Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-12-21

streets TO-DAY ana ina :cOuuGeT
Jumpers nave been busy. Mucn
to the delight of the losses.
Important real estate rams
fers took place last Thursday at
the Court House door, Waere th@
Brogden farm, as advertised IN
the ARGUS, Ras sold 70 Dr.. Jno.
S. Blzzeu .or S., 100, and the
Davis farm, Ov-r n river, was
purchased oy Dr.. j. F. Miller.
Reduced rate tickets on all the
railroads for the HOLIDAYS will be
on sale from the 22od to the 25th,
and also on the Both, 31st and
January 1st, good to return until
and including January 4th. The
rate for the round trip will be II
first class fare one way.
In the list of appointments Of
the recent Conference of the M.
i. Church South, published in the
papers, the fact That the MT.
Olive Circuit has been created
and supplied apart from MI.
Olive and Faison, has failed to be
noted. This charge is filled, un-
der conference appointment, by
Rev. J. W. Carraway.
The local Board of Charities con
sisting of Messrs. W. Fl. Smith
M. L. Lee and L. II. Castex have
been inVesltga lug n condlJlOn
of the coun -, n County
home for the aged and i firm and
the Emergency Huspi'al. This
board vii make a report 20
the State BOARD Charitles, which
meets in Rt,elgh Gu The goth.
From q member of me Board
the ARGUS learns that our County
Jail viii be severly Condemned IN
this repor
The marriage # M. Ulysses
Il. Cox 10 MISS Faun- Parker,
daughter of the Geo f.
Parker, occurred Dec. 14Th, It
the home OF NJ nrd-l - Gran
than townsotp, r ". ] ". Rose,
of this ci y, fiji a'ing. The
waite wer M. W F Parker
with Miss E uua @ and Mr..
Rosco c. WITH NJ > L9udora
Overmap. Attet ne marriage
ceremony n bridal parry left
for the h ne Of The groom's
father, Nj M G n Cexpn John
ston county, where al elegant
supper was served tha night.
The Register of deeds has re-
ceived 36 pau~lon warrants fer
soldiers and q for widows Of sol
diers for Wayne county, amount
ing in all to $4,000 Same have
been sent to their respective post
Offices except those which the pen
sioners requested to be kept by
Register until called for, and two
whose post-uMce address was not
given, John Gotten and Robin
Hinson. They are also kept by the
Register. This will be a gracious
Christmas bounty for those te
whom it is to be paid.
There were 2 fire alarms Friday
night within a short time Of eacl
other. The first about Z o'clocl
was from box 10. Some one say
a big smoke coming from owe
the Mayors Office and turned il
the alarm without waiting to fnt
out about the fire. There wa
no fire at all, except in the stow
in the Mayors Office, where it i
said that the Mayor was burning
up communications from the Wo
mans Club which had accumular
ted since Tuesday and had to b
removed before Saturday. TIL
second alarm was from box 80
and was caused by a defectiv
stove fue in the residence of MI
Kinchen Grant, in Newtown. Yer,
little damage was down.
While on the way to jail Thurs
day afternoon a negro broke loos
from officer Tudor and tried t.
make his escape. The officer fire.
his pistol in the air, which attract
ed quite a crowd. In the mean
time the negro was running, run
ming for liberty. The prison doc
was staring him in the face. FL
knew unless he run and run as b
had never run before, that Short
Scott would furnish his Christina
dinner and he would miss his egg
nog in the morning. With thes
things whirling through his min
and visions of the penitentiar
rising before him he was boundin