Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-01-28
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Cotton still scars upward and the
farmers who have not sold their
crop as yet, are happy.
Leap year is so rampant in South
Dakota that a woman has terrorized
one of the towns in that state, and
kidnapped adrug clerk.
Mrs. Bette Noble, of Bowden, is
in the city on a visit to her brother,
MI. D. Z. Gibson, who has been Sc
sriously ill for some weeks, but is
greatly improved we are glad to
Z mote.
The Goldsboro Rifles, Co. b.,
now have their armory upstairsin the
convenient hall over the three Wa
ters stores, on East Centre street.
THE partitions have been removed
and a large and spacious hall is thus
afforded.
I Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Fdgerton,
whose bridal trip extended as far as
Havana, returned home last week
afternoon and for the present until
they soon begin housekeeping-are
residing with Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold
Borden.
Maj. w. Fl. Smith, of Col. Macon's
staff, is off to Jacksonville, Fla, to
attend a meeting of the staff officers
of the National Guard. OF course it
goes without saying that all in att
Tendance VIII have a jolly good time.
Miss Julia Howell, to the pleasure
Df her Ii lis o1 friends here, is per
nanenuy at home again, having re-
Gently resigned the position shefhas
SO co~mpetently filled, since his in
auguration, of executive clerk to
Governor Aycock.
The many friends of the groom,in
This city, his former home, are graft
fed to learn of the marriage of Mr..
Dudley A. Bonitz to Miss Annie G.
Williams Jan. 21st, in Oxford, a full
account of which appears in the tele-
graphic news in this issue.
Mr.. E. s. Waddell, the clever and
efficient bookkeeper for Messrs.
Royal & Borden, has been promoted
by reason of his punctuality and at
tention to business and is o gen
eral manager for their local business
as we'll as retaining his position as
superintendent of their excellent
bookkeeping system.
Thos. Rufhn Chapter Daughters O.
the C~onfederacy will hold an import
ant meeting at the home Of the
president, Miss Sue Collier, on Thurs
day afternoon at 4 o'clock. 1t is
urged that this will be the most i'm.
pOrtant that the Daughters have
held for some time and that every
member should be in prompt attend
ance.
Work is progressing on the crimi-
nal docket in our Superior Court,
quite a number of cases being dis.
posed of to-day. In the case of State
VS.. Z. J. NeWsome for assaulting
Gus. Kleinert and cutting him Sc.
verify with a knife last fall. The de.
PENDANT pleaded guilty, and after
hearing all the evidence his Honor
sentenced him to the county roads
for 6 months.
While returning from Snow Hill
Monday,sMr. J. R. Dali was thrown
from his buggy and sustained pain
full though not serious injuries. Hii
horse stumbled and fell and became
entangled in the harness, thus caus
ing Mr.. Dali to lurch forward anG
fall to the ground. Some M wen
to his aid and he was able to re
sumo his journey homeward.
There was a time, and not man,
years ago, when the manufacture o
cotton cloth in the South vas com
paratively unknown. But the Soutl
woke up to the tact that with boil
raw material and favorable labo
conditions at hand there was no rea
o why its big product should no
be turned into a commodity for us
at home and abroad, not to speak G
the advantages derived from en-
ployment to the native population
The South today stands right up il
the lead in cotton mills. 49,.