Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-04-20

the w. & w. R. R. at this place
Thu slsy, p-id over to Mr.. W. T
Dortch, County Tax Collector
the sum of $2,9S9.75, being
the amount of back tax du,
to Wayne County, by tn,
above company, as determined b,
the late legislative compromise. An6
yet there are some people who ar
not happy over the equitable com
promise that the Legislature eff
fected. But the world moves on, jus
the same.
The funeral of the late Mr.. M. J
Ham was held from his home il
Stony Greek township yesterday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. NJ. NJ
Mcfarland officiating. The at.
tendance of sorrowing rels
atives and friends was YER, large
from all sections of the county, and
many from this city. TIE inter,
melt was made in the old family
burying ground of the Ham family
fof generations psst, which is on the
.oadside neal the old homestead of
his father, which is row the props
erty of his youngest brother, NH.
D. Ham.
THE days outing" o. the Colds
boro Rifles at camp Henry, near
Hermann Park" Thursday, was
one of the most delightful
incidents in the history Of the
company and was highly en-
joyed, not only by 'the boy3'
themselves but also by their num-
erous invited guests. The field
drilling and skirmishing of the
morning whetted the appetites OF
the company, so that when the bug
Ter sounded the dinner call to bar
becue and corn bread there we're &c
stragglers. Among the visitors tc
dinner were the Mayor and Board
of Aldermen.
THAT the noted heath resort Of
this vicinity-the far-famed Sever
Springs, is Just on the eve of iti
greatest glory is assured in the
fact that it has been leased for &
term of years by Messrs. o. j
Carroll, of Raleigh, and Luby Har.
per, the popular ex Sheriff O
Greene county, and will be il
charge of that competen
and well-known hotelist. Mr.
Fred L.. Perry, formerly O
Morehead City. This is a "strone
team" they are all courteous, con
genial gentlemen, who believ'
in making everybody happJ; heno.
those who visit Seven Springs Will,
they are in charge may be sure o
getting their moneys worth il
every way. Success 10 tbs new
management.
ANOTHER mad dog was killed il
this vicinity Thursday. Just how
many dogs the rabid animal bit i,
its career of running before it wa
overtaken and killed no one can say
and yet the dogs in its course ar
permitted to have the liberty of tn,
country, regardless of consequences
The n human life that was lost il
this city, in such horrible agony
about a year ago, with hydro
phobla from the bite of
mad dog, was worth more thai
than all the dogs in the country
The poor colored ditcher that dice
last week in Mt. Olive in terribl
coltortions, from the bite of a mac
dog, was worth more to mankind a
a bread winner and family provide
than every dog in Christendom
When will the law-making power O
our State-of our city, real
ize that men pay their taxes TO
protection of life, liberty and tn
pursuit of happiness?
Two of the brethren of the "craft'
who, not content with the delectabl
pastime of running a newspaper,
went up to headquarters in quest Q
more lucrative occupation, are re
ported in yesterdays papers to b
on the verge of counting the cross
ties" homeward, whereupon tn
sunny-natured and witty Joe Cald
we'll, of the Charlotte Observer, one c
the best Southern d%ailies, soliloquize
thusly: "The fact hat two Louisian
editors, disappointed about gettin
Offices in Washington, are to stal
home on foot, will serve to disabus
the public mind of the impressio
that every newspaper man, alway
and under all Circumstances, totes
pass. While these brethren are trude
ing along their toilsome way they ma
console themselves with the refec
ton that though it be long an
though they may occasionally hay
to "coon' a t%restle, they are vindica.
ing the profession against the aspel
sion that as a whole it is subsidize
by monopoly
\. THE death of Mr.. Matthew
Ham, occurred at his home in Ston
Greek township, a few miles mort
of this city Wednesday night, afte
a lingering illness of many month
of consumption. He leaves a w.
and several children to mourn b
untimely demise. Mr.. Ham W,
about 45 years of age and was one
our best and most highly esteem5
citizens. He was a prosperous ia
mer, q man Of progressive ideas az
decided convictions. He was wi:
L. aannnol anl 4r.,o Il nso;ala i