Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-02-21
LOCAL BRIEFS.

try during the past eighteen
months, the improvement being
especially marked in the South.
THE marriage of Mr.. George
Taylor and Mrs. Nettie Thomas
was solemnized in the city Thurs
day evening. THE ARGUS wishes
them abundant happiness.
BUT few people realize the
marvellous growth the South has
made in the past ten years. In
ten years more her agricultural
and manufactured products will
exceed those of the North.
THE Western man who has
money enough to move is getting
his traps ready to come South.
Come along; a cordial welcome
awaits you, as well as a sure
enough chance TO make a living
and keep comfortable all the
year round.
OUR good friend Nj. Jesse T..
Hollowell, of High Point, for
merly of this county, is here on a
visit to relatives and friends and
is cordially received by all. He
is looking we'll and doing we'll:
but says there is no place like
old Wayne county.
JUDGE McIver, me of the tru-
est and best of men, an honor to
the Superior Court bench. and a
Democrat of the 'unterrifed"
cohorts, was registered at the
Hotel Kennon in this city Sat-
urday, and his many friends here
were glad to see him.
THE sudden death of Mrs.
John Tew, a venerable lady, wife
of Mr.. John W. Tew, occurred at
her home in this city yesterday
about noon. She was sitting at
the table when attacked, and
died almost instantly, before med
ical aid could be summoned.
Heart disease was the cause.
IT is an old adage that ..Provi-
dence helps those who help them
0S1NSS. 4SU UIlS SlUlACIS I'll
Goldsboro go straight forward,
with touching elbows, in the eff
fort to advance their common in
terests by advancing their town,
and they will secure more pros
perity and real happiness and
solid comfort than they had ever
hoped for or dreamed of. Try it.
IT is to be regretted that the
weather has been SO unfavorable
to the Newborn Fair, which is
beyond all comparison the finest
exposition in the State-and it
gets better every year. The
Fair this year, in every depart
ment, is absolutely the best"
and every one who goes to it,
Notwithstanding the weather,
can be assured of getting their
full moneys worth.
BLANKS are in the hands Of
the Deputy Collectors CT Internal
Revenue to be used by those who
are liable for the United States
Income Tax. Citizens are ex-
peCted to call for them. Individ-
uals pay tax on all net incomes
over "a, 900 per annum, while
corporations pay on all their net
profits. A double tax, it would
appear, is imposed on the excess
of each individuals income, over
$4, 900, which comes from divi-
dends.
THE marriage Of Miss Carrie
Latham, one of Wayne county's
most amiable young ladies, to
Mr.. Henry Hooker, of Greenville,
N. c., was solemnized yesterday
morning at $50 o'clock at the
home of the brides grandmother,
Mrs. Roxie Gardner, in Saulstor
township, Elder John W. Gard
lei officiating. The happy cou
pie took the noon train from this
city for the home of the groom
THE ARGUS wishes them all JOY
and abundant prosperity,
The dreadful weather of the
past three weeks, which wa:
worldwide, has produced UNTOLD
suffering to man and beast, anG
cost untold millions of dollars il
suspended business and industrial
operations, impeded railroads OF
land and boats on sea, and thu
humiliation of fruits, flowers ant
vegetables in tropical regions
Why the Ruler of the Univers
has thus visited death, d~esolatiol
and destruction on things ami
mate and inanimate passetl
ali human understanding. Blu
Heaven darkly works"
THE death of Mrs. Kat
Johnson Brown, a Goldsbor
young lady who was UNIVERSAL
esteemed and admired here, an
who went to Atlanta somethin
over a year ago to study book
keeping and stenography, an
was there married last spring
occurred in that city yester
day as we learned from
telegram to friends hereN1as
night. Her funeral will tax
place in Atlanta this afternoo
at o'clock. She had been illte
several weeks, during which tin
her mother was with her. HI
nntimely death will be sincerel
regretted in this community.
TT is with exceeding reor