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VOT. XXXIV. NO. 73.
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CHANDLER AMD fflMS
Navy Department Takes Cognizance
of the Ex-Secretary's Charges
Against the Admiral.
The Acting Secretary of the Navy, In
Reply to ex-Secretary of the Navy
Chandler's Charges Against Admiral
Hobley D. Evans, Writes Him a Let
ter Severely Censuring Ills Language
In Regard to the ex-Secretary In Ills
Book Entitled a "Sailor's Log" lie
Is Told that Denunciation of a Form
er Head ol the Navy Cannot be Tolor
ated Copy of the Letter Sent to ex-
. Secretary Chandler.
Washington, August 101 The navy
department has acted upon the com
plaint made by the Hon. William E.
Chandler against Rear Admiral Rob
ley D. Evans. It has reprimanded the
admiral and the following letter has
been addressed to him:
"Navy Department,
"Washington, D. C, August.10.
"Sir: The honorable William E.
Chandler, president of the Spanish
treaty claims commission, lately a sen
ator of the United States and formerly
secretary of the navy, has complained
to the department, as you are aware,
of certain strictures upon himself in
your book entitled A Sailor's Log.
The strictures in question are in the
nature of aspersions upon the official
conduct of then (1S84) secretary of the
navy.
"The text of your book, it is not nec
essary here to recite; nor is it needful
to ask of you an explanation why you
felt yourself justified in publishing
what you have. It is obvious to any
reader that you speak offensively of
Secretary Chandler's action; that you
impugn his motives and otherwise tra
duce him in respect to orders given
you by the secretary in the discharge
Q? Xhg duties of his office. "
"Tou are informed that this deliber
ate publication of yours has justly in
curred the displeasure of the depart
ment. For an officer thus to attack a
former head of the navy department be
cause of orders given to him by. that
official is to abandon the courtesy that
should always characterize an officer
of the navy. If tolerated, it would un
questionably prove subversive of dis
cipline. It 'would tend to bring the
office itself into disrepute. The act is the
more reprehensible in this instance,
because of your long experience in the
service.
"It has become my duty, therefore,
to censure you for this breach of obli
gation imposed upon you as a commis
sioned officer of the navy of the Unit
ed States which I accordingly do.
"A copy of this letter will be furnish
ed to the Hon. William E. Chandler.
"Respectfully,
44 E. W. HACKETT,
"Acting Secretary
"To Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans,
"U. S. N., Washington."
Former Senator Chandler was noti
fied of the action of the department in
the following letter:
"Navy Department,
"Washington, D- C, August 9.
"To Hon. William E. Chandler,
"Sir: Referring to recent correspon
dence upon the subject of alleged stric
tures made by Rear Admiral Robley
D. Evans upon the conduct and motives
of the secretary of the navy, in 1SS4,
published in his book entitled 'A Sail
or's Log I have the honor to inform
you that the department regards this
action of Admiral Evans as deserving
of reproof.
"Accordingly, the department has
censured that officer, as will appear
from a copy of a letter to him of this
. date, herewith enclosed.
"I have the honor to be,
"Yours respectfully,
"F. Wr. HACKETT,
"Acting Secretary."
Admiral Evans has acknowledged,
under date of August 10, 1901. his re
ceipt of . the letter of acting Secretary
Hackett. It is the understanding at
the navy department that the action
taken closes the incident. This is cer
tainly so, so far as the department is
concerned, and if anything further is
done, it "will have to be on the initia
tive of Admiral Evans, in asking for a
court of Inquiry or of Mr. , Chandler.
The right of the navy department to
administer a reprimand, without wait
ing for the findings of a court, has been
In question at times, but it is said the
precedents leave no doubt that this
right exists.
TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL
.State. Officials to Attend the Funeral
of Charles Aycock
- (Special to the Messenger.) : .
Raleigh, N.-C, August 10. Secretary
of State Grimes, Treasury Lacy, Audi
tor Dixon, Private Secretary Pearsall ;
and others of the state officials will at
tend the funeral of Charles Aycock at
Wilson tomorrow.
The contract was awarded to day to
Jacob S. Allen, of Raleigh, at $4,500 for
the new dormitory at the soldier's
home here. The legislature appropri
ated $5,000, $500 to be expended for fur- j
nishing.
The stat,e normal college at Greens
boro is open September 19th, a fortnight
earlier than usual.
The state charters the W. C. Thomas
Leaf Tobacco Company of Kinston. j
A FAYETTEVILLE SENSATION
A Father's Successful Ruse Great
Damago by Xllgh Water An Inform
er Comes to Grief Beautiful German
(Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Fayetteville. Auggust 9.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Boney have been
separated for the past year on account
of domestic troubles, he living at Rocky
Mount, where he is a much esteemed
Atlantic Coast Line engineer, and she
residing in the western district of Fay
etteville. Mr. Boney has been used to
come occasionally to see his son, and
yesterday afternoon he made one of
these visits, riding up to the Cain resi
dence in a buggy, in which an acquaint
ance sat. while he entered the house.
As soon as Miss Prudence Cain brought
the child, the father seized it, rushed
out to the vehicle, and drove hurriedly
away. Mrs. Boney had a warrant is
sued for the arrest of her husband on
the charge of abduction, but he had
made his plans- skillfully. " He had
hired the horse and conveyance, say
ing that he wished to make a visit to
his brother in South Carolina, but he
rode across the country to Clinton,
whence Captain Goddarcl received a
telegram this morning, directing him
when to send for his property.
The handsome bridge now building
over Cape Fear river at Lillington, Har
nett county, at a cost of $14,000, has
suffered severely from the freshets of
July and August. Within the past day
or two material has been swept away
to the value of over $1,000. and last
month the damage to the bridge was
estimated at nearly $3,000.
Dan Turner, a white man living In
Flea Hill township, knows how it is
himself now. For a long time he has
been active in informing against vio
lators of the revenue law, and yester
day he went to jail, on failure to give
bail, for selling liquor without a license.
Last evening there was a pleasant
german in McKethan's hall, led by Mr.
John C. Thomson, with fine music by
Remsburg orchestra, complimentary to
Miss Eliza Hodges, of Wilson, the guest
of Miss Kate Hawley.
The confederate veterans of Cumber
land county, Captain J. B. Smith com
manding, held a meeting in the town
hall this morning, when celegates were
chosen to the encampment at Wrights
ville. Mr. Andrew Borden, an extensive
cotton dealer of Goldsboro, whose rep
resentative in this city is Captain
Graves, has bought the valuable Jack
son Johnson property fronting 72 feet
on Donaldson street, on vhich he will
build a cotton warehouse and platform.
Boers Capture British Block House
London, August 10. A dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated from Pretoria
today says:
"A blockhouse near Brand (Orange
River colony) was rushed and captur
ed by the Boers, after sever fighting
the night of August 7.
"Elliott has captured seventy prison
ers and large quantities of stock and
wagons, which he is sending in. No
details have been received."
Band Excursion ta Sea
The excursion given by the First
Regiment Band, X. C. S. G.. on the
steamer Wilmington yesterday was a
successful and enjoyable affair. The
steamer left her wharf at 10 a. m.. and
after touching at the Carolina Beach
pier went to Southport and out to sea
The sea was smooth but many of the
party were seasick and "fed the fishes."
The band played some splendid pieces
both on the river and out at sea, and
their playing was highly, appreciated
by the crowd on board. About 300 took
in the trip. Refreshments were served
on the boat. The steamer Wilmington
got back to the city at 5 p. m.
Ordered to Fort Caswell
Lieutenant Bradley J. Wootten has
returned to the city with his bride. He
has been ordered to report for tempor
ary duty at Fort Caswell until he is
odered to proceed to his post with the
Seventh Cavalry at Cuba. '
O. O. Buck, Belrne, Ark., says: I
was troubled with constipation until
I bought DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
Since then have been entirely cured' of
my old complaint.- I recommend them.
P-R. Bellamy.
DYNAMITES BRITISH TRANSPORT
ALLEGED ATTEMPT OF BOER SYMPA
THIZERS AT NEW ORLEANS.
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I Tremendous Explosion Asalnst the
j Side of a Vessel Loading with Mules
j lor the Traasraa 1 No Great Damage
! Done Several ot Her Plates Sprung
and Much "Water Taken In Xo Clue
to the Perpetrators.
New Orleans, August 10. What is re
garded as an attempt of a Boer sym
pathizer to blow up a British transport
occurred shortly after midnight when
there was a terrific explosion at the
stock landing where the Harrison
steamer Mechanician is moored. The
Mechanician is to carry mules to
South Africa. The explosion shook
houses, rattled dishes and awakened
people for some distance around. Most
of the crew of the ship were asleep,
but the explosion brought them quick
ly from their berths to the deck. An
examination showed a large dent on
the starboard side of the ship. Two
plates at the water's edge had been
sprung and considerable water was let
into the ship.
Pumps were immediately put to work
and when daylight came it was found
that the vessel was in no danger of
sinking and that the damage done was
not serious. The crew of the vessel de
nied that there was any explosive on
board and there seems little doubt, ac
cording to the statements of those who
examined the ship, that the explosion
was from the outside and that some
sort of a bomb or torpedo had been
used-
Alfred Leblanc, of the Harrison Line,
visited the Mechanician early today and
a repor.t of the damage done was sub
mitted to him. He said three' large
plates in the starboard of the ship had
been stove in and that sixteen rivets
had been broken off or knocked com
pletely from their places. As the ship
was taking considerable water it was
decided to shift the ballast so as to lift
the damaged section out of the water.
It is thought the damage can be re
paired here.
-Agent . I?blane said the"&fechaniclan
will be loaded with a cargo of mules
on Monday and get away for South Af
rica as soon as possible.
A British officer who was on the ship
last night said the explosion was ter
rific and a column of water went high
up in the air and came down on deck.
Captain Ball, of the Mechanician, was
on board at the time, but none of the
officers was willing to express a theory
with regard to who was responsible for
the explosion. It was suggested in some
quarters that it might have been the
act of some disgruntled muleteer. Many
of the muleteers who have, from time
to time left the city on the British
transports, have returned with com
plaints of ill-treatment and a number
of suits are now pending against
British ships in the federal court.
THE STATE'S DIVIDENDS
Received from the North Carolina
Railroad Applicants Who Secure
Pea body Scholarships Now Director
of State University Gymnasium.
Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, N. C, August 10
Iredell Meares, of Wilmington, is here
to see the United States attorney re
garding some titles to government
lands at Southport.
The state treasurer today received
as dividend on the 6 per cent, bonds of
the North Carolina railway $90,000 and
paid the New York Interest on these,
aggregating $31,323.
Some one made the point that the
finding by past legislative committees
that ex-Treasurer Worth's accounts
were correct relieved him from liabil
ity for the stealings of his clerk, W. H
Martin. Not even the ex-treasurer's
attorney makes any such claim, an of
ficial informs your correspondent.
The following applicants from this
state for Peabody scholarships passed
the examinations, the state superinten
dent of public institution announces:
Miss Lizzie Ferrett, of Clinton, S7 per
cent.; Walter P. Jones., of Surry coun
ty, and Miss Madge White, of States
ville, 81 each.
Great preparations for the state fair
are in progress- General Cox, the pres
ident, says the list of attractions is the
largest on record.
In the entrance examinations for
scholarships at the Agricultural and
Mechanical college here, held in the
various counties, 83 passed out of 109.
At the examinations at the college
next rpnth about the same number
will be" admitted. The opening is Sep
tember 4th.
A dispensation is granted by Grand
Master of Masons Royster for a new
lodge at Aulander, Bertie county.
E. L. Eliason, of Chestertown, .ML,
will be the director of the gymnasium
at the state university. Charles O.
Jenkins is the new foot, ball coach.
Both he and Eliason are Yale gradu
ates. The record of grades made on exami
nation by the last freshman class at the
university shows it is probably the best
class which ever entered there- Over
80 completed their work with credit
and a third of alB passed without a
failure. .
Eruptions, cuts, burns, scalds and
sores of all kinds quickly healed by
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Certain
cure for piles. Beware of Counterfeits
Be sure you get the original DeWitt's.
R, R. Bellamy.
THE STOLEN GOLD FOUND
THE SUSPECT UNDER ARREST MAKES
A FULL CONFESSION.
After Three Days or Persuasion He
, Tells Where the Bullion was Hidden
' In the River The Water Searched
and $130,000 Recovered-Winters,
. tte Burglar, Declares He was Alone
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in the Robbery.
San Frarcisco. August 10. Jack
Winters, who was arrested as a sus
pect in connection with the Selby
Smelting works robbery, has confessed
and so far $130,000 worth of bullion has
been recovered from the bay where he
had 6unk It.
5 For three days the detectives have
uied all sorts of persuasion to make
Winters confess, but apparently with
out effect. Finally, Winters asked to
see Superintendent Ropp, of the Selby
works, who. he said was the only friend
he had.
jln his conversation with Ropp, Win
ters indicated that he knew where the
?old had been hidden. Ropp told Win
ers that they had a strong case against
llm and that he would be sent to the
prison for thirty years. He said: "You
jVVill be an old man when you get out
and it will do you no good to hide the
gold. We know it is hidden in the
water near the works and we will
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search every inch. You may be sure
he gold will be found before you get
3Ut of prison."
jWinters finally weakened and told
Roop that he had taken the gold and
jtfould take him to the spot where it
fcvas hidden. Winters, in company with
Superintendent Ropp and a force of de
tectives, left on a tug last night for
Crockett. There they waited all night
fojr low tide. Winters pointed out the
lace at the end of the railroad wharf.
ind the coal bunkers, at the head
the Vallejo ferry slip. At that point
low tide the mud Is about four feet
HSep. covered by a foot of water,
j When the tug reached Crockett, Win
ers pointed out the spot in the water
ivhere he said. he had thrown the gold.
Superintendent Ropp marked the place
jc the wharf and the tup: steamed .away
to await ror low-tiuev
.This morning Winters got in the mud
and water up to his neck and for an
hour and a half, groped for the miss
ing bullion. Up to 10 o'clock $130,000
worth had been recovered. This in
cludes the four bars of fine gold.
Winters had put some of the bars
in bags.. He said one of the bags had
broken and some small bars had
dropped out. It is now only a question
of careful search to find the rest of the
$280,000. Winters claims he did the job
all alone. He says he made fourteen
trips from the vault to the wharf from
which he dropped the gold.
The tug, with the detectives, and the
prisoner, returned to this city this af
ternoon.
RALEIGH WINS AGAIN
Pitcher 8weeney Blanks the Visitors
Up to the Eighth Innlner- Raleigh
Sells Her Best Players Our Team to
be Strengthened.
The Giants were defeated in the third
game of the series by the Red Birds
yesterday. Sweeney a local pitcher, al
lowed only two men to reach first until
the eighth inning and one of these had
four balls and the other was hit by the
pitcher, but the eighth and ninth
proved our Jonah, the visitors getting
three hits in each, two of which were
good for three bags. Stanley for the
Red Birds had only four hits against
him and they were pretty well scat
tered.
The visitors scored six runs In the
last two innings.
In the eighth Stocksdale singles and
Curran fans. Stocksdale steals second
and . goes to third on wild throw of
Thackara. LeGrand hits to Warren,
who throws home to catch Stocksdale,
but Stocks returns to third safely.
Stanley walks on four balls, forcing Le
Grand to second. Powers singles.
scoring Stocksdale and LeGrand, Stan
ley going to third. Atz singles, scoring
Stanley. Sorber fans and Kelly hits
one to Frost and is out at first.
In the ninth the visitors again score
three runs. Hennegar fans. Stocks
dale hits safely to left for two bags and
bcores on Curran's single. LeGrand
then hits for two bags and going to
third on throw trying to catch Curran
at the plate. Stanley hits foul to right,
where Willig makes a very pretty catch
,but LeGrand comes home. Powers
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ends the egony by striking out.
The Giants scored their only run in
the fourth.
Warren flies out to Hennegar. Allen
Death ot a Seminole 1 ar Veteran
Memphis. Tenn.. August 10. General
Rufus p. Neely died today at Bolivar,
Tenn., aged 93 years. He was proml
nent in state politics a half century
ago, was a volunteer in the Seminole
war and the war with Mexico and com
manded the Fortieth Tennessee (con
federate) Tegiment in the civil war. He
was at one time president of the Mis
sissippl. Central railroad.'
THE MEL Wim OK
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Thousands of Workmen Leave Their
Places at the Appointed
Time of Strike.
reaches first and goes to second on er- i
ror of Stocksdale, going to third on
error of Stanley. McGinnis then sin
gles, Allen coming home. Thackara
flies out to Kelly. Frost hits safely to
right and Kelly makes an error, allow
ing McGinnis to go to third. .Willig
fans.
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Wilmington , 0 0010000 01
Raleigh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 6
RALEIGH.
AB. R, H. P.O. A. E
Powers s e 5 0 1 0 0 0
Atz 3rd b 4 0 1 0 2 0
Sorber 1 f 4 0 0 1 0 0
Kelly rf 4 0 0 1 0 1
Hennegar 2b 4 0 0 5 4 0.
Stocksdale lb 3 2 2 8 0 1
Curran cf 4 1 l l. o 0
LeGrarfd c 3 2 1 10 2 0
Stanley p 2 1 0 1 2 1
33 6 6 27 10 3
WLMINGTON.
AB. R. H. P.O. A. E
Clayton ss 4 0 1 2 1 0
Devlin lb 3 0 0 10 0 0
Warren 3rd b 4 0 0 1 1 0
Allen If 3 1 0 1 0 2
McGinnis cf 3 0 1 1 0 0
Thackara c 3 0 0 9 0 0
Frost 2b 3 0 2 1 5 0
Willig rf 3 0 0 2 0 0
Sweeney p 3 0 0 O 4 0
20 1 4 27 11 2
Summary: Stolen bases, Powers and
Atz; two base hits. Sorber and Le
Grand; base on balls, by Sweeney 2,
by Stanley 1; hit by Sweeney 1; struck
out by Sweeney 7. by Stanley 10; time
:43; umpire Mr. Weeks, attendance 550.
NOTES.
Clayton played his usual good game
at short.
Willig made a very pretty catch of
Stanley's fly in the ninth.
The Giants play here the first three
days of next week with Tarboro.
Stanley, Atz and Smith have been re
leased for $1,000 to New Orleans.
Atz playe'd a fine, game at third as
uBuaL:---
Frost at secend played a fine game,
having one put out, five assists, no er
rers and two out of the four hits gotten
by our team.
The Red Birds were unable to find
Sweeney, the local pitcher until the
eighth and ninth innings, when they
got three -.n each.
Warren's stop of Atz's drive was very
pretty. Wallie said that Atz robbed
him of a hit yesterday so he had to
get It back on him.
The rowdy way in which some of the
Wilmington rooters acted towards Um
pire Weeks was entirely uncalled for
and should be stopped.
There is not the least particle of
truth in the renr.rt that the Wilmington
team contemplates disbanding before
the close of the season. On the con
trary, the team is to be strengthened.
Manager Cowan last night telegraphed
for two good outfielders, who are good
at the bat also, named O'Brien and
Dommel. Our pitching force will also
soon be strengthened. Wilmington is
in the league to stay.
CHARLOTTE-TARBORO GAME.
At Tarboro
Charlotte 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 01 3 3
Tarboro 0 0002001 0-3 9 1
Batteries: Murray and Gates; Slagle
and Lehman.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Won. Lost. Per Ct.
Raleigh 19 9 .679
Tarboro 13 13 .500
Wilmington 12 15 .444
Charlotte 11 18
.573
THE COLOMBIAN REVOLUTION
The Ranarer to be Ordered South An
other Battleship In Readiness
Washington, August 10. The navy
department officials confirm the press
report from San Diego, Cal., that the
United States steamship ranger has
been ordered to get In readiness for a
trip to Panama. No order directing
her to leave for the Isthmus has yet
gone forward. The Ranger Is a small
cruiser of 1,020 tons displacement and
has been engaged for some time past in
surveying work down on the Pacific
coast and in Central American waters
It is very possible that her services at
the seat of trouble will suffice and that
a battleship will not be obliged to
make the long trip down from the
north. The Ranger has a complement
of twenty-one officers and 127 men, and
is in command of Commander Wells L.
Field.
As the oattleship Iowa reported her
arrival at Bremerton today while the
battleship Wisconsin has not yet been
heard from, it is probable that the
former may be substituted for the pros
pective trip to the Pacific side of the
isthmus, if it is decided to send a bat
ties hip, although the formal announce
ment of the change was not made up
to noon today.
Colon, Colombia, via Galveston
Texas, August 10. The United States
consul general, Hezekiah A. Gudger
has publicly notified the Chinese that
they are entitled to the protection of
the United States consulate. He draws
attention to the acts of violence com
mitted against them in the recent in
surgent raids along the railroad line
and expresses the hope that their rights
as foreigners will be in future recog
nized and respected.
tuxj oraer to Strike Generally Obe
by all tne Organized Workers Tfiu
Not bo Known Before Tomorrow how
Many Men Have Gone Out The Pol
Icy of the American Federation ot
Labor Not yet Known The Strike In
auffurated Withont DcmonstratI on.
Another Plant to bo Torn Down,
Mine Workers Decl Are for the Strikers.
Pittsbursr. August 10. The great steel
strike is on. The ceneral order of
President Shaffer, of the Amalgamated
Association became effective today and
thousands of workers left their places
to return at some Indefinite time in
the future, either victorious, or In
humble defeat. The order to strike
was generally obeyed wherever the
workers were organized and enrolled
in the lodges of the Amalgamated As
sociation, but it will be Monday before
an accurate count can be made of the
men who have gone out- A great ma
jority of the mills close down on Sat
urday and re-open Sunday night and
the true test of the strength of the con
tending sides will be furnished by the
number of men who return to work to- "
morrow and Monday. The policy of
the American Federation of Labor has
not yet been fully disclosed and that
fact contributes another element of an
uncertainty to the situation.
The action of the executive committee
of the mine workers at Indianapolis .
today In resolving to support the strik
ers cheered the Amalgamated men and
they are confident that the federation
will aid. them to the fullest extent.
The closing hours of labor and tho
opening hours of the strike lacked
spectacular action. This city, which is
the strike centre was calm and undis
turbed. There was no excitement or
violence and the pulse of the comnm-v
nlty was normal.
The police officials Issued an order
suspending for the time-being the va
cation, system. They do not anticipate
trouble, but want to have every man
here and ready for duty In case It
should come. They say that President"
Shaffer has counselled peaceful meth
ods and they have hope that the strik
ers and their sympathizers will heed'
his advice.
The strikers held a series of demon
strations in the outlying towns and
President Shaffer spoke a final word of
encouragment to his industrial troops.
Great throngs of workers turned out
to greet and cheer the leader and ex
change pledges to maintain the con
test upon which they have entered.
A striking development of the day
was an official announcement from the
American Tin Plate Company to the
effect that certain plants of the com
pany crippled by the strike would be
dismantled and removed to Monessen.
Almost at the same time, it was un
officially announced that there was a
chance that the plant of the American
Steel Hoop Company at "Warren, Ohio,
would be torn down and removed to
some community more favorable to the
corporation.
The order of yesterday, dismantling,
the Dewees Wood plant at McKeesport.
is already being carried out and the an
nouncement from the American Tin
Plate Company created marked impres
sion. Representatives of the strikers
insisted that the company was not in
good faith In the announcement anr
that even If it was It could not win
with such methods. Opponents of the
strikers counted the plan another vie-'
tory and declared that the strike must:
fail In the face of such decisive action. ;
Indianapolis,. Ind.. August 10. The
executlve board of United Mine Work
ers of America. In session here, has of -ficlally
recognized the steel strike.
At noon a resolution was adopted set
ting out the causes of the strike, en
dorsing the action of the Amalgamat
ed Association pledging the support of
the mine workers and calling on Presi
dent Gompers to call a meeting of all
the presidents" and secretaries of the
associations.
Goldaboro Shut Out Durham
(Special to the Messenger.)
Goldsboro, N. C, August 10 Golds
boro shut out Durham in the most
splendidly contested ball game of the
season. .
T" score: BVH TJ. .
G- -iboro .4 6 0
struck; out, by Jordan 13, Boon, 3;.
time 1:43; attendance 200; doable pl7
Graves to Short to Surles of the tItH--ing
team. ' ;