Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-06-17
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OAOlAO0S oonONs
Mr.. l.. w. Humphrey is at
home from the University Of Vir
ginia to spend the holidays
MIR. Harry Stevens, of this
county, is at home from Turling~
ton Iustitute at Smithteld, for
the vacation.
MRS. S Fl, Gillian, Of Tren
ton, N. c.. wife of the latc Il, B.
Gillian, is visiting friends in the
city the guest Of RS, John K.
Smith.
Mr.. Laurie FAIRIES, who has
been attending Davidson College,
is at home for vacation. aud
his many friends here greet him
gladly.
MRS Thurman, travelling in the
interest of VIC. T.Union. will ad
dress the people of GoIdsboro
June II, at a. M. E. Z church.
Public invited.
MIR. Juo. L Borden. of the
furniture house Of Royal &
Borden, left to day on an exr
tensive trip TO take orders for
furniture for the fall trade.
FOLLOWED and Peterson will
run their annual excursion to
Morehead City on July Goth, re-
turning on evening Of 21st, giving
a day and nights stay by the
seashore.
THE New York Racket Store
Of MIR. A. M. Shrago on Walnut
street has adopted the special
sales days and the public will
get the benefit by calling at the
store.
MIR. J. FL. Aycock, of Fremont,
n of the many substantial
farmers and business men of that
section, was in the city Monday
calling on III business men.
THE hard work of the schools
and colleges are now about over,
and many of the students will
devote some of their spare vaca-
o hours to the easy work of
the base ball field these June
days.
HIS many friends in this city
and section will learn with exceed
ing regret that our progressive
townsman Mr.. w. E. Jenkins, of
the Goldsboro Hardware Com
pany, was sommoned to Baltimore
Tuesday by the critical illness of
his mother. We all hope that she
may soon be restored to health.
The coming session of the
University Summer School, con-
tinuinS five weeks from June
22nd, promises to be largely at
tended. Professors Jackman, Nc
Murray, Milne, Claxton, Moses,
and Misses Bryant and Bemis
and others will be present and
begin the lectures the first day.
Reduced rates on all Railroads,
THE death of the widow of the
late Je:hro Howell occurred
Tuesday at her home in Fork
township. This announcement
will be received with sadness in
the community in which she
lived, and by her many admiring
friends at other places where she
was known. She was a conse-
Grated christian, a devoted wife
and a loving mother.
Irish potatoes are bringing
good prices in the Northern mar
kets, but the crops are small in
this section. About three huns
dred barrels have been shipped
from here A few years ago
large quantities were raised in
this vicinity but prices we're 50
low for a time that the farmer
almost abandoned raising such
potatoes for market.
AMONG the names of those
who stood successful examina>
tiols and yer granted license
to practise medicine by the
Board of Medical Examiners at
Morehead City last week are two
Young men Of Goldsboro, Drs.
Williams Spicer and P. c. Hutton,
both of whom have the cons
grdtulations of their many
friends. 1t is said that tie ex-
aminations were the most rigid
that the board has held for the
past eighteen years.
ALTHOUGH there has been no
public announcement made of the
fact, either through the ARGUS
or by flaming posters, yet there
are several people in this city
who have already made prepa-
rations to go on Mr.. r. E. Pip>
kin's excursion to Asheville this
year. 1t is a fixed and established
occurrence that comes with the
summer holidays and the people
look for it as regularly as they
do for that season. The adver-
Using matter for the trip this
year, which will come off the 18th
of July. is being printed at the
ARGUS job Office and will soon
be on the streets.
THE Southern papers speak
in high terms of the report made
to the New England cotton mill
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