THE ARGUS
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
OUR LOCAL OPTIC
Miss Nannie Epps is .on a visit
to her Bister Mrs. K. A. watts,
Jr., in Kingstree, S. C. v
Miss Jennie Hettleman, of Bal
timore, is in the city visiting her
sister Mrs. J. H. Hettleman.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Bizzell are
in "Wilmineton visiting the lat
ter's Barents. Mr and Mrs. J T.
Piatt.
Mrs. Col. T. H.Bain, her many
friends -will be sorry to know, is
confined to her home by illness.
"We all wish lor her a speedy re
covcry.
Mr. J. J. Meador received the
sad intelligence Saturday by
telegraph of the death of his
venerable mother at Madison. Be
has gone to attend the funera
and has the sympathy of many
friends here in his affliction.
Thft white man. Thos. Jack
on, already an ex-convict, who
stole a mule last December from
Mr. Jas. R. Bunn in Nahunta
township, pleaded guiltyTuesday
in the Superior Court and was
sentenced to six years in the pens
itentiary by Judge Allen.
Mr. C. F. Carpenter, repre
eenting the firm of Carpenter
Bros., of Cincinnati, has been in
the city for the past week selling '
begy material to the buggy, fac
tories of Goldsboro. He travels
this section exclusively and is
very popular with the trade.
After this spell of weather
passes the farmers of this sec
tionand the gaidners, too, will
begin operations in earnest for
planting. 'Hope" springs eternal
in the human breast." and al
ready the farmers are beginning
to talk hopefully ol the ..coming
year's prospects.
The question of the payment of
citv taxes bv those who are ae
iinquent is of more than usual
importance at this time, as the
citv needs all Its available funds
to sustain its great forward
movement in material develop
ment. All deiicquents are, there
fore, urged to settle at the earliest
possible movement.
Postmaster Dobscn has re
ceived the bill of lading for the
iron posts which are to support
the mail boxes to be located at
different points of the city before
the free delivery system can be
inaugurated. He has already re
ceived the office furniture to be
used in sorting out and distribut
ing mail for the free delivery
routes.
Tbe truck farmers of this vicin
ity are getting thi ir groucd in
readiness for planting; but tho in
dications are ibat there wi 1 net
be as extensive a crop as usual
planted hereabouts. Seed are very
high, and the risk fromla'e frosts
is always a menace, fciowtver,
those who intend to plant are get
ting ready.
His hosts of friends here will
be delighted to learn of the recent
marriage of Dr. Ira M. Hardy, an
old Goldsboro boy, to one of the
leading society young ladies of
Richmond, Va., where the doctor
has been located for some time
and where he has built up a lucra
tive practice. We all extend con
gratulations. Mr. W. A. Tudor, of this citv,
has purchased from Mr. J. E.
Hage, the well-known Barred
Plymouth Bockbreeder, one of
the handsomest pullets of this vas
riety it has ever been our privi
lege to see. This bird,' together
with the go d ones already owned
by Mr . Tudor, places him among
the South's foremost breeders.
The sudden death of Mr. J. M.
Perkins occurred Thursday night
the home of his sister Mrs. C. G.
Perkins in this city. He had been
to Raleigh to attend the session
of the Grand Lodge of Masons
and had gone around to the home
of his sister to await the arrival
of the northbound train for Fre
mont, which he intended to board
and go home. He was sitting- in
a chair in front of the fire read
ing when the death summons
suddenly came to him. He had
been just a little unwell during
the afternoon, but was not
thought to be seriously ill. He
was Mayor of the town of. Fre
mont and was a Mason and an
Odd Fellow, under wnose au
oio thn funeral was held Pri-
day. The remains were taken to
Fremont for interment., Mr. C.
C. Teague, representing thp Odd
Fellows of B'remonti and Mr. W.
M. Flowers, representing tbe
Masons of that town, came down
Friday morning to take charge of
tbe remains, which were also ac
companied by a committee from
each of those orders in this city.
He was about 60 years of age.
Mr. J. "W. Isler has returned
from Newport, where he went on
a hunting expedition. He brought
back one large deer, one very
fine wild turkey and several wild
ducks to show what he had been
doing. Mr. Isler is verv fond of
such sport and he never fails to
bring home some proof of bis
markmansbip. What he brought
home Friday has been yery much
admired by those who saw it.
A bridal party arrived in tbe
c:tyTuesday.morniDg IromKinston,
where the marriage of Mr. Charlie
Mtechan to Mies Susie Pollock
occurred at the home of the bride's
uncle, Dr. W. J. Pollock. Misses
Nannie Cox, Da'sy Oettinger and
Zell Pollock, accompanied the
happy couple to this city. The
bride and groom left that after
noon on a trip to the Charleston
Exposition.'
Mr. and Mrs. David Edmund?,
of Richmond, Va., have, arrived
in the city for their annual trip
South and are tbe guests of the
Hotel Kennon. They are both
pleasantly remembered as having
spent several weeks here at the
Hotel Kennon latt winter. Mr.
Edmunds is a great bird hunter
and 'finds ample opportunity to
gratify his love for the sport in
this section. ,
"Peg Leg" Williams left here
on Tuesday with several negroes
for Louisiana and Mississippi
without paying the license of $50
required from people who are act
ing as emigration agents. Sheriff
Scott telegraphed to Greensboro
to the sheriff of that county to
collect for the license or lock up
Mr. Williams, but up to the pres
ent he has had no hearing from
his telegram.
Goldsboro is undoubtedly the
largest stock market in the East
ern part of tbe State. This year,
when we have last had a short
crop and when the farmers as well
as the dealers are using great pre
cautions in trading, there is being
a large number of horses and
mult s sold. They come hsre by
the train load from the Western
stock maikets and the farmers
from all over the Eastern part of
thf State come lo Goldsboro to
buy stock.
While at work on the new
Graded School building Friday, a
negro named Henry Smith was
struck on the forehead and face by
a falling brick. The negro was
made insentible by the biow and
was taken to the office of Dr. W.
H. H. Cobb, where his wounds
were dressed and he soon regained
consciousness. His nose was
broken and his face and forehead
badly bruised. Tbe brick, too,
was so badly damaged in the col
lision that it will have to be re
jtcted by the builders.
Mrs. Dr. Harvey Monk and lit
tle daughter, recently of Newton
Grove, passed through the city
Friday on their way to Trer
ton, the county seat of Jonas,
where Dr. Monk has located for
tbe practise of his profession.
Dr. Monk is a young man prosess
ing all the qualities of mind and
heart and character essential to
success in his chosen profession,
in which he has had ample ex
perience to fit him for any re
quirement. The Argus wishes
bim the fullest measure of suc
cess.
While finishing up the plate
srlass front in the new store of
Mr. W. T. Yelverton Friday the
expert sent out by the house to
do the work broke a glass meas
uring 6 by 8 feet. Tbe work was
almost completed and tbe finish
ing touches were being put on
the job when the glass cracked.
This is the second glass which
has been broken of the same
measure within less than a week
and so disgusted the workman
that he left at noon for his home
in Baltimore the broken glass is
valued at $ 75 and will be replaced
by the -Baltimore firm.
Mr. Will N.Hauff, formerly en
gaged in the music business in
this city, where he still has many
friends who remsmber him pleas
antly, was here'Tu s ay between
trains for the first time in 13
years, fle "hardly knew the
town" and was astonished and
erratified at her great strides of
1 progress in these years. He is
Soft
Harness
Ton can make your har
ness as soft a a glove
and aa tough as wire by
using EUREKA Har-
ei Oil. Ton can
lengthen its life make it
last twice as long aa It
ordinarily would.
EUREKA
Harness Oil
makes a poor looking har
ntsm like new. Made of
pure, heavy bodied oil, es
pecially prepared to with
stand the weather.
Bold everywhere
in cans all sizes.
Mads bj STANDARD OIL CO.
now located in Roanoke, Va , in
the same line of business, repre
senting the Mehlin & Kroeger
Piano Company, and is on his
way to Newborn, accompanied by
his friend Mr. F. Willis Michael,
of the same company, on a hunt
ing expedition.
An itBDOrtant meeting of edu
cators will be held in Raleigh
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
of this week. It is the annual
meeting of the ".Association oi
City School Superintendents.
Prof. J. 1. Foust, the popular
superintendent of the Goldsboro
Graded School, is the president,
and the opening session will be
held Thursday evening at 8
o'clock. All superintendents of
city public schools in the State
are urged to be present through
tbe sessions of the meeting, as
there are many things to be dis
cussed of yital importance to tbe
work that should receive the
careful attention of every man.
NOW A BENEDICT.
-The Argus congratulates its
esteemed young friend, Mr. S. S.
Holt, tbe versatile and graceful
writer who presides over the
editorial.columns of the Smith
field Herald, upon his happy
marriage, Thursday evening, at
Wilson Mills, to Miss Nellie Wil
son, the popular and loveiy
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Wilson, of that place. The groom
is one of Johnston county's most
substantial young men, both
intellectually and financially
such as are the hope of the State
for progress and prowess. May
he and his young bride know
only joy and the smiles of pros
perity always.
PROMOTED.
The Argus is glad to note the
promotion of Mr. Walter E. Bays
liss, a Goldsboro boy and an effic
ient telegraph operator, who has
been made assistant to Mr. J. E.
Stevens in the management of
the Western Union office of this
city. Mr. Bayliss has heretofore
been filling the position of opera
tor at the freight office of the A.
& N. C. R. R., at this point.
PLAYING BRIGANDS.
Seattle Boys Held Up Ex-Governor
and Editor For Hansom.
And now the boys of the west are
playing "Miss Stone and the Brigands."
says the Seattle Post. The other day
half a dozen youngsters in Seattle
caught the editor of The Star and ex
Governor Knapp of Alaska in an old
boiler iron standpipe of the discarded
waterworks that stood on a high hill.
and locked the door on them. The men
had climbed to the top to see the fine
view. It was cold at the top, and they
soon decided to come down. But on
reaching the bottom they found them
selves prisoners and met the demand
from the boys that they pay a ransom.
The demand was refused.
After several hours in their cold Iron
prison the men found an old pickax
and broke their way out.
Congressman Belmont's New Collar.
Oliver EL P. Belmont has paralyzed
Washington with astonishment at his
new collar. No such piece of haber
dashery, according to the New York
World, was ever before seen In the
halls of congress. The collar is nearly
three Inches high behind and has two
great flaring points that jut out in
front and conceal the smooth shaved
Belmont chin. It looks as if it had
been fashioned on plans and specifica
tions based on the pictures Harry Fur
niss used to draw in Punch of the
Gladstone collar.
England' National Song Added To.
It is stated that the king and queen
have approved of the following verse
being added to the British national an
them, says the New York Tribune:
In perfect peace serene
. Keep thou our gracious queen;
With her abide.
May heaven's own sunshine fair
Best on her everywhere;
Bear thou thy people's prayer,
God save tbe queen.
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FEATHERS For sale cheap. Ad-
dress P O box 682. J
CHOICE MISCELLANY
Walking In at Watch.
A promenade Inside a watch that Is
sll the while doing its ordinary duty
of telling the time is a pleasure in
store for visitors to the forthcoming
St. Louis exhibition. It is even stated
that a small restaurant, with waiters,
cooks and the ordinary paraphernalia
of such an institution, is to be located
Inside this monster timepiece. The
watch is already in course of construe-'
tion. Its dimensions, as quoted by the
Chicago News, are, for a timepiece,
enormous, the diameter being nearly
Beventy-flve feet and the height more
than forty feet.
Tiny staircases will be scattered
throughout the watch, and there .will
be spacious galleries, where visitors
may pass and repass with ease. The
wheels will be so well protected that
no one can suffer Injury either to per
son or clothing.
The wbeel known as the balance
wheel Will In this- monster watch
weigh a ton, while the so called hair
spring will be" considerably thicker
than a rolling pin. Approximately two
minutes will be consumed by the
wings back and forth of the wheel
above mentioned. This wheel will be
pivoted on two huge agate blocks.
Needless to say, the mainspring of
this extraordinary watch will be enor-
i mous. Three hundred feet will hardly.
measure Its length, and it Is to be
made of ten spring steel bands, two
inches thick, bound together, as it
Would be Impossible to roll so large a.
piece. 1
When .finished, the watch will He on
its back. It will possess a. polished
metal case similar to those used for
watches of ordinary dimensions. ,
Cleansing; Onr New Possessions.
Manila, says the Manila Times, has
Havana as a model to follow In the
matter of public cleanliness. During
the Spanish days Cuba contained as
many vile pestholes as any city In Hin
dustan or other places in the orient.
but now Cuba has been flushed and
washed till it hardly resembles its for
mer self. The New York Tribune says
there has not been a case of yellow fe
ver in Havana for several months.
American experts. in sanitation know
how to use disinfectants and purifying
chemicals, and above all they know
how to use the water and how to scrub
and how to sweeten. The air of Cuba
is now sound and wholesome, thanks
chiefly to the American passion for the
best attainable conditions. The Queen
of the Antilles has had a bath at last.
Why 'not the Pearl of the Orient?
Illumination of Navigable Water).
A Canadian patent has been granted
for a system designed to do. away with
the lighthouses, buoys and the entire
paraphernalia for night navigation be
tween Montreal and Quebec and to
substitute a submerged electric system
which, however, will apply to all in
land navigable waters. The main idea
is to sink an 'electric cable in the cen
ter of the navigable channels, with
power transmitted from a power house1
at Montreal and lines of colored lights
at or above the water level each side
of the channel, the lights on one side
being of a different color from those on
the other side and supported by cork
floats.
The idea, if not exactly novel, is in
teresting and will provide a method of
lighting obscure channels which should
greatly simplify pilotage. .
A Wonderful Daisy.
A daisy has been produced In Cali
fornia that is a floral wonder. Measur
ing more than a foot in circumference
and with three or more rows of petals
of purest white, it is as yet merely a
beautiful curiosity, but before long it
is likely to find its way into general':
cultivation. The new daisy is very
hardy, easily grown and an extremely
free bloomer. It has been named the
Shasta daisy, and the grower who orig
inated it, Luther Burbank, says that it
was obtained by crossing the common
American field daisy with the Japa
nese and European kinds. The flowers
when cut remain perfectly fresh and in
good condition for two weeks or more.
It is likely to become very popular for
decorative purposes. Boston Tran
script, i.
A Hint to Strennons Students.
There was a wild scene at Budapest
university a few days ago. Twenty
students had been badly plucked ow
ing, as they thought, to the unreason
able severity of the test. One of the
twenty, whipping a revolver from his
pocket, rushed up to the examiners' ta
ble and, brandishing his weapon, yelled
at the terrified professors: "You may
thank your stars I've no cartridges! If
I had, I would have put lead into you
alii" Amid the hubbub the professors
fled the room. Pall Mall Gazette.
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Profitable Clover.
A Missouri farmer is thus quoted In
the Maryville (Mo.) Tribune: "I sowed
ten acres of clover, using as seed one
busheL which cost me $6. I sold from
that ten acres twenty tons of hay for
$100 $5 a ton and thirty-six and a
half bushels of seed for $192. Then I
sold the second crop of hay for $16.
That made the receipts from my ten
acres $308. The seed cost me $6, and I
was at an expense of about $G0, so my
net profits off the ten acres of ground
were $242, almost $25 an acre."
Ousters Don't Agree Wltli Her.
After numerous attempts to eat oys
ters in different forms Mrs. E. T. Mel
ville of Newport, 111., has been obliged
to declare total abstinence from the
bivalves because, of the peculiar and
unusual effect they produce on her.
Every time she eats oysters her face
swells rapidly, her lips become double
their normal size, and her eyes narrow
until they are practically closed.
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You need light to raise
Tobacco
profitably. Be sure your fertiliz
er contains at least io per cent.
Actual Potash
from Sulphate.
We mail free, oa request, ur book
"Tobacco Culture."
OBBKAK KALI WORKS, .
93 Nassau Street. Mew York.
LIST OF LETTERS
'Remaining in Postofftce, Golds
boro, iWayne County, N. C,
Jan. 19, 1902.
MEN'S LIST.
A Dinks Adams.
B C Boykin, Jerety Best, Anthony
Bryant, James Bryant.
C Sobn Clarke.
D Charley Deagon, Jacob Davis.
E W Exum.
H Mathew Hand.
J Fred Johnston.
j M J E Mouaret, M J Musenhimer.
' N Harvey Nelson.
R Rev E J Boln ns.
! S John E Sharp, Marshall Snipes,
J T Sanford.
T Vabery Taylor, Kev Thomas, J
S Thomas.
W J D Whitley, S L Wilson, L O
Wilson, J Wisser. George West,
S Whited.
LADIES" LIST.
A Alice Adams.
B Blanche Benson. Pollie Braswell
Mollie Bennett, Rose Burnham,
Fannie Benslum.
T Cornelia Dorteh, Margett Dar
den.
E J B Ellington.
H Fannie Hoges, Lloyd Hoffman,
Minnie Hampton. Mary Hughs.
M Miss Maggie, Emma Moeray.
P Charity Powell, Venable Pettgs,
L Pearls, Margarette Parker.
Nancy Price.
S D Sasser, Marie S'Pencle, John
Strickland, Willie Smith.
T- Z M Tater.
-Diner Weedwared,M Wooten.
Persons calling for above letters
will please say advertised. Kules and
regulations require that, one cent be
paid for each letter advertised.
J. F. DOBSON. P. M.
COTTON-CROP ESTIMATES.
Nearly five ojonths of the cot
ton year have come and gone, and
over seven mi lion bales of cotton
have been marketed lo the extent
(hit they hivs "come m sibt."
Thus f ir the leceipts exceed the
receipts of ue eorrtspondm2: date
of 1 st year sb-mt 200 000 bales,
and it this gain be wsl'tl aiatd the
cr p will be 10,600,000 bales.
Bat wi 1 it be maintained? The
experts are still fuliy a million
baUs apart. The bulls say tbe
crop will not exceed 9,500,000
biles, while tbe bears eay the out
turn will be 10,500,000 bales.
The percentages of be two
sidvs are simply confusing, as each
side has a good lot of such figures
on band. No one can eay what
part of the crop has been market-
ed and what part has not, for the
January percentages vary over 10
per cent, and this variation ac-l
counts for the difference in esti
mates from the opposing trade
camps.
But this much is certain the
price should notbe lower even if
the crop goes to 10,500,000 bales,
because stocks are not large, and
th spinners will need all the cot
ton that has been grown in ordar
to supply a naked world naked
Chinamen as well as a busy peo
ple at home. A gcod trade in
cotton goodsseerns assured here
after, aDd this will be apt to hold
prices up, even if the crop outrun
tbe government figures.
For best coal, order of W. H.
Griffin. Phone 47. .
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WE HAVE
Only a Few Tons.
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GOLDSBOllO, N. C,
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Over Robinson's Drug Store,
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Finest set of teeth $ $10.
ttold crowns.
Porcelain crowns.
Gold fillings,
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Rubber fillings
Cement fillings
Gleaning teeth
Extracting
Anaesthetics used
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22 lm daily Goldsboro,N. O.
Notice of Dissolution.
The firm of T. C Bryan & Co.
composed of T. C. Bryan and J. a'
Stevens was dissolved on the 1st of
January by mutual consent and T
C. Bryan assumes all obligations
will collect all money duethe late
firm and will continue the'business
at the same stand 110 Wa nut street
West. I take this method to thank
my friends and the public for their
generous patronage in the past and
hope by strict attention to business
to merit a continuance of the same
T. O. BRYAN.
At