Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1902-07-17

The experience in Goldsboro is
that manufacturing pays. Yes, they
pay all classes of people-let us make
G~oldsboro a great big place. 1t can
be done-yes, it will be done sooner
or later, but the sooner the better for
this generation. We are making
sure and certain progress along all
lines, but by a little more concentra-
ton of effort in a very few years
Goldsboro would be three times as
large as it is.
Our esteemed young townsman,
MIR. w. L. Humphrey, who for
some years has been freight agent of
the A. & N. G. r. r. depot at this
point, which position he resigned on
July 1, with a view of going into the
commission brokage business here,
has been over-persuaded to take the
position of freight agent for the
Southern Railway at Salisbury, and
will leave soon to assume the duties
of that position.
The marriage of Mr.. Sam Brock
to Miss Fife Gilmore occurred Friday
night at the home of the bride at 6O1
William street north, Rev. A. B.
Crumpler officiating. The groom is
an employee Of the Goldsboro Table
Factory, and has the confidence of
his employers as well as the high re-
gard of his fellow mechanics, while
the bride is a popular young lady
among her circle of friends, who
wish for them a long life and happi-
ness always.
Mr.. Benjamin w. Taylor, a farm
er living near Bull Head, in Greene
county, had a barn full of tobacco
consumed by fire Friday. The
tobacco was undergoing the process
of curing. There was a big fire in
the fues and it is thought that the
temperature got too high and caused
the dry leaves to ignite. The loss is
considerable, as it was a big barn
and was filed with the best tobacco
he had raised this year.
Judging from the quantity of to-
bacco fues which are being hauled
out of the city by farmers every day,
the tobacco crop in this section must
not be as short as first expected. All
the timers of the city have an extra
force of hands employed in their
fue-making department and then
they do not seem to be able to take
care of the many rush orders which
are continuously coming in. The
crop of tobacco is the first which the
farmer puts on the market. It comes
off at least a month ahead of the cot
ton crop.
Politics are warming up in this
county as we'll as the weather. About
the first thing a nan will ask when
he meets you on the street, after
hopping his brow, is who are you
pulling for sheriff, or register, OF
some other officer, as the case may
be. If you evade the question, the
friend whom you have just met will
be proud to tell you whom you
should vote for. Ifsuch people were
not boresome their unsophisticated
~sincerity and simple presumption
would be amusing.
The Goldsboro Orchestra, under
the direction of Prof. Arthur White
ley, has reached that degree of pro-
fciency where they are ready to fill
any engagement that might come
their way. On their recent trip tC
lSeven Springs, where they furnished
the music for the largest dance of the
season, they received a fattering ova.
ton and were the object of many
complimentary remarks. The lovers
Of the dance in Goldsboro will not
have to look for music outside the
city for the coming season. This has
been the ambition of the GoldsborC
Orchestra for some time and. it is 9
matter for congratulation that they
are now able to fill such engagements
satisfactorily.
The orphans of the Odd Fellows
Home of this city Will visit vii.
|. mington during the month of Au.
gust. The exact date has not beer
set yet. They will go as guests O.
the several lodges of Wilmington
This visit to Wilmington has beer
an annual occurrence for a number
of years, and is looked forward tt
with much pleasure by the orphans
who Are usually given a royal vel
leone and a good time by the Viii
, mington Odd Fellows. Special com
mittees r appointed by the differ
} ent lodges to entertain the orphan,
| and they usually do all in their pow
L er to make the stay of the orphans
pleasant. The Wilmington lodges
3 have already extended the invita-
: ton, and all that remains to be don,
: is to make the final arrangement
t for the trip, which the superintend
emit is working on now.