MRS. EVELYN BECKWITH.
A Woman Dearly Beloved Whose
Life Has Been zn Influence for
Good.
Died in Raleigh in the eighty fifth
year of her age, at 4:15 o'clock
Thursday morning, May 1st, at the
home of her son, Mr. B. C. Beckwith,
412 N. Wilmington street, Mrs. Eve
lyn (nee Clifton) Beckwith, widow
of Dr. James L. S. Beckwith. After
a simple prayer service Friday morn
ing, at the home of her son with
whom she was living, conducted by
Rev. John N. Cole, superintendent of
the Methodist Orphanage, the re
mains were taken to Smith field, N.
C., the home of her childhood, and
there laid to rest in the family plot
in the old cemetery by the side of
the husband of her youth.
The funeral services, conducted by
the Rev. Alfred Barnes, were held
in the Methodist church in Smithficld
on the same spot where seventy years
ago in her childhood she professed re
ligion and joined that church. The
pall-bearers were Judge W. S. Stev
ens, Dr. N. T. Holland and Messrs.
Wm. M. Sanders, W. W. Oole, W. L,.
Woodall and J. D. Spiers.
Her four children, Dr. R. B. Beck -
with, of Lumberton, N. C., B. C.
Beckwith, Esq., of this city, Mrs. .1.
W. Thackston, of Raleigh, and Mies
Sue Beckwith, of Sanford, N. O. were
present.
Deft a widow just at the close of
the Civil War, a refugee (and there
are some living who know what that
word means) in the old town of
Smithfield, stripped of the barest,
necessities of life, with tour small
children, one scarcely a year old, she
.grappled with the problem of their
raising and education with more than
a man’s courage. She removed to
Raleigh in 1871 and opened a board
ing house as the best, and the only,
means of feeding and clothing her
children. Though poor and struggl
ing for the very existence of herself
and children she was never too poor
to give food to the hungry or tihel
ter to the homeless. Her house was
a preacher's home and if one profes
sed that holy calling she asked no
questions as to his church. He was
welcomed to the best she had. Some
who are now of the hierarchy of the
Catholic church have enjoyed her hos
pitality.
She was very active in church
work. She aided in the first, organi
zation of the W. C. T. U. in this ^
State and had the friendship of the'
late Fiances W illard and her co-la-1
borers in that great work. Up to
two or three years ago she was ac- j
tively engaged in the White Ribbon
rescue work and many an unfortu
nate girl and outcast woman have
blessed her and the door works of !
charity. She and the late John T.
Pullen have co-labored together in
works of charity and rescue in this
city in the years that are gone.—
News and Observer, May 4th.
MAD DOG BITES SIX.
The ftUOwiug account of a mad
dog’s dangerous antics appeared 4n '
the News and Observer Friday:
■“Beware of dogs’’ is an injuctlon .!
that should be followed literally. The >
home of Judge C. M. Cooke, of Louis-^
burg, was recently thrown into a
state of consternation by a vary in- 1
nocent looking and perfectly faflcinat- 1
ing two-months-old shepherd pupipy.
Three of Judge Cooke’s grand
children, Fuller, 14 years old,
Louise, 12 years old, Percy, 10 years '
old, together with their mother, Mrs. 1
P. H. Cooke, and two ne to servt^a- *
were bitten by the puppy they f
are all now in Halehj, "taking me 1
Pasteur trejJment. Is
- -..Jr a mad fit Saturday morning the *
little canine seized little Percy by ^
the leg. His mother came to his re- J
lief only to be bitten herself, and bo 1
were the others as they came, one 1
after the others, to the rescue, Mrs. ‘
Judge Cooke alone escaping unin
jured. At first the puppy’s unusual
conduct was thought to be due to a 1
lick on the head it had recently re
ceived. 1
On Tuesday the dog's head was
Bent to Dr. C. A. Shore, of Raleigh,
who pronounced it a victim of hy
drophobia. On ascertaining this
facts, Mrs. Cooke and the others
who were bitten left for Raleigh
Wednesday, in time, it is hoped, for
the treatment to be effective.
died suddenly.
Mr. Allen Baker died suddenly at
Four Oaks last Monday. He was
chopping wood for a man and fell
dead. He was about eighty-five years
old.
DARING FORTUNE HUNTER.
Kitty (to her mother)—Mr. Spooner
knows that my face is all the for
tune I possess.
Willie—Yes, ma, and when I
sneaked into the parlor he was try
ing his best to get at her fortune.—
Boston Transcript.
JOHN T. PULLEN.
: , The pool* of Raleigh were never so
' jmor as they are today.
John Pullen is dead.
The hand that was ever ready to
help them in their helplessness, the
voice that soothed them in their dis
tress, the heart that beat with them
in their sorrows—they are still; and
those that knew him shall know him
1 no more forever.
“There hath passed a glory from
the earth,”
Who shail measure the value' of
John T. Pullen to the city of Ral
eigh—not to mention the wider
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reaches of his influence? In business
he achieved more than most men do.
lie was president of one of our lead
ing saving hanks—he was in no small
degree the heart of that bank. But
tho trophy of his business success is
the least of the trophies that lie now
brings home with him. A greater
trophy is that he managed to work
out a great business career and at
the same time led a life of ministry
to the poor and the sorrowing that
was unsurpassed by those of the
moat active ministers of the Gospel.
And greater still is the inspiration of
his example: John Ihillen has been
the standard in Raleigh—the standard
of goodness for nearly thirty years.
And he will be the standard for two
generations to come. Mothers taught
their sons to be “like John Pullen.
Sunday school teachers and ministers
pointed to him as the living example
of the practicality of the Christian
ideal. There was in him the power
of a genuine incarnation of the Gos
pel. He was the best representative
of his Master this city has ever
known. There was more radiance in
his life, as there is more shadow in
his death, than were possible of any
other one man or womau.
It is not the province of this brief
article to enumerate Mr. Pullen’s
good works. He was tho founder and
'the chief human force in one of our
most useful churches, to which he
ministered in the pulpit, in the Sun
day school, in all its meetings and
in all its homes, with unfailing dili
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genre. But this was not enough. He
helped In all the churches upon op
portunity. And lie was besides the
shepherd of the unshepherd masses of
this city. Whenever death came,
whether in the home of rich or poor,
there soon was seen John Pullen.
Whenever sickness or want befell
there soon was he. W orthy and un
j worthy poor found in him a friend.
Tt is not that he gave with an open
j band—this lie did as never did an
other hereabout—but that he gave
also his life—himself. He had a
! heart for all the world,
j Some may say it is a slight mat
ter; hut probably the little girls and
boys will miss his smile, his tender
words and his little gifts—of picture
cards and gospels—as much as any
others. A slight matter compared
with the more serious ministers of
the man; but how beautiful and how
benefice nit!
Raleigh will never forget John Pul
len—his name will lie remembered
(here as long as sorrow and poverty
^hall make their calls on the human
'jlieart. She may not have had her
(greatest or her wealthiest man as
I yet, hut she has had her best man
jantl all her sons will be better be
cause she has had him.
Intensely religious, the Christian
in every fibre of his being, Mr. Pul
len’s mind and heart were ever fix
ed upon “the city which hath found
latlons whgsg * imtuier and maker Is'
and upon the central figure of
(that city, Jesus the Christ. One lias
no difficulty in imagining the scene
ijut he entered into the gates of the
City yesterday. One may almost see
him smile as he found it all as he
had believed—only a better place
for himself and a far greater wel
come for himself than he had ever
expected.
Truly may we say of him;
"For me to live is Christ; to die
is gain.”—News & Observer May 3.
PARSON late; explains that
HE WAS FISHING.
Middletown, Conn., April 27.—The
Rev. George B. Gilbert, rector of
Emanuel Episcopal Church, at Kill
iugsworth, went fishing this morning
before church and the trout were so
responsive he forgot about the pass
ing moments.
It was half an hour after the time
for the service to commence when he
hurried iuto the church armed with
a fish pole and with an angler’s bas
ket thrown over his shoulder. lie
threw these into a rear pew and en
tered the pulpit mopping -his brow.
The congregation was astonished
when the rector explained that he
had started early to drive to church,
but had stopped to fish on the way
and had forgotten his appointment in
his interest over the fishing. He pro
ceeded with the sermon.
After the service he alknved the
vestrymen to peep into his basket,
and after one look several said the
nector was excusable.
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LETTER FROM J. H. BROADWELL.
To the Editor:
For the benefit of suffering human
! ity I write this, and if you have
' space in your paper, I feel like you
! iwill help those that suffer. Some 10
j or 12 years ago there appeared on
! my left hand just where my thumb
aud index finger separates a small
! dark scab. I did not regard it ser
1 iously although sometimes it looked
threatening and dangerous. Finally
two years ago last fall the scab was
gone, and something between a boil
and a core was in the place of the
scab. The thing grew fast and the
more done to it the faster it grew.
1 was up at the midnight hours it
gave me great pain all the time. A
friend told me if I would go to a
man named J. R. McKaskie who
lives in Ayden, N. C. that he could
kill the cancer and it would turn
black and fall out. I went and the
consequence was in 21 days the thing
was dead and had fallen out. Of
course there was a large hole left,
but Mr. McKaskie gave me a heal
ing salve and my hand that many
said could not be cured, is well. The
import of this writing is, if any per
son suffering as I did wishes to be
well of cancer, tumor or any fungus
growth, or any epithelioma just go
to McKackie. No need to go to the
hospital or sanitorium. I would feel
condemned if I did not tell this. I
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what McKaskie can do.
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Miss Alice Sullivan spent Sunday
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NOTICE.
North Carolina, Johnston County,
In the Superior Court:
MATTIE BLACKSTON,
vs.
GEORGE BLACKSTON.
The defendant above-named will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been conynenced in the
Superior Court of Johnston County
to obtain a divorce a vinculo matri
moni; and that the said defendant
! will further take notice that he is
required to appear at the term of
the Superior Court of said County to
be held on the tenth Monday after
the first Monday in, March, 1913,
it being the 12tli day of May, 1913, at
the court-house of said county, in
Smithfield, N. C., and answer or de
mur to the complaint in said action,
or the plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the relief de|mjanded in
said complaint. i
This 19th day of April, 1913.
W. S. STEVENS, Clerk Superior
Court of Johnston County.
Abell and Ward, Attorneys.
NOTICE.
North Carolina, Johnston County, In
the Superior Court, March Term 1913
Fannie Edwards, Administratrix of
Joseph Edwards.
vs.
B. D. Johnson, C. T. Johnson and W.
T. Surles.
The defendant W. T. Surles above
named will take notice that an action
entitled as above has been commenc
ed in the Superior Court of Johns
ton County to recover the possession
of a mule on which W. T. Surles
gave a mortgage to Joseph Edwards,
and the said defendant will further
take notige that he is required to
appear at the next Term of the Sup
erior Court of Johnston County to
be held on the 12th day of May at
the Court House in Smithfield and
answer or demur to the complaint in
said action, or the plaintiff will ap
ply to the Court for the relief de
manded in said complaint.
This March 29th 1913.
W. S. STEVENS, Clerk.
JAS. A. WELLONS, Attorney.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified
as Administrator on the estate of W.
C. Benson decesed, hereby notifies all
persons having claims against said
estate to present the same to me
duly verified on or before the 4th
day of April 1914 or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their recovery;
and all peisons indebted to said
estate will make immediate payment.
This 31 day of March 1913.
JEPTHA BENSON, Admr.
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NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified
as Executors on the estate of I. J.
Smith deceased, hereby notifies all
persons having claims against said
estate to present the same to me duly
verified on or before the 18 day of
April 1914 or this notice will be
nleaded in bar of their recovery;
and all persons indebted to said
estate will make immediate payment.
This 15 day of April, 1913.
LOUIE SMITH,
D. C. SMITH,
Executors.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified
as administrator on the estate of
E. A. Johnson, deceased hereby no
tifies all persons . -having claims
-against" said estate to present the
same to me duly verified on or be
fore the 5 day of April 1914, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery; and all persons indebted
to said estate will make immediate
payment.
This 29 day of March, 1913.
JOHN E. JOHNSON, Administrator
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified
as executor on the estate of Carolina
Henry deceased, hereby notifies all
Dersous having claims against said
estate to present the same to me duly
verified on or before the 18th day of
April 1914 or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery; and
all persons indebted to said estate
will make immediate payment.
This 17 day of April, 1913.
JOHN W. FUTRELiL, Executor.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified
as Administrator on the estate of
W. E. Strickland deceased, hereby
notifies all persons having claims
against said estate to present the
same to me duly verified on or be
fore the 25 day ofApril 1914 or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery; and all persons indebted to
said estate will make immediate pay
ment.
This 21 day of April 1913.
E. F. STRICKLAND, Administrator.
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