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The Jasper news., 1907-04-18

The extraordinary popularity Of fine
white goods this GUNNER makes the
choice Of Starch matter of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
from all injurious chemicals, is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as stiff
ener makes half the usual quantity Of
Starch necessary, with the result Of
perfect finish, equal to that when the
goods were new.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-18

Eyuit acids viii not stain goods dyed
with PUTNAM .FADELESS DYES, and
The Jasper news., 1907-04-18
Carpets from Paper.

The proprietors Of an Austrian car
pet factory at Maffersdorf are stated
to have acquired German patents
which embody method of manufac-
turing carpets or floor coverings from
paper. The new material can be
made in all colors, is washable and
will probably prove itself rival to
linoleum.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-18

In Pinch. Use ALIENS FooT.EAsE.
A powder. 1t cures painful, smart
ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery Of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all Druggists. Csc. Accept no sub.
stitute Trial package, FREE. Ad
dress A. s. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-18
GLUED THEM DOWN
HOW A. SKIPPER. SAVED HIS SHIP
fn FROM sAvAeEs.
South Sea Island Natives Were DecId.
edly Up Against It When They !.
Mixed Things with =
- Capt. McCabe.

1T was when was trading around
the South sea islands that I had a
narrow escape from band of sayages
that were going to take my ship" said
Capt. McCabe, the veteran sailor who
has now settled ashore to pass his
days In leisure, to Seattle Post-Intel.
ligencer man. 1T came near having
serious ending for me, but 1 came out
ahead after all.
Il was sailing in a pretty little
schooner, the Matte W., and we had
a general cargo for trading. Setting
on deck were about 20 cases of glue
that was never known to let go, but
we couldn't sell bit of it.
We'll, We got down to Milecello, one
of the group of the New Hebrides, and
there we anchored In Manley bay. The
snowy sand of the beach was shaded
by waving palms and the. sheltered
waters of the bay were warm and as
clear as crystal. We lay there for a
week resting up and cleaning up the
ship. We had been trading for almost
year then and there was nothing left
but the glue and that was piled along.
side the companion way.
We'll, one afternoon / let all the
crew go ashore, and they were inland
or away swimming in the clear water.
/ lay down to have snooze. Sudden.
ly was awakened by sharp jolt and
all around me were South sea savages.
They were armed with spears, bows
and arrows and stone tomahawks.
Their actions were hostile and l saw
right away that was up against it.
was alone on the vessel with all these
armed heathens.
Just then | happened to touch one
of those glue boxes and in a flash an
idea came to me. There was a large
bunch standing near the main fife rail
and l grabbed five bottles and threw
them at that crowd of savages one
after the other. The bottles were thin
glass and every one broke. Then, be.
fore the savages could recover their
wits, l started throwing more. The
glass would break and the glue ran all
over them. When they tried to walk
the glass would cut their feet and in
d lew ullHuteS ldu IudI WilOlo CTOWu
of savages glued to the deck unable to
move. The glue hardened almost in
stantly on touching the air and this
was what saved me.
when / saw that they were all
caught I signaled for the crew to re-
turn and then we weighed anchor and
put off for Charlotte. in the Gilbert
islands, where there were laborers
wanted. wasn't engaging in the
slave trade, mind you, because these
natives had come on board Of their
own free will and hadn't left.
"At Charlotte planter offered to
pry those savages loose from the deck
and give $1,000 to boot, and let him
do it. That planter also took all the
rest of the glue that we had.
That was one of the most fortunate
voyages that ever l made"
The Jasper news., 1907-04-18

Defiance Starch Is the latest inven-
tion in that line and an improvement
on all other makes; 1t is more eco
romical, does better work, takes less
time. Get It from any grocer.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-18
ArIzona's Copper Production.

In 1906 Arizona had the largest in.
crease in production of copper Of all
the copper states. The output was
2S4,22s,21z pounds, against 339,S4s, 900
pounds in 1906.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-18
Mrs. Partlneton Notices.

"It's burning shame, but never.
theless cold fact" said Mrs. Mala-
prop. in an interval Of gossip at a
card party the other evening. my
lear," said Mrs. Partington, from the
other side of the table, "you seem to
be getting your reservoirs mixed"
The Jasper news., 1907-04-18

Increase In Savings Deposits.
In 1906 the resources of the savings
banks of the state Of New York
reached $1,465, 100000, an increase Of
SIS, 600, 900 in only one year.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-18

Garfield Tea-the indispensable laxativel
fake it in the Spring; it purifes the blood,
.cleanses the system, eradicates disease. It
is made wholly of simple Herbs. Guaran-
teed under the Pure Food and Drugs Law.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-18

Friendship is the only thing in the
world concerning the usefulness OF
which all mankind are agreed
Cicero.
The Jasper news., 1907-04-18

Every truth that comes home to VI
is moral call, bidding VI rise to
new position.-Goethe.
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20
THE
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is widely circulated in every State and Ter
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people who can read our mother tongue.
This paper for the year 1903, will make
its news Service, if possible, more exten-
siye than ever. All events of Importance,
no matter where they happen, are reported
accurately and promptly.
The subscriber, for only one dollar year
gets three papers every week and more
news and general reading than most great
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price.
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fair in its political news. Partisan bias is
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and Democrat and Republican alike can
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Smyrna times., 1907-02-20
CHURCH SERVICES.

AsBUR METHODIST EPIscoPAL-Sunday-P
ing at 1880 A. and 7.SO P. N. Sunday school
P. NJ. Epworth League Prayer Meeting,
$50 P. NJ. Prayer Meeting-Wednesdays at 7.45
P.M. Rev RObt. Watt, D. D., Pastor.
ST. PETERS CHURcH.-Rev. G. Valerie Gilreath,
Rector.-First Sunday, Holy Eucharist, 1880
a. m; Evening Prayer and sermon at7% ?. NJ.
second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays,
Holy Eucharist, "a IN; Morning Prayer ana
Sermon, 10.15 4. N. evening Prayer and SER
mon, ~ P. NJ. Holy Days-H0ly Eucharist,
~ A. NJ. Morning Prayer, l0% A. NJ. Fridays,
Evening Prayer and Litany, ~ P. NJ. Sunday
school, 2l5 P. NJ.
N.-Sunday-Preaching at 1O15 A. N
and 7%P.M. Sunday SchOol-l112 A. M. Prayer
Meeting-Wednesdays at IA P. NJ. Rev. j. l.
Estlin, pastor.
st. PoLYcARP CATHOLIC CHURCH-Serviceseve cry
other Sunday, by Father WaldIon. Sunday
School Immediately after service.
SMYRNA Misunderstanding services, Friend
ship in the morning, Severs0n's in the after
noon. Jerman's Chapel and Smyrna Land
ing alternate Sunday nights at 1.SO. Rev.
Albert Chandler pastor.
CENTENNIAL METHODIST Episcopal (Colored) =
Sunday-Presching IL A. NJ. and p NJ
sunday SchcJl-2 p NJ. Prayer and Praise
Meeting, Tuesday evening. Rev. (. o. Parker
Pastor.
ethel 4 NJ Z. CHURCH-SundA y-Preaching
at IL q. M, and p. m. sunday School al
p. m. Christian Endeavor, 6% p. M. sun
lay. Praise meeting, at S o'clock Nednes
day evening. Rev. l. S. Yemmens, Pastor.
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20
SECRET SOCIETIEs.

aoRNING STAR LODGE, No. 6, l. o. o F.-Meets
every Friday evening, at7.SO O'Clock.
IcDoNNELL ENcAMPMENT, No 2,I o. o. F.--Meets
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month. at $50 o'clock.
-xARMoNY LODGE, No. l3, A. F. A. M-Meets First
aud Third Thursday evenings Of each month
at 7.30 O'Clock.
ssMYRNA C0NcLAyE, No. As, ORDER OF HEPTAsoPHs
meets first and third Tuesday of each month
st 500 o'clock. at the Odd Fellows Hall.
Union CASTLE No II, K. G. E-Meets every Mon
day evening in their hall in the Cooper Build
tng, at 80 o'clock.
-dIsPAH LODGE, No. l6, A. o. .. W.-Meets every
Monday evening at 500 o'clock in Odo Eel
lows Hall.
dIEPAH CoNCLAvE, No. l6l%, ADHESIVE MoGUIr
.IANs.-Meets the last Monday evening of each
month, at 90 O'Clock, in Odd Fellows Hall
+ENERAL WINFIELD s. HANCOCK POST, No. %
G. A. R.-Meets every Thursday night in the
Hall of the Knights of the Golden Eagle. l.
I. Davis, Commander.
sTARs AND STRIPES COUNCIL, No. 26, JR. o. U. A
M.-Meets at 90 p m. every Thursday IN
Odd Fellows Hall.
FRANCES E. WILLARD Temple, No. s. X. of g. f =
Meets every Tuesday evening at o'clock, al
the Golden Eagle Hall
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20
1907 FEBRUARY 1907
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l24 Is 26l27I I28
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS
The Latest Closing Prices In the
Principal Markets.

The Latest Closing Prices In the
Principal Markets.
PHILADELPHIA = FLOUR firm;
winter extras. S2.65@2.S5; Pennsylva-
MIA roller, clear. S2.90@3.10; city
mills, fancy, S4.40@4.50. RYE FLOUR
steady; per barrel, $3.65. WHEAT
steady; No. Pennsylvania red, 100
791Rc CORN firm; No. 2 yellow, local,
51hc OATS steady; No. white,
clipped, 47c.; lower grades, 46c. HAY
steady; No. 1 timothy, large bales,
$21. PORK firm; family. per barrel,
$3.50. BEEF steady; beef hams, per
barrel, S19. POULTRY: Live steady;
hens, 14c.; old roosters. 91ac. Dressed
firm; choice fowls, 14c.; old roosters,
91Ac. BUTTER firm; extra creamery,
36c. EGGS steady; selected, 800 32c. (;
nearby, 28c.; southern, 25@27c. POTA-
TOES steady; per bushel, 5S060c.
BALTIMORE-WHE firmer; No
2 spot, S30S3Ac.; steamer No. 2 spot
761ac.; southern, 7615081c. CORN
active; mixed spot, 50AQ50Bc.
steamer mixed, 4SA 049c.; southern
48% @501ac. OATS firm; white. No
2, 460461ac.; No. 3, 45@4515c.; No. 4
43M431bc.; mixed, No. 2, 4312 @44c.
No. 8, 421A@43c.; No 4, 41R042c
BUTTER firm; creamery separator ex
tras, 321zQ3Sc.; held, 24Q25c.; prints
33934c.; Maryland and Pennsylvani;
dairy prints, 20@21c EGGS steady
fancy Maryland and Pennsylvania
2Sc; Virginia. 28c. West Virginia
&c: southern, 26@27c.
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20
For shut In Hens.

In regions where the hens go into
winter quarters about November and
seldom get out till the snow melts in
April green cut bone Is advisable to
take the place of insects, grubs. etc.
that the hens find when foraging dur
ing the summer months.
Nasal Catarrh, an Inflammation of
the delicate membrane lining the air
passages, is not cured by any mixtures
taken into the stomach. Dop't waste
time on them. Take Ely's Cream
Balm through the nostrils, so that the
fevered. swollen tissues are reached
at once. Never mind how long you
have suffered nor how often you have
been disappointed, we know Ely's
Cream Balm will cure you as it has
cured others by the thousand. AL
druggists, SOC. Mailed by Ely Bros.
80 Warren Street, New York.
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20
Feeding AppIea.

Don't be afraid to feed cows all the
apples you can spare. This doesn't
mean to turn the cows in to gorge
themselves until they fill up with the
gas from mass of undigested fruit.
Apples must be fed judiciously. like
anything else. Give each animal two
quarts of apples twice a day and grad
ually increase the allowance until eight
to twelve quarts day are being fed.
Place in heaps and cover all culls and
keep them until fed out. They repre-.
sent money.-Farm Journal.
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20
The Wood snnnIr.

Now Is the very best time we shall
have to cut wood. Other work does
not press, and frozen ground and snow
help about skidding the logs.
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20
san hose Scale.

The San Jose scale is practically an
omnivorous feeder, it having been re-
ported from some sixty plants. and the
list is being gradually extended. 1t is
worthy of note, however. that, With
the exception of a few incidental
plants, it is able to live and multiply
in injurious numbers only on members
Of the rosaceae, to which family our
deciduous fruits belong.-A. L. Qualn.
tance.
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20
SMYRNA DIRECTORY.
TOWN OFFICIALS.

,sident of Couneil-Samuel ]. Reynolds.
secretary and Clerk of fCouneil-Harry B. Grieves.
Town Treasu:er-Ezekial V. Cooper.
Alderman-Eugcne Crow.
Chief of Poliee-B. W. Turner.
COuncilmen: 1st ward, John c. Stockley; 2nd
Ward. samuel ]. Reynolds: 3rd Ward, Harry B.
6rieves; 4th Ward, Jos. H. Wright: 9TH Ward,
John P. Hudson; 9th Ward, Charles c. Thornley,,
James C. Robinson.
Council meets the second and fourth Fridays
= each month.
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20
Live Sock Markets.

PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)-
prime, s5.40@5.70. SHEEP slow;
prime wethers, s5.50@5.70; culls and
common, $2@3; lambs, s5@775; veal
heavies, mediums and heavy Workers,
81 so; light Workers, S7.25@7.30; pigs,
s7G71O; roughs. S606.7b.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-05-30
GREAT SWAMP ITEMS.
Personals and Pertinent Happen
ings in That Prosperous Sec
ton.

Most of our m are through
chcpping cotton for the first time.
Crops are looking very well in our
section, considering the wet weather
we have had.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Pope were visit
ing at Mrs. Pope's father, Mr.. Simon
Barnes, near Lucama, Sunday.
Miss Mega Goodwin returned home
home last Thursday, after an extended
visit to her sister in Durham.
Miss Mamie Howell, of Kenly, spent
a few days last week with Misses
Bette and Lula Sasser.
Miss Bette Bradberry was visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. G.. Pope, of Kenly,
last week..
Mrs. Mary Sasser vas visiting her
brother, near Lucama, last Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Ellen Pope, of Black Creek, is
visiting her brother this week, Mr.. w.
l.. Pope.
Rev. George Davis filed his regular
appointment at Union Grove, Sunday
and Sunday night.
Mr.. P. Barnes children, of Rowland,
are visiting their grand father, Mr..
Thomas Barnes.
Mr.. NJ. B. Hooks, of near Fremont.
visited friends in our neighborhood
last Sunday.
Misses Lizzie and Georgia Lewis, O
Buck Swamp section, were visiting
their sister, Miss Flora Jordan, las
Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Lila Rains, of near Princeton
is spending the week with her siste
Mrs. w. Fl. Perish, who is quite sicl
with fever.
Mr.. w. L. Pope's water mill under
minded last Sunday. When discovered
it had gained such Roadway he had t
let off almost all the water to keep j
from washing the dam away.
Mr.. j. t. Pope had the misfortune t
lose a valuable farm horse last Thurs
day, his being the fourth horse to di
within less than q month in our neigh
bor1iood-
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-05-30
THE ICE TRUST
Mi. 7. R. Robinson Makes Interesting
Statement to the Public.
To the Public:

To the Public:
The undersigned desires to lay be-
fore the public of .Goldsboro the Ice
situation in this city.
1t may not be generally known, but
it is a fact, that there is an ice combine,
Or trust, in this State, whereby the out-
put of almost every ice factory in North
Carolina is under the control Of one
ia - w. E.. Worth Of Whining
ton, and the price which the retail
dealer shall pay for ice is fixed by him
in every town and hamlet wherever
there is a local factory; so that the re-
tail dealer and the consumer are en-
tirely at the mercy of the combine.
Mr.. Worth, and his local partner
here, Mr.. B. H. Griffin, control the out
put OF the Goldsboro Ice Factory, and
if the local retail dealer finds that he
cannot pay their price and max any
thing for himself, and tries to buy ice
at some other factory and ship in here,
he finds that the price is prohibitive-
that tie combine is "posted." This
combine has been in existence for some
years, and has driven the factories and
the public at will: but, fortunately, at
last I have found an INDEPENDENT fac
tory ia the State, and from it I am now
buying ice,and will continue to dc so in
carload lots. so that I am prepared to
serve the public of Goldsboro and
vicinity, without fear of being "froze
OUT by the combine. This may pre-
cipitate an ice war: but if just my old
customers will stand by me, I will as
sure them that I will stand by them
and serve them with promptness, and
assure them that [ shall always have q
big stock of ice on hand, so that they
need have no fear Of ever being left al
the mercy of the combine.
Thanking all my friends for theil
liberal patronage in h past. and as
surfing them of my solicitude for a con.
tinuence of their favors,
am
Very truly,
t. r. Robinson.
P. S. / make free delivery of ice.
Phone 663.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-05-30
BODY IN TRUNK.
Proves TO Be That OF Rev. Father
Kaspef, Of the Armenian Apes
tOliC Church of HObOken.

(By special wire to THE ARGUs.)
New York, May 27.-Rev. Father
Kaspar, of the Armenian Apostolic
Church., of Hoboken, N. j., was muir
dered in this city some time last week.
The body was found today in a trunk
which had beed left as security for their
room rent by two Greeks who three
weeks ago engaged a furnished room
of Mrs. Henry Sherer, who occupied
the third floor of a tenement at 333
West Th~irty-seventh street.
The body was in a kneeling posture,
with the head bound against the knees
by a heavy strap that passed over the
back of the neck and was buckled IN
der the shin. The murdered man must
have been about 60 years of age. He
weighed probably 16O pounds and was
about five feet foul inches in height. A
flowing beard II inches long was
streaked with gray, but the long and
bushy hair was black.
The police are satisfied that his mur-
der had to do with a foreign plot, and
was of a political nature.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-05-30
Double Shooting.

Q Fayetteville, n. C.,May 27.-Chief OF
Police Arnett, of Hope Mills, Cumber-
land county, while attem pting to arrest
William Gales, a Joung white man,
was shot by Gales and badly wounded.
Arnett then shot Gales through the
back the ball entering the lung. Gales
is in the hospital here, and his wound
is pronounced fatal.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-05-30
RACE PREJUDICE.

San Francisco, May2E.-Whife walk
ing along Buchanan street in this city
this morning, two white men, Hazel, a
dentist, and Merriweather, an ~electri-
clan, were attacked by a party of Japa-
nese and both stabbed to death.
Race hatred is said to be the only
motive for the desperate deed on the
part Of the Japaneses.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-05-30
Advertisements for Proposals.
Goldsboro. N. C.. NAV 24. 1907.

Goldsboro, n. c., May "a, 1907.
Sealed proposals will be received at
this building until 2 o'clock p. m.,June
9TH, for furnishing fuel, lights, water,
ice, miscellaneous supplies, washing
towels, hauling ashes, and ~sprinkling
streets for this building during the is-
cal year ending June 80, 1905, or such
portion of the year as may be deemed
ad visa BILE. The right to reject any and
all bids is reserved by the Teasury
Department.
L. N. GRANT, Custodian.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-05-30

Take me back to old Wisconsin,
Where the surgar beets any tobacco
grow,
Where the farmers are healthy,
happy and bright
They all take Rocky Mountaid Tea
at night.
Higgins Drug Company.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-05-30
Report Of the condition of
BANK OF WAYNE.

at Goldsboro, in the State of North
Carolina, at the close of business
May IS, 1907.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-05-30
Eczema and Pile Cure.

EDEC Knowing what it was to suffer,
I'LL I will give FREE OF CHARGE
to any afflicted a positive. cure for Ec-
zema, Salt Rheum, E~rysipelas, Piles
and Skin Diseases. instant relief. Don't
suffer longer, write F. w. WILLIAMS
400 Manhattan Avenue, New Yorl !.
Enclose Stamp.
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WANTED have applications to
having such property for rent will
do we'll to call on or address, n.
E. BRADFORD, Real Eestate, Rent
al and Insurance Agent, 129 West
Centre Street, N.
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BROWN LEGHORNS-New flock of
brown beauties just arrived. Carteno
strain. First prize at st. Louis
world fair. 240 eggs a year. Eggs
for sale. r. G. Freeman, 321 Ash
streets.
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WATCH LOST-A large open face
gold watch, Sunday. The finder
will please leave it with w. P.
Granger, the Jeweler, and receive
reward. mi2S St
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24

the possibilities latent in the rap nd~the knock
properly manipulated And the spirits who SO mali
cousy disturbed the peace of good old Dr. Phelps
Stratford, Connecticut half century and more ago.
unquestionably owed their being to the ninnble wit
and abnormal fancy of his two stepchildren, aged
sixteen and eleven.
1t is to be remembered further, that contem-
porary conditions were exceptionally favorable to
the success of the Tedworth hoax. In all likelihood
the children had nothing to do with the first alarm
the alarm that occurred during Mompesson's alb
rude practical joke by some village lads who had
heard of the first and wished to put the Squire's
courage to a test But thu little Mompessons
learned, suspected, that their father associated
the noises with the vagrant drummer, wide vista
of enjoyment would open before their mischief loving
minds. Entering on career of mystifcation, they
would find the road made easy by the gullibility of
those about them and the chances that had they
been caught in flagrante deeto they would have put
in the plea that fraudulent mediums frequently
offer to-day-"An evil spirit took possession of me
As it was, the superstition of the tmes-and doubt
less the rats and shaky tibers of Mompesson House
did their part-was their constant and unfailng
support. Everything that happened would be
magnified and distorted by the witnesses, either at
the moment or in retrospect until in the end the
Rev. Mr.. Glanvill, recording honestly enough what
he himself had seen, could find material for his
tory of the most marvellous marvels
In Short the more closely examines the details
OF the Tedworth mystery the more will he find him.
self in agreement with George Cruikshank's brutay
frank opinion:
All this very strange, about this drummer
But for myself really think this drumming ghost was all
hum.