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THE GOLDSBORO MESSENGER, FEBRUARY 8, 1886.--DOUBLE SHEET. . i. IKTERNATIONA.Li COPY RIGHT. Views ot. Prominent Authors and Publishers. Mr. Sedgwick submitted reasons why the - bill should pass, and Mr. Henry- Holt urcced the enactment. of the proposed law. He said the cheap publications of the present- day are ruining the book trade; that authors to compete with these publications are compelled to seek publishers who ignore the rights of foreign authors; that publishers who endeavor to re spect these rights cannot ! realize profit. Speaking of the condition of the book trade, Mr.' Holt says he is frequently compelled to reject meri torious manuscripts because he cannot print them at a profit.-. He spoke of a recent case in which he published a ' book that was well received by the critics, and he said it was one of the best American works of fiction pub lished, but it was a financial failure. Mr; S. Dana Estes, of the publish- ing house of Estes & Lauriat, Boston, I said he preferred any international I copyright law to none at all. He de ' clared that the present condition of affairs suppresses authorship in Amer ica. He !-aid that he does not even give ) consideration to manuscripts of unknown American authors; that un less the author has an established reputation no profit can no uenveu from his publications. The cheap books of the day, he said, prevent the printing of books m durante torrn Mr. Estes contended that .an interna tional copyright would be a boon to the printers and artisans of the trade because it would result in increasing the vovk here. He maintained that the mechanical work in the publishing line of American workmen is superior to that done anywhere else in the world, and that this very superiority and facilities for doing the work cheaply would bring to this country th manufacture lot' nublieations of other countries under a system of in ternational .reciprocity. He was wil ling to have a provision requiring the manufacture of foreign publications copyrighted here, to be done in the United States, but believed that such work would come here anyhow, be cause it ;ould be better done. By way of illustration he said his firm prints the "Chatterbox" by arrange ment with the English owner, and sells it at Jess price than thny could under a former arrangement, where they imported the printed books. He believed international copyright would cheapen the cost of books. He was sure it would encourage author ship at.fl raise the literature of this country Ho the high plane it ought to occupy. Mr; Clemens (Mark Twain), while he favored the bill, thought it jshould require that foreign authors have their books printed in this country. Mr. Clemens said'that men whjo have invested money in establishments for publishing cheap books have vested richts. and he wanted a law that would not interfere with such rights Tl'w was also Senator Iiawley tion. ! s posi- George Ticknor Curtis said it seem ed to bun very desirable that the prin ciple of reciprocity should be affirmed. The practical thing to be done) would be to ! send a commissioner abroad, who Understands the whole subject, to collect information with a view to bringing about something like gen eral consent of the different govern ments Senator Teller asked how the proposed legislation would fiffect the cost of books. Nobody had appealed in the interest of the American reader. Mr. James Russell Lowell, ex-Uni-ted States minister to England, took issue with Mr. Hubbard. He said that tne latter had fallen into the fallacy that here can be no property in books J or lather in ideas. He said that principle would prevent patents and under it the Bell telephone could not have been patented. Mr. Lowell advocated an international copyright law on material and on moral grounds. He believed that a book honestly come by was better than aj cheap book, and he expressed the opinion that such a law as that proposed would make books cheaper in this country; that it would eventually result in transferring to this country from En , gland the great bulk of the book trade, that the trade would come here as the b st market and as having the best facilities for production. He was pos itive in the opinion that an interna tional copyright would be beneficial in every respect; it would stimulate au thorship and would elevate the stand ard of literary taste and production. He believed it would be for the good of the? whole country. Mr. Lowell said there would be no necessity to stipulate for reciprocity from foreign countries, as that would follow at once. He was sorry to say that the United States was the only exception, among civilized nations, in thej way of public opinion on this subject; jthat in all other, countries opinion fa Vors re ciprocity in the matter of copyright privileges, and he hoped that Congress would place this country in thie same line. - Mr. Lowell was confident that the effect of the law would be to bene fit rather than injure the printers and all others employed in the manufac ture of books-. There was no class Svho more sincerely sympathized with the printers than the authors. THE NEGATIVE VOTE. Washington, February 1. The following is the negative votej on the motion to suspend the rules atad pass the bill increasing widows' pensions from to $12 per month: Jj Messrs. Allen, of Missisippi; Ballen tme, Barnes, Bennett, Blanchard, JBlount, Bragg, Breckinridge, of Ken tucky Breckinridge, of Arkansas; Cabell, Clements, Cowles, Cox, Crain, Crisp, Croxton, Culberson, Daniel, Dargon, Davidson, of Florida; David son of Alabama, Dibble, Doughterty, Forney, Glass, Hammond, Harris, Hemphill, .Henderson, of North Car olina; Herbert, Hewitt, Irion, John ston, of North Carolina; Jones, of Texas; Jones, of Alabama. Laffoon; Lanham, Martin, McMillin, McRae, Miller, Mills, Morgan, Oates, O'Fer rall. Peel, Perry, Reagan, Reese, Reid; -of North Carolina; Richardson, Sad ler, Sayres, Singleton, Skinner, Stew art, of Texas. St. Martin, Stone, of Kentucky; J.M.Taylor, of Tennessee; Throckmorton, Tilraan, Trigg, Tuck er, Turner, Wellborn and Wheeler Too Much Live Stock. MWhy Jones, what a ho(a)r8e you have in your throat! -"Yes, I raised it from a col(dH in mv head. I've too much live stock. Well, ; lik cures like; Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup will cure you. The Bull will quickly scare the hoarse away." 1 r EDISON'S WONDERFUL IN VI5NTION. Sending and Receiving Tele graphic Messages onMov ing Trains. : . i - New York, Feb. 1: A party of some fifty gentlemen, including capi- tausrs, ejjecincians ana journalists, started at 2 p. m., from Clifton1Staten Island, for Tottenville, fifteen a iles, for the purpose of witnessing the prac tical working of Ldison s latest ana most wonderful invention, viz., the sending and receiving of j telegraphic messages by railway trains wnne in motion. This is called telegraping by induction, or telegraphing by induced currents throuerh the atmosphere. JJur- ing the run of the train between the points mentioned a large number of messages were sent and received. Mes sages written by the gentJemeu or tne party addressed to themselves, were left at Clifton and were received by the same gentlemen on the train while croiusr at full speed. The apparatus used consists of an ordinary Morse Key, a phonetic re ceiver.an electro maernetand a battery. No special or extra wire is used running between or near the rails, but the mes sages jump through the air between the tin roof of the cars and the ordi nary wires strung along by the side of the railway, a distance ot trom twenty five to four hundred feet. The farthest distance traversed to-day without a wire was some forty or fifty feet. The metallic roofs of the cars were connect ed together by wires which communi cated with a Morse telegraphic in strument placed in one or the cars. An operator sat in front of "the instru ment, and, though the noise ot the train rendered the ticks indistinct, he read them easily by means of a tele phone,' and wrote out the messages as they were delivered. Tp a non-expert newspaper man it seeifted eerie and mysterious to send a message up to the roof of the car on a short wire and have it jump thence on to the distant wire, selecting the right wire, as it did to-day, from twenty four different ones. Mr. Edison was on board, the subject of many congrat ulations. He said that another train coming behind us, equipped with a similar apparatus, could pick the same messages off the wire. Ori the return trip from Tottenville he sent the fol lowing message to a leading daily : - We are now sending and receiving messages on a moving train on Staten Island. Thomas AJ Edison. Just before the train reached Clifton a message was received by Harry Selig- man from his brother, Jesse Seligman, the Wall street broker, giving the latest quotations of Pacific Mail and Lake Shore. Another gentleman re ceived the following message : 'If I were a fugitive from justice this invention would interfere with my ar rangements. Gen. John Cochrane, who was one of the party, sent a message from the moving train to his city residence, as follows: God made man upright, but he hath sought out many inventions. I he expedient was a complete sue- cess, messages being constantly re ceived and sent by all on board with out hitch or interruption. Gen. Coch rane said : lo capture tujntives, to prevent accidents, and to enable all travelers to communicate with their friends, this system will be indispensa ble." Mr. Edison said that all trains on every road could henceforth be in constant communication with each other, and collisions would be known no more. It is understood that exper iments will be made by Edison between vessels next summer, testing the achp tability of the system to marine travel. Mr. Edison thinks he can telegraph three miles by employing merely the water and air. . A DENIAL FROM SENATOR VANCE. New York World. In the special to your paper of the 28th mst., from this city, : your cor respondent alleged that i was a stock holder m the Pan Electric Telephone Company. Presuming that he had been misinformed, I sent for the young man to the door of the Senate Chamber and told him that it was an utter mistake, and asked him to cor rect it. He said he would do so, and said he had been told by an officer of the company that I was a stockholder and that the books so showed. I told him that could hardly be true, but if myi name was on the company's books it had been put there without ray knowledge or consent, and that I had never directly or indirectly subscribed for a single dollar of the stock. In the face of this information, your paper of the 29th reiterated the statement that I was a stockholder and averred that the books of the company showed that I was a stock holder to the extent of $1.000 paid for me as an original subscription. The falsity of this statement not be ing deemed sufficient it was further added that the subscription; was made under cover of the names of two ladies who were relatives of mine. Upon the strength of this you also assert, editorially, that that stock stands on the books of the company in my name. It becomes my duty to denounce the whole story as untrue. In no con ceivable way, shape or form have I had any connection with that com pany. I have the statement of Gen. Casey Young, Secretary, to the effect that no stock is now or hasM ever been set down in the books of that company in my name or in the name of any one for me; that I had never had any con nection, directly or indirectly, with that company to his knowledge, and that it is not possible . for me to hae done so without his knowledge; that the ladies referred to (only two of whom own stock) are not relatives or even acquaintances of mine and that they are the real owners of the stock which appears to their names. As your correspondent refused to tell the truth after he had been in formed of the facts, I write; directly to you and ask the publication of this statement. Whether or hot it be a crime in a Senator to purchase stock in this company, the trnth is, I did not. Havivg undertaken, ' through a sense of public duty, as you say to ex pose these questionable transactions, as you assume them to be, I hope the danger of the public morals is not so great and so iminent as to justify a resort to a falsehood to avert it. Very respectfully 'yours, Z. B. Vance, ! U. S. Senate, Washington, Jan., 30. ! Sick and bilious headache cared by Dr. Pierce's "Pellets." . ; 1 WAYNE COUNTS COR1MI8- SIONERS COURT, 1 : "'"'V - , February 3rd, 1886. The Board met pursuant to adjourn ment. - " - ; ' ;v: . , '; Present B. F.' Hooks, Chairman; M. T. Johnson, J. A. Stevens, A. B. Thompson, J. H. Loftin. ; Accounts were allowed as follows: J. D. Farrior blankets and cloths for Jail i $ 22 SO Hoggins & Freeman, hard ware for Court House. H. Weil & Bros., coal and sup plies to Jail. A. P. Holland, repairs to Jail. J. A. Harrell, Docket for Regis ter. Kirby & Robinson, medicine for pauper. ; 43 41 S 05 15 00 3 38 Oliver ox, released of po 1 tax for 188o,error. N. J. Wise, released of poll tax for t DO' i xooo error. The Clerk of Superior Court return ed the following list of Prisoners sent enced to Work House at January Term 1886: Amos Clarke, 4 months; Hardy Burch, 12 months; Frank Davis, ! J months; tfeorge i? ort,- 6 months; Dexter Littleton, 12 months; JohniCorbett, 2 months; Henry Me Millard 4 months; Wiley Gradey, 12 months; Lewis Murray, b months; Wm. McKinne, 3 months; Marcellus Braswell, 5 months. Jurors for March Term, 1886, were drawn as follows: First week, F. I. Becton, L. A Mayo, D. F. Bridgers, J. M. Rich, John T. Hooks, C. G. Perkins, - G. D. Best, D. V. Iugrara, Giles Kornegay, J. A. McGee, W. K. Grantham, J. C. Rose, N. J. Smith, J. B. Davis, Chas Dewey, M. G Garris, D. A. Cosrdell, John blaughter, Jr., L. Keid, (col.) Sidney Davis, B. - t Aycok, B. B. Cox, Allen Smith, W. B. Fort, J. J. Hood, Louis Godwin, Benajah Sutton, r . M. Hooks, W. F. Kornegav, W. A. Denmark, W. J. Outland,Dempsey uopeland, J. B. Parks, U. F. Worrell, James Jones, Geo. M. Bridgers. second week James McCulhn, E. H. Edgorton, Willis Martin, (col.) David Byrd, J. H. Casey, Leonard Dicken son, J. A. Jordan, Wm. Casey, B. T. Crawford, N. B. Cox, Louis King, Jno. W. Cox, Jno. W. Aycock, B. G. Thompson, D. C. Hood, Wm. H. Hosea, J. J. Casey, W. B. Bardin. Ihe Board will meet at Poor House on 10th inst. to select a Superintend ent and (Guards for the Prisoners con demned to labor. The Board then Adjourned. Published by order of the Board. W. T. Gardner, Clerk. &c. AN IMPORTANT INSURANCE DECISION. Denver, Col., February 3. A de cision of importance to insurance companies was rendered in the Unit ed States circuit court yesterday by Judge Hallett. The suit was brought by Sperry Brothers, of Garfield, against the Springfield Fire and Ma rine Insurance company to recover the loss on a fire in 1883. The Sperry Bros, store, contained 700 pounds of giant powder at the time of the fire. A clause in the policy received from the Springfield Fire -and Marine com pany reads as follows: ''If the assured should keep gunpowder, fireworks, nitroglycerine, and ch mical oil without written permission in this policy, then in every case this policy is void." The plaintiffs claim that, in asmuch as the words "giant powder" were not mentioned in this policy, they had a right to their insurance. Judge Hallet quoted the latest and best scientific authorities, and con cluded his opinion by saying that "ni troglycerine is the base and force which is used in this explosive giant powder. I think it must be said that any of the compounds are meant by the use of that name in a policy of in surance, so that the keeping of this giant powder or dynamite, or by whatever name it may be known, in the storehouses was forbidden by the policy." The effect of the decision will be to force the keepers of hun dreds of stores in the mining" and oth er regions to remove their giant powder from their storehouses to other houses. Invalid's Hotel and Surgical Institute. This widely celebrated institution, lo cated at Buffalo, N Y., is organized with a full staff of eighteen experienced and skillful Physicians and Surgtons, consti tuting the most complete organization of medical and surgical skill in America, for the treatment of all chronic diseases, whether requiring medical or surgical means for their cure. Marvelous success has been achieved in the cure of all nasal, throat and lung diseases, liver and kidney diseases, diseases of the digestive organs, bladder diseases, diseases peculiar to women, blood taints and skin diseases, rheumatism, neuralgia, nervous debility, paralysis, epilepsy (fits), spermatorrhea, impotency and kindred affections. Thou sands are cured at their homes through correspondence. The cure of the worst ruptures, pile tumors, varico ele, hydro cele and stricture is guaranteed, with only a short residence at the institution. Send 10 cents in stamps for the Invalids' Guide Book (168 pages), which gives all particu lars. Address, World's Dispensary Med ical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. A fine art presiding over a police court. Tia SOZODONT the whole world tries. Tis SOZODONT which purifies The breath and mouih, and dirt defies, Tis SOZODONT for which we cry. Sweet SOZODONT for which we sigh, Tis onlylSOZODONT we buy llie Praise of Sozodont i( like the famous article itself, is infllmost every body's mouth The peopl4know that it preserves as well as beautifies the teeth. Hence it is the standard Tooth Wash of the Period. "Spalding's Glue," useful in every house. 1,500 pounds mere of Hams at 11 cents per pound at R. E. Pipkin's. Call and get bargains. f T3 Lb 1 LOWEST PRICES AND BEST WORK UUAlvANTEED. CyWrite for Designs and Prices, octawhn FOR RENT ! Several comfortable Dwelling Houses; lathed and plastered; for rent loto. , Apply to D. CREECH, - Corner Hall and Slocumb Streets. Goldaboro, N. C, Jan. 18-lm t - '3;.SMC: -lX IE fe V 4 JJ j; O Sash, Doors, Blinds, Brackets, Stair Work, Newels, Balusters, Scroll Work, Mantels, Fancy Store Fittings, Counters. Shelving, in Pine, Cherry, Ash, Walnut, or Poplar. MOULDINGS at prices SO LOW as -to Astonish the TRADE f Rough and Dressed Flooring, Ceiling, Weatherboarding, and other Lumber. Estimates made; ....... - . . . ...1 tsll For Same Cto of Work we guarantee to duplicate prices W. T. Yelverton Successor to Jonos, Is mm "BOSS" TURN PLOW and Also have the D AI sY TTJRM buy anything else. You will find Sa-nple LWl am at the old stand, the FAIRGLOTH BUILDING, where I hoDe bv snuare dealings to get a liberal share of your trade. -Don't Forget to COTTON SEED CRUSHER! You all need one, and I have it for Sale 1 W. T. YELYERTON. Goldsboro, N. C, January 18, 1S86 tf imniiDiEs i I can and will Pay Mor- for GOOD than any firm in this City, because I am the Purchasing Agent lor the Largest "HCldo P3IoiiF5 in Boston AND ONLY GET fiSTThis is worth thinking about. Call and see me, after you have seen all the High Price Buyers, and Find out "Whar I am Doing. - P. O. Box 489. Y Goldsboro, N C, jan7-tf J, G Large Elect iff Fall anfl tfiaier Ms' Dry Goois. Motiois, Hals, Boots, Sloes, My Groceries, Sniar, - COFFEE. FLOUR. MOLASSES, MEAT. LARD. An Assorted Variety Will sell at Lowest Prices. Honest Dealings We sell Good Goods that will paj you to bay. Come and see my Large Stock before purchasing. J. octl-tf By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Wayne County, in the cause of I. W. Faison, Adm'r, &c, t. C therine Price and others, I will sell fir cash, nt public auction, at the Court House door in Gh ldsboro, on Monday, the first day of March, 1886, the following tract of land, situate bear the village of Milton, on the south side of the public road from Dudley niivp and bounded us follows : on the north by the lands of Stephen Her ring, on the west by the lands of the W. & W. R. R. C , and on the south and eat by the lands of Nancy Waie, Catherine Price and the heirs of Nelly Thompson, dee'd, containing eight (8) acres, more or less. L W. FAISON, Adm'r of Sally Pricf, dee'd. January 23, 1886,-ieltd GREEN, FOY & CO.. Bankers and Commission Merchants. Of fice: South Front street, New Berne, N. C, have first class facilities for trans acting a General Banking Business; will receive deposits subject to check or draft at sight; will buy or sell exchange on New York, Phi adelphia and Balti more; will make loans on well secured paper, and make liberal cash advances on cotton, corn rice an"1 naval stores, and hold on storage or make sale for one com mission, either in this market, Norfolk, Baltimore or New York, , , mart-lvr tea nuildings, or Materials lor same, Telvorton Co. U VXUU U LiaSsUU XtilJ UU L3 U li UU mi Hardware ..rx.. I Stoves, A.xes Hatchets, Hammers, &c , Paints and Oils. The only house in town that keeps lxxr Buck T oatd. -I KEEP THE CELEBUATED- the "GEM" COTTON PLOW. W don't neglect to try one before you in iroat of store tagged with blue ribbon. Buy a First Class- wamim 1 1 HIDE S, (dry or Green), and FUR, MY C OM MISSION. 'S JOSEPH ISAACS, Wholesale and Retail Grocer. ot Goods Now in Stocfc. C. EASON, GOLDSBORO, N. C. NCDTTnCDIE I The copartnership heretofore existing between S. D. Hankins and J. A. Corbett, merchants, doing business at Mt. Olive, N. C, under the firm name and style of Hankins & Co, has this day dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. S. D. HankinH will continue the buin-8s, assumes all liabili ties, and is authorized to collect all claims due the firm. S. D. HANKINS, JNO. A. C UBETT. Mt. Olive, N. C., Jan. 2iJ, 1886-3w Havine purchased the interest of Mr. J. A. Corbett in the business of Hankins & Co.. at Mt. Olive, N C, I will continue to do a G. neral Merchandise business and purpose' keeping a fult Stok of Goods, and will sell as low as can be bought elsewhere. Thai kful for the patronage so liberally bestowed upon the late firm I respect! ully solicit a continuance of the same. Respectfully, S. D. HANKIN& .UctRnpo JTAII HOTEL, Penn. Avenue, between 6tb and 7th Streets, Offers' all the arcommodationa of a First Class HoteL SELDEN & ROBBIN8, Proprietors opecial JJiscount to tne wnoiesaie I raae. from any Factory whether located "E III IP MTU IPR PfPPM Fonutm, Girpete, Oil 0 MATTIwG Rattan, Reed, and Willow Rockers, Carpet Folding Rockers, every Style of Wood and Cane Seat Childrens Rockers. I Chamber Seta Poplar, Walnut, Cherry, or Ash Wood or Marble Top. OUR IS LARGER THAN EVER, Raw Silk, Hair Cloth and Brocaded Plush. Also Easy Chairs and Rockers. Marble Top TableB of every Style and fcise, secretaries, Book Cases, Writing Desks, What Nots, Walnut and Maple Extension Tables, Safes, Sideboards, Bureaus Wash Stands, and a Large Assortment of Every Style of Chair. .n?8t?'kkf Carper' '0'1Cloth3 a"d Rng,, 'is Larger than cm, and we offer the ame, for the next 30 Days at Prime N. Y. Cost. OUR IN Tirn"eaTin WBr1 1 ICE crook: lso. .LarSe ine of -Frames, aUays on hand. Frames of every description made to order on short notice. Respectful, r UCMTLER & KERN. . HAST OJhlHIUiw m -J " .wiw, "We invite the miblie tn Dry Goods, . Notions, Clolig, ST.T j. In the LADIES DEPARTMENTThlrT 1 . j .i. n.jamr x we nave , Cloaks, Dress and Fancy Goods, and a full line of Zephyr' WE CLAIM TO BE errartie Indebted will please cll GOLDSBORO, K. C, Oct 5, 1885-tt 6 Contracts taken for ll classes of 1 I mTm I North, South, East' or West. STOCK OF CONSISTING IN PART OF BTOOK OF E3 billow Ware, Citlory, Lamm ud wf remarkaoiy Low rriccs. ii . v., vec, j-tr ir 1 ? i loths, i f PERKflMS: " 1886 rail .mtnn .V- c?..t m, Hals, Hardware, Titt 1 runiis, Ace, ac- icuuteu prices. TTP a nnTtTn " AVT and ettle. " VO "1 ? f i
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