Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-08-29
NEWS FROM WALTER.
Interesting News Items From
that Prosperous
NeighbOfhood.
I ARGUS BUREAU.
WALTER, N. G
Aug. q, 1877.

was a guest at Southern Oaks" last
week, on his way to the Jamestown
Exposition.
Miss Matte Caldwell returned home
last Saturday from a weeks visit to
Norfolk, where she has been attending
the Exposition.
Col. and Mrs. Warrick, of your city ,
we're visitors in our community last
Sunday, having spent the day with
relatives near Grassmere.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milford Aycock and
Miss Ophelia Coor, from near Pinkney,
spent Sunday here the guests of their
mother, Mrs. Lou Dali.
Mr.. Fred Sasser, from S%mithfield,
was visiting relatives i'm the commune
ty last week, and his friends here are
glad to know of his improved health.
Miss Maggie Bland, of Faison, Little
Miss Matte Tatum, of Wilson, and
Mrs. John Gibson and children, from
Georgia, are ON q visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. Rackley, near Ebenezer.
Misses Annie Belle and Cora Rose
returned home last Friday from a very
pleasant weeks visit near Mt. Olive,
where they were guests at the delight
full and hospitable home of Miss Maud
Bowden.
The wedding bells are to ring in our
community during the early autumn
days, when one of our most popular
young ladies will plight her troth to
one of the county's most fortunate
yonng men. We promised not to tell,
but presents will soon be in order.
Mr.. Will Edwards of Lemon Springs
was here Saturday, the guests of Mr..
here went to IStantonsburg to join his
| wife, who is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Indiana Yelverton, and from there
they will go to the Exposition for a
week.
The old Sasser graveyard above the
old burned mill was cleaned off last
Friday, by the grandchildren and
great-grand-children, friends and rela-
fenced. 1t has been many, many years
since it received any attention., out
will be kept in better condition here
after.
Capt R. p. Howell, of your city, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry HOMELAND Harry, Jr.,
of Washington, NC, n Lieut.. R.P
Howell, Jr., now stationed at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan. contributed very
much to the pleasure of coax Glen
last Friday afternoon, where they were
the guests of Dr.. and Mrs. Will Craw
ford.
Rev. j. M. Carraway has been con
Quoting q revival meeting at Pine For
est for the past week, which closed las
Sunday might. While there was no
much interest manifested by those u
side the church, there was no doubt
much good accomplished in the hearts
of it's members, as was evidenced by
quite a Der on the might it closed.
One of the heaviest rains that has
visited his section in sometime oc
Cured last Thursday afternoon. L
was a regular down pouring, gully
washer, and filled the low places anC
between the stores of Messrs. BectoI
and Yelverton, at Walter, being anors
the number that was lifted from it,
bearings.
Mr.. r. l.. Hooks has returned home
from a several days fox hunt in John
ston county, where he tells us he hac
the good luck to get a "brush" ever
day. He has an elegant pack of hounds
gets up before three, there is music il
the air, and they make the woods rims
with the melody of the chase, and it il
seldom that Bre'r Fox failed to droI
his tail before they have sprinted hin
VERY long.
The Sunday, school at Spring Hill
held its annual picnic last Friday
which was attended by quite a crow6
OF people. All eleBAHt dinner WA
spread, among which was an abun
dance of toothsome barbecue, more
than the crowd could eat. Uncle Jim
my Howell is superintendent of thu
school, and nc doubt, his long years o
faithful service to the Master, ane
keeping his life unspotted rom tn
world has great influence in making
E the school one for. much good In thu
community.
Well, we were not responsible for n
| letter last week. We wrote one, and il
fact racked our scanty ~cerebellum, AM
set up o'nights in order to give you
eadar snmethinU Wnrthv of their ne