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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-01-17
AN ENJOYABLE EVENING.
Editor ARGUS 4:

Quite a number of young people
were delightfully."- entertained at a re-
&kption given on Tuesday, evening,
January Sth, by Mr.. and Mrs. J. r..
Jinnett, at their beautiful country
home, the happy event being in honor
of the birthday of tn cir daughter, Miss
Jinnett.
The invited guests began to arrive
ABOUT 7:30 o'clock, and after conversing
together for a while, were led to the
- Acious dining room, where a table,
Faithfully decorated, and loaded with
4 Smpfing viands, was awaiting them.
After supper they again gathered in
the parlor, where they amused. them
selves by playing games, musfcaand in
c any other ways. After enjoying the
evening together until late hour,
the guests departed, all expressing
themselves as having spent a most
pleasant evening with their charming
hostess.
ID A READER
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-01-17
JURY PLACES BLAME.
EiQht Arrests for the Disaster
at Terra Gotta.
Conductors and Engineers OF Both
Trains, Train Dispatcher and
Telegraph Operator Held
to Be Subjects for
the Grand Jury
Inquiry.

Washington, January 9.-The coro-
ner's inquest over the Terra Gotta
wreck Of Sunday night, December 30th,
tonight held for the action of the grand
Jury Harry Fl. Hilderband, engineer OF
the ssdead'' train, No. 212O; Frank T.
Hoffmier, conductor Of that train; P.
+. Dent, night train dispatcher at Bal
timore; William E. McCaulley, division
operator at the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad B. L. Vermillion, engineer
of local train No. Sc, into which Ne.
2120 crashed George w. Nagle, con-
ductor OF train No. 66; J. w. Kelley,
Jr., trainmaster of the Baltimore and
Ohio, and William Dutrow, telegraph
operator at Silver Spring.
All the men held except Dent, Kelley
and McCaulley were in the building
where the inquest was held, and were
at once put under arrest.
Just before the jury retired to-day,
Charles w. Galloway, superintendent
of the Baltimore and Ohio, was asked
by the coroner if he had heard all the
testimony, and he replied that he had.
He was asked if he could point out any
rule which had been violated by the
witnesses in the case. Mr.. Gallo
way replied: 'They have all been
violated; all the rules relating to the
movement of trains.'' Mr.. Galloway
said that in his opinion the engineer
and conductor of No. 212O, the ''dead"
train, were equally responsible. He
Twas asked if he was surprised at the
Ndisclosure apparently showing laxity
among the operators regarding the
rules governing their position. He
said:
ST am surprised at their disregard of
ating railroad you must depend upon
the fidelity and trustworthiness of the
employees. If they are lacking in that,
/ know nothing that will compensate
Stor it."
The verdict Of the jury was that the
deaths were caused "by impact. due to
the act of Operator William Dutrow, in
displaying an improper signal to the
crew of train No. 212O;" and directs
that Dutrow be held fer the action of the
grand jury.
The jury also held for the grand jury
the others already mentioned as re-
sponsible in a less degree for the deaths.
THE jury arraigned the block system of
Nhe Baltimore and Ohio as not affording
property and signal men on the road,
and recommended that all block signal
stations be kept open twenty four
hours day and no additional duties
be given the operators aside from work
ing the signals and attending to their
telegraphic duties.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-01-17
Three Dead; "a Missing.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 9.-As a result
explosion of a furnace at the Eliza
ssar.iaces of the Jones and Laughlin
s,sown TO be dead, seven are in a hospital
With serious burns and injuries, and
are missing.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-01-17

For Three Cents to pay postage,
The Bank of Wayne will send you
Booklet containing the prominent facts
of North Carolina History
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-05

attitude Of the southerner toward the negro
seems the only perfect comparison with the
officers attitude toward the soldier, says
one man who has done time under the flag.
The inspector general has also found some
grievances laid to the door Of "tyPannical
sergeants-" During the long practice march
of the 1st Battalion. 18th Cavalry, from
Fort Riley to Fort Sheridan. from July q
to September g. many men deserted in re-
sentiment of the severe punishment dealt
out to them by the troop commander. II
was fined $50 because 1 rode on a train
when l was supposed to be walking behind
the troops. There were five of us. and
now none of us will receive cent of pay
for four months. That is the whole trouble
with the army. They pay a man $l3
month. and then the officers fine the men
until they haven't got cent coming" COM
planned one veteran of this six weeks
march,
plant frequently heard. why should we
all be turned out at $50 am? What's
the sense anyhow" asked one man in the
official olive drab.
Perhaps DR.. STILES lazy bug" was eat
ing into this chaps vitals but some
psychologist or other. who lately compiled
statistics of insanity, found that insanity
was greatest among farmers than any
cause to too early rising. Even the Off
GERS in the recent six weeks practice
march" from Fort Riley to Fort Sheridan
objected strenuously to the early hour at
tucy were ydHheu out OI SluD1DeT-
land In all my experience 1 never heard
Of a commanding officer making his men
get up at o'clock in the morning, as we
have done on this march," said one cap
tain. Another complaint has been made
over the rule requiring tired men to re-
port at the final roll call at 10 O'Clock
each night instead of allowing them to "go
to their blankets in peace" as soon as they
wish after the duties of a hard day are
done.
There are complaints. also. of too much
mental work-of too often having to give
up the musket for the rake. the spade or
the pickax. In truth. there are COM
plants too many for bare mention In the
space of this dissertation. And, besides
If the gentle reader hears too much of
their tale Of woe his sympathy for our
khaki boys will be blunted rather than
sharpened
And besides, more than enough will be
heard when Congress sits again, for there
is to be Ito do" then under the big
white dome over the best ways and means
OF making the soldiers life more attrac-
tive. JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-05
LEFTOVER FOODS SERVED
By New York and Chicago Restau
rants.

rants.
From What to Fat
New York and Chicago are probably the
only two cities in the world where restau-
rants serve leftover foods. And this prac-
tI'e IS not confined to the lowcr-class res
tturants. But it is New York's East ide
tat markets the worst foods In the world.
Scarcely any pure products can be found
on the markets there. Brands OF pro-
due never heard Of anywhere else abound.
There is lard bearing the name of pack
efs that do not exist. and any quantity
Of cheap canned products exhibiting like
deseptions. Here is the refuse of the
refuse left from the higher-class mar
kets
The private brand" fraud is probably
the greatest evil affecting New York as a
Whole. Some of these goods are repre-
scented as the very highest class and sold
bear the actual name OF the manufacturer
nor the place of manufacture. but are
given some tempting title accompanied with
the name of the retailer or iobber. Thus
they are made exclusively for the trade
OF the city and state and do not have to
comply with the requirements OF the ma
u"usd law. Often the brands are falsely
represented as being manufactured by the
retailer or Jobber. One New York manu-
iacturer whose name rarely ever appears
on anything ne produces, puts out half a
hundred or more of these ~~ivate brands
nearing the names of as many retailers
ana JoDbers. whom the consumer Is led
10 believe Is the actual manufacturer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-05

and has made a good record as jurist
He is rich and has a commanding pres
ence.
Mr.. Straus Is a leading member of the
Maryland bar. He Is also rich and is
strikingly handsome man. Owing to his
prominence in Baltimore society. his po-
lticaI promise has aroused more than
ordinary interest. There Is no hint as to
whose hand he will try to win should
he first win at the polls. but his associates
are amusing themselves. guessing.
Maryland in general and Baltimore in
particular are noted for their fair women.
and the state has been the scene of some
of societys most remarkable love stories
of real life. The brunette beauties of the
type which predominant have flashing dark
eyes, which tell at once Of high spirit and
a love of the romantic. So Messrs. Crothars
and Straus are doubly lucky. being blessed
with a sympathetic audience and an ideal
spot for their quest-if they win.
The fact that the neighborng states
of Pennsylvania and New Jersey have
bachelor governors has made the new
''winner-to- wed" political issue all the more
pertinent and many a candidate who must
go before his constituents this fall Is think
ing along vastly different lines since Mary
land gave the country new issue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-05

"heinous crime" of desertfon, the necessity
for turning the secret service bureau loose
on deserters and the increase of punish
ment for the offense, the more progressive
have gone in for heart-to-heart talks with
the man behind the gun. and have sought his
grievances. They have found the chief
causes of his discomfort to be:
Poor pay.
insufficient rations.
Lack of canteen.
Misft uniforms.
Lack of home surroundings.
Menial duties.
Tyranny of superiors.
Paid Less Than Lowest Labor.
The worst crumb in the bed Is his pay.
Gen. Fred Funston in his last report says
that the United States soldier Is the most
poorly paid man in any occupation In the
country today. and recommends so per
cent increase. An enterprising officer of
twenty years experience called lately at
Commissioner Neill's bureau of labor and
discovered that the captor of little George
Washington Aguinaldo was correct He
discovered that the lowest paid adult civil
ian laborer in the United States Is the
plantation negro of Louisiana cane neldS.
who averages 81 per day. The Yankee
soldier gets AHA cents a day In fiat pay.
Add to this his clothing allowance of 10
cents and their ration allowance of ~ cents
a day and you have 1914 cents as compared
with the dollar received by the image OF
His Maker in ebony. who wo-ks in the
cane fields But the plantation negro not
only has houses but gardens thrown in.
and needs but little clothing. and he has
every Sunday and nearly every Saturday
afternoon whereas the soldier must always
be decently attired even IL he has to buy
EXTRA clothing out of his own money-as Is
usual-and he must be on duty every
night and day OF the week. and Is always
subject to duty that may cost MN ms
life. Insurance companies, recognizing MS
greater risk, charge him extra premiums.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-05

The inspector general takes much the same
view In his report of this month. and urges
that the soldier be allowed a uniform with
style that is pleasing. DISCRIMINATION
against the soldiers uniform at theaters
and public places says he. may be less
ened if we keep his working clothes more
in the background. Prejudice might be dis
armed II he wore the dress instead of the
service uniform. And it is possible that
sometimes we carry too far the prohibition
But of all grudges which the disconnected
man OF the barracks holds against Uncle
Sam is the substitution Of the rum brothel
for the cantean, or what has amounted to
the same. The canteen. regimental in
stitution. subject to regulation. was a
branch of the commissary. where a SOL
died could buy a social glass of beer and
forget that he was a slave as one veteran
puts 1t. No liquors were sold there. and
the profits Of the beer consumed went into
the regimental canteen fund and were spent
in good things to eat. If a soldier drank too
captain shut off his supply. But once upon
time powerful society of women ush-
cred up Capitol Hill a truck bearing a
'polyglot petition" which caused the lead
ers in Congress to break out into goose
flesh. and in sheer fright to pass q law
abolishng the canteen. The net result has
been that the bibulous soldier. after few
days conservation of thirst, hikes out for
each army post. and spends his nickel on
fusel Oil and prune juice. He staggers back
to the post with generous bottled supply
for the boys In the barracks, and the in
crease of drunkenness in the army has been
annually accelerated ever since the new
reform" was instituted. But this Is such
delicate question with the soldier man that
polite language cannot justice to the pic
turesqueness. OF his argument Of the case
and for full justice to his eloquence the
country must await the American Kip
ling now sought by a popular magazine.
Tyranny of officers. especially of subal-
terms. is another source of grievance. THE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-05
Golden Thoughts for the Week.

PROM homan's Life.
Monday.-With many women charity be-
gins at LONELINESS and does not generally
progress further.
Tuesday.-Heaven and hell are the two
places where everybody has to drop pre-
lenses.
Wednesday, lieth deep. Love dwell
eth not In lip depths
Love wraps his wings on either side the
heart
Thursday.-Men are seldom more limo
Gently employed than when they are hon
estly making money
Friday.-Is 1t not enjoying several lives,
a least by imagination. to multiply ones
personality?
Saturday.-To hate nature one must nat
uraly IKE pictures better than landscapes
and preserves better than fruits.
Sunday.-I therefore go and join hand
heart and hand.
Active and firm. to fight the bioodless
hEht
or science. freedom and the truth in
Christ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-05

audience arose from her chair and seizing
q handkerchief, fiuttered the "Chautauqua
salute" In approval of the novel plank in
the Crothers-Straus platform. For several
minutes the bllowy sea OF handkerchiefs
tossed. and then the fair audience. some
say led by Mrs. Warneld. burst into cheers
and applause as a further demonstration
of approval
After the tumult had subsidized. Gov. War
field said some personal things about the
candidates. which brought new bushes
to their cheeks, and started fresh enthu-
siasm among the audience He remarked:
why Judge Crothers has lodged the
matrimonial moose all this while puzzles
me. for he would make an ideal husband
for some fine woman. How Mr. Straus has
eluded the wiles Of the fair sex 10 even
more battling. Why such fine looking
young man. with 50 much ability and with
an enviable record as q citizen and . pub
He Official, hasn't become a Benedict long
ere 10 something to worry most any one"
"Winner to Wed"
The meeting. while not intended for Q
partisan affair. can be said to have sent
the candidates boom forward with Q rush.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-05

True. the government retires it's soldiers
on three-fourths pay after thirty years.
but the percentage who avail themselves
of this and the benefit is so small and so
distant that it does not figure. says this
enterprising officer. True. too, that the
soldier gets free medical attention and a
free funeral with cemetery lot and grave
marker thrown in. but our more enterpris-
ing Industrial corporations are not only
giving their employees free medical atten-
ton and pensions. but free educational ad-
vantages for their children, comfortable
living quarters and reduced hours of labor.
The civilian laborer can go strike
and demand redress of his grievances. but
the soldier who strikes necessarily receives
a long term in prison for his trouble The
private soldiers present pay OF S13 per
month was established nearly forty years
ago. since when the cost Of living has
nearly doubled. Many skilled mechanics
in civilian life now receive as much pay
as captain in the United States Army.
and day laborers are receiving four times
as much as the private soldier.
Sometimes No Pay at ALI.
The soldier sometimes gets no pay at all
because indebted to the United States for
extra clothing. The pay roll at Fort Myer.
opposite Washington. discloses that in a
recent month 1873 men out of a single regi-
ment were in this very predicament. The
regular clothing appropriation does not ap-
pear to meet the actual necessities Of the
soldier who wishes to be decently dressed.
This clothing grievance concerns guam
tity not so much as quality, in the light
that the man behind the gun sees 1t. One
ex- soldier describes the soldiers uniforms
as so ill-fitting that the new recruit feels
.sSmall wonder" says he, that the man
in uniform should be unwelcome in many
places About one in ten looks like he
might have once been gentleman. Com
pared with the recruit in his new uniform
the ordinary coachman is an aristocrat."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-05

|ANDIDATES for pubic once ha'o
made many promises, but TWO
Marylanders have brought forward
~ the prize pledge by seeking cleo
tion with Cupids bow.
If is no less than VOW to forsake the
ranks of the bachelors, to which they have
steadfastly chung all their days. and to go
forth and find a wife should the voters see
fit to give them a majority Of ballots. And
the women of Maryland are Interested In
politics now as they have never been be-
fore.
With the President pointing out the men
ace OF race suicide, and a host or WRITER'S
and public speakers bewailing the fact that
marriages are on the decrease, the Mary
land issue promises to become popular
one In future political campaigns
The hackneyed pledges of the average
candidate to root out corruption to Con
slider public Office a public trust" to lad
minister the affairs of government upon
business basis" to lift the lid and to
emulate generally the President in a
Square deal policy are hurled from stump
and platform with monotonous regularity,
and are wont, in the language of the poet,
''To trickle through ones head
Like water through a sieve.
Long and heavy resolutions "decrying."
"noting with alarm" "deprecating' and
demanding" are matters of course at
every convention, and few there are In
whom the well-worn platitudes arouse very
deep enthusiasm.
But the man who asserts that he VIII
take one OF his states fair daughters to
be his bride as q mark of appreciation for
a victory at the polls Is bound to win some
attention at least.
On Cupid's Platform.
Judge Austin L. Crothers the democratic
candidate for governor OF Maryland. and
Isaac Lobe Straus democratic nominee for
attorney general. are the candidates who
are running on Cupids platform.
The announcement of their intention to
make matrimony an issue IN the state fight
came unexpectedly few days ago.
There was a reunion of the knights of
Pythias in Baltimore. and Gov. Warfield of
Maryland, one Of the happlest married men
I'm the state with a beautiful and charming
wife, of whom any man might be proud.
and the two candidates were invited to
speak The governor. who was the first
speaker, faced the audience and saw fully
1000 women seated before him, foremost
among them his wife.
1t was the supreme moment to spring
the matrimonial pledge. and the governor,
who is a strikingly handsome man, did It
well. while Messrs. Crothers and Stratus
sat behind him on the platform blushing
furiously. But the governor kept his eyes
on his wife right In front Of him. and went
right ahead.
A remarkable scene followed the an
nouncement. Virtually every woman in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-05

~ANDIDATES for public office have
made many promises. but two
Marylanders have brought forward
~ the prize pledge by seeking cleo
ito, with ('upfd's bow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-05

They have been busy on the stump ever
since, and everywhere they have gone
women have crowded to hear them speak.
OF course not every unmarried woman in
the state expects to sit in the executive
mansion or to be Mrs. Attorney General"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-05
Copyright. 1907 by John Elfreth Watkins)

| Copyright. 1907. by John Elfreth WatkinsJ
| %HAT necessary evil of ours-the
army-has run short of men.
! jeremiad to this effect has
| lust been uttered by the war
| Department whose powers that
| be will now put their heads together
! over ways and means for restoring
| the glamour of the military life. Inc
growing discomfort OF our army must in
| spire anxiety In all good citizens VINO down
! in their hearts believe that the surest pre-
! servatfve of peace Is certain preparedness
| for that relic of barbarism yclept war
This discomfort has reduced our enlisted
force far below Its authorized strength
The fundamental principle of our military
organization Is that the standing army
must be ever available as the strong first
line of defense; that the stronger 1t Is
maintained the more time will be gained In
mastering our latent fighting force-the
volunteers. We are indeed in plight when
we are unable to FIJI the ranks or this
first line--by far the smallest standing
army. proportionately. in the whole family
of great world powers.
Desert; ons have increased from So per
cent to "A per cent in two years. and for
the decade before that the average was
but As per cent. Last years list OF desert
ers was no less than 6.258 men-a number
greater than those which have won some of
the great battles of the world. Here would
be pretty list of guests at one of Uncle
Sans free hotels, if all were caught and
given the long term of hard labor which
the law prescribes; and all would have to
be clothed and fed at the nations expense.
Over three-quarters of these deserters were
men serving their first enlistment, and over
one-half were serving their first year. An
other index TO this discomfort Is that only
one out of three men who serve their terms
re-en,isting. Stating this in another
way, two out of every three enliStments are
by ''greenhorns," more than half Of
whom are deserving before the first of their
three years has been served; and it takes
the whole of this first ye-- to break in a
recruit.
Bad raw material is coming to our re-
cruiting officers Moreover, three out of
every four men presenting themselves for
service are found to have the necessary
moral character, temperate habits, good
physique and ability to read. write and
speak English.
Shortage Even Of officers.
But. most ominous of ALL officers, too,
are not to be had. There are now nine
six vacancies in the entrance grade of sec
ond lieutenants, and only thirteen enlisted
men have come this month for Anal exami
nations to fill these. Even should all of
these pass eighty pairs of shoulder
straps must be given to civilians. Army
life has indeed, lost its old-time glamour
when men in the ranks are not even tempt
ed by the chance to enter the gilded aristoc-
racy of officers row and to do unto others
as they have been done by
But the cause of the soldiers growing
discomfort? While the conservative powers
that be have been prating about the
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