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VOL 32
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1913
Number 5
SHERIFF GRIMES
TAKES A STILL
Sheriff Grimes and Messrs. C. H.
Johnson, D. L. Lunceford and Allen
Smith captured a whiskey still Wed
nesday of this week in Bentonville
township about half a mile from the
home of Mr. Atlas Johnson. There
was one charge in the still and an
other nearby ready for use. A fire
was going under the still and every
thing was just ready for making some
whiskey. While going from the road
to the still they met a white man
and near the still saw two negroes.
It was about forty five gallon capaci
ty. It wali brought here and placed
inside the jail for safe keeping until
other arrangements are made about
it.
Sheriff Grimes was notified about
the presence of this still a few days
ago and at once made steps to take
it. It seems that it had been moved
from its original location and had
just been put down, at the place
where he found it. The still was
made from some galvanized tubs.
The laws of North Carolina require
all sheriffs and their deputies and all
police officers to use their efforts to
take all stills operated in violation
of the law when the same has been
reported to them. In order that the
public may know the law' on the sub- !
ject, we are publishing herewith the
act in full.
Section 1. It shall be the duty of
the sheriff of each county in the stat j
and of the police of each incorporated
town or city in the state to search j
for and seize any distillery or ap
paratus used for the manufacture of j
intoxicating liquors in violation of
the laws of North Carolina and to
deliver the same with any materials
used for making such liquors found
on the premises, to the board of coun
ty commissioners, who shall confiscate
the same, cause said distillery to be
cut up and destroyed, in their pres
ence or in the presence of a commit-,
tee of aaid board, and who may dis- '
pose of said material, including the
copper or other materials from the
destroyed still or apparatus, in such
manner as they may deem proper.
Section 2. That it shall be the
duty of said officers to seize and
then and there destroy any and all
liquors which may be found at such
distillery, and to arrest and hold for
trial all persons found on said
premises engaged in distilling or
abetting in the manufacture or sale
of any intoxicating liquors.
Section 3. That for every distillery
seized under act the sheriff or other
police officer shall receive the sum
of twenty dollars, which shall be al
lowed by the commissioners of the
county in which the seizure was
made.
Sec. 4. That all law's and Clauses
of laws in conflict with this act are
hereby repealed.
Section 5. That this act shall be
in force from and after its ratifica
tion.
Ratified this the 8-th day of March,
A. D. 1909.
OFFICER FAILING TO DISCHARGE
DUTY REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
Section 3525. of the revisal of 1905
reads as fillows: "If any officer
mentioned in sections three thousand
five hundred and thirty three
and three thousand five hund
red and thirty four shall fail or
refuse to use due diligence in
the execution of the provisions of
such sections, after being informed of
violation thereof, he shall be guilty j
of laches in office and such failure be
cause for removal therefrom."
The reference above to section
3533 is as follows: “It shall be the
duty of the sheriff and his deputies,
and of any police officer to search
for and seize any distillery or appar
atus used for the manufacture of
spirituous liquors in violation of any
state law, and to deliver such distil
authorities of the United States gov-!
eminent for confiscation.”
The Registration books for the
town Election will close tomorrow.
Mr. C. E. UingUum, is registrar.
SECRETARY BRYAN’S
NO-WINE DINNER
Last week much comment was
caused in Washington because of the
absence of wine at a dinner given to
diplomats by Secretary and Mrs. W.
J. Bryan. On account of the comment
Mr. Bryan has issued the following
statement:
“We did not intend to magnify, by
mentioning it, the importance of the
non-use of wine at the dinner given
to Ambassador Bryce Monday night,
but as the papers have made some
inaccurate references to the matter,
the facts might as well be known.
“This was the first dinner which
we have given to members of the
diplomatic crops and, therefore, the
first time when we came into con
flict with the social custom of serv
ing wine at dinners.
“The seven other ambassadors then
in the city and their ladies were in
vited to meet Ambassador and Mrs.
Bryce, and as all the gentlemen
guests present were from foreign
countries, I thought it proper to ex
plain to them the reason for our
failure to conform to what seems to
have been customary in this matter.
“Believing that the issue should
be met frankly in the beginning, I
told them, when we sat down to the
table, that Mrs. Bryan and I had
been teetotalers from our youth, as
were our parents before us, and had
never served liquor at our table; that
when the president was kind enough
to tender me the portfolio of state,
I asked him whether our failure to
serve wine would be any embarrass
ment to the administration, and that
he generously left the matter to our
discretion.
I suggested that I thought it un
fair to assume that those coming to
us from abroad would judge us harsh
ly or be unwilling to tolerate the
maintenance ot a traditional custom,
and expi eased the hope that our
iriundship would be made so appar
ent to them and our hospitally so cor
dial that they would overlook this
weal.ness in us, if they regarded it
as a .veakness. My remarks were ap
plauded by the company and we
. ver spent a more enjoyable even
ing.
' That is all there is to the matter,
and we can consider the incident clos*
ed and the custom established so far
as we are concerned.”
WEBB-KENYON BILL.
Ha# Caused a Number of Virginia
Distilleries to Close Down.
Richmond, Va., April 29.—Practi
cally all the distillers in the Second
Virginia District are expected to
shut down their plants on April 30,
according to Colonel W. H. Chapman
revenue agent in charge of this dis
trict.
This contemplated action is due
to the fact that certain changes in
their methods of operations are re
quired under the Federal law and
new bonds must be furnished May 1,
Before adjusting themselves to the
new order of things, it is believed
that some of the distillers, at least,
will defer resumption of operations
until the fall. Others will probably
resume business within the next
month or two.
An especially disturbing factor in i
this line of business is the prohibi-!
tory feature of the Webb-Kenyon act i
in regard to interstate shipments, j
This of itself vis said to have prompt- j
ed the Virginia distillers to determ
ine to move slowly in giving bond ■
and in otherwise conforming to the
Federal statues.
CAUSE MANY FIRES.
A traveling man was here this
week, who said that the fire which
burned the News andO bserver build
ing last week was started by a negro
who struck a match across his pants
to get a light for a smoke. Some
nearby gasolene caught from the
match and very soon the fire spread
over the building. Whether this is
true or not, we cannot say, but we
know that very many fires are caus
ed by cigars, cigarettes and the care
less use of matches.
Attend the town meeting tonight
and help to nominate a good ticket
for aldvrmeu of Smithfield.
KENLY HIGH
SCHOOL FINALS
We are in receipt of a handsome
invitation from the Kenly High
School to attend the commencemnet
exercises May 2-6.
The exercises begin tonight with
the Senior Class program. The Pres
ident of the Class, Mr. George Earl
Walston, will deliver an address, to
be followed by the Class History by
Miss Alice Faye Barnes. The Class
prophecy will be read by Mith Ethel
I Grace Hardison.
j The Senior Class will also present
I a play, "Who are We?’’ Three char
acters make up the cast.
The following are the members of
the senior class:
Alice F. Barnes, Beulah Mae Bailey
Agnes Hales, Ethel Grace Hardison,
! Alary Carrie Rolling, George Earl
Walston and Wilbert Freeman Wel
lons.
On Sunday morning, May 4, at 11
o'clock, Dr. W. A. Harper, President
of Elon College, will deliver the bac
calaureate address.
On Monday, May 5, at ten A. M.,
the Junior Elocution and music Re
cital will be given.
’ On Monday at eight o’clock the
Essay Contest will be held. The Ora
torical Contest will take place Tues
day morning at ten o’clock. At this
hour the diplomas, prizes and medals
will be presented.
Tuesday night at eight o’clock,
the Elocution and Music Recital will
be given.
An entertaining and instructive pro
gram will be presented on each oc
casion, and taking it all in all, the
commencement exercises wlil be ex
ceedingly interesting.
WILMINGTON GIRL WEDS.
Miss Annie Wooten Becomes the
Bride of Thomas W. Harrison.
Wilmington, April 24>.—A wedding
w'hich wiill be of interest to many
friends here was celebrated at 2:30
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, when
Miss Anna JE. Wooten, the daughter
lof Rev. and Mrs. Edward Wooten,
and Thomas W. Harrison, a well
known young business man, were
united in the holy bonds of matri-1
many. In deference to the wish of
the couple, the ceremony was quietly i
performed at St. John’s Episcopal
church. A number of friends were
present .o witness the impressive
ceremony.
The service was in accordance with
the iimpressive ritual of the Episco
pal faith. The officiating clergymen
were Rev. Edward Wooten, father of
the bride, and Rev. William E. Cox,
rector of St. John’s Episcopal church.
The bride entered the church with j
her brother-in-law W. A. Davis, by
whom she was given away. Little
Miss Emily E. Jewett, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Jewett, was
the flower girl. The bride was at
tired iin a traveling suit, with hat to j
match.
Immediately after the wedding Mr.
and Mrs. Harrison were driven to I
the union station, whence they de- j
parted via the Seaboard Air Line for
their honeymoon.
Advent of Charles Aycock Poe.
A news item of very general in
terest is the arrival in the home of
Editor and Mrs. Clarence Poe of
Charles Aycock Poe. The baby is a
grandson of the late Charles B. Ay-,
cock, and the universal wish will be
that he will be worthy of the great
name he bears.—Charity and Chil
dren.
CHURCH MEMBERS IN COURT. ,
Cheap reflections are sometimes
made upon church members as better
than nobody else. Court records, how
ever, seem to prove the contrary, j
For instance, Judge Lewis L. Faucett,
of New York, recently made the state
ment that out of 2,700 cases he has
tried in five and half years, none
was at the time of the alleged of- J
fence or ever had been an active mem
ber of the church. Judge Faucett has
also been in the habit of asking each
young defendant if he was a member
of or an attendant at a Sunday school
and never yet has he been answered
in the affirmative. No wonder he
believes in churches and Sunday
*choois.—Biblical Recorder.
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DR. RANKIN ON
PUBLIC HEALTH
On Tuesday night I>r. W. S. Rank
in, the North Carolina Apostle of
Good Health, delivered an address to
a good crowd in the Baptist church
here on “Public Health and individ
ual Responsibility.’’ Dr. Rankin
came upon the invitation of the Bap
tist Baraca Class, and while the
meeting had been well advertised,
the attendance was not as large as
it should have been. The question
of health is one of the greatest be
fore any people and it is surprising
sometimes to see the indifference of
the folks in regard to it.
Dr. Rankin used some charts illus
trating the death rate on certain dis
eases and showed that the death
rate in North Carolina is 18 per
thousand while the average of the
entire country is only 15 per thous
and, showing that if the proper ef
forts had been made by everybody
all over the State our rate would
have been lower. The death rate
in Cuba, that hot country, is only
13 per thousand. North Carolina has
been spending only 2 cents per capita
for health work, while Cuba spends
46 cents per capita. See the differ
ence?
Dr. Rankin showed conclusively to
; the unprejudiced mind that every one
; can have and should have a part in
i helping to better health conditions.
It is our duty to look after the
health of our community.
Those who were interested enough
to go out and hear Dr. Rankin were
more than pleased with his address j
and believe that it will do good. He
will come to Smithfield again in the.
near future and it is hoped that a j
great crowd may greet him next'
time.
SELMA NEWS.
Selma, April 30.—Mr. and Mrs. R. ,
F. Richardson, of Ensley Ala., are!
on a visit to Mr. Richardson’s moth
er, Mrs. Clem Richardson.
It is so fashionable for parties to
drive to Raleigh that we can hardly
keep up with them.
Mr. J. C. Warren of Wilson, was j
here Sunday to see his mother Mrs. '
I. H. Warren.
Mr. D. H. Graves, of Goldsboro, ws4
in town Monday.
The town commissioners are hard
at work cleaning out ditches and fix
ing bridges. They have one hand at
work. It has been so long since any
work was done on the South side of
the railroad that it has been forgot
ten.
By the way, when will the town
commissioners and road commission
ers make their annual report? April
has come and gone and no report.
Don’t the law say that reports shall
be made in April?
Next Tuesday is election day for
the town, and also election day for
Trustees of the Graded school. So
far, there are no candidates for the
Mayoralty, or town commissioners.
For Trustees of the Graded school
(the old board, composed of Messrs.
sR. E. Richardson, R. J. Noble, W. H.
Hare, and Messrs. R. M. Adams, H.
A. Pearce, W. B. Roberts and J. W.
Foster are candidates. They stand
for a continuance of the excellent j
school we now have. If elected the
school will go foward as it has been
doing for the past five years, get
ting better each year and will prove
a blessing to the little folks.
BACHELOR OH ARTS AT 15.
~——
William James Sidis, 15, gives ,
promise of obtaining a Harvard bach
elor of arts next June. This youthful
mathematical wizard entered the uni
versity at 11 as a specialist in. mathe
matics. Meanwhile he has included
sufficient other* courses to make his
college schedule an evenly balanced
one.
Young Sidis is the son of Dr. Boris
Sidis, one of the foremost psycholog
ists in the country. His younger
years were spent at the knees of his
father, where he imbibed the rudi
mentary knowledge of mathematics
which was later to make him known
as one of the scholastic marvels of
the country. At 8 he entered the
Brookline High School, and two years
later saw him at Tufts, where he re
mained for one year before entering
Htintd.
PRAYERS FOR THE
CHINESE REPUBLIC
New York April 27.—Churches in
this city and throughout the country'
joined today the Christian Churches
of China in praying for that Nation
as requested by the present Chinese
authorities. The response here was
in connection with a worldwide move
ment to heed the appeal from the
new Republic, said to be the first tha
ever came to Christian forces from a
non-Christian land.
Points specified by China as being
swbjects for petitions were the Chin
ese people, the President to be chos
en, the constitution, and its making
and clean men wisely selected for
members of Congress. To this, in
this country, petitions were added
that Christians of American birth
now in China may act wisely toward
that country and that Christians in
America may be liberal with money
and tolerant in spirit.
Episcopal, Baptist, Methodist, Pres
byterian, and other mission boards
appealed to their respective Churches
to observe today in such petitions.
Bishop Greer prepared a prayer
which was used in all Episcopal
Churches in New York and Presbyter
ians prepared another which was said
in concert at a union service held
this afternoon at the brick church on
Fifth avenue where the address was
given by the pastor, Rev. Dr. William
P. Merrill.
BENSON NEWS.
Benson May 1.—Prof. Z. H. Rose
spent last Saturday in Raleigh.
There were services at the Baptist
cliuroh Sunday morning and night by
the pastor. Rev. J. M. IXincan.
Mrs. Jos. P. Lee and children are
visiting relatives at Garner this week.
Mrs. Fred Royall, of Emporia, Va.,
is, visiting her mother, Mrs. M. C.
Benson this week.
Mr. Judson Cavenaugh, of W'allaee,
spent severalj days writh friends in
town recently.
Messrs. R. T. Surles, J. R. Barbour,
Rufus Smith and Chas. F. Neighbors
spent Wednesday in Lillington.
Mr. J. H. Rose, of Benson, and Mr.
J. J. Rose of Meadow township, went
to Rocky Mount Monday on business.
Mr. J. C. Stansil and family, of
Smith"teld, have been visiting rela
tives in town recently.
Sheriff Grimes was in our midst
Monday for a few hours.
Dr. J. C. Johnson, of Durham, and
Dr. Floyd Johnson, of Goldsboro, werq
in town Sunday.
The ordinance of Baptism was ad
ministered td three candidates at
Stroups pond near town last Sunday
afternoon, by Rev. J. M. Di'ncau of
Hon. E. S. W. Dameron, of Bur
the Baptist church,
lington, will deliver the commence
ment address at the Benson High
school on. Tuesday morning at eleven
o’clock, May 6th,
The commencement exercises of
the Benson school will begin Friday
night May 2, with exercises by the
smaller children of the lower grades
Sunday morning will be the usual
sermon to the graduating class. The
exercises will continue Monday. Mon
day evening, and Tuesday morning
and evening by the higher grades
Everybody invited to come.
WALTER H. PAGE.
There is something really exhila
rating alx>ut the appointment of Wal
ler H. Page as ambassador to Great
Britain.
A Southerner who knows the North;
a literary man who is also a practical
man of affairs; a fine public speaker;
a man imbued with the spirit of dem
ocracy and of this country as democ
racy’s representative, he has all the
qualities that it ought to be necessary
for a good ambassador to have. Be
sides he is a Johns Hopkins man.
He has not great wealth, or, if he
has, he lias successfully concealed
the fact. But if President Wilson’s
object was to get the best man avail
able with whom to test the theory
that it is possible for an American
ambassador to one of the great cap
itals of Europe to live decently and
to represent his country influent;'ally
upon something like the salary \ the
country pays him,, we think he It as
shown great sagacity in picking Ms
man.—Baltimore Sun.
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DEMOCRATS WANT
POST OFFICES
There is a feeling of deep concer*
I among the Senators and Members of
the House as to just what action will
be taken by the present administra
tion respecting the fourth class post
offices, which offices were placed
under civil service by president Taft
on October 15th, 1912, just twenty
two days before the election of a
Democratic president and at a time
when it was evident that the Taft
administration would be repudiated
and the government placed under the
control of the Democrats. By this
order, more than 35,000 Republican
postmasters throughout the United
States were covered into the class
ified service and can be removed
only for cause, unless President Wil
son should revoke or modify Presi
dent Taft’s order. That this order
classifying fourth class postmasters
was a debauchery of the civil ser
vice law, even prominent Republicans
admit, and many of them are as anx
ious as the Democrats to see the
order revoked. The effect of the
order is to require that after October
16th, 1912, all appointments at fourth
class offices where the compensation
is $500.00 a year or more shall be
made from certification after exami
nation by the civil service commission
and where the compensation is less
than $500.00 all ppointments shall
be made on the recommendation of
postoffice inspectors. One of the
chief objects of the civil service is
to take from politics the filling of
government offices ami providing that
the various positions in the govern
ment service shall be filled accord
ing to merit which is "o be ascertain
ed by competitive examination. But
it is not always the case that the
party standing the best examination
secures the position, for the law con
tains one big “Joker,” and it is this:
after an examination is held all pass
ing satisfactory examination are
placed on the eligible list, from
which all vacancies in the depart
ment, for which the examination was
held, are filled. These names are
placed on the list in the order of
the average attains Now should a
vacancy occur, the c mmission certi
fies to that depamnent the names of
the three highest eligibles, and the
chief in charge of the division in the
department, in which the vac-ncy ex
ists, is permitted to cho.,e any one of
the three names certified to him.
The result is. that should any one
of the three be of the same political
faith as the chief of the division, he
is chosen. Since nearly all the heads
of the departments are Republicans,
it is claimed that over eighty percent
[of the voters holding positions in the
departments belong to the Republi
can party. Unless President Wilson
revokes President Taft’s order more
than 35,000 Republican postmasters,
covered into the classified service by
executive order, will continue to hold
office; though a majority of them
are absolutely unqualified for the
position.
There are in North Carolina only
7 first, 74 second, and 101 third class
post offices. All the other postoffi
ces in the state are in the fourth class
and the present Republican incum
bents will continue to hold on, until
the Postmaster General and President
' Wilson devise some means of getting
rid of them. Just what will be done®
! no one can say at this time, and itl
4s this that is giving the members of
the House no little trouble.
Of the 142 first, second and third#
class postoffices in the state, six- 1
teen are in the Fourth Congressional *
district represented by Mr. Pou
There is one first class office, Ral
eigh; one second class office, Hende;
son; and fourteen third class offices*
Six recommendations have been sent
to the Postmaster General by Air*
Pou to fill vacancies in the following1
Selma, Claytcn, Siler City. KfttreJJ,
Spring Hope and West Raleigh.
A. M. N. Washin£toa (^ty Jf
KENLy votes school bo
Kenly, April 29.—An election
day authorizing an issue of
thousand dollars in thirty-year
per cent bonds for a graded
building was carried, seven ty-fo
for; seven against.