Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-06-16
PURELY LOCAL.
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN AND
AROUND THE CITY.

TENS OE' IEEGES IN AMI
AROUND THE CITY.
Miss Pearl Fort, of Pikeville, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Fred Parker.
The Southern Railway is having
a new platform placed around their
warehouse.
The work on ST. Paul church is
going on steadily and promises to
be a great Improvement.
His friends will be glad to know
that Mr.. John Hunt, who vas injur-
ed at Dewey's shops, is nearly well.
MI. ]. R. Griffin has gone into
the hardware business with MI. T.
I. Sutton. They will conduct their
business on Walnut street.
Mr.. C. A. Brown caught a rock
fish weighing 24a pounds and a
German carp that weighed III
pounds, in a skim net in Neuse river
Thursday night.
Out at the Eastern Hospital for the
negro insane, the hail on Friday
night was so severe that more than
one hundred English sparrows were
killed by the hail.
Messrs. Joseph & Bros, have mov-
ed their stock of goods from the store
recently occupied by them on John
street, to one of the new Freeman
stores on Walnut street.
Hummel Bros. have entered into
partnership with Mr.. George Ed
wards and have moved their place
of business ove Geo. B. Edwards &
Co. store, on Walnut street.
H. L. Humphrey and Bros, the
hustling young insurance agents,
have moved their Office up stairs over
one of the new Freeman stores, OPP
posite McKay's Pharmacy.
His many friends, in this city and
section will read with great pleasure
that Trinity College has conferred
the degree Of D. D. upon Rev. r.
G. Beaman, pastor of Trinity NJ. Z.
Church, Durham. Our c~ongratula-
lions, Doctor.
At a meeting St the General
SO1lC1S 1uCG VI l1IG "a M Il ZION
Church, held at st. louis a few days
ago, Rev. 9. L.. Alexander, Of the
colored A. NJ. E. u, church, of this
city, was elected Assistant Exten-
sion Secretary for thR State of North
Corolina, at a salary of 5000 a
month.
All honor to the Board of County
Commissioners, who. at their adj
jcurned meeting Tuesday declined to
revoke their recent Mecision in re-
gard to issuing licensedor the sale of
whiskey anywhere in Wayne county.
The ARGUS and the people of the
county in large majority are with
them in their brave and noble deter
mination.
The rain that visited this imme-
diate section Fridaynight, foraradius
of about 5 miles was the heaviest that
has been known here, and was very
destructive to crops and bridges. The
fall in this city is officially reported to
be 2.31 inches. Some hail accom-
panied the rain in certain sections
but not much damage is reported
from the hail.
Have you listed yotfr. taxes yet?
If not, attend to it to-day. The list
takers cannot list every body on the
last day. They haveTibeen at their
post of duty now about 10 days and
only a little over two hundred have
thus far listed. Come forward, gen
tlemen, and attend to this matter.
If you get in trouble don't say the
ARGUS did not warn YOU.
The Fonvielle Grocery Company
request US to announce that a rep
r~esentative of the National Biscuit
Company will be at their store on
Thursday of this week and hold a
Demonstration, at which time all
the nice and delicate things put up
by the National Biscuit Company
will be on display. The ladies are
especially invited to call and will be
given a hearty welcome.
The death of Mr.. JoeAPitman, an
old and highly respected member of
the Typographical fraternity, oc-
Cured at his home in Raleigh We'd
nesday, and the funeral took place
Thursday under the auspices of the
Odd Fellows and Typographical
Union of that place. He formerly
worked in Wilmington, and was
well known in this city and through
out the State. He was one of the
Oldest printers in the State.
In a few days, the Democratic
State Convention will be over, and
the next Governor of North Carolina
will be named by that Convention.
good man, too. When the Demo-
cratic hosts gather at Greensboro
they will see that a man is nominal
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