Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-03-26
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Interesting News Items From
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I WALTER, N. G
March %, 1908.

Mr.. Alike Massey, Of Johnston, and
MI. Carl Gurley, Of Buck Swamp, were
visitors in this section last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Hooks spent last
Wednesday in Princeton, where they
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Perry.
Miss Sallie G~rantham, of Princeton.
was lending the pleasure of her charms
to the home of Miss Swinson Saturday
night and Sunday.
Mr.. Clarence Woodland and sister,
Miss Sallie, and Miss Roxie Johnson,
OF your city, were visiting relatives in
our community last Sunday.
Rev. j. NJ. Carroway filed his regu-
lar appointment at EbeneZer Sunday
afternoon. A large congregation pres
ent, and his rmo was pronounced
to be very fine indeed.
Messrs. Norman Rackley and Ches-
ter Smith, of your city land Ed. Cotton,
Of the Southern Railway, were here
In fAoItAAS hohAO1O4ho1 ~
their many friends greeted them
gladly.
Misses Mary and Anna Pipkin, who
have been teaching in the county, and
Miss Sarah Pipkin, who has beer
teaching near S~mithfeld, have return
ed home to spend vacation with their
parents, MI. and Mrs. George w. Pip
kin.
What do you think of Mr.. Ground
hog now? We think he knows more
about his business than most any other
man. In fact, he is not only right up
to now when it comes to prognosticat-
ing-and his forecasts in his specially
comes nearer hitting the mark tina the
almanacs and weather bureaus COM
bined.
The rain, sleet and snow has put
farmers out OF commission for several
days. Neigh bor MI. Ben Sasser had
planted some T and others were
ready to plant, but we do not want any
planted till the grounding comes out
to stay. Several had bedded potatoes,
but we fear they will regret not having
baked them instead. We never bed
till the 10th Of April teven the ground
hog to the contrary and we never fall
in having plenty of plants, and to
spare.
Last Friday night and Saturday
with it's hail, sleet and snow, was
pretty tough on young garden sass,
fruit and etc., and the hail damaged
peas to some extent, but we find but
very little damage to fruit SO far, only
our Japanese plum, this GRO looks to
be ali killed. But peaches, peas and
etc., are damaged but very little, for
which we are thankful, for a summer
without fruit, to us,ais not summer at
all. Besides, a bumper fruit is more
profitable than n of cotton.
The entertainment given at Rose
the school, for the benefit Of the par
sonage of this circuit, at Greenleaf, was
a highly creditable affair. Under the
head of "Indiosyncrasies of Human
Nature" the program consisted in
three plays,"Penitent's Return, ""The
Burglar 1.-THE Day Before the We'd
ding" The parts were we'll played by
the young folks of b school, some of
them displaying real historic talent,
and for nearly two hours, they kept
the large crowd present we'll enter
tanned. The plays were i~nterspersed
with music. and after the curtain Tell
for the last time, delicious refresh
ments were served. The sum of 20
dollars was raised, which will be ap-
propriated to the Pine Forest church
assessment coward repairing the par
sonage. It is highly c~ommendable in
the school in rendering this assistance;
instructive aud beneficial to the chill
dren, besides furnishing a most pleas
ant and enjoyable evening to those in
attendance.