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1HI COMMITS SUICIDE.
A TRAGEDY AT SOUTHERN
PINES THE CAUSE
UNKNOWN.
The Wife cf a New Hampshire Man
Arises From Red, Goes Into
Another Room and, After
Locking the Door,
Shoots Herself.
Southern Pines, March 21. This
town has been thrown int
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confusion and a mystery is yet to be
solved in the tragic end of Mrs. Geo.
Johnson, who took her own life at
her home this morning between 12
and 1 o'clock.
After attending the dance at the
hotel Mrs. Johnson returned to her
home on Page street. Mr
had already retired; Mrs. Johnson
undressed and retired, and in a few
moments became hysterical and re
marked to her husband: "Oh, I
wish I was dead." Her husband did
not notice that she was in so much
trouble, and said: "Oh, I guess not."
At this juncture, she got out of bed,
saying that she was going into an
other room and lie down.
Mr. Johnson, knowing that she
was subject to hysterical spells, did
not even anticipate serious results.
In a few moments, however, the
sharp report of a pistol struck terror
lo his heart, and he compelled to
witness the most shocking affair
known to the history of our town.
He summoned a neighbor, who aided
him in breaking down the door which
had been carefully locked.
Dr. Ferguson, who has the powers
of a coroner, was called and after
viewing the remains, decided that
an inquest was not necessary, as Mrs.
Johnson was lying on her left side
with the pistol in her right hand, one
shot fiom which had pierced her
right temple and ended instantly the
life of a woman who had the respect
and esteem of a large number of
friends. Mr. and Mrs. Jonhson were
two of our most prominent winter
visitors, coming every year from Ro
chester, N. H.
On the table in the room of these
two people lay the plans, specifica
tions, etc., for a new and handsome
cottage to be ready for use next win
ter, two nice lots having been bought
for that purpose; and under such cir
cumstances the people are amazed
and the mystery for such an act is be
yond solution.
Mr. Johnson will take the remains
to Rochester k aving here to-night.
END OF THE CIVIL WAR.
When the rosters of officers and
enlisted men who wore the gray and
the blue pre published together in
thirty great volumes by the govern
ment, all intermingled alphabeti
cally, it must then be said by all pa
triots and broad-minded men and
women that the war is actually over.
The pensions, it is true, are not over;
they are not distributed on the im
partial plan of Secretary Root's forth
coming volumes, but they are an in
cident and afterclap of the war not
the war itself. The war itself is over
when Secretary Root calls "for any
and all authentic Confederate records
that can be found anywhere." He
calls for thein "in order that the
Confederate soldier shall receive the
full credit that is due him in the
roster that is to be compiled." The
words in quotation marks are Secre
tary Root's own words and they go
to show that the war is at least draw
ing to a close. It is really and truly
over.
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THE FARMERS ORGANIZE.
A Branch oi the State Protective As
sociation Formed in This
County Saturday.
Although the ram kept a great
many farmers away from the Cou
House Saturday, yet there were quite
a few who attended the call meeting
for the purpose of organizing a branch
of the North Carolina Farmers Pro
tective Association and the following
officers were elected:
J. W. Thompson, President; H.
Thomas Jones, vice-president; Jno.
A. Stevens, secretary; Atlas T. Uz
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Thos. B. Parker, of
Raleigh, State
Business Agent of the Farmers' Al
liance, made stirring addresses, urg
ing the importance of organization
and unity of action.
Mr. Gravely stated that the coun
ties in the east were rapidly organiz
ing and that the membership in Pitt
and Nash counties alone
700.
aggregate
Mr. Parker recited instances where
the farmers had accomplished much
by intelligent organization, citing
their victory over the jute bagging
trust, the great good brought about
by the strawberry growers associa
tion in having saved $100,000 per
year to the berry growers of Eastern
Carolina, and held that as the farm
ers prosper all industries prosper, as
the farmers are depressed all indus
tries suffer; that a people represent
ing eighty per cent, of the population
as the farmers of North Carolina do,
are blind lo their best interest when
they refuse to organize for protection
or mutual advancement.
ROBBERY AT MT. OLIVE.
The Safe In the Pnst
Open With Dynamite.
Special to the Argus.
Mt. Olive, N. C, March 23.
The postoffice at Mt. Olive was
broken into last night and robbed of
a considerable sum of money and
stamps. The wrecked safe, together
with the other surroundings indicate
that the work was done by profes
sionals.
Two suspicious looking characters
went to Mt. Olive on Saturday.Thev
each had a small bundle under their
arms and claimed to be selling
chairs. They made inquiry about a
nisrht policeman, the
,
which can now be easily understood.
They were both fairly well dressed.
They got between $300 and $500 in
money and stamps.
The safe is supposed to have been
blown open with dynamite about 2
u ciock. mis morning, stamps were i
scattered along the street for quite a
distance from the postoffice.
The chief of police of this city has
been notified of the occurrence and
is on the lookout for the thieves.
Later to-day it is learned from pas
sengers who came in on the noon
train that the thieves intended to
steal a horse and buggy from Mr. C
B. Hatch, but that they could not
find the harness. The lock on the
stable door was torn off and a bridal
and saddle were left out on the
ground.
The thieves took $200 in money
and $200 in stamps from the postof
fice, and dropped $100 in stamps
near the railroad depot.
The safe was blown open by knock
ing off the dial and inserting the dy
namite. The brick wall of the build
ing was badly damaged by the ex
plosion.
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FRESHET WARNING.
The Rivers Expected to F-ood the
Lowlands.
Special to the Argus.
Raleigh, N. C, March 23.
Warnings issueel this morning by
weather bureau for considerable rise
in rivers of eastern North Carolina
with flooding of low lands.
Vox Herkmax,
Section Director.
THE CHATTANOOGA ADVER
TISING. The Chattanooga Medicine Com
pany with laboratories and general
offices at Chattanooga, Tennessee,
and branch houses at St. Louis, Mo.,
and San Francisco, Cal., has become
one of the largest proprietary medi
cine concerns in the world. In the
growth of this great business two
factors have been dominant: The
merit of its products Wine of Cardui
and Thedford's Black-Draught have
been widely recognized and the origi
nal advertising methods adopted
have excited great comment. The
publicity for these medicines doe3
not consist of the catch phrase and
extravagant statement, too often em
ployed in advertising to-day, but in
stead the plain story of experience
with the medicines given in the
plain language of the people them
selves. The following letter is a fair
sample of the thousands of Wine of
Cardui testimonials published during
the past twenty years:
20G8 Eastern Avenue,
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 20, 1902.
I consider Wine of Cardui a most
excellent woman's remedy. It is
certainly a specific as a tonic and reg
ulatci.. For eisrht vears T snffprUH
with female trouble. I had intense
pain in the back and head, leaving
me so weak that I was unable to
stand at times. Medicine did not
seem to he p me, but after all reme
dies had failed me Wine of Cardui
proved my one great, true friend.
vvnar a renet i experienced! it came ;
only a few days after I started taking
it. I used it faithfully for four i
months and gradually grew stronger
and better. I am now regular to the !
day and for the past two years have
enjoyed blessed good health. I eer- j
tainly wish every sick and suffering j
woman could know o. your blessed !
medicine, how much pain and suffer- j
ing it would prevent, and what a dif- '
ierence it would make in thousands
of homes where there is sickness and
sorrow to-day, if they had Wine of
Cardui it would bring relief and joy
instead.
Margaret Geeexmyee.
Messrs. Brown Bros., the hustling
distributing agents of this city, have
just completed a distribution of fif
teen hundred neat and attractive lit
tle booklets here for the above firm,
containing testimonials of leading
society women irom different parts
of the country.altesting to the merits
of Wine of Cardui and Thedford's
Black Draught.
FALLING.
Memphis, March 2o. The river
continues to slowly fall at this point,
the gauge to-night registering 39.6
feet. The flood conditions are be
coming brighter and it is generally
accepted that the worst is now over
here.
DEAN FARRAR DEAD.
London, March 22. The Very
Rev. Frederick Farrar, dean of Can
terbury since 1895, died to-day. He
was 72 years old. '
He has long been in delicate
health and disabled by creeping pa
ralysis. glish Spavin LLnement removes
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Blemishes from horses, Rlcoc- Hn&v
ins5 Curbs, BpUnts, Sweeney, Ulnno
Bone Stifi, Spraiw. Ul
Throat. Coufi-hs, tc. Bave $50 by use
oi one "pttjo Warranted the mat
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I GQLDSBORO HOSPITAL.
TRUSTEES ORGANIZED LAST
NIGHT.
Officers Elected and Plans and Ways
Discussed For Giving Golds
boro a Modern Hospital.
An act to incorporate the Goldsboro
Hospital:
The General Assembly of North Car
olina do enact:
Section 1. That C. F. Herring,
George C. Royall, J. E. Peterson, F.
W. Farries, Solomon Weil, Theo. L.
Ginn, E. B. Borden, Joe Rosenthal,
B. II. Griffin, W. T. Dortch, M. J.
Best, Louis N. Grant, Jos. E. Rob
inson, N. W. Musgrave and G. A.
Norwood, Jr., and their successors
be and they hereby are created a
body politic corporate under the
name and style of "The Goldsboro
Hospital," by which name they may
contract and be contracted with, sue
and be sued, have perpetual succes
sion and a common seal. As such
corporation they may establish, con
duct and maintain a Hospital in the
City of Goldsboro, for the training of
nurses for the reception and treat
ment of persons who may need med
ical or surgical attendance during
temporary sickness or injury, under
such rules and regulations, as they
may from time to time establish.
Section 2. That said corporation
may acquire, receive, take, sell and
dispose of real and personal estate
without restriction as to quantity or
value thereof, which may from time
S to time be given, granted, bequeath-
ed, devised or sold to it and accept
ed by it for the purpose and uses of
said Hospital, provided always, that
both the principal and income there
ef shall be- appropriated and the
property held according to the terms
of the donation, devise or bequest.
Section 3. That the persons now
in charge and nameel as Trustees of
said Hospital shall hold office as
such Trustees until the first day of
June, 1903. That during the month
of May, 1903, twelve Trustees, one
third of whom shall serve one year,
one third two years, and one third
three years from the first day of
June, 1903, shall be elected or ap
pointed as follows: to-wit, two by
the Boarel of County Commissioners
oi Wayne county, two by the Board
of Aldermen of the City of Golds
boro, and one by each of the white
religious denominations in the City
of Goldsboro.
Section 4. That at their first meet
ing, said Trustees shall divide them
selves into three classes.one of which
shall hold office for one year, one for
two years and one for three years,
and the body or denomination te
which, said Trustees belong, or by
whom they were first appointed,
shall elect their successors, during
the month of May, before their said
term shall expire.
Section 5. That if any of said bod
ies or nominors shall fail or neglect
to appoint or elect a Trustee or Trus
tees as herein authorized, the other
Trustees may appoint or elect a
Trustee or Trustees in the place and
stead of such body or nominor who
failed or neglected to elect or appoint
such Trustee.
Section 6. That whenever a Trus
tee shall die, resign or refuse to act
or becenne incompetent to discharge
the duties of bis trust, a successor
shall be elected or appointed by the
body or nominor by hich he was
elected or appointed for the remain
der of his term, provieied, however,
that if such body or nominor shall
fail for thirty days after notice of
such vacancy, it shall be filled by
the remaining Trustees.
Section 7. That the Trustees shall
annually elect at their first meeting
in June a President, Secretary and
Treasurer and such other officers as
they shall deem fit.
Section 8. That no Trustee or
member of said corporation whall
be personally or individually liable
for the elebls, obligations, contracts,
engagements, acts or omissions of
said corporation.
Section 9. That said Trustees shall
have power and shall make all such
rules, regulations, by-laws and ordi
nances, as they may deem necessarv
for the conduct and maintenance of
said Hospital and the management
of said Hospital and the manage
ment of its affairs and may alter,
amend or repeal the same by vote of
the majority of Trustees present at
any annual meeting. They e-pecially
shall have the power to provide and
enforce regulations for the election,
admission, treatment and dismissal
of patients, but no persons shall be
refuseel admission or discharged or
denied attendance because of inabil
ity to pay. They may prescribe the
duties and services of all officers,
committees and attendants.
Section 10. That the Trustees may
provide rules for the admission of
persons to an association to be orga
nized and known as the Goldsboro
Hospital Association, whose mem
bers shall each contribute not less
than Two Dollars (2.00) per annum,
for the purpose of aiding in the main
tenance of said Hospital, which dues
shall be paid to the Treasurer of said
Hospital. Said Association may elect
such officers, adopt such rules and
by-laws as they may deem advisable,
visit the Hospital, advise with, aid
and assist said Trustees in such a
manner as they may deem advisable.
No assessments shall be levied upon
the members of said Association, j
Trustees of said Hospital, or other ;
persons or body contributing to or as-
sisling in the support of said Ilospi- !
tal. j
Section 11. That the Board of Al- '
dermen of the City of Goldsboro, and
the Board of County Commissioners
of Wayne County are hereby autho
rized to annually or oftener donate ,
money in aid of said corporation,
"The Goldsboro Hospital".
Section 12. That this act shall be
in force from and after its ratifica- '.
tion. j
In the General Assembly read '
three times and ratified this 16th day j
of February A. D. 1903.
W. D. Turner,
President of the Senate.
S. M. Gattis,
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives.
Examined and found correct.
West,
For the Committe.
Pursuant to the above letters of in
corporation, the gentlemen named
therein as trustees met last night in
the office of Messrs. H. Weil & Bros.
Mr. C. F. Herring, chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners, was
made temporary chairman of the
meeting, and Mr. Jos. E. Robinson,
temporary secretary. After the read
ing anel adoption of the pian of in
corporation, as above, a permanent
organization was effected by the elec
tion of Rev. F. W. Farries, president
of the Board of Trustees; Mr. Jos. E.
Robinson, secretary, and Mr. Sol.
Weil, treasurer.
The purpose of the organization
was then discussed at length and
fully by those present, and on mo
tion it was adopted, as the sense of
the meeting, that Goldsboro should
have a hospital commensurate with
the present reemirements and future
needs of the city, and, that the Trus
tees proceed to build one according
ly. To this end the President was
authorized to appoint a committee
of five to consider plans, location and
ways ar-d means, and report back to
the next meeting of the Board.
The following is the committee ap
pointeel for this purpose: Messrs.
Joe Rosenthal, Geo. A. Norwood,
Jr., M. J. Best, N. W. Musgrave
and Geo. C. Royall.
On motion the meeting then ad
journed, subject to the call of the
president of the Board of Trustees.
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Every glass contains teaspoonful es
sencepepsin. 5 cts. at all soda foun
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ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
DIVERS SOURCES.
The Latest Telegraphic News of the
Day Boiled Down to a Focus
For Busy Readers.
The failure is announced in Lon
don, Eng., of Booty & Bayliffe, so
licitors. Their IinhilifiV ',r-
wi j Y JL
$1,000,000.
Pittsburg, March 18. A freight
train on the Fort Wayne road to-day
ran into a furniture van at Alleg
hany, killing two men instantly.
Salisbury, N. C, March 19. Dr.
J. H. Enniss, one of Salisbury's old
est citizens, died this week as the re
sult of injuries sustained in a full last
week.
i
President" Schurman, of Cornell
University, has received a letter
from Andrew Carnegie, offering to
pay for the projected Core (-31 fi leering
plant. The triHte-s undoubtedly
will accept Mr. Carnegie'.-ori'er.
Kansas City, Mo., March 18.
A special from Joplin, Mo., says:
Five boys were drowned here to-day
by the capsizing of a raft oa which
they were playing. The Kid calam
ity has cast a gloom over the entire
city.
Washington, D. C, March 18.
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial As
sociation will give a subscription
dinner in this city April 13th, in
celebration of the one hundred and
fifty-ninth birthday anniversary of
Thomrs Jefferson. A number of
prominent men will attend.
Albany, N. Y., March 18. Gov
ernor Odell's life has been threaten
ed by an assassin. Extra precautions
are being taken to guard the chief
executive of the State and any sus
picious persons found in the vicinity
ofthecapitol will be arrested and
clapped into prison.
Asheville, N. C, March 18. Prof
A. T. Weaver, at the head of a lead
ing educational institution, has been
sent to jail because he refused to be
vaccinated and also because of his
refusal to pay a fine of $25 for the
same. The vaccination was crdered
as a precaution against smallpox.
Prof. Weaver, it is said, may insti
tute legal proceedings against the au
thorities and may take his case before
the Supreme Court of North Caro
lina. New York, March 18 The ele
phant Jingo, said to have been lar
ger than Jumbo, died at sea on the
steamer Georgia, which arrived to
day from Liverpool. The animal's
death occurred March 12, and the
huge body was buried at sea. An
animal show bought Jinp-o in Lon
don. The elephant had not traveled
since infancy, and from the time of
sailing from Liverpool it fretted and
j pined away. Jingo was 22 years
i old, 12 feet high, weighed six tons
and was valued at fifty thousand dol
ars. Greensboro, N. C, March 18. By
request of the chief of police of Dan
ville, the police here to-night arrest
ed Misses Robertson and Morrison,
students of Roanoke College, of Dan
ville. Officers were in waiting and
when the train for Danville came in,
promptly recognized the two young
women by the college caps. The
telegram from Danville stated that
the young women had run away to
get married. The young women
said they had come here to spend the
night with a friend, giving the name
of a well known young lady of this
city. They were unaccompanied,
but the police think that two young
men were here awaiting their ar
rival. They will be detained in the
office of the chief of police subject to
instructions from Danville and it is
possible that they will be sent back
to Danville on a late train to-night.
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