Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1906-06-14
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Items of Interest In and Around
the City.

Miss Mamie Dali, a popular young
saleslady in the store of d. w. Cobb
g. Co.. is confined to her home with
fever, her young friends will regret
to learn.
The bottom has dropped out of the
bean market, and as a result some OF
oarlocal buyers have lost very heavy
the last few days on a load ship
ments.
The little is months old sen ef
Mrs. E. w. Harris, was badly burned
about the face yesterday morning
with carbolic acid, (which the little
fellow secured from a closet.
We gee from the Greene county
ape that Capt. Swift GALLOWAY y
a candidate for the house of represcu-
tatives. The people of Greene W. uiF
make no mistake in electing him.
A handsome lot of pressed brick,
to be used in the front of the
Odd Fellows building has Just arriv-
ed. and Mr.. Goodwin desires US to
state, for the benefit of ques,ioners,
that they were made in Washington,
D. G.
Our tax listers say they did nc
know there were 80 many poor pee
pie in Goldsboro. From the num-
Der that are listing taxes it would
seem that the County Com missioner
will have to take steps to enIarg"th
county home.
"I,o.o rrsl1 1a a ON pNnron01 1ont.
ing of Woodland c.. e. Society, at
18th, at 3 O'Clock. Rev. w. 2. Con
stable, of st. John church, will de-
liver an address. Everybody cor
daily invited.
Our young friend and townsmah
MI. Doyle B. Privett with this issue
becomes an annual advertiser in the
ARGUS. He shows fine business
sagacity at the very beginning of his
career, which we hope may prove
long and eminently successful.
Russell Bros. the we'll known eX-
cursion managers, of r ,se Hill, N.
c., will run their first excursion OF
the season, from Mt. Olive to VIII
mington, Tuesday, June 26th. Round
trip fare 81 90. Train will leave Ait.
Olive on the morning of the Goth. at
1880 o'clock.
The white man J. B. Faulkner,
who was bound owe to court yester-
day rnorning for retailing, but who
subsequently gave bond for his APP
pearance, was delivered up to the
authorities this morning by his
bondsman, DIR. w. S. Walker, and
Was placed behind the bars.
The regular annual meeting of tn,
North Clrolina State Board of Den
tai Examiners for the examination
of applicants will be held in High
Point June Is, 10 and 20. The thirty
second annual meeting of the Nortl
Carolina Dental Society will be helt
in Bigh Point, Jun 20 to %.
The remains of Mrs. M. Pearson
who was thrown from a buggy i
Kinston Friday, a reported in Sal
urday's ARGUS, and who diedin cor
sequence, were brought to this cit
yesterday, accompanied by her hus
band, and inferred in the Hebre,
section of Willow Dale Cemetery
Rabbi Meyerberg officiating.
Rev. j. Waldo Woody, a Friend.
minister, will hold services at tn
Holiness church under the auspice
of Contne, Quarterly meeting of til
Society, of Friends, at IL a. M. and
p. m. each Sunday for the next tn
months, the friends having rente
the church for that length of TIM
The Friends of this quarter and tn
public 10 general are cordially invited
In Mr.. G. F. Herring's timel
article in yesterday afternoon
ARGUS, in reference to a new cou
house, where it is stated that ga
cent per hundred on 1856, 494
should have read, '14 CEN per hui
dred OIL 1874, 9Os, and wilel
1t is stated that 'the interest on tn
bonds would be $1,000 shout
have been "$1,20O.0O."
Albert Grandy, colored, who ws
brought here Saturday night froi
Kinston and placed in jail, had s
stolen from him by another prisone
Sunday night. He reported the ma
ter to Sheriff Stevens, who had off
GERS Joe Warrick and Henry Grad
institute a search for the stole
money After a search Of about a
hour when they were about to Civ
up in despair, Mr.. Grady found til
money a five dollar bill and two ST
yer dollars in the heading of a cot.
MI. j. NJ. Wood, who besides be
ing a good farmer and all round goo
fellow is one Of the most delicatel
thoughtful and generously consiG
crate of men. In appreciation
their always cheerful and efficien
service he treated the young ladie
of the telephone exchange to SON
luscious ripe peaches to-day, fror
his own orchard-and the first of tn
season. The ARGUS is the abidin
friend of the young ladies of the te
ephone exchange, and we are gla
they are so deservingly appreciate
by Mr.. Wood and were so generous
ly remembered by him.
An Interesting and singular ''biin
tiger'' case was tried before til
Mayor this morning. 1t seems tin.
j. Il. Faulkner had been playir
the part Of detective, assisting Office
FuIghum in establishing a cas-
against a colored woman, by til
name Of Frances Mccoy. When Il
came up for trial Frances II
only established hpr ipnocorro on