Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-05-19

Every now and then something is
! said in railroad circles about the
Southern railway running their Nor
| folk trains through Goldsboro in
Selma. The fact that the subject is
mentioned occasionally is thought to
be evidence that the proposition has
something behind it besides mere
gossip.
The orphans from the Oxford Or
phan Asylum will give an entertain
ment in the Messenger Opera House
on Thursday night for the benefit of
that institution. A chapter of the
orphans has visited this city several
times before and has each time fur
nished entertainment for those who
tEatronized them. Their programme
this year is said to be the best they
have ever gotten up.
When finished, the commodious
new residence of MI. A. T. Griffin,
on Elm street, will be among the
handsomest residential abodes in the
. city. Work on this handsome struc-
/ ture, also, will soon be completed.
| There are a number Of handsome
dwellings in course of erection in
different parts of the city, and ere
long it will be a hard matter to find
a vacant lot in the main part of the
/ city. The suburbs surrounding are
| being dotted here and there with
neat cottages, and on all sides the
marks of progress are noticeable.
The great Worlds Fair at st.
Louis is now going on. In 1876 the
Centennial was thought to be a great
exhibition; IN 1898 the Worlds Fair
at Chicago was thought to have
reached the high water mark; but
people who have already been to st.
Louis, after having attended the
Centennial at Philadelphia and the
Fair at Chicago, say that the great
Exposition at st. Louis far surpasses
anything that the world has ever
seen. AS will be seen in our columns,
the railroads are offering superior in
ducements. In to-day's paper ap-
pears the notice of the famous Ches-
apeake & Ohio railroad, which passes
through such a beautiful and historic
country.
The farmers in the truck growing
section between here and Whining
ton are in spirits and are delighted
with the result of the strawberry
crop. The prices have been good
and the crop is a large me-. It will
be only a few weeks now until the
truckers begin shipping potatoes,
and the prospects are that they will
have a fine crop and get excellent
! prices. The cold weather early in
the spring injured the potatoes
slightly, but not enough to material
Iy affect the crop. Potatoes this year
are unusually high, and there is
, every reason to believe that the
prices will remain good. The pota-
to crop last fail was very small, and
consequently there is very little of
the crop now OF hand.
! G%oldsboro has some of the most
energetic, thrifty and hustling boys
to be found anywhere, and it is in
deed a source of pride to our citizens
generally to watch these boys from
day to day as they go hustling from
place TO place, putting forth honest
effort in the race for a livelihood and
at the same time cultivating the
essential parts that in after years go
u, tomake up the successful business or
professional man. The study of hui
man nature Is one of the prime
requisites in a successful life, no mat
ter what the avocation. This habit
the young mind easily grasps, and
so the thrifty, energetic boy makes
the kind Of man the world has need
for. There are numbers of these
bright boys in Goldsboro and they
should be noted and given every
possible encouragement. We men
ton to-day in this connection, young
Harvey Bryan, son Of our townsmar
l Rev. J. W. Bryan, who is bravely
t competing in the ace fora prize triI
r to the Worlds Fair, which is Offered
t by the Saturday Evening Post, fol
: which he is agent in Goldsboro. The
? young man is II 3oring faithfully tx
2 win the prize. it the contest IS oper
4 to BOYS all oNe. country and the un
dertlkiug IS 10 small matter. Talk
, the pap T frosn the young man anC
: thus have mn feel ard undt r9tant
/ that thrift, energy ana pluck hay,
{ heir reward.
Do rot forget that DR.. SETH Ar
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