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Who Are "Constituents?"
Mr. Dooly ought to write a play
on "Our Constituents." He would
find plenty of material In the speech
es which have been made In Wash
ington In favor of protection. Th)
republican leaders say that the
policy of "protection" must be pre
served but who Is protected?
The manufacturers insist upon pro
tection but they are a small per
cent of any community. A senator
can secure protection fur a few man
ufacturers In his state, but what a
bout the rest of his constituents?
They have to pay the tux.
Some of the democrats voted for
n tariff on lumber?that will help
Mr. Weyerhaueser and u few timber
owners?but what about the peopii
who pay the tax? Are they not con
stituents also?
What percentage of the constitu
ents in any district own iron ore?
What percentage of the constitu
ents in any district raise wool or
profit by the duly on hides?
Is It not about time that somebody
represented that large majority?the
constituents who get no benefit out
oi protection, but bear the burden
of all tariff taxe.V
And is It not ebout time that
these constituents looked around for
representatives who will not forget
them? All the voters are constitu
ents, but most of them are unrep
resented and they will remain unrep
resented unti! they make it their
business to select senators and mem
b- rs of con{ivsj who can not be
controlled by the few constituents
who demand special privileges and
favors.?Ilryan's Commoner.
Confusional Insanity.
Almost anybody is liable to be
come somewhat "confused" when he
allows his passion to sweep him off
bis feet. Confusional insanity is
another and softer name for an un
governable temper. The recent farce
called a trial in Mecklenburg coun
ty in which Blggera was given his
liberty, was a shameful waste of
public funds. A magistrate in ten
minutes <ould hove dene the work
Just as well. If we are going to
abolish capital punishment it would
be better to do so by legislative en
actment than by a solemn mockery
under the form of legal proceedure.
Perhaps the same result would have
followed a similar trial in any of
our counties. Mecklenburg is not a
sinner in this respect above her sis
ters. Our criminal law is a huge
Joke. The lawyers themselves are
disking for a reform. In the mean
lime human life is cheap as dirt.
Any "prominent" citizen can be
come a little confused any day and
knock his neighbor in the head with
no serious risk to his life or his
liberty. The law Is still all right
for niggers. If a darkey kills a
white man and escapes lynching he
is pretty apt to dangle at the end I
of a rope. Only men of some in
fluence in the community, either j
through money or family connection.'
become violently Insane on account
of a confusion of ideas. It is a
pity that these things are true in
our 3outLerii country, so highly fa
vored in or.li?T respects, but they
Are iri'e. We would as well own up
at once and be done with It, that
there Is more reverence for law in
the North than in the South. A
"prominent" citizen does not count
for so much there as here. The so
cial pull is not strong enough to
pull a law-breaker out of Jail. Mr.
Blgg? rs should have been put wheie
he would not be liable to become
confused again. Turning him loose
on society will have a bad effect on
other gentlemen who are inclined
to be a law unto themselves. We
did not hear the evidence but we
are acquainted with the facts and
we are sure that his deed deserved
punishment. ?Charity and Children.
When Thev Built It.
During a history recitation in a
Washington public school the teach
er put the question :
"When was Rome built?"
The first to answer was a young
ster near the front, and hii response
was "At. night."
"At night!" repeated the astonish
ed instructor. "How in the world
did you get such an idea as that?"
"Why. I've often henrd my dad say
that Rome wasn't built In a day,"
?aid the boy.?llarper's Weekly.
A Jou'ney and A Carnival.
A little more than a fortnight ago
a number of travelers formed a lit
tle group In Raleigh for the purpose
of taking a long Journey together.
They were Mr. I). H. llood, of Dunn,
Mr. Halite Hood, of Smlthfleld, Mr.
J, H. Frlzzelle, of Goldsboro, Mrs.
J. H. Frlzzelle, Mr. A. J. Parker. of
Dunn, Mr. H. M. Phillip*, of San
ford and Mr. J. M. Culbreth, of
Smlthfleld. All except two of this
company w??re bound for Seattle,
Washington, to attend the great Ep
worth League Convention and to
see the much advertised Exposition.
At Sanford a change was made in
the party. Here Mrs. Frlzzelle left
the train and Mr. C. E. Vale, of
Chadbourn. came aboard. His pres
ence completed the Conference Quar
tett, which is composed of Mr. Vale
and Mr. Parker and Mr. Frlzzelle
and Mr. Phillips. This quartette
was under ? ngagement to furnish
some special music at the League
Conference. The two Messrs Hood
were going to the far Northwest
purely from motives of patriotism
and love of adventure. The odd
member of the company Just hap
pened to fall in with this jolly group
as hi- was traveling to a neighbor
ing city, some twenty-four hours
distance from the starting point.
At Hamlet, the first change of
cars had to be made. Then It be
came evident that the Seattle party
was encumbered with much baggage.
The woman with the hat box and
the bird cage is universally pitied.
Ilut the public fails to observe that
frequently husband and sons are
equally handicapped with small pack
ages. Nearly every man In the par
ty had baggage enough certainly to
justify a small trunk checked safe
in the baggage car. Ilut suit cas
es, hand grips and cracker-boxes
were resorted to instead. The odd
passenger reaped a rich reward for
assisting In the removal of these
parcels from one car to the other.
For the cracker-boxes invariably, and
sometimes the hand-grips, were pack
ed and jammed full of eatables of
astonishing variety. And soon after
the wheels had rolled us clear of
the town limits of the Junction point
one of the very fattest of those
storage packis?* was laid w ide open
to the invasion of the hungry com
pany. Besides fried chicken in
abundance, there was another Meth
odist preacher's choice diet, corn
bread baked in the oven. The lat
ter was furnished solely, 1 think, by
Mr. Parker. The more tend -r foot
ed members of the group, such as
Hallie llood and Mr. Vale, had
brought along generous supplies of
sandwiches of jelly and jam and
peanut butter; and at least one in
dividual averred that the cake he
was serving had recently adorned a
bridal table. Supper, breakfast and
dinner for seven regularly were pro
vided out of the cracker-boxes and
hand-grips, and still the supply seem
ed inexhaustible. The men begged
each other to eat, because the food
could not be kept intact many more
hours.
Between Atlanta and Chattanooga
there are several tunnels, and be
tween Chattanooga and Nashville
there are more. One member of
the party, whose name is withheld
by request, had never passed through
the eye of a needle before. The pic
ture Mr. Vale got of himself after
the train rolled into the light will
be one of the most interesting nov
elties in the party's collection of
exhibits when they get back from
their journey across the continent.
The seeventh member of the par
ty stopped off at Nashville, Tenn.
The time of his arrival was just a
day and a half before the most re
markable event in the history of
the State took place. On July 1st
there was not a legalized open sa
loon anywhere within the borders of
the commonwealth. The scenes on
the streets of Nashville the night
;lf "--ding the day of no saloon pre
sented a carnival of rioting ami
drunkenness seldom, if ever, seen
anywhere before. The whisky shops
flared out in a last lurid flame ol
resentful, almost defiant, passion
Every door was wide open and ev
ery light was blazing at its highest
power. Like blinded moths mer
j were down In great multitudes tc
the bars where liquor flowed, I
was said, in many instances, withom
] money and without price. As th?
I evening waned into the night, th?
streets began to be full of drunkei
men. reeling out of one saloon in
to another. And they were thi
young men of the community, it wai
observed, that participated most free
ly and numerously in the mad car
j nival. Visitors passed through th<
I streets on the cars, or In safe con
veyancea, in great amazement a
the things they saw. In front o
some of the biggest whiskey hous
es were piles of kegs and jugs o
liquor in transit to the rail roai
warehouses to be shipped out of tlv
State. And until a very late hou
delivery vans were hastening throu^i
the streets transferring packages t
the residence* of those citizens wh
were loath to see the saloon closed
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tlm< whiskey shop- lu..| . .| it f
i h* y ki4 b*? ii a rm kmi risk 'd
iin-HiK. S. r.-. n> i ? iii<>\ ? >1 I rok 'iiij
bottk ?.littered I
odor of spilled alcohol ud ^
midst of tbi <|. wltlIon : former ^
proprietor in filled livery of tfi. 9.
trail. . mid p. n liauci a cl> rk or
porti r udl) gal tu 1 bi d
II.tin of a 11 > I III!.-' II... J
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J. MARVIN ( I LBMTH. J
Nashville, Tenn., J u ly j 4. 1909 1
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Johnston'* Biggest Rain.
Tin- biggest ruin ever known in J
Hi 1 I
ory of the oldesi cltisens go fell at J
and near Kenly last i'riday. It COBS' J
menced abonl o'clock and contln I
ued until after six wltn g
inu ?
I very heavy raiiib. H filled an empty *
pot in Hi'- depth "i elgbi Inches. Mi i
Pbaroab Godwin came from when J
g
?as in 11 |ionU hi watei nearlj all tin "
way. He could not se< thi road \
.bridges at nil. Mr. IV. H. EdgerUtu f
came from Hie lann ami mivs thai j
water ran over the buggy axles at I
a flat place through wuuii the road ?.
passed. a man living between in i
i depot and school building had the J
1 wan r 10 run up ... weathei 4
I boarding ui bis house about twenty J
inches from the ground. The water g
run into a tobacco barn on the "
farm of J. T. Edgerton A: Brother \
, and pin out the tire and 11<ed .1 Q
j two gallon Jug i'i which i ii- r. wa g
a little drinking water. 11 was knee ?
Ideep in a barn belonging in Mr. i
Steven Watson and put oul the fire. I
Some milk cows ?iTr hi I'll passing ?
1 he 111 ini>< r mill and iii< y looked a f
it tiny wiii- wading a mill pond. J
M< 1, walki d around on low flat 4
ground sometimes a fool deep in J
water and sometimes knee deep, li J
ran across the railroad between Km I
ly iimi 1.1111.' river In seven 1.1' eight g
unable in go through f
fast enough ai tin- water channels S
through in-1 embankment. About a 4
quarter 01 a mill- from the river It ! J
washi 'I 1 he road bed oul for about I g
4ou feet leaving the tracks and ties I?
suspended twelve lo ?? ikht< <-n inrhi i
lu plates. Tin- road here is double J
tracked and the new bed was wash- 4
ed out at tin- deepest place about 13
four feet. It took two train loads jg
of dirt and one train load of clink- |
ers from the coal waste at H., K>' J
Mount I" 111! up 111 ? h I wa-lies. ?. 11 I 2
north of the depot tin. water ran a- j
cross tin' railroad 1 i.v? a river. 'I'm : I
trains were delayed several hours and 2
it was several days before they 14
could g<> at full speed. J
Tin- atmosphere teemed full of |
electricity. The lightning struck at "
two places in cotton fields and at 2
another place it struck a dog. The 1
kenly school building was damaged J
about a hundred dollars and lightn- I
ing also struck the large seven wall- I
ed six section dry kiln of the Den- ?
nis Simmons l.uuiber Company and r
set ii on fire which resulted in the ?
burning of over two hundred thou- '
?sad feat of lumber besides ail th< |
wooden parts Of the dry kiln itself, j
Several people who were using inn- j
breliaa and standing near rails of 1
1 lie roads wei.. hliglillv shiM ki d. The '
wind blew hard, tearing down fenc- '
is anil turning over cotton and corn, i
It laid bv some of tile crops as no j
more plowing cm he don< in some '
fields. |
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Appointments. |
it. v. J. it. Willis .1 ml Rot Eugene |1
t)li\e wrpfirl lei linlil a BMtllll at 1
Hood'* Grove Biptlit church begin" J
mug Monday night after Qm first '
Sunday in August.
Rev. T. is. Jvtlee lias arranged |J
to begin a bnUbi ai Plsgah church||
Monday night. .luly 2t>th.
The people of the lleth'sda church i
neighborhood are arranging to haw |
their revival meeting at the usual >
time which is to begin the fourth |
Sunday in .lulv. '
Rev. .1. E. Movie and Rev. (). R. J
Mangutn have arranged to begin a i
meeting at ltlai kman's drove chureh !
Mauday night alter the second Sun- ]
day in August.
Rev. 1>. C. Johnson requests us to
announce that he will preaeh at
Myatt's school house first Sunday in
August at 4 o'clock.
A Fine Residence.
Mr. Henry F. Edgerton is finish
ing his new residence which is one
of the finest and best arranged In
? the county. Kenly leads the towns
| of the county in the number of fine
! resident ?s and Mr. Edgerton's is the
last one built. Including the baths
' there are thirteen rooms to the \
' building. With its fine mantels, its I
. variety of wall papering, its arrange- |
meat for hot water, its system J
( of waterworks and numerous other ,
' things which make it attractive and |
i convenient, it is one of the most de
i sirable places we have seen. It Is
l on Maxwell Heights which is known I
as a place of fine residences in the
town. Mr. Edgerton is one of the
' best known and one of the most pop- <
> ular business tnen of the county. He
, and his wife have given tin ir best
thought to planning their new resi
dence. May they live long and tn
' Joy life at their new plate is the
s wish of their manv friends.
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I makes baby nervous and fretful. I
f I and stops gain in weight.
* BCiKii i ikj iu 1 ?] mm
I is the best food-medicine for tr^'h jC
M ing babies. It strengthens the I
I nerves, supplies lime for the teeth, I
I keeps the baby growing.
I Get a small bottle now. AT Drug^uts Q
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Haulers J
Wanted!! I
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We Can Furniih Work j
for 8 or 10 Log Carts ,
to Haul Logs. Call at
office, phone or write? I
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Rand & Lawrence j
SmithMd. N. C. '
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OVWir REPORTS. "
It is about time for Road Over*- rs I
to make their semi annual r par ft. , 1
We are prepared to furi<i:h !i 1
blank> mM. Send to The Her- II
aid Offiee for Report Ulanks, or any '
other blank you need. Mail orders
filled promptly. .
11katv & i.assitkr. /
Smithfield. N (' |
IMPROVE THE looks of your buc '
ry by having it paint, d in the pftiat <
shop Mwkl to the Ellington Hue '
gy Co.. Smithfield. Price for paint j
ing to ?10. | '
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|0 P E IN 1 N G SAL Eg
| Tuesday, August 3rd, 19091
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5 We have made every preperation and are
jS now ready for the new crop. We are in S
U better position to look after your interests 2s
tz than ever before. We have three large 35
6 prize houses, besides our Warehouse and ii
& grading room in which to handle your to- ??
& bacco. Bring us your tobacco and we will
? see that you get the highest market price
& for every pile placed on our floor- We will 2S
a grade your tobacco for 75 cts per hundred 2*5
jg and guarantee satisfaction. ^
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| Headquarters for Baseball GOODS \
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? We handle the Celebrated A. G. Spalding $
^ line and the American line at Baseball $
Goods. Louisville Slugger Bate. See our S
p line of Fishing Tackle. g
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! Great Cash Sale \
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) Beginning Monday, I
f July 5th j
SAII Strictly Summer Goods Greatly Reduced. w
A discount of10 per cent uiill be allowed 1
ion all goods not otherwise reduced for Cash *S
(except spool cotton.) S
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