The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-08
AN OFFER To TuE STATE NORMAL
The Chamber of Commerce endcr "a
building Moonshining I'm Full Blast.
Notes OF Interesting News.

Correspondence of The Messenger
Fayetteville, N. c., December 6.
That was a graceful act on the part
of the Fayetteville chamber OF com
merce-the tender of the military acad-
envy building, now vacant, to the State
Female Normal college, for use until
the troubles caused by the typhoid ep-
idemic shall have ended. President
Mclver believes that the exercises can
be resumed rly in January In the
college buildings at Greensboro, r..
he recognized the offer in a letter as
happily expressed as the tender was
gracious and well-conceived.
Illicit distilling seems to be certain
ly not on the decrease in this section,
and the revenue officers have made
some important captures along the
Cape Fear river recently. Several Of
tenders have been before United States
Commissioned Z. T.. Powers in this
city for 'moonshining.' and for the
Illicit sale OF spirituous liquors.
The Fayetteville Junior foot ball
team, which achieved a victory over
h Wilmington High School team last
Thursday, ask space in The Whining
ton Messenger to correct an error ex-
tensively circulated as to the average
weight OF its members, which has been
W p'hiiaS. III - more
than twenty pounds over the average
weight, as the following will show.
taken from the figures on a tested set
OF scales: George McNeill, 11S pounds:
James Mcneil. 135 pounds; II. Lam
beth. 145 pounds: w. Branch l2o
pounds: Y: G. Dye. LIS pounds: Jack
Caster, 80 pounds; Maxwell. I7o
pounds: E. T. Watson, 1s5 pounds; e.
Cole. 135 pounds: w. W. sutton, 124
pounds: Paul Watson, 10 pounds.
This gives a total of 1887 pounds.
which. divided by eleven. gives an av-
erage OF l3S S-11 pounds. This Is only
a fraction over the average OF the
High Schoo team. The fact is, the
Fayetteville Juniors are very l.ieh
class players, OF exceptional training.
and are destined to more triumphs in
the future.
Sheriff Brown a v a dinner yester-
day. the novelty OF which consisted I'm
the fact that the guests stretched their
legs under the mahogany in the tail.
But u jail In not the grim. ili-favor-
ed place such as IL usually the abode
OF the malefactor. Flowers grow about
IT, vines lambe up it's walls. and
pirds. sharing the prison life OF its
signing inmates, sing in the windows.
The dinner was a bountiful spread"
and the guests were the sherif's depu-
ties and clerks. n the officers of the
county government.
A IRE on Wfnslow street yesterday
afternoon burned partially the roof OF
the residence of Mr.. r. A. Murchison.
The damage would have been much
greater but for the promp aid OF the
operatives from the Fayetteville Wood
enware Company.
Judge Kenneth NJ. Jackson, of Seat
tie. Wash, and his mother, Mrs. Jack
son. are visiting Major ]. II. Williams
ana his sisters, the Misses Williams
at their beautiful { residence, Wes
Lawn Mrs. Jackson. a daughter of
the late Colonel d. Murchison has
many friends here. whom she has NOT
seen In many years. -
n body of the negro hand. wbo
was drowned of the teamer Driver
the ether day, was recovered nv his
friends last Sunday.
Two butchers. working I'm T ~
Nann's stall at the market. became in
VOWED in a difficulty yesterday morn
ing one OF them. Council. striking at
the other, Jenkins, with a long knife
and flashing his clothing. The latter
derended himself with a stool. putting
n,- opponent TO fight.