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VOL. 29 SMITHFIELD, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1910 Number 15
EDUCATION SMITHFIELD-UNITED AND ONWARD PROGRESS
fi, NEW RECORD IN AERONAUTS.
Captain Charles Rolls Makes Round
Trip Over English Channel With
out Alighting.? Englishman Flies
From Dover to Calais and Return in
90 Minutes.
Dover, Eng., June 4.?The Honor-'
able Charles Stewart Rolls, captain
in the London section of the Army
Motor Reserve, driving a Wright bip
lane. vindicated Anglo-Saxon aero
nautics by crossing the English Chan
nel twice Thursday evening, without
alighting. He made the round-trip
between Dover and Calais In ninety:
piinutes.
While two Frenchmen, Louis Bler
iot and Count De Lesseps, have cross
ed the channel on an aeroplane, it
remained for an Englishman in an
American machine to perform the
double feat. The distance across be
tween the two points named is twen
ty-one miles, so that his over-water
flight of forty-two miles, without a
Stop establishes a new record.
Captain Rolls left Dover at 6:30
o'clock. The atmospheric conditions
were excellent. He lost no time in
manoeuvres, but after describing a
Circle, headed towards the coast of
France. In anticipation of the flight,
torpedo boats steamed at full speed
across the straits, but the pace of the
aeroplane was swifter.
Captain Rolls sent his machine to
a height of 800 feet, and at that alti
tude he skimmed through the air like
a great bird. The motor worked per
fectly. The crowd that watched the
gtart confidently awaited the return,
and it was not long before the speck,
which those who had telescopes saw
disappear on the French coast, reap
peared, growing larger with every
minute.
When finally the aviator became
visible to the naked eye, cheer after
cheer arose from the enthusiastic
spectators, and as he gracefully soar
ed toward the landing place, made fa
mous by Bleriot, he was given an ova
tion. He alighted at 8 o'clock, at
almost the same spot as Bleriot,
showing little signs of the strain of
)iis magnificent flight.
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County Commissioners Meet.
The regular meeting of the Coun
ty Commissioners was held in the
Court House Monday, June 6th, 1910,
with all the members of the board
present. Several persons were re
leased from the payment of poll tax
on account of disability, while several
others were placed on the outside
pauper list. An order was made di
recting the bridge commissioner to
build a bridge across Mingo, about
one mile west of Benson, provided
Harnett county defray half the ex
pense. An order was also made
contracting with Austin Bros., for the
building of the bridge across Swift
Creek at a cost of $2975.00. Mr. \V.
B. Driver, of Selma, was also ap
pointed bridge commissioner for Sel
ma township.
Meeting of the Press Association.
Wilmington, June 8.?The annual
convention of the North Carolina
Press Association opened to-day at
the Seashore Hotel, Wrlghtsville
Beach, and will remain in session
through "omorrow. Editorial writers
are in attendance from every section
of the state. The meeting promises
to be most interesting and beneficial.
The address of welcome was deliv
ered to the visitors on behalf of the
local press by Editor James H. Cow
an, of the Wilmington Evening Dis
patch. Mr. Cowan is a clever spea
ker. His address was a gem of wit
and eloquence.
A business session was held during
the morning and also this afternoon
and evening.
The annual banquet will be held
tomorrow evening. Friday will be
devoted to a trip down the Cape
Fear river and to Fort Caswell.
The editors are making headquar
ters at the Seashore Hotel on
Wrightsville Beach. They are the
recipients of many courtesies. Free
passes have been furnished the visi
tors to Wrightsville Beach by the
Tidewater Power Company and cour
tesies extended by the Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce. Visitors will
he given tickets to the baseball game
tomorrow afternoon between Wil
mington and Wilson.
The North Carolina Good Roads
Association will meet tomorrow in
conjunction with the Press Associa
tion.
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NI-BEER PLACES CLOSED.
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Thousand Dollar Tax Too Much for
Asheville Dealers.
Asheville, N. C., June 4.?Panic
stricken by the action of the local
Board of Aldermen which last night
placed the annual tax for "near beer"
licenses at $1,000, 32 "soft drink" em
poriums closed their doors to-day in
the hope that the city fathers will re
lent and restore the former tax of
$2fi0.
The action of the board was the
outcome of strenuous agitation
against the "near beer" saloons, in
which the W. C. T. U. and Judge J.
C. Pritchnrd, of the United States
Circuit court, took a prominent part.
It was argued that the low license
lax of ?2o0 ha<5 lesulted in an alarm
ing growth of undesirable "near beer"
establishments.
Many of tho "soft drink" men de
clare that the profit on near beer is
so small that the payment of the $1,
000 tax would be practically impos
sible.
Fought Duel With Knives.
A large crowd of Italians were en
tertained early Sunday morning at
Skillman and Union avenues, when
two men fought a duel with knives
until they fell exhausted to the
street, and even when they continued
to slash each other, until the arrival
of the police from the Herbert street
station. The men were Fei'icio^Eorda
no, 21 years old, of 21 Skillman ave
nue, and Giovanni Giano, 21 years
old, of 13 Skillman avenue. The fight
was to decide which was to get the
hand of an Italian girl with whom
both were in love.
It was about 5:30 o'clock in the
morning when Policeman O'brien of
the Herbert street station happened
to come along and break up the fight.
An ambulance was called from St.
Catherine's Hospital, and after their
many cuts had been dressed, they
were locked up, and later taken to
the Manhattan Avenue Police Court.
Magistrate O'Reilly tried his bestj
to get a complaint off elonious assault
against the men, but neither would
make the necessary complaint, nor
would they disclose the name of" the j
girl. On the officer's complaint they
were each sent to the King's County
Jail for ten days.?The Brooklyn Ea
gle.
Horrible Death of Unknown Man.
Greenville, S. C., June 6.?An un
known white man, in trying to jump
from Southern train No. 30 north of
Toccoa, Ga., was killed tonight. His
brains were beaten out by the rocks
in a cut as the porter held his legs
to keep him from jumping out of the j
train window.
Passengers on the train noticed
the peculiar actions of the traveler
for some time before the accident.
Finally he went into the rear of the
coach. After a while the porter, fear
ing that some trouble was brewing,
followed the stranger.* He arrived
just in time to see him jump out of
the window. The porter caught his
legs but the body of the traveler was
out of the window and as the train
passed through a deep cut the body j
of the man struck the projecting
rocks and his brains were battered |
out against the bank. The body was
taken back to Toccoa. The man
carried a ticket reading from Augus
ta to New York but there was no
other means of Identification.
Snakes Alter Weather Ideas.
York, Pa., June 7.?Farmer Wil
liam Tracey changed his notions'
about the cool June weather when he
reached into a nest of six copperhead!
snakes in removing an old stone
fence, in Dover township, and prompt
ly resigned from the Knockers' Club.
Before the adventure of his hand,
Farmer Tracey's remarks at the
Eastmount village store were those
of a weather pessimist. He opined
that it was unseasonably cool and
that crops would suffer if a hot
wave did not soon come along.
However, if that particular hot
wave for which Tracey hankered had
been there when he put his hand in-1
tc the copperheads' nest, it is prob
able they would have been active
enough to have made Tracey the
hero of a different sort of reception.,
As it was the six snakes were too
sluggish from the chill to move with
their summer alacrity. j
BATTLE WITH MOONSHINERS.
Hundred Shots Exchanged by Illicit
Distillers and Government Forces
?More Than 4,000 Gallons of Bier
Destroyed.
Winson-Salem, N. C., June 5.?A
desperate encounter between revenue
officers and mountain distillers fea
tured a three-days' raid in Wilkes
county, which closed yesterday.
Just as the government officials
emerged form a deep ravine on Todo
Darnell's place, they were fired upon
from ambush. More than 100 shots
were exchanged, and it Is known that
seme of the moonshiners received in
jui ies.
The officers in charge of Deputy
Collector J. P. Miller, of Revenue
Agent Sam's force, at Asbevtlle, es
caped without injury, though Deputy
Marshal C. H. Holland, had his mount
shot from under htm.
The raid was the most memorable
of the past several years in Wilkes
j county, once noted for its nests of il
licit distilleries, and now holding a
j close call (or the old honors.
The officers located and destroyed
[three large distilleries including over
4.000 gallons of beer. Only one arr<JSt
was made, this being Randolph Far
rington, a noted Wilkes distiller.
The battle was waged for more thai
an hour was equal to some of the
hottest skirmishes of the days of
'61-'65. The moonshiners retreated
under fire from the open country
back into the dense growth of the
mountains, the only damage sustain
ed by the officer being to Mr. Hol
land's horse, which was shot in the
mouth and turned a complete somer
! sault when hit, the rider, however, es
< caping injury by jumping.
Both parties were using Winchester
rifles, and the officers attribute their
escape merely to luck and Provi
dence.
Other distilleries were located in
- deep ravines of the Blue Ridge Moun
tains, all having the appearance of
I much operation and enjoying a big
trade.
j The section visited by the officers
is one of the worst in the State, al
though it is believed that the raids
of the past three days will result in
a better reputation for this particu
lar settlement for some time to come.
The officers are said to have the
nartjes of parties who are known to
have been operating distilleries, as
well as some of the ambuscaders, and
many arrests are expected to come
after the excitement of the raid
quiets down.?Richmond Times Dis
patch.
Hurled Bible At Judge.
Ashevil'.e, June 7.?Excitement
amounting almost to apanic, occur
red In police court this morning with
Judge Junius G. Adams presiding,
when Police Captain Lyda asked A.
P. Courtney how he pleaded to a
charge of disorderly conduct.
"This is how I plead," retorted the
prisoner, and reaching into a hip
pocket pulled out a missile and hurled
it in the direction of the police judge.
One of the patrolmen had presence
of mind enough to catch it and it
proved to be a gilt-edge Bible.
Courtney, son of former County
Treasurer Courtney, had only a day
or so returned from Oklahoma City,
and since arriving here had eith
er lost his mind or become a victim
of dope, very probably the latter. Last
night he created great excitement on
Patten Avenue. Walking into a
cigar store, he purchased a pipe an('|
immediately huilcil it at the head o{
the proprietor. He struck at several
men passing aown the street and ar
riving in the vicinity of the postof
flco puMed a very valuable gold watch
out of his pocket and threw lit at
J. A. Coston, driving an automobile.
He wa3 ai rested -ind is now in jail.
$14,000 Verdict Against Postal.
Raleigh, N. C., June 4.?A verdict
for $14,000 was awarded this after
noon by a Federal court Jury to
Frank Grantham, of Wayne county,
who sued the Postal Telegraph Com
pany for $50,000 on account of perma
nent Injury sustained through a pole
falling on him and dislocating and
breaking his thigh. The trial has
been in progress two days. The ac
cident was near Charlotte In Decem
ber, 1908. The failure of the com
pany to provide a standard implement
for handling poles was the alleged
cause of the accident.
THE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK.
Chairman Mack Points Out Some
Presidential Possibilities For 1912?
Gaynor, Harmon and Folk Includ
ed.
New York, June 5.?Mayor Gay- i
nor of 'his city. Gove"'.mr Harmon of
Ohio and former Gcveiuor Joseph i
VV. Folk of Missouri, at the present ]
time are the raost conspicuous pos
sibilities for tin- L> ?luecratic nomina
tion for President m 1912 in the opin
ion .if Norman E. Mm k of Buffalo, i
chairman of the IVu ctrntlc nation
al committee While iv.aklug it clear
that he is not giving any particular
attention to tht matter Mr. Mack said
to-night that he is interested In thei
record Mayor (iayr.or is making,
i "l find Democrat* everywhere dis
cussing the mayor,'" said Mr. Mack. (
? "His readiness to do the right thing
at the right time Has already demon-J
st rated that he can be trusted to ad-|
minis'.'r safely the business of the J
country.
"fiat tUtre are many good candi-,
'dates tliis year and we never had a:
,more encouraging outlook. Governor1
, Folk 's a good man and a strong
, man, and I am glad be has come1
out o;i"nly as a candidate. The plat-'
j form he has outlined is a good one. j
but, of course, I cannot say whether j
tli ? national convention will adopt It. i
Governor Rarmon is a strong candi'
date.
"I hardly think Mr. Bryan will run'
again in 1912. We do not expect him
t 'o run and I do not think he expects
*o be a candidate. Mr. Bryan is a
young man, however, and there is no
ri ason why he should not lead the
patty in 1916."
HE SPENT 35 MINUTES IN JAIL.
Punishment of Young Guggenheim
For Vioalting Speed Law.
New York, June 2.?For a wedding
present to young Edmund A. Guggen
j heim, a son of Senator Simon Gug
I Leira, of Colorado, the Court of Gen
| eral Sessions gave him to-day a fine
| of $100, and a sentence of one day in
| Jail.
Through his counsel, young Guggen
j heim had pleaded guilty to a third
violation of the automobile speed law.
j He had no defense to offer, yet, he
asked that sentence be suspended,
and promised that after such should
I be the judgment of the court, he
would never drive an automobile In
this state again. It was further urg
ed that he is to be married next Mon
day, and that he is a Yale graduate,
| and that a prison sentence would be
j an unnecessary humiliation to his
bride-to-be and to his family. The
court turned a deaf ear.
The young millionaire's imprison
ment, however, proved nothing un
J bearable. Sentence was passed at ?
3:15 P. M. Ten minutes later, thej
prisoner had crossed the Bridge of |
Sighs to the Tombs; at 4 P. M., the
legal day ends. His total period of
incarceration, therefore, was just thir-1
ty-five minutes.
By courtesy of the warden, he was
allowed to spend the thirty-five min
j utes in the counsel's room.
Teacher And Children Fell.
Highland Falls, N. Y? June 7.?
With the collapse of the porch on
the second floor of the public school
here to-day 150 children were hurled'
30 feet to the ground, 15 were seri-j
ously injured and the teacher. Miss!
Brun, had her back broken and will
die.
The children were on the porch I
enjoying the fresh air and singing
under their teacher's Instructions,'
when, without warning, the beams!
supporting the porch gave way. With j
a chorus of screams of dismay and'
horror the 150 children and their
teacher shot downward to the street.
Snake a Voluntary Prisoner.
There was some excitement In jail
here Tuesday when a snake was
seen by a colored woman who Is one
of the prisoners. He was partly in a
hole near one of the inner walls of
the jail. She told some of the'
other prisoners who helped her to?
arrange to kill him. A little later be
came ont of the hole and was killed
I by the prisoners. He was a King
snake and about two and a hallf
feet long. It Is likely the snake was
! on the lookout for mice.
PRESIDENT TAFT APPROVES IT.j
Tells Girl* Higher Education Doss
Not Unfit Them For Other Duties.
Philadelphia, I'a., June 2.?Presi
dent Taft delivered the annual com
mencement day oration to-day at
Bryn Mawr College, where his daugh
ter Helen is a student. Taking for
his subject "Higher Education for
Women," the President declared that
he favored the higher education of
women, and said that he utterly dis
sented from the suggestion that
higher education rather unfits them
for the duties of a wife and mother.
The President further told them;
that he was ready to concede that
marriage and motherhood are a nor
mal status for women, and other
things being equal she Is happtor In
that condition than in any other. Hut,
Mr. Taft added, life Is uot a failure
because a woman ha* not married. (
One of the greatest advantages of
the higher education for a woman, he
said, is the Independence that it gives
her in the choice of the kind of life
yvhlch site is to lead.
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SUNDRY CIVIL BILL PASSE&.
Measure Goes Through House?Car
ries $110,000,000 Appropriation.
Washington, June 4.?After serving
as a vehicle for political debate In the
House of Representatives for nearly I
a month, the sundry civil approprla-i
tion bill, carrying proposed appropria
tions aggregating $110,000,000 was
passed to-day.
During this time there were a great
many speeches Inserted in the Record
without delivery and will be scatter
ed over the country, under the li
cense of government franks, to figure
for what they are worth in the Fall
campaigns.
There have been heard in the dis
cussions of this bill predictions of
success for both of the great parties,
attacks upon the sugar trust and the
Philippine land sales, assaults upon
the administration of soldiers' homes
and speeches on other subjects not
germaine to the bill.
HIS LOVE ERRATIC AT 94.
Says it Was Puppy Passion That Led
Him to Wed at 76.
Terra Alta, W. Va., June 4.?Nine
ty-four years old Henry Albright has
paid $3000 to free himself from mat
rimony. After the money had passed |
from his hand he declared that he
would never mary again unless abso
lutely certain the woman loved him. [
Then he gave out a few points of ad-j
vice on selecting a wife.
"Don't be led astray by puppy
love," he said. "When I was married
tht last time I was 76 years old and
thought I knejr how to select a wife,
but at !?4 I find that I was eltner too
youn#: or too perverse to control my
affections and subject them to my J
will."
Mr. Albright's trouble with hisj
wife, who is 77 years old. was caus-1
ed, he affirmed, by the devil. She j
was his second helpmeet and was a
widow when she was married.
Three Stills Destroyed.
Mr. J. H. P. Adams and Mr. A.
F. Surles destroyed three whiskey
stills in this county last week. The
first was found In Banner township
near Mr. Ben Hudson, another near
the Gideon Allen cross roads in In
grams township and later in the
week a large still was captured on
the land of Mr. H. B. Smith in the
Sanders neighborhood a few miles
west of Smithfleld.
Duke Gives Trinity Another $100,000.
Durham, June 8.?At the conclus
ion of Secretary Nagel's address to
day at Trinity College, President
Southgate announced that though un
able to attend commencement exercis
es, B. T. Duke sends $100,000 to the
college to support it in the future.
This makes $330,000 appropriated by
philanthropists since commencement a
year ago and far above the million
for the Duke family since the college
was moved here.
"What makus you wear your auto
mobile goggles to the theatre?" asked
the carefully-dressed young man.
"Those arent' automobile goggles;
they're hatpin araor."?Wash'ngton
Star.
WELL KNOWN WRITER DEAD.
Popular Writer of Short Stories Patt
ed Away in New York Hospital
Was Native of North Carolina and
Began His Career On Houston Post
?Is Survived by a Widow.
New York, June 5.?William Sid
ney Porter, known best under his pen
name of "O. Henry" as the writer of
short stories, died to-day at Polyclinic
hospital. He underwent an operation
last Friday and never rallied. Tha
nature of his ailment was not made
known. Mrs. Porter, who had been
In South Carolina, was summoned by
telegraph but did not arrive here un
til after her husband's death.
>lr. Porter was born in Greensbo
ro, N. C., 46 years ago and began his
Journalistic career on The Houston
Post. Before he had been cowboy,
sheep herder, druggist, and an exten
sive traveler. The general public
knew little of his private life for he
shunned interviews and was content
to be known merely through his writ
ings at "O. Henry."
He had been in poor bealt^ tSP
some time but It was not thought his
Illness was serious. Wednesday he
dined With Mends biid BCemed In
his usual spirits. Friday night ^ "
was taken ill and removed to a hos
pital. A minor operation was per
formed but up to within an hour of
his death to-day it was thought he
would recover. Derangement of both
liver and kidneys, however, proved
more deepseated - than had been
thought and he sank rapidly.
The burial will be at Ashevllle, N.
C.
From Distant Europe to Slay Man
For $2,000. ^
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Lancaster, Pa., June 6.?Tony Se
rapino, In charge of the commissary
i of Steel, Fogle & Co., contractors,
who are building a State road near
this city, was murdered by a fellow
countryman this morning.
It was at first believed that the
assassin was a Black Hand murderer,
but an investigation made by the
Coroner shows that robbery was the
motive. All the money in the belt
which Seraplno wore around his
waist is gone, and the amount is
reported to be over $2,000.
The murderer came to the camp
last night to get work. This morn
ing he complained of feeling ill and
did not go to work, and the body of
his victim was found in his cot by
the workmen when they returned for
dinner. There was a bullet wound
In his head and the head and body
was mutilated with an axe.
The supposition Is that Tony was
shot, and, the bullet not killing him
instantly, he was finished with an
axe. The grange Italian was seen to
leave the shanty at 10 o'clock. He
boarded a trolley car for this city.
As the police have only a meagre
description of him, the chances are
that he will escape and head for one
of the large cities.
The murderer seemed to be only
*0 years old and had the appearance
of being In America only a short
lime.
House Keepers! Take Notice!
Circle No. 3, of the W. H. M. S.
will have a cake and candy sale
on Friday P. M., between 4:30 and
6:30, June 17th, 1910, at L. E. Wat
son's store. Prices reasonable, come
buy your cake for Sunday dinner.
A Good Citizen Gone From Us.
In the death of Mr. McCoy John
son, of Elevation township, John
ston County, has lost one of her best
citizens. He was eighty-eight years
old. He had been in poor health
about five months but on Friday.
May 27th, he was stronger than us
ual and went out to see a field of
oats near his home. That night he
was taken with paralysis and from
then on seemed to be In a kind of
I'tupld sleep. He lived until about
three o'clock the following Monday
morning when he had to yield to the
Conquerer. He was burled Tuesday
afternoon In the family graveyard. He
was one of the best farmers In his
section of the county. In his death
The Herald lost a strong friend, he
being one of its first subscribers. His
place In the community will be hard
to fill. ?
Mr. Lee Johnson, of this township,
and Mr. Leonard Johnson of Pleasant
Grove, were two of his sons.