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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-12-22
FREMONT LETTER.

Dear argus A very large
amount Of cotton has been brought
to town the past few days.
We we're startled at the unexpect-
ed death of one of our citizens on
last Wednesday: Mr.. W. L.. Flowers,
who had been in bad health for
some time, expired almost suddenly
at his home in this place. The de-
ceased leaves a wife and two chill
dren to mourn the i~rreparable loss
of a husband and father.
Ga last Monday evening We had
the pleasure of attending the crystal
wedding Of our esteemed friends
DR.. and Mrs. A. G. Person, at their
residence on Main street. Nothing
to compare with the brilliancy Of the
occasion has ever occurred in the
history of Fremont. The spacious
parlors- on the right and left of the
entrance we're filled with youth
and beauty o. the town and coun-
try, intermingled with some of ma
turer age, adding grace and dignity
to the scene-all juhilant and hap
py. There were a large number of
presents, some valuable on account
of utility and many for their beauty
and artistic design. On entering the
dining room we found a long table
in the form of the Roman cross,
beautifully decorated with evergreens
and flowers, and literally covered
with everything to satisfy the most
ravenous Epicurean. Rev. W. W.
Rose, pastor of the Methodist
Church, with his most excellent
wife, occupied the head of the table,
and after i%mploring the blessings of
God upon the sumptuous repast, the
guests, and especially upon the host
and hostess, continued by hoping
that they might live to enjoy many
happy anniversaries, reach the
diamond wedding With eyes I'M
dimmed and their natural strength
undated, and finally be present te
celebrate the grandest aud most
sublime of all occasions, the ma
riage supper of the Lamb.
With many hearty congratulations
and wishes for continued happiness
we quilted this pleasant home very
much delighted with the pleasures O.
the evening. F.
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Pikeville Letter.

P1KEv1LLE, N. g. Dec. II. '97.-
Dear Argus:-Our genial friend
Mr.. W. S. Smith returned home
Friday from Richmond, where he
has been spending some weeks on
business.
There will be a Christmas tree
at Pleasant Grove church next
Saturda night. given under the
auepjces of the Sunday school.
Messrs. Charles Allbrltton and
r ,bert Lassiter,of Greene county,
are in town on a visit to relatives.
Misses Efie and Della Edgerton
two of Pinkneys most beautiful
and highly accomplished ladies
were in town Friday on a brief
visit to friends.
There will be a Christmas tree
in the Alliance. hall next Saturday
night, given by the citizens Of
Flkeville.
We wish the Editor of the TBE
ARGUS and all it's readers a happy
Christmas.
j. F. 81.
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Washington News.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-This
was suspension day in the House
and the first motion was to suspend
The rules and pass the bill for the
relief of William L. Winans, OF
Baltimore, the inventor Ct the
spindle-shaped ship. Much oppo-
sition was manifested. The fight,
indeed, was between the Winans
and the inventors of the "Whale-
back" vessels, The latter was suc-
cessful. The bill require d a two~
thirds vote to secur pass age and
the motion to pass the bill was
lost.
A meeting of the subcommittee
of Ways and Means. charg ed with
inquiring in, 10 the condition of the
Treasury, vas held ,osday for the
purpose of org a%nization. 1t was
decided to call upon the Secretary,
Of the Treasury for information
upon which to tase the inves tiga-
ton, and Chairman Springer was
instructed to draft a letter to the
Secretary telling him Just what in
formation is desired.
There is little reason to doubt
that the President will soon issue
an order extending the civil SER
vice law and rules so as to include
all letterscarriers and clerks in free
delivery postoffices.
In order to overcome the recent
decision of Judge Gresham, de-.
claring unconstitutional that part
of the Interstate Commerce law
which gives the Commission au~
thority to compel witnesses to ans
swer questions, Mr.. Wise, of Vir-
ginia; chairman of the Committee
OF Interstate and Foreign CONS
merce, to-day introduced a bill
defining the authority of the Cons
mittee in the matter. The bill,
generally is similar to that intro
duced lastweek by Senator Cullom
"Mr. Blaine maintains this ev-
ening tue hold he secured this
morning, when his condition shows
ed a slight Improvement" said
DR., Johnston, MI. Blaine's physi-
clan, tosnight,
DIR. Loomis, who arrived here
this morning to see Mr.. Blaine, res
turned to New York on the nooa
train.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-M-.,
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STATE NEWS.

Wilson ADVANCE: GLASGOW
Vents (c%olored) aged Ill years
died near Falkland, Pitt county,
a short time ago, A short time
previous to his death he was able
to do considerable work. A year
before his death he could grub,
split rails, etc., doing fully as much
work as a good man. He left a
wife about twenty-five years bis
Junior and a numerous progency
extending to the fifth genera
ton.
Henderson Gold Lsa5:; Sunday
last about 1890 o'clock, a peculiar
noise, resembling that of distant
thunder or the roaring of a cannon
was heard away to the northward
by many persons here. We under>
stand that in the neighborhood of
WILLIAMSBURG something was seen
at a considerable altitude, thought
TO have been an @-olite flying
through the heavens, which appar.
emily exploded, leaving a long
trail of smoke in its wake.
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Liberality in Politics.

The repeated testimonials given
to William F. Harrity, Chairman
of the Democratic National Com
mittee, by the people of this city
without distinction of party, date a
new era by liberalizing our lolit.
cal intercourse. On the night of
the grand Democratic demonstra-
ton IN celebration of Cleveland's
election, the Union League was
Illuminated and received the
hearty cheers of the almost end
less professions. At the popular
reception given to Mr.. Harrity in
the Academy of Music, the leads
ing active Republicans of the city
we're prominent in their cordial
expressions of respect to a success
fnl Philadelphia citizen; and the
dinner given to Mr.. Hsrrity at-the
Art Club on Saturday evening,was
notable for the number of Repub-
licans who joined in the general
tribute to individual worth and
achievement
Robert T Lincoln, the only sur
viying child of Abraham Lincoln,
will be given a reception by the
union league Friday between 3 and
5 p. m. He has been Minister of
War and now is Minister to Fog
land. and in every public trust he
has brought no shade of dishonor
upon the lustrous name he bears
and of which he is now the only
living representative. Grateful
memories of his immortal father
and generous respect for himself
are confined to no party in this city
or country; and why does not the
Union League extend les invitation
beyond it's own membership to
give all opportunity to pay their
respects to its distinguished guest?
There would be a generous and
hearty response to such an invita-
ton, and in this era of lioeralized
craftsmanship why does not the
League advance to the front Of
liberaIitya 1t would not weaken,
but rather strengthen it, as a Re-
publican power, and there woald
be eminent fitness in giving the
people of Philadelphia, without
distinction of party, the opportun>
ity to exhibit the respect they
cherish for Robert T. Lincoln
pAi1a Times.
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THE ELECTORAL VOTE.
Some bitches That Should be Re
NEEDED,

IT is strange that there should be
still some irregularities in the
casting Ct the electoral votes of the
states.
The constitution provides that
congress may determine the day
on which presidential electors
shall give their votes, (Which day
shall be the same throughout the
United States" By the act of
1892 the first Wednesday in Dec
ember, was set as the day. This
statute stood until it was supplant-
ed by the act of February 3, 1887,
which changed the day to the
second Monday in January follows
ing the choice of electors, and that
is the law.
The day for the election of TIE
President and ViceTP President will
therefore fall on the 9th of JAMS
uary, 1898. Two States have fails
ed to conform their statutes to this
federal la v, which is, of course
supreme. They are Kentucky and
Michigan. The electors in the
formerState meet on the 18th of this
month as the Kentucky statue still
conforms to the federal law of
1892.
When Michigan changed res
Gently her method Of choosing
electors, strange to say the new
aet was made to lit the federal act
of 1892 instead of that of 1887. l.,
both these States the electors will
meet again on the 9 of January, SO
as to act in accordance with bo.h
the state and federal laws.
The legislatures of Kentucky
and Michigan will probably catch
up with the times by enacting ma
tional election laws which do not
conflict with the federal statue,
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THE PRISONER.

Aman's skull is his lifelong Jail,
Behind it's prison bars,
From it's eye windows does the soul
Peep at the earth and stars;
But unlike jails of wood or stone
Its prisoner ever dwells alone.
Though through it's front doors perfumed
gales
Are blown from gladness,
And through its back doors music strains
Roll in in waves of madness,
And though he hear and heed each tone
The prisoner still must dwell alone.
Though past the windows of the Jail
Sweep scenes of solemn splendor,
And through the doors float hymns OF JOY
Or dirges deep and tender,
The prisoner hears the mirth and
But III his Jail he dwells alone.
| No lover ever knows the soul
! He loves in all its sweetness;
| The fullest love, however strong,
Is marred by incompleteness;
| No heart is ever fully known,
The prisoner ever dwells alone.
Sam Walter Fossi in Yankee Blade.
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Notice of Sale.

Under and by virtue of a power of sale
contained in a mortgage executed by G..
b. Hicks and wife, Mary F., to the under.
signed and duly proved and recorded in
the office of the REGISTER of Deeds of Wayye
county, N. @, in book No. SO, page 207,
the notice therein required having been
given, shall, on<Monday, Jan. %, 1898,
at II O'Clock, m at the court house door
in Goldsboro, sell for cash, by public auc-
ton, the following described lands, stu
ate in said county list tract adjoining the
lands OF w. r. Hollowell and others and
lying on Juniper Branch and Neuse River.
End tract, adjoining that above mentioned,
lying en- the Goldsboro and Fayetteville
road, together containing 158 acres, more
or less, and fully described in said mort
gage, to which re%ferencei is here made for
purpose of description.
J. Newton Green, Mortgage.
Aycock & Daniels, Attorneys.
Dec. 90, 1892.
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Water Notice.

The semi-annual water rent will be
due January 1888, at the office Of the
company, where bills must be paid, An
inspection OF all services will be made
after the goth instant, and should water
takers wish any changes in their SER
vice they will please call at the office
before the goth, so that corrections can
be made, as bills will be made out and
no corrections will be made afterward,
Extract from Regulations-Water
takers cannot allow water to run to
prevent freezing, and they must not
allow neighbors to take off water from
their premises. III, p. DoRTCH, Supt.
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Laurinburg Exchange; Tony
Rogers was tried last Tht rsday for
the murder OF his wife; was cons
victed and sentenced to be hanged
on the % of January.
Fayetteville Observer: Capt, j.
W McNeill informs as that the
committee appointed to secure
water works for this city have
closed the contract with Messrs.
Ferris and Richards of Jersey City
N. J. This firm, than which we
understand there ia 40 better in the
country, have filed the necessary
bond and will commenee work
very shortly.
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Deserving Praise.

We desire to say to our citizens, that
for years we have been selling DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, DR..
Kings New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and Electric Bitters, and have
never handled remedies that sell as well.
or that have given such universal sat
isfaction. w do not hesitate to guar
antee them every time, and we stand
ready to refund the purchase price II
satisfactory results do not follow theil
use. These remedies have won thell
great popularity purely on their merits
j. 81. Hill & Son, Drugstore,
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Blaine holds the improvement
noted in his condition yesterday.
He rested we'll during the night,
and entered the morning refreshed
and consequently better prepared,
to a very slight degree, to resist
the ravages Of his disease. The
malady is organic, however, and
in the nature of things he must
grow worse with time.
The Is 1000 paid by, Chill in set
Element # claims arising ont of
tbs Baltimore flair at Valpa-
raieo WAS covered into the subs
Treasury at New York yesterday.
Arrangements will soon be made
for is equitable distribution to
tho people tor whom it was intends
ed.
Information was received at the
Treasury tosday to the effect that
the financial furry in New York
was practically over for the pres
ent, and there vac no longer any
prospect of a panic. Money is re-
,orted easy and ench .nge has falls
len below the shipping point, so that
heavy expectations Of gold are not
likely to continue. Secretary Eos
ter said this morning that $3,OO0,s
900 in gold had been taken out of
the Treasury this week, and that
about $4,000, 900 more would
probably be lost before the week
ended.
Gen. Schofeld stated this m orn>
ing that there were six hundred
United States troops in the field
in hot pursuit of the CARA band OF
the borders.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-Justice
Lamar has greatly improved IN
health, Tonight he goes South te
remain until his health is recuper'
ated. Justice Field wal
confined to his house to-day
by a severe bronchial attack, ag'
gravated by his exposure yesterday
to the weather outdoors in ordel
TO make up a quorum of the
Court.
General Rosecrans will leav,
Tomorrow for Los Angeles, in hope
OF recovering his health. His daugh
ter will accompany him.
1t is generally understood thai
opposition to the confirmation o
Judge McComas, OF Maryland, re-
Gently appointed to the Su prem'
bench OF the District, is being con.
Quoted by Republicans. A few
days ago charges were filed will
the committee against Mr.. Nc.
Comas relating, it is said, to hi
conduct during his campaign fol
the nomination for Congress, wher
he was opposed by Mr.. Yelling
ton, a Republican, who also sough
the nomination. Is is understood
Mr.. McComas is charged will
fraudulent practices in the name
for which he secured the nomina
ton.
DR.. Johnson visited Mr.. Blain,
this afternoon, and remained wit
him nearly three quarters Of a
hour, 1t is understood Their
had been no marked change in tn
ex"Secretary's condition, and b
anticipated nc serious set back 70
the time being. The indication
were that he would pass q comfort
able night.
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Resolutions of Respect.

At regular meeting of Salem
sub-Alliance. No. 513, Wayne county
November 5, 1892, the following
preamble aud resolutions were
adcpetd:
WHEREAS, It has become our
painful duty to record the death of
our highly esteemed brother John
Ii. Sasser, of Salem Alliance, who
departed this life at his home in this
county July II, 1892; and, Whereas,
we feel that our Alliance has lost a
faithful member in his death; and,
Whereas it has pleased the Almighty
God to remove our beloved brother;
and, Whereas he vas a faithful
Christian, a dutiful neighbor, an &C.
tive member of the Alliance, a man
who possessed all good qualities both
of head and heart, which combined
form the noblest work of God, there
fore, be it
Resozved,1, That while we sympa-
thize with his bereaved and discon-
ISOLATE widow and children in their
sad afHictlon, we commend them to
the grace and protection Of Him
from whence all blessings flow.
2, That by the death of u es-
teemed brother Salem Alliance has
lost one of its best and brightest
members, and the county of Wayne
one of its best citizens.
3, That these proceedings be en-
tered upoa the records OF our Lodge,
and that a copy of them be sent by
our Alliance to the family of our
deceased brother as a mark of our
sincere sympathy, and, also, be pub
lished in the Goldsboro ARGUS
James W. Thompson,
VIM. FL. Andrews,
Erastus Ham,
Committee.
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TAXES

Last call. If you Will pay your taxes
on or by Saturday. December, 31st,
1892, l will not charge you costs. After
that date my hooks will be placed in the
deputies and full costs charged on every
tax then unpaid. This notice applies
to all who have asked c time and
those who have not. need the money
to make my final settlement with the
County Commissioners and must have it.
W.T.. DORTCH.
Tax Collector of Wayne County,
Goldsboro, N. G. Dec. 10. '92.
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A Million Friends.

A friend in need is a friend indeed
and not lees han one million people
have found just such a friend in DR.
Kings New Discovery tor Consumption
Coughs, and Colds.-If you have never
used this Great Cough Medicine, one
trial will convince you that it has won
derful curative powers in in all diseases
of Throat. Chest and Lungs. Each bot
tie is guaranteed to do all that is claim.
ed or money will be refunded. Trial
bottles free at J II, Hill s Sons Drug
| store. Large bottles SOC. and $1,OO.
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HOUSE.

HOUSE.
The House passed a bill increas-
ing the pensions OF pensioners OF
tn Mexican war.
The Senate attendance in the
House to~day was an indication
that no bill rt popular interest
would be called mp or passed dur
ing suspension day.
On the bill increasing the pens
sion Of veterans ct the Mexican
war who are now receiving IS n
month, to the sum of S12 a month,
the yeas aid nays were ordered.
ana al exact qnorum-166-0 ot~
ed. Then without objection, d
bill limiting jurisdiction OF Courts
Of the United States, was passed.
Its advocate (Culberson, Demos
crat, Of Texas,) is a general favor
tie on both sides OF the House,
and when he says that a legal bill
is a proper one his ipse di~et car
ries great strength,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2O.-Mr.
Bate. of Tennessee, spoke in favor
of repeal Of laws authorizing the
employment of Federal supervisors
and special deputies at elections
Those laws, Mr.. Bate said, had
been in operation over twenty
years, and had not reconciled the
people to their harsh interference
with affairs belonging exclusively
to the States. It was not surpris-
ing that the late political resolu-
tions of 1890 and 1892 bad swept
from power the party which enforc-
ed the machinery for interfering
with elections of the States. The
Force bill had been a potent factor
in the late overwhelming defeat Of
the Republican party. The laws
which he (Bate) proposed to have
repealed was the germ or protop-
lasm of the Force bill. It was
that bacillous which had poisoned
elections and inocnlated them with
fraud. From the supervisor OF
elections and the armed deputy
marshal, the step to the army at
the polls was but a short one, The
day had come to bring the Federal
Government back to those duties
for which it had been provided.
The late elections had brought in
TO power a party pledged to reform
not only the fiscal but. the elective;
not only the tariff, but all the Fed
eral machinery that interfered
with State affairs, and to wipe out
the absolute power which had nc
righttul place in the American
Federal system. That system was
a failure, if the States could not
keep pure the very elections which
maintained it's organization. The
power of Congress over elections
having been conferred only Tin the
language of Alexander Hamilton
"to instruct the Union with the
care Of its own existence" anC
there being 10 apprehension fol-
the perrnanency OF the Union those
election la VS. had no constitutions
warrant. They are useless for any
purpose. They did much harm
ard their remaining on the statute
books was in direct disregard o
the spirit and purposes of the late
elections, and CT the peace ane
quiet of the country,
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FRESH FUN.

TuE SHARP AND WITTY SAYINGS OF
THE PRESS MEN.
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NOTTC.

By virtue ola judgment rendered N
admir-. VS.. e, B. Hood and Others. in tbe,
court house of Wayne county. the IN.
dersigned having been appointed com
missioner for that purpose, will sell for
cash, at public auction, at the court
house door in Goldsboro, on Monday.
the 23rd day of January, 1898, a LOT Of
land, situate at the Northeastern inter
corner of John and Vine
fronting 107 feet on John and
206 feet on Vine street, being lot No.
1O9 in the plan of Goldsboro, and known
as the Henrietta Wood lot, CONTAINING
one-half acre, more or less.
mo. E. GROW, Com.
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he, DfiSut Jo"S
man, and she, lovely as an summer
day, were out driving,
Do You know, she eaid, [ should
like to be a newspaper man.
You can he the next thing to it.
What is th at2
His wife.
And Just hen p shadow fell.
The u was b olding a clouc IN
front OF his face while he snlckered.
Washington St; VI.
Have you heard a bout poor Mrs.
Slipknot? asked a Chicago lady,
addressing a friend.
No. What's the lnat sers Didn@
she get her divorced
She did, but no alimonT, and the
man she wanted TO marry is as poor
as a church mouse,-New York
Press.
[ was getting measured for a
suit Of clothes this mawning, said
young Mr.. Sissy to his pretty
cousin, and inst for a joke, y know,
I awsked Snipem if it really took
nine tailors to make a man. He
said it would take more than nine
tailors to make d man of some peo-
pie. | thought it was quite clevah.
|-Ex.
Mrs. Mater. Do you like chill
dren, Mr.. Baldiea
Nj. Baldie. I Just love them, at
the theatre.
The theatrei
Yes, indeed. | love to have the
dear little things on the seats in
front of me.-N. Y. Weekly.
MI. Swelset. Let me see, Christs
mas is almost here. It comes on
the 25th, doesn't it2
Mrs. Swelset. l believe that is
the date observed by the people
generally, but it has become SO
common. don't you know, that this
year and hereafter l shall observe
it a week earlier.-Detroit Free
Press.
Ny hired man was kicked in
the stomach by a horse, stung by a
swarm of hornets and run over by
a moving machine one day and
died the next.
My! W hat was the cause of his
death?
Nervons Observation-Disclosures
Town Topics.
Jennie, said the sick husband, if
[ should die what would you do
without me?
Don't fret yourself about that;
John. 1t won't take me long to get
another husband. Just think how
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FOR SALE

Two Milk cows. One can be seen at
my farm and the other at nv residence
William st, N. w MUSGRAVE.
Dec. 20, 1892,
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Jennie, said the sick husband, if
I should die what would you do
without me?
Don't fret yourself about thst;
John. It won't take me long to get
another husband. just think how
quickly I caught you.
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est of all in ~leavening strength.--Latest
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