Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-06-17


Trenton Academy.
JUDGE Robinson is off to Nor
canton. where he has been dele'
gated by the Governor to hold {
special term of court this. week.
Mr.. F. L. Manly has accepted
s position with the meat market
of Mr.. M. Sherman in the Airing
ton Hotel and will be pleased te
have his friends call to see him.
HIS many friends will learr
with pleasure of the return oi
Mr.. II. B Parker, Jr., to his
professional business in this city
from his. old home in Virginia,
where he has been to regain his
health.
A CoNGENIAL crowd of belated
press fellows, headed by the al
ways iovial aud inspiriting Dowd
of the Charlotte News, returning
from an after math," so to
speak. of tie Press Convention
at pleasant Morehead, gave US
the pleasure Of a call Saturday.
THE University is steadily
growing in popularity, patrons
age and efficiency. The ENROLL
ment this year is the largest in
its history. We would like to
aid some needy boy to get it's ads
yantages Of scholarships and
loans.
MISS Jennie Faison. sister OF
DIR. w. w. Faison, passed
through the city on her way to
her home in Sampson county.
MISS Faison is one of the finest
teachers Of art in the State. The
past three years she has been
teaching drawing and painting
i'm the Deaf and Dumb school a.
MoIgantOp.
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Grego-
ry, of Halifax, N. c., have issued
Invitations to the marriage of
their daughter Miss y aud to Mr.
Louis Charles Phillips. Wednes
day evening, June 23d, at ST
Marks church, Halifax. Miss
Gregory is we'll known in this
city, where she has visited, and
has host of admiring friends.
The fortunate groom is promi
nent lawyer of Norfolk
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Britt. of
Oxford. were in t. e city a few
hours Friday on their return
from Morehead. Mr. Britt is ed
itor of the Public Ledger, one of
the best weekly papers in North
Carolina He has a tender spot in
his heart for Goldsboro, which is
his birth place, and where he
learned his trade with Mr.. Lors
ing. Then GoIdsoor was a vil~
lage, but Mr. Britt is not an old
man by any means.
A YOUNG colored man was on
the streets of our city early this
morning with an OK for sale. Our
vigilant Chief ofPolice, Capt. A.
B. Freeman, sized up the situa-
ton and did not like the furtive
glances Of the fellow at the driv-
ing end the rope and began to
PROFOUND to him some rather
pointed questions; whereupon a
small crowd began to gather, and
the negro, in quiet moment, tied
the OK to near by post, and dis
appeared entirely.
Mr.. Ed. L E1mundson, the
hustling rea! estate agent of this
city. Friday concluded sale
of the desirable residence on
James street.-The property OF
MIR. Will Lane, of the old Colds
boro Music House,-to our pro-
eressive townsman Mr.. Ben. R.
King, of the travelling fraterni-
ty, who thus makes Go!dsborC
his permanent home. GoldsborC
is proud of the acquisition. The
price paid for the property was
$4,000.
MAYOR Hill and Aldermen
Cox and Borden have returned
from their Trip to Wilmington
where they went to negotiate
with the w. & w. authorities for
cheap freight rate on the i'm,
mense tonnage of phosphate shell
rock the city has purchased
from the Castle Haynes work:
for street paving purposes. They
report having been given a mos
liberal rate by the railroad, ant
soon we may expect to see th'
principal thoroughfares OF ou.
progressive city paved from ent
to end. We go forward.
The announcement of the ex-
tensive street improvements tina
are soon to take place is no doub
good news to the many bicycl
riders m this city. They hav
been handicapped to great ex-
tent by the bad condition of ou
streets and have been barred from
the pleasure that riders exper
ience in other cities, but this ne'
departure by our present city ad
ministration, and for which the
are to be highly commended, WI
prove a source of much pleasur
to the. cyclists and will obviat