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VOL. 28. - SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 8. L9()9. NO. 32
WRIGHT BREAKS RECORD.
Goes 1,600 Feet Up Above the
Earth. Crown Prince of Ger
many Greatly Enjoys Trip in
Wright's Machine.
Potsdam, Germany, Oct. 2.--Or
ville Wright the American aviato |
today broke his own and all oth- j
er records for high flying. lie
reached the unprecedented height
of more than 1,(300 feet, although
an official measurement was not
taken. He had a red letter day
in a double sense in his experi
ence as an aviator, taking up j
Crown Prince Frederick William!
and more than doubling the alti- j
tude record which he mad-i re
cently over the same field.
The Crown Prince had been
constantly urging Wright, since |
he first saw the American fly, to
take him up as a passenger.
Wright evaded this responsibility
while making flights at the Tem
pelhof field, #>wing to the unfa
vorable winds, but since the be
ginning of the flights at Born
stedt field, near Potsdam, the
Prince had been telephoning the
avaitor every morning, asking |
him if he was ready to gratify
his request. Wright finally con
sented today.
When he returned lo i ;e earth
Wright, speaking of his marvel
ous flight, said:
"I never flew so high before.
No measurement, was t.iken, but
I estimate that I reached an al
titude of 500 meters (1,037 tect).
It is difficult to gaugi height, j
but I make the estimate from
the time it took me from the
starting point to the greatest al
titude.
"Immediately after rising, I
eet the height rudder at the max
imum and kept climbing steadi
ly for fifteen minutes, until the
field and adjacent country re
minded me of the picture I had
from Zeppelin's airship, only
things seemed smaller.
"The descent I made in five
minutes. I came down at a sim
ply terrific speed. The whole
machine shook as it rushed
through the air, but my sensa
tions were just the same as in
lower altitudes. The air was no
colder and the wind resistance
was no greater."
With regard to his passenger,
the Crown Prince, Mr. Wright
said:
"The Prince did not say much
more than 'fine,' during the
flight, but I was able to read
his impressions from his face. I
never took up a passenger who
looked so pleased. He just smil
ed when we started, and hei kept
smiling all along. I felt a great
responsibility in having the fu
ture German Emperor as a pas
senger. Not that I mistrusted
the machine, but any little ir
regularity might cause the peo
ple anxiety. I stayed low at
first, but the Prince kept urging
me to go higher."
13,000,000 PASSENGERS
Record of New York Street Cars
During Hudson-Fulton Week.
New York, Oct. 3.?Thirteen
millions of passengers?to be ex
act, 12,9t34,716?is the record in
transportation which the Inter
borough Rapid Transit Company
reported today as having been set
by the subway and elevated lines
during the seven days from Sat
urday, September 25, to Friday,
October 1, inclusive. This count
did not include Saturday's tally
of passengers ,which is thought
to have been greater than that of
any other day of the IIudson-Ful
ton celebration.
Company officials think that onl
Saturday 2,000,000 and more pas
sengers paid their fares, the
count not yet being completed,
thus bringing the number of pas
sengers carried in eight days of
the big show up to 15,000,000.
Besides those who paid to ride
the company had issued 10,000
passes to the officers and men
of the visiting fleets and to the
accredited delegates from other
countries.
Salt Lake City had three en.rth
gllflkw shocks Tuesday.
BENSON NOTES.
Mr. II. L. Ilali spent several
days recently at iiis old home in
Fayetteville.
.Mr. and Mrs. Clem Bryan and
children, of Clayton, and Mrs.
Dr. llood, of Kenly, have been
visiting their parents, Mr. and i
Mrs. ?J. D. I'arrish.
Others who have been visiting
in our town recently are Miss
1'auline Branham, of Smithfield; j
Mr. Wm. llatcher, of Cumber
land county, and Mr. Moses Pea
cock, of Ureensboro.
On last Monday night some
unknown rascals went to the
home of Mr. Marvin Johnson,
opened the window blind and tri
ed to enter his sleeping room.
Mr. Jonnson ran them away from
the window and they went to an
other window and to the door
and tried to force an entrance.
Mr. Johnson aid not have a gun
and could not persuade the tres
passers to leave for several min
utes.
By an error in last week's is
sue of The Herald } our corres
pondent was made to say that
the Hall Hardware Co. had sol i
its business to Messrs. Royal an.i
Arnifield, when it should have
been the Wall Hardware Co. The
Hall Hardware and Furniture Co.
is still doing a thriving business
at the old stand.
On the night of October 29,
the young men of the two literary
societies of the Benson High
school will give a public entertain|
ment consisting of a debate, de
clamations, orations, etc. These
young men are doing s ,iue hard
work for this occasion and no
doubt will do credit to them
selves. Everybody invited to at
tend.
In the month of September,
1909, there was sold on the Ben
son market over 1900 bales of
cotton as against looO in Septem
ber, 1908. Over one thousand
bales were weighed here last
week and up to Saturday night
there had been between 2500 and
three thousand bales marketed
here this season. Benson is o> .*
of the besst mulcts anywhere,
always paying highest prices for
all kinds of produce and selling
goods as cheap as they cau be
bought anywhere else.
REPORTER.
Benson, Oct. 6.
ROCKEFELLER TALKS JOB.
Tells Sunday School Boys How
To Get and Keep One.
Cleveland, Oct. 3.?"Work just
as hard when the boss is away
as When he is watching," is John
D. Rockefeller's motto for hold
ing a job, as related by him to
his Sunday school boys, at the
Euclid Avenue Baptist Lnurch,
this morning.
First Mr. Rockefeller told how
to obtain a job, by establishing
a reputation for honesty, industry
and sobriety. Mr. Rockefeller
philosophized from his own ex
perience in life, so he said. Inci
dentally he remarked that last
Sunday was tne fifty-fourth an
niversary of the date when he ob
tained his first job. lie was foot
sore ana weary when at last he
found a chance to go to work.
Then he was told to call again.
"I was told to call after lunch
eon. A gentleman who knew me
was hunted up by my prospective
employer," Mr. Rockefeller said
"He told all about me and I got
the job. Remember boys when you
look for a job, employers will in
quire about you, and it is a good
thing to have a reputation for
honesty, as is not only proper, but
profitable, especially do they in
quire of your pastor and teach
er. A boy must not necessarily
be smart to hold a position, but
he must be honest, sober and dili
gent."
Card of Thanks.
I wish to return my heartfelt
thanks to the good people in and
around Smithfield for their help
and kindnesses to me during the
sickness and death of my wife.
May the Lord bless them abun
dantly is the sincere wish of my
heart.
Oct. 5. W. R. CORUETT
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JAMES BRYCE TO ATTEND.
English Statesman to be Chief
Speaker at State Literary and
Historical Meeting in Raleigh
in November.
Raleigli, N. Oct. 4.?Hon.
James Bryce, the distinguished
ambassador from Great Britain
to the United States, will he t.'ic
chief speaker for tin; annual meet
ing of the State Literary and
Historical Association November
4th. This is the gratifying an
nouncement made today by Mr.
Clarence II. I'oe, secretary-treas
urer of the Association.
Tliere was an unsuccessful ef
fort to have Mr. Bryce here for
the meeting last year and Mr.
Bryce manifested so much inter
est that the invitation was sm<
cessfully renewed this year, lie
is to prepare a special addre o for
the society and the meeting this
year is sure to be one of t^e
chief happenings in the State m
recent years. Another notable
feature of the annual session this
year will be the completion and
presentation to the State of the
marble bust of "William A. Gra
ham just completed by the dis
tinguished Sculptor Ruckstuhl for
the North Carolina Historical
Commission. Capt. Thomas W.
Mason and Mr. Frank Nash are
to deliver addresses on the life
and character of Governor Gra
ham. Mr. Junius Davis, of Wil
mington, is president of the Lit
erary Association and his ad
dress will involve some nliase of
North Carolina history "to which
much personal research is being
devoteu.
The Association proposes to
take up during the coining year
the work of bringing about the
proper marking of historical sites
in North Carolina; the Asoscia
tion and the State Historical Com
mission joining in a campaign to
this end all over the State.
FATAL MINE EXPLOSION.
At Least Thirty Lives Lost and
More Than Fifty Men En
tombed.
Nanaimo, B. C., Oct. 5.?Thir
ty lives are known to have been
lost in an explosion that entomb
ed more than 50 men in the Ex
tension mine of the Wellington
(Joinery Company here today.
Twenty-five of the imprisoned
men were rescued, but the rapid
ly spreading fire prevented' the
rescuers from completing their
work. Eight bodies were recov
ered and the workers late, tonight
were maKing every effort to
force further entrance into the
two levels affected by the explo
sion in an effort to save any who
may be living and to recover the
bodies of the dead before thev
are consumed.
The fire was constantly gain
ing headway tonight and while it
continues there is little hope of
the rescuers being able to reacn
the imprisoned men. All the men
rescued were badly injured.
The men employed in the colli
eries on Vancouver island are of
the better class of British miners,
are well paid and have comforta
ble' homes.
The "Wellington Colliery Com
pany which owns the Extension
mine is controlled by British Col
umbia capitalists, Lieut. Gov. Jas.
Dunsmuir being the head of the
corporation.
Legislator a Blind Tiger.
Danville, Ky., Oct. 4.?Col. E.
W. Lillard, representative of this
(Boyle) county in the Kentucky
Legislature, was fined $3,300 in
the police court in this city today
on forty-five warrants charging
him with the illegal sale of liquor
Colonel Lillard, who has been pro
prietor of a drug store in Dan
ville for many years, was allow
ed to pay $300 as full satisfac
tion of judgment under the con
dition that his store be closed
permanently.
Justice William Jay Gaynor.
of the New York State Supreme
Court, has been nominated for
Mayor of Greater New York by
the Democratic 'y convention.
TO STUDY LAW AT FIFTY.
I
Capt. Sealby Who Commanded
The Republic When She sank
Now at University of Michi
gan.
Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 2.?
Capt. bnnun Sealby, commander
I of the White Star Line steamer
\ Republic, when she was sunk last
jJanuary, after a collision with
j the Italian steamer Florida, has
entered the University of Mielii
| gan as a freshman law student
at the age of 50.
The collision, with the litigatio
i which lias followed to determine
! the responsibility for it, turned
Capt. Sealby's attention to admi
ralty law and its opportunities.
"I want to be treated like any
| other freshman in Aim Arbor."
j Capt. Sealby said today. ''If
there is any ducking of freshmen
j I want my share."
"How did 1 come to pick Mich
i igau for my college? Naturally
i enough. I had heard favorably
of Michigan in all the countries
II had visited all over the world,
| and especially had I heard the
I law school highly commended.
| Then, 1 have a brother living in
1 Marine City, so that I was not
unacquainted out this way."
Capt. Sealby is not the only
sea Captain studying Admiralty
law in Michigan University. Capt.
Irving Evans, who resigned the
command of the United States
steamship, the General Gillespie,
to enter Michigan, will graduate
here in June. He, too, is making
a specialty of Admiralty law.
The report of the National Cot
| ton dinners' Association issueu
last week gives the condition of
cotton as t>U.2.
The local option election at
Roanoke, Va., Thursday resulted
in a victory for the "wets," the
majority being G9.
HOWE'S LONDON SHOWS.
No Money Has Been Spared to
Make This Show a Com
plete Success.
This year the show has been
enlarged so as to rank with any
tented organization on t he road.
Thousands of dollars have bedn
spent in improving every depart
ment.
No one who is not in touch
with the great show can form
any idea of the immensity of it.
It is a small city in itself, con
stantly on the move, but with
all kinds of mechanical provisi
ons for its running.
With the monster show are its
own minister, surgeon, barbers,
blacksmiths, electricians and oth
ers.
In the culinary department
are employed fifteen cooks and
thirty-six waiters, besides assis
tant cooks, meat cutters and pas
try cooks.
A circus is a splendid object
lesson in system-perfect system.
This is seen in the unloading
of the cars and in every detail
of the work. Every man is held
responsible for his particular du
ty.
When Howe's Great London
Show exhibits here its well-know
coterie of funny fellows, as well
as the large number of features
which are not allowed to be
clowned, will attract large crowds
to the tents of this popular show.
The big show comes to Smith
field, Monday, October 18, 1909.
Babies' Death Toll.
Three hundred and seventy-fiv
thousand babies under one year
of age died during the last year
in the United States?one half
from gastro-enteric diseases.
It is this grim total of deaths
of the innocents that impels the
American Academy of Medicine
to hold i meeting with sociolo
gists and educators at New Ha
ven on November 11-12 for a
conference on the prevention of
infant mortality.
In cold figures, economists fig
ure that the financial value of
every baby is $90, so that the
total loss to the nation each year
is $33,750,000.?Washington Iler
nd.
CLAYTON NEWS.
Mr. A. J. Barbour returned
j Wednesday from Rielunond and
other points where he has been
I for several days on business mat
i ters.
i Mr. W. M. Whitley returned to
his home at Archer Tuesday af
| ter spending several days here,
the guest of his sister, Mrs. It.
8. Penny.
Mr. John W. Yelvington, of
I the Polenta section, was in town
, Last Saturday on business. Mr.
| Yelvington is having a System
| gin installed at his place and will
i be ready to serve his friends in
a few days, lie will also put in
a saw mill during the winter. His
1 machinery is all new and will be
equipped with all the modern con
I veniences.
I The ( lias. W. Home brick store
on Main street is going up rapid
ly and when completed will add
much to the appearance of that
section of town. The Clayton
Fruit Company will occupy it
when completed.
Mr. ("has. R. Stott, a progres
sive mill and lumber man from
Archer, spent Wednesday in town
on business.
The continued upward tenden
cy of the tobacco market and cot
ton playing around thirteen cents
per pound makes the farmers ear
ry a happy smile. Our townsman
Hon. Asniey llorne, in an article
in Tuesday's News and Observer
says there is no reason why cot
ton should not reach fifteen cents
in the near future. ]\lr. Home is
in close touch with the cotton
world as well as the financial
world and your humble corres
pondent knows of no one in Eos
tern Carolina or even the Old
North State that can give with
as much accuracy as he the futur
price of cotton, v.olonel Home
has ever been the friend of the
working man and his advice at
this time when so many dollars
arc at stake with the cotton farm
er should be considered well and
then decided positively.
Mrs. Walter I). Wall, from
Archer, is spending this week
here with her brother, Mr. J. I.
Barnes.
The patronage of Clayton High
school continues to grow daily.
Prof. Ray Funderburk, the Prin
cipal, is making every effort to
enroll all the school children in
town before the free school be
gins.
Dr. J. B. Robertson's new res
idence, Sunny Side, is nearing
completion and is modern and up
todate in every detail. The car
penters and painters are now giv
ing it the finishing tpuches and
in a few days it will be ready for
occupation.
Mrs. Earnest Brougliton, of
Raleigh, was here Sunday, the
guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Geo. W. Ellis.
A few eases of scarlet fever
have been reported in and near
town but all seem to be doing
well and no fear of an epidemic
is entertained.
Hon. Ashley Home spent Mon
day in the Capitol City on busi
ness.
S. L.
Clayton, Oct. f>.
Four Goldsboro Men Fight.
?
For a few days past John II.
I Sanders and William O. Kleinert,
of Goldsboro, have been at work
here. Last Friday night they
went to the stores on the road
near Smithfield Cotton Mills.
There they met two other Golds
boro men, Pet and Ruffin Allen,
who have been living here for
some time. It seems they got to
talking over some old matters an
a fight ensued. Pet Allen caught
J. II. Sanders by the shoulders
and threw him into a diteh but
this was not done until Sanders
had cut hiin across the back a
shallow gash about four inches
long. Ruffin Allen and Kleinert
fought. It appears that Kleinert
trot the worst part of it as his
face was badly bruised. A trial
was held at the court house Sat
urday and all of them were bound
over to court.
During the year 1908 the telephone
was adopted on 23r>7 miles of railroad.
GREAT OVATION TO COOK.
Immense Throngs Cheered Him
In Washington Sunday. Told
Story of Polar Quest to a
Packed House.
Having run up to the north
pole and back, Dr. Frederick A.
l ook dropped into Washington
and turned the town upside down.
The person who thinks Dr.
I Cook allowed the blare of the
arctic sun to enlarge his imagina
tion at the expense of his veraci
ty didn't seem to be on hand,
lie refused to mingle in one of
I the largest crowds that in the
history of Washington has ever
turned out to welcome any return
ing lu'ro in public life or out of
it.
And through it all the explorer
was just what tlie reports have'
made hnn out to lie?quiet, re
served, telling his story in a way
that brought friends to him at
the eud of every sentence. Those
who came to listed and to form
their own conclusions went away
I from the National Theater at the
| end of the lecture with hands red
from clapping. Those who helped
swell the crowd that met Dr.
Cook's train at the Union Sta
nua jusi ot'xore suppre time went
away with voices hoarse from
veiling.
The crowd at the station reach
ed close to the 10,000 mark, and
nearly got out of the control of
the police. The turnout at the
theater idled every scat, down
stairs and up, and in the boxes.
l)r. l ook snowed wonderful pic
tures of the irozen north, in
which the muffled figures of
lonely men could hardly be seen
in the Arctic haze. And he told
his story to an intensely interest
ed audience of well-clad and com
fortable cosmopolitans which, ev
ery here and there in the course
of the narrative, interrupted with
spontaneous outbursts of ap
plause.
One new feature of the Cook
Peary controversy came out in
an interview the newspaper men
had with the explorer in the New
\V ulard.
Dr. Cook was asked if he
would be wiiung to suomit his
data to American scientific so
cieties before he submitted them
to the authorities of the Univer
sity of Copenhagen. lie said he
could not do this, as he had prom
ised the Danes to let them have
his notes first. Then he added
he would be willing to give them
first to the Danes, then to geog
raphic and other scientific organ
izations in this country, with the
provision that the announcement
of the verdicts on both sides of
the ocean should be made at
the same time.
"That amounts to the same
thing, so far as the public is con
cerned," said the explorer.
In regard to a query as to
whether lie would try to round
out the globe and discover the
south pole, Dr. Cook laughed and
said he would not.
'"The situation with regard to
the south pole," he said, "will
undoubtedly be settled in not
such a very long time. It is an
easier quest, from tne standpoint
of geographical conditions there,
and 1 look to see it discovered
before long."?Washington Iler
aid.
Peary in New York.
Commander Peary and his
Arctic ship, Roosevelt, was the
feature of the big naval parade
up the Hudson River Friday. The
noted explorer, accompanied by
his wife, was given a great ova
tion throughout the day by the
millions of sightseers who had
lined the banks to view one of
the principal attractions of the
Hudson-Fulton celebration. An
accident to the steering gear of
the Roosevelt caused some delay,
but everybody joined ill giviug
the explorer a welcome home
coming. The foreign vessels and
i other craft saluted the Roosevelt
with all manner of noisy signals.
Commander Peary and his wife
did not tarry long in New York.
They returned to their home iu
Maine Friday niglit.