Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-09-27
BRIEFS.

MISS Bette Parks, daughter of
u good friend and countyman
Mr.. B, A. Parks, has returned to
Guilford College to resume her
studies for another year.
MISS Julia Castex, who has
been s%ummering at Virginia
Beach with a party of friends
from Norfolk, has returned
home, to the great pleasure of
her many friends here.
HON. F. A. Woodland speaks
at Grantham's store tomorrow
and at Seven Springs Thursday.
He will be cordially greeted with
large crowds at both appoint
ments. He makes a splendid and
convincing speech.
IT is with ~unspeakable regret,
which will be shared in by all our
readers, that we chronicle this nor
ing the death of Rev. DR.. F. L. Reid,
president of Greensboro Female Col
lege, which sad event occurred yes
terday, unexpected and all too
DON'T forget that Hon. r. B.
Glenn, the mountain avalanche
of Democracy, will speak in
Goldsboro, Saturday morning OF
this week at II o'clock. He will
be greeted by a large audience.
QUITE a curiosity in the shape
of a corn stalk, with fruited head
like wheat, was brought into our
Office this week by our good
friend Mr.. w. F. Rose, of Fork.
The stalk had also several
''shoots" we'll developed
Mr.. B. Frank Phelps. of this
city, and Mrs. Fanny Price, of
Wilson county, we're united in
marriage in this city, Saturday
evening, Rev. C. A. Jenkins,
pastor of the Baptist church,
officiating. THE ARGUS wishes
the happy couple long life and
abundant prosperity.
FROM all sections of the
county come encouraging reports
of old line Democrats who wan
dered off two years ago return
ing to the fold of their first love.
And so the thrilling words of
the great commoner Senator
Vance in his dying hours are
proving true-'DemOcracy is in
vincible. Democracy is immor-
tai"
In the Republico- Populist con
vention for this Senatorial dis
trict. which vas held at Warsaw
last Friday, the fusion did not
work and the result was that the
combine busted as to the State
Senatorial question. But it
makes little difference. It will
bust and go all to pieces in No
vember.
We regret to chronicle that Mrs.
Eliza McKinne, aged 81 years,
relict of the late d. F. McKinne,
departed this life suddenly Satur
day at 5 o'clock a. m, a
Princeton, at the home of her son
Mr.. D. E. McKinne. The inter
ment was made in the family
burying ground on Mr.. w. r.
Hollowell's farm near this city, al
3o'clock Sunday afternoon. The
funeral services was conducted
at the grave.
THE work of cutting and pre-
pairing the Confederate Monu
ment for the Bentonsville battle
field has been commenced at the
marble yard of Sheriff D. A
Grantham in this city. The worl
will be pushed rapidly, as thu
10th of October will not be Ions
in rolling round, when the un
yelling is to take place. AS al
ready announced Genl. Wad'
Hampton, who had a son killed il
that battle, will be the orator o
the occasion.
If there was a man in any
township anywhere in Wayn'
county last week who imagined
that the Democratic party was a
all diminishing and fthat mai
attended his township Demo
cratic primary last Saturday b.
was fully convinced by the larg
crowd in attendance that thu
Democratic party in Wayn'
county is invincible.
THE contestant White, VIII
claimed the nomination owe
Cheatham in this congressions
district and who was certainl
reasonable and just i'll his clair
and should have been given loo;
arbitration, has been retired b
the national Republican CongreI
sional committee up at Washing
ton, and now Cheatham alon
contests field with Hon. F. Z
Woodland.
We publish this morning
most charming article on SEN
tor Ransom from the pen of b
color bearer at Sharpsburg.
is from such sources as these
men who were eyewitness
to the scenes thew relate
the South and the childre
of the South should leal
history, and not from thes
latter day statesmen and Sou
hating historians from across Il
border-the two combining t
gether to malign the South
brave leaders and destroy h
best interests.
The ARGUS welcomes to j