\ al)f Snvitljrielib Iterali). bblce ONI txiLl.il pjjb Till. ( "TRUK TO OURSELVES, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD." UNO LB oopibb fiyb LBBEB. VOL. 2(5. SMITHITELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1907. \ NO. 32. Selma News. Mr Eli J. Fate, ot Goldsboro, was in town Tuesday. Mrs. Noel is visiting: her parents Mr. and Mrs. II. D. Hood. Mr. and Mrs. II E. Richardson spent Sunday and Monday at Wendell. Mr. Nathan Wilkerson, of Co lumbia, S. C., has opeued a shoe shop here. Little Miss Mai j ?rie l>ebnain! who a few weeks ago fell and broke her arm has about re covered. Mr. and Mrs. C. G Wiggs. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Waddell, Mr. Har dee Hatcher and daughter Miss Mary and Messrs ,1 ohn W. Creech, Manly Creech, Dumpsey Morris, John W. Blackman, W. J. Horn, J. A. Wheeler and Stephen Horn left Tuesday for the Exposition. Next Wednesday, October 10, the cornerstone of the Masonic Temple will be laid by the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. Most Worshipful Francis D. Winston Grand Master presiding. It will be the most imposing spectacle ever seen in North Carolina and any who may witness it will hardly ever see such another oc casion in North Carolina. The stone will be laid at 12 o'clock noou. The Grand Lodge will be escorted to the building by the Knights Templar in their beauti ful regalia. Then the Blue Lodge masons, who will compose the Grand Lodge will be out in full j force, and the name of every I mason who is present will have! his name put in the corner stone. \ It is especially requested that the' Secretaries or the Master of each ! Lodge have a correct list of their j ?members present which he will! give to the Grand Secretary, i The Temple is now up to the 5th floor. Iu addition to the regular train an extra train will be run which will leave Selma about 7:20 a in.; returning will leave Kaleigh about 5:30 p. m. Last Monday Mr. Cleveland Crocker and Miss Julia Ilolleman went to Ualeighand were married well?that was all right so far as Mr. Crocker was concerned; but: as the parents of Miss Julia were not willing for her to be married j it was all wrong as to her, when| the 7:40 traiu came from Bal-j eigh it brought the newly mar ried pair, all right and lovely so far, but when they got off the train everything was wrong. There was quite a little party there to meet them, and among it were the parents of Miss Julia Mr. and Mrs. Manly Holleman who took Miss Julia home and told Mr. Crocker to iightout and not come back. Everything was wrong. The old folks would not iet him come around and did not want to let him have her, prov ing to him that the course of true love did not run smooth, After a good deal of talk and coaxing on the part of Mr. Crocker's friends they consented to forgive the pair and now after a lot of trouble every thing, with the young folks at least, is all right They have the best wishes j of our people now, as they had J during their troubles, All's well j that ends well. October 10. HOOD BUOS. TEST. Hood Bros, inyite all who suf fer from any form of catarrhal troubles to test the virtues of Hyomei under theii absolute guarantee to refund the money if the ireatment does not give perfect satisfaction. There is no other treatment for catarrh that in any way re sembles Hyomei; none that gives such quick, curative results and lasting satisfaction; none that can be sold under a guarantee like this?to refund the money unless it cures. Catarrh is a germ disease, and when you breathe Hyomei, its antiseptic healing reaches the most remote air cells in the nose, throat and lungs, killing all catarrhal germs and driving the disease from the system. Get a dollar outfit of Hyomei today from Hood Bros, under their guarantee offer. Clayton News. Mrs. G. B. Starling has been sick for the past few days but at this time is doing uicely. Miss Julia Ferrell, of Kaleigh, has been here for a few days the guest of her sister Mrs. H. I'ool. The attendance at Clayton High School continues good. New pupils are reported every week. Misses Ethel Creech and Daphne Williams who are attending the Baptist lluiversity, spent Sunday at home. ? Bev. O. W. HeDdersou a young minister from Wake Forest preached here Sunday morning and evening, to large audiences, j Cotton is being marketed very rapidly here notwithstanding the j fact that some cotton men say farmers will hold for fifteen cents, , Mr. Buck Coats one of Messrs. Barbour & Sons, very clever and j popular salesman, is sick with i fever. We hope his sickness will be uf shore duration. Rev. Mr. Thornton from Vir ginia preached at the Baptist church Monday evening. After; the sermon the church went into confereuce and elected Rev Thornton as pastor, his services to begin for the church here the first of November. Next week the whole populace will be attending the Fair and we are not expecting any big things in the trading line, except to get a few things to wear at the Fair. The first number of tbe con certs, will take place at the academy on Friday night Octo ber 25tii. An ad will appear next week in The Herald. Yelir. Over The River News. Mr. Henry Stephenson attend, ed the Carnival at Dunn last week. Mr. (i. W. Mitchell will leave to-day (Wednesday) for a few days stay in Richmond. Messrs. Milton and Edwin Coats, of the Bethesda section, I were visitors ii this section Sun day. Mr. Joe Johnson and Misses Pearl Stephenson and Lillie tlin neut, of Smithfield, were visitors in this "Burg" Suuday evening. Some few days ago as Master Eugene Talton started iuto the house be discovered a very large highland Mocasin under thedoor steps. He called to his mother to bring the gun to him, but he being rather small to use a gun she first refused him, but after seeing no other way to capture the reptile she gave him the gun. He shot one time and ended his sDakeship by severing his head from his body. The snake was about four feet long We think this very brave for a little boy of bis size. Xerxes. Thaw Trial December 2. New York, Oct. 7.?Harry K. Thaw's second trial for the kill ing of Stanford White will begin December 2. This agreement was reached between District Attor ney .lerome, .Martin W. Littleton, counsel for Thaw, and Justice Dowling, of the Supreme Court, to-day. Mr. Littleton wanted the date fixed for November 1, but Mr. Jerome opposed this and offered the date selected. The trial will be held before Justice Victor J. Do wling.-Wash ington Post. Selling Bad Eggs The new Minnesota law has put a stop to the sale of bad eggs. The practice has been for egg buyers to take all the eggs offered by farmers and can dle them afterwards. The bad eggs were soaked in preserva ! fives and then sold to bakers, i J The Dairy and Food Commiss I ioner announces that he will i prosecute the seller of any bad eggs. Dealers will therefore buy eggs subject to inspection and the bad ones will be rejected be fore the settlement is made.? Northwestern Agriculturist. Negroes and Prohibition. The negroes need some sort of guardianship in many things. This is particularly true of manv of them with reference to intoxi cating drinks. If candy is within reach of a child, he will eat enough to make him sick. If whiskcv is within reach of a negro,the aver age one will drink to drunken ness. Referring to the new pro hibition law in (ieorgia a writer in Uncle Uemus's Magazine says, "it wid likely be evaded to a con ! siderable extent as it touches white people and pretty thor-: oughly enforced where it touches the negroes." If so, it means > that the negro will be better and : a more industrious citizen. That j sort of discrimination against the negro will be welcomed by the; best of their race. Commenting! on the above remark the Norfolk Landmark says: "It is a pity that the Constitu tion of the United States does not permit the enactment of a straightforward prohibition law applying to the Indian and negro races, and leaving the white man to protect himself against his own alcohol. That would be of inestimable benefit to the races which have always gone down in a heap before the Caucasian's liquor and drugs. "In their fanatical determina tion to confer upon the colored brother all the legal rights of the white citizen, the men who coii-| trolled the government during? the Reconstruction period worked , teirible injury to the object! of their misdirected solicitude. They showed as much sense as a man who would put a razor iuto i the hands of a baby, livery wise a1 d sober negro knows this and deplores it." There is no doubt that the growth of prohibition in the South has been greatly acce'er rated because of the recognition that the negro needs to be pro tected against his appetite. Wherever prohibition prevails, I negro labor is more steady and ; reliable aud negro crime decreases and there is less race friction. For these reasons all the big counties where the negroes are massed on the plantation are under prohibition laws in Missis sippi.?News and Observer. Bryan at Fayetteville. We are in receipt of the follow-! ing invitation: Bryan day Fayetteville, North Carolina Tuesday, October 15th, 1007, We are glad to announce that Hon. William Jennings Bryan will deliver an address in this city Tuesday afternooD, < )c tober fifteenth at 2:00 o'clock. We will be glad to have you pres ent 011 that occasion together with many others of the .State's foremost citizens. Respectfully, C. J. Cooper, J. (1. Shaw, F. 11. Stedman, L. B. Hale. Iuvitatiou Committee. Boats High and Dry. Fayetteville, Oct. 8?The Ob ver this afternoon nays: "There was hardly a foot of water in the Cape Fear at 8 o'clock this morning The steam ers City of Fayetteville aud A. J. Johnson are both stranded at the old jetties, two miles below Fayetteville. The City of Fay etteville left here yesterday with a big cargo, including 80 bales of cotton and 2~> cases of factory goods, but got no further than the jetties when she went aground and stuck fast. The steamer A. J. Johnson, not so heavily load-1 ed, lcit her wharf here this morn- [ ing, confidently expecting that she could weather the shoals, but she, too, came to grief, and now both steamers are lying side by side, utterly helpless, awaiting higher water to float them. The passengers on both boats were returned to Fayetteville in row boats. "The steamer Lyon was report- j ed as passing Klizabethtown this morning, bound for Fayetteville with a heavy cargo of freight from the Baltimore steamer, but it is feared she will run aground beside the City of Fayetteville and the Johnson." Picnic at Spilona. On lust Saturday, October 5th, the people commenced to gather at Spilona about S o'clock and kept coming until they numbered about 1,000. At half past 10 o'clock Mr. N. M. Eason who has taught ttie class at Spilona and at Kehobath made a short ad dress, after which W. 11. Coats read the 23rd psalm and envoked (lod's blessings upon the audi ence. After this the welcome ad dress was delivered by Ellen Eassiter and the response by .1 ullan blackmail, followed by a sons; by the Spilona choir, fol lowed by the choir from bethel They were followed by the choir from Kehobath. Each choir singing two songs Mr. N. M. Eason led the Spilona and Kehobath choirs and Mr. K. 1). Thomas led the Bethel choir. They went about three rounds each and adjourned 1% hours for dinner and the good people of that community just spread down cloths and opened their boxes and trunks and baskets and hearts, anil euvited every body to come and eat. Some people may cry out hard times, but it did not look like it Satur day for after the multitude was fed they took up of the fragments 12 baskets full. Mr. Eason gave the drum beet and the choirs from Spilona and Kehobath fell in line and did some nice marching, then lull went back to the house and sang until I think every heart . i. i_ j *ir _ A I was maue giau. >ve inniK rue choir from Bethel got the Rab bits foot, but we hopetoseetbeni again in tiie sweet by and by. Well, everything went on lovely. At 4 o'clock catne the closing ad drees by Mr. Everett Lassiter, then Mr W. C. Lassiter called in the children and treated them to about 3 bushels of nice apples, 1 bunch of bananas and 30 pounds of candy, and there was a Hweet time for a while. We had the verv best behavior, no one was under the influence of whiskey, and that speaks well for the com munitv Oct. 8,.'07. W. It C. Special Train Two Days. Raleigh, N. C , 10-0-'07. Dr. It J. Noble, Selma, N. C. My dear Mr Noble:?We are advised by the Southern Railroad tbac there will be a special train operated from Uoldsboro to Ral eigh and return, making all local stops on the 10th and 17th. This train will leave Selinaabout 7 20, returning leave italeigu about 5 30 We will be able to send you the exact schedule in a lew days, with advertising mat ter, but this is approximately correct. The fare for round trip will be one fare based on the 3% cent rate, plus 50c admission to the Fair Grounds. With best wishes, we beg to remain, ? Yours very truly, Joseph E PoguE, Sec'y. Mr N. W. Smith asks us to state that the Sunday School picnic at Pauline Baptist Church 1 will take place the Third Saturday in October, and not at the time previously mentioned. TODAY S STHENUOUS LIFE. The stress and strain of this' strenuous age tend towards stomach troubles. Five people1 suffer today where one did ten years ago with sick headache, dizziness, flatulence, specks be fore the eyes, bloating, nervous-! ness, sleeplessness, and the many other symtoms of indigestion. To relieve all stomach troubles nothing else is as safe and effec tive as Mi-o-na. It not a mere digestive taken after eating, but a true tonic, stimulant and strengthener for the musoular walls of the stomach, increasing the natural digestive fluids and putting the stomach into such condition that it does the work Nature expects of it. So positive is the curative powers of Mi o-na in stomach troubles that Hood Bros, with every 50 cent box they sell give a guarantee to refund the money unless the remedy does all that is claimed for it. LEAPED OUT A WINDOW. Engineer Lacy Thinks He Must Have Been Dreaming. Winston-Salem, N. C., Oct. 7.? Mr. Thomas 1?. Lacy, passenger engineer tor the Norfolk and j Western, his rim being between this city and Koanoke, Va , while | asleep arose from his bed about 12 o'clock Saturday night, raised i the window, opened the blinds and leaped out, tailing on a brick pavement a distance of about 30 feet. Besides breaking his rigtit leg near the hip, Mr. Lacy sustained painful bruises on the head. Mr. Lacy is unable to explain his action. "1 must have been dreaming about my treJn and been in a hurry about some thing." said the engineer to-day. lie regards his escape from death as miraculous. It is thought that he will be laid up for at least six months. Powhatan Points. Mr. Bruce (ireeu went to Pine Level Saturday. Mr. J. I. Adams, of Wilson's Mills visited his parents Sunday. Mr. David Barbour,of Wilson's Mills, was in our vicinity Satur day. Mrs. M. II. Jones and neice, Miss Nellie II. Jones spent Sun day with Mr. M. M. Jones, of Wilson's Mills. Mr. J. W. Poole attended the Free Will Baptist Union meeting near Goldsboro last Friday and Saturday. The next union meet ing will be held at New Chapel Church in December. Oct. 7,-'07 Sknoj. Beasley Bits. Mr. John Dunn lost a'fiDe horse a few weeks ago. Mr. und Mrs. B. A. (Jrant and little son of Benson, N.C , spent a few days with parents, Mr. und Mrs Dennis Grant, last week. Mr. N F. Creel made a busi ness trip to Smithfield last Thursday. Mr C. C Beasley went to New ton Grove Sunday. Misses Bettie and Luda Cole, from Mebane, N.C., who have been spending sometime with MisB Lorenzo Cole left Monday for Giddiugsville. Mr. and Mrs. David Stephen sou and little Mildred Lenert, of near Italeigh, left Thursday after speuding a few days with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Beasley. Messrs S W. Lassiter and W. H. Britc left Tuesday to visit the Jamestown Exposition Mr. N. B. Cole spent Sunday in Sampson. Mr. W. II. Grant returned to his work near Four Oaks, Sun day after being home a few days. Oct. 8. Country Boy. Massey School House Notes. Mr. fiud Mrs. N,. G. Massey at tended church at Smitbfield Sat urday aud Sunday last. Mr. Jasper Allen and Miss Lilia Allen attended the picnic at Spilonia last Saturday. Mr. A. (J. Hayes aud sister Mat tie, spent Saturday night and Sunday with Misses Myrtle and Alice Williams of the St. John section Mr. K 11. Allen, of Falcon, vis ited his brother, Mr. J. 1$. Allen last Sunday. Miss Amanda Adams spent Sunday with Alice Creech. Remember that 3rd Saturday is the day for the picnic at I'au j line Church. Good speaking and singing aud a big crowd is ex pected. Everybody is invited to come with weil tilled baskets. A Criminal Attack j on an inoffensive citizen is fre | quently made in that apparently i useless little tube called the "ap Ipendix." It's generally the re sult of protracted constipation, following liver torpor. Dr. King's New Life Pills regulate the liver, prevent appendicitis, and establish regular habits of | the bowels. 25c. at Hood Bros. [ drug store. Saloons Voted Out. Aaheville, N. C., (lot. 8?Ashe ville haw pone "dry" audthe oro hibitionists are tonight wildly enthusiastic. The verdict cf the people today was reudered iD lan guage plain. Thev literally awept I the city clean and aenttheaaloon ! to ita death beneath an avalanche or votea. The prohibitionists carried every voting precinct in the city and won by a majority of eight hundred and forty eight. While the voting continued all thin afternoon the tale waa prac tically told at noon. In fact bo fore 10 o'clock this morning the aaloon advocates saw the hand writing on the wall and realized that the tide had set against them. After the first four houra of balloting it waa dimply a ques tion of majority. The total num : ber of votes polled waa 1,700. This means that the saloons in Aaheville will close December A 1st. The Mountains on Fire. The mountaiu metropolis has covered itself with glory in the mighty majority it registered yesterday to close the saloons. It bad been supposed that be cause Asheville is a resort city j of great importance, as well as a I business city of growing impor ! tauce, that the desire to cater to visitors would cause Asheville voters not to vote out the ac cursed whiskey traffic. This turns out to have been an erroneous opinion. Its people determined to permit no consideration to cause them longer to submit to the saloon. They will find that in attracting visitors and in its business growth the saloon re pelled more than it brought. All honor to Asheviile and itH splendid citizenship. This means l that no whiskey can now be sold 1 west of Salisbury except at .Vlor {gaiiton after July first.?News & Observer, October Dth. Prosperity Starts Where Whiskey Stops Mr. Thomas Farthing, of Wat j augaCouut.v, who was at Federal Court last week, called our atten tion to the fact that there was j not a single blockading ease from I his county, and he was proud of i the fact. He says that in his ob servation in Watauga, he has observed that when thj whiskey business stops prosperity begins, lie wants to see the whole liquor business wiped our. He is on the right track.-Watauga Democrat. Burnell Items. Mrs. J. A. Tyner spent Satur day night with Mrs. N. H. Gibbs j of near Benson. Mr. B. 1. Culbreth of Dunn passed through this section last i week Misses Lillie and Katie Tyner spent Suudav with Misses Nellie ! and Mamie Kyals near Benson. Messrs. Austin Holmes and Ira Barbour weut to the picnic at ; Hodges Chapel Sunday. Mr. James I'ope and Miss Ef fie Jobusou attended services at Barbour's Chapel Sunday. Mr. Willie Strickland and fam ily, of Smithtield, spent Saturday night and Sunday witn their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. itiley Strick land. Rev. N. H. Gibbs tilled his reg ular appointment at Oliver's drove Saturday and Sunday. Oct. 8. G. Flour Soars Out of Sight. San Francisco, Oct. 8?A shor ter loaf or a longer price is the alternative proposition present ed to local bread-eaters by the advance in the price of eastern flour. The price was jumped up by oOceutsa barrel yesterday. That makes an increase of $1.50 a barrel in the few months. High prices for wheat, due to the failure of the wheat crop through the country is the cause of the enormous advance in the price of flour. The egg of an .Epyornis ma\ imus a flightless bird of gigan tic stature has been found in Madagascar.?Ex. I

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