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Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07
CAPE FEAR ON A RAMPAGE.
Reaches Forty Feet at Fayetteville,
and Still Going Up.

Fayetteville, N. c., August 4.-The
cape Fear river is on a boom, but it
IS earnestly hoped that a repetition of
last August's disastrous flood which
cuined crops in the lowlands will not
o' had. Today all the cotton mills in
Fayetteville which are run by eIec.
tr1c1ty from Buckhorn on the upper
Cape Fear have been suspended for q
time. x
The street cars were stopped on ac,
count of backwater at Manchester on
Little river. Later in the day they
were run by the city dynamo.
The latest advices state that tho
river has reached more than a forty
foot rise, and is still rising. A fifty-
foot rise would be nineteen feet less
than last year.
Reports from the lowlands are that
some corn is already submerged and
consequently ruined.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07
Jeffries OFF for Europe.

New York, August -Reiteratine
his willingness to fight Jack Johnson
f rothe heavyweight title before any
club offering suitable terms. James j..
Jeffries, accompanied by his wife and
manager, took passage today for Eil-
rope, to rest, after long and arduous
theatrical tour and to get himself into
condition for the expected contesI
with Johnson. The immediate objec
tive point of the big champion is
Carlsbad, the famous health resort III
Bohemia, where he will do a little
preliminary training. After leaving
Carlsbad he will make a short trip.
visiting Germany, France and Eng
land. and will probably re turn to
America about the end Of October.
After that. he says. he will be ready
to take on Johnson at any time or
place. Meanwhile Sam Berger, JET
fries sparring partner, is left on this
side to take care of any offers from
clubs or individuals desirous of Sc
curing the championship contest.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07
TURKEY AND GREECE MAY IyGHF
Report Is That the Belligerents Haya
Had Bloody Battle Already Near
the Frontier.

Constantinople, August ST urkey
planning war with Greece over the
Island of Crete is menaced upon her
northern frontier by the Bulge fians.
While four Turkish transports bear
ing Turkish troops are en- route to
Crete today to invade the island word
was brought to the Grand Vizier that
bloody encounter between Turkish
and Bulgarian troops had taken place
near the frontier. Villagers took part
and many were seriously wounded
According to the Turkish version the
Bulgar1ans nrecipitated the fracas by
firing on the Turks. The dispute
with Greece over Crete has assumed
alarming proportions bordering on
actual warfare. Rifast Pasha. the
minister of foreign affairs, declared to
the Hellenic minister today that the
ottoman government would make a
formal demand for the immediate re-
call of Grecian officers from Crete.
The Turkish minister in Athens will
also make this demand If it is not
fulfilled, and Greece has intimateo
that it will not be, Crete will become
the battle-ground. Turkish troops will
soon arrive there to enforce the DO.
icies Of the Ottoman government
Turkey already has fotilla of war;
ships off Crete. These policies are
about being resented. Greece is pre-
pairing for more vigorous protest
While Turkish transports carrying
troops are ploughing through the
Aegian Sea, the Grecian government
is preparing for war.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07
KITCHIN ON .TRUsT BUSTING.
Many Believe Speech Yesterday Means
He Will Oppose Simmons.

Raleigh, N. c., August AIN what
many take to be pronouncement
leading to his active candidacy for
the seat of Hon. f. M. Simmons in the
United States Senate, Governor w. w
Kitchin today addressed the Wake
County Farmers Union on Trust
Busting taking the ground that
state legislation can accomplish but
little and that the real fight must be
through national legislation.
He defended his own and the North
Carolina legislatures. record in anti
trust effort, insisting that it is in the
halls of Congress that the people
must have their antitrust law max
ers. He regretted adverse criticism of
the last legislature and of the execu-
tive for not raising a row with the
legislators for not doing more and
argued that subsection "F'' adopted
by the last assembly is no pink tea
concoction, as compared with the de-
feated subsection CA or the Texas
antitrust act either.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07
G0LDSBOR0|NTERESTED
Pacific Touring. Party HaVe
Miraculous Escape in
Wreck.
At Dubuque, Iowa, Defective Switch
on Illinois Central Causes Acct
dent to C. H. Gattis' North
Carolina Party Train.

Raleigh, N. c., August 5.-Informa-
tIon came to Raleigh yesterday that
tie North Carolina party touring the
vest IN charge of Mr.. c. H. Gattis i'm
The Seaboard Air Line personally con.
dus ted party had been in an accident
II iowa, but that no one was injured.
MY Gattis, Who is travelling pas
senger agent of the Seaboard AIR
Line, telegraphed as follows from Chi
cago:
Our party was derailed at Du-
buque, Ia, on the Illinois Central, this
morning. No one hurt or received a
scratch. -Four rear cars left the rails
nut no damage, and we reached Chica-
go only two hours late"
Additional particulars of what is
declared to have been a marvellous
escape were received last night from
the elegraph-Herald, of Dubuque, la,
In reply to a telegram sent by the
News and Observer asking for partic-
uIars as to the accident, that paper
replied:
Accident was due to defective
switch, which opened when a part OF
fhe train had passed. The accident
occurred at point thirty feet above
slough on one side and the Missis-
sIppi river on the other. None of the
passengers was injured, but their es-
cape is regarded as miraculous"
1t will be pleasing news to friends
and relatives of the North Carolina
party that though there was a wreck,
no one was injured, and that the parts
is still happy on the way in the
West. .-assssa
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07
GOVERNMENT AEROPLANE.
VIII Be Thrown Open to All AyiatOrs
Who Wish to Experiment.

Washington, D C., August 4.-The
government aeroplane, which is to be
placed at the disposal of Wilbur
Wright for the purpose of training
Lieutenants Lahm and Foulois in the
manipulation of the Wright aeroplane
purchased by the government, is to
be thrown open for the use of any
aviators who desire to conduct exper-
iments. This decision was reached
today by General James Allen, chief
signal officer of the army.
Little is to be done with the army
dirigible this summer. It is now
housed. The attention of the aero
nautical division of the signal corps
will be given almost entirely to the
Wright aeroplane during the summer
and autumn months.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07

Prof. E. B. Phillips and Mr.. T. f.
Jones spent Saturday in Goldsboro.
Messrs. Ed. Dawson and Leslie Da-
Wis spent Sunday in Wilmington and
Nrightsville Beach.
Q,.ite a number of our people at
tended the Masonic picnic last Friday
at Stantonsburg. This picnic is given
annually for the benefit of the orphan
age at Oxford. All report plenty of
tarbecue and a pleasant day.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Overman are
spending a few days in Goldsboro this
week visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Hill spent Sun
day in Eureka at Mrs. Missouri yell
verton's.
Prof E. B. Phillips is attending the
teachers institute this week
Messrs. w. e. Dawson and Jake
Mayo and Misses Bette Barden ana
Bertie Becton spent from Saturday
until Monday at Warsaw, visiting Miss
Irene Boyette.
Miss Mary Lewis Sasser, of Colds
boro, is spending this week with her
grandmother, Mrs. Missouri Yelver-
ton.
Mrs. ]. R. Sauls is quite sick this
week. Her many friends wish her a
speedy recovery.
Miss Ruth Jones spent from Friday
until Sunday visiting friends in Sara
toga.
Quite number of our young peo
pie attended the yearly meeting of the
Primitive Baptist Church at Saratoga
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. Minshew attend
ed the quarterly conference at Leb-
anon Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Ben Witherington and children
spent few days the past week with
her sister, Mrs. Luby Edmundson, OF
Lindel1.
Mr. and Mrs. June Davis were Wis
itors in Eureka Sunday.
ReV. MI BLACK ulleu MS regular
appointment Sunday in the M. e
Church here. He preached an able
and inspiring sermon.
All Sunday Schools of Nahunts
| township are requested to send rep
| resentatives and reports to the con
vention, which meets at the M. e
| Church in Eureka Friday, August
1909. Several able speakers will b
present and much good is expecte,
to be accomplished for the Sunda
School cause.
/ MAGISTER.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07
FULL OF TRICKERY, SHORT-LIyED
twill Be Repudiated When New
Congress Is Elected Next Year.

While the consumer gets nothing
from the Aldrich-Cannon tariff
scheme, yet the period of business
waiting and uncertainty will be ended
hen the bill .as;es the Senate and is
signed FJsiness will then go on in
practically the cd Dingley grooves.
But the tariff planned by and for
New England will not last long. No
tariff does The Dingley tariff lasted
twelve years, and it is the record.
he Morrill, tariff signed by President
Buchanan, was changed during the
Civil War. Rates were frequently al
tered between 1865 and 1888. The
tariff law of 1883 was repealed by the
Mckinley act of 1890, and the latter
was replaced by the Wilson bill in
1894, and the Dingley law was passed
in 1897. The last named has stood
twelve years, not because of any good
il it, but because the Republican par
ty remained in power.
The new Aldrich bill nearly met de-
feat when the conference report on
it was brought before the House. The
vote to recommit it was 1873 yeas and
1913 nays. Twenty Republicans, chief
ly from the Middle West, voted
against it, and the Republican party is
party of discord over it. 1t will not
last long It will be repudiated when
d new Congress is elected next year.
1t is full of jobs at the expense of
the consumer, but the worst joker in
it is, no dubt, the maximum and min
imum section. Under this section all
duties on goods are automatically in
creased on March 81 next 25 per cent.
If country can show that it in no
way discrlminatos against American
goods the President may grant it the
rates namc1 in the bill as it was re-
ported from the conference commit
tee. Possibly England can do this. |
Other European countries cannot and
re ther can Brazil nor Canada TWen-
ty-fve per cent. may, therefore, be
safely added to published rates on
of imports. This clause
i piece of trickery to advance rates
while it hoodwinks the consumer.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07
TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
1t Is Largely Attended and Good
Work Is Being Done.

The Wayne County Teachers Insti-
tute, now in daily session at The
Graded School in this city, with Pro-
fessor Walker and Mrs. Mariana
Cobb Gariessen in charge, is growing
in interest and in benefits to the large
number of teachers in attendance. and
the responsive spirit with which the
attending teachers meet the co-opera-
tive work of the instructors ma,zes the
institute one of exceeding pleasure
as well as profit.
Tomorrow afternoon the Goldsbord
Woman's Club, always ready to do its
full part by Goldsboro, will give All
at home to the teachers, in the ma,
ture of an open-air outing at the ParI
pavilion, where refreshments win bd
served.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07
WOODLAND CRUMBS.

Mrs. Sally Holowell Byers and sis.
ter. Miss Emma Hollowell, of Colds.
boro, attended church at Woodland
Sunday last, where we were glad to
meet them. Mrs. Byers was reared in
this community, but since her mar
riage has made her home in Ala
nance.
The Sunday School convention.
which convened at Providence Church
last Thursday, was very enjoyable
occasion. Mr.. George Hood, of Colds
boro, made an excellent speech. as
did Mr.. James Mitchell, Mr. Marshal
Hood and Mr.. Charley Stephens. The
program arranged by our township
president, Mr.. G. w. Parker, was
carried out nicely, while it was very
warm the ice cream and lemonade
contributed to make it comfortable. Ir
was thought by some to be the best
township convention we have ever
had
The sad news of the death of DR..
Swindell reached us last week. He
had many friends through this COM
munity who mourn the loss of such a
noble soldier Of the cross.
Prof w. e. Yonts came down from
Guilford College Saturday evening to
resume his work as principal of
Woodland Academy for another year.
He will attend the teachers Institute
at Goldsboro for two weeks. Then
the school will open with Miss Roella
Cox assisting. READER
Woodland, N. c., August 2.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07
ExTERMINATE TYPHOID FLY.
He Is the Proven Common Enemy of
Mankind.

| We are told that this common pest
which We are so much accustomed te
look upon merely as nuisance, is, in
reality, the most dangerous insect
known to man.
DR.. u o. Howard, chief entomolo.
sist Of Georgia's department of agri-
Z culture. in order to fasten upon the
popular mind the dangerous character
of the house fly, has suggested that
the name OF this insect be changed to
the typhoid fly" and 1t is by this
name that the house fly is hencefortli
tc be known by number OF earnest
medical men who feel that we cannot
do too much to arouse the people to
the danger of this pest.
1t is reliably estimated by those
who are capable of judging that 85
per cent. of the cases of typhoid fever
in cities, and 95 per cent. in the rural
districts, is caused by the typhoid
fly" They generate and live in filth.
and everything they touch becomes
contaminated to some degree. It is
highly probable that this contamina-
tion contains the germs of typhoid
fever, and hence it is not difficult to
understand why the typhoid fever ep
idemic occurs in summer and remains
until frost has driven the typhoid fly
into Information or destroyed him al
together.
The fly committee of the Georgia
Medical Association has undertaken
the task of distributing some printed
matter which points out the danger of
typhoid from the common house fly
otherwise known as tie typhoid fly
and strongly urges that people
Don't allow fes in the house.
Don't permit them near food-espe.
cially milk.
Don't buy foodstuffs where flies are
tolerated.
Don't eat where flies have access to
the food.
Some startling descriptions are
printed of the manner in which the
common house fly distributes death
and disease.
There is no need to go into the sta
tistics Of typhoid fever, but if anybody
chooses to look them up they will
find that it is high time We were TAX
ing steps to prevent the recurrence Of
typhoid epidemics.
Scientific Investigation has proven
beyond a doubt that 1t Is the common
house fly which Is responsible for
these epidemics. The old idea that
bad drinking water was the most
fruitful source of typhoid fever has
been exploded. While there is danger
from this source, of course, it is tho
deadly house fly which really does the
damage, and this crusade to destroy
him should be carried forward with
an unsleeping vigilance worthy of the
gravity of the situation.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07

meantime overproduction had caused
the price of oil to fall to 81 a bar
rel and, discouraged, the Senaca com
pany sold out. For two years moth
ing was done, but then the work was
resumed, additional refineries were
built and from that time on the OIL
industry made giant strides. How
enormous has been it's growth may be
inferred from the fact that the pro
duction of crude petroleum in the
United States in 1907 was nearly
/, ,1S6, 100000 gallons, representing a
total value of nearly $S5, 100000.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07
COlORED BAPTISTS
State Sunday School Con-
ventiOn heldilg Forth
Here.
Delegates From All Sections of the
State i'm Attendance-An Impress
siTe BOdy-Raleigh Chosen
for Next Meeting.

Editor Argus: The Colored State
Baptist Sunday School Convention
DR.. Roberts president, now in session
at First Baptist Church, this city, is
| being attended by large delegations
from every section of the State. Part
of Tuesday was allowed the State
Baptist Young Peoples Union, Prof
WI. Fl. Knuckles, president. The lee
lures by DR.. A. w. Pegues, supervisor
of the State School for Colored Deaf
Dumb and Blind Youths, and Prof c.
R. Frazier, of Shaw University, were
comprehensive and effective.
Reports from the various unions
made the past years work of the local
organizations the best in the annals of
the B. Y. P. U. among negroes in the
State.
Tuesday evening the first session
of the Sunday School Convention was
held.
In behalf of the city, Col. J. E. Rob
inson delivered an address of welcome
that was scholarly, logical and whole
pie, who applauded him.
DR.. S. A. Vass, superintendent of the
work among colored people for the
American Baptist Publication Society
in behalf of the convention responded
to the welcome address and caused
the enthusiasm of the convention 70
run high.
The annual sermon was preached
by Rev. o. S. Bullock. Every phase
of the Sunday School work is being
discussed by the delegates and the
interest manifested by them in the va
rious topics and lectures is making
the program an interesting one.
Some of the Causes and PreventioIs
of Tuberculosis" was comprehensive
Iy discussed by DIR. J. e. DelIinger, OF
Greensboro. Subjects of vital inter
est were ably discussed by Dr. A. M
Moore, Rev. DR.. A Shepard, Miss A
NJ. Hall, DR.. J. A. Whitted, Miss A L.
E. Weeks and others.
The delegates are representative
colored people of the State and among
present are Mr.. C. C. Spaulding, man
ager of the North Carolina Mutual and
Provident Association, the largest ne
gro insurance organization in the
world, and Col. James H. Young, of
Raleigh.
Today Col James H. Young, of Raj
eigh, made a strong appeal for the
convention to continue it's efforts in
behalf of educating colored girls for
active and conscientious service He
praised the white people of the State
for their interest in the work
The work that Prof. A B. Vincent
the negroes of the State, was highly
commended by the convention.
The following officers were unani-
mously elected for the ensuing year:
DIR. N F. Roberts, Raleigh, president;
Rev. P. S. Lewis, Charlotte, recording
secretary; Mrs. Sallie Barber, Wilson,
assistant secretary; DIR. A. w. Pegues.
Raleigh, corresponding secretary,
urer.
DR.. N. F. Roberts was given an ova-
ton by the convention upon being re-
elected president.
The convention will meet at Raleigh
next year.
OFFICIAL REPORTER.
August 5, 1909.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07
FAVOR REORGANIZATION.
s. A. L. Stockholders Approve Adjust
ment and Plan Bond Issues.

Petersburg, Va, August A meet
ing of the stockholders of the Sea-
board Air Line Railway was held here
today, presided over by Judge Lehigh
r. Watts, of Portsmouth, Va.
The adjustment plan incident to the
company's reorganization, was ap-
proved, as were the authorizing of the
new refunding mortgage to secure an
issue, not to exceed 100000, OF
refunding bonds and of the new mort
gage securing an issue, not to exceed
$25, 100000 for adjustment bonds.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07
Appointed to West Point.

Ray Lee Wooten, of La Grange, has
been appointed cadet at the mill
tary academy by Senator Simmons
Carl D. Taylor, of New Bern, has been
designated as the alternate.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07
KILLS FLEAS

Cures worst case mango. Bicaise's
mango cure. Not poisonous. Full line
Bicaises Dog Remedies for sale by
NJ E. Robinson & Bro, Druggists.
sa we-sw
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07

The Wright brothers were paid s3O
ooo Tor an airship and their expert
services. The field is profitable, ana
we may expect the cores tondence
schools to take it up.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07

Nine million seven hundred and
seyenty-six thousand words were ut.
tered in the tariff BILL What a Job
of embalming for the Congressional
Record.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07

news item says candidates are
becoming plentiful. Il this contin-
ues there will be more candidates
than voters.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07

The tariff bill missed defeat in the
House by small vote, but this miss
was as good as unanimous vote.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-07
EUREKA HAPPENINGS.

Prof e. B. Phillips and Mr.. T. f.
Jones spent Saturday in Goldsboro.
Messrs. Ed. Dawson and Leslie Da-
Wis Spent Sunday in Wilmington and
Wrightsvi1le Beach
Evening star., 1909-04-11
PART 6

There zebras who dressed in the latest of stripes,
And beasts Of all Sorts and all kinds and all types
There clowns by the dozen. fat and thn
Some dressed up in silk and some dressed up in TIM
One watzed his eyebrow. sneezed with his toes,
And another played beautiful tunes his nose
There were horses that spelled BED and 1T"
And Goose Prima Donna who sang up to C"
They brought out an elephant baby SO fat
That he splintered his rocker the moment he sat,
They gave him his medicine-he had the Group
Then they brought his supper. ten gallons of soup
Now Bobby wishing that he were a clown,
And he thought it than there he was down
AT the elephants table. and Biken. too,
And strange to relate. he knew Just what to do!
The elephant lifted him up by the nose.
And danced tight-rope with one of his toes,
And when Bobby left him he broke into tears
And wiped out his eyes with each one Of his ears
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-03-18

That nature has provided thcr.
mostat at least for use In incuba.
tors thS, does away with the necss.
sity Of all the present. t.day compll.
catli conlrivanccs FOR automatically
regulating temperature. is the belief
oI Luke Narnvs, miller residing
near Mart!nsbure, Ky KarnCs puts
a garter snake IN his incubator
Whom the temperature becomes too
warm. the Saakc crawls to the farth.
crest corner uf the incubator. where
/, guils and the weight causes the
caJ.oii to tilt. thus allowing the
apartment to cool. when the apart
ment gets too cool the snake crarls
back toward the lamp and the cut
OF is closed
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-03-18

The United States and Canada
have decided to limit the total am,
cunt OF water that may be taken
form Niagara River Tor power pur-
poses, The average discharge OF
the river Is 10000 cubic feet per
second. and II the total fall from
Lake Erie to Lake Ontario were
utilized. II would represent about
100000 horsepower The total
available horsepower ~ N" Falls Is
estimated al about 1000. 900. hc-
cording TO the treaty, the power
companies on the Canadian side are
10 be limited To $4,000 cubic feet
per second. aud those on the Amori-
can side to 20,0o".
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-03-18
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Jas q. Walk.r ct ~ to ". A. Wal
ker. .nwL. OF sw y. sec 80, ~ 80 :
rli c. $1,000.
Daniel Walker To ". A. Walker.
eh sec 2s. tp SO s.rI4e q. fl50e.U0.
c. l.. Kelsey TO J ). Mcclellan.
lot ., blk 3j. First add to klamath
Falls. 10000.
Daniel J. Walker Il TX to ". 4.
Walker, cis of ~ >, sec 81. ~ :.
Of aw = soc JG,-tp 30 .r - e. $500.
Daniel Walker ct uX To ". 4. Wal
kcr. WI. OF 50 !. sec II: y inter-
est In eli Of see 30. ne A. OF So !. "
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-03-18

The various steamship companies
are taking steps to apply to their
wireless apparatus the lessons learn
ed from the Republic" disaster I,
will be remembered the flooding OF
the engine room put out OF commits
sion the generator which supplied
the current for the wireless plant OF
that ship: and tais fact has shown
the necessity for providing an aux
iliary source Of current supply. To-
Gated preferably on one OF the upper
decks. The North German Lloyd
Company use for this purpose Two
dynamos Ia separate compartments.
and two emergency dynamos located
IN the Marconi house on the boat
deck. To this cquipm"nl Is added
two sets OF storage batteries. This
Is characteristic German thorough
ness: il should serve as a model for
all transatlantic passenger ships.