Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-07-03

G11lLe Will lJICl1 III O11C1I q IL L
%reparable bereavement. Deceased
was a devoted Methodist and exem-
! plary member of st. Paul church.
! The funeral was held Wednesday
| afternoon at 5 o'clock from the home,
Rev. M. Bradshaw officiating, and
the interment made in Willow Dale
Cemetery. She was 81 years of age.
The next excursion to Wilmington
will be run by Messrs. Pope, South
erland and Sutton and will leave
here Wednesday morning, July 9.
$1.25. They promise to look well
ladies and children and do all they
can to make the trip as pleasant as
possible for their patrons.
The location of the government
public building promises to rrous
as much interest as did the location
of the city.hall and market. Perhaps
it is fortunate in this instance that
! the treasury department will decide
the question. All the people have
to do is to submit sealed proposals to
sell their property and the govern
| l1lC1U I(lhCo L C1lO1IO vi O1IOOS ouO-
mitted.
Mr.. Chas. F. Herring, the efficient
and progressive chairman Of the
Board of County Commissioners,
took MIR. George D.. Green, chairman
of the board of Wilson county, out
to inspect the work of bodybuilding
now in vogue here, and Mr.. Green,
who is a judge of such work, says it
is as fine as could be desired. Have
any of you been out to look at this
work? 1t is indeed very fine. We
! go forward.
Col. Jos. E. Robinson, chairman
of the County Board of Education,
and Mr.. E. T. Atkinson, County
Superintendent, Tuesday checked up
County Treasurer B. A. Parks, as
to the schOolfund Of the county, and
found his accounts, covering an eX-
penditure of $40, 1872. SO, correct to the
cent. Mr.. Parks is a most efficient
officer, and is always prompt and
courteous in conducting the eXacting
! duties of his responsible Office.
Owing to the inability of the Off
GERS to secure teams, the picnic of the
Sunday school of st. John church
that was to be held at Stevens Mill
on Friday, the 18th of July, has been
postponed until some time next
week. The day will be announced
next Sunday morning. All thechil-
idren will bear this in mind and gov
ern themselves accordingly. The
officers regret the postponement, but
under the circumstances could not
do otherwise.
Mrs. Sallie Overman, mother Of
our esteemed friend and townsman
Mr.. F. G.. Overman, died at her
f. home near Eureka in the 63rd year
) of her age, Tuesday afternoon. The
funeral was held Wednesday after
noon from the home at 2 O'Clock and
the interment was made in the Gem
+ etery at Eureka. She was a consis.
tent Methodist, a loving mother, q
devoted friend, and loved by all who
knew her for her sterling straits O
character. She will be greatly miss.
| ed and sincerely mourned in hel
5 community.
DR.. j. f. Miller, superintendent
= of the Eastern Hospital, who has
!, been in Montreal in attendance upon
f a meeting of the superintendent o
all the insane asylums of the United
States and Canada, is at home agai1
/ and reports a most delightful, invig.
{. Grating and instructive trip. HI
l was accompanied by his daughter
: Miss Bessie, and his neice, Miss Mil
t Ter, of Cleveland Springs, who stop
2 ped over on the return trip to spenC
: some days with relatives in York
| Pa. DIR. Miller also spent some days
/. at York and visited the battlefield 0
Gettysburg, in which famous battle
he was engaged.
! There was a wedding at Wallace
: on Wednesday in which the whole
r population of that town EXTENDED
t their best wishes and congratulation
: Miss Mary Henri Mallard, the beau
e tiful and accomplished daughter o
| the late l.. l.. Mallard, was married
to Mr.. H. Ell. Jones, the popula.
agent of the Atlantic Coast Line
, On Thursday there was a death il
that town which will bring sorrov
!, to the hearts Of the people of the en-
+, tire community. The estimable wifi
f of MI. Pat MCGOWAN, who was
r daughter ofMr. J. S. Westbrook, dice
4 Thursday morning, after having beel
Y married a little morethan II months
y Gentlemen, can secure table boar,
. with Mrs. w. K. Stanley at her res