The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-05-15
FAYETTEVILLE MEMORIAL DAY
Eloquent Address OF Hon. ID. III. Nc
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Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Fayetteville, N c., May IL.

Correspondence of The Messenger
Fayetteville, n. c., May IL
Memorial day exercises were excep-
tionally beautiful and impressive here
yesterday. AT IL o'clock the confeder-
ate veterans OF Cumberland county
assembled in the court room. the COM
mandant. Major A. A. McKethan, pre-
siding. who greeted them in grace
ful address of welcome. and Captain
A. ID. McGill acting as secretary. The
morning was spent in a pleasant SOL
diers' reunion, during which brief.
stirring talks were made by Hon. W.
]. Green, Hon. d. H. Mclean. OF Har-
nett, Mr.. E. w. Kerr. of Sampson,
| and Captain ]. D. McNeill.
At l O'Clock the line was formed.
and the old soldiers marched to the
armory of the Fayetteville Independ-
ent Light Infantry to enjoy the boun-
tiful dinner prepared and served by
the noble women of Fayetteville, where
| with unremitting and graceful atten-
tlon they ministered to the wants of
this alas. rapidly dwindling band Of
the followers of Lee, Johnston and
Jackson.
At 4:30 O'Clock the procession was
| formed in front of the military acad-
emy on Hay street by Captain A. B.
Matthews, chief marshal, and his as
slstants, the veterans commanded by
Major A. A McKethan, and the Inde-
pendent Light Infantry, Major ]. G..
| 'Hollingsworth commandant, heading
| the line, followed by the public and
| private schools bearing wreaths of
| flowers the orator, chaplain and the
| officers of the Memorial Association
q or nf
| citizens in vehicles and on foot.
AT the cemetery the opening number
| on the programme was a selection from
| the choir, consisting of Mrs. w. CT.
| Hall, organist, Mrs. w. NJ. Morgan,
| Mrs. A. E. Dixon, Mrs. j. A King,
Mrs E. j. Lilly, Misses Maggie Pember-
| ton, Belle Alderman, Georgia Worth,
Lottie Thornton, Mabel Elliott, Rev.
| j. L. Yandle, Captain A. H. Nc
| Geachey, Messrs. Bash. E. H. William
son and H. E. Sheetz. The music, rem
| dered at intervals during the services,
was very fine. After an earnest and
very appropriate prayer by Rev. Isaac
| copal church, Mr.. ]. H. Myrover in
| troduced D. H. Mclean, of Harnett,
| whose address was scholarly, patri-
| otic, eloquent, impassioned-just such
| a mastery effort as one would expect
| of the gifted speaker.
| After the decoration of the monu-
| ment and the soldiers graves, volleys
| were fired by the Independent Light
| Infantry in tribute to the memory OF
| Colonels John r. Murchison, Hector
| McKethan, Roger Moore, Major Jas.
| D. McNeill, and the dead of Cumber-
| land county. A conspicuous feature in
| the procession was the tattered battle
flag of the Fifty-first North Carolina
| regiment borne by one of the surVi-
| vors OF that command. The manage
ment of Chief Marshal Captain A. B.
! Williams (who wore the confederate
| gray) was admirable throughout and
the president, Mrs. S. G. Aver, Mrs
| H G.. Smith, Mrs. E. Smith, Mrs. j.
J. Crosswell, Mrs. ]. B. Smith and the
! other officers of the association are to
| be congratulated on a very touching
and beautiful observance Of the sacred
day.
No less than five divorce cases were
| before this term of the superior purt,
! three of which were decided, and two
continued The case of Swinson VS..
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, was
| compromised by the payment OF S1I5
| by the railroad. In this case Swinson
| was fired upon by the watchman, as
claimed, in the discharge of his du''
| The case of w. Jones VS.. Atlantic Coast
Lire Railroad Company for false inn
| crisonment, with damages at $500.
! came down from the supreme court,
! hut Judge Bryan refused the applica-
! ton of the company's counsel, Hon.
| Geo. M. Rose, to sign the judgment.
| The suit Of Mr.. Troy Eann VS.. the City
| of Fayetteville for damages of 1000
resulted in favor of the defendant; ap-
peal was taken by the plaintiff.
| A branch of the Bankers Union has
| been formed here with the following
| officers; DR.. ]. w. McNeill, president;
| A S. Hall, vice president; Major A. A.
| McKethan, P. P; H. Med. Robinson,
| chaplain; w. D. Caster, secretary; H.
| A. Bynum, overseer; ]. A. Colvin.
| guard: c. w. Brady sentinel.
The fire in the very heart of the city,
| which wiped out the bakery of the
Palace Cafe, Messrs. Taylor & Wilson
| proprietors, would have been a very
| serious matter but for the prompt re-
SponSe and energetic work of the fire
| department. The dwelling of David
| Jeffries in east Fayetteville was de-
! stroyed by fire night before last, only
| a narrow margin of time being left
| for the escape of the family
The municipal election at Hope :,
resulted as follows: Mayor, w. 7,
! Tyson: aldermen, K. Johnson, j. T.
Arnett, H. A. Phillips. B. F. Grimes,
| w. j. Graham.
Mr. Patton, photographer of this
! city, doing business on Person street,
| received painful injuries by falling in
an attempt to jump from a moving
| train at the Gillespie street crossing
| A hail storm in list township did
| great damage to truck and other
| growing crops, and some farmers will
| be obliged to replant their cotton in
| feds here and there.