Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-04-20
OUR LOCAL OPTIC.

required for the coming city elec-
tion. The new registration books
are open. See that you are duly
registered.
Mrs. Amanda Sauls. who lives
near St. john church. fell from
the steps at her home last Thurs
day and sustained severe in
juries and probably broken
arm. She is near 70 years Of age
a fact which will make her inju
ries the harder to bear.
Another evidence of Spring,
besides the budding trees and
blooming flowers ard busy nest
ing building birds and blossom.
ing pea fields, is the presence in
cur community of the truck con-
signment solicitors from the
northern markets. Their name
is legion this season, which
might indicate that com petition
will be brisk and prices good.
Mr., and Mrs. VIM. Wooten have
the SYM athy of their numerous
friends and acquaintan ces in the
death of Their infant daughter,
aged 3 months, which occurred
Friday afternoon at their home
in this city. The remains were
taken to La Grarge on Saturday
for interment In the family plot in
the cemetery at that place.
Mr.. r. B. Smith, of Washing
top, N. c., and representing the
North State Lumber COMPANY,
was in the city Friday to meet
Mrs. Smith, who comes to join
him while he is located at Faison,
in the interest of his company.
Mr.. Smith is an expert timber in
spector, and deals extensively in
timber and real estate in this
State and South Carolina.
Messrs Robinson Brothers,
whose Soda fountain has such an
established reputation tor the
SURPRISING coldness of its carbon
ated drinks of every variety, will
give, this season, as prize to
the person holding the largest
number Of tickets at the end of
the season, a fine thoroughbred
Jesey COW. Heretofore, for the
past several years, they have
given fine pony or bicycle; but
this new departure will interest
househeepers in contesting for
the desirable prize.
From the Mt. Olive Advertiser
of last week, we clip the following
icem: early on Wednesday morn
ing Miss Cora Parker, the eigh-
teen year old daughter of the
late Richard Parker, shot herself
in the head with a 80 calibre pis-
tol and inflicted wound that
will in all probability cause her
death. The ball has not been To-
Gated and from the hole above
her temple particles of brains
have oe ezed. she was conscious
at last reports. No reason can
be assigned for the rash act."
A telegram received by his
relatives in this city last week
brings the glad news of the dis
tinguished success of Goldsb3ro
talent again This time it is our
young friend and townsman DR..
Sam Edwards, son of Mr.. l. Ed
wards, who has, after a full
fo,,r uoore ooureo IN tho P,l,i
more Medical College. graduated
with high honors from that insti-
tuition, winning a leading prize,
and awarded a position for Two
years at good salary in the
Johns Hopkins Hospital. It was
ever thus with Goldsboro. The
ARGUS sends its hearty congrat-
ulations to DR.. Edwards.
A subscriber of the ARGUS sa d
this morning that he subscribed
to other papers besides the
ARGUS, but that he was very
careful not to let his children
read some of the others. He said
further that he came in home
recently aud found his little girl
deeply absorbed in a chapter of
borrors in some other paper and
he Immediately told his wife to
give the children the ARGUS to
read-that he had never seen a
line or a word in the ARGUS
which he would refrain from
reading aloud around his freside.
This voluntary endorsement of
the editors course is very graft
flying.
Mr.. s. L. Dill, superintendent
of the A. & N. G. r. E., in writ
ing to Mr.. Geo. g. Royal, ticket