The Rocky Mount Record
Published Every Thursday by
ROCKY MOUNT PUBLISHING CO.,
C. W. FORLAW, Editor
¥~
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:
(In Advance)
Three Months, gg
Six Months, qq
One Year, - - / j LOO
Entered as Second Class Matter in Post
Office at Rocky Mount, N. C.
STATE PROHIBITION.
Prohibition is no longer an experi
ment in many communities in North
Carolina, and it has been found effective
in promoting the cause of temperance
in proportion to tha zeal with which
the officials and citizens have- striven
for enforcement ot the prohibition laws.
The success of it has encouraged tem
perance advocates to go further, and
make a bold fight for State-wide prohi
bition and then to have congress pass
such legislation as will safeguard the
expressed desire of the people for
practical prohibition. This may not be
accomplished at the present session of
congress but friends of the cause have
every reason to believe that it will
soon be done, and then whisky cannot
be shipped into the State as it can now
under the regulation of inter-state com
merce.
Prohibition is largely a moral ques
tion, insofar as it relates to temperance
and advances that cause, but it also
has another phase of much importance
to our Srate. That is as an economic
question. While we hold to the view
that the greatest good is accomplished
in the way of real temperance by in
culcating the principle in'the youth at
the home, yet that prohibition does
much towards removing the curse of
strong drink is not to be denied by
reasonable men. Besides, by placing
the sale of liquor under the ban of the
law it will have its effect on the rising
generation, who, seeing it thus dis
countenanced will shun it as they will
not so long as its sale islegal
Viewed as an economic question and
presupposing its effectiveness the bene
fits of prohibition are incalculable.
Pitted against the amount received for
license for the sale of whiskey the
■ 4pßSlflftSF worse than wasted in the pur?
chas^of it towers above it*out of all
proportion. This is a tax similar to
the mud tax paid by having bad roads,
and is in no sort of way offset by the
license money, in dollars and cents.
Tne vast amouut of money spent for
whisky diverted into other chanels will
assist greatly the development of the
State and add to its permanent wealth
in tax paying property, not to say any
thing about the wholesome effect on
labor of all classes. If this can be ac
eomplished by prohibition, and tem
perance people point to the prosperity
of those communities where it has been
rigidly enforced as a convincing argu
ment, a state prohibition law will not
only prove a moral blessing to the State
but will aid greatly in its industrial
progress. *
The ways of Governor Glenn are
sometimes as inscrutable as those of
■providence. As, witness his reprieving
Frazier Jonei for 10 days within a half
hour of the execution, and after Jones
hi* said his last prayers and prepared
for death, and coupling with the re
prieve the statement that he did not
intend to commute the sentence to life
imprisonment. In our opinion he made
two mistakes. If he will not commute
the death sentence it was wrong to
arouse a hope in the mind "of the con
demned murderer, anJ bordering on
Cruel to have him again undergo the
awful agony of preparing to meet his
fate. And again, it was too important
a matter to risk so small a margin of
time for its accomplishment—the send
ing of the reprieve. Perhaps he can
"explain."
Indeed does the hand of fate seem to
have marked the death of Judge Hargis,
the boss of Breathitt county, Kentucky,
who was killed last week by his son, to
whom he had set such a bad example.
- Knowing no law but his own will,
judge Hargis gratified his desires with
an utter disregard of others* rights and
his life was but a bloody trail tlhrough
the annals of Breathitt county. And
the ß , when none dared say bim nay, to
S hot down by his ownbloorff Verily,
Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, saith
the Lord."
BRYAN THE STANDARD BEARER.
The principal charge brought against
W.J. Bryan at the beginning of his
remarkable career was that he was too
advanced a thinker and that the policies
he advocated were not practical, for
the times. In the rapid evolution of
things the great majority of the Ameri
can people have "caught up" with him
and are demanding the putting into
practice at once the reforms which he
has advocated. This is evidenced
strongly even among the rank and file
Qf the Republican party by the enthu
siasm with which they applaud Roose
veit when he recommends those things
Bryan has, with pen and voice, been
fighting for years. That in itself is
vindication. Further, many, we might
say nearly all, of those leaders in the
Democratic party who have either been 4
lukewarm towards the Nebraskan or
openly fought him have, in part at least,
espoused his cause and are now work
ing in harmony with Mr. Bryan and
the great body of Democratic voters,
to the purpose of bringing about his
nomination and election. For it is
well known of all men that if those
policies are right that the great com
moner stands out preeminent of. all
American statesman as the logical one
to have the putting them in practice
on account of his conceded honesty and
the sincerity he has shown at all times
in advocating them for the common
, weal.
i
Though the Democratic party is more
united than it has been forlyears and
is freely admitted by Mr. Bryan's
enemies in the party that he will be
nominated, yet there are some' who
continue to speak against him and to
these the following from The Columbia
(S. C.) State, a newspaper which has
not always been a Bryan supporter, in
a lecture to The Charleston News and
Courier, one of those who continue to
rail against Bryan, is submitted for
thoughtful consideration:
"Mr. Bryan is now the choice of the
Democrats of South Carolina, of the
South, and of the United States. It is
as certain as anything can be in politics
that he will be nominated by the Den
ver convention to lead v the party. He
is now its standard-bearer. The work
that is done by Democratic papers
against Bryan between now and the
July convention cannot be undone after
that convention. \
"Those that assail Bryan now are as
saulting the Democratic party, because
he is now the only leader the party has.
Our Charleston contemporary may say
that it cannot affect the result in South
Carolina, and that the South will sup
port the nominee of the party regard
less of his personality. That is quite
true, but because it is a Southern paper
and is supposed by the uninformed to
represent political sentiment in South
Carolina, The News arid Courier's at
tacks on Bryan are gleefully reproduced
by Republican and assistant Republican
papers in the doubtful States. .That
helps to create the impression that
Bryan will be knifed in his own party;
and that, in turn-, kills enthusiasm.
Lack of enthusiasm means lack of votes
on election day."
The continued discrimination in
freight rates [.against North Carolina
cities in favor of Virginia cities, by the
railroads, is indefensible from any
standpoint, and it.ili becomes the Vir
ginia cities, which owe so much of
their prosperity to North Carolina, to
lend their aid to the railroads in the
manifest unfair scheme. It may prove
a policy of "self preservation" that
will act as a boomerang.
' The fun has begun in the Republican
ranks for control of the National con
vention. T:*e Florida Republican State
convention sends a Roosevelt (or Taft)
delegation and an anti. It is evident
that the Strenuous One will need all
his strenuosity. . I
Are you a stockholder in a home build
ing and loan association? If you are
not, come and let me convince you that
stock in Rocky Mount Homestead and
Loan Association will pay you a better
rate of interest on your small savings
than any investment you can make.
The 12th series of stock will be open
for subscription February Ist, 1908. R.
L. Huffines, Secretary and Treasurer.
Marked For Deatb.
"Three years ago I was marked for
death. A grave-yard cough was tear
ing my lungs to, pieces. Doctors faied
so help me, and hope had fled, when
my husband got Dr King's New Dis
covery," says Mrs. A. C. Williams, of
Bac, Ky. "The first dose helped me
and improvement kepi on until I
trained 58 pounds in weight and my
health was fafty restored. ' This medi
cine holds tfce werid'e fceaS«f xmmmm*
coughs aa i celds an i lung op* Sbraak
diseases. It prevents few
The Rocky Mount Record, Thursday, February 13, 1908.
Rheumatism
I have found a tried and tested cure for Bheu.
taatism! Not a remedy that will straighten the
distorted limbs of chronic cripples, nor turn bony
powths back to flesh again. That is impossible.
But I can now surely kill the pains and pangs oi
this deplorable disease.
In Germany—with a Chemist in the 01 tT of
Darmstadt —I found the last ingredient with
Which Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Remedy was made
b perfected, dependable prescription. Without
that last ingredient. I successfully treated many,
many cases of Rheumatism; but now, at last, it uni
formly cures all curable cases of this heretofore
much dreaded disease. Zhose sand-like granular
wastes, found in Rheumatic Blood, seem to dissolve
and pass away under the action of this remedy as
freely as does sugar when added to pure water.
And then, when dissolved, these poisonous wastes
freely pass from the system, and the cause of
Rheumatism is gone forever. Xhere is now no
real need —no actual excuse to suffer longer with
out help. We sell, and in confidence recommend
Dr. Shoop's
Rheumatic Remedy
GRIFFINS DRUG STORE.
STATt NEWS.
Three attempts were made last week
to wreck the Norfolk & Western trains,
near Roxboro.
Kailway postal service has been es
tablished on the Norfolk & Southern
trains between Raleigh and Nbrfolk.
Friends of J. Elwood Cox, a wealthy
manufacturer of High Point, are boom
ing him for the Republican nomination
for governor.
Forty-three of the 46 applicants be
fore supreme court passed the exami
nation successfully and were given
license to practice law.
A crowd of 25 older students at the
A. & M. College, Friday night, hazed
10 freshmen, using nitrate of silver
which was painted on their faces.
i
sCapt. Frisby and son who were .re
ported to have been drowned in Pamlico
sound during a severe storm two weeks
ago, are alive and well. Their boat
was wrecked and they had a narrow es
cape.
W. W. Ashe, son of Capt. S. A.
Ashe, has been appointed State fores
ter for North Carolina and hi will, as
his first work, examine the State board
of education's timber lands in eastern
Carolina.
The Cape Fear Lumber Company's
plant at Wilmington was destroyed by
fire Saturday morning, entailing a loss
of SIOO,OOO and throwing out of work
200 employes. The fire is supposed to
have been caused by friction under the
band saw.
In a fire early Sunday morning at
New Bern, which destroyed three col
ored people's residences, at a loss of
$3,000, William O'Brien, who attempted
to re-enter his home to casnl out his
household goods, w and
burned to death.
Thos. R. Blalock, a farmer of Dur
ham county, was killed Saturday by a
tree falling on him. He was felling
trees in a piece of land he was clearing
and one lodged against another. In
getting it down he was knocked to the
ground and the tree fell on him, killing
him instantly.
In Mecklenburg county Saturday
night, Henry Mcllweny, a negro, mnr
dered David Lewis, another negro, with
an axe in a most cold blooded manner.
He cut Lewis' head open in three places
and cut his stomach with the' axe in as
many more. He then coolly took the
axe and chopped some wood for Lewis'
wife, who came running out of the
house, and then made his escape.
The Norfolk & Western has filed its
answer to the complaint of the corpo
ration commission before the Inter-
State Commerce Commission, in which
it admits that lower rates am charged
at certain Virginia points, than in
North Carolina towns, and defends
itself on the ground of water compe
tition in the -first named State. A
general denial is entered these
rates are unreasonable or unjust.
When all was in readiness Saturday
morning and within a half hour of the
time for the execution of Frazier Jones,
for wife murder, at Greensboro, the
sheriff received a long distance tele
phone message from the governor re
prieving Jones until Feb. 18, that
another hearing jnight be had on the
petition for commutation to life im
prisonment. Jones had said his last
prayers and prepared himself for death
when the sheriff announced the reprieve
granted him.
If you have Catarrh, rid yourself of
this repulsive disease. Ask Dr. Shoop
of Racine, Wis., to mail you free, a
trial box of hia- Dr. Shoop's Catarrh
Remedy. A simple, single test, toll
surely tell you a Catarrb tarufcb well
worth your Inowiag, Write W-day.
Don't suffer longer. Grifla's Drag
Store.
FLORIDA-CUBA
During these cold winter months
A Trip
Via
THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE ,
Would be just the thing to make life
worth living. Superb trains, excellent
schedules and tickets which offer every
advantage possible for a pleasant and
attractive trip. For full information
or pamphlets call on your nearest Ticket
Agent, or write, '
W. J. Craig, • T. C. White,;
Pas. Traffic Mgr. Gen. Pas. Agt.
Wilmington, N. C.
#®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®>®®®®®®
I The McL-emore Tailoring; Company and Queen |
I City Pressing' Club i
# I*eads All Others in Fit, Finish, Workmanship, Cleaung, Pressing, Altering, Repairing 5®
£ and Promptness. Call and see our line before buying . . . ||
i Phone 255. 202 MAIN STREET, FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY WILKINSON, BULLUCK & CO. j§
®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®#®®®®®®®®®#S>®®#®®®®®
I I 5= g>a "-a > «• s § r
| I s. %% • H| ! l s I g 5 & 3* a™ I
I If !r * C? 3 5S° 83 S z S 1 3 5
I H I O SO 5 2 a 2,®§ 8 S '
I • -s«-" s I o 3 8 -= G E § ft a - m
I lllri " i i: is® B f § * lis
| e 2f y I »" oof " s | M 111" IT
II @9 HJ N* || O O 03 h. mi H 3 ft?
II 3 r* g £ o o II r sS* In© 1 J r tt # r—^
I $ i" 1 g l B C & m 3 4Pfc, 5 ?
|| s I t: ~«§ I * «£ fv * § s 3>
I© s«l| 3-S I hI S ! Ms*nP"^!S|i—
I ® O I = i e Q 61 so W m § r-n
I r o "i:S- Sf I Ss 352 * IS • S> T L— J
I Q E »» « £T| P.. £ > 150
1 w I ° • P? wl H I" -1 IT 3
I 3 £ 2 1 3* 2 §• O 5* S3zfi 2
I M M Si o I S°S ? :
?| DO YOU ?
* - y" * ~ 1 1 I
• 4- . \\
WISH TO BUY
A Diamond, Piece of
Jewelry or Cut Glass
999
• • •
If so, place your orders at home.
By buying from a home dealer you
have a guarantee that the article is
what it is represented to be, for a
. home dealer can't afford to misrep
resent. Besides you can do as well
at'home as you can by buying from
foreign dealers. EVERY ARTICLE
bought from me is guaranteed to be
as represented. I have a large stock
to select from and the prices are as
low as you can get any where.
2*. Geo. L. ParKer «
58* JEWELER *9s
* Main Street Rocky Mount, N. C,
1