Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-12-17

than the average man supposes.
There is lodged in the hands of a
Superior Court Judge a great deal of
power, and it requires a ARE combi-
nation of qualities to make an all
North Carolina, however, we.do not
believe that the State has ever had IA
more able or a more upright Judge
than William A. Hoke.
After all, cotton is still King, and
at the present high prices there is
very little disposition on the part of
people to leave their farms and move
to town. In fact, it is rather the
disposition of many folks to move
from the towns to the country. rnis
is well. The craze to move to town
to educate the children has been the
ruin of thousands of formerly we'll
TODD people, who are to-day living
in little rented houses in the towns
of North Carolina, and instead of
having a crib full of corn, a we'll
stocked smokehouse, and a big pile
of wood in the yard, they are living
from hand to mouth, buying a pound
of meat here and yOnder, and a few
pounds of meal at a time, while they
SILVER over a little fire. This is a
sad picture, but it is true to life. If
the farmer will keep his farm, his
farm will keep him. In Wayne
county, furthermore, we have as good
teachers in the country, as we have
In the towns.
The will of the late Mr.. John R..
Morris was admitted to probate Dec. II
in the Superior Court Clerks Office in
this city, the witnesses thereto be-
ing Miss Julia B. Howell, executive
clerk to Governor Aycock, who came
down from Raleigh to-day for this
purpose, and Capt. J. B.. Edgerton, of
this city. The will was made in 1900
and names Mr.. A. q. Kornegay as
executor. An inventory of the estate
has not been filed, but ii is estimated
to be worth $25, 900 and consists of
real estate, stocks and bonds. The
will provides literally for his mother
and his only son, Mr.. Blythe Morris,
for the completion of whose educa-
ton it sets apart S., 1000. Five hum
dred dollars is given to a nephew,
his namesake, MIR. John r.. Morris,
/ JIss anu We ulOIeu uO1ldIS Is DC-
queathed to the trustees of st. Paul
church as a fund for the poor of the
city, the interest only of which is 10
be used. 1t is a lengthy document
and concludes with a most beautiful
expression to his son, that is in the
nature of a rule of life for his guild
ance in growing up and when he
shall come to exercise the duties of
citizenship.
The ARGUS regrets deeply to
chronicle the critical illness of DIR.
H. P. Clingman, the venerable
! father of Mrs. Col. L.. w. Humph-
rey and of the late, lamented Nixon
p. t1lngman. He is in the 91st year
Of his age and in early manhood par
ticipated in the Indian wars of that
period, and was a surgeon in the
Mexican Subsequently he prac-
tised his profession in the western
part of this State and in Arkansas,
with eminent success, until recent
years, when, on occount of the in
frmities of age, he came to reside
with his only daughter in this city,
where he has been the object of her
lChNCI . OO4IS4b00O od0 IOf1IS j.
DR.. Clingman is a double first cous-
in of the late Gen'l Thos. Clingman,
their fathers being brothers and their
mothers being sisters. He has to this
day kept abreast of his pro-
fessiOn in reading of its advances,
both in the treatment of diseases and
surgery, and has never ceased to take
a lively interest in all public affairs.
His life spans q long and eventful
period in our national history and he
retains the minutest recollection of
men, Incidents, crises and measures
for more than three quarters of a
century, and he now faces the evit-
able, which he considers near at
| hand, with faith and without fear.
The "East Carolina Stone and Con-
struction Company, a notice of the
incorporation by the Secretary of
State of which appeared in Satur-
days ARGUS, owns the exclusive
right for the manufacture of hollow
concrete building material in the
three counties OF Wayne, Lenoir and
Pitt in this State. Among the stock
holders r the following well known
! men: Solicitor Larry /. Moore, of
GreenviIle; Mr.. A. q. Cox, of Win
terville; Mr.. e. S. Edwards, of
! Ayden; MIR. D. V. Dixon, OF Kins-
ton; Mr.. w. III. Griffin, of Newbern;
Messrs. G. w. Price, A. T. Griffin,
w. A. J. Peacock, j. w. Edwards,
]. R. Higgins and Humphrey-GIbson
Company Of this city. This is an
enterprise of very great importance
to this territory, and no doubt the
company will reap profitable returns
from their investment, as the de-
mand for this particular kid of
building material assumes large pro-
portions wherever factories are To-
Gated. It is understood that the nee