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VOL. 24. SMITIIFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 0. I90(i. NO. 49.
POU SPEAKS ON RATE BILL.
Makes a Plea for the Poor Man
Who Is Unable to Invoke
the Aid of the Courts
He Needs It More
Than the rich
Man.
Washington, D. C. Feb. 5.?
Kepreeentative Pou spoke with
good effect this afternoon in sup
port of the railway rate bill. He
said in part:
"There are just one or two ob
servations, 1 care to make respect
ing the pending bill. I very
much fear it will not benefit
those who most need protection
by law. Kvery railroad in its
very nature is a monopoly. If
one road passes through a com
munity the people of that com
munity are forced to shin ever
that road or else not ship at all.
If there be two or more roads
serving any particular town or
community we all know it is not
long before they adjust their dif
ferences and the shipper finds the
same rate given him by each and
every one of the roads over which
he can posibly ship his goods. It
h?s heen stated on this fioor in
this debate, and so far as I know
the statement has not been chal
lenged, that all the railroads of
this country are practically own
ed or controlled by six corpora
tions. Now speaking for myself
alone I hold that wherever a
shipper is forced to deal with a
monopoly he should have the
guarantee by law that he is be
ing dealt with fairly; that the
rate of freight he is forced to
pey is fair and just and reason
able, and I hold, Mr. Chairman,
that every person who shipH
should have that protection
without being forced to go into
court and ask for it
"Now you can call this what
you please. You can call it
government ownership if you
want to?1 do not care what you
call it?if it is right. As a mat
ter of fact it is not government
ownership. It is simply the en
forcement of a section which you
have already put in your bill. 1
find in the bill a paragraph which
declares that all rates charged
for the transportation of freight
or passengers shall be just and
reasonable and that all unreason
able rates shall be unlawful. Now
how can you enforce this law.
It can only be enforced upon de
mand of the aggrieved party who
must expend a considerable sum
of money in having his rights
protected. If we are going to
pass a bill let it be a bill that will
accomplish what it is intended to
accomplish. Let us not pass a
bill which will protect the wealthy
shipper and leave the small ship
per practically without protect
ion. Lvery person who ships a
bale of cotton, every person who
ships a bushel of what should
have the guarantee that the
freight paid by him for the trans
portation of that bale of cotton
or bushel of wheat is fair and
just and reasonable, and be
should not be forced to go in
court to have such rate declared
fair, just and reasonable. Heal
ing as he is with a monopoly,
(and 1 do not use the word mo
nopoly with any offensive intent.)
he should have the satisfaction
of knowing that there is some
agency whose duty it is to see
that every justice is done between
the shippers on the one side and
the railroad company on the
other. Gentlemen, let me inquire
from whom come the most vigor
ous protests against the passage
of this bill? Do these protests
which we have all been receiving
come from the large shippers or
the small ones?
"So far as I know almost every
protest against the passage of
this bill comes from tue great
shippers. Why, because they
are the ones who have been en
joying the unlawful benefit of re
bates and discriminations. The
lar ge shippers need, it seem , but
little , rotection.
"The man who needs the bene
fit of your bill most of all is i he
man > io business is so small
hhat i . iuuut afford to go into
court. For the State to surren
der part of it? sovereignty and
leav. the humblest individual in
the land at the mercy of the very
agency to which that soverignty
is surrendered, is perfectly inde
fensible in morals." (Applause.)
"This bill, Mr. Chairman, is
very good as far as it goes. The
Democratic party was demand
ing the enactment of such a law
years ago, even before Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt was thought
of as a presidential possibility. I
saj there are good features in
this bill, l^et us hope they will
not be eliminated when the bill
goes to the President for his sig
nature. I hazard the statement
here and now that the President
himself would despair of the pas
sage of this bill, but for the Dem
ocratic support, which he knows
he can count on and which will
be practically solid." (Applause
on the Democratic side.)
Let us all hope that his influ
ence with bis own party is such
that this Democratic measure,
adopted by a Republican Presi
dent will notfail to pass." (Loud
applause.)?News and Observer.
KENLY NOTES.
Miss Sadie Richardson spent a
few days with Mies Emma Mat
thews last week.
Rev. E. W. Souders filled hie
regular monthly appointment at
the Presbyterian church Sunday
! and Sunday night.
Mrs. Lewis, of New Bern, who
| has been spending several months
J with her daughter, Mrs. J. W.
| Alford, returned home Friday.
i Mr. Freddie Richardson, form
erly a studentof Kenly Academy,
has accepted a position as clerk
in Bailey Bros. & Kirby's store.
Miss Annie Strickland, one of
the teachers of the Lncama High
j School, and Mrs. Charlie Alford,
of Lucama, were theguestsof Mr.
and Mrs, J. G. High Saturday
night and SuLday.
Mr. Smythe Henderson, the
gas engineer of Goldsboro, who
has just completed the Acetylene
lights here for Mr. H. F. Edger
ton goes from here to Wilson to
install a plant for the Wilson
Sanitorium. These lights are
giving perfect satisfaction here.
And it must mean something
when they go to a town like Wil
I eon to take place of electricity.
?
The Woodman of the World
have just organized here with
twenty charter members, with
Prof. F. A. Edmundson as Con
sul Commander, E. T. Watson,
I clerk; J. W. Alford, Banker, A.
i J. Smith, Adviserary Lieutenant
and all minor officers. This or
der has many good features and
one especially, that of assurance.
? J This order is soliciting all good
! men as members.
Mr. I). T. Perkins, who came
here as a student of Kenlv Acade
' my, then worked himself up to
the position of teaching thebusi
| | ness department, then was the
I first one to secure the appoint.
! ment of R. F. D. carrierfrom this
j office, left us last week for Wilson
where he has secured a.still uigher
position as city postoffice de
j livery carrier of that place. Mr.
Perkins is a fine young Christian
gentleman, worthy of the posi
tion he has secured. He will be
btvdly missed in our town and
we are sorry to have him leave
us, but are glad of bis achieve
I ments. He has our beHt wishes
and we wish him much success in
his new home and business.
! Max.
i
Town Purchased a Fire Engine.
The Hoard of Aldermen of
Smithfleld have purchased a
Chemical Fire Engine of the
Howe Engine Co. of Indianapolis,
Ind. Mr. Howe, of the Howe
Engine Co., was here Monday
and made some tests. It was
shown that the engine could
! throw a good stream of water
on the highest buildings. At a
fire test Monday night it was
seen that with the use of this
[ engine flames could he checked
very considerably and where the
fire has not gotten too much
head wnv, entirely extinguished.
A movement is on foot to or
ganize a fire company here and
thus lessen the danger of serious
fires in the future.
THEGOVERNOR S PROCLAMATION
? |
He Issues a Warning to Sheriffs
Anent the Enforcement of
the Law.
The Governor has sent the fol
lowing circular letter to every
sheriff in the State.
"It is my duty to see that all
laws are properly executed and
as some newspapers have sug
gested that the laws, especially
those arising under the Watts
aud Ward act, are not being en
forced by county officers, 1 write
this personal letter to urge you
and your deputies to do every
thing in your power to rigidly
and promptly execute all laws.
The best way to suppress crime
is to bring about quick detection
and sure punishment. Counties
in which peace and good order
most prevail are those in which
officers are most efficient and
watchful; I would call your at
tention especially; to sections
3533, 3534 and 3526 of the new
code, or chapter 498, sections
2, 5, 6, 7 and 8, acts of 1905,
setting forth your duty, and
trust you will let nothing inter
fere with your promptly carrying
out those provisions, by having
warrants sworn out and execut
ed.
"Uur State was never more
prosperous in its history than it
is today, so let none of us, upon
whom has been placed the duty
j of preserving order, shirk this
) duty, but let us do all we can to
| bring all criminals to speedy
j justice by offering rewards, or by
{asking for requisitions from
other states, when needed. I as
! sure you you shall have my
j hearty assistance in seeing that
every citizen and community
j shall be protected from lawless
[ ness and violation of plain
[ statutes."
The Governor requests all
' newspapers and citizens who
know of any officers refusing or
I neglecting to discharge their
duties not to make a general
j reflection on all officers by say
j ing they fall to do their duty,
, | but to call his attention to the
] officers so actiug and he will at
j once put the matter in the hands
of the solicitor of the district for
' investigation and, if found to be
j true, he will see that said officer
I is prosecuted and punished ac
I cording to law. The Governor
' does not think it is right to make
I faithful officers suffer for the
wrong doing of bad ones, hence
his suggestion that charges be
made special and not general.?
Statesville Landmark.
New York Syndicate to Hold up
Cotton.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 7.?Presi
dent Harvie Jordan, of the South
ern Cotton Association, made
the following statement today
before leaving for New York:
"I have bean definitely assured
that an underwriting syndicate,
headed by E. R. Thomas and
backed by the strongest financial
syndicate in New York, will un
derwrite 500,000 bales of cotton
at 13 cents. This proposition
will not interfere with those spot
holders, who desire to hold for
15 cents. President Sordan dis
tinctly declared that the South
ern Cotton Association and its
officers have no connection with
the proposed syndicate but will
work with it as with any other
agency, to raise the price of the
staple.
A Modern Miracle.
"Truly miraculous seemed the
recovery of Mrs. Mollie Holt, of
this place," writes J.O. R. Hoop
er, Woodford, Tenn., "she was
so wasted by coughing up puss
from her lungs. Doctors de
clared her end so near that her
family had watched by her bod
side forty-eight hours; when, at
my urgent request Dr. King's
New Discovery was given her,
with the astonishing result that
improvement began, and con
tinued until she finally complete
ly recovered, and is a healthy
woman to-day." Guaranteed cure
for coughs and colds. 50c. and
$1.00 at Hood Bros., druggists.
I Trial bottle free.
CLAYTON NOTES.
Mrs. Will 11. McCullere spent
Tuesday in Raleigh shopping. t
Mr. John Hinnant, of Selina, 1
spent Sunday here with his
mother. 1
.Miss Laura Adams, of Carv, j
was a guest of Misses Blanchard
this week.
Mr. W. It. Batten, Chief of 1
Police of Selma, was here Mou- '
day on business.
Mr. Samuel T. Iloneycutt, of .
Smithfield. spent Friday of last [
week here with his mother.
Mr. 8. H. Piatt, of Asheville, ,
special agent of the I'henix In- j j
surance Co., was here Wed nee- ,
day.
Mr. Brosia Adams left Wednes- ,
day for Raleigh where he will (
spend a few days with his sister, |
Mrs. Brewer. ,
The meeting at the Methodist 1
church closed Monday evening. 1
Dr. Williams has given us some
splendid sermons. I
Rev. C. W. Blanchard preached '
Sunday morning, a very fine ser- 't
mon. On Sunday evening Rev. '
Hicht C. Moore gave us a splendid 1
sermon on "The life of Christ*" 1
Mr. Lida Ellis and Mr. Carr, of
Spencer, in the employ of the
Southern, spent Friday and
Saturday of last week here, the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. M.
Gulley.
Mr. Cleveland Adams was suf
fering with a gum boil, and had
it lanced one day last week.
Later it began to bleed and was f
stopped with some difficulty, on
Saturday it began to ble,-d again
so profusely that medical atten
tion was necessary. After the j (
bleeding wasstopped. Mr. Adams i
was in a very weak condition,
but is now improving. ji
. I I
A Live Town Is Clayton.
Clayton, N. C., Feb. 7.?It is;
j interesting to see how Clayton is j
growing Whenever you look
you can see new houses going up, [i
and there is not a vacant dwell- j
ing in town. I,
The cotton mill is prospering.
New houses for operatives are i
being built constantly, and new ,
operatives are moving in ulinost |
continually. The planing mill j
also, is making progress, while
j the cotton seed oil mill is run
ning day and night. J. E. Page's 1
| general wood and blacksmith 1
j shop and planing mill is doing *
1 fine.
Wherever you turn you see evi- 1
j dences of a coming town.
The Methodist people have sold '
i their old parsonage. It is to be |!
moved, and right early they will !
build a handsome two-story par
sonage on the beautiful spot
where the old one stood, and '
when it is completed it will add !
much to the beauty of that sec
tion of Clayton.
The revival at the Methodist J
' church closed last night. The '
pastor, Rev. J. V. Williams has
been preaching to full houses for i i
more than two weeks. The meet-! 1
ing has accomplished good. j
Hon. Ashley Home can be seen 11
any day looking carefully after i
the preparation of his farm. No 1
grass grows under his feet, and I
he reminds one of the words of
Solomon: "Seest thou a man <
? diligent in business, he shall i
stand before kings, be shall not I
stand before mean men."?News <
and Observer. l
I
Mr. I'olie Gardner, of Smith
field, N. C., now at Denver, Col., 1
today sent to the Commercial i
and Farmers Rank the antlers 1
of a huge elk he shot in the west, i
The horns measure 7 feet. He 1
makes this gift to the bank and i
the antlers will be placed over
the vault door. Air. Gardner 1
also sends a sheet of the hide on
which a picture of the elk is i
painted. This gift is to the Elks'
Temple here.?Italeigh Tinv s
* 11
Something necessary, efficient, i
harmless and easy for child or |
adult to take is Vick's Little.<
Liver Pills, L'5c. Will cure con-1
stipation. biliousness and tone1
up Liver and Kidneys. At, Hood
T> r 1
STATE NEWS.
The Gazette says work will
loon begin on Gastonia's four- i
/eenth eotton mill.
The Masons of Winston-Salem
lave called upon architects for 1
ilaus for a $75,000 Masonic
em pie. f
Joe Smith, of Pitt County, who j
vaH gored by a visciou* bull .
ibout two weeks ago, died last
Friday night from hie injuries
Governor Glenn has written a '
etter to every sheriff in the *
*tate, urging them to aid him in
;he due enforcement of law and '
order, especially those laws aris
ng under the Watts and Ward j
icts. (
One morning a few days ago 1
lohn Bird, colored, was found '
lead in a side Btreet in Greens- '
ooro. While under the influence
of liquor he had fallen face down- i
ward in a puddle of water and i
was drowned.
Lee Guyer, of Bethany, killed 1
possibly the largest hog ever kil
led in North Carolina. This hog
was killed last week, and weighed
978 pounde and was 8 feet 4
inches long and 7 feet 5 inches
around.?High Point Enterprise.
J. W. Bailey, of Raleigh, for
three years chairman of the Anti
Saloon League of North Caro
lina, has resigned. He will join
President W L. Poteat,of Wake
Forest College, in securing the
$150,000 endowment. A succes
sor to Chairman Bailey has not
been announced.
President Roosevelt has nomi
nated tbe following officers for
North Carolina: District attor
ney, Alfred E. Holton, western
district of North Carolina. Mar
shals: James H. Milhkan, wes
tern district of North Carolina;!
Claudius Dockery, eastern dis-1
brict of Nortu Carolina.
I
In a speech delivered at Greens- ,
boro, Friday, Prof. Chas. I). Mc
[ver related the wonderful work \
done by the women of our State
within the past year in the line
of beautifying the rural school
houses. He stated that in Wayne
county alone, 500 pictures had
been hung in the school houses,
thereby making the buildings, |
once gloomy and forsaken in ap
pearance, attractive and invit
ing.?Goldsboro Headlight.
CI i.! - lit f V
oorne time ago v*. r. louug,
nf Greensboro, was in Chatta
nooga, Tenu., when he learned I
nf the serious illness of his wife '
and child at Greensboro. He
hired a special train, paying ,
about $700 for it, on the condi- |
tion, he alleges, that the train (
would take hiui to Greensboro j
in 12 hours. Instead of 12, 18
hours were consumed in making
the trip. Young sued for the
recovery of the sum paid for the '
ipecial train and for damages '
for mental distress caused by the '
lelav. He was awarded the full '
amount paid for the train and
f500 for mental anguish. I
Col. Olds, writing to the Wil- '
mington .Messenger, says that 1
the enrollment at the State Uni
versity is larger than ever before '
and the outlook better. The
number of students is 652. Nine- i
ty-two per cent, are from North I
jarolina. Mecklenburg has 30; I
Wake, 28; Orange, 35; New Han- '
nver, 13; Buncombe, 19 There e
are 213 Methodists, 136 Bap- c
tist, 113 Presbyterians, 92 Kpis- t
jopalians; 70 percent, are church j
members. Ten colleges and eighty- t
five schools are represented.
Eighty-eight per cent, passed
three-fourths of all the examina
tions. Several scholarships have (
been established as gifts. Car- (
?egie promises $50,000 for a li- f
brary if a like sum is raised. The ,
General Education Board of New .
York promises $2,500 About ,
,000 is needed to complete the
Y. M C. A building The an
nual appropriation to the Uni
fereitv bv the state is $45,000.
Pile totaiwincome is *104,000,
fxpenditure- ; 108,000.
Southern farmers can make
cotton cheaper than any other
people in the world, but that is
no reason they should make
more than they can sell profit
ably.? L mbertcn Argue.
GENERAL NEWS.
Seretary Bonaparte has recom
nended to the President that
Midshipman Minor Meriwether,
lr., third class, convicted of haz
ng, be pardoned.
Public building bills acted upon
avorably by the Senate com
nittee Wednesday were as fol
ows. Salisbury, N. C., f75,000;
<'ernandia, Fla., $100,000.
Simeon Wilder and John
ilatchett, of Wilder & Hatcbett,
law mill men. were killed by a
)oiler explosion Wednesday near
Llock Hill, Crawford county, Ga.
Cuba's wedding gift to Miss
Mice Roosevelt will be a collar
>f pearls. She received Wednes
lay a beautiful gobelin, repre
senting "Justice," a rare piece of
; a pee try sent by Prance.
Midshipman Laurens C. l)e
Saussaure, of Charleston, S. C.,
and Geo. H. Melvin, ofGenesgeo,
111., were formerly dismissed from
the Naval Academy at noon
Wednesday. Both had been con
victed of hazing.
The Clyde Steamship Company
has filed certificate of incorpora
tion at Augusta, Me., the capital
Btock being $14,000,000. It is
believed in New York that the
Clyde Line has been absorbed by
the Coast Steamship Combine.
The army appropriation bill
as agreed upon by the House
committee on military affairs
carries an appropriation of $5,
000 for the preservation for the
battlefield of Ball's Bluff, Lou
doun county, Virginia, and the
burial place of those killed in the
battle.
Robert M. Sutton, head of the
wholesale dry goods firm of the
R. M. Sutton Co., and one of the
most prominent ami widely
known merchants of Baltimore,
died this week in that city of
heart disease, after an illness of
some weeks. He was born in
Westmoreland county, Virginia,
in 1831.
BENSON NEWS.
Mr. Heber Creech spent last
Friday and Saturday in Smith
field.
Mr. J. E. Wall spent last Sun
day and Monday with his par
ents at Wilson's Mills.
Miss Addie Barber, of the Po
lenta section, is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. J. F. Lee this week.
Mr. D. B. Denning, one of
Johnston county's most success
ful farmers, killed two hoes a few
days ago that weighed 772 and*
5G3 pounds, respectively.
Mrs <1. II. Duncan who has
been running a hotel on R. R.
3treet for the past year has die?
iontined the hotel business and
moved to her residence on Main"
street.
The Benson Graded school con
tinues to increase in patronage;
2(54 students have already been
mrolled and Prof. Allen expects
to easily enroll 300 before this
term closes.
On Wednesday afternoon Feb
?uary 7th, at the home of the
jride's father, Mr. W. D.Thomfffl,
;he marriage of Miss Edna
rhomas to Mr. Ira Woodall was
lolemnized, Rev, D. F. Putnam
jfficiating. The bride and groom
ire both very popular young
people and are well known
;hroughout this section.
Solon.
An Oklahoma lover rode eight
een miles to get a marriage 11
tense, then had to pawn his mule
or monev to pay for it; and
dien walked back to the starting
joint, and was there ou time for
he ceo tnony.?Exchange.
Beats the Music Cure.
"To keep the body in tune,"
writes Mvs. Mary Brown, 20
Lafayette Place, Poughkeepsie,
N. Y., "I take Dr. King's New
Life Pills They are the most,
reliable and pleasant laxative I
have found.'' oest for the Stom
ach, Liver and Bowels. Guar
anteed by Hood Bros., druggists.
25c.