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VOL. 25. SMITHFIELI). N.C.. FRIDAY. MARCH 1, 1007. NO. 52.
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TUESDAY IN THE LEGISLATURE
Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 26?No 1
reference was mads on the floor 1
of the State Senate today to the
sensational charges made vester-1
day by Major Graham against 1
1'resident Francis I>. Winston ,
the presiding t-flicer of the body (
because of his discrim:nation in i
appointing the conference com J i
mittee on the railway passenger i
bill from among the enemies of !
the measure. Soon after the <
Seuatecouveued, however, Major '
Graham sprung something m tne !
nature of a surprise by iutroduc-! 1
ing an entirely new passenger i
rate bill, providing fora two and i
a half cents Hat rate on all roads
of more than 100 miles in length, i
the shorter lines to be regulated 1
as to rates by the Corporation i
Commission. <
The Senate discussed at some j
length the House bill known as
the "Bickett Lobby Bill" and
finally defeated it by a vote of j
22 to 19. There was also a ,
lengthy discussion of the bill to
prevent the sale of merchandise
stocks in bulk, which is the
measure urged by the Merchant s j
Association of the State. This
bill passed its readings and was J
sent to the House for final con- |
currence in two ur tuiee uimui ?
amendments.
Uovernor Glenn sent a message1,
to the Assembly urging an ap
propriation of $150,000 for a i,
building on the present site of |
the Agricultural building. After j
the message had been read the j
announcement was made that .
the joint committee on Public ,
Buildings and Grounds had !
agreed on a Jbill appropriating (
$50,000 a year for two years for
the erection of a Supreme Court
wing to the east end of the capi- !
tol. This bill is to be introduced
in the next few days.
The Senate passed the Odell
bill to limit the poll tax a city or i
town may charge to $2. i
The House passed the compul- j
sory school law in the State on < i
its final reading. It provides ; i
that children between the ages of j t
8 and 11 years be required to at- j i
tend some school at least 16 i
weeks in each year in counties j
which come under the law by ;
vote of the people or where the J1
County Board of Education re- i
solves to come under the law i
upon majority petition of the i
voters. (
At the night session the House ?
discussed the special order, which i
was the Ireight bill. The measure i
is designed to prevent unjust die- i
crimination by the railways of
the State and fixes maximum
charges. Chairman Manning, of I
the Public Service Corporation i
Committee, explained the bill at i
length. i
Section 3 of the bill imposes a j
penalty of $5 per day on failure 1
of transportation companies to 1
turcish cars for shipments. 1
The bill uafcsed its second read-j:
ing by a vote of 51 to 3T with
an amendment by Douglass that
no shipper shall recover more
than three times the value of the
article lost in transit together
with the actual damage incurrel ;
by the delay or loss; also with ,
another amendment by Mr.
Bickett to allow the Corporation
Commission to excuse the smaller '
roads from the penalty in cases '
of merit.
Legislate Wadesuoro Dry. ,
This afternoon there was a ]
hearing before the Joint Com- i
mittee on Liquor Traffic upon a <
bill by Bedwine, of Union to legis- |
late the town of Wadesboro and
thecounty of Anson dry. Wades
boro now has>aloons. The hear
ing continued for an hour and a
half,and thediscussion was spirit
ed, a delegation from Wadesboro i
havihg appeared to urge the bill. ]
The Senate Committee voted 7 to I
2 to report the bill favorably. ]
The House Committee was pres- <
ent only to near the the discus- t
sion on the bill and took no vote :
on its standing on the measure. 1
It is conceded that the bill to f
dry the county will pass the ]
Senate but Mr. Lockhart, repre- 1
sentative from Anson, says that ;
he will be able to defeat, it in the i
House; that the question has r
been recently passed upon b t'l ? I
voters of Wadesboro aud that
the Ward ami Watts laws pro
vide all the machinery for giving
the people an opportunity of sav
ing whether they want pro
hibition or saloons
A large part of the session of
the Senate Wednesday was devot- j
? 1 to a discussion of the Holt bill
to require every county to levy a
special tax to maintain public
schools for at least four .months
in all districts and providing
that the State shall appropriate
5>1 for each S2 raised by each
county undei the act, the appor
tionment to be made from the
$200 000 educational fund. The
bill was prepared by State Super
intendent Joyner, and earnestly
advocated by him. It was con
tended that the bill was really
unconstitutional in tnat it vio
lated the limiting taxation in the
counties. The, bill was voted
down 14 to 32.
Sudden Death in Elevation.
On Wednesday morning of last
week Mr. Amos Johnson, of Ele
vation township, died suddenly.
His wife arose and went into the
kitchen to prepare breakfast,
leaving him in bed, aDd when she
returned to notify him that the
meal was ready she found her
husband dead. He had been in
failing health for a year or two^
having bad some slight strokes
of paralysis, but his condition
was not thought to be critical
and his death came as a great
shock to his family and friends.
He was a man who stood well
in his community and will be
greatly missed. He had reared
a large family and had so trained
them that all of them are good
citizens and are doing well.
Senator Graham Denounces President
Winston.
At noon today the biggest
sensation of the session of the
General Assembly was sprung in
the Senate chamber, when Sen
ator J. W. Graham, of Orange,
arose to a question of high per
sonal privilege and denounced in
the most scathing terms the
action of Lieutenant Governor
Wiustou, as President of the
Senate, in appointing $ commit
tee to adjust with a similar com
mittee from the House of Repre
sentatives the difference between
the two brauchesof the Assembly
on the railroad passenger rate
question, the House being com
mitted to a 2 cent Hat rate and
the Senate to a 2% cent first-class
and 2 cent rate second-class.
He denounced the action of
President Winston as contemp
tible. He had heard it called "a
sharp play in politics," but he
declared that it did not raise the
dignity of even "peanut politics."
The conduct of the Lieutenant
Governor amounted, he declared,
to a gross insult to him and to
the Senate?Raleigh Dispatch
2~) th.
Johnson-Adams.
On the 15th day of February,
Mr. James Johnson led to the
hymeneal altar Miss Tunie, the
heautiful daughter of Mr. Joseph
itdams, and were happily mar
ried about 2 o'clock P. M., the
reremony being performed by J.
[?. Mozingo, J. P.
The young couple boarded the
train at Four Oaks for Rocky
Mount, which place they will
pake their home. We wish the
louple a long, happy and pros
perous life. .
A Friend.
How to Remain Young.
To continue young in health
ind strength, do as Mrs. N. F.
Rowan, McDonough, Ga., did.
She says: -'Three bottlos of
Electric Bitters cured me of
;hronic liver and stomach
trouble, complicated with such
in unhealthy condition of the
>lood that my skin turned red as
lannel. I am now practically 20
fears younger than before I took
Electric Bitters. I can now do
ill my work with ease and assist
n my husband's store." Guar
mteed at Hood Bros. DrugStoio.
Price 50c.
A GOOD MAN PASSES AWAY.
Mr. Henry Austin, of Clayton
township, died lust Thursday
night in his seventy-sixth year,
after being iu poor health for
about threeyears. He was buried i
Friday afternoon in the presence
of a large number of relatives
aud friends. The funeral was
preached by Elder John W.
Gardner, of Goldsbyro.
In bis death Johnston county
has lost one of its best men. As
an affectionate father, as a kind
neighbor, as an upright citizen,
as a progressive farmer, as a
high class gentleman he had few
equals. His reputation as a far
mer and as one who made mouey
by farming was known far aud
near. He ranked with the very
best farmers of his section.
While he was not a member of
any church, he was regarded as a
Christian man and said he was
ready and willing to die. He had
been liberal toward the churches
in his neighborhood?the Mis- j
sionary and Primitive Baptists j
aud the Presbyterian. His death
is a great loss to the community. |
His last wife survives him. lYe
has Hying, three sons and three
daughters?Prof. Elbert Austin,
of Kentucky, Mr. L. F. Austin,
of Clayton, and Mr Cleon Austin,
who lived with him; Airs. Viak
| Austin, Mrs II. M. Barbour, aud
Mrs. J. T. Vinson. We always
regret to chronicle the death of
| such a man as Mr. Austiu, for
they are the mainstay of the
whole country.
School Tragedy at Montreal.
Montreal, Que., Feb. 2(5 ? Prin
cipal Maxwell and sixteen child
ren perished in a tire which broke
out this afternoon in the Hoche
I laga school of the Protestant
! School Commission. The school
i was located in a brick two-story
building in the east end of the
city and was attended by about
two hundred children whose
parents are mechanics living in
the neighborhood.
The tire started from the fur
nace, and was first noticed by
workmen employed nearby. The >
teachers were notified and the;
the work of getting the children
i out of the building began. The j
kindergarten department was
located on the second lloor and
it was here that the loss of life
' occurred. The children were
started out, but on reaching tue
landing, found the lower hall full
of smoke. Into this they refused
to descend, though the way at
this time was quite safe. Hud
dled together ou the stairway at
first thev retreated to the rooms
from which they come. When
the firemen arrived, au extension
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uiuuer was piacea in position
and a large number of children
were rescued in this way.
Assisting in the work was Miss
Maxwell, the principal. The fire
by this time was making its way
upwards, and the smoke was
growing so dense that even the
experienced firemen could not |
stand it. Captain Carson en
! deacored to get Miss Maxwell to
go down the ladder, but she re
fused, and evading the attempt,
| to detain her, rushed back into j
| the back part of the building in
search of others of the little ones.
I When the firemen were finally
able to make their way to the J
back portion to the building she
was found lying on the floor with j
a little one beside her. All those
who perished died from asphyxia
tion.
The building was unprovided'
with tire escapes.
Horse and Buggy Stolen.
Last Friday night some thieves
went to the home of Mr. I. W. j
Jones, who farms and runs a
store, a grist mill a saw mill, a
cotton gin and wood yard at
Powhatan, between Wilson's
Mills and Clayton, and stole
from him a horse and buggy and
a set of harness. They went
first to the well an took an axe
and pipe wrench with which to
open the blacksmith shop, where
they got afull setof tools. They
entered the kitchen through a
back window and carried off six
pounds of butter. Whih in the
kitchen they took a email cake of
butter on a fork and ate part of
it. They poured water into a
glass and swteteued it with su
gar. The stables were locked j
but they broke in and took his
driving horse. They were not
particular about taking the best,
as they left, Mr. Jones' new rub- -
ber tire buggy and took his old
one. The new harness was taken,;
An effort was mad*1 to break iti
tlie store by ripping off some
weatherboarding at one of the
windows, but this was not a suc
cess. The horse and buggy were
tracked to within four miles of
Smithfield, but beyond that no
trace has been found.
Since writing the above we
learn that Mr. Jones has fouud
his stoleu goods. A man found
the horse tied to a tree in the
woods near a stream about a
mile from ltocky Mount. A bun
die of fodder had been fed to him.
The harness was lying on the
ground near by. The top of the
buggy was let down. It is
thought the thief expected to
move his acquired property as
soon as night came on. The
horse was found just before sun
set and was carried to Rocky
Mount and from news received
was adjudged to be tbe stolen
horse. Mr. Jones went for his
property as soon us uotified.
After the horse was taken to
Rocky Mount a fire swept
through the woods where the
harness and buggy were left aud
burued the top from the buggy
aud badly damaged the harness.
The Senate Rate Bill.
Maj. Gsaham's bill to reduce
passenger rates on the railroads
in North Carolina passed the
Senate last Friday by a vote of
44 to 8.
The Daniel substitute bill pro
viding for a 2% cent rate was lost
by a vote of 18 to 27.
All other substitutes and
amendments were voted down.
Maj. Graham's bill which pass
ed the senate provides for two |
fares?2% cents tirst-class and 2
cents second-class.
The bill was taken up in the
House Saturday and that body
refused to agree to the bill. Ac
cordingly a Conference Com- j
mittee was appointed from each
branch of the General Assembly
as follows:
Messrs. Daniel, Aycock and
Webb from ' the Senate and
Messrs. Manning, Stevens and
Wiuborne from the House. The
President of Senate, in not put
ting Maj. Graham on the confer
ence committee, was denounced
by Maj. Graham in the Senate
Mondav in strong terms, on ac
count of which appears elsewhere
in this paper.
A Thief At Work.
One night recently a thief went
to tbehomeof .Mr. James Dupree,
of Pleasunt Grove township, and
stold frotn him a mule and
wagon and went to the store of
Mr. T. H. Stephenson, about a
mile distant, and loaded up with
abdut three hundred dollars
worth of goods. He opened a
window to enter the store with
some tools taken from a black
smith shop. After getting in the
store he opened a door from the
inside. 1 be wagon and mule
were found in the woods near
Raleigh, the mule being tied to a
tree. All the goods were missing
from the wagon except some
eggs. It is thought he decided it
would not look well for him to
carry in a load of unpacked goods
from the country, but of course
the eggs would arouse no sus
picion. Efforts have been made
to try to locate tbe thief but
without success.
Death Near Bethesda.
Mrs. Harriet Stanley, of the
Bethesda neighborhood, died
Sunday morning, February 24,
at the home of her step son with
whom she lived. The funeral was
conducted by her pastor, Rev. D.
P. Bridges, at the home on Mon
day and she was laid to rest in
the family graveyard near by.
She had been for a number of
years a member of Bethesda
Baptist Church.
f
General News Items.
Kobert Mills, awl 03, died at
his home near liellville, Iredell
County. Last week lie fell and
sustain&l serious internal in
juries, from which he died. He
was the eldest man in the com
munity.
(ien. Fred 1) Grant was in
Washington Monday for army
participation at. the Jamestown
exposition, April 2(>th, when the
greates* American squadron ever
afloat will ulso take part in the
programme.
Stocks tumbled in New York
Monday because of fear that the
railroad investigation before the
Interstate Commerce Commission
this week will bring out dis
closures that will further inflame
popular feeling against railroads
and corporations.
The United States Sub-Treas
ury at Chicago was robbed of be
tween $175,000 to $200,000 last
week; there is no clue as to who
got the loot, but it is certain
that the thief is an employe who
carried it away in $1,000 $5,00q
and $10,000 bills; every employe
is shadowed night and day and
the detectives are confident that
the guilty man will be treed.
To Live Long In North Carolina Hogs
Must be Fast.
A man named John Lewis, in
the North Carolina seaboard
country, made a specialty of
raising hogs which tooktheprize
at all the neighboring fairs and
cattle shows. At last he heard
of a fair in a part of the State
where he had never exhibited,
and so he sent his animals on
ahead there, expecting as usual,
to take some prizes. When he
arrived, after the judgments had
been made, he went straight to
the pen, hoping to see his hogs
bedecked in the laurels of victory,
but such was not the case. He
then wandered among other pens
until he came to the leanest and
ugliest razorback animal that he
had ever seen adorned with med
als showing hint to be the king
of hogs of the occasion. Lewis,
dumbfounded t>y such a selection,
went to the judges' tent at a
rapid rate, sayiug that while he
had no compliant to mane, he
would like to know, "just out of
respectful curiosity why my
hawgs, after taking prizes all
over the State, didn't even take
the measles here. I would like to
know by what process you come
to the conclusion that a mallet
headed, skinny looking razor
back is better than my hawgs "
To this the judge, with great
deference, replied that local con
ditions must be taken into ac
count in measuring the value of
such an animal. "Down here,"
the judge added, "we breed hogs
for speed 'and endurance. One
that could'nt run fast enough to
beat a nigger to the swamp
wouldn't live six weeks in these
parts."?Springfield Republican.
Bailey Exonerated Again.
Austin, Texas, Feb.27.?The
lower house of the Texas Legisla
ture tonight by a vote of 70 to
40 completely exonerated Fnited
States Senator Joseph VV. Bailey
of all the charges against him.
This action followed a debate
lasting several hours, following
the submission of the report of
the special Legislative committee
named to investigate the charges
against Senator Bailey. The
House, by its action, concurs
with the State Senate, which
yesterday recorded its faith in
the Senator by a close vote.
Mr. Bailey addressed the House
tonight before the vote was
taken. He bitterly assailed his
accusers.
Worked Like a Charm.
Dr. D. N. Walker, editor of
that spicy journal, the Enter
prise, Louisa, Va.. says: "1 ran
a nail in my foot last week and
at once applied Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. No inflammation follow
ed; the salve simply healed the
wound." Heals every sore,
burn and skin disease. Guaran
teed at Hood Bros. Druggists.
25c.
Princeton Items.
Mr. ("barley Parker is very eick.
YV. S. Joyner ha* moved into
tOM'U.
J. H. Hastings has gone to
Norfolk on a visit.
Mr. Dempsey Hrownand family
have movedjto Clayton.
Mr. H. it. Fields would move
here if he could pet a house.
A. E. Fee and family have
moved from Clavton here.
Mrs. Minnie Duke, of Haleigh,
is visiting Mrs. J. YV. Perry.
W. T. Edwards is building a
large ware house back of his store.
Misses Hettieand Nettie Jones,
of Duplin, are visiting in town.
Mrs. Eugene De Armond, of
Charlotte, is visiting her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Itailey. from
Nebo, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
J. Hen Howell.
Mrs. Geo. P. Massey and Mre.
YV. J. Massey are visiting Mrs.
YV. T. Edwards.
J. T. Edwards is building a
haiidsome|residence in the South
eastern part of town.
Jno. D. Edwards is very
anxious to move here but for the
lack of houses we can't accom
modate him.
David Best lost .a valuable
horse last week. He wasplajiug
in the lot and fell and injured
himself so that he died.
We are glad to see Mr. D. E.
McKinne out again after being
confined to his room a week with
a cold.
The stork visited Mr. and Mrs.
L. 1). Grantham and Mr. and
Mrs. .1. Ben Howell and left
at each place a fine boy, since our
last letter.
Edward Sasser, age about 73
years, died on the 23rd instant.
He was aConfederate Soldier and
served his country faithfully.
He was well thought off. He
leaves a family and a host of
friends.
Mr. Ashley Edgerton, having
sold out his interest in the busi
ness of Woodard & Edgerton, has
gone to Rocky Mount to take a
position with Uuion, News Co. '
Geo. F. Woodard will still con
tinue the business.
Miss Bertha Massev gave a
party last Monday night compli
mentory to her friend, Miss
Wiona Massey, of Clayton. A
few select friends were present
and had a most deligtful time.
Stephen Mitchell, age 89 years,
and 11 Months died on the 22nd
instant. He was in good health
up to the night he died. He was
an old Veteran. One by one they
are passing over to answer to
the roll call in the great beyond.
Mr. A. K. Bernshouse's father
and brother, cf New Jersey, are
here on a visit and are having a
pleasant time hunting. They
brought along with them ft full
blooded Beagle hound imported
from "The Frince of Wales"
Kennels of England.
* % ? I ? II ?1 ? ? ?
in .ucuoweu rsuperior uourc
Tuesday, Will Lynch, a 15 year
old boy, who some time ago at
tempted to wreck a passenger
train near Old Fort, was convict
ed and sentenced to three years
in the penitentiary. Only his
youth saved him from a longer
sentence, as it was shown that he
attempted to wreck the train
through revenge?after he had
been put off for beating his way.
Saved Her Son's Life.
The happiest mother in the
little town of Ava, Mo., is Mrs.
S. Ruppee. She writes: "One
year ago my son was down with
such serious lung trouble that
our physician was unable to help
him; when, by our druggist's
advice 1 began giving him Dr.
King's New Discovery, and I
soon noticed improvement. I
kept this treatment up for a few
weeks when he was perfectly
well. He has worked steadily
since at carpenter work. Dr.
King's New Discovery saved his
life." Guaranteed, best cough
and cold cure by Hood Bros.
Druggists. 50c and $1.00. Trial
bottle free.