The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-06
NEW TOBACCO .vAaAHoUsE
Site chosen for the ssusIding-Fayeese.
Vile Military Academy - CLOSING
School ExerciseA-SeU Notes

school Exercis~A-Sew Notes
Correspondence of The 1Aessenger.)
Fayetteville, n. c., June 3.
AT last nights meeting of the cham
Der Of commerce, after full discussion
of different propositions made to the
board, the site for b new tobacco
warehouse was chosen II embraces a
large part OF the Williams block, cor
ner Of Hay and Maxwell streets. in rear
Of the opera house. and wiz afford am
pie space for a large building, besides
wagon room needed in the ~transporta-
ton OF tobacco to market. Besides that
furnished by the crop OF Cumberland
county production, il is hoped and be-
Iieyed that this new enterprise viii
command no inconsiderable trade from
adjoining counties. OF the increased
area of and now being devoted to to-
bacco there is no doubt, though no ac-
curate calculation can be made OF this
years crop in this section, Robson
county viii make the largest showing
for 1899 Of any county in the Pee Dee
and Cape Fear districts.
Captain Short, who for the past few
months has been the excellent superin-
tendent OF h Fayetteville Military
Academy, Will seek a new field Of Ia
Dor next year. establishing the North
Carolina Military Academy at Red
Springs. The writer is not at liberty
just now to make known the plan out
lined for a new military and high school
in Fayetteville next fall, but he is au-
thorized to assure the friends of edu-
cation in this community that superior
advantages will be presented for the
coming year to the youth of Fayette-
vile by a superintendent and faculty
competent in all respect TO fit boys for
the future cares Of business ms the
duties OF life.
The entertainment given in the opera
house on the LIST instant by Miss Alice
MaIlett'S school sustained the high rep
utation OF that excellent institution.
The programme was elaborate, attrac-
tive and admirably rendered.
The closing exercises of Mrs. Wade's
school in Campbellton east Fayette-
! ville) were held on yesterday; and at
| 8 o'clock in the evening, after music,
n prayer by Mr.. j. A. Oates, editor
Of The North Carolina Baptist, an
| address was delivered by Mr.. ]. Fl.
| Myrover, followed by a few happy re-
marks by Mr.. Oates. Mrs. Wade's la
bors as an educator have borne good
fruit in that section of the city, and
h should be generously sustained.
The May report of the Cumberland
county dispensary shows a net profit OF
$500, which may be taken as an aver
| age for the year, making the total
annual profits $4,000 and more.
Much regret is felt here at the seri-
Gus illness Of Mr.. ]. P. Hodges, one OF
the most esteemed and prominent citi-
zens of the upper Cape Fear country.
His daughter-in-law, Mrs. j. A. Hodges
Of Richmond, Va, came in on the At
lantic Coast Line railroad yesterday af-
, ternoon May the news soon come OF
his recovery. Cumberland county has
recently sustained severe loss in the
deaths Of Messrs. N. D.. MCLAUGHLIN
and W. Doug. Smith, true and upright
men.
DR.. n Mrs. T. D. Haigh and Miss
Maria Haigh left at 1890 o'clock today
to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Cook at Berger
Point, N. j. Rev. 1. w. Hughes Went
to C~hocowinity this week to deliver The
annual address before Trinity college
Rev. J. N. Starr is paying a visit t.
his parents, Colonel n Mrs. j. B
Starr, on Rowan street. Rev. F.. w
Eason, pastor Of the Baptist church in
this city some years ago, and now Wis,
iting his former home, delivered &
scholarly address, "Mountain-top Men,
in the opera house last evening.