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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-02-12

III Uno topper, WIlaC
father can assure himself that his son
will not go that way. They were
there because they knew that Of all
the evils with which the race con-
tends strong drink is the "unap-
proachable chief"; that it is the
source of the worst ~offenses cata-
logued in the records of human guilt,
and of the greatest woe and suffering
registered in Gods book of accounts.
That it entails poverty and ignorance
! and want and crime and brutality
and suffering and death; would form
the blacklist record that language can
frame, and pen can write, and as
people who love humanity they were
there to plead for the estopment of so
fearful an evil. They were there
representing the very best elements
of society and all grades of life. On
the petitions presented were the
! names of bankers, merchants, manu-
%facturers, farmers, lawyers, physi-
| clans, preachers, teachers, of men
who labored in factories and in the
| fields, and at the carpenters bench,
and the draymen on the street. Some
| of these men are those who manage
our affairs, run our factories, control
our great enterprises, who are the
steady promoters of our wealth and
! prosperity, the blood and bone of the
country. These are thoughtful, wise
men, who know and seek the COM
mon good, and they ask you to pass
the London bill for the benefit of our
people.
There are mothers all over North
Carolina, and some of them are your
wives, perhaps your mothers, who
cry pleadingly to you for relief from
the anxiety and dread that comes to
them from the drink saloons, be-
cause of their sons. And oft on bend
ed knees before God, they cry out OF
the depth of their mother hearts that
you men who have in your keeping
the affairs of the land shall have wis
dom to see the right and moral
strength to do the right, trusting
God with the results.
Who r you going to hear and
heed? Those people whose motives
you cannot guess even and whose
wisdom in other matters you trust,
the people who plead for their State,
their fellowmen, their freside and
their children, or the paid attorneys
Of a traffic everywhere recognized as
an evil, sore and blasting, and an evil
under which a nation groans, and up
on which rests the curse of God. Will
you hear the voices of the men who
are the strength of the common
! wealth, of the church of God, of the
teachers of morals and the teachers
of the intellect, of the working men
seeking projections of mothers who
plead for their sons, or viii you hear
the men who for greed of gain only
pursue their deadly traffic, knowing
full we'll the miseries they SOW, and
who have freely poured out their i'll
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-02-12
Notice of Dissolution.

The firm of HURT & Hummell is
this day dissolved by mutual consent.
All debts due said firm are payable
to D. w. HURT, who will continue
the merchant tailoring business, in
his own name, at his old place OF
business. DIV. HURT,
Feb. 4, 1903. A. n. HUMMELL.
All persons indebted to the firm
are required to make immediate set
tIement.
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Want your moustache or beard a beautiful
brown or rich black? Then use
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE Ter Hbi H1S
90 CTS: OF DRueersTe, or p. ?. Hall 8 Co, y

gotten gains to influence you to
shield and protect them from the
power of a wholesome moral senti-
ment, and TO maintain them by the
arm Of the law in their remunerative
but morally ruinous business.
1t is for you to say, and to register
Il urn7' the cn~a1s Of North Caro-
lima, and publish it in the newspa-
pers, and record it on the pages of
Gods book of remembrance ,on which
side you will place yourselves.
F. D. SWINDELL.
Goldsboro, n. G.
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R RAP

Four years ago my health com
pleteiy gave way / ges 48 years
old, and was Frustrated from trou-
bles pertaining to my sex The doc
tors said there was no hope fov nae;
[ might live a year, / might not live
q month [ was confined to my bed
for three months, and for about 8
year would have fainting spells that
exhausted me 80 that [ would be
confined to my bed after each one,
for two or three weeks, None of my
family had any hope OF ever seeing
me well again, nor did my doctor, I
was weak and nervous and IN a
failing condition generally Some
friends in Charlotte advised ne TO
try Mrs Joe Persons Remedy. As
8 drowning person will catch at s.
straw, [ was willing to try anything.
/ bought half-dozen bottles and took
it, bat could not G that it did pa
oov GOOD SILL ~0t s-~ ~
else 20 do. ] bought another half.
dozen, and without any faith in it
IL anything else, continued it Be
fore I had taken the dozen bottles ]
felt a little stronger. Z took the
Remedy regularly for one year, tax
ing in all about three dozen bottles.
and it has restored me to health
Ny health is better than it was for
years before / was taken down. and
I feel tnat all danger has pasaed
My nervousness is cured. Tt has
been two years since I stopped the
Remedy since I needed it. I can
not say too much in it's praise. Ny
doctors said my trouble was canoe.
rous. but I think now it was change
of life. MRS. THOMAS JOINS.
Auburn, N. G. sept %, 1902.
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Railway.

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Raleigh $50. Durham 9:53. Greensboro
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7.j0 p n Connect st : sG1sboto for
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bore 80 p N, arrive Raleigh a:0O p m,
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arrives Raleigh IL 40 ? In, leaves tseIeigh
zoo a M arrives Greensboro 100 a m.
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trail No. 40 from Wilmington and No.,
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Greensboro
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Goldsboro 80 a m Connsots at Colds
hcro with 4. q, L No ii q. N1rtolk
and a, CT = a.. foc Nc ehesd Carries
Pullman Sieepers TON CtteaeDnIo to
Goloaooro.
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nam $50, Raleigh 40. a w. Colds
poro 500 D m,
No los Leaves Greenahoro 9:-6 a u, Durham
e:4o q II. R2'sign ltyQ, Gni6~te- - s2:1O
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trains, see anat Jour uGE+ts re4aa via
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RI "

Tuczo who h@vo not paid their
CITY Taxes for 1909, will now please
conc inward and settle, or they
mas s~pect garnishees TO be served.
and c. sc soded. OF any other means
reeorfed To Stat Is provided by law.
Am. s3.e Indulgence has been given,
anu ucW these taxes must be paid.
w. Fl. COLLINS,
City Tax Collector.
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TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE.
ABSENT.

Washington, Feb. 5.-The con-
gre~ssional reception at the White
House tonight, the third of the big
receptions in Washington society and
official life, was notable for the rea-
son that there was a conspicuous alb
sence of Southern representatives and
senators. This was not the result of
oversight OF accident, but was delibe-
rately and premeditatedly planned
by the Southern contingent in Con-
gress, who desired to emphasize their
disapproval Of the presidents effort
to introduce social equality between
the races. Not a member Of the del
egation from North Carolina attend
ed the reception; at least one of the
democrats did. So far as is known,
ex-senator Marion Butler is the only
citizen of the State who gave his
presence to the occasion. That which
attracted most attention was the
absence OF Southern congressman and
this fact was generally commented
IN.
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Sick Headache ?

Food doesn't digest well?
Appetite poor? Bowels
constipated? Tongue coated?
It's your liver! Ayers Pills
are liver pills; they cure dys-
pepsia, biliousness.
Csc. All druggists.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-27
CUT|CURA
OINTMENT
PurHst Of EmoIIients and
Greatest Of Skin Cures.
The Most Wonderful Curative
Of All Time
For Torturing, Disa9uring
Humours.

Cuticura Ointment Is beyond question
the most successful curative for tortur-
Ing, disflguring humours of the skin and
scalp, including loss of hair, ever COM
pounded, In proof Of which a single
amounting with it, preceded by hot
bath with Cuticura Soap, and followed
In the severer cases by dose Of Cuti-
cura ftesoIveuL f1iIs, ~ Often sufficient
to afford immediate relief In the most
distressing forms of itching, burning
and scaly humours, permits rest and
sleep, and points to speedy cure when
all other remedies fail. 1t Is especially
so in the treatment of infants and chill
dren, cleansing, soothing and healing
the most distressing OF infantile hu-
Hours, and preserving, purifying and
identifying the skin, scalp and hair.
Cuticura Ointment possesses, at the
same time, the charm of satisfying the
simple wants Of the toilet, in caring for
the skin, scalp, hair and hands from in
fancy to age, far more efiectually,
agreeably and economically than the
most expensive of toilet emollients.
Its "Instant relief for skin-tortured
babies, "or" Sanative, antiseptic cleans
ing" or "One-night treatment of the
hands, or "Single treatment of the
hair," or"Use after athletics, cycling,
golf, tennis, riding, sparring, or any
sport, each In connection with the use
Of Cuticura Soap, is sufficient evidence
of this.
Millions now rely on Cuticura Soap,
assisted by Cuticura Ointment, for pre-
serving, purifying and Identifying the
skin, for cleansing the scalp Of crusts,
scales and dandruff, and the stopping
Of falling hair, for softening, whitening
and soothing red, rough and sore
hands, for baby rashes, itchings and
chafings, as well az for all purposes Of
the toilet, bath and nursery.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-27
BE CONSERVATIVE.
errors.

Some time ago we advised our
brethren OF the country press not to
get excited over their choice for gov
ernor. That all the candidates
should be discussed and all treated
fairly aud courteously. In the last
few weeks there seems to have been a
regular Folk wave sweep over the
state and a great many politicians
are accusing each other OF trying to
get in the "band wagon" A num-
Der OF our strongest country papers
are disposed to oppose Mr.. Folk
more vigorously than occasion de,
mands To be zo+eEneFF Of the e feHtt
state OF Missouri is a laudable ambi-
ton in any man, and any Democrat
has the right to aspire for the nomi-
nation and no man or paper has a
right to question his motives or his
honesty, unless they are prepared to
prove their charges. We never heard
that Democrat had to serve a pre-
scribed number ofyears, through diff.
ierent political offices, before being
eligiblefor governor. We sometimes
think it would be no mistake IL we
chose more Of them direct from the
people before they have an oppor-
tunity to become contaminated in
otticiallii Hence the cry OF some that
Folk is untried and therefore ineligible
Is what might be fitly termed" tommy
rot" and will be 80 regarded by the
people. On the other hand the Folk
supporters must understand that The
other honorable and worthy gentle
men who aspire to that Office have
rights and courtesies due them, which
they must respect. Let US 30 con.
kuct the campaign for the nomina.
ton that no bitterness will be engen.
dered and whoever is fortune in cap
turing the prize. will receive the
united and harmonious support oil
all Democrats.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-27
PROTECT TIE GIRLS.

We would be glad to impress our
brothers OF the country press with
the very great dangers that lie in
wait for the multitude OF our young
girls that are floeking to our cities,
especially st. Louis, and notably at
this time, says the st. Louis Chris
titn Advocate. The country press is
a tremendous power for good, and II
they would keep this matter before
their readers, constantly warning all
as to this open door to ruin, many
might be saved who else were lost.
The gateway to st. Louis, our great
Union depot, is beset by a thousand
snares for unwary feet, Any young
girl who comes through the gates in
to the midway is at once stopped.
and II it is possible the snare will be
30 spread in her path that she can
not escape. No girl should come
here unless absolutely certain as to
her course. The many tempting ad,
vertisements are often mere bats for
ignorance and innocence. And il she
comes to this city ready to enter the
first carriage whose driver proposes
to take her to a good, cheap board
ing house, or to accept the first
situation offered where mo expe-
Renee is required" she may as well
bid adieu to innocence and hope
when she leaves home. And as
matter OF course, the young man is
almost equally exposed so far as
moral or even physical safety is con-
cerned. II the country press will
only keep these things before their
readers, they will serve God and hu,
manity.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-27

The conviction Of State Senator
". p. Sullivan by a Cole county jury
last week for soliciting briba, was a
victory for civic righteousness. At.
torney General Crow, Judge Tim
mons and the jury can all be COM
mended upon their good work and
especially General Crow, who made a
masterful argument in summing up
the evidence, which brushed away
any doubts which might have been
in the minds OF the Jurors. He made
it hot for the two principal witnesses
for the defense, Smith and Emmett
Newton and declared his belief that
the defense was founded on periured
testimony. That Sullivan is a Re.
publican senator does not make him
any better or worse. He belongs to
the Doodle class, outlawed by the
predominant element in all parties.
Democratic officials are cleansing The
Augean stables in Missouri, will Re
publicans officials do the same in the
nation. We fear not.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-27
SALISBURY IS DEAD.
The End to the British E1.Premier at
Lendea.

LUuuUus
LONDON, Aug. % Lord Salisbury,
ex-premier of England, tonight at
9:05 O'Clock at Hatfield house, Hat
field. The end Of the distinguished
statesman was a peaceful one with
out the slightest evidence OF pain.
When death became imminent the
attending physician summoned the
waiting members Of the family who
gathered at the bedside and said fare
well to the dying man who, however,
Was unconscious Of their presence.
Within q few minutes alter the
death a brief announcement was
handed to the newspaper man and
simultaneously the tolling Of the
death knell from the tower OF the
church of which the Rev. Lord Will.
lam Cecil, a nephew Of Lord Sails
bury, is pastor, told the people OF
the little village OF Hatfield that the
long struggle was over. He was ~
years old.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-27

]. n. s. in the Bates County Dem
ocrat has the following to say, com
plimentary TO the editor OF THE
TIMES: Captain j. d. Allen, editor
OF THE TINES, has great many
friends here and throughout the state
that are urging him to become a
candidate for Secretary of State.
There is no better man living than
Mr.. Allen for that Office, bis democ-
racy is unquestioned. his ability Is
not surpassed by any man in the
state. he il a man OF honor and integ.
rity, he would add strength to the
ticket and make one Of the best Secre-
taries the state has ever had. Success
to you, Captain.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-27
sLAEDERIEG JUDGE GRAVES.

Judge Hoeksday. of Fulton, Is
known TO be an upright and fearless
Judge. he has been In public life for
many years. He served the state
faithfully as attorney-general, and
for years has occupied his present
position. He presided at the trial
and sentenced one Ed. Butler, a chi.f
among boodlers. The sttorneysrep-
resenting the state and those repre-
sentinR the boodlers agreed, as pro-
vided by law, that Judge Hockaday
should sitin the Jefferson City Doodle
cases. Now why was it that Judge
HAZEL refused to permit this upright
man to try these cases, but instead
called Judge Graves, the friend oiCol.
VIM. Phelps, from southwest Missou-
ri. The first reason given was that
Judge Hockaday was engaged In
court, but 1t has since been shown
that be was not holding court, but
was at the time within twenty miles
oiJenerson City.-Boonville Repubf-
can.
The above article bearing the head
lines that Judge Graves Is a friend OF
Col, VIM. Il. Phelps is going the
rounds OF the Republican press and
was printed in Brockmeyer's st.
Louis paper, the State Republican.
Judge Graves is an able lawyer, a
just Judge, and will not shield Phelps
nor any other villain who has helped
to bring shame on the Common
wealth. 1t Ia an outrage on decency
to thus SANDER Judge Graves.-Clin-
ton Tribune.
Many Republican speakers and pa
pers consider that the fact OF a man
owing allegiance to the Democratic
party Is warrant for heaping upon
him abuse, contemplate insinuation
and vituperation, no matter how
pure his record and incorruptible his
life. We are glad to say that all Re-
publican speakers and papers are not
that way and thus the kernel is dis.
tinguished from the chat. There is
nothing in Judge Graves judicial
career that would warrant any paper
in making the insinuation contained
in the above article, and it is resent
ed by every citizen OF this county and
judicial district as maliciously false.
Judge Graves knows neither friend
or foe while in the discharge OF his
duties on the bench. He does know
the law and every man who comes
before his court gets it, administered
impartially, whether he likes it or
not, Judge Graves would not swerve
one iota from his conscientious duty,
or stretch law point q fraction OF
aninch to secure the highest political
office in the state for himself. The
duty OF presiding over the trials OF
these alleged boodlers was not of his
seeking, in fact was great surprise
to him, but he was never known to
shirka duty, no matter how unpleas-
ant and be did not shirk this one.
Senator's Farris and Smith will re
ceive their rights under the law, but
will not benefit from any frivolous
technicalities, and il convicted, the
records will be free from any reversible
errors.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-27
Administrator Notice.

Notice is hereby given that let
oline freeman. deceased, nave been grant
ed to the undersigned, by the Bates County
Probate Court, in Bates County, Missouri,
bearing date the 18th day Of August, 1903,
All persons having claims against said estate
ance within one year from the date Of said lei.
tiers, or they may be precluded nom any bene
ht Of such estate; and IL said claims be not ex.
hibited within two years from the date Of the
publication Of this notice, they will be forever
barred. WIN. e. WALTON,
%A-at Administrator.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-27

Anattempt was made Sunday even.
ing to wreck the fast Mo. Pac. mail
train between Omaha and st. Louis,
at Quindaro, a small station In Kan
sas, FIVE miles from Kansas City.
Dynamite had been tied to the track,
and the switch on the siding, where
she north bound train waited, was
thrown open. The explosion tore a
portion Of the cab of the engine, but
fortunately no one was dangerously
injured. The fireman and engineer
were slightly hurt. Robbery was
evidently the motive. What kind ol
fate should be melted out to such
miscreants?
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-08-27
Order OF Publication.
STATE OF MISSOURI, ! ..
County OF Bates, o.


County Of Bates, S.
In the Circuit Court OF Bates county, In yacs-
ton August 20, 1893, The State Of Missouri
at the relation and to the use Of W. john
son, ex-ofncio collector or the revenue OF
Bates county In the state OF Missouri, plain
tilt, VS.. Clara Coulter, Edwin Coulter, Ebert
Coulter and May Coulter, defendants.
Civil action for delinquent taxes.
Now at this day comes the plaintiff by her at
torney before the undersigned clerk Of the cir
cult court OF Bates county in the state of Mis-.
sour, In vacation aud files her petition and
afhdavit stating among other things that the
above named defendants, Clara Coulter, Ed
win Coulter, Ebert Coulter and May Coulter
are non-residents Of the state of Missouri.
whereupon IL lie ordered by the clerk in yaca-
ton. that the defendants be notified by publi-
cation that plaintiff has commenced a suit
against them in this court by petition and am
davit the object ard general nature of which
is to enforce the lien of the state OF Missouri for
the delinquent taxes OF the yea, 1901, amount
Ing in the aggregate to the sum Of 81 80 togeth-
er with interest, costs, commissions and fees
upon the following described tracts OF land
situated in Bates county, Missouri, towit:
Lot one ~ block five 90 Littie's addition to
the city OF Hume, and that unless the said de-
PENDANTS be and appear at the next term Of this
court to be begun and holden in the city OF
butter, Bate county Missouri, on the first
Monday in October 1908, and on or before the
third day thereof IF the term shall so long con-
lnne, and II not then before the end of said
term. and plead TO said petition according to
law the same will be taken as confessed and
Judgment rendered according to the PRAYER of
sad petition and the above described real es-
tate sold TO satisfy the same
dnU IT fH rurrnUf 0futrel1 BY the cIerk afOre-
said that copy hereof be published in tine
BUTLER WEEKLY LINES weekly newspaper
printed and published in Bates county, MIS-
souri,, for four weeks successfully, the last in
serton to be at least fifteen days before the
lirst DAY OF the next term OF said court. A true
copy Of the record. Witness my haad as clerk
aforesaid with the seal Of said court
tsEALl hereunto affixed. Done at Office in
Butler on this TIT 18th day OF August,
1893 j. A. PAIl kK,uN
Bye NJ. Barkley, ID. &. Circuit CLERK.