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Jlmttljfidb ffcfalib. VQ1 29 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1911 Number 49 ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. EDUCATION GOOD ROADS GOOD HEALTH PROGRESS FIVE CENTS PER COPY BUBONIC PLAGUE IN SIBERIA TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE DIE IN TWO DAYS. Eight Thousand Russian Railroad Workmen on Eastern China Line Refuse to Labor Beside Natives And Strike. Troops Necessary to Pruarve Order. Harbin, Manchuria, Jan. 29.?Add ed to the horrors of the plague 8, 000 Russian workmen on the Eas tern Chinese Railway, fearing the disease, have gone on strike because the administration refused to dis miss 1,500 Chinese laborers and pro vide passes to enable the families of the Russians to return to their own j country. The strikers have been paid off, and will, with their families, be evicted from their dwellings. Troops have been called out and ba.ve been stationed all along the line to protect the Chinese. Eight thousand Russian workmen without homes and with lnflnltiesl Dial resources are like\y to prove A source of grave danger, and it is probable that additional troops will have to be provided before long. There has been no let-up In the spread of the plague. During the last forty-eight hours forty deaths were reported in Harbin alone, and i probably there were many others | that were not reported. In the j game period 150 Chinese died in Fudz jadian, a suburb of the city. FOR BETTER STATE BUILDING. The Smithfield Chamber of Commerce Endorses the Bill Introduced by Hon. Ashley Home. At a meeting of the Smithfield ' Chamber of Commerce, held last Tuesday night, the following resolu tions endorsing the Horne-Boyden Pill for the erection of a suitable State Building in the city of Ral eigh: ( Whereas, it appears to be an ao tolute necessity that the State of North Carolina have larger buildings and more room for its State offices, and Whereas, it appears that the State Is now paying out a considerable sum Of money as rents for room to store away and care for valuable S ate j Records, and Whereas, it further appears that the Hon. Ashley Home has Intro- i duced In the House of Representa tives and the Hon. A. H. Boyden in j the Senate, a bill which has for Its ' purpose the erection, in the city of Raleigh, a commodious administration building commensurate with the bull- ' dings of the State. Now, therefore be It resolved by the Chamber of Commerce of Smith ; field, N. C., In session held in its J rooms February 2nd, 1911, that we 1 heartily endorse the bills of Messrs. Home and Boyden and recommend the same to th^ Legislature as a wise movement on the part of these gentlemen. Resolved further, that a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to Hon. Ashley Home and a copy to Hon. A. H. Boyden and a copy be gent to the News and Observer. Death of Mrs. Griswold. Mr. Emma Griswold, aged 52 years, died at her home near Antioch Bap tist church, Johnston County, Janu ary 19, 1911, after a short illness of pneumonia. For 35 years she had been a devoted member of Antioch Baptist church. She embodied in her life and character the noblest that there is in womanhood. Her Amiable disposition, her gentle and tender manner, her love for the right and faithfulness to duty won for her a large place in the life of her community. She lived a consistent, consecrated life. She loved the Lord an?' His work, and her life bore quiet, though effective testimony to her faith in her Master. A husband and six children and a host of friends mourn her death. ''Like a dove to the ark. Thou hast flown to thy rest, From the wild sea of strife, To the home of the blest.'' A FRIEND. Virtue is bold, ind goodness never fearful.?Shakespeare. Children are earthly idols that hold ua from the stars.?Douglass Jerrold. TO CREATE COUNTY OF RANSOM. The Bill Provides for an Election In Affected Territory. Senator Hawkins yesterday intro duced a bill to establish and organize the county of Ransom to be taken out of parts of Wake. Johnston. Nash, Wilson and Franklin counties, provided, however, that the qualified voters of the territory thus affected shall vote for the establishment of such county. The question of what shall be the county seat is also to be left to the vote of the residents. The three points mentioned for the honor are Middlesex in Nash, and Zebulon and Wendell in Wake. The bill also provides that Messrs. Claude B. Barbee, of Wake; B. W. Ballard, of Franklin; M. C. Win ston, of Johnston; Thomas M. Wash- i ington, of Wilson; N. B. Finch, of Nash; G. M. Bell and R. B. Whit ley, of Ransom, shall constitute a board of arbitrators to say what, proportion of the indebtedness of the old counties shall be assumed in , case of the erection of Ransom. SMITHFIELD'S NEW LAW FIRM. Messrs. J. D. Parker and Claude W. Smith have formed a co-partner ship for the practice of the law. Both are well known citizens of John ston and need no inrtoduction at our hands. Mr. Smith is a son of the late Maj. Wm. A. Smith who, at one time, represented this district in Congress. Mr. Smith represented this County in the General Assem bly one term, being elected to the House by the Democra's by a large majority. He has been a lawyer for several years and for a time was con nected with the legal department or the North Carolina and the Sou thern Railway, which together with his extended business experience, has well qualified him tor the general practice of the law. Mr. Parker has been practicing law here for about ten years, a part of this time serving as postmaster of Smithfield. As postmaster he was popular and courteous at all times. Mr. Parker's experience as a practi tliioncr, together with his Univer^ sity training, adds to the strength of the new firm. Mr. Parker, unlike Mr. Smith, is a Republican. The business of the new firm, however, is law practice, and The Herald together with their friends in all sections of the county wish them much success. They will occupy the office on Second street now occupied by Mr. Parker. Pou Not a Candidate. We clip the following from Tom Spence's Washington letter in yes terday's News and Observer: The Washington Star this afternoon published the following: "Representative Pou, of North Car olina, who, it has been practically de cided would be the chairman of the House committee in the District of Columbia in the sixty-second Con gress, announced to-day that he was no longer a candidate for that office. It is said that Mr. Pou had the prom ise of one of the places on the Com mittee on Rules. "His announcement to-day is taken as an indication that he received as surances of support of the Rules committee or some other place that , he especially desired." Good Roads Work in Elevation. The people living on the Hunter Road in Elevation township, are In earnest about having better roads. Last Friay they held a meeting at the school house near Mr. J. Hen ry Smith's and organized for work. Before the organization Mr. W. P. Fallis, one of the road engineers employed by the State, and Mr. Jag. A. Wellons, of Smithfield, made talks along practical lines on road bull ding. At the close of the speaking the following committee was named to have charge of the road work: M. P. Lassiter, chairman, S. A. Lassiter, J. H. Smith, W. H. Flow ers, Rufus Coats, D. A. Lassiter and B. A. Coats. The plan of these people is, to all living on and adjacent to the road, i to give so manydays each to the work of building a better road. This is a good plan and one that will sure ly help to get a better road. HOKE COUNTY PASSES SENATE BILL FOR CONSTITUTIONAL CON VENTION DEFEATED. Doughton Led Fight Against Mea sure. Turlington Speaks for Bill. Kellum Wants New Hannover to Have Local Option. Raleigh, N. C.. Feb. 1?A large number cf petitions were presented in both the Senate and the House to-day, from counties in every part of the State for State-wide legisla tion against near-beeij and prohibit ing the handling of intoxicants by cl'il>3 for members, also petitions camj from Rutherford and Cleveland counties to make the possession of more than a quart of liquor by any citizen in these counites a misde meanor. ? A bill by Kellum, of New Hanover county, seeks to allow Wilmington to vote local option on petition of citizens to city council. This bill is drawn with State-wide machinery but a final clause limits it to New Hanover county. It allows a vote on saloons 30 per cent of the voters petition. Strict saloon regulations are prescribed and the license tax Is a thousand dollars each for city and State, any violation of regulations to forfeit license and bond. The Senate voted 20 to 8 for pass age of the bill creating Hoke county out of portions of Cumberland and Robeson and it was ordered sent to the Hotte without engrossment. An anundinert offered by Senator Cobb, of llobtton, had been voted down the amendment providing for a change of boundary of Hoke so as to include Lumber Bridge and Red Springs townships. S< l ator Martin, of Buncombe, of fered a joint resolution thanking the Stale of Nevada for refusing to ac ce >t as a gift the repudiated bonds of North Carolina. The Stubbs bill to call a constitu tional convention for a revision of the North Carolina Constitution was defeated in the House tonight 22 to 6a after a two hour's argument, op ened by Doughton, of Alleghany. against the convention and Turling ton of Iredell for it. Stubbs, of Vertin, author of the bill, closed with a spirited speech for the con vention. Other speakers were Battle, cf Wake, against the convention; W:"'iams, of Buncombe, for and Ro beits, of Buncombe, against the con vea'lon. RAiLROAD MEN OPPOSE BILL. Hearing on Baggett Bill Draws Strong Argument!. Raleigh, Jan. 31.?The joint com mittee on railroads devoted two hours th1.; afternoon to hearing argument for and against the Baggett bill pend ing in the senate and designed to require railroads to pull mileage on trains, and that railroads that refuse to do this shall not charge more than 2 cents per mile passenger fares. Senator Baggett advocated the pas sage of the bill. The principal arguments against it were made by Assistant General Counsel George B. Elliot, of the Atlantic Coast Line; General Pas senger Traffic Manager S. M.'Hard wick, of the Southern railway, they covering the whole scope of mileage ticket systems. The committee de cided to resume the hearing Thurs day afternoon, when both sides are expected to have additional speak ers. Eight Passengers Fly In Bleriot. Pau, France, Feb. 2.?Eight pas sengers, with a combined weight ?f 1,112 pounds, flew today in a four seated Bleriot monoplane over the Pau Aerodome. This establishes a new record for the number of pas sengers. The monoplane was piloted by Le Martin. To-day's flight broke the passen ger-carrying record made a week ago by Roger Sommer, who flew with five passengers besides himself from Douzy to Romily and return, thirteen miles. Representative Edward Pou, of North Carolina, who Is slated for the chairmanship of the District of Columbia committee Is to be op posed by Representative Johnson of Kentucky, who now holds a position on this committee.?Washington Cor respondence, Charlotte Chronicle. G03D ROADS MASS MEETING DR. JOSEPH HYDE PRATT TO SPEAK HERE MONDAY. The Peopl of all Sections of the County are Expected to be Here And Take P;rt in the Meeting. Help Us to Pan For Better Roads. In accordance with the call Issued in the last issue of The Herald ther? will be a massineeting of th" citizens vi Johnston County held in RmiihfU'id next Monday, February C. at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of considering the question of better roads. | It is the plan of some who are in terested in the move to forma John j ston County Good Roads Association i and elect a president, a vice presi dent, a secretary and a treasurer anil name an executive committee. But this Is only a suggestion and the matter will be left with the peo ple here next Monday. Mr. James A. Wellons, President of .the Smithfleld Chamber of Commerce, has arranged to have with us on that occasion Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist and Secretary of the North Carolina Good Roads Associa tion, who will address the citizens on *hls important subject. Dr. Pratt is very enthus'astlc on the roads question and is considered the lead er of the good roads movement in the State. Our Senator, Hon. O. A. Barbour, and our Representatives, Col. Ash ley Home and Hon. L. H. Allred, have promised to be here if they can possibly attend. We are expecting a large crowd if the weather is favorable. Let ev t ry man who is Interested in see ing better roads for Johnston Coun ty, be on hand and take part in the in* etlng. NEW PRESIDING ELDER NAMED. Rev. Jno. H. Hall Appointed to Suc ceed Mr. Cuninggim. News was received in Raleigh yes terday that Bishop Hendrix had ap pointed Rev. John H. Hall, Methodist pastor at Kinston, to succeed the late Elder of the Raleigh District Metho dist church. Mr. Ouninggim died shortly after entering upon his dut ies. The Bishop has appointed Rev. F. S. Love to succeed Mr. Hall as pastor of the Methodist church at Kinston, and has named Rev. T. J. Daily as Methodist pastor at Zebu Ion. Mr. Hall is one of the most popu lar lenders among the Methodist min isters of the State and has held a number of its best appointments. He was for four years Presiding Elder | In the Elizabeth City District and went from that work to become pas tor of the Methodist chursh at Kins ton, one of the best appointments in ! his church. He expects to move to Rali-igh and occupy the parsonage in a few days, and will enter upon his duties, beginning by holding quarter ly conference at Youngsville on Feb ruary 4th and 5th.?News and Obser ver. FOUND BODY OF EDITOR. Georgian, Missing Since November, is Found Dead Near Hamlet. Hamlet, N. C., January 31.?The bcdy of Editor Jas. A. Cromartie, of Spartan, Ga., who disappeared from the hotel here November 9th, last, was found this afternoon in a swamp three miles from Hamlet. Hi? per sonal possessions, including a con siderable sum of money, were intact, and there was no evidence of foul piay, but how he met death and how long he has been dead have not been ascertained. Cromartie was on his way to visit relatives at Clar?c ton, In Bladen county, and stopped over here to change cars. He dis appeared during the night and though j his three sons scoured this section I fo- a month, no trace of his move ! ments could be found. Identifica tion was fully established by a rela t??e. Carnegie Gives Big Sum to Birth place'. London, Jan. 31.?A gift of $1.* 250.000 from Andrew Carnegie ta the town of Dunfermline, in Scotland, was announced to-day. Dunfermline is Carnegie's birthplace. NEAR BEER BILL PASSED HOUSE State Prohibition Will Now be Giv en a Fair Chance. After a session of nearly three hours, the Mouse of Representatives Rave near beer a knockout blow last night, passing the Kent bill, with three amendments, by an almost unanimous vote. On the second read ing the vote was 93 to G for the bill. A motion was made byMr.Kellum, of New Hanover, to extend the time when the bill shall go into effect from March 1st to June 1st, as the licenses of the near-beer dealers expire on May 31st. This amendment was adopted and hte bill passed its third reading.?News and Observer, 3. BENSON NEWS. Benson, Feby. 2. 1911?Mr. Bradley Johnson, of Kmporia. Va.. is in town to-day on business. Miss May Baucom, of Dunn, is spending the week at the home of Mrs. J. VV. Whittenton. Mrs. E. L. Hall, of Fayetteville, is visiting her daughter, Jewel Hall, this week. Mr. H. I. Dassiter, of Spilona sec tion, was in town Monday. Miss Nellie Barbour, of Smithfield, spent several days last week and the first of this week at the home of Miss Bessie Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McLamb and wife visited at the home of Mr. Vick Austin, near Clayton, Sunday and Monday. Darius Duncan, of Raleigh, visit ed his mother, Mrs. S. J. Duncan, Sunday and Monday. He returned the first of the week accompanied by his sister, Miss Willie Duncan. Mr. J. F. L?e and wife spent Sat urday at the home of Mrs. Sarah Bar bour, Mrs. J. F. Lee's mother, who lives near Clayton. Milton Massengill. traveling sales man for the Watt?r & Martin Hdw. Co., of Norfolk, spent Monday night here. Representative Zeb Turlington, and his wife, of Iredell County, were in town Sunday and Monday. Mr. Tur lington returned to Raleigh Monday morning to take up his duties in the legislature and Mrs. Turlington spent Monday and Tuesday at the home of Mr. J. D. Morgan, near Benson. Mr. 3. D. Stone has purchased the residence of J. W. Benson, on Church Street and will move his family there in the near future. The con sideration paid was $2,600.00. | Messrs. E. F. Moore, I. O. Farmer an<* W. O. Woodall went to Fayette ville Friday evening to hear Crea tore band. We regret to note that, the resi dence and all the barns of Mr. Wm. Jernigan, who lives four miles eait of Benson, were totally destroyed by fire Sunday night. There was no insurance on the building or ou thous es all of which wero lost. Mr. J. VV. Ryals, who has long been a member of the firm of Holmes & !| Ryals market, of of this place, has I sold out his Interest to his part j ner, Jesse B. Holmes. Miss Pearl Hudson, of near Newton ' Grove, was in town Tuesday night, the guest of Miss Louise Carroll. Miss Hudson was on her way to Meredith College. The Benson Drug Company has moved its stock of goods to the new brick building on Railroad and Main streets. The firm of Stevens & Hobbs will move their stock to the building formerly occupied by the Drug Company. Let every one attend the Mass j meeting to be held at Smithfield, j Monday, February 6th, at 12 M., for the purpose of talking over the road question In Johnston County, so that some action may be taken by our representatives In the General As sembly of North Carolina. j Mrs. Sallle Puttnam, wife of P. A. Puttnam, died at her home in Ben son this morning. She had been in poor health lor some time and her death was'not unexpected. She was a daughter of Mr. David Wal lace of near Shelby, Cleveland coun ty, and was a consistent member of the Baptist church. Her remains will be laid away . tomorrow at the Benson cemetery. Mrs. Puttnam leaves surviving her a husband and three children who live ? here, and several kinspeople In i Cleveland county. > In one month a caterpillar will eat 6000 times ltB own weight in food. DR. FOTEAT SPOKE HERE SUNDAY THE PROGRAM OF JESUS THE MORNING SUBJECT. At the Evening Service the Sub ject Was "Religion" and Both Ad dresses Were Listened to by Large Audiences. One of the State's leading educa tors occupied the pulpit at the Bap tist church lit t Sunday morning and night?Dr. William Louis Poteat. Smithfield veople showed their ap preciation of Dr. Poteat by giving him a large audience at both ser vice?. His subject for the morning ad dress might be termed "The Pro gram of JtsUK." After stating that the object of his coming was to help Christian people to better un derstand their true relationship and duty, Dr. Poteat undertook to show definitely just what kind of a civili zation there would be on the earth when the will of Christ and the ideals of the gospel should be worked out in human life. He showed that Chris tianity has to deal directly with the social order, and that the only way to correct present evils is to develop a strong Christian senti ment which would demand a cleaa go\ernment, worthy and efficient of ficials and a relationship between man and man in keeping with the teachings of Jesus. In speaking of the methods of Jesus, he used the parable of the leaven with telling effect, showing that it is through tte righteousness of each individual that the whole social order should become lighteous. H-j dosed with a strong appeal to everybody to link their lives on to Jesus Christ, to use their time and ta'ents in developing in themselves a<-i* in their communiites tha' high type of life found only in the gos pel of Jesus Christ. Any attempt to outline this ad dress must necessarily meet with failure. The unique personality of the speaker, his wonderful descrip tive power and apt illustrations ad ded to the beauty of the discourse. A' the evening service Dr. Po teat used as a basis (or his address the familiar words found in the Epis tle of James, first chapter and 27th verse: "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this. To visit the fatherless and' widows in their aftliction, and to keep him sel' unspotted from the world." The speaker undertook to show what religion is. He used many fine illusrtations and made a mag nificent address. He proved that one does not have to understand all things to be religious, that no one understands everything, but that the exercise of faith is the one needful thing. He spoke of how the specu lative side of religion was respon sible for the perplfX'tSns of life, and brought abort d.mttr and mis givings. He spoke of the new or der of philosophy that found a con flic' between religion and science, but that a clearer understanding of these things only served to show that there was no conflict but that a'U worked In harmony. His address of the evening, like that of the morning, was a fine one afd held the closest attention of an intelligent audience. Our people were glad to have Dr Potvat wVh us and hope that he will soon favor us in like manner agaiu. As President of Wake Forest Col lege, as teacher, educator and lead er, Dr. Poteat has shown himself to be a great force In this State. TO AMEND CONSTITUTION. Graham Wants Better Pay for State Legislators. Raleigh, Jan. 31.?A bill inrtoduced by Senator Graham, of Orange, to-day would amend the state constitution so as to Increase the compensation of members of the general assembly to $300 Instead of $240, and If an ex tra session Is held, pay them $100 each for it. The presiding officers are to receive $10 per day. Senator Graham says the high cost of living makes It Impossible to serve In the 'eglslature without personal financial loss and that the people ought not to expect their lawmakers to make up the deficit of necessary expense. 1 Sixty-four out of every 1,000,000 of the world's Inhabitant* are blind.
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