Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-13
NEWS FROM WALTER
Personal Mentions and Cur
rent Events ChrOn-
icIed.

Few Farmers i'm Fork Will Buy Feed
stuff Next Year-TWo Bales Of
Cotton to the Acre in
Prospect.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Phil G.. Howell, and
family, spent Sunday in Goldsboro,
where they were guests at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Howell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Howell, of Colds
boro, spent Monday here at the home
of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr.,
and Mrs. Con Wilmington.
Mr.. Richard Johnson, of Goldsboro,
was in our community Monday morn
ing, having brought his daughter, Miss
Roxie, OF Ebenezer, where she fills
the position of assistant teacher.
| Rev. and Mrs. Gurney Lee, from
Mount Gilead, O., were visitors in our
community last Wednesday, where
| they were guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. J. P. Cox.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellie Hines, from near
Smithfield, were visitors here Satur
day and Sunday at the home of Mrs.
Hines parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
w. Pipkin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Toler, of Way
cross, Ca, were here last week, visit
| ing at their brothers, Mr.. Dock Toler
where their many friends were glad
to see them.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Perry, of
| Princeton, spent one day here last
week the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
George L. Becton.
Miss Millie Swinson left Sunday to
assume her duties as teacher in one
of the county public schools, below
| Goldsboro. She is a young lady of su-
perior intellectual -endowments, and
having entered the educational field
will no doubt reflect credit on our
excellent school, of which she has
/ been one of it's brightest pupils.
Mr.. Cyrus Johnson has accepted the
position of teacher in school near
Pikeville, and took charge on last
Monday morning. Mr.. Johnson is q
young man of merit and we bespeak
for him that degree of success as a
teacher which his superior qualifica-
tions amply justify. Thus it is seer
that our community is in the fore
front in educational progress, from
the number of its young men and
women who develop into competent
teachers.
Mr. and Mrs. Con Wilmington and
sister, Miss Mariana, spent Saturday
and Sunday in Goldsboro, where they
were guests of Mrs. Whittington's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Howell.
Dr. T. A Monk, of Goldsboro, was
at Oak Glen on Monday afternoon tc
attend a cow with fracture. She
is a very valuable animal, and we are
glad to know that her disability will
only be temporary, and that her use
fu1ness will not be impaired. She is
easily worth one hundred dollars, and
is not for sale at that price.
/ We were shown some of the finest
specimens of turnips, by neighboi
Toby Howell, this week that we have
/ ever seen. They were the cowhorr
/ variety, grown by Mr.. Mathew Strick
land, on Mr.. John Grantham's farm
near the stock law gate. One meas
ured sixteen inches long, and was a:
long as a mans arm. They wert
given Mr.. Howell on trip to the
farm with Mr.. Grantham. They werf
some turnips. In fact, they could turr
up more to the square inch than an.
we have ever seen.
There was a quarterly meeting a
Spring Hill Church last Sunday. Will
it's new coat of paint, and an entirely
new interior, it does not look like tht
same church, and is a lasting monu
ment to those who have worked 81
faithfully for it's improved appearance
It is now one of the county's most at
tractive places Of worship, and re
fleets credit, not only upon the goot
people of the community who hav'
manifested their interes tin beautiful
appearance, and extending it's inf1u
ence, but upon every resident of tha
section.
Notwithstanding the fact that tn
price of cotton is upstairs, our farm
ers are proving their faith by thei
works in planting wheat, oats, ry
and vetch, and sich, and if favorabl
seasons bless their efforts there vii
be fewer farmers buying feed AN
-four next summer than there has bee
in some years. Weather condition
have been most favorable for plant
ing grain, and also for housing al
crops.
Neighbor George L. Becton, who
one of the county's best farmers, tell
us he has beaten himself on the yiel
Of cotton this year. He has alread
baled seventeen bales from eleve
acres of land, and will get one NOR
bale. And this, too, was not goo
ysar for cotton either, as everybod
knows. This eleven acres is ais
measured land, as there is no excus
i for George guessing at Mat of Ian