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Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-24
CHRISTMAS MARRI-
Age LICENSES
Register of Deeds VI. 6. Britt Issuing
Many Matrimonial Documents.

From Mondays Daily.
Register of Deeds w. G. Britt has
been busy issuing marriage licenses
today to many parties who will take
the wedding vows before Christmas.
The following licenses were issued:
Mr.. Richard E. Barnes and Miss
Emily g. Jones'
Mr.. J. S. Fields and Miss Nav
Howell.
Mr.. J. w Flowers ana Miss Mary
Reaves.
DR.. Claude Newton Hughes, of At
| lanta, and Miss Margaret L. Aaron, Of
Mt. Olive.
Mr.. Willie Jackson and Miss Ada
Evans.
! Mr.. Henry Mitchell and Miss Lilly
Mitchell.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-24
GEORGIA CLAIMS BRIDE
Wedding to be solemaizea Wednesday
Morning at Mt. olive.

In the list of marriage licenses issued
Monday was one reading "DE. Claude
Newton Hughes to Miss Margaret L.
Aaron" There is more significance in
this brief announcement than the
above words would indicate.
Miss Aaron is daughter of Mr.. j. d.
Aaron, of Mt. Olive, and is very popu-
lar. DIR. Hughes is a native of Atlanta.
Ca, and comes to Wayne County,
North Corolina TO claim his bride. The
ceremony will be performed at the
BRIDES home Wednesday morning,
Decem Der 23d, at II o'clock.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-24
Rest, the Peoples Cry.
Leaksville Gazette.

L6aKBV1II0 VaZ0tt0.
The people of this vicinity desire a
rest from politics, and. SO far as The
Gazette is concerned, they shall have
it. We accept the situation as it Is,
abiding by the results of the last elec-
ton without cavil. For the next year
this paper will interest itself more in
the material development OF its section
agriculture, education, mechanical.
We are on the eve of an era of bound
less possiL ilities, and it is no time to
sulk over political disappointments or
grieve over what cannot now be helped.
The Gazette is out of politics, for twelve
months, at any rate.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-24
the old RELIABLE
A Business That Started AImsst and has
Grown With the TeWn.

No business shouse in Goldsboro is
older than the Parlor Jewelry estab-
lishment of Mr.. L. d. Giddens, on West
Centre street, where, sat the same old
stand" he has for well-nigh fifty years
kept abreast of progressive business de-
mands and maintained in his dealings
with Ihe public the high and unvary-
ing reputation that "when you get it
from Giddens it's all right.
All through the years Mr.. G1dden
has given his close personal attention
to the growing needs OF the trade and
the changing fancies of the times and
has kept his store fully abreast of
every requirement, priding himself in
always satisfying his customers, both
in filling their needs and in the quality
| of his goods.
This season Mr.. Giddens has in stock
carried by the best modern jewellery
store, in sterling silver or plated goods
for table service, in cases or in single
piece, cut glass Of exquisite finish and
infinite variety and design, watches
clocks, diamonds, pearls and other
precions stones, set in every imagin-
able fancy, or to order, chafing dishes,
with electric equipment, or alcohol
lamps, gold, silver and pearl handled
mbrellas, pictures and picture frames
in silver or go1d-in fact, if you cannot
find what you want at Giddens it will
be because it Is not to be had, that's
all.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-24
Will Bebultd Stables.

The city will rebuild stables In the
rear of the firemen's engine house at
once 10 replace those destroyed by the
recent fire. The new stables will be OF
brick. Plans and specifications for
same are now being drawn.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-24
Insurance Adjusted.

The damage to the Odd Fellows
building, sustained by the recent fire,
was adjusted today by the insurance
companies. The amount of the loss
was $500.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-13
When Children Went 70 War.

Among other improvements in the
art Of war as attained by the world in
these later days is the abolition Of the
practice of sending children to sea, as
was the case when the midshipmen Of
the old "oak walls" OF England often
were boys Of less than fourteen years.
The Marquis Of Dufferin and Ava in
telling about the siege Of Bomarsund,
In the Crimehn war, which he witness
ed from the frigate Penelope, related
this story Of one Of these little fellows:
what pleased me most during the
whole business" he says, twas the
gallant behavior Of a little midship-
man, q mere child, thirteen or fourteen
years Of age. About the time when the
IRE became pretty hot happened to
come across him, and, as he seemed to
be as much out Of Job as myself, I
touched my cap and took the liberty Of
observing that It was fine day, to
which he politely replied that It was.
Encouraged by his urbanity, ven
tured to ask him how long he had been
at sea, to which he answered, I have
only left my mamma six weeks, but I
amt going to cry on her majesty's
quarter deck remark which think
as worth recording as many one made
BY more illustrious heroes. Soon after
this, however, a man was killed close
10 him, and the little fellow tainted
and was taken below"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-13
Proposals.

Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of A. Van Horn, architect,
200 Seventh street, Bismarck, Nd,
until 8 p. M, Saturday, May is, 1908,
at which time and place they will be
opened in the presence of bidders, for
the construction of brick armory for
Company A, First N.D.N..G. Propos.
ais should be addressed to Capt. Hen
ry T. Murphy, and marked "Propos-
ais for Armory," and should bei ac-
conpanied by a certified check on a
national or state bank in the sum Of
$3.50, payable to Capt Henry T. Muir
ply, which amount will be forfeited If
the bidder should fail to enter into a
contract with surety bond for the
full amount Of the contract.
Separate proposals for the heating,
plumbing and electric wiring will also
be received at the above mentioned
place and time.
Plans and specifications 4 may be
seen at the architects Office, the
Builders Exchange, st. Paul. Mimi,
and Commercial club, Fargo, N. D.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all proposals.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-13
BY ROBERTUs LOVE.

STE laughed his way to great
That is what one of his
friends says concerning John
d. Archbold, the real head of the
Standard Oil trust, the active working
principal in control Of the gigantic
monopoly. Standard Oil has two John
DIS. Most persons are accustomed to
look upon John D. Rockefeller as the
big boss of the combine, but recent
developments have shown that it is
Archbold, the other John D., who
works while Rockefeller sleeps. In
fact, Mr.. Archbold himself admits this,
though he is accounted a modest indi-
vidual and not in any wise prone to
placing his own Importance under the
magnifying lens. AS the reigning oil
king for dozen years past John D.
Archbold, John D. the second, ia en-
titled to the umelight.
There is something nightly mysteri-
GUS about Standard OIL. We hear Of
smooth and oily individuals. Those
terms apply to Standard OIL In more
emphatic degree than to any mere in
dividual. Standard Oil, which is large
~ an tlluminant hid its light under a
bushel for many years until Attorney
General Hadley of Missouri descended
upon New York and lifted the bushel.
Mr.. Hadley simply asked questions,
under warrant OF law, and insisted
upon answers. His queries were clear
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-13
Five O'Clock Tea In Bushes. ofI;oe,

Five O'clock Tea In Business OFFICES.
Serving tea in business offices fs a
new practice. The custom has spread
rapidly in Wall street and is practiced
principally in the Offices of large bank
ing houses at the close of banking
hours. says What to Eat. The TAD
was introduced by the younger bank
ers, at first Stunned, then tolerated.
then embraced by the older heads.
Now tea and waters are regularly sery.
ed every afternoon in the private Of
hces OF many large institutions. An
interesting feature Of the spread OF
the custom is its adoption by the head
OF prominent department Of one OF
the largest banks The banker Is an
Irishman. and his assistants are Ger
mans. Nevertheless all gather at q
dxed hour every afternoon and sin
Their tea as contentedly as IL such
beverages as Irish whisky and Pdsner
mad never been invented.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-13
"First Aid" Idea For Railroads.

Besides the customary az and crow
bar passengers have seen for years
In glass case In railroad coaches, DR..
Inslee 81. Berry urged the other day
pt the annual meeting in New York
OF the Society For Instruction In First
Aid to the Injured that each train
leaving New York city should be COM
PEELED to carry one kit containing
bandages, whisky, splints, plaster, ster-
ilized cotton, ETC., for use in case Of
accident or sickness. He said hum
dreds OF trainmen had been gradual
ed from the society and consequently
knew how to use such supplies to the
best advantage.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-13
His Pet College.

Like the other John D., this. one has
q pet college. Syracuse university is
the institution. Mr.. Archbold has Civ.
en- approximately 100000 to this
university, the head of which is Chan.
cellor James r. Day. It will be re.
membered that not long ago Chancellor
Day announced a Forthcoming book in
support Of corporations as opposed to
the presidents trust busting crusade.
Rev. DR.. Day used to be pastor of Mr..
Archbold's church in New York. When
the eminent Methodist divine declined
a bishopric, the ambition Of his life, tc
continue at the head Of Syracuse uni
versity his former parishioner was so
happy that he contributed sundry adj
dftional shekels to the institution The
contributions Of Mr.. Archbold have
been made without flourish, and it was
only recently that the facts became
generally known.
University of Chicago boys have a
college song beginning, praise John,
from whom oil blessings flow" SYRIA
cuse university boys, not to be out
done, considering that they also have
a John D. oil patron, sing a glee Of
which this is the initial stanza
We have Standard OH pipe running up
to John Grouse Hall,
And gusher in the stadium will be flow
ing full next fall.
We need the money. Mr.. Archbold,
We need it right away.
It's the biggest ad. we've had
Since the bulldog went away.
It may be explained that executive
decree not long ago banished the bull
dogs owned by Syracuse students and
that one of Mr.. Archbold's latest gifts
to the university is a splendid stadium.
The fine athletic field on the campus is
called Archbold field. being an. oil Of
fering. Mr.. Archbold is president Of
the hoard nf frnafooo ~ cy,o ,,na ..s
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-13
A TARDY RECOGNITION.
Tho Absentminded Professor and
Most Intelligent Woman.

Tho Absentn,inded Professor and q
Most Intelligent Woman.
It was La Fontaine, the fable writer,
who in his sons absence during several
years in pursuit Of an education quite
forgot him and was not reminded OF
his existence until friend arranged
a surprise meeting.
The father was pleased with thu
manners and wit of the young man
presented to him, but failed to recog.
nize him and as soon as they parted
promptly forgot him again.
La Fontaine was genius and 8
kindly man, but one can hardly dis
sever observation-disclosures of such sort
from shallow heartedness. Neverthe
less in the case of Professor, let US
say, Jones, who failed to recognize his
daughter after years separation, the
bond Of affection was both strong and
deep.
Mary, his only daughter, married and
went abroad with her husband. Theil
return was a week or two before the
date appointed, and owing to series
of misunderstanding and errors the
professor was not informed, was MOI
at home when they arrived and me-
them first at the house Of neighbor
where they had gone to inquire about
him.
A reception was in progress there
and he arrived some time after then
as guest and still unaware Of theil
return. Strolling into his friends II
brary, away from the crowd, he be
came aware, as he was inspecting thu
books, Of some ladies In conversation
on the other side Of a portiere, one o.
whom displayed an astonishing amour
Of knowledge Of his own particular
hobby. He was surprised and de
lighted. 80
There's lady in the next room
you must positively present me to-" b,
said eagerly to his host, who had join
ed ehim-..'a most intelligent woman
She's been talking Of the prehistoric
races in a surprisingly discriminating
manner. Who is she?"
"a Mrs. Smith, j believe" repliei
the host, much amused, since he knew
who the lady was. "Come-I will pre-
sent you now" s sii.5-
They passed the curtain, and the pro
lessor, who had failed to connect thu
name of Mrs. Smith with his Mary
was duly introduced, for the ladies hat
overheard his inquiry and the repl!
and were disposed to keep up the joke
Peering shortsightedly through his biz
glasses, which, by his usual mistake
were his reading glasses when they
should have been his object glasses, b,
did not recognize Mary when he saw
her, and the father and daughter actu
ally opened a conversation on prehis
toric man and carried it on for severa
minutes before the strain proved tot
much. "a
Then the listeners broke down II
laughter, and Mary, with cry that sht
could not keep it up any longer, caugh
the old gentleman around the neck an(
kissed him.
'Bless my soul, Mrs. Smith, hi
gasped, bewildered. "Why-Maryv-
Youths Companion.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-13
Reticence or Isnoranee7


The inhabitants Of Chinese villages
are very ignorant Of the places in
their own neighborhood, according to
an interview with w. ]. Garnett, the
third secretary Of the British legation
at Peking,' which the Manchester
Guardian prints. Mr.. Garrett return
ed little while ago from a journey
through the provinces Of Shantung
and Kiangsu, and sample Of the
conversation that took place when he
asked the way from one village to an
other Is below:
us this the way to Tsouhsein?''
"Are you going to Tsouhsein"
Eyes. Is this the wayY'
"Oh, you are going to Tsouhsein, are
you? Where do you come fromY'
"From Chiningchow. Please, is this
the way to Tsouhsein7''
"Oh, you've come from Chiningchow
have you? Are you going into the city
walls OF Tsouhsein?"
Finally the native would admit that
he did not know the way to Tsouhsein.
At the entrance to another village an
ancient yillager was asked what the
name Of the place was. After asking
in turn who Mr.. Garnet was, where he
had come from, where he was going
and why he wanted an inn, he consid-
cred the original question when repeat
cd by the patient inquirer and finally
closed the conversation by saying:
"How should known I am not a
learned man."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-13

believed to be an offshoot Of the
Standard, though nobody could prove
1t. AS matter of fact, the Acme was
capitalized and controlled entirely by
Standard men, its stockholders being
in addition to Mr.. Archbold, William
Rockefeller, W. G.. Worden, F. O.
Barstow and Charles Pratt 1t was ev
ident at once that the Acme had come
into the oil regions for the purpose OF
absorbing the Independent interests, as
Mr.. Rockefeller and his colleagues
were absorbing them elsewhere"
John D. Archbold has been absorb
Ing the independent interests ever
since and largely on the sly, as In the
Acme instance. When the original oil
trust was formed in 1882 he became
one Of the nine trustees of the concern
Later he became vice president and
as we have said, the practical working
head Of the business. Archbold seems
to have made speciality Of the trans
portation end, the pipe line side of the
serpentine monopoly, but he knows the
whole oil business from A to lizard
When Attorney General Hadley fired
pertinent questions at@him, requiring
answers in figures, Mr. Arohbold quot.
ed statistics without referring to rec.
ords. ALI were contained within that
remarkable head Of his.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-13
STANDARD OIL coMpANY,s BIG THREE.

lose for the time being that fine sense
OF humor with which he is accredited
by those who know him best. Arch
bold Is a small man with large head
His height is about five feet three
inches, but his head is big enough fol-
a seven footer. That Uranium fairly
bulges with bumps of aggressiyeness,
secretiveness, bulldog tenacity and
other elements highly useful In Stand.
ard OIL methods, wherefore It came
about that when Archbold was on the
witness stand the newspaper cartoon.
lists sketched him with these phreno-
logical bumps properly accumulated
according to cartooning traditions
The Archbold head is spherical, save
for the brain bulges. 1t is the head OF
q jolly good fellow as such things are
considered. 1t Is the head Of a man
who laughs heartily and cracks joke
betimes, and those things this John D.
does upon occasion.
But John d. could not stand the car
toons. Once he leaped from the wit
ness chair and snatched q pencil from
cartoonist's fingers. He requested
the protection Of the commissioner on
the bench, and that parsonage smiling.
" excluded the cartoonist.
you newspaper chaps are all right"
remarked Mr.. Archbold to the report
ers, "but the artists are Infamous"
At another time John D. lost his
temper and made remarks white hot
with epithets. That was when Attor-
ney General Monnett Of Ohio had him
In the tolls. An attorney for the other
side put some peppery questions.
Archbold grew palpably angry. The
lawyer remarked that Mr.. Archbold
looked in fighting trim, to which the
witness responded instantly:
I'm in trim, you dog, you miserable
whelp, you dirty liarr'
Nevertheless John d. is good natured.
Otherwise he could not have laughed
himself into great fortune. His
smile is roseate aurora Of good
cheer. When he laughs you wonder
how such big laugh can emerge from
such a small larynx.
n k.ittse =. .
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-13

and simple, and he evoked clear and
simple replies. John D. Archbold, who
knows men oily and otherwise, dis
covered in young Mr.. Hadley candid
person, as smooth as men are made
but not oily in the least. He learned
That he must speak up when Hadley
held him with his glittering eye, be-
cause he was aware that the Missou-
rian had probed deeply into Standard
OIL mysteries and knew his ground
thoroughly. Besides, he knew where
Hadley was from, and therefore he
must be shown
Rockefeller Merely Figurehead.
So it happened that when year or
30 ago the modest Mr.. Archbold was
placed under the Hadley searchligiit
disclosures were made which threw
much light upon a dark subject.
You are perhaps" suavely queried
Mr.. Hadley, more active than any
other individual, longer in service and
more prominent in connection with the
Oil side of the business"
Tt Is perhaps fair to say that l
am, replied the modest Mr.. Archbold.
Then the world learned that for at
least ten years John D. Rockefeller
mad been merely a flgurehead in
Standard OIL, John D. the second hav-
ing succeeded to the throne.
John Dustin Archbold is Of Scotch
ancestry, born about sixty years ago
In Steubenviile, O. His parents took
him as small boy to Tttusytlle, Pa,
where John D. went to school more or
less and then clerked in country
store until the Pennsylvania oil fields
grew up all around him and he found
his calling. The young man, like many
others Of that period, saved every dol
lar he could and invested 1t il oil
properties. By the time he was twen-
ty-four he had become a considerable
local figure in oil around Titusville.
Archbold's first appearance In, oil
history is thus recorded by Miss Tar.
bell. who wrote the history Of Stand.
ard on:
In the early fall Of 1876 there an.
peared John D. Archbold, an energetic
young reflner and oil buyer well
known In Ttusyilie as the represents
siye OF new company, the Acme OIL
company, concern witch everybody
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-13
Member of Many Clubs.

Outside Of his oil interests and his
pet university the oil monarch devotes
some Of his energies to philanthropic
institutions. He is a director OF the
Postgraduate hospital and OF st.
Christophers home in New York city,
He is also member of six clubs and
OF five art, geographical and natural
history societies. Yet he is no nature
fakir. nor is he as yet on the Roosevelt
list of prevaricators
In 1879 William II. Vanderbilt. one
OF the first great railroad kings, testi-
fed before New York legislative
committee that was inquiring into
Standard Oil methods to secure low
rates from the railroads. Thus early
the rebate problem became important.
Referring to John D. Archbold and his
fellow associates, Mr.. Vanderbilt said:
They are very shrewd men. / think
they are smarter fellows than 7 am. q
good deal. don't believe that by any
legislative enactment or anything else,
through any of the states or all OF the
states, you can keep such men down.
You can't do it. They will be on tor
all the time. You see If they are not"
But that was when Herbert q. Had.
ley was small boy.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-13
His Amazina Candor.

Before Attorney General Monnett the
Archbold presence was Arm and def
ant But when young Lochinyar Had
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-13

ley came out of the west fully :apari
soned to ride over Standard Oil o..
stacles Mr. Archbold changed front
and answered questions without eva
sion. His candor amazed the world,
for candor was not up to that date
quality supposed to adhere to any
Standard Oil official, much less to the
active head of the concern. This may
be accounted for by the fact that the
swift accretion Of events and develop
ments had given Standard Oil the
function to see great light-the great
white light Of inevitable publicity. No
doubt Mr.. Archbold had fought out
the problem in his own brainy head
and in conference with those august
and secret committees which control
the side issues of the old business and
had deemed it wise to accept the in
evitable, to put on a bold front and
admit facts which were sure to be
proved.
Mr.. Archbold was the first Of the
Standard Oil men high in authority tc
suggest federal incorporation and com
plete surrender to the national gov.
eminent as solution Of the corpora.
ton problem, just as he was the first
to tell Of the inner workings Of the
trust and of Mr.. Rockefeller's retire
ment from active connection.
II believe that the large corpora.
lions of the present day." he once re.
marked, represent more nearly CO.
operative evolution and benevolent
paternalism than any other system yet
undertaken. Possibly there may be
accomplished in the eventual evolu.
ton Of the race universal cooperation
or community of living, but the &C.
complishment,!of such dream Is sc
far in the future as to put it out of
the question for serious consideration
in this era" snh gtr is .ts,f
From which it is seen that Mr.. Arch.
bold is something of a Socialist him
self, his theories to be applied some
millions of years hence, when the
earth will burn canned daylight fo1
nocturnal illumination and perpetual
motion machines will require no axle
grease or other Standard Oil lubri
cant. 4iit saf.l afiEt ~