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1 ft A. M. Woodall, Editor. CAROLINA, CAROLINA, HEAVEN'S BLESSING ATTEND HER!" Subscription SI.OO Per Year. VOLUME 11 SMITHFIELD, N. C, THURSDAY OCTOBER 6, 1892. NUMBER 23 Highest of all in Leavening Power. ABSClSiTELY PUJRE Jwo pou.Jr. Attornej'-at-LaWi Smith FiEi.n. N. C. Jinecial attention to Civil Matters ir. Ihf ( nrt of Johnston and adjoining counties j MBieeln thtl'ourt House. I. K. WADDKI.I.- Ei. S.AHELL WADDELL & ABELL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Smithneld, N. O. lhi-e in I'ourt House. Will prat ice in the State, where serviit . rrouiretl. Special attention to the set-! ttfiMent f estates. Feb. :l3th-im. "DIRECTORY. " CO! XTY OFFICERS. Sheriif J. T. Ellington. office in Court li-oise ., '. superior t ourt t lerk . Stevens, of- n. -r iu Court Hone. i llenisiter of Heeds J. I". Oliver, office in oiirt House. . . ; rreasurer E. J. Holt, office in the store; K. J. Holt Co. '..r.n r B. U- Hood. : vurvrvt.r-T. K. Fultfhuni. i. rintenlent of Health Ir. K. J. Nol.ie. otnee ou Second street, j " li.iiir.l Count t Commissioner 1. 1 - j tt..nevciitt. Chairman, Jos. J. ounjr. J.I.., p-irne W. S. Kldridjre anil S. H. Hood. Couutv Hoard of Education J. It- Hardee, " v Oeraid and II . M. Johnson. Couiitv Superintendent of Public Instruc-; lion. I'rof. Ira T. Turlingtou. t TOWN OFFICERS. Mayor Ed. S. A bell. : (i.mmissioner L. L. Sasser and W . L. ; H..lall. First Ward: W. M. Ivea and ; W K. Fulier. ieeond Ward : A. W . nntn and Ha'niel Thomas. Third Ward: F. J. W illiams. , .1. I- Iavis and J. B. Hudson. I ourth Y ard. ! CU-rW A. M. Woodall- Treasurer John E. Hood. Tax Collector J. T. Cobb. . j l'.dii-eman C. L. Easoi.. CHI" IIC II ES. Methodist Church on Second street. Rev. J Tucket t. Castor. Services at 11 clock a. m. and s clink p. m. on the .- erv Suiidav uiornfu at -:io o'clock. lr. '. li. Iieckvvfth Snperinteudeut. Prayer ,u,l Sunday ol each luontn. runiaj wuuui meeting everv v eonesnay nmms i " ,l,H-k' All are cordially iuviteil to attend . fir-e service?. Misinarv Haptist Church on Second .freet Rev.'F. H. 1'oston Castor. Service l 11 o'clock a. m. and s-'U o'clock p. in. on lae fourth Sunday in each month and at -:jo in on the tirst Sunday nijrht. Sunday . ti...l cverv Sunday niorniiiff at l-yo o'clock iiis every Thursday eveninjrat st2 o'clock. All i m utv Superintendent. I'raytr meci- are cordiallv inviteil to aiieuu inese ser ices. I'rimitive'Baptist Church Elder .1. A. T. Junes. Pastor. Services every tirst Suuday and Saturday Iwfore at 11 o clock in each mouth. All are cordially invited to attend t hi-'-e services. SCHOOLS. I The Collesiate Institute Male and female, j Ira T. Turlington, Ph. B.. (U. X. C.) Princi- j pul. J. L. Iavis, A. M., tTrinity College) As-j i-t.uit. Capt. Jaa. A. Wtllons. Military Tuc-j tics and Book Keeping. E. B. Grantham, , Penmanship. Ilob t S. Wellons, Telegraphy Mr. Ira T. Turlington, Music. LODGES. j Olive Branch Lodjre. No. o7. I. o. O. . j J. U. Woodall. N. i., A. M. Woodall . r., j lir. 11. J- obie, See'y. Meets in the Masonic Uall every Friday evenlnsr at 7 o'clock. All odd Feltows are cordially inviteil. ; Fell ship Lodge. No. 84. A. i . and A M. Hall ou Second street. Elias Lose. . M.. Tha S. Thain. Secretary. Meets the second -aturdaT and Fourth Tuesday night in each mouth. "All Masons are respectfully invited, j CrJLXTY FARMERS' ALLIANCE. OFFICERS: W R Creech. President; Jos. I uller A ice President: E. I. Snead. Secretary: B. A. W ei lwus Treasurer; D. It Staffoid. Chaplain; A m flicharddon. Lecturer. Regular time of meet ing, the second Thursday In January, April J air and October. t A. M. E. CHURCH Ob Hancock Street, Rev. A. J. Harris Ta tur. Survlces Bt 11 o'clock a. m. and at 8 o'clock p. ni. on each Second Sunday cf each month. Sunday School every Sun-.ay morn ing at y:30 o'clock, W. R. Holt Superinten dent, t'lass meeting every Thursday night at o'clock. All are cordially itvited to at tend these services, - Missionary Baptist Church (colored.) Rev. T. T. H, Woodward, A. M. Tastor. Services til o'clock a. m. and 8 p. m. on first and third Sunday in each month. Prayer meet ing on Wednesday eight of each week at 8 p. in. Sunday Sc hool every Sunday evening at -Ji'.iO o'clock. William G. Sanders, Sup't. Baby Ruth Cleveland was one year old Monday. The most serious epidemic of smallpox ever known in the city of Chihuahua, Mexico, is now raging in that city. Many deaths are reported. The Wilson Tobacco market is the liveliest in the State. Be tween $15,000 and $30,000 have been paid for tobacco here every week during the last month. Wilson Advance. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Tetters, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Chaped Hands, Chilblains Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and pos itively cures Piles, or no pay re quired. It Is guaranteed to give )erfect satisfaction, or money re funded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Hood Bros. Smith field.andj. W. Benson, at Benson, N. C. Adyertise in The Herald. U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889. fl o- SENATOR D. B. HILL ON THE Force Bill. The last step which the re publican party took in the direc tion of centralized government was in the attempted enactment of the offensive and iniquitous measure now known as the Davenport force bill. I have read in detail the prolix and prepos terous provisions of the Daven port bill, and I speak not as a partisan, but as an American citizen, jealous of the liberty which my country's institutions secured for me and devoted to the preservation of the simplicity of her governmental system, when I denounce this measure as a dangerous exercise of consti tutional authority, a menace to our theory of government, and an instill to the people of the States. It is an arbitrary act of despotism, justified by no prec edent, made necessary by no political conditions, but put for ward solely to insure republican control of Congress. The coun try would practically be paying for a house-to-house canvass in every election district for the conformation and advantage of the republican part The sacred right of representation will depend upon the integrity of a few partisan officers. Thecon flict between State and Federal authority wouid be radical and violent. Respect for law would be broken down among the ignorant. Free expressions of the popular will would be gagged by a horde of unscrupulous par tisans. Race prejudice would be engendered at the South; fi e r c e p a r t y feeling, if not rebellion, everywhere. If the Republicans should car ry the coming election there is no moral doubt that this meas ure will be pressed again. The party which has so firmly en trenched itself in power, which has created States to increase its political strength, and which proposes in the Davenport force bill to make itself the arbiter of every Federal election thai par ty will not hesitate to revive this bill at the very first opportunity' if a Republican Piesident and a Republican Congress shall be the result of this election. ISSUE OF CENTRALIZATION. We must diligently exert our selves to oppose this great issue of centralization, which certain ly confronts us. It presents a more serious problem than any commercial, industrial, or finan cial question ; one more vital to our country's future welfare, more essential to the preserva tion of our institutions. Have you thought what an immese political machine the enforcement of such a law would create ? An army of 150,000, workers and resources of $10,000:000 for every congressional election and all "in the interest of purer elec- t:ons The Davenport bill, instead of being in the interest of pure elec tions, is a direct thrust at them. To prevent such scenes as char acterized the election of 1888 several states have recently pass ed reform laws which it is be lieved will make bribery and in timidation almost impossible. New York has such a law. In Indiana there is one. Connecti cut and New Jersey each have one. Numerous other States now have them. But the Davenport Bill if enforced, will practically render these laws useless, .al though its provisions are care fully worded to produce an op posite impression. On the trucks at the depot last night were 20 bushels of chinqua pins en route from Mt. Airv to New York. Just think of the amount of work necessary to cather this lot. Greensboro Record. Advertise in The Herald. Seven teen hundred circulation. CLEVELAND'S LETTER. A Concise Statement of Democracy To Hon. Ym. L. Wilson and others, comaiittee. Gentlemen: In responding to your formal notification of my nomination to the presiden cy, by the national democracy, I hope 1 may be permitted to say at the outset that continued re flection and observation have confirmed me in my adherence to the opinions with which I heie tofore plainly and publicly de clared, touching the questions involved in the canvass. This is a time, above all others, when these questions should be consid ered in the light afforded by a so ber appiehension of the princi ples upon which our government is based, and a clear understand ing of the relation it bears to the people for whose benefit it was created. We shall thus be sup plied with a test by which the value of any prosposition relat ing to the maintenance and ad mistration of our government cau be ascertained, and by which the justice and honesty of every political question be judged. If doctrines or theories are present ed which do not satisfy this test, local Americanism must oro nounce them false & mischievous. The protection of the people in the exclusive use and enjoyment of their property and earnings concededly constitutes the es pecial purpose and misson of our free government. This design is so interwoven with thestructure of our plan of rule that failure to protect the citizen in such use and enjoyment or their unjusti fiable diminution by the govern ment itself, is a betrayal of the people's trust. We have, how ever, undertaken to build a great nation upon a plan especially our own. To maintain it and to furnish through its agencv the means for the accomplishment of national objects, the American people are willing, through Fed eral taxation, to. surrender a part of their earnings and in come. Tariff legislation presents a familiar form of Federal taxa tion. Such legislation results as surely in a tax upon the daily life of our people as the tribute paid directly into the hands ot tax-gatherers. We feel the bur den of these tariff taxes too pal pably to be pursuaded by any sophistry that thev do not exist, or are paid by foreigners. Such taxes representing a diminution of the property rights of the peo ple, are only justifiable when laid and collected for the purpose of maintainingour government and furnishing the means for the ac complishment of its legitimate purposes and functions. This is taxation under the operation of a tariff for revenue. It accords with the professions of American free institutions and its justice and honesty answer the least sup plied by a correct appreciation of the principles upon which these institutions rest. This theory of tariff legislation manifestlyenjoins strict economv in public expenditures and their limitation to legitimate uses in as much as it exhibits as abso lute extortion and exaction, by way of taxation, from the sub stance of the people, beyond the necessities of a caretul and prop er administration ofgovernmei.t. Opposed to this theory the dog ma is now boldlv presented, that tariff taxation is justifiable for the express purpose and intest of thereby promoting especial in terests and enterprises. Such a proposition is so clearly contra- ry to the spirit oi our constitu tion and so directly encourages the' disturbance by selfishness and greed of patriotic sentiment that its statement would rudely shock our people, if they had not already been insidiously allured from the safe land marks ol prin ciple. Never have honest desire for national growth, patriotic devotion to country, and sincere regards for those who toil been so betrayed to the support of a pernicious doctrine.' In its behalf, the -ilea that our infant indus tries should be fostered did ser vice until discredited by our stal wart growth. Then followed theexigeuies of a terriMe war which made our people heedless of the opportunities for ulterior schemes afforded by their v illing and patriotic payment of unpre cedented tribute: and now, after a long period of pence, when our overburdened countrymen ask for refief and for a restoration to the enjoyment of their incomes and earnings, they arc met by the claim that tariff taxation for the sake of protection is an Ameri can system, the continuance of which is necessary in order that high wages may be paid to our workingmen and a home market provided for our farm products. These pretenses should no long er deceived. The truth is that such a system is directly antago nized by every sentiment of jus tice and fairness of which Ameri cans are pre-eminently proud. It is also true that while our work ingmen and farmers can, the least oi all our people, defend them selves against the harder home de which 'such tariff taxation decrees, the working man suffer- ng from the importation and employment of pauper labor in stigated by his professed friends and seeking teem it v for his inter ests in organized co-operation, still waits for a division of the advantages secured to his em ployer under the cover of a gen erous solitude for his wages. while the farmer is learning that the prices of his products are fix ed in foreign markets, where he suffers from a competition invit ed and built up by the system he is asked to support. The strug gle for unearned advantage at the doors of the government tramples on the rights of those who patiently rely upon assur ances ot American equality. 2 very governmental concession to clamorous favorites invites corruption in political affairs by encouraging the expenditure of money to debauch suffrage in a support of a policy directly fa vorable to private and selfish, gain. This in the end, must strangle patriotism and weaken popular confidence in the recti tude of republican institutions. Though the subject ot tariff Icg- slation involves a question of morals, we cannot, with impuni ty permit injustice 1o taint the right and equity, which is the lie of the republic, and we shall fail to reach ournational destiny t greed and sclhshness lead the way. Recognizing these truths, the national Democracv will seek, by the publication just and sound principles, to equalize to our people the blessing due them rom the government they sup port to promote our countrymen a closer communitv of interests. cemented by patriotism and na tional pride, and to point out a air held, where prosperous and diversified American interprise may grow and thrive in the wholesome atmosphere of Amer ican industry, ingenuity and in telligence. Tariff reform is still our purpose. Though we oppose the theorv that tariff laws may lie passed, having for their object the grant ing of discriminating and unfair governmental aid to private ven tures, we wage no exterminating war against anv American inter ests. We believe a readjustment can be accomplished, in accord ance with the principles we pro fess, without disaster or demoli tion. Wc believe that the ad vantages cf free raw material should be accorded to our man ufacturcrs, and we contemplate a fair and careful distributing of necessary tariff burdens, rather than the precipitation oi" free trade. We anticipate with calm ness the misrepresentation of our motives and purposes, instigated bv a .selfishness which seeks to hold in unrelenting grasp its un fair advantage under present tarifflaws. We will rely upon the intelligence of our fellow countrymen to reject the charge that a partv comprising a ma jority of our people is planning the destruction or American in terests ; and we know they can not be frightened by the spectre of impossible free trade. FORCE DILL. The ndministration and man agement of our government de pend upon popular will. Federal power is the instrument of that will not its master. Therefore the attempt of the opponents of de mocracy to interfere with and control the suffiage of the States through Federal agencies, de yelops a design, which no ex planation can mitigate, to re verse the fundemental and safe relations between the people and their government. Such an at tempt cannot fail to be regarded by thoughtful men as proof of a bold determination to secure the ascendency of a discredited party n reckless disregard of a free ex- piession of the popular will. To resist such a scheme is an mpujse ot democracy. At all times and in all places we trust the people, as against a dispo sition to force the wav to Fed eral power, we present to them as our claim to their confidence and support, a steady champion ship of their rights. SOUND AND HONEST MONEY'. The people are entitled to sound ind honest money, abso- utelv sufficient in volume to supply their business needs. But whatever may be the Jorm of the people's currency, national or State whether gold, silver, or paper it should le so regulated and guarded by governmental action, or by wise and cireful haws, that no one can be deluded as to the certainty and stability of its value. Every dollar put into the hands of the people should be of the same intrinsic value or purchasing power. With this condition absolutely guaranteed, both gold and silver can be safely utilized upon equal terms in the adjustment of our currency. In dealing with this subject no selfish scheme should be allowed to intervene, and no doubtful experiment should be attempted. The wants ol our people, arising from the defi ciency or imperfect distribution of money circulation, ought to be ully and honestly recognized and efficiently remedied. It should, however, be constantly remem bered that the inconvenience or oss that might arise from such a situation, can be much easier borne than the universal distress which must follow a discredited currencv. CIVIL SERVICE. Public officials are the agents of the people. It is therefore their duty to secuie for those whom they represent the best and most efficient work. This plainly can be best accomplished bv regarding ascertained fitness in the selection of government employees. These considerations alone are sumcient justincjuion "or an honest adherence to the etter and spirit of civil service reform. There are, however, other features of this plan which abundantly commend it. Through its operation worthy men in every station and con dition of Ameiicanlifeis recogniz ed in the distribution of public employment, while its applica tion tends to raise the standard of political activity from spoils hunting and unthinking party affiliation to the advocacy of the party principles by reason and argument. REUNION. The American people are gen erous and grateful ; and the have impressed these characteristics upon their government, there fore, all patriotic and just citizens must commend liberal considera tion for our worthy veteran sol diers and for the families of those who have died. No complaint should be made of the amount of public money paid to those actually disabled or made de pendent by reason of army service. But our pension roll should be a roll of honor, un- contaminated by ill desert and unvitiated bv demagogic use. This is due to those whose worthy names adorn the roll, and to all our people who de light to honor the brave and the true. It is also due to those who in years to come should be al lowed to hear, reverently and lovingly the story of American patrotism and fortitude, il lustrated by our pension roll. The preferences accorded to veteran soldiers in public em ployment should be secured to them honestly and without evasion, and when capable and worthy, their claim to the hope ful regard and gratitude of their countrymen should be ungrudg ingly acknowledged. PATERNALISM. The assurance to the people of the utmost individual liberty consistent with peace and good is a cardinal principle of our gov ernment. This gives no sanction to vexatious sumtuary laws which unnejessarily interfere with such habits and customs of our people as are not offensive to a just moral sense and are not inconsistent with good citizen ship and the-public welfare. The same principle requires that the line between the subjects which are properly within government al control and those which are more fittingly left to parental regulation should be carefully kept in view and enforced educa tion, wisely deemed a proper preparation for citizenship, should not involve the impair ment of wholesome parental authority ior do violence to be the house-hold concience. Pa ternalism in government finds no approval in the creed of Dem ocracy. It is a symptom of mis rule, whether it is manifested in unauthorized gifts or in unwar ranted control of personal and family affairs. Our people still cherishing the feeling of human fellowship which belong to our beginning as a nation, require their gov ernment to express for them their sympathy with all those who are oppressed under any rule less free than ours. IMMIGRATION. A generous hospitality, which is one of the most prominent of our national characteristics, prompts us to welcome the wor thy and industrious of all lands, to homes and citizenship among us. This hospitable sentiment is not violated, however, by careful and reasonable regulations for the protection of the public health, nor does it justify the exception of immigrants who have no appeciatiou of our insti tutions and whose presence among us is a menance to peace and good order. i NICAK AGUAN CANAL. The importance of the con struction of the Nicaraguaii ship canal as a means of promoting commerce between our States and with foreign countries and al so as a contribution by Ameri cans to the enterprises which ad vance the interests of the world of civilization, shou'd commend the project to governmental ap proval and endorsement. COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. Our countrymen not only ex pect from those who represent them in public places a sedulus care for the things which are di rectly and palpably related to thtir material interests, but they also fully appreciate the value of cultivating our national pride and maintaining our na tional hvnor. Both their ma terial interests and their national pride and honor are involved in the success of the Columbian Ex position; and they will not be inclined to condone any neglect of effort on the part of their gov ernment to insure in thegrandeur of this event a fitting exhibit of American growth and greatness, and a splendid demonstration of American patriotism. CONCLUSION. In an imperfect and incomplete manner, I have thus endeavored to state some of the things which accord with the creed and inten tions of the party to which I have given my lifelong allegiance. My attempt has not been to instruct my countrymen nor my party, but to remind both that Demo cratic doctrine lies near the prin ciples of our government and tends to promote the people's good. I am willing to be accused of addressing my countrymen upon trite topic3 and in a home ly fashion, for I believe that im portant truths are found on the surface of thought, and that they should be stated in direct and simple terms. Though much is left unwritten, my record as a public servant leaves no excuse for misunderstanding my belief and position on the questions which are now presented to the voters of the land for their decision. Called for the third time to rep resent the party of my choice in a contest for the supemacy of Democratic principles, my grate ful appreciation of its confidence, less than ever, effaces the solemn sense of my re -ponsibilitv. If the action of the convention you represent shall be endorsed by th- suffrages of my countrymen, I will assume the duties of the great office for which f have been nominated, knowing full well its labors and perplexties, and with humble reliance upon the Divine Being, infinite in power to aid, and constant in a watchful care over our favored nation. Yours very truly, Groyer Cleveland. Grav Gables, Sept. 20, 1892. Mr. OIVIS ENJOYS Both the method and results whei. Syrup of Figg is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to tlio taste, and acts 5eutly yet promptly on the Kidneys, dver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Srrup of Figs is ths only remedy of its kind ayer pro duced, pleasing to the tasta and ao ceptable to the stomach, prompt iu its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the uioit healthy ana agreeable substances, iU many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale ia 50e and $1 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro ture it promptly for any on who wishes to try lL Do not accept any tmtistitutc. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. 8 AN FRANCISCO. CAL. lOUISVILU, Kf. New YORK, H.t. STATE NEWS. There are 280 students at the State University. Two negro boys, age 12 years each, have been arrested in Ral eigh for house robbing. Mr. Alexander Holt, brother of Governor Thos. M. Holt, died suddenly Saturday morning at us home in Burlington in the 57 year of his age. The Raleigh cotton mills reach ed high water mark last month. The production of the plant was 10.i,l GO lbs yarn. State Chron ical. At the term of Wake Superior Court held last week there were 25 jail cases tried. One was sent to the penitentiary and 15 to couutv roads. Gov. Holt has offered a re ward of $200 for Alonzo West, of Madison count', who is charged with the murderofMatt Rector there September 10 last. The taxable property given in for taxation by the white peo ple in Wake county amounts to $9,570,283, and by negroes $419,827. The dedication of Trinity Col lege at Durham will take place on October 12th 1892. Rev. E. E. Hoss, D. D., editor of the Nashville Christian Advocate, will deliver the dedication sermon. Chairman Simmons has receiv ed from business men of Balti more and salesmen from this State employed there $1,209,51 lor campaign purposes. Several ladies added their mite to the fund. Chairman Simmons is very grateful for this remarkable evidence of the devotion for North Carolina thus shown. The fund is needed as thecommittee's expenses are very heavy and as the political situation is very dangerous indeed. Raleigh cor respondent to Norfolk Virgirt ian. It is reported that the Wilming ton and Wcldon Railroad will this winter purchase two new and improved locomotives for their fast trains, which will make seventy-five miles an hour. These locomotives are known as four cylinder Vauclair compound lo comotives. One of them passed through here last week for of the Southern roads. It took the "Shoo fly" to Wilmington and on the run made a mile in fifty two seconds. This locomotive had four cylinders two high pressure 11V4 inches, and two low pressure, 10 inches. The stroke is twenty-four inches and there are eight driving wheels five feet eight inches in, diameter. The truck wheels are wrought Ijron and are also Vauclair's pat ent. It is said that one of 'these Vauclair locomotives with six feet driven has made a mile in 49Vi seconds, or at the rate of ninety-two miles an hour. Wel-donNcws.
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