THE HEADLIGHT.
ITULISIIEI) EVKUY THURSDAY.
SUHSCllIPTIOX 1.00 PER YEAH.
A. KOSCOWEK, Editor and l'ropriotor.
Coli.sikiro, X. C, Feb. 1, 181)4.
A 15.I COM HI NATION.
Hitcliinr toH'tli(T the Wilson
Tarifl' li!l and the Internal Iicvcnue
me.-isurc and seeking to push them
throuirh tlie House of Kepresenta
tives together is ivranlel a had
eoinl)ination. Whether the matter
is looked at from the standpoint of
political or parliamentary strategy,
it is in a sense a confession of
weakness and fear. The leaders
do not seem to have the courage of
their convictions in regard to tariff
reform, or the proposed Infernal
Kcvenue regulations, or hoth.
The Internal Kcvenue law was
evidently thrown into thehreachto
cover a probable deficit in the
Treasury, afler the reduction of the
tariff schedules had been estimated.
It is at this point that the Ways
and Means committee appear to
have lost their bearings. If the re
form of the tarilf regulations is such
a burden as is claimed, and if the
American people are looking to the
Wilson Tariff bill as the means of
delivery from industrial and finan
cial tyranny there should be need
of no reort to such an expediency
as the income tax.
According to the theoriesof those
"who framed the Tariff bill, its en
actment will restore confidence, in
crease the business of the country
and ouiiht to increase its revenue.
To the observant man, therefore, it
wouM appear that the tariff revis
ion ouirht to stand on its own bot
tom and not require bolstering up
by a subsidiary revenue measure.
On the other hand, the Internal
Kcvenue measure has been framed
as a means of placinjr in the hands
of the (lovernment an immediate
source of revenue to meet possible
deficiencies. lint it will be arrucd
by the candid free trader that the
deficit miirht be provided for in an
other way, by a temporary issue of
bonds and a patient waitimr for the
new tarilf law to work out its own
salvation. It is evident that the
Internal Kevenue scheme is tempo
rary in character ami intended sim
ply to bridire over present dillicul
ties. I Jut it meets with fierce op
position, and this is of so irreat
moment that the leaders have de
termined to put the two measures
together and force the income tax
through because of loyalty to tarilf
reform.
As a parliamentary expedient it
is a bad combination. It marshals
the opposition to the income tax
against the Tariff bill itself, and
whereas the friends of tariff reform
may be able to muster sufficient
votes to carry their measure
through they must appear before
the country in greatly reduced
numbers and lose the moral effect
which would naturally follow from
the overwhelming vote on the AVil-
son Tarilf bill alone. The result of
Monday s work in the House of
Kepresentatives will be looked upon
with suspicion by the friends of
tarilf reform and be a source of ex
ultation to its enemies.
CALIFORNIA'S MIDWINTER FAIR.
The Midwinter Exposition in San
Francisco was formally opened on
Saturday. The occasion was one
of irreat interest to those w ho were
permitted to take part in it. A
desolate waste near the city has
been transformed into a veritable
paradise of buildings, gardens and
beautiful walks and drives.
In the several palaces which line
these avenues arr to be found mag
nificent collections of the world's
handiwork, giving prominence to
the products of the Pacific slope,
and this new exposition has been
launched under circumstances w hich
give great promise of success.
The San Francisco Fair is the
natural out growth of the World's
Fair at Chicago. It was suggested
and inspired by that magnificent
spectacle, and a goodly number of
the exhibitions there displayed have
also been taken to California to be
seen in the new exhibition. The
effort which the business men of
California undertook and have car
ried through .successfully shows
commendable enterprise.and proves
to the world that the organization
of a great fair can be accomplished
by the people of any city who will
form a just appreciation of what is
wanted and patiently adapt means
io end in its accomplishment.
Tuk members of the Virginia
Legislature, with sublime assur
ance, propose to coerce the trans
portation companies of that State
into providing them with free pass
es. Travel has been philosophical
ly called an education; and the Vir
ginia legislators certainly have not
finished their studies.
'I have tried Salvation Oil in niv fam
on a broki'J and dislocated foot and
can recommend it to any one as a good
liniment. Mrs. Williani Tollev, joplin.
Mo." 1
Waynesboroiigh's KHigious Interests.
Uy Iter. J; T. Albritton, Jit. Olive
In this paper I wish to tell of the
religious interests of the old town. I
am indebted to Rev. C. J. Nelson, of
Goldsboro. for many of the facts that
follow. When Iiro. Nelson moved to
Waynesborough in 1S3S he found
there no house of worship. A free
house was built about 1840 through
the liberality of Richard Washington,
Geo. W. Collier, John Wright, Mar
tin Stevenson, and others.
The first public Sunday school ever
organized in Wayne county, Iro.
Nelson states, was the school he or
ganized in Waynesborough about the
date of 1842. This school still exists,
and is known as the Sunday school
of the First Baptist church of Gokls
boro. Mv memory can recall but
ry few incidents of my Sunday
school life during my residence in the
town, as I was not at all inclined to
have anything to do with religious
matters of any sort. I was afraid of
all preachers and shunned them as I
would a snake. (By the way, the time
has been that the reverend gentle
men were to be feared, and their ti
tle '-reverend," from "revereri," to
fear, was quite appropriate.)
But I remember that the Bible was
more general use than now, the
memorizing and repeating of long
passages of Scripture being a com
mon and popular practice. My little
sister Fannie, when in her sixth
year, repeated from memory the
whole of the third chapter of Mat
thew. Several of the first pupils of
the school were first taught their
letters and how to read in that school,
and afterwards became pious and use
ful members of the church.
Between 1840 and '42 quite a re
ligious awakening was brought about
bv the visit and labors of Revs. Robt.
McNabb, David Thompson and
Dupree, Baptist ministers, and sev
eral professions of religion resulted.
The meetings were held alternately
in the free church of Waynesborough
and in the old Academy of Goldsbo-
. Another great awakening oc
curred later on. or about the year
1843, under the leadership of Rev.
Ira T. Wyche, a Methodist minister,
who impressed me as not being a
very eloquent speaker, but a man of
deep piety and great earnestness. ' I
was an unconcerned spectator, but I
remember that many of the promi
nent citizens of the surrounding
country made a profession of re
ligion during the progress of that
meeting.
As the outcome of the first religi
ous awakening, tne enurcn now
known as the First Baptist church of
Goldsboro, was organized. This oc
curred in 1S42 or '43. The church
applied for membership in the Union
(now Eastern) Association in 1844
through her delegates, T. C. Garri
son and Rev. Wm. Robinson, the
pastor. The constituent members of
the church were Chas. J. Nelson,
Thomas C. Garrison, Mrs. Lizzie
Garrison, Patsy Powell, and Cynthia
Ellis. Brother Nelson is the only
original member now living. He re
sides in Goldsboro, retains a large
measure of his physical vigor, and
preaches wherever opportunity of
fers. Beginning with five members, this
church reported a membership of
twenty-three to the Association in
1844. To my mind, the most re
markable and gracious revival with
which God has ever blessed this
church was the great revival of 185(5,
during the pastorate of Dr. David
Coulling of Richmond, Va. The
church then worshipped in the old
Academy, which stood on or near
the spot now occupied by the new
Methodist church called St. Paul's.
While Dr. Coulling did most of the
preaching, and was the leading spirit
in the meeting, A. P. Repiton, Dr
Chas. F. Deems and Dr. Jas. B. Tay
lor, Sr., Corresponding Secretary of
the F. M. Board of the S. B. Con
vcnxion, preacned, at least, once
each, during the meeting. Dr. Deems
probably preached more than once,
as he was at the time pastor of the
Goldsboro Methodist church. I heard
him but once, however, and still re
member much of his able and lucid
sermon on Faith.
Dr. Taylor's sermon was timely.
Man' of us were troubled about re
stricted communion, and we request
ed him to preach on that subject. He
cheerfully complied. He didn't put
on war paint, as too many preachers
do when the' discuss distinctive
principles; but with much tender
ness and affection he spoke the truth
with great plainness, showing that
we, in common with other leading
denominations, required the script
ural prerequisites of repentance,
faith, baptism, and church member
ship. We sawr what we should
have seen before, and what every
body, it seems to me, should be able
to see that the trouble was not
about the terms of communions, but
about what constitutes scriptural
baptism. Bro. Coulling, under God,
led me to Christ, and Bro. Taylor
led me into the Baptist church. I
believe that about one hundred per
sons professed faith in Christ dur
ing the meeting, some uniting with
the Baptists, and some going to oth
er denominations. Dr. Deems im
mersed some of the new converts in
Neuse river, just as Dr. Coulling
did.
From the date of organization in
Waynesborough, 1842 or '4.3, to the
present, the following ministerial
brethren have occupied the pastorate
of the 1 irst Baptist church of Golds
boro: David Thompson, of Smith
field, Wm. Robinson, A. J. Battle,
II. Miner, J. J. James, editor of the
Recorder, Samuel Wait, president of
Wake Forest College, David Coul
ling, George Bradford, Geo. W. Kee-
see, N. B. Cobb, P. D. Gold, Theo
dore Whitfield, J. B. Ilardwicke,
Geo. W. Sanderlin, C. Durham, F.
II. Ivey, Thomas Dixon, J. S. Dill,
J. H. Edwards and C. A. Jenkens.
Although many years have passed
awav since the severance of my con
nection with this church, I have lost
none of my interest in her welfare.
Here was my first ecclesiastical
home, having been baptized into her
fellowship by Dr. Coulling, Oct. 5th,
185C. She granted me license to
preach January 12th. 1857, in my
twenty-first year. I was ordained
to the full work of the ministry by
this church February 18th, 1850, Dr.
Thos.E.Skinner of Raleigh, preaching
the ordination sermon. It was a
good sermon, but it was too long for
Bro. George Bradford, who had to
follow with the charge to the candi
date. Some sav that Bro. Bradford
had gone to sleep under Dr. Skin
ner's sermon, and had to be aroused
from his slumber to act his part in
the programme. He was soon wide
awake, however, and charged vigor
ously. His charge -was double bar
relled, and was aimed at Dr. Skinner
as well as myself. Looking at the
Doctor, he emphatically charged me
"never to preach long sermons until
I had made up my mind that I was a
great preacher." The congregation
smiled, and Dr. Skinner tried to. I
shall never forget what a hearty
laugh, we three had over that charge
when we chanced to meet, some
years afterwards, at Brother Pes-
cud's residence, during the session
of the S. B. Convention in Raleigh.
Bro. Bradford, I believe, has gone to
heaven. May Bro. Skinner have
many j-ears of usefulness before him
before the Lord shall call him away.
The Lord grant Brother Nelson,
who has watched with fatherly solic
itude the Goldsboro Baptist church
through all her varying vicissitudes
from her constitution to the present
time, abundant grace and peace,
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
A Peculiar Case
Periodic Attacks of Neuralgia in
the Eyes.
"C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. :
" I write to say that I have been a sufferer for
four years with neuralgia in the eyes. The ialns
were very severe at niht, causing me to suffer
winter and summer alike. Sometimes a month
would lapse between shells, then I would be
Troubled Every Week,
especially if I was up at night. I am a man of
regular habits, 42 years of age, and employed
for the past seven years by Heath, Springs & Co.,
well-known merchants and bankers of this place
Hood'ssPr Cures
and Camden. I bought a supply of Hood's Sar
saparilla. used four bottles and believe I am
cured." W. J. Loxu, Lancaster, South Carolina.
Hood's Pills cure Constipation by restor
ing the peristaltic action of the alimentary canaL
CMTON & CRAWFOED,
LIFE AM) FUSE
Insurance - Agents,
GOLDSBORO, N. C.
DO YOU
NEED MONEY?
One - Thousand - Dollars!
To be loaned out to
Responsible Parties,
At Eight Per Cent.
ES'Tor particulars call at
Headlight office.
STRICTLY : CONFIDENTIAL.
L. G. Waddcll,
Contractor j& And Builder,
GOLDSHOUO, N. C.
Specialty on Cottages. Plans and
estimates furnisfiurt on application.
SAILED THE SEAS 38 YEARS.
One of His Experiences.
For thirty-eiirht years Capt. Lend fo'.lo vpd
the sea, most of that time as mastt r of !i ves
sel, and upon retiring from ti e water was ai
pointed by the Secretary vt the United Stii'cs
Treasury "to superintend the seal fisheries in
Alaska, which position he he'd five yeuis. Uo
relates one experience as follows:
' For several years I hud l.eeu trouhlcd vrith
general nervousness a iid pain in the rejricn
of my heart. My prratest sift'ictio ! v. as
sleepie s.'iess; it was almost impossible at any
time to obtain rest and sleep. Having turn
lr. Miles' remedies advertised I began using
Nervine. After taking a small quantity t :o
benefit received was so preat that I was j i
tively alarmed, thinking the remedy e. at
tained opiates which would finally be injuri
ous to me: but on being assured by the drnjr
pist that it was perfectly harmless, I contin
ued it together with the Heart Cure. Tt d ty
I can conscientiously say that Vr. ftiiks' It -storative
Nervin-and New Heart Cure d:d
more for me than anything I had ever taken.
1 had been treated by eminent physicians
In New York and San Francisco without ben
efit. I owe my present pwod health to the
judicious use of these most valuable remedies
and heartily recommend them to allafhicied
as I was." Capt. A. 1. Loud, Hampden, Me.
Ir. Miles' Kestorative Nervine and New Cure
are sold by a II druggists on a positive guaran
tee, or by Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart,
Ind., on receipt of price, 1 per bottle, or six
Ixrttles for T, express prepaid. They are
free from all opiates and dangerous drugs.
SOLI) BY JOHN II. HILL & SON,
Dniiiifists, (Joltlsooro, X. C.
TO : REDUCE
Our Stock of
Inter Millinery
WE OFF Ell
VERY GREAT REDUCTIONS!
FANCY GOODS
AND NOTIONS
LOWER THAN EVER
Don't Hiss This Chance!
J. II. EDWAKDS.
DO YOU WANT
To Slake Money?
Although my trale last year was t lie
largest ly
Several - Thousand - Dollars
than any previous year. I now liml my
self with too many Winter (om1s on
liaixl.
TO GIVE THEM AWAY
is not liiisiness. hut in order to get these
joixis olT my shelves
WITHOUT - DELAY
I propose to make the priee no object,
ami will sell tliem lower than ever
known.
DO NOT HESITATE
!nt ciinic at m-e. You will liml them
the higge.-t bargains ever olTeretl here.
Ed. L. Edmundson,
THE IirsTLEIl.
Walnut street, (Juliislwiro, X. C.
WHEN YOU NEED
Visiting Cards,
Wedding Invitations,
or anything in that line,
LEAVE YOUR ORDEES
with us, as wo represent E. A.
Wright, of Philadelphia, one of the
linest engravers in the eountry.
Will - Quote - Prices
upon application. It will pay you
to see us Ik-fore ordering. .
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED
a new lot of Ledgers, Day Rooks,
Journals and Cash Hooks. Also a
NEW LINE OF NICE STATIONERY.
Come, see and. he convinced, at the
GOLDSBORO - BOOK - STORE.
J. F. MILLER, Pkoimjietor.
DO : YOU : EAT?
If so, you must call at our store, near
court house .square, opposite Ham's
livery stables, w hich lias just been open
ed with
A Full Supply of Groceries!
We carry anything in the line of gro
ceries and provisions, and if you will
call on us and obtain prices, we are sure
that you will buy. We also carry a full
supply of the In-st and leading brands of
TOBACCO, CIGAIiS and SNUFF
which we guarantee to sell to each and
every customer ten per cent. lower than
any other store m the city. Leading
and most popular brands of Guano.
CSTCountry produce bought ami sold.
Maxwell & McGee.
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Do You
FEEL SOCK?
Disease commonly comes on with slight
symptoms, which when neglected increase
in -extent and gradually grow dangerous.
If you SUFFER FROM HEADACHE, DYS- -IT:- OIDAMC TADIII PC
pepsia or indigestion, . . .TAKEKIrArlb TABULE5
tt&Trm?'wrE RIPANS TABULES
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Ripans Tabules Regulate the
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GREAT - SLAUGHTER - SALE
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OF
WINTER
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AT -
Preparatory to our annual inventory and the new arrival
of our spring stock, we shall close out
pQr Jhe Next 30 Days
Our remain in,' stock of AVinter Goods at a tremendous sac
rifice, as we doift care to carry over a single yard of this
season's goods when our Spring trade begins.
New And Seasonable Goods-
At One Half Their Value !
By examining our stock you will find no shelf-worn
goods offered for sale, as is done in other houses, when a
closing-out sale is announced. The goods we offer you at
such a
Great - Saving - In - Cost,
are all this season's goods, fresh from the manufacturers
and of the latest designs and fashion. You will simply
pronounce it as the
Greatest Bargains Ever Known !
Do not fail to take advantage of this unprecedented
offer, which is only a chance of a life-time. We guarantee
to sell you everything you need at a great deal less than the
cost of production.
THE ENTIRE WINTER STOCK GOES
WITHOUT RE SRVE.
Don't hesitate and put it off, but come at once in order
to avoid the rush. Kemember that the Closing-Out Sale
only lasts for Thirty Days. After that time you will never
be able to secure such enormous bargains again, as they
are offered to you NOAV.
UNPRECEDENTED SACRIFICES
-: DRESS GOODS, CLOAKS, FLANNELS AND BLANKETS ! :-
You will find these goods worth at least double the
price at which we are offering them now. Bear in mind
that they are all this season's goods, and only reduced in
their original value for the benefit of our enormous trade.
Prices Down to
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IN -
Clothing, Boots and Shoes.
It is useless for us to attempt to say anything more.
You will have to come in person and convince yourself of
the truth of our assertion. You may rest assured that the
goods will be sold to you.
NOTE. Farmers desirous of buying their supplies on
time, or are in need of ready cash, can be accommodated in
any quantity on the most reasonable terms. I also keep a
Full Line of Groceries,
and a complete assortment of all the leading Fertilizers. It
will therefore be to your interest to consult me when in
need of supplies during the spring and summer.
ASHER -:- EDWARDS,
The Original Leader of Low Prices.
37, 39, 41 and 43, EAST CENTRE STREET, GOLDSBORO, X. C.
RIPANS TABULES
Sstem and Preserve the Health.
QUICK TO ACT
A1ANY A DOCTOR'S BILL.
Sold fcy Druggists Everywhere.
?OOOOOCXOOOGOGCOO
V GOODS
-IN-
Almost Nothing
cccoecoexxogx3ocooooocog
Being
test.
I evfrv
growing
1 IN THE .
den and
ThE
Notice To Farmers !
In these hard times it is to your interest to save every dollar you ean. I h:ie
made preparations to lo a nmeh larper emlit business this year than formerly,
not only in Dry (ioods. but in Meat, Flour, Sugar, ColTee and Tobae-o as v( ii
I will also make a speeialty of
All Kinds and Grades of Fertilizers
I have made up mv mind to sell lower than any other house in theeity. on
time as well as for easli. You may try them all, inquire the priee of meat or any
thing else you may want, then eonie to me and you may rest assured that I'm lc
Joe" will diseount them all. I also notify my country friends that I have
ON HAND A NICE LOT OF MULES.
Which I guarantee to sell ?'." cheaper, each, on time or for cash, than anv
other dealer in the State. Come to see me lief ore purchasing.
lfTlcfore making arrangements with any houc Ik' sure and uie. If you
need any ready cash, I've got it for you on the most reasonable terms.
FOR TIN ROOFING,
Roof Painting and General
Tin and Sheet Iron Work,
GO
i3. Ju J -
FOR PICTURE FRAMING
In Moulding of Latest Designs
GO
Best Workmanship Lowest Prices.
E3. 3VL. IFIVESTT,
WHOLESALE
Grocer and
1867.
Established.
Offers fo t Casli
Bargains in all goods such as
Meat, Lard, Flour, Sugar,
Coffee, Meal, Hay, Salt, Mixed Cow Feed, Wheat Bran
Soap, Starch, Soda, Bucket's, Brooms, Empty Grain Sacks
Molasses, Lye, Potash, Land Plaster, Candles,
Itye. Corn, Oats, Bice Meal,
Bagging : and : Ties!
The Best of Cement and Lime, Plaster Paris, Laths, Hair, eta
JANUARY 1st, 1894,
Finds Us In Fine Shape For The
3KTETW - YEAR !
Having passed through
panic vdthout having
A Spar Carried Away;
And I enter the voyage of the New Year with grati
tude for the past, and hopeful anticipations for the future.
MY STOCK EMBRACES EVERYTHING
In The Grocery Line,
And for the same quality of goods my price is as low
as the lowest.
-Au Special Offer
FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
Will be 500 F.arrels of Flour, bought
AT - THE - LOWEST - POINT
THE MARKET HAS EVER 1 EACH ED.
I. B. FONVIELLE,
West Walnut St., and at the Unlucky Corner.
the Largest, is the direct result or bein? n,e V'
V'ood8 Seeds are known nnd grown V-I rl
Klatfl in the South: ru-l,-iru .
every aiaie in me souin ; acknowledged to be Ci
the best for carden. form or fit-M s;...,.i . r
Wood's Scrd Boo It. It is not a mere catalogue &
but a reference book of the greatest value, eon! y
taining useful information both for the trucker fl
and nl:i.nfT. twithiru ith full i.irl ;,.u!. ...... i ..... ry
o .. . t w..i a ciuuUl
I'JOOD'SSEDS
A special feature for 1K04 la dm full tirs.ir.r.. -...
Bert for Smear Making; also descrip- 1
nuua ui MjmMMyTm cjivnins, an invaluable
forase nlant. and all the latest, nnvettioc r,-
farm. Write for it, and current prices of !
ny orafls, noTer, or oiuer r ieia feeas required.
Send your orders direct, if your merchant does
UUL IUU1U1C OWI BTCIU,
T. W. WOOD & SONS. Seedsmen. Richmond. Vn
TO-
l - Hs."P" HSTrj..
TO
AM) RETAIL
Cotton Buyer.
1867.
the recent severe financial
Or A Sail Split!