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Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-22
ed Confederate Veterans, also were in
line and were among the narticinants

ed Confederate Veterans, also were il
line and were among the participants
at the unveilinE CEREMONIES. Mai. A
G. Heidekuper, of the Pennsylvania
veterans, acted as grand marshal OF
the procession.
The unveiling ceremonies were of a
simple but impressive character. Pres
ident Taft and Mayor Isaac Brown,
OF Cory, Pa, delivered the principal
addresses. Col. R. H. @. Goddard, of
Providence, r. l., presided and the
Rev. r. w: Barnwell, of ePtersburg,
delivered the invocation. The statue
was unveiled by Mrs. Harold A.. Gill
bert, of Williamsport, Pa, who was
assisted by several Pennsylvania and
Virginia ladies, among whom was the
widow of General Malone Governor
Stuart turned over the statue to the
state of Virginia, and Governor Swan
son delivered speech of acceptance.
On the return to Petersburg, follow
inS the conclusion of the ceremonies,
President Taft traversed historic fields
where were fought in 1864 some of
the hercest struggles that occurred
between the armies of Lee and Grant.
Riding over the historic Jerusalem
plank road, the President viewed the
crater, bearing mute evidence of the
most sensational and appalling battle
during the siege of Petersburg.
Shortly after one o'clock this after
noon the President returned to Peters,
burg, to remain the guest of the city
until his departure for Charlotte to-
night. The principal feature of the
entertainment program is the lunch
con this evening at Centre Hill Man
sion. This historic old home, now the
residence of Charles Hall Davis, pres
ident of the Petersburg Chamber of
Commerce, dates from Colonial times.
when the white settlers feared the In
dians who still roanfed the forests.
Leading from the house are under
ground passages to make escape pos
sible in case of attack. 1t was in this
beautiful old mansion that President
Lincoln held his last conference with
General Grant, April 8, 1865.
Invitations to the luncheon in honor
of the President and Mrs. Taft were
issued to 1000 guests, among whom
were the official representatives of
Pennsylvania and Virginia Unique
floral tables we're spread on the spa
cious lawn for the accommodation of
the guests, while the President and
other official dignitaries were seated
on the veranda. The mansion was
decorated with flags and bunting of
the national colors, intertwined with
the Stars and Bars of the Confed-
eracy.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-22
inventor pavy and Love.

Sir Humphry Davy. the inventor Of
the Davy lamp, found love something
Of delusion, IL not snare. Writing
to his mother, he said. 81 am the hap
piest OF men I'm the hope of a union
with a woman equally distinguished
Tor virtues. talents and accomplish
ments." And In letter Co his brother
he expresses his rapture thus: Mrs.
Apprece has consented 90 marry me-
and when the event takes place shall
not envy kings, princes or potentates."
The widow must have been a person
possessed Of great powers Of fascina-
ton, for Sir Henry Holland makes
mention OF her as a lady who made
such sensation in Edinburgh society
that even a regius professor did not
think It beneath his scholarship to go
down on his knees ia the street to fas
ten her shoe. The sequel need not be
dwelt upon further than to add that
the marriage turned out to be alto
gether q mistake.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-22

Stupid and Poor, N Good Fellow Who
Merely Exists.

6tupid and Poor, n Good Fellow Whe
Merely Exists.
The Russian peasant does not live:
he merely exists. "Nitchevo'' CsIt ls
0othingO, he merely says when any
thing happens to him. Nothing mat
tiers, nothing could be worse, and
'.Nitchevo" is his panacea for all evils.
And yet the Russian moutik IN really d
dne fellow. Ordinarily, 81. P. Kennard
tells Us In his book, 1.-THE Russian
Peasant" he is q splendid, well built
man, large limbed. large headed and
healthy. He is equally unaffected by
20 degrees OF frost or twenty glasses Of
vodka. He is clothed In uncured sheep
skins and carries in winter more
clothes than the average Hnglishman
could stand up in
He is unspeakably stupid, however.
and his dream Of happiness is to gorge.
TO sleep as much as possible through
the winter and dance and sing in the
summer. But the strangers first OBJ
lection to the moujik Is that he smells
NOT because he does not wash hm-
self. AS matter of fact, in every VII
lage there are public baths-baaza-
and the peasants wash themselves
there unfailingly every Saturday in
order to be allowed to go to church On
Sunday, for the Orthodox church ca
Joins cleanliness.
The Russian peasant is always poor
and generally in debt He plows the
land In the same way that his father
plowed it and gets as little for his la
bor. His main worry in life is how to
pay the governors taxes. If he says
he cannot pay he is 1ogged. or perhaps
he win sell part OF bis next years
power Of work. e.. work for moth
and Of course he is worse of than ever
the following year.
On Christmas night at dusk the mar
riageable village girls go out into the
streets and meet their young men, and
one says, "What is your name% The
young man answers "Fema," and she
replies, my husbands name is Foma."
Some days later at the girls home
relations are gathered together. There
comes a knock at. the door. The sta
rosta and the young man enter. carry
ing loaves Of bread. The starosta
says something like this:
"We are German people, come from
Turkey. We are hunters, good Sel-
lows. There was a time once in eur
country when we saw strange foot
prints In the SNOW, and my friend the
prince here saw them, and we thought
they might be a fox's or martens foot
prints or 1t might be those OF a beauti-
fnl girl We hunters, we good fell
lows, are determined not to rest gill
we have found the animal We have
been In all cities from Germany to
Turkey and have sought for this fox.
this narten or this princess, ana at last
we have seen the same strange foot
prints In the snow again, here by your
court. And we have come in. Come,
let us take her, the beautiful princess.
for we see her In front OF US, or can
Ie be that you would keep her till she
grows a little olderT
Thus does the mouJik ask for q wife.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-22
CAPT. WINCHESTER HERE IN
INTEREST OF RESCUE HOME
American Salvation Army Officer Wis.,
tied G0ldsbOrO Tuesday to Sc
cure Contributions.

Capt. Frank Winchester, who is in
charge of the Rescue Home establish
ed in Raleigh for fallen women by the
American Salvation Army, spent Tues
day in this city securing contributions
for this great work
Capt. and Mrs. Frank Winchester
have secured home at No. 419 South
Dawson street, Raleigh, and many cit
izens throughout the state have con-
tributed literally to the cause
Anyone wishing to aid financially in
this work may send their contribu-
tions, no matter how small, to Cap
tain Winchester.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-22
The ouIpus.

The Quipus, upon which the ancient
Peruvians kept their records and ac-
counts. consisted Of a thick main cord.
with smaller cords tied to 1t at certain
distances. Upon these smaller cords
the reckoning was kept. The length
Of the main rope varied from foot to
several yards. The cords were Of va
giOus colors, each with fits own proper
meaning-as red for soldiers. yellow
for gold. white for silver, green for
corn. and SO on. The reckoning seems
Co have been largely regulated by the
distances OF the knots from the main
cord and the sequence Of the branches.
New York American.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-22
WHY NEGRO LABOR 10
DECLINING In EFFICIENCY
Skilled Workmen Are Yearly Beeum-
ing Rarer Among the Blacks in the

Skilled Werkmen Are Yearly Betom.
ing Rarer Among the Blacks in the
South.
Competition in labor is less keen in
the South than in the North. Negroes
as skilled mechanics are not sufficient
ly numerous in the South to get in the
white mans way. If they interfered
with the white mans bread, the feel
ing might be different. 1t is not be-
lieved that skilled labor is increasing
among the negroes. Manual training
schools may report an increase of stu
dents and graduates, but almost any
Southern contractor will say that they
do not enter very conspicuously into
his calculation. He looks to the white
man for his skilled labor.
Before the war, practically every
negro was trained man; he was a
farmer of cotton, sugar or tobacco;
he could make a shoe, forge nail,
or build fence. His master had
taught him some particular thing. The
negro had some training in almost
every simple branch of industry. Some
were good farriers, carpenters, black
smiths, timers, bricklayers or stone
masons. In those days the best work
of the South was done by negroes.
Plantation discipline could place the
black boy under control of the black
bricklayer and hold him to his ap-
premiership.
Nowadays no negro boy in the towns
will submit to the regular hours and
steady work of long apprenticeship.
That's not his idea of town. He came
to town to escape work.
When young George Washington
Johnsing turns loose the plow and
struggles away from the plantation,
he's not hunting for trade. His sys-
tenn doesn't banker after a confining
occupation. The delicate constitution
of Wash Johnsing Graves short hours
and long rests-with a swagger and
a dash of sport on the side. He loves
to sit in the shade and superintend
the toiling masses. What's the use O.
workin' when blackberries will soon
be ripe? He wants to be passpicker
at the crap game, preacher at the pro-
tracted meeting, or a jack1eg lawyer
loafng around the justice courts. For
a nice, clean, easy job Wash would
prefer to be bishop.
Says an old negro bricklayer, an in
telligent and competent ante-bellum
mechanic: when us ole men is dead
dey won't be no niger masons no mo-.
Desc here boys won't work; dey wants
ter gamble an loaf aroun' de saloons.
De prentice what 1 got now is
young white boy; his pa put him wild
me cause he knowed I'd learn i'm is
trade. We gifts along fine. He does
everything I tell 'im-adt sho' is one
smart boy. 1 couldn't git no cul1ud
boy ter work wild me-" This in a
town of twenty-five thousand people,
half of them negroes; the streets and
jails crowded with negro vagrants
The same is true of other trades. A
self-respecting white father places his
son with negro mechanic for train
ing-yet the white apprentice and the
negro master thoroughly understand
their respective social relations
Judge Dickson in Hampton's Magazine
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-22
HEARING THIS MORNING
FOR SPEEDING AUTO

Charged with speeding his automo-
bile, DIR. Williams Spicer was given a
hearing this morning before Justice of
the Peace A. B. HolloWell. The trial
attracted large number of people.
It was alleged that DIR. Spicer exceed
ed the speed limit of the state law.
Judgment was suspended upon pay
ment of costs. which amounted to
$3.55.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-22
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Register of Deeds w. G. Britt ha
issued marriage licenses as follows:
May 15.-Mr. julius c.. Norris to
Miss Alma V. Sullivan
May 18.-Mr. Joshua R. Davis to
Miss Lille D. Crawford, near Fire.
mont.
May 19.-Mr. William Wright Hobbs,
of Duplin county, and Miss Carrie
Dudley, of Brogden township.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-22
Same Effect.

''Cyril." said his mother az they sat
down to the breakfast table, "did you
wash your face this merning?'
"WeI, no. mamma" said he slowly.
evidently casting In his mind for an
excuse, 'sbut, he added reassuringly,
81 cried q little before came down
wtnirST'-DelineatOr.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-22
Power Trust Case.

Wilmington, Del, May 1.-THE TAX
ing OF testimony on behalf Of the de-
fence in the suit brought by the gov
ernment to dissolve the so-caI1ed pow
der trust, was begun here today.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-22
Mr.. Griffin Erecting Garage.

The garage on Centre street, which
will be used by the Goldsboro Garage
and Motor Transport Company, is be-
ing erected by Mr. B. H. Griffin, who
cOnIpany
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-22

The Roosevelt party is now well
supplied with rhinoceros steak. but it
is still short of good cuts from a fat
hippopotamus.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-22

1t ia safe to say that Mehmed v has
already put Colonel Osman's sword
back in its scabbard and fastened
down the lid.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-22

The new Sultan has girded on the
sword of Osman, but he should put it
alongside his snowshovel.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-02-11

Wednesday Feb, 18th

Having decided to quit farming and
rented my farm, l win on above date,
at said farm 3 1-2 miles s. of Ben.
ton City and 10 miles S. e. of Mex.
leo, sell all of my personal proper.
ty as follows:
s HEAD OF HORSES AND MULE
Pair 3 yr. old 16 h. high mare
mules; coming 4 yr. old horse mule
16 h. high; pair horse mules Is 1-2 h.
coming s yr. old; all purpose sorrel
gelding 16 h. coming s yr. old and
works single; all purpose gelding 16
b. 4 yr. old; gray mare Is "a h high
coming 4 year old and family broke.
The above are extra good.
rs HEAD OF CATTLE-15 head o
high grade yearling steers; 4 good
mich cows, giving milk; 4 heifel
calves; 2 extra good Shorthorn bulls.
Sc sHEEP-55 breeding ewes
and 3 year old to lamb April list;
good black face buck.
Al HEAD OF HoGs-20 shoats
weight 14O to $50, s good brood sows,
10 shoats weighing about 100 lbs,
and n extra good Poland China
hog.
IMPLEMENTS, GRAIN, ETC-S #.
Mccormack binder and mower, case
IL in. gang pillow, 2 GAINESVILLE discs,
New Departure c~ultivator, 8 breaking
plows, ~, IA and Is inch; Ideal corn
planter; IL foot lever harrow, Dane
hay rake, disc harrow, 2 farm wag.
ons, buggy and harness, plow gears,
400 Blu. old corn, 400 bu.. new corn
snapped, 800 bu. Of oats, some hay.
Household and kitchen furniture.
Many other things used by a first
class farmer. The above farm i'm.
PIGMENTS are practically new.
TEHMs-s1O and under. cash.
over $40, Q months time approved not
with 3 per cent interest from date.
Sale begins at 10 a. IN. Lunch on
ground. wit
BUD CAMPBELL.
]. N. Stephens. AuctIoneer, and
Finley, johnson, Clerk.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-02-11
AccosTED BY a DRUNKEN MAN
AT THE CORNER OF Or,
sHoUsH's RESIDENCE ON n.
WASHINGTON STREET WHO
USED VERY INDECENT Ian
eUAeE IN ADDRESSING HER.
City Marshal Kemp Notified and Ar
rested the Msn-csve Name as
spurloek from LadoonIs-orBnksn-
nsss Is Attributes TO for His Ae-
tlOns-

While returning home from town
Tuesday morning about IL O'clock,
Ms. T. B. Hassler, residing in the
north part OF the city. was aeeosted
and fnsultsd by a drunken man who
gave his name as spunock. Of Lad
dcnia- City Marshal Kemp was
Immediately notified and placed Spur
lock under arrest
Mrs. Hassler had been up town
shopping. She had started home and
had reached the corner Of Dr..
Shoush's residence, on N. Washing
ton street Here Spuriock apprOache
her and taking hold Of her arm used
very indecent language in requesting
her to accompany him.
Mrs. HassIer then fastened back
TO Sam Morris place Of business and
told him Of her experience. Mr.
Norris Immediately notified the po-
lice and Marshal Kemp went TO the
scene and made the arrest
Mrs. Hassler was in a very nerv-
Gus condition causei from her fright
and could hardly make her trouble
known.
Spurlock was under the influence
Of liquor and was placed in the
city jail to sober before any action
could be taken by the officials.
Spurlock was later a~rraigned before
Judge Williams on a charge of dis
turbing the peace where he was fined
$50. Immediately after this a State
warrant was served on a charge of
disturbing the peace. When arraigne
before Squire stallings spurlock re-
quested time in which TO make his
plea and Wednesday at / O'Clock was
set for his hearing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-02-11
RICH RED BLOOD
You viii Never Have It as Long
as You Have Dyspepsia

Just as long as you have dyspep-
STA your food will not properly d.
gest, and the nutritious elements
in the food wiz not be extracted or
absorbed, and impoverished or watery
blood win follow.
This condition may not be appar-
ent at first, but it viii come just as
sure as the sun will rise again
ANY stomach ailment including all
forms of indigestion can be prompt
Iy cured By using Mona tablets. a
scientific treatment unsurpassed.
1t stops fermentation. belching Of
gas and taste Of sour food almost at
once.
The mighty power OF Mona to in
Figorate and restore the stomach to
perfect condition is known every
where.
Mona cures by building up-by
banishing the cause. For thin people
it Is a great flesh builder, because it
causes the stomach to give more
purer nutrition to the blood. 1t cures
sea and car sickness and vomiting
Of pregnancy almost Immediately. O.
It's Pundy sells Mona for 80 cents
a large box, and guarantees it TO
cure, or money back.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-02-11
HOME CURE FOR ECZEMA.
Oil of Wintergreen, Thymol, Glycer-
Inc, ETC., Used as a Simple Wash.
It really seems strange that so

1t really seems strange that SC
many people suffer year in and veal
out with eczema, when it is now no
longer a secret that oil of winter
green mixed with thymol, glycerine
ETC., makes a wash that is bound to
cure.
Old obstinate cases, it is true, can
not be cured in a few days, but there
is absolutely no sufferer from ecze
who ever used this simple wash
and did not find Immediately that
wonderfully soothing, calm, cool sen.
sation that comes when the itch is
taken away. Instantly upon applying
a few drops of the wash the remedy
takes effect, the itch is allayed.
There is nc need to experiment
the patient knows a t once.
Instead of trying to compound the
oil of wintergreen, thymol, ~glycerine
etc, In the right proportions our
selves we are using a prescription
which is universally found the most
effective, 1t is known as the D. D. 2
Prescription, or Oil OF Wi~ntergreen
Compound. It is made by the D. d.
D. Co., of Chicago, and our long ex.
perience with this remedy has given
us great confidence in its merits
Otis Purdy, Mexico Mo,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-02-11

Correcting Report Regarding Born
ing Of the concOre Mercantile Co
store.

To tie Editor Of Ledger:
Concord, No. Feb. 9Th, 1893. l.
wish to correct the statement in the
article which appeared in the Mexico
Ledger Of Jan. Il. in regard 70 the
fire in the Mercantile Company Store
on the eve Of Dec. "a. at Concord as
your article is misleading and wrons.
The building burned the night be-
fore Christmas Eve night Of the
2srd This building was erected dur
ing the month Of Sept. 1908. and by
the second week Of October Mr.. Bal
ley was In his new buiiding. 2oxSo.
It. instead of soxso. with his $1,000
stock of merchandise. furnished him
by the pledged nine stockholders Of
500 shares. instead Of the twenty
prominent men as stated. The names
OF the stockholders who pledged them
selves TO Mr.. Bailey to help put him
in business again is said TO be 7. b.
Henderson,, Chall Henderson, Zeke
and Loag Conner, Chess Berry, Tom
HIte. J. W. Bailey. ? shares. and
Henry Fred. Then later Fred traded
his stock to Cam MeElroy and Nobe
Hite, and instead Of six weeks inter
vening between the opening and the
fire. it vas some ten weeks.
Mr.. Bailey hsd remarked to a
man about 2 weeks before the fire
that he had ssia $500 worth Of goods,
as he is a great hand to pat on the
shoulder and tell a friend how he
Is doing. The young man, Frank
Boyd, says he and his friend, Jack
Mosley, were not in Mexico on the
day or night on which the store
burned. He says they had been south
of Concord and passed there about
one O'Clock and did not see or hear
a buggy or anyone around or about
the store as the Ledger has him
charged. but his friend says he
thought he heard some one, but
never mentioned his suspicious to
Boyd. Mr.. Herman Tellkamper says
that as he and his sister came by the
store on the night Of the fire on
their way home from Mexico, they
saw a big light from the stove within
and the stove door open-as others
say they have seen the same thing
as that was Bailey's way of keeping
fire. by filling the stove with coal
and setting the door open.
Bailey has remarked himself to
different ones thatthere was on
ly one letter received, and
he expressed ii as a letter Of
advice to him instead Of threat as
stated by the Ledger. And other
stockholders have not received
letters. There are others in the neig
borhood who have received mysteri-
GUS letters who are in no way con-
nected with the store. l ask this
J correction as the former article makes
a false impression on our community.
w. q. Boyd.
Auxvasse. Mo r. r. ID z
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-02-11
n. 4. A. orehestra's Con-
cert at Hardin College

N. n. A. 0rchestra's Con-
cert at Hardin College
ms-M,ssOua Military Academy or
ehestra Of II pieces and the school
~ouasterte pm give their annual Spin
concert At the Hardin College Audi
,orium the evening OF MoDdAy, Feb.
isth. The Friday following they win
appear In vandalla under the ans
psces Of the High school Of that city
The concert win be oue Of the mu-
steal treats Of the season. The or
ehestra is composed Of flashed nu-
sIcians chosen from the faculty and
students and have been rehearsins
for this event the entire school year.
The quartette is composed OF faenl'
" members and is 4 thoroughly de-
.Iif.htful musical Organization.
The ouartette Is composed OF Ma
jors W. L. Wick. ist tenor; IL. &
Wick, End tenor: J. U. Snyder, Isl
bass and Capt N. Y. Fonvilie' End
The orchestra is composed Of the
following officers sad cadets; cadei
Armstrong, trombone; Lieut., VII
COX, Col. W. E. MOulde, sergt Maj
cshaeffer and Cadet Lindenmeir. al
LIST ysollns: sergt T~inklepaugh ant
Lieut.. CLARK, End violins; Miss Carrie
ton Fonville. plano; Miss Ruth Fon
vile. LIST eornet, Capt NJ. y. Fon
vile, cornet solo and Cadet Lyon
End eornet
Later in the spring J. A. Darnabl
and wife viii take charge OF the Mo
NJ. A. dramatic club and present
stirring military drama This is al
ways one of the most interesting c
vents Of the school year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-02-11
JOUEYY SHOUSE
RECEIVES DESERV-
cd HIGH HONOR
Aug GRASS FAIR SECRETARY
ann A FORMER MEXICO
BOY MADE VICE PREslOSr or
NATIONAL. FAIR Assertion
N.u orusnlratlou to include Fairs
throughout the Unlimited states
Inn Its m.mb.rshIp-TO Effect the
Uniform Classification.

columbus, o, Feb. io.-An organl'
ration was effected here THURSDAY
% the National Fair Association, to.
include IN It's membership all State
fairs and expeditions and district ana
county fairs throughout the country
Jouett shouse, formerly of Mexico
Mo-. Secretary OF tho Blue Grass
Fair. Lexington, was elected second
vice president.
aThe organization Of this body
saidMr. shouse, SIS the most important
step aver taken by the fair managers.
For n long time some concerted
work and some uniform classified
tlon have been needed. Until there
was a body created through which
IL could be done, nothing of the kind
was possible. The National Fair AS
ISOLATION is projected along lines that
win soon make it as effective to the
fairs of the country as Is the Ma
tional Trotting Association to the
various light harness horse meetings.
Tom Haskell leaves the latter part
Of the week for Roosevelt, OKLA
where he will 60 with his family 10
reside permanently. Mr.. and mrs.
Haskell have many friends in Mex
leo and Audrain county who WIN
regret to see them leave but hope
them prosperity in their new home.
jefferson City, Feb. 4-Violence
was threatened this afternoon against
a & named Franklin, a House EN-
ploye from st. Louis county, because
of an impertinance offered a white
women stenographer On the Senate
clerical force. Every effort was made
to keep the matter quiet.
Senate and House members were
deeply incensed and Franklin was tel
porarily suspended by Chief Clerk
Goshorn at the instance OF the Com
mittee on Clerical Force, Represen.
tative Hart OF that committee, says
the negro must satisfactoorially ex'
culpate himself or be discharged. The
victim Of his addresses was much
frightened and was in a highly ner'
yous state when Lieut.. Gov. Gmelich
questioned her concerning the matter
There were threats that the negro
would be ordered to leave town or SUI
fer the consequences. but wiser coun'
Gil prevailed against violence.