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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-12-07
A Poem of Truth

Lie iOIlO Wig IGltcI,
yesterday, speaks for itself, and
is, indeed, most gratifying to the
editor, and the accompanying
poem is one Of real merit, which
we publish gladly:
FALLING CREEK, N. c., Dec. 8, 80.
Editor Argus - Because your
editorial, 'sTired of the Came"
weekly issue of Nov. 30th) drew
forth the following poem, I send
it to you. There is no question
but that your editorial ~reyerie
was it's exciting cause. This
ought to be a solemn warming to
you against further moralizings
in public. Such things are very
liable to start some freak of nature
out of s'the vastly deeps of un-
chartered space, and as in this
case the editor is usually the suf-
ferer.
Seriously though, I liked your
editorial. More because it
breathed a defiance to the ills
which beset us than because it
showed an easy way out. Per
haps there is no easy way. Per
haps, after all is said, the fact
will remain, that so far as mans
spiritual ills are concerned, ssthere
is no remedy for suffering but
striving and enduring. In any
view of the case, morphine, whis-
key or suicide are rather indif-
ferent substitutes, if we were
strong enough to realize it:
THE FATE F MAN.
Life. an ocean with sightless bounds.
Man, a wonderer DER its plains.
Time, a taskman going his rounds,
Want, a driver holding the reins;
One comes up on the waves high crest,
One sinks deep in its trough unbleset,
Some are borne AWAY by the tide
With those who have suffered, toiled and died
Loved and suffered, toiled and died,
So run the rounds of golden sands.
Life, then love. ambition and pride,
Then toll and duty and wearied hands;
Hearts that hope and strive and fail,
Minds awhirl in life's mad gale.
Helpless longings to go with the tide
To those who have suffered. toiled and died
Loved, and dreamed that heaven was near,
Reached frall arms to the high divine,
Clasped the treasure in hope and fear,
Felt loves glory around him shine;
Learned that love was given to earth
To make us feel our hearts unworth,
Grew weary and looked for the flowing tide
And those who had suffered, toiled and died.
Suffered. and felt that life was a lie,
Groaned in agony. cursed and prayed.
Felt the spirit within himGry
To upward grow thro' deepening shade;
Shuddered and wept and faced his fate,
Longed to love and felt but hate.
Despairing looked DER wastes SO wide
To those who had suffered, toiled and died.
Toiled, and felt that the sun would rise
Only to light his restless MOL.
Saw young romance flee to the skies
And greatness shrunk to dutiful toll;
Painfully toiling because he should,
Patiently hoping for higher good,
Drew strength from those across the tide
Who had loved and suffered, toiled and died
Died and learned that life is true,
Learned that strength had grown from pain,
Felt strong wine his life renew,
Heard no more deaths lone refrain;
Smiled that life should seem SO fair,
Glad his spirit had come to share
The lot of those borne out with the tide
Who had loved and suffered, toiled and died
FRED JOHNSON.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-12-07
LAND FOR SALE

The undersigned offers for sale two
tracts of land lying in Great Swamp
Township, containing respectively 125
and 1913 acres-50 acres Of each tract
cleared. These lands lie one mile west
OF Fremont, Are we'll adapted to the
growth of cotton, corn. tobacco and all
other crops grown in this section
have suitable dwellings, good water
and are in a good neighborhood.
Parties desiring TO purchase either
Or both of these tracts are invited to
inspect them. Terms. one half cash,
balance on six years time.
This sale will take place at my res
ldence on Wednesday, Dec. 81, '99.
j. r.. FLnARS
Dec /, 1893. Fremont. IT. G..
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You Smoke 7

Try q HThomas Keen" the best 5
cent. cigar on the market, sold exclu-
at HOTEL KENNON CIGAR
AND NEWS STAND
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COMMISSIONERS COURT.

SUM PACoOuUs IL a. oGoV0AS,
chairman, j. b. Gardner end j..
P. Smith.
The following accounts were
audited and allowed:
E A Stevens, per diem and
mileage, 33 20; J P Smith, per
diem and mileage, 33 40; J B
Gardner, per diem and mileage,
% 40; g c Kornegay, reg, sched-
ule B and acct, SO 90; C L Gard
ner, convict guard, 4 90; Sam
Pate, bridge work, soc, P r Pea
cock, bridge lumber, 10 Il; Stan
dard Mtg. Co., bridge lumber,
4 so; Smith & Scott, Jail supplies,
8 so, j Ell Lane, Stony Greek
fence, 8 90; e M Head, poor
house supplies % 80; Goldsboro
Electric Light Co., for court,
2 SO; A L Waters, board of ju-
rors, 10 so; B F Aycoc'k, bridge
lumber, II Oh; John E Casey,
New Hope fence, 2 90; E E Long,
serving road notices, 6 30; N D
Switzerland, on bridge lumber,
125 90; s B Smith, goods on bdg.
work, z OF; Y FL Knowles, bridge
lumber, Is IS; G P Davis, Nahum
ia roads, Is 20; A Sasser, (use B
F Scott pauper burial, 3 90; Jno
Slaughter Co, for county supplies,
s SIS, B F Smith, error in fence
tax, SIC, Robt Ham, New Hope
fence, 42c; Goldsboro ARGUS,
monthly account for publishing,
IA II; |. F.. Ormond, c S c, ex-
aiming lunstic 2 90, Amanda
Howell, tax overpaid, 35c; B F
Scott, Sheriff, acct fled, Z 55; w
f Patrick, Brogden fence account,
2 90; L R RoyelI, Brogden fence
acct, / SO; G W Dewey & Bro, ln-
surance premiums. 81 90; Grafton
6 Crawford, insurance premium,
27 90; w T Smith, bridge lumber;
IL 90; B F Scott, sheriff, jail &C
count, 10 Il; City of Goldsboro,
on canal cleaning, 66 80; DR.. w.
j. Jones, monthly superintend-
ent's acct, 20 90; Arthur Brewer
fence tax error, soc, FL D Porter,
Cox bridge guard, 1 90; j M Ei-
gerton, shoes for convict, 2 so; L
L Best, bridge work, SOC, P E
Jones, Quaker bridge guard, 4 Is
F Walker, road notices, 4 20; J
B G%rantham, Toler bridge lumber,
IS So; j B G~rantham, Pearson
bridge lumber, 80 90; E Hinnant,
bridge work, SOC, W FL Sasser,
Broadhurst bridge, % 90; B Flu
trell, bridge work, 20 90; Jno S
Moore, Brogden fence. 81 90; J A
Toler, bridge work, 26 SO; En-
terprise Lumber Co, lumber, 97c,
H E King, work in sherif's Of
fee, 2 so; wv Isler & Co, poor
house supplies, % OF; Goldsboro
Rifles, part of annual donation,
100 90.
S. FL. Pate resigned as consta-
BILE of Stony Greek township and
Jesse j. Peacock was elected.
Urban j. Roberts was appoint
ed Fence Supt., for Indian Springs
and Brogden township, vice w.
F. Patrick, resigned.
Ell d Ham, Dempsey Copeland
and B. A. Parks we're appointed
a committee to view and deter
mine a location for the new Asy
lum bridge.
The county printing was given
to the ARGUS Office at the same
price as for the past year.
The Board then adjourned te
the 18th inst.
Published by order of the
Board.
q n KopNrcAv
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House and Lot For Sale!

The Bette Afford property, on
West Centre atreet. House has two
stories and four rooms. Fol terms,
at ARGUS Office, or write to
Mrs. Bette Afford, Smithfeld, N. g.
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Notice.

I am prepared to make plans and
specifications for all classes of engi-
neering work, old plats retraced, new
plans made, quantities calculated
from field notes and blue prints fur
nished If desired. This work will be
executed at night. Call at my resi-
dence, ON Chestnut street, after 6 p
M, or see me on the streets during
the day.. A. W. EDENS.
Civil Engineer and Surveyor,
div WIN. 20 GOLDSBCRO. n @.
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Bargains I
The Ladies' Dru Goods Store

We have SO arranged that the
ladies can all secure, as long as the
goods last, wonderful bargains in
goods already cut of,just the num-
Der Of yards you need.
We have gotten together all
the remnants, also all the exclusive
lengths in dress and skirt lengths
and assorted them out and marked
the price down.
. | :--Fifty-six exclusive skirt lengths,
beautiful plaids, also mixed goods, broad
cloths, venetians, serges and worsteads, also
black brocade and plain mohairs, serges, etc.
All the above goods are placed in a lot to.
~ reduced. some one-half.
LOT 2=--Forty-three exclusive waist
lengths, containing laids Of various descrip-
TONS, also a large assortment Of Worsteads.
.cashmeres, henriettas. ETC., all. reduced to
prices about one-half.
More goods and better goods added to
the $l.25 and $500 dress length piles, to
make the sale more interesting. Come before
the choice pieces are taken.
|CaSt6x & 90
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-06

ocrat against it. That was between
10 and IL in the forenoon last Friday
and the mayor left on the ) O'Clock
train for Boston that evening 1t sim
ply shows how much tire he took to
consider it, He went out of Office the
next Monday at 10 a. M"
When asked concerning the reported
dlsbanding of the Cutters Union, Mr..
Murray said: THAT was trap laid by
me manufacturers. The manufactur-
ers, merchants and clergymen held
meeting at the Preston House at the
time of the cutters meeting, and,
learning that the meeting would evil
IDENTITY be SHINY attended, they sent
crowd to pack 1t, and made of it
snap meeting. This was while their own
meeting was in session, mind you, and
the scheme apparently worked by a
majority of two, which carried the
meeting for the surrender of the char
ter. Thls was reported to the MANU-
tacturers' meeting and was greeted
with applause. But luckily there is a
clause In our laws which provides that
SO long as ten men or women are ready
10 MAINTAIN union, it shall stand and
the union was reorganized."
You can state if you like that be-
tween now and Sunday the executive
committee OF the unions will probably
wa tAtSNAlS6NAllS SldlGIlbnL TO give
to the public. We are in this fight to
win, and the outlook now is as bright
as ever before"
Mr.. Murray addressed the local CT
gar Makers Union and the Painters
ana Decorators at labor headquarters
last night. He gave them a history of
the strike. The cigar makers voted to
assess their members so cents each
per week for the benefit of the strikers
during the strike. This evening. at 7,30
Mr.; Murray will address the electric
railway employees of the city and the
steamfitters.
The strikers claim that one reason
for the move to this city is that SIper
intendent Curtis promised Mr.. Rice to
get the shops in operation if he would
adopt the free shop system, and hav-
ing failed in Marlboro, has been forced
to come here
A benefit dance for the strikers will
be held Saturday evening, in Barker's
Hall, North Grafton.
Arthur Curtis came to this city yes
terday, and the work of getting settled
in Stark's factory will probably begin
today.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-06
WIFE GONE.
Man Looking AZ
ter His Better Half.

j. II. Melvin of Stoughton threw po-
lice circles into excitement a few DAYS
ago by requesting the assistance of the
officer in hunting up his wife.
She came here Friday to get a dress
which was making for her, and he has
MT seen her since. He wrote the DO
lice to look her up, and came to this
city himself Tuesday He called at the
dressmakers and asked the latter to
mold his wife if she came, saying he
believed she was temporarily insane.
Inc dressmaker replied that the woman
showed no signs of insanity. She had
taken the dress and left, saying she
was going to Boston,
Melvin tell an interesting tale of his
experience in the last few months. He
kept hotel in Northboro, which was
burned last summer. Just before it
was burned his wife came to Worces-
ter and engaged Mrs. Michael Rafferty,,
90 Waveriy street, to make a dress for
her. She did not call at Mrs. Rafferty's
again until October, when she and her
husband drove to the house in a car
rage. She told Mr. Rafferty, that she
mad delayed so long on account of the
hre, and because they had moved to
Stoughton, where they kept the Par
ker house. She told the dressmaker
not to hurry with the dress, and prom
Used to call again. She came last week
and took the dress, telling Mrs. Raffer-
ty that she was going to Boston
Melvin wrote the police, asking them
to locate his wife. He described her
as being about 40 years of age, five feet
five inches tall and weighing las pounds.
She wore a dark colored dress and slate
colored hat. He followed his letter by
a visit to the city, arriving here Tues
day. He at once went to Mrs. Raffer-
tvs, thinking his wife had not called.
He thought she might have gone to
Waterbury, CT, where she has a broth
en- When he learned from Mrs Raffer-
ty that his wife had come and gone,
he got heroic, He told the dressmaker
he adored the very ground she walked
on, and if she did not return soon he
thought turning on the gas in a closed
room would be about the easiest way
TO rid himself of his trouble. He left
the d essmaller in doubt as to whether
he was making a strong bluff or not,
1t is said that Mrs. Melvin has made
similar. disappearance two or three
times before
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-06
BAD TIMES FOR CHINESE EDITORS
(From The st. James, Gazette.l

(From The ST. James Gazette.)
The Empress TIE Hsi has suppressed
all newspapers in China. There were
fftysix, though of these those in for
eign hands cannot be stopped. The i'm
perial DEGREE of October 9 was as fol-
lows: LAS newspapers only serve to
excite the masses and sqbVert the pres
ent order Of things, and the editors con-
cerned come from the dregs of the lit
erary classes, no good can be served by
the continuation of such dangerous in
struments, and we hereby command the
entire suppression and sealing up of all
newspapers published within the en-
pire, while the editors connected with
them are to be arrested and punished
with the utmost severity Of the Laws
Now, with four or five exceptions,
these papers have been very well con-
Quoted, and certainly in some cases
Chinese editors may take rank among
quite the best people in China" One.
who was merely the editor of g local
paper, Till then had been tutor to the
children of Chang Chin Tung, the one
lncorruptible yiceroy. Yet these men.
and for no other offense than that of
being newspaper editors, are to be pun
ished With the utmost severity of the
law, and this by the arbitrary will of a
woman, hated throughout China, who
has summarily deposed her adopted son
and made herself ruler in his place,
Kang, the modern sage who has only
escaped beheading through the protec-
ton of an English man of-war. begs
the English people to take steps for the
protection of the relatives of one of these
editors, Liang, the editor of "Chinese
Frogress.' He has himself ESCAPED into
nleliS somewhere or other but by
Chinese usage all the relations of a
criminal are reckoned criminals. even
to the ninth degree; and Mr.. Liangs
aunt, uncle, brother and
nephew have been seized by the off,
Gals. Mr. Hangs own whole family fed
IN the night from their home across the
Pearl River at Canton, before the Off
Gals arrived to seize them; though how
a. whole clan can succeed in remaining
hidden it is difficult to understand, un-
less under the protection of the British
flag at Hong Kong. Ills brother of
course was among the first six leaders
oeheaded at Picking.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-06
ENDANGERS THE HEART,
Alum Found to Be Predisposng Cause
of Diseases of That Organ.

Recent developments indicate that
strong measures will have to be taken
to suppress the free sale and Use of
alum baking powders if the health If
the people is a matter of legislative
moment.
Ihese powders are now sold deem
lively nearly everywhere as cream IF
tartar powders, and if the sale is ner-
mltted to continue the results will he
most serious.
IL IS healthful sign that many states
are limiting by law the sale of the
alum baking powder. Very soon it will
be prohibited in all states, or treated as
poison, as it should be.
Besides their other evil Influences q
has been discovered the use of bakinp
powders made from burnt alum coagu7
lales the blood very rapidly, which in
lerIeres with its free flow through the
arteries and valves of the heart VIZ
Many people are suffering from some
form OF heart disease who have no idao
of the cause of it,
Any disturbance of the digestive or
gans affects the hearts action ~
therefore every food which interfe eIriS
with digestion is responsible whare
tnere are troubles of this character
formerly alum was used as a snecifc
LOT chlldfenS Group, but owing 70 tic
tendency from the causes named 70
produce heart failure, physicians No
longer employ it. ~
In face of such facts and in ,,io,,,
OF the overwhelming testimony of
sclentsts as to the poisonous charac-
Ter OF this drug when used for food mn
poses, can there be any excuse for nc
ignorance or unconcern which oerr,its
any one to take from the grocer a
package OF alum baking powder sinnlv
Tor the sake of saving a few cents IL,
price? -" 1ei's III
w mere alum powders are not branded
as such' nor their sale prohibited NV
law 1t is better to avoid the use ~ 90.
new or doubtful baking powder mil
II has been analysed. The purity Of al
poWuets may be suspected if they. are
SOFA at price lower than the price Of
me pest standard brand. We know
the Royal to be a first class cram, 20
tartar powder. and if consumers insiet
upon having that brand. they will he
sure OF pure, healthful article Tn ,,,a,,,
OF the recently reported case of noisn,, :,
ing OF whole family living near To
ganport Indiana, from the uso oF
aluln powder, it behooves every ono
~ tdhe extraordinary care in purchase
ing such supplies. We do not beeil,t,
TO recommend the Royal to ali who arc
IN uouDt as to the powder thev bo,,o
peen using, as the United States gov
eminent tests placed that brand NJ ~
heau Oh all the tartrate powders.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-06
THE VETERANS.
installation of Officers of George H.
Ward Post.

AT the meeting of Post 10, G. A. R., in
| its hall, So Pearl street. last evening, there
was one of the largest attendances of the
year. 1t was installation night. officers
elected for the ensuing year being seated
by Capt. Amos NJ. Parker, who was APP
pointed for that purpose by department
officers.
The annual report of the treasurer was
read, and the surgeon read an interesting
report of the work which came under his
jurisdiction during the year. Frank Nail
of 1.-THE Drummer Boy was present and
addressed the meeting After the meeting
refreshments were served.
The officers installed by Capt. Parker
were as follows: Commander, r. B. Ed
wards; senior vice commander, James NJ
Armstrong; junior vice commander, M
A Maynard; officer of the day, George
w. Barnes; officer of the guard. G. r.
Plympton; surgeon, DR.. B. f. Clough;
quartermaster 7. Spencer jerks; chap
lain, Rev. Charles NJ. Simmons; adju-
tant Wyman S. White; sergeant major,
William Currell.
officer Of the Day Barnes appointed the
following guard for the year: Eusebe Err
rell, A. B. Macomber, Edwin P White
and George A. Brown; inside sentinel,
John Thomas.
The board of trustees consists Of Com
mander Edwards Senior Vice Commander
Armstrong, Junior Vice Commander May
nard, Surgeon Clough and Quartermaster
jerks, eX officiis. and Josiah Pickett,
Amos M. Parker, F. S. Babbtt and John
y. Flaherty, at large.
Gen. Pickett submitted his annual re-
port at the conclusion of which he stated
that after 81 years of continuous service
in that capacity, he would be pleased to
be relieved of the office. AS that state
ment is as sure to come as the report, it
received no more attention than 1t usually
does, and when the board organizes next
Tuesday Gen. Pickett will be treasurer
He thanked DR.. Clough for his generosity,
which reduced the net expenses $500.
Gen. Pickett's report was as follows:
Balance January l, 1888, $3937 rs; received
from lectures, $3.50, n; from associates
S575; from Union Church, S69 80; from
post fund, $900.02; from Womans Relief
Corps, $500; from discount, $3.50 rs; from
interest on deposit, S77 80; total receipts,
S270t 90; total with balance, $663S 81
Expended: For fuel, $561 10; groceries.
$6lS SIS; shoes, SIG. 20; clothing, S. furni-
ture $.75; cash. $40; incidentals, SO 30:
transient comrades, $21 AS; care of the
sick, $3.50; medical services, $10S0 10; to-
tai expenses .$2912. 80 leaving a balance of
$S725 ii.
Eighty-three comrades of the post were
assisted to the amount of S2097 .05; SO SOL
diers' widows, amount 1874 80 and 10 tran
sient comrades, amount $21 As, making a
total of $2912 so
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-06
FOR THE ART MUSEUM.

Former Congressman John E. Rus
soil of Leicester is to give to the Wor-
cester Art Museum some rare foIios
and volumes that will form the nucleus
of an art library. These are taken from
the collection which Mr. Russell has
been gathering for years, and few pri-
yate libraries could duplicate them. The
list of works constituting the new gift
IS as follows:
Large folio Of engravfngs 10y Auguste
Desnoyers, from Italian paintings.
Paris, 1921
Two volumes, large quartos, half
morocco, Monuments of art develop
ment and progress from the earliest
times. one volume of explanatory
text, by Volt, DR.. Guhl and DR.. Lubke.
Berlin, 1860.
One volume, thick folio. half green
morocco, on Painted Greek vases, .
Illustrated and explained by James
Millengen. London 1922
-Four volumes, quartu, half green mo-
rocco Of the "Musee Napoleon, with
900 engravings by Piroli of the statu-
airy taken by the French from Italy to
Paris which, at the overthrow of
Napoleon, they We're compelled to re-
store. Paris, 1904 Letter press in
French.
Two volumes, qualto, full gilt, green
morocco, with 200 etchings after the
manner of Rembrandt, of engravings
upon antique gems, by Thomas Wor-
iidge London, 1858.
Two volumes, large folio, half mo-
rocco, full gilt containing 100 proof en-
cravings by Bartolozzi, from drawings
made by Cipriani of the canoes and
intaglios in the collection of the Duke
of Marlborough. Letter press in Latin
and French. These volumes have
beautiful frontispieces by Cipriani, and
there are several proof engravings by
Bartoiozzi bound in the second vol
uma.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-06

nothing written out, but I shall talk
along that line"
E. H. Vaughan. junior counsel for
the petitioners in the Kettle brook
hearing, when asked what he Thought
OF the project. said: It's the only
thing, the present system is simply
abominable. I should have brought it
out in my argument if l had not IN
derstood that Mr.. Guiding is to do
so. Mr.. Vaughan was very emphatic
in his opinion that something must De
done and that speedily to remedy the
present condition of the Worcester
sewage system.
Col. Hopkins, senior counsel for the
city in the Kettle brook case, has no
use for the proposed trunk sewer.
1T may be a good thing to talk. -
said the colonel, when approached on
the subject You know when the mem
bers of society get together, they like
to talk over projects and schemes. and
while this thing may be a good thing
to talk about, l don't think it will ever
go into effect. The cost of carrying out
such d scheme would be enormous, and
then it means the abandoning of the
present system of publication. forwhich
the city has gone to an expense of
about 100000 TO put in aside from what
has been put into additional sewers in
connection with the system
%, it sounds all right and may be all
right to talk about" said the colonel,
but 1t won't be put into practice"
r. A. Smith, chairman of the Leices-
ter board of selectmen, is a staunch
supporter of the board of trades pro-
ject.
It's the only practical way of getting
out of the difficulty" said he, when seen
by The Spy man. IT'S the only way.
there can be no doubt about it. Some
thing must be done to do away with
the present system. The scheme is en-
tirely feasible, the only question to my
mind is how such a system could be
carried past the city of Providence.
Providence is now fouling Narragan-
sett bay with its sewage. and there
might be some difficulty arising over the
method of getting Worcester's sewage
ont IA Saa -