Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1906-04-26
THE
~LOCAHBRIEFs.
Nems OF Interest In and Around
the City.

The ARGUS inadvertently on.it:ec
yesterday, Units reptrt.of line dt all.
of a. patient at the c~olorei Insane
asytu II, to state thatthe death was re-
ported 10 the Coroner ami ILqI. It re-
questedsby the superintendent, DIR.
w. w. FaisOn, immediately unon
his discovering hat the patient had
died during the night.
The members composing the New
York tSymphOny Occnestla-51
strong-under the direction of the
renowned Walter Damro sch, spent
several hours in the city today en-
route to Wilmington, where they
appear tonight. They played in
Durham last night to a large and
we'll pleased audience.
The Southern's Wrecking crew ar
rived yesterday afternoon and at
once Went to work to re move the
cars on the "Y" which jumped the
track yesterday morning. The crew
worked diligently tor alb Dut thrte
hours and at $50 the ars were safely
pla ed on the track and the damage,
which was slight, repaired.
A telegram received by their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs r. G. Fseem ID, III
this city this morning, trings the
glad Information that their two SOFAS
Rod and Frank, who : il San
Francisco, are safe and we'll. Much
anxiety had been enter, aimed for
them by their parents and friends
here, which is now relieved.
The Neuse Sunday School Conven
ton composed Of all the churches III
the Neuse Baptist Association), Will
convene in the First Baptist church
of this city Friday afternoon and
continue till Saturday night. Mr..
B. w. Spillman aud other eminent
workers will be present. Macy dele
gates are expected from several Eas-
tern counties. All denoniaati )ns
are invited to attend these services.
Marshal Carr, colored, Was up be-
fore the Mayor yesterday afternoon
for retailing whiskey, and III default
of 5000 bond Was placed in jail. AS
no court will be held in this city
until next August, Carr asked to b.
allowed to begin work on the road at
once, which was granted. If he only
gets six months, which is the usual
penalty, by the tune court convenes
again he will have served over half
his time.
The death of Mrs. Willis H. Brog-
den occurred yesterday at the home
OF her devoted husband, over on the
Harrington Plantation" Toe de-
ceased "a only II years of aye, an /
besides her devoted husband, is sur
vived by one child. The remains
will be brought to this city for inter
ment, in the family plot Of her hu5-
band in Willow Dale Cemetery, this
afternoon. The ARGUS tenders it.
sincere coincidence to the heart broken
husband in his great sorrow and loss
Mr.. w. j. Matthews, who ha.
been on an extended prospecting triI
to Wilmington and other cities O.
note, in the interest of tao Board o
Public Works, of which he is a Ii EN-
Der, thoroughly acquaintiDg hims4,
with the machinery and n o
running electric light and water
works plants, has returned to thu
city. He says it is the purpose O
his Board TO put in new plants her
sometime in the near future, ant
make the rate IN water AMI lights a
it is in other towns, within the reacl
of every citizen of e oldsboro. Ol,le
it be soon.
Our good friend and efficient Count,
Treasurer, Mr.. J. w. Thomp
son, has caught the fisherman
fever, but he has found out a bette
way to catch fish than to sit on tn,
river bank for a half day and watch
the end of a pole and then not catci
a scale. He went out for a few hour
yesterday afternoon and with three
hauls of his seine, near Pearson
bridge, in Little River, caught sew
enteen large white shad and a guam
tity of other fresh water fish and was
back to the store san hour by SUM-
MI. J. Milford Edgerton, who il
in business in this city and also a
Genoa, just south of Neuse river, al
which latter place he also runs 9
tannery and makes shoes to order,
had on exhibition in the show win.
dow of the Goldsbboro Shoe Com.
pany today, a pair of shoes of his
manufacture that attracted the
marveling attenti IN of all passers,
and doomed up like a nightmare
above the many other shoes that
surrounded them. Their size was
49, and were made for a man in this
county, who does not like for his
name to be told.
After all, the old world is not such
a bad place. We talk about mans
in Humanity to man and be vail the
sordid greed of the times-the sell
fshnes', the egotism and the heart
lessness-but let a disaster happen
and note how quick and universal is
the tender of aid. AS will be sael
elsewhere in this ISSUE the whole
country is rushing to succor stri ken
San Francisco in the hour OF her de-
ISOLATION. Rich men, poor men,cities
and towns have responded nobIy.
From across the sea come words
of sympathy and off 9rs Of assistance,
while Columbia has folded her Dir op-
ing daughter to her breast. Some
times the good in men IS forgotten;
sOmetim %, in the battle for supre-
macy, gro wing ever more tense aad
soul-wracking, people forget to ler.
form small deeds OF kindness, but
when a crisis comes the depth o.
humanity is revealed. The world
has not Set lost all pity, nor wi | q