Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1906-07-19
will probably "t.ke hold" about the
first of August.

The negro Jim Whitley, who stole
S. from another negro Sunday, and
who wanted to return to the Will
mington chain gang from which he
escaped, was tried before Justice
Freeman this morning and placed in
Jail in default. of 500 bond. The
Wilmington authorities evidently
did not want him, as no effort has
been made by them to get him back,
after being notified that he was here
subject to their order.
A colored fireman on the A. @. l..
gravel train, carved another negro,
one of the train hands in a horrible
manner with a pocket knife. near
the gravel pit, just across the Neuse
river covered bridge, Saturday after
noon about 4 o'clock. The injured
man was brought to this city and was
taken charge of by relatives. He is
badly cut up and is said to be in a
serious condition. We were unable
to learn the names of either party.
The negro who did the cutting made
good his escape.
The white man shot near Smith
field Friday night, mentioned in
Saturdays ARGUS, was named
AlOnza Jones, formerly :of the firm
of Jones & Jones, of Smith1ield, and
was a son of Col. Burket Jones, a
wealthy and influential citizen of
Johnson county, who lives about
four miles from town. The coroner's
jury held an inquest W the dead
body Saturday afternoon, but failed
to determine who was responsible
for the killing. The young man was
insured for $4,000. Deceased was
80 years old and unmarried.
The Precinct Primaries, for the
selection of delegates to the County
Convention, to be held at the Mes
senger Opera House, in this city, on
Saturday, July 28th, at 1890 o'clock,
will be held in all the precincts out
side of Goldsboro township on Sat-
urday next, July FL. The primaries
for Goldsboro township will be held
at the different polling places next
Friday night, July Goth, as follows.
Precinct No. l., City Hall; No. 2, and
outside, Court House; No. 3, Opera
House; No. 4. Creech's store. Let
every Democrat be present.
Mr.. Rowland Edwards, better
knwn among his friends as "Boots,"
a young mechanic employed at
Dewey Bros. machine shop, met
with a very painful, if not serious
accident, yesterday afternoon. He
was at work on a shafting in the
shop, mending some betting, when
he lost his balance, falling a dis
lance of about fifteen feet across
an old engin underneath him. When
taken up he was found to be fear
fully bruised about the body and
had several ugly gashes on his face
and head, from which the blood was
flowing freely. He was quickly TAX
en- to DR.. Theo Ginn's office, where
his wounds were dressed and he was
carried to his home. While his con-
dition is not thought to be serious he
is suffering very much today from
the effects of the fall.
Drs. W. II. III. Cobb & Son, have
just installed in their recently en-
larged and improved Offices, some of
the handsomest and most up-to-date
electrical machines and appliances,
known to the medical profession. By
the application of the different pro-
cesses most every known disease can
either be cured or benefited by these
electrical treatments. A few nights
ago the Drs. Cobb gave a free exhibit
ton to the members of the press of
the city and several others, of the
wonderful and powerful influence of
electricity as displayed by the vari-
GUS machines. which are Onarated nv
their own dynamo, and the test was
highly satisfactory. DR.. w. III. II.
Cobb has recently returned from the
North, where he studied and thor
oughly acquainted himself with the
workings of these machines, and the
Drs. Cobb are now prepared to treat
almost every kind of disease-and
locate with the powerful X-ray ma
chine, any inward trouble, fracture
of the bone, etc.
Jim Whitley, colored, entered the
house in which Jack Graham and his
wife were asleep across the bed, back
of the City Hall, yesterday afternoon
and stole $500 from the person of
Graham and his wife while they pea
cefully slumbered. They awoke and
discovered their loss before Whitley
had gotten out of sight, and Chief
Freeman was notified and the negro
was captured, the money returned to
it's owner and Whitley was placed
behind the bars. This morning he
sent for Chef Freeman and informed
him that he was an escaped convict
from Wilmington, and desired to re-
fI1Jsp a md fnich convince IS1 -o-4o,ao