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Smyrna times., 1901-01-02
PrOtracted Meeting al Ashurv.

Pastor Hill announced on Sunday
that a protracted service of evening
meetings will be held at the M n
church commencing with next Sun.
day evening.
Smyrna times., 1901-01-02
PLEASANT EVENING COMPANY.
MISS Ethel Cooper and Miss Bertha Eioffecker
Entertained a Company of Friends.


Entertained a Company of Friends.
Miss Ethel Cooper and Miss Bertbo
Hotfecker entertained few friends Of
the latter's home on Saturday evening
that proved to be a pleasant pastime
OF Christmas week. The entertain
ment consisted of game of progress
sion consisting of anagrams, crokinole
&c, different game for each table in
the progression. When the contest
was finished, Miss Mary Anthony was
awarded Ladies' prize and Mr.. John
LeFevre, gentleman's prize. The
Boobies" were awarded to Mrs. Harry
Ischudy and Mr.. J. Newell Llovd.
Those present were: Miss Flor
renee Wells and Mr.. George Dem
ney, Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Z. Tschudy, Miss Nettie Tschudv
Miss Mary Anthony, Miss Alice Sprn-
ance, Miss Ethel Cooper, Miss Bertha
Smithers, Miss Beth Dennev. Miss
Bertha Hoeffcker; Messrs. w. G. An
thony, j. Newall Lloyd, Hirons Dem
ney, r. d. 4ofecker, Jr., Charles J
oudler, John LeFevre, Samuel NJ
Hotfecker and G. Davis Brown.
Smyrna times., 1901-01-02
BAND OF HOPE CHILDREN
Held Special Christmas Exercises and Given
Treat Saturday Afternoon

Inc little tots of the Band of Homo
mad special Christmas exercises at
tneir meeting Saturday afternoon
Mrs. I. H. Haynes read Christmas
story and Mrs. Kate E. Smithers gave
a talk. The Superintendents of of tbe
nope then took charge and made the
little ones happy with presentations of
christmas gifts. The afternoon was
most enjoyably spent.
Smyrna times., 1901-01-02
DELIGHTFUL RECEPTION
GIVEN BY CLUB WOMEN
iNFORMALLY HELD AT THE CLUB ROOM
ON FRIDAY EVENING.
Entertaining musicale" of Home Talent G;v.u
'ne First Part of the Evening Followed
With a Delightful Reception

Inc ladies of the Twentieth Ceut,r,,
Club held a delightful Musicale and
Inception at their club room on NToin
Street' Friday evening, which was one
OF the most charming events of +bo
holidays. The room was tae+ofrII,,
decorated with evergreens and mink
ana wnlte bunting, showing to a marked
oegree the predominating club colors-
PINK, white and green. Most of tho
decorations were centered around the
Piat1orm. On entering, the guests were
informally received by Mrs. J. w
OIlIton' hostess, and Miss Laura Bell
MISS Emma Hough and Miss Nettie
Tschudy. '''0
Nc program was in charge of Mrs.
Marlon Coverdale, Chairman of the
MUSIC Committee. 1t was comnosad
OF home talent and was rendered totbo
entertainment of large number of in.
Vlted guests. The program in full was
as follows:
instrumental Solo, "COlumbine Minuet,,
(Delahaye) e)-Miss Eba Wilds ~ Ue'
=, Vocal Duett-"Sleep Little Rosabnd
Sleep"-Misses Agnes Carrow and Mar
Vocal Solo--"When You Were Sweet six
teen"--tdr. Reuben Denney. OLA
Piano and Banjo Duett-"Twin S+or
March Hh DR.. and Mrs. J. Allen johnson
,Quartette Boating, (GeibeHWMrs
N MaTlon Coyerdale. Misses Eba Wilds. Ianro
BEL, and Mary LeFevre. -1''''i"
keadlng-''A New Years Deed"- Mice
KathyrD Beckett. MISS
-, vocal Duett-"Tis That 1 Love Thee,,
Miss Helen Waters and Mr.. L. M Price I
Eugene CrOwls"-Miss Eba Wilds
heaolng from Schubert's Diary shouipc,
now MS famous love song The Serenoda';7
isine TO be composed With accomnani I
nent ! OF Schubert's Serenade-Miss Bfnlab I
Quartette-"L Little Cotton Dolly, (Gai- 4
2elJ-Mrs; COverdale, Misses Eba Wilds r
laura DELL and Mary LeFevre T
NJ 1nsI1 u I1uinentaI SOlo-'Queen of Hearts,"
MH.-B. Meachern) Miss Eba Wilds and
drs. Ooverdale. anu B
instrumental Solo - "Ballade Rbein-
erger"-Miss Bertha Price.
AT the conclusion of the nrooror, -, y
normal reception was held, directed I,
y Mrs. }. w. Clifton, Chairman of \,
ne Social Committee and hostess of -
ne evening. This also was an eniov- a
Die part OF the evenings program. and 7
as the occasion for a happy greeting b,
monS friends and members. During !,
ne reception a delightful repast of :. -
'mon sherbert and cake was served. o.
Smyrna times., 1901-01-02
DEATH OF MRS. ELIZA A. TURNER.
expired at Her Home ln Leipslc Sunday
Aged Seventy three Years.

Mrs. Eliza A. Turner, widow of the
late VIM. Turner, who for a number of
years resided in Smyrna, died at her
residence in Leipsic Sunday, aged 70
years. She had been valued member
OF the M. E. Church there. The fun
eral services will be held at her late
home at 10 O'Clock to-day, conducted
by the Rev. Mr.. Mumford, when the
remains will be brought to GIenwood
cemetery, this town, for interment.
Smyrna times., 1901-01-02
-Four Sets Of Twins.

Children are born by twins to the
family of Daniel Collins near Town
send. Recently Mr. and Mrs. Collins
were presented with another pair max
ing the fourth set in eight years, all
living.
Smyrna times., 1901-01-02
HER HAT CAUGHT FIRE.
uncomfortable Predlcament Of Mrs. 6 w
Hall While In Dover Post Office

IN DVFSI FUsI UffIce.
one evening last week Mrs. s w
Hail was sitting in the waiting room at
the Dover post office writing letters
when Miss Kemp an assistant in tho
office, discovered Mrs. Halls hat 70 he
ahre. In her excitement Mrs. Hail
failed to release her hat pins and Post
master Casson was obliged to tear the
nat from her head to prevent more
serious damage. Her hat became
ignlted by drop light, which was i'm
mediately in front of where she sat
Smyrna times., 1901-01-02
Death Of Miss Lulu 2. Smith

Miss lis Lulu R. Smith the daughter
OF Mary B. and the late Ben; IT
Smith died in Philadelphia MONDAY
aged q years and was buried in ST
Peters cemetery this morning
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

to do with the contract originally. man
named Westcott made q contract with
the road in 1885 for the transportation OF
milk over its lines. by when ne, Wesrcott,
| was to receive - per cent of the freight
fees The company complained that West
colt violated his part of the contract by
giving freight business to other railroads,
and stopped paying the commissions.
Westcott then assigned his claims 20 Paul
who sued for the amount. named. 1t
doesn't look like man would buy law
suit unless he knew pretty well how the
court was going to decide, does IT?
In it's issue of the 18th, the Times
publishes that a verdict for $1,000 was
| awarded in the Supreme court, Brooklyn,
on the day before TO Miss julia {. Zen
nett who sued The Brooklyn Heights
Railroad Company to recover $4,000
damages for personal injuries. Miss Ben
Eett was % years old, was regarded by
her friends as an athlete, and claimed
that her health was ruined on account OF
injuries sustained in a collision in -S99,
in which her right leg was hurt her sight
and hearing impaired, and the right side
of her body afflicted with traumatie
paralysis.
In the issue of same date we are told
that James Hoey died of ''hasty con-
sumption" last September and that his
widow has just recovered $12, 500 damages
therefor in an action against the Metro
politan Street Railway Company. The
plaintiff sued for $4,000 damages on the
ground that her husbands death was the
result of injuries received in collision
between the defendants car and horse
car. The defendant claimed that Hoey
was suffering from tuberculosis when the
accident happened and that the collision
was in no way responsible for his death
nine months afterwards. The jury, how
ever, held with the plaintiff that her hus-
band did not have the disease at the time
of the accident and gave a~verdict for
$12,500 damages in her favor.
These several amounts certainly roll
we'll and handsomely on the, tongue in
pronunciation. Are Southern plaintiffs
too moderate in fixing the amount OF
damages they shall sue for, or are North
ern courts and iuries hostile to corpora
tions, or do only very valuable people get
killed or injured in railroad accidents in
the North. Or do defendant corporations
there retain less able counsel than the
plaintiffs, or what is the cause Of the
difference? In contrast with the average
amount of damage awarded by Castor
county iuries to plaintiffs in their suits
against railroad companies, the New York
verdicts quoted above are truly remarka-
BE for their munficence. They are mem
toned because in their presence it be-
corles easier 10 give just emphasis to the
entirely correct observation of the Wash
ington Post that ''the courts of the South
viii compare favorably with those of any
other section in the dispensation OF
Justice"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29
THE RAILROAD ORGAN AN
SEVERED.


Wadesboro Messenger ntelligencer,
No, the tax subject is not disposed of
permanently. 1t will be a live question
and lively one in North Carolina poll
ties until the rough edges of the new
law are trimmed off, or until people be-
come accustomed to being treated as
liars and thieves when they walk up to
the tax listers office. Amy one ac-
quainted with the character of our peo-
pie will have no difficulty i'm forecasting
which horn OF the dilemma they will
take.-Raleigh Post.
Our contemporary is eternally right
when it says that the tax subject is
not disposed of permanently. As long
as there are people in North Carolina
who do not make honest return of their
property for taxation there will be a
crying demand for a law that will COM
pei them to do So The Post, ever since
the new revenue law went into effect,
has tried to make it appear that the
people are treated as if they were
liars and thieves" by it. The law is
inquisitoriaI to a degree, and this is to
be regretted, but as there are many
persons who will not list their prop
erty under a milder law we would like
for our contemporary to explain how
else this class is to be reached. That
there are quite number in every
county in North Carolina who have not
been in the habit OF making a full re-
turn of their taxables is not to be
doubted The great majority do pay
taxes on all their property, therefore
the State should see to it. as far as is
possible, that the dishonest ones should
be complied to.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29
He KEPT Els LEG.

Twelve years ago ]. w. Sullivan, OF
Hartford, Conn, scratched his leg with
a rusty wire. Inflammation and blood
poisoning set in. For two years he suf-
fered intensely. Then the best doctors
urged amputation, but" he writes, 81
used one bottle of Elec' ric Bitters and one
and one half boxes. of BuclIlens. Arnica
Salye and my leg was sound and well as
ever" For eruptions, eczema, letter.
salt rheum. sores and all blood disord-
ers Electric Bitters has no rival on earth.
Try them All druggists will guarantee
satisfaction or refund money. Only SO
cents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29
Spirit of the Press.
NORTHERN COURTS AND CORPORA
TONS.
Gastonia Gazette.

Gastonia Gazette.
Recent remarks of the New York Times
in depreciation of what it is pleased TO
term ''travestes of justice" perpetrated
by Southern iuries in civil suits wherein
corporations are defendants naturally
cause the doings of Northern courts and
juries, especially those of New York, in
similar suits against corporations, to
possess a certain degree of interest Tor
us at the present time. What so affected
the New York papers emotions appears
to have been information to the
effect that the jury in our re-
cent county court awarded to
the plaintiff in an action against rail-
road the paltry sum of two hundred ana
some odd dollars in excess of the amount
asked for. when the total amount de-
manded for the life destroyed was only
81, 000 The circumstances under which
the jury very naturally made this award,
if known to the paper in question, were
not considered in it's ill-timed comments
On the case.
Our principal object, however, in re-
ferring to the subject again is to note the
large amounts claimed AMI awarded in
TIE NOTlH, our lDIOTuldIlOu DblilS u6A lNSu
from the columns Of the New York Times
itself. Upon the justice of the verdicts
We do not comment, further than the ex-
tent to which the amounts of damages
awarded are in themselves a commen-
tary in favor of justice as it is dispensed
by southern juries''
In the very issue of the Times June 81
! which contained criticisms of the Castor
| county jury, the Supreme court is report
ed to have refused to set aside a verdict
OF 900 damages against the Metropoli-
tan Street Railway Company in favor %
woman named Mrs. Hannah Sternfels,
| whose husband, a passenger at the time,
/ was killed in collision between the cars
! and a brewery wagon.
The Times of the 18th records a ver-
dict for ST., 64S.G2, ''ona of the largest
amounts ever awarded in the courts OF
| Brooklyn" The verdict was awarded III
the Supreme court before Justice Matticc
i in favor of John II. Paul against the Del
aware, Lackawanna ana Western Rail-
| road Company for alleged breaking of q
contract Paul, it appears, had nothing
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29
mr.. DUKE AND DURHAM TAXES

The removal of Mr. b. N. Duke from
Durham to New York causes the loss OF
considerable tax to the State and to the
county and town Of Durham The Morn
ing Herald says that other property
shows some increase and it is thought
Che loss caused by the removal Of Mr..
Duke to New York will be made up in
other property valuations This shows
that Durham is growing in every way.
We quote from the Herald:
Recently Mr. B. N. Duke moved his
citizenship TO New York and it will mean
a loss of considerable taxes to this city,
county and State. Last year he gave
in property valued at S914,S42, on which
he paid taxes that aggregated about SIS
600. This year ne gave in property val
aed at $4S.70o showing a falling off of over
eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
The taxes received from him this year
will be less than one-twentieth his for
mer tax. AS q matter of fact the prop
erty value of Mr.. Duke has greatly in
creased but now that he lives in New
York the taxes are paid at the other
end of the line.
1.-THE loss of taxes paid by Mr.. B. N.
Duke is not all. Last year Mr.. Wash
ington Duke gave in property valued at
$74S, 937, on which he paid about $13,-
0G0. This year he gave in 1927 400, show
ing a falling off OF more than a half mill
lion dollars. This falling off is accounted
for in two ways. During the year he
gave considerable property to his rela-
tives, many OF whom live in Durham. On
this The taxes will still be paid here. A
considerable part Of his property, how
ever, went to his sons, Messrs. B. n. and
j. B. Duke, both Of whom live in New
York. They viii manage that proportion
of his property and of course the taxes
viii be paid where they live.
Among the large taxpayers who have
increased during the year are the Amer
lean Tobacco Company and Mr. G. w.
Watts. The American Tobacco Company
gave in 81, f3F 800 last year and this
year gave in 81 500, 900. showing an in
crease Of little more than five hundred
thousand dollars in twelve months time.
iEbis of course on property that is located
A. this county. Last year Mr.. Watts gave
Ia property valued at $500, 604 and this
year he will pay taxes on $1,OSS,OOo, au
increase of almost two hundred thousand
dollars
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29
MORE BLOODY sHIRTIsM. /"

The Washingtonstar approves the Ohio
plank re-opening the Southern questions
and says
Adopted in SO influential a state-the
home of the President, and of three Re-
publican leaders, Foraker, Hanna and
Taft, mentioned in connection with the
succession-it is accepted as the formal
Inauguration of a movement to bring for
ward for revision the whole matter of
suffrage and representation in Congress
and the electoral college based upon suf-
frage."
As Mckinley favored the Force bill, it
may be expected that when he is. through
his imperialistic programme, he will be
ready to punish the South for its Democ-
racy.
The Charleston News and Courier com
menting on Foraker's speech, prints this
extract from letter written by "a dis
tinguished public man.:
81 have private advice from former
Republican of prominence and man with
more than ordinary means of obtaining
inside information from that party's coun-
ellis, that legislation to reduce represen-
tation in the Southern States will be
pressed at the next session and that the
Republican party will make that it's bat
tie cry in the next election. They are
in possession of Senate House and Pres
idency and nothing but a protracted fill
buster can defeat the scheme. After it
is thus defeated then the idea will be to
go to the country on the issue of prs
serving the negroes rights, or giving the
white men of the North equal rights with
the white men of the South"
The News and Courier makes this apt
comment
"The speech of Mr.. Foraker and the
policy of the Republican party towards
the white people of the South as in
dicated in the statement which we have
given do not encourage any great activity
on the part of those who have been en-
gineering the formation of a white Re-
publican party in the South. The declara-
ton of MIR. Foraker that constituted
authority must find a way to suppress
these wrongs that is, restore the pow
er of the negroes to control the cleo
tions in the South-will not contribute
materially to the formation of a white
Republican party in the South. Some of
us remember how constituted authority
enforced its DEGREES in South Carolina
twenty-five years ago. when the ballot
box was dominated by the bayonet and
yet the whole fabric fell to the ground
because the white people of the South
would not be and will not be ruled by the
negro"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29
1857. 1901.
Guilford College.
(Co- Educational.

Opens September Bird, 1901.
Three Regular Courses-Classical, Latin
Scientific. Scientific.
Three Special Courses-Commercia
Music, Telegraphy.
Good equipment for Scientific Research.
Library, Laboratories, Museum, Gymna-
SUM, Tennis Courts, Athletic Field.
Expenses low. For illustrated Cata-
logue address
PRESIDENT L. L. HOBBS,
Guilford College, N. G..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

From the pest information we car
give there will be a general average of
two-thirds a crop of wheat this year in
Stanley as compared to last. Some of
our largest farmers who have bottom
land and have wheat bordering streams
are the heaviest losers, and many of
them will do well to come out with half
crop. Those who had their wheat
cut and woll shocked before the last
heavy rain will save nearly all.-Stanly
Enterprise.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

The largest gift any person, not a resi-
dent of the State, has given to the cause
of education In North Carolina, is the
$50 800 given by Mr. Bostwick, of New
York, to Wake Forest, and $4,000 by Mr..
J. b. Duke for the library at Trinity Col
Iege. AS Mr. B. N. Duke is now New
Yorker, his gifts might be embraced, but
when he gave literally to Trinity he was
a resident of Durham. His future gifts,
which will no doubt be large, may far
outstrip the gifts of Mr. Bostwick and
Mr. Duke.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

Mrs. r. L. Spell and r. i. Spell, who
lived near Rocky Point, brought SUIT
today through their counsel, r. G.
Grady. Esq, against the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Company. The plaintiff
claims damages in the sum of $4,000
for diverting water from it's natural
course and turning same through the
railroad ditch on lands of the plaintiff
and thereby destroying crops. The
suit was entered at Burgaw.-Wilming-
ton Dispatch.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29
Excursion to Raleigh.

Especial to News and Observer
Newborn, N. c., June 2S-The At
lantic Engine Company is going to run
an excursion to Raleigh on July 4th to
give the fans" from Newbern a chance
to see the two games of baseball to be
played that day between Raleigh and
Wilmington.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

That was graceful and popular vote
of thanks by the board of directors of
the Oxford Orphan Asylum to Mr. b.
N. Duke upon his resignation as a di-
rector Mr. Dukes liberality has given
enlargement and comforts to the or
phans, and he has the thanks Of the
whole State for comforts he has given to
the fatherless children cared for at that
noble institution.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

All factions of the Maryland Democracy
were present at the dinner when Mr..
Germans friend announced his candidacy
for the Senate. The return of Mr.. German
to the Senate will be a national blessing.
He killed the Force bill and is a sagacious
party leader, fighting, alike for Cleve-
land whom he had good cause to dis
like and for Bryan with whom he was
not in complete accord.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

politics has been the ruin Of thou
sands OF young men IN THE SOUTH, "
says the Southern Farm Magazine. Why
use the words ''in the South?" Where
o1e young man has been injured in the
So It'll. where there is more purity in
politics than any other section Of the
Union. ten have gone to hell from Penn
svlvanfa where it is rottenest.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

Talk is cheap. The people of Georgia
thought the new superintendent of the new
Atlanta prison ought to be Georgian.
Senator Stone Elkins had Il heeler in
West Virginia who wanted job. Nc
Kinney sspt him down to Georgia. Car
pet-bag rale is nothing new for the South,
blu we will not swear We love IL.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

According to the Berkeley, Va. Re
cord, the way to pronounce the name Of
the next Governor of Virginia is as il
spelled Mon -taig- You, but spell it Mon
sague.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

A Texas paper wants a national di-
vorce law 1t will be wanting national
law appointing conGtables next. The Fed
eral government has too much power now
that it has usurped.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

AS he was sailing for Europe, Chaun-
cey M. Depew said the subsidy bin
would surely pass at the next session
of Congress.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

The Wilson News figures that the
SEA. coo Wilson will derive from the street
Improvement bonds will macadamize
seven miles of street That will make
Wilson'S streets as solid and attractive
as its business is progressive and sub
stantial
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

Hanna has paid his party call is the
way the Winston Sentinel notes the fact
that Hanna has given $4,000 to the coli
lege that gave him the degree of LII y.
That was dirt cheap.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

The price for an unapprecated hug
has been fixed at $50 in Atlanta. That
was what a man had to pay for hugging
a girl without her consent
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

Burnett's Vanilla Extract is the fixed
standard of excellence. It has outlived
criticism. 1t is the finest and purest
vanilla extract that can be bought.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-29

The Washington Star says it has been
decided Eat the White House" that Vir-
ginia Republicans will put out full
ticket. The White House will have to
elect it if it wins.