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THE ARGUS. DAILY AND WEEKLY." LODGE DIRECTORY. Wayne Lodge, No. 112, A. F. & A. M., meets 1st and 3rd, Monday evenings, 7:30 o'clock," in Odd Fellows Hall. Visiting brothers heartily welcomed. , .'j Neuse Lodge No. 6, I.. O. O. F.,1 meets every Tuesday evening, at ", 8.00 o'clock, in Odd Fellows; Hall. Cordial welcome to visi-: tors. Euffin Lodge No. 6K. of P., meets every Friday evening, at 7:30 o'clock in Odd Fellows Hall. Knightly welcome to visitors. Goldsboro Council No. 89, Jr. O. U. A. M., meets every Wednesday evening, 8:00 o'clock, in Odd Fellows Hall. Cordial welcome to all visiting brethren. EPEMS OF INTEREST JN AND AUOtJND THE CITY. o Picked Up By the Ubiquitous Reporter and Chronicled for the Information of Argus Headers. The county convicts are now at work on the Stony Creek road. Messrs. Jas. Westbrook and Ernest Flowers, of Mt. Olive, were in the city Friday, on legal business. The rain on Saturday was pretty ! general throughout this . .section and crops of all kinds were greatly bene fited. If you have a suitable location for ! the public building you should com municate with the authorities at Washington. Rural free mail delivery for the vi cinity of Goldsboro is claiming the active attention of a number of our country friends. Hatch Bros, will run their excur- icu xuub. wiii r uii tuir siiur- PURELY LOCAL. o sion to Wilmington ana wrignts-'abidi vuie next j?riaay. xne iare ior tne i round trip is only $1.25. Ihe rye-straw crop is being put on tne market now ana nnas reaay sale at 25 cents per hundred, while the i grain commands f 1.25 per bushel, j The excursion season is opening , hereabouts with its usual vivacity, : anH hv the time water melons are in vogue aralore. there will be excursions The travel towards Morehead these days is heavier and the sojourners at the Atlantic Hotel more numerous than ever before this early in the season. The base ball fever is on the up ward trend in Goldsboro. It will possibly assume the virulent type about the time the dog star is in the ascendency. Mr. J. J. Meador, of the Golds boro tobacco market, who has been spending some weeks at his home in Madison, has returned to the city to . . ... . "i r- xl the com-' get tnmgs m reaumess ior ing season. A gentleman who has traveled ex- tensively in farming districts recent- 1 v informs us that Mr. David Over- j man, oi tnis county, nas piece of upland corn he growing at this season. the finest ever saw The cutting of oats is now in vogue with the farmers of these Darts and the crop is poor in growth long continued dry weather ot tne spring and early summer- Mr. J. T. Fowlkes, of Raleigh, has accepted a position with the Golds boro Drug Company. Goldsboro wel comes him rierht eladly and wishes that his stay in our progressive city , may be both pleasant and profitable. Mr. J. C. Broadhurst, from the Seven Springs neighborhood, sent to this office Monday morning a peculiar freak in the way of a rose bud, which had formed around the stem, with! green leaves in the centre and pro truding from the bud. Dr. C. W. Grainger, the dentist, and Mr. Walter Flowers, the popu lar book-keeper cf Messrs. Smith & Yelverton, who have been absent from their posts of duty for some days by fever, are improving, we are glad to announce. Hollowell and Peterson, who in 1872 inaugurated cheap rate excur sions, have arranged for a train on ifit.h to Morehead City, return- in e- on the) 17th, giving all who at- tend over twenty-four hours for fish- ing, sailing and surf bathing. The tax listers for both the town- ship and city are located in the court ship anu city tr nouse. i" nv HUTur SLiS5J533Kf the time has already passed by. This . . 1- V.n.r- lictOfl TlVt-ITTi-t-l-l- matter musx oe ai A snecial train will be run on the Smithfield branch from this city to Smithfield, on July 3, for the ac- commodation of delegates to the T.)nioi mnmntlmi. The train will leave here about 11 o'clock on the morning of the 3rd and return about ?Sock in the afternoon. The fare Xoctiie round trip will be $1.00.' Soft Harness You can make your har nesa aa soft as a glove and as tough aa wire by using EUREKA Har. nesa Oil. You can lengthen its life make it last twice as long aa It ordinarily would. HA Harness Oi makes a poor looking har ness like new. Made of pure, heavy bodied oil, es pecially prepared to with stand the weather. 8old everywhere In cans all sizes. Made fcj STANDARD OIL CO. The farmers of this section are now engaged in housing their grain crops, which have been cut very short by j tne exceemng ary weainer oi may, In the compietion of the city own when their crops most needed rain . . ... , . v. for filling out and maturing. How-! ersniP of its own electric light and ever, owing to the unusually large water works plants, the Argus acreage planted, an average crop in : the aggregate will be housed. The cotton crop can stand as a rule a great deal of dry weather, but 1 1 J "1 1 J 11 A w ucii vvixxo woxuiv; xx "H'n!irtit has aiiatflinert In t.ho aonm. root has penetrated the soil deeply ,. , , , , serious results may follow. No great , Pigment of these achievements so damage has thus far occurred in these essential to the growth of Greater parts, but the limit of safety has j Goldsboro. nearly been reached and ten days And at the same time we wish to more of dry weather would serious-, bear testimo to the fauitiess effic ly impair the crop. . y. ,.4.. . . lency with which the several mtri- JLaurie Hill, a negro, was arrested cate ieo-al features of the Question i iiere r nuay uy ueputy u. o. ijLaxsiiai i . from Newbern for retailing liquor j without license at Dover. The case -1 n: j 1 .1 1 tt ci r 1 1 : came up before 1 Commissioner Hugh Humphrey, of this city, who sent the negro to jail in default of bail, Dover is a dry town and the negro had been doin considerable business retailing coin whiskey. X U Y XXX KKj Oi OV A VVv VX VAVlAAXUlg X W I srret to the ent're communitv and especially to the patrons of the Golds- boro Graded School, to learn that Miss Minnie Slocumb, of the faculty, whose election on the faculty of the Winston Schools we noted several days ago, has decided to accept that position. She will take with her the nff ff0od wishes of all our people.' - I -Kfr. TT! TVT A Homo tho Tldhiwl- Printing Press Company, was in the iT Trvirlr r.n h la iv .r, trincfm in 11 a new two-revolution press the handsomest in the State her own fnirir fnr th Kinaton Vrp xne nanasomesi in xne oxaxe, ner own ps This evidmco of prosperity sewerage system-the most modern j-v t. e u t. -o-Aoc iii Kn'.ni. ToWt in avptv fcatiiTft im. luCi''ro,V.""luo, noted with i pleasure by the friends of that excellent paper throughout the section from which it draws its pat-" ronage. The death of Mrs. Elias Hardison, who with her husband moved to Goldsboro some years ago from the Mt. Olive section, occurred at their home in Webbtown Saturday night, V.anH anrl fnnr snrn survive riAr. ThA ! funeral was held from Elm-street chapel Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, Rev. M. Bradshaw, pastor of St. Paul's exurch, officiating, and the interment was made in Willow Dale' I mr. james wrignx xayior, oi inis city, died suddenly Monday night at his farm in Greene county, where he went from here JMonaay arternoon. He came to Goldsboro some months ago and purchased a home from Judge W. S. O'B. Robinson, at 415 Daisy street, where he has resided since, lie was a very gooa citizen and his death will be mourned not alone at his old home in Greene county, but by new made friends in this city. , Henry Guess, the colored barber. has a big juicy water melon lying Up!"j,- r ,' ' " , , ! in his barber shop window where he can look at it as often as he wishes, and where it is sure to attract the at- tention of every "coon" that passes that way. It is the first water melon seen in Goldsboro this season, and Henry says if he does not get 75 cents for it he will eat it himself. It will be some weeks before there will be any North Carolina water melons on this market. When they do come they are the best that grow. The question of location for Golds boro's new post-office building is now the prevailing topic of local controversy. Under the provisions of the Treasury Department a corner lot conveniently located is required, and sealed proposals for sale of such sites are invited, to be opened on July 16. This means that the Gov- eminent nas gone rignt to wotk on UJ ! r, 5n CLi Adr-wiOct steady Prorand by early JaTlwl Township Executive Committee for ; ly right here in Goldsboro, and real mav expect the construction work the ensuing two years : izina: what a delightful food this on this handsome public building to be well under headway. We go for- ward. ( rhe Street Committee of the Board 0f Aldermen have decided to put rick culverts over thebig ditjh at -Elm and Walnut street crossings, Tfae gtreetg at both piace8 wlU be o.raHoil A nivil pno-ineer will hA tiXVlVV. w 1 w ISSndS iSVr'spicer, I, V. J. Jones, W. D. '1' Tfi Creech, W.H. Smith, W. H. Sugg, periment Walnut street from East I IIAWUI ; . Centre to Jonn street win oe pavea , with Dncic. xne streets on wnicn shell roc nas Deen piacea nereioiore ( will be patched up with the same material. Owners of property on both sides of Walnut street will each be assessed one-sixth of the eost for paving, the ty paying the remain- ing two-thirds. v GOLDSBORO 11 WORKS PLANT NOW OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE CITY. A Fine Piece of Perfect Legal Work Covering AH Points of the - - City's Purchase. 'L The last act in the long drama of the city ownership of the Goldsboro ; Waterworks was rendered Thurs-j day when the city authorities paid over to the Goldsboro Water Com pany fifty thousand dollars and re ceived from the latter the deed of purchase for the above plant, carry ing with it possession of the property and all rights and appurtenances thereto appertaining heartily congratulates the citizens of Goldsboro on this great forward stride in the march of modern pro gress, and felicitates itself upon the City handled by our painstaking Attorney, Col. A. C. Davis, who in the drafting of the necessary amendments to the charter, the bill j providing for the bond election, to If , , , , , , , . ' . , ! be enacted by the General Assembly , the notice advertising the election, J , , I ,1 U4Ul' of law and all possible legal techni-' calities, that no flaw could be found 1 in any Gf them by the Supreme 4 n -i rt f0' W.he ?T "P0 test the validity of the city's bonds issued thereunder went before it for ad iudi cation. . . , A1 AI1U flOW.OWllIUK Her OWU BlWinu lights, her own water works, her r:4- tth mt,,i, ...;n v e x " ; I V A 7; proved streets and better country -oads with a 35,000 post office building, city mail delivery, and fWm -rural rrmil deliverv soon to come, is not "Greater Goldsboro" at hand? TOWNSHIP, PRIMARY. JJele&aleS Elected to the County Convention. I The township primaries for Golds-" boro were held in the court house Friday night. Mr. Geo. C. Royall was called to the chair and the repre- sentatives of the Democratic press . . OD aanr.aariaa x auw luuuwmg 0.0 w v? county convention, which meets in this city next Saturday, were put in nomination by Mayor Geo. E. Hood and were unanimously elected? j N. O'Berry, W. T. Dortch, B. H. Griffin, F. A.Daniels, Joe Rosenthal, E. L. Edmundson, W. H. H. Cobb, E. B. Borden, Jr.,G. A. Norwood, D.J. I Thurston, H. G. Grady, M. L. Lee, E. a. j. vjranoway, u. r. ooutxiciiaxiu, J. B. Edgerton, W. H. Smith, N. B. outlaw. G. G. Woodard. J. H. Hill. Sr., R. L, Thompson, G. W. Daugh try, W. A. Denmark, J. E. Robin son, Jas. Cole, R. E. Pipkin, E. W. Powell, C. W. Pender, L. M. Mich aux, G. W. Langston, Dock Smith, M. E. Bizzell, A. B. Hollowell, Geo. Murphy, W. A. Wooten, W. H. Barnes, A. W. Faulkner, S. P. Mc- Jonn w. n,awaros, jr Lester, Robert Lewis, D. W. Cobb, Leonard Edwards, Lionel Weil, J. W. Edwards, B. G. Thompson, M. T. Dickinson, W. R. Phillips, Harry Daughtry, F. E. Tudor, D. J. Broad- hurst. T. A. Whitfield. . The following were elected on the 1 " " Messrs. Geo. W . Langston, John C. Barden, I. J. Harrell, C. W. Pen- -st H TT A t1 A der, Lreo. xwyaii, j. a. otevens, J. H. Capt. well, 1111, ivi. u. -i.ee, nas. uewew, T. W. Slocumb, J. M. IIollo S. M. Draper, I. F. Ormond, Herring, Nathan O'Berry, W. CfF. I ' F 1 I 1 1 III W Cll. Xj. -X-f . XWOO. XX . TV1XXO. m TT t 1 1 1 T . T TJodo 'Tin "WWia s D. J. Miller, H oj. xauguvi,y. NOTICE. I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Sheriff, subject to nomination by the Democratic f w fionntv Convention of Wayne I 8. J. ROBERTS. Constipation Does your head ache? Pain .back of your eyes? Bad taste in your mouth? It's your liver! Ayer's Pills are liver pills. They cure consti pation, headache, dyspepsia. 25c. All druggists. Want your moustache or beard a beautiful trown or rich black? Then use BUCKINGHAM'S DYEtvers 50 cts. op Druggists, or R. P. Hail & Co., Nashua, N.H. DEATH ON THE RAILROAD. A White Man Goes to Sleep on the Track and is Killed. Daily Argus of Monday. The incoming train on the A. & N.C.R. R.killed a white man named Joe Hill this morning just this side of Kinston. The engineer saw the man just before the cow-catcher struck him. He was fast asleep on the track and possibly did not know what killed him. , It was learned here from passengers who came in on the train that the man was arrest ed in Kinston yesterday for being drunk and disorderly and was placed in the lock-up last night. This morn ing he had sobered up and was turn loose. Before leaving town for his home he secured more liquor and got drunk again. He left town afoot on the railroad and when a mile out from Kinston lay down on the track rmrl wfn, r slpr. with his hpnrl bft- tween h cross.ties. The remains were taken Kinston. up and carried back to GIGANTIC MORTGAGE. Entered For Registration in Wayne County To-day. The Atlantic Coast Line filed a gigantic mortgage at the office of the register of deeds in this city Tuesday at noon. It was the first consoli- 'rinti mortgage of the company to the United States Trust Company, of New York, and bears date of June 16, 1902, and secures the bond issue ' , author zed by the stockholders at the I recent meeting in Richmond. The mortgage is for $80,000,000. The mortgage is printed and the whole instrument makes a book of 114 pages with an average of 385 words to the page, making an ag gregate of 43;890 words. Only 57 pages are required to be registered in this county, which makes 21,995 words. No documentary stamps are required. THE GOVERNOR'S MATION. PROCLA- The proclamation of Governor Ay- cock as to the Salisbury lynching is irl, ,T , Cx ; -.xxxx cv Cl uiu xxx wuu uas xcopcuK wi ww auu nuc of State and regard for justice, and it : is to be hoped that the Governor's commendable action may result in bringing to trial and to justice those who participated in the murder of a 10-year-old child without substan tial evidence of his guilt, and he pro testing his innocence of the crime for which he was lynched, and which the law had already taken in hand and stood ready to duly avenge. The law is the only shield which a 1 people have against anarchy and dire calamity from either mob violence or organized power, and re spect for law in the hearts of the peo ple is the only hope of the perpetuity of our free institutions and the bul wark of our constitutional guarantees of life, liberty and the pursuit of hap piness. The law has been fearfully out raged at Salisbury and the mob who so wantonly set it at naught should be condignly punished. CAROLINA RICEFLAKES. A local poet, after eating Carolina , XUW x iao.TO,xuauuiaviiu viuoi ,v product is, breaks forth in the follow ing aposthrophe: Tell me not in: mournful numbers. j,ife is but an emntv dream : When a fellow gets for breakfast Rice Flakes flanked with sugared cream.' Fat Carolina Rice Flakes, the most healthful, nutricious easily di gested food in the world. Already cooked and ready to serve. iSTFor sale by all grocers. WANTED A room by a gentleman stranger of this town with a refined private family, Argus. . address "C," care TOWNSHIP PRIMARIES; Fine Delegations Selected Old Way of County Nominations. Sustained. The returns from the township primaries oi the county, held on Saturday are slow in coming in. We are only able to report the following up to the hour of going to press this afternoon: STONY CHEEK. The Democratic primary met in1 convention pursuant to call. H. F. j Pate, chairman, called the conven-; tion to order. j The following are the delegates to ) the County Convention : Messrs. Jesse B. Thompson, H. Spence, S. D. Pate, H. F. Pate. Next was to elect an executive committee, viz. : Messrs. H. F. Pate, ! W. G. Hooks, S. D. Pate, H. Spence and Jesse , Thompson. H. F. Pate , was re-elected chairman. At the close of the convention the (new mode) primary voting for can- didates was carried bv a two-thirds ! majority. The whole convention seems to favor W.R. Allen for Judge, and Armistead Jones for Solicitor. By order of convention. H. F. Pate, Chairman. Lewis B. Pate, Secretary, June 21, 1902. BUCK SWAMP. At the meeting of Buck Swamp township primary, held June 21st, the following were elected delegates to the County Convention : N. B. Berger, H. F. Yelverton, E. S. Dees, C. L. Gurley, J. T. Star ling. Township executive committee : J. W. Thompson, chairman; C. L. Gurley, E. L. Peele, Robert Craw ford, H. F. Yelverton. Delegates were instructed to sup port the primary system. J. W. Thompson, Chairman. N. B. Berger, Secretary. NEW HOPE. The New Hope Democratic pri mary meeting was called to order by Chairman M. P. Adams. On mo tion M. P. Adams was re-elected per manent chairman and Mr. A. T. TJz- zell was made secretary. The following delegates were elected to the County Convention: A. T. Uzzell, John L. Phelps, Rufus j Mozingo, L. A. Ivey, Elisha Her ring, E. E. Long, J. H. Grant, Benj. Herring. The following were elected execu tive committee: Benj. Herring, chairman ; A. T. TJzzell, J. H. Grant, M. L. Adams, Rufus Mozingo, Sr. The question of county primaries was cuscussea ana tne 01a system endorsed. Justice Walter Clark was en- Eutawville, S. C, and the Rev. dorsed for Chief Justice and E. C. Clarence Dillard, of Goldsboro, N. Beddingfield for Corporation Com- C. Nor was another address more missioner, W. R. Allen for Superior convincing to the serious and intelli- x, . , T, r, . gent mind than those in which Court Judge and C. R. Thomas for resident Sanders, of Biddle Uni Congress. j versity, argued the cause of Presby- A. T. Uzzell, Secretary. terian institutions as claiming the , support of Presbyterian money, and great swamp. j Professor Weaver the necessity of The following delegates from more than an industrial and tech ni-n-, .1 , cal education for those capable of a vxtx kj " V vw county tjonvenuon 10 ue iieiu u uii , 28th; Barnes Ay cock, Green Copeland, Jas. Overman, D. D. Peele, P. L. Peacock, Barnes Pope, Simeon Ay cock,' Leonard Dickinson, W. L. Pope, J. C. Hooks. P. L, Peacock, Ch'm. Chas. Aycock, Secretary Delegates were instructed for Al len for Judge and Beddingfield for Corporation Commissioner. PROVIDENCE. The following were elected dele - gates: W. C. Brogden, W. H. Overman, E. Edwards. Executive ' Committee E. Ed wards, chairman ; D. H. Overman, W. C. Brogden, John Barwick, W. P. Stevens. PIKEVIIiliE. Delegates J. P. Smith, W. B. Fort, J. M. Stone, Erastus Smith, J. C. Smith, Jas. Winbon, H. C. Sherard, W. H. Summerlin. Executive Committee W. , B. Fort, K. B. Smith, W. B. Albritton, Erastus Smith, Hyman Pate. W. B. Fort, Chairman. K. B. Smith, Seretary. FORK TOWNSHIP. The following delegates were elect ed to the County Convention: N. D. Gurley, E. T. Atkinson, Jos. Crocker, Geo. Yelverton, Jno. Davis, Oscar Farrior, Will Hines, W. F. Rose, Bich'd Hines. j The vote of the primary on the County Primary stood IS against it and 4 in favor. FOR FREE ADVICE Every Woman Should Write Dr. S. - B Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium. . Mrs. C. Jj. Byron. Mrs. C. Tu Byron, of 546 Lincoln ave- nue, Chicago, 111., is President of the? Chicago German Woman's Club. She I V 11 11 . j -w-v has the following to say of Peruna, the great catarrh remedy, -which relieved her of a serious ca3e of catarrh of the bladder : Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.: Gentlemen "I was cured of a very severe case of bladder trouble which the doctors did not know how to reach. I had severe headache and dragging: pains with it, but before the second bottle was used I felt much relieved, and after having used the fifth bottle life looked different to me. This was nearly a year ago, and I have had no recurrence of the trouble. I cannot praise Peruna. too highly." MRS. C. L. BYROIT. Free Home Advice. In view of the great multitude of women suffering from some form of female disease and yet unable to find any cure, Dr. Hartman, the renowned specialist on female catarrhal dis eases, has announced his willingness to direct the treatment ot as many cases as make application to hint during the summer months without charge. 0 , Those wishing to become patients hould address The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. AT THE PRESBYTERY. In speaking of the recent meeting of the General Presbytery in New York, at which Rev. C. Dillard, the-well-known colored Presbyterian di vine and principal of the colored graded school of this city, was an at tendant, the New York "Evangelist" says : "Whether or not the negro is an emotional, non-religious creature, as was hardly decided during the hours allotted to the Freedmen's Board, it became clear beyond controversy that he is a child of eloquence. Not one of the white speakers of this Assem bly was greeted with such applause as assailed the ears of certain of the colored speakers. Not one used more felicitous and telling illustra- 1 firms thn.n "R,ftv. Ft. W. Trlnlmsin. of fhra-nnrrri into onfno I w n no " CITY HALL AND HOUSE. MARKET Sealed proposals will be received until 1 o'clock p. m., Tuesday, July 1st, 1902, at the Mayor's Office, for erecting a City Hall and Market House. Each contractor will be re quired to furnish separate bids for each building. The bids must be accompanied by a certified check or cash to the amount of $250 ; all cer tified checks on some responsible bank and be payable to the City Clerk of Goldsboro. The return of ' said check or cash to whom the work. shall be awarded being condi tional upon the appearance of such bidder with bondsmen within ten (10) days after notice to him of said, award and the execution by him of a contract with the Building Committee for the fulfillment of the same in the sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000) in consideration o the faithful performance of the con tract. The said Committee reserve the right to reject any vand all bids Plans and specifications can bt seen by applying at the office of th City Clerk at Goldsboro, N. C. , Rheumaeide Cured Hon. ft H. tlartle' j "Tybo, N. C. May 10th. 1901. " ' Gintlemen: I had rheumatism ) 1 stiff and 1 could not use. Mr. J. B. Smith, reiiei. in laii oi xtsuu mT enouiarr Nniii"A drngglPt, of Jjexington, recommended j RHEUMAC1DK. I bought one bottle and j before using half ot It. found It -was rellev 1 1ng me. Before finishing third bottle I 7 eouia raise ana Btrainien my arm, and It nas eurea me. v ery respectful ly, 1 1 (Signed) H. H.HAI . HARTLEY. 1 1 Mr. Hartley la one of the moat prominent 1 and hlffhlr reaoected eltlsena rf nidm 1 oounty. and represented his county la the 1 last legislature, ttfeeumaeide is the standard rhsamatlo remedy. Arold subaUtues. All druggists All 1L TrlA si. W W V ; . TrTffifJS ttVJ ' m4 U tpwdy ftirti i t
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