Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-09-11
NEWS FROM WALTER
Personal Mentiens and Cur.
rent Events Chren-
icIed.

ments on Spring Hill Church.
New County Road Cotton
Crop Short.
Mr.. William Johnson and Mr.. Lu-
ther Johnson, from Luca1na, were
here last Friday to attend the burial
of their half-sister, Mrs. Toby Howell.
Miss Minnie Tatum, of Wilson, was
contributing pleasure to the home of
the Misses Hooks last week.
Miss Millie Swinson returned home |
last week from an extended visit to |
her sister, Mrs. Henry Hood, near
Mount Olive, where she has spent the
past two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hood and the
boy, from near Mount Olive. were here
last Saturday and Sunday on visit to
Mrs. Hoods mother, Mrs. M. c. Swim
son.
Miss Lola Hood accompanied Miss
Millie Swinson home last week and
added pleasure to her home for sew
eral days, returning home with Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Hood.
Miss Elizabeth Becton was the
charming hostess of house party at
her delightful home here last week,
and every day the pleasures of rural
life were enjoyed to the fullest extent,
by the number present.
Mr.. N. J. Northam, of Wrightsville,
N. c., spent Monday night at Oak Glen
where we are always glad to have
him. He is now promoting sales OF
his patent, and we al are glad to know
that he is meeting with success, anu
that prospects are datterins for an
abundant harvest.
Our roads are getting to be q favor
ite rendezvous for the autoist, and
every day they are seen speeding
: along them. On last Sunday after
t noon the roads were full of them and
the dust was flying from noon till
1 nearly dark.
Messrs. Lon Dali and Charlie Coo1
went to Moccasin fishing last Thurs
n day, for redfins. 1t was the fishes
+ day off for biting, and although the.
e returned with a nice bunch, we d.
e not know whether they would hav
e had enough to make the pan smel
"a fishy had they not come in contac
lie with the fish man on their return
However, a trip few days before re
y warded them with about thirty, whic
y they had fun in catching, bur a redfi
lie does not bite every time you shake
le worm at him.
n There is extensive and needed i'm
Fe provement going on at Spring Hi
rs Church, and when completed it wi
d be one of the most comfortable an
d attractive places of worship in tn
OF county It will be overhauled lnsid
and out, with new pulpit, new seat
oy ETC., and newly painted. The goo
II people of that community are to
rd commended for their enterprise.
Is. The county commissioners receive
tn the new road leading from Mr.. Eve
b. ett Flowers to the standpipe on MOI
VI day, and now it is a county road.
IN the convicts now will give it the a
ne tention they have the other -rcads, "
c. will have the best road on this sic
o. of the city, and one conSiderabl
nearer to market. 1t is a great col
venience to the people in this sectiol
and everyone here is rejOIced
know that it is now county road.
or Cotton is being picked by the earl
planters, and as was expected, til
crop is coming in short. In fact
will be very short crop in this SCI
e. ton and the farmers only hope
%, that prices will range high in orde
tn to compensate for the shortness. Wit
ct everything the farmer has to buy b.
ad ing at high water mark in price, til
oy price for cotton and tobacco are n,
m sufficient to meet the demands of tt
r expense account, and we hope to Sc
lp them tend upward.
e. Last Thursday morning, Septembt
r 2, just as aurora was pushing bae
1g the curtains of night, and the grs
Mt dawn was beginning to be refecte
upon the eastern skies, the gent
at spirit of our esteemed neighbor, Mr.
N. Mary Howell, the beloved wife of M
C. Toby Howell, burst it's prison cells
We clay and returned to the God WI
OF gave it. In the early morning tw
A. light, when all nature was hushed
ed the quietness of repose, end tt
es twinkling stars which had paved tt
as pathway of the departing night, wel
it burning low in the heavens vast cal
delabra, soon to be obscure.1 by tt
n approach of the rising sun: in tt
tie quiet stiffness of the early morni1
es, hour, in moment, yea, in the twin
or ling Of an eye, her generous. mothe
of ly heart was suddenly stilled. her 10
d. ing hands, which had known maj
Le- years of faithful and untfring servi
I'D to her friends and loved ones, had 10
their tender touch, and the kind al
lot motherly expression of her eye hs
ill given place to the lifeless stare
n death. She had been most patie1
th and uncompl;tining sutferer for mar
tie years, and especially fer the past tN
ed or three months, each day but adde