North Carolina Newspapers

f i 5 !: THE HEADLIGHT. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR. A. KOSCOWER, Editor and Proprietor. Goldsboro, X. C, Jan. 31, 1901 CONDITIONS IN CUBA. A short time ago the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the Federal War Department stated in a report that business conditions in Cuba had changed very markedly for the bet ter, and that the improvement wax particularly noticeable in the sugar industry, there being every pros pect for a production of 050,000 tons. In other directions the de velopment of the island's resources and commercial activity generally were reported to be satisfactory. In this connection it is interest ing to read a statement that a mass meeting was held a few days ago in Havana attended hy planters, merchants and representatives of the various political parties at which resolutions were adopted asking the United States to lower the duty on Cuban products and advocating tho abolishment of the export tax on tobacco. That the meeting was in earnest is shown by the fact that one member of each of the bodies which participated was appointed a delegate to go to "Washington for the purpose of presenting to Congress arguments in favor of tarilF reduction. The Cuban delegates have every reason upon their side in the urg ing of favorable action upon their request. Though Cuba is to re ceive its absolute independence, the fact remains that the influence of the United States cannot but predominate in the commercial af fairs of the island. Both its geo graphical proximity and the recog nition in this country of the many profitable opportunities waiting upon enterprise will induce tho in vestment of a great deal of Ameri can capital in Cuba; and, on the other hand, the return of the long deferred peace and security for lives anil property will ..cause a still greater activity in the Cuban industries already existing. That imports into Cuba from tho United States will increase enormously fol lows as a matter of course. To pay for these goods the island must depend entirely upon that which it has to sell. It is only common fairness, then, that the market in this country should be made as ac cessible as possible. Apart from the economic fallacy involved in obstructing this market by the ex isting duties, every reason of ex pediency looking to the further ance of the commercial relations between Cuba and the United States demands the removal of the tariff barrier. In the interest of justice and of the country's commerce it is great ly to be hoped that the Cuban del egates will not only receive a re spectful hearing in Washington, but that their representations will be of avail. SHIPBITI.IHXU ACTIVITY. At no period during the history of the country has there been such marked activity in shipbuilding as is now to be noted in the United States. There is not an idle ship yard on either the Pacific or the Atlantic coast, while many yards have orders sufficient to occupy them for a year or two ahead. Assurance of a continuance of this activity is afforded in the es tablishment of many new steam ship lines and the constant growth of our export trade, which latter will tax both new and old lines to their utmost present capacity and will eventually necessitate a re newed demand upon the facilities of the shipyards for additional ves sels. Within the past thirty days no less than five new steamship lines have been projected, with suf ficient capital to insure their speedy establishment. Two of them, on the Pacific coast, have the Far East for their terminus; the vessels of two others will sail from Atlan tic ports to tho Mediterranean and even as far as India, while one more new line will connect Phila delphia with the South. It is unfortunato for the subsidy mongers that these evidences of the natural aptitude of capital to flow wherever needed should be made public at this time, since there could be no stronger argu ment as to tho absolute unfairness and imbecility of the proposition to vote millions of the people's money for the enrichment of steam ship companies which natural con ditions of trade enables to earn a satisfactory percentage of profit. Fok an Administration devoted to a policy of "benevolent assimi lation" the Government at Wash ington seems to manifest unusual skill in the art of making enemies of alien races far and near. Even the few hundred Snake Indians on the Creek reservation in Indian Ter. ritory have undertaken a warfare. Max O'Rell on Marriage. Max O'Rell, the French writer of humorous and satiric fame, makes some unusually serious remarks on the subject of marriage in a recent issue of The New York Journal. Matrimonial reforms, he thinks will be among the special achievements of the twentieth century. "I be lieve," he says, "that people will not be allowed to get married just as they please and simply because they please. The state will interfere with the private lives of the citizens far more than it does now, for the good of the community at large. Private interests will have to yield to nation al interests. Old men of 75 and 80 will not be allowed to marry young girls of 20. Old ladies, in the tem porary state of insanity, will not be allowed to be taken to the alter by money-seeking young men of 25, whatever indemnity these old ladies may be wishing to. settle on these young men for the pleasure of adopt ing them. Nay, more than that. I believe that the sickly persons will not be allowed to marry and thus be enabled to spoil the race, which is already threatening to over-crowd the earth. And so will be the case with the men, or women having in sanity in their families. "Before the laws allow couples to marry they will require them to pass an examination and prove they are fit persons for the undertaking, that their bodies and minds are sound and that they have means of existence. Their antecedents will be examined thoroughly. Hy-the adoption of such laws, with the constant improve ment of sanitary arrangements, with the progress of medicine, with heal thier and more intelligently led lives, disease will disappear, the human race will get more and more stroDg, healthy and beautiful and men and women will, more and more, be in love with each other. Thanks to these laws and better understood ed ucation of the people, the sexual re lations will improve in every respect. I say education ! Yes, girls will be told, as before, that they should think of preparing to become one day good wives aud good mothers, but boys will also be told to devote a few moments of their youth thinking of preparing to become one day de cent husbands and tolerable fathers. Indeed, I believe that the principles of a happy, useful and healthier mat rimonial life will be included in the curriculum of schools and colleges, both for boys and girls." Extent of His Inheritance. Ihe extent of the empire over which the new King Edward VII of England and Emperor of India will reign exceeds that of any monarch of the present time or perhaps of any time. Exclusive of Egypt, the area of his empire is 11,773,000 square miles; including Egypt, about 13,000- 000 square miles, or much over one fourth of the land surface of the globe. The wealth of the United Kingdom alone, apart from that of India, Australia, Canada and other possessions, is about $60,000,000,000, or second only to that of the United States. The population of the Em pire aggregate some 400,000,000, be ing comparable with that of the Em peror of China. Its shipping equals that of all other countries put toget her, and its commerce and" navy are by far the largest. The capital of the Empire is also the world's money center. Altogether Edward VII is very comfortably fixed. Reflections of a Bachelor. A girl can't help her looks, but her looks can help her. Every girl has a longing to have a man kiss her against her will. A woman-flirt is more dangerous than a man-flirt, because she does it with more than one at a time. A man doesn't always know wheth er a woman will accept him or not, but he always knows whether he is going to get her. Before a girl gets married she thinks a lot more about living with her husband than she does about liv ing with the angels. If women had pockets, they would probably be so full of "rats", and hairpins all the time that they would have to carry their carfare in their mouths like they do now. Killed by His Owu Casket. Some time ago Amos Rothmeyer.of Sharon Pa., became imbued with the notion that after his death body snatchers would take his body from the grave and sell it to a medical college, so he had a heavy metal bound casket with an equally strong lock made at Cleveland. Recently the casket was delivered to Roth meyer's home, and he had it set on end in a room. He admired the cas ket, and was in the habit of frequent ly inspecting it. A few nights ago Rothmever was trying to move it, and it fell upon him, inflicting inju ries from which he died Tuesday. Two boys were drowned at Brook lyn, N. Y., Sunday, while skating. State of Ohio City ok Toledo, ) Lucas Countv. ss Fkank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Ciieset & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County ami State aforesaid, and that said linn will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL LARS for each and every ease of Ca tarrh that cannot le cured by the use of Hall's Catakhh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this the Cth day of Decem ber, A. D. 1880. seal. I A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal ly and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Tills are the best. 44 A Miss is As Good as a Mile." If you are net entirely ivell, you are CI. Illness does net rzean death's door. It is a sense of weariness, a " tired feeling, a life filled ivith nameless pains and suffer ing. In 90 of cases ihe blood is to llam:. Hood's Sarsapanlla is Nature's conccirjc for disorders of ihe blood. Remember MftCtdA SaUabaUUn j State Sunday School Convention. To the Sunday School Workers of Wayne County: I wish to call your attention to the meeting of the State Sunday School Convention which is to be held at High Point, X. C, February 20th to 22nd, 1901, inclusive. The following distinguished persons will be present and take part in the program: Mr. Marion Lawrence, International gen eral secretary; Rev. B. W. Spillman, Secretary Baptist State S. S. work of X. C; Prof. II. M. Hamill, Inter national field secretary; Mrs. H. M. Hamill, primary worker and normal secretary of Illinois, and Prof. E. O. Excell, the great singer. All Sunday school workers are in vited. Representatives, both men and women, will be recognized from any Sunday school of white people iu the state. Free entertainment is tendered by the citizens of High Point. Reduced rates over all rail roads. All persons contemplating attending will please send in their names not later than Febuary 15th to Mr. John M. Wilborn, secretary of committee ou hospitality, High Point, X. C. I request that all who possibly can will attend this convention. It will pay vou well to do so. If you wish the formal appointment as a dele gate, send me your name and I will have a call meeting of the executive committee and appoint you. The convention will be on Wednes day, Thursday and Friday, which will admit of all pastors attending, and I sincerely hope that many of them will do so. It is their duty to enlighten themselves and gain inspi ration for the better advancement of the Sunday schools of their different churches. This may be the only chance in a life-time to hear these efficient workers. - II. B. Parker, Jr , President Wayne Co. S. S. Asso. Crazed by .Mock Hanging. Moses Paterson, a man of family about 40 years of age, has just died at Marinette, Wis., from the effects of a practical joke perpetrated on him by woodsmen six months ago. Paters,ou was employed in a lumber camp. He was a man who boasted a great deal of his fighting prowess, and his fellow workmen determined to teach him a lesson. The entire crew gathered around him and a rope was tied about his neck. He was then swung from the branch of a tree. He was suspended in midair only a few seconds and sustained no apparent injury. But his companions were surprised and horrified to find that he had become a maniac. He died suddenly, and the post mortem revealed a burst blood ves sel in the head. The doctors say that the hanging caused a congestion of the brain, which finally resulted in his death. Three of the leaders in the mock lynching were arrested and taken to Marquette, Mich., to await the result of Patersou's injury. After he left Marquette and returned home the men were brought up on a charge of assault and battery. They plead ed guilty and paid small fines. M. E. Robinson & Bro., J. F. Miller's Drugstore, GoMsboro; and J. K.Smith, Mount Olive, guarantee every bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and will refund the money to anyone who is not satisfied after using two-thirds of the contents. This is the best remedy in the world forja grippe, coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough aud is plea sant and safe to take. It prevents anv tendency of a cold to result in pneu monia. GOLDSIiOltO MARKET REPORT. Cotton , 9.30 Bulk Meat 7.bo Salt CXfll-80 Lard .'. .10 N. C. Hams 9 N. C. Sides 10 MeaFpersack 1.15 Flour 4.10 Sugar, granulated Gi Eggs 124 Ueeswax 20 Corn OL'i Oats 40 Peas 75 The Eminent Kidney and Bladder Specialist. The Discoverer of Swamp-Root at Work In Els Laboratory. There is a disease prevailing in this country most dangerous because so decep tive. Many sudden deaths are caused bv K heart disease, pneumonia, heart failure or apoplexy are often the result of kid nev disease. If kidney trouble is allowed to ad vance the kidney-poisoned blood will attack the vital organs, or the kidneys themselves break down and waste away cell by cell. Then the richness of the blood the albumen leaks out and the sufferer has Bright's Disease, the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. K.umer s wamp-Koot the new dis covery is the true specific for kidney, bladder and urinary troubles. It has cured thousand 01 apparently hopeless cases, after all other efforts have failed. At drueeists in fifty-cent and dollar sizes. A sample bottl? s- nt free by mail, also a book telling about Swamp Root and its wonderful curss. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Binehamton. N. Y. and mention this paper. Governor A) cock Appreciates the Honor Last week we mentioned that Miss Es telle Edwards composed a very difficult piece of mucic, entitled "The Pan-American March," and dedi cated it to Governor Aycock. Miss Edwards has received an acknowl edgement of the Governor's appre ciation in the following letter : I State oe North Carolina, ) Executive Department. Raleigh, N. C., Jan 2C, 1901. Miss Estelle Edwards, Goldsboro, N. C. wv dear miss estelle : 1 am very grateful to you for the high honor which you do me in dedicating vour beautiful piece of music to me There is nothing in which I take more pride than I do in the develop ment of our North Carolina people, and when that growth takes the form of artor music it is all the more gratifying because these are the highest expressions of a noble senti meut. I wish I could adequately ex press to you the appreciation which I feel for the good work which you are doing and the honor which you have done me iu remembering me in connection with jour fine perfor mance. Wishing you a continued growth of the highest honors which can come to those who love for music for its own sake, and with best wishes, I am, very truly your friend, (signed) Charles B. Aycock. Keceirership and Foreclosures. The receiverships of railways ini tiated in 1900, according to The Ra'l- way Ace, affected 1,165 miles of road, $41,142,000 of bonds and $37,- 092,000 of stock. The -chief sufferer was the Chicago and Grand Trunk, with 327 miles and $18,000,000 of "securities." Most of the unfortu nate roads were i; the North and West. The mileage of roads put' in the hands of receivers in 1899 was 1,019 miles, with $52,285,000 of "se curities." The foreclosures of 1900 affected 3,477 miles, against 4,294 miles in 1899, and the securities af fected were $190,374,000, against $267,534,000 in 1S99. The record year for receiverships was 1S93, when 29,340 miles of road, with $1, 781,000,000 of securities, were af fected. The previous jear the situ ation was not half so bad, 10,508 miles only being affected, with $357, 692,000 of securities. In 1895 and 1896 together a mileage of over 26, 000 miles was sold under foreclosure of mortgages, involving securities aggregating $1,911,000,000. Nejcro Mill Labor a Failure. The owners of the Vesta Cotton Mills, of Charleston, S. C, have de cided to abandon the property and move the textile machinery to a new mill at Gainesville, Ga. The admis sion is made that the experiment of negro labor for the cotton mills is a failure, and this is known after a fair test. Twp years ago the Vesta mill began operation under the reorgan ization with negro labor. Theexperi ment was practically the first made in the South and was watched with interest by mill people. The mana gers say that the negroes were too trifling and lazy and would not stick to the work. Some mornings the mill would start and would be short a hundred operatives. This was des tined to wreck the property and the owners quit. The majority of the stock is owned in New York. Special Business Locals. TtfATl'I I REPAIRING I AM HERE 1 1 ami located at Mr. T. II. Stanton's Bring me your watches, clocks and jew elry for repairs. R. A. Watts, Jk. PROFESSIONAL NURSE-I OFFER my services to the ladies of Golds boro, having received my training at the Dixie Hospital, of Hampton, a. Refer, hy permission, to the editor. Ax n'ik McKixme, Goldsboro, N. C. IT7ANTED Capable, reliable person 1 V iii every county to represent large company of solid linaijcial reputation: frswo salary per year; payable weekly; 5 per day absolutely sure and a. I expenses: straight, bona-lifte, definite salary, no commission; salary paid each Saturday :ukI expense monev advanced each week. Standard House, 334 Dearborn St., Chicago. LIFE and FIRE In surance, jlow Kate, Pro m p t Payment. Only First-Class Com panies Represented. HUMPHREY-GIBSON CO., Goldsboro, N. C. Opposite Hotel Kennon. Standard-Keeper's Notice. All iersons usintt weights and meas ures are by law required to bring the same to the standard-keeper of the county and by said standard-keeper to have all their weights, measures, etc . tested and sealed, as the law directs For a non-compliance with said law subjects each and every person so of fending to a misdemeanor; and in every such case (of non-compliance) it becomes the duty of the standard-keeper to re turn the same to the court. The law must be respected. J. V. Ham, Standard-keeper Wayne County. THE BRILLIANT BELASCO. The Playright Saved from Breakdown by Paine's Celery Compound. When a brainy man like David De- lasco, the brilliant adapter of "Zaza," the teacher of its leadiug actress, Mrs. Leslie Carter; the author of season after season's most successful plays, '"The Heart -of Maryland," "Hearts of Oak," etc.; the hardest worked and the ablest stage director in America When such a wide awake manager of his own and other people's affairs deliberately turns to Paine's celery compound as the one safe artd sure invigorator for his overworked ner vous system, only willful prejudices can hesitate to give full credit to this greatest of all remedies. I have used Paine's celery com pound," says Mr. Belasco, "and found it of great benefit after hard work. " Mr. Belasco has managed more ac tors who have become famous and taken charge of more big theatres from San Francisco to New York than any living person. He has seen time and time again members of "the profession" who were "run down" and on the verge of nervous exhaustion, gain in strength and vi gor as soon as they began the use of Paine's celery compound. Theatri cal people, as a body, have learned ttiat the best way to keep their ner vous systems strong and capable of doing the hard work demanded of them is to use Paine's celery com pound whenever they feel tired out, languid, dull, or are suffering from ANDY 10 NJat .ifP. m 25. so iKiamiig ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED m uvuvuuiuui u unilflll 1UUL tirp. mr-rrr pletnj booklet fry. Id. STEBLINfl BEXEDV CLEARING XCURE CONSTIPATION .A.T. EPSTEIN BROS. We will take Inventory February 1st, 1901, and from now till then all goods are mark ed down. We do not thing over that we can AT -:-ANY Everything is in the buyers favor. This sale will surpass any previous record and is SPECIAL - INTEREST - AND - IMPORTANCE. The limited space does not permit us to enumerate the remarkable low prices in MENS AND Overcoats, Pants, Shoes, Hats and Un derwear. All goods Come and be convinced that what we say is bonafied. T Odd Fellows' corner, rV Goldsboro, N. U. dyspepsia or bilious or nervous at tacks. Paine's celery compound has saved thousands of people from nervous prostration. It has made thousand well. It has cured where everything else has failed. In cases of severe neuralgia, rheu matism, heart palpitation, dyspep sia, and nervous feebleness, Paine's celery compound is the only remedy that goes tQ the root of the trouble It fortifies the weakened system against these disorders and builds up a strong, healthy body. There is no community in America without sonre perfectly attested cure of liver or kiney disease, chronic constipation, salt rheum, plaguing eczema, or general poor health by the use of Paine's celery compound Impaired strength and unstrung nerves, made known by numbness of the limbs, nervousness, and worse than all, by a melancholy state of mind all these weaknesses become things cf the past after taking Paine's celery compound. Wherever men and women work and strive Paine's celery compound is regarded as a godsend. In shop office, factory, and among the weary wives and mothers who bear the burden of domestic work, Paine's celery compound is prolonging life by strengthening every bodily func tion and driving out disease. It is a peerless remedy ia all cases of enfeebled nerves and foul blood CATHARTIC .-14 J?i All i 13 Mu5mk wp". carats idai ui crip or ripe.but ruv ru aat.ral rrralu. fc-X 1 0.. ChicoTHootreal. fu.. or New fork. "1 -:- SALE! intend to carry any sell before Feb. 1st -;-PRICE. BOYS SUITS will be marked plain. i ; T-k I IS I f- I M t""S T flQ A - - - w w Farmers' W1 rE BEGIN the New Year of than ev'r to furnish the with general merchandise and our farmers' supplies in particular. c,f which we carry a large stock. Our experience of 20 years, ,ui in r which time we have been continually in business in GoIdhr, taught us what to buy for tha farmers of this section and how, u,,.,, and where to buy those supplies so as to bo able to furni.-,h them at the least possible cost. We enumerate a few of the articles whi.-h w carry in stock at all limes as follows: Truck Seed I - We have a large stock of Seed Beans and Peas of nil kind and we also carry gnano especially adapted for the growth of truck. Feed Stuff! 1,000 bushels white and mixed Seed Oats. 1,000 bushels Feed O.its. 1,000 bushels white Corn. tiO tons No. 1 Timothy Hay. Wheat Bran, liice Meal, Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls. FERTILIZERS. 500 TONS ORINOCO GUANO. 300 TONS ACME GUANO. 300 TONS PACIFIC TOBACCO AND COTTON GROWER. 300 TONS NAVASSA, PATAPSC0, OLD DOMIN ION, BAUGH'S HIGH GRADE AND FARM ERS' BONE GUANO. 1,000 TONS KAINIT, ACID PHOSPHATE, EOKE AND POTASH AND COTTON SEED MEAL. Do Not Fail To See Us Before Buying Guano ! We have a full stock of Staple Dry Goods, Shoes, Hat-. Nations Buggy Harness, Horse Collars, Plows and Castings, Shovel-, Sju W Cutlery, etc. Everything at BOTTOM PKICES. ISfWe have Special Inducements to reliable parties who Hi to buy goods on time. We can furni.-h our customers with any article they h wl.i.-h we haye not in stock, such as Horses, Mules, Buggies, Wagon-. Cart or anything else oa reasonable terms. BEST &-THOMPSON. WALNUT STKEET, FROM BEST SEED YOU GET BEST RESULTS. I offer you for this season's planting 85 bbls finest 2nd growth WhiteBIiss potatoes 15 " " Maine Earlv Rose potatoes 20 " " Earlv Goodrich ootatoes 15 " " Peerless 600 bushels best Wayne county, Absolutely Rust 1,000 Bushels White and Mixed Oats. OUSTE C-A.IR, LOAD Best Michigan Patent Flour. you can not buy it from any one Come around and let us talk with 3-011. I. B. FONVIELLE, WEST WALNUT STREET AM) THE '1LICKY CORNEK." VE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY HEAYY - AND - FANCY - GROCERIES. WE SELL THE BEST GOODS E0R THE LEAST MOXEV. SEED POTATOES, OATS AND RYE 3PiiA.isrTi3sra- One Price To All And That The Lowest. BORDERS FROM A DISTANCE Bizzell & Wooten, GOLDSBORO, N. C. MONEY SAVED tOHEY MADE. Five Carloads of Horses and Mules, YOU CAN SAVE TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS On every hand. Others sav that stock is ud. but at niv stable yon can buy horses and mules as cheap as ever; therefore do not fail t iook ai my stocK ami prices when j-'uu i i.orgci mai 1 am suu uic WRENN and White Hickory wagon. Parties desiring to buy goods sell GOODS ON TIME AT CASH PRICES, also supply my customers with cash at 6 per cent. I to call upon me. ASHER EDWARDS. - Supplies. the New Century better nr. i -. 1 public and our large army of custom,. r Heavy Groceries! 500 Bbls. High (Jrad Flour. llli.y 100 Bbls. !est Patent F..-i 25,000 lbs. C It Side Meat Harvey's best Family L-ir Sugar, Coffee, Corn M'-a, bacco, Snuff, lta-h, Baking Powder, M.,h. Salt, Lime, Vinegar, a' Wholesale and Retail, FORASHJON TIME, GOLDSBORO. X.C. potatoes. oats, ever Dlanted in and Smut Proof. This is the best flour rround anl else. "Big Talk But Facts." purposes. SOLICITED. IS you come to town. soie agent ior tao celebrated BUGGY- on time will do well to call upon nu .j it