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VOL. 25. SMITHFIELD. X.C.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 22,1907. NO. 51.
[ THE WINE AND CIDER LAW.
The Provisions of the Convention En
acted Into Law. Let Us Now Stand
Together for the Uplifting of
Our County.
For the benefit of our readers;
we again publish the resolution
adopted at the Johnston County
Democratic Convention last sum
mer, and the bill passed by the
General Assembly, putting into j
effect the provisions of the reso
lution. We hoped to publish!
also a copy of the Kirby resolu
tion, which was voted down at
the Convention last summer, but
have been unable to secure a copy
of it.
COPY OF RESOLUTION PASSED.
The following resolution, intro-'
duced by Mr. Ed. 8. Abell, passed
by a large majority:
"resolved by the Demo cratic
convention of the coui ty of
Johnston, assembled in 8mith-j
field on the first day of August,
190G, that the Senators of the
seventeenth senatorial district
and the Representatives of John
ston county in the General As
sembly of 1907, be, and they are j
hereby instructed to cause such
legislation to be enacted as will
legally permit,
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" r ll'Ht, liitill tut; jjcufjic vji ;
Johnston couuty be legally al
lowed to manufacture cider from
fruits grown upon their own'
lands and sell the same.
"Second, that the people of,
Johnston county be legally per
mitted to manufacture wine from j
fruits and grapes grown upon I
their own lands and sell the same.
"Third, that all local prohibi
tory laws except the incorpora
tion of churches and school
houses pertaining to the manu
facture and sale of cider and
wine in Johnston county, be re
pealed."
Below we give copy of bill:
"House Bill 33. Senate Bill 310.
"An act restoring to the people
of Johnston county the right to j
manufacture and sell wine and
cider.
"The General Assembly of!
North Carolina do enact:
"Section 1. That the people J
of Johnston County be legally!
allowed to manufacture cider
from the fruits grown upon their
own lauds, or rented lands upon j
which they live, and sell the same.
"Section 2. That the people of j
Johnston County be legally per- j
mitted to manufacture wine from
fruits and grapes grown upon
their own lands, or rented lands
upon which they live, and sell |
the sams 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 John
ston County, be and the same
are hereby repealed.
"Section J. That this Act shall
be in full force and effect from
and after its ratification."
"In the General Assembly read
throe times and ratified this llth
day of February A. D. 1907.
"Francis I). Winston,
President of the Senate, j
"E. J. Justice,
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives.
"Examined and found correct.!
Byrd, for Committee. "
Thus it will be seen that our ;
Senator and Representatives
have been faithful to have enact
ed into law the provisions of the |
resolution passed at our County
Convention. We trust now that
all will be satisfied since the
wishes of the majority of the
people as expressed in the great
est Convention ever assembled
in Johnston County have been
enacted into law.
Now let everybody who loves
morality, good government and
Democracy unite and work for
the upbuilding of our county [j
along every line. It is evident !
to every thinking person that
the Democratic party is the only j
party that has ever been capa- i
ble of giving to the people of
Johnston County a safe,wise and
economical government. So let i
us all, whatever may be our in- j
d'vidual opinions on some cf the t
questions that confront us, unite j
for the strengthening of the par
ry with the assurance that the |
strengthening of the Peuioci atic
party means for the growth,}
progress and development, for
which the very best people of our
county stand today.
The Chautauqua Circle Entertains.
When the Chautauqua Circle
was orgauized, at this place, last ]
fall, it was decided, in order to
make the meetings more interest
ing, to divide the members equal
ly into two factions, which should
maintain in all matters pertain
ing to the society, a friendly
rivalry. Points were to be made
by attendance, faithful reading,
appropriate quotations, && , and
a strict account cf these was
Jiept.
Following a suggestion in the
published program, the side!
which counted the smaller num-j
ber of points by Christmas, was |
to entertain the other side. The
earnest work of all the members,
was evidenced by the fact, that
after the three months contest,
the difference between the two
divisions was only one point.
However, according to the
agreement, on last Thursday
evening, February Id, at the
home of Miss Eiila Hood, the}
Vanquished entertained the Vic
tors?who in their turn, were
completely conquered by the
cordial hospitality and graceful
courtesies, of their former foes.
The parlor was prettily decorat
ed with garlands of hearts, held
by ribbons, in the rich red hue,
so dear to the heart of St. Valen
tine, who was earnestly asked to
direct the affairs of the Circle on
that night of his own festal day. j
And in the little red "Post-Office"
each person deposited an original
Valentine, inscribed to the one
most dear, and written in that
musical and ornate verse, which
seems to have become a simple
language to the members of this
cultured group. Much merriment
was provoked when these were
read aloud.
Apparently a contest is inevi
table whenever theChautauquans
meet, as on this occasion, each
strove to guess Mother Goose
Melodies, which were represented
(and cleverly concealed) by a
series of pictures. The first prize
(a beautitul gold heart) was won
by Miss Bettie Lee Banders, while
the gentleman's prize was award
ed to Mr. T. J. Lassiter.
Delicious refreshments were
served, and at a late hour the
guests departed, with the convic
tion that the fruits of victory
would seldom be more sweet.
The ladies and gentlemen giv
ing this entertainment were
Misses Katie Lee Banks, Marie
Abell, Lena Hicks, Eula Ilood
and Messrs. Ilichard Holt, T. J.
Lassiter. Harry Stevens and Dr.
II F. Holliday, while the
"Guests of Honor" were Misses
Bettie Lee Sanders, Flossie Abell,
llena Bingham, Bertha Stevens,
Mattie Pou and Mamie Ellis, and
Messrs. Walter Jordan and Dr.
liose.
Place Not Yet Selected.
A meeting; of the executivecom
mittee of the North Carolina
Press Association was held in
this citv yesterday. Of the com
mitte the following were present:
President T. J. Lassiter, of
Smithfield; Secretary J. 15.
Sherrill, of Concord; Major H. A. |
London, of Pittsboro, Mr.
Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh,
and Mr. Zeb. Council, of Durham.
Other members of the association i
present were: Messrs. H. B. Yar
ner and M. L. Shipman.
The meeting was called for the
purpose of selecting the place
and time of the next State con
vention. However, these were
not settled upon. A subcom
mittee, consisting of Messrs. J.
B. Sherrill, Josephus Daniels and
H. B. Varner were appointed to
confer with various cities in the
State and set the time and select
the place for the convention. It
is proposed that the convention J
shall visit the Jamestown Ex
position in a body.
A resolution was passed endor
sing the present libel law and ur
iring the legislature to let it;
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HAS LARGE RESERVE FUND.
Superintendent of Penitentiary Makes
Annual Report to Governor.
Kaleigh, N C , February 16.?
The penitentiary report for last
year given to the governor by
Superintendent Mauu today says
the number of convicts January
1, 1905, was 685, January i,
1906, 658, Jan. 1, 1907, (562
TheStatefann requires three bun
dredand t wo hundred and fifty are
on railroad and turnpike work.
The remainder are used in opera
ting the brick plant and in
clothes making and repairing.
Last year the state farm did not
yield as abundantly as it did
the three previous years. Two
freshets in the Koauoke river
during August destroyed at
least two thousand barrels corn.
Its sewerage system will be con
nected with that of the Agricul
tural and Mechanical college
to the city main. This will re
move a serious menace to health.
The penitentiary has now to its
credit in cash, state bonds, sol
vent credits, farm products
at current prices and other
cash items a comfortable reserve
of $242,131.
The dangerous insane depart
merit of prison is in pood con
dition and has been maintained
within the annual apyr ipriation
of $5,000. Its inmates have
been comfortably provided for
and furnished liberally with
necessaries. The department is
intended and built to accom
modate 50, but the averape
number cared for has been 53.
This necessiated the continemt
of three each nipbt in the cells of
the prison.?Wilminptou Messen
ger.
Rate BUI In The Senate.
On Wednesday at 11:30o'clock
the Railway Rate Bill came up
as special order in the Senate.
Senator Daniel, of Halifax, offer
ed a substitute for the bill. His
substitute provided for a rate of
2% cents per mile on all roads
earning above $1500 per mile
and 2% cents on roads earning
more than $1000 and less than
$1500 per mile, and the rate to
be fixed by the Corporation Com
mission on other roads, the rate
not to exceed three cents. Sena
tor McLean offered another sub
stitute bill prescribing a three
cent rate for roads not longer
than 50 udles in length and whose
earnings do not exceed $1000
per road, and a flat rate of 2%
cents on all other roads.
The bill of Senator Graham,
which had already been discussed
in the Senate, provides for a
first class fare at 2% cents per
mile and the second class fare of
two cents per mile.
Senator Thorne spoke in favor
of the substitute of Senator Dan
iel. At the close of his speech
Senator Webb suggested that the
Senate resoive itself into a com
mittee of the whole and agree on
a bill and report it to the Senate, j
He offered a resolution that!
there should be only one fare on
railroads in North Carolina, i
Senators Hicks, Graham, Dux
ton and I'harr all spoke in favor ,
of having two fares. Senators
Daniel, Aycock and others spoke
in favor of the Webb resolution. !
After being in session some
time the committee of the whole,
having reached no decision,arose
and the Senate began the discus
sion again. At 2:10 the Senate
adjourned, having been unable
to come to a conclusion in the!
matter. The Railroad Bill was
made a special order for yester
day at 10:30 o'clock.
Rising From the Grave.
A prominent manufacturer,
Wm. A. Fertwell, of Lucama,
N. C., relates a most remarkable
experience. He says: "After
taking less than three bottles of
Electric Bitters, I feel like one
rising from the grave. My
trouble is Bright's disease, in
the Diabetes stage. I fully be
lieve Electric Bitters wdl cure
me permanently, for it has al
ready stopped the liver and blad
der complications which have j
troubled me for years." Guar
anteed at Hood Bros-, druggists.
Pr'co only 50c.
I
Clayton News.
Mr. and Mrs John S. Barnes I
and children went to csinithtield
last Saturday.
Miss Ada Hinton, who for
some time has been employed in ,
! the register's office atSmithfield, I
spent Sunday at home.
Mr. Riley It. liulley has return
led from the markets where he
bought a big line of spring
goods.
Ite?. Livingston Johnson, of
Raleigh, is assisting the pastor
, in a series of meetiugs at the
baptist church. Services are
held in the afternoon at 4 and at;
7 in the evening each day.
A representative of the liven
ing Times has been here for sev- (
eral days gathering data for a
write-up of our charming little |
I city. Quite a numberof our bus-|
iuess men have had their business
written up.
Have you secured any stock in
the Liberty Cotton Mill yet? if
you have not, be sure and see the
president, Mr. A. J. Barbour,
and he will be glad to tell you !
all about it, also point you to
the right man.
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??e regreii co nore mat .uts.
Harris Eason has been quite
eiek for the past few days. Mr.
and Mrs. Ruftin Carroll, her pa
rents, are here with her. At
this writing we learn she is bet
ter than for several days.
Mr. Roy Carroll, formerly of;
this place but for some time past
with the Raleigh and Ramlico
i Sound road, had the misfortune
of falling between some cars near
Raleigh uud losing one foot. At
last accounts he was doing very
well.
Miss Lessie Barnes lost a nice J
little watch Monday afternoon
somewhere between Mr. B. M.
Robertson's residence and the
depot. It is a double case, ladies'
size, gold watch attached to a!
black fob which has for a charm
a one dollar gold piece. The
finder will get reward by return
ing same to Gulley & Gulley.
There's a mighty good chance ;
I for a man to go into a good
business in Clayton with pros-,
pects of success before it. Mr. .f.
1). Eason, who for the past year
and a half has been in the livery
dusiness and has had remarka
bly good success in the business
must go back on his farm, as his
services are so badly needed
there. Therefore he wishes to
close out his livery business here
at a big-saving to the buyer.
XELIR.
Marriage In Boon Hill.
At the home of the bride's
father, Mr. Bill Edwards in Boon
Hill township, on Wednesday,
February 13, 1907, at 7 o'clock
1'. M , Mr. Johnny Daughtry and ,
Miss Fanny Edwards were hapi
ly married, 1). B. Langley, J. P.,
officiating. The attendants were
as follows:
Mr. Charlie E 1 wards with Miss
Etta Daughtry, Mr. Richard
Thompson with Miss Polly Lang
ley, Mr. Water Daughtry with
Miss Harriet Laugley, and Mr.!
EugeneOyerbee with Mies Zilphia
Daughtry.
After the ceremony the happy
couple repaired to Mrs. Phebe
Daughtry's, mother of the
groom, where they will make
their future home.
We wish for them a happy
journey through life.
A Fries d.
Neighbors Got Fooled.
"1 was literally coughing my
self to death, and had become
too weak to leave my bed; and
neighbors predicted that 1 would
never leave it alive; but they
got fooled, for thanks be to God,
I was induced to try Dr. King's
New Discovery. It took just
four one dollar bottles to com
pletely cure the cough and j
restore me to good sound health, "
writes Mrs. Eva Uncapher. of i
Grovertown, Stark Co., Ind.
This King of cough and cold
cures, and healer of throat and
lungs, is guaranteed by Hood
Bros.. Druggists. 50c. and $1.00.
Trial hot'free.
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HORSE PASSES RATE RILL. I
Passenger Rates to Be Two <*nts Per
Mile On All Roads Earning Over
$1550 Per Mile.
Th?> Manning: Bill which passed
the House on its second reading
last Thursday came up Tuesday
uight as a special order. It pass
ed its second reading by a vote
of 8d to 28 with all amendments
offered voted down, except the
amendment of General Koyster,
of Granville, striking out the
section relating to newspaper
and transporation lor advertis
ing.
The Manning bill, which is the
Committee's bill, provides that
on all roads earning above
$1550 per mile, there shall be a
passenger rate of two cents per
mile. On all roads earning less
than $1550 per mile aud more
than $1000, shall have a pass
enger rate of two and one half
cents, and on all roads earning
less than $1000, the rate shall
be fixed at three cents per mile.
When the matter came up
Tuesday night Mr. Biekett, of
Franklin, offered a substitute
prescribing two and three-fourths
cents per mile for first class fares
and two and one-fourth cents per
mile for second class fareB. It
further provided that the Cor
poration Commission may allow j
any independent railway with
less than 100 miles of trackage, |
to charge a rate not in excess of
the present rates, these rates
to take effect ?! uly 1, 1907.
Mr. Dough ton, of Alleghany,
offered an amendment that
passenger fares on all roads
owned and operated by the
Southern llailway, Atlantic
Coast Line Railway, Seaboard
Air Line Railway and .Norfolk
and Southern Railway should
not exceed two and one half cents
per mile and on ail other roads
not exceeding three cents.
Mr. Wiuborne offered an
amendment providing that
$1500 should be inserted in the
Committee's bill where $1550
occurs. His amendment also
provided for a rateof 2% ceuts in
stead of two cents.
Mr. Harris, of Wake, offered
aud amendment providing for a
rate of 2% cents.
At 9 o'clock Mr. Manning call
ed the previous question and the
call was sustained aud the voting
then began.
The first vote was taken on
the amendment of Mr. Harris
aud his amendment was lost by
a vote of 45 to 59. Of our Repre
sentatives Mr. Johnson voted
for the amendment and Mr.
Jones against it.
Mr. Winborne's was taken up
and lost by a vote of 43 tp 00,
Johnson voting for it and Jones
against it.
Mr. Houghton's amendment
was then voted on and lost by a
vote of 50 to54, Johnson voting
for it and Jones against it.
The Bickett substitute bill was
then voted on but failed to pass j
byavoteof40 to 58, Johnson
voting for it and Jones against
it.
The bill then came up on its
third and final reading and pass
ed by a vote of 71 to 28, Messrs.
Johuson and Jones both voting
for the bill. The bill was order
ed engrossed and sent to the
Senate.
Reed Smoot to Hold His Seat.
The ^ght which has been in
progress for four years against
Reed Smoot being permitted to
retain his seat as a Senator of
the United States from Utah,
was ended Wednesday. Thereso
lution to unseat him was defeat
ed by a vote of 28 to 42. Both
the senators from North Carolina
voted against the Beating of
Senator Smoot. Senator Smoot
is one of the Apostles of the Mor
mon church.
It is believed at Washington
that the impending war between i
Nicaragua and Honduras will be
averted by arbitration.
At Marion, Ills., Monday Nora
Turner shot and killed Robert
Kennedy and committed suicide:
because he re'useed to marry
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General News Items.
Every dispensary in South
Carolina was closed Monday and
a commission was appointed to
wind up the affairs of the insti
tution.
\Y. F. Walker, treasurer of the
Savings Bank of New Britain.
Conn., is missing. Also a half
million dollars worth of securi
ties cannot be found.
Four persons were killed and a
half dozen others mangled and
seriously injured by an explo
sion of leaking gas in a restau
rant at Los Angles, Cal , Wed
nesday.
Fire at J. Gladstone's livery
stables at Cape Charles, Ya.,
Friday morning, destroyed the
stables and three adjoining build
ings. Seventeen horses were
burned in the stables.
The United States Senate has
passed an act giving the govern
ment the right to appeal to the
Supreme Court for a construc
tion of the constitutionality of
any law involved in a criminal
suit.
The naval appropriation bill,
$100,727.807, was passed by the
Senate Wednesday night in fifty
two minutes. All the com
mittee's amendments were agreed
to. The only amendment during
the consideration added $250,
000 to the item for coal and
transportation, and $130,000
for a power plant at the Norfolk,
Va., uavy yard.
The State Department at
Washington gave it out Monday
that the final passage of the im
migration bill by Congress yes
terday, will settle the grievance
of the J apanepe over the ex
clusion of Japanese pupils from
the public schools of California;
Japanese will be admitted to the
schools if Japanese coolies are
excluded from immigration.
The postoffice appropriation
bill, the largest ever reported from
the committee on postoftices and
postroads, passed the House
Wednesday. All the provisions
relating to increase pay effecting
90 per cent, of the postal em
ployes, which had been stricken
out on points of order were re
stored to the bill. The max
imum salary of rural carriers is
$840.
Two white mpn were hanged at
ltussellville, Ky., Friday fo r
criminal assault on a young
white woman. The night before
the hanging one of them at
tempted to commit suicide by
opening a blood vessel in his left
arm with a tin spoon which he
had sharpened. Physicians in
jected nearly a gallon of artifi
cial blood into him, which re
vived him, but he was so weak
he had to be supported on the
scaffold.
Srnflnnd Nerk Will
ww?mu*?w* i<vvn J-Jiii X UOJkUi
Raleigh, N. C-, Feb. 19 ?There
was niueh speech-making iu both
branches of the Legislature to
day, the kluttz bill to penalize
telegraph companies $1,000 for
failure to transmit and deliver
properly any telegram being the
special order in the Senate and
the Kitchin bill to repeal the
special act of 1905, providing
prohibition for Scotland Neck,
Halifax county, and putting that
town ander the Watts law so the
people upon proper petition may
vote on prohibition, dispen
saries or saloons, being the
special order in the House. The
kitchin bill passed 64 to 29 in the
House and in the Senate the tele
graph bill was tabled by the
narrow margin of one vote, IS
to 17.
In the discussion of the tele
graph bill in Senate, Colonel Neil
Archie McLean, of Robeson,
made a remarkable speech in op
position to the bill, declaring
there still remains in the Dem
ocratic party much of the social
istic and communistic spirit.
The discussion in the Senate
continued for possibly two hours
and was of a very, wide range,
finally resulting as stated above.
The discussion of the Scotland
Neck liquor bill was led by Mr.
kitchin, of Halifax, and Mr.
Neil, of Halifax, and Dowd, of
Me'klet birg, led the opposition.