iUjr SmitljfirHl Jirralb. Price One Dollar Per Year "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." Single Copies Flv? Centa. VOL. 29 SMITHF1ED, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1910 Number 3 HIS STATUE UNVEILED GREAT SOUTH CAROLINIAN STAND8 AMONG HIS PEERS. Statue Formally Accepted and Un veiled in the Hall of Fame at Wash ington?Account of the Ceremon ies in the Senate and House?Ad dress by Senators Smith and Lodge?Massachusetts' Tribute to The Great Separatist?Calhoun the Man?"One of the Greatest Minds That American Public Life Can Show." Washington, D. C., March 12.?The Capitol was the scene of a notable event today when In the presence of a distinguished assemblage, a statue of John C. Calhoun, the great South Can olina Separatist, was unveiled in Statuary Hall. The unveiling ceremony took place at 11 o'clock and was conducted whol ly by South Carolinians. Governor Ansel presided and former Governor Mauldin delivered the principal ora tion. The statue is a bold piece of work, depicting its subject in strident atti tude. It is placed on the south side of Statuary Hall, between the figures of Ethan Allen and Lewis Cass, and directly faces the statue of Webster, Calhoun's great antagonist, which stands calmly on its pedestal on the north side 61 the hall. The ceremon ies of acceptance took place in the Senate and House after the comple tion of exercises in the hall. It was In the two houses that the represen tatives of the two ante-bellum bellig erent States met to once more bury the hatchet. Senator Lodge and Rep resentative McCall, speaking for the New England Commonwealth, and Senator Smith and a number of South Carolina Representatives for the State. An address was made In the Senate also by Senator Chamberlln, of Oregon, Messrs. Lodge and McCall spoke eulogistically of the personal ity of the subject of the exercises. The Senate exercises began at 12 o'clock and those of the House at 2 o'clock. In the House in addition to Mr. McCall, addresses were made by Representative Lamb, of Virginia, and Representatives Aiken, Finley, Lever, Johnson and Ellerbee, of South Carolina. Senator Lodge's speech was an eu logy of Calhoun, the man. "We do well to place here a sta tue of Calhoun," said the Senator. "I would that he could stand with none but his peers about him, and not el bowed and crowded by the temporary notorious and the illustrious obscure. His statue is here of right. He was the greatest man South Carolina has given to the nation. He was one of the most remarkable men, one of the greatest minds that American public life can show." Dr. Eben Alexander Dead. Dr. Eben Alexander, dean of the University of North Carolina, died suddenly Friday at the home of his Bon. Dr. Eben Alexander, Jr., in Knoxville, Tenn. Dr. Alexander was born In Knoxville March 9, 1851, and was a grandson of James White, of Iredell county, N. .C., one of the foun ders of Knoxville. He was educated ftt Yale and was for a time a mem- J ber of the faculty of the University J of Tennessee. In 1886 he became professor of Greek in the University of North Carolina. In 1893 he was appointed minister to Greece by Pres ident Cleveland, a position he filled with credit to himself and his coun try. He returned to the University In 1897 and 1900 was made dean of the faculty. He is survived by his Wife and four children. The $11 Hog Has Arrived In Chicago. Chicago. Harch 12.?The *11 hog ushered itself in on the Chicago mar ket to-day. Receipts fell away to 5,000 and of . these two carloads brought the top price. Eastern demand as unabat ed with the utter Impossibility to meet It. Hogs that in past years would have been considered decidedly poor quality sold at 110.80. Shippers to the east were apparently willing to j pay almost any price for pork of any ?ort. HAPPENINGS AT CLAYTON. Miss Julia Ferrell, of Raleigh, was | here Sunday, the guest of her sister, Mrs. Hezzie Pool. Mrs. S. M. Finch, of Wilson. Is spending this week with her sister, I Mrs. J. M. Hamilton, In the city. | Mrs. J. H. Moore left Sunday af ternoon for Durham where she will J spend several days the guest of her son. Mr. G. D. Smith, of the Farming & Mercantile Co., was in the city for several hours Tuesday on busi ness. Mr. and Mrs. John I. Barnes spent Sunday with relatives at Archer. Mr. Herman Moore left Tuesday for High Point where he will be de tained for several days on business. Mr. A1 Weathers, of Garner, was ! here for a few hours Sunday, the guest of his brother, Mr. W. H. Wea thers. Mr. Ransom Penny, one of old Johnston's most progressive farmers, i was here for a short time Monday j purchasing paint. Mr. Penny is hav- i ing his residence repainted which) will add much to Its attractiveness. The many friends of Mr. M. M. Gul ley will be glad to learn that he is slowly improving after several days confinement to his room. Rev. Geo. B. Starling delighted his audience with two strong and force ful sermons Sunday morning and j night at the M. E. Church. We understand that the Southern Railway Company will be asked by the citizens of Clayton to build a new depot at this place. The pres- 1 ent plan is to build the present house larger which will not add largely to the accommodations of the depot. Mr. Jesse M. Battle, of St. Louis, Mo., will begin the erection of a handsome three story residence lr. the southern suburbs of the city in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. Bat tle are here now, the guests of the family of Hon. Ashley Home and will make Clayton their home during the ' winter months after this year. Mr. i G. W. Ellis has the contract for the i'.ew residence and will begin wnr'- 1 on it Immediately. Mr. E. A. Holt, the popular Supi r intendent of Liberty Cotton Mills, is i having the interior of his residence remodelled and repainted. Mr. Cleon Austin was in the city several hours Tuesday on business. Mr George Coats, of near Smith field, was in town Wednesday selling < cotton and attending to other busi ness. Mr. James Stansell spent Sunday ' with friends in the country. The singing class from the Oxford i Orphanage will be here on Wednes day night, April 6th, under the aus- 1 pices of the Local Masonic Lodge. They have been here several times 1 before and always receive a warm : welcome and a large audience. i Mr. Rogers, of the firm of Hook I ? & Rogers, Architects of Charlotte, N. i C., was here last week inspecting the work on the Pythian Orphanage. The i work on the orphanage is going on i rapidly when the weather will permit. Clayton, N. C., Mar. 15, 1910. S. L. W. Democratic State Convention in Char- I lotte July 14. The Democratic State Committee, , in session at Raleigh Thursday night, , selected Charlotte as the place and i Thursday, July 14, as the date of the ] meeting of the Democratic State con vention. Delegations from Greens boro and Charlotte asked for the con vention and Charlotte won, 21 to 33. The committee adopted a revised pian ot organization ana under tha plan the Democratic primaries or precinct meetings and the Demo- 1 cratic county conventions will be held on the same day in all the coun ties. June 25 is the date selected* for the Democratic primary elections or ? precinct meetings. July 2nd the ' county conventions will meet and I elect delegates to the State, congres- i sional and judicial conventions, and the congressional and Judicial con ventions in the various districts will be held on some suitable date be tween July 2 and the meeting of the State convention July 14. Mr. Whitehead Klutz, of Salisbury, who addressed the meeting of the New Jersey Bar Association last summer, has been Invited to deliver j I the Fourth of July address at Ocean J j Grove, N. J., thl* year. CENSUS PROCLAMATION PRESIDENT TAFT CALLS ON PEO PLE FOR INFORMATION. It Is The Duty of Every Person to Answer all Questions on the Census Schedules Applying to Him And The Family to Which He Belongs, And to the Farm Occupied by Him Or His Family, and That Any Adult Refusing to do so Is Subject To Penalty. Whereas by the Act of Congress approved July 2, 1909, the Thirteenth Decennial Census of the United States is to be taken, beginning on the fifteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and ten; and Whereas a correct enumeration of th<i population every ten years is required by the Constitution of the United States for the purpose of de termining the representation of the several States in the House of Repre sentatives; and Whereas it is of the utmost impor tance to the interests of all the peo ple of the United States that this cen sus should be a complete and accu rate report of the population and resources of the country: Now, therefore, I, William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America, do hereby declare and make known that, under the act aforesaid, it is the duty of every per son to answer all questions on the census schedules applying to him and the family to which he belongs, and to the farm occupied by him or his family, and that any adult refusing to do so is subject to penalty. The sole purpose of the census is to secure general statistical informa tion regarding the population and re sources of the country, and replies are required from individuals only in order to permit the compilation of such general statistics. The cen sus has nothing to do with taxation, with army or jury service, with the compulsion of school attendance, with the regulation of immigration, or with the enforcement of any nation al, state, or local tax or ordinance, nor can any person be harmed in any way by furnishing the Infor mation required. There need be no fear that any disclosure will be made regarding any individual person or his affairs. For the due protec tion of the rights and interests of the persons furnishing information every employee of the Census Bu reau is prohibited, under heavy pen alty, from disclosing any information which may thus come to his know ledge. I therefore earnestly urge upon all persons to answer promptly, com pletely, and accurately all inquiries addressed to them by the enumera tors or other employees of the Cen sus Bureau, and thereby to contribute their share toward making this great and necessary public undertaking a success. In Witness Whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be af fixed. Done at the city of Washington this fifteenth day of March, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and ten, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and thirty-fourth. WM. H. TAFT. By the President: P. C. KNOX, Secretary of State. BRYAN NOT FOR SENATE. Omaha Editor Has Nebraskan's Prom ise to Stay Out of Race. Omaha, Nebr., March 13.?William J. Bryan will positively not be a can didate for the United States Senate, nor will he permit the use of his name in any way for that office. Gil bert Hitchcock, editor of the Omaha World-Herald tomorrow will an nounce that Mr. Bryan has given him his absolute promise to keep out of the senatorial race In Nebraska. Mr. Hitchcock is the present Rep resentative from the Omaha district, having been elected three times from a Republican district. His ambition has long been Toward the Senate. Sheriff R. M. Novell spent sever al hours In the city Tuesday. HALLEY'S COMET NEAR i 1 TAIL OF COMET TO SWEEP EARTH MAY 18. The Celestial Wanderer Is too Near The Sun to Be Seen For Some Weeks. On May 18 the| Comet Will Be Fourteen Million Miles From The Earth. The Astronomers Say We May Expect the Comet's Tail To Sweep By Us a Eight P. M. That Day. Chicago, March 12.?Halley's comet has gone Into seclusion (or about it month, and during that time will tib shielded from mortal eyes by golden j veils of sunlight. This announcement1 1 was made to-day by Prof. Edwin B. Frost, director of the Yerkes Obser vatory. Williams Bay, Wis. The reason for the retiring of the comet is that it is so nearly in a line between the earth and the suu that it cannot b eseen against the | j bright background. There is a strong , probability, too, according to the pro-1 J lessor, that the tail of the comet ] will be long enough to envelop the earth on May 18. "We have just about given up trying to observe the comet for the present," he declared to-day. "It is so close to the sun we can't do any thing with it. When will it be vis ible again? Well, about April 5, I think; but then it will appear in the morning sky, whereas, heretofore, we have seen it in the evening sky. "Now, unless the tail lessens in length much faster than it has grown, | it will easily encompass the 14,000,000 miles between the earth and the com et on May 18. The sky of that night should be filled with a fine, luminous display. In fact, we will all be bathed in the comet tail, as it were." "A dispatch from Fresno, Cal.," the professor was informed, "quotes Prof. B. R. Baungardt as saying that Fres no will be turned toward the comet on May 18, and consequently that if the tail touches any part of the earth, it will touch there. Is that correct?" "Yes, I think so. The comet will sweep over us at ? p. m. of our time, however, and thus we shall probably have a better display here than they will have there." School Close. The Woodard school, taught by S. R. Brady, closed Friday, March 4th, 1910, with appropriate exercises, af ter which the names of those who got the most "head-marks" were J read out by the teacher. They were | as follows according to grades: 1st? Ada Fields, 22 head-marks, 2nd?Zil phia Thompson, 13 Tiead-marks. Alice Game who started in this grade was promoted after having gotten 10 head marks, and got 6 in the next grade making her 16 head-marks in all, 3rd?Joe Woodard, 17 head-marks, 4th?Ruffin Philips, 13 head-marks, 5 th?Genette Woodard, 18 head marks, 6th?Martha Brady, 20 head marks. After this Prof. J. P. Cana day was called to the stage and as usual made a great educational speech. Next was called Mr. George F. Woodard, of Princeton: then Mr. S. S. Holt, of Smithfield, both honor ably acquitting themselves. We wish to extend to the gentlemen mention ed above our appreciation and ask them to come again. Still others were called on for talks and the day wore on until it was too late to have the spelling contest which the school had planned, so the scenes closed and all went home feeling high-spir ited. X. Y. Z. Honor Roll Hatcher's School. The following pupils have been present each day at roll call for month beginning February 10, end ing, March 5, 1910. 3rd Grade?Minnie Bailey and Ma mie Bailey. 4th Grade?Edgar Bailey. 6th Grade?Clarence Bailey and Irene Jones. DORA ASHTON BARBOUR. Teacher. Mr. George K. Grantham, of Dunn, spent a short while here with hi* mother. Mr*. Carrie Grantham, Tues day evening. SELMA NEWS NOTES. Selma, N. C.,March 17.?Mr. C. N. Parker will soon move here and open ? livery stable. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Edgerton and Mrs. L. H. All red have returned from Spring Hope where they went to attend the funeral of their brother in-law. Mr. W. W. Wood. 'Jr. R. J. Noble went to Greensboro Tutsday to attend the Anti-Tubercu losis Convention. Mr. L. W. Richardson, Miss Vero na Richardson and Miss Camille Deb nain spent Sunday with Mr. Berry Richardson in Beulah township. Miss Bertha Griffin, of Clayton, spent Saturday and Sunday here on her way home from Richmond. Dr. E. T. Dickinson, of Wilson, was here Wednesday morning to see Mr. Zolley Griffin who was badly shot through the toe about two months ago and has suffered greatly with' blood poison since. Mr. L. D. Debnam spent Wednes day at Zcbulon. Mr. M. C. Winston has returned front a business trip to New York. Mrs. Winston and Miss Ethel are at home from a visit to Dr. Avera in Wake. There will be a song entvrtalnment at the opera house Good Friday night for the benefit of the Methodist and Baptist churches. The program will be very interesting and will consist of the very latest songs. Everybody Invited to attend. Admission 15 and 25 cents. Drs. R. J. and R. P. Noble were called to the Coast Line depot early this morning upon the arrival of the Palmetto Limited to attend a little boy who had fallen from the upper birth of a sleeper and received a se? vere cut on his forehead. Drs. Noble accompanied the little fellow as far as Four Oaks where they stopped and returned to Selma on the shoo fly. EMERGES FROM AFRICAN WILDS. Roosevelt In Good Health and High Spirits. Meets Wife and Daughter In Khartum, Egypt, After A 1300 Mile Journey Down the Nile. Hunt A Huge Success. Khartum, March. 14.?Looking the picture of health and physical fitness showing in every line, Theodore Roos evelt came back to-day from the long trail over which he had spent near ly a year in the pursuit of game. Thousands of persons had gathered here to see him, and they descried from afar the familiar form and more familiar smile?made so even to those who had never before set eyes on the former President of the United States, of the countless pictures of him which have recently been pub lished. Later in the day there was a joy ous reunion of Col. and Mrs. Roose velt and their children, Kernilt and Miss Ethel, in the North Station of Khartum, Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter arriving there about half past five o'clock in the evening. A launch carrying the representa tives of the Governor-General of An glo-Egyptian Sudan, Maj. Gen. Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, Sirdar of the Egyptian army, met the steamer Dal up the river. On this small craft Col. Roosevelt and the members of his party had voyaged for more than 1,300 miles from Gondokoro, in Uganda, where they embarked on February 28. It was a wearisome trip, for there was little to be seen, and the lat ter part of the voyage was exceed ingly uninteresting, the river some times being a mile and a half mile wide, with mud flats on either side, where only crocodiles abound, and to ward the end Col. Roosevelt display ed considerable anxiety to be ashore. DANGER IN DOLLAR BILLS. Germs by the Million Inhabit Them, Congressman Says. Washington, D. C. March 12? Germs?92,000.000 of them, of mani fold variety?were found on a ti bill microscopically examined at the re- j quest of Representative Wiley, of New Jersey, according to his state ment to-day before the House Com mittee on Banking and Currency, In support of his bill to provide clean currency by burning all paper money returned to the Treasury. TEN NEOKOES ROASTED WHOLE FAMILY DESTROYED IN BURNING CABIN. Peaceable Colored Man and His Wlfo And Eight Children Incinerated by The Murderous Holocaust. Family Al! Heavy Sleepers and Did Not Awaken In Time tc Save Their Own Lives. Iloxboro, March 12.?John Wag staff and wife and eight children who ?ve-e burned to death Thursday) night in their home (the house) being entire ly consumed) were tenants of Mr. W. E. Farley, of Person County, and the negro's house was in about three hun dred yards of Mr. Farley's home. Mr. Farley discovered the fire about midnight. an& rushed to the scene, but the house was then almost con sumed. the roof falling in. He could nee the body of John near the door as if he had made some attempt to open it, and fell back. The others ap parently never left their beds. A part of the family slept upstairs and part down, the house consisting only of these two rooms and a cook room In which the fire is supposed to have originated. Hve of the children were nearly grown, among them two grown sons. All parties were peaceable colored people and no foul play is suspected, but it seems rather singular that none awakened and none escaped to tell the tale. The coroner went to the scene and Is investigating. Remote ness of the scene prevented earlier story of the particulars of the horror. ?News and Observer. KENLY NEWS ITEMS. Mr. Tom Strickland left for his home Saturday. Mr. Ixjyd Godwin Is spending a few days in Smithfleld this week. We are glad to see Mr. Z. V. Snipes out again after a few days Illness. We are glad to note that Mr. R. H. Alford's baby Is Improving. We are sorry to have to note that Dr. Coleman had to take Miss Clyde Richardson to Richmond Monday to be operated on for appendicitis. The operation has been performed and Miss Clyde's many friends will be glad to learn that she Is getting along well. Mr. J. H. Anderson, of Raleigh, was in town to-day on business. Miss Mana Short, of Fremont, is visiting Mr. Tom Barnes. We are glad to see our railroad operator, Mr. G. M. Morris, return with the news that his sick mother is improving. Mr. Roy Bailey made a short busi ness trip to Raleigh to-day. Mrs. D. H. Cllbreath's millinery opening takes place to-morrow, Thurs day. Miss Meta Harrison, of Baltimore, returned last Saturday to take charge of Messrs. J. T. Edgerton & Bros' millinery department. We are sorry to note that Mr. and Mrs. Creastnan lost their baby. It was buried Tuesday. Yet there is Joy in that they can go to meet It, * while it cannot return. Mrs. Pearl Roberts, of Asheville. has been spending a few days with her brother. Mr. Creasman. Mr. R. A. Hales is having lumber put on his lot preparatory to build ing a nice two-story residence. Mr. David H. Horn, of Buckhorn section, was the lucky one in the big 10 days sale of J. T. Edgerton & Bro. He received the handsome range that was on contest. Kenly, March 16. REPORTER. Methodist Baracas Elect Officers. Sunday morning the Young Men's Baraca class of Centenary Methodist Church elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Mr. John C. Hood; vice-president, Mr. Lee S. Sanders; teacher, Mr. Harry P. Stevens; assistant teacher, Mr. Herbert Lowry; secretary, Mr. Hu bert Woodali; treasurer, Mr. Billie Rand; assistant treasurer, Mr. Claud Martin; reporter, Mr. Boyce Hargett; delegates to the State convention at Wilson April 6th. Messrs. H. C. Hood and W. Boyce Hargett. Mr. W. W. Hare was In the city Tuesday on business.

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