Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-09-23

NC.
Presbyterian Church; every Is
Sunday morning and night. Praye
meeting Tuesday nights. Rev
Peter Mcintyre pastor.
Methodist Church; every third
| Sunday morning and night. Prayer
meeting Wednesday nights, Rev. M.
M. Mcfarland, pastor.
Baptist Church; every fourth Sun
| day morning end night. Prayer
meeting Thursday nights REV L.R.
Carroll, pastor.
ARGUS BUREAU,
JNO. r. SMITH, Mgr. 7
Sept. %, 1897.
Mrs. Joe McCullin is right
sick.
| Ex>Sherif D. A. Grantham was
in town Monday.
Mr.. Geo. Williams. Jr., left
Monday for Horner's School.
Mr.. W. F. English returned
TUESDAY from a visit to Oxford
and Durham.
Mrs. Frank Flowers died Sat-
urday evening after a long and
painful illness.
Nj. John H. Loftin, Jr., has
moved to the house recently oc>
cupied by Mrs. D. E.. Smith.
We are glad to hear that the
Rev. n. M. Jurney contemplates
moving back to Mount Olive by
the first Of October.
Mr.. R. Kornegay caught a
club Tuesday out of mis- mill
pond that weighed ST pounds.
This was indeed a fine fish
More cotton was brought in
town Friday than any other day
during the week. There were
sold and delivered 125 bales.
The many friends of Mrs.
Thos. Perrett, of Faison, will. be
grieved to hear of her death,
which occurred at Faison Mons
day night.
IF you are due for as much as
three months subscription to the
ARGUS, you will please settle
with J.. r. Smith for same and
greatly oblige.
Mr. George Sutton returned
home Monday on a visit to his
parents. George has made Texas
his home for the past i've years
and will return in a few days,
The condition of little Carrie
LeeStevens. we are sorry to learn,
remains very critical. The many
friends of the family wish for
her a speedy return to health.
/. Mr.. Joe Rose and wife, of Will
son, are visiting Mrs. n. b.
Stevens. Mr.. Rose returned to
his home Friday night; his wife
will remain with Mrs. Stevens
lhntil little Carrie Is better.
Mrs. John M. Grantham, of
Goldsboro. and MIR. J. A. Ste
vens, of Starlight, were visiting
Mr.. N. B. Stevens last week
Mrs. Grantham was taken quite
sick while here.
We learn that the old turkey
gobler that some time ago eat
Walter Lees bicycle balls, de-
cided that he could not digest
them. so lay down and died a
week after his hearty meal.
John r. Smith has a full line
of jewelry, watches and chains.
also New Home Sewing machines
and will sell them cheap for cash
or on the installment plan.
Mr.. D. T.. Flowers was having
a well dug on his place near Mt.
Olive, and struck a hard shell like,
rocky substance and got a drill to
go through it, and he kept drill
ing until 1877 feet deep, and the
entire depth proved to be through
a very fine vein of shell mari,
somewhat resembling phosphate
rock. This is on a pine ridge and
near a small branch, is an excep-
tionally deep vein, and is on a hill
within 3 to s feet from top of
the ground.
Messrs. B. w. and j. D.
Switzerland made a visit to Ken
ansville Sunday. While return
ing Monday night, their horse be-
came very much frightened just
opposite the Cooper grave yard
and refused to 60 by some object,
unseen by them, and seemingly
just in front of them in the road.
They were quite a while, and with
great difficulty, in getting by this
mysterious something.
The W. & W. r. R. Go. have
| decided to run another track
through town. They will take up
the old side track, and only take
| 81 more feet on the west side OF
road, using the west side for the
LOOK THIS WAY
AND IT WILL BE
MONEY IN YOUR
POCKET.
uara Won will and evervtb;no