The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-10-10

To ere the Cloth Manufacture.
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Correspondence of The Messenger.(
Fayetteville, ". c.. October Z.
This correspondent. an afternoon or
two ago, stood on the second floor OF
the Holt-Morgan mills and watched
with great interest the magnificent ar
ray of looms at their work of turning
out the Lafayette ginghams I'm all
kinds OF pleasing stripes and colors.
together with b~edticking. etc. In the
center stood the enormous ironing ma
him OF the weight OF 1000 pounds.
each roller weighing 2,5oo pounds.
These goods. which are finished n
converted" on the spot. thus saving
freight and the cost Of finishing in
Philadelphia. are in great demand. the
factory being far behind in its orders.
1t is the intention OF the company 20
put in soon $50 additional looms.
Two or three hundred yards from this
mill workmen were putting on the roof
Of tie new Holt, Tolar and Hart fac
tory. di~scarding tin and slate, and us
ing the pitch sheeting. covered with
gravel. This makes a roof of immense
weight, proof against the force of al
most any WIND, and impervious to rain.
Material is rapidly collecting for the
enlargement and remodeling OF the
Bluff factory, recently purchased by the
Hope Mills Manufacturing Company.
a tribe of gypsies-the most numer-
u and best appointed that have APP
peared in this section in many years
nave pitched their tents on the east
side of the Cape Fear river. about two
miles from town. The large encamp-
ment is rendered striking and pictu-
rescue by the gaily painted cars and
bright colors of the garb of this
TRANCE people. and the very dogs
hat bark around the lines OF the camps
look Egyptian and Bohemian all In
one. Squire Bertram, of Ellingowan,
in Scott's Guy Mannering," was wont
to use his horseman's whip on the stuT-
dy varlets of the tribe of Meg Nor
RIFLES, when their depredations of the
linen On the hedge and the fowls In
the coop became too bold; and the
Cape Fear farmers will do we'll to look
to crib and hen reost.
At the meeting Of the trustees of the
graded school yesterday afternoon, Miss
Urbie d. Myrover. who has had nc
little experience in the schools of Gull
ford and Buncombe counties, and who
is a student Of the State Normal col
lege at Greensboro, was elected cache
to fill t~he-vacancy occasioned by the
resignation Of Miss May Broadfoot.
The funeral of the infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Slocomb, which died
4 yesterday, VII ldhS pldIc lnlS dIltI
noon at 4 o'clock at the residence, on
South Dick street, of the parents, tc
whom the writer tenders his sympathy
Mr.. Samuel H. MacRae, register IL
bankruptcy n a talented lawyer OF
the Fayetteville bar, and Miss May
Marcelline Broadfoot, endowed with
rare charms and accomplishments
daughter of Mrs. Mary Hinsdale, viii
he married IN st. Johns Episcopa'
church on Wednesday,, the 18th instant
at high noon.
DIR. and Mrs. II. w. Lilly-whose
beautiful\marriage on the Goth ult. ir
Washington City The Messenger re.
ported in full the morning after it took
place-will return from their honey
moon trip tonight and take possession
of their handsome cottage on Hay
mount.
The managers of the Agricultural so.
ciety pose an easy contest for the Cum.
berland fair text month. Handsome
prizes will be awarded to the success
full essayists, and all the pupils of the
white public schools Of the country wi!
be eligible to participate therein.
Mr.. S. M. Taylor has fitted up a new
restaurant, the Texas Cafe" on up.
per Hay street, with pool and billiard
rooms attached. This is another in.
stance of the growth of business In
that part of own-a bustling quarter
where a few years ago there were one
or two ill-kept little shops.