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<Hjr Smitljficlit Rrrali). **io* ON* dollar P*R trab. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." 1 * - ajNOLl OOPIM FIVK CM*. VOL. 20. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 7. If)08 ? ====== NO. 48 RAILROAD RATE BILL. Passenger Fares Now to Be Two And One Half Cents Per Mile. A Bill to be Entitled An Act Prescribing The Maximum Charge Which Rail road Companies May Make For Transporting Passengers In North Carolina And For Other Purposes. Section 1. That no railroad ?company doing as e common carrier of passengers in the State of North Caroliua shall charge, demand or receive for transport ing any passenger aud his or her baggage, not exceeding in weight two hundred pounds, from any station on its railroad in North Caroliua to any other station on its railroad in North ?Carolina, a rate in excess of 2% cents per mile, and for transport ing children under twelve years and over five years of age one half of the rate above prescribed, I and lor transporting children un der five years of age, accompa nied by any person paying fare,! no charge whatever shall be j made: Provided, that where the' amount of the ticket at the pre scribed rate would amount toj " l. -x auy ngure ueiweeu iwu multiples of five, the price of the ticket; shall be the multiple of five which j is nearest the price of the ticket: at the rate above mentioned, or; in the event that the amount is, equi-distaut between the multi pies of five, the price charged for: the ticket shall be on the basis of: the higher of those two multiples of five: Provided further, that, no charge of less than ten cents) shall be required: Provided fur ther, that independently owned ) aud operated railroad compa nies in North Carolina whose mi leage of road in said State is one hundred miles or less may charge .a rate not exceeding three (3) | cents per mile: Provided further, j that independent owned and op erated railroad companies in North Carolina, whose mileage of j road in said State is ten miles or I less may charge the same rate which is now in existence on said i roads. This provision shall not extend to branch lines of railroad j companies controlling over one! hundred miles of road, whether chartered in or out of the State;! also, that newly constructed railroads or the portion of rail roads which may be constructed shall be exempt from the opera tions of this act for two years after completion, to the extent that they may charge a rate in uo case to exceed three cents per mile. A charge of fifteen cents may be added to the fare of any passenger when the same is paid on the train, If the ticket might have been procured within a rea sonable time before the depart ure of the train. Mectiou -j in the case that any railroad company operatiug as a common carrier of passengers in the state of North Carolina is owned, controlled or operated by lease or other agreement by any other railroad company doing business iu the State, the rate for carrying passengers thereon as prescribed by this act shall be determined for the said railroad company by the rate prescribed by t his act for the railroad com pany which owns, controls or operates the same. Section 3. That any railroad ? company violating any of the provisions of this act, or coun selling, ordering or directing any employee, agent or servant to violate any provisions of this act, by charging, demanding or receiving any rate greater than that fixed by this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on couvictiou shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars and not more thau hve thousand dol lars; and any agent, servauc or -employee of any railroad compa uy who shall violate this act .shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, aud on conviction shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, in the I discretion of the court. Seetiou 4. That any person or persons, except those permitted by la*, woo acvjr.fr v iraosp >" tation shall be guilty of a misde meanor, and on conviction shall be lined or imprisoned, or both, in the discretion of the court; and any railroad, or its employees or agents, givingfres transportation of any kind whatsoever, except that permitted by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on ' conviction shall be lined not less than live hundred dollars or more than two thousand dollars for each offense. Section T> That an act entitled "An act prescribing the maxi mum charges railroads may' make for transporting passen gers in North Carolina," ratified ou the second day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven, be and the same is hereby repealed. Section 6. That no railroad company, or agent, servant or employee of any railroad compa ny, shall be held liable to any person, or fouud guilty of any | offense in any action, civil or criminal,, whether heretofore or hereafter instituted or begun, by reason of anything done or at tempted to be done in violation j of said act mentioned in the pre-; ceding sections hereof, or of any I provisions thereof. Section 7. That the Corpora tion Commission of N orth Caro lina shall have no power to change, alter, modify or in any way effect the enforcement or op erunun ui auy ui uie provisions of this act, or of chapter two hundred and sixteen of the Puo lie Laws of North Carolina of one thousand nine hundred and seven except as the same snail be there in specifically authorized, or of the enforcement ol any penalties j for violating the pro visions there of; and all laws and parts of law* in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. .Section 8. That section two thousand six hundred and eigh teen of the Revisal of one thou- j sand nine hundred and five is hereby repealed, and all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Ssctiou 1). That this act shall be in force from and after April the tirst, one thousand nine hun dred and eight. In the General Assembly read three times, and ratified this the 1st day of February, A. I). 1908. WILL WIN BY 75,000 MAJORITY. Prediction of Senator Webb (or State Prohibition-Approves Rate Legislation. Looking hale and hearty, Charlie Webb, Buncombe coun ty's Representative in the Legis lature, is again back in the city none the worse for the sternuous ! special session in Raleigh. When seen at his home last evening, be expressed himself firstly on the two main questions that came before the session. "I am pleas ed," he said, "that the compro mise rate bill went through, and 1 _ 1 _l - J i-L i aw tusu pieaseu mat tne pro hibition bill was passed. When the latter question comes up be fore the people I believe the state will go dry by adout 75,000. Yet, the session was an exciting one, but there was no hard feeling at the close, every one being in goo 1 spirits."?Asheville Citizen. Liquor In Prohibition Territory. The act to prevent traveling salesmen from soliciting orders or proposals for the purchase of intoxicating liquors in prohibi tion territory in North Carolina, provides that it shall be unlaw ful for any ptrson for himself or as agent or traveling salesman for auy person, tirm or corpora tion, to solicit orders or propo sals of purchase by the jug or bottle or otherwise of intoxicat ing liquors within the borders of auy or all counties, townships, precincts, towns and cities iu the state of North Carolina wherever prohibition prevails or the sale of intoxicating liquor is prohi bited by law. Provided, that thfs law shall not be construct ed to prevent the sale of intoxi- ( eating liduors in not less than five gallon packages to all par ties or persons who are duly au thorized by law to sell intoxicat ing liquors. A CALL TO THE PEOPLE. Anti-Saloon League Leaders Call For Concerted Action. The Saloon Evil Is a Great One and The Issue A ppeals to Men of all Creeds and Men of all Parties. To the People of North Caroli na: We, and others ot the Ant-Sa loon League, called the temper ance forces together to meet in convention in the city of Raleigh, on January 21st. The great convention that assembled unan imously asked the present legis lature to give the state a statua tory law against tbemanufacture and sale of liquor at the present session, but a majority of the members of the legislature, after considering the matter, decided to submit the question to a vote of the people. Although we did not get what the temperance forces asked for, yet we did get the question considered at the extra session of this legislature, this concession being a great'vic tory for the temperance forces. The "Long-Dowd" bill is now a law. It is a composite bill, pre pared by the best thought of temperance men in the state It is nut us stringent as souie of us would like it to be, but it is an extension of the Watts and Ward bills to the whole state. On Tuesday, May the issue will be presented to tue people of North Carolina Are you "'lor or against the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors?" i'ue praise for this issue being submitted to the people ot North Carolina is due to the great beart of the masses of its citizeushio demanding this reform, the mil isters of the gospel of peace and good will towards men, those senators and representatives who voted for the bill, most of the; press of the state, the educators! of the state, and to those splen did men: Senator F. M. Sim mons, Judge .Ieter C. Pritchard, Ex-Governor Thomas J. .Jarvis, j Governor Robert B. Glenn, Ex Governor Charles B. Aycock, Jo sephus Dauiels, Hugh G. Chat I ham, S. Mclntyre, J. A. Ilart-1 ness, Henry A. London, G. W. Watts, T. H. Vauderford, J. J. Rogers, Henry A. Page, Frank R McNinch, W. C. Newland, A. 1). Watts, H. G. Fenuell, J. H. Tuck er, J. D. McCall, Mettle Ilockery, A. 1). Ward, J. H. Pou, W. N. Jones, L. L. Smith,N. B. Brough ton, W. H. Sprunt, E.T. Cansler, James I. Johnson, George P. Pell, R 15. White, WT. 1. Everett, Cam eron Morrison, I. C. Blair, Thomas J. Shaw, Q K. Nimocks W. S. O'B. Robinson, E. F. Ayd lett, A. M. Scales, R. Lee Wright, J. VV. Bailey, W. B. Sinoot, W. F. Snider, R. L. Madison, W, T. Shaw, J. L. Choat, W. B. Cooper, Viriril S I -nab T si rnonblin and others, too numerous to mention. The bill leave intact the higher local prohibitory laws now in force in the several counties. We have patiently borne for years the galling yoke of the sa loon, distillery and drink evil with all their attended curses and woes. The time has come when this enemy to the humau family must be destroyed. No family, high or low, rich or poor, bnt has felt the awful curse of the drink habit. It is the canker worm that has eaten into the heart of the body politic; it has made the sweet water of life bit ter: the tears that have been shed by an army of mourners speak to our beads as well as to our hearts. "In the sweetest bud, The eating canker dwells." No race is exempt: especially is it injurious to the child-race and the negro. The people of the state, in the generations gone by have resisted to the last ditch tyranny and oppression, cruelty and wrong. The power is with them, and they are once more called upon to do battle in a righteous cause. Be not deceiv ed with false arguments The business man and corporations no lonrer want, one who drinks in their employment. The mill and manufacturing towns of the state have refused to license the traffic fraught with such evil to the moral and material prosperi ty of the commuuity. How won derfully they have prospered by so doinp! This issue appeals to men of all parties; to men of all creeds. It is above party, above creed, above nationalities; it is a mat ter of conscience. With malice towards none, and with an eye single to the public good, we call upon all to join with us In the j contest. If any have wittingly I or unwittingly, entangling al liances, hurtful to themselves, or the good of the human family, we appeal to them to sever their connections with the "body of this death," reassert their free dom and manhood and euter the contest Weespecially appeal to those who have been against us in the past to forget all differen ces for the public good and enter this contest. It is a contest against the saloou, distillery and drink evil, and not against the man; an issue of merit aud raor. als and not of men and politics Friends of temperance, orga nize, work, watch aud praj! If this is done, victory is ours. John A. Gates, | Chairman Executive Committee. Heriot Clahkson, President of State Convention, tt L. Davis, State Organizer. For Emergency Notes Based on Cotton. Congressman Fou, of this State i has introduced iu the House of i Congress a currency measure, a substitute for ill" bills now pend ing, which provides for emerg ency notes bused upon cotton stored iu warehouses. It author izes the treasurer of the United iStates, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to ac-! cept as security for the circulating j notes provided for, warehouse certificates showing the deposit of lint cotton packed iu bales, whenever the following conditions have been complied with: First. No certificate shall be ac cepted or approved unless it shallI evidence the deposit of 1,000 packed bales of liut cotton of the average weigiit of 450 pounds. Second. Said baled cotton must be deposited in the warehouses, reasonably fireproof, and notj more than one-half of the cottou evidenced by said certificates shall be deposited in any ware house. Third. The cotton evidenced by said;certiticate8 must be fiee from lieu or incumbrance of any kind and circulating > notes issued against said cotton certificates not at any time exceed in [ amount one-half of the market | value of said cotcou. The measure will not pass, but | it is as good as some of the other: proposed.?Statesville Laud mark. A Love Tragedy at Roc&y Mount. At Kocky Mouut a couple of months or so ago two young people were kept from marrying oy parental objection. The young umu took poison with suicidal intent. He did not die at once but he died a month later from the effect of the poison The young woman, who was de votedly attached to him, nurs ed him through his illness, being a constant attendant at his bed side. After bis death she seemed to lose interest in life and a few days ago she died after a short illness from pneumonia.?States ville Landmark. The Jumping Off Place. "Consumption had me in its grasp; and I had almost reached the jumping off place when I was advised to try Dr. King's New Discovery; and I want to say right now, it saved my life. Im provement began with the first i bottle, and after taking one doz-1 en bottles I was a well and | happy man again," says George Moore, of Grimesland, N. C. As a remedy for coughs and colds and healer of weak, soro lungs ! and for preventing pneumonia New Discovery is supreme. 50c i and 11.00 at Hood Bros., drug gists. Trial bott'efree. STATE NEWS NOTES. Short Items of Interest Clipped and Culled From the Daily and Weekly Papers. The aunual meeting of the North Carolina Teachers' Asso ciation will be held in Charlotte ?July 10 J. Bryan Crimes, the present Secretary of State, has announc j ed that iie is a candidate for re election Mr Crimes is now eerviug his second term in this office. A bill passed by the Legisla ture last week, and now a law, is to prohibit traveling salesmen from soliciting orders for intoxi cating liquors in prohibition ter ritory. A fire, supposed to be of incen uiary origin, broke out in T, G. ; Carrawan's store at Morehead City Thursday night, and de | stroyed 15 stores, residences and shops, causing a $.'15,000 loss. Mr. Hay den Clement, the Assis tant Attorney General, has an nounced himself a candidate for Attorney General to succeed Hon. It. 1) Gilmer, who will not| be a candidate for re nomiua ; tiou. Mr. C. C. Moore, lute president of the North Carolina division of [ i the Southern Cotton Association, who has spent his time and1 means for two or three years in behalf of the cotton growers, is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Commissioner of Agriculture. Judge Jeter'' Pritchard, lias I on a petition froiu A. O Drown A Co., of New York, appointed [Colonel John S Henderson, of Salisbury, receiver for the Whit- j ne.y Power Company, the five-! million dollar concern, thirty j miles from Salisbury, on the I Yadkin river. Mrs. J. M. Underwood, ayoungj white woman, aged 20'years, and 1 her 2 year-old sou were burned [ to death near Raleigh Saturday. The woman's husband, a farmer, was at church when the tire start-: ed and with the congregation [ rushed to the house, which was near the church. No screams or! cries were heard but iu the ashes were found the charred bones of the mother and her 2 year old! boy. The incoming Norfolk and Southern train Saturday night when nearing Martin's siding struck a wagon and two mules , belongiug to Mr. A. T. Uzzell, of ( New Hope township, killing the , animals and demolishing the vehi cle. The colored driver, Peter | Lewis, having imbibed too freely j of Jason liquor, fell off the wagon , as the runaway mules struck the railroad crossing; they then ran i along the track for a short dis j tance and stopped just as the i "shoo fly" came in sight. Mr. i Uzzell estimates his loss at $500 I and made a claim for that j amount lo the railroad com pany, alleging negligence of the engineer to stop in time.?Golds-1 boro Headlight. Revivalist Averts Panic. Detroit, Feb. 4.?Choking with smoke from a tire that crackled in the rafters directly above and in front of her in Kercheval Ave nue Mbthodist Episcopal Churchi last night, Miss Eva Eudgate, a young woman evangelist from Chicago, sang through the lines I of "(ilor.v For Me" while her audi ence filed out to safety. Her' calmness averted a panic. Miss Ludgate has been assist- j ing the pastor at a revival ser- , vice. Che tire which started from a defective wiring, was con- n trolled when it had done f500J worth of damage. Keep Open House. Everybody is welcome when we feel good; and we feel that 1 way only when our digestive J i organs are workiug properly. Dr. King's New Life Pills regu- I late the action of stomach, liver i and bowels so perfectly one can't i help feeling good when he uses 1 these pills. 25c at Hood Bros , ] drug store. General News. The deadlock in the Kentucky legislature coni i lues; Beckham leads Bradle by one vote. Thomas Lewis has been elected president of the United Mine workers, to succeed .lobn Mit chell. The Senate passed the urgent deficiency bill Tuesday carrying and aopropriation of over f24, 000,000. Mayor McClellan has vetoed the ordinance which prohibited smoking by women in New York hotels and other public places. A report comes from London to the effect that there has been a big battle between the French and Moors, near Sattal, Morocco and that 10,000 are killed or wounded. Governor Noel sent a message to both houses of the Mississippi Legislature recommending that laws beenacted to prohibit specu lations in futures and to close bucket shops; that saloons be voted out of existence at the earlist possible moment and an amendment for constitutional prohibition be submitted to the people. Two hundred masked Night Riders early Tuesday morning visited Dycusburg, near Salem, Ky., and burned Burnett's to bacco warehouse and distillery; the loss being about$40,000. The mob also "shot up" the home of the foreman of the tobacco fac tory, driving him from't. and than whipped him almost to death; thau they tied one of the owners to a tree and severely whipped him. The House Committe on Agri culture Monday heard a report of the Bureau of Biological Survey of the Department of Agriculture by Dr. C. Hart Merriam, chief of the bureau. Dr. Merriam gave some statistics, showing the ex tent of damage to crops and other property bv rats, squirrels and birds declai ing that the total loss by such creatures in the Uni ted Slates amounts to more than # 110,000,000 aunualy. LYNCHING NARROWLY AVERTED. Negro Charged With Attempt to Out., rage White Girl taken From Kenly to Smithfield. Wilson, N. C., Feb. 4.?Readers of The News and Observer will re call the fact that on January 28, a negro, giving his name as Geo. Wilson, was arrested in Kenly for attempting assault ou the tifteen-year-old daughter of Mr. J. Q. Boyette; that bloodhounds were procureu trom Tarboro and that a posse weut in search of the wretch; that they lost track of what they at that time thought was the right man; that some distauce from where the little lady had such a narrow escape from the brute another negro was said to have called at a house and asked for somethiug to eat and some matches. This man's description was printed, and last Saturday Wilson's police, who are always on the al ert and who are men that read the papers, saw a man whom they thought was the man so badly wanted in Kenly. So Officer Jim Ellis took him to po lice headquarters aud had him locked in. Chief Marshborn phoned Officer Hooks, who came over and took the black devil to Kenly. He was immediately taken be fore the young lady who reconiz ed him as her assailaut. Ue ad mitted as much before witnesses. Offcer Hooks this moruing over the 'phone said that he saw that trouble was brewing aud that if he did {not get busy he would have a dead negro on his hands. He knew the people were justly indignant, but that the law might take its course he spirited the fellow away. Saturday uigbt he took him to Selma where he arrived about one o'clock Sun Jay morning, from there he took the brute to Smithtield jail where he will remain until court con venes.?News and Observer.
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