Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1892-04-14

The cold wind of Saturday night
and the frost of Sunday night have
greatly damaged the crops of peas,
beans, Irish potatoes and strawberries
in this vicinity. and throughout the
entire trucking belt of East Caro-
lima, as far as we can hear from.
Just how excessive the damage is
cannot as yet be definitely ascertained.
There was great demand for seed
beans on this market yesterday, with
which to replant the damaged crop
by some who were desirous of " try
ing it again, but the surplus of
seed brought over from the recent
planting season was very small and
was soon exhausted, SO the demands
for seed in this line could not be
satisfied.
THE Republican convention of
this Congressional district met at
Llttleton yesterday, composed most
ly of negroes, and renominated the
present representative Cheatham,
negro, by acclamation. So goes it.
Wherever the negro is in
the ascendency in the Repub-
lican party he always sees to it
that no white man gets the prefer
ment. The consequence is that the
white men of decent pretensions in
the 6. o. p. hereabouts are mighty
sore and are protesting, as evidenced
by their address published in these
columns several days ago. Does it
not apparently become the more in
cumbent upon Democrats to stand
together for white supremacy?
The Incorporation of ''The Colds
boro Land and improvement Com
pany" marks an important epoch in
our city's history aud augurs great
things for the community. The in
corporators are DIR. NJ. e. Robinson
and Messrs. Henry We'll and F. K.
Borden. The we'll known means
and public spirit of these gentlemen
give earnest at once that they will
not be slow in pushing their enter
prise and widening ever its scale of
operation. This corporation now
own the Gregory House, which they
purpose to at once fix up on an ex-
tensive plan and give to it all the
attractions, conveniences and COM
forts of a strictly frst-class hotel.
Long life and abounding prosperity
to "The Goldsboro Land and I'm
provap,onf Go,opopv
A MURDERoUs and entirely un-
proved assault was made upon Mr..
Stephen L. Lynch, of Greene county,
by white man named Gray Speight,
in this city yesterday afternoon,
which, fortunately did not result Sc
rously. Mr.. Lynch was standing in Mr..
Ed. L. Edmundson's store when
Speight made a sudden turn on him
and dealt him fearful blow on the
head with full beer bottle, shat
tering the bottle into an hun
dred pieces. No words passed
between them and they had
not spoken for months, in conse-
quence of a law suit. Mr.. Lynch
wore slouch hat, which protected
his head from the cutting glass and
muff1ed the blow, which otherwise
would doubtless have carried instant
death along with it. Speight fled
rapidly, but en- route came up with
officer Head and gave himself up.
Speight was requested to give bail
for his appearance at court, which
he did.
The Raleigh NeaOs and Observer
of yesterday, in speaking of the re-
cent death of Mr.. George B. Everitt,
a native of this county, says: "We
regret to hear of the death of Hon.
George B. Everitt who was formerly
well known in North Carolina, and
who has just died at Beatrice, Ne
braska. Mr.. Everitt was a gentle
man of fine address and bearing, and
native, we think, of Wayne county.
About the time he became of age
circumstances led him to join the
Republican State organization. Hel
ran for the State Senate about 1879
and gave prominence in his canvass
to the point that judges and
members of the Legislature should
not use free passes. He was success
full and his service in the Senate
brought him into still greater prom
lnence. We think he was Repub-
lican presidential elector and he had
a lively contest with Collector
Wheeler over the collectorship of
the Western district. Afterwards
President Garfield appointed him as
Land Agent at Mitchell, Dakota,
and when Cleveland came in Mr..
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