Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-06
FROM WALTER
Personal Mentiens and Cur
rent Events Chfen-
icIed.
Good Corn Yield in Boys Contest.
Crops Are About ALI Gathered.
Fine Opening at Rose.
wood Academy.
wood Academy.

Mrs. Richard johnson and daugh-
ter, Miss Annie, were here from
Coldsboro last Thursday, where they
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w.
Rose.
Miss Roxie Johnson, of Goldsboro,
will assist Miss Julia E. Howell as
| teacher at Ebenezer this term.
Little Miss Mildred Crawford and
Master Phil, Jr., spent several days
| in Kfnston last week, on a visit to
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Craw-
ford.
Miss Alice Hines left last Saturday
for Fremont, where she goes to enter
school. Her many friends here wish
her a pleasant and profitable term at
that excellent institution.
| Mr.. Cliff Hollowe1 returned home
Saturday night from Four Oaks,
where he went on account of the Sc
rious accident which befell his neph-
ew, who had the misfortune to have
his arm so badly Iacerated in cotton
gin as to necessitate amputation. We
did not learn the particulars.
Mr.. Robert Beard, from south side
of the Neuse, spent Saturday night
here at the home Of his uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Beard.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bizzell and chill
dren, of Goldsboro, spent Sunday in
our community, where they were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Con Whiting
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs Clarence ePacock, OF
Goldsboro,. were visitors at Mr.. Bill
Thompson's last Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. John Pearson, of Bellevue, was
visitor here Sunday, and was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert How
ell at dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Nash, Of Colds
: boro, were visitors at Oak Glen for a
/ short while Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Lumly Smith, and sister, Miss
\ Lola, spent Saturday night in the
y neighborhood of Caseys Chapel
D where they went to attend the Sunday
4 School convention.
Miss Ava Bundy, from near Raleigh
+ is here at her grandparents, Mr.. and
wi .. 40CdN 0A1AIA c1IIOA0AA6 0SAOO
q at Rosewood Academy.
: Last Saturday afternoon, when Lit
tie Miss Mildred Crawford was return
5 ing from Kinston, she neglected tt
e tell Captain Jack she wanted to ge
l. off in front of home, and the conse
IS quence was she was carried by, ant
e not until phone message from
3, Princeton relieved the anxiety at Oal
q Glen, was everything "calm and Sc
t rene around our home. The genia
1t Captain Jack took her with him t.
l. Smithfield and returned her safely a
/ 7:3O, and her enjoyment of the trip
l. very much overbalanced our uneasi
1t ness about her exact whereabouts
le thinking perhaps she had taken tn
Norfolk & Southern train instead o
le the Smithfleld Limited
Master Willie Spicer had one acr
L of corn in the rear of his grandfa
n ther's (Mr. w. II. NeaD gin, whicl
t. made the best yield of any in this sec
'e tion. He gathered sixteen barrel
l. and a fraction from the acre, 70
20 which Mr.. Timmie Perkins paid hin
1t S5 per barrel. So far as raising cor
y is concerned, the boys in this sectiol
'e who entered the corn contest have tn
ID older farmers badly skinned. It vii
do all of us who try to raise corn goo
l.: to emulate their example.
se Mr. Charlie Coor and sister, Mis-
le Ophelia, went to their brother-in
laws, Mr.. Milford Aycock's, last Sat
IN urday, where Miss Ophelia entere
m upon her duties as teacher on Nor
I'd day morning. This is her secon
" term there, which is evidence of tn
OF efficient work she is doing in ths
ty community in behalf of its education
al interests.
ht Cotton is nearly all picked, peas al
1g gathered, potatoes are being dug, cor
ce housed, and soon the farmers will I
o. cracklings and awaiting for Chris
k mas.
Ill One of the Latin scholars remarke
d. to us, 'Tempus fugit." We replie
tic Eyes, that is so, and SO does a bu
on zard''
At Mr.. P. H. Crawfrod, of Kinston,
I'D here this week on visit to Oak Gle
ng where he is talking insurance ar
70 shaking hands with his numero,
Ids friends.
ar The present prices of cotton seed
set too great an inducement for the farr
'rt ers to resist, and very few are savir
he only enough to plant. Now, il Il
cotton seed meal was fed to stock i
he stead of being used for fertilizer
ms how much better it would be, for Il
lat farmer, the stock and the land.
at The following lines, written by Ii
s tie Miss Mildred Crawford, agt
le- twelve years, in memory of Mrs. J.
he Howell, have the ring Of true poes
and we applaud them with apologi
NJ to her for finding them in her scral
a. book:
"They laid her meath the rosema1
pine,
Where she sleeps in the silent grav
Above her mound the stars doth shin
But her spirit has crossed Il
: