Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-03-12
PURELY LOCAL..
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN AMT
AROUND THE CITY.
Picked Up by the Ubiquitous
Reporter and CI3rOnicIeG
For the Information
Of Argus Readers.

4 new registration will be neces-
sary for the coming May municipal
election.
The next ebay we celebrate" is st.
Patrick's Day-Fuesday of next
week, March IL.
Peach and plum trees are in
bloom hereabOuts, and other evil
dences OF Spring are everywhere.
The time for planting beans and
Irish potatoes is close at hand. but
the indication are not towards a very
large crop Of either in these parts.
Mrs. Eduard Gareissen, of Little
Rock, Ark, is visiting her parents,
DR.. and Mrs. W. II. H. Cobb, in this
city, where her many friends are
glad to g her.
Mr.. Joe Perry, of Princeton. was
on a business visit to our city Tuesday
He reports farmers of his section well
advanced III their crop preparations
and hopeful.
IL ~ q 4S@l pressure W Ills Man
friends to sec Or. Thos. Hill regu-
Iarly at his office again, after his
recent illness, from which he has
entirely recovered.
The Goldsboro Bar is not very
numerous this week, as most of its
members are either IN attendance on
the Supreme Court or the Superior
Court at Smithfeld.
Mr.. lobe HarrelI has 3 fine crop
of asparagus, and unless a sudden
frost should fall he expects to begin
shipping to Northern markets the
last Of the present week.
Mr.. B. @. Thompson is having
the house removed from the property
he recently purchased in the rear Of
ST. Paul church, aud will have two
neat cottage residences erected for
renting.
Mr.. Charles Cotton, who now is
employed as a mouIder at Newport
News, is In the city on a visit to his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Cotton,
where his many young friends are
glad to see him.
Fine white shad are reported to be
selling in Wilmington at from 90 to
IS cents a piece. In GOldsborO we
have TO pay from &C cents to 1925,
a piece. Why this great difference?
Can it be that our local fish dealers
r making this enormous profit?
The death Of Mr., Thos. Harvey, a
brother of the late Dr. Jno. Harvey,
OF Greene county, occurred at the
home Of his nephew Mr.. John Har-
vey, Monday, at an advanced age.
He was a bachelor, and was very re-
firing in his disposition and literary
in his tastes.
Mr.. H. 3. Parker, Jr., returned
Mondaynight from the bedside Of his
father and reports the latter to be
very much better, which the many
friends Of the family here will be
glad to learn. Messrs. w. K, Fred
and DR.. Parker r expected to re-
turn home this evening.
Messrs. Aaron, UzzeH and Parker,
Wayne county's senator and repre-
sentatives, are at home again, and
Will doubtless be kept busy for weeks
to come-teIling all they know of
'Ewhat the legislature did and didn't
do" Truly, the way of the legisla-
tor is hard, at best.
The funeral of the late Nj. Joe P.
Smith, of PikeviIle, Thursday after
noon, was attended by an immense
concourse of his fellow citizens from
all sections of the county, thus attest
ing the high esteem in which he was
held by all who knew him. The SER
vices e reopenedby Rev. H. E. Trip
and the sermon was preached by
Rev. Barna Perkins, who had been
a life time companion and friend of
the deceased and who spoke earnest
" and feelingly of his high character
and virtues. The Masonic lodge wa
out in large numbers and concluded
the services at the grave.