Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-05-20
ARGUS BUREAU,
Jno. Il. Smith Mgr
Nav 1897


May IS, 1897
Mr.. Frank Faison. of Faison,
was in town to-day.
Mr.. Mccall, of Faison, vas in
town Friday.
Miss Jennie Williams spent
ISunday in town with friends.
Mr.. B.. e. Barnes. of Wilson,
was in town Monday visiting
friends.
The officers of our hustling
little city are as follows: JAS. r.
Hatch, Mayor; John A. Royal,
Grief of Police; DIR. Nc. T.
Tatum, VIM. Holmes, Y. B.
Knowles, r. J. Switzerland, ST.,
W. E, Wilkinson, Commission
ers. The town is in your hands,
gentlemen, and the people ex~
pect you to give a good account
of yourselves.
The railroad company, so says
everybody, ought to fill in the
railroad track at the berry depot.
1t is impossible to get your teams
up to the platform to unload
without having to cross the r.
R. track where it is very low on
the off side and the cross ties and
R. r. iron stand above the
ground. When driving off even
unloaded you are sure to strain
or crush your wheel, and it is
oftener the case the vehicle is
cut from under the driver and
driver, berries and all take a
tumble. If the cars are coming
as it is, it is very dangerous to
try to drive across the track, and
if you have a scarry horse it is
dangerous for you to remain be-
tween the platform and track:
We are lucky, SO far, in having
40 serious accidents more than
to berries. 1t seems that this
should be some ones business.
It has been suggested that the
Commissioners should ask the
r. r. Co, to have this much
needed work done and then if
they should fail to appreciate the
necessity Of doing it at once, the
Commissioners should urge them
to do it, and at .the same time
have the unsightly pile of tele-
graph arms removed from the
street, also the pile of brick bats
of the street by some one unload
ing.
It was a.,refreshing and much
needed rain we had Friday.
Mr.. Jas. r. Hatch returned
from Charlotte Friday, where he
has been attending the State
Grand Meeting of the I. O. O. F.
as a delegate from the Mt. Olive
Lodge.
On last Saturday morning Mr.
H. R. Flowers. the clever and
ever accommodating clerk at the
drug store, i'll attempting to
gather some beautiful magnolias
for a friend" by risking a lutte
100 far while well up in the tree,
lost his equilibrium and fell to
the ground. The most serious
part of the accident happened to
his pants and they were new AND
he a bachelor.
Miss Fannie Sutton and sister
were calling in town Friday.
Mr.. Needham Cobb is quite
sick.
Mrs. B. W. Witherington, of
Faison, is spending a few days
with her daughter Mrs. Z. J..
Switzerland.
Judge Faircloth and wife, of
G~oldsboro, spent Sunday and
Monday visiting the family OF
Mr.. J. F. Oliver.
While assisting in loading a
wagon with freight at the Depot
Saturday morning Mr.. John D.
Switzerland dropped the heavy
gang plank on his toes, severely
MASKING and bruising them. We
fear it will be some time before
friend John will be able to wear
his shoe again.
MI. NJ. S. Witherington, of
Goldsboro, spent Sunday with
the family of MI. R, j, Southers
land.
Mr.. Ned Switzerland, of Ken
ansville, is spending a few days
with his brother J. D, Souther-
land.
Mr.. Abbot Swinson, of Colds.
boro, was in town Monday.
Messrs. r, J. Switzerland, ST.,
aud II. r. Switzerland visited
the home of Mr.. j. B. Souther-
land near Kenansville Sunday.
Mr.. Thos. MCGEE and bride are
visiting the family of Mrs. D. A.
Maxwell. Mr.. MCGEE has the
hearty congratulations of every
one in his old home.
If the strawberry season was
to last six months it would kill
half the people in the communi-
ty, hut it would leave the other
half rich. Everybody is really
glad it is over for they needed to
take a good long breath and you
just haven't got time in straw
berry season to take one.
Mr.. r j. Switzerland and wife
left for Charlotte Tuesday morn
ing, where they will spend some
time with relatives and friends.
What's the matter with having
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