ill) t ?smitfjfirlft Jlefalft. puce on* dollar j'fr tkar. "TRUE iO OUBSBLv ES, OUE COUNTRY AND OUR QOD." single oopies five cbnii _ _ ,. , ,. k _____?? ? ' -? ?=j VOL. 20. SMITHFIELD. N.C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 10,1907. NO. 24. THREE TOWNS 00 DRV. Onward Sweeps the March of Temperance Reform. Edenton Votes Out Saloons-Warrenton 1 Votes Out Dispensary and Benson Refuses One. Governor Glenn's Great Work for Temperance Onward sweeps the march cf temperance,and legalized whiskey selliug is doomed in North Caro lina. Whiskey advocates may j speud money, tight and work to make the busiues a success and respectable, but just so sure as our enlightened civilization holds its sway, just so sure will the nefarious business of making and encouraging drunkenness be de stroyed. The following dispatches pub lished iu the News and Observer I tell the success of temperance at! the polls: Warrenton, N. C., Aug. 12.? ! The people voted out the dispen sary in Warrenton today. The votes were 24 for dispensary and <il for prohibition. All credit is due to Governor Glenn, as the' election would have gone 15 or 20 for the dispensary up until ouiiuaj lliuiijiu^:, ?iien uu veruui Glenn preached his serinon against the dispensary. He has certainly missed his calling for he should be a preacher, as he converted more people in War renton in one sermon than 1 have ever known converted at a revival. 1 hope he will come back here occasionally and preach against drinking liquor and against the drug busiuess, and then we may have better morals. All honor to Governor Glenn, a? all the credit is his. Edenton, N.C., August 12.?By a majority of fifty or more, the exact figures to be determined by the count, citizens of this town today voted the saloons out of business. This puts Edenton un der the prohibitory law. Edenton, N. C., Aug. 13 ?The count in the election yesterday shows a majority of (18 for pro hibition out of a total of 261. Governor Glenn gave his voice to the cause of abolishing the saloon evil in this town. His words had weight in the result. And Benson remains dry. The fight there was a hard one, but the tetuperance forces won and the town will not be inflicted j with a dispensary for the next | two years. The election was | held Tuesday, the thirteenth day j of the month and prohibition J won by a majority of thirteen.! Who said "thirteen" was an u,n | lucky numbei? The Wilmington Messenger I thus comments: "Edenton and Warrentou held prohibitiou elections ou Monday and ttie former voted in prohibi- j tion against saloons and thej latter prohibition against dis pensary. So two more dry towns are added to the Tar Heel list. Prohibition seldom gets a set back in this section of the country. There is much interest in the Anson County election, which will be held on the J'lst | instant in which the wholecountv will vote on the question of al lowing saloons and distilleries in Wadesboro." The Daily industrial News, of (Jreensboro, the leading Republi can paper in North Carolina, comments as follows on the re sult: "Last Monday both Edenton and Warren ton voted in favor of prohibition, the tight in Edenton being against saloons and that in Warren ton being against the dispensary. "Of more than local impor tance is the action of tdese two towns as showing the trend of public sentiment throughout the State. Whether one believes or does not believe in prohibition one must admit that prohibition seutioient has for some years been constantly gaining ground iu North Carolina. That is cer tainly true of the past and wesee no indications of a change of sentiment. That may be looked for in the immediate future. "If we think then a- we thir.i: now, we will certaiuly oppose it if it conies without a submission to the voters of the State, but we are looking for the next legis lature to follow the example set by Georgia and pass a prohibi tion law for the entire State." Condary Godwin?A Tribute to His Memory. Condary Godwin, son of Iredell and Mary E. Godwin was born in ?Johnston county, November 29, 1809, and died in Selma, N. C. August, 0, 1907. April 10, 1893, he was united in marriage to .Miss Dora M. Whitley who, with live children, is left in the shadow of this great bereavement. In 189J he was converted and joined the M. E. Church, South, at Sander's Chapel where his membership remained until called to the church above. The latter part of June Brother God win was stricken with typhoid fever and we thought at one time he had gained the victory over the rav ages of the disease, but there was a relapse and at last he surren dered and passed from our midst. Only a few years since he mov ed to Selma and entered into mercantile business. As a busi uess man he won and held the unqualified confidence of all men. As his pastor it was my privi lege to visit him daily during his affliction. We had heart to heart talks. When tirst taken sick, his wife, three children aud his sister in law were all in bed. That was an hour to try meu. His faith in his Lord was trbly sublime. As I attempted to comfort and en courage him amidst the cares of such affliction, he replied, "I have no complaint to make, 1 have thought 1 have not had my share of suffering. The Lord has truly been good to us, aud now I can still trust all in His hands. If He sees proper to take any of us, He knows best what we need." Then looking up into m.y face he said "Brother, I want you to know I am not afraid to die. i can trust all to my Lord." Various times as I knelt and prayed by his bed he haa an ecstasy of joy that found expres sion in a beaming countenance aud bright smiles that plainly told that he had a consciousness of the Divine Presence. He walked with God when in health and carried the power of His religious into his daily life, so that when he came to the final conflict, his Lord diil not leave him alone. He was an honored ami trusted steward of his church aud nis brethren bad elected him a dele, gate to the district Conference f As a husband aud father he was true to the best interests of his family. He loved hie borne aud there you would tiud him only as his business or church duties call ed him away. He was stern in his integrity in ; business obligations. His word was his bond. He might sutler j loss, but his word was kept. As a Christian he was truly conscien tious in his duty and his Lord, and his church aud to his fellow mau. One of oil" best men has gone out from us. Beside the deeply l stricken wife and children, there is the aged mother and one brother. Berry Godwin, of Bine Level, Mrs. Joseph Crocker, and j Mrs. S. C. Beeden, of the same i town and Mrs. L. H. Caldwell, of | Lumberton, N. C. (>ur deepest sympathies go out to these sorrowiugones, but they sorrow not even as others, who have no hope, for the life of our brother was such as would vouch safe that his death would be1 precious in the sight of the Lord. Selma N. C. F. A. B. A New Cure For Freckles. It is announced that some scientist has declared that kiss ing will cure freckles. This will simply give some young fellow the opportunity of trying to per suade his girl friends to take the freckle cure.?Wilmington Star. President Roosevelt has been called upon by the Chicago Board of Trade to use his efforts to set tle the telegraphers'strike. From present indications a general strike will t e ci'l-d. General News. Wheat declined <"! centsabushel in Chicago Monday. Telegraphers' union officials state that 1248 telegraph opera tors are out on strike in Wash-, | iugtou. Raymond Whiteman, 1:2 years old, committed suicide at Mead ville, l'a., Tuesday because his his mother scolded hiui. Only two persons were lost out of 97 ou board the steamer Co lumbia, which was wrecked on Labos de Tierra Islaild, off Ecua dor. The New York Stock Market verged ou a panic Monday, many securities taking a sharp tumble; Standard Oil dropped 2"> points to the lowest price since 1899. President Roosevelt will not concern himself with the tele graphers' strike but Labor Com missioner Neill will tender his aid in bringing about a settlement. I A number of operators went out in a number of cities Wednesday; the operators at the -lamestowu Exposition went out. The 1'ooe Manufacturing Com pany, of Hartford, Conn., manu facturers of automobiles and bicycles, went into the hands of a receiver Wednesday. The con cern has several factories and the liabilities are about $2,000, 000, owing to the monev string ency, it could not meet its notes falling due. Telegraphers' strike spread rapidlv Monday and reached Yew York and spread to many Southern cities; there are now thousands of men out, and the strike increases hourly; the West ern Union and Postal Companies and the Associated Press are af fected; the strike has also spread to Canada. Attorney General Bonaparte aunonnces that criminal proceed ings will be broughtagainstboth the Standard Oil Company and E H. Harriman if the Govern ment sees a chance to convict, and that at any rate action will instituted to compel Harriman to answer the questions which he refused to do before the Inter State Commerce Commission. Panicky times prevailed on the New York Stock Exchange Wed nesday when prices went all to pieces, many lea ling suritieg falling lower than since 1901; there was intense excitement, the cause of the slump being the Goverment's attitude towards corporations, a threatened con tingency in the world's money markets and the failure of the Pope Manufacturing Company, of Hartford, Conn The Bladen and Northern Railroad. In an interview in Raleigh re cpntl.y, Mr. VViiliatn Moncure, -<0 well known in railway circles, and part icularly for the last few years as a builder of roads, said that Henry E. Lichford, of Raleigh; ?lohn (i. Shaw,of Favetteville; I>. E. Mclver and C L. Chisholnj, of Sanford; himself and others are now arranging to build the Blad en & Northern Railway, from Sted man on the Atlantic t oast Line, to White Uak, in Bladen county, a distance of 20 miles. He says it is to be a road to get at timber and that it will rtachwhat is per haps the finest body of standing [tines now in North Carolina? about 200 000,000 feet. Much of it is long-leaf. The road is to be 20 miles long and work will be in progress withiu 00 days from this date. The road will be stand ard gauge and will handle pas sengers.?Fayetteville Observer. The Charming Woman is not necessarily one of perfect form and features. Many a plain woman who could never serve as an artist's model, possesses those rare qualities that all the world admires: neatness, clear eyes, c'ean smooth skin and that sprightliness of step and action that accompany good health. A physically weak woman is never attractive, not even to herself. Electric Bitters restore weak women, give strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth, velvety | skin,beautiful complexion. Guar anteed at Hood Bros., Druggists 50 cents. FARMERS INSTITUTE! Saturday, August 24, at Court House in Smithfield. Women's Institute Held Same Day?I Prominent Speakers to Discuss Subjects of Vital Importance to the Farm and Home. The following program ban been arranged for the Farmers Institute to be held at Siuithtield on Saturday. August 124, 1907. While these subjects will be dis cussed auy others of special in terest may be suggested by those present. Hverv man meets with difficulties in his work and the institute is the place to which our farmers should bring their difficult problems and help each other solve them. There should be no hesitation about any farmer joining in and making these institutes of great good to the county. No one man can alone acquire either by st udv or through experience what is needful for him to know to do the best farming and therefore if these farmers institutes are made occasions for giving and receiv-1 ing help, for study and compari- J sou of ideas and methods much good can not fail to result to those who take an interest and; active part in the work. I'KOGKAM FOK FA KMEItH. Morning session will open at 10:30 o'clock and afternoon ses-1 sion at 1:30. Corn Culture, bj T. B. Parker, j Wake Oountv; Crop Potation, by : l>r. Tait Butler, State Veterina rian; Fertilizers and their use. by T.B.Parker; The Common I >in eases of Live-stock, by l>r. Taitj Butler. Opening of question box and general discussion. .Joint meeting of men's and women's institutes in the Court House A plain talk to the inen and women in the farm homes, by Mrs. Sue V. Hollowed. WOMEN'S INSTITUTES. The following program has been prepared for the Institute for the women which is to be held in connection with the Farmers fustitute at Smithfield on Saturday, August 24, 1907. This program will give au idea of the nature of the subjects to be discussed this meeting but any difficulty which any woman may have in her farm home may be introduced for consideration. The purpose of these institutes is to enable the women on the farms to help each other by giving and receiving information obtained through study or experience. We hope the women will attend this ! meetiug in large numbers for a day epeutin this way should be both pleasant and helpful. program for women. Co-operation of Home and School, by Mrs. F. L. Stevens, Raleigh; Butter-making, by Mrs. I). J. Wellous; The Woman in the Home, by Mrs. Sue V. Hollowell, Goldsboro; Home Nursing by Mrs. Stevens. Opening of question box and general discussion. Black Creek Notes. Mrs. Sarah .lones is visiting relatives in tne Elevation section. Mr. Arthur Measley,of Polenta, was a visitor in our midst Sun day. Miss Laura Canaday, of Ren sou, has been visiting friends in our midst. Mr. J. W. Myatt, of l'olenta, was in our community on busi ness last week. Mr. and Mrs. L. Stephenson, of l'olenta, were visitors in this community last week. Mies Luminie Parrish, of Four Oaks, is spending some time with relatives iu our vicinity. .Mrs. J. E. llobbs and children soeut a few days last week with friends in the Elevation section. Mr. Curly Harper, of Clayton, spent several days recently with relatives and friendsin our midst. Aug. 13 Tom Roy. \ State News. Cotton planter* report that the crop is now flowering and fruiting in remarkable profusion. The plants on an average are | possibly not up to the average I height but the indications are that the yield will be an average, even on the smaller plants. The crop conditions at this time are exeelleut with rather small growth and poor stand. The new professor of electrical engineering in the Agricultural Ac Mechanical College is l'rof. William .1. Moore, of East< )range, N. J. He is a graduate of the Brooklyn Higti School of Rutgers and of Professor Stevens Insti tute of Technology. He has had large experience in practical elec trical work in New York City and New Jersey. For four vears he has been assistant professor of i electrical engineering in Stevens institute of Technology in charge of all the laboratory and experi mental electrical work, and fre quently in charge of the electrical department of the college. wepurv internal itevenue col lector .1. P. H. \danis returned today front a raid in Johnston county during which he destroyed two illicit distilleries and captur ed one distiller. Onestill was near Peacock's Cross Roads. It was of G(> gallonscapacity. Two hundred gallons of beer were destroyed. Albert Hayes was arrested for working at the distillery, llegave bond. The other distillery was near Benson and of 30 gallons capacity. Three hundred gallons of beer and 40 gallons of singlings j were destroyed. One 14-year-old I boy was captured and he was; forced to tell the names of the | other men who escaped. For this he was released except for the purpose of identifying the men. ?Raleigh Dispatch, 12th, Methodist Conference at Elizabeth. The Annual District Conference for the Raleigh District M. K. | Church, South, convened at Eliza beth church seven miles west of here Wednesday morning, with Presiding Elder R. B. John, of Raleigh, in the chair. All the charges in the district were represented and all the pas tors were present except four. The first day was spent in hear ing the reports of the pastors in charge read. These showed a satisfactory and steady progress in the work of the church. Rev, W. M. Curtis, secretary aud treasurer of Greensboro j Female College, was present and made an earnest plea for aid for the endowment fund of the insti tion, stating that Andrew Car negie had promised to give ?2.3, 000, if the college wovld raise ?73.000. ut'v. l, . rs. massey, pastor at Luuhburg, made a short talk in behalf of Louisburg Female Col lege, which has recently been; given to the Methodists of the State by the Pukes who owned the College. Mrs. lvey Allen, president of the college, was pres ent. Others present were Rev. H. M. North, lleadrnasttr of Trinity Park School, Rev. S E. Mercer, of the Carolina Methodist College at Maxton; Dr. L. L Nash, Con ference Evangelist; and Dr. John .V Cole, superintendent of the Methodist Orphanage at Ral eigh. We hope to give our readers next week a full report of the work of the Conference. Long Live The King! is the popular cry throughout European counties; while ia America, the cry of the present day is "Long live Dr. King's New Discovery, King of Throat and Lung Remedies!" of which Mrs. Julia Ryder Paine, Truro, Mass., says; "It never fails to give immediate relief and to quickly cure a cough or cold." Mrs. Paine's opinion is shared by a majority of the inhabitants of this country. New Discovery cures weak lungs and sore throats afttjr all other remedies have failed; and for coughs and colds it's the only sure cure, j Guaranteed by Hood Bros. Drug gists. 50c and #1.00. Trial bottle 1 free. ASHLEY HORNE IN WILMINGTON. Made Good Impression and Gained Friends In His Race (or Governor. j Hon. Ashley Home, of Clayton, who is prominently mentioned as a gubernatorial candidate at the next election, arrived in the city yesterday and while here is a guest of Alderman \V. A. French, ?I r., at his home on South Fourth street. Mr. Home came to Wil mington to attend the banquet to he given at the Tarrymore hotel on Wrightsville Heach to uight under the auspices of the North Carolina Furniture Deal ers Association, which is now in session at the beach. The ban quet will be given at the Tarry more hotel tonight and Mr. Horue .vill respond to one of the toasts. Mr. Home's chances for nomi nation, his friends believe, are in ert asiug every day aud they con sider his prospects very bright indeed. .Mr. Home in smne quarters is regarded as the business man's candidate. He is one of the larg est farmers of the state and he is intimately connected with a number of leading industries in his section. Primarily he is not a politician, aud this can be said in his favor. He has devoted his life to business interests and he is considered one of the most practical and conservative men in North Carolina. Since his candidacy has been admitted Mr. Home on various occasions has visited various sections of the state and every where he has been met with the most pleasant and cordial greet ings. Last night he met a large number of Wilmingtonians aud he impressed every one with his unassuming and delightful man nei. Personally he is a delight ful and interesting conversa tionalist, being plain and unos tentatious, as a progressive North Carolina farmer is consi dered to be. He speaks assuringly of his prospects for the nomination and those interested in his campaign believe his chances are lucreasiug with every passing day.?Wil miugtou Messenger, 11th. A Horrible Accident Near Contentnea. A horrible accident occurred last night at about 10 o'clock a short distance this side of Con tentnea Creek on the Atlantic Coast Line. It Heems that a young man by the name of C. It. Hoyle,of Dunn, N. C , had been working for the Dennis-Simmons Lumber Com pany at Kenly, 15 miles south of here, boarded the through freight going north with a view of com ing to Wilson. The conductor discovered him on top of the cars, and went forward to warn him of his danger and have him come back and go in the cab. In his walking back he made a misstep and fell between thecare. Moth legs were mashed off one just below tue kuee, the other just above his right aukle. His hands and face were bruised up badly, aud some of his teeth knocked out, face and head cov ered with blood. The uufortu nate young man was brought to this city aud taken to the san itoriuui as quick as possible, with a view of giving him such surgical attention as his condi tion indicated. He had hardly been laid on the operating table before he expired, at least before auything could be done for his relief. His remains were taken to Dunn today for interment.? Wilson Times, Monday. ^ Wonderful Happenlna. Port Byron, N. Y., has wit nessed one ot ihe most remark able casses of healing ever re corded. Amos P. King, of that place says: "Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured a sore on my leg with which I had suffered over 80 years. I am now eighty live." Guaranteed to cure all sores by Hood Bros., Druggists 25c. The fruit crop iu Surry county must be fairly good. About MO brandy distilleries are in opera tion in the county.

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