Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-09-03
WORLDS RECOhD-BREAKERS
ARE GIVEN A BRILLIANT
OVATION AT HER
MAN PARK.
The Park Never Looked More
Beautiful: A Splendid Gather
ing of Citizens, and City
Pride Permeated All
and Good Cheer
Prevailed.

Under the auspices of Goldsboro's
always public-spirited women, who
never tire of well-doing, the mem
bers of the Goldsboro Fire Com
pany No. 1, who won first prize in
the recent State Fireman's Tourna-
ment, and lowered the worlds rec
ord for speed-which was held up to
that time by our other splendid COM
pany the Eclipse-and the members
of the Eclipse Company, who won
second prize in the tournament, and
likewise lowered their own previous
worlds championship record, we're
given an ovation Thursday night,
in the name of the city, at beautiful
Herman Park, which was largely
attended by our citizens, ladies and
gentlemen, and regaled with splen-
did music by the knights of Pyth-
las Cornet and Orchestral Band, the
one playing for while, prior to the
banquet, in the beautiful band pavil-
ion, and the other, after the banquet,
on the west balcony of the lovely
Mansion House, while many young
ladies and gentlemen engaged in
dancing on the smooth and spacious
floor of the main room, the whole
surrouudings-the Mansion House,
band pavilion and grounds-being
brilliantly lighted with electric
lights.
When the appointed hour for the
banquet arrived and all were gather
ed together, the handsomely uni
formed firemen, beautiful, daintily
gowned young ladies, gallant young
gentlemen, handsome matrons and
no less patriotic city fathers, the
scene was one of public spirit calcu-
lated to enthuse the city pride of
even the most callous, and will long
be most pleasantly remembered and
pictured over again by all who par
ticipated therein. AT this stage
Col, Jos. E. Robinson came to the
front to fulfil his appointed duty and
spoke as follows:
MY FELLOW CITIZENS:
1t is with peculiar pleasure and
very great pride that welcome you
here this evening, in honor Of our
victorious firemen, who have for the
past several years not only success
fully maintained our city's suprem-
acy in the annual State Firemen's
tournaments, but have beaten the
worlds record for speed and eff.
ciency-and not content with thi;
thew have each of them, the Colds
boro No. 1 and the Eclipse, gone
hack and beaten their own unbeater
records.
Is net this cause for pride and con
graduation? Is it not meet that WI
should accord them in the name o
the city they honor-the best towi
in the State-this public recognition
of their undaunted courage ant
peerless achievements, inspired a
they were in their tedious but tireles
practices and courageous daring b.
city pride, by love Of their heir h HON m
mud-sill of all true civic prosperity
And it is fit and proper that thi
celebration should take place here
inHerman Park-the common want
age ground of our city, the gilt t
our people-and to all time-of tW
of our most worthy citizens, wh
have never failed in civic duty or
I.Gblic spirit: ] refer to Messr
Henry and Solomon Well, who
the Gift of this beautiful park to tf
eity have bullded for themselves
monument more enduring than bra
or marble, for it is founded in b.
man hearts, through all the passir
generations,-snd '.to live In hear
we leave behind is not to die." Her
MS the years come and go, and Il