Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-10-28

Is itself great sight, and go INTO
the wonderful performance. There
are many too poor to pay the
price OF admission who derive
great pleasure and instruction
from the parade alone. The circus
affords pleasure and instruction te
the weary toilers who get very
few of the good things of life. How
many are there in Wayne
county who would never have
seen an elephant or a lion had it
not been for the shows2
Mr.. Henry Brown the super
intendent Of the Enterprise Lum-
Der Company's tram railway at
Plkeville, was seriously injured
Thursday while loading a car
with saw logs. In attempting to
cross the fat car III q hurry Mr..
Brown got his foot caught in the
guy ropes and fell OF the side of
the car. He was suspended for
some time with his head down
wa1d aud his feet fastened to the
car. He is badly bruised and his
Injuries are though to be serious
l-such as will keep him in bed
for several weeks. He was
brought home that night and was
| given medical attention.
Mr.. r. E. Jones, the we'll
known buggy man, representing
Wrenn Bros, of Norfolk, is in
the city, his former home, where
he has host of friends who are
always glad to see him. Mr..
Jones was formerly buggy
manufacture in this city and his
long experience in this line OF
business accounts for the success
that he has achieved as a travel
ing salesman, AS Goldsboro is
without al industry Of this kind
at present, and as such one
could be made to pay handsome.
ly, perhaps Mr., Jones could be
induced to again make his home
among US and manage such an
industry,
THE seeding season for small
grain is ct hand and passing. II
the farmers Of Wayna and al
! Joining counties would be wise
, they woald net les i pass unim
proved. OF course it is not to be
| expected, as side crop. anG
comparatively new venture
rtainly SO with many-that
tue farmers who will plant whea1
this fall will not make as large
| crops as the farmers Of the whea
producing sections Of the West
but they will make enough whea
to furnish them bread and leave
Isome to spare for their neigh
bors Not only that, but they
: will have no freight 10 pay ane
no middleman's commissions, ,anl
at the same time they will have
q more palatable and more nu
tritious article Of diet than th'
in ported -four which is now uset
on their farms.
The case of Richard Johnson
the forger, was disposed Of b.
Superior Court Wednesday las
; in very few minutes and tn,
} jury rendered their verdict o
guilty" without leaving thei
= seats, The evidence was positiv
] and the efforts of the prisoner t.
t shift the burden of the crime o,
. his cousin D. A. johnson wer
t very weak and were not consid
> cred by the court. The Judge i'm
: posed sentence Of FIVE years i
: the penltentiary. He was brough
Q into court Saturday and 3 years G
o the above sentence remitted b
l the Judge with the consent of th
L State and prosecution: and hard
Iy had johnson been returned
t Jail when he went to work with
+ file to effect mis- escape. He ws
l. thereupon brought bank into coul
: and his first sentence of 5 year
was reinstated, and on his wa
= back to Jail he broke away frol
= tue officers and ran; but he wa
a soon out-run by Mr.. Dick Moy
3 and was taken to the "pen'' o
d Monday.