North Carolina Newspapers

ruoi OKI DOLLA1 peb TEAR. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD " __ . SINGH COPIES FIVE GMT*. VOL. 2G. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1908. NO go PROPOSED PROHIBITION LAW. What tt Will and What it Will Not Do by State Organizer of the Anti Saloon League. WHAT IT WILL DO. It will abolish every licensed whiskey and brandy distillery in the State. It will abolish every soloon and dispensary in the State. It will stop the wine traffic within the State. For wine can be sold only at the place of man ufacture in quantities of two and one-half gallous or more and not shipped anywhere in the State. It will stop the sale of all those chemical mixtures by whatever name known that will produce intoxication. it will place under the most striDgent and binding regula tions pharmacist and physicians, who may handle Intoxicating li quors for medical purposes only. It will allow the officials of any county or town to regulate or [irohibit the sale of intoxicating iquors by parmacists in the drug stores. WHAT IT WILL NOT DO. It will not prohibit the farmer from making cider from fruits grown on his own land and sell : ing the same at home or in his j mar.ket town. it will Dot stop tde manutac turer from making his wine and shipping it outside of the State. It will not stop the sale of thoee medical preparations and essences that may have alcohol ( in them to preserve them or to hold the medicinal agents in so- i lution, such as camphor, vanilla, etc. It will not repeal existing pro hibition laws, ( It will not prohibit the sale of wine to ministers or church offi cials for sacramental purposes. If this law fail3 to be ratified : by the people at the polls on May ^Gth, 1908, it will not effect the present status of any existing prohibition law in the State. In i other words, the dry territory i will not be changed. We are sure when you have ; studied this law you will agree 1 with us that it is fair. Under this law, Greensboro's voting wet would not make it wet, and Salisbury's voting dry would not make it dry. Under local option Greensboro has voted dry, and as a locality she must remain so until the locality as such votes wet, while Salis bury has voted the other way. This vote on "the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors" in North Carolina is quite a dif- ] ferent thing from local option. ; Again, this law is right. For the influence of liquor is never local. Salisbury or Wilmington citizens, while controlling the sale of the traffic, do not con- ( troi tue dangerous and damns- , iug inllueuce of this traffic. , Every citizen in the State has a ^ right to self-protection against , the inffuence of this traffic, now j( centered at a few points, and the | * only way of protection is the ab- ( olition of the traffic throughout , the State. j i Florida Special Ditched Near Peters burg. , The Atlantic Coast Line's i splendid train, the Florida spe- 1 cial, which was due here at 5 ? o'clock this morning, was ditch i ed near Petersburg, Va., after m midnight, though reports from ( the scene of the wreck state that 1 no one was hurt. Seven big pull mans went off the track, aDd the I train has, as yet, been unable to | proceed. I < This magnificent train has' been unfortunate in the matter of wrecks, but most fortun ate in the fact that no lives have been \ lost in any of them. It has been j wrecked twice before?one time i} partially destroyed by fire, and i( another time badly damaged.? ( Fayettevifle Observer, 19th. . ( ,, Twenty-eight miners were en- ; tombed in the Mid-Valley Colliery c near Mt. Carmel, Pa , Monday, i A great dam of water gave way ; i and a ru*h of mud filled the1? gangway. s General News. The Ohio Democratic State Central Committee bae declared for Bryan. Three men were blown to pieces by an explosion in a powder works at Wharton, New York Tuesday. Capt. W. A. Marshall, now a captain at the Boston navy yard has been selected to command the new cruiser North Carolina. Beach Harris is to have a speedy trial for the murder of his father, .Judge James Hargis and has f 50,000 to pay the cost of his defense. All of the 28 men and boys entombed in the Mid-Valley col liery have been rescued but one; one man fell down the shaft after the accident and was killed. An explosion in the General Explosive Co's works at Whar ton, N. J., Tuesdav, broke near ly every window in town and all of those on one side of a passing passenger train. Three men were killed and many were in jured, some of them seriously. Senator Stone, of Missouri, in a speech in the senate Tuesday attacking the Aldrich currency bill, scored the growth of stock gambling and declared it threat ened the stability of the banking system of this country. He said New York banks are believed to be deeply involved in stock transactions. The jury in the case of Frank Cauthorn, who murdered his sweetheart because she married another, brought in a verdict Tuesday of not guilty but insane, and citizens of Roanoke, Ya., who do not believe he was insane when he committed the murder openly made threats to lynch him; he was spirited out of town to Salem, where he was put in jail for safe keeping. Little Girl's Heroism. Cartersville, Ga., Feb. 17.?In an heroic attempt to save her six-year-old companion, David Rogers, from death, Lilly May Kline, 12 years of age, was struck ay a train today, and with the ;hild in her arms, both were ;rushed to death. The children were walking on the sideof the tracks, accompani ed by the girl's father. Hearing a train approaching the little aoy started to cross the track and becoming frightened stopped midway. The girl, realizing 5be danger, rushed to his assist ance, only to be struck by the ;rain just as she picked him up. Both bodies were mangled be poud recognition. Wood Alcohol in Whisky. A recent death in this city calls I to miud two oth^r deaths from i similar cause?the drinking of, whisky which has been adultera ted with the deadly poison, wood ilcohol. A citizen of a town, lome little distance south of here, lied last night from the effects jf wood alcohol drinking, and a year ago a whiteman from Man chester died in his cart in Fay-, ctteville from the same cause. The phvsician who attended this latest victim, and deceased's brother told an Observer repor ter to-day that it was a well known fact that much of the eo alled corn whisky, which is sold iround here, is adulterated with wood alcohol, which can be pur chased at a price cheaper than the cheapest corn whisky. This is indeed a fearful revela tion. Is there not some way to arevent this awful crime?? Fay ittaville Observer. Neighborhood Favorite. Mrs. E. 1). Charles, of Har cor, -Maine, speaking of Electric Hitters says: "It deserves to be i favorite everywhere. It gives juick relief in dyspepsia, liver complaint, kidney derangement nalnufrition, nervousness, weak less and general debility. Its tction on the blood, as a thor cugh purifier makes it especially lseful as a spring medicine. This! alterative tonic is sold under | ruarantee at Hood Rros . drue store, 50c. Bond Issue Discussion Puts Looker On To Sleep. Impelled by idle curiosity, the Looker Ou strolled up to the Court House Mouday night to i hear and witness the delibera tions of the City Fathers in re gard to the matter ot Kmithfield I issuing bonds for the establish ment of a modern system of water-works, sewerage and elec . trie lights. Quite a number of the Fathers were present. The venerable I)r. Wharton was the chairman and, among others gathered close within the bar, I noted many of those whose efforts have done much for Smithfleld Fathers Spiers, Setzer, Ellington, Skinner, Patterson and Kirkman were there. As I entered, the floor seemed to be divided among Fathers Brooke, Broadhurst and Lawrence, while young Mr. Guil ford Watson stood near-by, watching the proceedings with an eager but respectful silence. Of the pros and cons of the argument, I do not now quite remember. In my comfortable seat in tbat comfortable room, enjoying a fragrant "Old Vir ginia," what wonder that 1 succumbed to t he charms of the environments, and, dropping my cheroot, nodded my way into the land of dreams and fancies * * * I. ? . Thirty years had passed | since my last visit to my native town of Nmitbtield and now, in j the year 1940, I was on my way to see the old town duriug the 1 "Old Home Week" when her dis persed children came from every clime to do her honor and to re j new the associations and ac ! quaintances of youth. I 1 had thrown aside my book and was idly speculating upon ! the many changes that must have taken place during my ab sence, when a slight tinkle called my attention to the automatic annunciator, the word SMITH FIELD flashed on the dial, and I felt the airship swerve as it slight ly changed its direction and steer ed skilfully between house-tops and steeples for the Elevated Station. Looking from the win dows, I recognized the curving banks of the leveed Neuseandthe four parallel lines of the Boston and Havana Railway. Between these boundaries a composite mass of houses looked up at us, while detached buildings and small parks beynd these lines in dicated that the town was stillI growing, that its zenith had not yet been reached. As I descended in the elevator 1 from the Lauding Stage, I be-1 came conscious of the question ing glances directed at me by a rather stout and elderly gentle man whose face was familiar but whose name had lied my recollec-; tion. But when his hearty "Hello, Looker Od, come back for Old Home Week?" greeted me, I piec ed together the voice and couute- j rmnnu anil uhnol/ hu?i/lo .1 .?uvv, UI"V4 CIJWV/IV lldllUO *> iUU I Smittifield's leading citizeu, the Honorable Frank F. Holmes. Distinguished and prosperous, ] he looked. His well groomed ap- j pearance, the glitter of diamonds, \ the gleam of gold, the compla-j cent expression of "All's Well" on his lace, all denoted that Fate had been kind to him and Fortune had not considered him a stranger. Emerging from the Arcade, he extended me an invitation to ride over the city in his automo bile and we were soon rapidly whirling over the smooth streets, seated in his luxurious car. Great changes had indeed occurr ed, the vacant lots had disap peared, the old one story stores were gone, handsome huildiugs of steel and concrete sheltered the myriads of clerks and cus tomers, the homes were palatial, several communal apartment houses were being erected and workmeu were busy tearing down the Old Spiers Store, while a gaping crowd stood about, mourning the destruction of a | landmark and wondering at its antique construction. Occasion- j ally my guide would wave hit hand grandiloquently at some spacious factory or palat ial build ing an 1 remark, " 'nat'- ?? i:* So often was this brief remark made that 1 begat) to fear my old friend was "stringing me," as we said in the old days, but when we alighted in front of the Consolidated National bank, my doubts were cast aside by the manner of our entrance. Bow ing to each clerk, book-keeper and cashier, Mr. Holmes briskly traversed the banking room and entered the "President's Private Office," with the not-to-be doubt ed air of the proprietor. Anxiously then, I put the question, "Holmes, I see new faces in stores and banks; 1 see few whose faces or names are familiar. Where are the old citizens of my day, the men of property, the substantial busi ness men who controlled affairs in those days when you and I painted their little houses with clay and kerosene oil?" "Ah," he replied, as a tremor of sentiment shook his voice, "Where is the old Smithfield of 1908? Where are the leaves of yesterday?" A silence fell between us. I watched him engaged in cutting interest coupons from govern ment bonds and wondered At this mutation that had elevated a poor, but worthy citizen, into the proud position of the city's richest rnau and had correspond ingly reduced the fortunes of many of the most prominent .-l.i : 1I7U_^ IUC1I Ul L/UtJ UH1 I C^IlliU. ?T UUl I upheaval had occurred, 1 wonder ed, what panic, what agency, Di vine or human, had operated to bring about such a change! The seemingly disagreeable task of coupon-clipping having been completed, Holmes produc ed his 11 avauas and proceeded to inform me, with many philoso phical parentheses, concerning the downfall of some and the elevation of others, of deaths and births and marriages, of the thousand and one little happen ings that an exile likes to hear. And, as 1 had moved from the village in 1908, when municipal politics were turbulent, concern ing a bond issue for public im provement, his sketch of that undertaking was very interest ing, indeed. How the election was carried by the "modernists," how the issue of $50,000 was quickly taken at a premium, how the work had commenced with the greatest enthusiasm, how the bauds played and the orators raved, how a gigantic flag was flown from the summit of the stand pipe and how hardware stores sold countless bath-tubs and garden-hose! And the story went on, how the deep wells became impreg nated with minerals, how quick sauds und flint rock were en countered in unexpected places, how the laborers struck, the negroes refused , to work with white men, how the contractor decamped, how a supplementary bond issue was voted, and how the most prominent citizens of the town had, from a noble sense of civic duty, purchased these bonds at a price, considered un der the circumstances, to be em inently reasonable. Aud the story went on. Mis takes were made, costly in time and money to correct. Acci dents occurred by which laborers were maimed or electrocuted, or entombed or drowned. Damage suits followed, interest on bonds was passed. Restraining and induction actions were started aud, contending with Fate, Na ture, Strikes, Interest and Law yers, the town was about to give up the tight when Judge Stevens, a man of great legal ability, pro nounced the entire series of bond issues as having been unconsti tutional. This view was held by successive courts of higher au thority and one day the bond holders saw their private for tunes go to smash upon the rock oi worthless bonds. The town still owned the im provements, however, but Dy that time, th'j achievments of Fdisonaud others had rendered the system obsolete. A inonu ment to murder and ruin aud death, the old rusty standpipe still looked down from its eleva tion. Hut the gay flag of its morning had vanished. "Buttsllme, what agency did yon employ to mount Fortune'* judder," 1 asked. President Holmes hesitated a moment, glanced quickly about the room, moved his chair a little ueaier, and confidentially whispered,? "Iron Oxide." (TO 11E rnVTINl'ED.) LOCKED CASHIER IN SAFE. Robbers Overpower Cashier Aftei Banking Hours, Rifle the Safe and Leave the Cashier In Vault Over Night. Hickory, Feb. 17.?News wa? received here Sunday morning ol a daring bank robbery at Gran, ite Falls, in Caldwell county, Sat urday night. Between G and 7 o'clock three masked men went to the bank where the cashier. Mr. Walter Whisnant, was at work on bis books. One of the men remained outside on guard while the other two went in and overpowered the cashier. At once they put out the lights and in the dark they rilled the safe se curing about two thousand dol lars. Fortunately the bank had shipped out $5,000 Saturday afternoon. The robbers forced the cashier to enter the vault, and then they closed the door ol the vault despite his earnest pleas. Early Sunday morning search was made for Mr. Whis nant, and he was found and re leased from his prison. He es caped suffocation, though he de clared that he spent a most un pleasant night. There is very little clue to the idenity of the 1 men. The trashier saw three men ! pass by just a few minutes before they broke in on him. As the men were masked, and the lights turned out as soon as they en tered. Mr. Whisnant could hardly identify them. The World's Most Powerful Engine. Milwaukee, Feb. 18.?To the United States Steel Corporation falls the ejedit of installing the most powerful engine ever built for use in any country in the world. This machine which has a capacity of 25,(100 horse-pow er, or nearly double the size of its nearest rival, was erected complete in the engine building shops of the Allis-Chalrners Co., at West Allis, near Milwaukee. It will be sent to the Carnegie Steel Co., at South Sharon, Penn sylvania. Some idea of the size of this monster may be gained from the fact that two of the castings for it weighed, after machining, 118 tons. The en gine as a whole weighs 550 tons. It is controlled as easily as a sewing machine and requires the services of only one engineer. It is a horizontal, twine-#undem rolling mill engine. Mississippi To Be Dry. Jackson, Miss., Feb. 14.?The Statutry Prohibition bill, which was the special order of the day yesterday in the 8enate, was passed by a vote of 36 to 4 The bill provides tUat all licen ses uow in existence in the State shall cease December 31. Only eight counties license the sale of whisky. The Governor has already signified bis inten tion of immediately signing the bill. The Number of rural free deliv ery routes iu North Carolina is increasing all the while, and if the present ratio of increase con tinues the State will have her quota to which she is entitled. A renort just issued by the Post office Department shows that on February 1st there wre 1,218 routes iu operation in the State. The Senate committee on claims reported favorbly Sena tor Overman's bill, which pro vides for the return to the State of $87,000, representing the value of cotton seized by Sher man's army in Haleigh immedi ately following the civil war. While looking over a lot of war claims this summer, Mr. Over man discovered that the treas ury records gave evidence of the receipt of this sura of monev de rived from the sale of cotton be longing to the State. Clayton News. r Numbers of our people have been the victims of grippe but at present the majority of them are improving, some being able to be back at their work again. 11 We are glad to report Messrs. f W. It. Honeycutt and Norwood Harbour, who are sick with pneu monia, improving. Wewishthey may soon be in perfect health ) again. ' Mr. Walter Barham, of the 1 Archer section, was over Monday 1 and bought Mr. Del McCullera horse Jim. Walker has one of the finest horses now to be found 1 in this county. You ought to watch out for Jim. Clayton is very evidently com ing out of the panic unscathed. 8o far there has not been a sin gle failure, no selling out at cost, except Messrs. R. B. Whitley & Co., who are doing this only for the purpose of dissolution. Pastor Thornton preached at the Baptist church Sunday morning and evening. Pastor Thornton has a large attend ance at all of his services and the people are always well repaid for their attention to his ser mons. Ex Sheriff J. T. Ellington hit us where we live when he gave us "Who's Who" in the News and (fbserver some days ago. Sheriff Ellington is what we call a "cracker-jack" and so is the Honorable Ashley Horne, the next Governor of North Carolina. Mr. A. G. Jones, a very promi nent farmer and good citizen of Wilson's Mills township, was buried here Tuesday. Mr. Jones was the father of Mrs. Fred Mill iard of our town and her many friends sympathize with her as well as ail the family in their be reavement. It is with sincere regret that we chronicle the death of our friend and townsman, Mr. W. H. Cole, which sad event occurred at his residence about 10:30 o'clock Tuesday night. Thefuuer al was conducted at his residence on Wednesday afternoon bv a Priest from Raleigh, Mr Cole having been a member of the Roman Catholic Church. The deceased had been sick only a short while. Mr. W. H. Sears, the "Taffy Man" will be here At the Acade my on Tuesday night March 17th. Mr. Sears comes highly endorsed and we should not have had him Tor sosmall atown as Clayton but for our failure to secure Sunshiue 11 awkes, as was first agreed up on. This disappointment to the Lyceum club and its patrons will, it seems turn out fortunate ly after all, since it has been the means of our securing such a re markably good man as "Taffy" Sears. Clayton, Feb. 19. Ykmh. In the Flower of His Youth. me sad death of Mr. Arthur Lucas, sou of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lucas, of Lucama, occured at Oak Ridge yesterday about 11 o'clock, in his 18th year. The remains were brought home to day and the interment took place this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the Lucas cemetery near Lu cama. This was his second year at Oak Ridge, and he was a youug man, beloved by all who knew him.?Wilson Times, 18th. Rev. Dr. Alexander Sprunt, of Charleston, recently called to the pastorate of the Presbyterian church, Raleigh, has notified the church committee that be could not accept. He will continue to serve the First Presbyterian church, Charleston. % Suffering & /Money Saved. E. S. Loper, of Marilla, N. Y., I says: ' '1 am a carpenter and have had many severe cuts healed by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. It has saved me suffering and dollars. It is by far the best healing salve I have ever found." Heals burns, sores, ulcers, fever sores, oczema and piles. 23c at llooi Ilros., Druggists.