Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1900-09-27


day School Convention on Oct.
5 to 9Th.
Mr.and Mrs. H. u, Best, of Shine,
who,are greatly beloved by their
hosts of friends, were IN u
ely yesterday, making purchases.
The following marriage licenses
have been issued stree the list was
published in the ARGUS one week
ago to-day. White-Heury Davis
TO Katie Mumford, Thos. Mathis
to Minnie Millen, Henry Pate to
Dora Casey.
The regular monthly business
meeting of the Woman's Club
will be held in the club room to-
morrow Thursday afternoon at
4:15 o'clock. The executive com~
mittoe will meet promptly at 4
O'Clock.
Don't forget the social supper
Of the Baptist ladies in the Sun
day School Of the First Baptist
Church this evening for the
benefit of fund for improving the
parsonage. It is a worthy cause
and should be literally patros
Dized.
Please tell your friends to come
to the County Sunday School
Convention and that DR.. John G.
Kilgo, Rev. B.. w. Spillman,
Hon. R. B. Lacy, Hon. R. N.
Simms and MI Jno. Fl. Weathers
will be present to take part in the
programme. Mr.. J. E. Dunbar, of
Norfolk, will lead the choir and
orchestra.
This has been a busy day with
our cotton buyers and tobacco
warehousemeD. The farmers
have already realized, by expert
ment and observation, that
Goldsbero is the best cotton and
tobacco market in the State, and
in consequence they are favOring
US with increasing patronage
in which they are we'll satisfied
benefciaries.
Mrs. L. FL. Castex and Miss
Mary Farrior returned Saturday
night from the North, where they
have been visiting the fashionable
millinery centres studying the fall
styles and securing general infor-
nation as to the modes which will
prevail during the present season.
They are now addressing themsel-
YES to arranging their purchases
for Castex's Fall opening, the
date of which will be announced
later.
The ARGUS learns Of a most
dastardly shooting affair in Will
liamston, on Saturday night, Joe
Bennett, a young man of that
town who had been discarded by
Miss Eliza Moore, daughter of
the late Hon. Jas. Edwin Moore,
went to her house and called her
to the door, and when she ap.
peared he instantly shot her, the
ball passing through her lung,
and she is now in a critical coas
dition. A young gentleman who
was calling on Miss Moore, hear.
ing the shot, rushed out to her
rescue and was fred upon by
Bennett, the ball taking effect,
seriously, in his hip. Bennett
made good his escape, and is
now at large.
The home of Mr.. Amaziah
Parks in Saulston township is the
scene 81 much sadness to-day
Two of his children, a boy and q
I|young lady, both lying still IN tie
cold embrace of death. Yester-
day at y o'clock his son Sam
Jones, 13 years of age, died from
the effects of a yellow chill, aud
last night his daughter Lena, II
, years Of age, died of consumption
q Two dead in the home at on'
time. Human efforts to consol'
would be fruitless. The ARGUi
commends the grief stricken par'
ents and friends to Him wh'
doeth all things well"
Argus, Tuesday.
In speaking of Judge Robin
9 sons charge to the Grand Jury il
Raleigh on Monday, where he i
g holding court, the News & Oh
! server of Tuesday says: "Perhap
one of the best and certainly on
of the most entertaining charge