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VOL. 21. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1902. NO. 13.
DEMOCRATIC PLAN OF ORGANIZA
TION.
County and District Conventions
General Rules.
1. The unit of county organi
sation ehall be the voting pre
cincts. In each precinct there
6hall be au ExecutiveCommittee,
to consist of live active Demo
crats, who ehall be elected by the
Democratic voters at the several
precincts in the meeting first call
ed by the county executive com
mittee. And said committee so
elected shall elect one of its mem
bers as chairman, who shall pre
side at all committee meetings.
2- The chairman of theseveral
precinct committees shall com
pose the county executive com
mittee, which shall meet at the
same time and place as the coun
ty convention first held in each
election year, and elect a chair
man of said county committee,
who need not be a member of the
committee, and he shall preside
at all meetings of said commit
tei, and shall hold his place until
his successor shall be elected. A
majority of said precinct chair
men, in person or by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum. The coun
ty committee shall likewise ap
point a central committeeof five,
who shall act in its stead when
the county committee is not in
session.
.'{. In case there shall be a fail
ure on the part of any precinct
to elect its executive committee
for a period of thirty days, the
county executive committee shall
appoint said committee from the
1 teinocratic voters of said pre
cinct.
-4. The members of the pre
cinct committee shall elect to
any vacancy occurring in said
committee.
The county executive com
mittee shall call all necessary
conventions by giving at least
ten days' notice by nubhc adver
tisement in three public places in
each precinct, at the court house
door and ia any Democratic
newspaper that may bepublished
in said county, requesting all
Democrats of the couuty to meet
in their respective precincts on a
c immon day therein stated,
which said day shall not be less
than three days before the meet
ing of the county conventions,
for the purpose of electing their
delegates to the county conven
tions. Thereupon the meeting
so held shall elect their delegates
to represent the precincts in the
county convention from the vo
ters of respective voting pre
cincts, which delegates, or such
of them as shall attend, shall
vote the full Democratic strength
of their respective voting pre
cincts on all questions that may
come befoie said county conven
tions. In case no meeting shall
be held in any precinct in pur
suance of said call, or no election
shall be made, the precinct execu
tive committee shall appoint
such delegates.
PRIMARIES.
0. At every precinct meeting
there shall (before the delegates
to the county convention are
elected) be a vote taken for the
different candidates for office,
whose names may be presented
and the delegates shall vote in
the county convention of their
respective districts in accordance
with this vote that is to say,
each candidate shall receive in
the county convention that pro
portion of the vote to which the
precinct may be entitled which
ne received in ttie p ecinct meet
ing. The chairman and secreta
ry of the precinct meeting shall
certify to the county convention
the vote received bv each candi
date at the precinct meeting.
7. Each precinct shall be en
titled to cast in the county con
vention one vote for every twen
a.? n? h a:
iv-nve iwinocraiii; vuwim, nuu
one vote for fractions of thirteen
Democratic voters cast by t h ?
township at the last preceding
gubernatorial election: Provid
ed, that every voting precinct
shall be entitled to cast one vote,
and each precinct may send as
tnanv delegates as it niav see
fit. "
8. The chairman of the pre
cinct committees shall preside at
all precinct meetings. In their
absence any other member of
said committees may preside.
COUNTY AND DISTRICT CONVEN.
TIONS.
1. The several county conven
tions shall be entitled to elect to
their Senatorial, Judicial and
Congressional conventions one
delegate and one alternate for
every fifty Democratic votes, and
one delegate for fractions of over
twenty-five Democratic votes
cast at the last preceding guber
natorial election in their respect
ive counties and none but dele
gates or alternates so elected
shall be entitled to a seat in said
conventions: Provided further,
that in all county conventions
in which delegates stall be se-1
lected to attend any State, Con
gressional, Judicial or other con
vention, a vote shall be taken in
accordance with the plan of or
ganization as to the candidates
whose names may be presented
to such county convention. The
delegates shall be selecied from
the friends and supporters of
each candidate voted for, in pro
portion to the number of votes
he shall receive in such county
convention, and no other instruc
tion shall be given: Provided
further, that when only one can
didate is presented and voted for
at such county convention it
shall be lawful to instruct for
such candidate.
2. At every county conven
tion (before delegates to State,
Congressional, Judicial, Senato
rial or other conventions are
chosen) there shall be a vote
taken for the different candidates
for office, whose names may be
presented, and the delegates
shall vote for their respective j
counties ill accordance with this
vote; that is to say, each candi
date shall receive in the State,
Congressional, Judicial, Senato
rial or other convention the pro
portion of the vote to which the j
county may be entitled which lie
received in the county conven
tion. The chairman and secre
tary of the ct unty convention
shall certify to each convention
the vote received by each candi- i
date given: Provided, that where
only one candidate is presented
it shall be lawful to instruct for
him. At all State district con-j
vent ions the delegates from the
different counties may disregard
ttie vote of their respective coun
ties as to any candidate: Pro-!
vided, 'hat a two-thirds majority ?
of all his votes from the county
consent.
3. The chairman, or in his ab
sence, any member of thecounty,
Senatorial, Judicial and Con
giessional convention, shall call
to order their respective conven
tions and hold chairmanship
thereof until the convention shall I
elect its chairman.
4. The executive committee of
the Senatorial, Congressional
and Judicial districts, respective
ly, shall, at the call of their re
spective chairmen, meet at some
time and place in their respective
districts, and the chairmen of
said respective committees shall
immediately notify the chairman
of the different county executive
committees of the said appoint-!
ment, and the said county ex
ecutive committee shall forth
with call conventions of their re
spective counties in conformity
to said notice to send delegates
to said respective d strict con
ventions
STATE CONVENTIONS.
The State convention shall he
composed of delegates appointed
by the several county conven
tions. Kach county shall lie en
titled to elect one delegate and
one alternate for every one hun
dred and fifty Democratic votes
and one delegate for fractions
over seventy-five Democratic
votes cast therein at the last
preceding gubernatorial election;
and none but delegates or alter
nates so elected shall be entitled
to seats in said convention: Pro
vided, that every county shall
have at least one vote in said
convention.
Resolution passed at meeting
of executive committee, Nov. .'10,
18fi7:
"Resolved, that in accordance;
with the resolution heretofore:
adopted, all white electors who,
intend to vote with us in the next
election, and who desire the re-!
establishment of Anglo-eaxon
supremacy and honest govern
ment in North Carolina, are cor
dially invited to participate in
all our primaries and conven- f
tious."
GENERAL RI LES.
1. At all conventions the dele
gates shall be selected as near as
may be from the friends and
supporters of the candidates
voted for.
2. Such delegates?or alter
nates of absent delegates?as
may be present at the Democrat
ic convention shall be allowed to
cast the whole vote to which their
precinct or county may be enti
tled.
51. In all conventions provided
for by this system, after a vote
is cast, there shall be no change
in such vote until the final result
of the ballot shall be announced
by the chairman of said conven
tion.
4. All Democratic executive
committees shall have the power
to fill any vacancies occuring in
their respective bodies.
">. The chairman of the differ
ent county conventions shall
certify the list of delegates and
alternates of the different dist rict
and State conventions, and a
cert ified list of said delegates and
alternates to the secretary of the j
State central committee.
(>. It shall be the duty of the
county committee and its chair
man to furnish such information
and make such reports to the
chairman of the State commit
tee as he may desire.
F. M. Simmons,
Chairman State Dem. Ex. Com.
P. M. Pearsall, Secretary.
Did Exactly Right.
The Apex News comments, as
follows, on the candidacy of John
YV. Atwater for Congress in this
district:
Instead of doing a wrong when
the Democrats of this District
nominated Edward W. Pou for
Congress, they did what was ex
actly right. We now have a Rep
resentative in Congress that is a
credit to our State and the Demo
crats of the District are going to
keep him in Congress as long as
he faithfully serves the best in
terests of the people. Mr. At
water was given a two year term
in Congress by the Democrats
and lie should be thankful for
what he has already received and
go way back and sit down, lie
has been well paid for his service
to the Democratic party and it is
time that his mind should be
come satisfied 011 this point. The
4th is no longer a fusion district
and will no more send fusionists
to represent them in Congress.
Mr. Atwater was elected in
1808 by Democratic voters, but
as a populist and thoseof us who
voted for him in this section of
Wake county did so with that
understanding because we did
not believe that we could elect a
man of our own party. In this
we were fooled, as a straight
Democrat would have polled
more vctes than Mr. Atwater.
We can't send everybody to Con
gress just to keep them in har
mony with the party and those
who are Democrats as long as
they can hold office only, are not
worth much to any party.
Wbilo I loL' fnu tiL-liitt naut tlio
?? u i it: v 'ui? tu ?* uoii > 1r v-iipv i1 in,
first votes for Mr. I'ou in that
convention which nominated him,
even before his name was put be
fore the convention, and our peo
ple are pro' (1 of having done so.
We did it because we believed
him to be a man of real worth, a
sterliug Democrat andtrueChris
tian gentleman. We have not
had caus? to regret our choice,
and will give him our hearty sup
port in the primary and at t.lie
polls this year.
My little son had an attack of
whooping cough and was threat
ened with pneumonia; but for
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
we would have had a serious
time of it. It also saved him
from several attacks of croup.?
II. J. Strickfaden, editor World
Herald, Fair Haven, Wash. For
sale by Hood Bros., Smithfield,
Cavenaugh and Benson, Benson,
Hare and Son, Selma.
A STRICKEN FAMILY.
Two Children Cold in Death and
Two Dying in Agony.
?
A letter received hereyesterday
from Clayton tells the following
pathetic story:
Mr. and Mrs. Frank .lones, a
poor aud highly renpected family
living just out of Clayton, had
two children, a hoy of seventeen
and a girl of ten, taken suddenly
and violently ill. In a few hours
both were wild with delirium and
pain. In two days a third child,
a boy of thirteen, was taken and
in a short time was unconscious
and raving. The shrieks of these
three could be heard before reach
ing the house. The physicians
in consultation pronounced the
dread disease meningitis.
In two days from the time the
first two became unconscious, a
fourth child, a bright littlegirl of
fifteen, grew ill and was raving
deliriously.
W ben the writer visited the
house he saw on one beil the
corpse of the little <xirl first taken,
and one had died that morning.
On another in the same room, |
lav the second uttering such
shrieks it made one's heart stand
still to hear. In another room,
on two beds lay the boys?one
quiet from morphine, and the
other dying. The next day the
two, boy and girl, were buried in
the same grave. The remaining
two children are living still
(three days after the first funeral)
but are in the last stages of the
disease, and will die some time
during the day or night.
Dr. Hubert Royster, of Raleigh,
was telegraphed for and came
down to see them, but said the
trouble was beyond any medical
skill, and only God's grace could
save them.
The father and mother had
three children to die in one week
only two years ago, and eighteen
years ago, three died, almost at
the same time, with diptheria.
Not only sympathy but the
help of every man and woman in
Clayton should be extended to
these lonely parents.?Sunday's
News and Observer.
Farms in North Carolina.
Washington, June 3.?The cen
sus report on agriculture in North
Carolina shows that on June 1st,
1900, the Sfate had 224,(537
farms, valued at if 104,(>00,020.
Of the valuation 27 per cent, was
in buildings and the remainder
in land and other improvements
than buildings. The value of
farm implements and machinery
was $9,072,600 and live stock
$30,106,173, making the total
value of farm property $233,
834,693. The total value of
farm products for 1899 was
$89,309,638, of which 23 per
cent, was in animal products and
the remainder in crops, including
forest products cut or produced
on farms. The total value of
farm products for 1899 exceeded
those of 1889 by 78 per cent.
The gross farm income of North
Carolina for 1899 was $79,200,
748. The gros income upon
investment was 34 per cent.
Wilkesbarre's Midget Baby.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 2.?A
boy born to Mr. and Mrs. John
Stevens, of t his city, weighs only
2-'$ ounces and is only 11 inches
in height. The' little fellow is
kept wrapped in tine yielding
cotton. The doctor says the
child is perfectly healthy and
thinks he will live. His daily
supply of food consists of two
teaspoonfuls of milk and water.
The Agriculturial and Mechani
cal college has bought for $10,
000 the farm including buildings,
of William It. Crawford, west of
and adjoining the college farm.
There are fitty-three acres.
The growth and development
of the system of rural free deli very
of mail are remarkable. Post
master Bailey says that the
carriers on the five routes out of
Italeigh handled over 20,000
| pieces of Mail in May. There are
now 11(1 of these carriers in the
State. All except one gets $(>00
a year, and one. who has a short
' route, gets $480.
Text of the l'eace Terms.
The war between England and !
the Hoe re hue ended. The terms'
of peace which were signed last
Saturday night, are as follows: !
The burgher forces in the field
shall forthwith lay down their
arms and surrender their ammu
nition, and desist from further
resistance to the authority of j
King Edward VII, whom they
recognize as their lawful sover
eign. The manner and details of
the surrender will be arranged
between Lord Kitchener and;
Commandant General Botha, as
sisted by General Delarey and
Chief Commandant He Wet.
All the burghers in the Held,
outside the limits of the Trans
vaal and Orange River Colony,!
and all prisoners of war outside
of South Africa, will, on duly ac
claiming their position as sub
jects of the King, be brought
buck to their homes as soon as
transport can be provided.
Means of subsistence will In; as
sured.
The burghers so surrendering
will not be deprived of personal
liberty or property
No proceedings, civil or crimi
nal, will be taken against the
burghers surrenderin, or return
ing for any acts in connection
with the prosi cation of the war.
The benefit of this clause does not
extend to certain acts contrary
to the usages of war.
All such cases to be reported
by the Commander-in-Chief to
the Doer Generals and to be tried
by court-martial immediately
after the close of hostilities.
The Dutch language to be used
in the schools when the parents
desire, and in the Courts when!
necessary to the better adminis
tration of justice.
The possession of rifles to be
allowed on the obtaining of
licenses.
The military administration at
the earliest possible date to be
succeeded by a civic government.
As soon as circumstances permit
representative institutions, lead
ing up to self-government, to be
introduced.
The question of granting fran
chise to rebels will not be decided
until after the introduction of
self government.
No special tax to be imposed
on landed property to pay the
expenses of the war
As soon as possible a Commis
sion, on which the local inhabit
ants shall be represented, to be
| appointed in each district under
! the presidency of a Magistrate
for the purpose of restoring the
people to their homes, and sup
plying those, who, owing to war
losses, are unable to do so them
selves, with food and shelter, and
a necessary amount of seed,
stock, implements, etc., for the
1 resumption of their normal occu
pations. For this purpose the
I Government will place in the
hands of the Commissioners, 8.
000,ODD pounds sterling.
They will allow all the notes
issued under the law of 1900 of
the South African Itepublics or
under their orders to be present
ed to a Judicial Commission,
which will be appointed by the
Government, and if such nob's
and receipts are found by this
Commission to have been duly
issued in return for valuable con
siderations, they will lie received
by the first-named commissions
as evidence of war losses suffered
by the persons to which they were
originally given.
t i i*', ? i ^ .1
id auuiuouto ineaoove-iiamea
free grant of il.000,000 pounds
sterling, his Majesty's Govern
ment will tie prepared tp make
advances, on loan, for the same
purposes, free of int?rest for two
years, and afterward repayable
over a period of years with ?'! per
cent, interest. No foreigner or
reliel will be entitled to benefit
under this clause.
The democrats of Harnett held
their convention in Lillington
Monday to select delegates to
the state, congressional and ju
dicial conventions. No instruc
tion were given the delegates. A
resolution was adopted making
all democrats that m.ay attend
either of the conventions dele
gates. A good crowd was in
attendance and good feeling pre
vailed.
General News Items.
Jobn Henry Barrows, president
of Oberlin, (Ohio) College, died
Tuesday.
The war department has issued
an order reducing the standing
army from 77,287 to GG,497.
Sylvester l'ennoyer, ex-Gover
nor of Oregon; died suddenly
Friday afternoon of heart failure.
Earthquake shocks are being
felt in several sections of Mexico
and the mud in an extinct volcano
is found to be in motion.
Two persons were probably
fatally hurt and five others
bruised in a wreck at Otis, Iowa,
Monday, on t he Chicago & North
western road.
Near Huntsville, Ala., last
Saturday fcotpads robbed a far
mer in his field and nailed him to
a tree, where he remained for
several hours before discovery.
J. It. Bergeron's saloon was
destroyed by fire at Elizabeth
City Sunday night and two voung
men, James B. Carter and llenja
inin Ward, who slept upstairs,
perished.
A distinct earthquake shock
was felt at Greenville, S. C., early
Saturday morning The tremor
was accompanied by a low,
rumbling sound, continued for
several seconds.
Dr. Andrew Hunter, one of the
patriarchs of the .Methodist
Church in Arkansas, died in Little
Itock this week in his eighty-ninth
year. He was licensed to preach
in 183G in that State.
Exercises commemorative of
the anniversary of the birthday
of Jefferson Davis were conducted
by the local organizations of the
United States Confederate Veter
ans Tuesday in Atlanta.
The state has chartered the
Consolidated Credit Company, of
Charlotte, capital #5,000. It is
a mercantile agency and will give
information as to commercial
standingofbusinessmenof North
Carolina.
At the opening of the new Til
den Club in New York, June 10th
: ex-I'resident Cleveland will be
one of the speakers. Leading
men of all elements of the party
will be present, such as Bryan,
Hill, VanWyck, etc.
During the thunder storm Sun
day evening, a negro woman,
the wife of Arch McNeill, near
Laurinburg, was instantly killed
by lightning. The infant in her
arms was not nurt, though an
other child in the room was
st unned.
Fifty persons commit ted suicide
in Chicago during May. This is
the greatest number ever re
corded, according to the Health
Department. During the same
period there were 134 deaths
from Bl ight s disease, which also
is unprecedented.
Confederate Memorial Day was
observed Tuesday at Lexington,
Va., by the decoration oi the
tomb of Gen. Robert E Lee, at
Washington and Lee University,
and the grave of Gen. Thomas J.
Jackson (Stonewall) in the Lex
ington cemetery.
In the primaries in New Han
over county last week Judge M.
H. Justice, of Rutherford ton,
polled a large number of votes
for Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court. While Judge Justice is
no candidate, those who oppose
the nomination of Judge Clark,
voted forhim as aprotest. Judge
| Justice is one of the ablest law
yers in the State and next to Ay
cock was most prominently men
tioned for Governor two years
ago.
The May Bulletin of the State
board of health, says measles
prevails in 27 counties and is
epidemic in Bladen; whooping
cough is in 23, and epidemic in
Northampton): pneumonia in 18,
in some very numerous cases;
smallpox in 23, with a total of
159 cases, Mecklenburg leading
with 56 and Rockingham next
with 28. Only ocasesofdipthena
are reported and 23 of scarlet
fever. Typhoid is reported in 19
counties with many rases in
| Chatham.