THE HERALD,
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KATt A LASSITER,
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Entfivd hi tli* Puatoftlre ul rimlthtleld
lohnHWui County, N. C., as eecond-cla*
matter.
Friday, March 27, 11K)8.
A PLAIN QUESTION TO SETTLE.
On May the 2(>th, the voters of
North Carolina are asked to Bet
tie a plain question. While it is
an important question and one
far-reaching in itsJreBultB, it is
still plain and no voter should
fail to know what he in doing
when he casts liie ballot.
From different sections we hear
of different, imaginary objec
tions to the law to be voted Jon.
These objections are not worthy
of mention as most of the things
saia are utterly without founda
tion and will uot prove true when
investigation is made, it is sur
prising how the people of some
neighborhoods will take up some
false idea and talk it day and
night. One of t he things being
talked is thut if this temperance j
law is ratified by the people eotnt
terrible law will be passed later
which will ruin everything aud
everybody. This theory takes
very well with some people who
are naturally suspicious. There
is not the slightest reason for
any such talk as this. No fair
minded person wants to pass any
foolish or hurtful law nud it wilj
not be done.
The law presented us by the
legislature is the best that could
have beeu drawn to get the votes
of the people, or in other words,
it will suit more people than uuy
other which could have bean pre
sented. There is no reasonable
excuse any muu can give for not
voting for it if ho is in favor of
temperauce. Some people seem
fretted because the question is
before us but they should remem
ber that a 8tate vote is what a
large number of people of all po
litical parties have been asking
for. Remember it is not a battle
of words but a battle of votes.
It is not to be a "fist and skull
tight ' but one of ballots. A fair
election should be lield and the
will of the majority will be cur
ried out. fne plain questiou be
fore us will bo settled May 2<>tb.
If the people are iu favor of stills
aud saloons all over our country
they cau vote for them, if not
they should vote aguiust, them.
The Stute's policy may be re
versed by the vote of the people.
This policy hue beeu to take the
manufacture ami sale of liquor
out of the country aud coufine it
to the towns and cities. This
has beeu (lone on the supposition
that the plau was acceptable to
the country people. Liquor bus
done great harm to the towns
and cities It has debauched
their boys aud youug men ami
wrecked thousands of tin ir
homes. They have gotten very
tired of it aud have voted it out
one after another until nothing
is plainer to the people of the
State than thut t he towns are
not going to allow liquor sold iu
theui. It is useless to talk about
putting it back into these towns
for they will not have it Most
of the men who kuow the evil liq
uor has done will nave to die out
before it can begot back in many
of the towns, if the temperance
law is not ratified its defeat will
be accomplished by the farmers
of the State. If they want stills i
and saloons they can lmve them
at the cross-roads, aud country
stores. A law can be passed at
our DPxtfyegislatnre to give them
the stills and saloons Of course,
it would be necessary to insert iu
it that no still or saloon should
be established nearer than a giv
en number of miles from any
towu where liquor Is not now
sold or where liquor may be
hereafter voted out. The votes
ilay '26th will show what must
be the future policy of the State
towards stills aud saloons.
To Your Tents, O Israel.
On the twenty-sixth of May,
jli)08, the yeomanry of North
jCarolina will be summoned to fi
nal action in a mightier and
more far-rcaehiug conflict than all
the ware that have won them
glory from colonial time* to
Spanish-American days, ft will
be a fight for the absolute prohi
bition of the liquor traffic
throughout the State, a death
grapple with the mightiest single
enemy of civilized man.
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Truly, such another foe never
swept the sons of flight into the
vaults of darkness.
It enters our fields and chan
ges their grain into water of Are.
it creeps into our vineyards:
and takes the blood of the grape
and with it boils into frenzy the
blood of our men. It sends tbe
bullet and the knife into inno
cent bosoms and lays them low.
It fetters and hurls our citizens
j into the gutter and mud-hole,
the county home und the mad
house; clothes them with stripes;
st rangles them as criminals into
eternity. It claims to build our
roads but murders our road
builders; claims to educate our
children but makes their fathers
convictH and lures our boys to
ruin; claims to improve business
and better the country, but is
the arch-enemy ol prosperity and
the public good. It seizes the
honest man of toil, whether on
backwoods tenant farm or legis
jative halls, and changes him in
to a fiend, spit-fire and menace;
i wrinkles with grief the face of
his wife, beuds her back with sor
row, robes in tatters her aud her
shivering children.
Who is so blind as not to see in
Alcohol a most maligiiuut and '
murderous foe? Who so uufeei- 1
pig that he can stroke it as a
friend? Who so senseless or by
pocritical as to babble in its
praise?
Awake, aud to arms! To your
tents, (? Israel!
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Spare not the enemy !
Drive the Canuanite out of the
laud, aud avenge our fathers of
haughty Atualek. Tear down 1
his strongholds even with the
ground; burn his cities with lire; 1
sow his fields with salt; pluck up
his vine and tig tree by the roots;
save uot for profit, glory, or sac- '
rifice his herds of sheep aud kine;
hew Agag in pieces before tbe
Loro!
Let no remuatit or reuiem
brauce of strong driuk abide up
on our body politic as a coiied
serpent ready to spriug upon the
babe in arms or strike the un
born to death.
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The buttle is on!
Let no one who cau go forth
to the battle or stay bv the etuff,
falter in this time of need. Let j
Jael drive her nail. Let David!
use t.;s sling. Lit Sbamb vrsway
his ox-goad. Let Joash shoot
again ami again his unhesitating
arrows. Let Samson break the
cords of the Philistines and dally
not with Delilah. Let Aurou and
llur hold up the hauds of Moses,
l^et Sai/iuel gather the people to
gether for sacntiee and call upon
the Almighty for aid. Let lOlijah
slav the prophets of Haul and
fear not the face of Jt zebel.
i he battle for righteousness is
on! Moon, stand thou still over
the valley of Ajalou! Stars, tight
thou against Sisera! Storin
elouus tling down your javelins
of ice as at Rethorouaud cry out
in thunder as at Mizpeb! Thou
(iod of Israel, stretch forth Thy
hand and lead Thine armies to
victory!
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To your tents, O Israel!
Let uot a man falter on the
twenty-sixth of May?uot one of
all our men of war from Murphy
to Manteo, from Dan to Beersbe-j
ba. Leave the plow in its furrow;
let the shuttle be silent; lay down
the yard-stick; turn even from
the sick-bed of loved ones; leave
thy gift before the altar, exchaug
ing worshipforsternerduty.Goto
the polls on that day of days;
cast jour ballot for home and
State; and won; for (Joa and the
right!
To your tents, O Israel.
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And victory shall be ours. Not
Babylon with her whoredoms nor
Nineveh with her might can pre
vent it Let them pour out their
money, buy hypocritical tongues,
aud purchase weakling voters as
ebeep for the (daughter; they
must not, they shall not, they
cannot win. The God of Hosts
is leading on!
Victory shall be ours. The fire
must stop its glow at the -still;
and farm lauds must be saved
from wine and woe; thecity must
no longer be built with iniquity,
nor the State established in
blood; the dealer in drink must
come from behind his counter
und the blind tiger be slain in the
alley; the drunkard must reel in
his own closet aud the sot be un
seen on our streets and lanes.
Speed and orown the da.\! Then
Hatieras will thunder its joy,
I'iedmont will shout acclaim, and
Mitchell will sing the news to the
stars!
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Hut now the battle is on. To j
your tents, to your tents, O Is-'
rnell?Biblical Hecorder.
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No Christian Should Hesitate.
The voters of the State are to '
cast their ballots the second
time on the subject of Prohibi
tion. This is to be the last cite
tion on the question. It will be
adopted by a majority larger
than that by which it was de
feated. Nobody thereafter will ,
have following euough to induce i
a legislature to submit the issue
again to popular vote. The ma
jority should be as it will be a
great one. It is easier to enforce
a law enacted by the moral force
of a great majority.
There is no place for hesitation
by a Christian man about where
he ought to stand. Every intel
ligent disciple of the Lord is in
stinctly resolved already to vote
for it. This is one election in
which there is no ground where
duty can be done by not voting
at all. There is no neutrality iu
morals. Not to vote iN to help
Bnemies of the measure Every
voter must be for or against it.
The Word of God clearly calls
every saint to vote for it. Ai d
that settles the question. WeJ
owe it to the poor and ignorui t
to close the saloons.
One of the amaziug tniugs in
this country is the recklessness
with which men who earn their
wages by hard labor?honest
labor?pour their hard earued
money into the coffers of the sa
loon. We must help strike down
by law any thing that fills our
jails, destroys ths comfort of
home and the peace of families,
and debases and brutalizes our
people.
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rue natural tendency 01 the
saloon is to produce criminality
in the population at large aud
among saloon-keepers them
?elves. It debauches not only
the body social but the body
politic as well. No drunkard can
enter the the kingdom of God,
and saloons are druukard-nmk
iug. Therefore we are called
upon as missionaries of the cross
?every one of us?to help wipe
out the saloon as a part of our
work of rescuing the perishing ?
I'resbvterian Standard.
What Is Lost by Strong Drink.
Are you good at arithmetic? 1
will give you some losses to add
up and calculate how much they
come to. They are losses made
by every one who indulges in
strong drink:
Loss of Money.
Loss of Time.
JiOss iif Health
Loss of Haziness.
Loss of Character
Loss of Friends.
Loss of Good Conscience.
Loss of Feeling.
Loss of Mind.
Lose of Life.
Loss of IMMORTAL SOI L.
It is a long and terrible ac
:ount to run up, but it is an easy -
>ne to begin, and 1 see even boys j
Jegfnnlng It at the beer shoo, !
poung men adding to it at tne f,
tavern and billiard saloon.?'
MeoCed.
DAVIS BROS
m Mr. S. Davis, of the above named firm, who S
had been on the Northern Markets for the vt
% past fifteen days selecting one of the most #
8 up-to-date and out of the ordinary lines of
w Spring and Summer Clothing and Gents' w
A Furnishings for his firm, returned last week. p
m Those wishing to purchase the most 8
w modern Clothing of the very newest fabrics K
A and the latest cuts and patterns will do well A
8 to visit this store at an early date. Oxfords 8
j* in all the latest designs and colors can be j*
ft seen here, in all the leading brands. Gents' ?
JA Furnishings in 1908 styles only. Hats, any- 54
w thing you may ask for. Remember this store {*
$ before purchasing elsewhere. Give us a call ft
I DAVIS - BROTHERS, I
^ The King Clothiers JY SmithfieM, N. C. ^
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*j Now - And - Fl<eirciSifte'r '|
Jfl W? wtill Carry The Following Lines COMPLETE
4$ J?
jgj If we d >n'i happen t ? have what you want in these lines, we will be glad to get it for you jg
?] Clothing?M?n's, Young Men's, and Boys' ?
? Hats? Men's, Young Men's, and Boys' 5
? Shoes?Men's, Ladies', Chi dren's and l? >ys' 2
? Furnishings?Shirts, Collars, Ties, Hose, and Accessories 2
? Underwear?For Men, Women and Childre* 2
Notions?Full line of small wares for the entire household 2
? House\Furnishings?Lace Curtains, Shades, Poles, Counterpanes. Pillow Shams, etc 2
* We represent Ed V. Price A: Co. and International, mule to measure clothes, and should y+
* you de-ire special clothes or a better tit than you are used to, we are in position to give
* you exactly what you want. VVe have tried it a id it's perfection. jjC
| GULLEY & GULLEY J
Clayton. N. C. |*
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ORINOCO
TOBACCO GUANO W
Grows the finest Tobacco because 1
it is prepared expressly for To- |
fr bacco?from tvventy-three years experience fl
L?no guess work, but careful study of the M
requirements of this particular plant. A
Ask your dealer for Orinoco and see that the trade Mt''-:
mark is on every bag. ??: ?
F. S. Royster Guano Company
NORFOLK. VIRGINIA.
For Stale By
Cotter-Underwood Co.
Smithfield, N. C. ^ ^ Four Oaks, N. C.
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