Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1906-06-21

w SNAA ASS0O' " ~"
Let's fall in line and join the pro-
the suggestion of MIR. g. F. Herring,
and get to work and build the court
house and stop talking about ii?
Thu ARGUS acknowledges with
thanks an invitation to attend the
annual Masonic celebration of st.
John Lodge. No 4, A. T. and A. NJ,
of KinstoD, which gives promise of
being a largely attended and most
enjoyable occasion. At this time the
Corner stone of the Robert Bruce
Mcdaniel Memorial Hospital Char
ity annex will be laid. Kinston will
endeavor to give the visitors a royal
welcome, and are expecting at least
five thousand visitors on hat day.
All of the exercises will be open to
the public.
The recent rains were much heav-
Ter in the extreme eastern part of the
state than In this section. A gentle
man who left Aurora last Friday
morning informs us that the rich
swamp lands in that vicinity were
seriously overfioWed. In most of the
fields the tops of the pOtatoes We're
barely visible above the water, and
cotton and corntields were almost
entirely submerged for two DAYS or
more, and around the entrances TO
many residences the water etODt six
to eighteen inches deep. Cotton and
corn will make a partial crop, but it
is thought that potatoes are conf
pletely ruined.
AT a meeting Of the Jr. Or,ier u.
A. M, held Wednesday night, six
new members were admit:e ed and Is
new applicants applied tor ne. nber~
ship. 1t was also decided by 4 IT,
anImOus vote to inreas" the fun
eral benefit fund from $50 90 to
$500. 90. The lo'ge has just paid over
to the widow of Mr.. E. NJ. Spence,
$3.50. 90 funeral benefit due her on DC
count of the death of her husband
This Ordrr is in a fourishing Condi-
ton, is adding new members every
week, and is doing a grand and no
BILE work in this community in the
way of funeral and sick benefits fur
nished to it's members ard in aiding
the families OF it's members, who are
in needy circumstances.
Festus VIM, % years of age, and
a boy by the name of John Will
liams, seven years of age, both col
ored, were instantly killed at Mt.
Olive, late Saturday afternoon, by
coming in contact with a telephone
wire. The wire had been broken in
some way and had fallen cross an
electric light wire and then to the
ground, charged with 200 volts of
electricity. 1t seems that the boy in
walking along the streets stepped on
the live wire and VIM ran to his as
| sistance, and both were hurled into
eternity. Another party who went
to the boys assistance was also
thrown several feet distant, but not
seve. ely injured. The accident Great
ed considerable excitement among
the large crowd on The streets.
Charlie Stroud, the wagner,
while on his way home last night,
lost his way Fin the darkness, and
tumbled down the deep embark
ment on Slocumb street, and into the
ditch, a distance of about IL or 15
feet, Charlie, horse, wagon and all,
aud how he escaped serious injury
or death is a miracle. His g,Oans
were heard by passers-by, who Sc
cured help, and with a rope tied
around Charles body, they finally
succeeded in dragging him out from
his perilOus position, wedged in be-
tween his wagon wheels, after haitian
hours hard work. He was right bad
ly bruised but neither the horse or
| wagon were injured. Charlie went
to Pikeville yesterday to carry a
piano, and-Well you know the rest.
The remains of the late Mrs. r. c..
BeaLnan, whose sudden death at h r
home in Durham was recorded in
| yesterday a ternoon's ARGUS, were
accompanied to this city today by
her stricken husband and two chill
dren, Miss Catherine and Master
a sister of MI. Beaman, Mrs. F. M.
Carlton, MI. and Mrs. Leon Richard
son, Messrs. Thns. j. Lamb, j. d.
Pridgen, Si'nenn Bowling, Tho3. M.
Stephens, w. F. Ellis, j, E. Pegram,
Jas. II. Southgate, Prof Pegram
and Gen. J. S. Carr, all of Durham.
The remains were me- here by a
large delegation of sorrowing friends
and borne to ST. Paul NJ. E. church,
from which the funeral was held this
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The county convict force we're Civ
en- an old-fashioned country barbecue !
dinner in the beautiful oak grove, |
the residence of nv. John Sher-
rard, to-day at II O'Clock, by the
neighb RS of that sec.i,n, which was
quite an elaborate affair and greatly
enjoyed and highly appreciated by the
participants. The cOnvicts have been
at work in this section for the past
two Or three weeks, and they have
done some very nice and effective
work. The roads have all been put
in splendid condition, and the peo-
pie of that neighbOrhOod are simply
delighted with their surrounding,
and it was in token of their %apprecia-
ton of the splendid work done, that
they banded themselves together
and prepared for the workmen a
feast.
A serious accident occurred on the
Coast Line road near this city late!
afternoon. A force of ex
IA workmen, all colored, who had
)een doing service near the railroad
about two miles from the
,ity, were returning from their DAVIS