Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-08-20
A DELIGHTFUL LETTER.
Mt. Il. A. PennOck, a
Former Citizen, Whom all
of us Hold in Pleasing
Remembrance and HiQh
Esteem.

LSaGGIli.
He Writes OF the GOldSbarO OF To
day as ii Impressed Him on thu
Occasion of His Recent Cordial
ly Welcomed Visit Among us
Best Town and Best People II
the State.
EDITOR ARGUS:
L want to tell you how greatly pleas.
ed I was with my recent visit to Colds.
boro, and I wish my stay could have
been much longer.
After more than six years absence, ]
thought L might be almost forgotten,
but the warmth and cordially OF my
no the case and made me resolve, il
possible, not to let so long a time elapse
before my next visit.
While prepared, to a certain extent.
as a reader of the ARGUS, for the i'm
provements in and about the city, still.
1 must say that they exceeded my ex-
pectations. [ had no idea that the
union depot would be as large and con-
venient as it is, nor that tho First Ma
tional Bank building was such a credit
to the city. Some of tue other large
buildings-the Odd Fellows, new City
Hall, Edgerton building and postofHce
were more commodious and impos-
ing than l anticipated. W alnut street
has been much'improved by the hand
some office buildings erected near the
Bank of Wayne and the stores on the
site OF the old City Hall. The street
looks wider and better on the block
east of Centre street since the trees
were cut down, and the absence of
saloons there, as in the restof the town,
makes it pleasant for ladies to walk
along the main streets without the risk
Of meeting drunken men or hearing
barroom wrangles.
The umb of new and substantial
dwellings erected near the Col. Hum
phrey mansion and III the western and
other parts Of the city are other evil
dences of attendant prosperity.
And the crops I saw near to wn aver
aged fully as we'll as the best sections
that I had just passed through in three
cotton States.
With evident prosperity in both city
and country, Goldsbero and adjoining
sections are indeed fortunate, when SO
many other parts of our country are
still feeling the effects of the recent
panic. But Goldsboro is to be espec-
tally congratulated on the progress be-
ing made along educational lines. I
remember, Is or Is years ago, when
there was a feeble little library uuder
the Arlington Hotel, and even that was
soon given up. Now there Is the fine
public library, in the City Hall, that il
q credit to the whole community. With
her present Graded school and pros-
pective High school, and the adjoining
districts voting for special tax school
districts, Goldsboro and vicinity will
be among the best educational centres
in the State.
I can't help but think that a rood
deal of Goldsboro's progress has been
due to the high standard always held
up before the people by the ARGUS.
Having firm faith in their ability and
patriotism, it has always urged them
to 'ge forward" When a public1i i'm
provement was needed, like the new
union depot, the ARGUS iterated and
reiterated its usefulness and necessity.
until he people decided that it must
be a reality, and now we see t;le hand
some edifce nearly completed. And SO
with all other questions, material,
ways held h banner of progress and
improvement aloft and urgeu the pe,-
pie 10 "go iorwArd,' ni t:.ty -
'~forwara,' ..ni arr stlI1 : ..:.
ami nave ui..la tsotu-,
BEST Town 1T tn@ state" .:t...
think thai the best people in l!.t. St.
intend that Goidsboro shall aiwa. i,
10 retail that proud arp lis
II. A. PENNOtk.
Nepture, Fla, Aug. Is, 1905
Everybody has accepted except the
candidates for vice president, and no