Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-06-05

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Kinston Free Press.
With the exception of tobacco all
crops are reported in the surrounding
country to be in better condition at
this period of the season than for a
number of years past. There seems
to be a diversity Of opinion as to to-
bacco, some claiming the crop will
be a good one, while others say the
, crop will be very short. The pros
poets for this crop have materially
improved during the past few days.
Cor. Charlotte Observer.
Burlington, May 2S.-Our town
has been flooded lately with spurious
money, and United States Commits
sioner Hall had a secret service man
here to work up the cas- and yester-
day he landed "Boss'' King, who
has heretofore borne a good reputa-
ton, and no n had any idea that
was connected with the affair. 1t is
said that he had on his person at the
time Of arrest a set of leather molds
with which he made the coin, and
other damaging evidence has been
collected against him. He is out on
bond waiting trial.
Charlotte Observer.
Out at the bingham mills in this
city there is either avery clever or
a very foolish mule. She works six
days in the week and rests on the
Sabbath and the few daylight hours
that this mule has been kept in her
stall after Sunday has been a period
of great agony for the animal. On
the Sabbath she blinks and sleeps
and nothing short of force can make
her leave her stall, but at the break
of day Monday morning if somebody
! doesn't come and take her out and
hitch her up to something she goes
stark raving mad. Certainly the
mule sets an example that mankind
may follow with proft-but is she
a fool?
Fender Chronicle.
On the 18th inst, at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. t. J.. Hall, of Wallace,
Rev. J. W. Martin administered the
ordinance of baptism to little Mar
garet MCGOWAN Hall. The interest
in this ceremony arises from the fact
that the dress worn by the little girl
on this occasion, was the dress worn
by her mother, on a similar occasion
thirty-tWO years ago. Since the bap-
tism of Mrs. Hall three of her sisters
have worn this garment at their bap-
tism, the little girl making the fifth
member Of this family to wear the
dress during the performance of this
ceremony. The dress, on account of
its sacred associations, is highly val
ued in the family of Mrs. Hall.
Elizabeth City Tar Heel.
Lewis Lewark, the boy wonder,
Of Currituck, was here one day last
week. He came in on a small YES
sci. The boat anchored on the fats
and few people had the opportunity
of viewing the giant of the Sounds
country. Lewis is only a 17-year
old "kid," and yet his weight ex-
ceeds 600 pounds. His shoes would
make two pair for any monmouth
footed Patagonian. His clothes are
all homemade, and the making
thereof must be "a mighty task for
the fat boys industrious little moth
er. The father and mother of the
boy are ordinary looking people
when it comes to size, and for this
reason we cannot lay his o~ver-abun-
dance of avoirdupois to h%eredity.
Lewis is rather sensitive and not I'M
til a few days ago was he persuaded
to go upon an exhibition tour and
will be one of the attractions here at
the surfmen's meeting. He also *
poets to be at u next fair.
Wilmington Messenger.
A well known liquor dealer has
proposed to the city authorities to
lgive $780, 900 for the exclusive right
Of selling liquor in Wilmington. The
offer is bona ida and the party has
offered to give a satisfactory bond of
his ea~rnestness. The matter will be
laid before the next meeting of the
Board of Aldermen, and the first
thing they will have ter consider is