The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-04-18
oCToGEyARfAN PASSES AWAY.
Funeral of Mr. J. F. M~arsh-Fran-
chises ranted and Rcfused-An
other Enterprise Probabie-Monu-
ment Association.

Correspondence OF The Messenger
Fayetteville. April u.
At II o'clock his morning. a. the
residence on Gieen street Of his son.,
Mr.. H. j. Marsh. Rev. S. J. Porter.
pastor OF the First Baptist church.
conducting the simple but impressive
exercises, the funeral services took
place over the remains Of Mr.. J. +.
Marsh. born in Chatham county in
1920, and for years before the war
prominent in business in this city in
the firm OF Troy & Marsh, and one OF
the founders OF the Cedar Falls Manu-
featuring Company, of Randolph. Al
ter the war Mr. Marsh was long a pop
ular conductor on the old Western
Coal Fields railroad.
At last evenings meeting of the
board Of alderm,n an extension of the
franchise OF tie FayeltN lille & VIII
mington Steamboat Company, whereby
it may use steam as well as electricity
on its railway from the wharves TO IFS
warehouses up town, was granted. The
board refused he application for fran
chise of the Telegraph and Telephone
Company, to operate between Peters
burg, Va, and Cheraw, S. C.
The negro United States minister 10
Liberia, DR.. j. r. Grassland. a leading
and able man Of his race. has been
here for the past day or two as the
guest OF Prof. Z. E. Smith, president
Of the State Colored Normal school
who so successfully filled the duties as
DR.. Crossland'S predecessor in Africa
under the administration of Cleveland.
The Cumberland Monument AssocId-
ton, through its efficient president,
Miss Carrie Mallett, makes known the
completion of the confederate soldiers
monument by the maker, Mr.. /. w.
Durham, of Chal lotte, and asked the
cooperation of the community in the
imposing ceremonies of dedication and
erection on ST. James square.
The correspondent is not yet quite
prepared to say what stage the enter
prise has reached, but there is little
that the Ashley-Bailey Com
pany, of Paterson, N. J., silk manu-
lecturers, lave in contemplation the
building of another silk mill here, prob
ably adjoining that already in opera
ton. the success Of which is said al
ready to far sufpass that of the New
Jersey factories.
There are as yet no new develop
ments on the bleachery. General
rumor makes the site most favorably
regarded for its construction the Hon
rine or Clerk property, lying along
R~obinson's creek, at the base of Hay
mount. Other desirable options are
situated in the southern outskirts of
town.
The Norfolk Lumber Company, work
ing under the corporation laws of Vir-
GINA, with Mr.. ]. z. Etheridge presi-
dent, and Mr.. L. o. Parrish manager,
will erect it's mill at an early date.
with a saving capacity of from 20, 900
to- 10000 feet OF lumber a day, and a
branch railroad connecting with the
main track of the Atlantic Coast lin
railroad-all the preliminary steps to
which were given in The Messenger
two or three month ago.
A white girl, IS years of age, ran
away from her home in Sampson coun-
ty,. and was tracked by her father, Mr..
M. Butler, to the house of John Russell
in east Fayetteville. After stout de-
malls on the part of the inmates of the
house that they knew anything about
the girl, and hours of parley and
~squabbling, she was found hidden in a
chest, and was taken back home by
force.
-Four combinations resulted from last
Sundays annuaI visitation to Christ
church, Hope Mills, by Right Rev. DIR.
Watson, Bishop of the Episcopal
diocese.
Monday, 18th instant, is the time
selected for holding the primaries for
the municipal election. There will
probably be some sharp aldermanic
fights in n or two war Is. but Mr.. G.
b. Mcmillan, the present mayor seems
to be well forw0:d for the head of the
ticket.
Mrs. NJ. Folb, of this city, is under
treatment at the Marsh-Highsmith
sanitarium, having undergone a diff
cult operation yesterday.
On Friday evening the Daughters OF
the Confederacy will offer to the music
lovers Of this community an entertain
ment OF first rate merit, in the concsrt
Of the Arion Trio, III have performed
before large audiences in Charleston
and other cities.
Mr.. G.. r. Cotchett, Of Wilmington,
was registered at the Hotel Lafayette
yesterday.
Mrs. w. H. Pemberton and Miss Fan
ME Taylor, OF Wilmington. were here
yesterday for half an hour, on their
way to Greensboro
Mr.. and Mrs. Holt are attending the
Charleston exposition, and Mrs. w. j.
McDiarmid, witn a large party OF
charming girls under her chaperonage
returned from there yesterday.
Mrs. r. L. Gray. Of Raleigh, is the
guest Of Mr.. mt Mrs. E. ]. Lilly. on
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