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fbc Jswitjjfielii Jlrralil rsiCE one dollar per tear. "TRl'E TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.' single copies five cents. VOL. 23. SMITHFIELD, X. C., FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1904. NO. 10. "THE KING CAN DO NO WRONG." This Doctrine Cannot Obtain in North Carolina?The People Are Sove reign and They Will Exercise the Right to Criticise Judge and Courts and Other Public In stitutions. Our common law is that of England. Much of it has been found unsuited to our condition and to the liberal institutions of our country. In this country the people are sovereign. They, not the king, make the courts and the judges. In England, more in former times than now, the judges were a part of regal authority aud carried in their persons representative kingship. When the king was a tyrant the judges were tyrants, aud all who dared speak of tne greatest evils in the conduct of judges were dealt with severely. The doc trine of contempt derives much of its force and authority from a spirit of oppression and holding people imsubjecciou to wrong in the powers that ruled. North Carolina has in her own sovereign way defined what acts shall con stitute contempt of court, it has eliminated much of the common law in this regard We don't know how much more in this direction needs to be done, but if abuses of judicial prerogative become flagrant the Legislature will deal with it. North Caro linians love their laws and re spect their courts, but they will not concede that the judge can do no wrong, that he is not the subject of criticism, that at torneys and litigants can be compelled by him to try their cases before him when all agree that they do Lot wish to do so; nor will they concede that the judge shall have the right to punish men who don't like him and agree that they will not try cases before him. Freemen here feel their freedom is equal to that of official prerogative and that prerogative is subordinate to the rights of men. The authority of courts rightfully exercised should be upheld; deferential re spect should be shown them. A servile subjection to them caunot obtain here; our people are too strong and conscious of their rights for that. The action ot the Itobeson couty bar is unfortunate. We know notuingof tneir grievances, but just how the judge can ar raign and punish the bar, who represent their clients, for agree *QP.-V9 tl.'hi own .JiSWlt and that of their clients, not to tr< cases before a particular judge, we fail* to see. At least such action seems to us entirely out of harmony with those practices of freedom which we had believed pertain rightfully to men in all callings in this good republic.? Wadesboro Messenger-Intelli gence. Centenarian's Ocean Voyage. Jersey City. May 7.?John O'Reilly, a centenarian, of this city, and his wife, who is 7S years old, sailed to-day on the Lucauia for Ireland to revisit the scenes of his childhood, Queen's County. Mr. O'Reilly rounded out the century April (i. lie walked aboard the steamer erect and without even a bit of a stick. "Indeed, and 1 ain not going back to the old couutry to be buried there," said O'Reilly. "America is my country aud shall be my last resting place. All my children and grandchil dren and great-grandchildren, of whom I have about bO, are here aud here 1 shall rest." The aged couple will return for a family reunion in September. Quick Arrest. J. A. (iu'.ledge of Verben Ala. was twice in the hospital b un a severe case of piles causii ' I tumors. After doctors at dl remedies tailed, Rucklen's A -i Salve quickly arrested fu L inflammation and cured him. 11 conquers aches and kills paiD. 25c. at Hood Bros., Druggists. POLENTA NEWS. Miss Sue Edmundson, who has been teaching at Dunn, returned home Monday evening. Miss Addie Barber is on a visit to her sister, .Mrs. Mary Stephen son, of Wise, Warren Co., N. C. Mrs J. C. Ellington, of Raleigh, and Mrs Columbia Johnson, of near Four Oaks, spent a few days last wtek, visiting Mrs. Tomlinson. We are sorry to hear that Miss Zula Tomlinson is sick with measles at Huies Creek Academy, at which institution she is the teacher of art. Hope for her speedy recovery. Let the people's voice be heeded in preference to the politician, and R. B. Glenn will be our next Governor. Let us reward him, not onlv for his greatness as a man, but for unsellish services rendered the party. Shiloh Sunday School will pic nic on the church grounds Satur day before the second Sundav in July. Oakland, Mt. Zion and Elizabeth Sunday Schools have been invited to join in thepic-nic, and will likely accept the invita tion Rev. R. J. Bateman is ex pected to deliver an address on the occasion. Miss Emma Tomlinson, who has been teaching School in Nash county, has returned to her home near Preston. She gave entire satisfaction in the conduct of the ! school, so much so, that the Committee in charge of the school has extended her an unanimous invitation to teach the next ses sion of the same. The Sunday School Township Convention will meet with Oak land church Saturday before the fourth Sunday in this month. It is hoped each Sunday School will have a large delegation present. It will open at 10 a. m. and con tinue all day. Several promi nent speakers will be present aud deliver addresses. At .'5 p. m. on Saturday before the fifth Sunday in thi- month, every Democrat in the Township is requested to meet at the Town ship Shelter, for the purpose of ! sending delegates to the countv convention, which in turn will send delegates to the State Con vention, which meets at Greens boro during.Iune. On the 27th, of April our com munity was saddened by the un expected death of .Mrs. Matt.ie Wood. Her illness was of only about thirty-six hours duration, and was. a great shock to her parents aud many friends. " SYiK - a consistent member of Shiloh churieh. Her remains were interred in theceilie tery at said church. To her husband and loved ones we join i the community in extending sym pathy in this their time of grief. Typo. SELWA NEWS. Mr.* M. C. Winston went to Raleigh Wednesday on business. Misses Marv Ferrell and Lossie Vinson, of Wilson's Mills, are visiting Miss Rosa Richardson. Wednesday night at the resi dence of the bride's father. Har die Hatcher, Esq , Mr. Fabius Rusbee Whitley and MissCornelia Hatcher were married by Rev. J. 0. Guthrie, pastor of the Methodist church. There were no attendants. The happy couple have the beet wishes of j our people. Wednesday night at the Opera House the musical department of The Selma Graded Schools under the direction of Miss Lois Rase, our accomplished music teacher, gave a delightful enter tainment. It is iinposible to mention each; but, all acquitted themselves with credit to them selves and honor to their teacher. There were four, Willie F Creech, J. Ham Mitchener, AnnieS.Noble and Reulah Robertson, who had completed the course prescribed by the trustees and were presen ted with Diplomas. A full ac count will be given next week. Sexx. THE COUNTY CONVENTION. Matters of Importance Pertaining to the Precinct Committees, &c. The County Democratic exe cutive Committee has called the County Convention to meet in Sniithfield Monday, June (ith, to select delegates and alternates to the Congressional and State Conventions. The Township Conventions have been called to meet at .'J p. m., Saturday, May 28th. We urge the people of their respective townships to at ! tend the township meetings. \ Here is the place to lay the foun dation for the work of the com ing campaign. Section 1, of the Democratic plati of organization is as follows: "The unit of county organiza tion shall be the voting precincts. In each precinct there shall be an Executive Committee, to consist of live active Democrats, who shall be electee by the Demo cratic voters at the several pre cincts in the meeting first called by the County Executive Com mittee. Aud said committee so elected shall elect one of its mem bers as chairman, who shall pre side at all committee meetings." The chairmen of the different precinct committees compose the County ExecutiveCommittee, and it is important that live, active party workers be chosen lor these positions. L'lease re member that this precinct Exe cutive Committee of live is to be chosen at the meeting held on Mav 28th. We also earnestly request that as soon as the precinct commit tee is chosen, and has selected its chairman, that the names of each member with his postotfice address be sent to either the chairman or secretary of the Coiluty Committee. This is im portant and we trust that every precinct committee will see that we have this information as soon after the township primaries as is possible. Select G, of the plan of organ ization is as follows: '?At every precinct meeting j 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 dele, ates shall vote in the County Convention of their respective districts in accordance with this vote; that is to say, each candidate shalljreceivein the | County Convention that pro ; portion of the vote to which the | precinct may be entitled which he received in the precinct meet ing. The chairman and secre tary of the precinct meetiug shall certify to the County Con 1 veution the vote received by ea&h, candidate at the precinct meeting." - . Every townshipehould see ti\at it is reuresented at the County Convention. In order that each township may know how many votes it is entitled to in the various conventions we pub lished the following table: TOWNSHIP STATE CONG. CO. Clayton, .. 2 7 15 Cleveland 13 5 , Pleasant Grove, 1 4 s Elevation, 2 5 10 Banner 2 5 11 Meatiow, 14 7 j Bentonsville, 12 5 | I tip-ramh 14 8 ! lloon Hill, 7 11 | Beulah 3 8 10 ! Oneals 2 6 12 Wilders. 1 4 7 Wilson's Mills, 1 2 5 i Selma. 14 9 Pine Level, 1 3 5 j Smithtleld. 3 8 15 The above vote is based on the j Aycock vote of 1900. We hope to have a full atten dance at the County Convention on June 6th. As heretofore every Democrat who choses to attend will have a vote in the conven tion. Hut it is important that each township send the number of delegates and alternants it is entitled to. W. VV. Cole, Chrmn. Dera. Co. Ex Com. T. J. Lassitek, Sec'y. The State Medical Society will meet in Kaleiph May 24th. East Monday the town ol Chadbourn shipped .130 cars ol strawberries to the northern mar kets, in all about 30,000 bush als. BENSON BUDGET. Mrs. Lucy Kyals visited rela tives at Dunn last week. Miss Mary Sanders, of Four Oaks, is visiting Mrs. E F. Moore. Mr. John 1>. Bain, of Lucama, is in town among his old friends. Mr. Ed Surles, of Copes, S. C. is here spending a few days with relatives. Mr. Charlie Creech, of Ayden, X. C., is here spending a few days with relatives Miss Carrie Kpenee, of Mines i Creek, is here visiting her sister, Mrs. .1, L Hall. Mrs. Mary F. Ryals went to Dunn last week to visit her niece, Mrs. Lube Koyal. Iiev. Mr. Bowen, of Four Oaks, is here assisting Rev. .1 \V. Sut tle in his meeting at the Baptist Church. Work has begun in earnest on the brick depot here. It will be a handsome aud coinmodios structure. The Dunn boys played t he Ben son "Youngsters" Wednesday evening on their ball ground here. The score was 1-4 to 7 in favor of the Benson boys. We are glad to state that W. .1. Boon of this place, recent! y gra duated at the Baltimore College of Pharmacy with high honors. He was second in the medal con test. He will locate at Waynes ville, N. C. in the near future. Mr. Boon is one among the most promising young men of this sec tion of the state. Tho Itononn muroKo nfo ^ > iicj I'cuoen U-iei iiilill ' r- flic *iv? ing a, lively business now. The dealers have already sold over 400 car loads otguano. This in dicates an effort on the 'part of ! the farmers to make a heavy cot ton crop. The acreage is not so much increased, but our farmers are learning tobetterfertilizeand cultivate fewer acres, thereby realiziug more from their labor. Prof. Ira T. Turlington, Presi dent of the Southeastern Associa tion of County Superintendents, will go to Goldsboro today to meet with the committee to pre pare a programme for the next meeting of the Association to be held at Morehead City at the time the Teachers' Assembly meets. Coast Line Wins. Judge Geo. H. Brown has de cided the Selrna connection case ?Corporation Commission vs. the Atlantic Coast Line?in favor of the Coast lane, that is, that the corporation commission hasn't the power to require one radroad company to operate an additional train on its line for the sole purpose of making close connection with a train of anoth er railroad company, however cOffJ'.enient such connection may i be.?Italeigif .Post, 12th. The Japanese have been etead ilv going forward in the war rb Manchuria. They have cut off Port Arthur and it is only a question of time when the Rus sian stronghold in the Hast will fall into the hands of the Japs. The Japs have been successful in every engagement yet fought. Defeated 1500 Tibetans. British Camp. Karo Pass, Tibet, Fridav, May <>.?A stiff fijrht today to drive the Tibetans from their positions two miles below the pass lasted six hours. The Tibetans, numbering 1500, held their positions with great tenacity, and lost nearly 200 before they were expelled. The Itritish losses were Captain Bethune and three men killed and I 21 men wounded. A snow storm prevailed throughout the tight. Robert M. Kurman, editor of the Raleigh Post, died yesterday I in Beaufort. Prompt treatment of a slight i attack of Diarrhoea will often prevent a serious sickness. The best known Remedy is I)r. Setii Arnold's Balsam. Your apothe cary, Hood Bros, warrants il to give satisfaction. I I KENLY NOTES. i Mr. C. \Y. Kdgerton made a business trip to Smithtteld Tues day. I>r. Scoggins, President of the Atlantic Christian College, of Wil son, was in our town Thursday. Several of the young people I here went to the Flower Hill near! Watkius Chapel, and speut the day, last Sunday. Mrs. R. H. Alford, Miss Passie Harris and Miss Julia McEachern [ spent Saturday evening in Luea ma with Mr and Mrs. Charliej Alford. Mr. W. L. Moore, who has been R. R section master here, for several months, has been trans ferred to Rocky Mcrant, and Mr Charlie Lane now hasthesection. j I)r It. II. Whitaker filled his regular appointment here at the Methodist church Sunday night. He preached an excellent sermon on the rules of the Methodist church. The Kenly Dramatic Club, went to Selma Thursday eveniug I and gave the play, entitled, "A I j Box of Monkeys" to a large and appreciative audience, the re ceipts being about $31.00, the proceeds of which was given to tllo \lut llMlliuf ollllPnll llulM i in .iiv tuwuin v vuui V/ii tin c. The farmers in this section have linished planting corn and most of them are done- planting cotton, and some have begun setting tobacco From all indica tions there will not be more than half as much tobacco planted this year as was last year. Several gentlemen from here and near here wenttoSmithfield, Saturday to stand the It. F. I). Civil Service examination for carrier for the new route No. 4, frcm this office which is to go in to operation May 1 Oth. We have not yet heard who was suc cessful. Mr. <ieo. Savage, of Sinithtield, the contractor who has the con-! tract to build Bailey Bros & Kir by's brick store came Monday to ! begin work with a force of 3 or 4 brick masons. The store will be 28x100 feet, two stories high. : This is the sixth large brick store now iu course of construction. Invitations are out and great preparation being made for the Kenl.v Academy. Commencement May 23, 24, and from all indica tions it will be a verv good com mencement. The Literary ad dress will be delivered by I)r. Vann, President Baptist Female University Raleigh, N. C. "Rex" Elected Town Attorney. Mr. Charles U. Harris, of Ral eigh, who has just located in Selma for the practice of law, has opened up his office in the opera housebuilding there. Disservi ces have already been in demand as a lawyer. During even the short stay he has jE?p,de in Selma he has won friends, and a reporter of this paper, who wa# there yesterday, heard him verv hiitiV.'raooken of. He has beeu elected as tflvs at torney for Selrna b.v the town commissioners and has also beeu selected by two big corporations of Selma as their attorney. He is a bright and able young man, and having just passed his twenty-first birthday lias allied himself with the Democratic party. His friends wish for him a full measure of success in his new home, and know that he will be found capable and deserving. ?News and Observer. Made Young Again. "One of I)r. King's New Life l'ills each night for two weeks has put me in my "teens' again" writes D. H. Turner of Dempsey town, Pa. They're the best in the world for Liver, Stomach and Bowels. Purely vegetable. Never gripe. Only 25c at Hood I Bros. Drug Store. II The Snow Hill Standard says ! that Green county's excellent . Sheriff, B. W. Edwards,collected ? every white man's poll tax in the county prior to May 1st. CLAYTON CHIPS. . ? Miss Lucy Stancill is visiting in Dunn. Mr. Ashley llorne went to Ital eigh Monday. Mr. Macon Harris went to Ual eigh Wednesday. Mrs. E. B. McCuilers went to Baleigh Wednesday. Miss Minnie V\ hitley is visiting Mrs. W. I. Whitley... Mrs. I). H. McCullers is visiting relatives in Virginia. Sheriff Ellington was here several days this week. Mr. M. (J. Gu.ley went to the County Home Tuesday. Mrs. Hardy Hornehasreturned from a visit to parents at Dunn. The family of Mr. Joe Pleasant moved to Wake county Monday. Mr. Nick Allen, of Auburn, spent Saturday and Sunday here. Mr. I. S. Bagwell went to Bal eigh Monday and to Smithfield Tuesday. Nfrs. John S. Barnes went to Beuson for a few days visit, Tuesday. Ex-Judge Frank Winston, of Bertie county, is a candidate for Lieutenant Governor. Mr. Sam Harris, of the Illinois Life Insurance Co., was here Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr. Lida Ellis, of Greensboro, spent several days visiting rela tives in this vicinity, recently. Kev. G. W. Fisher has been quite sick with roseola, but is able to be up and about now. Mr. Chas. G. Gulley, of The Higgius Drug Co., of Goldsboro, spent Sunday here with parents. Mr. D. T. Barnes and sister Miss Jennie, spent Monday night here with their brother, Mr. John Barnes. Messrs. W. I. Whitley, W. A. Barnes, and Q. F. Cool are spend ing this week near New Bern, tishiug. * <2uitea crowd of our young folks attended the picnics at Bank's bridge and other places last Saturday. Mr. T. E. Best, who has been associated with Messrs. W. E. i Stallings & Co., since January 1st, has returned to Chapel Hill. MrsJas. T. Ilinton and Miss Irene, have returned from the Sanatorium at Wilson where Mrs. Hinton has been for treat ment. Spencer has a population of 3,500 people and has not a single negro voter in the place. It voted a special tax for schools last week. Mr. A. Sam White, superinten dent of the Clayton Cotton Mills, left Tuesdav night for Washing ton, D. C., to attend the Cotton Manufacturers Association. / Policeman J. JL. AHia jvas.su ti fied Mouday morning sometime after 8 o'clock that some one had stolen a yoke of oxen from a man near Pine Level, N.C. Before 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, he had the man in jail and the oxen secure. How is that for quick work? "Yki.ir." A Sure Thin?. It is said that nothing is sure except death and taxes, but that is not altogether true. I?r. King's New Discovery for Con sumption is a sure cure for all lung and throat troubles. Thous ands can testify to that. Mrs. C. 15. Yan.Metre ofShepherdtown, W. Va , says "I had asevere case of Bronchitis and for a year tried everything I heard of, but got no relief. One bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery then cured me absolutely." It's infallible for Croup, Whooping Cough, Grip, Pneumonia and Consumption. Try it. It's guaranteed by Hood Bros., Druggists. Trial bottle free. Beg. sizes r?Oc,\ fl.OO. \
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