Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-05-05
PURELY LOCAL..
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN AND
AROUND THE CITY.
picked Up BY the Ubiquitous
Reporter and ChrOnicled
For the Information
of Argus Readers.

Work on the public building is
making very slow progress.
The shipment of truck from this
vicinity is now a lively business.
Telephone subscribers will please
add to their Directory No. SO, Grow,
Clark & Co, Gents Furnishings and
Pressing Club.
Occasionally there is a little buzz
in local politics. As the days grow
warmer interest in political matters
will grow warmer too.
Very little wood is being brought
to thecity, Isl salWays the caseatthls
season of the year, on account Of the
busy days on the farm.
The many friends of Rev. DR.. and
Mrs. f. ID. SWIndell are very much
distressed at the serious illness of
Mrs. Swindell, and wish for her a
speedy recovery.
Mr.. p. S. Wadsworth, a citizen of
Grantham township, OF this county,
died suddenly while doing some car
penter work on Thursday. He was
in the act of driving a nail when he
fell and died without a struggle.
Nj. Spias Ward, a former resident
of this city, but nov OF Norfolk, Va,
wasin the city Wednesday, returning
from a reunion Of his old company
at Snow Hill. Out Of 40 in the
company there was only IS left and
present at the reunion.
The office of Superintendent At
kinson presents a neat and cozy APP
pearance since 1t has been papered.
The Office being now located III the
Court house, and comfortably fur
nished will be a great convenience to
the teachers of the county.
The weather has been too cold for
local fishermen to do much. They
report that rock fish are now coming
up the Neuse, and several fine speci-
mems have been caught in skim nets.
Only a comparatively small number
of shad has been caught thus far.
The death of Mr.. Walter r. Lee,
of Mt. Olive, occurred at his home
there Friday. He was a bright
young man and companionable. He
was the last of the Lee boys and was
well known and bad a number of
friends who will regret his death.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
a. j. Cooke will regret to learn that
it was necessary after they reached
the hospital in Richmond to have
the leg Of their young son Eugene
amputated. The operation has been
performed and the little fellow is do
ing as well as could be expected.
1t seems that the cause for the
loW water pressure at the recent fire
vas the small water pipe which
could not furnish sufficient water for
ell the streams which were playing
On the fire. MI. John Dortch says
that he has II man on duty all the
time at the pumping station by day
ana two at night.
The Carnival next week will have
l.5 social features, which will be of
much interest to society, and the
many friends from other towns who
will visit the Gem City during the
week of gaiety. The voting contest
over the queen of the carnival and
the growing of the queen at the car
aiYal ball will be occasions that will
afford much interest and pleasure.
IN their report last week the grand
Jury recommended that the court
house be remodeled. The court house
IS Indeed too small. IN fact, WAYNE
county has neVer had but one court
mouse, the present oBe. When the
court house was built GoIdsbcro per
hap5 did not contain a population Of
Lfty people, and the population Of
Che county was much smaller than
low.
Yes, prohibition does prohibit at
least it does in GOldsborO; and the
Gown still continues to 60 forward in
physical development as we'll as in
trade growth. There are more new
residences in course of construction
than we remember ever to have
noted at one time before, and more
new stores than ever beforehand oc-
cupants are awaiting every n Of
them. We've got the best town in
the State.
The closing Of the public school at
Novel Hill Friday night Wasa an event
IN which the citIZollS VI I1NG COul~
nunity took much interest. Prof.
Lamm Reeves had prepared a pro-
gram which was rendered in a man
ner very entertaining to the large
crowd present. The music was fur
nished by the Greenleaf string band.
The Rotations by the pupils reflect
ed not only credit on the recitors but
showed that they had been trained
in an excellent manner.
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