gpjje JirralilL Prtce One Dollar Per Year "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR QOD."* Single Copies ffty* Ge*t? VOL. 28. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIJM Y. NOVEMBER 2robably 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 ?? 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 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.