Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-05-14
LEGAL BRIEFS

THE farmers say they have
never seen finer stand Of cotton
than they now have.
MORE prize houses is one Of
the needs of Goldsboro's tobacco
market. Let US have them.
WE are requested to announce
that the ordinance in regard to
bicycles will be rigidly enforced
hereafter.
The three story Kornegay
building. damaged in the recen
fire, will be reduced to two stor>
les, as the repairs go on.
THE work ofrepairing Messrs
FonvielIe ard B;zzAli Bros
grocery stores, damaged in the
recent fir, is now we'll under
way
Mr. Robert Ivey, Of the White
Hall section. tells US that while
the fruit crop is badly damage d
there vii be a fair crop of ap
piles and peaches.
QUITE a large number of bales
of cotton suddenly made their
appearance on this market Satur-
day, coming in from the country
round about 1t sold for 7a cents
Mr.. Sherwood Hicks, of Rich
mond, representing the Chicago
Portrait company, is i'll the city.
Sherwood is an old Goldsboro
boy, and his many friends are
always glad to see him.
OUR townsman Mr. It. W.
Swami says that the plum and
peach crop has been greatly
damaged by the recent cold snap;
but that grapes are thus far IN
injured and give promise Of an
abundant yield.
WE publish in this issue a
beautiful poem on May from the
gifted pen of GoldsUoro's tai
ented sou, the late, lamented
Nixon P. Cliugman We copy
it from a file of the old Eoldsboro
Messenger of May 1882.
THE Niche Tobacco Company
have received aud stored in their
smoking tobacco factory in this
city 165 hogsheads of golden
leaf, averaging LOCO pounds to
the hogslead, which they will
consume in the manufacture Of
their noted "Prichard's S Pride
smoking tobacco, that is gai ming
in popularity daily.
OUR excellent and popular
county treasurer Mr.. A. t. US
zell pet with a painful fall at his
home last Monday by stepping
on loose plank lille inspecting
some new building he is having
done on his premises. We are
glad to know that be is able to be
ION the CO." although he has
to walk with a stick.
WHILE at work on the two
story residence that Mr.. Elias
Cox is erecting for himself, or
the corner of John and College
streets, Mr.. Chas. G. Smith. 6
carpenter who resides in the
northern part Of this city, fel
from the frame work of the Sec
ond story to the first, last
Thursday and received Injuries
that will confine him to his home
for some Gays.
Hungary has been making
giant strides in the matter o
popular education within the
past thirty years. AS fair test
the number of conscripts able t.
read, more than doubled between
1868 and 1880; and the pace ha
not slackened since Among tn
other commemorations of it
millennium Of existence will b'
the esta olishment of 500 ney
schools.
THE Old reliable city market O
Messrs. S. Cohn q Son. unde
the Hotel Kennon, on Walnu
street, is displaying full an
varied assortment of beef, yea
lamb, mutton, pork, sausage ar
poultry, and are receiving, W
are glad to know, a food tide c
patronage. Their market
handsomely equipped with mo
tor fans, marble counters and
mammoth refrigerator whic
keeps their meats always in goo
condition.
Mr.. w. P. Campbell, Of th
Atlantic Hotel aG Morehead.
in the city. He says evervthin
is under full headway for tn
opening of this favorite summe
seaside resort on May Is. 1t
his purpose to keep the Atlant
abreast of every requirement fe
tie comfctt and convenience
his guests. and having been S
long associated with the Atlant
in the capacity of Chief clerl
where he made himself a ,lnivel
sal favorite, there is no one bette
qualified to make satisfaction
manager of the Atlantic than M
Campbell.