Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-10-27
LOCAL BRIEFS.
items of Interest i'm and Around the
City.

City.
AS business getter The Argus is 1
recognized as a satisfactory advertis-
ing medium.
The next big crowd-drawing at
traction is Taft Day" in Wilmington,
November 9.
The baseball writer's are now in
their igloos, studying new slang for
use next season.
The feast of Halloween is next
in order. 1t falls on the last day of
October-one week from tomorrow.
Miss Dora Atkinson, of the fac
u1ty CT La Grange graded school,
spent Saturday and Sunday at her
home in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. MCGEE. and
little son Allen spent the weekend
with relatives in Mount Olive, return
ing at noon today.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Humphrey, Of
ANO41O1hs SCl111O OOHh OHSOA0O AAASAS
on a brief visit to Mr.. Humphreys
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Hum
phrey, in this city.
Merit Wins-always. The -elabo-
rate preparations being made for the
Baseball Fair bids fair to eclipse any
fair ever held here. Fair warning.
Come. November to 13.
An astronomer predicts that on
May 10, 1910, Halley's comet will
sprinkle the earth several inches deep
with star dust, and some of the dust
will be in the form of three=ton bouI-
ders.
The Argus is glad to note the sue
cess of another Goldsboro boy Mr..
Nathan Finkelstein, who in competi-
tive examination in Philadelphia has
been awarded pharmaceutical schoI-
arship in that city.
DIR. and Mrs. r. B. Miller left to-
day for Washington, where Mrs. Mil
Ter will visit her brother, DIR. Battle,
while DR.. Miller spends some weeks in
Philadelphia taking a special course
of study in his profession.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. o. Stambaugh in this city will learn
with real regret of their purpose to
move to New York in November,
where Mr.. Stambaugh has arranged
to go in business conjointly with his
brother.
Mrs NJ o. Humphrey, who has
been to Baltimore to consult spe-
cialist in regard to her eyes, that
have been seriously troubling her OF
late, has returned home much beneht-
ed and greatly encouraged, all her
friends will be glad to learn.
Mr.. E. c. Ennis, who has been in
charge of the Goldsboro Steam Laun-
dry tor year or SO, and who made
many friends here, has resigned and
moved to Salisbury, his former home
He is succeeded by Mr.. L. 0. Gross
formerly with The John Slaughter
Company.
The death of Ann Harrison, col
ored, 108 years old, occurred Saturday
morning at the home of her son, Hen
ry Harrison, on the farm of Mr.. Geo
A. Norwood, just north of the city
She came from Virginia, and there
mains we're taken to Reams Sta
ton, in that state, for interment be
side her husband.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs
Dallas Gurley in this community sym
pathize with them deeply in the deatf
of their infant daughter, seventeen
months old, which occurred Frida!
at their home on East Elm street. The
remains we're taken to the old Cur
ley homestead, in Fork township, Sat
urady afternoon for interment.
Mr. Gilbert E. Alphin, of Noun
Olive, was in the city Saturday, re
turning from the State Fair a yer.
happy man, for he was awarded tn
blue ribbon over number of competi
tors for his fertilizer distributor, hi
own invention. Mr.. Alphin is quit
jill inventive SGI1uo cluO hco q AOAAAOS
of useful inventions now on the mar
ket.
1t is now up to the board of alder
men of the City of Goldsboro to dea
officially and positively with the rail
road magnates as to snbjecting tn
principal trade and populous thor
oughfare of this city to obstruction
standing freight cars and the fata
menace of moving freight trains an
shifting cars at all hours along Eas
and West Centre street. The time TO
temporizing is past. The hour TO
positive action is at hand.
Monday Messrs. Royal &c Borde
inaugurated their twenty-fourth ami
versary sale, and their mammoth es
tablishment, on West Centre street,
now the Mecca of Goldsboro house
holders, and is a most attract1v
place, both as to the artistic display c
their varied stock of all sorts OF fuI
niture and household adornments an
tho un1ISualIy low prices at Whic