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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-16
England and Her Antagonists.

/ Ject TO the dOmlneerlng manners
of John Bull, we all have great
admiration for his pluck, and il
be is going to fight Europe sin
| gle-hand 4 he will not find his
"kiDsma over the sea- DISPOSE q
to take ea1vantage OF the dlthcul-
ties, however lutte We may like
the meddIesomenes that has
brought hin into them. Our own
determination hot to be buhied,
| which the English themselves
are beginning to appreciate, Ell a
ables. Us IN turn 10 appreciate
their present defiant attitude
toward the rest Of The world, ia
which there is not a little of the
heroic. We have wanted to
teach John a lesson. but we have
never wished to see him really
hnmiliated, and if he should get
INTO serious trouble. though we
might feel that it served him
right, we should all hope for him
a happy issue.
It is plain truth that railroads
and telegraph have made the
old buccaneering methods of ter
ritorial expansion obsolete. Lord
Give could overrun India before
anybody in Europe knew wha,
he was doing, but Mr.. Rhodes
cannot make movement in
Africa that is not known in
every capital within few hours,
and at a critical time like the
present when half dozen
heavily armed powers are watch
ing one another jealousy in the
East, the flash Of a rifle away off
Oh distant continent may starr
a flame of limitless extent.
The actual seat of danger is
not in the Transvaal but ia the
Levant. The powers have been
temporizing with Turkey, not
because they were afraid of the
Sultan, but because they were
afraid Of each other. England,
of them all, has had the greatest
interest in avoiding rupture,
because the existing treaty ar
is mainly of her max
ing; there is no one Of the others
that would not be glad Of a sig
nal to break up the so-called
concert, leaving Russia free to
deal with the Eastern questions
as she alone could and the others
to pick up various advantages
that England has been keeping
from them.
The wonderful commercial en- !
terprise that has given England |
to protect all around
the globe has made the task OF |
protecting them increasingly diff
ticult. If she should become seri-
ously embroiled in Europe, Asia
and Africa, an enemy in America |
would make her position impos>
sible. and therefore herMinisterS, |
as they are not stark mad, will |
find way to satisfy the Ameri- |
can contention For there can
not be any doubt Of the deter-
mined inSistence Of this country
that occupation does not in it
self give possession, on this /
continent at least; that tie right |
of possession must be shown to |
the satisfaction Of the world, and
that the territorial integrity of |
an established American State
must be respected, no matter
what the extent of English com
mercial interests within its bor-
ders. There will be no recediug
from this position, which the
Transvaal affair has only made
more urgent, and TO keep this
distinctly understood is the best
guarantee Of peace. ce.-Philadel-
phia Times.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-16

Avoid Pneumonia, diphtheria ana
typhoid fever. by keeping the blood
nure, the appetite good and the body
healthy and vigorous by the use Of
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Hoods Pills are purely vegetable.
and do not purge, pain or grippe. Sold
by all druggist.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-16
The Cuban revolutionists ap-

The Cuban revolutionists ap-
prar te be making great head
way against the Spanish forces.
Already more than three-fourths
Of the island are in their posses
sion or dominated by them, and
Havana itself is threatened.
Should the capital fall into their
hands, Spanish rule may be con-
sidered at an end forever. After
that, independence, followed, ii
is to be hoped, by annexation to
this country. Cuba is not only
necessary for our protection by
virtue of It's position in the Cars
iboean Sea, but it is also one of
the richest countries on earth in
natural resources, The oppo-
nents of annexation say that we
cannot assimilate a people SO
foreign to our, own in most re-
spects. Nonsense! We assimlated
Louisiana ninety three years ago,
when our country was far more
homogeneous than it is to- day.
We have assimilated and digest
ed since then, ten times as many
foreigners as there are in Cuba
a. present. Give US the richest
sugar and tobacco producing
country in the world and a natur-
al fortress of strength at our
doors besides, and we can easily
assimilate a people who without
means or help from any quarter,
have proved their right to free
dom by an almost unparalled
fight against the heaviest odds.
Such people are the stuff from
which to manufacture a good
type of Americans.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-16

TOR RENT. The best billiard and
pool room in the State. Only one
in town. No bar attached. Ad-
dress box 10, Goldsboro, N. c.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-16
GOLDsBORO. n. c.. THURSDAY JANUARY 16, 1896

: Bad dreams dis
tress the man whose
digestion is out of
order. Constipation
creates more dreams
than are i'll the infer
nal regions. People
who are troubledwith
constipation sic e p
badly and restiessly.
Sometimes they can
not sleep at all, and
when they do sleep,
the dreams come. 1t
doesn't take so very
long to wear a man
out with that sort of
thing. He gets up
IN the morning feel
ing worse than he
did when he went
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-16

w dSDlnSJOn Messenger: Mr..
G. L. Lawson, one Of our enter
prislng fish dealer /, received
this morning 1921 pounds of
club from Goose creek, It's the
finest lot Of fish ever brought to
this market of the kind. Thanks
for bunch.
Newbern Journal Mrs. RAJ
chel Arnold aged about so years
died on the 9TH inst, at the resi-.
dence of her daughter Mrs. H.
l.. White, of Cove. The funeral
was held the next day. She was
inferred in the old George Bryan
family burying ground.
Smithfeld Herald: Mr.. Eph-
RAIN Plttman, Of Jerome, does
not try to run a large farm, but
be raises his home supplies and
: oue cotton. He kiileu uou long
ago 2,165 pounds Of pork which
had been fed on corn only four
weeks. He raises peas and pea
nuts for his hogs.
Greenville Weekly: Some of
the witnesses and jurors have
walked home and back this week
IN some cases near twenty miles.
1t worries a man to walk fifteen
or twenty miles and then be over
taken by some one riding alone
who has come the same route
and wants to know why he IS
walking.
Morehead City Evangelist: An
infant child was found drifting
ashore near the old oyster fac
tory at Beaufort this morning.
Il was undressed and looked like
it had been in the water about
two days, All suspicious point
in one direction, but we sith-
hold the name.
Raleigh Press~Visitor: It is
said that partridges are scarce
and very hard to get this year,
even for sick people. It is re-
ported that parties here are ship
ping them away to the north as
fast as they can be obtained. We
think there is a law against this.
and if so, it should be enforced.
Fayetteville Observer; Last
Thurs evening Emma Whitaker,
er, the charming little daughter Of
Capt. and Mrs. r. O. Whitaker,
was badly burned. She stood
too near the fire and her dress
caught. Her screams attracted
the attention of her mother who
was in the adjoining room, and
before she could extinguish the
flames she was badly burned.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-16

ASK for Plymouth Rock Gele-
tine-Pink or white.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-16
6J6ijOI1Il. .
a short

from a visit to his son in
fast he was invited to e;
breakfast food-so delig
that he wanted to use it
which has just arrived.
coast, and is prepared |
Though such a fine artic
guarantee what we sell.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-16

ASK for Plymouth Rock Gele-
tine-Pink or white. t
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-16
Hoods SarsaparilIa

Hd,z n:rra the after-dinner pill and
LIOON . lAlS family cathartic. Csc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10
MORCAN'S RAID
On the National Treasury is
Turned Back.
Big New York Banks Abandon
His Syndicate.
AT LEAST 12 MILLION
Withdrawn From the Gold Syn
dicate Fund Today.
Meantime, the People Are Com
ing Forward Bravely.

CHICAGO, Jan. 10-A special from New
York says: The Morgan bond syndicate
has at last been shaken by the with
drawal from it of the Chemical National
bank. 1t is understood that the amount
of the banks subscription was $3,-
100000. George G. Williams, the pres
ident of the bank. said: sour sub
scriptiOn simply represented those of our
depositors and we do not want to tie them
up in the uncertainties of the syndicate
We do not wish to stand in the way of
the success Of a popular loan.
1t was reported that the City National
and possibly the United States Trust Co
and the Hanover National will follow
the lead of the Chemical. The
City National has $10,OU0.000 gold
in its vaults, and its subscription was re-
ported $5,O00,OO The subscriptions Of
the Hanover n ational and the United
States Trust company were each about
81. 100000.
The lead of the Chemical National
is considered an Indication that the sell
ing of the bonds directly to the public
will be success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10

to begin when the law went into effect.
There was an appropriation of $4,000 to
start the thing off.
sit may seem an easy task to attend to
all these details, but tell you it was the
hardest job l ever had on my hands, +"
who had had hard fights before.
There was opposition at once in the
cities where most of the political oppo-
sition toward me was centered. You see
most OF my followers were in the outly-
ing and country districts and the fellows
who belonged to the old ring which had
been in control were center ed
in the cities. They didn't
believe that any good could
come out of Nazareth and as this was a
Tillman measure they went into league
with the bartenders and proprietors of
blind tigers to obstruct its enforcement
They patronized these fellows and aided
them.
There was more or less trouble in en-
forcing the law il tbs cities, but the sys-
tenn was kept going from July until De-
cember, when the legislature met again.
Nov politicians, you know, are the
most cowardly people in the world They
are afraid of public sentiment and al
ways try to follow just behind it instead
of leading it. But this legislature which
had enacted the dispensary law with fear
anu As du 1OSSt
in 1898 re-enacted it and made il stronger
by amendments which the previous five
months had suggested.
Then in April, 1894, came the Oar
lington riot and 1 whipped them and
two weeks later the supreme court de-
clared the law unconstitutional
81 at once ordered the dispensers to
close the dispensaries, take an account of
stock and guard the goods at a reduced
salary. The decision of the supreme
court was in regard to the law OF 1892.
and was SO muddy and partisan and un-
reasonable that later, when another case
was brought up they made another decis-
ion saying what parts of the law were
stitutional-virtually an explana-
tion of their explanation. The whole de-
cision was 4 reversal of q previous de-
cision. for the same court had refused an
Injunction brought by the bartenders
against the law. One old judge who was
superanuated was to be retired in July
and l had the appointing of his success
sor. Now the dispensary law of 1898,
which was stronger than that of 1892,
which was declared unconstitutional,
hadn't been acted on and didn't intend
this court should either. So put it in
my pocket and waited.
THE court in its explanation of its ex-
PLANTATION, said the only part of the law
which was constitutional was one little
section which said the state should issue
no licenses. But previous statute on
the books said. no one should sell liquor
without license. So ,here was. condi-
tion of absolute incorporating rock
rlooeo prohibition. No liquor could be
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10
Probable Result Iucng State Dispensaries
In Kansas
IS SUGGESTED BY GOVERNOR MORRl
Believes Superior to the Present System
Kansas
Tells How the Jury Beat Him in the ST. John
Debate IN lie Won the Audience.

penser saws: sWharH you have?' Then
the man says: Give me a half pint of
Xxx corn, or xxx rye, or whatever it is
he wants. He pays his money for it and
that is all there is TO it He can't drink
it on the premises and the bottles are
sealed. While l was governor the cheap
est whisky was $3 per gallon.
''All the liquors are chemically tested
and the idea Is to keep all kinds on hand
which are not untitled for sale by adul-
teration and for which there is a suffi-
cient demand.
We'll, the law was to go into effect the
succeeding July, six months being given
for those having liquors on hand to dis
pose of them. had a state constabu-
larry to enforce the law. began at once
to have the dispensariss established so as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10

From the State Journals Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-As the recent
interview of Gov. Morrill, of Kansas. in
which he favors the dispensary system
for the control of the liquor traffic has
brought the various methods of dealing
with this question again into promi-
nencs, Senator Benjamin r. Tillman, of
South Carolina, VINO might properly be
called the father of the dispensary sys-
tenn, was seen at his home by the
JOURNAL correspondent and asked to
give his views upon this system. and the
probable effect of its Inauguration in a
prohibition state like Kansas. Senator
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10

that was the way we elected Click. We
had an organization called the Resub-
mission league all over the state, and
the result was that we won. The people
were disgustod, but this time we will
have the law annulled."
Then the organizer talked of Wichita.
~ wish the governor would appoint an
assistant attorney general in every town.
Nothing could be done that would help
our organization more. Why in Wichita
they summoned 362 witnesses to prove
the sale of a single glass of beer. They
were in court twelve days at 81
day and then the man wasn't
convicted. l feel safe in saying that
every one of those witnesses has, or will,
join our organization, for they see that
the bills will have to be paid by some
one. and they also see what a farce the
law is Let them appoint assistant at
torney generals. Nothing could suit us
better"
The commander of the state organiza-
ton is c. G. Smith, city clerk of Wichita.
Another Wichita man, Frank Burt, is the
state secretary. so that the organization
may be said to be purely Wichitan.
Commander Smith said in a recent in
terview:
I'VE believe that the prohi bitory laws
of the state, as enforced, are not only a
farce and political game, but that there
is really more liquor conIumed than
under some system where the traffic
can be controlled. We believe that the
so-called attempts that are periodically
made in Wichita and other cities to en-
force the law. and which uniformly fail
create discord and engender an intensely
bitter feeling that is exceedingly detri-
mental to our material welfare. We want
to bring prosperity and peace to our
state by establishing the conditions
under which the attainment of such ends
is possible. Our candidates will be on
the party tickets and my prophecy is that
every one of them will be elected"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10

TiIlman is unhesitating in his belief
that the state dispep5ary method is the
best present possible way of dealing
with the question, and that it is a vast
improvement over prohibition.
"Prohibition has proved" he said,
'fhat it is impossible to extirpate the
evil, and if the people of Kansas desire
TO reduce and minimize the traffic in
stead of having the farce of absolute pro-
hibition the dispensary system is the
way to do it."
Before discussing the plan in its ap-
plication TO Kansas, Senator Tillman de-
sired to recite the history of it in South
Carolina in order to show how it might
work in another state with all allowances
made for the differences of sentime ent
and conditions.
"You probably know" he said, shat
the tight in a South Carolina election is
at the primaries or conventions. The
man who is successful there is sure of
election, so there is where the real strug-
gle comes. In the primaries of 1890 the
fight was between the Reformers or
Tillmanites and the old oligarchy which
had been running the state ever since
they got control of it after the reconstruc-
tion time, in 1876. We licked them then
and the same fight came up again when
I stood for re -election in 1892 But at
prohibition was to be voted on yes or no
in a separate box. While there were
$4,000 votes cast for candidates only So
000 persons voted on the question of
prohibition. This was carried by a ma
jority of 10000 or thereabouts.
This expression was sufficient to
cause the house in the legislature which
was elected to pass strict ohibitory
law patterned after the Maine and Iowa
laws. 1t was rock ribbed and sweeping.
1t prohibited the sale of liquors except
by state dispensers and then only for
pharmaceutical, mechanical, and medici-
nal purposes. When this bill came to the
senate there wero only five DAYS of the
session left and all the bartenders were
shere to defeat it. l saw that the house
msasure with its absolute prohibition
would not do and SO taking it as
groundwork we fixed it over into what is
virtually the present dispensary law.
! This was passed by the ssnate and then
by the house in the fern of a substitute.
This action was taken in December
1892.
"Ths law provided for state disuen-
sary commissioner who was to buv all
liquor for the state and provide for its
sale by county dispensaries. There are
now about seventy-five dispensaries in
the state"
Dispensariss Look Like Drug Stores.
"a dispensary looks very much like a
= drug store. 1t is something like a com
DnatlOn Of drug store and bar room
There are shelves all around the walls
and counter across the front end When
man comes in to buy whisky the dis
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10
SITUATION AT HAVANA.
Outpost at HOyO Colorado, IL Miles From
Havana Surrenders to Cubans.

Outpost at HOyO Colorado, IL Miles From
Havana Surrenders to Cubans.
HAVANA, Jan. 10.-Is is announced
that 1913 wounded insurgents who were
picked up ON the battlefield at La Cebia
are now in the Spanish hospital at San
Antonio de los Banos
The garrison of Hoyo CoIarado. consist
ing of twenty Spanish volunteers, has
surrendered to the Insurgents. Hoyo
Colorado is near Bauta. which is about
twelve miles from this city.
Private advices say that in Santiago
parents are sending their children off
the island to prevent their arrest based
on ungusrded expressions and violent
language against Spain. The Isthmian
Cuban organ says that Spain believes
that Havana cannot be taken without
siege guns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10
TEN DECEIVED WOMEN.
All Demand Separation from TheEI
Husbands, but Some Back Out.

Husbands, but Some Back Out.
The divorce mill was set in revolution
this morning in the district court, but it
soon ran out of material. Judge Hazeu
had intended that ten wronged wives
should be avenged, revenged and paci-
fed. but only three of the number &C.
cepted his kind offer
All the cases set for this morning were
brought by the gentler sex. The men
seem to be able to stand it, but the
women cannot brook the woes of mar
red life.
Mrs. Hattie Neeley was one who did
not back out of the trial
She has been married to
Charles Neeley for years. but this
morning she cast him aside because he
no longer supports her. She lives with
her father in Boynton's addition.
An old lady shook from nervousness
and came nearly fainting while she was
testifying about the extreme cru
Celia B. Lord of 322 Arter avenue.
Judge Hazen's heart was touched by the
scene. and he granted the divorce. Her
husbands name is Thomas j. Lord.
The third wife who had the courage to
appear was a colored woman, Mrs. Emeline
Spradley Her husband had abandoned her
and she anticipated the divorce by hav-
a widow. The custody of her two daugh-
ters is given to her by the decree. Will
liam Spradley was her husband. Mrs.
Spradley lives with her children at 1416
Chandler street.
The remaining seven cases we're dis
missed because the plaintiffs failed to
appear and prosecute. Some of them
have gone back 10 live together again,
some have left the state, while some, as
in the case of Strouse vs. Strouse, did moi
prosecute because their parents have
scruples against divorces.
The cases dismissed this morning
were:
Mrs. Minnie A. Conner VS. C. B. Conner
teamster, TO Locust street
Mrs. Mollie Haygood VS. Wm. Hay
good.
Mrs. Maggie Blinn VS. VIM Fl. Blinn
Mrs. Eva l. Diehl VS.. Edwin A. Diehl
Mrs. May G. strouse va. George 1
| Strouse.
Mrs. Emma Burling vs.. Harry Bur
ling. 49,
Mrs. Artie NJ. Price VS.. Jas. W. Price
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-10
WILL THERE BE WAR?
The British Said to BE strengthening
TheI Venezuela Forces.

CHICAGO, Jan. 10.-A special to the
Journal from Washington says: The re-
port that the British are strengthening
their outposts in Venezuela and
advancing into Venezuela is true.
81 have myself received to-
day private dispatch from
there corroborating it" SO said Congress
man Livingston of Georgia, this after
noon.
He said: "I cannot show you the dis
patch; it is private You can however
rely upon it. I called on the
Venezuelon minister this morning and
asked him to use his influence with
Crespo to keep back Venezuelan troops.
Should they advance it would precipi-
tate conflict at once. That would rem
der our ,Venezuelan commission useless.
We would be compelled to back UP Ven
ezuela and we would be plunged into
war at once
"You have seen denial of the statement
by the British colonial Officer" = 2 -
s'Tes, but the statement is true never
theless. Ualess Great Britain recalls her
troops and reduces the outposts to their
former strength. Crespo would be COM
PEELED to go to war to prevent a revolu-
ton.
My resolution yesterday was not as
Boutelle thought, a war resolution-it
was peace resolution. 1t was peace
resolution by calling on President Cleve-
land TO investigate the report an d
if true, to demand that Great Britain un =
do what she has done
Should Great Britain refuse war would
result, but l don't think she would refuse
Chairman Hit promises to have my
resolution considered Immediately.
have suggested that if he likes, he
amend it by inserting a clause calling
on President Crespo to hold back troops
and 80 avoid conflict or trouble of any
kind with Great Britain till the present
situation be set right and our commits
sion has made its report =