Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-08-12
WALTER LETTER.

DEAR ARGUS Our com u u
nifty has been calm and serene
this week, and the farmers gems
orally are in coed spirits over the
prospects Of an abundant har~
vest.
The sick of the neighbofhood
are all improving we r glad to
say, but just over the river there
is considerable sickness, chills
and fever seeming to be cpl.
demic.
MIR. Henry Grady and family
were visiting at Mr. Toby How>
ellis one day last week.
Mr.. Lotte Humphrey is in our
community looking after his
farming interest The crops on
his place are fine
We were delighted to meet our
genial and highly esteemed
friend Mr.. John W. Dowd. Of
Durham, ia Gcldsboro last Tues-
day. He is pleasantly remem-
bered among the merry crowd of
'long ago" who made this neigh~
borhood the j%olliest and most de-
lightfully pleasant to be found
anywhere.
There was a neighborkood pics
mic at Eoenezar last Thursday.
and Notwithstanding the mercury
pulled the scales along ways
from zero, there was a good
crowd and splendid dinner. and
every one enjoyed the occasion.
An old fashioned family e.
union was held at the home of
our esteemed friend Mr.. Joshua
Hines day last week. and it
was an occasion long to be re-
membered by those present. MI,
Hines is one Of Forks best and
most successful farmers. and we
wish him and his good wife many
years of Continued usefulness
and prosperity.
There was speaking at Gran
tham's school house Thursday
s%fternoon on the School Tax
question. The opposition to the
law has reached such a pitch
with some, that they seem to
have lost their reasoning faculs
ties. Some claim it to be a
scheme to more completely OPP
press the poor and defraud them.
in order to be able to pay the
committee a big salary. How ab
surd! We tell them, this cannot
be so, for we are already getting
all the salary possible now, and
do not need any more. There
are none so blind as those who
will not see.'
Mr.. Leonard Edgerton lost a
barn Of fine tobacco one day last
week. He was ''killing out" and
had just raised the temperature
in order to complete the work,
when he heard a roaring noise,
and in an instant discovered his
barn in flames. 1t is supposed
to have been caused by the fue
coming in too close proximity to
The logs
Quarterly meeting convened at
Ebenezer church Saturday and
Sunday, the 18th and 8tb. Owing
tothe Indictment weather but very
few were present on Saturday,
but a very large crowd was press
ent on Sunday. DR.. Yates, our
presiding elder, was prevented
from attending on account of sick
ness, but our pastor, Rev. Mr..
Crowson, preached an able and in
structive sermon from the text
''Thy Kingdom Come He will
protract a meeting there this week,
and it is cur earnest prayer that
there may be a gracious outpour-
ing of the Holy Spirit upon this
entire community. "What shall
it profit q man should he gain the
whole world and lose his own
soull"
When we first read of the gold
fields of the Klondyke, we CON-
cluded a trip to Alaska was in
order, and our slumbers were filled
with visions of golden gems of
rlch and sparkling beauty. But
when we found it required $500
for the trip, with our salary still
in the distance, we decided to defer
our departure. Another thing,
we learned it was extremely cold
there-not only below zero, but
40 degrees below the bulb of the
thermometer. Should a fellow
freeze to death, and be suddenly
ushered into that country where it
is more than 212 above in the
shade, when the thawing process
begun it would only add to his
chagrin and discomfort, and after
taking it into consideration, we
have decided to defer our trip in
definitely, and now u repose is
as peacefully sweet and undis-
turbed as that of moonbeams
sleeping upon the bosom of some
placid stream. D. B. G.
-Waltar N q