Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-01-23

THE notorious Wassom case.
that is familiar to ARGUS read
ers, and that consumed three
DAYS of last Falls term of court
and resulted in a hung jury"
went off the docket Monday
at the opening of court, by con-
sent of the solicitor.
TAE remains of Mr.. VIM. Kirby,
of Sampson county, whose death
occurred in Philadelphia as the
result of fall, passed through
the city on Tuesday en- route
for his old home for interment.
They were met here by his sister
Miss Lizzie May Kirby.
The attendance at court was
quite large to-day; but to-mor-
row-'.Tuesday Of COURTS
generally the crowded day. In
olden time it was a great day for
horse trading on 1.-The court
house green" and even yet in
many counties of the State, it is
q pr0VdlllnS CUSTOM.
SOME folks continue to cry,
and cry loudly, too, that the
times are getting no better. The
reports of the railroads doing
business IN North Carolina GERS
tainly show a healthy condition
of affairs. Railroads cannot make
money when they do not carry
passengers and have no freight.
When people have little money
there are few who travel, and
: there is little hauling of freight.
GoLDsBoRo is known abroad
as a good barbecue town. A
travelling man told us the other
day that he frequently heard peo-
ole talking of the barbecue stands
in Goldsboro. The business
amounts to considerable in a
year. There are several men
who devote their entire time to
the preparation and sale of East
ern Cardinals favorite dish
barbecue and corn bread. Some
time ago, on circus day, the bar
becue men sold seventy.three
hogs.
THE Chick Comedy Company
were greeted by a crowded aud
fence in the Messenger Opera
House last night, and all who at
tended enjoyed the entertain
ment. There were many ladies
among the audience and the com
pany appeared to fine advantage.
The popular low price Of admis-
sion, 10, IS and 90 cents brings
the entertainment within the
reach of all, and by thus secur'
ing large audiences the company
can afford to carry the best tai
emit in it's line. They give an en-
tire change of program Tonight
MEssRs. George G. Royal ano
Jno. L. Borden, of the popular
and reliable furniture house OF
Royal & Borden, of this city
with extensive branch houses II
Raleigh and Durham, IRE off tC
the great manufacturing centres
of the North and New England
to make purchases. These young
men, both of them Goldsbore
boys, have the largest furniture
establishment in the State, anC
their retail trade is truly i'm
mense, while as wholesale deal
ers, they are known Throughout
the Southern States from thu
Gulf to the Atlantic and up to thu
Mason and Dixon line.
A GENTLEMAN who has beel
in several adjoining counties re
Gently, says that already tn
farmers are ploughing, repairin!
: fences, and r otherwise bus,
in preparing for another crop
This time last year almost moth
ing had been done. Not only wa
the weather exceedingly unfa
vorable for work, but the outloo
was so poor on account of To-
prices that it was with a heav
heart the farmer began the wor
of 1895. But the year brouef
more blessings than he dare
hope for, and under brighte
skies he begins with renewed er
ergy the work OF the new yea.
It is not improbable that til
Committee on Banking and Gu.
rency in the United States Hous
will report shortly a bill permit
ting national banks to issue cul
rency up to the par value of til
bonds deposited by them wit
the government to secure the
circulation AS is well known, tt
present law restricts their circr
1ation to 80 per cent. of the bono
deposited. It is understood tn;
the sub committee to which tt
bill was referred in committee Wi
make a favorable report to tx
full committee, and that the la
ter will make a strong report
the House, urging it's adoption
There is, furthermore, good re
soE to believe, as we learn fro
the Baltimore American, ''th'
Speaker Reed favors the meas
ure. and that the Rules Commi
tee will accordingly name a da
for consideration and a vote ]
this event the bill will pass tt
House. aud there is some gronr
for the hope that that the bi
will pass the Senate during tt
present session of Congress,