Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-03-26
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Items Of Interest in and Around
the CITY.

IHC A1lXs |
The Acme Theatre has opened up a
spacious ear egress, behind the stage
whereby the audience may be speedily
dismissed in case of emergency.
The broad stairway of the Edgerton
Building on Walnut street, has just
been equipped with a handsome and
substantial brass railing, the work OF
Messrs. Hobbs & Pike, who are eN-
perts in all kinds OF plumbing and
mechanical work.
The new union passenger station on
the west side and the new city ana
county high school on the east side OF
Goldsboro and an electric street car
line subscribing the two, and the city
generally, are all looked for in this good
year of 1908. We Go
SO practical and pertinent is a COM
m~unication from DR.. Geo. t. winston,
in the Raleigh News and Observer to-
day, on the virtue of good roads and
prohibition, that we reproduce it in
this issue and commend it to the care
full p~erusal of ARGUS readers. Colds
boro must have better country roads.
Let's have them.
The Goldsboro Cash Novelty and
Book Store, that is one of the most lb-
eral users of printers ink, n that has
been doing a ''land office business
since its establishment, finds it neces,
-.z l. o-1 vyNrGr
mon are now busy making more room
for the accommodation of the trading
public that frequent it in constantly in
creasing numbers.
On and after April II the Souther1
Railway will take off one of its daily
passenger trains between this city an
Greensboro-the train hat arrives her
at noon and that leaves here at 1.Ot
o'clock, and the train that now leave'
here at $500 in the morning will leav'
at Z O'Clock, and will run right through
to Asheville. The taking off of tn
above train will not materially aztec
travel in this section.
The ARGUS is paind to chronicle. an
her host of friends will be as deepl.
panied to learn, that Miss Mollie Smith
of the clerical force of ladies in ii. We
& Bros dry goods department., Will
standing on a stepladder, today, gettin.
some goods from the shelves, fell an
broke one of her limbs just above tn
ankle. Medical aid was quickly sum
monsd and at this hour she is restin
comfortably.
The days continue to grow longe
and warmer and the fever for base bal
grows more intens every passln
hour. G%oldsboro must have the hes
team in the State, our people will b
content with nothing less and the gu
side world expects nothing less of us
Consequently let US all get busy. TIL
season for the game is at hand, an
therefore what we do must be don
quickly. Play ball!
At the home Of the brides parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter l.. Peacock, nea
Fremont, Thursday afternoon, Mr.. .
A. Hooks, a prominent n promisin
young merchant of that town, and Mis-
Iona Peacock, one of the county's mo
charming young ladies, were united j
marriage, Rev. N. H. Shepherd, paste
of The Baptist church, officiating. TT
ARGUS joins their many friends in wisl
ing for the happy young couple Ion
ife, health and prosperity.
A postal card from our good frieu
and long time fellow citizen Mr.. J. f
VIM. Bonitz, recalling the stirrir
times OF 43 years ago, of the entran'
of the federal army into Go1dsboro {
this date, he says Schofeld came
on the % and Sherman on the %. E
recalls, also, that on Feb. 20, 1856
President Jefferson Davis, Robe
Toombs and G.. G. Memmenge
took dinner at the old Griswold Hous
in this city, and spoke in the afternoe
under the big tree that used to star
near the opera house corner.