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i 1 , ffi f i r 1 : ; "This Argus o'er the people's rights Both an eternal vigil keep ; No soothingstrains of Maia's son 1.00 a Year, Shall lull itshundred eyes to sleep.' $1:00 a Year GOLDSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY. !N OVEMBER 24,1909. VOL.. XXTV Km I state Ubrary . , ...'-.. . i ft . ,. . ---'rk--, . .... . . : : : .7 ..i. ii- .1. i ii I. i .i I. .mi - . - ; -i-i v trsr 1 ! EflTOKIBEDSEVEn DAYS Some Seventy Miners Rescu ed From the Burning Mines Alive. Wild Scenes- of Rejoicing Follow When Men Are Taken in Charge by Physicians Faces Blackened by Smoke. Cherry, 111., Nov. 20. After being entombed seven days, and weakened and emaciated by their harrowing ex periences and lack of food, between sixty and seventy miners have been taken from the ill-fated mine whicn was wrecked by an explosion last Sat urday. The fact that the men are living is considered a miracle. They were too weak to talk coherently when rescued. The rescue party this afternoon reached a wall of debris. Through this they dug, and behind it were found a number-of bodies. At first it was thought the miners were dead, but I one raised a hand, and it was soon dis covered that the men were breathing. The rescuers rushed the miners to the hoisting shaft, where they we're car ried to fresh air and stimulants ad ministered. The men were black from smoke, and a number of them were badly hum fid. From those who were able to mutter a few coherent words it was j learned that the miners, after discov- ering a fire stood between them and the shaft, walled themselves in a part of the shaft in order to protect them- J selves from the flames. Wild rejoicing followed the' rescue of the live miners at the mouth of the shaft and in the homes. One week to the minute after the fire started in the St. Paul mine, en tombing over 300 miners and bringing upon them what looked like inevita ble death, seventy-eight were rescued this afternoon when the last ray of hope for life had faded away. Pathos, tenderness, hysteria, and even humor were intermingled in the scenes incident to the deliverance of the men, who had sat during the slow passing hours and days with death at their elbow, into the life-giving air and into the arms of their frantic fam ilies. In spite of their long burial and the accepted belief that a short time under such conditions' seems an age, some of the men thought that it had been only twenty-four hours tne nre started ana that today was Sunday. ; The men found themselves as they ad saved themselves, ana cnance con- r tributed to each event, out on: Dy tne flames in one ot the tunnels last &ai- ..urday, the men had rushed in terror to the ...shaft where escape was lmpos-i :sible and then back to a chamber at the farther end. .Assembled here under the leader -ship of George Eddy, one of the mine (examiners who was below when the iflre started, the entrapped men, pant iing with excitement and fear, took tcounsel. Soon after they had arrived vaii. the chamber some rocks and dirt Sell into the passage, partly DiocKing i it- I This .fortuitous happening gave them I jan idea or helped them to carry out an Idea they already had. The men under Eddy's direction began to add to the obstruction and make a barrier between themselves and the noxious eases which would in a short time certainly stifle them if permitted to .enter. TEDUCATIOX AJfD MACHINERY. Dr.TWnston's Article In Thanksgiving Number Christian Science Monitor, George T. Winston, LL.D., formelry president ofthe North Carolina Col lege of Agriculture and , Mechanic Arts, the University of Texas and the TTniversitv of North "Carolina, will have an article on "Education and Ma chinery" in the Thanksgiving issue of the Christian Science Monitor, a daily paper published in Boston. rr. Winston retired from active work a few years ago and while trav eling in Europe was notinea oi nis se- lection as one of the beneficiaries of the Carnegie pension fund, estabiisnea for the benefit of the great educators cf the country. Dr. Winston is now living in Ashe ville, where he Is erecting a beautiful home on the sidejof Sunset Mountain, nverlookine the city. The many friends of Dr. Winston throughout tne South will be glad to know that he is still, active and the article reterrea to will, no doubt,, show the Intellectual depth of thought for which Dr. Wins- ten's writings are noted. SWiE-ULES fcr fha Kidncyt FOURTEEN MISTAKES OF LIFE. If Ton Are Guilty, Get Beady to Cut 'Era Out January 1. The mistakes of iife are so numer ous that it seems at first thought, al most impossible to name them, and yet one writer says they number but fourteen. According to his enumera tion the fourteen are as follows : - 1. Setting up one's own standard of right and wrong and expecting others to conform to it. 2. Trying to measure the enjoyment of others by our own. 3. Expecting uniformity of opinion. i. Looking for judgment and experi ence in youth. 5. Endeavoring to mold all disposi tions alike. ' 6. Refusing to yield in unimportant trifles. 7. Looking for perfection in bur own actions. 8. Worrying ourselves and others about what cannot be remedied. 9. Not alleviating as much suffering as we can. 10. Not making allowance for traits in others which apparently unfit them for success in life. 11. Considering anything impossible that we ourselves cannot perform. 12. Refusing to - believe anything which our finite minds cannot grasp. 13. Living as if the moment would last forever. 14. Estimating men and women by their nationality or by any outside quality. As the first day of January is ap proaching it might be well to begin practice under this list of fourteen so as to minimize as far as is possible tne ust cf mistakes to be sworn off on n6W Years' Day. The list of fourteen mistakes will be found to be more comprehensive than they at first may appear. At any rate, the man who can abolish from his life altogether the fourteen enumerated mistakes need not trouble himself with other mis- takes on January 1. THANXSGIYING. Some Thoughts to Get You in Bight Spirit of Observance. Sir Moses Montefiore's motto was "Think and Thank." How often, it one hut stops to think thoroughly and fairly, one's half-expressed complaint may be turned to a prayer of grati tude! " There is no better motto to cure a fit of the blues than to "Think and Thank." Blessed be the Lord, who daily load- eth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Bible. Thanks be to God for his unspeak able gifts. Bible. From David learn to give thankB in everything. Every furrow in the book of psaims is sown with seeda of thanks glvIn g.jeremy Taylor, Blessings may appear under the snaDe of Dams. losses, and disappoint- ments but let nave patience, and he Bee them ln their proper flg. re8 Addison. He enjoys much who is thankful for little. A grateful mind is a great mind. Seeker. Blessings we enjoy daily; and the most of them, because they be com mon, most men forget to pay their Praises; but let not us, because it is a sacrifice so pleasing to Him that made the sun and us, and still pro- tects ug and gIve8 us flowers and showers and meat and content. Izaak afton 1 thank my heavenly Father for every manifestation of human love, thani: Him for all experiences, be they sweet or bitter, which help me to for give all things, and to enfold the whole vrcrld with a blessing. Mrs. fa. U. Child. Words of praise, indeed, are.t almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious nraise is to chfl dren wKa(. thg gun u to fl(mer8. Bo- vee. A thankful heart Is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues. Cicero.:. Some hae meat and canna eat, And some would eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit." Burns. .; O Lord, that lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness. Shakespeare. champ Clark predicts that the next House of Representatives will be as l Democratic as was the House elected in 1874. Mr. Clark is predicting on correct lines. ... -. The twenty-three Democratic con gressmen who Jumped the traces to help Uncle Joe re-enact his rules will nave to answer for it to their constit te ext year Marie Corelli says that English prostrate themselves before American heiresses because of their charm of manner. v Miss Corelll's Imaginative gifts are certainly unequalled any where, ' ' , DR. C. JHTILES Goldsboro ilonsred By His Presence. His Lecture Here Last Night Awak- ened a New" Interest and Quick, ened the Consciences of His Audience. From Satui day's Daily. Goldsboro has had the honor of hav ing within its gates for two days, counseling our people as a communi ty and conferring with our physicians of city and county, Dr. Charles W. Stiles, the eminent specialist and phil anthropist, who has undergone all sorts of hardships and exposed him self to most insidious lurking dan gers while working out his analysis and diagnoses before giving to the world his proofs and his remedy that hookworm is a reality, the diagnosis simple and the remedy sure. The visit of Dr. Stiles to our city had been heralded for some days, and his world-wide renown as a recog nized specialist and authority com bined to give an audience last -night that taxed the large capacity of the Opera House and that was represent ative of Goldsboro, both as to intelli gence and philanthropic interest in humanity. Dr. Stiles was accompanied by Hon. J. Y. Joyner, of Raleigh, State Super intendent of Public Instruction, and a member of the Rockefeller hook worm commission, for the eradication of which devastating disease, or para- site, among the poorer classes of the South who may be themselves unable to pay for the recognized effective treatment, Mr. Rockefeller has set apart one million dollars. In the presence of the large audi ence Mr. J. E. Avent, superintendent of our city schools, welcomed in fine thought and well-chosen words, these two eminent gentlemen to Goldsboro, and concluded by presenting Mr. Joyner. " Dr. Joyner, our old-time "Jim Joyn er of happy and affectionate associa tions of yore and cherished memory, was, as- he always isi most happy in his greetings to his old-time and bid ing friends, and after a forceful pres entation of the sublime work in which Dr. Stiles is engaged, he presented that gentleman to his audience. From his opening sentence Dr. Stiles at once engaged the attention and held the interest of his hearers, who followed him from start to finisnj with ever-increasing concern over the conditions he unfolded and laid bare I before them as existing in our very! midst; and practical man that he is, he did not stop with showing them these conditions; he as forcibly pre scribed the remedies and urged their adoption. But he did ; not need to urge. vThe appalling conditions as he pointed them out emphasized of them selves the need the necessity of the remedy, and we feel sure that due and speedy steps will officially be taken unto this end. ? Dr. Stiles is indeed a rare man, a rare genius, a great scientist, a great physician,' a greater philanthropist, andTover it all the charm of a pleas ing personality that is absolutely un conscious of self, and in all his talks, both last night, and before the physi- clans and Woman's Club this morn-1 ing, there Is the entire absence of the Ego that so often mars the personal-1 ity and retards the greater usefulness of men who have achieved great things. It -were useless to attempt," for it would be Impossible to give, a resume of Dr. Stiles' lecture last night. It was not only a liberal education in the special line to which it was de voted, but it was,as well, in travel, in the differentiating characteristics . of people, and in hygiene. Moreover, it was a sermon in its appeal for the I preservation of human, life and the! amelioration of 1 suffering humanity, and no one who heard him can ever henceforth in the tribunal of their own conscience "get away from their personal responsibility to heed the cry and help in the good cause that he has inaugurated and is so heroic ally promoting.' Gold win Smith has at last retired from newspaper work, leaving John Bigelow the unrivalled veteran of the service. The taxi-balloon is due to arrive and aviate next season. The rate will, however, be higher than in the things that cannot fly." Winston Spencer Churchill was horsewhipped by a suffragette, but thus far he does not seem to be con verted to their theories. - Many a great nope is erected on a small foundation BEY. JOHN B. TABS DEAD. Professor in St. Charles College and a . Poet of Great Merit. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 19. Rev. John B. Tabb, known in this country and Europe as a poet of high merit, died tonight at St, Charles College, Ellicott City, of nervous trouble, from which he has been a sufferer for a long time. Born in Virginia on March 22, 1845, Father Tabb received his education from private tutors. He always de clared he was a Marylander by adop tion. At the outbreak of the Civil War he entered the Confederate navy and was a "prisoner of war from 1864 to 1865. After the close of the war he studied music in Baltimore and subse quently taught" in St. Paul's School, this city, and Racine College, Mich. While teaching Father Tabb became a Protestant Jiipiscopai minister, in 1872, however, he entered the Roman Catholic Church about the time his boon companion, the late Bishop Al fred Curtis, became a Catholic, and in 1884 he was ordained to the priest hood. He had been professor in St. Charles College since 1876, if not longer. - ? ather Tabb. Richmond Times-Dispatch, There was a " tinge of romance about Father Tabb. The reverent priest of St. Charles College, whose spiritual vision no blindness could dim, had bed soldier, sailor, musician. philosopher, poet and Southern gen tleman through all. Born under the spell of the. old Virginia regime, he had been tutored in arms and tried in battle, and passed through the bitter trial of reconstruction and the woes of poverty, ere he retired to the peace ful shades fef the old college. There, amid the gathering clouds of affliction, he found solace and peace in teaching boys and in writing those verses which give him his chief claim on pos terity. " s Father Tabb was not a great poet. What he wrote came from a heart that knew 'and felt the deeper things of life. But hiS verse never phrased the half of what he felt. The limitations of rhythm and the monotony of rhyme, to which he ever remained true. proved too great a burden. Only now and then, through a verse, or even a linex.the deeper nature freed itself anl found itself in words. ' Then the mel- ody grew luminous with meaning deep and inspiring, I Perhaps Father Tabb the lapidary I among song-makers, somebody once called him knew his limitations. Per haps he was willing to heed Words worth's command to shine in his place and be content. He found his themes in the birds, in the flowers, hn the poetic of everyday life; and he clothed them with the imagery of a genial heart and kindly spirit. He saw the spiritual in the natural, and naturally Toiced the spiritual. DEATH OF EDITOR GILDER. Mr. Gilder Was a Finished Literary Man of Charming Personality. One of the most distinguished lit erary men in the United States passes away in the person of Richard Watson Gilder, the veteran editor of the Cen tury Magazine, and the most gifted, perhaps, of a family of literary broth ers and sisters whose work has car ried their name around the world. Richard Watson Gilder was born in New Jersey sixty-five years ago, and early in life showed the literary pro- I pensities which he was to gratify in full measure I At the age of twenty-six he became I the editor of what was then Scribner's I Magazine, and when the Century was I founded he became its editor-in-chief I a position he Tield uninterruptedly until the time of his death. Mr. Gilder was not only a finished literary man, but he possessed a charming personality which made him a welcome, friend and associate In a I large circle of friends. It is probable that he was the most intimate personal friend of the late Grover , Cleveland, unless that honor I was' equally shared by Joseph Jeff er- I son. At any rate, it was a congenial triumvirate and now the last of the three has entered into rest. Mr. Gilder leaves a brother, Joseph and a sister, Jeannette Gilder, editors of the Critic, who occupy a high place in the literary world. Richard Watson Gilder Issued six vol times of original verses. It would be mere fulsomeness to say, that they will occupy a high and enduring place in American literature, but they are marked by delicate charm . which re- veal the real poet. It was as the editor of a great mag azine" which he conducted with skill and ability, that he will be remem- bered : longest. - 1 If Roosevelt decides to do the "Back from Elba" act It is suggested that he land in Chicago, where the anger over the bouncing of Crane is at fever heat. - ' f 11 -1 1 cake the finest, most taste- Y2$5 T?. tnl and healthful made with W ' JTaJF53 Royal. Impossible without It. M Q IBAKDE3 i -PsmA ' PTOSES 1 'M fit fdlri Vl THE ONLY Baking Powder 1 1 1 "i, j.V-J;y Wm XSH made from Royal Grape ii1 ILSt 'S! gam ot Tartar DEALT A BODY BLOW Standard Oil Company Dis solved by Courts Decree. Decree Becomes Effective in Thirty Days, When Stay WiH Probably Be Granted As Case Will Go to Supreme Court. St. Paul, Nov. 20. In an opinion written by Judge Walter H. Sanborn of St. Paul, and concurred in by Judges Vandeventer, Hook and Ad ams, with a special concurring opin ion by Judge Hook, the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern district of Missouri, today handed down an opinion declaring the Standard Oil Company of New Jerseywaa, -illegal combination, operating in restraint of trade and ordering its dissolution. The oninlnfi fif the ftn rt wo TS"' pmtur- taneously in St. Louis and lntecttj In this decision the arovernment of I the Tjnit6d states wins a sweenine vie-1 V- 17 . . ' ' I tory, and according to Frank B. Kellog of this city, who was the government's special prosecuting officer, the govern- ment has won every point for which it contended. 1 ' The case will be appealed direct to the United States Supreme Court, as the judges who signed today's decree are in effect the judges of the United Igtates Circuit Court of Appeals, al though they were sitting for the pur pose of trying this case, as the Cir cuit Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The decree of. the court dissolving the Standard Oil Company becomes ef fective in thirty days,-when, no doubt, a stay will be granted for the purpose of an appeal. When the decree takeb effect, unless a stay is granted, an. In- junction will be issued restraining the Standard Oil Company from a further continuance of business under its present formation. It appears . from the concurring opinion written by Judge Hook that the company cannot do business under any other form with the object of stif ling competition.' For, says Judg Hook on . this subject, it is thought that with the endof the combination, the monopoly will naturally disappear, But should it not do so and the mem bers of the combination retire from it, except one who might perpetuate the monopoly by the . aggregation of the physical properties and instrumentali ties, it would constitute a violation of the decree of the court. . In the trial of the case the point was made that the. Standard Oil Company was a beneficent corporation, in that it by reason of economy in operation, re - duced the price of its product. This, Judge ; Hook says, should have no weight. The suit terminated by today's deci - sion was begun by direction of the At- torney General of the United States in St. Louis, November 15, 1906. Frank B Kelloee. of St." PauL was special prosecutor, assisted by Charles B.l Morrison, OI umcago, r ranis, xi. ruuiu and J. H. Graves, of the Department of Justice; W. H. Higgins, or Minneapo lis, and Cordenio A. sever ance, oi &t. Paul. .;r:v r-..;- The Standard Oil's legal talent was led by John G. Miiburn, of New .York Its defense was that the present or- - v ao nn nyr. Roosevelt investigations, but It is dis ganization of the Standard Oil Corpo- ' , -i tressed over those of the Taft adminis- raiiun was-- iiie icouu y- "!''" growth of a great Industry, and that no statute' had been violated The Decision Creates Sensation in - Washington. 1 Washington, D. C, Npv, 20, The de- cision of the United States Circuit Court at St. Louis today in the suit brought to dissolve the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, which, of course, is the "granddaddy" of all the lesser concerns being operated by the giant corporation, created something of a sensation in government circles. The news spread all over Washing ton within a few minutes after it was received over the wires. At first it could hardly be credited, as the first information naturally came in the shape of a bulletin. But later the pa pers came out on the streets,, and then it was known to a certainty that the Rockefeller combination had re ceived what seemed to be a body blow at last. During the last two years of the Roosevelt administration there was a great deal' of talk as to what the gov ernment was going to do to the trusts through prosecution that could ba pressed under the Sherman anti-trust that town, and who had been drink law, but Mr. Rosevelt's lawyers up in inS heavily for some weeks, made a the Department of Justice appeared to I do mostly talking and they brought Monday morning, and while attempt few if any of , the much talked of "pub- inS to do serious damage to his wife He malefactors" to law. However, this decision rendered at St. Louis came as I tdnight that it really b'egins to tnnt ns if the standard fa p-mnc tn I havA trnnhle even if th rnmhinaHnn . ' " may not actually be broken up. "The case, besides its intrinsic im- portance on account of the enormous extent of the ramifications of the Standard Company and connections," I said Solicitor General Bowers, the act-1 ing heal of the Department of Justice, I I "is of the greatest importance from a legal view, inasmuch as it and the tobacco company cases are the first at tacks upon an aggregation of several industrial companies into a combina tion through stock proprietorship and stock agreements." The Addystone Pipe and Steel Com pany case which was decided in favor of the United States by Judge (now President) Taft and . which decision was decided in favor of the United tes, related only to a combination I between separate and independent companies which had been formed by ! trade agreement, parcelling out the territory Sor the supply of the market and so suppressing competition. Wade H. Ellis, assistant, to the At- I torney General, in charge of trust matters, expressed gratification at the! action of the court. The grass widow usually knows enough to make hay while the sun shines. Sugar trust stock goes down when ever Its frauds are exposed ana us profits lessened. I The reports of blizzards in the I Northwest do soften even the nipping I and eager air in the South. 1 The Lincoln pennies . persist in re malning out of sight, - thus cutting down the money in circulation. l Those who order prairie chicken ai some restaurants kno-v it is a lottery I whether they feet at. owl or a chick. 1 Johndee was not the only one yrho struggled. The sugar trust did affood i uem ui bli u&iiu& hi, iu cusiuiu uuuac. - i n6W York will soon be the most be j tunneled city in the world. Not even Nevada has more holes in the ground. The sugar trust did not mind the tration Put a nice ceiling on your kitchin. We will furnish the lumber for SO i cents per hundred. Enterprise Lum ber Company. HOMICIDE IN GREENE II IV 11 fillM hflt HftllflaV UWCI! Umt- 0IIUl M0UD"J Night And Killed By Son In Law. Deceased While Crazed bv Loner w v Drinking Ban Amuck and Want ed to Kill the Whole Neighborhood. The news comes to us by phone this (Tuesday) morning from Snow Hill that Owen Ginn, a white farmer of Greene county, living some miles from desperate assault upon his family was intercepted by his son Luby, whom he shot and wounded; but the struck his father over the head with a stick, drivine: him halr Tho ahor-iir oi the countv. later in the Hav waa sent for and Ginn, the father, was ar- rested and carried to Snow Hill, where he. was given a preliminary hearing, and late last night was, unfortunately admitted to bail, $500, which he fur- nished, and departed for home. On arriving home he armed himself with his gun and eleven o'clock last night (Monday night) he went to the home o! his son-in-law, Mr. Sam Joyner, and breaking the door down he entered and opened fire on Mr. Joyner, who was in bed. The latter escaped the first shot and before Ginn had time to level his gun for a second shot, whicn he was in the act of doing, Joyner got in a shot and killed him where he stood. At this hour (Tuesday morning) we are unable to give further particulars; J but these are the facts. I Ginn was well known here in Golds- I boro, where he did most of his trad- I ing, and was in good circumstances. j He was a-half-brother of our good friend and esteemed townsman and prosperous wholesale merchant, Mr. John T. Ginn. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH. It is now claimed that the American Telephone and Telegraph Company has not secured a majority of the stock of the Western Union, but that it has acquired sufficient stock to con trol the situation, and it proposes to utilize its newly-acquired power by using poles and wires already placed, especially in the boundless West, for telephone extensions. The difference in circuits is such that it is possible to telephone and telegraph over the same wires at the same time. This renders it possible to extend the tele phone business without an expensive duplication of equipment, especially ln sparsely settled districts. This is said to be the true explana tion of the recent merger, but the pub lic is suspicious, and no doubt Con gress will proceed to investigate the new story of the wires. Thus far tho hand of the Postal Company does not appear In the merger, but quick changes may take place. The Bell Telephone people have wonderfully fortified themselves, andp ossibly that may be the extent of the effort. It may not mean a general wire trust. The people are in no mood to wel I come a trust In the means of dissemi nating news and intelligence of all sorts. The Indian summer fly begins to wish it had jiot ovef stayed its wel- come, . . - i
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