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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-02
c. 0. ID. CASE DISMISSED

The case Of the seizure of AZ shin.
ments OF whisky from the American Ex.
press Cos Office, sent to Greenwood G.
y. d. was heard before Justice d. P
montgomery yesterday. Affidavit had
been made by Sheriff T. C. CARROT that
the shipping of whisky {. o. d. was I'M
iaWfnl and that in delivering these
shipments in such manner laid the Am
erican Express Co, from whose Office
the whisky was seized, liable for selling
whisky. At the trial the prosecution
attempted to prove that the shipments
nad been sent without bona fide orders
Tor same, but were unable to do so. Hon.
A. +. Gardner appeared for the people
and MIR. Henry Weissenbach of Chicago
represented the co~nsignors, the Harvest
hlng Distilling Co., of Kansas CITY, Mo,
and the American Express Co. About .
witnesses we're heard. Mr.. r.. p. Parish
was put through a rigid o exami-
nation by the defense. Mr.. Gardner,
after the testimony was all in, admitted
that ne had made no case and moved a
dismissal; also that the law permitted
T. y. d. liquor shipments. Justice Mont
gomery then dismissed the case.
Masters Fred Mcbride and Fox
swift spent the last week on the planta-
ton of Mr.. Swift near Brent.
Candies a guarantee that they
are fresh-at SCATrs'
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-02
H1A BENA ITEMS.
Personal and Social Mention by
Our Fair Correspondent.

Miss Sallie Morris spent Thurs
q day IN Greenwood shopping.
Mr.. c, Dunn spent Tuesday, Ma.
tlonal holiday, in Greenwood.
Capt, W. G. Poindexter, Of Shep-
pardtown, was here Tuesday.
/. Miss Mamie Eatman, of Meridian,
is the guest of Mrs. John Holloman
this week.
H. W. R. and l.. W. Elliott, of
Salisbury, Tenn, are in the city
prospecting.
Miss Irene Pierce, of Greenwood.
has been visiting Miss Lillian Town
send this week.
Miss Sophie Schweikert of Cruger
has been the guest of the Misses
Reese this week.
Mrs. A. McCammond, of Lexing-
ton, was the guest of Mrs. +. B.
Morris last Monday.
Misses Jessie and Alice Staige
Reese spent Saturday evening in
Greenwood shopping.
Miss Vera McCulley. of Arlington,
Tenn, is the attractive guest of her
sister, Mrs. M. W. Phillips.
Miss Vera McCulley of Arlington,
Tenn, is the attractive guest of her
sister, Mrs. NJ, W. Phillips.
Ernest CLARK, an excellent citizen
and merchant of Brent, was attend
ing to business here Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Q. Eaton, we're
in town Friday enroute home, in
Memphis and Washington, D. G.
Misses Stevens Of Greenwood we're
the guests Of Misses Matte Lee and
Haley Monday and Tuesday.
Miss Fannie Bell Rich, one Of
NELSON'S attractive young ladies,
is visiting relatives here this week.
Misses Stevens, of Greenwood,
the guest of Misses Matte and
Haley Monday and Tuesday.
Miss lolene Morrow, an accom-
olished young matron of Oakland, /
Tenn, is the guest of Mrs. NJ. W. |
Phillips this week.
Misses Edith and Nina Nye have /
eturned to their home in Walden, 4
nuch to the regret of their MANY
rlends and admirers here.
Misses Fannie and Jennie
cruggs, two charming young ladies
t Greenwood, visited Miss Mabel
linson Monday and Tuesday.
Among the girls here from the l.. H
q G. at Columbus are Misses
laud Sullivan, Fannie Woolbert, n
ate and Agnes Schweikert.
Eugene Thomas seems to be in
lie arrears with his counting up
ere, as he was here all day Sun
ay-and Sunday night, too.
Mrs. J. A. Hutchinson and Miss
ONE Hutchinson of Vineland attend
| commencement exercises here
onday and Tuesday nights.
Miss lottie Heggie, the accom-
lshed and popular first assistant
acher in the high school here, left
%ednesday morning for her home in
alden to spend vacation.
The commencement exercises Of
g ltta Bena High School took place
and Tuesday evenings. The
ogram was interesting throughout
d large crowds were present each
The pupils acquitted
splendidly, and the fac
" deserves much credit for their
Monday evening was de- n
ted to drills, dialogues, panto-
mes, tableaux, and instrumental
Isle, each being faultlessly rem
red. Tuesday evening Prof. NH.
Philips awarded a diploma to
Jesse Haley, the only grad
te this session, which vas fol-
Ved by a play entitled "The Dea-
J., composed Of five acts, which
: participated in by a number Of
lies and gentlemen Of Itta Bena.
Q much praise cannot be given
m for the very interesting man
in which the different parts
executed. The session Of the
DOL has been a most successful
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-02

Yes Sir

we have the LUMBER you are
looking for. When in doubt o to us. You
VIII then be sure to do the right thing. and
VIII also save yourself lots of time.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-06-02

Candles-with a guarantee that they
are fresh-at SrArrs'
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-09-21

now putting on the finishing touches
to the new addition to Messrs. Best
& ThOmpsOn's store. When COM
pleted it will be one of the hand
soonest and most conveniently ar
ranged stores in the state end will
Indeed be a credit to the town. The
store has been converted into a hand
some two-story building, a beautiful
new sign of geld letters has been
! placed across the upper story, that
Gan De read at a distance, tie store
Oh the inside has been thoroughly
ov3rhaul6d throughout, and repaint-
ed, handsome new plate glass show
Windows putin, new shelves INSTALL
ed, and it does not look like the
samepiace. This firm is now in better
| shape than ever to cater to the de-
mands Of their large ami growing
trade, which by strict attention to
business aud honest, square dealing
they have justly merited.
Miss Alice Carson, who conduc's
a large millinery business in Ere
mon', and who enjoys a widespr' ad
patronage throu2 hout that section,
mas opened a branch store inthis city,
in the building next to Mr. A. A
MIXERS photograph gallery, CT
West Centre street. Miss Calsol.
haa had tnapT y airs experience ii
sb,5 business and is thoroughly az
q"ainted with the deniarCs Of til
trade. She has purchased a Large
atock CT oeasonabl-, Up to-da:e goots
aEl they are now arriving daily
This store will nos interfere with he1
Fremont store, and will be i'll charge
Of Miss Willie Morehead, an expel-
fenced millinar OF Baltimore, who is
thoroughly familiar with all the
latest styles and fashions. The
ladies of GoId5boro and surrounding
country are extended a cordial in
vitation 10 visit the store.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-09-21
A DOlI's House,.

Those who witnessed the pre-
sentation of ga Doll's Hcuse' by
Mis- Eugene Blair and her com
petent company in the Messenger
Opera House Saturday night will
not soon forget the splendid---the
faultlessly natural acting of Miss
Blair. A woman of brilliant intellect,
she interprets her role with a pre-
cision that is most satisfying; an
actress of fathomless g%enins, she is
capable Of charming an intelligent
audience by her winsome person.
atty, while in wealth of voice and
gracefulness of bearing she SO charms
aud holds you that the actress is for.
gotten and the original alone live:
and moves before you.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-09-21
Letter to N. O'Bcrry.
Goldsboro, N. G.

Dear Sir: You ask how many
-qlare feet a gallon will cover. De-
pends on condition OF building.
There is a great deal of lying
on this point. The stock claim OF
lying paints is 800 square feet, two
coast. It's a lie, as a rule.
Devoe covers 800 to 500,our agents
think. We think 800 too low and
6o0 too high; though, doubtless, they
Goth occur.
How much the other paints cover is
>qualy doubtful;we guess 100 to 400.
The truth is found in another
comparison. Devoe is all paint; true
paint, strong paint,and full-measure;
the others in general are, al
the best, diluted, adulterated and
short-measure. They cover ac-
:ording to body and measure. You
amt paint with clayline chalk sand
barytes water or air--no body in
,hem.Go by Devoe. Yours truly
T. w. DEVOE & co
P. S. Smith Il Yelverton Sell our
paint.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-09-21
JAPAN'S NEW NAVY.

Japan has already raised five
b%attleships at Port Arthur and per-
haps twice as many cruisers there
and at Chemulpo, and no doubt she
viii go on until every YES sci sunk
in shallow water Is fioated and re-
pared and added to the Jap
an9se navy. It goes with
ou6 saying that the man behind the
gun III the rescued and captured
ships will shoot straight and early
anu often when trouble comes. The
ships sunk i'll the Sea of Japan can
not be recovered, but enough will be
recovered near Port Arthur to
double, perhaps treble, the japanese
navy.
At the beginning of the war the
I'D : les of the world stood as follows:
Great Britain, France, Russia, Ger
many. United States, Italy, Japan.
Che list now reads as follows: Great
Britain, france, with Germany,
dated States and Japan each con-
1es ting the third place.
The new japanese navy will in
.IuIe about fifteen b~attleships, in
;lu,iiug two nearly completed in
England, and probably fully thirty
srtnored cruisers. 1t will easily
dominate the Far East, no matter
now many ships Russia builds. Rus
,ia can build ships, but unless her
entire policy is changed she never
can man them to fight successfully
Japanese ships.
The japanese navy will always be
respected hereafter whatever it sails
and no nation will covet strife in
the Far East. England, too, is to
remain Japan's ally, and the two
| will have to be consulted in all
changes in Oriental waters. Ger
many will probably lose interest in
Klaochan and after a while England
| viii perhaps give up Wai-hei-he1.
This War and japanese skill and
courage have wholly changed the
| Far Eastern situation, and Japan's
new navy will zee that the
changes are duly enforced and re.
! spGcteI.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-09-21
HANDSOME and UNIQUE
BANK OF WAYNE ISIS UES
HANDSOME SOUVENIR.
Facts of North Carolina History
Not Generally Familiar, From
Colonial Times to The
Present.

The Bank of Wayne of this city
the financial Gibraltar that has fos-
teS ed and sustained in such large
measure the progressive enterprise
that have made our community 81
prosperous, has just issued a hand
some, unique and very valuable lit
erary souvenir, in the shape of a
compilation Of facts Of North Caro-
liua history, from early colonial
times down to the present, not gen
orally familiar, and intersper-ed with
literary excerpts that point whole
some morals for every day guidance,
and commercial suggestions condu-
Give to financial success; and, incl
dentally, it contains an interesting
| sketch of the Bank of Wayne, with
its 1925, 900 OF capital and surplus as
a guarantee of security to its patrons
| before a penny of their deposits can
be lost-as;de from the unq1est:oned
integrity of it's officials, the wealth.
of whose character makes the asset
OF The Bank Of Wayne unlirnited.
The public alton here referred to is
in pamphlet form, beautifully print
ed on fine tinted paper, appropri
ateIy illustrated and substantially
| bound, and should find a place and
keeping in every home in North
Carolina, for, as this little pamphlet
we'll Gays, On its frontis-page, 'ii
any mai has reaso to feel proud OF
his nativity, it is the Ncrsh Caro-
linian. We cannot read her history
without feeling a just pride of BIRTH"
In making this publication, with
but one slight error-an inadvert-
apce of the printer OR proof reader
| in regard to the battle of Bectons-
| vile, Mr.. Walter E. Borden, the
very competent cashier of the Bank
Of Wayne, who compiled the pamph-
let, has proved himself not only !
truly patriotic North Carolinian but
a public %benefactor, as we'll, while
the character of its literary selections
shows him to be a student of TIE
best authors, and the influence OF
these are manifested in his daily
life among us,
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-09-21
FIRE.

Yesterday morning about 8 O'Clock
smoke was seen issuing from the
second story of Messrs. Bizzell &
Wooten's grocery store, which Wa
occupied by the Wholesale depart
meht Of the Goldsboro Drug Com
paDy, and where a large stock OF
drugs, chemicals, stationery and
patent medicines Was stored, ana
which is now q total loss, agggregat-
ing somewhere in the neighborhood
OF $25, 200.
In response to the alarm, the fire
department was promptly on the
scene, and, as usual, did heroic and
superb work in combining the flames
to the one building---an1 to the
second story of that, SO That the loss
to Messrs. Biz Ii & Wooten, on their
stock of groceries, while very great,
is due to water, while the damage
to the Fonvielle Grocery Company,
which also is very great, is due to
,sInoke.
All who look upon the scene of
The fire aud view how the devouring
flames were restricted and extin-
Iguisned marvel at the splendid work
OF peerless FIRE department. -
The Goldsboro Drug Company
icarried $22 600 insurance; MIR. E. b.
Borden, Jr., trustee, en- the build
ing, "a, 700;Bizzell & Wooten g., 900;
Fonvielle Grocery Company 81, 500.
The Goldsboro Drug Company
have secured new quarters, and will
.continue business without cessation.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-09-21
PRESIDENT
AND THE FEVER,

Two months have elapsed since
the authorities of Now Orleans ac-
knowledged thst asR sday Aafbored
yellow fever. In the two months a
great sanitary battle has been
fought. Some may say that the bat
tie has not been Won because the few
er has not been stamped out. The
fever has, however, been kept under
ontrol, and on Monday not a death
occurred in the broad cityon account
of yellow fever. The number of
cases ON hand is about 800 and the
deaths are abont five a day. About
ten per cent of the fever patients
die. All of these figures are a hap
Ply contrast to the figures of 1873,
when nearly one hundred died daily
of yellow fever.
The battle. has therefore been
strikipgly successful in New
Orleans, even it has not been in the
outlying towns and plantations.
The mosquito theory has not been
fully applied except in New Orleans
and it has certainly led to gratifying
results in that city.
The fever situation in New Orleans
is SO satisfactory that President
Roosevelt has Lo intention, il is stat
ed, of cancelling his engagement to
visit it in the late days of next
month. He does not intend, it is
said, to cancel Or to postpone his
southern tour, and New Orleans is
to be a part of that tour.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-09-21

MI. 1iovel We'll, who had apain-
full fall at yesterdays Are, is resting
comfortably today, and hopes soon
to be out again, his many friends
will be glad to know.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-09-21

Miss Bessie Edwards, daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. w. Edwards,
who is a student of Notre Dame,
near Baltimore, left today to resume
her studies at that noted institution
of learning.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-09-21
PATENT MEDICINE DECIS-
ION

The commissioner or Internal rev
enue at Washington has decided
that the manufacturers of patent
medicines composed largely of dis
titled liquors must, after December
L, 1905, take out licenses as rectiffers
and liquor dealers, and that drug
gists and others handling the goods
in question must pay the license re-
quired by law of a dealer. In a let
ter of instructions just sent to inter
nal revenue collectors Commissioner
Yerkes draws their attention to the
existence of a large number of COM
pounds ON the market that sell as
medicines, but are chiefly composed
of distilled spirits without the ad-
dition of drugs or medicines in suf-
icient quantities to materially
change their character.
The ques ton in each case, it is an
ounced, will be determined by ex-
animation of the formula submitted
by tt manufacturers aud samples
obtained in the open market. The
collectors have beei directed to no.
tify all druggists and merchants
handling proprietary medicines in
their districts of the new ruling.
While no statement is made by
the commissioner as to the medi-
cine5 which will be affected, it is
stated that there are a dozen or
more prominent and highly adver-
tised medicines that will be hurt by
The decision.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-09-21
IN MEMORIAM.

At a meeting of the Board of
Stewards and Trustees of st. Paul
NJ. E. church, Goldsboro, N. c., the
undersigned committee appointed to
draft resolutions to give expression
to our grief and great loss sustained
by the death of brother W. H,
Borden, beg to submit the following:
Whereas an all wise Providence in
His inscrutable wisdom has seen fl
to call from the church militant to
the the church triumphant our be-
loved friend and brother, therefore
resolved, that in the death of brother
Borden our church has lost one Of
her most loyal and Jealous members,
the Board of Stewards and Trustees
a valued, safe and wise counsellor,
and our community a substantial
and honored citizen. Devoted to his
church, he contributed literally OF
his ample means to the support of its
Institutions, and was ever foremost
to forward any effort made for the
good OF the church and the advance
ment Of Chrlst's kingdom. Having
flushed his work he laid his burden
down, and hearing the call of the
Master to come up higher, his spirit
is at home with its God.
To his bereaved wife and children
; whom he loved so devotedly, we ex-
tend our heartfelt sympathy, and
commend them for comfort and con.
| ISOLATION to Him who alone can give
| solace in time of trouble, and pray
| that our Heavenly Father may bind
up their bleeding hearts, cheer and
/ susla in them with the lichss of His
! grace, and wipe sorrows tears away
| Resolved-that these resolutions
be spread upon our church records,
published in the Goldsboro ARGUS
/ and the Raleihh Christian Advocate
and a copy seat to the bereaveC
family.
Il. w. Slocumb
\ \ s !: s Ess,9;o" Committee
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-09-21
Gard of Thanks.

Goldsboro, N. G. ,..Sept. 1s 1905
To tha.se of our citiz ms who rend-
cred sach valuable assistance to the
Fire Department at the Geldsboro
Drug Co.'S. fire ON yesterday. I am
greatly indebted and 1 hereby ten
der them my sincere thanks.
T. II. Balm,
Chief Fire Department.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-09-21

Mrs. Miller Hughes and little
daughter, who have been visiting
Capt. and Mrs r.. 2. Howell, re-
turned to her home in Fayetteville
today.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-09-21
New Shows Coming.

These and other fine plays await
the people of Goldsboro during the
season at the new Messenger Opera
House:
Cinderella, Or ''The Glass Slipper''
Ruben In New York: Comedy.
Lyman H. Hawes' Moving Pic
lures.
The Eternal City.
Dounelly and Hatfeld's Minstrels,
Under Direction of Al q. Field.
Maloney's Wedding.
"Seargent Kitty
Barlow Bros. MinistfeIs.
Dare Devil Dorothy.
West & Vokes, a Pair of Pinks.
Breezy Times.
Lyman Twins, "At The Races
Big Chorus.
Adelaide Thurston.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-09-21

The marriage of MI, R. W. Smith
to Miss Mary 2. Jones, occurred at
the home of the brides mother, Miss
Mary A. Jones, in Johnson County,
yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
Rev. j. w. Gardner, of this city, CT
floating.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-09-21

Mrs. L. H. Castex and her mil
liner, Miss Pearl Creech, who have
been spending several weeks ct the
Northern fashion centres, selecting
their new line of Fall Millinery and
acquainting themselves with the
latest and most up-to-date styles ami
fashions, have returned home.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-09-21

DR.. w. w. Wilmington, of Bull
Head, Greene County, was in the
city today and reports considerable
diptheria in his section.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-27
BODY BEING BROUGHT NORTH.
Special Trains Having Jefferson,s Re-
mains, Leaves Palm Beach.

,
West Palm Beach, Fla, April 25.-
special train carrying the remains
and the family of the late Joseph
Jefferson, left on its trip northward
at $3.50 last night. The body was es-
corted to the train by a number Of
prominent people of West Palm Beach,
who were there to pay their last tri-
butte to one who has been prominent
factor in the business as well as the
social life of that city. Following a
meeting of the city council yesterday,
which passed suitable resolutions on
the death of Mr.. Jefferson, the Board
Of trade took similar action.
Yesterday messages of coincidence
were received from all parts Of the
country, and from many people of
prominence. There were over hun
dred Of them and they were expressive
Of the sorrow prevailing throughout
all parts of the United States.
West Palm Beach was Graped In
mourning yesterday and all the bells
IN the city tolled 76--Jefferson's age
at $3.50 last night. The local Masonic
ledge turned out en- masse and carried
the body from 'The Reefs" In the
train.
The floral offerings were many and
elaborate. Business In the city has
been suspended all day, and flags are
floating at half mass. Charles b. JEFF
ferson stated last night that the sons
of the dead actor have cancelled all the
engagements Of their spring tours and
Will gather Immediately at Buzzards
Bay, -
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-27
IOWA. JOURNALISTS, NOVEL.
Two Dubuque Women Are Authors Of
Story Which Has Just Appeared.

Boston, Mass, April 25.--A noted
Boston publishing house has just is
sued a novel by two Iowa young wo.
men Journalists, Edith X. Stokely and
Marian Kent of Dubuque. The title is
Miss Billy" 1t is a story Of what an
irrepressible young woman accom-
plished in the poverty stricken, odor-
GUS neibhborhood into which the fam
lily felt obliged to move for financial
reasons. The happy common sense Of
Miss Billy and the quaint sayings and
doings of her neighbors form a capital
story.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-27
PLAN ELECTRIC RAILWAY
WITH 0TTUMWA TERMINUS

that dos,,+a 1919. 4a ~,
s+rMot,o, - ~ on M ", 'n .,e,,, con
to ei u..'on ~ VI ene eiec'ric me VIII sape
The Ottumwa.J civ line "a
to be part Of a big electric system
which it 4, expected will he extended
from Jefferson CITY to St. Ioris and
from Ottumwa to Des Moines nv wav
of Wright and Osks. loosa.
History OF Hoao.
]. e. Houeland was the promoter Of
the Eldon E. ST. Louis Railway com
pany which was organized + Eldon
men in the early part of 1899. It was
incorporated March L. 1899 in Missouri
as the st. Louis and Iowa and North
ern Railway company and was CAPT.
talized a. $4,000, 900.
The following men were incorporat.
ors: s. H. Sawyers, president; J. e.
Houghland, vice president: ]. S. Bar
ley. secretary and Charles s. Bierce.
treasurer. These same men then In.
corporated the Eldon and st. Louis
Railway company In Eldon. capitalized
at 100000. The officers were the
same except that g. D. Gregg was
vice president and j. E. Houghland,
secretary Other incorporators were
N. r. Reed, DR.. D. A. Jay, T. Madden,
and j. w. Allen.
These men and others put their own
money into the company and EN-.
ployed G, J. Dubois of Macon. Mo. to
make the surveys. This was done
from Ottumwa to connection with
tie st. Louis. Kansas CITY and Colo.
RADIO road which was operating from
st. Louis to Union, Mo. This line was
optioned for the sum of 100000. An
offer was made to the officials Of the
Rock Island to help the Eldon men
sell their bonds and operate the road