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VOL. 25. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 18.1907. NO. 40.
LEGISLATORS NOW AT WORK.
Some Of The Most Important Meas
ures Introduced In The General
Assembly.
The General Assembly of 1907
is uosv busy at work legislating
for the people of North Carolina
Up to Wednesday night several
important bills had been intro
duced. Among those of most
general interest to the State we
note the following:
Representative Bickett, of
Franklin, introduced a bill pro
viding for mental defectives by
creating a Hospital Committee,
composed of theSuperinteudents
of the three Hospitals and four
other business men, to be named
by the Governor, to purchase
1000 acres of land and to estab
lish a colony system of treatment
for the less violent insane and
epileptics, Also to purchase 500
acres of land for the colored in
sane. For this expense he recom
mended a bond issue of $300,000.
Representative Laughinghouse,
of Pitt, has introduced a bill to
abolish secondclass railroad fares
and fix a uniform rate of two |
cents per mile.
Senator Fleming, of Pitt, has
introduced a bill to pay solicitors
of the Superior Courts a fixed
salary instead of fees as at pres
ent. HiB bill provides that Solici
tors shall be paid a salary of
$2750 per year. Senator Webb
introduced a similar measure to
fix the salary at $2000 per year.
Other similar measures have
been introduced.
Speaker Justice has introduced
three bills relating to the rail
roads. One of these bills relates
to the passenger rates on the
railroads and fixes the general
rate at two cents per mile. The
second bill relates to the hours
of work for railroad employes
and provides that conductors,
tflagmep, engineers, telegraph
operators and others engaged in
the operation of trains snail not
work more than eight hours out
of twenty-four. The third bill
prohibits the issuing of free trans
portation and franks, and re
quires railroad companies to
provide a seat for every passen
ger. Senator Graham, of Orange,
also introduced a bill relating to
free transportation. Senator
Graham introduced a second bill
to define the rights of entering
and ieaviug trains. Another
bill of his provides that passen
ger rates be reduced forflrstclass
to two-and one-half cents per
mile and second class to two
cents per mile.
A bill was introduced in the
House Saturday to appropriate
an additional $25,000 to the
Jamestown Exposition.
A joint resolution has been in
troduced, and reported favora
bly,instructing the State's Repre
sentatives and Senators in Con
gress to use their united efforts
and influence to secure the pas
sage of a bill to prohibit the
shipping of intoxicating liquors
into prohibition territory in this
State. .
A joint resolution has been i
Easeed, providing for the cele-,
rating of General Robert E.
Eee's birthday in the House of
Representatives tomorrow.
Senator Turner, of Pasquo
quotank, has introduced a bill
to change the number of peremp
tory challenges allowed defen
dants in criminal cases, reducing
the number from 23 to eight.
An important bill was intro
duced in the Senate Monday by
Mr. Webb, of Buncombe,increas
ing of salary of State officers.
He places the salaries as follows:
Governor $6,000; Secretary of
^.tate $4,000; Attorney General
$3,000: Insurance Commissioner
$3 000; Superintendent of Public
Instruction $3,000; Corporation
Commissioners $2 500 each;
Commissioner ot Agriculture
f 2/ )0. His bill also provides
for :te appointment of an Assis
tant \ttorney General, who shall
receive a salary of $1,800 per
year. The increase in salaries is
iiot to take place uutil the end
of present term of State officials.
The Housp has past ed a bill, in- \
troduced by Mr. Douglass, of
Wake, amending the Watts rrnd
Ward arts so that elections may
be held on the question of prohi
bition, dispensary and saloons
Several important bills were
introduced in the Senate Tues
day, among them being Lulls to
promote the safety of the travel
ing public; to enable married
women to contract; to regulate
insurance companies and to pro
hibit the contributions of funds
for political purposes.
By a vote of 79 to 3-L the
House of Representatives yester
day passed theanti-lobbyiugbill,
wnich requires all persons inter
ested in promoting or opposing
legislation for a compensation
to register their names in a book
to be kept open for public inspec
tion in the office of Secretary of ,
State, together with the name of
the corporation or lirm employ
ing the agent. The opposition
to the bill was vigorous and :
strong, but it prevailed, bearing
only one amendment, this pro- ,
viding that the bill shall not be ,
construed so as to apply to bona
fide officers of corporations or ,
members of firms who receive
only their actual expenses while i
rendering services in connection
with legislation relating to their
corporation or firm. i
Speaker Justice introduced an
important bill in the House to 1
enlarge the powers of the Attor
ney General so as to destroy ,
trusts, and to put solicitors of
the State on Salaries, and to re
quire them to act as assistants
to the Attorney General. Mr.
Justice believes the salary of the
solicitor should be $2,500 per
annum.
in the Senate is pending a sub
stitute bill fixing the compensa-j
tion of the State solicitors at
$2,100 annually, and relieving
them from the fees which they
now receive. This substitute
was reported favorably yester
day by the Committee on Sala
ries and Fees, and the calendar ?
of the Senate was exhausted yes
terday with the exception of this
bill, which will probably be de
bated during to-day's session.
There were two prolonged de
bates in the Senate on the bill of
Mr. Graham to provide for the '
assessment and taxation of 1
shares of stocks in banks, which
had been reported favorably by
the committee,and the bill of Mr.
Polk requiring the sheriff to pro
vide a list of persons who have
not paid their poll tax, creating
a county black list, this bill also
bearing a favorable report. The
former bill was referred to the
Judiciary Committee, and the
latter was also re-referred.
Several interesting bills affect
ing the interests of railroads, in
surance and telephone companies
were introduced in the Senate.?
News and Observer, 17th.
;into Open Switch.
El Paso, Tex., Jau. 13 ?Hun- ]
ning at high speed, a Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific passenger
train bound for Chicago, dashed
into an open switch at Barney,
N. 11., early to-day. Five per- *
sons were killed and eight injur
ed, none fatally.
When the train dashed into |
the switch the locomotive left i
the track an.' turned over, pin- i
ning the engineer and fireman <
underneath. The express car, ,
the dining car and a Pullman,
were thrown from the track. ,
I
How to Cure Chilblains.
"To enjoy freedom from chil- 1
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Otisfield, Me., "i apply Buck- 1
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used it for salt rheum with ex- j,
eellent results." Guaranteed to '
cure fever sore, indolent ulcers, i'
piles, burns, wounds, frost bites '
and skin diseases, ?^c at Hood \
Bros, drug store.
Thos. H. Mitchell, a brakeman
on the Southern railway, fell
from a car a few miles north of
Spencer last Wednesday night
and both legs were cut off by the
passing train. The man was not !
missed by the train crew but was
later found by a passenger train <
and taken to a hospital in Greens
boro, where he died as a result
of bis injuries.
DELIGTEUL RECEPTION AT SELMA
Interesting Event In Honor of Mr. an<
Mrs. Robert Millard Nowell.
The reception given by Mr. and
Mro. M. C Winston ou ttie even
ing of January 8rh in honor ol
Mr and Mrs It M. Nowell, who
have just returned from their
bridal trip was an event tilled
with delightful anticipation to
the many fortunate who had re
ceived invitations several days
before.
The doors of their handsome
new home were thrown open
promptly at the hour, 8:30. Ou
the reception of cards by the but
ler the guests entered to be most
cordially greeted in thefrouthall
by Mrs. R. J. Noble.
In this parlor, Mr. and Mrs.
Winston, Mr. and Mrs. Nowell
received.
The charming manner in which
all were alike welcomed made
each and every one feel glad to
be present on such a delightful
occasion.
From the parlors Mr, and Mrs.
Candler ushered the guests ou
their arrival in the dining room,
where Misses Matthews and Eth
eredge gracefu ly presided over
the salad course, thence to the
punch bowl here to find Misses
Noble aud Winston presiJiug in
a most pleasing manner.
In ttie south room was served
cake and cream a laDughi. Here
Nlesdames Claude Smith arid L.
D. Rebuam delightfully served
the guests.
lu the library Mesdames Car
riugtou and Person pret-ided at
the coffee urn. Too quickly the
time passed!
During the evening more than
one hundred guests were received.
With a promise from Mr. and
Mrs. Winston to tender the next
couple married in Selma such a
reception we can almost hear the
wedding bells.?Selma News.
More Pay for Thousands.
Wilmington, N. C., Jan. 15 ?
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company announced today that,
legi^iing January 1, a general
ncrease has been made in the
salaries of clerks, agents, train
nasters. dispatchers, section
u asters, etc.
The percentage of increase has
lot yet been computed, the ob
ect having been to make the ad
vance general in all departments
without regard to recent in
creases for efficiency and length
if time in some branches of the
service.
The advance affects several
thousand employes on the three
divisions of the system and will
increase the operating expenses
if the road more than a quarter
if a million dollars a year.
The reason given for the general
advance is the increased cost of
living.
NATURE S CATARRH CURE.
sensible and Scientific Way to
Cure this Disagreeable Disease.
In no other way can catarrh
3e cured as naturally and quick
y as by the use of Hyomei
Dreathed through the neat pock
5t inhaler that comes with every
jutfit.
In this way all the air that
enters the nasal passages, the
throat or the lungs, is tilled with
Byomei's healing medication
reaching the most remote air
jells of the respiratory organs,
ind soothing and healing the ir
ritated mucous membrane.
So strong is Hood Bros, faith
in the power of Hyomei to cure
catarrhal troubles, that with
every dollar outfit they sell they
give a guarantee to refund the
money unless it cures.
The complete Hyomei outfit
costs but $ P. 00, extra bottles, if
needed, 50c.
J. C. Duke, formerly an opera
tor for the Southern railway at
Salisbury and Spencer, has
brought suit against the South
ern for $25,000 damages for in
juries sustained in a collision in
the Southern's yard in Salisbury
in November, 1-905.
? NEW COTTON MILL FOR CLAYTON.
I Small Pox Scare Over?Personal and
Local Items of Interest to Many.
Mr. John Allen, of Auburn,was
a visitor here Wednesday.
Mr. K. S. Penny, mail carrier
ou route No. B, is uaviug a fif
teen days vacation.
Messrs. J. \V. Steobensou and
H. 1> Ellington, of Smithfield,
were here Wednesday on busi
uess.
Mr. Burlan L. Hall and Miss
Eva L'ridgen, of Raleigh, are vis
iting relatives and frieuds near
here.
Clayton High School is still
increasing its list of students.
Several new ones registered this
week.
Mrs. McKay Smith and family
have moved here. We extend to
! them a very hearty welcome to
o?r city.
Mr. K. W. Finlaytor, freight
! agent tor the Southern at Ral
eigh, spent Wednesday here with
his family.
Mrs. Walter A. Branch, of
near Auburn, spent several days
| here recently the guest of her
sister, Mrs. J as. L. Ellis.
I > T D H ill! i_
i rut. u. xv. it imams l? UUW a
full-tiedged justice of the peace.!
Should .you ueed the services of
one, this notice may help you
out.
Mr. 11. H. Wilson, a represen
tative of the Virginia-Carolina
] Chemical Co., was here Wednes- J
day in the interest of his con- j
j cern.
j Messrs. B. M. Robertson & Co.
have recently received a car load
of nice mules and seem to be
pushing the business along to a
finish.
. During this year there will be
services at the Baptist church on
the first, third and fourth Sun
days by the pastor, Rev. C. VV,
Blanchard.
Miss Lilly Barnes, stenogra
pher in the employ of the Atlau-1
tic Coast Line at Hope Mills,
after a visit to parents, left Mon
day to resume her work.
There is now no reason tor be
ing scared of smallpox in Clay
ton. Mr. H. Fool and family,
the only people in town who
who have had it, have moved to
the country for a while and the
rooms at the hotel have been
thoroughly whitewashed and
disinfected. Dr. Robertson, the
physician who has had charge of
the cases from the start, says
there is no danger now.
The site for the new cotton
mill is practically decided upon
and the stockholders will meet
on the night of January 29th, i
for the purpose of electing offi-1
cers. It is expected that work
will begin on the excavation
about May 1st, or maybeearlier.
The site selected is an ideal one
and suggests a splendid name
for the mill. It is about oppo
site the old Liberty grounds and
you know Liberty Cotton Mills
wouldn't be a bad name, would
; it?
Jan. 1G Yei.ir.
Woman Gets $3,000 a Year.
Philadelphia, Jan. 13.?Miss
Margaret Forderer, to whose
talents Mayor Weaver hew just
paid a new recognition by mak
ing her his private secretary, is
the first woman in the history of
the municipality to occupy this
position, which is exempt from
civil service examination.
In the short time she has held
office from which her predeces
sors advanced to the foremost
posts in the services of both the
city and state, bringing emolu
ments as high as f 15,000 and
more a year, she has made her
self quite at home.
A mere slip of a girl, fragile
and dainty and only 22 years
old, she has won not only the
commendation of the mayor, hut
of the large number of people,
big and little, whose business
brings them into the chambers
of the chief executive.
When George A. Weltcb lefti
I the secretaryship to become as
j sistant district attorney. Mayor
! Weaver advanced Miss Forderer
from her $1,200 position as
stenographer to the vacant;
place, which pays $?'! 000. He
did so because he considered iter
the only assistant who was I
familiar with the duties. And so,
without the least fuss, shestepped
into the new position, which
makes her the absolute ruler of
the mayor's office.
Selma News Notes.
Mrs. L. l>. ltebuum went to
Clayton Tuesday.
Mr. J. P. Tempter, of Wake
county, has moved here and will i
deal in real estate.
The many friends of William |
Kicliardson, Esq., will be glad to
learn that he is improving stead
ily and will soon be out.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the bank of Selma was I
held in their banking rooms on
thelTith. The reports of the offl-1
cers showed a very prosperous
year. The old officers were re-1
elected. The usual semi-annual
dividend was paid and a nice
sum carried to the undivided |
profit account.
ine rarmers Mercantile Com-1
pany, with C. Godwin president,
A. V. Driver vice president, and
W. A. Edgerton secretary and
treasurer, have just completed
the remodeling of the stores for
merly occupied by Kay-Godwin
Co. and A. V. Driver, and is one j
of the most convenient and com
modiouB stores in the country,
and are now "at home" to their I
friends. They are buying goods
in large quantities it seems from
the loads of cook stoves and
other things they are hauling in.
They have a car load of the fa
mous Hackney buggies, a car
load of furniture and large quan
tities of general merchandise.
Sen ex.
January 16th.
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General News Items.
The House of Delegates of the
West Virginia Legislature has
voted to appropriate #55,000 for
an exhibit at J amestown.
Preparations are being made
at Newport News to handle 5,000
I'nited States troops to be sent
through that port to Cuba.
Frederick C. Fairbanks, a sou
of the Vice-President, has beeu
indicted at Pittsburg on a charge
of perjury in swearing to the res-1
idence of the girl with whom be
eloped.
The trade of the Cnited States
the past year with China heavily
fell off, the exports of cotton
goods falling from $.'11,000,000
to $17,000,000, and kerosene oil
from 71,000,000 gallons to 44,
000,000 gallons.
The Senate Saturday passed a
bill increasing the pensions of
aged Mexican and Civil War vet
erans to from $12 to $20 per
month, adding from $0,000,000
to $9,000,000 to the pension lia
bility of the government; the
House passed 028 private pension
bills.
Martin F. Ansel was inaugu
rated Go vernor of South Carolina
Tuesday in the presence - of
a large audience. He is the first
Chief executive who has essayed
to oppose the State dispensary
syBtem, which was enacted 15
years ago under the leadership of
Gov. B. R. Tillman. Governor
Ansel was elected on an anti-dis
penBary platform, which carries
the abolition of the State dispen
sary system, leaving the question
to the counties to decide for
themselves as between county
dispensaries and prohibition. In
his inaugural address he recom
mended the abolition of the
present liquor system, which, un
der State control, has grown to
be a $4,000,000 business.
The proposition of certain Con
gressmen to compel all mail
trains to carry them free is no
worse than compelling the postal
department to carry their house
hold effects, personal belongings,
etc., free and charging it up to
the postal deficit.?Woman's
National Gaily.
FLORIDA LIMITED WRECKED.
No One Severely Hurt?Four Pullman*
Burned?Wreck Thought to Have
Been Caused by Train Wreckers.
Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 16 ?Train
No. 8-4, of the Seaboard Air Line,
known as the Florida limited,
ran into an open switch two
miles north of Raleigh at 3:45
o'clock this morning, but none
of the passengers were seriously
injured or killed. Conductor
Haddock, of Richmond, Ya.,was
slightly cut and bruised.
The accident occurred at the
Raleigh and Pamlico entrance
to the Seaboard Air Line main
line, and accordiug to state
ments of the division superin
tendent, there is strong and al
most absolute evidence that it
was due to the malicious work o!
wreckers.
Fire started immediately and
the baggage car, the dining car
"Monroe" and two Pullman
sleepers, the "Kuripadee" and
the "Midlake" were entirely con
sumed, along with three or four
freight cars on the siding. The
body of John C. Durbiu, of Har
risburg, Pa., who died at Palm
Beach, Fla., was partially ere
mated, the lege, head and arms
being consumed.
A southbound train passed
over the stretch of track filteen
minutes before the limited was
wrecked. The switchlock was
badly bent, and there were fresh
cuts inflicted by some heavy in
strument.
The locomotive was derailed
and remained intact, after plow
ing into the earth for a depth of
several feet. The engineer de
clares that he saw four men hid
ing near by just as his engine hit
the switch.
Oldest Diplomat Dead.
Washington, Jan. 15?The
Brazilian Embassy has received
the news of the death at Rio de
Janeiro today of Viscount I)e
Cabo Frio, Director-General of
the Brazilian Department for
Foreign Affairs. He was 89 years
old, being <57 yearsin theservice,
his first nomination asoneof the
arbitrators on the mixed Anglo
Brazilian commission in Serra
Leone dating from 1810.
Cabo Frio served in the Brazil
ian Legation in London from
1845 to 1851, then in that of
Paris during the first years of
the Second Empire, being ap
pointed a Minister in 1858. He
was called to be the head of the
Department for Foreign Affairs
in Rio in 1865, remaining at his
post since then with the excep
tion of short intervals, only dur
ing which he was sent on special
missions to the River Plata re
publics.
Viscount Cabo Frio is said to
qave been the oldest member of
the diplomatic profession in th9
world.
Cut Oft His Own Head.
Yicksburg, Miss., Jan. 12.?
Harry N. Nathan, a civil engi
neer and railroad contractor of
New Orleans, cut off hisownhead
with a huge Mexican machete live
feet long and made in the shape
of a razor. Nathan placed the
blade beneath his throat and the
handle over his neck and snipped
off his head.
The 8-year-old son of John
Harris, a farmer living near Eli
zabeth City, opened the gate for
his father,who was coming home
from town with a load of fertili
zer, and then climbed on the
wagon to ride. The wheel ran
into a cut, the boy was thrown
off and the wheels of the loaded
vehicle passed over him and
crushed him to death.
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, drug store.