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VOL. 29 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1910 Number 8
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OVERTURNS REPUBLICANISM.
Startling Result of New York Elec
tion. James S. Havens, a Demo- c
crat. Elected Over Geo. W. Aid- ?
ridge for Congress in a District in
New York That Has Been a Rock- i
Ribbed Republican One for Twen- >
ty Years?A Paralleled Victory to I
Foss, of Massachusetts. I
Rochester, N. Y., April 19.?More
than 16,000 voters of Monroe county !
changed from the Republican to the i
Democratic column to-day and elected ?
the first Democratic Congressman f
that has represented the Thirty-Sec- (
ond District in twentyy ears. James i
S. Havens, a Democrat running on a I
tariff reform platform, defeated Geo.
W. Aldrldge, for a score of years the j
ruler of the county Republican or- i
ganlzatlon, by G.900 votes. | (
Monroe county, which comprises \
the Thirty Second Congressional Dis- i
trict, is normally Republican by t
about 6,000. James B. Perkins, \
whose death in the middle of his t
third congressional term necessitat-j
ed a special election to-day, carried 1
the district In 1908 by 10,167 votes. j 1
Havens had arrayed against him t
one of the strongest political organi- v
zations In the state. Yet in a cam- i
paign lasting but 17 days, and with i
hastily constructed machinery, he ac- i
complished one of the most remark- t
able overturns in political history- i
The result of to-day's election takes f
Its place beside the Democratic vie-j
tory in the Fourteenth Massachusetts i
District, where Eugene N. Foss was t
sent to Congress from a district sup- I
posed to be as rock-ribbed Republi- 1
can as this onrf I s
Rochester is a qity of boUi homes j
anfr'factories. Monroe county is or.e j
of the State's garden spots, crowded 5
with productive farms. Mr. Havens 1
rode to victory on a platform advo- t
eating tariff reform in the interests t
of the consumer, a revision of the t
duties on wool and woolen goods, a t
removal of the tax on hides and lum- 5
ber, a removal of the tariff on iron g
ore, an income tax, and, finally, advo- j
rating independence of all po'itical t
bosses of any party. r
Mr. Aldrldge, his opponent, con-J
tented himself with general procla- 1
mat ions in favor of the policies of c
the Republican administration. On i
tho tariff proposition he was regarded j
as a "stand-patter." t
Both candidates declared for reel- c
procity with Canada, an employees c
compensation act, a parcels post and f
a postal savings bank. 1
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Bradstreet's Trade Report. ,
Richmond, Va., April 21.?Brad* U
street's Saturday will say for Rich-! f
mond and vicinity: f
The condition of trade this week j
is generally termed irregular, some {
lines showing activity, while others 11
are quiet. Collections are reported t
slow in practically every line. Whole-L
idle dealers in hats, caps and kin
dred lines have their travelers out.
with fall samples and report order-, (
ing up to expectations. Wholesalers j
of shoes and rubber goods report good j
orders for future shipments. Those 1
engaged in all lines of the tobacco j
Industry report activity. Produce is (
quiet, however shipments of spring ]
vegetables from North Carolina and (
Northern markets are noted. Dry j
goods are quiet. Dealers in feeds and ,
fertilizers report active ordering. Re- f
tail trade is fair. t
Crop Report. (
In some sections frost has injured (
the fruit crops and cool weather has j
retarded crop gowth this week. Win- (
ter wheat is reported in good condi- ^
tion. Corn planting is in progress and (
farmers are prepaing for a fair cot- j
ton acreage.
Balloon Tell 8,445 Feet. ,
Gschwege, Prussia, April 18.?A
commission of aeronautic experts has
Investigated the wreck of the balloon
Delitzsch when four lives were lost, I
and has decided that the balloon was
not struck by lightning, but that the
envelpoe probably burst through ex
terior pressure. The apparatus re
covered from the wreckage had reg
istered a hurricane wind and indicat
ed that the gondola began to fall ,
from a height of 8,445 feet.
^Ten Girls and One Man Killed.
Budapest, April 19.?A boiler ex- 1
ploded to-day in a match factory at 1
Szegeden killing ten girls and a 1
inun. Eighteen girls were dangerous- j,
ly injured.
I
general news.
There were 207 business failures l
luring the week ending April 14
igainst 240 in the previous week. *|
Congressman Dalzell of Pennsylva
iia. after serving In the House 23
'ears, must now fight for a renomi- ;
lation in a republican convention, i
Us bitterness toward the insurgents
s not stimulated. ;
Emperor Francis Joseph received
Hr. Koosevelt in Vienna Friday with
Tactically all the honors shown sov- j
ireigns. The aged monarch gave the
ormer President a private audience.11
)wing to a storm the Emperor was i
inable to return the call of the
American.
Two negro men were killed near !
Vmboy, Ga., a few days ago, and five i
vhite men are under arrest for the
:rime. It is said that the negroes
vere arrested charged with a crimi
lal assault on a white woman, were
?eleased on bail and that they after-,
vard boasted of the crime. This led
o the killing.
The United States Steel Corporation
las announced the adoption of a plan
or the relief of employes injured in
he service and for families of men
tilled in work accidents. During tem
rnrary disablement single men will
?eceive 35 per cent of wages and
narried men 50 per cent, with con- ,
ingent additional allowances. A plan
s under consideration for pensions
or aged employes.
Having served seventeen days as
>rivate secretary to Mrs. Taft, mls
ress of the White House, Miss Mary
Jandridge Spiers, of North Carolina,
las resigned and beginning Monday
ihe resumed her duties in the War
Department. Her successor lias not
et been chosen. All that Mi*s
Spiers would say in regard to the
natter was: "You can simply say
hat 1 thought it best to resume my
luties at the War Department." For
en years prior to April 1, when she
tecaine Mrs. Taft's secretary, Miss
ipiers was in the office of the sur
reon-general of the army to which
>lace she will return. She is a na
ive of Halifax county, North Caroli
ia.
The death from a stroke of apop
exy of James T. Woodard, presidert
if the Hanover national bank of New
fork, takes away Qne of the best
cnown and most forceful bankers in
he country. He had been president
if that Institution since 1877 and un
ler his administration it had grown
rom a bank having $8,000,000 of de
>osits to one of about $100,000,000.
le was made president of the New
fork clearing-house association in
898 and as chairman of that
>ody during the panic of 1907
le came into most favorable
inancial notice. He was a
Democrat in politics, a close friend
>f Grover Cleveland, and as delegate
o the convention of 1884 helped to
lominate him for the presidency. He
vas born in Maryland nearly 70
'ears ago.
Two dead, one dying and probab'y
>ne or two slightly wounded are the
?esults of a Sunday afternoon battle
n a family feud of long standing,
which took place late Sunday In
Emanuel county, Georgia. The dead
ire: A. S. Collins, a well-to-vdo far
ner, and his son Willis Collins, both
>f whom died during the progress of
he fight. Marion Lewis is, so badly
wounded that he is expected to die
it any moment. The tattle was be
ween the family of Collins and the
'amily of Lewis, and was the outcome
>f a dispute over a public road cross
ng. The two families reside less
:han a mil^ apart and the county line
?uns between their homes. They met
n a lane Sunday afternoon, near the
Lewis home.
Eulogies were delivered in the(
House of Representatives Sunday in
lonor of the memory of the late
Representative James Griggs of Geor
gia, who died in January. Speaker
Gannon personally called the House '.o
jrder, but relinquished the chair to
Representative Livingston, dean of
;he Georgia delegation. Eloquent trl
autes touching upon the life and char
acter of the dead statesman who had
been one of the most popular mem
bers.in the lower branch of Congress,'
were heard from many speakers.
These included Representative Roden
aerry, Mr. Griggs' successor, and Rep
resentatives Howard, Hard wick,1
Hughes, Edwards, Brantley, Lee, Ad
imson and BarHett of Georgia; j
Champ Clark, minority leader of the
House; Representatives Robinson of
Arkansas, Pou of North Carolina and
Ellerbe of South Carolina.
BLIZZARD IN MIDDLE WEST.
Fruit Crops Damaged by Snow and
Ice Promiscuously.
Chicago, April 17.?A blizzard pre
vailed in the Central Western States
last night and to-day, doing much
damage to growing vegetables.
At some points In Iowa Ice formed
to the thickness of four inches.
The peach and apple crops over al
most the entire State have been
ruined.
In Minnesota there was consider
able snow and cold, but the crops had
not advanced far, and little damage
was done. In Illinois, Wisconsin and
parts of Michigan it was severe
enough to damage all early vegetables
and the fruit trees.
Snow fell in Missouri.
NEWS OF INTEREST.
United States Senator John W.
Daniel, of Virginia, who has been
very ill at Daytona, Kla., for several
weeks, is much improved and will
be taken to his home at Lynchburg
in a few days.
Earl D. Wilson, the Naval academy j
football player who$e neck was bro
ken during a scrimmage in a football
game last fall, died Saturday. His
condition had been critical and hope
less since he was hurt.
Mark Twain, America's geat hu
morist. is seriously ill at his home
at Redding, Conn. The hundreds of
thousands that he has made lailgli
will join in a prayer that his life may
be spared many years yet.
Ten persons were killed Thursday
in the wrecking of a Northern Pacif
ic freight train west of Spokane,
Wash. Several of the injured and
all of the dead were tramps, about
twenty of whom boarded the train at
Pasco.
Gen. G. S. French, the oldest liv
ing Confederate General, died at Flo
ralla, Alabama, Wednesday, aged 93
years. He graduated at West Point j
in >841! and w.?s the oldest living
graduate of the academy. He served J
in the Mexican War.
A series of earth shocks, varying
in intensity, swept over Costa Rica
last week doing damage estimated at
more than $1,000,000. No loss of
life was reported but the people were
panic-stricken and many in the cities
fled to the open country.
H. C. Kenedy, of Crawfordsville,
Ind., an expert in the manufacture of
matches, was killed in an explosion
at the plant of the Acme Match Com
pany in Roanoke, Va., Thursday.
Kenedy was alone in a mixing room
wh?n the accident that cost him his [
life occurred.
Three men who are alleged to be1
implciated in the killing of Deputy
United States Marshal Anderson, in
the mountains near Oakman, Ala.,
last week, were arretsed Thursday
and placed in jail at Oakman. An
derson and other officers were fired
on from ambush.
An international congress of In
dians, to be participated in by every
tribe of Indians in the United States,
and some from Mexico and Canada,
is to be held in Muskogee, Okla, be-j
ginning June 27 and ending July 4.
This is expected to be the last gen
eral conference of the ahoriginees of
the American continent.
It is announced from New York
that substantial increases in wages
by the subsidary companies of the
United States Steel corporation will
soon be announced, to become effec
tive May 1. The proposed increase
will apply to a large majority of the
corporation's 225,000 employes, and,
in round figures, will Increase the
pay rolls of the Steel corporation by
about $9,000,000 annually.
TWO PLAYERS KILLED AT BAT.
One Hit Over the Heart and Another
In Temple.
Freeburg. 111., April 17.?William
Schmidt, aged twenty-eight, a member
of Freeburg's Nine Stars baseball
team, was killed here this afternoon
while playing with his team against
a St. Louis club. While Schmidt was
at bat a thrown ball from the St. Lou
is pitcher hit him over the heart.
Schmidt started to take first base as
a result of being hit, but after walk
ing a few steps threw up his hands
and fell to the ground, dying a few
minutes later. The St. Louis pitcher
was held for the coroner.
Another player was hit on the tem
ple by a pitched ball yesterday, and
died to-day.
GREAT STORM SWEEPS SOUTH.
Damage Done is Estimated at Two
Million Dollars. Five Persons Kill
ed in Mississippi District?Crop J
Badly Damaged?Many Buildings
Were Wrecked.
New Orleans. April 16.?Hissing
through five Southern states with c>
clonic speed, a storm that finally
blew out to sea to night has done
damage conservatively estimated at
J2.000.000 to crops and property, and
left a trail of dead and wounded In
its path. As yet it is impossible to
compile the exact number of dead.
From the terribone coast of Louisi
ana there came stories to-night that
there has been heavy life loss, while
points in the interior of Mississippi
tell of casualties in country districts
now inaccessible of interrupted wire
service.
While the major portion of damage
has been done to growing crops yet
scores of buildings, residences and
business houses have been unroofed
or demolished In the five states of
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Ten
nessee and Alabama.
When the gale blew over the Stur
gls, Miss., district to-day, five persons
were killed by the collapse of a store
building. Bradley and Chapel In tho
same district report four deaths by
lightning. In Southern and Central
Alabama there was much damage to
property.
At Greenville and Bruton scores of
residences and business houses were
unroofed and demolished. There were
many minor accidents but no life loss
is reported except in the country dis
trict of llruton, where eight negroes
?vere killed by lightning while gather
ed under a tree in the field. ?
Reports of life loss from tho terri
bone coast of Louisiana, where 300
deaths were caused by a Btorm last
September, have not been verified
and it will be tomorrow before com
munication can be established with
that territory on account of Interrupt
ed wire service.
SELMA NEWS.
Mr. C. W. Richardson is having his
residence remodeled. When finished
it will be a very handsome residence.
Messrs. W. A. Green and L,. D
Debnam have bought a farm about
one and a half miles from Selma on
the "Noble road" and will make a
model farm of it.
Mr. C. S. White, Superintendent of
the Lizzie and Ethel Cotton Mills, has
bought Mr. Adkins's farm on the edge
of Selma and will build on it soon.
Messrs. W. T. and C. F. Klrby, R.
E. Richardson, James G. and W. G.
Earp left Monday morning for Eden
ton to fish and to see the fisheries.
He Smashed His Lantern.
Diogenes was still looking for that
honest man.
"What town is this?" -He asked a
bystander.
"Pittsburg," was the reply.
Whereupon the cynic viciously
smashed his lantern against the near
est lamppost.
"Even a searchlight would be of
no use here," he growled as he stru. k
out for the nearesfsuburb.?Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
THE MEETINGS HAVE CLOSED.
The series of revival meetings
which have been carried on here for
the past several weeks were brought
to a close last night with a service
at the Baptist church conducted by
the pastor. Rev. T. H. King. The ser
vices began with a week of preach
ing at the Presbyterian church, in
which a series of forceful sermons
I was delivered by Rev. Mr. Curtis, ol
Hamlet. After a -week's intermission
Rev. J. M. Culbreth, the pastor, be
gan the work at the Methodist
| church. He was assisted in the
I preaching by pastors of the Baptisl
and the Presbyterian churches. Last
Thursday night the meeting was
transferred to the Haptist churc h. Th'
preaching was done by Rev. Mr
King and Rev. Mr. Culbreth. A series
of strong and forceful sermons has
been delivered and much good has
Ibeen done. Quite a number of peo
pie have made professions of fait!
in Christ and several have Joined the
churches. The Christian people ol
the town have shown a beautiful spir
it of co-operation and many have
I had their faith strengthened. It is
hoped that the seed sown will beai
a bounteous harvest In the bye and
bye.
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Judge O. H. Guion of the New
Berne district has sent his resigna
tion to Governor Kttchin. Judge
Guton was elected to his present po
sition in 1906.
Governor Kitchln lias appointed
George P. Pell, of Winston-Salem,
judge of the Superior Court for the
Eleventh Judicial District, to suc
ceed Judge E. B. Jones, resigned.
Judge Pell Is about 40 years old
and was at one time a newspaper
man.
Col. Paul B. Means, a prominent
lawyer of Concord, died In the Pres
byterian Hospital in Charlotte Wed
nesday. Col. Means represented his
county In the Legislature four times,
once as a member of the House and
three times as a member of the Sen
ate. Col. Means was 66 years old.
Maj. Charles M. Steadman, of
Greensboro, has entered the rai<) for
the Democratic nomination for Con
gress in the Fifth District. There
are three other candidates In the
race?Gen. B. S. Koyster, of Gran
ville, Judge E. It. Jones, of Forsyth,
and Dr. George Mebane, of Rocking
ham.
Hon. Romulus Z. Linney, a promi
nent lawyer of this state, died sud
denly at Taylorsville last week. He
was born in 1S41. lie was admitted
to the bar in 1868 and for more than
forty years was one of the State's
' leading lawyers. He served three
terms in the State Senate and three
terms in the National House of Rep
resentatives. He was a Dtinocrat in
his early public career, but later
joim d the Republicans and served
, in Congress as a Republican.
The Raleigh District Conference of
i i he Methodist church held at Oxford
last week chose E. T. White, of Ox
ford, F. B. McKlnne, of Louisburg,
, W. S. Stevens, of Smithfield and B.
II. Adams, of Four Oaks, as delegates
! to the Annual Conference next fall.
Among those who preached during
the sessions of the ("onference were
! Rev. M. A. Smith, of Kenly, Rev. J.
! M. Culbreth, of Smithfield and Rev.
I I'. D. Woodall, of Zebulon. The next
J District Conference will be held at
I Zebulon. It is said that one of the
most interesting addresses of the Con
ference was by Rev. J. M. Culbreth,
of Smithfield, on "The Human By
I Products of the Cotton Mills."
There has just been equipped at
the state's prison a library of 447 vol
umes for the use of prisoners. It is
I conveniently located and has writing
and reading room adjacent. The
convicts are allowed certain hours for
the library conditioned on good be
havior. The central prison now has
eighty prisoners in the regular con
vict department and fifty-Mur in the
criminal insane department. There
are about 800 convicts out on con
tract work and at work on the fam.
Warden Sales has Just given the pri
son and grounds a thorough spring
cleaning. He has also equipped the
j dining room with neat substantial
j white table crockery to take the place
of the tin ware that lias been used
t'cr years.
Record of Pardons Issued by Pat
terson.
. Gov. Patterson, of Tennessee, who
recently pardoned the arch murderer,
I Duncan B. Cooper, seems to have the
record beaten for giving pardons. The
following is his record:
956 pardons issued in three years
and two months.
152 murderers freed.
103 illicit liquor sellers.
174 persons convicted of carrying
j weapons.
124 persons convicted of larceny.
402 persons convicted of other mis
, demeanors.
Average nearly six pardons a week
Record for one day, 38.
Work of 152 Judges, 228 lawyers
, 1,824 Jurymen In murder cases null!
! 'led.?Ex.
QUADRUPLETS ON FIRST TRIP
I
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Canadian Parents Receive Gift Frorr
King For Babies.
i Ottawa, April 17.?The first quadru
s v'ets that ever went into the Cana
- dian Northwest have just passed her<
i on their way to Lacombe, Alberta
s David Grant and wife, of Wentworth
t Nova Scotia, are the parents. Hit
- majesty the king gave them a pres
: ent of $500 for each of the quadru
i plets, two boys and two girls, age<
r, eleven months, all alive and well.
I With the $2,000 they declined ti
go West. /,
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OVERMAN BLOCKS MOVE.
Senator Kean, Backed by Postmaster
Hitchcock, Attempts to Have Stan
di Confirmed, But Overman Hold*
The Matter Up.
Washington, April 20.?The Standi
j postmaster case had another round
i and a fall last week. In the absence
of Senator Penrose, chairman of the
committee on postofflces and pott
roads, Senator Kean, who is not even
i a member of the committee, went
down, got the nomination of Standi,
brought It to the Senate, and made a
motion to give It Immediate consider
ation. This was blocked by Senator
Overman and others who knew the
facts in the case. It Is generally be
lieved that Postmaster General Hitch
cock. who was at the Capitol at the
time, was behind this move.?Char
lotte Observer.
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ROBESON SWEPT BY A CYCLONE.
Home of Mr. William Stone Torn 10
Pieces, His Mother Killed and
His Wife Seriously Injured.
Lumberton, April 18.?A cyclone
passing near here yesterday afternoon
about H o'clock did considerable dam
age in some sections. The house of
Mr. William Stone, who lives about
three miles northwest of here, was
blown to pieces, his mother kll'ed and
his wife sustaining very sincere In
juries. She is in the hospital now.
| Thence It pursued a northeast course '
destroying a good deal of timber till
It reached the Powersvllle aett'ement,
about ten miles northeast of this city,
where it destroyed the residence of
Mr. Hugh Musselwhlte. Mr. Mussel
1 white and three children were liadly
injured, but so far no other accidents
itave been reported.
BLOW TO BLIND TIGERS.
R. J. W. Redfern Convicted at Wades
boro, and Closes Near Beer Joint.
Wadesboro, April 20.?In the Su
perior Court to-day R. J. W. Redfern,
for many years a business man here,
and a man of coniderable property
plead guilty to violation of the pro
hibition law in one case, and four
other cases against him were dismiss
ed on the payment of costs. Redfern
is in a pitiful physical condition and
was brought to court by the sheriff
on an instanter capias. Redfern
agreed to close his near-beer place
to-day and sentence was suspended
until the next term of court on ac
count of his condition. The convic
tion of Redfern and the closing of
his place of business is a knock-out
blow to the blind tiger business here.
Up to this time Solicitor Stack has
convicted every violator of the pro
hibition law this week.
COBB WITHERS REPRIEVED.
Mecklenburg Negro Granted Thirty
Days?Governor Kitchin to Look
Into the Case.
Raleigh, April 20.?There will be
no electrocution at the State's pri
son tomorrow. Cobb Withers, the
Mecklenburg county negro, senten
1 ced for the murder of John Leary,
1 was to have paid the death penalty
1 some time during the forenoon, but
' Governor Kitchin announced a re
prieve granted until May 27 in order
' that he may look fully into the mer
its of application for communication
to life imprisonment. The application
filed by his counsel, J. F. Newell, of
' Charlotte, has the endorsement of
the trial Judge, a number of the Ju
rors who tried the case and a large
number of citizens of Charlotte. The
prisoner, himself, wrote to the Gov
' ernor some days ago appealing for
a new trial.
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John Beckwith Caught in Virginia.
John M. Beckwith, who was to
have been tried at Smtthfleld last
i September court for doing a gener
al blind tlgei business In town, ran
away during court week and has been
- keeping out of the way of officers
- since that time. Wednesday of this
3 week he was located in Petersburg,
. Va., and locked up for safe keeping
, until an officer can go from here to
3 bring him back.
No Hope For Her.
There Is no hope for a woman who
3 cannot manage to be on time at a
bargain ?ale.?Chicago Bocor4 H?fald.