Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-07-05

l 14S4S AAOOS
on Tuesday, July II, 1894, for
the purpose of examining appli-
cants for license to practice med
icine in this State.
THE death of Rev. DIR. Theo.
Whitfield, at one time pastor of
of the Baptist church in this
city, occurred some days ago in
| Richmond, where he had been
pastor for several years.
REV. G. A. Jenkins, pastor of
the First Baptist church of this
city, has rented the Springer
cottage, at Carolina Beach, near
Wilmington, where he will shortly
move his family to spend the
season.
The New York Racket store
of A. NJ. Shrago & Co., on Wal
nut street, has been purchased
by Mr.. A. M. Shrago in full, and
will hereafter be conducted by
him individually and not under
the firm name as heretofore.
MISS Matte Lee returned yes
terday from her visit to friends
in Concord. Charlotte and Sails
bury. Her many friends here are
glad to welcome her home and to
know that she has entirely re-
coveredfrom her recent accident.
MIR. Jno. E. Grow, who was
thrown from a buggy and badly
bruised up in Pitt county ten
days ago, where he was Wis
ting. has returned to his home
in this city, and is making salts
factory progress in improve
ment, his many friends here will
be glad to learn,
THOSE desiring information
as to sending their sons off to
school, should write to Prof.
Geo. II. Winston, President Of
the University at Chapel Hill, for
a catalogue of that institutions;
also for the little handbook IN
titled "University education,
what it means and how to get it."
II is important to truck ship
pers to know that commencing
Saturday June 3Oth, the Pennsyl-
vania R.. r. advises the W.
& w. r. r. and connections that
all perishable freight, including
melons. will be delivered at Pier
No. 30, New York City, instead
of Jersey City as heretofore.
BEGINNING with to-day the R.
& D. r. r. will hereafter be
known as the Southern Railway
Company. Mr.. Geo. G. Royal,
the clever and accommodating
ticket agent at this place, received
his new ticket stamp yesterday,
and all tickets will hereafter be
stamped in accordance with the
new name of the company.
A CASE of cruelty to animals
was up before Justice Hugh
Humphrey yesterday, the case be-
ing that of a negro brutally beat
ing another Negroes COW with a
stickf for trespassing on his prem
ises. After hearing the evidence
in the case, and argument by
counsel the defendant was re-
quired to make due amends.
HARNETT county held her
primaries Friday. Only one town
ship has been heard from
Averasboro, the largest in the
county, and that instructed unan-
imously for our townsman w.
r. Allen. Esq, fol Judge. 1t is
probable that the larger part Of
the county will give its vote to
Mr.. Allen.
HIS many friends here are
glad to greet in the city Mr.
Adolph Oettinger, formerly with
Messrs. We'll Bros, who is now
engaged with his father and
brother in the importing of for
eign fruits and in the m%anufac-
ture of laundry soap in New
York. He is the guest while
here of his aunt Mrs. E. Rosen-
thai, and will spend several days
among us.
OUR correspondent at Pikeville
writes that there will be a town
ship Sunday school interdenom-
national convention held at that
place on Thursday, the Goth
instant, to which everybody,
especially those interested in
Sunday school work, Z invited
to attend, accompanied by a bas.
ket filled with palatable viands,
t The hour fixed for commencing
t the deliberations of the conven
ton is 10 o'clock in the forenoon
: THE Republican Congressional
convention of this district thai
convention in Weldon on Wed
nesday resulted in a row, a split
a bolt and two candidates, Cheat
ham and White, both colored, anG
each one claiming that he is the
choice of the majority and the
= regular nominee" This is nc
new experience with Republican
congressional conventions il
, this district. However. it is no.
our fight, and we have but tx
chronicle the fact.
THE Populists of Texas have
n declared in their State conven
a sion for an eight hour law ex
! cept in domestic and agriculture
affairs, the two particular de
~ partments of life in which they
+ as employers of labor are inter