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?3}t JlcnUb, price oh* dollar per tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.' single copies five cents VOL. 22. SMITH FIELD, N. C.. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1004. NO, 48. SOUTH DAKOTA WINS, Supreme Court Decides that N. C. Must Pay $27,400. S4LE OF STOCK ORDERED. No Relief for Individual Bondholders Under the Decision, But They Consider Their Prospects of Collection Greatly Improv ed and Talk of Settle ment, Washington, Feb. 4.?By a di vided bench (5 to 4) tbeSupreuie Court today decided that the State of North Carolina must pay t he State of South Dakota ?27, 400 before January 1, 1905, be ing tue value of the ten second mortgage bonds of the We tern -North Carolina Railroad, issued by the State in 1S(>7, and which were donated to South Dakota by Simon Scbafer, of New York, for the purpose of bringing the suit. The opinion was written by Justice Brewer and wuh con curred in by Justices Brown, 1 eckham, Harlan and Holmes. The four justices who dissent and sustain North Carolina's con tention are Chief Justice Fuller and Justices White, -McKenna and Day. If the judgment is not satisfied by January 1, 1905, the marshal of the I nited States Supreme i Court is directed to sell ^t public auction from the main door of the east front oi the capitol in this city, the rights of the State of North Carolina in onehuudred shares of the capital stock of the North Carolina Railroad Cotupu ny, such stock being the mort gage by the State for the purpose of enhancing the value of the sec ond mortgage bonds of the Western North Carolina Rail road. As to the second mortgage bondholders (Schafer Brothers, of New York,) the court held that they were not proper partners Jo the suit and could not recover. But the validity of these bonds having been established despite North Carolina's decision to com promise theni at 25 cents on the j dollar, the opinion generally pre vails that the holders of them will be able to -force a compro mise with the Stateaud ultimate ly obtain something like their face value. The principal of these bonds is understood to be about $2.(0,000 and with coupons tin-' redeemed it is understood thet approximate a valueof $000,000. This is in the neighborhood of the amount North Carolina will be called on to pay in order to satisfy the holders of the bonds. The court did not allow interest, on the coupons. Several North Carolinians, die cussing the situation this eve ning, expressed tue opinion that it would pay the State to com promise at from 50 to 75 cents on the dollur. These figures do not appeal to the representatives of Schafer from what could be learned today. The opinion from one well-informed person was that they would not be content with less thau a 95 per cent, compromise Some North Carolinians think that the bondholders are without relief and do not look with favor upon the proposition to compro mise. Ex-Senator Marion Butler,who represents the second mortgage bondholders, was greatly pleased with the decision of the court. He was present when the court handed down its opinion and spent, some time carefully read ing it. "The decision is just what I expected," was his com ment. butler's opinion is optimistic. Asked as to what course his clients will pursue in forcing col lection of their bonds, Mr. Butler said: "I have not consulted with my clients, and I cannot speak for them. I take it that the State of North Carolina will puty all the bonds. Their validity is now set tled. It is my opinion that both the holders of the bonds and the State will seek to effect aooinpro mise. Naturally the State would prefer to effect a compromise rather than be forced to the necessity of making full pay-1 ment." As we predicted in this corres- ] poudence when the case was j scheduled for re-argbment, the court was closely divided. It was thought the final decision would hinge upon the vote of Justi ce Day, who did not hear the origi nal argument. Itut it develops that .lustice Brown, who did not hear the re-argument, enabled t he court to reach its decision. Had the attorneys for the State objected to Judge Brown sitting upon the case, which they had a right to do, the members the court would have been evenly di vided. Chief Justice Fuller asked if there was objection in view of the fact that .1 ustice Brown could not be present at the argument, but both sides very courteously waived all obi ctions. the bonds outstanding. The State compromised and I settled for all except some $250, 00(1 of these second mortgage bonds, the majority of which were owned by Simou and Sam I uel Schafer, Simon Iiothchilda and Charles Salter, of New York. Bhe bonds became due in 1807, together with almost the entire 80 \ ears coupons. Simon Schafer in 1001, being unable to sue the State without its consent, do nated to the State of South Da kota ten of the bonds with the "reasonable expectation tbattbej suit would be brought," and that by this means he would recover the value of the remaining bonds which he held. The South Dako j ta legislature passed an act au-! thoriz-ng the institution of the suit, and it was twice argued be fore the Supreme Court, once last terrmand once at the present1 term. The decision today gives the State of South Dakota $27,400, being the value of the bonds and the coupons, but without inter est, and leaves the other parties defendant, Messrs. Schafer, Rot hs child and Salter, without imme diate relief, tuough they are in a position to give the State no lit tle trouble. The North Carolina Railroad is oue of the most valuable roads in the South. It is leased to the Southern Railway and pays into tile State treasury a handsome surplus after meeting the interest on the first mortgage b nds.? I'homas J. Fence, in Raleigh , Post. BEASLEY BITS. We are glad to note that Mr. John Langstou, who hue been very sick with pneumonia, is im proving. A Sunday School was organized Sunday, January 81, art Preston Academy. We hope to have a | large attendance. Mr. Lemuel Barefield.of Mount Olive, accompanied by Master Clarence Grant, spent Saturday and Sunday in this section. Miss Daj'sie Ellis, who has been spending several days with her sister and the Misses Drift, re turned to her home in Smithfield j Tuesdav. Quite an unusual seeneoccurred in our village Tuesday, when sev en sewing machine agents?each driving a two-horse turn out drove up to Mr. J. M. Beaslev's j fordinner. Dexter. Better Than Gold. "I was troubled for several years with chronic indigestion and nervous debility," writes F. J. Green, of Lancaster, N. II. "No remedy helped me until 1 began using Electric Hitters, which did me more good than all the medicine I ever used. Thev have also kept my wife in excel lent health for years. She says Electric Hitters are just splendid for female troubles; that tne.v are a grand tonic and invigorator for'weak, run down women. No other medicine can take its place in our family." Try them. Only 50 cents. Satisfaction guaran teed by Hood Bros. STATE NEWS NOTES. Short Items of Interest Clip ped and Culled From Our Exchanges. A di*pennary election will be held in Greenville on the 3d of March. John O'Briant, treasurer of Person county, died last week, aged (55. ? The Winston manufacturers shipped 1,879,288 pounds of to bacco last month An electric road from Mt. Airy. \. C., to Roanoke, Va , seems as sured. It wili be about 8.> miles lon>;. Currituck sound has been frozen over twice tiiis winter with the ice hard enough to walk across it. The State has chartered the Statesville Implement ami. Sup ply Company with a capital of .825,000.' Tip to Saturday last 10 of the .97 sheriffs of North Carolina had made settlement in full of their taxes for 1903. The Concord Tribune nomi nates W. R. Udell, the big cotton manufacturer, of Concord, to suc ceed Congressman Kluttz in Con gress. A petition in voluntary bank ruptcy was tiled in the Federal Court at Raleigh bv the M. Mc Mahon Company, of Halifax, lia bilities $30,000, assets $9,000. The Southern Railway Compa ny has placed in the hands of the Corporation Commission plans for a new passenger station at Charlotte, submitted by Architect Milburn. Capt. W. I. Everett, a famous cotton grower of Rockingharn.! Richmond county, has sold 52 i bales of cotton at 15 cents a pon-d, aggregating about $10, 000 for the lot. The insurance adjusters have allowed the full amount of the policies?$32,768?on the burned buildings of the State Normal College. Flans are being made to replace the buildings at once. Mr. W. C. Newland, of Lenoir, has announced his candidacy for the Democratic congressional nomination in his district, vice Congressman Kaittz, who has announced his purpose to retire The State has chartered thei 1 (Hen Raven Cot.tob Mill Compa-. uv at (ileu Raven, in Alamance -eouutv, near Burlington, the c ipitaljstock being $150,000and the stockholders, J. Q. Cant, .1 E. Cant and Kenneth Cant. I Fire at Monroe early Sunday morning destroyed a number of wooden buildings, including the i office of the Monroe Journal and several stores. The loss is esl i mated at $9,000, with about $1,(500 insurance While picking ui> coal by the railroad truck in Winston a few days ago, a colored woman got her hand crushed off by a car wheel passing, over it. She did not see the approaching car and a wheel caught her hand and passed over it. The Dunn I lard ware and Furn iture Company have assigned. Mr. H. C. McNeil being made trustee. The nominal assets are about $11,000; the real assets are estimated to be about $ i . 000. The liabilities are about $iojooo. A lew days ago a young son of Mr. J. F. Carter, of Cabarrus county, got a peanut lodged in his windpipe. He was taken to a hospital but on account of his youth it was decided unwise to operate. The peanut finally lodged in his lungs and the boy died. David H. Starbuck, the seven year old son and only child of Judge and Mrs. H. R Starbuck, of Winston, was killed in that town Saturday. He was coast ing on the street car when his sled carried him into a passing street car and he received inju ries from which he died a few hours later. The occurrence was inexpressibly sad. Mr. Pou Favors Good Roads Appro priation. Representative Pou is deeply interested in the subject of good roads and is st rongly in favor of congressional action. Speak inn along this line today, lie saidi Senators and members of congress may as well make up tlieii minds to deal withtbegood roads question at an early day I be people are demanding better roads all over the country. I do not believe there is any constitu tional obstacle in the way of government uid. Congress ap propriates millions for river.-and harbors and free rural delivery routes. Certainly congress has the power to appropriate money to improve the roads over which mail is carried,'and in a few years mail will be carried over every important toad in the country. Most of our rural communi ties are too poor to raise money sufficient to build good and eii during roads, but if the govern ment would pay one-half as pio vided by the Brownlow bill, the I county or community might be able to raise the other haii. "The last river and harbor bill carried an appropriation of over sixty millions of dollars. I.urge cities received the benefit of near ly all the vast suin. Now let con-1 gress appropriate an equal amount of money to aid the states in building good, hard, dry roads, and the farmers of the country, for whom both po litical parties profess such great solicitude, will feel that they are not entirely neglected. "I fear our Republican friends will not allow the Rrownlow bill or any other good roads bill to | come to a vote, for if they do. there are enough Democrats awaiting the opportunity to make the bill a law. It is said that Speaker! annon is opposed j to : his class of legislation. I do not know this to be true, but I believe if any legislation of this kind.is ever adopted it will be done largely by Democratic votes, lam quite sure the en tire North Carolina delegation favorable to good roads legis lation."?Tom Pence, in Raleigh j Post. ! THANKSGIVING DOTS. i he weather has been ho disa greeable with show arid ice since last Thursday, January 28. that Miss .Mary Hatcher had to dis- ] continue her school until today, Febiuarv 3rd. * I " Marv nnt',hei#hnsH(jcur( d for Thanksgiving school a free rural library to begin operation us soon as the bookscome. They ! were ordered more than a mouth ago. -Mr. Henry Edgar Harp, the popular engineer of Norfolk, Va., ami family, are spending some time with Mr StalphusGriswoId the father of Mrs. Harp. Miss Maud Griswold, who has' been in Norfolk, Va., since Sep tember, 1903, visiting her sister; Mrs. H. H. Harp, and also at tending school, has returned to her home. *le,re wi'l be preaching at I hanksgiving the second Sunday in February and Saturday before at 11 o'clock, by our new'pastor, J Rev. R. H. Horrell. Let there be 1 a full attendance each day. Last Sunday at the residence of.Mr. Charley Wueeler at the hour of J o clock, in the presence of a few friends and relatives, were happily united in the holy bonds of rnatnnionv Mr. Berry Wheeler and MissMattieDinkins, J. L. Jones, J. P., performing the ceremony. The attendants were Mr. Alvester Eason with Miss Ella Braunan, and Mr. Oscar Eason with Miss Minnie Dinkins. After the marriage all .returned to the home of the groom where a sumptuous supper awaited them May the happycouple en joy a lung hie of happiness and prosperity is the wish of the writer. X1CK ^ If you suffer with any Liver, Kidnev or Rladder Trouble take July need. It always cures. Hood's Drug Store. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Some of the Week's Events Scissored and Condensed from the Press. Houston, Tex . on Saturday shipped 3,600 bains of cotton to, Japan, over the Southern Pacific Railroad, via San Francisco, j This beats the record, so far as : Oriental trade is concerned. Miss Nannie Bryan, sister of \V. J. Bryan, died Saturday at her home in Lincoln, Neb. Mr. Bryan was enroute to Lincoln, in response to news of his sister's critical illness, when she died. A dispatch from Berlin says that seven girls belonging to a rooking school at Darmstadt are dead and six others are dy ing: of poisoning: which resulted from eating canned beans and meat. A medical inquiry into the occurrence is making. The registration of voters in Texas closed Saturday night and while the returns are not vet completed, it is estimated that of the 700.000 voters in tnej State only .">.">0.000 saved their voting privileges by paying their poll taxes A constitutional amendment adopted two years ago requires the pavment of an annual poll tax of $1.75. The New Holland Mills, built by the Pacolet Company, at Gainesville, Ga., have shut down for an indefinite period. This is due to the unnatural difference in the price of raw material and the manufactured products. As soon as cotton gets lower or the manufactured goods advance in price, operations will be resumed. During tlnir idleness, the opera tives of the New Holland Mills, about 1.000 people, will be fur nished house-rent free, and will be allowed to draw half-pay without work." It is announced from London that Mrs. Florence M ay brick,; the American woman who was serving a life sentence in an Eng-, lish prison for poisonin her husband, was released from pris on January 25th. Mrs. Ma.vbriek was a daughter of \V. G. Chaud-J ler. a banker of Mobile, Ala. In 1889 she was convicted in Liver pool of poisoning her husband. Jas. Mavbrick, and sentenced to life imprisonment. All sorts of influence, public and private, has been brought to bear to secure the woman's pardon, but hereto fore without avail. Last year it was announced that Mrs. May brick would be released this year, and presumably this prouiiseba beenkept. A latter report says it is a mistake. Where Will They Get Their Tobacco. The American Tobacco Compa ny are in tine condition to make money this year. With their splendid equipment and fine bus iness organization and the grow ing demand for tobacco all over the world they can make big money on last years crop of to bacco which they have taken ftom the farmers at less than the cost of production. But the question is now where will they get leaf tobacco for the years to come. From the best information we have on the subject the farmers are unwilling to give away an other crop. Most of them say they are not going to put them selves in a position to be forced to do it. Escaped an Awful Pate. Mr. H. Haggins, of Melbourne, Fla., writes, "My doctor told me 1 had Consumption and nothing could be done for me. I was giv j en up to die. The offer of a free trial bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, in 1 duced me to try it. Results were startling. I am now on the roud to recovery and owe all to Dr. King's New Discovery. It surely saved my life." This great cure is guaranteed for all throat and lung diseases by Hood Bros., Druggists. Price 50c and f I 00. Trial bottles free. Remarkable Record of Disasters In 37 Days. December 20?The Meteor, the Diet train on the St. Louis and San 1 rancisco Railway, ran into a switch and was wrecked at Godfrey, 1.1 miles south of Fort Scott, Kan.?8 killed, 5 fatally injured and more than 25 others hurt. December 23?Duquesne Limi tec, on the Raltimore and Ohio, struck lumber on track; wrecked near Dawson, Fa.?05 killed. 9 injured. December 25?Head on collis ion between passenger trains on the Pare Marquette road not far from Grand Rapids, Mich.?22 killed, 29 injured, some fatally. December 30?Fire panic in the I roquois __ _ Theatre, (Ticago? about -wo killed, and several hundred injured. December 31?Louvre Hotel, in Chicago, burned?3 killed, 4 injured. Decernbei 31?Train on Cum berland \ alley road ran into open switch three miles east of N'ewville, Fa.?3 killed, 7 serious ly injured. ?lauuary 3?Passenger co ich broke loose near the Blue Moun tain House from the fast mail train on the Western Maryland railroad and rolled down the mountain side?2 persons killed and 35 injured. January 5?Collision on the Rock Island road near Willard, Kan.?17 killed and 37 injured. January 9?The Fuget sound steamer Clallam wrecked off the harbor of Victoria, B. C?more than .>0 persons drowned, includ ing every woman and child on board. January 13?Eight killed by falling down an elevator shaft in a St. Louis shoe store. January 22?1 'y clone at Mo-rid ville, Ala., killed 42. January 25?Ex plosion in Har wich mine, at Chowick, Fa.?174 believed to be dead. January 2<??Cage falls in Stratton Independence Mine, \ ictor,Col -15 killed.?Baltimore Sun. . BENSON IsLDGET. Alonzo Farrish has gone to Cokesbury on business. J. D. Farrish will soon open a general supply store here. V\ illie C W'oodall has accepted a position in J. \\ . Benson's drug store. Dr. O. L. Denning, of Dunn, was here Wednesday on professional business. Mr. and Mrs W. H. Wiggs, of Keuly,are visitingatCapt. (iood rich's. Holmes A Cavenaugh have moved into their new store on Main street. Ed. Boykin, accompnnied by I . I. Wallace, left Tuesday for j Richmond, where is to be'mar 1 ried. Simon Honeycutt and Miss Ida Benson were married Wednesday night. A large crowd of relatives and friends were present to wit < ness ti e ceremony. The Car.v Safe Company's man was here this week and madesatis factory arrangements with J. W. WhitteiBon regarding the injuries tonis large safe in the recent fire here. I'rof. Turlington was here Wed nesday drawing plans and mak ing other arrangements for our gruded school building, which will be oue of the best in the county. The recent freeze, we suppose, busted tire "Bucket Shop" here and shaves at Daniel Hill's are now ranging from ten to twenty cents, owing to the length of faces. Nearly horfelts His Life. A runaway almost ending fa tally, started a horrible ulcer on t he leg of J. B. Orner, Franklin Grove, III. For four years it de | fled all doctors and all remedies. But Bucklen's Arnica- Salve hud no trouble to cure him. Equally good for Burns, Bruises, Skin Eruptions and Files. 25c. at Hood Bros'. Drug Store.