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j?br JsmitljfieliJ JleMb. price ore dollar per tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." sirgle copies rivs certs. VOL. 24. SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 21. 1905. NO. 7 VOTE FOB 60D AND HOME. The Dispensary Fight Discussed Objections Presented and An swered?What Smlthfleld Once Was. The following article on this important question was prepared by one of Smithlield's leading citizens who has been a resident of the town many years: The voters of Smithfield will soon vote on the question of Whiskey or No Whiskey, and doubtless, every one wants to vote, or at least, ought to want to vote, for the beet interests of the people; and quite a number of them express their views by certain declarations which run in harmony with their patriotism. 1st. One declares that if you drive liquor out of town you will ruin it, that the country people will quit trading here. 2nd. Another says the country people are entitled to their share of the whiskey profits. 3rd. Another says that we need the money to build a Town Hall and Market House and to run the school, etc. 4th. Still another says that if you close the liquor shop there will be more liquor drunk in the town than ever and that there will be more drunkenness. ' 5th. And yet another says that "blind tigers" will spring up everywhere and flourish with out let or hindrance. These are very grave declare tions and certainly cannot be made by any man without some reasonable grounds for the same. The first three are rather nega tive in their character, while the last two positively assert that some one will, with a high hand, violate the criminal law of the ? laud. And tllM "ffrUtrwho so as serts must certainly know who the guilty party will be. Let bim name the man who will do it. 5th. Blind tigers, indeed! Why this threat? The day once was when men could perhaps snap their fingers in the face of the law and go unpunished, but the sun of that day is fast set ting. Away back yonder in other days when our people emerged from a bloody war, ut terly demoralised, God winked at much of their sinful revelry; but now in this day of enlighten ment and intelligence He will hold them to a strict account. 4th. "Close the liquor shops and there will be more drunken ness," says another. He who says this accuses his people of beiug depraved debauches who revel in crime for crime's sake. Why? Go to the books of the Dispensary and see if on some days it does not take in as much as $400, and then say when it becomes a crime to sell liquor at all, there will be more sold than now? drd. "We need ttie money to build a market house, &c.," says another. I atn informed that Judge Neal at the last term of court here said there were only *?ven cases on the criminal docket but what cosld be traced to whiskey. Among the cases were men shot through the head and eyes, another through the body, anothershotatand missed, others cut and scarred by knife and club. I say here and now that money raised through such a source will prove a curse to every market house built and every school run by it. We must not put these children and the town upon such a low plane as this. The stream cannot rise higher than its source; children educated upon liquor money can never rise as high as they are entitled to go. Through such an education they are taught to appropriate and use an v means within reach to accomplish the desired end. It instills in them the lowest ideas of acquiring means to support a legitimate business. Why such funds should ever have been employed in any other way than in the support of the jails and penitentiaries of the land, which are its legitimate fruits, is a mystery to me, unless it be a cunningly devised scheme of the Devil, himself, for the purpose of compromising the consciences of men. Outside of the wrong perpetrated on the country people by taking their money and giving them nothing in return but a flery curse, it will doom our children who are edu cated with it to eternal ruin. "1 will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon the children," saith the Lord. Voter, for the sake of the children, don't. 2nd. "The country people are entitled to their part," says another. The country people are not fools, neither are they a set of depraved idiots and drunken fools. Most of them are heart and soul with the men who want to get the Dispensary out of Smithfield, so that every weak brother who comes to town will uotbe ensnared by the temptation to debauch himself aud have other people claiming his hard earnings as theirs and then try to compromise the matter with conscience by saying we will give the country people a part of what they spend with us to de bauch themselves. The men who vote to drive whiskey out say by their vote that the country peo ple are entitled to the whole of their money to spend judiciously for the BENEFIT OF THEMSELVES, , THEIR WIVES AND THEIR LITTLE [ ONES. 1st. "'If you drive liquor out of the town, you ruin it," says another. I am reliably informed the following are the facts about the liquor traffic in Smithfield and my information is so abun dant and upon such good auth ority that 1 challenge a truthful denial of the same. A.bout 30 or 35 years ago there were in Smithfield a citizeu ! ship of some 300 or 400; that there were nearly two dozen bar rooms; the town was grown up in weeds and grass; it had a negro mayor, a negro police, a negro town cleric, and a majority of the aldermen were negroes. The condition of affairs that then existed was more like the wild savage than civilization; it I was almost dangerous to walk the streets in the daytime, and at night the air wasladened with the profane yell and the vulgar hallooing of the drunken de bauchee, followed by the sharp crack of the revolver, and that too oftentimes participated in by an officer of the town. Bridges were torn up, fences were torn dowu, goods-boxes placed across the side walks, signs taken off or defaced, and all manner of devil try perpetrated that is beyond the conception of a sober inind; | the biggest stock of goods was whiskey, and our people had to do much of their trading at Hal-? eigh, Goldsboro, and other places; aud as liquor was driven I out of the town step by step, the town has grown better and bet-, ter, broader and broader, larger and larger until we have arrived at our present status?a splendid town, inhabited by one of the best peoples to be found any where, where you can buy any-1 thing you want from a cambricj needle up; aud all we lack of be- j ing one of the best and grandest towns in North Carolina is to take the last step and drive the last vestige of liquor from our, borders. With these facts before I you, who can say that driving liquor out of town will ruin it? The very experience of the town j refutes the saying. Mighty (Jod! condescend to bind thy power to j the help of those who love Thee and love all the people! Voter, let me in tenderest love, j call your attention to auother side of this question?a question { that has never been asked, j What has Suiithtield lost by | reason of liquor and what will { she lose if liquor remains? Oh! for the sake of the living that the names of the dead who till un timely graves might be called so as to show what the nation, the state, the county, and the town of Smithtield has lost by reason of whiskey. It sickens the heart to think of the brilliant stars of noble profession who would have been of untold value and great blessing to State and Nation! Peace, peace to their ashes! May fond memories cau?>a the living to think ere they vote for the ac cursed stuff to remain as a temp tation and a menace to the rising youth among whom aie some of the most brilliant children I ever saw. Father, Brother, Uncle, Voter, Friend! With the above facte before you, will you not be voting against the best interests of Smithtield and humanity to vote for liquor? f^et me beg you to be patrotic and vote to save the children?for the children of to-day are the nation of to-mor row. Let no man vote for liquor under fear that if it is voted out he will lose trade. Let him re member that God is in this mat ter and this is God's declaration: "He that fiudeth his life shall lose it, and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." Matt. 10:4!). 1 would also call his attention to the fate of Lot who was a financier of old, who because of its fertility chose the rich plains of Sodom and Gomorrah and carried his family and flocks into the midst of that depraved and debauched people for the sake of gain. UFl i. at it i i it iium au euu. > oner, reau me whole story and ponder well the fruits. Bitter, bitter calamity, loss of all?family and goods. And the results are the same whether you go into evil company or let it remain about you. Think! Think! You say some will have their liquor? I say some men will steal, but this does not justify me in becoming a partner in crime by aiding in the stealing. Ho also because some men will drink liquor and debauch them selves it is the poorest kind of sophistry to advocate the liquor traffic, but is an unanswerable reason why we should abolish it. Again, some say that the dis pensary is the best plan yet devised to control the liquor traffic. If this be true, then it is high time that the whole thing was wiped from the face of the earth, for it is a miserable failure. Behold the men who reel and stagger, and curse and waste their little substance daily at the Dispensary counter. See that poor drunken fellow a few Saturday nights ago starting home in the rain and undressing and going to bed in the middle of the street in front of the Ban ner warehouse, thinking he was at home. And then tell me if that is controlling the stuff! Many a poor fellow has filled a drunkard's grave who declared in his younger years he could control the liquid fire. Many a good woman has gone to her grave in sorrow because she thought through love's strong cords she could save the object of her heart's love. Coutrol liquor? Never! Total annihilation is the I only remedy For the love of j humanity let's banish it from our presence and free the youth of the laud from its baneful influence. Voter, for one time in your life, vote for God and j Home. Brady-flower. | Wednesday morning at eleven o'clock at the home of the bride's father, Mr. Simeon Gower, Mr. J. H. Brady, of Boon Hill, and Miss Gertrude Gower were united in marriage, Klder J. T. Coats, performing the ceremony. The following were the attend ants: Krnest Gower and Miss Theatres Brady, Henry Brady and Miss Lillie Britt, Rogers Langley and Miss Zilphia Brady, S. R. Brady and Miss Letha Britt. An elegant dinner was served at the home of the bride. In the afternoon the party went to Smithfield where a sumptuous supper was served at the home of Air. J. T. Gurley. They will make their home in | Boon Hill. X. Y. Frightful Suttenng Relieved. Suffering frightfully from the virulent poisons of undigested food, C. G. Grayson, of Hula, Miss., took Dr. King's New Rife Dills, "with the result," he writes, "that 1 was cured." All stomach and bowel disorders give war ?.o their tonic, laxative properties. 25c at Hood Bros, drug store, guaranteed. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. The number of prisoners cap tured by the Jape at PortArthur was 41,600. The mayor and chief of police of an Alabama town have been arrested for assassinating a ne gro. At the Democratic primary election in Charlotte Tuesday S. S. iMcNinch was chosen for Mayor. Nan Patterson was Tuesday i put on trial for her life in New York. No women spectators will be allowed in court. Knormous damage has been done bv the cold around Norfolk, st rawberries, beans and peas hav ing been totally destroyed. Word was received Tuesday from President Roosevelt's camp in Colorado that he has killed a bear and a bob cat, and is hav ing a "bully" time. A 4- T?An4/\M XT T V?IL at ncuiuu, in. u., tut; nuriu ern Securities Company has filed with the Secretary of State ar ticles providing for the reduction of its capital stock from $395, 400,000 to $3,954,000. This is un watering the stock, so to speak. At Philadelphia Tuesday be cause his lover, Bessie Helen Da vis, was going to leave a theatri cal company of which both were members, Edward Smedes shot and mortally wounded her and i then shot but did not seriously 1 injure himself. A cablegram from Fort de France, Island of Martinique, says Mont Pelee is again active. It is belching molten metal, flashes of light are seen issuing from the crater, and rumblings are heard undeground in the vi | cinity of the mountain. At the meeting of the American Anti-Tuberculosis League in At lauta this week Dr. C. P. Ambler, | of North Carolina, read the paper of the day. He claims that con sumption can b*> Fuccessfull.y combatted and that its spread is due to the neglect of the patient i and ignorance of the physician. Andrew Carnegie has offered $4,000 a year for three years to maintain in Atlanta a library training school for Southern women. He has made the prom ise that if the school shall prove a success the donation will be made permanent and will be in creased as the needs of the school may demand. Cotton planting is much delay ed in Mississippi and Louisiana, and is later than usual in Texas aud the Carolinas. Better prog ress with this work has been made in Alabama and Georgia aud in the southern portions of these States Is nearing com pletion. Fair to good stands of the early planted are reported from Alabama. Georgia, and Florida. In Texas the early planted Is reported as promising. Begins to Serve Sentence. Goldsboro, N. C., April 18th.? [ H. J. Mattox, a white man who | formerly conducted a negro pool room in thin city and who was convicted of selling liquor and sentenced to four months on the county roads, vfas locked up in jail to-day and began to serve his sentence. He was sentenced by .1 udge Ferguson and took an appeal, but Mattox gave bond in the sum of $.">00. When he re turned at this term of court Judge Moore simply issued an order that the sentence be car ried into effect. His counsel did j all in their power to save Mat tox, and an effort may be made yet to have the governor com mute the sentence. A Daredevil Ride often ends in a sad accident. To heal accidental injuries, use Bucklen's Arnica Salve. "A deep wound in ray foot, from an acci dent," writes Theodore Schuele, of Columbus, O., "caused me great pain. Physicians were helpless, but Hucklen's Arnica j Salve quickly healed it." Soothes and heals burns like magic. 25c at Hood Bros., druggists. It costs you nothing to eat| Cakes Monday and Tuesday at Acme Gro. Co. TRUCK DAMAGED BY FROST. Estimated That Damage to Berries Will be From 10 to 20 Per Cent. Peas and Potatoes Badly Damaged. As was feared, the cold weather on Tuesday night played havoc 1 with the truck crops, the temper ature at many points being low er than what it was on the pre vious night. At Wilmington the reading was +0, 4 1-2 degrees higher than Monday night, but I there was frost on Tuesday night and this was what did the dam age. The cold weather of Tues day night did not extend as far south as the previous night. At Weldon yesterday morning the temperature was 29, at Lum berton 81, (Joldsboro .'12, and New Hern 32. The vicinity im mediately around Wilmington suffered considerably less than the truck growing section far ! ther to the north and west. Heans and cucumbers in this sec tion were badly damaged and potatoes were considerably dam aged. Telegraphic reports yesterday to the Carolina Fruit and Truck Growers' Journal showed that the damage had been general throughout the trucking belt. It is estimated that strawberries were injured from 10 to 20 per cent. The old plants sustained but little damage, but the young plants were badly injured. In J most instances the foliage was so wellgrowu as to offer ample pro tection to all but the few expos ed blooms. The damage to Irish potatoes is estimated at from 05 to 40 per cent, and beans, peas, etc., 50 to 00 per cent. Lettuce was well protected and escaped practically unhurt. Replanting of beans, s peas, potatoes, etc., will begin at once. Although the~berries have been injured by the cold, still it is es timated that the crop will be ten or fifteen per cent, larger than last year.?Wilmington Messen ger. TOGO MAY NOT RISK BIG BATTLE. Baron Hayashl Thinks That he Will Employ His Torpedo Boats and Destroyers to Harrass the Russians. 1 London, April 18th.?Haron M. Havashi, the Japanese minis-' ter to Great Britain, expressed the opiuion to the Associated Press to-dav that Admiral Togo would not give the battle to Ad miral Rojestvensky with his en tire squadron, but would con tinue cautious tactics, which, characterised his attacks on the Port Arthur squadron, not be cause he feared deleat, but-owing, to his desire to inflict the great est amount of damage on the1 Russians with the least loss to himself. While confident of hie ability to acquire the total de struction of the Russian squadron in a big battle, there is danger of Togo losing one or two of hie big ships. Therefore Baron Hayashi believes Togo will employ hie torpedo boat destroyers whict) number more than a hundred and are vastly superior to the Russian torpedo boats flotilla in harrassing the Russians, while gradually picking off the Russian warships. lie said the coasts of Japan, Korea, and Formosa lend themselves to night work with torpedo boats while the narrow channels will make the maneouv ering of large warships difficult and dangerous. Last Hope Vanished. When leading physicians said that W. M. Smithart, of Pekin, la., had incurable consumption, his last hope vanished; but Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption, Coughs and Colds, kept him out of the grave. He says: "This great specific com pletely cured me, and saved my life. Since then, I have used it for over ten years, and consider it a marvelous throat and lung cure." Strictlv scientific cure for Coughs. Sore Throats or coldt; sure preventive of Pneumonic. Guaranteed, .r?0c and #1.00 tutt - ! ties at Hood Bros., drug store [Trial bottle free. STATE NEWS ITEMS. Frank Voting, colored, was killed by a train between Salis bury and Spencer Sunday after noon. At Fdenton Saturday John Kolack, was killed by Kobt. Warren. Both colored. They quarreled about wrestling. War ren is in jail. Amos Munn was shot and kill ed Thursday night by Alexander and Gibson I)ixon during a drunken row at Parkton, in up per Robeson. All negroes. Friday five of the best known retail druggists of Charlotte were bound to court for violating the Watts law in tilling prescriptions for liquor written by a man wno is not a registered uhysician. The council of State has passed an order donating to each rural public school library in the State a set of the North Carolina Regi mental Histories of the Civil War. The histories will be sent out very soon. 1 4. % s--J r * -?? 1 n io icpui wju irom uoiasDoro that a number of "prominent people," ' all reputable business men," were indicted in Wayne Superior Court last week for playing poker and J udge Fred. Moore lined them $50 each. Their names were notgiven, their "prominence" keeping them out of the papers. Virgil Bodenhamer, a young white man, was in the Federal Court at Greensboro the other day for damaging a mail box on a rural free delivery route. It appeared from the evidence that the young fellow was drunk and stumbled against a neighbor's mailbox. He caught at the box to keep lrom falling and sprung the lid, slightly damaging it. He plead guilty and was fined $125. A dispatch from \V ilkesboro says that the first of last week five revenue officers started ou a raid to Reddies river and Lewis Fork section. They cut the tele phone wires leading to that sec tion to prevent news of their ap proach being sent ahead of them. As a result of the raid thirteen blockade stills were destroyed. A State wtrrant was sworn out against the officers for cutting the telephone wires. Rev. Jasper C. Massee, pastor of the Raleigh Tabernacle Bap tist church, appealed to his congregation Sunday night to declare against the dispensary, and for the people of the city to rise up in their might and sweep it out and establish prohibition in its stead. This is regarded as the first formal move for an elec tion to be held in the fall on the question of dispensary, prohibi tion or open saloons. The North Carolina crop bul tetin issued Tuesday morning states that the freezing tempera tures in western and central Carolina Monday morning in jured the fruit and all kinds of truck considerably, but the full extent of the damage cannot be estimated as yet. The report states that the winter wheat and oat crops are finest in many years, and truck conditions in the east are the finest in years if the cold and frost now prevail ing do not reach them. It is sure to give them severe setbacks. The indications are for the larg est corn crop in years. There was an interesting little fight in Wilkesboro last Friday evening when Revenue Officer Samuels attacked Robert A. Deal, editor of The Chtonicle. The Chronicle accuses the revenue officers of accepting a bribe of $30 a month to allow certain Republicans to make blockade liquor. This evening Revenue Officer G. W. Samuels met the editor of The Chronicle, R. A. Deal, on the street in Wilkesboro, and demanded of him the name of the person who gave him the information. Deal refused to comply. The lie was passed, and then Samuels proceeded to beat Deal with has fist. He hit him three or four licks, knocking him down and hurting him pretty badly. When some of his friends picked him up. Deal was bleeding at the nose and mouth uudcould hardly speak.
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