Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-12-07

injured, although not at all uncon
sci-us from the blow, but at this
~i1s;ng be S doing very well and the
doctor thinks he will soon be all
right again.
sAUNT" Polly Nixon, u we'll
known old colored woman of this
city, died at her home, at the South
end of West Centre street, Monday
morning, and was buried yesterday
afternoon. She was nearing 80 years
Of ace and was u sister of tie late
William Burnett, who was the ia
vorlte barber of the town years ago
"before the war;" She was always
free and stood high in the esteem of
all who knew her.
AN exchange p%ertinently remarks
that children are apt imitators and
many seeds are scattered by older
persons, which vii. reap a whirlwind
lin after years for the bright eyes
that are constantly watching Us, and
Of our actions, kinl reader, we
should be very careful, and espsc-
tally so during the approaching
happy, Christmas holidays. The re-
sponsib:lity is a great u and would
that every one realized the impor~
tance Of if, net only for time but for
eternity.
Show your appreciation ofyour
home enterprises by giving them
your patronage when You are In
need Of anything they can furnish
you. There a g some peApfe who
do not patron home becau e'hey
think they eau do a little better by
sending awav t"r any little thing
they need II the long run it is
dearer that if b ught at home.
Would t not be test 10 stop and
think that the success of tie mer
: chant, factories, etc, help 10
buiids up the town IN which you
i've and what helps the town Helps
yous
TIMES are decidedly better, and
the impatience OF the average
l cii'z n has about exhausted Itself.
| Let US all make an hcne t confes
sion and acknowledge, though time,
$ have been hard in 1898, hat every
, one O. rs nearly as been harder
4 mp before than during this dreadful
= wear, The man who has nothing to
he thankful Tor i, indeed, a ~ ser
abe fellow. Bot no very few there
are who have no one to love. and
f W o are loved b. no one, and, after
n J, herein lies the secret OF harpi-
Q ness. Money Rays a very little part
l. in the drama Of life,
The observance Of Thanksgiving
Day in this city was the most gen
J. era', in the way of suspension Of hus,
IS mess and the largest church attend
h ance at all the churches ever wit
messed on ii like occasion. This is as
# it should be, and The ARGUS IS glaC
It to record it thus. Who shall
d say that the e~ommendabIe way il
Z. which Goldsboro has observed
d this day in latter years hal
5. tot had much to do with her prog
t. ress Ia material ways and her pres,
4. ervaticn from sudden calamity, pes
d thence and other evils thai, We wo
not Of.
o The mail from Raleigh yesterda,
rs brought u townsman Mr.. II. Z
: Dortch, his commission from Col
# lector Simmons, as Deputy U. S
Revenue Collector for the Fourth
m Collection District, consisting of tn
counties of E~dgeconbe, Greene, lie
IS noir, Wilson and Wayne, with Mr.
$ Geo. ". Suyg, of Snow H;ll, as hi
assistant. Mr.. Dortch filled thi
position under the former Demo
t., crate administration, and with spcl
er watchful activity aud fidelity as t.
win him an enviable record in tn
e service. The ARGUS congratulate
him on his reappointme2t,
THE AsheviIle Citizen, w:itini
IS e OF Rev. G. L. Finch. who was le
= Gated recently II this city says
y DR.. A. S. Whitake.: Of Biltmor
'n tells The Citis:m that the revivs
at the Fern Hill Baptist church
+ conducted by the pastor, Rev. 6
O. &, Finch, is still in progress, an
r the interest Increases daily. S
p Tar there have been 20 additions t
y he church membership, II by baf
d. titm. Pastor Finch is an un'ilir
he worker aud has made a most favor
ty able impression on his new fl NJ
who call him the "Liftie ST.
III Jones'"
REV. B. R. Hall, pastor Of st. Pal
les M. B. church, left yesterday for Wi
at mington to attend the annual Con
in ference of the NJ. E. Church, Soutl
nd which convenes in that city to-da
lly Mr.. Hall delivered his farewell Sc
in mon as pastor of st. Paul Sunda
So and the edifice was crowded to i
es~ utmost capacity. He has serve
if this church for four successive yea.
sat the full limit permitted by Il
church government-and he leav,
$50 it not only with the sincere regret
oh the entire congregation, which b;
been largely increased under his pa
torate, but also with that Of OF
whole community, to whom he h
o. greatly and lastingly endeared hir
mt self.
ne WE had hored to give our reade
esS this morning the full text of Pres
dent Clevelahd's message to Coz
NC gress which appeared in the SD
OFT dailies' of the country yesterday, b
it is a document of such length til