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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
A BOLD MAIL ROBBERY.
Daily Argus, Dec. 10.

''AAy - u.s. DSC. lU.
Perhaps the heaviest individs
ual mail that comes to this post
offi"e, other than the two banks,
IS that OF Messrs. FL. We'll & Bros.
Every train that comes in from
the four quarters brings them Q
goodly supply. Consequently,
when they found their drawer at
the postofice empty yesterday
morning after the mail from the
Newbern train had been distri-
buted, they reported the fact to
the post master as passing
strange; but he could give
them no light on the subject,
except that he was positive
mail had been put in their
box. Again last nights and
this mornings shocfy mail was
missing, and the same reported
10 the postmaster. and then MIR.
Dobson set 8 trap. He tied q bell
to the mail drawer Of the above
firm, so that it could not be
pulled out without the bell giving
the signal, and then he and his
clerks were on the alert.
AS soon as the Newbern mail
arrived to-day, and the distribut-
ing clerks called to the walters on
the outside call up key was
inserted in Wells drawer, it was
pulled open, the bell rang, and
clerk Miller rushed round to the
front, and Mr.. w. II. Hollowell
poked his head through the win
dow; but without appearing to be
at all Disconnected, little negro
boy, Sam Wellons, gathered out
the mail from the drawer, locked
it, returned the key to his pocket,
and started off.
Then Messrs. Hollowel and
Miller pulled him and delivered
him at Wells store. He was not
their hired boy-he had no right
! 10 the mail, he was stealing it; he
bad stolen ard rified their letters
for two days, carrying tham to tbs
back lots 10 the rear OF MIR. W.
B. Pate's, where d number of ri
fed letters were found and IN one
of them q check for good sum
Of money, that he doubtless did
/ 1ot know the value Of, as he was
evidently looking only for money
the cash. Wellons confessed to
having stolen tne key from the
drawer where one Of Wells clerks
had left it while waiting for the
mail to ba distributed, severa'
days ago. It was q bold and re.
| peated roberry, and the culpri1
should be severely dealt with.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16


Mark Hanna will soon transfer
the scenes of his purchasing power
to the State house at Columbus,
Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys
and bowels. Never sicken. weaken or
grippe, 10c.
The Republican party will ex
tend no hope to struggling Cuba
until the sugar trust will give it's
permission.
When bilious or costive, eat a casca-
ret candy cathartic. cure guaranteed.
10c, 25 cents.
The information that steps are
to be taken to purge the pension
lists, to strike off the lists the
names of thousands long since
dead, and institute other decent
reforms, is too good, we fear, to
be true,
WARNING:-Person who suffer from
coughs and colds should heed the warn
ings of danger and save themselves
suffering and fatal results by using One
Minute Cough Cure. It IS an infallible
remedy for coughs, colds, Group and al
throaS and ing troubles. J. FL. Hill &
Son. .Goldsboro and John r. Smith, Mt
Olive.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
BRYAN A MIGHTY HUNTER
Bagged 43 Ducks at Lake Sur
prise, Texas, His Mexican
Tour.

Galveston, Texas, Dec. g.
William J. Bryan and party re-
turned last evening from their
duck hunting trip to Lake Sur
prise, in Chambers county.
Mr.. Bryan carried off the palm
by bagging forty-three ducks, of
which twelve were canYas-backs.
He expressed himself as having
had delightful trip and appeared
to be in the best of health.
After dinner Mr.. Bayan depart
ed for San Antonio, whore he will
be joined by Mrs. Bryan and Ex-
Consul and Critten for a tour OF
Mexico. Mr.. Bryan said he ex-
pected to reach home about Jan
uary Is.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
Relief in.SiX Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder
diseases relieved by the ''New Great
South American Kidney Cure" This
aew remedy is great surprise on ac-
count of its exceeding promptness in
pain in the bladder. kidneys
oack and every part Of the urinary
passages in male or female. 1t relieves
'etention of water and pain in passin g
t almost INN nediately If you want
quick relief and cure tn is your rem.
,dy. Sold by M e Robinson dr 3ro
truggists. GoldsbOro. N @
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

J. @. Berry, one of the best known
citizens of Spencer, Mo, testifes that
he cured himself of the worst kind of
piles by using a few boxes of Dewitt IS
Witch Hazel Salve. He had been
troubled with piles for over thirty
years and had used many different
kinds of so-called cures: but Dewitt IS
was the one that did the work and he
will verify this statement if anyone
wishes to write him. J. II, Hill & Son,
Goldsboro, and John r. Smith, Mt.
Olive.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
A Life Saved.

Marvellous cures of throat and lung
affections are made daily by DIR. Bulls
Cough Syrup. Miss Annie Swan,
Petersburg, Va, writes: ''My brother
was attacked by a bad cough and cold,
and it was thought he had consump-
ton. DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup was
used, and to our great surprise it made
him well and hearty. There is no
better cure in the world than this
Syrup DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is
sold everywhere for 25 cents.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
EYerybOdy Says So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most
wonderful medical discovery Of the
age, pleasant and refreshing to the
taste, act gently and positively On
kidneys, liver and bowels, cleansing
headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness, Please buy and try a
box Of G. G. G. to-day; 10, 25, 80
cents. Sold and guaranteed to cure by
all druggists.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

Meriwether, Pike County, Ga,
reports the birth of baby with
long wiskers who is able TO talk.
Yet the paid representatives Of
Wall street continue to assert that
Pcpulism is dying out in. the
Southern Statas.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

J. M. Thirswend, of Grosbeck, Tex,
says that when he has spell of indi-
gestion, and feels bad and sluggish, be
takes two of DeWitt's Little Early
Risers at night, and he is all right the
rext morning Many thousands of 9th.
e~s do the same thing. Do you? J. II.
Hill & Son, Goldsboro, and John R,
Smith, Mt Olive.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

IF the society ladies of Wash
lug ton who are now in war with
the Presidents private secretary
over his arbitrary rules will take
up the matter Of having him re-
n owed from Office they will most
certainly Ell a long-felt want,
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
CORN AND HOGS FIRST,

The Troy Messenger conveys
a great economic lesson, when it
says, "Life's worth living to the
farmer, when corn is in the barn
and hogs are in the pen" If the
Messenger had filed column in
discussing the need Of home sup
plies, 1t could not have made the
lesson more impressive or more
adequate. Nor could the most
exhaustive essay, the most elo-
quent speech, carry more Of deep
Importance to our farmers than
the Messengers little sentence. It
is the story Of independence and
contentment on the farms, and
therefore Of general prosperity
in the State, in nutshell.
The cotton growers who are to
meet in Atlanta next week, will
DO well if their plans are laid on
the lines expressed by the Mess
senger. IT is wholly useless. as
many trials have shown, to call
upon the farmers to lessen their
cotton acreage. They will con-
tinue to plant the crop that means
at harvest time a given amount
OF cash. There is really but one
course to pursue, namely, make
plain the folly Of growing cotton
upon purchased supplies. De-
monstrate beyond the shadow Of
a doubt that such farming means
increasing poverty, fast hasten :
ing ruin. The merchant and buy
er and professional man-the
clergynan-all should bear. "a
hand in carrying this lesson
home to the farmers. Do not
tell them that they should not
plant cotton, but tell them thai
they should first plan to raise
something of what they eat--al
the cereals and meat, if possible
tkat they will need during the
year, and after that is fully an6
| properly attended to, then advise
them to put in all the cotton tha
they may wish 10 grow, the more
the better. Give, in other words
first place in plans and in Worl
t to food crops, and to cotton th'
! balance.
It will be said that farmers VIII,
cannot be induced to lessen thei
cotton crops cannot be induced
4 to raise the corn and hogs the,
+ will need in the year. This ma,
+, be true, but if every man t.
whom the farmer applies fo
i credit will exert the influence hi
position gives him, somethin!
can be accomplished. and that i
} more than can be said of the in
q q Vulnerable resolutions whicl
s have been passed and publishe
l in relation to the overproductio
t. of cotton, No farmer can groy
too much cotton if he will frs
q take steps to fill his barn wit
corn and his pens with hogs.
Il
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
MQTHER!I S;::: :; II; 5::;: :: !; /

and about which such tender and
holy recollections cluster as that
of mother she who watched
over our helpless infancy and guid>
ed our first tottering step. Yet
the life of every Expectant Moth
er is beset with danger and all eff
fort should be made to avoid it..
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

The residence Of Issac e. EN-
erson, president Of the Emerson
Drug Company, Baltimore, Nd. 4,
was entered and diamonds valued
at nearly $40. were stolen.
After a desperate struggle the
thief was captured as he was
leaving the house. and the dia-
monds were found in his pockets.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
sJOhnsOn'S
Chill and
Fever
Tonic
Cures Fever
In One Day.

There Is danger Of President
Mckinley regarding his secreta-
ry Of the treasury as the prince
Of Jingoes after he reads Mr..
Cages letter Of Thursday to the
Department of State.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

The St. Louis platform upon
which Mr. Mckinley was elected.
demanded the independence of
Cuba. AS president he is afraid
to enforce the declarations of. his
own party.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

That is the way all druggists sell
GROVES TA5TELESS CHILL
TONIC for Chius and all forms OF
fevers-Malaria. It is simply iron and
euinine in q tasteless form. Children
love it. Adults prefer it to bitter nau-
seating tonics. Price SOC J, II. Hll
& Sou, q nldshoro Il. G..
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

After Mr.. Mckinley has read
the speech of Senator Allen, of
Nebraska, delivered in the Ser
ate Thursday, be will know what
public opinion is regarding his
Cuban policy.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

Mrs, Hettie Green, the capital
ist, says she has no objection to
young mems calling upon her
daughter, Miss Sylvia, and as the
young lady is heiress to 500, ,OGO.
900, it is quite probable that no
objection will arise on the part
of the young men.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

You can't afford 30 risk your life by
allowing a cold TO develop into pneu
monia or consumption. Instant relief
ana certain cure afforded by Ono
Minute Cough Cure. ]. H. Hill & Son,
Goldsboro, and John Z. Smith, Mt.
Olive
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
4 Household Remedy

And It never fails to cure Rheuma-
tism, Tatarrh, Pimples, Blotches and
all diseases arising from impure blood,
IS Botanic Blood Balm B. B b. Tho J.
sands endorse it as the best remedy
ever offered to mankind The thou
sands Of cures performed by this rem.
edy are almost miraculous, Try it
Only S1.00 per large bottle. IF For
sale by J. Ill Hill 81 Son, ,Goldsboro, N C
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
FRIEND

MY wife suffered more in ten min
utes with either of her other two chill
dren than she did altogether with her
last, having previously used four bot
ties of Mothers Friend 1t is
blessing to any one expecting to be-
come a MOTHER ;" says a customer.
HENDERSON DALE, Carmi. Illinois.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

Raleigh Times: The State
Treasury has entered suit against
the Sheriffs Of Asnc and Harnett
counties to secure payment of bal
ance of taxes for 1897. Ashe
county owes $466 and HarneUt
1920.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

Small pill, safe pill, best pill. De-
Wits Little EARLY Risers cure bill
liousness, constipation, sick headache
). H. Hill q Son, Goldsboro and Jno.
R, Smith Mt. Olive.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

! just t,y a 1Oc box of Cascarets, the
finest liver and bowel regulator ever
made.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life
Away.
If you want to quit tobacco using
easily and forever, be made well, strong
magnetic, full Of new life and vigor,
take No-To-Bac, the wonder worker
that makes weak men strong. Many
gain ten pounds in ten days. Oyer 49,
900 cured. Buy No-To-Bac of your
druggist under guarantee to cure, so
cts Or 81. Booklet and sample mailed
Free Ad- Sterling Remedy Go. Chi
cagO Or New York.
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Mother S
Fl F j j 6 6 nd

dread, suffering or gloomy Tore
bodings, to the hour when she
experiences the joy of Motherhood.
lis use insures safety to the lives
of both Mother and Child, and she
is found stronger after than before
confinement short, it makes
Childbirth natural and easy" as
so many have said. Do mt be
persuaded to Use anything but
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

OF Druggists at 81 90, or sent by mail on receipt
of price. Write for book containing testimonials
and valuable information for all Mothers, free
The Bradfleld Regulator Co., Atlanta. Ga.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

so assists nature
in the change TAX
ing place e that
the E x P ectant
M 9th er is ena-
bled to look for
w ard wit h ou t
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OVERCOATS
TROUSERS

striped trousers is to black coat and vest? Get neat
pattern in aproper material and you have comfortable
feeling of being dressed Our trousers at S. are the
thing They are worth dollar more.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16
1.5}LAL4 BRIEFS

ALL magistrates are required
to make reports in December Of
business transacted by them
during the year, and failure TO
make such returns subjects them
tn serious legal DeDalt;es.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-17
DARING ABDUCTION.
Three Men Steal Farmers
Wife and His Money.

st. Louis. Mo-, Sept. ia special to
the Post-Dispatch from Warrensburg, Mo,
says:
News of what appears to be one of the
most dastardly outrages ever committed
in the state of Missouri has just reached
this city. James Hill and ]. y. McKib-
ben, two young men of Jefferson town
ship, are under arrest charged with abb
duction criminal assault and robbery.
Wesley Jackson of Henry county is
wanted for completely in the crime and
the country is being secured in search of
him.
Andrew Stills, a young farmer aged 20
years, and his girl wife, aged 16 years,
left Warsaw Monday, where their home
had been, to drive over to KNOB Noster.
where his wife's sister resides. On the
way the horse died and Stills was at u
loss to proceed until three young men.
Hill, Mckibben and Jackson. offered to
permit Stills to hitch his cart behind their
buggy and drive the couple to their des-
tinatiOn for 81. The transaction was
made, and after getting into the country,
Stills claims the trio seized his wife and
drove away with her. after robbing him
of what money he had, a little over s..
The whole country around here is
aroused and searching for the lost wife.
who is thought to have been outraged
and murdered The three young men
We're said to have been under the infiu-
ence of liquor. Stills searched for his
wife until exhausted, but could find no
trace of her. Farmers whom he impor-
tuned for assistance did not believe his
story and would not join in the search.
At last several people became convinced
there was truth in it. the two arrests fol-
lowed and now lynching is strongly talk
ed of.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-17
ROYALTY SHOCKED.
Heir to the Austrian ThrOn
Marries a HOusekeeper.

Berlin, Sept. ia sensation has been
caused here by the statement that the
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, son of the
late Archduke Karl Ludwig and Princess
Annunciata, daughter of the late King
Fernandino II. of Naples, heir presump-
tive of the throne of Austria Hungary
was married in London last week to 4
middle class lady from Kohlscheidt, near
AiX-la- Chapelle. The Kohlinscne Zeitung
says the ladys father was formerly Il
mine manager and that one of her bro
theirs is a clergyman of Essen.
The Lokal Anzeiger says: 'tShe is a
former housekeeper of Herr Krupp, the
great iron manufacturer of Essen, where
she met Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The
couple have gone to Algiers.''
A dispatch received here from Vienna
says that considerable irritation is dis
played in court circles there over the re-
port of the clandestine marriage of the
heir presumptive to the throne and that
denials have been issued.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-17
DIR. WILLARD SHOWS FIGHT
Declines to Resign as Requested by
the Board of Charities.

DR.. H. s. Willard, assistant superin-
tendent of the insane asylum, has been
requested by the state board of charities
TO resign and he has refused to compls-
with the order.
DR.. Willard is a native of Kansas. his
nome being in Manhattan. He was
elected by the Republican board as assist :
ant physician and commenced his duties
October l, 1895, and upon the resignation
OF the assistant superintendent he was
elected to that position in March 1896
for term of three years. His term will
be out in March, 1899, and he intends to
hold office until then.
The board at the last meeting request
ed his resignation and he refused to give
it, and the board threatened to investi-
gate him. He was called before the
board and informed that unless he re-
signed he would have to stand an investi-
cation. He informed the board that if
they wanted to investigate they could do
so and he would have as many stories to
tell as they, and that if the question of
character was to be brought in he would
have some very startling things to tell
and warned the board that if the pro-
ceedings were commenced he would fight
to the end of his term. DR.. Willard 8
lawyer will be Senator John E. Hessin of
Manhattan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-17
THE NEW BLOCK SYSTEM.
Santa Fee Will Begin Its Operation
Sunday - Some Rules.

The Absolute Block system, by which
the management of the Santa F'e rail-
wav hopes to do away with the posi-
biIity of collisions. will be placed in eff
feet on the line from Holiday to St1m-
Doria and from Emporia to Newton
next Sunday at noon. If the system
proves as effective as it is expected, it
will be extended over the entire lines of
OF the Santa Fe railway proper.
A code of rules governing the opera
ton of this system was issued by As
s;stant General Superintendent Avery
Turner today, and contains all details
incident to the working of the new sig
nal system . The regular soma phOre
signals will be used in the government
OF the trains, and the blocks will be
from five to seven miles apart. General
information concerning the system is
contained in the following portion of the
code:
The responsibility of operating this
system will be placed on the operators
at the block stations. They will be
provided with train registering sheets
on which they viii register the leaving
time of all trains in both directions
at their own stations and also at the
next block station east and west OF
them.
Innmedie tely after a train has enter
ed a block, operator viii report 70 tn.
next block station east and west CT \ N
the departure of such train Operator
VIII not report q train clear Of the block
until the rear car of the train carrying
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-17
Involved in Quarrel With a
Tenant and Shot.
CITY WOMEN
Will Open Their New Library
on Saturday.
Have Been Working on the
Scheme for Months.

Mcpherson, Sept. 1.-THE remains or
Dane Dudley who was murdered near
Guthrie, Ok, arrived here this morning
and will be buried by the family proba-
bly, this afternoon.
The deceased was one of the best
known and most popular young men in
Mcpherson county He comes from one
of the best families here and has al
ways been prominent among the young
people He was a student at Bethany
college, Lindsborg, where he was the
pitcher on the college base ball team.
He took up claim near Guthrie
year ago and rented it to a man who is
still living upon it. Last week Mr. Dud-
ley went to the claim TO see the tenant
on some business matters and became
involved in a controversy with him.
The tenant shot and killed Dudley in
stantly. Reports from Guthrie say that
it required the utmost effort on the part
Of the sheriff and a posse of deputies to
prevent the outraged people from
lynching Dudley's assailant.
The parents of the murdered young
man. who was but 26 years of age, are
Frustrated with grief at his death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-17
MAY EXTEND FAST MAIL.
Rumor That the Santa Fe Will Garry
it on to Denver

Denver, Sept. 1.-THE printed cir
culars of the Union Pacific announcing
the severance of friendly relations with
the Oregon Short Line, We're received in
this city yesterday.
The circular says that after the 21st
inst. the Union Pacific will refuse to
accept through passenger tickets read
ing to points on the Oregon Short Line
and it will not accept tickets emanating
from the Short Line.
1t means that the through mail to
the northwest will inevitably pass over
lines of Colorado instead of being car
ried by the Union Pacific as heretofore
1t is claimed that the movement of the
Union Pacific may result in special ben
eft to Denver merchants, as arrange
ments are now under consideration by
which the fast mail service from the
east, now terminating at Newton, Kan,
may be continued through Denver to
the northwest.
The mail destined for points west Will
then be sent out over the Colorado Mid
land and the Denver and Rio Grande-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-09-17
THEY WERE SWINDLED.
Lady Churchill and Her Sisters In
vest $1,000 ia a Scheme of
SeedY AdVanturer.

London, Sept. 17.-Frauds perpetrated
upon Lady Randolph Churchill and her
sisters, Mrs. Morton Frewen and Mrs.
Jack Leslie, by Captain Cruikshank, are
exciting great interest in English soci-
ETY.. Cruikshank is a commonplace,
rather seedy-looking fellow, but he
seems to be endowed with eXtraordina-
ry FEASIBILITY of address and he in
duced these three experienced women
of the world to part with $500 on a
promise of 400 per cent return on some
venture of his entitled a railroad syn
dicate,'' of the existence of which they
never demanded any evidence.
Their confidence was gained first by
the fact that Cruikshank was intro
duced by Mr.. Cadogan, a relative Of
Earl Cadogan, the Vicer0y of Ireland.
Mrs. Leslie and Mrs. Morton Frewen
kept all knowledge CT their transactions
from their husbands, expecting to have
a pleasant surprise for them when Their
fortunes had been made by Cruik-
shank's syndicate. They We're merely
q few of the ladies Cruikshank victim
lied, only one man being among his
dup6S.