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VOL 30
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1911
Number 22
cKE DOLLAR PER YEAS
EDUCATION GOOD ROADS GOOD HEALTH PROGRESS
FIVE CENTS PEE COPT,
BIG PICNIC at HOLT’S MILL.
. ,rae Crowd Attends to Hear Good
Speeches On Good Roads. Fine
Dinner and Everything Well Man
aged.
0ne of the most successful pic
, and barbecues of the season
® pulled off at Holt’s Mill, near
Princeton, Wednesday. It was giv
en under the auspices of the Boon
rijll Township Good Roads Associa
tion, and the way it was managed
speaks well for those having it in
charge.
It is estimated that there were
about five hundred people present
and there was dinner for all. The
dinner was served in an unique
manner. Long tables were prepar
ed on which the barbecue, ham,
chicken, bread, cakes, pies and
tnany other good things were spread
in great profusion. The tables were
then roped off and only those in
charge were admitted inside the
ropes. Butter trays and paper dish
eB were used in serving the dinner,
each being filled with an assort
ment of the good things displayed on
the tempting table. When dinner
was announced the people came up
end the ladies passed out to each
one present one of the trays or
plates, thus assuring every one a
good appetizing dinner and plenty of
it. This method, is a great improve
ment upon the old way of announc
ing dinner ready and then attacking
R with a rush.
Dr. Cheatham, of Durham, was
present and made a good speech for
good roads. Others speaking on the
subject, were Mayor Wellons, Mr.
W. M. Sanders and Judge F. H.
Brooks. All made telling speeches
for good roads and the cause in that
section was strengthened by this
pleasant occasion.
Boon Hill is a large township and
has some of the finest farming land
In Johnston County. The people
have caught the spirit of the times
and it will not be long before Eleva
tion, Cleveland, Clayton and other
townships will have to move up if
they are to keep ahead of Boon
Hill.
FIRST BALE GEORGIA COTTON
SOLD FOR 25 CENTS POUND.
McRae, Ga., July 25.—The first
ibal© of the 1911 cotton crop to be
marketed was brought here to-day
by E. J. Smith, of this county. It
weighed an even 500 pounds, was
bought for 25 cents a pound by T.
W. Booth.
FOUR OAKS NOTES.
Tour Oaks, July 26.—Mr. J. H.
Brackett has returned from Shelby,
N. C., where he took his family
for the summer.
Mr. Arcie Barbour, of Clayton, is
visiting in and around Clayton this
week.
Mr. Jake Moore, of Weldon, N.
C., is in town for a few days this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Burt Barefoot spent
Sunday at the home of Mr. Cal
vin Stewart, Mrs. Barefoot’s father.
Mr. A. F. Barbour visited at home
of his son-in-law, Mr. R. A. Bain,
recently.
Messrs. I. W. and Lonnie Keen are
ih Richmond, Va., this week and
Messrs. William and Daniel in Nor
folk, Va.
We regret to note that Mrs. A. B.
Adams is unable to be out yet.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Privette have
returned from a trip north, which
was considerably shortened by the
sarious illness of their little boy.
Mr. B. B. Adams has removed his
old dwelling away from his new
0Ee and will have it painted, etc.,
preparatory for use.
Mr. S. W. Brown has accepted a
Position with A. C. L. at Wilson, N.
C., as operator.
Messrs. L. C. and W. E. Barbour
attended the annual picnic at Oak
land Presbyterian church Saturday
last.
Among those who went to Washing
t0Ib D. C., this week we note the fol
lowing: and Mrs shade Las
8“'&r> George Roberts, Frank Honey
CutL Chester Lassiter and Jasper
Massengill.
Mrs. C. W. Bandy has returned
from a visit to her mother at Dillon,
3. C.
July, 26, 1911.
YELLOW JACKETS BLIND HIM.
Farmer’s Sight Gone and His Hear
ing Seriously Impaired.
Millville, N. J., July 24.—With the
sight of both eyes lost and his hear
ing probably permanently impaired,.
William Ford is in a serious condi
tion as a result of striking a nest
of yellow jackets on Crow’s Nest
| Farm, near Pine Grove,
j The yellow jackets had been both
j ering cattle lately, and yesterday
I Ford resolved that he would destroy
the nest. With a stout club he
set out to accomplish the task. He
hit the nest once, and in a second
the yellow jackets swarmed about
him. His features are unrecogniz
able.
general news.
Seven persons were killed in a
cave-in in Oklahoma Monday.
Secretary of War Stimson has sail
ed from Colon for Porto Rico and
Cuba.
Twenty-five persons were injured
by the falling of a baseball grand
stand at Newark, O., Sunday.
Eight firemen were injured and
$325,000 worth of property was de
stroyed in a fire at Toledo O., Sun
day.
The center of cotton production in
'the United States in 1910 was three
miles south of Vaiden, Carroll coun
ty, Miss.
There were 239 business failures in
the United States during the week
lending July 20, against 196 the
week previous.
T. Coleman du Pont has contri
buted $900 to the Kentucky Asso
ciation for the Cure and Prevention
of Tuberculosis.
Cardinal Gibbons was 75 years
| old Sunday. He spent the day
i quietly at the home of friends near
I Westminister, Md.
The city of New V.cvlt has award
ed to the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
| Company the whole $225,000,000 sub
i way extension contracts.
Eight inches of rain is reported
to have fallen at Beatrice, Neb., Sun
y. Women and children were res
cued from the tops of box cars.
A review of the foreign trade of
the United States during the last
twelve months shows a steady in
crease in commerce with Canada
and the* Orient.
One man dead, another fatally
wounded, and a third shot in two
places, is the result of a pitched
battle in Juarez, Mexico, Saturday,
between insurgents and city police.
In a statement issued at Beverly
President Taft has given the Demo
crats in the House and Senate the
credit for the passage of the Cana
dian reciprocity treaty agreement
bill.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
issued an order looking to the
establishing of an ocean mail service
between the principal ports on the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to be
gin in the autumn of 1914.
Mrs. Mary T. Proctor, aged HI
years, a real daughter of the Ameri
can Revolution, who has lived in
three centuries, has just been dis
i covered in an humble one-room cabin,
| in Bartow county, Georgia.
Paris is suffering from the great
est heat wave in twenty-five years.
Not a drop of rain has fallen with
in a month, and there has been a
part breakdown in the water supply.
There were eleven deaths from the
heat Saturday.
Cholera has broken out in a
congested Italian quarter of Boston.
There has been one death. The dis
ease is supposed to have been
brought to a lodging house by two
sailors who disappeared after they
were taken ill.
Pennsylvania Democrats, although
so greatly in the minority in that
State, have split into two factions
and organized two State committees.
Both factinos, however, have en
i dorsed Woodrow Wilson for Presi
dent.
Members of Alabama’s congression
al delegation have announced them
selves as in favor of nominating Rep
resentative Oscar W. Underwood, of
Birmingham, chaLman of the Ways
and Means Committee, for President
on the Democratic ticket.
DROWNED IN NEUSE RIVER.
Elijah Stancil, An Orphan Boy 17
Or 18 Years Old, Lost His Life
At Highbank, Near Sanders Cha
pel, Tuesday Afternoon.
> A most distressing accident occur*
red on Neuse river at a place known
as Highbank, about one and one
half miles from Sanders Chapel,
Tuesday afternoon. Several young
men, among them being Messrs.
Will, Hubert and Robert Smith, Eli
jah Stancil, Millard Hamilton, Hen
ly Talton and Vick Hill, went to
the river to go in swimming. Some
of them were on the sandbar and
others near there when Elijah Stan
cil got in deep water, and not be
ing able to swim, was drowned. We
have heard several conflicting stor
ies of how the tragic affair occur
red, and do not know which is true,
but from what we can learn Elijah
Stancil and Will Smith were In the
water together, perhaps playing
and frolicking, when they slipped in
to a deep place. Stancil not be
ing able to swim, clung to Smith
who, to save himself, broke loose
t
and swam out. The Stancil boy sank
and only appeared once more, juBt
the top of his head. This was near
six o’clock. His body was fished
out with a shadnet about 20 yards
from where it went down, about
nine o’clock. It seems that the
others who were near were so ov
ercome with fear that no real ef
fort was made to save the young
man.
Elijah Stancil was an orphan boy,
about 17 cr 1 -S years old, who for
merly lived at or near Fremont. For
the past several months he has been
living and working with Mr. John K.
Sanders.
He was buried Wednesday after
noon at Sanders Chapel. The sad
ending of the young man has cast a
gl./cm over the entire community.
GOES OVER NIAGARA
IN BARREL AND LIVES.
Niagara Falls N. Y. July 26.—
Bobby Leach of Niagara Falls, Onta
rio, yesterday afternoon went over
the Horseshoe falls in a barrel and
still lives. Though he was severely
battered and bruised in the drop of
158 feet over the brink of the cata
ract, he sustained only superficial in
juries and is able to be about his
house. This is the second time in
the history of the river that the
cataract has been successfully navi
gated. Mrs. Anna Edson Taylor, of
this city made the trip in a barrel
October 24, 1901, and came out alive.
TEXAS WENT WET BY
ABOUT 6,000 MAJORITY.
Dallas, July 25.—The anti-prohibi
tion majority in the state-wide prohi
bition election, held in Texas Satur
day, stands at 6,104, a figui^ too
large to be overcome by the unre
ported vote, according to figures
compiled by the Dallas News.'
The total vote is: Against
the amendment, 234,101; for the
amendment, 227,997. The new fig
ures indicate that the final count
will show the majority against pro
hibitiou to be in excess of 6,000.
Jernigan Is Bound Over.
Alex. A. Jernigan, of Wendell, ar
rested some time ago for the killing
of another white man, Albert Todd
near Wendell, has been committed
without ball by Justice of the Peace
Richardson, of Johnston county. The
next term of the Johnston Superioi
Court begins eSptember 11.
It is understood that a writ ol
habeas corpus will be sworn oui
this week before Chief Justice Wal
ter Clark, of the North Caroline
Supreme Court, on the contentior
that Jernigan should have been ad
mitted to bail.—News and Observer.
The Southern Railway’s Gooi
Roads Train will give an exhibitior
at Selma next Thursday, August 3
»-t ten o’clock. The public is invit
ed to be present and witness this
exhibition of road building.
One Editor’s Recreation.
John S. Phillips, editor-in-chief o
The American Magazine, is an en
thusiastic sailor. He is spending s
month this summer cruising on tin
Maine coast in a 40-foot yacht.
REV. R. W. HINES IS DEAD.
Passed Away at Reidsville Friday
While On a Visit to His Brother.
Was At One Time Past'— of Smith
field Presbyterian Church.
Rev. Robert Watkins Hines, of
Clear Water, Fla., died here Friday
and his remains were buried at
Greenview Cemetery Saturday after
noon. The minister had been here
for a week or more in a visit to
his brother, Mr. Henry W. Hines,
and although his health had not
been robust for several weeks the
end was unexpected.
Mr. Hines, who was the pastor
of the Presbyterian church at
Clear Water, Fla., was voted a va
cation by his congregation and came
to North Carolina a few weeks ago.
He had been visiting his brother,
Mr. U. M. Hines, at Milton, and
preached at the Presbyterian
church ther& on Sunday, the 9th.
The Rdv. Robert Watkins Hines
was born in Granville county in
1859, and was therefore 52 years
of age. His’ father was a Presby
terian minister, the Rev. Edward
Hines.
He was ordained to preach and
licensed an evangelist by Albemarle
Presbytery in 1894, and he served
several churches in Albeiharle and
Orange Presbyteries. He also serv
ed as evangelist in Mississippi. He
has served the churches of Me
bane, Burlington and Saxapahaw,
and since August, 1906, the minis
ter had been serving the church
at Clear Water, Fla., where he was
held in the highest steem and
where his services had assisted in
greatly building up the membership
of that church. -
He was married to Miss Fannie
Thomas, of Washington, N. C., in
1S96, and she and a small son sur
vive.—Reidsville Review, July 26.
. Mr. Hines was for several years
pastor of the Smithfield Presbyteriai
church and has a host of friends
here and elsewhere in this county
who learn of his death with deep
regret.
LIVES WITH A BROKEN NECK.
Case Of Youth In Minneapolis Hos
pital Puzzles Doctors.
Minneapolis, July 25.—Sixteen-year
old Martin Gray is at a hospital in
Minneapolis with a broken neck and
the father, Fred L. Gray, president
of the Fred L. Gray Company, is
plowing through seas on a fast li
ner toward the bedside of his in
jured son.
The boy struck a dredge heap head
first while driving at Lake Calhoun.
His case is proving a puzzle to sur
geons.
MILL CREEK ITEMS.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rose, of Ben
son, spent Saturday and Sunday in
this section.
Mr. W. B. Cole, of Smithfield,
spent a part of last week amongst
us.
We are sorry to note that Mr. Jer
ry Lee is still confined to his bed
with fever.
Messrs. D. S. and O. B. Langs
ton and Misses Lottie Barefield and
Ophelia Weaver spent Saturday and
Sunday in Sampson county at Con
cord.
Mr. G. G. Barfield, contractor and
builder, of Dunn, spent the day Sun
day with his mother, Mrs. Marj
Barefield.
Lawyers W. W. Cole, J. A. Wei
Ions and Ed. Ward, of Smithfield
and Jos. W. Wood, of Benson, wert
in this section last week practicing
their profession.
Mr. R. E. Chadwick, who has beer
stationed for the past three years
at Providence, R. I., in the servics
of the United States Army, is now
visiting his foster-parents, Mr. anc
1 Mrs. J. W. Weaver.
Rev. J. F. Owen filled his regu
lar appointment at Mill Creek th<
fourth Sunday, and announced tha
i a protracted meeting will begin then
the fifth Sunday to be conducted b;
Rev. R. H. Massengill and Rev. Mr
Arnold, of Dunn.
Crops in this section are unusuall;
' forward for the time of year. Mr
-, Seth W. Lassiter informs us tha
. he\, will begin pulling fodder on Tues
! day of this week.
' Beasley, No. 2, July 24, 1911.
LIGHTNING LUGS BED 10 FEET.
Kills Dog Under It, but Women Oc
cupying It Were Unhurt.
Pottsville, Pa., July 24.—In a se
vere electrical storm lightning struck
the house of Joseph Witman at Cres
sna, near here, and entered a room
where three women were sleeping in
one bed. The bed was picked up
and carried ten feet without damag
ing it or injuring the women. A dog
sleeping under the bed was instant
ly killed.
Another freak of the lightning is
reported, in which a sideboard, filled
with dishes, was completely turned
around without damaging the furni
ture, although almost all the dishes
were broken.
TO BE WORLD’S LARGEST SHIP.
Length Of the Aquitania Will Ex
ceed 900 Feet.
Ivondon, July 24.—The plans for
the new steamer Aquitania, which
the Cunard company is building at
Clyde Bank, have been modified to
make the vessel the largest in the
world.
Her length will exceed 900 feet
and be 10 feet greater than the
length of the 50,000-ton liner Imper
ator, which the Hamburg-American
Line will put into service in the
spring of 1913. It is also stated
that the Aquitania will be one knot
faster than her German rival. The origi
inal specifications called for a length
of 8S5 feet and a speed of 23 knots
an hour. She will accommodate 4,000
passengers.
CROP GROWING WEATHER THIS.
Accrding to National Weekly Crop
Bulletin the Progress of Past
Week Good.
Washington, July 26.—Good crop
growing weather prevailed general
ly throughout the country during
the past week, according to the
national weekly bulletin of the
weather bureau issued yesterday.
In the large corn-growing states
east of the Mississippi the weather
continued cool and moderate rains
occurred in most districts, except
in portions of the lower Ohio val
ley, where additional moisture is
needed.
In the cotton belt favorable wea
ther continued over the more eastern
states, although more rain is needed
in North Carolina. In the central
states, however, there was too much
cloudy, rainy weather in portions of
Mississippi and Alabama and more
sunshine is needed in nearly all that
section.
West of the Mississippi heavy rains
generally relieved the drought in
Oklahoma and the northern and
eastern portions of Texas, and good
rains occurred in Arkansas and
Louisiana.
HUNDRED LIVES LOST
IN TYPHOON IN TOKIO.
Tokio, July 26.—A hundred peo
pie are believed to have been lost
in a typhoon that swept Tokio and
Yokohoma last night. Forty bodies
were recovered this morning in
Suzaki district, including twenty
three occupants of a house of ill
repute which was washed away
Many small crafts are missing.
BANK OF KENLY IN GOOD SHAPE
Shortage of Former Cashier Made
Good and New Cashier Elected.
Kenly, July 25.—The stockholders
of the Bank of Kenly met to-day anc
the shortage caused by the defalca
1 tion of R. H. Alford was made gooc
1 and the bank will continue business
as before.
1 Mr. J. H. Kirby, in whom every
body has implicit confidence, wa
■ unanimously elected cashier.
> The people have not lost confidenc
- in the bank, as certain parties offer
i ed to pay book value for the stock
' and only a few shares change*
• hands. Mr. Franklin McNeil, chaii
man of the Corporation Commis
r sion, and Assistant Bank Examine
. C. V. Brown, were present to prc
t tect the interests of the depositors
- and they express themselves as b<
ing gratified at the condition.—New
and Observer.
ANOTHER TUMBLE FOR COTTON
Worst Smash of Season on Market
Yesterday—Short Selling Caused
Decline—Wen Down About 40
Points.
New Orleans. July 25.—The worst
smash of the season In the cotton
market came to-day without any
warning. The loss on the new crop
months the principal object of at
tack by the bear side airibunted to
exactly 40 points, or $2 a bale. Au
gust, in which all that is left of the
old crop interest is centered, lost
30 points, or a dollar and a half a
bale.
The decline was caused by heavy
short-selling which hardly let up for
a minute during the day. Under the
pressure the market gave ground
steadily and on the way down stop
loss orders from those traders who
had gone along in anticipation of the
now long delayed reaction were con
stantly reached. This swelled the
selling. The market had next to no
support and what buying orders there
were came from shorts who wanted
to realize profits.
The decline began in Liverpool
and that market was so much under
expectations on the opening here
that initial prices were 8 to 10
points down. Without anything that
looked like a recovery or reaction of
consequences, prices fell until on
the actual trading they were 30 to
40 points under yesterday’s final
quotations. The close was 14 to 15
points down, bids and offers consid
ered.
BENSON NOTES.
Henson, July 27.—Rev. E. J. Rod
gers, the pastor, preached excellent
sermons to large congregations at
the Baptist church Sunday morning
and evening.
Mr. Preston Woodall and family
and Mr. W. D. Boon and family and
Miss Meta Holder spent Sunday at
Fuquay Springs.
On Sunday night a mule belong
ing to Mr. Jasper Mchamb ran away
upsetting the buggy and throwing
Mr. and Mrs. McLamb to the ground.
Both the occupants of the buggy re
ceived severe cuts and bruises
about the face. Dr. Utley was call
ed and dressed the wounds. Neith
er of the parties were dangerously
hurt.
Of those away from town recently
we note as follows: Miss Julia
Canaday, at Angler; Mr. and Mrs,
Jesse McLamb, at Clayton; Mr.
Le*»mon Johnson, at Goldsboro; Mr.
Bushee Pope, at Peacock’s Cross
Roads; Mr. C. T. Johnson, at Nor
folk; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Godwin, at
Kenly; Mr. S. F. Ivey and Mr. An
i drew Hodges, at Washington City;
Messrs Wingate Morris, Jesse Mclamb
j Sr., and Guthrie McLamb at Rich
| mond and Petersburg.
Of the number visiting in our
, little city this week we note the fol
, lowing: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
! Smith, of Clayton; Mr. E. Lee, of
| Dunn; Mr. Leon Peacock, of Bing
i ham, S. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Pat Moore,
1 of Smithfield; Miss Mattie Smith, of
I Peacock’s Cross Roads; Miss May
Moore and sister and Miss Lillie
Smith, of Smithfield; Misses Ger
trude Jackson, Pauline Wade and
Bessie Denning, of Dunn; and Miss
Lillian Edgerton and Mayme Howell,
of Kenly, and several others whose
names your correspondent failed to
get.
MOTHER AND BABE
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Decatur, Ala., July 24.—A Mrs.
Harmon and her year-old baby were
killed by lightning yesterday morn
ing at Pleasant Hill, a village near
■ here. J. H. Holmes was badly
j snocked. Several head of stock were
. i killed.
RALEIGH WOMAN VICTIM.
e -
- Mrs. J. A. Tant Sixth to Die From
, j Pellagra in Six Weeks.
-1 Raleigh, N. C., July 25.—Mrs. J. A.
-1 Tant died of pellagra at a local hos
r | pital this morning. She is the sixth
i- ; person having died of this disease in
i, I Raleigh within the past six weeks.
There were reported to the city phy
s ' sician during the month of July 11
! cases that were being treated.