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MT. OLIVE LETTER.
A Weeks Happenings of the me-.
Olive Section.

ARGUS BUREAU,
Oct. 81, 1900.
Mr.. Faison Pearcy Of Warsaw
was here on business Monday.
MT. H.Stanton, of Goldsboro,
was here on business Friday.
Mr. ]. &. Martin made a bust
ness trip to Goldsboro Monday.
Mr.. J. A. Westbrook made a
business trip to Goldsboro Sat-
urday.
Nj. W. P. Morris was combin :
ing business with pleasure in
Goldsboro Monday.
MI. Reed from Raleigh has &C.
eepted a position as pharmacist
with Mr.. D. j. Aaron.
Mr.. Jack Parott was the guest
OF the family of Mr.. r. Kornegay
several days last week.
Mr.. J. e. Sulley of BENEFITS,
IS. c., was. here on business
several days last week.
Mrs. Capt. John Kornegay, of
Norfolk, Vas, is visiting the for
ner's mother Mrs. Kornegay.
Mr. Wallace Dawson who has
been attending school at Smith
field is at home fora short while.
Mr. Boo Thompson who has
been attending school at Buie's
Greek Academy is visiting his
home near here.
The Oyster supper given by
the young ladies for the benefit
of the M. e. Church was a very
successful one.
The two new brick stores of
Mr.. j. E. Kelley are nearly
completed aud will be very neat
ones when finished.
hon. Claude Kitchen made a
very interesting speach to quite
a large numbnr of people in Pope S
Hall here Friday night.
The Bryan, Stevenson aud
Kitchen Democratic club will
meet Friday night at 200 O'clock
p. N. Every body cordially in
vited. Come early everybody.
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NOtIce!

Having qualified as administrator on
the estate Of Virginia M rnompson.
deceased. all persons holding claims
against said estate are hereby notified
to present them to ne for payment by
VIII, 10 rrssaaded in b. Of their recor7
cry AMI al persons 4G~eCC1 20 said
estate are hereby notified 10 make ia
mediate payment to me
c. F. HERRING, Aimr.
September 18th, 1900.
wet
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NOTICE.

Having qualified as administrator on
the estate of Daniel Pate deceased, all
persons holding claims against sal / es-
tate are hereby notified to pre- sent
them to mesfor payment by the 5Sh
day of September, 1901, Or this notics
will be pleaded in bar of their rec W
and all persons oted to ( i'd
estate are notified to make immedi 4te
payment To me.
w. P. LANE, Admr.
Sept. 18th, 1900,
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Gov. Jarvis Answers a Letter on
the SenatOrshiD.

Gov. Jarvis Answers a Letter on
the Senatorship.
Salisbury, N. c., Oct. 26, 1900.
Hon. IT,. Jarvis, GreenviIle, NC
Daar Sir-I haYe only a speak
ing acquaintance with Mr.. Sim
mons, and, knowing the fact that
he lives in your section Of the
State and that you are probably
well acqoainted-with him, I write
TO ask you to give me your est.
mate OF him as a mau, and Of his
qualifications for Senator. Ialso
visa to inquire if you have any
knowledge of the grounds upon
which Senator Vance opposed
Mr.. Simmons confirmation by the.
Senate. II 20 have the time, !
would be greatly obliged to you
for an answer to these inquiries.
Yours very truly,
J. w. HUNSUCKER.
October 80, 1900,
j. W. Hunsucker, Esq,
Salisbury, N. c.:
Dear Sir-I am just id reseipt
OF yours of the 26 h inst, making
certain inquiries of me in ref
erence to the Hon. r. M. Sims
mons, and I reply at once as fol-
lows:
When I withdrew from the
Senatorial contest it was my pur-
pose to take no part whatever il
the fight between the remaining
candidates, and I have steadfastly
adhered to that resolution. 7
have not, however, hesitated to
Frebuke all persons whe have
made any assault in my presence
upon either of the gentlemee who
are in the race to the finish. Nor
have I hesitated to answer auv
question that has been asked me
as to the character and fisnees Of
these gentlemen, and to assure
those making the inquiry of the
high character and fitness of
both. I therefore take pleasure
IN answering your inquiries con-
corning Mr.. Simmons.
I have known MI. Simmons
intimately more than twenty years.
I appointed him the States proxy
in the Atlantic and and North
Carolina Railroad Company when
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to anv party or parties who will
make affidavit to the fact that they
have used Whites Black Liniment
and not experienced relief fromits use.
A full sizs 25c bottle will be sold for
15c. at HIPS drug store, in order to
give every one an opportunity to test
it's merits for Family Use
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Administrators Notice.

Having this day qualified as admin
istrator efthe estate of JOIN Hollow
man, deceased. all pa sons lndep5ed to
said estate are hereby notified + o oak.
immediate payment, and ali person.
holding claims against said dacossed
must present same on OF before October
9th, 1891, or this notice will be plead
ia bar of their recovery.
GEO Q. K ,RNEIAY, Admr.
Goldsboro. N. c., Oct. On, 1900.
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canvassed the State under hi m in
with Governor Carr, when
he was first chairman of the the.
State Committee. I was very
closely connected with him in the
great campaign of 1898 and 1900.
{ have mixed much with the peo-
pie CT the east, where he was
born and raised, and l take please
ure in saying | never heard aught
against his private character. I
do not believe any man of any
standing in all the east will, over
his own name, say that he has
ever heard aught az inst his char
acter. l think l may say his
character is u%nassaileI and unas-
sa'lable,
Now, as to the opposition of
Senator Vance to the confirmation
of Mr.. Simmons as collector. I
lat no man go ahead Of me in adj
miration aud love of North Carr
olina's great statesman. I had
the honor and privilege of being
very close to him in his life, and
l think l am loyal to his great
name and fame. I did not, how
ever, always agree with him in
all things. In fact, I had the
misfortune to differ with him
moro than once, One of these
things in which I differed with
him was his opposition to the
confirmation of Mr.. Simmons. I
talked with him about it, and tried
to dissuade him from it. He gave
me- fully, as [ understand it, his
reasons for his opposition, and in
no single Instance did he ever as
sign a reason that reflected in the
least upon Mr.. Simmons inte-
gritty or character. He thought
that Mr.. Simmons had taken
sides against him in some matters
of appointments. and that led, as
I then and now understand it, to
his opposition to Mr.. Simmons.
| think those are the facts in the
case.
Mr.. Simmons is a lawyer and a
man OF ability. He has gwen
much Of his time to the study of
political questions. [ do not be-
lieve that those who come in close
eontact with him will say that he
is Intellectually or morally unfit
to be Senator.
I was warmly in favor Of this
primary. l believed it the fair
way to select a Senator. | am,
therefore, deeply grieved at the
bitterness and personal attacks
that have been engendered. Both
MI. Simmons and Mr.. Carr are
men of standing and character in
the State. No Gsod can come of
tearing either down. Both are
my personal AMI political friends,
and | am not taking any p3rt in
their contest, but I appeal to the
partisans of each to cease ell
attacks upon the other.
I am truly yours,
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WALTER LETTER.

A Chronicling of a Weeks Events
IN That Thriving Neigh
borhOod.
DR.. and Mrs. Boyett, from Colds
boro, attended church at Oakland,
last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Gurley and
Miss Pearl Hornaday attended the
fair last Thursday.
Mr.. Willard Startling, from the
Salem section, was visiting special
friends over here last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Perrs from
Princeton, were visiting relatives
in our community last Sunday.
Misses Julia. McGee, and Lila
Broadhurst from Goldsboro, visited
Miss Pearl Hornaday, one evening
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Perkins, and
children, from near Pikeville, Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. J. @. Howell,
last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". T. Rose and
Masters Willie and George went
to Raleigh last week week TO attend
the State Fair.
Miss Mary Thompson left last
week for an extended visit TO her
sisters, Mesdames Walter, and Win
Cochran near Charlotte.
Mr.. ana Mrs, Tssac Smith, returned
last night from Wilson Co., where
they went last week to attend an
association near Wilson.
Mr.. J. @. Howell is improving the
looks of his house by adding a din
ing room and kitchen to the rear.
When completed it will be a comfort
able home.
We are glad to know that the
condition of Mrs. Oppelia Crawford
is improving, and that she comtem-
plates returning home from Colds
boro this week.
Mis- Gertrude Thompson, returned
from Raleigh to-day, having at
tended the Fair and visited her
cousin, Miss Rowena Thompson
there last week.
Her many friends here. were
deeply panied to learn Of the death
of Mrs. Lola Gambler. She was Almost
estimable woman, and loved and
esteemed by many in the neighber-
hood.
Among the visitors at Raleigh
last Wednesday, from our Immediate
community, were Misses Venie
Dixon, Lula Smith, Cora Hargrave,
Hettie Smith, Mesars, Jethro and
Herbert Howell, Ben and John
xSasser, and Frank Yelverton.
We have been in a sad plight this
week. We attended the great State
Fair, accompanied by our better
half last week, and in our hurry to
catch the train we overlooked the
fact that we put on our "biled shirt"
in too great haste, and the conse-
quence is, we we're not only enjoy
ing a regular tobacco curing tenn
perature during the day, but we
are in bed this week waiting for our
laundry.
kILLICKINICK
soak Glenn"
YNuIx1- NJ ~ a. %
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THAT JOYFUL FEELING

With the exhiIaratiug of re.
newed health and strength and internal
cleanliness which follows the use Oh
Syrup of Figs, is unknown to the few
who have not progressed beyond the
old-time medicines and the cheap sub
stitutes sometimes offered but never
accepted by the well-lnformed.
The evening times., 1900-06-16

ed in the press dispatches had been re-
the German Embassy. 1895 Massachusetts
Avenue. Ambassador Ven Holleben is alb
sent from the city.
One OF the secretaries said that he dis
credited the report. 1T is horrible. most
horrible, If true" he said, "but l believe
it Will be found to be what you newspaper
people call a fake So many Of these
canards are manufactured at great dis
tanees from the places where they are to
be published that have found it a safe
rule to disbelieve then until they have
been confirmed
Il do not believe that the Chinese will
20 to such extremes as ii is reported they
have
The Times informant said that in his
experience with savage aud semi civilized
people he had observed that they were re-
spectful Of foreign legations and the per-
sons of foreign representatives. From his
observations in China he was OF the opin-
ion that even the Boxers would not pro-
ceed to the extremity of attacking the
European or American legations.
They ore very clever people. and
they know the consequences which would
follow" he said.
Baron Won Ketteler had been in the dip
lomatic service about twenty years He was
First Secretary Of the German Embassy in
Washington 1892 to 1885, whea he went 10
Mexico as Minister. II was while Mn n'ster
to Mexico that he was married to Miss
Ledyard. daughter Of II. B. Ledyard, Of De-
troit, President of the Michigan Central
Railroad In 1855 Won Ketseler was sent TO
China as Minister. on account Of his
knowledge OF affairs in the East, gained b.
several years experience in China, having
been Secretary OF Legation at Pekin before
coming to Washington. His early career
was spent In the German Diplomatic Ser
vice in some OF the smaller European coun-
tries, and he had seen service, 1t was said
today, in various capaeitite in Esste- Z
countries. other than ChinE- he was about
forty-six years old
The evening times., 1900-06-16
PRICE ONE CENT.
WRECKED BY THE BOHRS
General BHller Charges Them With
Acts Of Vandalism.
Private Property in Natal Destroyed
and Deseerated by the BurEhers
Before They Were Driven Into the
FransvaaI-f3espOnSf Placed
on the Federal Leaders Shoulders.

LONDON. June 16.-GeneraI Butler has
at length reported TO the War Office. He
that Natal has finally been clear
ed Of Beers and enters a vigorous protest
against the mutilatiOn and destruction OF
private property BY the retreating burgh-
ers- Butler places the responsibility for
this vandalism upon the shoulders OF the
Federal leaders and states that it could not
have occurred without their consent.
As General Buffers despatch is dated
Laing's Mex, il is apparent that the Brit
ish have full possession Of that strong po-
sition where il was anticipated the Beers
would offer such vigorous resistance.
The despatch 10 the War Office follows:
Headquarters Laing's Mex. June
15-(5-2O p. m-).-Now that Natal has
been cleared Of the enemy. I desire 10
call attention 70 the disgraceful way IN
which private properly has been treat
ed in the part OF the colony occupied
BY them Willful and needless damage
is visible everywhere Houses when
not completely wrecked have been des-
ecrated with filthy ingenuity
That this has been done with the
consent OF the leaders Is proved By the
fact that while in CharlestCwn Gin Ma
tab every house is wrecked. in VoIks-
rust two miles Of. but in the Trans
vaal, the houses are practically in
tact BULLERH
a despatch from General Roberts 10 tbs
War Ofice says
'Bacen-P Powell has occupied Rusten-
burg Butler is. I hope, az S.a1derton-
BOtha has retired. il is believed. 10
Middleburg ROBERTS"
The evening times., 1900-06-16
THE CITY OF PEKIN.
An Unsavory Municipality Covering
Immense Area.


Pekin. the capital of China, is a city Of
about 600, coo inhabitants. 1t stands in a
desert and since there are within its walls
large plots of ground which are not built
up. 1t covers an immense area. There are
no sewers in the city and, as a result, it
is unusually filthy. even for a Chinese city.
There is no public water supply and water
is hard to get and never very pure. None
OF the streets is well paved and it is diff
cult to make ones way around the city.
especially after dark. Many streets are
impossible for vehicles. The main part of
years the place has been outgrowing its
bounds and thousands OF persons now live
in the suburbs.
Pekin has no foreign quarter, as have
some Of the other cities in China The for
eign residents are principally members of
the legations and missionaries. and there
are not many foreign merchants. Each
foreigners house is surrounded by a COM
pound, but they are not grouped very
closely. About the only clean places in the
city, according to the foreigners, are inside
of these compounds.
The Legation Of the United States occu-
pies small compound near the wall of the
city.
Both the British and Russian legations
occupy compounds of good size, which have
been made quite attractive There is al
most no market for imported goods in Pc
kin and therefore few merchants try to Go
business within the city. They are in re-
ality forbidden TO transact business within
the city walls.
There has for years been an occasional
display Of ill-feeling against the foreigners
and at times the members Of the Legations
have been made suspicious by what ap-
peared to be the threatening attitude of
the native population. A large Russian,
force is stationed at Port Arthur. Travel
ers who have visited Pekin say that the
place is unhealthy and that usually the
weather is warm and uncomfortable.
The evening times., 1900-06-16
MINISTER WI ANXIOUS.
Does Not Know What the Fate of
China VIII he

China VIII Bc.
Minister WI expresses a hope which he
says almost amounts 10 belief that the
dispatches from Honkong are untrue.
When told the contents OF the dispatches
this afternoon he said:
The fact that the story comes from
HOngkong is al evidence that it may be
untrue. Eighty per cent Of the news from
Shanghai and Hongkong so far has proven
groundless and I have strong hope that
this belongs to the same class, or so
per cent OF il at least.
The news is supposed 20 o-me by the
way of Tientsin. and Tien;sin is cut on
from Pekin. The railway q destroyed,
I do not see how the news could have got
ten through
IF the story is true it s Of course most
serious and most regrettsble. I Will be
acutely sorry to have II e0nirmed
The results-who car .-4. they
viii be? / am afraid - thirk what they
may be- cannot tel what is to become
OF my country
Il represent my country, ny sovereign. -
he continued, when asked as to his person
al sentiments. Il hope tEat my country
VIII be preserved to him. I hope for jus
tice from the outside wor,I-but what is
the use Of talking to you it Will do no
good.
When the news is confirmed. If It Is,
may say something about IT, II would not
be right for me TO suppose things that may
never happen. That would not be dipIo-
matte. The less diplomat says the more
diplomatic he IS. am told 1 hope that
you viii bring me the first authentic
news, however"
The evening times., 1900-06-16
MAsSACRED BY BOXERS.
Rebels Commit OutraGes in Various
Chinese Districts.

Chinese Districts.
NEW YORK, June 16.-The following
has been received under date Of Tients-n,
June 16:
Many native converts and servants Of
Europeans have been massacred by Boxers
in the east city section of Pekin. The
massacre occurred last Thursday night. The
Catholic cathedral was pillaged and burned.
Rebels have burned the railway station
at BandsOo. They have destroyed the teie-
graph station there. the nearest one to this
place
The telegraph station at Tung Chan kas
also been destroyed.
The Catholics have been armed by the
bishop and the Cathedral turned into a
quasi fort
LONDON, June 16.-Many startling ru-
mors in regard to the situation in China
are printed. II is said that the stat 'ons
at Bandaoo and Tung Chan, the Catholic
Cathedral at Pekin and three Anglo
American churches at Tientsin have been
burned. 1t is apparently true that the
train conveying food and ammunition for
Admiral SeymOur's international force was
unable to reach Lang Fang and was oblig-
ed TO return to Tientsin.
The japanese newspapers are urging the
Government to demand ample reparation
for the murder of Sugiyama Akira. the
Chancellor Of the japanese Legation at
Pskin
The evening times., 1900-06-16

HoNGKoNG. June 1850 p. m.)-De-
Tpatches from Tien;sin say that all the
legations at Pekin have been destroyed.
The German Minister. Baron Won Ketteler,
has been killed.
The reports add that, in the general at
lack on the headquarters of foreign rep
resentatives. which was preceded by hid
sous noises. and the widest disorder,
many of the legation attaches were killed
,r wounded. 1t is feared that other for
eign ministers may have been brutally
slaughtered by the Mongolian mob, led by
Ecker sympathizers.
AS far as known. comparatively few of
the foreign marines and blu jackets landed
for the purpose Of protecting legations and
saving missionaries from the fury of the
mob. even succeeded in reaching the in
side OF Pekin's walls. few of the ma
rines managed TO get into the capital be-
fore railroad and telegraphic communica-
ton was severed, and it is believed that all
of these were swallowed up in the furio1s
riots preceding the demolition of the
structures in Legation Street
Americans here express the greatest con-
cern over the fate Of United States Minis
ter Conger, who, it is feared, has fallen a
victim of the Chinese fanatics. There are
few people of judgment in Hongkong who
are willing to believe that the disaster to
the foreigners will be tempered by future
reports, since ii is known that when Chi
nese mob begins to exercise its anarehistic
procliyities it never ceases until the bloody
work is complete.
On account of the destruction Of all lines
Df communication it will be impossible to
hear anything from either Pekin or Tien-
lsin for some time to come, the length of
he interval depending upon the rapidity
with which the allied forces succeed in
beating their way through the Gordon Of
hostile natives to the beleaguered cities.
1t is believed here that all nations will
AXE immediate steps to pour armed forces
nto the Chinese Empire and avenge the
,utrages upon their citizens and represen-
atives who have been slain by the Boxers.
England used the greatest haste in the
emergency On the receipt of the report
II the outrage at Pekin, Hon. Lieut..
Seorge GriDbIe. with 400 men Of the Royal
Welsh Fuslliers. sailed this morning for
rientsin, with orders to crowd on all
steam.
The British cruiser Undaunted also
started for Taku Immediately upon receipt
d the distressing information from PekIn.
It is expected that more British forces and
hips of war will be despatched from here
as soon as they can possibly be made
ready for the expedition of relief.
Admiral Seymours communications have
been broken and provision train which
vent to his relief has been compelled to
return TO Tientsin. 1t failed to get
through to Pekin.
Tientsin is now absolutely isolated as
well as Pekin. Rebellious natives today
sut all the wires south of the city and It
Is not known when telegraphic service will
10 r,sumed
The evening times., 1900-06-16
REPUBLICANS IN A MIX
Vice Presidential Complications
Multiply at Philadelphia.

Into n Combine 10 Control the
Nomination I'm Opposition to Han
mas Alleged Preferences-The Re
publican Boss Believed to Have FL
nniIy Turned TO Scott, of CaIifor-
mia, for the Second Place on the
Ticket-A Wealthy Iron Manufac-
turer, Who Might Be Expected to
pait,n Fund-DiseussIngC Candidates
The evening times., 1900-06-16
TAKU NOW ISOLATED.
Companies Announce That the Teie-
graph Has Been Cut.

graph Has Been Cut.
NEW YORK. June 16.-The Western
Unions central cable Office announces that
Taku is isolated Geographically and adds
the following:
In connection with this mornings bull
letin. reporting the isolation of the Tien-
tsin land wires. we have been advised By
the Great Northern Company that there is
no prospect of the restoration Of the Pc
hn-Tientsin lines. The Shanghai -Tientsin
line is totally interrupted beyond Bandaoo.
nea: Tientsin. cutting of communication
with the latter place and also with Taku
and other stations in the north. The above
places are entirely cut of Geographically
and messages can cnly be forwarded at
the sender's risk
There are two wires to Tientsin, one
from Shanghai on the south and one from
Helampo on the north. The notice shows
that both have been cut
The various cable companies issued no
tices this morning that communication
with Tientsin had been cut OF. Com
munication with Pekin has been cut off
since June r."
In view of the above notice the follow
ing cable and explanatory note, published
this morning. is of interest:
''Tientsin, June 15-(6 p. m-).-Ur-
gent Seek Washington news tonight.
Cannot cable. No code messages. Cen
sor."
This means that state of actual war
exists Under no other circumstances
would a censorship be established. The
censor is put in either by the Chinese
Government. which controls the cables,
or by an agreement among the command
ers of the foreign warships at the mouth
of the Pei-Ho River, or possibly by the
Russians. if they have taken Tientsin
The evening times., 1900-06-16
GREATEST ANXIETY FELT
Administration Officials Disturbed
Over the Report From China.

lister COnSer Regarded as Ominous
Et the State OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Hay Says That lie Has Received No
the Alleged Destruction OF the kor-
eign Legations in Pekin and the
Assassination of the German Min
fster-UnabIe Either to Confirm or
Deny the story-TuIkx With DIpIo-
mats ut the Various Embassies-
The evening times., 1900-06-16
German Minister Slain and All
Legations Destroyed
GENERAL SLAUGHTER FEARED
aOngkOng Americans Concerned
for Mr.. COnger's Safety.
CAPITAL IN A STATE OF SIEGE

nany Attaches of the Foreign Of
sncred-Wild Scenes of Disorder
Fanatics Admiral SeymOur's
Aorces Cut OR-ReIief Expedition
Unable to Reach Its Destination.
TeIegraphic Communication with
TientSin Dcstroyed-British Troops
and an English Cruiser Des-
patched to the Scene Of Trouble.