Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-03-05
LOCAL BRIEFS

for the purchase of land and to
inform themselves on our indus
trial possibilities. They could
not come to a more inviting 10
cality, where material resources
were more abundant or climate
more benigLant.
OUR good friend and fellow
townsm an Mr.. James L. Bridger:
led to the Hymeneal altar in Kin
ston. on Wednesday of last week
Miss Bette Fordha m, one of the
fair daughters of our sister
town, Rev. Fl. D. Harper, offic lat
ing. The ARGUS wishes the
happy couple the fullest measure
of life's joys and abundant pros
perlty always.
AND now Major Grant has
rushed into priut, replying to
Chairman Holton We publish
in this issue his letter to the
Charlotte Observer. It seems
that the Major was getting
scared of the Pop. wing of the
Fusion combine. He as afraid
the Free Silver Democr ats were
about to gobble them up; and
then where would Maj jor and the
RAIDS be.
It is not to be presumed that
every liquor dealer in the city
buys "moonshine" whis key from
night marauders, who "violate
no city ordinance" by plying
their nefarious traffic within her
borders after night, with her
sable curtain" wraps the com
munity in slumber. What pros
lection, then, do the straight
dealers in 'juice'' get from the
city? What inducement is there
fol- the straight dealer to stay
straight. if he must compete
with TIE fellow who ''runs in"
contraband whiskey? Verify
these be strange times.
CONSIDERABLE exc item ent pre-
vailed at police headqua rters this
afternoon, occasioned by the ar
rest of two unknown white men.
Chief Of Police A B. Freeman,
received telegram this morning
from the authorities at Prince
ton, stating that the express
Office at that place had been bur-
glarized Wednesday night, and a
watch and pocket book stolen
therefrom, which was all that
had been missed up to the
time of sending the telegram,
and furnished description CT
the parties, asking him to look
out for them He at once insti-
gated search for the burglars
and succeeded in capturing two
men that answered the descrip-
ton precisely. But after care
fully examining them the Mayor
failed to find sufficient evi
dence against them to hold them
and they were released. At any
rate it would not be unwise for
our citizens to keep careful
watchout and see that their
doors and windows are securely
fastened before retiring at night
Daily Argus of Feb. %.
IL one of the back lots of the city
Thursday night. adj accent to Wal
nut street, Mr. Marshal Hollo-
we'll, who was acting as special
police, apprehended two
horse wagon that locked sus
picious and on investigation
it was found to contain
four casks of corn whisky. one
of which was duly stamped and
the other three were moon
shine Mr.. Hollowell promptly
reported the find" to the y. S.
Revenue officials ard the whole
turnout-team and all-was cons
fscated. The team belonged to
and was driven by Mr.. Watt Sut-
ton, who runs a registered dis
tillery down near the Lenoir
county line. The team and
whiskey were left at Capt.
Lambs livery stables for safe
keeping and Sutton was held in
custody till next morning, when
he gave $500 bond for his ap>
pearance at court. This case has
caused considerable comment; as
the city administration holds that
the city police have no right to
arrest parties whom they may
observe violating the internal
revenue law by slipping in
''moonshine" whisky to the
dealers of the city. The admins
istration claims that such is mo
violation of the city ordinance"
and therefore the police have no
right to interfere with the
''crookedness." Well, perhaps
so. There is no ''city ordnance
against murder, larceny, arson
and other heinous offenses that
could be perpetrated in a number
of ways without bringing the
offender under a violation of the
city statutes. THE ARGUS has
heretofore been under the inns
preston that it was the policy
of the city to have the po-
lice supervise all ''crookedness"
that might be attempted within
the municipal domain, and we
venture that most every one else,
except perhaps the city officials,
shared this impression with US.
The conclusion, therefore, forces
itself forward that if there had
been no special police on last
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