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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-12-05
GREAT MEN ri
NORTH CAROLINA.
ITO BE CoNTINUED)

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EDITOR ARGUS:
It seems that North Narolina cannot
North C~aro1inian becomes famous he
leaves the State. In q great many in
stances such has been the case with
u prominent men, but not SO with
the majority of our greatest men. Our
greatest men are too modest to adver-
tise themselves, and to be famous, one
must advertise or be advertised.
FRANCIS PRESTON VENABLE.
Their are not many men people in
North Carolina who have not heard of
President Venable, of our University.
Comparatively few know. however,
how much he is worth to our State, Of
pie Of all true greatness-and OF the
personal sacrifice he is making by
staying in the State.
DR.. Venable is one OF Americas
greatest chemists and is the teacher of
a man, who. not many years ago, was
eAS 6AO0sOSS< IA LII
America.
On account of DR.. Venable's love for
the Institution, of which he is head, he
is sacrificing wealth, glory, fame and
everything else which causes nan to
look yer the heads of his fellows. His
heart and soul are wrapped up in ''the
fair name and fame of the University
and in "his boys"
During the spectacular administra-
ton of DR.. Alderman, DR.. Venable was
professor of Chemistry in the Univer-
sity. When DIR. Alderman got too big
for the State, and left it, whoever elects
the President q don't know who) did
not seem to be on the hunt for orators
any more, but chose 'OId Ven,' and
ever since he has filed the bill, and
given heaping measures
When Venab1e was made president,
DR.. Charles Baskerville succeeded him
as Professor.of Chemistry, but time
came when DIR. Baskerville donned his
perfect fitting "Prince Albert" placed
his silk hat carefully upon his head,
and twirling his gold-headed cane,
strutted out of North Carolina in the
search of better laboratories in which to
dig after those two new elements of his.
The chair of chemistry was not filled
for a year. DR.. Venable held down
his job in the administrative office and
preached chemistry, too.
It would be a hard matter to pile
more work upon that brain than it
could carry.
DR.. Venable is not only a teacher OF
chemistry, but a writer OF it. His
classical work in his profession stands
behind nothing. But besides being a
great chemist, he is a level-headed
business man-hence the success of his
administrati on
Yes, Venable is a great man, but he
is, also, a modest man, and he would
rather work for the University OF
North Carolina than for. wealth or
glory. We are getting him at a bar
gain, too, for he is toiling there in
Chapel Hill for less than a tenth OF the
salary hat such a man az he is really
worth. ...os :iss...
BLYTHE MORRIS.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-12-05
DEATH CHAIR To
BE KEPT BUSY.
Of the EIectrocutions will be In
Charge OF the Same Electrician
who for Some Years Past has
Performed Similar Service In the
State Prisons OF New York and
Massachusetts,.
Especial to the ARaUs.)

Aop0C1d4 W the Anu OSs
Trenton, N. J., Dec. 2-Ths death
chair and all other necessary appa-
ratus has been installed at the New
Jersey State prison in accordance with
the law substituting death by cleo
tricity for hanging.
Within the next few weeks the pris-
on authorities will have ample oppor-
tunity to become acquainted with the
new method of execution, for ne fewer
than five murderers are slated to pay
the death penalty.
The execution of Pasquale Delisce is
scheduled for this week. Next week
Sanerie Giavianni is to pay the pen
atty, and the week following three
are scheduled to die in the electric
chair within a few hours of one an
other.
All of the electrocutions will be in
charge Of the same electrician who for
some years past has performed similar
service in the State prisons of New
York and Massachusetts,.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-12-05

of the personal property of the estate
of E. III. Hines, deceased. On Tues
day the 10th of December, 1907, /
will sell at the late residence of E. III.
Hines, deceased, in Fork township,
the personal property of said deceased
at public auction fc~ cash, the said
property consisting Of two horses,
two mules, two cows, n calf, hogs,
wagons, buggies, harness, a lot Of
corn, fodder, farming utensils, house
hold and kitchen furniture and other
articles too numerous to mention.
Time of sale-11 o'clock a.. m.
w. II. HOLLOWELL,
Nov. Is, 1907. Administrator.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-12-05
CENSUS EXPENSES.

In 1910 the thirteenth census Of the
United States will be taken, and the
PHILADELPHIA Bulletin looks with alarm
upon the estimate of its cost. It says:
director North, of the permanent
census bureau @@at Washington, is re-
ported as asking that Congress should
make an appropriation of not less than
S14, OOO, 900 to Dear the expense of the
next enumeration. In the opinion OF
Mr.. North, the grant should be made
soon, in order that ample time may be
available for the organization of the
forces who are to go forth and count all
the men, women and children, all the
horses, cows, pigs. sheep, chickens.
geese and turkeys in the United States
besides a~scertaining the number OF
farms, the number and kinds of factor-
les, the value Of their output, and
mention.
"Dsubtless th~e'census director liz sin
epre In his desire to make the eompila-
tion 40 complete and authoritative ON
possible. But the idea is likely to strike
many people that fourteen millions 10 q
pretty large sum TO pay for that pur-
pose. When the census bureau was
established, with a corps of clerks, in
vestigators and ~tabulators who were
expected to keep busy all the time in
finding out things and recording them
for the information of the public, it was
asserted that it's continuous existence
and activity would lessen both the cost
and the scope of the decennial census.
According to the advocates of this
scheme it would keep h people SO full
ly informed of their own progress that
the regular census-taking, which oc-
ours every ten years would be COM
paratively a simple and inexpensive
undertaking-as indeed it was in the
earlier life of this Republic.
"But the appetite for statistics, like
that for various other things. apparent
Iy grows on what it feeds upon. 1t
seems to have reached proportions that
need q check. 1t ought to be possible
to get reliable information on all 1egiti-
mate subjects of inquiry three years
hence for a good deal less than four
teen Millions"
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-12-05
THE BRADLEY TRIAL.
The Closing Argument is
Now Being Made.
-
The Jury May Get The Case This
Evening. No Forecasting
What Their Verdict Will
Special to THE ARGUS.

Washington, Dec. 2.-This is the last
.dav of the trial of Mrs. Bradley for the
murder of Senator Brown, and her
leading counsel, Judge overs, Is THIS
afternoon making the closing speech, a
plea for the freedom of a most wretch
ed and frail
Mrs. Bradley, herself is not conf
dent, and it is impossible to accurately
forecast the jury's verdict.
The evidence during the last week of
the trial damaged her prospects Of &C
quittal greatly. Had the case gone to
the jury q week ago h would have
quickly been set free.
The jury may get h case this even
ing, if the judges charge is completed
In time.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-12-05
ROOSEVELT Wed
Ding ANNIVERSARY.
Today was the Twenty-First We'd
ding Anniversary Of the
President and Mrs.
Roosevelt.
Especial to the ARGUs.)

Washington, D. c., Nee. 2-Today
was the tw~enty-frst wedding anniver-
sary of the President and Mrs. Roose-
welt.
Beyond the exchange of presents
among the members of the family and
the receipt of a number of congratula-
lions from intimate friends there was
no observance of the day.
The wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. Roose-
welt took place Dec. q, 1886, in st.
Georee's Church in Hanover Square,
London.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-12-05
WANTS TO Be A MINER
Ben TilIman, Jr., Goes to Work in
his Fathers Western Mines.
Especial to THE ARaUs.)

Especial to The ARGUs.)
Carthage Missouri, Dec. 2-Young
Ben Ti1man, Jr., today became a miner
in one of the mines in which. his father
is interested here. ..- -.
He wants to learn the business prac-
tically, SO as to intelligently assist in
the management of the property.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-12-05

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dis
are the
most common
4isseses tlrat PRE-
vail, they are
alnost ae last
reesEnized BY
patient ana ply
nenne, exc Ns-
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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-12-05
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.ITssbb aat HsYF Ssssest /

1FUvA11A6V q A2AeV DdB~Rse.
Most people Do not realize the alarm
inr inefsass.a 14 remar4able prsvalsAey
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1907-03-07

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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1907-03-07
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1907-03-07

Gahfolger BOT uus gut sefaIeu. SIN
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1907-03-07

6eine Wtarter Tam NIT Der BON
6heumatismus nergliden meroen.
Hesept ND. 1851, bet Giner &
Mmeao, Iinoert Imnen alIes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

clumsy yokel got me out with pitch fork.
 When had got some of the water and the fork-out of mo, I looked round and saw Stone wringing his garments and his hands.
 ''rhe conveyance is ruined" he walled.
 Get it out of your pocket" l cried, before it is too wet!' He stared at me for a moment. Then he pulled 1t out. It was scarcely hurt at all.
 ''I had forgotten this conveyance" he owned.
 Come along" I commanded. ''The train int in yet,''
 "Flint"' he said warmly. "Your presence of mind is invaluable.'
 We toiled up the hill as fast as we could, and reached Mckenzie's just as the train was whistlng in the distance
 "Guid heavens!" he cried, when we en- tered his room, drippingI and breathless. "Weel, weell'
 we came by motor" Stone explained.
 'I thocht ye'd come by sea!' He laughed loudly. Persons of his nationality have perverted notion of humor
 We had an accident If you will sign the conveyance-'
 ''Yell change first" he suggested, pre- tending that he was trying not to grin. ''rhere's nae sich haste.'
 Business before pleasure" l reminded him, trying to laugh.
 Some folks talk their pleasure sadly"' He laughed, as if he had said something funny.
 ''i don't see anything to laugh at, MT. Mckenzie said my partner with dignity.
 If ye could see yersels, mon!" he cried. holding his sides. 'LulSin' mair lik' pair O brigands than honest soleecitors!'
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Less damages I corrected. "If We Oh!' The car skipped over a rough place and I nearly went out.
 Hold tighter,' he told me.
 How can F" I asked indignantly. l was holdingly as tightly as I could.
 It was necessary. The machine was no longer running, but taking long leaps, and whenever we turned a corner we went up on one wheel. When we came to Showdown road we were going forty miles an hour.
 ''The last half mile!" he said cheerfully.
 And the steepest!" I groaned.
 Tt will bring us almost to his door"
 '"The eowl The cowl" I snrieked. There was a soft thud, and the remains of 8 COW were bundled out of the way. More damages,"
 Tt has checked us llttle." he con- soled me. He Is of a foolishly sanguine disposition! Tt is uphill when we reach the pond"
 Just as we came to Showdown Green a brewers van galloped out from the yard of the 'Three Keys" Stone turned hur- ridely to avoid it, we reached the pond at the deep end reserved for swimmers! There was a terrific splash. We were swept from our seats by a torrent of water. do not remember anything more, except a violent explosion, until some
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of the road, waving his arms and shout ing to us to stop.
 Put on the brake!" I cried. Stone grabbed at a lever, but without effect.
 Ut won't act" he declared. wen run him down!"
 We rushed upon the policeman like an avalanche. He bolted for the footpath, shouting something about the county council and ten miles an hour.
 You will be summoned" l warned Stone.
 We shall be summoned" he corrected. Eff we are not killed" He made a furious attack upon the brake. but only sue ceeded in upsetting the steering. We scraped along a wall, snapped off the pro, jecting branch of a tree, and uprooted mile stone. Then we turned an angle of the road upon milk barrow.
 ''Hi!' I shouted "Hi Get out of the way, mani"
 The man got out of the way. but he left the barrow. We dashed through rain Of milk and cans. One of the latter hit me in the face and another blackedrny part ner's eye, l could not see what happened to the barrow. l suppose the pieces were too small!
 "Cartsi" I shouted warningly. Any number of them. Blow the-the foghorn! He blew it, and the carters drew up hastily on one side of the road, using most shocking language.
 "They've escaped from an asylum, cried a lady as we passed. Look at their caps"
 we shall never hear the last of this" I reproached Stone. He smiled with sort of foolish satisfaction.
 If we aren't smashed. we shall beat the train by twenty minutes. It means t4oo'
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hold of the car to save myself I let the handkerchief go. Stones umbrella went also. 1 will not say that l was glad, but l hoped 1t would be a lesson to him, and told him so.
 'One must take these little things philo- sophically," he said. I've spare hand kerchief that I'll lend you
 It was large silk one, and made an excellent head covering but unfortunate ly 1t was bright red in color and excited remarks from people we passed.
 Ut goes," he remarked, with satisfac- ton.
 'I shall be glad when it stops" I re- piled. "I don't consider 1t Is under prop CT control"
 My dear Flint, I can guide 1t to an inch. See me run over that piece of or ange peel; and that fragment of paper. Nov round that old woman-Good Heav- ens!'
 He had overlooked a heap of stones. anu we mounted right over them. turned a backward somersamt on the seat, and only saved myself from going out of the car by casping him round the neck with both legs.
 You've knocked my cap offl' he com plained With this cold wind I shall be laid up for a month";
 "One must take these little things phil osophically," I reminded him. You had better make cap out of another hand kerchiefl'
 ''Umph! You'll have to steer while I do it.'
 T don't understand the apparatus"
 You must turn 1t the way you want to go. It's quite easy. The road Is wide enough"
 Its wide," I agreed doubtfully. But I don't know if it's wide enough!" How
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
.0.feo.0sO.os0.@,.o.C,
BY F. P. DUNNE


amy man give up his belief. If I see fellow with chube on his eye an hear him hollerin': 'Hooray, I've dis covered a new planet I'll be tn last man in tn wurruld to brush tn fly off tn end iv tn telescope. I've known people. that see ghosts. I didn't see thim, but they did. They cud see ghosts, an cudden't There wasn't annything else to it. I knew Q fellow that was a Spiritualist wanst He was in tn chattel mortgage business on week days an he was a Spiritualist on Sunday. He cud understand why tn spirits wud always pick out stout lady with false hair Or a gintlemin that had his thumb mark registhered at Polls Headquarters to talk through an he knew why spirits liked to play on banjoes an mandolins an why they convarsed be rappin' on table in tn dark. Tn on'y reason I cud think iv was that they'd always lived in board In houses an cudden't get rid iv> tn customs.
 But he had tn best iv me. He be- lieved an I doubted. He took me to what he called see-ance wapst. They give him a front seat. I heerd good deal iv talk among tn spirits behind tn curtains. Says wan with a Ger man accint: 'Whose's tn fellow with tn old come-on?' Oh, he don't amount to anything, an annyhow, ye cud- dent wake tn old boy up If ye set fire to him. Hurry along with thim feathers, says another spirit voice. I turned to me frind, an I see be tn look in his eyes that 1t wud be a waste iv effort to impose on him. They come,' he says. Tt is Ungawana, he says, as tn ghost iv noble red man iv tn forest appeared through tn cur tain muttherin: 'Himmel, why didn't ye get that chain out iv tn way?' He looked ivry inch tn warryor firm tn bonnet on his head to tn congress gaiters on his feet. Is Israel Simpson here?' says he. Yes says me frind What can I do fir ye today, great chief? Do ye know a man be tn name iv Mullarkey?' I do says Simp- son. T see him carryin' a rockin' chair down stairs, says tn naughty Pattywatomie. Big chief wants wam- pum,' he says. Simpson pressed a roll iv bills into his swarthy hands an says to me: Come along quick What f'r?' says I. 'Mullarkey is movin' his furniture an have morgedge on it. says he. 'Th Injun always advises me right on matthers iv business,' says he. And there was a man that wud bite silver dollar in two befure he'd take it fir. good"
 My aunt seen a ghost wanst," said MT. Hennessy.
 "Ivrybodys aunt has seen a ghost" said Mr. Dooley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31
WIT. D00ley's Philosophy

1 scales or measured with a tape line 1 I'm as ign'rant as-ye' 'ersilf. I'll have to pay ye back tn money I took firm ye fir ye'er schoolin'. It was obtained be false pretinses.'
 How can I know anything whin haven't puzzled out what I am mesilf? I am Dooley, ye say, but ye're on'y a casual observer. Ye don't care amy. thing about me details. Ye look at me with a gin'ral eye. Nawthin that hap pens to me really hurts ye. Ye say, I'll go over to see Dooley,' sometimes, but more often ye say, I'll go over to Dooley's.' I'm a house to ye, wan iv a thousand that look like row iv model wurrukin' mems cottages. I'm a post to hitch ye'er silences to. I'm always about tn same to ye. But to me I'm millyon Dooleys an all iv thin sthrangers to ME. I niver know which wan iv thin is comin' in. I'm like a hotel keeper with on'y wan bed an millyon guests, who come wan at a time an tumble each other out. I set up late at night an pass tn bottle with a gay an careless Dooley that hasn't a sorrow in tn wurruld, an suddenly look up an see settin' acrost firm me a gloomy wretch that fires tn dhrink out iv tn window an chases me to bed. I'm just gettin' used to him whin another Dooley comes in, cross. cantankerous, crazy fellow that insists on eatin' breakfast with me. An so 1t goes. I know more about mesilf than anybody knows an know nathin'. Though I'd make a map firm mimry an gossip iv amy other man, fir mesilf I'm still un- charted.
 "So what's tn use iv thryin' to know anything less important. Don't thry. All ye've got to do Is to believe what ye hear, an If ye do that enough afther while yell hear what ye be- lieve. We've got to start in believin' befure ye can find a reason fir ye'er belief. Our old frind Christopher Go lumbus hadn't amy good reason fir believin' that there was amy such a place as America. But he believed it without a reason an thin wint out an found it. Tn fellows that discovered tn canals on Mars which other fellows think cud be cured be a good oculist, hadn't amy right to think there were l canals on Mars. But wan iv thim said: T wondher if there ar-re canals on Mars; I believe there ar-re. I'll look an see. Be Hivins, there ar-re.' If he'd wondered an thin believed about clothes poles he'd've found thim too. Amy kind iv fact is proof iv a belief. A firm belief atthracts facts. They come out iv holes in tn ground an cracks in tn wall to support belief, but they run away firm doubt.
 ''Ill niver get amy medal f'r maxim
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I was about to retort with some as- perity upon his looks-he is a great, raw boned, red-headed and red-bearded man when Stone waved me aside.
 We want to get back by the R:40," he said "If you will call in your clerks to witness the document, we shall be obliged"
 But ye nun hae wee drap first, tae keep cot the cold" he proposed affably.
 "Afterward," l said, "afterward."
 So he called in his two clerks. They were ill-bred young men. and giggled audibly when they looked at us; but be affected not to notice them, and hurried through the business. We had barely concluded when Donald Mckenzie rushed in.
 "Is the conveyance signed?" he de- manded.
 Ut is,'' we told him.
 You are pair of thieves!" he roared.
 'Thievesl said Stone. turning to the clerks. You heard that, gentlemen?'
 "Yes,' they said, leering idiotically.
 "Disreputable, underhand, lying, petti- logging scoundrels!' he shouted.
 And you heard that, gentlemen?" said
 We did," they assured us.
 "There is such thing as libel,' I men, toned.
 And false pretenSeS," said Donald Me- Kenzie. When you proposed to buy that land"
 We have bought it," I pointed out, suavely.
 You have heard that the railway com pany wanted to build there" We rubbed our hands.
 eve keep our ears open." said Stone blandly.
 q told you this morning that I had heard something about the company and the land"
 "We were obliged for the hint" Stone acknowledged politely.
 Otherwise you would have stayed in Littlebury and"
 Kept our ears open" I suggested joc- ularly. He banged the table.
 If you had you would have heard that the company has decided to build" We rubbed our hands-"elsewhere!
 I looked at Stone, and Stone looked at me. we will go, Stone,' I said.
 we will go, Flint" said he.
 The McKenzies rose together.
 'lou will go!'' they said.
 When we picked ourselves up at the bottom of the stairs Stone was in favor of an action for libel and I for assault Ultimately we decided to bring neither.
 It Is also our endeavor to benefit oth- CTS. So we would add that the land in question has lately much increased in value and affords an exceptionally fla vorable opportunity for investment The price which we put upon 1t is mere nom- inal-e22500-a any offer addressed to us, care the editor, will receive prompt consideration.