Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-17
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Items of Interest In and Around
the City.
the City.

Ln0 straw udG SO OOAOAO L nam ~ ~
but.
Octobe continues smiling and joy
Gus. It is the ripest month of the
year.
The chrysanthemums are in bloom,
and they are never anywhere so beau
tiful as in G~oldsboro.
r. "Christmas shopping begins to
draw upon the man who breads the in
creased price of living.
The "cyclone'' sale at the store of
Mr., NJ. N. Epstein is still holding the
attention of the trading public.
This is a season of special sales in
G~oldsboro, and, in consequence, OF
special advertisements in the ARGUS.
That is an attractive name that Mr..
Jacob Cohen gives his well known and
popular department store in this city
"'Greater Goldsboro's Greater Store"
The latest reliable information is
that the best of pressed brick will be
used TOR the outside work on the new
Union Passenger Station. This is as it
shonld be. We go forward
Every one agrees hat Walnut street
west, from the Bank corner to the new
passenger depot, should be paved. Let's
get at it and get it ready for the open
ing of the depot to the public.
The ARGUS regrets very sincerely
the loss that befeu Mr.. J. K. Thomp-
son, of New Hope township, Wednday
afternoon in the loss of his gin house
and a quantity of cotton, on which he
had no insurance.
Taft is away, and we cannot there
fore declare war. Root is away, and
we could not negotiate peace if we did
go to war. We had better wait and go
to the State Fair next week, and hea
Col. w. J. Bryan.
The family of the late Capt. j. w.
Lamb have moved to Wilmington
where they will make heir home for
the future, taking with them the abiding
good wishes and kindly membranes
of all their many friends here.
It makes no difference if the price of
cotton does huctuate a point or two,
the farmers are always sure of getting
the top of the market when they bring
their staple to Goldsboro, for we've
got the best cotton market in the State.
Brick laying on the foundations of
the new and permanent home of the
G~oIdsboro National Bank, at the cor
ner of John and Walnut streets, is now
under way. When completed it will be
one of the handsomest buildings in
the city. Mr.. J. F. Ange has the work
in charge.
The newest thing in town-and a
very handsome thing, too, is Mr.. w. T.
Yelverton's red automobile. Some are
calling it the "Red Elephant while
others insist that it will be a white
elephant in a short while. However
this may be, that 'auto" just now is all
right and q beauty.
The contract for the construction Of
Mt. olives new bank building, at a
meeting of the directors in b a town
last night, was awarded to Mr.. J. F..
Ange, the competent and hustling con-
tractor and builder of this city. Under
the terms of the contract the building
is to be ready for occupancy on January
1st, 1908.
Four "Homer" pigeons from Fred
erieksburg, Va, arrived here yester-
day morning by express, accompanied
by a request to the express agent to
feed and water them, and then release
them if the weather be clear. The day
being cloudless Mr.. Croker released
the birds at 10 O'Clock, and instantly
they took swift wing in a homeward
direction.
The death ofDr. J. E. Persons young
son, announced in yesterdays ARGUS,
was occasioned by the accidental ex-
plosion of the gnn of a companion, the
load taking effect in the lads breast
and killing him instantly. 1t was a
most shocking and distressing calam-
ity, the full particulars of which we
have not yet been able to learn; but the
universal sympathy of our people is
with the SO suddenly and sorely be-
reayed parents.
His many old friends here are glad
to see Mr.. A. w. Underwood again in
the city for a season.. He is superin-
tending the brick work of the new
Union Passenger Station, which began
pleted by the first Of the new year. Mr..
Underwood is associated with Mr.. Jno.
F. Rhodes, and the fact that he is ia
charge of the brick work of the new
station is a sufficient guarantee that it