Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-03-21
LOCAL BRIEFS.

oOuUn proposes 10 Keep ItS COIL
cribs and smoke house at home
and grow rich on farming, just
as it did before the war.
Do not let the slight rise in
the price of cotton delude any
farmer into planting the usua-
acreage. The increase is brought
about for that especial purpose,
and as soon as the planting sea.
son is over the price will drop,
THE Jail and county stables Of
Kinston were destroyed by ar
incendiary fire Monday night.
The prisoners were secured by
the sheriff and brought to this
city yesterday, where they are
now in our county jail for safe
keeping. Unfortunate Kinston!
They media vigilance committee
down there.
OUR good friend Mr.. W. E.
Best, of Greene county, a pro
gressive citizen and representa-
tive farmer Of that grand old
county, WASH the city yesterday
and reports the farmers of his
section energetic and hopeful.
He brought a turkey to town for
one of his ''city friends" from
his ''drove" that weighed when
dressed "a! pounds.
WE regret to chronicle the
critical illness of Mrs. j. T.
Hardy, the venerable mother of
our esteemed young friend Mr..
Dial. M. Hardy, at the Johns Hop
kins Hospital, in Baltimore,
where she went some weeks ago
for medical treatment. Mr. Hardy
left yesterday for Baltimore, in
response to a telegram, and he
had little hope of reaching there
in time to see his mother alive
His many friends here will deep
ly sympathize with him in his
sad mission.
Two white men from the
Stony Creek section OF the
county, Louis B. Pate and John
McKinlass, were up before U.
S. Commissioner Hugh Hum
phrey yesterday in this city on
the charge Of Illicit distilling.
Hon. G. B. Aycock, U. S. Dist.
Atty, appeared for the prosecu-
tion and Hon. W, R. Allen for
the defendants. After hearing
all the evidence, the Commits
sioner discharged McKinlass and
bound Pate over to the April
term of .. S. Court at Newborn.
ONE Of the most charming So
cial events of the a was the
High Tea given by Mrs. DR.. M.
E. Robinson at her hospitable
home on William street Thurs
day afternoon, complimentary to
Mrs. Broadus II. Griffin. The
reception rooms We're handsome
~ draped and artistically decor
ated and the dining room was a
poem of beauy and refreshment,
all the appointments being in
keeping with the Well-knoWn
hospitality of the hostess.
HIS many friends in this city
and section will be deeply dis
tressed to learn Of the heavy loss
that has befallen our esteemed
friend and countyman MI. Atlas
T. Uzzell, Treasurer of the county.
He had the misfortune to lose
his dwelling and entire premises
Thursday night by fire. The
fire originated in the kitchin,
early in the night, and was under
full Roadway before it was dis
covered, and burned with such
rapidity as to destroy the dwell
ing before anything could be
saved. Everything was destroyed
and the loss to Mr.. Uzzell is very
heavy He had insurance to the
amount Of 81, 500, but the prop
erty burned was worth fully
So, $500
THE latest report, and one that
carries a moral, in regard to the
fusion leaders, is that which
comes to US from Duplin county
the county of Abe Middleton,
the negro chief door-keeper of
the late House of Representa-
tives. It seems that Abe bought
a fine suit Of furniture in Ra-
leigh and shipped it by freight tc
Wallace, to be thence conveyed
by wagon to Kenansyille, his
home. But when the furniture
was all loaded on the wagon, il
seems that the team took excep.
ton to the load, or Abe, or some.
thing-perhaps the odor Of FREQ
Douglass. Anyhow the team
took exceptions and ran away
scattered Abe's furniture right
and left and smashed the fine
large mirror as completely as i:
Abe himself and his fusion IRE
fawmer" confreres demolished
Such is fate.
The farmers of this section
are, it is true, greatly retarded
in their farming operations by thu
bad weather that has been con
slant and unprecedented since
December, but they should no
lose heart for the present 90 hops
of the future, because it has beer
worse even than their present ex
perience, and with bountiful har
vests in the fall. The memorable
year of 1865-.'the year of thu
surrender"-was the most proli
fc crop year ever known, ant