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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-01-19

But it is, first, the result of the
lifelong study of the greatest ply
sician America has produced, a man
whose reputation was world wide
years before he had eyer arrived at
this formula which has done so much
good; a man who has received the
highest degrees from the best col
leges, who was at the time of his
discovery a professor at Dartmouth
and a lecturer in other universities,
a scholar, q member of a family
which has made its mark in every
department of public life in America.
It Is a remedy the formula of which
has been furnished to physicians in
| good standing always, and which
| physicians were prescribing long be-
fore the present manufacturers put
it up for public distribution; it was
discovered by Prof. Edward E.
Phelps, M. D, LII. D., and was first
prescribed with wonderful success
by that eminent group of practition-
ers who have made American ply
| sicians known the world over, and
of whom he was then, as now, IN
doubtedly the most famous.
The best test that can be applied
to Paine's celery compound is to
use it.
IF one is "run down." feels with
out energy, l%ifeless, useless, fretful,
take this great remedy, end note the
change. Constipation will no longer
give one a disquieting thought; the
appetite will come back; sleepless-
ness and headaches will be things of
the past. This is the experience of
men and women in every part of the
country.
General good health depends upon
the perfect action of the nervous cur
rents, the v1gor of the circulation and
the quality of the blood.
The history of Paine's celery com
pound has been made familiar to
every intelligent household in the
land. In the clearest and most di-
rect manner conscientious men and
women have told, of their rapid re
covery from disease by the use Of
this remedy.
Paine's celery compound is unap-
iproached by any other remedy fol
restoring the system when
broken down or impaired from over.
sxertion of mind or body.
It strengthens the-digestive pow
ers, renews the blood and acts in the
vitalizing, curative, thorough man
ner that makes it the grandest helI
to suffering men and women the
world of medicine affords.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-01-19
THE MoDERN NOT uER

Has found that her little ones are
improved more by the pleasaa 1T Syrup
of Figs, when in need of thel sxatIve
effect Of a gentle remedy th. N by
any other, and that it is more &C
ceptable to them. Children enioy it
and it benefits them. The true resm-
edy, Syrup of Figs, is manrtfactur ed
by the California Fig Syn Up Conn
pany only.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-01-19
G BUREAU, !
JNO. E. SMITH, Mgr. J
Jan. 10. 1899. !

JNO. he SMITH,, Mgr. r
Jan. IL. 1899.
Mr.. J, A. Westbrook is visit
ing Raleigh this week.
Superior Court will convene at
Goldsboro Jan. 23rd.
Mr.. J. W. Robertson and FAM
lily have moved to Goldsboro.
Mr., Max Harris returned
Tuesday from a visit to Wilson.
MIR. W, D. James has moved to
the. house MI. E. F.. Smith has
just vacated.
Mr. B w. Switzerland return
ed from Richmond with a fine
load of mules.
Mrs. DIR. L.. 2. Aaron has gone
on a visit to her parents at Oak
vile, N. G.
Mr.. P. M. Renfrow, the ". &
w. railroad agent. has moved to
Miss Alice Loftin's new house,
Miss Leila Aaron left for
Rocky Mount and Wilson for a
few weeks visit among her many
friends.
Mrs. Ida Boykin, of Wilson
stopped over a few days on her
return trip from Clinton to visit
the Misses Aaron.
Miss Olivia Fits, Of OakvilIe,
n. c., who has been spending
several weeks here with relatives
returned to her home Saturday.
--@ $500
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-01-19

I suffered from catarrh of the worst
kind and never hoped for cure, but
Ely's Cream Balm seems to do even
that.-Oscar Ostrom, 40 Warren Ave-,
Chicago, Ill.
I suffered from catarrh; 1t got SO bad
I could not work; I used Ely's Cream
Balm and Am entirely well.-A. G.
Clarke, 341 Shawmut Ave., Boston,
Mass.
A 10c. trial size or the Soc. size OF
Ely's Cream Balm will be mailed
Kept by Druggists, Ely Brothers, 90
Warren St., n. H
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-01-19

There is no denying the serious
fact that there is a great amount of
sickness from the grip; that over
worked men and women now suffer
more than at any other time of the
year from lassitude, headaches, slight
chills and fever and other symptoms
of imperfect health; that people fall
sick more readily now than at any
other time of the year;and that when
ever an epidemic does appear 1t in
variably plays havoc with those who
r run down and out of condition.
The utmost caution should be tax
en- to keep the blood pure and the
nervous system in healthy tone.
There is no more excuse for the
prevalent symptoms of stagnant, i'm
pure blood in the body than there is
for the barbarism of filthy streets in
a city.
The relaxed and sluggish action
of the excretory organs loads the
body with waste material that pois-
ons it and brings on headaches ,rheu-
matte pains, sleepless nights and
proftless days, due solely to the cir
culation in the blood, or deposit in
the tissues, of these waste matters
which Paine's celery compound alone
will quickly drive out.
When the arms, hips or back feel
the twinges of acute rheumatism tits
high time to relieve the kidneys and
bladder from the strain that so often
brings On Bright's disease, gravel,
7ropsy and complications of diseases
with other organs whose health de-
ponds upon the purity of the blood.
Prompt use of Paine's celery COM
pound will save the weakened parts
from yielding to disease.
In it's peculiar ability to invigorate
the body, to make new blood and to
regulate the nerves, lies the great
value Of Paine's celery compound in
all wasting diseases and disorders OF
the kidneys, liver and stomach.
Paine's celery compound rescues
shaky, enfeebled nerves from pros
tration and removes that feeling oil
utter exhaustion that causes SO much
dependency among so many wor
ried men and women.
It makes flesh, blood and strong
nerves,
Paine's celery compound is not 8
patent medicine !! It is not the dis
covery Of some quack doctor oil
whom his profession never heard; il
is not a connection put up by some
man who first invented a name, and
then adopted a preparation to fit it;
it is not a secret remedy.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-01-19
WALTER LETTER.
A Condensed Chronicling of q
Weeks Happenings.

Weeks Happenings.
Walter, N. c., Jan. II, 90.
Rev. Nj. Davis from Iowa is
conducting a meeting at Oakland
church, near here,
Mr.. Guerney Hodges from the
Salem section was visiting in our
community last Sunday.
Mr., Clarence Peacock from
your city is visiting Mr. Bill
Thompson, near Ebenezer.
Rev. Mr. jackson filed his APP
pointment at Ebenezer last Sun
day evening, and preached splen-
did sermon.
The roads are getting in an aw-
full condition now, and some places
will get impossible unless some
thing is done to them soon.
Mr.. Henry johnson and son
Wiley from Lucama, we're visit
ing here last week, where their
many friends were glad to see
them.
That great Southern favorite,
Bill Arp, says from the way the
figure 9 plays in 1899, we are to
have a prosperous year. So mote
it be.
The excessive rains have put
an end to farming operations, and
made some of our truckers wear
a long face, as they wanted to
plant peas this week.
ella Grippe" is holding the
boards in our community at pres
ent, and with continuance of the
style of weather we are having we
look for an epidemic.
The death of Mrs. Fate Benton
occurred at her home in Princeton
last Saturday evening. She has
been confined to her bed for sew
eral years with rheumatism. She
was buried Sunday evening in the
family burying ground near here.
She was a patient sufferer, a kind
and good woman, and leaves a
husband and little girl to whom
we extend sympathy.
Every true North Carolinian
should feel proud of the work Of
our Legislature. There is such a
contrast in it and the past two,
that one cannot keep feeling more
thankful every day that we are
redeemed from the filth and core
ruptiou of the fusion cesspool,
and that by the time it is thor
oughly disinfected with ehemi-
cally pure Democracy, and we will
be forever hereafter immune.
Let the good work go no.
We were indeed glad to meet
our esteemed friend to-day Mr..
Pet Smith, from Knoxville, Tenn,
and while we regret that his
health gave way under the con-
fnement of Office work, in his
adopted home, where he held a
lucrative railroad position, still
we rejoice to know he is going to
take up his abode just across the
river from us, and we trust the
invigorating atmosphere, and free
and easy country life, devoid of
bacteria germs and "sich," may be
as highly beneficial to him as it
has been to US, for we were a vic
tim four years ago, had to go
twice in a place to make a shadow,
and we have gained nearly seventy
pounds.
KILICKINICK.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-01-19
NEW CODE NEEDED.
Raleigh Post.

In 1872-'13, the laws of this
State were codifed, and Battles
Revisal served the purpose until
1881, when the General Assembly
ordered a new codiication. This
work was ably done by Hon. w.
T. Dortch. Hon. John s. Hender-
SOD, and Hon. John Manning,
whose work was duly ratified by
tb legislature of 1883.
Since then we have had sessions
of the legislature in 1885, 1887,
1889, 1891, 1898, 1895, 1897,
and nov 1899, eight in all, or six
teen years since the present Code
was adopted.
Only ten years had elapsed be-
tween the adoption Of Battles Re-
visal and the present Code, and
yet that Revisal had become so
emasculated by amendments and
repeating acts that it was deemed
absolutely essential to adopt a new
one. Already sixteen years have
elapsed since the last codiicatiop,
and two more must elapse before
a new one could 90 into effect
should the work be ordered at
this session.
The Code, as such, is now prac-
tically worthless. 1t has been so
changed by amendments, repeating
and re-enactlng; indeed our stat
ute law was so emasculated by the
last two legislatures that it cannot
now generate a principle, and this
legislature now in session will cor
rect the evils of the two preceding
by repeating and amending most
of the statues they enacted, and
re-enacting many which they re-
pealed.
Thus the two political parties
have been cutting and slashing and
adding to the statute law for six
teen years; the result being that
the Code of 1883 IS not only prac-
tically. useless SO far as showing
what is the statute law, but is ac-
tually misleading in that it states
it incorrectly in SO many instances
because of the many changes by
amendment and repeal, No Jus
tice of the Peace or county officer
can now tell what is law, and no
lawyer can do SO without careful
investigation of all acts subsequent
to the legislature of 1883. That
this evil exists to a very large ex-
tent is shown also by the book OF
"Amendments to the Code OF
North Carolina, 1885," printed in
Richmond and sold to many laws
yers in this State. But this, how
ever useful it may be 80 far as ii
goes, does not remedy the defect
because county officers, Justices OF
the Peace and laymen who wish
and ought to know the law cannot
afford to purchase this book, and
because it does not profess to give
the new statutes enacted since
1888.
All this has caused a universal
demand for a new c~odifcation Of
| the statutes.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-01-19
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Special Telegram to The Argus.
Raleigh, N. c., Jan. 16.
SENATE.
SENATE,

Bills were introduced to-day as
follows: To revise and CONSOLE
date all laws regarding the in.
sane; to repeal N~ewberne's char
to; to repeal the act requiring
election each August on special
tax for schools.
The bill charging the powers
of Magistrates passed.
By a rising vote a resolution
was adopted giving permission
for the placing of Worth Bagley's
monument in the capitol square.
There was a protest filed
against the employment of IL
pages and II laborers by Senate
and a committee of investigation
was appointed.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-01-19
HOUSE.

A resolution was introduced in
the Honse instructing our Con-
gressmen to vote against the
seating Of Roberts, the three
wived Representative. from Utah.
Bills were introduced as fols
lows: To protect buyers and sel>
lers of leaf tobacco; To provide
for equally distributing the public
school fund among all the child>
rem in the state; To restore
Mitchell County to the 9th Cons
grassiosal District.
The public printing was put in
hands of a Committee or printing
until the printing bill passes.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-01-19
FREE BOOK ON DRESSMHKINo.

How to Dye and Make Over Old Dresses,
Wraps. ETC., In the Latest Styles.
An edition of Home Dressm aking for
1899 has just been published and the
ARGUS has made special arrangements
to give a copy of the book to any Of its
readers who send the attached coupon
with a two cent stamp to Wells, Rich
ardson g. Co.. Burlington, VT.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-01-19
Sousa's Band Coming.

Don't forget Sousa's Band at
the Messenger Opera House next
Wednesday afternoon January rs.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-01-19

IF any one should q eed a casket
coffin. robe, Q any burial sup
plies call on Jno, r. Smith. He
has a complete stock and wants
your trade.
For brick see Jno.. R. Smith.
He has a fine lot of them for sale,
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TURNER'S ALMANAC:-Parties
1 wishing Turner's Almanac for
1899, can be supplied by. calling on
3. b, HAIF0RD, the Veteran
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are out of style. Send the coupon at
once and get the book by return mail.
With this book will be sent without
charge an ms instruction m9sl shn book .o for home
make your old clothing look like new
by using Diamond Dyes.
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Coupon 3Of

! Send this cou-'
Upon with a two,
{eent stamp to,
{Wells, Richard,
& Co., and,
! receive free by
{mail one copy Of
Home Dress
making.
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Home Dressmaking
is a 80 page book writ
ten by an expert dress
maker, fu~llyillustrated,
and telling how fash
ionable dresses, wraps,
and suits for women and
children can be made
from old garments that
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-01-19
TIT. OLIVE LETTER
. Condensed ChrOniC1ing OF the
Events til at Transpire In
That Town and
Section.

Misses Mamie Stewart and
Kate Witherington, of Faison,
are spending a week with the
family of Mr.. r. j. Switzerland.
DIR. w. G. Steele went to Fai-
son Sunday to assist Drs. Willis
and John Faisop in performing a
surgical operation on Mr.. Elias
Faison who is now improving.
A Tacky party was given at the
residence of Mr.. j. D. Aaron Fri
day night and it was an enjoyable
affair. There wer g several compe-
titors for the prize, there we're a
number of worthy aspirants, but
Mrs. L. P. Aaron a nd Mr. B. w.
Switzerland received the prizes.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-01-19
THE
DAILY N WEEKLY.
OUR LOCAL OPTIC.

We still continue te have lots
of rain. The ground is wetter
than tor a long time.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-05
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES
Had the Advantage.

Mr.. D., of Boston, visiting in one
OF the small towns of Western Massa-
chusetts, was taking a spin shortly af-
ter his arrival, when he was run down
las he claimed) by negro and knock
ed off his bicycle, says the San Fran
cisco Argonaut. When he got on his
feet again he was so angry that he
picked up stone and threw 1t with
accurate aim at the colored man and
brother. This resulted in his arrest
and conviction in the local court OF
justice. IT will fine you five dollars"
said the Judge; "have you anything to
sav?''
Nothing" replied D., unmolli-
fed, except that l wish 1 had killed
the fellow"
THAT remark will cost you FIVE dol
lars more" rejoined his honor. D-'s
temper was not improved by this fresh
dispensation of justice.
Conversation seems to come high in
this court he observed.
Five dollars for contempt" prompt
~ responded the bench. Have you
anything more to say?"
II think not" answered the defend
ant: you have the advantage of ME
In repartee." Payment of the fine
closed the case.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-05
The Curfew at Elmira.

" ~LMGRA has now been under
- the curfew ordinance for
month, and the Advertiser
considers the experiment out
of the doubtful stage. According 10
the Advertiser one of the most inter-
csting phases of it is that the children
themselves understand it better than
most of the elders and make it self
enforcing. The reason is partly a
dread of arrest and partly dread OF
summons of a parent if arrested, for
upon the arrest of a child the parent
must he sent for at once and informed
Of it before q commitment Is made
II may be inferred from this that the pa
rents do not wish the children to be
roaming the streets but do not feel
strongly enough about it TO hunt them
up themselves and bring them back
when they leave home for an evening
of wandering.
The case is somewhat like that of
the compulsory school attendance law
which parents are glad to have some
one else enforce. 1t is probably true
that in most cases children do not
roam the streets with parental consent
and approval. At any rate not voice
is heard in this city after a months
trial in disapproval of the ordinance,
but. on the contrary, the sentiment
once hostile or Indifferent is now unani-
nous of it. Only one arrest has been
made during that period. The most
cordial approval of the rule comes from
the police department., while all citi-
zens agree that it is wholly admirable,
for it is enforced faithfully and ra-
tionally. Good sense is as important
as fidelity in it's administration. Up to
this time the rule is a complete success
and is resulting in a great deal Of good.
The Advertiser sends greetings to in
terested contemporaries, noting with
dismay the habits of young children as
street walkers, and assures them that
in Elmira, with nearly $4,000 popula'
ton, the curfew is a magnificent sue
cess
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-05

The celebration OF Labor Day this
year has been conducted under more
favorable conditions than for many
seasons past Not within the past
quarter of q century have the pros
poets looked more promising for the
wage Garner than at present The re-
vival of industries all over the country
has made 1t possible for the working
man in every walk of life to obtain en-
ployment If he feels disposed to en-
brace the opportunity With the adj
vance of wages in various trades all
may obtain comfortable incomes who
care to tread the avenues Of toll AS
to tho purchasing power of money, rs
efficacy is undoubted Notwithstanding
the howl Of the silverite who believes
that we should have more money;
notwithstanding the agitation over
trusts and combinations for The pur-
pose Of increasing the price of commo-
dities there has never been period in
the history Of the country when the
purchasing power of dollar was so
great or when n dollar >cUuld be so
easily obtained as today. Organized
and unorganized labor may well re-
ioice at the general prosperity. 1t Is
to be hoped that all will appreciate the
situation and take advantage of the
turn in the tide that if improved VIII
make good times permanent
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-05
John Ruskin's Surprise.

Mr.. Ruskin was taking a morning
walk down the road just in front of
Brentwood, when he saw lady seated
on a camp stool making a sketch Of
the house. and with a courteous grace,
which is intensely his own, he ad-
dressed her, inquiring her reason for
choosing the house in question for her
subject.
1T is the house of the famous John
Ruskin," she frankly answered.
Have you met Ruskin" he was
asked
mo, indeed" she replied. "If I had
I would have deemed it one of the
greatest privileges of my life"
Then, madam, II you care to follow
me, will show him to you
In a twinkling the stool and easel
were packed up, says the London Out
look, and the artist eagerly followed
the guide. To her surprise and graft
fication, he led her up to the house, and
entering, bade his guest follow, which
she readily did. On marched the
stranger into the drawing room; then,
placing his back to the fireplace, ia
miliar attitude, he exclaimed to the
amazement OF his companion:
Now what do you think of Ruskin?'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-05
On the Wrong Scent.

First little girl Cat fashionable sum-
mer resorD-I'm awful glad to get
'quainted with you, cause you're nice.
Second little girl--So'm l with you.
That's what we come for. Mamma
says so herself.
ITO get 'quainted?"
Eyes, with nice people-people in So
ciety, you know"
why, that's just what mamma
wants. We're to get 'quainted with
people in society"
"Aint you in society in the city?"
"No. You are, aren't your"
mo. We've been rakin' and scrapln'
the whole winter to come here and ga:
'quainted with people in society you
know"
"So've We"
"Then your folks amt anybody at
homer"
mo"
Neither are We"
Guess there amt much use in us
gettin' 'quainted."
Guess not"
Good bye"
Good ye."--New York Weekly.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-05
Confidence, Credit and Capital.

V n times of panic, says the Wash
ington Star, capital is withdrawn
Il from circulation, banks suspend
payment. business men curtail
their operations, citizens mini
mize their eXpenditure-all contribut-
ing to the depressing tendency of the
period. Investments are avoided as
Immediately Improbable. The over
stocked market finds no purchasers,
although prices drop in proportion to
the demand. After period the more
venturesOme proceed to buy, to build,
to invest, industry is gradually re-
vived, trade arises from its hiding
places, the banks find new depOsitors
who are willing to trust their savings
to these agencies. and the money cir
culation is thus restored Then, if the
general conditions are favorable, pros
perity regns, particularly If there is
no menace of disaster to the domestic
welfare.
This is the process of financial hiber-
nation and awakening, 1t is the record
of virtually every great. commercial de-
the country is suffering paradoxlcally
from prosperity, the reaction from the
tendency of capital to hold aloof while
the markets are shaky. The steel
famine illustrates the case. The prices
Of all kinds of construction material
are very high, due to the unprecedented
demand. The manufacturers can
command and obtain practically their
! own terms. They will not guarantee de-,
| liveries, and will at times even offer
| premiums to their customers TO with
! draw their contracts.
This is because everybody is feeling
| the same impulse to take advantage
| of the good times, and construction
| enterprise is universal. How much
more profitable would have been SINH
| lar enterprises started before the pros
| perty boom! The shrewd far-seeing
| capitalist who takes advantage Of the
| depression to invest his money secur-
| ing low quotations on his purchases,
and finding an abundance of idle labor
eager to work, reaps eventually rich
er profit from his investment than does
the other who holds back when the
market is dun and the air trembles
with panic possibilities, and then
emerges from his financial seclusion
only to find prices soaring skyward,
the mills glutted with orders and labor
scarce and Independent.
Not only does the fore-handed in
vestor find larger profit in thus util-
but he benefits trade by the force OF
his example. He contributes to the
restoration Of confidence, He sets the
tide in motion, and It swells in pro-
! portion as others follow in his course