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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-12-01
THE BEST TOWN IN THE
STATE.
Plenty of Opportunities Here
For Men of Energy and
Character: Remark
able Success of MI.
A. 7. Griffin.

able Success of Mr..
A. T. Griffin.
It is frequently said that the day
of opportunities is passed for young
men in this country.
We presume the same complaint
was made fifty years ago.
Notwithstanding these croakings,
every generation has produced a
multitude Of men who have achieved
success in the various walks of life.
Hard work and integrity, season.
ed with a good Judgment, will ac-
complish just as much to-day as at
any other time.
On every hand in G%oldsboro, and
in every legitimate avocation, are
positive proof of this assertion.
The ARGUS man had occasion to-
day to go out to the site of old
WaynesbOro, on the banks of Neuse
river, ana, incidentally to visit the
plant of Mr.. A. T. Griffin, which
Was Il iGN0Iat1Ou 10 U.s.
"A few years ago, with only a few
hundred dollars capital, MI. Griffin
came to Goldobero and began in a
small way to manufacture shingles.
But While he did not have much
money, he had a thorough knowi-
edge Of the shingle business. He
knew ali about a shingIe from the
standing T e in the swamp to the
finished product in the package
ready dor use.
lie had cut logs himself; he had
hauled hem to the mill, and with
his OWE hands had worked at the
machine that made the shingles.
With : thorough knowledge of his
business, unbounded energy, and alb
solute integrity he began the manu-
facture Of shingles for the local mar
ket.
These are the qualities that win,
and in a short time MI. Grifhn's lit
tie mill was over-taxed, and he had
to get a bigger one, for people from
abroad had found out about s.Grimn
the single man." and orders came
not only from many places in this
State but from other States.
At first, Mr.. Griffin bought tim
Der that Vas foated down the river
and sold to him by the owners, but
he soon outgrew this, and began
buying timber lands, and standing
timber in large quantities.
Then he commenced the manufac-
ture of lumber with as much success
as he did shingles.
Later on'he put in the finest ma
chinery for drying, dressing and
manufacturing flooring, ceiling, bal
usters, columns, mouidings, mantels,
and other mill work of superior
quality and artistic finish.
All three branches of this business
pushed with the characteristic en-
ergy Of Mr.. Griffin, are successful i1
the highest degree.
About five years ago, Mr.. Griffin
established the Wayne Brick Works
a very large plant for the manufac
ture of brick.
Like his other enterprises, this
:. too, has been a phenomenal success
And while Mr.. Griffin has won sue
cess himself he has helped others t.
succeed, and the large number O
[ hands employed by him spend larg'
| sums of money in the city.
The A. T. Griffin motto has al
, ways been, that every article solt
} by him should be just as represent
ed, and this motto has been sacredl.
kept.
;. Mr.. Griffin has just completed on
of the handsomest residences in tn
city.
Public spirited, charitable, eve
ready to help a good cause, he is
worthy example to other youni
men.
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CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED EE5zF
ABeautifuI Girl Saved From Dread Consumption
awmmna@zA Other Wonderful Cures :,

MISS Amelia Weyn1er, Appleton, Wis, writes: l
"Ear!y last summer I contracted a cold which I
seemed TO hang on to me and could NOT be shaken !
OFT. From the head it went to the throat. and then /
affecfed my lungs. MY mother felt very anxious ]
ana as we mad used Peruna in the family before, !
she ADVISED me to try ii. Twas somehow very oo- I
Posed Out was persuaded TO try Peruna. Using it ]
one day CONVINCED me that it was no ordinary med !
IcIne' WITHIN a week 4 was much better and i'm two ]
weeks was well, and 4 felt much stronger and in !
n1nch better health generally. was perfectly sat Z
Miss Amelia Weymer. J
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO GUM
me Tablets. All druggists refund
the money if it fails to cure. II. w.
Groye'ssignature is ON each box. Zoe.
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Carolina.
Wayne County. oo0'
Handy Bizzell,
Polly Bizzell.

The defendant, Polly Bizzell, is
hereby notified 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 twelfth Monday after the first
Monday of September, it being the
28th day of November, 1904, and to
answer or demur to the complaint
which will be filed in this action.
She is further notified that this ac-
ton is brought to secure a divorce
from the bonds of matrimony exist
ing between the plaintiff and the de-
fendant, upon the ground that the
plaintiff did willfully and without
cause, on or about the 1st of June,
1897, abandon her husband, the
plaintiff, and has since the said June
1st, 1897, wilfully and without cause,
lived separate and apart from the
PLAINTIFF
This the 9th day of Oct. 1904.
I. F. ORMOND,
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-12-01

These popular young people may
have thought they were taking their
friends by surprise, but they were
not. Their wide circle of intimate
friends here had expected it, and
with these the ARGUS heartily joins
in wishing them length of days and
the fullest measure of health, happi-
ness and prosperity.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-12-01

Everything in Drugs and Toile1
goods with right prices.
Higgins Drug Co.
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Clerk Superior Court of Wayne Go.

$dOO-Dr. Il. .Detchon's Anti
Diuretic may be worth to you more
than 800 if you have a child who
soils bedding from incontinence of
water during sleep. Cures old and
young alike. It arrests the trouble
at once. ST.. Sold by M. E.. Robin
son & Bro. druggists, Goldsboro.
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and California;,

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Tickets on sale from Sept. Is to
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The Illinois Central r. r.
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For full information, Circu-
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p WEDDING.
Miss Lillian Pollok and Mr.. r..

in Raleigh.
Raleigh News & Observer, Nov. 25.
There was a wedding that was a
surprise at the Marlborough House
yesterday afternoon.
In the parlor there Miss Lillian
Pollok, of Goldsboro, daughter of
Captain Pollok, the popular conduc-
tor on the Southern Road from
Goldsboro to Greensboro, and Mr..
R. L. Grow, of the firm Of Grow,
Clark & Co., gents furnishing goods,
were wed, the ceremony being pei
formed by Rev. r. F. Bumpas, Of
Edenton Street Methodist church.
The wedding took place at three
O'Clock and the only attendants were
Mr.. z. T. F~eatherstone, a travelling
man, and Mr.. "A. G, Corpening, day
clerk of the Marlborough House. The
happy couple lett for G%oldsboro in
the afternoon.
Miss Pollok is a lovely young Wo-
man of charming manners and was
visiting here, being the guest of her
sister. Mrs. w. P. Rose. Mr.. Grow
is a prominent and successful bust
ness man, both he and his charming
bride being very popular. The rea-
son given for the surprise marriage
is that both desired it to be a quiet
one, without any previous notice.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04

time when the Senator was in Florida
wrote him that he thought he ought
to have some of the plums. Impulsive-
ly Quay telegraphed to buy 900 Met"
which, being interpreted means Metro
politan Traction, and he would shake
the plum tree" which was to say that
Quay would carry the stock. But
there were no plumS, according to this
version. The stock FELL and Quay had
to pay the losses for a speculation
which was intended to benefit the
cashier. The plum tree, according to
the Senator's critics, was the state
treasury, from which deposits were to
be turned over to the bank.
Some years ago Senator Quay inau-
gurated a system of employing detec-
tives to shadow the leaders of the OPP
position. Another favorite method of
his was to send brief personal letters to
thousands of voters all over the state,
especially in the interior counties.
Many politicians regard this letter
writing system as the most effective
Vote-maker ever employed by Quay.
The mechanical process of duplicating
letters with all the detail of originals
had just come into use. In every county
hundreds of voters had letters from
Quay" the effect of which in a large
majority of instances was to establish
at once a personal relationship be-
tween the gratified recipient and the
Senator" which no amount of cam
paign argument could shatter. Quay
was the first political leader to equip
himself with complete list of the war
veterans of the state. His letters" to
these invariably began Dear Com
rade.'
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04

Mr.. Quay was said to know more
poetry by heart than any other man in
Pennsylvania. He had been an insat-
liable reader and had a marvellous menu
DRY. Few tragedans were as familiar
with Shakespeare as this practical pol
ltlclan. Nearly all of Byron he had
at his tongues end.
The story is told of a rencontre with
Mr.. Roosevelt when the latter was
Vice President. which threw a new
light on Mr.. Quay for those who knew
or II. At a dinner table in a house of
which the owner was a book enthu-
siSst, Mr.. Roosevelt made some quo
tation from Quo Vadis.'
don't think that is quite correct"
said MIR. Quay quietly.
Isn't it?" asked Mr.. Roosevelt. 1--WE
can md out that by sending for the
hook"
On the consent of the host a man was
starting for the library when Mr.. Quay
said:
DO you suppose you have a copy of
QUO Vadis' in the original? If you
nave wish you would have it brought
along with the translation
l think have it," said the host, and
both Were brought in.
Thereupon Mr.. Quay took the copy
IN Polish, as Sienkiewicz had. written
It. When the New York statesman had
found the passage in the translated
copy the Pennsylvania read from
the the original, translating as he went.
while Mr.. Roosevelt compared the
translation AMI found that he had
fallen into a slight error. which the
senator had wished to point out
AS matter of fact, Mr.. Quay had
devoted much of his leisure to the ac-
quirement of languages. Outside of
his own, it is said, he spoke five fluent
ly, and read seven or eight, of which
one happened to be Polish
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
LEGAL NOTICES.


THE UNITED STATES OF
America. Southern District of Geor-
gia. Whereas, on the 26th day of
May, 1904, James McGrath, surviving
copartner of McGrath & Ransford,
filed his libel in the District Court of
the United States for the Southern
District of Georgia. against the
dredge Rough Rider, her scows, coal
barge, water boat, appendages, boats,
tackle. apparel furniture, and ap-
purtances in a cause of contract,
civil and maritime. And where
as, by virtue of process of due
form of law, to me directed, return
able on the Sth day of June, 1904,
have seized and taken the said dredge
Rough Rider, etc, and have her in
my custody. Notice is hereby given
that a district court will be held in
the United States court room, in the
city of Savannah, Ga on the Sth day
of June, 1904, for the trial of said
premises, and the owner or owners,
and all persons who may have or
claim any interest, are hereby cited
to be and appear at the time and
place aforesaid, to show cause, if any
they have why a final decree should
not pass as prayed.
GEORGE F. WHITE.
U. S. Marshal.
JOSEPH F. DOYLE,
Office Deputy
O'CONNOR. O'BYRNE & HART
RIDGE, Proctors for Libellant.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMER
lea, Southern district of Georgia
Whereas. on the 26th day of May, 1904,
Georgia Supply Company filed their
libel in the District Court of the
United States for the Southern district
of Georgia, against the dredge Rough
Rider her scows, coal barge, water
boat, APPENDICES. boats, tackle, APP
parel and furniture, and appurten-
ances, in a cause of contract, civil and
maritime. And. whereas. by virtue of
process in due form of law. to me di-
rected, returnable on the 9Th day of
June, 1904, have seized and taken the
said dredge Rough Rider, etc, and
have her in my custody. Notice is
hereby given, that a district court
will be held in the United States court
room, in the city of Savannah, Ga, on
the Sth day of June, 1904. for the trial
of said premises, and the owner or
owners, and all persons who may have
or claim any interest, are hereby cited
to be and appear at the time and
place aforesaid, to show cause, if any
they have, why a final decree should
not pass as prayed.
GEORGE r. WHITE,
u. s. Marshal
JOSEPH F. DOYLE,
Office Deputy.
O'CONNOR, O'BYRNE & HART
RIDGE. Proctors for Libellants.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
Held In the Convention.

When the Republican National Con-
,,antiOn met at Philadelphia in 1900 Mr..
Roosevelt had insisted that he should
remain Governor of New York, but
Senator Platt insisted that he should
vatate the governorship for the vice
presidency. The whole power Of the
rational chairman, Senator Hanna,
was arrayed against Mr.. Roosevelt's
nomination, and it was a game which
Ouay fully enjoyed to overthrow Han
ma for had not the Ohio Senator kept
him out of the United States Senate by
his single vote? So Quay allied himself
with Platt.
On the Sunday afternoon before the
convention met in Philadelphia Quay
was at the house of state Senator
Grady. where he made his headquarters
The present Postmaster General drop
ped in upon him.
PAYNE" said Quay, what is that
scheme of yours for revolutionizing the
membership of national conventions?
Give me all the details
The scheme was a well known one,
for it had long been a hobby of
Payne's. It called for representation in
conventions based upon the Republican
vote cast in the different states. Under
it the Republican states of the North
and West would gain in influence,
Wllle the southern democratic SldleS
would be reduced in voting strength.
Quay saw great possibilities in it,
The Philadelphia convention was in
session for three days, and the vice
presidency was left until the final ses-
sion. On the second day Quay offered
the Payne plan of apportionment with
every air of sincerity, and Immediately
had the convention adjourned until the
next day. 1t was d beautiful play in
politics. The proposition was held over
the heads of the Southern delegates.
Turn in for Roosevelt was the price of
pigeonholing the Payne plan. And
Quay won his point.
During the last year of his life Quay
became one of President Roosevelt's
closest political advisers. Many of
what politicians have called shrewd
moves on the part of President Roose-
Welt were made at the suggestion of the
far-sighted Quay.
After the death of Hanna, Senator
Quay was offered the Craftsmanship of
the Republican National Committee by
Mr.. Roosevelt, but was compelled to
decline it on account OF i'll health.
There was a tentative agreement that
if he recovered sufficiently he would ac-
cept the responsibility for the conduct
OF the coming campaign.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
NOTICE.

City of Savannah. Office Fire De-
partment, Savannah, Ca, May "a,
1904.-The attention of the public is
called to an ordinance passed in
Council April 10, 1904, relative to the
storing, keeping, using and vending of
gasoline, benzine and naphtha in the
city of Savannah. and regulating the
storage of automobiles, locomobiles
or other vehicles using gasoline.
The first paragraph of Section / of
this ordinance provides for the man
ner in which gasoline, benzine or
naphtha may be kept. and application
for a permit must be filed with the SUI
perintendent of the fire department
Blank forms may be had upon APP
plication at headquarters, corner of
Indian and West Broad streets.
Owners of these vehicles are re-
quested to comply with section 2 of
the above mentioned ordinance.
JOHN E. MAGUIRE,
Superintendent.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04

Robert H. Murray writes as follows
in the Philadelphia North American:
Chance brought me to Beaver and
into the presence of Senator Quay on
his sixty-ninth birthday, in September
last. Something of public moment
was afoot, upon which it seemed
likely the Senator might not be averse
TO speaking.
1t was gorgeous Indian summer
day, and the trees about the pleasant
Quay homestead were flying parti-
colored signals allow and aloft. There
was a family gathering at the house
The piazzas were astir with the Quay
womenfolk, while on the lawn children
played and rolled about on the russell
carpet of fallen leaves.
am pretty busy to-day said the
Senator, when the subject in hand had
been explained to him. What do you
think I'd better say about this?'
This. that and the other idea were
suggested. He pondered them over for
a few minutes and added to them.
" Go down to the hotel said he
finally, write out something on those
Rnes and bring 1t up in about an hour.
Thus the matter was disposed Of
There was one sentence, involving the
repetition of thought that had been
brought out in the first part of the in
SrVisw, to which the Senator except
Cut that out said he; we've said
mat once; we don't want to asseverate
mat point too much
The time seemed ripe for a hint
mat some utterance on the political
epochs in which he had lived and
toiled might possess a degree of inter
est, coming from the Senator on his
birthday
Swinging his chair toward the
open door, through which streamed a
mood of warm sunshine and which
framed a pleasant vista of turf and
trees, the Senator paused few
minutes before replying:
Yes, suppose so. but there isn't
anything that I feel is worth saying.
don't believe folks are very much
Interested in old men. This is the age
OF the young man. If / was 30 years
Ola and had the experiences !, have
mad, why it would be all right to talk
about it. but
Then a long pause.
! wouldn't do anything different,
| guess. if I had it all to live over
again. he went on thoughtfully, speak
ing more to himself than TO the list
ner No, 1 wouldn't do any different
FoIks say thay would do this and
tthey wouldn't do that II they had
eeoer lives to live over, but I'm satis-
ned to let II all stand as 1t is.
Don't print that. 1t wouldn't inter-
est anyone.
Then the conversation turned upon
olner matters. A messenger boy came
WIN telegram and the visitor start
"a away. Half a square down the
street ashout from one of the Senator's
soma halted him.
Here's something / thought per-
'ps you'd like TO get for your paper,
sald the Senator In explanation Of the
summons.
lie handed over the message that
, gn JUST come. II was from Governor
Frnnypacker and was couched In
1gratulatory terms.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
How He Held Un the Senate.

Quay took little or no part in the
party conferences in the Senate. If
the majority were in an embarrassing
position and he knew they needed his
assistance, he often imposed condi-
tions to his own advantage and forced
the others to yield Sometimes it
would be a public building he wanted;
at others a change in existing laws
or the bIishment of new regulations
which were to benefit his friends.
He introduced the propositions at the
most inopportune moments for his col
leagues. He brought them forward
when an important measure was pend
ing, requiring all the effort the Repub-
lcan side could exert to make it sue
cessful. Once in a short session he
tackled an amendment for a public
building upon the bill making appro-
priations for the Department of Agri-
culture. The Senate protested and the
House declared the proposition intoler-
able. Quay replied that unless the
amendment was agreed TO he would
prevent the passage of the bill and all
others until the session came to a
close.
This is but one of a score of instances
where he held the Senate up success
fully, because he seized upon the mo-
ment for his attempts when the sit
under other conditions or at other
times.
Quay did no committee work of an
Importance. He was always content
to be chairman of a committee with
nothing to do. His membership in
other committees was perfunctory.
Except in regard to the tariff and
Indian affairs he apparently cared lit
tie as to the general character of the
~, -f,1., 7 orrfe
lation affecting the Indians he scan
ned carefully and intelhgently, and
he was active in it's consideration.
His last fight in the Senate was for
the passage of the bill giving state
hood to Oklahoma, Arizona. New
Mexico and the Indian Territory. He
was opposed in this by Senator Bev-
eridge, of Indiana. The fight resulted
in a draw.
Quay had considerable humor. Dur
ing the considera ton of the Dingley
tariff bill in the Senate he demanded
that many changes be made in the
steel schedules. This was refused by
Republican leaders. Without a word
of protest Quay went to work on n
speech. He prepared one beginning
with the earliest tariffs known, and
coming down extensively to the pres
ent date. The manuscript, closely
typewriter, made package more than
foot thick.
When his demand was again refused
he began reading the speech in a mono
tonous, sing-song tone. He had not
read more than 5000 words when the
first change he demanded was grant
ed. Another Thousand or so words
brought about other changes, and he
continued this policy until everything
he demanded had been agreed to.
That speech became famous in the
Senate. and whenever Senator Quay
wanted anything and there was OPP
position he had only to reach into his
desk, put the mass of manuscript on
his desk and dryly say:
II have a few remarks to submit"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
Bright's Disease

caused the death of Doctor Bright. Bright's
disease is simply slow congestion OF the Kid
nays In the last stage the congestion becomes
. = and the victim lives few hours or few
SavS hut is past saving. This insidious Kid.
ey trouble is caused by sluggish torpid, con-
listed liver and slow, constipated bowels
sJsSerehy the kidneys are involved and ruined
makes Palmetto Wine is foe to congestion
=, liver Kidneys and tissues. 1t promptly -
S;ages the congestion and carries it out of tn.
IfveT kidneys, tissues and blood Brakes
66ainetto Wine restores the mucous membranes
- healthy condition, relieves the membranes
throughout the BODY IRON inflammation Milan, and
jver and Kidney disease to stay cured. 1t
ives relief Immediately, builds up vgor and
health prolongs life and makes it enjoyable. A
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
A Household Motto.

Senator Quay was fond of telling a
story of an experience at a country no.
tel near Pittsburg. Hanging on the wall
in the parlor was an inscription lei
on parle Francois"
The Senator noticed the inscription
and turning to the proprietor, said:
DO you speak French?"
No" replied the proprietor, United
States will do for me-
We'll, then" said Quay, why do you
have that notice on the wall-that
means French is spoken here"
We'll, I'll be blamed if young chap
didn't sell that to me for a motto. God
bless our home!'" answered the aston
iShed hotelkeeper
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
NOTICE.

city OF Savannah. Office Fire De-
partment Savannah. Ga. June /.
1904.-Bids will be received at the
office of the. undersigned until 10
o'clock noon of Saturday. June 4,
1904. for furnishing this department
with 20. pounds OF best white
clipped oats, 10000 pounds of No. /
Timothy hay and 400 pounds OF best
wheat bran. Sample of oats to ac-
company bid to be delivered In such
quantities as may be desired az the
various engine houses separately.
The Committee on Fire reserves the
right 10 award the contract In part or
as n whole or to reject any and ali
bids. JOHN y. MAGUIRE. Supt