Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-07-29
LOCAl. BRIEFS

last week aud captured an illicit
distilIery near ELenezer church,
in this county. The fixtures were
brought to this city and destroys
ed at an early hour this morning.
The name of The proprietor Of
the place. if it is bnowu at all,
has not been made p@bIic.
THE Goldsboro Rifles have un-
der consideration a weeks en-
campment at Morehead City dur
ing the first of next month. The
company will have to pay the ex-
pense themselves and the only bar
rier now in the way is securing
the proper rates over the railroad.
MEssRs. Hatch Bros, the pop
ular excursion managers of Mt.
Olive, will run an excursion from
Dunn via Wilson and this city to
Wilmington aud Ocean view on
the End of August. Their last
excursion was record breaker
and the indications are that
this one will not be far behind
OF all the excursions that have
taken place and that are to take
place that of Mr.. r. E Pipkin to
Norfolk, Baltimore and WASH
ington on the 3rd Of August will
no doubt be the biggest. L. is ad-
vertised on all the railroads Gems
tering here and all the towns
along these lines will furnish
some of the patrons.
IT is very gratifying to the
ARGUS TO be able TO announce
that the extensive plant Of the
Way he Cotton Mil, of this city,
which has been ten rari'y sus
pended for lack of q superln lends
ent, will soon be started up at lis
full capacity, with Messrs Pal
kar and Diggs, two experieEe d
cotton manufacturers, ia charge,
and with every AS u:auce OF l'~r
manent operation.
The excursion of Mcssrs Hol
lowell & Peterson to Morchead
City returned has and every
body who went was we'll pleased
with the trip. The heavy rain of
Tuesday morning prevented Il
great many from going and adver-
tising matter is now being printed
at the ARGUS job office for another
trip to the same destination to
take place on the 18th and 18th
of August. Their posters say
they have consulted the weather
bureau and find at that time there
will be moonlight nights and fair
weather.
The death Of Mrs. Almary
King occurred Thursday at her
home in this city from heart dis
ease, in the 72nd year of her age
She was the mother Of Messrs.
Henry, Dallas and John King
and was the wife Of Blount King,
who was at one time Chief of Po
lice of this city and who was well
known during the late war
throughout this section. She was
for years a member of st, Paul
Nj. e church and in the absence
of both the Methodist pastors
from town sthe funeral was
conducted at the cemetery Friday
afternoon at $50 o'clock by Rev.
+. W. FAIRIES, the pastor of the
Presbyterian church.
THE ARGUS presses are busy
working off advertising matter
for the big excursion to Norfolk,
Baltimore and Washington on
the 3rd of August. of which MIR.
K. E. Plpkin is the popular man
ager. This trip, that is such a de-
sirable one on account Of the
opportunity offered TO visit SO
many places of interest, is re-
ceiYing even more favorable con-
sideration from the public than
did his Asheville trip, which was
SO we'll patroGized and brought
full compensation to the mana
ger for MS trouble. Mr.. Pipkin
has been very appropriately
styled the prince OF excursion
managers, and on this comm g
trip he will no doubt acqait him
self in manner that will sustain
his reputation.
NINE car loads of water mel.
ons, running twelve hundred
melons to the car, were shipped
from here Thursday to northern
MAI kets by Mr.. r. E. Pipkin,
the Walnut street merchant, the
hustling trucker and noted ex
curs;on manager. Mr.. Pipkin
as the ARGUS has said before
in past years. has by his energy
AID public spirit really created
the now truly great water meloI
industry OF this section, by de-
veloping a constantly CROWNS
demand for them in northern
markets, and herein he has beer
indeed a benefsctor to our far'
mers. He buys their crop at
certain profit to them aud take:
all the risk Of shipment and sail
on the northern markets. Ont
car load of the above numher
were from the farm of that cham
pion melon grower Mr.. Jno. Il
Overmau, and were SO large tina
only 900 could be put in the car
They netted Mr.. Overmal
Sl2200.