Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1906-01-11
III ARGUS
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Mrs. G. A. Brown, who has been
spending the holidays with her
ftther, Mr.. Arthur Weeks, at Bowl
denis, returned home to-day.
DR.. James Boyette and son Will
liam of WadesborO, and Mrs. L. J.I
Gurganeous, of Norfolk, are in the
city the guests of DR.. and Mrs.
Frank Boyette.
Denning & Summerlin have rented |
the store formerly occupied by the
Ideal Hardware Co., on Walnut
street, and will conduct a branch
store there in addition to their corner
stOle.
Capt. r. P. Howell has resigned
his position as bOOk-keeper for the !
Goldsboro Grocsry Co., and accepted
asimilar position with the Enterpris7
Lumber Company, and entered upon
his new duties yesterday morning.
Mr.. VIM. Smith has purchased
the Pete Carpenter residential prop
erty, now occupied by Mr.. J. f.
Ange, on William street, North, tuI
which he paid ST., 100.
Mr.. Glen Humphrey, of the At
lantic Coast Line Offices in Whining
ton, who has been on a Christmas
visit to his home in this city, return
ed yesterday to his post of duty.
Miss Pearl Brinson, who has been
spending the holidays at her home
here, returned yesterday to resume
her studies at Trinity College.
Rev. Edward Mack, after spend
ing the holidays with DR.. and Mrs.
M. E. Robinson, left yesterday for
Cincinnati.
Mr.. Richard Spicer, who is SO
popular with his many young friends
IN this city, has gone to Davidson
College TO take the course of study
in that splendid Institution of learn
ing.
The work Of removing the elm
trees is under full Roadway on South
William street, where the sewer
pipes are so clogged with roots from
these trees that they will have to be
taken up and cleaned.
Mr.. Louis N. Grant is preparing
to erect some handsome residences
for rent on his recently purchased
property at the corner of Elm and
William streets, south.
Mr.. w. r. Hollowell has returned
from the West, where he purchased
a fine and Well-selected stock o.
horses and mules for his extensive
trade in this section. They will ar
rive in a few days aud IAN be re- a
his stables opposite the court house
Our young friend Mr.. Charles G
Gulley, who for several months pas
has been filling a position with thu
Clayton Drug Co., has again accept
ed a position with the Higgins DRUG
Co., where he will be pleased t,
meet his friends and former custo
mers.
e Wayne Superior Court will con
vene in this city next Monday week
January 22nd. Judge Ward will
preside. There are a number o
blind tiger cases on the calendar anC
, it is said Judge Ward is a terror t.
1tigers."
One of the enjoyable social ocea
sions of the New Year was tn
"Smoker" given in the armory o
Co. B. by its popular and very eft
Gent commandant Captain, Seig
fried Cohen and will long be pleas
antly remembered by all whose
good fortune it was to be of the ga,
party.
1t vas a pleasure to greet in tht
city today Hon. E. j. Hill, former
ly of the Bar" of this city, and one
time U. s. Consul to Montavideo
but now a successful lawyer of Sar
Francisco, Cal. He is on a Christ
mas visit to his old home in Duplif
county, where there was a recent
reunion of his distinguished family
The contract has been let for the
construction of the new A. & N. G
passenger depot at Kinston, and thu
work will be commenced at once
The new depot is to be built accord
ing to the plans published in this
paper some time ago, only larger
equipped with all modern conven'
fences.
Ella Gregory, a young negro WO'
man who has been under suspicion
for two years, was arrested Saturday
night for running a blind tiger ano
being drunk. She was tried this
morning and bound over to court il
a 5000 bond, which she could no
give, and was placed in Jail. TIL
arrest was made by officer Smith
Two negroes whose names we die
not learn, became involved in
quarrel in the northern part of the
city Saturday night, and one of the
negroes pulled his gun and free
deliberately at the other three times
in rapid succession, but each bal
went wild. The negro followed, anC
thinking he had struck his antago
mist the other negro fed.
Mr.. K. E. Bizzell, one of Colds
boro's substantial business men ant
=" progressive spirits, of the Wcll-knoWl
and reliable East Centre street sho,
firm of Bizzell Bros, continues t
add permanent and valuable i'm
provements to his property On JOIN
street. He today broke ground TO
the erection of another commodou
brick store, of modern design an,
concrete floor.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Denmarl
celebrated this week with a tamiI