Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-11-24
WALTER LETTER.
The Doings and Sayings of a Week
In and Around Our Thriv-
inc NeighborhOod.

ARGUS BUREAU
WALTER, N. G,
Nov. %, 1904.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex. Aycock, of
Pinkney, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Fannie Hooks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Yelverton,
of Eureka, spent Saturday and Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. d. A. Sasser.
Mr.. Dallie Gurley, from Chad
bourne, N. c., was here last week,
visiting his sister, Mrs. r. L. Hooks.
Mrs. Geo. L. Becton and daughter
Miss Lizzie, returned to-day from a
visit to Mrs. Becton's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Yelverton, at Stantons-
burg.
Capt. and Mrs. r. P. Howell, of
lyour city, spent Sunday with DR..
land Mrs. Will Crawford. where their
visits are always occasions of pleas
ure and delight.
Mrs. Miller Hughes, Of Raleigh, |
and Mrs. Jno. r. Smith, of your
city, spent the day at Oak Glen last
Friday, where our home was glad
dened by their presence.
Mr.. Whitford Edgerton has rented
Mr.. Luby Edwards new home near
here and will move to our commun-
. ity We gladly welcome Mr.
and Mrs. Edgerton among US and
trust they will become permanent
residents.
Dr. and Mrs. ". H. Cobb, Jr., of
your city, were out here last Friday
afternoon, Mrs. Cobb spending the
time at Oak Glen, while the genial
doctor saw a patient for DR.. CraW-
ford, with whom he had been in
consultation.
Mr.. Whitford Edgerton has COM
pleted a splendid bridge across Lit
y tie river, just below the old Paint
Hole, and opened a road from there
70 lis Hill Ol I1Is L t. .
/ place, which intersects the other
road at Mr.. w. H. Gurley's, making
:, the distance to that community just
half what it was before.
Now that the smoke of political
z battle is clearing away, and we feel
good over the result in our State, we
do not feel SO very bad over the ma
tional result from the fact that de.
feat is sometimes better than vic
tory, than is victory in this case, fol
= now the progressive element of the
Democratic party will come to The
= front again, where it should be, anC
towering above. all else, with tn
I'd proof, that he was right, and 81
or every time, will be e the bigges
Ia man in the country, Billie Bryan.
? The entire community deepl.
- sympathize with Mr.. and Mrs. Viii
:, liam Smith in the loss Of two 9
their children in the past week. One
- an infant about a year old, whic
died after only a few hours Hines
with Group, and Leland, their brigh
little 4~-year-old boy, after a week
i severe illness, which bafied medica
skill, and the tender and untirin
attention of devoted parents an
=. loved ones. To the grief stricke
-, home we tender our sincere condo
ence, and commend them to Hi
US WIN '"iu' ouel i'oo
come unto me.o
Mr.. Phil Snipes will not want
go 'possum hunting any more 500
While returning from Lanes sto
the other night, his dog freed on tt
side of the road and he proceeded
cut the tree down, not thinking
anything but "'possum and later:
next day. The tree fell against a
other, caught in a grape vine al
4oc- rolled around until it fell in the roa
completely blocking it, and requir
cor two hours cutting to clear the trac
70 In the meantime his possumsh
,itb beat a hasty retreat, and Mr.. Snip
has not heard of him yet. But ne
time he will inspect the tree bet6
a cutting.
ar The following lines apply so We
forcibly, that we again appe
them:
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Lives of rich men oft remind us, >
md Labor has but little chance