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|SI)? jsmiUjfielb % eta I ft VOL 30 SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1911 Number 12 ^ . I CNE dollar per year. ' education good roads good health progress === five cents PER COPT. SMITHFIELD GIVES WARM WELCOME To Scout Party of Central Highway Commission dinner on court house lawn Large Party of Smithfield People Met The Pathfinder* at Princeton. Sev eral Addresses Made Here and the People Showed Their Interest By Their Enthusiasm. Large Crowd From Clayton Here in the Interest Of the Clayton Route. Oakland Route Also Had Strong Supporters. The pathfinders of the Central Highway Commission were at Smith field last Friday and the manner in which they were received showed that the people are Interested in the Highway. A large delegation was here from Clayton to urge the claims of the Clayton route. Among the Clayton delegation we note the following: C. M. Thomas, A. J. Barbour, E. L. Hinton, J. G. M, Cordon, J. A. Vinson, J. M. Turley, R. A. Wall, Dr. J. J. Young, D. H. McCullers, D. O. McCullers, C. W. Carter, R. H. Gower, G. C. Bryan, and others. From up the Oakland route, we note the following, who were pres ent to push their claims: G. B. Smith, J. Walter Myatt, F. T. Book er, R. A. Sanders, Claude Sanders, J. E. Jones, Jesse Wood, J. F. San ders, E. H. Woodall, Ruffin Barbour, J. H. B. Tomlinson, W. D. Avera, H. V. Faulkner, J. W. Smith, W. T. Johnson, Lawrence Barbour, Burt Barbour, J. H. Ylevington, W. D. Tomlinson and others. The Central Highway pathfinders were met at Princetofl by a large party from Smithfield, in nine auto mobiles, as follows: J. A. Campbell, in his Buick, with N. B. Grantham and T. J. Lassiter. J. H. Kirkman, in his Maxwell, with F. H. Brooks, H. P. Stevens and W. R. Long. I. R. Wolverton, in his Maxwell with A. S. Johnston, R. R. Holt and W. D. Avera. Dr. L. A. Muns, in his Maxwell, with W. L. Williams, J. D. Under wood and Lee Sanders. N. M. Lawrence, in his Case, with W. L. Woodall, T. S. Ragsdale and W. M. Sanders. H. D. Ellington, in his Ford, with Daniel Jones, H. P. Hill and W. N. Holt. Dr. N. T. Holland, in his Case, with S. S. Holt, H. L. Skinner and L. G. Patterson. E. F. Ward, in his Ford, with F. K. Broadhurst and Claude Martin. J. C. Standi, in his Ford, with G. E. Thornton, J. E. Hobbs, W. T. Johnson and Mr. Barbour. The party was given a warm re ception here and went away speaking of Smithfield and our people in most complimentary terms. The account of the meeting here, by R. M. Phillips in the Greensboro Dally News, is as follows: "Smithfield, May 12.?The central highway scout trip is gathering mo mentum as It comes up the State. There has been no greater enthusi asm at any place than the party found at Smithfield to-day. The Case scout car and William Dunn's car were escorted from Goldsboro to this place by two others 'with the following occupants: George C. Roy fill. Mr. Howell, Charles Dewey, W. T. Yelverton, George L. Becton, John Slaughter, L. M. Michaux and H. A. Pike. The party was met at Prince ton by a caravan of' automobiles from Smithfield, nine cars and 30 people. A splendid audience, mostly farm ers. filled the courthouse at noon to hear the speakers. W. M. Sanders, president of the Johnston county Rood roads association, presided at the meeting. The speakers were: Pratt, Geo. C. Royall, R. M. Phil ips and James A. Wellons. Dr. Pratt talked practical road construction, whlle the others boosted the advan tages to be derived from a system ?f good roads all over the State. At ^e close of the speaking more than new members were added to the county good roads association. 'iterated delegations were here 1 from the rival sections wanting the i central highway. One route is via ' ! Clayton and the other Is four to sev en miles further south and enters Wake on the Batts farm road. The advantages of each route were Im pressed on the committee which went to Raleigh this afternoon via the ( : Batts farm route, and early tomorrow j will make a special trip over the ' 1 Clayton route. After the meeting here to-day a ! fine luncheon, picnic style, was serv | ed the crowd with the visitors as guests of honor on the courtyard green by the ladies of Smithfleld. We have found the good women I among the finest good roads boosters all along the route. The people of this town, as they were everywhere else, are deeply in earnest and have been lavish in showing hospitality. I I The east is setting a pace in interest: | that the west will have to bestir | itself to equal." SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. At Selma Baptist Church On Friday Night, Saturday and Sunday, June 9-11, 1911. Leading Sunday School Worker# of the State to Be Pres ent. The Committee, appointed at the I last session of the Johnston County j j Baptist Association to arrange for a | Sunday School Convention to be j , held somewhere within the bounds of the association sometime this [ year, has about completed the plans for the meeting. Upon invitaion the Convention will be held with the | Selma Baptist church, beginning on Friday night before the second Sun- ! day in June and continue through [ Sunday. The dates are June 9, 10 and 11. The Committee has been fortunate in securing Prof. E. L. Middleton. | Sunday School Secretary of the Bap 1 tist State Convention, for two ad dresses, Prof. J. Henry Highsmith, of the Department of Education, of | Wake Forest College, for three ad- ; | dresses. Both these men are leaders ' <uid the churches and Sunday schools of the Johnston Association are to i be congratulated that they are to be j on hand. Their presence assures' success. Other speakers have been Invited, whose names will be an nounced as soon as the complete pro- j gram is arranged. The Committee is j anxious that all the churches and, Sunday Schools get busy and make j their plans to have large delegations present. PRINCETON NEWS. Princeton, May 17.?Mr. Frank B. McKinne and wife and Mrs. David McKinne, of Louisburg, are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. McKinne. Mr. Oscar Raiford and wife, of Dillon, S. C., are visiting relatives i in town. Mr. W. B. Strachan, of Salisbury, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Dr. J. B. Strachan. Mr. W. D. Heath, of Raleigh, wa^ in town Sunday and Monday. Mr. Herbert Fitzgerald, from Trin ity College, has been visiting friends in town the past week. Mr. R. H. Gower, County Tax As- I i sessor from Clayton, has been with assistant assessor, C. H. Holt, the past few days. Messrs. Willie Joyner and John Holt have returned from Mars Hill and will spend their summer vaca tion with their parents. Miss Lissle Woodard has been ; visiting Miss Pearl Aycock at Mi cro. Miss Minnie B. Strachan is spend ing several days with her sister, Miss H&ttle, at Rocky Mount. Mr. Lester Aycock and Bister, Miss j Pearl, are visiting in town this week. Mrs. Nelson Wells and baby, from Henderson, are here on account of the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. J. D. Finlayson. Mrs. Eddie Stallings, of Durham, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Arthur I Lee. Mr. Geo. L.-Jones, of Smithfield, Fas in town Monday. Mr. Ashley Sanders, from Cove Ciiy, is spending a few days with his mother. "FOXY." a Prof. N. Y. Gulley, of Wake For- i est College, will deliver an address j a' t.ie Baptist church Sunday morn- j Ing at eleven o'clock. /] WEALTH OF THE FARMS TEXAS WRESTS THE FIRST HON ORS FROM ILLINOIS. Georgia's Rapid Strides. South Caro lina Makes Largest Increase Of Year In South. Washington, May 14.?The value of wealth produced on farms of the United States was $8,926,000,000 during 1910 as estimated by the De partment of Agriculture in a state ment just issued. This is an in crease of $104,000,000 over 1909. Texas, with her ten million acres of cotton, wrested from Illinois dur ing 1910, the honor of being the first State of the Union in point of value of her principal farm crops which aggregated $364,110,000, an increase of 14.9 per cent over 1909. Illinois, with $290,295,000, dropped to second place, the decrease having been 13.9 per cent. Iowa held her place as third State, while Kansas, in 1909 fourth State, dropped to tenth. Georgia made a rapid stride in crop production for the year and Jumped from tenth to fourth State with a total of $210,192,000, an in crease of 26.5 per cent over 1909. All the other Southern States made good increases except Louisiana and Kentucky. South Carolina made the largest, 28.4 per cent, or $140,009, 000, jumping from twenty-first to thirteenth State. FOUR OAKS NOTES. Four Oaks, May 17.?Mr. W. J. Lewis made a business trip to Fay etteville Thursday. Miss Neva Barboilr is spending this week in Benson. Messrs. Hunter Creech and Ches ter and Victor Cole have returned from Buies Creek Academy. Quite a number of our young peo ple attended the School close at Mi cro last week. Also several of th^, members of the Juniors were present at the presentation of Bible and flag by Smithfield Camp. Mr. Mac Cullom and his mother, Mrs. A. N. Cullom, and Misses Blanche and Ruby spent a few days here and at Blackman'a Grove re cently, the guests of their former pa trons of Music School and friends. We are always glad to have them with us. They were en-route for their new home at Raeford, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Creech, of lower Johnston, were guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Stanley Saturday night and Sunday. Miss Mary Barbour returned from Micro Sunday. Misses Nellie Lassiter and Hilda Tomlinson passed through en-route for Benson commencement Monday. Mr. M. C. Barbour, of Rehoboth section, spent Tuesday night with his brother, Mr. K. L. Barbour. Attorney J. R. Barbour, of Benson, was here Tuesday on business. Miss Pearl Baker and Mrs. B. B. Adams spent several days in New bern recently. Miss Baker was a delegate from Bright Jewels here, and Mrs. Adams attneded the An nual meeting of the Woman's For eign Missionary Society of North Carolina, of which she is Secretary. Rev. Mr. Inman, of Falcon, deliv ered two very good sermons here Sunday afternoon and evening. Mr. Inman is a young man, 17 years of age, and has the appearance of one of sterling worth, that will make his mark In the world of to-day. Mr. and Mrs. H. .B. Williams en tertained quite a number of their young friends at an out-door ice cream supper Tuesday evening from eight to eleven, in honor of their guests, Messrs. May, Harper, Hamil ton, Barbee, and Edwards, of Dur ham. Numerous Japanese lanterns served as light until the moon rose. Delicious cream and cake were serv ed, after which there were games and songs galore. At elveen the young people reluctantly departed, de claring Mrs. Williams a very good hostess, and talking of the next treat promised. Another good move for Four Oaks here Tuesday, when the special school tax election was carried with 53 votes for and only 5 against. Mr. J. C. Phillips, who has had a position here for several months with The Journal, left for his home in Dunn Monday evening. DIAZ WILL STEP DOWN DE LA BARRA PRE3IOENT WITH MADERO AS ADVISER. A Surrender to Rebels New Election Will Be Called Within Six Months. Mexico City, May 17.?President | Dia;. and Vice President Corral will resign before June 1 and Minister n? foreign Relations De La Barra will become President ad interim, according to official announceufent made to-day. Francisco I. Madero, Jr., the revo lutionary leader will be called to Mexico City to act as De 1a Barra's chief advisor and to serve as the greatest guarantee possible that ev ! e-y pledge made by the government I to end the revolution will be car-1 ried out. As viewed by the public It will be virtually a Joint presi- | dency, pending the calling of a new presidential election. The Cabinet will be reorganized, j The Minister of War will be named by De La Barra. The Foreign Of fice will be in charge of as ub-sec retary named by De La Bara. Other Cabinet members will bo chosen by De La Barra and Madero acting jointly. A new election will be called with in six months and political amnesty will be recommended to the Cham ber of Deputies. The foregoing are the conditions on which President Diaz will com promise with the rebels. Virtually they are admitted in high quarters to be a complete surrender to the revolutionists. The resignation of Diaz and the "Joint regency'' of De La Barra and Madero, are said to constitute a j guarantee so complete that the orig- \ inal Insurrecto demand for fourteen' Governors no longer need be con- i sidered. The Cabinet was in almost contin uous session for two hours to-day, despite the severe illness of Presi dent Diaz. The President's entire face is infected from an ulcerated tooth. His upper lip is swollen far beyond its normal size and his face is inflamed. He showed fever yes terday, but this symptom was elimi nated to-day. He speaks with the greatest difficulty; but, while he is in severe pain, his condition is not alarming at this time, despite his ad I vanced age. The government's conditions were j : telegraphed to Judge Carbajal this i afternoon with instructions to sub | mit them to General Madero. They ; were accepted apparently as an 1 armistice covering the entire Repub j lie of Mexico was agreed upon at Juarez this evening. Inasmuch as the government believes that it has made every concession that the rev- j olut'onists requested, it is firmly believed that a treaty if peace will | follow. LIGHTNING'S WORK. Last Saturday nigh*: lightning did considerable work near here: It set fire to and burned a stack j of fodder for Mr. Mordecai Alford. It struck the pantry to the house I in which Mr. Albert Johnson lives and loosened one of the corner boards and tore the pantry to some extent on the inside. It fired a dead lightwood tree for Mr. Merrill Olive. Some of his neigh bors saw it burning and started to It thinking one of his houses had caught fire, but no real damage was done except the loss of the tree. It set fire to a house In Clayton, but the fire was extinguished with a little effort on the part of the people. On the road near Mr. H. T. Un derwood several telephone poles were I torn and show signs of what happen ed to them. Mr. Orlando Barbour, of Elevation I township, had lightning to strike a I stove flue to his house. It tore it ' to a considerable extent and then ran down one corner of the house. It demolished his range and tore up some of the flooring plank. It is said that some of the family were stunned by the shock, but not se I riously hurt. It struck the house In which Mr. G. A. Gower lives near the depot In Swlthfield and after tearing off some shingles It tore up a door facing r at the rear end of the hall. Mr. Alonzo Johnson, from near Johnson's Cross Roads, was here Tuesday ond says he has seen nine trees in his neighborhood which were struck by lightning Saturday night. LU.hmlng struck a chimney tor Mr. Jenkins Johnson and knocked off four bricks and came down a post l.y the chimney's side shivering it, then tore down the mantel and shivered a sill as it went to a cor ner of the house where it tore up a wood block as It went to the ground. Mr. Johnson, who was not. over three feet from the fire place, was stunned and could not hear well foi a day or two. One of his chil dren was lying in front of the fire place near enough that a piece of the mantel fell on it. The child was not injured. It struck Mr. R. H. Johnson's house but did small damage. Several wood blocks used as pillars under the house were torn to pieces. LOCKE CRAIG SANGUINE. Look* For Big Increase in Democrat ic Vote From Western North Caro lina?Will Be candidate for Guber natorial Nomination. Locke Craig, of Asheville, who was Governor Kitchin's most for midable opponent three years ago for the Democratic nomination for the governorship, and who has since that time been recognized as an ac tive candidate for the nomination for Governor in 1912, is here to argue appeals to the Supreme Court from his district. Asked concerning matters political, he remarked with characteristic modesty that it seemed to him that the Democrats of North Carolina are determined to give him the nomina tion. This, he said, will be a great honor, and the governorship weighty responsibility, "but if I am made Governor the duties of the office shall have my very best efforts in the direction of conserving the beBt Interests of the whole people." Mr. Craig says Democracy in western Carolina is In splendid shape, the best^ since 1902, and he looks for great increase in the party vote in 1912.?Charlotte Observer. NEWS FROM CLAYTON. Clayton, May 17.?Dr. Moore, from the Wilson Sanatorium, was In our town Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jones spent Sunday at his father's, Mr. H. A. Jones. We are having our side walks pav ed and it helps the looks very much. Miss Lillian Beal, of Franklin, Va., is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. H. McCullers, for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Creech are visiting Mrs. Creech's mother, Mrs. M. M. Gulley, this week. We had a very severe electrical storm here Saturday night with rain, hail and wind, which did much damage, the lightning striking one dwelling and firing it; but help soon arrived on the scene and saved it with very little damage done. Last Saturday afternoon one of Clayton's oldest citizens died at his home after a long period of illness?Mr. J. D. Adams. He has suffered with paralysis for quite awhile and now he Is resting where there is no more pain. He was a member of the Methodist church and had served his Lord and Master well. He leaves a wife and several chil dren and a host of friends. The family have our deepest sympathy. H. R. B. Last week Iredell County voted on a bond issue of $400,000 for good roads, the issue winning by a major ity of 1323. There are sixteen town ships in the County and eleven of them gave a majority for bonds. Out side of Mooresvlll? and Statesville, the country districts gave a major ity for bonds of more than 300. Ire dell County has long been in the list of progressive counties In the State. Her people are all the time wide-awake for everything thai means for the building up of the County. a ? ? o Voted Agal st Special Tax. District numtf-- f'"e In Clevelam township last 1 leeday voted agains special tax for h hoola, twenty-one t< eight. PULLING FOR THE LOGICAL ROUTE Most Sections Have Two For Central Highway BUT THERE ARE NO FACTIONS Scout Party Looks Over All Route* Suggested and the Citizens Will Work Shoulder to Shoulder. Raleigh, May 13.?For the past two days the central highway scout party has hardly had time neough to stop and hold meetings, so insistent has been the desire of people in the various sections to carry the party | over what each section claims to be "the best route," and the "logical route" also figures largely. For in i stance, yesterday morning when the | scout party reached a point about | three miles out from Goldsboro on the Hooks bridge route, a halt was i made and it was suggested that the state geologist get in another car and go back some two and a half miles and go over another and short . er route to a point about four miles from the city. It was done, and a |"record was made of distances and 1 character of convenient road mater lai on both routes. After the party passed Princeton the trip was uninterrupted from there to Smithfield. Leaving Smith field in the afternoon we came to Raleigh by the Oakland church and Batt's farm route. It is a ridge route between Swift and Middle creeks, and through a fine section. I The road nearly half the distance is through deep sand, but there is an abundance of clay at convenient ! points, so that it can be made a ! fine route. But there is sharp con test?the people in Clayton and along that route insist that they have the best claim, as their road is already in a fair state if improvement. In response to the urgent request of the Clayton route people the Case scout car, with Mr. Dunn's car, went over the latter route this morning. At Clayton the party was divided up and the people of that village car ried \is out in different directions over the township. I went with Dr. I Pratt in Charlie Home's car within ! six miles of Smithfield and back to Clayton. They have a very good | road and It is being improved. We have met no more insistent people than the good citizens of Johnston. They have the "fever" and their persistence and enthusiasm means that the Johnston people are going ] to have better roads. Selma town ship is soon to vote on a special road tax provision. The people of Clay ton township offer to guarantee that the county will not be called on to pay the $50 per mile required by the central highway bill if they get the highway, while the people about I Smithfield and along the Oakland church and Batt's farm route are offering private subscriptions to build ; the road that way. One leading clt ! izen and an ex-representative told i me he was ready to construct and maintain tho road through his farm. ?K. M. Phillips in Greensboro Daily News. Death in Meadow Township. A leading citizen of the Southern part of the county passed away last week in the death of Mr. Miles V. Barefoot, which occurred on Thursday night, May 11th, 1911. He was born May 7th, 1830, and was in his eighty-second yef>r. About ten years ago one of his eyes fail ed and about a year ago the other gave way, but he could see some until a month before his death, when ' he became blind. Otherwise his | health was good until three weeks | before his death when he had a , paralytic stroke. From this he grew ( worse gradually until the end came. , He was buried in the presence of a , large crowd of relatives and friends. t He leaves a son, Mr. John V. Bare , foot, and three daughters?Mrs. Sar ah M. Morgan, Mrs. Lida Hargrave and Mrs. Mary M. Young. Mr. Bare* foot was well known in his section, of the County. He was a good far 1 mer and a financier. His example, t if followed, would bring success to > many who fail. We extend sympa thies to the bereaved.
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