Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-08-05
THE NEWS GATHERER
FINDS SOMETHING OF INTER.
EST FOR THE & NERAL
PUBLIC
While on His Rounds CT the City:
4 Short Narrative OF an In.
cident that VIII Furnish fn>
formation to the Reader.

" AAiC Ou HIS IOuH(l6 HuuLIug 1OI
news items recently, an ARGUS
man ran up against an old subscri-
Der of this paper from the Mt.
Olive section of this county. whose
name we withhold by request, who
seemed to be highly elated at some
thing, and, as his general manner
indicated that he was not ayerse
to holding a conversation, we in.
quired after the condition of his
haalth, and then lskel why he was
in such high spirits.
The old gentleman was walking
down Walnut street when the re
porter met him, and as soon as
we propounded the last named
question TO him, he called to the
cololed boy who was driving his
wagon to stop We then pro.
ceeded towards the wagon and he
said "I'ye got something in
that wagon l want to show you if
you have time to look at it. = As
We had time to spare and were
looking for curiosities and items
of interest, we willingly accompa-
MED him to his wagon, which we
both mounted, and he continued the
conversation by saying
Il came to town to.day to pur,
chase set Of furniture for the
first time in five years. You
know that Is something you do
not have to buy often, and to the
best of my recollection 1t is just
i've years ago next October since
l came to Goldsboro and bought a
suite OF furniture just exactly like
this here IN tie wagon, and what
do you suppose l paid for ii -
1t was Il handsome bed room
suit Of solid oak, with artistic cary
ings and embellishments, and the
whole was yarnished so as to show
the exact outlines Of the gram in
the wood and reflect the sunlight
with great brilliancy. ihe price
of furniture is something on which
we are not posted, but we had to
make some reply to the old gems
tleman's question, and according
ly, yentured the assertion that such
4 suit must cost as much as SIS
or $40.
At a glance ii could be seen that
he answer was what the old man
expected, and really what he
wished, for his general demeanor
told that he thought he had some
thing of u surprise in store for US,
and like a great many others when
talking to newspaper men, he ex-
pected to see what he said appear
in print.
He smiled and said: "You are
clean off the track this time, but
you came pretty near sizing up
the price l paid for the suite just
precisely like it that l bought five
years ago this fall. l paid some
$40 for that suit. 1t was for my
youngest son who was going to
get married. l have given each
one of my children Il suit of fur
niture for a present when they got
married, and now Sallie, the
youngest of the lot, is going to
get married, and l came to town
to buy that suit of furniture for
her. The difference in the price
of this and all the other furniture
| ever bought is SO great that !
can hardly believe my own self
| only paid Royal & Borden The
small sum of $12 for the whole
suit, and don't you think it i;
cheap!"
/ replied that l did, and asked
him where he got the other sui
five years ago.
''I got it from the same place,
he said, s'but they tell me tha
there has been great reduction
made ia prices for the past yea
or so and that everything in tn
furniture line is much cheaper.
!, After securely covering up tn
| furniture with some old blanket
he had brought with him for tha
purpose. and giving the bo
instructions where to hitch th
mules, the old man promised t
let US know later the eXac
date of the marriage and saiG
If you want something TO pu
! in your paper that will be new
to the majority of the people i
this section who seldom have oc
, casion to go to such places, 70
go over to Royal & Borden's an
get them to give you few price
, on some Of their leading article
: and publish them.
After shaking hands with tt
old man we promised 10 do as |
had suggested and al once star
t ed for the large furniture estat
lish nent Of Messrs. Royal
t Borden ,on West Centre street,
It find something of interest for Il
readers of the ARGUS. Ga a
!. irving at their place OF besine
VI we found Mr.. Roy all hard at wol
| (fictatIna buSinaSS IattorS f,. Al.