Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-03-05
news FROM WALTER.
Interesting News Items From
that Prosperous
NeighbOrhOOd
ARGUS
WALTER, N. g
March 3, 1908.


little daughter. Doris. were visitors a
Oak Glen last Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Hood, from near Mt
Olive, arrived last Saturday on a week
visit to her. mother Mrs. NJ. C. Swim.
son.
Miss Ophelia Coor, who has beer
teaching near Kenly, returned home
last week, to the delight of her host Of
friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Perry, O.
Princeton, were visitors here last Sun
day, visiting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Becton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bizzell, of your
city, were in our community last Sun
day, where they were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Becton.
Cicero Stevens, an ind colored
man of our community, who lived on
Mr.. Fred Overman's place,near Chapel
Church, died last week, and was buried
at Barnes Chapel.
AAAos oOA Nj A)oAS "
the efficient and deservedly popular
music teacher, Miss Cora Payne Moore,
of Rosewood Academy, spent Sunday
with her daughter here at Mr.. j. M.
Mitchell's
Ex-Governor Chas. B.. Aycock will
speak at Rosewood Academy next Fai-
day night, March 9Th. at 1880 O'Clock.
The public is cordially invited out to
hear him. He needs no introduction
to our people, as Wayne county is just
ly proud of her gifted son, and not only
the State but the nation delight to
hear. him.. Let everybody come.
Last Sunday, the first day of spring,
was an ideal day, and suggested the
idea that March entered like a lamb,
and no doubt filled the spring poets
with a hankering to touch their Tyre in
the usual poetic illusions. 1t was also
decidedly suggestive of the approach
of that tired feeling and the need of a
few doses Of "rigulator'' to the
"inards' OF one for the reception and
proper assimilation of garden sass
and sich,'' which will soon be on tap.
We tried to get Toby to enter the old
fddIers contest in your city several
weeks ago, but could not prevail on
him to do so. He only plays one piece,
which we had the pleasure of hearing a
few nights since. It is one of those old
<timey pieces that never grows DID,"
and never loses it's interesting features
or failed to meet a responsive chord IN
the heart that is moved by the melo-
dies of old fashioned music. The name
of the piece is "Soapsuds Agin' the
Fence" and Toby says he worked on
an old fiddle for about eight or ten
years as hard as he ever worked in a
new ground, and that piece was all he
could aver learn. We hope that when
the convention meets again in your
city he will consent to favor US with
this old time melody, which we are
sure would compete with any as a
prize winner.
Among the few not in sympathy
with the local tax measure, there are
some who oppose it on the grounds
that they are sorry Tor the railroads.
We never heard OF a railroad being
sorry for an individual. A renter
here says ne is not in favor of it be
cause it will bring people to the COM
munity and cause rents to be higher,
IT every voter in the precinct will lay
aside everything else but the good to
be accomplished, and the betterment
of the community at large, not only
its present but future welfare, and
look at the matter from an unbiased
and impartial standpoint, it would no
require many minutes to count the
votes against it. IF we did not con.
scientiously believe it to be the best
for the children, and the entire inter
est of every person in the community
and will be the means of elevating thu
social, moral and intellectual welfare
of every man, woman and child in thu
district, to a much higher place, w,
the matter as we do, we know we ar
right, besides having the commenda
ton of the entire educational interest
of this great commonwealth, which
has made and is still making sue
rapid strides in education, which is no
confined to the towns and cities alone
but in the rural districts as well.