Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-12-06

crop, and the SufeSt Way TO re-
duce the crop is not to plant so
many acres of. it."
THE Board Of County Commits
SiOnerS were in session Mon
day, and it was a crowded day
with them, with the full voInme
Of regular monthly business and
the additional work of passing
upon the bonds of the newly
elected county officers and town
ship tax collectors. In conse-
quence of the heavy rush an ad-
journed meeting was necessary.
The mission services now in
vogue at the Catholic church in
this city are attracting a great
deal Of attention. Monday night
the sermon was by Rev. Edward
Mickle, of Virginia, who held
his audience s~pell-bound by a
learned, impressive and elo-
quent discourse on ..Christ as
our Model" An interesting phase
of the evening was that the
speaker answered from the pull
pit several written questions and
explained in a lucid manner the
Catholic doctrine Of prayers to
the Blessed Virgin Mary, the
praying for souls in Purgatory,
the manner Of forgiving sins,
and the position Of Catholics in
regard to the Bible. The an
swers evidently gave satisfaction
to all, as many persons had held
rather vague ideas about what
Catholics really dc believe.
Father Mickle preached again
last nigi o. ''Christ our
Brother. HIS sermon this even
ing will be Christ our Teacher"
The public are cordially invited.
To all who wish it, a book Civ
ing an account Of Catholic Doc
triue will be presented by Father
Mickle.
IT is our sad duty to chronicle
this morning the death Of Mr..
Joe 3. Crawford, which occurred
at his nome in Eastern Colds
boro, Tuesday morning Of
Thanksgiving week, at $40
o'clock, in consequence Of loss Of
blood the evening previous
from the gun shot wound
which he accidentally sustained,
while out hunting. He lost
SO much blood before medi-
cal aid could reach him ana
was SO Frustrated physically
by the shock in addition,
that he could not rally and grad
ually sank unto the end. He was
30 years Of age and leaves a de
voted young wife, two small
children, three sisters, one
brother and hosts of friends to
mourn his untimely demise. He
was generous in all his dealings
and very kind to the poor, SO
much 50 that his death is an ire
parable loss not only to his own
family, but to many poor people
by whom he was greatly beloved
for his unfailing charity. His fun
eral was held from his late home
Wednesday afternoon at 3 p. m.
under the auspices of the Knights
of Pythias, of which he was a
member.
WHILE experimenting the
loading of some cotton at the
Atlantic Coast Line warehouse
in this city Tuesday night, Capt.
T. w. Slocumb made a mis-step
and fell from the platform, five
feet, to the ground. He fell
across the railroad siding, his
right arm striking the iron.
breaking both bones just above
the wrist and dislocating both
bones at the elbow. Medical at
tention was quickly secured and
the fractures and dislocations
adjusted, but it was a most
painful and serous accident.
and rendered the more distress
-ng by reason Of his impaired
left arm, that was SO shockingly
wounded in the war. The same
fortitude that peculiarly charac
terized him drring his long suf
fering then is proving now no
to have deserted him, as he is
cheerful under his present severe
affection and is determined to be
out again as soon as possible.
His hosts of friends are. greatly
grieved at the painful misfortune
that has befallen him and earn
estly hope that he may indeed
soon recuperate and be able tc
use his arm again.
The Hotel Kennon, Of this
city, which under the energetic
and competent management O
our young friends Messrs, Grlf
fin & Edwards has advanced tt
and been maintained by them il
the forefront of the best hotels
in the South, has passed into tht
control and is now under the en-
tire management of Mr.. B. FL
Griffin, the firm having dissolved
by mutual consent and Mr.. Ed
wards retiring. That Mr.. Grit
fin will hold THE Kennon" III
to the high standard of excel
lence it attained under the lat
firm goes without questioning
as he is energetic, public-spiritec
and widely popular, and is thor
oughly competent to meet every
requirement. We shall miss ant
regret the loss of the gen
ial presence of Mr.. Edward:
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