Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-03-30
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Items of Interest In and Around
the City.

Items of Interest In and Around
the City.
The spring opening in millinery at
the popular establishment of Miss
May d. Carter, on East Centre
street, will be held on Thursday and
Friday of this week, March 80 and
81.
Plant a little cotton, some corn, a
few peanuts, SOW small grain, raise
your own meat, and the Wayne
county farmer will be independent
this fall regardless of the price of
cotton.
Newspaper editors, shoe-makers
and their like, car enjoy the priv
ilege of eating eggs once more. They
are selling from country carts at 10
cents a dozen, for the first time in
over a year. The faithful old hen is
a friend to the poor man, after all.
Mr.. A. G. Jacobson, the artistic
and highly satisfactory cutter and
filter with the tailoring department
of Messrs. Geo. B. Edwards & Co.,
leaves tonight for the northern
cities of fashion, to study the latest
styles and patterns, of gentlemen's
wear, and on his return he will
bring several up-to-date tailors with
him.
Parties holding keys to the box,
which contains a sum of money to be
given away by Messrs. George B.
EdWardss& Co. to the lucky person
hol1Ino fro bow xuhioh will nn1nnH
the box, are requested to bring them
in and try them by the 10th of April.
The keys are all out and some one
box. 80
Inthe country at large the trade
volume, according to both Dun anC
Bradstreet's, is steadily increasing
Railway earnings show heavy gains
Iron and steel prices are moving up
ward and the trade in those product
is most satisfactory. Business fail
ures are fewer than ayear ago. Tn
spring trade is opening up with
crop season.
MI. l.. III. Fisher, secretary to tn
Board of Examiners for the tourt
district, Civil Service Commission
conducted an examination for govern
mental appointment, Saturday, i
this city, and there were twenty
three applicants who took the e1
animation; two as s~tenographers
fifteen in the Railway mail servict
four as taggers; one as guard, an
one as compOsitOr.
When a fellows best hat blows o
his head and turns up on the edg
and rolls a block trying to initiate
cart wheel, with the owner in he
pursuit, the wind blowing throug
his whiskers and his hair, which b
has just paid the barber 10 cents t
comb, all torn up and resembling
''freeZling'' chicken, there may b
fun in it for the fellow who looks OF
but the fellow who acts as sprinte
can't sec it that way.
The residence of Mr.. w. ii
Barnes was broken into Saturda,
night and everything in the hous'
ransacked, from one end to the other
The chief was evidently in search Q
money. Mrs. Barnes is away iron
home and when Mr.. Barnes and hi
;son went home Saturday night t
retire, they discovered that som
one had broken out a window il
the rear of the house and prefecte'
an entrance. The only thing miss
ing was a small pistol.
Mr.tH.S. Doxee, of Ocrocoke, VIII
is a northern man that has found Ou
Atlantic seaboard desirable as a per
manent home, and has the larges
clam canning plant in the world, i
registered at the Hotel Kennon, 70
a few days, having come up thi
morning from Seven Springs, wher
he goes regularly several times
year for the benefit of their wonder
full waters.
Mr.. Walter johnson, who has beef
filling a position for several month
past as billing clerk at the A. @. /
depot, has resigned his position a
that place to accept the position Q
telegraph operator and billing clerl
at the Southern depot at a salary Q
$47 a month. Walter is a bright
energetic, capable young man, witt
a promising future and We predic
that he will make his mark in tn
business world. He is only about l
years of age and while going to tn
Graded School studied and mastere
the art of telegraphy at night.