yllje Smitljficli) lUralk r?c. On. Dellar P.r V..r ? "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR COO." ,|y. VOL. 28. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 15, 11M)9. NO. 33 HEAVY LOSS IN KEY WEST. Hundreds of Homeless Roam the Streets, Over live Hundred Homes Having Been Destroy ed. Financial Losses Incurred by the Storm is Believed will be Between Two and Three Million Dollars. Key West, Fla., Oct. 12.?Half the city is practically in ruins, over five hundred homes having been destroyed and more than a hundred ships wrecked as a re sult of the hurricane which swept this city yesterday afternoon. Many churches and nine of the largest cigar factories in the South also were destroyed. Hundreds of men are now at work cleaning up the streets un der the direction of .Mayor Fogar ty. One death is reported, that of Frank Gray, a photographer. To day hundreds of homeless were roaming the streets. Fortunately the weather is bright and warm and there is little physical suf fering. A t t I > i O 4i inn r> a nofimof a /ion niio iiiuu uu icmiuait vau ( be given of the financial losses ( incurred by the storm, but it is believed it will be between two | and three million dollars. It will ] be weeks, and in some instances \ months, before the big tobacco factories will be able to resume operations and business generally will be at a standstill for at least Several days. As soon as darkness fell last night thieves began their raid on the homes and office buildings destroyed by the storm. The police were unable to cope with the situation and Mayor Fogarty immediately called for the Key "West Guards, the local military organization and the city was placed under martial law. Along the water front the beaches were strewn with the wreckage of small boats of all kinds, and here hardly a build ing was left standing, while piers and wharves were all swept u way. At the time the storm broke yesterday afternoon there were nearly 100 vessels in the harbor. The majority of these were swept to sea or broken up on the beaches. The launch Lunette, with the crew of the dredge Nimke, ar rived here at 5 o'clock this af- s ternoon, bringing additional de- ? tails of the effects of the hurri- ^ cane along the coast. The dredge \ Nimke of the East Coast exten- . sion fleet, lies disabled in No. 5 trestle fill between Matacumbie ) and Long Key, which is badly i washed in places. The grade of t the extension at Jew-Fish bush , is washed away, the dock at f Pigeon Key is wrecked, the fill ( at Knights Key is washed away, ( leaving the trestle firm, the ap- j proach to the viaduct at Long t Key is gone, and wreckage is s piled on the shore everywhere. Thirteen churches were blown down, the only ones in the city remaining standing being one Catholic, one Methodist and one Baptist. f A YOUTHFUL PROGIDY. Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 9.?All records at Harvard for the age of students were broken today when a boy named Sidis, eleven years of age, was admitted to stand ing in the university as a special Student. Sidis comes to Har vard after spending one year at Tufts, and was therefore pdmit ted without the usual entrance ex aminations. For many years Sidis has been known, not only in Boston, his native city, but also through out all New England, as a prodi gy in mathematics, and it is in this department that he will spe cialize at Harvard. Not in the history of the institution has a boy of such years been allowed J.o register as a member of the university, although a few cases are on record of students coming to Cambridge still wearing their boyhood kilts. Sidis will take his degree with the class of 1913, and will probably remain in the university for the regular period c time. GENERAL NEWS. Seventeen persons were killed and ten were severely injured in a collision on the Santa Fe rail road near Topeka, Kansas, last Friday. The attendance at the Seattle Exposition is expected to reach 3,750,000 by the end of this week when the show closes. Fifty thousand disciples of Christ will attned the one hun dredth anniversary of the church it Pittsburg this week. J. M. Barrie, the great English novelist, has filed suit to obtain a, divorce from his wife who was Mary Ausel, an actress. Pardoned after serving ten years of a 25-year sentence for murder, John W. Neil, of Ilar risburg, 111., has married his for mer wife, who obtained a divorce sifter his conviction, remarried ind became a widow. Two hundred night riders burn id the tobacco barn of Edward Johnson at Willow, Ky., Satur lay. Fifteen thousand pounds )f tobacco was destroyed. Mr. Johnson was notified to pool his ;obacco, but failed to do so. Charged with complicity in wowing up a dam that protected lundreds of Louisiana rice farms, jetween the owners of which and ;attle men there is ill-feeling, six nen have been bound over by ;he Federal Commissioner at Jen lings, La. The cholera epidemic in St. r'etersburg continues to run its course. The cases average thirty i day, but the newspapers no onger pay any attention to the natter. Thirty-four of the ser vants of the Medviel Restaurant, i fashionable resort of the capi al, have been stricken with the lisease. Fifteen years at hard labor in i federal prison, came one legal itage nearer Charles W. Morse, he former banker and capitalist, Monday when the United States Circuit Court of Appeals of New fork upheld the lower federal ?ourts in sentencing the banker ,o such a penalty for misapplying he funds of a national bank. Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, the hero of the great na val battle of Santiago, celebrated lis 70th birthday at his home in Washington Saturday. lie is in iplendid health and says he feels is able to work as he did 30 rears ago. lie attributes his eon inued good health to his total ibstinenee from alcoholic liquors. The Panama Canal Commission las submitted to the Secretary of SVaar an estimate of appropria ions aggregating $48,063,524 for vork on the canal during the fis ial year begining July 1, 1910. jf the amount asked for, $15,504, )36 is for skilled and unskilled abor and $20,218,983 is for ma* crials and supplies used in con Llriipfinn wnrV The itinerary of President Taft viU be made especially notable his week by his meeting with 'resident Diaz of Mexico on the jorder line of the two republics, rhe President's party will arrive it El Paso, the meeting point, on Saturday and elaborate prepara ions have been made for ceremo lies consistent with the interna .ional character of the occasion. Five thousand persons were present to see Dr. Abbott Lawr 'iiee ? inaugurated President of lent of Harvard University "Wed lesday of alst week. lie suc :eeds Dr. Charles W. Eliot who ?etires after serving forty years is the head of this great institu :ion. A number of honorary de crees were conferred, among the lumber being President Alder nan of the University of Virgin a who was made LL. D. The Pittsburg team, champions )f the Nati</n?l League, defeated he Detroit team, champions of he American League, Friday in he opening me of the content For the world's series by the score )f 4 to 1. Au enormous crowd >f 29,577 saw the battle, which ivas sensational.^ Tommy Leach, rormerly of Louisville, saved the lay for the Pirates by making a wonderful catch of a hard drive from Ty Cobb's bat. Fred Llarke's I onic run also helped. A BIO WHEAT CROP. Spring Wheat Yield Put at 291, 848,000 Bushels?Whole Crop 724,768,000 Bushels. Corn Shows Falling Of. Washington, Oct. 8.?The crop reporting board of the Depart ment of Agriculture estimates, I from the reports of the correspon I dents and agents of the depart ment, as follows: The average condition of corn I on October 1 was 73.8 as eomper j ed with 74.6 last month, 77.8 on October 1, 1908; 78 on October 1, 1907, and 79.2 the ten-year av erage on October 1. The preliminary estimate of the average yield per acre of Spring , wheat is 15.9 bushels, which com pares with 13.2 bushels, the final estimate, in 1908, and 13.5, the average oi the past ten years. Th indicated total production of Spring wheat is about 291,848,000 bushels, against 226,694,000, the final estimate, in 1908. The qual- ! ity is 90.5, against 88.2 in 1908, < and 85.5, the average for the i past ten years. I The indicated total production ; of Spring and Winter wheat com- ] bined is about 724,768,000 bush- \ els, compared with 664,602,000 | finally estimated last year. The ] average quality or all wheat is 90.4, compared with 89.4 last year An average yield per acre of oats of about 30.3 bushels is in dicated as compared with 25 bushels finally estimated in 1908 and 29.4 the average of the past ten years. The indicated total yield is about 983,618,000 bushels against 807,15*5,000 finally estima ed in 1908. The quality is 91.4, against 81.3 last year and 85.9 the ten-year average. BLIZZaRD in the west. Snow in Giiicago?Low Temper ature Prevails in Most States. Chicago, Oct. 12.?The Middle West, especially the northern par thereof, was hit by a near-bliz zard today. Chicago experienc ed its first snow fall of the sea son. The sharp, biting cold north west wind and snow flurries con tinued intermittently throughout last night and most of today. The poor in all parts of the city suffered, being unprepared for the s ;dden change. Blizzards are reported raging in the Northwest. Duluth reports that Monday's blizzard was main tained today, causing great delay to Lake shipping, and transpor tation generally. Southeastern Minnesota is also suffering, as Winona reparts a heavy snow fall, accompanied by a fifty-mile gale. Low temperature is reported ? throughout Kansas, Missouri, Ok lahoma, the Panhandle of Texas, and Nebraska. l LIVED THREE YEARS AS BOY Girl's Sex Discovered After Ar rest For Small Offense. ' ? Cleveland, Oct. 8.?After mas querading as a boy for three 1 years, playing boys' games, work- < ing in a livery stable, driving a 1 grocer's team and hustling boxes ? and express packages heavy e- > nough for a strong young man, t "Harry" Roberts confessed to the 1 police yesterday that "he" is Lil- < lian Hoffman, stepdaughter of I Gottlieb Meier, 2644 East Seven- I ty-third street. i Three years ago the girl then i 17 years old, tired of her home, t ran away, donned boys' clothing i and went -out into the world to 1 make a living as a man. She se- i cured work. < In the time that has elapsed i she has worked in a livery stable ' cleaning horses, driven grocers' < carts and even toiled as a helper > to a carpenter and delivered ice. i Iler identity became known a i short 4ime ago when she was ar rested while in the employ of a 1 grocer on a small charge. Sen tence was suspended, but the po lice looked further into "Rob- i erts' " career, which led to the 1 discovery of her sex. The parents attribute the girl's strr.r.33 ben' to love for horses. STORE ROBBED AT MICRO. Atfer Desperate Struggle The Two Negro Robbers Were Ar rested by Onicer Stanley at Four Oaks and Lodged in Jail. Last Sunday ni^ht sonic rub ers entered bthe new brick stor ? of II. Fitzgerald oc Son at Mici*? and stole a lot <>!' jfoods of dif ferent kinds. Telephone mes sages were sent to several places to look out for the robbers. Al< 11 dflfy two negroes passed through Four Oaks about noon, etch hav ing a gun on his shot.'dei. Mr. \V. D. Stanley, child' <?!' police, decided they were the robbers of the store at Micro and arranged to pursue and capture them. They stopped just below town and sat down to e.'t tii'i uer. Mr. Stanley laid off his police man's coat and hat to avoid sus picion and went near where the men were sitting, havitg gi\en his pistol to Mr. Stroup at the sotton gin, who was asked to go around and come up to the ne groes from the rear. Before Mr. Stroup could come to Mr. Stan ley's assistance he (Stanley) saw the negroes were getting rest less, one of them showing it by putting o^his shoes. Mr. Stanle. jtcpj/cu up IU uiriii aiiu iriuai &* >d to one of them that he had i nice gun, taking it up as he spoke. The negro sprang to his feet and catching hold of Mr. Stanley they had a hard struggle ?or some little time. "With the jnife used about his dinner the legro made several strokes at Mr Stanley's body but was held off ind did not cut him. Then posi tions were changed and several strokes were made at his legs one )f which cut his pants and under wear but did no damage besides. The other negro had gone a lew steps away and it seemed .vas trying to arrange to shoot VIr. Stanley without killing his partner. About this time Mr. Stroup came up and the negro eveled his gun on him. Mr. ?Stanley hollowed to Mr. St roup 0 shoot the other necrro but be fore anything else happened Ro<j ?r Stanley came to their help ind the negroes surrendered. The vere kept in the guard house Monday night carefully watch ?d. A member of the Fitzgerald 'irm went there and identified he stolen goods and took charge >f them. They had other goods )esides those stolen from Micro. The negroes wore each two suits of underwear, two shirts ind two pair pants. Besides what hey wore they had files, knives, ?azors, brass knueks and almost 1 gallon of cartridges. They were wrought to jail Tuesday morning >y Mr. Stanley. BITTEN BY RABID DOG. Nine Persons Have Been Sent to Pasteur Institute. The following Raleigh dispatch >f the 9th to the Charlotte Ob server tells a sad story: Today there was a regular in 'lux of people bitten by mad logs. Air. J. C. Page came in .vith his six children, Kathleen, May, Annie, Jane, John and Hen ry, from Pender county. All of hese were bitten by a little pup >y, a shepherd (log. The same log bit a yearling heifer and a ittle calf, both of which were tilled today. Another patient s a 3-year-old daughter of Sid ney \V. Burton of Rcidsville, and mother James Womack of Roek nghain county, 3-year-old, bit ten by a pug dog. Yet another is M. B. Baldwin of Scotland ?ounty, who was in his yard, a neighbor and a little child being with him. While loading his wag jn with cotton, a dog ran in, ipenmoutlied. at the. child,"whose Father kicked the dog away, the Finimal immediately biting Bald win on the leg. lie seized the dog and choked it to death. The people now under treatment, as well as those who haw been un der it, arc crying death to the dogs, and one man said he intend ed to use poison freely on his premises. There arc now 15 per sons here for treatment. NOTES OF INTEREST. The biweekly payroll of the Carnegie Steel ( ompany is now j $300,000, tlie largest since the fi j nancial depression of two years ! "go Trespassing on railroad prop erty has been responsible for the deaths of 47,41 ?> people in the United States in the last ten years. I'upils in Chicago's public schools are to be made familiar with the details of the city's gov ernment bv a new course of study. Rev. Dr. A. S. Simpson's ap-, peal in New York last Sunday for funds for missionary work in the Orient yielded $50,000 in cash ami pledges. Jas. Fagan, an aged switchman, living in San Antonio, Tex., has been informed that a Carnegie pension of $40,000 was awaiting his disposition. The police of Springfield, Mass. have been unable to catch a masked robber who has been do ing a lively business in that town for six months. A decrease of llj per cent, in the total value of brick and tile products in the United States in 1908 is shown by the report of I tie ueoiogicat survey. Official figures given out iu Washington show that there has been an increase of 40,000 in the Indian population of the country iu the last two decades. While working on his wood lot in the Pigeon hills, in Pennsyl vania, Abraham Iloke, of Spring Grove, found a land turtle with "J. B., 1855," cut upon its shell. One of the largest religious celebrations and conventions ever held in this country began Mon day in Pittsburg with the Inter national centennial celebration and convention of the Disciples of Christ Christian churches. .Miss Helen Gould has given $150,000 to the American College for girls at Constantinople. The college is about to move from Scutari to tlie European side of the Bosporus. Dr. Alary Mills Patrick, a native of Canterbury, N. 11., is the Presiident. The second game of baseball between Detroit and Pittsburg, resulted in a score of 7 to 2 in favor of Detroit, was played Sat urday. Tickets for game sold, 31, 114. Attendance shown by turn stiles, 30,915. Total receipts, $41,884.50. National Commission's share, $4,188.45. Players' share, $22,617.31. Club owners' share, $15,078.52. William Randolph Hearst has decided to head the Republican Fusion ticket for Mayor of New York. Hearst's friends predict he stands ready to make another whirlwind campaign. such as be made in 1905, and was only de feated by a small plurality. (Jhas. F. Murphy, Tammany leader, branded the entrance of Hearst into the mayoralty contest as a "deal." Judge Gaynor, the Democratic nominee, declined to accept any campaign contribu tions, and declared lie was.willing to stand on his record of life work for good government. Another Still Cut Up. We learn that Deputy Marshals J. II. P. Aadms and A. F. Surles destroyed a blockade distillery in Boon Hill township Thursday of last week. It was located in the thickets down Moccasin swamp, swamp. Some men were at the still when the revenue officers ar rived but made their escape. Thieves Enter Widow's House. Some thieves entered recently the house of Mrs. Martha Mas sengill who lives on the land of 1 Mr. Daniel E. Massengill near Four Oaks and stole from her i two lamps and a lot of gun shells., They searched the house for uion-. ey as coidd be seen by their tear ing up everything. It happened j they overlooked the place where ; she kept her money and did not get it. Recently a swallow made a flight of 150 miles at a rate of 134 mile3 aa hour. AT COURT HOUSE TONIGHT. The Business Men are Asked to Help to Organize a t/aam ber of Commerce. Several of our business men met here last Friday night and effected a priliminary organiza tion for a Chamber of Commerce. Those present saw the importance of such an organization and en tered heartily into the project. The object of such an organiza tion is to further the best inter ests of the town and community in every way possible. ? Another meeting has been call ed for tonight (Friday) in the Court House and every citizen of the town and community who is interested in ttie upbuilding of this section* is earnestly requested to be there. The meeting is set for eight o'clock and it is hop ed that a large percent of our business and professional men will be on hand at that hour. Sev eral short talks will be made and it is hoped that the most earnest and heartiest co-operation of all our people will be enlisted in the enterprise. New Hardware Firm at Benson. Messrs. Wade II. Royal and D. P. Armfield have purchased the stock of hardware belonging to Mr. J. E. Wall, which was known as the Wall Hardware & Furni ture Co. and will continue the business at the same stairf The style of the firm will be Royal & Armfield and tl'ey will do a general hardware business. Mr. J. E. Wall, formerly proprietor of the business, who is an experi enced hardware man, will be as sociated with the new firm and will be found in the sales depart ment. Mr. Armfield is from Fay etteville and is an experienced and practieaFvoung business man. Mr. Royal, the senior member of the firm, is of our town, being connected with various business firms here at the present, and needs no introduction to the pub lic of this section. They have taken charge al ready, and will be pleased to have the people call on them when in the city.?Benson Spokesman. A Boiler Explosion Kills a Man. Below we give an account clip ped from the Goldsboro Argus of a terrible accident in Wayne ocun ty near Princeton: The tragic death of Mr. Bal lard Hastings, which occurred at his gin on Monday afternoon, caused by the explosion of the boiler, was learned ivun regret by his numerous friends in this community. lie was in the gin house at the time, talking to Mr. Tobe Crocker, who had just driv en up with a load of cotton. The boiler seemed to rise from its position, and shot forward, going through the gin house, and across the road, killing ...r, Hastings in stantly, and terribly mangling Mr. Tobe Crocker and Mr. Rufe Gurley, the latter being covered in cotton and broken timbers, and with difficulty was released from his perilous position. Mr. Crock er's wagon was reduced to kind ling wood, and Mr. Ward was blown out the top of the building, but escaped unhurt, being pro tected by a sheet of cotton. Mr. Crocker's condition is very critical, and little hope is enter tained for his recovery. Meeting at new Church. Arrangements have been made for Rev. A. A. Pippin of Wake field, N. C., to hold a meeting at Benson's Grove Baptist church in Elevation township beginning the fifth Sunday in October at 11 o'clock. Services will be held Sunday night also and during the following week. Prince Edward Island's annu al catch of lobsters amounts to twenty millions. A man's wife may be his better half, but. it is the cook who it . nearly the whole thing.?Dallas Newt. . ,

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