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VOL. 25. SMITHFIELD. X. C.. FRIDAY. JULY 27. 1906. XO. 21
LET'S STAND BY THE HOME.
We Cannot Farm With Brandy,
Wine and Cider.
We Believe in Books, Not Bottles;
School Houses, Not Brandy Stills.
Kditor Smithfield Herald,
Hear Sir:?I want space in vourj
paper to say, I am opposed to j
the adoption of the Brandy, Wine j
and Cider resolution proposed by
Mr. Abell. It would be a poorj
hunter that would call off his
dogs when they were in sight of
the game and put them on the
back track.. Thanksjto the Dem
ocratic party, Johnston county
is now in sight of the goal. Its
people are prosperous as never
before; in every line we are grad
ually moving forward. Why put
on the brakes and head her back
ward? Hoes the success of the
Democratic party demand it?
Has it come to this that the
grand old party is afraid of its
shadow? That we must put
Brandy, Wine and Cider in its
platform? Who wants it? Not
the country people, I assure you.
We have passed that milestone.
We know that we cannot farm
with brandy, wine and cider; we
cannot saw mill with brandy,
wine and cider; we know that
these things breed loafers and
drunkards; we believe that the
soil of Johnston county is too
sacred to be used for such pur
poses: we believe in books, not
bottles; school bouses not brandy
stills; churches and good homes,
not wine kegs and cider barrels.
Well, if we don't want it, who
does? Does somebody in town
want to make a scapegoat of the
country.
The Democratic party does not!
need it?never. The grand old
party that has weathered a
thousand gales can and will car
ry us to victory, if we keep her
under the white banner of tem
perance. But tag her with Bran
dy, Wine and Cider you will bur
den her down and while she may
enter port ahead she will do it in I
shame. Why did the Japanese
whip the Russians? Because the
Japs were sober and were light
ing for their homes and firesides.
Why has the Democratic party
whipped the Radicals in John
ston on every Held for the last
quarter of a century? Because
the Democratic party has stood
for the home and the protection
of the boys and girls. The Rad
icals have fought for pie and fed
eral patronage. Must we now
turn against the home, the boys
and girls and fight for Brandy,
W ine and Cider? A vote for these
resolutions will be like dropping
a pebble in the ocean and start
ing a wave upon whose crest the
party will founder, and many a
Johnston county boy float out
to a drunkard's eternity. Adopt
these resolutions and you palsy
the arm of scores and scores and
scores of your strongest men.
You turn against you the strong
est force in all nature for the
"foot that rocks the cradle rules
the world."
i nave earn euougn. i love
Johnston'county; I love the Dem
ocratic party. Each have done
enough for me to merit my eter
nal gratitude. I detest N. C.
Republicanism. What has it
ever done to merit anything bet
ter? I would hold her down for
ever. I abhor the whole liquor
traffic. What has it ever aone
for us except to blight, defame
and curse us.
Eve no fears for the party if
you will give her a strong, pure
platform to stand upon. I write
tnis in what I believe to be the
best interest of the party and all
peopleof our county. I hope Mr.
Abell will withdraw his resolu
tions, nevertheless the party's
will in convention assembled,
shall be my will. I speak before
the convention as every man
ought to do, and let his position
be known. After the convention,
while I want no office, have been
offered no office and will not ac
cept any, I will cheerfully do my
part to help elect the men we
nominateand hold;the Democrat
ic party where no Republican
may ever hope to successfully
eggusieit.
Rom H. Gowek.
Clayton, N. C., July 25, 1900.
Wants Sanders (or Sheriff.
To the Editor:
The first dav of August on
which the Democratic host of
Johnston county will assemble
in Smithfield will soon arrive.
This will be a great day for Dem
ocrats, and a bad day for Radi
cals. It has long been the cus
tom of the faithful and true to
attend our County Conventions
aud to take a lively interest in
the proceedings. Looking back
over a period of 80 years the \
Democratic party has made but
few mistakes in these great
County Conventions.
Truly the voice of the people is
the "voice of God."
It is a bright chapter in our
party's history, that as often as
the great masses of our party
have assembled themselves in
convention that but few mis
takes, if any, have been made in '
the selection of candidates for 1
the various county offices, and
it is a matter of pride not only
to the Democratic party, but
also to all the people of the coun
ty, that our officers have been 1
men of character and ability. It <
now seems probable that the ap- j
proaching Convention will be
the largest and most enthusias
tic ever assembled in the old
town of Smithfield. We country
people only ask forasquaredeal,
and as re are the big end of the
glut there is no reason why we (
should not have a voice in the
affairs of the party. In looking
over the names of aspirants to
office we of our part of the coun
ty are especially interested in the .
candidacy of Alf. Sanders, who
wants to be Sheriff, and I am 1
sure that if all the voters in the
county knew him as well as the;
writer he would probably re
ceive the nomination on the first
ballot.
I spent the first ten years of'
my early life on the farm with 1
him, and as a boy 1 remember
that he was modest, truthful and
industrious. 8inee that time I
have lived in close touch with '
him and gladly testify that his 1
daily life has exemplified these '
traits of a noble character. I; i
have seen him surrounded by j ]
the comforts of life without for-1
getting and neglecting those
who were less fortunate. 1 have
seen him under the shadow of <
adversity, "having all of his |
property swept from him by ,
surety debt," and so honest and '
upright he did the remarkable 1
thing of declining to avail him- '
self of the homestead exemptions
allowed by the laws of the laud. ,
Now, Mr. Editor,we, his friends
and neighbors, realizing that he
is qualified to transact the busi
ness of the office, and having i
voted for all the nominees of the
party for 80 years, and having
responded in all these years to
calls of the party organization
believe that, to a man we should
do what we can to secure the
nomination for him, and if nom
inated there will be no tangles or
scandal coming from his office.
In conclusion, he is honest, well
qualified and deserving and needs
the ofiice.
J. T. Coats.
Debnam Tor Register.
Mr. Editor:?It'squite a short
while before the convention, and
there are so many declaring
themselves in favor of different
candidates, it seems I'm obliged
to speak a word in behalf of my
friend and schoolmate, Loomis
Kebnarn. I've known Loomis
from boyhood and I'm positive
there's not a man in the county
that will make us a better regis
ter than he. Loomis is a man of
integrity and ability, always
looking with higher aspirations
to do greater things, and if nom
inated and elected he will fill the
office with as much honor to
himself and county as any man
that's been mentioned through
your valuable paper. Now,
brother democrats lets meet in
Smithfield the first day of Aug
ust and unanimously nominate
J Loomis. and we will always be
proud af the work done at the
present convention of 1906.
W. M. Nowei.i,
Wilders township.
SALARY RESOLUTION AND BILL SUBMITTED
FOR THE CONSIDERATION OE THE PEOPEE.
Salaries Provided for Clerk, Register of Deeds, Sheriff, and
Treasurer--School Funds Augmented Better Schools,
Better School Houses But No Special Taxes
Vote For It In The Convention.
To Thk Votkiis.?1 submit for your consideration the following
resolution and bill which, if eracttd into law. will provide fair and
reasonable salaries, will eventually save thousands of dollars to
the tax payers of the county and provide a fuud that will meet the
increasing demands of the educational needs of the people without
imposing the great burden of debt or special taxes.
In view of the fact that numerous changes, substitutes and
amendments have been suggested, I ask the friends of this meas
ure to stand firmly together and to look with distrust upon the
pfforts to sidetrack the proposition. 1 warn you now that ef
forts will be made and that in a great convention, with numer
ous schemes offered, the situation is apt to be mystifying and
will require close atteution on the part of all not to lose sight of
the original resolution.
I shall offer it word for word, letter for letter, as it is here printed
and I sincerely trust that all lovers of economy, good government
and public education will give the resolution their support.
Yours respectfully,
S. 8. HOLT.
KK80MTI0N AN1I HILL.
Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives in the General
Assembly of 1907 be and they are hereby instructed to cause the
following bill to be enacted into law:
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact.
Section 1. That the Clerk of the Superior Court and Register of
Deeds of Johnston County shall keep an itemized statement of eve
ry fie and of all compensation of any kind received by them re
spectively, by virtue of their offices, and shall on the first Mondays
in December and June respectively, render a correct statement
thereof to the Hoard of Commissioners, duly verified before some
person authorized to administer oaths.
Sec. 2. That the Sheriff of Johnston County shall, on the first
Mondays in December and June of each year render to the Hoard
of Commissioners a duly verified statement of all taxes collected
by him during the preceding six months, and;of all commissions
received by him upon such taxes, and also all commissions receiv
ed by him upon executions coming into his hands for collection
ind also for all moneys received by him from any other source
whatever, by virtue of his office, provided, that said Sheriff shall
not be required to include in such statement any fee received bv
him from services of legal processes.
Sec. R. That the Treasurer of Johnston County shall on the first
Mondays in December and June of each year, render to the Hoard
af Commissioners a duly verified statement of all moneys received
by him during the preceeding six months, as well as astatemenFTf
all moneys paid out by him during the preceding six months, also
a statement of all commissions received by him during the preced
ing six months from all sources.
Sec. 4. That the said officers mentioned in the three preceding
sections, to-wit: the Clerk of the Superior Court, the Register
Deeds, the Sheriff and the Treasurer shall be entitled to retain an
nually out of said amounts, respectively received by them the fol
lowing sums in full compensation for their services to wit- the'
Clerk of the Superior Court fifteen hundred dollars and two dollars
per day for clerk hire during the time that the Superior f'ourt of
said County is in actual session: the Register of Deeds eighteen
hundred dollars and six hundred dollars for clerk hire this com
pensation includes pay for all services rendered as Clerk to the
Hoard of County Commissioners, making out all tax lists, issuinir
marriage licenses and for all other duties pertaining to the office of
Register of Deeds of said County; the Sheriff twentv-two hundred
and fifty dollars and all fees received by him from the services of
legal processes; and the Treasurer five hundred dollars- and also
such sums as niav have been lespectively paid bv them as com
missions or premiums for the execution of their official bonds i
Sec. 5. That the said ( lerk of the Superior Court, Register of
Deeds, Sheriff and Treasurer shall on the first Mondavs in Decem
ber and June of each year pay into the treasury of the county
school fund all sums found by the Hoard of County Commissioners)
to be in excess of that amount, which shall be respectively due
them under the provision of this act as hereinbefore stated, and |
upon failure to do so shall beheld liable upon his official bond which
bond shall provide for the payment of said excess.
Sec. 0. All the moneys coming into the hands of the Treasurer
of the school fund of Johnston County by virtue of this act, shall
be held by him as a special fund to be expended by the Hoard of
education of said county under the direction of the*general school
law.
Sec. 7. The Hoard of education is hereby empowered and au
thorized to sue any officer or his bondsmen who fails or refuses to
comply with any provision of this act.
Sec. 8. Any officer herein named who fails to collect fees, com
missions, oremoluments of any kind according to law belonging to
his office shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Sec. 9. That any one named in this act failing or refusing to
make a verified and itemized statement as requested in this act
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be
fined or imprisoned or both, at the discretion of the court. J
Sec. 10. That any officer named in this act who shall wilfully
make a false statement as to the amounts received by him as re
quired bv this act, shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction
shall be punished as for any other case of perjury.
Sec. 11. All laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are here
by repealed.
Sec 12 That this act be in full force and t fleet on and after the
first Monday in June, 1907.
Another Plan Suggested.
Kditor Thk Hkiiald: Right
mucn lias been said through Thk
Hkhald, endorsing the plan sug
gested by Mr S S. Holt of put
ting the county officers on salary
and it seems to meet with favor.
Now 1 don't tnink Mr. Holt
meant for this suggestion to be
adopted without due considera
tion and investigation, but simp
ly to put the people to thinking
along this line?that they might
formulate some recommendation
of a plan that would regulate the
earnings of the different office.
aud at the same time meet the
approval of all parties interested,
without hurt or prejudice toward
any.
My idea if uot to put any office
now receiving fees on a salary,
as it would necessitate consider
ably more work in the office keep
ing records, besides putting more
work on the finance committee,
which would be an expense to
the county. The object of this
suggestion was to help the poor
children of the county education
ally. Now let us see if it would
do this. In almost every instance
where the fees are large for the
amount of work done it comes
out of the earnings of the poor
man, as most of the mortgages
recorded are given by farmers
wno are not able to make a crop
without help, and they have to
get some merchant to make the!
advance at time prices, the mort
gage given to be recorded and all
the expense of making and re-;
cordiug them, has to be paid by
the poorer class of people.
If we wish to help them we can
do so by reducing the large fees
they have to pay. I think some
of them are too high as they now
are, aud if they are left as they
now stand and the salary plan is
adopted, we do not help them at
all. but make them pav the large
fees, for the benefit of the public
school, which their financialflcon
dition prevents them from get
ting the full benefit of.
I am strongly in favor of more
and better schools but if we need
more school funds, it should be
raised by taxation, as those who s
are benefitted most wdl then pay j
most.
It is to be regretted that the j
children we seek to educate and
put on a higher educational and
financial plane, where they right
fully belong, have of necessity to
stay at home even during a part
of the present school terms and j
work to help pay off the mort
gages their parents have to make
for supplies and pay a large fee
to record.
Now if we could get a commit
tee of about twelve of our best |
fair-minded business men to |
make a thorough investigation !
of the earnings of and expenses j
of the county offices and report!
the same with their recommenda
tions to our representatives, the j
whole thing could be properly
and intelligently done with jus
tice to all. C. M. Wilson.
Canaday For Register.
To the Editor: As this is the
last time that an appeal can be
made to the voters through The
He it ALU before the Conventionjin
behalf of candidates, I want to
add a few words urging my fel
low Democrats to nominate J. l\
Canaday for Register of Deeds.
Enough has been said to con
! vince even those who do not
know Mr. Canaday of his worthi
ness and fitness for the office.
If it is the right policy to be
stow political honors on the ba
J sis of merit, then why not nomi
nate him?
If character, truthfulness, hon
esty, industry, faithfulness, affa
bility, efficiency, and a long ca
reer of service count for any
j thing, then let the Convention
! nominate him.
What charge even can an ene
my in his own or the opposite
party bring against him? Noth
! ing only he has done right. I re
spectfully submit that would be
I a charge in his favor. The peo
5 pie should say, Well done good
J and faithful servant, for this con
duct we confer upon you greater
j honors. R, T SUKMBk
1 Manner Township.
THE TOWNS HAVE DECIDED.
The Saloons Have Been Voted
Out to Stay.
Does the Country man want a -'Tap"
Near His Home?
Mr. lOditor:?In .your last
week's issue there was a com
niUDication which called on some
"good; man" to offer at the
Democratic convention to be
held on August 1st, a resolution
demanding a vote on May 1,
1!>07, ou the question of wheth
er liquor should be sold in this
good old couuty; and if so,
whether in saloons or dispen
saries. It seetns that the writer
does not understand that the
matter is settled so far as the
towns are concerned. Only last
summer Smithtield, Selma, I'ine
Level, Clayton, Kenly, Four
Oaks and Hensou settled the
matter by decisive votes. That
only leaves Princeton, and to
her honor she long ago voted it
Out. 80 it looks as if it is set
tled so far as the towns are con
certed.
Does the county want "Taps"
Opened any and everywhere? Is
there a "good man" in this good
old county who wants a "Tap"
near his home. \\ ill he let one
bs ou his land? Does any "good
woman" iu the county want a
"Tap" near her home? I do not
believe it.
Then country "Taps" are just
simply little hells. No one is safe
near them; property near them
depreciates in value. Good ten
ants will move from the "good
man" land on which it is, and on
roads which lead to it. A man
under the influence of whiskey
has no respect for either man,
woman or child and will use pro
fane and obscene language be
fore them without rgard to their
feelings. 'Tis useless to talk of
the evil they do?that every one
knows.
All the restrictions that have
been thrown around whiskey
have been caused by the whiskey
dealer and the whiskey drinker.
They are to blame for it and no
others.
I remember some few years ago
after passing a church one Sun
day where there was preachiug,
in going two miles 1 met going
to that church some men going
from a country "Tap". Things
in that part of this grand old
county got so bad from that
"Tap" that the country people
asked the legislature to abolish
"Taps" and it was done.
The towns do not want sa
loons or dispensaries and if the
country does not want "Taps"
will it try to force saloons or
dispensaries on the towns?
All the towns in the country
voting liquor out have improv
ed greatly since liquor left. 'Tie
true that liquor is shipped in,
but, there is not as much drunk
enness as before. Instead of
making the law we have a mock
ery, let us enforce it. The man
who does prohibition most
harm is the "good man" who is
eternally saying prohibition is a
failure and who sends off or goes
off aud gets whiskey and gives or
sells it to his friends.
Now, it is up to the country
man to say whether he will have
a "Tap" near his house or not.
Kelma, N. C. R. J. Nom.E.
For Register of Deeds.
I want to endorse all that has
been said in regard to the nomi
nation of Mr. J P. Canaday for
Register of Deeds 1 think he is
the right man for the office. He
is a good pensman, kind aud
| courteous to all, a good debator
who can explain the issues and if
nominated will add strength to
the Democratic ticket and per
form the duties of the office faith
fully and impartially. He is a
man who has battled with the
problems of life and has succeed
ed in whatever he has undertak
en. I have known Mr. Canaday
several years and have always
found him the same straightfor
ward candid and honest gentle
men. So let us nominate .las. P.
Cauaday on August 1st and we
will not regret it.
N. R. Pike.
Reulah township.