The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-04-10

st,orr>-spondence of the Nee1engSrp
Fayettevville. y. C, April s.
This morning the writer eaa In the
lobby of the Hotel Lafayette. tooAin3
across Hay street into the o0rAaSe
windows OF a candy maker. ana tne
stall OF a fruit vender. just on t1e epoe
where for forty years The Feyetteuue
Observer was the able exponent OF the
principles of good government. and
powerful factor in the advancement
of its people Just then Mt.
the polite clerk of the hotel. hanoed
US a copy OF the Charleston News ana
Courier. dated November =. 1851. over
81 years ago. and pointed % the Oh
lowing paragraph ph:-"Liberai-Aessrr
e ] Hale & Son, editors OF the Fay
etteyille Observer have sent TO Govern
or Vance 100 pairs of shoes FOR the sol
diers equivalent to $1,000, ana worth
much more than that sum or money
The torch os Sehrman lett only
pile of ruins there. but the paper still
lives in the memory OF the people.
Colonel William Alderman has just
finished a survey of 6L1 miles for DR.
J. w. McNeill. embracing a line be
tween his water power on fSfg hocA-
fish and a point within che corporate
limits This survey has been made
with a view to future utilization OF
tories.
Mr.. r. w Bidgood has been made
auditor of a railroad out west, with
headquarters at Anderson. Indiana
He filled very efficiently like position
with the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
railway for many years. and no official
stood higher or was more esteemed.
Fayetteville will greatly regret his de-
parture and that of his accomplished
wife. We lose. too, one OF our best
citizens in the removal of Mr.. Charles
]. Ahearn with his family to Ports
mouth, Va. where he takes a position
with the Seaboard Air Line Company.
He was on clerical staff of Cap. w. f.
Kyle, of the Cape Fear andYadkin Val
ley railway, and more recently was
one of the deputies OF Sheriff Burns
faithful to every trust committed to
his hands.
Mr. and Mrs. w. Nj. Morgan received
the Young Folks Club of the Presby-
terian church at heir residence on Hay
mount last evening. They are delight
full entertainers, always contributii.-
to the pleasure of those about chem,
and Mrs. Morgan is a charming hos
tess, whose sweet vocal music. with
that of Miss Pearl Mcmillan. and the
beautiful recitation of Miss Eames,
added much TO last nights amusement.
The exercises of the Campbellton
school, Misses Bolton and Sutton. prin-
cipals, attracted a large gathering of
friends last evening. who were well
repaid by an excellent programme ad-
mirably rendered. The trustees are
Messrs. A S. Maultsby, r. d. Jones
and w. l.. Hawley and the last nam
ed made a graceful speech of acknowl-
edgement for the generous patronage
rendered to the school.
The Cross Creek democrats were
disappointed Of the expected speaking
last night. Colonel Burgwyn failed
to make railroad connection at Selma
and Hon. D. H. Mclean was detailed
elsewhere on BUSINESS. Colonel Bur
gwyn is in the city today the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. s. II. MacRae on Dick
street
The flourishng village of Hope Mills
will hold three days fair next month.
18th, 18th and 10Th. II was to have
taken place in April but the preva-
lence Of the grip has necessftated a
postponement
Mr.. B. @. Gorham has been chosen
representative to the Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows at Winston in May, with
Captain A. B. Williams as alternate
Colonel K. NJ. Murchison, of New
York, has been paying a welcome visit
TO friends and relatives in this city
and county. Mr.. ]. w. Carmon, a
nephew of Captain Samuel H. Carmon,
well known in Wilmington. was mar
ried on Wednesday to Miss Ella Nc
Corquodale. May the young welded
pair be very happily.