Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-09-18

down Walnut street they noticed a
negro drop a purse into her apron
pocket. Two of the boys went up
and engaged the woman in converse
ton while the other slipped up and
took the purse from the wOman's
pocket. They divided the money,
which amounted to about $50. When
arrested on the following Monday
thew had most of the money and
since then the full amount has been
returned by the parents of the boys.
The Judge on account of their ages
ordered that. they be given a good
thrashing and turned loose, and the
order was obeyed in a manner that
left an impression on the boys.
A sunrise marriage took place in
this city Sunday morning. Mr..
Nereus H. Merritt and Mrs. Annie
G. Wooten were quietly married by
DIR. F. D. Swindell yesterday morn
ing at sunrise at the residence of the
brides father-in-law, MI. Allen
Wooten, at 615 Daisy street. The
groom holds a position as sawyer
with the Enterprise Lumber Go. of
this city. The happy couple left on
the early train yesterday morning to
visit relatives in Sampson county.
When they return to the city they
will take board and rooms with Mr..
w. III. Goodwin.
During the session of Superior
Court here last week only two per-
, sons were sentenced to the peniten-
tiary. &c. Burruss, a white man,
: was sentenced to ten years in the
: State prison for stealing a cow. He
, had Just returned from serving a
. sentence Of two years in the peniten-
tiary when he committed the deed
for which he is going now to spend
S a decade. Tom Hamilton, a negro,
S was sentenced to one yearin the pen
0 itentiary for stealing cotton seed and
S when he has finished that sentence
: he is to be returned to the county to
|. serve twelve months on the county
r road.
Mr.. w. A. J.. Peacock, Of this
= CITY, who passed the fiftieth mile
n post in the journey through life
n some time ago, has had ar exper'
fence with a freak Of nature. AbOu
1t five years ago he had a jaw tooth ex
is tracted by a dentist. Some time at
= ter that he felt something hare
- growing out of the place where tn
tooth was pulled and the thing wor
'ried him until this morning, whel
u he went to a dentist and had anothe
- small tooth pulled from the sam
ST place. He claims the distinction Q
10 having cut three sets of teeth and in
- stead of growing old he is growing
> younger.
n There were quite a number of Re
r. publicans here Friday with thei
heads together in the lobby of tn
Hotel Kennon probably c%oncoctin
some devilment. It is not know
., whether the met here by chance Q
x by design, but they were in clos
VI conversation and were much intel
y, ested in some scheme or propositio
~ which they had under consideration
~ They did not hesitate to give on
e old Friend Jno. r. Smith the maj
LIS BILE heart. When he passed by b
was not noticed by any of the party
r. He has probably ceased to be a fa'
to tor in the Republican element of til
n State. He never was a real ran
j. Republican, no way.
Mr.. E. H. Stewart, of Roanoke
ne Va, has been in the city since Mo,
- 30 day discussing the question Of q SAL
ll' ings bank for Goldsboro. He M
e met the leading business men of tt
city and has held several conference
20 with the president and members
ad the Chamber of Commerce in re
.r- erence to organizing a savings ban
nd here, and has received encourage
VS. ment on every hand. In fact, h
Nv trip has been so very s~atisfactor
~ that he left for home to-day with tt
Of promise to return to the city aga!
ire soon and renew his canvass of tt
DIV business interests. He wishes
n establish a savings bank and tru
at company which Goldsboro neet
very much.
at The sudden death of Benjam
n. Barnes, 55 years Of age, one of tt
Ar- most highly respected colored MT
at in the county, occurred Saturd;
a evening, after but a few hours i
in ness, on the Robinson plantatio
to near this city, where he had liv
our from boyhood, farmed and reared
.dy large family, twelve in number,
en- of whom with his good WI
rti- survive him. The burial W
nd held on the farm Sunday aft
th,> noo in the presence OF a large &C
ICE. course OF cOlOfed and many WI
people of the neighborhood, w.
had assembled to pay the |;
oys tribute of respect to one w
Or all his life walked uprightly amo
hey them and possessed the esteem a
-at- Of all who knew him