Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-07-25
LOCAL. BRIEFS.
Items of Interest In and Around
the CITY.
the CITY.

the AlIYs
The death of George Hinson, a white
man of this city who for years was n
of the regular street hands, occurred at
his home near the rice mill last week
and his funeral tool place at his late
home.
A check for S., 200, in payment of the
policy held by the late Mr.W. A.Woot-
en- in the Northwestern Life Insurance
| Company, of Milwaukee, has been re-
ceived by Mr.. Edison Carr, he COM
pany's agent in this city, and turned
over to the family of the deceased, who
are the benifciaries named in the pol
icy.
A little blind colored child, that lived
with its grandmother, Catherine Jor-
dan, near the court house. wandered
out in the yard last week, unob-
served, and toppled into a large wash
pot full of water, headforemost, and
when found was dead from drowning.
The grandmother was devoted to the
child and is greatly distressed over the
sad fate that befell it; but she was in
no wise to blame.
A great treat is in store for the col
ored people of this city and section on
& Southern Railway will run their first
through excursion over their new line
from here to Washington, N. C. The
train will leave here in the morning
and return hat night. Washington is
one of the prettiest and pleasantest
towns in the State, and all who go will
have plenty of sightseeing and pleas
ure, and the round trip is only $3.50.
The Board of Pensions for Wayne
county, consisting of J. r. Hatch, Clerk
Superior Court. A. B. Hollowell, John
H. Hill and T.W. Slocumb, today com
pleted the work of passing IN appliea-
tons for pensions for Confederate sold
iers and have forwarded same to Hon.
B. F. Dixon, State Auditor, as required
by law. They recommend new appli-
cations, for soldiers, %; for widows, 6.
During the past year 7 soldiers Oh the
pension roll have died and 7 widows.
There are annually on the rolls "A
soldiers and 81 widows saccredited to
Wayne county, and eleven lac their
pensions increased.
The Norfolk & Southern Railway,
that is working such wonderful deve-
lopment throughout eastern North
Carolina, from this city to the land
looked harbor beyond "the capes'' at
Beaufort, and along the sound country
thence to the Virginia line, has, among
other things, completed a through line
from this city to Norfolk. by way of
Newbern and Washington, N. c., SO
that shippers here now have this line,
also, to deep water and northern out
lets at Norfolk, as well as the Atlantic
Coast Line and the Southern, so that
the future of Goldsboro as q manufac-
turing and trade centre of incompar-
able possibilities depends on and rests
with our w people. What are we
going to do about it?
This is more than ever a time when
every patriotic citizen of Goldsboro.
should work for the common good. If
other issues divide us, surely we are
united in our devotion to the welfare
and prosperity of Colds boro, and what
ever will contribute to her progress and
prosperity should have the united sup
port of all our people. Just now we
are on the eve of the opening of the to-
bacco markets of this section, and it
behooves us, one and all, to exert u
best efforts in behalf of Goldsboro,
which is, in fact, the best tobacco mar
ket in the State. What we need to do
is to let this fact be known and realized
by the farmers. We should, therefore,
one and all. resolve ourselves into per-
sonal solicitors for the tobacco market
of Goldsboro.