Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-08
PURELY LOCAL.
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN AND
AROUND THE CITY.
Picked Up BY the Ubiquitous
Reporter and ChrOnic1ed
For the Information
of Argus Readers.

of Argus Readers.
Strawberries are now plentifully
for sale on this market.
Mrs. r. G.. Best has returned home
from a visit in Jones county.
Mrs. w. A. Wooten has returned
home from a visit to relatives in
Kinston.
Mrs. r. B. Switzerland, who has
been visiting Mrs. Chas. A. Brown,
in this city, left Friday for her home
in FaisOn.
There is be a lodge of the Bene-
violent Protective Order of Elks or
ganized in this city, which we are
glad to chronicle.
Everybody who has flowers are
requested to save and send them to
the Cemetery next Saturday for
decorating the Confederate Mound.
The n. C. Teachers Assembly will
hold their annual session at More
head City this year, opening on June
TO-. 1t will be a great educational
rally.
Now is the time to begin ito kill
the mosquito germs about your
premises. Kerosene oil, sprinkled
in damp places, is said to be an eX-
cellent germicide.
Mrs. DR.. Harvey Monk and two
little daughters, of Trenton, are in
the city, visiting their grand mother
and great grand-grand mother, Mrs.
Margaret Robinson.
Mr.. A. N. Perkins, a Wayne
county boy, who has been for anum-
Der of years a successful hOtelist in
Greensboro, has secured a three year
lease of the Atlantic Hotel at More
head City and will open it for the
season on June 5.
In addition to keeping the side
walks of our city clean, the new Or
dinance in regard to splitting on the
sidewalk will help to train citi-
zens to the new order of things and
prevent them from violating a SINH
lar law in other cities.
MI. Henry Blount, of Wilson,
who is to be the Confederate Memoir
ial orator in his town at the coming
memorial exercises, on May -, was
in the city Saturday, on his way to
Winston, where he is booked for one
of his noted and always popular lee
lures
It is now stated that there will be
no encampment of the State Guard
H. -roou TLa DToxyscinno1 1anriooo ont
sent to the Charleston Exposition
cost the State something over 81, 900,
which takes up the funds which are
usually used to defray the expenses
of the encampment.
Oheb Sholem Congregation met
Sunday and unanimously r~e-elect-
ed Rabbi J. L.. Meyerberg for anoth-
er year. He has served the cOngre-
CATION for twelve years and his I'M
animOus reelection for another year
is the best possible proof of his pop
ularity and satisfactory service.
Nh. HIP. Dortch, travelling freight
agent of the A. & N. G. R. r., has
last sec1Wed the shipment of so a
loads of4umber from Cary, n. c., to
Kinston, to be used blythe American
Tobacco Company in the construc-
ton of a big stemmery at that place.
for which they have also ordered l.
$50, 900 brick.
In the last two days cotton has
taken a tumble and those who dis
posed of their holdings last week are
O congratulating themselves upon
their business sagacity. It was stated
by the buyers on this market to-day
that the feecy staple had suffered a
decline of about 20 points since Sat-
urday morning.
The Woman's Club are at work
on a public entertainment to be
given in the Opera House atan early
day. It is the District School, in
which a long list of Goldsboro peo-
pie will take part as pupils and
teachers. It will be very amusing
and will no doubt draw a crowded
house. The time and price will be
onnounced later.