Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-10-12
The Board of County Commits
sioners will meet In special session
next Saturday.

sioners will meet In special session
next Saturday.
Superior c0urt viii convene il
this city for a one week term or
Monday next, Judge Moore pre-
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The Hotel Kennon oHce fol
guests has been deliberately equip.
ped with handsome and comfort.
able chairs and settees.
Elder Dalton, of Virginia will
preach in the Primitive Baptist
church in this city next Wednes-
day morning at II o'clock. The
public are cordially invited to
hear him.
The County Board of School
Directors, all the members in
attendance vas in session in
ft t. ey Ncoday L was decided
county shan open on the frs
Monday in November.
The death of W. j. Bordeau
occurred at his Hume liz Granular
township uesCay, Sept. 26lh. He
was SO years of age and leaves a
wife and seven children to mourn
his loss. The community extends
heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved.
Three marriage licenses we're
issued by our Register of Deeds
since Wednesday of last week as
follows: White-George Bardin
TO Emma Wooteu, Richard Par
nell to Nan Pearce. Colored-
Henry Mitchell TO Cora Cara
way.
The Peak sisters, of Alaska
have arrived. There are ten of
these celebrities and the manage
ers desire that the Arlington
dining room may be filed to its
utmost Friday night, as the price
has been reduced to ten cents for
one and all.
1t. Thos. A. Washington, U.
> n w, wfu Has III cnaFg- 9.
Es a.
nEe q sun
in l
@N7l 90. auo
Mrs. Jas. A. Washington. HIS
many friend here are glad TO see
him and welcome him right cor
daily.
Some of the finest second crop
Irish potatoes, of the Red and
White Bliss varieties, have just
been brought in to us by Mr.. I.
P. Andrews, one of the best farm
ers in the county. He says bis
crop has been prolific, ana GER
tainIy is the growth large and
substantial. Truly have we a
climate and sol ID this section
of North Carolina unequaled in
the world.
A rather "seedy looking" indi-
vual who claimed to be an
'Fhonest mechanic" presented
himself at the store of the Colds
boro Drug Co. M nday aud asked
aims of Mr.. G. B. Miller, who
propounded few pertinent ques-
tions and spoke about the white
cotton fields where labor was
wanting. This kind of talk irri-
tated the solicitor for money and
he became insulting and was
finally taken to police head
quarters to sober up.
Fhe Goldsboro Book Store has
been purchased by Mr.. j. W.
Wlnslow, a gentleman who has
had several years experience as
a business man in Goldsboro and
who is well acquainted with the
trading public. The retiring pros
prietor, Mr.. F. NJ. Miller, will en-
ter the COTTON mill business. He
will probably go to work for the
Wayne Cotton Mill at present,
but he will later on enter a tex
tile school to thoroughly post
himself as to the mechanical
part of the business.
Mr.. Carl Berger, so long con-
nected with the G~oldsboro Furn-
iture factory, and a workman in
wood that has but few equals,
has gone with his family to Will
mington and taken a position
in the car shops of the W. & w.
R. r. The ARGUS regrets to
chronicle the departure of Mr..
Berger apd-. his excellent wife
from~ourcomnanity, and they
take with them the best wishes
Of many friends for happiness
aud prosperity III their new
home.
Tuesday morning before o.: S.
Commissioner Hugh Humphrey a
white man by the name of Pearl
Norris was tried for counterfeit
ing money in the town of Dunn,
Harnet county, The evidence
showed he had made moulds for
tbs purpose of counterfeiting sil~
yer dollars and nickles. An unfin-
ished pair Of bis moulds that were
found by his directions were ex-
hibited to the court by one of the
witnesses for the government.
MI. Oscar j. Spears, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney. represented the
government. h 8as held under d
three hundred dollar bond to APP