Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-01-06

like vacant rooms-they Jack
furniture.N
Mr.. w. M. Smith has pur~
chased the business of Mr.; E.
w. Edwards on Walnut street.
Mr.. Edwards will commence
business again soon at different
location.
Mr.. E. E. Pipkin, the grocer,
has moved from his old stand on
Walnut street to the corner store
on the corner of John and Walls
nut streets, formerly occupied by
j. A. Harrelt & S IN,
THE stock trade, of which
Goldsboro is headquarters for
this section Of The Stale, will
soon open W in full. There have
been some small shipments al
ready, AID some Of our dealers
are now in the west making pur-
chaSeS.
Mr.. Joseph L. Pearson is not
only a skilled mechanic, but he is
also a successful farmer and
fruit grower. His latest exper-
fence in this line is a second
crop of horse apples, which are
now ripening. They are full
grown and of the usual horse ap-
pie size and favor.
REV. A. B. Crumpler, the
Ssnctifcation Evangelist, who
attracted such large crowds in
the Goldsboro Tobacco Ware
house about eighteen months
ago, has been occupying the pull
pit of ST. John Church at morn
g and evening services for the
At two days and will conclude
his labors here for the present
at the service tonight. He says
his short stay here this time is
only a preparatory step to his
coming in April, when be will
inaugurate a meeting Of several
days duration.-Daily Argus of
Tuesday.
The negro John Smith, who
was serving a term in our county
jail for shooting another colored
man at Mt. Olive some months
ago, made his escape from prison
Sunday-or rather was liberated
some time during the night by
confederates on the outside. Al
entrance was made through a
broken window and his cell door
priced open with heavy scantling.
Who his outside confederates are
is as yet unknown. Smith had
eight months yet to serve in
prison.
IT is true there is a little iull
in business for the present.
which is only a natural onse-
quence. but there were few of
Der merchant Mbo had calcu>
carry themt E,business that
o~stocn,a9 : bfous to the holt
TAI,reat many orders were
interest o.egraph for shipments
8press. The cry of dull
times bad been heard on every
hand and the economical buyer
was afraid of the results, but
when the people did turn loose
their money it came like a re-
freshing shower on a hot sum
mer's day. The farmers have
had money all the time and they
have it now. What Goldsboro
has lost the past season by the
low price of cotton she has more
than gained by the tobacco mar
ket.
The alarm of fire about 6
O'Clock Monday evening was
occasioned by a most distressing
and fatal accident, in which a
little colored child. 3 years old.
of Prof. A. L. Sumner, was
burned to death. It seems that
the children were left i'll care of
the largest child, i'm an upstairs
room, while the mother was en-
gagged in household duties and
the father sick in a lower
room of the house. The largest
child went down stairs to get some
fuel for the fire, and while gone
the child took fire, set the room on
fire and was burned to death
before discovered. An infant was
also in the room, but was rescued
by the father, just in time to save
it. The distressed mother and
father of the child have the SYM
pathy of the community in their
7errible visitation.
IT is with i~nexpressible regret
that The ARGUS chronicles this
afternoon the death of one of the
most estimable of women, the good
wife of our esteemed friend Mr.
N. FL. Gurley, which sad event &C.
CURED at their home, in Forh
township, last night at 7.3o O'Clock.
after 9 %protracted illness, in th'
81 year of her age. She was the
sister ofMr. AL. Sasser, and leaves
5 grown children, 8 sons and /:
daughters, all married, a devoted
husband, and a wide circle of rela
tives and friends to mourn hel
loss. She wss a consistent mem
Der of the Methodist church. He
funeral will be held tomorrow
morning from the home, and til,
interment will be made near by