Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-09-26

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King and the children haye been
spending the summer visiting rel
atives in Falkland and Mr.. King
has been in Baltimore for some
weeks to meet his customers who
went on to buy goods.
Two freight cars were badly
damaged and a quantity of flour
destroyed IS a result Of an acct
dent on the A. & N. G. r. r
yards while the engineer was
shifting cars last night. One car
Jumped the track and another was
knocked off its trucks and the
track torn up.
The remains of Mrs. H. B.
Moore, of Warsaw, passed
through the citySaturdaygoing to
her old home in South Carolina
for interment. She died that
morning at 1 o'clock, after being
i'll only a few hours with neurals
gia of the brain. She was a cou-
sin of Mr.. M. W. Moore, books
keeper for Fl. We'll & Bros.
Mr.. J. M. Grantham has pur~
chased from Capt. J, W. Lamb,
the new stables recently erected
by him on John street Only the
real estate was involved in tha
transaction. Capt. Lamb will
continue to conduct his livery
business as heretofore. Mr..
Grantham will occupy a part Of
the building as a sale stables.
With a solemnity that was ma
|%jestic, surrounded by those he had
ruled and loved, and in the PRES
ence Of the mightiest men of the
: nation, al that is mortal of.Wsl-
liam Mckinley, friend, husband,
, soldier, scholar aud statesman, was
committed to the dust from which
it came, 10 the family plot of the
cemetery at Canton, Ohio, Thurs
day.
Chief of Police Freeman has a
young criminal on his hands
whom he does not know how TO
dispose OF. The boy is a young
{ negro who mas been stealing
promiscuously around town ard
i, on account of his premature age
there is no disposition to prose
cute him. and yet the chief is
Ioath to turn the boy loose on the
community to continue his pi :
ferrous practice.
GeorgePettijohn a familiar negro
character about the streets in the
capacity of a wood cutter ever
! since the surrender, died Tues
= day. He claimed to he a hun
= bred years old, but he was prob
!, ably not over 80. He was a very
), moral old darkey and was a reg
!, ular attendant upon divine SER
vice.
a Mr.. Erastus Edwards has a
. pear tree in his vacant lot,
, at the real of bis store, from
which he has sold $3.50 worth OF
pears already this season and there
-. are still at least two bushels left
! on the tree. The pears were solj
at the rate of one dollar per bush.
ell which would make the tota'
amount borne by the tree ten anc
r once half bushels.
The city of Richmond is a live
place now. They are getting ready
for the great carnival to be hello
e there early in October Those
who are fortunate enough to &c
on Mr.. Pipkin's excursion to that
city or Sept. Both, will g the
beginning of this great prepare
r ton, but at the same time not b;
crowded. Fare for the round triI
a only $3.50.
A reunion of Co. E. goth N. G
Infantry, Confederate Veterans
was held in Falson last week anl
was attended by a large %concourse
e of Duplin county people. Capt
/. benson, of Raleigh, made the ad
s. dress, and a barbecue dinner wa
served to the crowd. Capt. D. j
% Broadhurst, Of this city, wen
l. down and he reports a delightful
time.
Fl Mrs. Jno:. o. Royal, who ha
u been an invalid for several months
III died at 2:57 o'clock on Monday