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VOL. 24. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1905. NO. 85
FREEDOM FOR RUSSIA.
Decree of Czar will Forever End
Rule of Absolutism?Free Press
and Free Speech and Right
of Suffrage Granted.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 30?The
following imperial manifesto was
issued to-night:
"We, Nicholas the Second, by
the grace of God emperor and
autocrat of all the Russians,
grand duke of Finland, .fcc., de
clare to all our faithful subjects
that the troubles and agitation
in our capitals and in number
ous other places fill our hearts
with excessive pain and sorrow.
"The happiness of the Russian
sovereign is indissolubly bound
up with the happiness of our peo
ple, and the sorrow of our peo
ple is the sorrow of the sovereign.
"From the present disorders
may arise great national dis
ruption. They menace the integ
rity and unity of our empire.
"The supreme duty imposed
upon us by our sovereign office
requires us to efface ourself and
to use all the force and reason at
oui command to hasten in se
curing the unity and co-ordiua
tion of the power of the central
government and to assure the
success of measures for pacifica
tion in all circles of public life
which are essential to the well
being of our people.
?< nr? *.1 .-j
>> t?, mereiuie, un eui uui
government to carry cut our
inflexible will in the followiug
manner:
"First, to extend to the popu
lation the immutable founda
tions of civic liberty, based on
the real inviolability of person,
freedom of conscience, speech,
union and association.
"Second, without suspending
the already ordered elections to
the state douma, to invite the
participation in the douma, so
far as the limited time before the
convocation of the douma will
permit, of those classes of the
population now completely de
prived of electoral rights, leaving
the ultimate development of the
principle of the electoral right in
general to the newly established
legislative order of things.
"Third, to establish as an un
changeable rule that no law shall
be enforced without the appro
val of the state douma, and that
it shall be possible for the elected
of the people to exercise real
participation in the supervision
of the legality of the acts of the
authorities appointed by us.
"We appeal to all faithful sons
of Russia to remember their duty
toward the fatherland, to aid in
terminating these unprecedented
troubles, and to apply their
force, in co-operation with us, to
the restoration of calm and peace
upon our natal soil.
"Given at Peterhof, October
-10, in the eleventh year of our
reign. "Nicholas."
The Fall of Czardom.
Czardom ban fallen. That is
the purport of the news from
Russia. The Czar himself has
not fallen. Perhaps he has ac
tually risen to a higher aud
nobler status. He has not abdi
cated his throne, but he has ab
dicated his autocracy. Hence
forth he would reign as a consti
tutional sovereign, with a respon
sible Ministry and au elective j
Parliament. So much, at least,
it is apparently safe to say, with- j
out waiting for the precise text [
of the imperial mandate which
was signed yesterday. For, even
if that instrument were not a
complete surrender to the popu
lar aemand, it would be impossi
ble now to turn back a revolu
tion which has gone so far. In
yielding at all at this crisis
autocracy has potentially yield
ed altogether. We said in Jan
uary last that, no matter how
long the final transformatiou
ir'n-ht by some means be deferr
ed, it was bound to come, and
meantime, from that date, things !
could never again be as they had
been They have not been as
they were before Father Capon j
led bis tioekto the Winter Palace. |
And now the end has come. The
; "Russian system" founded two
centuries ago is at an end, and
the autocratic Czar consents to
become a constitutional Em
peror.
This epoch makingchange, the
greatest Europe has known in a
full generation and one of the
I greatest it has known for centu
ries, is distinctly a triumph of the
'people. No revolution in history
was ever more so. There have
been great chauges when one
monarch has overthrown another
or when some great popular
leader has swayed a government.
Not so has it been it Russia. We
were commenting only the other
j day upon the apparent lack of
leadership in the revolution.
There has been no Bismarck, no
"Man on Horseback," no Dan
ton, no Mirabeau. There has
been only the multitudinous
mass of the Russian people, mov
ing blindly but with unerring
iustinct; at first as slowly as a
glacier, at last with the fury ot
an avalanche. In prophecy of
the last comparable occurrence
in Europe before this, John Hay
wrote:
Th? nnnnla \x*ill eomn to thalr onrn
at Vast,
God is not mocked forever!
The Russian People have in
deed come to their own at last.
How they will deal with it the
world waits to see with hopeful
expectation. It is first to be
seen whether the tardy conces
sions extorted from the hesitat
ing Czar will be accepted by the
people in good faith, so that he
will be retained upon the throne.
There have been those of late
who have clamored that the
throne itself must go, and manv
have feared that any concessions
now made would be too late to
prevent an iuti-dynastic move
ment of irresistible force. Yet
| there is ground to think that a
] conservative second thought will
impel even the Radicals to pause
before taking that extreme;
plunge, and to accept in good i
faith the Emperor's grant of con
stitutional liberty. Then it will
remain to be seen to what effect
the Russian people will make use
of their newly gained power. It
has been a commonplace that
the Russians are wholly unpre
pared and unfitted for demo
cratic institutions Yet it must
be remembered that in their local
village admiuistration, and even
in provincial affairs, they have
long been accustomed to a large
measure of self-government. It
would not be difficult or fanciful j
to trace a material resemblance |
| between the village assemblies of
Russia and those town meetings
which were the preparatory
schools of American republican
ism; and it may be that even the
hitherto hapless moujik will to
morrow rise up, not unworty of
his newly gained dignity.
Leaderless the revolution has
been. Rut, now that it is practi- j
caily effected, a leader is offered:
to it whom it will do well to ac-)
cept. In making the Treaty of j
Portsmouth Count VYittedid ser
vice enough and won fameenough ;
to nil the measure of a life. Yet j
today he is called to a more ar- j
duous work, to a more impor
tant service, and, if he succeeds,
to a higher glory. No man can
envy him the tremendous respon
sibdities he is assuming. If,
however, there is a man in Rus
sia able to assume them and to
discharge them aright, he is that j
man. Yesterday he won an un
exampled victorv in persuading
the Autocrat to abdicate his I
autocracy without the further
popular compulsion which was
prepared and impending. Today
liis task is to win and to hold
the confidence of the people and
their assent to and co-operation
in the scheme of constitutional
government which he has devis
ed. A fortnight ago Count Witte
declared that the Czar's greatest
desire was to become a con9titu
tional sovereign, and that his
ideal was Edward VII. If now, i
as at once the mentorof the Czar
and the mediator between him
and the people and also the lead- i
er of the people, he can bring to
pass the fulfilment of that Tiigh i
desire, he will perform a service
and achieve a renown unsurpass
ed in all the history of the Rus
sian Emnirr New Ynr'* T-sv ? - '
BULLISH COTTON REPORT.
Weather Bureau Reports Damaging
Rains in Large Area.
Washington, Oct. 31.?The
weekly cotton region weather
crop bulletin issued today by the
Weather Bureau, says:
'?In districts where the propor
tion of ungathered cotton is
greatest, the weather conditions
of the week ending October 30
were not favorable. Wet weath
er over a large part of the cen
tral and western districts of the
cotton belt duringfrhe fore pait
of the week delayed cotton pick
ing and caused injury to open
cotton in northern Texas, Okla
homa and Indian Territories,
Arkansas, the northern portions
of Mississippi and Alabama and
western Tennessee. As a whole
the week was cool. Frosts oc
cured in the central and western
districts, causing considerable
damage in Tennessee, northern
Mississippi and Oklahoma and
Indian Territories, but practi
cally none in Texas. In the Caro
linas, Georgia and Florida the
weather conditions were favor
able. Picking is from one half to
two thirds completed in Okla
homa and Indian Territories,
Arkansas, and northwestern
Mississippi; a much larger pro
portion of the crop has been
gathered in other sections, pick
ing being practically completed
in the more southernly districts.
Foreign Crop Prospects.
Conditions of foreign crops, as
published yesterday in Broom
hall's Liverpool "Corn Trade
News":
United Kingdom?Beneficial
rains have fallen.
France?The weather is favor
able for seeding. Supplies of
good wheat are very small.
Germany?The weather is cold
and unfavorable, and seeding is
very backward. < tfferings are
very small.
Hungary?Conditions are less
favorable, aud it is stated that
some land is still unseeded. Of-1
ferings are small.
Romania?Seeding is making j
fair progress. The corn crop is!
better than expected and a semi
official forecast makes the prob
able yield 6-4,000,000 bushels, j
compared with 72,000,000 bush- j
els, an average crop. Supplies ]
are liberal.
Russia?CroD conditions are
favorable, Southwestern sta
tions hold good quantities of j
wheat. The central statistical
preliminary estimate of the
yield of winter wheat and rye in
the seventy-two governments is,
as follows: Winter wheat, 211),- j
200,000 bushels, against 204,
800,000 bushels a year ago.!
Rye, 070,400,000 bushels,
against 020,000,000 bushels a
year ago.?New York Tribune.
New Liberal Orqan Interests London.
Lonpon, Oct. 30 ?All London's ]
political world is greatly excited
over the coming of the new daily,
The Tribune, which is to repre
sent, not the Radical, but the
Liberal party, but strangely
enough not a word of disparage
ment or discouragement has been
uttered in any quarter. The Tri
bune is. in fact, looked forward
to eagerly by all.
The man who is to launch the
paper, Mr. Thomasson, is only
thirty-one years of* age. His
father was a humble Lancashire!
cotton spiuuer, who rose from
sheer ability and hard work to
power and wealth. He left $ 15,-1
000,000 to his son.
Young Thomasson does not
intend to interfere with his edi
tors. He has told his friends i
that he wishes to be the proprie
tor, nothing more.
"I Thank the Lord!"
cried Hannah Plant, of Little (
Rock, Ark., "for the relief T <*??'
from Bucklen's Arnica Uui.o. iii
cured mv fearful running sores,
which nothing else would heal, J
and from which I had suffered
for 5 years." It is a marvelous i
healer for cuts, burns and i
wounds. Guaranteed at liood
Bros. Drug store; -5c.
GENERAL NEWS.
President Roosevelt was 47
years old last Friday.
A heavy snow fell in western
Missouri and in most of Kansas
Monday.
The yellow fever record in New
j Orleans Tuesday was three new
cases and two deaths, making
the totals 3,390 cases and 446
deaths.
In a battle between insurgents
; in the Phillipines last week Uni
ted States troops kdled liatto
Ali and eleven of his followers.
Three American soldiers were
killed.
A horrible tragedy occurred in
King and Queen county, Va.,
Saturday, when W. I). Coker,
formerly of South Carolina, mur
dered his neighbor, R. E. Cresset
| and then returned home, killed
his own wife and two children
and committed suicide.
At least eighteen parsons were
killed and twenty-five others
injured Sunday in the wreck of
one of the fastest regular trains
on the Atchison. Topeka and
Santa Fe railway The train was
ditched 1 mile east of Sheffield,
Mo., 6 miles from tbe business
center of Kans aa City.
In different cities in Russia
Tuesday disorder continued and
numbers of people were killed or
wounded; in St. Petersburg 200,
000 strikers paraded and threat
ened to release political prisoners
from jail, desisting onlv upon a
statement by Count Witte that
an amnesty proclamation is be
ing prepared.
President Roosevelt arrived in
Washington Tuesday from his
Southern tour and upon landing
from the steamer Dolphin was
paid the usual honors; he declares
that he greatly enjoyed his trip
and the sea voyage as well; while
on the cruiser West Virginia
he made a speech to the officers
and men and one of the boilers
was named for him after he
shoveled some coal into it.
The astonishing feet of receiv
ing wireless telegraph messages
for a distance of 1,100 miles was
accomplished Saturday when the
navy yard at Washington caught
messages from the cruiser West
Virginia which was speeding with
President Roosevelt to Hampton
Roads. The cruiser was in the
(Julf when Washington "got in
touch" with her. Mrs. Roose
velt sent wireless congratulations
upon his 47th birthday.
Practically a revolution was
effected in Russia Monday when
the Czar surrendered his auto
cratic power and consented to
Witte's demands for a govern
ment fashioned after that of
Great Britain; the franchise was
widely extended, and there is to
be a parliament elected by the
people and a cabinet responsible
only to parliament; a free press,
free speech, right of assembly
and the habeas corpus are some
of the rights surrendered to the
people.
In the presence of 5,000 per
sons, with elaborate ceremony, a
statue of J. Sterling Morton,
secretary of agriculture in the
last Cleveland cabinet, and foun
der of Arbor day, was unveiled
at Morton Park, Nebraka City,
Saturday. Among those present
were Grover Cleveland, Adlai E.
Stevenson, Governor Mickev,
Hilary A. Herbert, David K.
Francis und others associated
with Mr. Morton during hie term
of office. Sterling Morton, a
grand son of the secretary, drew
aside, the curtain which exposed
the statue to view. There were
six addresses, principal of which
was that of Mr. Cleveland, which
was a touching eulogy of his
former cabinet officer and per
sonal friend.
A Disastrous Calamity.
It is a disastrous calamity,
when you lose your health, oe- I
n-nr> indigestion and constipa
tion nave sapped it away.
Prempt relief cat oe nad iu Dr. i
King's New Life Pills. They I
build up your digestive organs, i
and cure headache, dizziness,
colic, constipation, etc. Guaran
teed at Hood Bros, drug store;
J5c. ; I
BAPTISTS WILL MEET.
Third Annual Session of Johnston
County Baptist Association
will be Held In Benson
Church Next
Week.
Benson. N. C., Nov. 2.?The
third annual session of the John
ston County Baptist Association
will convenein the Baptist church
at this place next Thursday
morning, November 9, at 11
o'clock. Rev. C. W. Blanchard,
t f Clayton, will preach the intro
ductory sermon.
The Association was organized
two years ago at Selma with 30
churches. At the session at Clay
tno last year three new churches
were admitted into the body and
it is expected that one or more
will seek admission here next
week.
Among the leaders of the Bap
tist work in the State the follow
ing will probably be present:
Rev. Livingston Johnston, Cor
responding Secretary of the
Baptist State Convention; Mr. J J
W. Bailey, editor of the Biblical
Recorder) Rev. Hight C. Moore,
Sunday School Secretary; Rev.
M. L. Kesler, Manager of the
Thomasville Orphanage, and
others
The people of the town and
community are expecting a good
attendance and are making pre
parations bo entertain all who
come.
The following is the program
that has been arranged for the
session:
THURSDAY^
11:00 a. m ?Introductory Ser
mon.
2:00 p. m.?Organization.
Aged Minister's Relief.
Woman's work.
7:00 p. m ? Home Missions.
Miscellaneous.
FRIDAY.
9:30 a. m.?Devotional Services.
10:00 a. m ?Report of Hxecu- j
tive Committee.
11:00 a m.?State Missions.
2:00 p. m.?Orphanage.
Temperance.
7:00 p. m.?Foreign Missions. 1
Miscellaneous.
SATURDAY.
10:00 a. m.?Sunday School
Mass Meeting.
10:00 a. m.?Sermon.
Farewell.
Meeting of Woman's Central i
Committee will be arranged for!
Friday at 2:00 p. m.
The following are the chairmen
of the standing committees for
this session:
State Missions?.1. M. Reaty.
Home Missions?.1. W. Suttle. j
Foreign Missions?C. W. Blau
cbard
Orphanage?F. T. Booker.
Education?J P. Ctnaday.
Periodicals?A. A. Pippin.
Ministerial Relief?R. W. Hor
rell.
Sunday Schools?11. A Merritt.
Woman's Work?B. Town
send.
Temperance?C. W. Carter.
Pointed Paragraphs.
Imagination doth make cow
ards of us all.
Civilized men make liquor and
liquor makes savages.
Marriage opens a man's eyes
and his pocket-book simultane
ously.
Anything that is unnecessary
is dear, no matter how cheap it
may be.
Cowardice is a nightmare that
troubles some men when they are
awake.
No literary critic is justified in
abusing a book?until after hei
has read it.
A dead man is of much use in
the world as a lazy one?aud he
takes up less room.
Some merchants could sell a <
good deal more t ban thevdo? by
filling i"> their measures. (
The avera; woman would i
rather have a husband who tells
her all he hearsttiana tious ? with
seventeen closets ?I 'hicago News.
In I'ensacola Tuesday there
were nine new cases of yellow
[ever am! um death.
CLAYTON NOTES.
The revival at the M. E.church
has closed. Itev. G. W. Fisher
was assisted by Rev. Dr. Reid, of
Raleigh.
More cotton and better cotton
is coming to our town now and
it's bringing a fancy price now
| and then.
Mr. and Mrs. It. J. Thurston
; will soon move to their hand
some new residence, which is very
nearly completed.
Clayton Buggy Co. recently re
ceived a solid car of one make
buggies. This shows whether
I Clayton does the business.
Last week Y'elir was so busy
selling clothing and shoes that
he forgot The Herald letter en
tirely. The readers will have to
lorgive him.
Mr. T. D. Blackwood has suc
ceeded Mr. .John L. Johnson in
the jewelry business here. Mr.
Johnson has moved to his farm
in the country.
Mr. S. Tom Stephenson has
sold his grocery business to Mr.
Herman Medlin. Mr. Medlin will
be glad to have a share of the
public patronage.
The handsome new furniture
and fixtures for Clayton's up-to
now drug store are here and are
being installed. It's one of the
prettiest drug stores in the State.
Mrs. YV. I. Hardesty, mother of
Mrs. R. H. Gower near here, left
Monday for San Francisco, Cal.,
to visit her son, Dr. Irvin Hard
esty, Professor of Anatomy in
the University of California.
Quite a number of "young
Americans" have made their ap
pearance siuce our last issue.
Among the happy fathers are
Messrs. John R. Pool, Joe T.
Barnes, Jim \1. Barbour and
Hal O. Ellis.
Messrs. J. Paul Gulley and
Harvey Creech have opened an
oyster saloon on Main street
and will now be prepared to
serve the public with fresh oys
ters in all the latest styles on
short notice.
Mr. J. Dan'l Easou and family
have moved to our town. Mr.
Eason will leave in a few days
for western markets to purchase
a big lot of tine stock and new
buggies. Mr. Eason intends to
do the livery business right.
On account of his very exten
sive and ever increasing office
practice, Dr. Young finds it
necessary to have regular office
hours He has decided to have
the hours from 11 a m. to 1 p.
m. and 7 p. m. to 9 p. m.
Mr. Ed. L. Jones, of Atlanta,
Ga., spent a few days here last
week with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Jones. He left the
latter part of the week for a visit
to his brother in Portsmouth,
Va , accompanied by his parents.
The vast freight business done
here seems to give the agents
more than they care to do. Mr.
Massey resigned on account of
the volume of work. Now we
hear that his successor has re
signed for the same reason. The
freight receipts here for the
mouth of September wpre?in the
neighborhood of f'7,000.
Our town is in gloom over the
death of our very highly esteem
ed townsman, Mr. D. L. Barnes,
which sad event occurred on
last Friday evening about 7
o'clock. Mr. Barnes had suffer
ed for a long time with cancer of
the face, but bore his Bufferings
quietly and unflinchingly. We
sympathiz with the bereaved
family in their deep loss
Oct. 31. Yelir.
Youth is a period of building
up in habits, hopes, and faiths.
Not an hour but is trembling
with destinies; not a moment
once passed, of which the ap
pointed work can ever be done
again, or the neglected blow
struck on the cold iron.?John
Buskin.
?He?There's oue thing I will
say you make quite as well as
your mother used to make. She
?What's that, Fred? lie?Trou
ble ?Stray Stories.