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P J31.I8HBD BY
JOS. E. ROBINSON,
PROPRIETOR.
EDITOR AND
tSTTHKAROPS seeks to be a reliable paper
f or the people and the family-Democratic, and
b oarins to discuss no issue wherein the people'
rights ara at stake. Progressive, abreast of the
a g:e, we shall always endeavor to keep our edi
torial and local columns up to the day and
hour. Our circulation is rapidly increasing,
id we hope to soon have the ".largest circula
ioa ot auy papsr in Ea3tern North Carolina
E nter ei at the Postoffice at Goldsboro, 2f. C, at
Second Cliss Matter.
GOLDSBORO, N. C, APRIL 14 1892
SEVEN YEARS OLD.
Seven years ago, on Tuesday, April
7, 1885, was printed the first number
of The Daily Argus. Seven years
is not a long period in the life of
community like this ; but what great
changes have occurred within that
time can he appreciated only by
those who have been resident all the
while and stand this morning and
retrospect the progress, in an hun
dred ways, that has been accom
plished as the years rolled by. So
many of us go on from day to day
absorbed in the pursuit of our in
dividual avocations that we scarcely
realize that every city that ia really
living is renewing itself continually,
and it is only by occasional compar
isons with the past that we can
measure the progress already made.
The newspaper is, after all, but a
reflex of the community in which it
and civic pride and civic spirit can
always be accurately sized up, and
the efforts being made in every
its own' that were not the interests
of the whole community.. To main
tain this position it has kept itself
alwavs in the watch tower to hail
every development and aid every en
terprise the great work of moving
a community forward.
What may be the development of
the next seven years is even harder
to foresee than was that of the seven
years jnst past. Goldsboro certainly
has held her own in the conflict of
the times that characterizes the busi
ness world to-day and seems, really,
to be , on the very eve of entering
upon a new era of material activity,
of individual and corporate enter
prise, in the way of cotton factories,
land companies, and improved hotel
facilities, that are calculated to
quicken her progress beyond that of
any previous period. To whatever
fresh opportunities and responsibili
ties this mav brine:, The Argus
looks forward with hope and confi
dence, pledging itself that it will
not fail to lead, as it has ever done,
in the encouragement of all that
makes for the legitimate progress of
the city, for the expansion of public
spirit, and for the cause of right
principles and good government in
city, State and nation, as it goes
forward in increasing circulation and
high and clean journalism, carrying
everywhere among the ever widen
ing circle of its readers the name of
The Argus inseparably associated
with the honor and - progress of
Goldsboro.
SILVER COINAGE DELUSIVE.
The question of metal coinage
has become prominent before the
American people, and made eo by
several causes; the depreession
of the times, the greed of the own
era of th3 silver mines, and the wit
of speculators are some of them
The short crops and low prices in
the South have excited the farmer
1 ' i
and the concensus of opinion, by I
international consent, have fixed
the valne, as it now ia, at 16 for 1,
and this will continue to be their
competitive value until some ex-
ensivc, new and rich mines of one
or the other shall be discovered.
Whilst this value is agreed on, still
it has been iound necessary by the
leading nations to limit and fix a
legal tender value of their silver,
in order to prevent a disturbance
of all values in the country, which
will necec6arily result from a de
preciated currency.
Our first Coinage Act of Con
gress nxea the value at xo ior jl,
and it was soon abandoned bv
Congress and restored to 16 for 1,
because it was found that one
ounce of gold would purchase more
abroad than fifteen ounces of silver,
and, as a consequence, gold was
gradually leaving the United
States and silver, with its constantly
fluctuating character, remained at
home.
The United States, cannot, with
out the co-operation of other coun
tries, give to gold and silver their
comparative value, and this pre
sents an insurmountable objection
to the free and unlimited coinage
of silver. Under this act, silver,
being of inferior value, would drive
srold out of circulation and we
should then havo a constant'
tuating metal as a standard, tu Jtu
serious prejudice of all business
and every relation with ourselves
and neighboring countries, and it
would become the exclusive circu
lation and depreciate rapidly by
reason of the absence of gold.
Paper money has become too
great a convenience to be dispensed
with, at least for a long time, but
to give paper money its true and
lull value it must be based upon
gold or silver, to an amount suffi-
S I - f I MM 1 t I 'll 1
branch of commercial, intellectual uu Jawrer ui mcy unaivmo WBui, wreuecm cauu pnpci um at
and corporate activity fairly adjudged for relief, and they have been im- 100 cents in the dollar. This can
through the columns of the local po&ed upon by designing politicians be done on a safe basis by the
papers. I an ne "e to believe that the ex-1 Government, when the silves in a
Seven years age, when this writer cessive issue ot silver com as con dollar ia worth only 70 cents, as it
first launched The Argus upon the 1 templated by the silver bill now now U.
tide of public favor and allied its before Congress, would relieve all Why should our Government
destiny with that of its people it their troubles. The people know pav tue owners of silver mines in
was considered a venturesome moye their immediate difficnlties, but. as tne gnitei States more for their
to undertake a daily paper in the rnie hev are not familiar with. Ln, if ia TiTrtTr in flirt
and do not understand the opera- monev market of the world. Why
tions of the coinage question as not as well pay every farmer more
provided in our fundamental law, for his cotton and other products
and they naturally look to their than thev are worth in the market?
representatives in Congress for the I Why should our Government
proper information and legsliation, pav for foreign silver more than it
We fear, however, that our JNorth j8 worth in the market ? Under the
Carolina members in the House, bin now before Congiess, for
in voting for the preseut bill, have, which our members in the House
in order to be re-elected, yielded recently voted, out Government
their better judgment to a morbid WOuld be compelled to buy all the
ana uniniormeu sen u incut amuuj; silver brought to it tiom evcry
their constituents. We believe -where, in or out ot the U. S., at a
that had they voted against this price mnch higher tl ian the market
measure and returned to their peo price, and then, coin it, when it is
works, business expansion and ma- Pe and given them a true and in- actually woith enly 70 cents. Do
terial development, on a wide scale, telligent explanation ot their vote, onr people want anything but
mark the course of the intervening an- lne results tnac wonia iouow good monej i Do they want to pay
. " . . fl4-UAwAA rr Af hi 1 1 (han iAn !H I .1 1 1 .1
years. Ana the argus has Kept pmo vi iuo um, iUtj i me mercnani enonga aoove tue
its lead in this neriod of progress have been endorsed and the pec price of goods to make i.p the
siniplv bv trying continuously to de- pie satisfied on that subject. I difference between 70 and 100
serve it. It has never sacrificed the' Geld and silver are the two met- cents ?
absolute independence cf thought and als adopted as com in our constitn- The act of Oonjireso of 1890 rc-
high purpose of doing it3 con- tion. When first discovered, anlqoires the Treasurer to buyer
scientious duty, regardless- of ounce of silver was worth as much J ough silver bullion in the market
rnnrc or innuence, Dy wnicn n as an ounce ot cold, Dut it was of the world to enable him to re
made its first appeal to public confi Uoon found by experience that fold J deem every certificate when called
dence. Jor has it ever failed to re- waa much the superior metal, b for at 100 cents and the Govern
cognize that this is peculiarly an age cause it is more beautiful, less lia- meDt is now issuing each month
in which to large and increasing Kl to rnrr.iaion. and is well adaDt- $4. Kftf OOO. Ta this nrt en ffipiant. ?
numbers of people the daily paper to many important purposes for This is our present condition, and
affords the only, if not the best, TOv,ih ilirr ounnnt. h napA. ; ; Ut tn nH cnl py.
I
Both silver and gold are neces I travagant legislation
sary in trade, the former in smaller posed ?
and the latter in larger transactions,
but their relative value has not
and cannot be precisely and per
manently fixed, because the law of
supply and demand s affect their
values, as it does everything else.
town, and few of our fellow-citi-
zens were sanguine enough to expect
it to survive many weeks. It had
been tried before in Goldsboro, from
time to time, and had failed. That
seven years have rolled back from
our shoulders tells its own story of
how the paper has weathered the
sea of venture and this morning
opens a new volume in which to re
cord its continued prosperity.
Looking back over what the city
has accomplished in these seyen
years it is wonderful to behold and
gratifying to contemplate. Factories
of every kind, electric lights, water
opportunity of intellectual enlight
enment ; that they are dependent
upon it for their knowledge of lite
rature, science and art, quite as much
as for information on current affairs,
as well, also, for moral elevation, and
is has never lost sight, ior an in
stant, of the fact that the increasing
number cf readei s it addresses daily
are not men only, but eyen more the
women and the children; it has
therefore ever strived to keep its
columns clean and wholesome and
be a welcome visitor to every house
hold it enters.
as is pror
THE PARTY SHOULD NOMINATE
. THOMAS M. HOLT FOR
GOVERNOR.
Governor Jtlolt should be nomi
nated by the Democratic State
The value of gold varies but very J Convention for the position he fills
little. It is steady and reliable, now so honorably aDd with such
The output in California about I acceptableness to the whole people,
1-
1850 affected it seriously, but it because, under all the circum
was only for a brief period, yet stances surrounding the case, he is
even that greatly disturbed the the strongest man the party could
The Argus has ever recognized general conditions of the country ; nominate this year.
its responsibility to Goldsboro and wnereas, Biiver at an times, nas
the close dependence of its own pros-1 been subject to constant fluctua
a. 3 I
perity with that of the community, I tions.
and has used its best efforts to foster All civilized nations have exper
and maintain every liberal enter-1 imented with the comparative
prise that promised advancement to value of these two metals during
believes in building up the waste
places in onr great commonwealth : !
He is strong with the farmers,
because he ia largely interested in
farming and is supposed to know,
and does know, the embarrassments
that surround this class of our peo
ple.and is keenly alive to any sugges
tions that may tend to the better
ment of the agricultural interests of
the State:
He is stroDg with the manufac
turers, becauca he has been a large
and successful manufacturer, and
is in the forefront of the grand
movement among the more pro
gressive of our people, which will
ultimately end in making heard
the hum of the loom and the sound
of machinery in every part of our
JState, and in enriching our eeciion
and people :
lie is strong with all classes, be
cause ho ia an honest, upright,
straightforward man, having his
own convictions on all subjects,
yet, withal, pcsce6:ng a due ap
preciation of the importance of
public opinion, and in all thing?,
uot affecting principle, .bowing a
due duferr-nce thereto.
Governor Holt aeccptod with
becoming; dignity the nomination
for Lieutenant Governor, when it
had been refused by others with
n greater powers or distinction
in he, simply becanse his party
requested him to. He filled the
second place without humility,
and when, in the providence of
God, the honors of the first place
fell upon him he was not unduly
elated.
lie nas served his poopie as
Representative, Speaker of the
House, President of the Senate,
and Goyernor, with credit to him
self and perfect satisfaction to his
constituency. Why, ther-, should
a departure be made from the cus
toms of the party, and he be re
fused the nomination for Governor
at the hands of his party ?
If Gov. Holt is to be set atide,
and his claims upon the party
gnored, because he is not an Al
liance man, or because at some
time in his lite he may have thought
differently upon some public ques
tion from what is now the popular
then there will be idea, very
little hope of nominating any
man who has convictions, or who
has moral courage or intellectual
ability.
If prejudice sgainst any class of
men, or in favor of any class, is to
dominate the party in its selection
of a candidate, then, indeed, Gov
tiolt. nor anyone e sc. need desire
the nomination ; for, i' there is any
one principle sott ed by the uni
form practice of onr people it is,
that no oie who runs upon preju
dice need expect the support of the
good people ot North Carolina.
Within our rrc 1 lection, two
campaigns have been inn solely
upon prejudice in North Carolina
two candidates for the great office
of Governor have pitched their
campaign song to the tune of
prejudice. These were Tyre York,
and the last Republican candidate
for Governor, the former of whom
was defeated overwhelmingly, and
the latter was buried so far out of
sight by the ballots of an indignant
people, that we have actually for
gotten his name, and do not care
to inquire it.
Prejudice will not satisfy the
honest people of North Carolina
Stnrdv. honest, and faithful dis
charge of duties is what they look
for in a candidate, and these they
find in an eminent degree in
Gov. Thus. M. Holt. He should
be nominated by acclamation.
Catarrh and Rheumatism
Are blood diseases. Rheumatism is caused by lactic acid;
Catarrh, by scrofulous taint. To cleanse
the system of these poisons, take Ayer's
Sarsaparilla. It ministers to the needs of
every tissue of the body, dispels humors,
acids, and all impurities from the blood,
and supplies the elements necessary to vig
orous health. This is a medicine in which
you can rely with confidence. It has, in
thousands of cases, restored health to
others, and will restore health to you.7
Frank Teson, Jr., engineer, 271 W. Fourth
Swollen loints
Foul breath
Indigestion
Broken rest
Ulcers
Consumption
r Mrs. Joseph Wood, West Plattsburgh,
N. Y., writes: "In 1887 I was seized with
Inflammation of the bowels, and afterwards
with rheumatism, and other complications,
1 In consequence of which I was, for four
months, confined to my room. The best
physicians were unable to afford me any
relief. At last my husband procured me
two bottles of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, which I
took, and found so beneficial that I contin
ued the use of this medicine, until now I am
able to do as good a day's work as any
woman of my time of life, being sixty years
old. I consider that I have been saved sev
eral hundred dollars' expense, by using
Ayer's Sarsaparilla."
"After suffering severely for many years
from rheumatism, and almost despairing of
relief, the disease was
st., New York city, testifies: -'For the past
eight years I have been severely afflicted
with catarrh, none of the many remedies I
tried affording me any relief. My digestion
was considerably impaired, and my sleep
disturbed by phlegm dropping into my throat.
My head, at times, became dizzy, and I was
troubled with ringing noises in the ears and
partial deafness. In September last I re
solved to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and began
at once to test its qualities as a blood-purifier.
I have taken only four bottles of this med
icine and am glad to testify that the symp
toms from which I suffered are removed."
" My son now fifteen years of age was
cured of catarrh in its worst form by the use
of Ayer's Sarsaparilla.' V. r. Kerr, Big
Springs, Ohio.
'Ayer's Sarsaparilla.' I have great faith In it."
! D. S. Winchester, Holden, Me.
" " I was troubled with catarrh for over two
years. I tried various remedies, and was
treated by a number of physicians, but re
ceived no benefit until I commenced taking
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. A few bottles com
pletely restored my health." Jesse Boggs,
Holman's Mills, K. C.
." I was cured of long-standing catarrh by
the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla." James J.
Dougher, Comp. G., 13th Inf., Wingate, N. M.
Eradicated by
"About two years ago I received an injury
tn one of my knees, which resulted in my
becoming so lame from muscular rheuma
tism that I could not move about without
the aid of a cane. After suifering for some
months, being convinced that my blood
needed purifying, I began taking Ayer's
Sarsaparilla, and my lameness was entirely
cured." Mrs. C. Williams, Hardwick, Yt.
"Ayer's Sarsaparilla cured me of catarrh,
impure blood, and general debility." Leon
Henrickon, Jr., Ware, Mass.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
Prepared by Dr. 1. d Ayer 4 Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists.
Has cured others, will4 cure lyou.
STILL
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THE LlilAD
SOUTHERLAND'i:
NEW YORK BARGAIN STO
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OFFERING BARGAINS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
GET ON TO A FEW OF OUR PRICES:
Shoes from 25 cts to $5 a pair, worth from $4 to $6.
Hats from 25 cts to $3, worth a great deal more money.
500 Dozen collars and cuffs from 8 to 12 cts, worth frowilSJ to 20 ct
White Shirts from 48 cts to 1.25.
Job lot White Shirts, size 14 only, 50 cts, worth 75.
Corsets from 24 cts up.
Clark's spool cotton. 6 spools for 25 cts. Kerr's cotton 4 els.
Braiuer & Armstrong's silk 8 cts, twist 2i. B;ill thread 1 ct a 'hall.
Bleached goods, Sea Island goods, etc, at bottom prices.
Dress goods at "educed prices.
Tinware and crockery low down.
Table oilcloth 23 cts; North Carolina plaids 4 cts.
Buggy harness and saddlery at reduced trices.
Our unbreakable whips only 20 cts.
Good tobacco 25 cts lb. Good coffee 17 cts, Starch Sets lb.
Seutheriand's New York MmM
for Infants and Children.
"Caatoria is so well r dapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me." H. A. Akchsk, M. D.,
Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. T.
"The use of Castoria' is so universal and
ta merits so well known that it seems a work
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach."
Carlos Marttn, D. D.,
New York City.
Late Pastor Bloomingdala Ref ormed Church.
Castoria cures Colic, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhnea. Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promot"'
gestion.
Without injurious medication.
For several years I have recommenced1
your ' Castoria, ' and shall always continue to
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
results."
Edwin F. Pabdeb, M. D.,
"The Winthrop," 125th Street and 7th Ave.,
Hew York City.
TH Czntaur Company, 77 Hurra? Street, New Tors.
He is strong with the business
men, becanse be is a shining ex
ample of &ncceB8 in their own
sphere:
He is strong with railroad men,
becanse he is a etaunch friend of
thft pity. It ha3 had no interests of J the pt three, or four centuries I internal improvements and firmly
OTJR display of all kinds of FURNITURE is the grandest ever shown
in Eastern Carolina. We buy in car load lots and sell at the
LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES
"I don't like the breath of that stove!"
exclaimed little Ethel one day when the
cas was escaping from the sitting room
stove. Coal-gas is like the prefumes of
India," compared with the breath of a
nersjn afflicted with catarrh, but among
many other symptoms the sense of 6mell
is often deadened, so the sufferer is uncon
scious of the offensiveness ol his presence.
Why any one will endure such a painful
dansrerous and offensive disease, when Air.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy will cure the most
stubborn case, is one of the many mysteries
The proprietors are so confident or the
success of this Catarrh Remedy, that they
cannot cure. It would be suicide for
their remedy, for them to make this oiler,
unless they understood its eract powers.
Children Cry for P'rtchnrt Ctrtnria, Branch house in Fayetteyiih?,
When yon bny of as you can rest assured that the same could nobet
bought cheaper. ,...:.;
WE MEAN WHAT WE SAT.
Come to see ns. We will convince you that you can -save money by
buying of US. Very Respectfully,
ROY ALL & BORDEN,
WestCentreStreet
Goldsboro, N. C,