Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-01-30
NEWS FROM WALTER.
ARGUS BUREAU.
WALTER, N. G
Jan. 20, 1907.

Mr.. Walter Peacock, of your city,
was visiting in our community last
Sunday.
Rev. J. M. Carroway filed his regu-
lar appointment at Ebenezer last Sum-
day and preached a good sermon to a
large congregation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Edwards, from
s'South Side" spent Sunday here,
where they were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jno. S. Edwards.
Mr.. John Gurley and Miss Ethel
Perkins, from over the river, spent
Saturday night and Sunday here, the
guests of the Misses Swinson.
Messrs. Mack Hornaday and Edgar
GurIey, from your city, were in the
community Sunday afternoon, in at
tendance on church at Ebenezer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Howell and the
boys, and Mr.. and Mrs. Con Whiting
ton, of your city, we're visitors last
Sunday at the home of MIR. and Mrs.
Lon Dali.
Neighbor Toby Howell is getting
ready this week to begin the erection
of a new set of stables, which, when
completed, will add to the appearance
and convenience of his home.
Mr.. Lon Dali, our near neighbor, one
of the community's most prosperous
farmers, is preparing to put part of his
farm under a wire fence and devote
part of his attention to raising pork
for market. If the success attends his
efforts, that does in other ines OF agri-
culture, he will no doubt realize more
benefit than raising cotton. even at
twelve cents a pound, besides the sat
isfaction it will guarantee of an abund-
ance of hog and hominy," which is
the mud sill of successful farming.
There would be no need of decreasing
the acreage of cotton if every farmer
had his smoke house and corn crib on
his Nv premises.
We think the Legislature acted wise
ly In not enacting statutory prohibit
ton, but in putting it to a vote of the
people,. We are in sympathy with the
act and fully realize the vast amount Of
evil which intoXicants produce, but if
Democracy means government by the
people, we cannot see how a Demo
cratic legislative body could consist
emily enact any law that there is any
question about the favor it would meet
from the majority of the people. We
have no doubt that it will be carried,
and that overwhelmingly, and will be
for the good of all. But we are glad it
is to be submitted to the vote of the
people, as this will not only be carry
ing out the principles of Democracy,
but will be fair and just to all con-
cerned.
By the way, we had written of this
and had asked what would become of
old "John Barlycorn," "N. C. Licker'
and "M. t. Dew,'' who have been
familiar figures in our owed State for
so long a time when the flag of State
prohibition floats to the breeze. But
before we could get our writings in
print we saw an obituary in the States
great daily, which not only gives US
the desired information but is evidence
of the fact also that minds of great ~
men run in the same channel" If the
old fellows above e not forever buried
they will be SO crippled and disigured
as will necessitate sending them to the
infrmary for life where they will have
more time to mediate upon their past
evil doings and not so much to con-
tinue their degrading influences upon
the youth and of his great
commonwealth.