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Entered at the Postofflce at Smith- t
field, Johnston County, N. C., as i
Mcond-class Matter.
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Six Months .SO '
WILL THE SALARY PLAN BE AD I
OPTED? 1
Notwithstanding the varied exper- i
ience we have hnd In trying to gut j
our county officers on salaries In- i
tU-ad of fees and then later In try- I
lng to get a law reducing fees ami L
to keep that law In force, we can
safely say that a large majority of |
the people of the county are In fa- i
vor of salaries for the county offi
cers. The people are for the salary
plan but will they see to It that this
plan Is adopted by the convention
which meets here next Wednesday?
"Eternal vigilance Is the price of
liberty." Winning In the minds of
the masses of the people and carry
ing the plan through the convention
and legislature are two different
things.
We are surprised to learn of the
great efforts which are being made
against the salary idea. We have
been told that six townships in
the county have been "fixed"' against
salaries. The friends of the salary
plan will have to come next Wednes
day and unite their efforts if they
expect to succeed.
SUGGESTIONS FOR AUGUST 3RD.
The Johnston County Democratic
Convention will meet In Smithfitld
Wednesday, August 3, 1910, to nomi
nate candidates for the County of
fices and the State Legislature. A
large attendance Is expected. We
make a few timely suggestions:
Come early and stay. You want
to talk matters over with your coun
tymen and 80 It Is Important for
you to come early In order to do
this. Do not wait to see if you can
be the last voter to come but come
early and express your opinion, about
men and measures. Arrange to stay
until the convent ion ^closes. Do not
leave with part of your work undone.
Everybody keep saber. One of the
greatest mistakes a voter can make
is to get drunk before starting in
to the important business of nomina
ting candidates for the offices. Do
not sell your vote for a drink or
two of liquor. When only a few peo
ple get drunk and become noisy the
convention seems more like a howl
log mob than a business like body.
Drinking men should not disgrace
themselves and the convention. Eat
dinner early, you will eat breakfast
early to get here In good time. Re
member to eat dinner early and
then you will be prepared to give
the noon hour and the afternoon to
the work of the convention.
Do not trade votes. Do not trade
off your own vote or try to trade
your neighbor's vote. Let every can
didate stand before the convention
on his own merit. Do not add to or
take from his chances by trading
votes. If you do this it will give
dissatisfaction and do damage even
If you score temporary success by
swapping. Vote swapping is wrong
and hurts the people and the party
if engaged in. Let us have an op
en field and a fair fight for all who
run for office. None but Democrats
to vote. The plan of allowing Re
publicans to help run our conventions
when they have no idea of supporting
the ticket is wrong. Democrats and
Democrats only should control Demo
cratic Conventions. The Convention
should be open to all Democrats but
to no Republicans. They can vote in
their convention but should let ours
alone. Look after this.
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DOING TOO MUCH.
We have been reliably informed
t&at certain experienced candidate*
have arranged in various part* of the
county for wagons and acrriages to
bring to Smithfield men who will
agree to vote for them at the coun
ty convention, August 3rd. This is
doing too much, as many horses and
mules as there are in the country it
does seem the people could come to
tbe convention without the aid of
any candidate. Our advice to Dem
ocrat* is not to accept a free ride
fror a candidate thereby putting
themselves under obligations to him.
Come yourself and vote yourself. Do
io! I t anjnody drag jou b' re or ;
o,, \cu 1111 .-i- you nun . Kvery j
.mo' iiit should '.? a limn t'lat
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h< b st measures an he ?<???? them,
rhe people should never allow politl
ians to hi>' nd money on them. If
hey do sooner or alter they will have ;
o pay It back one way or another !
vith big lntereat. ? I;
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APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE.
W. B. Cooper writing to the Wll- j'
nington Star, makes the following 1
lmely suggestion:
"I do not claim to be a "Solomon" j
n political or other affairs, but if I
nay bo allowed a suggestion I would '
say that at a plain business propo- |
iltlon, it seems to mo that the only i
'air way in politics, as in business, I, l
to let every man appeal directly to i
the people, in other words, a legaliz
ed primary for all political parties
would ?eem absolutely fair for our
future guidance, commencing with the
Governor or even with the United I
States Senators, and coming right
along down to every office in th- j
gift of the people."
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THE HEAVIEST OFFENSE.
Under our form of government all J
authority Is vested In the people and
by them delegated to those who re- j
present them In offllcal capacity. ^
There can be no offense heavier than
that of him In whom such a sacred j
trust has been reposed, who sells It I
for his own gain and enrichment J
He is worse than the thief, for the I
thief robs the Individual, while the |
corrupt official plunders an entire ?
city or state. He is as wicked as a 1
murderer, for the murderer may on
ly take one life ngalnst the law,
while the corrupt official and the
man who corrupts the offllcal alike
aim nt the assassination of the com
monwealth itself The first re
quisite of successful self-government
is unflinching Enforcement of the
law and the cutting out of corrup
tion.?Theodore Roosevelt.
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Salaries Versus Fees.
Very general Interest is being man
ifested In the proposed change In
the remuneration of county officers
from the fee system to a fixed salary
basis. The question was a prominent
issue in the campaign which pre
ceded the Wake county primary, and
definite movements looking to the
same end have been organized In
Iredell and Rowan. Absolute uni
formity of governmental machinery
In North Carolina counties is neither
practicable nor desirable, inasmuch
as varying conditions may make one
?ouniy s meat another's poison, but
the salary basis has the advantage
over the fee system that it enables
the tax payers to know without un
due research just what the county is
paying for the services it receives.
Thlj point is brought out by The
Kinston Free Press, which urges the
people of Lenoir county to direct
their attention to the matter.
"County offices,'' declares The
Free Press, "should be paid well. It
takes men of ability to fill them ac
ceptably and men should not be ask
ed to do the work for less than In
the same community men receive for
service requiring the same grade of
Intelligence. But the county does not
want to pay more, neither does it
want to deprive itself of a possible
Income that its officers may receive
from public business a larger Income
in the way of fees than is Justly due
them. Then, again, when the officers
are placed on a salary the county
knows exactly what It is doing. When
ii relinquishes Its income to its offi
cers it virtually pays those officers
salaries amounting to the income re
linquished. For a county to know
exactly what it is doing is something
greatly to be desired." In other
words, the virtues of Ignorance have
been greatly exaggerated. We en
tertain the same view?Charlotte
Observer.
Firing At the Feet.
More about the fee system is said
by the Virginian-Pilot, and well said,
too:
"But if the evils and ills growing
out of that system are more mani
fold, more obvious or more glaring In
Richmond than they are in Norfolk
city and Norfolk county, then God
help the community. It is pertinent
to recall, however, the saying, as
true as trite, that the Lord helps
those who help themselves. The
people of Richmond, of Norfolk and
of the State at large will get relief
from the vices and evils of the fee
system when they have made up
their minds to abolish the system it
self and have carried out that de
termination by electing a Legisla
ture committed to that end. They
can, if they will; if they don't and
won't, they have nobody to blame
but themselves." "
That's Just the sort of Legisla
ture that we must elect. The fee
system must be eradicated, and so
completely eliminated that it "can't
come back.'" Let us all hope that
the fee system is very close to the
fifteenth round right now.?Richmond
Times-DUpatch.
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Stattfvllle Landmark: The Land- |
mark stands for salaries for county 1
jfflcers In plan.- of the fee system. ' |
This paper has favored the change 1
Tor years, has discussed It from tlm ? j
lo time, and It Is more and more con- '
vinced every day, from every view |
point, that.the fee system shouM '
ko; and we l>< li.? \.> i' is going soon. I
The salary Idea has been tried and ''
proved. Throughout North Carolina j
the demand for a change Is growing
and It will continue to grow. The
same question Is being agitated In
Virginia.
Concord Times: Gen. Julian 8.
Carr, who will be sent to the Legis
lature from Durham county, announc
es that he will not be a candidate for
the Speakership. Since he was nom
inated, he has been deluged with let
ters from all parts of the State of
fering to give him support for the
position If he wants It. Gen. Carr
has many friends who would have
supported htm for the position. Mr.
Z. V. Turlington, of Iredell, is the
man who ought to be elected Speak
er of the next House. He is a
strong, clean man, of long legisla- j
tive experience, and is in every way '
qualified to preside over the House.
Charlotte News: The Robe
sonlan gets classically poetic
or poetically classical?whichever
way one chooses to have It?ov
er the sixth district convention pro
ceedings. Hear it "Venus, goddess
of beauty and mother of love. Is fa
bled to have sprung from the foam
of the sea, and the laughter-loving
goddess was something of a disturb
er in her day?a decade-long war is
charged to her. Down at Wrights
ville Beach Thursday, within pebble
casting distance of whitecaps that
chased themselves over the ever
restless sea, a frothy objection to a
county's representation caused bit
terness and strife and scars thatj may
be age-long in healing." Whether
Venus had a hand in the proceedings
or not, surely Erls, the goddess of
discord, wielded a potent influence.
He seems to have presided ov< r the
meeting more effectively than did
either of the chairmen appointed by
the two warring factions.
POLENTA NEWS.
A series of meetings are being
conducted this week at Oakland. Rev.
conducted this week at Oakland, Rev.
pastor. Rev. Rose Is a speaker of
great power, and his labors are of
such a nature as to leave no doubt
but what he is a consecrated, pious
exponent of God's Holy Word. He
has already preached some wonder
fully fine sermons.
The crops are looking better. Corn
has improved greatly; cotton is look
ing some better; tobacco is of a poor
grade; wheat lias turned out much
better than was expected.
Picnic at Shiloh Saturday and not
on Puriday, as your operator made
me say In my last items.
Flic Democrats of this township
will be In Smithfield next Wednesday
In fill' force.
Mr. J. W. Myatt's wheat crop fell
short of an average of fifty bushels
to the acre very little. Mr. O. B.
Smith had a twelve acre field which
averaged foryt-eight bushels per
aire.
Mr. Seba Johnson has a twelve
acre field of corn which he feels con
fident he will get sixteen barrels per
acre. Seba is developing into a pret
ty good farmer.
The family of Rev. Mr. Spence Is
spending this week in this section.
Miss Ruth Jones and Miss Meta
Lunceford, of Smithfield, are on a
\islt to the Misses Yelvington.
Myatt's School House Farmers' Un
ion will give a brunswlck stew and
picnic on Saturday before the 2nd
Sunday in August.
Misses Bessie and Dora Coats, of
Smithfield, and Miss Eliza Stevens,
of Goldsboro, are on a visit to Misses
Mina and Rena Johnson.
Mr. Robt. Smith and family, of
Benson, came up Sunday and spent
several days with Mr. F. M. Weeks
and family.
A series of meetings will begin at
Shiloh on the 1st Sunday night. Mr.
David Wood will conduct the Sun
day night meeting. It is not known
whether the pastor will have any
help in the meeting or not.
A protracted meeting will begin at
Elizabeth the coming Sunday.
Township meeting at the Shelter
Saturday evening at 3 o'clock. Let
all Democrats attend, as township of
ficers are to be nominated. For the
office of Constable we have five as
pirants, either one of whom will make
a good officer.
Miss Maud Stallings, of Wake, is
on a visit to Miss Annie Myatt.
The blind tiger charges against Mr.
Rache Smith fell through. There was
no evidence against him.
TYPO.
July 27.
5 or 6 dose* "666" will cure any
case of Chills and Fever. Price 25c.
AUCTION SALE?I WILL OFFER
for sale to the hlghett bidder my
store house an lot on South side
of railroad In the town of Sel
ma. Time: Saturday, August 6, at
2 p. m., 1910. Terms: % cash: i
balance January 1st, 1910. J. W.
LILES, Selma, N. C.
I SALE 1
I SPIERS' SUMMER SALE fj
fjj Everything Reduced for Cash [j
Beginning Monday, July 18th. /J]
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III Children's 35c dresses 29c
50c 39c
?P 75c 63c
BH 1.00 73c
S 2.00 ....1.59
\f/ Ladies' 1.50 1.29
!2.50 " 1.89
4.00 " 3.38
4.00 Coat Suits ....3.38
" 5.00 " " 3.89
6.00 " " ....4.33
7.50 " " 5.89
" 1.00 Shirtwaists 79
1.50 " 1.23
12'^c dress ginghams 9%c
10c " " 7%c
Job lot " " 6c
50c window curtain goods 39c
Iff 30c 24c
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.""c window curtain goods 21' lA
20c 17c
15c 12? III
30c silks 23c |A|
35c 27c iA
40c 33c NR
5Cc 38c
10c percales ~\bc dA
12?/4c 9ifcc CM
10c suitings 8c Ml
12l?c 10c dA
15c He Ml
5c laces 4c Ml
7 lie " 6c
10c " V^c IM
JOBS IN EMBROIDERY ffil
12'/2C bleaching 10c iW
8c 7V4c f||
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}]j LADIES' TRIMMED HATS REGULAR PRICE $2.00 OR OVER, 1-2 PRICE }|{
w A cash discount of 10 per cent will be allowed on all IJ)
JJi purchases of 50c. or more when not otherwise reduced. J!f
ill We are forced to sell at these prices for cash only, as in fi\
III many instances they are less than cost. M
ifj Make your investment now- Buy up your Staples and other
til deeded G-oods for the Fall. 10 per cent saved for three JK
w months is equal to 40 per cent annual interest, a big saving. W
|SPjERS^OTHERS}|
: MEREDITH COLLEGE |
* AMONG THE FOREMOST ;
CollGfjos I Women in g ?outli
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4 Course in Liberal Arts covering nine departments, and including elective
* courses in Education and Bible, which count for the A. B. degree. School
+ of Music, including Piano, Pipe Organ, Violin and Voice Culture. School of
* Art, including Decoration, Designing and Oil Painting. School of Elocution. *>
Academy which prepares students for college courses. Physical Culture
* under a trained director. Full literary course per year, including literary j
* tuition, board, room, light, heat, physician, nurse, ordinary medicines and
* all minor fess, $210.50; in the club, $50 to $55 less. ?
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J ^ Next session opens September 14th, 1910. Address ?
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: K. T. VANN, .... President \
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FARMERS WAREHOUSE
SMITHFIELD, N. C.
Opening Sale Thursday, August 18, 1910
We take this occasion to extend to oar host of friends and customers oar great L
appreciation for the large amount of business they have so kindly given as in
the past, which has enabled as to place the Farmers at the head of the list as a
tobacco warehouse in Johnston County. And we express a hope that daring
the coming season we may be favored with even a larger share of your valued
business and we will continue to do as we have in the past, everything in oar
power to make oar relations both pleasant and profitable to you. The buyers
who were with as last year will all be with as again. With increased demands
and a very short crop we confidentially look for good prices this season.
Pledging yoa our best energies, judgment and experience we insist that you
bring your tobacco to the Farmers Warehouse and we will give yoa the best of
accommodations and guarantee you at all times the very top of the market.
YOURS FOR BUSINESS
Jboyett brothers]
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