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Ipje pwitljficli Herald pike out dollar pit rut. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." si.vcit copies fivb clktb VOL. 23. SMITHFIELD, X. C.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 14, 10O4. NO. 32 POLENTA NEWS. The hog cholera has abated to some extent. Mr. J. Walter Myatt took in the St. Louis Exposition last i week The protracted meeting at j < Oakland will begin the fourth Sunday in this month. Mr. W. T. Johnson is having the old Martin house remodeled which will add materially to the looks of the place. The County Candidates will speak in Cleveland Township, at the Shelter, (J. W. Green'sstore) Friday, 21st of this month. Let all Democrats turn out to hear them. Two candidates were baptized into the fellowship of Shiloh Mis sionary Baptist Church last Sun-: dav by the pastor, liev. B. Town send. A large crowd witnessed1 the administration of the ordi nance. At an early date this com munity will lose one of its fairest daughters. Miss Maud Edmund son has decided to leave us and has accepted the love and pro tection of Mr. Purdie, of Dunn. Mr. Purdie is to be congratulated on capturing suuh a prize. Our loss will prove Dunn's train. Mr. s. t;. L,eeson, wile ana cnna and Mrs. F. J. llpchurch, of Ral eigh, are spending this week with the family of Mr. F. T. Hooker. Mrs. Upchurch is the mother, and Mrs. Leesou the sister of Mrs. Hooker. Mr. Leeson represents The Old Dominion I'autB Co. in this part of the state. The crowd in attendance at the funeral and burial of Capt. J. J. Young at Oakland last Tuesday | was very large. Representatives from Raleigh, Sinithfield, Clay ton, Wilson's Mills, Four Oaks, Benson and other sections were present which attests the esteem 1 in which Capt, Young was held. We were treated to some de lightful music Monday night by the Barber String Band, compos ed of Messrs. Percv. Bythau and Lonnie Barber. The music ren dered by these young men is ex quisitely grand and melodious. We enjoyed the serenade highly and hope for the return of many more such occasions. Once more we notice cotton going to market. This is due to the fact that it has passed the; ten cent mark and a large num ber of our farmers are willing to sell so long as thev get above that figure. Our advice to farm ers, however, is not to rush their cotton on the market, The crop will prove a short one and it seems to us that better prices are ahead. At the Barber plantation, just over in Clayton township, a run away team came near resulting in the death of the little child of Mr. Junie Barber, one of the ten ants of the plantation. The two horse wagon to which the runa way team was attached passed j over the chiid, bruising it con siderably. but fortunately not breaking any bones. A doctor was called in and rendered the necessary medical aid. On Sunday evening last Mr. Vick Austin had the misfortune to lose one of his fine horses. He j drove over to Mr. H. M. Barber's j and turned his team in the lot [ with Mr. Barber's horses and mules and in some way or other one of the others kicked it break -1 ing its leg, damaging the animal to such an extent that it was necessary to kill it. This is a considerable loss to Mr. Austin as the horse is said to have been a valuable one. The Registration Book is now open. Those who have become of age and those who have mov ed into the township since the last election should see that their names are on the b ?ok it" they wish to vote, and no Democrat { should fail to vote at th i elec-i tion. Mr. Claude St ?phenaon is; the Registrar. He will b? at Mr. J. W. Green's store f? the next three Saturdays, be i being at home up to the < . e- of the time for registration ? iiich is the 29th. Go to see him Oct. 11. Typo. EMPEROR ROOSEVELT, HIS PRIME MINISTER, AND COURT FOOL. lit There are not a few people in the United States who believe that President Roosevelt would like to be Emperor. More than ouce he has exceeded his authority as President of theUnited States. Without authority of law he has directed his Secretary of the Treasury to pay out nearly Eive Mil- 1 lion Dollars of the peoples' money. A bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Gallinger and in the House by Representative Suiloway providiug that certain Union soldiers should be pensioned. The bill never passed either the Senate or House. It was not even c msidered; but 15 np?ror ltoose- J veltdecided that these mm ought to be pensioned anyway, so he ordered the Secretary of the; Treasury to pasy them, without any authority of 'aw whatever. In Cromwell's time a King or Emperor who dared to do thus was iu danger of losing his head, but in our country it seems that the President can violate the law with impunity. It remains to be seen whether the people of the United States will endorse or repudiate this usurpation of authority. 1 Louis the XIV of France said "1 am the State," likewise, Mr. Roosevelt says, "1 am the State: I Congress is useless: My WILL is LAW." Slowly but steadily State rights have been surrendered up to the general government. Forty vears ago no President would have thought for a moment of doing what President Roosevelt has done. At dndianola, Mississippi, he appointed a negro woman postmistress. The people said that they did not want a negro woman for their postmistress. Em- j peror Roosevelt replied, "df you don't patronize this post office with a negro woman in charge, you shall not have a post office at all," and therefore he closed up the post office, and these people werej forced to send five miles away for their mail. President reasoned about as follows: "This Indianola i post office belongs to me; it is my property; if the person 1 appoint postmistress don't suit the people then I will close up the office." Senator Isadore ltayner declared in Baltimore the other night that for this act President Roosevelt ought to be impeached. If the people of the United States want a bully for President let them vote for Emperor Roosevelt. If they want a plain, old fashioned gentleman, who belives, tnat a public officer is a servant of the people and not their master, then they should vote for Judge Parker. Ahl how many men have a false conception of the functions of a public official! A public officer is simply the hireling of the people. He is not their master, but their servant, and the sooner the people of "the United States repudiate this latter-day doctrine, the better it will be for them. We cannot think of President Roosevelt as Emperor without thinking of Booker Washington as his Prime Minister, and, of course, only Secretary Shaw can fill the position of Court .Jester. Reader, you may well ponder the above cartoon. Your country is rushing headlong towards imperialism. KENLY NOTES. Mrs. .John G. High spent Fri day in Wilson. Mrs. S. L. Stott, of Tarboro, visited Mrs. J. G. High, last week. Mr. Joe Whitley, of Selma, visited his sister, Miss Maggie Whitley Sunday. Mr. Allen K. Smith, of Smith field, President of the Bank of Kenly, was here Saturday. Quite a large number of people attended the Masonic funeral at Rains Cross Rads Sunday. Mr. W. A. Edgerton, the popu lar Register of Deeds of Johnston county, was in town Saturday. Miss Bessie I Jewllyn,of Raleigh, was the guest of Miss Emma Matthews Saturday and Sunday. Messrs. L. W. Richardson, Alonzo Richardson and Thomas Creech, of Selma, were here Sat urday. Mrs. W. J. Hooks, who has been visiting relatives and friends here, has returned to her home in Benson. Mr. P. B. Sasser has purchased four building lots here and will soon erect a nice cottage on one of them. He has also recently bought some lots in Selma. Messrs. J, T. Edgerton & Bro. are having a very neautiful two story dwelling built on Main street near the Academy. Mr. K. E. Baker, of Goldsboro, is the contractor in charge of the work. Messrs. Lawrence and Bennett Alford were called Tuesday to the bedside of their brother, Mr. Gray Alford, Superintendent of theltocky Mount Oil Mill, who was very seriously injured Mon day while adjusting some machi nery. The followiug moves have been made here quite recently: Mr. J. R. Sauls has moved into the new Merchants Hotel; Mrs. S. F. Hooks has moved into the dwelling vacated by Mr. Sauls; Mr. R. H. Alford, Cashier of the Bank of Kenly, has moved into the cottage vacated by Mrs. Hooks. Mr. E. YV. Pou, the Democratic candidate for Congress from this District, spoke nere Satur day night to a large crowd, manv of whom were ladies. He was listened to with the closest attention throughout his speech of over an hour. He made a good impression and his sueech will do much good in arousing the people to a better activity. The Methodist Ladies Aid So ciety met Sunday night with Mrs. J. R. Sauls at the new Mer chants Hotel. Prof. D. J. Sipe made a splendid talk on the sub ject for the evening, "Salvation." Mr. L. 4. Stancill read- a very good selection and Miss Maud Edgerton delighted the Society with a beautiful recitation. There was a good attendance and ail enjoyed the meeting very much. The arrangements are now j about complete for the Educa tional Rally and Flag Raising here October 27th. Prof. J. B. j Carlyle, of Wake Forest College, who is a very fine speaker, has been secured to make the educa tional address, which will be at 7.30 p.m. Mr. Z. P. Smith, of! Raleigh, the State Vice-Councilor of the Junior Order United Amer-! ican Mechanics, will deliver an address at 10 a. m. In the after noon there will be a game of baseball. Oct. 12. Rex. Saved Two From Death. "Our little daughter had an j almost fatal attack of whooping cough and bronchitis," writes! Mrs. W. K. llaviland.of Armonk, N. Y., "but, when all other reme dies failed, we saved her life with Dr. King's New Discovery. Our niece, who had Consumption in an advanced stage, also used this wonderful medicine and to day she is perfectly well." Des perate throat and lung diseases yield to Dr. King's New Discovery as to no other medicine on earth. Infallible for Coughs and Colds. 50c and f 1.00 bottles guaran teed by Hood Bros Trial bottle free. ? ? Archer News. Misses (ieuoa Wall and Kllie Whitley visited relatives and friends here last week. Quite a number of our people attended the soldiers' re-union at Smithfield last week. Dame rumor bids us listen for the joyous sound of the merry wedding bells that are to chime their brilliant melodies soon. Mr. E. V. (lainey, of Sampson county, has been elected teacher ofthepublic school for District No. 3, Wilders township, for the ensuing term. Mr. and Mrs. J. It Wall visited their daughter, Mrs. Troy Rran ham, at Raleigh last week. Two candidates from Corinth church received the ordinance of baptism at Sealey's pond Sun day afternoon by the paster Rev. A. A. Pippin. Cotton picking is progressing as rapidly as the scarcity of la bor will permit. The ginners are kept very busy ginning the fleecy staple, though the crop is falling far short of what the far mers once anticipated. Some of our farmers have been housing corn which is generally very good. The potato crop is re ported to be moderately good. Peas are not as good as was once thought; the vines are gen erally rank but did not bloom very well. Peaviue hay is very good. Oct. 12. S. L. W. Leachburq Items. Quite a number of our young people are contemplating going to the fair next week. Messrs. Will Tomlinson and Walter Penny, of Garner were in the community last Sunday. Polenta Lodge, No. 450, A. F. & A. M., will not have a commu nication until Oeeember 10,1004. Miss Mary Woodall, of near Benson, was visiting in the Penny section last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Eugene Stevens, a sales-! man for J. G. Barbour & Sons, of Clayton, was out at Shiloh last Sunday. Messrs. Walter King, Willie' Lee, and Lemmie Johnson and Misses Elgie Lee, Ruth Lee Mamie Lee, Callie Johnson and Fannie Johnson, of the Perlhia section, came over and broke bread with Mrs. Claude Stephen son last Saturday night and Sunday. Oct. 10. Sol. A Death Near Benson. Mrs. Penny Dixon was called from earth to eternity last Satur day evening. She had been in1 feeble health for a year or more, and about one week before she died she was taken worse and all that friends and physi cian could do was in vain. She has been a faithful member of the Free Will Baptist church for 50 or 60 years. Her last words on I earth were "If I live or die I will trust the Lord." Her sister, Mrs. Winnie Neighbors, was called away just three weeks be fore she was and no doubt they both are sleeping that sweet sleep that is promised to the faithful. Rev. N. H. Gibbs preached her funeral. Text: Weep not. She is not dead but sleepeth. A large crowd was present to pay the last respects to the deceased. She leaves three children, a host of grand child ren, relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Her remains were interred beneath the earth at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.?S. Confession ot a Priest. Rev. Jno. S. Cox, of Wake Ark., writes, "For 12 years I suffered from Yellow Jaundice. 1 consul ted a number of physicians and tried all sorts of medicines, but get no relief. Then 1 began the use of Electric Bitters and feel that I am now cured of a disease that had me in its grasp for twelve years. If you want a re liable medicine I or Liver and Kidney trouble, stomach dis order or general debility, get Electric Bitters. It's guaranteed by Hood Bros. Only 50c. SELMA NEWS. Mr. J. H. Barker has moved into his new office. Mr. .hunert I). .Jeffreys went up in the Wendell section Sunday. Mr. "Buck" Harris, of Ilaleigh, is visiting his brother C. U. Har ris, Esq. Mr. J. J. Barrow, of Maxton, was in town visiting his brother W. H. Barrow. Mrs. R. B. Carrington and little Miss Gwathmey left for Manchester, Va., Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. W (). Jackson, of Florida, are visiting their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jack son. Mr. J. W. Robertson reports the continued improvement of Herbert who is at Rex Hospital, Raleigh. Mr. Luther Richardson attend ed the funeral of Mr. Gray Al ford who was buried near Kenly Wednesday. Mr. M. C. Winston continues to get good news frOm Avera who is at the Virginia Hospital in Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. F. B McKinne and son, I>. E. McKinne, Jr., of Concord, were in town Monday and Tuesday the guests of Mrs. R. J. Noble. Mr. Weathers, of Wake county, who bought several lots at Mr. Fou's sale was in town Tuesday and will build on them at an early date. The members of Olive branch Lodge, So. 37, attended the funeral of their late brother, Gray Alford, near Kenlv and buried him with the beaut ifnl ceremony of the order. Sen" ex. Gray Alford Dead. Mr. Gray Alford, who was re ported yesterday as seriously hurt at the new oil mill at this place on Monday, we regret to learn died yesterday afternoon. His clothes were caught in the shafting and his head w as thrown violently against the wall, rend ering him unconscious. His re mains were taken to his father's home and will be buried atKenly this afternoon. Mr. Alford had recently accepted a position here as superintendent of the oil mill and had only been in our midst a few days. Mr. Alford was superintendent of the oil mill at Spring Hope last year, but had a serious case of pneumonia, which made him an invalid for over half a year. He had been able to return to work only this fall. He was a capable and efficient machinist, an upright and honest man, and his tragic death will be greatly deplored.? Kocky Mount Correspondence Wilson Times, 12th. A Love Letter Would not interest you if you're looking for a guaranteed Salve for Sores, Burns or Piles* Otto Dodd, of Ponder, Mo. writes: "I suffered with an ugly sore for a year, but a box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me. It's the best Salve on earth. 25c at Hood Bros. Drug Store. Charged With Terrible Crime. Charley Watson, a negro, was lodged in jail here Saturday, charged with a criminal assault on Miss Polly A. Beasley, a sister of Mr. Drew Beasley. The pre liminary hearing was set for last Monday, but for lack of time to summon witnesses the hearing was postponed till Friday Octo ber 21, at 2 p. m. In the mean time the negro is resting behind the prison bars. Broke Into His House. S. Lee Quinn of Cavendish, Yt., was robbed of his customary health by invasion of Chronic Constipation. When Dr. King's New Life Pills broke into his house, his trouble was arrested and now he's entirely cured. They're guaranteed to cure. 25c at Hooa Bros. Drug Store. If you want a nice rollertray trunk or a nice leather suit case, you can get them at Watson's.
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