The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-17


Correspondence Of Tne Messenger.)
Fayetteville December L.
1t Is understood here that at the lA0
meeting Of the stockholders of the Hops
Mills Manufacturing Company. actiou
wa taken to build forthwith another
cotton factory and a large finishirM
mill The company. not long aeo
bought and reftted the Bluff factorx
on Beaver creek called Hope Mills No.
!. and. with the completion of the two
plants above mentioned it win hayo
I've large Industrial establishments on
Rockash and Beaver creeks. This place
Is getting well 10 the front as a manu-.
featuring centre. Nowhere In the south
Is to be found q more completely equip
ped and admirably conducted system &C
lotion mills than these bY
the president Mr.. Walter l. Holt-the
Holc-Morgan. Tola-. Holt & Hart and
HoIt-W factories. Then comes
in h FAYETTEVILLE. Manchester. Cum
Soriand mills. etc.
Fayetteville people who know the
men at the head OF the great enterprise
l V no credencs TO a rumor which it
Is best to correct. lest II should spread
sbroad:-that the Caoe Fear Electra
Power Company has come TO q halt In
ts work Of construction. There In
nothing in Ii farther than it has
changed its chief engineer. and the
plant will be fully established and In
operation during the ensuing spring.
There was a strangs fire here yester-
day-the burning partially OF n cabooss
car on the side track OF the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad. The hands OF the
road got the fire under control before
.he arrival OF the hose company.
At 1920 o'clock today the remains AZ
rtraA here from INffrnfnO fan for trtar-
nent OF Mr.. Garry Williams. son OF
the late c.. F. Williams former chief Of
police Of Fayetteville. and grandson Of
the late General Walter j. Draughon.
who was in OF the troops
which took the United States arsenal.
by order Of Governor Ellis. In the spring
II 1861.
But for the efficient medical treat
ment OF DR.. J. A McEcthan. a drink OF
concentrated I've. taken by a child OF
Charles Simmons. a negro living near
Springs. o have probably
CO Used death.
Postmaster adcCaskeil will have two
street mail boxes-one on the corner Of
Market Square. and the other on the
corner OF Hay n Anderson streets
Tor the convenience OF the public.
The Thornton brick building on Green
street is receiving extensive refitting for
business p The fire depart
ment will soon move into it's new and
Scmmodious quarters on Gillespie street
Mr.. Kciser. chief engineer of the Fay
.fteville Ice n Manufacturing Com
pany Is back after q visit to his homo
In switzerland.
Mr.. w. s. Johnson. of Liverpool. Eng.
has arrived to be present at the mar
rage Of his brother. Mr.. e. A. Johnstoa
and Miss jamie McDiarmid.
Miss Margaret Haugkton. OF Pitts
boro. but coming direct from Whining
ton. arrived today. to spend some time
with Mrs. John b. Broadfoot on Hax-
mount.
Mr.. c. e. Ashley. OF Paterson. N. J..
one of the large silk mill owners. II
here looking after his factory interests.
Mr.. Thos. s. Leak. OF Florida. Is pay
ing a visit to his brother. Mr.. w. =.
Leak. who is in critical health at the
residence of DR.. III. W. Lilley-
Miss Jennie Brent, Of W~adesboro. 10
paying a visit to DR.. and Mrs. T. -.
hunter on Dick street.
Mr.. Hamilton Mcmillan. the Messen.
gers scholarly Red Springs correspon-
dent. was shaking hands with old
friends here yesterday.
Rev. John Huske. archdeacon of the
eastern Episcopal diocese. spent a few
hours here today. on his way to Tar
boro.
friends at tea this afternoon at the
residence of Mrs. Kyle on Green street.
1t is believed that Mr.. John Blue,
now within a few miles OF Hope Mills
with his railway. will come on TO Fay
c%tteville. He can utilize the old road
bed of the Cape Fear * Yadkin Valley
railroad. abandoned by the Atlantic
Coast Line, and the cost OF constructors
will be comparatively small.