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EDITORIAL COMMENT. We Are A Kingdom. There ie nothing plainer than j that there ie a being somewhere who rules the world. There ie a king of all other kings and a lord of all other lords. He ie \ high abore any earthly govern or and government. In the pact be has ruled this world. Even now he is ruling it, and he will continue to rule it. Men go along forgetful of him and ig nore hie government but everyj now and then he shows them that he has a hand in their af-' fairs. He can bless or he can curse and none can hinder. We j should be very careful to do I nothing to invoke hie displeas ure. We are a kingdom, Hod is j the King and we are the subjects to be loyal to the King. How j can we expect peace and pros- [ perity when so many are unruly ' and disobedient to Him? How : can we expect blessings when so ' many are living in open rebellion against Him? >owe people m J onnscon coun ty think we are ruined financial ly and forever unless some ar rangements can be made so that fruits and berries made into ci der, wine and brandy can be sold to their neighbors. Let us see what the King has to say about it. In Habakkuk second chapter and fifteen verse he says: "Woe to him that giveth his neighbor drink that puttest thy bottle to him and makest him drunken." Here He does not re fer to a drink of any particular name but to any drink that will make drunk. Can we afford to displease the King and bring down upon us a woe or curse from Him just for the little mon ey that the cider, wine and bran dy will bring? It pays to do right. It will pay the people of Johnston county to do right in this matter. It may not seem to pay now but it will pay in the end. The King tells us that He controlls the rains and seasons and sends them as He chooses. Two or three days of rain when the crops have had all they can stand would damage our crops to such an extent that the loss would amount to far more than all the money deriving from the sale of cider, wine and brandy. Temperance And Prohibition. Prohibition naturally follows temperance work as day follows I night. In fact next in import ance to temperance agitation is 1 the passage of prohibition laws.! The reason is this. There are i people all about who are inclined to drink liquor and will certain ly drink it if it is within their reach, but ii it is hard to get or cannot be had they will leave it off and save their money for other and better purposes. There are boys and young men who are constantly exposed to temptations where liquor is sold and many of them will drink and acquire a thirst tor it and hab its of drinking by being exposed to the temptation. Under pro hibition they would become steady and useful citizens. Of j course everybody knows there are a lew men who will have liquor no matter what trouble or cost there is in getting it but I their number is comparatively I small and will become smaller! the longer prohibition is tried. The man who 6ays he is for j temperance but opposed to pro- : hibition is either not much of a temperance man or he has not seen the matter in the proper light. The man who says he is in favor of drinking but opposed j to drunkeness is very inconsist-! ? ent, because drinking is what causes drunkeness, and when there are many people drinking there will be drunkeness but he! is not any more inconsistent j than the man who says he is a temperance man, but opposes j prohibition. If people want temperance they must take pro hibition. The one cannot be come and remain a success with out the other. Sending Money Out of The County. ! Ojcasionally we here some body saving something about money being sent out of the county for liquor. Now and then a man makes a great ado over i this fact, claiming that liquor should be manufactured here and the money kept at home. This talk is by opposers of the tem perance laws. A few years ago when tnere were fourteen saloons in Smitbheld and several in every other town in the county and1 whiskey drummers were aU over the couuty sometimes as many j as half dozen in one town at a . time and liquor was being ship- , ped to points in the county daily ( in barrels, kegs and crates we ( I beard nothing from the liquor! [oiks about mouey going out of ] the county. We knew as well before the passage of the temperance laws as we do now that liquor would be ordered. There is nothing surprising about it. Certain men have been drinking regularly all their lives and we did not think all of them would qui* as soon as temperance laws were passed. If temperance work and temperance laws will prevent three fourths: or four fifths of the drinking a great amount of good will be Ac complished. If temperance helps some of the drinkers and pro tects the young men and boys it is certainly worth working for. The temperance people all regret that people order liquor and thereby waste there money but the history of prohibition in oth er places is that ordering decreas es every year. Sickness in Johnston. .Johnston county has a good health record. It is considered one of the healthiest counties in the State. It is well situated for health, being on tie line between the Hat country of the eastern part of the state and the high ; hills of the eeutral part of North Carolina. Except on the rivers and large creeks there are very few < chills and fevers and there is far less typhoid fever then further west among the hills and moun tains. We are proud of many things connected with Johnston county and her healthiness i among them. Hut some are in favor of a movement which may put John ston on the sickly list. There is some talk of establishing a medi cal dispensary in the county and of course that would soon mean one in every town in the county. Under this arrangement very slight cases of sickness would have to be treated at once and we fear that the very thoughts of the medical dispensary would j make people sick. Years ago we remember that people used liquor for almost everything. It had to go with guinine and other medicines. 1 ? had to be used to help in swal lowing medicines. It is not used so often now. People have found that in many cases it is a hin drance instead of a help. Even now it is used when it is not nee cessary. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the sick will do just i as well without it. In most cases the people who want liquor for sickness would drink it up before any real sickness came if each one of them was given a gallon for medicinal purposes. Liquor, no doubt, kills as many as 999 for every one it saves and | yet it is wanted as a medicine. No other medicine with such a record would be used at all. , Why the Dispensaries Were Voted Out. J < Iccasionally we hear it said that , the dispensaries were voted out , because the town people saw 1 they would have to let part of , the profits go to the county \ schools. This idea about the , matter is altogether wrong We know all about the move- , ment to get the dispensaries out t and can state positively that . this was net the cause. They were voted out on account of their demoralizing effect on the people and for no other reason. Place a saloon or a distillery ori< a dispensary in a country neigh- j 1 borhood and at once its evil < work begins. Men who drink go I to drinking more, and others i who have not been drinking take i up the drink habit. Hoys and I young men are led off, labor is i made very unsatisfactory and 1 things go wrong generally, i Some good neighborhoods have I been ruined this way. A town is 1 nothing more than a thickly set- i tied neighborhood. A distillery i or saloon or dispensary has even 1 a worse effect on a town than on >. a country neighborhood. . Few people would accept this state ment as true but there can be plenty reasons shown why it is so. For several years the town people had been getting tired of liquor selling in their midst i They had been planning to get clear of it. Tbev stood it until they decided to rid themselves of it no matter what anybody thought about it or said about < it or did about it. The anti-die peneary movement was not as some imagine to avoid giving part of the profits to the county schools but to stopselbngliquor. We know that the people of Smithfleld were arranging to vote out their dispensary some time before the matter of divid ing the profits with the country schools was brought up. It was not a money c< i sideration at ill. Smithfle'd v ted out the lispensary and in a few days voted a special tax for school | purposes. They decided they I bad rather pay to run the schools than to be troubled with the ef fects of the dispensary. The j mau in the country who blatnes the town people for voting out the dispensaries tattes a wrong1 view of the matter. The Cider Question. Under the temperance laws as they now stand every man has a right to make his apples into ci der and sell it while it is sweet; or after it becomes vinegar. All! who want hard cider can buy it sweet or have it delivered to them from the press and put it away until it becomes hard which only requires a short time. Some take their fruit to a neighbor's mill and make it into cider while others buy fruit and make it into cider where they buy it of carry it otf elsewhere to a mill. All this is going on now so that there is no great cider famine in ' the country. But the poiut over which there is some conten tion is the right to retail hard cider. The cider makers want to haul it to the towns and sell it on the streets and in the back '? lots, they want to take it to nic- i nics and public speakings and public gatherings of all kinds, they want to run at the homes and at cioss roads cider houses, which in many cases where wine and blockade liquor is added would b4 . ?hing less than sa loons in the country. Cider drinking like other liq-! uor drinking is a useless habit, i Wheu a bov we drank hard cider until it was seen to be a useless habit and have not used as much 1 as a gallon of it in the past thir-! ty years. It is but little trouble to leave it otf when a man makes up his mind to do sd. The only | safe rule to make and follow is to drink nothing that will make a person drunk. When people spend money for cider usually they Deed it far worse to buy things for the home. Often they spend money for cider which should be spent for school books and food and clothing for their families. ft* __i ? *?' ?i e nave never Deen able to see much protit in cider for the man who makes and sells it. If he will count the use of his land where the trees grow, the cost < ' gs and barrels, the time and required to get it ready for market, the loss by givihg away some and selling a lot of it o.i credit and the bother he and his family have with the drinkers and drunkards every day, and often at night and on Sundays we think he will find but little pay in it after all. Going all over Johnston coun ty we do not believe there is more than one farmer in every two hundred who would sell tiard cider. It does seem they tvould be willing to yie'd in this matter. They are demanding a good deal when they ask that the people bear the expense and troubles of cider drinking and :hat the temperance laws be Drokeu into just for their cider selling. But this whole matter is with he people of the 1 county and hey can do about it as they hink best. Blaiming the Wrong Men. Here and there over the county i.re to oe found men, favoring iiquor who lay heavy blame on jur senator and members of the egislaure on account of the temperance laws. These men should place the blame where it belongs if there is any blame con-j Qected with the matter. I*et us, look back and see. The temper ance people thought the time I bad come for some temperance I legislation. Petitions were cir-j culated in different parts of the' county asking that a prohibition law be passed. This work was never completed but it was car- j ried on until a majority of all the voters had signed. These j were presented to the senator; and members of the legislature j and they refused to pass thejaw j Next petitions were sent to them by .Smithtield.Selma, Pine Level, Clayton and Kenly asking that they be allowed to vote as to j whether they should continue the dispensaries or not. This request was granted. What else could the senator and legislators have done than to restore to the people the right to vote on these | questions? If they had all been j strongly in favor of liquor how could they have refused the peo ple the right to vote and decide j these matters themselves? Don't j blame them for the temperance aws. Blame the tnousauds who ?igned the petitions. Blame the leople who did the voting. If ?ny blame auywbere these are ;he people to blame. Put the dame where it belongs. Hon. Ashley Home for Senator. With great pleasure 1 present lor the consideration of the vot ers of this senatorial district a man who is in every way identi fied in every way with every in-s terest that is for the upbuilding and advancement of our grand j old state of North Carolina and especially Johnston county. Hon. Ashley Home is the mau | whom we should nominate by acclamation to represent this| Senatorial district in the uext Legislature. And if you will allow me, 1 will suggest Hon. Ed. S. Abellto rep resent Johustou county in the lower house of the Legislature. The above gentlemen are too well known to the voters of John-! ston county for me to say much | in their behalf, but suffice it to say, their past records will bear the X-rays of the most fastidious votei of ourCommonwealth. Now iu all seriousness, voters, the above named men will add honor aud strength to our uext Legislative body. J. H. B. Tomi.insox. To Remote Friendlv Relations With South America. The third International Amer ican conference to which Mr. Koosevelt appointed ex-liovern or Aycock, which will be called to order at Kio Janeiro this af ternoon, is one of a great trilogy of American family gatherings duriug the close ol the past, aud the beginning of the present cen tury destined, in the opinion of publicists, to have a most im portant bearing on the future of the nations of the Western Hem isphere. Convinced in the mind of the late Secretary Blaine, the idea of bringing into close rela tions the different governments of North, Central and South American bad not only a sensa tional and political, but also a business like side that at once attracted the attention of Eu rope. For up to the early '!)()'s. owing in large part to difficul ties of communication; to lact of j cables; to the mutual absence of knowledge of the resources or the two continents of the Western Hemisphere, the commerce be tween North aud South America has been insignificant in volume and the commercial nations of Europe were monopolizing the trade of Latin-America. A Family Reunion. Tbe anDual family reunion was celebrated at tbe residence of Mr. P. G. Godwin near BeDson on Thursday July 19, 1900. Tbe children and grand children be-, gan to gather themselves togeth er about nine o'clock and in a short time they had all arrived at their old former home being 8 children and 17 grand children present. About 10 o'clock Hlder Burnice Wood begun the reunion service followed by Mr. R. 1 Aus tin. When this was over, all were invited to partake of the nice cold drinks, such as milk shakes lemonades and ice cream. It was amusing to see how much those dear little boys and girls did enjoy the delicious cold drinks and talk to each other j about the reunion. About 12 o'clock dinner was announced and a long table was placed be neath the shades of the sycamore trees in the yard and upon it was spread a dinner that was not only enjoyed by tbe little |, folks but by all present. After all had|eaten until their appetites were satisfied Mr. W. A. Gasque, of Benson, brought forth his camera and took the| photos of tbe entire family. I When the photos were taken all i assembled in the house as it was raining at this hour and Elder Bernice Wood preached the re union sermon. The day was pleasantly spent I by all present and everybody in union and we trust all will stay j in union and by and by have a glorious reunion in Heaven. A Friend. TO CURE A COLD IN' ONE DAY Take LAX ATIVE BR'>MOQuin ine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. | GROVE'S signature on every box. 25c. Drove Nails Into Her Head. Paragould, Ark , July 21.? Word has been received here from Lorado, Ark., of the suicide of Mrs. Azalia Tbompkins,seven ty years of age, who drove two 10-peony nails into her head. She was blind and partially deaf, and had once before attempted suicide by cuttiug her throat. Spiers' Bargain Department has been moved to the rear cf the new store. ENCAMPMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD AT MOREHEAD CITY, N. C. The Kncatupaieu* of North Carolina Troops <at Morehead City, N. will take place during July and Autrust as shown b". low: July 2.1th to August 3rd, 190*5, inclusive: Battery A, of Charlotte, N. C. Second Regiment, consisting of following companies: Co. A. Tarboro, N. C. Co. B, Kinston, " Co. C, WilmingtoD, " Co. D, Goldsboro, " Co. E, Goldsboro, " Co. P, Fayetteville, " Co. G, Washington, " Co. H, Clinton, " Co. I, Edenton, " Co. K. Wilson, Co. L, Lumber Bridge, " Co. M, Maxton, Second Regiment Band, Kinston, N. C. Hospital Corps, Clinton, " Augu>t lltli to 20th, inclusive. First Regiment, consisting of following companies: Co. A, Shelby, " Co. B, Salisbury. " Co. C, Winston-Salem, " Co. D. Charlotte, " Co. E, Statesville, " Co. F, A sheville, Co. G, Shelby. Co. H, Wayuesville, " Co. I, Mt. Airy, Co. K, Asheville, Co. L, Concord, Co. K. High Point. " First Regiment Band, Ashe ville, " Hospital Corps, Charlotte, " Reduced rates account of the encampment have been author ized by the Atlantic & North Car olina Railroad from all stations on its line to Morehead City and return. TO MY FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS IN THE TOBACCO BUSINESS. I wish to announce that after a thorough investigation and an honest consideration of the ex isting conditions, I have united myself with Messrs Boyett Bros-, of Smithfield, and will be with them in the warehouse bus iness the coming season. In making this transfer of business I wish to extend to all my friends my highest appreciation for the liberal patronage ihey have giv en me in Benson; and I Wish to state that my great object in go ing on the Smithfield market is to get where I shall be better able to take care of my custom ers. We have every advantage in Smithfield that is to be had on any live and up-to-date tabacco market; and we shall spare no effort in giving our customers the full benefit of everv advant age that we. have. I shall look after my friends personally, and hope to see them one and all bring their tobacco straight to the Farmers Warehouse, Smith field, N. C., and we assure you that you shall have the best ac comodations and the highest available prices that can be had anywhere. Yours to serve, J. W. Jones. FARMS FOR SALE. We have a tract of land near Smithfield for sale that we will divide iuto tracts of 50, 100 or more acres to suit purchasers. Fine hog and cattle rauge Con venient to church and erh ol. Healthy location. i'rices and terms very reasonable. Call on or write to S. 8. Holt, Smithfield. or T. B. Allen, Four Oak. HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE IN CLAYTON, N. C. Four room house, plastered and nicely finished,good well water. Good barn and sta bles, smoke-house and wash house. Splendidly located. Terms Cash Reason for selling?going to tbecountry See me at once. J. B. Harrison, CLAYTON, N. C. , Dr. J. J. Youir Dr. Battle A. Hocutt Having associated myself with ' Dr. Battle A. Hocutt I wish to ear to my former patrons anil friends that all of our patients will receive the careful study and attention of each of us.?Da, J. J. Yocno, for DRS.YOUNG& HOCUTT , CLAYTON, N. C. July 2, 1900. HOLUSTEP 9 Rocky Mountain Te2 Nuggets A Eupj Medioin* fcr Br if Eacp.e Brinfi Golden Heaith and Reoewed Vigor A PTx?"iflc f r C-?D?*tlp r. ir.n. lri .ipastiot I >e and K. v eni lnvpun Bad Pr*?arh. s'i Bt w#-1* H*-u and Backache, i? * R fry v., ..ntnin Tea in tat let form, h t ~ (F'tu ? "iade b OOL: iv-r-' ii Hfi j Company, Mruisom Wi*. 30LOEW JUJGGETS fOH SALLOW PfOPu I NOTICE OF ELECTION. The voters of the town v'v Smithfield will take notice tbaT the Board of Commissioners of said town have called an election to be held in the several wardbfe o! said town on 6th day of Aug ust, 1906, to vote on the proposi tion to issue five thousand dol lars ($5,000.00) worth of 0 per cent 20 year bonds for necessary expenses and improvements in completitig the Market Hovumt and Town Hall. You will further take notice that an entire new registration has been ordered in the several wards; And that the following have been appointed Registrars for their respective wards to art in above said election. First ward?V. N. Barbour Second ward?G. N. Peacock Third ward?1. W. Setter, Fourth ward?O V. Booker. e. j. Holt, Mayor June 18, 1906. Trinity College Four Dep-.rtnnnts ? Collegiate '-r;. duute. Engineering ami ban , Large ihrary facilities. YWl) equip pep laboratories in all department* ? f science, Gymnasium furnished tiest apparatus. Expenses very mo/tn ate. Aid for worthy students. Voung men wishing to study Law should inves tigate the superior advan tages offered by the De partnient of LAW in.' Trinity College. . . . For catali gue and further informs tion, address, I). W. NEWSOM, Kegistvst. l)l kmam. n. C - UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 1789-1906 Head of the State's Educational.Syste* Departments Collegiate, Engineering. Graduate, Law, Medicine. Pharmacy. Library contain? 43.000 vain ait:;. Cte?w water work?, electric lights centra} heating system. New dormi tories, nj iiirasiuin, 1. M, C. A. building. 682 Students. 74 in Faculty The Fall Term Begins Sept. 10, 1 t?G6. 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