Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-07-22
BRIEFS
FARMERS say there is too
much rain for the crops.

fever, and will soon be out again.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Barnes
are visiting relatives in Norfolk
The new laundry building Is
progressing rapidly, We go for
ward.
Work on Mr.. c.. B. Miller's
new house has commenced. We
go forward.
Mrs. ]. W. Gardner is visiting
her brother, Mr.. B. Z. Outlaw,
at Salisbury.
The first wagon load of this
years crop of tobacco was dumped
on this market yesterday.
DEvERY day the good news OF
Capt. J. B. Edgerton's improves
ment is a source of pleasure to
his many friends.
Do not neglect to keep the back
yards clean these sultry days. A
few barrels of lime cost less than
a Doctors services.
WE regret to learn that Mr..
John l.. Borden is sick with fever
at home in this city. The ARGUS
wishes him a speedy recovery.
FARMERS speak encouragingly
of the crops-particularly cotton.
Hot days and hot nights have
brought out the crops amazingly.
The rain late Saturday after~
noon was one of the heaviest of
the season. Many of our country
friends took a wetting in order
TO get home.
MIR. ". L. Pugh, formerly a
grocery clerk in this city, is now
located at Seven Springs, where
he is engaged in the curing of to-
bacco.
EVANGELIST J. T. Edmundson
will begin a camp meeting at En-
terprise Baptist church, near Lit
teton, N. c., on August 1st,
lasting ten days.
The ARGUS might have infu-
enced our City Fathers to pu--
chase the street sprinkler, but now
that it has arrived. we shall not
undertake to regulate the weather
SO it can be used every day.
THE death of Mr.. ". IT. Best
occurred last week at his home
in Arkansas, where he had been
living for the past several years
He was brother TO Mr., G. J. Best
of this city, and was a former
resident Of this county, where ne
has many friends who still res
member him and who will re-
greet to learn Of his death.
Mr.. r. H. Petty, the carver at
the Goldsboro Furniture F'acto-
ry, is now in a low state of
health as d result Of over exer-
ton. He has recently purchaaed
a bicycle and had just learned to
ride when he took a long ride
during the heat of the day and
while he was still hot and fa~
tigued went in bathing in Little
River. His condition is now
thought to be serious.
THE Southern Railway does a
great deal for Goldsboro in giving
such excellent schedules. Former
ly, in order to spend u few hours
in Raleigh, it was necessary to
spend the night there. Now, a
person can eat breakfast at home,
arrive at Raleigh at S:45, leave
there at 11:45 and get back home
to dinner at $40, or remain in
Raleigh until 3:15, and arrive at
Goldsboro at 5:25. Then, too, a
train leaves for the West at 1870
and APO p. m. All these trains
go to Greensboro and make con-
nection North and South. Think
of it, leave Goldsboro, and get to
Hickory or Morganton by ten
n'clock, and Asheville by mid
oight.
CAPT. r. w. Slocumb has res
turned from a weeks vacation
which he spent at Winston. He
was astonished at the wonder
full growth Of Winston, which he
had not visited in Is years, when
it was nothing but a little coun-
try town. He found a city with
paved streets, street cars, and
elegant buildings. He WAS great
ly pleased with Winston, its
climate and people, but he of
course does not like any other
place like Goldsboro and Wayne
county. By the way, during a
continuous service of twenty
three years for the Atlantic
Coast Line, Capt. Slocumb has
taken only one other short vaca
ton.
TOBACCO WAREHOUSES;.