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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18
The Worlds Way.

This was overheard in the lobby OF
big hotel in Detroit when a busload
of. travelling statesmen came from the
station. Every man of them, as he
signed the register, paused to shake
hands with the hotel clerk -fatherly
old fellow who had been there many
years. All" said one of them to the
clerk. 'it's good thing you're still or
deck, Uncle Dave; I don't think the
house could run without you
Couldn't it, thought" said Uncle Dave
"Yor fellows would come in here. nnd
If there was a strang clerk you'd say.
Where's Uncle Dave?" And the clerk
would say, Why didn't you hear? He
died month ago A I'd then you'd say
Well, I'll be darned! That's too bad.
Say, when1l dinner be ready?' DE
troit News.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18
STOMACH AGONY
Abolish the Cause, and Misery and
Distress of Indigestion Will
Vanish.

Can indigestion be cured? Hun
dreds of thousands of people who suf-
fer from belching of gas; biliousness,
sour stomach, ful1ness, nausea, short
ness of breath, bad taste in mouth,
foul breath, nervousness and other
distress symptoms, are asking them
selves that question daily.
And if these same doubling dys-
peptics could only read the thousands
of sincere letters from people who
once suffered as badly as they do
now, but have been quickly and per-
manently cured by the use of Mi-o-
ma, the mighty dyspepsia remedy that
cures by removing the cause, they
would go to J. H. Hill & Son this very
day and get large box of Mona
tablets, and start themselves on the
right road to health at once.
The price of Mi-o-na tablets is only
so cents, and ]. Fl. Hill & Son guar
antees them to cure indigestion, or
money back.
Thin or lean or scrawney people
will find in Mi-o-na a maker of flesh
and blood, because it causes the
stomach to extract more nutritious
matter from the food, which quickly
enriches the blood.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18
Fayetteville to Come in.

Fayett5vllle, N. c., Feb. 15.-At a
meeting fobasebalI enthusiasts held
here Saturday ..vening, at which the
EaoIerli Carolina League was repre-
serted Ey r. H Gwaltney, of Whining
ton. i. was decided that Fayetteville
would make application for member
ship in the Ea-tern Carolina league
at the directors meeting, to be held
at Goldshcro today. It Is thought here
that Fayetteville has a good chance
for admission the league
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18
NO. 7S
PROGRAM OF THE
CONSERVATION CONFERENCE
Representatives From All Parts Of
North America to Meet on
-
Thursday.

Washington Feb. 16.-The program
of the North American Conservation
Conference, which opens in Washing
ton on February 49,. has been COM
pleted and the main features of it
have just been made public. The
President will receive the Canadian
and Mexican commissioners at TO-
o'clock on Thursday morning in the
East room of the White House. The,
members of the cabinet and of the
National Conservation Commission
will be present. The Canadians and
Mexicans will be presented to the
President by Secretary Of State Bacon.
This session will be wholly informal
and brief. At it's conclusion the con-
ferees will proceed to the diplomatic
room of the State Department, where
the regular sessions will be held. It,
is probable that the remainder Of the
morning will be taken up. with formal
addresses of welcome and responses
of visitors. In the afternoon the con-
ference will take up its work in ear
nest 1t is expected that the sessions
will continue the remainder Of the
week.
| The evenings of the foreign dele
gates will be very fully occupied with
various social functions that have
Ibeen arranged by their compatriots
and government officers in Washing
ton.
The personnel of the delegations
from Canada and Mexico guarantee
the accomplishment of real results
from the conference, for all members
are experts in the natural resources
of their countries.
Canada will be represented by the
Honorable Sydney Fisher, Minister of
Agriculture of the Dominion; the
Hon. Clifford Sfton, Ex-Minister of the
Interior, under whose administration
many of the regulation concerning the
use of Canada's resources were adop-
ted, and DR.. Henri S. Beland, men,
ber of the Canadian Parliament, who
is well-known authority on these
subjects. The Canadian delegation will
also be accompanied by Robert E.
Young, land expert in the Canadian
Department of the Interior, who will
act as its secretary.
To represent Mexico President Diaz
has sent Romulo Escobar, Manuel A.
DeQuavedo, and Carlos So1lerier. Sc
nor Escobar, who heads the delega-
ton, is one of the foremost authori-
ties in Mexico on the agriculture of
the country. He has been at different
times minister of the Department of
Agriculture and of the Department of
Forestry. With his brother, he edits
the farm paper Ell Agricultor Mexi-
cano, and he presented a paper on
agriculture in Mexico" at the time
. of the st. Louis Exposition. Senior
De Quevedo is the present Minister of
Forestry.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18
REQUIREMENTS FOR
MINERAL WATER
Legislature Hears Bill To
Increase Pension Of
Veterans.
FOR new BOND ISSUE.
Mineral Spring Owners and Dealers
Are to be Taxed According
to the Output OF Their
Springs.

Raleigh, N c., Feb. 16.-In the
House the Senate bill to provide diph-
iberia anti-toxine for the INDECENT was
reported favorably> Grants bill to
provide seats for working women in
the stores, mills. etc., was also re-
ported favorably. Grants bill to pre-
vent blacklisting of employees also re-
ceived a favorable report.
The Senate yesterday passed bill
prepared by the secretary of the
State Board of Health to insure to the
public pure mineral water. 1t pro-
vides for analysis of all waters sold
in bottle or :other package and of all
spring waters that are maintained and
treated as an adjunct to any hotel,
park Or resort, to be, made by the
State Laboratory Of Hygiene lie
bill imposes a graduated tax on the
springs or wells based on the gross
annual sales, fifty dollars on the con-
and less than $4,000, and down to fif-
| teen dollars on the concern whose
sales amount to less than $25G. a
tax of fifteen dollars is placed on
every sspring that is mainta:n ned as aa
iadjmct to any hotel, park or resort
for the entertainment of the public
A tax of sixty-four dollars is Impressed
upon every person, firm or corporate it,I
not "a citizen of North Carolina who
shall sell or offer for sale any water
III bottle or other package for ron
sumption By the people of 1hs Szsate.
The House yesterday deferred arnfi
4 Monday, February q. consideration
Of the Empie tSenate1 bill to prohibr
the sale of quail and grouse for "a
hihits the killing of more than Hftee1
birds by any person in one day
4 Mr.. Koonce introduced in the House
a bill to increase the pension appro
Eriation for Confederate veteran:
Erom $4OO 900 to 100000, and Mr.
Barnes, Of Hertford, presented a bill
4 providing for a half million dollar
bond issue for enlarging and improv
| ing the State Capitol An importan
bill by Speaker Graham would estab
lash State Drug Commlssipn, 80 as
! to prevent the sale of deleteI1ous
drugs Mr. Morton introduced a bill
| To regulate the manufacture and sals
| Of non-alcoholic malt beverages In
Ncrth Carolina.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18
THE MAN ON
THE CORNER.
An Interesting Character With
a History That Is
Fascinating.
Travelled WITH CIRCUS.
Served Under President Jefferson
Davis In MeXiCdn War. Was Stand
inQ With Col. Clay When He Was
Shot BY An Assassin.

The man on the corner" thus re-
ferred to in yesterdays Argus, who
was then but passing incident with
the Argus man, but SO fascinating
win his paper tricks that we c0Enpar-
ed him to the Ancient Mariner" has
since been learned by us to be a YER
liable walking thesaurus Of historic
experiences in the recounting OF which
the tale of the ancient mariner Is not
in it.
The old gentleman who entertains
you in passing with his paper exh1b1-
ton is indeed more interesting in con-
versation than is his tricks He gives
his name as F. D. King, Of Chicago.
but a native of Connecticut, and a vet
eran of the Mexican war, who saw ser
vice directly under Jefferson Davis, as
a member of the Third Kentuckr
Rifles, in which he enlisted in 1845.
In conversation with Mr.. King this
morning he told US that as boy in
his teens he rode on the first railroad
train ever run in this country, and
then we drifted into his Mexican war
record "The body of troops to whi u
] belonged" said Mr.. King, reached
Corpus Christi not long after the de
parture from Kentucky, and marched
on to Brownsville. The first real en-
gagement of note was On May 8, 1S46,
at Paloalto. Later We crossed the
Rio Grande into Mexico Near Mon
terey a stop of nearly six months was
made, followed by the capture of that
place 1t was here that Col. Clay, a
SON of Henry Clay, WAS killed-shot
from ambush by an assassin, while
standing on the plaza, within a few
feet of me, after the fighting was al
over and terms of peace had been
agreed upon. 1t was a dastardly deed
and every effort was made to detect
the assassin, but without success.
AT Buena Vista, in February OF
1S47, Jeff Davis formed his celebrated
" considered bad but proving ex-
tremely good. i was mustered out al
St Louis, and went out to California
in 1849. This trip was not in search
of gold, but on contract work fol
sketches of the overland route. While
in the government service ] made
sketches of the famous Yellowstone
park. | saw no active service during
the Civil War. Outside Of my work
for the government, am better known
as the paper king This came from
my connection with various big
shows of the country, and as manager
of Barnum & Bailey's immense shows
l travelled throughout the country, Wis
iting also many foreign countries. A
the age of twelve l gave exhibitions
with the first elephant ever brought
to the United States
''Take the map of the United States
and look at it's network of railroads
have traversed quite all of them il
my circus exploits
Mr.. King was born in 1922, but does
not look a day over 70, and would
readily pass for sixty-five.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18
THE SOUTH AND THE CANAL.
There Is Every Reason Why the PeO.
pie Of This Section Should En-
courage the Work.

In his banquet speech in New Or
leans Friday evening, President-elect
Taft expressed himself as being much
gratfied over the work that has been
done in the canal zone. and assured
his hearers that the undertaking
would be carried to a successful finish
in a reasonable time. The. speaker
said that when the men down there
who are working tooth and toenail to
do the work get partial reports of
those "who are~talking buncombe on
the floor of the Congress, it is calcu-
lated to disturb the best conditions
there"
The cost was to be greater than
originally estimated, he sai1, bat the
amount of excavation had been in
creased SO per cent. The locks had
been made larger on the request of
the navy because we ere building the
canal to double the efficiency OF our
navy"
with a full understanding of the
| weight of the words I use, wish to
say and to challenge any evidence to
the contrary" said Mr. Taft, with great
emphasis, that the money which has
been expended on that canal, every
dollar and every cent OF it, has been
expended IN the interest Of the gov
ernment and not one dollar has been
traced to graft in any way"
| There is no doubt that there has
been a great deal too much iH-advise6
talk ia and out of Congress ABOUT the
work on the canal. Much Of this tall
has arisen from ignorance OF the na
ture and extent Of the undertaking
and no little Of it has grown OUT OF {
| desire on the part of some congress
men to play politics. On tha whole
there has been more politics than pa
ltriotism manifested in both houses o
aGongress towards the work of build
ling the canal.
Il It is unquestionably true, as Presi
Y dent-e1ect Taft says, that this dis
couraging talk for political or othe
i purposes is calculated to do harm.
! is more or less a handicap to the me-
! who are bearing the brunt of the task
l There is no doubt in the minds of tn
\ ltengineers who are in position to know
, that the canal will be built and wei
: built, and there is not a shadow Q
/ doubt that it will be one of the great
est moves ever undertaken for thi
y country. The people of New Orlean
and the Gulf states realize the Malu
of the canal to them and their inter
ests. The words Of President-elec
Taft sounded as so much music t
/ them.
| The canal will be Of inestimabl
value to the whole South, and ther
is every reason why the people of tn
South should encourage the work i
: every possible way, and take NO .stoc
In the efforts of those who are under
taking to spread disparaging report
for political or other purposes an
motives.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18
Prohibition Killed in South Carolina.

Columbia, S. c.. Feb. 16.-After a
sensational filibuster lasting several
days it appears that prohibition has
been killed In this state. The Senate
has majority of four for local op-
ton the House Is equally close.
The local option forces in the House
are well organized to demand roll
calls on hundreds Of amendments.
The General Assembly will adjourn
Saturday, which means that the pro-
hibition movement will fail, without
a special session. which is practically
impossible.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18
Graded School Concert.

The Graded School Concert prom
ises to be the best entertainment ever
given by the children Of Goldsboro
The children are rehearsing daily for
the entertainment, and both pupils
and teachers are working hard to
make It a success.
Let everybody, young and old, at
tend the performance In the Opera
House next Saturday night at s
o'clock Admission is Is cents for all.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18
GREAT POLITICAL SERIAL
STORY BEGINS TO-DAY.
The First Number of @The Gentleman
From Mississippi" Published
in The Ar@uA.

With today's issue OF the Argus the
initial chapters of that great political
story "The Gentleman From Missis-
sippi" appears in serial form. The
story is one rich in romance, politi-
cal intrigue and everyday issues, and
will appeal to all readers of this pa
per. Do not miss the first chapter
and you will thoroughly enjoy this
great nOvelized drama.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18

The Hotel Clarendon, at Seabreeze,
one of the largest resort hotels on the
east coast of Florida, together with
ten cottages adjoining the house, was
destroyed by ire at $50 yesterday
morning, the 215 guests, who were
asleep at the time, being saved with
out injury, and many being able to
gather up most Of their belongings
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MET ON MONDAY
Outlined Plan to Raise $1,000 for the
McIver Memorial Fund.


The executive committee of the
Wayne County McIver Memorial AS
sociation met yesterday afternoon in
this city to outline plans for the work
in the county. The. Association is
expected to raise $1,000 as its share
Of the McIver Memorial Fund, which
will be used to educate young women
at the Greensboro Normal College.
The Association is composed OF
alumnae Of this college. The execu-
tive committee Of the county associa-
tion is composed of Mrs. w. R. Hol-
lowell, Miss Hattie O'Berry, OF Dud-
ley; Miss Minnie McWhorter. Of Mt.
Olive, and Miss Ivor Aycock, Of FIRE.
mont.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18
FOR MAYOR.

I hereby announce myself candi-
date for Mayor OF the City Of Colds
boro, subject to the rules and regula-
tions Of the Democratic primaries.
Should the good people OF this city
see At TO elect me. I can assure them
that no stone will be left unturned as
to the duties of this high Office.
J. R. HIGGINS.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18

The report Of another Vanderbilt
divorce case is accepted as matter
OF course, and 1t attracts little atten-
ton either In the papers or out of
them.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18

Robert F1emir g was shot and killed
yesterday by Frank Penton in John
sons restaurant. Milton, Fla. The
tragedy was caused by an old grudge
The Jury rendered a verdict of justi-
fable homicide.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18
NEWS OF TODAY.
Cleaned and Boiled Down for Busy
Readers.

Fatrer Carroll, formerly of Phila-
delphia was yesterday consecrated
Bisho,. of Vigau with impressive cere-
monies at the Manila Cathedral in the
presence of scores Of clergy and an
immense congre cation.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18

The Daughters of the Confederacy
will meet in regular session Friday
at the home of Mrs. W. H. II. Cobb,
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18

A storm struck Learned, Miss, yes
terday afternoon with terrific force
blowing down q negro church, killing
Dick Tarris' wife and one child OF
Maggie Bennett, and injurfng eight OF
ten. About se4 enty-l1ve persons were
in the building at the time If it had
not been For the arched ceiling they
would all prob:l 1y Lave been killed.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18

A plaster is small amends for a
broken head.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18

The International tuberculosis exhi-
bition wi ich formally opened today is
already in place and was visited to-
day by many nurses and school teach
ers. An exhaustive programme has
been arranged for the coming week
each day being devoted to some par
ticu:ar phase Of the evil o.: its rem
edy.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18

A bill IS beir & drawn for intTOEuc
ton In the general assembly for the
issuance of s. 100000 bond: for tl4
erection of a splendid freproof State
Office l.aiiiding TO extend along Eden
ton street from Salisbury tt. Halif av
street in Raleigh the sites of the pres
ent Supreme ,ourt and Agricultural
buildings, both of which are -.adcI
conde1n- alton as Inadequate and rea
ly nnsafe. beside. being veritable Er..,
traps. exposing to hourly danger nf
destru.:.}on by ire the valuable Al.
prer1e Court aid State libraries, the
State Museum, Hall Of History and
State records generally. TLis M. re
ment tor the Office building has a
strong following, and if it acuomr':s :sil
es rotfi:r else at this session, it viii
likely kill the movement for the bonds
to enlarge the present State House, a
thing that is bitterly opposed by very
many PEOPLE who insist that this
splendid old building is already COM
plete ard that the proposed enlarge
ment would be the most fragrant de-
struction of one of the States most
splendil heritages in art and history
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18

A stinsy man 10 always poor.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18

Bishop E. E. Hpss. of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, who went
to Baltimore from Nashville, Tenn,
early last week for medical treatment,
was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital
yesterday. It is expected that he will
be operated upon tomorrow. Bishop
Hoss faces the ordeal he is to undergo
courageously, despite its seriousness
and as he possesses a good constitu-
ton str>1g hopes are expressed for his
complete recovery
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1909-02-18

Halt way across the Atlantic ocean
on the last lurg reach of their spec
tacular cruise around the world, the
sixteer battlesf ips of the United
States Atlantic Fleet" are steaming G
today in leIsurely fashion towards the
anchorage grounds at Hampton Roads
whenc.. they sailed just fourteen
month ago. T'c-ing these months OF
fighting vessels have Travelled approx
imate1y $4,000 miles and are returning
in consition still fit for "a frolic or a
fight"
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-30
City and County
Brief News Iteml

Al Reynolds has begun work on the
new NJ. E. parsonage.
S. D. Keltner ret lrn ID Inday
from a trip t1 the Gran1e Ronde.
Mrs Ina Gaski is visiting relatives
a, A el and o.her Grande Ronie
points.
E. A. Anders n OF Chico return ed
the latter part CT last week from a
trip to Washing on.
FoIr 4-horse taam5 and eight beet
racks came in from La Grand Sun
day to be fere ready for the sugar
beet har est tn t will bagil in {
few days.
Mrs j. H. Dobbi AMI two chi dren
let Monday f a we ks vi it in La
Gralde. Mrs. E. A. Sricer accompani-
et them fro n Wlllowa where she
spen S inlay with her Mice, Mrs.
c aries Haurri h.
The come 'y-drama "Tie Grass
Wtcoy' i'll be tie iirs offari ig of
tn two nj hts enga yemen. o the
&c ma DIT com 3;n supp rting Miss
Josephine Ief r. at tha opera house.
next riday nj hit, October /. Cn
Saturday n hit, The bishops Ca--
ri ge."
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-30
PARADISE GLlNTS.

Para isa, Sept 2J.-Mr. Braughton
wIo bought tie Re ri ranch came
in In t week.
Roy Rails has bought the steam
t!r shing tfit o. Har ey Norton.
Nr. ElWards O. lorl is bIi ding
flue on the FoIt office.
w. H. Co hran and family left
yes erday o. Freewa e. Ore. where
they viii make their future home.
Mr.. Murdock of Mud Creek passed
through here on lis way cut to his
ran h
j. w. Clark was a recent visitor.
He was form er re iident OF this place
but now lives at Weston. Ore.
The Flora Touring mill is grinding
wheat. The resi- ents CT this vicinity
can get or with tut going 40 miles
for it.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-30
WARNIN

DO not be persuaded into taking
anything but Foley's Honey and Tai
for chronic coughs, bronchitis, hay
teVer, asthma, and lung trouble. as II
stops the cough and heals the lungs
Dr. Abernethy, the great English
physician, said, Watch your kidneys
When they are affected, life is in
danger" Foley's Kidney Remedy
makes healthy kidneys, corrects urin.
ary irregularities, and tones up the
whole system.
Many people delude themselves by
saying 1T will wear away" when
'ney notice symptoms of kidney
and bladder trouble. This is mis-.
take, Take Foley's Kidney remedy.
ana stop the drain on the vitality
1t cures backache, rheumatism kid
hey and bladder trouble and makes
every trace of pain, weakness and
urinary trouble disappear Iurnaueb
& Mayfield.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-09-30
NERVES AN oSrEoPATHIS
s e ,lALTY.

Tha, the toI'h known a.
nerves" re eive entirely too little
ate ltion f.on its victims is he ond
question. 1t Il not only a warning
sigl that there Is soneth .ng ra Ii.
caliy wrtn but a the nerves are
the 60 e nors cf or whole being,
1t Is tn, pla ne3t sort OF in 1 / n
tlat tie sufferer Is not in the full
compile -eness of his or her nat lral
competen y or the affairs of lie A
condition o. calm under ordinary con-
ditlons Is abso utely n C :ssary in or
der IN there may lie a reserve force
or nervous energy % emergenoias.
There are always definite reasons
tor tn tro BILE; ;nI, even when
nap Is OF life ara lar sely respons sible
as aeg at ng ca s, there is ALWAYS
some anatomica ly wrong condition
tlat Ir dis os IS the sufferer to the
co1bie. II the bo ly structure is in
a state of perfect sd ustment, II cir.
cuiati n to ey Fart is uno5struct-
ed, Hevery nerve Is uniltarfered with
In its wo:k by pre- sure, and II nour.
ishment and hygiene are attended to
nerves will speedily disappear.
The Osteopath is the specialist in de.
Ia lie 4 body adjustment-and he is
the master of the craft.
Ri sht Way.