The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-01
lkErINes IN TOWN AND COUNTRY
A stir Over the Di.pensary Pleasant
Entertainment Local News Bulletin

Correspondence of the Messenger.)
Fayetteville. N. c., January 2s.
Tomorrow Sunday night Hay Street
Methodist church will doubtless be filled
with a great gathering of people, as
a meeting is called OF all who favor the
d~ispensary, at which addresses will be
delivered by Rev. S. T. A Smoot, II. T.
Graham. s. j. Porter. with other rep
resentative citizens. Similar meetings
are also announced for twenty-five or
thirty other points throughout the
county, while petitions are In circulation
the object Of which is to defeat the
proposed primary, and prevent any ac-
ton on the part OF the legislature.
Against all this the opponents of the
~dlspensary stand by the action which
they have taken; the calling OF a white
primary, n the SUBMISSION OF the
matter to the will Of the majority.
The long & shed OF the Atlantis
Coast Line Railroad Company, in the
southern suburbs OF the city, was found
to be burning at 9:45 o'clock MS morn
ing, and the alarm brought out the fire
department, but the damage done was
inconSiderable.
A very pleasant party, with beauti-
full parlor decorations and an elegant
supper, was given last evening by MIR.
and Mrs. w. CT. MCLAUGHLIN al their
handsome residence on Person street,
complimentary to Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ.
Green. Those who assisted the host
and hostess in receiving were Captain
and Mrs. Thomas j. Green, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. a. Williams, Mr.. and Mrs.
John GARRISON, Mr.. and Mrs. H. G..
Smith, Mrs. j. A. Steel.
Mr.. Charles j. Ahearn having taken
the position Of teller in the new ma
tional bank of Fayetteville, Sheriff
Bur has appointed, to succeed him as
clerk and deputy, Mr.. j. c. Thomson
an excellent selection.
Rev. T.. a. Smoot, pastor of Hay Street
Methodist church, united in marriage
last evening, in the parlOr of the parS-
onage, MIR. G, G. Wellons and Miss
Nora Atkins.
1t seems that the success of the Ash
ley six spinning n weaving mill at
his point is so pronounced as to create
jealousy n heart-burning in other
quarters. The operatives Of the silk
mills at Paterson, N. J., are represent
ed to be indignant owe the fact that
the factory here is cutting the ground
from under their feet by reason of it's
ability to manufacture the raw mate
rial very cheaply on account Of the low
prices for labor n other economic
advantages.
The report that the smallpox has at
tackled certain white residents of Fay
etteville the correspondent is able to
deny emphatically. The disease still
prevails here, confined to the negroes
and is we'll under control.
A negro inmate of the Jail has just
been subjected to a very serious sur
gicar operation, DR.. J. v. McGougan,
the skillful county physician, success
fully taking away a tumor of nearly
ten pounds weight.
Mr.. Milton Bacon, of Atlanta, Ga,
who is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. H.
Slocomb, vas the travelling companion
in Europe of Mr.. Slocomb and Misses
Lillian Siocomb and Kate Hawley.
Her many friends have felt much
anxiety over the condition of Mrs. s.
H. MacRae, who has been quite i'll with
the grip.
Mr.. Ralph Jessup, bookkeeper for
the large cotton and naval store house
of A. H. Slocomb, has returned from a
trip to Jacksonville, Fla.