Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-11-16
THE ARGUS
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
OUR LOCAL OPTIC.

Mics Mary Midyette began {
four months term Of the public
school in Saulstou township las
week.
Messrs D. D. Peel and iona
than Hooks, of Fremont, were
here on business to-day.
Mr.. B. H.Parker, of Charlotte,
representing Heath Bros, cottor
factors of that city, has located
on this market for the season tt
buy cotton. The ARGUS extends
him a cordial welcome.
The painters have been using
the brush freely on the residence
and premises of DR.. w. H. II
Cobb, on William street, and the
whole place has a different and
much better appearance.
Mr.. J. r. Bell, of Mt. Olive,
who is associated in the lumber
mill business with Mr.. Wilson
Reaves. was in the city to-day
TO the pleasure of his many
friends at his old home here.
Mr. D. A. King laid on our Ia
BILE this morning some fulleblown
apple blossoms and some ripe APP
Piles, from the same tree, second
crop. Ripe fruit and blossoms on
the same tree at the same time
remind one of a Florida fruit Or
chard.
The last Thursday in this
month-which will be the last
day Of the month-has been dess
ignated as Thanksgiving Day.
1t will be observed in Goldsboro,
as usual, by general suspension
Of business, and with open
churches.
The Enterprise Lumber Com
pany is securing some fine timber
in Johnston county, where they
have a tram road which taps the
main line of the Atlantic Coast
Line. Capt. Collier and Engineer
jenkins bring down a train load
CT logs every morning over the
Smithfeld Road.
A new street is being opened
up just below the Wayne Agri-
cultural works leading to the
farm of DIR. M. E. Robinson.
The city bought the land some
time ago to afford DR.. NJ. E.
Robinson outlet to his farm other
than through the cemetery,
where be held a right of way,
which he surrendered when the
city opened up the new street.
The new Office arrangements
Messrs. Royal & Borden are
making in their store will be as
attractive as convenient. Hereto
fo1e their Office room has been in
adequate for the accommodation
of their large force of bookkeep-
ers and stenographers, which have
to be increased with the continual
of their large and grow
ing business.
The expressed intention of the
Board of Aldermen to purchase
the plant of the Water Works,
notice of which was made in the
ARGUS last week, meets with
the approval of the citizens of
Goldsboro generally. This step
should have been taken in the
beginning, and now that the
city has an option at the end of
the first ten years, it will not do
to let the opportunity pass and
wait ten years longer.
1t will be gratifying news to
the many friends and patrons of
the firm to learn that since
Messrs. Switzerland, Brinkley
& Co., have occupied their new
stand in the Borden building at
the corner of West Centre and
Walnut streets, their trade has In
creased considerably and they
are continually opening. new
goods to replace the heavy de-
mauds on their large aud va ried
stocks of merchandise.
The time for compulsory cons
nection with the sewerage system
expired on the 18th and there
are yet business houses and re-
sidences IN the district that are
not connected. Some of the
owners have made no effort to
have the work done and there
has been nothing done about the
matter. Mayor Peterson CONS
menced issuing warrants Tuesday
against all parties owning prop>
erty on the four blocks required
to connect with the system of
sewerage who have failed to do
SO.
Capt. W. Il. Green, of the
Southern Railway, who is well
known and has many warm friends
in this section, is expected this
week at Seven Springs, together
with his ia ~iIy, to spend some
time for health and recreation.
He could not seek a more salu-
brioussplace. These noted springs
are gradually coming more and
more into prominence abroad,
and eventually they will surely