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VOL.. XXTI
eOLDSISORO, 1ST. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1908.
NO. 34
Mil J WliUi
For Governor whom shall we elect
That office to adorn?
It strikes me that we should select
For that place Ashley Home.
We want a man that's broad of view,
Whom all "spite-work" would scorn,
Who'd give to every man his due
Well, that man's Ashley Home.
The fanners all will want a man
That's up in cotton and corn,
To guard their rights, I'm sure they can
Depend on Ashley Tlorne.
In finance he is eagle-eyed
That man's yet to be born,
Who oftener strikes the flowing tide
Than this same Ashley Horno.
Then rally 'round his standard, boys
This is no "hope forlorn!"
With confidence you may espouse
The cause of Ashley Home.
J. T. ELLINGTON.
THE CHICAGO
CONVENTION.
Preparations Already On
Foot For the Big June
Event.
The Total Number of Seats, Accord
ing to Present Plans, Will be
Almosf 11,000.
Special to The Abgtjs'
Chicago, HI., Feb. 14. Members ol
the sub committee of the Republican
National Committee, with Chairman
Harry New and (Secretary Flmer
Dover, have gathered in Chicago and
will spend the freuiainde of the wek
looking into details of the arrange
ments for the national convention here
in June. Their investigations wilJ
have to do ehieflyjwith the convention
halJ, Chicago is so used to entertaining
ths big political gatherings that the
problems of hotel accommodations,
rates, etc., have solved themselves
long ago and now call ior little atten
tion Iroin the arrangements commit
tee. The convention will assemble in the
Coliseum, where the Republican Na
tional Convention met lour years ago.
Old convention hands think it the best
proportioned andarranged convention
hall in the United States. The outside
walls are of stone, with castellated tur
rets, and the first impression is that of
a city armory. Inside the wide cou
caves of steel, if black, would make
the place look like a railway station;
but, as they are white, the effect is
pleasing, especially when decorated
with Hags and bunting. The commit
tee intends that the interior decora
tions at the June convention shall be
unusually elaborate and beautiful.
The total number of seats, according i
to present plans, will be about 11,000,
which will include the 'seats provided
in the balcony that extends around the
hall. On the platform will be seats for
the chairman, i thej secretaries of the
convention and members of the na
tional committee. Immediately be
hind the platlorm will be a raised ter
race with seats for specially invited
guests, probably 1,"200 in number. The
accommodations for the working news
papertnen will, as usual, be lound di
rectly in front and at either end of the
platform.
Underneath the rostrum, and
stretehing the whole length ol the base
ment, will be one of the most curious
sights of the convention the parapher
nalia and the workers who will com
municate to the millions the proceed
ings of the convention. Into this space
will be run more than 500 wires con
i necting directly with the principal
newspapers of the country, and with
the agencies that transmit news over
seas. There will be fully 200 tele
phones and twice as many telegraph
instruments. A thousand reporters,
operators and messengers will man
this intelligence machine.
There will be twelve entrances to
the hall, exclusive of several stairway
entrances from the basement to the
platlorm and guests sections The
Coliseum is located bat a short dis
tance from the loop district. In which
are all the leading hotels and railway
stations, and is eatlly reached by three
cur feui ear lines.
TELEaRAPH!GBREVITlES.
To-Day's Passing Events Boiled
Down For Busy Readers.
Special to the Argus.
New York, Feb. 15 Count Lozle
Szecheny and bride, formerly Miss
Gladys Vanderbilt, sailed today, for
Paris enroute to Budapest, their future
home.
Valparaiso, Feb. 15 After a magnifi
cent reception Admiral Ivans' battle
ships put out to sea today and are
steaming lor Callas, Peru. Here the
fleet will remain until February 29.
llaleigh, Feb. 15. Governor Glenn
left this afternoon for Winston where
tomorrow he will make two addresses.
He will return Monday.
Raleigh, Feb. 15. Deputy Sheriff
Weatherly, of Greensboro, today ar
rived with Frazier Jones, whose sen
tence was commuted to life imprison
ment. Raleigh, Feb. 15 Gov. Glenn has
ordered a thorough investigation of the
recent hazing at A, fc M. College. B.
C. Beckwith is to make the report. It
is reported today that two hazers have
been expelled by senior class.
Minneapolis, Feb. 14. Because a
lecture bureau has offered him a big
sum to take the lecture platform, Gov
ernor John Johnson is reported to be
seriously considering the offer, with
the view to resigning governorship and
thus putting an end to all hopes of his
nomination for the Presidency.
New York, Feb. 14 Fire Chief
Kruger, right hand man of head office
department Croker, was killed today,
nobly sacrificing his life in a fire in at
tempt to save others. He was over
come by gas and toppled down the
elevator shaft of a burning building.
Four others fell down the shaft uncon
scious, but they, with others who went
to the rescue, were finally all saved,
but badly hurt.
New York, Feb. 14,-4,The wife of
the young, Standard Oil.'millionaire,
Alf Dietrich, who was a Virginia so
ciety beauty, worth millions herself,
and who eloped with Alt Vanderbilt's
coachman, Harry IJrenchley, and fled
to Europe, where they have since been
living together, will return to New
York and institute suit for divorce in
order to marry her concubine. The
acknowledgement lor the first time to
day of Dietrich that the above state
ment is true, has caused a sensation
among the big rich set. s
TheXause of Many
Sudden Deaths.
There
is . disease prevailing m this
voumry most aangerous because so decep-
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ADVISED TO GO HOME.
Senior Class of A. & M.
College Taking Action.
Tii8 Letter of Governor Glenn TcDr.
Winston, and the Reasons Whicn
Prompted Bim to Write the
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Raleigh News and Obseryer.
The Senior Class of the A. & M. Col
lege have held a closed meeting to take
action in regard to the recent hazing at
the college, and it is understood, though
their deliberations have been kept
secret, that they decided to advise
those who participated in the hazing
last Friday night to return to their
homes.
Last Monday morning the first hour
classes were suspended and an hour
was taken by President Winston in a
lecture to the student body at the chapel
exercises on the hazing incident. Tt
was the outgrowth of this lecture that
caused the Seniors to aot.
Upon the hypothesis that those who
had engaged in the hazing would bear
evidence of it upon their hands, hav
ing used nitrate of silver upon the
faces of the freshmen, the college bat
talion was drawn up and the Com
mandant examined every man. but it
had so happened that the father of one
of the young men who were hazed
went out to the college and told two
of the students that every man in col
lege would be examined, and of course
every means was taken to prevent dis
covery.
There are stringent rules at A. & M
against hazing, and an infraction of
these rules means expulsion from the
college. During the fall term a student
was expelled for commanding a fresh
man to say grace at the table.
The following is the letter Governor
Glenn wrote to President Winston in
regard to the matter:
"The more I think about it the more
thoroughly I am persuaded that the ac
tion of the students in using nitrate of
silver in blacking faces of the fresh
men at the college, was not only cow
ardly and cruel, but so inhuman that it
ought to be dealt with with a most se
vere hand. I therefore urge you to
find out who these parties were and to
deal summarily with them, and in ad
dition to this I think that the legal au
tborities ought to take cognizance of
such acts. I believe in fun, and know
that boys will be boys, but when boys
cease to be gentlemen and act in a cruel
manner, they should be treated not as
boys but as offenders. Please give this
matter your most patient investigation.
T saw Dr. Hill the other day and asked
u i m to do everything in his prwer to
hm rot this matter out."
I'he Governor stated yesterday that
t.;e reason why he had written the
bove letter was because that, upon in
tiuiry.he had found that the hazers were
masked, that they broke down the
doors to the rooms, thereby injuring
the State's property, went into the
rooms with pistols, used nitrate of
silver on the faces of the students, in
one or two instances choked the boys,
and shaved the heads of several.
These facts were furnished the Gov
ernor by some of the boys, and in his
opinion the acts were. ;so high-handed
that as President of the Board of Trus
tees he felt that it was his duty to have
the matter fully investigated.and there
upon he wrote Dr. Winston.
Dr. Winston stated to Governor
Glenn over the 'phone that both the
faculty and the students were doing
all in their power to approhend the
guilty students.
Administrator's Notice.
Having qualified aa administrator of AHfiio
Winn, deceased. lata of Wayne counts, thin is
to notify all persons having claims against the
estate oi saia deceased to exhibit tbem to tie
undersigned on or before the 10th dav of Febru
ary, 1909. or this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All Persons indebted to said
state will please make immediate Davment
This the 4th day of February. 1908.
UlGK(yi B. SNEAU,
Administrator of Ailsie Winn, dees as sd.
Have yon seen our fine line, of Din
ing Room Furniture? Consisting 6f
Extension Tables, Side Boards. Buffet
China Closets, Serving Tables Mid
Chairs?
Don't MiasThI.
BLOODY LYNCHING BEE
Valdosta, Ga. Feb. 12 The bloody re
suit of an attempt at lynching here last
night, If often repeated will stop the
practioe. V
Jack .Long, a white man whose
brother had been killed by James Sapp,
met the father of Sapp and killed 'him
on the public road. Sapp was a wealthy
man and fifty of his friends went to
this jail last night to take Jack Long out
and lynch Mm.
Long defended himself vigorously,
killing lour and serlouly wounded ten.
and would have cleaned up the entire
lynching party had those left not shot
him to death.
It is the bloodies"! lynching affair of
Andrtwi k Waddell Furnitare OoTrsoanty
NEWS FORECAST OF
THE COMING WEEK.
(Special to the Akgus.)
Washington, D. C, Feb. 15.
Washington, D. C.,Feb. 15 The dis
inclination of Congrees to grapple with
the important problems pending in
that body will leave the subject of
polities to occupy first place in public
attention during the coming week.
Several important conventions and
conferences are scheduled for the week,
and there will be the usual amount ot
activity among the presidential aspir
ants. Democrats of Kansas and Oklahoma
will hold their conventions the latter
part of the week to select their dele
gates to the national convention at
Denver. Iowa Populists are also sche
duled to meet in State convention to
select delegates to the national conven
tion at St. Louis. In Ohio and Mis
souri there will be several Congres
sicaal district conventions that will
be watched by the politicians to see
which way the wind is blowing.
Secretary Taft is to spend the great
er part of the week in New Kngland,
speaking In Connecticut, Massachu
setts and New Hampshire.
Mr. Bryan will cast his sphere to the
middle West. He will be heard at the
State capitals of Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois and at one or two other points
in the same States.
The most important appearance of
Governor Hughes during the week
will be in Chicago, where he will pre
sent his views on a lew national prob
lems at a banquet of the Union League
Club Saturday night.
It is reported that a conference of
Independence League leaders will be
held in Chicago the latter part of the
week to discuss the part that organiza
tion will take in the presidential cam
paign. William R. Htarst, the chief
spirit of the league and its possible
presidential nominee, is expected to
attend the conference.- - - -
Aside from the political gatherings
the most important convention of the
week will be that of the Southern Cot
ton Association in Dallas. The gath
ering will be attended by delegates
representing all the cotton-growing
States of the South, who will discuss
the present condition and future out
look for Xhe cotton-growing industry.
THIS DATE
IN HISTORY.
Februarys 15.
1781 Gen. Greene abandoned North
Carolina to the British.
1804 New Jersey-Legislature passed
an act for the gradual aboli
tion of slavery.
1844 William Williams, of Pennsyl
vania, became Secretary of
War.
1845 Elihu Root, Secretary of State,
born at Clinton, N. Y.
1863 Federal prisoners first confiued
at Andersonville, Ga.
1865 Cardinal Nicholis Wiseman
died. Born 1802.
1898 U. S. battleship Maine blown
up in Havana harbor, with
loss of 200 lives.
1905 Gen. Lew Wallace, author oi
"Ben IIui," died. Boau April
10, 1827.
TO-DAY'S MARKET.
(By special wire to The Argus.)
New York Feb. 17 Stock market
opened with fractional declines. A
drop of a full point was made in An
aconda.
Cotton market opened with active
advance of 2 to 9 points higher.
March . 10:60
May 1 10:68
July, 10:48
August 10:38
Chicago, Feb, 17 W heat opened 1-8
to 1-4 cent lower.
May 93 3-4
Corn 61 1-4
Oats : 53 3-8
Lard 7.27
Pork . 11:30
Ribs . 6.42
Special Sale of Statuary for next
15 days. A large assortment to select
from at one third off regular prices.
Every piece marked in plain figures.
This is a chance to secure a bargain in
this class of goods. " '
Andrews fc Waddell Furniture Oo.
PUNCHINELLO.
Tiie Drink That Makes Mer
ry and Has No Morning
Big Bottling Company Organized
Merging Local Plants and Es
tablishing a Branch at
KocKy mn.
The Punch-I-Nello Bottling Company
wasorganized in this ciiy last night,
merging in the new enterprise the A.
L. Bell Bottling Company and the
Coco-Cola Bottling works, of this city,
and opening business at once in the
operation of these two long established
and well-known bottling plants.
The charter of the Punch-I-Nello Com
pany provides for an authorized capi
tal of $100,000, but it begins business
with a subscribed capital of $10,000,
which is ample for all requirements, so-much-so,
that although there were ap
plications for stock in excess of this
sum such were declined.
The new company is officered as fol
lows: President, W. K. Borden.
"Vice-President, C. B. Miller.
Secretary and Treasurer and Mana
ger of Home Plant, A. L. Bell.
Manager Sales Department, A. E.
Dannenberg.
Auditor and Promoter and Treasurer
Rocky Mount Plant No 1., W. H. Mc
Donald. DIRECTORS.
Geo. C. Royall, L. M. Michaux, C. B.
Miller, A. L. Bell, A. E. Dannenberg,
W. E. Borden and W. H. McDonald.
This new enterprise begins business
under most favorable auspices, and
presents to tVie public the best carbon
ated .jdrink on the market today the
drink that cheers, invigorates and per
manently builds up the drink that
makes merry and has no "morning af
ter." Success to the Punch-I-Nelio Bottling
Company!
PRESUMABLY QUIET
AT PLYMOUTH.
Bad Negro Shot a Constable.
No New Developments In Call For
Troops Last Kigtt To Protect
Tno Negro From Lynchers.
(Special to the Argus.)
Raleigh, Feb. 11. Governor Glenn,
when seen this morning at the Capitol,
stated that there were no new develop
ments in the Plymouth call for troops,
last night, to prevent the lynching of
the negro who shot a constable there.
Therefore, the Governor stated that
everything is presumably quiet.
From other sources it is stated that
the sheriff's telegram was prompted by
"abundance ol caution" more than any
real danger of a lynching.
This afternoon Governor Glenn re
ceived a message from Sheriff Jackson,,
of Washington county, stating that
everything is quiet and all tear of
lynching is over.
SLEEP BROKEN BY
ETCHING ECZEMA
Skin of Whole Jody Covered for a
Year Awful Itching Kept Suf
ferer Awake Half the Night
Tried All Kinds of Remedies but
They Had No Effect.
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one cake of Cuticura Soap, one box of
Cuticura, but two vials of Cuticura
Kesolvent Pills which cost me a
dollar and twenty-five cents in all. For
a year I have had what they call eczema.
I had an itching all over my body, and
when I would retire for the night it
would keep me awake half the night,
and the more I would scratch, the more
it would itch. I tried el! kinds of rem
edies, but could pet no relief. A friend
of mine told mo to try tho Cuticura
Remedies which I did," and am very
glad I tried them, for I was completely
cured. If any of my friends should
be troubled with the same disease, I
will cheerfully recommend the Cuticura
Remedies, and if I know any one who
wants to know how I cured myself, I
shall be glad to tell them. Walter W.
Paglusch, 207 N. Robey St., Chicago,
111., Oct. 8 and 1G, 1906."
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ELECTION NOTICE.
For Special School Tax In Pre
scribed District in Fork Town
ship, Wayne County.
On a petition duly signed by the cit
izens of the prescribed district and en
dorsed by the County Board of Educa
tion of Wayne county, the Board of
County Commissioners of said county,
in regular session on Monday, Febru
ary 3, 1908, hereby orders an election
to be held in the hereinafter described
district in Fork Township, Wayne
county, at Kosewood Academy, in said
district, on Tuesday, March 10, 1908,
to ascertain the will of the people
1 within the said special school district
whether there shall be levied in said
district a special annual tax of not
more than fifteen cents on the one
hundred dollars valuation of xro2erty.
and forty-five cents on the poll, to sup
plement the Public School Fund which
may be apportioned to said district by
the County Board of .Education in ease
such special tax is voted.
The said special school district is;
hereby constituted as follows :
Beginning at the mouth of the Beaver
Dam, on Neuse river, below Mr. H.
Coor's mill, running up said Beaver
Dam to Charles liranch ; up said branch,
to line between Mrs. Stell Newsome
and Joseph Barnes, colored ; thence up
said line to county road ; then down
said road easterly to Thompson's old
mill ; then runswestup road by K. W.
Ilines to the endof lane at J. D. Hines,
Sr.: then up said lane to Southern
Railroad ; thenjjrunning line between
Pate and J. P. Cox to Midland R. R.;
then striking line between Fred t How
ell, heir, and Dr. Will Crawford ; then
down said line to Lon Dail's line; then
running lino between LonDail and Dr.
Crawford to tho Levi Howell lane ;
thence with said lane to the river,
and theu down Little River to Neuse
river; thence up Ncuse river to the
beginning.
fSaid special tax election, on March
10, 1108, shall be held under the gen
eral law governing such elections, and
James Edwards is hereby appointed
Register, and G. W. Hooks and Albert
Smith are constituted Poll Holders for
said election, and a new registration is
hereby ordered.
W. G. BRITT,
Clerk to Board of County Commissioners.
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Every Humor ot Infanta. Children, and Adnlta con
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Corp.. Sole Props Boston. Mass.
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FOB SALE Coke's Prolific Seed
Corn, field selection. W. F. Moore,
Genoa, N. C.
W. H. WHALEY& CO., Inc.
Mill Supplies and Machinery,
74 Commercial Place,
Norfolk, Virginia.
C. H. JENKINS. Secretary. Both Phoaea 157
E. W. HILL. J. LEON WILUAM&j
Hill & Williams,
Attorneys - at- Law.
ROOM 3 HEADLIGHT I BUILDING.
FOR $1 I will advertise your pro
perty and get you probable buyer's
here. When sold pay me 5 per
cent. Northerners are investing"
.freely South. H W. Finlayson,
450 Broadway, New York.