I V 1 il)r vmifyfuli) Hi-ralii. Price One Dollar Per Year "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOO." Single Cepiee Five C?nt?. ? ** VOL. 29 4 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1910 Number 6 pENNSY NEW YORK TERMINAL. (Magnificent Piece of Railroad Con struction, Costliest Ever Known. Millions Been Expended, Train Service to Begin irv June or July. Pirect Connection by Rail With South and West?Largest in the ^orld. New York, April 2.?The Pennsyl-| vanla Railroad opened to public In spection for the first time to-day 16.5 miles of the most expensive construc tion work, foot for foot, ever at tempted, namely, its tunnel and ter minal improvement from Harrison, N. to Sunnyside, Long Island. The average cost of a mile of ^team railroad is about $25,000; the cost per mile of the tunnel and ter minal Improvement have been more than $9,600,000. The company has thus far expended $102,000,000 and, will expend $160,000,000 before the improvement is completed. Train service is due to begin late in June or early In July with an initial card of 1,000 trains daily. The boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, with a pop ulation of 1,500,000. will then have direct connection by rail for the first time with the South and West. Eventually, by the construction of ? he New York connecting line, which Pt the cost of $12,000,000 additional will bridge the East river at Hell Gate, linking the Pennsylvania sys tem with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad system, it will be possible to travel all rail from any point in the West and the South to jiny point in New England. , The tunnel division is electrically operated and the third rail carrying the current is the heaviest e\ er roil ed?150 pounds to the yard. The ,-nrs are built of steel, the tunnel it self Is of concrete. The trains run in a slot, as it were, between solid concrete benches and In event of a collision or a derailmen the cars could not burn and the train could neither ram the walls of the tunnel, nor even upset* because of the benches at either side. The terminal in % niiattan is 'he largest in the world and one of the handsomest ever constructed. EDGAR TURLINGTON PRESIDENT Qf Y. M. C. A. At University Of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, N. C.. April 6.?The following officers of the Y. M. C. A. were installed last week: Edgar W. Turlington, President; D. B. Bryan, Vice-President; R. T. Webb, Treas urer; and H. C. Smith, Secretary. All four of these young men are men of fine character and achievement in ' University life exemplifying the fact that the Y. M. C. A. is a representa- ( tlve University organization. Turling ton, the president, is also a com mencement debater, marshal and pro- ^ gpectlve president of the Phi Beta ^ Kappa. The University Y. M. C. A. is now one of the three strongest in the South according to the opinion ^ of Dr. W. D. Weatherford of the In fernation Committee. Death Near Powahtan. At her home near Powhatan last ^ Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Mary Adams, wife of Mr. David Adams, ^ passed away after several weeks ill- ^ ness, at an advanced age. perhaps 68 ^ or 70 years. ] She was burled yesterday after- ^ noon at the family burying ground near her home. In the presence of a ^ large concourse of relatives and ^ friends. ?] She had been a faithful and con- ^ fUstent member of the New < hapel ^ Free Will Baptist Church for many ^ years. She was a good woman and ^ will be greatly missed in her home { and community. j She leaves a husband, four sons ^ and two daughters to mourn their ^ loss. She also leaves one brother, ^ Mr. T. H. Ellis, and three sisters, Mrs. 1. H. Medlin, Mrs. D. P. Pool , and Mrs. M. M. Gulley I, No All Day Sunday Service. The Johnston County Telephone Company has discontinued its all clay Sunday service. Rt'sular Sunday j hours?from 9 to 11. and 1 to 3 will o be in force now. There is no need t for an all day Sunday scrvlce and t we think the company should be e commended for its action. Let 'I1? operator have at lejist part of the J Sabbath day to rest. '' / ? COOK STILL HAS FRIENDS. Fund of $175,000 Raised to Prove ', Claim of the Explorer. New York, April 2.-On the au. ^ority of Cap,. Osborn, one of thel most active supporters of Dr Fred ' erick A. Cook, the explorer it was' announced today that about *175,000 had been guaranteed towards a fund to help Dr. Cook prove his claim to , discov< ry of the North Pole. "A prom lnent Western man," Capt. Osbon said ' had pledged $100,000 of this sum, I and Eastern friends of the explorer the remainder. "Dr- C?ok has been in no shape,;' e her phyilcally or mentally to do himself Justice in a fight for his ' rights" added Capt. Osborn. 'lie is1' being strongly urged, however, to come home at once now and take!, measures to establish his claim as 11 aui sure he can." |' Capt. Osbon said that he was in correspondence with the explorer but would not indiacte where his letters to Dr. Cook wece addressed. He' stated, however, that he expected the I1 doctor home by the latter part of!' the present month. Dr. George John Robinson. jl After an illness of many months ' Dr. George J. Robinson, of this 11 Place, passed away on Wednesday' evening, March 30th, at 7:40 o'clock. The end came quietly and peacefully, I < just as he had so often wished, and 11 he passed into the dreamless sleep as a little child sleeps in the arms of its mother. j Skilled physician as he was. he had long realized the seriousness of his condition, and knew that the final11 summons was ever eminent. This summons found him ready and pre pared to go. He. was a lifelong!1 Catholic and died in the full enjoy-' ment of all the consolations tlias his holy religion offers to its children. ' i The remains re carried to ijoldsboro Thursday afternoon and1 the funeral was held from St. Mary's church at 3:00 o'clock by Rev. Father i Price, of Raleigh. The interment'< was made in his family plot in Wil- i lowdale cemetery by the side of his I first wife who died many years aj,o '? A large number of his friends from,! Smithfield accompanied the remains's to Goldsboro and assisted in the last i' sad rites. I j Dr. Robinson was the oldest son of I John and Margaret Robinson and : was born?in Ireland on January 6th, t 1846. When very young he came with ?his parents to this country. He t studied medicine at the Jefferson ( Medical College, of Philadelphia, and. t ifter graduating at that institution, t lie served for some time as surgeon I' In the United States Navy. Resign- c lag this position, he returned to his j ( liome In Goldsboro, where he entered! t politics and was made Clerk of the c Court of Wayne county. But his pro t Session called him to return to its I practice and he abandoned politics, t for which he had no love, to assume f :he duties and the responsibilities of a Ihe physician. After a brief as so- c Mation with the late Dr. James Hay, J? it Princeton, he located at Smithfield t ind immediately entered into a large ind lucrative practice. For nearly i :hlrty years he has ministered to the S people of this vicinity and, for sev-; q sral years has been the Dean of his j i irofession in the county. He was a n lard worker and always a student r fie loved his profession and was jeal- t )us of its traditions. He was twice married. His firs/ t vlfe was Miss Kate Nixon, who was i> he mother of his only child. Mrs. c Thomas S. Ragsdale, of this place, I e ind who died when Mrs, Ragsdale, t vas but a child. His second wife > v vas Miss Lizzie Hyman, who died' d ome years since. Besides his daugh- n er and grandchildren, he is survived I ly two brothers, Judge W. S. O'B. t< iobinson and Col. Jos. E. Robinson, ?f Goldsboro, and by three sisters, c illss Eliza Robinson and Mrs. Mary li I. Morris, both of Goldsboro, and e 'Irs. Margaret R. Cox, of Newton F ?rove. b Smithfield, N. C., April 2. H. o ?? ' tl Abrupt End of Powell Trial. 8 Halifax, N. C.. April 2.?The trial a f E. E. Powell came to an abrupt ermlnatfon yesterday afternoon when a he two special venires were exhaust- ' d and' only ten Jurors secured. Ia view of this and other conditions udgo Ward made an order, remov ti ig the c?S'' to Warren countv f <, ' ' FACTS IN STANCIL- CASE. Fate of Smithfield Appointee Rests I With Mr. Pou. Morehead's Part in Case. Fifth District Representative Gives Out Interview In Which He Explains His Attitude. * * i Observer Bureau, Congress Hall Hotel, Washington, April 3.?The < Smithfield postoftlee matter will be i settled soon. Standi will either be 1 :onfirraed or his name withdrawn 1 within the next week or ten days. I All depends on the statement of i Representative Pou before the Sen- < ?te committee. It Is reported that 1 Mr. Pou is backing from his original story. This is the rumor among some 1 it the Senators. , 1 Tonight when asked about the case, < Representative Morehead gave the i Following interview, which is frank, < lirect and concise: Mr. Morehead's Side. "My activity in the Smithfield 1 postoffice matter, primarily, consist- jl ed in the discharge of the obligation < placed upon me by the result of a I sreat many letters from former Post- 1 master Parker's friends asking that ' I call these communications and the 1 facts involved in the case to the at tention of the President; the repre-j1 sentation of these letters being to ' the effect that Mr. Parker had made < i satisfactory official and that he j < had the majority endorsement of his t local organization, as well as the; overwhelming endorsement of the pa- ' trons of his office and accordingly de- ' served to be reappointed. ? "This I did and the President prom-| isrd that he would call for the pa- '? pers in the case and personally in- ; vestisate the situation. This he > :iid. * |! "Pending this investigation by the f President, 1 had requested Senator i Crane to hold the confirmation of : Mr. Stancil in the Senate until theji President could roach a conclusion as < :c whether or not he would withdraw t Mr. Stancil's name. 1 The Stancil Charges. '< "Just at this Juncture, I received ' i letter from Mr. E. S. Abell, setting ; t orth the fant that Mr.> Stancil had ^ nade the offer to Mr. E. \V. Pou.j Representative of the fourth district, ! ind a resident of Smithfield, to re-11 ain him to assist in the matter of (? securing his appointment and con- > irmation, which proposition, embody-! ng as it did, the endeavor to em- i jloy a member of Congress to secure I ippaintment, is construted as an at empt at bribery. 11 "I first submitted Mr. Abell's let- t er to Mr. Pou, telling him that I|t sxpected to submit the communica- s ion to the President. Mr. Pou read t he letter and confirmed its contents r vith the remark that while I did not v are to and would not have made the i charge, it is true and you can send c he letter to the President. I with- J * Irew the letter from the Postman j i er General's office, where it had e ?een sent without being called to I o he President's attention, and at the ! e irst appointment I could secure, pre- v iented same in person to the Presi lent. In the meanwhile. I also fil- c id with the Senate postoffice commit- t ee a copy of Mr. Abell's letter. 1' Present Status. n "Kaleidosocoplc changes in Mr. itancll's confirmation followed in S luick succession and, I suppose, the s natter is now before the Senate com- \ nittee and its status is just as if li 10 action had been taken in the mat- c er of confirmation. u "What is my personal attitude to f> he case? Personal attitude? Why, s tone exists. 1 never saw Mr. Stan- p 11 or Mr. Parker and would not know fi ither or both if they should step in n his minute. My action in the case I ,as altogether based upon what I o oemed a sufficient demand as to F lake it encumbent upon me that Mr. n 'arker's side of the case be called b o the attention of the President. "This obligation was further in- o reased by the receipt of Mr. Abell's v ?tter and the gravity of its purport,' specially after confirmation by Mr., C ?ou, and necessitated that it reach i t oth the President and the Senate I nmmlttee. This constitutes my ac uity and animus which, as before rated is absolutely non-personal but, imply the discharge of a disagree ble public duty." :,, The fate of Standi Is with Mr. Pou, # fellow countryman and a Demo- f, rat.?Charlotte Observer. i r India's revenue from tbo opium o tade last year amounted to about 1< 23 079,500. ? HHM fatal balloon ascension. Balloon Soars Into Clouds Then > Drops Into Baitic Sea, Freighted With Human Cargo, Monster of the Air Carries Three of its Passen gers to Death. Stettin, Germany, April 3.?The jernian balloon Pommern, which wade an ascension here this after noon, met with a series of accidents, which ended in a disaster under most ragic circumstances in the Baltic Sea. Three men lost their lives, iu luding the radical member of the Reichstag, Werner Hugo Delbrueck. llerr Delbrueck and another mem Jer of the party were drowned, a hird occupant of the car was pick ed up uuconscious and died from his njuries, while the fourth was rea med in a serious condition. The Pommern, carrying Delbrueck. who was acting as pilot; a banker, Kerr Sommelhardt; an architect, Her [tenduhn, and a man named Hein, as ended early in the afternoon at th? 5as works. The wind at the time mas blowing a hurricane, and the Pommern broke away before she had jeen completely ballasted. A chapter of accidents began im mediately. The balloon collided with elegraph wires, which' broke, almost jverturnlng the basket. It then lashed into the roof of a neighboring actory, destroying the smokestack.! With the basket swaying wildly, and uilf of its ropes out, the balloon soar ?d to a great altitude and dlsappear ;d In the clouds at a terrific speed. Thousands of onlookers. Including i detachment of military, which had isslstei? in the ascent, ran along the | ?oads, expecting the basket to break i iway. The balloon, however, was not ;en again until it reached Swine-' mundc, thirty-six miles northwest of i Stettin, over which it passed at a leiglit of 6,000 feet In the direction 1 >f the sea. Tugs foliowcd In its rack, and one of them, which had j )utdistanced the others, was almost liroctly under it when suddenly the | galloon fell Into the sea. The tug] iteamed to the spot quickly, but the i vork of rescue was difficult. Already Delbrueck and Benduhn lad disappeared, but Sommelhardt md Hein were clinging to the ropes md they were dragged aboard the 'essel. Describing their terrible exper ence, Herr Sommelhardt, when he lad been somewhat revived, said: ''0ur colllssion with the telegraph Ines and the factory roof had the nost horrible consequences. Del irueck sustained a broken leg and evere injury of the head. Benduhn lad an arm and leg fractured. Hein eceived contussions of the head. 1 vas knocked senseless, but recovered p a moment to find that I had a rushed knee and chest. The net fork around the envelone was torn n such a manner" that we feared ev ry second the gas bag would slip >ut, and we would crash down to the arth from a height of 6,000 feet, to t'hich we had ascended like a flash. "Delbrueck, in spite of his awful ondition, vainly endeavored to open he valve which had become entang ed. We knew not what to do. but aerely awaited our fate. "In the meantime, we passed over Iwinemunde at a great altitude and oon found ourselves above the sea. Ve thought possibly that we might ?nd in Sweden, but the balloon was aught in a rain cloud, which drove s down, until we were within )50 Bet of the water. Delbrueck was uffering agony, but he succeeded In utting the rippling cord, and we ell into the water like a log. All lanaged to get clear of the basket. , with l!*in, swam and caught hold f the net work, but Belbrueck and tenduhn sank. I remembered no lore until I found myself in the oat which rescued us." Hein died soon after being taken n the tug, and Delbrueck's body .as washed ashore this evening, The Pommern, with the aronaut, ?scar Erbsloeh, In command, won lie international balloon rare at St. .ouls In 1907. No 8tock Law For Them. Mr. H. R. Britt, of Micro, was1 ere last week and savs the jr-ople; round Micro are circulating a petl-j Ion to the next legislature not to un the stock law over them. They '111 have It ready In good time. Wlth ut doubt this question should be >ft to a vote of the people in the errltory to be affected by the law. DEATH OF DR. E. A. BURTON. The Funeral -Was Held Thursday From the Late Home. Greensboro, April 6.?The many friends of Dr. E. A. Burton were grieved to learn this morning that he died at his residence on Menden hall street at 11:45 last night. The funeral will be held from his late res idence at 10:30 Thursday, his pastor, Rev. E. K. McLarty, of AVest -Mar ket Street Methodist church, officia ting. Members of the family who have come to attend the funeral are Messrs. John O. and V. M. Burton, of Weldon: Henry W. Burton, of Char lotte; Judge A. J. Burton, of ltelds ville; .Messrs. K. S. Abell of Smith field, and W. IT. Abell, of Columbia, S. C.; Mrs. E. J. Boole, of Lumber ton. and Mrs. G. X. Blsset, of Nash ville, N. C. Dr. Burton was the youngest son of the late Rev. K.-O. Burton, D. IX, of Weldon, nnd Is survived by a wife, nee Miss Alice Abell, of Smithfield. and three small chidren, five broth ers and one sister. He has resided in Greensboro several years, and had a large practice. He was an earnest Christian, taking much interest In church work, and was a member of West Market Street Methodist Church. Dr. Biirton had won many friends here by his genial and cultivated na ture, and his home life was delight fully hospitable to guests and tender to his devoted family. For sometime he has known that he was nearing the end, suffering from Bright's dis ease, and gave repeated testimony that he was prepared to go. BLIZZARD SWEEPS AUSTRIA. Train Blown Down Emb?nxm;nt and Four Killed. Vienna, April 1.?The fiercest blD zard in years has caused immense dnmage and loss of life in -Southern Austria. A passenger train was blown off the rails near Muggia and 1 r< lied down an embankment, killing /cur persons and injuring 18. At Trieste steamship navigation! has been suspended and great da mag a Clone in the new harbor. Several sifamers of the Austrian Lloyd Line, dragged their anchors and narrowly escaped disaster. This city is suffering greatly from fit storm, which has extended over a considerable part of the country. Many accidents are reported and sev eral deaths, and the tramway, tele graph and telephone services are prac tie-ally at a standstill. Board of Aldermen Meet. The City Board of Aldermen met j in regualr meeting Tuesday night and ; several matters of importance were' looked into. The near-beer ordinance which re quires a license tax of $.">00.00 to br paid by every dealer of near-beer, which was introduced at the meeting one month ago, was unanimously passed by the board and thus be comes a law. Another ordinance ot go Into ef fect was one which requires all li censes to be taken out twice annual ly, and all licenses taken out, no mat ter at what time of the year termi nate at the same time. Prior to the ordinance, a license taken out the first of March would run to the first of March the year following, and one taken out in July would run to the next July. Under the present ordi nance all licenses expire at the same time. A committee w*as also appointed to call on all the merchants and store owners, and see if they could not get them to agree to take down the suelters and place awnings in then stead, and to put cement walks in front of the stores. This committee1 has visited the merchants and it is j understood that a majority have! agreed to comply with the request! of the Aldermen. It seems to be an 1 assured fact that In the near fu 1 ture the old shelters will be torn down and beautiful awnings placed in their stead, and that Instead of the present uneven brick and plank walks, we will have nice cement ? ones. A committee was also appointed j to contract for the placing of a ce ment walk in front of the City Hall. J and tliis work will be begun In a' few days. I NAPLES CHEERS ROOSEVELT. Arriving There Saturday A Warm Welcome to the Ex-President Wai Given. His Reception Greater than That Accorded to Royalty. Naples. April 2.?Theodore velt saluted by the cheers of hundred* of American tourists, and member* of the colony here, and was greeUd by one of the greatest crowds ever gathered on the shores of the h.i*. toric bay, eached'Naples this n?onlns. As he lauded from the boat he lifted his hat to yelling throngs and waved a hearty response. In spite of Mr. Roosevelt's request sent by wireless, that he be allowed to land as x private citizen, preparations were made as for the arrival of Royalty. Kxtra precautions were taken for his safety, hundreds of police being on hand. Crowds lined the quays- for miles. Hundreds brought luncheons prepared to stay ail day. It was as bright a crowd as this brilliant city could turn out. As his boat drew in thousands of handkerchiefs floated in the air. Mr. Roosevelt stood 011 the bridge of the boat and viewed tti