Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-04-04

The U1Se OF the G1deOn1te: Inat IS a
Fair Sample of the Results of Fusion
and ssRefawm"; Ex-Commissioner Nc
Geehee dead: League Games in Ra-
leigh: A Case not Yet Made up on the
Mortgage bill: Other Items of General
Interest.
ARGUS BUREAU,
RALEIGH. April 2, 1895.
when Ohio Wilson took the
oath of oMGe as Railroad Com
missioner, Che did so before JUS
tice Clark at 10 o'clock this morn
ing) he changed a day of pleas
ant custom into a stern reality"
said a gentleman to-day. ''This
is all fools days'but the biggest
fool of all is sitting over there at
| this moment in the commission
office"
But Ohio was happy. He sat
there nearly-all the morning and
communed with, himself about
his long hoped for rise in life;
he wore a suit of new clothes,
his hair was freshly cut and
brushed and his substantial pair
of shoes shone with unwonted
lustre. All, Ohio was happy.
Who should drop into town
yesterday but Mr.. Congressman
| elect Richmond Pearson. This
gentleman never travelles here
purely on pleasure bent. He has
not enough warm admirers to
1atter him. A scheme of some
kind may be on foot; but maybe
there ''moughtent." He sent
kilograms all the morning.
Last evening at 9 o'clock Mr..
Montford McGeehee died at his
home here, in the 73rd year of
his age. He was a most promin-
ent and respected citizen and
was universally popular. He
leaves three sons, Messrs. Lu-
cius, George B. and William Nc
Geehee. He was not a native of
Raleigh;having moved here some
twelve years ago from Person
county, where he vas an extern
sive and prosperous farmer. For
five terms he was the Demo
cratic representative of that
county in the legislature. He
was elected the first Commits
sioner of agriculture, proceeding
Commissioner Robinson. The
funeral will be held tomorrow.
Raleigh will be blessed with
three great ball games this
week. Tomorrow the Univer-
sity team plays the team of La
Fayette University, Wednesday
the Wake Forest team plays the
famous Baltimore "Orioles, F"
winners last season Of the Ma
tional League pennant, Satur-
day, the Raleigh club meets the
Dallas, Texas, professional team.
OF the three the University-La-
Fayette game will be the closest
and the only one about which
there is any uncertainty as to
the result. Last season these
two teams played two exceeding
ly exciting games at Greensboro,
the University winning n and
the Lafayette team the other.
OF course the ''Orioles" will de-
feat Wake Forest and the Dallas
team the local club.
Crowds hang all day around
the Confederate monument. The
shaft is now half way up. Il
will be in place in another day
or so.
The A. & M. college baseball
team will meet the Trinity col
lege club at Durham on next
Saturday.
The lenten season will soon
be over and Raleigh will see
much gayety. Numbers of good
theatrical companies are booked
to appear here and both the Cap.
itol and the Carolina Cotillior
clubs are arranging for germans
to follow Immediately after Lent.
It has not yet been decided by
the college management in just
what way the money appropriate.
ed to the A. & M. College by the
Legislature for improvements
will be used. A meeting of the
trustees will soon be held. II
may safely be said however thai
among other improvements, one
and perhaps two, large and roomy
domltories will be built. The col.
lege is in a f1ourishing condition
} and the number of students in.
creasing yearly, Next session 300
are expected confidently, a pro
fessor tells me
/ Register of Deeds Rogers
may find himself in hot water
-yet. He was formally elected as
, a director of the Western Hos
,pital and failure to formally de-
cline the election makes him g
member of the board. sNow the
law is that a county officer can.
not hold two offices and the fact
that an officer accepts an Office
makes him ineligible for the
former Office. 1t CLOCKS as though
the county commissioners would
have grounds for declaring the
office Of register of Deeds va,
] cant. Mr.. Armisted Jones, the
county attorney, tells me, how.
ever, that nothing has yet beer
done and it is very doubtful il
anything will be done. The board
is in session to-day.
The Statement in Saturdays
f E0ening Press that a test case OF
the new mortgage law had been
1ctarto6 in GpnonchOrI ic n mis-