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?je ?mitljfirl& Rruilii. pkice one dollak per teab. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." single copies five cents VOL.28. SMITIIFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY JANUARY 20,1905. NO. 40 LEGISLATIVE NOTES. Some of the Important Matters Be fore the General Assembly. Con densed From Heports In the Dally Papers. In the Senate Monday Senator Stringtield, of Haywood, intro duced a bill to provide for the registering of names and the placing of head stones or marks on the graves of deceased veter ans. The bill provides that the Secretary of State will be directed to procure for each county in this State, a suitable book of records wherein each can be recorded name and rank, with a short sketch of every Confederate sol dier, \\hose name appears upon the lloster of North Carolina troops or who has been a Confed erates oldier from another State and died or lies buried in this State. Mr. Warren, of Jones, has in troduced a bill to increase the salaries of Superior and Supreme Court judges to three tnousand dollars, all around, with no other allowance. This bill is similar to the Scales Senate bill, except the amount of salary is three thou sand instead of four thousand dollars. It is believed to be the amount the House members will agree to pass with but little op position. Another bill by Mr. Warren of interest to the legal profession provides that a civil case shrill stand for trial the first term if the summons and a verdict cotu . I-:... i I .1 in ir*nufu,cujwnci VCM days prior to the term of court A bill has been introduced bv Representative Gay le, providing for prohibition irj Scotland Neck. Representative Gower intro duced a Joill in the House Tues-; day to prevent dealing; in futures Representative Long:, of Iredell, has introduced a bill to prohibit towns and cities not having two hundred qualified voters to issue license to any person, firm, or corporation for the manufacture or sale of malt, vinous or spiritu ous liquors within its corporate j limits. This act provides that it i shall be unlawful for any Hoard of Aldermen or Hoard ofCommis-j sioners of any city or town not j having two hundred quulitied voters thereiu to license any per-1 sou, firm or corporation to manu facture or sell malt, spirituousor vinous liquors within its corpo rate limits, and that any Hoard of Aldermen, Commissioners, or any member thereof violating j this act shall be guilty of a mis demeanor and upon conviction punished in the discretion of the court, and the license so granted shall be void, provided, this act shall not apply to towns and cities Jwherein dispensaries are now established and in opera tion. This act would be in full force and effect if passed, after July 1st, 1905. A bill has passed the General Assembly providing for the erec tion of a Memorial at Appomat tox to the North Carolina troops. The bill provides for a board of five commissioners to look after the matter. Governor Glenn on Wednesday named the following: H. A. London,of Pittsboro; L.J. Holt, of Smithfield; W. T. Jen kins, of Aurelian Springs; C. H. Watson, of Winston; and A. D. HcGill, of Cumberland. Sickening: Shivering: Fits of Ague and Malaria, can be re lieved and cured with Electric Hitters. This is a pure, tonic medicine; of especial benefit in malaria, for it exerts a true cura tive influence on the disease, driv ing it entirely out of the system. It is much to be preferred to Quinine, having none of this drug's bad after-effects. E. S. Munday, of Henrietta, Texas, writes: "My brother was very low with malarial fever and jaundice, till he took Electric Bitters, which saved his life. At Hood Bros, drug store;* price 50c., guaranteed. Hon. Frederick Phillips died at his residence in Tarboro Satur day morning. He had attained eminence at thebur,ontliebench, and was a successful business man. BENSON NOTES. Mr. K. F. Smith went to Tar boro Wednesday on a busiuess trip. Mr. Ben Coats is having a large brick store erected on Main street. Messrs. J. I). l'arrish & Son sent a large drove of tine cattle ?u Raleigh last Monday. Mr. P. A. Creecli, of Wilming ton, spent Suudav here with his mother, Mrs. L. LJ. Creech. I)r. Floyd Johnson, who has been spending sometime South, returned home Tuesday morn ing Miss Carrie Phillips, of Dunn, visited Miss Leola Smith last Saturday and Sunday, return ing Sunday evening. Misses NetaJ Penny and Mary Hatcher spent last Saturday and Sunday in the country with Miss Lillie Turlington. Miss Nellie Smith, of Buies Creek, who has been visiting re latives and friends in, and around Benson for sometime, returned home last Sunday. Mr. 0. Mashburn who has been witn the firm of E. L. Hall A Bro., for several years, has purchased tl e interest of Mr. Robert Laug dun, in the lirui of M. 11. Lang don & Bro and the busiuess will continue at t he same stand. We wish the new firm much success. Mr. L Gilbert has accepted a positii n with the Benson Drug Co. Mr Gilbert, before coming here, held a position with Mr. 1>. H. Sanders, at Four Oaks, who is in the drug business at that place. Mr. Gilbert comes highly recommended and we think the Benson Drug Co. very fortunate in securing his services. Mr. A. K. Hardee, who has been with Mr. J. W. Benson since lust June, has accepted a posi tion as drug clerk with Mr. David Davis in Newberne, N. C. Mr. Hardee, since coming to Ben sou, has made many friends, and we regret very much to have bim leave us, but wish him much success in his new home. Uev. D. F. Putnam, of Cherry ville, Gaston county, N. 0., has recently moved to Benson and will make this place bis home for some time. Mr. Putnam has ac cepted a large field of ministerial work in the country around Ben son and as Benson is in the cen ter of his work, he has made this place his home. We gladly wtl come Mr. Putnam to our town and hope his stay among us may be of much pleasure and useful ness. Solon. SELM/V NEWS. Mr. Robert O'Neal is having a cottage put up on Waddell St. Mr. M. 0. Winston has begun the erection of three cottages on Webb Street. Mrs. Bass, of Manchester, is here to see her daughter, Miss Lois Bass, who is quite sick. Mr. Troy Brown, who lives about six miles north of Selma, killed a hog Tuesday which weighed 43(i pounds. Mr R. C Fuller, our enterpris ing livery man, killed a fourteen months-old pig Monday which weighed 381 pounds. Mr. Vic Vinson is having a nice two story eleven room home erected on Waddell Street. Mr. David H. Price is the contractor We hear that petitions are be ing circulated in Smithfield and Selma to prohibit the sale of li quor. Some persons object to signing them because they say they do not want prohibition in their town and a dispensary with in two, four or six miles of them. Now would it not be well for Smithfield, Selma, Pine I>evel, and Jerome to combine and have a vote on Dispensary, or no Dis pensary and let the total vote of the four places decide the matter? Put all 011 an equal footing. Jan. 18th. Sknkx. Wilmington now has about four hundred buildings in course of construction. KEtSLY NEWS. Mr. C. W Edgerton went to Raleigh Monday to atteud Superior court. Mrs. W. J. Hooks, of Benson, came Wednesday to spend a few days with relatives here. Mr. I). B. Sasser is building a neat six room two story dwelling on New Street near Mr. Thomas ' Jones' cottage Mr. and Mrs. K. T. Renfrew, | who have been spending several weeks in South Carolina visiting friends and relatives, returned home Tuesday. Miss Ross Darden who has been speuding a few days with her parents Mr. and Mrs J. S. Bar- ? den, of Falcotf, returned Satur day. Mr. J. W. Darden has his large two story brick store on East Main Street nearly completed. I The painters are putting on the finishing touches this week. It will be one of the neatest stores in town. We hear from good authority that we are to have several more brick stores built here during this year. Mr. John Watson, of j Boyett, will as soon as spriug opens, build a large two story store on West Main Street and probably Messrs. J. T. Edgerton & Bro. will build two on same street, and still we go forward! Messrs. .J. H. Alford and 1). 15. Sasser have purchased the un finished piaut of the Kenlv Manufacturing Company and will begin work at once on the building which is partially built. They have most of the, machinery purchased and will have it in operation in a few ; weeks, they will then be prepared to furnish all kiuds of building material on short notice. There was much excitement here Tuesday morningover what at one time threatened to be a serious tire. About 10 o'clock fire was discovered in one of the bed rooms of the cottage on j South Railroad Street which is occupied bv Mrs. S. VV. Hooks. Mrs. Hooks had gone to her store and the children were at school! j so the tire had gained consider-1 able headway before it was dis covered by neighbors who gave ' the alarm and by quick response and heroic effort of the people the house was saved. About I $75.00 worth of the best cloth ing of the family was burned I together with one trunk. Rev. E. VV. Souders, pastor of Presbyterian church here, will | begin a protracted meeting at the Presbyterian church Wednes day night before the 5th Sunday j l in this month. Rex. Jan. 18. HOPEWELL-PISGAH NOTES. The cemetery at Hopewell haw been nicely and securely wired in recently. The Cash Commissary Co., A. ! (jr. Jones, manager, has nearly completed "the commissary" at Mr. J. \V\ Jones' place, and wei learn will soon open up a general grocery and country produce ? exchange. There is but little talk of cot ton to be planted for this year. However, some of our wide-awake farmers are talking and planning for some truck, such us Irish potatoes, peanuts, and the like, to take the place of cotton as a money crop. 1'isguh Sunday School had a j fine meeting last Sunday after ! noon. All pledged to strive to do more for good this year and make it a school of, and for all, the people in the community. The school voted to reorganize on the first Sunday in February at 9:30 a. m. All the community | is cordially invited to be present i and take part. Kev. J. F. Owens, of Dunn, has | been chosen as pastor of Hope-1 I well church for this year. He preaches here on each third Sun day at II o'clock and Saturday afternoon before. Mr. Owens has i a strong hold on our people and [is a great influence for good in our midst. His sermon last' Sunday was a very good one, J urging Christians to "be rooted | uud grounded in love." Mr. Walter Hand and family are getting down to business at their new home on The Heights They have been with us but a short while but already made many friends. Mr. Hand is not only a hustlingsawmill man, but one of the foremost farmers of our section as well. The improve ments on his farm deserve more thau a passing notice. He has a complete system of water works. From the deep well at the saw and gip plant he pumps water into an elevated tank, from which it is carried through pipes to his residence, stock lots and to any place desired around the ] home. His house is nicely fitted up with bathroom and sewerage ] system. On his farm instead of the old leaky tenant houses, he has built new aud better ones for his tenants, with the result that he has some of the best tenants | to be fouud in the county. He is now erecting a supply house for the benefit of his tenants. 1 The roads through his planta tion are being straightened and ? on either side a line of beautiftl i aud valuable shade and nut bearing trees are being set out? ( such as American, Spanish aud Japanese chestnuts aud pecans, and Japanese walnuts. I Jan. 18th. Olio. Russian-Japanese War. ( Tokio. Jan 12 ?The Japanese j achievi merit at Port Artnur is i more remarkable in the light of i further investigations. Theorigi- j; rial Kussian strength is now reti me'ed to have been almost 50,- ( 000 men. It is announced at the army headquarters that in addi- j tion to the piisoners already re- j ported, about 13,000 wounded i combatants will eventually be brought to Japan, lien. Nogi's j' headquarters staff at Port Ar thur are at preseut devoting their j > energies to dispatching the pris- l oners to Japan, placing the i wounded in hospitals and clear- I ing the way for a thorough in- i vestigation of the spoils of war. 1 Confused reports reach Tokio of ' the condition of the city build iugs. Berlin, Jan. 12.?The Neuste , Nachrichten to-day published a j dispatch from Mukden saying , that according to Kussian intel- < ligence the Japanese army facing j Gen. Kuropatkin's forces, has ^ been reinforced by 308 siege guns recently used in the investment of Port Arthur aud also by 32,- ! 000 infantry, making a total of 388,000 men with 1,245 guns. . Tokio, Jan. 14.?The Japanese casualities in the recent fighting 1 at New Cbwang and other places j involved in the Kussian raid are estimated at one killed and tif- 1 teen wounded, all non-commis sioned officers or privates. The 1 Kussian total losses are estimat- : ed at over 300. The Japanese report that the supplies of muni tions stored at New Chwang and Niuchiatun were not damaged. In his inaugural address last weijk Governor Glenn declared for tbedisfranchisiugamendment even at the loss of Congressmen. As to education of the negro, he said this would be given as befits his condition. He opposed a pro rata division or giving each race its own taxes, saying the mouev should be divided as needed by each race. He approved organ ized labor, but urged that it be not used to keep non-union men from work; favored a child labor law permitting no child under fourteen in factories who could not read and write, with none under twelve; favored a strict divorce law; asked for a reformatory; urged strict legisla tion against lynching; declared for no backward step in educat ing the masses nor in regard to temperance legislation. On Thursday night the people of Goldsboro presented Kx-Gov ernor Aycock with a magnificent silver loving cup. This makes the fourth present in silver that the Kx-Governor has received in the last few days. CLAYTON NOTES. Mr. 0. II. Williams baa nearly completed his handsome residence on Railroad Street. The New Year sets in very auspiciously as far as the cold weather is concerned. We are pleased to see Mr. Julian Harbour out at his store again after several weeks' illness. B. W. Hatcher, Grand lecturer A. P. & A. M., is delivering a series of lectures here this week. l'rof. J. Willis, of the Selma News, spent two or three days here tliis week in the interest of his paper. Mrs. D J. Thurston gave a de lightful At Home to a number of her friends Thursday afternoon from 3:30 to 5:00. Mr. Macon Harris is here from Aberdeen When he returns he will move his family to that place. We regret very much to lose them from our town. The regular quarterly confer ence of the M. K. Church will be held with the Clayton Methodist Church Saturday and Sunday ?ext, Rev. l)r. Moore presiding. We regret verv much to learn of the continued feeble health of Mr. I). L. Barnes, who for a long time has suffered untold agonies from some disease of the facia) j muscles. Mr. W. Edgar Ktallings haw purchased an up-to-date gasolene mgine and wood sawing outfit and is preparing to saw wood in and around town, and will in a ?ihort time go to Smithtield and ?ielma. it seems that Dame Humor has made some slight mistakes in re | ;ard to her predictions concern- j ng the expected hymeneal events n Clavton. The major part of j bhem seein to have been post poned indefinitely. On Sunday Rev. C. \V. Blanch i*d preached two strong and practical sermons to large and nterested congregations. After :he evening services baptism was idministered to one candidate. Several others vet to be baptised were not present. Our High School continues to ittract. students. The latest ar ?ivals are: Messrs. Rains, of Fine Level; Burganons. of .Jackson ville; Jones, of Johnston; and diss Bernice Jones, of near Ashe ville. The enrollment of the en tire school is now nearly 300. The Masons, Odd Fellows, K.| af P's., and Junior O. U. A. M. iiave refitted their hall, putting! down carpets, installing lamps, stoves, &c., to the amount of about $100. All the orders are in a flourishing condition here, bnd new members are com ing in almost every week. We are pained to note that Mr. J. J. Ferrell, after a long illness from which he is just recovering, was left in such weak mental con dition as to have to be taken to the State Hospital for treatment. We hope that in a short time he will recover sufficiently to return home and take charge of his busi ness. If ? A ~ 4-4- i?3 4-U~ i?ii. a. nauj ?? mic aticuucu tud Lord-Culbreth marriage at Clin ton Tuesday. The contracting parties were Mr. James Lord,1 who for a year or two was iu the employ of the Clayton Manufac turing Co. here, and now has a prominent position with thesame iirm in New YorkCity. Tbebride, Miss Mabel Culbreth, was for one session teacher of the primarv department of Clayton Hign School. She was very popular while here. Jan. 18th. Y'elir. Spoiled Her Beautv. Harriet Howard, of 209 W. B4th St., New York, at one time had her beauty spoiled with skin trouble. She writes: "I had Salt Rheum or Eczema for years, but nothing would cure it, until I used Bucklen's Arnica Salve." A quick and sure healer for cuts, burns and sores. 25c. at Hood Bros, drug store. Montreal, Canada, had a $150, 000 fire Saturday. POLENTA NEWS. Preucbing at Oakland npxt Snnda v morning by the pastor, Kpv. Mr. Souders. Sunday School at 10 u m. We welcome back to this cora niunitv our old friend. Mr. 1). T. Smith. He in to have charge of Mr. .J. 0 Ellington's store busi ness out here. We have not seen a bale of cot ton pass for Raleigh, Clayton or Smithtield for over three weeks. Evidently the farmers are de termined not to sell for present prices. They are also deter unued to cut down the acreage about oue third. A few days ago Mr. Henry Price aud Miss Langdon, daugh ter of Air. Ale. 1). Eaugdon, of Elevation township, were mar ried. The affair was kept a secret, his immediate family not knowing anything about it for several days after. During the past week Mr. B. W. Young who has been in feeble health for the past twelve months, has had two strokes of paralysis, and is nowcondued to his bed, having very little use of himself. He is very weak, aud his condition may be termed very critical. His host of friends still cling to hope that he will recover. When we least expect it, sick ness is upon us. lu a day or two after my last news notes, Mr. I'. W. Barber was taken with pneumonia and is now criti cally ill wit h that, dreaded disease. This is the tbird or fourth time he has been sick with pneumouia, aud fears are entertained as to his recovery. For the past day or two lie has been delirious and unconscious, aud his condition is precarious. All of his people nave been summoned to his bed side. His uiauy friends hope for restoration. Typo. ARCHER NEWS. We are pained to note that Mrs. S. JC Wall is iu feeble health. Mr. J as. Robertson, of Selma, spent Guuday with relatives and Friends here. We are sorry to note that Miss Florence Kitchen is sick with pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. R. Wood ard, of Micro, visited Mrs. Wood ard's parents last week. Miss Missouri Williams, of Chatham county, spent last week with the Misses Ratten. Services were conducted at Salem Primitive Raptist church Sunday by Elder J. A. T. Jones. We are glad to say that mas ter Eddie Stott who was serious ly kicked by a mule sometime ago is improving. Mr. J. W. Rarnes attended the inauguration of Governor Glenn and the Farmers Convention at Raleigh last week. Miss Daisy Martain, who has been spending the holidays with the Misses Castleberry, returned to her home at Apex last week. The next meeting of the Farm ers Mutual Protective Associa tion will be held at Archer Lodge next Thursday evening at 2 o'clock. Mr. Frank Connell, of Char lotte, moved here last week. Mr. Connell lived here several years ago and his many friends and relatives gladly welcome him back. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Newton, ol Franklin, are visiting the family of Mr. W. A. Newton this week. We are informed that Mr. New ton will move his family here in the near future. Jan. 16. S. L. W. Greatly in Demand. N othing is more in demand than a medicine which meets modern requirements for a blood and sys tem cleanser, such as Dr. King's New Eife Pills. They are just what you need to cure stomuch and liver troubles. Try them. At Hood Rros. drug store, 25c , guaranteed.
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