The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-08-17
FL0GGING in A SILK FACTORY
1t Causes n Trial I'm Court-Picnfc at
Red Springs Long Distance Tele-
Observation-Disclosures at Hope Mills.
Teas, entertainments, etc
Correspondence Of the Messenger.)
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Fayetteville, \. C., August 1

CORRESPONDENCE of the Messenger.)
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Fayetteville. y. C., August 10.
Rev. J. T. Thurston, the colored SUI
perintendent OF the Dwight-AshleyI
silk spinning and weaving mills, locat-
ed in the southern suburbs of the city,
was defendant in a magistrates trial
before Colonel w. $. Cook yesterday,
rcn@ charge being that he gave an un-
merciful beating TO a negro boy en-
plOyed in the mill. II will be remem-
bered that all the operators of this fac.
tory are negro men, women and chill
dren, n that bodily punishment has
been part of the management ever
since the establishment of the plant.
The contention was made by counsel,
first, that the punishment vas eXces-
sive, and, second, that il was illegal,
even if administered with the consent
of the parents and guardians Of he
minors employed in the factory. The
magistrate reserved his decision.
A special train carried the Presby-
terrain Sunday school AMI a large crowd
OF their friends to Red Springs this
morning, where the young folks will
enjoy a pic mic in the splendid o
around the springs, as well as attend
the interesting sessions of the Elders
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and attended by some Of the strongest
meR in the Presbyterian church as lay
and clerical delegates.
F~ayetteville's largely growing bust
Z ness interest with all the surrounding
country render necessary telephone
communication with the tributary
towns, and ii is more than probable
that a company will soon be formed
TO unite US with Greensboro, Wilson.
Dunn, MaXtOn, Lumberton, etc.
On Saturday night the great unter-
rifed" and now jublant democracy Of
Hope Mills will make that beautiful
village the scene of a political jubilee,
with torch lights. bOnfires, addresses
and all the other adjucts of a good time
generally for white men. The jOlifi-
cation is the proper and natural round
UP of a victory attained over great
odds, for during the campaign Hope
Mills looked badly streaked and spot
ted with fusion.
An afternoon tea most daintily serv-
ed, with all the appointments of taste
full and elaborate house decorations
was given to her friends yesterday by
Mrs. Francis Pearce OF Haymount, and
at night her niece, Miss Pearl McMil-
an, received a large number of guests.
who enjoyed a prOfuse collation., music
and cards, the prize for the latter being
borne off by the lovely Miss Mabel
Elliott.
notwithstanding the intense heat, a
large audience last evening thorough
~ enjoyed the entertainment in the
Fayetteville Independent Light Infan-
try armory, for the benefit of the pub
lie library. The programme wa full
of merit and variety from beginning
to end, with not a feature unworthy
of the hearty applause bestowed. I'm.
Stinted pains was given TO Miss GeOr.
gia Worth and those assisting her il
making the entertainment IN unequal
flied success.
Mr.. Ralph King, of the we'll known
. drug firm of King Bros, of this city
who recently won for himself a charm
ing wife in Tennessee, has purchased
DR.. H. w. Lilly's handsome cottage
on the brow of Haymount. Mr.. anG
Mrs. King nave been for some week:
residing at the Hotel La Fayette.
The death of Mr.. Jesse Hedgepeth
>SykT passed away at his residence OF
street. in the 74th year of hi!
: age, caused general grief in this com
munity, where he and his family Were
greatly esteemed. He was a native o
Nash county, n was for years close
n ~ identified with the business interest!
fQf HiIlsbOrO. Only a short time agt
the extreme evening of his life wa
cheered by a reunion of the family
of whom there are d widow, six son
and a daughter, who survive him.
NJ. Adam Stein, OF a large organ
manufacturing firm of Philadelphia
has been here within the past few
days, having the contract to furnisl
to the Presbyterian church a new or
gan
In the outskirts of Fayetteville w
are beginning to feel one d~isadvantag
of the nO-fence law, and the only dis
advantage which has so far cOnfronte
us. Our suburbs are extensive, and
being outside of the corporate limits
there is no work on the street. COnse
quently there are large areas utterl,
given over to weeds, which hithert
the cattle had kept down.
DR.. J. S. Belts having removed [
Greensboro, DR.. J. H. Judd, of Car
thage, Moore county, has associate
himself with DR.. G.. b. Patterson i
the practice of detail surgeory.
Mrs H. R. Bryan and her daughter
Miss Isabelle, of New Bern, are payin
a visit 10 Major and Mrs. John 3
Broadfoot on HaymOunt-MrS. w
Frank Blount, of Greensboro, so below
ed and admired here as Miss Maggi
Pemberton, is spending a short tim
with her mother, Mrs. NJ. j. Pember
ton-Mrs. J. A. Pemberton, Jr., wit
her tow younger children, has gone t
Eggleston Springs, Va, for a summe
vacation. g