Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-05-06
SNOW HILL & GOLDSBOROR R. R
AN ENCOURAGING MEETING
YESTERAY
At Snow Hill and Partial Or
ganization of the Company
GOldsborO Well Represented
at the Meeting.
Daily Argus, last Thursday.

dt Uu0 MOoUIuS.
Daily Argus. last Thursday.
The adjourned March meeting
of the citizens of Greene county in
the interest of the proposed Snow
Hill Railroad, met at the court
house in that town yesterday morn
ing at IL O'Clock and was called to
order by Mr.. Geo. M. Lindsay,
the chairman, who explained the
purpose of the meeting in a thrill
ing and public spi, tied speech.
Messrs. W. James Jordan, of
the Snow Hill Standard, Jos. E.
Robinson, of the GoLDsBoRo
ARGUS, and E. A. Darden were
elected secretaries.
AS this was an adjourned meet
ing from the March meeting, the
purpose of which was to hear re-
PORTS of committees appointed at
the March meeting, the reports of
committees were called for.
Mr.. w. J. Jordan, of the COM
mittee on subscription to the cap
ital stock, read the report of the
committees canvass, calling out
every individual subscriber, show
ing in the aggregate $6,o25.
On motion of Capt, Swift Gal
loway, any delegates from other
counties and towns were requested
to come forward and give their
names to the secretary.
Messrs. Paul Jones, j. D. Jen-
kins, S. NJ. Crisp and H. G.
Turnage. of Edgecombe county,
and j. E. Cobb, of St. Louis,
Messrs. Gee. A Norwood, Jr.,
j. w. Bizzell, Jos. E. Robinson,
Jos. Isaacs and Dennis Cobb, of
Goldsboro, reported their names
to the secretaries.
At this point Chairman Lindsay
addressed the meeting in a stirring
speech setting forth the advant-
ages of railroad for Snow Hill,
and urging his people of Greene
to seize this opportunity, and by
their individual and united efforts
secure for their county seat, that
has so long been relegated from the
marts of trade and the busy inter-
course of men, railroad uniting
it with the outside world.
On motion, those committees of
Greene who had been appointed to
visit sister towns and solicit aid
were called upon to report,
Capt. Swift Galloway reported
for the committee that visited
GreenviIle. He stated that the
visit of the committee to Green,
vile was futile.
Mr.. John D. Grimsley, of the
committee to Goldsboro, reported
a large, enthusiastic and encour-
aging meeting in Goldsbolo, and
spoke cordially of the reception
the committee met with in that
town.
Mr.. Geo. W, Sugg, of the COM
mittee to Kinston, reported a
cordial meeting.
Mr.. Haywood Edmundson, OF
the Wilson committee, reported,
that he found very little encourage
ment at that point.
r. S. Davis, of the Greenville
committee, who comes from the
Farmville section, reported sims
liar to Capt. Galloway, and was
enthusiastic on the railroad pro.
ject.
Mr.. Paul Jones, representing
the Board of Trade of Tarboro,
stated that his town was very de,
sirous of having the railroad 60
to Tarboro.
On the part of the Goldsboro
delegation, which was the larg-
est in attendance, and which was
cordially received by the good
people of Greene, Messrs.
Joseph E. Robinson and Geo. A
Norwood, Jr., president of the
National Bank, addressed the
meeting in behalf of Goldsboro
and their words of encourage
ment were received with grea'
enthusiasm
The fact that Goldsboro has
already taken the lead of other
competing towns for this road
by ordering an election for the
issuance of bonds to the amount
of SIS, 600 is a great encourage
ment to the good people o
Greene; and there is no question
that Goldsboro made the bes
showing at yesterdays meeting
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