The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-05-01
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Correspondence of The M~essenger-)
Fayetteville. n. C.. April e.

Correspondence of The Messenger-) !
Fayetteville. ". c., April - |
There has recently been an inmate
Of the county home for the aged and
infirm. from whose history the city ed
itor OF The FAYETTEVILLE Observer gets
q story with a plot worthy OF Dickens
DIR. Williams. for some years past an
itinerant vender OF cures for cancer.
warts, ETC., not long ago had a stroke
OF paralysis, and, being in destitute
circumstances, obtained entrance into
the county home In one OF his at
tacks OF illness he confided TO Mr.. Nc
| Intyre. the superintendent, his story
| that Williams was an alias; that his
real name was Quarles; that he came
from Littleton, n. G, and that years
ago he had abandoned his family. The
outcome OF il all is the arrival OF young
Quarles from Littleton, now q prosper
Gus business man, the confirmation Of
the story, and the removal OF the old
man back to the home, wife and child
rem deserted ava back in the past.
The new Bluff cotton mill-now the
property of the Hope Mills Manufac-
turing Company, and put in splendid
condition by enlargement, remodeling
and the outfit of the very best machin-
ery-is ready for work this week. n
makes complete the chain OF fine plants
belonging TO the company excelled no.
where else in the south. For some
time the pay roll has amounted TO
about 5000 per month, and, with the
addition of the new factory, the aggre-
gate of money disbursed monthly will
be not less than s12, 500. The monthly
payments of the Holt-Morgan, Holt
Williamson, Tolar, Holt and Hart, and
Fayetteville cotton factory ais in
crease steadily with the rapid extension
) of business; and as the Hollis never
operate a store or commissary in con-
; nection with their plants, the ready
cash il weekly circulation is OF great
|, benefit to this city's retail trade.
1 A large audience in the armory opera
house last evening heartily enjoyed the
T performance of Miss Blanche Brene-
man for the benefit Of the Baptist
l church. She is a superb elocutionist
[ and im-personator, we'll worthy Of all
the tributes she has won from press
and people. Her pantomimic rendition
Of Ben Bolt" with Miss Knolly at
the piano and Rev. J. Y. Yandle sing
: ing the verses, was wonderfully grace
S full, while her recital of the chariot
: race in Ben Hur'" was a matches
y exhibition of Evolutionary art.
: In the death of Colonel Roger Moore
eastern North Carolina has suffered g
e loss which is we'll nigh irreparable
The writer knew him and served witt
n him on the field in the civil war, ant
afterward in the social and bushes:
relations of life, and he never enjoyed
the friendship of a better and mantle
lie Rev. DR.. H. G.. Hill, who had beel
le attending p~reSbytery here during tn
lie week, filled the pulpit of the Presby
r terrain church last Sunday morning
r. delivering a powerful sermon on tn
Y, New Jerusalem which, his nearer
l. were reminded, many had heard from
e, his lips twenty-eight years ago, Will
D. he was serving his pastorate in thi
rs city.
as Mr.. w. P. Johnson, of Cleveland
I'd Ohio, has been registered at the Hote
tn La Fayette during the past few day.
He is one of the stockholders Of tn
ne Australis Manufacturing Compan.
for the making of ava stores by cleo
10 trical extraction, and this is his frs
In visit to the city since the establishmeI
of the enterprise.
la Lieutenant Alfred Mcclellan, of Ii
United States navy, was here for a fe
OF days on a visit to his mother, Mr.
It's jamie A. Mckethan.
n Mr.. Jno. A. McKethan, a we'll know
young druggist, who has been takin
as a course at the Medical Co
lege, is at home on a visit. Mr.. A.
in Rore, also a registered young pharms
cist, has graduated from the same co
re lege with high honors.
wv Mr.. E.. j.. Hale, Jr, the excellel
business manager of the daily ar
o. weekly Fayetteville Observer, has be-
with la grippe, and on Sunday w;
quite ill.
. Mr.. Alexander McGeachey, who h
been very sick for some time at r,
Springs, is now in the city at the hon
of his mother, and is on the way to r
covery, the writer is glad to say. Ne,
is received here that Mr.. Frank 81
comb, of the firm of A. H. Slocomb
Sons, Of Doctraw, Ala, large nav
-. store operators, is seriously i'll Wi
pneumonia. Few young men ever grt
r. up here more generally esteemed TIL
he, and it is hoped that he will soon
- we'll again.
ah Mrs. J. A Huske and Mrs. Pembro
aV- Jones are visiting Colonel and Mrs.
the J. Green at Tokay.
Int Congressman Thomas is still wor
m ing hard for the establishment of I
she United States arsenal at this pla
| a and has just presented a petition w
I'll. that object from thousands of MOI
M Carolinians and New Workers
The Fayetteville Observer has
following to say of Mr.. Quarles. M
tioned in the above letter:
The Mr.. Quarles, alias DR.. Williar
yu- who was yesterday found and tai
home by his son after ten years Z
or Sence, was at one time, and for a nu
by 81 VI Sedi7a AWAY postal Gle
,sie through the open draw of the brio
Cd over the Cape Fea near Navassa
on number of years ago, and was so ba,
injured Zone of his hands being perm
nently disabled as those who kn
,est give mr. hiS no. S Au
ms that his mind, though clear in ma
respects, has never been quite ri
An since.