Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-08-28
NEWS FROM WALTER
Personal Mentions and Cur
rent Events ChFen-
icIed.

Mr.. John Johnson and son-in-law,
MI. Thomas Lamb, from ear Luca-
ma, spent Saturday night here on q
visit to the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. C.
Howell, and Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Howell.
Mrs. Toby Howell has been critical
ly i'll for the past week, which we re-
gret very much to know. Her family
and numerous friends are very much
concerned in regard to her serious
condition, and hope h may yet be
restored to health, even though her
condition is of a most serious and
complicated nature.
Mr.. Strauss Peele and Miss Mary
Grantham, from the Oakland section,
were guests at Oak Glen last Sunday
between services at Ebenezer and
Pine Forest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Crawford and
children, of Kinston, who were visit
ing DR.. and Mrs. Will Crawford, at
Oak Glen, and Mrs. John R. Smith, OF
Goldsboro, returned to their home
Monday.
Mrs. Matte Peacock and son, Mas
ter Rowland, from Fremont, are in
our community on a visit to the home
of her brother, Mr.. George L. Bee
ton
Rev. J. M. Carraway preached the
funeral of Mrs. Apple S~hallington at
Ebenezer Church last Sunday, which
was attended by a large crowd OF
R~$o-l1 n-I ro1o+iuoc of tho dponaCR6.
Mrs. Robert Marvin and little
daughter Fannie, were here last week
on a visit to the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lon Dali
Friend Bill Thompson's house is re-
ceiving the finishing touches by the
painters, and presents a very attrac-
tive appearance. Wonder what Bill is
fixing for?
There will be quarterly meeting at
Ebenezer next Saturday n Sunday.
at which time services will be~con"
Quoted by the presiding elder, Rev. Il.
F. Bumpas. On Saturday there will
be two services, with intermission fol
dinner, and those attending should
carry a Well-flled basket. Besides
the two services during the day Sat
urday, there will also be services al
night, and Sunday morning and night
We hope for favorable weather ana
an o~utpouring of the members OF the
churches on this circuit.
Mr.. Hubert Raiford. from Prince
ton, was a visitor at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. w. Rose last Sunday.
Messrs. Murray Lynch, Clifton Holt
and Luby Smith, from near Princeton
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Dai
last Sunday after services at Ebe-
nezer.
MI. Morgan Suggs, of Kinston, is
visiting in our community at the home
of his uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. 4. Hooks.
Mrs. r. L. Hooks and Mr.. Morgan
Suggs spent Monday in Princeton, at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Perry
Mrs. Con Wilmington lost a locket
at Hams Springs at the Veterans
picnic, containing photographs CT
herself and Mr.. Wilmington. The
finder will be rewarded, if returned
either to Mr.. Wilmington or Mr.. FREQ
Howell, of Goldsboro.
The good old summer time is most
gone, and soon the frost will be on the
pumpkin, and the fodder in the
shocks. AS far as we are individually
concerned, we are glad to know that 1t
has passed, for a temperature OF TWEEN
ty degrees above zero is more prefera-
BILE to us than one in which the mer-
curry climbs near the top OF q TUBE.
We prefer to root to keep warm,
than to "fan" to keep cool, every time.
Sweet potatoes have again made
their appearance in our menu, aTtei
an absence of a couple Of months, ano
we hope now to regain some OF tht
lost avordupois which their disappear
ance, and the hot weather together,
caused. If we could have potatoes al
the time and a temperature not higher
thai seventy we could pull a pair o.
Jones. he pays the freight" to tie
two hundred notch most any time
But when potatoes give out and hoj
weather comes, we are like the daf-
keys catish-swunk.
Accompanied by Mr.. Phil Crawford
of Kinston, N. c., we returned Satur,
day night from a Southern trip to At
lanta. Macon and Augusta, where W.
both went to consult a specialist II
diseases of the eye, ear, nose an
throat. We had a most delightful tr1l
of five days, and if we can find TIM
will give your readers. an account o
it in our next letter, if it does not re
uuire too much space. To one accus
toned to staying at home, such a tril
gives him a little idea of the magni
tude of "Uncle Sam"
Congressional Jaunt to Hawaii.