Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-06-12
Crops Damaged By Recent
Heavy Rains.
Popular NelghB0Fho0d YOung Peopla
10 we'd Turtles are Fish
when Telling About
"catehes'': jus.
tlee Refined.

Miss Annie Laurie thomson, OF Fai-
sons N. c., who has many admiring
friends here, where she filled the po-
sition as a member of the faculty OF
Rosewood Academy last year is add
ingt the pleasures of her many charms
to the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John M.
Mitchell this week.
Their many friends here are de-
lighted to welcome MIR, and Mrs. Con
Wilmington to our community as per-
manent residents. They moved to
their handsome new home last week,
and are now fully enjoying the pleas
ures of housekeeping, combined with
the healthful, happy pleasures OF
true country life. We all gladly wei
come them. and wish them length of
years as a most valuable ACQUISITION
to our quiet country neighborhood,
Mr.. Fred Howell and Masters Willie
and Alvin and Mrs. Frank Bizzell and
beys, of Goldsboro. spent Thursday
night with Mr.. and Mrs. Con Whit
tington, it being the first night spent
in their new home, and Mrs. Fred
Howell and sister Miss Julia q. How
ell, were visitors there on Saturday.
Little Miss Doris Crawford, of
Kinston, is on a visit to Oak Glen,
where We are glad to have her.
Prot. p. n. Thera was a pleasant
visitor in "a community last week.
where his host Of friends are always
glad to see him. He was here from
Raleigh, and vas the guest Of Mr. and
Mrs. Cliff Hollowell.
Mr.. Clifton Peacock and Miss Fatsie
Perkins were visitors in Dur cOmmun-
ity last Sunday, from Buck Swamp.
Mr.. George Mitchell and family.
from Smithf1eld, were here last week
on a visit to Mr.. Mitchell's mother.
Mrs. Amanda Mitchell, and other rel
atives, where their nero friends
were glad to see them.
Cards are out for the marriage OF
Mr.. Walter Perkins, and Miss Ida
Worley. two OF the popular young
people Of the upper part OF the town.
ship. The happy event will be solem-
nized at the home Of the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George WOrley,
near Oakland, on Sunday, the 18th.
The eason for snakes is in full
blast now, and already the rattle
snakes, pilots or whiteoak snakes
have made their appearance, a large
one having been killed in our orchard
today by our better half. They are
the meanest snakes we have, az they
are beider and "snakier' than a moe
casin. and will bite if they get half a
chance. 1t is we'll to be on the look
out for them at all times, for they
give no warning, nor right of way.
The excessive rains of the latter
part of last week put the farmers out
of service for several days, and food
ed the lowlands, and filled the woods
with water. Above here considerable
damage was done by washing fields
Of corn and cotton, and overf1OWing
bitches and branches. In fact, in and
near Princeton it was of the nature of
a cloud-burst on Thursday night and
Friday morning, and great damage
was the result.
We are not much of a fisherman,
though we are pretty good at drown
ing worms, but when it comes tic
catching turtles, and that without
hook or bait, we are In on b home
run. While returning from neal
Princeton we were fortunate in cap.
+orino a Rno Snooipoop uh;lo ho -os
taking a combined sun and water batf
in a small shallow branch. How bis
was he? Well he was as big-well
there is no use to say for turtles com
under the head of fish stories, blu
when we gave him a stunning blow
with a long lightwood root, In the re
!, gion of the cerebellum the water fev
higher than-his head, and when W
put him in the back of the buggy b
didn't exactly fill it, but he did u
with thoughts of thunder when h
came near getting us by the finger
, and there was no sign of a cloud. A
any rate, he made two nice meals, an
was an enjoyable adjunct to our pea
! and buttermilk.
q We thought we had another toda!
5 but ON close inspection found it to b
a highland terraPiR, and we have cor
cluded that there is not very muc
difference In their pedigree, no wa,
though one may be A grade, Will
the other is a thoroughbred.
Il The following 30 completely fits 7
$ and expresses our sentiments that "
il append it:
Justice is consecrated wisdom ST
ting in the a of judgment. There
d entirely too much human judging, t.
) much 1ippant criticism Of the &C
Of others. Suspicion is permitted
displace evidence, cheap shreWdne
+ to Danish charity, and prejudice
3 masquerade as judgment. We dare
reconstruct the whole life and cha
acter Of an individual from a fe
shreds of fact, as scientists reco
struct an unknown prehistoric ar
NAL from a few bones. We imagiI
we guess, We speculate, and then pa
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