The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-10
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Correspondence OF The Messenger.)
Fayetteville N. c., January 4.
The u%tterances of Mr.. Harry Wal
tiers, as reported in a recent issue of the
Baltimore Sun, make no very pleasant
reading, to the people of Fayetteville.
Among the changes consequent upon a
Reorganization of the Cape Fear and
IYadkin Valley railway, there are to be
expected two sweeping ones-the merg-
ing Of the clerical offices into those of
the Coast Line Railroad Company, and
the discontinuance of the shops. Truly
these are grievous hardships, effecting
a sore diminution of the aggregate in
come of this community.
Your correspondent we'll knows that,
at the sale a few days ago, it lawfully
became the property of the highest bid
der; but, nom the less, melancholy re-
Elections surround the present status of
the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley rail-
way. Here, nearly half a century
since, it was conceived, here it came in
to life, here it's construction began.
The merchants and capitalists of Fay
%etteville, most of them sleeping o
within sound of its rumbling trains,
pleged to it their credit, and devoted to
it their means, and town and county
are now carrying debts incurred in its
behalf. 1t has always been called
emphatically a North Carolina road; it
would not have been honOring too
much this community to have called it
a Fayetteville road. But there! Why
moralize? Alea est jacta.
The writer thinks it would be a fit
ting and graceful thing in this com-
munity to organize a La Fayette Mon
ument Association" whereby we might
have part in the memorial to be dedi-
Gated to that great patriot at the Paris
Exposition. Nowhere is the memory
of the illustrious Frenchman more
highly honored than here. We have
adopted his as our family name, and
| perpetuate it in our church, societies,
| academies, hotels, etc. In the course
of his almost royal progress through
| this country in 1924, he was here mag
| nifcently entertained with a ball and
| banquet at the hotel then situated
where the book store of E. l.. Pember-
ton now stands, the address of welcome
being delivered by the late Duncan K.
MacRae, then a boy 8 or 10 years Of
age, who delighted La Fayette, even at
that tender age, with the ervor of an
eloquence which distinguished his bril-
liant after life.
The Fayetteville athletes express no
little chagrin that from Wilmington
should come the charge, implied if not
expressed, that the team in the recent
foot ball game was packed" for that
contest. The eleven" were our own
men, ito the manner born" only one
hailing from beyond own or county.
The truth is, the talent" is exception
ally fine here; excellent material has
been splendidly trained, and it will
soon hold the state championship.
The beautiful residence of DR.. Lilly
on HaymOunt is now completed, and,
with it's elegant interior finish and ter
raced grounds, is a model of taste, COM
fort and convenience in home architec-
ture. That DR.. Lilly, in the prime OF
life, a prominent citizen and popular
society man, has built this cosy nest for
bachelors quarters may be told to the
marines'-this old soldier does not be-
lieve it. Further west in the same
suburb Mr.. W. S. Prior has remodeled
and enlarged his dwelling, making a
very handsome residence.
Fayetteville is sorry to loose Mr.. c.
l.. Taylor, who is to take a position in
the Carolina Cooperage Company In
%yourIcity. Our voucher for it that you
will greatly esteem him personally, and
value him as a l~evel-headed, well
| eauinned business man.