Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-10-27

Friday Day-dawned
bright and beautiful in Goldsboro,
and from an early hour the city was
astir with busy preparations for the
days public observance, as outlined
by the program published in the
mornings ARGUS.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the various
historical, industrial and trade floats,
the fire companies, the Goldsboro
Rifles, the mounted Knights and
carriages began to arrive at the
starting point, and at IL o'clock
sharp the procession moved on it's
march of the city, and all along the
line, throughout all the streets of
crowded spectators, CALCULATIONS of
wonder and admiration and public
spirited qualification prevailed with
prolonged enthusiasm. Even the
most sanguine had not expected
anything half SO grand, beautiful
and imposing. It was a spontaneous
Mardi Gras, SO to speak, of historic
characters and brilliant pageantry,
and will long be remembered in
Goldsboro as the most imposing and
successful public celebration of any
day in all her past history.-And
right here we take occasion to say
that the credit of its inception and
brilliant elimination is largely due to
Prof.J. Y .Joyner, the efficient Super
intendent of our City Schools, and
Hon. A. B. Hollowell, the patriotic
and aggressive Mayor of our city.
They spared no effort to make the
affair a success and credit to Colds
boro-and it was both Visitors
from nearly every town in the State
were here, and all agreed in common
that it eclipsed anything of the
kind they had ever seen in any of
their respective towns.
The order of march was as follows:
Goldsboro Cornet Band:
From the LIST to the 7th grades OF
bows of the Goldsboro Graded School,
carrying banners
From the 1st to 9TH grades of girls,
carrying banners:
Carriages with Teachers and
Trustees
Carriages with Mayor and Alder
men:
Fire Company No. 1, with wagon
beautifully decorated:
Eclipse Steam Fire Engine Co.,
with steamer handsomely arrayed.
HISTORICAL FLOATS.
Float, "Santa Maria, with
Columbus and sailors:
Float, with Indians in war attire :
Float, with young ladies represent
ing North Carolina Coat of Arms,
Cornua Copia and Virginia Dare,
and with Sir Walter Raleigh in front;
Float-The 13 original States
represented by young ladies:
Float, with A young ladies on
board, representing the United States
cf to-day:
Float-Ruffn Lodge, K. of P. No.
g., followed by fifty Knights Of the
order on horse back.
| Float" Cleveland In The White
House by The Einstein Clothing
Company.
Float-"The nation and the
ate"-The nation being represent
ed by young man in typical"Uncle
Sam" attire, ,and the State being repre-
sented by young lady persenatinl9 &
our State Coat of Arms-by Messrs.
FL. We'll & Bros.
| INDUSTRIAL FLOATS.
| C.Kern & Co-Clothing.
Royal st Borden, handsome
dining room fully furnished.
Bizzell, Bros. & Co., a pyramid of
canned goods and groceries.
st. James Hotels dining room
with guests at table. aud beautifully
decorated with painted scenes OF
historic interest, the work of DR.
Chick.
S. Cohen & Son-Fine beef and
fat cattle.
P, r. King & Son machinery.
The procession was qnite three
quarters of an hour passing a giver
point and was followed all along it,
route by lines of hundreds of ad
mirers.
When it had finished it's cours,
back to the Graded school grounds
some beautiful exercises were givel
on the spacious grounds by th'
children of the several grades TO tht
great enjoyment of the many snecta,
tors. These were followed by /