Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-08-11

and Otherwise. Run Down and Run IL
Grand Rounds"
The last month of summer is
with us.
Candidates and excursions are
abundant.
Sweet potatoes-new crop, are
on the market.
Mrs. j. Wash Bizzell is visiting
relatives at Mt. Olive.
Count, if you can, the people
who remark, 'ain't it ho1?"
sME~~an6 Mrs OJ Fitzgerald
shave returned from their bridal
trip to Virginiag
Mr.. N.~B.S outlaw, who has
been quite sick for the past ten
days, is improving.
A gentleman who has recently
been ia Sampson and Duplin
counties informs US that the
crops are the best in that section
for years.
Mr.. Matt. W. Moore has re-
sumed his duties in the dry goods
department at H. We'll & Bros,
after spending a month with rela-
tives and friends at Warsaw.
Little Nathan, son of Mr.. Jno.
E. Stanley, was badly bitten by a
horse at Plkevil'e Sunday, and
but for timely assistance would
doubtless have been killed.
Mr.. W. R. Phillips. of the
ARGUS, accompanied by his wife
and little boy, left Tuesday flor
Bath, N. c., where they will
spend a week visiting relatives
and friends.
The Board OF Supervisors for
Goldsboro township will meet at
the Mayors Office, in this city, at
3 o'clock Saturday evening,
August 13, at which time all
overseers Of public roads will be
required to make their report.
Mrs. F. L. Castex and children,
who have be n spending the
summer at Chase City, Va, have
returned home. The illness Of the
baby is causing the fond parents
much anxiety, IN which they
have the sympathy Of their many
friends.
In the coming county conven
ton the greatest care should be
exercised in the selection Of can
didates for the legislature. The
next Legislature Will be Demo-
cratic. and the good, old county
of Wayne should be ably repre-
sented.
The date for the county con-
vention has been set. There +
many candidates ia the field.
Many people have personal pref
erences. This is natural. But this
is no time for personal ~preferen-
ces-let the watchsword of every
Democrat be, THE best men for
the various positions"
Goldsboro continues to buy
hundreds of buggies from Rock
Hill, S c., Norfolk, Va. South
Boston, Va. Kjnston, n. c., and
many other places too numerous
to mention. What about a Colds
boro buggy factory. A factory
would bring a number of good
white families here. and that is
the class of population that we
need.
The Goldsboro Oil Mill, under
the supervision of their superin-
tendent, Mr.. C.. F. Taylor, is
erecting a large water tank on the
grounds of their plant. The tank
will be 81 feet high and will
rest on an iron frame foundation,
The erection Of the tank is only
for increased protection in case of
fire:
The Democratic Executive
Committee met Monday at the of
flee of the chairman Hon. W. R.
Allen, and called the township
primaries for August Goth at 3 p.
M, except Goldsboro, which
meets It the court house on the
10Th at 8 80 p. m. The committee
selected Saturday, August q, as
the date for holding the county
convention.
Mr.. r. E.. PipKin, the noted
excursion king, has arranged for
another fine trip for u excur-
sion-going people. Having had
such fine success with his recent
trip to Norfolk and the repeated
requests of many people for n
other like trip, he has decided to
run his second and probably last
excursion of the season to Nor
folk and Baltimore on Tuesday,
August % d. For full particulars
see his forthcoming circular.
Unquestionably the best water
in Goidsboro is at the Court
House well. Hundreds of people
drink from it every day. Not only
the town people but many coun-
try people, when they go to
town, go there for water, many
nomo,, and ohildran amonr tho