Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-01-31
news FROM WALTER.
Interesting News Items From
That Prosperous
NeighbOfhood.
ARGUS BUREAU
WALTER, N. c. J
Jan. 80, 1907. J

Miss Efie Swinson visited in your
city last Friday, with her sister Miss
Erma, who was attending the Teach
ers Institute.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Swinson, who
nave been residents of your city, have
moved to the George Edwards farm,
near Rose crossing.
Mr.. Richard H. Atkinson returned
to his home in Charlotte last week after
a pleasant visit to his uncle, Mr.. Bill
Thompson, and aunt, Mrs. p. G.. CaId-
we'll.
The young people have organized a
debating Society at Ebenezer school
house, which meets every Thursday
night, at which special issues will be
discussed.
The young people have organized a
debating society at Ebenezer school
house. which meets every Thursday
night, at which time special issues will
be discussed.
DIR. w. III. Cobb, Jr., was out here
Monday in consultation with DIR.
Crawford, to see Miss Lizzie Becton,
who, we are glad to know, is very
much improved.
While many people in the country
are moving to the towns, looking for
better and more profit BILE employment,
the towns have many who have an in
~o+o o-~i, 4n. n C,,io+ oD,,r+r- hon1n
and are living with the hope that some
day they may consummate the hearts
fondest desire. A funny world, is
this.
Isham ENum, colored, a ditcher, who
has been a familiar character in this
section for several years, was found
dead in a ditch on Mr.. r. l.. Hooks
place last Tuesday afternoon. He was
a quiet, inoffensive darkey, but loved
his cup,a and had been on a ~protracted
debauch for several weeks which, no
doubt, caused his death, as he had nc
been sober since before Christmas.
Mr.. Carl Stanley, county coroner,
held an inquest over the remains Of
Isha1n Exum last Tuesday, and the
verdict of the jury was hat death was
from natural causes. When Alex.
Bryan, the old a~nte-bel1um darkey who
stays with US, came in that night, he
said that the colonel from town come
out here and held a testimony and
said, why, Isham jess nacherly died,
but I believes Ticker killed him. my
self"
Paradoxical as it may seem, the
beauty Of a pug dog, consists in his
ugliness. Our numerous posterity is
the proud owner OF one, that responds
to the appellation of "Ginger," and for
beauty Of featurus and ~tenseness OF the
curl in his caudal appendage, he is
justly entitled to the ribbon. In fact, a
real cold day like the past two, his tail
curls so tight that it not only pulls the
wrinkles out of his face, but makes it
more or less difficult to keep his hind
feet on the floor.
I. is a mistaken idea that money is
requisite for happiness. Far from it.
Some of the happiest hours we rave
ever enjoyed were those in which
moneyd did not eve play important
enough role,as to provide for the neces-
sites of life with ease and comfort. But
even amongst the very poor, who labor
each day for their daily bread have we
seen the sunlight Of happiness SO flood
the humble home, as to drive away all
thought Of poverty, and dispel every
cloud which darkened the horizon of
their contented lives. Happiness con-
sists in contentment, not bank ac-
counts.
Down in our orchard there is an apple
tree which seldom fails to Dear fruit,
but the apples are hard and bitter until
the frosts come, and then they mellow
and have a delicious flavor. It is just
so with some lives they never become
mellow in the tenderness of owe until
they have been touched by the frosts Of
sorrow and anguish, and the branches
have been clinging, have been severed,
and they are cleansed from all earthli-
ness, and their lives made more to
conform to the order of Gods law. If,
then, the outcome of every aff1iction, of
Liver and Kidnevze