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Vol. XV
GOLDSBORO. N. C. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 1903.
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SAM HONANG, BRITISH SUB
JECT, BARRED FROM THE
UNITED STATES.
He is Held Aboard the Steamship
Grenada, of the Trinidad Line,
and Denied a Landing. He
is the "Wealthiest Resi
dent of the Island of
Demerara.
New York, Sept. 6. Sam Ho
nang, a British subject, who is said
to be one of the wealthiest residents
of the Island of Demerara, is held
aboard the steamer Grenada, of the
Trinidad line, and denied a landing
in this country by the immigration
Inspectors on the ground that it
would be a violation of the Chinese
exclusion act.
Honang, who owns one of the
largest cocoa plantations on the
Island, decided a few weeks ago that
he would take a trip through the
United States and Europe. Letters
of introduction to prominent and
wealthy persons all over che world
were forwarded by his correspon
dents, and he set out on the voyage.
Honang never had been in China.
He was born in Denerara of Chinese
parents. They were both British
subjects, so that the Chinese exclus
ion act did not figure in his plans.
When the ship reached her dock
at Long Island City the immigra
tion inspectors held up the traveler,
who finally called upon friends in
New York for aid. Tha inspectors
would not release him, however,
and the papers, together with Ho
ang's passport, were forwarded to
the autorities at Washington.
BACKED BY SETTLE.
Dr. S. Westray Battle's Canddidaey
For Egyptian Consulate.
Asheville, Sept. 5. The candid
acy of Dr. 8. Westray Battle for the
consulate at Cairo, Egypt, may yet
attract attention of politicians gen
erally, should the friends of the well
known physician show evidence of
serious activity and the president
turn an attentive ear to their ap
peal. This Egyptian post is regarded as
choice berth by many and the very
attractiveness of the place may con
duce to the doctor's undoing for in
seeking a place of this kind one
cannot reckon without political
cubi derations and if Dr' Battle,
a Democrat should be given
such a plum it would be credited to
Norih Carolina and the President
Would recall this appointment every
time the head of the organization in
this State came around for pastry.
It is known that politicians high
M the counsels of the party have an
eye single to the situation. It is said
that Dr. Battle is being actively
backed by ex-Congressman Settle,
but that he is not receiving support
of any regular organization Republi
cans. NEW SUBSCRIBERS.
Bell Telephone subscribers
will
plflase add to their Directory.
5-5 W. R. Hollowell, Genoa.
5-2 W. F. Moore, Genoa.
5-3 J. M. Edgerton, Genoa.
5-4 B. H. Griffin, Kennon Farm.
47 W. H. Griffin, Coal and Wood
Yard..
91-a A. B. Freeman, Residence.
Senator Tillman was also guilty of j
aoectacularism when he loss his ;
Governor Jelks declines to assist
fo creating a deficiency in the toeas-
ury. '
GRADED SCHOOL NOTICE.
The White Graded school wil
open Monday Sept. 14th. Those pu
pus wno were in school last year
will report to the same rooms which
they occupied last year. Those who
were not in school last year will
please report to the Superintendent's
office on Tuesday morning at
o'clock.
j.ne ioj lowing resolution was
adopted by the Board some years
ago and will be enforced this year:
"No pupil shall be received into
the first grade after the expiration of
the first month of each school year,
unless such pupil can be readily
classified with those already belong
ing to that grade."
xnose wno win Decode six years
old by Nov. 16th will be allowed to
enter school ; at the beginning. The
advantage of this arrangement can
readily be seen, as the school will be
worth more to the community by
the adoption of the above plan.
Parents will please carefully note
the above.
Thos. R. Fottst, Supt.
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining- in Poetoffle, Golds
boro, Wayne Otmirty, N. C,
Sept. 5,1000.
MEN'S LIST.
B H Bell & Bros, games Barbee.
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Geo Barrett.
C Prince Carney.
G Frank Ginon.
H Arnold Hadley, ytfvnk Howard
Junius Hodges.
M S L Mann.
P Sutton Price.
R -Carey Rouatraa,
S J F Skinner.
TGF Taylor.
W James G West.
Y H M Yancey.
LADIES IiST
B Mary Blum, Nancy 3 Bell.
G W Grinnel.
H Lanie Ham.
J Sarah E Jones.
M Julia Miller, Rosa Mudtry.
R Sarah Richardson.
S E J Summerlin.
T N I Thacker.
Persons calling for above letters
will please say advertised. Rules
and regulations require that one cent
be paid or. advertised letters.
J. F. DOBSON,
3 Postmaster.
HOBSON-B ttYAN
Waynesville, N. C, September 5.
The gosips at this resort never had
so much to talk about as at present.
They have it that Captain Richmond
Pearson Hobson, the famous "hero
of the Merrimac," is engaged to
marry Miss Kuth Bryan, the eldest
daughter of William Jennings Bryan.
Captain Hobson himself declines to
either confirm or to deny the rumor.
Thi3 much is certainly tSKitfe. Cap
tain Hobson writes a letter to Miss
Bryan every day in the teefc and
just as often does he receive a daintily
addressed envelope postayn&d Linl
coin, Nebr.
Captain Hobson is the guest of his
relative, Major W. W. Stringfield,
near White Sulpher Springs
Liver Pilt$
That's what you need: snffe
thing to cure your bilious
ness ' and give you a god
digestion. Avers Fills axe
liver pills. They cure con
stipation and biliousness.
Gently laxative. JS&t:
Want joht moudtaeheiVr bwaA a kflfeatShii
brown or rich black f Then ttta
BUCKINGHAM'S DYECSfiS
BO CTS. OtT OfttKXUSTS, C R. P.
STENOGRAPHY can give
, lessons in ShorthW to a Urn-
ited number of pu)t Apply at
law office of P. A $afcj JSte.
Hattie S. Gay.
gossip ori ran.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FftOM
DIVERS SOURCES.
The Latest Telegraphic News o the
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Day Boiled Down to a j
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Focus For Busy
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Readers.
Kinston, Sept. 7. Fire broke tut
in the four-story tobacco prize house
next to the Carolina Warehouse tis
morning about 2:15 o'clock, aid
quickly spreading to the Carolint,
destroyed the two with all in thert,
also doing serious damage to the
American Tobacco Company's mam
moth stemmery across the street. ..- j
Jonesboro, Sept. 7. Mr. W. F(
Lloyd, of this place, tells of the cap
ture of a turtle of such strength and
dimensions that after it had been
shot once it carried a man for sofne
distance on its back. The turtle was
caught by H. B. Godfrey at Neil
Dalyrymple's pond and after it had
been cleaned there was a half bushel
of fine meat.
Kinston, N. C, Sept. 7. After
listening to the testimony of Mrs. J.
C. Chestnut this morning Justice W.
F. Dibble committed Emmett Boy-
ett to jail without bail for the mur
der of his wife, Lena Boyett, last
Friday. The, defense was represented
by Messrs.Land and Cowper,and W.
VV. Clark, of Newbern. The defense
did not put any witness on the
stand and com tended themselves with
listening to the testimony of the
leading witness of the prosecution,
Mrs. Chestnut.
Wilmington, N. C.,Sept. 5. Mrs.
W. J. Piner and two daughters, liv
ing near Kenansville, while alone
in their home Wednesday night,
discovered a negro man under a bed.
Mrs. Piner tried to shoot the intrud
er with a shot gun, but it failed to
fire, and the negro crawled from un
der the bed and grabed the gun,
wrenching it from the woman's
hands, and running out of the house.
One of the daughters secured an
other gun and shot at the man as he
was running across the yard. He
fell, but got up again and ran off.
Wilmington, N. C, Sept. 7.
Labor Day was more generally ob
served here to-day than ever before.
Hundreds of people betook them
selves to Wrighteville, where a very
elaborate program of exercises was
held under the auspices of the allied
trades unions of this city, the chief
feature of tne day was a masterly ad
dress by Governor Charles B. Ay-
cock along educational lines, the j
chief executivet declaring universal
education one of the strongest agen
cies toward bringing about a solution
of the problem between capital and
labor.
Louisburg, Sept. 7. When at 7
o'clock this afternoon Chief of Po
lice and Jailer C. D. High went to
lock the prisoners, fifteen In num
ber, in their cells at the jail here, a
concerted attack was made upon
him with such suddenness and fury
that for a moment it looked as if the
brave officer must inevitably be
overpowered and the men effect their
escape. The jailer however was equal
to the occasion. Warding off most
of fhe blows aimed at him, he drew
his revolver and as the crowd press
ed him three reports rang out, and
one of the attacking party reeled,
shot twice in the arm and once in
the back. The others feU away from
the determined man. In the me
lee, though, two burst from the
building and escaped. The others,
over-awed by the sight of the weap
on, were placed in their cells with
out fuither resistance. The wound-
ea negro is expected to die. The
iailpr received nn sorinna hurt ;n
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f truleA A telephone message has
been Bent Weldon, asking for
bloodhounds with which to pussue
the escaped prisoners.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
They Met In This City Yesterday
In Special Session.
The Board of Education met in
special session yesterday. All the
members present.
Petitions for and against the con
solidation of Piney Grove district
with the Seven Springs district were
placed before the Board, and after
hearing the question discussed, it
was decided not to unite said dis
tricts. The superintendent was instructed
to postpone, for the present, the
building of a school house at Coker's
Cross Roads, and the superintendent
was further instructed to secure Mr,
J. J. Ivey's building for the White
Hall district for this session.
District No. 2, white, Saulston,
was consolidated with Nos. 1 and 3.
The branch between Messrs. J. B.
ah.d Walter Gardner's was made the
dividing line, leaving Messrs J. B.
Gardner, M. S. Parris, P. H. Sasser,
Joe Smith, F. M. Musgrave, A.
Peele, and Mrs. Nicey Peterson in
No. 1; Messrs. Allen Smith, Sam
Peele, W. H. Howell, Geo. Peele,
James Walker, M. S. Smith, Henry
Herring, John Boyelte, and Mes
iames Peggie Vii-son, Sarah Lewis,
Laura Broadhurst in No. 3.
Report of fines from town of Pike
yille to date of July 1, 1903, was re
ceived and approved. Mr. L. B.
Smith suumitted check for $11.00
with, his report.
Mr J. B. Hatch, Mayor of Mt.
plive reported on fines from his
town to the amount of $188.00 for
the period from September 5, 1899,
to July 1, 1903. Mr. Hatch also
presented an order on his town treas
urer for the entire amount. The re
port was approved and the chairman
and secretary were instructed to re
ceipt in full for fines from Pikeville
and Mt. Olive to July 1, 1903.
Committeemen were appointed as
follows:
Grantham W. F. Casey in place
of W. B. Hood.
New Hope Benj. Casey in place
of John Herry.
The following orders have been
paid since the meeting of August
17th:
Nathan Smith, wood, No. 1, col- j
ored, Saulston, $3 50.
Census 53 districts, General Fund,
$81 00.
The Argus, printing, $2 50.
J. VV. Pipkin, 7 book cases, Gen'l
Fund, $35 00.
E. T. Atkinson, postage, Gen'l
Fund, $1 00.
J. E. Robinson, per diem, $2 00.
Barnes Ayeock, Per diem and
mileage, $3 60.
W. F. English, per diem and mile
age, $3 60.
The Board will meet again on the
1st Monday in October. f
J. E. ROBIJfSOJT,
Chairman.
E. T. Atkixsou,
Secretary.
J. W. WHEELER DBAD.
He Claimed He Captured Jeff Davis.
He Died While Returning
From Grand Army
, Meeting.
Falls,. City, Neb., Sept. 7 The
man who captured President Jeffer
son Davis of the Soathern Confeder
acy, J. M. Wheeler, long a resident
of this county, died to-day on a train
while returning from the Grand
Army meeting at San Francisco.
Wheeler was with the company
which captured Mr. Davis and re
ceived a portion, of the reward paid
by the government for the capture,
he claimed to have been the first
northern soldier to lay hands on the
Confederate prisoner. His accounts
of that event were always iaterest
iug as coming from a participant and
he alway claimed that the famous
ex-Dresideot of the confederacy wore
a' long waterproof ceafc instead ef
skirts as reported by history.
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SEVENTEEN CARS PILED UP
IN A MASS NEAR
HOPE MILLS.
The Accident Occurred on a Down
Grade Within a Hundred Yards
of the Depot. One Negro
Brakeman Was Ser
iously Hurt.
Fayette ville, N. C, Sept. 2. The
first section of the southbound
through freight on the Atlantic
Coast Line was wrecked at Hope
Mills at 8 o'clock this morning, de
railed it is supposed by an obstruc
tion on the track. The engine and
first three cars passed the point safe
ly, but seventeen cars in the rear,
heavily loaded with merchandise
were pilled up in a mass of broken
wood and iron.
The accident occurred on a down
grade within a hundred yards of the
depot. One negro brakeman was
seriously hurt.
At 6 o'clock this afternoon wreck
ing crews from Fayetteville and Flor
ence had completed a new track
around the wreckage. The morning
and evening passenger trains went
via the Wilmington branch. Large
crowds went out to see the wreck.
WHITE PEOPLE TO PAY FOR
EDUCATION OF WHITES;
NEGROES TO PAY
FOR NEGROES.
The recent election in Mississippi
is very significant.
In that State there is a legalized
primary, and the candidates go be
fore the people and announce their
platform.
Mayor Vardeman stood boldly on
the platform that the white people
should pay only for the education of
the white children, and that the ne
groes should pay for the education
the negro children.
On this platform Vardeman was
elected by over ten thousand major
ity. This election is very significant.
Last Fall the Wayne county Demo
cratic Convention unanimously pass
ed resolutions instructing her law
makers to use every effort for a di
vision of the school tax, the taxes of
the white folks to go to the white
children, and the taxes of the ne
groes to go to the negroes.
Now Mississippi is falling in line.
My mother was troubled with
consumption for many years. At
last she was given up to die. Then
she tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
and was speedily cured."
D. P. Jolly, Avoca, N. Y.
No matter how hard
your cough or how long
you have had it, Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral is the
best thing you can take.
It's too risky to wait
until you have consump
tion. If you are coughing
today, get a bottle or
Cherry Pectoral at once.
Tkrat aiztt : 25c, Sic., $1. All Jraiftete.
Conialt yonr doctor. If b iayt taka It.
than do aa ha say. If ha tails you not
to take It, then don't take tt. Ha knows.
Lawa It with him. Wa ara willing.
J. C. ATSK CO., Lowell. Maaa.
NOTICE.
X. T. Kael baring pnrekaied the interest of
J, D, Sloan t In tha baslnes of Blonnt & Keel
at Mob at OHra, will assume all obligations of
tb aa and wUl oolleet all Aaats due the Arm,
wiicn has been diaaolTed by mutual consent.
X.T.KHBL,
1. D. BLOUNT.
I will continue the kMlneja at the same old
ftknad in Mount Olive and will thank the pub
lie for continued oatronaaat. ,
ttaausi i X. T. KEEL.
SEVEN WERE KILLED.
PLUNGED THROUGH
A RAILWAY TRESTLE.
Fatal Accident Yesterday at Fish
ing Creek on Three C's
Branch of tiwj Rowtti
ern Railroad.
Charlotte, Sept. 3. West bound
train No. 15 on the Three C's branch
of the Southern Railway fell through
the trestle over Giahing Creek, three
miles east of Yorkville at noon to
day. Seven persons were killed, five
or six fatally, and about twenty
more or less severely injured.
The train was appmafting the
trestle at a slow rate of speed and
when near the middle tha structure
gave way precipitating the engine
and three cars into tha ertaak forty
five feet below. v
There were thirty-live passengers
on the train, half of them negroes.
The engineer, fireman, pwUl clerk
and two negro passengers were kill
ed outright and their bodies are still
under the debris of the wreck.
The dead are: Engineer Brick-
man, Fireman Fred Rtm.
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postal clerk, two nearro pft9enrers.
names unobtainable.
Fatally injured: Juliaa Johnson.
druggist, Rock Hill; W. T. Slaugh
ter, Hickory Grove: Bell Bairdi the
last named a colored passenger.
A relief train was aa out froim
Rock Hill and a portion f fee in
jured were sent there. Otlrers are
being cared for at Yorkville. The
trestle is 450 feet long and forty-five
feet high. It is supposed the acci
dent was due to defective Uuibers.
Four of the negro paaeenera, names
unknown, are reported faHsr hurt.
It is believed fuller detail will
swell the list of fatalities as besides
the train crew there wore thirty
five passengers aboard and It is
known that not a single soul escaped
unhurt. The coaches were pilled,
one above the other and the train is
a total wreck. The aectdeot oecured
at 11:80.
"Uncle Jimmie" Scott's Grape
Vine Park is the most bountiful this
year in its whole history, and the
grapes are now ripe and luscious,
and sufficient, "Uncle Jimmie" says,
to feed three thousand visitors any
day. His admission charge ia still
15 cents: two for 25 cents; but he
wishes it distinctly understood by
the small boys, as well as by all
others, that no grapes metst he gath
ered and carried away In hats,
baskets or pockets. Some have been
doing this without his knowledge,
but it will not be permitted farther.
Japan has borrowed the pi&ee of
the Missouri mule.
Letter To E. W. Ctoftq,-
Goldsboro, N. C,
Dear Sir: This story pgfe Wo
ways, and teaches two pes Jetfj.
pie.
Father Galvin, Westerly, I.
had hig curh and residence pvS&j&l.
Good job; and this is how he ftt
Measured all reftilty---spEfc
have known Deve.
Then got bids from the ynftfta
paint to be suppliod by then xm& by
him.
Saved $70 by using Devoe,
One of those painters utfU to
have gotten that money. ; .
Yours truly, .'i
F. W. Dmvom A tjcfc I
P. S. Smith A Yelverte ecQ OhV
paint. V ''"5'
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Rev. Thos. M. Clarke, geCs j.'',
Rhode Island, died wUjkjSp fc?W
this afternoo ajb .fgggdh A
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