Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1906-03-22
Fl ARGUS
LOCAL BRIEFS.

d. Ii. Dixon.
His many friends will be sorry to
know hat Mr.. e. Il. Atkinson, our
excellent County Superintendent OF
schools, is confined to his home by
illness, which We all hope will be Of
short duration.
A team Of mules belonging to our
neighbor, Mr.. w. r. HolloWell,
became frightened this morning and
ran away with the driver, creating
right much excitement; but very lit
tie damage was done.
Rev. w. P. Constable, pastor of
st. John M. E. church, will begin a |
series of revival meetings at that
church next Sunday morning, to
which the public will be cordially |
welcomed.
Policeman Jack Fulghum, who is
hard to get around, pulled another
tsblind tiger" of the "culiud' per
suasion, today, one Jim Moore, VINO
is a ~able-bodied man, anu can %
some heavy work on the county
roads.
We hope our farmers will try to
increase the yield per acre, instead
of increasing the acreage. This IS
the keynote to success in farmIls-
a big yield in a small area. LII COST
less to cultivate a small acreage Than
a large acreage, hence the profit i'll
forcing the small area to .makes big
returns.
Mr.. J. K. Waterman, of Norfolk,
was in the city today making de-
livery of the Rural Route Directory
for this section recently published by
his company. 1t is quite complete,
and can be had by writing to him
in care of Bank OF Commerce, Nor
folk. Cloth bound sell at So 90 and
paper bound at $500.
Lou Hayes, an old offender of the
prohibition law, who has several
times been indicted for running a
blind. tiger, but as many times.escap-
ing punishment, was arrested again
this morning for retailing and placed
in the lookup. She was given a
hearing this afternoon and bound
over to court, and failing to give the
required bond was sent to Jail.
Mr.. Ernest Burnwell, an old
Goldsboro boy, and a brother of Mrs.
P. r. King, but now travelling Tor
the Osborn Calendar Co., is IN ID
city, and was the guest at dinner to-
day of his neice Mrs. j. @. Eason.
Ernest is looking we'll, and his many
old friends here are indeed glad TO
see him. Although being a resident
of Tarboro tor the past IA years, he
says that when he purchased atlcket
at Durham yesterday for Goldsboro,
that he felt that he vas coming
home.
A new company has been organiz-
ed in this city for the manufaotu
of North CArolina pine lumber. The
promoters are Messrs- j. E. Ange,
Manager; g. W. Edgerton, Pres
dent; aud J. w. Johnson, Vice
President; Secretary ami Treasurer.
In addition to manufacturing luin-
Der, the promoters will also deal in
builders supplies, etc. Their place Of
chine shops. They will run a saw
mill and a little Later will pat in a
planer. Arrang ements are being per-
tected and the new company will be
ready to begin operations as 500 as
the machinery eau be placed III
position. The above gentlemen are
all well-kaown business men, aud
will no doubt make a success Of their
undertaking.
Messrs. j. M. Wood and A. T.
Uzzell, two of Wayne couuty's most
prosperous and popular farmers.
men who know how to farm-arethe
happiest men in the county. They
have recently succeeded in getting d
'phone in their homes, and a now
learn in a few minutes time the price
is up or down. The first night after
MIR. Wood had his phone putin, one
OF his friends in the city decided to.
pull him cut OF bed for ajoke-know-
ing that he retifed eariy-so about 8
O'Clock the 'phone 'cu loo-e,' and
sur enough Jim had saidhis prayers
land retired and sent his wife TO an
swere The 'phone, but this would not
suffice, SO he had to crawl out and
tell what he had for di1ner and all
about the crop prospects before he
was allowed t. retire again.
Our sister town Snow Hill is to
have a new paper t. beknp.n as the
"Southern Laconic." TnH new en-
cern will be known as the -now Hi
Publ 81 Dg Co The COT paDy i
Composed Of j. Exum, president; J.
0. Snyg. Treasurer; j. d. Deonani,
managing e%'titor; w. IT, araway and
j.. f. ". Sugg. The new paper will
appear a som as the Office can b
equipped.
Factories and manufacturing en-
tefprises are what go to build up
town, and Golisboro'needs more OF
them. Hundreds or more Workmen
drawing good saltrie:, who are paid
off weekly, distribute this money
among the merchants of the town
and everybudy is more or less bene-
flied. There is no more inviting 4
field III II Colds ORC for the establish 1
ment of f.et r es, and we should
reach out ADD Uff,r inducements to
capitalists to come here and locate. |
With the IS Adjustment here of three
q foar more manufacturing planis
ike we now have, and which dis
tribute much 10 ney among our |
meroh ~ >, through their employee s,
Goi1sbcro would take on new lie
and we would grow as never before. |
Business Of all kinds would be better.
Ut would bring more laborers here,
and thew would have to have prorar,