Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-04-09
NEWS FROM WALTER.
Interesting News Items From
that Prosperous
NeighbOfhOOd
ARGUS BUREAU.
WALTER, n. c
April s, 1908

Mr.. John Pearson, of your city, was
visiting special friends here last Sun
day.
Mrs. SarahsBaker, Of your Jcity, is
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. A. Gurley.
Miss Elizabeth Becton went to FIRE.
mont Sunday morning, where she will
add pleasure to the homes of relatives
and friends by her charming presence.
Little Miss Mildred Crawford has
been suffering very much with a telon |
for the past few days, but we are glad
70 know it is better and hope she may |
soon be entirely we'll again.
Mr.. Richard Atkinson, who is hold
ing down a position in Charlotte, made
a flying visit here Sunday, on a short
stay with his uncle, Mr.. Bill Thomp-
son, returning Monday evening.
Mr.. Ham Caldwell, of Charlotte, cam.
down Sunday on a short visit to his
parents at Southern Oaks, combining
business with pleasure. He has many
friends here who are always glad to see
him.i
Mrs. John Watson, of Jonesboro,
and Miss Zela Caldwell are on a visit
to Mrs. Watson's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
j. II. Caldwell. Mrs. Watson will re-
turn home this week, but Miss Cald-
we'll will remain with her grandparents
during the m
A delightful party. was given by
Prof. E. G. Byerly at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Daily Hines last Tuesday
night, to quite a Der of his young
friends in abe community. 1t was an
old fashioned candy pulling, and the
large crowd present enjoyed the &C.
casion to the fullest extent.
A petition is being subscribed to by
the truckers here to get a change in
5 the schedule of Capt. jack train, and
5 put back in the morning as it use to
be. With the present evening sched-
. ule the truck shipped from this section
would have to remain in your city till
: next day at moor when heretofore tina
shipped from here went on through
:, the same day. The old schedule is by
. far the most desirable to the truck ers
Toby says gentleman in your city
whose veracity he has never question.
I'd, told him Monday, that he had Sc
many fish in his trap in Neuse river
that you could hear them granting anC
complaining about being SO badly
!. ~"scrouged'. We would infer from
this that the product of the catch wa.
evidently pig fish, or whistledicks.a ne
more probably the latter, from the fac
that the farmer is a salt water gentle
man.
During the work on the Union Depo
9 in your city, and nov that the steam
n shovel has reached the county road
this side Of Bellevue, it would be a de
cided and appreciated good for tn
% county to complete the new road lead
n ing through Mr.. Borden's farm an,
l. coming into the other road at NJ,
Everett Flowers. It would not requir
Ia vast amount of work to make it
a splendid road, and if it was attended,
le to at an early date, it would great.
please the farmers in this neck. OF th
al woods.
- News was received here yesterda,
of the death of Mr.. Henry Brock, VIII
was killed by a train in Wilmingto,
- on Sunday night. His remains wer
brought here for burial. At m tim
- he was one of the most industriou
- farmers in this section, and lived 70
- many years at the old Perry place
y where he made plenty and to spare
But tor the past few years he had bee
the victim of unfortunate circum
stances which caused him, it seems, t
drift into the whirlpool which wreck
so many lives.
We were informed today by reIiahl
authority that there was a wire hedg
entirely across Little river abov
Hooks bridge, the hedge being toun'
by our informant, The local fisher
men here have not caught any fish i
their traps, and this accounts for il
The parties responsible for this hedg
are known, and we would advise ther
to removs it to save trouble. It
Surprising that one o. two men vii
take bread from such a number of thei
fellowmen along the course of thi
stream in order to overflow their ow
selfish inordinate appetites.
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