Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-09-19
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Items Of Interest in and Around
the CITY.

opened yet.
Mrs. w. R. Thompson and daughter
Miss Emma, who have been taking in
the Jamestown Exposition, are at
home again.
Miss Mamie Toler, who is employed
in teaching in Fremont Grade School,
return ed to her work this morning, af-
ter spending Saturday and Sunday at
home.
Mrs. Jno. B. Dobson and little daugh-
ter, NJ airy, who have been visiting at
the no me of Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Dobson
in this city, left last night. returning to
their home in Augusta, Ga.
Miss Margaret Mizelle, a member of
the faculty of Goldsboro Public schools,
will be with Mr.. and Mrs. stephen
Pittman, on North William street, dur
ing the teaching season.
Mr.. Albert Clark returned today
from a business trip to Norfolk in the
interest of the Korrect Clothing and
Tailoring Company, of which he is a
mem per. anu Is IuOlT uOdu Ld1IOIs
MI. and Mrs. Geo.. A. Norwood, of
Greenville, S.. c., returning from a
sojourn at Saratoga, are in the city the
guests of their son Mr.. Geo. A. Nor
wood, Jr., at his home on John street
South.
The noted grape grower of the city,
-o0J F;o,oI o-I or%aa~nI WY
mar Mr.. W. H. Collins, tells us his
grapes are now at their best and he
admits visitors to his vines at Is cents
or two for % cents.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Griffin have been
spending a few days in Newbern, at
tending the opening of the New Gas
ton, the new hotel in that city, of
which Mr.. Griffin is proprietor, and
which is said to be one of the finest in
the South.
The hosts of friends of Mrs. w. r.
HoIlowelI throughout the State, will
deeply sympathize with her in the eX-
treme and almost hopeless Illness OF
her venerable father, MI. Thomas l..
Vail, In Charlotte, where she was sum-
moned yesterday.
Mr.. Jno. L. Borden, who has been
on a business trip to Pittsburg and
other wholesale furniture centres in
the interest of the Goldsboro Furniture
Factory. that now ships furniture to
nearly every State in the union. ha
returned to the city.
There was a goodly number of bales
of cotton on this market today from
country carts, although this is only
Monday, which shows hat Goldsboro is
considered by our farmer friends as {
good cotton market every day in the
week; and so it is-the best cotton anC
tobacco market in the State.
Her many dmiring friends here are
glad to greet Miss Lewis, otthe faculty
of the Graded School, back again ant
to know that she will be with The
school for another year. Miss Levi.
will board with Mr.. and Mrs. Gaines
again his session, at their home OF
North William street.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Bizzell, at thei
beautiful home on Ash street West
celebrated their Silver Wedding Satur
day evening, which was the occasion
of a happy and joyous gathering o
their especial friends, who genously
remembered them with many elegan
presents appropriate to the anniver
sary.
Mr.. D. H. Dixon, the w~ell-know1
broker of this city left today for Knox
vile, Tenn, as a delegate from tn
Newbern District Conference to tn
Layman's General Conference in ses
sion there for the coming week. Theme
he will go on an extended business
trip into the western grain NJ mea
centres, of which he handles large con
signments.
The large bevy of young ladies o
this city noted in yesterdays ARGU
a. going to the Greensboro Norma
left today by the early and afternoon
trains for that Institution, to take VI
their studies for the year,, and some
how there is a lonesome tinge to tn
atmosphere hereabouts, now that the.
are gone The ARGUS wishes them al
q very happy and prosperous year.
The resignation of Rev. w. F. Fry
as pastor of the First Baptist church Q
this city, to go to a charge in Texas, i
a source of such community regret, re
gardl ess of sects, that we have bee1
10th to chronicle the incident, hopin
that this good man, whom we all es
TEEN SO highly, might yet reverse hi
decisi on, but it seems to be inevitabl