Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-03-20
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN AMI
AROUND THE CITY.
Picked Up. BY the U Ubiquitous
Reporter and Chronicled
For the Information
of Argus Readers.

White shad will be plentiful in a
Jew days.
The recent. freshet in theriver- will
increase the shad supply.
The planting of Irish potatoes and
beans are now in order-but the
ground is not.
Col. J. A. Washington is confined
; to his home this week, his many
friends Will regretto learn.
The police have arrested Laurel
Hill and Georgia Watson, both col
ored for selling whiskey without Ii
cense on Sunday. A.
Just seventeen years ago Tuesday,
March'18, 1885, there felt a heavy
snow in this section, measuring II
inches on the level.
Mr.. George Scott, who has been
spending a year farming in Missouri,
is at home again. He says there is
no pIacelike home.
Peachtrees are in bloom here
abouts, and soon the yellow jasmine
and the dogwood. will make the
woods beautiful and fragrant and the
heart glad.
Mr.. L. Edwards is having the
store room adjoining the millinery
establishment of Miss May D. Carter
fitted up for a meat market, which
he will open in a few days.
The Travelling Library, under the
auspices of the Woman's Club, will
:. be open, at the club room, every Fri
day afternoon from 5 to 6 o'clock,
for the distribution of books.
Mr.. w. D. MCGOWAN, of Genoa,
has a Plymouth Rock pullet which
he bought from MI. Waylon Tudor
that has laid 10 eggs in succession
that contain double yolks, which
fact is thought to berather phenome.
nal among the fowl dealers.
A letter received from. Rev. DIR
and Mrs. Geo. w. Butler in far of
Brazil, brings the good new thai
they RI all well, their little sor
Humphrey having recovered from
his attack OF yellow fever, which will
DE received with pleasure by theil
many friends here.
When Goldsboro gets a passenger
depot and a government building
and city hall and market and gets
the streets paved, then we will con
slider the street car question. AL
these things are coming to "Greatel
Goldsboro."
is Goldsboro going to join the
State League of base bail players this
year? The question was discussed
right much towards the close of the
season last year. Now is the time
to do something. Do not wait until
the season is over.
The game laws for Wayne county
expired on Saturday and the restaur.
ants will have no 0 EQUAL. or
toast'' until the 18th of next Novem.
Der. It is not only a violation of the
law to kill quail from now until thai
time, but it is also against the law tC
kill doves and wild turkeys in
Wayne county.
Beginning some time next month
the A. & N. G.. R. r., will resume
its regular summer schedules which
consists of the double daily passen-
ger service between Morehead City
and Goldsboro. The shops in New.
bern are now at work on new
coaches for this train, which will be
thoroughly modern and up-to-date,
The ARGUS man is indebted to Mr..
J. r. Griffin for a beautiful basket OF
delightful fruit artistically arranged
such as he is offering to the trade
of the city,and which appeals especi-
ally to. the young man who has q
'tbest girl" The basket itself is
beauty, and when filed with fruit il
is ajoy.
This is the week for the great
State Sunday school Convention a
Fayetteville, from the 18th to thu
Goth. The following left to-day from
this county: Msssrs. j. w. Thomp
son, J. B. Exum, George Spence
w. u. .Grantham, G.. w. Edgerton