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RETURN OF THE vICToRs.

The Firemen Receive a Cordial
Welcome To-Day.
Daily Argus of Saturday
The Eclipse Hose Reel Com
pany came in this mo:nipg and
Goldsboro No. 1 Hose Real Com
psny came in to-day at 2 O'Clock
from the State Fireman's Teurna-
ment at Charlotte. Both compan-
les ri torn to us as victors from a
field of battle. They exhibited
their efficiency as fremen by
bringing home three handsome
prizes which tdey won in COMPETE
ton with the State and Inter-
| State racer. The store Of I'll.
We'll & Bros was handsomely dec
Grated with green and white bunt-
ing, the colors of the victorious
Goldsboro C1mpsny, who are now
the State champions, and the den'
tai Office Of DIR. Chas. w. Gram
ger, was slso handsomely decorat-
ed IN red, white and blue, the
National colors, in honor of the
return of the victors. But for the
fact that the arrival of the train
was delayed this afternoon, ar
elaborate programme of welcome
would have been carried out. Az
it il, however, the pride which
Goldsboro feels 10 her fire depart
ment is greater than ever and hel
welcome to the victors is very cor
dial and sincere.
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WINNERS AGAIN.
GOIdsdoro No. L Wins Second
Money in the Interstate
Races To-Day.

GOIdsdOrO No. 1 Wins Second
Money in the Interstate
Races To-Day.
Daily Argus, Friday. July 26.
In the Inter State races to-day
in the FIremans Tour anent at
Charlotte, G .ldsboro No. 1 Com
pany won the ST cond pr re in the
hose wagon contest.
The time wa as follows:
South Carolina............ 40 2 8
Goldsboro.. Al
Eclipse of Goldsboro made the
fastest time to the hydrant, but
failed to connect the hose.
In winning this prize Colds
boro No. 1 briggs away $3.50 in
premiums from the tournament,
having won the first prize in the
State contest on Wednesday.
The Eclipse Hose Reel Com
pany, which lowered the worlds
record in this city three years ago
still holds that record. It has never
been beaten. This company won
the second prize in the State races,
which makes a total of 5000 that
Goldsboro gets from the tourna-
ment, and which is an eloquent
testimonial to the efficiency of our
Fire Department.
On their arrival IN this city to-
morrow Saturday the victor
ious teams will be accorded a pub
lie welcome by our citizens at the
station and be extended a recep-
ton and banquet immediately af-
forwards in the spacious dining
room of the Hotel Kennon.
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OUR FIRE LADDIES CARRY
OFF BOTH PRIZES In THE
HOSE WAGON RACES
IN CHARLOTTE
GOldSbOrO No. 1 Wins First Prize
and Eclipse Carries
Off Second.

Daily Argus, July %.
In the hose wagon contest yes.
to-day for the State championship
at the annual State Firemans
Tournament which is being held
this woekin Charlotte, Goldsboro
has the proud distinction of win
ming both prizes by unapproach-
able scores
Goldsboro NJ. 1, Lionel We'll,
foreman, made the run in 80 and
2-5 seconds; and the Eclipse, i.
W, HiIker, foreman, made the
run in 40 and As seconds.
These were by several seconds
the bast records of the entire coma
test and doubiy sustain Colds
boro's record Of the best fire de-
partment ia the State and the
swiftest hose wagon team in The
world.
Three cheers for the winners !! !
Let's give the boys a rousing
welcome and refreshing reception
on their return home-the victori
of the State.
There was a protest entered a!
to Goidsboro No. 1 by Durham
and joined in by the Eclipse,
hich the judges now have undel
consideration.
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NOTICE.

BY virtue of an order, made in the action of
the Atlantic Trust Company VS.. the Goldsboro
Water Company, in the Superior Court of
Wayne County, State of North Carolina, the
undersigned, having been appointed commits
sioner for that purpose, will sell for cash, by
public auction, at the Court House door. in the
City of Goldsboro, N. c., on Monday, the 4th
day of November. 1901, all the property of the
Goldsboro Water Co, real and personal, goods
ing it's land, water works plant, buildings.
pump houses, stand pipes, reservoirs. machln,
equipment. situate in said County of Wayne,
together with all and singular the tenements.
hereditaments and appurtenances t~hereunto
belonging or in anywise appertaining. and the
reversion and reversions, remainder and re
mainders, tolls, rights, issues, income and prof
it's accruing therefrom and also all and singu-
lar the rights, privileges and franchises, cor
porate and otherwise, of'said Water Company,
and also all the estate, title and interest, prop
erty, possession and demand whatever in law
or IN equity, of the said Water Company, of,
in and to the property above described, and
each and every partsand parcel thereof. with
The appurtenanceS. l. +. DORTCH,
| July 10th, 1901, dlaWk. COMMISSIONS
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Thousands Homeless.

Shanghai, July 26.-The foods in
the Yang Use valley are causing
great distress. Two of the main en-
bankments have broken above Wuhn
and flooded a thickly populated dis
trict for forty or fifty miles. Tens
of thousands of people have been
rendered homeless and the crops
destroyed.
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ST. PAUL s. S.
Will BE Run to MOrehead Cit,
On the 9th of August.

On the 9th of August.
The public usually read an n
nouncement of an excursion with
pleasure. It affords an opportunity
for those with limited means to
visit places of ioterest as we'll as
places of amusement and pleasure
at a small cost. The subject OF
this notice, which is an excursion
by st. Paul Sunday School to
Morehead City en- the morning of
August 9th, contains more than
ordinary interest for the people
of Goldsboro, especially the Meth
odists of the city and their many
friends. The trip had it's concep-
ton in the magnanimous brain of
Mr.. T.. r. Robinson, the superinr
tendent of the school, who had
the sole motiyein view of furnish
ing a delightful days outing to
the scholars of the Sunday school
and their parents and friends.
TIE "hot wave" is at length
upon us and not only upon us
here in G%oldsboro, and hereabouts
but all over the country, with the
possible exception of Morehead
City, where the ~unfailing brisk
breeze off three thousand miles of
open southern sea keeps the Inc
habitants of that favored locality
cool, comfortable and healthful,
and the dancing waves toss their
white caps in smiling welcome to
all who mag come from the heate
b1rdened ssinterior."
While tia trip has been planned
for the benefit of the school, the
public can take advantage of the
cheap rate and are invited to do
SO.
The fac. that it is a Sunday
school excursion is ample guar
antee that the best of order will
prevail, and those who contems
plate making q trip to the sea-
shore during the present aeason,
could not avail themselves of a
better opportunity than will be
presented when st. Paul Sunday
school excursion leaves here on
the morning of August 9th at Z
o'clock for Morehead City. Fare
for the round trip 81.
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NOTICE.

All road supervisors and road
overseers are respectfully re-
quested to meet at Dudley on the
first Monday in August, TO attend
to important business. Bring al
road orders. W B. BoWDEN,
Chm Supervisors.
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Magistrates and Overseers.

The Supervisors (Magistrates)
OF Goldsboro township are re-
quested to meet at the Court
House on Thursday next, Aug.
1st, at II O'clock, sharp, as re-
CURED by law.
Business Of importance. aud a
full meeting is desired.
JNO. Fl. HILL, Chm.
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An Excellent Combination

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co, illustrate
the value of obtaining. the liquid Taxa
tive principles Of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
themi in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. It
is She one perfect strer. gtaening laxa-
tive. cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
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every Objectionable quality and sub
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In the process of manufacturing figs
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,
WHAT A MAN WHO HAS
BEEN AROUND THE
WORLD SAYS.
Opportunity to Visit This
Magnificent City Will Be Of
fered on August 6, on the
Excursion of MIR. R. e.
Pipkin.

A traveller who has been around
the world, and visited every cap
ital and important city, in a lee
ture said, that there is more of
interest to be seen in Washing
ton City, the Capital of the Uni
ted States, than in any other city
on the face of the earth.
We believe every thoughtful
visitor to Washington is inn
pressed with the truth Of this
statement. Everything that per-
tains to wal and peace, invention
and discovery. science and art
are to be seen at the National
Capital.
AS a means OF. education, a two
days trip to Washington City is
worth weeks and months at
school.
But, not only is there much to
be seen at the Capital City. but
By going to Norfolk and taking
the trip from Norfolk by the
Norfolk and Washington. Steam
b Dat Company, the trip itself is
not only by far the most pleas
ant way to &C, and delightful in
every way, but from the moment
the splendid ship gIides me- es>
tically from the wharf in Norfolk,
the voyage is of are beauty and
historic interest.
Sitting On the deck, as the ship
moves out into the stream, the
traveller gets a fine view Of the
harbor, with all sorts OF craft
here a little white.winged. sail
boat dancing .along over the
waves, there a great ocean ship,
foating the ~far-away flag OF {
country beyond the seas, yondel
mammoth American man of
war, with our oWn-country's Fl az
so dear to our hearts, and a little
further away Old Point Comfort
and the grim guns of Fortres:
Monroe. Then away goes ths
ship over the beautiful and his
toric waters Of the Potomac
sacred in song and story to every
American heart.
We wish everyone could take
this delightful trip from Norfolk
to Washington by the Norfolk
and Washington Steamboat Com
'fpany. The ships of this line arr
'great floating palaces. perfect,
safe, swift and strong, containing
every luxury, comfort aad con-
venience. The ideal way to ge
to the North is by this line.
Ga August 6;b, Mr. R. E.. Pip
kin will run bis excursion, and a
a very small cost will give oul
people the opportunity to take
magnificent trip TO Washington
Bob Pipkin knows how to rul
an excursion, and does ast wha
he promises.
The train will connect with tn,
steamer at Norfolk.
Hundreds will go, and every
man, woman and child that goel
will be delighted
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L WINNERS.

Especial to the ARGUS
Charlotte, N. G. July 25-3 pm
Judges awarded GOldsbOrO No.
1 first money; Eclipse second.
Protest Overruled.
This Judgment is final.
Signed, 81. e. KING.
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Ready for a Foot Race.
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REpuR11c

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
Ottawa, kas.. July 1s-Friday night, July
s. the Ottawa Chautauqua Assembly closed
after twelve days OF instruction and happy
outdoor life. The entire programme was
most carefully arranged, and happily car
rfed to conclusion. The features OF this as
sembly. as all the Chautauqua gatherings
have become. were the programmes ar
ranged for the little folks-the boys club.
with their lusty yells and their athletic
exercises and military discipline, and the
girls club. with physical culture and bas-
ket ball as features.
The Ottawa Assembly Boys Club was a
grand success Kansas boys always excel,
and In this. with the splendid training by
Professor James Naismith and the Reyer-
end Doctor WILDER G. Searles, and the daily
inspection and little heart to heart talks
OF that splendid friend OF the boys, Mrs.
Noble Prentfs. this boys club has proven
altogether enjoyable as well as beneficial.
The discipline was semimilitary, and well
carried out Boys whose parents were on
the ground slept in the barracks" and nte
at the mess" while attendance at drills.
athletic exercises and lectures designed for
the boys was always good, they march,
ing from their tents and back In charge of
their Instructors, and under the latter's
guidance giving their yell Of:
''chautauqua Boys' Club
siss! Boom! Rahi
Boys Club. ChautauauA.
Rah! RAh! Rahl'.
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FORMER SOLDIER OF FORTUNE IS
NOW A RICH KENTUCkY OIL KING.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Geary of this city is King Of the Wayne
County oil fields. He Is the one man re-
eponsible for the development of the oil
fields of Kentucky. Kor dozen years he
has been giving his time and money to
prospecting and Is just beginning to reap
the results of his work. He is at the head
of the Sunnybrook. Emerald, Somerset and
other oil companies. in which outside cap
ital is largely interested. His holdings of
leases are larger than those of any other
stockholder. and when the success of the
field has been fully assured and time is
allowed for development, he can be reck-
oned as one of the wealthiest men in the
State
His career has been full Of interest and
exciting incident. He Ii of Irish descent.
the invasion of Canada In 1856. After that
disastrous expedition he returned to Lex
ington and engaged In business for num-
Der of years. The fever Of speculation
took possession Of him; and at the first
rumors that there was oil in the State he
began to prospect. He has worked continue
ously since that time. and with fair sue
cess, until his recent strike in the Sunny
brook No. 2, which has capacity Of $50
barrels per day. Other wells under his
control are running. fifty barrels day. and
he is said to have declined tempting offers
for his stock. !.
He has family living in this city. and
his son, John T. Geary. is First Lieu
tenant OF Artillery in the United States
Ar,ny
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and rising high above them are the houses
OF the Colonial Parliament, a great yellow
stone building. with a mansardlike roof Of
galvanized iron.
After an examination by the customs Of
flcer. which was very lenient, 1 took a
carriage and drove to the hotel. The streets
were not unlike those of an American town.
The stores look the same and the big build
ings alone surprised me.
Every one of the Australian states has
magnificent public buildings. and in all OF
the larger cities there are big business
blocks. The Treasury Department of
Queensland would do credit to Washington
City. Its parliament buildings cost half a
million dollars. the law courts cost about
100000. and it has many buildings large
for n town Of this size.
The stores have awnings over them which
cover the street. SO that you can walk the
full length of the principal thoroughfares
and keep out OF the sun. Most of the
streets are wide and well paved. and an
electric trolley line goes through them.
Holidays in Queensland.
find that there are more holidays here
than in New Zealand. Every town has 1ts
half-holiday every week. different trades
choosing inherent days. They mad races
the other day at Charters Towers, and the
municipal government declared that no on.
should work while the races were going on
and that the racing days should be public,
holidays. In Townsville the dry goods
stores close at IL o'clock on Thursdays, and
on Saturdays the factories and meat-freeZ-
ing establishments shut down at noon. In
Brisbane you can buy nothing in grocery
or butcher shop after IL o'clock Wednes-
day, and on Saturday you must buy your
dry goods before midday If you want them.
I got up early the other morning, expect
ing to buy some things before taking a
train. found none Of the grocery stores
open, although It was already o'clock,
and learn that the dry goods stores do
not expect to do any business before 9. At
my hotel the elevator does not start run
ming until 8. and If the guests wish to go
down before that time they have to walk.
The telegraph offices are closed all day Sum
day. Not long ago there was murder near
Brisbane one Saturday night The people
could not wire the police and they did not
get word to the police station before Mon
day.
These easy hours and many holidays have
made the Queenslanders a great sporting
people. Every town has its cricket grounds
and every little city its race track. The
people go wild over cricket. SO much so
that am told funeral procession re-
Gently stopped on passing a bulletin board
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bane River. The water is very clear, and
as our steamer made its way through it we
could look over the railing and see thou
sands of 1ellyfish, little mushrooms Of opal
escent hue. floating about. tossed this way
and that by the steamer
The lands on both sides are low and COW
cred with bushes. There are frozen meat
factories as you near the city, each sur
rounded by little houses rooted with gall
vanized iron. the homes of the workmen.
Farther up there are hills, and when you
come to Brisbane itself you find that 1t
has as many gulleys as Kansas City. The
most Of the town lies on the right bank Of
the river. There are many pretty Villas
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BRISBANE, THE CAPITAL OF QUEENSLAND.

Special Correspondence OF The Sunday Republic.
Brisbane Queensland, June 5.-Queensland
Is the coming country Of the New Australia.
The good lands OF Victoria have long since
been taken up. New South Wales is fairly
well developed. and South Australia and
West Australia are 30 largely desert that
they can never support great population.
It n different with Queensland. The State
has vast tracts OF arid land, which It ex-
poets to use through artesian wells 1t has
already redeemed q country twice as great
as the State OF New York, and I am told
that the most OF the vast area beyond the
coastal range Is underlaid with subterranean
lakes and streams, which will furnish wa
ter for stock. The cultivated lands are in
creasing every year. The Government is
slowly but surely pushing the railroads
on into the interior. and enough pastures for
100000 sheep are now in use. Queensland
has already more cattle than all the rest
Of Australia combined. and in its northern
parts al sorts Of tropical fruits and crops
are being raised with labor from the South
Sea Islanda.
The Newest England.
But let me tell you something Of this
frontier colony Of Australia which may be
called The Newest England" of these
English south lands. Queensland is a prin-
Glpality In itself It comprises the north
eastern quarter OF the Australian Cont
nent. having q coast as long as from New
York City to the Great Salt Lake. In a di-
rect line from north to south it Is as long
- from Washington to Omaha, and from
east to west, about as long as from Wash
lngten to Chicago. 1t Is half again as large
~ IN our Atlantic States. from Maine to
Florida, It Is four times as big as France
ana twelve times the size Of England and
Wales. The York peninsula at the north
q Il b larger than Ireland. and the State,
IN told. would make seventeen States as
large ~ Ohio. or more than thirteen the
eose Of New York. Queensland contains 6sS,-
20 square miles, or l27,A0O;0OO acres. of
which less than 100000 are cultivated
The entire upper half Of it is tropical. It
70 not Tar from the Equator, and the coast
lands win raise all sorts OF tropical fruits
ana crops. There are more than 10o.OoO
acres In sugar, and eighty sugar mills. The
sugar business Il In the hands of q trust.
which ID Increasing the product every year,
and which II now making something like
10000 tons Of sugar annually. In the same
region coffee plantations are being started.
there are extensive rice fields, and pine
apples. and all sorts OF tropical fruits are
raised Tor shipment to the cities further
south. Last year the exports amounted to
forty-dvs million dozen bananas. half a
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them. He has Travelled throughout the
greater part of Queensland, and he says 1t
has great possibilities along many different
lines. and especially along that of tobacco
raising. He is introducing American meth
DDS Of culture. and doing much to make the
plantations here successful. He is a prac-
teal tobacco raiser. having been engaged
for years IN handling tobacco in kentucky
and Missouri.
l spent some time at the mining bureau
here not long ago. Queensland has its Gov
eminent mining inspectors and its eeolog-
ical survey is as good as any in Australia
The State Is rich In gold, and is especially
noted for Mount Morgan, which Is said to
be the richest gold mine of the world. This
mountain Is near Northampton On the
coast above Queensland. 1t has already pro-
duced more than $50 100000 worth of gold.
and has paid out about coo in divi-
dends. The mountain belongs to low
range of hills not far from the coast 1t
was part of farm owned by man
named Gordon, who had fenced 1t in and
was using it for pasturage. One night Cor
don was visited by two brothers named
Morgan, who were prospecting. The Nor
gans stayed over night, and Gordon told
them he thought there was copper on his
farm, and that he had noticed green and
blue stains in the rocks. The next day
Mr.. Gordon took the prospectors to the
mountain. and when they left they carried
away few samples. A few days later
they came back and offered him $ per acre
for the property. He was glad to sell, and
for this price they bought one Of the richest
mining properties ever known. To get
money to work the mine they sold half
interest to three men in Northampton for
$4,000. With this they experimental, and
finally discovered that the ore could be
worked by the chlorination process Tho
result was that the Morgans and their as
soclates soon became millionaires. They
have added to the works. until now they
have great mills. lit by electricity, which
are kept going night and day. The top of
the mountain has been cut of and there
are still vast fortunes in sight. A hundred
thousand dollars is now paid out in wages
every month. and for a long time dividends
of half million dollars a month were paid,
A town has grown up at the foot of the
mountain, and more than 1000 men are
now constantly employed in getting out the
gold.
Another large gold field is that Of Char
tiers Towers. a few miles back Of the sea-
port Of Townsville. From 1t millions of
dollars worth Of gold have been taken, its
output being only surpassed by Ballarat
and Bendigo. The gold at the Towers"