Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-08-28

ph~ilanthropic citizens of the good
old county of Wayne. Confederate
soldier is the proudest title that any
son Of the Sunny South can wear.
Their fame will live forever. His
tory, perhaps, will be called
upon to record such bravery and de-
votion to principle as was exhibited
by the men who wore the gray in
the Civil War.
The many friends of Mr.. Robert
L. Lindsey, auditor of the Durham
Traction Company, were glad to see
him in the city for the first time in
eighteen years. Since he left Colds
boro he has met with success. He
has been in a great many of the prin-
cipal cities of the South and his host
of friends will be glad to know that
his prospects r brighter now than
ever before.
The marriage of Mr.. William
Cobb Lane, a Goldsboro young gen.
tleman, to Miss Flora Patterson oc-
Cured at the home of the brides par
ents in Sanford on Wednesday, There
were no cards. The groom is the
son of Mr.. w. p. Lane, of this city,
and a brother of DIR. w. K. Lane.
He is in the insurance business in
Sanford. The happy couple are off
on a trip to the mountains.
ALI the Sunday school teachers
and workers are earnestly requested
to attend the county Sunday school
convention at Salem next Saturday.
1t would be we'll if those who have
wagons in Goldshoro and the county
to get up a party and take them out.
There will be no public dinner. All
who go must take their basket. DIR.
A. D. Mcclure will prench the con-
vention sermon Sunday morning.
MI. w. H. Smith, president ofthe
Wayne Agriculture Works, has just
returned from Richmond, where he
went to attend a meeting of the rep
resentatives of agricultural manufac-
turing institutions throughout the
South, of which the Wayne Agricul-
tural Works is one of the largest.
Mr.. Smith is nothing if not progress
sive and he has increased his plant
from where it started on asmall scale
to its present proud proportions.
With the resignation of the force
Of clerks at the National Bank other
changes in the clerical force of the
business institutions of Goldsboro
have taken place. Mr.. Herman
Smih has resigned his position as
book keeper for Bizzell & Wooten to
accept the position of paying teller
at the National Bank, while Mr..
Raine Freeman has resigned his
clerkship in the Office of the city
public works to accept a clerkship in
the same bank.
A heavy wind and rain storm
passed over the city Thursday after
noon. The dark cloud as seen from
| this city before it reached here had a
| destructive appearance, but up to
this time no damage has been report
ed except from the heavy fall Of
rain. Here in the city the cutters
became choked and the water in low
places over1owed the streets and
sidewalks. During the storm the
electric lights had to be turned on
! because of the darkness. It was just
about 6 O'Clock, when the sun would
have been shining brightly if it had
not been cloudy.
Mr.. II. B. Veazey, special agent
of the rural free mail delivery SER
vice, who was here some days ago to
establish three rural delivery routes
leading out from Goldsboro, has re-
turned to the city and will hold the
examination for carriers at the court
house in this city next Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The position
pays 5000 a year and requires the
applicant to furnish his own equip
ment. The examination is very
simple and consists of reading and
writing. The applicant must live
upon the route or within the terri
tory.
Moses B. Farmer, the erstwhi,e
Republican candidate for the office
of sheriff, was in the city Thursdayfcr
the first time since the Republican
county convention met in this city
some weeks ago, when there was q
split in the party and the lily white
faction left the hall and went off and
held a convention of their own, leav-
ing Mr.. Farmer as the only white
man in the hall with the negroes.
He was the regularly elected chair
man and he stuck to his post un.
daunted in the face of such unfavor.
able circumstances. Both factions
held conventions and elected dele.
gates. It is almost certain that both