Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-02-27

1aSG nlSnL Oh u pufcudS1HS UP Nv"
York.
The Wayne County Cotton Growers
Association will meet in the Court
House in this city on Friday March
6 at 1880 o'clock.
Hons. G. B. Aycock and w. S. OBJ.
Robinson, Of the local Bar, are attend
ing Snow Hill court, which is being
presided overEby Judge w. R. Allen,
also of this city.
Capt. and Mrs. W. M. Pettway have
moved into the desirable residence on
East Chestnut street, recently vacated
by Mr.. and Mrs. D. Mon. MacKay, who
have moved to Asheville.
Police Officer Fulghum and wife left
this morning to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Fulghum's father, whose death
occurred yesterday, after a long ill
ness, at. his home near Mt. Olive.
Mr.. III. H. Hobbs, of the popular and
prosperous firm of Hobbs & Pike,
plumbers and general repairers, has
purchased the interest of Mr.. Jno.
Crawford in the brick store on John
street in which the firm do business.
Mr.. A. E. Wolff, the efficient Super
intendont of ourICity Public Schools,
left yesterday flor Washington, D. c.,
to attend the great national meeting of
school superintends. an account of
which by our special t~elegraphic SER
vice appears elsewhere in this issue.
The Village Improvement Depart
ment OF the Woman's Club are prepar-
ing for a city mass meeting at an early
day with the view of creating organized
action towards putting the entire city
in good sanitary condition before warm
weather. It is well .kProsper the cause.
Messrs. Ralph Anderson and G.. r.
Pepper, representing the International
Correspondence Schools of Scranton,
Pa, are inIthe city for this week ex-
hibiting the various courses of instruc-
tlon, textbooks and outfits of the schools
In the window of Best & Thompson's
store. All who are interested in edu-
cation will do well to call aroun and
see the opportunity offered by this
wonderful institution.
Mr.. u. j. Broadhurst, who has so
efficiently filled The position Of freight
agent of the old A. & N. G. and sub
s~equently its successor the Norfolk &
Southern in this city, has resigned his
position and will engage in another
line of business. He will be greatly
missed by the patrons of the above
road-and by the officials of the road,
too, for his place will be hard to fill SO
acceptably.
We publish in this issue the state
mont of the Bank OF Wayne at the close
OF business Feb. IA, as called for by the
Corporation Commission. Isn't it a
fine s%howing! Indeed, it would be
cause for favorable comment and city
pride even in most prosperous times
and in even larger cities. Conse-
quently, during this period of business
recession throughout the country
that we AVE heard of, but not felt in
Goldsboro-this splendid statement
PAoNOS GAok VIC fO SOt LA0 OObt 4OWH
in the State.
The Daughters of the C~onfederacy
are preparing to present to the people
OF Goldsboro one OF the best home tai
ent plays eve given in this city. The
play is a farce comedy, with plenty OF
absurd selections, and every one who
attends the play will have many op-
portunities for laughter. It is needless
to say that the play will be most beau
tifully presented, as it is under the di-
rection of Mr.. E. J.. AddY, and this
means that it will be a g~reatsuccess. Mr..
Addy has made for himself q very
enviable reputation since he presented
"Damon n Pythias," and in this
play, "a Diamond in the Rough" he
will well sustain his reputation. The
play will be given by the Thomas
Rumn Chapter, U. D. c., and for no
more worthy cause could any enter
tainment be given. The date will be
March 3rd, in the Messenger Opera
House.
Mr.. F. l.. Castex, the well and wide
1y known and everywhere popular
travelling commercial man, whose
handsome home is in b vicinity of
the new union passenger station in
course of constructions here, and who
has had voluntary supervision of the
construction work 10 'side line"-
including the excavations and track
laying-during his several weeks vaca-
ton, left this morning for Baltimore to
meet the spring trade, and will be alb
sent for some two months. This leaves
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