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PROF. CARLYLE IS DEAD
THE END CAME MONDAY AT
WAKE FOREST.
One of the State’s Leading Men and
Educators. For More Than Twen
ty Years a Professor in Wake For
est College. Served as President
Of the Baptist State Convention.
Health Gave Way Last Fall, But
Kept at Work Until April.
Raleigh, July 10.—Dr. John B.
Carlyle, one of the best known col
lege professors of this state, died
about 2:30 o’clock this morning at
bis home in Wake Forest after an
illness of some months. He was
for 23 years professor of Latin at
Wake Forest college and for sever
al years was president of the state
Baptist convention. Surviving are a
widow, formerly Miss Dunn, of Ten
nessee, and two sons, Irving, aged
15, and Jack, aged 11. Dr. Carlyle
was one of the moving spirits of
Wake Forest college, an institution
that he loved dearly. He was active
until a collapse came last spring and
he was taken to Black Mountain but
it was too late for the mountain
air to throw off the grip of the
deadly disease , which had fasten
ed itself upon him. Dr. Carlyle was
one of the chief movers in raising
an endowment of over $100,000 for
Wake Forest, besides more than
$,16,000 for the Alumni building anc'
$9,000 for another.
One of State’s Leading Citizens.
Besides being prominent in college
work he was a great Sunday school
worker a devoted Christian and
one of the state’s leading citizens.
He was prominent in Masonic cir
cles. The funeral will be held tomar
row- at Wake Forest.
John Bethune Carlyle was born
in 1858, near the town of Lumber
ton, in Robeson county, North Car
olina. The county of Robeson has
been peculiarly rich in her output
of able and useful men and has re
tained a singular hold upon their
affections even when they have left
her hands. Professor Carlyle was
no exception to this devotion to his
native heath. Next to his mother col
lege he loved and honored his moth
er county.
His ancesters on both sides were
of the Scotish extraction, exhibiting
In their lives for many generations
the characteristics which he inher
ited in such rich measure; sturdy
fidelity, unimpeachable honesty and
fare independencee of thought and
potion.
Was Brilliant Student.
After careful preparation, acquir
piainly by his inflexible determina
tion to secure the best education
possible, he entered Wake Forest
college in 1883. His career as a
student was brilliant and success
ful, From the very beginning of his
student life he acquired an ac
knowledged ascendency over his fel
lows by his sparkling wit, and his
superior mental qualifications, un
ited with his indefatigable energy,
and his scholarly conscientiousness
caused all college honors to fall
thick and fast upon him. His un
rivaled talents as an orator were
recognized throughout the whole
of his college life, and there was no
honor reward of his society that
was not readily granted to him. To
the end of his life he was always
the generous helper and valued
councellor of Philomatheisan soci
ety.
After leaving college with the
highest degree granted by his Alma
Mater, John B. Carlyle devoted his
life at once to the chosen work oi
education and gave the first fruits
°f his genius to the service of his
country. He taught for some time
at Lumber Bridge and as active
and energetic in hi.- « ts for the
improvement of tb< rational fa
cilities of Robeso?' being at one
time the superin* tdeiit of educa
tion of this county
His college, ho« ever, could noi
suffer this stude i . of. rare gifts t<
leave her and at er the course o:
a year or twro called him to fill the
Position of Instructor of Latin anc
Lreek, Promotion was rapid, for oi
the resignation of Rev. George W
Green, Professor Carlyle was a
once chosen to assume the duties of
the full professorship of Latin in
the institution, a position which he
filled with ability and enthusiasm
up to the close of his life.
GOOD ROADS MARCHING ON.
Special Taxes to Be Voted for Road
Improvement.—Barbecues and Pic
nics for Holt’s Mill and Beulah.—
Good Speakers to Be at Each.—
Meeting at Stewart’s School House
Next Monday.
The Good Roads Movement means
much tor North Carolina. At this
day of progress and material advance
ment along all lines, we are at a j
loss to understand why any man j
should oppose the building of better !
roads. For, with good roads, our
farmers and lumbermen, and in fact,
all classes can in half the time and
with much less wear and tear on
their teams and vehicles, transport
to market their products. Instead of
taking three hours to travel ten
miles through deep sand and heavy
mud, with a good road you can tra
vel ten miles in 90 minutes. And at
this age of material development time
counts much. You can have your
business attended to and ready to
return home when your brother in
heavy mud and deep sand reaches
the market.
We are indeed proud that our
people are waking up to their inter
est along this line. Wilson’s Mills
township has recently voted special
taxes to improve her roads. Wilders
will hold an election August 1st, and
Beulah, O’Neals and Ingrams town
ships, we understand, will soon hold
an election for the purpose of voting
special road tax.
A Good Roads Meeting will be held
at Stewart's new School House near
Tom Rhodes’ residence, next Mon
day at 3 o'clock P. M. Mr. W. S.
Morton, the Civil Engineer, who is
here surveying the Central Highway
across the County, under the direc
tion of Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, State
Geologist, and others will make
speeches.
A big barbecue and picnic, in the
interest of good roads, has been
arranged at Holt’s Mill, near Prince
ton, on Wednesday, July 26th; an
other at old Beulah, in Beulah town
ship, on Friday, July 28th. Speakers
of State wide reputation upon this
great subject will be secured to
make addresses at the above places,
and announced in the next issue
of this paper.
RALEIGH DISTRICT CONFERENCE.
In Session at Zebulon, With he Zebu
Ion Methodist Church—Business
Transacted.
Zebulon, N. C., July 12.—The Ral
eigh District Conference convened
with Zebulon Methodist church on
Monday evening, July 10th, at 8:30
o’clock. Rev. A. S. Barnes, of Smith
field, N. C„ preached the opening ser
mon.
The regular business session of the
Conference convened on Tuesday
morning at 9 o’clock, Rev. Jno. H.
Hall, Presiding Elder, presiding.
After devotional services conducted
by the Presiding Elder, the roll was
called and a large number of dele
gates and pastors answered to their
names. W. A. Edgerton, of Selma
N. C., was elected secretary. The
Conference is well attended, both
from the various charges and the
town.
The various charges of the district
reported on the spiritual condition ol
the churches. Great progress was re
ported as to the development of the
district.
At 11 o’clock Rev. G. W. Fisher, o
Cary, preached to the audience ai
excellent sermon on the Life ane
Character of Elijah.
Evening session of the Conference
was devoted to the various reporti
and at 8:30 Rev. H. M. North, o
Edenton Street, Raleigh, delightee
the audience with his usually gooe
! sermon.
Wednesday’s session of Conferenc'
was one full of life. Various matte
of interest to the church was take!
1 up. The Orphanage, Sunday-schools
Missions, and Education were th
i main topics of discussion,
i Rev. A D. Wilcox, of Raleigh, fui
t nished the audience with a stron,
. sermon at the usual morning hour o
t service.
BANK CASHIER MISSING
SHORTAGE SMALL AND BANK OF
KENLY KEEPS UP BUSINESS.
R. H. Alford Ha* Made a Successful
Get-away—His Family Make Good
The $3,350 of His Defalcation, the
Amount Apparent at Present and
Bank’s Patrons Will Lose Noth
ing.
Kenly, N. C., July 10.—This town
and community has been in a fever
of excitement since Saturday night,
when it became known that the cash
ier of the Bank of Keniy, Mr. R. H.
Alford, had mysteriously disappeared.
All kinds of rumors have been put
in circulation, but the facts briefly
are these:
The cashier, it developes, is $3,350
short in his cash account. Tne sur
plus and undivided profits are $3,200,
capital $10,000, deposits about $40,
000. The bank is in good condition
and opened its doors to-day and did
a good day’s business. The deposits
amounting to over $5,000. There has
been no run on the Bank and as soon
as its true condition became known
business moved on as smoothly as if
nothing had happened.
The disappearance of Cashier Al
ford is still shrouded in mystery. He
disappeared as completely as if the
ground had opened and swallowed
him up. Fears of his having commit
ted suicide are abating since the
woods around town have been
scoured. A great majority tonight be
lieve he has run away for a time.
Speaking of the shortage tonight,
Mr. N. E. Edgerton, a director of
the bank, said the auditing of the
books of the Bank of Kenly is prac
tically completed by Bank Examiner
Brown. The shortage is about $3,
350 and Mr. Alford has ample prop
erty to cover the shortage. He does
not anticipate that the bank or any
one else will sustain any loss. Ev
erybody is in sympathy with Mr. Al
ford and his family. Mr. Alford has
had serious scikness in his family
for over a year and could not leave
home, the demands made upon him
because of this undoubtedly caused
the shortage. It has developed that
he recently went to Raleigh, Wilson
and Wilmington to negotiate a loan,
no doubt for the purpose of reim
bursing the bank and that he was
partially promised a loan at Wilson.
Had not the bank examiner come at
i the t’me he did the amount would
I have been returned and the bank
i found in first-class condition.
The people deeply sympathize with
Mr. Alford and will do all they can
to help him out of his trouble if he
should return, and they believe thal
he will show up as soon as his sud
den fright has passed away and he
is capable of acting with his usua
| good judgment.
! Wilson, N. C., July 10.—Mr. N. E
I Edgerton, one of the directors of the
. Bank of Kenly, in Johnston county
says: “The defalcation of Cashier A1
ford, of the Bank of Kenly, amount
ing to $3,350, has been made up bj
I his people, and the bank will not be
| affected at all. The cashier is stil
missing, having left the bank Satur
day morning after the bank examin
er appeared, and, turning the book
over to him, Alford stated he woule
return in a few moments. He ha
not been seen since.”
E. L. TRAVIS IS APPOINTED.
Named by Governor to Succeed Coi
poration Commissioner Brown.
Raleigh, N. C July 11.—E. L. Tra
vis, of Halifax, received from Go\
ernor Kitchin this evening his con
mission as Corporation Commissione
to succeed the late Henry Cla
Brown. Mr. Travis is one of Gor
ernor Kitchin’s closest personal an
political friends and has been
member of the State Democrat]
Executive Committee for 12 year
and chairman of the Halifax corn
ty committee since 1898. He wa
for a number of years chairman c
the board of directors of the Stat
penitentiary and has served foi
terms as State Senator.
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Clean up your town and city. Th
- only way to prevent disease is t
' keep the town clean and preserv
f good water and good health cond
Itions.—News and Observer.
JOHNSTON’S BIG PICNIC
COUNTY PROUD Or INCREASED
VALUATION.
An Increase Since 1910 of $3,002,901.
Big Good Roads and Education Ral
ly—2,500 Present—Land Values Up
—Torrens System Advocated—De
lightful Barbecue.
Smithfield, July 8.—The people of
the town and of Johnston county
gathered here twenty-five hundred
strong today at a good roads picnic
and barbecue. It was a great day.
People came from all parts of the
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Smithfield, who had sent out a cor- j
dial invitation to the people of the ;,
county, had the doors wide open.
The celebration was under the direc
tion of the County Good Roads
Committee, of which body Mayor I
James A. Wellons is chairman.
The Farmers’ Union of Johnston
county came out in full force to take
part in the big day and to welcome
the president of the State Union, Dr. j
H. Q. Alexander, of Charlotte, who
was one of the principal speakers. |
By 11 o’clock the courthouse ■
lawn, the place chosen for the cele-1
bration, was a lively scene. The
meeting was called to order by Mayor
Wellons, who was appropriately se- j
lected to preside, being chairman of j
the local committee and a leading
member of the North Carolina Good
Roads Association. He was one of
the committee selected to go from
Murphy to Morehead City to fix the
Central Highway route. Among the
leaders in the Central Highway move
ment he has won high place.
A Johnston County Miracle.
After an loquent address of wel
come, Mayor Wellons introduced Mr. ;
F. H. Brooks, who read a letter from
County Assessor R. H. Gower. This
letter showed that the number of
acres listed in Johnston county for
taxation had grown since last year i
by 14,335:
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Mr. Brooks said it had been ob
served by land dealers that people
ought to invest in land because crea-1
tion has been limited and there isn’t
going to be any land. But to this,
said Mr. Brooks, Johnston county is
a conspicuous exception. Either
14,335 acres have been created in
Johnston county since 1910, or—is it
possible that some owners forgot at
a convenient season, about some of
their real estate holdings?
Great increase of Valuation.
Mr. Gower’s report full her showed
that the valuation of property listed
in Johnston county was $3,002,901
more than last year. Last year the
assessment aggregated $7,088,034.
This year it aggregates $10,690,983.
That is to say, the valuation of John
ston county properly has gone up
nearly a third.
Land Values Up.
The report showed further that
whereas Johnston county land was
listed in 1910 at $6.92 1-8 per acre
on the average, the average assess
ment per acre this year was $9.48 1-8.
And it must not be forgotten that
somebody had created—or remember
ed—14,335 acres of good solid John
ston county earth.
Mr. Brooks said that the assessor,
Mr. Gower, had been exceedingly dil
igent in attention to his work. The
speaker added tha< tv3 figures show
ed great progress for the past few
years. Mr. Brooks's remarks were
heartily applauded.
Mr. Josephus Daniels.
Mr. Josephus Daniels, editor of
The News and Observer, was intro
duced by Mr. Brooks as “the editor
of the greatest newspaper in North
Carolina.’’
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Mr. Daniels congratulated his
twenty-five hundred hearers upon the
great progress they had made in edu
cation, agriculture and good roads
He said +bat this happy result was
due to operation, every man being
in harness; and Mr. Daniels express
ed the belief that the progress sc
far made was only an earnest of fu
| ture progress. He added that nevei
| be fore had he seen such crops as
those he had seen in driving througl
the country this morning.
Col. F. A. Olds.
j Mr. W. M. Sanders then introduce!
Col. F. A. Olds, of Raleigh, Colone
Olds woke up his big audience wit!
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an energetjc appeal for good roads.
He told of the roads he had seen in
Europe, contrasting these with the
roads which free-born Americans are
content to worry along with. His ad
dress was interesting and inspiring.
Dr. H. Q. Alexander.
Secretary Harper, of the Farmers'
Union introduced Dr. H. Q. Alexan
der, of Charlotte, president of the
Farmers’ Unions in the State. Dr.
Alexander made a very strong ad
dress. He urged the farmers to study
the business of farming so as to keep
up progress. He spoke also of the
harmony which should prevail be
tween the city and country—of which
harmony he saw an example right
before him.
Dr. Alexander spoke enthusiastical
ly of the *400,000 of good roads bond
voted by Jredell county, and urged
his hearers to follow the example of
Iredell and Mecklenburg by voting
good roads in. He spoke also in
favor of Federal assistance in road
building.
The Torrens System.
Concerning the Torrens land title
system. l)r. Alexander paid his re
spects to these who defeated this in
the UH1 General Assembly. The law
yers di.1 it, he said; and he said that
the people sent too many lawyers to
represent them in legislature—for ex
ample, eight lawyers out of ten Con
gressmen from this State.
Dr. Alexander’s address, which was
interspersed with good jokes and an
ecdotes, was heartily enjoyed.
Judge A. C. Avery.
Judge Avery, of Morganton, who
had not visited Smithfield since he
had been on the Superior Court
bench, twenty years ago, was the
next speaker. He made a delightful
brief address. His hearers, including
many old friends, were glad to see
him and hear him.
Barbecue and Fixin’s.
| After Judge Avery’s brief address,
the people present were invited to
I the long tables on the court house
green. There was everything good
on the tables that a hungry man
could want. Everybody was there—
. rot omitting the babies.
| The big gathering broke up after a
j general good time, with plenty of
;p'- -d new ideas, too. The day was
^ an important one to Smithfield and
to the whole county of Johnston.—
News and Observer.
Two Young Men Kill a Horse.
It is reported that a horse was ,
driven to death last Sunday af- ,
Lernoon by two young men who were ,
drinking. They drove him for sev
eral miles at a high rate of speed
in the neighborhood of Wilson’s
Mills. It is said they stopped at a
house about three miles west of thert
aud proposed to trade the horse for
a bicycle. He was then covered with
sweat and lather all over and was
panting and seemed inclined to stop
as often as possible. Returning he
; fell in front of the Wilson's Mills
I postoffice where he died a little
; later. Such cruelty to animals is
| contrary to the State laws and we
l regret to hear of it. It is a shame
I for any human being to mistreat any
| dumb animal placed under his care.
Big Contrast In the Weather.
Mr. Thomas R. Crocker, who was
in the hardware business here for
several years, but now has a splen
did position with the American To
bacco Company in Chicago writes
a friend in Smithfield, July 7th as
follows: “Am spending my vacation
in Colorado. Mrs. Crocker and Ste
phen (his son) are with me. Wea
ther has been delightfully cool. Ran
into a snow storm on Pike's Peak
last Wednesday.”
Good Meeting at Pauline.
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Mr. W. B. Joyner writes us that
Rev. T. J. Hood has just closed a
very successful meeting at Pauline
Bapfist church in Bentonsville town
ship. The meeting closed Saturday
night with eleven candidates for bap
tism. The baptizing took place Sun
day morning and at the preaching
service there was so much interest
that Mr. Hood preached again that
i ighc and three others joined the
church. On account of having to
fill other engagements the preacher
could not remain longer. Those who
joined after the baptismal service
will be baptized at the next regular
avirintment.
JOHNSTON FIRST AGAIN
COUNTY ASSESSOR GOWER TELL9
HOW IT WAS DONE.
Mr. Gower Discovered 14,000 Acre*
Of Untaxed Land, Put Up the A**
sessment Three Million Dollars,
and the Board of Equalization Un
animously Approved the Increase
and New Assessment.
Mr. R. II. Gower, the county as*
sesscr of taxes in Johnston county,
was in Raleigh yesterday. He is in
this city often and has many friends,
and ho was warmly congratulated oa
every hand of reason of the fact that
his oq.miy was the first in the State
in which the County Board of Equal*
ization unanimously approved the as
sessment of property as reported to
it, and in which there was an in
crease of more than three million dol
lars over its last assessment.
Mr. Gower said: “I put in full six
ty days in the field. I went with
the assessors to every township in
Johnston county to see the land;
I explained the law to those who
did not fully understand it; I went
[ with them over the lands; we dis
! covered that there were 14,315 more
jacios in the county this year than
was assessed last year; we made an
earnest effort to try to make John
ston county assess its property in
a fair way, without any discrimina
tion and with justice to all. But
for the new law, which provided a
county assessor and secured the co
operative work between him and
the township assessors, Johnston
county property would not have in
creased its assessment as it has. In
| stead of complaints on every hand,
j I have received commendation for
! increasing the assessment, and the
! people of the county are well satis*
j fied and proud of what has been
j done.—Wednesday’s News and Ob
server,
Death’s Doings.
On Tuesday, July 13, at the home
>f her brother, Mr. Charles D. Smith,
n Ingrams township, Miss Cattle
Smith died after only about a week’s
llness. She had been in poor
lealth for some time. The body
will be buried to-day at Oakland
Presbyterian church. It is expect
sd that Rev. T. H. Spence will con
duct the funeral. She was a sister
af Mr. J. H. Smith, of Elevation
township, and a very estimable lady.
We extend our sympathies to the
bereaved.
Negro Forger Quits Jail.
Isaiah Hodges, a young negro man,
was tried here before Mayor Wei*
Ions a few days ago for forging two
orders from Mr. C. Q. Stephenson
for money to Austin-Stephenson Co.
He had worked for Mr. Stephenson
but had taken pay for all his work
before the orders were issued. One
of the orders was for about three
dollars and the other for $4.50. He
was sent to jail to await court. Late
yesterday evening about dark the
jailer went into the jail and sent
this negro out with a bucket of slops.
He heard him empty the slops and
just a little later heard him jump
from the high wall enclosing the
jail. Thus he made good his es
cape. It seems almost impossible
for him to have passed over the wall.
Ware-Kramer Company Wins.
The Ware-Kramer Company was
yesterday awarded $20,000 damages
in the suit against the American To
bacco Company, after a prolonged
trial of five weeks in the Federal
Court at Raleigh. According to the
provisions of the Sherman Anti
Trust Law the amount is trebled,
making it $60,000. This is a vic
tory against the trust.
Picnic at Rock Ridge Academy.
There will be a big basket picnic
at Rock Ridge Academy in Wilson
County on Friday, July 21. Govern
or Kitchin will deliver an address
and it will be a big day for all that
section. This will be the twenty
fifth annual picnic at this place. This
Is a fine custom and many sections
might profit by having a big picnic
once a year.