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

been assisting his brother DR.
Jas. Spicer in his practice in AT
lanta for several months. has re
turned to the city, and his many
friends here are glad to see him
THE easter bonnet is now
the all absorbing feature of the
average woman's toilet solici-
9 tude. The advertising columns
of THE ARGUS contain much
valuable information on this sub
Ject.
HIS many friends were glad to
i greet in the city yesterday MIR.
q Jno. F. Fort, Of Pikeville, who
c is at home from Baltimore on a
Gu vacation visit, where he has been
sta engaged in business for the past
sib two years.
vii: n,n l;a .e
y almost grown, who stole Mr..
Slaughter's chickens, has
~ been captured, and is now in Jail
awaiting trial. Mr.. Slaughter
- ferreted out the thief and had
inte
Sou In order to meet the require
ments of their extensive and con-
are stantly increasing trade Messrs.
ectSoutherland, Brinkley & Co., of
lSSIthe New York Bargain Store, on
WefWest Centre street, have found
the it necessary to double their store
set room.
SWt}
vas ARE the farmers going.in for
ter five cent cotton or for better
uni prices? That depends upon
thf whether they plant as much as
,rf the cotton acreage materially.
tea One-third off in acreage would
make a powerful difference in
SCI the price.
Ter DR. T g Rizzau of tho DIV
goods and clothing department
of Bizzell Bros. & Co., has just
I'D returned from a purchasing trip
II to the Northern markets, and the
VI firm + now busy, at their hand
;ot some three story corner store,
opening up and displaying new
.n' spring goods.
9y
b, LAST year this time pea fields
nj hereabout were in bloom and
were killed by a freeze on the
last Of March that was phenom-
D email. This year the crop is
svt barely peeping through the
iht ground. 1t is to be hoped that
"a, a prolific yield and good prices
will be realized.
~ The soda water season has
- opened in this burg, and the phiz
" of the phountain is already a
Z. familiar sound. And this is
another Indication that Spring
= "has came" But ARGUS readers
or ion on this subject until Jim Hol-
,;S Howell is heard from.
az THIEVES visited the premises
la'o Mr.. John Slaughter Thursday
ss'night and robbed his hen roost
mt of a number of fine chickens.
Where were the police. 1t is
n getting about time for some Of
q these night maurauders to be APP
pretended. Their raids are get
ting entirely too frequent,
A GOOD many rich men who
!, think it a shame that the govern
ment should tax them an their
ir surplus lucre r anXiously await
h ing the supreme courts decision
a on the income tax case. They
Ie- may as well get ready to fork
mower. Poor fellows! We pity
{, them, but it can't be helped.
THE silver mine wner are
=, buying up some newspapers in
= the West and establishing others.
- These gentlemen believe that the
~ welfare of the country can be
" best served by providing that
y every AZ cents worth of their sill
=. ver shall be coined and declared
legal tender dollar. History
affords few examples of such I'M
~, selfish patriotism.
,ol THE Republican city polite
ians held a conclave in Little
IN Washington" last night-Slover
Bryant, Simon Sasser, Major
Grant, and others-for the pur-
&c pose of devising ways and means
for carrying the city Republican
n in the coming May municipal
election. Save the mark! But
rs Ioldsboro is Democratic, and
th& Democracy will rule within her
as progressive domain.
re!
or HIS many friends were glad to
ar see in the city yesterday Prof.
5heD D. M. Prince, one Of the principals
Of of the Scotland Neck Male school,
&c which we are glad t know is
5e, ~1ourlshing. David is a Wayne
county boy, and one of the bright
Jest and most aggressive of the
many cred1table young men our
E good old county has sent forth
to make bright marks for them
!, selves in the world.
rs THE city was full of farmers
yesterday-it being first Mon
day." and there was much dis
Ut cussion pro and con of that new
regulation" bill that was sneak
ed through the recent Rep-Pop-i
Fusion "Refawm" legislature.
The prayer of the people hence
forth should be: From such
Reform Legislatures, Good Lord,
deliVere uSE' md thav chould