Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-08-09
MI. Debs has after all rendered
service to humanity.

Mr.. Debs has after all rendered
service to humanity.
THE train from this city to
Smithfield, over the Midland
road, has not run this week, and
will not run for several days, un-
til the washouts can be repaired.
Mr.. John r. Morris camp up
from Beaufort yesterday, accom-
panied by his little son Blythe.
His mother and sister will return
this week to their home in this
city.
In another column in this is
sue will be found a letter from
Sheriff Jas. H. Grant, ia which
he states that he is not a candi-
date for nomination for the Of
fee which he has filled so com
mendably.
Miss Lizzie Kirby, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. DIR.
M. E. Robinson, in this city, left
for her home in Raleigh yester-
day. Her many friends here were
glad to e her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Chambers
Smith, of Raleigh, who have
been spending the season at the
Atlantic Hotel, Morehead City,
were registered at the Hotel
Kennon yesterday on their way
home,
AN unfortunate affair occurred
in Charlotte Monday morning, in
which Mr.. Jabez Meyers, a we'll
known travelling salesman, was
shot, and perhaps fatally
wounded, by MIR. Fred Oliver, a
reputable citizen of that place.
Mr.. Meyers was demented, and
in that condition attacked Mr..
Oliver, who shot in self-defence,
as he was expecting every mo
ment to be shot by Meyers.
THE State Democratic conven.
ton convenes in Raleigh to-day.
Quite a large quota of Wayne
county's delegates went up yes.
terday to be in attendance. It is
to be hoped that wise counsel
and wholesome Democratic doc.
trine will prevail, and they will
give us candidates for the
Supreme court bench and {
platform that will receive the
endorsement of the people.
OVER a sixty-mile course, from
Cowes around the Isles of Wight
the American yacht Vigilant de
feated the British yacht Britain
MIA Monday, in the presence Of
the Queen, the Prince Of Wales
the Emperor of Germany an6
other royals, It was the same
course oyer which the Americ;
vanquished England's zach
forty-three years ago-the Queer
being a witness to that race, also
THERE was a spectacle in thi:
city yesterday. Buck" Kitchen
the Populist, and Jno. r. Smith
the Republican, holding a con
ference and mutual admiration
meeting. Just think of it! Nov
what do you suppose they coult
find in common to convers'
about?-Disappointed hopes D
Office, doubtless, and specula
lations as to their prospects o
securing Office by the ''co-opera
ton" dodge. Di Immort0les!
THE State election in Tennes
see, held last week, resulted i
a glorious victory for tn
straighout Democracy, as sgains
the combine of Republicans an
: Populists. So is it going to b
{ in North Carolina this fall. TIL
North Carolina Populists locke
with great hope to Tennessee an
Alabama, and great is their dis
appointment. It is time for Mort
Carolina Democrats to be on tn
: move.
AND the news from Alabam
is that the straighout Clevelan
Democracy has carried the Stat
by 35, 1000. The election wa
: held on Monday and the Republ
cans had ''co-operated" wit
: the Populists to elect the latter
e candidate for Governor-the NJ
torious Kolb, as against tn;
peerless Democratic statesma
Congressman Oates, and tt
Pops and RAIDS got left to tt
tune of 35, 1000. The legislator,
: too, will be overwhelmingly Den
ocratic.
ri THE washouts on the railros
lines in this vicinity, caused
II the recent heavy rains, are beir
e rapidly repaired and gener
"trafic and travel resumed. TT
# overflows of streams, was
ing away of bridges, alo1
county roads, and the DANA.
to crops on low lands w
le aggregate considerable dal
IS age and occasion much inconve
u ience in locomotion; but the G
innate yesterday by men WI
le have viewed the overdOWS
many places is that the dama'
), to crops will not be as great
was at first feared.
10 Mr.. K. E. Bizzell and DR.. j.
a. Bizzell, members of the firm
l. Bizzell Bros. & Co., of this cit
IF are now en- route for the Mort
to ern centres of trade to make pu
S. chases of goods for their lar
and handsome new store that
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