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

things Mr.. r. A. Watts, the jeweler, is
displaying for the coming holiday
trade. at his West Centre street store.
It is a real pleasure to his many
friends here, his honored home, to
greet in the city Mr.. Albert Rosenthal,
of Mount Vernon, N. Y, who is the
guest of his brother, Mr.. Jos. Rosen-
thai.
Our people are to have the noted
Shakespearean actor John Griffith here
next Wednesday evening in Richard
III" Mr.. Griffith is perhaps the great
est living impersonator of this thrill
ing character of the Immortal Bard of
Avon.
The young white man in Jail here for
board jumping, as noted in the ARGUS
some days ago, has been paid out and
is now at liberty. We AVE refrained
from publishing his name to the pub
lie in the hope that he may become a
better man.
DIR. Della Dixon Carroll, who speaks
before the Woman's Club this after
noon, and Mrs. Albert Anderson, of
Raleigh, are the guests of Mrs. c.. B.
Aycock, on William street South, who
delightfully."- entertained in their honor
q at High Noon luncheon to-day.
Advertising has supplanted compe-
tition as the life of trade. Keep yours
alive and we'll before the public by
placingi it in the columns of the ARGUS,
which goes daily and weekly into the
homes of the thrifty of this city and
all the trading territory of Goldsboro.
The ladies' of the First Baptist church
are making preparations for their
bazaar which they have decided to hold
the 1st week in December, on West
Centre street. They will have on sale
all kinds of fancy and useful articles,
and novelties for Christmas. They
will also serve delicious refreshments.
The Commercial Hotel-formerly the
Bridgers House-has passed into the
hands of Mrs. Della Raspberry, recently
of Raleigh, who has had long per
fence and much success in the hotel
business. Her coming to Goldsboro is
a positive gain to our city, and means
much for the convenience of the trav-
cling public.
The ARGUS regrets greatly to chroni-
Gle the painful accident that befel1 our
good friend Mr.. n. e. Bradford, who
is engaged in the real estate and rental
business here. He made a misstep on
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out to look after his dog, and fell to the
ground breaking his leg, He is getting
along all right. but we all regret his
painful accident and uncomfortable
confinement.
It don't pay to try to beat your board
bill in Goldsboro. For this offense a
travelling man-or purporting to %
such-was apprehended in Fayette-
vile yesterday and brought back here
and is now boarding on the county.
over in Sheriff Stevens brick hotel,
more Familiarity known as the Jail. He
will probably work out this board bill
on the county roads, unless he gets as
sistance before court convenes.
Our Primitive Baptist friends and
the public generally, who are cordially
invited to hear him, nave a gracious
treat in store for them, in the preach
ing in their church in this city on Tues
day evening of next week at 7 o'clock,
and on Wednesday morning at IL
O'Clock, of Elder P. G. Lester, of Vir-
ginia, who is a most eloquent divine,
and who twice represented his district
in Congress before entering the minis
try.
The orator for the Elks annual me-
mortal exercises, on the afternoon ofthe
first Sunday in December, is to be Hon.
Francis D. Winston, Lieut.. Governor,
who is one of the most eloquent public
ers in the State, and the Colds
boro lodge is indeed to be congratulate
ed on securing him for the coming oc-
casion. These memorial exercises of
the B. p. o. e. are always most i'm
pressive and edifying. The day is OBJ
served in common by every lodge of
the order throughout Elkdom. An els b.
crate musical and literary programme
is being arranged for the exercises of
the day here, which will be held pub
licly in the Messenger Opera House.
The revival meeting at st. John M.
il. church still continues with unabated
interest. The preaching of Rev. B.. F.
Watson is of a high order, and the
congregations which are testing the Ca
pacity Of the church showithe intense
interest, while the large number who
crowd to the altar for prayer are evil