Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-03-30
DAILY M WEEKLY.
OUR LOCAL OPTIC.

COmU04u lu0 dOmlrdOl6 loGE6r OF
Hon. G. H. Mebane, State SUI
perintendent of puoIic Iustruc-
ton, published elsewhere in this
issue,
Mr.. W. B. Person, who has
been located at Laurinburg,
where he has been buying cotton
the past season., has returned to
Goldsboro. his many friends will
be glad to know.
The crop of marriage licenses
for the past week is not so large
as usual. The books il the Regis
ter's office only show The follow
ing: White-1saac Blown to Alice
Loftin, John NJ. Folsom to
Florence Green, Edward Jinnette
to Dora Dali. Colored-Will Bor-
den to Lille WhitIy, Thos. Rays
nor to Lille Walker.
An indispensable article for the
toilet and one which has become a
household word is Williams d.
d. The article is too we'll known
to require al explanation of the
abreviation. 1t is manufactured
by a Goldsboro man right here III
Goldsboro and is for sale by a
Goldsboro firm, M. e. Robinson
& Bro.
The death of MIR. Dock Hooks,
of Hooks mill, whose illness we
noted last week, occurred Monday
night. He will be greatly missed
IN his neighborhood, and in this
city, where he had many friends,
The funeral was held from the
home Tuesday afternoon at 2;3O
o'clock, and The interment vas
made in the family burying
ground, Rev. DR.. F. d. Swindell,
pastor of St. Paul church oficiat-
ing.
Mrs. L. H. Castex, and their
milliner Miss Pearl Creech, who
have been spending some time in
the leading fashion centres of the
North studying the seasons
styles in millinery, arrived home
Tuesday afternoon. The millinery
openings of this well-known and
reliable firm always set the sea-
sons styles, whether Of Spring or
Fall, and the ladies throughout
the wide territory of their trade
await these fashion events with
great interest.
The Board of Alderman met in
special session at the Mayors
Office at noon Monday and placed
an order tor a hook and ladder
truck, of the latest improved
pattern. The Aldermen T to be
highly commended for this &C.
ton, as it is something which
the Fire Department has long
been desperately in need, OF both
for protection and for insurance
reduction. 1t is now in order for
the insurance combination to
make the reduction which has
long been promised.
In response to an advertise
ment for bids to connect the
county jail with the sewerage
system the Chairman Of the
Board of County Commissioners
Mr. E. a, Stevens received a bid
from the Goldsboro Hardware
Company for $219.85, one from
the Goldsboro Plumbing and
Heating Company for $215 90,
and one from the Jno. Slaughter
Company for $4,000, the last
named being the lowest, the con-
tract was awarded them.
The fresh fish business in
Goldsboro is quite an important
branch of trade. In the city
market their are usually from
three to four dealers and each of
these on Saturday receives from
seven to eight boxes, and usually
dispose of the whole amount.
Their sales on Saturday r much
larger than at any other time,
but they sell large quantities
every day in the week. It is not
only a good business for the
dealers, but a great convenience
to houskeepers.
The Superior Court which con
venes in this city next month will
have a capital case to try, and it
is safe to predict that another
hanging will follow. A negro
named Eugene Scales, who came
here from Winston to work in to-
bacco some months ago, and only
last week finished a term on the
public roads for carrying a pistol,
entered the bed room of Miss
Rebecca Langston, the Is year
old daughter of Mr.. Jos. Lahgs-
ton Monday night about l o'clock,
while she slept, and when discoy-
cred he had his shoes and coat
off. Mrs. Langston heard him in
the room, her husband being alb
sent, and gave the alarm, when
Messrs. Jesse Pipkin and Rufus
Ham rushed from their homes
and captured the fend before he
could escape. He jumped out of
the window and hid under the