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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-12-06
LETTER WRITING.

Everybody has to write let
ters. Some one of the hundreds
of letters which the most ordi
nary individual will write in the
course of his life time, may
make or mar his whole career
Every letter Of the hundreds
will have it's own influence for
or against his advancement or
happiness, Every one, there
fore, should know how to write
letters.
If the composition classes and
literary courses in our schools,
the postgraduate literary socie-
ties, reading circles etc, of after
years, accomplished nothing but
to fit the man and woman of av
erage intelligence to perform
well this necessary and frequent
duty. they would nevertheless
have more than JuStl1eQ then
existence.
It seems a simple thing to
write letter. Granting tha-
one knows how to write ane
spell and construct a sentence
there should be, it would seem
no further difficulty. Yet out o.
a multitude of clever, fairly
educated people, it is astonish
ing how few adopts in the fine ar
of letter writing will be found.
| Why is it so? Do our teach
lers in giving the rules for ac
quiring the power of expression
in writing forget to emphasize
their most ordinary and neces
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Than or TharaboutS.
The mail yesterday brought us

The mail yesterday brought us
the following communications
HENDERsoNvILLE. n. c.. Nov. p, "a.
Editor GOldsbor0 4rgus.
In your issue of THE ARGUS of the
goth inst, you are pleased to say,
that it is indeed ridiculous that MIR.
Ewart should claim to be the father of
fusion" ! was not aware that [ had
made any such claim. | frankly con-
fess that do not know the father of this
child, but in the language of the late
lamented Judge Cloud, at its acconche-
ment, Il was thar or tharabouts. =
But please do not insist that [ am
claiming to be it's sole and only sire.
Respt. yours.
Fl 6. tWART.
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In the same issue of the Goth,
of this paper, we published, from
the Asheville citizen, an inter
view which that paper had with
Mr.. EWart in which he was re
ported as saying that he was a
candidate for the U. S. Senator
ship, and in which, also, the fol
lowing language was attributed
to him-and we have seen no de-
nial from hin as to its accuracy:
Said Mr.. Ewart:
Il originated and presided over
| the caucus which was held the
night preceding the Republican
State convention and which
Eaves and other prominent anti
fusioniSts did not hesitate to say
broke the backbone of the anti
fusionists. Had the fusion policy
been thrown on the convention
without that caucus having been
held, it would have been routed,
horse, foot and dragoon. Eaves
does not know to-day how nearly
he controlled that convention
Had he defeated the caucus plan
which I repeat [ originated an6
organized, fusion would never
have materialized.
THE ARGUS INSISTS, there
fore. that Mr.. Ewart has entered
his denial in the wrong quarter
} He should file it with the Ashe
vile Citizen.
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JOHN BAXTER EAVES.
The Dark Duke Who Went Down
Under Fusion, Bobs up ScreneIy.

Under Fusion, Bobs up Serenely,
Mr.. John B. Eaves, arrived in
the city yesterday morning,
wrote his name on the Register
at the Marlborough and was as
signed to room No. II. The ex-
Chairman was swinging about
the Hotel lobby yesterday and
seemed to be as lively and cheer
full as though he had not tackled
fusion and gone down under the
weight of the recent fusion vic
tory.
A Ne1cs and Observer reporter
sent a card to room No. 12 last
night and was invited in. Dock
cry, Holton and others were
about vacating W hen the reporter
entered. He was greeted pleas
antly by the ex-Chairman, who
seemed as serene and cheerful as
though he was wearing the
honors of a big victory.
[ supposs in view of the Fusion
victory, you feel like a defeated
warrior?' said the Reporter.
mo, sir, responded the dark
Duke. L have been contending
for principle. Principles never
die, and therefore a man who
battles for them is never de-
feated."
What brings you to Raleigh
at this time, Mr.. Eaves?"
well, sir, this is my first visit
stree last summer. | came down
just to see what was going on. y
HAS your visit any political
significance?"
We'll, no sir; [ suppose not. .
Are you interested in the Sen
atorial fight. >
We'll now 1 can't say I am
not interested in matter of such
importance.
who are your preferences fo1
these positions?
I have no particular prefer
ences [ would like to see two
Republicans elected to the Sen
ate from North Carolina"
That's impossible is it not. >
Nothing is impossible is it?'
Has not the Republican party
got the balance of power in the
legislature? and haven't they got
the-opportunity: I think they
have, and l think they should
avail themselves of that oppor.
tunity, and insist on the election
Of two Republican Senators. My
reasons are obvious.
L regard the election of a Re
publican President in '96 as a Ger
tainty; and l also regard the
House of Representatives as
safely Republican; but the Senate
is close, and every effort should
be made to secure a Senate il
accord with Republican Execu
tive"
by the election Of two Re
publicans in North Carolina We
would likely save the Senate te
the party, and thus achieve the
grandest and most far searching
victory yet won by republican
in the South
With such an opportunity il
reach of North Carolina Repub
licans, it tapproximates disloyalt.
not to appropriate it, especial.
the long term, which would be
sure strength to an incoming ad
ministration.
The Republican members Q
the legislature should think seri
ously before committing them
selves to a concession Of the Ion;
term, when it means so much t
the National Republican party
and to the whole country"
And the ex-Chairman folde
his hands back Of his head an
stretched himself out on the bee
-Raleigh Nea0s d Observer.
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Mai. Winder Resigns.

RALEIGH. Nov. 30.-Great sur
prise and regret are expressed
here at the news of the resigna-
ton of Maj. john G. Winder as
vice president of the Seaboard
Air Line. His resignation has
been accepted, and Mr.. Edward
St. John, late of the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific railway,
succeeds him.
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THE GOLD RESERVE JUMPING
up.
The Hundred Million Mark About
Reached Eager De-
mand for the Bonds.

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-The de
mand for the bonds held by the
Stewart syndicate continues un-
abated. The first S., 900, 900 Of
fered has been taken. The price
advanced to 1194, and before the
close of business to-day the bulk
of the second IS, 900. 900 had been
sold. The price will probably
be advanced next Friday to 120,
1t was stated at the sub-treas-
ury at noon to-day that the total
receipts of gold on account of
the bond sale, up to the hour
named, had reached a total of
$40, 600, 600. Yesterdays re-
ceipts at the sub-treasury footed
up to the enormous sum of 800, :
III, ,897. At this rate the gov
ernment gold reserve ought to
cross the hundred million mark
to-day. Officials at the local
sub-Treasury do rot expect that
to-day's receipts will reach yes
terday's large total but never
theless the total will be very
heavy.
LATER AT 3 o'clock the
amount of gold which the bond
syndicate has paid into the
Treasury was officially stated to
be S43. 912, 4S8.
There were 50, ,4O6, ,O27, IS gold
deposited to-day an accurate
count of the gold deposited up
to last night disclosing that over
$50, 100000 had been deposited
instead Of SIS, 100000, as was
roughly estimated
When all Of these deposits are
finally figured in the Treasury
statement it will be found that
the 500, 00O,O mark has again
been reached. Meantime the
members Of the bond syndicate
are themselves astOnished at the
ease with which the bonds are
being sold, At the close Of the
business the agents of the syndi-
cate had sold nearly $40 600, O00
bonds.
According to announcements,
after the first S5,0O0.O00 had
been sold, the price was to be
advanced I to 119!. But the diff
ferent agents had made SO many
contracts at the same time that
orders had been taken for about
1000, 900 at 1194 before it was
discovered that the S5,0O0.0 00C
mark had been passed. The
price was advanced to 1195 about
noon to day, and a further ad-
vance of / to 120 will be made
next Friday.
Quite large amount of the
bonds have been sold to Mas
sachusetts investors. There was
also some buying by local capi
talists who 1esire to avoid city
taxes at the end of the year. L
is estimated that all but S6, $50.
600 of the bonds will be paid fol
in New York.
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forthwith appealed to anarchy
and attempts to secure power by
bull l-dozing and usurpation.
In the issue Of the Caucasian
above referred to, for instance,
Butler publishes, or purports to
publish, a list of the State Sena-
tors-elect and Of the members
elect of the House, and in the
list Of Senators appear the
names Of Fl. L. Grant, of this
county, and Paddison, Of Pender,
both fusionists. instead Of B. F.
Aycock and Lafayette Smith,
the Democratic candidates. elect,
who hold the legal certificates of
election and will take the seats
in that body on its assembling
1t is true their seats will
be contested; but why does
Butler etsu!p the prerogative Of
the Senate (Which alone has the
power to pass upon this question:
and publish the names OF Grant
and Paddison instead of Aycock
and Smith?
AS we have said, wherever
Populism has had a aregime anar-
chy and communism have pre-
vailed. What is the record? A
Populist Governor and Legisla-
ture in Kansas inaugurated an
era OF anarchy that has cost that
State millions of dollars in public
credit, and inspired universal
disrespect for her laws and gov
ernment. Governor Pennoyer,
of Oregon, repeatedly aired him
self in the most anarchiStic ut
terances, and there is universal
rejoicing among all parties that
he was defeated in his aspirations
to reach the United States Sen
ate. Governor Waite, of Color
ado, kept his State in constant
revolution from the time he was
inaugurated until the present, and
it is Creditable to the women of
the State that Of the 10000 who
voted at the recent election for
the first time, two thirds voted
to defeat him for re- election.
We have the same illustration
Of the anarchical tendency ot
Populism in Alabama. MIR. Kolt
was beaten for Governor two
years ago by some 70, 200 major
ity, and he was again defeated
| for the same office at the late
election by more than double the
majority of 1892. He has just
issued a proclamation to the peo
! pie of his State announcing his
purpose to inaugurate hin self as
Governor and to establish g
revolutionary government in Ala
bama. In short, he appeals from
the people to anarchy, and thus
proclaims that anarchy is the
aim of the Populist party.
He will fail, of course, but he
gives notice to the world that the
citizen Who casts his lot with the
Populists must enlist in the rank:
of Anarchy. If they can Obtain
Offices by vote of the people i
is we'll for them, and they pro
ceed to illustrate their anarchica
tendencies in the exercise of pub
lie trust, but when they are de
feated by the people they a
once appeal to anarchy and at
tempt to gain power by revolu
ton. In short, Populism is anar
chy, and the time has come whel
every good citizen of every poll
tical faith should oppose it a.
the most dangerous Of the politi
cal heresies of modern times.
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TALK OF SOME CONGRESSMAN.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.-To-
days Star has some interesting
interviews. Amos Cummings does
not think there was either neces-
sity or law for the bond issue.
He does not think there will be
much done in Congress beyond
passing the appropriation bills.
Per contra, Baldwin, of Mime
sofa, says there will have to be
financial Legislation this session,
and that the issue Of bonds at
this time was necessary. Sweet,
of Idaho, says that the govern
ment's supply of gold has reach
ed the utmost limit of its Gre
dit He spairs of free silver for
the present. Curtis. Of New
York, Republican, favors more
general use Of Silvea, but not i'm
mediate free coinage. The fnan-
cial question cannot displace the
tariff question, he AYERS.
The BluefeldS incident revives
the clamor for the Nicaragua
Canal. Our government must
stand up to Nicaragua anyhow.
The matter is not in a sensa-
tional stage yet awhile, but may
become so if Great Britain un-
dertakes to insist on keeping
Nicaragua off the Mosquito ter
ritory.
Arrived: w. L. Brown anC
wife, Winston; F. W. Foster, FL.
A. Whiting, Wilmington; W. III
Scott, of Colum bia.
Secretary W. r. Cox, of th'
Senate, is at his post.
Harry H. Furwell, of Hender
son, was to. day appointed to
nine hundred dollar copyist'
place in the Pension Office. Mrs
Bessie w. Seabrook, of Soutl
Carolina, was promoted in thu
Patent Office from 81, 900 to 81,
200.
Representative Brookshir2 :
whose father was North Caro-
linian went down the other da..
in the general wreck, butIndian;
will yet delight to honor him. II
has made one of her best Repre-
Sentatives for two or three terms
He thinks Harrison very stroni
in Indiana.
The slowly arriving member
discuss finance, but do not seer
to know what can be done. L
tell the literal truth they are q
sea. To most of them Stat
banking appears. the most feas
ible scheme of relief, but the
are dubious of their ability t
pass a bill at this session.
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CASTORIA is truly marveloe
thing for children. Doctors prescribu
it, medical journals recommend it and
more than a million mothers are using
it in place of paregoric, Bateman's s
Drops, so-called soothing sprups and
othor narcotic and stupefying remedies.
Casoria is the quickest thing to regu-
ate the stomach and bowels and give
hea thy sleep the world has ever seen.
It is pleasant to the taste and absolute
ly harmless It relieves constipation,
quiets pain, cures diarrhoea and wind
collie, allays feverisAness, destroys
worms, and prevents convulsions, sooth-
es the child and gives it refreshing and
natural sleep. Castoria is the ch
panacea-the mothers friend.
Castoria is put up in one-size bottles
only. 1t is not sold in bulk. Don't al
low any one to sell you anything else on
the plea 'or promise that it is. "iust as
tood" and will answer every purpose.
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TO HORSE OWNERS.

For putting horse in fine healthy con-
dition try DIR. Cady's Condition Powders
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss of appetite, relieve constipation, correct
kidney disorders and destroy worms, giving
new life to an old or over-worked horse. 25
cents per package. For sale by druggists
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,Jhamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment
Is unequalled for Eczema, letter, Salt
Rheum, Scald Head, Sore Nipples, Chapped
Hands, Itching Piles, Burns, Frost Bites,
Chronic Sore Eyes and Granulated Eye Lids.
For sale by druggists at 25 cents per box.
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"a Oysters on the half-shell at
the ALEXANDRIA.
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DR.. Miles Narve plasters Csc. at all druggists
The gold leaf., 1894-12-20

mixture. If high ammoniating ma
terial is used, of course high percent
age can be procured: likewise the same
of potash. The trucking fertilizers
often run from to Z per cent. availa-
BILE phosphoric acid, to per cent. of
ammonia, and to f0'per cent. of potash:
These can be changed according to the
quantity of the different ingredients
used.
~ For average purposes for cotton
and corn, the pS rcentages given by the
above mixture are about right. namely
S.55 per cent. available phosphoric acid,
2.53 per cent. ammonia, 1.6S, per cent.
potash:
g. The proportions used by you,
200 lbs Acid Phosphate, l3 per cent
100 " Cotton seed meal,
so " Kainit
are useful. The percentages given by
the mixture would be STA per cent.
available, 2.42 ammonia, and 1896 pot
ash. The proportions are SO close to
The above amounts that if you have
fotind the mixture usefud I seeno reason
No? 95, in which you will find many
references to the composition of fertil-
ling ingredients and their use in mixed
fertilizers.
Asiatic Pears.
ThereniS nursery firm at Thomasville, Ga.
who claim to raise pears from what theyca
ASiatic ic-stock or from kind of pear Of Asiatic
orChinese origin that the LIE Conte and Kief-
fer pears are of this class aqd that they will
not blight like those of European origin Is
there anything in their claims:-W. Z. W..
AVllla. =. c.
answered by w. F. Massey Horticulturist,
n. C. Experiment Station)
The kieffer and lie Conte pears can
proba bly, be claimed to be of Asiatic
origin. Not that they came from Asia,
but they are seedlings from the Chinese
sand pear, crossed with one of our old
sorts. 1t is generally thought that the
pear and the Bartlett. But SO far as
we can ascertain, nothing is certainly
known of their origin, save that they
were grown from seed of the Chinese
sand pear, which was evidently acci-
dentally crossed with something better
The Kieffer resembles the Bartlett in
shape. The LIE Conte is now quite COM
monty used as a stock for grating other
pears upon and from it's vigorous habits,
and the ease with which the stocks can
be raised in the south will probab bly, be
popular stock for pears in the future.
But that working a pear on the LIE
Conte stock makes it blight proof is all
nonsense. The lie Conte does seem
itself to be less liable to blight, but no
pear is exempt from it in this country,
though some blight worse than others.
The great Vi igor of the LIE Conte stock
may make the trees grow, or better able
10 recover from an attack, hut it will
not give them Immunity.
The gold leaf., 1894-12-20
Notice..

~ NDER AND BY VIRTUE OF THE
~ power of sale conferred upon me in a
Deed OF Trust executed on the 9TH day of
April. lSSS, 3y j. L. Crudup and wife,
Thody Crudup. and registered in mortgage
book il, age 26, in the Office of the Register
of Deeds of Vance county, default having
been made in payment of the debt secured
thereby, | shall sell for cash, by public
auction to the highest bidder, at the court
house door in Henderson, Vance county,
n. c., on the 7rH DAY OF JANUARY.
1895, the real estate described and conveyed
in said Deed of Trust. to-wit: One lot of
land in the town of Henderson, adjoining
the lands of V. E. Turner, Henry Cousins,
and others. The same being 1863 feet by
l04l9 feet. and has good / room frame
building thereon. Full description of sa id
land can be had at my Office or 10y reference
to Deed of Trust on record as above set
forth. Time of sale, II o'clock m. Terms
cash.
This 9TH December, 1894.
ANDREW J. HARRIS. Trustee
The gold leaf., 1894-12-20
BUTTED EACH OTHER.
How Two Negroes in Slavery Days TrJe

How Two Negroes in Slavery Days Tried
to Settle Trlfing Dispute.
Zone of the most novel conflicts
ever saw between two belligercnts Of
the human race" said Milo Stafford, of
New Orleans, to a writer for the St.
Louis Globe Democrat, "tool1 place be-
tween two negroes on rny plantation q
few years before the war. A dispute
had arisen between them over the pos
session of an old pair of trousers. and
they were just on the point of begin
ming hostiiitics when I arrived at a
point where could take in the scene
without being observed by them. I
suppose most people would call it
brutal, but l determined to let them go
ahead and pound one another for
awhile, thinking the matter might just
as well be settled between Aem then
and there, as l knew if l interfered
they would have 1t out at some future
time. I was not prepared, however,
for the mode of warfare they selected.
Immediately they c1asped their arms
around each other and began butting
their heads togetherlilke pair of sheep.
That they were in dead earnest was
cvinced by the terrific force of the
blows, which sounded as loud as a well
executed clap Of the hands. There was
no attempt at boxing, only butting,
and SO effectually was it performed
that In very short time the heads Of
both antagonists were covered with
blood. After continuing the fight for
about five minutes both broke away
and sat down to rest and recover their
breath preparatory to renewing the en-
counter, as neither signified his willing
ness to give up. Thinking that the af-
fair had gone far enough 1 stepped
from where had been concealed and
demanded that they patch up their diff
ferences ia more peaceable way, and
warned them that if any renewal of
hostilities occurred they would be sum-
marily dealt with. This warning had
the desired effect and half an hour
later ! saw them working side by side,
chatting with each other cordially, as
if their recent fight had no place even
In their memories"
The gold leaf., 1894-12-20

WRITING ONES FIRST NOVEL.
The Delight and Dread Of the Ordeal t.
the Seekcr of IitararY Eame.

The Delight and Dread of the Ordeal to
the Seeker of Literary Fame.
Sooner or later, somehow, anyhow, l
was bound / was to write a novel,
writes Robert Louis Stevenson in Nc
Clure's. It seems vain to ask why.
Men are born with various manias;
from my earliest childhood it was mine
to make plaything of imaginary
series of events, as soon as / was able
to write became a good friend to the
paper makers The succession
Of defeats lasted unbroken till was
thirty-one. By that time had written
little books and little essays and short
stories, and had got patted on the back
and paid for them, though not enough
to live upon. | had quite reputation.
l was the successful man. Ipassed my
days in toll, the futility- of which
burn-that / should spend mans
energy upon this business and yet
could not earn q livelihood, and still
there shone ahead of me an unattained
ideal Although had attempted the
thing with vigor not less than ten to
twelve times, had not yet written a
novel. All-all my pretty ones-had
gone for little and then stopped in
exorably, like a schoolboy's watch. I
might be compared to a cricketer of
many years standing who should
never have made run. Anybody can
write a short story-a bad one, l
mean-who has industry and paper
and time enough; but not everyone
may hope to write evena bad novel. 1t
is the length that kills. The accepted
novelist may take up his novel and put
it down, spend days upon it in vain,
and write not any more than he makes
haste to blot. Not so the beginner.
Human nature has certain rights; in
stinct-the instinct of self-preserva-
tion-forbids that any man (cheered
and supported by the consciousness of
no previous victory should endure the
miseries of unsuccessful literary toll
beyond period TO be measured in
weeks. There must be something for
hope to feed upon. The beginner
must have a slant of wind, lucky
vein must be running, he must be in
one of those hours when the words
come and the phrases balance them
selves-even to begin. And having
begun, what dread looking forward
is that until the book shall be ac-
complishedl For SO long time the
slant is to continue unchanged, the
vein to keep running; for SO long a
time you must hold at command the
same quality of style; for so Tong
time your puppets are to be always
vital, always consistent, always vigor-
GUS: L remember l used to look, in
those days, upon every three-volume
novel with sort of veneration, as a
feat not, possibly, of literature, but at
least of physical and moral endurance
and the courage of Ajax.