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It .1 T a '1 'J 1 -fl 3 0 .'II 11 $2. SEE OUR $2.00 Shoes for Ladies Special price. Late style. Pointed toe. Call and examine at SOUTHERLAND, Brinkley & Co. S. Ml AV, AY jjV TfCV I A TEST STYES E, & W ' and Anchor Brand Col lara and Cuffs. Full line Percale and white Shirts, at SOUTHERLAND, Brinkley & Co. s. - 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" I II v VOL. XVII. GOIiDSBORO. ,N. C THURSDAY FEBRUARY (5 1896 NO 41 - - . i A . . LOCAL BRIEFS. Maybe it Las no bearing on what jingoism does, but in the old armor days, Jie knight often used to talk through his helmet. Mrs: W. T. Gardner, who ha been visiting her daughters in Durham for several weeks, has returned to her home in this city. The schedule of the Smithfield train has been changed. It now leaves about 6 o'clock in the af -ternoon and returns shortly after 9 o'clock in the evening. If Chicago, after winning the convention, shall despoil the vis itors it will be remembered that Jacksonian Democracy first taught that to the victors belong the spoils. , Justice Pryor, of the New York Supreme Court, has de cided that police have no right to throttle and force a man under arrest to have his picture taken for the Rogues' Gallery. General "Weyler's reputation for severity may do the Spanish Government moie harm than good. It seems to have had an effect in this direction already on the Congress of this country. Taking the earth's population at the beginning of the next cen tury may answer the frequent in quiry. What is the world com ing to? by affording the reply that it is coming to its census. His many friends here are glad the greet the safe return home of Mr. Leslie Weil, who has been touring in Europe since June, and has devoted his time to spe cial study as weil as sight-sea-ing. Miss Lennie Flowers, of Bethel, N. C, who has been spending a few pleasant weeks in this city, the guest of Miss Alice Holland, left Saturday for Smithfield, on a short visit to her aunt Mrs. S. Renfrow, of that place. If Drury College, Missouri, is too pious to accept a gift of $1,000 because it is offered by a brewer, we can refer Mr. Busch, of St, Louis, to several other ed ucational institutions which will accept his gift and "thankee, too." The A. & N. C. R. R. will run special trains at cheap excur sion rates from this city to New bern eyery day and return dur ing the week of Newbern's great mid-wiuter fair, which begins February 24th and concludes February 29th. It is always the Unest fair in the State. Mrs. J. H. Hollowell, of Dens ver, Col., formerly Miss Viola Perkins of this county, who has been visiting her many friends and relatives in this section, left for Greensboro Friday, where she will spend a short time visit ing relatives and friends, and then with her three little chil dren will start for the far West The death of Mrs Joseph Mason, a most exemplary Christ ian woman and a devoted wife and mother, occurred Friday, of pneumonia; at their humble home, on the farm of Maj. H. L. Grant, near this city, where Mr. Mason is an overseer. She was a devout and zealous member of the Goldsboro Baptist church, as is also her husband, who with several small children survives her. "The finest in the State" is the general verdict of the travels ling public as regards the Hotel Kennon, of this city. Its accom modations are unexcelled and its cuisine is superb. Its chief cook is the well-known William Gris wold, colored, who the Rev. Sam Jones says is the finest he has ever encountered in all his travels; and the Reverend Mr. Jones is a capital judge of a well cooked meal, as well as of human nature that he hits so hard in its peryerseness. Within a very short time two different and bold attempts have been made to burglarize the res idence of Mr. J . J. Street, on William street. The second at tempt was made one night last week, about 11 o'clock, after the family had retired, Mr. Street biing absent, at his mills at Dover. .The would-be burglar climbed a tree near the roof of the back part of the house, and passing over the roof he came to one ol the back windows of the second story of the main resi dence. He succeeded in opening the blinds and removed two panes of glass, unlocked the win dow and attempted to raise it, when a stick used as au additional safety precaution fell to the floor, startling Mrs. Street in the room below, who went at once to investigate and th burglar ran across the roof and climbed down the tree. Our police can not be too vigilant at this season of the year, or too exacting of any culprits they may find prowl Jug the city by day or nigbft R EMALKABLE SOUTHWARD TREND OF POPULATION. The predictions which from time to time have been made in th Baltimore Manufacturers Record as to the southward trend of population are being verified io a way that is amazing to those who thought ;hey would never be realized. Within the last few months the movement of people from the North and Northwest to the South has become one of the most noticeable features of the business interests of the day. This is resulting in large pur chases of land for colonization purposes, and the starting of en terprises which must have a wide-reaching effect upon the whole country. When it was an nounced in the Manufacturers' Record last fall that a colonizas tion enterprise under the au spices of some Grand Army peo ple of the West had been unders taken, with i view to settling 40,000 or 50,000 people on a 100,- 000-acre tract of Georgia land, the project was regarded with a great deal of skepticism. The public scarcely believed that it could succeed, and dire predic tions of failure were heard. A dispatch from Fitzgerald, Ga., shows, however, what has al ready been done, and indicates something of this remarkable en terprise, now commanding the attention of the entire country. Since last September some 5,000 or 6,000 Western people, many of their, well-to-do financially, have settled on this property, and 100 or more are daily arriv ing. The movement is now as suming national importance. It is estimated by Mr. Fitzgerald, the organizer of this colony, that 35,000 or 40,000 people will be settled in that district within the next twelve months. The influ ence of such a great immigration as this, drawing population from every State in the Union and from Canada also, must neces sarily be of a far-reaching char acter. It means many changes, many improvements, the com mingling of the people of all sec tions and the union of energy and capital in the upbuilding of this section. What is being done at this point in Georgia is, how ever, being repeated, but on a smaller scale, at many other places throughout the South. As announced in the last issue of the Manufaaturers' Record, a sale of 17,000 acres of land near South ern Pines, N. C, was closed last week to New York people, who expect to settle 1500 families on the property within twelye months. Another sale of nearly 18,000 acres in Mississippi has just been made to Western peo ple, who expect to colonize it with Iowa farmers. There is scarcely a State in the entire South in which a number of en terprises of this kind are not be ing undertaken, and the aggre gate value of land sold and the aggregate of population already coming this way already far sur passes the highest expectations of those who for the last few years have been predicting a great wave of immigration sweeping from the North and Northwest Southward. It is difficult to fully measure or state the influence of such a change as this. With the incom ing of these thousands, giving assurance that within the next few years the South will be re ceiving from 300,000 to 500,000 new people a year, there will come an upbuilding of agricul tural interests, an advancement of manufacturing, a creation of wealth greater than was seen in the days when the mighty West ward movement of population opened up that region and brought into existence such thriving citis as Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Denver and other places. Added to what the South it -self is doing, the won derful effect which this move ment of population will have, we can see before this section a pe riod of activity promising greater results than have ever been achieved in any part of this country. THE BONNER MURDERERS- Wednesday, in Washington, Alexander Frederick Jenkins was married to Miss Adelaide Johnson. Usually the woman is married to the man, in fact, and, as a matter of sentential con struction; but in this instance the reverse was the case. The groom took the bride's name, and the couple will be known as Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. The marriage was a theosophical af fair, and the ceremony was per formed by Cora L. V. Richmond; The br'de is a sculptress, and that the groom is a fit subject for plastic art would appear from his willingness to lose his iden tity in the marriage-tie, Convicted of Murder in the Second Degree The Sentence Washington, N." C, Jan. 31 The Bonner murder trial, which stands at the head of all murder trials in the history of North Carolina, has ended. The mur der of John B. Bonner was the end of a second Jesse James band and it is well for Beaufort county that it had such a speedy termination, and, while perhaps justice might have been nearer met, yet, all things considered, it is well. At 2 o'clock to-day the court house bell was rung and from all quarters the streets were lined with people making their way in haste to hear the verdict. The judge entered and took his seat and the clerk asked the jury if they had agreed and the response came: "We have," And he asked, "What say you, are the prisoners at the bar guilty or not guilty?" And they answered: "Guilty of murder in the second degree." The jury was polled at the re quest of the counsel for defen dants Bell. A motion for a new trial was lodged for all the defendants and overruled and the judge said in passiug sentence: "To my mind there has been an act of great mercy done this day in the county of Beaufort. What has led the jury to this conclusion, I do not know. It may be that it was on account of the youth of the defendants. Possibly they thought the kill ing was not designed or intended by the parties at the outset, but the fatal shot was fired by Sher- rill Bell, the youngest of the de fendants, after the others had fled, and in some frenzy, fright or apprehension of discovery. The jury, I believe, have acted from conscientious motives, and they can have the satisfac tion of knowing that if they have erred it has been on the side of mercy; but there has been an atrocious and horrible murder done an in nocent and inoffensive man, and none who heard the evidence and heard it impartially but was forced to the conclusion that these defendants were the per petrators of the deed. They are all guilty, and every one of them. And the jury in rendering this verdict for murder in the second degree have extended them all the mercy they deserve or should re ceive, and under this verdict the extreme penalty of the law for such an offense must be imposed in the case. It is considered and adjudged by the court that Uriah Bell, Sherrill Bell and W. H. Brantley, Jr., be confined at hard labor in the penitentiary for and during the term of thirty years." Notice of appeal was given. After which the case of David Credle, one of the accomplices in the affair and who confessed, was called. He was represented by Messrs. Stephen C. Bragaw of this place and J. S. Mann of Swan Quarter. He entered a plea of guilty of murder in the second degree and Mr. Bragaw made a most touching appeal. He asked for mercy and referred to the fact that he had done the State great service in this case and he is a weak, ignorant fellow who has had no parents to rear and train him. The Judge sentenced him to fifteen years in the penitentiary. The first ballot taken by the jury showed that seven were for a verdict of guilty and five for acquittal. They had the case twenty hours before finding a verdict. The defendent, showed no emo tion or surprise when the ver dict was rendered. Brantley's wife showed some emotion, but his father and mother sat resign ed to the circumstances. A peculiarity about corners in gold is that there's likely to be nothing square about them. It is Known By Its Cures It is not what we say. but what Hood's Sarsaparllla does, that tells the story of its merit. The thousands of people whom it has raised from disease and despair to happi ness and health, arc the strongest and best advertisements Hood's Sarsaparilla has. No other preparation in existence has such a record of wonderful cures. ' This U why Hood's Sarsaparilla has the largest sale, and requires for iti produc tion the largest laboratory in the world. Now if you need a good medicine, why not try that which, has done others so much good. Remember "; . Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the Only True Blood Purifier prominently In the public eye, fl ; ' 5 Tjf act harmoniously wit HOOU S FillS BMd'aSarMparilla. 25 TWO KINDS OF KEBELS, It would be a very "cheeky" thing for the United States Sen ate to include in any resolution that it may pass on the Cuban question a request that Spain should agree to exchange priso ners with the so-called "rebels." This is a subject upon which our government would better keep "mum for it cannot be supposed that the Spaniards are ignorant of the fact that for twelve months or more, and this at the very crisis of affairs, the United States refused to exchange pris oners with the Confederates - People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. A na tion that compassed the death of thousands of prisoners by violat ing the cartel and refusing to continue exchanges, as it had agreed to do, should not go ou1; of its way to preach to Spain her duties with respect to the ameni ties of civilized warfare. Not only did Mr. Lincoln and General Graat compel us to keep their prisoners when we hadn't tne iooa witn wnicn to ieear them, but they delayed for three months to send for their priso ners after we had informed them that we would release them without demanding man for man. Furthermore, Lincoln and Grant declared that medicines for the sick and wounded Confederates were contraband of war and could not come into our terri tory. Considering how harsh was the treatment of us by the Fed eral Government, we are grati fied and amazed at the tenderness exhibited toward the Cuban rebels. It makes the position of the United States Govern ment a very inconsistent one; still we must say that it is in the right now, and we trust that it will do all that it can to obtain for the Cuban rebels those priv ileges, connected with the ex change of prisoners and care cf sick and wounded which it de nied to the Confederates. Furthermore, we wish to see our government acknowledge the belligerency of the Cuban rebels as soon as it may be done with propriety. We believe that the most that stands in the way of this action is the alleged fact that the rebels have not been able to establish a capital and maintain a stable government. Well, as to the government, that of the rebels has been almost as stable as that of the royalists in Cuba, and as for a capital, why the rebels hope soon to take pos session of Havana the rierhtf ul capital of the Cuban people. The Spanish Government is head over heels in debt and has little credit, and cannot continue to hold Cuba at the price it is now paying. Tne Pearl oi the Antillies has come to a posses sion that costs more than it comes too. Of course Spanish national pride revolts at the idea of parting with Cuba, but national pride will not float new loans to raise new armies to be sacrificed in the swamps of Cuba. Sooner or later Cuba will be free. And it ought to be free. By arms the Spanish colors were planted upon that island and by arms they will be re moved, W e who came in io national ex istence through rebellion cannot bnt sympathize with the Cuban patriots who are now waging war upon their tyrant rulers. We would have the United States go as far as it may with propris ety go to secure for the patriots such terms as will lessen the se verities of war; but we warn the Washington authorities not to "lay themselves open" as the resolution reported from the Senate committee would do to be reminded by Spain that Grant and Lincoln cut short the ex change of prisoners at a time when it meant death to thousands of men. Richmond Dispatch. And still we have reason to love Mr. Cleveland for the ene mies he has made. We hear of Reed envelopes be ing already handed around at certain points in the country, and, with each envelope goes the explanation that the contents are au account of the career of the Main statesman. Simply this, and nothing more (?). Mr. E. M. McDonald writes to the New York Sun making prominent the fact that, in 1835, Mr. Lincoln, who was then quite a young man, wrote a treatise on infidelity tIt was an attack upon the whole ground of Christian ity, and, of course, denied the divinity of our Saviour. Mr. Lincoln's employer, Mr. Samuel Hill, though himself a skeptic, got hold v of the MS. and put it into the fire. That this story is true, is confirmed by a letter from Mr. Herndon, . Lincoln's law-partner, published in the Toledo, (O.) Index", in 1870, The Indian medi cine man cures by charms and incan tations. He fright ens away the "evil spirit" who causes the sickness. He does all sorts of things that civilized people would call idiotic and barbaric, but the civilized folks are not so very much ahead after all. They do just as foolish things as does the medicine man. They go along carelessly, and al low the little sickness to grow into the big sickness. - They allow constipation to f.jrow into indigestion, heartburn, dizzi niss, headache, .nsomnia, and -a hundred other distressing conditions. They do this frequently because they do not know the cause of their trouble. It is a pretty safe rule to look for the source of 9-ioths or human sickness m this one simple and appallingly prevalent trouble. Another foolish thing that smart people do is to take some alleged remedy for constipa- : j t . 1 . i i, 1 lion ami jteep on waiting n, uay aner aay, month after month and year after year. Perhaps it is better to take the medicine than not to take it at all, but of course if they stop taking it, their trouble will come back. This last statement is true of every other medicine prepared for this Jrarpose except Dr. Fierce 's .Pleasant Pel ets. One " Pellet " is a gentle laxative. and two a mild catharic. They are gentle ana etncieut in their action, permanent in their results. You don't become a slave to their use, as with other pills. The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, in plain En glish, or Medicine Simplified by R.V. Pierce, M. D., Chief Consult ing Physician to the Invalids' Ho tel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y.. 1008 pages, illustrated. 680,000 copies sold at $1.50. Now sent, paper-bound, absolutely free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay for mailing only. Address the Author, as above. 8 Tfc" IA Bc,w5,7 He Was a Miser and Rich- " Paris, Jaruary 30. A short time ago an unknown American, a man apparently about 77 years old, fell iDto a fit while walking along the Boulevard des Capus cines. The police took charge of the case, as there was no one accompanying him or within sight who knew anything about the man. It was ascertained with some difficulty where the stranger lodged- and he was taken there. Among the papers found on his person was an envelope, which he carried in his inside pocket, bearing the postmark of Boston, and enclosing a check for 29,000 francs. The place where the man lived and to which he was taken unconscious by the police was a cheap lodging, where it was learned he had lived in apparent poverty for years. He expired soon af ter being taken to this place. A search of his domicile was there upon made, which revealed a quantity of French bank notes, American securities, etc., placed at various points in the apart ment, of the total value of 2,000 000 francs. Efforts are now be ing made to ascertain the name of the man. GLEANINGS Items of InterestClipped From our State ElxGriariaes. The city of New Orleans is about to spend 8,000,000 to put into effect a new drainage syss tern. The people of Nashville are organizing with a view of securs ing the Battle Abbey of the South for that city. TheTillman pitchfork is sharp, and more than single-pronged. There's no doubt about that. But is the pitchfork an implement suitable to the Senate? There's some question on this point. Zt's Brown's Iron Bitters you need. Women Sijffer from household ares; fro si over work; from worry; from neglect, or from diseases peculiar to their sax. ' In fact near!y til women need "building up," . Brown's Iron BItteits that old and reliable strengthening medicine, is made for just this purpose. It gently stimulates the action of "the vital organs and purifies and enrichisthe blood, beautifies the complexion?" sweetens the breath, and turns the weakness and suffer Ing of disease into, the Joy of pei feet health. Brown's Iron Bitters Is pleasant to take, nd it will not stain the teeth nor cause constipstion. See the crossed red linen . on the iwipper. Our book, '-How to Live a Hundred Years," tells nil about it: free tor Sc. stamp. 6a Bkown Chemical Co.. Baltimorb', Mo ASK for Plymouth Rock Gele tine Pink or white. Raleish Press-Visitor: This morning 35 shares of Peace In stitute stork were sold to Mrs W. Hutchings and others. The shares brought $61 each. Greenville Reflector: A charm ing drama entitled 4,The Deacon will be presented here in about two weeks under the manage. ment of Miss Sallie Ljinsnomb the cast of characters has been made and rehearsals are now in progress. Concord Standard: Rev. Dr W. A. Wood, rjastor of the P rps- byterian church of Statesville. who has been very sick with tys pnoia lever since last September, nas recovered, sumcientlv to re sume his duties and filled his pul pit ounaay morning. Concord Standard: Out of a total enrolment of tjudUs at the gaaded school of 440, only about seventy-live are absent. The school is progressing finely, and frot. bninn is greatly pleased witn tne great work he is doing. Wiston Sentinel: A srentleman remarked this morning that thp report Wets current in the North ern part of the county that cur townsman, Mr. u. Jti. Watson, was sroiucr to retire from the practic of law and enter the evan gelistic work. Raleigh Press-Visitor: We learn from an exchang that the Mooresville darkies have been debating some inteiesting and profound questions recently. Among the most important was. "YVriicn is the most use to the country, buzzards or lawyers?" The buzzards won. Greensboro Record: C. L. Pan- ky, of Lynchburg, a traveling man, died to-day at Mr. Hagans, where he and his wife have been boarding. He has been critically ill for some time with Bright's disease. He was a Mason and a Knight Templar and his remains win oe taKen in cnarge Dy a del esration from the lod-e hprft and carried to Lynchburg. Greenville Reflector: There is a movement on foot for a rail road from Greenville to Snow Hill. Petitions looking to this end are being circulated inGreene county. The Reflector topes the road will be secured. Snow Hill is badly in need of railroad facils ities -and a road from here to that town would also be conskK erable benefit to Greenville. Rockv Mount Arsronaut: Mrs. M STV Wbrslev. of Edfinnrnhfi county, died at her home, about four and a half miles from town, last week. Mrs. Worslev was about 56 years of age. She leaves nve cnnareD, mostly grown, be sides a large number of relatives and friends, to mourn her loss. She was an affectionate mother and a good neighbor. Washington Messenger: Ro bert Clark, col., who left here some six months ago with his corps of female evangelists to de liver to President Cleveland his prophetic message that the world would come to an end in five years, has arrived in Wash ington, D. C. We understand thai Uncle Robert is attracting considerable attention but he has been unable to gain an audience with the President. Asheville Citizen :Geo.H.Pugh, who was hurt on the yards oi the Southern railway yesterday at noon, aiea irom nis injury yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock at his home near the old depot, Mr. Pughjwas not an employe of the Asheville cotton mills, as stated yesterday, although be had been up to a month or so ago, when he went into the Southern's employ as coupler with one of the shifting crews. It is not known just how the acci? dent occurred, but he was struck in the breast by the break gear of a car that was being shifted, was knocked down and two wheels passed over his legs. Mr. Pugh was 28 years old and had a wife. He was a member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, in which order he carried $250 insurance. His re mains were sent to his old home at Randlesaau, N. C. Highest of all in Leavening Power; Latest U.S. Gov't Report ..J!(. Jl DR. fl. O. ATflTT'S SANATORIUM, KITiSTON, N. C. . ; 1 o r- Diseases of the Eu and General Surgery. ' .fatle boarded at $1 per AT COST! T A. LARGE LOT OK Ml ABLETS, Writing Paper, Envelopes. Pens, Ink, Blank Books, SmoKino and Gtiewino ToDaeco i YE, Soda, Potash, Matches, Baking Powders, Etc Will be sold AT and BELOW COST, at my old stand, corner Hotel Kennon. The above was selected from my stock before the recent sale. Give me a call. Sale commences To- Morrow, JANUARY 31st. G. F GRIFPIN, Corner Hotel Kennon. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! READ THE- Goldsboro Argus And you shall have knowledge- knowledge of all current news Political, Agricultural, Social, In ternational and otherwise, right up to the day of publication and with fresh, comprehensive editorial comment thereon THE ARGUS Is an established newspaper, with a record of eleven full years in the field of journalism and it has grown vigorous with the rolling years and is full of life and all its energy and power is devoted to the promotion of the best interests of the people and the development of the South. THE GOLDSBORO- Weekly Argus $1 Per Year. Is published every Thursday at GoldsboroDaily Argus Published every afternoon at $5 per year. xT os.E.RofoiiiLSori, EDITOR.
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