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VOL 28 * * SMITHFIELD, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1910 Number 51
WHITE MAN KILLS NEGRO.
Frank McLean Killed at a "Near
Beer" Store Near Duke. Another
Chapter Added to the History of
Horrors Whose Author I* Strong
Orink. Adams, The Slayer, Left
For Other Parts.
Last Friday, February 11th. David
Adams killed Frank McLean in Har- j
nett County Just across Cape Fear (
river from the town of Duke at a
"near beer" store. David Adams Is I
a young man and son of Mr. Frank
Adams who lives near Four Oaks. Mc
Lean was a negro about forty years
old, had a family and had lived with
Mr. D. W. Adams about ten or twelve
years. He attended to the feeding
of stock and did other work for Mr. |
Adams. He was not considered a i
great drinker but would drink liquor
when he could get it and sometimes
got drunk. A few days ago he order- j
ed a lot of whiskey from Virginia
which no doubt caused his death. Mr. '
D. \V. Adams has a plantation in Har
nett County about six miles south of!
Duke and near Linden, a new depot j
on the Mills railroad. Friday was
the day set for wagons to go therr
to move Mr. E. Adams, son of Mr. D.
\V. Adams, back home from Harnett
where he had been for several
months since his marriage. The day
was bad. '' Garland Rodgers, a negro,
and Mr. David Adams started on
one wagon, McLean driving the oth
er. McLean prepared for the trip
by taking part of his jug of liquor
in a pint bottle and some in a quart
bottfy?. Some drinking was done be
fore they left home ana some on me
way. They passed through Duke and J
crossed the iron bridge, stopping at
a store near the bridge. They ate
some potted ham and crackers and
drank some "near beer." McLean
drank part of the contents of a bot
tle and then offered it to Mr. Adams
who remarked that he did not drink i
after a negro. Some words were ex- ?
changed about it. Mr. Adams said j
If he had a pistol he believed he
would kill that negro. A bystander
remarked that in that place they man
aged negroes with other things and
pointed to a piece of pump piping
which was at hand. Mr. Adams took
the piece of piping and punched Mc
kean twice with it. McLean then
started to make fight at Mr. Adams.
Mr. Adams struck him on the left
6ide of the head which caused him
to fall back to the floor in an un
conscious state. His body was placed
in one of the wagons and the jour
ney was resumed. Nobody seems to
know when he died but the first time
they examined him he was dead. His
body was brought home for burial.
Friday evening about seven o'clock
Mr. Adams took a south bound train
and has not been seen since. At
the time of the killing McLean was
drunk and Mr. Adams had been drink
ing.
TOWN DRY FOR FIFTY YEARS.
Millionaire Offers Improvements and
People Welcome Chance.
Hudson, O., Feb. 14.?This village
voted that it was worth while to re
main "dry" for 50 years in order to
obtain a water works plant, electric
light and sewerage system and kind
red improvements.
The electorate tftrned out In a body
after a hot campaign and voted to ac
cept the proposition by 162 to 97.
James W. Ellsworth native of Hud
eon but at present millionaire resi
dent of New York, offered the vil
lage the advantages named if it
would vote "dry" and stay so for f'f
ty years; paint Its housps white with
green blinds and put on red tile
roofs, grow hedges to replace th
populace picket fence, plant shade
trees and clean up.
When the offer was first made two
years ago, the village promptly voted
?'dry" and painted Itself white. Ells
worth built a boys' club and a new
congregational parsonage.
Discontent arose, however, among
the "wets" and petitions for a re-'
turn of the saloon were circulated, re
sulting In to-day's election. Ellsworth
served notice that he would continue,
his portion of the improvements If
the town weut "dry," but that on
the whole he was rather disgusted.
Senator Overman has secured the
passage of a Mil appropriating $125,
000 to establish a fish hatchery In
eastern North Carolina.
HOLT'S MILL ITEMS. 11
Mr. Bill Holt, of Smithfield, has I
come down to make a crop ou his !
father's place, near Holt's Mill.
Mr. J. E. Pittman made a business
trip to Smithfield Tuesday.
Mrs. Fannie Wooten has returned
home after spending a few days in
Goldsboro.
Mrs. J. W. Pittman went to the
Raleigh hospital last week for treat- ]
ment. <
Ethel Silas spent Tuesday night !
with her playmate Cloa Pittman. i
Mr. Lonie Johnson went Sunday to
attend the burial of his mother at i
Benson. 11
We are glad to learn that Mrs. J.
L. Pittman is improving very fast.
Mr Jay Pittman spent Thursday
night with his cousin Frank Pittman. i
Mrs. Tom Hill is visiting her moth
er, Mrs. Henry Rhodes.
Mr. Tom Bizzell held prayer meet
ing at W. H. Rhodes' last Sunday.
Mr. Jasper Hunt, of our section,
has moved to the Smithfield cotton
mills,
Mr. Dan Kornegay and Miss Lew
ie Capps were happily married last;
Wednesday night by J. T. Massey. Mr
Kornegay is a young prominent far
mer and is the son of Mr. Bill Korne
gay. Miss Lewie is the accomplished
daughter of Mr. Atlas Capps. They \
will make their home near the Neuse
Chapel church. We wish them a
long and prosperous life.
Princeton, Feb. 16. P. T. Z.
The S. P. G. C.'s Entertain.
On last Monday evening at the I
home of Miss Ruth Jones, the S. P. j
G. C. delightfully entertained the Glee
Club with a Valentine reception. Du
ring the evening many games were
played In which all participated and
enjoyed. An unique arrangement for
obtaining partners for supper was em
ployed. Each one was given a heart
with a number on It. The ones cor
responding were ushered into the
dining room where delicious refresh
ments were served by Misses Mattie
Wellons and Ruth Jones. While the
guests were preparing their depar
ture Misses Nannie Underwood anil
Pearl Keen rendered a few piano
solos as a finale.
Those present were Misses Nannie
Underwood, Eva Yelvington, Annie
Lee Kirton, Annie Crisp, Mary Tom
linson, Daisy Jones, Mattie Wellons,
Lillie Barbour, Lula Smith, Pearl Ste
phenson, Lillle Smith, Pearl Keen,
Eloise Martin, and Ruth Jones;) Mess.
Sam Reid, Cornelius Ward, Walter
Ives, Ira Medlin, Ramey Edgerton,
George Pou, Lewis Paylor, Herman
Talton, Junius Sanders, Hallie Hood,
Milton McGuire, Joe Johnson, Carl
Sanders, Robin Hood, Billie Rand,!
Hubert Woodall, G. C. Jordan and j
Dr. W. B. Johnson.
REPORTER.
In the Courts.
Before Mayor pro tem, E. J. Holt,
Arthur Ennis and Jim Obey, both j
colored, appeared Monday morning
charged with an affray. It seems j
that Jim and his wife had some lit-!
tie trouble and Jim proceeded to
whip her, and not being satisffed with
this, also proceeded to handle too
rougniy nis wiies bister, wucicuiwu,
their brother, Arthur Ennis, was sent
for. Arthur arrived in apt time and
with a good sized stick proceeded to
lay Jim out with a lick -across the i
head which required three stitches
to sew up the wound. After all the
facts had been gone into, MayorHolt
gave Jim thirty days on the road and
taxed him with the costs in his
<^ise $4.65. Arthur Ennls was fined
$2.00 and costs, $5.50. It is
surely becoming well known that
it costs to break the law in Smith
field.
Six men were instantly killed and
a number of others seriously tf not j
fatally injured when the bollrr In ti
saw mill at Crump, Mich., exploded
Thursday, wrecked the mill and scat
tered tho debris 100 feet In every
direction. Tfie accWent is believed
to have been caused by forcing cold
water Into the boiler when th" water
was low, causing excess of Rfcam.
It Is reported from Washington that
there Is little doubt but that ^ rl
zona will be given statehood at th!?
session of Congress, and that Mark
Smith, formerly of Kentucky, will
be Its first Vnlted States Senator.
MANY DIE IN SEA DISASTER.
Passenger Steamer Foundered on
Reefs in Mediterranean Sea And
of the Eighty-Seven Passengers
andVO of the Crew Only one Sur
vives.
Palma, Island of Majorica, Feb. 11.
?Driven helplessly from her course, (
in one of the wildest storms that i
has swept the Mediterranean Sea in ;
10 years, the French Transatlantic
Steamship Company's steamer Gen- (
eral Chanzey chased at full speed, (
In the dead of night, on the treacher- |
ous reefs near the Island Minorca,
and all but one of the 157 souls on \
board perished. ,
The sole survivor is an Algerian |
customs offlcal, Marlel Rodel, who
was rescued by a fisherman and who
lies tonight in the hospital at Ciuda- ,
dela raving as a result of thetortures
through which he passed and unable
to give an account of the disaster. ,
In the ship's company were 87 pas
sengers, of whom 30 were in the first
cabin. The crew numbered 70. The
ship, was in command of Captain
Cayol, one of the most careful of
ficers of the line. In his long ex
perience he has never before met
with an accident.
The General Chanzey sailed from
Marseilles Wednesday at noon and
was due to arrive a\ Algiers Thurs- j
day afternoon.
Among the victims was the cele-1
brated Parisian music hall singer,
Francis DuFor, as well as other I
prominent music hall favorites.
i ue uenerai i^nanzy sirui'K ai ?
o'clock Thursday night, after Capt.
Cayol, with all his experience, had I
been unable to cope with the tem
pest of almost unprecedented violence.
Other ships in the neighborhood had
safely ridden out the storm but the
Chanzy fell prey to the elements,
was drifted off her course through
the Balearic archipelago, and brought
up on the coast of Minora, in the ,
vicinity of Coudadela. Fishermen at
day break picked up Rodel clinging
to a piece of wreckage.
DOWN FOUR OAKS WAY.
Mr. C. I. Pearce, of Smithfield,
spent Sunday here.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmette Adams, of
Linden, have moved back to live on
Mr. Adams' father's plantation where
he will farm.
Miss Helen Parker spent Sunday
in Smithfield with her sister, Mrs.
F. K. Brooks.
Messrs D. H. Sanders and J. E.
Parker were in Smithfield and Sel
ma Monday on business.
Miss Alice Wellons is spending a
few days here with relatives and
friends.
Mr. S. W. Brown, who has been
working as operator at Kenly, has j
resumed work here on 3rd trick
operator.
Messrs J. S. Stroup and J. E. Par
ker went to Dunn Tuesday on busi
ness.
A very sad accident occurred on
the road between here and Linden
when Frank McLean, a negro in
the employ of Mr. D. W. Adams, was
killed by Daniel Adams, a son of
Mr. D. F. Adams. All parties lived
near here. Daniel Adams made his
escape soon after McLean died and
has not been heard of so far. McLean
was brought back here Sunday and
burled.
The school faculty have a very In
teresting program arranged for close
here 17th and 18th.
Mr. J. E. liarbour has an interest
ing program arranged for his singing
close Saturday, the 19th, atMlarbour's
chapel near here.
Dr. O. S. Vaughan, the optician
who cams here for a short while, is
having much work to do.
We note with pleasure the im
provement of Messrs D. H. Santfers
and C. D. Stroup's children who have
been vory sick with measles.
Feb. 16. HELLO BILL.
An attack of grip is often followed
by a persistent cough, which to many
proves a great annoyance. Chamber-:
Iain's Cough Ren^dy has bceji ex
tensively used and with good success
for the relief and core of this cough.
Many cases have been cured after
all other remedies had failed. Sold
by Hood Bros.
Thirty-four new lawyers wero li
censed by the Supremo Court last
| week.
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DEATH OF JAMES WRENN.
The Young Man Passed Away At
St. Leo'i Hospital, Greensboro, Last <
Friday Morning. Was Son of Mr.
W. C. Wrenn, of Cleveland Town
ship.
The following notice of the death
of Mr. James Wrenn appeared In the
Greensboro Correspondence of the
News and Observer last Saturday:
"Much regret is felt here at the
death of Mr. James Wrenn. whicU oc
curred at St. Leo's Hospital this morn
ing, after a desperate attack of pneu- ;
monla. The remains will be taken
to Garner on tonight's train for Ral
eigh and the interment will be in
the family graveyard, nine & lies dis
tant from the home of his father, Mr.
W. G. Wrenn, a prominent citizen
of Wake.
"the remains will be accompanied j
from hpre by a committee of the Mer
chants and Manufacturers' Club, of
which he deceased was a member
and one of the Hoard of Governors, j
by the manager of the South At
lantic Lumber Company, of which he
was a director and official and by his
three surviving brothers, who ar
rived here from Garner on the noon
train to-day. Mr. Wrenn came to
Greensboro three years ago from Che
raw, S. C., where he had been em
ployed in the lumber business, and
became associated with the newlyt or
ganized South Atlantic Lumber Com
pany, of Greensboro. He was univer
sally esteemed as a straightforward,
energetic, honorable business man
and a splendid private citizen. He
was 26 years of age, and many are
the friends who join with his imme
diate relatives in sorrow at th^ death
of so excellent a character, with such
bright promise of future usefulness
and success."
Mr. Wrenn was a son of Mr. W.
G. Wrenn, a former commissioner of
this county.
ANTIOCH NEWS.
It being too cold Sunday there was
not a very large crowd at church at
Antioch.
Mr. Claude Narron, made a busi
ness trip to Wilson Monday.
Messrs W. H. and Walter Godwin
went to Clayton Monday and purchas
ed a young mule.
Messrs Henry and W. O. Hocutt
maae a business trip to Moore's
School House Tuesday.
There will be prayer meeting at
Antioch next Saturday night.
Miss Ida Narron spent Saturday
night with Miss Mamie Hocutt near
Sandy Spring.
Mr. W. O. Hocutt spent Saturday
night with his cousin, Mr. C. W. Ho
cutt in Corinth section.
Misses Maude and Lillie Narron
spent Sunday afternoon with Misses
Ella and Daniel Hocutt.
We are glad to see Mr. James
Eldridge out again after a few days
illness. He has started his school
again.
Miss Viola Creech spent Saturday
night with Miss Murtle Starling in
Corbett school house section.
The mad dogs are about to take
this section, but when one gets in
this burg he is generally killed. Mr.
H. H. Creech killed one Saturday
and Mr. Kuial Narron one Tuesday.
RAMBLING SAM.
To Meet Monday Afternoon.
To the W. H. M. S. of Smithfield
Auxiliary:
Lo each member feel the impor
tance of our last meeting of the 4th
quarter, which closes our fiscal year,
February 21, 3 P. M. Much depends
upon each member to fulfil the ob
ligations resting upon us as loyal
workers in this cause. We hope to
bring up the extra fund to the de
sired amount?as many dollars as
there are members in the auxiliary.
This meeting Is also Important be
cause of choosing the officers for
the coming year. We earnestly re
quest a full attendance and let us
make a strong final effort to close
the year with a gratifying report.
MRS. J. R. WALTON, Pres.
MRS. C. V. JOHNSON, Treas
Accompanied by the explosion of
tanks of sulphuric acid, fire at Green
ville, S. C., Sunday night damaged the
local plant of the Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Company to the extent of
$30,000. The loss Is fully covered by ^
insurance.
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KENLY NEWS. I
Mrs. C. G. Pope, of near Princeton. I
a former resident of our town gave
us a call last evening and today, stop
ping with Mrs. Patience Howell.
Mr. R. E. Townsend, of Wilson' was
in town yesterday.
Mr Elias G. Barnes and his son, i
Rosker, Is wi'h us a few day^ visiting i
friends.
Mr. Mathew Spruell was in town i
Saturday.
We are sorry 'o note on our sick |
list this week Miss Mamie Howell,
and are glad to note Mrs. J. C. Gra
dy Is able to be up again.
Mr. C. C. Chase, of Middlesex, was
nere to-day on business.
Mrs. G. A. Hood returned home to- ;
day from Benson where she has been
by the bedside of h^r sick father. i
Dr. Powell, of Taylor, was here on
business to-day.
Mrs. Hamilton, of Raleigh, is here
visiting her mother, Mrs. S. A. Har
den.
Our elocution and music department
of the High School will give an en
tertainment at the Jr. Hall Friday
evening, the 2">th.
A play "The Time of his Life" will
be rendered In the .Tr. Hall Friday
night by the Fremont High School.
J. T. Edgerton & Bro's sensational);
sale the first of Its kind ever in our |
town, began this morning to continue .
for ten days.
Justice failed to be meted out again.
Sometimes It's hard to convict when
whiskey is being prosecuted. Last i
week Gray Atkinson, col., was tried
before Mayor J. T. Edgerton for sell
ing whiskey with clear cut evidence
against him and It not disputed by
defendant yet he was let go scot free.
Prosecuting attorney C. W. Edgerton
and the town not willing to let such
a decision stand immediately swore I
out a new warrant before one of our
magistrates and the matter will be
aired again, we hope with different
results.
Kenly, N. C., Feb. 16. REPORTER.
STATE NEWS.
Mr. T. Gilbert Pearson, of North
Carolina, was elected president of
the National Association of Game
Commissioners and Wardens, which
closed its session at New Orleans
last week.
Allen Green, who shot and killed
Bas. Browning in YVaynesville on the
27th of January, was convicted of
manslaughter in Haywood county Su
perior court last week and sentenced
to five years on the roads.
Solomon Shephard was tried last
week in Oxford for the murder of
Engineer Holt at Durham in Decem
ber, 1908, and convicted, the verdict
being murder in the second degree.
Judge Biggs sentenced him to serve
thirty years in the penitentiary.
The Governor has commuted to 16
years the sentence of 30 years in the
penitentiary imposed in 1897 upon
Abner Longcry, of McDowell county,
who was convicted of murder in the
second degree. He was then 17 years
old and he killed with a gun awhite
boy aged nine. Longcry always main
tained that the shooting was an ac
cident.
ine town 01 jonesooro in L,ee coun
ty has voted a bond Issue for wa
terworks. The amount of bonds to
be sold is left to the town commls'
sioners. Only six votes were cast
against the measure. One by one
the progressive towns of the state,
regardless of size, are voting bonds
for waterworks and other town im
provements.
A most harrowing fatality occurr
ed in Goldsboro Sunday afternoon at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Fam
piin when by some unaccountable
way Mrs. Pamplin's mother, Mrs. L.
H. Cole, a paralytic, took fire in her
bedroom upstairs, at a time when her
nurse had gone to Sunday school and
Mrs. Pamplin had stepped down
stairs to attend to one of her chil
dren, and was burned to such an ex
tent that death came to her relief at
S o'clock Sunday night.
Death of Mr. Caleb Penny.
Mr. Caleb Penny, a prominent far
mer near Garner, died at his home
on the night of February 9, at 10:30
o'clock. His funeral took place at
his home at 3 o'clock Thursday. He
leaves a widow and one daughter,
Mrs. Charles Holloman ,of Cary. Ho
w-as In his 79th year.?News and Ob
server.
DRUGGISTS ASSAULT MINISTER.
Incensed Because Baptist Preacher,
as Correspondent of a Newspaper,
Had Characterized Them as Ex
Saloon Keepers.
Greenville, Feb. 14.?On Saturday
morning Rev. Jesse McCarter. pastor
of the Baptist church of Farmville,
was assaulted on the street of the
town by S. M. Pollard and J. A.
Burnett, each of the assailants strik
ing him. The cause of the attack
Is said to be an item in a letter
which Mr. McCarter, who Is Farm
ville correspondent of The Greenville
Reflector, wrote the paper In which
It was stated that neither of the ?
Farmville drug stores had a regis
tered pharmacist, but were owned
and managed by ex-saloon kt> p ra.
Mr. Pollard stopped the minister
on the street Saturday morning and
asked for a retraction of the state
ment, which the minister replied
could not be given as It was true.
Mr. Pollard then struck the minister
In the face, knocking him down, and
as the latter was getting up Mr. Bur
nett, who had rome 011 the scene in
the meantime, also struck him ;i blow
on the head. Warrants were issued
for both the assailants of the minister
and the trial is expected to take
place tomorrow.?Charlotte Observer.
WENDELL BREEZES.
Some of the teachers and pupils
of the Wendell Graded School gave
a box party on Wednesday night at
the school house and report a good
crowd and a very enjoyable occasion.
Their purpose was to raise money
for a Tennis set for the school, and
twenty-seven dollars was r alized
from their efforts and lots of fun
thrown in extra.
On Thursday evening a surprise
birthday party was tendered to Mrs.
Morris at the hotel and all .present
enjoyed the occasion. The Mattox
family were present to furnish music
with violins and guitar. They play
well together and are a very musi
cal family.
Dr. Hubert RoyBter, of Raleigh,
was called here Friday to see the
little grand-child of Dr. Allen. Loyd
Maddrey. All that three physicians
could do was done to relieve the lit
tle sufferer, but after eleven days of
Intense suffering of meningitis. he
died on Saturday morning. Loyd was
a bright little boy of 18 months of
age, and the sympathy of our people
is extended to the sorrowing parents.
"God needed one more angel child
Among his shining band.
And so he stooped with loving smile
And clasped our darling's hand."
The American Stone Co., of Rich
mond, has bought ten acres of rock
about a mile from town, and their
Mr. Jones is putting in machinery
and they will soon be able o ship
great quantities of rock. They have
several large orders waiting the com
pletion of arrangements. We learn
that they will use fifty men at the
quarry. We are glad for such indus
tries to be operated in our midst, and
that the old rook quarry will be put
upon a paying basis.
Mr. R. B. Whitley was in RaKigh
last Friday.
Mr. C. H. Anderson, of Raleigh, is
here looking after his lumber inter
ests.
Several residences are going up.
Those of Messrs. Nobles, House and
Todd are well under way, and the
handsome one of Mr. M. A. Griffin
will soon be completed.
Prof. J. E. B. Davis is having lum
ber placed upon his lot next to the
M. E. church preparing to build dur
ing the spring and summer.
Miss Cone and her music pupil*
gave a recital at the academy Mon
day evening, which was appreciat< d
by be patrons and friends of ;ti3
school.
We are glad to see Mr. J. W. llin
nant out again after suffering v
eral f'ays from a severe attack of
tonsilitis.
Wendell, FebAlo. N. C. HUSTt "R.
Won't Need a Crutch.
When Editor J. P. Sossman, cf
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salves and ointments proved worth
less. Then Bucklen's Arnica Saivj
healed It thoroughly. Nothing is so
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Earns, Bruises, Cuts, Corns, Son .
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