Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-09-10
PURELY LOCAL.
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN AND
AROUND THE CITY,.
Picked UP BY the Ubiquitous
Reporter and ChrOnicled
For the Information
of Argus Readers.


Cotton picking is now in full
vogue in these parts.
The Goldsboro Graded School will
open for the fall session on Monday,
SCI TENDER IA.
Mr. w. c. Brogden has taken a
position IN the postofice under the
civil service regulations.
This is the first month of the oys-
ter season, but up to the present this
market has not been flooded with
the luscious bIvalves.
The champion snake-kiIler of the
State has Dme to the front in John
Ston county, in the person of one of
her most reliable citizens, Mr.. Ed.
WoodalE, who in one raid last week
Killed forty mocaslns.
Mr.. 3. Grantham, a former WAYNE
county boy who has been making
his home for, the the past ten years
in Ohio. where he has met Wffh eur-
ncess and is now business nia.r.ger OF
a large real estate firm, is v.-it-a* l,l4
old home and relatives II. ,..anr;.-
ANS township.
Our venerable friend and towns
man Mr.. w r. Parker, Thurs
day celebrated his SOth birthday at
;. his home with his son-iu-law Capt.
.J. E.. Peterson, who served 4 sumpt-
puous family dinner i'll his honor.
Besides his children there were six
grandchildren and five great-grand-
children present for dinner.
DR.. Il. O. Hyatt, Of Kinston, will
be in Gqldsboro, at the Hotel Ken
non, on Sept. IA, Is and 16, Mon
Gay, Tuesday and Wednesday,, for
the purpose of treating diseases of
the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat and
fitting glasses. DIR. Hyatt will here
after VISIT Goldsboro, and the other
important towns in the East, three
times a year.
People who live in what is known
as, the "round-a-bouts'; in the
swamps of Neuse river, report that
a Dear has been seen in. that section
several times of late. In one in
stance the bear was seer by a color
ed man, who got close enough to
get a shot at the bear. At another
int. These facts were reported by
Mr. Dock Smith, who owns prop
erty in that section.
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Mr.. Ed. Smith suffered a stroke of
paralysis Tuesday about 5 o'clock
and has been speechless ever since.
DIR. M. E. Robinson has been in
constant attendance at his bedside.
There has been little if anyimprove-
ment in his condition, which is at
best serious. Mr.. Smith is a promi-
nent resident of this city and owns
and operates 9 livery business. He is
a brother of Mr.. Jno. R.. Smith, a
prominent business man Of Nj. Oh
i've.
The board of public works have
entered q protest with the board o.
Aldermen for assigning them an Of
flee on the 3rd floor of the building
The. protest is sighed by Messrs
Chas. Dewey, 6. A. Norwood, Jr.
and I. T. Dortch. The board of pub
lie. works want the room which ha
been assigned to the chief of polio
for an office: The first installmen
of new furniture for the new Office
came In today.
Little Miss Georgia Bfzzell, tn
11-year old daughter of Mr.. e. w
Bizzelf. won the handsome prize
Junior Buck Range-in the puzzl
contest which has been published il
the ARGUS by M. w. III. Huggin
for the past month. Miss Haiti
Dewey Mrs. A. Oettinger and Mr.
G.. C. Pritchard were the committe
who examined the answers to tn
Duzzles. Miss Bizzell had the high
est number of correct answers, sh
having 81 out of 80 and Miss Jenn;
Ormond coming next with % out {
20. There were a number of COZ
festants but these were the highes
The contest was so very satisfactor
and there was SO ouch interest tal
en- that-Mrs w. Ell. Higgins will il
etitute, another cbntest in the nea
future Of a WEBBent character.