Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-08-05
GOLDSBORO. N. c.. THURSDAY AUG 5, 1897.
WAS 1T A SUICIDE?

WAS 1T A SUICIDE?
A Dead Body Floats by Seven
Springs Boy Missing at
Spring Bank; Revenue Raid:
Mo0nshiners Shot the Off,
GERS: A Railroad to Seven
Springs.
SEVEN SPRINGS. NC. July 81.
DEAR ARGUS; Last Friday
the body of a young white man
was seen floating down the river
past Seven Springs, but the corpse
was not disturbed and glided
peacefully on upon the surface
of it's watery grave. 1t was re-
ported at this place yesterday
that young man was missing
up Neuse river, near Spring
Bank. and about five miles
southeast OF Goldsboro, and it is
supposed that this was the body
of the unfortunate young man.
It seems that Mr.. Buck Ward,
of the Spring Bank neigh
borhood, severely whipped his
son few days ago, and has not
seen Or heard from him since aud
it is surmised that he became
melancholy and ended his life
by jumping in the river, The
corpse that passed down the RVS
er was clothed in a checked ging-
ham shirt.
News reached this place
Thursday Of the attempted seiz
ure of an Illicit distillery, about
9 miles from this place, in the
direction of Kinston and near the
old Campbell landing, Oh Wed
nesday night, in which Revenue
officers Trornbal Harper and
Zack Rhodes, both of Kinston,
were shot. Mr.. Harper's condi~
ton is said to be considered very
critical by attending physicians,
while Mr.. Rhodes received pains
full but not serious injuries. The
weapon used was double.
barrelled shot gun. There were
five officers in the party that
made the raid, three of whom
secreted themselves in the vicin-
ity, after the shooting, to await
daylight, when the still and fix
lures were seized and destroyed,
without further trouble. The pars
ties are known who did the
shooting, it is said, but as yet no
arrests have been made. Verify
one life is more precious than all
the revenue lost to the State or
country through Illicit distilling,
and yet rational-minded man
will take his life in his own hands
and go into these dens.
Mrs. Billy Simmons, whose i'll
ness was reported from this place
last week, is much improved at
this writing, her many friends
will learn with real pleasure. For
the benefit of the public we will
state that she continues to use
freely of the health-giving Ninth
Spring water, and her present
condition is largely due to its
wonderful medicinal properties,
| The people of this section are
fairly groaning under the burden
for lack of railroad, whereby
their crops may be properly mar
keted. This is a serious ques-
tion to the farmers, and why 6
railroad has not long since beer
built to this garden spot of Nortl
Carolina is one of the seven won.
de1s of the age. Surely it woul6
| be a paying investment, and the
man who could interest capitalists
to build a road here would receive
the applause and everlasting graf
itude, not only of the people O
! this Immediate section, but from
| the public generally, for there art
hundreds of invalids and Others
| who wish to come here to summe
at the wonderful springs, who's
] condition is such that they can
not undergo the terrible fatigue
of coming by private conveyance
through country roads. Let som
public spirited man talk railroad
and talk to some purpose. Colds
! boro would be as much, if no
A more, benefited than this place
: Hurrah for a railroad from Seye
i Springs to Goldsboro. Push
: along; we need it.
: Our efficient town constable
J. Mr.. Nathan Creole, in the absenc
of anything else to arrest, g
J. everybody seems to be quiet an
:. orderly these days, made raid o
g several geese running at large
the town limits and which wei
> reported as a nuisance. And no
+, there's going to be trouble, for tt
0 town ordinance applies only to Il
e goose and makes no provision fe
e the gander, SO the the owners ha,
81 claimed that all the "geese" take
r. up are ganders. But the const,
BILE is loath to give up his prize
for he is out both time and mone
Is in making the arrest-having
73tf swim the river to capture some
r them, and also the cost Of keepi1
is them.
s Your correspondent is in tro