Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-12-05
WALTER LETTER.
4 ChrOnicling of Weeks Events
In That Thriving Neigh
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Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Neal spent
Sunday with their nephew, Mr..
Wyatt Hinton, near Princeton.
Miss Dixie Lee Caldwell added
pleasure to the home of Miss Mamie
Hines, Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wright Lynch, of
Johnston county, were visiting in
our community last week, to the de-
light of their many friends.
Mr.. Bill Thompson was off Satur-
day and Sunday on visit to friends
in Smithfeld, accompanied by Miss
Lille Deans, and Mr. Sidney Deans,
and Miss Paschal, of Greenleaf.
Mrs. Ophelia Crawford and little
granddaughter Hazel, went to
Cary Friday afternoon, on a short
! visit to Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Or
mond, returning Sunday evening.
Miss Dixie Lee Caldwell gave a
''Sociable" at her home, Southern
Oaks" last Thursday night. to quite
| crowd of young people, which was
very much enjoyed by all present.
A delightful party was given at
the hospitable home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fl. Fl. Coor last Thursday night,
which was highly enjoyed by the
young folks of the community, and
several from quite distance
Mr.. John V. Gurley and wife, of
Wilmington, are on visit to rela-
tives in our community, where their
many friends are glad to see them.
Mr.. Gurley has a lucrative position
in the machine shops, in the city by
the sea.
There are a good many of our
farmers who have heretofore been
farming on the the extensive method
who will try the intensive system
next year. With some it will be
case of have to- while others, who
have seen the error of their way this
year, will profit by sad experience.
VI henever we find a successful
farmer, we find one who cultivates
few acres and whose smoke house
and corn crib are nearer home than
| the time merchants store.
We fail to see the consistency in
using fertilizer to make an extra
amount of cotton, when it requires
more than the extra amount to pay
for the fertilizer. used as most of the
farmers use it. It may be profitable
when used in sufficient amounts, but
the greatest drawback to farmers in
general, is purchasing guano to
sprinkle over increased acreage in
cotton, rather than making compost
on decreased acreage, and looking
more closely after raising supplies
| for home consumption.
The Thanksgiving exercises given
by the pupils of Mrs. Ophelia Oraw-
ford's school was very creditable
affair, considering the short time
some of them had for practise There
was quite crowd present, who en-
| ioyed the program very much, which
lasted about two hours. We are very
proud of our school and dare say
there is no better section in the
State than that enjoyed by us un
worthy mortals right through here.
Our thankfulness for all these things
is daily given. with prayer to make
us more worthy. Our popular County
Superintendent, Mr.. E. T. Atkinson,
was present at the THANKSGIVING ex-
ercises, and made fine talk to the
school, which was very encouraging
to both teacher and pupil, parent
and child. ssBud" is at home every
where, but more SO here, where he
was born and raised and given his
life to education No young man in
the State has done more for the edu-
cation of it's people than he. May
God bless and prosper his every eff
fort, is the prayer of the entire COM
munity. He was the guest to din
ner at the home of his boyhood
friends, DR.. and Mrs. Will Crawford,
at "Oak Glen"
II kILLICKINICK.
i ''Oak Glenn,
:, Walter, N. G., Dec. 4, 1901.