Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-11-21

Dh' w. IL. II. COOO, VINO a
been attending a meeting of the
National Medical association in
Washington, D. c., has returned
to the city.
TIE Democratic party has
been slightly disfigured, but it
will come up smiling next year.
1t will take more than an ''off
year" election to knock out the
party of the people.
Mr.. Ben Switzerland has Just
received a a load of serviceable
horses, adapted to the needs of
his trade in this section, which
r now being shown at his sale
stables on Walnut street.
For some time Mr.. Wiley
Horn has been losing his chick
ems. He knew it was some ami
NAL that was working the depre-I
: dation, and Monday night he caps
tured the varmint. It was a
large mink that weighed four
pounds,
The Baby Show is abating
not in interest, and applications
for space" are being received
daily by the secretary Mr.. S. K.
Royal, The prizes, too, are be~
ing added to and the outlook is
that the show will be an i'm
mense success.
The Populists essentially be-
long to a hard times party, hard
times is their war cry and the
present Improvement and prosS
pective return Of business actjv-
ity, trade and better times leaves
them with a platform from which
the main plank has been taken.
SHERIFF B. W. Edwards, OF
Snow Hill, accompanied by his
wife and niece, Miss Lula Thorn
as, arrived in the city Nor
day. returning from the Allan
ia Exposition and drove through
the country to their home. after
the arrival of the train. They
enjoyed the Exposition exceed
ingly,
ONE of the most pressing needs
of our community is a charity
hospital. Every Gay or so tie
physical af1iction OF some poor
and destitute person is reported.
and there is no place where such
ear be cared for. Let our good
people take this matter under
consideration and act on it before
the rlgors of winter set IN.
MESSRS. Robert Kiersted and
II. Bercaugh, of Newark, n. j.,
are registered at the Hotel Ken
non. These gentlemen have been
coming to Goldsboro for several
seasons to avail themselves Of
the fine shooting afforded in this
vicinity. They enjoy the sport !
and have found no place like this
section for indulging in the :
pastime- !
IT is said that the time is com J
ing when We shall no longer sit :
down to three meals a day, but Z
shall take our daily bread in the
form Of food tablets. These will
be swallowed whenever a man !
feels that ''gonenesss" that is
suggestive of dinner time, and
the new invention has been
pushed along in order to meet :
the demands of the 1000, 900
women in America who have no
time to cook.
THERE vas quite a fine break
OF tobacco on the floor of ourware>
house Monday and the prices :
paid, were in every way satisfac- :
tory. In fact a number of farm !
ers who have been patronizing !
other markets say readily that !
the GoldsbCro warehouse real .
z better prices than prevail at !
any market they have visited.
There is no doubt about it. Colds
boro leads them all, and this fact :
is going to be generally recog- :,
nized and always maintained. I
Mr.. and Mrs. N. N. Aaron, and {
little son, formerly Of Savannah, c
have moved to Goldsboro and {
taken rooms at the Hotel Ken q
non. Mr.. Aaron is of the trav~ I
cling fraternity and finds Colds '
horo more centrally located and s
better adapted, by reason Of our {
unexcelled railroad facilities, for I
reaching his trade and spending {
Sunday with his family than any
town in his territory. THE ARGUS
is glad TO welcome them to the t
city, where they have already a s
wide circle of friends and &C
quaintances. |
THE sudden death of Rev. DR.. ]
G. Durham, at one time pastor of s
the Baptist church in this city,
and quite a noted divine through
out the State, occurred at his
home in Raleigh Thursday night.
His critical sickness, of heart
trouble, dated only from last
Saturday. He was 81 years of
age, a native Of Cleveland coun
ty, served in the Confederacy
durin G the war, and in 1860 grad {
uated at Wake Forest College,
being then a Baptist preacher
He has preached all over the Y