Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-05-12

VI d CduOludGe, Iueu, lHucSu, Wv.
Holt, or anyone else, need not desire
tie nomination for, If there is any
one principle settled by the uniform
practice of our people it is, that no
one who runs upon prejudice need
expect the support of the good peo-
pie of North Carolina.
Within our recollection, two cam
paigns have been run solely upon
prejudice in Nerth Carolina: two
candidates for the great office Of
Governor have pitched their cam
palgn song to the tune of prejudice.
These were Tyre York, and the last
Republican candidate for Governor,
the former of whom was defeated
overwhelmingly, and the latter was
buried so far out of sight by the bal
lots of an indignant people, that We
have actually forgotten his name,
and do not care to inquire it.
Prejudice will not satisfy the hon
est people Of North Carolina: Stur-
dy, honest, and faithful discharge of
duties is what they look for in a can
didate, and these they find in an EN-
inent degree in Gov Thos. NJ. Holt.
He should be nominated by accla-
nation.
A Tropical Storm,
This extract from St. Nicholas
will enable the boys aud girls who
are studying geography to form
some idea ola tropical storm:
"The first intimation that i lad
If the likelihood that son"t =,
was going to happen, came i'm
my seeing a dense, .iet-black cloud
over against the Southern horizon
AL around me lay a peaceful and
prosperous scene. Beside the track
wete some hut-like negro cabins,
with black women sitting in the
doorways, aud funny little half
naked piccaninnies playing in the
dirt. A long row of giant palms
was behind the huts, bordering a
wide clearing, and throwing great
black patches Of shade on the sun
lit earth. Beyond the clearing
were woods and a jungle. The
train came to a stand still and l
drank in the beautiful scene, all
yellow and green and hot. | no,
tlced that not a breath OF air was
stirring, and l envicd the Cufans
around me in the car, dressed for
the climate in white dnck and
loose shirts and spreading straw
hats.
"But the black cloud grew big-
ger and blacker. 1t was adoanc.
ing toward us with very great. and
evident speed; and presently | saw
that it. was all tretted with bolts Of
lightning, toothed with white darts
offre. Never before or since did
| see such.a dreadful display Of
the electrical force. The bolts
were So close together that it seem
ed as if they must destroy every
Lying thing in the pathway OF the
cloud. When the black and terri
bic mass in the sky came still
nearer, it seemed no longer toothed
or fringed, but it spat the light
ming with vicious force straight
down upon the forest beneath it.
"Next came a sucking, roaring
sound of win, the sky grew black,
and with the last glimmer of day.
light, before it vanished into night,
[ saw the giant palm trees throw
up their huge fan-like arms like
mortal creatures that were hurt
and panic-stricken. Then the
storm burst yer the train, and
through its din | heard the crash
ing OF the falling palm branches
that had been snapped off and
thrown to the earth.
"In another minute the worst of
the darkness was over, and in the
half light that remained l saw such
rain as | never had dreamed could
fall from the sky. l did not sp-
pear to fall in drops OR in ropes
as l once heard an Englishman say
of a severe downpour Of rain, but
it descended in vast thick sheets,
layer upon layer. You could see
one thickness tumbling after the
other as SO many great plates of
glass might be thrown down. 1t
grew lighter still and [ saw that
the beautiful palms were wrecked,
and were still writhing in their
misery. tossing nm their broad