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This booklet traces the development of local government in Goldsboro from 1847 to 1923. It includes photographs, charts illustrating different forms of government, a map showing changes in the town's corporate limits, and transcripts of charters and legislation pertaining to local government.
>Lionel Weil (1877-1948) was born in Goldsboro, the son of Solomon and Sarah Einstein Weil. In 1897, Weil received a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of North Carolina. Interested in further study in the field of chemistry, he was instead persuaded by his father to work in the family firm of H. Weil and Bros. in Goldsboro. Weil married Ruth Kaufmann Heyn in 1910; they had three children before her death in 1941. While employed as a partner in his father's business, Weil served Goldsboro as a city alderman from 1904 to 1923, chairman of the Zoning and Planning Committee, and secretary of the City Charter Committee in 1917. While civically active, he also wrote numerous monographs and pamphlets on city government and agricultural techniques. In addition to his government positions, Weil worked hard to support North Carolina's Jewish community. He served as treasurer of the Oheb Sholom congregation in 1917 and as president of the North Carolina Jewish Relief Committee from 1918 to 1922. In his later life, Weil was heavily involved in conservation and education in North Carolina. He personally donated the original land for the Cliffs of the Neuse State Park and was a charter member of the Friends of the Library at the University of North Carolina.
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