Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-04-24
PURELY LOCAL.
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN AND
AROUND THE CITY.
Picked Up BY the Ubiquitous
Reporter and Chronic1ed
For the Information
of Argus Readers.

Mr.. G.. S. Wooten, of La Grange,
author of the sketch Of Mr.. Dortch,
was in the city Tuesday.
MI. J. R. Short a prominent mer-
chant and extensive property owner
ofFremont, wasinthe city Tuesday on
business.
The Masonic funeral of the late s..
w. Blackman was held Sunday at
the old homestead in Grantham's
township.
The new machinery at the single
mill has been placed in position and
has begun operation again after be-
ing shut down for a week.
Those who are fond of hook and
line fishing are reaping a harvest in
Little river just now. They are
<Ebiting" freely and there are plenty
of them.
Mr.. n. Schwab, who has been on
al important cotton buying trip in
the interest of the extensive cotton
exporting trade of Messrs. Borden &
SchWab, has returned to the city.
= Mr.. A. T. Griffin has returned
from Williamson, where he went
to attend the funeral of his brother,
and in his bereavement he has the
sympathy of his many friends here.
Sergeant K. J. A. Lung, who is
now located with the q. S. A. re-
cruiting Office in Greensboro, lis in
the city on a visit to his wife who is
spending some time with relatives
here.
Capt. D. J. Broadhurst, who with
his wife. has been to the Exposition,
is again at his office at the cityhead-
quarters, where he holds down the
position of city clerk with entire sat
isfaction.
Our entire front page space is de
voted today to an admirable sketch
of the late Hon. w. T. Dortch, which
will be read with great interest
throughout the wide circulation o.
the ARGUS.
Mr.. G. G. Kornegay, who is 10
Gated at Sanford, where he is in the
fire insurance business, is in the city
in company with his wife, who is on
a visit to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Smith.
The large party who visited the
Charleston Exposition last week
from this city, as reported in the
ARGUS, have all returned safely
home and report a most enjoyable
and instructive trip.
While returning to the city from
the river Sunday afternoon, Alex
Ham and Walter Carr, two colored
boys, became involved in a dispute
and Ham inflicted a severe wound
with a knife on the head of Carr.
Editor Whitley, of the Wayne
County Advertiser, has a copy of the
State Gazette, published in Newbern
in 1857, one hundred and fifteen
years ago, which contains a copy OF
the Constitution of the United States.
What has become of the COM
.mittee who were appointed to confer
with the railroads in reference to
building a passenger depot for Colds
boro. It is announced that Charlotte
will soon have a depot, and why not
Goldsboro?
The police ars trying to break up
the dlSOrderly crowd around theft
market. Thursday a. N. Mayor Hood
imposed a fine of so on Mary Will
liams who runs a restaurant next
door to the market. She could not
pay the fine and was locked up.
The first issue ofthe Wayne County
Advertiser, a new weekly z column
paper for Goldsboro, made its APP
pearanceSa Saturday. Its editedby Mr..
Arthur Whiteley, formerly of Mt.
Olive, and is bright, newsy, witty
and altogether enjoyable. The ARGUS
wishes it the fullest possible measure
of success.
Hon. Geo. E. Hood, the popular
and progressive Mayor of this city
has been chosen bya joint commit
tee from the four I. @. @. F. lodges