Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-03-12

Mr., James S. Lewis, who has been
filling the position Of cashier at the
freight office of the Atlantic Coast
Lire in this city for some months,
has been transferred to the general
offices of the company in Whining
ton. While his many friends will
regret to part with him they will be
highly gratified at his promotion.
! Now that the city hall is assuming
thape on top of the building it begins
to show what it is going to be. II
you have not seen it you should take
. walk or drive W that way. The
architectural beauty of the building
could not be improved upon with
the amount of money with which the
building had 10 be erected, and the
contractors Messrs. Porter and God
win have carried out the specifca-
tons III a manner which reflects
credit upon their work.
Mr.. John II. Pate, the West Cen
ire street grocer, and santified by fire
~adherent, who recently became a
convert to the doctrine of the modern
Elijah-the prophet Dowie-after
making a visit to that remarkable
parsonage, has sold his store here to
Messrs. Jno. w. Isler, Geo. Baker
and Geo. Bizzell for $3,O15, and will
soon move with his family to Join
the Dowie colony in the West.
The great drama, "Circumstantial
Evidence" which will appear at the
Messenger Opera House on Wednes-
day night, March 25th, tells a story
Of this character which every one
| should see. You are not competent
! to be q lawyer, judge o juror, Or a
citizen in private life until you have
seen this strong dramatic creation.
You Will be better men and women
after you have seen it. DON'T forget
the date.
The Innocent Beauties, one Of the
very cIeanest and brightest of must
cal combinations, play a return date
at the Opera House Thursday of this
week. The company appeared here
only two weeks ago and made such
a decided hit that MIR. Higgins i'm
( 4LACttISGC1J dCASA 1OI q jSGlEA odlS,
which was granted, and it is safe to
say that the house Will be packed.
Tickets + now on sale at Hills
drug store.
The Board of County Commission
ers now have a splendid opportunity
to do some valuable work toward
identifying the front of the Court
House square. They can have the
sidewalk cut down and erect a neat
wall next to the sidewalk. Substan-
tial stone steps should be put down
at the three entrances. Now is the
time to get in some good work with
the rake and the hoe and plant grass
seed. This square could be made a
beautiful park with just a little at
tention.
| It is noticed in speaking OF the eff
forts of a few women who met at
Jackson recently to organize a home
kOr old women the organization is
designated as the EFOId Ladies'
Home" Why not call it 'OId Wo-
| mems Home"? Is it possible that
there are no women these days?
There is nothing harsh in the term
in fact, it is the proper term. We say
"our mother, who was a lovely Wo-
| man" If we had said lovely lady
all the sweetness in the word woman
would have been lost. HsWOmann is
the word. If a fancy picture with
nothing in it, then use the word lady.
| f. r. Lewis, who claims to hail
from Georgia, is the name of the
nan who struck town about seven
days ago and obtained money from
number of grocerymen by pretend
ing to be a representative of the A.
u n. G. r. r. He had q hearing
before Justice J.. E. Peterson this
morning and was sent to jail in de-
fault Of a $500 bond. Only three of
his accusers appeared at the trial.
The exact number of his victims is
not known, as there are several who
are ashamed to admit that they were
so easily duped.
No matter what may be the con
ditions that have caused it, the pres
ent high price of cotton will serve as
an i~nducelnent to farmers to increase
the acreage under cotton for the 1903
crop, and lower prices next fall will
be the inevitable consequence. But
warnings to farmers do not have the
desired effect. Exactly the reverse
is true, for, as has often been pointed
out, the average farmer, chuckling
at his own sh~rewdness, increases his
acreage under cotton instead of cut
ting it down, believing hat in so do
ing he steals a march on the rest Of
the army of cotton planters. Strange
as it may appear, he considers all
other farmers more honest than him
self, and believes that they will not
do as he himself has done.