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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-04-26
OUR LOCAL OPTIC.

trusts.
The township tax listers can
get their advertising notices by
applying to the ARGUS.
Mr.. Jos. Edwards is just back
from the Northern markets, where
he made extensive purchases of
spring and summer goods.
Mr.. Donnell Gillian, of Tar
boro, will deliver an address on
the issues Of the campaign in the
Opera House (this EVENING" Thurs
day evening. The ladies and ev-
erybody else are invited.
AS 500 as the volume of bus
mess demands it the Atlantic
Coast Line will put on two extra
express trains between Winnings
tom and Goldsboro to haul the
truck to Northern markets.
It is rumored that the A. & N.
G.. r. r., will put on an exceed
ingly low rate return trip ticket
for their Sunday train, which
will leave Goldsboro in the morn
ing and go to Morehead City and
return that night.
The death of Mrs. Sid A.
Woodland occurred last Monday
at 6 o'clock at their home in Will
son, of pneumonia. She was uni~
~versally esteemed, and her untime-
ly demise will cause widespread
sorrow.
Mr.. Henry We'll. senior mem
Der of Goldsboro's oldest and most
extensive business establishments,
returned yesterday evening from
a purchasing trip North in the IN
terest of their large retail and
wholesale trade.
The following marriage license
have been issued in Wayne coun-
ty during the past week: White
-Chas. e. Davis to Lydia Will
son, F. L.. Peacock to Varina
L. Aycock, Abner Turnage to
Sarah G. Wigs. Colored-Dan-
iel Jacobs to Susan Budd.
Mr.. Asher Edwards is off to the
Northern markets to make pur-I
chases of Summer goods for his
extensive department store in this
city. He promises on his return
to let ARGUS readers hear from
him through our advertising col
umns, and, to make it interesting
TO the trading public.
The first ripe Strawberries of
the season were brought in to this
Office last week by Mr.. G.. r.
Stith, who this morning RECALLED
us with quite a feast of the luscious
d~elicacies. He says his ''patch'
is full of full grown berries only
waiting a little sunshine to ripen,
when he will have an abundance
for sale.
The death of Mr.. w. R. King
occurred Sunday afternoon at 4
O'Clock OF pneumonia. He was
about As years of age and had
been married four times. His last
wife and three children survive
him. The funeral was held from
his late home on Monday, con-
Quoted by Rev. w. Z. Newton,
the popular pastor of the First
Baptist church, and the interment
made in Willow Dale Cemetery.
The prevailing rains are very
much against the trucker, espee
cially the strawberry raiser. Ev-
cry day rain falls now prolongs
the time that much longer before
the berries ripen and is just that
much time deferred before the
erries can reach the mnrket. Eve
ry day of delay now means a
considerable loss to the farmer.
They are now selling in the North
from IS to 80 cents per quart and
a week from now they will be
down to Is and 20 cents.
The quietude of Sunday in
Eastern Goldsboro was broken
Sunday about 1 O'Clock by the
report of a pistol shot in the home
of Mr.. Joe Roberts. His wife had
given her two children an over
dose of laudanum and then delib-
~erately placed a 38-caliber pistol
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-04-26

Constipation is cured by Hoods
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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-04-26
The one Dav Colo Cure,

For colds and sore throat use Choco-
lates Laxative Quiuine. Easily taken as candy
and quickly cure
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-18
AS DEMOCRATS SEE 1T.
Ind ependence for FiIipinos Recom-
mended by Bryanite Repre-
sentatives.

The democrats in congress have not
been able to agree on Philippine pol
icy as yet. A few days ago Representa-
series of resolutions which, it is under
stood, express the views of Mr.. Bryan.
Those resolutions propose that the
United States shall recognize the right
of the Filipinos TO national independ-
ence, and shall withdraw its land and
sea forces upon "the Inauguration of
constitutional government or govern
ments by the people of the islands or
any of them" Were the American
would set up in a day what he and
Representative Williams would call
constitutional government" because
there would be a written constitution
which would be so much waste paper.
Then ii would be the duty of the United
States to move out. But under the res
olutions it would have TO protect for
ten years the constitutional govern
ment or governments" against the ag-
gressions of foreign powers.
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, has Of
fered resolutions regarding the Philip
pines which, though they differ from
those of Representative Williams, are,
il is understood, favored by many dem
ocrats. These Bacon resolutions de-
clare that it is not the purpose of the
United States to maintain permanent
dominion over the Philippines, but that
it contemplates the establishment of
an independent government there ul-
timately, and that when a stable gov
ernment shall have been established un-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-18
A PARTY OF JOB LOTS
The Democracy mt Present Is O
Queer Mixture of Political
Odds and Ends.

Recently a member of the house in
debate referred to Mr.. Cleveland as the
greatest democrat since jackson, and
the report says the remark caused de-
risive laughter on the democratic side.
The incident serves to show the torn-up
condition of the party. Cleveland is
the only man the democrats have re-
elected since Jackson's day. He re-
ceived the nomination three times. He
is the only democrat who has, reached
the presidency since 1856. His second
term expired less than three years ago,
ana vet his name eXcites nothing but
sarcastic merriment among the demo-
Gratis in congress. The point seems to
be a confession that the one demo
cratic president in half a century was
one too many. His own party, after re-
peatedly bestowing upon him their
highest honors through long term
of years, have nothing left for him but
a mocking laugh. If tney are right now
they were wrong in 1854, 1883 and 1892
and are simply acknowledging an un-
limited capacity for making mistakes.
No doubt Mr.. Cleveland has some
friends and admirers left in democratic
circles, but they can have little in com
mon with the element now running the
organization. The party is split up in
so many ways that it is next to impossi-
bic to describe them all. There are
gold democrats, silver democrats,
greenback democrats, expansion demo
cats, anti-eXpansion democrats and 9th
ton. Only about 80 democrats could be
mustered to support the pretensions of
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-18
Mr.. GAGE EXPLAINS.
The Secretary Tells why Custvms Re-
ceipts Were Deposited I'm National
Ifa

Washington, Jan. 11.-Secretary
Gage yesterday sent to congress his
replies to the resolutions recently in
troduced in the senate by Mr.. Allen,
of Nebraska, and in the house by Mr..
Sulzer, of New York. In his reply the
secretary says:
'FirSt-That the reason for utiliZ-
ing national banks as repositories for
public moneys, as authorized by law,
when the receipts of the treasury
were exceeding its expenditures has
been to avoid the disturbance to busi-
ness which the withdrawal of large
sums of money from active circula-
tion must inevitably cause.
"Second-The reason for directing
the internal revenue receipts into de-
pository banks at this time is that
the revenues are now largely exceed
ing disbursements from month to
month, and seem likely to do so for
an indefinite time. This condition
would be a menace to the business
world if assurance were not gwen mat
this surplus would be diverted from
the treasury vaults to public deposi-
tories.
"Third-The reason for directing
all of the internal revenue receipts to
one depository was that it is more
convenient to first collect the receipts
of numerous offices into one place and
make the desired distributor from IT,
than to give new instructions daily to
113 collectors.
Fourth reason for selecting
the National City hank as such dis
tributing agent was that at the time
the order was issued it was one of
but two banks which had offered
bonds sufficient to cover the amount
of the daily deposit. Its bond deposit
was $4.OGO,0OO and that of the Hano-
YER national bank S1,910,5 500. The Ma
tional City bank was therefore the one
chosen.
"Fifth--.The custom house property
was sold to the National City bank as
the highest bidder on July 3, 1899.
Under the terms of the sale it had the
option of paying in cash all of the
purchase money at any time, or any
part it might elect above S750,00O,
which sum ii was absolutely obliged
to pay. 1t eercised this option by
choosing to pay $3,215,OO0, leaving
$4,000 yet due. No deeu will be exc
cuted until full payment has been
made.
THE payment received was turned
into the treasury by deposit in the
National City bank, it having been the
established custom of treasury Off
cials, supported by decisions of the
supreme court. to consider moneys on
deposit in designated repositories as
moneyS in the treasury.
"Finally, under my administration
of the treasury department no dis
elimination in favor of one bank
against another has been made"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-18
MURDER AND LOVE.
They are Strangely Mixed Up in the
Lives of Five NIssOurians.

Mountain Grove, Mo, Jan. 1.-THE
facts in the suicide of Joseph l..
Moore. a man of 20, who shot his wife
of 22 at their home at Astoria and then
killed himself, have just become
known. Mrs. Moore, as a girl, was en-
gage, to James Winningham, the son
of a once wealthy farmer. When the
elder Winningham lost his property,
the girls father forced her to give up
young Winningham and marry Robert
Ford. Last year Ford died.
When Mrs. Ford refused to marry
the aged Joseph Moore, he secured
Winningham's promise to aid him in
his suit, in consideration of three
months penSion-S72. Winningham
was successful and Mrs. Ford consent
ed to the marriage hast year. The
father of Mrs. Moore objected to the
gossip. about his daughter and Win
ningham, and in quarrel killed the
elder Winningham and dangerously
wounded the son. Mrs. Moore nursed
the wounded man and when he recov-
erred he was a frequen. caller at her
home. Her aged husband became jeal-
Gus and committed suicide after shoot
ing his wife. She is still alive and may
recover,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-18
ROCkEFELLER'S ANSWER.
Standard Oil Masnate Replies to Ques-
tiOns Put TO Him by the Industrial
isS

Washington, Jan. 1.-The indus
trial commission has received from
John ID. Rockefeller, president of the
Standard Oil Co., replies to questions
sent him by the commission. The
company received rebates from rail
roads prior to 1880, but received no
special advantages for which it did
not give full compensation. No pro-
fits came from such rebates, as what
ever advantage was received in this
way was deducted from the price of
oil. The company never received any
income from any railroad for oil ship
ped over its line. The enterprise had
been successful because of the cheap
ness of its commodity.
Combinations. he says. are absolute
ly necessary in order to carry on a
large business. He recommends fed
eral Legislation under which corpora
tions may be created and regulated,
and if that is not possible to have uni
form state Legislation encouraging
combinations and permitting state
supervision which will not hamper,
bun sufficient to prevent frauds.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-18
SALISBURY YIELDS.
En@Iand,s Premier Orders the Re-
lease Of American Flour Seized by
English Warships.


London. Jan. 1.-THE American
flour seized off Delagoa Bay has been
released. United States Ambassador
Choate had an interview with the
Marquis of Salisbury yesterday after
noon and received a verbal reply to
the representations of the Washing
ton givernment. The British note on
this subject was sent later to the Uni
ted States embassy. The gist of it
was cabled to Washington. In brief
food stuffS are not considered contra
band of war unless intended for the
enemy.
The foreign office only arrived at &
decision yesterday and it was not un-
til after Mr.. Choate's interview with
the Marquis of Salisbury that Il note
embodying the provisions was drawn
up. Several of the governments adj
vsers wanted to make regulation
regarding canned goods, but this was
decided to be impracticable. The de-
cision to make -four and grain in
transit to the enemy contraband is
evidently hedged in by many Difficult
ties of execution, but the foreign of
fee believes that investigation will
generally determine whether the grain
is really meant for consumption at
Lorenzo Marquee or in TraDsvaal.
Mr.. Choate cabled Lord SaliSbury's
note to the state department at Wash
ington and Mr.. Hay is expected to re.
ply accepting the terms. The latter
step was not taken by Mr.. Choate, as
he had first to receive authority from
the state department to do so.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-18
TWO MEAN TOWNS.
tories Told by Travelling Men Aboua
Couple of Decidedly Poor
Places to Live In,

They were talking about bad towns
The meanest place l ever was in" said
.he man who travels for a Chicago house, lis
iown in Massachusetts. Say, do you know
what happened while | was stopping there
snce? A man had fallen through a hole in
:he sidewalk and sustained injuries that re-
ulted in the loss of his right arm. he sued
The city for damages, and the case was tried
before jury, which, the papers said, was
composed of representative citizens. Well,
what do you suppose they did to him!
Brought in a verdict in favor OF the city,
holding that inasmuch as he was ft-handed
AIS injury didn't amount to anything"
1es," the cigar man said, that s pretty
mean town, | admit, but know of worse
one. This place is in Pennsylvania. An ac-
luantance Of mine down there was injured
some time ago III pretty much the same way
the man you mentioned got hurt. lie fell on
bad sidewalk and lost one OF hls legs. He
sued the city, and didn't get anything. l
never heard just why, but probably because
:he jurors didn't believe he needed more than
one leg in his business, seeing that he was
barber and couldn't hone razor or shave
man with his foot anyway. But wait, I
haven't come to the point at which the real
meanness developed. Being a poor man, he
couldn't afford to buy a cork leg, so he had
to get along with wooden peg, and one day
while he was crossing the principal street
this peg in some way got wedged between a
couple Of paving stones right in the middle of
the street car track. 1t took them nearly an
hour to get him loose, and what do you sup
pose happened then? Blamed if they didn't
20 and fine him ten dollars and costs for
5bstructing traffic!"-Chicago Times Herald.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-18
DRIFT OF OPINION.

D'After a republican congress
passes the gold standard bill the talk
of free coinage will be shadow without
substance-St. Louis GIobe-Democrat.
rEHon. John p. Altgeld says gold
is of no earthly use to anybody. If
Hon. John p. Altgeld ever runs for
office again this may cost him the en-
tire dental vote.-Chicago Tribune.
yEvery democratic leader sees the
folly of going before the country
again on the silver issue, but he
doesn't see any other issue that offers
better inducements. - Kansas City
journal.
~ Some people do not know an an
swer when they meet one. Bryan still
insists that there is a money 'ques-
ticn." With him it is probably How
much can l touch the committee for?'
Topeka Capital.
DIf anyone expected that Mr..
Bryan would favor the currency bill
after he emerged from the Texan
wilds, he is doomed to disappointment.
Still, why should anyone expect Will
ham j. to favor Il sound currency
measure? lie is not built that way.
-Cincirnati Commercial Tribune.
ga Minnesota paper says the coun-
tv banks are flied with farmers de-
Eosits. Good crops and good politics
are u strong team for prosperity on
the farms, and many people have dis
covered since 1896 that the right
stamp of politics is Indispensable to
round out other blessings-St. Louis
GIobe-Democrat.
JGen. Lawton's last message to
his fellow-countrymen on the war in
the Philippines should be taken to
heart by all, but it is especially appli-
cable to the anti-imperialists. Just as
Admiral Dewey was misquoted by the
Boston enthusiasts. so Gen. Lawton's S
view as 20 the campaign in Luzon
were grotesquely misrepresentcd. In
his letter to cN-Miuister Barrett and
read at banquet in New York, he
asks the imperialists honestly to as.
certain the truth - Philadelphis
Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-18
a RAILWAY MYSTERY.
New Line Built from Nowhere to Mo-
where by Unknown Parties.

Lewiston, Idaho, Jan. 1.-THE Pa
cific & Idaho Northern railway, now
being built from Weiser, in the south
ern part of the state, north to Seven
Devils, is the NEST mysterious piece
of railroad building in the country.
1t begins nowhere and ends nowhere,
yet over 100 miles of the finest road
bed have been built and cash is paid
for everything and only the best ma
terial is purchased. No one knows who
is furnishing the cash or why the road
is being built. 1t is believed, how
ever, to be the Vanderbilt connecting
link between the east and west.
The Oregon Railway and Navigation
Co. is to build II miles from Riparia
to Lewiston and eventually this piece
of road will connect the Oregon rail-
way and Navigation Co. with the Ore
gon Short Line. This Will make it
possible TO start a car at New York
City and pull it to Portland, Ore, on
tracks owned by the Nanderbilts.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-18

der American supervision, "competent
and worthy in the judgment of the
United States to exercise the powers of
an Independent government and pre-
serve peace and maintain order within
its Jurisdictions" then national inde-
pendence SHAH be given the F'ilipinos.
The difference between these two
sets of resolutions is considerable. One
set contemplates the abandonment of
the islands by the United States when
ever the Filipinos set up what they will
call a constitutional government, but
which will be a choice mixture of an
archism and despotism, cemcnted to-
gether with blood. The other set pro-
poses that the islands shall not be
given up until American authority has
been fully established and the Filipinos
have proved to the satisfaction of the
United States that they are competent
to govern themselves. They are not
now. Humanity speaking, they never
will be. They do not belong in the
category of self-governing races. The
adoption of a constitution will not put
them there.
What is to be gained, then, by prom
Using the Filipinos national independ-
ence when they are fit for it, when it
is plain that they never will be fit for
it, at least not until generations have
come and gone? The only effect of
such a promise, impossible of fulfill
ment will be to encourage malcontent
Filipinos like Aguinaldo to keep, on
insisting that they are fit for independ-
ence and shooting at American sol
diers to prove it. All these democratic
rsolutions-nonc of hich Will be adopt
ed-will contemplate recognizing on
possible or impossible conditions, the
national independence of the fILlplnos,
serve only to confirm Aguinaldo in the
belief that he has friends in this coun-
try, and thus encourage him to keep
on resisting the lawful authorities in
Luzon.-Chicago Tribune.
UThe Mobile Register (dem.) says
that not many months ago the dis
play of a Bryan picture to an assem-
bly, in a Mobile thcater would sure
lv rouse storm of applause. but that
time is no more" The other night,
when Mr.. Bryan's picture was thrown
upon the screen, some applause fol-
lowed. with a few shouts in the upper
part of the house. Directly after a
Mckinley picture was shown, and 1T
was greeted with applause equal to
that given to Bryan, some saying it
| was twice as loud as that given to Mr.
Bryan. THE difference in quantity
is of no consequence" says tn" Reg
lister; ''the startling fact being that
/ Mobile assembly applaudcd Mckin-
'cy at ll."-Indianapolis Journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-18

SKIPPED TO THE HILLS.
Insurgents Retreat. as Usual, Before
the Advance Of wheaton and Bates
Troops Philippine News.

Manila, Jan. 11.-RepoTtS from the
movements of the American COM
manders south of Manila show that
Gems. Bates and Wheaton are at Perez
Das Marinas and Gen. Schwan at ST.
lang, all awaiting the arrival of pro-
vision wagons. Reconnaissance have
shown that 1000 armed insurgents
have retired to the mountains from
the district between Indang and Maig,
and that others have retreated along
the coast from Novaleta toward Ba-
tangas.
Tuesday night Nolan's squadron of
the Eleventh cavalry drove a body of
insurgents from Maig. One American
was killed and two were wounded.
Thirteen dead Filipinos were found.
The movement largely resembles
Gen. Schwan's experience in the same
country. except that the towns are
now being garrisoned and that the in
SurgentS refuse to fight, retreating
southwark and dividing into small
bands, with the apparent intention of
reassembling later. The plan of
catching large number between two
brigades has failed. About 100 insur-
gents have been killed, but compara-
lively few arms have been taken.
The region is full of amigos, who
doubtless have been bearing arms
which they have hidden. The women
and children remain in their homes
and the insurgents, as they fall back,
release all prisoners they have cap
tured.
1t is asserted on high authority that
Archbishop NozaIeda contends in his
interviews with Monsignor Chapelle,
the papal delegate, on behalf of the
Roman church and the brotherhoods
that the titles to all property held by
the church and the brotherhoods in
the Philippines should he recognized;
that the Roman catechism should be
taught in the primary schools; that
the existing religious orders should
continue to administer the parishes;
that other parishes should be estab-
lished under the same control and
that the parochial control of ceme-
teries should continue.
In addition. Archbishop NoZaleda
advises the continuation of the
church's control of pawnshops and
certain designated hospitals and
schools, together with the establish
ment of a special form of parochial
administration tNdCIeu DN tnt dcludl
conditions in the Philippines. Final
ly, he makes plea for the continua-
ton of the present missionary work
of the church.
The inhabitants of the islands of
Leyte and Samar are suffering from
lack of food, resulting from the long
blockade. the arbitrary contiscation of
property and the levying of tribute by
1he so-called government of the Fill
pinos. The governors of both islands
are Tagalos, who are appointed by
Aguinaldo. and they hold the terri
tories completely in their power, ad-
ministerng local affairs according to
their own Nvhims and accountable to
no one.
The rebel forces. on the other hand,
have never lacked food or money. The
inhabitants. driven to desperation by
the necessity of having to pay four
times the normal price for food stutfs,
organized against insurgent depreda-
tions. but, having no arms, they were
unable to resist their oppreSSOrS.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-01-18
How Woman Was Made.

A small boy in the Mission Sunday school
of Bishop Fallows' church propounded an
"Who made man." asked the teacher, be-
ginning, as in the good old days when ortho-
doxy used catechisms.
God" was the prompt reply.
"And how did he make him."
"Out of dust, ma am; nothing but dust"
"And who made woman"
"God made her, too, ma'am
"How?"
The small boy hesitated, and then replied
cheerfully: He caused deep sleep to fall
upon man and then took out his backbone
Ocean.