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?l)c jsmitbfwlii fUMb. price one DOLiar per tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." "single" copies "five cents, VOL. 25. SMITHFIELD. X. C.. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 2. L90(>. NO. 35. WET COTTON AND COTTON SEED. , i( Only about once in tifteeu or twenty years dothefarmershave a fall so unfavorable for saving ] crops as this so far has been but ) when such a one comes the thing to do is to find out and follow < the be6t plans. When a storm comes to damage cotton or a long wet spell such as we had re cently, instead of goiug to the 1 fields to pick and gin the cotton, farmers should keep >*11 hands out of the fields ami let several days of sunshine come on the cotton before starting to pick again. Last week and week before some farmers wtre offering al most any price to have their cot ton picked. A lot of it was picked and ginned and sold at prices ranging from seven to eight and a half cents. Some of this cotton was shipped to the mills and when opened wasfouDd j to be mildewed all through the j bales. Such management usual ly works against the farmers but it is their fault. A little sunshine j and air would have made a won derful difference in the damaged cotton. The cotton seed oil mill mana gers are writing to seed dealers and farmers not to mix their best seed with the seed from cot ton ginned now as the seed now are of a very inferior quality. Besides it is said that a load of wet and damaged seed put with others will take a heat which will spread through the wole lot like a disease. Let every farmer give special attention to his cotton and cot ton seed now. Both should be spread and aired at once if al ready housed. It is hard to pick j cotton free of trash after so j much bad weather but we should ! be careful not to leave too much trash in it. If not well handled the remainder of the crop of cot ton and seed will have to be sold much below the market for good cotton and good seed. YOU DID IT YOURSELF. The first two months of last 1 vear petitions were being cir culated nearly all over John ston County asking our Senator and Representatives to pass a prohibition law for the county. ? More than half the voters signed ' thest petitions. When the peti- 1 tions were presented our Senator f and Representatives refused to ! pass the law but later in response j to this and other petitions they j did pass two temperance laws ' which would give the people 1 what they asked for provided ' the towns of the county voted ( out the dispensaries. i The different towns called each a separate election and the dis pensaries were all voted out and the people of the county in this way got what they had petition- ( ed for. If the people did not ^ want temperance laws they , should not have petitioned for t them. Some of the very men who i signed the petitions are kicking ' now because they got what they ' asked for. j When the majority of the vot- i ere of a county ask for anything * how can the Legislature fail to " give some notice to the petition? Did it ever occur to you that you did this thing of getting the temperance laws yourself ? Think c about it and see if you do not I remembersiguiugapetition. The 1 farmers decided that the temper- ~ ance laws were too strict and at our countv convention here Vu gust 1st our Senator and H?pre- I sentatives were instructed to ^hange the law so that wine aud bard cider could be sold. This will be done surely by the Legis lature in two or three months trom now. GIVE ONE DAY TO YOUR GOVERN MENT. Tuesday, November Gth, is election day and it seems to us that every lover of good govern ment could afford to give that day to help carry the election right. When officials go wrong we criticize them openly and free ly, but after all, our form of gov- j ernment is the best in the world and every citizen should be proud of it. Every man should stand up for his government and de- j fend it. We are opposed to any foul' means to get votes or carry an election but everything which reason and right dictates should be done to get men to vote for the best principles. Take time next Tuesday to vote and use your influence to get your neigh-1 bors to vote for a continuance of good government. If vou fail to vote you will regret it: if vou vote you can cast your ballot for good government. Iton't fail to vote. Will Work for Righteous Legislation. If it is the will of the voters of this district that 1 shall again represent them in the National House of Representatives. I hope to perform an humble part in se curing the passage of righteous legislation. I shall support the President when I think he is right, and I shall oppose him when I think he is wrong. I shall not help him to pass his Ship-Subsidy i bill, whereby it is proposed to 1 take millions of dollars from the j1 people's treasury and give it to j i men to enable them to start a < private enterprise. I would pre- < fer to vote to give the farmer a i subsidy of one cent a pound for 1 all the cotton or tobacco be rais- < es for the next four years in I order to cover the losses he sue- ' tained during four years of ruin- ' ous low prices during Harrison's ' and Mckinley's administration. 1 Either measure is wrong in prin- \ cipie, but there is more to be 1 said in defense of the laHer than ' the former ?From E. \Y. Pou's ' Address to the Voters. $2,500 for Foreign Missions. New Bern special, Oct. 30.? i The largest missionary contribu tion ever made in this city, was , subscribed Sunday at the Cente- ] aary Methodist Church, where \ j*2,550 was donated to the cause ] M foreign missions. The pastor, | [lev. G. T. Adams, stated that ( no particular effort had been ( nade to increase the subscrip- ] tions. The cause had been pre sented jn the usual way and the :hurch appropriation had been net. Education and Equal Opportunity. The battle-cry of the Demo cratic party is education of all ;he white boys and girle of North Carolina, equal opportunity for ill?rich or poor; a hospital for ;he insane, instead of a dungeon n a jail; a home for every Con ederate soldier, and that home lot the county poor-house; edu cation, religion, morality, and he everlasting rule of the Anglo saxon. Such a battle-cry has ilways led good men to victory. ?From E. W. I'ou's Address to ;be Voters. Famous Strike Breakers. The most famous strike break ?r> in the land are Dr. King's "few Life Fills. When liver and >owels go on strike, they quickly ;ettle the trouble, and the puri yiajf work goes right on. Best ure for constipation, headache1 md dizziness. 25c! -. at Hood tro^., druggists. An Appeal to the Voters. Tt the Editor: As we are fast approaching one of the most important elec tions in the history of our State ana county, it is time for every voter who loves good govern ment, to stop and consider well{ before he caste his ballot. And ! as "history repeats its records," we should look over the record of the two parties from whom we have to choose, and select the, men from the party having the | cleanest records. Considering at | the same time, that we do not vote from personal motives but for principles. The record of the Republican party in our State has been every time it was in power fusion and confusion. Our daughters and precious women were insulted by negroes; heavy tax bonds were placed over us, and even in the good old County of Johnston, the home of the brave and the land of the true, our script was only worth fifty cents in the dollar, and we were represented by men in the Legislative Halls of the State who were a reproach to any people, whose record was too disgraceful to be engrafted in this article, but yet well known to the good people of this county, and a vote for that party, or any man who represent* it, does in my judgment meau a repetition: of ttie same. 1 tie Democratic party in this couuty and .State has a record of j which I aui proud, and I think, au honor tu the men, who have for years past represented that party. We have at heads of our ticket for the Senate and House of Representatives the best men in the couuty, and I am willing to eay for them, the same I said of our beloved Pot years ago,; that "they have been tried and found pure and true." Our ticket for county officers are men of the highest character;; too well known to need any recommendation at my hands, j Our representative to Congress I has no superior in the State, and a man of whose record I am sin cerely proud. I hope no Demo crat in this county will ever make such a choice as to vote bo bring upon us the dark days i of Fusion and Confusion, etc., 11 but will honor himself and family 1 by voting for those men who are \ i without reproach such as are5 mentioned above. I will here state that I never expect to vote the 11 Republican ticket; nor for anv j i man who affiliates with it, i ?either do I expect to scratch the name of a man who represents the Democratic party, for thj record of the two parties are coo i plaiu for me to be deceived i' < that matter, for a vote for th Republican party means a repi tition of the nast. A vote forth Democratic party meaus reform ind liOOI) GOVERNMENT, HUd thM 1 Democratic party stands ready to correct any mistakes it has made and no mau who loves his 1 bome and family can afford to 1 array himself on the immoral ' *ide of any question and vote the Kepublican ticket. J. A. T. Jones, McCullers, R. F. D. No. 1. October 27, 1900. i rhe Democratic Party Stands lor Bet- 1 terment. Every effort of the Democratic 1 par ty is for the betterment of 1 the people of this State. It is I educating our children. It is caring for the afflicted better 1 than ever before. It is giving to 1 the helpless Confederate soldier 1 uore than he ever received be- ' ore. Not a dollar has been ' vasted, not a penny stolen; taxes ' ire as low as in any well-govern- ' ?d, civilized community on earth, j n vain will the Republican plead 1 or the return of his party to lower ?From Mr. Pou's Ad- 1 iress A Republican editor writes ibout Democratic promises and itepublieau performances. We lave seen those itepublieau per- ' ormances and while the show is ] itill going on we demand our noney back ?Wilmington Ftar. I For Sale 'on Scale Beams. I C aor-Stevens Co. ' A Political Party Should Be An Agency For Good. I have never believed that men should ullow themselves to be come the blind slaves of auy po litical party. A political party should be au agency for the ac complishment of good. It has always given me pleasure to sup port the President when I thought he v. as right, and it has always so haj pened that 1 could consistently aid him in passing every beneficent measure which became a law during the last Congress, because the party to! which 1 belong has for years been striving to secure the enactment of this very legislation. Every j important measure recommend by the President, which has re sulted in benefit to the masses, | was a Democratic measure. In securing the enactment of these measures into law, the Demo cratic minority in Congress gave to the President sincere and cor dial support, while leaders in his own party were opposing him with the most intense bitter ness. mi . r? 11 ' v-v i me present uauroau Kate Law would have been a far bet- J ter measure if during the last days of Congress the President! had not deserted bis Democratic allies to make terms with the representatives of the Standard Oil Trust, the Steel Trust, and Pennsylvania Railroad. I re spect the President highly, and would not do him an injustice under any consideration, but the solemn truth is that the Presi dent did form an alliance with certain Democratic leaders in Congress to securetheenactment of a fetter law, and during the last days of Congress he did as tonish the Nation by accepting certain amendments to the Rail road Rate Law which made that measure so satisfactory to the representatives of the corpora tions that they withdrew their opposition entirely.?-From E. VV. Pou's Address to the Voters. Majestic Range Exhibit. Mr. H. L. Sterling, of Crisfield, Md., representative of the Majes tic Range Company, gave a de monstration here at the Smith fleld Hardware Company's store last week. The exhibit was a success in every respect. Many visitors were at the store during the week and all were well pleas ed with the Majestic Range and its conveniences and qualties as a cooking stove. The result of the week's exhibit was the sale of 24- Ranges. The Smithfield Hardware Company is to be con gratulated lor securing the agen ey of such a successful range. Don't Scratch Your Ticket. We plead tor straight Demo cratic tickets. Every man on 1 the Democratic ticket may not measure up to the highest crice-! rion oi excellence, but let us rum amber that none of us are in tallible and that even the best of us are imperfect. The Democratic ticket is com- i posed of men called from varied vocations and sections by over j 2,000 stalwart Democrats. They are the regular nominees of the dominant party. They received their nomination hon aetly and without devious meth ods. They are candidates in re sponse to a united militant or ganization of Democrats, and who is there that can afford to mutilate his ticket, because, perchance, there may be some man on the ticket whom he per sonally dislikes? Democrats, be loyal, be brave, be courageous,! i io the thing that will bring i solace and comfort to you in old j age, vote the straight Democrat-! ic ticket. Don't scratch, cut, erase or' mutilate your ticket. ? Selma j News. Dr. Matthews Must Serve Sentence. The Supreme Court banded lown its opinion iu the Dr. Mat thews cas^ Tuesday afternoon.! The court finds no error and Dr Matthews must -ervo his.sentence of 20 years in the penitentiary 'or t>oi oning bis wife at Greens boro about a year ago. Local News Notes. Rev. O. R. Mannual will preach at tbe Raptist church hers uext Sunday morning and uight at the usual hours for service. There will be no services at the! Methodist church here Sunday morning on account of the ab sence of the pastor. Rev. J. H. Shore, who will go to Franklin-| ton to preach the missionary sermon before the Woman's Mis sionary Conference of the Ral eigh District. Dr. W. H. Moore, presiding elder, will preach at tbe Methodist church here Sun-! day night. Charley Hodge, who has been driving a hack from here to Sel-) man for more than twenty years for different liverymen of this town, has started a hack line of! his own and will continue to meet trains at Selma. Charley is one | of the best known negroes of this section of tbe state and knows; personally a large number of our public men, including Governors and Senators, besides all the! "drummers" who visit this sec tion. Rev. B. 0. Early, who has been serving several Baptist! churches in this county for the past year and a half, leaves to day for his new home at Chaly-j beate Sorings in Harnett county. His family will ranain here for a few weeks longer until he can se cure a suitable house. Mr. Earlv has accepted a call to Hector's Creek, Macedonia and Cumber land Cnion churches Fie has also been elected principal of j Hector's Creek Academy ami will begin his school work next Mon- j day. He will be assisted in the school by Miss Maude Holmes, of Roxboro, who will havecharge of the music and primary depart-! ments. 1 luring his stay in this; county Mr. Early has done aj good work aud his churches re-; gret to give him up. We wish ; him success on his new field. Had a Close Call. ?'A dangerous surgical opera tion, involving the removal of a malignant ulcer, as large as my hand, from my daughter's hip, was prevented by the appli cation of Bucklen's Arnica Salve," says A. C- Stickel, of Miletus, W. Va. "Persistent use of the Salve completely cur ed it." Cures Cuts, Burns and Injuries. 25c. at Hood Bros., druggists. Burglars in Smithfield. Smith field was visited by one or more burglars Wednesday night. Mr. .1 W. Stephenson's house was entered and several articles of clothing were taken, also a small hand-satchel. The satchel was left in the yard. The burglar also visited Mi J. W. Moore's. Mrs. Moore heard him and aroused Mr. Moore. Mr. Moore saw him as be left. He failed to get anything here. This was about 2 o'clock. Some also entered the home of Mr. James A. Wellons, went into his room and took his coat, vest and pants and went into the hall aud rifled his pockets, taking there from about $48 in cash. He left the clothing, except vest, in the hall. The rest together with an old coat were carried away and left in the school grounds where they were found yesterday. A Turner's Almanac Free. By the time this paper reaches our readers we shall have a full supply of Turner's North Caro- 1 Una Almanacs for 1907. The price is the same it has been for the past fifty years?ten cents a i copy. But we are going to give 1 a copy free to every subscriber who pays for a year's subscrip tion in advance. Remember that \ ] to get an almanac, you must pay what you are already due, if 1 auy, aud theu pay for one year ahead. The Almanac is better 1 this year than ever before, and we hope our subscribers will be so pleased with this propn*itiou that we can give away 500 be fore Cnrist mas. We shall sell Almanacs a: 10 cents per ccpy. Benson News Notes. Ira Creech. of Portsmouth, is at borne on a visit. Leon Peacock becomes night operator for the A. C. L. here now. Mr. J. F. Putnam, of Conwell, S.C , is visiting his brother, Rev. I>. F. Putnam. Ira V. Webb is home from the Navy. lie has spent six years in Uncle Sam's service. We are sorry to chronicle the death of Rom Easom's baby child, on Monday night. Miss Eva Parrish has returned from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Clem Bryan, of Clayton. Your correspondent, the writer of this letter, has not dodged any axe handle and does not ex pect to. Miss Bertie Stevens and Miss Carrie Spence, of Cokesbury, Harnett County, are visiting at Alonzo Parrish's. W. B. Jernigan, of New York, is on a visit here to relatives and friends. He has been in the U. S. Navy for several years. S. P Honeycutt has forgotten that the election is coming on. His corn shucking and a twelve pound toy came on the same night. C. A. Ho'mes is here from Washington, D. C. He is always faithful and is never absent when the Democratic party needs his help. Prospects for Democratic suc cess are growing brighter every day. The Iiadicals are on the run and we intend to keep them going till after the count on No vember 6th. The effort has been made here to register men who had not paid their poll tax, by shearing they were exempt. Our cle^r constable happened to be on hand on one occasion who drew his books on him and he cowed at once. His supporter, who had escorted him to the registrar's office also backed down and dis claimed any intention to put up a fraud upon the registrar before any one had time to accuse him of what he was attempting to do. We have seen some Dock-u meuts sent out by "Uncle Dock" Step hen-son to the effect that he is a good man and wants of fice. Of course he does, and would have been in the Demo cratic party to-day had he had some little office given him. He has gone from the highlands of decent politics to tl swamps of Radical pollution and seems bent upon wallowing in the mud oi Radical tiifLi till he snail have his iiil of the truck he is delving in. Your correspondent has been threatened with dire conse quences on account of last week's letter to The Hekald. Little Jirnmie Stancil has skunked around the corners and talked about an axe handle he is going to use on your scribe but the axe haudle has not been forth com ing. It has been predicted that when it does come into play, should such a remote possibility come to pass, that the Republi can party of this township will be wiped out and the last vestige of it sent to perdition where it belongs. I Made Happy for Life. Great happiness came into the home of S. C. Blair, school su perintendent, at St. Albans, VV. Va., when his little daughter was restored from the dreadful complaint he names. He says: ' -My little daughter had St. Vitus Dance, which yielded to no treat ment hut grew steadily worse until as a last resort we tried Electric Bitters; aud I rejoice to say,three bottles effected a com plete cure." Quick, sure cure for nervous complaints, geueral .debility, female weaknesses, im poverished blood and malaria. Guaranteed by Hood Bros.'drug store. Price 50c. 1,50'.) pairs new Shoes just ar rived . All grades aud styles for ladies, childr n and infants at bpiors Bros.
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