Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-09-12
OUR EXCHANGE TABLE.
Items of General Interest Cleaned
From State Papers.

Clarkson Express:-Mr J. w. Tay-
lor showed us a stalk of corn this morn
ing that had on it seven ears. He said
the stalk had thirteen silks on it, but
the others did not develop.
Shelby Aurora-The town of Latti-
more is to be congratulated on securing
the services of Captain w. T. r. Bell as
principal of the Public High School
established at hat place. Captain
Bells one of the States most proml-
lent teachers.
Warren Record-Dr. NJ. P. Perry, of
Macon, tells us that his son Brams
planted IA hills of watermelons this
fyear and from these vines he has pulled
two melons that weighed over so pounds
each and about 20 that weighed 40
pounds a piece.
Carthage Blade-Messrs. A. NJ. Cald-
we'll and Mel. Kennedy who have been
making shingles for two or three years
in this county have purchased large
tracts of land with timber in Bladen
Guilty dHO are row operating TWO
mills in that county.
Durham Sun.-Everything is in read
mess for opening of Trinity College,
Wednesday morning, Sept. I1th. The
first faculty meeting of the scholastic
year will be held tomorrow morning.
At this meeting the standing commit
tees of the faculty will be appointed.
Red Springs Citizen-It comes to US
from a private source that DR.. P. L.
Murphy, Superintendent OF the Nor
canton Insane Asylum, is critically ill,
with small hope OF ecovery This is
sad news. as DIR. Murphy is owed and
honored from one end of the State to
the other.
Smithield Herald. - Among those
: who were carried to their death in that
5 horrible bridge wreck at Quebec, last
1 Thursday evening was Mr.. James w
+, Aderholdt, a nephew OF Mrs. d. P,
: Bridges, of this place. M. Aderhold1
e had been with the Phoenix Vile Bridge
, Co. for the past several years.
Warren Record-Mr. John S. Davis
showed US a knife Saturday that his
son., John Cary, swallowed. The knife
had two blades and a handle 2 "a inches
long. It took the knife 43 hours to pas.
through the little fellows stomach. H.
suffered nc Inconvenience during thi.
time.
rnonCh0r0 Pnaor6 - TT &c ohnr1-
time some Of the numerous Congress
sional candidates in this district hae
an automobile. Quick transit is wha
is needed in these days OF push and go
One of them said this morning that h,
4 had a good mule and thought he coul(
l do better than with an auto. Wis
man..
d Newbern Sun--Everything points t.
a most successful celebration at Mapl
O Cypress bridge, Sept. Is, when tn
d opening of the new rteel bridge vii
O take place. In addition to the speech
making and big dinner there on tina
n date, there will be a bali games an,
d probably other amusements. The Il
IL hAN VI tbiA1S SlLS VII 1uTul5.
music for the eccasion.
% Durham Sun-Ground was broke
yesterday for the Young Mems Christ
ian Association building. 1t was abou
8 O'Clock when the ground was broke
l and the first shovel full of dirt wa
taken out by James Dickson, who ha
, charge of much of the grading fore
- In round figures the building will cos
- about 1872 600. Of course, if there ar
changes in the drawings, which
. nearly always the case, the amour
will be larger than this amount. BIZ
$4,000 is the coatract price for erectiu
the building as the plans were sui
mitted.
Fayetteville ~9bserver-The gradin
for the street railway is nearing com
pletition on Main street, and the Buck
horn Power Company. which is bein
ID pushed with all possible speed by tn
Phoenix Construction Company, give
fair promise of a la9ely city in the nea
x future.-It comes from good author
1ty that another cotton mill of fiv
thousand spindles wall soon be built i
j. this city. This piece, of intormatio
b comes as q SURPRISE considering tn
l. number of cotton mills thai have bee
10 erected within the past five years
Fayetteville is last beseaming a manu-
featuring town, and is resuming til
= Importance it once held in 1865, as tn
d centre of for North Carolins
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