Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-09-04
NEARBY NEWS BRIEFLY
TOLD.

NEARBY NEWS BRIEFLY
TOLD.
For the first time within the recol-
| lection of man Halifax county jail is
clear of prisoners and the doors
stand wide open. Sheriff ! A. House
was here Monday taking two prison
ers to the States Prison 1T Raleigh,
and stated that the man Edwards.
wanted in various places, La b
taken to Wilmington, and that the
Jail was empty. It speaks well for the
county to have Jail without prison
ers, and we trust that the citizens of
abiding as not to need much of a
jail.-Weldon News.
Col. E. A. Osborne, speaking at the
reunion of Confederates in Charlotte,
said: 81 have heard il said often, /
have seen it in print, that the gallant
soldiers OF the Confederacy fought,
bled and died for what they thought
was right l reject that expression.
1t is apologetic and the soldiers of
the Confederacy have no apologies to
make; neither do they wish anybody
else to make any for them. They did
not think they were right, They
knew it, That wa@ lick in the
right place. There are other express
sions used about the South that we
never liked. The term 'ex-Confed
crate is one Why 'ex''? Does any
survivor of the armies that fought
for the Bonnie Blue Flag feel like
an "ex"? We require no answer
Lexington Dispatch.
Durham is not as thin-skinned as
some outsiders might think Rev
Abe Mulkey came, said what he want
ed to and left, and yet nobody has
| jumped on him or become stirred up
over it.-Durham Herald.
Pitt county is not going to have the
good roads she ought to have until
| there is a bond issue of sufficient size
| 20 build them-Greenville Reflector.
The fire engine for Snow Hill has
| for several days been at orr >:ation,
| but as the company selling the ssI.e
are to send representative to test
the engine for approval of the board
| Of commissioners, it may be some
time before our little town will be
thus safe-guarded against Gire.-Snow
| Hill Standard-Laconic.
Four men from the government ma
vy-yard at Charleston, S. C, arrived
in the city last evening, dispatched
the North Carolina Naval Brigade
gunboat Elfrida They rank as fol
lows: Boatswain, mate, first class
machinist, fireman and seaman
They went aboard the ship last night
The crew and ship is under the com
mand of Capt. Thomas C. Daniels, o
the North Carolina Brgade.-Nev
. Bern Sun.
r Mr.. Henry Walston, living nea
town, tells us of a snake he saw Ol
his plantation one day last week. H
heard his dog barking, and upon in
9 vestigation found an old snake wit
: fifty-one young ones. Just as he az
# preached them the old snake opene
6 her mouth and the young ones crawl
= ed in and disappeared. Mr.. Walston
: son, coming up about that time, sht
,e the old snake and the young ones b.
n gan crawling out. The old snake WE
1-2 feet long and Z 1-2 inche
!. around it's body, and the young ont
,s were 10 to 12 inches long. The snake
"a were all Scotland Neck Con
ID monwealth.
m
N The business public will be inte
of ested to learn that the mammoth sto
&c age warehouses now in course of co
;, struction for the Seaboard Air II
- Railroad will be used for the fiji
=; time next week A cargo Of salt
r.. expected to arrive during the ne
he few days. Work on these warehous
Ri has been pushed at a rapid rate ]
fr Gently and while warehouse A,
II first one to be used, will not be for
air ally delivered until September IS, @
,ot end of the building will be ready
Oh use next week. The first cargo
cir salt will consist OF 1000 tons.-W
ot- mington Dispatch.
nd
M When Mr.. Roosevelt killed an G