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cal and Otliervise, Cul'e&
T'rorii Our TlvcKaares.
Now Hanna has got another idea
he would like to make public to all
the trusts.
Mark Twain has bought a hand
some home in Sleepy Hollow, but he
will not people it with Huckleberry
Finns.
The silence of G rover Cleveland
leads some to think that he. has
again run up uiut x e.-ivxx ...xi iia-
nin;
rod.
i
Joker Depew has become Slander
er Depew . lie has exchanged his
stale jokes for staler slanders of this
section of the country.
Three Connecticut cities ha ve elec
ted workingmen as their Mayors.
They had become tired of electing
professional politicians.
Cuban reciprocity is to be well dis
cussed at any rate, and perhaps, jus
tice and, fair play to an island we
freed will be the outcome.
It is too dry to do spring plowing
in Wisconsin; and too wet in Ala
bama. This country is to big that it
runs into all sorts of weather.
Mr. Bryan calls; cn his fcllswers to
arm for 1904. Those who have fol
lowed Mr. Bryan before will also
take the precaution to go in well
padded this time.
The Vanderbilt family's agent in
the United Scales Senate is now raid
ing the South, dealing out more
misstatements to the inch than any
of his predecessors had been able to
do so.
Our government his given notice
to the powei.- that if the ''open door' j
is ever snut mere win ue nveiy j
music. We are disposed to even take
the hinges off the open door, as it
were.
The Tex.s Supreme Court has de
clared the Texas anti-trust law un
constitutional. It makes a difference
when a state develop.-? a trust of its
own , as in the case of the Texas oil
octopus.
A "gentleman's agreement,"inthe
slang cf Wall street, thinks the De
troit Free Press, is an understanding
by the terms of which each of the
pirates concerned promises not to be
come conscience-stricken.
Perhaps we will learn after awhile
that J. Pierpont Morgan lias gone to
England for the purpose of forming
a ."eomtmuiiiy of interest" among
those who own windows along -the
route of the coronation profession.
W-'::t jM.-tor affect to talk low on
the sLae t:-y d really talk. They
first dwetw tl'-iiSiakeup. and then
the si::e cf their house. Other topics
may serve to keep- up the pretense
of talk, but these -twe are the stand
bys. ' ...
The bones of a prehistoric race
have recently been discovered in
C-tlifornia. After reading the adver
tisements of the average California
: health resort orie'wonders how these
prehistorfe people ever managed to
die at all. , , .. ;
J 'Peace is" wtfjiin measurable dis
tance" is a pleasant sounding sen
tence of ihe London prophets. We
hope, however, that those who have
the power of attaining peace will not
attempt to measure the distance, but
will cross it at once.
The Germans, it seems, are so
proud that they are in danger of fall
ing over backwards. Cecil Rhodes'
bounty, of course, would have been
more acceptable if he had not plotted
. against their cousins, the Boers; but;
there is no more ungracious thing
that they could do than to refuse an
olive branch tendered them, so to
gpeakj from the grave."
CtOLDSBORO, n.
DR. TALMAGE DEAD;.
j One of the Best Known Ministers of
the Country.
Washington, I). C., April 12.
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, the noted
Presbyterian divine, died at 9 o'clock
j tonight, at his residence, in this city.
; It had been evident for some days
! that there was no hope of recovery
and the attending physicians so in
formed the family. The patient grad
ually grew weaker until life pasied
away so quietly that even the mem
bers of the family, all of whom were
watching at the bedside, hardly
knew that he had gone.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
Thomas DeWitt Talmage was born
in the State of New Jersey in 1 832.
He graduated yit New York Uni
versity and later studied theology at
Now Brunswick. T"- t."":1 to
the Reformed Presbyterian Church
at Syracuse, N. Y., in 1859. From
1862 to 1869 he was located in Phila
delphia. In the latter year he began
his connection with the Brooklyn
Central Presbyterian Church. Here
he made such a reputation as an ora
tor and preacher that people flocked
to hear him. An immense "Taber
nacle" was built in 1870, but was de
stroyed by fire two years later. In
1874 a new building of brick and
stone was dedicated. It was of
Gothic architecture and had a seat
ing capacity Oi 4, GOO. This was de
stroyed also by fire 5n 1889, but was
rebuilt. A groat debt had been in
volved however, and it was owing
to some misunderstanding about this
that charges of falsehood and dishon
orable business conduct were brought
against Dr. Talmage before the
Brooklyn Presbytery. He was ac
quitted and the decision was sus
tained. The Tabernacle was for the third
time burned in 189-1, after which Dr.
Talmasre resigned the pastorate and
accepted a call to a church in Wash
! ington, where he has ever since
preached.
Dr. Talmage was one of the most
eloquent men that ever adorned the
American pulpit. There was such
demand for his sermons that they
were syndicaied and published all
over the United States. The country
papers especially ran these sermons,
and in this way Dr. Talmage became
the best know7n minister in the coun
try. There is hardly a Christian home
in the whole land whepe he was un
known, and his deatnwill cause gen-
uine regret to thousands.
He was no less celebrated as a lec
turer, and Vv Vttix Le iade a tour of
the country, thousands flocked to
hear him. His lecture on "The
Bright Side of Things" is one of the
best known and most widely ad
mired. Dr. Talmasre was for a number of
years editor of the Christian Work
and is the atithor of various publica
tions. Among these are the .Almond
Tree in Blossom; Crumbs Sweft Up;
Abominaiiou uf IviWcm Society;
Sports That Kill; Every Day '.Re
ligion; From-the Pyramaids to the
Acropolis and From Manger to
Throne.
A CARD
OF
o-
T1IANKS.
As the season of 1901-1902 is at a
close, we want to return our many,
many, thanks to our friends and pa
trons for their liberal support while
at the Farmers' Warehouse, and
hope we have done nothing to cause
you to regret having sold with us.
We further state that we have
rented the Banner Warehouse next
door to pqst office for next season and
most of our old force will be with us:
So you can see that we are going in
the push, to do some hard work. We
are going to prepare for your interest
and comfort m our new quarters
Please bear these facts in your minds
The impression is now that the weed
is going to be high this year.
Hoping you all will make,, a good
crop, and we will prepare for you to
get a good price, I hereby subscribe
for the new concern,- - .,
Yours to serve,
H. G. WILLIAMS & CO.
Successor to Edmundson& Williams.
For your cheap groceries, fruits,
confectioneries, etc.; go to P. F
Manly, Mi. Olive K. O
Trla AEGUS Vr the people's rVtis&
Doth an et-al ker
CJe.
WHILES 10 III
PRESIDENT BOOSE VEL
DETERMINED TO END
THE TROUBLE.
IS
-o-
Matters Have Reached Such Critical
Stage That the Order Can
Be Expected at Any
Time Promotion
For General's
Young and
Chaffee.
Washington, April 14. The issues
are fairly joined between the Lieu
tenant General and the Secretary of
War. The troubles which began
long ago under the Cleveland admin
istration have finally reached so crit
ical a stage that the compulsory re
tirement of General Miles at an early
date is an open secret and is not de
nied at the White House. In explan-'
ation of President Roosevelt's posi
tion, one of his close friends, who un
questionably speaks by authority,
said:
"The question is not a personal
one betwreen General Miles and Sec
retary Root." At present""Secretary
Root has on his shoulders a heavier
burden than any other member cf
the administration. No manj less
strong could carry it at all, and now,
at the-very time when he reqtrlles
the most loyal support of every sub
ordinate who wishes well to the army
and the nation, he has to spend much
of his strength in meeting the oppo
sition of the commanding general. If
General Miles is retired it will be ,
simply because after patient trial
President Roosevelt feels that on the
highest ethical grounds his retention
would work grave and lasting in
justice to the army as a whole. As
some of General Miles' friends have
said that it would be unfair to retire
him, it should be said, in the first
place, that he secured his promotion
to a brigadier generalship through
the similar forced retirement of Gen
eral Ord, he himself being jumped
over a number of his senior officers
into the vacancy thus created, and,
in the second place, that the only ac
tion of the kind taken by President
xtooseveit since ne nas ueen in omce i
was in the case of Colonel Noyes, j
who was compulsorily ' retired, after
reaching the age ot t2, on therecom- j
mendatiuii of General Miles In j
nthpr wnrdis. i TiPi !i-pnfra hits HiTriB1f i
very action which his friends now
fear may be taken at his expense.
"If he should go out before Gen
eral Brooke is retired, General
Brooke, who is General Miles senior,
both in service and in age and who
did gallant and distinguished work
as a volunteer in the civil war, would
undoubtedly be put in his place as
lieutenant general, as.it is known
that the . adminisfration -has been
very desirous :ofJrecQgnizing General
Brooke's long xiiid faithful service
General Brooke, during the civil
war, rendered equally meritorious
service with General Miles." Gen
eral Brooke was the first to obtain a
commission, and throughout the civit
war he retained his advantage, end
ing the war General Miles' senior.
After peace' cme,' General Miles was
promoted pverGeneralBrooke'shead
promo teu uveruwueraixsrooKe aneitu.
As General Brke will neeessarUy
hold the positioh but a brief period
before his retirement forage, General
S. M. B. Young is likely to succeed
General Brooke, and. General; Chaf
fee's promotion to follow two years
hence." -, " . J "-: 1.- .. ' ' ; ,
HAVE YOU PAID YOUR TAXES?
Will not . each one insist on his
neighbor and friends, the importance
of having their taxes paid before thf
first of May? Quite a number have
not paid. Respectfully, '
; W. A. DENMARK.
April 3rd 1902. . Tax Collector.
No fcOvHiiing- strains of Mai&'e
THURSDAY, APR L 17.
GREENLEAP LETTER.
Happenings of the Past Week in
Our Nearby Community.
Argus Bureau )
April 15, 1902.
Greenleaf, N. C.
Our asparagus, growers are now in
their glory.
Mr. W. B. Talton made a business
trip to Patetown Friday.
Mr. Geo. Deans, of Richmond,
on a visit to his mother here.
is
' Mr. Nathan Bass and children are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Howell.
Miss Eva Paschall, of Stony Creek,
left on Monday to visit friends in
LaGrange. - . ; :
Mr. L. L. Crawford and wife visit
ed their brother, Mr. A. L. Craw
ford, in the Eureka section, Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. H. E. Deans has just received
an elegant and costly surveyors tran
sit, and is prepared to do all kinds
of surveying.
Little Dock Measle, of LaGrange,
was "hanging around" Stony Creek
Sunday. Boys you know measles
are contagious.
Mr. B. A. Scott, of Lucama, Wil
son county, has just paid a visit to
Mr. H. D. Ham, of our section,
where his daughter Miss Minnie is
boarding and attending school.
The patrons of the school taught
by Mr. L. H. Reeves, are highly
pleased writh its management and
besides the usual term have employ
ed him to teach another month.
Tator Bug.
WALTER LETTEK.
i Chronic! of a Week's Events
tn That Thriving Neigh-
borho d.
Mr. Dick Alexander, of Kinston,
was visiting his uncle, Mr. J. H.
Caldwell last week.
Miss Lillie Deans, of Greenleaf,
visited Miss Gertrude Thompson,
last Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McGee, of
your city, were pleasant visitors at
"Oak Glen" last Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Wright Lynch, of
Tr,vinstrm mintv wi-o iait'vio- tvt
and 3Irs Seth Dixoilj Saturday and
Sunday.
- Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
Woodard, of
near Fremont, were visiting at
Mr.
and
last Saturday
Sunday.
Her many friends will regret to
learn that Miss Indiana Woodard is
very sick at her sister, Mrs. Isaac
Smith's.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Howell, of
your city, spent Sunday in our com
munity, the
guests
of Mrs." Millie
Swinson.
Dr. and Mrs Will Crawford re
turned home to-day from a few days
visit to Mr. and Mrs. Phil Crawford,
near Kinston.
Messrs. Becton and Yelverton, our
progressive merchants, have added
substantial awnings to their stores,
which give "them more -'comfort and
protection rpnvold Sol's rays. ..
While returning from - your- city
one day last week Misses Bertaand
i , , . , .
Gt mnd a lady's
jtu;js.tM) wxixuii uxj.c v v "ci izixu get uy
calling for it, and giving description.
The scarcity of corn is going to be a
blessing in disguise to farmers. They
are planting more and giving it more
attention than heretofore, and with
good seasons more will ; be . gathered
this year than in many years prev
ious. v .
In casting about to get a good kind
of seed corn, we ha ve been very care
ful to get only the kind that stays in
the barn the year round. If we have
good luck, and raise any at all, we
want to help scatter the seed through-
out the community. Buying com,
tecs
1902
means buying meat next fall, and no j
farmer can be successful who fails to ,
raise "lios and Tiominv" at, hntne. !
In regard to the Union Depot,
pardon us for saying that the west-
f ern terminus of Walnut street, is the
most city-like location. A shed,
with trains running and shifting
through beautiful East and West
Centre street, will forever rob it of
its "tony-ness," and the probability
of a street car line, no matter how
much.it may develop and will cause
the very sight of oour city's main
thoroughfare, to be suggestive of car
shops, side tracks, oil and smoke,
when it could be made the prettiest I
street in the State. YvTe do not pre- j
sume to dictate, but but the city's fu- j
ture demands a removal of the tracks J
from its center, for its own good, and
the safety of its people.
The mp.rr'r'i rr T1. "Winton
Wells and Miss Ilettie Smith, which
took .place at Ebenezer church last
Wednesday, at 7:30 o'clock, was one
of the prettiest weddings ever wit
nessed in this community. The
church was beautifully decorated for
the occasion, and the ceremony was
performed by Rev. H. E. Tripp in
his usual impressive manner. - Miss
Carrie Crawford presided at the or
gan, and under the sweet strains of
the wredding march the bridal party
entered the church preceded by the
ushers, Messrs. John Sasser and
Chester Smith; Mr. Will Rose and
Miss Berta Crawfordf Mr. Forest j
Smith and Miss Minnie Neal; Mr. !
Will Hines and Miss Lula Smith; I
Mr. Albert Smith and Miss Lalla !
Smith. Then followed the bride and j
groom, halting under
an evergreen
arch, and in the presence of a large
crowd were made taan and wife.
The bride and bridesmaids were be
comingly attired in white, which
added beauty and solemnity to the
occasion. They have many
friends
who wTish them many years of
joy 1
and happiness. .
KlLLIKIXICK.
"Oak Glenn,"
Walter, N. C. April 15.
STONY CREEK NEWS.
Mr. Ransom Ham of the Novell
Hill section, wras here Sunday. v
Miss Marion Crawford spent Sat
urday night and Sunday with Miss
Appie Pate.
Mr. Thos. Edmundson, of your
city passed through here Sunday en
route to his farm.
Our farmers are about through
planting .corn, and planting cotton
is the order ttf today.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Pate, spent
Saturday night with his brother Mr.
W. B. Pate near Saulston.
Mr. D. A. Measley, of La Grange,
made a very pleasant visit with Mr.
Otis Paschall Saturday and Sunday.
Messrs. Sidney Deans and M.
Sherman, of your city, passed
here Sunday on their way to Patr
Messrs. R. P. Crumpler and Will
Crawford, made a flying trip up the
road Sundav. most any one can
guess wrhere
(
Mr. W. R. Paschal V of Black
Creek, was visiting his parents Mr.
and Mrs. A. R. Paschall Saturday,
returned Monday.
Miss Eva Paschall left Monday for
La Grange, where she will visit the
Misses Joyner, and will attend the
closing exercises of the school there
thel 7th April 1902.
A very laughable joke was told on
three of our popular young boys the
other day. Last Friday night one
of them said he was going to see his
best girl. Well, his twobrothers said
they were going too. So they ' de
cided to' drive a young steer to a
buggy, r They got there all O. K.,
but when ready to leave, the steer
had got loose and gone nearly home.
They caught him and went back af
ter the buggy. But most of the joke
was on the one that went especially
! to see the girl. He said he certainly
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hated to be walking uj and down;
the road looking a steer. Of course
the girl knew all about it.
' P. D. Goo Goo,
Stony Creek, N. C, April 16th.
SIT. OLIVE LETTER.
A Week's Happenings tfttliA Mt.
Olive S'tf-m,
Argus Bureau,
Bureau, )
)live, N. C, V
pril 15, 1902. j
Mount Oli vi
Ap:
Mr.
R. J. Southerland vas visit
ing at Kenansville Sunday.
Miss Emma Aaron was visiting
friends at Fremont last week.
Mr. Luke Boney, of Wallace, was
a visitor to our town Tuesday. ,
Mr. Jno. R. Smith miv1 a busi
ness call to Geldshnro Mnn-1sv.
Miss Addle Thomas, of Newbern,
is the guest of Mrs. N. M. Jurney.
Mesdames J. W. and J. C. Mal
lard, of Faisons, were here shopping
Monday.
Mrs. J. C. Dawson spent several
days at the Charleston Exposition
last week.
Mrs. W. R. Crowe, of Goldsboro,
is visiting relatives in this section
this week.
Messrs. II. R. and C. F. Souther
land were visiting relatives at Ken
ansville, Sunday.
Mr. Johnnie Williams, of Tarboro,
is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. G. Williams.
j Miss Ethel Smith and Miss Hall,
j Goldsboro, are visiting relatives in
this section this week.
Miss May Bell left Friday for
Selma, where she will spend some
time, the guest'of Mrs. Fred Holt.
Miss Bessie Herring, a,u.er visiting
relatives here for some tine, return
ed to her home in Clinton Friday.
Mesdames A. WJiitely and G. R.
Pearsall, were visiting relatives in
Goldsboro, several d?ys this week.
Mr. J. A. Westbrook and daughter
Miss Estelle, and Miss Annie Flow
ers, attended the Charleston Exposi- '
tion last week.
Prof. M. C. S. Noble, of Chapel
Hill, will deliver an address on edu
cation, at the Mt., Olive Graded
School Friday, April the 13th, at
7:30 p m. Everybody cordially in- ,
vited to attend. , . '
The marriage of Mr. H. W. West
brook to Miss Matt Carr, occurred at
the home of the bride's sister, Mrs.
J. O. Loftin, near hei'e last Wednes
day evening at 5 o'clock, Rev. Mr.
Shaw, of Kenansville, officiating,
The many friends of Dr. and Mrs.
Mclnis Tatum, deeply sympathize
with them in the loss of their little
daughter Bell, who died at xtheir
home here Thursday morning. The
interment was made in the Mt.
fTJvr rV,mAfprv "FVi'Tr :v ?nnrm:TT nt.
I - - ' w- . - -j o
10:30 o'clock.
The marriage of Mr. John Raper,
a popular young machinist employed
at the shops of Dewey Bros., to Miss
Rebecca Langston, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jos. J. Langston, took
place Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock
and the ceremony was pei firmed by
Rev. J. E. Thompson, . pastor of St.
John church. Only a few immediate
friends of the contracting parties
witnessed the ceremony. The happy
couple left" on the 9:27 train for a trip
to the Charleston Exposition. The
marriage took place at the home of
the bride's parents on East Boundary
street. - -'" -
STRAWBERRY CROP IS SLOW.
Wilmington Dispatch.
Strawberries in the trucking sec- "
tion of the State are ripening slowly, ,
but the growers hope to make ship
ments by the end of this week. The
early fruit was injured some by the
cold, but the vines are now well
fruited. The frost last week only
checked the ripening. The general
shipments will not begin before Ap
ril 20 to 25. The prospect is fine and
is that the crop will break all rec
ords. Last-year it was 20,000,000
quarts.