Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-05-17
WALTER LETT Err.
A ChrOnicl ng of a Weeks Events
In That ThrivingNelgh-
bOrhOcd.

In That IhrlVIngNelgn-
borhOnd.
Mrs. Hardy, from Lenoir county,
is on a visit to her nephew, Mr.. Geo.
Becton.
Mrs. Kirkman, from Smithfeld, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Jones
near here.
Mr.. Mack Hornaday spent Mon
day night in your city, the guest of
Mr.. Geo. MCGEE.
Miss Julia Rice, from your city,
was visiting Mr.. and Mrs John Ed
wards Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Pearl Kornegay is spending
this week with the family of MI.
and Mrs. Thos. MCGEE, in your
city.
Miss Julia MCGEE, from your
city, returned home to-day, after
spending a few days with relatives
here.
We regret very much to learn Of
the continued illness of Miss Sarah
Rose, and trust she may soon be
fully restored to health.
Miss Lizzie Becton, who has been
attending school at Caldwell Insti-
tute, near Hillsboro. returned home
last week, to the delight of her many
friends.
The woods are full of candidates,
and it is a good thing David Pipkins's
gun hasn't a special fondness for
them. If it did it would be danger
Gus to shoot IN the township.
We were all glad to see the famil-
lar face of our worthy c~ountyman,
Mr.. T. B, Parkfr I, last Saturday. He
has many friends in this section,
whose latch string always hangs on
the outside for him.
Setting tobacco is now in order,
and there is very much complaint of
plants dying A good season would
now be a great help to those who are
not done, and would also be benef-
cial to plants already put out.
There are many things we will
never learn, and there are things
which we do not want to know, but
one of the hardest to impress upon
people generally is the fact that
professional calls are like going to
mill: first come, first served.
When a fellow has been banking
on a handful of checks, and pros
poets of biscuit twice a day, it is
hard to remain E'calm and serene
when he gets three postage stamps
for ten baskets of peas, that have
cost him at least $3.50 in clean cash.
The bridge force came last week
to build our new Depot, but there
was only half enough timber on the
track, SO they did not tarry. This
will probably delay the work till af-
ter beans are all shipped But we
are to get it sometime, and we are
not fretting very much.
Mr.. Jno. Mitchell had an unusual
misfortune at his house this morn
ing. His horse in wallowing in the
stall got his head caught under the
end of a piece of plank, which was
sharp at the end, and cut his throat
completely around. It required
twelve stitches to repair the damage,
and the patient is doing we'll, but
will be unfit for work for sometime.
The bottom has literally failed out
of peas, and we are sick. We may
change u mind, but u impress
sion now is, if we ever plant any
more, to put in four acres, three for
the r. R.. Co., and commission men,
and one for ourself. But this year
we only had one acre and we are
like Alex said by a Oakley paying one
third of all he made, for a crop. He
said, "Dat niger got no sense, why,
he's guine to give de third, and-and
he wont ven make de third yit."
We have passed the postage stamp
return. and are daily expecting no
tice that we are due for commissions,
shortage, cortage, storage, and any
thing else they happen to think of.
The Sunday school convention at
Ebenezer last Saturday was a most