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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.