Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-12-04
PURELY LOCAL..
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN AND
AROUND THE CITY.
Picked Up BY the Ubiquitous
Reporter and Chronicled
For the Information
of Argus Readers.

OF Argus ReauerS.
It is now Sheriff Stevens. HoWdy-
do, Sheriff! May you live long and
prosper.
Never mind the bad weather! We
have had so much fine weather that
we should not complain.
The ARGUS is glad to note the re-
moval of the unsightly debris on the
county property in front Of this office
that has so long been an eyesOre to
the passing public.
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. CHM have
the sympathy of their many friends
i'll the death of their infant child. 7
mpnths old, which occurred at their
home in this city Friday morning.
All the county oficers-those re-
elected and those newly elected
EEtook holt' Monday: Clerk Ormond,
Register Britt, Coroner Hill, Sheriff
Stevens, Treasurer Parks-and on
down the line to township constable
and tax collectors.
The price of tobacco is somewhat
off; but as the crop has been mostly
marketed-and at high prices, which
the farmers got the benefit Oft
makes little difference to the farmer
now, as he is able to count his cash
profits and feel good over not having
held his crop back when prices were
good.
On the business tapis for the New
Year-noW so near at hand-We hear
of a new firm that is to launch upon
the mercantile sea in our city. It is
to be c0nnpCsod of Elder John w.
Gardner and NIessrs. Jas. w. Thomp-
SON and George Rackley, and it goes
without saying that they will make
a popular and hustling firm.
Pritchard, the white man, and
Vim. the NEGRO, both convicted of
murder IN the second degree at last
weeks term of Superior Court and
sentenced by Judge Robinson, the
former to thirty years and the latter
to 10 years in the p~enitentiary, yer
taken UP to Raleigh Tuesday to
enter upon ~theserVice of their respec-
tive terms.
The Board of County Commission
ers, with Mr.. c. F. Herring, of the
old Board, as chairman, and MeSsrs.
VIM. Holmes and NJ. Il. Johnson,
new members, organized and held
their first session Monday, and went
right to work-and they had a busy
day Of it, too. Both Messrs. Holmes
and johnson have been members of
the Board in former years and there
fore are familiar with the details Of
the responsible and trying position.
We publish to-day the statement
Of the Goldshoro National Bank,
which is the red letter statement in
its Listo. ,'}af has beer uniformly
one o1 steady progress and ever wi
dening confidence. This statement
by comparison shows a net earning
of 80 per cent. on the capital stock of
the bank for the fiscal year, and
speaks volumes not only for it's sa-
gacious and energetic management,
but for G~oldsboro, as well, as a bust
ness centre.
Mr.. M. L. Lee, who was elected a
Justice of the Peace in the late cleo
ton, after qualifying Monday, imme-
diately resigned the Office and Mr..
John II. Hill, who would not stand
for the nomination in the township
convention because Of his candidacy
for the Office of Register of Deeds,
was appointed by Clerk Ormond to
succeed MI. Lee. MI. Hill has been
a Justice of the Peace for a number
of years, and his term of Office as
such did not expire until Monday.
Cant. ID. r. BrOadhurSt. our effc-
lent City Clerk, went up to Phila-
delphia Friday evening to spend
Saturday with his son Hugh, who is
a~cadetatthe US. Military Academy,
and was in the city of Brotherly
Love for the great army and navy
foot ball game. OF course the genial
Captain saw the game-as a mere
incident of his visit; and doubtless
did some roofing for the army team;
and as they kicked the navy into the
sea Of defeat we guess he will be
hoaNES from shouting for a month.