Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-05-28
news FROM WALTER.
Interesting News Items From
that Prosperous
NeiqhbOrhO0d
ARGUS BUREAU.
WALTER, N. G
May 81, 1908.

'The greatest social force in the
world is the quickening influence of a
high ideal.''
Mr.. Sam Jones, from the Mt. Olive
section, was a visitor at Mrs. M. c.
|Swinson's last week.
Miss MilIie Swinson returned home
Saturday from a visit to her sister,
Mrs. Henry Hood, near Mt. Olive.
Misses Hazel and Mildred Crawford
visited in Kenly last week, where they
were guests at the home OF Rev. and
Mrs. A. L. Ormond.
Mrs. John c.. Watson, of Lemon
Springs, was here last week, where she
was called by the critical illness of her
father, Mr.. J. II. Caldwell.
Mr.. and Mrs. John R. Smith and
Miss Pauline Smith, of your city, were
visitors at Oak Glen last week, on
their return home from a visit to Rev.
and Mrs. A. l.. Ormond, OF Kenly.
The enterprising Collier Bros, whose
'AAA "So . 49, jill
very fine lumber, have built a track to
the river, and have it equipped with
engine and cars for transporting logs
to their mill. By special invitation,
we are going up some day soon, and
take a ride on the evening cay to the
beach, that is, after they got their
schedule under control, and breaks
sufficient to negotiate the hill nearby
with safety. We do not care to go
down that hill SO fast that the black
jacks would look like teeth in a fine
comb.
Mr.. J. H. Caldwell died at his home
Southern Oaks, near here last Satur-
day evening, alter a few days critical
illness. He had been in declining
health Tor two or more years. and for
sometime, had been unable to attend
his gardening, etc., in which he tool
great pride, on %ccoun OF a
hi>,entire body and incapacitated him
for any manual labor. However there
WAS evident Improvement in his con-
dition for the past two rtnree months,
which enabled him to resume his
duties around the home aud gave
promise of permanent Mr..
Caldwell moved to this community
more than thirty years ago and bought
the Goe}et place, and has been a famil-
lar figure in this community ever since.
He WAS a urea + rRadar and n0SSoCS1nO
an unusually r%etentive emo was
as we'll posted as any man we ever
knew. In his latter years, be devoted
his time entirely to reading, when not
engaged in his garden, turning over
the farm to his son Mr.. Bob. Cald-
have W. had a patient who was any
more careful in carrying out instruc-
tions, to the very letter, or had more
confidence in his family physician, or
a higher regard for his services. He
had passed the three score years and
ten, and was nearing foul score, his
life having been spent in the busy
scenes of an active farm life. He was
a kind neighbor, a quiet and inoffen-
sive citizen, and before the. establish
ment of rural delivery, was a most
efficient postmaster for a number o.
years at Walter. His remains were
taken to Lemon Springs for burial or
Sunday morning. accompanied by
Messrs. John S. and James Edwards
Misses Elizabeth Becton and Bessit
C-x-0 o~I 49,. e 80
Messrs. Bob and Wade Caldwell, VIII,
live at the home place Mr.. Han
, CALDWELL, of Charlotte Mrs. Sheriff
Watson, of Lemon Springs, and hi
granddaughter, Miss Zela Caldwell
To the bereaved family the sympath,
OF the community is extended.
The following poem by James Whit
comb Riley fits us SO completely, an
the story it tells is so characteristic c
life, to say nothing of the moral
t points, that we give it to your man
readers:
MY PHILOSOPHY.
I amt, ner don't p'tend to be
Much posted on philosophy,
I'd But thar is times, when all alone
Is I work out ideas of my own,
!, And of these same thare is a few
h I'd like to jest refer to you,
re Pervidin' that you object
To listen clos't and riokollect.
I allus argy that a man
&c Who does about the best he IAN,
ct Is plenty good enough to suit
IN M,
On his lOWoI muHudue iuStIGuIo-
~ No matter eff his daily walk
ng Is subject fer his Majors talk,
IS And critic minds of ev'ry whim