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VOL. XVII.
GOLDSBORO, K. C. THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1895,
NO. 6
(JOHNSON'S
If
'if
MEMORIAL DAY.
It is Observed In Goldsboro With Elabor
ate Exercises: The Military, Veterans
and Citizens Turn Out In Honor of the
Occasion: The Prayer and Oration.
As is, her custom, Goldsboro
did elaborate honor to the mem
ory of the Confederate Dead yes
terday. The Goldsboro Rifles, under
the command of Capt. T. H.
Bain led the procession from the
court house square at 11 o'clock
and the line of march was car
ried out as published yesterday.
Much credit is due the mar
shals for the good order and
smothness with which every
thing was conducted. These
were all sons of Confederate
veterans: L. D. Howell, chief;
Jno. P. Fort, Pikeville; Robert
Lee Hooks, Fork township; Win.
A. Kennedy, Grantham's town
ship; Frank W. Miller and Ashby
P. Slocumb, Goldsboro.
The Graded School childern
won applause from all by their
perfect marching and orderly
behavior. Each grade carried a
Confederate flag, and many of
them were headed by a banner
bearing the name of the
grade.
All the children were loaded with
wreaths and bouquets of Howers.'
There marching and deportment
reflected the greatest credit upon
then- teachers. In fact, we have
the best school in the State, and,
as yesterday showed, the most
patriotic. The following boys
from the eighth and ninth grades
acted as Graded School mar
shals, and assisted in marching
the children. They attended to
their duties well, too: Edgar
Broadhurst, chief; Dudley Bonitz,
Hugh Broadhurst, Frauk Bryan,
Phil. Dortch, Tyson Dortch, Pat
Lane, Clement Munroe, Herman
Smith.
The fife and drum corps of
the Goldsboro Rifles was com
posed, also, of Graded school
boys, and their renditions of
Southern airs for marching were
highly enjoyed and compliment
ed.
At the Confederate square the
floral decorations were profuse
and very beautiful, for which too
much credit cannot be given to
the Ladies MemorialAssociation,
and especially to their energetic
president Mrs. T. H. Bain.
The exercises at the square
were opened by a hymn, after
which the chapiain of the Rifles,
Rev. Stewart McQueen, rector
of St. Stephen's church, offered
the following beautiful prayer:
O, Almighty, Eternal and ever
loving Heavenly Father, we Thy
unworthy children, appear before
Thee praying for pardon and
peace for that peace which
passeth all understanding.
Grant, we beseech Thee, that
we may be cleansed from our
sins and so presented at the
General Resurrection before
Thy Throne with the seal of for
giveness upon our brows hav
ing been washed clean in the
precious Blood of the Lamb, Thy
dearly beloved and only begot
ten Son. Slain for the sin of the
world upon the-Cross of Calvary
txrant that we may grow in
crace from dav to day, striving
with ever increasing earnestness
and perpose to realize in our
hearts and show forth in our
lives the Divine Principles of
the glorious Gospel of our most
holy and blessed Redeemer.
And O, Lord, who has taught
us that all our doings without
charity are nothing worth; send
Thy Holy Ghost and pour into
our hearts that most excellent
gift of charity, the very bond of
peace and of all virtues without
which whosoever liveth is count
ed dead before Thee.
Make us, the men and women
f this our common country, to
Seel and know that we are verily
, aad. indeed ibrethren, members
' one of another, and all equally
precious and dear in Thy sight,
who didst send Thy Son into the
world to save us from sin to
save us form the sins of error,
pride, prejudice and ignorance
Make us to realize the glory
and dignity of our citizenship
citizenship which is a privilege
to be exercised not only with
faithfulness, but also in the spirit
of humility and earnestness.-
Make us in the relationships of
civic, social and political life to
be honest and true, gentle and
considerate, fearless and faith-
fnl: remembering, as Thou hast
taught us in Thy Holy Word,
that 'righteousness exalteth a
nation but sin is a reproach to
any people. "v ,
Grant, J urtbr, we beseech
Thee. O. jLbrd: that the virtues
of fidelity to duty, faithfulness
to conviction, loyalty to country
so nooiv ana universally uws
1 " ' T - f I .:-
trated in the'livesof those whom
we lovingly commemorate this
day, may be continuously exem-
-
a lined in our lives. W hatsoever
H.
mnn-,-i.1 eniiTaoro
i vmiBiiou iuauuvw,
J -:V,4, V,,- nnccac.
suiu iiK"W5"u"ca, iutj ..fr"
secL errant that they Shall be to
e Krth Sn inspiration ana an
TQmn
tiranfc that we mav oe Drave
and loyal soldiers of the Cross,
ever
fighting
the world, . the
flesh and the devil, ever seeking
to advance the standard of the
captain of our Salvation, ever
seeking to extend further
and further the lines of the
Army of the Great King, until
at length, all the nations of the
earth shall gather about the
Banner of the Lord in the unity
of faith and life. "And now un
to Him that is able to keep us
from falling and to present us
faultless before the presence of
His glory with exceeding joy,
to the only wise God our .?7 --our
be glory and majesty, dominion
and power both now and ever."
Amen!
Mr. Logan D. Howell, chief
marshal, then introduced, in well
chosen words, the orator of the
day, Mr. H. B. Parker, of the
Goldsboro Bar, a synopis of
whose splendid speech we give
as follows:
Ladles and Gentlemen, and Members of
of the Memorial Association of Golds
boro: This beautiful 10th of May is again
upon us. Another year spans the dis
tance between " us and the graves of
those whose memory we are here to
honor and to praise. "
We are g1 ad to pay our tribute of
love and affection to the memory of our
dead heroes and around this beautiful,
befitting monument erected to their
memory, to tell of their devotion and
heroism, and though our cause sub
mitted to the test of war was lost and
we were forced to return to our devas
tated homes with furled banners, it
was a just and righteous one. They
wer! not traitors, who wore the Gray,
but true patriots, whose sufferings and
privations and noble deeds have never
been surpassed in the history of any
nation. And it is with no nobler theme
with which I expect to address you to
day than that of the private soldier of
North Carolina.
While he has long since been laid to
rest in the bosom of his mother earth,
and many of their names have faded
from the 'tablets of the memory of the
few who survive them, yet the cause
for which tlity lived, fought and per
ished will ever remain fresh and sacred
in our memories so long- as their pa
triotic blood shall flow in our veins and
we have tongues to tell of that cause
for which they died.
We have heard the inames and deeds
of the leaders in the late war eulogized
time and again by the great orators of
our land. And their praises are echo
ing and re-echoing in the ears of our
people until the music has all but ob
literated the names of the private sol
dier and the principle for which he
fought.
I would not utter one disparaging
svllable of the groat and deserving
commanders of 18(51 and '04, but rather
if it were possible add lustre to their al
ready glittering names, lor in my
opinion we could not sing too loud the
praises of our illustrious i.ee, J acKson,
Stewart, Jettigrrew anu Vance were
we to devote our lives to this duty.
Justice has never been done the private
soldier. His .virtuous merit and un
failing patriotism hrs never been
justly estimated. I do not speak of the
soldier who fought for the paltry sum
of $12 rer month, nor the coward who
skulked, nor the laggard who was
forced to fiffht. These few are not un
der mv command. 1 wouia speaK oi
the trreat body of citizen soldiers, who
constituted the provisional army of the
Confederacy, and who, at the sound of
trumpet, marcred out Witn nne ana
ncusket to repel their country's in
vaders or perish on that soil which
their fathers bequeathed them with
the glorious boon of civil liberty. These
are the galiant men of whom I would
speak. These have made a breast
work of their manly bo&oms to protect
the sacred precincts of home and fire
side.
Anions, these private soldiers we had
men of amplf. means, of gentle train
ing, of intellect, of character. Men en-
deared to a domestic circle of refine'
ment and elegance, and who gave tone
and character to the society in which
they moved, and men who for conscience
sake made a sacrifice of comfort, home
property, family and their own lives
upon the altar of their country.
Many oi tnese couia tney nave sacri
ficed honor, could nave remained m
possession of all these comforts, but
did as the Roman who said: -'Put
honor in the one hand and death in
the other and I will look on both in
differently. "
Animated only by tne nignest and
noblest sentiments which can inliu
ence our common mature, the private,
labored and toiled and marched and
fought, endured hunarer, thirst and fa-
tierue, through sleepless nights and
cheerless days he held up before him
the one glorious prize. a reedom to
my country, independence ana my
home." t
If we can suppose the intervention of
less worthy merit it must be with
tne
officer and not the private.
The officer may become renowned,
the private never reckons upon that,
the officer may live in history, the
private looks to no such record, the
public graze, the private does not ex
pect such recognition; the officer has a
salary, the private only a monthly
stipend.
The officer may escape harm in bat
tle by reason of distance, the private
must face the storms of death.
The battle has been fought, the vic
tory won. and Lee or Jackson or others
achieved a glorious success, but that
success was attained by the private at
the cost of his patriotic blood of shat.
tered and mangled limbs. 1 do not
mean to under-estimate the courage
and patriotism of the officer. . I draw
the parallel for the purpose of show
ing that if other tkan the highest hu
man motives prompted the soldier to
action it was the officer ana not the
private who was liable to feel its influ:
ence.
1 have often felt pained at the nipant
reierence w ine private, wmie liiw un
reasoning writer seemed to regard tne
officer as the prime and meritorous
agent of all that was done when" in
m Jt . -ntiwt w wy, w.id have
1 Ul I 1 1 J l 1 V vm r-'-' " -
instructed aad astonished a statesman.
The opinion ot these men nave guiaea
I , - r . . : .1 a -1 -1. . .
tne Ben OI me mswnD ttiiu ujiou mo
. n.i t ..
menu Ul gcuoioia. j-uo ufiuiuiiw
men have been, andoueht to be, om-
ninotent with the people and govern-
ment of our nation. ueaven Diess
thoee Drave ana neruic
men, our neart
warms .towards them dead or living.
Thp.v left their aged mothers, their
faithful wives and sisters,, their help-
1 leas children, thoir home, their all, un
guarded, to the mercy of the invading
foe with no purpose but to give them
life to their country. And all that
many thousands of .these brave men
received for weeks and montns oi
marching and days and nights of fear
ful fierhtine. and years of separation
from home and loved ones, was just
two spaces of mother earth, There
they lie, canopied by the blue Heavens,
thos unnamed demi-gods, their rest
ing places marked by a single slab.
"Unknown, unknown," tne oniy epi
taph of thousands. Yes, here they lie,
scattered in their last sleep, awaiting
the order to appear m review before
the great Commander-in-Chief of us
all, Man has not seen a grander, no
bler and purer hero, than the private
Confederate soldier.
NORTH CAROLINA, THE HERO.
Nowhere in the pages of history do
we find the counterpart of iorth Caro
lina's record. The battles of Waterloo,
and M arrengo pale into insignificance
before those of Gettysburg and Chan
cellorsville in which North Carolin
ians were the heroes.
The war history of no other State
parellels with that of North Carolina.
In 1861 at Bethel as in ltil at Ala
mance she fought the first battles and
shed the first blood. In Wilmington
she resisted the British tyranny eight
years before the overthrow of the tea
in Boston Harbor. And tne same
principle which prompted us to resist
the unjust action of the British,
prompted us to resist the unconstitu
tional interference of tne JNortn witn
our domestic institutions.
The fifth in white population, she
furnished more troops to the Confede
racy than any other Southern State,
with her 115,000 voting population she
had enlisted in the war 125,000 soldters
of the (500,000 which composed the .Con
federate Army. Of the 92 regiments
engaged in the battles around Kich
mond 42 of them were sons of North
Carolina. And her killed at the battle
of Chancellorsville constituted one'
half the entire Confederate loss. . Her
troops advanced further than any
other into the lines of the enemy at
Gettysburg, and she lost more men
there than the three States of South
Carolina, Virginia and Mississippi
combined, and on the third day in what
was known as "fickets charge, " but
was in truth that of our own illustrious
Pettigrew, and which was full of heroic
deeds and daring, North Carolina had
more troops than any other State.
There the 2(5th North Carolina Regi-
ment went into the charge of the bat
teries, with 820 men and can.e out with
80, having sustaiued the greatest regi
mental loss during the war.
In that charge of '"high carnival of
death and honor," hero after hero
grasped the banner and was shot down
until tne lota man, a Chatham county
soldier, amid the storms of leaden hail
planted its shattered 6taff upon the
Cemetery Heights, and the. charge
of the 5th North Carolina, and 24th
VaM at Williamsburg was such an he
roic effort, that the New York Herald,
declared that the word ''Immortal''
ought to be carved upon their banner
in letters of gold. The North Carolina
troops were the only ones who actually
locked bayonets with the enemy, and
when the smoke of battlo cleared away
there lay school mates and brothers in
the blue "and the gray in the last sleep
of death side by side.
Of the od,000 Confederates killed in
battle, 15,000 were sons of North Caro
lina. Of the 21,003 Confederates who
died of wounds, 5,000 were from North
Carolina. Of the 59,000 Confederates
who died of disease, 2.0C0 were North
Carolinians. Over 40,000 of her brave
sons died for their country. She lost
over 1 1 per cent, of her military popu
lalion in killed and those who died
from their wounds, while the corres
ponding loss by the other Confederate
States was only 10 per cent; of tne it
regiments who sustained the heaviest
loss during tne war, JNortn Carolina
heads the list with seven. Longstreet
said that the killed was always great
est before the North Carolina soldiers.
and in tht last battle ere the noble and
illustrious- Lee was forced to surrender
by over whelming forces and as he was
completely surrounded by masses of in
fantry, calvary and artilery, his at
tention being attracted to a line of
infantry moving rapidly towards him
to .attack the enemy, he asked
'What troops are these," and when he
was told that they were' North Caro
linians he burst into tears and said,
God bless old North Carolina". Thus
we see her first at Bethel and last at
Appomattox.
The N orth Carolina soldier was not
a traitor, tie loved the Union, he
feared its destruction and was willing
to grant almost any concession to pre
serve it
In the prior years of peace, while he
reared his .children, cultivated his
fields and tended his flocks, he cher
ished the government and the individ
ual sovereignty of his State, obtained
by his sires in the revolution and com
mitted to his keeping as an inheritance
forever, with that supreme devotion
that the children of Israel guarded the
walls of Jerusalem.
In all those years he cherished and
loved the strength and glory of the
Union as its "Star of Empire moved
westward", but though he loved peace
and repose, it wag never so profound
that the beat of the enemies drum failed
to rouse him and he was ready to go
forth - to battle for his rights and his
honor.
He put up his pruning- knife and left
the plowshares to rust in the sod; he left
the home oi his childhood, ana with
knap-sack and musket, upon his back
and tears upon his cheeks he received
the parting kiss and blessing of his
mother and with the muttered good
bye he plodded his weary way to gain
the nearest command, with but little
expectation of ever looking upon that
home again or feeling the gentle touch
of mother's hand.
We have heard, loved and honored
the beautiful stories' of Jonathan and
David, Damon and Pythias, and their
splendid fidelity and friendship has
been pointed out as examples tor us to
follow, but in my opinion they were
often surpassed in the days of '61 and
'64 by the grand and noble deeds of the
private soldier of North Carolina. He
laid aside friends, the love of wife and
children, the dearest t ties that bind man
to earth, and went into a foreign field
of battla and laid down his life for a
stranger, and "greater love hath no
man than this' but, thank God, he
reaps his reward, "Where the wicked
cease from troubling and the weary are
at rest".
Now I close with a few words to the
heroic women of the South.
THE SOUTHERN WOMEN.
It is at the feet of woman we often
lay our success without whose aid and
smiles we would never have achieved.
"It is she who rocks the cradle, who
rules the world. it is she who encour-
- ages the farafer to till
the
soil, her
beauty strings the harp of the poet
her image animates the voice of the
orator, guides che pen of the law maker
and inspires the knightly soldier to
nobler deeds of daring.
We have read in posey and poetry of
the splendid heroism o( the Greek,
Carthagenian and Rom ..i women as
they sustained the fainting forms of the
defenders of their country, but we have
seen and heard more than their 'coun
ter part in the display of patience amid
hardships, hope in the darkest days of
misfortune exhibited by the women of
the South during the late war. These
soldiers reared by such mothers, en
couraged by such wives, and sisters
could have done naught else but win the
admiration of the world. It was the
women who gave their fathers.brothers,
husbands and lovers to be sacrificed on
the altar of their country. It was the
women who urged them to the war,
ivhile they themselves remained at
home and tilled the soil, ran the spin
ing vheel and the loom early and late,
through heat and cold to provide not
only for the necssary wants of them
selves and children but, also; of the
soldiers.
It was she who wrote them encour
aging letters and who sent up prayers to
Heaven for their honor anu protection.
And when the war was over and the
'cause" was lost and the soldiers re
turned in their tattered rags and shoe
less feet, many of them lame and halt,
it was the women who met them upon
the threshold of their desolated homes
and putting their white arms around
their necks received them joyfully, and
encouraged them to go forth upon the
new ba ttle of life and to rebuild their
lost homes and fortunes and to make
of our South-land what she is to day,
the gandest country on the face of the
habitable globe.
If all that has ever been said or writ
ten by poet or orator in praise of wo
man since the creation of the world
were applied to the women of the South
it would not do them justice for their
heroic conduct,
'Oh! woman, ho'v much patriot fire
Thy breast has waked to flame:
How many heroes were not such
But for thy consecr.iting touch,
None less than God can name".
Her influence inspired him in battle:
her hand soothed him in sickness; her
voice encourag-ed him in poverty; her
efforts rear monuments to perpetuate
his nremory, and the beautiful memo
rial custom of strewing spring s sweet
est treasures upon hi grave, is an in
stitution sanctified by her love.
uod bless the women of the bouth.
After the speech the usual
firing of salutes and decoration of
raves was gone through with,
after which the assemblage dis
persed. A Marked Improvement.
New York, May 10. Brad
street's to-morrow will say: The
present week brings distinct and
in some instances, even more im
provement in business, notwith
standing the increase of the
wave of industrial, discontent
and strikes for higher wages,
always the accompaniment of an
upward tendency of prices. Some
little gain in demand for either
dry goods, plantation supplies or
in. collections (which is the most
significant) is'announced by two
thirds of all cities reporting. Sa
vannah expects next week's car
nival to stimulate demand, and
Augusta states factories are ask
ing lor less money than a year
ago. Merchants at Memphis.
Charleston and Chattanooga and
Atlanta have experienced a bet
ter demand, but at Birmingham,
New Orleans and Galveston bus
iness remains quiet or unchang
ed.
Cotton goods are not moving
very actively at the advances;
buyers have supplied themselves
at lower figures. Popular lines
of prints are relatively active.
First orders for dress woolens
for fall delivery have been taken,
but the demand is moderat a
Woolen machinery is fairly em
ployed. Wool is quiet, prices at
the interior being above views oi
manufacturers, and stocks at
eastern markets being
light
supply. The clip is late
Tempered With Mercy.
Governor Stone is to be com
mended for his action in savins
Henze. Kaiser and Taylor from
the gallows.
Commutation of the negro s
sentence was pretty generally
expected, but opinion on the
fate of the young men convicted
of killing Stockman Crown Was
about equally divided, as it was
and still is on the credibility of
the testimony given at their
trial. Both men were known to
be hoodlums and associates of
the worst classes and that fact
hadmuchtodo with their con
viction.
If Henze and Kaiser are un
justly accused, they have only
themselves to blame.. They iaay
consider themselves fortunate in
escaping the death penalty.
If they are innocent, the fact
will probably be established be
fore long. Anotheropportunity
will then be given to start in life
and they will perhaps make bet
ter use of it than they did of the
hrst one.
Jf guilty, they have a long and
severe punishment before them.
In either event the public welfare
will not suffer from the Gov
ernor's action in commuting their
punishment to life imprisons
ment.
Durham Sum Yesterday after
noon Mrs. toarah Koboteau, sis
ter of the late Mrs. James South
gate, received a stroke of pa
ralysis which proved fatal iand
she died next morning.
MILITARY POST IN RALEIGH
IT IS ONE OF THE PROBABILITIES OF
THE NEAR FUTURE-
That is the WayitLooks at This Writing:
Congress Will he Asked to Grant it:
North Carolina Fertilizers: What Gov.
Stone Says of N. C. Confederate Sol
diers: Other Items ol General Interest.
Argus Bureau, i
Raleigh, May 11, 1895, J
For some time the question as
to why Raleigh should not have
a large military post has been
occasionally asked. No active
steps were taken in regard to the
matter, however, until a week or
so ago, when Gov. Carr wrote to
the Secretary of War, setting
forth the claims of this city for
the post and showing the exceed
ing advantages to be obtained by
the establishment of a govern
ment infantry and cavalry post
here. The Governor's letter
seems to have had a good effect,
as a letter from Acting Secretary
of War Joseph B. Due, of Wash
ington, to the Governor shows.
It is anything but improbable
that a large military post will
be established here in the near
future.
The proposed post would be
an inestimable advantage . to
Raleigh, and indirectly to North
Carolina. Its mere establish
ment would cost $300,000, and it
would constantly bring both
money and visitors to the State
and capital. It is to be hoped
that the people will call upon the
North Carolina Congressmen to
force the establishment of the
post.
The memorial exercises yes
terday were exceedingly pleas
ant. Capt. C. B. Densoa's ad
dress, on the life of Gen. Whit
ing, is generally pronounced
here as being absolutely the
delivered in this State.
The May buletin of the Agri
cultural department is out and is
of great interest. Here are its
contents in brief: A denial of
the statement of the Washington
Department that a cattle disease
is raging among North Carolina,
mountain cattle; cultiyation aria
importance of brown corn culti
vation; one thousand farmers'
reports, constituting crop pros
pects; original papers on scien
tific potato culture; a list of 500
brands of fertilizers registered
by the department as being of
fered for sale in this State; anal
ysis of over 200 brands of fertilize.--,
sampled this season (N. C.
is the only State which makes an
analysis of fertilizers and pub
lishes it before the brands are
used.) This gives the farmers
of this State a great advantage.
The buletin may he had on appli
cation. The water arrangements at the
A. & M. College are near comple
tion. The large pumps are in
place and the pipes are being
laid. The college baseball team
left this morning to nlav Wake
Forest this afternoon.
-
Major Hill came near being se
riously iniured yesterday. He
was ' riding a horse in the vet
erans parade. The animal fell
on him, but he escaped injury,
miraculously.
Col. Al. Fairbrother. the un
daunted editor of the "Globe,'
'Earth" and many other -olanets-
which alas are now sailing inan
imate through space is here. It
is intimated that he aspires to
shine in Raleigh newspaper cir
cles
Governor Carr is daily in re-
ceiptof replies from Southern
1
Governors to attend tke unveil
ing ceremonies, rnree came to-
de y, all declining on account of
a 1 Previous engagement to be
present at a Confederate Re-un
ion in Texas, beginning May 21
They were Governor Culberson,
of Texas: Gov. Stone of Miss..
Gov. Atkinson, of Ga.
r C1 f 1 A t 1 :
uov. oiones jebier uonuwii-.
the following feeling paragraph:
4.n my neart mere win aiwy&.
be a warm place for North Caro-
lina Confederate soldiers. Asso- Wayne county there were three
ciated in the same brigade with w0 ought to be in the peniten
two regiments, and well . ac- tiary instead of acting as judicial
quaiutea witn many otners, iney
feel as near to me as the sol-
diers of my own State. No truer
or better soldiers ever sacrificed
themselves to a just, a rignteous
1 .
causae thau the troops ot North
Carolina in the Confederate
army."
Rev. E. M, Patrot, of North
Carolina, but who is now at New
Haven, Conn., has been added,
1 1 . J.I "I -v-
Dy appointment oi mo uuvemui
to the list of North Carolina del
to the .National comer
ence of Charities and Corrections
which meets there May 24th to
30th,
-m m . A 1 o - TTT 1 1 1 . 1 1
Mai. .cYiirea. w imams tens me
replies to tne military mvirauous
for the twantieth are pouring in
from companies
all over the
State, and from other States.
He estimates that 25 companies.
three-fourths of the State guard,
consisting of 800 men, will be
present.- This is the lowest
figure. He expects a great many
more.
lt vou have anything to sen
advertise it in The Arqusj
EXPLAIN.
Miss Daisy Branson Who Copied the As
signment ct Gives an Affidavit That
Requires a Statement from Brown.
Raleigh News and Observer. '
In the case in the Superior
Court to test the assignment act,
Ktaii rVi Vvxr TVT T T5 w tt v. . I
svj . x. vv.ya.Lt, m
following affidavit was offered by
Judge Strong:
Miss Branson is a young lady
v J I
LKBKOWN
of such high character that noA"lTee'le?oer
ua -n
i ucouuu
wnac sne says. Keiormer"
Brown will need to explain.
"MissDaisv Branson, havino-
been dulv sworn, makpfh na.t.h
that she copied sundrv bills for
enrollment for Mr. J. W. Brown
the enrolling clerk of the last
General Assembly of North
Carolina; that on Tuesday be
fore the Wednesday on which
the said General Assembly ad
journed, or on said Wednesdav,
she does not remember which.
the said Brown or one of his
clerks, Mr. Moore or Mr. Las
siter,gave this to the affiant to be
copied, together withiother bills
An Act to Regulate Assign
ments and Other Like Convey
ances in North Carolina;' that
she copied the same on the same
day, within the space of a few
hours, and returned it with the
others to the office of the said
Brown and read it over with the
said Brown to see that it was
correctly copied; that this was
the only one of said bills to
which there was an amendment:
that the amendment to this was;
'Amend by striking out in sec
tion 1 all after the word credi
tors in line five of said section."
Affiant further swears that
shel
did not examine particularly the
entries on the back of the bill,
but that she does distinctly re
call this entry, 'Special Friday
evening 8:30.' On one occasion
when she returned to the said
enrolling clerk a bill which she
had copied, he said: 'This bill is
nft ieady to be enrolled,' or
words to that effect. I cannot
say what bill it was. At first I
took receipts for the bills I took
to copy, but after awhile, on ac
count of the rush of business this
was dispensed with and the
clerks who had charge of the
books kept a memorandum there
of. I do not thitik I grave anv
receipt for these bills, including
the one concerning mortgages,
The foregoing having been
read over to this amant, she is
shown the document now in the
the custody of J. C. Ellington,
the State librarian of North
Carolina, entitled 'An Act Entit
led an Act to Regulate Assign
ments and Other Conveyance of
Like Nature m North Carolina,'
and identifies the same as that
which she copied as aoove
stated. bhe remembers well
and identifies the proposed am
-i..i .
endment on a separate piece of
paper and attached thereto, and
also the words 'Special order
Friday evening 8:30.' She does
not remember seeing the word
'Tabled' stamped on the back of
said bill, and while she did not
examine carefully she thinks if
it had been the would have seen
it and that it was not then there.
She has seen what professes to
be the enrolled bill deposited as
the law in the onice of the Sec
retary of State of North Caro
lina, signed by the President of
the Senate and the Speaker of
l.i -r-r m - ... ,
the riouse oi -Representatives; it
is the same copy whic she made
as herein before stated.
" -
rSigned Daisy Branson
"Sworn to and subscribed be
fore me April 56, 1895.
W. T. SxMITH.
"Notary Public
Some Wayne County Magistrates.
I . -
it, a onlv bv decrees that we
hearn the character of the new
justifies r,f the Peace who were
appointed by the Fusionists. In
officers. They are
it b. r. Edgerton, who plead
guilty of larceny at the term of
nnnrinr flnnrt. tiMt nrpcedins'
I X - A
nis appointment.
2. John W. Smith, who had
Deeil eonvicted in the United
States Circuit Court for abstract-
?ns-a letter, addressed to other
parties, from the mail.
3. Wm. Garris, who has been
I . ....
convicted or obtaining money
- Dropertv by false pretences.
- These are onlv three. How
many more are of the same char
acter is not yet known, but if
there are as many such fellows in
l . . .
aii the other counties as in
wayne, the State is cursed with
288 Justices of the Peace, who
ought to be in the penitentiary.
-Raleigh News amd Observer.
Charlotte Observer:
jvir. j onn
Norris was in from the McCombs,
mine yesterday. i ne snamnow
100 feet deep. The ore being
. a 1 mi ? P
gotter out is said to be the finest
seen m this section. i. number
oi persons nave visiieu tne mine
- 'lately ana say tne ore is line..
Meeting of Royal Arcanum.
Charlotte Observer 10th.
The Grand Council of the
Royal Arcanum met at 11 o'clock
Wednesday morning in the Mas
onic hall, Greensboro. There
were present the following per
sons: Tr. T ttt,tii rrn
" "U"C11 '.y. n ay lies -
ville; Tbos J Gill, Laurinburg;
H C Docker v. Rockineham: R D
Gilmer, Waynesville; W B Bovd,
Newbern; A M Powell, Raleigh;
TXT T71 T" a T .1 -ii
ueuer, arooro;j vv ljamprecnt
statesvule; 1 VV Branch, Ashe-
ville; I C Carlton, Statesville:
J no R Erwin, Charlotte; I L
reenewald, Wilmington; C R
e, Raleigh; ti B Adams, Mon
roe5 Dr W H H Cobb. Goldsboro;
Rev S Mendelsohn, D D, Wilm
ington; D M Miller, Salisbury; S
M Eaton, Newbern; W T Har
rison, Goldsboro; R H Pickert,
Statesville; E L Harris, Ra'eis.h:
J G Piper. Durham: W P Woo ten
Wilson; T L Hyndman, Ashe
ville; N Q McCracken, Waynes
ville; James M Brown, Albe
marle; D P Hutchison, Charlotte
Gao M Whitfield, Laurinburfir: J
P Goodson, Concord; John G
Young, Winston; B J Keech.
Tarboro;TP Johnson, Salisbury;
J A Ramsey. Salisbury: J L
Brown, Salisbury; W G Brinson,
Gewbern; N Jacobi, Wilmingnon;
A M McAuley, Rockingham; W
is Kendrick, Raleisrh.
Mr. John E. Pound, of Lock-
port, N. Y., supreme vice regent
of the order, was present during
the session, to the pleasure of
the grand council.
The annual reports of the of
ficers show the order to be in a
very healthy condition. The
order now numbers about 175,-
members, with a steady in
crease. Extra hazardous risks
and yellow fever districts are
excluded from membership in it.
These exclusions, and the strict
medical and moral examinations
given to every applicant, are
causes which place the Royal
Arcanum in the front rank of
all beneficiary -orders, while the
social features are never forgot
ten. Though the order is in a
healthy condition, yet the efforts
now being made will soon give
it a membership of 200,000 or
more. It is encouraging to visit
the various councils and see and
hear a tody or men in appear
ance, intelligence and business
practicability second to no other
order ot a similar kind and pur
pose.
was selected as the
meeting for the grand council in
Ma,v. Iftflfi.
The following officers wereUVl. L KODIDSOI) A WfO
elected tor the ensuing year:
Past Regent T J Gill, Laurin
burg.
Grand Regent H C Dockery,
Rockingham.
Vice Regent R D Gilmer,
Waynesville.
Orator E L Harris, Raleigh.
Chaplain W F Rountree.New
bern.
Grand Guide W P Wooten,
Wilson.
Grand Warden D T Hutch
ison, Charlotte.
Sentry T L Hyndman, Ashe-
ville.
Trustee P C Carlton, States
ville
Trustee N Jacobi, VV ilming-
ton.
Trustee T W Branch, Ashe-
ville.
The officers-elect were install
ed by Supreme Vice Regent
John E. Pound, and after a pleas-
ant aod perhaps, the most inter-
. " a .
esting session
since
its ogamza-
tion the grand council adjourned
Alter adjournment quite a
number of the members visited
the historic battle ground of
Guilford Court House, and the
days, ot the Kovolution were
talked over again, and the brave
deeds those who fought for and
gained onr independence more
than 100 years ago were revived
and live afresh in our esteem and
in our hearts a fitting intro
duction to the 20th of May, 1895,
when that gifted orator of Wil
mington, Col. A. M. Waddell,
will tell us of men whose faces
are not yet forgotten by many of
us and whose deeds of valor are
dear to all freemen
Made a Good Impression
St. Louis Republic.
Minister itansom has made a
good impression on the people of
Mexico. His speech at the pres-
I ... -. - . .
orientation ot his credentials was a
notable departure from the ster
eotvpe- address customarily de
- 1 livered on such occasions. It
pleased President -Diaz and all
the other representatives of the
.1 .
Mexican government present.
'i nat is the way to talK." says
the Partido Liberal, a leading
I journal of the Mexican capital,
in commenting on General Ran
som's address, "and the way
i everybody should talk who de
sires to strengthen the bonds of
lis
triendsnip Between neighboring
nations." The Partido considers
the Minister a "perfect type of
an American citizen, of a be
never m jod, in country, mi
-honor and in justice."
HARDWARE
SPRGIAL
Attention Is Galled to
sweeping reduction in prices of guns
to close out stock. It will pay you to
call and examine same.
Double Brech Loading Guns $9. 11.50,
. 15 and 18, previous prices $12.50.
15, 18 and 22.
Single h. lioading Guns $7
ous price $10.
pre vi-
Muzzle Loading Guns $8 and D.f 0,
vious price $10 and 12-50.
Large stock of
pre-
. SUMMER OIL STOVES,
with baking ovens and cabt iron exten
sion tops. See display in my front
windows. Just received a new stock of
those celebrated Kelly Axes, made by
the latest improved process, tempered
and forged by natural gas, the best axe
on the continent. Complete line of
Farm Supplies,
CONSISTING OF
Plows, Plow Cartings, Harrows, Cox
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
prices. Your patronage is solicited.
Respectfully,
iHf.-H.floooins
Next to Bank of Wayne.
M. E. Robinson & Bro
A friend indeed, is a friend in need.
Do you know that w ha ve more
good things for babies than for grown
people? We hava something spocially
prepared for every ailment of children,
we nave castoria, Mrs. winslow's
Sootninsr syruD and manv other medi
cines of that nature. But maybe its
you and not the baby who needs a
friend. We have a number of friends
ready to your hand, such as Hood's
Sarsaparilla, B. B. B., and P. P. P.
for the blood. Our prescription de
partment is a recourse for any ailment.
West Centre St.
GOLDSBORO, N. CJ
My customers? ho'dinar tickets can
get them honored at either of my foun
tains under the opera house or at my
store corner Hotel Kennon.
C. F. GRiFFIN.
SPECIAL
T
Lara-e quantities of fish are beinn-
caught on the coast now and I am daily
serving trout, pig fish, flounders. . etc.
Orders will receive prompt attention
Scollops each Wednesday at 25 c. a qt.
CHAS.
E. HASKETT.
Mch a-lyr.
HAVE on hand a car-load of Stan
dard guano, the best quality for which
I will sell at 50 c. per ton less than you
can buy it elsewhere for cash. See mo
at once if you want a bargain.
JOS. EDWARDS.
Call for the Horse Brand. Johnson's
luaguouu it, nas co equal ior a:i
At.. ....- s : i i -
external purpose for man or beast,
1 I 1 1 1 l"t-lS I If I J I MMM- rnMUTT. O T 1 OITl n nH
ralgia. Lara's botlles. 25 and 50 rts
For sale by J. F. Miller A. Son.
Goldsboro, N. C.
Rheumatism and Scrofnlous diseases
find no home where there is a vi?orous
ciaculation of pure blood. Johnson's
Sarsaparilla makes pure blood. T.rrA
bottles 50 cts. For sale ' by J. F, Mil
ler & Son, Goldsboro. N. C.
Beware of that constant cous-h and
loss of flesh which indicates decline
and sure consumptioa. Help voursalf
while tbere is yet time bv taking John
son's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil, Pint
bottle $1. For sale bv J. F.Miller &
Son, Goldsboro. N. C,
Johnson's Kidney and Liver Ree-ula-
tor, the great malarial medicine, cures
kindney complaints and torpid liver,
purifies the' blood, and cures constipa
tion and sick headache, Larere pack
ages. 25 and 50 cts. For sale by J. P.
Miller & Son, Goldsboro. N. C.
To buy a thing right
Dud wnsre Tis! Made:
D. W HURTT
MGrcHant!Taiior,
GOLDSORO - - N. C.
J. O. ROYALL
IGR1HOUSR.
Same old Stand, next to M. E. Castes'
Free JDeuverj.
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