Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-07-23

Messrs. A. A. Joseph, Exalted
Ruler of the GolGsboro Lodge of
Elks, E. G.. Porter, Past Exalted
Ruler, Lionel We'll, E. B. Borden,
Jr., E. B. Dewey, Meyer Strauss,
Leslie We'll and B. H. Griffin are off
to Baltimore to attend the meeting
of the National Grand Lodge B.. p.
0. E..
The new county Jail, which is fast
nearing completion, will not only be
more comfortable for the prisoners
and afford better sanitary conditions,
but will add to the appearance of the
court house square. The building
will cost several thousand dollars !
and it is c~onsoliGg to know that the
county has the funds in hand to do
the work, and will moi have to bor-
row a cent.
There was a time when ease and
love of comfort in the South were a
stumbling-block to progress and ma
terial development. But during the
past decade perhaps no section ofthe
country has shown q more marked
tendency towards energy end thrift.
1t is true that towns cal be lazy as
well as individuals, ana every town
should appreciate the Importance OF
pul,tIc spirit d. shown through a de-
clSiun to advertise.
The sidewalk III front of the
Hotel kelinen and IN front of the
adjoining property Of MIR. John w.
Edwards As being iald with grano-
lIthic pavement. This takes in the
sidewalk on both sides of the rail-
road waiting r,oiIles aud ticket Of
fee, which space will be left until
the railroads can be heard from. The
Old Fellows have asked for an esti-
mate for paving the sidewalk in
front of their property, anddoubtless
will have the work done.
At the meeting. Of the executive
committeeof the Anti-Saloon League
last Friday afternoon it was decided
to carry out the intention of hold
ling an election on the Prohibition
Question in the near future, and to
this end Judge w. S. OBJ. Robinson
was appointed to draw up petiti,1l-
necessary to securing the required
one-third signatures of the registered
voters of the City of Goldsboro who
were registered at the last municipal
election. The several petitions were
circulated beginning Monday.
If you want other people to know
of the advantages of your town; il
you want them to locate here, visit
here, live here and die here, get out
on the street n and tell them
what a good town we've got. Tell
them about our churches, our schools,
our public improvements, our sub
hearted, public spirited, enterprising
citizenship, and last but not least
don't fail always to assert and main
tain that we've got the best town in
the State. And, by the way, in your
dealings with people who trade in
lGoldsboro it would not be a bad idea
to ask them if they are subscribers to
the ARGUS, and if they be not, urge
them to take the paper.
Nathan Thompson, a white man
WelI-known about the streets of the
city, who has suffered for years from
hernia and whose afHiction has been
huOWA w o1lC PuOAAos 10 INV az O1O
Emergency hospital, where he has
recently undergone an operation, and
is now on the road to recovery. DIR.
John Spicer, one of the best surgeons
in this section, performed the oper-
alton and be It said to his credit that
he did the work and bore all the ex-
pense attached without reward or
the hope Of reward. The case at
tracted his attention and he got
Thompson in the hospital and per-
formed the critical operation with
out the slightest hitch. DIR. Spicer
visited his patient this morning and
found him doing 80 well that he
discharged him. A great many less
critical cases have been sent North
for treatment when they could have
been performed with much less ex'
lpen5e right here at home.
While coming to the city Thursday
morning from his home in Webb
town, Mr.. Grafton Sugg was shot il
, the leg by some unknown party. HI
saws he noticed a man and a woman
standing and talking on the opposit.
! side of the street near the cemetery
When he came up close the maj
, pulled his gun and began firing
Several shots were fired but only on,
of the balls struck Mr.. Sugg in tn
leg. The man who did the shootin,
t turned and walked away. Mr.. Sug,
d came on over into the city and toll,
. of the occurrence, but could give tn
q police no cIew as to who the ma
-fIWas or where he could be found
e M. Sugg said that he was with
crowd Of boys who were rocking
stranger in that section OF the cit
otnight before and he thinks the ma
who did the shooting is the man tn
It boys were after night before. Th
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