Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-04-11
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Items Of Interest in and Around
the City.

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but the ARGUS is % today.
MI. e. c.. Brooks, superintendent of
our City Schools, left this afternoon to
attend the Southern Educational Con-
vention at Pinehurst.
Forty-two years G today the war
ended! How fleet the years fly! And the
participants in that war. How few to-
day remain.
Mr.. Franc l.. Ives received notice
today that he had successfully passed
the civil service examination for a
So, 900 position in the Pure Food Com
mission.
DR.. H. o. Hyatt, of Wilmington, will
be in Goldsboro at Hotel Kennon,
Monday April 10th for the purpose of
treating diseases of the eyes, ear, nose
and throat.
The first ripe homegrown strawber-
ries of the season were laid on our
table today from the garden of Mr.. w.
c. Brogden, the polite and popular
SelO1S1d d oO11fOIJ S1CIN d bdO poSC-
office.
Messrs G. E. Morgan, C.. @. Smith
and E. P. Smith, representing the new
savings department of the Bank of
Wayne, are making a anvas of the
city, and are meeting with most flat
tering results.
The Higgins Drug Company held a
meeting of it's stockholders yesterday
and they were so encouraged over the
report of the business management that
they decided to increase the capital
stock so per cent.
Mr.. M. Sherman has recently sold
seven thousand dollars worth of real
estate in this vicinity and is in the
market-or on the market for more.
This sounds like real estate in this sec
ton is in demand.
Further examination of the peach
blooms hereabouts by Others confirms
the glad statement Of the old reliable
weather authority of the ARGUS, Mr..
w. H. Collins, in yesterdays issue,
that the crop is still safe.
Quite a large crowd from the country
are in attendance at court today, many
of them being witnesses before the
grand Jury or interested in the case of
State VS. Will Casey for the recent kill
ing in this city of Gordon Hurst.
The will of the late Capt. J. w. Lamb
was admitted to probate here today.
He leaves everything to his wife and
makes her guardian Of his children. 1t
is supposed that Capt. Lambs life in
surance Will approximate $4,000.
Tile marriage of Miss lola e. Butler
to Mr.. J. H. Summerlin, of Norfolk,
was solemnized yesterday afternoon at
3 O'Clock, in the presence OF near re-
~latives, at the home of the brides
cousin Mrs. L.. A. Foust, Rev. A. H.
Butler, a cousin OF the bride of1ciat-
ing.
A squad of county convicts are do
ing some much need work on the court
house grounds in this city that gives to
the surroundings an appearance of pre-
gress. Nothing so initiates against a
city as neglect of its streets and public
SQUARES In this regard Goldsboro has
been very ederelict.
A marriage that had the appearance
of a runaway MATCH" was solemized
at the parsonage Of st. Paul M. e.
church in fhis city one night this week,
Rev. E.. H. Davis, the paster offciat-
ing, in which the contracting parties
were Mr.. Sydney J. Cherry, of BERTHE
count and Miss A. D. Louisa Richters,
of Wilmington.
The graduating class of b GoldsborC
Graded and High School have begun
the publication of a magazine, the
initial number Of which appeared yes
terday land is a very creditable publ
cation indeed. Miss Beatrice Schwat
is editor and Misses Janet We'll and
Annie Smith are her assistants. MI. Lo,
gan Thompson is business manager ano
Messrs. Lawrence Morgan and Georgt
Waters are his assistants. There are 6
number of original papers of real merit
and the whole get-up of the magazine
lis business-like, literary and commend
able.
The PalacelID Drugstore, under thu
competent supervision of Mr.. w. v
Williams, who is a practical pharmacies
and an experienced chemist, has re
Gently undergone q complete renova
ton, r~emode1ing and repainting' and i
now what it's namei mplies-a veritabl'
palace. It's door covering is of hand
some tile effect; it's ice cream depart
ment is. set off in gorgeous beadet