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Smitljficlii JUfalk thick one DOfcUl pf* tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." single copies ?ye cum. 1 ? _ _ _ - - ? t' ^ ~ 1 1 1 ? ' ? ' ? ? 1 r ,. ?" , j. ' | VOL.'23. SMITHFIELD, N. C.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1904. NO. 27 NO CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS. : 1 Republican Scheme to Get State Senators. i THE CLAUDS LEFT OUT. The Mystery of Failure to Nominate Pou's Opponent Explained. Re publicans Hope to Cut Down Majority in Johnson and Thus Gain two State Sena tors. The polital puzzleof the Fouri h Congressional district is solved. For weeks ttie question of who would be the candidate of the , Republican party who would get f the empty bonor of being snowed under by Ida. Pou, has been, out- ( sWe of the home tight in \Vake ' county, the one matter of politi cal interest to the people of this ?? section. Headers of ; lie daily ? papers are fan :l;ai bm with the difficulty of securing a uotnina- 1 tion for the '?honor," and with the coy, but schemelul attitude of those who have bten "prpmi- \ uentiy mentioned." First in order came thel'onveu tion of Fifteen, which nomiuattd Pearson, of Chatham, touted as the patriot ol fiery virility It is remembered how Mr. Pear son, faced with the opportunity j of the battle ol his lite, bowed himself out. How almost life Kuiopatkm was the quality of his strategy. And tlieu cauie Claudius Bern ard, a David with the lust of fight upou him volunteering for the post of danger, "where the bmvest lovetodie;"an>. Claudius Poekery, uiore modest in h - rashness, but v> .ringunder arms for orders. It is rece ?' history how the friends of these tw> waged t-betr battles by running away; how the member of t n i-otumiit' i hid him tu a goods box iu Raleigh and prevented a nomination, and how at the subsequent Siuil ufield meeting Secretary tien. Urn n juggled wii a a quorum so that it was not and Claudius Bernard, saved from defeat by Claudius Poekery, returned nevertheless without the wreath j of laurel which he had bared his brow to wear. Hut why?with such timber? | thero should be this difficulty to ; select?that has l)ceu a mystery. | W ANT A SENATOR. , Yesterday ho wever, a Republi- | can talked. Most of them do, | but it is not always possible to ( Ket them in thehumor. Generally , they shut their mouths and ap- , pear to think, but when the | humour strikes them they are | fraiik. ( ??Who will be Fou'soppouent?" , I asked one of these yesterday. "I'll tell you, but keep it <|uiet | as far a- lain coinerned. 'I here won't be any candidate." This was indeed surprising news! , "Howjabout the two Clauds?" ? "Well, you see it's this way: All this runuing a/ound was for n purpose. We didn't waut. any noiniuee. What's the uee? If we had put up a uiau. what would . have been the result? fie would have gotveu beat and in the pro- ? c-ss I'ou would ha\ stirred up J Johnston county rfo that every , man would have been voting and , the majority would have been as lug as it was in 1902. Y'ou don't see what difference that makes? W ell, I'll tell you. We are after ' something that we have a chance ' to et?the State Senators hips t from the district composed of Sampson. Johnston aud Harnett ( counties. That was a close dis trict. last time, the Democrats only carrying it by 750 votes, with Johnston turning in a ma jority of 1,700 votes. Sampson i isi time ghve a Republican i majority of 1,250, and Harnett, ? oni.v went Demo rutic by 1100 I votes. So you sec that if we can ' I hold Johnson downtoamajority 1 1,000 we huve n chance and a t good one. With no one against i l'ott, th" people there won'tcome t to the polls ami we'll eel our Senators iu the Legislature." So that is why there has been the delay, the halting betweeu fhe claims of the two Claudiuses, the biding in goods boxes and the '?constructive" lack of quorums. There will be no candidate and the politics of the move is as set forth above. While the scheme will, of course, prove but an "iridescent dream," still it behooves Johnston people to read and contemplatethe pos sibilities that it involves. Always it is good to get to the polls and vote, on general priu -iples. but iu this case the duty is one that is of the plainest sort.?News aud iibserver 7th. POLENTA NEWS. Mrs). LaFayette Austin, of the Penny section, is quite sick. Miss Bettie Sauls, of Wake 'ouuty, is visiting friends in this section. , Don't forg- t that the protract ed meeting begins at Shiloh Sat urday of this week. Miss Ruth .(ones, of Wilson's Mills, after a short visit to Miss \va Yelvington, returned home ast week. Misses lvatie Wood a 11 and Fida L&May, of Smithtield, attended treadling at Oakland on the ourth .Sunday. Ir has been announced that a icries of meetings will begin at >akland on Saturday before the ourtb Sunday in October. Mrs. W. M. Sanders aud chil irew, who have beeu spending a ?ouple of weeks at their White M k farm, returned home Mou fay. Misses Aliceand Delphia Bailey, jf Harnett county, spent several !h\s last week in this neighbor tod with their sister. Mrs. V. M. Barber The ordinance of baptism was i imimstered to a number of can iidates at Moore's Bridge, on Middle Creek, on the fourth Sun lay in August by the pastor a Rehoboth Primitive Baptist tburch. A number of young peodle at tended the Missionary Rally at, Wt. Zion last Sunday Rev. Mr Fisher, the pastor, preached t wo must excellent sermons which, were highly enjoyed by the large congregation present. Miss Corinua Elizabeth Barnes. ?vno had heeu at the point of leatb for several weeks, died Wednesday o| last week and was juried on the following evening. ??he leaves several sisters and a lost of friends to mourn her iemise. I hiring her sickness she lad every attention from her oved ones. In a special manner lid her sister, Miss Martha, look ifter her every want. But dis ease had taken such hold on her hat neither medicine or atten tion availed to save her. The 'omrnuuitv deeply sympathizes with the bereaved ones. During this season Polenta jgsebalf te oil has played seven match games and won every one nf them, knowing no defeat as ret. They have met the follow ing teams, which resulted thuslv: Polenta and Benson, 39 to 17: Polenta and Benson, IS to 11; Polenta and Swift Greek, 11 to 5; Polenta and Wilson's Mills, 31, to 4; Polenta aud Wilson's Mills, 11 to S; Polenta and Lenchburg. 10 to Polenta and Wendell, 16 to 10. In all these games except the last one mentioned Young md Price was the battery for Polenta: the last game Turner was in the box and Stewart played as backstop. In the IhhI rime plaved with Wilson's Mills Polenta pbv, < d a combination of our teams, and in the game with Wendell Polenta also had to 'ombat four teams. Sept. Otb. Typo. Bucklm's Arnica Salve. Has world-wide fame for mar-i rellous cures. It surpasses any jther salve, lotion, ointment or palm for cuts, Corns, Burns, Boils, Sores, Felons, ('leers, Tet-i or, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores.! Chapped Hands, Skin Eruptions; nfallible for Piles. Pureguaran ;eed. Only 25 c at Hood Bros'.! TO MAKE AN EXHIBIT At THE STATE FAIR. The Citizens of Johnston County are Called to Meet at the Court House Monday Sept. ID, to Consider the Matter. .Mr. Ashley Home, of Clayton, a man whom any county mighty be proud to possess as one of its citizens, has been elected Presi dent of the North Carolina .State Fair Association. He is the first Johnston county man ever thus honored. Few counties have ever been honored by having one of their citizens elected to this re sponsible position. Johnston is one of the very best counties in the State, yet no special effort has ever been made to advertise her resources to the world. There is no place in the south where capitalists can invest their money under more favora ble conditions; no place offering stronger inducements to thrifty, industrious farmers; no locality poses.-ing greater advantages to the manufacturers than Johnston county many fertle fields are now inviting frugal farmers to come and come and cultivate them; hundreds of acres of unopened lands are now calling for men to clear them up that they may yield their bounties of wheat,corn, tobacco, cotton, etc.; our forests are rich with hard woods of the very finest quality ready for the manufacturer to convert into furniture of every kind. Our townsman, Mr. Hendcso . Hole, has just received a let :er from Mr. Home offering the county ample space to make a display .of its products. Therefore, w;e the undersigned join in a call, asking, urging, every good citizpu of Johnston county to meet at the Court House iu Smithfleld, Monday September 19, at 12 o'clock in for the purpose of organizing an effort to collect specimens and gather articles to be exhibited at thejnext State Fair, showing the world something of our couuty and its possibilities. L. I). Wharton, W. M Sanders J. T. Ellington, W. S. Stevens, W. A. Edgerton,!J it. <>. Cotter^ Jas. H. kirkman, IraT. Turling ton, J. W. Wellons, Jas. A. Wei Ions, W. W Cole, Thel Hooks, N\ T. Holland, T. C. Jordan, T. It. Hood, Movett Mros., (1. N. Peacock, A. II. Movett, Allen K. Smith. S. S Holt. W. II. Austin. J. M. Meaty, T.J. Lassiter, E. J, Holt, H. Cole. Attention! Veterans llKAIHJl AliTKKS VV. R moore cami*. i'. C. V. No. 8-w. Sept. ?>, 1904. The Annual Reunion and picnic of the Veterans belonging to W. It. Moore camp will he held in Smithfleid on Oct. <> 1904. All Confederate Veterans of Johnston county and their fami lies and friends are cordially in vited to attend and bring well filled baskets. K. J. Holt, Adjt. A. Hone, Col. What is Life? In the last analysis nobody knows, but we do know that it is under strict law. Abuse that luw even slightly, pain results. Ir regular living means derange ment of tiie organs, resulting in Constipat ion, Headache or I aver trouble. l>r. King's New Life Pills quickly re-adjust this. It's gentle, yet thorough. Only 23c at Hood Bros'. KENLY NEWS. Mr. J. W. Harden went to ScnitbHeld Monday. Mr. U J. Hooka, of Wilson, spent Monday hen*. Mr. Tbouias Creech, of Selma, was here Wednesday. Mice Eva tiigh spent Thursday I aud Friday in Seliua. Mine Kot-a Stot-v, of Raleigh, is visiting at Mr. .1. (i. High's Mr. C. W. EdgpKon is attend ing court at Smitbfieldthis week. Mr. aud Mrs. lohn Sanders spent Sunday night at Mr H. F. Edgerton's. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Taylor, of Blades, visited relatives here the tirst of this week. Mrs. Retta Martin, of Calypso, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. H. F. Edgerton, this week. Miss Mattie Dean, of Henderson, the new music teacher in Keuly Academy, came Saturday. Mrs. H. F. Edgerton and Miss Emma Matthews have returned from a visit near New Hern. Mr. D.T. i'erkins has purchased the dwelling now beiug built by Mr. D. 15. Sasser near the, Academy. Rev. (J. S. Churchill, of Cotton, N. C.. began a singing school here Monday night and will teach every day for two weeks. Miss Julia McEachern, jof Lumber Bridge, teacher in the intermediate department of Keuly Academy, arrived Tues day. The young people of our town enjoyed a "masquerade and tacky" party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. it T. Reufrow last VY'edut -day evening. Miss Ross Harden,who has been in Baltimore for several weeks, buy ing goods and taking a | course in millinery, returning home Monday. Mrs. Hilliard Richardson and Mr. Hackney Richardson, of Sut ; ton, spent Saturday and Sunday here, the guests of .Mrs. Richard sou'sdaughter, Mrs \V. T. Bailey Bailey Bros. Jc Kirby hav moved into their new store, it is the prettiest and best arranged store in tow n and would do credit to any city. MissJanie McNeel, of Benson, has charge of the dry goods and notion department. Drs. Moore and Dickinson, of the Wilson Sanatorium, came Monday to assist Dr. Gray in performing an operation on Mr. Thomas .Jones for appendicitis. The patient stood the operation very well and is resting easy ; to-day. 1 he eighth session ot kenly Academy opened Monday with an enrollment of 70 pupils, though the morning was rainy and disagreeable. tka eral of the patrons were present and en couraging talks were made by Messrs. .J. T. Kdgerton, .1. H. Kirby, W. FT. I'lowers and l'rof. 1?. ,1. S pe, the principal, and others. A number of boarding pupils entered aud .others are coming every day. The pros pects fqr the school are better than any previous year. The I .aides' Aid Society was royally entertained atthehospitv able home of Mr. IT. 1"'. Edger ton last Monday evening. The attendance was good and several new members were added The subject for the meeting was "Christian Enlightenment." Or. Whitaker, of Raleigh, was present and made a good talk. This : Society has accomplished much good work in beautifying their t hureli during tl e past yeay. After the rendition of au interest ing program consisting of vocal and instrumental music and reci tations given by Misses Alattie Genu, Annie Strickland, Maude Bdgerton and Master.!esse Sauls, delicious refreshments were served. The Society was especi ally delighted to have i'rof. and Mrs Sipe with them whose presence lent encourage ment. The Society will meet with Mrs. John 0. High next Monday night. Hkx Sept. Oth. ?Turlington Graded School opened Tuesdav with au enroll ment of about 150 pupils. WHAT ROOSEVELT THOUGHT. Some ol Our Rough Rider President's Ideas When He was a Private Citi/en special Cofrceponftenvcof The Hk.k.W.d.) v\ asbington, l>. C? Sept. 1004. ? Recurring to uiv favorite topic of Roosevelt as matter for this correspondence which 1 consider of importance for the voters of the country to become familiar with in all the various phases of his original and many-sided atti tudes on public questions. I wfll give them a few more gems from IiiH fecund pen. Here's what he thinks of the! average voter and citizeu of foreign birth: lu American ideal* (\ oi. i. p. 71), lie give* this tip to the niau of foreign birth who has been elevated to public life by his fel low men: "It is from these same great cities that the worst legislators came. It is true that there are always among them a few culti vated and scholarly meu who are well educated and who stand on a higher and broader intellectual and moral plane than the coun try members, but the bulk are verv low indeed. They are usual ly foreigners, of little or no edu-j cation, with exceedingly misty I ideas t- to morality, and possess-! ed of an ignorance so profound | that it could only be Hilled "omic1 vvsu'e it not for the fact that it has times such serious effects upon our laws." In American Ideals (Vol II, p. j 2-'t), he favors the Populists with ! this complirm nt: "Refinement and comfort they j are apt to consider quite as ob jectionable as immorality. * * *j A taste for learning and cu'.tivat- j ed friends, and a tendency to) bathe frequently, cause them tin deepest suspicion. * * * Though' they often make war on vice, they rather prefer making war on prosperity and refinement." And again in his pamphlet on j thi- Campaign of 189(5: "Thrift, industry, and business energy are qualities which are quite incompatible with true I'opulistic feeling. Payment of debts, like the suppression ofi riots, is abhorrent to the I'opu listic mind. .Such conduct strikes; the Populist as immoral." And the "pops" arenov^engag ed in an attempt to play into Rooeevelt'a -.ands by stealing Democratic votes. Theodore Roosevelt started in polities as au outspoken and \ ardent free trader. This means, as we all know, not a reformation of the tariff, hut a complete abolishment of all duties and therefore of all cus toms revenues. He joined a free- j trade club in New York and con tinued his membership during all the time he was a member of the assembly and until after the nomination of .lames ti. Blaine in 1884. In the life of Thomas H. Ben ton, Author Roosevelt writes, among other things, in regard to the tariff as follows: "Political economists have pret ty generally agreed that pro tection is vicious in theory and harmful in practice; but if the majority of the people in interest wish it, and it affects only tbem s< Ives, there is no earthly reason why they should not be allowed to try the experiment to their heart's content. The trouble is rbnt it really does affect them i ( ices, and in 1828 the evil was p ruliarly aggravated on uccount of the unequal way in which tbe! proposed law would uffect differ ent sections. It purported to: benefit the rest of the country,; ">ut it undoubtedly worked real injury to the planter States, aud 1 there is small ground for wonder, that the irritation over it in the region affected should have been so intense." " Again, in speaking of the tariff, he says: "in 1828 the tariff, whether it benefited the country as a whole or not, unquestionably harmed the South, aud in a federal union it is most unwise to pass laws which shall benefit one part of the community to the hurt of j another part, when the latter re ceives no compel)nation." In conine ;> tin>4 upon thespeech of ('lay in defense of a protective , tariff, Author Roosevelt nays: "Clay's ae ?rtioiif as to what the tariff has done for the West wereeqoallvill founded, as Benton showed in a good speech where in he described picturesquely enough the industries and general condition of his portion or the country, and asserted, with truth, that its revived prosperity was due to its own.resources, entirely iudepeiidetit of Federal aid or legislation." No oneewr heard of Theodore Roosevelt becoming a protec tionist until he became the Re publican camlidatefor Vice-Presi dent, and now as the candidate for President. Ami .yet, he has stood. and w ill stand attain, upon a Republican platform pledged to protection as a principle, and thoe. protec tionists who believe in the sanc tity of tariff schedules and pro scribe members of their own party for advocating any reasonable modification or change, and all those who are waxing rich at the expense of the people, the pro tected classes and the "criminal rich." will b asked to look upon Theodore Rous-welt as their friend and or, ?t ?.?tor. No man onld be proscribed for a chance of opinion if it is the result of research or the fruit of mature judgment. Rut it may <6n<! often does indi cate mental instability or a will ingness to yield principle for place. Chahi.ks A. Kpwaups. Mary?Sponge t. pimples with warm a* a. Von need a blood tonic, would advise you to take Hollisler's Rocky Mountain Tea. It drives away ail erup tions. 35 cents. Tee or Tab lets. Seine Drug (?> A. H. Royett, Smithfielu. ARCHER NEWS. Mr. John I Raines -pent Sun day at home. A protract- ! meeting began at Thanksgiving Sunday night. Messrs. (ienoa Wall and Ellie Whitley, of Clayton, were home Sunday. Rev A. A. Pippin began a protracted meeting at Corinth last Sunday. Mr. Matt R. Wall left last. Thursday to euter King's Rusi uess College at Raleigh. Mr. \\ llliaiu harp, of Durham, was the guest of his sister, Mrs. .lames M. Wail, last week. Mr. W, Lester Standi has been elected teaeher of the public school in district No. 'J, Wildus township, for the ensuing term. Mr. J. Bryant Lasou and Mr. Oscar T. Robertson have re turned from Norfolk, \ -port News and otherpointnofino rest. The Lucas Lumber Company, of Wilson, has bought the old ?Dr. Watson lands at Pineville and has had it cut up into small farms which will be sold soon. The Vocal 1'nion met with Thanksgiving church last Sun day. Only three choirs were represented, though the singing was very good, (rood talks wen made by Rev. Mr. Creech and Mr. Holt. Mr. W. 1. Green was re elected president and Mr. R. Creech vice president. The next meeting will be held at White Oak church the 1st Sunday in December. S. L. W. Sept. Gth. A Boy's W|W Ride For Lite. With family around him ex part ing him to die, and a son riding for life IS miles, to get Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption^. of Leesville, Ind.,endured deatb'e agonies from asthma: but this wonderful medicine gav * instant relief and soon cured him. He writes: "1 now sleep soundly ev ery night." Like marvelous cures of Consumption, Pneumo nia, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds and Grip prove its matchless merit for all throat and Lung troubles. Guaranteed f Kittles oOc and $ 100. Trial bottles free at Ilood Bros'.
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