Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-12-11
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Items of Interest in and ArOunA the
CitY.


= There is just tlsle enough be-,
tween Thanksgiving ent Christmas to
g, ar new appetite.
When Santa Claus comes he
should be asked if he saw DR.. Cook in
all his journeys about the world
The temperature of public schools
in England is 60 degrees; in this coun-
Try it ranges from zero to Is degrees
The Argus chronicles with ex-
ceeding regret the critical illness 'ot
Mrs. ]. F. Dobson at their home on
South William street.
Six hundred barrels of whiskey
were lost in a steamer accident. The
serious accidents the country over are
appalling to think over.
1t seems to us from the communl-
cations elsewhere in this issue that
Mr.. Horace King-our Baseball King"
has put Mr.. Gowan right where he
belongs.
A man at 81 recovered from
a broken neck. The dispatch failed
to say whether he had ever taken
drink of liquor, sat in a poker game,
or chewed tobacco.
Mrs W. r. HoIlowell left yester-
day for New York, as the delegate
from North Carolina to the National
Congress of 100 members from all the
states to confer on the national up
lift.
Another new thing in the city
ana a beauty-ls the new covered, ar
tisnoaIy patterned and handsomely
painted delivery wagon of MIR. Wayne
H. / tonylelIe, the groceryman Of West
centre street
A real estate deal was completed
yesterday afternoon by Mr.. N. E. Brad
ford, the real estate dealer, by which
Mr.. A. A. Miller becomes the owner
of tie cottage residence property OF
Mr. l. l. Thornton, in the northeastern
section of the city.
1t seems that Mr.. r. P. Foster
formerly with Norfolk & Southern
hallway, has severed his connectiO-
with that company and has purchased
the box factory in Asheville, his home
AMI will give his personal supervision
cient railroad man, and has man
friends in this territory who will b
sorry to miss him in his rounds"
Mrs. Sam Phillips, of Chicago
who has been spending month wit
her sister-in-laW Mrs. H. w. RutheI
ford, On William street south, an
during her sojourn here has made
host Of cordial friends, leaves tomol
row for Chicago to arrive home
\ time for Christmas. She will leave
pleasing remembrance with all wh
met her here, and they will wish fe
her a joyous Christmas and anothe
visit to Goldsboro soon.
of course The Argus stands p.
for GoIdsporo and Wilson in this bas'
bah muudle for both these towns al
soanu4ng for the fair thing-for clea
uall 1Or pleasure and not primarl
for prCht. wilson and Goldsboro pla
LAe same for the sport-the pleasul
aha l-eaILDful pastime it affords, ar
10y 40 not want to see the gan
a a Lla-.c of. But be that as
1..4-aDoro ana wilson are stant
1.. cLge1-er IN this fight for the cles
tasl tl4Ins and they are going to hay
1T before they play ball"
lie return of Mr.. Marsden ]. Pc
~ 70 tne control of the Norfolk
4.-l1n hauway Will be hailed wit
Ju, IN Goldsboro, and, in fac
-. 144sLern North Carolina,
-, supsorNed by the ramif.
u o-4s railway, for he is
IN l4las ana of energy, and b
ten-p potary passing unuer the panic
I9o1-o = as ,auee of widespread d.
pross4Cn III tDese parts, as his retuI
IS for le.Aal IF nope and the get-bus
s.,4I III spells greater things Il
GofosDCIo ana Eastern North Car
lima.
1t is SO often that the real spir
Of tie Christmas season is lost sigl
Of and, indeed, sparsely enjoyed by Il
shopping members of the family, sin
ply because they have put OF tn
shopping until the last few weeks I
days, mayhap, and then it is hurry Al
furry, hustle and worry in an endea
or to cater properly to one hundred I
more on the Christmas list, and the
sult-that awful tired feeling and fa'
that could not smile, when hapI
spirit should prevail the livelong BILE
sed while In this there is hint
the advertiser who has holiday goo
to dispose Of Tell your story ear
to the Christmas buyer.
Rev. E. H. Davis, with Mrs. Dav
and their children left F'ridi
for his new charge, as pastor Of Il
Methodist Church in Rockingham,
poctoT of Sf Pan1 ChNrt