The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-12-13
rHE DEMoCRArro RrGamk

The ssIns,e HnssaIIeA and the ssOuss,s In
the Cold The Msnumens Assoeia.
sionss Delightful EnseFsainmens.
AoW Our People Pass the Time
Correspondence OF The Messenger.)
Fayetteville, n. c., December 8.
Cumberland county Is now safely un-
der the shelter OF democracy. God be
thanked, The new commissioners.
Messrs. A 3. Williams. Blue and Down.
ing, held their first meeting this week,
and the following officers have qualified
and gone into office: G.. A. Burns,
sheriff: A. A McKethan, clerk Of the
superior court; j. T. Bynum, register
of deeds; Jno. B. Troy. treasurer; w.
Alderman, surveyor; J.. E. Caviness,
coroner; Hon. John G. Shaw was elect
ed county attorney. and J.. A McFad-
gen keeper OF the Dol house.
One dime stood for no end Of pleas
ure last evening. The Monument AS
sociation's entertainment at Mrs. Mary
Hinsdales slider on Dick street. at
tracted a very large gathering, all Of
whom were amply repaid by the at
tractive features Of the programme. In
music, Mrs. Morgan and Misses Ellen
Underwood and Maggie and Bessie Nc
Neill delighted the audience; the reci-
talon Of Rev. I. w. Hughes was SUI
peru, while little Miss Eliza Hill Rob-
eson gained enthusiastic plaudits, as she
always does in public recital. The
dance of Miss Maggie Belle Mcdonald
was very graceful.
The spelling bee was an animated
contest, Rev. I. w. Hughes conducting
the match, and giving out 'posers,'
which soon covered the field with the
slain, leaving in battle array the trio,
Misses Belle Alderman and Matte
Sedberry and Mr.. E. J.. Lilly. Over the
brier-patch of the word "zircon" Miss
Sedberry, a graded schoo teacher of
very Inc attainments, at last won the
prize-an Ornate plaque of the Ameri-
can poets-which was presented to her
in handsome speech by Major B. r.
Huske.
An appetizing little repast with no.
coffee was served for the ~ridiculously
small sum of Is cents, and the whole
evening was one of unalloyed enjoy
ments. The reporter congratulates
Mesdames A. H. Slocumb, Mary Hins-
dale. r. G. Haigh, T. NJ. Hunter, J. w.
Mcneil, and Misses Della Matthews,
Marcelline Broadfoot and Hester CAL
vert on the taste and skill evinced by
them in catering to the amusement of
the public.
Duplicate whist still holds its own
here; there are the Rowan street and
the Green street clubs, though the
young married folks club has fallen
into "innocuous desuetude," and soma
Of the best players in the state, women
as we'll as men, are to be found in Fa-
etteville.
The club of literature is f1ourishing,
M his evening will enjoy a treat i'm
a lecture on Japan by Rev. H. T. Ora
ham.
The partial burning of the graded
school building on Haymount, and the
temporary suspension Of exercises, has
put in agitation the question of the
removal of the school farther into town
and nearer the centre of the township.
1t is no doubt inconvenient to the peo-
pie of lower Fayetteville to send their
children so great a distance to school,
but the location on Haymount has
some great c~ompensating advantages.
His many friends here are delighted
to welcome Colonel F.. w. Kerchner. of
your city, accompanied by his twa
charming nieces. Mrs. Morgan, of
G~reenville, s. c.. is visiting her parents,
Hon. and Mrs. George M. Rose.