Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-08-21
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Cover all puddles of water on the
premises with kerosene oil to pre-
vent Matching Of mosquitoes.
There was another heavy break of
tobacco on this market to-day, when
the weed sold for fancy prices and
sent the farmers home rejoicing.
More than $40, 900 was paid out by
the banks of this city for tobacco
checks from the great breaks on the
floors of our several warehouses Fri
day.
The rate to the Confederate reun-
ion at Greensboro is II cent per
mile each way. Tickets will go on
sale the 18th and will be good to re-
turn until the 25th.
Messrs. Cullen and Buick Hatch
passed through G%oldsboro to-day on
their way to Dunn, from where they
will run an excursion to Wilmington
tomorrow, passing through this city
about 10 o'clock. These gentlemen
will run an excursion from GoldsbOro
to Wilmington on Friday, the 29th
of this month, when the fair for the
round trip will be only $1.25.
With a big crop of tobacco and the
weed selling high and also a big r
of cotton with the feecy staple at a
fair price, the outlook for the farmer
is anything but a gloomy one. Colds
boro, the market town for the farm
ORC of fhic no4ir0 cootSon LII o1-4
come in for its share of the general
prosperity. The tobacco season has
started off so as to surprise everybody
and may cotton do as we'll.
MI. r. w. Grafton, the popular fire
insurance agent, treated this Office to
asset ofdesk blotters Mondaymorning,
for which the editorial force extend
their most sincere thanks for this
thOughtfulness in supplying such a
needed article. Besides being a great
convenience the blotters are an
ment as well. They bear a splendid
Autograph picture of the handsome
building of the Piedmont Fire Insur-
ance Company, of Charlotte.
The first bale of new cotton to
make its appearance on this market
came in Tuesday from the river
farm of MI. M. j. Best. The grade
was strict middling and it weighed
AGO pounds. 1t was purchased by
Royal & Borden at 81 cents per
pound. These gentlemen are not cot
ton buyers, but they purchased this
bale for their mattress factory, where
they manufacture the famous royal
felt mattress.
Don't forget the County Sunday
School Convention which meets at
Salem church August 29-3O-31.
Tell your neighbors that an attrac-
tive programme of music and speech
es has been arranged. Your presence
will be appreciated, and you will be
repaid by the exercise. Among the
speakers will be Mr.. N. B. Brough-
ton, of Raleigh, Rev. A. D. Nc
Clure, of Wilmington, Prof. Geo. H.
Crowell, of High Point.
Usually at this season Of the year
county politics is ''alI the talk'' and
candidates galore greet you on all
sides; but so busy are our farmer
friends with housing and selling
their great tobacco crop, and so happy
r they over the splendid prices
they are receiving for same, and so
bouyant r they over the bright
prospects for their other crops, or
cotton, corn, potatoes and peas later
in the fall, that they are not giving
much thought to politics.
The base ball season in Goldsboro /.
will come to a close with a game be-
tween the Chicago Stars, an aggre-
of female ball players, and
the local team. 1t is said to the
credit of these bloomerites that they
put up a pretty fair exhibition of the
National sport. In the field and on
the bases they are said to equal the !
best league players, but they show
their weakness when they come to
face the pitcher with the bat in
Mayor Geo. E. Hood and chair +,
of the street committee w. L.
have returned from Will
and Castle Hayne, where
they went to purchase phosphate
rock for street paving purposes. They
were entertained very royalty by
MI. d. e. Learchan and MI. Gabriel
Holmes, members of the county
Board of Commissioners of New
but could not purchase the
rock because the county was using all
they could get from the phosphate
works at Castle Haynes for road-pav-
ing purposes.
Chief of Police Freeman had to
take an inebriated white man in
Thursday afternoon. The
unfortunate man had come. to
with a load of tobacco and had