Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-01-16
news FROM WALTER.
Interesting News Items From
that Prosperous
NeighbOrhOOd
ARGUS BUREAU.
WAITER, N. c
Jan. Is, 1907.


river, was a visitor IN our community
last Sunday afternoon.
1t was Mr.. Cyrus Johnson who has
returned from South Carolina, and not
Mr.. Roscoe, as was stated last week.
The county alliance met at Spring
Hill last Thursday, and n~otwithstand-
ing the cold weather there was 2 good
crowd present, and an elegant dinner
was served.
Mr.. Johnnie Smith is seriously sick
at the home Of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John ). Edwards, which we re-
greet to learn, and hope he may soon be
restored to health.
Mrs. DIR. Crawford has been quite
sick since last Friday with but little
Improvement in her condition. We
trust she may soon be restored to her
former perfect health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Grantha m, of
the Oakland section, moved to James
town, \. c., this week, the former
home Of Mrs. Grantham. Their many
friends regret to see them leave and
the good wishes of the community at
tend them.
The contract has been given Mr..
Leroy Bass for the erection Of a new
house at the Olin Sasser place, which
is owned by Mrs. Frank Newsome.
This Is ore OF the prettiest groves in
the county and could lie made 3 beau
tiful place.
There will be an enter tainment given
at Rosewood academy on Friday night,
January 18th, consisting of dialogues,
recitatations. pantomine, etc., to which
the public is invited. 1t is to be given
by the school and will afford q most
pleasant and enjoyable evening to all
who may attend.
Ou1 truckers are busy preparing
ground for garden peas, and if it had
not been for the heavy rain on Satur-
day night the crop would have been
partly planted by now. But the ground
is wetter than it has been in many
months and planting will be deferred
till danger ofthe seed rotting has pass
ed.
This is the year for the farmer to in
crease his supply Of hay and hominy.
No doubt the cotton acreage will be in
creased and the probability is that
prices Of the staple will rule lower next
year, and if SO, the man who has asur-
plus of corn and pork will be the one
least injured by low price of cotton, to
say nothing of the independent salts
faction a full corn crib and smoke
house insures.
Mr.. john Benson, who is farming for
Mrs. NJ. G.. Swinson this year, went to
his fathers, on South Side of Neuse,
one night last week and tied Mrs.
Sw~inson's horse, which he was driving,
unde a shelter. Next morning the
horse was gone and for two or three
days could not be found. She had
gone to a colored mans house some
distance, and he was in your city hav-
ing her advertised when he learned the
circumstances. The family think a
great deal of the horse, and it was quite
a relief to them when they found that
she had not been stolen.
We have been sick ever since Christ
mas. Now you needn't smile in that
ma~tter-of-course II for we never
saw one drop lof that day.
The nearest we came to seeing any
was when the red dunghill hen went
in the kitchen while we were smelling
the camphor bottle. We had a good
case of grip-not the kind either that
comes b~yEexpress containing four full
quarts, and one, free, charges prepaid
No indeed, it was not this kind. This
was all free and we think it must have
come over the long distance, for when
it rung central we felt as if there were
four dozen zero's doing stunts up and
down the mercury in our spinal col
umn, and after this ceased, we had
the toothache all over, and he pesky
thing seemed as if it would jump out,
and we wished it had, but it didn't.
"Misery loves company" and when
we learned that Toby was sick in like
manner, only worse, we were some
what consoIed with the thought that
we a cause to be thankful that oul
con dition was no worse. The grip o.
this kind contains about four full
wagon loads, with two or three extra
charges unpaid, n it is guaranteed
to come as near making you call fol
calf rope as anything that we ever had
to contend with. But we are both bet
ter now, for. which we are thankful
and hope soon to have the debris clear
ed away which is usually lett in its
wake.