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LOCAL. BRIEFS.
The work of tiling
the
office of
wav and
:The Kennon
progressing.
is under
Have you read the advertisements
Tup Aitp.t-s this mornine? If
not, why not ?
The shipping of beans is now in
every day occupation witn tne iruch.
era of tins section.
The large tent for the Fife meet
ngs was raised to position yesterday
an the court house square.
The work of grading Walnut
street nrenaratory to paving it with
shell rock has begun. We go for
ward !
The work of paving Walnut
street, between John and East Centre
streets, with shell rock is now under
full headway.
There will be a called meeting of
the Goldsboro Gun Club to-night at
S o'clo2k at Mr. II. P. Dortch' office.
All members are requested to attend.
We learn that the mule of a col-It,
ored farmer in Fork township, was I
killed by lightning during the storm I
that visited this section on ounuay i
night.
A standing invitation is cordially
extended to every one to attend the
Fife meetings that are now in vogue
iu this city with such gracious ten
dencies.
The coDiou3 rain that visited
this citv and section Sunday after
noon and nieht was very seasonable,
and. tliprefore. verv welcome to the
farmers.
The deliahtful and healthful
game of Lawn Tennis is now the
nnnnlar rtastime among the young
people of our city these pleasant af"
ternoons.
The protracted services which
Rev. B. R. Hall has been conducting
at Webbtown have closed with very
satisfactory results ten conversions
and el&ven accessions to the Church.
Early Irish potatoes are now an
occasional luxury The finest we
have seen this season were shown tis
yesterday by Mr. Jno. V.Sherard, Jr.,
of the Salem section of our county.
The work of remodeling, ana re
newing the Hotel Gregory now
"The Kennon," ges on upon s
errand scale, deyeloping that impos
ing building- into one of the finest
hotels in the South.
The new annex that is being con
structed to "The Kennon," on East
Centre street, to be used as a union
ticket office and reception room, is
ranidlv nearine: completion and is
going to present a handsome appear
ance indeed.
The coming meeting of the Wayne
county Board of Justices, which
will be held in this city on the first
Monday in June next Monday
week, eives indications that it will
be a meetiner of much interest and
tj
largely attended.
The seasou of vacation is at hand
the gladdest time of all the year
for the vounir and every day crowds
a" vonnff ueoDle. who have been "off
to school" pass through this city on
their wav home for the vacation
May it be an enjoyable one to all
The Board of County Justices
meet in this city next Monday for
the election of a Board of County
Commissioners, a Board of County
Education, a Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction, and for the levy of
taxes, all for the ensuing two years.
The North Carolina Teachers
Assembly convenes at Morehead this
year on the 21st of June and holds
till the 4th of July. It promises to
be the most populous and interest -
ing, profitable and enjoyable session
in the history of the Assembly. Wei
hone every teacher in the State may
be able to attend, as the programme J a spontaneous combustion of ap
of discussions is most elaborate and I plause, prolonged and repeated, tha
will be sustained by some of the
most distinguished educators in the
land,
The Goldsboro Ice Factory has
concluded to open a branch ice.
house for the benefit of the retail
trade in Tarborough, which will be
in charge of our young friend and
townsman Mr. George Wright, who
left for Tarborough yesterday to
make all necessary arrangements.
There is a large show case in
Messrs. H. Weil & Bros', establish
ment that has been in active service
i i this citv for over thirty years. It
was brouffht here before the war Dy
Mr. W. W. Freeman, the' jeweler,
and has run the gauntlet of all the
great fires that have swept our city
since the war.
The death of Mr. Richard Ray
nor, one of the oldest citizens of our
county, occurred at his home in
Grantham's township Sunday just
from old age. The old gentleman had
been omte feeble for some years ana
on Satnrdav afternoon he said he
felt sleepy and lay down to take j
nap and waked no more.
The GoldsboroRifles were out yes
terday afternoon in fatigue uniform
going through the new tactics, with
Cant. T. H. Bain in command.whose
commission as an officer in the State
Guard antedates that of any other
officer in the service. The Rifles do
themselves proud on all occasions
and are deserving the pride of
Goldsboro.
The Aegus L requested by the
board of managers of the wonderful
Fife meetings in this city, to
extend a most cordial mvi
tation to our country friends, and
to evervbodv. near and far. to come
near and far, to
these meetings; assuring them
thaf thev will not only be cordially
welcome, but also, that their presence
j8 desired
It is with peculiar pleasure that
The Aegus notes the distinguished
success of two North Carolina boys
of the eraduatine class of Amherst
College. Mass.. this year, Messrs. J
Hiram Grant, of this city, and Sey
mour Ransom, of Newbern. In i
brisk competition for speakerships
at their commencemei.t they both are
successful contestants, although
there are only six. speakers on the
occasion, and enly two North Caro
una boys in the class. Three cheers
and a tiger for North Carolina and
for Goldsboro!
At their home near this city, on
Sunday last, Mr. J. D. Denmark,
better and more familiarly known as
" Aunt Joe", and his estimable wife
celebrated the 48th anniversary of
their marriage by a family dinner, at
which there were 58 children and
grand children present. The absent
ones numbered 19. Mr and Mrs.
Denmark are the parents of Messrs.
Stephen and Willis Denmark of this
city. THE ARGUS hopes that they
may all be here to enioy together
the " Golden Anniversarv " that is
but two years distant.
It is with sincrest regret that we
chronicle this morning the death of
Mr. Will O. Collier, son of the late
Col. Geo. W. Collier, and brother of
our esteemed townsman Capt, J. C
Collier, which occurred at his home,
on his farm near old Eventtsville,
Saturday night, in the 40th year of
his age. His funeral was held Mom
day afternoon at 3 o'clock from
his home, and the interment was
made in the old family burying
ground on the plantation. He leaves
a wife and four children and a wide
circle of relatives and friends to
mourn his unexpected and sudden
death.
There was a little incident oc-
cured at Raleigh daring the late
Democratic Convention gathering
that was somewhat of a "pointer",
but which seem to have escaped the
reporters of the local papers. It was
during the stupendous Democratic
rally in the court house on the night
prior to the convention, and pending
the sitting of Butler s Third .Party
conclave somewhere in the city we
did not learn where, nor care to
know. It was while the roll of
counties of the State was being call
ed to see if all were represented in the
meeting, and as the Secretary would
call the name of the connty there
was a brief pause and a lull, to catch
the response. When the county of
Cleveland was called, and in the
brief pause that followed,, and before
l it could respond, someone in tne
1 hall, in a steady, sonorous voice, that
I was distinctly beard all over the
house, dropped in the word
I "Gkoveb." Immediately there was
I was by no means an uncertain indi
cation that Grover Cleveland is al
right with the people the masses.
GOLDSBORO, N. O.,
It is with regret unfeigned, and
that will be sincerely shared in by
.. . I-,
our entire, community, wno naye
learned to appreciate him as his em
inent worth merits, that we note the
resignation of Mr. W. H. Cralle as
principal of the Goldsboro Graded
School, to take effect with the con
clusion of the session, which is near
at hand. Mr. Cralle resigns for the
purpose of pursuing his studies in
urope this Summer and devoting
himself to a professional course in
the University of his native State,
Virginia, next year. His successor
to the position of principal of our
school has already been elected, in
the person of Mi. George Connor, of:
Wilson, son of Judge Connor, and j
who comes highly endorsed as
one well qualified m every way for
the responsible ti list.
The handsomest and most com"
plete shoe store in the State, doubt
less, is that of Messrs. H. Weil &
Bros. the middle one of their hand
some iron-front triplestores on West
Centre street. In conversation
with Mr. Sol. Weil, yesterday,
who two weeks ago gave us
a three column adveitisemant of this
branch of their commodious business,
he informed us that their sales of
shoes al i during the month of
May, just closed, have far exceed
ed their most sangunine expecta
tions. Of course, this is very grati
fying to The Aegus to be thus
assured that it is so valuable an ad
vertising medium: but it is eyen
more gratifying to us to know that
these gentlemen, who have always
been most liberal in - their advertis
ing patronage to this paper, have
met with profitable results.
THE SOUTH IS DEMOCRATIC.
No matter how much
Polk and
the Third partyites talk,
be not de-
ceived or alarmed, the
foouth is
be certain
solidly Democratic, and
that, as the Richmond State says, all
speculation as . to any Southern
State's failure to give a majority to
the National Democratic ticket is
futile. The most doubtful State in
the lot is West Virginia, This
due to the connection of Secretary
Elkins with influential persons
in that State. Republican bosses
control hundreds of negroes there,
and it is .. well known that
they vote them in two or three pre
cincts in one day. At the same
time West Virginia Democrats
better organized than ever.
are
As to the further Southern States
they will be solidly Democratic
when they are faced with Force bill
and negro domination. South Caro
Una has too lively a recollection of
Reconstruction days to allow it to
tamper with the St. Louis platform
That may be a good enough plaything
in State campaigns, but it will get
out of the way when the danger of
carpetbag rule confronts South Car
oliua. .
Already negroes are declaring
against the South in various con
ventions. Very recently Harrison
addressed them on the "Southern
outrage " question. Only a few days
ago the Northern Methodist conven
tion hissed a white preacher from
the South because he asserted that
the whites in the South were the
best friends of the negro. It is true
that the race question keeps the
South solid. It ought to and will
continue to keep it solid. We all
know what mean white domination
by means of negrc votes is. We all
know of plundered State treasuries
and lands taxed out of existence by
that rule.
All for a Barley Corn.
LaFontame, in one of his fables, tells
of a barnyard ioui tnat scratcued up a
gem, while scratching for corn, riot
knowing its yalue, he gave it to a stone
cutter for a barley corn. Thus do many
persons throw away the priceless pearl
of health. A "trifling' cougn is neglect
ed. then comes consumption, then death.
Stay the cough or look out for a coffin.
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
will cure catarrh in the head, bronchial
or throat affections, or lung scrofula
(commonly known as the consumption
of the lungs). Iftaken in time, and given
a fair trial, it will core or the money
naid for it will be refunded. It is the
only guaranteed cure.
If your blood is vitiated, cleanse
without delay by the use af AyerB Sar
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THURSDAY, JUNE 2,1892.
THE FIFE MEETINGS.
They Grow in Interest, Fervor and
Attendance: Morning and Evening.
'Owing to the clearing off of the
weather and the auspicious atmos
phere the seryices Monday evening
were held under the great tent on
the court yard, and it was well they
were, tor no church iu the city could
have accommodated the great congre-
crsttinn ilmt orntliArol tr Vioar fliia I
great Evangelist. "
His sermon Monday night was de-
.oted to the impediments even
moug professing christians that
lie in the way of the " fullest and
freest unison with God and the most
fruitful correspondence with His
grace. He expurgated the Bible re
ligion of all narrowness and sectarian
ism and pleaded for more charitable
ness among Christian sects, one
towards another, and urged
them also to be more charitable
and fully charitable to the Jews,
whom he spoke of in
the roost I
kindly terms and extended to them
a cordial and earnest invitation, as
did also in his sermon Sunday
n:ght, to attend the services.
The service yesterday morning was
also largelv attended, a number of
our business men closing their places
of business in order not to miss the
gracious opportunities of Diyine
grace and favor. Xhis service was
most edifying and strengthening to
the Christian and persuading and
inciting to the sinner, and many of
the latter, we are sure, felt the Spirit
of God knocking at their hearts
while the Scriptuie readings were
being indulged in. Mr. Fife's ser
mon, at this seryice, was on the re
wards of a Christian life the re
sults of work consecrated to God,
and profoundly impressed all of his
vas t co n grega tion.
Interest, is fully awakened in these
gracious services. All the ministers
of the city churches are in daily at
tendance and are active participants,
If you have not yet been, go to
the meeting this morning and this
evening.
william laurence saunders.
The life, character and works of
the late Hon. W. L. Saunders, Sec
retary of State, who wrote the only
history of North Carolina that has
been written, was the subject of an
address by a lifetime friend and com
panion in arms, Hon. A. M. Wad
dell, of Wilmington, at the com
mencement exercises of the Univer
sity, Chapel Hill, yesterday. We
regret that we cannot publish the
entire address m its eloquent com
pleteness and patriotic tenor, but its
length forbids. We give our read
ers the pleasure, however, of perus
ing its concluding eloquent and fer
vid paragraphs, as follows :
When his work was finished the
General Assembly passed a resolu
tion of thanks to him by a rising
vote, and this honor, which his own
diffidence had not allowed him to
anticipate, seemed to be accepted by
him as a snthcient compensation for
all he had done, and touched him,
perhaps, as no other event of his
life had done.
And now, the one object, for the
accomplishment of which he had so
earnestly hoped almost against hope
that his life might be spared, having
been attained the stimulant which
had sustained him during years of
racking pain being withdrawn his
mortal part began to succumb to
the malady ot which he was a vic
tim, and he gradually yielded to its
assaults until the 2d day of April,!
1891, when he "fell on sleep", and!
the weary son I found rest.
Sweet be Lis rest, aud glorious his
awakening ! And may the State
whose honor was the object nearest If or his neighbors that would other
his heart bear him in remembrance I wise have compelled them to invoke
as a mother her offspring!
No thought of impending evil to
her disturbed his last hours. The
morning sun whose beams first fell
upon his new-made grave, journey-
ing Westward looked down upon her
it I broad domain and found there only
- peace, fraternity, and good govern-
'ment those blessings tor which in
her behalf he strove with single
minded devotion; In the brief year
that has since elapsed she has been
again encompassed with danger, and
threatened with disaster disaster
which, if it had come, would not
have been the work of alien hands
as before, but would have had the
added sting of being wrought by her
own sons. As his living presence
would have been most potent to
avert
it, so now that the peril
happily passed none can
heartily rejoice than would
her escape, for not dearer
seems
DlOl'e
he at
to the
Psalmist was the peace of
Jerusalem than to his heart the wel
fare of his natiye State,
Recently I stood, at night, on the
narrow peninsula where twenty-
seven years ago fleet and tort pro
claimed in thunder the fame of Fort
Fisher. To the eastward heaved the
sea, on whose rolling billows the
rising moon poured a flood of silvery
light, while opposite, and hanging
low above the shining river in the
limitless depths of the western
heavens, glowed the serene orb of
the evening planet, whose glories
heightened as it neared the horizon.
k'5611 De onS ne raSge(
mounus over wmcn me uue or Dat
tla ebbed and flowed when the expir
ing hopes of a braye people were
forever extinguished. Beneath wave
and earth-mound alike patriot bones
were bleaching, mute witnesses of
the horrors of civil strife and of the
emptiness of human ambition.Higher
rose the goddess of the night, wider
grew the sheen upon the waters,
lower and more luminous sank the
star. A solem stillness, unbroken
save by the voices of the night-wind
and the sea, reigned supreme.
A more beautiful or more impres
sive spectacle never greeted the gaze
or one who looks reverently and
wonderingly upon the splendors of
the physical universe, aud as I
watched that evening planet sinking
to its rest a voice within me whis
pered : " So, too, to the patriot's eye
there is no vision more grateful than
the career or him who, forgetful pi
self and mindful only of the rights
and liberties of his fellowmen, gives
his life to their service, and, with
the lustre of his virtues ever bright
ening to the enu, passes from tneir
view ".
The Late 1. E. Stevens.
The subiect of this memoir, Mr,
D, E. Stevens, died at his home in
Wayne county, on the South side of
Neuse river, Tuesday May 24, 1892,
in the 44th year of his age, and was
buried the following day in the
family cemetery, at the home of his
brother Mr. Jno. A. Stevens. The
concourse of citizens and friends that
waited upon the funeral, the tender
expressions of sympathy, the tearful
countenances of relatives, the sob
bing loved ones, the upturned coun
tenance, the stolid and painful face
and tearful eye of a devoted wife,
bore immeasurable testimony to the
fact that a considerate and affection
ate husband, kind father, a fond
brother, a good citizen was dead and
all that was mortal of him was be
ing laid to rest for the last time.
Such was the social life and char
acter of D. E. Stevens. Although
he was reared at a time when educa
tional advantages were very poor, (it
was during tho late war) by indom
itable perseverance and the aid of a
strong and influential family, he
succeeded in obtaining a liberal edu
cation, and commenced life as a
farmer with more than ordinary ad
vantages for one coming into life
at such a critical period, lie was a
progressive man, and as far as his
means wouia permit ne Kept aoreasc
of the age in agricultural develop
ment and was recognized through
out the county as one of our best
and most intelligent farmers.
Very early he developed good
business sagacity. When quite young
he was appointed one of the magis
trates for the county and at once
became the principal trial justice of
his township. In this way he be
came known to the people of the
county, not only as an equal dis-
penser of justice, but a good coun-
Jsellor in ordinary matters of law,
I and very courteous and obliging in
I the preparation of legal documents
I the aid of paid counsel.
I At the very beginning
of the
movement in this county he identi
fied himself with the Farmers' Alli
ance, and while regarded as moder-
ate and discreet by his associates in
j the movement, he was always an
enthusiastic supporter of the order,
and his friends recognized his claims
NO. 04,
to leaders hip by placin?
and
COM-
turning hiiii in some
re?)Onisi!!o po
i lining to his
si tion Lrom Lin- b.
death.
At the annual mtviimr
he was elected President ..f tlu
County Alliance, which position he
held to the day of his doAtii ti,.
made an efficient cresidi
decided, firm and affable, and while'
ne was never permitted to preside
often at the meetings, on account of
his late illness, he was regarded as
one of the most popular officers the
order has ever had in this county.
He was buried with the beautiful
and impressive rites of the Alliance
order, conducted, by Brother Parker,
xretsiuerit or xnunder Swamp Al
liance. Thus hath he passed awav at the
maridian of life in the midst of his
usefulness, respected, beloved, hon
ored. His Gommunitv has
valuable citizen.his order an honored
and beloved brother, his family an
adored husband, father and brother.
W. F. K.
THE LIGHT TURNED ON.
Railroad Ownership: Wliat it will
Cost; The Statistics of Possibility!
Referring to this subject in his
recent speech at Asheville, ex-Judjre
James II. Merrimon estimated that
it would require an outlay of $20,
000,000,000 by the government to
purchase the railroads. This sum
is larger than all the silver dug out
of the earth within 500 years, which
is estimated at $14,000,000,000. In
1890 the railroads of the country
owned 200,000 miles of completed
road track, deriving from the opera
tion of the same gross receipts
amounting to $1,000,000. Says the
Elkin Courier:
"Take this and pat it beside the
actual valuation of property in all
North Carolina and you- will see
what is the poverty of this State and
its people. Take these mere earn
ings oi the lailroads for a year and
consider the actual banking capital
in this State and you will see better
how foolish, how "impracticable it is
to talk of buying all the railroads.
The banking capital of this whole
State is less than eight million dol
lars".
Such is the character of the pecu
niary burden the St. Louis platform
and resolutions would place upon the
alieady bended shoulders of the
staggering industry of the country
Such is the platform upon which
Col, Polk and his third party fol
lowers stand. They expect the
Democrats of North Carolina to
vote the third paity ticket in order
that such monstrous legislation may
be enacted. They cry out against
oppressive laws and high taxes while
advocating doctrines that would
hopelessly oppress eveiy industry
and kankrupt the whole country
Besides there are nearly 1,000,000
men engaged in railroad work in this
country. It is probable that many of
these do the work of two men.
Certainly if the government should
buy the railroads it would require
1,500,000 men to do the work now
done by 1,000,000. This is a .reason
able estimate, and with the author
ity to appoint more than 1,500,000
office holders how would it be possi
ble to arrest the dangerous tendency
of such a power ? The parly in
vested with it could easily perpetu
ate indefinitely its term of office.
Aside from the pecuniary burden,
which would prove intolerable and
unheard of in all history, that the St.
Louis convention would impose, the
principles involyed are dangerous
from every standpoint to our form
of government, and if carried into
execution would destroy constitu
tional liberty and erect upon the
ruin a centralized government, de
structive of the rights of the States,
and with a virtual dictator at its
head. The Omaha convention may
go a step tartner still. We await it3
action with some curiosity.
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