Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-02-04
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do for a Republican slogan?
This coolish wave from the north
reminds US that we are in the winter
months, for fact.
There are no yellow journals in
Japan to precipitate war, hence the
diplomatic deliberatiOn.
Perhaps il is not relevant for Mr..
Machen to explain to the jury how
he put $40, 900 to the good on a sal
airy of $1,000 a year.
It is said that General Weyler in
his new book does not recognize any
yankee hero of Kettle Hill. This
mean spirit will do our brave presi-
dent no harm.
Richard Mansfield is getting him
self talked about because he is wear
ing no overcoat this winter. The
stuncles" Of many histrionic geniuses
know why they are wearing no
Overcoats, this winter of all winters.
Poet Laureate Austin is going to
lecture Oh the popular dislike for the
higher forms of poetry. It's a sad
thing TO be too lofty to be under
stood, but doubtless Ally consoles
himself with the faith that posterity
will evolute up to him.
The surviving populists are in
clined, it is said, to indorse Roose-
welt in lieu of putting out a ticket of
their own. Teddy does possess all
the idiosyncrasies of the populistic
mind, and he ought to be strong
with Carrie Nation and Lige Dowie.
Col. Oscar r. Rand, a prominent
citizen of the State and in the days
of the Civil War a gallant Coufed-
crate soldier, died yesterday at his
home in Johnston county, about 5
miles from Smithield. The cause of
Mr.. Rand's death was acute pneu-
monia.
The Social Economics Club, a Chi
cago woman's organization, which
has long been searching in debate for
the Essentials Of a happy home,"
has found that the nearest solution
to the riddle is to be "feed the brute
good, well-cooked food, and forgive
him."
Washington, Jan. 29.-The Senate
to-day adopted the resolution intro
duced by Mr.. Culberson for the
Democratic caucus which calls upon
the President to state whether the
Senate has been supplied with all
the facts bearing upon the controver-
sy over Panama.
W~interville, Jan. 2O.-To-night
about 1 O'Clock robbers blew open
. the safe of Harrington, Barber &
Company, of this place and got $12O
in cash. Three tramps had been
loafing around here for a couple of
days, and during the time had a
steel drill made at one of the shops
here.
A constituent of Congressman
side in a boarding house wrote the
Congressman to please send his land
lady a copy of the agricultural de-
Iartment's bulletin on b~resdmaking.
How much more delicate and gen
tlemanly this was than kicking up a
row with a lady at the table.
Washington, Jan. Ex-senator
German has called a caucus of the
Democratic Senators to be held to-
morrow at II a.. m. It was an
nounced that no general plans were
entertained except that a "pow-
VOW over the Panama question
seemed to be necessary from a Dem,
ocratic point OfvieW.
New York, Jan. 29.-A staff cor
respondent of the Brooklyn Eagle.
who is touring the South and inter
viewing leading politicians on The
Democratic prospects, to-day sem
from Atlanta an interview will
Hoke Smith, who summarized the
Democratic situation in Georgia BY
the remark: Georgia will send it
delegation to the national convention
to vote for the nomination of Chic
Justice Parker, of New York, TO
president if the Democrats of New
York will take the lead" The cor
respondent says Georgia Democrat
will have none of Bryanism.