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?flj)t Jlefalb. _ . _ ?. ? ? ? . . , ?1 * VOL. 30 SM1THF1ELD. N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1911 Number 2 ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. EDUCATION GOOD EOADS GOOD HEALTH PROGRESS- FIVE CENTS PER OOPT. SHORT SESSION ENDED SATURDAY Two Important Bills Fail To Pass WILL MEET AGAIN APRIL FOURTH Taft Promptly Calls *or Reconvening When Reciprocity and Tariff Board Measures Fail to Be Enacted. Bai ley's Resignation Heighthens Ex citement.?Turbulent Scenes Mark Closing Day. The Sixty-first Congress expired at noon yesterday amid exciting scenes and circumstances unparallel ed in recent years. All the appropriation bills * got through, but Canadian deciprocity and the tariff commission bill failed. President Taft, at the Capitol, sign ed scores of bills which had emerged triumphantly from the grueling clos ing grind, returned to the White House, and made good his promise to call an extra session. A procla mation calling the Sixty-second Con gress to special duty on April 4 was issued with exceeding promptness. The President expects it to pass up on his tariff agreement with Canada ?a task which the expiring Congress refused to perform. In the midst of unusually exciting adjournment episodes, in which were filibusters galore and scenes border ing on a riot in the House, Joseph Weldon Bailey, of Texas, added to the general sensations of the hour by resigning from the United States Sen ate, although he reconsidered his {ict later in the day. Bailey Caus^ Sensation. The Bailey pronunciamento came near overshadowing entirely ri'iij other incidents conta;ning thrills, from the savage effort of Sen ator Owen to secure statehood for two territories to the standing pat of President Taft. Thoroughly pi?| ue I and angered over the attitude ot his colleagues in abandoning a K"n tienien's agreement" as to the Ari zona constitution and voting to ad mit that territory to statehood with New Mexico, the famous Texan wir ed his resignation to the governor of his State, and also placed it in the hands of the Vice President. Interest in an impromptu Cabinet meeting in the President's Room, following the latter's signature of the bills, and called for the purpose of determining the date of the extra session, was diverted by the state ment communicated from man to man lr the lobbies like an electric cur rent: "Bailey has resigned!" Animated discussion of this hap pening was still rife when, an hour later, the proclamation for the ex tra session went forth from the White House to accomplish its annihilation of doubting Thomases and assert the fact that Canadian reciprocity was by no means dead as far as the Pres ident was concerned. Filibusters Threaten. A filibuster by Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, which began ill the weary hours of the night before, threatened to defeat two of the appropriation bills. The clock was set back twen ty-fire minutes in order to straighten out the tangle and rush them through. Over In the House another filibus ter, conducted against the tariff com missi' n bill, tied up legislation until jiea# the hour which would mark the death of the Congress. The hands 0/ the House clock were turned back a full forty-five minutes. The filibuster by the Democrats there was successful. The Republicans were forced to abandon the tariff commission bill. The incidents surrounding the win ning fight of the House Democrats were exciting in the extreme. Parlia mentary tangles bred confusion and misunderstandings stirred up anger. The sergeant-at-arms with his mace prew to be a common figure in the aisles. Members of the House were on the rerge of fist fights on two o?- three occasions, and one represen tative, Johnson, of Kentucky, went so far as to announce that he would to fight the Speaker If he "wem't so old The Speaker retort ed that he had never shielded him self behind his age yet, and smiling ly Invited the Kentuckian to "lay on | MacDuff." Farewell for Cannon. At a quarter to twelve, in the midst of a roll call. Representative Payne officiated at the giving up of the tariff commission bill ghost. The customary adjournment scenes fol- ; lowed. "Uncle Joe" Cannon made a most impressive farewell speech. When he banged the desk with his gavel for the last, time as Speak er, a cheer arose, and the combined choir of lame ducks and happy hold overs gathered in the pit and ^ang. It was a more sober leave-taking in the Senate?even strained?for un healed wounds of battle there were many. Senator Owen, smarting un der the collapse of his Statehood coup; Senator Scott, keen in disap-1 pointment over an elevenht-hour fail ure of the general service pension bill; Senator Bailey, of Texas, fur-j ious, and determined to leave the Senate, and Senator Gore ,of Oklaho ma, stung by a ruling of the chair ^ which had abruptly swept him from his feet as he rose to move the con sideration of the reciprocity bill, were a few of several Senators who ' got tangled up in the furiously grind ing legislative wheels as they turn ed out delayed business. Neverthe-1 less, to most of the spectators in the jammed galleries it was the custo- , 1 mary formal ending. Vice President Sherman was praised and thanked by , a resolution passed by the Senate | while he momentarily left the chair. With the closing words of an appre ciative and cordial spech, he rapped sine die adjournment.?Washington Herald, March 5th. FOUR OAKS COMMENCEMENT. Exercises Formally Begin Sun day. Several Interesting Features. ?Fine Meeting at Methodist Church. Four Oaks. Mar. fl.-The comment-j ! meiit ere-H?-s will he formally open-; P-\ in the Methodic church on Sun-j day morning at 11 o'clock. On Monday evening at 8, in the main auditorium of the building, the , commencement exercises will begin., IA splendid programme has been av ??anged ty the faculty and the exer- ( | cises will doubtless be of a very in- ^ I teresting nature. I The Primary department under the j supervision of Miss Mary Justice, will render in splendid manner, The Gypsies' Festival." The Second,! Third Fourth and Fifth Grades, as well as the Sixth and Seventh, will i be represented In the other very In- ^ teresting numbers. On Tuesday morning, a very in- j teresting day programme has been! ! arranged, including hurdles, broad-1 jumps, three-legged race, potato race, j etc. The Jr. O. U. A. M. will as sist In the exercises of the day and it is hoped that Superintendent Joy ner, as well a Superintendent Royall. will be present to make addresses. In the afternoon the Alpha Literary Society will have its programme of Oratory, Declamation and Debate. Eighteen of the Society's ablest members will compete for the prizes. The question to be debated is, Ke solved, "That woman should have the right to Suffrage." Two of the I young ladles of the society will de bate Miss Nan nines and Mr. El bert Johnson, Jr., will represent the affirmative; Miss Lydla V. Temple and Mr Roy Keen will defend the | negative. In the evening the concluding ex ercises will probably be its most in teresting. The play entitled, "The Sweet Girl Graduate," will doubt less be the best thing of its kind ever attempted in this vicinity. The more advanced students of the school will compose the caste. Miss Mary Barbour will play Maude, the sweet girl graduate, around whom so much humor and pathos are centered. Her beau, Jack, will be Mr. Roy Keen Other interesting features, together with the Kenly Brass Band, will pre sent the best programme of its kind ever offered in FoW Oaks. The public is cordially invited to be present at all exercises of the commencement. The revival at the Methodist church closed Tuesday evening, with the addition of 24 new members, and several others made professions. Rev. and Mrs. Glenn returned to their home in Greensboro, Wdenesday af ternoon. The meeting has been the beat, ky far. of any ever held | here. RULES COMMITTEE FORMALLY CHOSEN Congressman Pou To Be One Of These R.L. HENRY OF TEXAS CHAIRMAN There Are Seven Democrats on Com mittee While the Republicans Will Name Four. On Account of Length of Service Mr. Pou Ranks Num ber Two on This, One of the Great est Committees in the House. Washington, March 6.?The rules committee, one of the most powerful of the house committees of' the Six ty-second Congress, with Representa tive Robert L. Henry, of Waco, Tex., at its head, was formally created by the new house ways and means com mittee at its first meeting today. The following were announced as the sev en Democratic members of the com mittee: Robert Lee Henry, Texas; Edward W. Pou, Smithfield, N. C.; Thomas W Hard wick, Sandersville, Ga.; Au gustus O. Stanley, Henderson, Ky.; Finis J. Garrett, Dresden, Tenn.; Mar tin D. Foster, Olney, 111., and Mat thew R. Denver, Wilmington, O. The committee will consist of 11 members. The four Republican mem bers will be chosen by the Republi cans later, along with the other Re publican personnel of the committees of the new house. The ways and means committee, which is charged under caucus dictum with the func tion of selecting the committees, is not employed to name the chairman, but it recommended to the new rules committee that it elect Mr. Henry as chairman, which is tantamount to designation at this time. The members of the rules commit tee were named in the order of their seniority of service. Messrs. Hard wick and Stanley have served in Con gress the same period, and the ser vice of Messrs. Foster and Denver has been identical, and to choose the priority of rank of these, in each case the members of the ways and means committee drew lots resulting in the order given. Chairman Henry has been elected to efght Congresses, was once mayor of Texarkana and as sistant attorney-general of Texas, and has performed notable service on the horse judiciary committee. Recorder's Court for Johnston. ?? The General Assembly just ad journed, passed a bill establishing a Recorder's Court for Johnston Coun ty, with jurisdiction of all criminal offences committed in Johnston Coun ty below the grade of a felony And all larceny and receiving cases where the valuation of the property does Hot exceed twenty dollars. Also, said court has jurisdiction of all civil ac tions growing out of contract to an nmount not exceeding five hundred dollars, and two hundred dollars in j tort. All jus tic 38 of the peace and may ors are required to bind over to the Recorder's Court all criminal cases j tried by them, in which they have I not final jurisdiction, where probable ; cause is found, except cases of fel i onies, other than larceny and re ! ceiving cases where the valuation of property is twenty dollars or less. The court will be held in Smithfield each and every Tuesday morning? all cases to be sent up to first sit ting of court after trial of case by committing magistrates and mayors. Mr. F. H. Brooks, of Smithfield, is named in the bill as Recorder for the term ending December 1, 1912. His successor will be elected at the general election In November, 1912. The Clerk of the Superior Court, Mr. W. S. Stevens, is appointed Clerk of the Recorder's Court, and will receive the same fees as he now receives in Superior Court oases. The salary of the Recorder Is to be fixed by the County Commission ers, but shall not be less than one thousand dollars per annum. The first session of this court will be held on Tuesday after the first Monday In April. We are requested to announce that Elder W. A. Simpkins will preach at Little Creek Primitive Baptist church, th? second Sunday In March, at 11 o'eloek. FEARFUL WORK OF THE FLAMES r Many Lose Lives in Hotel f c Fires and Theatres t . t NINETY DIE IN RUSSIAN FIRE < a In One Case Two Babies In Their j Cradle Are Victims of Popping fire ' ?Hotel at Lakeview Burns and ' Two Guests Lose Lives. I r Several fearful tragedies have re sulted from fire within the last few j days. Lives have been lost and j much property has been destroyed ( and untold grief has filled many hearts because of the direful results of uncontrolled flames. The follow ing stories tell only in part what fires have done for the last few days. Twin Babies Lost Lives. Spartanburg, S. C., Mar. 4.?While asleep in their cradle Friday night, \ Reginald and Florence McDowell, age eight months, twin brother and sis- ' ter, were both so badly burned that ' both have since died. Their moth er, Mrs. W. P. McDowell, left the I children asleep in a room and it is }' supposed a coal popped from the fire j' onto the bed and ignited the cloth- [' ing of the children. On returning to j the room, Mrs. McDowell was horri fied to find that the clothing of the children was ablaze. In her efforts to extinguish the flames, Mrs Mc Dowell was seriously burned about the head and shoulders. Lorence died soon after the being burned, while ( death did not end the sufferings of . her twin brother until this morning. At New Prospect Ihis afternoon a double funeral was held. Two Guests Lost Lives. Carthage, March 6.?Two guests lost their lives, a score narrowly es caped death or serious injury and a property damage of $30,000 was sus- 1 tained by a fire which' early this j j morning destroyed the beautiful new , tourist hotel, "Loch Crystal," at I>ako view, a resort about eight miles from this place. The dead are: Mrs. Anna M. Barnes, of New York, and Mrs. G. j C. Pettis, of Now Haven, Conn., who died from injuries after a heroic res cue by her son. Howard Whitmore, a clerk in the hotel, who by his tireless efforts and splendid bravery saved many guests, was badly burned and is tonight con fined to his bed from injuries receiv ed. E. S. Wooley, of Detroit, Mich., also suffered injuries while working to rescue the guests. For his brave ry and daring in saving lives of the guests he deserves special mention. The fire was discovered about 5 o'clock this morning and the flames so quickly spread through the large frame building that all Efforts to check them were futile and the only hope was to save the lives of the 25 guests who were stopping in the ho tel. Mrs. Barnes was on the third floor j of the building and her body has not yet been recovered from the ruins. | Several futile efforts were made by rescuers to reach her. Mrs. Pettis, a very old woman, j j while being rescued by her son, C. | M. Pettis, sustained serious Injuries and died from these and from the shock an hour later. Mrs. W. E. Youland, wife of the manager of the hotel, received injuries, but will prob ably recover. The property destroyed was worth about $30,000, this being partially cov ered by insurance. Theatre Holocaust in Russia. St. Petersburg, March 6.?Ninety persons, mostly children, were burned and trampled to death in a fire that j destroyed a moving picture theatre > at Bologne. Forty persons were in jured, many seriously. The fire occurred yesterday, but news of the disaster was not receiv until today. The theatre was an old building and caught fire from the picture ma chine. Five hundred persons were in the building and they immediately made a mad rush for the narrow ! doors at the rear. All might have escaped had order been preserved, but tho exits were soon clogged by the scramble. Tte men in attendance beat down the yn men and children, their cowardice be ing described as barbarous. But few of the bod 1m were recog lizable. Cologne ia twenty-five miles ?uth of St. Petersburg, near the '?'ieolai railway. Fire In Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Mar. 6.?One of the nost disastrous fires this city has >ver known destroyed Sunday the >y ndicate Mock, on Nicollet avenue, >etween Fifth and Sixth streets. The otal loss is estimated at 11,000.000, md it is possible that two lives vere lost, although this has not ts yet been definitely determined. Twelve persons were rescued from i he upper stories of the building while he flames were roaring around them.j Some of these sustained sligh inju- : ?ies, but none was seriously hurt. ? AT THE CAPITAL OF BANNER. traded School Faculty Entertained By Mr. and Mrs. Britt. Rogues Try' To Get All of Pressing Club Ex cept Proprietor. Local and Per sonal Items. " Benson, March 8 ? Mr. Farthing, :he photographer, left Tuesday for Wilson, where he has opened a stu ilo. He will be here in the future )nly on Saturdays. C. T. Johnson left yesterday for SJew York and other markets in the lorth to buy his spring and summer ;oods. He will be away about ten lays. Dr. Utley spent Sunday in Rich mond with his wife, who is in the iiospltal there. He reports that she is improving some. Mr. R. F. Smith went to Fayette fille yesterday on business, return ing this afternoon. Miss I.eola Smith visited in Smith field Sunday and Monday, returning ruesday. Mrs. J. W. Whittenton left Mon day for Raeford where she will vis it her mother for several days. Misses Mattie Draughn and Maud McLeod, teachers in the Harnett county schools, visited at the home 3f Miss Meta Harper Sunday. Miss Florence Johnson, who has been in the Conservatory of Music, in i>altimore for the past year, came home Saturday to spend several days with her parents. Mrs. Fannie Stewart returned Sun day from Harnett county where she has been on an extended visit. Some unknown person or persons entered the pressing club run by Minor Eason, colored, on Sunday nlfjiit and removed his entire press ing apparatus by way of a window In the rear of the building. Many have expressed regrets that the pro prietor himself was not in at the time so that he too might have been got rid of in a similar manner. Attorneys J. R. Barbour, N. T. Ryals and J. W. Wood have been attending court at Smithfield most of the week. They report that! crime is on the decrease in our town, there being no cases in the criminal court from here. A phone message was received her this morning by the chief police stating that all the convicts in the llarnett county chain gang had made their escape from the camp at Dunn some time last night. There were fourteen of them but it is re pcrted that one returned saying, that he preferred the roads to the weath er. One of the most enjoyable occas ions here for some time was the en tertainment given by Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Britt ^t their home Monday ev ening from eight-thirty till eleven, in honor of the faculty of Benson Graded School. Those present, were Prof. Z. H. Rose, principal of the school, and Misses Emily Canaday, Mary Cooke, Louise Carroll, Nannie Corden, Ruth Jones and Mrs. Luna Tolar. Those present beside the faculty were, Messrs. W. T. Martin, J. C. Warren, R. E. Parker and W. H. Slocumb. Recitations and music were the features of the evening, af ter which various refreshments were served. Miss Emma Eldridge, who has been teaching In Pleasant Grove town ship, passed through town to-day en route for her hosne in Sanrpson Coun ?ty, her school having closed last week. Mr. Clarence Poe has returned fron his trip around the world, arriving al New Tork Monday. As soon as ht arrived he received a telegran stating that his mother died that day. Pad, sad was his hotne-comlni and hla thousands of friends and.ad talrers deeply sympathize with him MISSIONARY TELLS OF AWFUL PLAGUE Gives a Picture of Condi tions in North China SAYS PLAGUE VICTIMS ALL DIE Some of the Conditions in he Plague Srtlcken District Told By a Foreign Missionary of the Southern Bap tist Convention.?Some of the Pre cautions Taken. A missionary of the foreign mis sion board of the Southern Baptist " Convention has written to the board, unaer date of February 13, telling of tho conditions in North China. We tU\e below an extract from the let ter: "Wo have a very serious situation in Ciiefoo and North China Just at present. The black plgaua is raging in Manchuria and reached Cbefoo about a Month ago. There are said to be twenty deaths a day here but no one knows definitely how seri ous the situation is, as the Chinese c? nceal their sick and dead. The death rate Is 100 per cent., practi cally, almost no one surviving a true CKtsi' of the plague. So far most of the cases in Chefoo have been on tho west side; all our work and work ers ere 011 the cast side, nut it is slowly but surely ?working its way in I our direction. We have suspended ! all our services for the present, as ;tlie d>s? use is frightfully contagious | and is conveyed by the breath. It a'tacks the lungs, destroying them in | a tew hours, the sufferer choking to i death and turning black in the face. For that reason it is called the "black plague," or "black death." The same disease killed about half the population of Kngland in the Middle Ages. "We are taking every possible pre caution. We have bought in several weeks' supplies, do not let our ser vants or children leave our yard and ilo not go out any more than Is neces sary. I wear a mask over mouth and nostrils when on the street. Practi cally all foreigners, Japanese and many Chinese do this, and it is a queer sight to see so many people on the streets with the lower parts of their faces covered. You often do not recognize your most intimate friends until you are close to them. "But most of all we axe trusting in the God of the 21st Psalm and the Captain of our salvation who sent us here and who promised: "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world." It is sweet in an hour of trial like this to know we are where the eternal God has willed for us to be."?Richmond Virginian. Sudden Death In Ingrams. Mr. S. D. Stanley, of Ingrams town , ship, died Tuesday afternoon, about three o'clock, at his home near Four Oaks. He attended court at Smith field, Monday and spent some time in The Herald office with us. While here he renewed his subscription and told us how well he enjoyed reading Tho Herald. He spoke of having good health. He ate a hearty dinner Tuesday, after which he intended to haul a load of light wood. Before starting to his work he sat down to read for a short while. There was no one In the house with him except Mr. Needham Baker. Suddenly he fell from his chair to the hearth. Mr. Baker tried to help him get up, and spoke to him, but no reply came. He breath ed only once or twice after Mr. Bak er took hold of him. Mr. O. D. Stanley, who died recently, was on? ot his sons. Mr. J. D. Stanley, rail road f.gent at Red Springs, N. C., la his son also. Death Near Smithfleld. 1 At 7:45 A. M., last Sunday morn ing, Mrs. Dora Johnson, wife of Mr. ? W. Q. Johnson, died at their home, near Smithfleld. She had been III from measles, which was followed by 1 pneumonia, causing death. The bur 1 lal services were conducted by Re*. '? A. S. Barnes. The remains were ln 1 terred Monday afternoon, in the 1 graveyard at the David P. Johnsoa I farm. Before her marriage to Mr. E Johnson, she was a Miss Benson. 1 - She leevea her husband and several ehlldrw. '
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