Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-09-20

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and friends in this city. returned
to his post of duty yesterday.
MISS Lillian Dillon, of La
Grange. is in the city, to the
great pleasure of her many
friends here, :and is the guest
of Miss Matte Lee.
MISS Side Strasburg. the pop
ular milliner who fof a number of
seasons has satisfactorily filed a
position in the millinery depart
ment of M. E. Castex & Cos ex-
tensive establishment in this
, city. arrived yesterday afternoon
to begin another seasons engage
ment with the above firm.
THE handsome new residence
of Mr.. Jno. l.. Borden, at the
west end of Walnut street, is
now complete in all of it's con-
venient appointments, and Mr..
and Mrs. Borden have taken up
their purmanent residence there
in. THE ARGUS wishes them
abundant JOY and prosperity in
their beautiful new home.
A COMMITTEE consisting of
Messrs. I. F. Dortch, Jno. H.
Hill, and Capt. T. H. Balm, left
for the battlefield of Bentons-
vile yesterday for the purpose
of selecting and purchasing the
necessary ground for the cree
ton of a monument to the mem-
DRY of the brave Confederate
soldiers who are buried there.
SOME unknown person had SO
little Of their own affairs to oc-
cupy their time that they found
employment in severing the
court house bell rope with q knife
some time recently, which fact
was discovered Monday night
when the bell was to have been
rung to summon together the
Democrats of this city and town
ship to listen to the able address
of Hon. F. A. Woodland and or
ganize a Democratic club. A
delay Of the summons for only a
few minutes was all the gratifca-
ton accorded this ambitious foe
of Democracy.
WE see from the papers that
Geo. T. Wassom, colored, of this
city, who has filed a position as
mail agent between here and
Greensboro for the past six or
eight years, has been removed
for failure to come up to the re
uuired standard in the last post
al examination. He failed, it is
said, on the South Carolina dis
tribution. He has been retained
under the civil service rules and
goes out under the same, SO that
no political capital can be
made out of his removal. He has
conducted himself while in ser
vice modestly and soberly. HI
possesses the personal respect OF
the community, and while we
; feel that it is proper for a Re
publican to go out and a Demo
GRAFT go i'll, we would not WITHHOLD
themeed of commentator tina
: is due one who has done 1.-The
best his circumstance allowed.
A GooDLY audience of thu
cite of our city assembled in thu
Messenger Opera House Friday
night TO hear the renowned Belle
Boyd, the noted ''COnfede att
spy' recount the thrilling Incl
dents of her daring career whil'
. exploring as a courier and spec
tally commissioned aficer of tn
lConsederate Army. 1t is impos
sible to give even a summar,,
of her thrilling narrative
Thoughts that breathe an
words that burn" is the com
0 mon staple of her delightful,
told history, merged as it i
/ in the history of that event
|, full period of Southern lif
Il to which it all related. In
. teresy did not lag for an instan
o from her first word to her las
q utterance. She sways her aud
q ence as the wind sways tn
e soughing forest and she make
l. the eyes humid with tender re'
: objections of scenes and love
Il ones that are no more. She wa
T. gracefully introduced by Cap
T. W. Slocumb, who saw servic
IL in all the campaigns of the war.
le THE ARGUS presents to il
readers this morning only
hurried and therefore to us I'll
at satisfactory synopsis of the gre;
le speech delivered by Senate
s. Ransom in Wilson yesterday.
verbatim report of the speee
r, would not have conveyed tt
g thoughts to the reader as the
Id struck the nearer fresh from tt
tie mind of the orator. The speed
is did not deal in small things.
re comprehended the whole idea
~ Democracy, as it is known
ne North Carolina by it's prese
40 positions on public questions
no less than by it's achievement
h in the past history of this col
to monwealth. The speaker w
he not once brought to the attenti'
er of his audience, but the Dem
We cratic party, its past and it's pre-
lent was held up and defend
rd and indicated as only a mast
-. mind could do it. It was empha
cally a great speech, and a gre
,ct day for Democracy, and if
m. could be repeated in every coun
in North Carolina there would