Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-04-03
LOCAL BRIEFS.
Items of Interest in and Around
the City.

Items of Interest in and Around
the City.
The Orphan Band of the First
Baptist Church will give an entertain
ment on the evening of April 16 for
the benefit of the Thomasville Or
phanage.
Every day now witnesses heavy
shipments of truck passing through
here from between Magnolia and Will
ninston. Soon Goldsboro will be do
ing likewise.
The Argus regrets to chronicle
that Mrs. Fannie. Murray, the venera-
BILE mother of Mr.. Louis Murray, who
holds a position with Mr.. Jas. Cole,
is seriously sick.
Police Officer Tudor left last
night for Philadelphia, having IN Gus
tody the young white man reported In
Mondays Argus as deserter from
the United States battleship North
Carolina, the city authorities having
received L010SIdpn1O AAA0IA NOSAAA > ~
terday evening from the Navy Depart
ment to deliver him to the captain OF
the Lancaster" at the above port.
-Nessrs. E. T. Oliver and E. G. Nc
Ginnis, of the Goldsboro Traction
Company, are in the city today, and
will tomorrow visit Seven Springs, to
view the situation at that end of the
line. having under advisement the
matter of an electric car line to that
famous and unsurpassed and unsur-
nassable health resort. Here is one
of those opportunities we are talking
about.
Police officer Hart, armed with
search warrant, today investigated
the corner grocery store OF Jas. M.
Handley, in Little Washington, and
apprehended very considerable
stock of whiskey in half-pint bottles,
and in consequence he was required
to go with the officer before the may
or. who required of him bond of $50
for his appearance for trial tomorrow
morning.
The Argus is gratifed to chronicle
the advent to Goldsboro of Mr.. r. A
Kellam and to extend to him a cordial
welcome to The Best Town in the
State, He comes with such recon-
mendations as should make any cit!
that he is to have charge of and in
terest in the Imperial Pharmac.
means for that handsomely appointed
and fully equipped drug store, thu
assured measure of patronage ant
prosperity it's convenient location com
mands and it's public spirited owner
our good friend, Mr.. Walter E. Bor
den, deserves.
The people of Goldsboro and tn
travelling public will not stand for tn
failure of the Norfolk C Southern t
enter the new union passenger static
here. If the receivers essay to &c
behind the fact that they are officer
of the court and therefore not amer
able to the law, why cannot the Coz
poration Commission require the A.
IN. ". halfway SOu1pdAJ " use I'll
new station, and then if the Norfol
& Southern, lessee of the A. & N.
refuse, let the lease be annulled? Th
lease stipulates that the lessee sha
at all times obey the laws of the Stat
or the lease is thereby forfeited.
MIR. J. E. Peterson, who for tie
years has so successfully filled tt
offices of secretary and treasurer
the Wayne County Farmers Mutu;
Fire Association, offered his resign;
ton at a meeting of the supervisor
of said company, held in this city c
Thursday, March 80. 1t was only
the earnest request of Mr.. Peterso
that his resignation was accepted
take effect on April Is. This comp;
= ny has always paid its losses and hi
given the farmers cheap rate of il
surance. Mr.. D. A. Sasser, of this cit
was elected secretary and treasure
in Mr.. Peterson's place at the san
salary and he will enter upon the d.
ties of this position on April Is.