Sljc Smitl)ficl& Herald
VOL. 29 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1910 Number 28
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AERO GOES UP 8,471 FEET
Morane's Engine Stops In Sky and He
Slides to Earth. Breaks all World's
Records. Aviator at Apex of Ascen
sion When Accident Happens to Ma
chinery and He Sails Downward
Mile and Three-quarters at Terrific
Speed?Lands Safely, Though Sick
ened by Velocity.
Deaubllle. France. Sept. 3.?Leon
Morane, the daring French avaltor, tc
day made a sensational monoplane
flight, eclipsing his own world's rec
ord for altitude by flying to a height
of 8,471 feet. The previous altitude
record was 7.054 feet, made by him
self last Monday at the Havre avia
tion meeting. Just when the aviator
reached his highest mark the motor
of the machine suddenly stopped, af
ter which the monoplane began a long
and remarkable plane toward the
earth. The avaitor plunged down
ward at a tremendous rate and reach
ed the ground at a distance of one j
and a quarter miles from the aero
drome.
The huge crowd that had gathered
on the aviation field to witness the
flight saw Morane shooting down
ward with frightful rapidity, and it
was feared that he had met with an
accident.
Several automobiles were dispatch
ed hurriedly to the place where It
was expected the machine would be
dashed to pieces. Morane was found
dazed, but not hurt, in the seat of |
the undamaged monoplane, and hold
ing a barometer in his hand. He ex
plained that he had tried without suc
cess to again start the motor, andthit
the velocity of the descent caused at-,
tacks of nausea and maddening ham- j
mering of the ear drums, while the
violent gusts of wind threatened to
capsize the craft. Nevertheless, he j
controlled the machine in its wild
flight, and was able at the last mo
ment to narrowly avert a barbed-1
Wire fence and land easily.
HAVE BEEN MARRIED 74 YEARS.
He Is 99, She 97, and Both Are Re
Markably Well Preserved.
Bristol, Va., Sept. 3.?Cleveland, in
Russell county, perhaps is the home
ot the oldest couple living in Virginia
today. They are Austin Profit and
his wife, Vina Profit. The husband
Is 99 years of age, while the wife
Is two years younger. They have re
sided in that country from childhood.
They were married 74 years ago. For
more than 50 years they have been
members of the Primitive Baptist
church.
Mr. Profit has taken his daily drink
and used tobacco for 75 years, and
still smokes his pipe. Recently he
lost his eyesight, and Mrs. Profit
finds much pleasure in "loading" her
husband's pipe for his half dozen or
more daily smokes. The aged couple
retain clear recollection of many in
cidents of their early life.
PAYS $340 FOR ONE CENT.
Henry Chapman Makes New Record
At New York for Old Coins.
New York, Sept. 2.?Henry Chap
man, a numismatist, paid $340 for a
1-cent piece at an auction yesterday.
The piece, according to dealers, is
the largest ever paid for a penny.
Two hundred and seventy-five dol
lars is the biggest previous price
which could be remembered. The
coin was struck In the year 1793. It
Is of the "Liberty Cap" variety, and
was formerly owned by Peter Mou
Rey, the grocer-numismatist, of Cin
cinnati.
A YOUTH WHO FASTED 57 DAYS.
Cure* Stomach Trouble and Deafness,
And Begins to Eat Again.
Denver, Col., Sept. 5.?Roland Mo
eller, a young civil engineer who
went 57 days without food in order to
cure stomach trouble and a partial
deafness induced by catarrh, has be
gun taking nourishment in the form
of orange and plum Juices. He can
hear without difficulty, but is weak
When Moeller, whose father is a
physician of Milwaukee. Wis., began
his fast, he weighed 14S pounds. To
day he weighs about 97?4 pounds.
An engineer and fireman were kill
ed and several persons injured in a
collision between two passenger
trains oa th? Erie railroad near
Bcranton. Pa., Friday afternoon.
DOWN FOUR OAKS WAY.
Methodist Parsonage Formerly Open
ed With Delightful Occasion. Many
Local Matters of IntJrest Gathered
and Pencilled by Our Regular Cor
respondent.
Four Oaks. Sept. 7.?Miss Carrie
Wilson, of Dunn. Is the gutst of her
sister, Mrs. G. K. Mastenglll.
Misses Ruth Sanders and Ruth
Young, of Smithfield and Clayton,
were guests of Misses Ruth and An
nie Adams for a day and night this
week.
Mrs. Stroup, of Falcoln, Is here
nursing her son. Mr. .1. S. Stroup.
who is quite sick with fever.
Miss Pearl Parker, of Dunn, spent
Friday night with Miss Cora Keen
near here.
-Mr. Bill Summerlln. wlio lias been
here for the past few months learn
ing telegraphy, has accepted a po
sition with the A. C. L. at Wilson.
We wish him much success.
Mr. Ransom Sanders, of Smithfield,
visited Messrs. J. B. and H. B. Ad
ams recently.
Mr. C. I. Pearce, spent Sunday and
Monday with friends at Fremont.
Misses Alma Adams and Pearl Keiq
departed Tuesday for Louisburg
where they will take up their stud
ies in the Female College there.
Mr. Hugh B. Adams left yesterday
to resume his studies at Trinity Cil
lege. Durham. This Is his senior
year.
Messrs. Calvin Moore. L. C. Bar
bour. W. H. Smith, Dallas Smith. .T.
H. Stanley. Sr., and Walter Stanley
are in Norfolk. Va.. this week at
tending reunion of Old Soldiers.
Miss Nellie Richardson, of Kenly.
opened a private school here Mon
day with good attendance. We wish
her much success. Miss Richardson
has accepted position as teacher In
Graded school here and will discon
tinue private school at that time.
Mr. J. E. Parker is doing some re
pairing on his system ginnery here
and will be ready for the fall run of
business in few days.
Mr. W. R. Keen has moved into
his handsome new residence in South
Four Oaks.
Rev. Mr. Putnam will begin a se
ries of meetings at Missionary Bap
tist church here tomorrow night. Mr.
Putnam is well remembered here as
he was once pastor of this church.
We hope much good may be accom
plished in community.
On last Thursday evening the ar
duous effort? of the "faithful few"
culminated In a most delightful re
ception, given by the Ladies Aid So
ciety, in t< eit beautiful new parson
a*e ompleted and ft" rlbfced. It was
bfil'iantly lighted vithin, and in the
ab;<~nce of fair Luna's rays, numer
ous Japanese lanterns savt the magic
touch nteded to try.u.forni the spa
cious verandas snd balconies unto a
scent- of Fairy land. Miss Ruth Ad
ams and Mr. Charlie Pearce most
cordially received the guests at the
front door; Miss Annie Adams and
Mr. Hubert Coats, in their own in
imatable manner .conducted them to
the parlor, where Mrs. B. B. Adams
introduced them to the receiving par
ty, composed of Mrs. W. R. Keen,
president of the Aid Society, Rev.
and Mrs. T. H. Sutton, Rev. and
Mrs. R. B. John and Mr. B. B. Ad
ams. Miss Irene Baker and Mr. W.
E. Barber then showed the guesits to
the pretty dining room where Mrs.
Sophie Adams saw that her bevy of
bright girls served a salad course
and coffee. They were then direct
ed to the Library by Mrs. E. P.
Baker. In this most charming room
the combination of a feast of good
things and beauty, was most happily
blended as the color scheme of yel
low and green was followed from the
pretty wall decorations to the lovely
cut flowers, the dainty dresses of
those receiving and the delicious
cream and cake served by Misses
Pearl Baker, Mary Barber and Ooida
Creech. After dispensing the honors
in this room Miss Carrie Wilson and
Mr. Hugh Adams conducted the
guests to the north porch, where in
a fairy bower of pink and green
Miss Margaret I?amb and Mr. Jesse
Adams presided over the sparkling
bowl which held very refreshing
fruit punch. Those who were brave
enough to face a possible thunder
storm and probable down-pour of rain
(which happily failed to come) felt
themselves fortunate to be number
ed among the guests of Ute hour.
GREAT CLOAK STRIKE ENDS.
Employers Yield to 70,030 Garrhent
Workers. Losses Total $110,000,000.
Julius Henry Cohen, Counsel for I
Manufacturers' Association of New
York, Makes Announcement Declar
ing Off One of the Largest Indus- I
rial Disturbances Known.
New York, Sept. IV?The eloakmak-1
ers' strike, one of the greatest indus
trial disturbances In the history of j
American labor, was settled tonight.
Seventy thousand garment workers,
who have been idle for nine weeks,
will shortly return to work. Ten thou
sand of them, and those dependent on
them?50.000 souls in all?were on
the point of eviction, and hundreds
have already been forced on to the
streets. In loss of wages alone the
total has been estimated at more
than $10,000,000, while the loss to
manufacturers, jobbers, and retailers
the country over has be?n computed
at $100,000,000.
In spite of the stupendous readjust-:
ment involved, the strike has been. (
in the main, notable fiw its peaceful- 1
ness. There were numerous cases of I
petty disorders, and a petition of the j
i manufacturers brought forth from
Justice Golf, of the State supreme
court, an injunction, in which he rul
ed that any strike called to demand
tt" ilosed shop was In restraint of
trade.
Julius Henry Cohen, counsel for the
manufacturers' a-sociation. describes
the agreement signed 1 y him and rep"
resentatives of tbe strikers in this
sentence:
"No principle has been surrendered
by the manufacturers, yet the union
may truly claim thev have won a
great victory for their people. The !
manufacturers believe in the union
and the principle that all who desire
its benefits should share in its bur
dens."
One essential of this victory, and
one important not only to the strik
ers, but to the nation at large, which
wears their output, is the abilition of
all contract work at home. Hereafter
garments made in New York will be |
manufactured under sanitary condi-!
tions. There will be no more sweat
shops.
PRES. TAFT PICKS HOLMES.
Friend of Gtfford Pinchot and James
R. Garfield to Head Bureau of
Mines.
Bev?rK Mass., Sept. 2.?President'
Taft touight announced the appoint
ment of Joseph Austin Holmes, of
the geological survey, as director of
the new bureau of mines at Wash
ington. Dr. Holmes had been se-;
lected for the place some time ago.
but his appointment was held up. It
is understood here on the ground
that Secretary Ballinger, under whose
department the new bureau is plac
ed. was opposed to him. Mr. Holmes
Is the Intimate personal friend 1
of Gifford Pinchot, James R. Garfield,
j and F. H. Newell, dircetor of the
I reclamation service, all three of
I whom sharply criticised Mr. Ballin
ger on the witness stand of the Bal
linger-Pinchot Inquiry.
It was reported here that Secre
, tary Ballinger felt Dr. Holmes might
have had a hand In what he termed
the "conspiracy*' against him. Friends
of Dr. Holmes, while admitting the
latter's close association and friend
ship with Messers. Pinchot, Garfield,
and Newell, declared, nevertheless. 1
that he had taken no active part In
the campaign against Mr. Ballinger. |
The Indorsement of Dr. Holmes for
I the place was almost unanimous. It
came from the mine operators and
. the miners' organizations alike. The
bureau w[ll also make an investiga
I tion looking to the improvement of
methods of mining.
Dr. Holmes Is a native of South
Carolina. For ten year# he was pro
fessor of geology and natural history
at the University of North Carolina,
and from 1831 to 1904 was State ge
ologist of North Carolina. A staff
of engineers and experts will be
transferred with Dr. Holmes from the
Geological Survey to the Bureau of
Mines. George Otis Smith, director
of the Geological Survey, has been
acting as director of the bureau pend
ing permanent appointment by the
President.
Mr. J. N. Cobb, of Durham, spent
Sunday here with his mother. Mrs.
'J. T. Cobb.
I
HAPPENINGS AT CLAYTON.
School Opened Monday With Large
Attendance. Death of Mrs. Moses
Stancill. Personals and Other Lo
cals Reported by Our Regular Cor
respondent.
Clayton, Sept. 7.?Mr. Hugh A.
Page left Monday for Durham where
he enters Trinity College this weke.
Mr. Matthew R. Wall, of Selma,
Is the guest of friends In town this
week.
Mr. John I. Barnes spent Monday
afternoon in the Capitol City on
business.
Mrs. K. V. Johnson and Messrs. E.
L. Hinton, Dwisht Barbour, W. I.
Whitley and Jasper Lucas Godwin,
returned last Friday from northern
markets where they had been to
buy the fall stock of goods for the .
several firms which they represent.
Rev. A. C. Harnby, pastor of the
Baptist church is conducting a re
vival at that place this week. Ser
vices at 8:00 o'clock A. M. and 8:00
P. M. '
Several of our townspeople attend- I
ed the vocal union at White Oak
last Sunday. Several choirs were
present and the music was excellent,
and the bountiful repast that greet
ed them at the noon hour, was only
another specimen of the hospitality
of that community.
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Stancill.
of Archer, spent Monday in town
gUopplng.
Mrs. Ernest Broughton, of Raleigh, j
returned to her home Monday after
several days visit to her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. W. Ellis here.
Hon. Ashley Home and Attorney j
J. R. Williams spent Monday 'in
Smlthfield on legal business.
Mr. J. W. Barnes of Archer, spent
Tuesday in the cify on business.
The board of directors of The Clay
ton Building and Loau Association
met in call session Tuesday night to
attend to important business.
Several of our people went to Ar
cher Wednesday afternoon to attend
the burial of Master Hugh Wall.
Hugh was the son of Mrs. Edith
Wall and has a number of relatives
here. The interment was at the
family burial ground Wednesday af
ternoon.
Clayton Graded school opened Mon
day, September 5th, with Prof. Geo.
Whitley, of Smithfield, as principal.
Misses Maie Braxton and Katie Bett
Morris will assist Prof. Whitley in
his work. An unusually large atten
dance was enrolled the first day.
Mrs. Moses Stancill died at her
home at Liberty Mills this morning
after an illness of several days. The
interment will be in the city ceme
tery Thursday afternoon.
Congressman Edward W. Pou was
in our town last week for a few
hours on business. Mr. Pou says
the political situation is bright for
Democracy and November elections
will give us the grandest triumphs
of recent years.
Unbusi ness-Li ke System.
The important fact is that the peo
ple have declared for the salary sys
tem and that the fee system is un
wise aed in many respects undesira
ble. It is not necessary now to re
count its possible abuses. Indeed, |
it is not always actually abused, but
I* is an imperfect, unbusiness-like
system and ought to go. Government
is more and more coming to be re
garded as a matter of business. Pub
lic officials should be adequately
paid for the service they render.
They should not be left to the uncer
tainties of big or little fees. The
work they do is worth so much, and
they should be compensated accord
ingly.
Fulton County has set an exam
pis that finds a response in nine
tenths of the counties of the State.
It is now the Legislature's duty to
raako the people's will effectire.?
Atlanta Journal.
Charlotte Observer: The Asheville
Citizen, in discussing the excellent
work done by the Buncombe county
good roads association, declares that
It has erected 3S posts and 85 boards
"with the distances plainly marked
thereon from and to the city." From
this it would appear that Buncombe
distances are double, the distance
from Asheville by no means merely
equaling the distance thereto.
Mr. W. S. Stevens went to Ral
eigh Wednesday.
CHOLERA PLAGUE KILLS 6'-,405.
Disease in Russia, However, Begins
To Die Out. Fear the Plague Next.
Authorities Receive Reports at St.
Petersburg of 17 Deaths From New
Pest at Pazhevalsk and 18 at Odes
sa. Two Hundred Thousand Join
Campaign Against Rats.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 6.?Since the
outbreak of the epidemic this year,
133,601 cases of cholera, with 64,403
deaths, in Russia, have been official
ly reported. The scourage, however,
is lessening. Returns to the sanitary
bureau for the week ending August
27 show a total of 12.310 new cases,
with 6,373 deaths. This is a marked
falling off in the number of victims
from the week preceding. Only In
Voronezh has there been a notable
increase. The figures there are 801
deaths, against 363 in the week be
fore.
The movement of the plague to
ward Siberia is indicated. The nat
ural decline In the basin of Donetz
River continues, but the local govern
ors under the presidency of Prof.
Rein, the head of the special sani
tary commission in southern Russia
have decided not to relax the pre- j
cautionary means for another month.
Physicians brought to the scene to
combat the cholera will offer general
medical aid. of which the population I
Is In Bor" need. It Is planned to in
crease the number of restsdent phy
sicians to four in each district, with
a corresponding augmentation of the
disinfection corps with the moving I
bacteriological laboratories. An ap
peal for public aid on behalf of the
tens of thousands of orphans in the
stricken territory will be made.
In St. Petersburg today there
were 43 new cases. 24 deaths, and
643 suspected eases in the hospitals.
The local figures for the pr< sent
week are 42" new cases and 166
deaths, against 435 new cases t?ud
178 deaths last week. The level is
being maintained well here, despite
expectations of a more repld decline.
The municipal sanitary authorities
have been awakened to the danger of
the importation of the bubonic plague
here from Odessa. Leading medical
men express their conviction that the
plague will reach the city in the near
future. A ratkilling campaign, with
the use of traps and poison, has been
begun by an army of 200,000 persons
especially assigned for this wrok. A
premium of 5 copecks, or a little mor#
than 3 cents in American money, is
offered for every rat destroyed.
In Odessa, so far, there have been
76 cases of the plague with 18 deaths
Twenty-one persons have been dis
charged from the hospitals, while 37
still remain there under observation.
The Odessa municipality has decided
to float a loan of $250,000, which will
be used to combat the epidemic. A
dispatch received here today from
Prizhevalsk reports seventeen casea
of the pulmonary plague in that dis
trict.
The Sixth Sense.,
In a primary school examination
over which I once had the pleasure
to preside one of the questions was
with regard to the five senses. One
of the bright pupils handled the sub
ject thus:
"The five senses are sneezing, sob
bing, crying, yawning, coughing. By
the sixth sense is meant an extra one
which some folks have. This is snor
ing." ?Woman's Home Companion.
The System is Doomed.
The fee system Is one of the sur
viving relics of the carpet-bag regime
In the South; one of the few surviv
ing antiquated and unbuslness-like
measures, prejudicing the South's. pro
, gress, which our constructive states
1 men have not had the courage to
! combat. Beyond doubt the system
! is doomed. In other Southern states
it Is a lively issue. Tha Birmingham
Age-Herald Is calling upon the Leg
islature of Alabama to abolish It.?
| Roanoke (Va.) World.
The population of the city of Phil
adelphia Is 1,549,008. as compared In
I 1890, according to a statement given
out at the Census Bureau. The in
crease from 1900 to 1910, therefofre,
is 255,311, or 19.7 per cent, as com
pared with an Increase for the pre
] ceedlng decade of 246.733, or 23.6 per
j cent.
THE NEWS IN KENLY.
I
Many Matters of Local Interest Re
ported for The Herald by Our
Regular Correspondent.
Kenly, Sept. 7.?G. G. Edgerton &
| Son have bought the ginnery outfit,
| formerly run by them and owned by
I Dunn Oil Mill Co., and are having
it put in first class condition.
We are very sorry to note that
Mr. H. Watson is very sick. We
wish him a speedy recovery.
We learn that Mr. E. T. Watson
has gone Into business for himself.
He will do a real estate and gener
' al brokerage business.
We notice right much is being said
in the county papers about the last
Democratic convention. Some con
tending one thing and some another.
Some seem to think that everything
went satisfactory or to suit the ma
jority, but I am sorry to say that
if such people should have spent
somt time in investigating in this
.
end of the county they would sit
I lip and take notice.
Miss Grace Rollings and Miss Sal
lie Freeman, of Middlesex, have
been visiting Miss Allie Bailey. Miss
Rollings goes from here to Elon Col
lege.
Mrs. S. S. Earl, of Spring Hope,
returned home today after spend
ing c few days with Mrs. J. R. Sauls.
Mr. H. M. Crizzard left Sunday
evening to visit his home in Virginia.
Mr. Sidney Smith has gone to
Trinity College.
Mr. L. V. Grady, of Middlesex, is
visiting friends in our town.
Mr. R. T. Fulghum is spending
:i few days in Asheville.
! The Dennis Simmons Lumber Co.
expects to start up their big mills
here in a few days after being clos
ed down several months on account
of their burn-out.
Mr. R. T. Fulghum and Miss Mina
Darden spent Sunday in Middlesex.
I)r. and Mrs. Coleman are spend
ing a few days In Wilmington.
Dr. G. A. Hood and Prof. S. G.
Rollings spent Monday in Smithfield.
Mr. Roney High left Tuesday for
school at A. & M. College.
Miss Eva High and Allie Bailey
have returned from Wendell and Zeb
ulon where they have ben visiting
relatives.
Mr. Sigma Lewis, from Middlesex,
and Mr. Willard Bullock, from Wil
son, spent Sunday with Roney High.
Miss Alice Stott has returned) home
after spending a few days with her
cousin Eva.
Mrs. John High and Mrs. W. T. Bai
ley left this morning for Rocky
Mount and Spring Hope.
Pretty Good Argument.
A pretty good argument for the
advocates of the salary system
comes from Robeson county. The
Lumberton Robesonian says: "Clerk
of Court Humphrey gives the gross
receipts of his office for the year
ending June 1st, this year, as $4,
233.32. This is a much smaller a*
mount than most people would have
guessed the receipts to be. Mr. Hum
phrey gives his expenses for clerical
assistance, etc., as $1,651.93, leaving
clear of expenses, $2,581.93. The
bill passed by the last Legislature of
1907 for Robeson?but which has nev
er been voted on?allowed the clerk
$2,500 salary and $500 for clerical
assistance. Mr. Humphrey thinks
that on this basis the county would
save $1,000 on the clerk's office alone.
If the clerk were allowed $3,500 for
salary and assistants the county
would still be the gainer and the
clerk would receive liberal compen
sation." Hard to get around that
evidence.?Charlotte Chronicle.
So Dignified.
Mrs. Henpeck?You, Charles, what'
that noise down there?
Mr. Henpeck?I trust, my dear,
that I may fall down the cellar
stairs if I wish to.?Exchange.
Twentieth Century Secession.
The section of two counties in
South Carolina want to secede from
their counties because they are be
hind the times and won't build good
roads. They wish to be annexed by
an adjoining county that Is progres
sive. The movement is fully Justi
fied. Live people want to lire In a
live county.?Wilmington Star.