Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-01-26
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there will be a great deal of truck
planted this It is toe
soon to plan for spending the
money made out of beans and
peas. It might be well to wait
until after the full moon in April.
We congratulate our new Su-
preior Court Clerk, [ F. Ormond.
ESQ on the business like manner
in which he IS performing the
duties at his first term of court
When the Democratic patty nom
mated ike Ormond," IS his
friends call him. The ARGUS said
it was a splendid nomination.
Mr.. Jesse Mcintyre, of Mt
Olive, a iagman Oh the A. c. L.
through freight. fell from the
cars in this city last Monday
and his back struck the side track
ipjuring him painfully and sers
iously. He was given prompt
medical attention. aud later was
carried to his home 10 Mt. Olive,
on the freight, which was going
South.
There is a heavy criminal doc
ket. The criminals are all young
negroes. How the negro problem
sgaggers US. 1t is rare to f0d a
young negro who cannot read ard
write. Go to any jail, and talk
with the negro prisoners, and
you will be surprised at the
knowledge of reading, writing,
arithmetic. and frequently gees
graphy, history and other sub,
jects.
Captain Turner. Chief engineer
of the survey corps who r to
map out the line Of the Great
Eastern Railway. TO run from
Pantega or the coast to Selma,
was in the cityMopday preparing
to begin his work. He says that
the road will have to cross the
W. & W. r. r. at Plkeville be.
cause they could not secure a
right Of way to bring their road
to Gofdsboro, where they desire
to bring it and where it should
terminate.
For several days the Neuse and
Little rivers have been quite full
plenty of water for big boats to
run By the way, some people
think that a properly conducted
steamboat could run the year
round from Goldsboro to New
berne. An experienced hbat man
contends there is no doubt about
it. If that could be done, it would
great things for Goldsboro.
It would give US a water freight
rate, and Goldsboro would be-
come the wholesale center for the
surrounding towns.
The death Observation-Disclosures,
of the Roman Catholic church
of the Sacred Heart. Raleigh,oc>
cured in that city Sunday
morning.o of pneumonia. The fun
eral serviceswere held next morn
ing at II o'clock and the remains
were taken to his home in New
Jersey for interment. He was
quite a young man, brilliant, con
secrated and jealous, and had
won all hearts that knew him.
His untimely death will be sim
.cerely mourned. He was we'll
known and greatly beloved in this
city, where he had frequently Of
fciated in st. Mary's church.
DR.. bred Peacock, the learned.
Preside Mt of Greensboro Female
College, will sail this week for
Europe, the Board Of Trustees
having voted him a vacation of
three months. He will visit Rome,
Naples, Paris, Berlin, London and
other places. Mrs. Peacock will
accompany him. Tens of thous-
ands will wish them a pleasant
journey and a safe return. Under
his able management, DR.. Peacock
has made time-honored old
Greensboro Female College one
of the best colleges in the South
ern States. It certainly has no
superior in all the South.
Sunday was a bright, beauti-
Z full day-a quiet, restful Sunday,
such a day, we think, as the first
Sabbath the eyes eff man ever
looked upon-the Sabbath which
God hallowed and blessed, and
set apart as a day of rest for all
generations. No doubt the sun
rise Sunday was as glorious,
the flowers were as beautiful and
fragrant, the songs of the birds
as sweet as on the first Sunday
morning when God beheld the
work of His hands, and lovingly
smiled upon the man and the wo-
man whom He had fashioned into
being and on whose brow with
divine hand He had set the sea.
of Immortality.
Superior court c~onvenedMapdaJ
morning with Judge Brown pre-.
siding and Solitor Pou at. his post
The Judges charge to the Crane
Jury was concise, ornate and i'm
.pressive, leaving no room fol
doubt or error on the part of the
Grand inquest, which is com.
posed as follows: j. Fl. Grant
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