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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-09-17
BUILDING A owN
It Takes Energy, Unity, Patriotism
and Perseverance on the Part of
All Citizens to Make a City
Great and Its Prosper
ity Permanent.

1ty permanent.
Time works wondrous changes in
this land of pluck and push, but as
familiar IS we have grown to be
with the achievements of the Amer
lean people the, history of Galveston
must excite wonder and admiration,
and in what the men of that city
have accomplished by standing to-
gether undismayed in adversely,
that to less indomitable spirits SEEM
ed appalling and insurmountable,
and with energy and perseverance
that challenged the admiration and
helpful hands of the world, lies a
lesson for Goldsboroeans, and for the
citizens of other towns that have
capacity for growth and greatness.
Three years ago, only, the wreck
and ruin wrought by the Galveston
flood appalled, the world. To-day
Galveston smiles in prosperity. Men
made Of less stern stuff than these
Galvestonians would have succumb-
ed in face of disaster so terrible. But
with right good will they went to
work, and after paying proper of
fees to the dead and clearing away
the debris and the wreckage, began
to build again with stout hearts and
strong arms. Since the tidal wave
Galveston has increased its bank
clearings forty-odd millions of dol
lars in a period of twelve months; it
receives several thousand more bales
of cotton than ever before, and it has
risen from fourth place in the United
States as q port of export to third
place. These gratifying facts, and
many more that show the progress
of Galveston, are told in a recent
trade issue of the Galveston News, q
sterling newspaper which has play
ed no mean part in the recuperation
of the city.
All honor to the News, and all
honor to the brave men and true, who
have builded so we'll.
And nov what of Goldsboro? Shall
we continue to go forward3
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-09-17
SUPERIOR COURT.
The Following Cases Were Disposed
of This Morning.

Inc FOLLOWING Cases Were Disposed
of This Morning.
In the Superior court in this city
Tuesday morning: J. M. B. Fields, a
merchant doing business in the town
of Dudley about ten miles from here,
was sentenced to six months on the
county road at hard labor by Judge
PEBBLES. Fields and the railroad
agent at Dudley, c.. A. Spruill,
were indicted for an ARRAY in which
Fields used a pistol and shot Spruill,
who was laid up in a hospital for a
month. Spruill was fined $1.0O and
all the costs.
The case of George Futrell. of
Mount Olive, who standssindicted
for killing a negro boy in Mount Oh
i've some months ago, was continued
until the next term of court. The
other two men who were in the bug
gy at the time the negro boy was
shot, state that Futrell fred the fatal
shot from the buggy. Soon after the
killing Futrell fled the country, but
came back, later on and gave him.
self up. He is now out on a $1,000
bond, which he has renewed until
next term of court.
Lovett Cox, a negro we'll known
throughout the county, was SEN
fenced to twelve months in the State
prison and his son Cato was sem
fenced to twelve months on the
county road for stealing a hog. Low
EFT tried to put the crime on his on.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-09-17
WALTER LETTER.

The Doings of a Week in and
Around This Thriving
Neighborhood.
ARGUS BUREAU
WALTER, N. G,
Sep. Is, 1908.
Mr. and Mrs Ed Gurley, Of your
city, were visiting here Tuesday at
ternOon.
Mr. and Mrs Geo Perkins, from
neal Pikeville, spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs J G Howell.
Miss Ethel Perkins, from near
Pikeville was visiting Miss Sallie
Smith last Sunday.
Mr. and Mr. Jno r Smith, from
your city, were visitors at Oak glen
last Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs Geo Becton and
daughter Miss Lizzie, visited rela-
tives at Eureka last Sunday.
Mr. Dewitt Sherard and sister,
Miss Nancy, from the Salem section,
were visiting in our midst last Sum
day.
Mrs r P Howell, from your city,
visited DR. and Mrs Will Crawford
for several days last week, where
her presence always adds pleasure.
Messrs Mathew Woodland, from
Kinston, and Clarence Woodland,
from your city were visiting Fela-
tives in your community last Sun
day.
Miss Cora Dixon left to-day for
Greensboro: to resume her studies at
the State Normal. Her many friends
wish her a pleasant and profitable
term.
Mr. and Mr. Ruf1n Bailey, from
Smithf1eld, attended quarterly meet
ing at the Chapel last Sunday, and
were guests of Mrs Bailey's parents,
Mr. and Mrs Isaac Smith.
Mr. Olden Yelverton, who holds a
responsible position in Fremont, was
visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs Geo
Yelverton, last Sunday, where his
many friends were glad to see him.
The quarterly meeting of the
Primitive Baptist church at Chapel
last Sunday was we'll attended. 81
der ] w Gardner, preached a good
sermon, and administered the sacra-
ment.
Our farmers are making hay
while the sun shines now, and from
the demand made upon the owners
of moving machines, and the favor
able weather, we don't think there
will be much hay bought in our
community next year. Making hay
is not only cheaper than pulling fod-
der, but is better for stock, especial
~ if mixed with pea vines.
We were glad to meet in your
city last Monday our friend of boy.
hood days, DR. Tom Kennedy, who
is h%onoring his profession in "The
Land of Flowers" Many happy rec.
objections crowded upon memory as
we turned the pages of a quarter of
century, and fingered amid The
scenes of the long ago. His many
friends here in his old home will bt
glad to know of his deserved sue
cess.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-09-17

"Maria," suddenly announced Mr..
Williams, 81 may as well tell you I
have lost $50, 900 in steel stocks with
In the last few weeks.o
"I suppose that settles it," moaned
Mrs. Williams. HI can't have the
hay fever this year"
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-09-17

English SPAWN Linement removes
all Hard, Soft or Calloused Jumps and
Blemishes from horses, Blood, Spav-
ms, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney. Ring
Bone, Stiles, Sprains. all Swoolen
Throats, Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use
of one bottle. Warranted the most
wonderful Biemish Cure ever known.
Sold by M. e. Robinson & Bro. drug
pisSs. Goldsboro. NJ
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-09-17

S1OO-Dr. If. Detch0n's Anti
Diuretic may be worth to You more
than 500 # you hava q child who
soils bedding from ;ncontinence of
water during sleep lures old and
young alike 1t arrests the trouble
at once. ST., Sol.] by IL. q Robin
son & Bro. druggista. c:1ahor0.
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LETTER.
Happenings of a Week In this Thri-

AANRRSA4Aeo IA
wing Town.
ARGUS BUREAU,
Pikeville, N. c.,
Sept. 16, 1908.
We regret to learn little Henry
Smith is on the sick list.
MI. J. s. and Miss Maggie War
rick, of GoIdsboro, visited here Sum
day.
MI. w. r. Person left last week
to enter school at Trinity Park High
School.
Mr.. Robt. jackson, from Greene
county, visited Mr.. E. T. Crawford
Sunday.
Messrs J B Smith and John G
Smith are jurors at court in your
city this week.
Mr. P B Scott is in your city this
week assisting Sheriff Stevens in his
court duties.
Mr.. e. L. Pippin and Miss Nina
Blaylock visited at Mr. and Mrs. B.
F. Scott's Sunday.
Mrs Edmundson, Of Greene coun-
ty, is visiting her daughter Mrs A S
Smith, this week.
Mr.. John Pate and sons, Of your
city, visited his mother Mrs Eliza
beth Pate, last Friday.
Mr. and Mr. Benz Bass and daugh-
ter Miss Florence, of Fremont, Wis
tied Mrs Mary A Hosea Sundry.
Mrs. D. S. Underwood, of Pleas
ant Grove, is very sick. She has
been suffering for some time with
rheumatism.
Mr. and Mrs J W Hosea visited
Mrs Hosea's parents, at La Grange,
Saturday and Sunday, and returned
home Monday morning.
Messrs Wiley Andrews, Amos
! Sherard and Otis Montague, of Sal
EN-, and Jerold Pate, of Goldsboro,
were calling here Sunday.
Mr. Alex Davis, who has been con-
! fined to his bed for some time with
typhoid fever, has taken relapse a
and his. chondition is critical.
Little Miss Lila Aman, who has
been spending the summer with her
aunt Mrs S S Smith, returned to her
home at Richards Wednesday.
Miss Lille Blaylock left Wednes-
| day to enter Littleton Female Col
tlege. Her many friends will miss
! her and wish for her much success in
her school life.
The surprise party given, compli-
mentary to Miss Lille Blaylock,
last Monday night at her home was
very much enjoyed by the surpris-
ors. Finch and music furnished
amusement until a late hour when
they left bidding farewell to their
thostess until she returns home for
| the Christmas holidays.
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ITEMS.
News of Interest From the Pate
town Section Gathered by

News of Interest From the Pate
town Section Gathered by
the Squire.
Mr. Joe Lancaster is some better,
we are glad to note.
We regret to know that the con-
dition of Mrs D o Smith is alarm
ing. We all hope her a speedy re-
covery.
Miss Imogen Pate, for whom adj
mittance has been asked for at the
hospital at Raleigh, is lying critic
ally ill at this writing.
MI 8 g Pate, a member of the A
II G, is up and going again, we are
glad to know. Mr. Pate very gen.
erously donated the check he re-
.eeiyed for sickness from the Lodge
of Odd Fellows at Fremont, to the
Orphan Home at Goldsboro.
PatetoWn, Sept. 16.
@E /. :
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MEMS LIST.

MEMS LIST.
A-Messrs G w Austin & Co.
B-A S Beaman, H F Brown.
Gloomy Cornegay.
E-W III Evans.
F-Herbert Frost.
G-J G. Gentry.
H-William Harvey, Isaac Harris.
Ms L Mann.
Pr Pooner, J S Pawell, A F
Paul, P J.Powell.
Rs Roberts.
LADIES' LIST.
A-Eliza Armwood, Martha At
kins.
B-Dora Bess, Joseph Blake.
D-Cora Davis, Grace Dudly, Matt
Darden.
E-Tabetha Eastman.
F-Virginia Foster, Lula Follar.
H-Frances Horn, G w Hendricks.
IA B Jackson
L-Minnie V Lane.
| N-Carrie Newsome.
P-Harriet Pate
| W-Fannie Westbrook.
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Cholly-Don't worry, Pet; I know
all about the water around here. We
can touch bottom anywhere.
Ethel-Y-yes; but how far will we
have to sink TO do it?
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K. T. Keel having purcha4ed the Interest of
j. d. Blounti in the business of Blouut d Keel
At Mount Olive. will assume all obligations of
the arm and win collect all debts due the firm,
which has been dissolved by mutual consent.
~ Z. 7. KEEL,
J. BLOUNT.
I will continue the business at the same old
stand In Mount Olive and will thank the pub
lie for continued patronage.
2tgauSl 4 KEEL.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-09-17
TO ELECT A BISHOP
The Diocese of Eastern Carolina
Will Meet in st. Stephens.
Church, in This City on
October the 7th.
October the 7th.

The Diocese eff East Carolina will
meet inst. Stephens church in this
city on the 7th of October for the
the election of a Bishop Coadjutor to
perform the duties of Rt. Rev. Bishop
A. A. Watson, whose feeble health
will not permit him to do the active
work Of the church. The new bishop
will be elected by the clergy of the
Diocese and the election will have to
be confirmed by the laymen. It is
probable that there will be no less
than 200 clergy and laymen present.
The congregation of st. Stephens
church have already gone to work to
make proper arrangement for the en-
tertainlnent of the. distinguished Wis.,
itors. Several names have been
mentioned through the Diocese for
the position, but none more promi-
nently than that of DR.. Robert
Strange, fornerI:.. :astor of st. James
church in Wilmington, but now pas
tor of a prominent church i'll kich-
mond, Va. lie is q North Caroiinian
and lis very =, psslar with the church.
The name OF La Nathanial Harding,
of Washington, y. c., Is also men
toned very prominently, but physi-
cal liabilities will prevent him from
accepting the position, so it is
thought.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-09-17

"Some men are so fortunate in Sc
curing good wives" remarked the
man who wanted to be sympathetic.
eyes," replied Henpeck. CHOW,
my wife is just like sunshine about
the house,"
"Indeed! Well-er-really, Pm
surprised
eyes. She's never there at all at
night. Woman's rights meetings
and all that, you know"
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-09-17

Young ladies graduated in literary courses and music.
A strong faculty representing North Carolina, California,
Brown, Ohio National Normal, and Columbia Universities; also
Va. Military Institute, Royal Conservatory, Stuttgart, Germany,
g. f: G. and Bryant 6 Stratton Business College.
Superior musical advantages in voice and piano. Practical
in Bookkeeping, Stenography, Typew1iting and Te-
legraphy etc. Ideal location, perfect natural drainage, good
good health, steam heat and complete ventilation.
Current expense per year, s1s5, Inter Dept; s145, High
School; 1855, Collegiate. Clubbing arrangement from $50 to
per year. Session begins Sept. Z, 1908. Address
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COUNTY NEWS.
MT. OLIVE LETTER.


eChronicling of a Weeks Events in
That Thriving Neigh
borhood.
ARGUS BUREAU,
Mt. Olive, N. c.,
Sept. 16, 1903.
MIR w M Rivenbark is convalesc-
ing.
Mr. Charlie Keel left Wednesday
for Chapel Hill, where he will be a
student.
Misses Eva Harris and Clara Lit
man, of Asheville, are the guests of
Mrs T. III Cohen.
Quite a large party from here will
&c UP to Goldsboro Thursday even
ing to see "Thelma."
The many friends of Mr. j E
Kelly, of Tarboro, were glad to see
him in our town last Thursday.
The new dwelling OF Mr. o Hol-
lingsworth, on Pollock street, is
completed and ready for occupancy.
Mrs Nc I Tatum and family are
at home again, after spending sew
.eral months very pleasantly in Blad.
en- county.
Cotton is rapidly coming in. The
crop will be a little shorter than US
ual, but the price is good and so the
farmer smiles.
Prof q D McWhorteK, who has
been i'll for several days, is much
better, and will soon be at his post
of duty in the school room.
MI Thos MCGEE, Jr, who has been
spending the summer with his Sis
ter Mrs M T Breazeale, returned to
his home in your town Saturday.
Messrs w F English and j A
Westbrook, two of III most enthus-
iastlc anglers, are this week fishing
and enjoying the cooling freezes OF
Southport.
Mr. NJ Med Williams, cashier OF
fhe new bank at Faison, was in u
town last week in the interest OF ms
hank and taking a few lessons IN
bankine-ftting himself for his new
duties.
MI. Olive presents a busy, pro-
orausive aupearance. Everywhere
new buildings are going up, ana
when you hear the sound OF ham
mel and saw and see everybody
hustling, you may know there IS
ttsomething doing"
The town was this afternoon
thrown into a state of turbulent ex-
citment by the burning OF Jonn Il
Bell & Company's large lumoer
liant. Several thousand feet OF
finished lumber aud all the machln-
ery were destroyed. The entire struc-
ture was burned to the ground ana
there was no insurance. Mr.. Bell Is
a ma who does not allow obstacles
TO overcome him and the mills Will
be Immediately rebuilt.
Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Miss Annie Flowers, OF
this place, to MI. Geo. E. Hood, OF
.Goldsboro, which event will take
place in the Methodist church on
Wednesday, the 23rd of September,
at $3.50 p m, after which the happy
young couple will leave for an ex-
tended tour through northern cities.
Both are very popular here and the
marriage is looked forward to with
quite a lot Of interest.
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Persons calling for above letters
will please say advertised. Rules
and regulations require that one cent
be paid OIL advertised letters.
J. F. DOBSON,
Postmaster.
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LIST OF

Remaining in Postomce, Colds
boro, Wayne County,, n. c.,
Sept. IL, 1908.
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Mir 0pu InStitut6.
N ~
BussiDess College.
-O-

A military school in the
East of high grade and thor
ough training-based on NOR
al and religious instruction
without sectarian bias. Boys
prepared for sophomore class
in colleges and universities.
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NORTH CAROLINA. WAYNE COUNTY.
SUPERIOR COURT.
ADDIR o. MASSEY,
va.
w, III. MASSEY.
The defendant, W H Massey, is hereby noti-
fed TO appear at the next term of the Superior
COURT of Wayne County, North Carolina, to
be held at the court house in Goldsboro. on the
first Monday after the first Monday in Septem-
Der. being the 14sh day of September. 1908, and
TO answer or demur to the complaint which
will be flied in this action.
Heis further notified tina this sction is
brought to secure a divorce from the bonds of
matrimony existing between the plaintiff and
the defendant, upon the ground that the
plaintiff did wflfnlly and without cause. on
or about Deeember the LIST. 1900. abandon his
wife. the plaintiff. and has since the said De-
cember LIST, 1850, wilfully and without cause,
lived separate ard apart from the plaintiff,
This, b Saith day Of July. 1908.
IF. ORMOND.
Clerk superior Court OF Wayne County.
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w. H. RHODES. Supt.
OPINIONS:

OPINIONS:
Judge o. II. AHen.-One of the veryfbest schools in the State.
q DR.. 7. N. Ivey-Cains place among the best schools of the
South. s @s
Hon. f. NJ. Simmons.-One Of the best and most efficient in-
structors in the State. f# a
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Every little yelps-as the mosqui-
To said when he bit the baby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-04
REPRESENTATIVES, ELECTED.
Three We're Chosen Yesterday ana All
Were Republicans.

"SI0 PeADAAS'
Tbree members of the House of Repre-
sentattves were elected yesterday to take
the nlaces of two members who have re-
sipned and one member who died recently.
Representative Weems was elected TO I'LL
the vacancy caused by the resignation Oh
Representative Gill In the sixteenth Ohio
district. His majority was 5000. Reuben
Moon has been elected to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Representative H.
n Ferderer of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Moon Is
a leading attorney of Philadelphia Df.
Hunter who was in the Fifty-fourth ana
EYfty-fifth Congresses, and later minister
to Guatemala, was elected TO Succeeu 1sop-
resentative Vincent Boreing in X entucky.
These elections do not affect the pontlCdI
complexion of the House in any way. Inc
men elected were all republicans, as were
their predecessors. DR.. Hunter represents
the only republican district in Kentucky.
Representative Thomas H. Ball OF Texas
has resigned his seat in the House, to take
effect on the 10th of the present month
About that time his successor Will De Sc
lected at a special election.
II ia understood that Representative
Richardson of Tennessee has detefm ned 10
serve out his present term and not TO
stand for reelection. Having accepted the
position at the head of the southern 1urls-
sidered the advisability Of resignfng from
his seat in Congress at once.
The rumors of the resignation OF Repre-
sentative Sherman of New York have not
been verified, and Mr.. Sherman's friends
believe he will remain in the House. -Four
ing from Congress In order to devote his
time to business affairs, and recently there
has been rumOr that he would give up
his seat in the House for that purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-04
RESULT IN NEW JERSEY.
Democrats Made Net Gain of One in
the Assembly

TRENTON, n. J.. November 4.-Revised
returns from New Jersey show that the re-
publicans have carried Middlesex county
for both senator and assemblymen. This
will make the senate stand IA republicans
to democrats the same as last years rep
resentation. The gain of three assembly
men by the democrats in Union county Is
Offset by losses in other counties. The rep
resentation in the house next year will be
the same as last years. republicans and
% democrats.
The following are the democratic counties
and their representation:
Hudson, II; Hunterdon, |. Monmouth, B;
Somerset, 1: Sussex. 1; Union, 3; Warren, l;
total. %
The republican counties are:
Atlantic. l. Bergen. .; Burlington, 2; Cam
den. 3: Cape May, /; Cumberland. 2; Essex,
IL: Gloucester, 1; Mercer 8: Middlesex, 3;
Morris 2: Ocean, /; Passaic. .; Salem. L;
total 3S.
In the Paterson mayoralty contest VIM.
H Belcher, republican. Is elected over John
johnson, democrat. The present incun-
bent. John Hinchcliffe, Is democrat. Jer-
sey City. Asbury Park. Bridgeton and New
Brunswick elected republican mayors. In
Trenton. Hoboken and Bayonne the DEM
ocrats elected their mayoralty candidates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-04
SIXTEEN men KILLED
Many OthdrssW ounded BY
Terrific Explosions.
NOISE HfAkD MILES
EVERY AvA11tAs1E DOCTOR HuRr
RED TO SCENE.
Disaster Occurred at Government Store
House for Dynamite and
Powder.
NOISE HEARD MILES

PEEKSKILL, N. T.. November six
teen men are reported dead and number
wounded as a result Of a series OF exDio-
sions today on Ionia Island, in the Hudson.
used by the government as storehouse for
dynamite and powder.
The first explosion occurred shortly before
o'clock, and was followed by others for
more than an hour. the detonations being
heard in this city at 2:30.
A telephone call was sent here for every
physician available, and all who could be
found responded to the call.
Beyond the fact that sixteen men were
dead and many wounded no details OF the
disaster were obtainable at 2:30.