?lir &mithfirlii tfirralii Published Every Friday Morning, j BEATY A. LASSITER, I Editors and Proprietors. Entered at the Postofflce at Smith field, Johnston Couuty, N. C., as Second-class Matter. Rates of Subscription: One Year, Cash In Advance,.. $1.00 Blx Months, Cash In Advance, .50 THE TARIFF REVISION. The Republican party Is in control In the United States. They won the last election on the promise of tariff revision. Everybody knows that there Is something wrong in the tariff sys tem, and it ought to be time for ev erybody to know that the Republicans will never right It. President Taft called Congress to gether In extraordinary session to revise the tariff. The Payne 1)111, a miserable makeshift, lias passed the House and is now being discussed In the Senate. No oue believes that it will come through the Senate in even as good shape as it left the House. The Philadelphia Ilei-ord. commenting on the discussion of the bill, has the following to say: "During this and two or three suc ceding weeks the real struggle over the tariff will bo made lu the Sen ate, and then the bill will be sub jected to the bugger-mugger of a con ference committee. It is anticipated that in the eagerness to adjourn both bouses will submit to any compro mises of the committee rather than protract the session. The gravity of the political situation manifests itself when the leading Republican journals of the country, that have hitherto adhered through thick and thin to the most extreme ground of protection (The New York Tribune, for instance) treat with scorn both the Payne and Aldrich editions of the Dingley act. While some of these Republican organs are demand ing that the materials of manufact urers shall be put in the free list, and others that the high duties on Other imports shall be substantially reduced, all are agreed in behalf of the public which they represent that the pledges of tariff reform shall be redeemed in good faith." The whole story of the tariff re vision is but the same old story of fixing duties in such a way as will enrich certain "interests" at the ex pense of the consumer. How long ?will the American people be beguil ed into keeping a party In power that cannot see beyond the interest Of the rich manufacturer and trusts! The Philadelphia paper above men tioned closes a very strong and pointed editorial in the following sig nificant paragraph: "Such is the Jack o'lantern with which the tariff-mongers propose to delude the American people with the notion that it will compensate them for the maintenance of a blind and barbarous system of taxation upon their clothing, food and nearly all Other necessities of living. What suc cess the maneuver for evading a gen uine revision of the tariff will meet in the Senate of the United States will now be seen." THE OVERTHROW OF THE SUL TAN OF TURKEY. A rule of despotism of four and a half centuries came to an end last week when Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of Turkey, was dethroned, and his brother set up to rule in his stead. The most despotic government la the world now gives way to a constitu tional monarchy. From almost any standpoint the events of the past few weeks on the banks of the Bos phorus may be placed alongside the most important events in modern his tory. All reforms must come from within rather than from without and It is to be hoped that the powers within Turkey which have brought about this mighty revolution, have the good of the people and the ad vancement of civilization at heart. Little self-denials, little honesties, little passing words of sympathy, lit tle nameless acts of kindness, little | silent victories over favorite temp tations?these are the shining threads' of gold which, when woven together, gleam out so brightly In the pattern of life that God approves.?Canon Farrar. I Building True. Thomas Carlyle went back to the humble home of his youth when he was the dominating figure in Euro pean literature, lie visited many familiar places In the little village, but the spot where he lingered long est was a stone bridge. Years be fore, his father had built that bridge, and he famous son of the peasant parent walked over it and under It, then went down and viewed It on both sides. "Rath>" a pretty piece of mason ry." commented a gentleman who was with him. The great essayist thrust hl? hands in his pockets and took another keen, sweeping glance at the bridge. "Have you noticed that there Is not an unsound stone In that bridge?" he asked. "My father was a mason, and he always built true." Not long ago the writer of this was talking one night with a man of his life's work. He was a suc cessful man, and the work he had done loomed up large, strong, and, best of all, true. It had been nobly planned, nobly carried out, and now was in such shape he could safely leave It behind him, to go on devel oping upon the foundation he had laid for It. "It is a groat work you have done," be was told. The old man looked silently up at the stars for a mo ment. Then he related the above little Incident of Carlyle. "I read that when a boy," he said. "And 1 determined then, that if I ever built a business, I'd build true. When the time came, I remembered the old story?the boyish resolve? and I built true. And now, whether it is big or little, I can at least point to it, and say: 'There's not an unsound stone in It from foundation to turret. " Building true! A man's life a mounts to something in the world of men when he can look back from near the close of it and say, "It's built true?there Is not an unsound stone in it." Those two words hold a very big message to the boys and girls who are facing the terrible responsibility of living. No one else can live your life for you?no one else can do the work you were placed here to do. It is a right solemn thought, that un less you build true?unless you do your share In the great plan of life, it will never be done. Never before in the history of the world has life been so great, so com plex a thing to the young. Never before has it held out to them such opportunities, as now. And of course, if the opportunities are there, side by side with them come the great re sponsibilities. The two always trav el band in hand, and the man or wo man who has the one, must, per force, accept the other. This is the young man's?the young wotnon'l day. To them are given some of the world's great things to do?some of its great ques tions to solve. And unless your foun dation is built true?unless you have had the strength to cast all unsound stones out of the plan of your life? you will not be qualified to grapple with the mighty problems that con front you. Your young time Is your building time. Then It Is you are laying the foundation on which the structure of your after life is to rest?the foun dation that is to tell the world what sort of man or woman you are. For the life you build, is Just exactly what you are. Your young time is also the time for storing the strength on which to call when the great crises of life come to you. The strength to meet and overcome temptation is not gen erated at the moment the call Is sent it. Vinles8 It has been laid away, bit by bit, with each small temptation overcome?you will go down when the crucial moments of life come to you. a general does not learn how to command an army on the eve ot bat tle. Long years before, when hel wai young, he mastered the lesson. When the hour of strife comes he but ap plies what he already knows. Many a life has failed, because there was an Uftfeaiat stone. Many a seemingly fair career has been blasted?has crumbled, and gone down In a heap of ruins, because the foundation had not been true. It is a fact worth remembering that a soul with a weak, unsound foundation never does the great things of life. You are obliged to be as big as the thing you do. You can never rise to heights in life that your inner eye cannot measure?we never grow beyond our own horizon. And with these thoughts In your mind, young man?young woman? have the courage to cast away the unsound stones that weaken your foundation. It may hurt?it may mean to tear out your pet weakness. You alone know. Hut whatever it is, have the manhood, the womanhood, to cast It aside. And at whatever personal cost, make your nature sure, by building true.?Harriet lob son Dougherty, in Kind Words. I FARM NOTES. Since farmers manure and work ! their crops better than formerly It la highly Important that a good stand be obtained. If the corn Is missing