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Hi)t Smitljfictft $LeM& price one dollar per tear. "TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." single copies five oim. ? ? _ . - YOL. 25. SMITHFIELD, N. C.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 25, 1907. NO. 47. WORK OF LEGISLATORS. Some of the Most Important Matters that are Considered. A Brief Summary of Wnat Our Legisla tors ar? Doing Culled from Reports to the Wilmington Star. Raleigb, N. C, Jan. 21.?A joint resolution passed both branches of the General Assemb ly to-day. providing for the elec tion of a United States Senator for the term beginning March 4, next. This will take place to morrow at noon for the election of a Senator to succeed Hon. F. M. Simmons, which successor will be himself. The minority will place in nomination State Re publican Chairman Spencer B. Adams, of Greensboro. In the House to-day Morton, of New Hanover, introduced a bill for the solution of the ser vant problem in his county. It provides that Sec. 3365 of the Code Revisal, making it unlawful for anyone to entice away an em- j ploye of another, shall apply in New Hanover only to household i servants. The bill specifies that i any cook, housegirl, maid, but ler, coachman, washwoman, or I like employe who shall have con- i tracted either orally or in writ- i ing to serve any person in either i of these capacities, and fails to , do so or leaves service before i 4-u ~ ~ tueir ume t?A|jirce Biitui uc ^uiiu^ i of a misdemeanor and upon con viction shall be punished in the discretion of the court. A num ber of other members than Mr. Morton have signified their pur pose to have their counties in cluded in the provisions of the act when the bill comes up (or passage. In the Senate today Wilson in troduced a bill to reduce the fees of certain officials in Johnston County. Buxton, to regulate the probate of wills, Mitchell, of Bertie, to prevent drinking of in toxicants in first-class passenger; coaches. Redwine, to establish a reformatory. Wilson to care for epileptics and idiots. The Senate today passed a joint resolution to ascertain the number of children under fifteen years of age at work in the fac tories of the S 'ate. In the House Morton intro duced a petition from the drug gists of Wilmington against the fiassage of the Douglass soda ountain bill. A similar petition was presented by Mr. McNeill, of Cumberland, from the druggists | in Panflt'torillD I IU JL UIJ CVVV T IHVi I j Mr. Harshaw, the Republican j leader in the House, introduced ! a joint resolution commending President Roosevelt for his ac- i tion in dismissing the negro troops in connection with the Brownsville affair. Koonce, of Onslow, introduced a bill preventing members of the Corporation Commission from accepting passes from the rail road companies and providing additional funds for members of the commission in traveling; also a bill to prohibit trusts and com binations between insurance j companies doing business in the State. The following bills passed: To protect primary elections and conventions in Union County; to amend the Revisal relative to the powers of the State Hoard of Pharmacy relative to the sale of poisons. The House adjourned until 10:30 o'clock to-morrow. Raleigh, N. C., Jan, 22.?At noon today the House and Sen ate of the North Carolina Gener al Assembly voted separately for United States Senator, elect ing Hon. F. M. Simmons, by an overwhelming majority to suc ceed himself. In the upper House of the Assembly Mr. Simmons re ceived 32 and Spencer B. Adams, Republican, 3. In the lower House, Simmons received S3 and Adams 21 with two scattering votes for Hritt. These were by i Owen, of Sampson, and Rector, of Henderson. The nomination of Mr. Simmons- iu the Senate was by Jno. C. Drewerv, of Ral- , eigh. and in the House by Mr. Douglass, of Wake. Guy Carter, I of Surry, placed Adams iu nomi nation iu the Seuate and Har ? hiw, of Caldwell, placed him in nomination iu the House. It was resolved that the Houseand Seu ate would meet in joiutassemblv Thursday at noon and cast the vote formally for United States Senator, ratiiyiug tne vote a> cast separately today. In tue Senate today some of the more important bills were: Seawell, to tix a reasonable time limit for ttie transportation of freights; Buxton, to prevent the sale of certain toy fireworks; Breese, to prevent intoxication by persons traveling on rail roads in the State; Bellamy, to enlarge the powers of the South ern Mutal Home Compauy; Dan iel, of Halifax, to lessen the num ber of jury challenges in civil and criminal cases; Mitchell, to make it unlawful for a tenant to leave a landlord until all debts are paid; Long, to separate prison ers afflicted with tuberculosis; Buxton, to prevent'discrimina tion in freight rates by transpor tation companies. Among the bills passed today were: To prohibit the manu facture and sale of liquor in Burke County, making the town of Morganton dry, the bill hav ing previously passed the House; to permit benevolent societies to hold property under the same conditions as churches. In the House among the more important bills introduc ed were: Joint resolution to ascertain the value of the State's interest in the North Carolina and A. &N.C. Railroad,! by Gallert, of Rutherfordton; a resolution for the investigation of all insurance companies doing business in the State by a com mission to be composed of two members of the Senate and three members of the House, provid ing a fund for tte expense of same and requiring a report to the General Assembly two years hence, the investigation to be along the line of those recently conducted in the North; Gillam, to establish a dispensary in Windsor, Bertie County; Kitch sn, to make ten years separation a cause for absolute divorce; Wiuborne, of Hertford, to allow the State to condemn property for penal and charitable institu tions; also to authorize the Cor poration Commission to require railroads to establish depots within less than five miles of ane other under certain circum stances; to create a State Board 3f Arbitration for settling cases against counties, cities and bowns; Hawkins, to amend the law defining the place of sale of liquors. The House today passed the Houghton bill to regulate the sale of stocks in bulk, providing that the se'ler shall m-?ke a cer tified list of his creditors before my saie and the purchaser to give five days'notice of his in tent to purchase to each credi tor. The Bickett bill to allow the summoning of jurors from other counties in certain cases was also passed. Still another was to make married women en gaged in business with the knowl edge of husbands responsible for indebtedness contracted. The House also passed today the Senate bill to permit judges to exclude from criminal assault trials all those not directly in terested in the cases. The House made as the special order for next Thursday at 11 o'clock the Justice bill increas ing the powers of the Attorney General to prosecute trusts and combinations, and providing that the solicitors be put on sal aries and required to assist the Attorney General in cases arising within their jurisdiction. How to Cure Chilblains. "To enjoy freedom from chil blains," writes John Kemp, East Otistield, Me., "i apply Buck len's Arnica Salve. Have also used it for salt rheum with ex cellent results." Guaranteed to cure fever sore, indolent ulcers, piles, burns, wounds, frost bites and skin diseases, Cbc at Hood Bros, drug store. Don't forget the date. Thurs day and Friday night, Jan. 31, and Feb. 1st, Dora Mystic Lind ley Go. at N'ew Opera House. FARMERS' PRIVILEGES TO BE RESrORED. Bill Introduced and Reported Favoaably to Carry Out Instructions of Demo cratic Convention on the Wine and Cider Question A few days ago Uepresentat.ive George L. (ones introduced iu the House of Uepreseutatives a bill which we give below. The bill was referred to the Commit tee on Liquor Traffic. At a meetiug of this committee, held last week, the bill met consider able opposition from certaiu members of Che committee. It was deci^d to have another hearing onhc bill on Tuesday of tbis week. At the second meet ing of the committee the various provisions of the bill were fully discussed, after which it was de cided to report the bill unfavor ably. AN ACT RESTORING TO THE PEO PLE OF JOHNSTON COUNTY THE RIGHT TO MAUFACTURE AND SELL WINE AND CIDER. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: Section 1. That it shall be lawful for any person residing in Johnston County to manufact ure and sell at the place of man ufacture, in said county, wine or cider made from fruits, grapes or berries raised bv the manu facturer thereof, or purchased by sai 1 manufacturer from persons raising such grapes, fruits or berries, provided: That wine shall not be drunk at the place of sale. Section 2. It shall he lawful for any farmer living iu said county to manufacture cider from apples raised by himself, or purchased from others raising the same, and to sell and deliver such cider at the residence of any j person in said county in quanti ties of not less than one gallon. Section 3. That Chapter 1091 of the Acts of 1903 be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Section 4. That Chapter 248 of the Acts of 1905 be, and the I same is hereby, repealed. Section 5. That Chapter 505 of the Acts of 1905 be, and the j same is hereby, repealed. Section 6. Except as changed j by this Act, all the provisions of Chapter 233 Acts of 1903,known | as the Watts Act, and Chapter j 339 Acts of 1905, known as the Ward law, shall in all respects apply to the County of John-j ston. Seirtion 7. That all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. Section 8. That this Act shall be ia force from and after its rat ification After it was found that thp committee would not accept the above bill the following bill was presented which was reported favorably: The General Assembly of North | Carolina do enact: Section That the people of Johnston County be legally al lowed to manufacture cider from the fruits grown upon their own lands, or rented lands upon which they live, and sell the same. Section 2 That the people of Johnston County is legally per mitted to manufacture wine from fruit and grapes grown upon their owu lands, or rented lands upon which they live, and sell the same in quantities of not less than one gallon. Section 3. That all clauses of any local or other prohibitory laws, except the incorporation of churches and schoolhouses, per taining to the manufacture and sale of wine and cider in Johnston County, be and the same are here by repealed. Section 4. That this Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratitication. The Right Name. Mr. August Sherpe, the popu lar overseer of the poor, at Fort Madison, la., says: "Dr. King's New Life Pills are rightly nam ed; they act more agreeably, do more good and make one feel better than any other laxative." Guaranteed to cure biliousness and constipation. 25c at Hood Bros, drug store. FAST TRAIN WRECKED. Atlantic Coast Line's New York and Florida Special Ran Into Open Switch?Several Dead, and Some Injured. 'I bo "New York and Florida special," tbe last tourist traiu of the Atlautic (Joust laue, oue of the Hat'St operated by the three \ great railway systems between {the North and South during the winter, was wrecked lastuight at ; Yemasee, S. (J., 51) miles s"uth of j ] Charleston, on the Second Divi sion of the system. Engineer K. l\ Johusou, of Florence, S. C.,j was instantly killed, as were two negro hremeu and a train hand j of a freight into which the fast train crashed head-on through an open switch. The wreck was followed by a fire which entirely consumed three of the six pala tial i'ullman coaches composing; the train. Engineer Horton, of the freight train, was infused and one passenger was misstng, bur. beyond that, nothing had been learned by General Superinten j dent A. W. Anderson, in this city I last night. Mr. Anderson was engaged until early this morning securing official infor mation as to the wreck by tele graph, and giving directions for its disposition. The ".New York and Florida) Special" is known as No. 88, and ! was bound north from Florida. She was scheduled to reach Yeni-1 asee Junction at7:20o'clock last night, and was running at a fair rate of speed when it dashed through an open switch and into asoutbboundfreighttrain stand- , iugon the siding there. Engineer Johnson was on the fast train, , and was instantly killed.?Wil mington Star, 22nd. A Bill to be Entitled, An Act to Reduce the Fees and Emoluments ot County Officials of Johnston County. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA DO ENACT; Section 1. That the Register of Deeds of Johnston county, for recording deeds and mortgage deeds, shall receive sixty cents for the first copy sheet of three hundred words or fraction there of, instead of eighty cents as now allowed by law, and ten cents for each additional one hundred words; provided, however, that whenever the deed or mortgage tendered for registration is in the usual form so that said Regis ter, in placing the same on the record may use the printed blank in the rocord books in his office, | furnished by the county of John-1 ston, he shall only receive afeej of sixty cents for recording an J entire deed, containing a proper- j ty description of not more than one hundred and fifty words; and and a fee of one dollar for record ing a mortgage deed containing a property description of not inore than three hundred words. For issuing and recording a mar riage license, said Register shall collect a fee of three dollars, of which amount the State of North Carolina shall recive one dollar, j as now provided by law; the Treasurer of said county shall re ceive one dollar and fifty cents, which he shall place to the credit of the school fund of said county, and said Register of deeds shall receive fifty cents for his services and recording said marriage license. For issuing a County Order, said Register of deeds shall receive the sum of ten cents I instead of fifteen cents as now allowed bylaw. Section 2. The Clerk of the Superior Court of said county shall receive a fee of twenty cents for probating a deed or mort gage deed, or for attaching his certificate to the same, in lieu of j the fee of twenty-five cents now i allowed bylaw. For takining, the acknowledgment and privy , examination of a married wo man, together with the acknowl edgment of her her husband, to a deed or mortgage deed, said Clerk shall receive a fee of thirty- J five cents in lieu of the fifty cents now allowed by law. In the > matter of the appointment and ; qualification of pither adminis trators or guardians the Clerk of the Superior Court ot said coun ty shall receive the sum of two dollars and twenty-five cents in lieu of all fees heretofore allowed hy law for performing the follow ing duties und issuing the follow , iug papers, to-wit: entering the j ' proceeding ou tiis docket; receiv ing aud passing ou application for letters; hearing and passing on motion; taking verification; issuing order of appointment; administering oath of office; issu ing aud signing letters and tak ing bond; attaching seal to such papers as may require the same; examining into matter and mak ing appoinment; signing judg ment aud filing papers, and the issuing of any other paper and the performance of auy other du ty necessary to prepare fully aud | equip guardians or administra tors tor the discharge of their official duties. For issuing tick ets of attendance to witnesses for the defendant in a criminal ac tion, said Clerk shall only receive a fee of ten cents each for tickets issued to such witnesses as the judge beforore whom the action is tried shall order to be paid. Section .'1. The Sheriff of the County of Johnston shall receive for collecting taxes acommission of three and a half per centum of the entire amount collected bv him, together with such fees for levying and selling ou property |i in collecting said taxes as are M now allowed hv law Section 4. The Treasurer of i the County of Johnston shall re- [ I ceive no commission upon re ceipts, but a commission of two f per centum of all moneys dis- i bursed by him in lieu of all the I commissions now allowed by law. i Sectiono. All laws and clauses 1 of laws in contlict with this act I are hereby repealed. 1 SectionO. This act shall be in 1 lorce from and after its ratiflca- i tion. Spirit of Hostility Towards Newspapers. < I Kach North Carolina Legisla- i ture seems to develop pome petty spirit of hostility towards the State l'ress. The bills before the , present Legislature are. samples of this hostility. No newspaper eujoys a "free pass." No news paper asks for a "free pass." j The newspaper "free pass" is the , conception of persons who are totally ignorant of what they say. The very men who seek to disgrace the Press by alleging ( they receive perquisites in the shape of free railroad transpor tation, are men who will demand | free laudation of their public :- j.u . it 3 ? 1 ttUtlUUMJ 111 LLlrJ ITt'oP, 111111 UllIWHo ; ( they receive it, will likely refuse t to take the newspaper that fails ( to give them public notice. The present North Carolina Legisla- | tion against the newspapers, is an attack that hurts most the country weekly newspaper, and to this same country weekly, j North Carolina owes obligations that can never be repaid, for the {j services these country weeklies have rendered in promoting and j helping to definite and safe ends,! j the moral and industrial welfare1! of the "Old North State." It is [ J easy to kick over the ladder ti.at has been the means of gaining success. Today it is easy to sneer at and insinuate against the newspaper, and today the newspaper profession is the one profession that has not gained wealth in any way commensurate with the work of those who have lifted North Carolina into Na tional prominence.?New Berne Daily Journal. Wise Counsel From the South. "I want to give some valuable advice to those who suffer with lame back and kidney trouble, " says J. R. Blankenship, of Beck, Tenn. "I have proved to an absolute certainty that Electric Bitters will positively cure this distressing condition. The first bottle gave me great relief and after taking a few more bottles, I was completely cured; so com pletely that it becomes a pleas ure to recommend this great remedy." Sold under guarantee at Hood Bros, drug store. Price 50c. EQUAL TO EMERGENCE House Votes to Raise Salariei of Members of Congress. isivcn rrom Speakers Table?One ol Most Exiting Episodes In History of 59th Congress?BUI Returned to Senate for Action. Washington, Jan. 18.?By a vote of 133 to 92 the House to day voted that the salaries of Senators, Representatives and the delegates from Porto Rico, Hawaii aud Alaska be increased to $7,500 per year after March 4th, 1907, and fixing the sala ries of the vice-president,speaker and members of the cabinet at $12,000. Mr. Littauer, of New York, precipitated one of the most in teresting and exciting episodes in the history of the 59th Con gress when he moved to take the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill from the Speaker's table as it had passed the Senate and to amend the same by inserting a provision increasing the salary of the vice president, the Speaker of the House and members of the cabi net to $12,000 each; increasethe salaries of Senators, Representa tives in Congress, and Delegates rom the Territories and the Res dent Commissioner from Porto Rico to $7,500 each. Nearly every member was pre leut when Mr. Littauer made his notion, both Republican and democratic whips having sent jut hurry calls for absent mem )ers and almost instantly mem jers were on their feet in protest ;o a cut and dried programme or increasing salaries without a roll call Mr. Crumpacker, of Indiana, laid he was opposed to members jf Congress voting to increase bheir own salaries, and he would therefore vote against the amendment. Mr. Burleson, of Texas, stated bhat he had voted for the amend ment when it first came before the House but would vote a sjainst it in its present form. When the previous question was ordered there was a resound ing chorus of yeas in favor of passage of the amendment, the nays being noticeable through their absence. On division being taken the amendment was declared carried by ayes 133, noes 72. Mr. Bacon, of Arkansas, called for the yeas and nave but only 34 members rose. "Not a suffi cient number" declared the speaker and the amendment was declared adopted. The bill was then sent to con ference, the conferees of the House being Messrs. Bingham, Littauer and Livingston. An hour or more after the flouse had adopted the provi sion for an increase in the salar ies of Senators and members, the bill was returned to the Senate lor the purpose of securing the action of the that body, but the Senate went into executive ses sion without taking it up. The matter is therefore forced over until next week. Senatorial Results in 12 States. Texas?Joseph W. Bailey re elected. South Caroliua?Benjamin R, Tillman got all but one vote. Illinois?rnanimous forShelby M. Cullom. Minnesota ? Knute Nelson chosen to go back. Kansas?Charles Curtis, to succeed A. W. Benson. Alabama?John T. Morgan and Edmund W. Pettus without opposition. North Carolina? F. M. Sim mons re-elected. Wyoming?Francis E. Warren re-elected. Oregon?Fred W^ Mulkey for short term: Jonathan Bourne, Jr., for long term. South Dakota?R. S. (iamble. New Jersey?Legislature dead locked. Rhode Island?Legislature deadlocked.