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VOL. 24. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MARCH lO. 1905. NO. 1
THE INAU6URAL ADDRESS.
Tie President Says we Have Cause
as a People to be Orateful?
Perils May be Ahead. Bat we
Have ao teasoa For Pear.
My Fellow Citizens:
No people oo earth have more
cause to be grateful than ours,
and this is said reverently, in no
spirit of boastfulnees in our own
strength, but with gratitude to
the Giver of Good who has blessed
us with thecooditions which have
enabled us to achieve so large a
measure of well-being and of hap
piness. To us as a people it has
been granted t* lay the founda
tions of our national life in anew
continent. We are heirs of the
ages, and yet we have had to
pav few of the penalties which in
old countries are exacted by the
dead hand of a bygone civiiiza
tion. We have not been obliged
to t|ght for our existence against
any alien race; and yet our life
has called for the vigor and ef
fort without which the manlier
and hardier virtues wither away.
Under such conditions it would
be our own fault if we failed; and
theiuccess which we have had in
the past, the success which we
conidently believe the future will
briqg, should cause in us no feel
ingpf vainglory, but rather a
deep and abiding realization of
all rhich life has offered us; a full
ack lowledgement of the respon
sibility which is ours: and a fixed
determination to show that un
der k free government a mighty
people can thrive best, alike as
regards things of the body and
the things of the soul.
Much has been given to us, and
much will rightfully be expected
iron us. We have duties
to others and duties to our
selves; and we can shirk neither.
We kave become a great nation,
forced by the fact of its greatness
into relations with the nations of
the earth; and we must behave
as beseems a people with such re
sponsibilities. Toward ail other
nations, large and^ small, our at
titu le must be one of cordial and
sine re friendship. We must show
no1| >nly in our words but in our
deei s that we are earnestly de
sire 19 of securing their good will
by apting toward them in a spirit
of just and generous recognition
of al their rights. But justice
and generosity in a nation, as in
an individual, count most when
shown not by the weak but by
the ttrong. While ever careful to
refran from wronging others, we
musiibe no less insistent that we
are tot wronged ourselves. We
wish peace; but we wish the peace
of justice, the peace ofs righteous
ness. nVe wish it because we think
it is nght aud not because we are
atraii. No weak nation that
acts oanfully and justly should
ever 'have cause to fear us,
and no strong power should ever
be able to single us out as a sub
ject of insolent aggression.
Out relations with the other
Dowers of the world are imoort
ant; Out s bill more important are
our relation! among ourselves.
Such growth! in wealth, in popu-j
latiot, and in power us this na
tion has seen during the century
and a quarter of its national lite
is inevitably accompanied by a
like growth is the problems which
are ever before every nation that
rises to greatness. Power inva
riably means both responsibility
and danger. Our forefathers
faced certain terils which we have
outgrown. We now tace other
perils the very existence of which
it was impossible that they
should foresee. Modern life is
both complex and intense, and
the tremendous changes wrought
by the extraordinary industrial
development of the last half cen
tury are felt in every liber of our
social and political being. Never
before have men tried so vast
and formidable an experiment as
that of administering the affairs
of a continent under the forms of
a Democratic republic. The con
ditions which have told for our
marvelous material well-being,
which hare developed to a very
high degree our euergy, self-reli
ance, and individual initiative,
have also brought the care and
anxiety inseparable from the ac
cumulation of fifreatp^altt) in
1 I V4
industrial centers. Upon the suc
cess of our experiment much de
pends: not only as regards our
own welfare, but as regards the
welfare of mankind. It we fail,
the cauee of free self-government
throughout the world will rock
to its foundations; and therefore
our responsibility is heavy, to
ourselves, to the world as it is
to-day, end to the generations
yet unborn. There is no good
reason why we should fear the
future, but there is every reason
why we should face it seriously,
neither hiding Irom ourselves the
gravity of the problems before us
nor fearing to approach these
problems with the unbending,
unflinching purpose to solve
them aright.
Yet, after all, though the prob
lems are new, though the tasks
set before our fatners who found
ed and preserved this Republic,
the spirit in which these taekB
must be undertaken and these
problems faced, if our duty is to
be well done, remains essentially
unchanged. We know that self
government is difficult. We know
that no people needs such high
traits of character as that people
which seeks to govern its affairs
aright through the freely express
ed will of the freemen who com
pose it. Rut we have faith that
we shall not prove false to the
memories of the men of the mighty
past. Tbey did tbeir work, they
.'eft us the splendid heritage we
now enjoy. We in our turn have
an assured confidence that we
shall be able to leave this heri
tage unwasted and enlarged to
our children and our children's
children. To do so we must show,
not merely in great crises, but in
the every-day affairs of life, the
qualities of practical intelligence,
of courage, of hardihood and en
durance, and above all the power
of devotion to a lofty ideal,
which made great the men who
founded this Republic in the days
of Washington, which madegreat
the men wno preserved this Re
public in the days of Abraham
Lincoln.
THE NEW VICE PRESIDENT.
In the presence of as many of his
fellow citizens a could be crowded
into the Senate chamber, Charles
W arren Fairbanks was at high
noon to-day inducted into office
of Vice President of the United
States. The ceremony was quick
ly followed by the final adjourn
ment of the Senate of the 58th
Congress, the beginning of a spe
cial session, an address the vice
president and the swearing into
office of almost a third of the
membership of the Senate. All
these official acts took place in
the chamber just before the in
auguration of the President and
were in reality, while themselves
of great import, the prelude of
the more important event. The
installation of the new vice-presi
dent was severely simple, and as
brief as simple. It consisted of a
firomise, solemnly made with up
if ted hand and bowed head, to
perform the duties of the office
and to support and defend the
constitution of the United States.
This was the oath of office.
Pope-King.
The following invitation has
been received: Mr. and Mrs. J.S.
Fulgbuin, request the honor of
jour presence at the marriage of
their daughter, Mm. Myrtle Ada
King, to Mr.Claude Edward Pope,
Wednesday afternoon, March the
fifteenth, nineteen hundred and
five, at three o'clock, at their
home, 315 W. Edenton Street,
Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Colonel's Waterloo.
Colonel John M. Fuller, of
Honey Grove, Texas, nearly met
his Waterloo, from Liver and
Kidney trouble. In a recent let
ter, he says: "1 was nearly dead,
of these complaints, and, al
though I tried my family doctor,
be did me no good; so 1 got a
50c. bottle of your great Electric
Bitters, which cured ? me. I con
sider them the best medicine on
earth, thank God who gave you
the knowledge to make them."
Sold, and guaranteed to cure,
Dyspepsia, Biliousness and Sid
ney pisease. by Hood Brfm,
druggists, at 50c. a bottle.
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6REAT BATTLE RA0IN6.
Kuropatkln Has Staked All la tfee
Battle of Mukdea aad Unless
He Caa Check the Vlctorloas
Japanese His Detest Will
Be Complete.
For about ten days a great
battle has been raging around
Mukden Each day has seen the
victorious Japanese defeating
the Russians and drawing nearer
and nearer to Mukden. The losses
in the first two or three days
fighting were estimated to be
30,000 Russians and 40,000
Japanese.
Kuropatkin's centre was broken
Tuesday and thirteen big siege
guns fell in the hands of the Japs.
All of Kuropatkin's great ability
as a general is not able to check
the fierce onslaughts of the brave
Japanese Generals Oyama, Ku
roki, Nodzu, Nogi and ,Oku. The
Russians are retreating north
ward with great haste.
The Associated Press gives the
following summary in yester
day's papers:
General Kuropatkin is giving
ground before the armies of Jap
anese and yesterday he abandon
ed positions south and southwest
of Mukden, burning such of his
supplies as he could not carry
with him. The Japanese artillery
is thundering at the very gates
of Mukden, which position the
Russians still hold, but which
they are admittedly preparing to
evacuate, changing their base to
Tie Pass, which is forty miles
north of Mukden. So far as the
retreat has progressed it has
been orderly. What the Japanese
may have in store for the defeat
ed army on the retirement north
ward now remains to be dis
closed. There are reports that
General Remenkampff the fore
most cavalry general of the Rus
sian army in Manchuria, has
been cut off on the east from the
main force and Japanese troops
in considerable numbers are said
to be already in the vicinity of
Tie Pass. The retirement un
questionably cost the Russians
dear in the matter of supplies
and heavy guns. Neither com
manders nor correspondents
have yet ventured to estimate
the number killed or wounded in
the eleven days of fighting. The
Russian casualities in the fight
Tuesday on the. left flank are
said to have been fully 7,000.
Tokio, March 9th.?It is of
ficially announced the Russians
began retreating yesterday morn
ing. The Japanese armies are
pursuing.
Farmers Convention Held.
The third county convention
of the farmers was held here in
the court house last Saturday.
Reports were heard from the dif
ferent townships and it was ascer
tained that some work had been
done iu arnost all the townships
and that several of them bad
been well worked. # a
A resolution was passed wine
the farmers of each townslflp tc
meet at their vo'ting places on
Saturday, March l8th, for bettei
township organization and tc
appoint a committee of one in
each school district and encour
age them to reduce acreage and
fertilizers and to ascertain as far
as possible the number of acres
each farmer will plant this year.
Let the farmers take due notice
of this resolution. It is to be
hoped that good meetings will
be held in every township.
Strikes Hidden Rocks.
When your ship of health
strikes the hidden rocks of Con
sumption, Pneumonia, etc., vou
are lost, if you don't qpt help
from Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption. J. W. McKin
non. of Talladega Springs, Ala.,
writes: "I had been very ill with
Pneumonia, under the care of
two doctors, but was getting no
better when I began to take Dr.
King's New Discovery. The first
dose gave relief, and one bottle
cured me." Sure cure for sore
throat, bronchitis, coughs nni
colds. Guaranteed at Hood Urns,
drug store, price 50c. and f 1.00.
Trial bottle free.
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
After a long fight in the Legis
lature the dispensary question
at Wilson is to be left to the vote
of the people there in April of
next year.
Last week the Legislature pass
ed a resolution inviting the Nat
ional Editorial Association to
hold its meeting next year at
Ashevillo. The meeting this year
will be held in Guthrie, Oklahoma,
in J une.
The legislature of North Caro
lina has changed the law relative
to tbe marriage of confederate
soldiers, allowing widows pen
sions if they were married prior
to January 1st, 1870, instead of
January 1st, 1865.
The survey of the Raleigh and
Cape Fear Railway, from Lilling
ton southward has been complet
ed to Fayetteville. The directors
of the road have been asked to
consider propositions looking to
extension of the line in other di
rections.
The safe in the McAden Cotton
Mills Company, at McAdenville,
was opened and robbed of be
tween fl,800 and $2,000 and a
number of valuable papers some
time between the closing hour
Saturday nighc and Monday
morning.
A Call to the People ot the County.
Last fall, only a few days be
fore the date for the State Fair
to open, a few of us began work
ing to get together exhibits for
the fair. The result was, we won
the grand prize of $100.00, be
ing adjudged and justly so, of
having the best county exhibit
of any county represented, a re
sult which should inspire and
gratify every son of old John
? % ton?the ladies are all proud of
it.
We must do better this year.
Those counties defeated by us
< last year will strive harder, hence
the necessity for us to do more
and do it better.
I ask, I urge, every one who
possibly can, to meet in the Court
House in Smithfield Tuesday, the
14th inst., lor the purpose of
organizing ourselves to the end
that we may, beginning now,
fully and thoroughly prepare for
our exhibit in October. We ex
pect to have Hon. Ashley Home,
President of the State Fair, pres
1 ent with us.
The meeting will be called im
1 mediately after court adjourns
for dinner.
Respectfully,
H. Cole.
| Last week Joseph Hill, afarmer
of Portsville, Delaware, and Sallie
Satchell eloped and were married.
Thegroom is eighty and the bride
' fourteen. Hill took his bride
( home and bis children, grand
I children,and great-grand children
greeted her in a most friendly
, way.
t
i ^ Surprise Marriage.
> On Sunday morning March 5th
i 1905, Mr. E. B. McCabe and Miss
? Mattie Love were happily mar
I ried at the residence of Mr. J. R.
" Coates. The ceremony was im
i pressively performed by E. S.
? Coates, J. P.
> The attendants were: Mr.
> Early Love with Miss Carrie
I Wiggins, Mr. Amos Love with
Miss Lucile Coates, Mr. Lawrence
Stephenson with Miss Dovie
Johnson, Mr. Everett Wiggins
with Miss Mary Love. They
1 then returned to the home of the
groom in Elevation township. We
wish for them a long and happy
life.
A Witness.
0
startling Mortality.
Statistics show startling mor
tality, from appendicitis and
peritonitis. To prevent and cure
these awful diseases, there is just
on? reliable remedy, Dr. King's
New Life Pills. M*. Flannery, of
A Custom House Place, Chicago,
says: "They have no equal for
Constipation and Biliousness."
25c. at Hood Bros., druggists.
PRESIDENT SI6NS BILL.
Representative Pou 6ratlfled That
Measure Is Now A Law.
The President signed yester
day afternoon the Pou bill re
quiring the street railway com
panies of the District to vesti
bule all their cars by next No
vember, for the protection of the
motormen.
The campaign which The Times,
its friends, and Representative
Pou of North Carolina, waged
for this humane law is crowned
with complete success.
The motormen, on whom de
pend the safety and ready trans
portation of the citizens of the
District, will be protected from
the bitter cold of winter. Mus
cles will not be numbed into
paralysis by freezing weather.
To the quick exercise of strength
will be added the resourcefulness
of wits unharassed by physical
suffering.
The history of the enactment
of the Pou bill into law by the
Congress of the United States
shows the justice on which the
campaign for the reform was
based. Only a few weeks ago
The Times began its fight for
protection for the motormen,
and Representative Pou pushed
his bill for passage.
He obtained a favorable report
on it from the House Committee
on the District -of Columbia.
Soon thereafter it passed the
House.
Mr. Fou then secured the help
of Senators Galliuger and Sim
mons and had the measure pass
ed by the Senate. The President
signed the bill yesterday. It is
now the law of the District.
Not only this, but it is an act
by Congress which, it is claimed
by those interested in the matter,
will go a long way toward in
fluencing the Legislatures of
many States to pass laws of a
similar character.
On all sides, in and out of Con
gress, it has been lauded and
praised. Mr Pou and The Times
have been congratulated for their
good work in the matter by the
citizens of the District and by
members of Congress.
The bill passed Congress and
was signed by the President with
out a dissenting vote raised
against it. This, in itself, was a
record of unusual unanimity for
a reform bill.
Mr. Pou. in speaking of the bill
to a Times reporter, said to-day:
"Of course I am gratified that
my bill is now a law and 1 appre
ciate very much the expressions
of gratitude which I have received
from the motormen of this city.
"Next winter we will not be
forced to see these men standing
at their posts of duty in thefreez
ing rains and the cutting wiqds.
"1 wish to acknowledge the as
sistance of Chairman Babcock
and Mr. Sims, of the House Dis
trict Committee, and Senators
Gallinger and Simmons, of the
Senate District Committee.
"The motorman occupies the
most important position in the
entire street car service, and he
should be made as comfortable
as possible in the performance of
his difficult duties.
"I am informed that the pass
age of my bill may have a favor
able effect upon legislation of
this character pending before the
Legislatures of some of the
States. I shall feel that I am
fortunate, indeed, if in any degree
my bill is instrumental in in
fluencing legislation of the same
character outside of the District
of Columbia.
"I cannot understand how
anyone can dispute the necessity
for this legislation in States
where street car companies are
forcing their men to operate their
cars in open platforms unpro
tected from inclement weather.
"Such a practice, in my judg
ment, is nothing lees than cruel.
"The Times is to be congratu
lated upon the position it has
taken respecting this legislation."
?Washington Times, 4th.
This spring you will need a
nerve food, one that will cleanse
and reconstruct your nerve cen-,
terr and wasted energies. Hoi
lister!* Rocky Mountain Tea will >
do it. D> II. Sanders, Four Oaks.
/ . ' ' ? . "
CLAYTON NOTES.
Mrs. Sallie Surles ia visiting in.
Raleigh.
We regret to note that M ra
C. H. Kills ia quite aick.
Mr. C. W. Richardson, of Sel
ma, spent Sunday here.
Miss Vlartha Fool is visiting
relatives and friends here.
Mr. R. B. Whitley is nere to
day (Wednesday) on business.
Mrs. John D. Phillips is visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Phillips.
The board of town aldermen
met in regular session Monday
night.
Messrs. J. L. Ellis, J. J. Ellis,
and Q. F. Pool spent Wednesday
bird hunting.
Mr. D. H. Williams' new house
is completed and ia a very hand
some structure.
Mr. Charles Carroll went to
Raleigh last Thursday to have
his eyes examined.
Mr. White, an insurance man
of Concord, is doing business in
our town for a short spell.
Mr. Mahlon Creech, who is in
the employ of the Blades Lum
ber Co., of Newbern, is visiting
his parents.
Mr. Jesse Hillard made a busi
ness trip to Smithtield Monday
to take the oath of office as
Notary Public.
Miss Katie Bailey, who was in
school here last session, h^is re
entered and will remain the rest
of this session.
Messrs. J. T. Talton and L. H.
Champion spent Sunday at
Coats' station in Harnettcounty
visiting M r. Talton's parents.
Mrs. C. H. Belvin spent part of
last week with her daughter, Mrs.
C. W. Horne. Mrs. Horne has
been visiting in Raleigh this
week.
The Odd Fellows have recently
secured applications from several
who wish to become members
of the order. This ana all the
other orders here are in a most
prosperous condition.
Miss Mary A. Timberlake, of
Youngsville, and Miss Lillian
Timberlake, of Franklinton, who
are attending the Baptist Uni.
versify at Kaleigh, spent several
days with the Misses Blanchard
recently.
Spring time is very near now.
The weather has been as fine as
can be asked for lately, and our
merchants are looking for a good
SpiUlg business. By the num
ber of cotton planters we see be
ing brought in, it looks like there
will not be much ieduction in the
cotton acreage.
Miss Blanche Barnes, who is *
teaching at the Durham Conser
vatory of Music, is visiting her
parents. We are glad to note
the enviable position which Miss
Barnes has attained as music
teacher. Clayton is glad to lay
claim to ODe so gifted in this the
most appreciable art.
March 8th. "Ykmk."
I
Challenge From Hood Bros.
Hood Bros. are seeking the
the worst case of dyspepsia or
constipation in Smitbfield or vi
i cinity to test I)r. Howard's new
specific for the pure of those dis
I QQ unu
80 confident are they that this
remarkable medicine will effect a
lasting cure in a short time, that
j they offer, to refund the money
should it not be successful.
In order to secure the quickest
possible introduction Hood Bros,
will sell a regular fifty cent pack
age of this medicine at half price,
25 cents. ?
This specific of Dr. Howard's
will cure sick headache, diuy
feelings, constipation, dyspepsia,
and all forms of malaria and
liver trouble. It does not simply
'-give relief for a time; it mages
permanent and complete cures. ?
It will regulate the bowels, tone I
up the whole intestinal tract,
give you an appetite, make food <
taste good aud digest well, rind
increase vigor. Joy and happi
ness will take the place of tnat
"doh't care whether I live oruie" . k
feeling.
There are forty -seven orpbahs
in the Methodist Orphanage at
llaleigh.