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pjr jimitljfielf> Hrralft. I VOL. 29 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY,DECEMBER 16, 1910 Number 42 ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR EDUCATION GOOD ROADS GOOD HEALTH PROGRESS FXVj. CENXS PER COL. HOLT PASSES AWAY Died at His Home Here Sunday Night MANY YEARS A COUNTY LEADER Col. Holt Had Served His County 0 As Sheriff, Legislator, Treasurer And County Commissioner. Was Thrifty and Economical and Had Accumulated Considerable Proper ty. Was a Brave Soldier and Led The Last Charge at Appomattox. Col. E. J. Holt, one of Johnston County'.s leading citizens for more than a third of a century, died at his borne here last Sunday night at ten o'clock, after several months of in tense suffering. He was 71 years, two months and eight days old. As a soldier, he faced death bravely, being resigned to the will of his Heavenly Father. For some time be had realized that he could not get well, but put up a brave fight to the end, without murmur or com nlaint. The funeral was held from the resi dence Monday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. J. M. Daniel, pastor of the Methodist church at Selma, in the absence of his own pastor, and assisted by Rev T. H. King, pastor of Bmithfield Baptist church. He was laid to rest in the Smithfield ceme tery in the presence of a large num ber of friends and relatives. The deceased left a widow and four children?three sons, Stephen S., Richard: R. and William N. Holt, and one daughter, Mrs. H. D. Ellington. In the death of Col. Holt, the County has lost one of its best and most faithful sons. He has been a leader in the political and industrial life of the County for a third of a century or more. He has done much ' for his town in many ways and it is here where he will be missed most. i Etheldred James Holt, son of Jes se and Penelope Holt, was born in Boon Hill township, Johnston Coun ty, on October 2, 1839, on the plan tation that he owned at his death. | His father died when he was only four years old, and the boy who was later to become a leader in his County, was denied the privileges of an education, save such as could be had In the country schools of that day, with one term at the Clayton | Academy under the tuition of the Rev. W. B. Jones. BHt he had an intelligent and painstaking mother, who did much to make up for the lack of better educational advantages. When the war broke out in 1S61 Col. Holt, who was then only 21 years of age, volunteered his ser vices to his State, and, but for a se vere illness which came on him at this time, would have gone to the front with the first Company of troops from this County. As soon as he was able to go to the war he volunteered again and became First Lieutenant of Company A, Seventy fifth Regiment North Carolina Mount ed Troops. He "was a brave sol dier and served until the end of the war and laid down his arms at Appo mattox. Col. Holt led the last charge made at Appomattox having two or three of his men wounded and his horse killed. It is stated in the ( history of the "North Carolina Regi ments" that this was the last charge made by any part of General Lee's army. After Lee's surrender, in the absence of Gen. Roberts, who com manded the brigade, Ool. Holt was in J charge and signed all the paroles for tho men of the brigade, 95 in num ber. From these fearful scenes of car nage he returned to his home in this County to find that a good | deal of his mother's property had been destroyed during these trou blous times. But with indomit able will power, he set out to make a home for himself, and soon after | the war he was married to Sallie M. | Cox, of Wayne County. He moved to Catawba County in th? hope of help ing his wife whvae health was not very good. She aoon died, however, and he returned to Johnston, where he lived the remainder of his days. In 1874 be was married to Jane G. Sneed, daughter of the late Stephen Sneed, Esq. Soon after his return to his native Cbunty ho began to take an active part in politics and was elected sheriff, serving one term. From then until only a few years ago he was active in the political life of the ! I county, serving two terms in the ' General Assembly, several years as County Commissioner?a part of the time as Chairman of the Board?was County Treasurer for six years, and had served as Mayor and Commis- , sioner of the town of Smithfield. He ! , had also served several years as mag istrate. both here and in Boon Hill township. He moved to Smithfield about i thirty years ago and went into the hardware business where he was | very successful. He was a good business man and accumulated con siderable property. He was Interest ed at all times In his town's and | county's welfare and used his best 1 efforts to build up in every way j that meant for the betterment of the people. As a citizen, and friend, and neighbor, and advisor he will be greatly missed. It is worthy to note that the Holt Mill property in Boon Hill township which Col. Holt owned at the time of his death had been in the possession of the Holt family for 108 years, hav ing been purchased by his grand father, E. J. Holt, in 1802. He had been for a great many years a member of the Methodist church and was always faithful to its interests. He was a good man and the County is all the poorer for his passing. - ?l. ?_ 1 HIS MARRIAGES WENT WRONG. Magistrate Rssigns Because All He Joined Soon Parted. Columbus, Intl., D c. 12.?David I). Coons, Magistrate In Needham town ship for fpv n years, resigned today VcaULd all the eoui les he had mar ried, with the exception of one, have been divorced. Several children have been born to the first couple he mar ried. The Magistrate married nearly 100 other pairs, and all of them, with the exception of the first, have been divorced. CHAMP CLARK HAS CLEAR ROAD. Next House Speakership is His Without Opposition. Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Arkanass and Georgia Have Endorsed Him, and Texas Follows Suit. Washington, Dec. 12.?Several state democratic delegations have formal ly endorsed Champ Clark of Missouri for the speakership of the next house and his friends now claim that his nomination will be unanimous. The Virginia delegation is among the more conspicuous of those that are holding aloof by reason of the atti tude taken by Mr. Hay, who is for ! Mr. Clark if he will pledge himeslf ! to the naming of a committee on committees. The democrats of the Texas dele gation to-day signed a statement favoring Mr. Clark. The signers In cluded Mr. Henry of Texas who was at one time a prospective candidate for the speakership, but formally withdrew from the fight. The demo crats of Kentucky, where Mr. Clark was born; Misosuri, his home state; Illinois, Georgia, Arkansas and Ten nessee already have so far pledged tthemselves for the Mlssourian. , Death of Little Edna Earl Hinton. On Tuesday morning about 2, o'clock, the Death Angel bore away 1 the baby of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence ' Hinton. She was three months and ( 18 days old. Little Edna died of ' pneumonia. She boro her sufferings 1 patiently. She was a bright little 1 Jewel, loved by all who know her. 'Tig hard to break the tender chord, | Where lore has bound the heart; , 'Tls hard, so hard to speak the words, t We mast forever part. j Yet, again we hope to meet thee, 1 When the day of life is fled; 1 And in heaven, with Joy, to greet' thee, Where no farewell tears are shed. ; J. t December 15, 1910. 1 THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE Edward Douglass White Appointed Monday PRESIDENT NAMES DEMOCRAT Judge White Was Appointed to the Bench Sixteen Years Ago by Pres ident Cleveland. He Was a Unit ed States Senator at the Time of His Appointment. Was a Confed erate Soldier and a Man of Promi nence in His Home State of Louis iana. Liast Monday President Taft sent the name of Associate Justice Edward Douglass White, of Louisiana, to the Senate as the successor of Melville Weston Fuller, late Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The Senate promptly confirmed the appointment. This was a great com pliment and one that the new Chief Justice greatly appreciated. A few weeks ago it was reported that the President would appoint As-1 sociate Justice Hughes, who was recently elevated to the Supreme Court bench, but on account of his inexperience in judicial matters, and also because of objection on the part of many of the President's advisers, his name was eliminated from the list of the eligibles. The following sketch of Justice White's career is taken from Mos day's Washington Post: Justice Edward Douglass White is 67 years old, and was born November 3, 1845, on his father's plantation in Lafourche parish, La. He is the son of Edward Douglass and Cathe rine Ringgold White. His father was the seventh governor of Louisia an, and his grand-father, James White, was one of the early English settlers in that State, having gone there when it was still a French possession. On its transfer to the United States, James White was ap pointed as the first parish judge of the Attakpas district. Justice White received his early j education at Mount St. Mary's Col lege, near Emmitsburg, Md., later en tering Georgetown University, in this jity. When the civil war broke out tie was recalled to his home in Lou isiana, and was placed in the Jesuit Collcpe at New Orleans to finish his e'u-ation. He remained at the latter institution only a short time, ind left it to enter the Confederate ; irmy as a private soldier, and serv ;d until the close of the struggle. Admitted to the Louisiana bar in ' 1862, he opened an office in New Orleans, tnd soon built up a large practice, but gave it up to enter the ; political field. He was elected to ] ihe State senate in the fall of 1874, ' ind served in the upper house of he legislature for four years. In 1878 he was appointed associate jus-1 :lce of the Ixiuislana supreme court ly Gov.- Francis T. Nichols. Ho held he position until 1891, when Louis ana adopted a new constitution pro dding for a new supreme court. La ter in the same year he was elected x> the United States Senate as a Democrat to succeed James B. Eus :is. While serving his first term as United States senator he was ap pointed, on February 19, 1894, as as sociate justice of the United States Supreme Court by President Cleve and, taking his seat March 12, 1894. fustlce White is a Roman Catholic. Phillipt-Talton. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. i Hamilton in the Sanders' Chapel se?- j :lon, last Wednesday evening, Mr. ' 3rover Phillips and Miss Luna Tal on were Joined together in the holy >onds of matrimony. The ceremony tfhich united the lives of these two roung people was performed by Rev. T. H. King, of Smlthfleld. Mr. Phil ips is an energetic young farmer of his township, while bis bride ts ; he popular daughter of Mrs. J. M. Is mil ton. Their hosts of friends wish them a long life and much hap tineas. j Turner's Almanacs. We have a full supply of Turner's forth Carolina Almanacs for 1911, or sale at ten cents each. Call at lerald Office. HOUSE MAY BE SAME Plan Under New Census is to Increase Ratio. NORTHrCAROUNA WOULD LOSE Members of Congress, if Ideas of Leaders Are Carried Out, Will Rep resent 235,223 People, Instead of | 194,182, as at* Present?Opposition, However, May Defeat the Scheme. I Preparations ara already being , made to have an an apportionment ' bill, based on the recent census, , brought before the house lor action. According to predictions made by Speaker Cannon, founded on what seems to bo the censensus of opinion of the majority of the number of j representatives. The number of men | in the House, it is held, is already unwieldly. The ratio of representation, there fore, would have to be Increased. The present ratio is 194,182 to one representative. The plan under con sideration is to increase the ratio to 235,223 to each representative. To maintain the present number of representatives in this House this ra tio would have to be adopted. The new figure was decided on yesterday by some of the leaders, after spend ing considerable time dividing the to tal population showed by the blank et announcement of the cenuss bu reau. Under such an apportionment New York, California, Washington, and I Oklahoma would gain two representa tives each. Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Montana, New Jersey, Pennsylva nia, and Texas would gain one. In diana, Iowa, and Missouri would lose two each, and the following wOuld lose one each: Illinois, Wisconsin, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee,, and Virginia. Naturally, the States that will lose will fight a new apportionment, bas ed on increase ratio of representa tion, with all the strength at their command. Whether these thirteen States can effect a union that will defeat the plan Is doubtful. The leaders are In favor of keeping the House to its present numerical lim it. AH the States not losing by the new apportionment will take an al truistic view of the situation, and will fight against any alignment of the States that will lose.?Washing ton Post. TWO MORE JUDGES ARE NAMED. Last Monday Pre^dent Taft Appoint ed Willis Van ftvanter, of Wyo ming, and Joseph R. Lamar, of Georgia, to be Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court. President Taft on last Monday nam ed Judge Willis Van DeVanter, of Cheyepne, Wyoming, now a Federal Judge/ of the Eighth circuit, to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court to succeed Jus tice Moody who recently was retir ed on account of ill-health. On the same day he named Jo seph Rucker I^amar, of Georgia, a former member of tho Georgia Su preme Court to succeed Justice White on the Supreme Court of the United States, White having been elevated to the Chief Justiceship. Van DeVanter is a Republican, while Lamar is a Southern Demo crat. Tho Court will now Bland three Democrats?Chief Justice Ed ward Douglass White, of Louisiana; Horace Lurton, of Tennessee, and Joseph Rucker Lamar, of Georgia; Six Republicans?John Marshall Har lan, of Kentucky; Joseph McKenna, of California; Oliver Wendell Holmes, of Massachusetts; William R. Day, of Ohio; Charles Evans Hughes, of New York, and Willis Van DeVanter, of Wyoming. Judge Van DeVanter was born in Indiana 51 years ago. He was grad uated from the Cincinnati Law S<rhool In 1881, and three years la ter moved to Wyoming. After serv ing his State in several capacities he was made Chief Justice of the Su preme Court of Wyoming in 1889, and after serving several years, re signed to resume the practice of law. In 1897 he was appointed as sistant attorney general of the Uni ted States and assigned to the De partment of the Interior. In Febru ary 1903, he was made a United States <? circuit Judge of the Klghth District. He was one of the judges w ho voted against tho Standard Oil Company. Judge Joseph K. Lamar, who has been named to take the place left vacant by Justice White's advance ment, is 53 years old. He was born in Georgia, and, was educated at the University of Georgia, Washington and Lee University, and at Bethany College. He was admitted to the bar In 1879 and practiced at Augus ta. H<r was a member of the Geor gia legislature for three years and a commissioner to codify the laws of Georgia In 1895. In 1903 Judge Lamar became an associate justice of the supreme court of Georgia, where ho served 2% yean*, and then resigned. He is one of the leaders of the Southern bar. President Taft made Justice Lamar's acquaintance when he was spending the winter In Augusta after his elec tion, and he came to admire the jus tice and to prize his friendship. M. E. PASTOR 18 DEAD AT 89. Rev. Solomon Helsabeck Yields to Pneumonia at Rural Hall, N. C. Wtnston-Salem, N. C., Dec. 11.? The Rev. Solomon Helsabeck, the oldest member of the western North Carolina Methodist Episcopal con ference, died this morning at his home near Kural Hall. He was 89 years old, and tor more than half a century was active In ministerial work. He attended the annual conference in this city last month, and while hero was taken ill with pneumonia, which caused his death. SERVICES AT LIVE OAK. To Preach And Organize a Sunday School. We are requested to state that Rev. W. T. Hurst will preach at Live Oak Baptist church on Christmas day at 11 o'clock. Just after the sermon a Sunday school will bo or- i ganlzed. TOBACCO IN NOVEMBER. I Sales of Leaf in North Carolina Amount to 12,886,036 Pounds. Win ston-Salem Leads With Sales of 1, 908,573 Pounds. The sale of leaf tobacco in North ! Carolina for the month of September as shown in the statistics of the De partment of Agriculture, amounted to 12,886,036 pounds. In the sales the best four markets in number of pounds sold are Win ston-Salem, Roxboro, Wilson and Greenville. The sales were as fol-1 lows? Winston-Salem 1,908,573 Roxboro 1,670,969 Wilson 1,213,745 j Greenville 1,181,049 Durham 611,294 Reidsville 558,830 Kinston 607,907 j Rocky Mount 554,209 Iioulsburg .. 447,929 Henderson 319,061 Mount Airy ... 307,539 j Snow Hill 278,966 t Creedmoor 280,776 Warrenton 247,639 LaGrange 287,356 Farmville 246,975 j Apex 225,574 Smithfleld 179,991 Youngsyllle 177,675 Burlington 187,473 Stenevllle 89,918 Mebane 79,648 Greensboro 73,612 Zebulon 75,261 Wendell 74.539 | Robersonvillo- 68,609 Pilot Mountain 54,631 Warsaw 56,608 Ahoskio 51,059 Madison 48.777 Rlchlands 45,588 Fuquay Springs 53,245 Goldsboro 29,991 Enfield 26,216 Williamston 26,216 Total 12,886,036 i I i ROUTED, WITH 70 SLAIN Mexican Rebels Driven From Trenches FLEE TOWARD GUERRERO CITY Second Battle Expected at That Point. Federal Troops Lose 14, Including 2 Officers?Many Insur gents Wounded or Captured In Fight In State of Chihuahua?Near ly 1,500 Engaged. * V Mexico City, Dec. 13.?News of aa encounter between federal force# under Gen. Navarro and the revo lutionists at Cerro Prleto, near Guer rero, Chihuahua, was received at the department of war here to-day. Sev enty of the rebels were reported kill ed and many others wounded and captures. The federals are said to have lost fourteen men, including two officers. The fight which occurred on Sua riay lasted five hours and ended la the rout of the insurrectors, who fled toward Guerrero. The rebeiU numaered, according to the estimate of Gen. Navarro, from 400 to BOO. iney were intrenched in the moun tains. The federal forces, numbered about Infantry, cavalry, and artillery, made a series of strategic movemeats intended to draw the enemy into the open. Immediately after the battle end ed Navarro sent a report of the affair to Gen. Hernandez in Chihuahua, by whom it was officially communicate4 to the war department. At that time it was believed that a further encounter would occur near Guerrero. DEATH OF MR. J. D. FINLAYSON. He Was a Prominent Citizen and Justice of the Peace in Princeton. Mr. J. D. Finiayson, of Princeton, who came to Raleigh some days ago for an operation, died yesterday morning at 7:05 o'clock, and the body was taken to Princeton for burial at 12:30 yesterday. Mr. Finiayson was sixty years old and had been justice of the peace for about twenty years and held a posi tion of trust and responsibility in the community that cannot be filled. He was well educated, useful, an honest merchant, a good officer, & leader in the Democratic party, a true citizen, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. The fun eral will be held at 11 o'clock this morning at Princeton. Mr. Finiayson is survived by his wife, one son, Mr. J. V. Finiayson, of Franklinton, and three daughters, Mrs. D. N. Wells, of Henderson, and Misses Clara and Beatrice Finiayson. His son was in Raleigh at the time nf his death and accompanied the body to Princeton.?News and Obser ver, December 11th. Mr. Finiayson was well known in Smithfield where he had many friends who heard of his death with much regret. For quite a number of years he had been The Herald's efficient and wide-awake correspondent at Princeton. As our friend and corres pondent we shall greatly miss him. We tender our sympathy to the be reaved family. SELMA NEWS. We regret to have to announce ths death of Mrs. Annie Winfrey, aged 73, which occurred at the residence of her son-in-law, W. B. Roberts, Esq., Tuesday, 13th, at 9 o'clock, P. M. Mrs. Winfrey has been in poor health for several years; and, was very feeble, though last Thursday she walked a hundred yards or more. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. W. B. Roberts, of Selma, and a son, Mr. Thos. E. Winfrey. Her remains were interred in the Selma cemetery, Rev. T. H. King, her pastor, officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Needham B. Hinnant are on & visit to their son-in-law, Mr. Eddie L. Oncal. Wednesday morning was the cold est of the season, the thermometer being 16 degrees. SEKEX The Hsrald is ten pages this week . .<Uf