VOL 30
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1911
Number 24
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
EDUCATION GOOD ROADS GOOD HEALTH PROGRESS
FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
the citizens of smithfield raise
TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ROADS
In Beatonsville, Ingrams,
Boon Hill and Cleve
land Townships
WORK NOW GOING ON
After Building Her Own Roads Smith'
field is Willing to Help Other
Sections to Have Better
Highways.
The town of Sinithfield and all of
Johnston County seem to be greatly
Interested in the building of better
public roads and highways. Since
the laying out of the Central High
way, a road authorized by the State
legislature, there has been a grow
ing interest in this live subject.
Among the people interested there
are none more wide awake than the
people of Bentonsville and Ingrams
townships. While others are vot
ing taxes for road building, these
people are actually building roads.
For the past week a large force has
been at work on the road from
Black creek to Mill creek just this
side of the old village of Bentons
ville.
And Smithfield!
Well, Smithfield is at work too.
On. the second of April, 1903,
Smithfield township voted a special
tax for the purpose of keeping up
her roads. Since that time our peo
ple have steadily been trying to
make our roads better until now the
people of the entire County are sit
ting up and taking notice of Smith
field township’s roads.
But that is not all.
Smithfield has built her own roads.
But she has not stopped there.
The town of Smithfield is help
ing other parts of the county to
build better roads.
A mass meeting of the citizens of
Smithfield was held in the Court
House one night last week for the
purpose of seeing how much our peo
ple were willing to do towards help
ing to make the roads better.
It was an Enthusiastic Meeting.
The spirit of Progress and Reci
The Chamber of Commerce was in
procity prevailed.
charge of the meeting and a reso
lution was passed that the town of
Smithfield raise ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS for the purpose of aiding
other sections in road building—
Five hundred dollars to be used in
helping to build the road from Black
creek to Mill creek in Bentonsville
township, and five hundred to aid
the Central Highway across Cleve
land and Boon Hill townships.
There were some who thought
that this amount would be very dif
ficult to raise.
But not so.
*',ext morning a committee called
on the citizens of the town with
the result that not one thousand, but
TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS was
raised easily.
This shows the Smithfield spirit
“the spirit of our slogan, “United
and Onward.”
This money is already being used
!n road building and in helping to
make our highways better.
Eight years ago the town of Smith
el(i said she was ready to help
uiid better roads for the township.
’ow ®be has done this and has earn
* a rest. But that’s not Smithfield’s
aj' She is willing to help others
4n<* sbows her willingness by put
UnS up the cash.
. '^nfl the people of Bentonsville,
-Utraais, Boon Hill and Cleveland
U'nships along the line of th9 roads
entioned are not only furnishing la
r and teams, but they are putting
cash also.
’e beard the other day of a man
bes» f Ia*me<* that he could do his
th'■ wben he was drunk. But
l* 18 a claim that will not hold
£0°b in all cases.
FIFTY-NINE YEARS IN
ASYLUM PATIENT DIES.
Fulton, Mo., Aug. 5.—Charles
Thorp, 89 years old, for nearly 59
years a patient in the Fulton State
Hospital for the insane, died here
yesterday. But one who was sent
here during the early days of
Thorp’s stay remains. He is Wil
liam P. Cook, who has been in the
asylum for 51 years.
The cases of Thorp and Cook are
said to be without equals in the an
nals of the asylums of this country.
WILL MEET AFTER 44 YEARS.
Brother And Sister Lived Only 23
Miles Apart.
York, Pa., Aug. 4.—Joseph McCoy,
of Stewardstown, and Mrs. R. P.
Newport, of this city, will shortly
shake hands and kiss each other
for the first time in 44 years.
They are brother and sister and
have been living within 23 miles of
one another, yet did not know it.
Mrs. Newport was the wife of
Baltzer Newport, and for a time liv
ed in Gettysburg. The brother and
sister wrote letters to each other
at different times, but they failed
to reach their destination, and they
each concluded that the other was
dead. About a week ago Daniel New
port, a nephew, happened to be in
the neighborhood of McCoy’s home
and discovered their relationship. Mc
Coy then learned that his sister
was still living.
I girl
NINE OTHERS
BILLED,
HURT.
In Crash Between Act mobile and an
Electric Car.
New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 7.—A
girl was killed and nine other per
sons were hurt, some of them se
lously, when an automobile contain
ing six children and two men crash
ed into an electric car on the Fair
haven bridge last night. The dead
girl is Alice Wright, aged 15 years.
TWO HUSBANDS KILL
WIVES FOR BURGLARS.
New Orleans, La., Aug. 6.—Two
husbands w'thin 200 miles of each
other hilled their respective wives
through mistaking them for burglars.
Both women were injured in the
same part of the body. Mrs. Luther
Morris, of Rio, La., was shot in the
shoulder and her arm was amputated
at the New Orleans Hospital. She
died a few hours later.
Jasper Green, of Aberdeen, Miss.,
thinking his wife a burglar, shot her.
Buckshot struck her in the shoulder
tearing off her arm and killing her ir.»
stantly.
Tied His Wife to Team of Mules.
Liberty, Mo., Aug. 4.—A tale of
almost incredible cruelty was re
lated in the courtroom of Justice
of the Peace William C. Courtney,
Sr., to-day as a result of which
LaFayette Choat, a farmer, was
held to appear before the Clay
county grand jury in November on
the charge of feloniously beating
his wife, whom he tied with a
| team of mules with which he was
harrowing a large field.
The judge and a large audience
heard the woman say that her hus
band had knocked her down, tied
her hands behind her and forced
her to walk with his mules while
he harrowed six times around a
large field. His bond was fixed at
$2,000.
WHEELBARROW MAN
GETS TO NEW YORK.
New York, August 5.—Frank Orr.
of Charlotte, N. C., ended here
this afternoon his 1,000 mile walk
from Atlanta, begun June 23 for a
wager of $500. He started without
money or matches, and pushed a
wheelbarrow before him the entire
way, not being allowed to ask for
food or money on the trip. He was
seven days ahead of the schedule
time of 48 days.
TO GIVE FINGER FOR CHILD.
A Chicago Mother Willing to Ac
cept Offer in Order to Secure Mu
sical Education for Her Daugh
ter.
Chicago, Aug. 5.—Mrs. Minnie
O’Herrin says she will gladly sacri
fice the index finger of her right
hand in order to give her six-year
old daughter, Isla, a musical edu
cation.
The buyer of the living finger, if
the transaction is culminated, will be
Mrs. Reginald Waldorf, of Phila
delphia, whose index finger on the
right hand was injured by a cut from
a rusty nail. Blood poisoning re
sulted, and the finger was amputat
ed.
“There is but one thing that can
restore your hand to its former con
dition,” said the surgeon who am
putated the digit. “Some other
woman whose finger will fit and
who is willing to sell her finger
must be found. The new finger
can be amputated and grafted on.”
So an advertisement was publish
ed in the Philadelphia papers invit
ing proposals for a finger.
Mrs. O’Herrin saw the advertise
ment and wrote that she would make
the sacrifice.
“Are you willing to have your fin
ger cut off to buy the education for
Isla?” was asked.
"Why, certainly,” answered Mrs.
O’Herrin. “Haven’t I made every
other sacrifice a mother is capable
of making for her? I will be the
happiest woman in the world if this
can be done.”
4.83 INCHES OF RAIN IN A DAY.
Drouth In Eastern North Carolina
Efffectually Broken.
Wilmington, N. C., Aug. 4.—The
drouth which has been seriously af
fecting crop conditions throughout the
Eastern section of the State, was
effectively broken to-day by a gen
eral rainfall.
The precipitation here was 4.83
inches, the greatest in 24 hours since
in 1887. Trains are being separated
with extreme care tonight.
OCCUPIES PULPIT AT 96.
Methodist Preacher As Vigorous As
He Was 50 Years Ago.
Mid ’letovn, N. Y., Aug. 6.—Rev. O.
P. Crandall, who will be 96 years old
on October 20, occupied the pulpit
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
at Ridgebury, five miles from this
city, to-day and discoursed for 20
minutes on the text “Prepare To
Meet Thy God.’’ There was a large
congregation present and the preach
er astonished all by his vigor.
Aside from failing eyesight and
somewhat impaired hearing, Rev. Mr.
Crandall is in good physical condition
and his mind is apparently as clear
as it was 30 years ago.
For more than 60 years he was a
minister in the New York Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, but some years ago, owing
to advanced age, he took a superan
nuated relaCon.
Raleigh Has 100 Trains a Day.
Raleigh, Aug. 7.—It is a most cred
itable fact that Raleigh now has one
hundred regular trains running in
and out of the city on the several
roads each twenty-four hours. Of
these forty-eight are passenger trains
and fifty-two are freight trains. The
Southern has eight passenger and
eight freight trains in and out of
the city; the Seaboard Air Line has
ten freight and ten passenger trains
each way; the Norfolk & Southern
has six freight and six passenger
trains each day and the Raleigh &
Southport six passenger trains and
eight freight trains.
STORM CAUSES GIRL’S DEATH.
see of Window Blown In Severs
Artery In Her Neck.
Punxsutawney, Pa., Aug. 4.—During
a heavy thunderstorm early to-day
the wind blew in a window at the
residence of George Kuntz, and a
piece of the flying glass struck his
daughter Stella on the neck.
An artery was severed, and the
child died within half an hour.
LAW AND ORDER
LEAGUE FOR BENSON
MANY CITIZENS UNITE FOR BET
TER TOWN.
Mayor Wellons, of Smithfield, Talks
About Good Roads.—Mrs. Carl
Young Died Sunday.—Events of
Saturday Indicate Good Blind Ti
ger Business.—Personal Notes of
Interest.
Benson. Aug. 10.—A large number
of our townspeople left yesterday on
an excursion running from Durham to
Norfolk.
Mr. W. H. Slocumb spent Satur
day and Sunday with relatives in
Newton Grove.
Mr. David Stephenson, of Pleas
ant Grove township, was in town
Monday.
Miss Sadie Hall, of Fayetteville,
was here several days recently, the
guest of Miss Anderson.
Mr. Kimmons Barbour, of Eleva
tion, was a visitor to Benson Mon
day.
Misses Julia Canaday and Mary
Turlington returned from Smithfield
Tuesday, where vhey had been spend
ing several days.
Mr. Sion Ivey, of the L. O. Mat
thews Lumber Company, went to
Clinton Monday on business.
Miss Mary Richardson, of Wen
dell, is here for a few days, the
guest of Miss Meta Holder.
Masses Nolia and Ila Ennis, of
Buies Creek, were here the past
week at the home of their aunt, Mrs.
S. E. Williams.
Messrs. Ralph and Henry Fetner,
of Hamlet, were in town Tor a few
days this week.
Mr. Baldie Barbour went to Wilson
Monday and returned with his wife
who lias been in the Wilson Sana
torium for the past six weeks.
Messrs. Eli Cavenaugh and Troy
Holmes, of Wilmington, have been
here this week, the guest of friends.
Mr. Bradley Johnson, of Emporia,
Va., spent Sunday and Monday in
town. ...
Rev. Hays Farnsh, of \\ llson, has
been here recently for a few days
in the interest of the Atlantic
Christian College.
A game of ball played on the Ben
son diamond Monday afternoon be
tween the Dunn and Buies Creek
teams resulted in a score of seven
to one for Dunn.
Mr. J. W. Whittenton is having a
Western Union clock placed in his
jewelry store for the benefit of his
customers and the public. The
clock is automatic "od corrects it
self daily from Washington City.
Mr. Whittenton now has one of the
most up-to-date jewelry stores of
any town in North Carolina.
We regret to note the death of Dr.
Carl Young’s wife, which took place
Sunday afternoon in Rex Hospital at
Raleigh. Mrs. Young, formerly Miss
Maud Grimes, was well known here,
having taught in the Benson school
three years ago, making many strong
friends while here.
James A. Wei Ions, Mayor of Smith
field, was here yesterday and spoke
to the citizens of our town on the
“Good Roads” question. Mr. Wel
lons showed to those who heard
him that it is much cheaper to a
community to have good roads, as
they go hand in hand with progress
and prosperity, and that no people
can afford to neglect the highways.
Among those of our town who at
tended the meeting of the County
Commissioners at Smithfield Mon
day, we note the following: Messrs.
E. F. Moore, Eli Turlington, A. E.
Surles, Bob Stevens, Red Farmer,
W7illie Moore and J. W. Creech.
The scenes which took place here
Saturday would have disgraced an
Indian war camp on the return of
the warriors loaded down with scalps
when everyone is supposed to tank
up, fight freely, and celebrate the
victory by drinking his brother’s
blood. Evidently the blind tigers had
a good day, judging from the number
of fights, and the unprovoked as
sault that was made on a peaceful
citizen of our town. The days have
come when the law-abiding citizens
! of the town should draw a dead line
j on such outrageous conduct, and,
judging from the wise and judicious
I punishments that have been recent
ly imposed on wilful violators of
the law the writer has no doubt but
that the mayor will do his duty in
the cases and mete out justice to
the offenders who seem to lose all
self-respect, and disregard the law
when they come to our town.
A much needed society has recent^
ly been organized In our town. Known
to the initiated as “The Law and
Order League,” it has for its pur
pose the suppression of lawlessness
and the enforcement of the laws of
our town and community, as well as
the upbuilding of the town financial
ly. This order has been needed here
for quite a while owing to the fact
that at times it appears that our of
ficers can't secure enough police
to enforce the law properly. An en
thusiastic meeting was held Monday
night and means were discussed
whereby a stop might be put to
such scenes as were witnessed on
the streets here last Saturday night.
The League has the following mem
bers enrolled: J. H. Rose, W. H.
Royal, J. F. Woodall, A. Parrish, L.
Gilbert, W. T. Martin, C. T. John
son, R. T. Surles, J. F. Lee, M. T.
Britt, J. W. Whitten ton, O. A. Bar
bour, W. C. Woodall, Edgar John
son, Eli Turlington, J. R. Barbour,
L. E. Stevens, L. B. Pope, J. L.
Hall, D. E. Raynor, J. H. Godwin,
W. M. Weeks, A. W. Hodges, Dr. H.
H. Utley I. C. Hall, W. H. Holmes,
Preston Woodall, P. B. Johnson, Dr.
W. H. Rowland, J. M. Britt, A. T.
Tart, Oscar Johnson, R. C. Pool, W.
D. Boon, Jake Greenthal, J. E. Wall,
R. F. Smith, J. S. Lawhon, Dr. F.
T. Moore, E. F. Moore, R. I. Austin,
B. J. Matthews and E. Fonville. If
this order serves the purpose for
which it is intended, and very few
who were present at the meeting
Monday night seem to doubt that it
will, it will accomplish that which
here-to-fore the town officials, how
ever diligent, have failed to do.
DOWN FOUR OAKS WAY,
Four Oaks, Aug. 9.—Mrs. Walter
Fulford and son, of New Bern, are
visiting Mrs. C. R. Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stanley and
little ones, of Selma, are here on a
visit to Chief W. D. Stanley and
Mr. W. R. Keen.
Miss Sudie McNeil, of Buies
Creek, also Master Lillian Cox,
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. W.
Adams, near town recently.
Misses Pauline Bryan, of Buies
Creek, Pearl Stancil, of Smithfield,
Stella Creech, of Benson, and Es
telle Tiffin, of Georgia, are guests
of Miss Golda Creech, this week.
Miss Mildred Vick, of Godwin, vis
ited her sister, Mrs. H. A. Parker,
last week.
Mr. John Wilson, of Dunn, spent
Sunday with Mr. S. K. Massengill.
Messrs. W. M. Sanders, F. K.
Broadhurst, Ed. Matthews, Ransom
Sanders and Dock Braswell, of
Smithfield and Ed. Edgerton, of Sel
ma, were in town recently.
Mr. W. E. Honeycutt, of Linden, is
visiting his father-in-law, Mr. D. W.
Adams.
Misses Ruth and Mildred Sanders,
of Smithfield, were guests of Miss
Ruth Adams Sunday night.
Messrs. Chas. Creech and Alden
Thornton, of McColl, S. C., are here
shaking hands with their many
friends.
Mr. Hunter Creech, who has been
in the employ of the A. C. L., at
Wilson, is at home.
Mr. Jno. T. Cole, who has been at
Hot Springs, Ark., taking the Bath
for Rheumatism, is at home again
much improved in health.
Mr. Burt Barefoot and family spent
last week in upper Harnett, at the
home of Mr. Barefoot’s father.
Mr. C. W. Bandy has returned fron
Greensboro, where he went to see
his father, who is very ill.
Mrs. G K Massengill and children
have gone to Dunn to spend some
time with relatives.
Mr. C. D. Stroup and family re
turned home Tuesday, after spending
some time in Western North Caroli
na, the home of Mr. Stroup.
Mrs. Hines passed away very un
expectedly at the home of her daugh
t Mrs. D. C. Adams, Sunday al
11:00 o’clock. She leaves a host ol
sorrowing relatives, friends and chil
dren.
With ,all the charges made
against James K. Vardaman, the
choice of Mississippi's voters ir
the recent primary for United States
Senator, so far as we recall, no one
has charged him with being druni
while in office.
TOBACCO HIGH IN
SOUTH CAROLINA
PRESENT INDICATIONS POINT TO
SHORT CROP.
Reports Received by Department of
Agriculture. Prices Higher Than
Before. American Tobacco Journal
Calls Attention to Various Markets
In South Carolina.
The year tobacco reports for the
year have been received at the
State department of Agriculture and
the summary on the crop will be
issued in a few days. It is esti
mated that the crop will not be as
large as last year.
The following is from the Ameri
can Tobacco Journal:
“The South Carolina tobacco mar
kets opened for the season on July
20, with the usual number of farm
ers and buyers in attendance. Prices
ranged from $1 to 2$ on an average
higher than in 1910. The crop will
likely not exceed 10,000,000 pounds,
and the season will be a short one.
“At Mullins, about 50,000 pounds
were sold the first day, at an average
price of $6.25.
“At Timmonsville, the average was
$7.50, and inasmuch as the offer
ings were what are known as sand
lugs, the price was the highest ever
known for that grade.
“Kingstree sold 40,000 pounds on
the opening day at an average of 61£
cents. There was nothing but lugs
offered, some of which brought as
high as 11 cents per pound, which
clearly indicates that prices this sea
son will be far above the averages of
other years.
“There were more buyers in at
tendance at Lake City than ever
before. The first day’s sale amount
ed to 76,243 pounds, which brought
an average of $6.75, which was far
ahead of the average for the same
grade of tobacco sold last year at
that point.
“At Florence the highest price
paid was 11% cents, while the major
ity of other prices were from 5 to
7 centB. The sales there, as else
where, were of inferior quality of to
bacco, and prices exceeded expec
tations.—Columbia State.
6 INCHES RAIN IN TWO HOURS,
Northwestern Kansas Has Cloud
burst And Tornado.
Smith Centre, Kan., Aug. 4.—North
western Kansas was flooded by a
cloudburst yesterday, and all streams
are out of their banks.
Six inches of rain fell here in
two hours. Swollen streams carried
out bridges and culverts worth $100,
000. The Rock Island Railroad lost
30 bridges and culverts in 45 miles.
Harlan, 15 miles south of here, was
struck by a tornado and several hous
es were blown down. A flour mill
was laid low, and its wreckage was
swept away.
Much live stock was killed, but
no person was seriously hurt.
Costly Pastime.
Last week Jesse Pearce and his
son William David Pearce, were in
the Recorder’s Court, charged with
selling whiskey. They were found
guilty and Jesse Pearce was fined
one hundred dollars and his part of
the costs while the younger man
was fined fifty dollars and his half
of the costs. They gave bond for
their appearance at the Court last
Tuesday. When it was shown to
the Court that they had sold out
their interest in the crop they were
making and signified their intention
of moving away from the community,
the Recorder reduced the fines to
$50 and $25 respectively. They were
also before the court a few weeks
ago charged with an attack on Mr.
B. E. Gardner. In this case they
were fined fifty and twenty dollars,
respectively, and the costs. In each
case the-father was considered the
chief offender and was given the
i heavier fine. In both cases the
. fines and costs amounted to about
i $196, the old man paying $119 and
i the young man about $77. Selling li
; quor and fighting was a rather ex*
pensive pastime for these two men.