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4 - a rrfN 1W rrf DRUGGIST, Malted Milk, Mellins Food, 1 DRUGGIST. o& n son's " Prepared Ba ley, Imperial Granum. Under Opera House. Under Messenger opera house j 1 .. - " " 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. OLDSBORO. N. C. THURSDAY. SEPT. 5, 1895, N02 3 : : i ' i i ; ; r: ... K " 1 i - "3 A. j i i OCTfiVlUS COKE DEAD. THIS DISTINGUISHED MAN AND SECRETARY OF STATE PASSED AWAY YESTER -DAY AFTERNOON AT HIS HOME IN THIS CITY. .STORY OF flIS CAREER' A Patriot and a Gentlemen. Born Oc tober 4 til, 1840, in Williamburg,Va., Educated at 'William and Mary College. Twice Wounded In Pickett's Divis. News and Observer. At twenty minutes to four,ye terday afternoon, Octavius Coke, Secretary of State of North Carolina, died at his home here, corner Hargett and McDowell streets. Five weeks ago last Monday, the late Secretary left his office in the afternoon, sayiDg to his friends as he went that he was unwell, ana tnat ne ieic as n lie were going home to have a spell of fever. Since that day he had lain up on his bed of sickness. Fevei soon developed, followed by a rise of temperature and de lirium, aud for five weeks he had had but few gleams of conscious ness, and in that state passed peacefully away with his loved ones about him. Such is the story of the sick ness aud death of this remark able man who life covered tifty five of the most eventful years this country has seen. The high emergencies of these years were met in a way to bring eminent distinction to the life just closed William aud Mary college took the boy from his parents, at Williamsburg, Virginia, the town of his birth, the alma mater of Jefferson, and the schooling place of great spirits that have followed. It was a tit environ ment for the chivalric heart and ambitious mind of the youth, -whose parents sent him forth dynamic with that which, was best and traest in the home rear ing of the Old Dominion. There are those who can re call his hearing and walk among his fellows there. Mr. W. T Day, of Raleigh, met him just afterward. Let him tell the story of those days. This was what he said last night of his friend, now the friend of years: "I first met Capt. Coke in 1860. He had just left college, and be gun the practice of law in Wil liamsburg, Va. From then till his death we were intimate friends. He was the higes: type of manhood I ever knew. Such men as he have made the words 'Virginia gentleman' a decora tion of nobility. In his loyalty to friends and devotion to prin ciples, Capt. Coke had few peers. He was a big man big in brains, bier in bodv. bisr in heart. His death, a great loss at any time, at present is a calamity. To him I looked for leadership out of our nresent political troubles. He was one of the very few politi cians I ever knew who would sacrifice self to principles. have frequently heard him say during the past year that he had no personal or political triena ship to consuit where the inter est of the Democratic party was concerned. And yet no man went before him in his love for a friend. Like his predecessor in office, Col. W. L. Saunders, he goes when our need for him is greatest. Our people will fully appreciate him now we have lost him. He deserved when living all a party could bestow; he will have now all a grateful people can srive. love and honor for his o - memory." From the class-rooms of pa triots, before him, he came, cav alier as he was, quick to hear the bugle of Pickett's Division Just at manhood, he joined the 32d Virginia Infantry, and served with gallantry. He was twice wounded ; at Sharpsburg and at Five Forks. After the war he studied law and made his home at Edenton, N. C. becoming a citizen in Au gust 28th, 1862. Capt. Coke was the ' Democratic candidate in Chowan county for the Consti tutional Convention, but was de f eated. the county being strongly Republican. In 1872 he was the Democratic presidential elector from the first District, and made a brilliant canvass which gave new hope and courage to the Democracy. In 1870, he was one of the Democratic candidates for the State Senate in the first sen torial district and was elected by a majority of 319, though the district was unusually Republi can by a very large majority. In the Senate he was an acknowl edged leader and led the fight for the system of county govern ment which has proved such a sing to the people of the Eastern counties. In the same session he stood in the leader ship against the resolution of in struction to the North Carolina Congressmen to vote for the bill to approve the infamous election count, by which Mayes was seated. He was an intrepid and fear less leader, imbued with the love of Democracy, and his career in the Senate showed him to be a warm partisan of the highest type. His resolution and ag gressiveness ana aouity won tor him a host of friends in all sec tions of the State, and when he made one Capt. Coke was the type of man whose friends were linked to him with hooks of steel. He had nothing too good for them, and he made them always feel the warmth of his regard. He began the practice of the law in Kaleigh, a short time alter his term in the Senate and ap peared in some noted causes, but politics absorbed so much of his time that he ultimately abandon ed the law, and devoted himself to the cultivation of his farm. His purse was always freely at the disposal of his party, and it may be safely said tfcat no man in the State, in proportion to his means, has given so liberally to his party in this generation. In 1880 apt. Coke was elected chairman Cot the Democratic State Executive committee and it was in this position that he rendered most efficient service to the party. It was at a time when the party lines were dawn and the Republicans were exert- erting their best efforts to wiD. and the victory for Democracy that year was very largely due to the chairman's efforts. In 1884 Capt. Coke's name was pre scnted to the Democratic State convention for the nomination for Governor. There was a close fight for the nomination but Gov. Scales won. In 1891 Capt. Coke was ap pointed Secretary of State by Gov. Fowle to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the la mented Col. William L. Saunders. The Democratic State conven tion the year following nomina ted him by acclamation for Sec retary of State, and he was elected ry a large majority. If he had lived he would have been renominated in 1896. Captain Coke was the son of John Coke, who married Eliza Hankins, both being from old Virginia families long settled in the vicinity of Williamsburg. Four brothers and two sisters survive the deceased, namely, ex- United States Senator Richard Coke, of Waco, Texas Messrs. Alex and John A, Coke, both prominent lawyers in Richmond, Va., and Di. Lucius C. Coke, of Goose Neck, Martin county, N. (J. The two surviving sisters are Mrs. Motly and Mrs. Alice Wilson both widows being in Virginia. Owing to age, ill health and distance, it is not expected that ex -Senator Coke will be here, but the remainder of the imme diate relations have been tele- rir y n Til fArl -Fr-f OTliI QTrt Qvnnotorl here to-day. It was noon yesterday before the alarming change came in the condition of the deceased, from which time he sank rapidly. FROM THE 1'AK NORTHWEST. Dynamite Bomb Sent at a Sheriff. Brunswick, N. J., Aug. 30. An attempt to kill Sheriff Zerviss and, possibly blow up the Mid dlesex county jail, was made at noon to-day. On opening the box and finding a tube he had his deputy place it on the ground outside his office. A Rutge college chemist was summoned and pronounced the thing a dynamite bomb of crude con struction, but of force sufficient to kill or blow out the walls of the sheriff's office. It is believed that the bomb was sent by friends of David JJarry who is in jail for arson. Correct. Wilmington Review. If the Democrats and the Pop- ulsts could adopt identically the same platform, et literatim, en punctuatim. et damnatim, the two wouldn t ana conlan t pun to arether. If the Dems were to con cede everything to the Pops, the earth and the heavens too. reser vinsr only Pluto'r dominions for themselves, the Pops would srowl aud arrumble and never be satisfied until the Ddmocrats con ceded them the warmest corner in hell which we. for one, most cheerfully do. A New York Despatch says the Southern railroad men did not confer at Hotel Waldorf yester day, as was expected. Santee Agency, Neb., ) July 27, 1895. f Editor Goldsboro Argus. There was a time not many years ago, when, as a school -boy 1 used to read in the story books and geographies of the wild life of the Indian on the plains of the west and wondered if I should Dot some day see him in his na tive element. His bow and ar row, hisGpaint and tattoo, his feathered cap and beaded danc ing coat, his war dance and bat tle cry; affected me with a strange feeling of fear and ad miration. Twenty years of edu cational advantages have some what changed their wild, fierce habits and the same blood-thirsty warriers who, in 1876, so brut ally massacreed Gen. Custer's men on the plains of Mim; are now recognized by the U. S. government; as citizens of Ne brasba and have taken ?nd al lotments of land in the Santee Reservation. But it is hard to give up their savage sports and old time amusements. On all festive occasions the wild in stinct predominate? and they ahandon themselves to its intoxi cation for the time being and are Indian again to all intents and purposes. They enjoy sensation and hold much superstition. The 4th of July is usually celebrated in a whule week's continuous revelry day and night. On such occasions they have visiting friends from other tribes who enter fully into the mirth of their friends. Then the milk of kindness and generosity fills the bosom of the Red Man and he is ready to give away the best of his personal property. Nothing is too good for his friend. On the 4th just passed, this tribe gave away 120 fine horses as presents to their friends. An old Indian who is said to be thor oughly reliable informs me that some years ago when they had a plurality of wives they some times offered their friends the choice of them. They are not now allowed a plurality of wives. The laws prohibit it. The au thority of the husband is abso lute over the wife and none of the courtesies of civilized life to ward the female is practiced among them except those best educated. The law does not pro hibit marriages between whites aud Indians and it may sound a little strange when I tell you that it is of frequent occurrence. When a white man marries an In dian woman he is called a"Squaw man." It is nothing uncomman for one to see the "Squaw Man" out riding on Sunday's with his Indian wife and half-breed chil dren all people of mixed blood are called half-breed regardless of the amount of Indion blood (ith, ith etc.) In a few days, I am tola, a marriage is to be cel ebrated between an Indian male teacher and a teacher at the Mis sion school. She is fine looking and seems to be highly accom plished. This may seem strange to wayne county people, but it is in the west and I am told the same condition of society exist throughout all this prairie country. The Indian loves his horse dearly and has to be in much want if he sells him. They all have horses and saddles. The saddles are double girted, one just behind the fore shoulder and one just in front of the flank. Thus fastened, they can stay in the saddle on a bucking Bronco until the mad animal is out of wind and gives, up. Sometimes the Bronco lies down and tries to wallow it off, but when he gets up he finds both saddle and In dian on his back ready for more fun. They are proverbially fond of hunting. The Buffalo is no more for him in the wild chase, and the deer are not so plentiful as in former years, but he finds royal fun in shooting prarie chickens, quail plover, wild goose and wolf, jack rabbits and fish ing. About the only marks the Buffalo has left on these plains is his bones and chips. The former arepolished and mounted in-silver or gold and areprized as a relic for their rich, dark hue. The latter is more rare, most of it having been picked up and burned in the place of wood, which is the scar cest thing on the plains, except watermelons and polored people. I haven't seen a "negro" since I came and the watermelons are like Pat's drinks, "too long be tween." They are all imported from Georgia or other portions of Fair Dixie. The Nebraska melon will not be ripe for a month yet. The dance is the favorite social the Agency, reaching the Indi an's wigwam, ("Tepe," as they say.) about 11 o'clock at night. Our driver halted about li miles off to listen to the drums; for they never dance without the drum. The breeze was fair and we could hear the beat of the drum, scream of the women "Squaws" and the yell Of men "bucks." I shall never be able to convey my first impres sion of the scene. Here, in the midsc of the broad prairie, with no canopy . but the arch of Heaven above, no light, but the Indian campfira, with no nitisic but the dull thrum, thrum, thrum of the crude drum and the wierd screech which more than a hun dred times meant death to entire communities, were the real dan cers, painted, tattooed, bedecked m feathers and bells and beaded fancy work, which glimmered and jingled as they bowed and thumped a"d hopped and stepped to t he crude music. One "buck had a dancing suit on that he sravp a fine horse for and I can t blame him much, fcr it was hand worked with tiny cut-beads and neatjglimmering fancy work from top to bottom. Some had bunches of feathers tied to the tails of their coats, some had little bells fastened about their ankles and arms, and beads 'which they kept in constant jingle. Some wore red coats with long sash worked with beads ot various colors which swung out behind as they whirled in the wild ir regular dance. They dance individually and independent of anyone present. White or Indian can join at plea sure and stand an even chance at the presents that aie given away. No one touches another, no one "calls figures." everyone skips and hollows and steps or remains squatted on the ground as he likes. The old "bucks" and the young "bucks"and old"squaws" do most of the dancing. Some times the little "kids" (all child ren are called kids) hop around and take a hand. They dance a few minutes and then stop and some "old squaw or buck"makes a short speech standing up erect and the drum starts and the dance begins again. While I was watching last night one fel low gave another a horse and saddle, a speech was mad, and the lucky fellow was handed the bridle. The Indian who received the horse was our office man and is in the office with me every day. The occasion was a mar riage feast. They make their own drums. They take a piece of raw-hide and wet it and then stretch it tight over a tub. The tub is then set on the ground and the drummer sits on the ground and beats on the raw-hide. There are different kinds of dances, the war dance and the grass dance and the religious, they all vary in some points, but in many respects are the same. On our return last night, I had au excellent view of the Missouri river by lightning refl.ect.ion at a distance ot two miles from the top of one of the high bluffs which overlook the flats. A great thunder cloud was lying over on the opposite Dakota side and the play of electricity reflected from its bosom gave it the ap pea ranee of a great river of glass. I will close this disconnected letter and promise the little peo ple and those who wish to read more of life on the plains at an other time. J. R. Overman. Ingersoll on Napoleon. A little while ago I stood by the grave of the old Napoleon a magnificent tomb of gilt and gold, fit almost for a deadly deity and gazed upon the sarco phagus of rare and nameless marble, who rests at last the ashes of that restless man. I leaned over the balustrade and thought about the career of that greatest soldier of the mod ern world. I saw him walking along tne banks of the seine con templating suicide. I saw him at Toulon; I saw him putting down the mob in the streets of Paris. I saw him at the head of the army in Italy. I saw him crossing the bridge of Lodi with the tricolor in his hand. I saw him in Egypt in the shadows of the pyramids. I saw him conquer the Alps and mingle the eagles of France with the eagles of the crags. I saw him at Marengo, at Ulm, and at Au sterlitz. I saw him in Russia when the infantry of the snow and cavalry of the wild blast scattered his legions like the winter's withered leaves. I saw him at Leipsic in defeat and dis aster driven by a million bay onets back from Paris clutched like a wild beast banished to Elba. I saw him escape and re take the empire by the force of his genius. I saw him on the frightful field of Waterloo, where change and fate combined to wreck the fortunes of their for mer king. And I saw him at St. Helena, with his hands crossed behind him, gazing out upon the sad and solemn sea. I thought of the orphans and widows he had made of the tears that had been shed for his glory, and the only woman who had ever loved him, pushed from his heart by the cold hand of am bition. And said 1 would rather have been a French peasant, and worn wooden shoes. I would rather have lived in a hut with a vine growing over the door, and the grapes growing purple in the amorous kisses of the autumn sun, my loving wite by my side, knitting as the day died out ot the sky with my children upon my knee.and their arms around me I would rather have been that man, and gone down to the tongueless silence of the dreamless dust, than to have been that imperial impersonation of force and murder - known as Napoleon the Great. Ex. Break of New Tobacco. Upward and onward is the order of the day with the Oxford Tobacco Market with a whoop, and the buyers are just reckless and will have the weed, as was fully shown on Friday last. There was a good break of new tobacco on the market, and we found out that Bullock & Mitch ell were not behind on primings, which sold high. They had a floor nearly full and the buyers clustered around them as though they were the last piles ; that they would have the chance to bid on. It was the same" thing at the other ware houses, and bid after bid was piled on until the excitement be came intense, at the height of which we heard a good farmer ex claim: "I tell you Britt.it re minds me of old times, and I've been thinking that the good, old times would come again." The Oxford market has made a grand start and will continue the racket until the crop is sold. Oxford Ledger. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOEAJTEILY BARGAIN J3 cr -IN o D cr "Friday tnck," Good and Bad. ! Friday is an unlucky day, they say. Well, yes; and so are Sat urday. Sunday and the rest cf the week if a day is to be called unlucky because some unpro pitious events happen on it. Here are some notable events happened on Friday, handed up by a careful investigator: Julius Caesar was assassinated March 15, B. C, 44; America was discovered October 12, 1492; Shakespeare was born, (sup posed) April 23, (old style). May 3, (new style), 1564; The May flower was landed May 13, 1607; King Charles I was beheaded January 30, 1649; Washington was born February 11, (old style), February 22, (new style), 1732; Napoleon Bonaparte was born August 15, 1769; The Bastile was destroyed July 14, 1789; Moscow was burned September 15, 1812; Queen Victoria was married Feb ruary 10, 1840; Fort Sumpter was bombarded April 12, 1861; Richmond was evacuated April 2, 1865; Lee surrendered April 9, 1865; Jefferson Davis died De cember 6, 1889. A Bad Accident. August Atlanta, cursion train Central road, cars, filled with 30. An ex the Georgia of nine Macon Knights on consisting Minister Kansom's Salary. amusement among the Indians. Last night I saw my first one, and now, if the school boys and. girls will get their histories and geographies and look at the pic ture of the dance as 1 describe it from observation, it will be doubly interesting. In com pany with two half-breeds and one white man, we made the trip of ten miles out from Washington, August 30. 111 luck seems to be the lot of U. S, Minister Ransom, one trouble following close upon the other Now Mr. Willie, acting Auditor of the Treasury for the State Department, has decided that Mr Ransom's salary as Minister to Mexico cannot be paid until he is confirmed by the Senate. He based his deuission upon the law which reads. The question of allowing him expenses, etc., has not yet been taken up. It is said that Minis ter Ransom himself raised the point whether he could be paid prior to confirmation, as he wanted to know exactly where he stood before he departed for Mexico, that might make the necessary financial arrangements for his maintenance. . Congress will have to provide for ' his sal ary between July 1, the date it was held up, and the date when he may be confirmed. Minister Ransom had a long conference with Secretary La- mont to-day. presumably in con nection with the Question of the use of the water of the . Rio Grande river, over which there has been disputes at various time. Mr. Ransom will leave for his home in North Carolina to night and will go to Mexico soon afterwards. of Pythias and their friends, was wrecked at Pope's Ferry, twelve miles from Macon. The engine left the track, four of the cars followed, and the three front ones went down an embankment of about eight feet. Mrs. C. W. Hancock, of Amer- icus, Ga., was seated m tne coach immediately in rear of the baggage car. When found she was wedged between two seats and died shortly after arriving at Macon. Mr. James Kennedy, of Macon, was killed outright, the car rolling on him. These are only fatalities re ported, but it is thought several of the injured will die. They are as follows: Mrs. G. T. Clancey, hurt in ternally and about the head; Mr. Harrington seriously injured; M. R. Sawcett, injured internal ly; Mr. Carson, slightly injured; Miss L. Dowles, leg and arm broken, John Gant, shoulder broken; Billy Guma, Mrs. D. R Ranno, internally injured. Senator Hill's Plan. when the question of Mr. Ran som's right to hold the office of Minister to Mexico was raised in the Treasury Department, he at once forwarded his resigna tion to the President, in order that the latter might not be em barrassed. It is understood both the President and Mr. Ransom believed that the appointment as Minister to Mexico was not com pleted until the latter accepted the position and qualified, which was not done until after his term as Senator had expired. The fact that Mr. Ransom resigned the office disposes of all specula tion regarding the manner of payment of his salary from July to August 24, the date of his re-appointment. It will not be paid at all. A Negro Lynched. Jackson Miss., Aug. 30. News reached this city last night of the hanging of a negro by a number of indignant citizens of Simpson county. The story as it reaches here is as follows: John Mulligan, a prosperous farmer in Simpson county, had a handsome daughter 14 years of age, whom he compelled to work in a field with negroes. The daushter became enciente some months ago and charged a neigh bor's son with being the cause of her trouble. Last Sunday child was born to the girl. It was black, and she then confessed that she had been intimate with ... j i j one oi tne negro iarm nanus, who. on learning of the birth of the child, took to the swamps He was pursued by a crowd of indignant citizens ana captured Thev took him to a tree ana - . , ... , . hanged him and then riddled his body with bullets. Th? body was left dangling to a tree ior twentv-four hours, until it was cut down by Sheriff Mclnnis. What some men most men, in fact would like is a perpetual vacatton with - tri-weekly pay days. The Mt. Airy News doesn' see any need of a silver conven tion in North Carolina, but thinks a Democratic love feast after the old Methodist fashion would not be a bad idea. It says we need bury our differences and get together. POLDING GR.IT3 (o) We have reduced the price from $2.00 to $1,25. This is an oppor tunity to buy a FOLDING CRIB with woven wire mattress cheaper A t . 1 1 tnan tney nave ever been bought. Roy all & Borden. JOB PRINTING. THE ARGUS JOB OFFICE IS WELL EQUIPPED FOR DOING ALL KINDS OF Jot) Brintino When in need of STATIONERY Of Any Kind -SUCH AS- NOTE HEADS, 5ILL HEADS. STATEMENTS, ENVELOPES, Etc. t Will be to your interest to (jet our Prices. MINISTER RANSOM for Took tUo Oath of Office Will Leave Mexico in a Week or Two. Washington, August 19. Hon. Matt W. Ransom arrived in Washington last night, and bright and early this morning appeared at the State Department, where he took the oath of office before notary public to enable him to resume the duties of the Mexican mission. Mr. Ransom's suspen ded salary will be resumed from the date of oath. He will remain in Washington a day or two and then go to North Carolina, whence he will take his depart- ture for Mexico a week or ten days later. A rumor was current about the Department to-day that Mr, Ransom's physicians had advised him not to return to Mexico, but the Minister himself stated to a reporter that this was untrue He expected, he said, to go to Mexico this time in far better physical condition than he was last Spring, and that he would experience no ill effects from hi stay there. The story prouably had its origin in the fact that Dr. Bray, Superintendent of the American Hospital in Mexico, who attended the late Minister Gray in his last illness, and who was called in by Mr. Ransom, advised the State Department that Mr. Ransom could not stand the climate of that place. , Dr Bibb, surgeon general of the Mexican Central Railway, who also attended the Minister, dif fered from Dr. Bray, and he told Mr. Ransom that if he would re turn to the United States and re cover his wonted health he could then go to Mexico with as much assurance of- maintaining his health as any one. 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