Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-10-02
PURELY LOCAL.

The millinery opening of Miss
May Carter will come off on Thurs
day and Friday of this week.
If you have any business PROPOSE
tions to make the public the best
midium of presenting them is
through the advertising columns of
the ARGUS.
The breaks of tobacco on the floors
of the several warehouses Of the city
to-day were about as heavy as the
season has known. The quality was
good and the prices were satisfac-
tory.
The finest specimen of fall growth
Irish potatoes we have seen at all
were laid on our table this week by
Mr.. John v. Sherard, of the Salem
section, who is one of the progressive
young farmers of that fine farming
section.
The death of James Barnes, 81
years of age, son of the late Benz. f.
Barnes, colored, occurred Monday
on the Robinson plantation, near
Scottsville. He was one of the best
colored youths the county has raised,
and his untimely death is regretted
by white and black alike who knew
him.
The Board of Public Works has
had Little river, which is the PURGE
Of supply for city water, cleaned Of
all logs and trash from the Smith
field railroad bridge to the pumping
station. The trees on either bank
have been cut down. The bed of
the river now contains nothing but
pure white sand.
The followieg Goldsboro young
gentlemen have been appointed
marshals for the State Fair at Ra-
leigh: Messrs. M. Borden, F, K.
Broadhurst, A. II. Edgerton, r. X.
Freeman, II. Grimes, E. q. Hines,
III. Howell, James Lewis, Herman
We'll, N. Spicer, J. G.. Sizer, L. J.
Winstead, K. j. Davis and Drs. j.
and WINS. Spicer.
Mr.. J. Schwab, a popular cotton
buyer of this city, recently received q
very unique present sent him by
friends in the Holy Land. The
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some album embellished in oriental
fashion. Inside the album were
pressed flowers which were plucked
from the banks of the river Jordan,
The cover to the album is made OF
olive wood which was gathered from
the sacred spot known to Bible read.
ers as the Mount of Olives. Mr.
Schwab is very proud of his hand
Como nr0conf nnA 70 koC n1noQIIrn iT
exhibiting it to his friends.
Constable Troy Smith, from the
lower section of the county came in
to the city Friday morning with a ne
gro prisoner, whom he had tieC
with a rope to the buggy and alst
handcufed. The spectacle created 9
stir among the crowd on Walnu'
street, who thought that perhaps
murderer had been captured. The
constable was looking for some on
to identify the man, who answered
the description of a negro whom tn
sheriff has been hunting for som
time. He was not the man wanted
and his shackels were taken off anC
he was allowed to depart which he
lost no time in doing.
Governor AycOck has offered a re
ward of $3.50 for the arrest of Franz
VIM, the MI. Olive negro VIII
murdered his cousin Charles Win
last spring.. Winn got out of Jail un
der habeas corpus proceedings on
s.. 500 bond. He remained at HON
until a few days before court an
then fed the country. He preferre
to forfeit his bond, which he CAV
by making a mortgage on his res
estate, rather than stand trial. If h
should be captured and placed i
Jail he will make the third man
be tried at the next term of Wayr
county Superior Court for capital O
lenses.
During these quiet times viii
everybody is busy selling tobac'
and cotton and buying supplies the
is little time to spend looking an
waiting for something to happel
But as busy as everybody seems
be the crowds who throng Walnl
street from 9 in the morning until
in the afternoon had time Fride
about 10 O'Clock to stop and watt
the antics of a young country ste
for half an hour. The animal place
himself squarely in the Center
Walnut street at the intersection
John street and proceeded to furnli