Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-06-25
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Items of Interest In and Around
the CITY.


at hande And so the flight OF time
flags net, and the ears roll on. T.,
The big steam roller, for street work,
recently ordered by the city has %arriv-
ed and is waiting to be put in commits
sion.
Mr.. Will R. Hummel, who is making
his home now in Charlotte, is in the
city, visiting the family of his brother,
Mr.. Louis Hummel. and everybody
here is glad to see him..
MI. A. M. Shrago, who is just back
from q second business trip to New
York, reports that there is decided i'm
provemsnt Of business conditions ON
all sides in the great metropolis
The cross ties for the Goldsboro
Street Railway have arrived and are
now at the Atlantic Coast Line freight
yard waiting for distribution along
the right-of-way. We go forward.
The Norfolk & southern is all right.
1t is public spirited and most eensid-
crate of the public's desires, and the
pu bile appreciate it. We are glad the
Norfolk & Southern runs to G~oldsbore.
rs. B. F. Mum, OF Maxton, is in
the city, visiting her sister, Mrs. J.
w. Isler, who has been quite sick for
So me weeks, but is now very much
improved, the ARGUS is glad to know.
Mr.. w. E. Borden, cashier Of the
Bank of Wayne, who has been in at
tendance On the State Bankers con-
vention at Morehead, returned to the
city last night. His family will re-
main at the Atlantic Hotel for some
time.
Mr.. E.. A. Humphrey is at home
again after an extended business trip
tie Norfolk and Washington. MIR.
Humphrey expects to resumet the prac-
tice of law, having recently disposed
of his interest in the firm ofHumphrey-
Gibson Co. to Mr.. w. J. Gibson.
Our young friend and townsman Mr.
Ra1ne Freeman, OF the faculty of MI.
st. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md,
arrived no ne thus afternoon for bis va
cation. The whole community are
glad to have him with us again, for he
is a universal favorite.
We are requested to for the
information of the members ofthe local
militia organizations, that the Chicka-
manga Maneuvers have been postponed
to July 18th. The original date set was
ToIu LET onS tho ohonua was announced
by the Acknowledgement only to-day.
The representative of the company
having the city contract for paving
Walnut street from the bank corner
to the Union Passenger Station, is in
the city today, viewing the situation
over, il order to outline the surveys.
looking to an early beginning of oyer
alton.
Only a few more days yet remain
VIII erein to take advantage of the fiat
tering prize offers Of the Goldsborc
Steam Laundry. Tt costs nothing to
enter the contest, andscertainly are the
prizes worth trying for. Ten dollars:
five dollars and s.. 30 for the three
DrIZe winning ads TGSpeCI1VeIY.
The ladies of st. Stephens Guild re-
quest the ARGUS to make aekRewI
edgemtnt through its columns of thei1
sincere appreciation and abiding CRATE.
fitness to all those who so cheerfully
and generously participated in the pro.
duetion of the New sUnion Depot las
night, also to the Goldsbore public fol
their so generous patronage.
The death of Daniel Etheridge, &
Wayne county boy of the Saulston sec
ton, who joined the army in the Span
ish war and subsequently enlisted il
the navy, occurred last week by
was serving on, on it's way to New Lon
don, Conn. The remains will be sen
home tor interment.
W. are requested to say that a few
days only remain in which taxes cal
be listed with the tax listers. Th'
books will be closed as the law di
reefs. If any one is to be sent up q
unlisted they can only blame them
selves. There is only a limited tim
allowed the listers to make up tn
books after the listing closes. The.
cannot accept anyone after that.
MI. Leo J. Schwab, to the real an
lasting regret of his many friends here
left today at noon tos join his parents
Nj. and Mrs. Jos. Schwab, in thei
new home in Savannah, Ga, where b
will engage in his kprofression, that c
civil engineer,in which he is most pro
fcient. He takes with him the abid
inc good wishes OF all OLE neOnle. b