The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24
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The Ancient Company's 10lsh Anniversary
Excursion - WTightsvfll~ Reach YesesE.
day-Ths LaDber Bridge Rfnsmsa Jsan.
Cd Thsm-Rssuls u the Target Prneste
Features u the Dsy.
The Fayetteville Independent Light
Infantry. as q pleasant means OF ceie-
brating its 10th anniversary-August
%, 1S97-decided on q beach excursion
with its friends from Fayetteville and
points intermediate. The old company
was accordingly Joined at Fayetteville
yesterday morning by the Lumber
Bridge Light Infantry. accompanied by
a number Of the friends Of that gallant
corps, and left al 1870 a. m. by the
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railway
for Wilmington and Wrightsvflle
Beach. The train arrived here at11:50 q
m, and on 1t were about $50 of the mill
itary and their friends. OF the mill
tary there were the following:
INDEPENDENTS.
E.. L. Pemberton, major commanding;
Gilway, second captain; L. Huske,
third captain; J.. G.. Hollingsworth,
fourth captain; j. H. Robinson, Jr.,
first sergeant; ]. H. Culbreth, second
sergeant; j. B. Tillinghast, third SER
geant; d. A. Mcmillan, fourth SER
geant; H. McGeachy, fifth sergeant;
Marsden Haigh, first corporal; J. A.
Worth, second corporal; G. B. Ledbet-
ter, third corporal; E. Watson, fourth
corporal; privates, J.. A. Burnes, G.. A.
Crawford, A. M. Campbell, w. F.
Campbell, John Clark, D. Chason, Jno.
Gorham, E. E. Gorham, T. M. Green,
w. H. Haigh, D. H~edgepeth, J. G.
Huske, r. L.. Holland, r. G. Haigh,
D. Jones, R. Jones, G.. Jessups, D.
Kennedy, H. Mcdonald. W. s. Nc
Rae, D. s.. Maultsby, T. Maultsby, w.
McKeithan, N. M. Raynor, e. L. Rems-
berg, D. J.. Remsberg, w. Sutton, T.
Thornton, j. c.. Thompson, Jr., J. c..
Weisiger, w. B. Ledbetter and John
Ledbetter.
LUMBER BRIDGE ROSTER.
S. ]. Cobb, captain; E. Hall, first
lieutenant; T. Mcmillan, second lieu
tenant; first sergeant, c. M. Currie;
second sergeant, J. D. Cobb; third ser
geant, N. L.. Graham: first corporal,
J.. A.. McFadyen; second corporal, J. B.
Mallory; third corporal, J. J. Cashwell;
privates, N. p. Conoly, A. R. Currie,
w. E. Brown, D. G. Holder, J.. L.
Humphrey, j. J.. Humphrey, J. D.. Mon
roe, J.. G.. Little, j. E. Mcmillan, N.
D. Mcmillan, L.. A.. Memoirs, L. Nc
Morris, J. G.. McDufie, H. c. McGoo-
gan, D. A.. Mcdonald, J. c.. Prevatt, j.
A. Sinclair, W. E. Smith, Paul We'll
lington.
Among the Fayetteville people the
reporter noticed many prominent in the
society of hat city: Mrs. A. H. Slo-
comb, Mrs. J. B.. Broadfoot, Mrs. G. G..
Myrover, Mrs. Pearce, Mrs. Bidgood,
Mrs. Beach, Mrs. Will Sclocomb, Mrs.
Hiatt, and many beautiful young ladies
He was especially pleased to pay his
respects to Mrs. A. M. Campbell, relict
of the late Major A. NJ. Campbell, one
of the former commanders of the Fay
etteville Independent Light Infantry,
who recently died in Fayetteville, full
Of years and honors. The reporter
shook by the hand Major w. F. Camp
bell, a former commander, and now
serving in the ranks of the company
the esprit du corps of this time hon
ored military organization making this
a beautiful custom of the past officers,
very highly honored in the observance.
On the arrival Of the excursion train
at Wilmington, the steamer Compton
transferred the excursionists to the At
lantic Coast Line wharves, where the
Wilmington Seacoast railroad train
was awaiting them. The rain followed
the pleasure seekers into the train that
bore them to Wrightsville, but very
soon after arrival at the beach the
ternoon.
At 1 o'clock sharp the %sharp-set of
up-country visitors crowded Camp
BELLS and Mrs. Mayo's for "a square
meal" Of fresh fish and 'soft shells;'
and then, while the breakers dashed
at the life lines, Inc toyed with hun
dreds Of bathers, the military essayed
their skill at the targets in rear of the
line Of cottages, with the results given
below:
INDEPENDENTS SCORE.
E.. L.. Pemberton, 20; J. II. Robinson,
Jr., 10; E. Watson, 10; w. McKeithan,
16; S. Widdifield, 10; Jno. Ledbetter, 16;
w. F. Campbell, Is.
LUMBER BRIDGE.
J. G. McDufie, 20; D. A. Mcdonald,
10: j. E.. Mcmillan, 10; Lieutenant Ed
gar Hall, 10; L. A. Memoirs, IS; D. c..
Holder, 10; ]. A. McFadyen, 10; J. J.
Cashwell, II; J. D. Cobb, II; W. E.
Brown, Is; w. E. Smith, Is; Captain
S. J. CoEb, Is.
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