Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-06-15

List your taxes.
Our farmers are joyous over the
very fine and seasonabIe rain that
has been vouchsafed this section.
You can list your taxes at the
court house at any hour from 8 a. m.
to 1 p. M. and from 2 p. N. to $3.50
p. ma.
More home grown cherries than
ever before have been on the marks
here this Spring. It begins to 10 *
like that we can raise almost every
thing in this favored country of ours. !
The Board of County Commission
ers has passed an order making 1t a
fine of one dollar for any stock to
run at largeon the court yard square,
and has instructed the sheriff to see
that this order is enforced.
On Tuesday evening of next week,
on the court house square the ladies'
of st. Stephens Episcopal church
will hold a Lawn Party at which
refreshments will be served. The
public are cordially invited.
Hon. G. b. Aycock, who is coun-
sci for Rev. DIR. J.. G. Kiigo in the
now famous Gattis-Kilgo damage
suit, left this morning for Raleigh
where this case will be tried at a
special term of court this week.
A colored woman, the wife of Jim
COley, who works on Mr.. Il. q.
Rackley's farm, near this city, a few
days ago gave birth to trlplets, all
we'll developed children, two OF
whom are living and doing well.
The ladies of st. Stephens Epis-
copal church are arranging for an
elaborate Lawn Party to be given
on the court house square Thursday
evening of this week. Delightful re-
freshments will be served and the
public are cordially invited.
The Newbern District Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, will be held in Mount Olive
this month and will convene on the
21st, The Conference will last about
one week. In addition to all the
preachers of the district many prom
inent delegates will be present.
Woodland Christian EndeaVOr So
ciety proposes to have a rally TO
Temperance and Home Missions OF
Sunday afternoon June 18th at
O'Clock. The public are invited t.
come out and hear the children eXer
cises. Also an address by Rev. w
f. Fry, pastor of the First Baptis
Church of this city.
If all the energy which is Waste'
by croaker5 in a town should be EN-
ployed by them in helping to bull
it up there is no doubt it would nc
long stay dead. There is no law t
keep these croakers in town. If the
do not like the place where they liv
why don't they move out? The con
munity as a rule would be glad t
see them go.
MI. E. T. Atkinson, County SuI
e~rintendent of Education, and Co
Jos E. Robinson, chairman of til
County Board of Education, went u
to Fremont today to meet with th
Board of Trustees of the newly e
tablised graded school of that PR
gressive town, and confer with thel
in the matter of organizing tt
school and starting off along rigt
lines.
Every time it rains the travelin
public, as we'll as the observant, pr
gressiVe citizens of GoldsbOro, al
impressed afresh with the necessit
of a Union Passenger Depot for OF
town. We should not wait till W
get 10000 inhabitants before gettin
together on this vital question. W
should get the depot tristan
quickIy-and the 90,000-40,0 600
so, 900 inhabitants will come alon
lively.
Speaking a good word for a tow
whenever and wherever the oppo.
tunity arises has done more tina
anything else to develop large an
dourishing citities out of small an
apparently unpromising towns. TT
growth and prosperity of Atlanta fC
example,, are largely due to the put
lie spirit of its citizens, which hnd
expression in this habit. This kin
of advertisement is of grert value
1t has succeeded everywhere Whe
systematically done.
The Merchants Association of tn
city will meet at the City Hall ne2
Thursday night at $50 o'clock. TIL
will be a very important meeting
and the president MI. A. A. Josep
requests every member, and thoS
who are not already a member au
who wish to join, to be present. r.
member there is no initiation fl
now, but after July 1st it will co
$500 to become a member, s
merchants car see the importance
joining now. The meeting was S
for tonight, but has been changed
a to be convenient to all our me
chants.
Castex & Co. have purchased s
entire new stock of millinery goo,
and will open up same in the sto
south of Mr.. r. A. Creech's jewell
establishment Monday mornin
June June 18th. The public are &C
daily invited to call and inspe
them. To close out the remainil
stock of goods ola mayed by the re
ent fire, they will hold a ten day
sacrifice sale, beginning next wee
at which time everything in t
store will be closed out at almost a
price. The date of the beginning
this great sale will be announced
a few days.
It has been suggested, and
think the suggestion a good o
that an incandescent light be 2lac
one in each back lot, and alley
the business portion of the City.
Is the duty of the police officers To