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NUMBER 36-
VOLUME 5.
SMITHFIELD, JOHNSTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 19, 1887.
CAROLINA CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S BLESSINGS ATTEND HER.'
NBW APVERTISEMKNTS. NEW ADVKRTKEMEXTa.
FRANK THORNTON
A GRAND SV3AREED-DOWrJ SALE!
A nmnfmgto more lhan a Quarter of a Million Dollars
-ilOK YKARSPAST TT HAS BEEN MY CCSToM TO HAVE A GRETA V ClEARIIG
H prior to my annual inventory . Owing; to bad weather and other rensona, the
nn.'inu-onier.t of the beginning of this CiitE.&l REDUCTION in prices has been de.
i,vol '' now.
COMMENCING- - :
QU AHA
This D fieri us; will Coiatiiarae
COTIL FEBRUARY i, 188.
Tt,e o'jot of thw reiluction in pricecs is not to work off old goods, but simply to reduce
stock. This m.iy be considered an
'he imithfield leiald.
F. T. BOOKER, Proprietor.
One Dollar &Fiity Cents per year.
Entered in the Tost Office at Smithfie'd as
Second Clasa matter.
Saturday; February 19, 1887.
. YOU RXOTf YOU DO,
You know yoa keep your eyes on the
clock,
And wish it would jump an hour or
two
So that yeur pa would cease to talk
And go to bed you know you do-
And when the folks to bed have gone.
And left "some one" alone with you,
And wish the clock would stop its tongue ; j ticed
fr.Mii the
fact that it includes 7.1EGLER BROS' SHOES jund other lines of goods thai hare
never before been offered at less than regular prices.
I niak'S the following prices in
B&ACK. MISS!
iKIiKS.
H pieces at 40 eents per raid, former price To.
pieces at C-.l cents per yard, former price 85,
11 pieces at 8"2i cents per yard, former price 9-3-7
pieces at 1.0-5 per yard, former price 1.2-3.
3 pices Black Silk Khadamc reduced from $1.40 to 1.10.
1 pieces Black Silk Tricotine reduced from 1.75 to $1.25.
3 pieces Blrck Satin Duchess reduced from 1.8-5 to 1.43.
These goods were all good value at the original prices.
COLORED DBES3 SILKS.
In these jroods I show a full line in Solid Colors, Striped, Checked and Brocades, and
will -ell them at a price that vou will be willing to pay. Call and see them.
ALL-WOOL DRESS GOODS.
In thi department it will be imp-ssiMe to'g.ve prices of anything like the ettire stock, but
t. -ive vou an idea of how . heap I am offering these iroods I will mention : All-wool Tricots
4oln-he Wide. 4i cents : regular riee ".0 cents. All-wool Tricois, 51 inches wide, N) cents ;
lfsular price fl.OO. Oriental Silk som-thin new this season, aadaods thitcan be worn
all the rear round, 32 cents: worth 50 cents. v
1 consider it only nece.-ry o say tbaf the entire -lck of Dress Goods including 11CK
Ca-hmere Silk Warp Henrietta Cloths, Camels Hair 1oth. Diasronal. Satin Berber?, Series,
I'rape Cloth and all tlie low price i Dress Goods will be sold at pi ices reduced in proportion to
the I have mentioned.
Or stop it you know you do?
lie blushes deep, and looks afraid
To be thus left alone with you,
But your eyes ceil him ne'er was moid
But could be wood you know you do 1
You peep at "some one" neath your cards
Until with love you burn him through,
And make him hate all other girls
In love for you you know you do ?
And when this arm steals 'round your chair,
Ycu oive a smothered scream or two.
As if you didn't want it there,
But oh ! you do you know you do !
You nestle c'oscr up to him,
Yotir head drops on his shoulders too,
You think it nice to have a "Huts,"
You naughty thing you kn you do !
You let him kiss vour blueing cheeks,
j Somehow, your Hps meet his lips too ;
! You tempt him. silly thins:, to speak,
You wicked flirt you know you do:
Above all other flowers he' loved j
snowdrops whose delicate blos
soms appear silvery, pure and
unspotted as an infant's soul I
Every year, in the first days of
spring, a child would bring- him
a large hunch of these, his white
favorites, a pretty child, the
daughter of a miller, whose mill
lay in the beautiful Plau ens
cTien Grunde, whither the master
often directed his lonely walks.
The little girl would never ac
cept any pay for her boquet;
but, softly and timidly she
would say, "Ah I play something
for me!" He always complied
with her request, und secretly re
joiced at the silent happiness of
the listening child. Years thus
! passed ; one day 4he master no-
that the little girl nad
Thistles and thorns, how deep they, slins,
But fake, false tongues, they sting still
more ;
Not fire, nor coal such wounds can bring-,
As secret love in my heart's core..
Alas ! why could not I my parents move ?,
They for my husband made me take
A noble man, whom I can never love.
Ah, me ! my heart will surely break !
Loved one, sadly 1 beg thee,
In memory of my most tender love,
In the deep, cool grave to lay me,
Beneath the shelter of a shady grove."
TOE TOD4CCO TAX-
STATE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
TUG PAI1T POT FOR STOLES
MORSES.
And when he timidly doth press
His wish to make a wife of you,
With happy heart you answer "les,"
You darling girl you know you do'
SNOWDROPS.
I
IFI-i-A-Itsr 1ST ZEX..S
!.:. n ,.i -.-,.... n I. i,c liKi r.ieces Red Flannel, including
a never nave snowier :
ttry et Medicated Twilled. 1 pieces Jray Twilled Flannel
sncii pi ort unity of supplying yoxrself wiih these goods.
Vou
The largest assortment ever shown in the State, and while these gaods sire worth
.: i i 1 .i .,., ,i.,w t,. pnrrri(ni in rricc wi;h the balance of the stock.
1 Ml i:i ft lit, iii-ii nvi - - - - - s A
(perb lin oi over L'nO pieces in ad grades, prices reduced to figures that .ill astonish yo'J.
LADIES, WRAPS.
A "..o l a-soitinent of New Market-, Short Wraps and Jackets with the price taken off.
El
In a small, quiet island the
Catholic churchyard of the
proud, royal city of Drisden
lies a hidden but holy spot lor
i those believing souls who learn
hc to bow in childlike humility be-
fnrpi thft nll-troverninsr powers of
I sublime music. The cupola of
tills Cliapel lor ploua pilgrimo ie
i flit in fin it slcv : the stool unon
pre" ! which they kneel, a simple grey j tired, inquired for the dwelling
erown tall, slender and beauti
ful that the child had become
a blooming maiden. She re
turned in the following spring;
she was pale indescribably pale
and death shone forth in her
deeply sunken eyes. She wept
bitterly as she handed to the
honored one the white flowers -
! and he, as was. his wont, played
for her sweet, charming, musical
fairy tales. "I shall not return
next spring," she said, in part
ing. "Farewell ! To-morrow
they will weave the bridal
wreath in my hair." "And this
makes you sad, dear child VT in
quired the master, and strove to
jest ; "I think that my dear little
girl commences also to relate
fairy tales to me, for a fair bride
seldom weeps over her beautiful
green bridal garland!" "They
do not wed me to my true love,"
suddenly exclaimed the pale one,
sobbing; "alas, a strange man
leads me to his home ! My be
loved journeyed away, at the
last Christmas holidays, far away
into the wide world, without
leave-taking or parting greeting ;
how can I be jealous?" She
clasped her little hands together,
and expression of heart-rending
anguish was imprinted upon her
charming features. The much-longed-for
spring appeared ; the
bolls ehimpd ia t.hft valley: an
nlrl raroworn man. plainly at-
The aortmeut in lmth qualitv and sizes has been kept up through tie fcason in this de
partment and I can supply any "demand and at the same reduction in prices as in other lines
of goods.
HAMBURG EDGING AND LACES.
I have more of these coods than I want. Come and select what you want and I will make ft
price to suit you.
stone ; the saintly image, a lyre,
wreathed with stars; in their
! prayer-book others stand written
only these words: Carl Maria
j Von AYeber. Yes, in thus peace
I ful a nook rests the famed one.
I There slumbers he, in dreamless
i repose, after many a hard battle,
! after many a glorious victory.
I Wounded by thorns of life, he
isang his swan's song far away
! from his beloved Home ana
of the "musician." Un Deing
shown into his cosy room, he
greeted him with a sorrowful
smile, and gave him a large bo
quet of delicate snowdrops. "I
bring you the last greeting of my
child," the old man faltered
with difficulty. '.'Yesterday we
buried our Margaret. She died
like a flower nipped by the frost
alas, and died so willingly!
Love had broken her lieart ; we,
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then was silent forever. The wretched parents, are 10 oiame.
world decorated the inanimate
A complete line of the best Corsets, in both American and French makes. Prices reduced
Sffoiscry
In this department the stock is complete in all lines. Ladies'. Misses', Children's, Men's
and roy,s. Trices low.
Keady-Madc Clothing.
Thi-i wecpin" reduction ia pi ices takes in my entire stock of IteaJy-Made Clothing
includes the CELEBRATED PEARL SHIRT.
NOTHING IS EXCEPTED. THE "WHOLE STOCK GOES.
SAMPLES AND ORDERS
Our facilities iu this line of dealing are unsurpassed. Orders by mail and requests fo
ample have attention the same day they arc received, and we solic tboth.
FRANK THORNTON,
FAYETTE V1L.ILE, N. C
WHERE TO BUY YOUR DRUGS
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THE OLDEST DBUG
IN SMITHFIELD!
Wc ild remind my friends that his house is now filled with a select stock of
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101LKT ARTICLES, BOOKS, CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
ICEU0LDS0DA ANDVARIOUS MIXERALWATERS,
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I HAVE THE AGKNCY FOB THE CELEBRATED
I. B. SEELEY RUBBER TRUSSES!
I GUARANTEE A PERFECT FIT IN THESE GOODS.
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IF YOU ARE THINKING OF PAINTING SOON, CALL AT MY STORE
AND GET A COLOR SHEET AND EXAMINE MY LARGE STOCK OF
WHITE LEAD, OILS AND COLORP,
form with laurel and laid it in
its native earth ; they showered
upon the dead the honors they
deuied the living. Many a bit
ter tear has doubtless flowed, in
gratitude, repentance and sorrow
from thousands upon the slum
ViPrimr one. It seems to us al
ready like a dream that the great j
master lived, sang and sunerea
with ns. amidst us, and near to
us ; and yet the number of years
that have elapsed since that hap
py time are so few ! His quiet
house in a dark, narroAV street in
Drisden ! the magical melodies
i and sounds which filled his soul,
I and which will be praised in af
I ter ages, rang forth from a little
j flower-decked window. There,
j in the quiet night, would listen
ers comrregate, forgetting sleep
and weariness, and, allowing the
refresliing showers of tones to
stream down upon their thirst
ing souls, would fervently thank
him for such heavenly solace.
The love of a faithful wife was
ever about him, boundless affec
tion shone upon him from out
the bright eyes of his children ;
but their touching, self-sacrific-
ing devotion aiu not sumw w i
smooth the rough path. through !
j which their beloved one wan-
dered, nor to avert the sharp
stings which envy and malice
; directed towards him. How often
Idid this noble heart bleed!
When spring arrived and gave
the sombre city innumerable
charms ; when all nature smiled
and flowers arose from out their
little graves; when trees with
their thousand blossom-eyes
gazed without, blinking into the
beaming countenance of the sun,
a simple lily of the valley, a
bunch of violets, charmed and
elevated anew the master's soul,
and tit ft sweet nerfume of the
Oh ! had we suspected tnat sue
so dearly loved the handsome
journeyman
Conrad, we should
not have driven him out into the
wide world! The worthy lad,
with his true, loving heart, was
too poor for us ; the rich miller,
who wished to wed our lovely
child pleased us better. Conrad's
love was timid, and as Margaret i
looked out into the word quietly,
cheerfully, guilelessly,as an open
ing rosebud, we dared to tell the
desponding lover that our child
rejected him ; yes, with disdain,
and had promised her heart and
to the rich suitor. Conrad de
parted, secretly, proud, and yet
so miserable. Endless grief en
tered our house Margaret com
menced to droop, and we, most
unhappy, did then read her heart.
She onlv confessed on Her deatn
bed how dearly she had loved
the departed one; despite her
violent, secret sorrow, she was a
good, pious, dutiful wife to her
husband ; never did she mention
her beloved one's name ; but we
found thip little scrip of paper in
her prayer-book. Pray keep it
in remembrance of her. You
often have given my poor ghild
much pleasure ; she could so .rce
ly await the arrival of the! first
snowdrops. Do not forgetlooor
Marearet." The hot tears ci' the
unhaDT)V,repentant father alnost
stifled his last words. Then
tii riofmlv moved master Imiid
himself alone he thoughf ully
I -l 3 11 2 4-1-1 V.Tv n-P i1:tDT
i unioiaeu me uuicbucci ui
and read with difficulty f tne
handwriting was tremulouf and
half effaced by tears :
Louisville Courier Journal Dem.J
The Courier-Journal opposes
any interference with the inter
nal taxes because there are taxes
which bear more heavily on the
tobacco grower himself than does
the tobacco tax,andthe clamor for
the repeal comes not from the
friend of the tobacco grower, but
from men who are by the tariff
robbing the producers of the
country of millions annually.
In 1886 the tobacco tax yielded
$27,907,363; in 1882 it yielded
47,391,989. Here is a reduction
that it seems to us should make
the tobacco planter patient until
other producers have had equal
relief. We use the argument as
it is presented to us ; allowing
only from courtesy the claim
that the repeal of the tobacco tax
means any real relief to the grow
ers. As a matter of fact it is not
'. the nroducer but the consumer
who pays this tax. But 11 tne
tax does restrict consumption,
then, as nearly one-half of the
restriction lias been removed,
the tobacco grower should be
willing to wait a while, particu
larly as he, in common with all
others, is concerned in the tariff.
If the tobacco tax is repealed the
revenues of the Government are
reduced to that extent and the
people are relieved of that amount
and no more.
Instead we would get relief in
another direction. For instance,
the imports of pig iron in 1886
were less than 400,000 tons ; the
duty was 6.72 a ton, or a rev
enue of S2,688,000. The do
mestic production was 0,0OO,OO
tons, to the price of which the
producer added the tariff, 6.72
a ton, or 37,632,000. Here we
have a total consumption of 6,-
000,000 tons of pig iron. The
total tax is 40,320,000, which is
paid by the people. Of this vast
sum the Government gets a little
over six per cent ; the furnace
men get ninety-four per cent. If
the tax on pig iron were repealed,
the Government would sacrifice
only S2,688,000, and yet genuine
relief to the extent of 40,000,-
000 would be afforded the peo
ple. By the repeal of the tobacco
tax the Government pays 27,
000,000 for only 27,000,000 relief
for the people ; by a repeal of
the tax on pig iron it could get
40,000,000 of relief at a cost of
onlv 82.788,000. As between
February, 11th
The bill to curtail the expen
ses of the agricultural depart
ment to 20,000 per annum, to
cover its fund into the State
treasury, and to reduce the sal
ary of the commissioner 2,000
to 1,800 and to fix the chemists
at 2,500, came up on its third
reading as a special order. After
a long debate, and the refusal of
several amendments, the bill pas
sed its third reading.
Mr. Pou introduced a bill to
provide against freight discri
minations by railroads.
HOUSE.
Bills introduced as follows :
To elect county commissioners
by the peoples vote.
The bill to authorize the Board
of Education to construct and
complete certain roads and canals
in eastern North Carolina passed
its second and third readings
without amendment by a vote of
67 to 18.
SENATE.
February 12,1887.
The following bills were intro
duced :
To repeal section 2190 of the
Code.
To incorporate the Oxford &
Clarksville Kailroad Company.
Bill to ratify certain judgments
against the University (in favor
of Sol. Pool).
Mr. Elias did not want the bill
considered today, and moved to
pospone till next Wednesday.
Motion was lost,
The bill on second reading
passed, 20 to 5.
Mr. Winston moved to suspend
the rules and take up the bill
for the relief of Mr. W. J. Sut
ton on third reading. Adopted,
22 to 10.
HOUSE.
New Yoik World. J
All the horses that .are stolen
in New york or its vicinity find
their way to the horse market, if
the dealer is sharp enough to
preceive that the horse offered to
him is stolen he buys him very
cheap. Then he uses all his in
genuity to change his appearance.
Painting is frequently resorted
to. If the horse has any white
markings they are deftly painted
over ; if not, and his color is dark,
a few white spots are painted on.
So skillfully is this done that
even dealers are deceived. As
soon as a case of horse stealing
is reported to the police a de
tective is usually sent to the mar
ket. It is the exception for him,
however, to recover the horse.
The owner himself would not
regonize his animal after the
paint pot had been used. A de
tective of the fifty ninth street
police station informed the re
porter that he knew of an instance
in which a livery man bought
his own horse from a dealer at
the market without knowing it.
Although many arrests have been
made in such cases the traffic
continues. Capt Killilea had a
detective in the market for six
weeks at one time before he could
trace a horse that had been sto
len from a stable in West Forty
seventh street. Some of the deal
ers have stables elsewhere in the
city. When the stolen horse is
of such color that he cannot be
painted he is removed to one of
these private stables until the af
fair blows over and he can safely
be bought out and sold.
WU JACOB WEPT AFTER
KISSiMi RACHEL.
Bills introduced as follows :
To establish a printing office
in connoetinn xritll tllf TWaf and
Dumb Asylum.
To amend section 2834 of the
Code.
Relating to employees of mines
manufactories, &c.
To establish a house of refuge.
Mr. Pearson introduced a bill
to modify the present system of
county government Corporations.
Mr. Evans introduced a resolu
tion requesting members in Con
gress to use their efforts to in
crease the pay of keepers and
crews of Life Saving Service.
SENATE.
February 14, 1887.
Bills introduced as follows :
To incorporate the Northern
To add a section to bill con
cerning finances.
Relating to purchasing sup-
these two measures there should plies for public institutions
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be no hesitation. ro strengtnen tne ngnt, ui ye-
Moreover. we are to consider tition.
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how in one case cheap iron en- Bill to provide lor completing
courages all kinds of enterprises; turnpikes in Johnston county, as
how it cheapens the cost of rail- amended, passed third reading
roads, of wagons, of field imple- engrossed;
ments, of household utensils, of
building materials, while cneap
tobacco is only a slight boon to
the man who smokes or chews.
Great as is the difference repres
ented by the figures we have giv
en, even these figures tail to
measure the vast difference in
the good influence these meas
ures would exert on the indus
tries of this country.
"Mv true love has wandered away
All things are so sad and so dreij
Perhaps he lies in the cold clay,
And I am ?o woe-gone and wea
Gladly to the church I would ha Rone,
Th nu "h false, false toncucs stool at the
door ;
flowers was embodied on nis
coldenlyre, in enchanting spring 1 Thus kept they me from my loved
melodies and the lays of fays.i Mine eyes with tears run o em
Bill to amend the chapter of
the Georgia & Isorth Carolina
Railroad Company, passed second
and third readings transmitted
without engrossment.
Mr. Elias offered a resolution
that the General Assembly do
adjourn on Wednesday at noon,
March 7th, 1887.
Amotion was made by Mr
Williams, of Davidson, to take
"hill enncfirninsr the election oi
-'- o .
members of the General Assem
blv from the committee, place
The Mill Creek Drainage Com- on callendar. and make
pany will meet in special session special order for Friday. Lost.
on the last Friday m eoruary HOUSE.
at their usual place of meeting,
at the school house near J. B. The following: bills introduced:
Hood's, Esq., at 11 A. M., for To anow the clerks of courts
the transaction of important in 0ining counties to issue sum-
business.
H. M. Johxsox. President.
IMPORTANT MEETING.
nc,
re :
FLUE CURED TOBACCO.
Mr. J. C. Lee, near Rome P. O.,
has as fine flue-cured tobacco, as
I have ever seen in Granville. I
think the farming people that
aim to raise tobacco would be
hftnefited to visit Mr. Lee, and
see the Golden-leaf. Mr. Lee
has the finest tobacco land I have
ever seen in Johnston county.
Why don't Smithfield have a
tobacco factory? The tobacco
farmers in this county will con-
mons when the clerk is interes
ted. Judiciary.
Mr. King, to appoint weigh-
masters and regulate the sale of
leaf tobacco. Agriculture.
To amend chapter 175, laws
1885.
To amend chapter 164, laws
1879.
To protect fish in Johnston
county.
To incorporate the Colored
Orphan Asylum at Oxford.
Revenue bill made a special
order for 11 o'clock tomorrow.
Bill to iucorporateXtheJ Roan
oke & Southern Railway com-
tinne to demand one. Look for
ward for a happy future ? j. m. o. pany. passed second reading,
Maiae Labor Advocate,
It still remains an unsettled
question why Jacob wept after
kissing Rachel. Some writers
claim Rachel slapped his face,
while others think he wept be
cause he had not kissed her be
fore, and thus lost so much good
kissing that he might have had ;
possibly Rachel bit him, although
no mention is made of her being
a biter or a kicker. She is re
ported as being beautiful. If this
be true, and she kept her face
clean and her hair banged, we
don't see what Jacob had to cry
about weeping is sometimes
causedjby excessive joy, andmay
be Jake had one of these spells
come over him, hence this shed
ding of brine. Probably Rachel
threatened to tell her mama, but
Jacob had no need of being afraid
of that, for she would not have
told it any more than the girl
would now. If it could be shown
that Rachel was eating onions, the
mystery would be solved at once
and Jacob would be justified in
telling; but if Jake wept because
Rachel conldn't let him kiss her
again, he showed himself to be
a regular booby, because Rachel's
elder sister, who was equally as
good looking, was standing on
the other side of the pump han
kering to be kissed, and Jacob
nhould have wiped off his chin,
and gone and doite the square
thing by his intended sister-in-law,
instead of making a laugh-
. I -n Ml J l V
ing stocK oi nimseti lor 4,uuu
years to come, Some have said
that Jacob was so anxious to
sample Rachel's ruby lips and
being of a nervous temperament,
that lie pounced on her mouth
so sudden and unexpectedly that
she stuck her nose in'his 'eyo
and thus started the water, which
made Jacob lift up his mouth
and say something naughty. We
have given the question much
study, and inasmuch asc Jacob
left no sworn statement of the
transaction, and all writers thus,
far have been allowed to publish
their own version of the affair
without a cent's worth of proof
to back up their statements, we
propose to give our readers the
most reliable solution of this af
fair, which is this : Probably
Jacob had never kissed a fair mai
den before, and "when theirlips
met in the first realization of
crowding so much deliciousness
into one moment of Jlife,- he
closed his eyes ; his heart opened
and he rode above the storms and
troubles of life ; the world shot
beneath his feet like, the meteor
through the evening sky ;Jheaven
was in and around him ; he saw
the golden streets and drank from
the fountain of bliss for the first
time ; and when the spell was
broken, Jake lifted up his voice
and wept because he had returned
to a cold and dreary earth again.