Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-04-15
The NEWS FROM MT, OLIVE,
Condensed Chronicling of the Events
that Transpire in that Town
and Section

ZenS VIII DO at the1f HfSt OppOf
tunity.
Miss Fannie Sutton left for
Goldsboro Tuesday, where she
will visit relatives and friends.
Mr.. Dan Kornegay has accept
ed a position as salesman with
the firm of r. Kornegay-
Mr.. T. A. Westbrook went to
Goldsboro Tuesday.
Mrs. l.. Lee was in town Tues
day.
See Mr.. E Grady's new adj. in
this issue.
Mrs. Buck Hill was calling on
our merchants Tuesday.
Why send your job work of
when you can have it done as
neat. and as cheap as any where
in the State and delivered free.
Call on Jno. r. Smith and ge.
prices when in need.
would have the names of the
streets posted on all the corners
they would confer a blessing on
the town.
Miss Evelyn Wooten. of La
Grange. is visiting the family OF
Mr.. j. F. Oliver.
Miss Kate MCGEE left for
Goldsooro Monday to attend the
marriage of her brother Thos.
McGee.
Miss Kate WitheringtCn, OF
Faison, spent Sunday and Mon-
day with her sister Mrs. r J.
Switzerland.
Mr.. Med. Parks was in towI
calling on our merchants Tues
day.
MT. Y. FL. Knowles moved int
his new, handsome aud commor
dious brick store Monday ard is
busy receiving, arranging ano
marking new goods. See his ad-
vertisement commencing this
issue.
Messrs. B. Fl. and G. B. Hatch
have had some fancy lettering
done on their windows.
The public road leading te
Goldsboro, west of R. r.. neal
lattice bridge is in a fearful con
dition; it is actually dangerous
to travel it after dark.
-Neuse river is rising very rap
idly, it is already over its west
ern banks after crossing the
bridge.
Mr.. 0. w. Sutton was in towr
Tuesday.
Mr. Ed. Holmes was in towr
Tuesday.
Mr.. j. D. Switzerland spen
last Sunday with his parents il
in Kenansville.
Mrs. R. Kornegay, J.. M-Cox
E. J. Martin, J. D. Aaron and I
j. Kelly spent Monday in Colds
boro.
Mr.. John D. Switzerland, o
Kenansville, is making a TIVE
weeks to his son here.
M. J. G. Higgins, W. & W
train master, spent Monday will
the family of Mr.. D. M. Mcintyre
Mr.. Randolph Rackley spen
Sunday and Monday with hi
parents near Warsaw.
Mr.. r. G. Fields, of Goldsboro
was in town Saturday.
Mr.. r. J. Switzerland, Jr.
left Monday night for Richmon'
on business.
Mr.. R. A. Patterson, Of Plym
outh, was in town this week rep
resenting a drug house Of Balti
more.
Mr.. Dick Willard, of Kenans
vile. was in town selling Bryan
latest silver book Tuesday.
M. Wade H. Price and wife, o
Wilson. visited the latter's siste
Mrs. J. E. Hatch Sunday.
Miss Lilly Mcintyre, Of Rock
Mount, spent Sunday visitin
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. D. No
Intyre.
Miss Fannie Sutton left Tues
day for Goldsboro to visit rela
tives and friends.
Mr.. B. B. Witherington, G
Faison, came down Tuesda
evening to visit his daughte
Mrs. RI. Southerland.
Mr.. Ira Fl. Cobb. a popular an
!, enterprising young merchant {
this place, is representing
number of commission house
and will soon commence ship
ping truck.
Hatch Bros. will run their frs
excursion in June.
No one is now allowed to shoe
English sparrows except by per
5 mission from the police. Watc
out, boys, or you may have
pay a fine.
, Mr.. John o. Culbreth and fam
lily, who have been spendin
several weeks at their old HON
in Sampson county, returne
home last week.
) Mr. Brodie Scout, of Goldsbe
!, 70, was visiting in town Sunda
evening. We are glad to kno'
that Mt. Olive has such great al
fractions for Mr.. Scott Of late.
Mr.. Nick Aaron reports pots
toes a little slow in coming W
but that while grabbing in an
9 Examining his the other day, /
discovered the over anxious PC
tato bug, very bus:ly engage
in roofing grabbing and scratch
ing the dirt from around thos
' that had sprouted, which other
wise would have had much troub