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VOL. 29 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1910 N mber 39
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JOHNSTON COUNTY ,
FARMERS OAY
DECEMBER EIGHTH TO BE A i
BIG DAY IN SMITHFIELD.
The Chamber of Commerce Has !
Raised a Nice Sum for Premiums
To Farmers Who Have Good [
Things tto Show. Farmers' Day
Exercises to be in Banner Ware
house = nd Dr. D. H. Hill, Presl- '
Ident of A. & M. College, to Make 1
Address.
The Chamber of Commerce of Smith- 1
Held has undertaken a very wor- i
thy enterprise in Its move for a I
Johnston County Farmers Day to be '
held in Smithfield on Thursday, De- '
cember 8th, 1910. No move made by
this* town in recent years has been ,
a greater one, considered in many (
ways, and one that will be more far- j
reaching in its general effects. Ev- 1
erybody recognizes that the farm- ?
era rl the land are the mainstay of '
IflG COUniry, UUL in uinuj' iiiSbaucco,
proper public recognition has not
been given fiem. The Herald has
for several years been striving in
the interest of the farmer and has
devoted three to four columns of
its Epace each week for the past
ten years for the encouragement of
those who till the soil.
The Chamber of Commerce of the
town of Smithfield has planned to
have a Farmers Day for .1-hngton
County in ?.nii fiHri o:: Thursday,
December ?>, in the Banner Ware
house. The Chamber is co-operating
with the County Board of Education
in this move and it is hoped that
the farmers of the County will be
here that day in full force. Several
nice premiums have been offered,
(gee page two for list) the largest
being $50.00 for the best acre of
corn by the boys in the corn
contest.
Dr. D. H. Hill. President of the
A. & M. College, of Raleigh, has been
invited to deliver the address of the
occasion. Let us all, farmers and
everybody who are interested in the
welfare of our County, combine our
efforts to make this a Red-Letter i
Day for the farmers of Johnston
County.
CLAYTON HAPPENINGS.
Clayton, Nov. 13.?Rev. George B.
(Starling spent Tuesday In Raleigh on
business.
Mr. Hugh A. Page, from Trinity
College, spent part of last week here
the guest of his mother, Mrs. J. E.
Page.
T>r. Battle A. Hocutt went to
Raleigh today on business.
Mr. Chas. It. Stott passed through
here Wednesday, m,route for Bur- j
lington on business.
All the stortx will close tomorrow
for the Thanksgiving services at
the different churches. The ladies
of M. E. Church will conduct a ba
zaar on Main street, from 4 o'clock 1
until 11 o'clock p. m., for the bene- '
fit of the parsonage.
Rev. A. C. Hamby made a very in
teresting talk Monday morning to
the students of the graded school.
The school is going along-very nice
ly, having enrolled up to date about
250 pupils.
Rev. George B. Starling will fill
his regular appointment at the Meth
odist church net Sunday morning and
uight. This is Mr. Starling's last
appointment in Clayton, as the Con
ference meets next week and he :
will be assigned to work at another
Place. He has been in the work ?
for four years and during that time
has won the love and esteem of ev
ery one who knows him and his re
moval to some other work will be 1
regretted very' much by his friends
here.
Fire At Archer.
On Thursday night of last week
about 6:30 o'clock James Holder a
colored man living on the land of
Mr. W. J. Dissott at Archer, seven
miles from Clayton, lost most of
his household goods by fire. The
family was not at home when the
fire caught. Mr. Bissett lost the
house which was a two-room build
ing.
FORMER JOHNSTON ITE WEDS.
Mr. Roger Richardson Leads Miss
Mary Pleasant Saunders to Hy
men's Alttar in Newport News.
Virginia.
One of the most beautiful church
weddings of the season occurred at
the Newport News Baptist church at
naif past four o'clock yesterday af
ternoon when Miss Mary Pleasant
Saunders, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William H. Saunders, of 130 Thirty
second street, became the bride of
Mr. Roger Francis Richardson, of
Birmingham, Ala. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Lloyd T. Wilson.
D. D., the pastor, In the presence of
i large assembly of the relatives and
friends.
The bride entered the church with
tier father, by whom she was given
in marriage. She wore an exquisite
?own of liberty satin and was veiled
In lace and carried a shower bouquet j
if bride roses and lilies of the valley.
Her veil was caught by a beautiful
pin set in pearls and her only other I
piece of jewelry was a handsome j
iiamond brooch, the gift of the i
?room. The bride was attended by
ler sister, Miss Lillian A. Saunders,
?nd Miss K. Blanche Webb as maids
jf honor. They were becomingly
?owned in pink chiffon cloth over
messaline and carried white chrysan
themums.
Mr. Paul A. Richardson, of Norfolk,
brother of the groom, was the best
man and the ushers were: Messrs.
M. E. Weeks, of Washington, D. C.;
3. C. Swann, of Hagerstown, Md? and
Charles O. Epes, of this city.
The church decorations were beau
:iful and unique. The chancel was
lecorated with palms and ferns and
ranked in autumn leaves and in
?lace of the usual ribbons there were
<ates covered in white and trimmed
with smilax at which Masters Frank
uid Frederick Barrett officiated.
One of the prettiest features of the
iccasion w?s the appearance of the
jride's Sunday school class of little
jirls. who were gowned in white and
wore white chrysanthemums.
Mrs. Frank Momll. of Richmond, .
formerly Miss Eliza Crenshaw, of- this
:ity, sang, "T^e Four-Leaf Clover,"
sefore the bridal pirty entered the
?hurch. Mrs. Charles C. Epes pre
sided at the pipe organ and rendered
he wedding march from Lohengrin
is the processional and Mendels
ihon's march as the recessional. Dur
ing the ceremony she played Moore's
'Believe Me If All Those Endearing
Jfoung Charms." I
After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. 1
Richardson left for Norfolk, where
:hey boarded the Old Dominion '
steamer for New York. On their re
urn they will spend a few days in |
Newport News before going to Birm
ingham, where they will make their
tiome.
Mrs. Richardson has lived here |
since her childhood and is popular
with many friends. Since her child
hood she haa been an active worker
in t.hf? church and Sundav school. Mr.
Richardson is the superintending
constructor for the United States
Steel Corporation at Birmingham. He
formerly lived here, being employed
as a draftsman at the shipyard and
has many friends in Newport News.?
Daily Press, Newport News, Va.,
Nov. 17th.
Attention Smithfield Township.
A movement by the Chamber of
Commerce of Smithfield Invites the
citizens of Johnston County to join
in starting a county exhibit of our
products.
At a meeting of said board on the
21st of November, a few farmers
were present by invitation, and
plans were laid, a synopsis of which
will appear this week. Having been
appointed solicitor of exhibits with
Mr. J. H. B. Tomlinson, assistant, for
Smithfield township, I take this me
thod of appealing to you. Other
townships will be heard from. It is
desired that a large and fine display
be made. Everybody invited to
"chip ln.w Look around, get some
thing, bring something. You will be
surprised at your own self when you
see the bunch. Professor Royall, of
Smithfield, will have charge of the
exhibit and it is requested that ev
erything be in place by 10 o'clock the
8th day of December, at a place to
be designated in Smithfield. Don't
say you can't; It's too late, or I've
got nothing. Get the cracklings out
of your eyes and find something, and
bring your family, and get interested
and next year we will wind up with
a "Barn-dance." Suitable premiums
will be paid and if any of your pro
ducts are for sale, mark them so
and you will be astonished how quick
ly you are bought out. Come, and
come loaded; anything from a bale
of cotton to a crawfish chimney. Am
ple provisions against plck-pocke(s,
and street car service assured.
C. S. POWELL,
Solicitor of Exhibits.
SOUTH CAN
CONTROL HOUSE
.?
DEMOCRATS HAVE 63 MAJORITY
Figures on Membership of Next j
House. Prepared by G. O. P. Of
ficials and Roster Committee. Next
National Convention to Be Old
Time Affair. Claude Kitchin Says
Champ Clark Will Have No Oppo
sitlon for Speaker.
Washington, Nov. 20.?According to |
Republican officials of the House. ?
working In connection with the Dem
ocratic congressional committee, the
defeat of Representative Alexander,
of New York, makes the next House 1
stand as follows:
Democrats 227 1
Republicans 163 :
Socialists 1 !1
Total 391 1
Democratic majority 63.
There may be some slight change, |1
but the vote will hardly vary one I'
either way. j'
Of thp 227 Democrats comprising 1
the next House, 129 come from the j
Southern States, including Maryland I
and West Virginia, while ninety-eight ! I
come from the States north of a I
(Mm [ iniiiiimil or uic wmo illvi r line. <
One hundred and forty-two Democrats I
were elected from States east of the 1
Mississippi River and eiglJty-five i
Democrats from States west of the .
Mississippi River. I
"Every sign at present points to a I
Democratic National Convention in i
1912 that will be absolutely free from !1
the domination of any one man," [ (
said Frank S. Ober. of New York, !.
to-night. Mr. Ober is an attorney j
who is actively interested in poli- ;
tics, besides having acquired consid
erable prominence in the scientific !
world by his contributions to maga- j
zincs.
"The Democratic party is going to j
be organized for the presidential i
campaign according to real Demo- j
cratic methods," he continued, i
"There is not the slightest chance j
that any one individual will gain suf
ficient strength before the conven- j
tion to give him the power of dictat
ing to the party.
"The convention of 1912 will be
made up of delegates, many of them
pledged, it is true, but not all pledg
ed to one man. The Ohio delegation,
of course, will be solid for Harmon;
Massachusetts will be instructed foil
Foss; New Jersey will have its vote
ready for Woodrow Wilson; Connec
ticut, in all probability will be for
Judge Baldwin; Indiana will line up
for Marshall. New York will un
doubtedly cast her vote for either
Mayor Gaynor or Gov. Dix.
"That makes a fine field from
which to select the Democratic stan
dard-bearer for the campaign of 1912.
It is hardly possible for the party
to make a mistake with such presi
dential timber to choose from."
Predicting that Chamn Clark will
be unopposed for nomination as
Speaker of the next House by th<" ! \
Democrats elected to the Sixty-second
Congress, Representative Claude
Kitchin expressed the opinion that j
the present minority leader would
take rank with the greatest presiding
officers of the House. Mr. Kitchin
said, with regard to the speakership:
"When the Democratic caucus of
the sixty-second Congress assembles
the name of Champ Clark will be the
only one presented for the speaker
ship. The Democracy of the coun
try in its heart and in its hope has
already elected him. We had a
sweeping victory. No man contribut
ed more to it than he. His wise lead
ership in the House sent out of
Washington at the last adjournment,
for the first time in eighteen years,
our party united, organized and mili
tant, and the Republican party di
vided, disorganized and dismayed."?
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Board of Education to Meet.
The County Board of Education will
meet the first Monday In December.
Any one having anything to bring
before the Board 'will please do so.
J. J. ROSE, Chairman.
L. T. ROY ALL, Secretary.
On account of tthe revival servi
ces at the Baptist church, there
will be no service at the Methodist
church Sunday, November 27th.
Mr. S. W. Myatt, the popular book
keeper of the American Tobacco Co.,
at this place for the past 3 years,
left Wednesday for Richmond, hav
ing been promoted to a better posi
tion with the company. His position
here Is filled by Mr. Ed Patten, of
I Durham.
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SPIRAL GLIDE
CAUSES DEATH 1
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DARING AVIATOR IS DASHED TO j
DEATH. a
Ralph Johnstone Falls From Height *'
Of 500 Feet. Wing of Aeroplane J'
Crumples During Denver Flight.
Recently Captured World's Altl- ,
tude Record of 9714 Feett. Spiral ,
Glide to Blame. Crowds Fight for .
Souvenirs.
Denver, Nov. 17.?With one wing r
tip of his machine crumpled like a 1
piece of paper, Ralph Johnstone, the
daring young aviator, holder of the li
world's altitude record, dropped like t
a plummet from a height of 500 feet '1
Into the inclosure at Overland Park b
iviation field this afternoon and v
was instantly killed. When the spec- tl
tators reached him his body lay be- c
neath the engine of the biplane, with ti
the white planes that had failed him v
in his time of need, wrapped about o
it like a shroud. Nearly every bone
in his body was broken. J c
He had gambled with death once d
oo often, but he played the game to d
the end, fighting coolly grimly to N
he last set-ond to regain control of n
.he broken machine. Fresh from o
riuniphs at Belmont Park, where he .1
iad broken the world's rcc <rd for n
lltitude with a flight of 9,714 feet,
tohnstone attempted to give the S
thousands of spectators an exrta m
lirill with his most daring feat, the f<
jpiral glide, which has made tlv a
Wright aviators famous. The spec-! "
.ators got their thrill, but it cost w
lohnstone his life. 11
The fatal flight was the second fi
Tohnstone had made this afternoon. 11
In the first flight when he was in '?
?he air with Hoxsey and Brootyns he h
lad gone through his usual pro
lamine of dips and glides with the
machine apparently under perfect con &
:rol. Then Johnstone rose again and
ifter a few circuits of the course to ?'
;aln height headed toward the foot- u
lills. Still ascending, he swept back [ lj
n a big circle and as he reached the U
lorth end of the inclosure he started i
lis spiral glide. He was then at an |f'
iltitude of about 800 feet. With his 0
planes tilted at an angle of almost 90 11
iegrees he swooped down in a nar- "
:ow circle, the aeroplane seeming to j t'
:urn almost in its own length. j "
As he started the second circle the c
middle spur which braces the left e
side of the lower plane gave way n
md the wing tips of both upper and a
lower planes folded up as though ^
they had been hinged. For a sec
>nd Johnstone attempted to right the ^
plane by warping the other wing .
tip. Then the horrified spectators
saw the plane waver like a wounded p
bird and plunge straight toward the p
earth.
Johnstone was thrown from his T
r
seat as the nose of the plane swung j t
downward. He caught on one of j
the wire stays between the planes |
and grasped one of the wooden bra- ^
ces of the upper plane with both
hands. Then, working with hands
and feet, he fought by main strength (
to warp the planes so that their
surface might catch the air and
check his descent. - ,
For a second it seemed that he y
might succeed, for the football hel- ,,
met he wore blew off and fell much j
more rapidly than the plane. The j
hope was momentary, however, for j
when about 300 feet from the ground ?
the machine turned completely over {
and tthe spectators fled wildly as j
the broken plane, with the aviator p
still fighting grimly in its mesh of j
wires and stays, plunged among them ,
with a crash. c
Scarcely had Johnstone hit the t
ground before morbid men and wo
men swarmed over the wreckage t
fighting with each other for souve
nirs. One of the broken wodden
stays had gone almost through John- .
stone's body. Before doctors or po- 1 s
lice could reach the scene one man j
had torn this splinter from the body |
and ran away, carrying his trophy ,
with the aviator's blood still dripping ,
from its ends.
Frantically the crowd tore away the
canvass from over his body and
fought for the very gloves that had i
protected his hands from the cold. 11
The machine fell on the opposite
side of the field from the grand-stand
and there were but a few hundred
persons near the spot, but physicians
and police were rushed across as soon
as possible. Physicians declare that
death must have been Instantaneous as
Johnstone's back, neck and both legs
were broken, the bones of his thigh
being forced through the flesh and
leather garments ho wore.
Mr. W. R. Long spent yesterday In
Richmond.
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BENSON NEWS.
Benson, Nov. 22.? Mr. Farthing, the
ihotographer, spent Sunday and
Monday at Konly.
Mr. J. W. Whittenton spent Sun
lay night in Dunn.
Attorney J. R. Barbour went to
Norfolk, Va., Tuesday on profession
.1 business.
There were services at tho Metho
tist church Sunday morning and
light by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Sut
on.
Mr. J. E. Hall, salesman for the
Mchmond Hardware Company, spent
tonday and Tuesday with Ills fain
ly here.
There will be services at the liap
ist church at the usual hour Sunday
iiornlng conducted by the pastor,
lev. T. B. Justice.
Karl Jansen, the Swedish humor
it and entertainer, will be the at
raction at the School Auditorium on
'uesday night. November 29. Every
ody should come out and hear this
wonderful entertainer. This is the
hird of a series of amusements tiiat
ome under a guarantee by some of
tie citizens of our town. The two
.?hlch have already beeu, have been
f a high order and well patronized.
At the regular meeting of the
ommissioners of the town last Tues
ay night. Mayor O. A. Barbour leu
ered his resignation to lake effect
londay, November 21. At a call |
looting Monday night the resignation I
f I(r. Marbotir was accepted and
tie board elected Mr. N. T. Ryala as i
lay or to succeed him.
Mr. Willie Smith, son of Mr. I. .1. |
mith, died at his home a few j
llles from town Monday, of typhoid
jver. Mr. Smith was 32 years old
nd leaves a widow, daughter of Mr. <
I. D. Creech, and two children. He
as a hard working man, good far
ler and loaves a large number of
?iends to mourn their loss. His re
lains were interred Tuesday even
ig at the family burying ground at
Is old home.
On Monday evening at the home of
:ev. Charles Johnson near Benson,
Ir. Telfair McLamb, son of the
? te Wm. McLamb, and Miss Celia
'age, daughter of Mr. P. P. Page, of
luke, were united in the holy
onds of wedlock. It seems that
tie young couple had been trying to
ike a sail on the matrimonial sea
ir several weeks, but owing to the
bjections of the girl's parents and
!ieir vigilance in watching their
aughter, had been unable to launch
tieir boat on this unknown sea, un
,1 Monday; the girl managed to es
apt: the watchful eyes of her par
nts and the result?two hearts are
lade happy. May their lives be long
nd happy.
Mrs. Catherine Johnson, wife of Mr.
oshua Johnson, died suddenly at her
ome a few miles from town last
'hursday. Mrs. Johnson was about
8 years of age and had been in very
oor health for a number of years
ast but her death was entirely un
xpected at this time. She is sur
ived by her husband, six sons?
leorge and Willie, who live with
heir father, Oscar, Walton and Char
ie, who are merchants of Benson,
nd Bradley Johnson, of Emporia,
ra., and one daughter, Miss Fannie, '
rho lives with her father. The fun- j
ral took place Friday afternoon at i
he family burying ground near Pea
ock's Cfoss Roads.
On Friday night of last week j
here was an entertainment at the
School Auditorium, consisting of re- j
itations, piano duets, etc., also the j
nter-society debate. The subject for ;
liscussion was, resolved: "The Uni- j
ed States Government should own
tnd operate the railroads." The af
irmative speakers were Messrs. j
ames Raynor and Jasper Massen
;ill; for the negative Messrs. Bright
Horgan and Willie Ryals. Tho argu- !
nents of all these young men show-1
id study and research. This was
he first time that either of these
? oung men had debated in public and
:hey showed that when the raw ma
erial we have here is trained, we
ihall have some splendid speakers.
The judges decided that the affirm
ative won the question. Miss Lou
se Carroll will give a musicale at
he close of the school for the Christ
mas holidays. There will also be
jxercises by the school at this time.
Rev. Dr. W. C. Tyree is preaching
some very able sermons at the Bap
tist church this week. Services are
held every afternoon at three and at
night at seven o'clock. The servi
ces for Sunday will be at eleven in
ir the morning and at seven at
night. Seldom have the Smithfield
people had tho opportunity of hear
ing an abler preacher, and all who
desire to hear sermons that will
build up spiritually and awaken the
conscience to higher and better as
pirations should hear him. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attend all
the services..
DEMAND LODGE
LEAVE SENATE
DEMANDS LODGE LEAVE THE
SENATE.
Progressive People of Massachusetts
Want Him Out. Eugene Foes'
Statement. Governor-Elect De
clares if Lodge Ignores Meaning of
Democratic Landslide He'll Go Out
After Him.
Boston, Mass., Nov. 19.?Gov.-elect
Eugene Foss issued a statement to
night in which he demands that Sen
ator Henry Cabot Lodge withdraw
from the field for re-election. In the
event of a refusal, Mr. Foss declar
ed he would go into every section of
the commonwealth in a campaign to
defeat the senator.
Mr. Foss' statement, in part, is as
follows:
"In the name of the majority of
the sovereign people of the common
wealth of Massachusetts, I demand
that Henry Cabot Lodge surrender
his seat in the United States senate
by withdrawing from his contest for
re-election.
?'Ills election to the senate would
be a repudiation of the victory of
the people at the last election. He
was on trial as much if not more
flian Gov. Draper, and it he had
been the candidate my majority
would have been double what it was.
? ?Tl...
1IIC issues Oil Willed till" fight was
made, on which I was elected, were
honest tariff revision downward, low
er duties on the necessities of life,
free raw materials, and untaxed food
supply, reciprocity with Canada and
more democracy in our form of gov
ernment.
"We all know where Senator
Lodge stands 011 these issues* and
where he has stood all these years.
To re-elect him would be a step
backward and Massachusetts, has nev
er learned to walk backward.
"I shall never sign his credentials
except at the end of a campaign
which will make the last one look
like an afternoon tea party.
"He must surrender or fight. He
must defend his position before the
people. The people of Massachusetts
will not permit him longer to ma
nipulate the legislature. I am ready
and if he does not retire I will be
on the stump in every section of the
state and we will find out where the
people stand. Senator Lodge is not
in touch with the new order of
things, with the progressive spirit of
the times. He does not represent
the people, the men and women in
the ordinary walks of life."
Death of a Young Man.
On Monday, November 21, at 9:3?
o'clock the death angel visited the
home of W. E. Smith and bore his
spirit to heaven (we hope.) He was
born November 25, 1878, making his
stay on earth 31 years, 10 months
and 26 days. Willie was a good boy
and loved by all who knew him, from
his childhood days. If he had an
enemy, I never knew it. He was
married to Allie Creech, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Creech, on the
26th day of October, 1904, and to
this union was born three sons, the
oldest not living but five hours, the
other two?Jesse Nowell Smith and
Wilbur Smith, living. Besides leav
ing a loving wife, he leaves four
brothers, three sisters and a fa
ther, who loved him. He was laid
to rest on the 22nd, in the family
burying ground with his mother, two
sisters, four brothers and his little
infant baby. We feel like our loss
is his eternal gain.
We bow to the divine power who
does all things well.
A loving father, ISAAC J. SMITH.
Benson, Nov. 23rd.
Death of a Child.
On the third of November the
death angel entered the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Benson and took from
them and bore Into the portals of
heaven their Infant daughter, Fan
; nie Hazel, age, 13 months.
Her death was caused by the dread
ed disease, pneumonia. She was of
! a lovable and sweet nature, and all
was done that loving hands and
; kind friends could do to relieve and
restore her to health, but God knew
best. Just why Qod took little Ha
zel, none can tell, but we know
this: He does things always well.
Weep not, fond parents. Little Ha
zel has gone to await you till the
Resurrection Morn.
A. FRIEND.
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