Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-04-14
THE ARGUS.
DAILY AND WEEKLY.


N:rsS L;zze Smith, Of Ere
zen, II n the city on a visit to
her cousin, Miss Eunice Cox.
Ray. !. 4. Pruden, Of Dur
ham, to wi,oll d cal! has been ex
teudea feom ST. Stephens
Church In this city. viii visit tbs
parish next Sunday and preach
IN the morning and at night.
Ma John Fl. ShoIburn, U. S.
Deputy revenue Collector with a
posse made q raid last night on the
moonshiners, and captured an illi-
cit distilIery and complete outfit
in Pikeville township.
THE Racket Store IF Messrs.
B, Cchn s. Co is supplied with a
larger stock Of spring dress
goods, notions end millinery
than ever before in its history.
and it has a pleasant force Of
lady clerks to serve the trade.
THERE has never been the
amount Of rice planted in this
section as will be planted this
year. 1t will doubtless pay; and
farmers are even using fertilizers
this year on the rice crop, which
has hot been done before.
The following marriages licenses
have been issued for Wayne
county for the week ending April
-: White:-Walter Perry to Gao
die West. tColored: - Walter
Hines to Matte Artist, Forney
Macarthur to Sarah Oadum, wills
liam Toler to Mittie VIM.
MRS. S. D Petteway has a Sc
lect line Of ladies dress goods
and a complete line Of notions
from which to furnish al the
trimmings aud decorations. She
is familiar with the wants OF the
trade and has made purchases
with a view to supplying those
wants.
IT can be truly said that March
and April have changed places
on the calendar for 1898. March
throughou5 was as thoroughly
delightful as one could wish.
April has been unusually rough
and cold. causing people 10 fear
greatly that the fruit aud truck
crops may be destroyed before
the cold weather ceases.
TIE death of MIR. Simeon
Grady occurred Su day morn
ing at his home IN Dudley. He
was q brother Of Constable Ell.
W. Grady, Of this city, and was
well known throughout the coun-
ty, He had been in failing
health for some time, and while
his death was sudden. it was
nevertheless not wholly mex
pected.
IT is said that in less than one
week from to-day GoIdsboro and
Raleigh will be talking to each
other as easily as two neighbors
over a dividing fence. The AL
myra Telephone Company, will es-
tablish telephone connection be-
tween the two cities. Already the
line is completed-the wires up
and the switchboard in place-and
all that remains to be done is to
put ia the instruments at Colds.
boro. They have been ordered for
some time and are daily expected
to arrive.
The closing exercises Of the
G9ldsboro colored Graded School
will be held in the Messenger
Opera House Friday evening OF
this week, and promises to be in
teresting and creditable. The
Principal requests US to say that
the entire right wing of the house
will be reserved for the board Of
trustees Of the city schools an6
such other white friends as may
lend the encouragement Of theil
presence to the occasion, anc
there will be no extra charge fol
reserved seats. A general ad
mission Of 10 cents Will b,
charged for the benefit of tht
school library
The death Of Mr.. Levi
Thompson, formerly Of Green
county, and w~ell-known in thi
CITY, where he one time resided
occurred in Charlotte last week
The News of that city, in speak
ing Of the funeral, says: s'The fu
neral service over the remains 0
Mr.. Lewis Thompson was con
Quoted from the residence Q.
South Caldwell street this after
noon at 3 o'clock. His dust wa
tenderly handled by his arm
comrades and fellow-members {
the Mecklenburg Camp of Cor
federate Veterans. The pal
bearers were: Messrs. G. B. Skies
W. d. Stone, j, III. Sims, L. I
Austin, J. G. Freeland and Cap
John R.. Irwin. The interme1
was in ElmWood.
IT will be a real pleasure I
the many friends the young gel
tleman has made since his az
vent to this section 10 learn h;