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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-11
LETTER.

PlKEvILLE, n. c., May Sth 1898.
Dear Argus:-Mrs, I'll, R. Higs
gihs, of your city, who has been
visiting her grand daughter Mrs.
G.. Perkins, returned home
Tuesday.
A goodly number OF the ladies
and gentlemen of our town went
down to the river last Tuesday
fishing. They did not have much
luck fishing, but they had a picnic
and all enjoyed it splendid.
1t will be a real pleasure to his
numerous friends IN this section to
learn that Mr.. Lafayett Eatman,
who has been confined to his home
for several weeks by sickness, Ii
gradually improving.
The heaviest rain of the season
visited this section last Wednesday
doing considerable damage to
crops.
Our young friend Mr.. w. L
Ezzell is visiting relatives ano
friends in Grantham's township.
Mr.. Frank Albritten, of Greene
county, came up Friday on a visit
to his brother Mr.. W. B. Albrir,
ton.
Can any one tell Us what ia
become OF the "W ood,ant
Cru,nbsng
J. +. II.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-11
Officers InctaIled,

At a regular convocation Of Colds
boro Chapter No. 30 r, A. NJ, held
in Odd Fellows Hall, Wednesday
evening May sth, 1898, the follow
ing officers were duly installed for
the ensuing masonic year, viz:
Il. p w Quick,
King-E A Wright.
Scribe-A j Harrell.
G.. of HI E Dobson.
r. A. C.-Meyer Strauss.
P. S.-W W Crawford.
Treas.-D A Grantham.
Sect'y.-Isaac Fuchtler.
NJ. of 1st Vail E Pridgen.
NJ, of 2nd Vail-John Slaughter
N, Of 3rd Vail-J l. Myerbelg.
Sentinel-J B Berger.
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SISTER MARY ELLEN LEASE
Takes a Good Long Look Adead

Mrs. Mary E, Lease, the most
original and famous of the Populist
thinkers of Kansas, has amused
herself lately by taking a look into
the future. She mounts the tripod
and plncks the times to come from
off the knees of the gods. "In a
hundred years." she tells US, 1.-The
world will shudder as it reviews
our age. Rail- Dads, light, water
and all public improvements will
be owned by the government" But
hear this:
81 hat superstition Of a darker
past. a fetch taught by selfish
partisans and college-bred idiots,
that gold should be the basis Of
money, will disappear before the
full knowledge of the fact that a
gold basis for a monetary system
was a trick of the money breeders
to make money scarce and dear and
flesh and blood cheap"
Great corporations will be owned
by the government, too. The govs
eminent of 1898 is going to be
plutocrat. Every man will be a
prohibitory law to himself. Three
hours will be regarded as a long
days work. Agriculture moved by
electricity will be infinitely greater
than in the days of Rusk and MorA
ton. Science will furnish a sort OF
liquid pemmican, a compendious
and summary food, infinite riches
in a little room, an epitome of the
elite forces now found in the heart
of the corn, the kernel OF the wheat,
the luscious juice of the fruits"
ga small phial of this life from
the fertile bosom of Mother Earth
will furnish man witt subsistence
for days, and thus the problems 81
cooks and cooking will be solved
The slaughter of animals, the APP
petite for flesh they that has OF
the world reeking with blood. asst.
bestialize humanity, will be one o.
the shuddering horrors of the past
Slaughter houses, butcher shops
and cattle pens will be converted
into consevatories and bed o
bloom"
Evidently Mrs. Lease thinks
lightly of Owen Meredith's opinion
of the indispensability Of cooks te
civilization. Eating takes too mucf
time. anv wav. Why should a mai
take the trouble to light a fire, t.
turn a spit, to cast a longing lool
at a gridiron, as long as he has tht
price of a phial of pot
able life force? "The dress of The
future will offer no resistance to o
compression of action" The corse
has gone. The abolition of TIL
slaughterhouse has had deadl.
effect at Chicago.
"Where Chicago now lifts he
tall spires and many storied build.
ings, a great lake or inland sea will
surge its restless waters, and tn
jewellers on it's banks will tell wit
bated breath of the cataclysm tina
engulfed the city and rolled tn
waters upon its sin and PRIDE"
This seems a trifle hard on Chi
cago, but without the cataclysr
and the inland sea how was th
/; town to get cleans The creates
city is on "our toundless Wester
: prairies," perhapes in west Kansa'
Sunday excursions to the mountain
of the moon will be common, an
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-11
A HUNDRED YEARS TO COME,

Wouldn't you like to live until the
year A. D. 1000, just to see the people
and the world generallya Who knows
but you might, if you observe the laws
of health, and keep the Stomach, Liver
and Bowels in full action. The best
medicine known for this is DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. They are small, sugar
coated granules, but powerful to cure;
produce no nausea or gripping; easy to
take, and a SUR cure for biliousness, con-
stipation, headache, and diseases pro
dueed by an inactive liver. A CON.
venient vest-pocket remedy.
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In Memoriam.

The death Of Mrs. Clarcy Stills,
the wife of MI. Henry Stills occurred
at her home in Grantham's town
ship on Sunday April the 30th,
1898, after a lingering Of many
months, Of heart disease. Mrs.
Sills was about So years of age,
she has been called to the mansion
prepared by her saviour. Her acs
customed seat in the M. E. Church
at Failing Greek, Of which she was
q member, is forever vacated, her
chair at home, and her sweet voice,
now silent, and the place where
light used to shine is dark and
gloomy now. She is sleeping the
sweet sleep in Jesus, yet we mourn
her death, and will ever miss her
around our freside. But since it
is the Lords will we will not MUIR
mur at our troubles, but say, "the
Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh
away, blessed be the name of the
Lord" But how can we forget to
weep for one SO good and kinds She
has left behind her a beloved huss
band and three sons, and a host OF
friends, who while weeping ever
her departure, yet sorrow not as
those who haye no hope.
But all her toll and grief is DER
And she is freed from all her pain
Her face on earth We'll see no more,
But hope we will meet again.
May the Sunbeam of hope Illus
mine the pathway OF the bereaveo
ones that they may see her in The
brighter world above.
The funeral was held at her home
Mon day afternoon at Q o'clock
Rev. j. H. johnson officiating.
J.. E. B.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-05-11

IT is always a pleasure to The
Goldsboro boys here at home, and a
peculiar pride, as we'll, to record
them from abroad. Two years ago
our young friend Mr.. t. w. Dewey
was elected Cashier of the Farmers
s. Merchants Bank at Newbern,
h en- just starting business. The ser-
vices of Mr. Dewey were sought at
that ii me by the founders Of the
thew bank because of his recognized
ability as a competent and prudent
inancier, That they chose wisely
and we'll is evidenced by the fact, as
we see published. that, as the result
of his ad ministration of the affairs of
the Farm ers 81 Merchants Bank, at
the end of the second year it has de-
clared as per cent. dividend, pay
able on demand, besides carrying
WITHIN "a fraction of 4 per cent to
its surplus and profits" fund. And
that Mr. Dewey's splendid ability is
appreciated and his successful con
duct of the banks affairs gratifying
to those concerned is manifest in the
fact that not only have the Board
Of Directors increased his salary, of
their own volition, but the stock
holders of the bank, at their second
annual meeting last week, unani-
mously elected him upon the Board
ef Directors Of their institution for
the ensuing year. This will in
deed be very gratifying intelligence
to Ar. Dewey's hosts Of friends in
this city, where he is held in uni
versal esteem and pleasing reuiem-
brance. He has the best wishes OF
The ANGUS always.
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az suffered for two years from a bad
cough and pain in my chest. / tried a
Syrup was the only n that effected a
cure. P.J. Murphy, Ashley.Pa.
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S0LDSB0RO
Corrected Daily by B. ri. Prfvett
WhoIesalS Provision and Grain
psaler.
PRODUCE.
2iA1 ESTATE
EXCHANGE.

Sales of Real Estate in and adjacent to
the city made on reasonable commission.
Purchases negotiated for parties seeking
desirable building lots.
E. A. HUMPHREY,
Office in 7 aw Building,
Goldsboro, n. g
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TuP doath oe Nr r M johnson

The death Of Mr.. r. M. johnson,
a former citizen Of Goldsboro, where
he is we'll known, occurred Tueday
morning in Asheville, where he has
resided for the past ten years. His
remains will be brought to this city
for interment beside his wife, who
died about two years ago. Mr..
johnson was some 65 years of age.
His remains arrived on the Raleigh
train Wednesday afternoon, and the
interment was made in the old
family burying ground Of the Hills
beyond WebbtoWn.
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I am also dealer in Dry Goods, Cloth
ing, Hats, Boots and Shoes, Notions,
Trunks, Valices, Wood and Willow
Ware, Tinware, Hardware, Crockery,
Glassware. Almost all kinds of Gro
c%eries, Patent Medicines, ETC., all of
which be sold at cut prices, I have
bought low and will sell accordingly,
H Nothing but spot cash will moye
the above goods at prices given.
ED. Ii. EDNuNnSeN,
"THE HUSTLER"
Opposite Hills drug store, Walnut S
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pened in this city Fsiday. Mis-
j. F. Newborn, Of Kinston, came up
mere to do some shopping at NJ
E.Castex & Co.'S, bringing her baby
and a grown nurse with her and in
tending to return Ga the afternoon
train. During the time of Mrs
Mewborn's engagement in making
purchases the nurse asked permits
sion to visit some friends in the city
and take the baby with her, which
the lady readily granted. When
the time for the departure OF
the train drew near and the nurse
had not returned Mrs. Newborn be.
came restless. Mr.. Castex offered te
send for the nurse and baby, but Mrs
Newborn, being a stranger in The
city, did not know where to send
Then the train backed down to tht
starting point-and still no nurse
visible, By this time it was NOR,
easy to imagine han to describ,
just how the good lady and dis
tractea mother felt. Finally tn,
train moved off, on which Mrs
Newborn was to go. AMI Mr.. New.
bora was to meet her at Kinston
A message was sent to Mr.. Mewberr
by the conductor, telling him O
the situation; the police wer
called into requisition. and after
fruitless search for an hour-and-a-
half, the sought-for nurse saun
tered up the store. with the bah,
well cared for, and gave as an ex
case for her long stay that, Ssh
really did not know it was SO late
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18
HAIL TO OUR CHIEF.

Hail to our chief Let joy be uncon-
fnedl For youthful blood and vigor
of the mind there is none among us
who can boast of more than Andrew
jackson McIntire has in store. With
frisky step and courteous smile he steps
to Hymen's altar with bIushing bride,
and e'ere another year has passed we
look to see little Andrew Jackson by
his side. Say, vascillating youth of
tender years whose mind is racked with
needless hopes and fears, why hesitate
ye now TO pop the question, when
Father McIntire, at loves suggestion,
forgets his DER ripe three score years
and ten, and proves he's still a man
anon g young men.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18
Father, Dear Father. Come Home.

Father, dear father, come home with
me now, for ma has some carpets to
beat; she's got all the furniture out in
the yard from the front door clear
down to the street. The stove must
come down and be put in the shed, and
The yard must be cleaned of dead grass,
or its time to clean house and the
devils to pay and the front windows
need some new glass. Father, dear
father, come home with me now, and
bring some bologna and cheese; its most
twelve o'clock and there's nothing to
eat-1'm so hungry I'm weak in the
knees. All the dinner we'll have will
be scraps and such, and we'll have to
eat standing up too, for the tables aud
chairs are out in the yard-oh, I wish
spring house cleaning was throughI
Father. dear father, come home with
me now, for ma is as mad as a Turk;
she says that you are lazy old thing
and that she proposes to put you
TO work. There is painting to do,
and paper to hang, and windows and
castings to scrub, for it's house cleaning
time. and you've got to come home aud
reyel in suds and cold grub.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18

ONE of the greater favors the public
men of Kansas could do their state
would be to hunt around for something
In their routine business which would
keep them quiet for SIX months. All
OF them seem to be inoculated with a
fever of cofict. There are three parties
and fiftS factions. The democrats are
slashing at each other because there
are federal Offices to be filled, the popul-
ist because there are state Offices, and
the republicans because they have no
offices. Osborne has told some inter-
esting tales. but judging from the dried
fruit investigating committees have so
far gathered, nothing viii come of his
accusations except more material for
the enemies of the state.-Atchison
Patriot.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18

SOME of the papers of Kansas are
making much sport over the petrifed
man which is being exhibited in this
state, claiming that it was made at
Atchison and shipped to Dakota arc
buried there where it was discovered
and is therefore fake. We are not so
ex-governor Humphrey since last JAN
uary? Possibly this petrified man is
one of the ex-republican Office holders
of Kansas.-Howard Citizen.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18

OF Sedgwick, as consul to Vera Cruz
is an act that meets the unqualified ap.
proval of the democrats of this part of
the state. Charlie is plain, every day
democrat without any prefix. When
Frank Webster, of Lawrence, is ap.
pointed consul to Cairo we Will be en-
couraged to believe that Kansas demo
Gratis will finally get their share of pie
after all.-Larned Optic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18

KANSAS. so the United States census
says, has a school for every 1s2 persons,
Sunday school for every 420, only one
criminal for every 1000, and an in
crease in wealth during the decade of
forty per cent. per capita; Massachu-
setts has school for every 800 persons,
Sunday school for every 1920, a
criminal for every 500 persons, and a
per capita increase of wealth of Eve Der
cent. Not only that, but the per capita
mortgage Indebtedness of Massachu-
setts is S144. in which it stands next to
Kansas with S170. This is not good
showing for such an old and wealthy
state as Massachusetts,
Patriot.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18

The national republican league last
week resolved in favor of female suf-
frage. Jerry Simpson says that female
suffrage in Kansas would give the state
again to the republicans, by reason of
the fact that 1.-The women are largely
influenced by preachers" The popu-
lists, at their state convention, will at
tempt to, and will probably succeed in,
adopting a female suffrage plank
There is fun ahead.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18
The Pansion System.

Some years ago General Black, of
Georgia, got his name on the Uuited
States pension roll. He had been in
the Union Army and was some kind OF
a general in small way. He prOduc-
ed proof to show that he was ''mertal.
ly and physically disabled from any
work." and has been allowed 500 per
month ever since. During Cleveland IS
first administration, Notwithstanding
General Black was mentally and ply
sically disabled from any work, .
Cleveland appointed him Commissioner
of pensions. The general was not dis
abled" so he could not draw his $10C
per month as pensiOner and at the
same time draw his salary as commits.
sioner. Last fall General Black was
nominated by the democratic party to
oppose Thos. E. Watson for congress in
WatsOn's district, Watson was elected
by several thousand majority, but the
great only honest party'' managed to
get negroes enough to put over eleven
thousand votes in the boxes in the city
of Augusta when there was only 5000
legal voters in the city, and this way
General Black was counted IN and
Watson was counted out. Now Black
is drawing $4,000 year from the
government as congressman and his
81 900 year as man who is mentally
al nh IN lo6
work" This is fresh evidence that
the democratic party is as rotten as the
republican party, and we shall, as an
independent, truthful paper, continue
to put the two parties in the same
class.-Progressive Farmer. (Populist. J
We copy the above from the Winfield
Free Press to show the recklesness of
some men who publish newspapers and
how they will distort facts to make a
political point. Gen. j. G. Black, of
Illinois is evidently the man referred
to. He was voted a pension of 500
per month by congress for physical dis
abilities, was pension commissioner
under Cleveland and ran for congress
last year. Here the description ends.
j. g. Black was real live general and
had both his arms destroyed by rebel
bullets. Neither he nor his friends
ever claimed for him any mental
For thirty years he has
been recognized as one of the most
orators in Illinois. He ran
for congressman at large last year in
Illinois and was elected. Tom Watson
run in Georgia district, hence j. G.
Black did not count him out. This is
fresh evidence that the editors of the
Farmer and Free Press
don't know much about the public
men of this country. If these two astute
editors will take the vote of the 10th
Georgia district they will find that
J. G. C.. Black got 17,772 votes and
Watson only 1880. Two years previous
Watson was elected as a democrat.
Under the new apportionment Wilkin-
son county was added to the district in
1892. AT the election in 1890 when
Watson run as democrat, his repub-
lican opponent got only 597 votes.
When he joined hands with the repub-
lcans, he met about the same fate as
his former opponent. j. G. G. Black.
the man who beat Watson, was not
general, does not draw pension and
lid not hold Office under Cleveland
fOur years Winfield Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18

IT APPEARS that the big Chicago at
traction is not nearly complete in all
departments, and will not be until
about the first of June. so that if WIS.,
ltors desire to see the World s Fair in
Its entirety they need not be in hurry
about going. The editor has not yet
decided when he will go-we may not
attend this one at all, but wait and 60
to the next one" with the north side
farmer who thought that the failure of
his wheat crop would keep him home
from this one.''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18
CLAFLIN.


From the Banner
Since the showers everybody is busy
making garden.
Another of Clafin's young men will
take unto himself a better half next
week. Dwelling houses are still in
demand.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E.
church will serve ice cream at the post
office building every Saturday after.
noon and evening during the summer
Your patronage is solicited.
In spite of dry weather and the cries
of the dissatisfied, Barton county will
harvest a big wheat crop yet. The
showers of the past few days have been
good starter. There will be plenty OF
rain now.
The individual that is always making
cracks that the editor runs anything to
''fill up" never realizes how true bis re.
marks will be when the editor writes uI
and runs his obituary. The obituaries
of such people generally contain con.
siderable ''fillin" in order to make them
readable.
Sam Slower was in the other day and
wanted US to announce that he was now
old enough to take life partner. He
said we should throw out the bait to
the young ladies first because he was
SO young himselfl and as a second
choice, bait for widows, leaving the old
maids as a last chance.
The NJ. E. church people have just
received their new church organ. The
furniture is now complete and every
thing is almost ready for dedication,
but owing to the fact that quarterly
meeting and Memorial services take
place on Sundays following each other,
the church will not be dedicated before
the first Sunday in June.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18

TOPEKA sold her school bonds to an
eastern firm at premium of S4O0, and
pays per cent. per annum. The state
proposed to take the bonds at Al per
cent. interest. This would have saved
the city s425 every year during the life
of the bonds. and besides that would
have turned the interest into the state
school fund instead of sending it east
to enrich monied synGicates. This is
the way that Topeka's republican
school board Stands up for Kansas
and the schools of the state. The facts
are enough: comment is unnecessary.
Alma News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18

THE evidence has been completed in
the Moore Funston contes case The
testimony taken proves conclusively
that there was very large number of
fraudulent and illegal votes cast for
Funston. Throwing out these votes
will give Col. Moore his seat in Con-
gress and the second district will at last
be faithfully and capably represented.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18

Has there been single, solitary pa
per in the whole state of Kansas that
has expressed a word of regret that Nit
cheil and Anthony have been kicked
out of their fat offices as railroad COM
missioners? ''Nary" a paper.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18

CHICAGO spent over million of
dollars entertaining foreign dukes and
dudes, last week. If Chicago had de-
voted half that sum to aiding the poor
the streets of the New Jerusalem would
have eventually shown more souls who
on earth hailed from hog town.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18

Wall Street tried to endanger the cred
it of the government to force the issu-
ance of gold bonds that the west came
to the help of the government with its
gold. Wall Street men as rule are
the enemies of free government
Wichita Beacon.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18

LUKE HERRING long the editor and
proprietor of the Wellington Standard,
and one of the brightest and best
newspaper men of the state, died last
week at his home in Wellington. He
has been a sufferer from an internal
cancer for several years. and for long
time was in the best surgical institu-
tions of the land for treatment. He
was young man, not more than 80
years old. The entire newspaper fra
while we remember with pride his
bright editorials, his kindly grasp of
the band and his cordial friendship.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18

with greater advantage to the admins
tration, the democratic party, and the
country, to the extent that he succeeds
in applying business principles to the
organization and conduct of his Office.
IN. Y. Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18

AN ATCHIsON schoolma'am received
visit recently from John J. ingalls,
and thought that he was an escaped
lunatic. Alas how the mighty have
fallen. From skinning brigadiers te
frightening schoolma 'ams just about
represents the grand tumble that John
Jay has taken.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

THE ''gold bugs" press of the effete
east has been doing a good deal Of
calamity bowling" of late, over a
threatened financial catastrophe.