Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-06-04
l HE ARGUS.
LOCAL BRIEFS
DAILY AND

dead BODY OF an eel from the IN
jector to a steam boiler.
LATE Saturday afternoon two
negro women engaged in a fight
near the rice mills in this city
and Z of them sustained several
cuts al out the head and face by
a razor that was welded in the
hands Of her antagonist,
THE Goldsboro Furniture Fac
tory has the contract and is now
at work on the counter that is tC
be placed in the First National
Bank. 1t is of solid oak and when
completed will be an ornament to
the bank building.
THE sale stables of Messrs. B.
w. Southerland & Co., of this
city, have been moved from their
old stand near the ARGUS office
on Walnut street to the vicinity
of the stables of Mr.. Mordecai
Witherington on the same street.
Mr. f. A. Watts, Jr., who has
IGN City OFCdI III LIZ II JUS
mess tor himself at Oxford, has
returned to this city and: opened
a repair shop in one Of the show
windows of the dry goods store
of F. Finkelstein on Walnut
street.
The walls of the storage ware
hOuse of MesSrS. H. We'll & Bros.
in this city, Ire fast going up and
the building rapidly assuming
shape. Mr.. r. F. Gurganious
has the contract for covering the
building with tin.
For the convene ace of parties
interested, the tax listing for the
city and county will be held to-
gether this year at the Mayors
office. This will necessitate but
Que listing. We are sure the ac>
ton OF the list takers will be APP
preciated by our people.
The Goldsboro Rifles are max
ing arrangements to attend the
ceremuaies OF the laying Of the
cOrner stone Of the Davis Moiu
mint during the reunion If the
United Confederate Veterans in
Richmond, June 80, to July 2
The Rifles will represent the
Old North State in the great pa
rade in becoming style.
IN an alteration between Mr..
A. H. Humphrey and his son>in-
law Mr. Jas. Taylor, the latter
was the aggressor and received
evere flesh wounds from a knife
i'll the hands of the former The
inciden occurredMonday night at
the hone of Mr., Humphrey in
this cit7, where his son-in law
and family reside with him.
SEVERAL people, ladies and
gentlemen, from Sampson coun>
ty, preceded Rev. A. b. Crump-
Ter 10 this city on Sunday and
held a holiness prayer meeting
III St. John NJ. E Church Sun
day night. The edifice was
throngod with a multitude who
had assemled in anticipation Of
seeing and hearing the man
whose name and reputation are
now familiar to every man, wo-
man and child in the community.
But their curiosity was not to be
SO soon gratifed. By some mis-
connection or misunderstanding
Mr.. Crumpler did not arrive un-
til Monday.
REV. A B. Crumpler, who is
now drawing such large crowds
to hear him expound his theory
of sanctifcation in the tobacco
warehouse of this city, looks to
be a man of about 35 years, is of
ordinary size and appearance,
and has a piercing eye. His
demeanor and gestures while
preaching are impressive and
delibers te. He is a native of
Sampson county, and says tim>
self that he spent six years of his
life is an intinerant minister in
the NJ. E.. Conference ofMissouri.
For the last few~years he says
he has been living and preaching
sanctifCation throughout sever
al counties in the eastern and
Southern part Of this State.
The Board of County Com
missioncrs We're in session in
this cit Monday. The principal
action OF the Commissioners, and
around which the greatest interest
was centered, was the adoption
of text books for the public
schools, an act that they are in
vested with the right to do under
the new law by the last Legisla-
ture. The Board made no changes,
accepting the books selected by
the Board of Education several
years ago. This action, we are
sure, will meet with the approval
of the public generally, because il
will obviate the necessity for buy
ing new books, which would in
cur no small amount of additional
expense.
The police OF this city made a
raid on what is termed a s.blind
tiger Sunday. The place is
kept by a colored man on John
street, rear the corner of Walnut
street, and when Chief Freeman
and Officer Tudor entered there
Sunday they found a great