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6mw This AEGUS o'er the people's rights, Doth an eternal vigil keep No soothing strains of Maia'sson, Can lull its hundred eyes to sleep" i ft L Vol. XVT. GOLDSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 26. 1900. NO 4 fa I E" I I II I I -V" "V 1 1 ..ill n 4' 1 THE ALr-ABSORBlN TOPIC The MHetbeaI2hlnee"iid His Connection WUU tbe United States. The menace of China, which thoughtful observers have recog nized for many years, has sud denly become an instant peril. European writers and diplomat ists have been gravely discussing plans for dividing the Chinese Empire into spheres of influence, without stopping to consider whether the Chinese might not have something to say to the pro posed partition. To-day it is a question whether those little spheres of influence already es tablished along the mere edge of the vast country can be maintains ed, whether all the outside pow ers can dc more than hold the Chinese within their own boun daries. The only Western nation that need not have been implicated in this peril is the United States. "We are remote from any fear of Mongolian invasion, except as it might affect our precarious foot ing in the Philippines; we have no territorial interests nor conces sions to defend; we have had no part in any of the plens for the partition of China, and should have had no part in the antago nism they have aroueed. The Chinese peril belongs to the east ern and not to the western hemi sphere and we have had to go out of our way to become mixed up in it. . Admiral Kempff showed a sound understanding when he refused to join ia the attack on the forts at Taku, on the ground that it would incite the Chinese Jto war and that it was unwise lo begin war with out an adequate force to accom plish results. The event has con firmed his judgment and has givea the world a warning as to the whole Chinese situation. The subjugation of Caina is no holiday excursion. The military force of all the powers of the world unite and co-operatiog cordially as against a common danger, is not more than enough for such a task if it is to be carried out forcibly. Divided counsels or a weak attack will only aggravate the peril. A iar-on, disinterested power .. like the United States might pos- pibly have accomplished some thing by peaceful means, but that opportunity has been lost to us. The slumbering dragon has been aroused and the wisest cannot foretell the result. PLAIN TALK. The Constitutional Amendment is going to be carried. There is no doubt about that. The white men of North Carolina have determin ed by their very manhood that the Amendment shall be adopted. Will many white men vote aga'nst it? "We hope not. Certainly, poor and shrunken and pitiful indeed will be the legacy handed down to his children by that father who in the time of extremity of North Carolina voted with the one hun dred and twenty thousand negroes against the virtue and manhood and intelligence of the State. Ev ery man owes something to his children and his grand children This is plain talk, but it is time for plain talk China's savagery s a misfit at the end of the nineteenth century i THE TOBACCO MARKET. The Cumins Season Will Open on August 1st Bright Prospects. Ever since the inauguration of a tobacco market in Goldsboro, only a few years ago, Goldsboro has enjoyed the reputation for paying as high prices as any mar ket in the State. This reputation has abundantly increased the patronage of this market from season to season and it is confi dently expected that the coming season will be no exception. Fur thermore, this reputation has been due to the vigorous spirit of competition which prevails at all times among the large crops of buyers located on this market, and the coming season our al ready long list of buyers will be augmented by the introduction of several more, and the competition will not grow weaker but strong er. From this the warehousemen and the planters alike are bene fited. The managers of all the ware houses are gentlemen of experi ence and can be reliedjon to look after the interests of their patrons; and while doing this they are guarding their own interests. STKANGK YIEWS. In h'"s great speech here last Saturday, Charles B. Aycock Baid if either bad to be lost, he would rather fail of election himself than for the Amendment to be lost. And be spoke the truth. Yes, there are some people the sons of honored white parents, who for be sake of a little office, tur their backs on their race and civ ilization. Bat my, my, my, what a high price do such men p'av for heir office ! Office holding is hon orable when the creators of the offices are intelligent and honor ante. 15 ut toe man woo proves a traitor to his own people and tbe best interests of the State, and deliberately joins hands with ig norant negroe?, thus injuring the land of his birth such men cer tainly take strange views of life and duties and responsibilities. Such offices can bring but little satisfaction to those who hold them. Verily, verily, verily, a high price, a very high price do such men pay for office. WHAT WO OLD HAPPEN. Ncrlh Carolina is a great State. Her possibilities are simply mar velous, and with good government wonderful strides will the old State make within the next few years. But if the Amendment should fail, darkness and degreda? tion yes, almost death would overhang the old State. In shame and humility would our people hang their heads. More than that, capital would go elsewhere for investment. When a factory was to be built, to South Cerolina or to some other State- with good government would the factory go, where taxation would be just and equitable, and life and property safe and secure. As dearly as they love their State our own , people would not invest their money in North Carolina. It is every white man's duty to vote for the Amend ment. And it is better for the ne groes, too, if they only knew. Some men don't have to travel rery f ar when they go to the bad. MOREHEAD AS IT IS. THE OTJ), OLD STORY TOLD O'ER AND O'ER. By the Passing Wi y ef Humanity Into the Listening Ears of Beauty, to the Music of the Rippling Waves, Tremu lous and Shimmering 'Neath the Molten Glory of the Moonlight, and the Bestlesa Breezes That Bear the "Airy Nothings' Into the Keholess Expanse of the Wide, Wide Universe. Atlantic Hotel, Morehead City, July 20,1900. J . (Special Argus correspondence.) The week of which only one day more remains has rivaled, if not surpassed, its predecessor in crowded attendance of elite guests at this popular resort and in the gay round of varied pleasures, dancing, fishing, sailing, surf and sound bathing, social entertain ments and- well there is one feature at Morehead that never fails "when youth and beauty meet," the telling of the "old, old story" that has ever set the throbbings of the human heart to music and reduces to harmony the strifes of existence. In this particular Morehead has changed not in the passing years, ana Here, this season, are assembled more than the usual throng of beautiful debutantes and reigning belles. And how splendidly, icely, devinely proud they bear themselves towards their sighing retinues of Eomeos, while your correspondent, with "the lamp of t xperience" to guide his observations, looks on and can div ne the varying emotions of the Eomeos, at least if not opine the tantalizing moods of the lair ciuiiets tor experience, you know, is a most exact teacher, and beneath the human breast, some times shallow, sometimes - deep the human heart beats ever the same. And yet for these "socie ty belles," who go forth for the conquest of manly hearts, and over whom men go stark, staring mad become driviling fools, in fact, it always ends in the same old way.iJShe sutlers the homage of her idolaters for a time, as that which I is her rightful due; in fact, exacts it as ah empress might claim tribute of her subjects. She exalts or casts down, tho while working her wondrous spell as she moves along; and through it all she makes them miserably happy, as her imperious and ever wayward fancy may elect. At length, however, there comes an hour and a lover that calm the storming; "a bolt is shot back somewhere in the breast," and defiance dies in a whisper of in finite pathos. 'I am but a wo man," she says, and, holding out her glorious arms that tremble, she bends at last to the shock of a mighty love. "I am but a wo man, and the anxieties and cares of the world weigh upon me heavily. Thou shall, lead me, O beloved of my soul thou sha't lead me! And the proudest crown that ever pressed imperial brow is dross and nothingness when measured by the priceless treasure his arms enfold. Bells of buss ring from the cathedral of the soul, filling every call of the heart, and peace falls as a bless ed benediction" upon the long, lengthening,flower bedecked path way of life. Your correspondent witnessed just one of these very "conclu sions" tonight. In fact, from our window as we write, the scene was ' enacted before our vision in I the moonlight, out there on the balus traded pier. She had been punishing him through the hours of the evening, and he, mindful, even in his mad ness, of the proprieties, had given no sign, had not besought her to relent. By and by, at the conclu sion of one of the figures of the german, she beckoned in her own way, observed by him alone. When he had approached she looked at him. and thev passed A I out without speech or cheap touch of arm. At the balustrade I of the pier she said he was good, and he assisted her to the inse cure seat. She struck his shoul der with her folded fan and said she did not know how to dispose of him. He observed that it was time she were determining. She laughed at him in merriment. She is young, exquisite, rarest flower of the ages, and in the shadows there she was absolutely radiant. "There was about her the breath of June, warm, throbbing, ravish ing sweetness of June." He felt his own life tingling even to the tips of his fingers. He drew close to the swaying white figure upon the fickle balustrade. Few words were spoken by either; bat she laughed oftly, almost demurely, and at ' last, suddenly as light ning in darkness, he knew she loved him. His crazed impulse was to cry for joy! What he really did was to tremble, and that was instinct. She was reeling, sway ing, unsteady white figure upon the fickle ba'ustrade. She seemed as if falling. He thrust his arms out with almost violent impulsive ness to stay her. "Your coat sleeves are black," she said, by and by, as if she had made a great discovery in chem istry. And they passed in out of the moonlight to the music thrill ed and gaily populated ball-room again. Among the most pleasant SO' cial events of the week was the entertainment given in the pri vate parlors of Mrs.Jas. A. Bryan this afternoon by Mrs. Julian Timberlake, of Raleigh, and Mrs. Jos. E. Kobmson, ot your city, to their lady friends, making a large assemblage, and every moment of which was one of real eniovment. socially, intellectu ally and physically. The "T test was the game indulged in, as one of the features of the occasion, and the prizes, first and second, were won respectively by Mrs. S. W. Allgood, of Grifiin, Ga., and Miss Opal Smith, also of Georgia. Elegant refreshments were served Bismtsrcks Iron Nerve Was the result of his splendid health. Indomitable will and tre mendous energy are not found where Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Boweals are out of order. If you want these qualities and tbe success thev bring, uso JJr. King's New Life Pills. They de velop every power of bram and body. Only 25c at J. H. Hill and Son's drug store. Mexican Liver ills. Price, 25o. Pills cure all liver ; Webster Day isV perorations , to liberty fit bis new party excellent- FUSION COMPLETE. OSCAR J. SPEARS MAKES FEEBLE EFFORT A! And Is Followed by Our Own Major, Whom We All Know. Daily Argus, Saturday. The Fusion crowd of Wayne county met in the court house to day at 12:30 o'clock to ratify the ticket which the Populists put in nomination some weeks ago. The convention was composed for the most part of negroes. A ratio of about 3 to 1 three negroes to one white man would be a correct rePort of the gathering T-v TTT T" TTI 11 J uc. vv. sr. nixum cauea the meeting to order and stated that the object of the meeting was to ratify the ticket as nominated by the Populists. Boz Kennedy act ed as secretary and read out the following ticket, which was Vot ed for in their turn. House Jno, I. Mozingo and Z. P. Davis. Sheriff D. A. Cogdell. Register S. G. Pate. Treasurer S. O. Holmes. Commissioners Erastus God win VY. Jii, .rearson ana uscar Sutton. Coroner - J. B. Person. Surveyor Henry Deans. Senate W. G. Hollo well. After tbeQominations were rat ified Dr. Exum introduced Oscar J, Spears, who made speech, but failed to arouse any emhu siasm or to elicit but very little applause. Toe speech was made up of stale sterotyped expressions about the 1 'freedom of American citizens", and was devoid of ar gument or oratory, lnere were a nrmbcr of Democrats in the court houee who bad gone purposely to hear one of tbe Republican cham pions state the reasons why any man should not favor the Amend ment, but ti e Democrats were dis appointed at the iff;rt and left the hall in disgust. His own follow ers must have been glad when he had finished, for tbe speech was neither interesting nor entertain- ing. Spears was followed by Maj. H. L. Grant. The Major, it will be remembered, made "positively his last appearance" some months aad. when he was "wooled" out in an attempt to over -ride the Republican party organizition in tha county and dethrone Henry E. Hagans, the colored chairman of the Republican County Execu tive Committee. But "boss" Jno. R. Smith demanded of Grant in front of the Kennon HoteJ, that he come down and address the meeting, and in obedience to that behest he again made ' positively his last appearance." His speech was along his characteristic line: opposed to the amendment, and A-smreseiner srreat regard for and erratitude to his brethren in black, A. W ho, be said, had always tainly been good to him." . it, ctr- Bev. John Reid, Jr. of Great Falls Mont., recommenued Hily's oream Balm to me. I can emphasize his state ment, "It is a positive cure for catarrh if used as directed. "Rev. Francis W. Poole. Pastor Central Pres. unurcn, Helena, Mont. Aiter using. Ely's Cream Balm six weeks I believe myself cured of catarrh ToReDb. Stewart. Grand Ave., Buf falo, N.Y.- The Balm does not .rritate or caupe sneezing, ooia py aruggusw ovws, - 1 A ! A A. f Vi or mailed by Ely Brothers, 58 Warren St New York. : HANNA STIRS THEM UP. Many hard things have been said about Mark Hanna, and probabl7 many of them are true. But there is one accusation which has never been brought against him. Nobody has ever called him a fool. That he is a bold and strong? organizer he has proved abun dantly. He is a practical poli tician in the modern sense of the term and his superior in that line of work would be hard to find. Hanna has gone into the pres ent campaign with more vigor than he carried into that of 1896, , He has more at stake. It will be worth much more to him to re elect McKinley than itj was to elect him. Therefore, Hanna has no pa tience with the featherweights of his party who are gabbing about a certain Republican vic tory in November. He is said to have administered a severe re-, buke to one of this class who said in a speech at a McKinley ratification meeting that it was all oyer but shouting." Th3 old man does not think that he and his followers, that is all the lesser Republican, have anything like an easy job onhand. He gave evidence of this state of mind in his remarks at the not tification of his candidate the other day. He told the Republi cans that they had work ahead of them and he cracked his whip in a wav tat indicates his intention to oea nara tasK-mas'er. t was upon bis insistence that Mr. Perry IS. Heath, a man of marked ability, gave up the effice of first assistant postmaster general to take the position of secretary of the Republicau national commit tee. The boys will have to buckle down to it. The old man is scared and he will make tbemhump" for all they are worth. Prevented a Trat dy. Timely information given Mrs. George Long, of New S1 raits ville, Ohio, prevented a dreadful trage dy and saved two lives. A fright ful cough had long kept her awake every night. 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