Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-02-04

Mr.. Geo. C. Royal, of the large
furniture house of Royal q Bor-
den, left Sunday on an extended
business trip through the principal
cities of the North and Canada in the
interest of their peerless Royal Elias
tic Felt Mattress, which they manu-
facture here in GoldsborO and which
is rapidly assuming world wide rep
utation for its unapproachable mer-
its.
Mr.. w. II. Griffin, formerly road
master of the A. & n. G. r. r., and
a man of competent ability and gen
eral experience, who has been elected
general manager of the East Carolina
Stone and Construction Company, re-
Gently organized here for the manu-
facture of cement building blocks, is
now in the city to receive and have
placed in operation the machinery
spoken of in the ARGUS last week in
this connection.
Mr. f. w. Hilker, who for years
was a professional baker, has re-
Gently resumed the bakery bust
ness, and has opened a neatly fitted
up and fully equipped baking estab-
lishment in one of the new brick
stores on John street, near Mr.. Jos.
Edwards sale stables, where he is
prepared to serve the public with all
Kinds of breads, cakes, pies &c. &C.,
and fill special orders for wedding
occasions, social functions &c. The
ARGUS wishes the new enterprise
abundant
In the Superior court here last
week a murder case was disposed
of and the defendant sent to the peni.
tertiary for thirty years. Isaac Ash.
ford, a negro, was accused of shoot.
ing and killing another negro named
Ernest Whitley on the streets o.
Goldsboro some months ago. The
killing was done while Whitley was
standing and talking to a woman
with whom Ashford was intimate,
The attorneys for Ashford, Messrs
Dortch and Barham came into court
Wednesday and submitted to q
gree.
The truckers between here and
Wilmington are beginning to discuss
the coming strawberry crop, which
means more in cash to the people O:
that section than any other one crop
cotton not excepted. Down at Wal
lace, which is n of the principa.
shipping points along the CoasI
Line, the truckers are very hopeful
and say that conditions are favorable
for an average crop the coming sea
son. MI. n. III. Garter, III OF the
leading citizens Of that town, is max
ing preparations to begin the cree
ton of a large brick store, which will
be the only brick building outside o
the bank in the town.
The town of Pikeville, nine mile
north Of here, has gained more no
toriety since prohibition went int,
effect in GoldsbOrO than it had dur
ing all the years since the town ha(
been established. Not only do tn
peOple of Goldsboro get their supply
!, of liquor from Pikeville, but a mum
Der of the small towns South of her
patronize the Pikeville b%ar-roo1ns
When a passenger on the train turn
his ticket upside down the conduC
tors say they know at once that tn
ticket reads to Pikeville on the re
verse side. The conductor on tn
| train which reached here last Satur
day afternoon says he took up 7
tickets from Pikeville to G%OldsborC
The falling of icicles from telephon
:, wires and the roofs of building
proved quite an annoyance to pedes
trians to-day. For the past two day
the wires and trees have been heavil,
laden with icicles and to-day at moo
was the first time that they had be
l gun to melt. The sunshine to-da,
, was gladly welcomed and We
the first for several days. It ha
: been said by some of the older cit.
zens that the present is the heaviee
e sleet that has been seer in this SCI
F. ton since 1867, when large trees i
The woods gave way and fell t. tn
y ground under the weight Of th
: lcicles Daily Argus of Saturday.
A mans -uccCss in life is usual
It in p,OpurE.o to his confidence !
himself, al, the energy and pc.
S ,tence with which he pursues b
It aim. In this competing age. thel
is little hope for the man who doc
e not thoroughly believe III hinstl
l. In fact, we might lay itdown as a
Is laxiom, that he who cannot comman
his own confidence a s arcely e,
IS pect to appeal to that of his fello
IS man. II he believes firmly i'll hin
e self one-half the battle is Won. The