Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-02-23

The special train for the
Newborn Fair this week leaves
here every morning at s o'clock
Things are getting quite inter
esting IA Raleigh now, as the
days O the Legislature grow
less.
Misses Mamie Dawson, of L.
Grange, and Dora Dawson, OF
Conetoe, are the guests of Mrs,
John Slaughter.
The rapid formation of trusts
in all the necessities and luxuries
of life shows "the white mans
burden isn't confined to the is
lands of the seas by any means.
The death of Mrs. J. d. Rice,
a most excellent woman, occurred
at their home in this city early
Tuesday morning of brain trouble.
She had been i'll only a few days.
Now that the weather has
"come round and business is ad
justing itself accordingly, if you
wish to keep up with the process
sion you should advertise in the
ARGUS.
So Ca p'n Bill Day has resigned
as Superintendent Of the penis
tentiary, and will contest in the
courts a to the constiSutionality
of the acg that forces him out.
Well.
Mai. D.. w. Hurts show
window is equipped with a beau
tiful and attractive variety of
spring samples for gentlemen's
suits, and he is having many
callers who do not fail to leave
their measure.
Our local truckers are now
very hopeful that the peas plant
ed before the storm have wealth
cred the severe ordeal and Will
soon be sprouting and bursting
the soil. It was greatly feared
that the recent freeze had killed
the entire planted crop.
DR.. M. ". Parks, Of the Seven
Springs section, has secured ''re-
lief" He has been appointed a
Fertilizer Inspector by Capt.
Jno. r. Smith, retiring Commits
sioner of Agriculture. DR.. Parks
is a sterling Democrat, and his
appointment by Capt. Smith is in
Difference to coming events"
The following marriage licenses
have been issued since last pubs
lished in the ARGUS: Whites
John Bryant to Emma Anderson,
Lemuel Cotton TO Sarah Wars
wick, Barwell CHM to Alvey
Earrisor, Root. Hines to Susan
Dinkins. Colored. Washington
Barns to Fannie Barns, Hancock
Coley to Annie Braswell, Alex
Coley to Lucy Parker.
The ARGUS man caught several
very prominent citizens and
Sunday School adherents chasing
a rabbit Sunday out at the
river, where they had wendell
their way in company just to see
the high water. They caught the
rabbit, but none of them had the
hardihood to bring the bonny
home, and they over-persuaded
the ARGUS man not to give EN-
away.
The tobacco market here is
drawing 70 a close for the season.
It has been the most successful
in. our history and has proven
to be by far the finest in the
State, aud there is every reason
to, be bel eve that next season it
will prove to be one of the larg-
est. Our farmers are preparing
to plant Extensively of the weed
this spriI g, and the fine quality
Of. the Soil in this section for
growing tobacco is sufficient
guarantee that they will reap
profitable returns for their indus
trySs
Mayor Peterson, DR.. M. E.
Robinson and the editor of the
ARGUS sat together last night as
a committee to judgeo of the merits
of the competing advertisements
sent in under seal for the prize
offered by Mr.. W: V. Williams fon
the best advertisement setting
forth the merits of his wonderful
I'D. D."-Dandruf Destroyer
After a~>eareful study of all of the
many advertisements ~sentin, the
committee awarded the prize, ez
aequo, to Messrs. Charles A
Brown, of the ARGUS force ant
Chas. Broadhurst. That of tn
former appears in this issue. Th'
latter will next be published
A representative of the ARGU
dropped In at a dreary-lookin,
tenant house this nerning on Ash
street, where lay two young girl
in one bed in the cold embrace O
death. One of the girls, Della M use
aged Is, died at 5 O'Clock yester
day afternoon and the other, Penn,
Carter, eyed 81, died at II o'clocl
last night. They were the daugh