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This Argus o'er the people's rights, No soothing strains of Maia's sun, ( -
Doth an eternal vigil keep Can lull its hundred eyes to sleep" '
Vol. XVII. " GOLDSBOROKa, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1895, ' NO. 2.
MIGHTILY STIRRED UP:
ranital Cltv Citizens Becoming: Very In
dignant Against the SeaboardAir Line
Democratic Nominations for City Offi
cers. Remarkable Information Im
parted by the Agricultural Experiment
Station.
Argus Bureau,
Raleigh. April 13, 1895
The railroad war is still on
with a vengeance. The people
here are ereatlv stirred up and
very indignant. Several mer
chants go so far as to say they
will lose money before they will
again patronize the SeaboardAir
Line. The men are murmuring
loudly and strike rumors are
daily looking more and more like
truths.
The grievance committee that
came here from Abbeyville did
not go on to Washington, as was
stated by a Washington corre
spondent this morning, but re
turned immediately to Abbey
ville. The News aud Observer this
morning prints a very interesting
interview with a discharged rail
road man who is now tramping
it. The interview shows up Mr.
Read, the superintendent of mo
tive power, in a very bad light.
The Democratic city conven
tion last evening was of great in
terest. A particularly large crowd
was present and great enthusi
asm was manifested. The can
didates were W. M. Russ, Mayor
Badger, Capt. Harris and J. C.
Marcom, for Mayor; H. F.Smith,
L. Li. Burkhead, J. C. Birdsong
and Will Bain for clerk. There
was but one candidate for tax
collector, W. B. Hutchings. The
proceedings of the convention
were lively. For clerk Mr. Smith
was nominated over Mr. Lam
beth, the present incumbent, who
has held his office for over twenty
vears on the second ballot. Mr.
Hutching's was then unanimous
ly nominated for tax collector
and the fun, balloting for Mayor,
began. The first ballot resulted
Badger 11, Russ 18, Harris 10,
and Marcom 8. For twenty-three
ballots the strength of the can
didates remained unchanged. On
the sixty-second ballot nine of
the Harris men bolted to Russ,
nominating him.
The result is about what I
wrote you. It is charged that
the matter was "cut and dried"
between Harris and Russ and
that the long time consumed in
balloting was a bluff. It is also
charged by these rumors that
Harris is to be elected chief of
police in return for his success in
nominating Russ.
However, Democrats here must
not be cock sure. The Republi
cans .are working with quiet zeal
and if they nominate a good man
next Tuesday they may win,
It is said that the book of
sermons, about which I wrote
you, "published by A. H. Aber
nethv. the author of a sensa
tional book "The Hell You Say,"
is meeting with quite a hearty
reception. It is not said how
ever, whether the book itself or
the author's first, though differ
ent effort, is responsible for its
sale.
At the next meeting of the
railroad commissioners Otho
Wilson will sit down for the first
time in session.
Negroes here are greatly woke
up by a negro evangelist who is
preaching here. He has made
upwards of 300 converts and
nights here are made lively by
the shouts of hysterical negroes,
who have "seen the golden
gates."
Wilkes county sends as a con
tribution to the Vance 'Monument
fund $ 103 through Hon. W. H.
H. Cowles.
Next week's Biblical Recorder
will contain a fiery editorial
against the Agricultural Depart
ment and the North Carolina ex
periment station. The introduc
tion of comment is witty.
"Well. well, well!" says the
Recorder-, The first weekly
weather crop bulletin issued by
the North Carolina Service, con
stituting the Meteorological Di
vision of the North Carolina
Agricultural experiment station,
week ending April 8K brings the
timely information, which all the
State will be relieved to learn is
official and beyond all doubt, that
the past winter in North Carolina
was very cold and wei and that
the "present season is very back
ward,"
Newbern Journal: Oied, of
pneumonia, on Thursiay April
11th. at Birmingham, Ala., Mrs.
Lucy Portia, wife of J. H. Portis.
Mr. and Mrs. Portis are both from
North Carolina. -Mrs, rortis was
the daughter of Mr. C C. Taylor,
who lived in Newbern about ten
vears ago. Mrs. Portis was a mem
ber of the Baptist church-and a most
excellent woman. She leaves two
small children, a young brother who
now lives in Newbern with our
townsman, Mr, J, S. Lassiter.
Washington Messenger: Who says
Washington is not a healthy town
During the month of March there
were only three deaths. The oldest
was nearl r 70 vears old and the
youngest 55. We think this a credit
able showing.
Ministerial Scandalmongers.
Rev. I. J. Lansing, D. D., of
Boston, has rendered 'President
Cleveland a great service by the
silly scandal he uttered at the
recent New England Methodist
Conference, arraigning the Pres
ident before the country and the
world as a common drunkard.
True, the service rendered to the
President has been, at a fearful
cost to the clerical profession,
but the public wTill discriminate
between ministers who possess
common sense and cultivate com
mon manliness and decency in
their criticisms upon public
men.
Rev. Dr. Lansing delivered an
address before the conference in
which he not only accased the
President of drunkenness but,
unfortunately for himself, he re
ferred to particular instances.
He specially referred to the con
duct of the President at a ban
quet given in New York after
his re-election in 1892 at which,
to use Dr. Lansing's language,
the President was brilliantly
drunk at 10 o'clock, considerably
more so at 12 o'clock and at 3
o'clock "he was very drunk,"
It happens that President
Cleveland attended three ban
quets in New York after his re
election to the Presidency in 1892.
One was given by the Chamber
of Commerce, one by Henry Vil
lard, and one by the Reform
Club, and a number of gentle
men who attended those ban
quets, including Chauncey M.
Depew, have promptly come to
the front and denounced the
statement of Dr. Lansing as ab
solutely and wholly false. With
these denials came a very pun-
himself, who denounced Dr.
Lansinsr as "a disseminator of
wholesale lies and calumny, not
less stupid than they are cruel
and wicked."
Thus confronted with
mony of the most positive
actet contradicting the
hoods proclaimed by Dr.
testi-char-false-Lans-
he has been compelled to
take notice of the statements,
and he publicly confesses that he
made these grave accusations
against the President of the
United States before a represent
ative religious body wholly on
the statements of individuals
whose names he dare not give,
and that he had no knowledge
on the subject beyond that of
common rumor. After thus con
fessing that he deliberately pro
claimed a fearful scandal against
the President of the United
States without knowledge as to
its truth or falsity, he grudgingly
withdraws his statements and
tenders apology to the President
because the case is "one of con
flict of testimony between wit
nesses of equal credibility."
The statement of Dr. Lansing
that the issue is one of conflict
of testimony between witnesses
of equal credibility is utterly un
true. There can be no equal
credibility between witnesses
who on the one side come to the
front and state the truth on their
individual responsibility, while
the witnesses on the other side,
if there be any, skulk behind a
and re
fuse to furnish any information
or evidence m support ot their
falsehood. In this action Dr.
Lansing simply disgraces him
self and his profession, and if
such a reckless scandalmonger
shall persist in preaching the
gospel of the religion whose
noblest attribute is charity he
should be without hearers. He
is a disgrace to the pulpit, and
were he to offend any of the poli
tical elements so often oftended
by the integrity of President
Cleveland, he would soon dis
cover that they would furnish
equal testimony accusing him of
theft, adultery or any other of
fense that would degrade him be
fore the world.
The one good result from Dr.
Lansing's public accusation
against the President is in the
fact that it has resulted in the
comple vindication of the Presi
dent from all the many scandals
relating to his personal habits
which have been industriously
circulated by those who hate
him. The leading Republicans
who were in the best position to
testify, have confronted the
scandalmonger minister and
driven him to confess his inabil
ity to sustain his accusations,
and the public will now under
stand that those who thus ac
cuse the President are simply
reflecting the scandals of the
political slums as did Dr. Lans-i
ing before the Methodist Confer
ence in New Hingland. The re
sult is the comple vindication of
the President, and a wholesome
lesson not only to good citizens
but especially to ministers of
the gospel, to avoid the circula
tion of scandals against public
men unless supported by evi
dence that can be presented to
the public. Philadelphia Times,
There is no
Japan, if she
question but that
really means
to
civilize China, has gone about it
in the right way.
For The Argus.
1I ANGEL.
From Beulah Land, with skies of light,
There comes a vision, radiant, bright,
No earthly dross of translucense born,
There hovers near this angel form.
What is this being, fair as light,
That comes to me, by day, by night,
Tuning its harp to symphonies sweet,
While on the air its notes I greet?
Touching and lifting my heart from
earth.
Giving a foretaste of heavenly birth;
Dare alehemist gather these shimmer
ing rays,
Or with crucible test God's wondrous
ways? ' - ;
This vision comes as soft, as fair,
As evening zephyrs on the air,
And stills my pulses, calms my breast,
And sheds upon my spirit rest
As daylight wanes and twilight steals,
With softest tread upon the breeze,
How seeks my soul this magic hour,
Which soft descends like dewy showe'-,
Sweet twilight hour, dispelling care,
With benedictions on the air,
Sending the angel with effulgent beams,
To shed a halo o'er my dreams.
Eternal light seems shed around,
Revealing plain the cross, the crown
The first, within its hand it bears,
The last, on its pure brow it wears.
Then hail, dear angel on this morn,
And hark oh earth! Th' Seraphic song,
Since Christ the bars of death has riven,
And smiles upon a world forgiven.'
I. C. H.
Goldsboro, April 14, 1895.
DEATH OF MISS PEAKSALL.
At half-past eleven o'clock on
the night of April 10th, at her
home in Goldsboro, the spirit of
Miss Sarah A- Pearsall, returned
to God who gave it. She leaves a
mother, four brothers and two
sisters. The subject of this brief
memoir was in her 23rd year.
She finished the course at the
Goldsboro Graded school, and
after winning a scholarship,
spent a successful session at the
Greensboro Normal College, t
ter returning home, she
elected a teacher in the 5th gra
of the school here, ',in which, b.
reason of failing health, she was
unable to do work more than
four months. She was greatly
beloved by her pupils, as indeed
she was by all who knew her.
She was a noble specimen of
Christian womanhood, enriching,
by her sterling worth, every
sphere of life she entered. She
was a dutiful daughter, an affec
tionate sister, a sincere friend,
an humble Christian. She united
with the First Baptist church at
the age of sixteen years, and
adorned with beautiful piety, the
religion she professed, leaving
behind her the precious ordor of
many virtues as an unction of
comfort to those who mourn her
loss. She was baptized by Rev.
S. Dill, now of Richmond.
In her honor, the Graded
School suspended exercises Fri
day and attended the funeral ser
vices at the First Baptist church
at 2 o'clock p. m.
THE KEFLEX OF MERIT.
The recent splendid art ex
hibit by the Singer Sewing
Machine Company in this city,
which was in the competent
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11 c. I J ItllO. .LIU., x. .XLUUCiOUU
of the company's home office in
Richmond, and under the super
vision of Mr. James. F. Norman,
the efficient and energetic local
division manager, is developing
good results all through the
widespread territory of which
Goldsboro is the centre of trade.
During that beautiful exhibit,
which was a marvel of artistic
skill in execution as well as in
the arrangement of the display,
the sale of Singer Sewing ma
chines in this locality passed the
high water mark, exceeding the
sales hitherto reported from any
other district in the State. And
since the close of the exhibit the
demand for these excellent ma
chines has been steadily on the
increase.
These facts are brought for
ward at this "time to prove not
only that "we've got the best
town m the State, that it pays
to advertise, aud, that Jim Nor
man is a hustler with sewing ma
chines, but also that when merit
asserts itself in Goldsboro, and
holds out inducements to trade it
reaches a wider territory of
thrifty people, who are always
desirable customers, than is af
forded or can be achieved in any
other town m the State, where
fore we rise again to remark that
"we've srot the best town in the
State."
Kaleigh News & Observer. Though
the act to restore six per cent as a
legal rate of interest for North Car
olina, which has already been pub
lished in full in the News & Observer
was ratified on February 21, it does
not go into ettect until next Satur
day, April 14th, or thirty days after
the adiournment of the Legislature.
The new law contains no ratifying
clause specifying a time when it
shall go into effect. Section 2862 of
the Code provides that "acts of the
General Assembly shall be in force
only from and after thirty days after
the adjournment of the session in
which they shall have passed, unless
the commencement of the operation
thereof be expressly otherwise di
rected."
HOW THE LEGISLATURE "RE
LIEVED" THE FAITHFUL.
Raleigh News and Observer.
The last Legislature seemed to
delight in passing private relief
bills. Bills of every imaginable
character and many of very
doubtful propriety were passed
without hesitation and almost
without discussion. Thousands
of dollars were voted out of the
Treasury to afford some persons
"relief." Men were authorized
to become guardians without giv
ing bond. - Sheriffs, tax collec
tors and treasurers were relieve!,
and their liabilities extinguished
without even the form of an in
vestigation. The acts, when
printed will be found to contain
numerous acts of this nature,
and much of this will prove to
be vicious legislation. Some re
lief bills failed, but whenever it
was shown that application had
been previously made to a Demo
cratic Legislature and refused,
the bill was certain to pass. One
instance will serve to show how
this was done.
Act No. 266 is entitled "an act
for the relief of A. L. Byrd,
late treasurer of Harnett county."
The facts are these:
In 1890 Byrd was elected trea
surer of Harnett county, aud
took charge of the public school
moneys. In the summer of 1892,
he became imbued with the idea
of reform and became a Populist,
and accepted the Populist nomi
nation for treasurer. Byrd made
a canvass of Harnett county, en
deavored to corral the negro
vote, was liberaFin his expendi
tures, "and put on much style."
He drove a nice horse and buggy,
banged his hair, parted it in, or
near, the middle, and wore a blue
polka dot neck tie. His hair ap
peared to have been annointed
with oil. He was something of
a dude, and by many was con
sidered beautiful. Harnett is not
rich county and the compen
sation of treasurer is not very
great.
In October 1892, we were in
formed, that a young lady teacher
of Harnett county, presented for
payment a school order or war
rant, properly approved. Byrd
put off the payment, giving some
excuse for his delay. On Nov
ember 8, 1892, the election came.
Byrd was beaten and a Demo
crat named Sexton was elected
in his stead. Sexton's term was
to begin on the first Monday in
December, 1892, and on or before
that day Byrd would be required
to settle and turn over the funds
to his successor.
On the 15th of November Byrd
decided to take a trip to Fayette
ville. He left the school fund,
$800.00 in-a box in his trunk in
his house, and his father and
other members of the family re
mained. During that night armed
and masked men entered the
house, and in the presence of
the family, (except, of course,
Byrd who had gone to Fayette
ville.) took this trunk, carried it
out of the house and to the front
gate, and then, in the dark and
without a light, brokel open the
trunk and took from it the small
: containing the money, and
also another box containing the
vouchers paid since Byrd's last
settlement. Nothing else was
disturbed. No other part of the
trunk was broken. No light was
used,- and all was done at Byrd's
front gate, members of the fam
ily were in the house, and had
been awakened. No shot was
fired and no resistance was made.
It is only just, however, to state
that Byrd s father was an invalid
and bed-ridden. .
No person has ever been ar
rested for the crime. These
facts were developed before the
Senate Committe on Finance in
February, 1893, when Byrd and
his attorney applied to the Leg
islature for relief. All these
facts relative to the "robbery"
were proven, and few if any, of
them were denied by Byad or his
attorney, and it was not thought
that a case, meriting relief bad
been -made out. But it, was
thought possible for Byrd's state
ment to be true, however sus
picious might be the circum
stances, or however unreason
able had been his conduct. The
Legislature, therefore, declined
to relieve him absolutely, but
authorized the Boards of Com
missioners. Education and Mag
istrates of Harnett county to
hear his case at their meeting in
June of that year, and if they
should think he had made out a
case for relief, a majority of each
board so voting, he should stand
free and exhonorated from all
loss. It was thought fair to give
him a trial before his ; own peo,
pie. On theboards were a num
ber of Populists. His case
went before the boards in June,
lyd, and only four votes were
cast for his relief out of fifty or
sixty entitled to vote. .
Suit was brought against him
and his band. He paid some
thing on it and commissions were
allowed, so that he owed when
the last election came, about $370,
For the recovery of this money
as action is now on the docket in
the Superior Court of Harnett
county. After the election, when
it was seen that the Legislature
was controlled by the Fusionists,
Byrd concluded to pay no more
but apply to the Legislature for
relief. The result of his appli
cation was the passage of the
z ct before' mentioned which re
lieved him unconditionally the
layment of the balance due
v363.30, and absolved him from
ell liability therefor.
I" This was done without investi
gation and without giving the
lUx-payers of Harnett an oppor
tunity to be heard.
Byrd had been advised to de
posit the public moneys in some
bank, and had been ,told by the
chairman of the board of county
commissioners that, if he would
so deposit it in a bank to be se
lected by the board of county
commissioners, and the bank
should fail, he should not
be held responsible, and that his
certificate of deposit , in said
bank should be taken as money
in any settlement with him.
Byrd refused to make the de
posit, the "robbery" came, his
own people decided that he was
not entitled to relief, but the
Legislature of 1896 granted him
relief, and saddled the loss on the
hool children of Harnettcounty
This is given to show the
heedless and reckless character
of the many so-called 'relief bills'
enacted into laws by the last
Legislature.
Self's Wonderful Bill.
Of all the extraordinary acts
passed by the recent "Reform"
egislature of North Carolina,
the one introduced by Chatham's
distinguished Representative,
Mr. Self, caps the climax up to
date. It is truly a wonderful bill
and will attract great attention
It stands unique and alone, both
as to its remarkable provisions
and the still more remarkable
language in which they are ex
pressed, and will,' no doubt, win
for the distinguished"statesman"
who drew it a national reputa
tion. le following is an exact and
iteral copy of this extraordinary
aw as it is enrolled and filed in
the office of the . Secretary of
State:
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
'Section 1. That it shall be
unlawful for any male hog, sheep
or goat, to run at large m the
county of Chatham to greater
age than six months without cas
tration, unless the same shall
have been turned out for the im
provement of the stock.
"Sec, 2. That any male cat
tle running to a greater age than
two years, without castration,
shall be contrary to the provis
ions of this act.
"Sec. 3. That any person
violating this act shall be sub
ject to a fine of not less than two
dollars ahdfitty cents, fcz.50, nor
more than five dollars, $o. Said
fine to go to the school fund of
the county.
Sec. 4. That this act shall be
in force from and after its rati
fication." This act was ratified on the
2nd day of February and has been
in force and effect ever since that
day, and yet the citizens of Chat
ham have been m blissiul ignor
ance of it, and violating it every
day since its passage, over two
months ago. ivir. oeii sureiy
ought to have given them some
timely notice of it.
Until our citizens can get the
Supreme Court to construe the
aboye law, says the Chatham
Record , there will exist great
doubt as to its meaning, for if it
means what it says (as it reads)
our good oia county wiu oe
depopulated and there will be no
need of providing a school fund.
for there will be no children to
educate!
It will be seen that section 1
allows certain hogs, sheep and
eroats six months, and section 2
allows certain cattle two years,
but section 8 does not mention
what time is allowed ' Persons,"
and it is left in doubt whether
they areallowed six months like
goats, hogs and sheep, or are
allowed two years like male cat
tle. If thev are allowed two
years, then there is some nope
for them for they may get the
. . V
next Legislature to come to their
rescue by repealing this wonder
ful law!
It will be noted that section 2
does not make it unlawful for
certain male cattle to run at
large, but makes, it unlawful for
them to run at all, so that all over
two vears old must be killed or
their legs cut off. And, in section
3, Mr. Self should have stated
how often (whether every day or
hour) a person may be nned ior
violating this act by running at
large! Charlotte Observer.
The man who sneers at local
enterprise and attempts to pour
cold water on every measure
which advances the public wea
is an iniury to any town where
he may reside.
THE REVELATION ASTOUNDING.
A Foul Slander upon our Community is
Throttled in its Den: A Startling Rev
elation: The 15rick-latting of the Was
som Residence was Done by the Was
soms Themselves: Caught in the very
Act.
This community has never be
fore confronted such au experi
ence or experienced such a rev
olution of sentiment as came to
us yesterday morning, when
Sheriff B. F. Scott, Chief of
Police Capt. A. B. Freeman,
police officers Miller and Swar
ingen, and Mr. Leonard D. Bass
made public their discoveries of
the previous night, in regard to
the brick batting of Geo. T. Was
som's house, reference to which
was made in these columns two
days ago. As we stated in that
article no colored man stood high
er in the community than Was
som and many of our best people,
white citizens, were greatly con
cerned in the attacks that he al
leged were being made nightly
upon his home; and he went so
far as to openly charge it upon a
number of white boys in the
neighborhood, and for these the
Mayor promptly issued a war
rant and had them brought up
for trial; but these boys proved
such an absolute and perfect
alibi that they were dismissed.
After this the 'brick-batting be
came more furious and frequent,
by night, and even by day. Was
som would come down town and
report that his house was liter
ally riddled with brick bats, his
windows broken, and finally, the
glass of his front door. Many
of his white friends went up and
viewed the premises and found
things in a pretty bad condition
and readily gave him their
sympathy and offered their ser
vices to aid him in apprehending
whoever it might be that was so
assailing his home. The Mayor
and the police and the sheriff
and all the officers of the city
and the township entered into
conference with him and n
was decided to place a se
cret watch about his premises
of which only Wassom and the
officers were cognizant. Was
som was instructed to have all
his family at home that night
and let. not one of them be ab
sent. Instead of carrying out
his part of the compact, how
ever, he went to the other ex
treme and had every one of his
family away from home until a
ate hour and then brought his
boy and a small girl that stays
With them his neice with their
clothes pretty well slashed up.
but no injury done their per
sons, and these two told
the marvelous tale that thev
had been set upon by a band of
masked boys at Maj. Eason's cor
ner, one of the most frequented,
thickly settled and best lighted
sections of the city, and their
clothes cut as presented but
there were no bricks thrown at
the house that night; because the
police were there, secreted on
the premises and Wassom and
his folks were away doing the
clothes cutting act over at his
store in Webbtown.
This clothes cutting act was
really the key to the secret of the
situation, and when Wassom tried
to run it in on the police, after
failing utterly to keep his agree
ment with them that night in
their efforts to catch the supposed
outside assailants, they "smelled
a mouse," for they wTell knew
that the two children had not
been assailed, and the children
themselves told such conflicting
and so many different stories of
their assault (?) that a ten year
old bov could readily see that it
was a put up 10b. The police
therefore went to work without
further conference with Wassom,
whose house, other than the
night he Tcneio the police were
on eruara, contmuea to De as
saulted. On Wednesday niglr
officer Swaringen who was se
creted on watch discovered the
women of the premises throw
two bricks from the kitchen
against the house; but as he was
so located that he could not come
uDon them readily he kept his
pickets Thursday night, whose
names are above given, and these
every one caught the women in
the very act. and saw them re
peat it several times, of throw
ing bricks quickly from the
kitchen against the house, while
Wassom from an upstairs win
dow shot his pistol six times at
random in the air. And yet this
is the man who has thus at
tempted to besmirch some of
the very best people and a large
number of innocent boys in the
community even going so far as
to say that he lived in nightly
fear that they would burn him
out of house and home.
In addition to the gentlemen
mentioned above who caught the
Wassoms in the very act of as
sailing their house, there were in
the house at the time two well
known and reliable colored men.
Henry Williams and Jas. Hogans,
who are satisfied as to the guilt
of the parties appehended. In
fact, the colored people of the
community feel as deeply out
raged as the whites over this di
abolical conspiracy of the Was
soms. No colored man has heretofore
stood higher or possessed more
white friends in the community
than George Wassom, and why
he has resorted to this diabolical
outrage upon the community is
beyond comprehension.
The Caucasian's False Figures.
"The Legislature of 1S5.S has nrmttliB
people $66,779.84 up to date.
''See the bcoks of the State Trea
surer. The report of the State Auditor
for 1895 is not read v." C
April 11, 1S95.
Of course the report of the
State Auditor "is not ready"
and will not be until the end of
the fiscal year, which is No
vember 30th. 1895 (the time pres
cribed by law.) But the State
Auditor keeps books, and "figgers"
don't lie. The State Auditor's
books show in cold figures that
the Legislature of 1895 cost the
State of North Carolina the sum
of 872,575.59 no more and no
less. As to whether the State
Treasurer has paid all he war
rants issued by the Auditor yet
we cannot tell, but we are of the
opinion that he has. Any way
he has paid over $65,779,84, and
bad before the Caucasian wrote
the editorial above referred to.
t is true the contested election
cases cost 3,000 and this
amount is included in the S72.-
575,59; deduct this amount
and still the cost of the nast
Legislature is $69,575,59, over
6,500 more net than in 1893.
(This does not include cost of the
Arrington Investigating Commit
tee to date or what may be the
cost.)
The Caucasian gives a very in
teresting table as to the cost of
the Legislature from 1879 to the.
present date, and says "the
figures are taken from the re
ports of Democratic Auditors."
In this table the cost of the Leg
islature of 1879 is put down as
being $71,293,80, which is an un
qualified falsehood, for "the re
port of the Democratic Auditor"
shows the cost to have beenonlv
$53,598.10, (page 34). This jug-
nng with figures, disregard of
the truth, and deception of peo
ple, who have not access to
the Reports of the State Audi
tor.: is unworthy of any news
paper, and especially of one that
claims to be the champion of
the people. The statements we
make are from the figures taken
from the Ledger of the State
Auditor yesterday, and we defy
anyone to say they are not true.
VV e think the State Treasurer
will also confirm them. Baleiah
Neios & Observer.
Washington News.
Washington, April 12. Pres
ident Cleveland has filled out his
income tax blank and will prob
ably make his return to-morrow.
In it he has included his sala .y
of 50,000, as Chief Executive,
on which the tax will be $929,
deciding to leave it to the proper
officers to determine whether
the payment of the two per cent,
assessment will be in violation
of the provision of the Federal
Constitution, which says the
compensation of the President
shall not be diminished during
the term for which be shall have
been elected. As to the pay
ment of the tax, Mr. Cleveland
has until July 1st to do it, and
as the Constitutional question af
fecting his salary will undoubt
edly have been passed on before
that time, the President will wait
for the disposition af the matter,
The tariff law directs that the
income tax should be paid by in
dividuals "to the collector or
deputy collector of the district
in which they reside." It is said
that Mr. Cleveland is uncertain
as to. whether he should claim
Buzzard's Bay or New York city
as his place of residence and
that for this reason it is not un
likely that he will send in his re
turn to the deputy collector in
Washington.
Admiral Meake's squadron left
Portau-Prince yesterday for
Colon, which will be the rendez
vous or tne neet ior at least a
week. The Raleigh and At
lanta will join the Admiral at
tnat point. The ftasrshio Sa,n
Francisco reached Smyrna yes
terday, whither she. was seut to
protect American missionaries in
case of a Turkish u prising. The
cruiser Charleston returned yes
terday to Che Foo from New
Chaag.
An excellent nhnt.o0,ra,rri
11C
counterfeit of $5.00 note-of the
American Exchange National
Bank of New York r.ifcv. was to
day discovered m the money
sent to me national Dana reaemp'
tion division of the Treas ary De
partment tor redemption. The
note is of 1892 serips. f.hftfk- let
ters F. with the portrait of Gar
field upon it. A warning has
been sent out by Uaief Hazen,
the Secret Service.
HARDWARE
SPKGIAL
ftttention Is Galled to
a sweeping reduction in prices of guns
to close out stock. It will pay you to
call and examine same.
Double Breech Loading- Guns $9. 11.50,
la ana 18, previous prices $12. oO,
15. 18 and 22.
Single Breech Loading Guns $7, previ
ous price $10.
Muzzle Loading Guns $8 and 9.50, pre
vious price $1J and 12.50.
Large stock of
SIMMER OIL STOVES,
with baking ovens and cant iron exten
sion tops. See disclav in mv front
windows. Just received a new stock of
those celebrated Kellv Axes, made bv
the latest improved process, tempered
and forged by natural gas, the best axe
on the continent. Complete line of
Farm Supplies,
r CONSISTING OF
Plows. Plow Oa.stino-s. TTamwo C.rw
Cotton Planters, Hoes, Rakes, Shovels,
Spades, Forks, Hames, Traces, Collars,
&c, &c. Hardware, Stoves, Tinware,
House Furnishing Goods, Sash, Doors,
Blinds. Paints, &c. All at bottom
pi'ices. Your patronage is solicited.
Respectfully,
w.fl.HuQoin
Next to Bank of Wayne.
M. E. Robinson & Bro
WILL SOON BE GONE. (1312A)
Never to return, and what's more, vou
will be glad they're gone. You will
thank us that thev are eone. and vou
will tell your friend; about us What's
going or to be gone':' Why your pains
and ahces. For instsnce, for a pain in
your tooth, ask us for Robinson's Tooth-
acne Drops, i or that curious sensa
tion kno vn as 'rheumatics," take Rob
inson's Compound Syrup Hypophos
phites If your pain or ache or "dark brown "
feeling needs a doctor's prescription we
will still be with you.
M. E- Robinson & Bro
West Centre St.
GOLDSBORO. N C
PULL "LARRY"
YOU'VE GOT A BITE!
Fishing Tackle
AND SPORTING GOODS.
Now is the tinpe to fish and if you
want anything to fish with come to see
me. I have just received a big lot of
mes, &c.
C. F, Griffin,
Cor. Hotel Kennon.
B. M, PRIVETT,
Grain, Provisions, Lime, &c.
GOUDSBOHO.N. O. ,
WHY do people complain of hard
times, when any woman or man can
make from 85 to $10 a day easily. All
nave neara 01 the wonderful success of
the Climax Dish Washer; yet many are
apt. to think they can't make money
selling it; but anyone can make money,
beq-Mise every family wants one. One
a,gk xt has made $478.36 in the last three
months, after paying air expenses and
attending to regular business besides.
You don't have to canvass; as soon a
people know you have it for sale they
send for a Dish Washer. - Address the
Climax Mfg. Co., 45 Starr Ave,, Colum
bus, Ohio, for particulars.
mar23-d eoa 6m.
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