The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-14
GOLDSBORO GATHERINGS.
Fire Teams Leave For rha
Southern Compromises With
Young Mr.. COx-StOre Burned at
Dudley.
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GoldSbOro, n. @, Aug. 10.-Mr. w. B.
Fort. of Pikeville, was in h ely today
on his way to the reunion at Fort Fish
er this week. In speaking of the bonn
bardment of the fort he said that the
fact should be widely known that the
plans of the fort and it's Notifications
We're drawn by Mr.. Redding gGresham
Pittman. a native of Halifax county,
and a. graduate of the University at
Chapel Hill. During his vacations Mr..
P1ttman visited Cuba. where he studied
the Notifications of MORO Castle and
other Spanish Notifications from which
1t is he got his ideas for
building Fort Fisher. which withstood
the heaviest bOmhardment of the world.
even exceeding that - SebaStOpal. Mr..
Fort said that he understood that 9TH
ers were trying to claim the credit of
planning the Notifications of Fort Fish
er, but he said that General Whiting
always gave Pittman the credit and it
was he who did the work. The fort
resisted one bombardment successfully
n if General Writings orders had
been carried out Mr.. Fort said. the fort
would never have been taken. Mr..
Pittman i've in G~oldsboro for a long
time and did engineering work which
stands as a to his ability
to this very day. He made his resi-
dence in Rocky Mount for some time
before his death. His name should
go down in history as one of the great
men which the grand old state Of
North Carolina has produced.
The two horse horse reel companies
of the Goldsboro fire department Will
be at the State Firemen's Tournament
at Durham this week. the Eclipse law
ing left today at noon n the No. L
comn9nv will or fOnnrrnW morning
Both companies are in excellent shape
for the hose reel races. which is one
of the main attractions of tournament.
The Eclipse company has won the first
money in the races for several years
and is going to the tournament with
the expectation of adding new 1aurelS.
Their chief competitor will be the
GoldSbOrO No. 1 Company, which has
won second money on several occa-
Sions, and which is in better shape this
year than usual. AS it stands now it
is all a matter Of conjecture as to who
will win first and second money be-
tween the two companies. but it is safe
to predict that the two prizes will come
to Go1dsborO. The best of feeling pre-
walls between the two companies and
they will go into the with
both pulling for Goldsboro.
The Southern Railway has effected q
compromise with Mr.. w. W. Cox. who
"oo III (iO Ilito 1iNC oI va
eigh on the 18th of May. Mr.. Cox is
under age and suit was brought by his
father, Mr.. E. w. Cox for damages i'm
| the Superior court. An attorney of the
railroad was sent to see Mr.. Cox and
a compromise vas effected by which
| he gets 800 in cash and the company
| pays the cost in he case. The clerk
of the court Mr.. /. F. Ormond has the
voucher in hand for the none and it
only needs the nroper endorsement to
get the cash from the banks.
The Goldsboro Giants. the name by
which the colored baseball team of this
city is known, have Just returned from
Wilmington. where they won two
games out of three from the team in
thai city, and have a series of three
played on the diamond in this city for
the ensuing three days. The GoIdsboro
team has been the winner in a large
per cent. of all the games they have
played this season and they confident
ly expect to win at least two of the
games from Charlotte. Large numbers
Of white people Datronize the garnes
here and they lave a white man to
umpire the game always.
Mr.. J. NJ. B. Fields. who conducts
a general merchandise store in the town
of Dudley, went off on an excursion to
Norfolk last Thursday and on Thurs
day night his store house and contents
were entirely destroyed by fire. He
had not "a cent of insurance and the
whole will be a total loss. 1t is thought
with good reason that the fire was o1
an incendiary nature. but up to the
present time no clue has been discover.
ed that would warrant an arrest.
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