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AT THE CAPITAL OF BANNER
THE HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
AT BENSON.
Several Business Changes and New
Buildings, School Opens With
Good Attendance.
Benson, Jan. 3, 1911?Miss Kuth
6tephen?on, who has been spending
the holidays with her aunt, Mrs. J.
F. Lee, returned to Raleigh Mon
day afternoon to reenter King's Bu
siness College.
Miss Lizzie Utley, after spending
several days with her uncle, Dr. H.
H. Utley, returned to her home at
McCullers yesterday.
Mr. Allen Daughtrey, of Sampson
county, visited in Benson Saturday.
Mr. C. T. Johnson went to Rich
mond last week on, business.
Mr. Henry Creech, of the firm of
Creech & Woodall, has sold out his
Interest to his partner, Mr. G. G.
Woodall, and returned to his home
St Glenfleld, where he will open a
general mercantile business.
Mr. Dennis Armfield, of the firm
ef Royai & Armfield, has sold out
to his partner, Wade H. Royal. Mr.
Armfield will return to his home in
Fayettevllle.
Dr. W. T. Martin, after spending
Christmas with his father, Prof. W.
D. Martin, principal of the school at
East Bend, and his brother, Dr. J.
F. Martin, of Advance, Yadkin coun
ty, returned Saturday night.
?* " T? ?nhl?nn/1 f TV~?m
Mr. ueurf;e ocasuu iwuiuvu ??~
Greensboro Sunday, where he has
been lor several days.
Mr. Jno. Holland, of Konly, spent
Sunday and Monday with his bro
ther, Mr. Geo. Holland.
Messrs. Ezra and Almon Parker
und James Eldridge left Monday
for the University to resume their
?tudles.
State Senator O. A. Barbour, left
Monday for Raleigh to be present
Wednesday, when the legislature con
venes.
The two-6tory brick building on
Kallroad and Main streets is near
lng completion. The first floor will
be occupied by The Benson Drug
Company, the upper floor being us
ed exclusively for offices. The store
building now occupied by the Ben
son Drug Company will be used by
L. E. Stevens, while the building in
which Stevens has been doing busi
ness, will be occupied by the new
firm of Parrlsh & Godwin.
Mr. Ralph Canaday left Monday
for Wilson, where he has accepted
a position with the Patterson Drug
Company.
Mr. Wm. Canaday has accepted a
position with the Peacock Drug
Company.
The Benson Graded School opened
Tuesday morning with a full attend
ance. The same teachers aro back
this year, with the exception of
Miss Richardson, who resigned her
work, on account of the death of
her falher. Miss Nan Gorden, of
Hamlet, is teaching in Miss Rich-,
ardson's room. The faculty is now
composed of Prof Z. H. Rose, as prin
cipal, and Missed Mary Cooke, Emily
Canaday, Nan Gordon, Ruth Jones
and Mrs. Luna Tolar, as assistants.
The music department ^s cnoducted
by Miss Louise Carroll.
Welsh-Johnson.
Sunday morning, January 1, 1911, 1
at the home of Mr. E. A. Johnson, a
beautiful marriage was solemnized by
? large crowd of relatives and
friends, when his attractive daughter.
Miss Effie, was led to the hymeneal
altar by Mr. William L. Welsh, where
they were made one by Rev. N. H.
Glbbs. The attendants were: Mr.
Curtlss Page with Miss Ora Tyner, ]
Mr. Calvin Holmes with Miss Lector
Johnson, Mr. Ira Barbour with Miss
Cora Belle Olive, Mr. Jasper Holmes
?with Miss Llllle Tyner, Mr. Booker
Creech with Miss Lana Tyner, Mr. ;
Harvey Creech with Miss Flossie
Tyner, Mr. Troy R. Allen with Miss
Geneva Blackman.
Mr. Welsh la a native of Teias. I
wfclle Miss Johnson is one of John- '
aton County's charming young la- .
dies. They left Sunday afternoon for
Texas, where they will make their
future home. The writer wishes them
a happy jturney through life.
A WITNESS.
NEW YORK'S NEW GOVERNOR
JOHN A. DIX INAUGURATED LAST
MONDAY.
A Democrat Will Be At Head of
Empire State for First Time in
18 Years.
Albany, N. Y? Jan. 2.?John Al
den Dix, a Democrat, was formally
inaugurated governor of New York
, State at noon to-day. He succeeds
Governor Horace White, who became
chief executive last October when
Governor Charles E. Hughes reslgne*
to become an Associate Justice of the
United States Supreme Court.
Surrounded by a brilliant gather
ing in the great assembly chamber
which had been appropriately decora
ted for iho occasion, Governor White
relinquished the office of chief mag-,
istrate to Governor Dix, the first
Democratic Governor to assume the
j office in 18 years. The Governor
; then delivered his inaugural address
after the oath of office had been
publicly administered by Edward Laz
ansky, Secretary of State. Govern
or Dix was sworn In privately at
his home on Saturday,
Preceding the inauguration cere
monies there was a parade of State
military organizations and Democratic
clubs through the principal streets
of the city. Governor Dix and his
predecessor In office and their secre
taries, riding in automobiles, headed
the procession.
NEWS AND VIEWS.
| A recent dispatch was sent from
! Washington City to the Baltimore
j Sun to the effect that ex-Governor
! Aycock and Governor Kitchin would
| both be candidates for the seat of
I Senator Simmons in the United
j States Senate, before the General
| Assembly of IW13. Governor Aycock
> lias denied that he expected to be a
j i andldate in terms that can not be
mistaken. But Governor Kitchin
has made no statement. It is be
lieved that he win be a candidal
I for Senator Simmons' seat and that
| a battle royal is ahead. Senator
Simmons is one of the strongest cam
paigners in the State and it is not
expected that he will yield the
place he now holds without a strong
I fight. A State primary may simpli
fy matters, still It is not yet known
I whether such a law will be passed by
I the present General Assembly or
not.
Monday marked the Inauguration of
the Postal Savings Bank system In
the United States. The last ses
sion of Congress, authorized the Post
master General to begin the sys
tem by establishing one bank in
each State and Territory. Salisbury
was the favored town of North Car
; olina and the new system was put
in operation at the Salisbury postof
fice Monday. While this Is an ex
periment with the government of the
United States, it has been in suc
cessful operation in several Euro
pean countries for many years. Great
Britain has had the system for about
forty years. Many depositors through
out the forty-eight States and Ter
ritories availed themselves of the
opportunity of placing their earnings
in the hands of Un^le Sam last Mon
day. Reports from Washington are
to the effect tha? the majority of
the deposits were made by the young
and the poor. The new system will
be watched very closely and will
have a fair trial.
The General Assembly of Ohio
opened Monday at Columbus with the
Democrats in control of both branch
es for the first time In about twen
ty years, and Judson Harmon, a Dem
ocrat, In the gubernatorial chair. In
the Senate ther? are 19 Democrats
and 15 Republics*, in the House
70 Democrats and 48 Republicans. A
Democrat will be elected to suc
ceed Senator Charles Dick In the
United States Senate.
Tcbaeeo Seed Free.
I( you want to raise tobacco this
ye^r iad have no seed, you can get
them 'r e of charge by calling on
or w It i rig to the Banner Warehouse,
or Farmers Warehouse, Smith
fi?)C' N c.
TWO DARING AVIATORS KILLED
ARCH HOXSEY AND JOHN MOIS-j
ANT DIE SAME DAY.
Treacherous Air Current* Sweep
Them to Earth, Ending Career?of
Both Men.
John B. Moisant and Arch Hoxsey,
j two of the world's most daring avia
tors, were killed Saturday. Both fell
out of the treacherous air currents
with their machines?neither from a
vast height?and Moisant's remain
ing minutes of life were so few as
, to count as naught. Hoxsey was
j killed instantly.
Moisant met his death at 9:05 a.
m., attempting to alight in a field
a few miles from New Orleans, La.
(Hoxsey, who wemt into the air ear
ly in the afternoon at Los Angeles,
lay, at 2:12 p. m., a crushed, lifeless
mass in view of tho thousands who
were watching the aviation tourna
ment.
Thus the last day of 1910 capped
the list of deaths of aviators with two
of the most illustrious of those air
men who have been writing history
of aviation in the sky of two conti
nents.
Moisant, a Chicagoan by birth, af
ter an adventurous life in Central
America, became interested in avia
t.on in France less than a year ago.
After soaring into the public recog
nition by his plucky fight from Par
Is across the English Channel to
I^ondon with a passenger, Moisant's
fearlessness and. resourcefulness were
exhibited frequently.
Finding himself without a ma- ]
chine, he purchased one from a friend
for $10,000, and within ten minutes
started on his winning flight from
Belmont park, New York, around the
Statue of Liberty, winning a prize of
$10,000.
Saturday a sudden puff of wind
caught him within 500 feet of the
earth, turned his machine over, and
a broken neck terminated his ca
reer.
Arch Hoxsey, after a year of uni
form success with the Wright aero
planes, had gained a name for dar
ing and competence in the air. On
ly within the week he had set a
new world's altitude record of 11,
474 feet, and then, to show his con
tempt for the earth, had sailed ma
jestically more than 4,000 feet above
the h'Thest mountain In California.
Saturday he ran afoul of the same
kind of boiling, treacherous wind
when some 600 feet from the earth,
and a minute later lay dead on the
ground beneath a torn bit of can
vas and some broken spars.
Both met death in almost the same
manner. Each machine was headed
for the earth, and suddenly seemed
to stop, hover in the air, then "turn
over its nose'' and dive headlong to
the earth, and to destruction.?Wash
ington Post.
Baptist Baracas Elect Officers.
Last Sunday morning In the hara
oa room at tho Baptist church after
the teaching of the lesson, the class
elected their officers for the next
six months as follows:
"President?Mr. Ira Medlin.
Vice-President?lir. Horace Easom.
Secretary-Treasurer?Mr. Carl San
ders.
Teacher?Mr. A. Vermont.
Assistant Teacher?Mr. T. J. Las
slter.
A good attendance was present and
the meeting was an enthusiastic one.
All the members of the class are
earnestly urged to be present next
Sunday morning at 9:46.
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THE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
Next Meeting to Be Held Here on
January 21st.
The next meeting of the Johnston
County Teachers' Association will
be on Saturday, January 21, 1911.
There will be a quiz on the "Primer
of Sanitation," led by the principals
of the High Schools of the County.
Teachers are requested to study this
book before the meeting.
Dr. Venable President of the
State University, is expected to be
present and deliver an addreati to
the teachers.
A. VERMONT, President.
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN SESSION
MR. W. C. DOWD, OF CHARLOTTE,
ELECTED SPEAKER.
Senator Pharr, Also of Charlotte, l?
Made President Protem of the
Senate.
The General Assembly for 1911
met Wednesday at noou. The House
was called together at noon by
Principal Clerk. T. O. Cobb. The
roll call showed 118 Representatives
present. They were sworn in by
Chief Justice Clark.
George W. Connor, of Wilson, plac
ed the name of W. C. Dowd, of Meck
lenburg, in nomination for Speaker.
The Republicans named Judge Ew
art. The vote stood Dowd, 101; Ew
art, 15. *
Mr. Dowd was the Democratic cau
cus nominee and had been nominated
unanimously the night before. There
were several candidates for Speaker,
but Dowd's was the only name pre
sented to the caucus.
T. G. Cobb, of Morganton, was re
elected Principal Clerk.
D. Scott Poole, of Cumberland, .was
made Reading Clerk.
N. D. Kinsland, of Haywood, En
grossing Clerk.
G. L. Kilpatrick, of Lenoir, Ser
geant-at-arms; D. H. James, of Hali
fax, assistant.
The Speaker named Doughton, |
Koonee, Turlington, Connor and Ew
art as Committee on Rules.
The Senate was called to order by
Lieutenant-Governor Newland at 12
o'clock. Forty-nine members an
Bwered the roll-call, the only absent
member being Senator Kltchin. of
Halifax.
Senator Pharr, of Mecklenburg,
was elected President protem of the
Senate.
Other Senate officers were elected
as follows:
W. O. Self, of Jackson, Principal
Clerk. .
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Mark Squires, of Caldwell, Reading
Cleflc.
The following Committee on Rules
was appointed: McDonald, Pharr,
Thome, Reinhart and Starbuck.
CUPID UPSETS PLANS OF BOARD.
Cupid has upset the calculations of
the city school board. Instance the
case of Miss Martha Bedford Yan
cey, teacher of the second grade in
the Elm Street School. Miss Yan
cey, 19 years old, an excellent teach
er, went to South Boston. *Va.. to
spend the Christmas holidays. There
Is every reason to believe that she
expected to return, .but while Princi
pal Johnson, of the Elm Street School
anxiously awaited her arrival yester
day, to take charge of her grade on
the opening of the school, a telegram,
dated Richmond, was delivered to
him. It read:
"Married in Washington today.
Will not return. Martha Yancey Pay
lor. >'
Miss Maggett, a friend of Miss Yan
cey, also received a telegram, dated
in Richmond. It said:
"Lonnie and I married in Washing
ton today. Express trunk to Smith
field, N. C. Letters follow."
The happy man in the case is Mr.
Lonnie Paylor, of Smithfield, N. C.,
a representative of the American To
bacco Company. He was in Ports
mouth to see Miss Yancey on Thanks
giving Day, and It Is understood that
he tried to get her to marry him
then. Furthermore, it Is supposed
that she was almost persuaded, but
changed her mind. The couple left
together on tl>e Washington steam
er, but got off at Old Point aad re
turned home by trolley. Miss Yancey
told her friends, tt Is understood,
that they thought Ahey were taking
the C. A /O. steamer for a little run
to Newport News and return, but
got on: the Washington boat by mis
take. The same friends are smiling
over the Incident, now that Cupid
and the fond Mr. Paylor have con
quered.
Miss Yancey, that was, la highly
connected. She has a married sis
ter in Washington, with whom she
spent last summer on the coast of
Maine. She has a brother engaged
In the practice of law in New York
City and another brother Is a^ stu
dent at tha V. P. I.?Portsmouth Cor.
Norfolk Landmark.
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THE WEEK'S NEWS IN SELMA
LITTLE MISS FRANCES GREEN
ENTERTAINS FRIENDS.
Waddell Brothers Building New Shop.
Local and Personal Items of
Interest.
Selma, Jan. 4?Dr. Pope, of Edisto
Island, S. C., spent the holidays with
his little daughter. Miss Rosa Rich
ardson Pope, who lires with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Richardson.
[ Mr. A. M. Nobla, of Smithfield,
spent Sunday here.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger J. Richard
son left for Birmingham, Ala., last
Saturday.
Messrs. J. A. Spiers and YV. H.
Call and Dr. R. J. Noble attended
the ceremonial session of Oasis
Temple Ancient and Arabic Order
, o* the Mystic Shrine, at Charlotte.
IN. C., last week, where Mr. Call
was duly initiated into the myster
ies thereof. Dr. Noble had the
32nd degree conferred on him while
at Charlotte.
Mr. L. H. Allred left for Raleigh
Tuesday to be present at the open
session of the legislature of which'
he is a member. Johnston is well
represented at this session.
Mrs. W. L. Speight, of Tarboro,
has returned home after a visit to
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. C.
Winston.
Messrs. Waddell are having a Re
pair shop and Blacksmith shop erect
ed on Raiford street. They expect
to be ready for business in about
two weeks.
One of the most pleasant fea
tures of the holiday season for the
"little folks," was the "At Home,"
given by little Miss Frances Green,
to her young friends, on Thursday af
ternoon, December 29th, from 3 to
5 o'clock.
The guests were received at the
front door by little Miss Frances,
and ushered into the parlor, where
the interesting game of "drop-the
handkerchief" was played until ev
ery guest had arrived.
Then the new game of "Buster
Brown." was entered Into with much
enthusiasm on the part of all pres
ent. Bach child was blind-folded and
told to pin "Buster's" neck-tie Iff
the correct place. Master James
Spiers coming nearest the mark, won
the prize?a beautiful box of Choco
late bon-bons.
The guests were then served with
delicious refreshments by Mrs.
Green and Miss Marjorie Debnam.
Those who enjoyed the hospitality
of little Miss Green were: Miriam
Lee and Elizabeth Denton, of Ral
eigh; La Una Mosley, of Kinston;
James and Harry Spiers, Margaret
and Grace Carolyn Wood, Marjorie,
Alta, and Hector Debnam, Grace
Rector, Stella Etheredge, Rosa R.
Pope and Robert P. Noble, Jr.
JOSEPH M. MOREHEAD PASSES.
Distinguished Greensboro Citizen,
Answers Death's Summons?Court
Adjourns Out of Respect to His
Memory.
Greensboro Jan. 2.?Maj. Joseph
I M. Morehead, president of the Guil
ford Battle Grosnd and a member'of
the distinguished family of that
name, died here yesterday morning at
6 o'clock, following an illness of
several weeks. The funeral was
held at the First Presbyterian church
to-day at 4 o'clock, conducted by the
pastor' and interment followed In
Green Hill cemetery. The Guilford
court adjourned this morning soon
after convening out of respect to the
memory of Major Morehead, who in
his youth practiced law at the
Greensboro bar. He was 70 years
of age and is survived by his wife
and one son, James T. Morehead, Jr.,
ol this city.
Mr. John C. Hood Is spending sev
eral days this week in Klnston.
Senator Barbour Is taking a high
stand already In the Legislature. He
has been assigned to the following
committees: Appropriations, Revisal
of Judiciary No. 2, Mining, Education,
Institution for the Blind. Corpora
tion* and Chairman of Senate Expen
diture*.
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SAD STORY OF AN UNLOADED GUN
ARTHUR McLAMB AGED ELEVEN
KILLS HIS BROTHER.
Taking a Gun Which Was Supposed
To Be Unloaded Fired With Fa
tal Result*.
Benson. Dec. 31.?News reached
here tonight of the accidental killing
of Carson McLamb, a nine-year-old
boy, by his brother. Arthur McLamb,
&ged eleven, at the home of their
father. Ira McLamb, a prominent ,
farmer, who lives near Raynor
Mills, three miles south of Benson.
It seems that an "unloaded" gun
was left In the house by Ben Mc
Lamb, a brother of the stepmother
of the young boys, who worked with
the family. The father, Ira McLamb,
hod gone to Giles" Mills, in Samp
son county, and, their mother being
dead, there was no one at homo ex
cept the young boys and their step
mother. After Ben McLamb had
left the home for his work, Arthur
thinking the gun was unloaded, took
down, examined it, and, taking
aim at his brother, said: "Carson.
I'm going to kill you." Carson turn
ing to look at his brother just as
the gun wont off, received the en
tire load In his head, which entered
at the corner of the left eye and
completely took off the back of
the head: Death resulted almost in
stantly.
Later reports say that Arthur ia
completely prostrated with grief ov
er the killing of his young brdther,
and has attempted to take his own
life.
CENSUS OF CAROLINA CITIES.
Rocky Mount and Durham Mad?
Largest Gains?Increase of Pop
ulation Shown In Rural District.
Washington, Jan. 4.?North Caro
lina's population did not show the
same tendency of drifting from rural
districts to the cities during the last
ten years as was the case in many
other States.
Announcement to-day by the Di
rector of the Census of the popula
tion figures as enumerated In the
thirteenth census of cities and towns
In North Carolina hvaing a popula
tion *ln excess of 5,000 indicates that
slightly over 25 per cent., of the
State's total increase In population
s',477 inhabitants?was contributed
by these cities and towns. The ru
ral districts furnished 239,391 . or
about 73 per cent, of the increase, as
compared with the 83,106 increase in
the cities.
Eight municipalities increased in
population from below 5,000 to totals
above that number. The Thirteenth
census statistics show twenty such
cities and towns in North Carolina
In 1910 compared with twelve in 1900.
Not a single loss in population was
recorded in these places during the
ten years.
In point of increase in population
Rocky Mount holds first place with
a 274 per cent Increase. Durham
follows closely behind with 273 per
cent., and High Point shows a 228
per cent gain.
The largest cities rank as follows
In percentage of increase:
Charlotte 88.0 per cent, Greens
boro 58.3 per cent.; Raleigh 40.8 per
cent.; Ashevllle 27.6 per cent., and
Wilmington 22.7 per cent.
A NEW LIVERY BUSINESS.
Parriih & MaKler Recently Opened
In the Fuller Comer.
Messrs. D. W. Parrlsh and J. E.
Mahler have recently had the old
Dispensary Building on the Fuller
corner fitted up for a livery stable
and are now running a first-class liv
ery business. It Is their purpose to
give the travelling public the very
best service possible.
In additional to the livery busi
ness they are also carrying a large
line of up-to-date and popular make
of buggies, having Just received two
car loads.
The Herald wishes the new firm
much success and boapealcs for thetn
a liberal share of the public's patron
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