Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-05-22
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of Argus Readers.
Mr.. Geo. G. Royal has returned |
from a business trip to Tillery.
MI. VIM. Carter, of the LaGrangel
tobacco market, was in the ySatur-
day.
Judge w. R. Allen has returned
to~the city from attending Sampson
county Superior Conrt.
MI. A. T. Sutton, of this city, |
shipped three boxes of fine beans to
the northern markets Tuesday.
MI. John B. Hooks, of Fremont, a
popular candidate for Register of
Deeds, was in the city Tuesday.
Mr.. VIM. Holmes, of Mt. Olive,
and Mr., E. A. Stevens, or Grantham
township, were in the city Saturday.
Miss Nellie Bowden and brother,
Master Luther Bowden, of Newbern,
are in the city, the guests of Mrs. ].
B. Taylor.
Some very fine new crop Irish po-
tatoes were brought in Tuesday by
Luke Best, a reputable colOred far
mer Of this county.
Her many friends here are glad to
greet in the city Miss Julia Howell,
executive clerk to the Governor, who
is on a brief visit to her home.
Some very fine snap beans, the
finest we have seen this season, were
brought in Saturday by Mr.. w. F.
Rose from his farm in Fork town
ship.
A white man came into the city
early Saturday morning with thirteen
white shad which he caught with a
dip net in Neuse river last night. It
is reported thatthe catch of shad now
is almost phenomenal.
Mrs. R.. B. Parker, who lives near
Mt. Olive, had a tenant house burn
ed Wednesday morning. MI. Rue
ben Branch lived in the house, and
the fire occurred while the family
were out picking strawberries.
Mr.. N. D. Andrews has just re-
turned from an extensive northern
trip in the intetest Of the Royal &
Borden furniture business. He went
into Canada and touched out at St.
Louis on his western trip.
MI. E. w. Cox has just returned
from Winterville, where he attended
the commencement exercises Of the
WinterviIle High School, of which
he is one of the trustees. He re-
ports the school in a fourishing con-
dition.
There are a great many fine shad
being caught in the river here now.
Mr.. Henry E. King brought in some
of S fine ones last night as have ever
been seen here. He is the veteran
fisherman of all these "diggins' and
, always has luck ahead of all others.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Daniels have
the sympathy of their many friends
in the death of their baby Charles,
who died Tuesday afternoon at 1:15
O'Clock. The funeral was held from
the home at $50 yesterday morning
and the interment was made in Will
low Dale Cemetery.
The ARGUS is in receipt of a note
from w. N. Parks, which conveys
the intelligence that the Parks base
ball team won a game from the
Debnam-Kinsey school team at La
Grange on the 18th, the score being
6to 5. The note also says that this
is the second game Q from the
Debnam-Kinsey team, and that two
games will be played at LaGrange
on the 29th,
sheriff Scott went to the Hotel
Kennon Tuesday a. m. and took one
of the porters, Jim Moore, to the
iail where the negro was disrobed Of
his hotel livery and required to don
the bars and stripes and equip him-
self with the proper utensiI for road
working. About two years ago Jim
was sentenced to six months on the
county road. He was sent to Ere
mont with other convicts to work
the road in that section. The first
night theswhole crowd broke out d
the guard house and made their es,