The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-14
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News.
Correspondents OF The Messenrer)
Fayetteville. December IL.
Next Thursday evening. 18Th inst.
the Grand Domain OF Knights OF
Pythias VIII meet In III city. made
up OF delegates from Cumberland
Lodge. No. 5. and the lodges OF Lum-
berton. Maxton .Laurinburg. Red
Springs and Rasford- The grand
chancellor. grand vice chanoez1or and
grand keeper OF records and seals VIII.
be present.. O. well as State Lecturer
Jordan. who viii conducx the school
OK instructions" During the evening
refreshments wiz be served In the sup
per-room adjoining the beautiful hall
III n Pythians' building. The officers
elect OF Cumberaind lodge No. S are
as follows for the coming year: z. VI.
Motley. c. c.: Captain + A Souther-
land. V. c.; NJ. L. Stewart. p: DR.. J.
w. McNeill NJ. OF W.; w. c. Holland.
K Of r. and s.: III. o. Ledberry. NJ. OF
F.; r. NJ Amos. I. c.. Captain Israel
c Bond. o. G.: Colonel w. s. Cook, n.
G. Ha4gh. Ralph Jessup. trustees
Mr.. Garner. OF Hope Mills. was an
excited man when he reported At po-
lice headquarters in this city yesterday.
stating hat on his way to town he
was heid I'D u the road by a big ne
gro with a formidable revolver. VINO
compelled him TO give I'D his money.
SIS. A thorough search OF the country
around h scene OF the robbery. by a
deputy sheriff. failed to end the trail
of the hlghwaynaan.
Mr.. ]. w. Hodges OF Cumberland
Mills village. was brought to town TO
receive surgical treatment OF a wound
received in a strange way. While al
work on a house. a carpenter on a
scaffold yer his head let fall a chisei.
which nearly severed the hand OF Mr.
Hodges from the wrist.
1t Is possible that The North Carolina
Baptist nay be bought by the church.
TO be consolidated with the Biblical
Recorder. The paper has been very
successful through the ability. indus
try and excellent Of its
editor. MIR. John A. Oates. Jr. Estab-
h in 1891 with a very smah plant
and almost no capital. it now has a
liNG CICQloAlOu OI 1sfV SuDSCraD-fS.
with a fine advertising patronage. while
a job office forms part Of the valuable
property.
Mr.. Walter Sherwood MacRae. a we'll
known young travelling salesman. and
Miss Beatrice Guelph Watson. the
lovely daughter Of Mr.. Walter Wat
son. will be married on Wednesday.
18th inst. at IL O'Clock a. m. in Hay
Street Methodist church.
The Sportsmen OF this section have
prepared a bill. which will be present
ed at the next session OF the legisla-
ture. providing for the restoration OF
Cumberland to the benefits OF the
regular game law. as necessary for the
projection OF quail and other game
birds out of the season. AS the Law
now stands. Cumberland. with two or
three other counties. Is excepted.
The whole of Cumberland county Is
credited in the figures Of the last e
| suS with only lag horses. not in use for
farming. Besides the city of Fayet1e-
Vile, the county has three of four
thriving villages. and in all them the
| horses coming under that head viii far
| exceed the number given The writer
has. as one might say. a personal ac-
| abundance with over 200 in this town
alone.
Messrs. Walter l.. Holt. Herbert Lut-
| terloh and Henry NJ. Pemberton have
| organized a golf club. and will lay out
the range and Hnks on the old arsenal
grounds on Haymount. which are well
adapted to the demands of the game
There will be an important meeting
Of the Cumberland Monument Asso-
citation dn the rooms of the pubAc
library this afternoon at 3 O'Clock. The
sentiment of the community seems To
be divided on the question of the dis
position Of the funds of the association
many wishing to devote them To the
Improvement and extension OF the IL
brary, while many OF he projectors pc
the movement insist that the original
design Of the erection of a soldiers
monument should be faithfully carried
out
The directors of the chamber of COM
merce will. meet at 4 O'Clock this az
ternoon In the office of the secretary.
Mr.. 3. r. Rose. where matters OF ex-
ceptional interest M importance viii
be discussed. The chamber has been
accomplishing excellent work for h
promotion of F~ayetteviile's Industrial
progress recently.
Joe Williams has been brought
here. and confined In the county tal1.
charged with being implicated In the
recently robbery Of h hardware house
at Dunn.
Thomas Toomer. a tough customer
OF this county. goes to jail for sixty
days. and pays a fine sfeo for crooked
dealing IN liquor.
How the world - mixing up Com
munities which a6oretime boasted OF
their homogenehy. are losing their
characteristics IN the march OF cos-
mopoitanism- Here a Greek win sell
you candy on Hay street: just below
Mn Syrian merchants. In a beautiful
store. Zeal out oriental silks and furs.
a Switzer from the Alps brings vege-
tables TO the back gaoe. while a swar-
thy q will mend your doors and WIN
| dowe-not to mention the aimond-eyed
4 ~ -
squirts water on your cuffs and collars
( through his teeth
Messrs H. L. Cook end n 8.
Maultsby have gone % Greenvfiie On
business.
Mr.. VIII -SIocumb. q prosperous busa-
ness nan OF Dofhan. Ala. 10 visiting
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs A H. Sio-
cumb.
Rev. DR.. II. v. McDuffie. pastor OF
the First Baptist church OF East
Orange. N. j.. ID visiting relatives al
his old home.
jamie Underwood the wfnsorne little