The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-09

B.. F. Aycock Somewhat Better-A New
Enterprise on Foot-Herman Park q
Popular Resort-PersonaIs.


Popular Resort-PersonaIs.
Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Goldsboro, April 5.
Senao B. F. Aycock's condition is
though to be somewhat improved to-
day. though he is yet a very sick man.
A movement is on foot to establish
in East G~oldsboro a sewing plant for
the manufacture of wearing apparel
overalls. shirts. drawers, sun bonne.s-
in fact a number OF things that come
under the cad of a sewing plant. The
East Goldsboro Land and proyeme
Company is behind this enterprise and
that within itself is sufficient to war
rant its establishment. At a meeting
of the directors held last night Messrs.
John Slaughter and Earl a. mphr
were appointed a committee To secure
additional information as to the work
ings. etc. This plant will give employ
ment to some fifty-six girls. The work
Will be neat and a nice class of en-
ployees can find remuneratiye employ
ment.
Captain j. w. Lamb has
the property between the residences or
Messrs. San and Leopold Cohen and
will remove his residence there. This
done. he will erect livery and sales sta
bles on the present site of his residence
next to the fire house.
The remains of Mrs. Zilpha Hollo-
well. the aged mother of our towns
man. Mr.. w. r. HolloweIl, who died at
Greensboro yesterday morning. will not
be inferred till Saturday morning bur-
ial being postponed, awaiting the ar
rival OF her son Mr.. John III. Hollowell,
of Denver. Colorado. VINO is expected
to reach Greensboro tonight. Mrs.
Hollowell was in her 18th year of age,
a woman of deep piety and universally
held in high esteem.
Residents in Park avenue report tina
an incessant stream OF people visit
Herman park on Sunday During the
week many take a delightful spin
around the beautiful track, and a care
full estimate places the number of visit
ors to the park. already, per month at
1000. If Easter Sunday is an ideal day
great throngs of people will visit this
pretty spot. 1t has been suggested tina
the city authorities establish a register
at the pavilion and that all visitors re-
cord their names.
j. B. Parks, of Aaron, was a visitor
here today. Mr.. Parks is the proud
possessor of a fence rail that has seen
service for forty-eight years and he
~oA~No i WIZ IA ~ " IoIl CSIlluIy y.
The rail was split by his father from
a poplar log just forty-eight years ago
yesterday.
Miss Julia Burr. of Clinton, Conn.,,
is on a visit to Mrs. Fannie Kornegay.
d. r. Kornegay, of the Goldsboro
| Buggy Company. is in the land of flow
ers today.
Buggy Company. returned from New
York this evening.
Miss Daisy Smith entertained quite
a number of her young friends in a
charade party last evening. The spe-
cial feature was a tableau in four acts:
"In-fat-u-ate." Those present speak
in high praise of their hostess.
Misses Estelle O'Berry, Rachael Bor-
den, Clara Spicer and Ellen Dortch
] went north this afternoon. They will
, make a brief visit to their young friend,
Miss Pearl Fort.
Miss Eve CheSson, of Plymouth, is
visiting Mrs. W. G.. Lewis.
Jas. Bum. son of the Hon.. B. II.
Bum, and Messrs. Philips and Battle, Of
Rocky Mount. were guests last evening
of the family of Colonel I. F. Dortch.
William Smith is at home from the
university to spend Easter.
Mr.. Thomas Kendrick, of Kings
Mountain, brought three bright little
girls to the orphans home. Mr.. Ken
drick is a leading druggist at Kings
Mountain.
d. r. Walker. sheriff of Brunswick
county. brought in patients today to
the Eastern hospital. The sheriff is an
old Messenger reader and very popular
in his county.
w. T. Rivenbark and wife, of Mag
nolia. passed through for Winston this
afternoon on a visit to their son, Will
liam. who is engaged in the hardware
business there.
Misses Emma Williams and Reta
Wren, of Portsmouth. Va, are visiting
Mrs. w. o. Gattis.
s. o. Middleton. of Ha1isviIie. one of
Duplin's weathiest citizens and one of
the new bord of penitentiary directors,
passed through en- route home from
a meeting of the board. He reports the
board well on the road of economy IN
the affairs of the institution.
Three members of the family of Mr..
Elijah Vincent. of near Boston, are
seriously ill with pneumonia.