Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-05-09

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Gurganous, of
Greene county, were in the city today
on their way to visit relatives in Will
mington.
DR.. and Mrs. w. H. Cobb, Jr., are at
home again from Philadelphia, where
DR.. Cobb. has been spending several
weeks il special professional study.
The way to get Mr.. Roosevelt elected
is to initiate Colonel Watterson and
say tina he couldn't have a third term
if he tried for it.
Now that Jim Hollowell's poem has
appeared, the straw hat, ~prematurely
donned in March and reIegated in april,
can be brought forth permanently for
the season.
Hon. Lee S. Overnan, of Salisbury,
United States Senator, and who in that
capacity is rejecting honor upon North
Carolina, was a visitor in city last
night and left his morning for Bethel,
NC.
Spring is here to stay. We publish
in his issue the long looked for and
greatly desired annual poem of Mr..
J.. NJ. Hollowell. ARGUS readers can
follow his injunction now with i'm
purity.
The former Bridgers Hotel is now
under the management of Mr.. w. A.
Tudor, who has had the entire build
ing thoroughly overhauled, remo6eled
and equipped, and is now running it
on both the European and American
plan.
The death of Mrs. Elizabeth Britt,
relict of the late CASTOR Britt, is re-
ported today, from Raleigh, and the
remains will be brought here for inter
ment, arriving on the train at 2:3O to-
morrow afternoon, and h funeral will
be held at the cemetery, Rev. E. Fl.
Davis officiating.
The ARGUS is now giving its readers
the very latest telegraphic news right
up to the hour of going to press every
afternoon, in a carefully edited con-
densed form for busy readers. It is the
purpose of the ARGUS to continue this
service, so that our readers need not
look elsewhere for the news-an the
news fit to read.
The ARGUS is glad to know that the
children of the Goldsboro Graded
school are being drilled in some special
songs and recitations for Memorial Day
exercises, on Friday afternoon OF this
week. This is as it should be. Lei
every citizen OF Goldsboro, young and
old participate in the hallowed services
And it is to be hoped that when they
gather on the sacred ground they viii
EPive heed to the exercises and not in.
dulge-as SO may thoughtless peopL'
dom inordinate talk.
The meeting of the Board of Alder
men Monday-the last of the retiring
Board, only one of whom, however, re
tires, Mr.. George Daughtrey, who i
succeeded by his son., Mr.. Harr,
Daughtry-was a brief business meet
ing, only routine affairs being dispos
gu Ol. JuOG DClOIC ddJOu1 IIllC11t5
committee on the part of the Board wa
appointed by that body to draft suita
BILE resolutions upon our retiring May
or, Mr.. Geo. e. Hood, who has SO i'm
partially filled that responsible posi-
ton for the past six years. Mayo
Hood spoke feelingly in appreciate,
Of this action of the Board, and tn
meeting then adjourned.
The County Board of Education i
session Monday considered favorbly
r proposition from the trustees of tn
r Goldsboro Graded Schools to establis
a County High School to be located i
the city of G~oldsboro. The Goldsbo1
Trustees and the County Board hav
done all that the law authorizes the1
T to do. They can do no more. It II
mains for the citizens Of Goldsboro
unite and furnish a. suitable lot, if NJ
!, free, at such reasonable figures that
can be purchased without using all
@ the available funds. st is the purpos
e of the Trustees to erect a building tn.
will be a credit to the town and ou1
ty, a building that will cost 500, 900 {
1926, 900. The citizens should show the
n interest in the new institution, for it
# here thai the boys and girls of tt
" town, and the teacher OF the count
are to receive their high school instru
ton. The success of the new instit1
; ton depends upon the interest of Il
n