The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-03-08
GoLDsBORO GOSSIP.
D~fspensary Question Settled-A Small
Fire Cotton weIghers Get q Raise.
Folks You Know.

correspondence OF The Messenger.)
Goldsboro. March s.
The ~dispensary question Is settled.
An agreement was reached Last night
between representatives of the saloon
and the ~dispensary and the fight for a
d~ispensary Is called of. II was a COM
promise. The dispensary people. while
not altogether rejoicing. believe they
Rave secured by this compromise the
next best thing ob,ainabie at this time.
The agreement reached takes the form
OF an enactment II will come up be-
fore the Legislature today or tomorrow.
IL is an &C; TO regulate the liquor trait
fc in Goldsboro. The saloon men agree
TO open their places of business at .
O'Clock a m. and close at $50 O'Clock
p. m They will not permit any minors
10 enter their establishments; they will
not permit gambling: they will not
sell inebriates and the wife Is given
right of action. For any violation OF
any section OF the enactment the deal
er forfeits his license. The police officer
and the mayor share with the saloon
men certain drastic measures which
were thought TO be absolutely neces-
sary 10 warrant a proper regulation OF
the traffic Many of US are CAD an
agreement has been reached by which
agitation of the question at his time
can be stopped. That the prohibition
sentiment is growing in these parts is
evidenced. 1t Is also true hat the bet
ter class of our citizens are disguised
at the growth of the gambling habit
here. 1t is limited that it may yet Re
a little warm here for those engaged
in this promlscous habit that is ruin
ing and deoauching SO many of oui
young men, and policemen will exercise
d greater diligence 10 the end that yio-
Iators Will be brought face TO face with
the courts. 1t is limited that gambling
is carried on In many places otner than
the saloons and that the Sabbath is
a Specially good day for shooting OF
craps or a game of poker. This is not
confined to the darkey. Certain ones
noSu TO the opinion that the law will
be rigidly upheld for a while, but when
he heat of the olspensary campaign
has cooled down. Matters will adjust
themselves to former conditions. On
the other hand the advocates of a bet
ter code of morality promise u~nceasino
vigilance 10 the end that the law shall
be upheld.
There was a small fire about 5 o'clock
this morning at the residence of Cap
tain Price IN John street. Mr.. E. 1.
Edmundson, the owner of the property,
is very loud in his praise of the efficien-
cy of the fire department. Indeed it re-
sponded very promptly and the fire wa
confined to the ceiling around the kitch-
en- stove fueS.
Mr., and Mrs. Granger Kernogay
who have spent some months at San
ford. where Mr.. Kornegay was en-
gagged in the cotton business, have re-
turned here to the delight of their
many friends.
The entire force of cotton weighers
in the city resigned their positions yes
terday on account of the fact that
they could not make a living weighing
cotton at s cents per bale. The price Is
increased to 10 cents and Mr.. Z. w.
Powell has been appointed a weigher.
Mr.. d. j. Aaron, of Mt. Olive, the
genial drummer. progressive business
man n hustling trucker. was in tbs
city today waiting on the trade. From
Mr.. Aaron t was learned that potato
growers have completed their planting
in the Mt. Olive section; also. that a
contract was closed yesterday fo- the
erection of the building of the Bank Of
Mt. Olive. Messrs. Porter q God
win, if this city. secured the contract.
The building is 10 be of brick with stone
front and of q specially attractive de-
sign and finish. The site is facing the
principal street and in the very Heart
of the business portion of the town.
Our Mt. Olive friends are prosperous
and they give evidence of it on every
hand as a visit there will demonstrate.
We hope to this goodly people
and town a little later on as we 20 for
ward.
Grover Connor the young son n
and law partner Of ex-Judge Conner.
paid our city a visit today.
Mr.. NJ. S. Witherington went Nor
folk today.
MIR. Robt. d. Cronly. of the Atlantic
Coast Line. pared through en- route
from Raleigh to Wilmington. Discuss
ing the need Of a union depot here. Mr.
Cronly said: The railroad people only
awaited a location to be agreed Hpon.h
Other Wilmingtonians in the city today
were Thos. G. James. commercial agent
of the Norfolk and Western railroad. a
prince of clever fellows, n a railroad
nan Of ripe experience; J. Allen Tay-
Ior, a leading wholesale grocerymaH.
Charles Worth. of the Worth Company.
wholesale grocerymen and one Of the
city aldermen. And by the way. Mr.
Worth is the father Of the and-side
walk splitting ordinance that was
adopted by he board at its last nights
session. MessrS Taylor and WORTH
were en- QUITE to Raleigh. Mr. Taylor
TO practice and become acquainted
with the splitting ordinance in effect
there and Mr.. Worth doubtless ts watch
Allen Taylor's, progress. Mr.. c. W
Woodland and Miss Grace Burkhead.
also of Wilmington. were vsito<s here
today. New Bern was represented by
Messrs. Jas. A. Bryan, w. d. McIver
and II. B.. Marks. Kelford. n. c., by
NJ. r. II. Norffeet. V. Humphrey and
wife: Raleigh by MI. s. H. ADAMS.