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SM1THFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1910 Number 18
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EDUCATION SMITHFIELD UNITED AND ONWARD PROGRESS
POWELL GIVEN THIRTY YEARS.
Defense Submitted to Charge of Mur
der in Second Degree.. Meets Gen
e al Approval. Judge Ward Ap
proved of Acion of Aorneys, Say
ing That First Degree Verdict
Would Not Have Been Secured.
AVarrenton, N. C., June 29.?The
case of the State of North Carolina
vs. E. E. Powell for the killing of
Chief of Police Charles W. Dunn, of
Scotland Neck, on March 4th last,
came to an alrupt end this morning
when ex-Governor Charles B. Ay
cock, of the counsel for the defense,
announced that after careful consid
eration by the counsel and a consul
tation with the family of the defend
ant the defense had decided to ac
cept a verdict of murder in the sec
ond degree and await the judgment
of the court.
Solicitor John H. Kerr stated that
the State was willing to accept this
verdict.
Judge G. W. Ward, who is presid
ing, stated that he approved the ac-!
tion of counsel, saying that it was his
opinion that the jury would not take
to the plea of insanity advanced by
?~Tthe defense and acquit the prisoner
and that while there was some evi
dence of premeditation and delibera
tion he had no idea that a verdict
of murder in the first degree would
have ben ecured. The expene of
finihlng the tria iwould in that event
be practically unnecessary.
? The sentence imposed was thirty
years in the sta'e prison. The ver
dict was received here with a little
surprise Lut as far can be learned
at this time there is very little ex
pression of di.-approval on the part
of the people.
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DOUBLE MURDER AND ROBBERY.
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Three Polanders Commmit Daring
Hold-Up and Kill Two Men. One
Bandit Dead, Two Caught.
Lynn, Mass., June 25,?Double mur
der and robbery of about $6,000 by
three young Russian Polanders on
the principal business street of Lynn,
Mass., this morning, had a sequel in
the death of one of the bandits, and
the seriously wounding of another,
and the arrest of the third.
The victims were, Thomas A. Lan
dregan, a prominent shoe manufac
turer, and police officer James
Carroll.
The dead robber's name is Abba
Anson.
Landregan, accompanied by a po
liceman, was returning from the Lynn
National bank to the factory at
Welch, and Landregan was carrying
in a bag $6,000, the weekly pay of the
factory employes. As the pair near
ed the factory on Willow street, three
robbers ran up behind theui, opening
fire at close range. One of the trio
grabbed the bag containing the mon
ey, and at the same Instant Landre
gan fell dead with a bullet through
the neck. Carroll dropped mortally
wounded and the robbers started up
the street on a run. After reaching
High Rock, one of the surburban
parks, the robbers separated. In the
meantime a crowd of ten thousand
persons started in pursuit. Many
were in automobiles and practically
all were armed.
An hour later one of the bandits
was dead from a self-inflicted wound,
a second was in the hospital with
five bu let wounds, while the third
was under arrest. Abraham Lyons,
who was wandering through the
woods, was shot in the thigh by one
of the robbers who mistook him for a
pursuer.
All but $7 of the money that was
stolen by the robbers was recover
ed.
The landits were Russian Poles,
their ages ranging from 20 to 25
years.
An Acre in Dewberries.
Mr. C. S. Powell has an acre in
dewberries. From it he shipped re
cently fifty-seven crates to northern
markets which brought him $113.34
Besides these he has sold berries in
Smithfield and Selma. There have
beer a hundred and twenty-sevea
crates picked from the acre this sea
ton. If others near Smlthfield would
rrow dewberries they could be ship
ped in car load lots and thereby a
large amount would be saved in the
matter of freight. The land on which
they grow best is a light, sandy soil
and of that we have plenty In this!
county.
SENATOR DANIEL PASSES ON.
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Great Virginian Yields to the Con
cueror Death. Was Prominent as a
Political Leader for Forty Years.
Served in the United States Senate
For Almost Quarter of a Century.
United States Senator John War
wick Daniel died at the Lynchburg
Sanitarium Wednesday night. He had
an attar k of paralysis at Daytona,
Florida, last March and for quite
awhl'.e his life was despaired of. But
he rallied and was carried to his>
home at Lynchburg April 24. He
was at once taken to the Sanitarium
where he has been under treatmnet
since. He sustained a second at
tack at noon Wednesday which re
sulted in his death. .
Senator Daniel was born in 1842.
He was of a family prominent In Vir
ginia public life. He was a leading
lawyer, having received his legal
education at the University of Vir
ginia. ?
Serator Daniel served in the Civil
War and was severely wounded at
the battle of the Wilderness in 1864
which incapacitated him from further
service as a soldier. He had risen
to the rank of major and was adju
tant general In Early's Division.
Senator Daniel early became inter
ested in politics and at once became
a leader in his party. He served in
the Virginia House from 18C9 to 1872'
and in the State Senate from 1875 to,
1881. He was nominated for Gover
nor in 1881 but was defeated. In
1884 he was elected to Congress andi
while he was serving his first month'
of his term he was elected to the
Se; ate and tok his seat in that body j
su ceeding Malione He has been a
memler continuously since and had
already been elected for the term be
ginning March 4, 1911.
Senator Daniel w as one of the coun- j
try's most noted orators and had de-j
lhered n'any prominent addresses in
different parts of the country, his
greatest, perhaps, being the one he
delivered on the occasion of the un
veiling of the Washington Monument
in 1885. He was one of the leaders ofj
the Democratic parly, always conser-|
vative and thoroughly in accord with
Democratic principles.
Hogs Killed by Lightning.
On Thursday of last week lightning
killed six hogs for Mr. W. H. Cole, of
Ingrams township. The same day
in the same neighborhood Mr. W. F.!
Lee had a fine hog killed by light
ning.
CONGRESS SPENT A BILLION.
The Session Which Closed Saturday
Night Knows How to Spend Un
cle Sam's Money.
Washington, June 28.?Congress
which closed Saturday night, was tru
ly a billion-dollar one. According to
an official announcement made by
the House apporpriations committee
to-<?ay the appropriations will agre
aggrega:e $1,027,133,446.
Se a, ate statements were made by
Senator Tawney, Republican, and
Represen ative Livingston (Ga), rank
ing Democratic members of the com
mittee analyzing figures from the
standpoint of the two parties. Mr.
Tawney contended that a reduction of
$28,529,821 over the last session of the
sixtieth congress had been achieved.
The Democratic view was that
"again the high water mark of a bil
lion dollars of expenditures is pass
ed," that including the authorized re
clamation issue, river and harbor ob
ligations, public buildings authorized,
light houses, etc., the total direct and
indirect apropriations for the past ses
sion reached $1,096,952,051, increasing
the previous regualr esssion's appro
priations by $15,207,909.
Negro Dies Suddenly.
Allen Sanders, known as "Big Al
len," died Wednesday, June 29th. He
was plowing near his house and stop
ped to talk with Mr. W. C. Harper
who owns the land where he lived.
He told Mr. Harper that he had
been suffering from pain in his body
and that it was moving up into bis
head. About this time it began to
rain and he asked one of the family
to go in the house and get his coat.
When It began to rain harder he
started toward the hous? an ', fell
dead on the way. He wt- ditcher
and well digger and had leaned out
a great many wells in th'f r< tion.
THE HOOKWORM CAMPAIGN.
Distric Superintendents to be Nam-;
ed Soon. Dr. Ferrell and Asso
ciates Well Pleased With Interest
Manifested by State Medical So
ciety.
Raleigh, June 28.?Within the next
few days the names of the district
superintendents to press the campaign
for the eradication of the hookworm
will he announced by Dr. Ferre'.l, as
sistant escre ary of the state board
of health and in charge of the hook
worm eradication work of the Rocke
feller sanitation commission in North
Carolina. There are to be five of
these superintendents, there being
tlia: number of dlstri- ts in the state.
The names of the appointees have
been decided upon but some have not
accepted. The work is *o be in full
swing just as soon as these appoint
ments are made. Dr. Ferrell and his
associates expressed much gratifica
tion at the zeal manifested by the
members of the State Medical soci
ety in the Hookworm conference that
was held at Wrightsville Beach in
connection with the annual meeting
of the medical society.
Good Management.
The Chronicle has never felt in
clined to withhold praise for the
management of the Baptist Orphan
pge, at Thomasville. Whether in nor
mal times or in times of distress it
is of the best. It is particularly suc
cess'ul from a financial point of view.
Always under a strain, but always
making both ends meet, the institu
tion is now out of debt?does not owe
a dollar. In making this gratifying
announcement, Editor Johnson says
in Charity and Children: "This is tlve
first time since the writer's connec
tion with the institution began, fif
teen years ago, that this statement
at this season of the year, could
truthfully be made. One reason for
this happy financial situation is that
the treasury has not been raided this
year to make up a deficit in the
building fund. Heretofore, much of
the current fund was temporarily di
vered from its purpose, to pay off
workmen, and this drove the treasur
er to the banks and forced him to
pay interest on money that should
have gone into the running expenses
of the institution." It appears thai
the orphanage needs more room. It
is now caring for 385 children and the
insti ut'on is crowded. A call will
be made for the addition of another
dormi ory, making the eleventh home
to the orphanage group. During the
past year, the/e was only two deaths.
The average health record has been
high. The sp'endid infirmary which
bears the noble name of 'Woman's
Building," has vindicated the wisdom
of its builders. The small pox was
stayed in its beginning. The only
cases it had were those that devel
oped at first. As to the record of the
institution, Charity and Children
says: "Twenty-five years lie behind
the Orphanage. They have been
eventful years. More than a thous
and children have found a happy
home within its wails. Upon its am
ple bosom these homeless ones have
laid their heads secure and safe from
the tempests of sin that raged with
out. The loving kindness of the Lord
has marked every step of the long
and winding way. Indeed the tower
ing lesson the orphanage has brought
to the world is that in spite of the
blunders, the folly and even the op
position of men the Lord has led it
safely on and kept watch above His
own." In the Thomasville Orphan
age, the Baptists have an institution
in which they may well take pride.?
Chariot'e Chronic'.e.
He Visited he Jail.
It is surprising how many people
visit the jail here and talk with the
prisoners through the windows. This
is a great nuisance and the county
commissioners have aranged to have
a stockade built around the Jail some
time soon to keep people away. Last
week Mr. Jim Chllders went to the
Jail for an interview with the pri
soners. His condition was not such
as to hold an interesting conversa
tion wi'h them and they were soon
tired of his presence there. They
made a mixture of lime and such oth
er things as rould be found in the
Jail and threw It ail over his from
a window. He will hardly try anoth
er visit there soon.
KILLED WHILE FIXING WIRES.
Vernon Bynum, a Young Lli eman,
Electrocuted Monday A. M. In Ral
eigh.?Fell Against Live \Aire and
Came In Contact With Deadly Cur
rent While Fixing Fire Alarm Sys
tem for Cly.
Raleigh, June 17.?As Vernon By
num, a lineu:an, worked at stringing
city fire alarm wires early this morn
ing he encountered an electric cur
rent of l!,o00 volts that killed him
a nits; instantly. lie was on the
cross-arm of a tn 1 pole at the corner
of Salisl ury and Morgan streets,
sou hwest corner of the Capital
square, adjusting a tie line over the
pole, when In some way his side came
in contact with the Carolina Light
an! Power company's wires.
A few minutes before he had got n
lighter shot k and helpers on the
ground had warned hltn to some
down, but he was bent on adjusting
the line when the second and deadly
voltage fashed through him and
watchers were horrified to see his
spasmodic movements, showing him
to be in the grip of the deadly curf
rent.
It required half an hour to disen
gage the 1 ody and lower it to the
ground with ladtier-i and ropes and
take it where physicians waited to do
whatever they could towards restor
ing life. Artificial respiration and
other means were employed without
a\ all.
Bynum came to Balelsh from Wil
son just a week ago. His parents
live at Wilson. He Is unmarried,
a!>out 30 years o'd. Working with
him were Harry Tatem, an apprentice
lineman, and a negro helper.
Pynuin had seven years experience
as a lineman. He was working foe
the city getting kinks out of the fire
alarm wires, under direction of the
superintendent of the system.
SENATOR McENERY DEAD.
Louisiana Solon Yields to an Attack
Of Indigestion at Age of 74.
New Orleans, June 28.?United
States Senator Samuel Douglas Mc
Enery died this morning.
Senator McEnery arrived from
Washington yesterday morning, suf
fering from an attack of indigestion.
He was in his 74th year.
Samuel Douglas McEnery was born
In Monroe, La., in May, 1837. He was
educated at Spring Hill College, Mo
bile, Ala., at the United States Na
val Academy, and at, the University
of Virginia, graduating finally from
I the National School of Law at Pough
keepsie, N. Y. At the outbreak of
the civil war he enlisted in the
J Second Louisiana infantry, and serv*
ed throughout the war.
In 1879 he was elected lieutenant
! governor, and on the death of Gov.
j Wiltz he succeeded him. In 1884 he
was re-elected governor. In 1888 he
was appointed asociate justice of tho
Supreme Court, and in 1892 was again
elected governor. In 1890 he was
elected to the senate, and was re
i elected in 1902 and 1908, the latter
time unanimously.
Nash Democrats Recommend Pou.
In their convention at Nashville
Monday the Democracy of Nash coun
ty adopted the folowing resolutions
unanimously:
"We, the Democrats of Nash
county in convention assembled on
this the 27th day of June, 191?K
mindful of the faithful and efficient
1 services heretofore rendered our coun
ty and district by Hon. Edward W.
: Pou, of Johnston county, do hereby
! endorse his past record and commend
him to the people of this, the Fourth
Congressional District, for re-election
in November."
A CHARTER FOR A CHURCH.
The Christian Science Church, of
I this city, has been incorporated, and
; this morning the papers of incorpora
tors were received at the office of
the clerk of the Superior Court.
The church Is Incorporated under
the name of tho First Church of
Christ, Scientist, and the incor
porators are named as Miss Mary
! Bridgers, Mrs. Ella Well, Mrs. Het
jtie E. Fennell and Messrs. J. C.
Springer, A. C. Sneed, F. A. Fennell
and Henderson Cole. No stock has
Ven issued, however, nor will there
, be any, but Mr. A. C. Sneed is nam
?d as the agent of the corporation.
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R. F. BEASLEY STATE CHAIRMAN.
Editor of Monroe Journal Has Been
Chosen to Succeed Clarence Poe
At the Head of the North Carolina
Ani-Saloon League. An Able Wri
ter and a Wise Leader.
Raleigh, June 27.?The announce
ment Is made that the executive com
mittee of the North Carolina Anti
Saloon League has chosen Editor H.
P. Heasley ,of the Monroe Journal,
as state chairman to succeed Editor
Clarence Poe. of the Progressive Far
mer. Mr. Poe resigned several weeks
ago on account of pressure of other
duties that prevent hlui from devot
ing the time necessary to the duties
of the chairmanship. Mr. Beasley is
to assume the duties of chairman-(
ship at once. In surrendering the
chairmanship, Mr. Poe says of his
successor that he is recognized as
one of the ablest and most thought
ful writers in North Carolina and an
effective and forceful speaker, a man
of power not only because he is a
mau of ability, but because in him
unusual ability is matched by con
fidence, compelling character. Fur
thermore, fays Mr. Pee, tho people
of the state can trust his whole-heart
edness In the cause and his Judgment
and common sense. Mr. Poe adds
that the chairman being recognized
as the recognized official spokesman
of the anti-sa'oon league the people
can be sure that it will not become
an instrument of fanaticism or ex
cessive zeal, but that North Carolina's;
temperance policy will be sound and
wise.
MR. J. L. BASS PROMOTED.
Made Manager of the Rocky Mount
Office of the Singer Sewing Ma
chine Company.
Mr. J. L. Bass who for the past
two years has been the assistant
mana?er of the Singer Sewing Ma
chine Company here, has been moved
to Rocky Mount and made manager.
The Rocky Mount office is the most
important office of this company in
the state and this promotion comes
as a reward for his hard work and
loyal service to the company's busi
ness around Raleigh. Mr. Bass came
here from Smithfield, where he was
in the same company's employ as a
deliverer and collector. He Is a
hard working young man and his
many friends will be glad to learn of
his promoilon.?Raleigh Evening
Times, June 27.
Ball Team On a Tdur.
The Smithfield Base Ball Team un
der the able leadership of Mr. Leon
G. Stevens, as manager, and Mr.
W. Ransom Sanders, as captain left
last Monday morning for a week's
trip, on which trip they wil play the
strong teams of Franklinton, Louis
burg and Oxford.
The first two games were played in |
Franklinton by the one sided scoresj
of 9 to 1, and 11 to 3, respectively.
Tho third game was played in Lou-:
isburg and a though Smithfield lost,!
the game was much better than the
two preceding games, Louisburg win
ning by the score of 4 to 1.
From the acounts of the games ta
ken from the News and Observer, it
would not be amiss to add a few
good batters to Smithfield's list, as
in the Monday's game Franklinton's
pitcher struck out 21, and in Wed
nesdays game Hedgepeth of Louis
burg struck out 15.
Here's hoping the team better luck
in their other games.
Fourth of July Don'ts.
Don't play with powder and matches
On the Fourth, my little one,
For If you do you'll sorry be
Before the day Is done.
1 Don't handle firecrackers
In a foolish, thoughtless way,
For if you do you're sure to spoil
Some other's happy day.
Don't frighten nervous horses
With your "poppers" and your gun.
For accidents through runaway
Can't afford you any fun.
Don't play in rough, bad fashion,
Nor rude to elders be:
But celebrate In a wholesome way
Our Day of Liberty.
?Washington Star.
Taste the Joy that springs from la
bor.?Longfellow.
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REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
The Crowd Not so Large as Had Beert
Expected. Speeches by Tom Settla
And Ike Meekins. Tilts Between
Parker and Stancll.
The Republl ars of the county held
a Convention here In the court house
last Saturday. The crowd was not
so large as we expected to see. Very
few took part in the convention ex
cept li e-loi.g Republicans. Mr. Tho
mas Settle made a speech at the
opening of the convention. He fa
vors opening t ar-rooms again all
over the s.ate and the main part of
h s speech was given to this subject
un er the plea of "Lo^al self govern
ment.'' Most of the convention were
pleasei wl.h hll specli and applaud
ed him frequently but a few of them
did not like it at all. He admitted
that the Republicans were losing
votes in several of the western states
and exhorted Southern RepubUans to
work harder and make up here in the
South for the losses in the West.
\\ hen the tusine.-s of the conven
tion was taken up it was readily seen
that there was considerable rivalry
for control between Mr, J. t>, ParKer
and Mr. J. C. Stancil. Mr. Parker
won at every point. These conten
tions between them prevented the
conven ion from being so harmonious
as it would have been otherwise.
Mr. I. M. Meekins, of Elizabeth
City, spoke Just beforo the conven
tion closed. His speech was mainly
a i efense of the tariff laws which
have caused >-o much dissatisfaction
over the country. There was nothing
a out Saturdays conventIon which
was at a:l alarming to the Democrats
of the county.
WHY LIVING COMES SO HIGH.
W. C. Brown, of the Ne/v YorX Cen
tral Lines, Believes in the Work
Of Improved Agriculture.
Speaking on the "high cost of liv
ing," before the Minnesota Bankers'
Association at St. Paul a few days
ago, President W. C. Brown, of the
New York Central Hues, quoted sta
tistics to show the increase in the
cost of all products of the farm, fac
tory and mines, and then said in
part:
"Ec onomists aaree that as the ba
sic metal (gold* Increases in quanti
ty, the priie of everything measured
by and paid for with that metal is
invariably enhanced in value.
"For this reason the pay of labor
lias steadily advanced and must con
tinue to advance In some fair ratio
with the Increased cost of things that
labor must buy. To put It another
way, wages must go up in about the
same proportion that the purchasing
power of the money of the laborer
goes down."
After discussing the increase In
gold production the speaker said:
"Unquestionably this great increase
in the production of gold has power
fully influenced the values of every
thing in which men deal.
"Everything save wages, railroad
rates and fixed incomes from long
time securities, continuously and al
most colncldentiy adjust themselves
to the changing conditions resultant
upon this influx of gold."
Mr. Brown then spoke of "tho
a'armlng rapidity with which the con
sumption of the products of the na
tion's farms Is overtaking produc
tion," and continued:
"When the day comes that this na
tion falls to produce sufficient food to
supply our own people, when we no
longer send the products of our farms
abroad, bringing back the gold from
foreign nations?what will be the cost
of living In this country, and ?where
will the money come from to meet
the cost?
"I am In favor of an adequate na
vy, but I wish the money expended In
bul'ding just one battleship could be
devoted to this work of improved, In
telligent agriculture.
"What one battleship costs would
establish two splendid agricultural ex
periment or demonstration farms In
every State In the Union and I will
guarantee if this is done and the work
intelligently and energetically carried
out, that as a result of it, tho value of
the Increased product of the nation's
farms will within ten years buy and
pay for every battleship of every na
ry that floats on salt water to
day."
At the approachinc French maneu
vers a severe test U to he made of
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