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

D6nS1VO, III LuO dCCOuhL Vi GuO OOdtA ~
Genl. Jas. K. Lane, published in an
other column of this issue.
Another bank has been organized in
Mt. Olive, Wayne county, of which
MI. Geo. A. Norwood, Jr., ofIthis city,
Is one of the directors. Good for Mt.
Olive, and good for Wayne county. We
&C forward.
The arresting enquiry that confront
ed the people all about the streets and
in the homes of our city today, and
that even invades the columns of the
ARGUS this afternoon is: "Hello! Have
YOU tried Punch-I-Nello?" Have you?
All soda fountains sell it at 5 cents a
glass. Hello! Hello, Centrally! Give
me-excuse me-Have you tried
Punch-I-Nello?
MT. c.. Gordon Smith, Jr., who has
for some time been associated with the
Korrect Clothing Company Of this city,
left today for Rocky Mount. where he
goes to engage in the real estate and
insurance business, with the Rocky
V4OuhG ~ 6SoAG
The ARGUS chronicles Mr.. Smiths de-
parture with real regret. He is a repre-
sentative native Goldsboro young man,
and our town can i'll afford to lose
such.
1t was a genius, indeed, who fixed up
that imitation smashed window in
Capt. j. B. Edgerton's fine new build
ing on Walnut street. 1t is SO appar-
ton saw it he went at once to locking
for the man who had smashed that i'm
mense French plate glass. It was fun
ny. And no one enjoyed the joke more
than the Captain when he discovered it
was a joke, And why not? 1t was a
great relief to him to discover that his
widow was not really broken.
With cotton and tobacco selling in
great quantities for cash in Goldsboro
every day, the merchant who does not
seek to attract trade through an adj
vertisement in the ARGUS, which goes
into the homes of hundreds of farmers
every week, is not doing himself JUS
tice, and is not giving to the ARGUS
the support it deserves; for this paper
in season and always, stands for Colds
boro-its superiority as a market town,
its advantages as a trade centre-the
Best Town in the State.
The death of George Wooten, a well
known and highly esteemed coIored
man and Industrious, successful farm
er of this county, occurred last night,
of paralysis, at his home in Fork town
ship, where his funeral will be held to-
morrow afternoon at 1 O'Clock, He
leaves several children, upon whose
rearing in right paths he spent great
care and commendabIe solicitude, and
these, too, are well thought of in the
community, and have the sympathy o.
all who know them in the loss of thei1
father.
The Woman's Club was reorganized
for the fall and winter and spring curri
~culum last week, and the ARGUS halls
the event with satisfaction and hope
With satisfaction, because the club al
Why's LOGS IHluSS tudI are WOTGu Will
with hope, because there is so muct
needing to be done-the streets are il
awful condition, and the way to on
new union passenger station should b.
substantially paved throughout. Yes
there is work ahead of the Woman
Club-strenuous work, and the ARGUS
stands ready to ''take holt with tn
club and ''tote it's end"
Again Goldsboro talent wins sigma
honors in competition with the best o
other States. Our young friend AM
townsman, Mr.. A. o. Clement, Colds
boro's artist photographer, was thi
week awarded the beautiful Van Mes
gold medal, at the Tri-State competi
tive exhibition of portraits, for the bes
display and work. This is, indeed,
distinction of which we are all proud
for the competition, besides includin
the States of Virginia, North Carolin
and South Carolina, was numerous an
active, and the success of Mr.. Clemen1
therefore, is the more gratifying, an
he is now modestly receiving the COZ
dial handshakes Of his friends at hi
studio on West Centre street.
Hon. G. B. Aycock, of counsel fo
the State in the now noted rate cast
returned from Raleigh yesterday, an
in speaking of an incident relative t
the trial, the Raleigh Evening Times {
yesterday afternoon avs: "Ex-Govel
nor Aycock last evening warmly re
scented b intimation of Mr.. Thor
thai this rate-injunction business
merely a grand stand play for polite.
purposes. The Ex-Governor declare