Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-07-31

chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners, is already having
effect upon the citizens Of the county
at large. They see from these Sec
tions of Systematically constructed
roads what good roads mean and
they are henceforth advocates of
good roads, and will be active and
~tireless in their efforts until Wayne
county has good roads from border
to border in all directions.
Mr.. Richard Williford, who lives
seventeen miles from Goldsboro, was
in the city Monday withaload of fine,
old-fashioned horse-apples, which he
sold from house to house. Within a
few months Mr.. WilIiford will be 80
years old. He has been married
twice and has twenty-fOur children.
His oldest child is 40 years old and
his Youngest is five years of age.
With the new City Hall and mar
ket under construction, the street
improvement under way and the U.
S. Postoffice building materialiZing,
and big tobacco breaks, and cotton
selling right up at top figures this
fall in Goldsboro, why should not
the last of the grumblers and groWl-
ers be convinced that we've got the
best town in the State? We go for
ward.
The many friends of DR.. M. E.
Robinson will regret to learn that he
has lost very heavily by fire last
week. Upon investigation it was
found that he did not have a policy
upon the building destroyed by fire
last Tuesday night, upon which he
thought he had 81, 200 insurance.
He also had a tobacco barn burned
| this week upon which there was no
insurance.
Mr.. J. B. Ellsworth, of the Treas
ury department at Washington, ar
rived in the city Sunday, and is
the guest of Mr.. anG Mrs. @. F. Tay-
Tor, Mrs. Ellsworth being a sister Of
| Mrs. Taylor. He is here for the
purpose of viewing the several prof
! fered sites for the new Post Office
building to be erected by the Cover
ment, and to report on the most
feasible location.
Mr.. H. B. Parker hands the
ARGUS the following: "Don't for
get to tell your friends and have an
nounced in your churches and Sum-
day schools that the Wayne county
Sunday School Convention will be
held at Salem church August 20, 80
and 81. A large number of people
will be present and all school
teachers and officers are earnestly re-
quested to be present.
A load of sheep is rather an unsus-
ual sight for this section. It is rather
common though for a countryman
to come into town with three or four
worthless hound pups following his
cart or buggy. Mr.. T. T. Olive, of
Pine Level, one of the most extern
sive farmers of his section, sent to
this market Tuesday morning a wagon
load of sheep, which We're disposed
of to the butchers for 81 cents per
pound on foot. He has about fifty
more sheep at home.
Oak Ridge Institute starts on her
second half century September 1st.
This school had 259 boarding pupils
last year, and claims to be the larg-
est preparatory and fitting school in
the South for young men and boys.
Young men, and parents with sons
to educate, would do we'll to exam
inc the beautiful catalogue before de-
Gliding the matter of patronage the
coming veal. The school, while not
of the cheap John variety, offers the
best advantages at reasonable terms.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. M. J.
, Best will regret to learn of the &C
cident which befell their young son
Claude late Saturday afternoon. The
boy, who is only about 10 years OF
age, was walking across the joists in
the new warehouse which Messrs.
Best & Thompson are building. He
stepped on a loose plank and fell
about fifteen feet to the ground be-
low, breaking his arm and infiicting
other slight bruises. The boy is
resting very quietly to-day and is or
the road to recovery.
"Uncle Jimmie" Heath, an in.
mate of the Soldiers Home at Ra.
leigh, of late, came in Friday
on the train from Raleigh. He
is one of the most peculiar characters
that survived the COS. Even now
in his crippled condition, he is still.
full of wit and humor, and can fur.
nish amusement for any crowd thai
| he will meet. on the street or around
T the hotel Hobbies, for hours at time
He was one of the bravest Soldiers