Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-02-13
news FROM WALTER.
Interesting News Items From
that Prosperous
NeighbOfhOOd
ARGUS BUREAU.
WALTER, N. G
Feb. IL, 1907.

IL COS
Mrs. Lou Dali, who has been quite
sick with grip for the past week, IL
g ad to know.
Miss Ophelia Coor, who is teaching
n+ar Pinkney, spent several days al
her home near here last week on ac-
ccnnt OF the sickness of her mother,
Mrs. Lou Dali.
Mr.. Jethro Howell and Miss Cora
Payne Moore visited Miss Ethel Per
kins. o. er the river, last Saturday af-
1t noon, making the trip on horse
G..;k, which they very much enjoyed.
Our enterprising and progressive
n<aghbor. Mr.. Geo. Becton, IS handling
>ui.a and meal III connection with his
stock OF genera merchandise, which is
3nltt "a convenience to those here who
}.uy ,l:eir product Tor COW iced.
~. sd Mrs. Con Wilmington, OF
:. ~ city, spent several days in our
Community last week, where Mr..
VI arlington is interested in IA lumber
3p.anl on their farm. They have hosts
pF IrieI.ds here who IRE always glad to
Sc ;t,en.
Miss Hazel Crawford went to Kenly
last Saturday, where she will attend
tbs. High School at that place and be
tue recipient of the kind hospitality
aud Cstris1ian influence i'll the home of
u T uncle and aunt, Rev. and Mrs. A.
L. OrinUnd.
The death of Mrs. Annie Jones, relict
al the late Mr.. H. L. Jones, occurred at
3ler home here on Saturday night. fol-
lowing ii stroke of paralysis on Friday.
h had been in declining he alth for
several years prior to her husbands
tieafh,about a year ago, and for many
months had been unable tie walk. She
was a good woman, aud bore her trou-
bles and affections with christian torti-
tlde. She was buried from her home
Sunday afternoon, The funeral being
attended by a large crowd, and the OBJ
sequ1es conducted by the pastor OF the
Baptist church OF your city, OF which
she waa a consistent member. b
family nave the sympathy of numerous
friends.
VIZ had an invitation to participate
IN ''Ye Ode lyme Fiddlers" CQnYen-
ton, and would have liked 10 have
gone down and done some kind Of fd-
ding, on such pieces as "Nellie Gray"
''Old Fo. ks at Home" "Annie Laurie"
fsPomp Longs Cotillion, ""Chapel Hill
Sernade," etc. But the misfortune OF
i'm function OF the auditory ap-
perattus, renders ''fddling'' more or
less difficult. We do not know wheth-
er it would interfere with performing
on the violin or not. This reminds us
of a friend, who was very much sur
prised when he asked us to perform on
the violin, and we Lold him we could
not do so-had never attempted it-but
thu we fddled a little. sometimes.
Our valet, Alex Bryan, the old ante
bellum darkey who has been in he
family aver since we can remember,
has been off duty the past week with
grip, and as plentiful labor is the un-
known quality in this section, we have
been .man-of-all-work and Johnnie
on the spot" when the many chores
around the farm needed doing. There
is no little degree of satisfaction and
consolation in being independent to
labor, ard able and willing to do the
many little things around the home,
when it is impossible to get labor for
love or money. But we are enjoying
the work, it is good for one health,
and no matter how long it lasts we
will trv to be thankful and remain
''colen and serene.'
MI. Cal Richardson, who lives near
the junction, had a thrilling exper-
fence one day last week with a runa-
way horse. On his way to your city,
in a one-horse wagon, the horse took
fright near Mr.. Ben Sasser's, and Mr..
Richardson losing control of him, he