Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-02-05
PURELY LOCAL.
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN AND
AROUND THE CITY.

Reporter and ChrOnicled
For the Information
OF Argus Readers.
The northbound train Tuesdayhad
ON six crates of strawberries, second
crop, picked up between here and
Wilmington.
Mr.. B. G.. Thompson will erect
two handsome cottages on Chestnut
street, in the rear OF st. Paul Meth
Odist church.
NJ n. q NcTinne, of Prince
ton, was here tuesday to attend a
meeting of the Executive Commit
tee of the Eastern Hospital.
Col. Jos. E. Robinson returned to
the city Monday from Pinehurst,
where he went as a member of the
Governors staff to attend a recep-
ton at the Carolina Hotel.
Mr.. G. Marley, the street con-
tractor, is busy getting his heavy
machinery ready for the work Of
paving the streets. We understand
Walnut street will be paved first.
The new County Commissioners,
Messrs. J.. M. Wood and George
Warrick assumed these duties Mon
day. Good men and true Democrats,
they will render excellent service to
the county.
MI. C. S. Smith, of Pikeville, en-
teredWalden's BusinessC College Tues
day for commercial course. Mr.. S.
B. Hales, from the same place, enter
ed for a combined business and
shorthand course.
The knights of Pythias boys are
in dead earnest about their new
building: enthusiastic, in fact, and
before the year is gone we expect to
see q bic four story building on the
splendid lot owned by Ruffin Lodge.
Why should GoIdsboro send away
every year thousands and thousands
of dollars for sash, doors, blinds, stair
railing and the like. Why not a sash
and blind factory for Goldsboro?
Petersburg manufactures and sells
trunks and bags all Owe the United
States. There + two very large
factories there, which have made q
great deal of money. Why not 9
trunk and bag factory for Goldsboro:
Horses and mules are very high
far toe high for our farmers at the
present price Of cotton and tobacco
WAYNE county could easily raise
plenty Of horses and mules and WE
have here in Eastern Carolina just a
good country as the world affords
We have only to make use of thes'
opportunities.
It will be a source of regret t.
many in this section, where he wa
well known, to learn that Mr.. Geo
M. Lindsay, a lawyer of Snow Hill
and Kinston, was taken into custOd,
in Washington, D. c., last week IN
demented condition. He has bee
considered Eighty for several years
but not until now has his ~affi1ctiO
eliminated in complete mental col
lapse.
Goldsboro's ley city hall is goin
to be a much handsomer buildin
than il was thought could be erecte
for So 600. Work is now sufficienl
" advanced to show what the builC
inc is going to be. The building
Just two stories and a basement, br
it will be the tallest building N th
city and the dome and cappings wi
measure we'll up with the steeple o
st. Paul Methodist Church, whic
can be seen several miles from tt
city,,
Justice Hugh Humphrey had a
important case before his court Mo-
dav afternoon. Jasper Warricl
who shot and killed Elijah Smith
q froIic in Grantham township du
ing the holidays, came home ar
rave himself up to the officers a fe
DAYS ago. The day after Smith di'
the Coroner, DR.. Thos. Hill, sur
moned a jury and held an inques
The Jury rendered a verdict to t
effect that the killing was justifiabl
This verdict did not satisfy the rel
tives of Smith, who demanded tn
Warrick be tried before justice
the peace. AT the trial Mondi
affernoon Justice Humphrey, att
hearing the evidence, caused w
rick to give bond in the sum of So
for his appearance at the next ter
of Superior Court.