?This Argus o'er the people's rights
Both an eternal vigil keep ; -
No soothingstrains of Maia's son x jW
$1.00 a Year.
$1.00 a Year,
Shall lull itshundred eyes to 8lX$ip
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GOLDSBOEO, N.C, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1909.
NO. 78
VOL. XXTI
.Jr. X t. -j.- - ... V ;Or
JURORS DRAWN
FOR APRIL COURT
Regular Monthly Meeting of
County Commissioners
Held Today.
J. G. Hinson, account filed.... 17.84
Areus. on orintme contract... 18.33
A. J. Fulghum, arrest of convict 10.00
W. G. Britt, Register account., 39.65
W. L. Sutton, road and hauling 4.50
E. D. Williams, account of com
mission 99-00
G. P. Britt, lumber ..... z.bU
W. H. Singleton,' bridge guard 5.00
Cash Novelty Book Store ac
count . . : . .- 1-05
Sheriff E. A. Stevens, account 116.35
CORN CONTEST.
Big Prizes Within Reach of Wayne
County Farm Boys. ,
9
Yeiverton Hardware Co. ...... 76.45 GoldsboroIOffers Equal Amounts With The State For
A. f. Williams, acvuuui .uvi - .. . . .
Best Result In Corn Cirowing in mis county:
FORECAST OF WEEK'S SEWS.
PETITION FOR Iff ROAD
Largest Amount ot Accounts so Far
This Year Audited and Paid
Board Will Consider Peti
tion at Next Meeting.
The board of county commissioners
"met in regular monthly session with
Chairman W. R. Hollowell, D. H.
Overman, B. A. Parks, Alex. Aycock,
and J. R. Murvin present. The follow
ing business was transacted:
Petition : for new road in Saulston
township, beginning at No. 4 school
house and running to Snow Hill-La-
Grange road near A. B. Park's home.
Referred to next meeting.
Jurors for April term, 1909, were
drawn as follows:
First Week.
M. E. Best, J. W. Walston, W. T
Harrison, Jesse Crumpler, U. S. Pate,
A. A. Miller, W. D. Penn, A. T. Uzzell,
IT. C. Barfield. J. R. Handly, J. R.
O'Berry, C. L. Gurley, W. P. Johnson
T TO. Barnes. W. B. Lancaster, D. W
Cobb, N. D. Gurley, Reddick Bass, AV
L. Hinson, J. S. Fields, W; F. Patrick
Lovet Lee, H. J. Smith, B. F. Outlaw
Mark Wells, J. W. Rose, J. E. C
Hooks, Fred I. West, J. M. Holland, J
V. Sherard R. D. Phillips, G. W. R.
Perkins. J. B. Thompson, .Needham
Garris, A. M: Herring, Harper Quinn
Second Week.
R. M. Wilson, W. E. Musgrave, W.
W. Johnson, J. G. Faucett, N. C. Cod
dell, J. F. Ange Frank Peel, J. H.
Grady, W. T. Davis. J. E. May, Geo.
D. Bizzell. J. A. Hooks, CD. Hooks,
R. G. Freeman, Chas. Dewey, R. Britt,
Henry Stallings, F. B. Jordan.
C. S. Hinnant, lumber . . 2.81
Allen Edgerton, lumber ... 8.08
A. M. Shrago Co., for convicts 165.67
S. Bryant, pauper coffin ..... 2.00
W. T. Bradshaw, tax error 1.17
F. Walker, account. . . 12.00
Dr. T. L. Ginn, on contract. . . 33.33
Bennett Stock Co., shoeing
mules 4.50
Goldsboro Record 4.00
Edwards & Broughton, Regis
ter's docket 11.50
E. Peel, timber 1.50
John Slaughter Co., account 57.30
Smith Ham & Co., for county
Many OtheriPrizes Available: Tell Your
Neighbor And Their Boys About This.
Inauguration of Ifew President on
Thursday Is Chief Feature.
All other events of the week will
be overshadowed by the inauguration
at Washington of William Howard
Taft, twenty-seventh President of the
United States. But while Mr. Taft is
the central figure of imposing cere
monies on Thursday, a considerable
degree of unofficial interest must fol
low on that day the movements of
two other men who long have chal
lenged public attention and admration.
In the hour that President Taft graces
the ball that will bring the inaugural
program to a brilliant close, Mr.
Roosevelt, relieved of the burdens of
State, will be surrounded by ni
TAFT SELECTS HIS
JAUGURAL BIBLE
Book To Be Used In Taking
Oath of Office on
Thursday.
ii
VOLUME
CENTURY
OLD
. 1 c t i j r t . A ivTi. In a & f IT 111 On Dnolrnn PoM
The Argus Will uive 1 wenty rive Dollars. Bryan, guest of honor at a donar dm- . ;
1U mgUtJ nr It, Pittshnrir will rfiitfirate. it is III That H& Will Kflt Retain
mm Mua uw -
The State Board of Agriculture at
the December, 1908, meeting offered
$100 in prizes. First prize, $50; sec-
home : 136.48 ond prize, $30; third prize, $20; to be
Light and water for February 11.70 giyen to the three boys in the State
Jesse Harris . 6.00 makMg the greatest number of bush
1.68
14.06
.50
2.00
1.20
Nash Bros, on account
Dewey Bros., for county
R. Q. Brown, lumber ..........
N. A. Jennitt, lumber .
Henry Best, nails
J. H. West, wood
Goldsboro Drug Co., medicine
J. A. Smith, Brogden Fence ac
count 42.70
J. R. Musgrace, lumber
Parker & Falkerner. county
home 9.25 tbe crop
B. . B. Geantham, burying pau
per ...
Gem Cafe, for jurors . ....
W.' P. Stevens, Pearsall bridge
W. C. Mayo, tax overcharge. . .
N. E. West, tax refunded. . . . . . .
H. Weil & Bros., fence account
26.50 eis 0f coin on one acre of land, each,
14.42 1 1009. jinrlpr the rules and reerula-
tions herewith set forth.
Conditions Governing Contests.
1. The contestant must he between
12 and 17 years of age, and live on
the farm.
2. He must cultivate one acre in
subscriber to the Weekly Argus from
April 1, 1909. So that if the first prize
winner of the State be a Wayne coun
ty farm boy he will get $125.
Additional Prizes.
Furthermore, a large number of ad
ner in Pittsburg, will reiterate, it is
believed, the convictions upon which
he contested the presidency.
If permitted to follow the plans
This Volume.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 28. Wil-
chosen, Mr. Roosevelt will go New liam H. Taft will take the oath of
York late Thursday; thence to uystei iffice &g Presideilt of tne United States
Bay, - where a home-coming demon
jstration has been arranged that is
on the century-qld Bible which be
longs to the Supreme Court of the
ceipt he may nave neip in gatnermg
3. The acre may be in any part of
side- ; '
2Q QQ- 4. The acre must be land that would
not make more than 35 bushels of
.ux-
a mrse numoex m au- likely to eclipse former welcomes ex- IT 0it it toTlt in
ditibnal prizes have been offered hr tpA tn hiTT1 hnth as President and u . . . 1 " L Z
Goldsboro merchants, which will be rea custoay. xnere iB -
. . . ; ClUZen. I 4-; tio flon cinn whlrh Mr. Taft
1, i ill p o J.U. buxo va'-'vAMi.w
4.
within the next few weeks; so that itL.-.,, f r- ann lKJUlBU" J3 'TZZZ
will pay the farmer boys of the cou -Tt te action on Moncay ot woSd hav
ty to watch these columns diligenay. Lhe genate committee on judiclary, tlZ tS book.
and get their acre of ground in redl- wWch has agreed to vote tnat day on - ; therQ
the report of the sub-committee which haye been many oflers of BiDles to
investigated the merger of th? Ten- L, . t,
awarded for best competitive rults nessee Coal and Iron Company with
in - Wayne county, whether the State the United state3 steel corporation. f!!?h?Q V!hlt e to-
prizes come to Wayne ronnty or not. The majority report declares tUat the ; him to receive tiem or
jluis iMuv v. c Su8 is i merger appears to nave oeen megai itpnrlpd. It has been trxe
B. A." Parks, com. , .. ,
J. R. Murvin, com. .,
D. H. Overman, com
Alex. Aycock, com.
corn without the use of commercial
fertilizers or other manure. Though
in this contest commercial fertilizers,
including cotton seed and cotton-seed
66.00
ACCOUNTS AUDITED BY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Nearly Fifty Roads Accounts Paid.
Total Ainoont, $1,947.35.
March 1, 1909.
Accounts were audited and allowed
to:
T. J. Tucker, burial expenses
of C. Rogers $20.00
J. L. Pearson & Son, lumber... 11.64
Andrews & Waddell, for county 16.75
T. E. "Vinson, lumber and bridge
work 10.72
W. J. Perkins & Bro., lumber
and bridge work 6.56
W. H. Sasser, lumber and
bridge work 12.50
J. R. Jennitt, lumber .... 5.12
Mary Alston, burying pauper.. 3.00
K. D. Perkins,, road work. .... 5.50
N. E. Blackman, fence account 50.00
J. W. Thompson, Treas., bank
interest 10.00
J. L. Herring, stock law account 25.30
C. E. Stanley, coroner's inquest 45.00
E. D. Williams, county home . . . 47.00
R. E. Smith, convict force 132.20
Pauper account 8.00
Road Account Nathan Craw
ford, $2.00; H. B. Ballance,
$2.00; Luby Deans, $3.00; T. B.
Lancaster, $2.00 ; V. L. Peacock,
$2.00; H. L. Edgerton, $2.00;
George Newsome, $2.00; J. H.
Smith, $3.00; . J. Summerlin,
$2.00; U. Wiestbrook, $2.00; Jos.
Rollins, $2.00; M. D. Langston,
$2.00; J. E. Hood, $2.50; Frank
Peele, $2.00; Charley Talton,
?3.00; J. B. Bass, $3.00; Alex.
Holland,. $1.00;- Ralph Aycock,
$2.00; J. R. Westbrook, $2.00;
Ira Joyner, $4.00; A. D. Thomp
son, $2.00; C. Gurley, $3.00; Ai
Gurley, $3.00; J. S. Pate, $3.00;
Herman Porter, $3.00; R. J. El
more, $2.00 ; Robert Moore,
$2.00 r A. C. Bell, $4.00; R. M.
Godwin, $4.00 ; Marvin Hatch,
$3.00; G. W. Smith,' $2.00; John
Hollowell, $2.00; R. Q. Brown,
$3.00; N. A. Jennett, $2.00; J.
A. Herring, $4.00; W. H. Best,
$2.00; Hardie West, $4.00; Ed
,die Bass, $.00; J. W. Tadlock,
$3.00; J. F. Williams, $4.00; D.
Kornegay, 4.00; H. J. Hood,
$1.00; B. F. Grant, $3.00.
City of Goldsboro, account filed
W. Isler & Co., supplies
G. P. Britt, account ....
28.60 I
190.60
10,00
ness for cultivation.
These Goldsboro prizes will be
to every farm home in Wayne County and that the President was unauthor-
2230 I an( ot' sta1t)e nianure, wood's mold,
, 7 aq etc., witnout limit. . , . , ,
5. A record must be kept or an ter-
tilizers -used, kind and amount, work
done . on the acre, and everything of
the kind. Also of the weather, rains,
Total 47 35 I droughts, etc., and the condition ot
tne sou wnen ia crop is worKo
the time of planting, cultivation, eta;
6. The land must be measured, the
prrm cnthrfd nnil weierhed ot mftas-
Best Teachers Leaving-Early losing ared n the presence ot such witaesses
RALEIGH'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
of Schools the Cause.
Raleigh Evening Times.
as the Department of Agriculture or
it3 agent may select.
7. The crno must he. eralhereil ssd
Demands for Raleigh's best school the report sent to T. B. Parker. De-
partment of' Agriculture, Raleigh, toe
fore November 15, 1909.
8. The Superintendent of Public In-
teachers are , steadily pouring ?tn ; from
all parts of the State.
Miss Ada V. Womble, who faa been
connected with the Ralei schools gtrucjtion in each county m
Greensboro immediately upon tbs
erate officially in these Boys Com
Club contests, and will be the rep re-
closing ; of the ' Sleigh schools con the Lntative of tne Department of Ari
nun oi iviarcn. sue nas acosptea ai ,. , , ,.
position there lor the rest of the
school term. If the special tax elec
tion is carried and the schools will
be run . the usual length Tiwirt vear.
she might be prevailed upon to '.return boro offers to the Wyne county farm-
mittees, give further information, etc.
Wayne County Boys.
Under the above regulations Golds
to the capital city.
Miss Mary Arrmgton, another valu
able teacher, will leave for Wilson's
Mills.
Oxford has made known a sdesire
for a Raleigh teacher, and Mr. Harper
has recommended Miss Emma Conn.
er boys who will compete for these
State prizes equal amounts with those
of the State, so that if a Wayne coun
ty boy wins the first prize offered by
the State he will get $100; and, if
Wayne county boys win second and
third prizes they will get $60 and $49
the purpose intended.
r.tTn r,f ra ot PrcaiHpnts to USf! a
i 1 I J B 1 1 I . . . .. . , , f --
iu iue wau vi lue mC au nizea to permit sucn merger, memi- QT1 vto Rihle in takinR
a. J, J ii a j s I .. ..... "
request uai n we reau m me lainny, nority report in suDstance nnas tnat their oath of offic6j and each has re
ua inu rj uuy ni- the legality or illegality oi tne at)- , - thB hmt thereafter. Mr. Taft
oi i iuih x jwv se urgeu 10 w sorption or the lesser company oy tne ... m. n airn nT1 lhfi Bible of
work and endeavor to win one greater corporation is a question for ch and it win go bact to the
these prizes. The effort will do him the courts to decide, the committee - a nf .. anf-mt rourr for
good, and make 13m a better hoy, a lacking jurisdiction, and that ' the I . . t10T0 ar( rnnnv irieRces ot
I u .tn . 1 .... .. ...,.. 1 nmvu " "
wiier viuwa, a wuec .wmer, resident in no sens "permittea" re,erend 'respect and ling ering fond
u uc ojiiFuiu uui -niu uk; i aeai. ine point, oi incerest in ins ., ,,f Mr Tnnpwira
tcti ,r,-ntrmam i. 1 ... . . ... . uo uu wixc f "
ttjoi- jxt.khjmussm. eiw umj iu ue ttiicoEmnttees action juoaaaj' win ue
Ms township meeting 01 tin, Uate liore j whether the retiring is to be absolved
publisued for sorn meeting anil tiring or officially j blamed. In either event
his father with tim, ' when full expla-J the matter is still to he fought out in
nation he anade 3n . a public talk j the Senate.
oy JLr. Jfi. 'Ji. -AlRinsoii, Uounty super-1 With the Ixattleship fleet broken up,
intendent of Schools, and at which j the special news, regarding 'the navy
meeting t'anks will be giTen out to j will be the naming of a successor to
aH applicants to sign who may decide j Rear Admiral Sperry-
to center the State and county contest. The re-trial of the Standard OU
Conre cnt amd hear the matter fnllyj Company of Indiana.' for the alleged
presented. - rv. lacceptaoee of rebates probably will
. .mr. ifcinBon Wmi meet tne people reach the ; testimony taking stage
f the ftowHebjpss follows, and every j early in' the week.
ne. lB urgttl to come out and hear Thers-will be & scattering of base-
Irfms . &: -. -' y 1 ball fcames this week .and ienoueh
1 - .
AaPEiGESTMENTS. general ! practice to suggest that the
Orsntham Township Falling Creek I season of outdoor sports is fast ap
High School, Monday, March 8, 2:30 proachlxg.
p. m. -ri I The foreign- fleM, except for the
Brogden": Township Woodland j Balkan situation. Mds fair to be com-
Acafiemy, Tneaiy, V March 9, 2:30 p. j paratively quiet daring ihe week. The
m. 1. - 1 powers nave come togetner in tne
Indian -Springs Township Seven j matter . of joint .representations to
Springs "High School, Wednesday, j Servia and it is helieved that when
Maach 33L .2r30 ip. m. - I Servia realizes she cannot count on
3Sew Hflpe Township Casey Chapel j support In a war with Austria-Hun
Sdhool, lESiursdiEy, March 11, 2:30 p. m. gaxy she will relinquish ihe demands
JBcoir in One. j that have been the prime .cause of the
SkeilB-, ?Stoney , Creek, Back j disturbed condition in the Balkan pe-
jSmamp, and "Great Swamp Townships, ninsula
combineilAt Tikeville High School,
Miss Conn is now considering the respectively. '' '
offe . In addition to this, The Argus will
One of the gentleman teacher has sive to the Wayne county winner of
the first prize an additional $25; pro
vided the winner is a paid-up yearly
TLLLMAK IS CAUSTIC.
been tendered a position at the A. &,
M. College. It is not known as yet
whether he shall accept or not.
It is safe to say that should the
sneoial tax fail tn nnas H nf
eigh's best teachers would be forcetl His Latest Eesolution a Last Slap at
ah... ..t ii Jiooseveit.
where the school terms are sufficient- Washington, D. C, Feb. 26. Sena-
ly long for them to earn a better sal-! tor Tillman today astonished the Sen
ary than they could possibly earn in ate by the introduction, of a resolu
Raleigh. This is only the beginning tion instructing the Committee on
of. the outpour of teachers which are Postoffices and Post Roads to inquire
recognized as among the best of the! whether messages and reports recent-
State.
Friday, March 12, 2:30 p. m.
c-Fork TowjKhip rRosewood Acade
my, Satnday,uMarch 13, 2:30 p. m i
"-ITalmBla iTownship Eureka School,
Monday, March 15, 2:30 p. m.
Sanlston v Township Hood Swamp
School, Tuesday March 16, 2 : 30 p.
$9,000,000 in Rebates to Gas Consumers.
ly sent to Congress by. the President
should not be excluded from the mails
as obscene literature unfit for circu
lation. The motion was, on motion of
Mr. Tillman, referred to the Commit-
New York, March 1. The payment tee on Postoffice and Post Roads, its
of $9,000,000 in rebates to 2,500,000 reading in the Senate and reference
cdhsumers was . begun today by the causing no discussion.
Consolidated Gas Company and Its The resolution Includes not only the
subsidiary concerns. Bunches of President's message, but the report of
checks for the amounts returnable the commission and the Committee on
were sent out from the nine distribut- Postoffices is directed to consider
ing offices especially organized for whether the use of the mails should
the purpose. . United States Commis- not be prohibited . to the entire mat
sioner Shields, who acted as custodian ter. ' - -of
the $9,000,000 since 1906, under au- The resolution, refers to the Presi
thority of the United States. Court, dent's Homes ; Commission, ' dealing
which appointed him special master, with the homes in Washington, to the
visited all nine of 'these special dis- message pn the commission's report,
tributing points today, and says the and . to the report itself,, which treats
checks had begun to flow through the of conditions in the alley homes of
28.05, malls. - Itbe citv in nlain laneuaee.
GRUm
STEPS DO
"V Charleston, S C, March 1. With
the resignation f Dr. Wm. D. Crum
as collector of customs at this port,
a situation which, threatened to cause
President-elect-; T!aft considerable em
barrassment is avoided. No appoint
ment f made by Pjresident Roosevelt
during either f r his administrations
has given rise to as much discussion
as that of Dr.. Cmm whose appoint
ment as collector at Charleston was
vigorously opposed because of the
fact , that he is a negro. A long and
hard fight ; against his confirmation
was made by Senator Tillman and
others when he was first named for
the position by President Roosevelt
in 1903, and within the last few weeks
following his appointment, Senator
Tillman ' conducted ; a Successful fili
buster against his confirmation by the
Senate. - .
And now the news has gone forth
that the, diplomatic corps in Washing-,
ton is worried about what to wear at
the inaugural ball. Is it possible that
a diplomat hasn't a dress suit? "
CAPT. D. J. BROADHERST
65 YEARS YOUXG TODAY
Obsesses Birthday by ' Attending to
Cnstoniary Rpntine of
Business.
Capt. D. J. Broadhurst, the .pbpuiar
city clerk, celebrated "his sixty-fifth
birthday today.
Capt. Broadhurst states that "He
feels 65 years young,'' and observed
this mark in life's journey by attend
ing to his customary duties as a city
official. He was congratulated by his
many-friends -and wished a . continued
journey of many more years.:
Sends His .Yoice to Mother.
As a surprise tar his aged parents
on the sixtieth' anniversary of their
wedding, John K. Findley, a Pennsy
machinist, sent to them near Glasgow,
Scotland,, graphophone' . records, into
which he had spoken congratulations,
speeches and sung songs. His mother
had not heard his voice for thirty
years, but on the first line of "Be Kind
tae Auld Grannie," the . first selection,
she cried, "Tis mae ain son, Johnny."
Altoona Dispatch. ,
Marriage License.
The first marriage . license to be
issued in March by Register of Deeds
W. G. Britt was today secured by Mr.
C. F. Parker, of Johnston county, to
wed Miss Alma Hall, daughter of the
late G. P. Hall, of Brogden township.
successor.- -.. .
Precedent in another ancient inau
gural detail is to be broken next
Thursday in the intention of Prest-'
dent Roosevelt to go from the inau-
gural ceremonies at tne uapitoi ai
rect to his train for Oyster Bay, ani
not return to the White House in the
carriage with Mr. Taft. It is possible
that Mrs. Taft may occupy this vacant
seat.
From morning service at Ce Uni
tarian Church, Mr. Taft today went
to the.tWhite House wbsre he went
over with President KcwrSTrelt that;
portion . of his inaugural addrea
vvmuu uisuueisca wuat as jujts v-1 '
icy respecting the foreUni relatioiisT
of the country No material changes,
if any, will be made in the address aa
a result of the conference. . .;
. .is : $
TEACHERS WILL MEET .
6 IX THIS CITY SATURDAY
Regular Monthly' Session for March
Will Be Final Meeting of the
Association.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Teachers' Association of Wayne coun
ty will be held at the Court House
in this city Saturday, March 6, begin
ning at 11:45 a. m.
The following program has been ar
ranged :
A Talk, by Miss Florence Meyer
berg. "Fractions," Miss Hattie Blackman.
"The Dull Pupil," Misses Julia E.
Howell, Cora M. Dixon, Bertha Edger
ton. ,
Betterment reports.
As this is the last meeting for this
school term, all teachers are urged to
attend.
Shooting Affair in "Little Washing
ton." In an accidental shooting affair lit
"Little Washington" this afternoon, 4
yoang son of Walter Smith, colored
was proba-" fatally shot by Ed. Had
ley a co!ored boy. The latter wail
playing with a loaded pistol.
Hadley was arrested and lodged lit
jail to aw the result of the wound
to young Smith.
Death of Mrs. Sallie A. Waters, of
LaGrange. '
Mrs. Sallie A. Waters, of LaGrange,
grandmother of WV H. Waters, of this
city, died Friday at her home at an.
advanced age. She is survived by setV
eral children, who are prominent cit!-
zens of LaGrange. ;
The funeral services were held Sat
urdax,, afternoon, Rev. J. A. Brown of
ficiating. ...