Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-09-29

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sued this week was for Mr. T. p
Fitzpatrick to Miss Willie Best.
Mr.. Josephus Daniels. editor
of the Raleigh News & Observer
who is doing such efficient work
through his paper, will speak q
Snow Hill on Saturday of this
week by appointment of Chair
man Simmons, of the Democratic
State Executive committee.
The saw mill, gristmill arc
planning mill Of Mr.. j. H. Ay'
cock, situated near Ere mont, Was
destroyed by fire last night. THIS
plant was estimated at S. 600
and $4,000 insurance was carried
by Mr.. e. W. Crayton of this
city. The origin of the fire is un-
known.
Mrs. j. W. Blzzall has returned
from the North, where she wenl
to purchase fall millinery ano
dress goods for the firm Of J. W
Bizzall & Co. She al accompa-
MED home by Miss Mamie
Timanus, Of Baltimore, an expert
milliner, who will have charge
of their millinery department
this season.
All the outside township te
yond the city will meet at the
Court House on Tuesday night
for the purpose Of Organizing a
township White Government
Union. Every white man in the
township beyond the city limits,
in whatever Locality, or what
ever may have been his former
political fl iiatiops. is invited TO
attend this meeting and join the
Union.
Hon. F. A. Daniels spoke at
Magnolia Monday night to a large
gathering of old line Democrats,
converted Populists and al
most persuaded members of the
latter party, who'll is hoped, af>
ter hearing Mr.. Daniels splendid
presentation of the fearful cons
diJlon of affairs under fusion in
our State and the greater menace
that confronts as, will get right,
and be ready TO vote right on
election day.
That Goldsboro is fully awake
to the advance of Democracy. as
is always her wont, was glorious
ly demonstrated Monday night at
organization of precinct White
Government Unions. The attends
ance at all the precinct meetings
was large and enthusiastic. r g.
ular meetings of these Unions
will be held from now on till
election day, and much good
work is expected from them.
The death of MIR. John F
Denning occurred last night
q bb0aatt IL o'clock at his home in
this city. For several years he
had bef1ed with that fell disease
consumption and his vigorous
constitution only surrendered
after his wonderful vitality had
been wasted in vain resistance.
He made one of the best police
officers that Goldsboro ever had
and left a record when he re-
signed worthy Of emulation. The
funeral was held from the home
this afternoon, conducted by
Rev. J.. E. BristoWe. pastor of
ST. John M. E. church.
The unexpected death Of Mr..
Robert Edwards occurred at his
home in this city Sunday morn
ing about II o'clock, He was as
we'll as usual in the morning and
deliver ice for MIR. A. Pittman,
when he was taken very i'll with
a pain at his heart and asked to
be taken to the Office of DIR. j. D.
Spicer. He was soon carried
home and died in a short while.
He was about so years of age
and was a member of St. Paul
M. E. church. The funeral was
held from the home Monday and
the interment made in Willow
Dale Cemetery.
In this issue we publish a card
from u good old friend Mr..
John Wright Ham, which though
brief speaks volumes in its open,
manly u%tterance. It needs no
comment to impress 1t the more
upon our people, and we feel sure
that other good men like Mr..
Ham who went off with the Pc
pulist movement in it's incipiency
and pristine purity of purpose,
reading this card will breath q
hearty Amen, and follow him
back to his first love. the grand
old Democratic party where alone
is safety. prosHRty and happi-
ess for all the people to be
found.
II any one doubts that decency
and Democracy, regardless OF
former political affiliations, are
getting together more and more
every day. all over the State, he
needs but to keep up with the
daily chronicling of the times tc
have all his doubts removed,
There is not a day throughout
North Carolina that dozens OF
good men, Populists and Rebuff
licans, are not joining the ranks
of Democracy for good govern.
/. ment,~to redeem the State from
the damnable disgrace of the