Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-09-11

tOfOre and he has arranged this TRIP
to Richmond for the benefit OF his
large number of patrons who go with
him every year. The train passes
Goldsboro about 1880 o'clock Monday
morning and returning leaves Rich
mond at 6 O'Clock on Tuesday e
inc. The fare from all points is $3.50
for the round trip. Get ready, go
and enioy yourself for a couple Of
days.
A convict on the county roads
| made his escape from the guards
| Wednesday afternoon while the gang
were at work on the public road
Near Neuse river. The gum 1orest
is very thick near the river and 1T IS
impossible to see a man 10 feet away
in some places. The negro made a
| dash for the thicket and is thought
to be in hiding in the swamps. A
party made a search yesterday after
noon, but failed to discover the To-
cation of the negro.
A shoemaker workingin the shops
of Mr.. w. L. Summerlin claims to
have been entirely cured of rheuma-
| tism by lightning. He had been a
: su fferer for and last week while
visiting out in the country he re-
ceived a severe shock of electricity
from the lightning which struck
some object near the house in which
/, he was staying. He claims a total
. cure. He is not anxious to repeat the
e experiment., however, and his testl-
mony will not induce others to wish
: for a similar mode of cure
It The heavy receipts of tobacco OF
e this market from country carts is 6
n surprise to everybody here. The pop
q ularity of this market among the
II planters throughout this section il
Widespread and increasing from Ola.
- to day. While the price of tobacco i
8 high everywhere this year. still it
q commended by those who are in a pc
IT sition to know that tobacco is sellln|
, higher on this market than any 9th
- err in the State. Both the Imperia
: and American Tobacco Companie
have buyers here besides numbe
1T of local buyers.
The tallest man that ever struc
town is here with ten others WI
:. are advertising and selling the Lii
- ertv Bell Tobacco. Thename OF tn
gentleman is Mr.. J. l.. Skinner. ID
- IS 7 foot 4 inches tall and weigh
235 pounds. He has to lower n
d. head when walking under the sigl
nd on the sidewalk and Of course I
or does not fail to attract attention. ID
as is a giant, without doubt. He
It working under Mr.. Gabe Holme
,es who is well known to Goldsbol
,e- people and who is Southern manag
by for Liberty Bell Tobacco, with hea
Quarters in Savannah, Ga.
on The MAYORS court room was crow
nd ed all the morning with witness
lpe and spectators who had gathered
)ut testify and hear the evidence In
the number of small fights and sever
I'm DRINKS which might be proper
eer charged up against the circus tt
.ity came to town Friday. Those W
it were the especial guests ct the q
}. during the night presented a q
tressingly sober appearance t
still morning, while their c~ountenan
.n, plainly showed that Mr.. Il.
go Morse had been exercising his pa:
the FIJI influence. AS the Mayor Wo'
S to sentence upon each IN
the vvidual be would cast a sympathe
glance upon the violators OF
the I'D and Do ordinance. The only c
assuming serious proportions y
that Of a colored hackman VIII
horse struck and knocked dow
tho small boy of another colored DO
tho This irritated the parent, who
f1e lowed the hack and tried to pull
u a;t 70 u from his pocket. The evide
~ showed that the hackmrn was no
blame for the occurrence and
Ky irate father of the injured child
= % bound over TO court for carrylr
only cohcealeo weapon.