2ljr <smitl)fifl& liefalk \ ?? price one dollar per tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.' single copies five cents. VOL. 21. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1903. NO. 45' THE LEGISLATURE. A Brief Review of the Most Important Work of the Week of Our Law Makers. The General Assembly of North Carolina convened last week in the city of Italeigh. Hon Sam uel M. Gattis, of Orange county, was elected Speaker of the House by a vote of 1)7 to 18. The Re publican candidate for Speaker was Frank Benbow, of Yadkin county. The new speaker. Mr. Gattis, was once prii cipal of Wentworth Academy in the southern part of this county. As soon as the organization was completed the House ad journed. But little work was done in the Senate and at one o'clock it adjourned out of re spect to the late Senator Zeb. Wilson, of the Thirty-sixth Dis trict, who was recently killed by his brother. The second day of the session was largely takeu up in the read ing the Governor's message. This is an able and comprehen sive state paper and one worthy to be placed with the ablest mes sages of our ablest Governors. It treated of all the State's insti tutions and made many sugges tions and recommendations to the General Assembly. In this review of the General Assembly's work we shall each week lay before our readers only the matters of general import ance to the State and of locai importance to the people of this county. Our space is too limi ted to tell of all the numerous bills that will be introduced daily. Since a large majority of the people iu this State are farming people all matters relative to agriculture will be of njore or less interest. In this connection the bill of Representative Scott, of Alamance, appropriating $50, 000 for the erection of an agri cultural building at the A. & M. College, is one of importance. Several bills relating to the liquor trafic have been introduc ed. Senator Justice, of McDow ell county, introduced a bill on the second day of the session that provides that it shall be unlaw ful to manufacture or sell spirit uous or malt liquors except in in eorpoi ated towns of at least 500 residents. It provides a license tax of $500 to the State, $500 to the county, aud not less than $500 to the town. The bill introduced by Senator Keinhardt, of Lincoln, imposes a tax of 55 cents on each gallon of spirituous liquors manufactured in the State. Senator Godwin, of Harnett, has introduced a bill to refer the questions of the sale and manu facture of liquor iu Sampson county to the voters of that county. Representative Watts, of Ire dell, has introduced a bill that makes it unlawful to manufact ure or sell liquoroutside of incor porated towns and cities. This bill provides that license must be obtained from the authorities of the town or city in which the liquor is to be manufactured or sold. Representative Abell, of John ston, has introduced a bill to reg ulate the sale and manufacture of whiskey in Johnston countv. This bill provides that it shall be unlawful for any person,'firm or corporation to manufacture whiskey in Johnston county. It further provides that nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the manufactureof bran ay from fruits and grapes. Representative Williams, of Union county, introduced a bill for the repeal of the Union Coun ty Dispensary law The people of Union want entire prohibi tion. Another liquor bill of import ance is the one introduced Fri day by Senator London, of Chat ham. This bill embodies the features of the Watts bill, and adds other provisions, mainly those recommended by the Anti Saloon League. It provides that no license to sell liquors shall be granted in towns of less than 500 inhabitants and that no liquor shall be manufactured in towns of less than 1000 inhabi tants It also makes the place of delivery of liquors to beconsid ered the place of selling. This pro vision would do much to stop the shipping of liquor into prohibi tion territory. The bill further provides that the applicant for license shall file his application 30 days before the time for grant ing license and that it shall be signed by a majority of the qual ified voters of said town, unless it be a town in which a vote for saloons has been carried. It also provides for an election in any town on petition of one-third of t he voters for an election to sav whether liquor shall be sold by licensed barrooms, by a dispen sary or prohibited. If this bill becomes a law any town upon a majority vote may have a dis pensary without a special act of the Legislature. Representatives Parker, of Wayne, and Dockery, of Rich mond, have both introduced bills relative to child labor in facto iies. Representative King, of Pitt, has introduced a bill to make it a misdemeanor for a farm-hand to violate his contract. Mr. A bell has introduced a bill to amend the laws of 11)01 relat ing to stock law in Johnston county. Rills were introduced in the Senate Monday for a Code Com mission and more despositories for school books. Senator Norris, of Wake, in troduced a bill Wednesday for the establishment of a Reforma tory for youthful criminals. The first week of the session has seen many bills introduced but only a few have passed final reading ana tnese are or more or less minor importance. Theques tion of most interest at present is the Senatorial question and until a Senator is nominated it will be the absorbing question. Senator ltichardson is a mem ber of the following committees: Military Affairs; Penal Institu tions; Engrossed Hills; Federal Relations; Election Law; Con gressional Apportionment and Printing. Senator Godwin has the follow ing committee places: Counties, Cities and Towns; Congressi :nal Apportionment; Library; Propo sitions and Grievances; .Judicia I rv; Cor) orations and Engrossed Hills. Senator Richardson is chair man of the joint committee on Printing and Senator Godwin is chairman of the Congressional Apportionment committee. Mr. A bell has the following committee places: Judiciary; Railroads and Railroad Commis sion; Salaries and Fees. Mr. Abel! is chairman of the commit tee on Railroads and Railroad Commission Mr. Wood is on the following | committees: Agriculture; Public j Roads and Turnpikes and En rolled Hills. An Audubon Party In Clayton. The voung people of Clayton report a delightful time at an "Audubon Party" last Monday evening given by Mr. and Mrs E. B. McCullers in honor of their guests. Misses Rand and I^each. Several strangers who were there were gracefully presented bv the charming hostess, after which she brought in on a silver tray birds bearing questions in verse form, the answer of each being the name of one of those winged creatures. Her lovely little son accompanied her, supplying the competitors with pencils. When the contest was over the judges Rev. G. W. Fisher and Messrs. E. B. and IU >. McCullers, after a careful examination of the answers, decided i he prize, "The Kentucky Cardinal," had been won by Miss Verta Garvis, of Greensboro. The guests were then invited to the dining room where the hos tess, assisted by Misses Leach j and Rand, elegantly pr?sided over delicious refreshments served in courses. < ).\e Who was Phesent. TOWN AND COUNTY. ?The Book Club will meet next Monday evening at 7:30 with Miss Annie Myatt. ?Miss Bettie Kirk man gave a delightful "at home" to her friends Monday evening. ?Mr. S. VV. Johnson of this township killed a hog this week which weighed 300 pounds. ?Look out for +he opening chapter of "The Southerners, the great serial story which will soon begin in these columns. ?Mr. B. 15. Yelvington is in Jacksonville, Fla., prospecting. We hear it rumored that he ? intends moving his family there soon. ? ?Mr. J. W. Peedin left last week to spend some time in Florida. From there he will ' go to California where he will spend the spring. ?Mr. J. K. Bass, who has been engaged in working on the new Baptist church here for the past few months has returned to his home in Nash county. ?Mr. I) W. Rose, of Clayton, has moved his family here. He has opened up a stock of groce ries and general merchandise in the store near Savage & Timber lake's livery stables. ?Mr. I). L. Dixon, of Elevation township, and Miss Celia Batten were married Sunday January 4th, at the home of th? bride's father Mr. C. C. Batten,inBeulah township. J. it. Broad well, J. P., performed the ceremony. ?Mr. J. B. Taylor, a carpenter who has been living here for the paet year and a half, left yester day with his family for Nash county. Mr. Taylor is a good carpenter and has made many friends during his residence in this section. ? ine rsmitnneid market nas sold tobacco daily since January 1 1st, Sundays excepted. Prices rule as high here as on any mar ket in the State. The Banner warehouse yesterday conducted a $1000 sale, the prices ranging from to $35.00. ?Mrs. George W. Brooks, who has been a resident of Chatham county for several years, has moved into the Davis house in Brooklyn, which she recently purchased from Prof. J. L. Davis, of Burlington. Mrs. Brooks is a sister of Mrs. G. L. Kason. ?Mr. Oscar Gregory, who has represented the American Tobac co Company on the Smithfield market for the past two seasons, has been sent to the Louisburg market. He left yesterday for his new home. Mr Gregory has made a great many friends in this county who regret to have him leave us. Mr. 11. I. Glass, of Durham, succeeds Mr. Gregory as buyer for the A. T. Co. on this market. ?Mr. 0. I). Stanley, who has been an assistant in the railroad I office here for the past few months, has been promoted and ? given the agency at Pembroke, N. C. Mr. Stanley has been in the railroad service only a few months, yet by his strict atten tion to business and his faithful ness to hisemployers, hehas been advancer! very rapidly. We pre dict that Mr. Stanley will in the not far distant future have one of the best agencies in the service. Two New Rural Routes. Hon. A. W. Machen, Superin tendent of the rural mail delivery j service, has notified Congress man Pou that thetwo rural mail routes leading out from Benson have been established and the: service will be begun on March 2, 1903. This will be good news to the people of those sections. They can now get their mail boxes ready for use. Wonderful Nerve. Is displayed by many a man enduring pains of accidental Cuts, Wounds, Bruises, Burns. Scalds, j Si re feet or stiff joints. But there's no need for it. Bucklen's Arnica Salve will kill the pain and cure the trouble It's the best Sa ve on earth for Piles, too. 25c. at Hood Bros., Druggists. SANDERS CHAPEL. Much interest is mauifested in the action of the Iiegislators in the selection of United States Senator to succeed Senator Pritcbard. We declined to settle it by primary and are entirely satisfied with our representatives, action. The rain and cold weather has suspended out door work, so while the elements are storing mother earth with elements of fertility, we run a shin-roastiug and window peeping racket. The sloughs in the low grouuds and ponds in the piney woods are not yet tilled with water. Messrs. C. S. Powell and Lon don Creech went to Raleigh Tues day to attend the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Masons. They expect to look at. and listen to, the State Solons also, and proba bly visit other amusement halls and pop their heels on the pave ments like town folks. We thought that Christmas in this rookery was over, but some descendants of that fellow up iu Virginia that came near having his In ad busted with a pestle, de ployed as skirmishers through this neck of the woods last week with dogs and guns and bird bags and leashes and whistles and Chatham county pork irear, yelling and harking and nigh waying and shooting, making uoiseeuough for a Kansas cyclone or Gulf Stream storm. Of all the Santa Clauses they took the rag , off the bush, and they didn't have or need a coon skin over their face either. One fellow in the neighborhood said they looked like they had taken a dose of bad medicine. However, they were out for game, and yellow ham mers, larks, woodpeckers and pat ei idges drew their tire. Even Charlie Hill's boys settin seed rabbit was debrusheaped, bumm ed, banged and chased out of the t'o rura A 1 a i? m noaoin<? Ivor! f r* i ix Kiu t in iiuvi n> cover the plume on her hat until j out of eight. Rabbitgums are at | a discount now. The woodpecker [ is missing, the vellowhammer isi surely gone and old Bob White) teetotally flusticated and will j not confabulate any more until) the spring breezes reassure him that the storm is over. These Nimrods busticated in this ranch two days. One of them hails from the headwaters of Beals creek in Ingrams township; the) other two are roustabouts on the county capitol grounds. | When Daveand Willis and Charlie line up on a pint, there are three j gizzlv jays for a snap shot. X. Lee-Coats. On last Sunday night, at half past seven o'clock, at the home of the bride's father, Mr. Ames Coats, of Cleveland Township, .Mr. Robert Lee, of LeMay, led to the hymeneal altar one of) Cleveland Township's most fas cinatir g and lovely daughters, > Miss Bessie Coats. It was a beau- j tiful scene, with the tasteful dec- j orations of holly and cedar, and ! surrounded by a host of relatives and friends Rev. W. G. Hall, of Smithfield. pronounced them man and wife. After the congratulations were over Mr. and Mrs. Lee left for the home of the groom's father. Mr. J. J. Lee, where a reception was given thetn. The writer extends congratulations to the fortunate groom, and wishes for him and his bride, a long and happy life together. A Reporter. Smith-Jones. The home of the bride's father, Mr. H A Jones, on last Wednes day af'ernoon at ?'{ o'clock, was the scene of a beautiful marriage, when Mr J. 1>. Smith led to the altar Miss Addia Jones. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. G. Hall in the presence of many friends. lie popular young couple -ft immediately after the ceremo for the home of fhe groom's father where they all enjoyed an elegant supper We wish for them a long and happy life. XY. 0. K. Stoves and Ranges. ? BENSON. New roofs is the order of the day. .Mrs. It. S. Dickson is visiting in Georgia. John W. Holmes becomes the sole proprietor oi the business run by Holmes & Allen. G. \Y. Caveuaugh and Alonzo Darrish are attending the Grand Lodge of Masons at Raleigh. The authorities are offering R. F. Smith $500 to open and straighten Main Street, West. Miss Dora Anderson of this place has accepted a position as manager of telephone exchange at Dunn. Jim Whit Norris business has outgrown his shanty on wheels, ana he is making enlargements without the wheels. Dr. F. T. Moore is in Raleigh to ascertain il the Grand Lodge and the legislature are running op propper schedule. C. W. Anderson has two or three new houses in process of construction, and the last arri val at his house last night will till all of them (with racket). The funeral of G. G. Gibbs was to have been preached Sunday but was postponed to second Sunday in February when it will be preached by Rev. Mr. Suttle. The D. A. Jeruigau land near town was sold the second time Monday. Fifty five acres, 35 acres of which is covered by dower brought $770. Eighty one acres not encumbered brought $095.50. If any body wants the laud for more than this come up and say so, or for ever hereafter let him hold his tongue. # Application will be made to the present session of the legis lature to amend the town charter, i It looks now like liquor saloons' will close after the first of July, and in as much as the revenue derived from that source is pay-! ing half the expenses of the town, their closing will necesitate a higher tax rate which can not be had under the present charter. At the home of the bride in Benson, Tuesday evening, at 7 o'clock in the presence of a few friends, J. H. Royal led to Hymen's altar, Airs, l'hoebe Wood all, when J. M. Lawhon, J. P., declared it to be the sense of his court that they were man and wife. They left early Wednes-! day for sunuyer parts of the Sunny South to spend their honeymoon. They are both popular and clever and their many friends here wish them a happy sojourn of such length as shall suit their pleasure. McKOY NOTES. Mr. L. I). Johnson has the finest lot of hogs we have seen this year. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Lee spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tyrus Thornton, in the Mingo section. We are sorry to lose our neigh bors, Messrs Mordecai Lee and Oscar Barefoot, who have moved their fain lies to their new homes near Smithfield. Mr. Henry Lee,son of Mr. Y. J. Lee, was shot and seriously wounded in the side of the head Tuesday morning by the unex pected firing of a shot gun. We are glad to note he is improving. We are sorry to note that Mr. Festus Bass, who has been spend ing sometime in this neighbor hood had his hand badly burned Sunday morning by the explo sion of a clay pipe while he was smoking. The cause of the ex plosion is a mystery. Buffalo Bill. "Folks Up Willow Creek." Farmer Hopkins a rural d ama. "Folks up Willow Creek," will appear at Sanders Hall Sat urday night, January 17th. The Ihirhatn Morning Herald says: "The show was up to, if not in advance, of what was ad vertised, and thoroughly please ! one of the largest audiences of the season Prices fiOcts 35cts. 25cts. . ???? CLAYTON. Dr. Holland, of Smithfield, was here Sunday. Mr. Ashley Home went to Ral eigh Monday. Mr. D. J. Thurston, of Golds boro, was in town Tuesday. Mr. L. I). Debnam and little ' one left Monday for her home in Selma. Rev. J. W. Smith who has been teaching at Scotsburg, Va., is at home again. Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Hales have moved to Mrs. Wilder's house on Lombard street. The entertainment given by Miss Eva Miller last Friday even ing was a grand success. Messrs. Walter Gower and Hal Ellis have moved to the Elling ton house near the academy. Mr. 0. W. Carter's classat Bap tist Sunday School gave him a fine silk umbrella for a Christmas present. Miss Hetta Johnson the music teacher was called home Monday night on account of the illness of her mother. Mrs. C. W. Home and little son Ashley, have returned from an extended stay with Mrs. Home's parents in Raleigh. BAPTIST CENTER. Miss Minnie Wallace, of the Bethesda section is spending this week with her sister, Mrs. Aulsie Austin. Miss Ophelia Smith, of Wilson's Mills, is the guest of Misses Eliza Higgins and Marine Yelviugton thi week. \f_ TV 11 A i ? ? * i?ir. ii. tu. Ausnn spent, last week with friends in Durham. He savs that the Durhauiites are a mighty social people. On account of the rain Sunday, Rev. Mr. Hall did not fill his regular appointment. Mr. Hull is much loved by the people of this community, and everybody is hoping for him to remain on this field. We would sav to " X" that "Dunn's" say they will not be satisfied with a Penny?they are all too small yet. We also wish to appoint "X" a committee of one, to save up rabbits' feet. We expect to grow a mustache some day. Mr. Aulsie Austin who has re cently added two very neat and pretty rooms to his home, glad dened the hearts of the young people and children, by issuing invitations to a house-warmmg for Saturday evening. Games were played and somegood music was listened to. We were then invited into the kitchen to pull candy. 10:30 o'clock caine all too soon, and all hit after voting Mr. and Mrs. Austin a most hos pitable host and hostess. R. C. Hustler. Jan. 13, 1903 LEAChBURG. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rarber, of Wilson's Mills, came up last Sun day to attend the Lee-Coats nuptials. Messrs. Eugene Stevens and Herbert Weeks, spent the latter part of last week at Kuquay Springs. They came home Sun day night. Messrs. Claude Stephenson and Thad Stevens are in Raleigh this week representing Polenta Lodge No. 450 A. K. & A. M. at the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Masons of North Carolina. The public school at Red Hill under the management of Miss Annie Stancil, of Selma, seems to be in a flourishing condition. Miss Annie seems to be giving satisfaction as a teacher. "Sol." Domestic Troubles. It is exceptional to find a fami ly where there are no domestic ruptures occasionally, but these can be lessened by having Dr. King's New Life Pills around. Mucn trouble they save by their great work in Stomach and Liver troubles. They not ouly relieve you, but cure. 25c. at Hood Bros. Drug Store.

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