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VOL. 25. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. JULY 20. 100<i. NO. 20
Changing the Temperance Laws.
All who read Mr. \V. F. Her
ald's article in last week's Hek
alu know that there will be an
effort made to change our tem
perance laws. They certainly
can be changed if a majority of
the people favor it. He speaks
of there being a muddle as to the
meaning of the temperance laws.
In this he is certainly mistaken.
The laws are very plain and
there can be no misunderstand
ing about them. They allow
nothing sold that will mate a
man drunk. A temperance law
which does not do as much as
this is considered incomplete. It
is like a waterbucket with a hole
in the bottom or a dam across a
stream with a leak in it or a
fence with low panels or a
pair of bars with some of the
bars let down.
Are the people of Johnston
county in favor of temperance?
Do they want to do away with
prohibition? These are import
ant questions. In January,
February and March of last
year there was much said and
done for prohibition. A majori
ty of the voters of the county
asked for it through petitions.
Did they mean what they said?
The dispensary towns with one
exception asked for a bill to al
low a vote for prohibition. It
was granted, and they showed
their good faith by voting for it.
The town people have shown by
both petition and vote that they
are for prohibition. If the coun
A. 1._ i i.i *. 1:
uy people ueciue cue.y vvttut n
quor it can be had for their num
bers are such that they can vote
in anything they want. Our
towns are growing but their
population is small as compared
with that of the country. How
ever, if the country people de
termine to have liquor, it does
seem they should arrange for it.
They should not try to force it
back into the towns where it is
not wanted. If distilleries and
saloons are placed at cross roads
and beside school houses and j
churches it would not take long j
for some people who believe in |
liquor to get convinced. Ou&rl-j
ing, fussing, fighting, cutting, |
shooting and killing would do
what seems impossible for argu
ment to do. Where drinking is
going on drunkenness and other
evils may be expected.
The movement to change our
temperance laws is to say the
least of it a step backward. It
is going back down tne hill, at
least part of the way. So many
people have said to us, "if you
are going to have prohibition
have it. See that the temper
ance laws are carried out."
Others say that the wine and
cider drinking is nearly as bad
in summer as the drinking in sa
loons in fall and winter.
When I was a small boy at a
place near Smithfield I saw some
hard cider for the first time. A
man came there with his two
boys and bought a bowl full of
it and they drank it. It made
one ot tne ooysarunu. inemani
who sold it was a great believer I
in cider and wine. He drank
tt and gave to his children
and sold to his neighbors. As a
result of it one of hie boys be
came a confirmed drunkard and
killed himself drinking. There
is many a drunk in a barrel of
cider or a keg of wine. If our
laws are changed the "blind
tiger" men will run their liquor
through the cider barrels and
set! it, and the blockade distiller
ies will also furnish liquor to be
mixed with cider and sold as ci
der.
We had hoped that people
would be satisfied to let the tem
perance laws remain as they are
and give them a fair trial. If
this was done in less than five
years it would be generally ac
knowledged that the best thing
ever done for Johnston county
was the passage of the temper
ance laws. However the matter
is with the people and it remains
to be seen what they will do
about it.
J. M. Bkaty.
It will pay you to go to Lassi
ter's store for bargains in slip
pers.
"Let us Declare Against It."
To the lovers of Sobriety:? Why
begin now to undo one of the
greatest steps that has ever been
taken in our beloved old county
of Johnston?
One of the beet steps that could
have been taken towards placing
it on a solid foundation both
morally and financially.
Why try to be on the side of
temperance and eerve on the
other side also? You cannot serve
two masters, you will love one;
and hate the other. Which one
do you love? Which one are
you going to serve in our County
Convention?
In our last issue of The Hekald
we saw a man trying to ad vocaie
temperance, though he wanted
to mix it with a little wine and
cider.
1 want to ask him and all other
sane thinking men of this belov
ed county of ours what and who
makes the drunkards. Was it
corn and rye whiskey that ruin
ed him? Did the man who sold ,
it in one or five gallon lots do it?
No the answer comes in thunder
ing tones, "No," it was that lit
tle sip of almost sweet cider or i
wine that his father or some
special friend enticed himjto take
(as it was no harm to arink it
because it would hardly make
you drunk without you went
crazv and drank almost a gal
lon) that led that young and
promising man to take some
thing stronger and stronger and
strongest until he filled a drunk
ards grave. I
Get the history of any drunk- ,
ard you wish to and see if he was ,
not first led astray by moderate |
drinking of moderate drinnsj If i
this be true and nine cases out ,
of every ten is, then there is not ,
but one conclusion of the man |
that advocates this plan of ruin- |
iug the promising youths of this .
grand old America of ours, and |
that is that this man is advocat- <
ing something to gratify his own >
lust. (
Praise (iou we have had a few |
men with backbone enough to j
stand up and light this monster i
evil until we have taken many |
steps forward and let us keep t
fighting until we reach the top i
and for (iod's sake and the sake |
of Johnston's boys don't stop f
then, keep fighting and stay on |
the top.
I want to say to all the Demo- j
crats of our county that it is t
time we line up as a whole (not ,
be divided on such an important i
question) and pull together to (
stamp out the balance of this i
evil instead of undertaking to 1
compromise with it and thus ruin i
the good that we have already j
done. 11
We are strong enough and the ?
cause is worth the prize for us to i
stand in onejsolid phalanx and
not be bluffed by the enemy. j
You may talk about salary ]
plans and every other plan you |
can think of but if you will hold
to the great temperance plan
and not begin to compromise |
with a little cider, wine, weak j
whiskev and etc.. von will seethe .
best things done for .Johnston
county that has ever been done
yet.
(?ur people will be able to pav (
the present fees and lay maDy
dollars back in the home that
they could not* otherwise lay
back. 'II
You take the man that makes ; ]
his money off of turning his ap- (
pies and grapes into cider and (
wine, see if he is a fair type of |
wealth, not many times, is he? (|
Then why not feed more hogs, |
store away more fruit for the
winter and treat your neighbors |
with apples and grapes instead ,
of treating them with something |
that will ruin and damn their |
souls for ever. Are you your i
brothers keeper to any degree? ]
Now brother Democrat, after
looking at these facts as they
are, let us stand firmly together
for better government, more
money and an easier county to
live in. !
Yours for better things,
D. B. Sassek.
Kenly, July IS, 1900.
11. M. No well was iu town today.
George Jones visited Henry
j Holt and family Sunday.
Salaries Versus Fees.
One of the must significant
things about the campaign for
nomination now going on in
Wake county is that nearly all
candidates for the Legislature
have expressed themselvesfavor
ing the salary system instead of
tne present fee system. When it
was first suggested, early in the
campaign, there was a violent
spirit of opposition upon the
part of the friends of some of the
candidates. It looked at oue
time that it would be a com
manding issue in the campaign,
but, as soon as the candidates
felt the pulse of the people, they
found that the sentiment was so
overwhelmingly in favor of a sal
ary system, that they hastened
to declare their belief in the sala
ry principle. It is the only
sound principle and is sure to
come in all the big counties like
Wake. The Wilmington Mes
senger, writing on this subject,
truly says:
"The fee system for county of
licers goes out of existence in
liuilford county with the close of
the present fiscal year. Begin
ning with December 1st next all
the officers of that county will
be paid by salary and the fees
will be turned into the county
treasury. We wish we could say
the same thing as to every couu-;
tv in the Ntate. The salary sys-1
tem we think far preferable to
i X I ~1 1J I-. - I
uuai ui irfP. mru HIIUUIU Uf
paid so much for the perform
ance of the duties of their office
and if they do not perform them
honestly and faithfully they
should be turned out and oth- j
ers put in their places. There
should be no reward for faith
fulness or over zealousness of
performance of duty. The fee i
system as a manner of recom
pense for the execution of the
luties of office is all wrong;. The
State should establish the salary
system. ()f course it would have
to be graduated and we admit;
at first there would be some
trouble in establishing a basis;
aut the system is the right one
and if adopted would in a short j
while be found to work well. Ls
aecially pernicious is our fee
system in the magisterial de
partment. We should have no
udicial officers whose official
perquisites or means of making
a living depend on the amount j
of costs they can squeeze out of
the litigants or defendants un
der the criminal law who volun
tarily come or are brought into
their courts. This system in the ,
manner in which it is conducted
in some of the counties of the [
State is a travesty on justice1
and a blot on our judicial sys
tem.
This charge in Guilford county
is under an act of the Legislature
known as the Gordon law, being
a bill passed bv the last Legisla
ture which was introduced by
Representative Gordon, of Guil
ford county. It is a significant
fact that the Democrats of that
county are so pleased with his
record as a member of the last
Legislature that they have re
nominated him to represent the
county in the next."
Among the important ques
tions before the coming General
Assembly will be the matter of
regulating the justice of the
peace or magistrates courts and
decreasing the cost of crimiual
courts. In some places the in
ferior courts are atterlv incapa
ble or unwortny. There is need
that the highest wisdom of the
Legislators be exercised to im
prove the system. As to most
officials, the beginning of re
forms is to abolish the fee sys
tem. and this applies to solici
tors as well as to county officers
and others.?News and Observer.
Twenty Year Battle.
"I was a loser in a twenty
year battle with chronic piles
and malignant sores, until I tried
Bucklen's Arnica Salve; which
turned the tide, by curing l?oth *
till not a trace remains," writes1
A. M. Bruce, of Farmville, Va.
Best for old Ulcers, Cuts. Burns
and Wounds. 23c at Hood Bros
druggist.
Robbed and Killed Within Sight of City.
Last Saturday morning our
people learned with horror that
Lou Jones had been murdered
during the nighton the Highland
bridge beyond the river. An early
passer-bv found him, cold and
stiff in death, with a bullet hole
through his head, the ball enter
ing just behind the right ear and
emerging at a point in front of
the left ear
There were no indications of
suicide. No pistol could befouud.
In his pockets were found his
watch, some jewelry, four or five
dollars in chauge, and a flask
containing whiskey. There were
no signs of any scuffle The assas
sin had held the pistol close to
Jones' head and a soul had been
hurled into eternity in the twink
ling of the eye.
.Mr. Jones was thirty years old
and was the oldest son of Mr. B.
R. Jones, who lives four miles
from Smithfield. He was dissi
pated but was a very quiet and
inoffensive citizen. He was in
Smithfield during the previous
day and was seen to leave town
that night about 9:30 o'clock.
Three pistol shots across the
river were heard by several per
sons at ten o'clock. < )ue of these
shots in all probability caused
his death.
The motive of the murderer
was undoubtedly robbery, Jones
was known to have had $350 or
$400 on his person Friday. This
money cannot now be accounted
for. No other motive can be as
signed. He was not known to
have an enemy.
The Coroner promptly empan
etled a jury Saturday morning
and proceeded to investigate the
affair. This in vestigation continu
ed throughout that day and Mon
day and was then postponed un
til tomorrow. it has been kept
secret and the affair, to the gen
eral public, is a mystery.
Various and unconfirmed rum
ors concerning the terrible affair
have been industriously circulat
ed but, until the authorities see
fit to publish the result of their
careful investigations, all is sur
mise.
The remains of Mr. Jones were
buried at his fathers' residence
Sunday afternoon.
Folk Says "Advertise."
Jefferson City, Mo., July 18.?
Gov. Joseph \V. Folk, in address
ing the retail merchants of Mis
souri at their convention here
yesterday, spoke against the
mailorder business, and favored
advertising in the town papers.
He said, in part:
"No merchant can succeed
without advertising in one way
or another. Patronize your
town papers, build them up, and
they will build the town up, and
build up increased trade and
greater opportunities Do not
be afraid that business is going
to be hurt by the recent expos
ures of wrong doing in the com-,
mercial world. No man who is
doing an honest business can be
injured by the light. All busi
ness will be better for the clean
ing process it is going through
and for the stamping out of
evil."
Endorsing Canaday.
Mr. Editor:?Please allow me
space in your valuable paper to
say a few words in favor of our
very worthy candidate for Regis
ter of Deeds. Mr. James P. Cana
day. I know he is worthy
of the office and in every respect
competent to fill the place.
I know him to be one of our
best men, and highly esteemed
by all who know him. He is a
successful farmer and a great ad
vocator of higher education and
morality.
I earnestly ask all my friends
to meet at the convention on the
first day of August and nominate
Mr. Canaday and make him our
candidate, and I am sure none
will regret it as he would make us
a Register of whom we all would
| be proud.
Very respectfully,
Jno. M. Lawhon.
For Register of Deeds.
To the Editor:?! see a Lumber
of our friends spoken of through
the columns of The Hkkalu as
candidates for the office of Regis
ter of Heeds aud as I am person
ally acquainted with all of them
I can but feel proud of such
characters of Johnston county
birth, but the acquaintance L
have had with J. 1'. Canaday
from his youth, as playmate and
classmate, and kuowing as 1 do,
his qualities as Christian, Tem
perance and Educational worker,
aud his loyaltv to the Democrat
ic party, and the great work
that he has done not only for the
upbuilding of Democracy, but he
has faithfully discharged every
duty that bis hands or brain has
found to do aud has had such
small enumerations for his ser
vices, and as we all know Jim's
power as an orator and know
bow much he is going to be need
ed in the coming campaign, I)
think we should hftld up our
hands in the county convention
and nominate Jim with a shout.
In fact I do not know oi any
thing, (Beauty excepted) that
would better qualify a man for
the office of Register of Deeds
than what J. P. Canaday pos
sesses.
Now I can only say to the citi-1
zens of Johnston county give us
?I. P. Canaday for Register ofj
Deeds and It. M. Nowell, "Old
boy" for Sheriff, and we will pull
through without a bitch.
Brit ton Smith.
Beulah township.
Sanders for Sheriff.
Mr. Editor:?if .vou will allow
rue apace iu your valuable paper
I wish to impress upon the Dern
ocratie party of Johnston coun
ty, that the true and steady pull
er keeps us riding. Now I wish
to mention the name of Mr. A
M. Sanders for Sheriff. A man
who has beeu pulling; and being;
trained for the business of thisi
office for four long years under
the old war horse.
\Ir. Sanders is a man always
to nty place and prompt ami art
ive ih his business. We feel that
there would be no mistake made
in all (fathering togetheron Aug
ust 1st and nominating Mr.
Sanders for Sheriff.
Now while 1 suggest Mr. San
ders for Sheriff, I will give the
important part of our program
from Pleasant Drove for August
1st.
Mr. A. M. Sanders for Sheriff;
Mr. Sam T. Honeycutt for Keg-j
ister of Deeds; Mr. W. A. Edger
ton for the Legislature.
Willie H. Ttephknhon.
For the Legislature.
Mr. Editor:?It seems to me
that this is the time for us to be i
careful and send only good clean
and conservative men to the
Legislature.
m i ? - - ^ - *
j uere are a grear many useless
ami unwise laws and aught
to be repealed while others need
amending. There will be a great
many questions before the next j
Legislature calling for wisdom
and experience therefore as I
have said we aught to nominate
only good men. I suggest that
we nominate for the House of
Representatives that good man,
.losephus Johnson from Hleva
tion. He has represented us once
and all men who know his record
approve the same. Mr. Johnson
is one of Elevations best and most
successful farmers. He knows
what the farmers need in the way
of laws. I need not say that hie
has all his life been a strong
Democrat for every body knows
of the services he has rendered
the party. Nominate him and
we will be well represented.
R. U. Barhkr.
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They prevent Appendicitis and
tone up the system. 23c at Kood
Bros, drug store.
Endorsed by a Candidate.
Mr. K. S. Holt.
Smithtield, N. C.
Hear Sir:
Having watched with care the
many endorsements regarding
your salary proposition, aud es
pecially the article published in
run Hkkai.d last week written
i by Mr. J. F. bee. of Henson, I
wish to say that I fully endorse
what he has to say on that line.
As a candidate who hopes to see
his name on the ticket aud one
; whose feelings aud sympathies
are with and for the people, I
think there is needed reform.
I do not say this for campaign
purposes but in sincerity ^nd
| truth with a view to the success of
the party now as well as hereafter.
Let the officers be paid a reason
| able salary according to the ser
1 vices and responsibilities con
nected with the office and if it
pays more let it go to educate
our boys and girls, for education
is the "urging need to improve
our state's citizenship.
N. T. ltyals.
I Henson, N. C.
Earth Shook all Night.
Santa Fe, N. M.. July IS.?Two
more earthquake shocks occurr
ed at Socorro this morning. The
shocks were felt distinctly as far
South as El Paso, Tex., where,
yesterday, a street car was
thrown from the tracks by a
shock. Refugees from Socorro
and other towns in the Rio
(irande valley are daily comiug
to Sauta Fe and Albuquerque.
All night long one tremor after
another passed over the lower
Rio (irande valley, keeping the
people at the highest tension.
But few have slept in houses for
the past few nights. Observers
reported thin spirals of smoke in
the lava fields in the direction of
Alamo Uorda, probably from
hot springs or other volcanic
manifestations. A drenching rain
passed over the valley during
the night, adding to the discom
fort of campers.
North Carolina Taking Lead.
That more money is being tak
en to the South for investment
in factories thau to the New
England States is shown in the
startling comparsiou just made
by the Department of Commerce
and Labor, which states that
four times as much capital was
invested in the Southern States
since 11)00 than in New England.
In North Carolina, where $68,
000,000 was invested in 1000,
there is now engaged in manu
facturing industries over the
State the sum of $101,000,000,
showing an increase of 106 per
cent. The total amount of wages
paid out was increased $7,000,
000, and where the cost of ma
terials used in 1000 was $44,000,
000, last year it amounted to
$80,000,000. Some figures are
given of Connecticutt, and show
that her increase in capital in
vested is only 21 per cent. New
Hampshire shows only an 18 per
cent, increase. Alabama, on the
other hand, shows her capital to
have increased in the live years
by 75 per cent. Virginia is be
low her sister Southern States
with an increase of only (?0 per
cent. South Carolina shows an
increase of 80 per cent. These
figures are significant in showing
that the trend of capital is work
ing its way South and at a rate
which indicates that in a few
years the Southern States will
rank with New England in manu
factures. Factories for common
goods rank first in the South,
with tobacco Becond; lumber
and timber products third, with
flower and grist mill products
fourth.?Charlotte Observer.
For Surveyor.
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for Surveyor subject
to the action of Democratic
County Convention. If nomi
nated I shall, as in the past,
serve all who need my services
promptly. Thanking the people
for all past favors, I am yours
.for Democratic success,
T. R. Fulohl'.M.