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VOL. 28. SMITHFIEI.I). N. C.. FRIDA Y.NOVEMBER 12, 1909. NO. 37
M1DDIH WILSON
UNDER KNIFE
OPERATION ON MIDSHIPMAN ,
IS SUCCESSFUL.
Covering of Four Vertebrae of the
Neck Cut Away and Covering o'
the Spinal Cord Removed?Por
tions of Fractured Bone Taken
Out to Relieve Pressure on the i
Spinal Cord?On the Operating Ta
ll
ble Three Hours.
Annapolis, Ml, Nov. 7.?A most
delicate operation was successfully
performed this afternoon, on Mid
shipman Earl D. Wilson, a vertebra
of whose neck was broken during a
foot-ball game here, on October 16,
with the Villanova team. The lami
nae, or outer covering, was cut away
from four of the vertebra in the
neck In order to remove the pressure
upon the spinal cord and the cover
ing of the spinal cord was removed
and the cord thoroughly inspected.
Portions of the fractured bone from
the fifth vertebra were removed, but
it was found that the greatest in
Jury to the cord had been occasion
ed by a dislocation of the fourth
vertebra. The cord was found to
be Intact, but in a very bad condi
tion at the point of injury. It is
believed that all the pressure has
been removed and that Wilson's
chances for an ultimate recovery
greatly improved. In successfully
passing through the anesthesia, Wil
son has accomplished a lot, and this
was one of the greatest dangers con
nected with the operation. The ope
ration began at about 2 o'clock and
was not completed until nearly five.
Within an hour Wilson had almost
completely recovered consciousness
and was talking intelligently.
Wilson was Injured in the game
against the Villanova team, October
16 last. In making a tackle in the
open field his head was knocked
sharply upward and to the side. Af
ter being removed to the Naval Hos
pital, it was found that Wilson was
completely paralyzed in his limbs and
body below the neck, and there has
been no lessening of the paralysis
since. There was no chance of im
provement but through an operation,
and the danger of this was very
great, owing to the nearness of the
seat of the injury to the spinal cord,
and also the danger in administering
jhe anesthetic.
IVjlson is undoubtedly the best all
around athlete In the academy, being
a member of the football, baseball,
basketball and gymnasium teams. He
Is very popular and intense interest
has been felt in his case, not only
among the midshipmen nad those in
the naval service, but throughout the
country.
A Big Day at Middlesex.
Middlesex, one of our neighboring
towns, celebrated its second birthday
last Saturday. One is certainly
B'.ryck with the progress this little
town has made. Several influstries
have been started there; the homes
are neat and modern; and the Mid
dlesex High school is a credit to
any town.
The event of the day was the
speech making. The speakers, all
noted for their oratory, were ex-Gov
ernor Charles B. Aycock, State Au
ditor B. F. Dixon and Attorney Gen- 1
eral T. W. Bickett. They were met
at the station by the school children
who greeted their honored guests j
with a rendering of the "Old North
State Forever." The Third Regi
ment Band, of Raleigh, furnished
music for the ocacsion. A great
crowd of people attended the cele
bration. Mr. T. R. Hood, our well
known enterprising druggist, attend
ed from our town.
A Scalded Boy's Shrieks
horrified his grandmother, Mrs. Maria
Taylor, of Nebo, Ky., who writes that
when all thought he would die, Buck
len's Arnica Salve wholly cured him.
Infallible for Burns. Scalds, Cuts,
Corns, Wounds, Bruises, Cures Fever
Sores, Bolls, Skin Eruptions, Chil
blains, Chapped Hands. Soon routs
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MR. BRYCE AT THE UNIVERSITY.
English Ambassador Spoke to Stu
dents and Faculty of College.
Chapel Hill, N. C., Nov. 8.?Hon.
James Bryce, the distinguished am
bassador from Great Britain to A
merlea, was the guest of the Uni
versity Friday night, and made an
address In Gerrard Hall before a
large and attentive audience. Mr.
Bryce is interesting to American peo
ple not only because he is one of
the enuiient citizens of the world,
but also because he has.written the
best description of American life in
his "American Commonwealth." Mr.
Bryce was introduced by Prof. E. K.
Graham, and spoke on the value of a
state university to the people. He
expressed pleasure at being in one
of America's oldest and most useful
universities. The University of
North Carolina, he said, has had a
long and honored career and is the
best investment that the people of
North Carolina have made. He ex
pressed the hope that the people
would respond to the growing needs
of their University. From every in
vestment made in the State Univer
sity were immeasurable returns in
men trained to search for the truth
and impressed with the duty of citi
zensnip. tie congratulated uie stu
dents upon having a faculty known
for research and upon having as a
site for the University such a beau
tiful spot, far removed from the
din of cities, and admirably adapted
to study and thought.
President F. P. Venable has been
to the University of Virginia, where
he presided over the Association of
Southern Colleges and Preparatory
Schools.
Rev. R. W. Hogue conducted the
Chapel exercises last week. Talks
were made at the Chapel exercises
by Drs. Manning, Dolly and Law
son. Mr. George R. Perkins, who is
travelling in two hemispheres in the
interest of the Rhodes Scholarships,
spoke at one of the Chapel exercis
es upon "Cecil Rhodes, the man."
He recommended to the students Mr.
Rhodes' conscious pursuit of a great
life purpose.
Death of a Young Woman.
On Tuesday evening, November 9,
at just before eight o'clock, the
Death Angel came to earth and re
leased the tired spirit of Mrs. Fred
Oliver, nee Miss Beatrice Massey.
She was a young woman, only a
bout twenty-six years of age, yet the
joys of her life had been mixed' with
cares and troubles, having lost sev
eral children. About two years ago,
her husband was killed by a train.
Since that time her health failed,
and instead of improving, her con
dition grew gradually worse until her
death. She leaves a little girl a
bout two years old. It Is a comfort
ing thought to know that, although
she had not connected herself with
any church, she gave evidence of
being a Christian. About a month a
go, she said she kn*w her sins were
forgiven and she was ready to go
from this world of suffering. Her
remains were interred by the side of
her husband in the Oliver family
burying ground near Pine Level Wed
nesday afternoon.
In her girlhood, Mrs. Oliver at
tended school at Turlington Institute,
and had many friends who will regret
to learn of her death. She was a
grand-daughter of our townsman, Mr.
Alex Muns.
HER 3 CHILDREN DIE IN A DAY. j
A recent dispatch from Cheyenne,
Wyo., says:
Distracted to the point of almost
losing her reason by the death of
her three small children in one day,
Mrs. Lent Henderson, of Sun Dance,
is under continued care of physici
ans.
Sunday, while Mrs. Henderson was
in the yard with the baby, she heard
the two elder children scream, and,
rushing into the house, she found
that both had been bitten by a large
rattlesnake. While caring for them
she heard a faint cry from the baby.
Answering this, she saw the little tot
fall into a well and drown.
Returning to the house, Mrs. Hen
derson found the two elder children
In the throes of death from the snake
poison.
TWO SHIPS IN
CRASH 00 DOWN
BUT TWO SURVIVE OF CREW OF
SAILING VESSELS.
.
The Barkentine John S. Bennett and |
a Four-mastered Schooner Suppos
ed to Be the Merrill C. Hart, in
Collision at Night?The Hart and
All Hands Supposed to Bs Lost? j
The Bennett Goes Down With Six j
of Crew.
New York, November D.?Belated
news of a disaster at sea in which
at least six lives were lost was
brought to New York today. Six
members of the crew of the barken
tine John S. Bennett, bound from
New York to Halifax with a cargo
of coal, were drowned early Monday
morning when the vessel was sunk
in a collision off Block Island with !
a four-masted schooner, supposed to
be the Merrill C. Hart, of Thomas
ton, Me. The schooner also is be
lieved to have been lost with all her
crew. How many men she carried
is not known here.
i aptain tiuiiocK saia mat at 1
o'clock Monday morning as he was
passing Block Island, he made out
the lights of a vessel, the captain of
which hailed him and asked for as
sistance, saying that his barkentine
had been in collision and was sink
ing.
Bullock immediately came about
and made ready for the rescue, but
before a small boat could be put ov
er the barkentine had vanished be
neath the surface and bits of wreck
age was all that could be seen. Near
by, however, the searchers in the
small boat came across the Filipinos,
clinging to a dory, and picked them
up.
When the Jones reached here to
day the Filipinos told the interpre
ter that the vessel which was in col
lision with the Bennett was a four
masted schooner. She had sunk, they;
said, soon after the two vessels col
lided.
BENSON NEWS.
Benson, Nov. 11.?Mr. E. L. Hall
wont down to Fayetteville Sunday
resurning Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Johnson. C.
T. Jr., and Mr. D. B. Denning went
to Wilmington Monday, returning
Wednesday.
The new Catholic church at this
place will be dedicated Sunday, No
vember 14. Father Slade, of Char-j
lotte, will assist Father Irwin in
the services.
There will be a recital by students
of the music and elocution depart
ment of the Benson High school on
Friday night, November 26. Every
body invited to attend.
The members of the Baraca and
Philathea classes of th Missionary
Baptist church will gi' a spelling
match in the near f are which
promises to be very en rtaining as
it will be some thing ovel in our
town. These classes . e doing a
good work for the yo. g men and
women of the communi. .
On Monday night, at he 'home of
Mr. C. C. Barnes, Mr. Walter Holmes
and Miss Celia Smith w -e united in
marriage. Rev. O. B. iarris per
formed the ceremony. 'e wish for
them much success in their path
through life.
On Wednesday night, November
10, at the home of the bride's fath
er, Mr. K. H. Parker, Mr. Henry
Graves, Jr., and Miss Geneva Par
ker were united in the holy bonds
of matrimony. Rev. J. M. Daniel,
of Duke, performed the ceremony.
Among the out of town guests we
note Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Hadly,
of Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Lunce
ford, Messrs. J. D. and Primroe Par
ker and Mrs. N. G. Hand, of Smith
field. REPORTER
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but all get quick relief and prompt
cure from Dr. King's New Life Pills,
the world's best remedy for sick and
nervous headaches. They make pure
blood, and strong nerves and build
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Hood Bros.
KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK.
Senator Fleming and Harry Skinner,
Jr., Meet a Horrible Death.
A horrible automobile accident,
which resulted in'the death of Sen
ator J. L. Fleming and Harry Skin
ner, Jr., and the serious Injury of S.
C. Wooten cast a gloom over Pitt
county last Friday afternoon. These
gentlemen were out for a ride, and
were about a mile from town, when
they overtook some lumber wagons.
Mr. Flanagan lost control of his ma
chine, and it crashed into a tree.
The car was a wreck. Senator Flem
ing was thrown about twenty feet
and was killed instantly. Mr. Skin
ner's skull was fractured and ho
died Friday night at the Wilson San
atorium.
Mr. Fleming was State Senator
from Pitt county, and well-known
throughout the State. He leaves a
wife and three children. Mr. Harry
Skinner, Jr., was about twenty-four
years of age and a member of the
law firm of Skinner, Whedbee and
Skinner,, of which his father. Dis
trict Attorney, Harry Skinner, was
the senior member. Mr. Flanagan
is president of the Flanagan Bug
gy Company. Mr. Wooten Is a law
yer.
KENLY NEWS.
Kenly, Nov. 10.?Mr. H. M. Griz
zard went to his home in Jarretts,
Va., Saturday night, returning Tues
day night.
Mr. Z. B. Snipes made a short
business trip to Wilmington the first
of the week, taking in the Taft cele
bration.
Miss Leone Edgerton left Monday
morning for Corbett's school house
where she will teach for a short
while.
Mr. W. T. Bailey and Mrs. J. G.
High, attended the Middlesex cele
bration last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. High spent Tues
day at their old home in Wilson
Kenly Concert Band left this morn
county.
Ing for Ahoskie to fill an appoint
ment there.
Mr. H. F. Edgerton left today for
Wilmington.
Miss Winstead of Elm City, is
spending some time with her sister,
Mrs. L. O'B. Alford.
Master Enoch Ayers, of Nicholls,
S. C., nephew of Mrs. R. T. Ren
frow, entered Kenly High school
Monday.
Mr. W. A. Edgerton and family,
of Selma, spent some time with rel
atives here this week.
Mrs. J. H. Kirby left Monday for
Wilmington to attend the Taft cele
bration.
Miss Rosa Edgerton gave a very
enjoyable masquerade tackey party
Friday night. There were three
prizes awarded to the following. Miss
Nanie Kirby, the tackiest young la
dy; Miss Myrtle Bailey, the most
graceful and Mr. Simeon Darden the
tackiest young gentleman.
Mr. J. H. Kirby's handsome two
story residece on Maxwelton Heights
Is nearlng completion.
Mr. Roney High spent Sunday in
Smithfield.
Train extra !I04 south bound, was
wrecked between Little river and
Bagley on Tuesday at 4:06, tearing
up about 200 feet of track, blocking
both tracks about 2% hours, and
south bound track about 12 hours.
No serious damage done otherwise.
Messrs Aycock Bros., of Dunn, N.
C., have bought the Plaining and saw
mill belonging to Mr. D. B. Sasser,
and will remodle and continue to
run at the same old stand. We wel
tome them In our town and hope for
ihetn success.
Inauguration of President Wright.
The Herald Is In receipt of the
following invitation:
The trustees of the East Carolina
Teachers Training School request
the honor of your presence at the
Inauguration of President Robert H.
Wright on Friday morning, Novem
ber the twelfth nineteen hundred and
nine, at ten o'clock, Greenville, N. C.
Mr. W. L. Ellis, who was operated
on for appendicitis at St. Leo's Hos
pital at Greensboro on October 23,
came home Wednesday. He Is rap
idly recovering and will soon be able
to resume his position with the J.
J. Stone Printing Co., at Greensboro.
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WILMINGTON
PLEASES TAFT
NORTH CAROLINA CITY KEEPS
PRESIDENT BUSY.
Executive, After Trip Down River,
Fails to Refer to Topic in Spe?ch.
Happy Over Prospects of Getting
Back to Washington To-day?Sees
Prosperity for the South?Visits
Fort Fisher.
Wilmington, N. C., Nov. y.?This
city took President Taft on a deep
water excursion of its own today.
They have twenty-three feet of wa
ter down the Cape Fear River from
Wilmington to the sea, but they want
thirty. They carried him over every
foot of the proposed channel, twenty
five miles down and twenty-five miles
back, and then the President deliv
ered a speech in which he said
never a word about that or any oth
er waterway improvement.
In spite of the waterway excur
sion, however, Wilmington's recep
tion was one of the pleasantest the
President has received on his trip.
The decorations of the little city\ sur
passed those of most other places the
President has visited.
The streets were lined with rows of
long leaved pine trees set up tem
porarily, and the fronts of the build
ings were decorated with pine boughs
There was a triumphal arch made
of pine trees, on each side of which
stood a black darky holding a fat
ted 'possum by the tail.
The President gave more time to
Wilmington than he did to Chicago
or San Francisco. He was out of
his train at 8 o'clock in the morn
ing. nnd he was on the go until 7
o'clock this evening, when he left
for Richmond, Va., where he has
his last speaking engagement of
the trip tomorrow.
The trip down the river was made
on the revenue cutter Seminole, and
took about five hours. The Presi
dent, as soon as he boarded the
boat, climbed up on the bridge and
remained there with Gov. Kitchin and
Senator Overman until the cutter
had tied up at the pier again. In
the meantime most of the local wa
terway boosters, whose souls were
welling with eloquence, had been
confined to yie main deck.
Spoke to 10,000 Persons.
After the river trip, the President
was driven through most of the
streets in the city, and finally broughl
up at the city hall, where he deliv
ered an address to a crowd of 10,
000 or more. Gov. Kitchin introduc
ed the President. His speech is
typical of the expression that have
come from the Democratic governors
of the most of the other Southern
States.
The Confederate veterans or w ll
mington took a prominent part in
the reception. The President, ad
dressing them directly said::
"I had the pleasure today of be
ing received by the Confederate vet
erans of Wilmington ,and I thank
them for their kindly welcome. Sil
ver-haired, some of them a little tot
tering, but all of them full of good
will, full of loyalty, cherishing the
traditions of a noble past, but glad
to welcome the representative of the
united country. You have, indeed,
made history In this, your neighbor
hood.
"Today it was given to me to go
down to Fort Fisher, where that
dreadful battle of carnage was fought
to see how much lead could be
puinpel from one side Into the fort
of another, and what enduring sac
rifice the opponents could make.
All that history you cherish and
we cherish, but It does not make the
slightest difference in our biotherly
feeling, in our fraternal desire al
ways lo exhibit and manifest that
love of each other which comes of
standing elbow to elbow in the
march of progress to make this na
tion, great as it Is, even greater;
to afford under our country's flag
an equal opportunity to all to work
out their fortunes and to elevate the
moral standards of manhood, so that
above all in the type of American
we can point" to character as the
thing to remember."
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BYRD-TOM LI NSON.
A Pretty Marriage Celebrated at
Elizabeth Church Near Here.
Clayton, N. C., Nov. 8.?In the
old historical church Elizabeth, near
Clayton, there took place Wednesday
evening at eight-thirty P. M., the
first marriage ever performed there
when Miss Zula Walton Tomllnson
became the bride of Mr. Walter Plerc
Byrd, of Lilllngton. The church was
artistically decorated In autumn
leaves, ivy and ferns?a large frame
work of autumn leaves had been ar
ranged above the pulpit, while a
pyramid of ivy was formed around
the pulpit. Mrs. John R. Allen, of
Auburn, was organist ,and as the
guests were arriving played beauti
fully Handel's "Largo" and "Schu
bert's Serenade."
The first of the bridal party to
enter the church were the two ush
ers, Mr. Claude Sanders, of Smith
field, and Mr. Reuben Myatt, of
Clayton, who passed up the aisle
and took their places within the/ chan*
cel. Then the honorary maids form
ed a circle in the pulpit, these being
Misses Mabel Tomlinson, of Smith
field, Lina Covington, of Chester
field, S. C.; Mamie Shaw, of Durham;
Mary Tomllnson, of 8mith(ield; Mil
dred Young, of Clayton. The brides
maids followed, passed up the right
aisle and the groomsmen up the
left and stood outside the chancel.
These were Misses Kmma Pegram,
of Cary; Maggie Oooley, of Fontcol;
Daisy Shaw, of Islington; Kate Cum
mings, of Raleigh; Olivia Cheatham,
of Oxford; Messrs. Ed. Edmunson,
of Willow Springs; G. B. Smith, of
Clayton; Will Wall, of Wake For
est; Allen Shaw, of Lillington; Will
Tomllnson, of Clayton.
The maid of honor. Miss Eliza
beth Tomllnson, sister of the bride,
passed up the left aisle, while little
Miss Susie Wall Roberson, niece of
the bride, carried the ring on a gold
tray up the right aisle. The bride
entered with the dame of honor, her
sister, Mrs. John Roberson, of Frank
linton, and was met at the altar by
the groom and best man, Mr. Moore
McKay, of Coats. The bride wore
a gown of messaline, trimmed in
^irish lace and pearls, her veil was
of tulle, caught with orange blos
soms, and a necklace worn was an
heirloom of several generations. She
carried a large bouquet of chrysanthe
mums. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. J. A. Campbell, of Buie'8
Creek Academy, assisted by Rev. G.
B. Starling, of Clayton. During the
ceremony Traumerei was beautifully
played and Mendelsshon's wedding
march as a recessional.
Immediately after the ceremony a
delightful reception was served at
"Tanglewood," the home of the
bride's mother, Mrs. S. P. Tomlinson,
the parlor and gift room being beau
tifully decorated. An elegant salad
course was served, followed by cake
and cream,, and the cutting of the
bride's cake was a pleasant feature
of the evening. There were many
beautiful gifts from friends of the
bride and groom.
Mrs. Byrd is a popular and talent
ed young lady; is well knownj through
out the State and for several years
was connected with the Bute's Creek
Academy as teacher of art.
Mr. Byrd is an attorney of Lilling
ton, a brother of Dr. Charles Byrd,
of Nrahville, and is known through
out ucational circles.
Mr. nd Mrs. Byrd left immediate
ly for illington, where they will be
at hom to their many friends.?News
and ObL rver.
Kills Her Foe of 20 Years.
"The most merciless enemy I had
for 20 years," declares Mrs. James
Duncan, of Haynesville, Me., "was
Dyspepsia. I suffered intensely after
eating or drinking and could scarce
ly sleep. After many remedies had
failed and several doctors gave me
up, I tried Electric Bitters, which
cured mo completely. Now I can eat
anything. I am 70 years old and am
overjoyed to get my health and
strength back again." For Indiges
tion, Loss of Appetite, Kidney trouble
Lamo Back, Female Complaints, Its
unequaled. Only 50c at Hood Bros.
Mrs. L. L. Sasser, of Durham, af
ter spending several days here with
her sister, Mrs. J. T. Cobb and Mrs.
E. J. Holt, left Tuesday to visit rel
atives near Ooldsboro.