The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-10
WATIINGTON WINS.
lhe Major Got a Verdict OF $1,000
from the SeabOard Air Line
Came Nearly Missing the Circus.
lSpecial TO Th~ Messenger.l

N'fON
Greensboro. y. c.. November 5.-ln
the case of Major Warrington against
the Seaboard Air Line railroad for
$4,000 damages sustained in a wreck
last year. the jury at eleven o'clock tc-
day brought in a verdict for 81, 900.
The defendants attOrnies Messrs. W.
H. Day and King & KimbaII gave
notice Of an appeal. The evidence IL
tn case was concluded at 4:30 yestcr-
Ia and two Speeches made, one by
Mr. .. s. Bradshaw Tor the plaintiff.
the other by MI. r r. King for tie
defendant This morning Captain ".
II. Day addressed the jury. n Colo
J. A. Barrringer made the con-
fding argument for the plaintiff
There Is an immense crowd here at
1 ending the circus. it being estimated
pat twenty thousand people are
resent. They have come from ever
where, many of them to DE- cruelty
disappointed. There was no parade.
and thousands of city and country men
and women and children have missed
al OF the circus they ever See-the free
parade. It was told in this CORE
~SEOndence how much trouble the circus
had had in getting an accessible show
grOund-of how they were run away
from the vicinity of the Normal COL
f-SF- Nv tIlt 'sLE dIlc lIlcIlr HOW dlIEI
securing the fair grounds. two miles
distant, they found Tuesday that the
railroads would not be able to run
trains there; and finally of their good
luck in securing q splendid site near
the Did c. F. & Y. V. depot in South
Greensboro yesterday.
Well. last night the rain descended
and the floods anne, and the site Sc
Iected, when the sun rose bright and
fair this morning. h show grOund WIS
n and the heavy wagons
mired up so. it was impossible to carry
the circus appurtenanceS to the.
round and another site was secured
at the old Wilmington field a mile
from the depot. and from the street
cars. This was 9 o'clock and it was a
s~tupendOus job to have to haul every
thing that distance in time to give a
show at all. But the work vent
bravely Oh, the news being given out
at u o'clock that it would be impOsol-|
bit to give Il parade. and that the show
would not begin until 3 o'clock. Them
another trouble arose. The circus
people had paid taxes amounting tOI
$3.50. WITH the idea of having an ex-I
hibitiOn in the afternoon and at night
The ateness of beginning the afternoon
performance precluded the possibility
Of n night performance. and the man.
ayers concluded they would not show
at all unless a rebate was made in the
xtaxes. charged for two exhibitions.
tn sheriff had no authority to do this.
kand there was uncertainty until the
of the board of county conf
m~isSiOnerS. Colonel W. II. Raglan, of
High Point. could be communicated
with. He expressed his willingness
over the phone to a reasonable redUC-I
ton, but said d majority of the board
would have 10 act and that he could
not come. There was a s~currying tne1l
to get a meeting Of a majority. who
were hard TO find in the crowd. Finally
about l o'clock Il quorum was hsnedI
out of the immense crowd. taxes were
reduced to Il thousand dollars, and
everybody was satisfied, while the
great masses OF people We're happily
ignorant Of how near they had GOMEZ
u missing the big show IS we'll as tnaI
free parade !