A PAPBH OF TBt. PKOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, AND TO BE PA! U FVU HY THE PEOPLE,
VOL. XIV. NO. "5
SHELBY, N 0., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1905
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAI
A GREAT YEAR'S WORK,
Vnort if Chairman Bailey A Urge
I " ..... . .. - m. m
State Antl-saioon Meeting la nai
elgh Last Wednesday.
Tbe State Aoti-Salooa . meet-
Win Raleigh last We ;nesday
as attended by representatives
o a nearly all tbe counties in
he State The ivport or Chair
an J. W. Bat ley was most grat
viae, wh mane me iouowing
Vtracts from i':
within these two years is 10
at leagues have bee.i organized;
county executive committers
lave been appointed. I am well
ware that few or the local lea-
ues meet regularly; hut thpy
ave organized sponaneously;
hev have met and worked hen
ver ocasioo required, aud this
allthtraay bH asked. From
IV corre-ponuenue i nave en
oiled a l'S' of 4,000 North Oaro
1 ' . J T 1
na temperance workers, most
if them mi is era. hut many of
tt ter, I reel Hssured in saying
fiat we have one of he most
borough, res ms've and effec
tail organizations that has ever
en formed in the interest, of
fmperance m wortb uaronna,
M. Mi t m k
v means or it we mav reach
very locality in the state at anv
ne through men whom to reach
to touch tin heart of North
ir ilina.
And so I make record of th
fchi -vernst f these two year
foil recogo'Mon of the fact
tt thin is not our record, bu'
liber North Carolina's record.
The Watts act alone brought
Otiibition throughout our rural
strict Tbe nu nber of grain
siilieries was reduced from 392
78: number of fruit dis iilerte
Leased from 442 to 462; I have
henn able to discover any
atisttcs of the number of par
jom abolished by tbe Walts
; but I have reason tu think
it tne nutnoer was uuv Kieai.
ch for years the bars had been
din i he rural districts too
d for ibm, For the year
3 tre U -iu-d States revenue
)rt snows a reduction of re
l hcmsea from 1,185 to 817.
hi indicates the number of sa-
vn closed 868 Fifty more
we closed since.
Ve bave had local option elec
3ns im 35 towns and cities. We
"te carried for prohibmcn, as
tiv
w: Stat-svilie, Kiizbeth
Nw Bern, Goi-Uboro,
fadesooro, Durham. Roanoke
Upids, Uhar otte, Soui hport,
acksonville, PiOt Mountain,
rahaoa, Scotland Neck, Rock
igham, Greensboro,
tore' have carried foi dispel
y, an follO : Raleigh, Ox
:rd, Wilsons. Greenville, K.o
on, Bendersooand Fretnoot.
We bave h -eu delVated in ten
ices, as follows; Washington.
tlmington, Rocky Mount, Tar
o, eldon, Spring Hope.
; wd.vilK Salisbury, Morgan
( i and Marion
Bar rooms and distil eres are
frinitte I to exist now in onH
uty counties as follows: Bun
cmbe, McDoweU, Burke, Row-
) Rockingham, Ne Hanover,
imml. Hli(ax, E Itr eo n.n.
' tt, Green, Mar in, U r for
fcufort, Washing on. Oh twin,
I'"
tax, Bertie, Nash and Uas
And before the present assem-
y skall adjourn, the day of
' Ysaloons wen licensed in flf
y couitieb,
IVom Wi I mi ton toAsheville
Joan our thern border, no
i por may be sold save at Ham
and Hoffman. - From
rehead City to Asheville
pugb the centre of the state,
a or may bi obtained of bar
)io ai only LaGraize, Satis
fy, Moretnton and Marion
iVith prohibition in Ashoville,
Itsbnry, Morgantoi, Marion
i Winston Saiem, we should
practically the entire por
n of h sta e west of Raieijrh
4er prohibition.
1 -
I take it as my duty to submit
you not only an historical re
rd, but also such suggestions
ay woric may bave a scover
to me. '
tit nk it tim-ly to mage a
nn statement of our policy to
iefTect. -
That we are not partisans
we would under no circum
nces form a political prty
but, on the other hand that we
will not be trifled with. We w II
throw the weight of our influ
ence for temperance without re
gard to parties.
2. That temperance laws must
be enforced- We are on trial
now. If our cause fails, we shall
and oufcht to take aback seat
for ten years And all depends
upon rieid enforcement of the
laws. It becomes us, therefore,
as we love our cause and value
the achievements of these two
years tb heritage of more than
one generation's prayers and la
bors to Insist in imperative tern'
per that the laws must be enforc
ed. Let us say this respec'fuily
but earnestly, to the governor,
to the solicitors, to the -henflV
to the unyors. Let us mke law
etuorcetneui an isue luevwiy
election And let us unsre the
judges to inflict the penalties of
h lw as they never have be
fore.
3. It is timely to make ade
ciar tion relatire to the dispen
sary. I am sure of your ap
piause when I ay tht we should
leclare that our aim is prohibt
tiou and nothing short of it I
have a higher aim, bowever, and
t a1 is trie permanent cure of
th driik evil. I believe in pro
'iioiiion as tne nest remedv in
rural districts and small .towns
But I mist believe iu thedisM
sary or some other restraining
and regulating substitute a
temporary step I uptowns of 4,000
pulaiioo or more. And I hav
beti forced to this belief by the
History of prohibition in the
United States. Iu a word, I ad
voctte the dispensary as a step
toward prohibition where eip
rience h indicated that the step
from high license to prohibition
canuot be successfully takei
4. We must also reckon with
thn quite widespread desire for a
general election with state prohi
bition as tbe isMie. ,ve have
made our progress so far by , lo
cal effort. Liocal option is um
versally recognized as the bes
method of reckoning with fhe
liquor traffic In my judg
ment, if we should now
obtain a, state prohHtio
law. the local sense of res po ni
hility would undergo a deided
weakening. This "e caunntaf
ford.- Moreover, resentment, in
towns that have vo-ed forst-
toons would lead to open d-ti-
a nee of the law. I fer, on" the
whole, we should 'ail into much
confusion, and in the eui iu-e
our present progress. Let us r
fleet upon the faa that of twenty
six states thtt have adopted stat-
prohibition, only two now hold
it; and neither of them main
tains it
I vise, th-refore, that we
co-u-entx! our efJ ri8 upon
making good our pr sem Uw.
upon proving hat prohibition
wi 1 work in the rural, diet nets,
nd in tns thai vot for it; an
a. so in tbe work or ctrry nn
o1 tier wu as rapid y posi
le For th- present let the em-
pha"l- rout nu 'o be lo a .
Meanwhile our preeui Worn ii
tgittion education and Orgaui
ztnon will no on Hu t biin us o
the t.our when by constitution
m uoiiifnt Wf any m ke en lur
ing the ex i r. 8sei and fixed wii
r in- p opi , ana nai a oown to
our . ctiiioreu a commonwe ti".
armed agaius tne drink evi', not
nly by Uw. but in 'he he r'sof
her people. So r all w not on u
erve our own, but also off-r to
our beloved republic a citcidei oi
power again st the day whe ih.
saloon curse shll grapp e with
her to the eath. For to sucu a
day every hour speeds us.
(5) We must. renliZH that unles
we by some means mamt ii tne
interest io our hx ai legu -s they
will lose their mality. A Iau
in a quiet temperance uistri t
Joes not feei' its nee i for .-xis
euce But we ueed it. We can
not forget that mo-t tempet a ce
movements h ve been p rm t e i
to die by indifference. The op
position arouses aid quickens
us, but when w.e w.n the battl
t'ien we go to s'etm, and soon it
is wore than if we had neve
fought. God forbid that it shall
be so with us
Tbere wer many speeches by
temperance advocates, and artr
general oiscussion the following
recommendations were made:
1. Recogn zing that the liquor
traffic is the source of disaster
and crime; we reaffirm the prin
ciples f state regulation and of,
adequate police protection ; now
contained in the Watts law.
aoiuing iq&m ine liquor trarac
should not be forced
uon anv
community against its '-will,' we
also hold that on account Of the
nature of the traffic and espec
ially its debauching effect upou
the fountain of goverumeat, the
suffrage, evtry advantage should
be given the cause of temper
ance consistent with the rights
of self government. ..While the
sale and manufacture of liquor is
allowed now only in incorporate
towns, it is the privilege of the
governing dadies of boih coun
ties and town to refuse to issue
license We ad voctte the oxten
8 oo of the same priiciple of
otice power, so that where an
incorporated to ami, thr cgh
t he sale of liquor bee -ines a
auisauc to neighboring cuuntie-,
aaon sale shtll be prohibited b
legislative melton
2 We recommend that the leg
isuture pass a state anti-jug
law.
3.That no liquor shall be sold
r-'Cifledor minufactured in a
town having less than qualifi
ed voters
4 That all saloons should be
required .o (dose tneir doors b
tweea the heurs of 8 p. m. an i 6
a. on
5 That nospirituoU',vinous or
malt liquors snail be snipped iu
to or out af prohibition terri
tory. 6. That the Watts Uw ba
amended so as to rormd the re
cufving of liquor wherever its
nanufacture and sale are forbid
den.
7. That iu any prohibition or
dispeusary territory the pesses
sion by any person of a license
to sell or mauafacture liquor
shall be considered prima facie
evidence of guilt
8. Thai' the laws be so amend
das that where a person has
been convicted once of the ille-
ral sale of liquor a secoid con
vet ion shall be punished by im
onsonment.
9. That our representatives in
Oongres be urged to support the
Hepburn Dolliver bill or some
other s.milar proquor from one
state.
10. That wherever public sen
imem shall support the action,
counties having operation of th'
Vattslawby legislative eoact
ment and prohihition made per
manent.
11. That the sale or distribu
tion of liquor by a club to the
member should be forbidden
12 That tne drinking or hand
ing of iq ior in restaurant
sh uid be foroidden.
13 That we recognize the dis
pensary as an alternative to th-
sal.xin and that tern i franco peo
p e are justified in supporting t
wheu, in their jungmeuiit is the
only means in destroying 'he sa
looa with prohibition as the ulti
mate goal.
- 14. That a committee be , ap
pointed, consisiting o' Mr. James
J. r u, Jr. Mr bt-phen Mcln
tyrw aud Mr W. 0 L'ouglass to
inoody nucn of thse principles
as -all t ir 1 gi-laive - i i on, in
b 11 io pr s-mted otai- lgu
i.ture.
A J 'cKolWi-, ctatrman,
J. M. Beat y J tmes H Poa,
Br no 0'itfe. Eia Mns,
W H McCme, Sieohe i idn
v re, HenotC arks n.
The Gertie May learn School.
A new school house has been
uiltiii the Prospect neighbor
boui and named ij honor or Miss
Gesdie Mav,theb mutiful daugh
t r of Mr. Columbus Be am.. Mis$
G nie was wiih the committee
w ten they chose tie site, and as
newts' he first girl to set fo t
on the soil after its selection
they nsmed it in her honor. Thi
is a neat, we 1 constructed build
ing, and will ha 'e another room
aided t it i ids summer. Messrs.
Thos. P. B-imand Svdney Jnn
re now eachmg an exc-llent
school ihe'e
Light Bearers Sunday Night '
The Light Bar,r onety of
t ie Me h -dist t-hutcti will give a
de iginful entertainment in thf
vlethod'.st -hurch on Sunday
ev hii'g, Jan 29; n An excel
lent program has b en prepared
n l will be spenaidly rendered.
Everv one is cordially invited to
attend.
CZAR RA$ NARROW ES JPE.
;Satatin4 Gai Rains Grape Shot
Whole
Romanoff Dyiasty Might have Been
Wiped Out Tie Gun Trained
Directly at the Imperial
Pavilion.
Cktrlottt Obierrar
8t. Petorsbdrg, Jan. 19.
The festival of the Epiphany,
the blessiag of the wai,ers, had
just concluded at I o'clock thit
afteraoou when simultaneously
with the paiute tired from the M.
Peter and St Paul fortress a
rain of bullets swept over the It
tlech pe built over the fn zen
Neva in front of the Winter Pal
ace here Emperor NichoUs
and every memb -r of t ie Koman
Off f imily wer panic oating in
the r rvice, The misiles went
high, e 'tiring windows of tne
spiendid row of salons along to
wter fro, from whtoii the E n
pr ss, the ladU-s of t ie court. nd
he .oembers of toe iiiploma. '
corps and high oigntiariesof fbf
bute, army and navy were wit
nessing the. glittering spectacle
below Fortunately the bu lets
parsed over the hea is of all pre
sent, striking the opposite wall
aud c attcrmg down on the pr
quetted floor of the white salon
Every ho iy bad been laboring u i
der a more or less u-rvoua st' ai
b cause of the strike sttuaiio ,
and the windows were h .siily
vac td, and the greate st excit
neut witnin the paiace Lieu
tenant Fulton, ukief of police of
t Petersburg, hime f picked
upamisile inthewhit" salon.
It was tne ' siz of , oird's uvg
Th police eh ef was immndiatel.
arround-d Of officers of tne
guards, who examined the bulie1
and expressed the opinion that it
had eome from a shrapnel which
might bave been fired from i he
battery loc ted on toe bourse es
planade and which replied to the
salute of th ' St. Peter and St.
fortress, explaining that a gun
mignt hav been charged with a
toaded cartridge bv mistake.
Additional particulars show
that thf Emperor had a miraoul
oan escape There is no doubt
that the misiles ctmo from a gun
of the b iurse battery which was
toaded with grape, not wit
sharpael. Some of the bullet
actually struck the little ope u
chapel in which the Emperor was
standing, cut the staff off one of
the standards and fa'rly riddled
the basemeut windows of the
palace, killing a policeman out
right and wounding an officer
and three marines. Had the gu
been aimed a tittle lower h
charge of grae raih. have
wiped oat tie whele Romanoff
dynasty
The official account of to day's
shooting affair is as follows:
"Dunag the cerem ny ef t.tie
leasing of i hejwat-ri of theNeva
lo-dy in toe pr.-ben eof the Em
-ror. as the aui sain e wa
iug tji- d, an 'Ctd. nt happen
el. A ch tre of gi aoe,' ios'ead
ifastluing cn'ge, w a fired
fr m a g in bi ngm to one of
h-4 bat e es s atmn i near th
oourse So ne bit I lei hs rack the
facd of th Wi der Paia-e near
"inquav gar 'ens, tire iking four
windows A p l iceman belong
ng to the Si. Petersburg force
was wounded ' Actorning to th
nformuion to hni at piesent,
no o'h t accident occurred. In
quiry coniinu a."
It i now fctated in official cir
;les thnt the grape was fired
from one of the guns of the
seventeenth battery of the Firsi
Horse Artillery of the guard, the
most aristocratic corps in the
Russian army. It. seems that at
gun practice on Tuesday a load
d shell was inadvertently left in
the gun.
Tt Wind Up Uis Affairs.
Klng'i MouDitin Hirtld.
It has been reported to us that
Me srs. , L-e McA lister and
G ot ge Corn well have b ei ap
pointed to wind up the aff .irs of
"Coione"' A ouzo A. Groves.who
our town a few dys ago.
Tne liabilities are something
fearful witi only a few leather
scraps as usset, and it is possi
ble the assignees will wait until
the beautiful spring days be for.)
undertaking their herculean
task.
When a man flat erg yon put
on rTour spectacles auJ look
areund for the ax he has to grind.
t-ARMERS ORGANIZE DISTRICT.
Meeting at Poikvilie and Appoint Com
;;..:'.' mittee.
To lh Editor Thi Stai
Several farmers met a Polk
vil e on Saturday, J m 5J1, 1905,
to organize district mee mgs.
Th agree nni. adooted, oro
vided thai three-fifths of cotton
in hands of farm us be offered
for sale nt 1 cents per pound,
and two fifths b- hel lindefinite y.
Als , to r.'duce co'to i aceage
25 0 (, and curtail us of c m ner-
c al fer i ize s at same rate; un
lss . Ne Orlea s me'iittg on
Jan 24, 25 an I 26th i ist . - ru'es
"to contrary: wh "i we are to be
governed brf i s c i -a This t6
be binding if two ii ds of far
mers.iu South so obligate them
Selves, otherw-e sa d of force
H'd effect
The fo lowiogo ramivees were
apooint d to h j i mee ins next
Sturdy at poia s m 'd:
Elliott's G. U La tmio e, J
B. Luttmor md W M. God.
Union Tho- McE i ti re, R L
Weathers and D. Blamon.
Tnoti-vv. 8 L t 'inor-. L
C P-liiier and S. ! Liitimorc
W'inis Schoo J .1. Hunt, Ed
Wolis nd J ck E o t.
H -pkins C' B." LaMmore, J.
F EtKer nd Joe Purner
Edwards D D. E twards,
Clarence War tck a d J. F Ram
sey
Oak (Jrove J P Phil beck.
P. S Gettvs and .1 F Lucw
Pain I'ree W. D. Jones,
Frank Lee, Sr and L G. Phil
beck. New House L S. JeaKins, R
1. Gold ad 0 C Gngg.
Meetings at 2 p m on Satur
dy, in each scho d hous.
J A. Horn, Ch'm.
M; L. Whitk. Sec' y.
Daughters of the Confederacy Meet
The Daughters of the Confed
eracy met Monday afternoon
with Mrs. tt. B. Milier It being
time for the election of officers,
tne following wei elected: Pre
sident, Mrs. R. L Ryburn; fir-t
vtre president, Mrs. J. L. Webb;
second vice president, Miss Car
rie Wray; corresponding secret
ary, Mis Cora B mtt; record
tue secretary. Mis. W. B Nn;
treasurer, Miss Emma Frick.
A full membership was pre
e i, and the monument and
plans for the new year were dis
cussed Prospects for erecting
a monument are hopeful, many
large subscriptions having al
ready been made. But to make
its erection, 6ure, the people of
the. town, and county o ust, lake a
bigger in West and subscribe lib
erally.
Important Land Sale.
An important land sale took
pli-e in Shelby Friday, Mr. W
H. Thompson s' ling 75 acres of
land in No. 10 township to Mr.
John T. and Mrs Marie L Wy
tt, "heconsiderat ou being 3 0i
dollrs. This sae moans much
t tijat. section in that these par
ties have purchased the land
with a view to developing tt
mtca intere-.ts. Mr aud
Mts Wya't are from Rowan
co titv, and hav had wonderful
success in developing the miner
al resources of mat county. It
is hopf d that they will make as
great a success with it in No 10
and see their way clear to pur
chase other mica property in the
c unty, of which there is no lit
tle. -
Guests at Cleveland Springs. .
Guests ha e already-begun to
come in at Cleveland Springs,
Those arriving in the las; few
days art: Miss Necy Stedman,
of Spartanburg; Miss Mamie
Whitley, of Char otte; Mr. J W.
Kern, of the Charlotte law firm
f Viaxwi-ll nnd Kern; aad Mr.
Luke Sewall. of Charlotte,
Mr. McFrland is improving
the surrounding grounds a d
drive ways, and Is drawing up
plans for a dancing pavilion to
oe one ol the hituKomest In tb
state.
Whether, a lifV noble or
ignoble deoenda no on the call
ing which is adopted, but on the
spirit in which in is followed
The humbl st life may be noble,
while that of the most powerful
monarch or the gre test geniu
may be contemptible. Sir John
Lubbock.
Tfl' ST. PETERSBURG REVOLUTION.
Three Thoisand People Reported Killed
.The List of the Wounded In the
Riots Said to Foot .
Up 20,000. ,
Rerlin, Ian. 23. A dispatch to .
the Zeitung from St Petersburg,
states that the casualties in he
rioting there, so far, are 2,000
wounded
8 . Petersburg, Jan. 23. It is
reported that - the Adiraity
Works, at Sevastopol, ablaze and.
burning furiously. -
The. rep rt'h . t 'e A 'miriity
Wor a ire ab'aie is confirmed.
S '. Pooersbu 4. I an i3 -T ie '
Capital is full of h4 wi dest ru
mors. Onesay h t tne striners
nave reo-v d o march 50,001
s r oug on rsarka-i Selo If they
find the Czar is not there, they
will continue marchiugto Pdwr
hof. Still auotoer rumor has it
tnat the Nihdints h ive persuad d
the siricit leaders ta. take ofae a '
targe supply of bombs which are
secreted at Nihilist headquarters
and use th"H to repel the troops,
It is known that the strikers have
not as yet obvdued any qutm.'ty
ot ammunition is s id to havs
been a strong argument for the
ricceptance of tue bombs. A
.hird report says that strikers
had seized the Puuloff arsenal
and were getting arms and am
munitions from thatsource. Tns
report is confirmed, and it is not
generally credited The strikers
aie using their beBt endeavors to
effect a concentration which thus
far have successfully prevente L
An eye witness, who has Just re
turned Trom Sevastopol describes
what is-practically an' insurrec
tion among the sailors of th
Biack Seafleet recently. The
sailors, crying, "Down with ab-'
Kolutism" stormed the officers'
quarters, destroying everything
moveable. They set fire to th
buildings, and the officers, with
their families, fled to the center of
town. The troops were called
and ordered to tire on the sailors
Tbey declined, only firing ; into
he air Tbe colonel of the Biel
stockers Rgimint made a
speech to the troops reminding
them of their oath of allegiance
1 1 the Czar But hi words had
no effoct. F'ua ly t4 authoriti
es quitted the ou bretk by pro-
-oising ihi sailors bitter treat
cent in toe f pure.
Surprise Party at Earts.
poUltTaiilTAi.
Earls, Jan. 23 -Earls was
quite lively Saturdtyand Sun
day. Misses Carrie and Bertha Aus
tell visited their parents, and
were accompan'.d by their
friends, Mr. Jno Watterson and
Miss Carrie McDanie from new
IT" if. L. ... Illo.i. H I r M
om and Ethel Hord, Mr. Jacob
White and si -ter, MissLillie of
Stubbs. The young people of
Earls, showed their ai precia
tion of their visit. v giving thn
a sarprise party on Saturday
ftern)Ou, which was greatly en
joyed by all those who were se
rortunate a to be present.
First Handred Thousand Oc-IIars.
The first $100,00 distributed
ro raa to the counties in th
S'te for the pub io schools was
s nt out -last wee. The coun
es in this sectioa received
mounts as follows: Cleveland
1,471 39; Gnston $1,657.93; Lin
,oln $852 13;"Potk $306.88; Ruth- r
erford $1,319.38. The second
$100,000 will be distributed so as
o bring up th tem of every
school to full fourmontb.fi