriot, who speaks a little Eng
lish described his remarkable flight
Very modestly.
"I arose at 3 o'clock," he said,
"and went to the aeroplane shed.
Finding everything in order on the
trial spin, I decided to make the
flight. The French torpedo destroy
er In attendance was signaled and
put out about four miles. Then I
rose in the air and pointed directly
to Dover.
"The machine dipped toward the
water several times. I pOt on more
petrol once. I estimate that the
propellers were going from 1,200 to
1,400 revolutions a minute. The
first objects I saw were ships off
the English coast; then I observed
Deal and discovered that the wind,
which was southwest, was carrying
me thither. I veered to the south
ward to Dover Castle, and then saw
friends flourishing a flag in a val
ley suitable for landing. I made two
circles while lessening the speed and
then dived down, but I came In
contact with the ground sooner than
I expected. Both- the machine and
myself were badly shaken. A 'few
persons quickly assembled, and I
was helped out, as my injured foot
was painful."
QUINTUPLETS BORN IN NEWARK.
One Malformed and Dead; The Oth
ers Die Soon.
Newark, N. J., July 25.?Mrs.iThos.
Renwick, 35 years old, and already
the mother of three children, gave
birth today to five infants, four liv
ing and perfectly formed, though
very weak, the fifth malformed and
dead. Non * lived more than fifteen
minutes.
Twins a"? said to tun in her moth
er's family.
William Swigler. aged 83, who had
been married four times, and Mrs.
Sarah L. Hawkins, aged 65, who had
been married three times, were mar
ried in Mason City, la., July 7.
The Indian population of this coun
try on reservations at the end of
last year was 300,412.
THE NEWS IN FOUR OAKS.
Local and Personal Matters Briefly
Told for Herald Readers by Our
Regular Correspondent.
Mr. A. T. Sater, the wellkuown
violinist, is spending this week with
his daughters, Mrs. C. H. and Sirs.
It. S. Wellons.
Mrs. J. W. Hollow oil, of Selma, is
, spendi >g this week here with rela
tives and friends.
Mr. Hugh Sater, of Richmond, Va.,
is visiting his sister, Mrs. H. S. Wei- ;
Ions.
Mr. John \V. Hollowell, of Selma, ;
was in town today.
Miss Sue McNiell, of Fayettevllle,
Is spending this week with Miss! Floy
Johnson, near town.
Miss Alma Coats, of Smithfield,
spent Tuesday afternoon aud night
with Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Sanders.
Mr. \V. E. Uarber and sister, Miss
Neva, attended the SUnday School pic
nic at Oakland Presbyterian church
last Saturday and report a very
pleasant time.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stanley are
visiting relatives in Princeton this
week.
Dr. Tommie Person, of Selma,
was in town Sunday night.
A number of our boys attended the
interesting ball game between Dunn
and Smithfield at the latter place
Monday afternoon.
We regret to note that Mr. J. T.
Cole is confined to his bed with
rheumatism.
Mrs. Caesar Gusbuhler passed a
way to the Great Unknown Monday
, morning about two o'clock.
The Four Oaks Singing Class at
tended the close of Blackman's Grove ;
singing school and report a very
j pleasant time, although it rained and
i rained.
We regret to note the continued
illness of Mrs. J. W. Langdon. We
hope to see her out again soon.
Mr. Brad Lee, our clever black
smith, has accepted a position at
Benson with Mr. 3lm Johnson.
Four Oaks, July 28.
Bad Fight Near Clayton.
Last Sunday afternoon a bad fight
took place about three miles from
Clayton in the Baptist Centre neigh
J borhood between Jesse Harrison and
j bis cousin, Ichabod Harrison, who
lives on his land. It is said tbey
were both drunk on cider and were
in Clayton together earlier in the
day and were drunk when there. Icha
bod and his wife had gone to Jes
se's home to spend the day. The
I two men got into a dispute over the
| title to some land. Jesse, it is said,
went into his house and took down
his breech-loading shot gun and tak
ing several extra shells went back
to the door and shot Ichabod in the
left side of the face, and besides
putting several shot in his face, tore
up the left ear badly. After this
|they got .together and had a hard
i fight for a long while. One report
says they fought forty minutes. On<' J
; person tried to part them, but fail
! ed and they fought until Mr. Louis
| Branham, who lives about half a
j mile away, was sent for and cam*
' to help separate them. Jesse's face
and neck are badly scratched. He
came to Smithfiuld Monday and em
ployed two lawyers. Tuesday he
went to Clayton before Justice M.
G. Gulley and, waiving examination, (
was bound over to September court. :
giving a four hundred dollar bond.
I The man who was shot will be dis
figured perhaps for life, but he is
j not expected to die from the load j
shot into his face.
Cotton Condition 71.7.
Memphis, Tenn., July 28.?The
crop condition report on cotton, up !
J to July 25, was issued this afternoon
' by the National Glnners Association.
It gives the general average as 71.7. j
"This is the lowest condition ever
j known at this season of the year
j and Indicates a crop of around 11,- j
| 000,000 and unless good rains fall in
I the next week, throughout almost the
j entire belt, but mora especially in
Texas, southern and western Oklaho
ma and Mississippi, the crop will be j
under that figure."
"Formerly, when I had played
cards or done wrong, I used to tell 1
my wife. But I had to quit !t."
"Why?"
"She kept raising the price of for
giveness."?Kansas City Journai.
THE WEEK'S NEWS AT CLAYTON
School Election to be Held Soon?
Tobacco Market to Open?Personal
and Local Matters Told by Our
Regular Correspondent.
Clayton, July 28.--Miss Bertha
Griffiu spent Monday night with her
parents in Selma.
Dr. Battle A. Hocutt made u busi
ness trip to Raleigh Wednesday.
Mr. Chas. L. Barnes and daughter,
Miss Madge, returned Tuesday from
a visit to Italeigh.
Mr. Hugh A. Page returned Friday
from a visit to relatives and friends
at Rojcboro and Durham.
Dr. T. N. Ivey, of Raleigh, filled
Pastor Starling's pulpit at the M. E.
church Sunday. Mr. Starling is at
Oxford assisting Rev. A. S. Barnes
in a revival service.
Dr. J. A. Griffin left Tuesday night
for White Sulphur Springs, Ya.,
where his wife has been for some
time. Mrs. Griffin's health is much
improved and she will return home
this week.
Messrs. J. W. Barnes and J. W.
Woodell passed through here Tues
day on their way to Raleigh.
Mr. Chas. W. Home lias recently
installed a new gin plant at the
Fowlo place near here. All the
machinery is new and up-to-date. We
are also informed that he has ^ cur
ed the services of Mr. John Irvin
Barnes to run the gin the coming sea
son. Mr. Barnes is well known to
the Clayton people and has several
years experience in the ginning busi
ness.
We regret to note that Mr. Kiley
R. Gulley is on the sick list this
week. ?
The watermelon industry is fast
becoming one of the principal crops
of our farmers. Wagon after wag
on loaded with the luscious melons
are brought here every day to be
shipped.
Let every one remember that the
registration books for the school elec
tion close Saturday night. Unless
you register you cannot vote. To
carry this election means to educate
the boys and girls, for the future.
It means that Clayton's prosperity
will be an enlightened people with
the ability to meet and grapple suc
cessfully with the gravest of life's
problems. To lose this election
means that we can not give the
masses of the children the education
that they ought to ha?t>. Clayton is
justly proud of its record along oth
er lines. It boasts the best cotton
ni;i .. -t for miles and miles, and ex
pects to make as good a tobacco mar
ket as any neighboring town has.
It boasts of some of the most in
fluential private citizens in our coun
ty and many other things that bring
it to the front ranks and yet our
school system is not exactly what
we wish It to be. Let's vote this
special tax and bring Clayton's
school record up to the front and
prepare our boys and girls to meet
life's battle bravely and when gray
hairs shall crown our heads and life's
journey is almost run they will rise
up and bless us for thus aiding them
now.
The ope' ing sale days for Clay
ton's Tobacco market are Thursday
and Friday, August 12 and 13, 1909. j
We have two very nice warehouses,
well lighted and equipped with all
modern warehouse conveniences and
will be run by experienced ware
housemen. We will also have an
able corps of buyers and other as
sistants to iook after the farmer's
interest and wellfare. Clayton's re
cord as a cotton market is too
well known for comment and its fu
ture as a tobacco market is already
assured. Mr. R. C. Harrison, buyer
for the American Tobacco Company,
at this place, was here last week
making arrangements for the open
ing sale. Mr. Harrison is one of
the American Tobacco Company's
most trusted buyers having just re
cently returned from India, Europe
and other foreign countries where he
went in the American Tobacco Co's.
interest. While here Mr. Harrison
arranged for a large prize house to
store the large quantity of tobacco
which he expects to buy here this
season. He also arranged with the
progressive firm of J. I. Barnes &
Bro., to furnish hogsheads for the
tobacco market.
Samuel M. Seibert, aged 93, and
Mrs. Seibert, aged 82, of Indianapolis,
have been married 69 years and both
are active as they were half a centu
ry ago.
NEWS NOTES FROM KENLY.
Personal, Local and Baseball Mat
ters Briefly Told by Our Regu
lar Correspondent.
Kenl.v, July 26.?Mrs. Wade Hughes
of Camden, S. C., came today to j
spend a few days with her parents. ;
Misses Lillian and Cora Adams,
of Linden, are visiting relatives
here this week.
Miss Deulah Bailey left for Wil
son today.
Miss J'rancls Hales returned today
from lioldsboro.
Ml.. Eva High left Monday for
Smlthfield to spend a few days with
friends.
Mr. 11. F. Edgerton went to Klch
: tuond yesterday.
Mrs. R. E. Townsend, of Wilson,
recently spent a few days here with
| Mrs. J. H. Klrby.
Misses Lillian Edgerton and Marie
Klrby gave a party at llr. J. 11.
Klrby's Monday night in honor of the
j visiting young ladies in town.
Work on tho dormitory Is being
pushed right along.
Mr. and Mrs. D. 11. S&sser and
children spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Mr. Sasser's father, Mr.
A. Sa.s.-'T. of near Princeton.
Tho Free Will Baptists are making
some improvements on the interior
of their church.
We continue to have big rains and
from what wo hear we are not alone.
Mr. Brlgham Howell, of Mount 1
Olive, spent Tuesday night here with
Mr. 1). B. Sasser.
Ti?e family of Mr. II. F. Edgerton
are moving Into their handsome resi
dence which has just been completed
on Maxwelton Heights.
The generous and big hearted Mr.
W. Morris, of Benson, representative
of the International Harvester Co.,
gave our town a call today, and to
the delight of his many friends,
brought a wagon load of watermelons
and treated everybody that would par
I ticipate.
Kenly added another victory to
their long list today by defeating Sel
ma to the tune of 9 to 0 in a five-In
ning game. The game was called on
account of rain. The Selma boys
could not find Hedgpeth for but two
hits, while Baker and Etheredge. were
touched for eight. Batteries: Selma,
Baker, Etheredge and Whitley; Kenly
Hedgepeth and Jones.
Mr. D. Albert Bizzell Dead.
We regret to announce the death
of Mr. D. Albert Bizzell, of Boon
Hill township, which occurred at his
home Tuesday morning of this week.
He had been in bad health Tor
some time. He went to Pine Level
last Saturday but soon after be
came so weak he had to stay in bed.
Monday night he was taken worse
off and soon it was seen that death
was approaching. The burial took
place Wednesday afternoon at the
Monroe Whitley graveyard near Mr.
C. C. Lynch's place. The funeral
was preached by Rev. W. H. Bucket
to a large congregation. He was a
man of high ideals and honor and
would have accomplished much more
had ho not continued so long in poor
health. Many will hear of his death
with regret.
Messrs. J. D. Underwood, W. S.
Stevens, J. A. Wellons and F. H.
Brooks, of this place, attended the
burial.
The Divorce Evil.
America has more divorces than all
the rest of the Christian world put
together, and they are increasing
two and a half times to three times
as fast as the population increases.
According to the United States cen
sus bulletin, there was one divorce
in Kansas City, Mo., in 1903 to ev
ery four marriages; and in San
Francisco, one to every three mar
riages. There were a million divorc
es from 1887 to 1906. Divorce is
four times as prevalent among child
less couples as among those who
have children. Divorce occurs one
and one-half times as frequently )n
the city as In tbe country; and, fi
nally, two-thirds of all divorces are
granted upon demand of the wife.
There is something radically wrong
in our social, ethical, economic and
educational life when such results
can be recorded.?Journal of Agri-1
culture.
It was estimated that there were
11.000,000 acres of irrigated land !n I
this country at the end of 1907.
ADAM TRULL MEETS SAD DEATH
Sat Down on Railroad Track at
Clayton, Went to Sleep and Had
His Life Crushed Out by a South
ern Freight Train. His Home
Was In Greensboro.
Clayton, N. C., July 26. (Regular
Correspondence.) Adam Trull, of
Greensboro, was killed by an east
bound Southern freight train on
the uiain lino in front of the Clayton
OH Mills Sunday night between the
hours of nine and eleven o .lock
The facts are about as follows:
Adam Trull, li) years of age, and
Foy Murray, aged 10, left the cotton
mills in Greensboro about a mouth
ago for Richmond. Va., seeking bet
ter employment. They had failed to
get employment and were returning
homo via Selrna. Being out of mon
ey they walked from Wilson's Mills
Sunday to Clayton. They got their
supper from the hotel manager and
also soui ? from Mr. W. E. Suitings'
residence. About nine o'clock that
night they went up the railroad about
150 yards from the depot and sat
down on the track. Murray remark
ed that they had better move off
the track as they might fall asleep
anil u train would run ov< r them,
and accordingly moved* over on the
embankment side of the track and
lay down. Trull did not get up, be
ing in u reclining position, and Mur
ray cautioned him about filing to
sleep on the track, and > < t he did
not move off. After this Murray
went to sleep and did not wake up
until gome belated pedestraln. going
home about eleven o'clock, stepped
on his foot and woke him. He arose
and looked for Trull, but could on
ly find his hat. He went to the
watchman at the oil mills and also
to the depot and made inquiries a
bout him but 110 one had seen him.
So he slept on a truck at the depot
for the remainder of the night.
About dawn Monday morning he
went to the place where they sat
down on the track and found Trull
lying on the side of the embank
ment dead. His head was bruised
and broken badly, with blood and
brains oozing out. Lying face down
ward he was a ghastly sight. His
left leg was cut off and thrown sev
eral feet from his body. His right
leg was broken in two or three pla
ces. Several other bruises on his
body showed how terrible the trage
dy was. I)r. Noble, County Coroner,
arrived from Selma about noon and
immediately empanelled the follow
ing jury: E. R. McBryde, L. H. Yar
borough, VV. E. Staliings, F. L. Jones,
Hezzie Pool and W. L. Standi. Af
ter making an examination of the
body, conducted by Dr. Noble, the
jury brought in the following ver
dict:
"Adain Trull came to his death by
sitting down on the tracks of the
Southern Railway and being run over
by an east-bound Southern freight
train between the hours of nine and
eleven o'clock on Sunday night, July
2t5h, 1909."
The remains were prepared for
burial by John I. Barnes & Brother,
undertakers, and sent to Greensboro
on the 3:29 afternoon train.
For Women Who Smoke.
The Great White Way in New
York City is to have the additional
glare of a dining palace, to be open
ed next fall, and to cost tbe tidy
investment of $2,500,000. One novel
feature of its luxury is to be a wo
man's smoking room, the furnishings
and decorations of which are to
cost $75,000. That is the metropoli
tan way of measuring luxury by the
dollar mark. It is further the met
ropolitan way that the necessity for
such a smoking room should be rec
ognized and bravely exploited. It
Is further appropriate to be assured
that the furnishings will be Assyri
an; that the attendants will be clad
in the garb of Babylonian days and
that the "fair smokers" will be
served with rare bronze caskets fill
ed with the costliest cigarettes. This
is enough to disturb the spirit of
Belshazzar.
Some good women may think that
it is also enough to cause lament
that luxury should lapse into vulgari
ty, and that social civilization should
project itself into gilded barbarity.
?The Washington Herald.
Twenty million dollars' worth of
business was handled by the New
York Post Office last year without
a hitch.
24 CARS IN NEUSE RIVER.
Bad Freight Wreck Occurred Fri
day on A. C. L. Near Goldsboro.
No One Injured in Wreck.
The through freight on the Atlan
tic Coast Line going north today at
1:30 o'clock, with some forty load
ed cars, had one of its cars to jump
the track as the train was approach
I ing Neuso river, and the consequence
is that one of the worst material
wrecks ever seen In this territory
I is now piled up at Neuso river.
The engine and some twelve cars
! got safely across the river, but the
derailed car took to the river, off
the high iron bridge, aud twenty-four
other cars followed it, piling them
I selves one upon another over the
bridge and into the river, and the
scene at this hour is something ap
j palling to look upon.
The steel bridge has given way un
der the fearful strain and, while for
I tunately no lives were lost the dam
a&o will be very heavy upon the
railroad company.
A great number of the cars were
loaded with lumber, which is now
piled up, pi ll mell in the river and
vicinity.?Cioldsboro Argus. Friday.
A Remarkable Case.
The most remarkable case to
which our attention has ever been
called is that of Mr. Thomas Mc
Lamb, who llv.-s a few 'miles from
town.
i Mr. McLamb was one among the
first to respond to Ills State's call
to arms at the opening of the civil
war. He enlisted in company K.,
,10th N. C., C. S. A. At the bat
tie of Galley's Ford in November '63
j when Rodes' division, of which the
i 30th N. C. was a part engaged a
i division of Federal artillery, Mr.
McLamb was struck between the
eyes by a fragment of a bomb shell
?The bridge of his nose was shat
tered and his right eye blinded. The
fragment remained in his head, giv
ing him very little trouble, for 46
[ years until Thursday of last week;
when It worked out through the
! roof of his mouth. The next day he
brought the fragment to town and
: found that It weighed 1% ounces.
Mr. McLamb is now 71 years of
ago and is still a hale, hearty old
; gentleman who can match his
strength against that of many a
younger man.?The Benson Spokes
man,
Who Pays?
The Protectionist argument for
high duties used to be: "The for
eigner pays the tax." But that old
time whopper no longer finds har
borage or credence even in the
back woods. The established prac
tice of the tariff-favored Trusts of
selling their wares dear to their
helpless countrymen, and, at the
same time, selling the like wares for
less money to foreigners, is known
of all men. Even Aldrich has not
the gall to deny it.
It is a shame and a crime that
our tariff laws are so drafted that
Europeans, Asiatics, Africans and
all other outside populations, conti
nental or insular, can buy our pro
tected stuffs for less money than
ourselves, but there is no denying
! the fact. The tariff scheme now un
j der consideration in Congress?whe
der consideration in Congress?
j whether the Aldrich bill or the
Payne bill or a blend of the two
J measures shall be finally adopted?
will enlarge the opportunity of the
Trusts to squeeze the home pur
chaser to the limit while dumping
their surplus i.i foreign markets at
| competitive prices.
As long as the Trusts prepare the
schedules of our tariffs there will
: be a steady and proportionate gain
in the cost of living of the home
householder and in the unearned
profits of pampered monopolies.?
! Philadelphia Record.
Cotton Lice Bad in Sampson.
In Mingo township, Sampson coun
! ty, the farmers are having much
1 trouble from lice in their cotton
fields. The land being light the lice
have played havoc with the cotton
They have both the root lice and the
loaf lice. The conditions grew so
bad that last -week they arranged
for a visit by an expert from the de
partment of agriculture at Raleigh
to look into the matter.