The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-04
DEATH OF CAPTAIN M,ARTHUR
a Prominent Citizen Passes Away
The Masonic Banquet-Court In Sea-
sion-Bankruptoy Tribute to Old
Soldiers.

| Soldiers.
Correspondence OF the Messenger.r
Fayetteville. ~. G. January /.
Cumberland county suffers a grievous
loss in the death, at 4 o'clock this morn
ing. of Captain Joseph Allen Macarthur.
aged a little over seventy years He
was a faithful southern soldier. enter
ing the service - a private in Co. c.,
of the famous Bethel regiment. after
wards promoted to be captain in the
Fifty-frst North Carolina infantry. and
captured at Drewry's Bluff in 1864. He
was a citizen of high character. always
| steadily refusing political ~preferrnent.
| to which he was repeatedly invited M
an upright Christian, and elder of Nc
Pherson Presbyterian church, where
the funeral services will take place at
IL o'clock on Wednesday,, conducted by
Rev. d. Farley. Captain Macarthur
married the daughter of h late Alex.
Mcpherson, who was at his bedside,
with three children-Mrs NJ. B. Currie.
of Eleventh township, Professor j. A.
Macarthur, superintendent of Lumbe
Bridge academy, and Miss Mary Near
thur.
h Masons of Phoenix Lodge No. s
saw the 18th century out with all the
honors, entertaining their friends and
| their special guests, the Hope Mills
Masonic lodge. at a banquet last even
| ing in the beautiful hall Of Cumberland
| Lodge No. 5, Knights of Pythias. with
scholarly addresses, and fine music by
R~emshurg's orchestra, to ~accentuate
| the programme of the exercises. Past
| Master H. Med. Robinson presiding,
| and acting as toast-master- The ad-
dress of welcome was made by Mr.. r.
A. Switzerland, responded to by Past
| Master S. H. Cotton, Of Lebanon lodge.
after which with the singing Of Praise
Cod" the doors Of the banquet-room
were open. and Rev. W. n. Tomlin ask
ed a blessing on a set supper which bore
gratifying testimony to the bounteous
hospitality of Phoenix lodge. Address
es then came as follows: Masonry
as Taught in the Bible" A. D.. Mcdill,o of
Gastonia lodge; My Opinion OF Secret
hood Of Man." Rev. Isaac w. Hughes;
Principles and Work Of n Order"
Past Master H. Med. Robinson. Brief
Sparkling talks delighted the audience,
from Hon. D. H. Mclean, Of Dunn
lodge, B. F. Mclean, of Maxton lodge.
the Past Master of King Hiram lodge,
B. T. McBryde, Colonel w. 8. Cook,
Rev. T. A. Smoot, and others. The ex-
( ~ercises closed at midnight with "Blest
Be the Tie That Binds" led by the or
chestra, and the benediction- by Rev
H. T.
The officers of Phoenix lodge for the
ensuing year are: E.. L. Remsburg, w
M; c. w. Elliott, s. w; R. A. Souther-
land, J. W.; L. w. Clark, Treasurer; T
T. McGflvary, Secretary; j. A. Barnes
S. D.; J. G. Hollingsworth, j. D.; s. ]
Guy and D.. H. Taylor, Stewards; Johr
Johnson, Tiler.
Judge Moore convened criminal our
at 10 O'Clock this morning, the solicitor
Mr.. c. M. Mclean, of Bladen, having
arrived yesterday. The Messenger ha:
already noted the three capital case:
which will probably come up for trial
the results of which the correspondent
will duly forward. Hon. D. II
Mclean and Mr.. J. c.. Clifford, of Har
nett are attending court or profession
al business
Creditors meetings were held yester
day in the office Of Mr.. 8. H. MacRae
referee in the bankruptcy cases OF D
d. Mcintyre, of Laurinburg, and J. w
!; Lane, of Dunn, Messrs W. H. Neal AND
|, M. StJohn representing the former
{ and Messrs. D. H. Mclean. n ]. c
: Clifford appearing for the latter
At the meeting of the Cumberland
: Camp United Veterans, Captain J. b
} Smith commanding, the committee ap
pointed for the purpose, through it,
chairman, Colonel G. w. Broadfoot, OF
fered the following touching and elo
quent appeal for the Inmates of tn
!, Raleigh home: This camp, mindful
of our comrades, who have carried
wooden leg. an empty sieve, an OLE
wound, from the battlefelds Of Vir
ginia to the soldiers home at Raleigh
are gr1eved to think that, while there
=, waiting orders to cross the river an,
rest under the shade Of the trees, the
: should want any Of the comforts Of life
This must not be so.
These veterans are entitled to hav
e anything and everything that can ad
. to their comfort, which a grateful pee
d pie can supply. Neither they nor W
are mendicants.
THE Confederate soldier, dead an
living, has don full duty to his state
e what North Carolina is, he has MAD
E her. The horn of plenty now hang
e asIant, and from open mouth pour
e fourth the good things Of life. Thes
old soldiers must and shall be care
for bounteously. II the state neglect
% her duty, or does 1t grudgfngly, we WI
ue are left at home, with faces westwar
n n thinning ranks. but stout hear
If bearing up as bravely as we may, viii
marching on to the river. will glad
le share rations and blankets with o,
l. less fortunate comrades"
,r AS recommended b. His Honor Ma,
l. or w. 8. Cook, the bells last mig
rang put the old and rang in the new
1t while steam whistles heralded in Il
new century, and fireworks flashed al
whiZzed aloft.
Mr.. D. H. Bell, superintendent Of Il
telephone exchange at Washington,
c.. spent Sunday in the city.
n. Mr.. James Kyle, of Wilmington,
paying a visit to his former home.
Rev. Jarvis Buxton will spend a fe
days in Washington, his former homt
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