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VOL.. XXTI
GOLDSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL, S3, 1908.
NO. 43
THE HEBREW PASSOVER
Instituted to Commemorate
the Departure of the
Children of Israel
from Egypt.
The Pesaeti Fesst Continues for
Eight Days, But Cnly the First
and Last Dajs are Cele
brated as Holy Days.
Special to Thk Argus,
New York, April 17 Jewish people
throughout the world are today cele
brating the Hebrew Feast of Pesach,
or the Passover. This festival, which
is also known as the Feast of Unleav
ened Bread, was instituted to com
memorate the departure of the Chil
dren ot Israel from Egypt, under the
leadership of Moses, where they had
been held in bondage tor upward ol
400 years.
The reformed Jews, as well as the
orthodox Xews, who adhere religiously
to all the wonderfel symbolism and
ritual wfeich make Jewish worship
picturesque and beautiful, observe the
Passover feast, wfcich means moie to i
the Jew than any other of his religious
celebrations. The reformed Jews do
not adhere so closely to all the sym
bolism ol the celebration, but their ob
servances differ only in that they are
aot so elaborate.
The feature of the celebration is the
substitution of unleavened cakes, or
matzos, prepared for the purpose, for
bread in the household ol the orthodox
Hebrews. Each year, as Passover
approaches, thousands of pounds of
matzos are baked for the occasion, and
it is estimated that in the upper east
side alone more than 10,000 matzos
are required lor the poor families. The
annual sale for the bakeries through
out the city is so large that it requires
large movinp vans to take them to the
various points of distribution. This is
not surprising when the fact is borne
in mind that New York City contains
more Jewish inhabitants than any
other half dozen cities of the world
combined.
The night ushering in the Passover
festival is known as "Seder" night,
and is mad the occasion of a family
gathering devoted to a special service
around the supper table, which is
decked out in a peculiar manner with
matzos and other accessories inci
dental to the feast. Gathered around
the table, the "Hagadah" is read and
recited.
The "Hagadah" contains a narra
tive of the deliveranceof the Jews from
their Egyptian bondage as set forth in
the Bible, and is read by the head ot
the household, either in the original
Hebrew or as an English translation.
The other members of the family join
in the responses or in the singing of
hymns ot praise and thanksgiving to
their Divine liberator.
The Pesach Feast continues for eight
days, but only the first and last days
are celebrated as holy days. In the
large number of Hebrew synagogues
in Greater New York, both reformed
and orthodox, services were held this
morning and sermons appropriate to
the occasion were preached.
TO THE DIVISIONS AND CHAPTERS OF THE
DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY.
TEN THOUSAND
FOR GOLDSBORO.
Mrs. I. W. Faison, of Charlotte, N.
C, President of the North Carolina
Division of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy, asks that every Chap
ter ol the U. D. C. will comply with
this request of Mrs. Cornelia Branch
Stone, the President-General. This
should be the pleasure.as well as duty,
of every N. C. daughter:
"You are again reminded of the near
approach of the one hundreth anni
versary of the birth of our beloved
Chieftain, Jefferson Davis, the one and
only President of the Confederate
States; and it is urged that each chap
ter will celebrate June the third, in
such manner, as to make it a memor
able occasion to every citizen of your
County and State Let your program
for that day speak in loving memory
of his unblemished character, his up
right life and his great' unselfish ser
vice. Do all in your power to pro
mote in the schools, public and pri
vate, and in your chapter meetings, a
close study of the public and religious
life ot Mr. Davis, as shown in the
"Memoirs" ot Mrs. Jefferson Davis,
and learn ot his patience, fortitude and'
suffering from the "Prison Life of Jef
ferson Davis," by Dr. J. J. Craven,
"The Rise and Fall ot the Confederate
Government," by Jefferson Davis, will
give you the true history ot that tiuae,
and will tell of the greet service of the
naen whose memory we honor and
cherish.
"DivisionPresidents are requested to
urge upon the Chapters under their
administration, the proper observance
of these provisions, and to notify the
chairman of their committees on Chap
ter extension, that to all chapters or
ganized during the year 1908 which
may be named for President Davis or
any member of his family, or for either
of his three homes, "Rosemont," his
childhood home, "Brierfield" and
"Beau voir," a gavel will be given,
made of Beauvoir wood, with silver
name plate.
"As a deed of commemoration and
education. Chapters are requested to
place pictures of Jefferson Davis in the
public and private schools during this
year. The presentation should be ac
companied by such fitting ceremony
as will impress the students of the
schools with the greatness and grand
eur of the ua.i4ie you seek to honor.
Again, I ask your loyal support and
co-operation in the work of the Gen
eral Association, that, for the sake ol
our dear cause, the year shall be fruit
ful of results. More than ever is your
support needed with strong, earnest
hearts and willing hands, for, over
whelmed by a great sorrow., groping
dimly for the light, I ask your loyai
aid in the great purposes ot our or
ganization. "For the loving sympathy extended,
may God bless you.
"CORNELIA BRANCH STONEL,
President-General, U. D. C"
Congressman -Thomas Se
cures This Sum for Ad
dition to Cur Post Office.
THOUSANDS VIEW THE FLEET
PLAY BALL!
Bill Unconstitutional.
(Special to The Argus.)
Washington, April 20- It is reported
today that the president will, in a, day
or two, notify congress that he cannot
sign the employers' liability bill. The
attorney-general has advised, him that
the bill in its present form is unconsti
tutional, in that the Supreme Court
might declare it class legislation.
Haleigh's "King" Kelley and Golds
boro's Baseball King.
The Raleigh press and the basebal
enthusiasts of the capital city seem
never to tire of boasting of their very
excellent manager as "King" Kelly. j
Well, that's all right; but Goldsboro ;
does not have to improvise the name; ;
we have as our local manager the orig- j
inal Baseball King, christened Horace:
E., but better known among his army
ef congenial friends throughout the
State and country as "Pat," and wheti
he marshals his players for the season's
games, "King" Kelly and his cohorts
and "rooters" will certainly have to
look to their laurels.
That's all.
Play ball!
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Tower Will Be Erected on tiie
Building And m IHiiminattd
Clock Dial Pieced in its
Cupola Fgf Community
Consultation.
S A letter Irom CongressmonCbas. K.
Thomas, of this district, to Mr. Geo. C.
Royall, President of the Goldsboro
Chamber of Comreerce, yesterday af
ternoon brings the gratifying intelli
gence that Mr. Thom as, himself a mem
ber of the Building Committee, has
secured an additional appropri-
ation-of ten thousand dollwrs to be ex
pended upon the Goldsboro Post Office
The improvements to foe added will
i nclude a tower tor the bcilding in the
dome of which will be iplaced an il
luminated clock dial tbst will desig
nate the correct Washington city time
at all hours, day and night, for the in
formation ot the community, tor the
dial can be consulted from any point
in the city.
Mr. Thomas has certainly always
been most untiring and successful in
'his efforts for Goldsboro and lor all
sections of his distri3t, without par
tiality, and his constituents have shown
their appreciation by returning him
a tram and atrain to represent them in
the halls of Congress, which he so ably
does, and 6ince Mr. rady, ot Samp
son, has withdrawn has candidacy lor
the nomination, iltr. Thomas will
doubtless be again nominated for his
sixth term, without opposition.
With the expenditure often thousand
dollars on our city -post office, the
building of a thirty-five thousand dol
lar Hi eh School, the 'Completion of a
one-hundred and thirty-five thousand
dollar Union Passenger Station, the
construction ofa streetcar line through
out the' city, the substantial paving ot
our principal streets all to be accom
plished during this year of 1908, who
says that Goldsboro La not to go tor-
ward :?
We've got the Best Town in the
State.
BOLD HULD-UP.
At San Pedro, Long Beach, Santa
Monica and Redondo, Where
the Several Divisions of the
Fleet Are At Anchor.
(By special wire to The Argus.)
Los Angeles, Cal., April 20. Thou
sands ot sightseers from all over this
section of California have viewed the
ships of Admiral Evans' fleet during
the past twsnty-four hours At San
Pedro, Long Beach, Santa Monica and
Redondo, where several divisions of
the fleet are at anchor, great crowds
are reported and the small craft of all
description are doing a thriving busi
ness carrying visitors to and from the
battleships. This was the first day
the men were given shore leave, audit
is estimated that betw een s.uuu ana
3,500 of the bluejackets visited Los
Angeles. The grand banquet arrang
ed for the officers takes place at the
Alexandria Hotel tonight.
The present division of the fleet.
which will be maintained until the
date for the departure for Santa Bar
bara next Saturday, is as follows:
At San Pedro: The first division,
consisting of Rear Admiral Evans'
flagship Connecticut, Vermont, Louis
iana and Kansas.
At Long Beach: Second divisions,
consisting of Rear Admiral Emery's
flagship Georgia. Rhode Island, "Vir
ginia and New Jersey.
At Santa Monica Bay? Third divis
ion, consisting of Rear Admiral
Thomas' flagship Minnesota, Missouri,
Ohio and Maine.
At Redomdo: Fourth division, con
sisting of Hear Aennral Sperry 's flag
ship Alabama, Kentucky, Kearsarg-e
and Illinois.
Passenqers of a Northern Pacific
Train Robbed of Money
v and Jewelry.
'(Special to the Arotjs.)
Minneapolis, April 17. Mounted de
tectives, heavily armed, are -scouring
the eountry today for two desperate
train robbers who boarded a Northern
Pacific through passenger train last
night and held up every body, getting
a large sum of money, watches, jewels,
and other artie es.
The robbers goton atNorth Junction.
One of them, with a revolver, made all
onboard hold up their ' hands, while
the others went leisurely down the aisle
making the passengers empty pockets
as they came to them.
MORGAN IN COMMAND.
Ryan ard Belmont Relegated In New
York.
(Special to the Argus.)
New York, April 17 J. Pierpont
Morgan will today complete negotia
tions giving him the management of
thirty million of the securities which
the Public Service Commission gave
the Interborough road permission to
issue. '
Morgan thus holds the dominating
hand in the tractionsituation.
This means that Ryan and Belmont
are to be eliminated from traction dic
tatorship in New York.
W. H. WHALEY& CO., Inc.
Mil! Supplies and Machinery,
74- ommercial Place,:
1 Norfolk. Virginia.
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THIS
DATE
IN HISTORY.
April 20.
1653 Cromwell dissolved the Stump
"Parliament.
1808 Napoleon III. born. Died Jan
9, 1873.
1812 George Clinton, fourth Vice
President of the United States
died. JBorn 1730.
1842 Most Rev. John M. Farley
Archbishop of New York
born.
18(51 Great mass meeting in 'iUnion
Square, INew York, at 'begin
aiing of the civil war.
1900 Great strike of miners began
sin Spain.
1902 .Massacre of Jews at Kishenev
(Russia.
1907 The Porte accepted the.&sre de
mands of the European ;pow
era.
TODAY'S MARKET.
Ifew Torfc, April 20 Upon the re
sumption of ibusiness in Wall Street,
price were irregular. Great North
ern preferred -end Reading unchanged.
Amalgamated and Smelting lost 3-4 in
all. Steel common, down 3-8; pre
ferred 1-8. Canfcdian acd Union Pacific
gain.bd. 1-2. Iaterborough, common,
as the result of the Morgan coup to
overthrow Belmant and Ryan, opened
5-8 'up. coamon preferred 1-2, and
consolidated gas up 3-8.
The cotton market -opened easy
with a decline of 2 to 7 points. May
aud July made new low. records for
the. season. Wet weather reports in
the cotton belt the only thing to create
fresh sentiment on the bullslde.
May 8.86
March
Julyi --
August -
Chicago, April 20 Wheat opened
with light world's shipments, and small
Northwestern receipts made higher
opening,
May 92 7-8 to 93 5-8
Corn .
Oats ,':
Lard -
Pork
Ribs
$10 REWARD !
The Argus is authorized to pay Ten
Dollars for "the arrest and conviction,
or for such information given the so
licitor as will lead to the conviction of
the person or persons guilty of hedg
ing" Little River, thereby preventing
the free passage of fish up and . down
said stream.
A COMMISSIONER'S
DUTY.
As Mr. B. F. Aycock Views
It.
Candidate For Corporation Commissioner,
in Reply to a Request For His Views,
Teiis the Anxious Inquirer What He
Believes to Be the Position of a
Man in That Important Office Facts
Which Show That the People Have
Not Regarded the Commission as a
Court Net Up to Them to Wait For
the People to Complain But Rather
to Take the Initiative and Remove
Any Cause For Complaint in the
Embryo.
Greensboro, N. C, April 11th, 1908.
Mr. B. F. Aycock,
Fremont, N. C.
Dear Sir:
I learn from the newspapers and other
sources that your name will be pre.
sented in the Democratic State conven
tion for nomination to the office of Cor
poration Commissioner. I also learn
that Maior H. A. London is a candi
date for the same position.
I have seen a letter Irom Mr. Henry
M. London, a son ef Major London,
asking for support for his father in
which this language is used: "As you
know, the office of Corporation Com
missioner is recognized now more than
formerly to be a judicial one, and
should befilled by men possessing
judicial temperament, if not training,
who would hear all matters submitted
to them without fear, favor or preju
dice, rnd -decide as would a judge."
My purpose in writing you is to ask
your conception of the duties of the
office. Do you consider the officejudi
cial? Do you think that the Corpora
tion Commissioners should wait until
a complaint is filed before them, or is
it theirduty to investigate and, on their
own iniative, to correct wrong and
abuses of power?
Hoping that you will favor me with
an early reply, either personally or
through the public press, I am
yours truly,
M. W. THOMPSON.
both to the people and the railroads. I
was a member of the Legislature that
established the commission and feel
that I know something of the purpose
of its establishment. If it had been
the purpose to establish a new court
then, of course, the act would have
provided for the election of lawyers to
act as judges of the new court, and
they would have been clothed with
judicial powers. The commission was
not established as a court; there was
no provision in the act requiring the
members to be lawyers. The duties
of the commission have been enlarged
by legislative enactment since then,
and there has been conferred on the
commission some of the powers of a
court, but its character has not materi
ally changed.
The tact that from the organization
or the commission one lawyer, one bus
iness man, and one farmer have con
stituted the commission is conclusive
that the people have not regarded the
commission as a court, but as a body
to investigate and regulate.
In my opinion the duties of the of
fice of Corporation Commissioner do
not require the commissioners to wait
until some private citizen files a com
plaint against a public service corpora
tion, but I understand it to be the duty
of the commissioners to investigate
the condition and business of public
service corporations and to see that
these corporations render to the public
the service required of them, and, at
the same time, to see that no injustice
is done to the corporations.
I believe in justice to the railroads,
their employes and the people, and il
the people of this good State see fit to
honor me by nominating and electing
me as a corporation commissioner, I
shall do the best of which I am capa
ble to odminister the office without
partially and with even-handed jus
tice.
Very truly yours,
B. F. AYCOCK.
Fremont, N. C, April 14th, 1908.
Mr. M. W. Thompson,
Greensboro, N. C.
Dear Sir.:
In reply to your letter of the 11th
inst., I will say that it gives me pleas
ure to answer your inquiries and to
make public my views of the duties of
Corporation Commissioners.
When the railroad commission was
established it was the purpose of the
law makers 'to create a commission
that would investigate and regulate
the railroads ot the State with justice
EGG ROLLING AT
WHITE HOUSE..
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Children of all Ages and Colors Frolick
ed Around the Grounds Today roll- .
ing Their Colored Eggs and
Playing Games.
(Special to The Aegus.J
Washington, D. C, April 20 A
large crowd witnessed the annual egg
rolling carnival on the White House
grounds today. Juvenile Washing
ton, attended by their parents, friends
and nurses, indulged in the lestivities
and had one of the best times they
ever enjoyed on a similar holiday. For
the greater part of the afternoon chil
dren of all ages and colors frolicked
around the grounds, rolling their col
ored eggs and playing games.
Theasands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect it.
Prevalency of Kidney Disease.
Most people Jo not realize the alarm
ing increase and remarkable prevalency
oi Kianey disease.
Wh ile kidney dis-
croraers are tne
fvVmost common
y diseases that prc-
t ,t
vaii, they are
almost the last
recognized by
patient and phy
sicians, who con
tent themselves
?ith doctoring the effects, while the orig
inal disease undermines the system.
What To Do.
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AUDIENCE DELIGHTED.
Miss Annie Dove Denmark Gives
Her Graduating Piano Recital
at B. U. W.
Raleigh News and Observer.
An audience characterized by cul
ture, highly complimentary as to num
bers and composed of faculty and stu
dents of the institution and music lov
ers of Raleigh and "other parts of the
State, greeted Miss Annie Dove Den
mark in the auditorium of the Baptist
University for Women at five o'clock
yesterday afternoon, when she gave
her graduating piano recital.
To say that the audience was pleas
ed but mildly states the fact. Miss
Denmark is a member of the class of
'08 and a pupil of Miss Grace Louise
Cronknite in the School of Music. Her
skillful execution of the difficult num
bers on the program was not only very-
creditable to herself, but highly com
plimentary to her instructoress. More
over, her charming and graceful bear
ing and her easy composure were
pleasing in a high degree.
Miss Denmark is one of the most
popular among the students of the
University. She is president ot the
Philoretian Literary Society and among
the many floral remembrances re
ceived by her was a bouquet of Amer
ican Beauty roses from her society.
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