Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-04-27
THE ARGUS.
DAILY AM
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Items of Interest In and Around
the CITY.

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Strawberries are plentiful on this
market and are retailing at % cents
perquart.
Sheriff Stevens is having the court
square thoroughly cleaned up and
put in nice condition.
The farmers tell US that the apple
crop is considerably,hurt by the cold,
but the indications are that there
will be plenty of peaches.
All of the City Aldermen nomi-
mated at the different precints last
night are new ones except Alder
men Karnegay and Lamb.
The old p~ostofice building which
has been undergoing repairs, is now
nearing completion, and when fin
shed will be occupied by Andrews
& Waddell, furniture dealers.
The weather is just beautiful. The
shade trees have put on their new
spring attire, the flower gardens are
in full bloom and their fragrant odor
is in the air and all nature seems to
smile.
The weather on Easter Sunday
was ideal. Large congregations filed
the churches. The people were out
in their new Spring clothes, and
everyone seemed to thoroughly en-
joy the fine day.
An old colored man brought to
the city yesterday a sack full of Ger
man carp, which weighed from 5 to
10 pounds each. They were fine
specimens of the finny tribe and sold
at from 80 to so cents each.
Already cooks are beginning to
leave the kitchen to go into the truck
fields, and many people are without
cooks. The servant problem is n
of serious moment in GOldsbOro. A
gas plant would prove a blessing to
the women of GoIdsboro.
School children are already talk
ing vacation. The school vacations
are too long. The average boy and
girl in town are absolutely idle about
four months in the year. This is a
bad start and poor preparation for a
life of hard work, which requires six
days in every week.
One of the largest water melon
farmers said this morning that the
crop of melons would be very late.
Bright warm weather accOmpllshes
wonders, however, and we doubt
not that early in July there will be
on our streets many wagon loads o.
great big ripe water melons with RED
meat ahd black seed.
Tho noonr fr1o-I1o IF M. NT,4Lo-
O'Berry in this city and elsewhere
death of his sister, Mrs. Mary A
Moore, which occurred at her hom,
in Mt. Olive yesterday. MI. ant
Mrs. O'Berry left today for Mt Oliv'
to attend the funeral, which wa
held this afternoon.
The Goldsboro Shoe Comany raj
special ad in the ARGUS for twt
days last ~week-calling attention L
a special line of high-grade shoes a
reduced prices for the Easter trade
and did the largest business for on
week in the history of the store
Of course the ARGUS adj. did tn
work as it always does.
We have never known Irish pota
toes SO cheap at this season of thu
year. It is stated that 10 Nebraska
they are worth only fifteen cents
bushel. Furthermore, the latest re
ports show that the present crop o
old potatoes consists of forty-six mil
lion bushels. This is not a very
bright prospect for our Irish potatot
growers.
AS soon as the prevailing. high
winds subside the local fishermen
will begin to overhaul their angling
tackle and Wend their way river
ward. We are all hoping that the
genial Major Larry Bass may over
come the rheumatism then, from
which he has been 50 many week,
confined, and be able to enjoy hi
favorite pastime.
Cotton planting is now in pro
gress. In this connection, we rise
to say that while the cotton croI
may not be cut down very much
this year, yet the farmers are giving
serious thought to this matter of cut
ting down the crop, and if the price
of cotton is low the coming fall, il
1905 the crop will be much smaller
than for many years.
Ben Barefoote, the white maj
charged with selling liquor, wa
given a hearing this morning at Il
O'Clock and bound over to court il
a 500 justified bond. He was IN
able to give the required bond anC
was placed in Jail to await the mex
term of court. A large crowd O
spectators were present and the tria
created considerable excitement.
In conversation with one of GU
most prominent West Centre stree
merchants this morning, he mad
the remark that over tWo-thirds G
the people in Goldsboro were i
favor of and wanted to see a hand
some new Union Passenger Depo
built in Goldsboro. Then the ques
ton naturally rises, Why can't w
have it? It would be a great thin
for our city and would mark a neI
epoch in the march of progress 70
Greater Goldsboro. Let's lay asid
all personal feeling in the matter an
all pull together for the best interes
of Goldsboro. We need the depot
let's have it.
If there is one law more than ar
other that we want to see enforce
to the letter it is the law in regar
to vagrancy. And we are glad t
RnOyU that the MaUOr iS maxine a