Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-04-28
PURELY LOCAL.
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN AND
AROUND THE CITY.
Picked Up BY the Ubiquitous
Reporter and ChrOnicled
For the Information
OF Argus Readers.

tive place.
There is much building going on
in the city, and the merchants are
busy.
Telephone subscribers will please
note that Mr.. J. V. Howell's Ice
House IS No. 100.
There IS an old saying that leaves
always get grown by the 10th Of
May, no matter how backward the
Spring.
Messrs. Porter & Goodwin have the
dence fer Mr.. j. W. MlnslOW on the
vacant lot adjoining his cosy
home on John street.
The growers Of strawberries say
that the bugs are giving them much
trouble, while the CantblOpe people
complain that the field mice are eat
ing the cantelope seed.
Messr5. w. b. Pate and Lorenza
Grant have opened up II of the
finest pool rooms in the State, on
w ClItb oEICNC3 III iIlC boiAt1LS
erIy occupied by Mr.. l.. KieWe.
Say! Have YOU PAID YOUR POLL
TAX? If not, the FIST Of May is near
at hand, and if you neglect it until
that date, You cannot vote in the
November State and National cleo
tiOns.
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found the call of Chairman Daniels
for a meeting of the Democratic EX-
ecutiVe Committee of the County, to
be held in this city at L O'Clock on
Saturday, May 18th.
A gentleman who has a large Or
chard near GoldsborO informed us
to-day that unless killed later on
there will be an abundance of fruit.
This is good news, as it was feared
by the frost.
We heard a gentleman, who had
Just been down the Coast Line re-
mark that he was reliably Informed
that up to last Saturday night DIR.
f.. Porter, of Rocky Point, had
shipped a little over 81, 600. worth of
straw berries.
Thea ARGUS is gratified to publish,
from the ~Smithfield Herald, in this
issue, the marked success of another
of Goldsboro's deserving young men,
Mr.. Frank X. Broadhurst, as general
manager Of the Smithtield cotton
mill.
We commend the suggestion of
our sagacious contemporary the Ra-
leigh Post, published elsewhere in
this issue, to the consideration and
early united action of GoldsborO's
business men-and public-spirited
citizens generally.
The very desirable residential
property on John street, adjoining
the new postoffice building and be-
longing to the heirs of the late Mrs.
J. w. Quick, has been purchased
by Messrs. H. We'll & Bros, the
price paid for it being $500.
May 10th is near at hand. What
has been done looking to a fit observ-
ance of Confederate Memorial Day?
The selection of an orator for the oc-
casion should not be delayed, as time
for due preparation is necessary
even with the readiest of public
speakers.
The Board of Trustees of the Will
low Dale Cemetery deserve the
thanks of the citizens of Goldsboro
for the splendid condition of the
cemetery. Without remuneration
of any kind, the gentlemen compos-
ing the Board of Trustees have given
much of their time to the work OF
putting the cemetery in order and
identifying it,
The road working force of this
county has been materially incre ased
by Judge Brown at the present term
of the court. Wayne county needs
better roads, and 1t is to be hoped
that the large convict force now
available will be worked during
their terms of service constantly or
the roads and in accordance with the
most approved methods Of scientific
road building.
On Thursday evening Of this week
there will be an entertainment giVeI
in the City Hall, to which the pub.
lie is cordially invited and is prom
ised an evening of rare pleasure
"Come and skip it on the light fan
tastic.o Admission 25 cents. Re
freshments will be served at moder
ate cost. Besides the old time dance
the band will play waltzes, two-steps
more familiar to the young people
There will be an old-fashioned dance
and all the old Veterans of the
county with their wives are most
cordially invited to attend and par
ticipate. The entertainment is given