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Royal -Hcand.

A very pretty marriage was solemn
lied in st. Johns NJ. E. Churcq
Wedne sday night, which was attended
by a large concourse of friends of tie
contracting parties. who were Mr..
Jno. o. Royal and Miss Bella Hol-
land, the beautiful and attractive
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. P.
Holland. the pastor Rev. NJ. D. Hix,
officiating,
The organ was presided over by
Miss Lizzie Giddens, and Messrs.
Frank Bizzell and L. D. Giddens,
Jr,, were the ushers.
The church was handsomely de-
corated and the ceremony was beau
tiful and impressive.
Promptly at the appointed hour the
joyous strains Of the "Wedding
March" flied the edifce and the
bridal party approached the altar
the ushers leading, up the right and
left aisles and the bridal party fol-
lowing them in this order, respec-
lively:
cs VI l. ESOh WILL
Myrtle Holland, of Enfield.
Mr.. g. M. RoyaTl with Miss Mag.
gle Perkins,
Mr.. Louis Collins with Miss Hat.
tie Thompson.
Mr.. n B. Berger with Miss Bet
tie Hines.
Then came the maids of Honor
Miss Alice Holland, sister of the
bride. down the right aisle and Miss
Mamie Leggett, of Plymouth, down
the left.
The gloom approached the altar
down the right aisle with hi!
brother, Mr.. H. E. Royal, as 'bes
man." and the bride down the lef
aisle leaning upon the arm Of hel
brother Mr.. A. P. Halland, Jr.,
The ceremony over, the bride and
groom led the procession from the
church, Miss Legget coming out
with Mr.. A. 2. Holland. Jr., and
Miss Holland with Mr.. Royal, thr
.'best man." the others following il
the same order as they entered.
After the ceremony hospitabl;
reception was held at the home Of
the brides parents where the in
vited guest enjoyed sumptuous re
past and where many beautiful pres
ents were displayed.
The ARGUS wishes the happ,
young people all joy and prosperity
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Cyclones and Storms,

MILWAUKEE, April, 2O.-Lake
Michigan is being swept by one Of
the worst easterly gales experienced
in years.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, April 90
News was received to-day of
fearful cyclone that swept down
Faurche valley few days ago,
leaving death and havoc in its
wake. The town of Boyles, six-
teen miles north Of Dallas, Polk
county, was almost swept off the
earth.
MERIDIAN, Miss, April 20.-A
cyclone struck Pachuta, Miss. at 9
O'Clock last night. Great damage
was done to property and it is fear
ed several lives were lost. The same
tornado struck Desota, a town of
500 inhabitants, ten minutes later.
The extent of damage is reported
very great
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, April 20.
AT noon yesterday a. cyclone
passed through the valley just
South OF here. leaving a barren
waste behind it. Many families
were in the storm last night with
out shelter, the houses having been
carried away. No liyes were lost,
as far as known, although nuns
Der OF persons were injured.
DENIsoN, Tex, April 20.-A cys
clone struck Haney Hollows, forty
miles north Of here at midnight
last Tuesday night, tearing down
several houses and injuring sew
eral persons, some probably fatally.
Telegraphic communication is des
stroyed. The Missouri, Texas and
Kansas main line is blocked by
trees on the track. The storm
cut a swath about 200 yards wide
ard laid the big timbers on the
ground. Itis reported one man
was killed by hailstones.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-04-27
OUR CHEAP SILVER DOLLAR.

The fact that we are coming a 69
cents dollar and passing it at par
puts a premium on conunterfeit-
ing.
1t is said that there are thousands
upon thousands Of silver dollars in
circulation which are every whit as
goodas the governments coin, but
which never saw a mint.
The Philadelphia Times has this
pertinent editorial on the subject.
1t seems a great waste of time
and talent to be counterfeiting cop
per cents when so much more might
be made by oounterfeiting quarters
or half dollars or even silver dollars.
TIE last might require finer appara-
tus than could be readily employed
IN South street cellar, but he must
be a poor counterfeiter who could
not make the miner coinage of few
years back almost as well as it was
made at the mint. And standard
silver costs so little now that there
would be no need of employing a
baser metal, which is always easily
detected.
The possibilities Of profit just
now in unauthorized silver coinage
are SO great and so evident that it is
impossible to believe that some one
has not taken advantage of them.
AS a matter of fact this is already
known to haye been done. Shill-
ings have been found in circulation
IN England that are to all appear
ances genuine, and that differ from
the genuine no more than one-for-
tieth part in the proportion cf alloy
that was actually used at the Royal
mint at the date they bear. They are
Fsupposed to have been made in Ge--
many, and the German instead of
the English standard was employed,
but even so, there is still some dis
pute whether they are bogus or not.
Ii this manufacture were under
taken on sufficiently large scale,
the necessary machinery could be
procured, and standard dollars of
full weight and fineness could be
turned ont at a rate that would give
a clear profit Of not less than SO
per cent upon the raw material,
which would allow an abundant
margin for trade discounts. Has
this been done? Who knows?
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The Navy Review.

Fort MUNRoE, April 21,-The
three Columbus caravels arrived
here at 1920 O'Clock this morn
ing. in two of three Spanish war
ships, and were receivd with a
great thunder OF saiutes and dis
play of flags of the countries rep
resented bp the fleets, and dropped
anchor at the end of the American
line of vessels.
The day could not have been
more beautiful or the scene more
impressive as they came into the
Roads, decorated from jibboom to
taffrail with the flags of CASTLE
and Aragon and Queen Isabella,
standing out and fiuttering in the
gentle breeze. The little fleet
were tumbled about off the Virgin
ia coast yesterday in lively fash
by the northwest wind, that blew
all day, but they managed to make
the Capes early this morning. and
after taking pilots aboard proceed
ed in. At the head of the fleet
| was the unprotected cruiser Infants
Isabel, towing the flagship Santa
Maria, which displayed the flag OF
the Admiral. Behind and a mile
asteru came the torpedo vessel
Neuva Espana, with the Nina as
her charge, and in the latter's
wake was the big protected crui-
eer Reina Regente, with the Pinta
They were towed by at least a
quarter of a mile of hawser, and
looked like so many ducks sitting
on the waiter, with the feathers OF
their tails plucked. When off the
Fort the Stars and Stripes were
broken out and saluted by the
leader. the Fort quickly respond.
ing. Before the Santa Maria was
abreast of the Philadelphia the
Dutch frigate Van Speyk ran ur
the Spanish colors and saluted
them with thirteen rounds. Their
the Russian chip General Admira
commenced to salute, and later
every flagship in the harbor hon
ored the.e curious looking craftl
and the country they came from
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Vol. XVI.
APRIL'S AFIELD.
Apri's a6eld, April's in the air!

Aprips a6eld, April's in the air!
Almost you may see each hour
Willows that at dawn were bare,
Meadows that were brown,
On which the lengthening mellow
day has burned,
Creep into green before the sun goes
d9wn,
And some black bough, while mortal
backs were turned.
Swift stolen into flower.
ApriPs afeld, April's in the all.
Fleetinc over Earth's slow dust,
Leaving US behind here, where
Pass and pass the years,
Soulless as Echo, she can never know
Our kisses that she hastens, nor our
tears,
Not for us wat hers do her blossoms
blow;
Their day is come. they must.
ApriTs afeld, April's in the aif
Heavy Winter turns his feet
Northward with his ad of care;
Aud on April's wings
Unreasoning our human hearts up
soar,
AS hearts have done since they were hu
man things,
As human hearts shall do for evermore
When ours forget to beat.
Owen Wister in Lippincott's,
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OUR COLUMBUS STAMP.

w WashiDgtoli Post.
Once on time, 'you know, me lord"
A stamp act knocked up thunder,
When Boston's tea went overheard
And England's rights went under. !.
A different stamp, be sure is this,
Not dangerous, but unhandy;
A great spread eagle thing it is,
Fine as Spanish grandee.
To pay respect-that'sg well enough
The tribute OF all nations,
Bit oyerplus of patriot stuff
Disgruntles mortal patience.
The admiral's head quite well would do,
If we would pay him honors
But here we have his whole ships crew
Come sailing down upon US.
We lick the thing from stem to stern
Till tongues feel rather tender,
And then we'd-like to take turn
And lick the good:inventer.
There's one stamp act might bring re-
For this decried imitation
An act to make our postage less
Would soothe the irritation.
Tarpley Starr.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-04-27
False Prophets Outdone.

The false prophets who predicted
that the iron and steel industries
of Pennsylvania would not sur
Yive because of a probable change
in the tariff laws resulting from
the incoming of a Democratic ad-
ministration, are having their pre-
diction annihiiated by the develops
ments in that region.
The Philadelphia Record res
ports that vast improvements have
been begun upon the steel mills
ard iron works controlled by An
drew Carnegie. These extensions
involve the outlay of millions OF
dollars and show plainly that Mr.
Carnegie does not think the ircn
industry will suffer during Presis
dent Cleveland's administration.
He seems to have satisfied himself
that there will be profit in the
business, no matter whether the
tariff laws are framed by Republi.
cans or Democrats. Millions OF dol.
lars are being invested in the iron
business by other companies in va
rious parts of Pennsylvania, 0nie
and Illinois.
At least 100000 will be spent
in improvements at the Duquesne
mill, and charter has been
granted for a new 81 900, 900 plant
OF Johnstown. 1t has been an.
nounced also that A a syndicate has
agreed to purchase the great steel
and iron works at youngstown,
Ohio, for 100000 and to make
Improvements SO as to rival Carne'
gie's interests in that section.
Such prosperity as this, in the
face of fcertain reductions in the
tariff, furnish an inkling of the
enormous profits that must be made
by the steel barons under the pres
runious system and give the lie IL
the. walls of woe went up by tha'
gentry during the campaign
Atlanta journal.
Newhern journal; The pro
gramme tor the Memorial Day Ex
ercises will be arranged and pub
lished at an early day. Our towns
man Mr.. Jas. A. Bryan is the ora
tor OF the day and Mr.. w r. Bar
rington as Marshall. Rev. Rnfni
Ford, pastor OF the Baptist church
will be in charge of the religion
exercises,
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GoLDsBoRo N. c.. THURSDAY. APRIL ~ 1898

from plantations are fully up to
last years, and Southern advices
generally indicate some increase
this year in acreage.
Reports from cities show extens
sive embarrassments from severe
storms ard the backward spring,
with some signs of snrinkage, from
various causes. st. Louis reports
bright prospects, and good trade
for the season in all lines, especially
in dry gooda. and large demand for
money from the Southwest, though
owing to the low price of cotton,
Southern orders are remark ably
slow.
Pig iron is a shade frmer for
foundry. but Bessemer is weaker al
Pittsburg and Birmingham. Trade
in bar iron is dull, With the price
as low IS ever.
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Battleships-c1usiers.

The English admiralty, which is
easily melted to more and more
colossal plans OF building, has
taken alarm at the excellence of
the new American and Russian
armored cruisers. and will lay the
keels Of the two new ships, the
Powerful and the Terrible, each to
be 500 feet long. to cost e700 600
piece and to be superior in
speed, coal capacity, defense and
armament to any cruisers that exist
or are being built in any part Of
the world"
The latest theory in the build
ing of ships Of war thus develop
into seperate struggle for thes
command Of the attack aud defence
of commerce. First Of all you
have scouts and commerce pro,
tectors, like the Philadelphia and
Aurora, then commerce dastroyers
like the Columbia and the Blake
which is an armored vessel only in
he adjustment and thickness of
ter protective deck, then pro
hectors of commerce destroyers,
like the New York and the Rurik,
and finally destroyers of commerce
destroyers, like the Powerful and
her mate, which mast be really
sea-going battlesships of limited
armor thickness anu lie ser weight
of broadside, but of immense
| speed. One step further and the
two classes will coalesce; you will
arrive at swift battleships, d fferent
from the new E2glish ships of the
class of the Ramil;cs only in the
addition of knot or two OF speed
and a possible concession in the
number of guns and the weight Of
armor. They may carry two or
three instead OF four 69+ton guns,
and be defended by II instead OF
20 inches Of steel. But they will
be battleships.
This policy of the English Ads
miral Colomb-who, it may be ad.
mitted, generally feels himself free
to criticise-in which there is a
good word Of Warning. The the
ory for which he aud all the best
naval authorities now contend il
that the "biggest gun" principle il
a mistake. Ships of good size, dis
tinctly classified, carefully built
for a balance OF offensive and de-
feneive power, and plenty Ct them,
will make a stronger navy than a
mere congeries of ships all built
for the mere purpose of being
weighed in scale against other
crack vessels. This is the princi-
pie on which the United States
navy is being built, and it is not
likely that we shall try to cap the
Powerful by still bigger cruiser.
AS admiral Colomb points ont. the
only value the Powerful will have
will be to chase the Rurik or the
New York. And suppose shs
doesn't fad Their Il ia Time
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Asbev;lle 1;t,seu. We take

Asheville Citegem:;. We take it
that the enlightened sense of North
Carolina will say that the governor
convention at Richmond was held
too Iate by several month";; The
governors put out fine document
pleading for imnigrans and capis
tai. but the fact remaihs that, un-
der the influence Of half baked
statesmen and short sighted Third
party men, this State practically
ignored the greatest opportunity it
Will probably have in this generas
ton to exploit the claims Of North
Carolina to her share of the worlds
men and money. No appropr ia>
ton worth mentioning for the
Worlds Fair, but convention of
governors months too late to do
any real good. It's enough to dis
gust a gragen image!
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Alliance Resolutions.

The following resolutions were
adopted bv Wayne County Alliance
at recent meeting, and received by
us yesterday pursuant thereto;
"Whereas Wayne County AL
lance has seen with regret the ac-
ton of the last Legislature i'll its at
tempt to single out from among the
copefations and organizations of the
state the Farmers Alliance to seek
to destroy its usefulness.
"Therefore be it Resolved, That
we condemn in no uncertain terms
the action of said body in their
seeking to destroy our beloved or
der.
"2nd, That we regard the action
of that body in refusing to pass the
amendments to the charter offered
by the officers Of the order to cover
any complaint or excuse for COM
plant that might be raised against
the order, and in passing the amend
ments that were passed as showing
even deeper scheme of seeking to
DESTROY the usefulness of our beloved
order.
"3rd, That copy of these resoiu-
tions be spread upon the minutes OF
Wayne County Alliance, and that g
copy of the same be sent for publ
cation to the county papers and
Progressive Farmer with the request
that all papers in the State friendly
to our order copy.
e. T. CRAWFORD.
j. III. CALDWELL, Com
It. B. PARKER,
A true copy verbatim,
]. A. STEVENS, Co. Sec'y.
April 18th, 1898.
well, we'll, WE'LL! So the "last
Legislature" was too Democratic fol-
the Third party complement Of the
Farmers Alliance, that haye cap
tnred that organization completely
in North Carolina and are now using
it as lever and issuing "Resolves'
under the sacred name of sour be-
loved ORDER against the Democratic
party!
Will the farmers of the State be
hoodwinked by any such arrogant
usurpation of the mamie of the Alli-
ance to further the nefarious ends
and unrighteous aims aud unholy
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-04-27
STATENEWS.

Salisbury Herald: Senator Z
B. Vance passed through the city
yesterday, eas route to his noun
tain home at Gombroon. The
Herald scribe had the pleasure OF
a cordial grasp from the hand of
the Senator and exchanged a few
words with him. Gov. Vance is
looking well and HE health is
improved.
Newbern Journal: Miss Cor
rine Harrison, of Newbern. who is
now in Norfolk and who has been
for several years studying Phyical
Culture under the most eminent
instructors in this in this country,
has been engaged to give special
course of lectures at the Teachers
Assembly.
Wilmington Star: The Re-
vival in Grace M. E. Church.
which has been in progress for two
weeks or more, continues, aud sers
vices will be held every night az
long as interest in the meetings
is manifested. There haye been
many conversions and a great
quickening of spirit among the
members of the congregation.
E Charlotte Obseaver:: Mrs. U. 9.
| Myroyer, arrived last night from
Pensacola, Fla, and, it is a pleas.
ure to add. found her sons condi~
ton greatly improved, He wae
better yesterday and last nigh:
than at any time since his fall.
Fayetteville Baptist: Fayette,
vile is to have a new bank. A
banking concern, with Mr.. Coffin
at the head, has bought the Peo-.
ple's bank property, and will open
up for hnsiness this week. We are
indeed glad to see this enterprise
IN the city.
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ambitions of men whose brows have
never known the sweat Of honest
labor? Who seek to batten on the
discomforts of the people and hope
to ride into Office upon the crest of
the turbulent waves of analc chy they
are SO stndiously endeayoring TO
arouse among the masses?
The Farmer Alliance as such, in
its ineipiency was non-political
organization-and if FARMERS had
been permitted to shape IFS policies
and cor.t4cl its destinies it w3ald
still be pure in its purposes and un-
trampled in its progress. But-Hear
US, farmers, We are talking to you
who are the officers Of the State
Farmers Alliance of North Carolina,
and where were they in the political
campaign of last Fall? Nearly every
man of them was candidate for Of
fee on the Third party ticket: some
of them prostituting every principle
Of political integrity and honest
manhood to their inordinate ambi-
ton for Office.
We publish the resolutions as
above, and We write to them plainly
because We want the farmers of North
Carolina to read them with their
eyes wide open.
This same Third party complies
ment in the Alliance ''resolyed"
against The ARGUS in the time of
their Aopefuzness and when the battle
was On, but The ARGUS stood by
its guns with unfaltering pur-
pose--as it has always done
and will ever do, with the dignity of
discussion worthy Of the great prin-
ciples Of Democracy and catering
not for favor in its convictions of
right. And now this same element
in the Alliance are promulgating
"Resolves' against higher engine
of public safety-the General AS
sembly of North Carolina. This
officesholding crew in the Alliance,
these ex-candidates on the Third
party ticket, are getting scared they
will not be able to get hold Of the
Alliance funds in Maj Graham s
hands to run another Third party
campaign, and so they are beginning
to sound the alarm for the "heloyed
order" 1t is said that it cost the
Farmers Alliance last year for 7ec~
turing alone more than Four THOU
SAND DOLLARS, ard nearly every
lecturer in the field was a candidate
on the Third party ticket, either for
State Or county office, and If we be
not badly mistaken Maj. Graham
had to give Lis check for $4,000
to help pay the expenses Of the AL
lance. Of course this element in
the Alliance are very solicitous for
the welfare of sour beloved order -
which order they are-and have no
love for the Democratic party, But
the Democratic party VII take care
Of them just the same. and keep tic
country safe, regardless of their
"Resolves" to the contrary.
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The God Reserve.

1t Is quite necessary to discuss,
as some papers and even some
bankers are doing, whether it was
good policy for the Secretary ofthe
Treasury to discontinue the issue
of gold certificates when the
amount of gold on hand got down
a., sc to 100000, ,000. He had no dis
cretion under the law, which dis
reuts him to DO exactly this thing.
He is to retain a reserve cf gold
coin and bullion fer the redemp~
tiop of United States notes, and
the act author ng the issue OF
gold certificates in eschlnge fo r
special del osits OF gold commands
th st their issue shall be suspended
whenever this reserve stalls below
100000. O.OO0," so that those who
with currency for gold must take
green backs instead of certificates
and surrender the gold freely to the
Treasury.
The Importance attached to this
precise sum is fictitious and mis-
leading. The evident purpose OF
the law is that the Treasury
should at all times retain suttic-
lent reserve, as a bank is compelled
to do, t. meet al unusual demand
Tor the redemption of its notes,
100000, 900 was regarded as about
the proper amount to hold against
the 1915. 100000 CT green backs. 1t
is obyious that if this was no more
than sufficient for such volume
of currency it must be quite made
uuate when the whole volume OF
Treasury obligations has swollen to
some $500, 100000. Still.-the purs
pose of the reserve is to redeem the
notes, ond while i: would be a dis
auieting sign If it were heavily
drawn upon and not replenishe1 i,
it cannot answer its purpose if it is
never to be drawn upon at all.
In other words, there is no nats
ural significance in this precise ti5>
ure of $1O0,oO0,O00 aud 10 man.
date that it shall not be encrnached
upon except the mandate Of bnsi.
ne-s prudence. This reserve Is
there to protect the credit of the
government, but in itself it is not
sufficient for that, since everybody
knows that it would go but short
way toward maintaining gold psy'
ments in the face of a general des
mand for gold. The credit of the
government actually depends less
upon a specific sum in the Treas
ury than upon general confidence
which could be only artifcially af.
fected by any ordinary huctuation
of the gold reserve on either side
of an arbitrary limit. The Secrer
tary is therefore entirely right If
keeping a cool head and holding
his tongue. The country well un'
derstands that ell the lawful powers
of the administration will be exer'
cised TO maintain the credit of the
nation, but it's task is not going tt
be helped at all by ignorant ane
idle chatter.-PhilG. Times.