Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1904-01-14
MT. OLIVE LETTER.
The Doings of a Week in and
Around This Thriving

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MIR. D. E. Smith and family are
the guests of MIR. and Mrs. j. R.
Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Pickett, after
spending the holidays at Magnolia,
are al home again.
Miss Ida Hawkins has returned to
Wilmington, after spending several
days with Miss Addie English.
Miss Carrie Belle MCGEE, of your
city, made a short, but pleasant visit
to her sisters here, during the holi-
days.
Miss Matte Grimes, after a pleas
ant visit to her friend Miss Mabel
Kornegay, has returned to her home
In Bethel.
Mr. and Mrs. George Switzerland,
Of Goldsboro, were last week the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben w.
Switzerland.
The college boys and girls have
returned TO their studies, and the
town, after a continual round of
gaiety during the holidays, is quiet
again.
MI. John r. Smith, of this place,
was married on Sunday to Miss
Gregory, of Newton Grove, and ar
rived with his fair bride on Mon
day. May their life be one of hap
piness.
The negroes Of this community
seem to have forgotten that last Fri
day was Emancipation Day.We saw
no grand street parade, heard no elo-
quent speeches-all was quiet az U.s.
ual on this important anniversary.
What do you know? What about
yourself, what about your neighbor?
Is there in your knowledge some
fact or incident that would interest
or amuse ARGUS readers. Write it
upon q slip of paper and leave 1t at
the Bank of Mt. Olive, SO that we
may use it in our letter n Tuesdays.
This is your county paper and it
wants the news.
One night recently the whole
town was, for a few moments,
thrown into a state of turbulent ex-
ciaement, by the sound of wild
shrieks, prayers and cries, and we
thought that some ~stupendous trag-
edy was being enacted in our US
ually peaceful town, but those who
fastened TO the scene of the conflict
found only a oma in the clutches
of our firm Chief of Police, who was
endeavoring to place her in a cell.
The Observation-Disclosures, her color
. black, her lungs, well-they were
strong. Did you hear her?
The death of Mrs. Maggie Kelley,
wife Of Mr.. [. J. Kelley, occurred
Sunday afternoon at her homo here
She was closely related to the fam
lily Of Major j. G.. Eason, Of your
city. The interment took place Mon
day afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock in the
Myrtle Grove Cemetery. To the be
reaved husband and four daughter
we extend our sincere sympathy.Sh'
was a favorite among a wide circle
of friends. Her cheerful, bright dis
position, ready wit and humor, to
gether with her natural goodness o
heart, endeared her to all. She wa
a loving, faithful mother, wife ane
friend. She will be missed.
No town of this size, possibly, II
.the State, can boast of a hotel 81
beautiful in architectural construc
ttion, so perfect in all modern equip
ment as the Hotel Olivette, ownet
by MI. G. B. Hatch, and opened OF
Saturday the End for public patron
age, with Mr.. L. A. Peartree, q
Minneapolis, Mimi, as manager ami
proprietor. The bed rooms r hand
somely furnished throughout, neat
white iron bedsteads, long mirrore'
.dressers and Washstands of antiqu
oak, the snowy curtains and be-
furnishings, giving each room a.
AIR Of dainty cleanliness. The pal
ilor and reception rooms are attras
ttive in their furnishings, and tn
long sunny dining Don has q lin
of snowy tables at which forty pet
ple can easily be seated. The hall
and corridors are all carpeted neatl
and altogether the hotel present
quite an up-to-date appearance. TIL
proprietor has had years Of expel
fence and is fully prepared to pleas
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