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A Democratic Newsoaper.
JOS. E. RORrNSON.
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DAILY ARGUS.
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Entered at the Post Office at lioMs
boro, N. C. aa Sacond-niass Matt.-r.
GOLDSEORO ST. C MAY 19. 1898,
WHY IS WHEAT SO HIGH?
The almost unparalled rapiclity
with which wheat has advanced in
price within the last few weeks
makes a condition which demands
prompt legal action to prevent a
repetition of tho agencies that
caused it. It is not due to either
a largely iucreascd demand for
consumption or to a deficiency of
the supply for legitimate com
merce. Slight changes in the
daily reports of "visible supply,"
or varying estimates of the in
coming crops, will net account for
the sudden rise of 20 or 25 cent
per bushel ia a day, or 50 cents in
a week, nor for the loss of 11
cents of that advance in a single
day; neither will the increasced
purchases of breadstuff's by the
government for army supplies.
Tho controlling factor in this
great disturbance of the whole
some law of supplies and demand
is the enormous gambling in "fu
tures," involving many millions
of bushels. The so-called hold
ings of Leiter alone reach that
vast amount. lie docs not, to be
sure, hold all of this great stock
in actual grain; but the inquiry
for wheat to settle his maturing
deals creates an unnatural demapd
which makes the extraordinary
fluctuations in price, and "all the
people of the country are thus
made to sulfer for his gain. The
"shorts" in the deal must either
procure the wheat or pay the dif
ference between the price con
tracted for and that existing at the
maturity of the deal, and the de
mand for the wheat to square the
gambling transaction causes the
inordinate rise in the price.
It is a pressing question, and
on 3 which seriously concerns all
bread-aater. whether laws of
sufficient stringency should not
be promptly enacted to suppress
this pernicious speculation and
engrossment of the necessaries
of life. Dealing in lottery tickets,
which the government has sup
pressed by exe'uding cor res
pcudenc through the mails, is a
minor evil and abuse compared
with gambling in wheat and other
produce. The purchasers of lot
tery tickets invested but little
money in the business, and ii
was their own money. No ins
stance of embezzlement or other
form of stealing is attributed to
the purchase of lottery tickets,
and no suicides are charged to
unfortunate ventures of this kind,
but the instances of embezzle.-
ment and suicide caused by gam
bling in futures are many and
disastrous, involving not only
the dealers, but many other's
whose monay they wrongfuUy
used. Why should it not be sup
pressed like the lottery business?
Perhaps the same means may not
be adequate, and perhaps con
gress has no power to resort to
other measures (though really
there has been so much assumpt
ion of power by congress that it
is now difficult to define its con
stitutional limitation). But surely
concordant action of congress
and the state legislature can sup
press a species of gambling
which, for the greed of a few
speculato rs, is now taxing the
laboring people of the country
more heavily than any state or
federal executions.
SUDDEN DEATH OFREMENYI.
Dies at the Orphean Theatre Af
ter Playing Old Glory.
San Francisco, Cal., May 15.
Edward Kemenyi, who has held
royalty enchanted and has en
thralled fashionable audiences all
over tho world, fell dead this af
ternoon at the Orpheau Theatre in
this city. It was Kemenyi' a first
appearance on the vaudeville
stage. He had planned two or
three classical pieces and had an
swered to an encore with "Old
Glory." Kemenyi played as if
inspirited and his three thousand
auditors rose from their seats in
their excitement, completely car
ried away by his achievement.
Wbeu the music ceased, the
house was swept with a torrent
of bravoes. The applause was al
most deafening and continued for
several minutes. Rwmenyi and
his accompanyist, E. S. Rosner,
came forward and in response to
another Durst of applause the
great violinist commenced to play
"Delibas' Pizzicati." He com
pleted a few verses whan he
leaned forward as if to speak to
one of the musicians in the or
chestra, continuing his piece. He
seemed to pause for a minute and
thea slowly fell forward on his
face. One of the musicians
caught him before he touched
the stage and prevented him
from rolling off. He was carried
from the stage and physicians
were immediately summoned, but
the aged musician was past med
ical aid. The doctors worked
upon him for some time.
Ramsayi had seemed over
whelmed at the great reception
given. After playing his first se-s
lection, ne said to a friend" be
hiud the stage: "Wonderful, a
wonderful audience: wonderful;
a great people."
His playing of "Old Glory"
was truly enchanting. His instru
ment seemed to speak. The ex
pression was marvelous. It
seemed as if he must have known
it was to have been his fiaal ef
fort. Edward Remenyi was born in
Hungary sixty-four years ago.
Ho loaves a widow, a sou and a
daughter who reside in New
Yoi k.
Remenyi's deft touches evolv
ed such d-jlicioas strains as un
questionably stamped him as one
of the greatest violinists of the
enjoying U too. Of course there Yj0U I HSU red ?
is w piautj liKB oiu vv ay ne.
Uncle
Sam
Says:
This is
America's
Greatest
Medicine.
It will
Sharpen
Your Appetite
Purify and
Vitalize Your Blood. Overcome That
Tired Feeling. Get a bottle of
Hood's Sarsaparilla and begin to
take it TODAY, and realize the great
good It is sure to do you.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
la America's Greatest Medicine. All druggists.
fashion that statesman has touched
upon an aspect of the future rela
tions of the two republics which
concern France even more in
timately than it concern? us. It
seems almost ridiculous to speak
of non-paticipation in an indus
trial show as severe punishment
for injurious treatment; and in the
case of any other nation it would
be ridiculous. In France, how
ever, occasional expositions, which
attract the world to Paris and fill
the pockets of the thrii'ty people, of
that charming city, amount to the
importance of momentous affairs
of State; and upon the success or
failure may depend the fate of
Ministers, if not of Constitutions .
Yet the withholding of our
usual proportionate contributions
to the glory and financial success
the
great
fairs
French have such genius
which
for
the
or
ganizing would be a small loss to
them as compared with a general
withdrawal of American pocket
books. It is safe to say that
France's investment vo Spanish
bonus is a less important con
sideration to the peoplo.frotn the
pecuniary view merely than the
continuance of the good will and
habitual patronage of American
travellers and American customers.
age.
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My bhJiy si" tor J-art a rash, oansiEjt her in
tense suffering. Wo bajl doctors, and tried
everything, without a cure. It TOonld scab
over, crank open, a watery matter would ooze
out and the scab fall oil. We procured a box
ot Ctrrrori; A (ointment), a cako oj Cuticttka
Soap, and C rrncrraA Resolvent, and she was
entirely cured icilhout a sear being left.
- SliSS LITXT3 CHASE, Bristol, Vt.
- Ppisedt Citre TBATBifT. Warm bath3Triti Ctttt
- ci-H HOAP.pcntle anointings with Cracmu, the great
km cure. Md miid dosca ot C'Tic jba IlESulvy T
4rM thmtifrtflieworVl. Pottkr Dnro Awn ensu-:
Dr. Mills' Newvb PfiASTBliscure RHEIlMi.
Xl?TJ. WtAK ilACiiS. At druggists, only 25c,
France's Immense Tuterest
America's Good Will.
With his accustomed plainness
of speech Gen. Grosvenor of Ohio
has expressed his intention of op
posing any oppropriation to en
able this Government to take part
in the Paris Exposition of 1900.
"I am sick of France," the Gen
eral is reported as saying, ('and I
intend to make the act known in
Congress and out of it . "
This candid statement must be
regarded as wholly personal. It
probably does .not represent the
prevailing sentiment in this coun
try towards the younger republic
oa tho other side of the Atlantic.
It is permature, in the sense that
it is in advance of public opinion.
Americans generally have not
got beyond the stage of disap
pointment and astonishment at the
fiercely and sometimes grotesquely
hostile utterances of French news
papers concerning us and our war
with Spain; or at the reports that
popular sympathy with our en.
emy is so demonstrative in Paris
as to render that usually agreeable
capital an unpleasant place of so.
jourrr for our citizens, or at the
several charges of distinctly un
friendly acts on the pari of French
men for whese correct behavior a3
neutrals the French Government
is moro or less directly responsible,
Americans who cherish the
traditions of old friendship be
tween the two nations are yet hop
ing that the tones of the French
newspapers 1 misrepresent the
actual sentiments of the French
people; that the reports from
Paris are exaggerated; and that
the French Government may be
able to prove promptly that there
is no ground for suspecting it or
its agents of any violation of the
spirit of that strict neutrality
which is now our right as well as
our pleasure to expect from
France. .
Our people will be slow in ar
riving at the conclusion which
General Grosvenor has so swiftly
reacked. . .
Nevertheless, it' must be said
that in bis blunt and impetuous
Dudley Items.
Dudley, N. C, May 16,
Dear Argus: Messrs, Joe.
and Geo. Smith, of Warsaw,
spent Saturday night and Sun
day near here.
Miss Alice Lewis, of Green-
leaf, spent last week visiting
friends near here.
We are glad to announce that
Capt. Mathis, who has been quite
sick, is out again.
Mr. Thomas Mathis visited
Mt. Olive Sunday.
Mr. W. B. Fields, of Selma,
has been spending a frfw days
with friends here.
Mr. Giles Kornegay, Jr., vis
ited Goldsboro Friday.
Mr. Willie Grady has returned
from business for afoi7 months,
and is spending his vacation at
Mr. A, m. Herring's,
Miss Mirie Price, who has been
spending some time here, left
this week for her home in Goldsboro.
Dr. W. S. Grady spent some
time last week atMr.R. M. Cox's.
He is very busy of late. His new
bouse wiil soon reach completion
and then we'll see the rest.
M. Quad
Mr. Walter Perkins, of the
Neuse section, an-J Mr. Carl Pike,
of your city, were witb us on
Sunday last.
Well, we are having splendid
roads to town now except a few
holes which stand open the year
round. We dot.'t know why they
are not filled in, for "uncle,.
Jack gets enough wheels to re
pair anyway. -
Garden peas are about off. and
the pickers have most of the
money.
Reader.
Pinkney Items.
Pinkney, N. C, May 17, '98.
Dear Argus: Mr and Mrs.
Isaac Crow, of Goldsboro, were
visiting relatives in our midst
Sunday.
Rev. Charles Peterson, near
PrincetOD, preached at Nahunta
Sunday.
; Mr. J. R. Blay lock returned
last week from Raleigh, where
he had been to prepare for the
Spanish American war. When
there is any fighting to be done,
Bob will be. "extremely absent "
Miss Lizzie Smith, of Femont,
was visiting friends among us
Sunday.
Rev. B, E. Perkins filled his
regular appointment at Oakland
Sunday.
Miss Nina Biaylock, of Fre
mont, is visiting her sister near
here.
Miss Clara Edgerton, of John
son county, was ia our vicinity
last week, visiting friends and
relatives.
Massrs. LiiFayette Pippin and
Murray Stone, of Fremont, made
a flying visit in our section Sun
day. Mrs. Ben Winders, who has
been visiting relatives in Golds
boro, returned home Sunday.
Mrs. Ella Biaylock returned
last week from a visit to rela
tives near Fremont.
Not much sickness 'u our midst
now except a few cases of the
measles.
Miss Mary Kennedy, of innnt
Olive, was in our midst Sunday,
visiting Miss Eva Eigerton,
Mrs. Sallie Cuddington was
here last week visiting her moth
er Mrs. Susan Merritt.
Raymond.
K YOUR
Druggist
for a erenerous
Trial Size- :f rS
IF NOT-
Why?
Dobbin
s ferra!!.
THE ONE SPOT ON EARTH
WHERE, A MAN FINDS
SOLID COMFORT
is in bis own home. iSo when you have
once secured on ee that you keep it
'4m
fir &
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by placing insurance on it in a good,
solid company, so that you will be pro
tected in case of fire. Our companies
are prompt in payment, vast in re
sources, and offer you reasonable rates.
We make a specialty of insurance in
all its branches.
Geo. W. Dewey & Bro.
GOLDSBORO, N. C. '
Mrs. Annie Cohn
III
SPRING 1898.
FasmonaDiu
inery.
We can show tho larg-est as well as
the best selected stock of Millinery to
be found in the State.
Our styles are correct, our prices are
reasonable and everything sold is
guaranteed to be as represented.
We can furnish you wjth any and
everything usually found iu a first-class
millinery store.
Very Respectfully,
firs. Annie Cohn.
Beginning
Anew !
nTbe disaster that overtook the ol3
firm of Watts & Watts is now generally
known so are the low prices that pre-
10 Gent
ream Balm
finnt.fiins nn rnr
ame, mercury or COLD 5N HEAD
any other injurious drug. It is quickly
absorbed. Gives' relief at. once. op
ens and cleanses the nasal passages,
Allays innamation. Heals and protects
the membrane. Restores the senses of
taste and smell. Full size 50 cents.
Trial 10c, at druggiscs or by mail.
ELY BROTHERS,
56 Warren Steet. New York.
HAia BALSAM
ilSS!v-S Ct-smtet and beantifiea the hir.
XS&K' Promotes taiariint growth.
3 Hair to its Youthful Color, j
Cures ecaln di eases & hair falling
ENNYRGraL FILLS
safe, always reliable, ladies ask
jM-nims lor r-aicaeeter Kiia uili nin-i
rnond Brand in llnd atid GUd mctaUicN
aoxBB. pf asa with hlna nhbon. Tfite
no other Jisftisedanneroua mittgfrH
turns and imitations. Ainrn-nHm wnrU
in stamps for particulars, tegtimonials and
"tceuer rcr i-unii-, ' m utter, bj return
- trail
ta!L S O.OO) Testimonials. Name Paper.
Woodland Crumbs
Dear Abgus: The bail storm
on Sunday evening came father
unexpectedly, but did no serious
carnage, we were very glad to
have the refreshing showers that
accompanied it.
The Sunday School held every
Sabbath evening at the Dudley
school-house, conducted by the
Massey sisters and others, is do
ing excellent work and we wish
it much success.
We notice improvements every
year in the Parker section of our
township, near Falling creek,
made by Messrs. Parker, Over
man, Peel, Grantham and others,
and if '.prosperity continues, we
shall look for a town to be start
ed in'jthat section to be called
Pivrkersville iu the near ifuture4
We go forward.
Mr. James Peel since his re
turn from Kaleigh to the farm
seems-to be applying himself
to business -pretty close. We don't
see him now much more than
when at Raleigh,.
Mr. John H. Edgsrton, of
Guilford county, a f ormer resi
dent of Wayne 'county,- is visiting
friends arid" relatives in this sec
tion. We are glad to see our old
lip
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vailed at the closing-out sale of their
jewelry stock.
Those low prices will be maintained
by the new management, and the pub
lic generally are cordially invited to
isit the new store uoder the Messenger
Opera House, where a complete stock,
up-to-date, will be found
R. A. WATTS, Agent.
BONDS
123 and 125 Fayetteville St.,
TUCKERS' STORE,
. RALEIGH, N. G.
Just Now Very
Stylish
Printed Foulards
and India Silks.
Oar styles are prettier than
other stores. We have the
tastiest buyer in America.
Our prices are also lower than
any other store's.
Let us send you sarnp'es and
you will send us an order.
WRITE TO US.
Dobbin & Ferrail.
NEW
Spring Goods!
Millinerv,
Fancy Goods and
Notions.
Children's Fine Lawn Caps at prices
to suit. Ladies' Umbrellas. The
Featherbone Corsets the best on
the irarket. Also full line of Art
material.
New Patterns
in Stamped Linen.
"Will be pleased to see my friends.
Mrs. S. D. PottewaH.
West Centre Street.
war. War :
On High. Prices ! If you don't
believe it, just come to see us, and
be convinced that I am still the
"HUSTLER" OF GOLDSBORO.
Thompson's Glove-Fitting
or set I
IS SO SIMPLE IN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION,
besides being so well known, that it requires but
a word of description. The secret of it all lies in sub
stituting for gores, TRANSVERSE seams, in graceful
curves, which adapt themselves to all figures, thus
securing the most perfect and comfortable fit.
It is made in three or more pieces and being cut
on correct geometrical principles, with transverse seams
running round the body, instead of up and down,
evades all strain, thus avoiding the objections urged
against every other corset. The fit is perfect, tor it is
automatic, or self-adjusting, yielding so easily to every
movement that the wearer is unconscious of any feel
ing of constraint :
That accounts for the fact that the "glove-fitting"
corset has become a universal favorite. In the whole
realm of costume no one perfected article of dress
ever gained so wide a popularity so quickly and re
tained it so long as the "GLOVE-FITTING" CORSET.
It is made in an almost unlimited variety of shapes
4, 5 and 6 hooks. If you have once experienced the
infinite relief they afford, you would wear always
THOMPSON'S.
We take the liberty of calling your attention to
our new "Paris Shape" Glove-Fitting Corset. Its
features are "low in bust," "long
waist," and "short on the hips";
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DECORATION DAY
FLOWERS
will be duplicated in their perfume in
our exquisite stock of perfumery. The
odor of Spring violets, of roses and ap
ple blossoms, are as dainty from one of
our bottles of extract as the fragrance
of the fresh flower. ' Our stock of toilet
articles, powders, soaps, brushes,
sponges are high grade and complete
M. E. Robinson & Bro
The United States Fidelity and
Guaranty Company becomes surety
on Bonds of Officers and Employees
of Banks, Mercantile Houses, Rail
road, Express and Telegraph Com
panies, Umcials ol States, Cities and
Counties, and for Contractors. Jso
on Bonds of Executors, Administra
tors, Guardians, Trustees, Receivers,
Assignees, Committees, and in Rep
levin, Attachment and Injunction
Cases, and all undertakings in Judic
ial Proceedings.
Accepted by the United " States
Government as Sole Surety on Bonds
of Distillers, Collectors of Customs
and Internal Revenue, Gaugers,
Storekeepers, and other Government
Officials and Employees. Also ac
cepted by Judges of State Courts,
and of the Circuit and District Courts
of the United States,
The undersigned has been ap
pointed Attorney and representative
of the above company. The charges
are very reasonable. Full particu
lars on application,
A. C. DAVIS, -
Goldsboro, N. C. Attorney-at-Law.
NeW f)eital Rooms
. mm
Dr, Chas. W- Grainger
Has opened a suit ofDental rooms over
the National Bank, on West Centre
street, and offers his services to the
publicj
War is being waged on
prices of all goods in the
different departments con
sisting of Dry Goods, Gro
ceries, Hats, Shoes, Trunks, '
Tinware, Tobacco, Snuff,
Patent Medicines, etc.
KiTMy terms are strictly cash. I
sell too cheap to take risks. Fair and
honest dealing in the future, as in the
past, guaranteed to each customer.
F, B. Edmundscn,
THE HUSTLEP.
Attractive
Goods.
Are such as com
bine good quality,
good style and low
prices.
We call attention to genuineWindsor
Percales, pretty patterns in Organdies
and Lawns, splendid Duck in white
and colors, Colored Buntings, all
shades, large line Ginghams, Woolen
Dress Goods in HeDriettas,Cashmeres,
Flannels, etc.
Millinery - '
a Specialty o.
Racket Store.
B. Cohen & Co., Props.
but the corset itself is not so
short in length as -to be extreme,
and is, for this reason, preferable.
This is the latest novelty in cor-
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able demand. The price is one dollar : it comes also
Ventilating."
H. Weil 6c Bros
Honest Merchandise.
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Skin Diseases.
For the speedy and permanent wire of
tetter, salt rueum r-.jcI eczema. Cham
berlain's Eye and Skin Ointment is
without an equal. It relieves the. itch
ing and smarting almost instantly. and
its continued use effects a permanent
cure. It also cures itch, barber's itch, -
scaia neaa, sore nipples, itching piles,
chapped hands, chronic eore eyes and
granulated lids. , ; . .
Dr.' Cady's Condition tPow.ers for
Horses are the best tonic, blood purifier
and vermif age. rPrice , 25 cents. Soldby.
For sale by M. E. Robinson & Rro.
and Minor's Phartnftcv in Rnldslwrn
friend down; and he seems to. beand jno. r. emih&tMt.;oiiTe.
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THE GRIM REAPER
IN CUBA
has been using the best scythe known
for his purpose. "We keep the best
mowers for your lawns, scythe, siokels,
garden implements of all kinds, and
tools of all kinds for farmers' use that
is made. We have also hardware and
tobacco flues at bed rock prices.
Yours Respectfully,
GOLDSBORO HARDWARE CO
Doyal glue gfcrge goata&i SfeAta
Blue that's Blue Wool that's Wool cool-
dressy rperfect fitting double, or Single Breasted
Sack-half lined or no lining the ideal summer
coat Just the suit you ought to have, at the price
you ought to pay: I .
Prices -from $loo up. : , ' '
& "A. o seph,
Her Watch
Wouldn't Go.
I peeped into her watch when she said "the old thing wouldn't
go." After a hasty glance, I didn't wonder. Pasted against
the inner side of the case were: 1. A portrait of her first love
and a lock of his hair. 2. Some dead forget mo-nots. 3. A
newspaper clipping announcing her recent engagement. 4.
A four-leaf clover. Between the inner cover and the works
were two pictures and a receipe for cold cream. And still
the obstinate thing refused to go. How is your watch run
ning? A little slow? A little fastf Is it out of repair? If so,
bring it to me and have it fixed right.
R. A. GreeGh,
SIGN ELECTRIC I
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