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V if- WW $1.00 a Year, "This Argus o'er the people's rights Doth an eternal vigil keep ; No soothingstrains of Maia's son Shall lull itshundred eyes to sleep." $1.00 a Year. VOL. XXTI GKXLDSBOHO, ST. C, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1908. NO. 45 MR. CHAIB'S RECORD. No Man in Public Lite in Nor Car olina Fis Rendered More Vat idiit ana Effective Service. To the Editor of the Argus : I have know li lion. .Locke Craig, who is a candidate tor nomination tor Governor, for mere than thirty years, and in character, ability and pubiie service I regard him as the peer of any living North Caroliniau. Mis services to the Lemocratie party have been long, continuous and effective. Su?.e 1886 he hus been at the -command of the Democratic State Executive Com- j mittee, and has gone over the State, wherever he was sent, at his own ex pense, advocating the cause of the Democratic party. No man in the State has made more speeches for the Democratic party except, possibly. Governor Glenn and Governor Aycock. I remember especially the splendid speeches he delivered during the years ot fusion supremacy, and how nobly he fought the forces that were so an tagonistic to the best interest of the State. I recall that after the fusion victories of 1894 and 1896, when the Democrats of the State had become thoroughly depressed and despondent, that he never lost iiis courage or hope fulness, although a uumlwr of the best Democrats pt the State tad become so discouraged that they Av-are in tavor of an attempt to fn-ss with the Populists in order to remove the menace oi fusion rule. Mr. Craig, however, was always in favor of maintaining our separate organization, and making a clean cut fight for Democratic principles and Democratic supremacy, and in May, 1898, in the town ot Laurinburg, his was the first voice that was raised in opposition to entangling alliances, and in a magnificent speech delivered at that place, and at that time, he raised the hopes of the despondent, and blazed the way to tke victory which crowned our efforts in November, 1898, and in that campaign he rendered such ser vice to the party and to the State as no other citizen has ever surpassed. With out his knowledge or desire the Demo crats of Buucouibe nominated him for the House, and although he was giving practically his whole time to the State campaign in other sections of the State, he was elscted and served as one of the ablest and wisest members of the Geneia.1 Asstiiiibly in ISyt. lu tba body he stood easily in the first rank of the many able men whom the people in that era of distress had called into public service-as members oi that mem orable body. I was greatly impressed with the conscientious fidelity with which he discharged the duties of a member of that General Assembly in which many of the most momentous questions affecting probably for gen erations ti:-e welfare of the people of North Carolina were considered and passed upon. In his consideration ol proposed legislation I observed wh-at I had frequently observed in him be fore, that in approaching any proposi tion his first inquiry was whether or not it was fair and just and in the best interest of the great masses of the people. When he had decided this question and .not before, he then con sidered whether or not it was expedi ent at the time to act upon it. Among the many able.discussiousin the Demo cratic caucuses held at that time his speeches stood out prominently, and were singularly able and effective. He was a member of the Committee on Constitutional Amendment. The principal hesitancy about submitting the amendment came from the mem bers from the Western part of the State where the negro was not a men ace, and wfaere'it was feared that the submission ol the amandment might very injuriously affect the Democratic party. Mr. Craig's influence and zealous advocacy. of the amendment had great weight with the Western members and was largely instrumen tal in securing the necessary majority for the measure. He served as Chair man ot the committee on education and had much to io with framing the present school law. His interest in the education of the chilren of theState has been life long and gave him great strength as a member of this commit tee. He introduced the substitute to the pending bill, which was adopted, providing for separate cars for whites and blacks. He had seen the great evil which frequently resulted from the removal by foreign corporations of their cases from the State to the Fed eral Courts whereby needy and help less litigants were greatly oppressed, and in order to remedy , this evil he introduced and secured the passage of an act known as the Craig Act, for the purpose of preventing the removal ol such cases. This act was sustained by our Supreme Court, but in some re - spects was afterwards declared by the Supreme Court of the United States unconstitutional, but in any event it indicated how Mr. Craig stood on this question, and. his strong support of Governor Glenn in the recent con test between the State and Federal Courts is no new thing. Mr. Craig has been an advocate of the Watts Law, and has stood in his community and in the State for all these measures which make for the best interest of the peo ple. During the memorable campaign of 1900 lor the adoption of the Consti tutional .Amendment h ewent from one end of the State to the other making speeches ol great power, and aided most effectively in rolling up the great majority which has freed pur people from the fear of negro rule. Born and reared as he was in the county of Ber tie, he knew the troubles of the East ' . andwas familiar with the sufferings of the eastern counties undefunrestricted i negro suffrage, and was able to satisfy the people of the western counties of the wisdom and necessity of the adop tion of the Constitutional Amendment. In every campaign ince he has been most active for the success of the Dem ocratic party. He has, I believe,ne ver held any public office except that of member of the General Assembly and Presidential Elector. I feel sure the people of North Carolina have not for gotten the great services he rendered in conjunction with Aycock, Glenn and Simmons -during one of the most trying periods in the history of the State. Until party government ceases to be a matter of interest to our people, it seems to be natural that those Dem- ; ocrats that render the greatest service, to their pa'rty should reoeive recogni-' tiou and support, at least this has been the traditional policy of Democrats.and they have delighted to honor Simmons,: Aycock and Glenn. The only man in North Carolina who rendered with them these great services, and who has not received recognition at their hands ,1s Hon. Locke Craig, of Bumcombe coun ty, land it seems to me that the time has come when we ought to show our ap preciation of Mr. Craig's life and ser vices. He is the peer in point of char acter and ability ol any gentleman who aspires to the nomination, and more abundant in set vice to his party and his State than all f them combined He is a man of the highest -character pure in thought and. life, a student of economics and versed m the political history of his eountry, of trained intel lect, able and eloquent, and whose patriotic spirit embraces a!l"North Car olina in its every interest. P. A. DANIELS. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY. Anniversary of the Battle of Manila Bay. In tne Ten Years That Have Elapsed Since the Dewey Victory Momenntous Changes Haee Occurred GOING FORWARD. Another Goidsboro Boy A Product of our Peerless Graded School Their Name is Legion I Is Making Ms light to Shine. Argts readers will be interested in reading the following, which we clip from the Woodburry, N. J. Times where Mr. .Tenkens has been serving as pastor for some time: "Rev. Carter A. Jenkens will an nounce to the congregation of the Cen tral Baptist Church tomorrow morn ing, that he has accepted a call to the HaniptoEi, Va., Memorial Baptist Church and his pastorate will close here the last Sunday in May. "The church that he will serve is five years old and lias a membership of about three hundred. The building holds six hundred and is filled at every service. The building was a gift from one of its wealthy members at a cos of SSO.eOO. The adult Bible class is the most neted in Virginia. It has a mem bership of over five hundred, and the Sabbath School has a membership of eight hundred. The church is hand somely fitted np with a new pipe organ and has a large chorus choir. "The Times congratulates Mr. Jenk ens on his promotion, but, with his many friends here, will be sorry to see him leave, as he has done a good work in Woodburry..1 Many have been brought to the Central Church under his pastorate.'1 STATE REPUBLICANS. Convene Their Convention in Greens boro Today. (.Special to The Arous.) Greensboro, April 30 The Republi can State Convention was called to or der at 1 o'clock this afternoon by State Chairman Adams, who made a brief speech and named A. H. Price, of Salisbury, as temporary chairman and W. A. Hildebrand as temporary sec retary. Mr. Price addressed the convention briefly. There were contesting delegations reported from Almance, Durham, Guilford, North Hampton, Pender, Nash, Wilson and Wautauga. The credentials committee retired to adjust these contests and the conven tion adjourned at 2 o'clock for an hour. The proceedings are moving along harmoniously, and no doubt exists about instructions for Taft. (By Special Wire to the Argtjs.) Washington. D.C., May 1 A bushel basket would not begin to hold the letters and messages of felicitation and good wishes that poured in upon Ad miral George Dewey today on the tenth anniversary of the battle of Manila bay. Many of the messages were trora personal irienas. umers came from admirers scattered through out the country. The unusual num ber of the greetings was probably due in large measure to the appeal recent ly issued by the New York Alumni Association of Lafayette College, call ing upon municipalities and institu tions of learning throughout the United States to observe "Dewey Day" by forwarding a message of love and sympathy to the hero of Manila bay. The conflict in Manila bay on May 1, 1898, wrought a great change in the career of the United States as a world power. However unforeseen may have been the events which followed, those in authority in 1898 were by no means unaware of the immediate possibili ties of the programme which caused Commodore Dewey to hold his ships at Hongkong, where he had assembled his force of the Asiatic squadron dur ing the latter part of February. It is now well -understood, that the policy of strengthening and providing these ships with ammunition was urged upon the government by Theodore Roose velt, then assistant secretary of the navy. In view of the more immediate ly interesting events close at band the operations in the Asiatic waters were almost forgotten by the general pub lic. Only a languid interest was taken in the report that Commodore Dewey had been ordered by the British gov ernment to leave Hongkong, although war had not then been formally de clared. When President McKinley is sued a proclamation of war Dewey sailed from Hongkong for Mirs bay, a neighboring harbor, and there prepar ed for his werk. The government or dered Dewey to attack and destroy the Spanish fleet. It was not known how dangerous this force might be to Ameri can shipping in the Pacific. In any event, the Philippine Islands were Spanish territory, and as such were open to attack as a means of weaken ing the enemy. Furthermore, Dewey was far from home and needed a har bor for his ships. No better shelter of fered than the harbor of Manila. When the first news of the engage ment in Manila bay arrived, ten years ago today, after the first wave of na tional exultation came a feeling of ap prehension. For the first time In a great many years an American naval force had engaged a foreign enemy, and the country wondered as to the cost of the victory. It was hoped that it would be light. The early reports, relating the destruction of the Spanish fleet, indicated such a heavy fire that the people dreaded lest the details would bring tidings of a heavy sacri fice of life on the victorious side. Commodore Dewey's prompt action in cutting the cable held off all details for days. It was not until one week after the battle, on the 7th of May, that the astounding news came that not a sin gle life had been lost in the engage ment. This remarkable disparity of results was perhaps the first revela tion to the world ot the great super iority not only of the American ships and guns, but of the American gun ners as well. A short time later, early in July,! the demonstration was re peated, off Santiago., when the fleet under Admiral Sampson destroyed the Spanish vessels fleeing from har bor, and with the loss of only a single American seaman. . In the ten years that! have elapsed since the Dewey victory momentous changes have occurred. The United States has settled down to an accept ance of a new responsibility. The machinery lor the evolution of a system of self-government in the Phil ippines has been set in motion. Schools have been scattered throughout the islands and have materially raised the standard of intelligence. The United States navy in the same period has been almost doubled in strength and the feat of sending a mammoth battle ship fleet on a voyage around the world has attracted universal attention and comment. WHAT ARE THE FACTS. E. W. HILL. J. LEON WILLIAMS. Hill & Williams, Attorneys - at - Law. ROOM 3 HEADLIGHT BUILDING. Bean the The Kind You Have Always Bough! u oes I our Heart Beat Yes. 100,000 times each day. Does it send out good blood or bad blood? You know, for good blood is good health ; bad blood, bad health. And you know precisely what to take for bad blood Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Doctors have endorsed it for 60 years. One frequent cause of bad blood la a sluggish liver. This produces constipation Poisonous substances are tuen absorbed into the blood. Keep tne bowels open with Ayer's Flits Blade by J. O. Ayer Co. Lowell, Mass Also manufacturers 7 HAIR VIGOR. A0UE CURE. CHERBV PECTORAL. yers We have no aeorets I We publish the formulas of all our medicines. Advertise in the' Argus j BAILEY DEFEATED. It is Now Up to Him to Retire te Pri vate Lifs, ks Ke Has Asserted M Would. (Special to the Argus.) Austin, Texas, May 1. Perfected returns from all over the State today show defeat of 8eotoToseph W. B, Bailey as a candidate for delegate-at large to the Denver convention. The issue in Bailey's canvass for delegate was his connection with Watts-Pierce Oil Co. in this State, and more recently as counsel lor the Standard Oil when the latter sought permission to enter Texas. Bailev had said during thecampaigr. that if defeated for delegate he would resign his seat in the United States Senate and retire to private life for ever. It is now freely predicted by his friends and opponents alike that before the year ends Bailey will be practising law as one of the Standard's distin guished staff of counsel in New York TROUBLE FOR TEDDY. He Will Be Beset By a Big Aggrega tion of Protesting Women. (Special to the Argus.) New York, April 30. One hundred and fifty women from tne National League of Women Workers ot the State of Massachusetts are here today, on their way to Washington toenter afor inal protest with President Roosevelt against the lawmakers of the nation granting any more liberties to men. They meet in Washington 850 other delegates from different parts of the country, and their conferences will continue until Sunday. They don't want to vote, they say, and it is not just exactly clear what they do want. DEVELOPMENTS AWAITED. Sensational Arrest onan Arriving Steamer in New York Harbor This Morning. (Special to The Argtjs.) New York, April 29. Mrs. Margaret Cleary, a handsome young woman from county Mayo, Ireland, was held up at quarantine this morning on the steamer Campania by detectives, under instructions by cable lrom Dublin. The woman is accused of poisoning her wealthy husband and escaping to Liverpool, where she took passage on the Campania under the name of Mar garet McCormick. The woman indignantly denies the charge of murder and says she sailed for America on a pleasure trip only, but she is held, nevertheless, at Ellis island and the Dublin authorities have bten notified to proceed with extradi tion papers. Lexington Dispatch, April 22. Hon. W. W. Kitchin in every speech he has made since his candidacy for the gubernatorial nomination was an nounced, has declared that the Amer ean Tobacco Company and the South ern Railway Co. were bitter antag onists and unrelenting enemies. Let us see as to the probable truth ot this assertion. The American Tobacco Company has three homes in North Carolina. These homes are Durham, Reidsville and Winston. All of these cities are located in the Fifth Congress ional district. W. W. Kitchin has rep resented the Fifth Congressional dis trict for the past twelve years. During all these years Mr. Kitchin has beeu nominated to succeed himselt every two years without one solitary vote be ing cast against him in tne conven tions. If the American Tobacco Com pany has been the implacable enemy of Mr. Kitchin that he would have the people believe, why is it that not a vote has been cast against him in the nomi natins conventions during all these years? If the American Tobacco Com pany has been fighting Mr. Kitchin as he declares, itcertainlyhas no influence whatever in the Fifth district. But is the American Tobacco Company op posed to Mr. Kitchin? Mr. Kitchin says it is, but do the facts corroborate Mr. Kitchin in this assertion? It th American Tobacco Company is opposed to Mr. Kitchin why did he select as the manager of his State campaign Mr. J. S. Manning, vice-presidentof the Duke's National Bank of Durham? It Mr. Kitchin is opposed to the American To bacco Company, it is certain that his State manager, Mr. Manning, is not. The Dukes do not put a man in their bank as vice-president and director who is opposed to them. And Mr. Manning's attitude towards the tobac co trust was unmistakably shown in the last Legislature when, as a mem ber of that body, he was the leader in the fight against the adoption ot what lias come to be known as "sub-section A" of the anti-trust bill, which was directed expressly against the Ameri can Tobacco Company. Mr. Manning not only voted against the adoption of this section, but opposed it on. the floor of the House, and thereby defeated it. Personally we have never had any seri ous objection to Mr. Manning's oppo sition to this section, but if Mr. Kitchin is sincere in the great war he is mak ing on trusts, why should heselectMr. Manning as his manager? Is the Southern Railway opposed to Mr. Kitchin? Mr. Kitchin says it is, but do the facts with reference to this great corporation corroborate Mr. Kitchin in this assertion? The South ern Railway has more miles of road in the Fifth Congressional district than in any other territory of similar mag nitude in the State, and of course has more employees in this district than anywhere else, yet during the last ten years the Southern Railway has not been able to induce one solitaiy dele gate to stand up in oneolMr. Kitchin's conventions and say that he was op posed to his nomination for Congress. it is a well Known fact that many Southern Railway attorneys are man agers ot Mr. Kitchin's campaign in various counties. First of all, we have Col. A. B. An drews, the first vice-president of the Southern, on record as a supporter of Mr. Kitchin, according to the Greens boro Record, a Kitchin supporter. Next we have Col. Andrews' first as sistant, Mr. Henry W. Miller, who de clared several months ago that he would support Mr. Kitchin. The at torney of the Southern in Lexington, Senator S. E. Williams, is a Kitchin man; the attorney for the Southern in Salisbury, Thomas C. Linn, Esq., is Kitchin's manager; the attorney for the Southern in Asheboro, Mr. John T. Brittain, is also manager lor Mr. Kitchin in Randolph; Col. Wescott Robinson, of High Point, Southern at torney, is with Mr. Kitchin in that sec tion; W. W. Barber, Esq., of Wilkes boro.says the Hustler.is Mr. Kitchin's manager in that county; and the Dis patch leans that Mr. S. M. Gattis, ol Hillsboro, who is the Southern Rail way attorney in Orange county, is Kitchin's friend and supporter, while ex-Judge Avery, of Morganton, South ern lawyer, who appeared in the ease against the State in the rate proceed ings, is doing all he can in Burke coun ty for Kitchin. And last, but by nc means least, we have the Hon. Charles O. McMichael, of Madison, editor of the Madison Herald, a red hot Kitchin man, who is also attorney for the rail road there. And this is not all. There are other railway lawyers supporting Mr. Kitchin. In fact he has a greater per cent of railroad lawyers and trust people than he has of any other elas. of people. These statements have been made- time and again and to this hour have not been answered. Mr. Kitchin has passed them by in silence, as have his adherents, and in the face of them he still goes about the State appealing to' intelligent men to support him because he claims the Southern Railway and the American Tobacco Company are- persecuting" him. Mr. Kitchin's assertions that these great corporations are opposing him are not borne out by the facts, and it is tacts that the people should rely upon in making up their minds as to who should be nominated for governor. And the attention of the public will not be diveited from these facts by Mr. Kitchin's interested declarations that other candidates for the governorship!, are being supported by these great corporations. A MEET COMPLIMENT. The Aulander correspondent of the? Raleigh News and Observer, in speak ing of the address of Mr. Woltz at the school commencement in that town last. Friday says: "Mr. J. W. Mitchell, cashier of the Bank of Aulander, introduced the speaker, A. E. Woltz, superintendent of the graded schools of Goldsboro His appearance was prepossessing, his manner pleasing, his style attractive, his reasoning logical, his delivery splendid. His subject was suitable to the occasion, "The Young Man ol the Twentieth Century." " COULD HOT WALK FOB FOURJONTHS Mass of Itching, Burning Humor on Ankles Feet Fearfully Swollen Opiates Alone Brought Sleep' Many Treatments Failed but TORTURES OF ECZEMA ? YIELDED" TO CUTICURA " Cuticura Remedies are all you claim them to be. 1 had eczema for over1 two years. I had two physicians, butt they only gave me relief for a short time and I cannot enumerate the ointments and lotions I used to no purpose. My ankles were one mass of sores. The itching and burning were so intense thatj I could not sleep. 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DISFIGURED For Life Is the Despairing Cry, of Thousands ( t Of skin-tortured and disfigured vie-' tims of humors, eczemas, tetters, and rashes, who have tried and found want-. ing many remedies, and who have losfe faith in all. To such Cuticura Soap,, Ointment, and Pills appeal with irresist ible force. They are absolutely pure, sweet, gentle, and wholesome. They afford immediate relief in the most dis tressing cases, and point to a 6peedy cure when all else fails. i Complete External and Internal Treatment for Every Humor of Infanta. Children, and Adults consists of Cuticura Soap (25c.) to Cleanse the Skin. Cuticura Ointment (50c.) to Heal the Skin, and Cuticura Resolvent (50c). (or In the form of Chocolate) Coated Pills 25c. per vial of 60) to Purify the Blood. Sold throughout the world. Potter Drug & Cneca. Corp., Sole Props., Boston, Mass. 03-Uailed Free. Cuticura Book on Skin Diseases. W. H. WHALEY& CO., Inc. Mill Supplies and Machinery, 74 ommercial Place, Norfolk. Virginia. C M. JENKINS. Secretary.! Both Phones IS? Notice of Sale of Land. By virtue of a power of sale of fore closure contained in a mortgage deed executed by Joseph Cox to Edgerton Sc Hollowell and by them transferred to John R. Smith, I will offer for sale the following described land, on May 30tit 1908, at 12 m., to satisfy said mortgage claim; said mortgage is recorded in the Register of Deeds office in book 84, page 336; adjoining the lands of Abbey Grantham, Fred Cox, Jesse Jacobs, sold bv J. R. Smith to my father Uriah Cox and willed to me by said Uriah Cox, containing 7 acres, all of which beings in Brogden Township. JOHN R.. SMITH This April 28th. 1908.. b .-. I- i1 5
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