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VOL. 29 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1910 Number 25
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FLEW ACROSS THE CHANNEL.
John B. Moissant, a Young American
Aviator Flew Across English Chan
nel Wednesday Carrying a Passen-,
ger. First to Do This.
Deal, England, Aug. 17.?It has 1
been reserved for an American citi
zen to perform one of the most dar
ing feats In the history of aviation.
John B. Moissant. of Chicago, flew
across the English Channel from
Calais to Tilmanstone to-day, with a
passenger, and by this achievement
far surpassed the feats of Bleriot,
Te Lesseps and the unfortunate En-,
gli?h aviator Rolls, who afterward
met his death at Bournemouth.
The two-man flight from France to
England was the more astonishing,'
for It was only a month ago that
Moissant learned to fly, and he made
40 few flights and was so little known
among air men that even his na
tionality was not disclosed. He was
reputed to be a Spaniard and it was
only when he landed In England to
day that It was revealed that he
|s a young Chicago architect.
To make the feat still more sur
prising, Moissant was totally Ignor
ant of the geography of his course.
He had never been in England and
was obliged to rely entirely on the
compass.
The channel flight was an Incident
In the aerial voyage from Paris to
London. Moissant left Issy yesterday
with Hubert Latham, and reached
Amiens in two hours. Latham's ae
roplane was wrecked, and this morn- '
ing Moissant leaving Amiens at an
early hour, headed for Calais. His
mechanician, Albert Fileux, who had
aocompanied him across the country,
took his place in the machine, when
the motor was set in motion for
the dash across the channel.
TWO KILLED AND MANY HURT.
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Moonlight Excursion With 250 Ne
groes Aboard Struck in Rear by
Seaboard Passenger Train In Ral
eigh Yards?Train Came in on
Wrong Switch.
Raleich, Aug. 13.?Two negroes
were killed and 14 Injured here at
t o'clock this morning In the union
passenger s'ation. An excursion train
beauDt' 250 negro excursionists was
Just In after a run to Durham, when
Seaboard Air Line passenger train
No. 84 northbound crashed into the
crowded rear coach without a mo
ment's warning, just as the excur
sionists were in motion to get off.
Will Jordan, a well-known grocery
driver, was crushed between the pas-1
Benger engine and the near car. He
died a few minutes later. One other ,
passenger, Hugh Perry, was so badly ]
Injured Internally that he has since
died.
The excursion was run by C. T.
Hoover, Berry Gunter, B. H. Reeves
and W. G. Christ man and only Hoov
er escaped injury. It is expected
that all 14 of the Injured will recov-,
er. /
The Seaboard train took a new en
gine and went north after an hour's
delay, the regular engine beinft bad
ly wrecked. The passengers were
badly shaken up.
The passenger train came in on
the wrong switch in some way yet
unaccounted for.
DUKE ADDS TO Cf-IURCH GIFT.
Magnate, After Giving $76,000, Offers
Further Aid to Finish Edifice.
Durham, N. C., Aug. 14.?At a con
gregational meeting here today an
nouncement was made that Benjamin
N. Duke had offered to bear half
the expense for the completion of
Memorial Methodist Church. It is
to be the handsomest Methodist edi
fice in the State, and will cost $150,
100. Mr. Duke's gifts to that church
have been $76,000 to date.
The church was begun years ago,
but work was suspended on account
of insufficient funds. It is the place
of worship of Mr. Duke's father and
of himself. The congregation quick
ly met the proposition by subscribing
the necessary funds making certain
the completion of Iht building with
in one year.?The Washington Post.
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Prof. F. P. Hobgood, president of
Oxford Seminary. ?hg kere Wednes
flap in the interest t>( fc is school.
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HON. CLAUDE KITCHIN COMING.,
One of the Ablest Men in North
Carolina Public Life To Speak
In Smithfield Tuesday of Court
Week.
On Tuesday, September 13?Tues
day of Court Week?Congressman
Claude Kitchln, one of North Caroli
na's ablest speakers and one of the
leaders of the State's Democracy,
will address the citizens of this sec
tion on the public questions of the
day. Mr. Kitchin has been In Con
gress for the past ten years and has
made In that short time a national
reputation as an orator. He has
always stood square on the Demo
cratic platform, being one of the
few that did not vote for the tar
iff on lumber during the special ses
sion of Congress. For bis able
speech on the tariff question during '
that session he was complimented
far and wide. In fact, some able |
men said it was one of the very great
est speeches made during that mem
orable debate.
A great crowd should be here to
hear him discuss the great public
questions of the day on Tuesday, !
September 13th.
YOUNG MAN FALLS 2,000 FEET.
Balloonist is ueneaaea ana tvery
Bone in Body Crushed.
New York. August 12.?"Benny" ,
Pri^. a young balloonist, met a hor
rible death this evening at the close
of the aviation meet at Asbury Park,
N. J. In making a double parachute '
drop, the second parachute failed to !
open, and he fell more than 2,000!
feet.
As the swaying body neared the ;
ground. It struck the limb of an apple j
tree, and the boy's head was trans
fixed on the limb like an apple on a
spit. As it struck the ground, the
headless body was crushed into an
unrecognizable mass.
Prinz was twenty-six years old and
a daring balloonist. With Samuel
Hartman. of Newark, he went up in
at hot-air balloon. At the height of
1,000 feet Hartland cut loose with one'
parachute, and made a successful
landing. Lightened by the drop of
Hartland, the craft shot up until it
reached about 4,000 feet. Then
Prinz cut loose. Those who saw
his figure, say he fell 500 feet be
fore his parachute opened. He sail
ed slowly earthward for another
thousand feet, and then cut loose
again. There was another terrific
drop of about 500 feet, when the sec
ond parachute opened. It checked
his fall for a second; then the ropes
snapped and the body of the young
man shot straight down.
Over and over the figure turned,
faster and faster, and gaining mo
mentum with each revolution. He
was shooting down head first when
he crashed into the tree, impaling
his head on a limb. In the headless
trunk every bone was broken.
Several of those who witnessed the
accident fainted from the horror of
the tragedy.
Watermelons Shipped From Clayton, i
For several years Clayton has j
beer* a good point for shipping wa
termelons. The buyers there have
paid good prices and melons have
brought considerable money to the
growers. The prices this season
have ranged from 62 cents per
hundred pounds at first down to
about 25 to 35 cents. Recently they
shipped as much as seven car loads
per day. Messrs. Jesse J. Ellis and
H. W. Mitchell are among the buy
ers this year. It is a pretty sight to
see so many wagons loaded with me
lons each waiting its turn to un
load at the car doors.
Sutton Bound Over To Court.
Thomas A. Sutton who Is charged
of killing P. M. Creech was given a
hearing here Tuesday. The defend
ant was represented by Messrs. Ab
ell & Ward while Mr. John E. Wood
ard. of Wilson, represented the pros
ecution. After an agreement be
, tween the attorneys, examination
1 was waived and the defendant was
bound over to the next t?rm of John
ston County Superior Court under a
bond of one thousand dollars which
was readily given.
IMPROVEMENTS AT PRINCETON.
Several New Buildings Erected and
The Merchants Carrying Good
Stocks. New Drug Store. Mr. Paul
Duncan to Open New Store.
Things have been on a boom some- j
what in Princeton since the big lum
ber mill there started up work sev
eral months ago.
Dr. Woodard opened a drug store
iu a new building erected for that
purpose. This was much needed,
there being no other drug store in
that section.
Mr. A. F. Holt built two brick
stores together which he has been
occupying for some time, himself,
carrying a good stock of general mer
chandise.
Messrs, W, T. Edwards and Com
pany have Just completed two dou
ble story brick stores and have
moved into them. This gives them
good quarters and much needed room
for their large stock.
Mr. J. R. Ledbetter is building two
stores which will soon be completed
and ready for use. He expects to
move into them about September
15th.
These new buildings are all first
class and would do credit to a city.
A new wooden building has Just
been erected to be occupied by Mr. |
Paul C. Duncan. He is fast filling
it with new goods. He will carry
clothing, hats, shoes, notions, hard
ware, groceries and general mer
chandise. Mr. Duncan is superinten
dent of the Princeton Lumber Com
pany. He made a trip to Baltimore
recently to buy a stock of goods: for
his new store.
All the merchants of the town
seem to be carrying large stocks of
well assorted goods.
INQUIRE INTO THIRD DEGREE.
Clerk and Secretary En Route to
Coast to Probe Criminal Handling.
To attend meetings of the select
committee of the United States Sen
ate, whose duty it will be to inves
tigate the practices and administra
tion of the so-called "third degree."
C. H. Martin, secretary to Senator
Lee S. Overman of North Carolina,
and Charles VV. Moore, official short
hand reporter of the United States
Senate, and clerk to Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, are on their way to
San Francisco. While in Salt Lake
they are quartered at the Semloh
hotel.
"The object of the investigation,"
said Mr. Martin, "is to probe into
the acts of federal officials relative
to the parts they play in extracting
confessions from prisoners through
the now notorious 'third degree' sys
tem.
"Mr. Moore and myself were ap
pointed by the Senate committee,
which consists of Senator Brandegec
of Connecticut, who is chairman; Sen-!
ator Borah of Idaho, Senator Brown
of Nebraska. Senator Overman of
North Carolina and Senator Stone of
Missouri.
"The first investigation in the
west will take place in San Francis
co, and subsequent sessions will be
held probably in all the larger cities
of the coast and middle west. We
have not yet been informed as to
whether or not the committee will
come to Salt Lake.
"The nation-wide agitation over
the 'third degree' and the oftimes
brutal methods employed by offiicals
in forcing prisoners into confessions
to crimes, which in many cases they
know nothing about, has already done
much toward checking the practices
put into vogue by ambitious detect
ives who force their captives into
making statements that are far from
the maxim of this free country that
a man is innocent until he is proven
guilty.' "?Salt Lake City Herald
Republican, Aug. 13.
1,112 DEAD AND MISSING.
Japanese Flood Casualties Still
Mounting Up.
Tokyo. Aug. 1".?The number of
casualties by the flood of last week
Is now placed at 1,112 dead and miss
ing. The property damage Is very
heavy, some 3,953 houses having
been destroyed. Thousands of per
sons are homeless and are dependent
on public relief.
TOBACCO MARKET OPENS WELL.
About Forty Thousand Pounds of the
Golden Weed Sold Here Yesterday [
At Satisfacory Prices. The Aver
age Higher Than a Year Ago.
I The opening tobacco sales were
had here yesterday and the floors of
the Banner and the Farmers ware
houses were pretty well filled with
tobacco, a conservative estimate plac
lug the quantity at both houses to
be about 40,000 pounds. It was a
great deal better for the market, as i
past experience has taught us, that
the quantity of tobacco on the floors
be not too large.
Prices ranged from three and four
cents up to as high as 25 cents per j
pound. Of course the quality of to-!
bacco offered on this, the first sale,1
is always of a low grade and high '
prices are never expected. But tak- J
ing it all around the sales here yes- j
terday were very satisfactory, not a1
tag being turned on either floor. The I
warehousemen tell us that the prices ^
for this opening sale will average al
most two cents a pound higher than
the opening sale last year.
Our opening was a success in ev
ery particular and we expect Smith
field to maintain its reputation as
one of the best markets in Eastern '
North Carolina.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE DEAD. I
Famous Nurse of the Crimean War
Dies in London.
London, England. A.Jfe.l4th?Flor
ence Nightingale, the famous nurse
of the Crimean war and the only wo
man who ever received the order of
merit, died yesterday afternoon at
her London home. Although she |
had been an invalid for a long time
her death was somewhat unexpected.1
She sank gradually until 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon, when an at
tack of heart failure brought the end.
Her funeral will be as quiet as pos
sible, in accordance with her wish
es.
On May 12 she celebrated her
ninetieth birthday and was the re
cipient of a congratulatory message
from King George.
Florence Nightingale was born
in 1820. She was the first woman
to follow a modern army into bat
tle as a nurse and in the Crimean
war gained the title of "Angel of
the Crimea." She studied nursing
under the Protestant Sisters of Mer
cy at Kaiserwerth, Germany, and re
turned to England when the Crim
ean war broke out. She organized
a corps of volunteer nurses whom
she led into the field and was es
pecially celebrated for her noble'
services at Scutari.
At the close of the war she was |
enabled by a testimonial fund
amounting to $250,000 to found an
institution for the training of nurs
es. In 1908 she received the free-'
dom of the city of London. King
Edward bestowed upon her the or- j
der of merit, the most exclusive I
distinction in the gift of the British '
sovereign.
A dramatic sequel to the death '
of Florence Nightingale occurred
yesterday in the death of John Fin- j
eghan, the aged soldier who acted i
| as Miss Nightingale's orderly in
her hospital work during the Cri
mean war.
When Fineghan was told of her
death yesterday he was overcome
and doctors say that grief killed
him.
Over 8,000 Deaths In Week.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 12.?From Ju
ly 31 until August 6, 20,668 cases of
cholera were reported throughout
Russia, with 8,679 deaths.
Returns from the leading prov
inces show the following fatalities.
Don Cossacks, 1,342; Human, 1,122;
Yekaterinoslay, 776; Saara, 707; Khe:l
son, 451.
Republican Convention to Meet.
The executive committee met here
yesterday and decided to call the Re
publican County Convention to meet
here Friday, September 9th, 1910.
Mr. L. Rusbee Pope, editor of The
Benson Spokesman, was in the city
Monday and gave "P?e Herald office
a call.
DOUBLE KILLING IN THE WEST.
Weaverville Dentist Shoots Two
Brothers, Following Quarrel Over
Rents?Gives Hiself Up to Au
thorities.
Ashevtlle, N. C.. Aug. 13.?As the
outcome of a dispute over office rent
at Weaverville tonight, five miles
from here. Homo and Furman Capps
were almost instantly killed by Dr.
Clarence Pickens, a Weaverville den
tist.
All are married men. According to
information tonight the trouble orig
inated a few days ago, when Capps
claimed that Pickens had not paid
his rent, Capps' father owning the
building. Tonight, near the woolen
mill, a little south of Wlntervllle,'
the quarrel was renewed, when Pick
ens claims the Capps brothers set i
upon him violently, cutting his coat !
in several places, and Inflicting sev- j
eral flesh wounds, though not dan-!
gerous, when he was forced to shoot. '
Weaverville is intensely excited, j
Pickens gave up. He had a peaceable
reputation. The Capps family is ev- j
idently ill-fated, this making the
third brother killed within a year.
Ben Morris, Jr., now serving a year's
sentence for killing Joe Capps last1
fall. Morris claiming that Capps was
trying to ransack the house. The
Capps brothers live In Weaverville. j
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PELLAGRA CONFERENCE IN FALL.
South Carolina Will be Well Repre
sented at Chicago. i
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 6.?South. Car-1
olina will be represented at the
third National conference for the
study of pellagra which will be held
very probably in Chicago during the
Fall. It was the Intention of those
having the matter in charge to meet:
at Peoria, 111., but since Chicago Is !
the larger place and, therefore^ it
will be easier to get a large crowd
there the plans may be changed. Dr.
J. W. Babcock, of the State Hospital |
for the Insane, will probably deliver
an address on "Pellagra in South
Carolina." This State is to be made
the center for the study of pellagra
by the government In the new phase
touching a possible cause of the
disease. It is interesting to note
that two government experts have
been stationed here studying the j
disease?Drs. Lavinder and Long?
during the last two years. Pellagra
is now known to be prevalent in
29 States of the Union. It has been
found in the South, in States as far j
North as Pennsylvania and out in '
California. |
THE SALE OF LEAF TOBACCO.
One Hundred And Fifty-Seven Mil
lion Pounds Sold Last Year in
This State.
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 17.?There1
were sold 011 the warehouse floors
of the various leaf tobacco markets
in North Carolina during the year
ending August, 157,628,493 pounds
of tobacco of which 142,228,009 was
first hand for the growers. The re
mainder was resales for dealers and
warehouses. The total sales for the
previous year were 156,986,289
pounds. The state department of
agriculture has Just gotten out Its an
nual'' report of sales based on the
reports required by law to be made
to the department by the warehous
es, these reports being compulsory.
There were forty-seven tobacco mar
kets reporting.
The Smithfield market sold 2,
426,802 pounds; total with resales 2,
657,475 pounds. Clayton, 459,148
pounds; total with resales, 531,518
pounds.
KILLED IN MOTHER'S PRESENCE.
Two Girls Stepping Out of the Path
Of One Train Are Struck by An
i other.
High Point, N. C., Aug. 14.?Vadie
Cook, aged ten, and Vadie Myers,
aged 6, were killed at Lake, a small
I village twelve mies south of here
J to-day, when in trying to avoid an
approaching freight train, they step
ped In front of a fast passenger
train. The little bodies were fear
fully mangled.
The mothers of the children wit
nessed the accident, but were power
less to save them.
KENLY HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
A Strong Corps of Teachers Selected
For the Next Year. Now is the
Time for the Boys and Girls of the
County to Take the Opportunity To
Be Educated Near Home.
Kenl.v, Aug. 17.?Plans are being
made to make the school at Kenly
the best In Its history. The one
first essential in doing this is the
good teacher. A special effort has
been made by Misses Matthews and
McDonald to equip themselves for
better work. Each of them spent
six weeks in the summer school at
Greenville. In addition to this an
other teacher, Miss Blanche Smith
who graduated with an excellent re
cord from Trinity College the past
year, has been elected as a member
of the faculty to take charge of
the 7th and 8th grades. Miss Pearfa'
Cobb, of Lumber Bridge. N. C., will
teach piano and voice. She is also
said to be a very competent violinist.
In all there are six teachers and
if enough make application to justi
fy we shall have an art and elocu
tion teacher.
A business department will have
a place in the high school next ses
sion. Commercial arithmetic, book
keeping, short-hand and typewriting
will be arranged for those who may
wish. Young men and young women
can board In the dormitory under the
supervision of a matron and take a
course as cheap as at any other
place. . ? i 7 k I i
Another es**nt!al for a good school
is a number of bright, energetic boys
and girls. Johnston has as many as
any other county in the State. Now
is the time for these boys and girl?
to begin making preparation for en
tering some of the country schools.
Benson as well as Kenly has made
preparation to take care of those
wishing high school training and
living at a distance. Why not make
good of the opportunity? Kenly
would be more than glad to take
care of at least twenty boarding pu
pils. The dormitory is situated in
easy reach of the school building.
Everything will be furnished to
boarding students except bed linen
and toilet articles. Those wishing
to use their own furniture can do
so at a reduced cost.
With good teachers, properly ar
ranged courses, debating societies,
ambitious pupils, a strong school
spirit, the Kenly school cannot be a
failure.
The session will open Sept. 19th.
Make application for entrance to the
principal, Sylvester O. Rollings.
Senatorial Convention.
The Senatorial Convention of this
the 15th district convened in the
Opera House last Friday morning and
was called to order by Chairman E.
Lee who called to the Chair to act as
Chairman, Mr. F. H. Brooks and
Messrs. N. T. Ryals and J. P. Pitt
man, Secretaries. The temporary or
ganization was made permanent.
The names of Messrs. J. R. Bag
gett of Harnett and O. A. Barbour of
Johnson vere placed before the
convention, and they were nominated
by acclamation. They were both
; called and came forward and made
good speeches declaring that with
hard work and co-operation they
j would march to victory in the No
vember election.
They are both strong young men
J and capable of giving the district the
best campaign that we have had iu
many years. They will make a fine
showing as Senators from this dis
trict and with a united effort they
can be elected with a good major
ity.
The following executive committee
for the district was elected to serve
two years.
Harnett?J. C. Clifford and R. O.
Taylor.
Sampson?Geo. L. Peterson and Al
len Daughtry.
Johnston?N. T. Ryals and M. C.
Winston.?Dunn Guide.
Mule Killed by Lightning.
On Wednesday, August 10th, Mr.
! John A. Wilson, of Wilson's Mills,
? had the misfortune to lose a large
fine mule by lightning. Will Rogert,
the driver, had Just put the mule
in the stable and left when the
stroke did its deadly work.