Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-09-05
OCA BRIEFS.
Items of Interest i'm and Around
the City.

Mr.. c.. j. Best, Jr., the clever rural
mail carrier on route 5 from his city,
is confined to his nome by rheumatism,
we are sorry to chronicle. His many
friends hope to see him soon on his
rounds again.
The King Lumber Company, of Char-
lottesville, who so substantially built
the Goldsboro Postoffice for the Govern
ment,h have been awarded the contract
for the erection of Goldsboro's new
Union Passenger Station, as per pub
lished design. We go forward.
Mr.. r. A. Watts, the veteran jeweler
of the city, is moving to-day into his
new business quarters, in the Wei
building on West Centre Street, under
the Armory, where, until further notice
he will continue his removal sake OF
stock at greatly reduced prices.
Fodder pulling is well advanced on
the farms in this section, and it will
not be many days before cotton pick
ing will be in vogue, and soon there
after the feecy staple will begin to
make it's appearance on this market
the best cotton market In the State.
It is a pleasure 10 his many riends
to see Mr.. M. Sherman able to be out
again, although he is yet far from be-
ing his former active self. He was
more seriously hurt than was at first
thought, in being thrown from his lkug-
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street.
The GoIdsboro Building st Loan, an
institution whose merits have been
fully presented as a hoHne-builde as
well as creating and fostering a spirit
of thrift aud saving among the people
in general, will issue a neM series of
stock on the first of September, and
those who have q desire to become pa
irons and promoters to the Building IL
Loan should put their applications in
promptly with the secretary, Me
Graves Smith.
Capt. j. E. Peterson, president OF the
the most progressive and successful
farmers ia the State, is proving himself
especially worthy this year to be at the
head OF the State Farmers Alliance;
for it does seem that he is going to beat
b State record on both corn and
cotton. He has a fine crop of cotton,
but he has q special field from which
his expects Ito realize over two bales to
the acre; and a field of corn from which
he expects to gather 20 barrels to the
acre. The istalks average from 3 to
6 ears each. L We have one of these
stalks, pulled at random in the field,
on which there are six well developed
ears.
The jury in the Talton case, for the
murder of Major Jones, are still una
greed, and it seems that they are per-
manently ''hung''; their differences
being as to murder in the first and Sec
ond degree. 1T is unfortunate hat
they cannot agree, as the case has al
ready cost the county considerable and
a mistrial would require the whole case
to be gone over again. Judge Long is
still holdingithe jury together. LATER:
Since t~heIkabove was in type a juror
has been withdrawn, a mistrial order
ed and the sprisoner remanded to jail
without bail to aw ait a new trial. It is
und erstood that the jury stood 8 for
murder in first degree and 4 for MUIR
der in second degree.
At this time, when money on call in
New York islso scarce and high, it is
the more gratifying to study the splen-
did statementssof our city banks, which
show that we have all the money need
ed for business demands, and the more
so because more is needed at this sea-
son of the year for the movement OF
cotton, tobacco and other crops now