The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-03
YOUNG FAYETTEVILLE INVENTOR
A shield for Cab Wfndow-Funeral Of
Mrs. Observation-Disclosures TO q Sol
dfer-Floating Scraps OF News.


Correspondence of The Messenger-)
Fayetteville. ". c.. March 81
Mr.. Henry NJ. Pembrton. a prominent
young citizen OF Fayetteviiie' ue
founder of the knitting mill here. mas
invented a shield or guard for the To-
connective cab window. which. as II Is
now constructed. becomes useless as a
lookout in storms of Rim, sleet or snow,
so that the engineer is forced to expose
half his body put OF the side window
This invention shelters the glass in
front. and gives him a clear view or
the track ahead. Railroad men say
that il will prove OF i~ncalculabie value
If ii covers the ground claimed for IT.
The fuEeral OF Mrs. Elizabeth Line
berry too place yesterday afternoon
from the residence OF MI. and Mrs j.
S. Harper. conducted by Rev. Isaac W.
Hughes, rector of St. Johns Episcopal
church, of which the deceased was a
member. Her aged mother, Mrs. G..
w. Barnes, of Chatham county, was
with her in her last hours, and many
devoted friends in this community Ia
ment her death.
A movement is making among the Of
ficers and men OF the Fayetteville In
dependent Light Infantry major. b.
r. Huske's Company A I'm the Second
North Carolina regiment in the Span
ish war; to place a suitable monument
over the grave of Private Taylor. who
died in a hospital at Savannah during
the company's stay on Tybee island.
Taylor's death was very touching.
When told that his end was near, he
asked hat he might De laid to rest
in his uniform. 1t was not his lot to
fall on the field of battle, but he died
in the service nf his country and a
patriots heart was stilled in that
young breast.
1t is also proposed to mark with a
memorial slab the burial place OF
Hamond. the negro fifer. who march
ed for many years at the head OF the
company by the side of Tom Drake.
the drummer, and whose remains lie
moulding on the banks Of Cross creek,
near the celebrated Cool spring.
Captain J.. d. Mcneil is proposed by
a correspondent Of The Fayetteville
Observer as a mi OF the rpora
ton commission. Captain Mcneil is
well known all over the state, and
would find many warm supporters ev
~erywhere for the position.
The case of c.. 3. Autry VS.. DR.. T..
Floyd for malicious prosecution, came
up in the superior court this week,
and was followed to its close with
much interest. The jury gave a YER
dict in favor of plaintiff for S1,50C
damages.
Mr.. V c.. Billiard. of the southeastern
part of this county, recently licensed
to practice law, will make Fayette-
vile his home in the prosecution of his
profession.
Mrs. Charles Seasons, aged 45 years,
died yesterday at her residence in east
Fayetteville. Mr.. John Blue, president
of the Aberdeen and Rockfish railroad,
was in the city yesterday on business.
Mr.. ]. J. Crosswell is at home sick
with la grippe. Mrs. E. T. B. Glenn, OF
Georgia, with her children, is visiting
her parents, Colonel and Mrs. j. A.
Pemberton. Mrs. T. S. Lutterloh, who
has recently been in feeble health, is
making a visit for the recuperation of
her health with her daughter, Mrs.
Fannie Utley. in Washington City.