Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-11-27

city, suffered some very painful
bruises Friday afternoon by being
thrown down while riding on top of
a freight car. The shifting engine
was backing into the yards with sev-
eral cars and did not see the signal
to stop. The cars came together with
terrific force and caused Capt. Horn
rinc to slide for some distance on the
rough tin roof, infiicting several
bruises which are not serious but
painful.
Blaine Jones and Eli Dancey, two
colored men who live at Greenleaf
and work at the rice mill, in this
city, became involved in a dispute
over a bicycle, just outside the city
limits, this Wednesday, morning,
in which Jones inflicted several ugly
flesh wounds upon the person of
Dancey with a knife. Dancey was
brought to the city and received
medical attention. His wounds are
not of a serious nature, however. A
warrant was Immediately issued for
Jones, but at this writing he has not
been apprehended.
The forthcoming ball and banquet
Of the Eclipse Steam Fire Engine
Company, which will most probably
take place during the holidays, will
likely eclipse anything of the kind
which the company has undertaken
before. They have begun in plenty
time to have all the arrangements
completed and assure the success of
the undertaking. The host of friends
land Well-Wishers of the company
will do all in their power to aid the
fremen, and with the material sup
port, together with their popularity,
there is no reason to doubt its sue
cess.5
A thief who intended to relieve
the cotton gin of DR.. M. E. Robinson
of a few pounds Of seed cotton, not
only failed in his purpose but lost
his lantern. When the employees of
the gin went to work Thursday
morning they found a lantern burn
ing in the seed cotton department,
where they also found a sheet tied
up containing several pounds of seed
cotton. 1t is supposed that some
one CHANGED to pass the gin just as
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his booty and that he got scared and
left the cotton and his lantern.
The death of NIr. Elijah Edger-
ton, 81 years of age, a younger
brother of Capt. j. B. Edgerton, Of
this city and of Mr.. r. w. Edgerton,
of Greenleaf, occurred Thursday al
IL o'clock, of brights disease, at his
plantation home near Princeton,
leaving a devoted wife and three
daughters, all grown and married,
land a wide circle Of relatives and
friends to mourn his loss. He was
a most estimable citizen, industrious
and thrifty, and honorable in all
his transactions. His remains were
taken to the old Nathan Edgerton
plantation, near Pikeville, at II
O'Clock Friday for interment in the
homestead burying ground, where
his fnrefathers for generations await
the Resurrection Morn.
The many friends of Mr.. Fred
Macdonald in this city, where he is
universally popular, will read with
interest and pleasure and attendant
good wishes the following item,
which we clip from the Charlotte
lObserver of yesterday: '.Lincolntun,
Nov. 21.-Miss Daisy ReinIlartl,t the
popular and charming daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. r.. S. Relnbardt, will
be married December 2nd to Mr..
Fred Macdonald, Of Goldsboro. The
~bride-eiect is q Of LincOinton's
~fairest daughters and she numbers
her warm friends by her acquain-
tances. The wedding will be a
quiet home affair. only a few friends
and relatives will be present. No
one will be more missed in social
circles by young and old than Miss
Reinhardt."
We devote much of our space to-
day to an admirable historical paper
by Mr.. B.. D. w. Connor, that will
prove of great local interest, as Mary
Slocumb was the great-grandmother
of our esteemed toWnsmen Capt. T.
w, j. G. and Junius Slocumb; and
their grandfather, her SOB, whose
name was Jesse, whom she left with
the nurse on the night of her heroic
ride, afterwards became a member
of Congress, dying at Washington,
during his term of Office, before the
f, day of railroads, and lies buried in
the Congressional cemetery, in the
Capital city. Mary Slocumb and her
husband lie buried within a few
miles of Goldsboro, to the south, and
their tombs can be seen from the
passing trains on the Atlantic Coast
Line.
A bridal party arrived in the city
Wednesday from Dixonville, in Greene
county, about six miles from Snow
Hill. The party came in on carri-
ages and stopped at the Hotel Ken
non, where they spent the night, the