Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1898-12-01

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"Grand Rounds"
DIR. J. NJ. Parker is on a pleas
ure trip to New York.
The Thanksgiving offering, for
the benefit Of the brownsville
Orphanage, at the First Baptist
church. Was $50. 90.
The many friends of Mrs. W.
H. Higgins will be pleased to
learn that she Is rapidly recover
ing from her recenG i~ndisposition.
Grand juries in Pennsylvania
may indict, but the people OF
Pennsylvania will acqult. They
have already vindlcat their
boss.
Mr.. L. B. Holt has rented his
residence on William street 10
Mr., W. It. Dortch and has left
for his farm in Johnston
county, near Smithfeid.
Mrs. S. d. Petteway has on
display a handsome line of
Christmas novelties, and purchas-
+ of Christmas presents might
do we'll to call and inspect her
stock.
Deputy Sheriff Scott left Mon
day for Wilson to return with
Joe Pettiford, one of the prison
ers who broke Jail on Friday
night, and who had been cap1ur-
ed by the police in hat town.
On December 18th the water
will be drawn eff Hooks mill pond
and it Will be cleaned of fish.
Parties desiring to avail them
selves of the occasion should see
Mr.. D. II, Hooks as soon as pUs-
sihle.
The drug store of Messrs. M E.
Robinson & Bro. has for a nuns
Der of years made a specially Of
holiday goods and this season
they have on display a stock of
this class of goods which attracts
tt ->attention of all visitors to
their store.
Now that Goldsboro has added
SO much new territory and SO
many public improvements, the
ARGUS suggests that a new and
modern chart of the city be made,
for the benefit of p~rospectors, as
we'll as for the greater convenience
of all concerned.
The question of changing the
charter of Goldsboro, and the abo-
lition of the Marion Butler devils
ed scheme of cumulative vot-
ing"-anheard Of before and alto
gether reprehensi5le-will be dis
cussed at the next netting of the
Board of Aldermen.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Robert
son hare returned from a visit to
MIR. Robertson's parents in Clay
ton and have taken rooms with
Mr.. J. r.. Griffin, where they will
make their home while Mr.. Rob-
ertson continues his run as bag
gagemaster on the Southern Rail
way.
The death of Mrs. Nancy
Bartlett occurred Sunday ats
ternoon at her home in Webb
town. She vas IS years Of age
and vas the grandmother Of Mrs.
Jack Vinson. The funeral was
held from the homeMonday after~
noon and the interment made in
Willow Dale Cemetery.
Sheriff B. F. Scott requests the
ARGUS to state that he left the
prisoners, who broke Jail on Fri
day night, out in the corridor in
compliance with orders issued by
DR.. j. III. Powell, county physi-
clan, who also ordered him to get
a cot for one of the prisoners who
was sick.
The late Mr.. CASTOR E.. Thurs
ton, whose untimely death was
duly mentioned in the ARGUS at
the time, carried a policy on his
life in the Penn Mutual Life insur-
ance Company, of which Mr.. W.
r. Phillips is local agent, for
So, 900, and on the 18th of this
month his bereaved widow called
at the State agents Office in RAJ
leigh and received a check for the
full amount of insurance. The
policy was taken out only a few
weeks before the death of Mr..
Thurston and is truly a case which
shows the wisdom OF securing life
Insurance while in good health.
The Caucasian" Marion But
1er's retrograding sheet, is now
being published from Goldsboro,
from the printing house Of
Messrs. Nash Bros, under con-
tract. What has Goldsboro done
to merit such ~notoriety? But if
there is any town in the State can
stand it Goldsboro is equal to the
emergency. But even the best
town in the State will not save