VOL. 29 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1910 Number 16
EDUCATION SMITHFIELD UNITED AND ONWARD PROGRESS
bond issue matter settled.
The Governor Called a Special Ses
sion of the Legislature to Provide
For the Payment of the Bonds Duel
July 1st. But the Bankers and
Others Came to the State's Aidj
And the Governor Revoked the CallI
for the Extra Session.
On Friday, June 3rd, Governor
Kitchln Issued a proclamation conven-i
jns the Legislature of North Caroli-'
na In extra session to provide pay
ment of the 30-year bonds falling due
on July 1st. The Legislature of 1909
provided for a series of 30 year 4 per
cent bonds to be sold to pay the in
debtedness above mentioned, but
there was a proviso in the act that
forbid selling of the bonds below par.
gids had been advertised for and not
enough bids had been received to
secure enough money to pay the $3,
430,000 due July 1, hence the call for
the extra session.
Last week the State bankers werel
called to meet In Raleigh to Bee if
the bonds could not be placed and
thus save the trouble of convening an
extra session of the General Assem
bly. The American Tobacco Company
subscribed for $1,000,000 of the bonds
And the bankers quickly took the re
mainder of the amount necessary.
The following from Saturday's News
end Observer tel's the story of the
opening of the bids:
The entire issue of State refund
ing bonds, with $435,000 bid in ex
cess, have been sold, the call for an
extra session of the General Assem
bly of North Caro'.ina has been with
drawn.
That such would be the case at the
formal opening of the bids yester
day had been shown by the results
of the conference of bankers and
business men with the Governor and
Council of State on Wednesday, when
more than the needed bids were
made. With an excess that day
Stated at $50,000, there came in on
the succeeding day bids for $193,500
jucre and yesterday the excess bids
had grown to $433,000 above the
13,430,000 needed. At the first ac
cepted opening of bids the amount
was $1,308,500 added, making a
grand total of $3,865,000.
The bids were opened in the of
fice of the State Treasurer at noon,
and it took an hour and five minutes
to read and tabulate them, the bids
received being 9 in number.
North Carolina has a right to feel
n pride in the result of the sale of
the bonds, each bid for which was ac
companied by a certified check for
two per cent of the amount bid, or
the bonds to be refunded, being en
closed. Not including the bid of the
American Tobacco Company only
four bids have been received from
out of the State, these from New
York, Philadelphia and Newark, N. J.,
amounting to $300,000. The Ameri
can Tobacco Company bid for one
million dollars, or such sum up to
that amount as should be awarded to;
It.
All Democrats Elected.
Richmond, Va., June 15.?Elections
for A'dermen and Councilmen were
held in all the towns and cities of i
Virginia yesterday, and in some cas
es, where vacancies existed mayors'
were chosen.
The result shows that for the most
part it was a case again of the Dutch
taking Holland.
As a rule there was little or no
opposition to the Democratic nomi
nees.
In Richmond there was no opposi
tion to the regular Democratic nomi
nees, except in the newly annexed
Washington ward, which did not pan
out much.
PATIENT COMMITS SUICIDE.
Inmate of Insane Asylum at Raleigh
Hangs Himself.
Raleigh, N. C., June 14.?James H.
Lambeth, a patient in the State hos
pital for the Insane here, committed
suicide to-day by hanging himself
with a sheet, which he tied to a hea
vy wire guard at the window of his
ward, fastening the other end about
his neck with a noose and Jumping
from a window sill.
Death was caused by strangulation.
He was all but dead when discovered, i
Lambeth was thought to be too weak I
to do himself violence. He left a !
note not made public, but it is under- jl
?tood to have been an insane sort of '
reference to supposed family trouble. ' i
I
HAMILTON WINS $10,000 PRIZE.
Goes From New York to Philadel
phia and Return in Aeroplane.
Greeted by Thousands in the Quak
er City?the Motor Breaks Down on
Return Trip.
New York, June 13.?Charles Ham
ilton. the American aviator, arrived
in New York 7 o'clock tonight aft*r
having made a trip from New York
to Philadelphia then back again in an
airship. Hamilton won the $10,000
prize offered by the New York Times
and Philadelphia Ledger. Hamilton
left here this morning and made the
trip to Philadelphia without mishap,
presenting a message from Governor
Hughes to Governor Stuart. This af
ternoon he started back again but his
motor broke down at South Amboy,1
N. J. Hamilton alighted and patched
the motor then started again. Ham
ilton made the trip from New York
to Philadelphia in one hour and fifty
three minutes. The distance is 86
miles.
Starting on what was declared by
expert aviators to be one of the
most ambitious aeroplane trips ever
attempted, Charles K. Hamilton, the j
most daring of American airmen, left
Governor's Island, in upper New York
bay, for Philadelphia and return, at1
7:38 this morning.
As he flew across the upper bay j
and headed straight over Jersey, he
was flying about 800 feet in the air
and running nearly a mile a minute.
Not a breath of air was stirring when
the flight began and the sun was
hidden under overhanging clouds,
which, however, did not seem to
pressage rain.
Hamilton landed at Front-and Erie
avenues at 9:28, cowring the 86-mile
flight from New York in one hour
and fifty-three minutes.
When Hamilton alighted his first
request was for a cigarette. A mo
ment later the vast throng of 20,000
gathered on the field and surged'
about him, striving to grasp his hands
and cheering madly. Governor Stu
art was one of those who congratulat
ed him.
After a big cordon of police had
been placed about the aeroplane,'
Hamilton hurried into an automobile
and was rushed to the Bellvue-Strat
ford where a luncheon was served.
OVERMAN FOR PARTY LEADER.
Washington Times Says He is Fast
Developing Into a Leader of the
Democratic Hosts.
A new Democratic leader Is devel
oping in the Senate. This is Sena
tor Overman of North Carolina. He
tias figured more prominently during
the last two months than any Demo-t
crat on the floor. That is to say, he
has obtained more results.
It was he who a few weeks ago
initiated the filibuster against the,
Lodge resolution asking for $fio,000
with which to pursue the cost of liv
ing inquiry. He convinced his Demo-1
cratic associates that the movement,
of the Massachusetts man was 4de
signed to provide the Republican nar
ty with campaign material. Before
the filibuster had proceeded ten days,
Senator Lodge withdrew his bill.
The latest legislative achievement
to the credit of Senator Overman was
his success in putting through the
anti-injunction amendment to the rail
road bill. This prohibits the Federal j
courts from interfering with the
judgments of State courts without due
notice and a hearing. This resolu-j
tion was presented as a surprise and
its adoption was a complete shock
in some quarters.
Just now when the Democrats are
looking for a floor leader to succeed j
Senator Money, who Is to retire next j
March, Overman looms up big. This
is true in spite of the prominence of,
Senators Bailey, Rayner and Bacon,
all of whom are discussed for the
floor leadership of the minority.? J
Washington Times.
Negro Sent Two to Jail.
Anniston, Ala., June 15.?For the
first time since reconstruction days
two white men have been convicted |
before a negro magistrate. Bunk
Odell and Eugene Wade were arrest-'
ed in Hobson City, a negro town, on j
the charge of violating the prohibition1
laws. Each peladed guilty at the trial
before Mayor Addison Snow, a negro,
rhey could not pay the fine and were '
sent to jail.
GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION.
Held Interesting Session Last Week
At Wrightsville Beach With Dele
gates Present From Thirty-five
Counties.?C. E. Foy, of New
Berne, Elected President and Edi
tor Varner Vice-President.
The following account of the meet
ing of the North Carolina Good Roads
Association which was held at
Wrightsville Reach last week is
made up of extracts from the Wil
mington Star.
With delegates In attendance from
33 of the i>8 counties of the State, the
ninth annual meeting of the North
Carolina Good Roads Association was
held at Tarrymoore Hotel, Wrights
ville Reach, and Dr. Joseph Hyde
Pratt, State Geologist and secretary,
than whom there is no better good
roads enthusiast in the State, says
that it was the most pleasant and
profitable as well as the largest at
iided convention in the history of
the organization. The delegates were
fired witn enthusiasm and a new de
termination to return to their homes
and wage a more vigorous campaign
for the improvement of the highways
in their respective counties.
Hon. M. L. Shipman, Commissioner
of Labor and Printing, discussed in
a most enlightening way the subject,
"Rond Issues for Good Roads." Mr.
Shipman has given the matter-of good
road building considerable study and
has delivered many ' addresses
throughout the State on the import
ance of improving the highways, and
whatever he has to say on the
matter is always heard with deep in
terest. In course of his remarks he
referred to the splendid roads of New
Hanover county.
This was followed by a discussion
of county road work, being led by Mr.
C. E. Foy, of New Rerne, president of
the State Association of County Com
missioners, who made a most interest
ing talk, being followed by represen
tatives from 12 other counties w.ith
five-minute talks. Among those who
spoke were Uefegates' from ? Craveti,
Onslow, Jones, Pender, Rowan, Hali
fax and New Hanover counties.
"Good Road Problems," was the
subject assigned Dr. Joseph Hyde
Pratt. In the beginning Dr. Pratt
sta'ed that "Slthough we take first
rank in civil government, manufac
nires, commerce, and in the world's
airs generally, yet, improved road
construction?the one material phase
of American life which affects more
than any other the prosperity and sc?
ciai ( lufort of a large majority of
cur citizens?has been neglected in a
mcs>< inconceivable manner.
Dr. Pratt said that there were five
problems which confront the good
rous movement.: First, the creating
of demand by community for good
roads; second, to provide funds for
construction; third, to locate roads in
the right place; fourth, to get road j
officials to realize the need of em
ploying road engineers to supervise,
their work; fifth, to provide the1
tnaictenance upon each of these.
Prof. W. C. Riddick, in charge o?
the ci'-il engineering department at
the A <<- M. College, sprke on the
subject of "The Need of Road En
gineering" and kindred <iiiestions re
laMng to good read tuiiding, and it
was a thoyghttul sddrefs, delivered
v.'ith grea! torce.
Officers for the ersuin^ year were
elected as fol'.ows:
President?C }". Fey. New Berne.
Vice President- II. J!. Varner, Lex
ington
Secretary- Joseph I'.jde Pratt, Cha
pel Hill.
Treasurer?Joseph G. Brown, Ra
leigh.
The following were named as the
executive committee: Joseph Hyde
Pratt, Prof. W. C. Riddick, Leonard
Tuf'3, John Patterson, 8. H. Webb,
C. E. Foy, H. B. Varner, A. W. Gra
ham, P. B. Betfrd, Geo. F. Harper,
Lenoir; R. R. Cotten and Joseph G.
Brown.
If President Taft has forgotten
those campaign pledges of his, he will
have his memory rudely awakened by I
reading the speech which Senator
Dolliver made on Monday. A vast!
number have been printed for distri
bution and they' are handy for the j
White House.?Wilmington Star.
Mr. Francis Burton Harrison can'
well afford to drop the issue between 1
the President and himself. It is Mr. j
Taft, not he, who has something to
explain.?Providence Journal.
APPOINTEES NOT RECOGNIZED.
Vanderb^t Trustees Wouldn't Seat
Conference Appointees. Bishop A.|
W. Wilson Resigned. By Action
Taken Body Put Itself on Record
As Favoring a Self-Perpetuating
Board.
Nashville, June 14.?By a vote of
j lit to 8, the board of trust of Van
derbilt university this afternoon re
I fused to recognize the three men
elected l>y the general conference
[of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
| South, at the Ashevllle meeting to
fill the vacancies on the board. The
board of trust later elected the follow
ing eight members, filling that body
to Its full quota:
Claude Waller, Nashville; R. F.
.Jackson, Nashville; Bishop \V. B.
Murrah, Jackson. Miss; J. A. Rob
bins, McKenzle, Tenn.; Bishop \V. R.
Lambuth, Nashville; \V. C. Ratcliff,
Little Rock.; R. W. Millsaps, Jackson,
Miss.; Allen R. Carter, Louisville.
Following the vote refusing to seat
the conference-elected members. Bish
op A. \V. Wilson tendered his resig
nation as a member of the board,
which was accepted, and the vacan
cy filled along with the others. By
refusing to recognize the selections
made by the Methodist conference,
tile board of trust put itself on re
cord as standing for a self-perpetuat
ing board. The board at Its meeting
; this morning repealed a clause In the
bylaws which provide that elections
j to its membership must be approved
by the general education board of the
Methodist church. In taking this step
the majority of the board claimed
that the clause had already been nul
lified by the general conference
through the course pursued at the
Afheville meeting.
The gentlemen refused recognition
by the board of trust to-day have not
intimated what course they expect to
I pursue in the matter, but those In a
position to possess Information say
they would not be surprised- to see
the Institution of mandamus ptoceed
ings to compel the ISoard of trust to
recognize as members those men de
signated as such by the general con
ference.
EDUCATED ON CONSUMPTION.
One-Eighth of Churohgoers Heard
Health Gospel on Tuberculosis
SUnday.
Over 4,000,000 churchgoers, nearly
40,000 sermons and preachers, and
more than 1,250,000 pieces of litera
ture, are some of the totals given
in a preliminary report issued by the
National Association for the Study
and Prevention of Tuberculosis, of
the results of fhe first National Tu
berculosis Sunday ever held, on April
24th.
The report states that, fully one
eighth of the 33.000,000 listed com
municants of the churches of the
United States heard the gospel of
health on Tuberculosis Sunday, and
that the number of people who were
reached by notices and sermons print
ed In the newspapers will aggregate
25,000,000. Hardly a paper In tho
country failed to announce the occas
ion.
From clipping returns received at
the National Association's headquar
ters, it is estimated that fully 20,000
newspapers, magazines, religious and
technical Journals gave publicity to
this national event. For this assist
ance on the part of the press, t.hp
National Association desires to ex
press its thanks.
Although the movement for Tuber
culosis 'Sunday was handicaped by a
lack of time and funds, the National
Association feels that the campaign
hus been worth while. Many foreign
countries observed the day also. Plans
are now under way for a wider ob
servance of the day In 1911. The ac
tive co-r peratlon of every religious
denomination, besides that of th?
governors, mayors and public offi
cials, as well as that of other agen
cies will be sought.
The promoters of this movement
arno'Jnce tiiat they do not wish to
interfere *.vjth the church calendar of
any denomination. It Is not planned
to hava a special Tuberculosis Sunday
as a regular church day. The plan
is to have the subject of health, and
particularly tuberculjbit, brought up
in the churches for ai.y service or
part of a service ar.d as nearly sim
ultaneously In all rarts of the coun
try as possible.
A SUNDAY FIRE KILLS 35.
Many Carried Down to Their Death by
Falling of a Big Water Tank. Bind
ery Girls and Linotype Men Fell
Through Cap in the Floors And
Were Buried Under Machinery.
Montreal, June 13.?The Herald
building was destroyed by fire to-day.
It Is reported 35 persons are dead in
the ruins.
Th" loss on the building it is esti
mated will amount to fully $200,000.
Many of the 35 persons reported
to bp dead in the fire-swept ruins are
said to have been carried to death
by a blj water tank which crashed
through the building when the fire
started.
Bindery girls and linotype men fell
through the huge gap in the floors
of the building and were quickly
bulled under machinery and tim
bers.
The crowds assembled outside the
tournmg building could plainly hear
the cries of the dying inside, while
the flames were slowly traveling to
ward them, but practically nothing
could be done to save them.
All the members of the editorial
department escaped uninjured, the
dead and dying being mostly confin
ed to the employes of the bindery and
composing rooms.
The flames were first confined to
the upper floors of the building, but
although all the available fire appa
ratus turned out it was impossible to
control the fire, which was fanned by
a strong wind.
Inspector McMahon of the police
force cal'id upon those around him to
organize a rescue party, but a tre
mendous wall of flame suddenly fin
ing from the basement made it im
possible to enter the building.
STATE NEWS.
Miss Moore, 17 years old, attempt
ed to cross Thompson's creek. Anson
county, Friday, and was drowned.
The creek was swollen by heavy
?
rains. ? ?
Mrs, Haldy Powell, of Greens
boro, 22 years old, committed sui
cide Sunday morning by cutting her
throat. She was ill with fever and
her mind was unbalanced.
Mr. H. W. Lucas died suddenly at
his home In SampBon county a few
days ago. He had been In feeble
health for some time but his death
was unexpected. Next day his wife
died of typhoid fever.
Rev. M. E. Parrlsh, a Baptist min
ister well known In this State, for
merly pastor at Salisbury and Shel
by, died Friday at Portsmouth, Va.,
of pneumonia. He was pastor at
Portsmouth, having gone there from
Shelby. He was a native of Virginia.
The Concord Tribune says that
Mr. Frank Teeter ,of Cabarrus coun
ty, shipped $600 worth of wool to the
Elkin woolen mills a few days ago.
At New London, Stanly county,
Friday evening, lightning struck the
large barn of Mr. T. C. Harris, kill
ing his youngest son. Floe Harris, 18
years old. Mr. Harris was in the
barn during the storm and after the
storm passed found his son had been
killed.
During a thunderstorm at Fay
etteville Friday evening the Holt-j
Morgan cotton mill was struck by
lightning and set on fire. James
Oarven, an operative, was found
dead near the entrance and is sup
posed to have been killed by the
bolt. The fire was extinguished
without great damage.
The President has commuted the
sentence of Arthur Ipock, convicted
in the Federal Court at New Berne
last October of illicit distilling and
sentenced to 18 months in the Fed
eral prison in Atlanta. The Presi
dent was moved to sympathy by the
iact that the man had old persons de
pending on him for support.
CAPT. R. H. BROOKS DEAD.
Superintendent of Confederate Sold
iers' Home at Raleigh.
Kaleigh, N. C., June 14.?Capt R.
H. Brooks, twelve years superintend
ent of the Confederate Soldiers' Home
here, died to-day after a critical ill
ness of five weeks. He had been in
falling health for more than a year,
was 69 years old, a member of the
Tenth North Carolina Artillery, "Man
ly's Battery," a brave soldier and an
excellent citizen. He leaves a wife
and three sons. The funeral will be
from the First Baptist Church at
2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
SOLVING OUR MANY PROBLEMS.
One Way of Solution Is the Bring
ing of Our Country Homes Clos
er Together and Thus Provide. Bet
ter Social Advantages.
Perhaps no one In the State, or
in the whole South for that matter,
is doing more to help Improve the
conditions of county life than Clar
ence Poe, the talented young editor
of the Progressive Farmer and
Gazette. Mr. Poe recently made a
trip through the northwest studying
conditions as they prevail In that
thriving section. During this trip he
wrote to this paper, depicting the con
ditions he found and making many
observations. The following extract
Is taken from one of his letters:
"At the bottom of most of our
rural problems is the fundamental
trouble of rural isolation. If we
can bring farmers nearer together,
we shall do more than we can do In
any other way to stop the drift to
i towns where living is twice as hard
I as it is In the country. Only yester
I day a professor In Chicago Univer
' slty, whose special study Is Improv
ing the conditions of poverty-stricken
people, declared that poverty is sole
ly a city problem. Compared with
i the vast number of city destitute
and ha'f-starvlng, the number of
hopelessly poor In the country Is In
significant.
i "Our problem, then, is to see If
i we cannot provide In the country
better advantages for social contact
as well as better financial returns.
Out here In Wisconsin one of tire
| most important factors has been the
rural telephone. The women chat
i with each other at night, after the
day's work is done. No matter how
bad the roads or how busy the hors
es, Mrs. Farmer Jones can talk with
her sister ten or twenty miles away
just as if they were face to face. The
farmers, too, own the lines in most
cases?putting up their own poles
and stringing their own wire, a co
operative company controlling the sys
tem. Usually each farmer has one
share'of stock for eatfi-iphonp . l?e
uses and the avel-age-cost per "phona
on these party lines is only about $5
a year."
12 HUNGARIANS BURN TO DEATH.
Origin of Fire Supposed to be From
Carelessness Following an All
Night Carousal.
Niagara Falls, June 15.?Twelve
Hungarians were burned to death In
a shack at Falls View, Ont., early to
day. Eight others were badly burned
and are in a Niagara Falls hospital.
The origin of the fire is unknown, but
il is presumed it was caused by care
lessness, following an all-night ca
rousal. The men had gone to a car
nival in the town in the early part of
the night, returning to their shack
about midnight In various stages of
intoxication. Shortly after they re
turned the fire broke out in a small
wooden shack, burning like tinder,
and even those that got out were bad
Iv burned.
Press Association Officers.
At a meeting at Wrlghtsvllle last
week the State Press Association el
ected the following officers:
President, M. L. Shipman. editor
Hendersonvllle Hustler; first vice
president, J. J. Farris, High Point
Enterprise; second vice president.
James H. Caine, Asheviile Citizen;
third vice president, T. G. Cobb,
Morganton Herald; secretary and
treasurer, J. B. Sherrill, Concord
Times; historian, D. J. Whichard,
Greenville Reflector; orator, James
H. Cowan, Wilmington Dispatch;
alternate, J. P. Cook, The Uplift;
poet, W. L. Hill, Fatherless Ones,
Barium Springs; executive commit
tee, Major H. A. London. Pittsboro
Record; R. M. Phillips, Greensboro
News; R. W. Vincent, Charlotte
Observer; H. B. Varner, Lexington
Dispatch; D. T. Edwards, Kinston
Free Press.
Congress to Adjourn Soon.
Washington, June 15.?Congress is
expected to adjourn one week from
next Saturday, or on June 25th, ac
cording to plans made public by Sen
ate leaders to-day, after consultations
with House leaders, a careful canvass
of both branches, and a revision ot
the Senate'* legislative programme.