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VOL. 28. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIJM Y. NOVEMBER 2<i, 1909. NO. 39
THE INFLUENCE I
OF THE BIBLE
IMPRESSIVE PARADE OF BIBLE
STUDENTS.
Nearly Four Thousand Men and
Youths Marched Through Rich
mond Sunday to Participate in
Praise Services at the Auditorium.
Addresses by Governor Montague,
Rev. J. T. Watts and Dr. Arthur
Holmes?Mr. C. R. Guy Presided.
Nearly 4,000 members of the Rich
mond Federation of Men's Bible
Classes marched through the city
yesterday afternoon.
They marched without bands or
banners, quietly and impressivejy,
? and participated in earnest services
at the City Auditorium.
The session was addressed by Gov
ernor Swanson, the Rev. J. T. 1
Watts, Sunday school secretary of :
the Baptist State Mission Board of1
Virginia, and Dr. Arthur Holmes, of
the University of Pennsylvania.
The meeting was called to order
by Mr. C. R. Guy, president of the
federation, at 3:30 o'clock, and the
invocation was offered by the Rev.
Thomas Semmes.
Following Scripture reading by Dr.
F. T. McFaden, Governor Swanson
was introduced. His address was on
"The Nation's Debt to the Bible."
"When I think of the influence of
the Bible in the history of America," |
said he, "I am reminded of the day '
ou which I stood within St. Paul's |
cathedral, in London, and read there J
inscribed upon the tomb of its archi
tect, Sir Christopher Wren, this ep
itaph: 'If you seek his monument,
look about you.' In like manner, if
you seek the evidence of the part
played by the Bible in the making of
this nation, look about you. Our
best policies, our best institutions,
are founded on the immortal truths
Of the Bible, and our greatest lead
ers have been those who followed its
-? ? ?
teachings, it nas ucen iui us.
this republic a veritable pillar of
fire, by night and a pillar of cloud
by day, guiding us on in our splen
did destiny."
Pointing out the many advantages
Incorporated in the national life of
the country, of the observation of the
Sabbath, the speaker declared that
th9 Bible had given America a new
Idaa of government, in which the
dignity of the individual is so pow
erfully recognized. He reviewed a
long broad lines 'the work done by
the preachers and missionaries, pay
ing them a glowing tribute.
"The relation of the Bible Class
to the Sunday school" was the cen
tral theme of the address delivered
by the Rev. J. T. Watts. The two,
he said, should work together in
close sympathy, and they should be
of assistance to each other.
Bible classes, instead of being sep
arate, should, he thought, be parts
Of factors of the Sunday school, and
should be taught by capable Sunday
school teachers rather than by pro
miscuous outside persons.
Dr. Arthur Holmes followed with
"The Bible's Contribution to Char
ftccer.
Showing the difference between the
positive and negative characters, Dr.
Holmes pointed out as evidence of
the highest type of manhood the
work an life of General Robert E.
Lee.
"When X looked upon your magnifi
cent statue of Lee," he said, "I
thought that there was the type of
what a real American gentleman
should be. I recall, la contrast, an
other monument In another State,
erected to a public man out of funds
provided by his will, and so great
was the popular dislike of him, even
after he died, that the monument
was set up at night and the work
men took up their tools and has
tened from the spot.
"When I looked at that noble
bronze figure, I remembered Gettys
burg, where the superb character of
I?ee arose above the Lost Cause, a
bove the present cavil and the fu
ture historian, when he said, after
Pickett's charge, was ended, 1 will
take the blame.' That was character.
"What a man thinks that he will
do." said Dr. Holmes. "That Is a
tact proved by ths researches of
psychology. So, study the Bible, and
you will reflect in your life its
teachings.
"Ponder on the luminous characters
that illumine the pages of that Book,
and more and more to you the fig
ure of the Saviour will stand out
In transcendent glory. He is the
finest, the most indescribable charact
er of all."?Richmond News Leader,
November 22.
STATE NEWS.
Sheriff A. S. Richardson, of Colum
bus county, was shot twice and seri
ously wounded Monday, while help
ing to capture a man charged with
murder.
Two children, aged two and three
years, of Mr. Shade Clark, of Pol
locksville, set fire to their residence
and were burned to death, in the
building last Monday.
The three years and ten months
old boy of Mr. Jacob Oren. of Mon
bo, Catawba county, Set fire to a
barn on his father's premises and
was burned to death in the building.
A banquet was given by the Ma
sons of Oxford Wednesday evening
complimentary to Dr. L. C. Taylor,
who has been a member of the or
der sixty years. He is supposed to
be the oldest Mason in the State.
Tuesday morning at half past ten
o'clock, November 16, the forty
third session of the Western North
Carolina Christian Conference con
vened with the Graham Christian
church. After the address of wel
come, the business program was tak
en up. The reports from the church
es showed a healthy increase in
membership and finance during the
year. I
WAS CAUGHT IN CHIMNEY.
A North Carolina Burglar Trapped in ?
a Novel Way.
Washington, N. C., Nov. 21.?Slid
ing down the chimney in an effort
to rob the home of J. H. Davis at
an early hour this morning, David
Fulford stuck fast. The burglar's' ef
forts to liberate himself awoke Davis
who telephoned for the police.
Though the chimney was razed
to the roof and officers and neigh
bors worked for an hour, efforts to
release the man were in vain, and
finally the services of a brick ma
son were requisitioned, and aftei; the
mantel and fireplace were remov
ed, Fulford was taken out more
dead than alive._ He was locked up
pending trial.
N. C. CONFERENCE OPENS.
Historical Society Met Tuesday
night?208 Preachers in Active '
Service?710 Churches With a '
membership of 75,548.
I
Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 23.?Already
hundreds of delegates lay and cleri- '
cal, are here for the annual sessions
of the North Carolina Conference 1
Methodist church tomorrow morning '
which convenes with Edenton Street 1
Bishop A. W. Wilson, who arrived 1
this afternoon from Norfolk, presid- 1
ing.
The Historical Society of the Con
ference met tonight, Rev. W. W. '
Rose, of Warrenton, presiding. The '
feature of the meeting was the annu
al address of Rev. M. T. Flyler, of 1
Washington, N. C.
The society elected tonight the '
following officers for next year: 1
Rev. W. W. Rose, president; Rev. '
R. A. Barnes, Rev. J. D. Bundy. Rev. 1
A. McCullen, vice presidents; Rev. '
E. R. Welch, secretary; J. H. Buffalo
treasurer; Dr. T. N. Ivey, historian. '
Reports showed 208 preachers in 1
active service. The Conference 1
membership is 75,548, and there are '
710 churches, valued at $1,613,952, '
and 687 Sunday schools, with 55,
653 scholars. The Conference ses
sions proper begin tomorrow morn
ing.
Mr. Sidney Edwards to Wed.
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We are in receipt of the follow- '
ing invitation;
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Martin re- :
quest the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter, '
Eela Lillian, to Mr. James Sidney
Edwards, Wednesday evening, Decem
ber the first, nineteen hundred and
nine, at eight o'clock. Methodist
church, Eureka, North Carolina.
3 DEAD IN AUTO ACCIDENT.
Searching for Minister, Wedding Par
ty Dashes From Bridge.
Cuthbert, Ga., November 22.?
rhree persons are dead and two
>robably fatally injured as a result
if an automobile accident here late
ast night.
The dead are: Curtis Williams of
?ort Gaines, Ga., James Shepard of
Sdison. Ga.; Horace Shepard of Edi
son, Ga.
The names of the injured are:
Miss Helen Mattox, aged 20. and
Vliss Mary Mattox, aged 16, of Cole
nan, Ga.
The accident occurred two miles
west of this place as the party were
?eturning from Cuthbert to Coleman.
With the purpose of being mar
"ied, James Shepard and Miss Hel
>ne Mattox, accompanied by Horace
Shepard, a brother of the bridegroom,
ind Miss Mary Mattox, a sister of
he bride-to-be, secured an automo
jile at Fort Gaines, last evening and
were quickly driven to Cuthbert by |
Curtis Williams, Upon reaching this
>oint all the ministers refused to
liarry the couple on account of their
routh, neither of them having yet
jassed their twentieth birthday. Af
,er being unable o secure the ser
vices of a minister the party hastily
eft town.
Speeding along at a rate of thirty
niles an hour, and while attempting
,o light a cigarette, Chauffeur Wil
iams lost control of his machine
:rossing a thirty-foot bridge over
he Central Railway.
BRYAN IS FOR PROHIBITION.
He Will Soon Open County Option
Campaign in Nebraska.
Lincoln, Nebr., Nov. 20.?William
r. Bryan Is joins t" ?-'.induct a pro
libitlon catnpri^n In 'he United
States, and tae firs: gun tn th
jattle is fired in the Commoner this
ireek. He will positively announce
lis conversion to tue county option
hoory of prohibit!).! .ml will open
i campaign in Nebraska, which he
sxpects to spread all over th? couu
ry.
All of this information is contained
n a series of prohibition articles
which Mr. Bryan has already written
ind which will b? piinted, one each
week, in the Commoner. Each ar
:icle will be somewhat stronger than
;he preceeding one.
RICHARD WATSON GILDER DEAD.
For Twenty-eight Years He Was
Editor of the Century Magazine.
On November 18, the nation lost '
mother influential and well known 1
:itizen. when Richard Watson Oil
ier, editor of the Century Magazine, |
passed away at his home in New '
Sfork City. His death was sudden, !
the cause being heart disease.
His career like that of other self
made men, was full of hardships, but.
honors were his at last. He was born
it Bordentown, N. J. His father
not being a wealthy man. he work
?d for his living. At the age of !
twelve years, he was v. rlting, set
ting the type for, and publishing a
newspaper at Flushing, L. I. Later
lie served in the civil war, after
which serviqe he became a railway
paymaster. In time, however he a- I
lain became an editor. At the age
jf twenty-six he was editor of Scrib- I
ner's Monthly. In 1881, Mr. Gilder !
became editor-in-chief of the Cen
tury Magazine, which position he
tield until his death.
Mr. Gilder Is better known, how
ever, as a poet. He has published
six volumes of verse, some of which
the critics say will stand the test
sf ages. His best works are: "The
Celestial Passion," "Lyrics," "Two
Worlds," "The Great Remembrance."
"In Palestine," "A Christmas
Wreath," and "A Book of Music."
Many school children suffer from
constipation, which is often the cause
of seeming stupidity at lessons.
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets are an ideal medicine to give
? child, for they are mild and gentle
In their e'fec'., and will cure ?:ven
chronic coiir ipntior. Sold by HtX.d
Bros.
Mr. Jack Hill, of the Newton Grove
lection, was in towi Wednesday with
a load at cqttoi
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THE NEW POSTAL CARDS. j
__
Designs Have Been Approved by '
The Postmaster General.
Washington. Nov. 21.?Designs for j
the new postal cards to be issued ;
by the government have been approv
ed by Postmaster General Hitchcock.
The cards will be furnished to the
Postoffice Department by the Gov
ernment Printing Office, in accord
ance with a contract effective on
January 1, 1910.
On the ordinary card, the head of
the late President McKinley will ap
pear, as now, but a much better
likeness of the martyred President
has been selected. ? On the new
small card, intended for index pur
poses and for social correspondence
a likeness of President Lincoln will
appear. The two-cent international
card will bear a portrait of General
Grant.
A novel and pleasing innovation
has been made for the double, or
reply, postal card. On the first
half will appear a portrait of George
Washington, while the stamp on the
of the cards will be diversified in
ness of Martha Washington.
The borders of the stamps on all
of the acrds will be diversified in
design. On ail of the cards tint
word "Postal Card," required by the
universal postal union convention,
will appear on the borders of the
stamp and not, as now. as a sepa
rate inscription.
The paper to be used is the best
for the purpose yet manufactured.
It will be more attractive than the
paper used in the present cards and
will "take ink" better than the pa
per now employed.
HAVING A BULLY TIME.
Roosevelt Kills Four More Elephants
and a Giraffe.
Nairobi. British Easr Africa. Nov.
22.?News received today from the
Inguashua Palateau says that Colonel
Roosevelt has killed four more ele
phants in the last few days, three of
which will be presented to the A
merican Museum of Natural Histo
ry In New York, and the fourth
to the University of California.
Roosevelt has been a. 'ompanied in
his elephant hunting by Mr. Akeley.
In addition to the elephants, the
ex-President has brought down a
five-horned giraffe, one roan bush
buck, a Jackson oribo, and ante
lopes of the sing-sing, topi, boho
and kob varieties.
The hunting at present is the
best that the Colonel has yet en
countered, and he is having the
"time of his life," as he expresses
It.
DIED SAVING HIS DOG.
Workman Run Down by Car When
He Rescued Pert.
Milwaukee, Nov. 20.?Attempting
to save the life of a common yellow
cur, Fred Vollinslnaer. a molder was
instantly killed by an electric car.
Volllnslnzer was on his way to
work, and his dog. which had follow
ed him from his boarding place, ran
ahead of him, frisking and barking.
As they approached the crossing the
dog Jumped on the track. The mol
der made a frantic plunge, grabbed
thij beast and threw it far from dan
ger, but was not quick enough to
clear the track himself.
ARCHER NEWS.
Elder J. A. T. Jones filled his
regular appointment at Salem Sun
day.
Mr. Clarence Hinton and Miss
Cloyd Johnson were happily united
in matrimony Sunday. Those pres
ent were Misses Crettie and Corin
na Sewell and Messrs. E. R. and A
V. Hinton and Miss ITejr Hinton. J
R. Barnes performed the ceremony.
Mr. Hinton is a well known young
man of this section and Miss John- I
son is one of the charming younp I
ladies of Smlthfield township. Wo '
wish them all success as they trarel !
through life's pathway.
Miss Corlnna Sewell who has for
the past w.-ok been tislting in this
section, returned to her home at
Emit Monday.
Mr. Cllde Fowler and B. O. Moouye
ham made a trip to the Wendell sec j
tioa Suaday. H. B. R. J
GENERAL NEWS.
Id a quarrel at Delano. Pa.. Pasqua
lo Atalias shot aud killed Antonio
Fatinia Saturday.
Miss Belle Jones. 18 years old. of
Amsterdam. Ga.. died from a rattle
snake bite Sunday.
Twenty-three more dead miners
were taken from the St. Paul Mine,
at Cherry, 111., Monday.
With Jl.000.000 capital, the Wright
Company has been chartered in New
York to deal in airships.
The Louisiana State Crop Pest
Commission fiuds boll weevils winter
ing in the Spanish moss.
For no human cause, J. S. Parrtsh,
a Baltimore salesman, killed himself
at Winchester, Ky., Monday.
Mrs. Julia Arna Gaugh. aged 94
years, a cousin of Lincoln's wife, died
at Kansas City. Mo.. Monday.
Internal revenue officers captured
three "moonshiners" and a still in
Ripley county. Mo.. Monday.
A new trial has been denied at
St. Louis, to Broughton Brandenburg,
who was fined $000 for abducting his
stepson.
While blasting near Bad Axe,
Mich., William Mlshnlck, aged -2.
and Fred Hart, aged 19, were killed
Monday.
Confessing the murder of two chil
dren at Utlca. Teodore Rizo was
electrocuted in the prison at Auburn,
N. Y., Monday.
The euate Committee on Irriga
tion will recommend to Congress a
bond issue of $30,000,000 with which
to carry on the work in the West.
Wm, M. I.affan, successor to the
late Charles A. Dana in the man
agement of the New York Sun. died
Friday, aged 6i. He was operated
on (or appendicitis on Monday pre
ceding his death.
Samuel Gompers has been unani
mously re-elected president of the
American Federation of Labor at its
convention at Toronto. After decid- i
ing to hold Its next annual conven-!
tion in St. Louis, the convention ad
journed sine die last Saturday.
The total value of cotton exports
from the United States for the mouth
of October. 1909, as shown by a bul
letin Issued by the Department of
Commerce and Labor, reached the
enormous sum of $88,883,350. In no
one month previously have such ex
ports ever reached the eighty million
mark.
A party of prominent colored men
from Virginia and North Carolina
called at the White House Monday
and invited President Taft to be
present at a meeting to be held in
Washington, D. C., in the interest
of the National Religious Training
School and Chatauqua being estab
lished at Durham. Mr. Taft promised
to consider the invitation.
In a kicking football game, Yale
defeated Harvard Saturday, 8 to 0.
Capt. Coy dropped two field goals'
from the 35-yard line, and Harvard,
on a crimson block kick, made a
safety behind Its own goal line.
Yale made few attempts at rushing,
and only once in the game was withi
touchdown distance of the Harvard
goal line. It was Capt. Coy's right
foot which won the game.
In an opinion written by Circuit
Judge W. H. Sanborn, of St. Paul,
filed in St. Louis and St. Paul Sat
urday, the United States Circuit
Court for the District of Missouri
held that the Standard Oil Company
of New Jersey was an illegal corpo
ration and ordered that it be dis
solved. It was authoritatively an
nounced by officers of the Standard
Oil Company that an appeal would
be taken from the decision, as that
had been the general understanding
between counsel ud both sides in
the suit.
Sugar Trust's Methods.
Last Summer, while die tariff bill
was pending la Congress, the Sugar
Trust was selling sugar for export
at two cents a pound less than it
was selling It for domestic consump
tion. Now we learn that Italy Is
interested in our sugar frauds, be- j
cause the. United States are the
chief source of sugar supply for that
country. And yet we are maintaining
a duty of 1.9 cents a pound oa refined
sugar to protect the refiners from
foreign competition.-Philadelphia Re
cord.
CONGRESSMAN
DIES IN FIRE
CONGRESSMAN OeARMOND ANO
GRANDSON THE VICTIMS^
Noblo Act of Heroism. Tragedy Un
Usually Pathetic. In Trying to
Save the life of His Favorite* Grand
son, Mr. DeArmond and Little boy
Both Lose Their Lives. Efforts to
Save Them Futile.
Kansas City, Nov. 23.?Iu a vain
effort to save the life of his grand
son, Congressman David A. DeAr
uiond, of the Sixth Missouri district,
perished iu a fire that destroyed his
home iu Butler, Mo., early today.
His act of heroism became kuown
late this afternoon when his body
was found with his arms locked a
round the blackened and burned body
of the little boy. He had caught up
the six-year-old lad, David A. (Wad
die* D*?\rmond, Jc., and rushed
with him through the flames that fill
ing his room. He fell with hi* un
conscious burdeu and both sauk
through the floor to death.
What makes the tragedy unusually
pathetic was the fact that the boy
was his grandfather's idol. The -two
were inseparable and often slept to
gether. Last night the boy went to
his grandfather's house as lisiufl
and after a happy evening the two
retired.
The next the family heard of them
was early today when, from behind
the smoke and flames that envelop
ed the house, the boy screamed:
"Oh, grandpa, get me out of here
quick I'm burning to death."
"Yes, son don't be afraid. Grandpa
will take you out," was the reply.
Th?n both went down to their death.
The others of the family sleep
ing In the house at the time of the
fire, Mrs. DeArmond. her daughter,
Mrs. Clark, and a maid. Nettie Boles,
escaped.
Messages of condolence from all
parts of the country were received
by the DeArmonds' this afternoon.
James DeArmond. editor of the
Bates County Democrat, son of the
Congressman, and father of the boy
who burned to death, tried to rush
into the burning house to save them
but was prevented by others who
knew his sacrifice would be in vain..
The DeArmond home was a large
two-story frame structure set well
back from the street. On two sided
of the house, equal with the second
floor, four rooms or outdoor sleeping
apartments had been constructed
and at the time the fire broke out
the occupants of the house occupied
tbege rooms.
The financial loss is placed at $20,
000, and included one of the best
libraries in the State.
Besides James A. DeArmond, the
sons of the dead Congressman are
Edward H.. an Inltructor at We?C
Point and Lieutenant George W.
DeArmond, now serving with the ar
my in the Philippines. Mrs. Clark
is a daughter.
Congressman DeArmond and hU
little graudson will have a double
funeral on Friday. Burial will be
in the Oak Hill cemetery at Butler.
Messages of condolence were re
ceived today from Speaker Joseph
G. Cannon and from President Taft.
The latter sent the following mes
sage to Mrs. DeArmond.
"Mrs. Taft and I are shocked to
hear the dreadful news. Your hus
band and I were very intimate. I
valued his friendship most highly.
He was an honest, able servant of
the public and a patriot. My heart
goe3 out to you In your loss."
TORNADO IN MISSOURI.
Fifteen Houses Demolished In th?
Town of DeKter.
Poplar Bluff, Mo., November 22.?
This morning a tornado struck Dex
ter, Mo., a town of about 3,000 peo
ple, twenty miles east of this city,
and for a space of 100 yards wi<i?>
and a quarter of a mile long every
thing in its path was demolished. ,
The only damage was in the north*
ern part of the town, where the
dorm demolished about fifteen hous
es and completely wrecked the Stod
dard County fair buildings. Including
the amphitheater.