Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-07-25

LOT f6aiel2u 10 att6uu
the funeral of Mrs. e. P. Moses,
who died in that city Monday.
The announcement of the death
OF this excellent lady will be read
with regret by the many friends
she made here while her husband
Prof. e. P. Moses, was superin-
tendent of our Graded Schools.
Little Miss Bessie Edwards
was out driving this morning
with the newest. turnout in town.
The pony and pony buggy are a
birthday present to her 5y her
father Mr.. Jno. W. Edwards. The
pony came from Beaufort and is
as gentle as a cat, while the bug.
gy was built to match the pony
by the r. E. Jones Buggy Co.,
and is a model of workmanship.
Mr.. w. +. Dortch returned
Sunday from Saratoga, N. Y,
where he has been to attend the
annual session of the Senate of
the National Union, which organ
ization is the executive body of a
popular fraternal insurance com .
pany. Mr.. Dortch speaks very
highly Of the institution and Of
the efforts of the members 10 &C
cord him enter tainment.
Police officer John TAYLOR. of
Kinston. was here Monday and re-
ported the drowning of Clyde
Grady, 90 years old, son Of
James Grady, in Neuse river at
the railroad bridge near Kinston,
Sunday on afternoon about 2
O'Clock, while In bathing with
several other young men, who
were powerless to prevent the
tragedy, on account of the high
water. and the swiftness of the
current.
An effort is being made among
our business men to induce the
Atlantic Coast Line to give
GoIdsboro a train at night which
will bring northern passengere
and papers on through without
having to lie over in Wilson or
Rocky Mount. Another change
they desire is to have the scuths
bound shoofy in the morning to
wait over in Goldsboro for pas
sengers 10 get breakfast until
the arrival of the Southern at
1880 o'clock.
Along with the telegraph news
from Kansas, that the heat from
the sun set grass on fire and is
cooking corn on the stalk, comes
a report from Mr.. J. NJ. Fitzger-
aid that one of his section hands
carried a raw piece of bacon with
him for his dinner Monday and
when the time for the noon-day
meal arrived he (the section hand)
cut the meat up into small slices
and cooked it to a crisp on the
iron, which shows that
the temperature in this section is
not in the neighborhocd of the
point.
A gentleman from Charlotte
while in Goldsboro to. day took a
walk around the city. He said
that he was surprised to find SO
many good things to eat for sale
on our market, and the reasonable
prices charged. He travels all
over North Carolina, and saya
that Goldsboro has the best mars
ket in the State. Yes and he is
about it. AS a place of
Goldsboro has no
superior. Goldsboro will be a
pig city, a great city, and huns
ireds of our people will live to
zee it.
Corporal Frank Grantham re-
iurned home last week from the
Philippines, where he went some
wo years ago as q volunteer in
he q. S. Army. He, like others
Who went at the same time and
ave returned, suffered a great
leal OF sickness from the torrid
climate, but being possessed of
unusual vitality he spent less
lme in hospitals and more on the
lring line than some of his CON-
AIDES. His discharge shows that
10 was a brave soldier. This Is his
bird experience with the army.
lie was q Irregular" at Fortress
donroe, a Volunteer in the war
nth Spain aud went to Cuba, and
volunteer In the Philippines.
The Parks Baseball team of
his county went down on the
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