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VOL. 25. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 11.1907. NO. 45.
MR. JUSTICE ELECTED SPEAKER.
Dowd Received Next Highest Vote
Webb Protem ol Senate?Voted
to Meet In-Joint Session to
Hear Governor's
Message.
At the Caucus of the Demo-1
cratic members of the House)
held Tuesday night. Mr. E. J.
Justice, of Guilford County, was
chosen for speaker on the second ?
ballot, receiving 45 votes. Mr.'
Dowd received 22, Mr. Murphey
18, and Mr. Manning 4. On the
first ballot the vote stood Jus
tice 4L, Dowd 23, Murphey 20,
and Manning 6.
Chief Clerk, Frank D. Hackett,
of Wilkes, was unanimously
elected. F. B. Arendell, of
Wake, was re-elected recording
clerk and M. D. Kiusland, of
Haywood, was re-elected as en
grossing clerk.
At the Senate caucus Senator
Charles A. Webb, of Asheville,
was elected president-protem of
the Senate; A. J. Maxwell prin
cipal clerk; Robert L. Ballou,
reading clerk, and Charles Stray
horn, engrossing clerk.
The Legislature convened Wed
nesday at 12 o'clock, The first
business of the session in both
Houses was the selection of the!
nffinora
The Senate was called to order
by Lieutenant-Governor Wins
ton. The roll call showed 49
Senators present. Nominations
were then called for and the offi
cers selected in the caucus on
Tuesday night were duly elected.
A resolution was passed in
forming the House of Hepresen- j
tatives that the Senate had or
ganized and elected officers.
A resolution adopting the rules
and regulations of the Senate in
1905 was passed.
A resolution was passed ap-1
pointing a committee of two J
from the Senate and three from !
the House to notify the Govern
or that the Legislature. was or-1
ganized and ready for business. \
Senators Graham and Lovillj
were appointed on the part of
the Senate.
Senators Buxton, Webb and
Daniel were appointed a commit
tee on rules. At 1:48 o'clock
the Senate adjourned till four
o'clock.
At the afternoon session a
message was brought to the Sen
ate informing the body that the
House had been organized and
ready for business. A message
was also received from the House
informing the Senate that Rep- j
resentatives Doughton, Dowd,
Stickley and Carter had been ap
pointed to act with the Senatef
committee to wait on the Gov
CI UW1 ?
The committee waited on the
Governor and returned with the
following message: 'Your com
mittee has notified me that you
are organized and are prepared
to proceed with business. My
message will be ready to send
you Thursday morning and if
consistent with your idea of pro
priety, I would ask that you
meet in joint session in the House
of Representatives to-morrow
morning at an hour fixed
by you that I may in person,
read my message to your honor
able body, as there are some
things I desire especially to em
phasize. This was an old cus
tom, and I think a good one,and
a personal meeting with you will
be appreciated by me." A motion
was then passed, appointing two
Senators to meet with these Rep
resentatives from the House to
arrange for a joint meeting
Thursday morning. President
Winston appointed Senators
Aycock and Redwine. The Sen
ate adjourned at 5:55.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The House of Representatives
was called to order at 12 o'clock
by Chief Clerk Frank Hackett,
who was chief clerk of the House
in 1905. After all the members
had been sworn in the House
proceeded to elect officers.
Representative W. C. Dowd
placed in nomination Mr. E. J.
Justice, of Guilford. The nomi
nation was seconded by Mr. J. S.
Maaning, of Durham. The Re- i
publicans presented the name of
Representative M. N. Harshaw,
of Caldwell. Mr. Justice received
95 votes and Mr. Harshaw 32.
Messrs. Harshaw and Dowd
were appointed a committee to
escort Mr. Justice to the chair.
Mr. Justice addressed the
House, making a strong speech.
In this speech he took a strong
stand against the tyranny of the
trusts and the public service cor
porations.
After the other officers of the
House had been elected and ad
journment was taken to four
o'clock.
At the afternoon session a reso
lution was passed appointing a
committee of live to act with the
committee of the Senate to in
form the Governor that the Leg
is lature was organized and
ready for business. The rules of
the last House were adopted for
the present.
A message from the Governor
similar to the one received in the
Senate was received in the House.
Mr. Doughton offered a resolu
tion requesting the Governor to
present his message to the House
and Senate in joint session. This
brought about quite a warm dis-1
cussion, some members favoring
the plan and others opposing it.
The motion was finally adopt
ed and the House adjourned at
6.15.
Sherirr Nowell Weds.
The marriage of R. M. Lowell, |
the newly elected and popular
Sheriff of Johnston county to
Miss Mattie Mae Mizzell was cele
brated in the Raptist church at
Lewiston, Rertie county, on yes
terday at high noon.
Those accompanying the groom
on his happy mission were: Dr.
Geo. D. Nick, Messrs. S. P. Wood,
L. D. Debnam and L. W. Rich
ardson, of Selma. and Dr. Hol
land of Smithfield.
Mr. L. D. Debnam was best
man and Miss Helen Sallinger
was maid of honor. Rev. M. Gay
was the officiating minister and
the ring ceremony was used. ?
The groom's gift to his bride
was a handsome sunburst dia
mond and pearl brooch.
The church was decorated in
artistic arrangement for the
occasion and the ceremony was
one of peculiar interest owfng to
the prominence of the contract
ing parties. After the marriage
the bride and groom left imme
diately for a short bridal trip.
The many handsome and cost
ly presents attest the esteem in
which the parties are held. The
bride is the lovely and accom
plished daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. D. Mizell, of Lewiston, and
she has a host of friends. While
the groom is well and popularly
known as Johnston's High
Sheriff;
i Lie .ibwo e.\pitr?ses to me
young couple its heartiest felici
tations and good wishes for a
long, bright and prosperous mar
ried life.
It will be of especial interest to
Selma people to know that they
will make their home here.?Sel
ma News, January 3rd.
The Telephone Question.
The Merchants' Association of
Smithfield has resolved to dis
continue the use of telephones in
their stores, residences and offices
on and after January 15 except
at the following rates; $2 per
month for business phones, $1.50
for residence 'phones, $3 for busi
ness and residence 'phones com
bined and $1 for residence
'phones with two or more on
same line. We don't know what
telephone company operates in
Smithfield nor what prices are
charged, but the indications are
that it will suffer a boycott un
less it comes to the figures ne n- j
ed.?Statesville Landmark.
The Right Name.
Mr. August Sherpe, the popu
lar overseer of the poor, at Fort
Madison, la., says: "Dr. King's
New Life Pills are rightly nam
ed; they act more agreeably, do
more good and make one feel
better than any other laxative."
Guaranteed to cure biliousness
and constipation. 25c at Hood
Bros, drng store.
COMMISSIONERS MEETING.
Usual Routine Business Transacted And
Accounts Allowed?Stock Law And
Bridge Commissioners Appoint
ed?Jurors For March Term
Of Court Drawn.
The Board of County Commis
sioners met .Monday in regular
session with Chairman W. T.
Bailey, W. G. Wreun, Eli S. Tur
lington and N. \Y. Smith present.
Allen Iv. Smith being sick, was
unable to atteud. The piincipal
work of Monday was the usual
routine business, hearing com
plaints and allowing accounts.
E. Grant presented his bond as
constable of Selma Township.
The Bond was apposed and he
was sworn in. T he bond of C 8.
Upchurch, constable of Bentons-,
ville Township, was approved
and he was sworn in.
At Tuesday's session the fob
lowing Stocklaw Commissioners
were appointed:
Pleasant Grove and Elevation
?B. A. Coats.
Ingrams and Smithtield?C. D.
Smith.
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i>eais?iv. 11. uouwiu.
Wilders?A. F. Whitley.
Selma and Pine Level?I. A.
Ingram and James P Easom.
The following llridge Commis
sioners were appointed:
Clayton?VI. M. Galley.
Cleveland?Thad Stevens.
Pleasant Grove?R 1. Ogburn.
Elevation?.). S. Johnson.
Banner?B. 1) Creech.
Meadow?L. P. Johnson.
Bentonsville?W. N. Kose, Jr.
lugrams? C. L>. Smith.
Boon Hill?G. F. Woodard.
Beulah?D. H. Baglev.
O'Neals? VV.T. Parker.
Wilders?A. F. Whitley.
Wilson's Mills?C. M. Wilson, j
Pine Level?E. T. Futrell.
Smithtield?Z. L. LeMay.
Selma?C. Godwin.
Thefollowingjurors weredrawn
for the March term of the Johns
ton County Superior Court:
First week?J. W. Jones, W. 1).
Thomas, A. C. Johnson, J. H.
Stevenson, W. H. Johnson, G. H.
King, T. W. LeMay, H. V. Faulk
ner, R. H. Gower, J. E. Harrison,
J. 1). Gulley, Willis Jones, D. S.
Parrish, J. L. Jones, W. T. Par-1
ker, W. H. Barnes, J. T. Edger
ton, J. T. Godwin, Geo. P. Mas
sey, D. B. Langley, J. C. Keen, J.
A. Massengill, W. H. Britt, W.P.
Hines, J.J.Hudson, W.J. Ad
ams, W. G. Yelvington, H. A.
Peterson, J. C. Ennis, John R.
Creech, E. B. Starling, J. W.
Liles, I. A. Ingram, J. C. Brown,
J. A. Batten and J. W. Barnes.
Second week?Ransom G. Al
len, P. G. Godwin, R. H. Steven
son, A. L. Coats, W. H. Barnes,
J. A. Hinnant, I). C. Jones, Wal
ter O'Neal, N. R. Pike, W. H.
Edgerton, J. H. Allen, J. M.
Rhodes, G. M. Godwin, Robert
Sanders, W. L. Woodall, Alvin
Crumpler, L). J. Broadwell and !
Jno. I. Whitley.
A Gigantic Combine.
The capital of Ilarriman rail
way properties is as follows:
Union Pacific?Capital etock,
$295,000,000; bonded debt, I
$200,000,000.
Southern Pacific-Capital stock
$237,000,000; bonded debt,
$371,000,000. I
Oregon Short Line?Capital
stock, $27,000,000; bonded
debt. $76,000,000.
Oregon Kail way and Naviga
tion?Capital stock, $35,000,
000; bonded debt, $21,000,000.
Grand total, $1,365,303,745. j
?Baltimore Sun, 6th.
Compulsory Education.
People interested in education
are talking a great deal about
the earnest recommendation
made by State Superintendent
Joyner for a compulsory law for
which tax payers in any section
can avail themselves, either upon
petition of majority or upon a
regular election as the county
commissioners may deem best.
The first suggestion of the
compulsory law was made some
years ago by Superintendent
.Me bane.?Kaleigh Correspen
dence Wifcnington Messenger.
General News Items.
The Shah of Persia died Tues
day evening at Teheran.
The huge British warship,
Dread naught is coming to Amer
ican waters.
It is reported that Mexican
troops killed 30 strikers Tuesday |
at Orizaba.
Twenty-eight thousand men
are on strike in Mexico, aud pil
laging and violence is reported.
All the regiments of negro
troops in the United States haye
been ordered to the Philippines.
William T. Stead, the great
London editor, is making a tour
of the world in the interest of in
ternational peace.
The Comptroller of che Cu'rren
cv believes the liabilities of the
Waynesburg, Pa., bank which
failed wiil reach f2,000,000.
The French Government will
drop- the words "God Protect,
France" from coins and the in
scription, "Liberty, Equally and
Fraternity" will appear instead, j
In the hearing of the case a
gainst the negro corporal at * ort
Reno, Okla., for attempting to
assassinate Capt. Macklin, it was
developed that there was a plot
to murder all the white officers.
Upon being refused a loan of
$5,000 in the Fourth Street Na- j
tional Bank in Philadelphia Sat- i
urda.v an unknown man dropped
a bomb, blowing himself to
pieces, killing the cashier, injur
ing six others and wrecking the
interior of the bank; two of the!
injured may die, one of them be
ing William Crump, the colored
messenger,whose eyes were blown
out and his scalp torn off.
Henry Hildebrand and Frank
P. Hoffmyer, engineer and con
ductor, respectively, of the train
which rau into a passenger train
near Washington a few days a
go, causing the death of 40 or
more passengers and the injury
of a large number, and who were
arrested for criminal negligence,
have been released on bond. The
engineer's bond is $7,500 and
the conductor's $5,000.
Will Scott, colored, was lynch
ed at Midway, Ala., Thursday.
He had recently completed a term
in the penitentiary. On Wednes
day night he entered the room of
a youg white woman at Midway
and attempted to assault her.
Her screams frightened him
away. He was arrested, con
fessed and was lynched, his body
being riddled with bullets, as is
usual in such cases.
senator Daniel, of Virginia,
delivered a strong speech on the
President's message, dismissing
troops for shooting up Browns
ville, making a convincing, argu-;
ment that Mr. Roosevelt was
acting within his rights under
the constitution and articles of
war; Mr. Daniel demonstrated
that it was not a race question
but one of maintaining discipline
necessary to an efficient army, i
dismissal being imperative wheth
er the troops were white or black.
Will Harvey, a negro, was
hanged at Mayorsville, Miss.,
fhursday, three minutes before
notice that his sentence had been
commuted reached the sheriff of
Issaquena county. Harvey's at
tourney was notified by Rov.
Vardaman that the negro's sen
tence had been commuted to
imprisonment for life. He hur
riedly called up the Issaquena
sheriff, but the latter did not
reach the telephone untill three
minutes after the drop fell. The
negro was convicted of killing
another negro.
In the Senate Tuesday Mr.
Overman of North Carolina op
posed any legislation affecting
:hild labor, making an elaborate
argument that it is not a matter
nf interstate commerce but a
question for the idividual States;
ne favored such laws as would 1
protect children, contended that
f Congress can prohibit inter
itate shipments of the products
nf child labor in factories, Feder
al authority could be exercised
nver all labor that produces any
thing that goes into trade with
nther states.
CORONER'S JURY PLACES BLAME.
Conductors and Engineers of Both
Trains, Train Dispatcher and Tele
graph Operator Held to Be Sub
jects for the Grand Jury In
quiry.
Washington, Jan. 9.?The cor
oner's inquest over the Terra
Cotta wreck on Sunday night,
December 80, to-night held for
the action of the grand jury
Harry H. Hilderbraud, engineer
of the "dead" trftiu No. 2120;
Frank T. Hoffmier, conductor of
that train; P. P. Dent, night
train dispatcher at Daltimore;
William E. McCaulley, division
operator of the Daltimore and
Ohio Railroad; 11. L. Vermillion,
engineer of ltcal train No. 60; J.
W. Kelley, Jr., trainmaster of
the Daltimore and Ohio, and
William Dutrow, the telegraph
operator at Silver Spring.
AH the men held except Dent,
McCaulley and Kelley were in the
building where the inquest was
held, and were at once placed un
der arrest.
Ik.,? : ??J -
uubu unuiB me jury rewreu to
day Charles W. Galloway, super
intendent of the Baltimore and
Ohio, was asked by the coroner
if he had heard all the testimony
and he replied that he had. Lie
was astced if he could point out
any rule which had been violated
by the witness in his case. Mr.
Galloway replied: "They have
all been violated: all the rules re
lating to the movement of
trains." Mr. Galloway says that
in his opinion, the engineer and
conductor of No. 2120, the
"dead" train, were equally re
sponsible. Lie was asked if he
was surprised at the disclosure
apparently showing laxity
among the operators regarding
the rules governing their posi
tion. lie said:
"I am surprised at their disre
gard of the trust. 1 can only
say that in operating a railroad
you must depend upon the fideli
ty and trustworthiness of the
employes. If they are lackiug in
that, i know nothing that will
compensate for it."
The verdict of the jury was
that the deaths were caused "by
impact, due to the act of Opera
tor William Dutrow, in display
ing an improper signal to the
crew of train No. 2120," and di
rects that Dutrow be held for the
action of the grand jury.
The jury also held for the grand
jury the others already mention
ed as responsible in a less degree
for the deaths. The jury ar
raipfred the block system on the
Baltimore and Ohio as not af
fording satisfactory protection
to the lives and property and
signal men on the road and
recommended that all block sig
nal stations be kept open twen
ty-four hours a day and no addi
tional duties be given the opera
tors aside from working the sig
nals and attending to their tele
graphic duties.
TO ENJOY A GOOD DINNER.
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How to Avoid Distress and Indiges
tion After Eating.
Let us show you how to enjoy
a good dinner, how to regain the
appetite of your childhood, and
to relish your food.
There is no need of any self
denyiug diet list, no call for
nasty and disagreeable medicine,
no list of hard exercises; simply
a Mi-o-na stomach tablet before
each meal, and one before going
to bed, and it will so strengthen
the stomach that a good dinner
will give you pleasure and com
fort without the least fear of
distress.
The best proof of the value of
our advice is the fact that Hood
Bros, give a positive guarantee
(applying to two 10c baxes of
Mi-o-na) that your money will be
refunded unless the remedy
cures. A guarantee like this
must give you confidence in
ill-o-na stomach tablets.
Mi o -na is not a mere digestive
with only temporary relief, but
a epecillc for all disorders of the
Btomaeh, strengthening the di
gestive organs and making a
permanent oure.
State News Notes.
The Methodists of Mooresville
are preparing to build a new
church to cost $15,000.
A charter iias been granted the
Hdgecombe Publishing Company
of Tarboro, capital stock $10,
000.
New Berne will vote, February
j 5, on the question of establish
ing a dispensary. The town is
now drv.
I
Tbe Asheville plumbers who
were striking for $4 per day and
eight hours work, will get the $4
but will work nine hours.
Fred Messer, of White Oak
township, Haywood County, is
112 years old. He lives with his
daughter who is ninety years
old.
The corporation commission
has made an order requiring the
Southern Kailwav Company to
build a new freight depot at the
town of Reidsville.
The High Point VeneeringCom
pany has been authorized to in
crease its capital stock from
$50,000 to $135,000. J. A.
Clinard is its president.
The depot at N'euse, on the
Seaboard Air Line road, ten
miles from Raleigh, and seven
loaded railroad cars, were burn
ed Thursday morning.
Congressman Blackburn's pa
per, the Tar Heel, published at
Greensboro, has been placed in
the hands of a receiver on peti
tion of the stockholders.
The Charlotte Observer says
that Rev. P. R. Law, of Lumber
Bridge, Robeson county, has
contracted for the Presbyterian
Standard, and will take it over
so soon as the present corpora
tion that owns it can be dissolv
ed. Certain legal steps must be
taken before the transfer can be
made.
The directors of the peniten
tiary report to the Governor
that that institution has a net
surplus of $242,134.82 from the
profits, which will not be required
for operating expenses next year.
It is a pleasure to know that the
State prison is at last paying
back some of the many thou
sands it has cost the State in
years agone.
It is learned from the Enter
prise that Rev. Dr. William Wal
ter Pharr, of Mooresville, pastor
of Center and Prospect Presby
terian churches, near Mooresville,
celebrated his 75th birthday on
New Year's Day, having with
him his children and a few friends.
His wife died several years ago.
I)r. Pharr has been pastor of
Center church for near a half
century?to be exact about 48
or 47 years If we are not mis
taken that church was his first
charge when he entered on the
active work of the ministry.
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l ne negro ri en ry waiter wno
wan convicted of burglary some
weeks ago was hanged at Gra
ham Tuesday. About the first
of December Walker confessed
that he committed the crime for
which he was convicted and im
plicated Annie Turner and Fan
nie McCain. While on the scaf
fold Tuesday he declared he was
innocent of the crime and that
neither of the two women above
mentioned had anything to do
with it. It will be remembered
that on the night of November
6th, Walker secreted himself in
the home ef Mr. L. Banks Holt
and shot him through the head.
He was at once tried, found guil
ty and sentenced to be hanged
on December 6th. Thegovernor
respited him in order that he
might give evidence in the trial
of the two negro women.
How to Cure Chilblains.
"To enjoy freedom from chil
blains," writes John Kemp, East
Otistield, Me., "1 apply EJuck
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used it for sal* rhonm with ex
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pilas. burns, wounds, frost bites
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