Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-04-11

months age of, the old colored woman
Sarah Cooper, il. the Little Washing
ton settlement of this city, has been set
for trial tomorrow and a venire Of so
men has been ordered from which to
select a jury.
Two negro boys-brothers-by the
name of Stokes, got into a fight today
in the lower section ofthe city, and as
one was assaulting the other with a
chair the latter shot at him with a pis-
|tol but did not hit him. Officer Smith
arrested the one that did the shooting
and has him locked up.
Some men are constitutionally SOM
bre and seem happiest when fairly
emitting gloom. Every community
has its quota, so we will not l~ocalize
the application. But let us all hope
that our quota of these high priests Of
pessimism will pass witt the march
of progress.
The many friends of Mr.. Andrew
Smith, the popular and efficient book
keeper for Messrs. Best & Thompson,
sympathize with him sincerely in the
death of his brother, which occurred
late Saturday night, on the farm
of Mrs. III. d. Ham, with whom he
resided.
The chapter of Colonial Danes OF this
city met Saturday afternoon with Miss
Sarah S. Kirby, at her home, on South
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most interestingly and instructively
entertained by a talk on North Carolina
in colonial days by Mr. E. G. Brooks,
superintendent of Goldsboro's Public
Schools. After which delicious refresh
ments were served.
Teh ARGUS understood Mr.. Franc
Ives to say yesterday that he had been
in bed for 90 days. This was a mistake.
He said that former attacks of rheu-
matism usually lasted go days, where
as under Prof. Daniels treatment he
had ecovere from his recent attack
in three days, and is better than he has
been in 20 years.
The death of "Aunt Lou 20 years
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known colored citizen and truck farm
er, occurred last night, at their home
in Little Washington, this city. She
was one of the old time colored folks
now getting all too scarce-and was
highly esteemed by all who knew her.
eth Man on the Box in the Mes
senger Opera House last night was a
gem-bright and sparkling and fresh
and exhilarating as a May morning.
Every body enjoyed it; Max Figman
and Miss Helen Holmes, his ideal lead
ing lady, can always be sure-hence-
forth-of a Gro wded housed in Goldsboro.
The ease OF Will Casey for the killing
of Gordon Hurst was called in court
today, "a true bill having been returned
by the grand jury, and was set for trial
on Thursday of this week, and the
solicitor announced in open court that
he would try the defendant only for
murder in the second degree or man
slaughter.
Our sister town of Kinston has candi-
dates galore-out in the public prints
over their own signatures-for mayor.
Goldsboro has, we believe, but one
candidate, and on him all our people
center-Mr. ], F.. Ormond, and we ali
believe he will size up to all the duties
of the office to the entire satisfaction of
the progressive public of the Best
Town i'm the State.
The announcement, elsewhere in this
issue, of the engagement of Miss Eliza
Humphrey Simmons and Mr.. Graham
H. Andrews OF Raleigh, will be read with
much interest and pleasure by he pros
pective young brides many admiring
friends in this city who hold her in
most cordial esteem, and their good
wishes will abide with her not only for
a happy contamination of her bethro-
thai but through life.
| The death of Mrs. Maria Howell,
whose critical illness we noted some
days 20, occurred yesterday morning.
at the home of her sister Mrs. L. A.
Foust, and the funeral was held this
morning at 1890 o'clock, from the
home, Rev. w. F. Fry, pastor Of the
First Baptist church, officiating. The
interment was made beside her late
husband, Mr.. Lewis Howell, in Willow
Dale cemetery.
i The Fayetteville District Conference
Of the A. M. E. church convened to-day
, atSt. John A. M. E. church, at 1890 p.
, NJ, Rev. J. w. Telfair, D. D., Presid-
ing. After devotional exercises the
3 conference was organized. C. e. Grice
was elected secretary. The chairman