Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-05-23
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Items Of Interest in and Around
the CITY.

Gated in G~oidsborO, always takes a
summer vacation, beginning the 1st of
July. so that any who may be con
tempIating, yet deferring, treatment
should govern themselves accordingly.
There is an ordinance against the
wonton jumping on and off moving
trains III the city, also against the rid
ing of bicycles upon the sidewalks, and
Mayor Ormond informs the ARGUS
man that the police have been instruc-
ted to rigidy enfore these ordinances.
The death of Mr.. w. II. Parker oc-
CURED Monday at his home on
James street, North, and the funeral
will be held from the home under
Masonic auspices tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock, and in this connection
we are requested to notify the members
Of Wayne Lodge A. f.. and A. NJ, to
meet in Pythian Hall for this purpose
promptly at $3.50 tomorrow morning.
The County Convicts are knowing to
town" today. They are pitching their
tents on the lower corner OF the court
yard, which viii be their headquarters
for some weeks, while engaged in
working the county roads leading into
this city. 1t is the purpose to work al!
the county roads for several miles out
that lead to the Best Town il the
State.
The building of a High School in
EnIlG4ATO 1Aa n - Irn GfriIa ( -
wards "Greater GoIdsboro," so thai
with the new Union Passenger Station,
the High School, the now nearly com
pIeted fine odd Fellows buildings Capt.
Edgertonfs magnificent 3-story bust
ness structure, the forthcoming knights
of Pythias building, and others, we,
indeed, go forward.
In the last number OF the High
School Magazine published by the
students Of the Goldsboro High School,,
Messrs. II. We'll q Bros, offered two
prize awards for essays Oh the subject,
why I like to trade at Wells Store.''
The current number of the Magazine
contains the announcements of the
awards. The first award goes to Miss
Elsie Dortch, the second to Miss Mil
dred Sugg.
DR.. Will B. Crawford. our always
delightfully."- entertaining Walter cor
respondent whose letters are greatly
missed when not appearing, 1--WE are
Irish, you know,) is taking a much
needed recuperating s%ojourn by the sea
at Wrightsville, and is greatly improv-
ing, We are glad to know, which means
that when he returns his letters to the
ARGUS will, if such a thing were pos
sible, be better than ever
It was a real pleasure to many of our
citizens to greet in the city today, pass
ing home from a trip to Raleigh, the
venerable Col. Jno. D. Whitford, of New
Bern, who was the first president of the
a. & \. c.. r. R., and again president
of that road for some years after the
State was reclaimed by Democracy af-
ter the war. Col. Whitford is still Wig
orous of mind and in his usual good
health, and Gee of the most entertain
ing of conversationalists.
Again, for the second time within a
very few weeks, has the second prize
beer awarded to Goldsboro's young
photographer artist, Mr.A. O. Clement,
in the Chicago national monthly con
test, and the editor ofthe Photo Beacon,
in commenting on Mr.. Clements work
says he crowded the first prize so close
+ba4 tho mara cho6inn nf tho 1irIt on
the face decided the prize. The picture
which Mr.. Clement had in the contest
is published in the Beacon and is that
of Mr.. Fitzhugh Wallace, the handsome
young son of our good friend Mr.. d
H. Wallace, Clerk of the Court of Dup
lin county.
The work of laying granolithic pa
vent in front of the handsome resi-
dence of Messrs. Geo. A. Norwood,
Jr., and NJ. j. Best, on John street,
South, is now under full Roadway, with
Mr.. J. T. Ange pushing the work, and,
when completed, is going to add great
ly to the appearance of the neighbor-
hood, as well as to the convenience and
comfort of pedestrians. Mr.. w. T.
Yelverton, has also given the contract
for a simuliar pavement around his resi-
dence on the corner, which is one OF
the handsomest and most delightfully."-
situated in the city.
Well. who, do you suppose, is in
town? Maurice Strouse, looking JUS
as we'll as when he left here seventeen
years ago to make his home in Albron
NY, the home of Mrs. Strouse. Every.
body is delighted to see him-that is