CNE DOLLAR PER YEAR. EDUCATION GOOD ROADG GOOD HEALTH PROGRESS five cents per copy.
A BIG DAY FOR SELMA.
A Melon Fair, A Re-Union of Old
Veterans and Speeches by the Four
Senatorial Conditions if Confined to
The Subject. "What I Know About
Farming,” Growing and Eating
Melons. Everybody Invited,
i
It has been suggested that at a
date to be announced later between
the 20th of July and the first of Au
gust that a Melon Fair be held in
our town. To be confined to water
melons, muskmelons, cantaloupes and
tomatoes—melons for a feast and
tomatoes for a source of novelty.
Thousands of cans are shipped into
this county every year. No neces
sity for that. It is a big source of
income for many to grow and can to
matoes to ship. Why not do it in
Johnston? A liberal cash premium
list for the above can be and no
doubt will be raised here by our bu
siness men; say $10 for 4 of the
largest watermelons; $5 for 3 next
largest or heaviest; $3 for 3 next
best. The first prize melons to be
given one to each U. S. Senatorial
candidate, if present, and will “tote”
it to the depot. Liberal premium
for the best large muskmelon, best
cantaloupes, best wagon load water
melons, muskmelons and cantaloupes.
Best display of tomatoes not less
than three to five bushels. At least
one melon must be contributed by
each exhibitor (not the best however)
to the old soldiers’ dinner; that’s
the only admission fee.
It is well known that the Henry L.
Wyatt Chapter of the U. D. C. will
too prepared to feed the old Vets. All
others can bring well filled baskets
and all have an open outside dinner.
Business for two or three hours can
be entirely suspended and a day of
enjoyment be had by all. I make
the motion; can I get a second!
Amendments in order. Get your
seed, prepare the ground. I see in
the distance the melons coming.
My mouth is filling with water. My
curiosity is up at a high pitch to
hear what Judge Clark, Gov. Kitchin,
Ex-Gov. Aycock or Senator Simmons
knows about farming. We can have
the biggest meeting ever held in
Johnston by starting now and keep
moving. Give a second and amend
ments to the motion. Again get
your seed, prepare your ground and
meet together in Selma the last
Thursday In July, 1912.
JNO. A. MITCHENER.
Selma, February 21, 1912.
BUZZARD IN THE SOUTHWEST.
Railroad Traffic Demoralized and
Lowe* Will B« Heavy.
Dallas, Tex., Feb. 20.—Ushered by
ft windstorm, varying at different
points from 90 to 70 miles an hour,
the most severe blizzard of the win
ter is sweeping the Southwest to
night. Railroad traffic is demoraliz
ed, wire communication is hamper
ed, and meager reports from outlying
districts tell of damage to property
and cattle.
In north Texas the temperature fell
from 70 degrees this morning to freez
ing to-night. In the Panhandle to
night the snowfall reached a depth
of 4 inches.
At Hobart, Okla., buildings were
unroofed by the storm.
H0U8T0N TEXA8 FIRE-SWEPT.
Loss Runs Into Millions—More
Than a Thousand People Homeless.
Houston, Tex., Feb. 21.—In the
wake of the most destructive fire in
the history of Houston, smouldering
wreckage tonight covers an area
about one and a half miles in length
and varying in width from two hun
dred yards to half a mile in the
northeastern section of the city.
More than a dozen of the city’s most
important industrial enterprises are
in ruins; two hundred or more dwell
ing houses and store buildings are in
ashes and approximately one thou
sand persons are homeless. The most
conservative estimate is that the
monetary loss will reach at least $7,
000,00<k The insurance carried will
not exceed forty per cent. No cas
ualties attended the fire.
“Oae-half the world doesn’t know
how fate other half lives,” quoted
the Wise Guy. “I never knew there
were so many people to mind their
own business,” murmured the Inno
cent One.—Puck.
EIGHT KILLED BY TORNADO.
Occupants of Cabins on Outskirts of
Shreveport Are Sufferers.
Shreveport, La., Feb. 20— Eight per
sons are dead and about 50 injured
as the result of a tornado which
swept through the western outskirts
of Shreveport late to-day. All the
dead are negroes, with the exception
of the 2-month-old baby of A. J. Man
heim, whose home was demolished.
The baby’s body was found a block
from the Menheim residence. A num
ber of negro cabins were destroy
ed in the outskirts of the city and
on nearby plantations.
The tornado approached Shreveport
from the Southwest, sweeping a path
through the negro sections, and
crossing Red River struck two
plantations, where negro cabins,
barns, and outhouses were destroyed.
In the city proper no damage was
done.
North Carolina Child Labor Commit
tee.
The following gentlemen make up
the North Carolina Child Labor Com
mittee :
Chas. B. Aycock, Raleigh; J. W.
Bailey, Raleigh; Jos. Blount Chesh
ire, Raleigh; Robert F. Campbell,
Asheville; J. .J. Hall, Fayetteville;
Thos. J. Jarvis, Greenville; Julian
S. Carr, Jr., Durham; Henry A. Page,
Aberdeen; William L. Poteat, Wake
Forest; Hubert A. Royster, Raleigh;
A. M. Scales, Greensboro; W. E.
Stone, Raleigh; R. T. Vann, Raleigh;
Heriot Clarkson, Charlotte; Julius 1.
Foust, Greensboro; Robert Strange,
Wilmington.
These names, within themselves,
give assurance that the Committee is
engaged in work that is not only
good,. but needful. It may be well,
however, to explain to the State at
large just what this Committee feels
should be done.
The Committee is a sort of self
constituted guardian oi the childhood
of the State. There are defects in
the present child labor laws which
permit the employment in factories
of children at ages when they should
be either in school or out in the op
en air, and which also permits the
employment of children at night. The
North Carolina Child Labor Commit
tee believes that the time has come
when the State should say that her
innocent children should not be em
ployed at work which will be hurt
ful on the one hand to their physical
growth and which will prevent their
mental and spiritual development on
the other; and especially that chil
dren should not be made or allowed
to work during the night hours at the
very time that nature has provided
for their rest and growth.
The Child Labor Committee further
believes that in addition to placing
upon the statute books the proper
sort of laws for the protection of
children, machinery should be creat
ed for the Inspection and for seeing
that the law is obeyed.—W. H.
Swift, Field Secretary.
Must Look to the South for Meat.
Tt is apparently a vain expectation
to suppose that we may hereafter get
an increased beef supply from Can
ada. Canada cannot help to swell
our Bupply of breadstuffs indefinite
ly. It has, untouched, great areas of
wheat lands, but the Dominion does
not raise enough cattle for home
supply. Its export trade in meats
has dwindled to the vanishing point.
It is pointed out that more cattle
might be raised in lower Canada with
advantage to producers sure of fair
markets for their surplus, both in
the United States and Great Britain,
but the severe winters are a draw
back. The farmers find other pro
ducts more profitable. There is a
lack of a corn supply. The beef
centers of this country must look
southward for a replenishment of
the meat supply and future deliver
ance from the extortions of the or
ganized monopolies now in control
of the trade.—Philadelphia Record.
Twenty-Five Dead in Blizzard.
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 21. The worst
blizzard experienced in this State in
years, was responsible for the deaths
to-day of possibly twenty-five per
sons. Steam and electric railroad
traffic is paralyzed. Several trains
are buried in snowdrifts.
Kenly High School Has An Inter
Society Debate.
Kenly, Feb. 20.—At no time in j
the history of the Thalian and Philo- i
logian literary societies of Kenly i
High School has enthusiasm reach
ed such high pitch as it did on last
Friday evening. The occasion was 1
an inter-society debate.
A few weeks prior to the debate
the managers of the societies ar
ranged the debate to be given on
some Friday afternoon at the time
for the regular session of the socle- !
ties. When the arrangements had
been completed, however, and much
interest had been manifested it was
decided that it should be given on ,
laBt Friday evening instead. The j
change was for the better. The lar
gest audience of the entire school
year assembled for the occasion. And
in this audience were sympathizers j
for either side. They caught the
spirit of the evening and manifested
it very heartily at opportune times.
Enthusiasm was first injected in
to the debate by the girls. A few
days prior to the debate the girls,
under the direction of Misses Hun
ter and Keiter, arranged yells and
toasts suitable for the occasion. The ,
boys in the meantime made no pre- J
arrangements; their yells and ap
plause, however, were not surpassed. ]
Every feature of this little debate j
was interesting and many times hu- j
morous. Each debater manifested
“nerve” and tenacity. Even the
rejoinders were spicy with irony
and sarcasm. The most amusing fea
ture, however, was the placing on
the rostrum in front of the debaters
a chair draped in black to resemble j
| an electric chair used for executions, i
j On the chair was a placard to this j
effect: “For Justice and Human
ity.” The audience yelled. The grue
some chair was dragged from its j
position by a Thalian sitting near by, J
but not until its purpose had been
1 accomplished.
The question discussed was: Re
solved, “That Capital Punishment
Should Be Abolished.’’
The following Thalians discuss
ed the affirmative: Gladys Kirby,
Faye Barnes, Mattie Pierce, and An
nie Edgerton. The Philologian socie
ty was represented by the following
individuals who discussed the nega
tive: Zeb Atkinson, Harvey Pitt
man, Fred Wellons, and Jim Stal
lings.
The judges, Messrs. Zeb. V. SnipeB,
J. W. Hooks, and Dr. Grady, decided
the q...btion was won by the nega
tive.
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INDIAN8 IN UNITED STATE8
Census Bureau Places Number At
265,683, With 193,811 Taxed.
A statement giving for the United
States, exclusive of Alaska, the whole
number of Indians enumerated at the
thirteenth decennial census. together
with the number and proportion of
the Indians who were taxed, was is
sued ''onday by the bureau of the
census.
The total number of Indians In con
tinental United States in 1910 was
265,683, as compared with 237,196 in
1900 and 248,253 in 1890.
The number of taxed Indians was
193,811, or 73 per cent of all Indians,
in 1910, as compared with 107,706, or
40.4 per cent, in 1900; 58,806, or 26.3
per cent, in 1890, and 66,407, or 21.7
per cent In 1880.
Prom 1890 to 1910 the Indian popu
lation increased 17,430, while the
number of taxed Indians increased
135,005.
Taxed Indians now constitute twen
ty-one one hundredths of 1 per cent
of the total population of the coun
try. The numbber of voters has not
been calculated.
Must Not Be Overlooked.
About eight hundred thousand
women will have the privilege of
voting for President this year, in the
States of Colorado, Idaho, Utah,
Washington and Wyoming. As all
these States went Republican four
years ago, the opportunity to set
their 37 electoral votes right is one
which should not be overlooked.—
Charlotte Observer.
If Not Put Out She’s Safe.
When a woman gets married she
has made a home run.—Atchison
Globe.
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PAY OUT MORE THAN WE GET j
W« Pay Into Undo Sam's Money- \
Chest Each Year Nearly Seven
And Half Millions, and Get Back
From It Less Than Two Million
Dollars.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 15.—In re
sponse to a request from Senator
Overman for information as to the
amount of revenue paid by the State
of North Carolina to the Federal
government and the amount of reve
nue received by the State of North
Carolina, from the Federal govern
ment for the fiscal year 1911, the
Treasury Department furnished the
Senator with the following figures:
Receipts from customs, internal
revenue and corporation tax (paid by
North Carolina) and miscellaneous
reoeipta, (not classified) amounted to
$7,316,977.18.
Disbursements made by the Fed
eral government for North Carolina,
public buildings, customs service, in
ternal revenue service, life saving
service, revenue cutter service, pub
lic health and marine hospital serv
ice, assay office (Charlotte) rivers
and harbors amounted to $1,354,
100.58.
Amount paid by North Carolina to
the Federal government for the fis
cal year 1911 exceeded the amount of
revenue received by North Carolina
from the Federal government $5,
962,876.60.
Platform of Walter Clark, Candidate
For U. S. Senate.
The following, taken from Judge
Clark’s letter to Hon. A. Hall John
ston, 17 May, 1911, accepting the in
vitation of friends to become a can
didate for the United States Sen
ate, expresses objects for which he
will work, if chosen to that body:
1. Adequate and unequivocal leg
islation that will destroy the Trusts.
2. Tariff for Revenue only. Pro
tection levies tribute, in favor of
a class, upon all other classes. It is
unjust and undemocratic.
3. Election of U. S. Senators and
U. S. Judges by the people.
4. Election of Postmasters by the
people of each locality.
5. The adoption of the Initiative, the
Referendum, and the Recall—the lat
ter for such officers. State, County
or town, as may be designated by
law.
6. State-Wide primaries for U. S.
Senators and all State officers.
7. A Parcels Post for the country
districts.
8. Public regulation of Railroads
and other common carriers, but ope
ration of the Telegraph and Tele
phones by the Post-office, .as in all
other countries. This will give low
er rates to the public, with shorter
hours and better pay to employees.
9. Extension of Public Schools and
Good Roads.
10. Enforcement of laws regulating
hours of labor, prohibiting child la
bor and requiring safety appliances.
11. He advocates the destruction
of corrupt methods by Strict restric
tion of the purposes and amounts for
which candidates, or others for them,
can expend money at elections and
in Primaries, and Full publicity of all
Buch expenses, before and after each
primary and election.
12. He also favors putting Con
federate soldiers on U. S. Pension
List, not only in justice to them,
but to stop the financial drain from
the South, which has already paid
to Federal Pensions more than the
War Indemnity (1,000 millions dollars
which France paid to Germany.
13. Execution in good faith after
election of all pledges made before.
BAPTIZES 12 THROUGH ICE.
Mennonits Pastor's Faith That None
Will Take Coid.
Shamokin, Pa., Feb. 18.—After a
big piece of thick ioe had been cut
from Edgewood Park Lake a large
crowd assembled there to-day, when
Rev. George F. Yost and his flock
of Mennonites appeared with 12 con
verts. As they sang and prayed the
preacher led the converts into the
chilling waters and immersed them.
The pastor said htey were in no
danger of contracting colds, as the
Lord protected them.
There are many ways of doing
most things, but there is only one
best way.—Manchester Union.
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STATE NEWS.
The Yadkinville Buggy Company
has been chartered at Yadkinville, by
J. H. Dobbins and others, with on
authorized capital of $25,000.
New Hanover Democrats usually
get into the game early. They have
called a primary for March 27 to
nominate a legislative and county
ticket.
James Houchins, 40 years old, was
killed Friday by the fall of an eleva
tor in the leaf tobacco warehouse of
the Whitaker-Harvey Company at
Winston.
Charity and Children, the paper
published in he interest of the Tho
masville Baptist Orphanage, has
15,000 subscribers and a campaign
has begun to give it 20,000.
J. D. Misenheimer, aged 35 years,
a farmer of the Rockwell neighbor
hood, Rowan county, died Saturday
from the bursting of a blood vessel
in his head during a fit of coughing.
He had been sick several days with
grip.
Drug store liquor license has been
abolished in Greensboro. Only two
drug stores had license to sell liquor
on prescription, but as the druggists
violated the law the municipal author
ities decided to cut out the whole
business.
Mrs. Charlotte Gamble, of Benham,
Wilkes county, is 84 years old and
never took but one dose of medicine
in her life—that to allay pain when
a tooth was exrtacted. A few
weeks ago she walked a distance of
six miles aud didn’t complain of fa
tigue.
The Raleigh Times says so far none
of the State officers have any oppo
sition for renomination except Mr.
E. Li. Travis, who is filling an unex
pired term on the corporation com
mission. The friends of S. G. Dan
iel, of Warren county, have announ
ced Mr. Daniel a candidate to oppose
Mr. Travis.
The sentence of P. H. Thrash, of
Asheville, sentenced to 20 months’
imprisonment by Judge Long for
violation of the prohibition laws, was
changed to a fine of $2,000, defen
dant to give $2,000 bond to appear
at every criminal term of court for
12 months to show good behaviour,
and to serve 30 days in jail unless
the county commissioners accept a
fine of $500 in lieu of the jail sen
tence.
At New Berne last week Baker
Bryan, white, was acquitted of the
murder of a young white man. The
verdict was generally denounced. So
licitor Abernethy presented affidavits
charging two of the Jurors with im
proper conduct. The affidavits were
not sustained but when the solicitor
denounced the verdict as “one of the
grossest miscarriages of justice ever
perpetrated in North Carolina” the
spectators in the court room ap
plauded.
John Ross, colored, who was to
have been electrocuted in Raleigh
Friday for the murder of Mr. and
Mrs. Dixon, in Cleveland county, was
respited until April 12. Ross still
stickB to his story that the murder
of Mrs. Dixon was committed by
Frank Gladden, a white man, who
was tried on the charge and ac
quitted. While this story is not be
lieved the respite was granted in the
hope that Ross may later tell the
whole truth or that there may be
new developments. ^ -
The counties of Martin, Greene,
Lenoir and Duplin have made pro
vision during February to have the
State and County Dispensaries for
the free examination and treatment
for hookworm disease. These addi
tions bring the total number of coun
ties making such provision to thirty
one. The work has been completed
in twenty counties. The work is
carried on simultaneously in five coun
ties. Up to this time the records
show that about 60,000 people have
been treated. Many of the results
of cures may be seen in each county
and are truly remarkable.
She Brings Two to Jail.
Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 16.—Sher
iff Nancy A. Williams, of Laclede
county, the first and only woman
Sheriff in Missouri, to-day brought
two prisoners to the State Penitenti
ary here.
Love makes the world go round
too fast sometimes and we get dizzy
and cannot see straight.—Manchester
Union.
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CUTS FOR HIS OWN APPENDIX.
Surgeon Begins Operation ono Him
self, but Others Finish Work.
San Francisco, Febb. 20.—Dr. Ber«
tram E. Alden, chief surgeon of ill*
French Hospital here, carried ou£ fts
part last Sunday his theory that self*
operation for appendicitis is not fttt*
possible.
On diagnosing his symptoms _Dr.
Alden called in his profession*
friends as witnesses. In the opera**
Ing room he injected the spinal ane*»
thesia which left his mind clear aiut
gave him the control of his arms.
He made the necessary abdominal""
cuts, but at this point the matter 'spa
deemed too serious for experiment,
and two fellow surgeons oomple|*d
the. operation, removing the appen
dix while Dr. Alden remained mat
interested witness of their manipula*
tions.
Dr. Alden is reported to be rapid
ly recovering.
FOUR OAKS NOTES.
Four Oaks, Febb. 21.—Mr. B^b
Lamb, of Fayetteville, was here 9Ua
day the guest of his sister, Mrs. T.
H. Sutton.
Mr. Paul Johnson, of Polenta se«
tlon, was here Monday, on his way
to Buies Creek, where he is ta
school.
Miss Nan Hollowell, of Goldsboro,
is viisting her sister, Mrs. C. R.
Adams.
Mr. C. F. James, of Florence, S.
C., was in town Sunday.
Mr. J. M. Scott, of Fayetteville, has
taken Mr. Clarence Pearson's pt&cet
as operator for the Western Union
Telegraph Company. We welcoine
Mr. Scott to our little city, although,
we regret very much to lose Mr. and
Mrs. Pearson. Mr. Pearson goes to
Sharpsburg, N. C., as agent for A.
C. L.
Mr. Hunter Creech has been at
tending school at Buies Creek, was
home laBt week visiting his mother,
Mrs. Laura Creech.
Mrs. E. P. Baker went to Smith
field Wednesday to visit her bro
ther, Dr. N. T. Holland.
Rev. E. J. Rodgers, pastor of the
Missionary Baptist church, was hfere
Sunday and preached an able ser
mon .
Mrs. N. Y. Scarborough, of Fay
etteville, spent Tuesday with her
sister, Mrs. D. W. Adams.
Mrs. Cora Creech Stanley, M}ss
Golda Creech and Mr. Ira W. Keftpet "
went to Smithfield Tuesday ni||ht
to the play "Little Minister.”
Mr. Johnson, representing the Apia*
tin Stephenson Co., of Smithfield, has
located here, buying cotton, eofjpn
seed and delivering fertilizer. We wel
come Mr. Johnson to our town. ♦ V*
Mr, Burwell Temple passed augpy
at his home at Duke. He was fbv
merly of Four Oaks. Mr. Temple
had been suffering a good majy
years with rheumatism. He wlur
brought to Four Oaks Monday £th<*
buried in the family burying ground.
BENSON NEW8. ,
Benson, Feb. 22.—Miss Janie Oajjca
and Mrs. J. H. Godwin spent Sun$ky
in Kenly with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McLamb fpftr
Sunday to visit near Clayton sever
al days.
Mrs. J. R. McLamb left Monday ter
Jacksonville, Fla.
Senator O. A. Barbour is in Rft
eigk this week assisting Solicitor Nqe
ris in the investigation of tlk»
deaths of Porter, Johnson and JernA
gan, who died in Raleigh.
Mr. Will Weeks was in Smithfield
Tuesday on business.
Mr. Jno. Stewart was taken fio
Fayetteville Sunday, where he wge
operated on for appendicitis.
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Grant left
Monday for Florida, where they w|U
make their home.
Mr. C. G. Jernigan was married at
Wilson to Miss Deans. They w&l
make their home here.
Mr. Dallas Langdon was marripd
yesterday afternoon to Miss Refhk
Morgan, daughter of Mr. J. D. Mor
gan. These young people are bQtk
well known in our county.
President Taft’s implicit confe*
dence that he will be renominatg#
and re-elected merely shows that tJifif
politicians who have been misinform
ing him for three years are still at
it.—Kansas City Times.