Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1906-08-23
news FROM WALTER.
Weeks Happenings In That
Thriving and Prosper
Gus NeiqhbOrhOOd.

AT. Moses ION, OF l1enlOT springs,
was here last week., the guest of Mr.. j.
IL. Caldwell.
Mr.. John NJ. Mitchell was appointed
one of the judiciary committee of State
Alliance, at it's meeting at Hillsboro,
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Howell, Mr..
Jno. Neal and sister Miss Laura, Miss
Lou Hines and Mr.. Jethro Howell, took
in the excursion to Wrightsville last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Gurley, of your
city, were here last Thursday the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Hooks.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. A. Sasser went
down to Eureka last week, on a visit
to Mrs. Sasser's mother, Mrs. Bob Vel
verton,
Mr.. Cleve Hardy and two children,
of Waycross, Ga, were here last week,
on a visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Becton.
Mrs. Ruffin Bailey, of Smithfield,
and Mrs. Ellen Stevenson, of Wilson,
are visiting their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac Smith.
The circuit Sunday School Confer
ence~ convenes at Ebenezer the Both of
this month, and will hold all day. All
are invited to attend and bring their
baskets.
Mr.. A. H. Caldwell, of Charlotte, is
on a visit to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. II. Caldwell, at Southern Oaks"
where his many friends here are greet
ing him gladly.
There will be an ice cream supper at
the new school house, on the night of
the 31st of this month, for the purpose
of raising money for missionary pur-
poses. The public is invited to attend,
and each one bring a good appetite,
and the wherewithal to back it up and
help out a worthy cause.
MI. j. NJ. Grantham gave a barbecue
dinner at his place above here last Fri
day, to his tenants, and a few select
riends. Those who participated en-
.joyOd the occasion very much, as there
was plenty to tempt the inner man, and
good water from his artesian well, to
help allay the thirst, all of which the
crowd enjoyed.
Master Henry Caldwell and sister,
Miss Zela, children of the late Mr..
Proctor Caldwell, who left here in the !.
eighties to make his home in Texas,
where he met success, are on a visit to
their grand parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J..
III, Caldwell. They are attending school
at Lenior Springs, and this is their
first visit to the home of their father.
The Alliance picnic which held the
boards at Spring Hill last Friday gave
pleasure to a large crowd of people.
The dinner, which was pronounced by
all, to be the most bountiful and ele-
CANT repast, ever spread in this COM
munity, was but an index to the homes
of those who prepared it, convincing
even the most skeptical that the farm
er's life, while not SO abundant in bank
accounts, is blessed by a bountifuI
Providence in more material things
conducive to contentment and happi-
ness.
Toby has traded off his horse, faith
full old GEORGE" and now has another
mule. He hasn't got this mules pedi-
gree, but thinks he is half Jersey, and
the balance just mule; or piney woods
rooter. At any rate, he has no signs Of
any Poland China strain, as his other
one had, but he say he is a mule-ee,
and when he goes down the pike you
can't see anything but a red streak, for
he we more "carries it in" However,
if he was to preach his funeral he would
stand at his head and have a twist on
his nose.
Squire Geo. Pipkin, who keeps a
correct account of the weather. saws it
has rained 50 days since the 1st Of
June, up to last Friday. That the
heaviest rain at his house, occurred on
the morning of July 18th, when four
inches fell, and hat the Tuesday even
ing when around Walter, the bottom
fell out, that at his house, neal Ebene-
ger, there was just a small shower. AS
one extreme follows another, the farm
ers are looking for an ideal Autumn.
Messrs. r. L. Hooks and jim Snipes
returned Saturday from several days
hunt in Johnston county. in the COM
mun1ty of Messrs. Bud Lynch and
Charlie Powell, and as a result of the
chase, secured four brush for their