North Carolina Newspapers

This AKGUS o'er the people's rijrtUs Doth an eternal vig-11 keep No eoott ing strains of Mala'a -on Can lull its hundred eves to sleet V i XIV GOLDSBORO. .N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. 1902. NO 148 GOVERNOR AYGOGK iHJUUGSVILLE. HE THRILLS THE GOOD PEOPLE OF FRANKLIN - COUNTY. TALKS PURE DEMOCRACY 3 FLAYS RADICAL, BOSS, AND WITH TELLING EFFECT TEARS AWAY HIS MASK. His First Political Speech Since 1900 The Largest Crowd That Ever Assembled in Youngs ville Pays Tribute to Our Common wealth's Gifted Orator Governor. Raleigh News and Observer. Youngsville, N. C, Sept. 13. Governor Chas. B. Aycock spoke here today. It was the first political speech the Governor had made since the cam paign of 1900. His coming had been heralded hereabouts and the largest crowd that ever gathered in this busy thriv ing town assembled to hear him. In the beginning the crowd was political opinion, and when his great finflpnh had been finished if we mav XT judge from expressions of universal approval from enthusiastic applause .from generous encominous of hearty .praise, there was but one shade of opinion left. The Governor was very nearly at his best. The reception he received from . the good people of Youngsville .and Franklin county seemed to in spire him. Prof. Allred,the mayor of Youngs ville, in a happy little speech, ex pended to his Excellency a most cordial welcome and extended to him the heartiest greetings of the brave men and noble women of Franklin county. When Governor Aycock arose there came a storm of applause that almost shook the building. When the applause had subsided the Gov ernor began by remmding the' peo ple that when he last spoke to a Franklin county audience he was a candidate for otiice, asking for their support. He came now to .render an .account of Ins stewardship- He can:e before as a Democrat with no apolo- oy to make. He came before plead ing for peace. and good government. He came now to proclaim the fact that the peace, and good government Tor which he lud pleaded, had been restored to the people. Four short years ago there was bitterness and hatred ahd strife and danger and death abroad among us, but in 1898 the people themselves had proclaim ed that peace should reign, and we have had it ever since. "There is no more turmoil," said the Governor, "and there can be none so long as the great white man hood of the State has charge of its affairs." The Governor alluded then to the action of the two State conventions, to the great Democratic State con vention, which placed before the people a straight Democratic ticket, and to the Republican State caucus wih one man in control, who did not have have a man in his party whom he thought good enough or great enough to name for a seat on Supreme Court bench. "I knew it,'? said the Governor, "that we' had about destroyed them, but I did not know the destruction was so far reach ing as not to leave them enough men to make up a ticket, but it seems to be the case, for they had to practi cally endorse two of our nominees and take up another Democrat to head their ticket. "I told?you in '98 that if you would place the grand old Demo cratic party in power we would con vert these radicals and make even them better men, and we have done it." He then took up Pritehard's plat form declarations at Greensboro,and with burning logic and stirring elo quence tore Pritchardand his follow ers iii'to a thousand atoms. Pritchard and his party declaring for four months of common schools, the same crowd that collected school taxes from the people and sold railroad bonds, but never built a school house and pent only the pitiful sum ol $38,000 and paid all the balance to themselves in salaries. Then the Democrats came into power. They raised and expended the first year of their power for common schools $400,000. They increased this sum year after year until 189G, when they went out of power the school fund amounted to eleven hundred thous and dollai's, and yet Pritchard con demns the Democratic party for not doing more for common schools dur ing the time they were in power from 1875 to 1895. And then when we returned to the control of affairs in 1900, said the Governor "we in creased the school attendance 7 per cent the first year and will increase it over 10 per cent this year." He spoke ofthe extraexpenditures on the part of the present adminis tration for schools, charitable institu tions and pensions for old Conteder ate soldiers, and then read the Prileh .ard platform declarations favoring liberal aid to them all. Pritchard and his crowd had been converted along this line sooner than he had expected. He then showed up the inconsistencies of Senator Pritchard in his declaration for pensions for old soldiers. He told how the Sena tor, in the Legislature of 1885, had voted . against a bill appropriating the pitiful sum of $30,000 for Confeder ate pensions and how, after voting against the little mite for the old and feeble men who wore the gray. He had fathered a bill in the United States Senate having for its purpose the expenditure of five million dol lars as pensions to those who first wore the gray., but afterwards dis carded it and donned the enemy's uniform- The effect of the Governor's speech along this line was electrical. In describing Mr. Pritehard's atti tude, he arose to splendid heights of telling pathos and burning elo quence. Tears came into the eyes of Silas M. Stone, the venerable one legged veteran, who occupied a front seat, as well as many other in the crowd, both old and young; and when he asked if this was one of the reasons why some Democrats were straying off after Pritchard there was a seeming tremor that swept through the crowd, and there were dozens of determinations on the part or .hose who were wavering to stand firm, as was 'plainly evident by de monstrations and subsequent declar ations made. It was one of the happiest of the Governor's hits. It struck home and sank deep into the hearts of these loyaj, brave and patriotic people. It was a killing thrust. It tore away the mask from the turn-coat of Rad icalism, and held him up before the vast audience, a poor, quivering, tot tering, political sham. The audience cheered and cheered and cheered, and a voice was heard to rise above the din and exclaim: "That's right, give him fits." "Shall we educate the descendants of Valley Forge? Shall we furnish to the sons and grandsons of those brave men who followed Jackson through the Valley, an opportunity to learn to vote under our suffrage amend ment? Shall we redeem our pledge to give these boys and girls who are the sons and daughters and grandsons and granddaughters of that match less soldiery that followed Lee from Bethel to Appomattox an opportun- j ity to be intelligent men and wo men, capable ef high aims and lofty ' If there nay, let be a man him stand and be counted." Not one stood. "Shall we listen to the appeals of the father, the mother, -the husband, the wife, the son, the daughter, who are begging with tear-dimmed eyes that we enlarge our insane hospitals and receive into them from jails and poor houses the hundreds of poor un fortunate insane?If there be one who says no, let him stand and be count ed." Not one stood. He declared that the great masses of the people neither desired not ex pected any special privileges. They were willing to bear their share of the burden of taxation, and they were ready to do it cheerfully. The great rural masses, comprising 82 per cent of our people, were content to be let alone; all they wanted was that the burden of government be distributed equally. They would bear their part without a murmur; they wanted no class legislation nor special privileges themselves, and they asked for none, and it would be an evil day in North Carolina when other classes demanded it. The masses were content, they did not desire to oppress others, but they would not stand oppession them selves. He paid a glowing tribute to Judge Clark, and said that while, perhaps could not endorse everything that he had ever done, that he had done more for North Carolina, for less pay, than any man who lived with in her borders. He had been named for Chief Justice by the united voice of the Democratic party and was worthy of the united suppoetofali the people. The Governor spoke for an hour and a half. His close was a pathetic, a telling and irresistable appeal to brave, noble and patriotic men of North Carolina to stand together for those men and measures which would guarantee continued peace and prosperity for all the people of the State, and which would redound to the continued upbuilding of all its best inierest. At the ciose of his speeeh, Mr. T. W. Pickett, of Louisburg, arose and in behalf of the Committee of Ar rangements, as well as the good peo ple of Youngsville and of Franklin county, thanked the Governor for coming among them and for the great speech that he had made, and said that if they would change the Constitution so as to give him a -second term, Franklin county would pledge itself to give him sixty thou sand majority, if it had to vote, not only the fair women and children, but every Scuppernong and Persim mon in the county. It was a glorious beginning of a campaign that is destined to end in a still more glorious victory. 'G air "I have used vour Hair Vieor for five years and am greatly pleased with it. It certainly re stores the original color to gray hair. It keeps my hair soft." Mrs. Helen Kilkenny, New Portland, Me. Ayer's Hair Vigor has been restoring color to gray hair for fifty years, and it never fails to do this work, either. You can rely upon it for stopping your hair from falling, for keeping your scalp clean, and for making your hair grow. $1.00 a bottle. All druggists. jjj ij. your uruggisc cniinoc supply yoo, S send us one dollar and we will express M you a bottle. Ee sure and aive the name T. JS - . II of your nearest express oiti;e. Address, y J. j- a tu, l-oweii, juasa. FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS. To Democrats of "Wayne: I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Register of Deeds, subject to the Democratic Convention, I sollicit your support. Respectfully . - JNO. II. HILL. achievements? here who says LEAVES A TRAIL-OF DEATH. o THERE ARE REPORTS OF OVER FIFTY LIVES HAVING BEEN LOST. o These Later Reports Confirmed in Washington. The Worst Seems to be Over Now. Smoke Rolls Over Portland. SHIPS FEAR TO MOVE. Portland, Oregon, Sept. 15. It is roughly estimated that property worth $1,500,000 has been destroyed during the past week by forest fires in Oregon and Washington. Many people are missing, but it will not be known how many are dead until reports from remote districts come in. The estimated property loss does not include standing timber, but covers saw mills, houses, barns, shops, cord wood and farm imple ments. Thousands of acres of tim ber have been burned over, but the destruction of great timber-has not been heavy. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 15. A spec ial from Kalama, where great loss of life from torest fires was reported Saturday and yesterday says: "News from the fire on Lomis river yesterday confirms the report of Saturday night and adds to the loss. The fallen timber has blocked the only road leading up the river and vessels are blocked. A party of ten persons with a team was known to be camping in the timbers. The charred remains of the horses and wagons were found, but not a trace of - the jeople can be discovered. Quite a number of people were in the timber at and around Trout Lake fishing and hunting, but no authentic reports have been received from them and it is feared that there h?s been great loss of life." Kalama, Wash., Sept. 15. News reached here Sunday night that the forest fires on Lewis river have wrought sad havoc. D. L. Wallace, his wife and two children were burn ed to death. They were camping in the woods when caught by the fire. A 12-year-old son of Mr. Hanley al so is dead. Mrs. John Polly, he baby and a brother, name unknown, and Mr. Newhouse and Mrs. Graves are dead.. Fifteen others were found without clothing excepting gunny sacks. Logging camps are burned out completely. The fire has spread from Lewis river north to the Lalama river and fifty sections of the finest timber on the coast have been des troyed. Oak Point, twenty miles below here, on the Columbia river, has been destroyed. There are no reports of lives lost, but loss to prop erty is estimated at about $300,000. A great fire is also raging on the Cowoma, in the northern part of the county. Everything combustible in its path has been consumed. The air is thick with smoke and falling ashes. The lumber camps are reported- missing; people are panic stricken and crazed over the loss of property. Cowlitz county thought it was going to escape until the re ports came thick and fast, each one worse than the last. Fi ?e people are dead and two missing, with only partial reports from the burned dis tricts. A courier just arrived from Lewis river states that only two I houses are left standing on Lewis river and that not less than fifty per sons have perished. NOTICE! I respectfully announce myself a candidate for nomination of Tax Col lector of Indian Springs township, subjectto the action of the Democratic j primary and convention. J B.B.RAIFORD. August 4th, 1902. MADE A MISTAKE. A young man from Duplin coun ty got into a serious predicament in this city a few nights ago. The young man in question has relatives in this city who reside in the northern section, and it has been his custom when in the city, to call on his relatives and remain over all night, and if the family had retired, he went in at the rear door and occu pied a room which was always pre pared, without awakening the occu" pants. A few nights ago he came to town and being out rather late, went to the former home of hisrelatives,and, as usuai, went around to the rear of the house and went in, the door be ing unfastened, but when he reached the bed he found it occupied by a lady and gentleman. While he was standing in the room undecided what to do,the lady awoke and asked him what he want ed, but he was too frightened to re ply, whereupon the lady tried to arouse her husband, which she fin ally succeeded in doing, after tear ing a sleeve from his night shirt and screaming at the top of her voice. The husband inquired of the young man what was he doing there, but still he could not move or speak, from fear, until the husband asked his wife whether his pistol was on the bureau or under the pillow, and on being informed that it was under his pillow, he made an attempt to secure it. And not until this was done could the young man find his voice. With death staring him in the face, however, his knees began to knock together and finally his voice came to him in no uncertain volume, and he cried out in anguish of despair: "My God! don't shoot, I've made a mistake!" But the husband marched him out of the room and out into the street before he would listen to an expla nation. It was found that the young man's relatives had moved to another part of the city, and he had gone in, thinking they were stiil living there. He was finally allowed to go on his way, after explaining the situa tion satisfactorily. The young man had been imbib ing rather freely, but it is needless to say he was quite sober when he was allowed to depart, and no doubt he has resolved to drink less "Sand Hill" and be more careful when he intends to lodge with relatives here in the future. ELKS CARNIVAL. Will Begin In Goldsboro on Oc tober the 6th. The date for the Elks Fair and Street Carnival for Goldsboro has been about settled upon for the week beginning October 6th. It goes without saying that it will be an event of rare merit in its exhibits and is expected to attract thousands of visitors to Goldsboro. The several railroads centering here will be asked to give a rate of one cent per mile and the hotels and boarding houses will be prepared to take care of all who come The Elks have secured amuse ments of National reputation and it Is expected that the visitors will find all the entertainment they could wish. At least twenty different shows will be in full blast. There will ' be free showsfor the early crowds followed by entertain ments of a novel, interesting char acter, to which small admission fees will be charged. As in other fairs of like character the most delightful feature of Goldsboro's Carnival will be the numerous contests. There will possibly be a voting contest for the most beautiful girl in Goldsboro, and no one doubts but this feature will be carried on with great enthus iasm. , There will be barbecues and baby shows during the week and a gorgeous floral parade. The affair has bean talked up considerably and large delegations are coming to Goldsboro from all over the State. Bananas at almost your own price atC. F. Griffins. FOR THE SENATE. Editor Argus: We soon will be engaged in another political battle, and it behooves us to nominate our best and strongest men to fill the different offices in the county. The first and mostimportantthing to do is to thoroughly organize and get our forces into line. In order to do this successfully we must get a strong and popular ticket to go be fore the people. The south tide of Neuse river now claims the senator and one represen tative, as it has been many years since she has been favored with eith er. Our county convention could not do a more wise and graceful thing than to nominate D. J. Aaron, of Mt. Olive, for the Senate and W. B. Whitfield, of Seven Springs, for the House. The former possesses all the constituents that are required to make up a strong, wise and conser vative candidate for the place afore said mentioned. He is an able de bater and a man of abundant talents. And last, but not least, he is held in high esteem in his native county, Duplin, and his nomin ition will be hailed with a hearty endorsement. The latter, Col. W. B. Whitfield has served the party faithfully as a subordinate for nearly a half century and the time has come when his long and valuable services should be re cognized. He is a man also conser vative in his views, gentle as a wo man in disposition, well posted in all matters pertaining to the wants and needs of our people. The nomi nation of these gentlemen would be a mighty power to brake down a combined independent and radical movement which is now trying to be consummated. Respectfully submitted in the in terest of the Democratic party. L. A. 1VEY. Seven Springs, N. C, Sept. 13. LIST OF LETTERS Remaining in Boston ice, Golds boro, Wayne County, N. C, Sent. 13, li02. LADIES" LIfcT. B Rosa Bass. D Hazel Doles. H Martha Hardy. S Anna B Scott. T Delia Thonsas. W Ruby Wombles. SLIST. B Charley Batz, Fred Baxter, Jos eph Bryant. F Eddie Fackett, C Garrioi H M D Harrell. - J John T Jenkins. M Arthur Manly, John Minneet. W R A Watson. Persons calling tor above letters will please bav advertised. Rules and regulations require that one cent be paid for each letter n.-i remised. P. .'OiSOV. p m. SCHOOL NOTICE. The white graded school will open on Monday September 22nd. Those who were in school here last year will report on Monday. Those who will enter the receiving graKes" will come on Tuesday. Those who expect to come here this year and can enter above the receiving grade will come on Wednesday. ' Parents will please note this. The teachers will meet on Satur day, September 20th, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Tiros. R. Foust,, Superintendent, IMPORTS OF GOLD. New York, Sept. 10. Goldman, Sachs & Co., announced today that the shipments of gold from Austsral ia, arranged for by them, had been increased from $1,000,000 to $1 -250,000. ' -5f;T-la , ? and fcor,; throat cur4 by KrfJ