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

u lily.
Has the fruit crop been killed in these
parts? Will some one who knows ans
wer?
The police have the flower purloin-
ers shadowed and pretty well grounded
up and those whose flower yards
have been robbed are awaiting devel-
opments.
Never mind the weather-there is
going to be lively times in Goldsboro
all his summer-good trade and lots
of enjoyment. for Goidsboro is going
to play ball.
Mr.. w. H. edwin returned last
night from spending Sunday with Mrs.
Goodwin at St. Luke's Hospital in Rich
mond, and reports that he will bring
her home with him on his mex trip.
The next attraction at the Messenger
Opera House is the noted and always
interesting Lyman Twins, mex Mon
day night. They appear this time as
the yankee Drummers,' with a full
chorus Of pretty girls.
Blind tigerism is p~unctuating the
prohibition campaign-that is about
the only argument the whiskey COM
bine resorts to-making weakl1ngs
publicly drunk and hen claim prohibit
ion is a failure; ergo let's have more
.drunkards.
The lady readers of the ARGUS in
his city and throughout it's wide cir
culation in the trading territory OF
Goldsboro, are watching its column
for information as to millinery open
dngs, as the glad season of Easter
bonnets' approaches.
A very large contingent of the negro
population of the north end of the
county augmented by street loafers OF
the city thronged the court house at 10
O'Clock this morning as witnesses or
onlookers at the trial Of a colored
shooting scrape from Nahunta town
ship before Justices Humphrey and
Peterson.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES F. A. Macon,
of Henderson, and Colonel j. l.. Lud-
low, OF Winston-Salem, passed through
the city his morning on their way to
the State Guard camp grounds at
Morehead City to Iook after closing UP
all matters relating to having the
grounds put in first class condition for
the encampment this year.
The Goldsboro Athletic Association,
with a fine complement OF officers and
directors and with an array Of stock
holders that give force to and faith in
it's undertakings, lis now fully launched
and Goldsboro may now look with as
surance for the finest season OF hilar-
ious and healthfuI pastime for our cit
liens the town has ever known. We
go forward.
Their will be q meeting OF the SUM-
day school workers Of Wayne county
held at the courthouse in this city, on
Wednesday. April /, at II o'clock, to1
the purpose of selecting delegates to
the State Sunday school convention,
and also to map out the ensuing years
work in the county. ALI friends Of the
Sunday school cause are cordially in
vitsd to participate in this meeting.
There is nothing the American peo-
pie enjoy more han baseball-it ID
called the American game-and it Is
the only game that typifes the charac-
~teristic American activity, accuracy
and hustle. Goldsboro is a typical
progressive American city-the Best
Town in the State-and we are going
to be satisfied with nothing less than
the best baseball team in the State.
Our Geographic service today an
nounces the success of another native
Goldsboro boy, who started out in our
peerless Graded School, and was one
of it's brightest pupils, Mr.. Oscar r.