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VOL. 2<S. SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. MARCH 29, 1907. NO, 4.
WORK OF LEGISLATURE.
I
Brief Summary of Some of the
Measures Enacted Into Law.
A Short Account of the Laws Passed
That Relate to Johnston County.?
The Instructions of the Conven
tion Carried Out.
The Legislature which recently
adjourned, passed a great many
laws, perhaps a gre iter number
town any Legislature oi recent
years. We propose from time to
time to give the readers 1 hk
Herald a summary of ttie most
important measures passed
Since our people are mure interest
ed in the laws passed relating to j
Johnston County, we shall begin
our summary this week by call
ing attention to the laws that af
fect the people of this county
alone.
The Johnston County Demo
cratic Convention,- held last
August, instructed our Senator
and Representatives to have en
aijted into law two bills, and two
oiiy
The first of these was intro
duced by Representative George
L Jones and is entitled ' an act
restoring to the people of John
ston county the right to manu
facture and sell wine and cider."
Under this act the farmers of this
county are allowed to manufac
ture and sell wine and cider from
fruits and grapes grown upon
their own lauds or rented lands
upon which they live. There is
no limit to the quantity as to
cider, but wine must not be sold
in less quantities than one gal
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The second measure demanded j
by tne people in Convention as
sembled was the reduction of fees
in the several county offices. A j
bill embodying the resolutions
passed by theConvention was in
troduced by Senator Charles M .
Wilson. This act will go into ef- j
feet April first and make a sub- i
stantial reduction in quite a
number of instances. Tnis bill
was published in full in The
Herald of January 25th.
The following measures intro
duced by Representative Jones
passed both Houses and are
now law:
An act to amend and consoli
date the charter of the town of
Smithfield. The charter as now
amended allows the Board of
Aldermen to levy taxes not ex
ceeding 06 2-3 cents on the hun
dred dollars worth of property
and two dollars on the poll.
An act to amend and consoli
date the charter of Pine Level.
An act to amend the Smithfield
Township road law. This law
gives the road Supervisors more
power in their work of improving
the roads and provides that the
Sheriff shall collect the road taxes
and turn the same over to one of
the members oi the Supervisors,
who shall be treasurer of the
road fund and thus save about
$ i o per year to ine iuny.
An act to amend the Selmal
Township road law so as to give ?
the Supervisors more power in
the building of roads.
Mr. JoneBalso introduced and
had passed a law giving to the!
people of Cleveland Township
the right to vote on a special;
tax for a public building in the
township. This law provided
that the taxes shall not exceed j
1-8 of one per cent on the hun
dred dollars worth of property
and ten cents on the pole.
Another act introduced by Mr. I
Jones allows the defendant in a
case before J ustice of the Peace,
the right to have his case moved
and put before another justice of'
the pence, who may reside in an
adjoiuing township.
Mr. Jones also introduced a
bill.providing for a cotton weigh
er in the town of Benson, and ap
point jd Mr. J. R. Denning as
weigher for 1 Le first term.
Senator Wilson introduced a
bill giving to the people of Selma
the right to vote on a bond issue
for the establishment of electric
lights in that town.
Smator Wilson introduced and
had passed an act legalizing the
manner of dnwing jirea p>
Johnston Couuty. fnisaci
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viilee that township boxes shall
be provided and that in drawing!
the jury each township shall be
represented.
Representative Josephus John
son introduced a bill allowing
farmers to sell their brandy in
packages of not less than five
gallons.
Our Senate and Representa
tives introduced other measures,
some of which became law, and
some which failed to pass. We
shall probably have something
further to say relative to the
work of our Senator and Repre
sentatives in a future issue.
Clayton News.
Miss Swannanoa Home, who
is attending the llaptist Univer
sity, speut Sunday and Monday
at home.
Mr. Lonnie Holland, who is in
the employ of the Southern,
spent Sunday here with relatives
and friends
Mr. J. M. Beaty, of The Her
ald, was in our town Wednes
day working like a Turk for his
paper. We are always glad to
see Mr. Beaty.
The Aldermen of Clayton are
being asked through petitioners,
to grant an election on the mat-;
ter of "Hogs or No Hogs," to be
in the regular electiou.
Mr. and Mrs. J no. O'neil and
children are here this week visit
ing relatives. Mr. O'neil has a
splendid position with the V'ir-1
giuia Life Insurance Co., and is
located at Greensboro.
The Clayton Buggy and Fur
niture Co. has just received a
solid car of white furniture, a
solid car of Tennessee wagons,
and already have in stock a big
house full of buggies of all kinds.
Mr. Wade H. Ellis left Friday
night for Concord to join a Car
nival Company, but found that
arrangements were not quite
finished for the opening ano will
be here until about the 24th of
April.
The young people here have
planned a big picnic for Easter
Monday and we hope they will
have a good day for it. There
is also planned a g?me of base
ball here for the afternoon of
that day.
Clayton's merchants are hust
ling. If you could see the dray
loads of merchandise that are
being marked up you would
think we were looking for the
biggest trade in our history and
if you thought this way you
would be just about right.
Mr. S. M. Finch, formerly of
Raleigh, has opened a furniture
store here in the building for
merly occupied by Gulley & Gul
ley. He will carry a select line of
furniture. We welcome this en
terprise to our town and feel
sure he will get a liberal share of
the public's patronage.
Prof. Thos. H. Lindspy, of
Durham, who for some time was
principal of Clayton High
School, gave an entertainment
here Monday night. His mono
logues, impersonations and reci
tations were great. As an enter
tainer, Prof. Lindsey has the
cake over any one we have
beard.
Rev. C. W. Blanchard has re
signed as pastor of the Clayton
Baptist church to take effect the
last of April. He has purchased
a large interest iu the Biblical
Recorder and will assume the
duties of editor. Our people
regref very much to lose Mr. |
Blanchard and his family but
rejoice that the Recorder has se
cured so strong a man as its
editor.
The greatest treat of all the
Paster time will be theentertaiu
ment to be given at the Academy
ou Raster Monday night. The
teachers of Clavton High School,
have been working hard and will
give you a treat such as vou j
have not had the pleasure of in!
quite a while. The admission
fees are small considering the [
good things that are iu store for \
vou. Don't forget the date and
don't forget to come and bring
somebody with you.
Yemr.
Clayton. Marh27tb.
State News Notes.
There are now l,18o rural de
livery mail carriers in the State.
Those on routes of standard
length?2-1 miles?get S<?o per
month. After July 1st they will
get $75 per month.
Mre.Charley Greer, of Watauga
county, a few davs ago tied her
baby in achair before the tire and
left it alone. When she returned
the child had falleu iq the fire on
its face and was burned to death.
In an affray near Andrews,
Cherokee county, Sunday night
of last week Avery Ptilliam, aged
21 years, shot and instantly
killed his biother, Elbert
Puiliam. The survivor claims
selfdefense, of course. Drinking
and gambling. No eye-witnesses
to be difficulty.
The rooms of the Colored Husi
ness .Men's Social Company, in
Greensboro, were raided by the
police one evening last week and
more than loo gallons of
whiskey and beer seized. The
manager, Perry Young, was ar
rested ou a charge of retailing.
The concern was a mammoth
"blind tiger."
A High Point news item says
the North State Telephone Com
pany, the independent company
of that town, has increased its
business To per cent, the past
year and paid a handsome div
idend to its stockholders. The?
company has boo phones in
High Point aud long distance
connection with several towns.
Polenta News.
We had a slight frost Tuesday
morning; no damage to fruit.
Mr. and Mrs. Z T. Jones are
both sick, but are improving.
Mrs. C. J. Coats is quite sick,
but was somewhat better at last
reports.
Mr. Douglass Holt, of Norfolk,
is in the neighborhood, visiting
his relatives.
There will be preaching at Mt.
Zion the first Sunday by Rev.
Mr. Starling the pastor.
Mrs. Lizzie Johnson, wife of
Mr. N. T. Johnson continues
quite sick, we regret to report.
Dr. WhartoD, of Smithfield,;
was out in the neighborhood |
Sunday night, on professional
business.
Some of our people have al
ready planted watermelons. If
the predictions of others come
true they will have to plant over.
Don't forget the Sunday School
Convention at Oakland Sunday,
(fifth,) Hon. B. K. Lacy, Hon. R.
N. Simms and Mr. S. W. Whit
ing will address the Conventon.
Let all the Sunday Schools of the
township have a big delegation
present.
The residence of Mr. J. W.
Stephenson, over in Elevation
township, was destroyed by fire
early Monday momiug The fire
caught from a stove fiue. The
loss is considerable. Iion't know
whether the property was insur
ed or not.
Rev. Mr. Souders on Sunday
morning at Oakland preached a
grand and touching sermon, his
theme being the "Heavenly
Home." It was deep, spiritual
and easy of comprehension. It:
was indeed a feast to those jour
neying to that beautiful home
of many mansions, and was suffi
ciently convincing to enlist all in
an earnest effort to gain such a
home.
On Sundav morning early Miss
Linda Wood departed this life.
She had for the past several
months been confined to her bed
with that dread disease consump
tion hence her death was not
unexpected. She was about twen
ty years of aj;e, and had for sev
eral years been a consistent mem
ber of Shiloh baptist church.
She leaves a mother and several
brothers and sisters to mourn j
her demise, (fur people deeply
sympathize with the bereaved.
She was buried at Shiloh.
March 27. Typo.
The mansion of Chief Justice
Marshall h"s been bought hr *ve
city of Richmond for $13,000.
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
Items of General Interest Told
In Short Space.
[ Some of The Happenings of The Week
in Home and Foreign Lands Clipped
And Culled for Herald Readers.
The United States lust year
exported $250,000,000 in meat
and dairy products.
Many Washington people be
lieve 1'resiJeut Roosevelt really
prefers George 11. Cortelyou as
his successor.
A totul of 199 lives and .14 ves
sels were lost during the last win
ter along the coast of New Eng
laud aud the Maritime provinces.
A negro who attemptd to as
sault a woman near Florence,
Ala., was tied to a tree and rid
dled with bullets by a mob
Sunday.
Licuteuant-Coloutl Goethals
will succeed Mr. Stevens as chair
man of the Isthmian Canal Com
mission and engineer in churge
of the canal work on April 1.
As chairman Colonel Goethals
will receive a salary of $15,000.
Majors Gaillard and Sibert and
Civil Engineer Rosseau $14,000
each, and Dr. Gorgas, Jackson
Smith aud Mr. Hlackburn $10,
000 each.
Joseph Ralph burton, who un
til his conviction iu the Federal
Court was United States Seuator
from Kansas, was last week re
leased from the county jail at
Ironton, Mo., having completed
his sentence of six mouths, im
posed when he was found guilty
of violating a Federal statute by
appearing before a governmen
tal department as the paid repre
sentative oi an alleged "get-rich
quick" concern of St. Louis.
Attorney General Donaparte
has given another opinion on
the new immigration law, in
which he holds that a State can
advertise its inducements for
immigrants and pay their pas
sage, but cannot contract with
them to come over for any spe
cified employment; passage can
be paid by a State from contri
butions from individuals and the
immigrants will not be excluded,
provided there is no contract,
but it may make the contri
butors of such funds liable to the
law.
Mery member of the grand
jury in the Circuit Court at Roll
ing Fork, Miss., last Friday iu
dicted himself for violating the
Sunday liquor law and each ap
peared before Judge Booth and
was fined $10, with a lecture
from the bench. The self-indict
ed grand jurors also returned
bills against several petit jurors
for the same offense. A religious
wave, following a Methodist re
vival recently, swept over
Sharkey County, and people of
high and low degree are purging
themselves.
An act of union, by which the
Congregational, United Brethren
and Methodist Protestant
Churches of 14 States are formed
into one large religious organiza
tion to be known as the United
Churches, was consummated at
Chicago last week. The final
vote was taken after the Metho
dist Protestant delegates from
Uouisiana and Mississippi
"bolted"the conference. Theuni
fication of three churches brings
together more than 1,200,000
communicants and the new
church will be about the fifth
largest Protestant organization
in the United States.
The State Department received
the following dispatch Tuesday
from Jose de Olivares, the Ameri
can consul at Managua, Nicara
gua: "This government reports
fhat on March 18 an army of
5,(lOO Salvadoreans and 1,000
Hondurans, commanded by Gen.
I'resa, a Salvadorean, attacked
the ? Nicaraguan vanguard
near Namasique, Honduras.
The battled lasted three days,
resulting iu the complete rout of
the Salvadoreans, who lost|l,000
killed. Nicaragua has 23,000
troops at the front, and will com
mence an immediate attncV on
Choluteca and Tegucigalpa."
Kenly News Notes.
Mr. Will Hooka has accepted
a position here as operator.
Mr. and Mrs. C. (i. l'ope at
tended church at Micro Sunday.
Miss Penny Outlaw, of Golds
1 boro, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
J. C. Grady.
Mr. F. A. Fdmondsou, of Mor
j canton, spent a few days iu our
town this week.
Mr. and Mrs. It. T. Rentfrow
spent Sundav at, Buckhorn with
Mr. Itentfrow's father who is very
ill
Miss ( raiua Richardson, of
Spring Hope, speut a few days
last week with her sister, Mrs.
Turner Bailey.
Mr. and Mrs. Green Popeland,
j of Fremont, visited Mrs. Oope
| land's sister Mrs. Joe 1'earce, Sat
urday and Sunday.
.Mr. K. (). .Martin returned
Monday evening from James
viile where lie has been spend
ing a few days with bis parents.
The Jr. O. U. A. M. has request
ed us to aunouuce that they will
raise a flag at Buckhorn in the
uear future. The date will be
given in the next items.
Mr. and Mrs. lb B. Sasser and
little daughter llazsl spent Sat
urday night and Sunday with
Mr. Sasser's parents, Mr:and Mrs
YV. A. Sasser, ia Wayne County.
Miss Elena Teague, who has
been attending school here for
i the past year, returned to her
home in Siler City Monday, much
to the regretof heryouugfriends.
Kev. A. L. Ormoud tilled his re
gular appointment here Sunday
j at the M. E. church. Rev.
Herald filled his appointment at
| the Presbyterian church Sunday
! nignt.
Those who are on our sick list
this week are Mrs. Ransom Al
tord, Miss Maud Edgerton,
Mrs. Turner Bailey who was re
j ported sick last week aud little
Adna Lee Bailey. We hope for
j them a speedy recover.
On last Tuursday morning
about eight o'clock The Dennis
Lumber Co., here unexpectedly
received a message from YViUiam
j ston N. C. announcing the sud
den death of Mr. Dennis S. Biggs
1 the President of *he Company.
Immediately upon receipt of the
message the mill was ordered
! closed, and they did not re
sume work until last Monday.
Mr. C. P. Hoyie, one of our
popular young men, left Satur
day for New Berne where he
wedded Mrs. Rosa Jones, one of
New Berne's charming young
ladies and a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry T. Brinson. They
are now visiting Mr. Hoyle's
parents in Dunn, after which they
will return and make here their
future home. Their many friends
welcome them here, and wish
them a long and happv life.
Miss Florence A. Hodsou a
charming young lady, of In
diana, who has been teaching
here for the past year, and Mr.
Edw. B. Moore of Brockton, Ga
left here last Tuesday morning
for Goldsboro where they were
married Wednesday at 11 o'clock
in the Friends church. Many of
their friends accompanied them
from here The church was
beautifully adorned with ferns,
flowers and growing plants, and
the congregation was composed
of kinspeople and friends of the
popular young couple. Me?srs.
Ed. Davis and Nathan Andrews
acted as ushers, and the ceremony
was in accordance with the old
time custom of the Quaker
church. Just before the bridal
pair entered the ch'urch Miss
Leon Edgerton, of Kenly, sang
in a sweet voice"0 Promise Me,"
which all the congregation en
joyed. Mr. C. B. Bailey acted as
best mau and Miss Emma Mat
thews as maid of honor, both
youug people of Kenly. The
bride and groom will spend some
days with relatives and friends
near (Ioldsboro and other parts
of the State, and will be at tneir
j home in Brockton, . Ga., after
April 1. Their many friends
here extend their hearty congra
| tulations and best wishes for
tfuur future hapninoss
keiily, March ^7ch.
The Hero Located
Not long since 1 wrote an ar
ticle which was published in The
smithkiklu herald headed; "a
deed of Heroism performed by a
Private in the (tanks at l'lytn
I outh, N. C., in 1864."
In answer to my letter last
week's mail brought me the fol
lowing:
"In answer to a clipping from
The Smithkielu Herald sent
to me by a friend, whose name
: at the bottom is W. N. Hose,
Rentonsville, N. C., I have this
to say: that 1 was the identical
soldier that volunteered to swim
the creek and briug the boat
across, the night of the 19th,
before the battle next morning,
and will in support of the same,
offer the following evidence. I
will be 82 years old on the 3rd
day of April, 1907.
"Yours truly,
"Win. Cavenaugh."
"We, the undersigned ex-Con
federate soldiers do hereby certify
that we belonged to the 35 th
Regiment N. C. voluuteers, and
the above facts made by Win.
Cavenaugh are true.
11. W. Humphry, Capt. Co. A.,
35th Reg. N. (T.,
1$. Venters, Lieut. Co. A., 35th
Reg. N. C. T.,
S. R. Taylor, Lieut. Col. 35th
Reg. N.C. L,
Ransom's brigade."
"I, P. 1) Shaw, a notary pub
lic, hereby certify that 1 am well
acquainted with the above
names and know them to be
gentlemen of repute and full
worthy of credit.
F. 1). Shaw,
Notary Public."
This settles it as to the man
that swam the creek and got the
boat the night before the storm
ing of Plymouth, N. C., in 1864,
by the Brigades of Gens. Hoke
and Ransom, and this act should
make the name of Wm. Cav
enaugh, Company A., 35th N. C.
Regiment famous among the
thousands of noble heroes that
fought for the lost cause in 1861
to 1865.
W. N. Rose
Reasley, N. C., .March, 17, 1907.
Tom Walker to Hang April 15.
Wednesday afternoon at Fay
ettevifle the jury, after a delibera
tion of fifteen minutes, brought
in a verdict of guilty of murder
in the first degree against Tom
Walker, the negro who on the
night of March second, killed the
Chief of Police of Fayetteville,
J. A. Chason and Otficer Locka
my. Judge Webb sentenced the
negro to be hanged on April 15th.
Tuesday afternoon Walker made
an attempt to commit suicide by
bumping bis head against the
steel bars of his cell. The trial
has been an orderly one and the
swiftness with which the wheels
of justice has turned, meets the
approval of all law-abiding citi
zens.
Death of a Young Man.
Mr. Cephas .Johnson, of Meadow
township, died last Saturday.
He had been in poor health for
about a year but since his recent
visit to Florida to see his broth
ers Messrs. D. and Nathan John
son he had seemed improved in
health. J ust before his death he
had a slight attack of lagrippe
but his condition was not con
sidered critical and his death was
a surprise. He lived with his
mother, widow of the late John
Johnson, and took a great inter
est in such things as pleased her
and added to her comfort. He
was a clever young man and liked
by all who knew him. He was
a brother of I)r. J.|C. Johnson, of
Benson.
Found At Last.
J. A. Harmon, of Lizemore,
West Va.. says: "At last I have
found the perfect pill that never
disapoints me; aud for the bene
fit of others afflicted with torpid
liver and chronic constipation,
will say: take Dr. King's New
Life Pills." Guaranteed satis
factory. 25c. at Hood Bros.
Druggists.
Buy Kokotno fencing at Cot
ter Stevens Co.