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VOL. XXTI WOLDSBOEO, N. C, THUKSDAY, MARCH 5, 1908. NO. 3 (J
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SAYS CANNON'S THE MAN.
The Above is The Opinion Expressed
by Max Eimberg, Better Known
as "Bim, The Button Man."
(By Special Wire to the Abotjs.)
New York, Feb. 28. "Take it from
me, Speaker Cannon is sure to be the
next Presidential candidate of the Re
publican party. Some things may
happen between now and June to
change my opinion, but if I were or
dering campaign buttons today I
would put in my bid tor a thousand ot
the Cannon emblems for every gross of
buttons I ordered lor Taft, Hughes or
any other oi those mentioned in con
nection with the Republican nomina
tion." The above is the opinion expressed
by Max Bim berg, better known as
"Bim, the Button Man." Though he
is kept pretty busy nowadays con
structing and manning theaters in the
metropolis, "Bim" is still ready to talk
of the campaign button business, in
which he laid the foundation for his pres
ent substantial fortune. Up to the con
ventions of 1900 he was a la miliar figure
at all the national political gatherings
With a force of street fakirs and hawk
ers he was accustomed to jump from
New York to the convention city ready
the nl&ce with all varieties of
campaign buttons.
It was at the Republican National
Convention in Philadelphia that "Bim
established his reputation as a long
distance political prcgnosticator. As
will be remembered, the nomination of
Roosevelt for second place on the
ticket was not thought of at the time
the convention assembled. Those
who had broached the subject to the
leader of the "Rough Riders" had been
met with his plain and unqualified
statement that he would not accept the
nomination. But, as everyone knows
arguments were brought to bear upon
Mr. Roosevelt that caused him to
nhanere his mind, though so far as the
general public was concerned his nom
ination had been entirely unlooked for
Then it was that "Bim, the Button
Man," came into prominence. Before
the noise of the balloting and cheering
had died away he had his men flood
ing the convention hall lobbies and the
streets of Philadelphia with buttons
and badges bearing the likeness ot the
Vice-Presidential candidate. And to
cap the climax he stated that he had
brought several hundred thousand of
the Roosevelt buttons from New York
because he had been absolutely certain
of his nomination. Thus was estab
lished Mr. Bimberg's reputation as
political prophet.
"Bim" is no longer In the button
business and those who have succeed
ed him do not seem to place much re
liance in his opinion on the subject of
the Presidential nominee ot the Re-
publican party this year. Speaker
Cannon does not appear to cut much
of a figure in their trade calculations
The largest manufactures of campaign
emblems in the country, located in
Newark, are already in receipt of or
ders for buttons from dealers in such
things. These orders show that Taft
and Bryan are regarded as the prob
able nominees. The order for Bryan
buttons lar outnumbers all the rest,
indicating presumably that the No
braska leader is supposed to have a
sure thing on the Democratic nomina
tion. The number of Taft buttons or
dered is almost as large. Hughes but
tons are being turned out in consider
able quantities, but if Cannon, Knox,
XiaFollette or anyone else heads the
ticket to be named at Chicago the but
ton makers will have to do some hurry-up
work, as there will be no large
supply of these buttons made up in
advance.
The campaign this fall will bring
forth a number ot novelties in the way
of emblems. A number of unique de
signs to be used by both parties are
already being made. But the familiar
tin button with celludloid facing, the
kind that has sprung into world-wide
popularity during the past few years,
will be used to a greater extent than
ever before. These are turned out in
such quantities and at such a low price
that they can be sold at from one to
ten cents, or even given away, at a
profit.
Washington, Feb. 26. President
Roosevelt today sent a special mess
age to Congress accompanying the
preliminary report of the inland
waterways commission, and in it he
points out the great value of the work
done by this commission and of the
future development of waterways in
the United S tates, North Carolina be
ing one of the states interested in this
movement.
BRADLEY BEATS
BECKHAM.
Kentucky Senatorial Dead
lock Broken.
A Republican Goes From the Blue
Grass State to the United States
Sesate by Democratic
Votes.
(Special to The Argus.)
Frankford, Ky., Feb. 28 The long
and stubborn deadlock in the legisla
ture over the election of a U. S. Sen
ator was broken today by the election
of Ex-Cov. William O. Bradley, Re
publican, who defeated Gov. Beckham,
Democrat.
In the final round-up a sufficient
number of anti-Beckham Democrats
voted for Bradley to land him in the
fat job. v
A GOLDSBORO GIRL.
Little Miss Mary Jordan Fry
Develops a Marvelous
Voice.
A UNIQUE ANNOUNCEMENT
WHAT THE BOOKS SHOW.
Bere are Some Costs That are AI
ready Computed But
These are not all.
Special to the Argus.
Raleigh, Feb. 28 From the books of
the State Auditor it is shown today
that F. A. Woodward, of Wilson, re
ceived 3,936; Justice $3,750; Aycock
g3,170; Bryant and Winston 1,517;
Shepherd $1,301; Ryan 250, and Mer
rimon 835 in lawyers fees on account
of litigation in the now famous rail
way rate case.
Other costs of tbe litigation bring
the total up to 18,629, which does not
include the cost of the extra session of
the legislature.
That 17,500 railroad assessment will
just about pay or offset the cost of the
latter.
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 Rosewood Academy, in said
district, on Tuesday, March 10, 1908,
to ascertain the will of the people
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 property,
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 case
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 Branch ; up said branch
to line between Mrs. Stell Newsome
and Joseph Barnes, colored ; thence up
said line to county road ; then down I
said road easterly to Thompson's old 1
mill ; then runsfcwestup road by R. W. 1
Hines to the endof lane at J. D. Banes, '
Sr.: then up said lane to Southern ;
Railroad ; thenjrunning line between
Pate and J. P. Cox to Midland R. R.;
then striking line between Fred.JHow
ell, heir, and Dr. Will Crawford ; then
down said line to Lon Dail's line; then
running line between LonDail and Dr.
Crawford to the Levi tHowell lane ;
thence with said lane to . the river,
and then down Little River to Neuse
river ; thence up JNeuse river to the
beginning.
Said special tax election, on March
10, 1908, 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 Commis
sioners. ., - -
At Ye Olds Tyms Fiddlers' Convention In
Spartanburg Last week She Capti
vated Everybody with Her
Siren Singing.
From the Spartanburg, S. C, Daily
Herald of February 21, we copy the
following account of the singing in
that city of a former Goldsboro girl,
the daughter of Capt. and Mrs. S. G.
Fry, who are still most pleasantly and
cordially remembered here:
"The singing of Miss Mary Jordan
Fry, a fourteen-year-old girl from Gas
tonia, N. C, was one of the most mar
velous musical features ever heard
here. This girl has a most wonderful
contralto voice, and sings with the ease
and grace of a prima donna, with the
most delightful exception that one can
catch every word and understand it.
There are no words lost in reaching
high notes or in trilling, and when she
sings it is a sweet story recited as it
were to music. The old time fiddlers
had been sawing their fiddles and reap
ing the utmost satisfaction and sharing
the same with their audience, when Don
Richardson introduced the sweet little
singer, who sang"01d Folks at Home,"
to an accompaniment played by Prof.
Greenewald. "The old fellows" had on
their hats when the beautiful child in
blue dress came in the glow of the foot
lights and began to sing. She had
scarcely finished one verse before every
hat was removed, and the fiddlers, with
their locks whitened by the snows of
many winters, sat as if charmed by
some sirerr song. Before : sh'e finished
the first chorus there were tears in the
eyes of some of the "gray-haired boys."
Perhaps they were thinking of the lit
tle cabin in the lane, around which the
blackberry vines and sumack brushes
grew where the days were long and
golden golden as the locks of the little
girl who stood in the glow of the foot
lights and sang in a sweet, childish
voice of those scenes of days gone by
which cluster in the hallowed riches of
memory.
"There is something remarkable in
the singing of Miss Fry, in that she has
never taken a music lesson in her life.
Last night she was encored and re-en
cored, graciously responding to the
limit of endurance. This morning Miss
Fry will sing before Pro!. Manchester
at Converse College. She will appear
in "Ye Olde Tyme Fiddlers' Conven
tion" at the theatre again this evening.
There have been wonderful singers in
Spartanburg, and singers that have
charged by the word as it were for their
songs, but Miss Fry, the little four-
teen-year-oia. gin, stands without a
peer, bhe stands uniquely alone as
the most wonderful contralto singer in
the city. To hear her is to dream of
the spirits of harmony singing to listen
ing sirens.
"Howard Balew, a ten-year-old boy,
son of Mr. E. K. Balew, of Blacksburg,
proved himself a wonder on the piano
He rendered a number of piano solos,
ana received storms of applause. It is
remarkable how the little fellow can
eiaw ivory." He seems as much at
ease at the piano as a skilled pianist
would appear, who has been before the
public for years."
In which Goldsboro People and Many
out of Town Readers of The
Argus are Interested.
Miss Bessie Gold's at
Home in Wilson.
The Wilson Times contains the fol
lowing that will be read with interest
by many argtjs patrons, the pros
pective groom being the brother of
Mrs. W. H. Borden and Miss Sadie
Darden, of this city, and the hostess of
the occasion referred to is the sister of
Mrs. Wms. Spicer of our city, and very
popular here where she sometimes
visits and has many admiring friends.
"Last evening at the home of Miss
Bessie Gold, on Vance street, a pleas
ant "At Home" was given to about
seventy ladies, and as a hostess Miss
Gold surpassed herself.
Progressive Dominoes" were in
dulged in and Miss Janie Penick, of
Virginia, proved to be the champion
of the afternoon. She was presented
with a mammoth bouquet of Red Car
nations she in turn presented the
floral trophy to Miss Sallie Jordan
"Refreshments were then in order,
and the party were ushered into the
dining room which was beautifully
decorated the color scheme being red,
white and green.
Just before being seated around the
table the bell on the front door chimed
out and a messenger boy entered the
room bearing on a tray, a message for
each of the lady guests. The messages
were inclosed in the yellow envelopes
used by telegraph companies, and
when the astonishers" were opened
they contained heartshaped hand
painted announcements of the engage
ment of Miss Sallie Jordan and Captain
Edwin S. Darden.
"The refeshments were delightful
,?.ni were daintily served. Toasts were
then offered and were responded to by
the bride-to-be.
"It was an enjoyable occasion and
will long be remembered by each and
every participant."
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First To be Held, With The Exception
ot The Recent Split Affair in
Florida.
(Special to the Aegus.)
St. Louis, Feb. 26. Hundreds of
leading Republicans of Missouri, in
cluding a majority of the 1,000 dele,
gates, have arrived in the city to at
tend the State convention which will
meet tomorrow to select the delegates-at-large
to the Republican National
Convention at Chicago. The national
leaders and campaign managers are In
clined to attach much importance to
the Missouri convention this year.
The Republican convention ot Mis-
souri is the first to be held, with the
exception of the recent split affair in
Florida. Missouri was the first State
to take up the Taft candidacy, and it
has been regarded all along as one ot
the chief strongholds of tne Secretary
of War. The State central committee,
strongly dominated by Taft sentiment,
fixed an unsually early date for the
convention with a view, it is said, of
putting one State solidly in the field
for Taft at as early a date as the Fair
banks boomers in Indiana could get to
work.
It has been accepted as a foregone
conclusion all along that the delegates-at-large
from Missouri are certain to be
sent to Chicago instructed for Taft.
Within the past week or two there has
been some quiet work done in the in
terest of Hughes and Cannon. This
has stirred things up a bit, but as near
ly all of the county conventions adopt
ed resolutions endorsing Taft there is
little doubt that the Secretary oi War
will be able to count upon the solid
support of Missouri next June.
Senator Warner and Attorney Gen
eral Hadley will be two of the four del-
egates-at-large. The other two have
not been fully agreed upon. The con
vention will probably endorse General
Hadley for the gubernatorial nomina
tion.
WISCONSIN
REPUBLICANS.
The State Central Committee
Went into Session This
Afternoon at the Plank
inton House.
After tonsalting With the Attorney
General's Office at Madison the
Party Leaders Have About De
cided to Follow the Lead of the
Democrats by Holding a State
Convention for the Nomination of
Delegates.
(Special to The Argus.)
Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 27 The Re
publican State central committee went
into session early this afternoon to
work out the problems in regard to the
State primary law, the operation of
which in a measure conflicts with the
provisions set forth in the call lor the
Republican national convention in re
lation to the selection ol delegates.
After consulting with the Attorney
General's office at Madison the party
leaders have about concluded to fol
low the lead ot the Democrats by hold
ing a State convention foi the nomina
tion ot delegates.
This is counted upon to have the
added effect ot arousing party enthusi
asm and stimulating a vigorous cam
paign. The convention's choice of delegates
will be suggested to the people for ac
tion at, the primary in April. If the
names suggested are not satisfactory to
the voters they can choose others.
If they are satisfactory they will be
ratified by the voters and in this man
ner the requirements of th Inwas well
as the provisions stipulated by the Re
publican national committee for the
choice of delegates to the Chicago con
vention will be complied with.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
New York, Feb. 26 Three men were
killed today in a wreck on the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail
way. Conductor Louis Hagemere, of
one train, and Engineer Chas. Meaner,
and Fireman Chas. Cenier, of the other
train, are the killed. Both trains were
freights.
President Finley Makes Statement as
To The Seduction of Wages Con
troversy. In regard to the negotiations" which
have been going on between the South
ern Railway Company and its employ
ees in respect to a reduction of wages.
President Finley, ot the Southern, has
given out the following statement:
"Our employees, working under con
tract, having declined our proposition
in regard to a reduction ot wages, we
still feel confident that there should be
an amicable adjustment, and do not
propose to proceed in any arbitrary
way. We have notified our employ
ees of our regret that they can not, at
the present time, see their way clear to
accept the suggestions as to the wage
scale which the management considers
imparatively necessary under existing
conditions, and have stated to them
that we will ask the mediation of the
Chairman ot the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the Commissioner of
Labor, under Seetion 2 of the Erdmann
Act, which provides t'lat in any con
troversy concerning wages which
threatens to interrupt the business of
an interstate earrier, either party may
ask the intervention of the Chairman
of the Interstate Commerce Commission
and the Commissioner ot Labor, and,
in the event of such request, requires
the officials named to put themselves
into communication, with all practica
ble expedition, with the parties to the
controversy, and use their best efforts,
by mediation and conciliation, to bring
about an amicable adjustment ot the
questions at issue.
"We haye accordingly requested the
mediation of the officials named in the
hope of arriving to an adjustment of
all matters in controversy with our
men, which will be cordially accepted
by both interests involved."
E. W. HILL. J. LEON WILLIAMS.
Hill & Williams,
Attorneys - at - Law.
ROOM 'HEADLIGHT : BUILDING.
OPIUM TRAFFIC
IN PHILIPPINES.
Law Prohibiting the impor
tation of Opium into tha
Philippines Becomes Ef
fective Tomorrow.
Fiitife Efforts Havs been Made by In
fluential Persons in the islands to
Secure an Extension cf Time in Re
gard to Putting tfie Law into Effect,
but Congress has Declined to Grant
any Extension. ,
(Special to The Argus.)
Washington, D. C, Feb. 29 Tomor
row is the date fixed for the law pro
hibiting the imoprtation of opium into
the Philippines to become effective.
For many years a large quantity ot
opium has been consumed in the is
lands, mainly by the laree Chinese
element, but more recently the habit
of opium smoking has been rapidly ex
tending among the native Filipinos
and even among the American resi
dents. Futile efforts have been made by in
fluential persons in tbe islands to se
cure an extension of time in regard to.
putting the law into effect.
Acting on the advice of the insular
authorities Congress has declined to .
grant any extension of time and the .
internal revenue officers have been
directed to employ their utmost efforts,
to stop the traffic from this date.
There will doubtless be many at
tempts to smuggle the drug into the
islands, but the authoriti3s believe,
that in the course of time it will be .
possible to bring about a total stop-.
page ol t(e traffic.
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