Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1899-01-12

Mr. Joseph F. Faison was
Thursday night and left mex
morning for Greene county. Mr.
Falson says that the county com
m'ssfore ers Of his county, Samp
SOC, refused to grant any liquor
iceuses last Monday.
Within the past few months 6
number of cur old citizens have
passed away. Among the oIdesl
were Capt 5. D. Phillips, Dr..
Adam Davis, aud Col. G. j Mel
son. The youngest Of the three
was II year Old.
Mr. E. A Humphrey as al
tOruey for MIR. Jas. Redm0nd, OF
bern. will sell the Atlantic
Hotel proper y in Morehead City
on the s h Of February et publiC
auction ] he sale will take place
Oh the premises in Morehead
City.
Messrs Wood Bros, the COM
mercial hustlers of Norfolk, have
been engaged by-Mr. w, H. Hug
gins to turn bis Immense stock OF
hardware lnfo cash and trey
commenced special sale Mon
day morning TO last for eight
days. Everything liz the store mas
been marked oown TO prices
which will induce buyers.
Ia the city of Richmond on the
4-h Of January Mr. Lester Lin
wood. Schwa6, of Warrenton,
Va, and Miss Rosa Marion
Grubbs, of Goidsboro, were
united iu the holy bond Of we'd
lock. The bride has a most OF
friends in Goldsboro who will
wish for the happy couple long
life and happiness always.
Just as we go to press we
learn of the death, this afternoon,
Of Mrs. Mary Strauss, the estlm-
able wife of our venerable friend
MIR. Jos. Strauss, at their home
on John street. where she has
been confined for many weeks.
She was 63 years, z months old.
The funeral will be held tosmor-
row afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock
from the Presbyterian church.
Her husband aud three daught-
ers, all grown and married, sur.
vive her. Tie ARGUS extends
its deepest sympathy 10 the De,
reaved ones IN their sad vista.
tion.-Dai.y Argus Of Friday
A few negroes left last weel
fer the Southern turpentint
fields. Sias Herring, as usual
was the chief cook ana bottle
washer in advising his brother
negroes to &c, as ne painted th'
beauties and delights of the piat
orchards where the frost neve.
breathes its icy breath upon thu
flowers, aud Sambo can piay
seven up and shoot craps all da,
undisturbed, and carve coon
with his r; zor to his hearCs con
tent. The tuGny thing is that tn
negroes do not ask Silas why b
does not go to Ibe lovely lant
of raccOou soup and possom j9l
Iy. But Sllas sees his brethrel
in black safe OH the cars, give
them his parting blessing, an,
as the train moves off SIlds set
foot on good Old Goldseoro terr
frma, and ~sighs for othe
worlds to conquer.
Goldsboro is to have a whole
sale drag company. We go for
ward. Yes, We do go forward
and the ARGUS, during storm an
sunshine. nas ever kept it's fac
to the % rr'ug and, with faith i
Goldsboro and her people, W
have proclaimed to the worl
that ''We go forward" and Gold:
boro is the best town in th
State. =
The new wholesale drug es
tablishment is to be known as th
"Goldsboro Drug Company" N
other name would satisfy th
majority of the men who hav
subscribed to its capital stool
They have an abiding faith
GoIdsboro and it's name. 1t is
matter OF fact that the product
of the manufacturing establish
ments ia Goldsboro sell
competition with the products {
other manufacturers for MOI
money, and where these produc
are once introduced there is afte
wards steady demand for then
This is accounted for by the ia,
that the business men of Gold.
boro are honest, and that the
do business on business prime
pies, which alone can stand tx
test Of the criticising pubiics