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VOL. 28 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1909 Number 44
GREAT STORM IN BOSTON.
Water in Harbor the Highest Since
1851. Gale of 82 Miles an Hour.
Snow Eighteen Inches Deep.
Boston, Dec. 26.?The bis storm
struck here about 1 o'clock this morn !
inf. It begau to blow from the north
east, and snow fell. The wind in- |
creased in force until it was a howl- j
ing gale, and the snow piled in high j
drifts everywhere. The storm ex-1
tended from Cape Cod all along the
coast as far as Portsmouth, accord
ing to reports, and reached about
thirty miles inland, and it did great
damage everywhere.
The wind drove the sea into the
harbor, and this evening the tide
was the highest since 1851. It rose
fifteen feet, or four feet above nor
mal and flooded the water front, par
ticularly along Atlantic avenue, where
docks were under water, cellars fill
ed, and great damage done to mer
chandise. The harbor master esti
mates the damage at more than a
mi lion dollars.
On Cape Cod the wind blew eigh
ty-two miles an hour, which makes
this the worst storm since 1898.
In this city the storm raged until
5 o'clock this evening, and from a
foot to eighteen inches of snow fell.
Telegraph wires are down, and in
Southern Massachusetts many of the
telephones have been broken. The
steam railroads are out of business.
Some through trains have got in, but
they are from eight to ten hours
late. The trolley lines are all tied
up.
a* uiinrn manv houses are
built on low land, there was a big
flood that caused much damage and
suffering. The water rose in many
parts, as high as the second-story
wine ws of the houses, and families
wen acued by boats from the Unit
ed States Marine Hospital. Mayor
Bruce ordered the schools and public
buildings opened as relief stations,
and the homeless have been supplied
with blankets by the militia. About
2,000 persons are being cared for
in those stations.
An Enjoyable Dance.
The crowning event of the holi
days was the delightful German giv
en by the Neuse German Club, in
their hall on last Tuesday evening.
The dance was gracefully led by Capt.
and Mrs. H. L. Skinner, assisted
by Mr. Jesse B. Adams, of Four Oaks
and Miss Annie Ihrie Pou.
Those dancing were, Capt. and Mrs.
H. L. Skinner, Mr. Jesse Adams, of
Four Oaks, with Miss Annie Ihrie
Pou, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Ward, Mr.
J. A. Campbell with Miss lone Abell,
Mr. W. M. Grantham with Miss Kate
Woodall, Dr. A. H. Rose with Miss
Annie Peacock, Mr. W. R. Sanders
wiht Miss Narnie Rodgers of Ral
eigh, Mr. R. R. Holt with Miss Mary
Grimes Cowper, of Raleigh, Mr. Hugh
Adams with Miss Ruth Young, Mr.
Lee Turlington with Miss Ruth San
ders, Mr. McCauley Costner, of Ral
eigh, with Miss Mildred Sanders,
Mr. Elmer Wellons with Miss Mary
? * ? **? n a DA.,flA
ftC0l, 01 W11SOI1, 1*1 r. V*. A, ivuunc, VI
Snow Hill, with Miss Rosa Peacock,
Dr. Fitzgerald, of Selma, with Miss
Jennie Cox, of Washington. Mr. Jas.
Cobb, of Durham, with Miss Annie
Bell Grantham, of GoWsboro, Mr.
D. W. Barbour, of Clayton, with
Miss Gertrude Parker, Dr. Hubert
Penny with Miss Helen Paiker, Mr.
Douglas Ellington, of Philadelphia,
with Miss Mary Cordon, of Clayton,
Mr. Kenneth Ellington, of Clayton,
with Miss Mildred Young, Mr. R. B.
Co* with Miss Annie Cox, of Wash
ington, N. C.
6 tags: Dr. Louis Pegrain and
I4>omis Goodwin, of Raleigh, Loyd
Wade. Busbee Pope, Eugene Lee,
Jack Lee and Irving Grantham, of
Dunn, and Arera Winston and A.
S. Oliver, of Selma.
Chaperons. Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Brooks.
98 Horsea Burned In Stables
Ninety-eight horses were burned
to death, two firemen were injured,
and the tenants of a dozen big ten
ement houses were ordored out into
the storm as the result of a flro
that destroyed the Roth Brothers'
?tables at 321 and 323 East Ninety
eight street last night. The fire was
discovered when the storm was at
ltn worst, and owing to the snow
clogged condition of the BtreoU, the
fire apparatus was delayed.?Sun
toy's New York Time*.
HALLEY'S COMET MISSHAPEN.
Prof. Lowell's Photograph Shows the
Nucleus Is Out the Centre.
Boston, Dec. 24.?Dispatches from
Flagstaff, Ariz., state that Prof. Per
clval Lowell has successfully photo
graphed Halley's comet. The picture
shows an irregular formation, but
with a distinct nucleus, which is out
of the centre.
Prof. Lowell has also obtained a
striking photograph of Saturn, in
which the bands are clearly defined
and the rings shown. Recent work
at the Flagstaff Observatory will
be described by Prof. Lowell in a
paper before the meeting of the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science here next week.
Sewing Circle Banquet.
A most enjoyable banquet was giv
en in honor of the Sewing Circle by
I Misses Helen and Gertrude Parker
Monday evening from 8:30 till 10:30,
at the hospitable home of their sis
] ter, Mrs. F. H. Brooks, on Oakland
j Heights.
After all the guests had arrived,
I they were invited into the dining
room by Mrs. Brooks, where each
of the girls present found her place
at the table by means of a holly leaf
placed on the table, on which her
name was written.
Oysters on the half-shell were then
served, following which hand paint
ed cards on which were written sev
eral conundrums were handed around.
The answers were all given aloud,
several of which created much laugh
ter and merriment.
I A salnri rnlirs** was thpll served.
following which an English walnut
was handed to each o( the girls,
who when they opened the nut, found
their fortune "told in a nut shell."
These were all read aloud to the
enjoyment of all.
A dessert course was then served,
after which coffee and crackers
were served. The crackers were tied
together with ribbons, the colors of
the "Circle." Placed between the
crackers were toasts to the Circle
all of which were read aloud. Mrs.
Brooks then gave a toast to the
girls who compose the circle and pre
sented each member with a needle
book and paper of needles, souvenirs
of the banquet.
The guests were then ushered into
the parlor where all contributed to
the pleasures of the evening with vo
cal or instrumental selections.
Those present were, Misses Annie
Ihrle Pou, lone Abell, Kate Woodall,
Amelia Myatt, Ava Myatt, Annie Pea
cock, Ruth Young, of Clayton, Ruth
Adams, of Four Oaks, Lucy Hood,
Mattie Hudson, Lucy Sanders and
Mrs. K. F. Ward.
ARCHER NEWS.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hinton, of
this place, are spending the Christ
mas holidays with Mrs. Hinton's
father, Mr. Gaston Johnson, near
Smithfield.
There are several who attended
the Christmas tree at Holder school
house Friday night. They all report
1 a n\ou time
Misses Mary and Nancy Eason, of
Raleigh, spent Christmas in this
J community with their aunt, Mrs. Su
] san Cook.
Some of the farmers of this sec
tion are preparing for another to
bacco crop which while others have
I decided not to plant any. H. E. R.
HARE'S STORE NEWS.
Mrs. J. R. Talton and children, of
Selma. are spending the holidays at
their country home here.
Mr. W. R. Talton and family, of
Raleigh, are visiting relatives in
| this section.
Mr. Austin Price, of Rocky Mount,
I spent Christmas in this section.
Mr. W. P. Creech, of Clayton, is
home for the holidays.
Mrs. J. E. Parker, of Selma, spent
Christmas here with her mother, Mrs.
Nancy Oneal.
Miss Emma Oneal is visiting this
week In Selma.
Mr. Raymond Creech is back home
from a visit to Rocky Mount.
Messrs James M. Maden and Tom
my Hare spent Sunday in Selma.
Christmas passed off very quietly
in this section with the least drink
ing we have seen for years.
Mr. W. H. Johnson, of Georgia,
is visiting relatives in this section.
REPORTER
$100,000,000 STEEL WORKS.
U. S. Steel Corporation Will Extend
Plant and Employ 5,000 More Men.
Chicago, Dec. 24.?About $100,000,
000 Is to be the Christmas present
of the United States Steel Corpora
tion and its subsidiary companies to
the steel-making territory from South
Chicago to Gary, Ind. It is to bo
expended next year in building nevr
plants and enlarging od ones. De
tails of the work to be undertaken
will be announced in due time from
the main offices of the United States
Steel Corporation, President F. J.
Buffington, of the Illinois Steel Com
pany, stated last night.
The extensions mean the employ
ment of possibly 5,000 more men. It
is believed that the Illinois Steel
Company will erect eight new blast
furnaces at South Chicago, and the
Iroquois Steel Company at least one
new blast furnace; and that this |
means that South Chicago will keep J
pace with Gary in the development j
1 of the steel industry at the foot of [
Lake Michigan.
A Pathetic Story.
The person who reads the news- j
j papers closely and regularly will of- j
1 ten find many things to interest him.
Occasionally there will be found a [
story full of pathos?one that will
touch the hardest heart. Such a
story is the following which appear
ed in Sunday's New York Times:
"Santa Claus found two-year-old
Charlie Pelsange in Roosevelt Hospit
? 1 I |n ?l.n
ill ytoit'iuaj luuiMiiiK, aim in 111^
afternoon the little boy died. The I
Christmas figure he seemed to like
most was his sister's doll, which had
caused his death.
His mother was scrubbing at her
home, 446 West Forty-first Street, on
Friday, and she had set a deep pan
of boiling water on the floor where"
she could get at it easily. Charlie's
sister had received a doll as an ante
Christmas present, and he was danc
ing arouud the room with the doll
in his hands. He turned to run
backward, fell into the boiling water,
and was so badly burned that there
was no hope for his life.
The doctors at Roosevelt Hospital
whither his mother ran with the boy
in her arms, said he could live only
a little while. His parents and his
sister stayed with him. They gave
him his presents yesterday morning.
He fondled them a while, and then
asked for the doll. His sister brought
it to him, he died with it in his
arms."
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FOUR OAKS NEWS.
Mr. Mines, of Loulsburg, is spend
ing a few days with his sister here,
Mrs. Walter House.
Mr. I. M. Massengill has returned
from Norfolk, Va., where he spent
the holidays with his employers. Wa
ters & Martin, wholesale hardware
dealers.
Miss Nellie Lassiter has returned,
from Benson where she spent th< !
holidays with Miss Inez Parker.
<2 \\T A (n tw.?
in id. o. * *. nuauio is tiouiug uci
parents at Buies Creek.
Mr. Jas. M. Thornton, of Mtnne- j
apolis, Minn., is spending the holi
days here with his parents, Mr. and :
Mrs. J. T. Thornton.
Miss Bessie Johnson and sister,
of Benson, have returned after spend-1
| ing some time at the home of Mrs.
j E. P. Baker.
Of the many young men and
! young ladies attending school away
i we note the following are spending
holidays with parents and friends:
Mr. J. B. Adams, of the Virginia
State University; H. B. Adams of
Trinity College; Misses Ruth and
Annie Adams of Greensboro Female
College; Miss Irene Baker, of Lit
tleton Female College; Miss Floy
Johnson of Greensboro State Normal;
0. W. Johnson University of North
Carolina; Miss Alma Adams of Ixrnis
burg Female College; Miss Bettie
Adams of King's Business College,
i and Miss Effie Adams of Dunn Grad
ed School.
Married Sunday, December 26: ?
Mr. Charles Lassiter and Miss Annie
Thornton at Mr. Hackney Temple's,
J. P. Mr. Lassiter is youngest son
of the late Mr. Henry Lassiter and
is a prosperous farmer. Mies Thorn
ton is the charming daughter of our
popular townsman, Mr. J. T. Thorn
ton. We wish them a long and pros
perous Journey through life.
Dec. 29, 1909. Hello BUI.
LAMP EXPLOSION KILLS EIGHT.
Italian Family Wiped Out and Three
of Its Boarders Burned to Death.
Ilillsville, Penn., Deo. 24.?An oil
lamp explosion in the home of San
tano Cierbo caused early today the
death of at least eight persons and
the serious injury of two daughters
and a son, and Frank Ainbrosino,
Steve Kenpele and Mike Daradille,
who boarded with him, were killed.
Two other boarders were seriously
burned In escaping from the burning
bouvf.
The house was a two-story frame
structure, and by the fire the fami
ly is wiped out.
The fire was caused by the break
ing of a lamp that burned all night
in the hall. In some manner it drop
ped from a shelf and exploded. Burn
ing oil was scattered over the nar
row hall, and the occupants of the
house were trapped. The boarders
who escaped plunged from a window.
Wade-Smith.
A very quiet marriage was celebrat
ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E.
G. Smith on Second street Tuesday
at noon in the presence of only a
few friends and relatives, the con
tracting parties being their daughter,
Miss Alma, and Mr. Edward S. Wade,
of Raleigh.
The parlor had been very prettily
decorated for the happy occasion
with ferns and holly and the soft
glow of the lighted candles added to
the beauty of the scene.
As the tsrains of Mendelssohn's
Wedding march, skillfully rendered
by Miss Ada Harnes, pealed forth
the bride and groom entered the par
lor, preceded by Miss Vara Smith,
sister of the bride and Miss Lottie
Woodard, of Raleigh. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. J. M. Cul
breth.
Immediately after the ceremony
iha wedding party and guests were
invited to the dining room which
had been artistically decorated with
ferns and geraniums, where an ele
gant wedding dinner was served.
After enjoying the good things hero
prepared the happy couple were driv
en to Selma where they boarded a
west-bound train for Raleigh, their
future home.
Out of town guests were present
as follows: Mrs. M. C. Woodard and
daughters, Mrs. R. J. Williams ,and
Mrs. M. M. Smitha, of Raleigh, and
a few other friends and relatives.
The bride wore a handsome blue
coat suit with hat and gloves to
match. The bride is a popular young
lady of this town who has a host
of friends who wish her the greatest
happiness.
Farmers Institutes.
Mr. T. B. Parker, director of Far
mers Institutes, asks us to adver
tise institutes to be held next month
as follows:
Smithfield, January 10, Monday.
Caseys Chapel, January 11, Tues
day.
Pinkney, January 12, Wednesday.
JOHNSON'S SCHOOL HOUSE DOTS.
Mr. Lenard Ferrell and sister, Miss
Minnie, spent Christmas with their
aunt, Mrs. C. V. Byrd, near Benson.
Mr. Jesse Standi, of 'the Archer
section, spent a few days last week
with relatives in our section.
Mrs. David Souther land and chil
dren of the Little Creek section
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Kennedy.
Mr. Walter Johnson is quite sick
again. We wish for him a speedy
recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kennedy spent
Saturday and Sunday with friends
in the Little Creek setcion.
Miss Flossie Bason, of the San
ders Chapel section, is spending a
few days with Miss Nellie Johnson.
Miss Dela Johnson and little nelce
Miss Lucy, spent Saturday and Sun
day with her slater Mrs. J. S. Smith
near Wilson's Mills.
Mr. J. M. Johnson, of near Wilson's
Mills, spent Sunday with bis father,
Mr. Walter Johnson.
Mr. Brosia Porter, of Benson,
spent the holidays with relatives in
our section. J. A. M.
A Little Late.
The Herald la a little late this
week. After this issue we hope to
reach all our readers on schedule
time with the bent paper ever pub
lished In Johnstea ??uty
BOILER EXPLOSION KILLS FIVE.
I One Workman in Rock Island Shops
Blown Three Blocks.
Shaunee, Okla . Dec. 24.? Five work
| men were killed and seventeen oth
er injured today by the explosion of
a locomotive boiler that wrecked
the repair shop of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific Railroad.
The explosion occurred while most
of the men were at luncheon. Com
pany C. of the Oklahoma National
Guard is on duty by order of Gov.
Haskell to preserve order. The
shop yards are strewn with frag
ments of bodies. The body of Rob
ert Kerr was found three blocks a
way from the shops. Windows all
over town were shattered.
Foreign Billions in America.
That the old countries find it profit
able to financo the new countries
Is commonly understood, but to what
extent they derive their prosperity
and increasing wealth from this i
source, has until now been mere ]
guesswork, and the estimated total
far below the mark. A painstaking
and thorough inquiry into the sub
ject by a leading authority Indicates
that the older countries have invested
$6,000,000,000 in the United States in
the last half century. Hut for this
vast supplement to our own resources
the growth of America must have
been more gradual, more like that
of the South American countries,
where the opportunities for quick re
i turns were less than here. Great
Britain has been the principal source
of the six billions of foreign capital
invested in the United States.
Besides paying over the dividends
accruing to the investors, we double
our wealth every twenty years; but
it is believed that the inflow of cap
ital from the older countries will con
tinue for many years in diminishing
amounts. It is anticipated that this
will insure a further groat increase
in the productivity and wealth of
this country and a corresponding ex
pansion of income for the foreign in
vestor.
When the inflow of foreign capital
began, the census returns showed
the aggregate wealth of the United
States to bo $7,000,000,000, or only
a billion more than we have since
imported. In 1904 our wealth bad |
Increased by leaps and bounds to
$107,000,000,000. During the same pe
j riod the per capita rose from $307
| to $1,310.
The advantages of the export of
capital by the older countries are
seen in the case of Great Britain,
which is typical of the experience of
other leading ocuntries. All told,
the British have $15,000,000,000 in
vested In the countries, including her
colonial possessions. The movement
began about 75 yeare ago, when the
wealth of that country was $20,000,
000,000 and the per capita $714. Now
her wealth is $80,000,000,000 and the
per capita $1,777. Her foreign In
vestments are principally in govern
j ment bonds and railroad securities,
| and in Canada, South Africa, Australia
t and other colonies her capitalists ex
, ert a dominant influence in finance
j and industry.
Americana themselves are becoming
investors in other new countries,
mostly In Mexico and South America,
where liberal concessions hold out
prospects of flattering returns. It is
j doubtful, however, that money thus
Invested yielded a larger income than
would have resulted from its Invest
ment at home. Certainly not at this
heyday of opportunity and develop
ment?Washington Post.
Misses Oliver Entertain.
Selma, Doc. 28.?Misses Bettle and
! CladyB Oliver entertained a number
' of their friends at their beautiful
home here complimentary to their
' cousins, Misses Jennie and Afflnnle
Cox, of Washington, N. C. The spo
j clal feature? of the evening were ln
| strument&l solos by Miss Gladys OU
j ver, and vocal solos by Mr. W. E.
j Yelverton, of Fremont. Delicious re
freshments were sorve4. consisting
; of fruits, Ices and cakes.
The invited guests were Misses
Ruby Richardson, Mary Mltchiner,
Eunice Parker, Lovle and Mabel Grif
fin, Pauline Massey, Bertha Griffin,
of Clayton; Messrs. B. R. Cox, of
Chapel Htl, W. E. Yelverton, of
Fremont, R. D. Moore, of Portsmouth,
| Troy Henry, M. R. Wall, <5. W Bvana
John and Jake Waddell, L W. Rich
ardson, Richard Massor, Ik)yd Wonv
maek, na4 Dr. I'm! FttacvraM.
MORE SNOW IN CHICAGO.
Expects Zero Weather?16 Below Ye
terday in Winnipeg.
Chicago, Deo. 28.?Colder weath<
for Chicago and the Northwest ws*
predicted today. Though the mitl
mum temperature in Chicago tod< '
was 10 degrees above zero, the l>
dicatlons are that the temperatu*
will drop to near zero tomorrow.
The coldest weather in the Nort ?
west today was reported from J1 ?
nedosa and Winnipeg, 16 degrees 1
low zero at each place.
Chicago and vicinity were agi '
assailed tonight by a snow star ?,
driven by a wind which attained &
velocity of 26 miles an hour. Though
it caused inconvenience to local traf
fic, it was reported at the Weather
Bureau that the storm was local and
Boon would abate.
Mrs. Cole Entertains.
In honor of her guests, Misses Beu
lah and Mary Keel, of Wilson,- and
Bertha Keel, of Clayton, Mrs. W.
W. Cole entertained the young peo
ple of Sinithfield last evening from
8 till 11:30. The house was beautiful
ly decorated with holly and mistle
toe. The guests were received i-y
Miss Kosa Peacock and Mr. Richard
Holt. The feature of the evening
was the contest which consisted In
answering certain questions with the
names of poets. Several having ans
wered all the questions correctly, a
draw showed Mr. A. M. Noble the
winner. The prize was presented by
M.- I-' 1.' Win r<1 Up V..1.1.. .
*?? ? . ? 4 . ? . " 111 Up Oil. ilUUlU t V O V U t
ing it in turn to his partner, Miss
Eleanor Myatt. The guests were then
invited into the beautifully decorated
dining room where delicious refresh
ments were served.
Those present were. Misses Bettie
Lee and Lucy Sanders, Kate Woodall,
Ella. Ava and Amelia Myatt, Mattle
Hudson, Annie and Rosa Peacock.
May Moore, Alma Easom, Flossie
Abell, lone Abell, Lucy Hood; Messrs
R. R. Holt, Seth Myatt, J. Hood,
Hallie Hood, Iioyce Hargett, Lee Tur
lington, J. A. Campbel, Lonnie Pay
lor, Tom Daniel, A. H. Rose, Lee
Sanders, A. M. Noble, H. B. Easom,
A. F. Joyuer, W. M. Grantham and
Mr. and Mrs. Ed F. Ward.
Met Death By Fire.
Monday, December 20, at the home
of Mr. Delma Hardee while thejr
were all away from the house, ex
cept the little baby, which was left
sitting In the cradle playing. The
mother was not out of the room
over fifteen minutes, but while she
wa* away It is supposed that fire
popped In the cradle. When she re
turned she found little Althea amid
the scorching flames. The mother
hastened to the rescue of her sweet
baby, but alas! it was too late to
save its life.
All that friends and loved ones
could do for the little sufferer could
not stay the cold hand of death. It
lived only about twelve hours when
its spirit took its flight to live with
Jesus where there will be no more
pains, sorrow or flames to torment,
but all is peace, joy and happiness
around God's white throne.
Little Althea was born April 14th,
1909, and died December 21, 190*.
making its stay here on earth only
eight months and seven days.
She was laid to rest in the ceme
tery at Johnson Chapel Wednesday
evening in the presence of a host
of friends and loved ones to mourn
their loss.
Little Althea had a sweet and lov
ing disposition; was always quiet and
peaceable. None knew her except
to love her. Weep not fond pa
rents, for our loss is her eternal
gain. She fell asleep in the arms of
Jeeus where she will await the res
urrection morn.
A little one from them has gone,
A voice they loved is still,
A place is vacant In their home,
Which never can b efilled.
Little Althea has gone to the portals
above,
Where nothing dwells but peace am
lore,
And If we strive to do the Master's
will
Some day we will be with little Al
thea still.
AUNT FLORENCE.
Dec. 28, ISO#.
Messrs. Loyd Wade, Busbee Popt,
Bugone Lee, Jack Lee and Orvlng
Grantham, of Dunn, attended the
t?er? Tvemiay night.
I