Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-01-28
NEWS sER@ WALTER.
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I; z MIR SandersfHoWaeIl.- of Kinston was
here last week o1f-a visit to relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Smith spent Sat
surday and Sunday. with Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo Davis, near yourscity..-4 =
Mr.. Sim Newell, one of the attend
ants at the State sHospital, at Raleigh.
was here last week, visiting relatives
and friends. ss+s =.
Mr.. and Mrs. Con Wilmington, of
your city, wereBvisitors here Sunday,
where they weresguestssat the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Dali. @<e.-<
Miss Ophelia Coor, who has been
teaching near Pinkney, spent Satur-
day and Sunday with her homef,lks-
here, returning Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hood, of near
Mt. olive, came up Saturday on a visit
to Mrs. Hoods mother, Mrs. NJ. G.
Swinson, W here Mrs. Hood will spend
week,
Mrs. R. L. Hooks went to Raleigh
last Friday with her sister Mrs. w. 81.
Hand, and cousin, Mrs. T. M. Jordan,
where she is guest at the home OF DR..
and Mrs. Jordan.
Mr.. Charlie Coor and mother, Mrs.
Lon Dali, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Mil
ford Ayeock, near Pinkney. last Fri
day, where Mrs. Dahl remained on a
visit till Sunday.
Mrs. DIR. r: NJ. Jordan and Mrs. W.
II. Hand, W ho have been visiting rela.
tfves here, returned to Raleigh last
Friday, where Mrs. Hand will visit
before returning to her home in Co.
Iumbia, S. G.
In place of the society meeting at the
Academy on Friday night, February
5, there will be a Mock Court, which
is now being prepared and promises to
be the source Of much fun and amuse-
nent to those who attend. We do not
yet know the nature of the case, but
will give it in next weeks letter.
The new road was opened by Mr.. T.
Perkins through his farm near Rose
wood last Friday, and there is NOW a
'sross roads" at Rosewood Academy.
We think this quite an improvement,
and when Mr.. Perkins completes his
modern cottage, which he contemplates
building soon, it will add still more to
the already attractiveness of the Acad-
emy and surroundings.
Mr.. Jimmie Perkins came over to
Oak Glen last Tuesday night with his
graphophone and entertained few of
the young people who had met there
for an evening of social pleasure. He
has quite number of the latest re-
cords and a very fine instrument, and
with his natural love for music, and
his disposition to dispense pleasure to
others, it is very littlei trouble to him,
| or least seems to be, to enterta tain q
crowd Tor two hours. We enjoyed it
very much, and am sure every one
present did the same.
A little girl of Mr.. and Mrs. Cicero
| Gurley ran under a falling tree one
day last week while out in the woods
where her brothers were cutting, and
had the misfortune to receive a fract-
ure OF the thigh and dislocation of the
1 hip joint at the same time. She vas
also hurt abouti the shoulder, but NO
bones broken there. It was q very
marrow escape from death. While no,
more than six or eight years old, she
levidenced considerable pluck in the
manner in which she bore the pain o.
her double misfortune. She is getting
along very we'll and will soon be out OF
tcrutches.
ssiThe farmers are busy sowing tobac
co beds-and burning beds, and plant
ing peas. From the looks of the worl
going on, and the feeling of the atmos
phere, one would think "Spring time
gentle Annie,'' was already here
But as we write, the winter wind
again moaning, and no doubt the ap
a lproaching cold Will greatly reliev
many of us who were uneasy about til
:. pork we killed last week. We did nc
have any extra large, ,ebut if q fello'
: Twas to lose what he had, the size of tn
lpieces would notfzbei much consols
Ition We want to speak to friend Jnt
ISherrard tor some of the stock OF h
e HOO pound hogs as yours types mad
: us say last week. IF we can get hill
to let us have one of them on share
we can raise all the meat we need an
give him half of every thing bit tt
squeal when the pig is butchered. TT
inc .'averaging 183 1-2 pounds" ws
left out lasta week. making us tell
10 whopper.'' saying John Sherrard
le hogs weighed HOO pounds piece. tt
1T six pigs weighed 100. We have Oh
Is lhog we think of carrying over till ne:
Is hog killing time. One consoling ia
L In that ia will not ha much To earr