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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-08-20

Richmond, Va, August H.
Captain John W. Starke, former.
ly a member of the First regi
ment here returned to the city
yesterday. He states that re-
Gently he, in company with
others, left New York
en- route for Cuba via Tampa. At
the latter place they were, he
says, arrested at the instigation
of the Spanish authorities, and
he, after being detained as a
prisoner two days. was furnished
with transportation for home.
SIR Walter Besant tells US in
the North Americans Review that
the anglo Saxon" race can, if
united, ruled the destinies of the
world, ard he estimates the
strength of the race at 12O, OOO,-
900. not including the natives of
India. Why not include them?
They may not be Angles or Sax
ons, ethnologically speaking. but
they are ruled by Englishmen,
and, as we all know, everybody
belonging to an English~speak-
ing community is de facto an
'.Anglo>Saxon," when he is not
a Observation-Disclosures" Never
theless there is, a tendency on
the part of the great division of
the alleged race, the seventy
millions of the United States, to
repudiate the '.AnglosSaxon"
myth and to maintain that using
the English speech does not
make them Englishmen either
in blood or in sympathy; and the
countrymen of Bryan and Mc>
Kinley are perhaps more than
half right in thinking so.
THE many friends Of Captain
Henry G. Hathaway, the rescuer
of John Boyle O'Reily from inn
prisonment aud death who we're
panied to hear that he had sus-
tanned a reverse of fortune by
being driven into BANKRUPTCY, will
be rejoiced to learn that he has
been honorably acquitted OF the
unjust charge of conspiring to
defaud his creditors, a charge
brought against him apparently
from pure malice. Captain Hath
away is q simple, kindly, brave
sailor, just the sort Of man to be
caught by LAND sharks; but he
is not the man to do anything
unworthy of his reputation II
he has lost his fortune. he has
saved that which is dearer tc
him, the honor Of q highsminded
american sailor.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-08-20
HOUSEKEEPING FOR GIRLS,
Commence by Keeping Your Owr
Room in Order.

Commence by Keeping Your Owr
Room in Order.
The habit of thoroughness in
housekeeping leads one to keep
rooms in good order and the table
beautifully appointed. I know a
girl who says that she takes great
pains with her room whenever she
thinks her Aunt Mary is coming
to see her, because Aunt Mary's
sharp eyes discover every speck of
dust, and observe every trife that is
in the least out of order. Aunt Mary
is . bit of a critic, and her niece q
little afraid of her comments.
In other words, the aunt has made
q coward of the girl. I do not like
the idea of being in bondage to any
body, whether an aunt or a stranger.
1t would seem to MI a far better
way to feel that one must answer to
ones self. and that one would not
feel satisfied unless she could look
herself in the glass and say: There,
everything is done in the best posi-
BILE manner, and you cannot find any
fault with me to-day. TryNto, If you
dare!'
I wonder whether you are pa~rticu-
lar to write notes of thanks very
soon after receiving gifts or acts of
courtesy? The value of q note of
thanks is greatly increased by its
being prompt. If some friend leaves
. bunch Of violets at your door, and
you fail to acknowledge 1t until the
6cwers have faded, your thanks,
when they do come, are tardy.
When flowers are sent to those who
are i'll, they, of course, cannot repay
the courtesy by a little note them
selves, but some one in the family
0Aould, do it for them. Your note
u thanks should be very genial,
showing that you are really pleased
by the kind attention and the hap
pier because of 1t. Do not be afraid
to write warmly and cordially on
such occasions. II stiff and formal
you r unjust both to your friend
and yourself Round Ta-
BILE.
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@!aI.!I f Ba&Rg
ABSOLUTELY PURE
SURE TO GET MARRIED.
10 Every Girl Whs Sits at This
Treasury Desk.

% GVctY GHFf Wn0 Sit1 y us1
Treasury Desk.
There is in the mail division of the
treasury department q very popular
desk, to which is attached the very
peculiar merit that the occupant is by
that occupancy placed on the sure
road to matrimony.
No sooner is the position made
vacant than there is a scramble
among the remaining clerks for the
lucky place, the fortunate candidate
feeling sure that it will only be Q
short time before she Is advanced to
the Hymeneal grade.
Within the past ten years the desk
has been occupied by seven lady
clerks following each other in quick
succession as embryo brides, and the
records during that time indicate
that they have come from all parts
of the country only to finally meet
their destiny while occupying the
fateful desk.
Miss Birdie Walker, of Tennessee,
started the pace by marrying a resi-
dent of the district, after q few
months service. She was succeeded
by her sister from the same state,
who speedily followed her example
and left the enviable position open
to a newcomer. She arrived on
schedule time from Virginia in the
person of Miss Easby-Smith, who
shed the glory Of a famous Virginian
name owe the taIismanic desk for a
short time and then was led to the
altar by a journalist of Washington.
Next came from Delaware a relative
of Senator Gray-Miss Sue Gray
who was followed in an Incredibly
short time by a delegate from Mas
sachusetts-Miss Mereine Dickey.
Miss Dickey attracted much at-
tention during her stay in the de-
partment through her remarkable
resemblance to Mrs. Cleveland, and
later married Mr.. Simon Flynn, who
at that time was connected with the
Washington branch of the Baltimore
Sun, and now manages a paper in
Spokane, Wash.
Pennsylvania also furnishes a rep
resentive in Miss Ella Newton, a
granddaughter of the first commits
sioner of agriculture. Her marriage
to a well-known resident of this city
Is a recent event. The last gradu-
ate from this sought-for post is an
other southern girl, and was for
merly Miss Ida Lindsay, of Alabama.
but on Easter Monday she became
the wife of Dr.. Henry D. Fry, Of
Washington, and the place is tenn
porarily unoccupied.
This happy illustration of rotation
In office, as exempliied by the fem
mime contingent of wage-earners, is
the only one on record where nobody
"kicks," for each woman thinks she
Is advancing her interests either by
filling the position o leaving it, as
the case may be.-Washington Post.
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PikeYiIle Lette.

DEAR ARGUs:-Our farmers are
done curing their tobacco and are
now making preparations to put it
ON the market.
It will be a source of much
pleasure to her many friends to
learn that Miss Lula Dees, who
has been quite sick for some
days, is improving.
Mrs. J. W. Aycock, of the
Fremont section is in Town on a
visit to relatives.
|, We learn that our neighbor Mr..
John G.. Smith has commenced
picking cotton.
( Elder j. T. Edgerton left
Thursday to attend the Country
Line Primitive Baptist Associa-
ton, which convened with the
church at Moons Creek near
Danville, Va, Saturday.
Miss Mary Pearson, of Fork
township, was in town last week
on a visit to her sister Mrs. r.
II. Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Baton, of
Wilson, were in our midst Sunday
on a visit to relatives.
The cotton crop in this section
has been badly damaged by the
hot, dry weather.
Nh S. F. Worrell and his good
lady returned home Friday from
a pleasant visit to relatives in
the country.
Why don't our Democratic
citizens come together and or.
ganize a Democratic club? W.
would be glad to see such an or
ganization in our town.
J.. F.. ii.
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AT PARTY HEADQUARTERS
PopuIist Central Committee to
Meet-AII Quiet at Democratic
Headquarters.

Washington. August 17.-An
erroneous impression exists that
the Popullst committee meeting
called for to morrow is one OF
the national committee, whereas
it is simply a meeting Of the ex
ecutive committee, consisting of
nine members as follows Ma
rion Butler. of North Carolina,
chairman; M. G. Rankin, of In-
diana, treasurer: J. A. Edger~
ton. of Nebraska, secretary: G.
F. Washburn, of Massachusetts;
H. W. Reed, of Georgia; DR.. G.
F. Taylor, of Pennsylvania, J. R..
Sovereign, of Kansas, and Jno.
S. Dore, of California. Messrs.
Edgerton, Reed and Washburn
are already here. The principal
business before the committee
will be the selection of national
headquarters and the mapping
out a plan of campaign. It may
be determined to call a meeting
of the full national committee for
some future date, to consider
matters over which the execu
tive committee has no jurisdic~
tiOn- The executive committee
can take no action looking to
the removal of Mr.. Watson as a
vice>presidential candidate and
the substitution of Mr.. Sewell,
having 10 authority in the prem
lses. The national committee
alone could do nothing definite
in that matter, having been
given the same powers as the
convention which nominated
him.
No prediction can be made as
to the selection of headquarters.
The Eastern and Southern mem
bers of the executive committee
are said to favor Washington,
while the western members are
favorably disposed toward Chi
cago, the opinion in each ins
stance being based on the accessi-
bility of the political interest.
Five of the nine members live
Learer Chicago than Washing
ton.
The Republican committee are
preparing extracts from all Of
MIR. Bryan's free trade speeches,
delivered while a member of the
house, and will issue them as a
campaign document. A large
number of requests have already
been received for the publication.
Several letters received state
that the speeches will prevent
many of those believing in free
silver from voting for Bryan if
it can be demonstrated that he
favors absolute free trade.
The Democratic headquarters
were practically deserted this
morning. none of the officials
having returned from their Sun
day outings Senators Jones and
Faulkner are expected later dur
ing the day. The former spent
Sunday at Pittsburg.
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CURE FOR

AS a remedy for all forms Of
headache Electric Bitters has
proved to be the best. It effects
a permanent cure and the most
habitual sick headaches yield to
it's influence. We urge all who
are afflicted to procure a bottle
and give this remedy a fair trial.
In cases of habitual constipa.
ton, Electric Bitters cures by
giving the needed tone to the
bowels, and few cases long re-
sist the use of this medicine. Try
it once. SOC. and $1.OO per bot
tie at j. H. Hill & Sons Drug
Store
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THE DISCOVERY SAVED HIS
LIFE.

MI. G. Caillouette, Druggist,
Beaversville, ILL.,, says: Ito DR..
Kings New Discovery 1 owe my
life. Was taken with la grippe
and tried all the physicians for
miles about, but of no avail and
was given up and told I could
not live. Having DR.. Kings
New Discovery in my store I
sent for a bottle and began its
use and from the first dose be-
gan to get better, and after u.s.
ing three hotties was up and out
again. 1t is worth his weight in
gold. We won't keep store or
house without it.
Trial bottles free at J. Il. Hill
&Son's drug store. Regular size
SOC and 81.
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A BRASS BAND.
Its Accomplishment or Defeat Rests with
the Business Men Of Goldsboro.

the Business Men Of Goldsboro.
Daily Argus, Aug IS
According to appointment all
interested in securing a brass band
for Goldsboro met at the sheriff's
Office last night and right much in
terest was manifested. There were
several present who had been mem
bers of organizations of the kind
before and they expressed a will
ingness and an anxiety to become
members of the intended Colds
boro Brass Band. All that is
necessary now to secure the band
is to purchase the instruments and
employ a leader.
Everybody is aware that to do
this will require some money. Capt.
T. HI. Balm was present by invita-
ton and submitted propositions
that he thought would secure the
amount necessary. The steps al
ready taken in this direction were
with the understanding that the
people of Goldsboro wanted a
brass band-that the business men
and the men of means would lend
their aid and influence to the es-
Enlistment of such a desirable
acquisition in our midst. Now an
opportunity will be presented them
to exhibit their city pride. Cap
tain Balm proposes to wait on the
moneyed men of the community
and secure subscriptions to the
amount of 5000. 90, which amount
is necessary for the purchase of
the instruments. A record of
the subscriptions taken by Capt.
Balm will be kept and the amount
will be refunded as the Band
makes the money by engagements.
In this manner no n will really
be out any money. The idea is
to have the community become
responsible for the instruments by
investing the amount required and
each individual to hold a claim on
the band property until the amount
of his investment is refunded. BY
this means the long felt loss of a
musical organization to attend
public exer cises of all kinds can be
secured without charitable sub
If the public, pro-
gressive, enterprising, philan-+
thropic men of Goldsboro-the
men who are proud of their cit.
izenship and want to See any adj
dition made that will attract the
of the outside world.
want to make a step forward now
is their opportunity.
The people who will compose
the band are mechanics and men
who labor for their daily bread
and have not the means to accom-
plish this object within themsel-
yes. With the proper encourage
ment from those who are in a
position to give it, Goldsboro can
soon have the band. 1t now re-
mains to be seen whether the PEG
pie want a band or not. The mat
ter rests entirely with the bust
ness men of our city.
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Sick Stomach means sick man Tor

Sick Stomach means sick man Tor
woman.)
Why moi be well?
Sick stomach comes from pocr food,
poor nourishment; means poor health.
poor comfort. Shaker Digestive Cor
dial means health and q well stomach
If we could examine our stomach we
would understand why 1t is that SO
little will put it out of order.
But, unless we are doctors, we never
see our stomach. We only feel it, We
would feel it less Il we took Shaker Di-
geetive Cordial.
Shaker Digestive Cordial makes
your stomach digest all the nourish.
ing food you eat relieves all the symp-
toms of indigestion, acts as q tonic and
soon makes you.well and strong again.
The more you take. the less you will
feel of your stomach. For sale by drug
'gists.
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A flaming broadsheet embel-
lished With portraits Of Justin
Fulton, ex>Priest Slattery and q
reformed .Cuban Exile" an
nounces that those and other
relics of the late A. p. A. are
going to hold q last rally in New
Hampshire this month. Mr..
Slattsry seems to be the chief
attraction. The circular says,
He is loaded and can speak in
definitely"
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GLKANING9
Items otIntoroSt Clipped
From our State
EXCHANGES.

AudIIOtlo ODSeTVor. lno al
tendance at Rock Springs camp
meeting this year was large. Two
deaths and one birth occurred on
the ground. A child of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Kendall, of Statesville,
died, also a child of Mrs. Prim,
of Beatty's Ford, the latter being
born on the camp-ground.-
During the terrific storm atm cunt
Holly Friday afternoon, lightning
struck and killed two horses be-
longing to Mr.. Lee Lowe
Wick Neal, a negro living at the
old Rock Island Factory, tied his
cow under a tree Friday afternoon.
Lightning struck the tree and COW,
killing the latter instantly
Mrs. Neil Barnett, who lives on
the extreme of North Brevard
street, died yesterday afternoon
at 5 o'clock. Deceased was about
80 years of age. She leaves a
husband and child, the latter be-
ing also very i'll. She was a mem
Der of the Graham Street church.
Raleigh Press Visitor: A pc
tition is being circulated inWilkes
county asking the Governor to
release from the penitentiary Sher-
man Greer, who was convicted in
that county about five years ago
for killing his father. He was sent
to the penitentiary for ten years.
--Ex-Governor Brogden, who
was one of the characters in the
Populist convention, returned to
his home in Goldsboro to-day. The
gentleman is advanced in age, but
seems to be in good health. --
Raleigh has been favored with
rain, while other places near here
are still suffering from the
drought. In Wake county there
are several sections where the
drought prevails, having received
only light showers. Chapel Hill
has not had a rain for three weeks.
Wells I drying up there.
Asheville Citizen: The noun
tain party composed Of Mrs. G.
M. Plat, chaperone;M issesR Robin
son, Dorgan, Howard; the Misses
Merrick's, Messls. Parker, JOINS
ton and Wrestling, returned home
last night, having passed through
a thrilling experience near the close
OF an otherwise pleasant journey.
When at a point on the Hickory
Nut Gap road about five miles
from Asheville the party were
held up by six men who sprang
from the bushes lining the road
side. The highwaymen, who were
armed but not masked, demanded
the money the members of the
had. Before they could carry
out their plan, however, those of
the party who were fortunate
enough to be armed drew their
weapons and made the six move
on. The remainder of the trip
was made without Incident
Dr.. F. T. Merriwether, one of
Robert b. Johnston's ply
s%icians, said this afternoon hat
Johnston, who was 80 SER
injured in a runaway acct
dent Thursday afternoon, was no
better. At $50 this afternoon
Johnston's condition was re-
ported as extremely critical.
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Madrid. August IL. = The
Epocha semi-oficially denies the
report that Spain has presented
or is preparing to present to the
American government a money
claim on accounts of the dispatch
of ilibustering expeditions to
Cuba from the United States.
The Epocha is the organ of Sen.
or Canopvas del Castillo, the
Spanish prime minister.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-08-20
BUCKLEN's ARNICA sALvE.

The Best Salye in the World for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever. Sores, letter, Cha p
ped Hands, ChIlblalns, Corns, and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures
Piles, or no pay required. 1t ia guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price Is cents per
hottie, for sale by j, FL. Hill & Son.
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After the Wreck.

Maude (anxiously)- Tom, I re-
fused Charlie Wallister when he
proposed to me this afternoon, and
he said that I had wrecked his life.
You don't think that he'll go and
commit suicide, do you?
Tom-Oh, no, Idon't think there's
any danger that he will. He and ]
have just been playing pool together
all evening at the club.-Somerville
Journal.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-08-20

Tears sprinkled across life's
highway settles the dust of sor-
rftw
The record-union., 1896-01-22
TILDEN's VICTORY.
He Got Dollar Judgment and Very
Large Bill of Costs.

Lawyer Clinton l.. White has been
made to disgorge a big American dollar
to satisfy the judgment that Lawyer M
c. Tilden was awarded yesterday by a
jury in Judge Catlins court.
Tilden asked for only $4,000 damages
against White, who gave him such a
shaking one day in the hallway of the
Courthouse ding to Tilden s
statements-his usefulness in life has
been pretty much destroyed. The jury,
however, brought in a verdict for the
defendant.
F. S. Sprague, Of Whites counsel
thought there should have been judg-
ment for the plaintiff, as the allegation
of an assault having been made was adj
mitted. The court took this view of it
and sent the jury out again.
When they came back they returned
judgment for Tilden and placed the
amount Of his damages ait one dollar.
His costs will amount to quite a sum-
but he wouldn't mind that if he could
only have restored to him the virility
he possessed before he received that ter
rible Shaking-up.
The record-union., 1896-01-22

the Yolo basin, the better part
passing on down the Sacramento River
to beunload ded as it approaches greater
velocity. which it must necessarily do
within few miles of distance.
We must. therefore, expect to find the
river-bed raised below the breaks. We
must realize the fact that the naviga-
bility of the stream is certainly in dan
ger. We can come to no other con-
clusion than that the rivers have al
ready commenced the formation of a
delta at this point, and the universal
rule in the formation of deltas is injury
to navigation.
1t seems to us that the Government
is acting very lame part to permit
this condition to continue. We seriously
doubt the ability of the low-water Pc
RODS to scour out the deposits here made,
and if we are correct in this certainly
we can expect nothing short of the
serious injury to navigation in the Sac
ramento River.
Close the levees? No, we would not
advise such a plan, for it has failed
every time the attempt has been made.
But we do claim that the Government
should, by proper protection, prevent
the escape of flood waters at a lower
elevation than the natural banks. I'm
fortunately for the safety of the Sacra-
mento River, the confluence of the
Feather and Sacramento is the point of
concentration of the greatest volume of
flood waters. It may be possible in
times of extreme flood that no less
than 100000 cubic feet of water
may approach this point for distribu-
ton, but these periods are only the ex-
ception. The Sacramento River is not
capable, in its present condition, of
caring for more than $4,000 cubic feet
per second, without submitting the
levees to a dangerous test.
From these remarks and the facts set
forth in this article, no other rational
conclusion can be reached than that the
river needs a well-defned plan of i'm
proyement
1t is no longer a question of reclama-
ton, that may stand as a ghost flaunt-
ing its white robes in the face of Uncle
Sam, but rather the important and all
absorbing proposition of the mainte-
nance of navigation for the upper Sac
ramento, as well as the Feather River.
Permanently divide the waters of the
Sacramento and you will shortly de-
stroy her navigation. Make a delta of
the upper portion of the lower Sacra-
mento Valley and raise the plane of
high-water beyond the control of man.
There is but one possible solu-
tion to the question, and that is
the maintenance of the regimen
of the navigable streams with
plan of action destined to restore the
rivers as nearly as possible to their con-
dition before mining was introduced.
The stream should be required to dis
pose of all water possible without en-
dangering the present system of arti-
fetal embankments. To this end the
proper easements should be made at the
point in question. but those easements
should be SO constructed as to permit
no violent changes in the normal con-
dition of the rivers.
Let the Government, through its en-
gineers, adopt a well-devised plan of
river Improvement SO that the measure
of escaping flood-waters may be finally
determined, and then the citizens of the
State can we'll afford to consider the
question of reclamation
The record-union., 1896-01-22
Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transfers
have been recorded since our last re-
port:
Alfred Spinks to Jennie E. Spinks-
Lots and s, block 46, Oak Park.
J. W. Wilson, trustee, to N. Froebe-
Lots 10 and II, block 13. Sunset Colony.
G.. H. Jenkins to N. C. Lorentzen-
Forty acres in S. L. S. 500.
w. A. Meyers to A. A. Flint-One-half
acre lot 76. subdivision B, Oak Park
E. r. Drew ct ux. to Lizzie w. Driver
Lots / and 2, G and f, Seventeenth
and Eighteenth streets.
John Rider to C. B. Goss- West half
lot Z, B and C, Nineteenth and Twen-
tieth streets.