Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-10-12
Baby N WEEKLY.
LOCAL. BRIEFS.
Items OF Interest In and Around
the CITY.

SASJ
Miss Janet Dortch returned home
today from Raleigh. 1T
The decline of the price of cotton
has caused cur farmers to cease
marketing; the staple. The receipts
today and yesterday were very light
The assignee sale of the Geo. B.
Edwards s. Co, stock of goods, adj
vertised to take place tomorrow
morning at 10 O'clock, has been post
pened.
Miss Antoinette Burwell who
mas. been the guest of her sister Mrs.
c. B. Miller, left this morning for
Norfolk. From there she will go to
! Anew Orleans.
Miss Pearl Fort, after a visit to
her sister Mrs. T. K. Parker, re-
turned to PikeViIle today accom-
panied by her friend Miss Gregg, OF
south Carolina.
His many friends are glad to see
MIR. NJ. S. Witberington able to be
out again, after his confinement for
ten days by illness.
Miss Lizzie Macdonald, who has
been the guest of Misses Hattie
Dewey and Mary Borden returned
to New York yesterday.
Mr.. Frank r. Lyman, of New
Bern, passed through the city to-day
en- route for Bayard New Mexico to
Join Mr.. 2. NJ. Miller and DR., P. G.
Hutton.
Mrs. Jos. 3. Robinson went up to
Greensboro this afternoon to vi6ltthe
home Of her brother, DR.. Lyndon M.
Humphrey. She will be Joined at
Raleigh by her neice Miss Eliza
Humphrey Simmons.
Messrs. Ed. Borden and Will n.
Royal, of the Atlantic Coast Line
management, both of them Colds
boro boys, were here today, passing
through, and, as always, were cor
daily greeted on every hand.
MI. r. 4. Spencer, Superinten-
dent of the road force of Person
county, passed through the city to,
day en- route home, taking with him
SIX abIe-bodied cOIored men, hireC
from the Commissioners of CraVeI
county, to work on the roads in hi
county.
There were less than a score o
bales of cotton on the Goldsboro mar
ket today-and very few yesterday
and unless the price goes back to 1
cents we doubt il there will be an,
at all tomorrow: but there will b
plenty of farmers in town tomorrow
to hear Dan Sully talk on cotton.
Rates one f~rst-class fare plus ?
cents for the round trip, which in
Cludes admission to the Fair Grounds
have been authorized from all point
on the a. d N. @. r. r. to Raleigh
n. c., and return, account Mort
Carolina Industrial Fair (colOred)
Oct. 30th, Nov. 3rd, 1905. Ticket
10 be sold Oct. 10Th to Nov. End, in
elusive, with final limit Nov. 9th
1905.
Mr.. A. 7. Uzzell, of this county
an energetic and prosperous farmer
who is public spirited and active i
all things looking to the advance
from a business trip to Darlington
NJ Va -A2AS III AN4NAo O444O pASPSAS
Interest.
The Dig display Of jardeniers i
the show window of the corne
furniture store OF Messrs. Andrews
Waddeu is attracting and holdin
the attention Of all who pass ths
way. They are making a special ru
on these and in them are oferin
some exceptional bargains.
Capt. r. R. Dempsey, sectionmai
b ter Oh the a. Q. L. yard al tn
place, was summoned TO Henderso
last night, where his wife and Iittl
enid have been visiting, On accouI
of the serious illness of his interes
ing little daughter and only chile
Lucille, who has a severe case
dyphtheria.
The sad news of the sudden deaf
this morning of Mrs. Henry Parker
at her home 4 miles from Mt. Olive
was received in this city by telephor
about noon today. Mr.. Parker work
here, and left his wife perfectly we
when he bid her good bye this morl
ing to come in to resume his Wor
HA sAS WSSA; anu ASI SuUO0n O0dC
IS therefore the more distressing
: him. She was about "a years of as
and leaves one child, and she and b.
husband are highly esteemed by a
who know them.
The service rendered by the A.
N. Q. R. r. by its special train fro
Newbern last night, to accommoda
the people along its line who atten'
ed the production of "The Clan
man" in that city, was as fine
every way asany road in the countl
could possibly have given. The ru
ming time from NeWbern to Gold
boro, making five stops to put
passengers, vas n hour and for
minutes. Mr.. r. E.. l.. Bunch, trs
fe manager Of the road, was hims'
or board and gave his personal
tentiOn to the comfort and conve
ince of the passengers.
Greensboro's new daily, "The
dustrial News" made its first 6
pearence yesterday, Gin a "a pa
edition, replete with everythingt tt