Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-06-20
OUR EXCHANGE TABLE.
Items Of General Interest Cleaned
From State Papers.

Raleigh News and Observe-The
sending by the State Medical Society
of a telegram to DR.. P. T.. Murphy,
superintendent of the Morganton Hos
pita1, who was detained at home by
Illness, was a thoughtful act. DR.. Muir
ply is one of the first men in the noble
profession in which he is a leader, and
the whole State will hope for his early
restoration to health.
Wilmington Saskatchewan Frank
George returned yesterday from Bur-
gaw. Fender county, where he went on
a business trip. Officer George tells an
interesting story of the capture of a
storebreaker in Fender county yester-
day morning, with the aid of the blood
hound recently purchased by the
County Commissioners at Burgaw.
New bern JournaI-Mrs. T. P. Noe,
formerly resident of Beaufort is SER
iously i'll in the hospital at Whining
ton. Her brother, MIR. Thos. Thomas
and sister. Mrs. Potter, passed through
New Bern yesterday en- route from
Beaufort to Wilmington in response to
the tidings of her desperate condition.
Kinston Free Press-Mr. Elkanah
Davis, OF Pink Hill township, has
demonstrated that commercial fertilizer
is not necessary to the production Of
fine cabbage. This morning he brought
to The Free Press office a fine ten
100000 1-L--o l...l 4-I,1o f,o~o HE
garden which he had enriched with
stable manure and cotton seed. The
head is perfectly sound, well-rounded
and is a beauty.
Charlotte Observer-South Carolina
has just contracted for a marble statue
of Calhoun to be placed in Staturay Hall
national capitol, and North Carolina
will soon contract for a statue of Vance.
Vance was a Governor of North Car
DINA, but as Calhoun was never a Gov
ernor of South Carolina, we presume
that no special remarks will be heard
to pass etwee the statues.
Raleigh Evening Times-It has been
eighteen years since such a rain visit
ed Raleigh and vicinity as that which
fell here Thursday night. 2.4O inches
being recorded between $50 and 9:45
O'Clock, and three-fourths Of an inch
of this fell within a period of ten MN
utes. The total rainfall for "a hours,
from s p. IN. Thursday to s p. m. Last
night was 2.63 inches.
Snow Hill Laconic-Mr. John Woot-
en- lost a valuable horse in LAGRANGE
Saturday night. The horse was in a
stall next to another stall in which was
another horse. In kicking, as horses
often do when thus placed, the horse
hung his foot in the petition and in fall
ing broke his leg. He was shot Sunday
morning. Mr.. Wooten paid $40 fo1
the horse about four weeks ago.
Wilmington Star-A rain, wind and
electrical storm of surprising magni-
tude broke over the city yesterday
morning between 2 and 3 O'Clock. The
storm seemed to come up from all four
points OF the compass and reached the
zenith of its intensity about a quarter
to 3 o'clock. The few who were awake
at hat hour of the morning and those
who were awakened by the storm
display, the most brilliant ever wit
messed.
Davidson nispatch-A fearful destruc
tive hail storm visited the section o
county west of here in the direction o
Catawba, this afternoon. The extern
of the damaged territory is not known
just now, but it is probably severa
miles in breadth and length. Best's
store reports hail stones two ounces il
weight and larger than hen eggs. MIR
Withers, whose farm lies near the river
tells that he had more than loo acres o
cotton that he believes practically de
stroyed.
North Carolina Baptist-Last week
while Mr.. r. d. w. Conner of the Stat
Department of Education was speak
ing in Davidson county, ne was in
language by a big liquor distiller VIII,
was. fighting the proposed local ia,
there. It is to be hoped that this mai
will get a good dose of punishment
from the courts for his action. TIL
liquor crowd may be able to run som
folks and dictate in some communities
but the State of North Carolina mus
protect free speech and show such me
that this sort of conduct will not b
tolerated.