?Bje Smitljficlb Jtefalii. VOL 30 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1911 Number 6 CNE DOLLAR PER YEAR EDUCATION GOOD ROADS GOOD HEALTH PROGRESS FIVE CENTS PER COPT. THE DEMOCRATS IN CONTROL. Congress Met Tuesday in Extra Session With Champ Clark As Speaker. North Carolina Delega tion Fares Well in Committee As signments. Pou Named as Chair man of Claims Committee. Congress met Tuesday in extra session, called by the President to pass the Reciprocity-With-Canada measure. According to the plans outlined in 0 caucus in January Champ Clark, of Missouri, was elected Speaker of the House. f In the matter of committee assign ments North Carolina Congressmen fare pretty well. Congressman Pou U on the Rules Committee and is chairman of the Committee on Claims. Mr. Godwin has a chair manship also, that of Civil Service Reform. The other members have no chair manships, but are on committees as follows: Claude Kitchin, Ways and Means. Page, Appropriations. Stedman, Foreign Affairs. Small, Rivers and Harbors. Kaison, Merchant Marine and Fish eries. Doughton, Banking and Currency. Webb, Judiciary and Patents. Gudger, Indian Affairs, and Pub lic Biuldings and Grounds. PEATH SENTENCES FOR 22. Political Prisoners Condemned by Haytian Tribunal. Sape Haytien, Hayti, April 1.?The military tribunal, which has been Bitting here for three days, hearing the cases of political prisoners charged with the recent rebellion, her of out-of-town subscriptions were announced. Do not fall to attend the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in the Court House at 7:30 to-night. j IN THE RECORDER S COURT. LaFayette Barnes, a Selma Negr?, Who Was Charged With Selling Whiskey, the First Case Tried. Pleads Guilty and Gets a Road i Sentence. The new Recorders Court for Johnston County, created by an act of the recent Legislature, held its first session last Tuesday in the Court House here. At 10 o'clock. His Honor, F. H. Brooks, Judge of the Court, took his seat on the bench (having been ' sworn in prior thereto), and direct ! ed the Sheriff to open Court. Mr. Z. L. LeMay, the Clerk of the Re corder's Court, was on hand to keep r- record of the proceedings and at tend to such other duties as comes before the Clerk of a Superior Court. Quite a crowd had assembled in the Court House to witness the pro ceedings of the first session of the | new Court. There was no visiting | attorney present except Senator O. ! A. Barbour, of Benson. The first case called was the i State against LaFayette Barnes, of Selma, charged with selling whls [ key. Barnes, through his attorney, | plead guilty. A few witnesses were 1 put on the stand to arrive at some thing of the nature of the case. Barnes appears to be a polite ne gro who has been running a press ing club in Selma for sometime. Sometime ago it was thought that he was handling whiskey. When ar rested 47 half pint bottles of whis key was found in his trunk in the back room of his pressing club. After hearing the evidence and i t^e short pleas of the attorneys. Judge Brooks sentenced Barnes to the roads for four months to be re | leased at the end of 60 days, pro l>ided a fine of $25 was paid. On ac count of the negro's previous good i character and this being his first t oftense, the road sentence was re I djced to 30 days with a fine of |x?. There were six other cases before the Court, but we did not get any the particulars of tham. The Court will meet again next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Here after the proceedings in full will be given in The Herald each week. CORINTH NEWS. Rev. R. L. Hocutt preached at Thanksgiving Sunday. Mrs. R. L. Oneal and children, of Selmri, spent last week in this sec tion. tion. Rev. R. L. Hocutt made a busi ness trip to Wendell Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Hocutt, of near Stott's saw mill, visited in this section Sunday. Mr. E. M. Partin, o? the William ston saw mill section section, pass ed through our burg Saturday. Mr. C. W. Hocutt went to Wen dell last week. Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Bissett attend 1 ed the school close at Watkins, Fri day night. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Griswold spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. Bryant Eason in the Archer sec tion. Messrs. W. H. and Ralph Oneal made a trip to Wendell Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. John Crowder spent last Sunday at the home of Rev R. L. Hocutt. Misses Bessie and Snowie Ho cutt spent Sunday with their aunt, Mrs. W. Oneal. Mrs. k. Li. wocutt remains on tne sick list. Miss Ida May Richardson spent last Friday night with Miss Pearl Murphy. Mr. Clyde Hatcher and Miss Mary Hatcher, of near Selma, visited their cousin, Miss Pearl Murphy, Sunday. Miss Pearl Murphy gave to her company, last Saturday a hay ride. Those present were: Mr. Wade Rich ardson, Misses Ercell Nowell, Ro t-ena Hocutt, Ida May Richardson, of Wendell, Iscar and Daphne Creech, of Zebulon. The sport and fun was unsellable you may know. Mrs. R. P. Murphy returned home la.it Sunday from Goldsboro, where she spent several days with her father, Mr. Henry Deshong, who still continues very ill. V. H. The New York Legislature broke Its senatorial deadlock last Friday by electing Judge James Aloysius O'Gor man to the United States Senate. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET. List Taker* for the County Appoint ed. Elections Ordered for Ten Special Tax School Electioni. Road Election for Wilson's Mills. The Board of County Commission ers met here Monday in regular ses s'on, with all the members present. The usual routine of business was transacted and a few road matters ' taken up. Mr. F. H. Hrooks, who was nam ed in the bill as Judge of the Re corder's Court, resigned as County Attorney and Mr. John A. Narron was appointed to succeed him. His salary was fixed at one hundred dollars per year. He is also to prosecute in the Recorder's Court when his services are needed but without cost to the County. He is to have the regular fees allowed so licitors when such fees are paid into the Court. The salary of the Recorder was fixed at one thousand dollars per year. The following were appointed as township assessors: Wilson's Mills?John A. Wilson. Clayton?M. G. Gulley. Cleveland?P. M. Weeks. Pleasant Grove?W. T. Whitting ton. Elevation?J. S. Johnson. Banner?J. G. Smith. Bentonsville?W. N. Rose. Ingrams?A. R. Keen. Tioon Hill?C. H. Holt. Beulah?J. W. Darden. Oneals?Haywood Price. Wilders?Geo. W. Bailey. Pelraa?P. M. Hood. Pine Level?W. P. Gerald. Smtthfleld?W. T. Adams. The assessor for Meadow will be appointed next Monday. An election was ordered held in Wilson's Mills township on the ques tion of road improvement on May 16. D. 0. ITzzle was appointed reg istrar and Henry Underwood and T. W. Corbin as pollholders. The election is to be held under the re cent Highway Law for Johnston County. The taxes to be voted on for road purposes shall not exceed 33 1-3 cents on the hundred dollars worth of property and one dollar on the poll. Elections were ordered held in ten school districts of the county for schools. The elections In all ten of the districts are to be held on the 16th day of May. The dis tricts to hold elections are as fol lows : Pine Level, No. 1, with W. A. Herring, registrar. 30 cents and 60 cents. (Twenty cents on the $1.00 and 60 cents on the poll.) Pleasant Grove, No. 2, L. T. Og burn registrar. 20 and 60. Bentonsville, No. 4, O. B. Langs ton, registrar. 20 and 60. Smithfield, No. 3, W. A. Smith, registrar. 20 and 60. Ingrams, No. 8, A. D. Ford, regis trar. 30 and 90. Pleasant Grove, No. 3, R. M. Pleasant, registrar. 20 and 60. Oneals, No. 3, H. Price registrar. 30 and 90. Boon Hill, No. 1, John H. Riley registrar. 30 and 90. Oneals, No. 9, Q. B. Hocutt regis trar. 25 and 75. Banner, No. 9, Matthew Raynor registrar. 25 and 75. The bond of Z. L. LeMay who has been appointed Clerk of the Re corder's Court, was accepted and ordered recorded. This bond is fixed at $1,000. Board of Health Organized. The Johnston County Board of Health was organized here last Mon day under a recent act of the Leg islature. Mr. D. B. Oliver, Chair man of the Board of County Commis sioners, Mr. James A. Wellons, May or of Smithfield, and Mr. L. T. Royall, County Superintendent of Schools, met in the Superintendent's office and organized by electing Mr. Oliver chairman and Mr. Royall sec retary Under the act creating the Board, the Chairrnaji of the County Cr mml8sloners, the Superintendent of Schools and the Mayor of the Coun ty seat town, with two others to be named by them constitutes the Coun ty Board of Health. Dr. Utley of Benson, and Dr. Grady, of Kenly, were tamed as the other two mem bers of the Board. The Board will meet next Monday to elect a Coun ty Superintendent of Health and to attend to any other matters coming before It. ' DEATH OF JUDGE J. S. ADAMS. It Was Sudden and Came to Him At Wa-rei'ton, Sunday Morning. Raleigh, April 3.?The remains of Judge Joseph S. Adams, of Buncombe county, v ere here between trains Sun.lay evening en route from War reuton to Asheville, this able and much esteemed member of the North Carolina superior court judiciary hav ing Cied suddenly of apoplexy Sun day forenoon. He concluded the Warren superior court Saturday and was to all appearances in his usual liea!tli Sunday morning and partook of breakfast heartily. Judge Adams was elected to the superior court bench for the fif teenth district in 1908, succeeding Judi^e J. D. Murphy, of Asheville, who had been appointed In August of that year by Governor Glenn to fill out the unexpired term of Judge Fred Moore, deceased. The news of the death of Judge Adams brought deep sorrow to many friends here. A number of the (members of the Kalelgh bar and judges of the su preme court were with the remains at the union station here. ITEMS FROM CLAYTON, R. 3. We regret to state that Mr. George Avery continues feeble. Mr. George Ferrell and wife, of near Auburn, visited the home of Mr. Waiter Brummitt, Saturday night. Messrs. John Tklton, and Jesse Milliard, of Clayton, attended church at Mt. Moriah lhst Sunday. Mr. Hubert Avery carried a load of sweet potatoes to Raleigh last week. He received fancy prices. Mr. Henry Woodard and wife spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Will Coats. Mr. John Johnson and family, just over the line in Wake, visited Mr. and Mrs. F. Woodall Sunday af ternoon. Mr. I. C. Poole is erecting a hand some residence. There were services at Mt. Mo riah last Sunday by the pastor. Rev. Mr. Hiiliard. We regret to an nounce that Rev. Mr. Hiiliard has resigned this charge. He goes to a new and broader field, where there are greater opportunities for accomplishing more good. Mr. Hii liard has served this people ear nestly and faithfully. It is with reluctance that we give him up. However, he will be with us at the next regular appointment, 1st Sunday in May. His subject, at the Saturday afternoon service, to the young men, will be "Self Re Hpect." Mr. Frank Poole, one of our own boys, but now of Wako Forest Col lege, will conduct an Easter ser vice at Mt. Moriah the 3rd Sun day in April. "X." Mr. R. H. Gower Named as County Assessor. The recent Legislature changed the law in regard to the assessing of iroperty. Instead of having three assessors for each township as here tofore, there is to be an assessor for the whole county who shall work with one assessor for each township. The County Assessor is to give what ever time Is necessary to the work between May 1, and July 31, and ia to receive four dollars per day for the days when he is engaged In the work. Mr. R. H. Gower, of Clayton, has been appointed assessor for this County, the appointment have been made by the Corporation Commis sion. Mr. Gower is one of our best farmers and business men and has served the county in a number of positions of trust and. honor, hav ing represented his people two terms in the General Assembly. That his appointment will meet with general approval goes without saying. Robert Sanders Appointed Page. Wednesday Mr. E. S. Sanders re ceived a message from Congressman E. W. Pou, notifying him that he had secured an appointment for his son, Robert Sanders, as page in the House of Representatives at Washington. This Is a nice position paying sixty dollars per month. Ro bert Is a bright youth, fifteen years old, who will fill the responsible po sition with credit to himself and with satisfaction to those ho serves. He left for Washington last night. OR. SEAMAN A. KNAPP DEAD. Country's Foremost Agricultural Ex* per Passes At Advanced Age. Did Much For he Farmers. His ef forts In Behalf of Rice, Sugar and Cotton Culture of Great Benefit To South. Washington, April 2.?Dr. Seamaa Asaliel Knapp, one of the foremoat experts of the I>epartment of Agri culture, who has made investiga tions iu many parts of the world, died at his homei here yesterday. Ha was 78 years old. Dr. Knapp was from New York | and his work in the Orient and la connection with American rice pro | ductlon in the South and in promo tion of various Southern crops made him famous among agricultural In- / vestlgators. Dr. Knapp introduced the improv ed Japanese rice in this country af ter extensive travels in Japan, Chi na and the Philippines for the De partment of Agriculture. His in vestigations stimulated the rice in dustry in Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas, as he frequently made pro longed lecture tours in the interest of farmers. Throughout the South, but particularly In Louisiana, Dr. Knapp became well-known for his efforts in behalf of the production of not only rice but sugar and cotton. He was one of the leaders in the great fight of the government against the cotton boll weevil. Of recent years he has been directing the work years he had beend irecting the work of the department toward the diver sification of crops in the South and through his efforts many Southern farmers were induced largely to give up their one-staple crop?cotton?and to plant corn and raise hogs. Dr. Seaman Asahel Knapp was born in Essex county, New York, December 16, 1833. He graduated from Union College, N. Y., in 1856 and married Maria E. Hotchkiss of Hampton, N. Y., the same year. Johnson-Tart. On last Sunday morning, April 2, at the home of the bride s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. VV. Tart, of Mea dow township, in the presence of a host of relatives and friends. Mr. Mellie Johnson and Miss Ethel Tart were Joined together in the bonda of matrimony. The marriage took place at elev en o'clock, A. M., Mr. Parlia Hudson, J. P., officiating, and Mr. Edgar Harfield played the wedding march. The attendants were, Mr. Joel Johnson with Miss Minnie Tart; Mr. Harvey Mashburn with Miss Sarah Johnson; Mr. Joseph Tart with Miss Earl Johnson, and Mr. Walter Bare foot with Miss India George. After the marriage a sumptuous dinner was enjoyed and the after noon pleasantly passed until about three o'clock, when the young cou ple said good-bye and left for the home of the groom accompanied by ? lew relatives and friends. We wish them much success and en joyment Jiii rj. life. A.N All END ANT. LONG TRIP TO LOVER'S GRAVE. English Woman Travels 5,000 Mile*, 1,000 in Litter, to Central Africa. London, March 17.?The friends of Miss Olive MacLeod have receiv ed letters describing her journey of nearly five thousand miles to the grave of her sweetheart, Lieutenant Boyd Alexander, the famous explor er, \sho was murdered in Central Af rica in May of last year. In the French Soudan he met his death through the treachery of the natives of Wadai. Miss MacLeod, who is the daugh ter of Sir Reginald MacLeod, for merly Permanent Under Secretary for Scotland, determined to make a pil grimage to Lake Chad, in order to place a memorial cross on her sweet heart's grave. She started on her journey In August last and landed at the mouth of the Niger. For one thousand miles Miss MacLeod was borne in a litter by native boys and reached Malfoni without mishap. Primitive Baptist Union Meeting. The next session of the Black River Union will be held with Hick ory Grove Primitive Baptist church at Peacock's Cross Roads, on Sat? urday and fifth Sunday in April, 1911,