Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-05-04
MI. OLIVE LETTER.
A Weeks Happenings of the Mt.
Olive Section.

Sunday at Seven Springs.
Go regiser for the Graded
school elections to be held here
May the 18Th. $50.
Mrs. I L. Faison and her sister
Miss Davis. of Faison, spent Sun.
day here with relatives.
Miss Mary Lou Carr, one of
C%linton's charming young ladies',
is visiting Mrs. ". G Davis.
The Presbyterian choir should
be congratulated for their good
music which has reached nearly
the height Of excellency.
Miss Nell DeVain and Miss
Wayne Davis, of Faison, spent
Friday shopping in our town,
much TO the joy of some of the
merchants.
MI. Claude Chamberlain aud
Miss Belle Smith, of Goldsboro,
spent Sunday here with friends.
Claude seems 20 have an attrac-
ton IN our town.
The new B3ard of town conn
missioners in session Tuesday
night re-eleated Mr.. J. A. Royal
for police, aud Mr.. Fred Martin
as treasurer.
The truck farmers are now
beginning to realise that there is
not more than a half a strawberry
crop, and the prices are now
running low.
Mr.. Lonnie Hollowell, of
Goldsboro, has accepted a posi-
ton with Mr.. J.. A, Westbrook
Lonnie's old friends gladly well
come him back to our town after
an absence of 10 years.
Rev. Mr.. McIutyre preached
an excellent scrmon at the Press
byterian church on Sunday
morning. He always breaches
in a mastery manner, and all
who hear him go away benefited.
Mrs. Cohen gave a musical at
her home on Monday evening"
al highly enjoyed by all,
Mrs. Cohen has done much for
the social enj oyment of our
people aud they highly
appreciate it.
Prof. J. M. Massey, the blind
n usiciap, gave two entertain
here Friday aud Tuesday
to an appreciative audis
snce. Every 4 speaks in the
highest ter ms of the Professors
entertainment.
= DR.. Nc I. Tatum's brother from
South Carolina is spending a few
here with him and will
drink Kelly Springs water fer
ais health We h"pa he may fad
nuch relief from this excellent
The voting for the Graded
school will soon be on hand, so
remember, if you are not regis
,ered you can not vote. II you are
1t all interested in your town.,
;all the attention of your friends
10 the necessity of their register-
ng, Mr.. Jas. r. Hatch is regis
and the books are open at
ais store. h
The municipal election held
nere TUESDAY, was as we pre-
1icted ga bot Oae." the contest
was vigorously waged from early
morn until the closing of the
The results were that it
Drought out the largest vote ever
poled here, ard elected by small
MIR. M. T. B~reazaals
Tor Mayor and Messrs FL. G..
Williamson II. j Pope, DR.. M.
Mac I. Tatum, J. d. Aaron and
q. II, Ham, for Commissioners,
Some Of those who persist in
Dragging about the excellent and
lnequallsd service the Atlantic
Line and the California;
Transportation Co S are
US, should have seen a
of their service at our
shipping station Saturday
The section that was due
about 3 o'clock p "a arrived here
about dark, and they had no room
Tor our berries. A few of them
we're chucksd into a few open
spaces near the top, and the bulk
IF them were chucked into CONS
non freight box cars, the G.. FL
bills we're torn up and they
were billed straight through to
New York and other distributing
in these box cars and
May End. they had not
neen heard from. There were no