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VOL. 29 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1910 Number 30
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BLIND TIGER
RAID IN StLMA
I
twenty negroes and two
white men arrested.
^ Detective Was Employed to Work
Up the Case With Remarkable
Success. Trial Held Wednesday
Night. Defendants Waived Bond
And Were Bound Over to Court
In the Sum of One Hundred Dol
lars Each. Blind Tiger Business
In Selma Gets a Set Back.
Selma, Sept. 22.?For a long time
It has been known that a great deal
of liquor was being sold here. Some
time ago your correspondent made
mention of that and said that ne
groes here who formerly could not
buy a peck of meal at a time and
pay cash for it, now were wearing
good clothes and not working any
too much either, and when caught
up with should be given good terms
on the roads. Well, the good peo
ple of the town now have cause for
rejoicing for some of them have
been caught. The case was work
ed up by the Raleigh Detective Ag
ency, W. J. Roark, manager, and
they made a good job of it too, for
on last Monday night a raid was
made on the blind tiger element of
our town. It took the officers just
three hours and a half to land
eighteen negroes in the guard house.
They were Alex Youngbiood, Will
Turner, Lonnie Anderson, Jim Ev
ans, Oscar Mitchener, Rufus Rich
flrcjson, Kemey Richardson, Hazel
Richardson, Ernest Richardson, Jack
^lien, Mack Edwards, Bud Parker,
Ed Kelly, Tom Hurst, Bob Surles,
George Ellis, John Batten and Ed
field.
At nine o'clock Tuesday morning
the Mayor, Mr. S. P. Wood and
}Ar. C. A. Corbett, J. P., opened
eourt. All of them waived examina
tion and gave bonds for their ap
pearance on Wednesday night at
7:30.
When court met last night Messrs.
Abell & Ward and A. M. Noble, of
Bmtthfield, and C. U. Harris, of Ral
eigh, appeared for the defendants. In
addition to these already mentioned
the following persons had also been
arrested and given bond for their
appearance Wednesday night: James
JJ. Parker, Jr., and W. P. Blackman,
White, and Gertrude Evans and Ju
lia Richardson, colored. All those
arrested Monday night were ne
groes.
ft was reported to the court that
Mi. James H. Parker, Jr., was se
riously sick, that he would waive
examination and give bond for his
appearance to the next term of
Johnston Superior Court, which was
agreed to by the Court.
The case against Jack Allen was
then called. He plead not guilty.
A witness, a detective who had
worked up the cases, swore that
tin the night of September 14th he
met Jack Allen on the street in
front of the Jew store and after a
few minutes conversation, and after
Jack had told him that he was the
White man's friend, that he had
been here a long time and knew
how to please the white folks, the
witness asked Jack how was busi
ness. Jack told him that he knew
Where there were two or three nests
that had eggs in them. The wit
ness asked how long It would take
to get them. Jack said, "some 20
minutes." The witness said: Jack
left and soon came back with the
pint of whiskey for which I gave
him 50 cents. Jack said: "When I
Sells mine, I charges 50 cents a pint
and when I gets It from some one else
I charges 10 cents for getting It."
Witness said: I put a label on the
bottle with Jack Allen's name and
the date and price paid for It on the
label."
The State then rested and the
defendant's counsel, after consulta
tion with the prosecuting attorneys,
?greed to waive examination In all
cases and let them give bond for
their appearance a the next term of
the Superior Court, in the sum of
one hundred dollars each.
All of them gave the necessary
bonds and were released, except two
negroes who were carried to Jail.
It is to be hoped that they will stop
?elling liquor; but, for people who
have no regard for law and order
|t U not expected.
DEMOCRATIC HAND BOOK IS OUT.
Over Two Hundred Pages of Sound
Democratic Doctrine That Should
Be Read by Every Voter?Copies
Mailed to All Who Desire One.
The North Carolina Democratic
Handbook for lfcll) has been print- 1
ed and is now ready for distribution.
It is one of the best prepared and
most complete hand-books ever is- |
sued in the state, dealing with the
issues of the campaign in a clean :
and clear-cut manner. The principles
of Democracy are set out in such j
a manner that evesy voter in the
btatc- can raadily form au opinion
which party is the one that is de
voted to the best interests of the j
state as a whole.
1 The book contains over 200 pages, |
but is in such style that the read- i
ing is interesting..
The age of blindly following the '
1 leader is past and the era of educa- |
1 tion and intelligent voting is at '
hand. The citizens want to know all j
i about the issues that are being
fought out, and he studies the poli
jcies that are advocated, and makes
up his mind accordingly.
In order that all may know just
what the party has done and pro
poses to do the executive committee
has issued the hand-book. At the
top of the front cover is the follow
ing:
"Privilege must be arrested at
j Washington.''
"Butlerism must be averted at
Raleigh.-"
The fivst few pages are taken up
1 with a brief introduction .by Chair
man EUer, which is followed by the
platform adopted at Charlotte.
Chairman Eller's and Senator Over
| man's speeches at the state conven
j tion occupy the next pages, after
which there is a comparison of dem
ocratic and republican rule in this
state, in which every department of
the state is discussed. Many issues
Involved in the national campaign
are thoroughly discussed, showing
just what the position and record of
each party is on these important mat
ters.
This hand-book should be in the
hands of every voter in the state in
order that he may inform himself
how to vote. Thesei books are ready
for distribution and any one desiring
a copy should write to Chairman A.
H. EUer, Raleigh, N. C.?Raleigh
Times.
OLDEST EX-CONGRESSMAN DEAD.
James Clark McGrew Dies After
Celebrating Ninety-seventh Birth
day.
Kingwoodv W. Va., September 18.
?James Clark McGrew, who claim
ed the distinction of being the old
est ex-Congressman in the United
States, died at his home here to
day in his ninety-eighth year. Death
came unexpectedly from heart fail
ure, following the celebration of his
ninety-seventh birthday last Wednes
day. He served in the Forty-first
and Forty-second Congress, and was
one of the fifty-five Unionists in the
famous Richmond convention who op
posed cessation from Virginia.
New Orleans Had Slow Growth.
Washington, Sept. 17.?New Or
leans' jump in population during the
last decade was 1S.1 per cent, which
is less than gains shown by other
large southern cities. Her popula
tion Is 339,075, as compared with
287,104 in 1900, and 242.039 in 1890.
The Increase from 1890 to 1900 was
18.6 per cent, showing a normal
growth in the twenty years.
Godwin's Majority.
In the primary In the Sixth Con
gressional district last week H. L.
Godwin received 7,217 votes to 2,715
for his opponent, O. L. Clark. God
win's majority 4,499. Mr. Godwin is
the first Congressman to get a
third term in his district for about
a quarter of a century.
Hon. O. L. Clark.
Out of the wreck emerges a man
standing head and shoulders above
the tribe. A clean man, able and
true, without a fleck of the filth
from the turbid waters of low poli
tics upon his garments. There he
stands, behold him!?Maxton Scot
tish Chief.
BRYAN WILL BOLT !
PARTY NOMINEE
REFUSES TO SUPPORT DAHLMANi'
FOR GOVERNOR.
Crusade He Is Waging Against Li
quor Interests of State and Na
tion, He Writes, Overshadows Per
sonal and Politic*! Friendships and
Party Regularity?Wants Issue Put
Clearly Before Voters of Nebraska.
Lincoln. Nebr., Sept. 20.?In a
statement In which he declares that
ttie crusade which he feels Impelled '
to wage against the liquor interests of
the State and nation overshadows a |
personal and political friendship of
20 years, William J. Bryan this ev
ening announced he had bolted the
head of the Democratic State ticket
in Nebraska and would not support
James C. Dahlman for governor.
Mr. Bryan says he regrets that he
is compelled to take the stand he
does?his first departure from poli'i
cal regularity?but says he feels it
his duty to do so because of the po
sition taken by the Democratic nomi
nee on the liquor question. The
statement does not Indicate that Mr.
Br.?in will support the candidate of
any other party, but announces that
he is a pronounced advocate of coun
ty option and the early saloon clos
ing law, both of which, he insists,
are menaced by Dr. Dahlman's candl
i dacy.
The statement is as follows:
"In speaking for the State ticket, i
I shall not be able to present any
arguments in favor of the election of :
Mr. Dahlman. His position on the
liquor question makes that impossi- i
ble. I regret this exceedingly, for i
he has been a political and personal i
friend for twenty years, and it would
give me pleasure to speak for him
if I could indorse the policy for which i
he stands, but he has chosen to '
make the liquor question the para- i
I mount issue, and makes his appeal on ]
| that issue. i
"Possibly it is just as well to
have the issue clearly presented, so i
that it may be settled this year in- 1
stead of two years hence. Trouble- 1
some as the question is now, it j
would be even more embarrassing if
presented in 1912, when a presiden- j
tlal election is on hand.
"If Mr. Dahlman Is elected, it i
will b> a declaration by the voters of i
the State against county option and 1
against the 8 o'clock closing law. i
"If he Is defeated, it will be a i
declaration in favor of county option
and in favor of the 8 o'clock closing
law. In other words, the voters now
have an opportunity to decide) wheth- i
er the State shall go backward or
forward on the liquor question. To
present arguments in favor of going
backward would not only contradict
what I have already said on the sub
ject, but would embarass me in the
fight that I expect to make hereaf
ter to save our party from the odium
of being the representative of the
liquor interests."?Washington Post,
Sept. 21.
COLLEGE AT AGE OF 80.
Woman of Advanced Year3 Enters
Ohio State University.
Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 16.?Mrs. A.
D. Winship, aged 80 years and a for
mer resident of Racine, Wis., but
now of Columbus, registered to-day as
a student In Ohio State University.
Mrs. Winship will take an optional
course and says that she is going to
college simply because she likes
to acquire all the knowedge she can.
She has recently returned from Mich
igan, where she has been attend
ing a summer school.
Killed Big Snake.
Mr. D. P. Howell, section foreman
of Southern Railway Company, at I
Stem. N. C., writes us that while cut
ting on the right of way recently a
large snake ran htm and his hands
to the road. Mr. Howell ran to
his car for his gun with which he
killed the snake. The snake was
seven feet, nine lnct.es long and i
measured ten and a half inches '
around Its body. The snake was
carried to a station near by and
the people seemed afraid of It af
ter It had been dead for some time.
THE CASE OE THE
MAN IN THE WELL
ft VERDICT OF GUILTY BROUGHT
IN BY JURY.
The Case Took Up More of the
Court's Time Than any Case in
Several Years, Beginning Friday
And Ending Wednesday. Some of
The Facts in the Case Which At
tracted So Much Attention. Mc
Partland is From Connecticutt.
The most important case coming
before the present term of the Su
perior Court is State vs. Dock Jones,
Charlie Creech, Grover Jones, Jas
per Jones and Daniel Garrett. They
were charged with an assault with
ieadly weapon on Frank McPartland,
af New London, Conn., a tramp who
happened to be in the neighborhood
tor a short time. A Nol Pros was
entered as to Daniel Garrett.
The case was begun last Friday af
ternoon and a verdict of guilty ren
iered Wednesday afternoon. The
?ase has been a hard fought one from
the beginning, the attorneys on both
sides fighting every inch of the
way. The defendants were repre
sented by Messrs. Abell & Ward, of
Smithfield, and C. W. Kdgerton, of
Kenlv. Solicitor Jones was assisted
in the prosecution by Messrs. Pou
& Brooks, of Smithfield, and Mr. W.
J.Hooks, of Kenly.
W'e clip the following concerning :
the case and incidents connected with '
It from the Wilson correspondence 1
of the News and Observer: '
This correspondent Interviewed '
young McPartland one day last >
week, before the trial began, and i
this is what he had to say of the
affair and why he came to be in the i
neighborhood:
?'About a year ago," said he, "there |
was an exodus of young men from j
my home town?New London, Conn. ? i
The slogan was 'Go west, young
man,' and I, thinking this was the
promised land, headed South. I came ]
is far as Baltimore, Md., where I
joined a ship that plied between that ( ,
port and Liverpool. I held onto this i (
berth for six months, making several
trips across. Finally I concluded to
give up following the water, and '
went to Atlanta, Ga., finding em- | 1
ployment with a city transfer com- j'
pany and remained with them four
months. I then began to get home- 1
sick and concluded to return, but
having saved up nothing from my 1
parnings my homeward trip was ne
cessarily slow. When I reached :
Bagley I found employment with a ' i
white woman by the name of Pat- i
tie Watson as a farm hand and had
been working in that capacity for
about two weeks when I was set on
by the crowd of ruffians." ,
When asked as to how long he
remained in the well, and whether
he ate frogs (as was told), he
said: "When Jones hit me I knew
nothing more until I found myself in
the well; how long I had been in
there I know not, but do know that
after regaining consciousness I re
mained in the water two days and |
nights; after being taken out of my
perilous position and counting up
the time?from receiving the blow
until rescued, four days remained
blank to me, and I suppose will until
my dying day; no, I never ate a
frog, and in fact when I came to
my senses was not even hungry, but
was dying of thirst; there was water
all around me but not a drop could
I drink?It being stagnant and thick
with slime."
McPartland has been in Wilson
Sanatorium for several weeks re- !
cuperating from the terrible ordeal
he passed through. As soon as he
can, he will return to his home in
New London, Conn., where his fa- 1
ther is engaged In the boiler-making
business. He has nothing but the
kindest feelings for the people of
the South?that the good ones are
more numerous than the vicious
ones.
He thinks that possibly because he
was assaulted that his assailants may
have taken him for a detective?ihat
Jones and Creech had been selling
whiskey.
Richard Gattls. a 14 year old boy,
of Gastonla, was drowned in an
old pond near Middlesex Friday while
floundering In the pond with some
swimming boys.
EDITOR JULIAN PASSES AWAY.
Well Known and Popular Editor Died
At Home in Salisbury Frftiay
Afternoon of Pellagra.
Salisbury Sept. 17.?John M. Ju
ian, editor of the Salisbury Evening
Post, whose Illness with pellagra has
ittracted wide attention, died yes
:erday afternoon.
Mr. Julian, who was stricken two
iveeks ago, had been unconscious
>tnce Sunday, and despite skilled
ittentlon, he grew gradually worse.
He was a member of the North Caro-1
Ina legislature and was secretary
md treasurer of the Bill Nye Mem
>rial Association in this state. He
ivas 36 y< # old and is survived by
i wife and three children.
At the beginning of Lee S. Over
nan's term in the United States sen- I
ite, Mr. Julian served as his private
secretary in Washington. He was a
ion of the late Sheriff D. R. Julian, |
)t Rowan county. For the past six |
rears he was editor of the Salisbury |
Evening Post, which began with the [
>rgantzatlon of the paper here six
rears ago, brought him into proml
lence both at home and throughout
he Btate.
Surviving Mr. Julian are his wi
low, three children, a mother, Mrs. D.
ft. Julian, two brothers, Messrs. D. j
ft. Julian, Jr., and R. L. Julian, and
>ne sister, Mrs. \V. li. Duttera, wife
if Rev. I)r. Duttera, pastor of the
fteformed church in Salisbury and j
Spencer, all of whom ar.' well
mown in North Carolina. He was
56 years old and was a graduate of
he Stale University, class of 1896.
He was prominent in fraternity cir
cles, In which he was greatly liked,
t>elng a frequent speaker at various
gatherings.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
President Taft was 53 years old
Thursday of last week.
Rear Admiral Francis \V. Dickens,
retired, died in New York last week.
Prince Tsai Hsun, uncle of the
Emperor of China, arrived at San
Francisco Monday.
Six new cases of Asiatic cholera
and two deaths were reported Sun
iay in southeastern Italy.
The wife and three children of
John Zoos were found murdered in
their home at Winchester, Pa., Mon
day.
The new census gives Cleveland a
population of 360,663, an increase of
178,895,or 46.9 per cent, over the fig
ures of 1900.
The Democratic plurality given
Frederick W. Plaisted for Governor
of Maine is 9,114, according to the
complete returns.
Two deaths resulted from an au
tomobile accident near Nazareth, Pa.,
Monday. The machine crashed into
a telephone pole.
Dr. Woodrow Wilson, president of
Princeton University, was nominated
for Governor of New Jersey by the
Democratic State Convention last
week.
The seventh International Congress
on Tuberculosis will be held in Rome,
Italy, September 24 to 30, 1911. The
announcement was made yesterday at
Washington.
Leo J. Phillips, aged 25 years, a
graduate of Yale tn the class of 1910,
was struck and killed near Altoona,
Pa., last week by an express train
on the Pennsylvania railroad.
Vivian M. Lewis was Monday
nominated in New Jersey by the
Republicans for governor to oppose
Woodrow Wilson, president of
Princeton University, chosen by
the Democrats.
King Manuel of Portugal has ap
pointed sixteen new peers, all of
them supporters of the present min
istry. The King also has signed a
decree of amnesty to those who have
given offense to the Government
through the newspapers.
Eight persons, five women and
three men, were more or less se
riously injured when a Wright aero
plane, driven by Arthur Hoxey, swer
ved sidelong into a crowd at the
State Fair at Milwaukee Friday.
None of the injured will die.
Jacob M. Dickinson, Secretary of
War, and party arrived in Pekin Sat
urday night. The programme for the
entertainment of the Secretary Is
said to be the most elaborate ever
arranged in honor of a foreign official
visiting the capital of China.
A TROLLEY WRECK
HILLS FORTY-TWO
RESULT OF HEAD-ON COLLISION.
AT FORT WAYNE.
Seven Were Fatally Hurt, Fearful
Loss of Life as Result of Misun
derstanding of Orders?Motormen
Had No Time to Set?The Injured.
Fort Wa.vne. Ind , Sept. 21.?Forty
two persons were killed and seven
were seriously injured In a head-on
collision between two interurban cars
on the Fort Wayne and Bluffton divi
sion of the Fort Wayne & Wabash
Valley Line to-day.
The wreck occurred seven miles
north of Bluffton at a sharp curve.
The cars in collision were a north
bound local car crowded to the steps,
and a southbound "extra" car from
Fort Wayne. They met while both
were running at high speed.
The collision is said to have been
caused by misunderstanding of orders
in regard to the southbound "extra"
cars taking a switch near Kingsland
so that the northbound car could pass
it.
The motormen of the two cars did
not have time to set brakes when
they Bighted each other. The heavily
loaded northbound car was crushed
and the bodies of the dead and in
lured wore strewn on either side of
the track amid the wreckage. The
screams of the injured men and wo
men following the crash of the cars
brought the neighboring farmers to
the scene.
v onaucior spuier or the southbound
car, was unhurt and ran back toward
Kingsland and flagged a oar which
was approaching the wreck at full
speed and would have plunged in
to it.
Wrecking cars and physicians were
rushed from Fort Wayne and Bluffton
and the bodies of the dead and injured
were conveyed to hospitals in the
two cities.
W. J. BRYAN'S EDITOR BOLTS.
Metcalfe Will Support Republican for
Governor of Nebraska.
Lincoln, Nebr., Sept. 17.?R. L.
Metcalfe, assoicate editor of W. J.
Bryan's paper, issued a statement to
day declining to support Mayor Dahl
man, of Omaha, the "wet" Demo
cratic candidate for governor. He
says he will support C. H. Ald
Aldrich, the county option Republi
can candidate.
Metcalfe ran for the nomination for
the United States Senate on a coun
ty option platform, and was defeat
ed.
658 INFANT PARALYTICS.
Disease Spreads Over 45 Pennsylva
nia Counties?79 Cases in Phila
delphia.
Harrisburg, Pa., September 18.?
There were 658 cases of infantile
paralysis, in 45 of the 67 counties of
Pennsylvania, according to reports re
ceived by the State Department of
Health. The largest number is in
Lancaster county, where there are
135 cases.
Philadelphia reports 79 cases. In
fantile paralysis was recently made
a reportable disease in the State.
ALASKA REVEALS NEW RICHES.
Field of Soft Coal Discovered Ex
ceeds Any Found Heretofore.
Seward, Alaska, Sept. 17.?Prospec
tors returning from Knikarm, a
branch of Cook's Inlet, report the dis
covery of an immense field of bitu
minlous coal that promises to be
more valuable than the Mataniuska
deposits. Alfred H. Brooks, head of
the Alaska mineral resources divis
ion of the Geological Survey, will
investigate the new field.
Chicago Has 2,185,283 People.
Washington, Sept. 17.?According
to census statistic* given out to
night, the population of Chicago is
2,185,283, compared with 1,698,575 in
1900, and 1,099,850 in 1890. The
increase from 1900 to 1910 therefore
Is *86,708, or 28.7 p??r cent, as com
pared with an increase for the pre
ceding decade of 598,525, or 54.4 per
j cent.