Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-12-10
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Items Of Interest In and Around
the CITY.

This is Santa Claus, busy season.
The Christmas shopper who shol
early shops best.
If girls grew on trees there would
still be lemon trees and peach trees.
The assignment of Mr.. Albert Jones,
a merchant of Mt. Olive, is reported.
It is not much fun for man to have
opinions when he can't find anybody
to argue with.
Remember the Empty Stocking fund
OF the ARGUS. We will open contribu-
tions to it on Friday.
This is the moving month Ewith ten
ants on farms, who are to make
changes for the new year.
Register OF Deeds Britt today issued
a marriage liscense to Mr.. Reddlng
Howell and Miss Fannie Davis, OF
Stoney Greek section.
Superior Court adjourned for the
term this morning, there being no fur
ther civil proceedings to engage its at
tention, and Judge Neal left on the
noon train fer his home in Laur1nburg
Mr.. Carl r. Brown, representing one
of B. c. Whitneys great theatrical at
tractions-ths peerless musicalcomedy'
ssA Knight for a Day." was in the city
today, heralding the appearance OF thls
most delightful performance for the
Messenger Opera House ON January D.
All Goldsboro should attend the auc-
ten sale of lots in East GoldsbOr@
Thursday morning Of this week. 1t is
not only an opportunity for prontaple
investment, but also fer man1testlng
interest in the development of the city
and faith in ths.l future OF the Best
Town in the State.
Mr.. T. E. Spencer, who has been
renresenting the Imperial Tobacco
Company on this market This season,
where he made an army OF trlenos
with townspeople and country people
alike, left today for his home IN Dur
ham, the tobacco season being ended.
We all hope he will return to this mar
ket next year.
Presiding Elder and Mrs. B. F
Bumpass left Monday night to attend
the annual conference of the Eastern
North Carolina district of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, which convenes
in Durham tomorrow. Rev. Il. u
Davis left this afternoon, and Rev. w
P. Constab BILE will go to the conference
tomorrow.
The white man Heuy, who was serv'
ing sentence on the roads OF this
county for murderously cutting En-
gineer Outlaw of the pumping station
some months ago, broke his chain one
night las week and escaped from thu
camp where the convicts are at work
but his stolen liberty was shert-lived
as he was apprshended at Rocky
Mount Saturday night. and is again a
work.
The Christmas bazaar OF the Presby
terian ladies, tor which busy prepare
tions have been going on for weeks
will epen in the vacant store of th'
Armory Building, on West Centr'
street, adjoining the jewelry store o
Mr.. L. D. Giddens, Friday afternoon
of this week at $3.50 lo'clock. and thu
public generally are cordially invited
In addition to Christmas cakes and th'
service OF seasonal bile edibles and re-
freshments innumerable articles o
wearing apparel and household use
fulness will be on sale.
Goldsboro real estate is in demand
and the demand is growing and ex
tending out to the lands contiguous tt
Goldsboro. Last week, Mr.. e. L. Ed
mundson, the well-known real estate
hustler, effected deals aggregatin G
$6,5OO. These consisted in the sale o
Mr.. Ben Campen's residence, at th'
east end of Walnut street to Mr.. Geo
G. Rackley, the sale OF cottage OF
Daisy street of Mr.. l.. II. Carr to Mr.
Allen Wooten, and the sale. of q trac
of land west of the city, of Mr.. M. T
Pike to Mr.. r. e. Fields. The sale o
Mr.. Campens' home to Mr.. Rackley
confirms the latter as a permanent citi
zen, while at the same time 1t does no
mean that Mr.. Campens' is to 1eav'
.aoldsboro. On the contrary he is sim
simply making the sale to secure
larger home.
A Sad Death.