Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-06-06

ivy I'll His "0J eoAVNA0to1
to take a course of study in en-
balmirg, as his firm are funeral
directors in addition to dong a
general merchandise business.
Messrs. Hatch Bros, of Mt.
Olive, the veteran excursion
managers, will run their first ex.
cursion this season from Colds
boro to Wilmington and Ocean
View on the 18Th of this month.
The fare will be $1.25 for adults
and $1.OO for children.
Marriage licanes for the week
are as follows: White-Henry
Ham to Lizzie Walker, Herman
Thompson to Bette Carroway,
James G. Vinson to Cora May.
Colored-Isaac Barfeld to Lula
Flowers, Will Hunter to Laura
Morrissey, W. s. White to Chiefly
Parks.
The A.N.C. K. r. have placed
reduced rate tickets on sale to
Morehead City. Season tickets
are worth $500, tickets sold on
Saturday to return the following
Tuesday morning are worth
ST. so, and tickets sold on Sunday
morning to return the same day
are worth 81 .25.
Mr.. J. E. Petersen, secretary
and treasurer of the Wayne
County Farmers Fire Associa-
ton, has sent out a small as
sessment notice to increase the
present reserve fund Of the COM
pany. We are glad to note the
splendid standing of this popu"
lar company.
An unsuccessful attempt was
made to burglarlzs the store Of
Mr.. L. D. Giddens Thursday.
night. The buglar entered the
store through the show window,
but was repulsed by Mr. Frank
Giddens, who CHANGED to be in
the rear end Of the store at the
time.
The half price clothing sale at
the store of Epstein Bros, is att
tracing big crowds and has caused
a rush in business these dull days.
People are looking for bargains
all the time and if you are a mer>
chant and have bargains to offer
you can do so NO more effectually
than through the columns of the
ARGUS.
The Goldsboro base ball team
received an invitation to visit
Newbern and play a game. The
Goldsboro team will go to New
bern, but not in the next few days.
The team as organized now, have
had no practice together and they
think it best to practise for a few
days, during which time they will
play Mt. Olive another game and
get in better shape before leaying
home again.
Mayor Hood requests the
| ARGUS to say that the city ordi.
nance against the wanton Jump.
ing on and off moving trains will.
henceforth be vigorously inforc
ed. This is as it should be, ano
when Mayor Hood says he will.
| do a thing he will do l.; cOnse.
quently those who are given tc
Jumping on moving trains-es-
pecially boys-had better be.
ware, otherwise they will find
themselves in the guardhouse
and at work on the streets.
The death of Miss Minnie Viola
Fulgnam, IL years old, daughter
of Mrs. Susan Elizabeth Fulgham,
and sister of Police Officer A. J.
Fulghum, occurred last Monday
over the headquarters of Colds
boro Fire Co., No. 1, where the
family had recently moved from
Wells brick yard, on the river, on
account of the high water. The
young lady was i'll with typhoid
fever at the time and gradually
grew worse until that morning
when she died. The remains were
taken to Mt. OliYe on the Shoe
fly Tuesday morning for inter-
ment.
Owing to the damage by high
water to the trestle on the W. &
r. r., just this side of Neuse
river, the trains going in each di-
rection were delayed from yester-
day afternoon until this morning.
The southhound nassenger train.