Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-06-02

has been added to the list of repre-
sentatives in Goldsboro, in the per-
son of Mr. H. G.. Smith, who will
represent the Germania Life Insur-
ance Company, of New York. Mr..
Smith possesses the qualities that go
to make up the successful insurance
man. He is courteous, Obliging and
genial. Success to you, Herman.
A little over 3 month and water
melons will be here. The south side
of Neuse river, near G~oldsbOro, pro-
duces IS fine, if not the very best in
the world. The farmers in that Sec
ton have made a careful study Of
the raising Of WatermelOnS, and what
they do not know about a water
melon is not very much The out
look for a good crop is encouraging.
Mr.. w. K. Pigford, formerly
Clerk of the Superior Court ofSamp-
son county, is very i'll at his home in
Clinton. In fact, it is only a ques-
ton of q very short time before his
death. Until a few months ago. Mr..
Pigf0rd was the very picture OF
health, weighing two hundred and
fifty pounds. He is a good citizen,
and his many friends viii regret to
learn of his serious illness.
1Ir. w. R. Thompson the East
Centre street merchant, has one OF
the finest rafrigerators we have seen
this year. It is 6 feet tall and made
of oak and is lined inside With niCkle
alloy. There are six alloy racks in
the lower section, where he keeps
butter, cheese and fruits, and in tie
top department he keeps ice, where
there is also room for many more
articles.
Haywood Best, the colored boy
who vas shot by Walter Thompson
at q negro festival last Thursday
night, I've in James City, . suburb
of Goldsboro, died Monday morning.
Thompson was shooting at hubert
Tate at the time and the Best boy,
who was standing near, was hit by
a stray bullet, receiving the injury
which resulted in his death. Thomp-
son fled Immediately after the shoot
ing and is still at large. The Best
boy was about 10 years Of age.
Walter Thompson is a bright mo-
latto and is about p years of age.
Rubert Tate was arrested by police
officers and tried before Mayor Hood,
for the part he played in the ARRAY.
Clarence, the. 1O-months-old son
Of Mr.. r. Z. Pate, died at the home
of Mr.. Pate, near Daniels Chapel,
in New Hope township, Monday
morning. The funeral was held
Tuesday afternoon at ? o'clock, con-
Quoted by Rev. II. E. Trip. The
little child's mother died only a few.
days ago, and now Mr.. Pate him
self is seriously i'll. In the same
neighborhood, the infant daughter,
10 months old, of Mr.. and Mrs.
Barney Daniels also died on Satur-
day night and was buried Sunday.
Rev. H. E.. Trip conducted the tu-
neral. "Suffer little children, and
forbid them not, to come unto Me,
for of such is the kingdom of
heaven"
Mr.. Gustave Kleinert died at his
home, near Herman park, Wednesday
He was a German by birth, but for
many years has made his home in
this city, where he reared a large
family of children. He was well
known here az a skilled mechanic,
being a scroll and wood turner. He
was the father Of Messrs. Ed, Gus,
and Will Kleinert, and two daught-
ers, one residing with him at the
time Of his death, and Mrs. Lee
Deshong, Of Texas, all of whom, to-
gether with his aged wife, survive
him, and to whom the ARGUS ex-
tends sincere sympathy in their sad
bereavement. The funeral was held
from the home Thursday afternoon
at 4:30 o'clock.
The sad news Of the death of Mrs.
Herbert King reached here Monday
morning. She fell on sleep at her
| home, in Wilson, where Mr.. King is
| yard engineer for the Atlantic Coast
| Line railroad, this morning at 2
| O'Clock. She was an orphan and
| was married to Mr.. King about a
year ago, in Rocky Mount. The
remains were taken to Wilmington
to-day for interlnent, where her pa
rents are buried. Several relatives
and friends of Mr.. King from this
city accompanied the remains. She
was an attractive and most loveable
woman, aud her death, coming as il
did in the very flower of young
womanhood, is peculiarly sad. The
ARGUS extends deepest sympathy
to the young husband In this hour
of sore bereavement and irrepara9fe
i loss.