Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1906-03-29

| Just one week from today, on
Monday April 2, Tor the solid week
ensuing, Goldsboro's great Trades
ami Gala Week, ~inaugurated by the
Merchants Association, will open,
and the indications are that it is 60
lag to Sc the nost brilliant public
event III the history of our town.
Already the principal trades
streets and many OF the business
houses have been elaborAteiy deco
rated With g~ay-uolored steamers,
uationa! flags ana gorgeous designs
n quitting .h.t gaze t. he city a
lio.I1ay appearance and , the pup
| lie a fore asJe Oh what IS i store for
| hem dunn tic Whole of ext week.
| the Aierthaut8' AeS0ct-5;Cn have
| crowded an elaborate paoiic pro-
| ,ra1inIe fer EeAJ Iussdsy, Wednes-
Il y and Thursday tor The entertain
ment OF visitors as folioWa-begining
| each day at l O'Clock:
TUESDAY,, April 3rd will be
| MILITARY DAY, on which Colds
horo's splend d Military Companies
| will give an Exhibition Drill and
Parade, headed by Pref. QuarIes
SPLENDID Military hand. that has
been secured 10 furnish music
tnro;t* h"ut the week.
WEDNESDAY, April 18th will be
T'IREMAN'S DAY, ON which Colds
bOrO's matchlesS Fire Department,
that holds the Worlds Record for
efficiency, will give a public parade
that of itself is worth coming miles
to see.
THURSDAY, April 5, will be
employees of the manufacturing en-
terprises of the city will parade, and
these will be supplemented by Mer-
chants and Industrial Floats the
like of which the State has never be-
fore witnessed.
FRIDAY, April 6, will be the
General Public's Day, for social en-
tertainment, and Saturday will be the
closing day, when everybody can
come and tell one another what a
good time they've had.
In addition to the Special Sales
that will be in vogue in all stores
this Trade Week and the
above elaborate public programme,
the Merchants Association have Sc
cured the widely-famed and match
lessly meritorious PIERCE AMUsE-|
MENT COMPANY, which will be con-!
veniently located on the spacious
House Square, where every
afternoon, opening at 2 O'Clock, and
every evening, opening at Z O'Clock
in a blaze of electric glory, my
RAIDS of electric lights contributing to
:reate the shimmering brilliancy of
noon-day splendor-the public can
find such reputable attraction as only
great cities can atford-a wonderland
of entertainment and instruction.
Every afternoon at 4 O'Clock and
every night at 10 O'Clock, in a ball of
fire, the Dare Devil DIR. Rose will
make his marvellous and thrilling
stSlide for Life"fron the Court House
Tower to the ground.
AL these attractions and the entire
grounds will be under the super
vision of the Merchants Association,
which will have personal representa-
lives constantly in Attendance at
every amusement booth and upon
the grounds to cater to the pleasure
md comfort of all visitors.
An especially low rate for the en-
tire week has been inaugurated by
the A. & n. G. z. Rand a yet lower
rate and a special train out of Colds
I 5oro at night, for the two greater
days-Wednesday and Thursday.
| The merchants and manufacturers
of the city, almost as a unite, have
5ignified their purpose, having floats
in the great Trades and Industrial
Parade on NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
kDay-and this means that Thursday
April 9TH is going to be the "Red
Letter Day. in the history of thu
Best Town in the State.