Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-07-04
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Items of Interest In and Around
the CITY.

the City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Cohen, OF Column
Cohen's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Asher
Edwards, at their palatiaI home, orner
of James and Ash streets.
"Where are our poets?" asks a con-
temporary. Well, some OF them are
blowing, others are clerking in stores
and a few are selling standard works
over the country side. You will find
them doing almost anything to make
a living.
Who is to be superintendent of Solids
boro's Public Schools is getting to be a
topic Of considerable movement-alike
with the aspirants and the petrons of
the schools. It is d%evoutly to be hoped
that the Board of Trustees will centre
upon the right man for this most i'm
portant position.
The LAGRANGE German Club will
celebrate the Fourth of July at Rural
Retreat Hotel, Seven Springs, and this
means that they will have a royal good
time, for Mrs. H. J. Ham, who owns
and manages Rural Retreat, knows just
how to make it enjoyable for her guests.
The music for the occasion will be
furnished by an italian orchestra
band.
When Goldsboro builds her new
City and County High School on that
beautiful o acre elevated site, over
looking Goldsboro from the east, we
will hardly miss the lost Training
School, for our city is an educational
centre second to none in the whole
country, and in his as in all other
things that trend towards Greater
Goldsboro, we go forward.
The County Board of Education met
Monday all the members being present
This being the beginning of a new
term, the members of the Board, COM
posed of Messrs. w. F. English, Barnes
Aycock and JOS. f. Robinson, were
administered the oath of office, and
then organized by the election of Col.
Jos. E. Robinson as chairman. Mr.. E.
{ T. Atkinson, the present efficient
County Superintendent, who has filled
the Office so acceptably for Is years, wa
unanimously reelected for another
term of 2 years. The Board will meet
again July 10.
Hon. I. F. Ormond, Mayor of the
city, accompanied by his two daugh-
tiers Misses Jennie and Eulah, will
leave Wedday morning for the James
town Exposition and will extend theil
; pleasure trip thence to Washington and
Baltimore. In the absence of the Mayor
e Mr.. w. J. Gibson, who was elected by
r the Board as Mayor pro tenn, will pre-
L side over Tribulation Hall, and what
| will be "a plenty sc everybody had
t better ''be good" while Mayor Orlnund
is absent.
The death of Mrs. B. J. Midyttee,
whose serious illness we noted some
days ago, occurred at her home on
: Boundary street, west, Monday after
a p~rotracted illness patiently borne
> with Christian fortitude. She was, in
deed, a most excellent woman devoted
: to her home and her children, and it is
there that she will be most sorely miss
ed. She is survived by her venerable
: husband and six children, five daught-
ers and one son all grown. They are
: Mrs. W. r. Phillips, Mrs. Bryan Talton.
Misses Nora, Mary and Hattie and Mr..
Thos. Midyette, and to these the abid-
. ing sympathy of a host of friends goes
7 out in all sincerity. The funeral was
held from the home Tuesday afternoon
at 6 O'Clock, and the interment was be
made in Willow Dale Cemetery, Rev
w. P. Constable, of st. John M. E
Church, officiating.
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