Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-12-16

Ii 1AISS CS W say LOU hC h0S 60
ceived and sent cut the State
warrants for the pensionars of
this county.
II wi, doubtless be a gcaor2l
surprisc-the INF, cmation e:,al
Jno. R. NTH, U r@rintenden. OF
the PEN t4atiaEN, AID jane z.
Mewber commits 'oner of Agrl-
cultural have exchanged places.
Mr. Dar,el w hit.ay, an indus
trious ar7 frugal fsrmer of the
StantorGaurg section of Wilson
county, Vas IN tbs city Tuesday
locking after bis real estate in
terest ia Ibis county and making
purchases Of christmas goods.
HIS many friends among the
Confederate Veterans through
out the country Will be glad to
learn that Rev. Jacob Hill, of the
Hood swamp section. is fast re-
covering from the continued i'll
health to which he has been sub
iected for some time.
IT is really worth your while
to stop and watch Mr.. L. D..
Giddens. Jr. engrave initials and
names on articles which are ms
tended for Christmas presents,
The work is done so quickly and
the drawings SO natural and per.
feet that the spectator is confused
to know when or how it is done.
CONSTABLE W. j. Flowers, of
Mt. Olive, brought Amos Clarke,
a negro wifs-beater, to this CRY
Monday afternoon and placed
him in Jail to await the next term
of the Superior Court. Mr..
Flowers says Amos was a bad
man in the community and the
people are glad to get rid Of him.
THE negro Richardson and his
wife, two of the main witnesses
against Gil Ward, were found il
Greene county and have been
placed under bond for their ap.
pearance at Court. Mag Dinkins
fed to the house of this negro
while Ward was pursuing hel
and it was in the yard there that
the terrible deed Was committed.
The tobacco warehouses of this
city will close their doors fol
the holidays on next Tuesday the
21st inst, and will open again or
the 4th Of January. The crop has
been on the market earlier this
year than usual and the bulk o.
the crop is already marketed bu'
there still remains some tobacco
in the barns and it is said thai
the rest will brinS even bette!
prices.
The following marriage y,
cepses nave been issued by II.
Ragiste" Of Deco, of Wagat
county or the wee ending DEE
Is, 1897. White: 3. W. Brow
to Bet Jane Butts. Louis Hal
to Maui Seymour L G. Hacfi
to Fife Lancaster. V, G. Levi
TO Lornna 3. Ho.towell, L, III
McCullan TO Annie Hood, l.. p
Mozingc TO Leila Bryan, Georg
E. PER- 10 Matte Brown, Uria
Westbrcok to Virginia Dennine
Colored; James Bryant to Rose
Herrings, Charles Green to Ell
Fuller, George Sheppard to Hal
riet Bizzell, Mingo White to Her
rietta hitley.
The proprietors of the tobacc
stemmeries in this city have i'm
ported from other tobacco towns
lot of negroes who claim to hav
bad experience in that business
These skilled laborers employ bel
among the colored population
this city and never pay them. Al
plication has been made time al
ter time at the city headquartel
for relief, but there is no law,
it is said, hat can reach then
and those scheming contracto:
are continually dipping innoce1
people into their employ and new
reward them for 'their services
The proprietors OF the busine
only pay those that they hire al
the poor women and children wi
do the work are left unpaid.
is an injustice that should be +
medied by the discharge of tho
imported contractors.