Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-07-15
LOCAL. BRIEFS

CHduS luS q H1O9ktSNl ~ JOJ W..
morrow for present JOY to>day.
THE indications are that the
tobacco market will open this
year earlier than usual Already
we hear of a number OF barns
cured and ready for the ware
house floors.
THE North Carolina College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
has steadily advanced to the
front rank, and it's work has res
ceiYed the highest commendatlon
from Harper's Magazine. The
New York Forum and other emi
nent educational authorities. L
is admitted to be one of the best
institutions of learning in the
South, and is doing great work
for North Carolina.
The Superintendent of the
Goldsboro Water Company, Mr..
Frank Evans, requests The
ARGUS to state that he is willing
for the convenience of their pa
truns to have water rents paid
quarterly if they so desire 1t.
Mr.. Evans has recovered to a
great extent from his recent i'll
ness and will commence the work
of tapping the main for new pa
irons on Monday morning, which
he will personally superintend.
Mr.. Herbert Andrews, son OF
Mr.. w. A. Andrews, of this coun~
ty, and Miss Fannie Weeks,
daughter of Mr.. Garry Weeks,
Of this city, were united in the
holy bond of wedlock at the
home of the groom in Eastern
GoldsboroThursday morning II
o'clock, Rev. John W. Gardner
officiating Their friends hope
they may live long aud always
be happy.
AS foreshadowcd III these COL
umns Thursday, the death OF Mrs
E. p. Wilkinson occurred IN the
afternoon at O'Clock, after an
illness of several weeks. The re
mains left hore on the Shoo-fy
the next morning over theSouthern
railway for South Boston, Va,
for interment, and were accom-
panied by the grief stricken hus-
band. The entire community
sympathize with him deeply in
his irreparable loss. A most ex~
cellent Christian woman, devoted
wife and loving mother, she has
gone to her reward, eternal in
the heavens.
Mr. Joseph L, Pearson, Of this
county, has secured letters pat
ent from the Department at
Washington for pipe wrench,
It is most simple in construction
and is something entirely new
and original for this kind of a
tool. No doubt it will be found
very handy and convenient in all
branches of the mechanical
trades as we'll as for general
farm and household use. Mr..
Pearson, as all who know him
can testify, has a tact and skill
for handling machinery of al
kinds and this production Of his
ingenious brain is compelled tc
win fame for its inventor wher
it fuds it's place among the ma
chinery appurtenances of its kline
and is given au opportunity fol-
competition.
PEACE Institute is located in
large grove of white oaks just out
side the corporate limits of Ra
leigh, N. C. The grounds con
tain eight acres. The drinking
water used is free stone, has beeI
tested every year and in the an
alysis shows no impurities. Th
genial atmosphere and healthfu
surroundings of Raleigh render i
peculiarly desirable as place TO
the education of young ladies
The society of the city is elegar
anc refined, and its citizens ar
religious and highly educated, Th
location of the Institute at th
State Capital gives to every one c
its students numberless advantage
which are rare and valuable.
Secondly. The regular sc andi
mongers or back>biters, WI
pride themselves upon the nun
Der of scandals they collect an
the diligence with which the
scatter them around, They glor
in defamation and outstrip IL
newspapers in giving to IL
world the latest gossip, Mr. Sc
and so is reported to have dor
this and that. Did you hear i
Or. MIR. So~and so says th
about sorand>so, and the ma
straightway goes to his partne
and both run to their wives, al
the news goes all over the ci
with the speed of lightnin
Such conduct is heathenis
Cannibals only eat the flesh
men, but such people take men
regulations and cut and car
them as we do piece of me;
It is what you think and othe
think of neighbor's reputati
that constitutes that neighbo
reputation. Aad when you destr
hu hacL-bitinp a mans name a