1 he Smith field Herald.
VOLUME 5.
SMITHFIELD, JOHNSTON COUNTY," NORTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 1887, 12.
NUMBER 35
CAROLINA CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS ATTEND HER.'
The Smithficld Herald
T. BOOKER, Proprietor.
One Dollar & Fifty Cents per year.
1 to 1 in the Post Office at Smithfie'd as
t lass manor.
iturday, February 12, 1887
I its: IWRT1XG SHIP.
im r.i i;n v. u'on in tih: cuticj
.' i , if,;jf. me enj 'tints."
, rims couch, the ma once mere
Vi evening's -rate lay dying
the sad sea's sullen roar
grieving winds were sighing ;
. me from tlie lonely shore
ith all her bread sails flying.
i . (aey thai sailed ujon that ship,
i . ",-(. he J wept nor smiled ;
irful eye, no treuiMing lip.
iuppliatins wild.
.. win for the lessening lands,
dread of coining ill ;
with folded, cold white hands
- i hmrt forever still.
that illiHutawe sea
be srtj ressel sped .
.bearing to eternity
- -rld s UBBiunbered dead.
Bui n the shore - sc. dark, so fair
which the swiftly parted.
. piercing fries and unite despair
i : rtals lri ken-hearted.
It . irms I oi oft in anguish raised.
Ii li ring to the skies ;
An I silent sowla thai only gazed
With steadfast, hopeless eyes.
Bui - hen the great celestial pyre
1" r each dead day is lighted,
looming on the wall of fire
1 at breathless ship is sighted.
ite with the 'load that die each da -
She holds her cnirse alone.
! it thr mgh : he closing shadows gray
.: the dark unknown.
" i vesterday npen the shore ;
: -day will come to-niorrow
Here m hereafter ever more
And so. farewell to sorrow.
H giant shadow fail, and gray
e twilight comes, appalling .-
ly sails -hake out the spray,
And then the tew is falling :
The o trdage creaks, and straight we say
irk ! ';: w the winds are calling :
MKXU AX WAR PEXSIOXS.
PRE ' N . FORMS FOR THE USE OF
APPLN A NTS IN SECtTRINQ PEN
SIONS. Washington, D. C Feb. G.
missioner Black, of the Pen
sion Office, is preparing and will
.. ready for distribution by
ext Wednesday a set of blank
rms for the uses of Mexican
war survivors and widows mak
i application for pensions un
c the recent act of Congress,
commissioner is specially
lesirona that applicants and
thers defer correspondence on
the subject, as it is expected that
fi rms in preparation and the
ompanying instructions will
be so fall and complete as to
tier correspondence unneces
a . All forms furnished by
pension claim agents will be
sidered informal unless ap
proved by the Commissioner of
Pensions.
KOAD LAW.
W-irrenton Gazette.
Our road law does not bear
Lilly upon all of our citizens
i cl i- unfair. For although a
in; u may be worth 8100.000 and
5,000 acres of land and two
en wagons and carts, and
lis over the public roads ten
sand dollars worth of pro-
year, he is road free and
es not contribute one cent to
wards repairing the roads which
his own hauling lias ruined.
Xol only this, he will charge his
I v laborers fifty cents a day
when the law forces them on the
lis. for Ids benefit. There is
justice in this and the Demo
party owes it to itself to
ke a change.
PROHlBITtoH A FAILI RE.
Evening Capital is a pro
it ion paper of Atlanta, Ga.,
it appears to irive it up that
hibitiorj fails to prohibit in
little city. It says :
"In fact, whiskey and beer are
h ost as much as ever, only
citj gets nothing for it.
; roniises of the prohibition
ders as regards increasing the
force and reducing expen
- criminal) and other promises,
proven a farce, and the city
- division has been depress
rci st down financially , while
r cities have profiited by its
ipse. Liquor saloons areget
- to be more numerous than
' ly the license has been
- tluced from $500 to $100 a year,
i th" property owners will
have to pay for the loss."
STATE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
February 1.
The following bills were intro
duced :
To authorize the State Board of
Education to operate convicts to
Anion AA-nala i i- I niinflc! t i"i OtiniTQn
Vfterward taken an and passed
a -j - -, -,.
its second and thud readings.
io amend section 3800 of Code,
7
relating to powers 01 town com- j
missioners.
To prevent destruction of part
ridges for five years.
To require justices of the peace
- , .. n
:for the relief of widows of keep-
duties. ! . ix.
. i ers of life saving stations.
The hour for tlte special order ; Bill regulating foes on impound
having arrived the bill for the ; ed Btock assed lts thlrd reading.
extension of the C. F. & Y V . . t u Harnett county
R. R. was taken up on its second , a , . . .
iCiHiiiifcf,. xi' piuymcu .js. an viv-
tension of time, 250 convicts. It
passed its third reading.
HOUSE.
Bills introduced as follows :
To prohibit holding political
meetings in public school houses,
To regulate municipal elections
in cities and towns.
To amend the school laws so as
to abolish the county boards of
education.
To amend chapter 237, laws of
1885, relating to the State board
of health.
To repeal chapter 355; laws of
188 j, relating to t tie analysis m
poison cases.
To amend chapter 1, vol. 2 of
the Code.
The following bills passed their
third readings :
To repeal the Wake county
stock law.'
To incorporate the town of
Dunn, Harnelt county.
The hour for the special order
having arrived, H. B. 82, being
an act to establish a railroad com- j
mission for the State of North .
Carolina, was taken up, andpend- j
iiiir discussion the House ad-
innrnftd.
SENATE.
February 2.
The following bills were intro
duced :
To reduce fees on impounded
stock.
To amend section 203G of the
Code.
To amend section G94 of the
Code.
To protect laborers.
To amend the Code with refer
ence to railroad freights.
Senate bill providing for an
amendment to the constitution
to exempt new manufactories
from taxation for five years, to
encourage the introduction of in-
dustries was taken up, and failed ;
to pass.
HOUSE.
The following bills were intro
duced :
To amend the school law.
To amend the re venue laws of
1885. relating to the drummer's
tax.
To abolish county boards of
education.
To amend sectioa 2580 of the
Code, school law.
To secure a second term of
Harnett court.
To amend section 1799 of the
Code, relating to crop liens.
The bill to establish a railroad
commission for North Carolina j
was taken up, and pending dis- j
cussionof it the Ho use adjourned,
1
SENATE.
February 3. ,
The following bills were intro- ,
duced '
To amend article 2, sections 2, '
3 and 5, of the Constitution so:
as to elect members of the Gen
eral Assembly every four years.
To amend section 8, chapter ;
206, Eaws of 188;, relating to '
the Insane Asylum. j
To provide for furnishing doc- :
omenta for public libraries.
To amend the law relating to
registration of mortgages.
The following bi" Is passed their!
third reading. !
To regulate fees m impounded
stock.
Bill appropriate funds for car-
rying on the agricultural depart
ment.
Mr. Pou offered an amendment
to limit the appropriation to
$20,000 per annum, which was
adopted. The bill then passed 1
its second reading.
HOUSE.
The following bills were intro
duced :
To maintain tlte colored nor
mal school at Goldsboro.
To regulate the sale of cotton.
THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT BILL.
This bill was taken up on its
third reading.
Mr. Pinnix said he wished to
! glve fuU time for conrideration
and moved that it be made the
-it i. rpt, -,
i . ,
: I MIC H'OU nAYlAa
SENATE.
February 4.
Bills introduced as follows :
' ABJViiis; vuniiiCBB iu iaoa x law
third reading.
HOUSE.
The following bills were intro
duced :
To regulate the apportionment
of convict labor to the public
j improvements of the State
To create a board of pardons.
To define felonies and misde-
! meanors.
i
SENATE.
j February 5.
; Bm to amend sections 3138,
3139 and 3141 of the Code, re-
: garbing druggists passed its sev-
eraj readings
Bill to amend the charter of
the town of Selina passed its sev
eral readings.
HOUSE.
Bills introduced as follows :
Mr. Abell, to regulate the con
tinuance of licenses.
To regulate the apportionment
of convict labor.
To provide for the study of
physiology and hygiene in public
schools.
Abell, for the relief of
maimed Confederate soldiers.
IS THE GOVERNOR'S SALA
RY TOO liM.flS ?
Statesville Landmark,
Is the Governor's salary too
high ? If st) let's cut it down,
but the last Governor went out
of office penniless, after boarding
throughout his entire term, and
had to borrow money to take
him to his home. Are the sala-
ries of the judges too high ? If
so let's cut them down ; but one
of the best of them says he had
to draw on his private resources
for the support of his family
every year since he has been on
the bench ; another says he had
to spend, last year, $500 above
his salary ; another says he would
resism at once except that his
iaw practice is all gone and he
i is too poor to stop and wait for
it to come back.
OI T OF PATIEXCE.
Scotland Neck Democrat.
We are out of patience with
the educational cranks who
are ever and anon calling for
more money to educate the ne
gro. The whites now pay eight
tenths of the taxes to run colored
schools four months in the year.
We have built them insane asy
lums and supported them by tax
ation, and normal schools, and
done many other helpful things
for that race. For all these self-
imposed burdens they are not
grateful. We are tired of this
educational craze. If Finger and
the cranks in the State want the
negro educated let them do it
out of their own pockets. But
don't tax the whites into the
poor house to educate the negro,
e are in favor of everybody
educating his own children.
the OSE CKVP IDEA.
j Greensboro Patriot.
We agree with Hinton Helper,
one of the finest writers m the
old North State, that the entire
South must abandon the one crop
idea before it can become pros-
perous, homogeneous and happy,
How many farmers are there in
North Carolina to-day in debt
for their '86 fertilizer by their
adherence to the one crop system,
together with the lieu law and
mortgage system yoked around
their necks ? Yea thousands.
An Irishman, upon seeing a
squirrel shot from a tree said,
"Faith, and that's a waste of
powder ; t he fall itself would have
killed the squirrel."
RAIL ROAD DISCUSSION.
SENATOR POST'S SPEEC H,
Upon The Bill To Repeat Sec
tion 1966 Op The Coi
Rail Road Vs The Peoi'le.
Mr. President : Under ordi
nary circumstances I should have
been content after the opposition
I off ered to this bill on yesterday,
to have remained in my sesU and
voted "no,'' but I cannot d so ;
the importance of this bill t( the
whole State, and especially Jay to
county, makes it imperati ve Upon
me to use every honorable neans
to defeat its passage.
The bill under consideration
repeals Section 1966 of the Code,
(this section makes discrimina
tion in freight rates unlawful).
The repeal therefore of that
statute relieves the railroads of
every restriction. They will be
able to adopt the policy of ma
king and unmaking towns at
their pleasure, and the friends of
this bill not only ask this Senate
to pass it but they ask that it be
passed without going through
the ordinary cours e of a refer
ence. Why such haste ? The
friends of the bill say pass it at
once because the Supreme Court
has decided that the raib'oads
have been violating the law.
They say that the fertilizer sea
son is approaching and that the
railroads will be forced to aise
the freight on Kainit from Wil
mington to Charlotte to $20 per
ton. This is the objection made
by the Senator from Mecklen
burg, and if that Senator would
read section 1966 he would see
that his objection is not tenable.
That section closes as follows :
'Nothing in this chapter shall in
any manner be taken as abridg
ing the right of any railroad com
pany from making special con
tracts with shippers of large
quantities of freight to be not
less in quantity or bulk than one
car load." I am sure the Kainit
dealers of Charlotte would have
not the least trouble in making
Ma special contract" with the
railroads for the transportation
of their Kainit from Wilmington
at the old rates.
The only other reason for
unusual haste, was the one
by the Senator trom MaconJ
wit, that unless we repeal
statute at once, therailroai
have the power under the cj
ion of the Supreme Court
up their rates to such a poirt as
will prohibit the transportation
of many articles of traffic. And
in my opinion this has no better
basis than the objection offered
by the Senator from Mecklen
burg. Let us see. The Supreme
Court has never held that any
charge was too small. It did not
hold in the recent decision (Hines
and Battle vs. the W. and W. R.
R. Co.) that when the R. R. com
pany charged R. H. Battle $2.50
per ton for hauling guano 155,
miles, it charged them too little,
it only held that, in charging
Hines and Battle the same for
hauling guano 137 miles, it char
ged them too much. This decis
ion will not opperate in the man
ner stated by the friends of the
bill yesterday. It need not, and
I am sure, will not, result in in
creasing freight rates to Charlotte
but will operate to decreased the
rates to Lumberton, Mohroe,
AVadesboro and all points between
Wilmington and Charlotte, if the
present rules are not in accord
with the law. But even if my con
struction of this decision is er
roneous there is still no reason
for the lightning speed with
which the friends of the bill are
trying to secure it. Taking their
view to be correct, the ruin
which they foretell cannot possi
bly begin before the 5th of Feb.
ruary because section 1965 Of the
Code says that no change in the
freight rates from any boiiit
shall be made unless fifteen days
notice shall have been given
thereof, and during those fifteen
days we can easily frame and
pass a substitute for section 1967
which will give the railroads all
the relief to which they are
justly entitled.
I fail entirely to see the ex
treme urgency for this action.
Since yesterday I have studied
closely the decision referred to
and I am fully convinced that
the court interpreted the law
exactly as the legislators of 1879,
designed that it should b in
terpreted. A great evil exinted ;
railroads made such rates as they
his
Mien
I to-
Jt his
(xVHi '
pcis-
m nut !
saw proper. They discriminated
in favor of Charlotte, Raleigh.
Wilmington and Goldsboro, to
the destruction of small towns
on the railroads. I remember
well when merchants at Clayton
would order goods from Wil
mington to be sent by Clayton
to Raleigh and then re-shipped
from Raleigh to Clayton and
saved freight by the operation. I
remember when cotton buyers at
Franklinton and Wilson would
send cotton to Raleigh and Golds
boro and ship thence back by
Franklinton and Wilson to New
York and the freight from Frank
linton to Raleigh and thence
from Raleigh back to Franklin
ton and on to New York was less
than the freight on the same ar
ticles from Franklinton to New
York.
Under that system the six rail
road centers in North Carolina
prospered, and the hundred and
more other railroad towns and
villages lanquished and died.
The common sense and justice
of the people of North Carolina
decided that the system was
bad, and to remedy that evil the
Legislature of 1879 enacted what
is now section 1966 of the Code.
That it has wrought a great work
for the people of North Carolina,
no man will deny. The prosper
ous little railroad towns spring
up all over North Carolina are
living witnesses to the wisdom of
that statute. Now we are con
fronted with a proposition, to re
peal that law. Why ? Because
the Supreme Court has decided
that, if a railroad company
charges as much for hauling a
ton of fertilizer 137 miles as it
does for hauling the same fertil
izer 155 miles it violates that law.
Is that anything new ? Is that
an unexpected decision ? On the
contrary is it not exactly what
every one would think the stat
ute meant ? Now if that statute
is too broad, if it works real in
jury to the railroads I am as will
ing as any Senator on this floor
to modify it. I am willing to
repeal it even, provided the re
pealing act substitutes in place
of that statute something better,
but until some substitute is pro
vided I shall never give my vote
for its repeal.
The friends of this bill all agree
with me as to the necessity of
some legislation of a character
similar to the statute under dis
cussion, and we differ only in
this : That we ask that the sub
stitute be formulated before
the original is repealed. They
say repeal the present statute
(Sec. 1966 of the Code) and then
we will all come together and
enact some good law on the sub
ject. I am not willing to accept
any such terms, In my opinion,
if the bill offered by the Senator
from Mecklenburg becomes a law,
we will not be able to pass any
other on the same subject during
this session. I have the greatest
confidence in the candor of the
Senators who favor this bill and
I am assured that they will do
their best to secure the anact
ment of such a law, but I am as
firmly persuaded that the effort
to pass it will fail. We may be
assured that the railroads will
oppose it and the railroad cen
ters, such as Wilmington, Char
lotte and llaleigh, will oppose it,
and its passage would be doubt
ful in the extreme. The history
of legislation in North Carolina
shows that when the fight is be
tween the railroads and anything
else, or anybody else, the rail
roads generally win. Repeal
this statute and when you at
tempt to pass something in its
stead you will find your attempt
hopeless.
In my opinion, so far from be
ing a calamity, the decision of
the court in the case of Hines &
Battle vs. R. R. coming at this
time is peculiarly fortunate. It
is a notice served by the Supreme
Court (if I may borrow this ex
pression from the Senator from
Davidson) upon the Railroads
they must obey the law of the
land, and now the friends of the
railroads are anxious for a rail
road commission or for some
wise legislation on the subject of
freight discrimination as we are,
and if tliat legislation is pro
posed before the repeal of this
statue (Code 1966) it will certain
ly pass ; repeal this statue and
then propose new restrictions on
the railroads and I am persuaded
that we will fail. We have all
the advantage now. In fact it
never was as easy to settle this
vexed question as it is now.
Since the decision of the Supreme
Court our position in regard to
the railroads has been so satis
factory that we might even use
the language which Cromwell is
said to have used when he saw
the Scotch army under Leslie
descending, in line of battle from
the heights of Dunbar: "The
Lord has delivered them into
our hands."
Pass this'.bill, we lose all of
our advantages and we deliver
the people into the hands of the
railroads. I move, Mr. Presi
dent, to commit this bill to the
Judiciary Committee.
A NO-FERCE LAW GREATLY
SEEDED.
Among the various causes that
have operated seriously against
the growth and development of
agricultural prosperity in North
Carolina, doubtless there is none
more prominent and detrimental
in its effects than the present
burdensome and unjust compul
sion of fencing all the land cul
tivated. I hazard nothing in the
assertion that the most intelli
gent, 'responsible men of the
State, have long since realized
the fact, that a No-Fence or Stock
Law would greatly promote the
material prosperity of this State.
There are two reasons why
this should be made a general
law as speedily as possible : The
first is, that thousands of dollars
may be annually saved to our
farmers by abolishing the enor
mous expense of splitting rails,
and making fences, which of ne
cessity, require about two months
in each year. Now it is admit
ted by men of judgment, that
the time thus consumed could be
spent very advantageously in
raising manure, and more thor
oughly preparing the soil. But
it is utterly out of the question
to think of devoting but very lit
tle attention to these matters,
important as they are, so long as
we are oppressed by this unjust
requirement of fencing all the
land cultivated. One of the re
sults of this it seems to me un
lawful system, is that farmers
are necessarily compelled to buy
extensively of commercial fertili
zers at exorbitant prices, which
do but little, if any permanent
good to the land.
But, perhaps the most plausi
ble reason wdiy there should be
a "No-Fence Law" in North Car
olina, is that our timber, now so
fast disappearing, may be pre
served to the country, and to
posterity. It is well known that
the timber in our country is be
ing rapidly exhausted ; indeed,
there is not enough in many sec
tions, to fence the land in culti
vation. A proper regard for the
welfare and happiness of poster
ity is one of the highest princi
ples of an enlightened civiliza
tion. The extravagant way in
which the timber of our State is
being wasted, will in a few years i
result almost in the destruction
of the forest, which will effect
very materially the climate of the !
J J.1 3 " 1
country, imis rendering- agricul
ture still more uncertain.
The people are to be congratu
lated upon the fact, that there is
a rapidly growing sentiment in
favor of this much needed law.
I am heartily of the opinion that
in a few years, it will be the law
in most of the State. Let the
subject be discussed until the
people throughout the State are
enthused upon this great ques
tion. If the Legislature now in
session, would enact this law for
the entire State, it would do more,
in my humble judgment, to start
our grand old State upon a long
career of prosperity, than any
thing that could be done.
J. M. Turner.
Clayton, N. C.
LIEUT. GOV. STEDMAI.
Kaieigh Evening Visitor.
The prompt and decisive rul
ing of Lieut. Governor Stedman
in the Sentate, adds much to the
dispatch of business in that body,
and the hearty acquiesence of
Senators in the decisions of their
presiding officer, attest the con
fidence reposed in him. The
Senate of North Carolina has
rarely, if ever, had a more digni
fied or competent president.
Teach self-denial and make its
practice pleasurable, and you
create for the world a destiny
more sublime than ever issued
from the brain of the wildest
dreamer. Sir Walter Scott.
6LEHWOOD NOTES.
Reported for (lie Herald by Our
Regular Reporter.
Our Library received a valua
ble book from Prof. C. L. Smith,
Principal of Selma Academy, last
week.
Miss Maggie Williains, who is
now teaching at Kyles' Landing,
sent us four volumes for the Li
brary not long since ; and Mr. J.
F. Grantham, now a student at
our school, presented the Library
a valuable book " Buried Cities
recovered."
Miss Delia Johnson, of Lil
lington, N. C, so pleasantly re
membered, by many friends of
Glenwood, from her stay here as
a student, last year, is again with
us. Her coming is like a sun
beam, warming and cheering all
upon whom it falls.
Measles is prevailing, to some
extent in this section. Mr. A. H.
Williams has been detained at
home far a week by the disease.
His many friends will be glad to
know that he is almost well now.
A considerable number of our
Glenwood people will attend the
"Teachers' Institute" on 12th
inst., at Smithfield, N, C.
" In the Spring the young man's fancy,
Lightly turns to thoughts of love,"
and he turns to write a few verses
for his "Queen of Hearts"; so
he starts out :
" Steal gently, steal gently, 0 ! Love to my
heart ,,;
but he happens to think that,
may be, this stealing-so-gently-O-Love-to-my
heart kind of po
etry may not just yet meet the
requirements of the case. He
tears off this sheet and takes a
fresh one
" My thoughts, fair maid, to thee ever turn,
1 feel ray heart within me burn,-'
but he stops short at the idea of
having laid himself liable to the
charge of having so common
place a disease as the " heart
burn." He starts again
"My love for -ou is like the sparkling dew,
Which reflects the light from a" rubber
shoe,
is the only thing he can find to
rhyme with " dew," and he jumps
up in a rage, declaring that he
never will love anything in rhyme
again ; it is better to " take it
straight " your " gentle Annie"
will think your broken accents
just as poetic, and she will lean
her " bangs " against your shirt
front just as confidingly as if
you had ridden your Muse
through all the sweet valleys of
the river of Love to tell her of
the " consumming fire " that is
raging within your cardiacal
anatomy.
Miss Cora Lee is attending
Glenwood School. We welcome
her to our community.
Mrs. Underwood, who was
thought to be improving in
health, is still quite feeble; but
her friends hope that she is gain
ing her strength slowly, and that
she may soon be as well as usual.
H. C. McNeill, Esq., and Dr.
Benton visited Raleigh,last week,
in the interest of the " New
County " project. It is hoped,
that their influence may be felt,
and that we may have the priv
ilege of saying at the polls
whether we shall have a new
county, at no distant time.
E.
IS BINGHAM AT HOME.
The Durham Recorder says :
"We learn from a trustworthy
source that Walter Bingham, the
murderer of Miss Turlington, lias
returned to his old home in Ala
mance county. This gentleman
informs us that if the authori
ties wish to arrest him they can
do so by making a dilligent
search in his old neighborhood.
We give this for what it is worth,
as it came from a man living in
that vicinity." This statement,
in connection with one to the ef
fect that a man answering a de
scription of Bingham was a few
days since seen in Mecklenburg
county, Va., and left there going
in a southerly direction, is rath
er significant. It is at -least a
report that should keep the eyes
of the authorities wide open.
Wilmington Star.
The Rev. Dr. R. J. Breckenridge
once asked his mother if she had
not been too strict with her boys.
Her witty reply was : "Who has
whipped out three better preach
ers than I have ?" New York
Ledger.
Fire in Mobile, Ala., destroyed
several buildings ; a number of
men were buried by falling walls.