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VOL. 2<>. SMITHFIELD. X. C.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER (!. 1907. NO. 39
WEALTH OF THE FARMS
Value of Year's Products To
tals $7,412,000,000.
GROWTH OF CROP EACH DAY
Threatened Failure ot Early Part of Sea
son Gave Vast Value to Each Grow
ing Day?Year's Crop Is Worth
$1,103,000,000 above that
of 1895?Secretary Wil
son's Report of Year.
"The farmer has received much
for which to be thankful," says
James Wilson, Secretary of Agri
culture, in his annual repoit for
the fiscal year euuifcg June 30r,h
last, which was made public yes
terday. During the first half of
the year he was threatened with
general crop failure throughout
the length and breadth of coun
try East of the Uocky Mountains.
The very last day was exhaustwf
that could be withheld from crtfp
growth, and still leave a harvest
worth taking.
"Every necessary day for the
development of the corn crop
was worth 20,000,000 bushels of
corn. Cotton needed a longer
time, and offered to pay 30,000,
000 pounds of lint for the favor
of each day of growth during the
full term. Wheat offered over
0,000,000 bushels a day, tobacco
7,000,000 pounds; potatoes, 3,
000,000 bushels, and beets, 6,
000,000 pounds.
"The entire wealth production
of the farms was at stake, and
was dependent on a crop-growing
season of sufficient length, and
every one of its days was worth
$50,000,000 to the farmers and
the nation.
"At the end of the harvest the
farmer has provided the country
with commodities that are equal
to the average of recent years in
quantity and vastly more thau
are needed for national consump
tion. His labor and his knowl
edge have been rewarded with
products the sum of whose value
is $7,412?000000."
This total, the report says, is
$657,000,000 above the value of
the crops of 1906 and $1,103,
000,000 more thau the total
value of the crops of 1905. The
The operations of the meat-in
spection service during the fiscal
year showed an inspection of
50,999,634 animals, of which
149,792 carcasses and 529,876
parts were condemned for dis
ease or other cause. The cost of
this inspection was $2,159,475.
Discussing the balance of trade,
the report continues: "During
the fiscal year of 1907 theexports
of farm product? exceeded the
imports by $444,000,000, a bal
ance that has been exceeded only
four times?in 1898,1899,1901,
and 1902. Our foreign credit is
sustained mainly by our farmers.
For eighteen years, beginning
with 1890, the farmers have not
failed to secure a favorable bal
ance, the lowest being that of
loiK)?$i;5o,uuu,uuu; ana tne
grand aggregate of the balance
of trade in farm products for the
eighteen years is $0,1500,000,000.
At the same time our foreign
trade in nonagricultural products
for the same period has shown
an aggregate adverse balance of
$450,000,000.
"Thus a great stream of wealth
has been sent from farms to for
eign countrifs to offset the ad
verse balance cf trade in com
modities other than agricultural,
to pay the oceau freight costs on
imports conveyed in foreign
ownued ships, and to pay the
interest, dividends, and principal
on investments in the United
States by foreigners. It is the
farmer who has sent credit to ex
patriated Americans; it is he who
has provided the immigrant with
millions to send every year to
the loved ones in the old coun
tries, and if there is still any
err ditto dispose of, the farmer
has provided the American trav
del in foreign countries with his
po ket monty."
Secretary Wilson is hopeful of
occupying the two branches of
the new department building
within the next month or two.
On this the report says.
In considering the question of
I
'i buildin^r, the imperative need
for suitable laboratories to carry
on the important investigations
of the department and tire proof
space for the library was recog
nized as a paramount. To ac
complish these objects and to
secure opportunities for con
tinued enlargement the building
has been arranged so that exten
sions could be made in segments
as the work required. The work
will be completed within the ap
propriation made by Congress.?
Washington Post.
The President's Recommendations.
A bureau of mines.
Extension of irrigation.
Citzenship for Porto Rico.
Preservation of the forests.
Enforcement of the land laws.
A postal savingsbaukssystem.
Removal of tariff on wood pulp.
Extension of the ocean mail
service.
Legislation for the thirteenth
census.
An income tax and an inheri
tance tax.
Remission of part of China's
indemnity.
Tariff revision after the Presi
dential election.
Some form of local self-govern
ment for Alaska.
legislation governing labor of
women and children
A naval monument in the Vicks
burg National Park.
rjAteueiuu ui tut? parcel puoi,
especially on the rural routes.
Preservation of the Hermitage,
the home of Andrew Jackson.
The eight hour day for all work
carried ou by the government.
Federal inspection of interstate
railroads as a preventive of ac
! cidents.
Building up of army and navy,
with increased pay for officers
and men.
Supervision of trust companies
in the District of Columbia and
i Territories.
Making Pearl Harbor availa
ble for the largest deep water
vessels, and suitably fortifying
the island.
From the great Lakes to the
mouth of the Mississippi a deep
waterway, with deep waterways
leading from it to the East and
' the West,
National inspection and grad
ing of grain entering into inter
state and foreign commerce.
Compulsory investigation of
such industrial controversies as
are of sufficient concern to the
i country to warrant Federal ac
j tion.
j Either a national incorpora
| tion act or a law licensing rail
way compauies to engage in in
terstate commerce upon certain
conditions.
An anti trust law more efficient
| and more in harmony with act ual
conditions.
Legislation providing limited
but definite compensation for ac
cidents to all workmen within
the scope of the Federal power,
including employes of navy yards
and arsenals. In other words, a
model employers' liability act.
l hat corporations snail not
contribute to Presidential or
national campaigns and that
both contributions and expendi
tures be made public. That Con
gress provide an appropriation
for the proper and legitimate ex
penses of each of the great
national parties.
Provision for an emergency
currency, based on adequate se
curities approved by the govern
ment, and issued under a heavy
tax. This would permit curren
cy being issued when the demand
for it was urgent, while securing
its retirement as the demand fell
off ?Washington Post
Marriage in Meadow.
Sundav afternoon, December
1st, in Meadow township Mr. Y.
J. Altaian and Miss Birtie Thorn
ton were married tty Justice J. S.
Lawhon. The attendants were
Mr. E A. AltmaL and Miss Minnie
Tart, Mr. Lonnie Weeks and Miss
Vara Allen, Mr. Joseph Tart and
Miss Ida Weeks, Mr. Walter Bare
foot and Miss Beatrice weeks.
After the marriage they had a
fine supper at the home of Mr. J.
M. Altaian, father of the groom,
which was enjoyed by a large
crowd.
J
SPEAKER JOSEPH G. CANNON.
Hon. Joseph G Cannon, of Illinois, who, on Montlay was elected
Speaker of the House of Representatives for the third term, was
born in Guilford county, North Carolina, May 7, 1836. He was
first elected to Congress in 1872 and has served continuously
since with the exception 1 the fifty-second Congress. If he lives to
serve out his present term he will have served 34 years in the
! greatest Legislative Assembly in the world. His power, in shaping
j legislation, is second to no man in the country.
FIRST TO SETTLE IN FULL.
Sheriff Nowell, of Johnston County,
Has Magnificent Record.
Sheriff R. M. Nowell,of Johnston
county, yesterday settled in full (
with the State Treasurer for.John ]
ston county taxes, being the first .
i in the Stare to settle with the
I Treasurer in full. The taxes of
Johnston county amounted to 1
$19,549.47. It was published a 1
few days ago that the Sheriff of I
Harnett county had settled with
the Treasurer and held the honors I i
for this year, but it was impos- <
sible to settle in full uutil the JOtb ?
of November, the date fixed by
law. The sheriff from Harnett
settled for the taxes on property,
but there were revenues from i
marriage licenses, etc, that make
a part of the settlement. Pile
Harnett sheriff is au excellent of 1
ficer, and his early settlement is I
worthy the emulation of many '
another sheriff. i
Johnston county has been the
first county to settle in full with ,
the Treasurer every year for the (
past twenty years, except two. ,
Sheriff Nowell is one of the most |
popular men in hiscounty, and is ,
also well known and liked in
J Wake county, of which he is a|(
native.?News and Observer, 1st.
i
Prof. J. B. Carlyle, of Wake
| Forest College, was unauimouslv ;
j elected President of the Baptist |
| State Convention at Wilmington
j Wednesday night, succeeding Mr.
! W. N. Jones, who declined a re
! election.
President Roosevelt's message
was read before both branches of
! Congress Tuesday and adjourn
ment was made to Thursday;
Democrats in both branches se i
i lected their steering committees;
new State of Oklahoma sent
greetings, Committeeon Banking
and Currency was announced by
Speaker Cannon.
A Real Wonderland
South Dakota, with its rich!
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silver mines, bonanza farms,
, wide ranges and strange natural
; formations, is a veritable won
derland At Mound City, in the
home of Mrs. E. D. Clapp, a
wonderful case of healing has
lately occurred. Her sou seemed
near death with lung and throat
trouble. ' Exhausting coughing
spells occurred every fi%'e min
utes," writes Mrs. Clapp, "when
I began giving Dr. Kings New
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that save his life and completely
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General News.
The t"ial of Harry K. Thaw for
the murder of Stanford White
will commence .lauury (ith.
Jim Crow bills have been pre
sented in both houses of the Ok
lahoma Legislature and will
probably pass.
Members of the Senate Wednes
lay introduced over 1,000 bills,
many of which provided for
private pensions.
Forty.seven miners were proba
bly killed by the explosion Sun
lay night in the Naomi mine at
Payette City. Pa.
A rear end collision of two pas
4eoger trains at Hanover, Md.,j
Wednesday resulted in five being
iilled uud twenty-five iuju~ed.
in the United States Circuit
}ourt at Norfolk Judge Waddilli
ias announced that he will name j
receivers for the Jamestown ex
josition Company on today.
At Covington, La, Saturday j
} Catholic church, Monastery,
ronvent and academy were burn- j
?d, the loss being over $100,000.
Rev Joseph Muck was burned to I
leath.
Secretary Taft had an audience
with Emperor Nicholas Wednes
day and received from his ma
jesty the frankest expression of
Russia's regard for the United
States.
Iloth branches of the Sixtieth j
Congress assembled in Washing
ton Monday and after organiz
ing, adjourned out of respect to
members who had died during
ttie recess.
Henry Osborne Havemever,
president of the American Sugar
Refining Company, died Wednes
day at his country home, Merry-1
ville stock farm at Comtnack,
L I., of heart failure.
Ry a vote of 124 tod the House
Democratic 'murus voted down
rlie proposition to take from
Leader Williams the power to
name Democratic members of
the various committees
Madame Fribourg of Paris
recently displayed jewels worth
$10,000 iu a New York hotel and
Tuesday they were stoleu from
her haruibag while ou a I'oilman
car enroute to North Carolina
A Dangerous Deadlock.
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SOUTHERN NOT TO PAL I
State Supreme Court Reverses
Decision of Judge Long
in Railway Case.
JUDGE CLARK DISSENTS.
Federal Court Has No Authorty To Issue
An Injunction Against the Bringing
of Suits Against the Railroad.
Raleigh, N. C., Dee. 4 ? The
i State Supreme Court io a decis
[ iou handed down this afternoon
| reversed Judge Long of the Su
perior Court in the matter of the
$80,000 imposed as a tiue on the
Southern Railway for selling
passenger tickets at a rate in ex
cess of 2 1 4 cents, the State rate
and at the same time it affirms
the act of the court and the con
stitutionality of the legislature
act in prescribing punishment of
agents and any officials of the
road for selling tickets at an ex
cess rate, the bringing of penalty
suits of $500 each by individuals
against the corporation for vio
luting the law, and holding that
the federal court has no author
ity to issue an injunction against
bringing suits, criminal or civil,
against the railroads, as it would
in thus enjoining a criminal ac
tion be bringing a suit against
the State, forbidden by the United
States constitution, as the act of
the legislature was self operating
as to the passenger fares and re
quired no action on the part of
off ifin.l-4
The opinion in that of four
Justices of the Supreme Court,
aud is dissented from by Chief
Justice Clark, who holds that if
an agent, can be fined or impris
oned that the railroad can also
be fined as a punishment for its
acts in causing an agent, to sell
ticks at illegal rates. In bis dis
senting opinion he intimates that
the Legislature should be called
together in special session so as
to make the act so explicit that. ,
the railroads can be punished by
fiueH.
Associate Justice brown in a ,
concurring opinion with the ]
court says that there is no need
of an extra sessou of the Legis
lature, that if the act as it stands 1
is enforced that the railroads 1
could not stand a week's viola- 1
tion o? it. 1
The opinion sets out the follow- 1
ing four points: '
That there was no error in
Judge Long compelling a trial of i
the case, ]
That the Federal Court injunc
tion was no defence to a criminal
action, no power lying in the
Federal Court to enjoiu a crimi
nal prosecution.
That the rate law was self ex
ecution in effect and that no suit
against the State will hold in de
fiance of the eleventh amendment
to the constitution
mhnna ? ninSl nnnnltn J"
i nai ?uci c a ?;IVII j?niMioy in
prescribed against a corpora
tion, followed by the creation of
a criminal offense against the
agents of the corporation the
civil penalty first prescribed re
lieves the corporation of punish
ment by indictment under the
criminal offence created against
the agent.
The court holds that the de
fendant received absolutely fair
trial before Judge Long but that
there was no criminal offence J
Charged in the bill of indictment
against the Southern Railway,
t he offense of selling tickets above |
the 2,'i rate being charged against
Ticket Agent T. E. Green, wno |
was punished by tine.
The act of the Legislature pro
hibits a charge above 2% cents
per mile and then provides, Sec
tion 4, that any railroad com
pany violating the provisions of
the act shall be liable to a penal
ty of $500 and the agent be
guilty of a misdemeaor. The
doctrine is that where an offense
is created by statute and the
same statute prescribes the pen
alty or the mode of procedure,
oniy that indicated by statute
be followed. Rut where the of
fense is at common law, statu
tory provisions not directly re
pugnaut to the common law are
[cumulative and either law may
be followed. Where an offense is
prohibited but is silent as to any
penalty an indictment will lie.
Hut were an offense is prohibited
and a penalty is imposed, no in
dictment will lie and hence the
judgment of lower court is ar
rested ? Wilmington Star.
Archer Items.
Services at White Oak next
Sunday by the pastor, Kev. A. A.
Pippin, of Wakefield.
Mr. aud Mrs. N. K. Hatton and
MiesJimmie, of Selma were in
our community Sunday.
Mr. Allisou Carroll has his new
residence about completed and
expects to move in this week.
We regret to announce the ill
ness of Mr. K. Idles who isserious
ly sick with typhoid fever.
Mrs. Troy A. Hranbam, of Ral
eigh, was here Sunday to attend
the burial of Master Uldric Hat
ton.
Several of our people attended
the Vocal Union at Corinth Sun
day and report a very pleasant
day.
Rev. 0. B. Mitchell, of Wake
Forest, filled pastor Hudson's
appointment at Clyde's Chapel
Sunday.
We are pleased to note that
Mrs. Sadie Whitley who has been
very sick for sometime is thought
to be improving.
Miss Emma Eld ridge, of Newton
Grove, opened school at the Hat
ton School House last Monday
with a good attendance.
Mr. aud Mrs. J. R. Woodard
and Mr. aud Mrs. W. H. Austin,
of Wendell, were here Sunday to
attend the burial of Master l ldric
It at ton.
Owiugto unfortuuate circum
stances the opening of school at
Archer Academy was deferred till
Monday, December 2, 1907. Mr,
W. H. Austin, of Wendell, is
principal.
Mr. Itobt. 11. Green has recently
painted his residence and out
buildings, which gives his place a
very neat appearance. We think
all farmers would do well to fol
low his example.
Mr. J. W. Barnes has his saw
mill back to his old stand and is
?ow ready to begin active opera
tions. From the amount of logs
already on the yard the money
stringency will not interfere with
him.
Among the visitors here from
Clayton Suuday we note the fol
lowing: Misses Cora Hocutt,
Ada Hinton and Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Barnes, Messrs. L. H. Cham
pion, Wilkes Barnes aud J. M.
Hinton.
Mr. Matt It Wall and his
mother, Mrs. J. K. Wall, will
leave for Clayton Tuesday which
place will be their future home.
Mr. Wall has a position there as
a stenographer. We wish them
much success in their new home.
On last Saturday at the dawn
of day the death angel entered
the borne of Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Hatton aud took from their
midst their oldest child, Uldric.
He had been confined to his room
for only a few days with croup.
All that medical skill and loving
relatives and friends could do
was done but to no avail. Uldric
was a bright, beautiful child of
only eight summers and loved
bv all who knew him. 'Tis sad
to know we shall meet his bright
happy face no more here yet we
humbly say, "Thy will, oh God,
not ours, be done," for we are
assured that from the golden
parapets of Heaven's throne the
smiling face more glorious in its
eternal beauty is beckoning us
on to peace and rest. The inter
ment was tuade at White Oak
cemetery Suuday afternoon midst
a large assemblage of sorrowing
relatives and friends. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev.
A. A. Pippin. The sympathy of
the community goes out un
reservedly to the griefstricken
family.
The golden gates were opened,
A gentle voire said come,
And with fnrewtllx unspoken
He calmly entered home.
Dec. 2. S. L. W.