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K t i Si " .V Z If', Arvi This ARGUS o'er the peoi le'B risff. Dotb an eternal k eeis -(ti h?litp hundred eves to plefr. i XIY GOUDSBORO. .N. C THtTRSDAT. FEBRUARY 5. 1903. v : : t i NO 168 tWk . 5& FSsaV-zx tern tek r 'WJ k ' I - l.r ) Hi i i w ii ill 11' mr mr pj m am m '. 1 1 3 ' 1. ... Nfc ' ! ' J 2 4 1 V :1 f 1 1 "'1 ! -.. 1 5 i -A : i ; i ' 4 $ 4 i -0 6S1TE IM 1 i. IiAME FRENCH GIRL PER FORMS DEED OF UN SELFISH HEROISM. She Has a Young and Pretty Sister, Who, Through a Fall, Had One Ear So Fearfully Lacerated That Its Amputation Was Necessary. Paris, January 31. A French girl has just performed an act of heroism which, I think, ought to be trum peted to the four corners of the world as an act of heroism worthy of anti quity and only equaled by those of some women during the reign of ter ror in the revolution of 1793. Mallard. She has a young and very pretty sister, who, through a fall, had one ear so fearfully lacerated that its am putation was declared immediately necessary, and the pretty girl was in consolable at the idea of being thus fearfully disfigured for life. Then it was that Marie, our hero ine, intervened. Her ears were absolutely of the small size and shape as those of her sister. She was lame and infirm, with a face not prepossessing, and she im mediately took the resolution to make a present of one of her own ears to her sister. And as she knew her sister-would not accept from her such an act of self-abnegation, she bade the surgeons to put them both to sleep under ether and to perform the two operations at the same time. Both were absolutely successful. The heads of the two sisters are still bandaged, and it is only in a few days that one will realize the sacrifice that has been made by the other. Now , I believe that a man would sacrifice his life to save a wife or a child, maybe, a father, a mother, a brother, or a sister; but I do not be lieve tl.ii t man exists who wcu'd per form such in act of heroism to pre vent the disfigurement of a fellow creature. This is a woman's idea, a thorough woman's sacrifice; although I ought to add. in order to do justice to my sex, that I know a young doctor who cat a piece of flesh off his arm with which to mend the face of a pretty girl, but then he loved her and she became his wife, which gave almost a touch of selfishness to his act of he roism. LIST OF LETTERS Remaining in Postoffice, Gokls fooro, Wayne County, N. C, Jan. 31, 190.3, MEN'S LIST. B Lonnie Bras well, Jesse Burris. C John Cox. E J R Eagerta. F R P Faison, R P Fain. J Jackson Jones. K J Kavick. Li Joseph D Leopton. S John Smith. "W D B Walker. LADIES' LIST. C Mary E Cannon. H- Harriet Harris. O Annie Oden'. P Sallie Phillipps. S Ellen Smith. W N L Ward, Jemima Whitley. Persons calling for above letters will please say advertised. Rules and regulations require that one cent be paid an advertised letters. J. F. DOBSON, Postmaster. $100 Dr. E. Ketchon's Anti Diujpatic may be worth to you more than $100 if you have a child who soils bedding from incontinence of water during sleep Cures oidand young alike. It arrests the trouble at once. $1. Sold by M. E- Robm pon &Bro. druggists, Goldsboro. MYSTERIOUS IEIIEI WILCOX, TWICE CONVICTED AS GIRL SLAYER, IS CALLED INNOCENT BY A NEW WITNESS. A Mysterious Letter to the Pris oner's Father Accuses An other Man of the Death of Pretty Miss Nellie Cropsey. Gives Name. Cor. New York Journal. ' Elizabeth City, N. C, Jan. 31. Ex-Sheriff Wilcox believes he will be able to establish the innocence of his son, James E. Wilcox, who has twice been convicted of the murder of Miss Nellie Maude Cropsey. new and iniioitaiit witness has been discovered in a mysterious per son in Utica, N. Y. Sheriff Wilcox has received a let ter from this person which declares that young Wilcox is innocnt of the crime for which he has once been sentenced to death and now to thirty years in the North Carolina State prison. The letter gives a detailed account of how the murder was committed and names and describes the person who committed the crime. It is in substance as follows: "Jim Wilcox left Miss Cropsey on the front steps crying, as they had engaged in a quarrel and Jim re turned her photograph and parasol and had said something which hurt her feelings. She remained on the steps some time crying, as she did not want to return to the parlor and let her sisters and cousins know she had been crying. "After she had been out some time and was starting into the house the dog began to bark and she walk ed out into the front yard to see what the dog was barking at. The dog led her to a poplar tree or high shrubbery, and there she found a man whom she recognized. "He was disguised and she threat ened to inform her father of his pres ence there at that hour of the night. This angered him and he struck her with a stick which he held in his hand. "He did not intend to kill her and thought that he only stunned her, but, thinking his punishment would only be the more severe when she recovered, he carried her to the river and put her in a boat. He rowed near a mill not far away and placed her in a deep hole. WThen the search began for her she was removed to a swamp, and then, after the big re ward was offered, she was put in the river just where she would be found. "The man you want is . (The name follows.) "This may not be exactly the way his name is spelled, but is the way it would sound if spoken. If there is more than one of this name notify me and I will send his first name. "There is another person who has a guilty knowledge after the act, and he will expect the reward." The name of the writer of the let ter is withheld for reasons, but the "American" correspondent has the original letter. The letter is post marked at Utica, N. Y., January 27, at 7 p. m. After this letter came into the pos session of the correspondent he went to the soene of the crime and found that all the directions given were correct. . Mr. Cropsey, the father of the murdered girl, said to-day that on December 24, 1901, three days before his daughter's body was found in the river, he received a letter from this same person in Utica, N. Y., accom panied by a diagram which showed just how the body was disposed of and informing him. that his daugh ter's body would be found at a cer tain place in the river. On the 27th of December, three days after receiv ing this letter, the body of Miss Cropsey was found at the exact place mentioned in the letter from Utica. There is a man in this town whose name is almost exactly the same as that mentioned in the letter received by Sheriff Wilcox. He left the Cropsey residence on the fatal nignt twenty minutes after Wilcox, and before Miss Nellie was missed. Some time after he went out the dog was heard to bark, and it was then that Miss Nellie was missed and a search begun. WThen they failed to find her par ties were sent to the Wilcox home. "Jim" was found asleep. He said he had left Nell on the porch cry: CAPT. T. W. SLOCUMB PRO MOTED. Thirty-one years is a long time in the life of man. Thirty -one years is a long time ! for h man to -devote Ills very life to the service of a corporation. Yet this is just what Capt. Thomas W. Slocumb has done as agent of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Com pany. For two years he was agent at Wilson, when he was transferred to Goldsboro, and for twenty-nine years he has been the sgent in this city. And in all of those years he has been as faithful to the interest and as loyal to the Railroad Company as ever any man was faithful and loyal to any cause or any man. Under his able management, the business has grown to large propor tions, and by his courteous treat ment of the public he has made hosts of friends who ship by the Coast Line. A few days ago, Capt. Slocumb was notified to go to Wilmington, the head office of the Railroad Com pany. When he arrived there he was informed that he would be re lieved of his old position as agent, and that a new office bad been cre ated, and that in future he would be Commercial Agent at Goldsboro. We congratulate Captain Slocumb and the Coast Line too. He fully deserves his promotion, and in his new field will render most valuable service to the Coast Line. Capt. Slocumb is succeed by Mr. Price, recently the Coast Line Agent at Bencettsville, South Carolina. Such faithfulness and loyalty on the part of Capt. Slocumb, and sueh generous appreciation on the part of the management of the Atlantic Coast Line, are indeed pleasant epi sodes to chronicle. GOLDSBORO NEEDS A SANI TARIUM. Goldsboro needs a Sanitarium, as hospitals have now come to be called, i v We have skillful physicians in Goldsboro, but in these days of mod ern surgery, it is only the hospital that has all of the necessary equip ments for the treatment of cases. Only on Saturday night our es teemed young friend, George Pritch ard returned from the Hospital at Richmond, where he has been' for weeks for the treatment of his arm which was accidently shot last fall, and hardly had he gotten home, when one of Goldsboro's best young men, Edward Denmark, was carried to the same hospital for the treat ment of his arm, which was injured at the Oil Mill a few days ago. These are only two cases num bers of others could be named who have been away for treatment within the last few months. Goldsboro is the eye of Eastern North Carolina. It is the best loca tion in North Carolina for a sanito rium. It would not only be a paying institution to the stock-holders, but it would prove a blessing to the peo ple. ' Let Goldsboro have a sanitarium a first class one in every particular, one that will attract the attention of the people jf $ State. f IS LEE 8. OVERMAN. HE WILL SUCCEED PRITCH ARD IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE. Won Senatorship on the Sixty-First Ballot After a Three Weeks Contest Great Enthu siasm Greets the Ap pearance of the Senator. Raleigh Post. Hon. Lee S. Overman will succeed Hon. Jeter C. Pritchard in the Uni ted States Senate. The nomination was given him on the 61st ballot last night after a fight exterdiT) ver a period of throe weeks, in which three of North Caro lina's ablest and brightest men have contested for the high honor. When the result of the 61st ballot was announced the wildest enthusi asm broke loose. As soon as order could be restored sufficiently, Senator Webb of Bun comb was recognized. He moved to ma'e the nomination of Mr. Over man unanimous. Governor Dough ton seconded the motion, and the caucus again went wild. The motion to make the nomina tion unanimous was adopted with a whoop and pandemonium broke loose again. THE SIXTV-FIKST BALLOT. Overman 73 Watson 58 Craig 11 COMMISSIONERS' COURT. The Board met in regular session, present, C. F. Herring chairman, Wm. Holmes and M. T. Johnson. Messrs. J. M. Wood and Geo. M. Warrick having been duly qualified by the Clerk of the Superior Court, took seats as additional members of the Board. T. S. Ilinnant & o. were granted retail license in Goldsboro. Mike M. Keel was appointed fence supervisor in place of Willis Hol land. All persons within the stock law territory of Wayne county are here by notified to shut in their stock be fore March 1st, under the penalty prescribed by law. A new road was granted in Fork township, from near Pearson's bridge to Ebenezer Church. A new road was received in Na hunta township, from J. J. Jones' house to Bull Head road.. A new road was asked for from Stony Creek Church to Mt. Carmel Church, and a hearing was ordered for March meeting. Acconnts were audited and allow--ed for $910.21. The Board then adjourned. Letter to K. J. Lavis & Co. Goldsboro, N. C. Dear Sirs: Everybody considers painting a necessary nuisance, and you are probably no exception. You can't abolish it altogether; but you can make it come half as often, and costs only two-thirds as much each time, and have your house look better all the time. Everybody knows that the sea shore is hard on paint. The Farring ton residence at Rockland, Maine, a sea-coast town, was painted with De voe seventeen years ago. The house has never been repainted, and seems to be well painted yet. If you want to take the trouble to be convinced, we can send you a hundred other instances; but none so striking as this. This is not all. Devoe Lead and Zinc not only wears longer, but it paints more square feet to the gallon than any other paint especially mixed paints. It is the "Fewer gal lons; wears longer" paint. Yours truly, F. W. Devoe & Co. ; ' ' !New York. P. s. Smith & Yelverton sell our paint. 11 TELEPHONES. FRENCH LINES TO BE EQUIP PED AT GREAT COST. It Is Believed That the "Rail 'Phone" Will Reduce Chances of Horrors to a Minimum. Inventor Coutant Talks of the System. Paris, Jan. 31. At a cost of 8,000, 000 francs ($1,544,000) the French railway administration is about to establish throughout its entire sys tem what is know as the "rail tele phone." It is believed the new in vention will reduce to a minimum, if not render impossible, the chances of railway accidents, which have lat'.'y cc:-:::ea .-.ill: frightful fre quency in France. Experiments conducted with the apparatus for some months have proved its entire practicability. The trains on the same section of road have been able to communicate with each other with the greatest ease, have been warned of each other's approach and rate of speed while miles apart, notified of obstructions on the track ahead through the breaking of the continuous current, and kept in almost constant com munication with the stations. Washington, Feb. 2. The sundry civil bill was completed to-day, mak ing appropriations for the civil ex penses of the government for the fis cal year ending June 30, 1904. It in cludes a number of appropriations for Xorth Carolina, including allowances for the new public buildings autho rized at the last session of Congress. The allowance for the Durham build ing is $17,500. Already $15,000 has been appropriated. Goldsboro is given $3,750 in addition to the $10, 000 appropriated last year. The limit of cost for the Goldsboro building is $35,000, but Representative Thomas is endeavoring to have it increased to at least $50,000. Washington, Feb. 2. Senator Simmons decided to-day to place no further obstruction in the way of the confirmation of D. W. Patrick as col lector at Newbern. He held up the appointment and prevented confir mation at the request of Mayor Hahn, who wished to have the presi dent reconsider the case. Hahn's let ter to the president, in which he made a number of charges, had never been acted upon. Senator Simmons thinks he" has given the president sufficient time to consider the case and take action, so this morning he sent word to the committee that he would not oppose Patrick's confirma tion. London, Feb. 2. Lieutenant Gen eral Miles, who returned here from Windsor said: "The king received me most cordially, recalled pleasant ly memories of our visit here at the time of the Jubilee and spoke as friendly as ever of America. He showed keen interest in the far east, on which subject I was able to give him some information. Altogether it was a most pleasant visit. The king said he hoped the prince and princess of Wales would be able to visit America. Nothing, however, is definitely settled. ' ' General Miles declined to discuss either the Vene zuelan or the Philippine questions. By what the general terms "a mis take on the part of somebody here," Mrs. Miles was not invited to Wind sor castle. An Englishman has invented a brick laying machine which lays and mortars the bricks. " : , ' , - , Itch on human cured in 30 minu tes by Woolford'a Sanitary Jjotion. Tuib never -fails. Soldby H." E. Bobinsou & Bros, druggists. 'i. WW ICii US "I have used Ayt.-'s Ha:r Vigor for thirty years, h is elegant for a hair dressing and for keeping the hair from splitting at the ends J.A.Gruenerfe!der,Gra-i;fH; in. Hair-splitting splits friendships. If the hair splitting is done on your own head, it loses friends for you, for every hair of your head is a friend. Ayer's Hair Vigor in advance will prevent the splitting. If the splitting has begun, it will stop it. Jl.CO a botile. All druggists. If your dmgffist cannot supxly yon, sena us one aouar p.na we vriil express you a bottle. Bo sure and give the r ama of your nearest express othce. Address, J. C. AVER CO., Lowell, Ma-ss. Wonders never cease. A machine has been invented that will cut, paste and hang wall paper. The field of inventions and discoveries seems to be unlimited. Notable among great discoveries is Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption. It has done a world of good tor wak lungs and saved many a life. Thousands have used it and conquered Grip, Bron chitis, Pneumonia and Consumption. Their general verdict is: "It's the best and most reliable medicine for throat and lung troubles. Every 50c and $1.00 bottle is guaranteed by J. H. Hill & Son druggists. Trial bot tles free. Leave your worries all behind. Tririd To Coueaal It, It's the old story of "murder will out" oniy m tins case tnere s no crime. 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