Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-03-27
OF The STREET.
WHAT YOU CAN HEAR IF
YOU LISTEN.
From Fridays Daily.

InlS pOr Was dCCOSGou GHIo
morning on the street by Mr.. G. 3.
Edmunds, of Richmond, Va, who
with his amiable wife have been
spending the winter at the Hotel
Kennon. Mr.. Edmunds is a great
admirer of billiards, and knowing
that the writer once had a banker
ing in that direction he said:
"By the way, did you know that
they are putting in@new billiard and
pool tables in the Kennon billiard
room?" After receiving an answer
in the negative he proceeded as fol-
lows: ="
"Well, they are, and I am glad of
it. You know that I enjoy the game
when I have a geodttable with good
balls to play with. The new billiard
table is all right. L tried it this
morning, and it required very little
effort to send the balls around the
table twice, a feat which you know
was hard to accomplish with the old
table. The cushions on the new table
are too elastic, if anything, and it is
almost like learning the game over
again."
Mr.. Edmunds is as enthusiastic
over the game Of billiards as he is
over hunting quail. He is authority
on the game and is without doubt
the best player in the city. He has
won many a hard fought battle with
Judge Humphrey, to the amusement
of the spectators.
Messrs. Bob Lewis and Charley
from the Hotel Kennon and have
put in new tables and remodelled
the old mes. They intend to con-
| duct a first class place and furnish
first class material to those who are
fond of the sport.
Xxx
"The police arrested Dennis Rob-
inson, colored, to-day for selling
whiskey without license on Sum
day." said a citizen to this reporter
to-day, "and I understand that two
other negroes, a man and a woman,
were arrested recently on a similar
charge. They have given bond and
r out again. [ cannot understand
why the Federal authorities do not
take hold of such cases. They buy
whiskey in jugs and retail it out in
small quantities to whoever they can
find to buy. Just such people as
these are responsible for a large. part
of the Sunday drinking which is
carried on at times and for which
the saloon keeper is censured. Mind
you, [ am not the saloon mans
champion, but they get a great deal
of abuse which they do not deserve.
They pay a high license, and should
have some protection. I am glad to
see the police officers making an eff
fort to stop this sIblind tiger'' bust
ness on Sunday.
*x*
Chief of Police Freeman returned
this morning from Kinston with
Lena Simmons, the negro girl who
broke into the store Of M. E. CasteX
& Co., one Sunday morning not long
ago, while people were going along
the street to church. The police in
!, nearby towns had been notified that
Lena had disappeared from this city
and last night a telegram was re-
ceived from the Chief of Police OF
Kinston, stating that Lena had been
arrested. She was brought here to-
day and had one pair of the shoes
(which she had stolen and which she
had worn. It will be remembered
that the Chief saw the girl when she
emerged from the alley just after she
had broken into the store. He made
some inquiries and before he could
have her arrested she skipped. A
large part of the stolen goods were
recovered at the time. She took the
shoes and some other articles with
her when she ran away.
~
i Dewey Bros have just completed
another locomotive at their machine
shops in this city. When a reporter
called at their yards this morning
the machinists were just regulating
the safety valve and testing the ma.
chine with 12O pounds of steam
. Everything worked as accurate as 9
l watch and the locomotive will be
put on a fiat car tomorrow and ship
| ped to White Oak, a station between