A Democratic Newspaper. Entered at the Post Office at Gold boro, N. C as Second-Class Matter, SSBSCRimON PRICE; tin Advance! jne copy, one year 85.00 One copy, six months 2.50 necopy, three months.. 1-25 tcopy, one month 0 Weekly Arqus, one year 1 GOLDSBORO. N. C, FEB. 1 8 iS97 THE DIGNITY OF LABOR. There is prevalent, and running back through the ages, a more or less widespread sentiment that manual labor is something to be ashamed of, and hence we hear the farmer spoken of lightly by the frivo'.ous as "the horny handed son of toil." a "hayseed," etc Rut the diunitv of honest labor, nevertheless, remains, and he who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow is fulfilling his Godsordained destiny. And, after all, it is work that sets lite to music ana reducesto harmony the stvifes of existence . But to come down to home af fairs. One of the great needs of this section is the touching up of agriculture and making it a digni fied avocation in appreciation as well as in fact. There is no higher life than that of the farmer. The truth is. if human affairs were progress ing in a normal way. farm life would be the most attractive to intelligent people. Let those now on the farm realize that there is no inferiority attaching to their pursuit. Let them also take on a more vigorous activity in the development of old time frugal ity. Let them learn to live at home more with a realizaiion that theirs is the best sort of liirinrr fn-w enfh it. k. Or IflRV hfi- come. Thousands of those who are now herding in our towns and cities, driven from pillar to post and living from hand to inoutb, should go to the country and live on a farm. Every one should strive tfl se cure a plot of land, if it is but a few rods, and erect therecn a cabin or cottage, as he may be ablr, and call it home. Let him continually strive to improve his home, internally and externally, and he will learn by and by to realize that -'be it ever so hum ble there's no place like home." We have been longing for years to see the plantations of this country cut up into small farms, each occupied and culti vated by its owner. When you see this country so occupied, and not till then, will you be able to say it is both prosperous aud happy. - THE FREE SEED BUSINESS The efforts of Secretary Morton to abolish the free distribution of 6eed by the government were easi ly defeated by Congressmen who consider "the seed that is given to scatter among their constituents a very valuable perquisite. The srowth of this business has 6een rapid and has reached enormous proportions . Three hundred thousand pack ages of seod was the government supply thirty years ago when the system was introduced. Last year more than 1,000,000 packa ges were sent out. They would have filled thirty freight cars. This year the government will go a great deal further and will sup -ply no less than 20,000,000 pack ages, or seventy-five car loads of seed. At this rate of increase the gov ernment will soon become the greatest of all dealers in seed. The free seed business will cost $100,000 this year, and as the cry every year is for more this expense will probably be greatly increased next year . In fact the appropriation already made for next year's free seed is $15. 000,1 Each congressman vfll receive this year 40,000 packages of veg etable seeds, 2,000 of flower seeds and 250 quarts of field seeds. At the rate the government is now going in this business the average citizen who wants to plant anything will soon sit and wait for the government to send him all the seeds he wants. The, next thing we know some body will propose that the gov ernment .supply the people free of cost with chickens, ducks, hogs, sheep and horses. The free seed business has passed the limit of common sense, and is doing much to inculcate the idea that it is the business of the government to support the people. ltCn OH OUUlitu, jwttugo uuiwr, dotrs and all stock , cure in 30 nrinutes bv Wool ford's Sanitary Lotion. This never failB. Sold by M E Robinson & Brp, druggists. Goldsboro, MC. The death of Mr. John Quirt Duprce, a well known and greatly esteemed Confederate soldier, as brave as ever wore the gray, who lost his leg in tthe battle at Dru ry's Bluff, occurred last" Friduy at his home in the Bentonsville seclon, in this county, Mr. I. V. Bardin, a Way no county man, who went South af ter the war and accumulated a for tune in Charleston, died at his home there last Friday. He was a brother of Mr . W. D . Bardin, of the Fremont section, and of the late Mr. "Jack" Bardin, of Sauls X Roads . Invitations have been issued by Col. S. B. Taylor, of Catharine Lake, Onslow county, to the mar riage of bis daughter Miss Lucy to Mr. 11. S. Collins, on the 24th inst. The prospective bride has many admiring friends in this city, whose best wishes will at tend her on the coming happy occasion and always. One of the happy events of Saulston township last week was the marriage of Miss Bettie. Parks, the amiable daughter of our es teemed friend Mr . Berry A. Parks, to Mr. Henry P. Hart, a popular young farmer of Greene county, elder John W. Gardner, of this city, officiating. The Argus wishes them abundant joy and the fullest measure of pros perity. Mt. Olive Items. Dear Artus: Mr. J. E Kel ley, formerly of this p'ae, but who now resides at Bennettsville, S. C, where he is telegraph op erator, visited relatives and friends in the city Sunday and Monday. Mr. D D. Hawkins, of Wil mington, is in the city combining business with pleasure. Our Register of Deeds, Geo. C. Koruegay.of Goldsboro, spent Sunday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. F. R. Kornegay near here. Miss Blanche Stith spent Sun day with the family of her uncle Mr. R. B. Parker, near here. On Thursday February ,11th, '97, Mr. W. B Jennett ana Miss Julia Parker were married at the home of the bride's father Mr. R B. Parker. The ceremony was performed bv Rev. M. M. Mc Farland. There were no attend ants. Miss Ella Stith, one of Golds boro's most charming young la dies, is visiting relatives and friends in this section this week Rev. A. lloyall is holding a series of sanctification meetings at the Martin school house. The meeting began Sunday night aud they pi each every rrght and day this week. Day services at 1 oclock; niarht services at 7:30 o'clock. Everyb dy is cordially invited to attend. R-v. N. M. Jurney, of Golls boro, was on our streets to-day. Mr. R. J. Souiherland left yes terday for Kenansville where he goes to spend a few days with his father Mr. B J. Southerland, of that place. Miss L'zzie Westbrook.of Fai- son, is visiting the family of Mr. J. A: Westbrook. It is with regret that we an nounce the illness of Mrs. Ed. Grady of this place, however, we hope soon to report her much better. J. H. C. M Olive, Feb. 16tb, '97. Unusual Family Record. Editou Argus : In talking with my father a few days ago, he told me a fact in connection with our family, which I consider rather remarkable. Below I give it to you, and if you consider it of enough interest to give to your readers, I shall be glad to see it in your paper : John Koinegay, the father of C. F. R. and Giles Kor negay, was born in Duplin county May 23, 1798, and died .Nov. 23, 1887, being 89i years old. Cath arine Kornegay, his wife, was born April 14, 1801, and died Nov. 3, 1677, being nearly 76. They were married in Dec. 1823, and lived happily together for nearly 54 years. They were the parents of eight children, three sons and five daughters, six of whom are yet living. They were the grand parents of thirty-mine children, thirty-five of whom are living. They were the great-grand pa rents of four children, all of whom are living. The most remarkable fact is that there has been but six deaths f the direct descendants of thirty two people in the long time of nearly three quarters of a century, that, too, in a family of fifty three persons, and one of these was caused by a shot received dur ing the late war. Yours truly, G. C. KOKNEGAY, Goldsboro, N. C.,Feb 17, '97. Pikeville Letter. I There hwe appeared in the columns of this paper for several years the ad vertisements of Ely's Cream Balm, a remedy fo" Catarrh, cold in i.he head, and for hay fever. It is with much pleasure that we can call the particular attention cf our readers to the fact that this article stancs very high as a catarrh need o'ne. Ely Brothers, -we are informed, have had long expeii ence as druggists and pharmacists, and a remedy co-ning from such a. source should have the confidence of those de siring a reliable preparation. One fact that should inspire confidence in that catarrh cure (Ely's Cream Balm) is that they are willing to have it put to the test, and in order that every one may try it they are now offering a gen erous trial size through the druggists or will mail it on receipt of tOcents. The full size is 50 ceqts per package. You need not hesitate to tend to them for the remedy. Their address is 56 War ren Street. New York, City, Dear Argus: We have bad fine weather during the past week and farm work has betn progressing finely. ' Rev. A. L. Ormond filled his regular. . appointment at Mt. iCarmel church near here Sun- Idayatlla m. " - I Mf. W. ,L. Ezzell returned jhome Monday from Wilson,! ( where be has been spending some days on a visit to relatives. We are glad to be able to re- port that there is a little im provement in the condition of lE'der J. T. Edgerton who Las been seriously ill for several weeks. Mr. a id Mrs. Ed Howard, of the Fremont section, spent Sun day in town with relatives. llftr many friends will be glad to learn that Mis3 Lula Dees, who has been quite sick for some days, has recovered. Mr. John T. Hooks, one of Fremont's most prominent citi zens, who ought to ba married, was visiting among us Sunday. We are glad to learn that our neighbor Mr. John C. Smith. hs-s so far recovered from his recent severe illness as to be able to be up again. Miss Mat tie Ham, who has been teaching at oid TMahunta church for the past two months, is at home again to the delight of her mauy friends here. J. F. H. February 17, '97. Legislative Lock Pickers - It is our unpleasant duty to chide Brose again aud along with him Lieut-Governor Charlie Reynolds They have been pick ing"loeks nice -business for the Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives and the President nf the State Senate. Th. ir auto cratic proceedings of breaking into Enrolling Clerk Swinson's office and desks Saturday in ousting him because he refused to surrender his prerogatives at d self respect is not surprising. That is, it is not surprising in Brose. Brose has demonstrated all along that he couldn't be fair to his opponents if he wanted to, and he has never wanted to Brose over rides rules of order and parliamentary law whenever it suits his purpose. You knew he never recogn'z-is MeKerzie, just for spite, and Reynolds is oue of his kind. We wish to assure Enrolling CI jrk S wiuson of our distinguish ed consideration once more. Hail and good day, Swinson, Abdul Hamid Brose and Grand V'zier Reynolds will not endure. They are appalling accidents of fortune. They are specimens of the unspeakable Turks of latter day politics the product of the miscegenation of Republicanism and Populism. Charlotte Observer. Goldsboro Market PRICES CURRENT. The Following are the Latest Whoesale Quotations on Artices Named. COTTON. ' Market steady on a basis of 6ic for middling: r " Low middling 6i Middling 6i Good middling 6J TOBACCO. Fillers: - common ......'.............., 1 (5 2 Me-liuir .2 (a) 4 Good 4 7 Pine ..... 7 (a? 10 Smokers Common............. 2 4 Medium ........... '4 (aft . 6 Good... ; 6(2 8 Fine 8 11 Cutters Common...! 7 10 "Medium 10 14 Good 14(318 Fine 18 (c$ 25 Wrappers Common.... ...15 18 Medium ,.18(e0 2O Good 25 (g SB Fine. . ..... ......85 to 45 Fancy ... 50 to 72 MEATS. Sides, dry salt 3 to 4 Fresh pork 4i to 5 Sugar cured hams 12 i N. O Hams 8 to 10 Breakfast Bacon 11 Salt Mullets 2 5 to 3 Lard 5 to 6 Turkeys, d rested . Ti to 8 Turke.-s, undressed 5 to 6 Chickens, dressed.... . i to 8 Chickens, live, apiece ....17 to 25 STAPLE GROCERIES. FlourFancy Patent T..50 Good Family 4 f 0 Meal per sack ! 5 to 1.00 Sugar 4.68 to 5 Coffee 15 to 2 Cheese 10i to:lt Salt 50 to 1.50 PRODUCE. Con 40 Rice, rough (50 to "0 Rye 75 Oats ... 30 to 35 Braa oer 100 lbs 80 Garden Peas, per bag 5 00 Potatoes, sweet. ... 40 to 50 Potatoes. Irish 1.00 Peanuts 60 to 75 Apples. 1 75 Eggs 10 Butter 20 to 30 Tallow 2 to 2i Bees wax 18 to 20 Hides, green 2i to 3 Hides, dry 6 to 7 A Word or Two . sufferers from catarrh" will not be amiss if a cure can be offered, Ely's Cream Balm has become a favorite in all sections of the United States. Your -oold in the head will be quickly re- nevea Dy n ana the severest attack of catarrh wlil yield to and be perfectly cured bv a thorough treatment Ca tarrh is not a blood dLease. but on in tlamation of the passages of the nose and throat, due to climatic changes. Yor ,glpl)CoXcscirtv. ELY'S CREAM BALM 1b a positive cure. Apply into the nostrils. It is quickly absorbed. 60 cents at Druggists or by mail ; samples 10c by mail. SLY BROTHERS, 66 Warren St., New York City. fltj's Gream Balm opens and cleans the naal passages. allays pain and . inflammation, heals and protects the membrane from colds' restores tne senses of taste and smell. Is quickly absorbed. Gives relief at once, ou cents at druggists or by mail; samples 10c by mail HINDH:Oft 'iiisoiilysijreCiireftil Corns. Stops all pain. Makes walking cr. Inc. at Drurritts, PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cleanse and beautifie th h&c Promote a ltLxurinnt iTTowth- N?ver Palls to Restore Grayl "ur iu its ioatuui ivuiur. Cure scalp disease hair f&lliusv JOc snd 1.00 at Druggist If yon areCONSU MPTIVE or I Indi(restton. Pninful ills or Orbllity of any kind use j PAKKEK-8 SINGES TONIC. Many who were hope lessaud iliacouraved tiava reKained health tay its use. Why will you buy bitter nau.c-ea.tiug tonics when Grove V Tasteless 0!lill Tonio is pleasant as Lmon Syrup. Your druggist is au horized to ref"id the money in evry e se where it fails to cure Price 50 CATARRH LOGALDJSEASE and the result of colds and sudden climatic changes. For Your Protection we positively state that this remedy does not contain mercury or any other injurious drug. Ely's Gr&am Baliii s' acknowledged to be the most thor ough cure for Nasal Catarrh, cold in head and Hay Fever of all remedies. It opens and cleanses tne nasal pas sages, allays pain and inflammation, heals the sores, protects the membrane from c Ids. restores the senses of taste and smell. A particle is applied di rectly into the nostrils, is agreeable 50 cents at druggists or by mail; sam ples 10c. by mail. ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren Street. New York. 1 Potash is a necessary and important ingredient of complete fer tilizers. Crops of all kinds ' require a properly balanced manure. The best Fertilizers contain a high percentage of Potash. All about Potash the results of its use by actual ex periment on the best farms in the United States u told in a little book which we publish and will gladly mail free to any farmer in America who will write for it, GERMAN KALI WORKS, 92 Nassau St., New York. FOR Watch Owners. Don't carry your Watch over a year without cleaning. Every Watch should be cleaned and oiled at least once a year. The balance wheel of an ordinary Watch makes 432,000 Vibrations in 24 hours or 18,000,000 in a Year, and you can't expect it -to go longer than a Year without using up the oil, resulting in the rusting and cutting out of the piv ots." I can put it rieht for you in a most skillful fashion and at a small charge. R. A. GREKUH, F. O HUMPHREY, COMMISSION MERCHANT. Cotton, Wheat, Corn, Pork, Lard, Ribs, Et Correspondent Messrs. H. W. Sil&by & Co. Correspondents . Messrs. S. Munn & Son, Messrs, Robt. Lindblom & Co. New York and Chicago. ! FQR YOUR EARLY SPRING SEWING! . o WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL STOCK Of o Witc Goods, Deities, Embroideries, TorcttP, .J -ai)d Valenciennes Lcaces. WE HAVE THE CHEAPEST LINE f OF LACES EVER BROUGHT TO GOLDSBORO. J f f f ; A Few Patterns of those suits left at $1.58. Also about 2$ pairs of Shoes that we j ft 1 .if . w win close out at aoout nair price. 5 W 8c g. i Can You Beat It? I Don't Think So. WORSTED BRAIDS li cts per vd up. Sewiner silk. 100 vc spools 7-tt. SiltMJ) 50 yds, 4 cts. twist 2 eta. Embroidery silk 8 cts doz. Crochet cot TtSi(s. ton 5 cts, 6 for 25 ctf, hooks and eves 1c doz, 6 doz buttons 3 and n cts. pearl buttons 5 cts dozen and ur, a lCcts metal button now at R cts. crreirr) buttons 7cts and up, mourning- pins 2 cts. box needles 1 c, Will sell you rood corset for 39, 48, 65 and 5)5 eta spool co ton cts. finecoabs 2 cts and up. A good 3 and 4 string broom 17 and 2rcts. Buggy whips 8 cts and up. BILL- BOOKS ' AT COST ! The above prices can't be found clsewhf-re on the same quality . . . of Goods. Anything in my store I will save you money on. Call and see me. Mrs M F Johnson- ' Under Opera House SPECIAL West Centre St. .Tewele THAT OFFER. .. . STILL HOLDS GOOD. AND IF YOU WISH to have your buggy i re - painted and made to look as good as new, and with workmanship guaranteed first class in every particular, bring it to me, in the rear of C Summerlin's re- pair shop on th corner of John and Ash street?. I am still offering to paint them at the small price of FIVE LKJJULi A KSS JAS U. Carriages. Phaetons and all other vehicles or job painting at prices low m proportion. Kespectfully, Richard Brown. SPECIAL SALE IN REMNANTS. Selling this week until Saturday for one-third of their value, consisting of wuoien uress goous, gingnamp, percaxs. outinsrs. etc. Come if you wish to se cure bargains at. Jos. Edwards, Cham pion of row prices. AN ATTRACTIVE SALE for bar gain seekers. For the next ten days I will offer my entire Fall and Winter sto.ck at and below cpst to mke room for my spring goods Take advantage of this opportunity while you have the chance Jos. Ettwards, Champion of Low Prices. . DISSOLUTION NOTICE The firm of S. Grady & Sor, heretofore doing business at Dudley, N. C. , has been dissolved and no one has authority to use said firm name for the purchase of goods or the transac tion of other business. SIMEON GRADY. Feb'y 1. 1897. dfcw20d. FERTILIZERS ! FERTILIZERS ! We Offer the following High Grade Fertilizers to the trade and public: 1,500 Tons Prolific Cotton Grower. 1,000 Tons Gibbs' High-Grade Guano. 1. OOQ Tons very high grade Acid Phos phate. 1,500 Tons Genuine German Kainit, our own importation. 200 Tons Bone and Potash. 200 Tons Golden Belt Tobacco Guano., All of which goods will be sold on rea sonable terms. SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO DEALERS AND LARGE BUYERS. Cam'ane ROYALL & BORDEN'S TH IS WEEK! AT Special Prices. Hats. Ms. Hats Hats ! HATS, HATS, HAT5! N ft IEIL& BROS RWSTYUEC PRIGBO NOBBY AND GOOD QUALITY. 'The Reliable," "The Howard,"- and "Stetsons," These three, no more. Our Fedora shape is well worth your inspection. Late buvers in goods to order will do well to examine Our Merchant Tailoring Line of Samples. Great reductions. 1-3 off. Einstein Giotiiinaco "Behold the Man, Everybody Says So. Cascarets Candy Cathdrtic, the most wonderful, medical discovery of the age, pieasant and refreshlns to the tnste, act gently and : positively on kikneys, liver and bowels, cleansing the entire system, dispel colds' eura headache, fever habisnal constipation and biliousness. Please buy and try a try a box of C. C. C. to-day; 10, 25, 50 cents. Sold and tfusranteed to cure by all druggist He is not Free to Run!" 0 ... The same trouble with your Watch or Clock, They need something tc SET them FREE for RUNNING. Then bring them in. All repair- - ing guaranteed or no charges made. A Cleaning Run at all times in Bargains is going on in . my store. Prices Reasonable. L. D. Giddens, Jr Watchmaker, Jeweler and Engraver. . Fertilizers ! 500 Tons Raleigh Standard Cu : : ana. 200 T os Orinoco Tobacco Gu ano. 200 Tons Navassa Guano. 200 Tons O fl Dominion Guano. . ' 100 Tons Potappca Gnano. 200 Tons Dis. Bone and Potash. 300 T:ns Navassa Acid I'hos- phatp. 30J Tons Pure German Kainit. -ALSO- COTTON SEED MEAL. Diiti'c f iil to see us. We han ii only first, class Goods, nd will meet t he lowest compel it ion in prices. Best & Tnoropson. ncK. By virtue of an order of ho Suoeiior Court, in an ex-parle procet,din:r id- titled J. W Lant;siOu aud others to ihe Court, ihe underpinned w'll sell for -tb at the court hou-e door in Holds boro, on Monday the 1st day of March 18 '7, at 12 o'clock no., the following tie scribed realty viz: Beginning w itb A. B Freeman's N. E corner on Stony O eek and runs thence with his :ne westerly to W. A. Peacock' line; then with his line no thrly to John SmitVa W. corner, then with thU line ea terlv to Stony Creek, then liown Stony t eek u the beginn mr. containing one hundred and ven acres more or less. ThU 29th day f January. 1897. EARLE A HUMPHREY. Corn'r. "TOTT E OF SEIZURE Notice is hereby given of ih- reiziir" of 'he following property for vioiat o -f th inte nal rev nue law unoer sec ion 3 52 and 343; R. S one cop er till, cap and worm condence a .d and pilot, also 9 p ckages o n wh s k y. the nio eitv of It. V. Pox. tf fdMdsbro N r Any p"f8'-n clin -ing any of satd prcpert.v is hereby not ified to appear in my office in Raleigh, N C. within thirty day from 'he a e fo reof and make such claim in the hem and m:mre " prescr:di bfNw r t e S'id rop r y will te .. eih o heUni ed at e- F. M. Simmrn-. Rev Col. 4th D by R. ' J. Hill, Daputy C jliecwr Feb'y8, 187 The Bank of Wayne vs. Nnnio Howard. -FTenry Howard, Ma- y Ho aid. PnuHne llowa -d, Bertell Howard and Elira How a d. This is an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendants for the foreclosure of a mortga-jre exrecteri by J. M. Howard upon a lot of laud t-Lu -to in Mount Olive. W ayne county, No th. Carolina, and tne defendants Annie Howard. Mary Howard. Pa'iline How ard, and Elma How (1 are hereby notified to npp'a' i.t a toi m of lh Su per io co"rt ol Wane eo inty, North Carolina, to be held in Ooldsboro, on the 6th Monday after the 1st Monday of March 1897. and answer or demur to the complaint which will be filrd in the office of the (jlerkpf tne S ?ptrior Court and the are further- notified that if they ohail fail to appear and answer or demur the plaintiff will pray the Court to grant the relief demaued in the complaint This 4th day of January, 1897. C. F. Herring. C. S. C. WayneJlj., North Carolina. NOTICE OF idALE. By virtue cf an crder of tne Superior Court, in an ex parte "pi oeeding en titled Isaac Lan, et a's, "o th- court, I will sell for cash at the court bous-i door in Goldsboi o, on The.-d - y, M arch lfith. 1897, at li o'clock m, the foi:ow ihg described lands lying and being in Brogden township, near Mt. Olive and bounded s follows viz: Be inniigat a stake on the New Hi a I aud runs thence V 16 W 4?i poles to a stake, thence N 25 E, 114i poles to a stal e; thence S 25 E ibout 80polhs to a stake; tbence S Z5 W '10 poles to a staki t New Road, thence to the be'innirg, containing 5 af-res.. more or less. E. A. HUMPHREY. Feb. 13 '97. Cotrmissloner. Flsn. Fish i Fresh and Salt. Water Fish I have five hundred nets ard trans in Neuse river new, to supply my custom ers with Fresh Water Fish, such as vvmce Shad. Herring, Perch, Jack, etc I am also daily l eceiviner all ti e diffei- ent kinds of Salt Water Fish, Oyaters, etc I am the only fish dealer here that can supp y you with both fresh ad alt water fish. MR. N O. PRICE is still in iharee of mv retail stand i.i ftnlrl- oro and will supply you at any time, i rrceive your oiaer ana lorwara to ne. I will do my be&t a all times to please you. Resrx c'fully, R. W. TAYLOR, VIOPEHEAD CITI, N. C. PINEAPPLES, Kid Glove Oranges, Malaga Grapes, Dried Figs, and other Fruits. Just Received. The Original Ptanut Brittle Always Fresh. Tobacconist and Confectioner 3PPOKENNON. . Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Tonr Xi . ' - - - If you v ant to quit tobacco using -easily and forever, f e made well, t.ti ong magnetic, full of new life and vigor 'ake No-To-Bac. the wonder worker tbat makes weak men strong. Many rain ten hounrfa 1 n ton ri&i- n 000 cured. Buy No-To-Bac of your . .3 . . - "(!iS"i uuor kuaiuuKew CUie, 50 5t or $1. v Boo fclet aud sample me I'ep 'ree. Ad. Sterling J tnnj Ct Cbf jagoorNew yptjc, .