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The National Bank
of Goldbsoro
Wants your basinean and will
be glad to talk or cor
respond with yon.
OCO. A. NORWOOD, JR.,Pret.
. !. BEST, Vice-frest.
ThoJrcatlonal Cank
pf Goldsboro
Offers to depositors every me
commodation mate bant:
ing will warrant.
OEO. A. NORWOOD, JR. Pr.
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WEEKLY
'This Argus o'er the people's rights
No soothing strains of Maia's son
Doth an eternal vigil keep;
Can lull its hundred eyes to sleep."
VOL. XXIV
GOLDSBORO, N. C., SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1909.
NO. 42
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stroyed in Five Min
utes By Cyclone
Factories and Otber Industrial Plants
Bestroyed and Ten Thousand
Workmen Are Idle In the
Streets Eight Per
sons Killed.
Cleveland, O., April 22. Eight per
sons were killed, nine fatally hurt and
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of damage mark the path of a
tornado which passed across the
northern part of Ohio at noon yes-
terday
The storm consumed only five min
utes in passing a given point, but
during that brief period it was as dark
as night, hail battered in windows,
lightning set ' fire to hundreds . of
buildings, one-fifth of an inch of rain
fell, and the wind, which reached a
velocity of sixty miles an hour, razed
buildings and chimneys, tore off roofs,
laid low many telegraph and tele
phone lines and demoralized traffic
upon the steam and electric railways
Here in Cleveland alone the prop
erty loss is estimated today to be $5,
000,000, wrought in five minutes, and
today, in consequence, ten thousand
workmen are without employment,
and will be for perhaps many weeks,
, entailing much privation to what al
ready prevails here incident to the
great catastrophe of the elements yes
terday. HORRIBLE ASSASSINATION.
No Clue lo Perpetrator and No Known
Motive for Startling Crime.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 22. Ru
dolph BuaL was assassinated in his
home last night, while asleep.
The murderer opened Mr. Bual's
bedroom window and placed a stick
JL uuo-luiLe nil ilia ucu, ciyiuumg it
with a fuse. Bual was killed instant
ly. His wife, asleep at his side, es
caped without injury.
A posse was immediately formed to
search for the assassin. No motive
is assigned for the crime, and there
is as yet no clue to the criminal.
SITUATION IN TURKEY.
It Is Becoming More Complicated
Every Day.
London, April 22. Official dispatch
As from Constantinople today say the
dethronement of the Sultant is still
in doubt. The situation is normal.
Reports from Salonica say 1,500 Al
banians have revolted and are terror
izing their district. Also,, that the
rising has spread through all of
Northern Macedonia.
The Young Turk committee is or
ganizing 10,000 volunteers to send to
the scene of the trouble to suppress
that rising, instead of proceeding to
Constantinople.
The Constitutionalist -troops are ex
pected to begin entering the city to-
.
BUSY BUSINESS MEN
Science Helps Them Out After Reck
lessly Abusing the Stomach.
The most reckless man in regard to
health is the busy business man. At
noon he rushes out for a bite to eat.
He bolts his food without proper mas
tication, and heaps on his stomach an
extra burden greater than it is able to
carry without breaking down.
nis uvcrwuiacu iiiuuiacu is crying
for help; it appeals to him for relief
in various ways: "Expulsion of sour
gas, waterbrash, sour taste in mouth,
heaviness after eating, shortness of
breath, bad breath, etc. . "
One Mi-o-na tablet taken with or
flftflp Ak4"Vl Tnoal will rioln arir oi fforiT
from dyspepsia wonderfully. It aids
the stomach in the work of digestion
which it must perform.
Mi-oni tablets are sold by J. H. Hill
& Son, 50 cents a large box, with a
rigid guarantee to cure dyspepsia and
all stomach troubles, or money back.
They make eating a-pleasure.
Mi-o-ni cleanses and purifies the
stomach and bowels and puts vigor
and strength into the overworked tis
sues. It is the surest stomach tonic
In the world.
Sold by leading druggists every
where, v' -
-Owes catarrh or money back. Just
breathe it in. Complete outfit, including
Inhaler fl. Extra bottles ooc. uruggista
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First Annual Commencement Wednes
day Fine Exercises and Splendid
Address Sumptuous Pinic Sinner.
The first annual commencement of
Seven Springs High School was held
at that place Wednesday and was in
every way creditable and encourag
ing. The class exercises were of a high
order, showing talent and training,
and so impressed the parents of the
community and the audience general
ly, as to surely result in the yet
higher uplift and wider patronage of
this excellent school, Which has been
under the able faculty of Prof. D. J.
Newton, principal; Miss Cora Dixon,
primary; Miss Margarett Chambers,
intermediate, and all of whom came
in for generous words of approval
from the audience yesterday. '
The literary address was delivered
by Supt. E. A. Woltz, of the Golds-
boro city schools, and it was a treat
an inspiration, proving him to be
j not only an orator of first degree, but
uuuilci, a. puiiusupucr ui uuuiHii na
ture and how to "uplift and further it,
and a teacher conversant with the
best methods and all the needs of the
hour in rural as Well as city schools.
His talk was just what these Seven
Springs people needed. It will make
child-life better understood, and its
educational needs more keenly appre
ciated and more generously responded
to in the future.
Superintendent E. T. Atkinson, of
the county, was in attendance, and in
response to unanimous call made, as
he always does, a most excellent off
hand, practical talk, especially as to
the duty incumbent upon the citizens
of this high school territory to give
their active support to the school
inis school is intended to serve
high school advantages to the boys
and girls of Indian Springs, New
Hope and Saulston townships.
A feature of the day's exercise was
the public dinner served free to all,
n picnic style, and which was indeed
a feast of good things thoroughly en
joyed by all present.
BIRTHDAY PARTY WEDNESDAY
""NIGHT IN HONOR TOM HOLMES
Large Crowd Tendered Son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas II. Holmes a
' Surprise.
Tom Holmies, son of Mr. and Mrs.
T. H. Holmes, was tendered a sur
prise Wednesday night by a large
crowd of his young friends, who gath
3red at his home in honor of his
birthday.
The guests included Mary Dortch,
Ethel Miller, Eleanor Calmes, Lucy
Gray Gatling," Elizabeth Dortch, Sallie
Darden, Julia Allen, Mary Michaux,
Vann and Roland Castex, Fay Bizzell,
Catherine Gulley, Eunice Taylor, Leah
Slaughter, Roger Smith, Walter Bor
den, Preston Faison, Charles Thomp
son, Clairborn Royall, Connor Ay
cock, Harry Davison, William Royall
and Norwood-Holmes.
SNOW HILL ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The forty-fourth annual reunion of
Company A, Third North Carolina
Troops, Confederate States Army, was
held here upon the anniversary of
the formation of the company, Friday,
April 23. The company was organized
in Snow Hill April 23, 1861, and still
owns the flag presented to it by the
ladies of the county at that time,
which will -be, as here-to-fore, car
ried in the parade of the company.
Friday was Old Soldiers' Day in
Snow Hill. The number of the old
Confederates who answer to the roll
call grows less as the years go by. At
tnis writing we think of two who have
been attendants upon these meetings
who have answered the last roll call
since last year Capt. Swift Galloway
ana Mr. Joseph J. Hughes. .
The county Democratic executive
committee, which was called to meet
nere Saturday at 2 o'clock for the
purpose of nominating a candidate for
appointment by the clerk of the Su
perior Court to the -vacancy on the
board of county commissioners caused
by the resignation of Mr. C. a Suee
met, with Snowi Hill, Hookerton,
Suggs, Ormonds, Willow Green, Olds,
Carrs, Speights Bridge and Jason pre
cincts represented. Ex-Sheriff B. W.
Edwards, of our town, was nominated
and was immediately appointed.
The Democratic primary for the
nomination of a candidate for, mayor
and five commissioners was held last
Thursday night. It was well attended
and considerable-interest was mani
fested. The primary resulted in the"
nomination of Mr.. J. Paul Frizzelle,
a sterling young Democrat and a
prominent member of the local bar,
for mayor, and . Messrs. Josiah Exum;
L. V. Morrill, H. L. Lassiter, R. - g!
Canady and C F. Moore for commis
sioners. Messrs. JA. Albritton, J.;E.
Debnam, H. L. Lassiter, L. V. Morrill
and E. C. Galloway were elected dem
ocratic "exicutive committee for the
town. .
The Culprit Should be Ap
prehended And Punished.
Statue ot University's First Presi
dent Again Made Inject of Van
dalism That Is Humiliat
ing and Most Repre
hensible. Chapel Hill, N. C, April 21. The
students and faculty of the University
arose Tuesday morning to discover
that the honored monument of the
first president of the University had
been painted red, and the score be
tween Virginia and Carolina written
on it. A similar disgraceful occur
reriee happened twenty years ago,
when the monument was entirely
painted red.
The belief of the students is that the
act was perpetrated by some outsider,
and not by any member of the Uni
versity. To strengthen this view no
Carolina student would desire to ad
vertise a defeat. The score of Vir
ginia was painted on the north side
of the monument, where the public
could see it, and that of Carolina on
the south side, facing the dormitories,
The east side, facing the alumni
building, was painted red, but no
writing was upon that side. The
students fcelieve the act to have been
perpetrated by some pernicious enemy
of the University, . and hatred for the
perpetrator is apparently only equaled
by their desire to catch him.
Dr. Venable made a strong speech
on the matter in the chapel Wednes
day morning, and he stated that he
could not understand the motive that
could have caused any student of the
University to have perpetrated such
an outrage. He further stated that
he did not believe that personal enmi
ty to himself or to any of the' faculty
could have caused a student to stoop
to such a deed, and he therefore felt
justified in stating that he believed
the deed was done by some one other
than a member of this University,
either wantonly and without consid
ering the consequences or else from
a motive of the most disgraceful and
pernicious sort.
TOWN MUST PAY JUDGMENT.
Judge Jones Makes Order That Lex
ington Must Pay $1,700
Lexington, N. C, April 21. Judge
Jones, in Superior Court Monday,
granted an order to the effect that
the town must pay the judgment of
$1,700 awarded in the case of Dr. Chas.
iiL Clodfelter, who sued the town and
the Wjest- Construction Company,
jiointly. for personal injuries received
in falling into an excavation on Main
street while the West Company was
putting in the macadam. A special
tax must be levied to meet the judg
ment. The company will then turn to
the bonding' company which guaran
teed that it rwould save the town from
any damage resulting from negligence
on the part of the West people.
DUKE BENIES REPORT.
3fot to Retire or Is He to Engage
. Extensively in Cotton Milling.
New York, April 21. James B.
Duke, president of the American To
bacco Company, makes an emphatic
denial of the published report that he
is to retire from the concern. . He
states to your correspondent that
there is not the slightest foundation
for the rumor, and that the affairs of
the company were never in a better
condition. Besides President Duke's
refutation, other officials characterize
the report as pure invention. -
It is also denied thatthe Dukes con
template engaging extensively jn the
cotton mill business through the con
trol of Southern mills.
AGAIN POSTPONED.
State Not Beady to Incur So Great
Expense.
Raleigh, N. C, April 22. A lengthy
conference of the State Board of Ed
ucation today resulted in another
postponement of the question of the
drainage or the sale of Mattamuskeet
lake, in Hyde county. - -
The question of a f 300,000 bond is
sue for this purpose which will be
necessary if work is undertaken
caused members of the board to go
slow in expressing themselves defi
nitely.; They are deliberating wheth
er it would not be better to sell to
some, corporation that would accom
plisht the drainage for the profit that
wouloT thereby accrue in the increased
value of the land, wliich would thus
be rendered cultivatable anr inex
haustibly, productive. .
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Carefully Gleaned and Boiled Down
For Busy Readers.
Washington, D. C, April 21. The
seizure of the . American schooner
Charles Levi Woodbury, for alleged
poaching, will have a tendency to has
ten the reaching of a definite under
standing between the American and
British governments as .to their atti
tude towards Hocate Strait, which the
Canadians desire shall be regarded a
"closed sea," and the right of fishing
therein denied to Americans.
San Francisco, April 21. Enraged
by an article in the Call, which de
clared the recall of the French official
to be a great relief to French society
here, and that he would immediately
entrain for France, Count F. de
Jouffroy D'Abbans, ..attache of the
French consulate, created a sensation
n the Pacific .. Union Club at the
luncheon hour by punching J. D.
Spreckels. The count ; repaired to the
club and waited for Spreckels. On his
appearance the count demanded an
Bxplanation for the attack on him
Spreckels declined to discuss the mat
ter, whereupon the count landed right
and left on the millionaire's face.
Spreckels returned with a blow which
blackened one of the Frenchman's
eyes and followed with another- which
knocked the Frenchman down.
Washington, .D. C, April 21. The
and of the judgeship fight seems to be
near at hand. Mr. Taft has not said
so, but there is a prevailing impres
sion that an appointment will be made
next week. Candidates for the judi
cial position, and their friends -as
well, are under this impression, with
the result that a grand rush is being
made to get in a last word at the
White House.
Constantinople, April 21. The re
:eipt of the news here that the Ameri
can government had ordered the crui
ers Montana and North Carolina to
Alexandretta, in Asiatic Turkey, for
the protection of Americans, has
brought satisfaction and even a sense
of security to Americans here and in
the Syrian coasts. cjiss of Mersina.
Beirut and Alexandretta," whither the
information has been forwarded.
SINGING CLASS GAVE .
v . CONCERT AT LA GRANGE
Large Crowd Heard Students of the
Oxford Orphanage Wednes
day Night.
A large crowd attended the concert
given Wednesday night in the graded
school auditorium at La Grange by
the singing class of the Oxford Or
phanage. The La Grange Cornet Band
under the most able leadership of
Prof. B. H. Petree volunteered their
services in honor of the occasion.
The entire event was a most en
joyable musical treat to the residents
of La Grange.
Income Tax Bill Offered.
Washington, D. C, April 21. Sena
tor Cummins today introduced his
amendment to the Payne-Aldrich tar
iff bill, providing -for a graduated in
come tax Explaining the nrovision.
Mr. Cummins pointed out that it dif
fers in some important particulars
from either the law of 1894 or the
imendment offered by Senator Bailey.
ft exempts incomes below five thous-
ind dollars, and authorizes the de-
luction of that amount from every
lutiable income.
Mr. Cummins believes that the rev
enue raised under his amendment
would be about forty, millions of dol
lars. - .
NOTICE.
Having qualified before the Clerk of
the Superior Court of Wayne County,
N. C, as administrator of W. D. Best.
deceased the undersigned hereby no
tifies all Dersons holding rlnimo
against the estate of said W. D. Best.
deceasedr to exhibit the same duly
verified to the undersigned on or be
fore the 25th day of April. 1910. or
this notice- will be pleaded , in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebted
to said estate are requested to make
prompt payment.
This 22nd day of April," 1909.
- ISAAC DEES,
Administrator of W. D. Best. De
ceased. '
Fremont, N. C. '
(DOES THIS SUIT YOU?
J. H.'Hiil A. Son. th entertrisiner
druggists et Gldsboro are having such
a large run en "HIND IPO," th new
Kidney Cure and Nerve Tonic, and hear
it e highly praised that they now offer
I guarantee it in every case tecure all
fornOf Kdney Troubles and Nervous
rx; , i ' ;- -
They pay for it if : it does not .give
you entire satisfaction. , 1
If you use it, it is their risk, not
years. A 50-cent box sent by mail un
der positive guarantee.
Most prizefighter are open-faced.
NIAGARA ICE-FLOED
Thousands of Tons Blocking
The Great Falls.
At the Mouth of the Siver It Is
Seventy-Fire Inches Thick aid
Even Dynamite Is Power
less To Dislodge It.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., April 21. The
situation here this morning is practi
cally unchanged. Col. Jas. R. Price,
in charge of the Buffalo office of the
United States Engineer Corps, de
clares that the department is abso
lutely helpless to render any assist
ance at Lewiston and Youngstown.
He inspected the conditions on Sun
day and found the ice at the mouth
of the river at least seventy-five inches
in thickness and that a boat would
be powerless. Dynamite, he said,
would make about as much impres
sion as if exploded in soft dirt. He
saw absolutely po way to relieve the
condition.
The water that is now passing over
the falls is backing up in the Jower
river. There are large fields of ice
in the river above the rapids and it
s passing over the falls at the rate of
thousands of tons a second.
At Lewiston there is a large mound
of ice, probably eighty feet above the
normal level of the river and endan
gering the Cornell House, located far
above, the river, As the jam moves it
carries the embankment before it, cut
ting it off clean as it passes.
Thousands of Pounds of Dynamite.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., April 22.
Thousands of pounds of dynamite
were exploded in Niagara river today,
in an effort to break up the terrific
ice jam winch is imperiling thousands
of lives and endangering millions of
dollars worth of property.
The state department of public
works had charge of exploding the dy
namite. Tons of ice were sent high in the
air by each explosion, and the explo
sions were heard for miles.
Explosions were set off at Youngs-
town, Niagara Falls and Lewiston.
LITTLE BOY HEAD.
3IotIier Preceded Him With Twin
Brother to the Tomb at the Birth.
Mr. Ernest Wilson, who holds a po
sition with Mr. A. M. Shrago, has the
tender sympathy of all our people,
who hold him in high esteem, in the
death of his little son, 2 1-2 years old,
survivor by just that length of time of
his mother and little twin brother.
The little boy has been his devoted
father's tenderest care, and his death
is a doubly sad blow to him; but "it is
well with the child."
The funeral was held . from the
home Thursday at 4 o'clock, com-
ducted by Rev. J. H. Frizzelle, pastor
of St. John M. E. Church.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET.
(Reported by Richard Johnson.)
Liverpool Futures.
Open.
Close
5.36
5.36
5.42
April-May : . .... . . 5.40
May-June . . ...... 5.37
June-July .. .. .. .. 5.4.?
Receipts, 8,500 bales.
New Yrk Futures.
May ............ 10.45
10.33
10.34
10.11
July 10.41
October .. .. .. 10.21
Receipts of all ports, 24,158 bales
Local spots, 10.
Important Notice.
To the Confederate Veterans of Wayne
County:
I have been requested by the ladies
of Thomas Ruffin Chapter, U. D. C,
to notify all Confederate- veterans liv
ing in Wayne county who have never
been presented with a cross of honor
and who desire one, to make applica
tion through the undersigned between
this date and the 10th of May, so they
will be ready for presentation on the
second Thursday in August next, the
date of our regular annual reunion
and picnic. .
The oldest son of any veteran who
has never received one is entitled to
a cross of honor if his father is not
living. As this may be the last op
portunity for obtaining one, do not
fail to make application to me between
this date and the 10th of May, or if not
convenient hefore be present at bur
meeting on Memorial Day, 10th of
May, and -fill out application.
All veterans are invited and ex
pected to attend memorial services.
- " A. B. HOLLO WELL,
Adjt. Thomas Ruffin Camp, U. C. V.
Only the rich ride in taxicabs.
THIS YEAR'S BERRY CROP.
Heavy Northern Shipments Being
Made Daily Over Atlantic Coast
Line.
Wilmington, N. C, April 22. With
the first ten days of the strawberry
shipping season already passed, less
than a hundred solid carloads of the
fruit, exclusive of express consign
ments, have gone forward to the
Northern markets, which is a pretty
sate indication that the early predic
tions of a long season are going to be
verified. Complaints are made that
along the Wilmington and W;eldon
Railroad the crop is largely off, but
repoits from the Chadbourn belt are
that the yield will be an average both
n quantity and quality.
Yesterday the movement through
e junction office at South Eockv
the junction office at South
Mount? was only 14 cars, and these
were distributed as follows: New
York, 6 cars; Philadelphia, 4; Buffalo,
one each to Boston and Newark
mi. .
i neaviest one-day movement
through South Rocky Mount was last
Sunday, when 22 cars were handled.
the next nearest approach being 19
carloads on Tuesday of this week.
The express shipments this week have
averaged about 500 crates per day, ac-
oramg to reports from Business
Agent Bauman at Rocky Mount. The
movement started Saturday a week
igo, with one car. and th
on Afonday following. This droDned
to one on Tuesday, five on Wednesday,
three on Thursday, five on Friday, and
i on Saturday, these passing throuah
Rocky Mount the day following, of
course. The total nnmhr
hipped thus far is' only 72, whereas
ast season this date the movement
was very much heavier. Prices een
erally from the Chadbourn section are
reported to be satisfactory with the
outlook for improvement as quality of
the fruit improves.
IN MEMORIAM.
solutions Adopted by the Woman's
Missionary Society of the Presbyte
rian Church at Goldsboro, in Mem
ory of Its Pastor, Rev. F. W. Par
ries. Whereas, In that it has pleased our
Heavenly Father to call to his reward
our beloved pastor, Rev. F. W. Far-
ies.
Resolved, 1. That while we are
orely burdened with grief and a
borough sense of our loss, yet would
ve bow in lowly submission to the
will of Him who never commits a
mistake, and whose every dispensa
tion is sent in infinite love and wis
dom.
2. That we recognize in our deceas
ed pastor one who possessed in an un
usual measure those lovable qualities
of mind and heart which drew all
men to him, anjj whose close walk
witn his God made his life the grand
example of Christian manhood.
3. That the memory of his wise
counsel, his simplicity of character,
his unfailing sympathy, his broad
charity, his self forgetfulness, his
faithfulness in the discharge of all
his duties and relations in life, will
long be cherished by us, and must fill
our hearts with a sincere desire to fol
low as did he, in the footsteps of his
and our Great Pastor, Teacher and
Missionary, the Christ.
4. That we send a copy of these res-
olutions to' his beloved family and
that a copy be entered upon the min
utes of our society, while the same be
furnished, for publication, to the
Goldsboro Argus, The Presbyterian
Standard and The Misionary.
MRS. NATHAN O'BERRY,
Chairman ;
MRS. G. W. CRABTREE,
MRS. ARNOLD BORDEN,
Committee.
ROOSEVELT AT MOMBASA.
Terrible Theodore, Despite Rain, Glad
to Be on Dry Land.
Mombasa, East Africa, April 21.
Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt ar
rived here this evening on board the
steamer. Admiral. Mr. Roosevelt' was
in the best of health, as were all the
members of the party.
The people of Mombasa were in a
great state of expectancy throughout
the day, and the first "word of the
sighting of the ship brought them in
crowds to vantage points, where they
might catch a glimpse of the distin
guished visitor. The Admiral, how
ever, came slowly up to the harbor
and it -was dark when the ex-Presi
dent, accompanied by his son.Kermit
and the captain, made a landing.
They were brought ashore in the com
mandant's surf boat and carried to a
place of shelter in chairs on natives'
shoulders;
It is quite a come-down from three-
deck 'to two-deck strawberry short
cake. : '
The Goldsboro Drug Company will
hold their first Summer Annual Open
ing on Tuesday, May 4 Souvenirs
the ladies,
MR. WARRICK HOST
OF FORMER BOARD
Second Birthday Dinner In a
Clever Social Pact En
tered In Last Year
CELEBRAlES hi NATAL DAY
,.,. j , . .
UMStS InClUded MEfflherS Of FOriut T
Board of Commissioners And
County Officials Enjoy
able Occasslon.
Ex-Commissioner George Warwick
entertained Thursday in honor of his
forty-second birthday the members of
the former board of county commis
sioners and the county officials. The
home of Mr. Warwick, in Grantham
township, was a scene long to be re
membered today by those who were
fortunate enough to be the guests un-
on this occasion.
With this even a reminiscence
of the board of commissioners who re
tired last year was brought to lieht.
Each member of this board had pledg
ee, mat ne would entertain the mem
bers upon their birthday. Chairman
W. R. Hollowell was the first upon the
list, and this marked the second event
of this promise.
The guests were: Chairman W t?
Hollowell, of the present board of
commissioners, and also a member of
Uhe former . board.Ex-Commissioners J.
ai. Wood, M. T. Johnson, and William
Holmes; Sheriff E. A. Stevens. Clerk
of the Court J. R. Hatch, Treasurer J.
W. Thompson, Register of Deeds W. O
Britt and Colonel Washington.
lhe barbecue dinner was one of
Wayne county's noted "cues," that can
iot be surpassed.
Miss Rebecca Hodges, the oldest
resident of Fayetteville, and a woman
greatly beloved by all who knew her,
died at her residence on Haymount
ast Saturday morning aeed 91 vears
Her death came quite suddenly, as
she was in her usual health when she
etired.
AS TO WHEAT.
In 1S79 the high price was due to a
failure of the European crop. In 1881
our own crop was short. A wheat
corner put up the price in 1888, aided
Dy a crop shortage. The high nrice of
1898 was due in part to European har
vest failures and in part to the war
vith Spain.
a'he exports disagree as to the situ
ation, lhe EOVeinmpTlt rermrtH
w - wfv WVxlA VII
March 8 a farm reserve of 142,000,000
bushels. This reserve has not been
accounted for. The cron of lms woo
larger than the crop of 1907 by 30-
uOo.ooo bushels. Exports . from the
crop of 1908 have been about 7,000,000
less than tliey were from the crop of
iyu and yet. the Patten corner is
maintained.
It is also true that the prosnects of
a great winter wheat crop this year
are not extremely favorable. It ia
also true that there is a disquieting
scarcity or wheat the world round.
Population is increasing more ranJd-
ly than is , the production of wheat.
There is a fear that the world's wheat
bin will become empty.
After all, should not our Southern
farmers get ready to plow deeper next
fall with a view to the growine of
enough wheat for home use? If thve
plow deep and wide enoush thv
could grow a surplus and eet a fl
price for it.
May Meet in Raleigh.
Raleigh News and Observer.
The holders of the Goldahnm nnin
Depot stock, representing the South
ern Railway and the Atlantic Coast
iine Railway, may meet in thin nitv
instead of Goldsboro to determine up
on what basis the Norfolk & South
ern Railway is to enter the new depot
at Goldsboro. The nrlnoi
, o- uiuci in
quiring the railroads to erot
depot in that town included th
of the Norfolk & Southern, but when
lue Voasi lne called upon that road
ior construction money it refused to
pay it although the Coast Line and
Southern thought that the Norfolk &
Southern would share the expense of
ouuaing tne station.
If the Norfolk & Southern
decline at this conference to enter
the union depot at Goldsboro the Cor
poration Commission will reopen the
hearing in the matter and issue an
order.
The "Best Line" Porch Rockers on
earth, strontr and
to see them. Andrews & Waddeli Fnral
. 1 tore Co.