Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-10-08
PURELY LOCAL.
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN AND
AROUND THE CITY,
Picked Up BY the Ubiquitous
Reporter and ChrOnicIed
For the Information
of Argus Readers.


Mr.. j. l.. Barham has returned
from d visit to his home in Virginia,
Mrs. S. M. Marshall, of Harrison.
burg, Va, is in the city, visiting he1
sister Mrs. A. ". Higgins.
All the freight depots of this city
will close at $3.50 o'clock in the after
: instead of 6, beginning Mon
day.
Mr.. E. ". Hill, the clever money!
sOrder clerk in the p~ostofice, is spend
ing his vacation with relatives in
Beaufort.
Mesdames Lottie and Mile Mas
ses, OF johnson county, were in the
city Monday on a visit to their
cousin Mrs. @. w. Brown.
Mr.. j. H. Wells, of the Aaron Sec
ton, was in thecity Saturday, return
ing from Raleigh, where he has been
in attendance at the bedside of III.
mother-in-law, who is qulte.>ick.
Mr.. u. M. Gillikin has rtturueI
to the city from Dakota, where lie
spent the last four months. He has
two stalls in the city fish market and
has resumed his fresh fish business.
He has both 'phones.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hinson have
Ahe sympathy of their
friends in the death of their five
weeks old infant, which occurred on
Saturday. The interment was made
IN Willow Dale Cemetery Sunday
afternoon =
The death of MIR. Jeff Vinson, one
of the oldest citizens of the county,
occurred at his home in New Hope
township Monday. He was 80 years
old and was well known and highly
respected. He was the father of
Mesors. Tom and Benz. Vinson.
The Legislature of 1903 put a
special tax of $500 on all persons
selling or offering for sale any fire
crackers or fire works of any kind,
and the county levies same tax as
above, making a tax Of 80. Those
who intend handling them will bear
this in mind.
The Raleigh correspondent of the
Wilmington Messenger has the fol-
lowing paragraph in his letter to-
day, which will be read with inter-
est by the many friends of Miss
Fulghum in this city: "The gov
ernor to-day received a copy of a
new novel, 'The Misrule of Three"
which is illustrated by Miss Caddie
Fulghum of GoldsborO.o
The knights of Pythias, of Colds
boro, are making extensive prepare
tions for their bazaar, which is to be
held in November, and from which
they expect to realize a handsome
sum to be added to the building
fund which they are creating for the
erection of a handsome structure on
their vacant lot adjoining the Opera
House.
Mayor George E. Hood and his
bride arrived in the city last Friday
from a bridal tour through the
North. They came back on Thurs
day and went on to the brides home
in Mt. Olive, where they remained
until Friday when they came on
to the home of the groom in this
city and began the pleasant duties
of housekeeping at their home, 305
John street, South.
Rev. w. F. Fry, the new pastor Of
the First Baptist church, arrived in
the city Saturday and filed the pull
pit of that church Sunday. MI.
Fry is comparatively a young man,
well equipped for his work, having
graduated at Wake Forest College,
and afterwards spent some time at
the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, at Louisville, Ky. He
was for a time pastor of one of the
churches in Durham, but gave up
that work to accept the position Of
Financial Agent of the Baptist Fe-
male University at Raleigh, which
position he has filed ably and sue
cessfully for about two years. We
extend to Mr.. Fry a hearty welcome
10 our midst.