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VOL 30 - - SM1THFIELD, N. C? FRIDAY, JUNEIOTTSU =============^ ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR Number 1? 0?0D HEALTH " ?==?^ =1 ? rrVE CENTS PER COPT. SENATOR LEAS HEROISM tells of giving blood to HIS WIFE. Senator Lea Conscious All the Time of Painful Operation?Happy In its Results?Forgot His Pain In Thinking of the Suffering Woman at His Side. Washington, June 23.?Senator Luke Lea, of Tennessee, whose he roic action in giving more than a quart of his blood to save the life of his wife has won for him univer sal admiration, yesterday had so far recovered that he was able to resume his senatorial duties. For the first time he told of the details of the ordeal through which he passed last Sunday while his blood was being tranfused with that of his wife. The Senator last night de clared that Mrs. Lea is well on the road to recovery, and that she is reasonably certain of regaining her Strength. Friday night the stitches in Sena tor Lea's arm, where the long incis ion was made, were removed. The pain of this second operation weak ened the Senator for a short time, but immediately afterward he said that the removal of the stitches had greatly relieved the pain, and that he suffered only slightly. When he took his place on the Lorimer inves tigating committee yesterday only the paleness of his face and the ban dages showing below his cuff evi denced the operation through which )ie had passed. .Senator Lea was reluctant to dis cuss the operation. To the many Sen ators Representatives and other pub lic m*n who have called on him since the operation, he displayed the ut jiiost modesty, disclaiming any right to undue credit for what all termed great heroism. He has shown the same attitude toward all the nurses, sisters and phjsicians at the George town University Hospital, where the operation was performed. To all of the people the tall, young Tennessee Senator and his beautiful wife have ' become idols. ''The operation was, of course, painful and for a time made me ill but in comparison with its results on Mrs. Lea, the discomfort and pain to me amounted to absolutely noth ing,'' the Senator said. "It was just such a sacrifice as every hus band is more than willing to make. Mrs. Lea is recovering, and so jny pain is forgotten." Conscious Through Operation. it was from Senator Lea that the <act was learned for the first time that all during the operation, while his life's blood was slowly passing into Mrs. Lea's body, he was con scious. He was also conscious while the stitches were being removed Fri day night. His fortitude in face of the extreme pain, which it is known 1 he must have suffered, in spite of his assertions to the contrary, is still being commented on by physicians and nurses at the hospital. T i v - . . - . ?lust uerore tne surgeons s'artea to operate upon Senator Lea's flesh, . they injected cocaine into his arm. Mrs. Lea's condition suddenly grew go alarming that the Senator insist ed that they go ahead while he was conscious, the physicians declared, j He lay quietly and watched the ope ration. After the operation had been started, they feared to make ! another injection, realizing that the cocaine would only make the wound burn the more. Senator Lea was placed on a cot next to the one occupied by his wife when the operation was started. An incision about four inches long was made in his wrist and the main artery was exposed. This artery is the one by which the beat of the pulse is told. In the meantime a small vein far up in Mrs. Lea's arm had been made ready for receiving the blood. A small vein was chosen so that ihe force of her blood would not be so strong to prevent the Senator's blood from flowing into her veins. When all was In readiness the Senator's artery was severed. The end of the artery nearest his heart was connected with a long tub?, which had already been attached to Mrs. Lea's veins. Then began the long ordeal, during which the blood of the strong man ran Into the system of the weak wo man whose life he was trying to save. Slowly the healthy glow on the face of Senator Lea grew fainter and fainter, but he was rewarded for his growing weakness by seeing color slowly come into the pale lips and cheeks of Mrs. Lea. "While my blood was running out I grew weak, of course," the Senator said last night. "But my thoughts were occupied with other things, and I hardly noticed my own feelings at all. I knew that I could stand It and get well again. 1 was on the cot from 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon until after 6 o'clock, but the actual transfusion of blood lasted only about an hour and a half. The rest of the time was taken up in sewing up the bandages.'' I The operation was continued until the pulse of both the Senator and his wife was the same. When the operation was started Senator Lea's pulse was 70, and his wife's was 180. It was continued until the pulse of both was about 130. In the in terval about a quart of the Senator's blood went into Mrs. Lea's veins. "The surgeons tell me that the artery which was severed will never work again," Senator Lee smilingly remarked, "but I reckon I can get along without it. It seems that It was destroyed by the operation. But they tell me I have another artery in the same arm which will supply sufficient blood to the hand. This extra artery must be supplied for just such an emergency, as the sur-| geons tell me my hand will be just as strong as ever.''?Richmond Times Dispatch. HOW LORIMER WAS "PUT OVER." Says Chicago Lumberman Did the Work With $100,000. "Elections Cost Money." This is What Hines, Lumber Magnate, Told Michigan Druggist After Lorimer Fight. Washington, June 27.?Contradic tions in testimony concerning the pecuniary assistance of Edward Hines, a Chicago lumberman, may have rendered in the election of Lor imer marked to-day's session of the s -nate investigating committee. Most significant of these contradictions were direct denials by Shelly B. Jones, druggist, of Marquette, Mich., who 3aid that Hines had remarked in his presence that he had "put Lor imer over" as senator and had col-1 lected a fund of $100,000 for such purposes. So testifying this witness contra- i dieted the affidavits of E. D. Mo- j sher, deputy United States marshall of Marquette, Frank J. Russell, edi tor of the Mining Journal, of Mar quette and Robt. C. Lowe, a Chica go newspaper reporter, made before the committee. The statement also contradicted the testimony of Mor ris B. Coan, Investigator of the committee at that hearing. According to Jones the conversa tion in which Hines figured occurred in Marquette in 1907. He said that Hines remarked that he was a friend of Lorimer, and that something was said about the latter's election. Jones declared that the man with Hines said that it must have cost barrels of money, and that Hines responded, "all these elections cost a lot .of money." William O'Brien of Duluth, Minn., ) vice-president of the Virginia Rainy Lake Company of which Hines is pres.dent, contributed testimony giv en the Helm Committee by Coan. He denied that Coan had requested him then to appear as he said Coan testified. O'Brien and W. H. Cook said that they were in Cook's room J In the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chica- j go, about the time of Lorimer s elec- j tlon, and that Hlnes held a tele phone conversation in that room. CooU said that the girl operator; said, "Here is Governor DeQueen," I nnd Mines was quoted as saying that ' I orlmer must be elected, and that j he would be down the next train prepared to furnish all the money that was necessary. The board of education of Dup lin county has gone on record, unani mously favc ring the farm life school,' and to this end has called a mass j raeetinr of citizens In KenansvlMe on Mcnday, July 3, when Governor Kit chin, Drs. Hill and Stevens will dis cuss this important measure. A GRAY GRANITE SHAFT monument to prof, canaday IS UNVEILED. ( Large Attendance and Becoming Speakers pay Tribute to Johnston County Educator?Honor to Mem ory of Man Who Performed Well His Part. Benson, N. C., June 23.?The un j veiling of the Canaday monument at the cemetery here this morning at tracted a large crowd of people from all parts of this and adjoining coun j ties. The monument was erected to j the memory of the late Prof. J. P. Canaday, who, for four years was su perintendent of the public schools of 1 Johnston county by the teachers and public school children. Addresses j were delivered by Supt. L. T. Royall, of Smithfield, by Ira T. Turlington, j ex-superintendent of county schools, j who is now superintendent of the | Mount Airy schools, and by E. J. I Ilarnes, of Wilson, who is superinten ' dent of the Wilson county schools. The exercises began with a prayer by Rev. T. B. Justice. After which I Prof. Royall read a letter from State Superintendent J. Y. Joyner, telling of his regret at being unable to be present and expressing his apprecia tion of the services of the late Prof. Canaday in the schools of Johnston i county. Prof. Royall then told of the work of Prof. Canaday in the Benson school; of his influence as a teacher in Johnston county, and his splendid services to the public schools as sup- 1 erintendent for four years. Prof. Turlington talked of the life t of his comrade and friend as a ' farmer boy, and as a college student, and the result of his labors as a teacher and a leader of his fellow men. Superintendent Barnes discussed the life of Prof. Canaday as a classmate and told how his powers, though limited, by his untiring zeal I and energy reached out beyond their ! limitations until he was loved by j every school child in Johnston coun- j ty, and how he worked in the schools and built for him a monument more j testing than bronze or stone, for It would abide forever in the hearts of the people. After the addresses the monument, which is of beautiful silver gray granite, twelve feet high, was un veiled by little Miss Ethel Hall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hall, of Benson. THE DEAD NUMBER SEVENTEEN. List of Victims of Explosion of Mis- j sissippi River Steamer Will Prob ably Be Slightly Increased. Memphis, Tenn., June 25.?Seven teen negroes dead, two others who vill die, and Engineer Floyd Mor- j gan fatally scalded, is the result of the collapsing of the flue of the briler on the steamer City of St. ! Joseph yesterday afternoon. Eight of negroes died immediately, ! five were drowned and three scalded j to death. Nine of the others fatally scalded died to-day. Engineer Morgan, whose condition ' is regarded as critical, declared to day that he was standing near the 1 steam gauge yesterday aftrenoon at 4:15 just as the boat was about to land at Berkley Landing, Ark., 7 miles below Memphis. The gauge, he maintains, stood at 145 degrees. The limit prescribed by the govern ment is 144 degrees. The high pres ture is believed to have caused ^he 'lue to collapse. An Investigation will be made ly the Federal authorities. Eight Thousand Men Carry Bibles. San Francisco, June 23.?a parade this evening of 8,000 men, each car rying a Bible, formed the day's chief feature of the International Sunday school convention. One section of | the parade consisted of Civil War veterans. Every farmer and every business man In the county are Invited to Join the Johnston County Agricultur al Society. With this organization we can do much to develop and ad vertise the resources and possibllltie* of our creat county. TO HAVE COUNTY FAIR JOHNSTON COUNTY AGRICULTUR AL SOCIETY. _____ Orgaanization Effected With C. M. Wilson P-esident and J. A. Wellons Secretary. Nearly All the Town ships Represented. A goodly number of citizens of Johnston county met in the Court ( House here Monday and organized a County Fair Association. The meeting was called together by Mayor James A. Wellons who stated the object of the meeting and I asked Mr. W. W. Cole to act as tem porary chairman. Mr. Cole called Mr. W. D. Avera to the desk to serve as secretary of the meeting. After adopting the following reso lution, a complete organization was effected: Resolved by the citizens of the County of Johnston, this day assem bled in the Court House at Smith ! field for the purpose of organizing an Agricultural Society for said County, that we do now declare it to be the sense of this assembly that an annual Agricultural Fair be held for Johnston County at Smithfield the County Seat, and that the officers of this Agricultural Fair shall be as follows: 1st. A president. 2nd. Sixteen vice presidents, one to be selected from each township in the County, whose duty it shall be to assist the president in every manuer possible in his township In making this Agricultural fair a suc cess. 3rd. A secretary. 4th. A treasurer. 5th. That a board of twelve di rectors shall be chosen from the body of the County at large, whose duty it shall be to have control and management of this Fair. 6th. The name to be The Johnston County Agricultural Society. This June 26th, 1911. A roll-call of the County was made and the following gave their names as charter members of the Johnston County Agricultural Society: Clayton?R. H. Gower and John F. Sanders. Cleveland?B. A. Barbour and C. L. Sanders. Pleasant Grove?John Stephenson. Elevation?Will H. Lassiter, Ran som Durham, S. A. Lassiter and J. Willis Creech. Banner?J. E. Hobbs. Meadow?Mordecai Lee and M. P. Barefoot. Bentonsville?E. T. Westbrook, W. H. Martin, Rufus Sanders, R. M. Mar tin, W. N. Rose and W. H. Upchurch. Ingrams?J. W. Keen, W. M. Stan ley, J. S. Temple and J. A. Hockaday Boon Hill?W. N. Holt and J. Ru fus Creech. Wilders?J. W. Barnes and J. R. Barnes. Wilson's Mills?C. M. Wilson and R. G. Huffham. Selma?C. F. Kirby and Dr. R. J. Noble. Smithfield?F. H. Brooks, J. W. Stephenson, W. R. Smith, G. L. Jones, W. R. Long, Geo. T. Pool, Dr. A. H. Rose, Dr. N. T. Holland, G. E. Thornton, J. W. Pool, W. A. Las stter, T. S. Ragsdale, W. C. Harper, T. J. Lassiter, L. T. Royall, J. C. Standi, C. A. Wallace, J. D. Under wood, F. K. Broadhurst, Dr. L. D. Wharton, N. B. Grantham, S. S. Holt, Walter Lee, W. M. Sanders, H. L. Skinner, D. D. Braswell, H. D. Ellington, S. B. Jones, W. D. Avera, W. W. Cole, J. A. Wellons, W. T. Adams, A. B. Wellons, C. B. San ders, and E. H. Woodall. All townships were represented ex cept Beulah, O'Neals and Pine Lev el. Upon motion of Mr. F. H. Brooks, Mr. C. M. Wilson, of Wilson's Mills, was unanimously elected president. Mr. James A. Wellons was unani mously elected secretary and Mr. F. K. Broadhurst was unanimously chos en as treasurer. The following board of directors was chosen: L. T. Royall, J. W. Keen, W. M. Sanders, E. S. Edmund son, Dr. R. J. Noble, C. S. Powell, T J. Lassiter, J. C. Standi, R. H. flower, J. J. Rose, S. A. Lassiter, and J. W. Barnes. Lpon motion the selection of the sixteen vice-presidents was left to the president, secretary and the board of director!. Immediately upon adjournment of the meeting the officers and direc-1 tors met and selected the vice-presi-1 dents as follows: Clayton?J. M. Turley. Cleveland?J. Walter Myatt. Pleasant Grove?R. I. Ogburn. Elevation?W. C. Lasslter. Banner?J. E. Hobbs. Meadow?Lennie Hudson. Bentonsville?J. M. Beasley. Ingrams?Phillip Lee. Boon Hill?G. P. Woodard. Beulah?J. H. Kirby. O'Neals?J. R. Talton." Wilders?Vick H. Turley. Wilson s Mills?G. C. Uzzle. Selma?C. P. Kirby. Pine Level?D. B. Oliver. Smithfield?G. L. Jones. PROSPECT FOR COTTON CROP I ? ! Conditions in Alabama and Most of Central Belt Are Ideal?Rains Bad ly Needed In South Carolina and Portions of Texas and Oklahoma? j Boll Weevils Doing Some Damage But Are Not as Bad as Last Year. | Memphis, Tenn., June 25.?The : Commercial-Appeal tomorrow will say In regard to the cotton crop: Rains fell in moderate to heavy! quantities in alt parts of the cotton j belt during the week except in west-1 ern, southwestern and parts of1 northern Texas and Western Oklaho ma. Where rains fell, the cotton crop has been put in most excellent j condition and the outlook Is good. 1 The fields are well cultivated and J the plant is green, healthy, growing J and fruiting. Blooms are re ported In the most northern dis tricts. In Alabama and most of the cen ! tral cotton belt, the outlook is the best in many years and conditions approach the ideal. Ttiey are a lit tle less favorable in South Carolina, j where rainfall has not yet been ( sufficient. In western Texas and Oklahoma, the crop has suffered no injury that rain will not restore, but the ground I is becoming quite dry and such light and scattered showers as have fal- j len have given but little relief. Rain is rapidly becoming a necessity for a good cotton crop. In Arkansas, Louisiana and South ern Mississippi boll weevile are be- ^ coming more numerous since the i rains but are not so destructive as at this time last year. TWO HUNDRED ARE KILLED. Cyclone Which Devastated Coast of Chile is Followed by Torrential Rains Which Add to Disaster. Valparaiso, June 25.?The great I cyclone which devastated the coast I of Chile a few days ago extended j from Pisagua on the north to Anto j fagasta on the south. Torrentlan rains have followed the hurricane al- 1 most completing the disaster. It Is estimated that more than 200 persons were killed or injured and Immense j damage has been done to property of j ail Vinds. Reports here say that Iquique has ! been inundated. Many vessels in ad- I | ditlon to launches and lighters have foundered. Incoming steamers re port having passed buoys adrift, car- J go and derelicts. MAN KILLED BV LIGHTNING. Mr. George W. Gurley, Who Lived Near Princeton, the Unfortu nate Victim. Princeton, June 28.?Mr. Geo. W. Gurley was instantly killed by a ; stroke of lightning on Monday even ing. He was working on one of tb posts around his front porch at | the time. He had just about com pleted a nice new home, and only a few days ago, had spent forty dol lars for lightning rods which were | all over the house. When killed he had only been at the house a few minutes. The rods were not touch ed, and the house slightly touched by the lightning. Mr. Gurley waa 36 1 years old, a quiet, sober, industrious : young man, and leaves a wife and ! five little children. A young man named Newell, was within a few | feet of Mr. Gurley at the time of his death. Mr. Gurley's home is about one-fourth of a mile from the old Cross Roads church, one mile from Princeton. 9 FARMERS UNION PICNIC educational and good roads DAY HERE. Saturday, July the Eighth, the Great Farmers Picnic. Hon. H. Q. Alex ander and Hon. Fred A. Olds to Make Addresses. Saturday, July eighth. Is to be a great clay in Sniithfield and Johnston county. The Farmers Educational and Co-Operative Union, together with the Chamber of Commerce of Smithfield, will have a Farmers Pic nic and Good Boads Day. Hon. H. Q. Alexander, of Char lotte, the President of the State Farmers Union, will make the edu cational address of the day. As the head of a great organization he is familiar with the great educational questions that confront the farmer and knows how to handle them In an Interesting and attractive manner. Hon. Fred. A. Olds, one of the leading newspaper correspondents of the South, will be present to make the address on good roads. Mr. Olds knows his subject, and furthermore, he knows how to talk in a way that interests and instructs his hear ers. The day of purely entertaining speaking is past. This is a great practical age and the man who talks to people now must bring to them a message worth while. This Mr. Oi.la will do. Thrin. ..-ill I... X. - * ? ?v.v -nil ur tuuun iu uai uere that 'lay and from present indica tions It will take much to feed th# crowds that will come. Let every one tome and bring a well-filled bas kit This will be the greatest pic nic ever held here and we want It to be a great day all round. The 'Farmers Educational and Co operative Union is an organization that is destined to be of great and lasting benefit to the farmer. It has followed the footsteps of wisdom in its career so far and is hoped that it will Le continued to be guided by a safe, sane and conservative course. KINSTON GETS INSTITUTION. Offer of 972 Acres of Land and Free Water and Lights For Five Years Accepted at a Meeting of The Trustees of the School for Feeble-Mindcd. Raleigh, June 26.?Kinston getfl the State school for the feeble-mind ed for which the State is to provide buildings and equipment to the val ue of $65,000. The trustees and the Council of State tonight formally chose the Fields place, Kinston, hav ing 972 acres with a railroad siding to be placed wherever t!ie trustees designate and with free water and lights for five years by Kinston. The place is west of the town and the land extends to the river. Lillington was the closest com petitor with a proposition to give 990 acres of land and a considerable cash donation. The trustees and Council of State adopted resolutions thanking Dr. Ira M. Hardy of Washington, author of the bill for the school, for his un tiring effort in bringing about the establishment of the school, and to State Senator Baggett for the at tractive offer made through him by Lillington and Harnett county. APPLE CROP WILL BE ABOUT 30 PER CENT. Mr. S. B. Shaw, assistant horticul turist, has returned from Alexander and Wilkes counties, where he went to investigate fruit conditions In the Brushy mountains. Mr. Shaw says the conditions for a crop of apples in these counties are good, but that the average for the state will not be ( over 30 per cent. In McDowell and Yancey counties, where the snow caught the apple and peach trees in bloom, a fair crop is indicated. The I peach crop In this state will not average more than five per cent of ] normal. In some sections of the mountains, where the farmers are co-operating with each other in the care of their orchards, the crop of apples is better. Watauga county is noted at this time for the intelligence displayed in the care of orchards and gathering and shipping of apple*.? I Raleigh Times. j