Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-07-11
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Items Of Interest in and Around
the City.

the City.
Mr.. Elcana Roberts has for years
been the first every season to bring
new sweet potatoes to our office, but this
year Mr.. A. P. Hollowell, of East
Avenue Farm, has got ahead of him,
having laid two on our table Saturday,,
that are fairly vel grown for SO early
in the season.
The farmers are already busy curing
tobacco out through the country, and
the ARGUs can assure them that they
will find in Goldsboro the best market
in the State for the sale of the weed.
We will have ample warehouses and a
full corps of competing buyers.
At the meeting of the Fire Depart
ment of the city Monday night for the
selection of delegates to the State Fire
mems Convention, which meets this
year in Wilmington, DIR. E. c. Vitou
and Mr.. SEQ. Stanley were elected.
The chief of the department., ex-officio,
is always q delegate.
This is warm weather. 1t was hoped
that the thunder and rain storm that so
suddenly swept down upon the com
munity Tuesday accompanied as
it was with a considerable sprinkling
of hail, would cool the atmosphere, but,
if anything, it is more oppressive than
before. 1t is growing weather." how
ever, and that is what the farmers
want.
: Mr.. G.. T. Lumsden, of Raleigh,
Chairman of the Building Committee
Of the Odd Fellows Home here, was in
the city today to inspect the new annex
to the DINING room of the Home and
the sewerage connections that have
recently been put in. He found the
entire work highly satisfactory, and
approved the contractors bills for pay
mennt.
b cause OF education is marching
grandly on in Wayne county. Last
week a special school tax was voted by
the good people of the Eureka district,
and a special tax election has been
called for the Woodland district, and
White Hall is moving in this direction.
Failing Greek district, in Grantham
township, like Eureka, has already
voted a special tax; and there are other
districts yet, that will soon fall in line.
Mr.. A. J. Barwick has beer appoint
ed to succeed Mr.. G. L. Coon as Sta
t~istical and General Clerk in the office
of the State Superintendent Of Public
instruction. Nj. Coon resigns to ac-
cept the SUPPLEMENTARY of the public
schools of Winston. MI. Barwick was
one time principal Of the G%oldsboro
Graded School, and has many warm
friends here, who will be glad to know
that he is still in the State work.
It is said that track-laying will be-
gin this week along b railroads right
ger station. This is glad news, and il
it be not true, it ought to be. There
has been delay enough in this import.
ant essential to our city's greater
growth, and it has been so ~unreason.
ably prolonged that even the Corpora.
3kOA So11A ~ OA'
quiries about it. 1t certainly WOULD
be good to see track-laying begin.
The ARGUS is deeply panied t.
chronicle the death of Mrs. Mary Pen
der Hales, the lovely young wife of on
good friend Mr.. VIM. E. Hales, which
occurred Monday morning at 2o'clock
at their home on North William street
after an illness of two weeks, of fever
She was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
G.. w. Fender, and was universally
esteemed in the community, where sh,
grew from childhood and made only
friends by her. bright disposition and
characteristic goodness. Besides he,
heartbroken husband and parents sh,
is survived by two little children, t.
whom the sincerest sympathy of all on.
people goes out in tenderest solicitude
The funeral was held Monday afternoon
at 6 O'Clock. from the home, conducted
by Revs. w. P. Constable and e. III
Davis, and the interment twas mad
in Willow Dale cemetery.
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