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-X, r .... . - t3 I- I- - rti rr -XT "This Argus o'er the people's rights No soothing strains of Maia's son (U-t rr "Wko pl.UU cl 63X. Doth an eternal vigil keep ; Shall lull its hundred eyes to sleep." tpl.UU d I tJctl . a ... ... - . i . , . ... . ,. .. ,,, , , - - - VOL. XXII. " GOLDSBOEO, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1906. NO. 4. Decision in the Norm Case Was Rendered in Raleigh Saturday Nig JURY WAS court at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, having re-convened court, and the jury not coming into the court room. During the day the interest of the public in the case was manifested by the crowd that lingered . near the court house, and the frequent in quiries on the street as to the stand ing of the jury and the probable result. 2 m POLITICS IN NEW YORK. Would H3V8 Been Discharged if the Jurors Had Been Out an Hour Laler-Norris Congratulat ed by Friends on his Acqiiital it I:-" oo Raleigh News & Observer. At 9:35 'o'clock last night the jury in the Norris case returned a verdict of "Not guilty," acquiting Mr. M. T. Norris, one of Raleigh's most prominent merchants, of the charge of burning the old Norris house, the property of his wife, for the purpose of collecting an insurance policy thereon for $500. The trial 1 egan Tuesday afternoon and was one of the stormiest between counsel ever conducted in Wake Superior Court. The case went to the jury Friday night at 9:45 o'clock, and the jury was out 24 hours and 10 minutes. At 9:20 o'clock last night Judge Webb was informed by the officer that the jury had reached a verdict. He proceeded immediately to the court room and asked the jurors if they had agreed upon their verdict. Mr. John Stronach, spokesman for the jury, announced that they had agreed, and Judge Webb instructed the clerk, Mr. Vituevius Royster, to take the verdict. The jurors stood up and when eir verdict was announc ed the clrk MdiJ: "So, .saw you !,?!: idJthere was no response to the f .1 fi s A contrary. Mr. Norris and several of his per sonal friends were present, and they congratulated him warmly upon his acquital. At 8:30 o'clock last night Judge Webb sent word to the officer of the jury to come to the hotel at once, and upon his arrival instructed him to notify the solicitor and counsel for the State and for the defendant to be at the hotel at 10:30 o'clock, his pur pose then being to discharge the jury if they had not agreed upon their verdict. He was of the opinion that should they not have agreed by that time it was not likely that they could arrive upon a verdict, and Judge Webb did not propose to con tinue the term of court next week. When the officer arrived at the hotel he informed the judge that the jurors were at supper, and upon their return to the court room they sent the officer for Judge Webb and an nounced their verdict. The jury sent for Judge Webb at 10 o'clock yesterday morning and Mr. Stronach, the spokesman an nounced that the jury could not agree. The judge told them about the great importance of the case, and said they looked to be honest men, ' capable of arriving at a just decision, y. . and that he would have to keep them together until they should have agreed. r ml i. .1 1, 1 ,1 -Liie jurors bini uuwii auu. iitjiu a conference in undertone, and the spokesman stated to the judge that the jury wished to hear the evidence read. Judge Webb, read about half of the testimony of the witnesses, and just before he had concluded reading the testimony ot the negro boy Spokesman Stronach stated that when he had finished reading that the jury would have heard all of the evidence that was desired to refresh their memory. It was 2:45 when Judge Webb left the court . room. At 4 o'clock the jury sent word to the judge that they could not agree, but Judge Webb in formed the officer that he would keep them together longer, but told him he need not report to the jury what he had said. Judge Webb ordered a recess in The New York Sun says the next governor of New York will be a democrat and that that de mocrat will be the next president of the United Stales. Possibly the Sun may not know what will take place in 1908. Eor-sigbly therefore, WilliAm Jen nings Bryan of Nebraska is stiil in the running. The next governor of New York will undoubtedly be a democrat,and possibly he may become the choice of the national democracy. It is a shrewd gues- of the Sun, which must be counted a republican paper. At this writing Mr. Hearst seeins a winner of the gubernatorial nomi nation in New York. He is carry ing county after county. He will lose some democratic votes, but the malcontents and (he floaters would flock to him and he wouid be elect ed. He was a vote-getter laet year, and he will be a vote-getter this yar. Mayor McUleilan propones, however, to keep him out of the nomination by pushing the c airns ot William Tra vers Jerome, but the cbauees cf nomination do not run to wards Jerome. On the other side of the hor S3 Governor Higgir s expects renomination, but he may et out of the was to let Lawyer Hughes of in surance prosecution fame ruu. Neither, however, can be elected. Governor Higgans certainly cannot be, and Mr. Hughes' prospects are not much better But even if it be assumed that William Randolph Hearst will be then? Mr. Hearst says re is not a candidate for the democratic presi dential nomination in 1908. TO BEGIN PUBLICATION The North Carolina Journal of Education. First Issue In September. Will Be Semi-Monthly. E. C. Brooks, Editor-in-Chief. Associate Editors to Be Announced Later. jH. E. See man, Publisher. Death of An Old Golds boro Citizen. V A telegram received in this fcity Saturday evening by our townsman, Mr. W. K. Lane, announced the sad intelligence of the death of his brother, Mr. Sampson Lane, which occurred very suddenly at Gulfport, Miss., Friday afternoon, where he was employed as Assistant Superin tendent of Immigr ation for the U. S. Government, which position he has held for the past 12 years. He formerly held the same position at New York, Montreal, Canada and other places, but was transferred to Gulfport oa account of leeble health. Mr. Lane was well and favorably known in this city, where he was reared, leaving here for Texas about 25 years ugo. He leaves a daughter, who resides at Lexington, Missouri, and the dis position of his remains will be left with her. Besides a daughter, deceased leaves four sisters, Mrs. Brock, of Jones county ,v Mrs. Hugh Humph rey and Miss Emma Lane, of this city, Mrs. Whitfield, of Fort Worth, Tex., and two brothers, Messrs. Jno. Lane, of Portsmouth, Va., W. P. Lane, of this city, and other rela tives and friends to mourn his de mise, and to ail oi these the aegus extends its sincere condolence. Deceased was 55 years of age. The Minister's Revenge. Kansas City Journal. A Hiawatha clergyman preached a rather exhaustive sermon from the text, "Thou art weighed in the bal ance and found wanting." After the congregation had listened about an hour some began to get weary and went out j others followed, greatly to the annoyance of the minister. Soon another person started, whereupon the preacher stopped his sermon and said: "That's right, gentlemen, as fast as you are weighed pass out." We copy from the Raleigh Even ing Times, of Saturday last, the fol lowing notice, which will be read with interest by friends of education in this city and county, as well as by the many admiring friends of Prof. E. C. Brooks, superintendent of our matchless Graded, Schools, who is to be editor-in-chief of the new publica tion: "Superintendent of Public Instruc tion, J. Y. Joyner, made the an nouncement this morning that a con ference of the board of managers and the publisher of the proposed State Educational Journal has resulted in the determination to begin publica tion in September. "The name will be The North Caro lina Journal of Education, and -it will be published simi-monthly. Superintendent E. C. Brooks, of the Goidsboro Graded Schools, will be the editor-in-chief, and there will be associated editors for each of the de partments, among which will be primary education, intermediate and high school, city schools and super intendents, county superintendents, State department of public educa tion, collate and university educa tion, among the teachers, general educational news, y wTuTJe Announced later. The pros pectus will be issued at once. "Mr. Joyner says that, such a medium of communication between the educational forces of the State has long been needed and .will cer tainly prove a potent factor in the advancement of the cause of educa tion in the State." THE NATIONAL BANK OF G0LDSBOR0 Is Installing an Up-to-date Electri cal Burglar Alarm System The National Bank of Goidsboro always alive to the best interest and well-fare of its patrons is having in stalled in the banking building an up-to-date double automatic electri cal burglar alarm system. Mr. Herman Huhm, of the Elec tric Bank Protective Co., of New York, has the work in charge, and he tells us the work will be com pleted in a few days, after which a public test will be given by general manager, E. B. Thaw, of New York. Its adoption eliminates the I necessity for safes, steel-lined vaults, heavy built doors, etc., and there is practically no limit to the extent of the security and protection afforded by the system, which prevents even an attempt to enter the bank room or vault. It is impossible to even open tho vault door after it has been sealed by the electrical timers with out turning in the entire alarm sys tem. In addition to the protection af forded there will be a large outside gODg, which will ring every day at 12 o'clock. Hammocks, all grades greatly re duced, also porch shades at Parker & Falkener's. Notice. At a meeting of the Democratic County Executive Committee, of Wayne county, it was ordered that the Precinct Primaries be held in all the Precincts outside of Goidsboro Township, on Saturday, July 21st, at three o'clock p. m. and in Goids boro Township on Friday night, July 20lh, at 8.30 o'clock, and that the County Convention be held on Saturday, July 28th, 1906, at 12:30 o'clock p. m. F. A. Daniels, Ch'm Dem. County Ex. Com. H. B. Parker, Secretary. DEATH OF MR. SAGE The Great Financier Is No More. He Would Have Celebrated His Eighty-Seventh Birthday on the Fourth of August. , To be Buried Wednesday. New York, July 23. Russell Sage died suddenly Sunday at his country home, "Cedar Croft," at Lawrence, L. I. The immediate cause of death was heart failure resulting from a complication of diseases incident to old age. The veteran financier would have celebrated his 87th birth day on August 4 Mr. Sage bad been in exception- ally good hf alth since his arrival at his summer home about six months ago. At noon Sunday he was seized with a sinking spell and collapsed, falling into unconsciousness about two hours before his death, which oc curred at 4;30 o'clock. There were present at the end Mrs. Sage, her brother, Col. J. J. Slocum, Rev. Dr. Robert Leetch, Dr. Theodore S. Janeway, of New York; Dr. J. Carl Tch muck, a local physician, and DrkJohn P. Munn, for many years Mr. Sage's family physician, who- wsfcs summoned from New York when the first a'arming symptoms were manifest. The funeral services will be held on Wednesday at the ; West Presby terian church, Wtst Forty-second street, of which Mr; Sage had been a member for many; years. The in terment will take place in Troy on Slocum, "are named as the executors of Mr. Sage's will. Mr. Sage's will probably will be probated shortly after the funeral. A former business associate f Mr. Sage expressed the opinion that the estate would aggregate well beyond $100,000,000 and that the will would contain many surprises. A CORRECTION. Editor Argus: As published in your issue of Sat urday, the names of the delegates is incorrect in the 2nd ward, and the number of delegates allotted each candidate far Clerk is also incorrect. The delegates appointed are as fol lows: John A. Daughtery, S. W. Dra per, Richard Johnson, I. F. Dor ten, T. W. Slocumb, J. C. Barden, B. G. Thompson, J. D. Daniel, J. E. Stan ley, Gum ey Hood, G. R. Stith, G. C. Kornegay and . J. W. Edwards, divided as follows: C. F. Herring 4. J. E. Peterson 3 3-5. A. B. Hollow ell 2 5-6. J. R. Hatch 1 2-3. Very truly, J. M. Hollowell, Secretary. took fire he saved the derbris from fire by putting this out with wet sand. Conductor Bowen, though badly hurt, worked until exhausted. Both these men deserve great praise. There were many others who did all they could and people came from nearby to help. It is said here that Conductor Bowen reported about 60 negroes as being in the fatal coach, most of whom had got on at Rockingham coming east. No trains are running east or west as late as 11:30 tonight. The report here is that about thirty negroes were killed. DREWRY ROLLS UP A BIG MAJORITY. TO LOCATE COLONY Fred L. Merritt to Relieve Labor Sit uation. Elizabeth City, July 23. Your correspondent had an interview to day with Mr. Fred L. Merritt, land and industrial agent of the Norfolk & Southern Railway. He Is en gaged at present in negotiations which will, in all probability, bring to the section traversed by the Nor folk and Southern a large number of desirable immigrants. Mr. Merritt said that he was al ready in correspondence with New York parties about the project and as each side seems satisfied with the other's proposition, it is very prob able that the colony will be located in the near future. 'He stated to the reporter that he has personally in vestigated t he class r f people who will be induced to come and found them to be industrious and energetic agriculturists with no money but anxious to work. These will be welcomed gladly by the farmers along the road, for the labor situation is very much in need of relief. Mr. Merritt is making in quiries of farmers alongthe road as number of laborexaneexled.- '4 T --.v.. -..v.- ..,., TWENTY BEAD. Latest News of Wreck Near Hamlet Most of the Killed Were Negroes. Charlotte, N. C, July 23 The latest reports from Hamlet, near which place a freight and a passen ger train collided last night, is to the effect that two white men and 18 negroes were killed and about 20 injured. Among the dead are Engi neer F. B. Leads, of Hamlet, and Fireman Tom Hill, of the passenger train. The train at fault was bound north over the Seaboard Air Line. HEROES OF THE WRECK. Judge W. B. Council, of Hickory, who was on the wrecked passenger train and Conductor J. D. Bowen both proved heroes in the terrible wreck near here Sundry. Judge Council was injured, but despite this, when the wreckage DEAL AT NEWBERN. New Bern, N. C, July 23 Dr. James B. Hughes sold to James B. Blades his entire property on South Front street and on Middle street to the Channel. This includes the tele graph office, Hotel Chattawka and about 40 other buildings of wood and brick. The consideration was $100,000 dollars. This property is in the business section of the town. Mr. Blades expects to improve all the brick structures and replace the wooden ones with brick buildings. On South Front street the property covers one-half block and on Middle street it reaches for two blocks. The Newbern Banking and Trust Company was organized today with $100,000 capital stock paid in, and elected the following directors: Jas. B. Blades, W. B. Blades, J. S. Bas night, J. J. Wolfenden, J. W. Stew art; C. E. Foy, F. W. Hughes, L. H. Culter, Jr., and C. D. Bradham. The directors will meet later and elect the officers. The bank expects to be open for business by September 1st. Precincts in Wake County Publisher Lead of 1,374 Votes. Give Raleigh, N. C, July 23 Returns official or partial, have now been received from every precinct in the county except Buckhorn and the majority of John O. Drewry for candidate for stato senator in the Democratic primary Saturday is 1,371 over his opponent, Percy J. Olive. Returns from three precincts, namely Buckhorn, Robinson's Store and Forest ville, are still lacking on representatives but Charles U. Har ris, Millard Mial and W. C. Doug lass appear to have received a ma jority of the votes cast and are the nominees for the house without another primary. Joseph II. Sears for sheriff, with the three above named precints missing, has a clear majority of 483 over his three opponents combined. There can ba uo question of .his nomination in the first primary for he has evidently carried Buckhorn and Robinson's Store, aud Wake Forest. Forestville precinct will not overcome his big lead. The vote in Raleigh township stood as follows: For senator Drewry, 1,241; Olive 400. For representatives Dougiass,472; Hoiieycutt, 637; Harris, l,2bS; Mial, 662; Jones, 664; Fai3on, 613. For sheriff Sears, 746; Rand, 629; Robbins, 225; Whitaker, 123. For constable in Raleigh town ship Byrum received 1,133 and his opponent John R. Bank?, 409. THE G0LDSB0R0 SHOE CO. BCsloresa 5 Portent Semi-Annum Dividend. His Biblical Prototype. From Harper's Weekly. The head of a well-known theolo gical seminary in the south is accus tomed to test the ability and self-possession of the students by sending them into the pulpit with a sealed envelope in their hands containing the text of a serman to be delivered on the-spur of the moment. On one such occasion the student on opening his paper, read these in structions: "Apply the story of Zac cheus to your own circumstances and your call to the ministry." The student, cleverly enough, de livered himself of the following: "Brethren, thesubject on which lad dress you is a comparison between Zacchens and myself, with reference to my qualificatians for the pulpit. The first thing we read of Zaccheus is that he was small of statue. I never felt so small a3 1 do now. In the second place, we read that Zac cheus was up a tree, which is very much my position at present. Third ly it is related Zaccheus made haste to come down: and in this I gladly and promptly follow his example. The stockholders of the Goidsboro Shoe Ce. were all wearing pleasant smiles yesterday, on account of a 5 per cent, semi-annual dividend which was declared on the capital stock of the company, a check for which was presented to each mem ber. Besides this a nice sum was also placed to the surplus fund. The Goidsboro Shoe Co. is one of the most progressive and wide awake business enterprises in the city. Under the supervision of its clev er, wide-awake and public-spirited manager, Mr. J. M. Allen, the busi ness has been a success from the start and has grown larger each succeed ing year, until to-day it is second to none in the city. Mr. Allen is both courteous and obliging and possesses the confidence and respect of the trading public in general, and be sides this he believes injudicious ad vertising, and has been one of our most liberal patron3 to which, in a measure he attributes the won derful success achieved by his firm. The Goidsboro Shoe Company is all right. They carry at all times a select line of standard make shoes, a competent and obliging corps of clerks are always on hand ready to cater to your every need, and you are sure of a perfect fit at a satisfac tory price. The management desires to ex press its sincere thanks and, appre ciation to the people of Goidsboro and surrounding country for their most liberal and substantial patron age in the past and promises in re turn a sqare deal to every one in the future as has been its policy in the past. We wish the Goidsboro Shoe Co. continued success. Bonds Oversubscribed, Washington, July, 23. It waan- nounced this morning that the Pana ma canal bond issue was oversubcrib ed eight times. The total amount of bids which ha3 ju3t been tabulated reached the enormous sum of $445, 000,000. See Parker & Falkener for Ham mocks and Porch Shades. At your own price. . -V'
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