Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-07-23
WALTER
eChronicling of a Weeks Events in
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ARGUS BUREAU
WALTER, N. G,
July, 81 1903.
Miss Dixie Lee Caldwell left last
week on a visit to friends in Rocky
Mount.
Mr.. Tom Shine, of Faisons, was
on a visit to Mr.. and Mrs. John
Mitchell last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Gurley, of your
city, were out here Monday after
noon, where we are always glad to
see them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. r. Smith, from
your city, were here last Thursday,
where we were glad to see them, but
sorry to know that they were not
we'll.
The largest onions we have ever
seen were given us a few days ago
by neighbor J.. H. Caldwell, who is
an expert gardner, and raises a va
riety of the finest kinds of vegetables.
Mrs. Geo. Yelverton and daughter
Miss Alice returned home this morn
ing from Mrs. Observation-Disclosures,
Mr.. Isaac Cox over Neuse river,
where they have been visiting since
Saturday.
Rev. III. e. Trip will fill his reg
ular appointment at Ebenezer next
Sunday, and will begin a protracted
meeting to continue during the week
or longer if the interest increases.
We hope much good may be accom-
plished.
Most of our farmers will finish
their crops this week and a few days
rest, visiting and cider making, the
fodder season will demand their at
tention, and then..the feecy staple
will soon be coming in, we trust suf-
fciently to make the farmers happy.
The cropcondition has greatly i'm
proved in the past week, and cotton
on stiff land has taken on consider
able growth. After all there is much
to be thankful for, and while there
will not be a big crop, perhaps the
price will remain good so as to aver
age up. We hope so.
The match game last Saturday
afternoon was witnessed by a large
crowd, but our team was not in it at
all. The score stood 20 to 4 in favor
of Buck Swamp. At the same time
it was interesting and highly enjoy
ed by the spectators, and next time,
we hope to give them a harder task
to defeat us.
Toby Howell says he will challenge
the home team to play as soonias he
can organize and practice. He has
chosen for his nine, Messrs. Seth
Dixon, J. r. Hooks, Geo. Yelver-
ton, Jim Edwards, Alph Bass, H. T.
Jones. J. III. Caldwell, Sim Brown
and himself. He says if they don't
beat, they will make them think
they are going to, and especially if
they will allow them to hit them
with the ball to put them out as they
did when he was a. boy, and played
ball. No doubt they will have a
crowd Of spectators.
We thought we were we'll and were
beginning to feel like we did after
getting well of the measles, but last
week another chill jumped on us
with both feet, and so demoralized
our physical prospects, that we feared
having to go into the hands of a re-
ceiver. But we got a corner on the
alkaloid of Peruvian Bark for a few
days, and held it, till there was an
am~elioration of feelings, and we are
now enjoying an upward tendency
again, hoping soon to be fullysrestor-
ed, though with a bitter remem-
brance of our past experience.
The labor question is now one of
the most serious things which con-
fronts the farmer, and if there is not
some remedy, it only remains for
him to do one Of two things; either
supply himself with labor saving
machinery, or reduce his acreage, to
that amount which he alone can Gull
tivate. The latter, no doubt, would
be more profitable in the long run,
as it would require no outlay for high
priced machinery, and would double
the yield, and return the maximum
amount of farm products, for the
minimum amount of labor.