Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-12-14
Fla. Fhe ARGUS extends its con-

is contemplated by Postmaster-Gen=
eral COrtelyou, that of placing presl- |
DENTAL appointment postotices under
the Civil Service rules. The public
generally, who place efficiency of
service above partlsanship and pOlIti-
cal favoritism, will be highly graft
fed at this prospective acuon by the
President and his POslmaSter-Gen
eral, and when the rule is enacted it
will mean great things for the busl-
ness interests of the country atlarge,
for nothing so subserVes the business
progress of a community as a we'll
conducted postofice.
The pres .es of the ARGUS are now
run by d gasoline engine, which has
recently been Installed IN cur Office.
This engine is n of the most con-
| venient things we have ever seen,
always ready to run at a minutes
I notice, Will run AL day, when once
| started, without the aIu IF ANY ON,
and at a cost not exceeding ~ els
The saving in 1ull alone, liz the ruh
of a year will pay for tho cost Oh IL,
engine. The gasoline engines aro IA
ahead of stein enSiEto, ana ait
fast taking thrir p.~cos. Hereior
our cost for wood 10 Jun u 81. Ii
engine was not less thar ST, OJ {
, week, to say nothing of the tXtIa
cost of a fireman, whereas now we
can run six day tor about $l.OO.
The road i'm: rovement between
Stony CreeA and the Greene coun y
line, leading By Thompson's Chapel
and the street place, Is work that
needs to be seen to be appreciated,
and it potteuds great things, as an
object lesson, for lie general better
ment of the public roads of Wayne
county. Clay and sand are the
solution OF the road problem for
eastern North Carolina, AS evidenced
by the splendid road hat the county
eonVicts, assisted by the public
spirited farmers of all thai section,
are constr ucting thrnugh the deep
sand belt OF road leading from Stony
Creek TO the Greene county line,
which means increased trade of IN
eStimaDle value to Goldsooro. This
is the road Thai the citizens of Colds.
wards completing-aLd they should
100 go S1dQty anu 1lUG1dlIys
Our young friend Mr.. Walter l.
johnson, a graduate of the Colds
boro Public Schools, and for severa
years a carrier boy on the ARGUS
but for the past eight months film,
the poisson Of operator and biIlin,
clerk FIR the Southern railroad, un
der Mr. DE. Sellars, has beel
promoted to freight inspector for tn
: Southern Weighing and In.pectini
t Bureau, with headquarters in thl
city, his business being TO inspect al
/ the frejg1t5 received at the differen
depots in this city. Walter is
bright young man, capable, pains
taking and deserving, and while til
l. position to which he has been pre-
a NOTED is a very responsible n fC
one so young in years, yet he
to the emergency and will Fl
= the position, we doubt not, wit
credit TO himself aud TO the entii
satisfaction of his employees. W
2. congratulate our young friend on h
promotion and predict yet greatt
y things for him in the future.
S. The bad condition of East Cent?
r. street, near the A.&N.C. Warehous
'e which fact we have several times r
. ferred to, has been very much +
a lieVed aud if the present good wCl
continues the street from the O
. Acme Machine Works to the war
=, house corner. will soon be leve.e
" up and in nice condition. And tt
IS railroads are due the credit. I'll
~ old waste coal, dumped from Il
oe engines OF the railroad tracks, ha'
., been scatter along this street, Whe
d most needed, by the section hand
- until almost all the bad holes ha'
y been Fl led up and the street is nc
in fair condition.. Let the goo
w work go on.
" We have heard of almost all kin,
% of labor organizations, but tbs late
y is Just out. We see from the Cha
Iotte Observer, that the co.ored coo.
of that city have banded themselv
=" together for mutual protection. II
" principal object of the organizatio
~ it seems, is to prohibit the hous
wives from becoming dis5atisfit
70 with their cooks and turning the
10 off to try new ones. They have
re black list and if a housewife turl
a Off more than Is in a stated leng
l. of time this puts her on the bad Ii
IN and her name Is read out in churc
ID 1t i, said several reputable whi
n women cannot get cooks for love
money. There is no organization
this kind here, hal we know of, b
IN there are MANY housewives wi
it have to do theirown cooking becau
no cooks are Obtainabfe.
% It now appears that the Board
r. Aldermen are opposed to selling
even leasing the electric light plan
Aud i'll arriving at this d. cis;On the
at have the approval of ali REASONABLE
minded citizens. Why sell the ete
/ trio light plant? Ifa firm or corpor
& ton, either III or out of the cit
can furnish lights to the city at
"a proft-and no d would want it
h they did not know there was none
in the plant-why can't the city {
as much, and furnish us better ar
- cheaper lights? The plant is RI
s. down, the machinery is worn OF
le and as Mr.. Borden very wisely sal
t. the thing for the city to do is to no
e her electric light plant, and expe1
L the necessary money to bring 1t l
le to the required standard of servic
"a That is the solution of the who
III problem. When this is done, Whit
N we all hope will be done, the SarVi