Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-04-11
LOCAL BRIEFS.

OUR young friend and towns
man Mr.. J.. Dallas Morris, left
yesterday for Memphis, Texas,
where he goes to engage in stock
raising.
YES, we believe that the times
r improving and that before
the close Of the year our entire
country will be enjoying renewed
prosperity.
EVERY day scores of citizens
who are fond of angling can be
een equipping themselves with
fishing tackle, preparatory for
taking a day off" during this
fine weather.
THE war is over" says an ex-
change. We don't know what
war is meant, but some newspa-
per editors have not discovered
that the wal between the North
and South was ended thirty years
ago
THE attraction for house
keepers this week will be the
cooking exhibition on the Ma
jestic steel range at Smith &
Yelverton's. A free lunch" at
all hours-and cooked while you
are looking at it.
Town politics is very quiet. but
there is lots of caucuSing between
the RAIDS and Pops. They seem
to be trying to get up another
fusion. Surely our people have
had a sumciency of the rotten
rascality of fusion.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. H. Lafiteau,
of Columbus, Ca, are in the city
and have taken board permanent
ly with Mrs. H. w. Dortch. MI.
Laffiteau is the new s~uperinten-
dent of the Goldsboro Ice Fac
tory. THE ARGUS takes pleasure
in welcoming them to Goldsboro.
THE Teamoh incident has de-
veloped the fact that there is
some race prejudice in Massachu-
sets, and leading Boston papers
declare that a great mistake was
made in sending the negro to the
South. Teamoh was recently re-
fused a shave in the barber shop
in the Massachusetts capitol.
EMINENT business men Of all
sections of the country express
the confident belief that the bust
ness tide has turned for at least
a long term of years, and that
there will be steady improvement
for months to come. These bust
ness men voice the general opin-
ion which has been prevalent for
some time.
THE death of Mr.. W. E. Lewis,
until recently a citizen of Colds
boro, occurred Sunday evening
at 7:30 o'clock, at the home Of
Mr. T. M. Musgrave, near Black
Creek, from the effects of a chill.
He was about so years of age,
and leaves a wife and married
daughter. His remains were
brought to this city Tuesday on
the 3 o'clock p. m. train for inter
ment in Willow Dale cemetery.
EVERY boy no matter what his
circumstances may be, should
learn a trade of some kind. Even
if he has no idea of pursuing the
trade as a means of livelihood
through life, he should learn 1t
and make an effort to excel in
that particular line. 1t imparts
habits of care and industry that
will be beneficial throughout life,
and it not unfrequently happens
that reverses in fortune make il
very convenient and profitable tc
fall back on a trade learned in
early life.
The alarm of fire that startled
our citizens at 9 o'clock Friday
night was occasioned by the burn
ing of the barn and stables of the
Odd Fellows orphanage, east Oh
the city. The fire department
turned out promptly; but Us the
fire was considerably beyond the
city limits, and there was nc
available water supply, they coulo
accomplish nothing. We could
not learn how the fire originated
or whether there vas any insur-
ance on the burned building. Sew
eral hogs, also, were burned.
The Massachusetts, committee
was compelled to say that the
South has advantages over any
other section for the manufac
ture of cotton. These advan-
tages are thus summarized in thu
report:Proximity to cotton fields
cheap tenements, cheap coal
mild climate, low taxes, abundan
water power and absence o
restrictive labor laws. The lis
includes about everything tina
constitutes a desirable location
for a cotton mill. The Massa
chusetts committee has given tn
South a superb advertisement.
MAJ. L. B. Bass, the veteran
and unexcelled fisherman of thi
city, is going to indulge himsel
in his fayorite pastime on a large
scale this season than usual, an
to this end he has had a hand
some "skif" constructed and j
is snow ready for launching. AS i
we'll known. the Major is one o