The semi-weekly messenger., 1901-05-24
THE TEACHERS ASSEMBLY.
IN THREE WEEKS 1T WILL MEET AT
WRIGHTSVILLE.
It will be In Session at the Seashore
Hotel June 11th to h-Hfstoric
Places and Interesting. Points to be
Seen by the Teachers While They are
Here.

Three weeks from now the North
Carolina Teachers Assembly will hold
it's eighteenth annual session at
Wrightsville Beach. The assembly will
hold it's sessions at the Seashore hotel
and will be in session from June 11th
to June 18th.
From 600 to 1000. Perhaps more, of
the teachers and their families. and
friends will be here. and on certain
days they will have time to take ex-
cursions to the points of interest in
this vicinity. Of course, they will
visit that delightful resort, Carolina
Beach; will go on an excursion down
the Cape Fear and out to sea, STOP
ping at the ruins of Fort Fisher and at
the ruins of the old colonial church,
st. Philips, at the site of the colonial
town of Brunswick, Southport and
other points.
Our townsman, Prof Washington
Catlett, principal of Cape Fear Acad-
amy, and county superintendent of
public instruction, has prepared and
sent to Prof. c. H. Mebane. Of New
Bern, secretary or the TeacherS AS
sembly. the following:
'The place for the gathering this
year of the teachers and friends of ed
ucation offers many objects of attrac-
, ton to the sight-seers and those in
terested in the progress and history of
our state.
Wilmington, readily reached by
many daily trains, will open for inspec-
ton it's two graded school buildings
h.
and furnished upon the most improved
plans, each accommodating over five
hundred pupils, with fine auditoriums.
The Tileston High School. a handsome
brick structure, situated in the centre
| of the spacious lawn, the gift Of Mrs.
Hemenway, Of Boston, is we'll worth
a visit.
The City Hail., a fine specimen Of
Grecian architecture with the newly
erected Court House near by; the Will
mington Cotton Mills, the extensive
| cotton compress and warerooms of
Messrs. Alex Sprunt & Sons, the Del
gado Cotton Mills in the suburbs of
| the city on the Sea Coast railroad, are
some Of the many places of interest
I'm the cemetery Of historic old st.
James church lies under an unosten-
tatious slab of sandstone the body Of
Cornelius Harnett, a hero of the revo-
luton and dear to the memory Of every
lover OF the grand old state. On the
slab are inscribed these lines of Pope
indicative Of his death: Slave to no
sect, he took no private road but looked
through nature up to natures God
Opposite the church is the residence
OF the McRarys, which was the head
quarters of Cornwallis while his army
was in Wilmington.
"A trip down the Cape Fear under
that most capable and courteous COM
| mander, Captain John w. Harper, will
AFFORD visit to the historic ruins OF
st. Philips church of Colonial days,
with its quaint old graveyard and tomb
stones, now under the care Of the Colo
nial Danes. Carolina Beach can be
reached on the way. Further down
the river may be seen that most mag
niicent piece Of marine architecture
The Rocks a solid wall of granite
over mile long built to close New In
let. a short distance from this point
are the ruins Of Fort Fisher, a relic
| OF the civil war. Across a beautiful
spread Of water lies the village OF
southport, and just across the river
at its mouth is Fort Carwell. lately re-
built by the government and furnished
with the heaviest guns for coast de-
tense. A full garrison occupies it. The
accommodating captain OF the steamer
Wilmington will take excursion parties
ten miles out on the broad bosom of
the Atlantic to the Bell Buoy near the
point of Frying Pan shoals. Other
points Of minor interest may also be
seen on these trims