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f tie imithfield ierald. F. T. BOOKER, Proprietor. One Dollar & Fifty CcatS per year, j Entered in the Post Office at Sniithfla d a Second Class matter Saturday, April 2, 1887. A BOARD OF PUBLIC CHAR ITIES. Nothing is more certain than that the people of this State are dissatisfied with the manage ment of the Penitentiary and Insane Asylums. With the man- j aeement of the convicts in the j i penitentiary they are especially dissatisfied. The blame for the imposition of the enormous cost j of that institution is due to two ! sources. First the machine seems to be run on a most extra vagant plan, and second, the le gislature is so liberal that it gives away nearly all the con victs. The two last legislatures gave away all the available con victs in the penitentiary to men and corporations building rail- roads, dirt roads, canals and ditches. All this liberality is in i involved. The question of rais direct violation of the Constitu- j in to much cotton is one that fiixr nil atro tr hil ! needs to be considered. The HV'il VT l.'.ll 11 V 11V J IV A i V V'l V- L . ' JJ : hold and obey. We think a most wholesome reform would be accomplished if the legisla ture would comply with two sec tions in the State Constitution. The present Board of Directors ofJthe Penitentiary, and Insane Asvlums and Deaf and Dumb and Blind Asylums are illegal in 1 their Constitution, because it is the dutv of the legislature to i organize a Board of Public Chari- ties under whose supervision all ; The Savannah News favors the j inS as tnat. All mat we m these institutions shall be con- proposed convention and says : j sist upon in this connection is ducted. Let us see ; section 7, j "When the farmers begin to j that to-day he is not in a condi of article 11 of the Constitution 1 think earnestly, and with a sin- tion to be a good citizen of a reads as fellows : "Beneficent i f? dese to 1 State whose laws forbid caPital . . - , t : dition, they will be on the riht j 111li5ilinpnt Allfi vrn t li i provision for the poor, the un- : to thsomtiori of the prob j punishment. And een this fortunate and orphan being one iern of their troubles. mnch we reret to bave to say. of the first duties of a civilized "There is a future for the far- and a Christian State, the Gene- mer in the South, and a very I The orth State, Rep., urges ral Vsemblv hail at it" first Drignt olie- He nas no yet the Republican clerks of the Su- skssiox appoint and define the nd out how to inake his land ; perior Court to refuse to swear duties of a Board of PnMir CTmr . M apable doin?' in any of the magistrates appoin autie oi a tfoard of 1 iidIic Char- He is yet too closely wedded to . , , , . . r . . . .ri . ities to whom shall be entrusted ! methods of the past. He is pick- j ted b' tlle late legislature. Plus the supervision of ail charitable j inr up ideas all the time, how- 18 bold aiid bad advice, which and penal State institutions, and i ever and te gradually turning j the clerks would not dare to fol- who shall annnallv rnort in tfe ! them to account. The time will j low. Such action on their part f;voH,, t, tw iu. I with suggestions for their im provement." AVe don't suppose some members of the legislature ever hgacLof that section before and surely the people are gene rally ignorant of it and the bene fits which would be derived from it in case it was carried out, else they would be pledging their members to see that these insti- tutions were all put in the hands of one Board of men who would ; be forced to give their whole time to seeing that these insti tutions now run jn such an ex travagant manner are reformed in all their departments. The members of the Board of Direc- tors of the penitentiary get, we J believe , 2o,00 per month. This j pay is too small. There should be a smaller number of men to supervise all the States institu- ! tions who shall be well paid to devote their whole time to their duties. Again section II of the same article reads as follows : 'It shall be steadily kept in view by the legislature and the Board of Public Charities that all penal and charitable instit utions should be made as nearly as possible self-supporting as is consistent 1 in that direction would satisfy ! vainly trying to win for the Na with the purposes of their crea- I everrbody that the pcheme was j tional struggle of 1888 a State or tion," and yet the State this year will give to the penitentiary at Raleigh 8104,000.00. At the same time convicts for whom the State could get 1 125,00 per year, per v -to these head are given awa corporations. Well, the people won't stand this much longer. They know something is wrong, but they can't tell exactly where i it is. They will find out though, i and find out at an early day. i Even as the New York Sun boomed Br'er Bulter and Br'er Blaine it continues to make un seasonable clamor in behalf of Br'er Randall. What has Br'er Randall done to the Sun that he should be so loaded down with detrimental taffy ? A CONTENT IOW OF FARMERS PROPOSED. An inter-State convention is talked of in Cieowria, The States i to be invited are North Carolina, ! South Carolina, Florida, Missis ! sippi, Alabama and Tennessee, of course Georgia being also in cluded as it will do the inviting. The object is to discuss the ag ricultural interests of these States and to try to arrive at some plan by which agriculture may be im proved and made more profita ble and certain in its results. The movement originates with the Commissioner of Agriculture of Georgia. The place thought m At- a A A" AT of is Atlanta and the time the coming summer. Such a meet- ing is necessary and might be made a means oi great Denent If the wisest, discreetest, most progressive farmers could meet in convention and for days care fully discuss the situation we cannot see why excellent results may not follow. Surely there are many questions that it is necessary and proper that the farmers should agree upon in which their i nterests are so much question of raising more cotton to the acre is another question. ; disgrace of incarceration in the Then the cotton-seed oil mills, j penitentiary. It is, in fact, in more bankin g facilities, a lower his case, a totally inadequate rate of interest and other ques- penalty for murder. It may be tions could engage their atten- that we shall be told that this is tion. If so minded they might ! a result of the institution of sla look into the question of State ! very. Perhaps, too, as soon as Railroad Commissions, low rail- I road tariffs, lower tax under the : T S. Tariff, a metallic curren- ! F j come when he will produce hiswould repuit very seriously to; own food stuffs for man and ' a - .11 x i a i " j - " cultivate cctton his money crop to better advantage than now. He will own cattle, which will be prof table, and they will furnish the means for increasing the productiveness of his farm. He will abandon slothful and wasteful practices and adopt those which are based on econo my and thrift, and which must npnsr. finn wi ai thr samp i itir i iirAfrlf nmcncin f tr in tiiropxr n i rrl cuitural country. Yes, let us have the convention " If the Convention is called we hope it will not be a small body. Let each State be asked to send at least a delegate for every 25,000 population. This would eive North Carolina sixtv-two delegates. Seven States are to be invited ,md the Convention j would be composed of some four j or five hundred delegates provi ded all should attend. The Gove nors should have the appointing. Wilmington Star. They have made an abortive j i attempt to resurrect Brigham ! I Young in Utah. To exhause the j experiment of bringing dead men j to life, some one might try their j hand on R. B. Hayes A failure ! unpraciicaoie. . i The President has appointed ; the followi ag inter-State com- merce commissioners: Thos M. I ''"v f te of six years ; William R. Mor rison, Illinois, five years ; Augus tus Schoonmaker, of New York, j f?ur years ; Aldice F' Walker, of ermont 1 lree 7ears ; waiter L Bra' of Alabama, two years. South C vkolina is to have a big time on the 26th of April. The Calhoun monument on Ma rion Square , Charleston, is then j to be unvei led and as the News i and Courier says: "In honour- ing Calhoun the State will be honouring itself." CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. A bill is before the Virginia ; 1 f A T Legislature to a do us n capital punishment, on which subject the Richmond Dispatch says : "Whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed." There is no other penalty than capital punishment which will restrain the hand of the murde rer. He is nearly always of that peculiar mould which dreads death more than the loss of hon or, reputation, friendship, or even family The juryman who now hesi tates to inflict the highest, pun ishment prescribed by law would, if capital punishment were abol ished, hesitate to inflict the pun ishment of confinement in the penitentiary for life. How many criminals having influential relatives and friends would serve out a life-term in the penitentiary even for the crime of murder? Soon does everybody except the family of a criminal lose sight of him and his crime. In Virginia and the other southern States there is a pecu liar reason for not abolishing capital punishment. The negro in his present condition is not as sensible as he ought to be to the sufficient time has elapsed to en- able him to rise higher m the social scale, the negro will ascend ; to a higher plane. We say noth- j litem The Republicans, angry at the manner in which the De mocrats whipped them out, would like to resort to any means to secure their ends. They wished the Republican clerks to have the appointing of the magis trates. Of course they would have appointed Republians. IK speaking of Senator Sher man's tour through the South, Senator Pugh, of Alabama, says : "Senator Sherman is a very dangerous man to the Democratic Party. He is well posted on every public question, and his judgment is worth, more perhaps than that of any other man in knew him in Congress before the war. I do not believe any story charging him with corruption, and I. think he is very wily to go down South and preach protec tion there. Of course I am a ' revenue reformer, but I believe in an adjustment of the tariff with an international protection T J ;j 1 1 ao not mean an mciueuiai projection and I shall stand UP or While the Republicans are two in the South, it begins to look very much as if they might loae in the North, both Illinois and Massachusetts, 0k alftll ft it T m o mmm nsins M A L K A N D KKJfA LE. JOHN L. DAVIS, A. M., IK A T. TURLINGTON. Ph Principals. The Spring Term of the Second Session o this Institution will begin the 24th day of Jan uarj, 1687, ami continue 22 weeks. Tuition : Knnlish from $2.00 to $3.t)0 per month. Languages nnd highci mathematics, each, 5V cents. Board, including Fuel and Lights, can be ! obtained in good families from fli.UO to $10.00 per month Special advan ages arc offered Jft Davis & Turlixoton, Smithfield, N. C. those NKW ADVERTISEMENTS, COMPARATIVE WORTH ROYAL (Abfolately Pure).. GRANTS (Alum Powder) . BUMFORD'S, when fcesK. HANFOBD'S, when fresh . . BEDHEAD'S CHARM (Alum Powder) AMAZON (Alum Powder) . CLEYELAND'S(si.ortwt.j-z.)K PIONEER (SanFraucisco) CZAB DB. PRICE'S SNOW FLAKE (Groff'e) LEWIS' PEARL (Andrews & Co.). BECKER'S GULLET'S ANDBEWSACO."Begal Milwaukee, (Contain! Ammo BULK (Powder sold loose). . . . BUMFOBD'S, when not fresh REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT CHEMISTS As to Purity and Wliolsomeness of the Royal Baking Powder. ' I have tested a package of Royal Baking Powder, which I purchased in the open market, and find it composed of pure and wholesome ingredients. It is a cream of tartar powder of a high degree of merit, and does not contain either alum or phosphates, or other injuri-ms substauces. E. G. LOVE, Ph.D." " It is a scientific fact t hat the Roval Baking Powder is absolutely pure. 44 EL A. Mott, Ph.D.' 44 1 have examined a package of Royal Baking Powder, purchased by myself fa the market I find it eiitlroly free from alum, terra alba, or any other injurious sub stance. Hexby Mortov, Ph.D., President of Stevens Institute of Technology." 'I have analvzed a package of Royal Baking Powder. The materials of which it is composed are pure ami wholesome. S. Dana Hates, State Aesayer, Maes." The Royal Baking Porder received the highest award over all competitors at the Vienna World's Exposition, 18T3 ; at the Centennial, Philadelphia, 1876 ; at the American Institute, New Vork, and at State Fairs throughout the country. No other article of hu'uan icod has ever received such high, emphatic, and uni versal endorsement from eminent chemists, physicians, scientists, and Boards of Health all over the world. Jsotb The above Diag ham illustrates the comparative worth of various Baking Powders, as shown by Chemical Analysis and experiments made by Prof. Scbedler. A pound can of each powder was taken, the total leavening power or volume is each can calculated, the n sult being as indicated. This practical test for worth bj Prof. Scbedler only proves what every observant consumer of the Royal Baking Powder knows by practicf 1 experience, that, while it costs a few cents per pound more than ordinary kinds, (t is far more economical, and, besides, affords the advan tage of better work. A p'ngle trial of the Royal Baking Powder will convince any fair-minded person of the? e facts. While the diagram Allows some of the alum powders to be of a higher degree of strength than other ptwders rauked below them, it is not to be taken as indicat ing that they h.wc any valc. All alum powders, uo matter how high their strength -e to be avoided as dang roua. n 10 W DRUG ARTfC WHEN YOF VISIT SMITH FIED CALL ON SASSER, WOODALL AND CO. LEADEKS IN LOW PRICES. Where you will find the largest and best selected stock o Drugs, Paints, Oils, White Lead, Var nishes, Window Glass, Putty, 8nufl Tobacco, Confectioneries, Toilet Articles, Stationery, &c, WATCHES AII JEWELRY. A full line of all the books used m the Public Schools. A large quantity of Buist's New Crop Garden and Field Seeds just received. Give us a call before purchasing else where. We will save you money. Sheet Music Kran cJi $ Ba eh . Belli I3ioh., CHICKERINO. HAL. LET & DAVIS E3 ALL THE NEW POPULAR AIRS IN STOCK. Novelties Received Weekly. TKACHERS AKE OFFERED SPKC1AL INDUCEMENTS. Sewing Machine Needles. There arc m.iny qualities of Needles ; the Best are t'lieapsst. Singer Needles 25 cents per Doien. All others 0 cents each, 5( cents per doxen, I can furnish ANY FART of anv make SEWING MACHINE. Orders by mail will receive careful attention. Remittances can be made in postage. I am asking for business that trill save buyers money. Let tCtLe Goods TaUs.. cr xi. Machine Needles IF YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY Buy Your Drugs, Patent Medicines, Paints, Oil, School Books, Fancy Goods, Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff, Confectioneries, Lamps, and in fact everything in our line, from Third Street, Smithlield, N. V. i NEW A DVEItTISEMENTS. of BAKING POWDERS. A Specialty. KIMBALL. Xew England, MILLER, BRIDGEPORT. of Every Style. LES CHEAP RAILROAD SCHEDU1 JSS. WILMINGTON AND WELDOS R. R, CO. Condensed Schedule. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated : No. 23, No. 27, No. 15, March : Daily. Daily Daily. 1st, 1887. i old No 48 old No 40 old No 42 LvWeldon: 2.15 p. m : 5.38 p. m : 1.10 a. m Ar R. lit. j 3.33 p. mj j 2.27 a. in Ar Tarboro 4.50 p. m : : LvTarboroj 11.30pm.: : Ar Wilson. 4.05 p.m: 6.58 p. m- 3.07 a.m Lv Wilson. : 4.30pm; : Ar Selma, . 5.40 p m j Ar Fa'ville 8.30 p m LvG'ldsbro: 4.50 pm: 7.30 p m : 3.58 am Lv M'jtnola: (i 09 p m j 8. ) in 6.18 a m Lv Burgaw: 7.00 pm- : 6.13 a m ArWira'ton: 7 50 p m: 9.55 pm: 7.0S a m " TKAlNd GOING KOKTH. No 62 : No 7 : No 66, Dlily : Daily, : Daily. old 45. : old 47. : Old 43. Lv Wilmt'n: 1140 pm; 8 50 am: 8 50 pm Lv Burgaw : : 9 34 am : 9 50 pm LvMagu'lia: 12 52 am : 10 23 am ': 10 4'2 pm Ar G'ldsbro 1 55 am : 11 35 am : 1 1 58 pm LvFay'ville: : 8 00am: Ar Selma...: : 10 47 an-: Ar Wilson... 11 59am- Lv Wilson... : 2 40 am : 12 25 pm : 12 51 am Ar Rc y Mi. j 1 00 pm j 1 52 am Ar TarboTo. : : 4 50 pin; Lv Tarboro . j ." j 1 39 am j Ar W,-l Ion . : 4 05 am : 21 5 pin 2 55 am Train on Scotland Neck Brandi Road lvaves Halifax for Scotland Neck at 3 00 p. m. Re turning leaves Scotland Neck at 9 30 a. m. d?" -;ept Sumla3". Trail, "aves Tarboro, N. C. via Albemarle & Raleigli It. R., daily except Sunday, 6 00 p. in.. Sunday 5 00 p. m.. arrive Williainston, ft. C, 8 10 p. m , 6 40 p. in. Returning leaves U illiamston, N. C, daily except Sunday a 8 00 a. m., Sunday 9 50 a. hi., arrive Tarboro, N. C , 10 05 a. m., 11 30 a. m. Train on the Midland N. C. Branch leaves Goldsboro, N. C. daily except Sunday, II 55 h. m.. arrive Smithfield. N. C.. 1 25 p. m. Re turning leaves Smithfield, 2.00 p. iu., arrive Goldsboro, 3 30 o. n. Train on Nashville Brauch leaves Rocky Mount for Nashville 4:00 p. m. Returning leaves Nashville 11.-25 a. m., daily except Sunday. Sbutlibeund fraln on Wilson i Fayetteville. Zirnnch is No. 51. Northbound U No, 50. Dail3T excopt Sunday. Train No. 27 South will step oniyat IFilson Goldsboro and Magnolia. Train No. 78 makes close connection at Wel don for all points North daily. All rail via Richmond, and daily except Sunday via Ba Line. Trains makes close connection for all pointfc North via Richmond ud Vs ashington. All trains run solid between Wilmington and Washington, and have Pullman Palace A'leep ers attached. J. R- KKXLV, JOHN F. DIVINE. Sup't l'rans. Gen'lSupt. T. M. EMERSON. Gen" I Passenger Agent. PEDMONT AIR-LINE ROUTE, Richmond & Dili vile R K CO.NDKNSED M'OEUCIK IN EFFECT MAR. IS, 1887 TRAINS RUN BY 75 MERIDIAN TIME TRAINS SOUTH BOUND. : Ao. 50. ; Ne 52- Daily : Daily Lv. A'ew York ; 4 45 am; 4 30 p in " Philadelphia 7 20 a m : 6 57 p m " Baltimore 9 45 a in ; 9 42 p m ll'ashington .' 11 20 am; 11 00 p m " Charlottesville.... 3 96 p ni ; 3 00 a m " Lyhchburg : 5 50 p m j 5 05 a m " Richmond : 3 00 p m : 2 30 a m BurkcvHle J 4 57 p m j 4 25 a m " Keysville ; 5 43 p in ; 5 04 a in " Drake's branch. : (i 01 p m : 5 21 a m " Danville : 8 50 p m : 8 05am " Greensboro j 10 44 p m ; 9 48 a m " Goldsboro ; 11 10 m m 5 00 p " Raleigh j 5 30pnj 100s a " Durham : 6 35 p m : 2 37 a m " Chapel Hill- j 5 3( p m ; 1 1 00 a m ': Hiilsboro 7 08 pm: 2 28 am ' Salem : 7 45 p m : 6 30 a m " H'gh Point II 15 p m: 1016 a m " Salisbury j 12 89 a in j 1 1 23 a m Ar. iStatesvillc.... Asheville ot Springs . 12 34 p ni 6 1 5 p ni 8 37 pm 1 1 59 p in 1 00 p m 2 31 o m 4 48 p m 10 40 p m Lv. Concord 1 26 a m ; 2 25 a ni 5 9ti a in 6 50 a in : 1 20 p m j " Charlotte ' Spartanburg Cireeneville .. Ar. Atlanta T R A I NS M OUT 1 1 BOUN D. Ao. 51. Daily Ao, 53. Daily Lv. Atlanta Ar. Greenville ' Spartanburg. " Charlotte,.... 7 00 p m : 8 40 a m 1 02 a iq ; 2 32 p m 2 1 7 m ; 3 43 pm 5 05 p m ; 6 25 p ni Concord Salisbury . .. High Point Greensboro 5 111 a n 6 41 am; 7 54 a m : 8 32 a ip Z- p m 8 01 p m 9 13 pm 9 40 p m " Salem..... If 28 a m 12 15 p ni hiilsboro : 12 1 3 p m ; f2 90 a m " Durham : 12 47 p in : f4 4" a m "' Cliapel Hill ; l 20 p m '; " Raleigh j 1 60 p m j ft; "jO a m " Goldsboro..... j 4 45 p m : 11 20 a m " Danville 10 10 a m j 11 29 p m " Drake's B ranch. ; 12 45 p m 2 41 a m ' KeysviUe 1 04 p m j 3 01am " Burkeville ; 1 42 p m ; 3 53 p m " Richmond j 3 50 p m j 6 40 a m " Lynchburg : 1 15pm: 200 am " Charlottesville ... j 3 40 p m j 4 10 am " H'ashington j 8 23 p m j 8 10 am " Baltimore : II 25 pm: 10 03 am " Philadelphia j 3 00 a m j 12 S pm ' New York 6 20 m : 3 20 pm SLEEPING CAS SERVICE. On Trains 5 and Sl.l'ullmnn Buffet Sleeper between Atlanta an i New York. On Trains 52 and 58 Pullman Buffet Sleeper between Washington and Montgomery, Washington and Aiken. Pull man Sleeper between Richmond and Greens boro. Pullman Sleeper between Ureensboro and Raleigh. Thiough tickets on sal at pricipal stations to all points. For rates and information apply to any agent of the Company, or to SOL. HA AH Traffic Ma.ager, or J AS. L. TAYLOR, Gen'l Passenger Agent, Washington, D. C. tit V ADVERTISEMENTS. $4.50 A YEAH. FOR THE Daily Whig, The Cheapast Daily Papci in the S, ,lth Tlie Weekly Has been enlarged and the price -,.,(, , 75 cents a year. The cheapest Weekly lw! published. - ' 'per The Sunday Issue And r t,Kl V EDITION both f., r one year for $1.50. Hie two ara cheap and better lhan a s weekly, as you get one daily issue and weeklp for 50 cents loss han any semi-weekl paper. Daily sent free two weeks and Wy. one month free. Spend one cent for a pl,sta card and oder one or the other on trial " ADDRESS RICHMOND, VA. 2 -i J X tL I - Sr.-- W. i IIR.' '!! ,H:.tii f i . '. enca rf'mlr. i. i.i-.nthlv, 1 I :r-.r-'St c-'i;1' t rltory It ueri Ca I ' -r twn, : . ' ' cr r i nt " " . :: - i.ixe i! '-. l i - s .(0 I .! ( ( h- ' ' ff' r ' Mil sal- - ' - Hint. v: . . ,:. -.vrl.B nee Csfc i . -h Ji J'i Pi teil - ! :-v it i s j v j- xvi ni rvxs to wit. i k r- -. :z. PROSPKCTl'S. THE ansiui rami, A LIVE, WIDE-AWAKE, RELIGIOUS MEWSPAFBR. -PKVOTKD TO Bible Reading, Temperance, Christian Living-, Growth in Grace AND GENERAL NEWS. In matters of opinion, it will be Liberal, In matters of Reve lation Uncompromiziiit,'. ITS MOTTO WILL BE; " Where the Bible Speaks, we speak ; where the Bible is silent, we are silent." In addition to the ABOVE. It will Contain A -AND- COLUMN OF Farm Notes. IT WILL BE PUBLISHED Twice a Month AT $1. A YEAH. Send for sample copy, and sub scribe. Send all money rtitcred at our ri.ik. Ad-Jros, J. J. HARPER, Editor, Smithfield, N. C, EDWARD f . POO Jr. (oj- ATTOENEY AT LAW, S MIT II FIE I , X- . Practices in any Court. Special tUntioH paid to the settlement ol estate '"e co1 lection of claims. MEXICAN PENSION CLAIMS I'A KEN OFFICE IN COURT HOUSE. V MEN'S CORNER
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