Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-11-23

the place against the repeated at
tacks of a numerically superior force
of Spanish, will be placed on the
| retired list next January.
1t is reported 0a undergrad
uate newspaper COR ponden1 at
Amherst College hay media pr. IS
club, one object of W. II lis to oeter
mine what matters SIM be publish
ed and what cleft u published" N
the newspapers Of tie country. Let
it be hoped that this O., IS not mean
an attempt to suppress news of
cases of hazing or 1i1t1atlOn which
result fatally.
DIR. Thomas j. Hlll1s, the New
York physician who recently Great
ed something of a S. nsat1on by de-
claring that whiskey was a food and
a good thing under certain condi-
lions. has had his remarks so much
| garbled by the advertisers of a SER
tain brand of whiskey that he has
brought suit for libel and asks
damages to the amount of $780,
900.
Robert Fl. Waters, nephew of the
late Prof. Marsh, has brought suit
against Yale College for his uncle's
estate, most of which was left to
that institution The allegation is
! that undue influence was used by
Interested parties over the mind OF
the testatOr. The case involves mil
hons. and although some such &C
ton has been more or less expected
the bringing of the suit has produc-
| ed a tt emendOus sensation.
An experiment. is being made at
| Orlando, Fla, in the culture of
Easter lilly bulbs. The Department
OF Agriculture has furnished several
hundred bulbs, which were planted
under the supervision of Mr.. M. f.
Kaines, of the department, who Wis
tied the city last week. It is said the
profits of Easter lily growing are
great, the yield per acre being often
as much as 81, 900.
There may be something in a
name of q steamship, for Instance.
The Savannah News tells us that
during the trip over this week from
Havana to Tampa a beautlful girl
baby was born on the Mascotte, be-
tween Polt Tampa and Havana.
Since the Mascotte has been on this
run this is the fifth child born on
the vessel while at sea, and every
one of them is well and doing well.
A handsomely dressed young wo-
man went to the flower show in
Chicago the other day and purchas-
ed some article for $50. She ten
dered in payment a $1,000 bill. saying
that it was the smallest bill she had,
at the same time showing four 9th.
ers OF the same denomination. The
bill was all right, and the proper
change was given her. The woman
turned out to be Miss Ellis Goodale
of New York.
The reassembling of the Reich.
stag and the announcement that il
will be asked to double the appro
ration for the Navy invite attention
to the pecuniary resou1 of the
German Empire. It will be found
that the commercial and industrial
progress made by Germany during
the last thirty years promises te
place it among the great financial
powers Of the twentieth century.
AS to the cotton situation a Ba.
ton Rouge special says: 1.-The cut
ting in cottou acreage this year, and
the enlarged attention to other crops
together with the light yield O.
staple, are matters vouched for by
all who have travelled through thu
country. Reports from planters in
diocese sections show three bales
this year against five last year. This
ratio will stand good throughout thu
State"
It is alleged that the long los:
will of the multl-millionaire, An
drew J. Davis, of Butte, Mont, has
at last come to light. This will hal
been sought for ten years, and viii
now be offered for probate. There
Is a woman in the case, and she is
after her share of the Davis millions
Her name is Mary G. Wilson, ano
she lives in Chicago. Something
over a dozen other people are afte1
the same bank account, and the law
yers are charmed with the out
look.
It will be news to most of ou1
readers that there is "a scarcity o
the circulating medium required TO
. the business operations of the coun-
try" Yet this is what Mr.. Jefferson
M. Levy tells the Secretary of tn,
l Treasury in a letter in which he i'm
plores the Secretary to increase tn,
Government deposits in nationa
banks. In the same letter Mr.. Lev,
says that the volume of business i
, measured by the increase of banl
clearings. which, for the ten month
i ending with October, were 1913, 900,
J 600, 600 more this year than the,
| were the corresponding ten month
of last year.
The National Convention Of tn