Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1906-05-24
THE ARGUS
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Items of Interest In and Around
the City.
It looks like rain, but all signs fail
in dry weather.
The Presbyterian Sunday. school
held their annual picnic to-day at
the b-autifuE and refreshing springs
of Tara, and it goes without saying
that ali who participated therein
were i~nvigorated by the days outing.
The many friends in this city, of
Capt Jno. F. Divine, will deeply
sympathize with him in the death Of
his beloved and devoted wife, which
occurred at their home in Whining
ton Saturday night in the 18th year
of her age.
Chief Freeman has in his possession
q bicycle, comparatively new, which
he found on Walnut street Saturday
night two weeks ago. BY describing
same and paying for this notice the
owner can again come into possession
of the wheel.
Some unknown person entered the
grocery store of Mr.. Seth Peel, on
Gu0 COIIl6I vi W11kldlA duu OOuuQd1y
street late Saturday night or early
Sunday morning and stole $6l from
his money drawer, the amount of his
days sales.
Mrs. James Pate, the young white
woman who fell into the fire and
Vas seriously burned, at her home
in EdmundsOntOwn on January End,
and who has since suffered untold
agony, died as a result Of her injur-
les last night at 10 O'Clock and was
buried this morning.
Mr.. ]. E. Bulls, representing G.
Henneck Co., will be in the city
Thursday, May Oath, with a full and
complete line of figures of high art,
with headquarters at Andrews &
Waddell Furniture Co., and those
who contemplate purchasing any
thing in this line we would be glad
to have Call at our store on the above
date.
A band of uncouth gypsies, of all
ages, men women and children, ar
irving on the Raleigh train and
~quartering in the ticket Office, at
tracted considerable attention from
the curious at noon to-day. They
have pitched their tents over in Pea
COCKS woods, just outside the city
limits. They have recently been
run out ofDurham and Raleigh.
The Coroner's jury in the case of
the negro Afford Hardy, who Was
shot While attempting to escape from
the Snow Hill authorities soma
weeks ago, and who died at Dudley
Sunday morning, rendered their de-
cision late yesterday afternoon to the
effect hat deceased came Il his death
as a result of a pistol wound in the
hands of parties to the jury I'M
known.
Mr.. J. D. Howell, of Fork town
ship, had the misfortune to lose his
large barn and stables, together with
a lot Of corn, several thousand pounds
of forage and a young calf Thursday
afternoon by fire. His loss is esti-
mated at between $500 and $400.
He was insured in the Wayne
County Farmers Mutual Insurance
Company, but his loss exceeds the in
surance carried.
The funeral of the late Mr.. E. M.
Spence was held at Thompson's
Chapel, about four miles from this
city, yesterday afternoon at 4 O'Clock,
under the auspices of the Junior Or
der U. A. M, of which he was
member, conducted by Rev. A. B
Crunapler. The attendance was large
and the floral tributes, many and
beautiful. The remains were laid te
rest in the old family buryins
ground, near that place.
The friends of the family in thi
city, where they were so long resi-
dent, will be interested to know tina
MI. and Mrs. Sam J.. Cohencius hav
announced the engagement of thei
daughter Miss Sarah Madolin t
Mr.. A. Levy, Of Patterson, N. J.
and will celebrate the joyous even
on the evening of May 20 from 8 t
1920 o'clock at their home in Wash
ington, D.. c., 500 P. st. N. w. TIL
ARGUS tenders its congratulations AM
good wishes.
The remains of Mrs. Martha Car
roll, relict of the late Mr.. Chas. Car
rol, formerly an A. G. L. engineer
we'll known in this city, whose dealt
occurred in Raleigh yesterday wher
she has resided for some time, arriv
ed in the city at moor to-day. TIL
funeral was conducted at the grav'
this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, by
~ Rev. f. w. FAIRIES and the re
mains were laid to rest by the side
of her late husband in Willow Dale
cemetery. Deceased was about 6;
years of age.
Goldsboro is to have a new bust
les enterprise, that of a wholesale
and retail. grocery business, which
will be conducted by our young
friend and tOwnsman Mr.. Doyle B
Privett. His place of business will
be at 119 West Walnut street, form.
erly occupied as an insurance Office
by the w. II. Winstead Co., for
a while aud from thence he will
move into the store on West Centre
street, now occupied by Messrs. J.
w. Isler & Co., where for many
years his father the late B. M.
Privett, did a successful business. He
expects to open up on or about the
first of June.
The death of Mrs. A. III, Toler. til,
eStimabio wife of our pOod friend apf