Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1895-08-22
BRIEFS.

the GlondOn and Gulf railroad is
in progress.
DON'T forget Mr. r. E. Pip
kin's excursion to Richmond on
September 18th.
THE many friends of Miss
Biah Hardy will regret to know
that she is quite sick at her
home in this city.
The teachers to act as substi-
tutes elected yesterday for the
Goldsboro Graded Schools were
Misses Nellie Cobb and Matte
Nash.
jim Bailey was tried before
his honor Mayor Hill this morn
ing for assault and on failing to
pay fine and cost will be put on
the streets.
The ARGUS Office is now pre-
pared to do all kinds of job work
cheap. Please send in your
order and state when you wish
it and it shall be promptly filed.
Mr., w. H. Griffin is preparing
to build a brick store 22x4O, on
West Centre street. adjoining
the Einstein building. Messrs.
Robert Creech and r. Fl. Griffin
will do business in it when COM
pleted.
A committee from the Colds
boro Rifles will leave for Ben
louisville in a few days to make
arrangements to care for the
grounds and also to investigate
in regard to the removal of the
balance of the dead in the near
future.
THE sale of the ARGUS which
took place on the 9th inst. has
been confirmed by Judge Coble
of Statesville. Now Messrs. w.
H, Smith and j. B. Edgerton are
the sole owners. The publica-
ton Of the ARGUS will be con-
tinued, but under what arrange
ment we are not prepared to say
THE A. G. L. r. r. Co., will
sell on September 9Th, 9th. 10th
and 18th round trip tickets from
Goldsboro to Louisville. KY, on
account Of the National En-
campment of the Grand Army of
ike Republic, which meets on
September 18th. Fare for round
trip $14.35, good until October
9Th, 1895.
WE are soon to have a first
class tobacco warehouse. Now
the next thing we need and must
have is a tobacco factory. These
factories have made Winston,
Reidsville. Durham and other
towns, and there is as much
money in the manufacture of to-
bacco to-day as there was a few
years since. Now who will come
to the front and build a tobacco
factory?
WE respectfully suggest that
the County Board of Commits
sioners have the low, unsightly
place in the southwestern par
of the court square filed up. L
would cost but little and would
materially add to the looks o.
things, and would, no doubt, be
a preventative of sickness. The
big weeds could be cut down, i
nothing else is done.
WHAT is being done about thu
tobacco prize houses? We mus
have them, for we cannot expec
any buyers to purchase tobacco
on our market unless we hav'
prize houses. There are plenty
of buildings in the neighborhoo'
of the tobacco warehouse which
with comparatively little cost
could be made frst-class priz
houses. It is time this was seer
after by some one.
The annual meeting of tn
Wayne County Sunday Schoo
Association will be held at Sa
lem church on Thursday, Sept
10Th. The program has been al
ranged and is now icing mad
ready for distribution. Severa
of the township conventions hav
been held and the others will b
held prior to the meeting of tn
County Convention. The outloo
for a fine convention is brigh-
The State Convention which wa
to have been held in this cit
Aug, 9th to 29th has been post
poned and will be held in Noven
Der.
THE TOBACCO WAREHOUSE.
THE tobacco warehoue is pr
crossing finely. And it is hope