Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1906-03-15
THE ARGUS
LOCAL
Easter Sunday will come this year
on the third Sunday in April.

Miss Lula Pope, of NeWsOms, Va,
arrived yesterday on a visit to her
cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter K.
Parker.
Wilson votes on the first Monday
in April on the question of "dispen-
sary" or ''no d~ispensary." Both sides
are confident of success.
Two eaquires will be elevated to the
rank of Knight at the meeting Of
Ruffin Lodge X. OF Z. next Friday
night. Business of importance de-
mands the presence of every Senator
before the King Of Council.
Mr.. Leonard Edward, who runs
the sales stables for his father Mr.
Asher Edwards, in this city scld
to Mr.. g. M. Houston, of Chlnquin-
pin, a pair of mules tor $625. Iney
were indeed a fine pair of mules, be
ing 153 hands high and weighed
2,10O pounds.
Less than a month remains of the
time designated by the State Corpot-
alton Commission in which the sew
eral railroads coming into Gold5bOrt,
are to locate the Union Passengei
Depot ordered by tire Comulls,lo,
for this city.
The political caldron is beginn;n
to bubble early this year. Already
a number OF candidates for county
offices are lin the field. Well, the
more the merrier, for they all weai
smiling faces. L. does ne good t,
see pleasant faces and receive corlia
hand shakes and friendly enquiries.
Let's allget happy!
Mr.. III. III. Hobbs, of the firm OF
Hobbs & Pike, is the happlest NAT
in town. He has just received from
Dupiin county a fine 6 year old $ or-
rel horse, a present from his father
in-laW, that is indeed a beauty, anu
is greatly admired by all who have
seen him.
The memorable law of supply aud
demand can not be successfully COM
batted. 1t is for the farmers them
selve, to say whether they will giui
bring about low prices, OF plant only
a moderate amount of cotton and IN
sure living prices for the same, The
cotton problem is, after all, in then
own hands.
Miss Alice Carson, the nillincy,
who has been on an extended tgi.,
to northern canters of fashion max
ing purchase of spring millinery for
her popular store here, has returned
to the city.
His hosts of friends in this city
and throughout this section will be
deeply panied to learn of the serious
and critical illness of Mr.. John Is.
Exum, at his home at Fremont. We
all wish him a safe and speedy re-
cOvery.
Mr.. James Carlen, of New York,
practical plumber and steam ttteI
of 10 years experience, has taken d
permanant position with the John
Slaughter Company in this city, and
will nov his family here at an early
day. The ARGUS extends him anu
his a cordial welcome to GOldsborO.
A charter has been granted the
Bank of LaGrange, to conduct =
commercial business, with SO, OOO
paid in capital stock and 500, 900
authorized. The incorporators are
Messrs Geo. A. Norwood, Jr., who
will be president, and Mr.. w. Ii,
Winstead, Of this city, John F. and
O, Taylor, Sime)n Wooten and Alex
Sutton, of Lagrange. The new bank
will open up for business in about 9
week or ten days, and its success is
already assured.
The twenty-third annual State
Sunday School Convention will b
held this year in Charlotte, April 3,
4 and 8. The Sunday School work
ers of that progressive city are max
ing great preparations for the event
The session will be held in the
second Presbyterian church, which
is n of the largest in the city.
At a meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners, held in this
city Monday, Mr.. Carl E. Stanley,
proprietor of the Goldsboro Under
taking Co., was unanimously electe
County Coroner, to fill the unexpir-
ed term of Dr.. Thos LII. Hill, deceas-
ed.
Some n stole a number of pistols
from the show case of the Yelverton
. Hardware Co., sometime Satur ay
night, and so far no clue has been
found leading to the capture of the
guilty parties. This is the second
time their store has been robbed in
the past few months.
Our people in general are greatly
pleased with the service given the !.
by the Goldsboro Transfer Company
and in consequence they are recelv-
ing a very liberal patronage. Here
fore our citizens had to run all ovel
town whenever they had need for a
dry, and then sometimes could not
find one, whereas now you simply
have to phone 1913 aud they do the
rest, and always do it promptly and
well.
Oae of our police Off GERS arrested
a young colored man Sunday nigh.
for being drunk and disnrderly In
the northern part of the city, and
locked him up. When the Off ser
went down below to look after h S
prisoner Monday morning, prepare
tory to bringing him out for trial, he
discovered that his prisoner wa
"blind as a bat" He was promptly
discharged ~ the Mayor and went
his way. This Vas a case where 9
blind man run stagin' a blind tiger.