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Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-01-07
SHOULD BE INCREASED.

Congress has on it's files a bill to in
crease the pay of the President to
$1O0, 900 year. It is now $50, 900.
True, the Presidents travelling ex-
penses are paid, and some OF the ex-
penses of the house he lives in, but
the country is increasing in popula-
ton and it has also become q world
power, and the presidential office is
mourning new expenditures. The
President, in other words, must enter
tain like king. Prince Henry of
Prussia is coming this way soon. The
President has no individual interest in
Prince Henry, who is brother of the
Kaiser, but still he must be entertain
ed in handsome manner, and the
money comes out Of the President's g
pocket. The Presidents wife cannot
appear at such entertainments in
shirtwaists, and even the Presidents
stormcoats would not be proper on
such occasions.
| It therefore is reasonable to increase
the Presidents pay. Mr.. Roosevelt
would get none of the increase, but i
the bill be passed at the short session
Mr.. Taft would become our first 500.
00o President.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-01-07
The PLAN IS BROAD.

The President-elet knows that trusts
will continue to nullify and to be more
or less vicious, and he has, 1t appears,
determined to ask Congress to change
law SO that his plan will become FEAST
BILE. He secs that the interstate com
mission is overworked, and he pro-
poses to make the bureau of corpora
tiOns the nvestiga ing body, while the
interstate com mission will act in a ju-
d1cial capacity, trying the trusts re-
ported to it by the bureau of corpora
tiOns. The commission will regulate
some trusts, while other trusts will be
turned over to the Attorney General
for more drastic punishment.
Perhaps it would be better to consid-
er the bureau of corporations under the
Taft plan the public prosecutor and
collector of evidence, the inters ia to
commission the grand jury, and the
Attorney General the avenger OF all
wrongs committed by trusts.
The plan is broad. It looks to a
growth of the country and an increase
oftrusts. It also looks to more vigor-
GUS prosecution of the bad trusts.
However, it would be better to Judge
the tree by the fruits rather than by it's
promises.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-01-07
ON The STRAITS
OF MESSINA.
Civilized World is Coming 10
the Relief Of the
Wounded and Des-
titute.s
Greatest Tragedy in Historic Time $
Has Overtaken the Parts of
Italy Stretching Along
The Narrow Straits
Of Messina.

It is plain that the greatest tragedy
IN historic times has overtaken the
parts of Italy stretching along the mar
row Straits OF Messina. Reggie, a city
en the mainland, has been wholly de-
sGroyed, and Messina, on the island OF
Sicily, is not much better off. The loss
of life in the two cities alone may be
found to ex xceed IO0,O 900.
AS in San francisco, the chief fea-
tGre of the disaster was the rapid
spreading of fire following the earth
quake. The motion OF the earth lasted
but 40 seconds, but in that time build
lngs were turned into tfnder boxes ,and
Et1e scene. There seems to be no way
20 prevent the spreading Of fire on such
occasions, for water mains are broken
and all fire-fighting apparatus paral
wed, if not destroyed.
1t is even said that the Italian shore
ScyIla and the whirlpool Charybdis
were changed in the great cataclysm OF
mature, and that no channel of safety
lies between them. But it is scarcely
reasonable to think that the Homeric
features have utterly disappeared, and
NO doubt seamen will yet find a chan
mel between the rocky promontories. :
The civilized world is coming to the
relief OF the wounded and destitute in
Sicily and Calabria; and the Italian
ambassador has appealed to his former
Countrymen to subscribe to the relief
fund. All moneys will be distributed
by the Italian Red Cross Society, and
con tri buttons in this country may be
to Jacob II. Schiff, treasurer
ct the New York branch of the Ameri-
can Red Cross Society.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-01-07
eaptured One stsre Breaker.

The police have captured one man,
suspicioned as being one Of the thieves
who entered Mr.. James Coles store at
Webbtown. Friday night. A pair Of
shoes stolen from the store was found
at his house on Switzerland row, and
this will be used as evidence.
- TO II Il a.
p....+h. % The Kind You Have Always Bought
s's,s;''' e IHaZtzS
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-01-07
MONEY AND Time SAVER.
what Good Roads. Mean to a State.

~ is nothing SO wasteful, so dis
: st,uraging and such hard reflection
upon a community as bad road. says
an exchange. On the other hand a
good road is both a money and time
saver a constant source OF economy
sand townships most valuable asset.
The ancient Roman roads are for the
most part as good today as when they
were first constructed. The Appian
Way, that stretches across the Cam
i1apns southwark from the Eternal
clay, was laid out 212 years before the
Christian era began. The suburbs and
villages have long vanished but the
Via-Appia, bordered by crumbling
tocnbs, runs just as straight and as
level as it did when st. Paul traversed
1t to preach the new faith, and when
the dead Emperor Augustus was
borne Hfeless back to Rome.
1t has been well said that the legions
eonauered not SO much by force OF
arms ms by the magnificent roads they
constructed. While their language,
customs and pagan form of worship
left little or no impression on the
countries they enslaved, yet the races
they overpowered absorbed their
methods of road making, and thus we
now find all over Europe and the
British Isles highways that bid fair to
ast till doomsday.
We have been voted plagiarists and
eopy1sts in all else that we have taken
from the world that's old, but we have
still to adopt plan OF construction
for paths to tread on. France, Eng
Land, and in fact, the smallest Euro
pean hamlet can give us cards and
spades and a beating when 1t comes &c
building q highway. byway or 6
paved street.
1t is safe to say that more horses ars
ruined in year in this country OF
account Of the awful condition Of oul
country roads than are worn out IL
6wo decades on the other side OF tn,
Atlantic.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-01-07
OUTLOOK FOR 1909.

While perhaps the sunshine talk has
been in some respects exaggerated, yet
all see and appreciate the steady up
building that IS going on. Perhaps the
slow growth of recuperation will in
spire additional confidence, for all will
in that way come to a recognition of
it's sense and soundness.
In discussing the subject the Wash
ingtoD Post says: cit is expected that
the business revival now spI reading
through the great business districts OF
the north and west will soon find it's
way into the south. There are those
who believe that when the next busi-
ness boom comes to these United
States, that great, rich territory lying
south of the Potomac and east Of the
Mississippi will feel its beneficial eff
fects more than any other section of the
United States. The boom of the clos
ing years of the last and the opening
years Of this century plowed it's way
into the west. Money was available
for almost any enterprise west of the
Ohio river. AS result the financing
Of that great territory was. pretty well
completed. and only little Of the over
flow of cash for new enterprises and
developments of old businesses went in
to the south. When the next boom
comes-whether in 1909 or later the
great mass of capital4 now lying unem-
ployed in the banks will look to the
south as the most desirable field for in
vestment, and into the railroads, mines
forest, factories and plantations of thai
great territory, we think, will pour 8
food of capital that will awaken the
our delightful southern neighbors.''
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-01-07
JUST in PASSING.
paul Cook in Birmingham Age-Her-


paul Cook in Birmingham Age Her
ald.
Castro was homesick during Christmas
week.
The hammers now being used on
Captain Hobson are hardly larger than
tack hammers.
At the hour of going to press Edna
Goodrich and Nat Goodwin were still
married.
An Omaha judge let woman try her
husband. No doubt, she had tried the
poor man great many times before.
''Who knows how to famigate a
cow" asks an exchange. Blest if we
even know how to milk one!
A Hoboken astrologer says Presi-
dent Roosevelt will meet great danger
very anxious for Mr.. Roosevelt to visit
Africa.
pugilists who want to fight him he
would be fighting for hundred years
to come.
Hell is no worse than Chicago, ''de-
clares preacher. The impression has
heretofore prevailed that hell wasn't
as bad as Chicago.
Every body admires a man who puts
big price on himself, but the cheap
CRATER cannot be tolerated by smart
people.
misplaced switch wrecked a train
in Virginia. A misplaced switch has
made many woman late.
A Chicago writer dedicates her latest
book to cat. Some friend OF hers, no
doubt. whom she doesn't like.
A contemporary tells why we like q
mule. There are two excellent rea-
SONS why we don't like him, and those
reasons fly up at moments notice.
A gentleman who bet that he could
eat drinking glass]won his bet. but
the amount wasn't enough to pay for
his funeral.
A Chicago man went shopping with
Washington belle, and they were
married. He must have been i'm
pressed by the quantity of stuff she
didn't buy.
Many a man who is let in on the
ground poor" never gets a chance to
take the elevator with the rest OF the
crowd
A failure is man who keeps a car
index of excuses.
Oftentimes man who makes a big
noise isn't big gun at all, but just a
popgun.
While it may be true that the vermf-
form appendix is after all an important
organ. science will hardly have the
courage to say that person can't live
without it.
The devil is probably the most sue
cesstul individual whose life and labors
have ever been recorded.
The Washington Herald suggests
that James Hazen Hyde should soak
his head now and then. It's too soft
now.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-01-07
Eureka Happenings.

Prof. E. B. Phillips and family re-
turned Saturday.
Miss Beulah Martin returned to the
State Normal Monday
Miss Minnie Walston was tie guest
of Miss Mary Jones during the holl-
days.
Miss Mabel Ham, of Seven Springs,
is spending this week with Mrs. Ben
Witherington.
Miss Annie Crow returned Sunday
from spending the holidays at her
home in Goldsboro.
Messrs. Sidney Edwards, Jim Wilk-
ins and Henry Brown, of Wilson, were
visitors in Eureka Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. G. Hill, of Fremont,
were the guests of Mrs. Hills mother,
Mrs. Missouri Yelverton, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Overman spent
Saturday in RGoIdsboro.' EMrs. Over
man attended the teachers meeting.
Misses Nora and Effie Minchew and
Ruth Sauls, of Black Creek, spent part
of the Ceristmas holidays with friends
in Eureka.
Misses Lille Owens and Nellie Eme-
ry, Messrs. Charlie sOwens and Olen
Webb, of Saratoga, spent New Years
day at Mr.. Tom Jones'
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Barnes, from
Clinton, have recently moved to Eure-
ka and will occupy the DR.. Best house.
Another year has dawned, and many
good resolutions haves2been made, we
trust, and hope they may be kept. We
wish all a happy and prosperous New
Year.
The Woman's Missionary Society
met with Mrs. H. A. Overman on New
Years day. After the business meet
ing, chocolate and cake were served
and the social hour was much en-
joyed.
Rev. Mr.. Blake, the new pastor at
the Methodist church, preached his
first sermon Sunday afternoon. His
text was from Romans XIV. Chapter,
and it was most excellent sermon on
personal Influence
"The Christmas Cantata, (which was
Ito have been given at Lebanon church,
on Tuesday night before Christmas,
was postponed on account of the in
clemency OF the weather, will be given
next Wednesday night,
MAGIsTER.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-01-07
FOUR CHOSEN.
The TAFT Cabinet GroEs Apace.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 2s-It may
he stated upon authority that only four
cabinet selections have been made by
Fresident-elect Taft. These are:
Philander G. Knex, of Pennsylvania,
TO be Secretary of State; Frank IL.
Hftcheock, of Massachusetts, to be
Postmaster General; James Wilson, OF
IOWA, to be Secretary of Agriculture,
and q. w. Wickershan.. of New York,
ep be Attorney General.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-01-07

There is talk of taking in both New
Mexico and Arizona SIS new states.
Neither would appear to be worthy OF
star. with greasers and cactus plants
as their respective claims to distinc-
ton.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-01-07

w. Fl. Hatcher. who has been work
ing In Goldsboro % carpenter. was
arrested Sunday by Deputy Sheriff
Tolsr, on advise received from the
Sheriff OF Dnplin county. where hs is
wanted for larceny.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-01-07

Guests at the White House New
Year reception are said to have been
unusually hearty in their graetings.
Must have been thinking about 1t be-
ing the last time.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12
rHE rWos MUST GO.

A wish 10 simplify the coinage has led 70 the dis
appearance OF many coins which II was supposed
ahep their mintng was authorized would be a pop
MAR convenience. The 50 and 81 gold pieces have
gone The last too small ana the first never
was needed II was supposed by the men who sug-
eested rs coinage that the 20-cent piece would come
IN handy II proved TO be a nuisance because IL
was 50 near the size OF the quarter dollar N did
not help materially in making change. So II did
not last many years. The silver half dime was
abandoned because too small The three cent niece
i'm silver or nickel had long use hut was discarded
finally SO was the two-cent piece II was agreed
that there need Of coin between the cent
and tha five piece
Nop- n is proposed 10 get rid Of the g bill for
similar reason. The only obieetors thus far are
the hank telleTs. They say IL saves them tims in
handling money when there lie a good dsaI ~ be
handled az ceurss II takes only half as long 10
through hundred dollars in tTss as whom u
is made up OF onss- But the bank tellers are not
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12
PL4N B1PTTST HOSPITAL
Increment Began Titb the Success Of
Little DispenSaTY.

A movement for the building OF Baptist hos
pitaI in Brooklyn has grown from a lt'le dispen-
sary which was opened on January :. 1901, in the
basement Of the Calvary Baptist Church. in l5th
street near Fourth avenue. As result of the
growth of TIE worl, q the dispensary a small hos
pital building was opened on March L. 1906 under
the name Of The Samaritan Hospital. and for the
last year a committee has been working for the
erection Of the BAPTIST Hospital Of Brooklyn.
The dispensarY opened in the basement OF ths
church was run by Or. L. T Jackman, now vice
president Of the Samaritan Hospital corporation.
The church paid the expenses for the most part.
The people OF the neighborhood are poor and the
dispensary Of great help to them. The work
increased until the church. bending every effort
toward collecting building fund, could Longer
properly look after II financially. BY this time
the work Of the dspensary indicated clearly 10
those interested in il that hospital was needed
IN the section. They went 10 the big business
people OF the vicinity. and a corporation was or
ganiSed 70 operate hospital. The building leased
FOR the purpose is al 18th street and Fourth ave
nue.
The work grew quickly ana the corporators
coon began 10 think Of building regular hospital
IN order that the institution might have the sup
port of large and firmly established organization
such as the Baptist Church. the directors who did
not belong TO that denomination withdrew and
leading Bsptists were chosen 10 FL their places
This plan was carried out with the appreciation of
the retiring directors, and they still continue 70
support the entefIllse, A year ago the directors
appointed committee 10 secure Foundation fund.
u is composed OF Dr. Jacknar. Dr. L. IL Fainter
ind E. b. Boyle.
A. The first Of the year the hospital facilities
were increased, building adjoining the hospital,
sn 18th street, being leased for the dispcnsary
work At the beginning of the summer tent for
children was opened on she grounds of the hospl-
1sL The place now has superintendent and as
sisfsnt and twelve student nurses. About fifty
doctors u the neighborhood are the of1cisl
staff. Tn the last year the hospital treated from
six hundred 70 seven hundred patients. many Of
whom paid their way. enS the dispensary about
fourtesn thousand The running expenses amount
s6 70 about $500 month.
Between September . and October the hospital
viii hold an entertainment, called Carnival OF
Sstions.' for the raising of funds. The manage
Tnsnt hopes 20 raise between $500 and s7.0do.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12
NsHERIDAN.s HOME A GROCERY.

one by the oldtime mansions which housed
prominent families Of Chicago of more than two
and three decades ago being abandoned 10
ma ka way FOR tho Invasion of commerce In each
division Of the city stately, old fashioned homes
some of them Of brownstone and others of white
marble fronts-have been zed to make room for
business structures Stl others have been turned
into boarding houses, and one large residence in
the west division of the city. which was one OF the
show places thirty or more years ago, will be re-
modelled for laundry purposes
Surprise was caused a few days ago when an
nouncement was made of the purchase by John
Rartnn PAYNE OF the former residence Of General
Philip H. Sheridan at Nos 207 and 2oo9 Michigan
avenue In this day and generation there are
many who viii be surprised to learn that the hero
of the ride ito Winchester, twenty miles away"
vas at one time after the a real bona hde
resident of Chicago and a property owner here.
The house formerly the centre Of social
eayeties and within its walls many celebrities Of
the Civil War have teen entertained by the Gen
er3l ard Mrs Sheridan. The generals last years
were passed in washington, where he had the com
sherman and other famous warriors
The Sheridan house In Michigan avenue Is Of
brleIs and stone. and the ground hoor is occupied
by a grocery store AZ present-Chicago News.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12
GRATITUDE.

Gratitude? There isn't such thing as grat-
tude" growled the pessimst. Asked by his friend
what the particular trouble this time the dis
satisfied one discoursed Three years ago I dis
covered a secluded place up the state where thew
seldom saw stranger from one years end to the
other. ] just happened upon II. found there was
good fishing there, and month later, when l went
on my vacation, took a party of six along. The
hotel proprietor had charged me ST. a week board
but when l came along with the others. and he
the baggage. rates whent to 50 the spot.
Well, had luck. and the year each man
who had been one OF my party took one OF his own
there. BY the end of that the rates were So
n day, and with more visitors each year that man
has been steadily going w. ! wrote to him this
year and do you know. l started the ball rolling
with my first fishing party. and the advertisement
the place got then has Increased that the hotel
is now twice its size and the rates prOhibitive
that have 20 hunt another place TO so this year.
Gratitude? There isn't such thing. Philadelphia
Record
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12
Overflow Budget of Big Values.

Great Exhibition and Sale of Fine Furs.
New Models at Unn1atchable Prices.
Girls College Suits, S13.e8.
$3.50 Eyeglasses. 60c- Store orders only
and none c. O. D.
Women's St-35 and $1o5 Silk Hats, CSC. and
s1.3e.
Hemmed Sheets, 3ec.
Zoe Mercerized Lining Sateen. 15c. yard
ice Taffeta Ribbons. &c. yard.
2oc Moire P.bhons, l9c. yard
Hand Bag nc.
Oval Photo ines, in chocolate brown
enamel, I0c., 1Sc. 19c. and 2oc-
Chiffon Wells. sec. to sl.4e.
eoc. Corafortables, 62c. each. Quantities
limited. Store orders only
7oc. Bed Spreads. sec. each. Quantities
limited. Store orders only.
Soft finish English Rep. 1ec yard.
60c. Bleached Damask, 20 inches wide, 44c.
yard
Plain round Collars, sec. to s2.25.
$3.50 Infants Long Cloaks, Sl49.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12
BROOKLYN SOCIETY
Summer TrGCcHerS- Weddings and
Engagements.

Though il is several years since DIR. Ralph Tousey
lived on this side of the river his wedding is Of
considerable interest on the Heights. where his
mother, Mrs John Ewart Tousey, makes her home,
az No. go Henry street. He wes married on
Tuesday 20 Miss Clara S Briner daughter Of Mrs.
Dora Brlner. OF No. 9s4 Anderson avenue, The
Bronx. 1t was quiet home ceremony. witnessed
only by relatives.
The brides sister was her only attendant. The
best man was Or. Sinclair Tousey who few
years ago married Miss Harrott Mclean Fowler.
since her marriage Mrs. Thomas Hopper Boards
ley. nee Louise Tousey, has also lived in Manhat
tan. Or. Ralph Tousey was graduated from Yale
in "a, and Is a member Of the Lntcs Club.
Owing 20 the illness of the brides father. Dr.. Ed
win a. Lewis. only relatives and a few friends
were present the wedding OF Miss Marion Etelks
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12

Fancy Feather and Flower Trimming
most desired for Fall and Winter Hats.
J B. Corsets, eec.
Abrast Corset for Stout Women. So.
Kimonos, ACC. and csc.
75c. White silk embroidered Skirting F1an-
nels 4ec. yard,
Annual Sale Heavy Nickel Bathroom Fixt-
ures-Best Values Ever Offered
Famous Hylac Evaporated Milk, 7c. a can.
$500 to $l45.O0 Lace Robes, $500 to
$500.
S149 to S2.25 double widths Black Nets, CSC
TO S1.49.
39c. to $500 real Cluny Laces, 25c TO 81. 80
1Sc. to soc. Cambria EdRings, 10c. to 25c.
5000 Pompadour Silk Petticoats, $3eS.
$450 Taffeta Silk Petticoats. S2.oS
$500 Feathersilk Petticoats, CSC.
$3.50 and $500 Link Buttons S1.63.
$3.50 Hudson-Fulton Umbrellas. CSC.
Women's $500 to $500 Suits, Sl750. None
C o. d
$3.50 Black Spotproof Broadcioth. sl.ss a
yard
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12

S100 fancy Panamss, Serges and fancy
Satin Fabrics. sec. yard
Annual Sale Of School Supplies continued.
Annual Sale Of Post Gard Albums con
tinued
Plaid Silk Waists, S2.9S.
Black Silk Waists. S3.e5
Lingerie Waists, S1.98.
One Piece Broadcloth Dresses, s9sS.
Women's 25e. Tailored Neckwear, 15e.
Boys 81. .25 Trousers. 7ec.
Our Famous All Wool Wearwell Suits
s4.95.
Our great September Sale Of Household
Silverware.
S1OO Hudson-Fuiton Celebration Fountain
and Stylo Pens, 69c.
$l.O0 All Wool Self Striped Serges, 79c.
SlO0 All Wool Self Striped Satin Cloths.
s9e.
Women's $3.50 BroadcIoth Capes. ss.ss.
$l6.50 Long Coats, S11.95.
S1.00 Messaline Satin Phautome, Ssc. yard
$500 Imported Imperial Single faced We
Iours, S1.Se.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12

the only persons to be considered. There are notes
for their special accommodatiOn-$5O0 900 and $1,000
bills, which the common people never own and sell
dom The men who handle money a small
scals-tha petty dealers for nstance-wOUld be glad
the 50 hill disa ppear. They consider 1t some
what of a nuisance
The twos certainly ought TO be called i'm and con-
Verted into There ought to be in circulation
bills of that useful denomination There Is
a surplus of them, so great and so constant
is the den and.-Chicago Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1909-09-12
NoT AMeleuous AT ALL.

Ihe donkey is--or has been-associated WITH psrt,,
pciiics tn other countries besides or opn
J. Cos q England elections q candidate for PAY
lemen.. the late Lord Esra called attention "a
i.n.Fs.s r. rs of dcnkev over whose hs <
two psnnleYs ere siung. bearing ribbon band o.,
which @sas printed Vote foF Para
u Eauft &C ADDED However. thar IN each pann.er
rto9a ore q Lord Baths daughters. s.-Youth's Gem
SAln-Sz-