Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-11-09

Grand Rounds"
Away back il Toe eariles'
ages o1 the word we fad II re-
corded as some hing 10 be adj
mired IN man that, "the pnilan>
thropist will plant tree the
fruit or shade of which he him
self will never eLjoy."
No family where literature is
cultivated, and no individual who
wishes to keep abreast of the age
in which we live, should be with
out "Tne l. terary Digest, issued
wee'sly at So Fer yesr by Funk &
Msgn IL. Company, New York.
l. le the most comprehensive ln-
tormant IF the period.
The latest and Ireltiest thing
in the city is The cut glass jewel
er's wall case, fully stocked WITH
exquisite cut glass and silver ware,
which is now part and per
manent feature of Mr.. r. A.
Creech's up-to date jewelry store
n West Ceutfe street, L. Is The
ADMIRED vi all Visitors.
The re cent ins stalIatiOn Of your g
women usners at the FewsmN Il
Memorial Church in Newark,
has caused marked increase OF
Go 70 q
women act as ushers only at the
evening services, wber, II ever,
the young men aUtend. The plau
is to change the ushers frequent
ly.
Cotton sold readily on our
market Saturday for from 7.2O 10
7.25, the best price of any mar
ket in the State. In fact Colds
boro is the best all around mar
ket all the year round in the
State for an nything the fa:me
may have to sell, whether cot>
tor, tobacco, rice, cattle, or other
products of the farm,
Police Officer Royal of Nj,
Olive, brought two young Negro
boys, Dick and Jim Simmons, tc
this CITY last week and turned
them over to Sheriff Scott, who
placed them in jail. The boys are
charged with being implicated il
a COW stealing case. 1t is though
thai there are Two other negroes
guilty Of the same Cff4nsP, tu
they have not been captured.
The weather report for Ocfo'
Der shows that the mean temper
ature was 81 degrees, which is
above the average for he month
The highest wind velocity wa!
Al miles an hour on the 31st, from
the North. The total rainfall wa:
5.12 inches, the average for O.
tober beng only 40. There wer
three light frosts and one heaV.
one.
Goldsboro needs a cold storag
warehouse, and we have ofte
wondered why the Goldsboro lc
Company does not inaugurate sue
an enterprise. We hear, again an
again, complaint among Cur citizen
as to the quality of the beef the
have to buy, and if cold storag
warehouse were available to on
green grocers wherein to get thei
meats in order, we would lear n
more such complaints.
Mr.. Jno. W. Edwards sold
Mr.. M. Sherman, the green gre
Ger, Friday, three dressed poTker'
the aggregate weight of which ws
968 pounds, and they were as fir
specimens of pig growth as Oh
cago or Cincinnati can produc
and they sold for 6 cents p'
pound. 1t pays to raise hogs, ar
we are glad to feel that our farm
ers are giving Llore and more q
tention, of late, to this proftab
feature of the farm.
News comes from Madrid tha
presumably because cf the di'
play of naval force bv Great Bri
ian at Gibraltar, the SPANS
fl ,et has been ordered TO $50
centrate at Cad e." This is remi
isceut Ct our war days, but
view of the performances of Il
Spanish fleets then it will hard
give our British cousins mu.
uneasiness. Indeed, even Boste
will receive the news witho
perturbation,