Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-07-17
NEWS FROM WALTER
Personal Mentions and Cur
rent Events Chren-
icIed.
Mr.. Smith AFTER $50 PRIZE
One Hundred Persons Attended Oak
land Sunday School Sunday-MOOn-
light Picnic in Honor of Visitor a
Delightful Success.


sally popular primary teacher a
visiting the home of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R
| Hooks last week.
/ Prof. E. n Thorn, whose services
| as principal of Rosewood Academy
last year won for him the regard OF
| both parents and pupils, spent Friday
| Grange, to fill an appointment in the
Baptist Church at that place. We
would be glad to see him in charge
of our school for another term from
the fact that for reasons that are OBJ
vious he could do even better work
than last year.
Quite a crowd of our young people,
and several of the older ones, attended
the Sunday School convention at Fall
ing Creek last Saturday week, and
report a very pleasant day among the
good people of that delightful neigh
borhood. There was large crowd in
attendance, and much interest mani
tested in the work, and the warm hos
pitality extended visitors impressed
them with the fact that there is no
better people to be found than those
which constitute that splendid COM
munity.
Misses Annie Belle and Cora Rose
gave a moonlight picnic at their home
near Ebenezer on Friday night, July
2, complimentary to Miss Bert Coch-
ron of Cbarlotto Tho tahIo woc pro
pared in the grove, and the yard was
beautifully illuminated with Japanese
lanterns, which mingled with the soft
rays of the full moon gave to the sur
roundings a look of enhancing beau
ty. The table was laden with all the
which the large crowd present thor
oughly enjoyed, and as the we sma'
hours arrived, the crowd wended their
day homeward, with many pleasant
recollections of the occasion.
Mr.. John Cunningham, from Bes-
ton, was a visitor here last Saturday,
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Edwards, he being brother of Mrs.
Edawrds.
We were shown some as fine peach
es today by Mr.. John Mitchell as we
ever saw grown anywhere. They were
grown on his fine farm near Rosewood
Academy, and he found ready sale for
them in Goldsboro at satisfactory
prices. With the excellent market
our city affords for all products of
this character, it is strange that so
many farmers continue to pin their
faith to cotton.
DR.. and Mrs. Will Crawford at
tended services at Oakland Church
last Sunday week, and enjoyed the
unlimited hospitality of the delight
full home Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Mas
sey. Mr.. Massey is an all round sue
cessful farmer, such as constitute the
backbone of the country. He not only
drives a 800 dollar horse, which he
raised, but has everything else around
him in proportion, that is calculated
to make a happy, contented and pros
porous home-such as the country
needs more of.
We were impressed with the attend
ance AT Oakland Sunday School first
Sunday. There was somewhere near
hundred present, and about half of
them were parents of the children in
the community, and they were not
there as visitors either, but were in
the Bible class, and the way thy an
swered and asked questions showed
that they had studied the lesson, and
not just read it over on their way to
Sunda.' School is for the parents to
&c, and take the children with them
1t cid our heart good to see those old
iaothers in Israel joining in the sing
ing with as much spirit and enjoy
ment as the younger matrons or mai
lens. While Christianity is addressed
to all ages, it's best efforts are toward
childhood, and wherever a community
manifeStS it's interest to such an ex-
tent that the parent and child are
both members of the sabbath school,
there is but little doubt but that that
community will sooner or later fur
nish good workers for the church,
who will be an honor and blessing to
the world. The church services were
conducted by Rev. w. u Grantham,
whose upright walk and godly con-
versation" is constant benediction to
that section.
Misses Bessie and Eff1ie Swinson
and Beu1ah Hooks spent Saturday
night with the Misses Blackman, after
attending the Sunday School conven-
ton at Falling Greek.
Kirby Britt, an Industrious colored
| man who works at Golfers Mill, was
severely injured last Wednesday af-
ternoon by being knocked down and
run over by the carriage His inter
nal injuries were first feared to be
fatal, but he is better now, and will
soon resume his duties.
We have never seen SO many peas
sown as has been this season. Be
| sides a large acreage for hay, nearly
every field of corn laid by has been
sown in peas. We attribute this to