"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."
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THE MAN Oil
THE CORNER.
Ad Interesting Character With
a History That Is
Fascinating.
TRAVELED
WITH
CIRCUS
Served Under President Jefferson
Davis In Mexican War. Was Stand
ing With Col. Clay When He Was
Shot By An Assassin.
The "man on the corner," thus re
f erred to in yesterday's Argus, Mho
was then but a passing incident with
the Argus man, but so fascinating
win his paper tricks that we compar
ed ViiTn to the "Ancient -Mariner," has
since been learned by us to be -a ver
itable walking thesaurus of historic
experiences in the recounting of which
the tale of tbe ancient mariner is not
in it.
The old gentleman who entertains
you in passing with his paper -exhibition
is indeed more interesting in con
versation than is his tricks. He gives
his name as F. D. King, o Chicago,
but a native of Connecticut, sand a. vet
eran of the Mexican war, who saw ser
vice directly under Jefferson -Davis, as
& member of the Third Kentackr
Rifles, In which he enlisted in 1845.
In conversation with Mr. King this
morning he told us that as a boy in
his teens he rode on the first railroad
train ever run in this country, and
then we drifted into his Mexican war
record. "The body of troops to wbi
I belonged," said Mr. King, "readied
Carpus Christi not long rafter the de
parture from Kentucky, and marched
on to Brownsville. The (first real en
gagement of note was cm May 8, 1846,
at Paloalto. Later we crossed the
Rio Grande into Mexico. Near Mon
terey a stop of nearly six months was
made, lollowed by the capture of that
place. It was here that Col. Clay, a
son of .Henry Clay, was killed shot
from ambush by an assassin, while
standing on the plaza, within a few
feet of jne, after the fighting was all
over and terms of peace had been
agreed upon. It was a dastardly deed,
ajid every effort was made o detect
tbe assassin, but without success.
"At JBuena Vista, in February of
1847, Jeff Davis formed his oelebrated
'V,' considered bad but proving ex
tremely good. I was mustered out at
St. Louis, -and went out to California
in 1843. 'This trip was not in search
of gold, but on contract work for
sketches of the overland route. While
in the government service I made
sketches 'Of the famous Yellowstone
park. I saw no active service during
the Civil War. Outside of ay work
for the government, I am better known
as the 'paper king.' This came Irom
any connection with various big
shows of the country, and as manager
of Barnum & Bailey's immense shows.
I traveled throughout the country, vis
iting also many foreign countries. At
the age of twelve I gave exhibitions
with the first elephant ever brought
to the United States."
"Take the map of the United States
and look at its network of railroads:
I have traversed quite all of them in
my circus exploits."
. Mr. King was born In 1822, but does
not look a day over 70, and would
readily pass for sixty-five.
Prohibition Killed in South Carolina.
s
Columbia, S. C, Feb. 16. After a
sensational filibuster lasting several
days it appears that prohibition has
been killed in this state. The Senate
has a majority of four for local op
tion the House is equally close.
The local option forces in the House
are well organized to demand roll
calls on hundreds of amendments.
The General Assembly will adjourn
Saturday, which means that tne pro
hibition movement will fail, without
a special session, which is practcally
impossible.
- The report of another , Vanderbilt
divorce case is accepted as a matter
of course, and it attracts little atten
tion either in the papers or out of
NEWS OF TODAY.
Gleaned and
Boiled Down for Busy
Readers.
Fatrer Carroll, formerly of Phila
delphia, was yesterdr.y consecrated
Bisho,. of Vigau with, impressive cere
monies at the Manila Cathedral in the
presence of scores of clergy and an
immense congrf pation.
Robert Flemirg was shot and killed
yesterday by F-ank Penton in John
sons restaurant. Milton, Fla. The
tragedy was caised by an old grudge
The jury rendered a verdict of justi
fiable omnicide.
The Hotel Clarendon, at Seabreeze,
one of the largest resort hotels on the
east coast of Florida, together with
ten cottages adjoining the house, was
destroyed by rire at 5:30 yesterday
morning, the 215 guests, who were
asleep at the time, being saved with
out injury, and many being able to
gather up most of their belongings.
A 3torm struck Learned, Miss., yes
terday afternoon with terrific force.
blowing down a negro church, billing
Dick Parris1 -ife and one 'child of
Maggie BeTfiaett, and injuring feight or
ten. About se enty-ilve persons were
in the bxiMtng at the time Tlf it had
not been tor the arched ciling they
would all tprobtl ly Irave Iseen killed.
The international tuberculosis exhi
bition wl Ich fo-'mally opened today Is
already in place and was visited to
day fey n. any nurses ami school teach
era. An exhaustive "programme has
been arranged for tfee coming week
each day being devoted to some par
ticular phase of the fevil o its rero
edy. ' ,
Bishoy 'E. E. Hosb, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. South, who went
to Baltimore 'roan Nashville, Tenn.,
early last week for medical treatment
was taken to JoSms Hopkins Hospital
yesterday. It is expected that he will
be operated nnm tomorrow. Bishop
Hoss faces the ordeal he is to undergo
courageously, despite its seriousness,
and as lie possesses a good constitu
tion str ...iig hopes are expressed for his
complete recovery
Half way across the Atlantic ocean
on tbe iast lor-g reach of their spec
tacular crnfee - around the world, the
sixteev battles! ips of the "United;
Stales Atlantic Fleet" are steaming
today fci leisurely f ishion towards the
anchorage grounds at Hampton Roads,
wheno tLsry sailed just foaiteer
montls ago. Paring these i.ionths ofj
record steaming the heavily armored
fighting vessels have traveled approx
imately iojOQQ miles and are returning!
in conoitkm still fit for "a frolic or a
fight."
A bill is :beirg drawn for introduc
tion in the tgeneral assembly for th
Issuance- of $7 f 00,000 bond-: for ti
erection of -a splendid fireproof State
office J'Uildiqg to extend along Etiert
ton street fron- Salisbury to Halif iv
street Raleigh, the sites of the pres
ent Supreme ..ourt and Agricultural
buildings, both of which are der
condeid. ation as inadequate and ra -ly
unsafe, beside:' being veritable 1r'
traps, exposing to hourly danger of
destru-.-' Jon toy lire the valuable i.
preme Court atd State libraries, the
State Museum, Hall of History and
State records generally. TUs m- ro
ment for the office building h5 a
strong following, and if it accomK;s!i
es roth:rg else at this session, it v-iil
likely kll the movement for ti e bonds
to enlaige the present State House, a
thing that is bitterly opposed by very
many reople ?-ho insist that this
splendid old building is already com
plete ar.d that the proposed enlarge
ment would be the most firagrant de
struction of one of the State's most
splendi heritages in art and history.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MET OX MONDAY
Outlined Plan to Baise $1,000 for the
Mclrer Memorial Fund.
The executive committee of the
Wayne County Mclver Memorial As
sociation met yesterday afternoon in
this city to outline plans for the work
in the county. The . Association is
expected to raise $1,000 as its share
of the Mclver Memorial Fund, which
will be used to educate young women
at the Greensboro. Normal College.
The Association - 1b composed of
alumnae of this college. The execu
tive committee" of the county associa
tion is composed of Mrs. W. R. Hol
lowell, Miss Hattle CBerry, of Dud
ley; Miss Minnie McWhorter, of Mt.
Olive, and Miss Ivor Aycock, of Fre
mont - " --v !
REQUIREMENTS FOR
MINERAL WATER
Legislature Hears Bill
Increase Pension ef
Veterans.
To
i
Itinera! Spring Owners and Dealers
Are to be Taxed According
to the Output of Their
Springs.
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 16. In the
House the Senate bill to provide diph
theria' anti-toxine for the indigent was
reported favorably. Grant's bill to
provide seats for working women in
the stores, mills, etc, was also re
ported favorably. 'Grant's bill to pre
vent blacklisting fOf employes also re
ceived a favor-aole :report.
The Senate yesterday passed a bill
prepared by the secretary of the
State Board ff Health to insure to the
public pure mineral water. It pro
vides for analysis of all waters sold
in bottle or mother package and of all
spring waters that-are maintained and
treated as -an adjunct to any hotel,
park or spesort, to be made by the
State Lf&'boratory of Hygiene. H e
bill imposes a graduated tax on the
springs or wells based on the gross
annual sales, fifty dollars on the con
cern whose sales amount to $1,500
and less than $2,000, and down to fif
teen dollars on the concern wnosef
sales amount to less than $250. -A
tax -of fifteen dollars Is placed -on
every spring that is maintained as an
adjunct to any hotel, park or report
for the entertainment of the public
A tax of sixty-four dollars is imprwsed:
upon every person, firm or corporation;
not :& citizen of North Carolina "wltt
shall: sell or offer for sale any crater1
in '.bottle or other package lor on-j
ssmiption by the people -of ills Sate.
The House yesterday deferred suifil
Monday, February r2, co:tisdersxicna
eff the Empie (Senate) bill to prohibit
tne fsale or quail ana gronse for .-a
period- of two years. The bStt pro
hibits the killing of more than fifteen
lords by any person in one day-
Mr. Koonce introduced in the House
a, bill to increase the pension appro
priation for Confederate veterans
rom $400,000 to $500,000, and Mr.
Barnes, of Hertford, presented a bill
providing for a half million dollar
imnd issue for enlarging and improv
ing the State CapitoL An Important
WI1. by Speaker Graham would estab
lish a State Drug Commission, tso as
to prevent the sale of deleterious
drugs. Mr. Morton introduced -a bill
to regulate the manufacture and sale
of non-alcQholic malt beverages In
North Carolina.
Kashville, Tenn., Feb. 15. .e the
eve of the trial of Col. Duikjui B.
Cooper, Robin J. Cooper and Joha D.
Sharp for the slaying of lOrmer Sena
tor Edward W. Carmack, the factions
are figuratively resting on their arms.
Most of the witnesses for the 'State,
who are from a distance, are in the
city. Others are on the way. Sirs. E.
W. Carmack, wfe of the slain editor,
arrived tonight and will sit behind the
attorneys for the State. S.iu C. Car
mack, a cousin, are now here.
The State proposes to establish
first the death of Senator Partuack by
the eye-witnesses. Then it will ;besm
to lay the foundation for Its iheory
that the killing was the result of a
conspiracy. Just at this point will
come the big legal battle of the trial.
The defense proposes to fight thU in
tention from the start. The laws of
Tennessee upon conspiracy are said
to be very liberal once the ground
work is laid, but this foundation must
be very strong.
FOB MAYOR.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for Mayor of the City of. Golds
boro, subject to the rales and regula
tions of the Democratic primaries.
Should the good people of this city
see fit to elect me, I can assure them
that no stone will be left unturned as
to the duties of this high office.
J. R. HIGGINS.
A stingy man is always, poor.
FOR
M
0
THE SOUTH AND THE CANAL.
There Is Every Season Why the Peo
ple of, This Section Should .En-,
courage the Work.
In Ms -biaiiguet speech,, in New Or
leans Friday evening,1 President-elect
Taft expressed himself as being much
gratfied over the work that has been
done in the canal zone, and assured
his hearers that the undertaking
would be carried to a successful finish
in a reasonable ; time. The speaker
said that when the men down there
who are working: tooth and toenail to
do the work get partial reports of
those "who aretalking buncombe on
the floor of the Congress, It is calcu
lated to dsturb the best conditions
there."
The cost was to be greater than
originally estimated, he sail, b;it the
amount of excavation bad been in
creased 50 per cent. Ihe lochs bad
been made larger on tbe request of
the navy "because we tre building the
canal to double the efficiency of our
navy."
"With a full 'understanding of the
weight of the words I us, I wist to
say ana ro cnauenge any evaence 10
the contrary," said Mr.Taft, with great
emphasis, that the money, which has
been expended on that canal, every
dollar and every cent Of it, has been
expended In the interest of the gov-
ernment and not one onar has been
traced to graft in any way."
There is no doubt that there has
been a great deal too much ill-advised
talk to and out of Congress about the
work on the canal. Much ot this talk
has arisen from ignorance of the na-
ture tand extent of the undertaking.
and io little of it has grown out of a
desire on the part ol some congress-
Ksm to play politics. On tha whole iver stated the work on the trol
there has been more politics than pa- L line would be raDidly pushed for-
triotism manifested in both houses of ward until completed. Many capital
Congress towards the work of build- lstg interested in the project have vis
ing the canal.
It is unquestionably true, as Presi-
dent-elect Taft says, that this dis-
couraging talk for political or other
purposes la calculated to do harm. It
ismore or less a handicap to the men stop at Revilo park, but will go for
who are bearing the brunt of the task. ward untn Seven Springs may be
There is no doubt in the minds of the reached bv trollev. and the trade of
engineers who are in postion to know
that the canal will be built and well
built, and there is not a shadow of
doubt that it will be one of the great
est moves ever undertaken for this
country. . The people of New Orleans
and the Gulf states realize the value
of the canal to them and their inter
ests. The words of President-elect
Taft sounded as so much music to
them. -. .
. The canal will be of inestimable
value to the whole South, and there
is every reason why the people of the
South should encourage the work in
every possible way, and take bo stock
in the efforts of those who are mder
taking to spread disparaging report?
for political or other purposes
motives.
and
GREAT TOLITTCAL SERIAL
STORY BEGINS TODAY.
The First Number of "The Gentleman
From Mississippi Published
m iae Argns.
With today's issue of the Argus the
initial chapters of that great political
story. "The t Gentleman From Missis-
sippi " appears in serial form. The
story is one rich in romance, politi
cal inrigue and everyday issues, and
will appeal to all readers of this pa
per. Do not miss the first chapter
and you will thoroughly enjoy this
great novelized drama.
F:iyetteville to Come in.
Fayettiville, N. C, Feb. 15. At a
meeting fobaseball enthusiasts held
her Saturday -vening, at which the
Eaoterii Carolina league was repre
sented l y R. H Gwaltn&y, of Wilmfn:
ton, U was decided that Fo.yetteville
would make applicption for member
ship in the Eastern Carolina league
at the directors meeting, to be held
at Goldsboro today. It is thought here
that Fayettevllle has a good chance
for admission o the league
Graded School Concert.
The Graded School Concert prom
ises to be the best entertainment ever
given by the children of Goldsboro.
The children are rehearsing daily for
the entertainment, and both - pupils
and teachers are working hard to
make it a success.
Let everybody, young and old, at
tend the performance in the Opera
House next Saturday night at 8
o'clock. Admission is 25 cents for all.
A plaster Is small amends for
broken, head.
ran beau m
IN F!
V'
-.1
Durham Business Man Pur
chased Three Lots in
New Section.
43
TAKES OPTION ON FIFTEEN.
Manager E. T. Oliver Pleased With
Progress on Trolley Line. Its
Future Depends Upon
Lotal Interest.
The estimate that outsiders place
the sterling qualities of Golds-
Doro and mvestments n the new sec-
tion o tnis Kr0wlng town was dis-
l d this morning, when Mr. George
H Beall, of Durham, accompanied
Manager E. T. Oliver, of the Golds
boro Traction Company, to this city
and purChased three lots In that beau
tful residential section of the city,
RflSt onldshoro.
Mr Beall was so thoroughly im-
DresSed with the future of East Golds
boro that he seCured the option on
fifteen lots for nis friends in Durham,
rr,- is a ereat comDiimeilt to -Mr.
oliver and nis upbuilding of this-new
section of the city.
Twins his visit in the city. Mr. Ol-
itpd h itv nT1(1 fnllTld the invest-
ment d one if the line never ex.
tends any further than from the Un-
ion station to East Goldsboro, but it is
a certainty that our people will not
that beautiful healtll res0rt and see-
tion seCured for Goldsboro.
Tt is thA MtiTT1QtA nf manv th!lt th(1
trolley project will stimulate business
in Goldsboro more than anything else
that could have been started in the
city.
OIL DISCOVERED NEAR KINSTON.
Two Voting Men Made Valuable Dis
coTery Along the Nense.
A few days ago the Kinston Free
Press published a short Item telling
of a discovery of oil on the banks of
the Neuse river near there. Satur
day's issue contained the following
1 addition al information :
"The reporter received fuller in
formation of the recent discovery ot
oil alona the banks of the Neus
bove Kinston, several days ago. M
X. Jackson and Mr. Ernest Lee wrre
boating. Mr. Jackson noticed a little
stream flowing from the side of the
bank and they rowed up to it to e-
cure drinking water, and to their sur
prise discovered that It was oily. So
Mr. Jackson secured a pint bottle of
the liquid and sent it to the State
chemist at Raleigh, to be analyzed
Yesterday he received word from the
chemist that the liquid was 90 per
cent petroleum. The flow is small,
a rather tiny stream trickling down
the bank, but it is oil all riht.' and
the discoverers say that the stream
flows steadily. They in'eTjd to inves
tigate further and for the present re
fuse to make public their plans."
The World's Way.
This was overheard In the lobby of
a big hotel in Detroit when a busload
of. traveling salesmen came from the
station. Every man of them, as he
signed the register, paused to shake
hands with the hotel clerk fatherly
old fellow who had been there many
years.-''Ah," said one of them to the
clerk, "it's a good tMng you're still on
deck, Uncle Dave; I don't think the
house , could run without you."
"Couldn't it, though!" said Uncle Dave
"Tor el'ows would come in here-, and
if there was a Strang clerk you'd say,
'Where's Uncle Dave?" And the clerk
would say, 'Why didn't you hear? He
died a month ago.' A id then you'd say
Well, I'll be darned! That's too bad,
Say, when'll dinner be ready?" De
troit News.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
will meet in regular session Friday
at the home of' Mrs. W. H. H. Cobb.
DSBORO
PROGRAM OF THE
' CONSERVATION CONFERENCE:
Representatives From All Parts
of
North America to Meet on
Thursday.
Washington, Feb. 16. The program
of the North ; American Conservation
Conference, which opens in Washing
ton on February lS.has been com
pleted and the main features of . it
have just been made public. Theft
President will receive the Canadians
and Mexican commissioners at 10
o'clock on Thursday morning in the
East room of the White House. The
members of the cabinet and of the
National Conservation Commission
will be present. The Canadians and
Mexicans will be presented to the
President by Secretary of State Bacon.
This session will be wholly informali
and brief. At its conclusion the con
ferees will proceed to the diplomatic
room of the State Department, where-
the regular sessions will be held. It
is probable that the remainder of the
morning will be taken up-with formal
addresses of welcome and responses -of
visitors. In the afternoon the con
ference will take up its work in ear
nest. It is expected that the sessions
will continue the remainder of the?
week.
The evenings of the foreign dele
gates will be very fully occupied with
various social functions that have
been arranged by their compatriots
and government officers in Washing
ton. The personnel of the delegations
from Canada and Mexico guarantee
the accomplishment of real results -
from the conference, for all members
are experts in the natural resources
of their countries.
Canada will be represented by the
Honorable Sydney Fisher, Minister of
Agriculture of the Dominion; the
Hon. Clifford Sfton, Ex-Minister of the
Interior, under whose administration
many of the regulation concerning the
use of Canada's resources were adop
ted, and Dr. Henri S. Beland, a mem
ber of the Canadian Parliament, who
is a well-known authority en these
subjects. The Canadian delegation will
also be accompanied by Robert E.
Young, land expert in the Canadian-
Department of the Interior, who will
act as its secretary.
To represent Mexico, President Diaz
has sent Romulo Escobar, Manuel A.
DeQuavedo, and Carlos Sollerier. Se
nor Escobar, who heads the delega
tion, is one of the foremost authori
ties in Mexico on the agriculture of
the country. He has been at different
fimoQ Tn ini ct or rtf fho Tonortrnfltit
Agriculture ana or tne Department or
Forestry. With his brother, he edits--the
farm paper El Agricultor Mexi
cano, and he presented a paper on
"Agriculture in Mexico" at the time
of the St. Louis Exposition. Senor
De Quevedo is the present Minister of.
Forestry.
ST0MACHAG0NY
Abolish the Cause, and Misery and:
Distress ol Indigestion Will
Vanish.
Can indigestion be cured? Hun
dreds of thousands of people who suf
fer from belching of gas; biliousness,
sour stomach, fullness, nausea, short
ness of breath, bad taste in mouth,
foul breath, nervousness and other
distress symptoms, are asking them
selves that question daily.
And if these same doubting dys
peptics could only read the thousands,
of sincere letters from people who
once suffered as badly as they do
now, but have been quickly and per
manently cured by the use of Mi-o-na,
the mighty dyspepsia remedy that
cures by removing the cause, they
would go to J. H. Hill & Son this very
day and get a large box of Mi-o-na
tablets, and start themselves on tha
right road to health at once.
The price of Mi-o-na tablets is only
50 cents, and J. H. Hill & Son guar
antees them to cure indigestion, or
money back.
Thin or lean or scrawney people
will find in Mi-o-na a maker of flesh
and blood, because it causes the
stomach to extract more nutritious
matter from the food, which quicklj
enriches the blood.
U U (f,vumDffxt-V'M) Li
CURES CATARRH, ASTHMA;
Bronchitis, Croup, Cough and Colds, ox
money back. Sold and guaranteed h
J. H. HILL SON