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?lje Smitljficl& Herald price one dollar per tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." single copies five cents. VOL. 21. SMITIIFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1903. NO. 50. I THE LEGISLATURE. Proceedings of Monday, Tues day and Wednesday as Reported in the Daily Papers. Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 1 <?.?In the House this morning Representa tive Watts offered an amendment to his whi key bill, providing (1) that eleetious be held in towns to determine whether intoxicants may be manufactured in the corporate limits; (2) whether barrooms or saloons may be established and (3) whether a dispensary may be located. Elections are to be held on a petition of one-fourth of the qualified voters, either two of the questious to be submitted. Repre sentative Doughton also offered an amendment to strike out the restriction as to the manufacture of brandy and provide that it be manufactured and sold in original packages of live gallons or more. Roth amendments will be considered when the bill comes up for futher disposition to morrow. The committee to which were referred the bills by Stubbs, of Washington, and King, of Pitt, providing for a division of the school funds between white and colored, according to the tax paid by each race, were reported back to the House without prejudice and will bemadespecial orders later. Among the bills passed by the House were; To regulate the manufacture and sale of liquor in Richmond ! county. To authorize the Norfolk and Western Railway Company to extend to and operate their line in North Carolina, renewing the old charter rights. A great number of local bills passed readings in both branches of the Assembly. Among the bills introduced were: Smith, to amend the code as to the crime of arson. Self, a substitute for all bills introduced as to divorce at this session of t- e Legislature. V\ illis, to establish a ferry at White Hall on the Cape Fear river. In the Senate, Hicks, of Gran ville, introduced a bill to better govern the State institutions, providing that the Governor in the future appoint all directors of hospitals for the insane, schools for deaf and dumb and blind, etc., and that no superin tendent be an ex-officio member or secretary. Norris introduced a bill for the equipment of the A. & M. College; appropriating $12,500 annually for two; re#rs to complete build ings and $15,000 annually for current expenses. Norris also introduced a joint resolution, regarding the en largement of the Capitol. The Senate passed the bill incorporating the Raleigh and Eastern Railroad Co, incorpo rating the Winston-Salem and South Round Railroad Co., to protect clams in Render county, and to repeal the Act of 1901 as to County Roard of Examiners for State institutions. Raleigh, N. C., February 17.? In the Senate, bills were intro duced : Ry Woodard, to regfilate the killing of birds in Wilson. Ry Spence, to establish a board of examiners of barbers to regu late that profession and prevent thespread of contagious diseases. Bi Godwin, to incorporate the town rf Ruie s creek. By Vann, to protect railway conductors by providing that if a holder of second-class ticket persists in riding in first-class car, against conductor's request to go in the other car, be shall be guilty of a misdemeanor The following bdls parsed final reading: To authorize Union county to issue bonds to fund its indebted ness To est a bl ?h Trvon graded school in Rolk countv. To establish graded schools at LaG range. The following bills passed the I Senate: ! ( To authorize Buncombe to issue i < bonds and build suitable county 11 home. ] To authorize Tyrrell to issue bonds and levy a special tax. To establish a dispensary in j place of a bar-room in the town of Marshall. I To amend the charter of the |' Durham & Charlotte Railroad Company. Bill abolishing the Board of Examiners of State institutions was reconsidered after having passed the third reading yester day. Spence onposed the bill and declared the work of the board was more thorough than that of legislative committees. Glenn, Webb, Mitchell, Marshall and 1 London and Woodard favored the bill. Latter passed third reading 27 to 18. HOUSE. Bills were introduced in the House as follows: I . Harrington, of Harnett: An act to authorize the commission ers of Harnett to levy a special tax. Morris, of McDowell: An act to establish a dispensary at Old Fort. By Phillips, to provide for the elect ion of county school superin tendents. By Simpson, to require boards of road supervisors to meet in regular session. By Price, to prohibit public drunkenness in Stanley. By King, to provide for the working of roads it Pitt. By Hunter, to compensate the owners of stolen property. Bills passed final reading as fol lows: To prohibit the manufacture and sale of liquor in Harnett. The Watts liquor regulation bill was taken up as a special order. Thompson, of Onslow, opposed it, chiefly on the ground that he believed it would injure! the Democratic party; Guion supported the bill strongly and scored Bryan of Wilkes, Republi can, for having suggested the ap pointment of Governor Aycock and Senator Simmons as store keeper and gauger and deputy collector. Smith, of (iates, supported the bill he had offered as asubstitute and compared the advocates of the Watts bill to a man standing on a whiskey barrel in a town, and cursing barrooms in the country. Grant, of Davie, op posed the bill and favored an amendment to leave thequestion to popular vote. Morton vigor ously opposed the bill and urged the adoption of his amendment, leaving the question to the vote of the people in every county. Curtis, of Buncombe, favored tile bill. NIGHT SESSION. At tonight's session of the! House, the Watts liquor bill was again discussed. Murphy spoke in favor of his substitute. Moore, i of Cumberland, favored the Watts bill. Alexander said he was not satisfied with any of the bills, but he thought the London bill the best. Graham said be was inclined to the Smith bill, but would rather have a dispen sary. Darker, of Wayne, favored the Watts bill. White, of Hali fax, favored the Smith bill. Bry an, of Wilkes, closed against the bill. There are several speeches yet to be made. House adjourn ed at 11 o'clock. Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 18.?The Senate took up a good deal of time today with the "whistle and bell" bill. This bill provides that an engineer must ring the bell and blow the whistle when hesees any one walking on the railroad track. A warm discussion was entered into by several Senators The bill was defeated by a vote of 27 to 15. Senator Mitchell, of Bertie, on roll call explained his vote as follows: "l am not alawyer, but in the legal mazes of this discuss ion. I have learned that there is a statute-wh ch requires that a signal should be given to a hog on a t rack and thus give it a chance for life, ami as I value a human life above that of a hog I cast my vote for this bill." Several bills of minor import ance were passed, among the lo ;al ones being the bill to prevent the sale and manufacture of liquor in Harnett county. HOUSE. The following account of the Watts bill in the House is taken from yesterday's News aud Ob server: All of the substitutes for the Watts bill were voted down in the House yesterday aud last night. Mr. Morton's amendment was lost by a very close vote, 49 to "?5. At first, while the vote was be ing counted and before the an nouncement was made, it was seen that it had actually passed by one vote. Hut several gentle men had voted under a misap prehension, and changed their votes. The committees amendments were adopted with the exception ot the one known as section 7, which provides that any person desiring to sell wine under the provisions of the bill must obtain a license from his county commis sioners. That was voted down. All of the other amendments were voted down, except two or three that were accepted by Mr. Watts. The House adjourned at half past eleven o'clock, before a vote on Mr. Watts' amendments was reached. When the question came up on those amendments, Mr. Smith sent forward his amendment to them, calling for elections by the people of the county as well as the towns, and made an earnest appeal to the House to pass it. He still had the floor when ad journment was taken. Before the vote was reached, at nearly 2 o'clock, there was more discussion. Mr. Morphew,of Graham,made the first speech of the day yester day morning. He spoke with great earnestness and power for the London bill. Then came a vigorous, eloquent speech from Mr. (Self, of Catawba, in favor of leaving the question to a vote of the people. Mr. Watts closed the long de bate with a strong plea for his bill, or rather, as he said, the bill of Governor Aycock and Senator Simmons. His argument was brief, simple and clean. A great many members ex plained their votes, several say ing they voted against the Smith bill because they hoped to have a stronger bill to vote for a little later. One number said he voted against it partly because of the singular unanimity of the Repub licans in voting for it. Soon after Mr. McNeill,of Scot land, explained his vote. He said his vote was not governed one way or the other by what the Republicans did. If they voted with him, he was glad of it; ii they voted against him, he was sorry. Applause greeted this statement. The Murphy bill offered as a substitute was defeated by a vote of 7(5 to 29, Abell and Wood voting against the substitute. The London bill was then offer ed as a substitute and defeated by a vote of (56 to 40. Abell and Wood voted No. Morton's amendment was alsc lost by a vote of f>4 to 49. Wood voted for this amendment and Abell voted against it. (This amendment was published inthu paper last week.) The Charlotte authorities art making it warm forthegamblers Five were arrested Friday nighl and two for whom warrants wert issued escaped. There are frou two to eight cases against eacl of the parties arrested. All o them gave bond for trial. i For Stomach Troubles. "I have taken a great man.) different medicines for atom act trouble and constipation," savi Mrs. S. Geiger of Dunkerton Iowa, "but never had as gooc results from any as from Cham berlnin's Stomach & Liver Tab lets." For sale by Hood Bros. Smithfield, C* venaugh & Benson Benson, Hare & Son, Selma. THE SOUTH STORM SWEPT. SEVERAL LIVES ARE REPORTED LOST IN GEORGIA. Reports From Many Points In the South and Southwest Tell of Peculiarly Severe Weath er Conditions. Atlanta, Ga., February 16.?A special to The Constitution from , Royston, Ga., a station on the Southern railway, states that a furious windstorm passed over the town of Kowmau, in Elbert j county this afternoon, demolish- 1 ing several houses and killing and injuring a number of people. The wires are down beyond Hoys- ? ton and further particulars can not be obtained. Nashville, Tenn., February 16. ?Early morning rain, and sleet here changed about ten o'clock this morning to snow which is still falling tonight. A stiff wind ; blew all day and tonight between , 6 and 7 o'clock developed into a gale, street car traffic being i seriously interfered with for a time. Railroad schedules are disarranged. At 7 o'clock the official thermometer was sixteen degrees and falling. Richmond, Va., February 16.? Heavy rain all day has been fol lowed by much cooler weather, I with sleet tonight at this point. Chattanooga, Tenn., February 16.?Tonight Chattanooga is | experiencing the worst weather | of the winter. It began blowing a gale shortly after dark and the rain soon turned into snow, ( which is freezing as fast as it j i falls, making it difficult for conveyances to get along the! streets. It is feared the recent warm weather followed by the i cold wave will damage fruit. In some of the contiguous fruit orchards, trees are in bloom and those of course will be killed. Knoxville, Tenn., February 16. ?Rain sleet, snow and wind which at one time reached a velocity of 48 miles an hour tells the weather conditions here to-! day. Tonight the mercury is | falling fast and will drop to twenty degrees before morning. The Tennessee river is ten feet above low water mark and a tide of twenty feet is predicted by United States Forecaster Fulton. Traffic in the city was almost impossible after 4 o'clock on account of the sleet. Memphis, Tenn., February 16. I ?One of the worst sleetandsnow storms that have visited this section for years prevailed today, causing serious delay to railroad and street car traffic and inter fering to some extent with tele graphic and telephone communi cations in all directions." Trains , are arriving from three to eight , hours late. A steady rain till day Sunday turned into sleet last ? night. This was followed by a , snow storm which during thei ! day assumed the proportions of a blizzard. At 6 o'clock there; was a decided drop in the tern-; , perature and the snow ceased I falling. Reports from Arkansas, Missis sippi and Northern Texas tell of | similar conditions. At Fort I Worth and Dallas the snowfall was the heaviest in years. Trains ( are running on belated schedules I and in many instances are au I nulled. Tonight it is clear and , cold in all the southwest. i ' A Pretty Spectacle, Truly. } The dissipated member of the Legislature referred to twice I before for his beha vior, and who j once promised to reform, is aeain , making a holv shew of himself , A night or two ago he gave his f handsome watch and chain to a deaf mute street beggar and then, maudlin drunk, sat down in a hotel and wept. His latest act was to stand in front of a water r' cooler, which he addressed as the i most treauriful creature in the < world, quoting spring poetry , and apostrophizing th" number I less charms of this inamorata. - declaring that her eyes were stars - and her golden hair the most , beautiful i > heaven or on earth , | A crowd enjoyed this exhibition, i ?Charlotte Observer General News Items. A New York dispatch says that all grades of refined sugar were advanced five points Monday. , Eight persons were killed and 1 four injured by an explosion in the Peter A Fox magazine eaue factory at Toledo, Ohio, Mon day. The Senate in executive session Monday ratified the treaty of friendship recently negotiated be tween the United States and Greece. C. C. Daye 58 years old, was found dead beside the railroad ? track near Winston Friday. It appears that Daye was drunk and while walking on the track I was struck by a train. The Enterprise says that Mrs. John Allen, who lives near New ton, gave birth to triplets, two , girls and a boy, Monday night if last week. The children are well developed and apparently healthy. Fire Monday night destroyed almost an entire block in the bus iness section of the town of Blackstone, Nottaway couuty, va. The loss is estimated at1 $35,000 to .$40,000; insurance i one third. The President has sent to the Senate the nomination of George B. Cortelyou, to be first secreta ry of commerce and labor, under the act creating the new depart ment. The Senate confirmed the nomination. The Standard Oil Company has declared a dividend of $2+ per share, payable March 16th. This is .$10 more than the last dividend declared, but is the! same as the one declared this time last year. Hon. John D. Bellamy has received advice from the office of the General Supermtendentof the Free Rural Delivery System at Washington that three addition al routes will beestabltshedinthei Sixth Congressional District on April 1 st and that thirteen oth ers, making sixteen in all, will bej established on May 1st. President Roosevelt expressed j to the senators who called on j him Monday the hope that the Senate would confirm the nomi nation of Dr. i). H. Crum, color ed, to be collector of the port of1 Charleston, S. C. The President has no intention of withdrawing the nomination and desires that the Senate take definite action on it. Six thousand people crowded a Chicago uuditoriuin Monday night at the demonstration of; the local labor unions in honor of John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers. Thegreat est enthusiasm was shown when Mr. Mitchell appeared on the platform and his speech later in the evening was received with cheers. Lonnie Parker, colored, was arrested near Rocky Mount Mon day by Postottice Inspector Davis for breaking down rural free de livery letter boxes on the route from Rocky Mount. The policy of the government is to vigor ously prosecute and impose full penalty of the law against of fenders in such cases. The boxes will be fully protected. The noted case of Durham and the Seaboard Air Line vs. the North Caro'ina Railway and Southern Railway Companies, in volving the Peabody street right of way was decided Monday, all points in favor of the Southern and North Carolina roads. The plaintiff being taxed with the costs, appealed the Circuit Court of Appeals and the case will be heard at Richmond in May. John H. Arrington, 27 years I old, who lived at Beaufort and was a traveling salesman for a Richmond shoe company, was shot and killed at Thurrnan, W. Va, Sunday night, 8th, by Walter Smith, a merchant of Fayette count v, W Va. The two got into a dispute, Arrington knocked Smith down and the {latter shot him, killing him al most instantly. Arrington's remains were sent to his home at Beaufort for burial. The Monumental Society Meeting a Success. Last Saturday evening thecon vention which was held at the school house near Hopewell church rendered much pleasure to those who were present. There were more than could get into the house. At 8:00 o'clock the exercises began. Mr. A. T. Lassiter was chosen by the convention to act as chairman and Miss Lelia Parker, Secretary. Programme. Address of welcome by Mr. J. L. Jones. Music. Declamation by Mr. .James Stephenson: Subject?Bill Smith. Recitation by Miss Linnie Hobbs: Subject?An Old Maid s Trip to New York. Declamation by Mr. O. A. Bar bour: Subject?Let There be Light. Recitation by Miss Althea Jones: Subject?Rock of Ages. Music. Query: "Should North Caro lina vote a special tax for the improvement of her public roads"? The affirmativ as represent ed by Messrs. J K. Barbour and J. F. Wood all, while the negative was to be argued by Messrs. \Y. 1). Allen and J. F. Biiusou, but for some cause Mr. W. D. Allen was absent and Mr. D. Stephen son voluntarily spoke in his place. Literary address by Prof. I. T. Turlington, which was principally on the great subject of education for the rising generation. Let the people take to heart the ques tion wliich was presented and strive diligently for a better edu cation and that means the up building of the good old North State. After Prof. Turlington's ad dress, the committee went out for a decision on the debate and soon returned and rendered it in favor of the affirmative. Then the convention was ready to hear the report of the repre sentatives and each representa tive was requested to give his name and post-office addressand also the society represented. The reports were as follows: Mr. (J. H.Stephenson,Smithfleld, Monumental Society; Mr. O. A. Barbour, Ezra, Athenian Society; Mr. L. 1). Tomliuson, Smithtield, Euphemian Literary Society, Turlington Institute; Mr. Oscar Creech, Smithfield, Philomathic Literary Society, Turlington In stitute. There was a committee of three appointed by the con vention to arrange a programme for the next Literary Convention as follows: Mr. J. F. Woodall, Mr. Oscar Creech and Miss Vir ginia Stephenson. The deelaimers and reciters as well as the debaters showed that interest had been taken and dili gent work done. The music was rendered by the Four Oaks band and they re ceived many congratulations in behalf of the excellent music. Let all the literary societies in the county take an active part in the noble work which is needed by so manv of our young people. Do not stand back young people, and say I cannot speak, 1 cannot do any society work, but say I will try. Reporter. , Fire at Grimesland. Thetcwn of Grimesland was practically wiped out by fire Friday evening. The loss is placed at about $25,000. Only one store was left standing. This same village had a disastrous tire a year ago. .This is the home place of Secretary of State J. Bryan Grimts and is in Pitt county. The Lake Shore Railroads, has decided to spend $1,000,000 in machine shops, at Collinwood, near Cleveland, Ohio, since the citizens there have voted no license to salonns. The railroad company appreciates the ad vantageof having the temptation to drink kept ngay from their workmen.?Indiana Farmer. 10.000 chattel mortgage blanks just printed at this office. Give us your orders. The Herald.