Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-07-31
NEWS FROM WALTER
Personal Mentions and Cur
rent Events Chren-
icIed.
Beautiful Tribute to DIR. w. III. III.
Cobb From a Gifted Profession
al Brother, DIR. Will B.
Crawford.
Crawford.

al Brother, DIR. Will B.
Crawford.
Capt. r. P. Howell, Of your city,
was a pleasant visitor at Oak Glen
last week, where his presence always
contributes enjoyment to our humble
home.
Mr. George L. Becton took in the
excursion to Asheville last week and
enjoyed the scenery in the Land of
| the Sky" and felt the invigorating
influence of the healthful ozone
which fills the atmosphere in that de-
| lightful mountain climate.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Gurley, of Colds
| boro, attended church at Ebenezer
last Sunday, and were guests of Mr..
| and Mrs. R. L. Hooks after services.
Mr.. Willie Perry Suggs, of Prince
ton, spent Saturday night and Sunday
here, at the home of his uncle and
| aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Hooks.
Mr. George Pipkin, of the railway
mail service, is here on a visit to his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Pip
kin, where his numerous friends are
glad to see him.
| Miss Pearl Woodard, of Whitakers,
arrived Saturday on a visit to her
/ grandmother, Mrs. ]. G. Howell, and
other relatives here.
Mr. Clifton Peacock and Miss Mil
| dred Gurley from Buckswamp, and
Messrs. Alike Massey and Luby
Lynch, from Johnston county, were
visitors at Oak Glen Sunday between
services at Ebenezer and Pine Forest.
Miss Dora Carraway, of Greenleaf,
accompanied her father, Rev. J. M.
i Carraway, on his regular appointment
here last Sunday. They were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. John e. Smith at din
}, ner.
II Miss Mary Annie Wilmington, from
the Piedmont section of the State, is
, on a visit to the home of her brother
Mr.. Con Wilmington.
l Mrs Fred Howell and children
Mrs Frank Bizzell and children, and
Miss Julia E. Howell, of Go1dsboro
attended church here Sunday, and
l were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Cor
e Wilmington.
r The local Farmers Union met a
q Ebenezer school house last Friday af
= ternoon. Several members of tht
e Union met at Mr.. J. w. Roses ONT
2 day last week and gave him a day:
= plowing, in view of his having recent
e | ly lost one of his horses, and hi.
r large crop being too much for his 9th
er two horses to finish. The spirit o
n brotherhood in the Union commend
: it to the farmers, if nothing else, ant
= we believe it will do vast amount o
: good in our Southland in the next few
e years.
The farmers have about finished
crops, and hard cider is getting more
= in evidence every day, but soon fodde
pulling time will be here, and by thu
time that is through with the feec.
I staple will be whitening the fields
i So, withal, it is not long till the TIM
e of the year for the farmer to handle
: some of the money, even if he has tx
give it all to the other fellow fOl
;. guano he has put under his cotton
/ ana sue dIIQ DO1t0U uICdI AO i1c1S
eaten during the year. The money
money passing through his hands
keeps him encouraged, and he takes {
fresh hold for another year, buy.
more fertilizer, runs up his store ac
$ count in proportion, makes a bigger
crop than before, and gets better
D price, but the other fellow gets it
and leaves the farmer with his bumI
of encouragement little bigger ant
$ his optimistic soul brighter, and hi
3 goes on year after year, working al
: the time-for the other fellow. Blu
: a new era is dawning, and soOI
things are going to change. and thu
GUS people will be the farmers-all o
them. Some are already SO now.
1t is best never to try to explain tt
the world why we do thus and so. Al
we need do is perform our duty eacl
day in accordance with what is right
as God gives us to see the right, ant
let results take care of themselves
Whenever we attempt to explain th'
motive which prompts our acts, Their
o are some who do not want to under
IS stand, some who will not understand
e and the remainder will censure, NJ
y matter what we do. consequently it i
/ best to do as we think best, and sa,
as little about it as possible.
Our near neighbor, Mr.. Lon Dali
n played good joke on Kelly Korne
s gay, a little darkey Of about twelve o
n fifteen years of age. Kelly had mad
e a bargain to go to Mr.. Dail's melol
g patch and take melon to the tobac
IL co barn. To have some fun Mr.. Dai
d was let on to the racket and he toll
Y. his regular hired man, Will Yinson
that he was going to hide near tn
!. patch, and when he shot, for hin
(Will) to fall as il mortally wounded
Mr.. Dali and Mccoy Pollock secretet
themselves in the cotton nearby, an
soon after supper. Will and the littl
darkey Kelly came along. Kelly re