Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-03-02
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Items of Interest In and Arc und
the City.

mas not D0on many years Since QUO.
a pair was considered a good price.
Mr.. Adge Davis, who lives just
across Stoney Creek, burned Off a
field of straw yesterday and killed
80 rabbits.
We understand there is quite a
scramble for the position of Janitor-
Fireman Of the post Office building.
We think it is a Civil Service ap-
pointment, and we have heard that
it pays $50 a month.
The delinquent tax list of City Tax
Collector Collins is now in the hands
of the printers and will be published
in a day or two. If you are on the
list youstill have time to pay up and
keep your name out of print.
About this time of the year the
small boy gets out his marbles, but
heought to keep off the sidewalks and
not run every lady who passes out in
the street. The truth is the Scoops"
will get on the players if they do not
stop.
Trade in the city has been fright
fully dull for a month, but it is not
astonishing. Even people living in
the city could not get out, much less
those from the country. However,
spring time is coming and the loss
will no doubt be made up.
The Globe Remedy, who have
been conducting a branch store in
this city for some time, for the pur-
pose of advertising their various
medicines, have closed up business
here and moved to Fayetteville.
The Palace Drug Store have the ex-
in this section.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Schwab,
celebrated the t~Wenty-fifth anniver-
sary of their marriage at their pala-
tial home in this city Sunday. An
elegant dinner was served and they
were the recipients of many hearty
handshakes and we'll wishes. The
ARGUS joins their host of friends in
wishing them many happy returns.
News was received in this city
this morning that Mr.. D. T. Korne-
gay, of Dudley, had the misfortune
to- lose his store and stock of mer-
chandise last night about midnight
by fire. The cause of the fire is I'M
known but it is supposed to be of an
incendiary origin. His loss will
amount to about $4,000, with $4,000
insurance.
The Holiness Tabernacle in this
city was sold today at private sale to
satisfy claims NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
debts-secured by mortgage. It was
purchased by Rev. A. B.. Crumpler,
who is not in utilization with the
previous management of the church.
Mr.. Crumpler has been preaching
independently since he retired from
the passionate of the above church,
and has quite a following.
Mr.. III. B. Parker, Jr., has pur-
chased the fire insurance business of
Messrs. II. l.. Humphrey & Bros,
duct the business himself, assisted
by Mr.. Harry Humphrey, whom he
has employed to assist him. Mr.. H.
l.. Humphrey retires from the fire
insurance business for the purpose Of
giving his exclusive attention to the
life insurance business s.
Mrs. Basil Manly, of Newbern,
has accepted a position in the treas
ury department of the Rowland I'M
provement Company, lessee of the A.
q N. G. R.. r., and has come to make
the house on George street, recently
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Allie
Edgerton. Mrs. Manly is indeed
1,t, ~ on0174ion 70 tho coaio1
circles Of our city and the ARGUS
extends to her a cordial welcome.
Notwithstanding the ground is so
wet, some of the truckers planted
garden peas Saturday, and some OF
the farmers began ploughing. We
heard one of the best farmers in the
county say, however, that it is a
great mistake to plough when the
ground is too wet, that it seems to
harden and never get over the
effect, during the entire year, there
by dWarfing the crop planted on it,
Perhaps no class of men feel more
sensibly the low price of cotton thar
do the live stock dealers. Mules anG
horoes are very high, and farmer;
hesitate to buy with cotton at such
low price. If cotton continues al
the present low prices, mules will
certainly bring less money than they
are now bringing. The South use.
nearly all the mules raised in thi
country, and farmers cannot affort
to pay the prices now charged. Th'
same old rule of supply and demand
will apply in this case just as in al
others.
Mr.. Andrew j. Edmundson, @
Greene county a halfbrother of Messr
Ed. l.. and F. b. Edmundson, Q
this city, is seriously ill at the hom
of f. b. Edmundson. MI. Edmund
on. who has been sick for some tim
with the grip, came to town yester
day to make some needed purchases
became suddenly ill and was take
to the home of his brother and medj
cal aid summoned, and at this tim
little hope is entertained for his re
-covery, chiefly due to an attempt a
self destruction, while temporarI,
demented by the insidious dis. a,e.
English SPAWN Llnlment remove
all Hard, Soft or CaIloused Lump
and Blemishes from horses, Bloc,