The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-27
THE FAYETTEVILLE BUDGET.
The New Postmaster a Strange Accf.
dent Welcome V~isitors-Local Hap
penings.
Correspondence OF The Messenger.)
Fayetteville. N. c., March %.

Correspondence OF The Messenger.)
Fayetteville. N c.. March g.
Mr.. W. d. Caster. the efficient post
master of this city for the past four
years, will soon be among sthe outs"
as the new appointee. Mr.. A L. Nc
Caskill, a k a house in east
Fayetteville with his family. and will
probably enter upon his duties the
first of mex month. Mr.. Musselwhite.
a lawyer Of Hope Mills, a s~traight-out
republican, will be his assistant, and
Miss Katie Casters successor as de-
livery clerk, will be Miss Alice Mat
thews, admirably fitted for this re-
sponsible position.
A relative of Mrs. E. Floyd, on a Wis.,
it here from South Carolina, was 60
ing through the Holt Williamson mill,
escorted by Mr.. E. Williamson. when
he was knocked senseless TO the floor
by a piece of the betting, which be-
came detached, and struck him on the
head with fearful violence. He was
unconscious for hours, and the injury
may prove very serious.
Giles Shepherd, h g~rave-digger OF
the cemetery, as aged and ben as the
old sexton in Dickens odd Curiosity
Shop, has turned up the last clod-of
eaTth's mould, and has gone to take
his place with the many he has aid
10 rest. Returning from his daily
work yesterday, he fell suddenly to
the ground and breathed his last.
why not a paper mill among the
industries of this town and county,"
This Is the question frequently asked
by those who are anxious for the ma
terlal bctterment of themselves and
their fellows; and it is pointed out
that before the war the late David
Murphy accumulated large means by
the manufacture of paper on Rockfish
creek.
Mr.. p. L. Murphy, superintendent OF
the Morganton insane asylum, has
been passing a few days with a rela-
tive, Mrs. Evans, residing a few miles
southeast of Fayetteville-truly a
pleasant place to visit, the abode of a
generous, refined hospitality.
Mrs. Cochran, of the state of New
York, with some members of her fam
lily, is here for a time at Myrtle Hill,
her beautiful country seat and truck
farm, once the home of the gifted
Judge Strange. Her large means, lib
orally expended, have made a veritable
| garden of the place, and the energetic
superintendent, Mr.. S. H. Strange,
ships large quantities of fine fruits
n vegetables to the northern mar
kets.
DR.. W. B. Phillips, an engineer OF
note and great ability, has been visit
ing Captain j.. D. Mcneil and family.
Following are the Fayetteville as
SiStant marshalS for the New Bern
fair: DR.. D. G. McKethan, Captain H
McGeachey, Messrs. A. b. Williams
Jr., r. L. Williams, A. j. Cook, EN-
NETT Pemberton, H. M. Pemherton
7 JamesMcNeill, Ruffn Horne, L. B
Hale, j. G. Gorham.
Mr.. Clawson, The Messengers new
travelling representative, found much
hand shaking to do on his recent visit
for his own sake and that of Mr.,
Crews and the excellent paper. He
said he came to get his hand in"
Superior court next week
civil docket, Judge Bryan presiding.
MI. .. Murchison ecomes night tel
egrapf operator Of the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad at this station.