Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-11-12

supper at that place on November
Goth, fer the benefit OF the Sunday
School. The public are cordially
invited, and a good time is as
sured TO all who attend.
Concord Standard: Stanly
county furnished Concord mer-
chants with 100, 900 eggs during
the month of October, and then
eggs were scarce. The Cabarrus
crop was not SO plentiful. More
eggs and chickens are shipped
from this city than any point on
the Southern's main line.
Newbern Journal; John Alex
ander Meadows. Jr. was the old
est SON and child of Mr.. John
A. and Mrs Meadows. Last
month he passed his fifteenth
year, full of life, courage, hope.
and a goodness and kindness
which it is at this hour especially
sweet for all who knew and loved
him. to remember. Last Friday
was the beginning Of Johnny's
illness which terminated fatal
yesterday. The cause of his
death was p%eritonitis.
Kinston Free Press: Thursday
night, about 8 o'clock, Tailor
Braxton went into the Jail to
give the prisoners water. AS be
opened the cage door to put the
bucket of water inside, four of
the birds" pushed the door
against Mr.. Braxton, ran over a
colored boy who was assisting
him and made their escape. All
were colored and in for larceny,
awaiting the next term of court,
which begins November 10th,
Judge Coole presiding. Their
names were John Williams, Will
Bell, Alfred Hargett and Jim
Hargett.
Raleigh News and Observer:
Congressman Thomas Settle. the
youngest member of the present
House, will not submit quietly to
defeat, but has announced,that he
will contest the election of w. W.
Kitchin, the Democrat, whose
election appears on the face of
the returns by a majority of over
400, Settle claims that there
were gross Irregularities and
frauds perpetrated at the election
in Rockingham county, which
will clearly entitle him to the
seat when proof of these shall be
before the Elections
of the next House. He
has already begun to collect the
necessary evidence to substan>
tiate his claim
Scotland Neck Commonwealth:
. most distressing accident oc-
Cured at Hobgood Thursday of
last week. Little Ralph Leggett
was smothered in a pile of cotton
seed. The other children we're at
and at dinner time DR.. Leg
gett went from his Office to the
house and his wife made inquiry
Ralph. She thought that per-
maps he had been to the Office or
Dr. perhaps to where the other
children were at school. She
knew she had seen him about IL
o'clock. In passing the barn as
ne was going to the house, DR..
Legget' called some dogs out and
shut the door, but saw nothing of
little boy and did not then
know he was missing. When he
earned at the house that the child
was missing he searched for him,
and after awhile looked in the barn
where there was a pile of cotton
seed. Upon entering, the child's
feet were seen sticking up through
he cotton seed. The children in
playing there had made a deep
lole in the cotton seed, and little
playing there alone, had
in headforemost and had
'mothered.
The Philadelphia EveningTel-
,gram has started a fund fortthe
,elief OF Cuban sufferers in Cuba
md headed the list with a 800
contribution.
L
Advices last night + o j Pales~
line. Tex. stated that ex Sena>
.Or.Reagan who had been serious
y III, was out of danger and rap-
oily improving.
The issue of standard silver
iollars from the mints and Treas
Try officers for the week ended
9TH was $717, 1924. !