Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-06-16
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ARGUS BUREAU \
WALTER, N. G, 7
June Il. 1904.


one day last week.
Mr.. Edgar Smith, from Lexing-
ton, was a visitor at Oak Glen n
afternoon last week.
Z Miss Mabel Howell, of your city,
returned home to-day after a few
days visit to DR.. and Mrs. Will
Crawford.
Elder J.. J. Wilson will preach at
Spring Hill church next Saturday
night and Sunday. The public are
cordially invited to come out to hear
him.
Mrs. Amanda Mitchell, near Pine
Forest sustained a painful fall n
day last week, from which she is
now confined to her bed. We hope
soon to see her fully restored.
One of the severest storms of rain
and wind and some hail passed over
the southern portion Of this COM
munity last Friday night. Fences
were blown down, and washed out of
place, the roads washed in gulleys,
and crops more or less damaged One
mile above here there was a gentle
rain, a good season"
On the fourth Sunday in this
month, the new church at Pine For
est will be dedicated. Rev. w. D.
| Sasser, of Kenansville, will preach
the dedicatory sermon. On Saturday
the quarterly meeting of the Colds
boro circuit, DR.. Swindell, P. E.,
will be held, and on Sunday there
| will be two sermons, and all who at
tend are requested to bring baskets.
Mr.. James "A. Northam and his
charming bride, after spending a
few days at soak Glen" amid the
scenes of the groom's early boyhood
days, which added pleasure and de-
light to their hearts, already filed
with joy and happiness over the con-
summation of their fondest hope, re-
turned to your city, for a few days
before going to their home at Will
mlngton, where our best wishes will
ever attend them for lives as long
and useful as they r now buoyant
and happy.
Messrs. Perkins Bros. who run a
saw mill near here, are authority for
this remarkable occurrence. While
hauling logs they came across a rab-
bit and a huge moccasin engaged in
a fight to the finish, the snake try
ing to coil around the rabbit, and
Brer Rabbit fighting like a tiger.
Finally Brer Rabbit knocked his
snakeship out, and succeeded IN kill
ing him, no doubt working his rab-
bits foot on him. Mr.. Perkins says
he killed the snake by biting his
throat and tail, near the scene OF
conflict was a nest of young rabbits.
It is getting time now for those
itching for Office to put themselves
in ''the hands Of their friends" and
to yield to the earnest solicitations
etc. as the political pot begins tc
boil, these notices come to the top,
thick as fddlers in - well the po'
litical gyrations of men are amusing.
but if we had the Office itch, we
would get a n%eighbor of ours, who
has nails in 1O's and 20's to put
scratching on it, and we would JUS
come out and say we wanted the of
flee to r our country-and for the
living we expected to get out of it
The season has arrived when a fel
low car dress cheapand comfortably
He don't need any coat, as it is Gus
tomary now to wear that article O
apparel on the arm, and any old one
with a good lining will do, as it ii
impolite to put your coat on, under
any Circumstance, and we suppose it il
simply carried to show that you have
one. So if we wanted to get up tx
date, we would get crash trousers, {
polkadot shirt, and tan shoes, brad
buckle on an old buggy trace, or us'
our trunk strap for a belt, a cap or
panama, and a package of cigarette
and we would be completely in it.
MI. Lewis Gurley died at hi
home near Princeton on Sunday at
ternoon, from a complication of di
~seases, Of which he has been a pa