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VOL.27. ? SMITHFIELD. N. C.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 22 1909. NO. 48
GOVERNOR VETOES THE BILL.
Tennessee Senate Will Heap the
Chief Executive's Official Disap
proval of the State-Wide Prohibi
tion Bill This Morning?Opponents
of the Bill See a Ray of Hope?
Governor Patterson States His
Reasons.
Nashville, Teati., Jan. 19.?Govern
or Patterson this afternoon filed with
the clerk of the Senate a message
vetoing the State-wide prohibition bill
which last week passed by both hous
es of the Legislature. The Governor's
action followed adjournment of the
Senate, after it had passed, on third
reading by a vote of 20 to 13, the
bill prohibiting the manufacture in
Tennessee of intoxicating liquors.
"he veto message will be read to
t> j Senate tomorrow morning when
it must be sustained or the bill pass
ed over the Executive's protest. On
original passage the vote was 20 to
13.
Opponents of the bill claim tonight
that they can count on a change of
three Senators to their side and that
the fourth member, on whose vote
the fate of the measure depends, is
wavering.
In his veto message Governor Pat
terson charges that such legislation
13 against the Democratic p'atform
and the doctrine of self-government;
that It sets aside the recorded will
of the people; that experience has
taught that no arbitrary prohibition
law was ever obeyed and its enact
ment brings no settlement of the ques
tlon; that it destroys property, re
duces State revenues, increases taxa
tion, takes money from the people to
send it elsewhere, foments discord.
Impairs the dignity of the Common
wealth, fosters hypocrisy and invites
evasion and deceit in the people.
A Virulent Craze.
Illinois is just emerging from the
agony of a blanket State primary
electroli for the nomination of Unit
ed Statea senator, governor and other
officers. It is a vain as well as a
stupid and vicious attempt to trans
form our government until it shall
cease to be a republic and become a
democracy. It is all ba3ed on a spe
cious plea that the fount is absolute
ly pure, but the stream is necessari
ly foul.
The holding of a State blanket pri
mary for United States senator is
in contempt of the spirit of the
Constitution, which orders that sen
ators in Congress shall be chosen
by the legislatures of their respec
tive States. Repeatedly Congress has
refused to submit an amendment pro
viding for the election of senators by
direct vote; but the blanket primary
accomplishes that very thing, and
those States that like it now have
It without resort to constitutional
warrant for it.
Our government at Washington is
partly national and partly federal,
and that is its strength and its glo
ry. The Senate is entirely federal,
and under the Constitution senators
are elected by federal bodies, but if
the people shall elect direct, it crip
ples and weakens the federal nature
of the government. This craze?in
vention of the demagogues?is now
virulent in many sections of the coun
- ? .. - _
try.; but the fiercer tt is me sooner
tt will subside.
The argument is that legislatures
are corrupt, but that the people are
pure; that the people cannot choose
an honest man to represent them in
the State legislature, but that they
cannot choose a dishonest man to
the United States Senate. A legis
lature can be watched; but a whole
people cannot be under surveillance.
The legislator who sells his vote is
very likely to be found out, but his
constituent who sells his vote can
do so with practical impunity.
And what a harvest for a rich man,
ambitious to be senator, is a blan
ket primary! He can maintain head
quarters and an expensive organiza
tion in every community, and organ
ization in politics is what drill and
discipline are in things military. The
poor man. though a thousand times
better fitted for senator than his
rich competitor. Is at the greatest ,
disadvantage in a State primary, ]
whereas he can show himself to the
legislature and be judged at his true 1
worth.
The reaction against this assault |
on the republic has already set in. <
and ten years hence it is quite likely
the craze will have disappeared.?
"?Vashington Post.
AN EXCELLENT SHOWING.
Farmers Commercial Bank Pays 10
Per Cent Dividend and Passes 10
Per Cent to Surplus Fund.
Benson, Jan. 20.?The annual meet
ing of the stockholders of Farmers
Commercial Bank. Benson. N. C., was
held yesterday. They had been run
ning exactly ten months, and. not
withstanding the panic, they paid to
the Stockholders 10 per cent on their
Capital Stock, and placed 10 per cent
to the Surplusaccount. The original
Board of Directors were re-elected
with the addition of M. T. Britt. At
the Directors meeting just after the (
Stockholders meeting Mr. W. 11. Roy
al declined re-election to the Vice
Presidency, and the following were
elected officers for the ensuing year:
Jno. O. Ellington, President, P. B.
Johnson and Preston Woodall, Vice
Presidents, M. T. Britt, Cashier.
SELMA NEWS.
Gathered and Reported by Our Regu
lar Correspondent.
Selma, Jan. 21.?Mr. N. E. Ward is
quite sick in Wilson. All his friends
hope for his speedy recovery.
Messrs C. W. Richardson and L.
H. Allred spent Wednesday in Ral
eigh.
Mrs. J. C. Scarborough of Murfrees
boro, who has been visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. R. J. Noble, left for her
home Thursday mornine.
Work has been begun on the Eth- I
el Cotton Mills. We will tell more
about it soon.
We hear that Mr. W. B. Driver will
soon begiu work on a brick residence
Let the good work go on. Selma is
growing right along, as the sale of
lots some weeks ago showed.
Mrs. W. M. Sanders, of Smithfield,
spent Wednesday here visiting Mrs.
Scarborough at Mrs. Noble's.
Mr. Chas. E. Richardson, of Golds
boro, spent Sunday with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kichardson.
Mr. Ed. W. Womack has remodell
ed and painted his residence, which
now presents quite a nice appearance.
Mr. John W. Liles is having his
house painted.
The stockholders of the Bank of
Selma met in the bank last Tuesday.
A most satisfactory report was made
by the president and secretary. All
the old officers were re-elected.
Mr. William Richardson, of Selma,
was appointed by Grand Master Gat
tis at the last meeting of the Grand
Lodge to attend the unveiling of the
monument to the Confederate dead
at Johnson's Island which will be
some tfme in the summer. He was
imprisoned there during the war.
/
Governor Chamberlain Elected Sen
ator in Oregon.
Salem, Ore., Jan. 19.?Gov. George
E. Chamberlain, a Democrat, was to
day elected United States Senator
to succeed C. W. Fulton, receiving
a majority of each House of the Leg
islature, which voted in separata ses
sions.
The two houses will meet in joint
session tomorrow for the purpose of
ratifying the election of Chamber
lain. Forty-six votes are necessary
to a choice, and Chamberlain today
received 53 or 7 more than required
to elect.
$50,000 Fire in Durham.
Durham, N. C., Jan. 19)?A fierce
and quick fire yesterday morning
about 3 o'clock destroyed the munici
pal building, the fire originating on
or under the stage of the opera house
on the second floor, from a defective
flue, and quickly spreading over the
building. The total loss is estimat- 1
ed at $50,000, with Insurance amount
ing to more than $40,000, as full In
surance is allowed public buildings. I
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There are no set of diseases so ;
misnamed as those that pertain to ,
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think their nerves are deranged, th"lr
heart diseased, their kidneys weak,
their blood impure, when in reali'y 1
i hey have stomach or bowel rouble. |
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AND TENNESSEE GOES DRY.
State Prohibition passed Over Veto
?of the Governor, Who Won His
Nomination Advocating Local Op
tion in Contest With Carmack Who
Stood for State-wide Prohibition.
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 20.?Over
the veto of Governor Patterson both
Houses of the Legislature today pass
ed the Senate bill which prohibit* I
the sale of Intoxicating liquors with
in four miles of a school house in
Tennessee and is in effect a State
wide prohibition act. It is effective
July 1. 1909. The vote in the Sen- '
ate was the same as on original pas
sage.
The house acted at 5:40 this after
noon the vote standing 61 to 36, the 1
original vote there having been 6" j
to 37. In each house the passage was j
effected through a combination of
Kepublican and "State-wide" Demo- i
cratic strength. The eallcrie* were
packed In both Houses and the de
bates followed the reading of the
Governor's message were bitter.
The action of the Legislature to
day practically brings to a close one
of the most bitter and sensational
political fights in the history of Ten
nessee. State-wide prohibition was
the main issue in the recent contest
between Governor Patterson and the
late E. W. Carmack (or the Demo
cratic gubernatorial nomination and.
though Patterson, who advocated lo
cal option, w<yi the nomination, the
Legislature, elected in November last
at the same time that he was, has.
after stormy times, gone against him.
This came, however, with the aid
of Republicans who gave the bill 22
votes in the House and 5 in the
Senate.
The bill to prohibit the manufac
ture of intoxicating liquor in Tennes
see, after January 1, 1910, passed
the Senate today and is expected to
pass the House tomorrow.
I
DOWN FOUR OAKS WAY.
The Four Oaks Debating society
is progressing nicely. The query for
next debate is "Resolved That Cap
ital Punishment Should be Abolished.
The Four Oaks Milling Company
are making full time now. Their
meal is of the best.
Miss Neva Sater, of Raleigh, is
visiting her sisters here, Mrs. Chas.
and Robt. Wellons, and Miss Flora
Sater.
Mr. J. W. Stanley made a business
trip to Smithfield Friday.
Mr. W. H. Lee and Miss Norah
El^ridge, two of our popular young
people, were married Sunday after- |
noon at Four Oaks. They will reside
in Four Oaks where Mr. Lee is doing
a mercantile business. We wish them
much success, long life and happi
ness.
The farmers in this vicinity are
getting ready for business again,
building fence, cutting stalks and
plowing, etc.
Mr. F. A. Truett. was in our midst
Sunday.
We are very glad to hear that the
Legislature is being petitioned for an
enlargement of our town limits.
Mr. Johnson and Miss Page, of
Benson, visited fHends here Sunday.
We are glad to learn that Mr. A.
B. Adams' baby is almost well.
Dr. Shelling, noted eye specialist,
is with us for a while.
HELLO BILL.
ARCHER NEWS.
Mr. L. M. Barnes, of Clayton, spent
Sunday at home.
Several cases were up before jus
tice Eason last week, most of which
were turned over to the Superior
Court.
Mr. Clarence Hinton and Mr. Arch
ie Castleberry left last week for
Egypt, Ga., which place they will
make their future home.
Mr. Harvey Carmean, of Snow Hill,
Md., and Mr. Jesse Thompson, of
near Smithfield, were the guests of
Mr. George M. Hinton last Sunday.
Messrs C. L. Barnes and A. R.
Barnes made a business trip to Smith
field ?londay.
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TRUST MUST OBEY LAW.
Decision of Tremendous Importance
Upholds Texas Oil Fine of $1,
623,900.
Washington, D. C.. Jan. 18.?Law
yers and public men generally agree
that the most staggering blow yet
struck at Trusts and combinations
In restraint of trade was delivered
today by the Supreme Court of the
I'nited States In the famous case
of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company of
Texas, which lost on every point on
which It appealed from the decisions
of the Texas Courts. The company
was ousted from the State of Texas
and fined $1,623,900 for longcontinu
ed violation of the Texas Anti-Trust
law.
This sweeping aud epoch-making
decision of the highest tribunal ii4 the
land goes to the very heart of the
question of State Legislatures to
shape laws as they may see fit, with
the aim of relieving the people of
the exactions of illegal combinations.
In Its decision the Supreme Court
held that under the police powers of
the State the latter could not be lim
ited in its choice of methods for deal
ing with the evils of monopolies un
less it imposed fines that were so
grossly excessive as to constitute a
clear violation of the provision of the
Constitution forbidding the taking of
property without due process of law.
PLEASANT GROVE ITEMS.
Mr. J. C. Coats spent Sunday with
relatives in Coats.
Mr. Z. N. Lambert, from Clayton,
spent Sunday in this section with rel
atives.
On last Sunday, January 10, Mr.
Nassie Barnes and Miss Flonnie God
win were united in the holy bonds of
matrimony. The writer wishes them
much happiness.
According to th? indications of th"
weather we will have some more mar
riages to report soon.
Mrs. Nancy Lambert, from near
Clayton, who has been visiting rela
tives in this section for the past two
weeks, returned to her home Sunday. '
Mr. H. D. Lambert, teacher of Re
hoboth school, spent Sunday ap this
way.
HENRICUS
PRINCETON ITEMS.
Rev. \V. H. Puckett filled his ap
pointment Sunday. At the close of
the sermon there were enough funds
raised to pay the church debt.
Miss Clara Finlayson returned to
Henderson last Monday.
The "Spelling Bee" came off last
Friday night at Princeton academy.
It was the citizens of the town vs.
school in which the town came out
victorious. The town had some of
its oldest citizens as spellers and no
doubt the recollection of the old Blue
Back helped them out.
W. C. Massey lost a fine mule last
Friday.
J. H. Howell lost a valuable horse
last Tuesday.
Our Post Master, Mr. Geo. E. Bras
well, went up to Pine Level Sunday
and claimed Miss Lucy Little as his |
bride, returning on the 8 p. m. train, j
W. J. Mason left last Saturday for ,
Nebo, N. C., to visit his father, Mr. (
Pree Howell Is in charge of the sec- i
. 1 t ui. .
UUIP imce uunug IIIH auseiiut?.
Dr. A. O. Woodard has purchased
of D. E. McKinne a valuable town
lot and is now having erected a fine
building thereon to be used as a
Drug store and office.
A. F. Holt is having a two story
bHck building put up on the lot he
purchased of G. T. Whitley.
J. D. F.
Princeton, Jan. 19.
Overman Re-Elected Senator.
Raleigh, Jan. 19.?The election of j
Senator Lee S. Overman to succeed |
himself for a second term in the (
Senate of the United States was the f
Feature in both branches of the Gen- ?]
?ral Assembly today. The vote in c
the Senate was 36 to 8 and in the c
House 90 to 26, Judge Spencer H. s
\dams being honored by the minori- t
v with the complimentary nomina- (
ion. The speeches in nomination r
tfere made in the Senate by Senator t
\luttz and Senator Rritt, respective
y, and in the House by Representa- (
Ives Julian and Grant. In the r
louse toe full Democratic strength g
vas voted, there being .10 Republl- t
ans In that body. t'
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Two Bills Introduced of Local Irv
terest to Johnston County?The
Robeson County Bill Discussion?
Bill to Punish Public Drunkenness.
Another week has passed away
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without the passage of any very im
portant bills by the General Assembly
Quite a number of bills have been in
troduced but they are generally of a
local nature.
Perhaps the most important meas
ure Introduced so far is the bill for
the regulation of trusts and mono
polies. This measure which has been
introduced in both houses of the Gen
eral Assembly contains the famous
sub-section A which created so much
discussion in the General Assembly
of 1H07. If the bill is passed, accord
ing to the News and Observer North
Carolina will have a trust law with
teeth.
The warmest discussion of this ses
sion so far was by the members of
the House upon the bill authorizing
Robeson County to issue bonds ex
empt from county and municipal tax
ation. The committee to which the
bill was referred struck out the
clause exempting the bonds from tax
ation declaring this to be unconstitu
tional. The measure passed its sec
ond reading and when it came up for
its third reading, the Representative
from Robeson objected to its passage
and asked the members to vote
against it as the people of his coun
ty did not want the bill passed un
less it contained the exempting clause
He declared that the measure was a
local one and was supported in his
contention by several members of the
House, while others declared that it
was not a local measure and if pass
ed would set a precedent that would
be far-reaching in its effect. Final
hearing on the bill was postponed
until February.
Tuesday the House and Senate
balloted separately for United States
Senator electing Senator Lee S.
Overman to succeed himself. They
met in joint session Wednesday to
canvass the vote.
Representative Norton, of New
Hanover, has introduced a bill for
the separation of white and colored
convicts in the camps and other pub
lic works of the State.
Senator Turner, of Harnett, has in
troduced a bill relating to the con
trol and management of automobiles
an the roads of Johnston and Har
nett counties.
Representative Myatt, has intro
iuced a bill to increase the pay of
supervisors of public roads, jurors,
ind the County Commissioners of
Johnston county. This bill has pass
ed the third reading in the House.
Bills were Introduced in both Sen
ate and House Wednesday to abolish
the fee system of solicitors and
place those officers on a salary ba
sis. Senator Blow's bill provides that
the salary shall be $2,000 per year.
Representative Myatt introduced a
bill Wednesday "To repeal the laws
Df 1907 relating to fees of officials
3f Johnston County."
When the General Assembly ad
journed Friday, it adjourned In
honor of the birth of General Robt.
B. Lee and most of the members
went to Chapel Hill to hear Presi
lent Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton
(Jnivuioily, deliver an address on Lee.
Senator Gay has introduced a bill
:o punish public drunkenness, which
provides that any person found drunk
ir intoxicated upon any of the public
lighways, or at any public gathering,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
ipon conviction shall be fined not
ess than two dollars nor more than
en dollars for each and every of
'ense.
A Splendid Building.
The new hotel building just com
)leted at Kenly by J. T. Edgerton &
irother is one of the best in the
?ounty. On the first floor are five
itore rooms, besides the hotel office,
rhe postoffiee has been moved to
>n? of these. The owners occupy 3
>f these rooms, having moved their
itock of goods across the street to
he new building, t'pstairs is Hotel
llenn with large sample and dinlug
ooms and parlor and a large num
ier of bed rooms. It is one of the
lest equipped hotels In Eastern North
'aroliiia and will gain a liberal pat
onage. The owners have spent con
iderable money in the erection of
his building and it does credit to
bem and their town.
400 AUTOMOBILES BURNED.
Huge Freight Storage Sheds at Bol
ton Are Burned. Little Insurance
It Carried on the Valuable
Machines.
Boston, Jan. 17.?Four hundred au
tomobiles of various styles were to
tally destroyed In a fire that swept
through the old freight sheds of the
Providence division of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
in the rear of the Park square sta
tion. this morning.
The value of the machines ia esti
mated at from $700,000 to $900,000
and very few of them were insured
because of the high premium demand
ed on account of the character of the
building in which they were stored.
In addition the train shed at the
end of the station was practicnlly de
stroyed with its contents, which con
sisted of a board bicycle track and
pavillion, known as the Winter Gar
den, in which were merry-go-rounds
and various devices for entertain
ment.
Those Damaging Roads Must Repair
Them.
We have recently heard of much
complaint of the condition of the
roads in some sections, caused by the
heavy log and timber wagons and
road engines. When saw mill men
and others with heavy ti'ams, wagons
and engines, damage the roads it is
their duty to repair such damage.
We respectfully call the attention of
the public to Section 3778, of the Re
visal of 1905, which reads as follows:
"Section 3778. Damage to road by
hauling logs or wood. If any
person, company or corporation shall
damage any public road, bridge or
causeway by hauling logs or sawmill
timber thereon, and shall not repair
the damage done theret6 within five
days after being notified of said dam
age by the ^tverseer of said road, or
by any member of the board of super
visors of the township in which said
damaged road is situated, he shall
' be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
be fined not less than ten nor more
than fifty dollars, or be imprisoned
not exceeding thirty days: provided,
if any person shall pay the damage
as assessed by the board of super
visors for injury to said road, the
payment of such damages shall be a
complete bar to any criminal prose
cution under this section, and if any
criminal prosecution shall have been
commenced prior to the payment of
said damages, all further prosecu
tions in said criminal prosecution
may be ended by the defendant pay
ing the cost necessarily incurred in
said criminal prosecution and satis
fying the court that said damages and
all prop< r costs have been paid."
j Small But Strange Fire at Kenly.
Last week one of the gins at the
large ginnery at Kenly owned by the
Dunn Oil Mill became badly chowed
and must have started a fire but no
one knew anything about it at ths
time. A bale of cotton packed soon
afterward was carried up town and
that night was discovered to be on
fire which seemed to start from the
inside of the bale. The fire was ex
tinguished and part of the cotton
saved. Next morning it was found
that another bale ginned after the
choking of the gin, had caught fire
I where it was standing on end in the
cotton yard and had burned "p in
three feet of another bale which did
not take fire. It was remarkable
that other cotton and the entire gin
nery was not burned.
Founders' Day At B. U. W.
Founders' Day will be celebrated
at Baptist University for Women on
January 28. Dr. Henry Louis Smith,
of Davidson, will deliver an address
and President Vann will furnish a
brief sketch of the history of the
school, while special music will be
rendered, also. The Students Asso
ciation will give their annual recep
tion on the evening of the same date.
The public Js cordially invited.
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They purify the blood. Sold by Hood
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Cotter-Underwood Co. hav# a fine lot
of young mules they will sell cheap.