Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-09-25
PURELY LOCAL..
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN AND
AROUND THE CITY.

Uncle Jimmie Scott says the grape
season is over. He desires to ex-
pres his sincere thanks for a liberal
patronage from the public.
Tobacco continues to "drive inn to
the sale warehouses of this city,
where the farmers realize the high
est market prices for the golden weed
of commerce.
The white brick used in the con-
struction Of the city hall will make a
handsome building. The walls are
rapidly going up and work on the
building is being pushed forward.
Mr.. Jacob Cohen, who has been
under medical treatment in a Bali
more hospital for six weeks, has ar
rived home, greatly improved in
health, his many friends will beglad
to know.
The Business Mems Fall Festival
and Elks' Carnival is the popular
subject Of discussion now outside of
politics. The committees are at work
and it is intended to make it one of
the biggest events that Goldsboro
has ever had.
The ladies of the First Baptist
church will give an ice ream and
salad supper in their Sunday school
room Friday night. There will
be no admission charges. Refresh
ments will be served. We bespeak
for them a liberal patronage. The
public are cordially invited.
The annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the A. & n. G. r. R.. will
meet in Newbern on Thursday of
this week. Those desiring to attend
the meeting can go down on the
early train Thursday morning, but
those most interested in results will
go down tomorrow afternoon.
The marriage Of Ephraim Moses
to Nancy Barnes, on the Robinson
plantation, at Scottsville, was con-
summated last Wednesday, Septem-
Der II, in the presence of only rela-
tives, owing to the recent death Of
the BRIDES father, Benz. F. Barnes.
The ARGUS wishes the young couple
much happiness and prosperity.
The Business Mems Fall Festival
and Elks' Carnival will holdforth in
Goldsboro October 20, q, %, %, "a
and 25. This is going to be a gala
should begin to talk it up. The mer1
chants, who will be benefited above
all others, should give every custom
err a cordial invitation to come to
Goldsboro during carnival week.
There are those who think that
the city is making a mistake in cut
ting down the sidewalks on Walnut
street. In some places the side
walks have been lowered several
inches, which leaves the building IN
an awkward position. The buildings
were put down to conform to the
sidewalks when they were erected
and the sidewalks should have re-
manned as they were.
The commodious plant of the
Acme Machine Works, in this city,
received to-day another locomotive
for repairs, making four nov in the
hands Gifts machinists, and there is
yet another on the road, which is eX-
pected to arrive this week, This
splendid plant is constantly widen
ing the territory of it's patronage and
growing in the confidence of the
public everywhere.
The joint debate between Senator
Pritchard and Hon. Locke Craig at
Kinston Monday is reported as a
battle of giants, and as a brilliant
victory for Mr.. Craig, the champion
of Democracy. Senator Pritchard is
easily the ablest exponent of Repub-
lican principles in the State; but the
principles being bad and the party
worse, Senator Pritchard is, there
fore, without much following of mo-
ment among the people of North
Carolina, who are intuitively Demo
Gratis, because Democracy is right.
The brick residence on the prop
erty purchased by the government
as a Site for the public building will
be torn down at once and r~e-erected
on the vacant lot in the real fronting
on Mulberry. There was a time not
many years ago when this residence
was the handsomest structure in
Goldsboro and it cost, perhaps, more
o than an other residence in
the city. 1t vas built by the late