Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-09-12
PLACES OF
In and Around GOIdsboro,a as Seen by Our
Special Reporter,

IDI1OR u hCdI oII
Perhaps some few of the many
happenings that n runs up with
while taking a stroll or drive,
might be of interest to your many
readers, and now that you are
again in editorial harness, | can't
help but say,
The fluent pen and genial face,
Has resumed again its rightful place;
And us the years they comes and 90,
Long live The ARGUS and its Joe.
We started out for a stroll yes
terday: our objective point was
Herman Park, so named after one
of Goldsboro's enterprising citi-
zens, long since gone to his eternal
rest. However, we were disap-
pointed. We found the proposed
entrance grown up in bushes and
weeds and its mapped-out walks
and drives o~bliterated by a wilder
ness of matted vines and grass.
We turned away, thinking if only
Il little of the progressive spirit
could only take root in Goldsboro,
what a grand town we would
have.
We arrive at the only spot in
Goldsboro that any one can 90
for a Willow Dale Gene
terry. Entering by the main gate,
we are gladdened by the song of
the hooking birds, who, having
been driven from out Of their old
haunts in the city proper by the
English sparrows, have taken this
sacred spot for their home. The
nearby fountain, throwing its
spray high into the air, descending
i'll a sparkling shower that glitters
like diamonds, makes one believe
that here they will find one spot
that is kept us it should be. Reader,
don't be deceived; outward APP
pearances are many times deceiv-
ing. If the whole place was like
that part near the gate, it would
do. The location of this cemetery
is an admirable one, and one that
has advantages to be improved at
small cost. Why it has been SO
long neglected, we cannot see.
There are many handsome monu-
mcnts that mark the resting places
of loved ones departed. We note
among the many those of Hon.
w. L. Dortch, III. f. Granger
and w. f. Kornegay. Towering
high above all else stands the monu-
ment to the Confederate dead, and
the silent sentinel i'll bronze that
surmounts the tall shaft that rises
skyward seems to keep watch o'el
the honored dead. This betting
/, token of remembrance of the brave
; men who fell, fighting for cause,
not that they thought was right.
but what they knew to be right
and for which they freely gave III
their lives, was erected through
l the efforts of the Goldsboro Rifles
and stands, not only Is a monu
[ ment to the memory of our Con
federate dead, but a monument t.
, the patriotism and valor of TIN
> Goldsboro Rifles, who SO faith
, fully labored to erect it. Do yo,
know, Joe, no matter where
wander, when | come to a plac
where the sacred bones of a Con
Ifederate soldier lie buried, M
: thoughts go back to the days o
long ago, when they fought, suf
fered, bled and died for this dea
old Southland of ours. On ever,
: hilltop in the South should rise
shaft and inscribed thereon SHOULD
Y be their deeds of valor, SO tina
when the few of US who now low
i. and cherish their memory ar
gone, they cannot be forgot
We come acros the obliging sex
> ton, Mr.. Tudor. He is Just i
the act of removing the faded flow
ers from a new-made grave
q "This wire Frame (Which was i.
the shape of a cross), remarke
the sexton, s'has been used man.
-times. Very rarely a corpse i
n brought here for interment that
S is not found filled with flower
e and laid upon the coffin, 1t is sen
e by one who loves to give he
u flowers to help cheer others b
their beauty and fragrance. M
/. instructions are, when the flower
y withcr, to remove it and return
j. | look for it to come back as reg
ular as | do for the burial permit
, 1t comes for no particular one
- friend and stranger share alike.
Many beautiful and true saying
7, may be found inscribed on til
J. tombs and monuments, some e,
:, toling the many virtues of. thos
q gone before and others utterin
:. vows of remembrance hat tin
It soon changes. How strange, il
"a deed, is life's way, and right hel
lin the city of the dead can /
found inscribed many reminder
~ of its strangeness. Don't yo
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