Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-05-18
THE ARGUS.
DAILY M WEEK TX.
LOCAL BRIEFS.
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Items of Interest In and Around
the City.
The first beans of the season (25
baskets) yer shipped from this city
to-day by express, by Mr.. A. M.
Pate, to Boston.
The name of the Rowland I'm
provement Company has been chang
ed to that of the Atlantic & North
Carolina Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Daniels lett
today for Chase City, TO spend some
health, which we all hope wlti be
improved by the trip.
DIR. J. F. Miller and daughter
Mrs. Leslie Southerland, MI, ana Mrs.
w. II. Borden and little sou Syduor,
left today for AsheviIle to attend the
South Atlantic Methodist Confer
eRce.
We understand that our sister
town, Plkev1lIe, will soon have a
modern three story hotel. The hotel
is being built by N. s. Perkins d
Son. Pipes haYe already been laid
to bring water to the hotel from the
famous mineral springs nea by.
A choir from the oxford Orphan
Asylum will give a perform ance IN
the Messenger Opera House, in this
city, Tuesday, May 80. Any of our
citizens who wish to entertain them
or aid IN caring for them while in
the city, Will please notify Mr.. o.
NJ. GflIikin.
Good roads available for farmers
are to the farm lands wnat all the
modern Improvements are to city
lots. Nothing increases the value ol
farm lands more than good roads by
which farmers can with reasonable
Tina and expense market their pro
ducts. There is great need ofimpr0ve-
ment along this line III this section.
The meeting of the Merchants As
ISOLATION which was 10 have been
held at the City Hall last night, had
to be postponed on account of the
Board Of Aldermen occupying the
room in which the meeting was tC
have been held. The ASSOCIATION
Will AOCG hOAt 4AC1ANJ AA4A y koN
same place, and every merchant il
the city is invited and urged to bt
present.
At the meeting of the Wayn
County Medical Society this week
motion was made and resolved tina
no member of the profession of tn
Wayne County Medical Societ
make insurance examinations fC
ordinary life insurance for less tina
$500, where urinary analysis is r,
quired, nor for less than $1O.0t
where microscopical urinary anal,
sis is required, and further resolve
that this be published in the Colo
boro ARGUS.
DIR. r. A. Smith, who has bee
attending young Horton, at I'll
Emergency Hospital, IN this cit.
who had his skull fractured by
blow on the head, at LAGRANGE son
weeks ago, says that his patient
now able to sit up and has .abOI
passed the danger point. Arthl
Outlaw, the negro who committt
the assault, has been captured al
placed in jail, and will be tried
soon as Mr.. Horton is in a cOnditIC
to appear against HIM.
We see from n of our eXchang
that the Charlotte authorities a
trying a new experiment, that
sprinkling thestreets with oil. The
was 500 gallons used on one block
a cost of $40. Even if it should pro
to be a success it appears to be vel
dear sprinkling. II the people of TIA
progressive City had experienced
much rain in the past two weeks
we have had they would not need
have the streets sprinkIed with an,
thing for some time to come.
SHoss" Mackey, the negro WI
stole a watch ana d sum of none,
some time ago from Mr.. w. b. Pat
and who was serving a 5 year teri
on the county roads for the offens'
gave the Waterman the slip SON
time yesterday afternoon awhile til
hands were engaged piling som
brush near Mt. Olive, and mad
good his escape. Blood hounds Wer
put on his trail as soon as he WI
missed and ran his track as far 4
the old Arlington bridge, Wher
they lost the trail.
A young negro by the name {
Wall, while standing near the bank
of Neuse river yesterday morning
saw a lot of large fish playing in tn
water and making considerable
racket. He watched them for som
time and Seeing tina they did no
move but little and continued t.
throw the water high in the air ant
frolick, he decided to make an effor
to catch some of them. so he wen
to his home, near by, and secured
pair of pitch-forks and returned t.
the scenew where they were still play
ing. He Waded in about waist dee
and with the forks gigged three O
the fish, which proved to be Ger
man carp. The smallest one weigh
ed l5 lbs, while the largest on
weighed 173 lbs.