Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-05-04
OUR LOCAL OPTIC.

Rev. S. T. Moyle, the pastor O
St. John M. E. Church, began
protracted revival services at hi.
church Sunday, which will b.
continued indef nitely.
The township Sunday Schoo
convention of Grantham's town.
ship will meet on Saturday May
10, with Selah church. The pub,
lie are cordially invited.
The furniture house Of Royal
& Borden is exhibiting a hand
some line of rocking chairs this
week. An inspection is sure tc
win admiration and seldom fails
to make a purchaser.
The remains Of James Ken
ne1y, the 4 year old son of Mrs,
Neppie Privett Kennedy. were
brought to this city Monday for
interment from the Oxford Or
phan Asylum, where he died OF
Sunday.
The renowned First Regiment
Band, of the North Carolina
volunteers, just back from SER
vice in Cuoe, and second only to
Sousa's, will be in Goldsboro on
Friday night of this week. Every
body should hear it.
The following are the marriage
licenses for the week. White
Henry Grady to Maggie Springs.
Colored-Wiley Graham to Sylvia
Hardy, Benjamin Smith t, Addie
Holmes.
His many friends were glad to
see Mr.. Jno. ". w. Thompson in
the city yesterday on a visit to
his mother. He left last night for
Louisville, Ky, where he is en-
the road for one of the most SUD-
stantial firms of that city.
Wash day is a f. mlliar occur.
renee, OR at last it should be, in
every we'll regulated family, but
such d thing as "soap day" is
something new to most people.
The drug store Of NJ. E Robin
sou & Bro is gong to have two
soap days this week. on Thurs
day and Friday. and everybody
is invited to go and get acquaints
ed with this new fashion day.
MI. F. 6. Middleton, Of War,
saw, was in the city Tuesday. He
tells the ARGUS that hes shipped
the finest strawberries from War
saw this morning that have ever
been see at that place, and it Is
one of the best towns for berries
on the road. He also said tLat he
sent instructions TO the commits
sion house tha* if the berries did
not sell for % cents per quart to
ship them back.
Mr.. r. n. Simms, Of the Ra-
leigh Bar, has been chosen by
the Goldsboro Rifles to deliver
the address on the 10Th of May.
and Rev. S. H. Isler will deliyer
the prayer. MIR. Jos. E. Robinson
has been elected Chief Marshal
by the Ladies Memorial Associa-
ton. AT the meeting Of the
Choral Society last night they
unanimously consented to sing at
the Cemetery on Memorial Day.
All Of which completes the ar>
engagements for the occasion.
Everybody who has OR can get
flowers are requested to preserve
and bring them out on that day
to decorate the graves of the Con.
federate dead.
The Choral Society at their
rendition of Mendelssohn's
''Athalie'' in the Opera House on
next Tuesday night will have
quite an array Of solo singers.
Miss Emma Leinbach, the lead
soprano Of DIR. ParkhursG's
church in New York city, Miss
Alice Jones. of Freemason ST.
Church of Norfolk ard the lead
ing contralto of the State Of Virs
ginia, and Messes Sallie Lee and
Leila Cobb, two of the best
soprano voices of our city, will
all take part, and backed by a
Chorus of fifty of the best voices
of Guldsboro, under the direction
of Mrs, Geo. Claiborne Royal,
will give a musical feast such as
Goldsboro has never heard be-
fore.
A WE'LL dressed stranger who
got on the train at Wilmington
Saturday night arrived in this
city on the ''shoofy" the same
night with a baby about five or
six weeks old and took lodging
at the Bridgers house. In a snort
while after his arrival the baby
raised such a racket that Mrs
George B III I'll. Who has rooms
DIT the same hotel, offered to take
the baby and get it quiet. Her
services were readily accepted
and the stranger explained his
awkward position by saying that
his wife was in a hospital in
Richmond and that he vas on his
way to see her, but did not care
to ride all night and had stopped
over until the morning. lie al
lowed Mrs. Bizz9ll to keep the
baby in her room during the