Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-05-24
LOCAL BRIEFS.

as good as any OUnef man on the
face of Gods green earth.
IT looks like spring time sure
enough over at the popular gro
Gerry store of Bizzell Bros. & Co.,
with that elaborate display Of fine
ripe tomatoes-juSt from Florida.
AT the regular monthly target
contest of the Goldsboro Rifles,
held Monday evening, Mr.. l.. ID.
Giddens, Jr., won the badge for
the ensuing month, making a
score of 13 out of a possible 10.
A TEACHERS Institute, OF four
weeks duration, for the benefit
of colored teachers, opened
in the colored State Normal
school building in this city yes
terday. The attendance is large.
THE funeral of Mr.. Joshua
johnson, an old time brickma-
500 and plasterer, of this city,
and who had been in declining
health for years. was held yes
terdav afternoon, his death hay
ing occurred Monday evening.
QUITE a number Of our young
people attended the commence
ment exercises of the Mt. Olive
High School Friday. The lit
erary address was delivered by
our townman MI. W, G. Munroe.
It is spoken of by all who heard
it as an ornate, scholarly and elo-
quent literary treat.
MISS M. Eliza Robinson, who
has been for several years filling
a position on the faculty Of Sum
merlin Institute, Barlow. Fla,
arrived in the city yesterday to
spend the vacation at her home
here, where her many friends
are glad to welcome her return.
WE are requested by the Pres
ident OF the University to say
that there will be a dinner for the
University alumni at Chapel
Hill on Wednesday, June 9th,
commencement day. Alumni
who expect to be present will
please notify Bursar W. T. Pat
terson at once, in order that suit
able provision may be made.
Mr.. Harry Dobsonis temporarily
assisting i'll the Western Union Of
fee in this city, during the alb
sence Of Mr.. Sizer. who, as an
nounced before, was summoned
to Cumberland, Md, by the i'll
ness of his brother, who, we are
sorry to know, died before he
reached his bedside.
THE moral and material wei
fare of our people-our very
civilizalion-depends upon The
continued supremacy Of the Dem
ocratic party. The fortune o.
any man, or set of men, is Of in
fnitessmal consequence com
pared with uninpaired State
credit, peace and order, the
prosperity of the people ant
good government.
Nh. G. M. Fennell, Executive
Special of the Mutual Life Insur
ance Company, of New York, TO
gether with Master Cecil Gordon
Fennell, who have been spending
some weeks in tits city, left yes
terday for the western part o
the State, leaving behind then
Messrs. E. H. l.. Gregory and j
G. Wright, Jr., who still hol'
the fort and will probably re
main here for the summer.
Mr.. B. n. Duke and, family O
Durham, Ire registered at TIL
Hotel Kennon. They are on thei
way to Morehead, and were de
tanned in this city by their littl
boy having his hand painfully
though not seriously, hurt b,
the slamming Of the car door O
the little fellows hand just as h
was leaving the R. & D. trai
here. One of the little fellow
fingers was badly masked requi1
ing medical attention, which de
layed them here until this aftel
noon.
THE many friends of MI an
Mrs. G. F. Herring sympathiz
deeply with them in the loss {
their little son Marvin, tie
months old, whose death o.
CURED at their home in tn.
city Sunday afternoon. Tt
remains we're taken to tt
old family burying ground in tt
country yesterday for intermen
"Suffer little children to con
unto me and forbid them not, fl
of such is the Kingdom of He;
ven.
SOME of thesgood ladies of O.
city have started a mission Su
day school for the poor childrt
of the community, which NEE
every Sunday at 9 o'clock a.
in the rooms of the Young MeI
Christian Association. It
strictly non-sectarian in chara
ter, and has already done mu'
good. The managers desire o
lady from each church to vol
nteer to assist in the work of t
school. Any ladies who will he
are requested to attend tt
mornings session.
THE local bicyclists are d
cussing among themselves t
question of d great prize bicye
race-or races-for Goldsbo1
We have here the best race cour
in the State, and with the nul
Der of expert and infuent
wheelmen we have here, there