VOL 30 ?m.
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 191 \ IJB
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. Number 17
EDUCATION GOOD ROADS GOOD HEALTH PROGRESS = =
" FIVE CENT8 PER COPT,
UNDERWOOD BILL PASSED. I
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Measure Provide# For Reduction of I
Duty on Wool. Support is Given
By Twenty-four Republicans, and
Only One Democrat Is in Opposi- |
tion. I,
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Washington, June 20.?The House '
of Representatives, by a vote of !
221 to 100, today passed the Under
wood wool tariff revision bill, pro- '
viding for a reduction of the duty on
wool and manufactures of wool.
Twenty-four Republicans voted with i
the Democrats for the passage of the !
measure, and one Democrat, Represen
tative Francis, of Ohio, voted against
it. u
Many amendments were offered and
voted down, the only one adopted
being a slight change in phraseology.
Almost five hours were spent by the
House in debate, under the five-minute
rule. Immediately preceding the fi
nal vote, a motion offered by Rep
resentative Payne, of New York, that I
the bill be submitted to the Ways
and Means Committee, with instruc
tions that it wait a report of the
tariff board on the woolen inquiry
before making a final report of
the bill, was lost by a vote of 184
to 118.
Representative Underwood, eliair-1
jnan of the Ways and Means Com
mittee, and in charge of the bill,
kept his forces well together in
their opposition to all amendments.
While some Democrats proposed
amendments, with one exception, vo
ted with the party when the bill i
feme to passage.
BENSON NOTES.
Benson, June 22.?Miss Ruth Jones,
of Smithfield, visited friends here
the first of the week.
Messrs. M. T. Britt and Henry Slo
cumb visited friends in Clinton Sat- ;
urday night and Sunday.
Miss Elsie McNobb, of Baltimore, j
trimmer for the R. F. Smith Milli-1
nery Company, left Tuesday for her :
home, the season having closed.
Mr. W. G. Wilson, of Wilson's
Mills, was a visiter to our city Tues
day and Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Moore, who
nere married here last Friday, left
Monday for Raleigh and Greensboro,
where they will visit several weeks.
Dr. W. T. Martin, who has been
at Asheville and Oxford for the past
two weeks, returned home yesterday.
Mr. M. T. Britt, president of the j
Farmers Commercial Bank of this |
place, left Tuesday for Kanuga Uake I
in Western North Carolina to at- {
tend the Bankers' Association held j
there this week.
Mr. J. D. Spiers, of Smtthfield, j
fpent Monday afternoon here look
ing after his business.
Mrs. Jones, of Elizabeth City,
was here several days recently the
guest of Mrs. W. D. Boon.
Mr. Ira B. Hudson, at one time
one of the most active business men
of this place, died Saturday morning
early at his home in Benson. His re
mains were laid away Saturday af- '
ternoon in Benson cemetery. He j
'eaves surviving, a wife and several
small children.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. >
Martin Lucas died Tuesday night j1
and was burled yesterday afternoon.
There seems to be an epidemic of (
measles and whooping cougli among i
the young children here, several hav- 11
leg died recently, and many others :
being very sick now. I
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NEWS FROM CLAYTON.
Clayton, June 21.?Miss Pearl 1
Barnes, of Archer, is visiting her ,
brother, Mr. Jno. I. Barnes, for a 1
few days. jl
W. A. Barnes. J. M. Turley and |'
C. W. Pender spent several days at 1
Asheville last week. 1
Dr. Herman Horne Is visiting his !
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Horne.
Dr. W. D. Young, of Snow Hill, is
visiting his brother, Dr. J. J. Young, i
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Poole, Jr., of J
Wendell, were the guests of Mrs.
Poole's mother Sunday.
Mr. A. Sam White is spending a
few days In Newbern this week.
W. I. Holland and family have ,
returned home from Morehead City, ]
where they have been spending sev- |
eral days. <
Mrs. J. E. Page and Mrs E. R. |
Pulley returned home to-day after ]
?pending a few days in Dunn. i
HOW WE CAN GET GOOD ROADS.
Business Proportion to the Tax Pay
er# *nd Citizens of Johnston Co.
The question is often asked why
the roads of Johnston County are
so poor. The question is easily an
swered by one who has been travel- j
ing them for the last twenty-five;
years.
First. The system of working
them is the poorest to be found in !
the world, and the majority of our
roads are simply murdered by neg
lect. There is a remedy in this I
County and the opportunity is at j
our door. Our roads are comparative
ly level and our river is crossed with
good iron bridges. We have sand \
and clay in abundance, the two com
bined makes the best road to be
found ln? the world. Gravel is a
blessing to any community where |
properly used on the road.
Now we have been murdering our
roads, murdering our horses and
mules for generations; suppose we
put a 8top to it.
Clayton township was the first in
the County to make a start. See
the great results by taking a ride
over her roads. Smithfield was sec
ond, Selma third, Banner was fourth
and now good old Wilson's Mills
has joined the procession, all hav
ing voted a special tax for good
roads. The question now is who
will be next. O'Neals and Wilders
have petitions circulating (or signa
tures asking for an election to vote
special road tax. Pine Level is
wide awake building good roads, and
the writer has faith in Johnston
County's pride and believes that
every township in the County will
vote a special tax before the dawn
of 1912. Do not think because you
have no town in your township that
the taxes will be burdensome. Vote
the tax, 33 1-3 cents on the hundred
dollars is the limit. After you have
voted special tax have levied 95
cents on the hundred dollars worth
of property and 75 c-nts on the poll,
<md after eanh township has done
this, and maue a start this will
guarantee good roads all over the
County as finances can be arrangen
fir the rural districts within the
next three years. I believe a law
should be passed allowing the Coun
ty Commissioners to appropriate to
the rural districts an amount equal
for the special taxes collected in
each township where the special tax-!
^s amount to less than $20.00 per
mile, but in no case appropriate mon
ey for good roads in any township
where the township does not pay a
special road lax. I believe the state
of North Carolina ought to appropri
ate a certain amount of money each
year for the maintenance of the
Central Highway from Beaufort to
the Tennessee line. After these
improvements have been accomplish
ed the County should issue two
hundred thousand dollars worth of
bonds and build good and first-class
roads all over Johnston County. Out
of this amount Selma, Clayton, Smith
field and Wilson's Mills townships
will not need but little, for their ,
roads will be built with their own
special taxes within the next two
or three years. Mr. W. M. Sanders
is President of "Johnston County
Good Roads Association. See him
and let's get busy and outstrip our
sister Counties in this great move
ment of road building. We have a
great agricultural County, second lar
gest cotton growing county in North
Carolina. There are no better peo
ple in the world than you will find |
right here in old Johnston and what
we want to do is to stop murdering j
aur roads and our teams. Let's all [
pull together and build the best
roads in North Carolina. Our hope
Is the special tax from each town
ship. When this tax has been voted f
and collected the weak townships j
will find outside relief.
Yours very truly,
M. C. WINSTON.
Selma, N. C., June 20.
Peculiar Death At Fayetteville.
Fayettevllle, N. C., June 19.?As a
result of swallowing a particle of a
pine wood splinter which he used
for a toothpick, W. B. West, of
3odwin, died In Hlghsmith Hospital
lere to-day. West was brought here
act night and the splinter was re-1
noved by an operation.
STATE GOOD ROADS COMMITTEE.
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President Varner of North Carolina
Good Roads Association Announ
ces Executive Committees.
Islington, June 20.?Mr. H. B.
Varner, who was elected president of
the North Carolina Good Roads As
sociation at the meeting in Winston- j
Salem last week, has named the
following executive committee:
Judge Henry R. Starbuck, of Win
ston-Salem; Prank H. Fleer, of Tho
masville; William Dunn, of New
Bern; R. P. Richardson, of Reids
ville; Dr. C. P. Ambler, of Asheville;
Col. Henry C. Dockery, of Rocking
ham; P. D. Gold, Jr., of Raleigh;
Col. Wade H. Harris, of Charlotte;
James A. Wellons, of Smithfield; W.
C. Feimster, of Newton, and Hon.
W. C. Hammer, of Asheboro.
The president of the association,
Col. H. B. Varner; the Secretary, Dr.
Joseph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist,
and the Treasurer, Mr. Joseph G.
Brown, of. Raleigh, are ex-officio mem
bers of the committee.
GENERAL NEWS.
The Department of Justice expend
ed $845,184.56 in legal fees between
March 31, 1909 and May 31, 1911.
There were 212 business failures in
the United States during the week
ending June 15, as against 232 the
previous week.
Speaker Clark believes that if the
Pennsylvania Democracy is reorgan
ized along militant lines the Demo
crats should carry the State in 1912.
Descendants of every President of
the United States since 1861 were
invited tp the silver wedding an
niversary of the President and Mrs.
Taft.
Three aviators were killed and
many were injured in the French
races Sunday. Two were burned to |
death in their machines and a third
was dashed to death.
About 350,000 acres of Indian lands [
will be put on sale this year and
their disposition will be stimulated
by posters which the Indian liureau
is sending to all parts of the coun
try.
The Hon. J. Proctor Knott, Govern
or of Kentucky from 1883 to 1887, '
and five times a Representative of |
Kentucky in Congress, died in Leb-1
anon after a long illness Sunday. He
was 80 years old.
The story of the birth of the beet
sugar industry in America, its trials
and tribulations ever since, and how
the Cnard brothers made $500,000
profit almost overnight were the fea- |
? ures of the testimony of Henry T. !
Oxnard before the House Sugar In- .
vestigating Committee Friday.
In a statement Monday night Post- I
master General Hitchcock said he
believed many railroads were being
overpaid for carrying the mails and
that a saving of approximately $9,-1
000,000 a year can be made without '
doing injustice to any line. He holds
out hope of one-cent letter postage.
Gen. Diaz sailed from Santander,
Spain Monday night for Plymouth.
He will go to Paris to consult a spe- j
cialist and will then make his home
in Spain. Before leaving Santander
the former President of Mexico made
a statement In which he said he
abandoned Mexico forever to prevent
blood-spilling.
A hog was killed in a railroad ac
cident in Georgia some months ago
and a jury in the Superior court in
Atlanta last Friday gave J. D. Debow
who owned the hog, a verdict of ten
thousand dollars. The hog was a j
pedigreed animal, weighed over a'
thousand pounds, was nine feet long
and three feet high. Mr. Debow val
ued the hog at twenty thousand dol
lars.
A carload of babies left New York
Monday for Chicago. They are from
the New York Foundling Asylum j
Families In Minnesota, Nebraska, the j
Dakoife and Colorado have applied
for one each. Two sisters and four
nurses will oare for them as for as j
ChftMeo Mrs. John Rouse will take
charge of the distribution. This asy- ,
lum has sent 20,000 babies west in
the last thirty-five years.
Chief Engineer R. P. Henry, of
Winston-Salem, has begun the survey
of the Salisbury-to-Monroe railroad.
He states that it will require about
three months to complete the survey,
after which work will be begun on
the construction of the road.
FIGHT GOING STEADILY ON.
Great Progress in the Campaign
Against Hookworm Disease.?21,
000 Cases Already Treated.
Raleigh, June 22.?The North Car
olina Campaign against hookworm
disease is making steady progress.
The number of cases of the disease ,
reported as treated by physicians
has grown during the past twelve
months from 3,250 to 21,000; the
number of doctors treating the dis
ease from 183 to 597; and the num
ber of people microscopically exam
ined for it In the State Laboratory
of Hygiene from 500 to 23,312. Seven
thousand two hundred and seventy
six of the latter number were found
to have hookworm infection, and
2,543 showed others of the eight
intestinal parasites. Though some
of these were found quite frequently
the hookworm infections were found
three times as frequently as all ,
the others combined. Thirty-one per
cent of the 23,312 examined showed
hookworm infection. Of the number
examined, 1,000 were State troops,
1,000 were orphans, 1,000 children in
the State schools for the blind, deaf
and dumb, and the reformatory. Near
ly 1,000 insanes have been examined.
The other 19,000 are largely made
up of public school children taken at
random.
FISH BITE MAY BE FATAL.
Talk of Amputating Leg of Man
In Attempt to Save Life.
Philadelphia, June 18.?Bitten on
the ankle by a bluefish last week,
Paul Jacquette, of No. 117 Kaight
avenue, Camden, is suffering from
general blood poisoning in the leg
in the Cooper Hospital, and is not
expected to live. Physicians may
amputate his leg at the knee to-mor
row in an effort to check a further
spread of the poison. ?
Jacquette was one of a party of
amateur fishermen who went down
the Delaware in a motor boat to
try their luck. They had much of
it, and were kept so busy that the
captured fish were thrown into the
bottom of the craft. Jacquette took
off his shoes during the day, and in
walking across the pit was bitten by
a big fish on his exposed ankle. He
paid no attention to the wound until
blood poisoning developed.
Creech-Harvey.
Memphis, Tenn., June 16.?A very
pretty wedding was solemnized in
the parish home at St. Peters Church
last evening when Miss Ethel Har
vey became the bride of T. W.
Creech, of North Carolina, the Rev.
Father Farmer reading the service
at 8 o'clock before a gathering of
friends and relatives.
The bride wore a beautiful white
lace robe over white satin and her
veil was caught with orange blos
soms. She carried a bouquet of
bride roses and valley lilies in show
er-effect and wore a white rosary
that had been in the family for a
number of years. She also wore a
diamond pendant, the gift of the
groom.
Miss Dora Golightly, wearing a
lingerie robe of white embroidery ov
er pink satin with a large white
picture hat and carrying a sheaf
bouquet of killarney roses, attended
her as maid of honor. The groom
was attended by Frank Potter as
best man.
Following the cermeony a re
ception was held in the bride's home
on Madison Avenue. The rooms
thrown open for the entertainment of
the guests were beautifully decorat
ed with white roses, valley ltllies
and ferns, while the walls were
banked with palms.
During the evening a two-course
menu was served to about seventy
five guests who before their depart
ure had the pleasure of viewing the
many handsome presents including a
chest of silver, a gift of the bride's
father.
Mr. and Mrs. Creech left at the
late hour for an eastern bridal trip,
the bride wearing a dark blue suit,
with hat and accessories la harmony.
On their return in the early part
of September they will be at home
to their friends in this city.
Rains have relieved the drouth in
the Southern States.
CLAYTON BLANKS WAKEFIELD.
Gooae Eggs Handed Wakefield Boyi
Through Pitching of Barnes.
Clayton, N. C.( June 17.?Clayton
defeated Wakefield yesterday after
noon on the home diamond by the
score of 4 to 0. The features of
the game were the pitching of
Barnes, allowing the opposing bats
men only two scattered hits. Ia the
eighth Duncan, for Clayton, hit a
terrific double with two men on,
cinching the game.
Batteries for Clayton: Barnes and
Cable. For Wakefield: Maden and
Horton. Umpire, Uulley.
MICRO NEWS.
Micro, N. C., June 21.?The far
mers of this section were very glad
to see the rain which came Mon
day.
Several of our young people attend
ed church at Beulah Sunday.
Mr. Festus Peedin was in town
Sunday.
Miss Sadie Bagley is spending ??. j
few days with her sister, Mrs. A. E.
Fitzgerald, of OoldBboro.
Miss Pearl Aycock Is attending
the Teachers' Summer School at Cha
pel Hill. I
Dr. P. Fitzgerald, of Selma, spent
last Thursday night with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Fitzgerald.
Mr. Lester Aycock is spending his
vacation with his parents, Mr. and j
Mrs. B. L. Aycock of this place.
Miss Stella Fitzgerald returned
from Goldsboro last Thursday where
she has been visiting relatives.
Mrs. Ellen Talton and daughter,
Miss Addie, of Falcon, spent a few
days here last week with relatives.
Mrs. N. B. Hinnant spent last Sun
day with her daughter, Mrs. Ed
Oneal, of Selma.
Mrs. John Sellers, of Wintersville,
is spending this week with her sis
ter, Mrs. J. D. Pearce.
Dr. M. Hinnant, of Baltimore, is
spending his vacation with his par
ents here.
Mr. Clifton Pearce, of Selma, N.
C., and Mr. Wade Pearce, of Rich
mond, Va., were called home last
Monday on account of the sudden ill
ness of their father, Mr. J. D.
Pearce.
There was a very large crowd at
Zion Methodist church Saturday, to
attend the funeral and burial of Mrs.
Ann Southard. The service was con
ducted by her pastor, Mr. Benson,
of Kenly, after which the remains
were laid to rest in the Zion ceme
! tery. Mrs. Southard was one of the
( oldest members of Zion church and
was a very good woman. She will
be greatly missed in her church and
community. She leaves several chil
dren and grand children, a host of
relatives and friends to mourn their
loss, but what is their loss is her
eternal gain; so let us weep not for
the departed one, but say: "Thy
will oh Lord be done."
"BILL."
University Summer School.
Chapel Hill, June 20.?On the
morning of the Fourth of July ap
propriate exercises, over which Dr.
T. P. Harrison, of the chair of
English of the A. & M. College, of
Raleigh, will preside, will be held
in Gerrard Hall. In the afternoon a
baseball game between the summer
school and the law school will be
played, and in the evening Shake
speare's "As You Like It" will be
presented on the college green by
a caste mado up of summer school
students, under the direction of Prof.
A. Vermont. The variety of the
program and the skill of Professor
i Vermont as a master in amateur dra
matics Insure a delightful play day
as a break in the middle of the
term's work.?News and Observer.
Fourteen Cows Killed by Lightning.
The post has just learned of the
loss last week by Mr. H. Clay Grubb
i of fourteen head of fine cattle on
his farm in Boone township. David
| son county. During a severe thunder
storm the cattle congregated under a
big tree in order to shelter from the
rain when a bolt of lightning struck
in the midst ot the cattle, instant
ly killing the entire lot, fourteen in
number.?Salisbury Po?t
JOHNSTON HAS FIRST BLOOM.
J. M. Turley, of Clayton, Send*
New# and Observer the First
Cotton Blocsom.
The newspapers are receiving noyr
from their farmer frineds beautiful
flowers in the shape of the first cot
ton blooms.
Talk about your conservatories and
flower gardens, there is not in the
most costly conservatory in the
world as beautiful flowers with aa
much variety of color as you will
find in a cotton field all abloom.
On Monday the first cotton bloom
of the season sent to The News and
Observer came from Mr. J. M. Tur
ley, of Clayton, N. C. On Tuesday
the second cotton bloom sent was
from Mr. R. H. Oower, who obtain
ed it from the farm of Messrs. Ham
ilton and Fish.
Yesterday (Wednesday) the first
cotton bloom in Wake county was
brought to The News and Observer
by Mr. W. A. Simpkins from hU
Wilder farm in St. Matthew's town
ship. Mr. Simpkins obtained this
bloom exactly seventy days from the
time it was planted. He planted it
on April 11th and pulled the bloom
on the morning of June 21st. Speak
ing about cotton blooms yesterday,
Mr. Simpkins said:
"June 21st is the earliest cotton
bloom I have ever heard of in
Wake county. The earliest cotton
bloom I ever pulled from my cotton
was about twenty years ago. I got a
bloom from my farm in Johnston
county on June 22nd. This year In
Wake county I got a bloom on the
21st. They plant their cotton in
Johnston earlier than they do in
Wake, and June 21st is the earliest
bloom I have ever heard of being
found in Wake county."?News and
Observer, 22nd.
FOUR OAKS NOTES.
Four Oaks, June 20.?Mr. J. M.
i Beaty, of The Herald, was here for
I a while last week on business.
Mr. R. B. Strickland, of the Car
iollna Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany at Fayetteville, spent Sunday
here.
Mr. J. R. Corbett, of Princeton,
j was the guest of W. E. Barbour last
, week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. House were
called home suddenly Saturday to
Spring Hope on account of the death
of Mrs. House'8 father, Mr. Hines,
who died at Saint Luke's Hospital,
Baltimore, Md., while undergoing an
operation.
Mr. Tom Harper, of Durham, 18
I with us again. He is completing the
painting on the colonial residence ot
Mr. B. B. Ada/ms. Alsq. Mr. and Mrs.
j Tuttle and Mr. Christopher, hardwood
, floor men, left this morning for
I Greensboro, their next job. Mr. A.
Milch, the German Fresco Artist,
lias completed and gone ot New York
to visit his mother.
Mr. Hugh B. Adams has arrived
home for vacation from Trinity Col
lege.
There was a very good moving pic
ture show here two nights last week
by students of Wake Forest college,
preparing for the ministry.
The Baptist Philatheas gave a
very successful bazaar here last
Friday evening from 8:30 to 11:30,
which was highly appreciated by the
public! and amounted to a neat sum
1 for the building of a Philathea class
room. Good luck to these deserving
young women. Come again.
Misses Alma and Mattle Pierce, of
Kenly, arrived Saturday to spend
some time with their sister, Mrs. W.
R. Keen.
We regret to note the illness of
Mrgj S. Tff. Brown and her brother,
Mr. Seth Keen, who are confined
with fever.
Misses Nellie Lassiter and Vessie
Coats passed through enroute for
Miss Lasslter's home near here, Mon
day.
The recorder of Charlotte has fin
ed a dealer ten dlolars for selling cig
arettes to minors.
High Point has passed a city ordi
nance making it a crime, with five
, dollars penalty, for any firm or lndl
' vldual to offer for sale within a ra
dius of one mile of the city limits
any provisions of any description not
properly screened to keep out flies,
etc.