Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-06-14

UC1 oOy oOAUUlLCo UIO IOiAC WAhS
notice of Rev. G. L. Hoffman,,
rector of ST. Stephens
Episeal Church of this city, where
he has many warm personal
friends: Rev. G.. L. Hoffman, is
holding a mission at Grace Epis-
copal church here this week. Nh
Hoffman, breaches every night
to large congregations, and he
breaches the Gosdel. His ser
are clear, forceful and
full of feeling. He has placed a
question box in the vestibule of
the church and invites all to ask
any question they may wish to
and he will answer it at the fol
lowing service.
A TELEGRAM received in this
city late yesterday afternoon an
nounces that Mr.. Palmer Alder
man, brother of Mrs. T. B. Par
ker, of this city, was murdered
and robbed Sunday night at Red
Cross, S. G. Mr.. Alderman
was railroad agent and tele-
graph operator and was sup
posed to have money on hand.
Prof. J. T. Aldermen, of Reds
vile, and Mr.. T. B. Parker left
for Dunn last night, where the
deceased will be buried to-day.
NORTH Carolina stands in we'll
with the new arrangement of
the great r. & D. r. r. system.
It will be gratifying to his hosts
of friends everywhere, as well
as a peculiar source of State
pride, that Col. A. B. Andrews
was chosen Vice-President. This
is a high recognition of his fine
abilities and business qualifca-
tions. And in like manner the
friends of Capt. W. HI. Green
will be pleased to learn of his re-
tention as General Manager.
Capt. Green has filed every post
to which he has been assigned
with signal ability and capacity.
Mr.. Samuel Spencer was elected
President.
The first cotton bloom of the
year-and a very fine one al
that-was laid on our table Mon
day by: Mr.. D. H. Hooks, from
his mill farm in the Salem church
section of this county. Mr..
Hooks has a fine crop and is al.
ways a successful and model
farmer. It is unusually early
for cotton blooms and we doubt
not that this is the earlies1
field bloom on record in these
parts. Mr.. Jno. V. Sher-
ard, Jr. of the same friendly
neigborhood, is usually the earl
lest to report cotton blooms te
this office; but this year Mr.,
Hooks has beat him bad. He says
he wants John to come over anC
take some lessons fromlhim how
to raise cotton.
IT only takes the casual observer
to notice the youth of our city
land country entering manhood
without any equipment for the
struggle before them. In many
instances they are full of aspi
rations and resolutions and pic
ture themselves in their fono
dreams and imaginations a Stew
art or a Vanderbilt, when they
have no aptitude whatever fol
commercial affairs. A good many
lof them overrate their menta
calibre and aspire for some lucra
tive position in letters, and they
make no effort in any direction
mot being content to learn a trad
lof some kind SO as to provid'
themselves with the comforts o
life in a comparatively easy man
ner, and are consequently doomed
to lives of bitter toll and grind
ing poverty. Parents, learl
the boys a trade.
The Wilmington Messenger'sed
itorial columns contained tn
following yesterday: 1.-The AT
lanta Constitution notes what wa
|said in the Messenger relative t,
Mr. Jno. r. Morris, and adds
The world will wonder why
man who is able to do such wor]
remains a drummer on the road
lin England, and indeed in thi
country, many men and womel
Iof real talents and with the higl
literary instinct and gift, ar
forced to earn their living a
other employments while dab
bling in literature" We coul
lgive adozen or twenty examples
livery few Southern writer's eve
made their bread with their pens
There are ''drummers on tn
road" who make their 81. 900 O
IS5, 900 a year. What man of lei
tiers, what journalist in the South
makes so much.
ALITTLE colored child receive
a very painful, if not seriou:
wound in this city yesterda
through the carelessness of il
mother. The little child We
lstanding by it's mother, who We
ironing some clothes, when til
Iron slipped out of her hant
striking the child on the top of tt
| head. DR.. Jones was summone
, land rendered the necessary med
, cal aid. While this was purely a
: cidental, and probably unavoi,
liable, yet it is evident that as
= general thing colored women a.
: entirely too careless with the
children. It has only been
livery short time since we had
: report the drowning of a lit