m ^mitbfteto Mcfalb. ? ? ? SM1THFIELD. N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1911 ' Number 16 VOL' ONE DOLLAE PEE VEAE EDUCATION GOOD EOAD3 GOOD HEALTH PEOOMSS FIVE CENTS FEB COPT. CARRIE NATION PASSES OVER. Famous Foe of Liquor Dead at Lea venworth. Native of Kentucky, Ag ed Nearly Sixty-Five. For Nearly Twenty Years She Had Been an Active and Uncompromising Crusad er Against the Saloons, Enforcing Her Views With Vigor and Vio- ' lence. Leavenworth, Kas., June 9.?Carrie Nation, the Kansas saloon smasher, died here tonight at 7:05 o'clock. Paresis was the cause of death. For several months Mrs. Nation had been In poor health, and on January 23 ehe entered the local sanitarium In which she died, khoping there to recover ?rom a nervous breakdown. Carrie Moore Nation was born near Versailles, Ky., nearly sixty-five years ago. In 187D she was married to a Dr. Lloyd and lived for one year a* Holden, Mo. Her husband died of delirium tremens. After ten years of widowhood she married I>avid Na-1 tlon and for a time lived In Warrens burg, Mo., where she was the editor of a paper. They later moved to Richmond, Tex., where Nation con ducted such a strenuous reform cam paign that they kept the Lone Star state In a constant turmoil. In the national campaign of 1884 the Na-I tlons incurred the enmity of a cer-1 tain class and one night twenty, men gave Nation a severe beating. They then moved to Medicine Ix>dge, Kan. Mrs. Nation has long fostered the anti-liquor sentiment, and in 1901 ehe began her sensational crusades of physical violence against saloons. Following minor episodes in Kiowa and Wichita, Kan., she went to To peka and in March, 1901, threw a hatchet across the polished mahogany bar of the senate saloon near the state capitol, breaking the mirror into a thousand pieces, mutilated costly paintings and smashed the glassware. The crusade was then on in earnest. Kansas had a state wide prohibition law, but in those days it was flagrantly violated. Mrs. Nation visited many cities in l: \n sas, preaching the doctrine of "down j with rum," both in words and deeds, j in August, 1901, her husband ob-1 tained a divorce and is now said to be living a retired life in Iberi^, ! Ohio. Then followed many memorable trips by the crusader In many states of the Union, lecturing on the evils 1 of drink, and in many cases following her speeches up with practical de monstration in "joint smashing." She was arrested several times for de stroying property, but always es caped very easily. By the sale of "souvenirs," by | lectures and other profitable exhibi-j tlon of herself, Mrs. Nation is said I to have accumulated a fortune of nearly $150,000. STATE NEWS. The Bank of Raeford is planning to build a fine three-story brick bank building. The Commissioners of Hoke Coun ty have let the contract for the new court house, to cost $38,800. Trinity Methodist church at Char lotte has contributed $1,500 to the Chlldrens' Home at Winston-Salem. Congressman Claude Kitchin has been elected President of the Plant ers and Commercial Bank at Scotlanc Neck. ' The commissioners of Hoke coun ty have decided to spend $50,000 for road improvement. This means 200 to 250 miles of good sand-clay road in the county. A summary of reports from the weather observatories in this state for May shows that the average rain fall for the month was only 1.21 inch es, the lowest on record, the next lowest having been May, 1903, when the total rainfall was 1-99. The rainfall for the state since January 1 has been deficient, the de ficiency in Raleigh being 9 inches. The dead body of an unknown man was found Sunday morning on the track of the Southern railway about three miles south of Kings Moun tain. Members of the crew of train No. 39 were the first to discover the mangled remains, which were strewn along the track for about fifty feet. It is the opinion of the railroad men that he was killed by a freight train earlier in the day. NOTES FROM NATION'S CAPITOL. Senate Pastes Resolution for Election Of Senators by the People.?Hot Weather.?Other Matters of In terest. Washington, D. C., June 13.?After being in continuous session for more tlian ton hours, through a scorch ing afternoon (such as one can find only in Washington), the Senate shortly after ten o'clock Mo.> lay night passed the proposed constitu tional amendment for the direct el ection of l ntted States Senators, on ly however, after forcing the Bristow amendment upon it. The Bristow amendment provides that the fed eral government shall have control of sach elections. It Is hardly ex pected that the House will agree to the Senate amendment, but should it pass the House as amended, it will aever be ratified by three-fourths of the states as Is required before it will become a part of the Constitu tion. The Bristow amendment is Intended to give federal control of elections to those states which have disfranchised the negro, and is a direct blow at the South. This be ing tbe case it will never receive ratification from the Southern States. .viinougn tne ueniana ior me popu lar election of Senators has been growing daily, it may yet be years before the desired change is ever ef fected. Last Sunday evening Robert San ders and myself attended the Con federate Memorial Exercises at Ar I.ngton. Although Arlington is the foremost of the National Military Cemeteries, a section of it was allot ted to the Confederate soldiers who ? died in the hospitals here during the Civil War. The principal speak er was, Hon. Robert L. Taylor, of Tennessee, who succeeded the late Edward Carniack in the United Suites Senate. His address was a magnificent one, in which he paid splendid tubuie to tha Confederate u^ail, and to those who surrendered all for the cause they believed to je just. At the close of the exer cises the graves of all the Confeder ate dead were decorated. Arlington was formerly the home of Robert E. Lee, and for several generations was the home of tTie Lee and Custis families. The tract of land contains 1,100 acres. Graves cover an area of over four hun dred acres, and under the oaks that once belonged to the greatest of the Southern heroes, sleep nearly 20,000 Union soldiers. In one of the rooms or tne i-.ee manb'on is a beautiful mahogany ease v 1th glass top, containing a book in which is written the names of the soldiers and sailors who lost tli? r lives In the Spanish-American War, irrespective of their residence. On S-inilaj the book was opened near the mitldlo and we were proud to see that the entire page was devoted to record of the man, who was first to give up his life for his country. Ensign Worth Ragley, of Raleigh, N. C. Arlington is one of the places of greatest interest to the many tour ist visiting Washington, and is visited each week by more than a thousand visitors from all parts of the United States. Of all places Washington is the hottest. It Is even hotter than Golds boro, which is undisputed the hot test place in North Carolina. Prom May 18th to 25th, the government '.nermometer on Pennsylvania Ave nue near 14th Street registered each day over 100 and on two occas ions reaching 105. The 'lottest day of the year, however was last Sun day when the thermometer register ed 107, and that was in the shade i too, and was the same government thermometer above referred to. The hot wave In May was followed by a cold snap, which made summer colds quite numerous. Before closing this letter however, I might add that nei ther Robert or myself were troubled in the least, as Robert brought along a full supply of Hood's Croup, Cold and Pneumonia Remedy which he says is the best thing out for colds. A. M. NOBLE. ?.?.> The dewberry growers of Lee coun ty began shipping berries last week, the first bringing as high as eighteen ' cents per quart. KITCHIN'S GREAT SPEECH. The Congreuman From the Second Made One of the Moat Effective Speeches on the Tariff Ever Heard In Congress According to a Well Known Washington Newspaper Man. A newspaper correspondent who writes from Washington over the pseudonym of "Savoyard," payB Con gressman Claude Kitchin a very high compliment on his speech on the reciprocity measure, delivered on April 15th. Savoyard is an old man of at least three-score-and-ten anil has heard nearly all the great speech es made in Congress for the past thirty years. He is a Kentucklan and what he says of the speech of the Congressman from the Second Is not biased or prejudiced, or influ enced by anything else than its real , merit. Note what he says: One of the most effective speeches ever made in Congress was that of Claude Kitchin, delivered April 15, opening the debate in behalf of reci procity. It carried dismay into the j quarters of the protectionists and the near protectionists. It inspirited every true Democrat that heard it and it encourages every true Demo crat who reads it. A holy terror in a political melee, the young son of the Old North State had the stand patters on the rack for three hours He knew his subject from beginning to ending and in my time I have not known a readier man in debate. A Democrat from skin to core, he can not be cajoled by the specious plead ings, nor browbeaten by the trucu lent threats, of the myrmidons of predatory wealth. He sees in reci procity an assault on the "protective principle," as they call it, and that; is why he is for it. Those Repub licans who favor reciprocity do so in the hope that this concession will preserve what is left of the dogma; but according to Kltchin it is the opening skirmish of a glorious war for honest and constitutional taxa tion. Here is a passage from Kitchin's speech that every Democrat ought to read: "Who is right? 'Zeb' Vance or these anti-reciprocity Democrats? I venture the statement that whenever you see a good Democrat against this reciprocity you must scratch a little deeper than corn, rye, barley, oats, live stock, and so forth, to find the real reason for the opposi tion. (Applause.) "Sci&ich a little and you will find lumber reduction (laughter and ap plause), and a little deeper and you will find wood-pulp reduction, and the biggest wood-pulp plant south of the Potomac is in North Carolina; scratch a little deeper and you will find some mica reduction, and there is some mica made in North Caro lina. (Applause and laughter.) Now, when a Republican President and many Republicans here are willing to concede that they have been fooling the farmers for thirty years about the tariff on their products, gome of our Democrats coime along and say, 'Do not admit that, for we want to fool the farmer as you have been do ing, and get protection for lumber in our State, for wood-pulp and mi ca in our districts.' " YOUNG LADY CHOSE ANOTHER. The Virginian Had to Return Home Without His Bride Who Chose a Bensonian. Benson, June 14.?The course < f | true love never runs smooth as wi shown last Sunday when Mr. B roe, of Emporia, Va., arrived w i I the intention of marrying Miss Pe 1 Forsyth, of Emporia, who was lting irlends in our midst, but le! r, ed on his arrival that the bride ? is not to be his, but had chosen 4r Julius Hodges of our town instrf.id Mr. Hodges and Miss For ytt boarded the night train and wect t > South Carolina where they ; e married Monday morning. Mr. H?"U.<* is a clever and industrious y >c man and we wish for him and young bride a long and happy lit?. Hubert Morris of Greensboro, as drowned ia^the Neuse river r >r Newbern Sunday, while out o: a boat excursion party. A compsn <>', J. J. Wiley, of Norfolk, was l?o drowned. A FAST GROWING ENTERPRISE. The Smithfield Garage and Machine Company Ha* Recently Acquired The Selma Iron and Machine Com- J pany, Greatly Strengthening Its Al ready Well-Equipped Plant. The Smithfield Garage and Ma chine Company has recently purchas ed the Selma Iron and Machine Com pany with all its brass and Iron foun-, dry equipment which will add greatly to this company's plant. The Smithfield Garage and Ma chine Company was established here j a few months ago by our enterpris- j ing townsman, Mr. James H. Kirk man, who saw that there was soon j gotrg to be a great demand for Just such a business as lie contemplated starting up. The growth of the bu ; siness has fully justified Mr. Kirk man's expectations. The demands have been growing greater all the time with the increased number of automobiles that has been purchased by the citizens of this section, until it was necessary to enlarge the scope and efficiency of the business. Ac cordingly the Selma plant mentioned above was purchased. Additional ma chinery will be installed as soon aa the necessary buildings can be erect ed to house It. With what it already is and with what it plana to be in the near future the Smithfield Ga lage and Machine Company will be able to compare most favorably with any such business in any town of similar size in the Satte. Mr. J. K. I^ewis, a machinist of forty years' experience, will have charge of the work of the machine department, while an expert in auto mobile work will have charge of that department. The company has arranged for plumbing also and a plumber of many years' experience will have charge of this division. When fully completed and equipped according to the owner's plans, any j kind of work in its branch can be done on short notice and in first class workmanship and style. We congratulate Mr. Kirkman on the success that has attended his efforts thus far and bespeak for him still greater success in the future. BENSON NOTES. Benson, June 14.? Mr. Kosmal Smitt has been appointed Deputy Sheriff to succeed Mr. P. A. Putnam, who resigned some time ago. Rev. E. J. Rodger f Apex, arrived Sunday and con due services Sun day morning and evening at the Bap tist church. Mr. aodgers has been chosen as pasto' o: the church to succeed Kev. w ? msuce, wno goes to Red Spring He Is a young man of abiltt mil we are glad to welcome him to our town. Of those *-.-?? In town recent ly we note U? following: Miss Ber tha Royall of Rocky Mount, Miss Neta Penny, of Princeton, Mr. and Mrs. Clem Bryan and Mr. and Mrs. Roberts' and Miss Julia Austin, of ! Clayton, Mv. Stroup, of Four Oaks, Mr. Pat Moore, of Chapel Hill, Messrs L.-e and Edgar Turlington and Prof, L. T. Royall, of Smlthfield, Mr. E ii. Hall and Mr. U. P. Wal lace, of Fayetteville. Of those , lawtv Iroiu town we note. Prof Z. H. j Rose o Chapel Hili, Dr. W. T. Martii to Asheville and M. T. Britt t_> Richmond, Va. If a man from some other state oulJ have looked on the scene go i '.g f creating such scenes will pay ihe penalty. Let it be severe. A correspondent writing from Rae ford to the Charlotte Observer, says: "Crops where a stand of cotton was ' secured are the finest ever seen at j this season of the year. There never was such a fine prospect for a corn crop and everyone says the same thine." CORN CLUB BOYS TO MEET. Saturday, July Eighth, the Boys Will Gather at Smithfield to Hear An Address anda Receive Furthr In structions. The Corn Club Boys of Johnston County are called to meet In Smitl^ field on July 8 for the purpose of getting more Information and to hear an address on the subject of corn raising and other matters per taining to the Boys' Clubs. Some good speaker will be here and it is hoped that every member of the club will be on hand. Johnston Coun ty is going to be in the forefront of the corn raising contest this year as there are about 130 boys in the corn club. KfcNLY SOCIETY. Miss Fereie Boyd left Tuesday night after spending a few days as the guest of Miss AUie Bailey. Mrs. J. H. Kirby is on a visit to her uncle, Mr. A. S. ljeide, of Wil mington, N. C. Miss l-.ee liailey returned home Saturday from an extended visit with friends in and around Smithfield. Miss Lena Xlmphrey spent part of the past week with her aunt, Mrs. I R. H. Alford. I I Mr. C. B. and Tyre Bailey are hav ing a glorious sojourn in the moun tains of Virginia. Miss Alice Smithe, the gifted mil liner for Bailey and Kirby left for her home at Dillon, S. C., Saturday morning. Little Miss Inez Edgerton ran up to Smithfield for a day or two last week. Mr. Glenn, a very strong preacher, assisted the Methodist (minister in a series of meetings here the first two weeks of June. A great amount of good was accomplished and we hope the spirit of the revival will live a long life. Mr. G. F. Kirkpatrick', the new pastor of the Presbyterian church, arrived in our midst on the third of June. He has already begun the great work he is to do with many good results. The Edgerton generation is hav ing its annual reunion this week. We are over-glad to have all of them with us, and extend to each a hearty welcome. Miss Charity Pope, of Georgia, has arrived in North Carolina to spend a good part of the summer with kith and kin. Mrs. P. G. Grady, of Middlesex, has been spending some few weeks with her father. Dr. J. C. Grady. Mr. P. G. Grady came over and spent Sunday. Mr. JSphraim Watson, who now holds a good position with one of the leading firms of Mount Olive, spent Saturday and Sunday at home. A large crowd of young people en joyed an evening of great fun over on Mrs. J. W. Dardin's lawn last Friday night. There were present people of all stages and it was a delight to notice how each one join ed in the old fashioned games. Mr. S. G. Rollings, the former prin cipal of Kenly High School, is now at his home in Virginia, but we have the great joy of knowing he will be with us another year. The peo ple of Kenly owe Mr. Rollings a great debt. The success of Kenly High School is largely due to his manly efforts. Kenly is thriving day after day. The handsome brick building that is being erected on Main street will speak for our little town. Mr. Roney M. High is back from A. & M. College. We are glad to have Roney back as he is the life of the town. There will be services at the Pres byterian church Sunday, June the third. Every one is requested to come out and hear Mr. Kirkpatrick for the first time. Kenly, June 14. Lightning's Work. Mr. Joseph Gower had a visit by lightning last week. It struck a large oak about eight feet from his dwelling and a small oak about ten ! feet away. It tore up badly a win ; dow in the front part of the bouse. It broke open a piece of terra cotta pipe which made part of the stove | flue after which R tore a hole In the jfloor near the stove. Nobody was hurt. BANK CASHIER SUICIDES. Luther V. Hart of the Bank of Tar boro Puts Bullet Through Head ?Shortage of $50,000.?Assistant Cashier, E. B. Hussey, Under Ar rest?Suicide Followed Arrival of Examiner. Tarboro, June 14.?Cashier Eutlv er V. Hart, attendant at bis duties in the Hank of Tarboro this morning, is this afternoon a corpse from his own volition, having fired a pistol ball through his brain at 1:30. His assistant cashier, E. B. Hussey, Is under arrest as being implicated In a shortage in excess of $50,000, dis covered to-day, which will probably wreck this banking institution. Hart left his duties at the bank about 1 o'clock, going home to din ner, went up stairs and while his wife was preparing the noon meal a shot was heard. She rushed up stairs to find her husband in a dy ing condition, lying upon the bed with blood oozing from a bullet hole through his head. Facts incident to the suicide were that State Bank Examiner J. K. Doughton made a call at the bank this morning, and following his us ual custom was inspecting the bu siness of the bank when Hart left at the regular hour for dinner. Hart while on his way home met busi ness acquaintances and made a num ber of engagements to meet tfcem in the afternoon. On his arrival at home no one noted anything unusual in his manner, and he was in his room supposedly preparnig for din ner when the shot was heard. He died at four o'clock,never hav ing regained consciousness. The Busy Fly. This beautiful and helpful poem was built by a member of the Wo man's Club of Maysville: "How doth the little busy fly Improve each shining minute, And when he finds an apple pie, Plants micro-millions in it." ?Cynthiana (Ky.) Democrat. Canaday Monument Unveiling. The monument to the memory of Prof. J. P. Canaday will be unveil ed at Benson cemetery on Friday morning, June 23, at 10:30 o'clock. This monument is the gift of the school children and teachers of John ston County together with a few friends. The following persons will take part in the exercise: Prof. L. T. Royall, Prof. I. T. Turlington and Prof. E. J. Barnes, Superintendent Of Wilson County. It is to be hoped that a large crowd will be present. Raney-Pittman. The following announcement ha? been received here: Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Pittman announce the marriage of their daughter, Maude, to Mr. Luther Al exander Raney, on Wednesday, the fourteenth of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, Goldsboro, North Carolina. Magic Lantern Show. Prof. Z. V. Judd and Miss Edith Royster, Wake's popular County I Superintendent and assistant, of Ral eigh, will give a magic lantern show at Cades Springs, Saturday evening promptly at 8 P. M. The public is cordially invited to be present to hear the talks by them also. Admis sion: Adults 10 cents; children 5. In interest of the Womans Better ment Association of that place. MRS. TROY O. SMITH, President. Hail Sunday Evening. We have heard of severe hail which fell at several places last Sunday evening. It did same dam age to cotton and tore corn blades Into little fragments In the neigh borhood of Mr. W. M. Sanders' Frost place In Wilson's Mills township. It is reported even more severe near Oliver's Grove church in In grams township. It Is said that the ?tones there varied between the sti es of partridge and hen eggs. There the rain was very heavy and washed the land badly.