Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-04-21
WALTER LETTER.
A Condensed Chronicling OF a
Weeks Happenings.

crops, especially corn. Ihls week
and next will be, perhaps, The bus
lest Of the planting season, as
everybody will be on arush to fin
ish sowing cotton. Buying gu
ano has become a second nature
with the majority Of farmers,
which accounts to a great extent
for their present financial condi-
ton, for in their effort to raise
cotton they neglect the very essen
tials Of successful farming, name
ly, home supplies. We talked
with a successful farmer the other
day, who told Us, that for several
years, he had been one year
ahead, and he attributed it to max
ing cotton a secondary considera~
ton; products for home consump-
tion coming first. The result is,
he is out of debt, with ample ac-
cumulations for a "rainy day"
We have more bachelors and
widows in our community than
any we know, and we cannot un-
derstand why some of our young
widows don't take the matter in
hand and ''drap a courtin' on
some of these boys, and relieve
the monotony, and give US some
thing to write about. If you wait
for them to take the initiative,
you will be left. for they are
actually SO bashful that the very
thoughts Of such scares them to
death. That's the reason they
are not married now. Perhaps
some Of our young ladies may
come to their rescue.
We have just read the "Satur-
day Sermon in last weeks ARGUS
and if we could be assured Of a
fulfllment Of the proyerbial say
ing: "Better the day, better the
deed" we would certainly like to
see a Sunday sermon" from the
same pen. AS we mediate upon
the beautiful truth it contains.
and realize the sublime grandeur
of it's theme, we are given a higher
conception Of life, a nobler incen-
tive to a more conscientious per-
Torrance Of duty, and an abiding
determination to "obtain mercy"
Dogs made a raid on Mr.. Joe
Roses sheep last Sunday, and kill
ed several fine lambs. We can,
not understand how any one can
oppose a rigid dog law, when
every day we hear Of some trou
BILE they cause, either to human life
or property. Any reasonable man
would not object to paying tax on
a dog worth keeping, and then all
worthless ours, THAT is those on
four legs) would be exterminateI.
The death of MI. Calvin Dali
occurred at his home near here
Sunday morning, after years Of
suffering from a cancer on his
face. He was one of our oldest
citizens, a good farmer, a kind
neighbor, and an upright, honest
man in his dealings with his fellow
man. The interment took place
at the Coor burying ground Mon
day morning.
Our jovial friend, MI. John Y.
Sherard, and his estimable wife,
were in our community last Tues
day. MI. Sherard attended the
election, in the interest of his.
farm near here, and Mrs. Sherrard
spent the day with Mrs. Ophelia
Crawford.
Some scoundrel wentinto Robt-
Artists house one day recently,
while he and family wer away
from home, and ransacked every
thing, but he only misses some
shirt buttons aud tobacco Our
n%eighbors should be more care
full in leaving their houses.
Quite a number of people were
disappointed last Sunday when
they reached Ebenezer and found
out there would be no services.
Mcfarland had called in
the appointment.
Mrs. Laura Andrews, of Ere
mont, and daughter, Miss Clyde,