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VOL 31 .. -.....—. .ft_ — ■ - ' ■ SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1912 Number 31 ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. EDUCATION GOOD ROADS GOOD HEALTH PROGRESS FIVE CENTS PER COPY, expect to make a clean SWEEP. Pemocratic Hopes Running High Tom Pence,, a North Carolina News-Paper Man in Charge of Af fairs at National Corrimittee Quar ters in New York. New York Sept. 21.—The writer wa8 in Democratic national headquar ters and heard Editor Josephus Dan iels, who has supervision of the lit erary work of the campaign, say to T J. Pence: “Tom, it really looks like we will get Vermont, along with the rest. Our correspondence from there indicates that the campaign in that state is all to the good.” The Democratic leaders are of course expecting to make a clean pweep of it. Tom Pence says that most of fhe newspaper boys of his acquaintance representing all sorts of political affiliations, are inclned to the opinion that Wilson will just about make it unanimous. At Demo cratic headquarters one °ets the im pression th’at an astonishing amount of work is being done by an aston ishing number of men. There is not the slightest suggestion of pov erty. Doubtless a great many people are convinced that Wilson will win, and it is not difficult to raise money for a winner. A look around likewise gives one the impression that Mr. Pence is the field marshal of the campaign. Dur ing the ure-convention campaign for delegates Mr. Pence was at all times at the right of Mr. McCombs. At this time he modestly insists that he is occupying the position of assistant, hut since he is obviously doing the work that the national chairman would be doing were he not ill, it can be readily seen that the North Carolina newspaper man discharging some of the more important executive duties of the campaign. It has been stated that Mr. Pence will be offered the position of private secretary to the President in the event of Democratic success, but be says he is not seeking political pre ferment, that he wilt go abroad for a season following the campaign, and upon his return expects to resume his newspaper work. Colonel Roosevelt is giving the Democratic leaders some concern in a number of states, but most of them apparently take the view attributed to Senator Dixon that President Taft will not get more than a dozen elec toral votes—W. A. Hildebrand in Greensboro News. SELMA NOTES. Bev. J. B. Jackson, of Smithfield, the Pastor of the Baptist Church here assisted by Rev. J. W. Suttle, of Shel by, formerly of Smitbfield, is holding a series of meetings at the Baptist Church. We wish them much success In winning souls to Christ. Miss Augusta Thompson, of Faison, who has been visiting Miss Anne Noble, left for her home Tuesday. There was a cake baking contest here Tuesday evening under the di rection of Mr. H. P. Farrar, of the N. K, Fairbanks Company, of Chica go, who sell cottolene. The cakes were to be made of cottolene instead of butter. There were thirty-three cakes entered for the prize The first prize was won by Mrs. H. D. Hood; second by Mrs. G. A. Tuck; third by Mrs. I. W. Massey; fourth by Mrs. R. M. Nowell, and fifth by Miss Sarah Jeffreys. In my letter from Ensley, I failed to mention the fact that I met a North Carolina man 'while in Atlan ta. I was waiting for the train when a gentleman stepped up to me and said: “is this Dr. Noble of Selma?” I told him yes and he told me that be was Frank Broadhurst’s brother; that he was the ticket collector on the Southern train for Birmingham. I was glad *o see him and have him ®Peak to me, for I was not expect ing to see any one -that I knew that far from home. R. J. N. Selma, Sept. 25. At Tea’s Chapel. tVe are requested to announce that der W. R Coats will preach at ®a s Chapel on. Saturday night be ore the 5th Sunday in September, a same being the 28th, and Sun ay following Everybody invited to AN AGED MAN PASSES AWAY. Mr. George W. Massengill, of In grams, Died Saturday Night in His 78th Year and Was Buri ed Monday. ; Mr. George W. Massengill, one of the most esteemed citizens of Ingrams township, answered the final sum mons Saturday night, September *21, about nine o’clock, and passed on I to his reward in the Veiled Beyond. | Mr. Massengill had been in ”de J dining health for many months and his death was not unexpected. He was laid to rest Monday. The de ceased leaves seven children, five by his first wife and two by his sec !o(nd wife who survives him. Ho was in his 78th year and had lived a life of usefulness and service to his community and county. For many years he served the people of his township as a magistrate and 1 was considered one among the best. I He was also a member of the Board of County Commissioners for sever al years and made a faithful servant of the people. He was a member of j the Primitive Baptist Church at Oak Forest and was clerk of the church. In his death his family, the com munity and the county have lost a friend, a helper and a loyal citi ; zen. DR. NOBLE VISITS ALABAMA. Writes Interestingly of the Crops And Other Matters. — To The Herald:—Mrs. Noble and i I are on a visit to Master Robert P. came Noble, Jr., and of course will see Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Noble, ilt is useless to say that we came i to see the Doctor and his wife and I then see “The Boy” as the grown j ui> people say about taking children I to see the animals and then hurry on ta the big tent to see the circus. I' <... we came to see “The Boy.’’ : That is all there is to it. We stood I it about as long as we could. He was | as glad to see Mammy Bet and Dad dy Dick as we were to see him. Since ! »‘iu ft Selma he has been as well i as he could be and is growing fast. Like a person who leaves home and gvts* home-sick, a sight of the old | home cures him of all the ills he j thinks he has; so is our visit to the little fellow. We can go home satis I tied and wait till Christmas for a | visit from him and them content edly. But enough of family matters that concern no one but us; and, let me tell you of our trip here. We left Selma at 3 p m, Saturday, reaching Atlanta about sunrise Sunday morn ing, makin° connection for the train j for Birmingham, arriving there at one P. M. It was a very pleasant trip as rain had fallen duriing the night and was c’oudy and drizzling rain | nearly all the way. The little streams j were full of water and in some places late corn and cane were blown down, j but the rain came too late to help the corn and sotton. The crops of corn and cotton are no better than with us. I talked with several men on the train, one a commercial tourist, or drummer who told me that the crops we saw were no better than the crops he saw on his trips through Georgia and Alabama. All I talked with said only half a crop of a nor mal year could be hoped for. That they did not. know how to estimate the crop as compared with last year. That as thev saw it the crop was late to start and that no cotton was made in August. That the prospect for corn was as bad. I am sure that I saw acres in small patches, there being no large fields, that, in which there was not a good ear. Ensley is a nice little city of about 25000 people, about six miles west of Birmingham but one cannot tell where Enslev begins or Birmingham stops. In fact the two places are now under one government. Corey is just two miles west of Ensley and the two olaces join. Corey is called i the model city. The streets are all paved and hghted by electricity. The houses are built in the bungalow style and are very pretty, everything new and bright. R. J. NOBLE. Ensley, Ala., Sept 17. (The editor regrets that circum stances prevented the publication of this letter in last week’s Herald.) 1 J Uncle Sam—“Honestly, What Are You Running for, the Presi dency or for Revenge?” —Prom the New York Herald. JOHNSTON COUNTY AT WAKE FOREST COLLEGE. I On the fifth of September, 1911, I entered W ake Forest College. I j thought seriously of organizing a Johnston County Club, and keeping it in session all the time, as I was j the only student from that county^ ; but the idea passed without ever be ing carried out. This year there are two more of Johnston’s sons here—Mr. A. L. Goodrich, of Benson, and Mr. C. H. Stevens, of Wilson’s Mills. Both of these gentlemen are ministerial stu dens, (better known here as sky pilots) while neither of us knows, : and dare no* guess, what I am or ! will be. It sufficeth to say that our club was organized to-day with M. S. Horrell, ! president; C. H. Stevens, vice-presi dent, and A L. Goodrich, secretary and treasurer. Other members be ing absent Horrell was authorized to take reporter’s place. i It is with profound interest in this | institution that we (especially the other two gentlemen (note the minor forms of hazing at Wake Forest abolished. The harsher forms were excluded long ago. M. S. HORRELL. Wake Forest, Sept. 20. Senator Cummins’ Position. Senator Albert S. Cummins, of Iowa, has announced that he will | vote for Theodore Roosevelt but that j he opposes the formation of the Thirc I Party. He believes that Taft was I not the choice of the Republicans. ! Senator Cummins is right. Taft \ was the nominee of Southern federal office-holders plus ring-ridden North- j ern organizations. Failing to land the; nomination with mass meeUajs and j conventions, he resorted flprough Penrose, the Standard Oil Tool, and Barnes, the boss of New York, and | a few others, to stealing votes from Roosevelt at Chicago and thus he landed the prize. Cummins knows this, just as every other man jiot blinded by partis anship knows it, and being an indi vidual of strong views and upright convictions he is unable to persuade himself to give Taft support. Taft is a bitter pill for the rank and file of Republicans throughout the country. In our judgment he is ! going to be the most thoroughly de feated Republican candidate the na jtion has ever known. - Cummins’ at j j titude clearly indicates how Iowa’s ! vote will go, and what is true in i Iowa is true of many other States, ^riie Progressive element of the Re | publican party is not going to stand by Taft, and this means beyond ' question that Woodrow Wilson will : be elected.—Roanoke Evening World. NEW CHURCH ORGANIZED. On Sunday September 22, Rev. J. i W. Smith completed the organization ! of a new Baptist Church at the Alex Brown School House in Boon ;Hill Township.The organization was begun by Rev. R. W. Horrell on the fourth Sunday in August at the close of a week’s meeting in which he aided. The new church has nine members. The name selected is Hephzibah. INI (I femtfLY THE PEOPLE’S ’‘URN NOW! —J. &. Murpif" in jouruO, Portland. Ora. MR. EDGERTON’S LETTER. Mr. Editor:—In my tetter last week I tried to advance the inauguration of a system in keeping with progress iu the handling of our various “Spec ial'’ tax funds and endeavored to point out the necessity for same. I shall try in this letter to point out the advisabililty of adopting a plan of subserving the best interests of the tax payers by using more care in making such purchases as are re quired from time to time. I shall give a more concrete example illustrating the necessity. Tax money is not swag. The Re publican idea that it is a "jackpot’’ to he divided in accordance to the measure of a man’s craving, has been repudiated. It is the people’s money and Is therefore, sacred. The fact that it is a “Special Fund’’ does not lessen the necessity for economy, or mitigate the enormity of the crime if it !s improperly expended. Our various School Districts and Road Districts and Stock Law Dis tricts have to purchase supplies, various kinds, from time to time make repairs and for other purposes. The same amount of care should he required, bv law, in the making of these purchases as is used by the in dividual in his own private affairs. There should he no favoritism. Tho sharpest competition should he in vited and the purchase made from the source offering the best price. If the individual was going to build or overhaul his own house he would not likely make his purchases of nails and paint, for instance, until he had priced these materials from more than one place. wiu;<2 uyuu u lime u uuuuiuy ul the) white people of this State be same politically billions and, aided and abetted by every negro vote in the State, foisted upon the people a condition of affairs too repugnant to be recited. Suffice it to say: The flood gates of vice and crime, incompetence and indecency, graft and greed, spite and spleen were op ened, and from the belching torrent of corruption there arose a stench from which our State lias not yet recovered. Chief among the atroe ities of tha* regime was the manage ment of the penitentiary. It was op enly charged that favoritism and graft was shown in the purchases at supplies for that institution.The Re publican way was to make purchases of the heelers and spellbinders and thus pay, at public expense, their po litical obligation.The Penitentiary, un der Republican management, was a great burden on the tax payers, in der Democratic management it is £ source of large revenue. Whenever supplies of any charaete is to be supplied for public use tin most business-like methods should bi employed to obtain them at thi smallest cost. A uniform law regu lating this matter should be enact ed and every element of favoritism which sometimes creeps into a smal mind unawares, guarded against. The people are willing to be taxed in my opinion, if they get their mon ey’s worth in good roads, or schools or government. I shall, next week, if permitted propose a plan which, if adopted, wil eliminate from the management 01 the affairs of our County every taini of Republicanism and safe-guard tin interest of the people and their in stitutions. Do not construe anythin! I have said to imply that there is ttu taint of Republicanism in the conduc of our financial affairs, except ir spots, but there is a laxity in the lav which ought to be cured so that if at any time, the people were to be come jaundiced again and turn the Government over to less responsible management we would have protec tion against the calamity. W. A. KDGERTOX. Teachers Examination. Regular examination for whiti teachers will bo held at Smithfield Thursday, October 10th, continu ing till Friday noon. Examination fo the colored race will begin Frida; morning, October 11th, and continue till Satmrd&v noon. Let every teacher be on time. L. T. ROYALL, Co. Supt. Mr. Edward Woodall, and sister .Miss Katie, spent Sunday in Keoiy. REGISTRARS AND JUDGES OF ELECTIONS. The Following Persons Have Been Appointed By The Johnston County Board of Elections to Hold ths General Election on November 5, 1912. Clayton—Registrar, Lee H. Yar borough; Judges of Election, E. T. Smith and J. J. Batten. Cleveland—Registrar, F. M. Weeks; Judges of Election, Thad Stevens, and C. A. Bundy. Pleasant Grove—Registrar, W. T. Whittington; Judges of Election, Ben I. Stephenson and L. E. Honeycutt. Elevation—Registrar—J. H. Smith; Judges of Election, A. C. Johnson and Willis Thornton. ' Banner—Registrar, A. E. Surles; Judges of Election, J. F. Lee and J. M. McLamb. Meadow—Registrar, T. J. Mash burn; Judges of Election, J. M. Law lion and Ezra Godwin. Bentonsviile—Registrar, W. H. Britt; Judges of Election, M. A. Pen 1 nington and R. W. Blackman. Ingrams—Registrar, A. D. Ford; kludges of Election, J. W. Keen and Robert A. Baker. Boon Hill—Registrar, H. A. Wat* ! son, Judges of Election, George F. Woodard and A. H. Wilkins. Beulah—Registrar, L. Z. Woodard; Judges of Election, Henry Watson and Ransom Hales. Oneals—Registrar, P. B. Cliamblee; Judges of Election, G. C. Earp and A. B. Hocutt. ! Wilders—Registrar, V. R. Turley; Judges of Election, W. T. Hinton and George R. ctancill. Wilson’s Mills—Registrar, I). 0. Uzzle; Judges of Election, W. C. Wilson and Charlie Beasley. Selma—Registrar, P. C. Worley; Judges of Election, Ira T. Rains and W. I. Parnell. fa. - -«*'— j Pine Level—Rdjiistrar, Alex Wiggs; Judges of Election, Dan U. Oliver and L. E. Creech. Smithfield—Registrar, D. T. Lunce ford; Judges of Election, Z. B. Hill and Ben A. Johnson. ITEMS FROM FOUR OAKS. I Mr. Ira VV. Keen went to Dunn to see the olay ‘‘45 Minutes From Broadway.” He i eports a very pleasant time. ! Prof. J. U. Brackett went to Smith field, on business. Our next sheriff Mr. VV. F. Grimes was a visitor in town with his wif# on Wednesday last. Mr. “Pat” Barefoot third-trick operator here, went to Pee Dee, S. ■ C., on last Tuesday, for a few day* stay. r Mr. Lawrence Hoyle has a new ' boarder. It’s a ten pound boy. “ At last the long needed and wished ' for rain has arrived. It rained, al ' most incessantly, all last Monday night and Tuesday morning. It would ■ not take much more like this to wet the ground thoroughly. | Messrs. Robert Johnson and Er nest Johnson, of Smithfield, F. Hun ter Creech Miss Florence Traitor and Mrs. Cora Stanly went through | the country to Buie’s Creek last Sun day, spending the day with Miss ; Qolda Creech, who is in school there 1 returning Sunday, via. Benson, j * Mr, Allan Smith, of Smithfield, was a visitor in town last Sunday even ing and night. The millinery opening of J. W. San ders & Co. was attended by quite a large crowd of ladies interested in the latest styles and fashions. There were many elegant patterns on dis play and the ladies were quite en thusiastic in their praise of them 1 and of Miss Traitor, the trimmer. 1 This is something the town has need ■ ed, and we feel that this firm is sup plying a long felt want. Mr. Parker has his new gin in op eration at last. Both gins are in full blast and *urn out a bale in 10 to 15 minutes. The cotton market is good cotton bringing from 11.50 to 12 i cents. ’ Mr. Alonzo Parrish, of Benson, was ’ in town last Tuesday on his car. > Hear Mr. E. L. Middleton at the Baptist Chursh next Sunday morning at eleven o’clock. He is a good speaker and those who hear him will be entertained and benefitted. , Everybody invited to attend the aer* Hoa. ___ ,«*
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