The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-07-15
FAYETTEVILLE NEWS BUDGET.
Chamber of Commerce Meeting-In-
dustriaI and Other Notes-An Old
Scotchman's Card.
Correspondence of The Messenger.)

/ spcndeNce Inc MeSSGlgeT.D
| Fayetteville, July s.
The meeting OF the directors and
| members this evening of the Fayette-
| vile chamber of commerce. OF which
Mr.. \. II. Slocomb is president, and
Mr.. r. r. Rose is secretary, will be one
| OF unusual interest Among the impor-
| tant matters which will come I'D for
| consideration. will be the issuance of a
booklet for the proper advertising of
the manufacturing and commercial
| progress and advantages of this town
| and section, the exhibits of the increase
| or which for the past six years is very
gratifying, and lcludes the Holt-Mor-
gan, Holt-Williamson, and Tolar-Holt
Hart cotton spinning and incasing
mills systems in east and south Fay
etteville. superbly equipped plants sur
rounded By f1ourishing villages, with
prosperous schools and churches;
splendid new factories of the Hope
Mills Manufacturing Company on
Rockhsh and Beaver creeks; a lucra-
tive silk spinning and weaving mills
with two more under construction, the
construction of the plant of the Nor
folk Lumber Company, the work on
the dock and wharves of the Fayette-
Vile and Wilmington Steamboat Com
pany, and the contract for the City of
Fayetteville the steamer Highlander
of the Peoples and Farmers Trans
portation Company, the work going
rapidly forward. on the new cotton
seed oil mill of the Virginia. Carolina
Chemical Company, the great enter
prise Of the Cape Fear Electric Power
Company at Buckhorn falls the blach-
cry, to be centre OF Southern system,
of the New Jersey Bleaching and Fin
lShlnp C0nn9nV the pnIrirn0ant nf he
handsome building of the city graded
schools, the establishment of the high
grade Donaldson-Davidson Academy
on Haymount, the erection of the in?
dustrial hall of the State Normal
school and the contract for the new
main buildings. the establishment of
McKay's cigar factory, etc. All this is
over and above scores of manufactur-
ing plants in operation previous to the
time specified above
1t is estimated that the body of land
now owned in Cumberland and Harnett
counties by the Harnett Lumber Com
pany, which has just finished the grad
ing of it's railroad track to Manchester,
will supply round pine timber for it's
saw mills for years, there being over
60,OOO,0O0 feet standing
Mr.. D. j. Ray. member of the North
Carolina Legislature, and an esteemed
Scotchmon, writes a card to the Fay
etteville Observer, in which he declares
that no precinct primary was held in
Quewhiff1e township, that it was mis-
represented in the county convention
last Saturday, and that it would be
hard to find a democrat in that town
ship who is not for Hale. Major J. w.
Mclaughlin was the spokesman for
Quewhiff1e, voting for Bellamy, and the
correspondent, in justice, will say that
he is a man of high standing.
Mr.
one of the most esteemed citizens of
Roheson county, and father of Dr. ].
V. McGougan. "a leading physician of
Fay yetteville, has passed away, after
life of usefulness and honor.
Fayetteville hopes to welcome here
next week President G. D. McIver of
the Greensboro Female Normal col
iege, and Professor Alex Graham, su-
perintendent Of the Charlotte graded
schools. on the occasion of the sum-
mer school for Cumberland, conducted
by Professor G. d. Cole. county super
intendent of instruction. assisted by
Professor J. A. Jones and Professor J.
A. Macarthur.
Hereafter, through the efforts of Cap
tain ]. J. Crosswell, of the Southern
express, truck and other shippers from
this point will have double daily SER
vice to all points north.
Mr. John Underwood, special agent
Oh the state Lille insurance Company,
left today for Salisbury. to adjust the
policy of $1,000 on the life of the late
Beatty Mallett.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Pegram, of Will
mington, VINO have been spending some
time at Mrs. McDonald's on Gillespie
street, left today for the western part
of the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Mclean, Of Max
ton, who have been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Armfield, returned home today