Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-08-15
DR.. L. B. McBrayer and Mr..

here Msalay on their way to Eliz'-
beth City, to attend the Grand
Encampment OF the Grand Ledge
Of Odd Fellows.
Mr.. w. r. Thompson has pur-
chased TIE corner lot on the north
ern corner of William and Beach
streets from H. We'll & Bros,
and is erecting a handsome cot
tage for himself. He has dis
posed Of his former residence to
the above firm.
The friends of Mrs. Joseph Is
aacs will be glad to know that she
is recovering from the painful &C
cident she received last Thursday,
when IN stepping from her buggy
she fell and broke her leg. All
wish for her a speedy restoration
to her usual good health.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Johnson
have the sympathy Of their many
friends in the death of their s.
months-old infant, which occur
red at their home in this city last
week. Mr.. johnson is the eff.
eient lineman for the Western
Union Telegraph Co. at this
point.
Some one getting off the Wash
ington excursion last Friday, by
mistake took a dress suit case be-
longing to Hon. A. M. Waddell,
in Wilmington. Any one having
the case will report the fact to tic
ket agent Mr.. Royal, who will be
glad to make the exchange.
La the numerical contest which
took place last Friday afternoon at
! Mt. Olive between the baseball
team in that town and the Parks
ball team of Bethel, the latter won
the prize, the aggregation of num-
bers standing IS to II when the
scorer had worn out his pencil
and blank paper got scarce.
Mr.. E L. Pease, of Raleigh,
has arrived in the city to take
charge of the Goldsboro Stesm
Laundry. He is said to be thor
oughly posted with the laundry
business and has had many years
experience Of which the patrons
of the Goldsboao Laundry will
get the benefit.
The Goldboro Rifles, Co. B.,
1st Regiment, Capt. George E.
Hood, arrived home yesterday
from Encampment at Wrights-
uille. The 1st regiment came
in on a special train about lie
o'clock and the Confederate Vet
Grams left in the afternoon at $3.50
for Wrightsyifle on the regular
train,
Mr.. w. G.. Hollowe:l drove 10
Tuesday from a forty mile journey
through the country from Dunn,
and reports all sorts Of crops
along the way. He says he saw
farmers hard at work in cotton
from which they expect 500
pounds to tue acre; and yet others
at work expecting about a pound
to the acre and he thinks both
will be disappointed.
Mr.. j. Wash Bizzell. who has
been filing a position with the
Goldsboro Furniture Factory, has
resigned to accept a similar posi-
ton with the Kinston Furniture
Factory at an advance of salary.
This will be gratifying news to
the many friends of ''Wash,"
who regret to part with him,
will nevertheless rejoice at his
coed fortune and wish for him
contiru~d success.
Last Sunday afternoon while g
crowd of boys were bathing in
Little river one of the crowd
dived to the bottom to get a hand
full of sand and found q plain gold
band r'ng which Mr.. Leonard
Edwards lost in the same spot
about three months ago. Mr..
Edwards had given up all hope
of ever seeing the ring again and
was much surprised when pre-
scented with the ornament.
In the absence of the pastor
REV. G.. A. Jenkins, Rev. r. T,
Vann, D. D., president of the
Baptist Female University, Ra'