Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-03-07

old home in Onslow for inter
ment. The deceased was a wild
over and only one child survives
him. One of his brothers was
with him during the last days of
his illness and another brother,
Mr.. J. r. F'rancks, and his fam
lily physician, DR.. j.. L. Nichol-
son, and a friend, Mr.. Jno. W.
Mills. Fastening to his bedside,
got as far as this city yesterday,
where they learned of his death
and awaited here the coming of
his remains. Some beautiful
floral tributes accompanied the
casket.
The first fish story of the sea-
son is told by Maj. Larry Bass,
the veteran angler of this city,
and Ought Langston. They went
out Monday afternoon to cut some
fshi-g poles nea the Round
abouts, and hitched their horse
on the edge OF the marsh. When
they came out with their turn OF
poles the horse and vehicle We're
no where to be seen; but the
Majors o%vercoat, and several
other things and the buggy cush-
ion were found scattered through
the field. Finally they traced the
horse down into the reedy
marsh tangled up with the road
cart SO that he could not get out,
and in his wake they found three
dead rabbits, which he had run
over and killed in his mad career,
and a fourth one crippled so that
it could not escape. The Major
and Ought both vouch for the
truth Of this story, which makes
a very good opener for the
season.
Mr.. S. S. Hardison, secretary
and general manager Of the
Standard Manufacturing Comp
any Of this city, has just return
ed from a business trip North,
where he made purchase Of a
full line of the latest improved
machinery for their plant here,
which no time will be lost in
rigging up and getting in full
running order. This plant will
be devoted % the manufacture Of
every description Of veneered
packages for the shipment Of
truck, produce and for growers
uses. It will use in its output
material that would otherwise be
useless, and will employ in many
avenues Of industry scores Of
hands at living wages. This
will indeed be a boon and, also,
we hope, q boom to Goldsboro.
Workmen are now busy placing
the machinery in the building
that formerly occupied by the
Goldsboro Lumber Company.
Success to the enterprise.
The Oldest married couple in
this section, and perhaps in this
State, are the venerable Mr..
John Harper and his good wife,
near Bentonsville-the same who
cared for the wounded Con-
federate soldiers of that memoir
able battle, on which field a
magnificent monument is now
being raised under the auspices
of the Goldsboro Rifles, to be
unveiled on the anniversary Of
the battle, this month. Mr..
Harper is 90 years old, and his
wife is SIS, and both are still in fair
lv GOOD health. The next oldest
couple Are Mr.. and Mrs. CT. Nc
Cullen, Of this county. Uncle
Mack, as he is Familiarity known,
is s. years old, and his good wife
is rs, He was the fourth child
by his parents and she the fourth
by her parents, and they are the
only survivors of their respec-
tive families. They have been
married 81 years, and both are
in good health. Uncle Mack"
was in the city yesterday, taking
as much interest in politics, and
in retaining the State to Dem
ocracy two years hence, as if he
were in tie prime Of life.
IN his Ethiopean Marion Butler,
in trying to palliate the Douglas
record Of the Fusion Legislature,
says that 1.-The Democratic party
for twenty years has had no other
issue but the negro and that it
conducts its campaigns by zap
pealing to the negro question
and race hatreds." Can any man
of unbiased judgment and even
half-informed on State affairs
endorse this statement of Sena-
tor-editor Butler? Where are
the free schools and higher edu-
cational institutions for colored
people Of the State? Where the
colored Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Asylums? Where the colored
Insane Asylum? Where did these
come from and under whose ju-
risdiction were they built and by
whom supported, if not by the
Democratic party?-and all be-
cause the Democratic party is
down on the negro"-so down
on'him that it has legislated thou
sands upon thousands of of dol
lars annually for his education, to
give him a chance in life and for
his care and comfort if deaf,
blind, crazy or otherwise afflicted.
But this is in keeping with the
wonderful philosophy of the
: Populists.