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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.
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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.
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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
<n the rows the vacant places should
be replanted at once, and this work ;
should be kept up until a good stand ,
Is secured. In replanting cotton re- ,
member It Is not necessary to dig a
trench and pour down a handful of
seed, but dig small holes about 1%
to 2 feet apart and drop two or three
seed in each of them. ,
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What shall be done about the ter- ,
races tfttlch were broken by the re
cent heavy rains? They should be ,
rebuilt at once. We know farmers
dislike to plow terraces after their t
crops are planted but they had bet- |
ter do It than to have trouble all the ,
year. Go Into the fields and plow
the terraces. A little shovel work
may be needed at the worst places. (
If the plowing interferes with the (
stand of corn or cotton replanting
can be done after the plow.
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Those agricultural writers who ad
vocate sowing all guano at once for
the entire crop season either have
never observed the effects of a heavy
washing rain or they have forgotten
how the ammonia is washed out by
such rains.
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Everybody knows that deep plowing
prepares the land to hold more wa
ter but the mati who says plow deep
to do away with terraces makes a
mistake. Experience shows that
deep plowing, vegetable matter In
the soil, terraces and having rows
correctly run are all not sufficient
to prevent washing entirely by such
rains as fell in these parts last week.
Did your deed hold your farm last
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week? One man said he had al
ways been very careful about titles
and that ho thought his land deed
was perfect but he learned last
week that his deed would not hold
his farm. He says a deed will not
hold the earth when we have such
rains as fell last week.
Base Ball Team for Smithfield.
Last Friday evening representa
tives from Wilson's Mills, Smithfield
and Selma met in the Selma Drug
Company's office in Selma and organ
ized a County League for this sea
son. The following officers were
elected:
Mr. R. A. Ashworth, President.
D. O. Uzzell, Vice President.
W. R. Sanders. Secretary.
The bylaws of last year were unan
imously adopted for the coming sea
son. The representatives from each
town will meet in Selma on the 21st
of May to arrange a schedule, and
the opening games will be played
June 1st.
There was one rule adopted at
the meeting last week in Selma that
will be of advantage to the specta
tors. All games must be played out,
and if a team stops before the game
is finished that team must pay a for
feit of $5.00.
From the present prospects Smith
field should have a good team this
season. Several of the last year's
team will be out of the game, but
there will be other good ones to
fttke their places. Bill Holt, who Is
now in New York, will be missed
at his old position, for it Is still
fresh in the memory of all, how
"Bill" kept the other teams breaking
their backs trying to connect with
his great outs and drops. Bill's
right hand partner "Rose" will be
missed from behind the bat, but it
is hoped that in tight places we can
Induce the "Dr." to go back to his
old position. Rand, who hit so well
last year and who played left field,
will be missed also. He is now at
Oxford University. Noble will be
out of the game also this season.
But there are several other good men
to fill all these vacant places and It
is hoped that the citizens will all
back the team up and let's put out
a winner.
ENTHUSIAST.
Death of a Good Woman.
Last Saturday morning at 8 o'clock
Mrs. Polly Eason, wife of Mr. W. M.
Eason who lives at the John Massey
place near Smithfield, died after one
week's illness from Pneumonia She
was a member of Pine Level Baptist
Church and a good woman. Just be
fore her death she called those present
to her bedside and told them goodbye
and said she was going to rest.
I stops loss of flesh in babies I
I and children and in adults I
I in summer as we!! as winter. I
I Some people have gained a I
I pound a day while taking it. R
^ Tik* It la ? little cold nt?r or allk,
I Cd a small bottle now. All Druggist! I
JAMES A. WELLONS MAYOR. ,
Succeeds Hon. E. J. Holt?New
Board Met and Organized Yes
terday.
Smithfielo's new oard of Alder
men were sworn In yeBterday after
noon and elected the following offi
;ers for the ensuing two years:
Mayor?Jameeg A. Wellons.
Treasurer?T. K. Hood, re-elected.
Clerk?H. L. Skinner, re-elceted.
Tax Collector?E. S. Sanders, to
succeed C. L. Eason.
Chief of Police?J. T. Barham, re
elected.
Thus it will be seen that all the
aid officers were re-elected except
Mayor and tax collector and these
gentlemen who have held these of
fices for the past four years were
not candidates for the position this
year.
The Board sworn In yesterday were
elected Tuesday without opposition
and are as follows:
Eirst ward?Dr. N. T. Holland.
Second ward?J. H. Kirkman and
H. P. Stevens.
Third wartl?N. B. Grantham and
L. E. Watson.
Fourth ward?J. D. Underwood and
E. J. Holt.
All an Accident.
A workman in a leather-working
factory, weary at his task, one day
sought a place to sit down. Quite
by chance he perched himself on the
edge of a large kettle containing
some liquid that was used in the
process of tanning hides. It was a
warm day, and this laborer had un
fastened his suspenders in front and
tossed them back over his shoulder.
As he settled down on the rim of
the kettle, the loose ends of his sus
penders dropped into the liquid it
contained. There they remained un
til the workman rose. Then he saw
what had happened to his suspen
ders. The leather strips which had
been fastened to the buckles had
been thoroughly soaked, so that he
thought they had been spoiled; but
in fact, they had been treated by
the chemicals in the kettle so that
tiny took on a new and astonishing
luster. Tnis worked a revolution in
the process of tanning leather, being
really the beginning of the making
of what we know as patent-leather,
in the manufacture of which the city
of Philadelphia today takes the lead.
?Exchange.
FEHF1
Mr. Luther Guthrie, of I
ifl Beaufort, N. C. spent money K
/? freely ?n employing doctors to I'?
SB cure hfi, wife from continual g
headache. He writes:
ji, "One bcttle of Cardul did I
ftl my wif6 more good than any- I
f I thing she has taken for ten I
I years past. She had suffered I
I with headache for ten years 1
l|jjj and I had spent $300.00 for H
Kg] doctors' hills for her, but noth- B
gg tag did her any good
aS She has taken two bottles I
? of Cardul and It has done her I
I two thousand dollars ($2,000) I
? worth of good. Just as long I
H as it Is made, I shall have K
S-1 Cardul in my home."
For all forms of female B
I pain, like headache, side ache, E<
pain In limbs, dizzy feelings, Kg
I dragging down -sensations, etc R
?Cardul has been found to be I'jj
11 an effectual remedy. Don't I*j
11 wait till you are "all run down."
? Try Cardul at once. f i
1 i Sold everywhere. j. '
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BOILER FOR SALE?For sale 1
thirty horse return tube Atlas boiler.
W. B. Oliver & Son, Pine Level, N. C
DR. W. H. WAKEFIELD, of Char
lotte, will be In Smithfield at The
Hotel Oliver on Saturday, May 15th,
one day only. His practice is lim
ited to diseases of the Eye. Ear,
Nose and Throat and Fitting Glasses.
Special SALE
Ten Days Only on Trimmed Hats,
Beginning Monday, May 10, 1909.
Owing to the hard times I have de
cided to go out of business. Am sell
ing my entire stock of goods out at
actual cost. 1 also carry a full line
'of ladles net waist and skirts and
everything in the novelty line.
Mrs. V. E. Davis
THE LEADER.
Yelvington od 'itand, Smithfield, N. C.
MnWHHWHHTMWtW MHBMWWSSIIS***
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g No Old Stock! |
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g Fashions newest and smartest things. Medium priced 3
Millinery, the New Drooping Brims and Dome Crowns, ?
Blocked or Handmade, Trimmed with Beautiful Flow- jg
Jf1 ers, Foliage, Ribbon and Cabachons. Infant's Caps & jf
9f Bonnets in great variety. The New Style Corsets, If
pr Tapering Waist, Flat or Deep llip, Correct Models, for J
g Every Figure. 3
ff White Lawn
H Figured Lawn
Plain Flaxon
J| Striped Flaxon
If Dotted Swiss
J| Plain Swiss
Batiste
Plain Lilks
Figured Silks
Plain Sousine
Dotted Sousine
Messelin
Soiesette
Crinkled Silks
Slippers m
Oxfords ?
Strap Sandals M
Ankle Straps J6
Infants Slippers
Childrens " Mj
Parasols
Will you let us help you buy your Laces and Hamburg? [3
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B SIWITHFIELD, N. C. B
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] Greal Values at Spiers Store j
i Queen Quality and Duttenhoffers B
p $2.50 and $.1.00 low cut shoes left
J? from previous season $1.50. Dut- Jr
Jj tenhoffers $2 00 low cut shoes left
W over from previous season $1 25. a
L Good stock of Dress Ginghams sold ^
m for? 10c lost season, now offered at \
k 7$c. Several other values to offer !f
| equal to the above.
W In addition to the job lot we have a n
f most excellent stock of new up to
H date goods of^all classes that we W
T are selling at the<?lowest market J
^ prices. Vj
$ Spiers Bros. |
| EAT THE BEST! 1
si We wish to announce to the general public W
?g that we have opened an up-to date market
jag and are fully prepared to serve you with
afl the very best of Beef, Pork, Sausage, Pish,
ra Vegetables and Country Produce of all
MB kinds. Our Mr. C. L. Markham will have SR
|g charge of the cutting and you will always |5j
9S get good nice, clean, wholesome meats, |n
Si cut to order by one of the best meat cutters ?
gy in the State. We shall keep nothing but 9H
gSR the best. Our prices will be t*s low as con
?g sistent with good honest goods. Come to SB
pp see us. Bring us your cattle and produce.
I ENNIS <?L MARKHAM, I
s| City Ma.rkrt ^ Smithfield, N. C. 3
B Now is the Time for You to Buy 1*
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Machinery j*
jgj "il'iiin' ^e carrV a complete
9t line of Johnston Binders, Reapers, Mowers and Rakes, pw
Jr We sell as low as is consistent with good quality and \X
Jf durability. We want you toexamiueour Machines be- (JC
Jif fore you buy. Remember we carry a full line of Re- \Jf
j| pairs at all times. W
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