Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-06-02
THE ARGUS.
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
OUR LOCAL OPTIC.



All tax listers of the county
are re Quested TO meet the Board
Of County Commissioners next
Monday for special instructions.
The Road supervisors of the
seveIal townships can get copies
of the Road Law by calling on
the Register of Deeds.
Miss lessee Bell, from near
Pollockville, Jones county, on her
return home from Greensboro
Female College, is IN the city, the
guest of Miss Mary Humphrey.
Mrs, Geo. c. Switzerland, of
Washington, d. c., who has been
visiting relatives at Wilmington
and M. Olive, is in the city,
where her many friends are glad
to SEE her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Romeo Daughtery.
have the sympathy Of their many
friends in the death of their IA
months old baby, which occurred,
Monday night, after an illness Of
several weeks. at their home in
Eastern Goldsboro.
The G. q. & r. Company have
added horse-shoeing and general
black-smithing to their business
in this city and have secured the
services of an all round expert
III the person of Mr.Neal A. Ora
ham.
The commencement exercises
at Fremont Academy will come off
on June 10. Our cultured towns
man Col. A. G. Davis will deliver
the literary address III the oc-
casion, and herein a rich feast
awaits all who attend,
MI. j. w. B~izzell, the senior of
the firm of j. w. Bizzell & Co., has
purchased a lot fronting Ashe
street between the Presbyterian
church and the residence Of the
late Capt. S. d. Phillips, and will
erect a residence thereon.
DR.. E. E. Smith, the superin-
tendeut OF the colOred State Nor
NAL School in tins city. received
his Appointment as acjutaut Of
the regiment of the cOIored
troops which passed through this
city Monday for duty at Fort
Macon, and left that Gay for
his post Of duty.
Ground was broken to-day for
the erection Of the Planters
Warehouse. which is the name
of the new tobacco warehouse
to be completed by the 1st Of
August. This building is TO be of
large dimensions ard this will
give Goldsboro three ware
houses, the equal of any in the
State.
Mr., W. F. English, one of the
pioneer promoters of the trucking
industry at Mt. Olive and vicinity
and who has for the season just
closed shipped more berries than
any other person from that town,
was in this city Tuesday, where he
has many friends who are always
glad to see him.
It will be a great pleasure to
his many friends to learn that
our esteemed townsmaa Mr.. K.
E. Bizzell has so far recovered
from his recent severe fever ILL.,
ness as to be able TO take a .recu-
perating trip. He left Tuesday
for Old Point Comfort, where
hewill spend some time enjoy
ing the salt breeze and baths.
The funeral of Mrs. W. G..
Collier was held Sunday alters
noon, at their home IN this city
and the interment was made in
the old family burving ground.
near Pikeville, Rev. ]. E. Bris>
tOwe officiating Mrs Collier had
been in decling health for many
months, and her devoted hus-
band has the sympathy of many
friends IN his sad bereavement.
The following is a list of the
marriage licences for Wayne
county, issued the past week. end.
ing June 1st: White-J. D. Pad
gett to Alice W Lane. Jno. Tim
Price to Loula Blizzard. Colored
David Battle tc Florence Rose,
Nathan Spivey to Liddie Ann
Gaskln. Cullen Morehead to Ju-
liza Pearsall. Sandy Wade to Het-
tie Gray.
Prof. Logan D. Howell, super
intendent of the Raleigh Graded
School, has been appointed quar-
termaster sergeant for the second
Regiment. He will, of course,
resign his position as su%perinten
dent to fill his new appointment.
It is said that Prof. E. 2. Moses,
who was for years superintendent
of the public scAo.,is here, will be
elected to succeed Prof. Howell.
Mr.. r. E. Pipkin the noted and
popular trucker, watermelon
king, and chief of long distance
excursion managers, has Just re-
turned from a prospecting trip tc
Norfolk, where he surveyed the
truck outlook of THAT vicinity, in