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ffljr jsmitfrfirlii Jlrralii. trice omr dollar per tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.'* single copies pive centi. VOL. 23. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY. AUGUST 1!>, 1!)04. NO. 24 COUNTY CONVENTION MEETS. Enthusiastic Gathering of Democratic Tlosts. Splendid Ticket Named?Dispensary Resolution?Local Legislation and Taxation?Harmony Prevailed The hosts of Democracy gath ered in Smithtielrl Wednesday and nominated a ticket that will sweep the county in November A lew minutes before twelve Chairman Cole, of the Executive committee called the. convention to order and named Congress man E. W. Don as temporary chairman. Mr. I'ou was greeted with cheers. He made a short, address that was heard atten tively by the large crowd preH cut. He paid his respects to the. Republican party and l'resideut Roosevelt and also discussed the Watt s Law to some extent. He whs constantly cbeercd heartily lu clt sing he counseled harmony and asked the people to stand together, remembering that every one could not get all he wanted. On motion Mr. T. .1. Lustier was made secretary of the" con vert ion. Mr. N. AY. Smith, of Rentcus Ville, was unanimously permanent Chairman. All rep resentatives of the Democratic Press present, were invited to act as isi ant .--ere? arits At this juncture some are moved that the convention suc ceed to the nomination of sheriff. Mr. J. M. Morgan, ol Benson, ascended the platform aud slated that he had an ini tio i tnnt matter that he would. like to present to the convention before i he nominations were be gun aild asked for the withdraw al of the motion. This was ac cordingly done. Mr. Morgan then read the fol lowing resolution and moved its adoption, making a short 6peech in behalf of it: W hereas, there are no open saloons forthe sale of spirituous liquors in Johnston Uountv, and Whereas there are several dis pensaries now in operation for the sale of such liquors, the profits of which are not divided as should be with regard to the general school fund, Now there fori Me it Resolved, by the Demo cratie party in convention as sembled that we instinct our members of the General Assemb ly to secure such legislation as will give to the general school fund of the County one-half of nil the profits (net proceeds)derived ffroni dispensaries. l'he resolution was passed un annnousiy without further dis cussion. * Upon motion the convention next proceeded to the nomina tion of a sheriff. Elder J. A. T. Jones placed in nomination the present incum bent, J. T, Ellington, of Clayton, w ieb was seconded by J. P. Edmundson and C. W. Richard son. \V. L. Fuller,- of Smithfield, was placed before theconvention by J. A. Massengill, of Ingrains, and sconded by James a Wei I >ns and Ed S. A bell. Elliogtou was uominated on the first ballot receiving 8J.fi,. while Mr. Full r received (17.4 Mr. Fuller then ascended the platform and made a Hhort speech pledging liis earnest support to the ticket and moved to make the nomination unanimous, which was done. W. A. Edgerton was renomi nated for Register of Deeds 4>y acclamation. Mex Wiggs was renominated for Treasurer bv acclamation. For Surveyor Thomas U. Fnl gbum, of Pine Uevel, and Rotuu lus Lambert, of Pleasant Grove, were placed in nomination, l-'ul glaini was Dominated on firs; ballot, receiving 104.<18 votes. Lambert received 17.07. Z. L. LeMay, of Smithfield, was nominated Coroner by acclama tion. The following t\ereunanimous ly nominated for county com missioners: C. M. Wilson, of Wilson's Mills; [ W. T. Bailey, of Beulab; Jose pbusJohnson, of Elevation; G. H. Toler. of Rentonsville; W. G. | Wrenn, of Cleveland. Nominations for House of Rep resentatives were next taken up. James P. Canaday, of Banner, was placed in nomination bv J. M. Morgan, and seconded by Ira T. Turlington and R. F. Smith. J. Henry Smith, of Elevation, was placed in nomination by Dr. E. N. Booker, and seconded by J. Walter Myatt. Rom. II. Gower, of Clayton, was placed before the convention by Prof. R. F. Will iams and seconded by C. W Edgerton, 0. W. Carter and W. N. Rose, Jr. Jos. W. Wood was named by W. X. Rose, Jr., but withdrew at once. Ed. S. Abell was placed in nomination by James A. VV'eilonsaudsecond ed by Geo. I). Vick. The chairman instructed that delegates would vote for both nominations on one ballot. Only one ballot was taken which resulted as follows: James P. Canaday, 121.37; Rom. H. Gower, 108.77; Ed. 8. Abell, 38; J. Henry Smith, 34.91; Jos. U. Wood 24. Wood's vote came from Smithfiold township. Can ad ay and Gower were de clared the- nominees for the House. > For the Senate W. D. Averat placed A. K. Smith in nomina tion. J. A. T.J ones was nomi nated by Jobu Wbittingtou and seconded by J. M .Morgan. W. M. Sanders was placed in nomination by James A. Wel lons J. M Morgan was named by J. 11 Price. Mr. Morgan at once withdrew his name. C W. Richardson was nomiuated by Geo. D. Yick and seconded by -J. F. Brown. W. Yelvington named J. Walter Myatt. i>r. E \\ Booker withdraw Mr. M.vatt's name. The first ballot resulted1 as follows: Jones, 7o 52 votes; Snuth, 20 30; Richardson,52 10; Sanders, 4.08. The second bal lot r? -idling in Jones" nomina tion with 87.04 votes and Rich ardson 40.1). Beulah's vote was not reported on this ballot. At the beginning of second ballot Mr. I'ou withdrew Mr. Smith's name. Ou motion Jones' nomination was made unanimous. Tiie following resolutions we;e adopted: ?'Resolved: That our Senators and Representatives in the Gen eral Assembly are instructed not to allow local legislation affecting the rights and privileges of the people of Johnson County to pass said General Assembly, Assembly without causing to be attached thereto (if possible) a section providing that such leg islation shall be submitted to a vote of the people affected thereby for their ratification or rejection. "Resolved, further, that sa'd Senators and Representatives are instructed to use their best endeavors to secure the passage of an Amendment to the Consti tution of North Carolina empow ering the colored race to levy taxes to be applied solely to the education of the colored chil dren. "We declare our conviction that such au amendment to our Constitution is both just and right, and we are ad vised by men learned in the law that such an amendment is not in contraven tion to the Constitution of the I 'nited States. "We deny that there is any ob ligation resting upon the white man to apply his hard earned dollars to the education of the negro. If we believed education made him a better citizen we would rh? erfully submit to taxa tion for his education, but. expe rience has shown that the at tempt to educate") he negro lias been a failure; that crimes he never dreartied of as a slave, are now committed almost daily in the North ns well a? the South that education turns his head from industry to idleness, caus ing him to become a drone and in many instances a persistent violator of the law." On motion the cxr Rive com mittee was empowered to select delegates to the Senatorial con vention to be called later, with the understanding that all Demo crats who choose to attend will be considered delegates. The different nominees were called for and the following re-1 sponded: Cauaday, Jones, flow er. Ellington and Edgerton. The convention adjourned about five o'clock. Taking it all in all it was one of the best con ventions held herein recent years. | KENLY NOTES. Mr. Herbert Rountree, of Wil son, was in our town a short while Thursday. I>r. R. II. Whitaker, the pastor, is conducting a revival at Zion church this week. Dr. J. C. Grady has moved into his handsome new residence on! South Railroad street. Mrs. C. H. Anderson, of Ral eigh, is visiting her father, Mr. L. R. Richardson this week. Mi. J. G. High went to Tarboro Monday to spend a few days' visiting friends and relatives. Mr. T. A. Hinnaiit and wife, of Wilson, visited Mrs. Hinna: tV father Mt. "1 G. RarnesSaturday. Mr. Geo. Evans, of Selma, visit<his part n^, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Evans, Saturday and Sunday. Mr. l'aul Rockwell, of Nichols,1 S. C\, came Friday to spend several weeks with his aunt, Mrs R. T. Renfrow. Mr. D tck, H. Rose, of Ashburn, Ga , came Wednesday to spend a few days visiting friends and relatives in this section. Several from here went to Smith field today to attend -the Democratic county convention which convenes there to day. Mr. Joyner Campbell and little son, of Washington, 1). C.. spent several days here visiting his sister-iin-law, Mrs. I. R. Gardner. Miss Eugenia Mae Harris, of; Wake Forest, who was the guest, of Miss Emma Matnevvs fori several days returning home Thursday. Miss Eillie Sanders, of Calypso, N. C., who has been spending several days with her aunt, Mrs., U.K. Edgertou returned home Wednesday.' Misses Maudeand L irieEdger-i ton who have heen visiting friends and relative;; in Spencer and Greensboro for several days returned home Friday. Miss Mayrie Hollowell, the efficient clerk of the dry goods department of G. G. Edgertou Ac .Sons who has been taking a holi day of several weeks returned Sunday. The young people of Kenly had quite qn enjoyable time at a watermelon cutting Wednesday night at Mrs. S. F. Hooks, given by the young men in honor ot visiting young ladies. Miss Addie Barnes, of Baxley, Ga., who ha.- been spending some time visiting relatives in this neighborhood left for Kennert, N*. C., to spend a few days visit ing friends in that section. Many people here are looking forward with interest and an ticipating a grand time on G. G. Edgertou & Sons Excursion from Kenly to Norfolk August -'11. The train will leave here 7:50 a. m. Eare for the round trip only $2.00. Most of the farmers in this section will finish curing tobacco this week, and some have begun pulling fodder. Crops of all kinds are generally better than last year, hut the heavy rains of the past few weeks- have greatly damaged cotton. "Rex." The Death Penalty. A little thing sometimes results m death. Thus a. mere scratch, insignificant cuts or piaiy boils have paid th t It p, mity. It is wise to have Bacfelen'h Arnica Salve ever handy. TtV the best Salve on earth and will prevent fatality, when Burnt ^ores, Ul cers and Files tbliiten. Only 25c, at Ilood Bros. Drug Store. Q K Stoves, Smitht eld Mdw. Co. CLAYTON CHIPS. Messrs. Ed L. and Eon Jones were visitors here Sunday. Mrs. M. E. Hattis is having her residence remodelled. Mr and Mrs. Alphonso Jones, of Selniu, were here Sunday. Miss Bertha Mills, of Raleigh, is visiting the Misses Rlancbard. Our town was wpII represented at the county convention Wed nesday. Mrs. S. Otho Wilson, Misses Janet and Ruth are visiting Mrs. W. E. Stailings. The Clayton Cotton Mills have shut down for a few days to give the operatives a much needed rest. Messrs. A. Sam White, John T. Talton ajul Harris E. Barnes are attending the World's Fair this week. Miss Rosa Riioudis. of Dur ham, spent some days with Mrs. W.'E Whitley recently, returning to her home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R Gulley and little son are visiting par ents here. Mr. Gulley holds a re sponsible position ? with the American Tobacco Co., at Dur ham. Mr. J. E. Ellis is in Florida with requisition papers*for J. J. Pleasants who some time ago assaulted Mr. B. T. Barbour on the streets here and skipped his bond, fleeing to Florida. Did you ever hear of an orphan asylum for calves? We have one: The proprietor is Master Harvey Creech. tJe has now 17 nice sleek Jersey calves that he has raised from the bottle; and the most re <t lost but one patient in the two years he lias been in the business. The Philathia class nave a de lightful lawn party totheBaraca class Tuesday night at the lawn of Mr. Hardy Ilorne. The young ladies did the "Leap-year" act to perfection, taking the young men to Messrs. Barbour and Oneil's ice-cream parlor and treating to cream and other palatable refreshments. "De lightfully astonishing" says the Press Reporter. "Yu.iu" Deterioatlon In Cotton. Washington, Aug. 10. ?The weather bureau's meekly crop report says: A more or less decided deterio ation in cotton is indicated over much the greatest part of the [ cotton belt, With the exception of Oklahoma, complaints of shedding are received from every state, and rotting of the lower bolls is reported from portions of the central and western dis tricts. Reports of the too rank growth, however, are much less numerous than in the preceding week,but continue from portions of the central and eastern dis tricts. Roll weevils are causing much datpage in southwestern eastern and coast districts of Texas, and are proving destruc tive to the northern end of the I counties. In that st ate however the plant and the fields are in good condition, hi Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Missouri ; and portions of Arkansas cotton | is doinfc well. Picking is general only in southern portion of the eastern districts, where as a rule, very little is open. Tobacco has suffered much | from drought in the Ohio Valley, but has made satisfactory prog ress in the middle Atlantic sta tes and New Mngland. Cutting is in progress in Ohio , and Vir ginia. Comforts the heart, strngthens the mind. It's good, ill or well. Makes one's face bright as a summer morning. Tout's what llollister's llock.v Mountain Tea does. 23 cents. Tea or Tablets. ?A. U. Boyet; Druggistt. Never join with your friend when ho abuses his horse or his wife, unless the one is to be sold i and the other to be buried. He Couldn't Reach the Place. We are always glad to see peo ple take interest in polities. In a country whose government is like ours it is the duty of every man to study polities and vote for candidates and measures. Our sympathies go out for men who ate physically unable to at tend the conventions and elec tions. We have known men who were deeply concerned to lie car ried by their trieuds to the place of election to vote. We are sorry that there was as many as one man who attended the conven tion Wednesday who could not vote on account of physical dis. ability, but such was the ease. Tht re was le-s drinking Wednes day than we have ever known at a convention but there was at least one man who drank too much. Smithtield township peo ple did their voting up in the court house and when certain nominations had been made this man started to vote for his choice of the candidates On reaching the foot of the stairway he found himself unable to ascend. He begged a man to help him up but finding that he favored a different candidates he refused to do it. 80 finding himself unable to reach the voting place he sat down at the coi ner of thecourt house and went to sleep. About half an hour Inter when ano1 ner matter was b . g 1 on tie- 1? .'I'uates agaiu Btar'.ed tip stairs and in passing around the titan who had been sleeping, he caught hold! of one man by the pants and looking at the crowd going up said, "Boys do all 3-ou can up t here for Mr. (11 view of the fact, that '' ? ii,fli,!,i .? pro!),(i?ly ditl th tnating and that tin man showed such deep coucern we thiuk there should not be any hard feelings betweeu them over the matter. Two Burned at Stake. Statesboro, Ga., Aug. IB.? ? After over powering the militia and seizing the telegraph oitiee so that help could not he sum moned from outside, an armed mob burned Paul Reed and Will 1 l.'ato, negroes convicted of mur der, at the stake this afternoon. They had been sentenced to hang by law on September 9th, but the bitterness aroused by their crime?the niurderof Henry Hodges, a white man and his wife and three children?brought the triumph Judge Lynch. There are thirteen Other ne l groes under arrest for complicity ? I in the crime, and it is feared that most of the men will be killed by the mob. About two ; thousand men witnessed the affair. There were caus of kero sene on every hand. For a long time the crowd took counsel whether to burn or hang the i men. Twice a rope was put around their necks and the rope was started for a limb of a tree, but the crowd wou'd uot have it. Some of the party were against the burning. Druggist Didn't Say a Word. The druggist's night bell rang furiously, and, with a much riiltied temper, the worthy dis penser came down in his pajamas and opened the store door "1 want a bottle of ginger ale, please," requested thecomplacent individual who stood without. For?a moment the druggist was inclined to be personal, but then he reflected that since he had come down he plight as well do business. "Twenty cents, please," he said. "Five cents will be allowed on the bptfcle when returned." Two hours later he was awakened by another ring. Again he de ceuded, to tiud the same complacent customer at the ; door. > "Here's yout bottle." he re marked. "Giinme my ?"? cegte.? Philadelphia Public Ledger. Pride?"George, dear, when we reach our destination let us try to avoid giving the impression i that we are newly married." George?"All right, Maude; you can carry this suit case.?S'ew ? ? Archer. Mr. Juo. I. liarues spent last week at home.?Mr. Joe A. Mason left Tuesday night for Newport News, Vn. He has been home some time recuperating from a fall that severely injured his teg?Mrs. J no. it. Woodard, of Jerome, is spending this week with her pureuts, Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Wall.?Mrs. Sarah Wilder, of Cary, spent last week with her mother, Mrs. Jane lloyett.?We are sorry to announce that Mr. Millard Hinnant who has been working for W. A. Marues & Mo., of Clayton, is home sick. He has a severe ease of typhoid fever.? Messrs. Ouslow Glover and ('laud Moore, of Cumberland county, are the guests of the Misses Jones this week.?Mr. F. L. Nichols visited friends at Wilson Sunday. ?Two candidates received the ordinance of baptism at Scnley'S poud Sunday evening, one from i lydes Chapel and one from White Oak baptist churches ? Mr. W. L. Stancil and Mi - s Ida Ca-tleberry aud ffaitie Wall at teudeil the teachers' .institute at Carp's ' Fool ho it. They report a large attendance aud good work all tl v. eel;.' 1'here was an addr* Saturday tuoruiug at 9;.'50 by our worthy County Superintendent to the committee and patrons that .as very interesting aud helpful to all. At 11 a. m., 1'r. Muuns, of Trinity College, n ah. s- I the peoole on the gn at subject of education. His talk was both interesting aud helpful. He showed not only the great need but also the progress of this educational revival (as it is called) in our good old county aud st at \ S. L. \\ . Aug. 15, 1904. Beasley. Miss Myrtle Taylor, of Durham, i-. in the "city" the quests of Mr J. M. Beasley and family.?Miss Ora Stevens, of Goidsboro, spent last week with her sister Mrs. G. li."Toler.?Miss .Julia Cox went to Raleigh lust week to visit, the family of her brother, Mr. S. Cox.?Miss Sallie Biitt and Isabel Weeks, of Newton Grove, are visiting friends and relatives iu this community.?Miss Nora Stevens returned horn lust week after an extended visit to rela tives in Sampson county ?Misses Flora and Lucy Eassiter spent ' st Ft. lay with ' i n ? ? ? r, M: -. Uriah Langston.?Some of our folks went over to Mill Creek Saturday to help drink lemonade and to enjoy the good things iu general. C. C. B. Elmwood. ?Miss Clyde Poole, of Raleigh, who has been visiting the Misses Fitzgerald returned to her home last Saturday.?Prof. C. 1) Ste phenson, of Norfolk, Va. visited friends in this section a few days last week.?Mr. Richard Ay?ock is teaching a public school at the < Massey school house near Snuth tield.?Miss Atiuie L. Stancill left this week to visit her sisters ar. the Wilson Sanatorium and ineuds in Elm City and Edge combe county.?Rev. C. W. Blan cbard of Clayton,who is conduct ing a series of meetings at the Selma Baptist Church this week, spent Thursday night, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. K. Stau cill.?Prof. Wingute Underbill who has been visifing in Baybo ro, N. C., came last week.?Hu mor says there is to be one or more marriages iu this section in "the near future.?Mr. Z. B. Fitzgerald, of Ralefgh, spent last Sunday at home with bis par X. and V. i|j Puts an End to it all. A grevious wail oftirnes comes as a resylt of unbearable pain from overtaxed organs. Dizzi ness, Backache. Fiver complaint and Constipation. But thanks to Dr. King's New Life I'ills they put an end to it all. They ar?> gentle but thorough. Try them, i >uly 2.1c. Guaranteed by Hood ' Bros. Drug Store.
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