Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-09-03
LOCAL BRIEFS

day on his rounds.
THE WAY ne Agricultural Works
is now running on full time with
large force of hands and orders
have been placed to keep them
busy for some time.
Mr. W. B. Person, superin-
tendent of the Goldsboro Ice
Factory for the past season
leaves to- morrow to locate at
Tarboro as cotton buyer.
MIR r. e. Jones. a former resi-
dent of this ci1y. but now travel>
ling for Northern carriage
house, left to>day on his rounds
of the trade after spending some
days with daughter Mrs. Walter
Holmes il this city.
Mr.. John H. Phelps, who has
been spending several days in
this city, the guest of mis- sis
ter Mrs. j. G. Privett, left this
morning fer the Western part of
the Stare on a prospecting trip
with view Of locating.
POLICE Officer J. M. Sawringen
has returned from his vacation
visit to relatives in the Western
part of the State. While Mr..
Swarengin was gone he was
taken sick and since his return
he has no@ sufficiently recovered
as to be able TO resume his duties
on the force.
II is getting to be common
thing now to see In circulation
tire new bank notes of different
denominations of tie National
Bank of Goldsboro, signed by
MIR. l.. G. SoutherIand, cashier,
and Mr.. G.. Ii: Norwood, presi-
dent. TIE first numbers were
sought after eagerly by several
or our ci'izAns who wished to
place tn III away for future ref
erence.
The merchant that does not
intend to advertise this season
had better not purchase too
heavy Of Fall and Winter goods.
The columns of the ARGUS
are an tpitome of the busi>
ness houses of Goldsboro and
after they meet the eye of the
reading public no further in
quiries Will be made. It you are
a wise business man you will Sc
cure some space aud. have your
wares represented.
THE GoIdsooro Steam Laundry
is now fully equipped with all the
modern machinery and compe-
tent operators and is turning out
work that will compare favorably
with any laundry in the State.
Under the business management
of Mr.. F. M. Miller patrons are
assured that attention will be
paid to their interests and that
the laundry will be punctual with
it's promises. Their delivery
wagon will go the rounds on
Monday morning and orders left
at the laundry will receive
prompt attention.
The town of Meneliea, MINI,
during the early weeks OF this
summer inaugurated work test
for tramps, who had become a
nuisance The authorities is>
sued tickets to every family in
the town and when a tramp pre-
sented himself at the door of any
house he was handed one of these
tickets, W ith Instructions to give
it to the town marshal. The mar
shal would examine the applicant
aud if he found MIN worthy he
would send him to a wood dealer,
who would ask him to saw
quarter OF cord of wood and
tnen give him a ticket for a meal
at a restaurant. The scheme
proved entirely successful.
Tramps TO longer came into the
town. They found that no one
would feed them in the old man>
ner and that the only way in
which they cou.d get anything
to eat was Oy working.
Children, look in those eyes.
listen to tnat dear voice,
notlce the feeling of even sin>
gle touch bestowed upon you by
that hand! Make much of it.
while yet you have that most
precious of all good gifts, a low
ing mother. Read the unfatho>
mabIe love of those eyes; the
kind anxietyiof that tone andlook,
however slight your pain. In
after life you may have friends;
but never will you have again
the inexpresslble love and gen.
tleness Javished upon you which
none but a mother bestows Of
ten do 1 sigh in the struggles
with the hard, uncaring world,
for the sweet, deep security l
felt when, of an evening, nest
ling in her bosom, / listened to
some quite tale suitable to
my age, read in her untiring1
voice. Never can / for
get her :sueet glances cast
npon mel when I appeared
asleep; never her kiss Of peace at
night. Many years have passed
away since we laid her beside my
father in the old charehyard; yet
still her voice whispers from the
grave, and her eye watches
over me, as I visit spots long
since halloWed to the memory of