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VOL. 28. SMITHFIELD, N. C.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 2J, 1909. NO. 34
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Organization Completed Friday
Evening With James A Wel
lons as President.
Last Friday evening a large
number of Smithfield's business
men met in the Court House for
the purpose of completing the
organization of the Smithfield
Chamber of Commerce. The meet
ing was tailed to order by Mr.
James A. "Wellons, the chairman,
and Mr. N. M. Lawrence, Jr., was
asked to act as secret ar).
After the object of the meeting
was stated by Mr. W. W. Cole,'
almost every man present gave
his name as a member oi. the or
ganization.
The committee appointed to
draft a set of by-laws?Messrs.
Ira T. Turlington, W. W. Cole
and N. B. Grantham?made its
report. The By-laws were read
and adopted by paragraphs.
The election of officers was
next taken up and resulted as
follows:
President?James A. Weill ns.
First Vice-President?W. M.
Sanders.
Second Vice-President?II. L.
Skinner.
Third Vice-President?W. L.
Woodall.
Fourth Vice-President?F. II.
Brooks.
Secretary and Treasurer?F. K.
Broadhurst.
Board of Directors?ifi. J. Holt,
T. R. Ilood, Dr. L. D. "Wharton,
J. D. Underwood, and Ira T.
Turlington.
The chamber decided to hold
its meetings on the first Friday
night in each month.
The new organization has made
a good beginning. It will find
plenty of work to do and it is
confidently believe that it
will result in great good to this
community.
Save Money, John D. Urges.
Cleveland, Oct. 18.?"Save your
money; don't spend it on un
necessary tilings," is tlic advice
of John D. Rockefeller, who
spoke to the boys of his Sunday
school.
'"It is a fine thing to have mon
ey, to be able to do things for
somebody else,' 'said Mr. Rocke
feller. "That is the purpose we
vice we can render God is to do
were made for. The highest ser
something for the ignorant, the
poor, and those in trouble. If
every one did as much as he
could for others, we would have
a regular heaven on earth.
"Many of you boys soon will
go out to fight the battle of life.
You will work in various, occupa
tions, and in return will receive
money. Boys, first pay your
mother part of your wages as
board. Then use your judgment
as to spending the rest. You will
find many things that you may
want to buy. Don't buy them
unless they arc necessary; save
your money.
"It is vour dutv not to sciuan
der your money, but to save it.
Use it iu the proper way, remem
bering that money is always need
ed for charitable purposes. lle
member the responsibility for tak
ing care of the poor and helpless
and ignorant does not fall upon
a few of us, myself, or any oth
er particular person, but upon
every one. It may take a liittle
self-denial to do this, but what
good can be accomplished withou
self-denial? What business man
ever succeeded without practicing
self-denial? You cannot squan
der money and expect to accumu
late it at the same time."
E. Prentiss Bailey, the veteran
editor of Utiea, N. Y.. has dis
closed what was probably the last
letter of importance written by
former President Grover Cleve
land. In the letter Mr Cleveland
favored Johnson, of Minnesota,
for President and expressed great
hope in thy future i>* the Demo
cratic party. The letter whs dat
ed six days after the Broughton
Brandeuburg "forged letters"
were alleged to have been
signed by Mr. Cleveland, in
which the dead Presdent was
made to extol President Taft.
CLAYTON NEWS.
Are you going to the Fair? is
all you hear ou our streets today
and quite a uun.lur Jo'.'t for ti.e
Fair on this morning's trains iii)d
many more will go tomorrow and
Friday. Every trai l was crovd-|
ed to its utmost capacity today
carrying the crowds to Kalvigh.
The many friends of ?.lr. Exiiiu
Ellis Avill learn with regret that
he is confined to his room with
rheumatism caused a fall he
sustained some time ago.
Miss Nellie l'ool, of Kalcigh,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
her parents here returning Sun
day afternoon.
Dr. Earnest Broughton, of Iial
eigli, speut Sunday in town.
Mr. liobert Penny of McCullers
was in town Tuesday selling cot
ton.
Representative J. "Walter Mv
att was in town Saturday on busi
ness.
The man}' friends of Dr. J. J.
Young will be glad to learn that
he is able to be on the streets af
ter sustaining a serious injury to
his foot by falling or stepping on
a nail last Thursday. His little
daughter was near where some
carpenters were working on his
residence and a beam fell from
the scaffolding striking her on
the head, and Dr. loung in going
to her rescue stepped on a nail,
piercing his foot severely. For
tunately neither was dangerously
hurt andboth are doing well.
A stock of dry goods, notions,
etc., has been opened up in the
new store of Mr. John W. Massey
near, the depot with the firm name
of Cheap John.
Mr. Ralph Milliard from Oak
Kidge Institute arrived Tuesday
night to spend a few days with
his parents here.
On Friday night, October 29,
the Ladies will give a Country
Fair at the High school building
for the benefit of the school build
ing. The proceeds arc for repairs
on the building which are needed
and every one is cordially invited
to come out and bring their
friends and make the occasion 011
of pleasure as well as profit.
Oct. 20. S. L. W.
Kenly Honor Roll.
Following is the honor roll in
Kenly High school for month,
ending October 15, 190'J.*
First Grade, Louis Leggette,
Clyde Woodard, Inez AVatson,
Carl Hales, Lester Godwin, Leone
Askew, Gladys Holland and Adna
Lee Bailey.
Second Grade, Johnnie Leg
gette, Chester Leggette, Zeb AVat
son, Lila Best, May Belle Edger
ton, James Kirby and Emma Leg
gette.
Third Grade, Sadie Morris, Ora
Atkinson and Viran Edgerton.
F'ourth Grade, Ola Moore.
Fifth grade Melissa Boyett, Ina
Morris, Louise Alford and Helen
Snow.
Sixth Grade. Will Price a fid
Jesse Godwin.
Seventh Urade, Leone Yelver
ton, Ethel Ilardison, George Wal
ston, Mattie Walston, Julius Lee,
Gladys Kirbv, Yates Edgerton,
Beulah Bailey, Mary Revell, Fan
nie Watkins, Jesse Sauls, Pansy
Peacock and Agues Hales.
Eighth Grade, Myrtle Bailey
and Willie Atkinson.
Ninth Grade, Wade Brannam,
Fannie Boyette, Marie Kirby,
Ilenry Southard, Grover Woodard
Grace Rollings, Kiddie Ilinnant,
Magdalene Ward, Harvey Pitman
Alma Pierce, Bettie Ilorris and
Flossie Nobles.
*A general average of 90 is
required for honor roll.
Mr. Taft and Judicial Reform.
Several years ago at Yale Mr.
Taft expressed the opin.o.i that
the jury system has turned out
to be a failure in actual practice.
As President, he has ivcjiitlv ;ind
repeatedly do dared that the ad
ministration of our er'n itial lr.w
is a disgrace to civi-izarjon.?
Norfolk Landmark.
Twenty-seven bombs have been
thrown in Barcelona, Spain, in
the last four days, five persons
killed and 21 wounded.
BENSON NOTES.
Mr. Jones, au employee at the
mill of J. Willis Creech near here
had his hand very badly cut last
Friday, and but for timely assis
tance of medical aid, would have
died. lie is now much improved.
Henry lUonnt, the noted and
witty lecturer of \ulson, spoke
in the school auditorium here Fri
day night to an immense crowd.
\V. S. Stevens, Clerk of the
Superior court of Johnston Coun
ty, spent last Saturday night and
Sunday in town in the interest
of the Methodist Laymen's Con
ference.
.Mr. Marshall Ilall, of Fayette
ville, was in town Sunday visit
ing relatives.
Mr. Chas. MacDonald, the ef
ficient clerk for the J. W. Ben
son Drug Company, left Tuesday
for Enfield where he has accept
ed a position with the Enfield
Drug Co. During his short stay
here he won many friends who
regretted to see him leave.
Mrs. J. II. liose and little son,
Iliram, and Messrs II. F. Wallace
and O. A. Barbour went to Smith
field Wednesday to be present at
the Creech-Underwood marriage.
The many friends of Mr. II. L.
Hall and wife, are sorry to learn
that these esteemed people are
moving from our midst to the
town of Fayetteville.
The Methodist Laymen's Con
ference of Johnston County will
meet at the Methodist church in
Benson on the 31st of October.
An interesting program has been
arranged and the public is cordi
ally invited to attend.
The fish pond of Mr. J. D.
Parrish, known as the Moses Ivey
pond, will be fished on Tuesday,
October 2t>. Every body invited.
Fish will be sold.
Benson, Oct. 21. Reporter.
The Uircus a Good One.
Monday was circus day in
Smithi'ield and perhaps the larg
est crowd assembled here that
has been seen in this town in six
or eight years. Some estimate
that as many as five thousand
people attended the afternoon
performance in the big tent near I
the depot. The parade was a
good one and was witnessed by
many who did not see the per
formance in the tent.
Lowe's circus is a pretty good
one carrying a large number of
first class artists in their peculi
ar roles. The acting was good,
the only complaint we heard be
ing that there was too much go
ing on at the same time, so that
one could not see it all.
Those in charge seemed to be j
very clever gentlemen, and one1
of the characteristics of the show
was the lack of grafting so often
seen. Taking it all in all it was j
one of the best shows seen here
in recent years.
HANNAH'S CREEK NOTES.
We are sorry to note the ill
ness of Mrs. Sallie Johnson.
Most of our people are smiling
over 13c cotton and seem to be
keeping very well up with their
picKmg.
Mr. Willie Johnson attended
the vocal Union at Smithfield last
Sunday.
Mr. Matt Johnson, who has!
been very sick with fever, is im
proving slowly.
Mr. Preston Woodall, of Ben
son, is building a new dwelling on
his farm.
The singing at Poplar Springs,
which is now led by Mr. Calvin
Holmes is getting along nicely.
Mr. Willie Johnson who attend
ed the Sunday School Conven
tion at Bethel, reported an ex
ception of Vocal music.
Oct. 19. Liberty Bell.
William I. Buchanan, of Buf
falo, a member of the United
States diplomatic service and
former Minister to the Argentine
Republic and Panama, died in
London Sunday, lie was found in
a dying condition near the Ameri
can Embassy. lie died on the
way to the hospital. The cause
of death is not known, but it is
supposed that it resulted from
heart disease or apoplexy.
SELMA NEWS.
Dr. a ltd Mrs. K. T. Dickinson,1
and little Miss Frances, of Wilson
spent Sunday afternoon here, the
guests of Dr. and Sirs. K. J. No
ble.
Mr. and Airs. J. A. Spiers spent
Monday in lialeigh.
It looks like every one is going :
to the Fair and those who do not
go before will go Friday to the
circus.
Mr. Ilartwell V. Scarborough
of Alurfresboro, spent a night
here this week with his aunt, -Mrs
R. J. Noble.
Airs. Dr. J. A. Griffin, of Clay
ton, spent Monday here with her
daughter, Alls. I,. 1). Dcbnam.
Alissrs Alvrtie and Sadie Jef-1
frevs are visiting Aliss Bcttie
Oliver.
Air. .J. N. Stalled, of Oneals,
spent Tuesday night with Air. C.
A. Corbett.
Airs. Ilardie Hatcher is visiting
her daughter, Airs. F. B. Whit
ley.
The negro that shot Chief Grif
fin has been caught at Fayette
ville and will be brought here
Wednesday for trial.
Air. F. H. Whitley spent Sun
day visiting friends in and arounc
Smi tlif ield.
Air. C. A. Corbett spent Alon
day and Tuesday in Oneals.
Air. and Airs. J. II. Jackson left
Wednesday nijrlit for Florida to |
visit their sou, Mr. Oscar Jackson '
Selina, Oct. 20. ,
TflWnflrn^/tA /> ?? J TJ
*wui^giautc uiiu vuaiuesa.
The wholesale dry goods stores
of New York City are adopting
dryer methods of doing business.
Formerly the erack salesmen of
the large houses were allowed to
draw considerable sums, to be
used for "entertainment," which
consisted of buying many drinks
along the "Great "White Way"
and attending theaters. Moreover
some of the entertaining was of
a nature not to be specified in
formal bills of expense. The
change is not unwelcome to buy
ers who have a sense of self-re
spect that shrinks front incurring
social obligations or personal en
tanglements between pleasure and
business. Employers have learn
ed also that it is injurious to
themselves and to their employes
to encourage the practice of
drinking. Entertainment of that
nature must ultimately tend to i
defeat its own purpose.
This is but another indication
of the radical and immense re-}
form in the use or abuse of intox- j
icants that has made cumulative
progress within the span of a [
generation in business life, in all j
the professions, and perhaps most i
notably in the ways of public
men. The time has passed when [
an American audience will toler-1
ate the appearance of a drunken j
statesman on the platform. A j
sodden lawyer pleading at the I
bar of justice would be likely to I
lose both his case and his client,!
and perhaps invite reprimand, or j
more severe punishment, from the)
Ki.nnli Tli . ViiViiiIaiio r\litroinian I
uru^ii, j.uc uiuuiuuo JMIJ aiviau
has become ?i rarity, indeed, for J
neither young nor adult patients
care to risk their lives to medical
judgment that may be led by al
cohol into error in diagnosis or
prescription. These results have
come from the education of pub
lic opinion and of serious thought
which in turn is continually devis
ing new methods for either the i
prohibition or the intelligent reg- j
illation and restraint of the liquor
traffic. The bibulous buyer, as
well as the hilarious drummer,
are logically and beneficently
eliminated from the stress of
modern business competition. ?
Washington Herald.
Protracted Meetings.
Rev. It. "VV. llorrcll of Selma,
will begin a series of meetings at
1 lood's Gorve Baptist eliurch Mon
day night, October 25. These j
meetings will be held through'
next week and probably through |
the fifth Sunday.
Rev. T. J. Ilood, of "Wayne, ex
pects to begin a series of meet
ings at Pauline Baptist church
Friday night before the fifth Sun
day in this month.
KENLY NOTES.
Mr. Tom McUowan, rnucli to
our sorrow, returned to Ins home
iu iiliu City Monday to resume
Ins work in tlie bank.
Mr. Jim Liies, from Tarboro,
was 111 our city Sunday to visit i
relatives and friends. _ i
Mr. Hoy l'aylor, from Smith
field, was in the city for a short
while Sunday. I
Mr. Paul Edgerton invited a
few of his friends to his home i
Tuesday evening and they were
delightfully entertained by .Miss
Leone Edgerton. A number of <
games were played after which
light refreshments were served.
When the eloek struck nine the
children left, voting Master I'aul
a charming host.
Mrs. Eddie llowell returned
from a visit down in Wayne coun
ty Saturday.
Mrs. Nettie llooks and Mrs.
G. jtL. Morris spent Tuesday with
their sister, Mrs. J. F. Wellons,
of Micro.
Mrs. M. A. Barnes, of Spring
Hope, spent part of last week
with Mr. W. T. Bailey's family.
Mrs. Barney Woodard left to
day for her home near Princeton.
She has been spending sometime
with her daughter, Mrs. Alvin
llodge, who is very siek.
Mr. W. Ai. Brannam spent Sat
urday and Sunday at home. Also
spent two days at the State Fair
Kenly, uct. 20. Reporter.
Latest Aoout Pellagra. i
The Columbia Record, one of '
the leadiu? newspaper authorities' ,
upon pellagra, quotes Marine Ilo>- ]
pital Surgeon Lavinder as saying ,
that "the etiology of pellagra in ,
any definite, scientific sense is ?
essentially unknown," but that |
"the idea, in one form or another
of the etiological relation between
pellagra and the use of Indian ,
corn as food is held by the ma
jority of students of the disease." ,
For the benefit of all such as
are neither newspapers nor doc- (
tors we explain that "etiology"
and "etiological ' are simply ,
learned jargon for "cause" and (
"causal. The liecord, following .
two eminent French piiysicians,
Nicholas and Jambon, sums up
the present state of knowledge ;
thus:
First. The French school has ;
abandoned little by little the ;
theory of corn, sound or mouldy,
and tends to consider pellagra as
a combination of symptoms or
syndrome of diverse origin, a
mong which alcohol and poverty ,
are of prime importance.
Second. In Italy, on the contra
ry, (Jeni and Besta consider pella
gra as the result of an intoxica
tion developed upon corn or oth
er cereals by several different
kinds of moulds, Aspergilus, l'e
nicillium and allied cryptogams. '
Third. In Germany Decken- ;
l^ach is equally a partisan of the
corn theory, but he believes an
other and different mould plays
a similar part resembling that of
ergot in gangrene.
( ':k(w Tirnsnnf i rict tlio tine
,,.vuvuiii.b v?^
of the pellagra syndrome, accord
ing to Nichols and Jambon, em
brace three classes of individuals.
(1) Those who cat corn, (2) the
insane and (3) those coming un
der neither of these groups, that
is, cases of so-called sporadic and
pseudo-pellagra which are ascrib
ed to alcohol, poor food, etc.
Again these possible causes may
be summed up under: poor food,
mental depression, and alcohol
ism.
Not long ago we read that Du
pierris, another French savant,
considered pellagra "a nicotine
cachexy intensified by heredity"
?in other words, that just as
children of men who have used
tobacco freely for years are apt
to be eczemous, so pellagra, a
terrible skin disease instead of
one usually mild or trivial, oc
casionally develops from this
same tendency. It is all guess
work at present.?Lnarlotte Ob
server.
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Two trainmen were killed and
several passengers were injured
in a collision between passenger
and freight trains at llalstead,
Tex., Sunday.
FIRST UP MOUNT EREBUS.
Found a Crater at the Top
Nearly 900 Feet Deep.
The inaccessible antarctic vol
cano, Mount Erebus, was first
climbed by members of the; party
uf Jiieut. Sliacklcton, who writes
in iticClure'g Magazine: " Wheu
we had settled down in the hut,
we began to turn speculative eyes
toward Mount Erebus. The as
cent of the mountain had been
regarded as very difficult, if not
impossible; but there was 110
doubt that if it could be climb
ed, the scientific results would
be most valuable,? and we decid
ed that the attempt should be
made*
"1 selected l'rof. David, Maw
son, and Mackay to try the as
sent of the summit. They were
to be provisioned for ten days,
ind a supporting party consisting
af Adams, Marshall, and Brockle
liurt, was to assist the main par
ty as far as possible. -Eventual
ly the whole six reached the top
uf the mountain. When they
reached the crater edge?the first
men to reach the summit of Ere
bus?they found themselves stand
ing on the lip of a vast abyss* fill
ed with a rising cloud of steam.
"After a continuous loud hiss
ing sound, lasting for some min
utes, there would come from be
ow a big, dull boom, and imme
diately great globular masses of
steam would rush upward to
swell the volume of the cloud
ulncti swayed over tiie crater.
I'lie air was filled with the fumes
?f burning sulphur. Presently a
light breeze fanned away the
steam cloud, and at once the
crater stoou revealed in all its
^ast extent and depth. It was
between 8U0 and DOO feet deep,
with a maximum width of half
a mile, and at the bottom could
L*ould be seen three well-like open
ings, from which the steam pro
ceeded. On the wall of the cra
ter opposite to the party, beds
of dark pumice alternated with
white patcnes of snow, and in
one place the existence of scores
of steam jets suggested that the
snow was lying on hot rock.
"The party ascertained the
height of the mountain to be 13,
J.jU feet, and found that the
moraines left by some gigantic
ancestor of the great ice barrier
ascend the western slopes of the
mountain to a height of fully
1,000 feet above sea level. As
the adjacent sea is at least 300
fathoms deep, the ice sheet, when
at its maximum development,
must have had a thickness of
not less than 2,800 feet."
U. S. Commissioner Appointed.
Mr. John A. Narron, of Smith
field, has been appointed to suc
ceed -Mr. I. W. Massey as commis
sion for the Federal government.
He has jurisdiction in other coun
ties but it is supposed his work
will be confined mostly to the
business to be done in this coun
ty. Mr. Narron is well equipped
for the place. Ilis appointment
by Judge Connor will give gen
eral satisfaction, it is thought
that he will make a good officer
in lookiing after the Govern
ment's affairs in this county.
Few Congress Gaiters Worn Now.
The production of congress
shoes in men's factories has not
been discontinued altogether,
some being still made. The out
put is about one pair to a hun
dred at the time when congress
gaiters were worn by nearly half
the people.
It is said that the goring was
the main thing that hurt the shoe,
and by this it is meant that it did
not wear as well as the leather;
but the main reason why congress
shoes went out was because they
were uncomfortable, around the
ankle.?From the Shoe Retailer.
Indians on Missionary Tour.
Jupiter, Fla., Oct. 9.?A com
pany of 15 Seminole Indians has
arrived from Oklahoma to evan
gelize the Seminoles in the Ever
glades. They expect to remain
in this section about two months.